My dad and all my family were into baseball. His brothers, my mom's brothers, my mom's father. Baseball was just always a part of our family.

Being from Baltimore, I'm a crab cake snob, and I'm very particular on where I eat my crab cakes.

It's an honor to be playing with these four players and to be a part of their fifth World Series title and my first.

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

I didn't realize how much I loved the game until I couldn't play it.

God has forgiven everything that I've ever done. If someone does something to hurt my family or me, I can always forgive them. It keeps hate and anger out of my heart.

I would tell everyone to go to college, no matter what. It gives you time to grow up.