He's a young guy who works hard. He's not just scraping by in the ninth inning. He's going out there and dominating hitters and people in the stands want to see that in a ninth-inning guy.

You get to the ninth inning and your stomach is clear up to here. But it's not because of your job. It is because you want to win so badly.

I've seen a guy who may or may not pinch hit in the eighth or ninth inning pop two before the game and another in the fifth inning. It's part of their pre-game ritual. Some guys have to have it.

You never want to sigh too hard,

It's never over. You don't want to be in the position to be down four runs in the ninth inning, but it's not over until the last out.

To sit on Mike Gonzalez until the ninth inning might have put you in a position where you don't get an opportunity to use him. It just made all the sense in the world.