Bill Stoneman
Bill Stoneman
William Hambly Stoneman IIIis a former professional baseball player, a right-handed pitcher who threw two no-hitters during his eight-year major league career. He served as the general manager of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim from 1999 to 2007, and continued with the Angels as a consultant after stepping down. He was named the interim general manager of the Angels on July 1, 2015, following the resignation of Jerry Dipoto...
best equipped guy lose
When you lose Colon, you lose a guy that's going to give you innings. Yan, we feel, is best equipped to give us innings.
deserve pitch
When you play the way they did and pitch the way they did, you deserve to win.
belongs decision healthy knowledge
To my knowledge he is healthy right now. The decision belongs to Santana.
asked granted others past
We've been asked in the past for others and we've always granted permission, but never while we're playing.
consistent pitchers planned respect starting tribute
To this point, we haven't been as consistent as we planned to be offensively, ... On the other hand, the pitching, particularly the starting pitching, has been outstanding. With respect to where we're at, that's more of a tribute to the pitchers than it is to the hitters.
good next shake stronger
I told them, 'Have a good winter, shake this thing off, and we'll come back stronger next year,'
best giving health opportunity players younger
It's not the glitzy thing that makes headlines, but giving an opportunity to your younger players is the best way to go for the long-term health of the organization.
anybody appealing contracts instead likes parties players process signed
You try to get all of your players signed to contracts instead of going through the arbitration process. It is not a particularly appealing process for us and it is not a particularly appealing process for the player. I don't think anybody likes going to arbitration, but it is there if two parties aren't getting to a deal.
balance chance club gave good guy opportunity
It was an opportunity to get a guy with a real good arm, and it gave us a chance to balance our club a little bit.
adding help looks offense
It looks to me like we're going to try to help the offense by adding a bat.
both few gives ways
They can both play center. That gives us a few ways we can go.
figures given looks
That is not something you ever want to do. Given what the figures are, it looks like something that should be resolvable.
behind block emergence mike possibly road throw
It is the emergence of Mathis and right behind him Mike Napoli. I didn't want to throw up a road block that would possibly impede Mathis or would impede Jose Molina.
aches downs finish job point took ups
This qualifies us to finish the job that we set out to do. It took a long time, a lot of games, a lot of aches and pains, a lot of ups and downs to get to the point we're at. If you really look at it, it's now only an eight-team race.