I've never been in a position like this before, and I thank God for this opportunity, because it's been a blessing and I hope to continue for it to be like that,

I'm just excited about the opportunity. I'm surprised I made it and excited that I am now a part of it. I know the rehearsals are far away, but it's going to be worth it.

You've got to do whatever you can to win. Whatever you have is whatever it takes.

I tried to do everything at game speed to see how I'd do. I just want to make sure I'm 100 percent ready to go. It's pretty loose and it's not sore.

This first game is out of the way. We'll come back the next. They're not going to score 13 every night, but we have to keep playing hard. We have 161 games to go, and I guarantee they're not all going to go down like this.

The first half of the game, we played a little small ball. You've got to do whatever you can to try and score runs.