If it was equipment, it would have to be a propeller spinning off the ground. It would have to move so fast. I don't know anything that could move like that.

You?d be surprised what kind of marketplace there is for gently used equipment.

It's a great foundation. Financially, we're on solid ground, and the teams love coming here.

He had this gizmo, a ball that spun on a rod. You kept putting your fingers on the ball, spinning it as though you were gripping and throwing a pitch. You did that in the dugout, took it home with you. The idea was to teach you to release the ball so that it had more movement.

He's got a lot of equipment. He's not just some guy that goes out there and rears back and throws it. He can throw it pretty hard when he does, but if you go out there and throw 97, 97, 98, 99 with nothing else with it to a team like Cleveland or most any other team in the big leagues, they're going to rock it around.

The main thing about how playground equipment is built anymore is they try to keep stuff lower to the ground so there's less of an impact if you fall.