他主张投九个好球，当赛前被问到老爹也许有兴趣看到的投球，老爹面无表情，且面对水手时将叉擦球上的灰土擦乾净，这在小联盟时候他很少投，但是他在高中的时候却很倚重指叉球。

• He claims to throw nine pitches -- when asked before the game which pitches Torre might be most interested in seeing, the manager deadpanned, "strikes" -- and dusted off a forkball for his effort against the Mariners, a pitch he threw sparingly in the Minor Leagues but leaned on a great deal in high school.