We have made significant changes to the policy in the last year and a half. We made the first step by ourselves, and we thought we needed to take the next step. We hope this lets things die down with Congress, because we want to end the problem now and get back to playing ball and not worrying about steroids every day.
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First time, yes. Second time, no. He uses that too much, in the back of your mind you know he has that, it's one of those pitches you know you can double clutch and still hit it. If he hasn't thrown it all game and he has two strikes on a guy and he throws it up there, it's going to mess a guy up.
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Once Sam took over, he gave me confidence and told me I would be playing every day, ... That's what I wanted -- what I had a couple of years ago. I got my confidence back. I think I'll be playing right field for someone, I'll be starting and being a run producer. I thank Sam for that.
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Obviously, on the road it's going to be a little bit rougher for him. I think it's good for him to come back today and hear some of the cheers.
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I just wanted to give him something. It was the easiest thing I could do. I wanted him to have something of mine.
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