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For my money, he's the center fielder next year. I felt that he was capable of doing what he's doing. To me, the only question was offense. He's seemed to show that he can handle himself here. I don't know if he's going to hit .330. But he's a good enough hitter. [Defensively], he's a prototypical center fielder. He runs everything down. He's not afraid of the wall. He'll dive. The center fielder's job is to catch every fly ball that is hit. You have corner men to help him out. That's the way he is.

Seeing how much people love Colorado was one of the most incredible, gratifying aspects of my career,

He became like a loving friend, ... No, I feel in some ways he's like my father now. I wish I could have known him; I feel there's a void in my life that I never did know him. It's strange having an attachment to this dead man, but . . .

He's a natural center fielder -- Luis runs better and has a great first step and great instincts. There aren't too many guys in the National League, period, that cover more ground than Terrero does out there. Shawn's done a good job, but Luis is defensively pretty special out there.

More things belong to marriage than four bare legs in a bed. John Heywood The Proverbs of John Heywood (1546)