You can tell your uncle stuff that you could not tell your dad. That is kind of the role of an uncle. I feel very much like a father sometimes but sometimes I feel like a teammate.

That's what baseball is all about right there, a matter of will.

When you have an opportunity to take the lead and you don't, most of the time something bad happens.

You don't want to get beat, number one, and you hate getting shutout, number two, and even worse, no hits.

So I let them be responsible for there particular areas. Then by the time it gets to me that means that there is a problem. I have my eyes open and I need to know something about every department but you don't want to micro manage any particular department.

I'm a strong man, and usually I get over hurts and it makes me stronger when I come back.

I think we match up with anybody because our pitching. In a short series you run your big three out there or four out there. That generally is what wins a series - pitching and defense. If we can catch the ball and not give away any runs like we do sometimes.