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I am Dominican American. My father was born and raised in the U.S. and his heritage is German and Eastern European, and my mother hails from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

I spend more time in New York than the Dominican. I play here, I live here, so why not become a citizen?

We all should be proud of the United States. For those of us that came from the Dominican, we've been able to come here, work, make money and become somebody in our lives. We've gotten a huge opportunity from the U.S.

Just about every Latin American country has sent players to the big leagues, from the Dominican Republic to Costa Rica.

I live in L.A., so I go to basketball games. But I love baseball.

The trouble is that after nine years as a Jack of all trades and Master of the Dominican Order, I have no expertise on anything except airports and exotic foods.

I always wanted to do a baseball book; I love baseball. The problem is that a very large part of my following is in non-baseball playing countries.

I was born to play baseball.