You got that feeling when we came into the clubhouse,

There's a lot of camaraderie on this ball club already. In spring training it's been a good clubhouse. Believing in themselves and playing with excitement, I think that all comes from winning. I think this team has that ability to do that, to come together as a team.

He feels better about it. He's healthier and feeling good and playing well and coming along real good in spring training with no setbacks. Yeah, that has a lot to do with [his good mood]. Health is probably the No.?1 thing that has something to do with it.

This is another step, and a very important step, in ownership being named. It was just a matter of when this thing was going to get done. That's the key right there. ... You want to get ownership named, so you can get the new ballpark, so you can feel what I call 'whole' as a team and as a franchise.

Pitchers did me a favor when they knocked me down. It made me more determined. I wouldn't let that pitcher get me out. They say you can't hit if you're on your back, but I didn't hit on my back. I got up.

Catching the ball? That's not a fundamental. It's what you do when you wake up and put a glove on your hand and you say I am going to play baseball.