This was a lot of fun. It was great to get out here and hear the fans. It was a little unreal at first. I just tried to stay within myself tonight and make the game as simple as possible.

It was a lot of fun tonight. You could start to feel the tension in the air. You don't say anything about the no-hitter but me and (second baseman) Tony (Thomas, Jr.) were both saying we are laying out for anything within 30 feet of us. It was a lot of fun.

We had some opportunities tonight, but we just couldn't finish when we needed to. That's something that luckily we will get a chance to correct [tonight] when we play them again.

I'm an overgrown fan so it's always fun to hang out with my fellow fans and chew the fat. It's even better when there are a lot of top flight creators thrown into the mix.

It was a lot of fun to get the fans going a little bit. It's a little different when you're playing in front of fans, so it's good to get out there and do that again.

I won't win it, ... I did have fun with some Pittsburgh fans on Sunday. They were yelling at me, 'How come you wait until you come to Pittsburgh to get hot?' I told them, 'Because I have a lot of relatives and friends here. And by the way, Go Steelers.'