[Shields had walked Gary Sheffield on four pitches and Hideki Matsui on a 3-2 pitch to load the bases for Cano.] I was looking for a fastball and he threw me a fastball right down the middle, ... If he throws me that, I'm going to swing.

And I had to pry that out of him with a crowbar. I was going to give [Gary Sheffield] tonight off, but I figured, since we've got the opportunity here, let's give Johnny a couple of days.

[Pull up your pants:] The pants over the cleats thing that Barry Bonds and Gary Sheffield have taken to a completely absurd level, ... Other sports have dress codes. How did this get by? Bonds looks like a kid in Dr. Denton pajamas the way he wears the uniform.

I'm getting pitches to hit and swinging. Once you get your pitch, keep swinging,

It seems like Justin pitches better when the pressure is on and the bases are loaded. He put a lot of pitches over the plate in those situations, and our defense helped him out.

We all should be proud of the United States. For those of us that came from the Dominican, we've been able to come here, work, make money and become somebody in our lives. We've gotten a huge opportunity from the U.S.