Ken Williams
Ken Williams
changed close lived time
He hasn't changed a bit, ... To think we lived so close to each other all this time and didn't know it.
start time
He doesn't have enough time to start the season.
fits good stay
He fits in here very well. He should probably stay here. This is a good place for him.
certainly next outside various week whether
Whether there's something that materializes from the outside in the next week or so, I don't see it out there. I certainly don't see anything that is on the horizon, for various reasons.
certainly event final good maybe next people prepared sleep stress turns worth
We're going to find out what some people are made of here in the next week. Maybe this is a good thing for us. It certainly isn't a good thing for me and my sleep and my stress level. . . . But what the heck, if it turns out to make us that much better prepared in the event we do get into the final four, then it was all worth going through.
best career dealing future giving information knowing night opportunity particular sleep
Uh, no. Because I was dealing with all of the information I had at the time, that information told me that if I were to put him out there with that particular injury, I would have put Frank's career and future at risk. He may not see it that way, but I'll go to sleep at night knowing I did what was best for him and his career -- and that was giving him the opportunity to play this season.
again building caliber club contract core extension five gives pitchers pitching pleased priority staring work year
We are pleased to have been able to work this extension out with Jose. We have said over and over again that pitching is the priority when it comes to building our club. To have five All-Star caliber staring pitchers all under contract gives us an outstanding core to our club this year and into the future.
great pains step sure took
Wow. We took great pains at every step of the way over the years to make sure something like this didn't happen. Obviously, in Frank's eyes, it wasn't enough. Well, I'm sorry.
again building pitching priority
We have said over and over again that pitching is the priority when it comes to building our club.
care gulf past prepared seen truth weekend
We have all seen the truth of the past year, from the tornadoes this past weekend to the hurricanes on the Gulf Coast, that even in the best-case scenario, we have to be prepared to take care of ourselves.
gone seen team understand win
Understand that a lot of people, generations, have come and gone and not seen their team win the World Series,
compared increase percent rest sales week
Overall, I'd say there's a 20 percent increase in sales this week compared to the rest of December.
desire offer overwhelms team turn ultimate
Our ultimate desire ... was to keep this team intact. It may turn out that someone overwhelms us with an offer for Jose.
agent basically number position term understand whether
We had a number in mind, we had a term and it was basically whether or not Jose and his agent were going to understand our position enough to want to come back at those numbers.