August in Kansas City is hotter than two rats f**king in a sock.

I've always prided myself in not reveling in past accomplishments and focusing on future achievement, instead. That's been my career motto.

You should seek approval from yourself.

August in Kansas City is hotter than two rats f**king in a sock.

When I look at the records and see where my place in the history of the game (in Japan with Orix) might be, I guess you could say it was a good decision to come here. It's not just me. Maybe I'll have an effect on others in the international part of the game.

In baseball, even the best hitters fail seven of ten times, and of those seven failures there are different reasons why. Some are personal failures, others are losses to the pitcher. You just get beat. In those personal failures, I felt I could have done better.

As professionals we have a responsibility of providing a good show for the fans. Getting hits and home runs is what they want to see.