I didn't think it was going to (drop). Not that pitch. Somehow, it (the ball) went slow. I guess she (Perry) thought it was going farther than that so she didn't go right away.

I don't think about other pitchers. I need to pitch the best I can. I know they are not going to give me a job for free, but I can win a job if I earn it. I am working hard for that. They have seen what I can do on the mound.

I said, 'Oh gosh, I've got to somehow, some way, get ready to pitch Game 5 in Atlanta,'

This is the first pitch in the game of hard ball and I think the union is both angered and not by any means intimidated.

… We had 10 penalties two weeks ago. When you do that and drop the ball several times, you're not supposed to win.

We're not afraid to use Hancock. As long as he's pitching the way we think he should pitch, which is aggressive and keeping the ball in the bottom of the strike zone for the most part, he can pitch in any part of the game.