I think this is just the beginning for baseball. If they keep doing this, the game will get bigger and better, and maybe even bigger than soccer.

Those guys were just like the rest of us; they were there to represent their country and play baseball. They're just human beings. It's (Cuban leader Fidel) Castro who's bad.

The baseball is going to dictate it. You can't predict not doing well because not everybody's in good shape, so you never know what could happen. We have a good team.

Lately, I've been doing that a lot. I don't want to hit anybody. If I do, I'll give them a bat.

The first inning, that was it. He was great after that. He got the ball down and he was consistently in the zone.

As a player, you feel good when someone remembers something like that.