I got little bumps and chills when I saw my uniform, No. 13, Rodriguez, and I saw the USA, the red, white and blue, as corny as that sounds.
I got little bumps and chills when I saw my uniform, the (number) 13 Rodriguez, and I saw red, white and blue. As corny as it sounds, I go back to my brother (Victor) who's fought in war and is a 30-year vet of the U.S. Air Force. It makes me very proud.
I almost pulled a hamstring, ... I was confused. I hit the ball, and then I saw the outfielder kind of stop. I said no way he's going to catch this. When I saw the ball on the field, I thought it was a live ball.
I think when we saw that window of opportunity on the double play, we felt we had a chance.
There's no comfort. We know what the Boston Red Sox are all about. We saw what they did last year and that's very clear in our minds.
It was inevitable. You knew in spring training when you saw these three games it was going to come down to this.