It’s hard to imagine what he’s been going through, to just get back out there and do what he’s doing now. Being a rookie in itself is tough, and then to add in a whole...

He hit a bullet and I was able to make the play on a short hop. A few inches over and it would have been past me.

It’s nothing that I see taking a long time. I don’t foresee it going into next week.

It was huge. By the way we celebrated on the field, it was about like we won the World Series.

A win is a win in our book, and we don’t care how we do it.

We won one last week like this, so we’ll try to do it again.

Lew had the green light and I had a pretty good lead since the first baseman wasn’t playing behind me. That jump-started things. That was huge for us.

I was able to sit back on it, had a good swing and drove it over the fence.

I think that’s in every player’s mind. They call it the salary drive — September.

It ain’t easy coming off the bench. That is not going to happen every day, what happened out there today. When you’re on the bench, you just cheer for your teammates. When you do get...

No matter if it’s a come from behind win or a regular win. It’s nice to have to build our confidence and build character in the clubhouse. It definitely helps the team. We’re not giving...

I think that’s in every player’s mind, … They call it the salary drive ? September.

It ain’t easy coming off the bench. That’s not going to happen every day (coming off the bench) what happened out there today.

It is frustrating, because I’ve been feeling good at the plate and it’s getting closer to the start of the season. We only have 12 games left. It’s frustrating, but you can’t do anything about...

The only thing we can do is go out and play hard now that we’re out of the playoffs. (The four hits) is definitely exciting any time you can do something like that.

Obviously, the past week I haven’t played at all in right field, so you know you can take that for what it’s worth. Nothing has been said either way, but you read between the lines...

I don’t foresee this going into next week.

The one thing we had to play for now is a winning record. To be able to rally like we have the last couple of days and ensure us a winning record, it’s pretty good.

I mean, I only missed six games, that’s nothing. Six games is not a substantial time at all. And then when I came back, I hit three home runs in three days, so I don’t...

You want to finish strong for a whole bunch of different reasons, as a team and individually. You never know what people are thinking or what their plans are for next year.

It’s nice to have the deal done and be able to focus on Spring Training. We felt like we had a strong case and the Twins also felt that way, so it’s great that we...

Everybody wants to play all the time, and I’m no exception. I want to be out there every day as a competitor and a player. Unfortunately, that’s not how it’s been. I’m not complaining but...

It’s frustrating. It’s tough. It’s not easy to deal with. Certain guys deal with it in certain ways. That was probably his way of dealing with it.

Over the past few years, I’ve learned that you never know what might happen and what position you might be asked to play. I’m just going to do my best to prepare for the 162-game...

I’m excited to get it done. Now we can just concentrate on spring training and getting better and getting ready for the season.

I’ve been reading the paper like everybody else, and the writing’s obviously on the wall in regards to me being in the outfield. I’m going to spring training trying to win right field. Apparently.

He threw every pitch that he wanted for strikes. He threw it where he wanted, any count he wanted. As you could tell by some of their swings, he was on today.