I felt good. I got in a few jams, but the defense played well and kept me out of it.

In Puerto Rico everybody is so excited because they have not seen so many big-league players before. The Latin American countries take a lot of pride in baseball being the national sport. They want to see this because this is so unique. In the United States there are so many games and there is a team in every city.

When I heard I got traded to the White Sox I was really excited because I know they are a world championship team and I know they are trying to do it again. I know Kenny Williams has done a great job of keeping the team together and adding some pieces like Jim Thome.

What can you do? But it kind of [stinks] that was the first hit. But what can you do? It's part of the game. God didn't want me to have a no-hitter today.

It seemed like he just put the bat on the ball, ... It was a good pitch. Usually when I give up home runs, most of them are on mistakes. This wasn't a mistake.

Everybody out there did a great job. It seemed like they weren't in trouble at all. They made their pitches. That was big for us.