It was nice for our pitchers to be able to breathe, and give them more margin of error to work with.

Rather be safe than sorry.

He was always happy-go-lucky, even when he came down with glaucoma. He enjoyed the game, every minute of it. That's why he played every game like it was his last.

This one's tough, and I take a lot of blame. I feel like I should have come through in those situations.

All players would be lying if they said they didn't know a pitcher was throwing a no-hitter -- whether it would be their team or the other team. You look up on that board, you know you don't have any hits. I had never been part of a no-hitter. I didn't want that to happen, either.

It hurt. A lot. It's tough. Especially because that's what got us here. We all came up together. A lot of heart went out of the bullpen. Eddie and Hawk carried a lot of weight.