The umpire told me that he had been chirping the whole game.

That was (coach Paul) Molitor yelling at the umpire, not me. I just raised and said, 'What?' and he told me to get out of here.

In the previous game [against the Dodgers on Aug. 29], I let everything get to me -- I let the umpire get to me, plays get to me and it threw me out of my game,

After the game the plate umpire said Valle was around the plate with every pitch. He pitched well, especially for the climate.

I didn't even know about the injury until you told me about it after the game,

I've never been a part of anything like that before. As a player you're told not to mention it. Before I knew it, he struck the last guy out and it was a great feeling. We all just tackled him.