Absolutely. I’ve always wanted to be a .300 hitter with lots of doubles and drive in runs. The biggest thing is driving in runs and it doesn’t matter how you’re driving in runs as long...

So far it’s going good. I’m kind of getting used to the pitchers getting over (to cover first base), who gets over good and who doesn’t and what kind of athletes they are.

We’ve got a tough road ahead of us, but we’ve played good against guys like that, … and we owe Oswalt a beating.

A lot of guys, with a runner on third with less than two outs, we’re going to concede that run. He can get that strikeout. Those guys don’t come along too often, and when you’ve...

Location. He’s down, he’s away, he’s in. His balls go away from the middle of the plate.

That was typical Bagwell, … You’re never safe, even if he hasn’t seen live pitching for two years or two months. He’s going to give you a battle. The crowd got into it, and I...

I’ve been hitting in a cage since December, but we’ll see once I get out in the field and see some live pitching (on) how I’m doing. I got into some bad habits late last...

All the right moves were made, hopefully. It’s just the way it happened today.

That was typical Bagwell. You’re never safe, even if he hasn’t seen live pitching for two years or two months.

You never know what’s going to happen ahead of you. You’re kind of just throwing out things and situations knowing what you’re going to do so when you get up there you can just go...

Good teams will throw that behind them and go the next day. We’ve got the capabilities, it’s just a matter of going out there and doing it consistently.

You know Prince and I play the same position, and we both bat lefthanded. So, you have to believe they will do something,

That’s expected, they’ve always been up top. That’s fine. It matters where we finish. That’s all that matters. We’ve got a team that can compete with them and do that. It’s just a matter of...

I was looking for a pitch to hit. I had a chance to drive it. When I saw it go in the gap I thought maybe there would be a chance to score. Next thing...

It will be interesting, … I’m kind of interested to see what transpires.

I went to that in ’99, my last year of college (U of Nevada/Reno). It lets me see the ball better … lets me see it with both eyes.

That’s always a concern when a guy like him goes down. We’re going to have to overcome some things.

That’s the big question, … It’ll work out for both of us, I think.

[Opposing hitters cite Carpenter’s control of three quality pitches sinker, cut fastball and curve.] Location, … He’s down, he’s away, he’s in. His balls go away from the middle of the plate.

It hit the end of my glove. It just sneaked out of there. I know he was trying to throw up and away. You obviously don’t want to throw it there. You don’t want him...

It’s tough to do like J.J. [Hardy, the rookie shortstop] did and just go right into starting, … You’re expected to win and perform on a short leash. It’s nice that Prince can get a...

We got good guys to hit and run, to steal bases so we don’t have to wait for the three-run home run. But it’s always nice to have that option. … It makes everybody better...

(Pierre’s grounder) hit right off the end of my glove. You don’t expect him to smoke one down the line, especially off a 94 mph fastball.

It’s a great time to be a Blue Jay.

You kind of get nervous when you come in and see everyone around a new team and you’re not sure what kind of clubhouse it is. I knew it was going to be a good...

It makes the manager a little bit happier and you don’t lose sleep over that, … I tried to bunt a couple of bad balls. Even if I had moved the runners over, that’s a...

I took it upon myself to bunt because Carlos Lee is behind me and Geoff Jenkins, he’s already 4-for-4, that’s going to put them in a situation to drive those guys in and I wasn’t...

The hype was there and the vibe was there, so it didn’t really catch me off guard. I’m just happy to be a part of it and there’s more to come, right there.

He’s one of those guys who just doesn’t make mistakes,

I’m going to play my game, it’s just a matter of if they want me getting on for Troy or Vernon or if they want me protecting them. Whichever one it is, it doesn’t matter...

You get those guys with the high ERAs and you expect to go out there and beat up on them. You try to do too much. I think more times than not we get ourselves...

He doesn’t give you anything that you’re going to put the barrel on consistently. When we beat him, it was just one of those days. We kind of got lucky.