It was a lot more intense, there was a lot more focus. Any time you have a high-pressure situation, high-pressure at-bats, it makes you more relaxed in those situations.
If I'd had a good year last year, I might have stuck with (27). But with the year I had and knowing that 33 has always been my number, I thought this season would be a good time to go back to what has always been good luck for me.
We put on Tragically Hip, we told him we were going to brainwash him. We told him he had to memorize all the songs by the time we got here.
You feel like a family during the regular season, any time you win the team's always closer, that sort of thing. When you're playing for your country, it's almost like you're playing for your brothers. It's a little sweeter.