They are my people. [Because of them], I feel like I’ve finally found a home. I gave them everything I had this year. They have helped me so much. They have given me the opportunity...

Talk to Frank. I cannot comment on it.

Right now I just need to get my timing.

He asked me how I was feeling. I told him, ‘Frank, I’m ready to play.’?

Hanging slider right in the middle. What do you expect me to do in that situation?

He told me that he’s not an outfielder.

If we don’t win this game, … we’re done.

I think a lot of people have to be happy with that. I am way ahead of my program..

We all stink. We’re just looking like Little League players.

I’m getting there. As long as I see a lot of pitches, my timing is going to get there. I was happy to hit a [long] foul ball. That was the first one. OK, my...

If you guys want to talk about Pedro — no, What will happen, will happen.

I told you that I would be ready. There’s still concern on my part, but the doctor put a smile on my face today. He brought some good news. He thinks I’ll be ready by...

It’s crazy. A lot of weird stuff has been happening. But there’s nothing you can do about it. You just keep playing hard, and hopefully you’re going to get better one of these days.

We just need to be smart enough to know which players to pitch around. Frank is the manager, and he needs to step up and make those moves. But I’m not a manager, I’m not...

These are tough, tough losses.

He can say whatever he wants. We’ll see what happens Wednesday.

That was a great moment right there, … I felt like I motivated my teammates.

If I get hit again, it’s going to get real ugly if he’s pitching.

When it’s coming to be in a clutch situation, I got a great feeling Jose Guillen is going to come up in a great moment at a great time, … There’s still a lot of...

They told me I hopefully would start swinging a bat in the first week of spring training, but I’m not in a rush. That was a really serious injury. It was pretty much a reconstructed...

I’m pretty sure if we lost, the season was done.

I’m going to take it step-by-step. I’m not going to rush anything. This was a serious injury. It’s going to take some time to heal and get the shoulder 100 percent.

He’s never been afraid to pitch inside, but I think enough is enough, and I’ve had enough. I’ve been hit so many times by him. We used to be friends, but our relationship, I think,...

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...