in New York. What do you read into that... "I don't know and that's what I'm curious to see. There's no question, the extra rest he had that going into New York. John's talked a lot about the back-to-back 225-innings, 210 innings, Ricky works so hard in between starts, offseason. You wonder if it's a matter of maybe learning to pace himself a little bit more. I don't know. "I don't know that I'm ready to draw any conclusions but maybe there's something to it. Maybe he has to adjust his routines. It's not the same guy but I remember Roy Halladay I think he realized he had to scale back a little bit with his offseason. He did so much work during the offseason it started to impact things during the year. He would adjust his bullpens, scale back a little bit, it's just learning to work a little smarter. "Maybe that's one of the solutions, I'm not sure. I'd still like to see how these next few starts play out to really have a more definitive answer. You guys will certainly ask me again at the end of the season and I'll probably have a little more to say on it because I'll have more information." Reasons for backing him off... "It was just trying things. We didn't know if this would work but I think all we could point to was the New York start. John and I talked about it, pointed to the New York start,