You've never seen Manhattan 'til you've flown right up the East River. It's beautiful.

On the days I'm pitching, it's almost a coin flip as to know if the guys behind me are going to be there to play 100%.

Really, anyone can learn how to fly. If you can drive a bus, you can fly an airplane.

Sometimes I felt I got caught up kind of going into the clubhouse non-chalantly sometimes, because all of the other guys in the clubhouse didn't go there with one goal in mind.

You can go up in the air and everything is gone. You know, you don't think about baseball. You don't think about anything. It's just something that takes you away from everyday life. I love being in a plane and looking down to see traffic on the freeway.

The flying? I'm not worried about it. I'm safe up there. I feel very comfortable with my abilities flying an airplane.

If I don't make the team out of spring training, I'll keep a good attitude. I'll just go polish up the parts of my game that made me not stay in the big leagues.