I'm not like Ichiro. I don't polish my glove every day, |
[They could become only the third team in major league history to win 90 games one season and lose 100 games the next.] This is like Groundhog Day , ... I don't mean to make light of what we're going through, but it keeps happening. |
At the end of the day, this really gives me some closure. |
Everybody is playing like [doo doo]. |
From what I went through last year, what more could I appreciate than that opportunity? I'm here to come play second base, and hopefully I go out and show these guys I'm up to the challenge. |
He's a pain-in-the-neck when he's on. He can throw his fastball at 97 (mph) and slider at 92, but gets in trouble with his control. He has to throw strikes. |
He's still playing, and I'm not? |
I don't know where my brain was. Somewhere it never was before. Well, I'm back from outer space. |
I have to show I have regained the form I had a couple of years ago. If I can't play like an All-Star then I'm not going to play. If I can't play at the level I am accustomed to I won't be here. I will go home. |
I know I have something left, ... And I know talk is cheap. As long as the idea is burning in my mind — and it is — that I can still play, I've got to do it. But I can't just show up and assume all of what I had is still there. |
I look at this as a tremendous opportunity. Last year was a season I'd like to forget. The Mets have given me a chance to revive my career and I plan to make the most of it. |
I look at this as a tremendous opportunity. Last year was a season I'd like to forget. The Mets have given me a chance to revive my career and I plan to make the most of it. I know the organization is heading in the right direction and I would like nothing better than to be part of a championship year. |
I look at this as a tremendous opportunity. Last year was a season I'd like to forget. The Mets have given me a chance to revive my career, and I plan to make the most of it. I know the organization is heading in the right direction, and I would like nothing better than to be part of a championship year. |
I played this game too long and did a lot of good things to go out like that. I played my way out and I didn't want to go out that way. I wanted to go out on my own terms. |
I think baseball people know about my defense. If that's what's going to help my chances get back into the major leagues, then that's fine with me. |