The third inning it started to bother me. I went as far as I could.

In the third inning, it started to get real bad. It felt like I was being stabbed in the side. I tried to go back out for the fourth, but they took me out. The next day, I was in the hospital with doctors trying to figure out what was wrong.

That's a gift from God, ... I'm there to pitch.

Maybe next Spring Training, I will work on that.

I like a challenge, and I would like to pitch against the Dominican Republic at the World Baseball Classic.

I explained my situation in 2002, when I was in Triple-A and [Kyle] Farnsworth got injured on the fourth day. I explained that since then, I'm here. He was pretty calm yesterday at the house.