Like correctly fixing a soft-boiled egg or pouring a proper pint, the Glen Perkins preparation guide is rather specific. He needs three minutes to take a couple deep breaths and do a few toe touches. And he requires 12 warm-up pitches.
Then serve hot. And often.
"If we're tied on the road, if we're tied at home, if we're down at home, down on the road, I don't care," Perkins said. "I don't want to sit. The main thing I said (to Paul Molitor) was that I don't want to be sitting in the bullpen when we lose a game.