Preschoolers have a way of grabbing your attention. Mine help me not to be a baseball player at home.

It helps to be stupid if you're a relief pitcher. Relievers had to get into a zone of their own. I just hope I'm stupid enough.

When I came over here (the National League), I always heard it was a stronger league, with amphetamines all over the clubhouse, but all I found was Michelob Dry.

They're (California Angels) like the American League All-Star team, and that's their problem, the American League All-Star team always loses.

I don't mean to diminish the job, it's a good job and a real pressure job. But I don't think a relief pitcher should ever be the most valuable player of a league. We only play in maybe half of the games. Being a relief pitcher means part-time employment. We're bench players, and bench players shouldn't be M.V.P.

Reggie Jackson hit one off me that's still burrowing its way to Los Angeles.

The best thing about baseball is there's no homework.