It was fine til I went and stretched before my first at-bat. I have my little routine I do on deck since I was probably 7 years old, and this time for some reason I felt a pop.

We weren't in our regular routine, and I could tell in our practices we were somewhere else.

Even when you strike out, you're in the middle of controversy.

The Twins became too nice when they traded A.J.. We had an edge to the way we played with A.J. You could see it in the Twins this season. There was no edge to that team.

I told him, 'If you want to change the perception of yourself as a player, one team sticks out: the White Sox.' I said, 'No place were you hated more than in U.S. Cellular by the White Sox fans. If you can win over those fans, then everyone will realize people have the wrong idea about you as a player.'

It's been blown way out of proportion.