He was missing the target by a foot a lot of times. He just didn't have it, and they took advantage. He's better than that. He's capable of so much better than that. That's what we need and that's what he wants.

He was missing the target a foot a lot of times. He just didn't have it.

Ray was missing by a foot. He'll have to fix that.

He just had no feel. Everything he tried to do, he was missing his target. It was one of those days that he just didn't have a feel for the game of pitching.

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.