I Have A Future And

We Just Kind Of Relied On Written Scouting Reports Through The Eighties And Even The Early Nineties. I've Really Been Amazed By Some Of The Data That's Out There, Especially With Regards To Tendencies Of Hitters, And Certainly Tendencies Of Pitchers As Well. I Would Have Loved To Have Gotten That Data When I Played.

This Is The Place To Be. Baseball Town. The Intimacy Of Fenway, The Toughness Of It. I Like That. I'm Used To It. I Need It. If I Went Somewhere Else, It Might Have Been A Bit Of A Letdown. I Like The Edge.

I Think I Rushed And I Needed More Time With My Comeback. I Needed More Time To Get My Legs Stronger To Be Able To Handle The Workload. You Can Only Train For That By Pitching Innings. You Can't Simulate Pitching Off A Mound In A Game Inside A Weight Room.

At Nighttime, You Just Try To Keep Him Out Of Jail.

We Played Hard And We Partied Hard. I'm Not Ashamed Of That. I Was No Angel - I Did Some Things I Shouldn't Have Done, Lived A Lifestyle I Shouldn't Have Lived. I Had A Blast At Times; Other Times, I Probably Compromised My Job, My Duty To Do My Job, To Be Ready As A Professional.