The timing was really good. We all have tons of songs but we wanted to begin from scratch so we got together and started jamming. We did two two-week sessions where we jammed out and got the skeletons for pretty much all the songs.

None of us knew what to expect but there was absolutely no pressure. It was incredibly fun and easy going.

I think the break was more about each of us having a chance to explore some other stuff we wanted to do artistically.

The problem that you have is that there's a whole lot of housekeeping -- and one major poison pill in it. We don't oppose the general housekeeping.

He's obviously coming off an injury that's prevented him from doing anything in a live game. He might be, and I hope he is, a little rusty. We're going to make the Giants beat us. Not Barry Bonds. No man is bigger than any team. We're still playing the Giants. They have Bonds. Maybe that's going to throw them off a little bit.

Track and field is tougher physically, but golf is tougher mentally.