I don't really watch video, but I see the replay; like when I do strike out, and I'm walking back to the dugout, I look up and see if they do show the replay of me swinging and missing.
There's nothing I can really do but keep going out there and swinging.
I'm going to go out there and just keep trying to get better.
I'd like to finish my career as a Brave.
Just have fun, and just play hard, and just practice a lot.
I stick to what got me here and what I know best. That's the same routine. I'm not going to vary it.
Growing up in California, I grew up a JT Snow fan.
They said if I could deal with the pain, I should play. So, I did, and for some reason, I started hitting. It was a weird thing. I don't know if it was because I couldn't do too much, and I was just trying to stay up through the middle and not hurt myself.
Leading off an inning you never know, I could get a bunt base hit and start a rally.
I've never been a guy that's consistently hit home runs. It's always seemed to come, like, three or four in a week or two, and then I'll shut it down for a couple of weeks.
When you come back on top after you've fallen, it's a better story.
It's just so much fun to relax and just play baseball for a living. It's a great time in my life. I'm never going to forget it, and it's very humbling.
Thrilling, thrilling to see yourself on a baseball card for the first time.
I would like to be out there every day and be that one steady guy that everybody can lean on.
Coming in here and having fun with the guys, loving everyone, playing this game - it's a lot of fun.
You think about when you're kids and see these guys on TV, and now you're in the same clubhouse as Chipper Jones and Bobby Cox.
I grew up an Angels fan.
Just got to keep going out there and keep swinging. That's all I can really do. Getting work in, doing everything I can to get ready for the game.
In the past, my success has come with sticking to one plan. That usually works. Obviously it's going to falter, and I'm going to go into slumps here and there, but stick with the plan, and hopefully it will come out successful more times than not.
For me, feeling good is line drives to left field.
