During the season, most of my time to unwind is in my car ride home. When I get home, it's being with my kids.

There's not much time to unwind, but you know what, it's because I love what I do. I look forward to the season. I look forward to playing games. It doesn't ever feel like work.

Coach wants to get other guys a look and at the same time it's nice to get a few days off from throwing. It's a long long season.

I try to encourage all my teammates, and I sure hope that some day all athletes - my kids, high school kids - get the same level of care I get. Because you can play for a long period of time without having knee replacements, without having all the major head trauma that people are dealing with.

The kids are a delightful group to spend time with. They enjoy each other's company and they represent themselves, their school and their community well.

A bunch of practice isn't going to be the deciding factor. Our kids need to go home, enjoy the time, go to church and pray and come back on Monday ready to play ball.