Everyone is their own man. It's kind of easier that I'm not a pitcher, but they still expect a lot out of you. You've really got to play your own game. You can't try to live up someone else, you've got to live up to your own hype.

303

I'd much rather hit. I hated pitching, ... When you have my dad's name on your back, it's like wearing a bull's-eye. It's smaller if you're not on the mound.

181

I wish I could talk to Satchel Paige and find out what he did to pitch at 50.

150

He gave me some knuckles and said 'That 'a boy,'.

143

I really don't see it, ... It will take me at least a couple of years to get there, and he won't want to keep going forever.

102

I think having him here some has been a big help to me, ... And I don't think any of the other players have minded.

100

Says Koby. ''He took us shopping. On the first day he took us to a big Wal-Mart and he was like a kid in a big toy store. Grabbing a bunch of stuff saying, 'You're going to need this, you're going to need that.' It was funny.

100

I don't think of it as pressure.

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