It's not even in mud.

It's not bad, huh? A tad short, but...

He's a great competitor, he's fearless. He'll throw any pitch over at any count. You're not going to see a lot of 2-0, 3-1 cookies - he's going to make guys hit his pitch, he's not going to give in to guys.

When pitchers are pitching well, they're repeating well, physically and mentally. I don't know about the mental part of it, because I'm not in [Hudson's] head. But physically, he gets out of sync, and it takes him a few batters to get it back.

Someday is Sept. 6,

It took awhile to get his legs under him. We're seeing over the last month the kind of pitcher he is.