Switch-hitting is one of the greatest things in the world and one of the worst things in the world.

I want to be the player who hits home runs, drives in runs.

The Red Sox didn't handle negotiations with any kind of respect for me and my family, and the Rangers were the total opposite.

It's not a fun process. There is no need for the team and a player to be on opposing sides a week or two before spring training. It's good to be on the same page.

Home runs come in bunches. You can go two weeks without one or hit four in a week. Sometimes, you just feel that stroke for a week or two weeks straight.

College was a blast. My three years of college were the best years of my life.

You can never completely get it - being a Christian - but I think I really got it when my first son was born in 2006. I just realized the love that God has for all of us. It was seeing my son born and knowing the unconditional love that I have for him.