Mickey Mantle wore it, ... I just enjoy it. |
My best memory is coming down here and seeing [David] Justice and all those guys. It's good to be out here, with everybody. I'm just having fun with the kids and the fans. It should be a good year. Everybody's excited. |
Myrtle Beach was a big hurdle for me because of my eye. But I came back and showed I was fine, and that was really like turning the corner for me. I knew I was getting close to making the majors so I worked even harder to get there. |
No matter what happens, I'm just happy to be selected to this roster. But I'd love to play and have 'USA' across my chest. |
None of it's hit me, ... After the season I'll look back at it but right now I'm taking it day by day. |
She's going on with her life and gets her chance to see her friends, and she's going to be a senior, ... I know she's happy for me for what I'm doing and she's doing her thing. She's got her life and her independence. |
So we didn't want to watch any -- we watched a little bit of the Yankees game, but we didn't want to watch any highlights of our game or anything. |
That's the thing that blows me away, ... I'm 7 years old when this thing starts happening. John Smoltz is one of their starting pitchers. Now here I am, on the team myself, and John's still here. I told him that's when you start to think about retiring. |
The first at-bat I was trying to go out and get everything instead of trusting my hands, That's what happens when you trust your hands. |
They're not going to let Chipper and Andruw beat them [in the postseason]. They're going to make the rest of the lineup beat them. So it was big for us to be able to come through like that and get some hits like that. Hopefully we can continue to do that up to the playoffs and through the playoffs. |
This is going to be a neat opportunity. It's going to be great to be able to go out there and have 'USA' across my chest. It's certainly an honor. |
We joke on our morning show because he's so perfect, ... He's a great athlete, a hometown guy, good looking. I wouldn't be surprised if he was running a foster puppy shelter out of his basement and helping sick children in his spare time. |
We knew we had clinched in the sixth, ... But we wanted to win. We wanted to earn it. |
We knew we had clinched in the sixth. But we wanted to win. We wanted to earn it. |
We want to get to the [National League Championship Series] and give ourselves a chance to get to the World Series and win it. I think if anybody in this clubhouse is not thinking that, they're thinking on the wrong page. |