Five years ago Joe Sillett picked up a bat which had been given the Black and Decker treatment in his father's garage to remove its woodworm-infested rough edges.

Crockford having already upraised a pandemoniacal temple on a scale of brilliancy;

We want to make them aware of all of the programs so these people don't go home emptyhanded. Many times they go home emptyhanded because the person has been trained with the tunnel vision where he is thinking only of the one program and is not aware of the other programs that exist, and this is what we have been doing this last year is trying to cross train our people and at least if nothing else have some communication.

He is on the disabled list with rotator cuff inflammation, and on Sunday he caught Ian Kennedy in the bullpen to get his legs reaccustomed to the feel of his demanding position.