The notion of a World Baseball Classic is a tremendous idea. This isn't two U.S teams, but a true world championship. It's an opportunity to play against guys you've never faced in your life.

Being a part of the World Baseball Classic will definitely help expand baseball all around the Italic peninsula.

The back, it's frustrating. It's hard to figure out. You go to bed feeling good, and you wake up tight. It seems like, when you have a bad back, your whole body feels like crap.

That team had incredible chemistry and a winning mood from the moment you walked into the dugout.

I've been trying everything. My swing has been really inconsistent this year. Today I felt pretty good, so I hope it stays like that for a while.

We're trying to win as much as we can. This one's going to hurt a little bit because the next two series are going to be really important. We're just trying to win every game. We don't have much time left.