Steve Stone

And having my parents there and going through it and then having them share the phone call with me, which said that I won the Cy Young Award, those were two of the greatest events that I had during the course of my career because without them, I wouldn't have made it.

No doubt about it, Anthony Kaye.

I think Sean Burke has made some great strides, and I like...

his progress because he looks like he's getting consistent but Anthony Kaye overall you know after two years in Japan we really didn't know what to expect and he came in and had a rough start and you looked at him and said well okay so they'll be able to trade him at the deadline all of a sudden he changed his spot on the rubber Zach Bove deserves a lot of credit for that I think he works very well with these pitchers both the starters and the relievers

in picking up one thing that's really going to help them.

Don't make it too complicated.

Make it direct.

Make it so they can assimilate the information and then use it.

And I think for Kay, that movement on the rubber over toward the first base side has really made a big difference.

Gives him a better angle on both his slider inside and that fastball that he likes to throw inside to the right-handers.

But all in all, he's become a very dependable, probably a number two, and we didn't think that was going to happen.

So that's been gratifying.

Well, you're not going to be able to pick your starts, Layla, or who you throw against.

And I really believed that he would have a real rough time last night.

And the reason is it's tough enough for a veteran to face the same team

within the span of a week.

Joe Ryan is a really good pitcher.

And to a certain extent, compared to the last seven or eight starts for Joe Ryan, we hammered him.

And the reason is we just saw him.

All of the things that he did in that first game, that's his A game.