You can't say our bats went cold. He made 'em that way.

Home run, base hit, whatever. It's just nice to contribute. It was really a nice moment for me to put us ahead. More importantly, getting a win in a game like that was big for us.

I don't know, ... I don't know if he'll make a good closer. I would say he has the stuff to make a good closer, but does he have the command? I don't know. That remains to be seen. The guy's been pitching for 10-plus years professionally and he always has a high walk total. I'm not sure that lends itself to the closer role.

He started off pretty good and then the wheels just came off. I don't know. It may have been fatigue -- I don't know. We tried pretty much everything.

His fastball command was a lot better than it was the other day. He was just really aggressive. It's an attitude I'd like to see more of.

Being able to put somebody away with two strikes, that has just been the killer,

If you want to beat those guys you have to bury them. They have one big-name guy after another and they always seem to come up with big hits.

If you only give up three runs in a game against the Yankees, I'll take my chances. We didn't swing the bats great today but I think that had more to do with Mike than with anything else. He pitched a heck of a game.

I'm not worried about our bullpen at all. Those guys down there are proven and they'll be fine.

I've got my pick, but I'm not giving anyone any bulletin-board fodder.