I'm not a 15-year major leaguer who had success every day, but I'm not an A-ball guy who never made it out. And my arm never felt totally great. I can relate with most people here.

If Spark had some time to loosen up, he probably would have gotten some outs. I've always said he could probably still pitch if he wanted to.

I just told M.J. that I understood his thought process and the hard parts of coming back.

A lot of people want to mold you after how they used to throw. If a problem presents itself, we will focus on it. As far as saying, 'You've got to do it like this,' I'm not going to do that.

You've got to pay attention to who you're coaching. These guys are not rookies. They are people who know how to pitch. They are all very close (to where they need to be). They just need a watchful eye.

We had batted him fourth every game and we moved him down today for the first time, just because he looked tight and hadn't swung the bat real well. I think it just relaxed him a little bit.