Tom Glavine

So I think at that point in time, in the mid-90s into the late 90s, it fell more on the pitching staff and the pitchers just because we had been around the longest.

So, you know, it was a little bit of an odd dynamic.

But, you know, the beautiful thing was there wasn't a whole lot, really, that had to be policed.

We were...

You know, we were pretty good about going about our business, and I think that stemmed again from Bobby.

You know, everybody always asks, you know, what were his parameters, so to speak.

He had three rules, really.

You show up on time, you wear your uniform the right way, and you play hard.

And it was really that simple, and I think in relationship to that,

He left everybody alone.

He treated everybody like men.

He figured if here's what I'm asking you to do and you do it, you're not going to bother me.

I'm not going to bother you.

Now, if guys started to step out of line, Bobby certainly would have a conversation.

But I think that went a long way towards, you know, I talk a lot about and we all talk a lot about how much golf we played, you know, in spring training and during the course of the regular season.

And there was never an issue for Bobby because he knew it did not take away from our work in between starts, and he knew every fifth day we were going to take the ball.

And I think he knew that with the rest of the team as well.

It was basically, here's what's expected.

Now I trust you guys to go do it, and I'm going to leave you alone, and I'm going to treat you like men.

And for the most part, guys fell in line and did it.