I just came out wanting to battle and do what I normally do and play hard until the last inning.

It was a hard cutter in, and I just tried to fight it off.

The adrenaline rush is there, ... It's fun to play in front of the big crowds. It's exciting.

I never stopped wanting to play. I never got complacent because I wasn't playing. I kept working hard in practice. I understood that with a team that's so successful, there has to be a player like me on the team.

My friends like to play as me in the baseball games, and they call to tell me about every bag I steal. And you know, every time a new game comes out, I check to make sure my speed is up to par. But to me, when you talk video games, you're talking 'Madden.'

We were really up for it, ... The Australians normally come at us hard from day one. To get one up on them was nice. It's 1-0 to England but it's a long summer.