Tom Cruise only makes one or two film appearances a year. A baseball player can be the hero or the goat one-hundred and sixty-two times a year.

Baseball realizes it's not the only game in town. You have to do these kinds of things to introduce people to baseball.

I chose baseball because to me baseball is the best game of all.

To the people out there, baseball is a simple sport. But it is complex. It is never easy.

You have to go understand that life and baseball is littered with all kinds of obstacles and problems along the way. You have to learn how to overcome them to be successful in life.

These days baseball is different. You come to spring training, you get your legs ready, you arms loose, your agents ready, your lawyer lined up.