When we saw this we were amazed. The first year we came out here, it was just a tomato field.

It ain't easy. When you can't do what you want to do on the field, it's tough. But I still want to be able to help out the team.

You know, when you get your first asparagus, or your first acorn squash, or your first really good tomato of the season, those are the moments that define the cook's year. I get more excited by that than anything else.

You never know. It's a totally new system. When (former coach) Terry Porter was here the first year, we jelled right away. It could happen again. If we have everybody healthy, it shouldn't take too long.

I started shaking when I got up there. I started getting nervous then, when I saw him.

He saw me a lot when he came to the park, because I was always backing up first base, ... He makes you feel pretty comfortable.