We've waited as long as we can wait. Mark wants to be there ... it's very frustrating to the club it hasn't improved more.
One of the things I love about Mark, Mark attacks his weaknesses. He turned himself into a Gold Glove first baseman. A lot of people would have used the position change as an excuse. He's very driven, a self-starter.
Mark is going to attack anything he can to get better.
Mark has improved a lot more than we were led to expect.
There's not any phase of the game Mark wants to be mediocre in, ... He could be a guy who will steal you 10 or 15 bases a year.
It's something that Mark embraced. He wanted to be the best. It wasn't for selfish reasons, but he knew we were going to need him to be a good first baseman.
I'm going to play everybody, but Mark has certainly earned that opportunity.
He's a pretty special person, a pretty special player, in that order. When I go over a list to be concerned with, Mark being ready and being as good as he can be is not one.