I was thinking that he was probably going to challenge me with a fastball, … And I said, ‘Hey, let’s put a good swing on this fastball.’

Each time you look at [the ring], it brings back some special memories.

I kind of asked the guy a crazy question,

We’re planning a couple of more. We’ve got to keep playing like we know we can and then we’re hoping we can pop some more champagne bottles along the way.

That’s the difference in having an offense that can score in other ways than hitting the ball out of the park or getting base hits,” Raines said.

I thought it would be fun. I heard Lance Armstrong and Sheryl Crow was going to be hosting the show. I thought it would be a great opportunity to meet him for the first time....

I don’t think I have the words to describe what that city is going to be like if we’re able to pull that off.

For the most part, it’s just mentally getting over the hurdle, trusting it, being able to go out and put it in the back of my mind to where I’m not worrying about it.

As soon as it came off my bat, I was thinking at the very least to get to third base. Then, I saw (first-base coach) Tim Raines throw his hands up.

There are a lot of things that went right for us this year. We start from scratch now.

I have to keep running. If I’m not 100 percent, I still have to get out there and go,

We all probably needed a second look to see what exactly is going on, and now we will know and we will take the necessary steps. I am confident that what (team trainers) are telling...

To watch what Paul has done in this series … wow. It’s been fun to watch. We like our chances with guys on base and him at the plate.

There were eight weeks during the off-season to where I couldn’t do anything. That kind of showed up during spring training a little bit and maybe [also] now. I just feel like I didn’t have...

I walked to the plate trying to get on base,

We got the pitching and we manufactured a few runs to win the game. That’s what we’ve been doing all year.

We haven’t won anything. That team is going to be ready to play (today). We’re not going to play like we have a 3-1 lead. Our mindset is to win the next game.

I think we all needed the second look to find out exactly what’s going on in there. We will see how it feels the next few days and try to start increasing my activity.