Rafael Palmeiro
Rafael Palmeiro

To snap my fingers and let it go away. Even if it takes the 3,000th hit with it, just let it all go away.

Rafael Palmeiro
Rafael Palmeiro

They try to say this era was a tainted era. But so many great players played in the last 15 to 20 years. This is going to be the best era in the history of the game in my opinion.

Rafael Palmeiro
Rafael Palmeiro

Baseball gets better for whatever reason.

Rafael Palmeiro
Rafael Palmeiro

I'm not sure. I did not set it up. I have never done a polygraph test in my life. I didn't know what to expect. I was just there to answer the questions that they put in front of me.

Rafael Palmeiro
Rafael Palmeiro

You know, when you first come up, and you get called up to the big leagues, all you want to do is just, you just want to have a career, a nice career. You want to make a living at it.

Rafael Palmeiro
Rafael Palmeiro

You just want to be able to have a nice career and make a living at it.

Rafael Palmeiro
Rafael Palmeiro

There's a lot of history in Boston and a lot of history, obviously, in New York with all the championships.

Rafael Palmeiro
Rafael Palmeiro

But I think mainly, you know, just up in the East Coast, it's where it all originated. You know, Philadelphia. It goes back to the beginning. So, you know, fans have a lot of history, and they love their teams up here.

Rafael Palmeiro
Rafael Palmeiro

I still feel like I can play defense at first base at a very high level.

Rafael Palmeiro
Rafael Palmeiro

But as far as I'm concerned, I can still play defense.

Rafael Palmeiro
Rafael Palmeiro

My parents didn't agree with what was going on, you know, with the communists coming in, Fidel Castro. I didn't see the reason why I needed to go back there and be a part of that exhibition.

Rafael Palmeiro
Rafael Palmeiro

You know, my family stood for something that they believed in, and I wasn't about to turn my back on them.

Rafael Palmeiro
Rafael Palmeiro

I would love to go back and help rebuild that country and help - you know, kind of like what's going on with Iraq right now. You know, they've got a new government in place. They're trying to rebuild the country. I would love for that to happen in Cuba also.

Rafael Palmeiro
Rafael Palmeiro

Yes, but I - you know, it's been such a long time, I'm sure that I've got cousins and uncles that I've never met before, you know, that I've left behind.

Rafael Palmeiro
Rafael Palmeiro

I wish that they could have more freedoms to be able to come and play. I know that the only way that they can get out is by, you know, defecting to another country or whatever, or getting on a boat.

Rafael Palmeiro
Rafael Palmeiro

I wish that they had the freedoms like the Japanese and the Koreans and the Mexicans and everybody else that has that freedom to come over here and play the game, because I know Cuba has a very strong baseball history.

Rafael Palmeiro
Rafael Palmeiro

I don't think that - you know, I'm sure that there's guys that are doing it, because I'm sure in every sport there's players who want to get the edge. But I think that it's been blown overly - way more than guys are using it in our game.