David Cone

I was a professional baseball player from the time I was drafted out of high school in 1981 until the time I retired in 2003. ”

I think I rushed and I needed more time with my comeback. I needed more time to get my legs stronger to be able to handle the workload. You can only train for that by pitching innings. You can't simulate pitching off a mound in a game inside a weight room. ”

We charted individual pitches by hand, so I had that data from game to game, but from year to year, I didn't really have that data, because a lot of times it was discarded. ”

Clemens and Maddux have defined our era, I believe. And Randy Johnson is right behind them and still going. ”

It really gets into your system. All baseball players have this internal clock around February when it starts to kick in and the juices start to flow. I think underestimated how much I was going to miss it. ”