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There are certain things I can't do, certain pitches I can't hit. You stay away from them. You try to wait for pitches you can hit. The bat speed isn't what it used to be. You make up for it by using your head, working counts, getting ahead in counts and getting pitches to hit and hitting them hard.

I know where my game is. I know I'm a power hitter and an RBI guy. I need to get on base for my teammates behind me and just stick with my game. I don't try to do too much. Sometimes when you try to do too much in this game you pretty much can't do anything. And that's pretty much my mentality.

Every time I take the mound, I try to win. So that's what I'm trying to do.

I can't do it every day. They're not going to give me much to hit right now. They're pitching me real well. If I get there, fine.

How to hit home runs: I swing as hard as I can, and I try to swing right through the ball.

I just want to play baseball.

I might have a great game hitting, but if I'm not having a great game fielding, if I feel like I let a guy get an extra base that I could have stopped, that's something I've got to do better, got to get better at.

When you're going into a game, you're not expected to hit a home run every game. You're just doing everything proper with proper swings.