I just made one bad pitch, I put it where he could hit it and he did. He just hit the pitch that he was supposed to hit.

Overall, I was happy with it. I made some good pitches when I had to, battled and didn't give into anybody.

I think I started to mix (the slider) in a little bit late. I just figured I'd attack them with my fastball, that's my best pitch, so I figured once they proved they could hit it then I'll start mixing it up.

Being on a major network television show is like long-distance running: You have to pace yourself and maintain your energy level and your morale. There's the role you're playing on the show, and there's also your behind-the-scenes responsibility to the crew, the guest actors and the fans - not to mention your own life as a mom.

'Yosemite' opened doors for me in the New York theater community in amazing ways. There's a whole world of fearless young theater makers here who put shows together on a shoestring budget and with gigantic hearts.

I am a writer who works from an outline. What I generally do when I build an outline is I find focal, important scenes, and I build them in my head and I don't write them yet, but I build towards them.