Major League Baseball

"It's kind of a shock to the system. This team had won division titles in 2005 and 2006, and we were in a playoff game for the last spot a year ago. Then this. It's tough to go through making the decisions we made in July to start to retool for next year. It makes for a long second half of the season."

I was watching a game in Baltimore one night and someone caught a ball up against the left field fence. It struck me that there wasn't one fam in the picture in the seats behind him. Not one. I remember when I was pitching going into that place and it was so alive We've been through one bad season, and it's been torture. I just can't imagine how the people feel right now in Baltimore and Pittsburgh."