“(Carl) Yastrzemski was one of my idols as a teenager. I’ll never forget his 1967 season when he won the Triple Crown: number one in home runs, RBIs, and batting average. No one has done that since Yaz. […] To the day he finished, you couldn’t beat him on a fastball. He spent a ton of time working on his hitting. If he had a bad day, he would be out in the batting cage after the game. Most guys would be gone. He would still be there.”