We're aware of the ramifications of this series for everybody who's involved. But that's all anybody talks about all the time -- Red Sox and Yankees. It doesn't seem like there are any other teams out there.

Now, we're not aware of any of that, but we'd like to explore that.

It happened. He didn't hit me that hard. It was kind of a glancing blow, and the crowd was so loud that you couldn't hear it. The only two people who knew were me and Steve, and I'm surely not going to say anything.

There's been a lot of stuff. I always seem to be in the middle of it. ... It always seems like I'm in the middle of something. Even when I don't do anything I do something. I tried to stay out of everyone's way and not do anything, but it's just the way it seems to go for me. What can you do?

Where aren't I public enemy No. 1? Tell me something that I don't already know.

I didn't quite know he was going to turn into the teen idol he turned into. Back then, he had like a flat top, like he had when he first came over here. I never envisioned him with long hair, but I'm glad he did it because it made him kind of famous.