Bill Stoneman Good Quotations

His second half is hopefully indicative of what he is going to become going forward. It takes experience to become a good pitcher, and he is making the most of his experience.

I've stated pretty clearly that we've got real good young players coming up, (and) I'd like to be in a position to give each one of them an opportunity. I'll leave it at that.

We'll see how he does. He is going to be a very good offensive player.

I told them, 'Have a good winter, shake this thing off, and we'll come back stronger next year,'

A year ago we had a pretty good reason not to make any changes. We had some needs at the end of '03 that we thought we should address. After the '02 season, we didn't really see those same needs.

A year ago we had a pretty good reason not to make any changes, ... We had some needs at the end of '03 that we thought we should address. After the '02 season, we didn't really see those same needs.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Jose has been key to our depth at catcher. He has developed a good rapport with our pitching staff.

Tim's going to have a heck of an opportunity to find out if his body's still good to go. There's just something about getting out on the grass and being able to run around with all the other guys that has its attraction.