Obviously, on the road it's going to be a little bit rougher for him. I think it's good for him to come back today and hear some of the cheers.

We see reporters that we have never seen before. This is national news now. They're all asking the same question.

I can't figure it out. I'm a little puzzled by it. It's pretty brutal how we're swinging the bats right now.

He was pretty tough tonight. He left a couple of pitches up and that was it.

This isn't a shut case. It's not easy to [release a player] like that, I know. Yeah, he's made some mistakes, but a lot of people have. We're just going to have to see how it plays out.

I feel sorry for him, given the timing of it. You think he's on top of the world after getting 3,000 hits.

This isn't a shut case. It's not easy to do something like that, I know. Yeah, he's made some mistakes but a lot of people have. We're just going to have to see how it plays out.