In between the lines, there's no salaries ... it's nine-on-nine plus your bullpen and your bench, and it just shows anyone can win. It's a bulldog attitude.

The role we fell into is spoilers. We want to be on other side of that. It's not like we're playing for nothing. A win or loss on our record can affect other teams and races.

We're on a tear right now. We're really starting to gel as a club. We've (won) consistently enough since the All-Star break to show it's not a fluke.

It just shows that the Yankees, with their history and with their payroll and with their all-stars, they're not bullet-proof. In between the lines, there's no salaries and no world champions. It's nine on nine, plus your bullpen and your bench and it just shows anyone can win.

I'll be satisfied with what I've got at the end of the season, ... If I can play every day, the numbers will come.

It's what I'm supposed to do, right? ... You hit in the middle of the lineup, you're supposed to hit home runs. That's what they're paying me to do. That's what I'm supposed to do.