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...
advantage himself league taking
I think he is getting to know himself better and he is getting to know the league better. He is taking advantage of his experience, and that is important.
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We're not going to make the decision today. We're encouraged by both. Both are doing better than they were earlier. They both made progress. The real question to me is, will they be ready for the activity they are required to be ready for? Will they be ready in time for that first round? That's the real question.
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.
bit depends guys offers
It all depends on what we need. Each of these guys offers something a bit different.
hitting looking
Our hitting was inconsistent and we'll be looking at that. And like everybody, we'll be looking at pitching.
interest
It is something we had interest in doing, but we couldn't come to an agreement.
rest wish
I wish he were here with the rest of the guys.
good guy looks next paperwork questions stiff wait
You always do that. Sometimes a guy looks real good and he's real stiff the next day. It will wait at least another day here. I still have some questions as to how this all works, and what this paperwork all means.
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We don't think it is nearly the problem that all of you do. We have a number of players that we feel that can get the job done. The past isn't necessarily a predictor of the future. That is the way it is in sports. The talent is there.
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We envision Hector as having a shot at our rotation. All that will be determined in spring training. Our scouts had good reports on him and they suggested him, in particular as a starter.
challenge good number places players
We have a lot of good players at a number of positions; we have so many of them coming. The challenge is to find places for them to play.
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We had an opportunity to sign Guerrero in January '04. I called him and literally in a minute I had a response from him. So it wasn't one of those things where you say, 'Hey, we're going to commit 70 million bucks here; let's go think about this.'
decision
We had to make a decision real quick. The rosters had to be in by 10 a.m.,
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We have not heard anything. But whatever he decides to do, we will support the decision.