I don't vote party lines. Never have. I vote for the best candidate.
You could ask any position player and they'll tell you: pitchers aren't athletes.
I did all the stupid things you'd expect from a 21-year-old kid with money.
There's not a long track record of people leaving professional sports to become a software developer.
I've made mistakes, I've misspoke, I am sure I will again sometime, but that happens, that's part of being human in my book. I'm OK with that. I've never done it maliciously, ever.
I played on teams with 24 guys pulling the rope one way and one guy pulling the other. I've seen how destructive it can be. I tell them, 'If 13 of you are insanely successful and one fails, we all lose.'