The difference here is that pitchers are more aggressive. In the A.L., they throw more trick pitches to make you swing and miss.

I do have playing-time concerns. But they'll try to break up the game load so people aren't playing nine innings. The intensity will be up, and I'd like to have my legs in a little better shape.

I'd rather play right now, but I don't think our field can take it for injury purposes and functional purposes. It's a big puddle.

If everyone stays healthy, we've got a great shot to be there and win the division.

I didn't expect to have as many homers, ... but I've always done better in the second half. I don't regard myself as a home-run hitter. I'm more of a line-drive hitter. It's too early to make a judgment.

I don't know how that ball went out, ... Usually the wind knocks it down to right field. It's probably luck. I usually hit one of those streaks every year, even though I don't hit a lot of homers.

I guess the best part of it is he hasn't changed. We were sitting around two nights ago telling stories, and it's like we're right back in school.

I had butterflies. There's something about putting that USA jersey on. It just feels different.

I had no idea how many I had, ... That's a lot of hits. The last few years I had better second halves than first halves. I was not expecting to hit as many home runs as I have, but I expected to have a good second half. It's more noticeable because I'm in a new league.

In center field, you have free rein out there -- you have priority. He has that no-fear attitude. The ball goes up, and he's gone, going after balls with reckless abandon. He's aggressive and tries to get anything he can.