Until you see that first pitch or field that first ball, you're still going to have some jitters.

It's always embarrassing to come off the field, especially before throwing your first pitch, ... I was going to see what I could do with the first hitter and go from there. Basically, I played catch with (catcher Mike) Matheny the whole game. I was about 75 percent. One guy would pop it up, one guy would hit a ground ball. I just ran with it as long as I could. It was fun in a way.

I know it looked bad, ... He had hammered the ball on the first pitch last time, so I tried to go in.

We had jitters in the first half. We were worried about messing up.

This is the first pitch in the game of hard ball and I think the union is both angered and not by any means intimidated.

We had the first-game jitters. We had a lot of guys who were playing their first-ever indoor game. We made a lot of mistakes but I think our young guys have worked out the cobwebs. I'm hoping that it's going to be a lot different game than two weeks ago. No, I'm banking on it being a lot different game.