Unbelievable, … It was one of those trades like, ‘Who knew?’ Guys in the National League knew what he could do.

They said they were building the lineup around me, so they wanted to keep me in the mix. We have some genuine, authentic, actual ballplayers.

As a player, especially me, I feel like I failed the manager, … Unfortunately, he has to be the fall guy. If we were 91-71, he’d be voted Manager of the Year.

We need a donkey to go in between Bondo [Jeremy Bonderman] and [Mike] Maroth, … An expensive donkey. Not a cheap labor donkey. Those guys are nice and there’s one in the area where I...

I could care less what they question, … They’re not walking around on this leg.

You can always hit up Willie Horton for [hitting tips].

He’s not happy, but he knows he did everything asked of him and then he went above and beyond the call of duty. It’s a total [garbage] move for him not to get called up....

We went from three closers to none.