The ultimate is to win the World Series and they deserve the right to celebrate that and honor that season.

He's a good dude. I found that out right away. Obviously, he's going to be a good player, and he knows how to act, too. I want to be there to help him out. But I don't want to overkill him with Johnny Veteran stuff. We're all men here and we're all teammates here. Plus, I like him.

We saw plenty. I thought they did it up right and did it well. It all was pretty neat.

It would be a great honor pitching in something like that. But all my thoughts right now are on getting healthy and being able to help the Yankees.

That momentum swing took it right out of them.

I have no idea what I'm doing next year. I'm not worried about that right now.