Anything you can draw from in base- ball that translates to the golf course? Having the crowd around and a little bit of buzz and atmosphere to get you focused. I think that’s the fun part of having a gallery. ••• Were you anxious during your fi rst AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am? The big concern was on the fi rst hole getting off the tee, I was just hoping I didn’t duff it. I got it off the tee but ended up losing the ball so that was a quick wake-up. I think it was okay to get that out of the way. ••• You seemed to be outdriving scratch golfer Tony Romo on several holes and keeping up with your professional partners. I think I got a lucky bounce, honestly. I got just a little bit fi rmer bounce than Tony did. Matt Betten-
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court carried us, defi nitely. It took the pressure off me so I was able to go out there and let some drives rip. •••
If you could bottle one moment or memory from the World Series, what would it be? In the last inning I pitched against Texas, being able to have that awesome ovation coming off the fi eld. I had so much confi dence handing the ball to (Javier) Lopez, him coming in to get that out to close the inning. That was by far the coolest mo- ment of the postseason for me. •••
What do you have to say about losing to the 49ers during the charity shoo- tout at Pebble Beach? What do you mean? We didn’t lose, we raised money for charity and you can’t lose then. •••
What would you say about the San
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