There's nothing worse than not being able to participate. It's the worst. It's not boring - nothing about this job is boring - but it's not as much fun when you're standing on the sidelines. You start feeling useless.

278

That's a thrill for me. Whether you agree with who's in office, whether you voted for them, whether you're at war, whether you're in peace, whether your taxes went up or down or whatever, when you get the opportunity to meet the leader of the Free World, it's pretty cool.

249

It's nothing major. I just needed a day for it to cool off. It never fully disappeared after spring training.

208

I was going to wear this hat, but it didn't match.

164

You don't even have to wash my uniform pants.

136

I do, I really do. I know losing Sean Casey is tough but we added some pitching and I think we're better.

135

We had a lot of young players. He was like your dad. When he raised his voice, you listened. He was a leader on and off the field. He's the one guy that stands out to me.

122

You've got to make fun of people. You've got to get made fun of. That's part of baseball.

106

Mark Mann's done a great job. I've never had this and, knock on wood, he's pretty much knocked it completely out. I don't like being in the training room, except to make fun of some guys every now and then.

95