I asked him if he was fatigued or anything, ... He said, 'No,' so I said, 'Then let's let 'er rip.'

That was a rocket, a no-doubter. We have to take it easy on him -- as far as his shoulder. I'll have to get with [A's trainer Larry Davis] about a throwing program. We have to get him ready to go.

We didn't have Crosby in April and then (starter Rich) Harden went down. We had our No. 3 hitter out of the lineup, some young guys in the rotation and we played the Yankees and Red Sox 12 straight games. That will give you a slow start.

There was no panic in the dugout (when the Yankees took a 4-0 lead in the third). I said last year that the makeup of this team was tremendous. We have basically the same players with a couple of additions. They bounce back pretty well. Just because we got beat up in one game doesn't mean they're going to fold up.

I asked Karl Rove, 'Are you all going to be supporting this?' And he said 'no'. End of involvement.

He told her he was going to rip her laundry off and do dirty things to her, ... She asked him when he was coming over.