We need a guy in that role who's not afraid to swing the bat. And this guy is not afraid.

We wouldn't rule him out as a DH because he can swing the bat.

But really, there's no way to prepare for it. It's the only pitch I ever went to swing at and was never sure I was going to make contact.

You see a guy like Marquand get thrust into a role and you're not sure what's going to happen, but then you see how hard he works because he wants it so bad and he doesn't want to let people down. It's a really incredibly satisfying thing to see as a coach.

More and more I see Adrian coming into that role,

I said, 'I'm afraid he'll try to catch it in his hip pocket,'