Larry Rothschild Mound Quotations

He looked OK for where we are. We'll pick it up next time and keep building on it. Today was just to get him on the mound and get him going.

He'll get off the mound here shortly. We're building it up and hopefully it's not too long before he's real comfortable off the mound.

I think we're going to a pretty extensive throwing program Friday and see how he reacts on Saturday, and go from there. There's a good chance he'll get on the mound Sunday, but if he feels real good, we might venture that on Friday. But we'll see.

I think once he's off the mound a few times and faces some hitters and doesn't have setbacks, we'll have a better timetable. In my mind, I figured we weren't going to start the season with him. I've thought that all winter.

Any time you have gone through surgery, once you get back on the mound the first time, it's a little different feeling. Yeah, it was a pretty step.

He threw off the mound toward the end, really just to get him up on the hill and get used to the slope again and get his balance and things like that right.

He threw about 12 pitches off the mound and a bunch off flat ground. It's pretty amazing to watch.