Wow, I had no idea. This is a shock. This really takes me by surprise. I thought he had a lot of baseball left in him.

I think it’s very important very important. We feel pressure a little bit with having to win some games, because we feel we are a better team than what we’ve been showing.

He could dish it out like nobody, but he could take it too. He had that sarcastic sense of humor. When you first become his teammate, you see some things and wonder, ‘Is he serious...

Aggressive is good, but have we been overly aggressive at times? Probably. It’s a good question. We’re trying to make things happen, but when you’re not hitting, everything stands out.

I look at it as if I’m supposed to be out there.

I was excited. He’s really good, and he’s been around a lot of great hitters.

He hit a home run off Paul Byrd to right-center field when we were playing against him. It’s the farthest opposite-field home run I’ve ever seen a right-handed hitter hit at Safeco Field. It probably...

It’s definitely frustrating. It’s aggravating. It’s all of those things. At the same time, they say it’s not how many times you fall off the horse. It’s how many times you get back up. We’re...

I wasn’t going to let him go back there, no way.

I didn’t see the stop sign at all, and then I didn’t see that (Barajas) was blocking the plate until it was too late. If I slide, maybe it’s a one-run game.

He is an unbelievable human being and probably the best teammate I have ever had. I want my son to grow up and be just like Dan Wilson.

I was just thinking about that to myself a minute ago. It seems like, later on in the game, we start squaring balls up a little bit more. We do a better job of hitting...

I didn’t even know that was a steal. It’s a cheap steal.

We won a series from a very good team. That’s a good club over there. They can score runs and they have solid pitching. When you can win a series from a team like that,...

He’s a funny guy. He definitely likes to keep things light. He’s a force in the lineup, too.

About then you’re thinking that maybe (the losing streak is over).

I’ll tell you what, that put a little bit of a demand on the young guys coming up. You’re taking BP with those guys they were unbelievable. To this day, and I’ve played with some...

It’s a great win. I don’t know if it’s so much a sigh of relief, but we came back and beat the world champions.

That team you saw in the last two innings, hopefully that’s the club that we are and the club that you’ll see.

I don’t know if it’s a sigh of relief. But this is a great win for us.

I heard where he hadn’t been all that sharp this year. Well, he was sharp tonight. When he wasn’t throwing slider he pounded fastballs in.

Later on in the game our at-bats get better, and I don’t know if it’s a mental thing. I don’t know.

That’s absolutely the way it is, riding the minor league buses. It’s one of those movies I could watch over and over again.

He always said if he could no longer perform up to his standards or be an everyday player that he would walk away. I enjoyed having him as a teammate, that sarcasm and humor. I...

When I was growing up, it seemed like it was probably the most realistic movie about baseball life. Now that I’ve lived it, I can say that it is the most accurate.

Richie does that all the time.

He sits in the cage for hours upon hours upon hours. That’s all he thinks about. That’s all he really cares about. Hitting. All he wants to do is be in the cage and be...

That was an emotional one. He (Betancourt) was down 0-2 and battled his tail off. Willie’s stolen base was unbelievable. He’s as good as I’ve ever played with.

Our offense has a nice pace, a nice feel right now. We’re being aggressive when we have to, being patient when we have to. Good balance up and down the lineup, good approaches at the...

That was awesome. That was really cool, getting to meet one of the great power pitchers in the history of the game.

We’ve put together big innings the last two nights. We swung the bats well this series.

Ichiro changes your mind about what’s possible.

It was good to finally be sitting at the adults’ table. My first few years here, I wasn’t part of it at all.

All he cares about is hitting. He’s really watching, and he sees all the little things in your swing. He’s a highly intelligent man.

He’s really good about putting his words into actions. He can also show you what he means. If you don’t get it, he’ll sit there with you and walk you through it, but he’s not...

I just try to improve a little bit each day. I don’t necessarily feel comfortable at the plate yet.

Part of our game is being patient. You work the count, a lot of things can happen.

It’s hard for me to watch them go through this. It’s painful, really. It’s a great baseball town. A great city. Loyal fans. And then to watch them go through this. … You wouldn’t wish...

We needed that. That was a big game for us. With the way things have been going, the way tonight had gone, we had to have it. We had to scratch and claw, but we...

I am ecstatic. Seattle is where I wanted to be…it’s where I’ve always wanted to be. It feels like home to me. I am excited about the direction of the team, and am very, very...

It doesn’t feel like we’re swinging the bat a whole lot better against right-handers. We’re not swinging the bats well collectively.