I just feel good at the plate right now. I've been working on some things and realizing what I've been doing wrong. For me, it's just good to know that I can play every day at this level. In order to play at this level, you have to make adjustments each day. |
I know my pain threshold. I'm fine, ... It's come down to that point where you got to suck up a lot of stuff. |
I live for that moment. The team is down with two outs and I help the team win. I want to do that for a couple of more years. |
I remember two years ago a bunch of us went out on the boat and it was my birthday. We had a great time out there. That's the little things you miss. Johnny was a great person. He was the first guy to step in front of the media when things weren't right, when things were right. |
I tried not to do too much (in the at-bat). We're trying to hit our way out of games. We've done that the last two days. I think it's a sign of things to come later. When we start clicking it's going to be tough for our opponents to keep games close because of the pitching we have. |
I use the same approach (at bat). |
I was soaking it all up in the ninth inning, every pitch, every out, just looking around. It felt like the World Series. It was unbelievable. Just a pure adrenaline rush and pure excitement. |
I've been taking groundballs out there for about two months. It's an easier throw than from third base and the (double play) turns don't really get me so much. |
It gets pretty ugly sometimes. I'm a corner guy so I see it all the time. I've seen an older guy get hit right in the cheek and he started bleeding everywhere. It's always the one fan that's not looking. He gets shielded or something. It's definitely scary. That's the scary thing about baseball. I'm surprised it doesn't happen more often. |
It was great in the beginning. I got a lot of notoriety about it in Double-A. Now it's getting to the point where it's past that time. It's a time where whenever anyone writes something about me, it's, 'Oh, he has a great on-base percentage.' Well, in order to have a good on-base percentage you've got to hit, too. |
It was kind of sad. He acknowledged the crowd [with his helmet] and they didn't want any part of it. |
It was probably one of the sharpest pains I've had. |
It would be good for us to come out and take it to the Blue Jays a little bit. They've played us well. They've hit the ball real well, they've pitched well and they've scored lots of runs against us. |
It would help out a lot. It doesn't matter to us players because it doesn't impact our at-bats. It's all what the fans want. It's up to them. That's the biggest thing. If they want it, it would be great. |
It's been a tough year for me. It just stinks for me, especially when we have left-handed guys pitching down here, I would have had a chance to play more probably. It stinks. There's nothing you can do about it. I'm just going to work my butt off to basically do whatever I can to help out and get back for that playoff push. I have a lot of confidence in my teammates. They'll get us there, and hopefully I can help out in the playoffs. |