I caught an inning in spring training. I was their third-string catcher.

You have to string together hits. You can end up with 16 hits, and get two an inning, and you might not score a run. It's about stringing them together. It's one of those where sometimes it clicks, and sometimes it doesn't.

It was at spring training in Arizona and it was my third season and the Warriors were doing really lousy. I walked into the A's press box, and Bill walked up to me and introduced himself, and said he empathized with me. He remembered when the Warriors traded Wilt Chamberlain to Philadelphia in the 1960s, and he said to stay positive.

There's no shock, there's no surprise, but it's just an unfortunate day.

I've always approached spring training as I have something to prove.

It all comes down to when spring training comes. Do you want to go or don't you? If you want to go, you go.