It's a pretty sure thing that the player's bat is what speaks loudest when it's contract time, but there are moments when the glove has the last word.

If your not practicing, somebody else is, somewhere, and he'll be ready to take your job.

Fifty years from now I'll be just three inches of type in a record book.

I wouldn't mind seeing someone erase my record of hitting into four triple plays.

It's a pretty sure thing that the player's bat is what speaks loudest when it's contract time, but there are moments when the glove has the last word.

Whether you want to or not, you do serve as a role model. People will always put more faith in baseball players than anyone else.

I'm a guy who just wanted to see his name in the lineup everyday. To me, baseball was a passion to the point of obsession.