I'll take three hits on Opening Day anywhere. I felt better the last two weeks of spring. I felt I could drive the ball. Things change when you get in a major-league stadium, the atmosphere changes, the ball seems to travel a little farther. |
I'm happy with where I am right now. Everybody's happy. |
I'm healthy. I started hitting on Jan. 2. The day before I came to spring training, I had a full evaluation. |
I'm not going to get down on myself if I have a bad day or two in early March, or if I can't get on the field for a couple days in a row in early March because something happens. It's a trial process that I have to come back. I've said it a thousand times, but my point is April 3rd is my date. |
I'm not good at that. I've never been good at that. Day game after a day game, I expect to be able to play. (Saturday) I might have been a little sore, a little tight. But if I can take 24 hours, I expect to come back and play again. If I wake up (Sunday) and it's still that way, then you talk about it. |
I'm not in any rush. There's two programs floating around, one is [to] lay low, the longer you take the stronger you'll get. The other is pretty much the same, basically to take things slow and let how things go decide [when he will play in a game]. |
I'm not trying to groove a swing right now for the season. I'm just trying to continue my range of motion and flexibility. |
I've been healthy. My shoulder has been feeling good and I've been able to respond. As long as I can stay healthy and stay strong, I'll run out on the field every day. |
Incredible, I mean he threw the ball great, kept the ball down and obviously swung the bat well. He did everything and more to help himself and pitched a great game. |
It is quiet in here. There are a lot of new faces here. We haven't played any games yet. It's early. But, yeah, it's still a little different. |
It was actually right in front of us. The door was shut. We're not used to having a bathroom in the dugout. |
It was put to me, from (Cincinnati Reds trainer) Dr. (Timothy) Kremchek, that, `you need to have surgery,` ... `When all the smoke clears,` he says, `you don`t have any options. You have to have surgery.` |
It was put to me, from (Cincinnati Reds trainer) Dr. (Timothy) Kremchek, that, 'you need to have surgery,' ... 'When all the smoke clears,' he says, 'you don't have any options. You have to have surgery.' |
It's a big part of that a lot of people don't understand. We had a good pulse here. You looked forward every day to coming to the park. Everybody was a big part of the team. It'll be like that again, but it takes awhile for guys to become familiar with one another. |
It's a lifetime experience, something you've looked forward to your whole life. You're not sure if you want it to be over with, or if you want it to last forever. |