I don't have any special feelings (about 500) but I am pleased to have been able to build toward that.

It didn't seem like they were looking for the ball. That's when I heard my teammates yelling.

The third one was high in the strike zone. I have my strategy against left-handers.

It was pretty huge, ... As a result, Jason hit the home run and we were able to win the game.

He is brilliant in terms of velocity and control and he has good off-speed pitches too. Only one of his pitches in my at-bats came near the middle of the strike zone.

The feeling itself, it is the same. I don't really add the statistics that I had in Japan and the home runs here.