We've certainly seen all the additions that the White Sox and the Indians have made with their clubs. We feel like we match up with them quite well and that we are off to a good start to field a very competitive team this season.

[You are a White Sox fan. You are rooting for Kansas City to slow down the Indians, though your own manager didn't sound very comforting when he mentioned how hard it is for the hopelessly downtrodden to keep focus.] You take the Kansas City Royals, ... I guarantee you, they don't want to come to the ballpark.

When you take clubs like Minnesota, Oakland, many of these small-market teams, you're going to have some changeover,

He's never been one to micromanage. Yet he's about as competitive a guy as I've seen.

There's so much passion and so much interest in the Red Sox in Boston.

I always liked him when he was with the White Sox,