Sometimes they hit two hard line drives right at the chest, that are mistakes, and they're out and you win the game. Sometimes you make good pitches and a couple of ground balls find the holes and you lose the game. That's baseball.

I could be upset [about not closing], but what am I going to do with that? Nothing. I can do a lot of things to help this team win. I want a ring on my hand, and we have a good chance. If Gagne's healthy, he's going to be the closer and I'm not. We don't talk about it. We have a lot of other things to talk about.

The first time I got the news, I wasn't happy about the trade. But when they told me Gagne was coming off surgery and they needed me in the bullpen because maybe Gagne can't throw three days in a row or he throws too many pitches and can't go back-to-back ... I started to think different.

There's a lot of things happening. There's a lot of speculation about Lou, about new ownership, about a lot of things. I don't want to think about all that. There's too many things that are out of our control.

They told me yesterday that Gagne wouldn't be ready and I would be closing today. If I have to pitch tomorrow, three days in a row, I think I'll be ready. Come tomorrow and I'll tell you. I think we're going to win, 10-0, and there's no need.

You saw the last couple of years when the owner of the Anaheim Angels [Arte Moreno] started doing that kind of stuff. Look at how many fans they put into every game now. I think it's a great idea. People think about money. Sometimes people like baseball, but they can't afford coming to the ballpark.