It felt really good because my cast wasn't moving at all and my thumb didn't hurt when I pushed.

When they did that, many of us felt discarded and pushed aside,

I am somewhat concerned with this. It felt like I had my thumb stuck in a freezer. I couldn't tell if my thumb was even on the right spot on the ball. It got to the point where I was constantly thinking about it. You can't have that going on.

It's a rule of thumb for me if I'm at second when he has the ball I try to go for three.

The good thing about it is the cast covers his thumb but your fingers are out, ... He played extremely well with one last week and I asked him, 'Hey, does it bother you?' And he said, 'Not really.' So that's good.

He could be very stern with you, but when he was being stern, he felt like that was good for you. If you had done something stupid, he wouldn't mind pointing it out and that's good for you.