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].