After the season, we all go back home and give clinics. After the first year we did, the kids improved in baseball worldwide. That means we're doing something good.

Mitch treats us like we're kids and he's our daddy. He takes care of every player. That's motivation -- here I go with that word again -- to play hard.

Lately, I've been doing that a lot. I don't want to hit anybody. If I do, I'll give them a bat.

The first inning, that was it. He was great after that. He got the ball down and he was consistently in the zone.

As a player, you feel good when someone remembers something like that.

Those guys were just like the rest of us; they were there to represent their country and play baseball. They're just human beings. It's (Cuban leader Fidel) Castro who's bad.