Every once in a while he tweaks it and then he gets some relief, ... It hasn't been unrelenting. He'll make a move and all of a sudden jolt it.

If Wally gets excited and gives him an inch, ... it's going to be two or three inches.

He's really got a short fuse. And when he doesn't do well, he gets [angry]. It's something he'll learn, I think, to be a little bit better about.

That was vintage Carpenter. He had first and second, the middle of the lineup, and he gets out of it. That's what he does.

I had started law school at Florida State University as a part-timer. I would go two quarters, and they allowed me to drop out to play baseball, and then I'd get readmitted in September. I was convinced I was going to be a lawyer and was using my baseball salary to pay my way through school.

I've paid him a lot of compliments. He earned a lot of respect, with a lot of tough situations. There were injuries, they were forced to sell or trade guys like [Aramis] Ramirez. I thought he did a good job of keeping the club competitive every time we saw them.