It's a learning process. At some point, I won't be thinking five million things in my head. Maybe that will come at the end of the year. Comfort comes when you do things instinctively, you don't have to think. |
It's driving me crazy. I want to be out there. |
It's good to get plays like that under your belt. You want to experience plays like that in spring training. |
It's good to get plays like that under your belt. You want to experience plays like that in spring training. You just can't simulate it, no matter how hard you try, at the speed of the game. Sele did a great job of getting over there. |
It's great, I'm excited to play for Grady again. He's unbelievable. He's a great manager. He's got great wisdom, he knows the game so well, he's so great to play for and he wins. That's what's awesome. |
It's nice to get some wins. We played well as a team. We did the little things right. Our pitching and bullpen did their thing and that's why we came away with three wins. |
Just get a ball I can drive and get it up in the air. If you get the ball in the air, you get a guy in. If not, worse-case scenario, you've got a guy in Bill Mueller who will give you a good at-bat. |
My initial reaction was 'wow, |
No, I can't remember the last time I played outfield -- not even in high school. |
Not at all. I cried. I was crushed. The city and the fans meant that much to me, and they still do. I played for those fans, my teammates, the history of that franchise. It was hard to take the way it went down, but the thing I'm proudest of from my time in Boston is that we raised more than $1 million for charity and there is still a playground that has my name on it. |
One-year deals, changing positions, I'm not worried about that. |
Pettitte did a great job, the kind I've come to expect of him while facing him so many times in the American League. But so did Derek. |
Physically, I feel pretty good right now. |
That ball in center field was tough to catch. I didn't see where it was going. Things like that happen. |
That comes with learning the position, |