There's a bigger difference now than when I first got into professional baseball because that was before guaranteed contracts, before there was a lot of money, so it was mostly survival. You had more competition.

I think we understand we're officially in October baseball. But we discussed it last year and again this year. It just doesn't seem right to celebrate it when the magic number is one. You're watching the number go 10, 9, 8 ... and it gets to one so you celebrate? When it gets to zero, you celebrate. That's what we're going to do.

We understand we're officially in October baseball.

I wanted to be a professional baseball player.

Those tips he gave me saved my baseball life,

We understand we're officially in October baseball. It just doesn't seem right to celebrate when your magic number is one.