I've been proud to be a lifelong Chicago Cub and still be with the Cubs. That's always been important to me and I think it's always been special

The reason I am here, they tell me, is that I played the game a certain way, that I played the game the way it was supposed to be played.

When did it - When did it become okay for someone to hit home runs and forget how to play the rest of the game?

I was taught you never, ever disrespect your opponent or your teammates or your organization or your manager, and never, ever your uniform.

I was taught coming up in the Phillies organization to be seen and not heard by people like Pete Rose, my hero growing up, and players like Mike Schmidt and Steve Carlton and Manny Trillo.

I have great memories of being a Cub, and I'm happy building new ones with the Phillies.

At my growing years of 18 to 21 years old in the Minor Leagues, I dreamed of being a Philadelphia Phillie.