He was disappointed. If he continues to pitch the way he's pitching now and stays healthy, he's going to have a lot of chances to throw shutouts. I think this late in the season, better safe than sorry is the way to go.

If he stays healthy, we'll be able to get him back on track.

If he continues at this pace and he stays healthy and plays long enough, he can get all kinds of records. But I'm not into numbers. I'm just happy he plays for my team.

I couldn't look at that last pitch. I found something on the dugout floor to look at.

But really, there's no way to prepare for it. It's the only pitch I ever went to swing at and was never sure I was going to make contact.

At about the 85 to 90 pitch mark, I don't know if he got a little tired and stopped over-throwing or if something clicked for him, but he really settled in. I wish he could have thrown 180 pitches because I would have left him in there.