The majority of the time with two strikes I'll choke up on the bat a little bit to try to stay as short as possible. It doesn't always work out like that, but that's the goal.

You try to take it game-to-game and keep working.

Hitting at the top of the order is a good thing. You get more at-bats. I'm excited to see how this develops.

I never want to look in the mirror and say, 'What if? What if I had run harder? What if I had dived for that groundball?'

It's pretty self-explanatory. If we play well, we know what our picture is. If we don't play well, we'll know what our picture is.

I figured out that there are occasions where you have to get pumped up and take charge, situations where you have to have fun and situations where you need to settle down.

I could care less if people talk about us or not. We know what we can do here. It's an exciting time for us.