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I've been hearing this since I first joined the Reds organization, that I'm going to be the next this or that. It's tough on a young player coming up. You show some positive things and everybody jumps on that and says you should be the next Willie Mays.

I just appreciated so much the contract they gave me, and I wanted to give something back to the Cubs' organization.

I am a huge Red Sox fan.

I'm honored. Really honored that the Red Sox have asked me to possible be on the board of the Red Sox Foundation and do some stuff on their charitable works that they are so passionate about.

I'm happy to be with this organization, and I hope to retire as a Yankee.

I think Red Sox fans have always been good to me; they've treated me well.

I have my loyalty to the team of my youth. Everyone I knew was a Red Sox fan. The team that I grew up with was constantly the underdog but managed to prevail.

We made a deal that was acceptable to us. We got paid very handsomely for our final season.

I owe a large part of my success to Joe Brown, who helped me both as a player and a person.

I am very much a Red Sox fan; I can name you more players than you could possibly imagine. It's just part of who I am.