My life was on the line here and my career and everything I worked for, it was hanging by a thread

I wish that they could have more freedoms to be able to come and play. I know that the only way that they can get out is by, you know, defecting to another country or whatever, or getting on a boat

I hope that people look at my whole career and appreciate that I've given everything that I've got.

I would love to go back and help rebuild that country and help - you know, kind of like what's going on with Iraq right now. You know, they've got a new government in place. They're trying to rebuild the country. I would love for that to happen in Cuba also

But as far as I'm concerned, I can still play defense.

Baseball gets better for whatever reason.

I still feel like I can play defense at first base at a very high level