Later, I could take something off my slider and I could make my fastball sink, so I really had four pitches.
“Any place that anyone can learn something useful from someone with experience is an educational institution.”
“I'm from California, but my father, who passed away when I was young, was from Newark. When I was kid, we would go back east and catch Yankees games. His side of the family are big Yankees fans. But, the real connection came in '97 when I moved to New York and became friends with the team.”