The first impression I had was hitting ground balls to him and you realized that he was a special person because of his athleticism. You could see how light he was on his feet and how gifted a person he is to play baseball.

It was the first time I've ever seen Ronny play. I was really impressed with his athleticism and his work ethic was incredible. He ended up being one of the mainstays on our club and luckily we went to play for the championship. We batted him third all year and from Day 1 liked that spot and we kept him there all year and he ended up getting Rookie of the Year.

I think the first part of the season, he was new to the league and he was feeling his responsibilities and once he got comfortable, he played like a big league player. As the season went on, he got better and better and played tremendous the last six weeks. When we made our run for the playoffs is when he played his best defense. He was a big factor in our offense the whole time.

Elf the movie: Santa announcement - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jyCfRHumHU

It is one of the beautiful compensations of life that no man can sincerely try to be kind to another, without helping himself.

Mile tracks put more emphasis on the driver. On the longer tracks, you can drive flat out all the way around, so it's more of an engineering exercise. On a mile, you can't run flat out. You're constantly in traffic, there's more driver involvement.