I like first. It's relaxing for me. Up the middle is pretty tense. At first, you're fighting complacency. |
I love it here. I really got to see a different side of it yesterday. Going to the hospital and watching on TV, you see the other stuff that goes into the games. It made me realize why I love the Cubs as much as I do and why I want to play here. |
I was trying to get that one down quicker [in the first], and he made that play and you're like, 'OK,' and you try to regroup and have a good second at-bat -- that's why it's the big leagues. It's a straight mental battle. It's tough enough to square the ball up, and if you're doing it and not getting any hits, you don't have anywhere else to turn. |
I'm going to try that during the year, too. |
I'm happy I didn't give anybody a reason to say otherwise. I worked very hard at that. I actually hit the ball pretty well, too. |
I'm not going to answer that. Double-switch, it's not my decision. |
I've seen it here in Chicago, |
If I were to get traded tomorrow, I think the team is responsible for my rent in Chicago for six months. That's why I tried to get the rent as high as possible, so if that happened they would have to think twice about it. |
If I'm on the bench and somebody else is playing, I'm going to be pulling for him. I'm not going to be talking bad about anybody. |
If one guy does better than the other, obviously they get more playing time. That's how this system works. We all just sit back patiently and in the end, whether you play or not, you hope the team's winning. We're all pulling for everybody. |
If you're afraid of a little competition, you should go back and play softball somewhere. I'm all about it. And in the end, if Jerry's out there, I'm going to pull for him. |
In my particular at-bat, he threw ball one, and as an at-bat goes on you start to feel more comfortable, especially when you get into a hitter's count, |
It almost shocks me to look at our record and know the team we have. To me, it doesn't match up. But it is what it is, and we are going to continue to battle. |
It was an out in any other circumstance, ... David Weathers is a good pitcher. I was lucky to get the ball in play. |
It went better than we could have hoped. |