Let me start off by saying that we did a lot of experimentation (Saturday). In this type of (match) you try some new stuff and test the chemistry of the team.

We're not saying we should never have another tax cut anywhere or anytime. (But) passing this is nothing short of economic suicide.

In your passage of this ordinance, we're not saying that we're paying the medical bills of people who in the past didn't qualify. I don't foresee that being a problem whatsoever. ... It's relatively limited to the area of disability retirement.

I'm not saying I was trying to get out from his shadow, because we're good friends and we've played on every team together, but everybody thinks I played better after he was gone. I think the team just jelled. And people forget, I hurt my wrist sliding early in Spring Training and I was out four weeks and around the time I got healthy, he got promoted.

I just like sitting here and listening to the conversation and learning from what everybody is saying.

Acting with someone else, I can't tell how good they are because if I'm doing my job right, I'm just fully invested in everything that person's saying.