I had the surgery. I'm going to be in a sling for another week or so, then we'll go from there, ... The shoulder's been repaired. Everything is moving ahead.

I can take a full swing and once in a while feel a sting, but it goes away. I regain my strength and can finish the at-bat. If that happened last year, I was done for the rest of the game.

I almost threw up because I had a lot of gum in my mouth, but I feel good about my performance.

It's not supposed to be personal. It's not about you. It's not about your opponent. It's about the game. It's about it being an honor to put the uniform on at this level. Don't bring it down from that.

One's in a shoulder sling and the other's in a knee brace.

A word from the mouth is like a stone from a sling.