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You have more time to make the play at second base than shortstop. That's why the game's more quick.

In my own case I have frequently faced the pitcher when I had no desire whatever to hit. I wanted to get a base on balls.

When I throw a softball, there's no time to think about the motion of my arm. I just look at the first baseman's glove and react.

The call that always seemed the toughest to me was the slide and tag play at second. You can see it coming, but you don't know which way the runner is going to slide, where the throw is going to be, and how the fielder is going to take the throw.

You fool around with different pitches playing catch, but it's not the same when you've got to face some guy with a bat in his hand.

There was a time when rival teams used a shift against me. They would put the second baseman on the shortstop's side of the bag, move the shortstop into the hole to his right, and have the third baseman hug the foul line. The idea was to build an infield wall against a known right-handed pull hitter.

There are different angles you have to work with as a hitter. Figuring out with my body what helps me get into those angles... is a constant discovery.