"I was cold. I was tightening up. I didn't want to put the team in a situation of me trying to be a hero or anything else. We're trying to win games. I felt like I was going as far as I could go at that point. And I handed it over to the guys who were fresh and could maybe contribute a little better than I could at that point."
(John Patterson, via Washington Times, 4/14/2007)
The Reluctant Ace was good, but he bailed out early; 'pen couldn't hold lead.
2-160 still a possibility.
(AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
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