When I first came up, the bullpen was pretty much where they put the guys who couldn't start.

He's ridiculous. He's like Roy Hobbs. I'm waiting for him to come out of the bullpen and start striking guys out throwing 98 [mph].

I felt good in the bullpen and even when we came out in the first inning I felt fairly good.

But more important than personal awards is winning the World Series. That's the max that anyone could ask for. Let alone to have the ball in your in your glove for the final out of the World Series. That was the ultimate.

Sooner or later you learn that you belong in the big leagues, and that makes you calm down.

Later, I could take something off my slider and I could make my fastball sink, so I really had four pitches.