I have learned from hamstrings that when a guy says he feels good, you give him a couple extra days. Invariably, you top a ball and have to beat it out. It happens every time.

I mean the guy, he's progressing like we said. Mark's going good. I asked him. I get tired of asking how he's doing, actually. And I'm sure he's tired of answering the questions himself.

You're always hoping for a no-hitter when a guy goes that deep in a ballgame. We figured it'd be Eckstein who would break it up. He's a good little ballplayer. It's hard to corral him.

That makes it sound like somebody's lying. I went through that a couple years ago, which was [untrue] at the time, and [I'm not] going through that. I've never been accused of that. I don't know if [Walker] was accusing me, but it was kind of general. You need to be more specific and you need to address that person, man to man. That's how I like to treat guys and how I appreciate being treated in return.

It could be anything, ... Preferably, it's a six-inning arm, but we don't know. It could be a couple of innings.

He's a guy who wants to come here and do well. It seems the more you try, the worse it gets.