If what you need, in order to feel good about yourself later on, is to show him some mercy – then show him mercy. If you need to tell him the truth, do that. But try to look at in terms of what you’re going to be able to live with ten, twenty years down the line.

The guy put the hocus-pocus thing on me.

You can say whatever -- you hope you roll out of bed and throw as many strikes as you want to.

I assume I'm not (going to start), but you never know. Stranger things have happened.

If the money's there, great. If it's not, you might be a little disappointed. But how much does a guy really need? It ends up becoming a point system for players. It's not about the money; it's about the points. You need to get past that.

I'll have a chance to go out and be a free agent this year and see what happens.

I'm happy to be in San Francisco ... but it would have been a good time to be a free agent.

It was a definite improvement over last year. The changeup has been difficult to throw for me in Arizona, but it wasn't bad (Saturday), and I've always had that slide step, but after coming off surgery it's hard to speed up mechanically.

It's not any more pressure to pitch when Barry is on your team. In some ways, it's kind of less pressure. Nobody pays attention to you sometimes. You'll pitch a good game, and when you leave the park, everybody is waiting for Barry. I like it.

It's sore. I shouldn't have pitched. The rule was, if I feel anything I'd come out of the game.