I had Bill and Dave walk up the driveway and go into the old garage, and they started reminiscing,

I got it (the putter) out of my garage and it was just like an old friend,

I saw Brother Dave in that three-piece suit with the watch and chain in the old Armory before it burned down. Hilarious.

I just picked them up and started playing every day for hours against the garage. I just couldn't stop. So eventually my parents decided that I should take lessons. I started real tennis lessons when I was 5.

It started with the leadoff walk to Cora and the walk to Damon. Those two are things you can't do against the Red Sox. You've got to get in the zone. You've got to make pitches. Ervin was a little bit off.

I don't know how much effect it has after things get started. Normally, and I use a little Bill Belichick philosophy here, after the game starts, all the hype and the rah-rah and the rhetoric goes out the window and now you play the game.