I don't look back and say I made the wrong choice. I won't ever do that. I made that choice and I've stuck to it and I definitely think I made the right choice.

I never really thought of it that way. I just came out here and threw my own game. If I threw my own game, then I would have a chance. That was really my focus.

It's not exactly boring, but you have something competitive inside you that wants top pitch against a live hitter. You want to get somebody out.

It's kind of like, if I wasn't in the game, if I wasn't even part of professional baseball, if it wasn't my job, I'd be excited just for the area. Just knowing we're going to have somebody coming in bringing all these changes, the excitement that he brings is very uplifting. It's fun to be part of it.

It was friendly competition between us. He threw very well. I just told him he shouldn't be worried about anything. If he keeps throwing the way he is, he'll be up here soon enough.

An owner? We are going to have to stay in touch.

I've never done it before. I've gone up through the whole minor leagues, everything. I never really done it. Ever. You talk to the catchers, you have meetings, but not to that degree. It's helped out so far.

As soon as it gets cooler out you feel like you want to hit somebody. It's just a game that you can't really forget. I mean it's so much fun getting the pads on and practicing with all the guys. You go into game day and all the excitement about it. The band's playing, just getting in there. Being able to throw passes and command an offense. I mean, everything about it. I love it. I love the sport.

This way you won't go out there and second-guess yourself afterwards, because you already talk about everything. You know what's going on. If you don't execute, you don't execute. But you can't say, 'Oh well, I didn't like the way you were setting up.' The lines of communication are open. It's your fault if you don't tell the catcher you want them.

When you do it every day, when you go out and throw to a lot of catchers, you don't even think about it. You just assume that a catcher will set up inside or outside, whatever. (This) opens up communications. You can tell them how you want them to set up. It's common sense, but you don't think about.