Article: Chisox GM schooled in Rowand's crash course.(baseball player Aaron Rowand)

Byline: Todd Zolecki

May 14--CINCINNATI -- Surprised? Ken Williams isn't. He probably knows Phillies centerfielder Aaron Rowand better than anybody. In a telephone interview Friday, Williams, the Chicago White Sox general manager, recalled a conversation he had a few years ago with Gary Pettis, the White Sox' outfield and baserunning instructor. Pettis had just finished a workout with Rowand, who was in the Sox farm system. Pettis told Williams: "We were talking about how to play a ball as you get close to the wall. Aaron turned and said, 'I'm just going to make the catch and whatever happens next happens next.' I think we better take this into account because ...

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