I am not the missing piece. I am not the savior. I can do my job, but that doesn't mean we're going to win. It has to take everybody — not just one person.

I slept the whole day and didn't budge.

The guy who has stood out as being special is Howard. You don't walk in and just replace Jim Thome, but you can't possibly do any better than he has.

I am not the missing piece. I am not the savior. I can do my job, but that doesn't mean we're going to win. It has to take everybody — not just one person.

I tuned that all out. Obviously, there was a lot of stuff going on. But it was just a spring training game to me. It was fun for the Latin crowd.

You give it up in the ninth, and it's like that -- a kick in the stomach.