In my opinion I really haven't done anything yet. I still have a lot to prove. I just want to prove to myself that I can play at the highest level of baseball in the world every day.

Cincinnati needs to take notes from Houston. Houston fans are among the top five fans in the game.

In baseball, it's tough to get up for every single game, every single moment. In football, you have 90,000 fans screaming and the band's playing. I do miss that adrenaline rush.

I'm a realist. And realists don't fool themselves.

Cincinnati is perfect for me. I've met a lot of good people there who like to fish.

Hey, I'm serious here? Why do you have to ask me how many hits I have?

I'm a small-town guy, and moving to a huge city might be an adjustment.