It's been swelled up, so he probably wasn't pitching as hard and (Thursday) he struggled swinging. For him to get us through, that was a big plus, especially tomorrow being our third league game since Tuesday. To up his record to 3-1, he's doing a good job.

He's in there to drive in runs. He's been our unofficial leader and he keeps playing well and putting the ball in play. You know, he's doing a really good job.

It will be very difficult for this program to attain the same success because it sunk so far between Flanagan's tenure and mine. In a lot of respects, we're starting over. We started over four years ago.

Shawn showed that if you get to New York and you put that type of lineup behind you and you throw the way he did, it shows why he can be one of the real good pitchers on the staff.