This is a day that everybody is looking to be together, meeting your new teammates, I think it’s pretty good. Spring training, your first day, this is the day that everybody has been waiting for....

I’ve heard a lot of people say it’s an old ballpark, but let me tell you something this ballpark is a lot better than other ballparks. You go outside to the field and see the...

That’s part of the game. You just have to get used to it.

The way I’ve been swinging the bat the last week-and-a-half, … I’m not producing offensively the way I’m capable of doing.

It’s not even close to the team we had in the first half.

I’m the one that is going to make the decision on how I feel.

I know how to take care of it, don’t worry. I’m going to make sure I play in all the games he’s in. … I want him to throw inside. Now I want him more...

It’s pretty sore, man. I got lucky it didn’t get my wrist.

I’m not going to hurt any of my teammates and do something stupid.

I just hope they can fix the situation. That’s up to the people upstairs and Soriano.

A lot of people in baseball are trying to figure out how we can win. It’s kind of tough. It drives people crazy. … I don’t know how we are still there. I think we...

Lots of times, you really need guys for motivation, guys trying to help your teammates. Lots of times, you see a lot of guys, they don’t really care. But what can you do? It’s a...

We’re poor people who live here and we don’t know where to go. The situation is tough. We’d like to know specifically what they’re going to do and not leave us stranded on the street.

Hey, everybody knows how Frank is. He doesn’t ask you for much. He wants us to play hard, run the bases hard. If you don’t do that, you know you are going to have a...

Everything [has changed]. It has been a great year. A lot of times you really need that extra motivation to help your teammates. Lot of times, you see a lot of guys that don’t really...

This is a pitchers’ ballpark. Everybody knows that here. It’s not in my mind anymore. I’m just here to play baseball — that’s what I’m going to do. Some of these guys are worried about...

It’s pretty much none of my business. That’s up to the people upstairs and Soriano.

We have a happy team. We had a great group of guys last year. There was a great chemistry in that clubhouse, and we don’t want any distractions.

It doesn’t matter who we play or where we play anymore. We just have to play better than we’ve been playing.

There comes a time — and this is the time, as far as I’m concerned — that … it’s time to say, ‘Hey, guys, that’s it. Take the rest of the year off

I will face him again, and he will not be afraid to pitch inside. And I’m going to make sure I play every one of those games that he’s on, too.

If we lost that game, it was going to be a different atmosphere here tomorrow. I don’t know where we were going to go from there.

This is the last thing I need right now this is serious. I have to take my time and let it heal. If I have to take two weeks off to get better, I will.

I don’t want to comment until everything is done.

A lot of these umpires, they think that fans come to the stadium to see them. It’s not right. Right now it looks like they have full power in baseball. They can do whatever they...

I said that was a [lousy] pitch, … and that was it. He just throw me out.

If I play the last 10 days of spring, that’s enough for me. I am in great shape. I am doing all the activities, throwing and all that stuff. If you can hit, you can...

I will take care of it. I want him to keep pitching inside. Now I want him more than ever.

I don’t know. Talk to Frank.

Guys, you know the situation right there. Why rush and try to throw the guy out? Maybe it’s raining, I throw the ball over the catcher or whatever. It’s not necessary.

Everyone knows how Frank is. He doesn’t ask for much.

I took one swing, and I feel like I pulled a muscle.

It was a ball. I don’t like it, I let my anger come out, I did whatever I need to do.

He’s a great kid. He reminds me of [ Vladimir Guerrero ]. I don’t blame him for any of this stuff. We have to understand the circumstances. He was pretty much forced to go to...

It’s pretty sore. I got lucky, It didn’t hit my wrist. But I’ll be fine. … I know what I need to do.

I don’t like it, I let my anger come out, I did whatever I need to do.

You’ve got to say thank you to the bullpen.

I’ve battled so many injuries this year. Right now, you look at the situation — where we are in the standings — why keep risking my body? The best thing for me right now is...

Fifteen hundred? … I don’t know how many fifteen hundreds I’ve given away. It would be much better just to be fined and not to get a suspension.

It’s a month left in the season, and I still remember what happened last year, and here we go again. Because I know it’s a lot of people that have been waiting for me to...

We’d love to have Sosa. He’s one of the greatest players in baseball. But that’s not up to me.

I told Frank that I will be available to be a pinch-hitter probably around the end [of Saturday’s game].

I was looking for a good pitch to hit. He just made some good pitches. You’ve got to tip your hat to him. He pitched a great game and they beat us again.

You know, if we lose, … none of this would be as fun.

I don’t think there’s anything else I can do. I have to get it fixed.

There’s no player here who can tell me they don’t go through a bad habit during BP and take that to the game and have to go to the cages and fix that stuff. That...

I’m a grown man, … I take full responsibility for what I did. It was a ball. I don’t like it. I let my anger come out. I did whatever I needed to do. If...

I don’t know what to do. That’s something I have to work on. We’ll see when that time comes. It’s going to be interesting to see.

I’ve had so many problems with my arm. I have to really protect that whole arm because I don’t want anything to go wrong early in the season.

I don’t want to hear from them, but I know I will. They are not going to let me get away with it. I take full responsibility for what happened. I’m a man, and if...