9 Quotes by Steve Parris

When you talk about the Hall of Fame, I've always given the benefit of the doubt to the players. But without the stuff, does Jose Canseco get the numbers he put up? No.

Maybe with relief pitchers, you need to look at not only how many saves a guy has, but how many innings he pitched getting those saves.

Pitching will become big again. The ERAs will drop again. The next 15 years, the game will be fun. There will still be home runs; weight lifting will be big. That's part of the game. But the days of 70 home runs are probably over.

Sandy Koufax pitched what, seven years? But look what he did those seven years.

There were times when I pitched that I would rather have seen a defensive player at a certain position behind me than an offensive player. It's tough as a pitcher to see players who should be out there and they're not because they aren't quite the hitter someone else is.

I'm coaching my son now and I'm more defensive-minded in my coaching than offensive-minded. I think the home run totals in the big leagues are going to come down again. The game is going toward faster, leaner guys.

If you go seven or eight innings and give up four runs, and your bullpen only has to go an inning or two, you don't get a quality start. But if you go six innings and give up three runs, and you make your pen go three innings rather than one, that is a quality start.

I have three children. My wife and I try to do what we can to help other families. I try to look at the goodness in life. There are children with cancer who cannot help themselves. They need help and that's where you can lend a hand.

But if your team scores 16 runs one game and one run the next several games, run support is not an accurate description of what is going on.