“And nobody went over to pat him on the back or hold him or anything. They let him cry. And that’s why it took three hours.”

Simply wash and pat dry and rub with a little olive oil.

Back in Redditch, having met Lily and learnt more about how she's trained her pet, Matt has decided he's happy to meet Doug and give him a pat.

But while the Dodgers and to a lesser extent the Diamondbacks and Giants made splashy offseason moves, the Padres pretty much stood pat.

You can always throw in a touch of cream or half-and-half or — of course — a few pats of butter.