He's hitting the ball better than anybody in this camp. We are thrilled to have him here. He's slugging the ball and doing great things in the middle of the infield, but I've seen him do those things a million times.

There's some good hitting out there. I wouldn't run (with) that stinking ball.

You get very excited about him. [He has] everything: catching, throwing, hitting, switch-hitter. He's got it all. He's a ballplayer.

I think Renteria always has been one of the premier defensive players, plus we also talk about his clutch hitting. We were concerned about his back a little and he's had some weight problems sometimes. But the minute he was available, we hopped on it. It took the front office about three days to get Renteria ... but we had to do what it took to get him. He's that good.

It is rare that you find two players of the same team slugging it out with each other, it is very unfortunate.

I've been slugging for 23 years.