I wasn't out there, and I'm a nuisance. I think everybody knows that. In fact, (Leyland) had to calm us down from walking up on the home runs. You can see how it changed from being nice guys to we do have attitudes. There's a lot of attitudes.
He's a standup man's man, and he's one of those guys you don't want to cross. He gives us direction, and that's all we really lacked.
Unbelievable, ... It was one of those trades like, 'Who knew?' Guys in the National League knew what he could do.
I put up great numbers, better than a lot of players who got called up around the majors. A lot of them were on contending teams, ... Tampa's going nowhere this year, so they could at least call up the guys who are going to be there in the future.