I think it's a better outfield than we had last year. Garret did an admirable job in center, but I think his natural position is left. And offensively, [Finley] gives us one more good solid bat. |
I think that is going to be a big step along in my scenario. I hate to sit back and try and figure what they're going to do. I can only control what I do out there. |
I think there's probably been a couple of dozen games all year [like this]. The best just keeps getting better. |
I'll see what kind of luck I bring, |
I'm a firm believer that the wild-card teams, because they're grinding it out until the final days, have a tremendous amount of excitement. That excitement carries over into the playoffs and really helps. |
I'm more excited than I've been in many, many years. I can do some things that I haven't been able to do in 4-5 years. In some ways, I feel like a kid. My knee feels great, I'm running great. But I'm not going to blow smoke. You just don't know what it's going to be like over the course of a season. |
I've been around a lot, but can appreciate things a little differently. It's a different Opening Day just because of what I've been through. |
I've found myself able to do a few things that I wasn't able to do over the past several years. There have definitely been some times that I've been real excited about the possibilities, what my performance could be like, with some of the health issues resolved. |
In a lot of ways, I've been pleasantly surprised about where I'm at, but I'm still rough around the edges. There's still some rust I have to work off. I feel I've shown I'm relatively healthy, but it's going to be their call, and it's going to depend on what their needs are. |
It didn't matter what we would do, win or lose, we were going home from the ballpark dejected because Seattle was so hot, |
It feels like Spring Training again, ... That first week of spring when everything feels great and you wake up the next day sore. |
It was a big whirlwind; everything happened so fast. I kinda felt like a kid in a candy store. |
It's a great experience. It's an opportunity for the fans to get close to the players and it's great for the players to relax and interact with the fans because they usually don't get to during the season. |
It's official. I don't want to come off as cocky, but I kind of halfway expected it. When I actually heard it for the first time, it was just relief. |
Just the fact that it was a goal of mine to come in here and feel like I could compete, I feel I've done that. I don't know if I've done enough yet or not, but some of those things are out of my hands. |