I think it was good to get one of these in. Generally you encounter in spring every situation you'd face in the regular season. This was another one of those.

I think in the bullpen you can tell during your warmups, if you have a good feel for it. But anything can happen once you get into a game. Sometimes you just wind up throwing it better than ever before one day without knowing why.

Meyer and I have a bit in common because we're both left-handed. I think it's great that he seeks out that advice because he's not too cool or too uncomfortable to ask for it.

Some people pray to a totem pole, some people pray to a sun, some people pray to a god. It all works for them. It all comes back to what you think.

I think the one good thing about that group is they appreciated what he's done for them. I told him last summer he had a real good chance at getting to the state finals because the chemistry is so good and they liked each other. If he doesn't coach them, it'll be a person he really trusts to give it to.

It's nice to win, ... I still feel like I'm in the spring training mode. Sometimes I feel really good. Sometimes I feel off balance. Those are things you go through in spring training. I'm trying to put it together in such a short window of time.