We were up there hacking like chefs at Benihana's the first three innings.

If he throws 100 pitches, he's got to pitch five innings.

We've got different plans for Bonds. We're only going to pitch to him in innings that end in vowels.

Things we have talked about for three months, he has been able to put into play. He has had a challenging season. We've found out about his toughness. We've seen his competitiveness. He has become more coachable.

That was the result of a lot of work the last three weeks, in which (Francis) analyzed what had been happening.

In Philadelphia, they said three-quarters of the world is covered by water and the other quarter is covered by Garry Maddox. Every time you looked up, [Sullivan] was in the gap catching a ball, running into a wall, he was on the bases, scoring runs and doing things he's capable of doing when he plays within his skills.