We talk about early contact. But if your early contact goes into the gap it doesn't mean crap. Good early contact means a ground ball.

His fastball location the first two innings was not there, and that was forcing him to make too many pitches.

We made good contact, but they were not falling early on. We were more comfortable as the game went on and started to put some things together.

I'm hopeless at small talk and have a problem making eye contact.

Rankings really mean nothing at this point. It's going to be a good barometer of where we are early in the season.

I think that's a bunch of crap. He might like to talk, but he's just messing around. He's a four-time finalist and a two-time champ, so he's got a reason to be like that.