You come in with a lot of anxiety about whether or not you remember (how to manage), but it is like riding a bike. I think it's something that comes back to you very quickly.

I just want to be free. I feel like i’m stuck in a prison with no escape. I just wanna get in a car and drive to god knows where. Leave all the things I love behind and just go out on the open road. I want to find myself. I want to escape from this war that I have going on in my mind. I just want to be happy.

He showed a lot of composure for a guy that hasn't pitched above 'A' ball.

In a three- or four-game series, I'll take my team against anybody. One game, in a playoff atmosphere, with six or seven pitchers going, you never know what's going to happen.

Without going back to individual seasons, you'd have a hard time finding so many major things happening to one club other than this year. It's like, 'Wow, what else could go wrong?' I think it really wears on a team that's pretty sensitive. I don't think their reversal of fortunes was 100 percent related to that, but it had an impact, no question about that.

Roberts and Hudson are close. Orlando is one of the premier second baseman in the game. Garth Iorg did a great job with him in the minors. Orlando reminds me of Frank White the way he plays the game.