When I was a teenager and my brother Frank was in the World Series in '57 and '58 against the Yankees, Braves winning in '57 and the Yankees in '58, little did I know the next time these two teams would meet in the World Series, I would be managing the Yankees.

You get to the big leagues, and you think, 'Can I do this stuff?' Then you take the first pitch down the middle for Strike 1, and you think, 'I could have hit that.'

I've seen that picture before. It was a two-seamer that didn't sink until it hit the upper deck somewhere.

Baseball has always been filled with negative statistics.

When you sign on to do a job, you hope you'll be able to get it done. But that's not always in your control.

Not that managing in the American League is easy, but this is certainly different. I'll have to have somebody poke me in the rear end when I have a pitcher that's going to hit.

I never concerned myself with other people's decisions.