“It's going to take a little time, but he's progressing much better now. It's not going to take him that long [to get his timing down] because he's a hitter. Once he gets going everything will fall into place.”
“This is a good kid. When he gets around people that like him and he knows he doesn't have to be all mean and tough, he can just be himself. You can already see that here. There have been certain calls that in the past he would have gone all crazy. Now, he knows how to deal with it.”
“I was fortunate because my mother never let me see that part of it. I heard a lot about it and it was kind of difficult. I've talked to a lot of older ballplayers that played at that time and it was real tough on them.”
