[Joe]

He had a good career, he ate up a lot of innings in losing efforts, had some stellar moments, he contributed to the championships, and was always there at children's hospitals and good member of the community. He never disgraced the uniform or cheated on his wife.

But thank you God, that he finally retired. True, he was ushered out by only being offered a minor league contract, but to wait for him to retire without a push and you'd be waiting a looooong time.

He always seemed to pitch on the Fox Game of the Week or Sunday Night Baseball and the games in which he pitched were just not entertaining. He's Don Orsillo's best friend - they go striper fishing together.