A big part of Bucky was that he didn't want to lose another opportunity to play. But at the end of the day, he wasn't ready.

The reality is that the guys starting in front of him are All-Stars. This is an opportunity for Bucky to go to spring training, play as hard as he can, and try to work his way back to the big leagues.

If he could do it all over again, he probably wouldn't have the surgery. He would have continued to play with it hurting the way it did. He was successful doing that last year.

In a perfect world, if we had known how the recovery would go, maybe he would have continued to play on it. But at the same time, we're looking at his career in the long term, not the short term.

When the opportunity came up to do this I was just thrilled. It is a wonderful play in that it is so timeless.

When you can play in front of 3,000 fans, it's an opportunity to pull out some of the earlier and more esoteric songs.