If The Mets Can Win The World

Only Three Or Four Outs Directly Affect The Outcome Of Any Given Game...one Of The Greatest Challenges Of Pitching Is To Recognize These Critical Situations And Rise To The Occasion With Consistency And A Competitive Spirit.

In Baseball, My Theory Is To Strive For Consistency, Not To Worry About The Numbers. If You Dwell On Statistics You Get Shortsighted; If You Aim For Consistency, The Numbers Will Be There At The End.

Once A Year, I Take My Whole Wine Team Down To See The Giants, And We Meet The Players. Ive Never Seen Anyone Pitch Like Lincecum That Can Throw The Ball And Get Through The Front Leg. He Has That Stiff Front Leg.

My Pitch Count As A General Rule Was 135. And I Knew How Many Pitches I Had When I Went To The Mound For The Last Three Innings.

There Are Only Two Places In This League, First Place And No Place.