I took it personal. I got slammed quite a bit.

To get the feel of how the slider should roll off of your index finger, use this grip and practice at half speed and roughly half the distance to the mound.

Rooting is following, and I don't do that, but I'd like to see the Phillies win because I love Philadelphia.

That's the past. I don't agree with retrospect.

Pete Rose came over to the Phillies in '79 and he became the catalyst that helped us to put it all together.

So what I did on the field was the essence of what I am. Remember me like that.

I threw all my pitches over the top which was important for me because my slider was hard to tell from my fastball at release.