“It's just sandlot baseball. You have some fun sometimes, just playing around with your boys. This is the first time it's come up all year for me. It was just instinct.”
“He's someone you respect because you know he's a solid professional but he treats us younger players with respect. He doesn't have an attitude. He's trying to get to know us and make us feel comfortable.”
“When I first got called up last year, J.J. and I were basically the only two guys on the team (that were young and new). So we did everything together - going to the mall, going to eat, just everything we did off the baseball field.”