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I know these games against the Rays have been important this weekend.
Saturday's game was a little frustrating. You come up to the plate at the end
and you definitely want to do something and come up big. You obviously want
to come up big in a clutch situation, especially when the game is against my
former team, which I really want to beat. We were definitely a little
disappointed not to get the win that day. Also in that game, I had the run
where I wasn't sure whether to slide or not at home. I figured I could get in
standing up, but it was kind of close. I definitely want Marco Scutaro next
time to let me know if it’s going to be that close and I told him that. He
said he was telling me to slide but I didn't see him.
Having played for Tampa for so long they definitely know how to pitch to me a
little bit. It's then up to me to make the adjustments. I've had a full
season of seeing how they want to pitch to me, how they want to get me out. I
think over the years, you'll see me get better hitting their pitching because
I've had to think about and figure out what they're trying to do with me.
Now that I am in a Red Sox uniform, I definitely hear the boos when I go back
to Tampa, like our recent trip we made there. When I was in left field, I
definitely heard heckling there. It was a bunch of haters in left field
pretty much. Hey, it's cool. I understand. The thing is, they've got to
realize they've got to deal with me for another six years. I struggled this
year and I'll give them this year. But I am definitely, definitely going to
remember all that has happened when I'm trying to work out and get better in
the offseason, those haters will be on my mind