Ball parks are smaller and baseballs are livelier. They've practically got pitchers wearing straitjackets. Bah! They still allow the knuckleball, and that is three times as hard to control.

He was hounded hard by practically everyone.

We don't allow them on the streets and we don't allow motorized vehicles on our trails or in the parks. If it becomes a nuisance, the police might have an issue with it, but I don't think it's a priority for them.

We have to make sure we give our pitchers a lot more cushion this year. We're stroking the ball in practice.

I'm still wearing Target and hand-me-downs.

It was nice. But the most pleasing thing about it was the way our pitchers threw the ball. Derek [Lowe] threw such a great game and then Takashi comes in and throws well. But that was a devastating blow. Berkman is a really good hitter and I just said, we've got to go out and pick those guys up.