I wasn't ever much of a Yankee fan.

The concentration and dedication- the intangibles are the deciding factors between who won and who lost.

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

My job isn't to strike guys out, it's to get them out - sometimes by striking them out.

Once a year, I take my whole wine team down to see the Giants, and we meet the players. Ive never seen anyone pitch like Lincecum that can throw the ball and get through the front leg. He has that stiff front leg.

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.