A lot of decisions you make are very personal at the time. That's what the story is and that's the way the story will stay. It was very true that I needed to stay close to home last year. But people take that as that's going to last the rest of your life. When you're open and honest with the media and open and honest with the organization, what they first read they think always stays true the rest of your life.
Life does go on and things do change.
At that moment in time when I needed to make a decision about the Giants, the reason why is that I needed to stay closer to home. Hershiser said he has no hard feelings toward the Giants and hopes the feeling is reciprocal. I enjoyed myself as a Giant. I gave everything I could to the city, to the organization, and there came a moment when I had to decide whether I wanted to negotiate with the Giants. It had nothing to do with how good a time I had here, nothing to do with the relationships I built here, nothing to do with my teammates, who I loved, or my manager.