[The DH role] gets undervalued, and it's somewhat justified, ... You can be a leader, but you're not making any great plays to save your team a run. You almost have to overcompensate for that missing link, and I think David Ortiz has done it. |
I could become a free agent. I'd have to go to an American League team, like the Mets. That sounds funny, doesn't it? |
I didn't expect to finish that high being mostly a DH, |
I didn't expect to finish that high being mostly a DH. |
I didn't think about DiMaggio too much, but when I got up into the 30s, I started thinking it would be nice if I could catch Rose and Keeler. |
I hope Rollins goes as long as he can; it's good for the game. I've got no problem with (him surpassing Molitor). But it's been nice that no one's reached that number (39) since 1987, which is a pretty long time. Eventually someone's going to pass it, and this guy seems like he's on track to do it, so I hope he does. |
I spent a lot of time thinking about it. I decided to allow myself more flexibility in my personal time with my family and other issues. I took a lot of time and went back and forth, trying to go through the schedule and try to make it work. Then I started thinking about things I wanted to get done. |
I went 0 for 4, it was a 0-0 game, and I ended the game in the on-deck circle when one of our guys drove in a run to win it. But, hey, I got four cracks at him. |
It happened so quickly that baseball didn't adjust. There are aberrations; Minnesota and Montreal are playing well. The fact is you have to be high on the revenue list to reach the post-season. |
It just seems like Ortiz has so many dramatic hits. |
It would have been really nice to have this program to learn about new treatments, |
People who accumulate statistics that are warranted of Hall of Fame-type numbers should be in, ... The numbers are what counts. |
There's a certain crispness to the sound of the ball coming off his bat that only a few players have. It's because he's so strong. |
You do what you can to prevent cancer, and when you get it, you do what you can to fight it. That's what we're trying to let people know; that there is a support team out there to try to help them do that, |