I swung after they took me out (Thursday), ... I just wanted to make sure I could tell (manager) Mike (Scioscia) I was OK. I didn't want to wait until (Friday). |
I think it looked like I was a little more aggressive than I was, ... I swing at bad pitches anyway, but I was swinging at even more bad pitches and missing. It looked worse. But I was thinking about [the milestone], no doubt about it. |
I think it probably seemed like I was anxious because I was swinging at bad pitches. I was thinking about it, but I'm going to keep swinging. Sometimes it looks bad and sometimes it doesn't, but I'm not going to stop swinging. |
I told them from the beginning I'm not playing, and there's no change in the original plans. |
I tried to use batting gloves at the beginning of every spring training up until 1999, |
I want to come back and do this again. |
I want to win when the whole world is watching, ... I want to win a World Series in an Angels uniform. |
I'm going to keep my head up, |
I'm the same as I was all year, ... I can take it. |
I'm very happy for the fans. I wanted to do it at home. During the ovation, I wanted to run out to right field, forgetting that I was the DH. |
I've said from the beginning that I would not play and I haven't changed my original plan. |
If something looks good, I'm swinging. They pay me to hit. I look at the ball and swing. |
If you see me play, that's the way I am all year, |
It feels pretty special, because those are guys that I've heard were tremendous players. To be in that company is very meaningful. |
It feels pretty special, because those are guys that I've heard were tremendous players, ... To be in that company is very meaningful. |