“We’ve got to get him in a little better shape here first, and we will, especially if the weather stays like it is,” Piniella said. "Let’s hope we get him back to where he was in Minnesota, when he had that good, hard sinker working, nice little breaking ball. I don’t know what happened in Seattle. Seattle, really, is a good park to pitch in. They tell me that his ball straightened up a little bit last year.

“I’m not disappointed about anything. We recognize that we’re going to get him in a little better conditioning, and he’s going to work hard. That’s one thing we’ve been told, that he’ll work and we’ll go from there.”

Translation:

“They dumped this fat fuck in my lap and I’m not happy about it. Not only is he fat, but he sucks ass as well.His supposed “sinker” is batting practice and his breaking pitches are pathetic.How can you get obliterated like he did while pitching in Safeco? Jesus fucking Christ! I’ve traded one headache for another. I’m gonna run this tub of goo all spring long all the goddamn time."