For seven years, I was in this fishbowl with this intensity, with all the stuff that went on with the Mets.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The Mets have shown me more ways to lose than I even knew existed.
Me, personally, I was a Mets and Giants fan.
The baseball held was my fantasy of what life offered.
It was all I lived for, to play baseball.
My baseball career was a long, long initiation into a single secret: At the heart of all things is love.
I never forgot the four years I spent with the Phillies, my September call-ups and my big league Spring Trainings. I never forgot that.
I had 12 years under my belt of baseball at the amateur level before I got to the big leagues.
I said to myself I've got to go up there and do it because the New York Mets keep winning every day. The game was on the line and I wanted to go out there and come through for my team. That win tonight means a lot for us.
Only God knows why I didn't make it with the Mets, but yes, in a short period of time, I got the opportunity with the Phillies.
Career highlights? I had two - I got an intentional walk from Sandy Koufax and I got out of a rundown against the Mets.