You can't take your eye off the ball here.

I can see the hand while all that is going on. And he is telling me he can't find a (new) break. I'm telling him where the break is, and he's telling me he doesn't see a break.

Good kid. I was excited for him. He didn't know what to say.

But I don't look at last year negatively. I look at it like I've been through it and I've been able to hopefully used those situations to my advantage in the upcoming years.

I just saw their people back and decided to lay one down. Although I've popped up three of my last four, this one worked.

I need both degrees to operate my company.

I learned how to handle failure, I learned how to manage it. Confidence is something I've always had and it's something I'll probably never lose. I really feel like I'm in a different position now. I'm way more prepared.

I want to own my own VW shop one day.

I want to get stronger during the offseason, ... but home runs to me right now are not an important part of my game.

It was out there. My agent loved it -- my name was flying around everywhere. But I was always set up to be a Mariner.