Mike Mussina, another superb Yankees pitcher, once said,

“I’ve never seen him get excited or upset about anything.

But being a pitcher, that’s a good way to be.”

Though he is quiet, he never loses a chance to make people around him laugh.

Sometimes he parrots the slang words he has learned from his teammates and uses them on his coaches or friends.

Most of the time, he has good comic timing.

His humor therefore has won him many friends on foreign soil.

With more and more calluses on his fingers, he seems to be pitching better and better.

Now he is a national hero in Taiwan.

Whenever he shows up, fans stop him and ask for an autograph.

This big boy from Tainan has finally found his place on the mound.