I sense that MLB is hurting a little bit. |
I think we have to rethink, because now we are on the big stage, and the Americans are a big-stage team. In the Asian round, we felt we had to worry about not only winning, but playing good for the (home) fans. Here, we have one purpose only. |
I thought it was a close play. I'll leave it up to the umpire to call. |
I told [Hargrove] that it hurts, but I can still be faster than Edgar [Martinez], |
I want to be the kind of player, ... where the fans can look to me and think it's just another day, another performance. |
I was able to hit a home run in my first at-bat and I was glad to do it. I didn't have that in mind but I knew we should score first and maintain the lead. |
I wasn't surprised ... there's many situations where the runner on first runs in those situations. |
I won't know until I wake up (today). |
I won't maintain that emotional level. I guess I'm lucky we have another week left in spring training, and that will give me an opportunity to recover. |
I would like to see the success of this event lead to baseball being back at the Olympics, but I can't see myself participating in any effort to bring baseball back to the Olympics. |
I'll walk on my hands before I use crutches. |
I'm going to throw a party tonight. |
I'm really proud that I'm only one of two players from Major League Baseball in the final game. I sense MLB is hurting a little bit. |
I've never been officially named captain by the manager. But if you look at my experience in baseball, I'm definitely the veteran on the team. |
I've seen a lot of great plays in my five years in the majors. And I know we have enough talent on our team to be able to contend. |