How do you unwind during the regular season?
"I play video games every single night (with) my boys back home. It's perfect. It's usually around a three-hour difference. I'll play against them online. We play baseball, hockey, 'Call of Duty.' We're on it, dude. It's the best way to zone out. It calms me down, good or bad game."
Sports played other than baseball
Football and basketball in high school. He was a linebacker and fullback, and they used him at QB when they had to throw deep.
Earliest baseball memory
Playing T-ball every Saturday morning. "I remember hitting and running around the bases and catching up to the other runners and I'd have to wait for them, try to push them along."
Funniest teammate
Grant Balfour. "Grant always has something funny to say, and his (Australian) accent. It's Grant, B.J. (Upton), he can do some funny things, and (James) Shields. He can be funny."
Favorite Winter Olympic sport
"The curling is really growing on me. It's like a chess match and shuffleboard at the bar. I also like the skeleton. I like the figure skating, too."

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