There are only two places in this league, First Place and No Place.

The artful pitcher must take the inevitable peaks and valleys of pitching in stride and never give in to the batters or lose sight of his/her own strengths.

In baseball, my theory is to strive for consistency, not to worry about the numbers. If you dwell on statistics you get shortsighted; if you aim for consistency, the numbers will be there at the end.

My pitch count as a general rule was 135. And I knew how many pitches I had when I went to the mound for the last three innings.

Im a huge advocate of pitching. You have to have good pitching as the solid core, the foundation. It keeps you in every game.

Fenway is the essence of baseball

Pitching is what you have best on the day you work, and if you cant get your fastball over the plate, then maybe you can win with your curve.