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Are you tall? Are you strong? How big are your hands? You must be honest with yourself or you will end up using the wrong bat.

As for my batting, the best part about it is I have never changed it. I have never changed my thinking, I have never changed my batting style.

I bat righty.

I've been taking batting practice in my barn where nobody can see me, so I may be better than anyone thinks.

When you're in a slump, you do something different, just to try it. I remember one time I was in a slump, and I borrowed one of Henry Aaron's bats and hit two homers. I used my own bats the next night. I just needed a change.

You have to stay fresh and blank in your mind when you go out to bat. You complicate things, and you're gone.

Obviously, a lot of things play on your mind when you're batting. This might happen and this might not. The best thing you can do when you're batting is not to think too much, and wait for the next ball.

My pitching philosophy is simple - keep the ball way from the bat.

I don't need to practice my swing. I grew up with a bat in my hands.

The only thing I do to my bat is put some tape around the handle to build it up a little bit because I broke my finger about six years ago and can't really close it the way I want to. Other than that, the same bat, same Louisville Sluggers.