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I love coming home.
I grew up an Angels fan.
I'd like to finish my career as a Brave.
For me, feeling good is line drives to left field.
Growing up in California, I grew up a JT Snow fan.
I want to represent Canada so I can represent my mother.
I'm one of those guys who loses weight during the season.
Usually, my track record's pretty good with guys on base.
Just have fun, and just play hard, and just practice a lot.
Enjoy and have fun when you're a kid, because you are a kid.
I think this world needs a little more hugging in their lives.
Usually, I can get the job done with guys in scoring position.
When you come back on top after you've fallen, it's a better story.
There's nothing I can really do but keep going out there and swinging.
You got to put the personal stuff away and see the business side of it.
I have one goal every single year, and that's to play every single game.
There are certain guys you just take from different teams that you watch.
Thrilling, thrilling to see yourself on a baseball card for the first time.
I have a platform to be able to do something to help other people beat cancer.
Darren Erstad was special to watch when he moved from center field from first base.
Leading off an inning you never know, I could get a bunt base hit and start a rally.
You're going to be friends with people longer than you're going to be teammates in this game.
I would like to be out there every day and be that one steady guy that everybody can lean on.
I stick to what got me here and what I know best. That's the same routine. I'm not going to vary it.
Coming in here and having fun with the guys, loving everyone, playing this game - it's a lot of fun.
When I played Little League, I looked up to the big leaguers, too, and collected their baseball cards.
You think about when you're kids and see these guys on TV, and now you're in the same clubhouse as Chipper Jones and Bobby Cox.
I always like going to the West Coast. I don't know if it's a certain field, team, whatever it is, but I usually seem to do well here.
Just got to keep going out there and keep swinging. That's all I can really do. Getting work in, doing everything I can to get ready for the game.
It's something I'd never wish anybody to have to go through, having a mother pass away at a young age. But it's made me realize that people need help.
It's just so much fun to relax and just play baseball for a living. It's a great time in my life. I'm never going to forget it, and it's very humbling.
Obviously, being a first baseman, you're kind of expected to hit some home runs. Obviously, that goes into your head; it gets into my head a little bit.
You've just got to keep grinding, putting good ABs together; just stop trying to look at the record, your batting average. You've got to go out there and just keep playing.
I've never been a guy that's consistently hit home runs. It's always seemed to come, like, three or four in a week or two, and then I'll shut it down for a couple of weeks.
I don't really watch video, but I see the replay; like when I do strike out, and I'm walking back to the dugout, I look up and see if they do show the replay of me swinging and missing.
In the past, my success has come with sticking to one plan. That usually works. Obviously it's going to falter, and I'm going to go into slumps here and there, but stick with the plan, and hopefully it will come out successful more times than not.
They said if I could deal with the pain, I should play. So, I did, and for some reason, I started hitting. It was a weird thing. I don't know if it was because I couldn't do too much, and I was just trying to stay up through the middle and not hurt myself.