I'm not afraid to swing the bat. If they elect to pitch to me, I'm going to swing. I'm not as picky as Mr. Sheffield. I'll swing at something over my head.

We need a guy in that role who's not afraid to swing the bat. And this guy is not afraid.

We wouldn't rule him out as a DH because he can swing the bat.

Jeff's very realistic. If he comes in here and two weeks into it he can't swing the bat or he's back to where he was last year, swinging the bat and it turns to pain, I think he would say, 'I'm not able to play.' Barring that, I think he has every intention of playing this entire year.

But really, there's no way to prepare for it. It's the only pitch I ever went to swing at and was never sure I was going to make contact.

It's easy coaching, isn't it? Just letting them swing the bat.