Williams does not remember the apparent reason the Yankees put him in the camp.

The Yankees put us in a huge hole, and they did a great job doing that.

And the Yankees never recovered from the hole their starter had put them in.

But the Yankees know how to spend the money and put championship clubs on the field.

Now the 2003 Yankees, dysfunctional for too long, can put history aside.

"I like the team the Yankees are putting together," he said.

If only the Yankees could put his hitting to use.

The Yankees put four runners on base in each of the first two innings.

He and the Yankees put his theory to the test immediately.

He is here only because the Yankees didn't put him on their 40-man roster last winter.