Being patient, feeling comfortable, taking my walks-that's part of my game.
We're going to win some games with our offense, no doubt about it. Our offense is too good not to win.
People don't realize this game is not fair. I've seen some great players who, for whatever reason, never got the opportunity. To keep going back to Triple A, when you know in your heart you have nothing to prove there, it takes a special kid to do that.
I know we like to think baseball is America's game, but that isn't totally true. There are some teams out there that can play this game pretty well.
The game slows, ... I don't overanalyze. I just try to get a good pitch and hit it. Even when I cooled off after July, I was still taking good at-bats. I'm just trying to hit the ball hard. Tonight, I got a few mistakes.
That was our big theory when I was with Oakland. Run up the guy's pitch counts, 'cause then you get the starting pitcher out of the game in the fifth inning. You're making him throw 100 pitches and he's gone.
He loves the city. He's got that mentality. He knows what he needs to do. He has a good time. But he's pitched some great games at the right time. I think he would fit in well.