It's important for me to play six months. The Lord works in mysterious ways. Up to this point, there have been no setbacks. |
Maybe it's a test from a higher power, to be able to come back and play in the same place. I was thinking the other day, 'Man, I'm going to the same place.' I guess the good Lord wants me to get rid of my fears right away. I'll be all right. |
No setbacks. Progression is the key. I've got to get healthy -- and stay healthy. It's a work in progress. I'm trying to get in baseball condition again. |
The last two have just been demoralizing. |
There's not one guy who can do that but Barry Bonds. That would be selfish for me to do something like that. |
These two, you have to like their future. |
They kept us from winning the game. That's something I see all of the time. You've just got to keep plugging away against these dudes here. Somehow or another, they find a way to get it done. |
This is a guy I modeled my game after. |
This is a guy I modeled my game after. For me, as an African-American player, this guy has laid down a lot of groundwork for us to enjoy this game. |
To see that, it brings a different joy. It's a great feeling to witness it and spectate and be a part of this. That's what I'm happy about. Having the chance to root for this team. |
To stop a game for 15 minutes in the seventh inning, you've gotta be a bad man. And Michael Piazza is bad man. He's been so good. |
We have an opportunity to be as good as this team was last year. |
We thought going into this year that we were going to struggle early while we identified our players' roles. We felt by the time the tournament came around that we'd be a pretty good team. |
We were in the clubhouse today, talking about center fielders and Kirby's name came up. He's one of those special dudes. I knew he had the stroke, and I was asking if you could go the hospital to see him. They said he was in intensive care, that it was just for family. ... Now he's gone. That's crazy. I didn't even know. The last time I saw him was when the Mets played in Minnesota. I went to dinner with him -- me, Kirby, Jacque Jones and Torii [Hunter]. I'm sure Torii's tore up. It's so sad. |
You mean we're not going to do this again next year? |