I'm At The Point In My Career

The First Time I Picked Up A Bat In A Professional Game, I Hit A Ball Hard Left-handed, And My First Home Run Was So Effortless, It Surprised Me.

When You Go To Other Parks, They Hang Banners For The Wild-card Or Eastern Division Or Western Division Champions. Around Here, They Don't Hang Anything Unless Its For Being World Champions.

You Fool Around With Different Pitches Playing Catch, But It's Not The Same When You've Got To Face Some Guy With A Bat In His Hand.

I Think Hitting Is More A Mentality Than A Philosophy. A Philosophy Is Somebody Telling You The Way They Think It Should Be. Well, Different People Believe In Different Things. My Thing Is This: Be Ready To Hit.

I Have Always Loved The Bay Area. I Spent A Lot Of Time In The Bay Area. I Started My Career There. That's A Huge Part Of The Excitement For Me.