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

Pitching... sometimes I did so poorly, it brought me to tears

I had never been to the playoffs, and it was exciting. The fans went through the roof. They were excited about the whole team. It was great to be traded to a city like Chicago, which was a lot like Boston.

I think today the players are too nice to one another, but that might change with the unbalanced schedule, with teams playing each other more and more. When you face each other that much, with that much at stake, something's bound to happen.

My career spanned the era when relievers started to become more important

It took me a few years to realize that throwing harder wasn't always better.

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