[Despite persistent rumors that are still circulating, Devil Rays GM Chuck LaMar said he was] not close at all ... I wouldn't even term it remote. |
From what I've been told, I got pretty lucky with this. |
I'm proud to be an American. I'll pay my taxes. |
It feels like you're playing a high school game out there right now. |
It just falls off the table. It was like one of those Bugs Bunny moments when I was just spinning around. The sad thing is, I knew it was coming. |
It's a play where you either get him or you don't. It's a bang-bang play -- it just happened to hop into my hand. I feel pretty good over there right now. |
It's a play you either get it or you don't. It just happened to pop into my hand, and I got him out. |
It's disappointing, but at the same time, there are worse things in life. Last night they were thinking maybe I tore something. To wake up this morning and find out it's just a sprain is great news. You've got to look at things in perspective. |
It's funny -- the first ball I got was the easiest backhanded ball, and the crowd stood up and cheered like it was unexpected. |
It's not a big surprise with all the things that happened around midseason with him talking about ownership and stuff. All the players have been talking about it. |
Just a sprain, that's all I know right now. It just got numb there for a little bit. |
Nothing has really changed. I'm going to play my best. This is a contract year so I'm going to give it all I've got. I still believe that the odds of me being here by the All-Star break are pretty much zero. If I do get traded, hopefully I'd go to a contender. To be honest, I'm actually tired of talking about it. |
There's nothing you can do about it. A freak accident. It's pretty stiff today. It's tough to be really mobile, move around. This morning was pretty tough. |
There's so many, I can't put a finger on it. There seems to be always something around here that's a distraction, but you get used to it. |
They recognized my power was to left-center field, so they started pounding me inside, which shortened my stroke as I tried to yank it a little more. You can't inside-out that inside pitch. That kind of forced me into bad habits. |