If I make the trip, it'll just be the same. I'll go up and give him a hug if he's there and say 'hello' to him and see how he's doing, but then just get what I need done on the field.

It was fair by the umpires. It was kind of hard for me to see.

[Next, remarks from Boston outfielder Trot Nixon may have snuck under the helmet and into A-Rod's head.] When people ask me about the Yankees, I tell them about Jeter and Bernie Williams and (Jorge) Posada, ... I don't tell them about Rodriguez.

I know how Dave [Mellor] is. He's very meticulous. It was in great condition.

He's just easygoing. He doesn't let things affect him. I think he's done everything the organization's asked of him.

We fed off our fans and we fed off each other.