(in the dark) the shine of small things

It's not surprising. People use filler words/actions when they're trying to talk faster than they can think, which usually happens in interviews, and what I've noticed is that Rich tends to blitz through his responses. I personally would think that anything that is going to be heard/read by a lot of people should be really thought through carefully, but then again, it IS only baseball. They're not asking him anything incriminating or anything.