Brett would try to pull the ball into the right-field seats in New York. |
He knows I was the guy who just kept coming back and screwing things up, so he had to send me back. I had no problem with it. I don't think he really cared for me too much, but I loved playing for him. |
He's got great hands and good feet, and a real good arm. |
I was gone, down to Double-A. Not even Triple-A. You just kind of learned real quick from dealing with him that he wants to win really bad. If you're one of the guys he thinks is in the way of that, you're gone. |
I was one of those guys he'd sit down with and put his arm around. We talked.... Until you messed up a few times. Then it was different. |
I wasn't treated great by any means, but the fans treated me fair and the press treated me fair. I was trying to explain that to Joe. Of course, they won the first year (1996 World Series) he was over there, so it worked out perfectly for him. |
It's old-timer's weekend. I'll probably see him then. |
You have to laugh about things. Knowing full well, they are going to be a little nervous. You just have to keep talking to them and making them know this is the same old game. |