Our defense has kept us in every game we've played this year. I knew we'd come out and play hard.
I love the game, it's the greatest game on earth, that's why I can't understand all of this talk about trying to make the game better. People talk about the high strike zone and changing this and that. Why? To speed up the game? That's the beauty of baseball. There is no time element.
I have figured out it's not what you do on the field, it's how many games you play in.
My only goal is to play 162 games and help this team win. If I can do that, everything will take care of itself.
Come on, when does it come to the point where your name can't come up in trade talks? Willie Mays got traded. Pedro Martinez got traded. So what? That's part of the game.
I was fortunate to play for Pete Rose and have teammates like Ken Griffey Sr., Tony Perez and Dave Concepcion. I grew up in the game with a mature attitude. I've always known it was better to be seen and not heard.
I'm having a good time. I'm going to treat every game and every day as if they are my last because I now know that they could be.
They wanted to win a game for Greg. We talked about trying to scrap, defend hard and contest every shot.
Every game in this league is a hard fought battle. We wanted to play physical and take it to them. Selah wanted to play physical and take it to us. I say let's go at it.