It did keep us awake a couple of nights, thinking about it.

We woke up at 7 a.m., and on good nights we'd finish at 9 p.m.. A couple of nights, we didn't finish until midnight.

My parents have enough sleepless nights as it is when I wind up in a hurricane, ... I called when I landed [in Germany]. My mom was breathless. She was also shocked and relieved and wondered why I would do this.

It was one of those nights where they got to Johnny in the first couple of innings and got two runs right away. They got off to a 4-0 lead after six. At that point we felt like it was time to get Johnny out of there. Maybe save his arm a little bit.

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