Jim Leland

No, I don't really think that's me at all, but

You know, I guess that's the way some people perceive me, so that's okay.

But, no, I'm just looking forward to talking to you guys today.

It's been a while, really.

Probably at the All-Star game, I guess.

I thought...

that there was a whole lot of people besides me that were pretty emotional during the Mariano Rivera showcase at the All-Star game.

I thought it was absolutely tremendous and I thought

There was a lot of players that, you know, honored him and came out to the warning track from the other bullpen and guys in our dugout.

I wasn't the only one.

I think I wasn't the only one in the dugout with a little emotion.

I think there was a lot of people that night.

So that was probably the last time.

Well, we did okay.

I mean, you know, we really wanted to win that game, obviously.

There is a little more to it than there has been in the past, but the fact that it was in New York, which is a big scene, obviously, and then the Mariano situation, and we just wanted our guys to compete, and they did, and I was awful proud of them.

Everybody from every team really competed, and one common denominator was the fact that somebody in that clubhouse was going to go to the World Series.

Well, I don't think I've seen any better.

I guess Bonds comes to mind.

Cabrera's one of those guys that he kind of hits like a little guy with big guy results.