I know I've got a lock on the Dutch Hall of Fame.

I know I've got a lock on the Dutch Hall of Fame.

The problem with being Comeback Player of the Year is it means you have to go somewhere before you can come back.

Getting into the Hall of Fame won't change me. I'm still going to pass gas and pick my nose like I always do.

I'm from Southern California, so I feel much more comfortable with a golf club in my hand than I do a weapon.

The 16 years have gone so fast. I came to Minnesota as a 19-year-old kid. Marv Grissom was the pitching coach, an old-timer who taught me quite a bit. Marv didn't like the way I stepped toward the plate. I had a tendency to throw across my body. So, he took me off to the side at Met Stadium and put a chair on the mound. If I threw across my body, I would step on the chair. Marv was trying to hurt me. I fooled him. I started stepping the right way.

I want to stay around longer than the pitchers who were at the top when I came into the big leagues. I don't want to be gone and have all the old guys - Seaver, Carlton, Ryan and Sutton - still pitching. I got rid of Palmer, now I want to outlast the rest of them.