I'll give it my best shot, but if I don't make it, I'll keep playing hard. This has been a good experience. I came to Mexico not even speaking any Spanish, and to play in this Series, against all these players, has been great.

Link was hit really hard and early and he didn't expect the shot. He said the stars started spinning and he said to the doctor he couldn't determine shapes and sizes.

We moved the ball well all preseason, but we've shot ourselves in the foot too. We're not playing our best football right now, and I don't want us to play our best right now.

You've got to charge the ball and know who's running. I thought I had a pretty good chance.

Look at this game. This is what we've been working on in the practices leading up to these games, the fundamentals and knowing what to do in situations. The more we keep working on them, the better we're all going to be as players and as a team.

He keeps things relaxed. I've known Hubbard since we were with the Cubs [organization] together. He's real good in helping me along with certain situations. We'll talk about what we should do, the approach we can take. Every at-bat is going to be different. He really knows the mental part of the game.