About time, ... It was a good one, too. It feels good because we won the game, that's most important. |
Anybody can have a bad year. It's too early to talk about how I'm going to do this season. But from the first day of spring training, I have been feeling good. I think I can help this team. |
He'd kick the pitcher's (butt). He'd do it. No (fooling) around, bro. |
I didn't see him, but I know Felipe Alou. Everybody knows the Alou family. I didn't know about the record until today when one of my teammates told me about it. I can't believe nobody hit in 16 games in a row because there have been a lot of great hitters here. |
I have patience. I'm waiting for my pitch, and I've been lucky they've been throwing the pitch where I've been looking for it and I've hit it. When you have things going you get hits. When you're struggling you hit the ball hard right at somebody. You have to take advantage when you can. |
I just want to get a ring. It feels like I was always meant to play here. |
I know the St. Louis team and fans wanted me to stay, but [management] didn't try hard to keep me -- that's what I felt in the negotiations. |
I never got booed before and I didn't know how to deal with that. I don't have anything to prove. |
I think he's going to be ready to play in this league. |
I work to bring everything together, but sometimes you start slow and sometimes you start quick. Every player is different. I know I'm going to be prepared to start fast. |
It's quick work. Everybody should change in their system because it's quick work and you're ready to go. It's been very good so far. |
Nobody likes to get booed. Maybe [it was] the fact they don't know nothing about me or they didn't believe I could play in the [American League]. But I know what I can do. |
Now that's a National League game. When I was in the American League, the games took 4 hours, 4 1/2 hours. That's a long game. I don't really like it. Over here, you play the game, do what you have to do, and go home. |
One of my teammates told me about the record. I thought it would be longer. They've had a lot of good players come through this team, a lot of good hitters. I can't believe it's not more than 16 games. |
The most important thing is communication. If we have the communication, I think we could be good. |