I was always told to take care of your shortstop. Communicate and take care of him. |
I'm doing everything I can. I care. I'm working at it. Not a day has gone by that I haven't thought about it. Nobody has higher expectations for me than I do. ... It's hard to pinpoint. The bottom line is it hasn't been there. There's no reason to make excuses, and I'm not going to sit here and do it. |
This is the first place I wanted to go. I was originally drafted by the Cardinals out of high school in 1995. I'm from Oklahoma and I grew up a Cardinals fan. |
We'll see what happens. When the season starts it's a clean slate. I know what I'm capable of doing. It's just been a bad spring. |
We're just trying to get to know one another, trying to get to know one another's tendencies. The most important part of it is communicating and being on the same page. . . . We're all professionals and you've been playing the position pretty much your whole life. |
When the season gets here, you start at zero. I know what I'm capable of; it just hasn't happened so far. It's been a bad spring. What can I tell you? I'm not letting it beat me. I have had bad springs, good springs and in-between springs. This has been my worst. ... When things aren't going well, of course you have to critique yourself. If you don't, you're just going through the motions. |