11 Quotes by Kent Mercker

I was going to wear this hat, but it didn't match.

Mark Mann's done a great job. I've never had this and, knock on wood, he's pretty much knocked it completely out. I don't like being in the training room, except to make fun of some guys every now and then.

You don't even have to wash my uniform pants.

We had a lot of young players. He was like your dad. When he raised his voice, you listened. He was a leader on and off the field. He's the one guy that stands out to me.

There's plenty of time from this point to do what I need to do. I think I got into two games two springs ago, when I was with the Cubs. There were fives games left and I hadn't been in one.

There's nothing worse than not being able to participate. It's the worst. It's not boring - nothing about this job is boring - but it's not as much fun when you're standing on the sidelines. You start feeling useless.

That's what we need to do. The bullpen hasn't done what it's supposed to do. We've got a couple of guys going well. But we need all seven guys to get rolling.

It's nothing major. I just needed a day for it to cool off. It never fully disappeared after spring training.

It's great to hold it like that for four innings.