As a bench coach in Anaheim I used to sit down below with Sosh (Scioscia) on that little area, and then when you'd get up on top, it was an entirely different vibe, man. Two, three steps up, it's a different vibe. You feel everything.

You have to be able to play through the tough moments by doing something offensively, and we haven't been able to do that.

I'm big on feel, and I think it can help a relief pitcher gain feel before he goes into the game.

Everybody's going to be clamoring, that's the way you should work your bullpens from now on, but you have to have the appropriate people to do that, and of course during the season it would be much more difficult as opposed to the microcosm of the postseason.

I know Daniel Murphy is a really good hitter. He's definitely pulling the ball right now for power, although he did go left-central the other night against the Dodgers, I believe.

Sometimes you have to give credit to the other guy pitching.

When you start worrying about who you're going to play, it could bite you. Because it really shouldn't matter.