28 Quotes by Melvin Mora

Watching all my friends head to the World Baseball Classic was very hard. I saw his bag packed, and it was very emotional to know that I wasn't going.

I'd just like to have a little bit of respect.

I don't know what to say. It's a tough situation, especially when you lose one of the best leadoff men right now. A lot of things have gone on this year and this is the biggest one. To lose Brian Roberts is like losing half the team.

I apologize to Venezuela. They know how much I love my country, but I cannot accept what they proposed to me. I respect the Florida Marlins because they tried to push Miguel Cabrera into third base, but this is not spring training. This is a big competition and you represent your country.

He looked like he was 22. I'm telling you, he wasn't joking around.

He just wants to tell everyone it has nothing to do with the city or the fans. He saw the Toronto Blue Jays getting big names and saw all the teams spending money and we don't do anything. He feels he wants to give more to Baltimore fans. He doesn't want to be traded. He loves Baltimore and the fans. If the front office doesn't convince him they want to win, then he wants a trade.

He knew we needed to eat. We didn't have much money.

I was worried that he was going to leave. I wasn't worried about what he was thinking. He made his own decisions. That's his career. Would we miss him? Of course, but there's nothing we could do about it.

I respect Edgardo. I (am not saying) that I don't respect Miguel Cabrera, but I respect Edgardo because he's played a long time more than me as a third baseman. He deserves to play that position before me.