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

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.

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.

We lost a lot of heart -- those two guys.