There is no set numerical value you can put on a pitcher. They're all different.

I'm a huge advocate of pitching. You have to have good pitching as the solid core, the foundation. It keeps you in every game.

Pitching is what you have best on the day you work, and if you can't get your fastball over the plate, then maybe you can win with your curve.

Imagine if these computer geeks who are running baseball now were allowed to run a war? They'd be telling our soldiers: 'That's enough. You've fired too many bullets from your rifle this week!'

The thing most people don't understand is that pitching isn't the same every time out.

My pitch count as a general rule was 135. And I knew how many pitches I had when I went to the mound for the last three innings.