He can throw to both sides of the plate with all his pitches. If there is a way to get a hitter out and he knows it, he can execute it.

But due to the destructiveness of the explosion, we can't precisely identify what happened.

It's a real plus when you have a guy who can come into a situation anywhere from the sixth inning on and get a huge out for you. It's even better if he can get a strikeout when you need it. That's a weapon not every team has.

No, she who rides the tiger can never dismount!

And the books and spreadsheets help me avoid some traps. I have a tendency to remember bad things more than good things – the one drive into the corner in left rather than the 10 flies to left-center that are caught.

It was not a close call at all, simply because Marquis can be tremendously valuable to us out of the bullpen,