It was just a privilege and an honor to be here. We would have like to play better, but we're not going to let this one game reflect the true nature of the season.
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This season is more important to me than the World Baseball Classic right now. There are goals and things I want to achieve this year during the season that meant more to me than playing in the World Baseball Classic.
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It's an intense, intense ballgame when you put the United States of America on your chest. You are fighting tooth and nail for your country. Health was a risk, and the risk to the reward didn't seem like it was there for me at this point in my career.
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That's the one thing we were preaching to him. We knew he could score. He's made that commitment to defense and it's made him a more viable part of the team than just a scorer.
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