When I saw him walking out of the locker room this morning, he looked (cranky). Maybe I'll ask him what I can do to get him mad.

I looked at some of Frank Thomas' on-base percentages, they're frightening for a full season. He's one of the marquee offensive players.

I don't think anybody can go out there and perform when they're uptight.

We ran into a buzz saw here. They're a very good team. They certainly came out swinging the bats, and they went right to our strength, the starting pitching.

It's nice to have the bats come around. We had a bunch of hits, balls hit hard. Maybe we can get some confidence and get going again.

I wasn't throwing them out there. The guys want to win. When you don't win, some guys throw things. That's fine. You call it frustration, other people say you want to see a little fire. You saw a little fire coming out of the dugout when the game was over.