If I knew the reason why, we would be 5-1 in the series or undefeated. We played a great game yesterday and we came up short. That's baseball. The effort has always been great, it just has not happened.

That's the way Tito is. He believes that to win a pennant, it takes more than 25 guys and that you have to keep everyone sharp.

[The Red Sox] have a lot of confidence in me and I appreciate that.

I never had a chance to go the Olympics or Pan American Games. Just having a chance to put that jersey on, you represent more than the team. You represent the country and what you stand for. I know we're Americans. But [fans] don't see us as American citizens. We're Puerto Ricans. It's going to be a big deal for us.

There are a lot of kids out there and people who are having conversations and not paying attention to the game and they can get hit. I've got a glove and I can get hurt out there. Imagine what can happen if you don't have a glove.

I think that's pretty good because most of the time the line drives that you hit either late or early are the ones you crush and go down the lines. I think it would help.