He said he could go one more. But you could see he was laboring out there, throwing the ball high,

He's throwing the ball great. We just can't go to him when it means something yet. I have to talk to (general manager Jim Hendry ) and we have to figure this thing out, because we're not out of it yet.

The field's a lot faster than ours. That ball got to him a lot quicker than he expected. We'll try to get him some more time at second base, especially with the split squad coming up here.

They're externally humble but internally very confident, ... He does everything easy, kind of slow-moving but at a high rate of speed.

This late in the spring, you're more apprehensive than anything. He said it was mild. He felt it on one of his pitches -- he sort of winced.

Maybe I shouldn't have cursed. I had just given him the highest compliment last week when I said he's one of the pitchers I respect most in the league, because he doesn't clown, he doesn't showboat. He just pitches.