It's just amazing how often he does that. I can't remember seeing a pitcher in all the years I've managed that's been so good every time out there.

The way it's all come together, it's just been amazing. If anybody goes to that show and doesn't completely enjoy themselves, I'll return the price of their ticket out of my own pocket.

This is one of the toughest losses, and one of the best losses I can remember, just because what the club showed. It was impressive watching them compete like that. I'm just talking about our team. They did the same thing.

I can remember once when they were going through the top three or four closers, a couple months ago when he was second in the league [in saves], and he was never mentioned,

I think there's a growing number of pitchers who want to have a plan going into a game about how they're going to go after that lineup. I'd say 75 percent want to have an idea, and they plan their attack. I know that 75 percent of hitters do not have that same type of plan against a pitcher.

I had started law school at Florida State University as a part-timer. I would go two quarters, and they allowed me to drop out to play baseball, and then I'd get readmitted in September. I was convinced I was going to be a lawyer and was using my baseball salary to pay my way through school.