Marlon Anderson

Last year (Carpenter) learned to pitch with no pain. Now he's coming out this year and throwing at his best. read more

Last year (Carpenter) learned to pitch with no pain. Now he's coming out this year and throwing at his best. He's just stronger. You take that whole group of guys and the seasons they all had last year, and they just took all that confidence into this year. Add Mark Mulder to that mix and there are five guys who can win every night.

Telling me to get the bat, it was like, 'Oh my God,' ... The first thing I remember walking to read more

Telling me to get the bat, it was like, 'Oh my God,' ... The first thing I remember walking to the plate was, 'Man, these lights are good.'

I couldn't imagine being a paramedic going to the scene of a wreck. That's what that was, pretty much, a read more

I couldn't imagine being a paramedic going to the scene of a wreck. That's what that was, pretty much, a wreck.

You cannot strike out in your first major-league at-bat.

You cannot strike out in your first major-league at-bat.

The main thing is you just want to stay out of everybody's way, just don't want to interrupt anything. More read more

The main thing is you just want to stay out of everybody's way, just don't want to interrupt anything. More than anything, you just want to observe.