Jeter said. ''That's the bottom line. |
Bench me or trade me. |
Everyone in the Classic feels very fortunate to represent their country. This is the opportunity of a lifetime. We're trying to be as big as the [soccer] World Cup. Everybody follows that. They will be the same way with this tournament. |
He's a guy I admire, and I guess he did a tremendous job with the Padres last year. As you know, the Padres haven't been in the playoffs for so many years. He came up and brought them (there), and that says a lot about what kind of catcher he is. |
I actually wanted it. I guess the fact that I was working so much at first base during spring training, I kind of (cut) back my hitting. |
I cannot blame the team for what they did. They figured that this is what they need to do in order to I guess to, I don't know, not to say to help him out but just to clean up some of the issues that have been happening to this organization. |
I don't want to be a guy who plays for a lot of teams at the end of his career. Every year, I try to do the best that I can. If things don't work out, I will also practice catching and be ready. Somebody can always use a catcher who can hit. |
I don't want to be traded now. I have taken ground balls at first base a few times, and I will work there during workouts. I won't know about playing there until the games begin. |
I guess the team can't take it anymore. He has a few cases in the past. Once you get caught twice, three times, something is going on. |
I think their plan was to swing early. I think they just swung on the first pitch to get on base. I was always trying to establish my fastball. They tried to take advantage of it. But for me the key is throwing strikes. |
I was a little surprised when they signed Ramon. I had one more year left on my contract. It will be tough finding a job next year if I'm not going to catch a lot. |
It was like a roller-coaster. You went to the highest part and then dropped down to the lowest part. It was sad. |
It's just ... it's just, ... We gotta deal with it right now. That's all you can do. |
It's not a big deal between ballplayers and that's probably because nobody's ever had a serious consequence. The day there is, the day someone dies, then you're really going to see people running around. |
It's sad that nobody wants him. It's sad what happened to him last year. Besides what he did, he's a great guy. |