Fun with Mel Stottlemyre quotes.

Now you're just trying to get fired:

"I told him that the way to minimize the damage was to keep the ball down," Stottlemyre said.

Brown, according to the pitching coach, responded that Erubiel Durazo had just singled on a low pitch.

"I wasn't going to argue with him," Stottlemyre said. "I said: 'He's a lowball hitter. This next guy's a highball hitter.'"

In truth, Stottlemyre had no idea.

"I was lying," he said, laughing. "He kind of stumped me."