I look at this as a second life. Every game feels like an event. Every pitch matters. I need that. It elevates your aggressiveness.

It's been good for me. Full circle. Eighteen years ago, I was able to pitch my first game here.

I love the game very much, but when you were a certain type of player for a few years, being a front-end starter, that's the way I still think I can pitch. But the body tells you no.

Pitches are like pages of a book; they're so important. The chess game; how I set you up early, and how I'll do it differently later.

My arm feels great and I wanted to pitch. (Wednesday's) game was a bad one. This was much better. Much more like us.

It's a very big mental game, all day leading up to warm-ups. You're not sure if your curveball will break, or will you be able to throw it over the plate? It's all negative thoughts going into the game.