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Shortly till I got a couple of issues on it -- The one injury plagued season playing you just didn't really know long shots. The talked about that's that was the most frustrating year your career was it not yeah army is what happened there was from a medical standpoint com. And I guess the kind of set the record straight people still right you know can beat writers that. It was a I had back injuries -- wasn't there wasn't a back injury is nothing structurally wrong with me I just had somebody was producing too much information. And as you know in a joint somewhere isn't I felt at that time when he got to its worst I felt like you know eighty year old man walking around I just. Can pick up my son at the time those who was weird didn't have any strength. And that that's pretty much -- scared. We do a lot of tests early to find out what wasn't so -- all right okay it's not any of that stuff. Thomas still don't know what it was and I got referred to a rheumatologist and it took a lot of blood tests and said hey you know what do you not -- I can't qualify US. We're mature off this person has rheumatoid arthritis but. You do have information we don't know why. You know I am a medical term -- differentiate -- which really doesn't mean anything and -- I -- solo -- just produces for whatever reason they still don't know why producer from -- I've been on and off the medication. Since it's happened so I am -- matter who's just going to take a weaning off process time.

You're playing in the age of of a couple of different things as far as baseball you have both discuss the global aspect of baseball and I asked you know about the maybe deep. Shortage of blacks in the game maybe in the front office and actually playing. And how you viewed that and you had a pretty interesting response it's just it's the truly global thing.

It is officers baseball is expand itself when they've made efforts to expand worldwide and now. I seem drafting players small little world so it's just not related to our country and the Puerto Rico and Dominican we stretch out to Venezuela China Taiwan. Here you have players coming from you know Europe Australia and this definitely from that standpoint it's made it harder to get some major leagues because. The pool has gotten so big in the number of teams haven't -- any bigger so I just see that you know and that's just one way to look at it. My that's not the reason why there's a shortage there's. A lot of reasons why there's a shortage -- is one that I've noticed anything. Lastly I'm not putting out -- appreciate performance you see yourself staying in the game not you don't plan pretty want to do something completely different thing you know. No -- looked gone doing something different -- your uniforms at bats two balls I'm done whether I am done with. Pro baseball if I get into any type of baseball to be done it'll be maybe if my son's playing and I can maybe help the team how little bit sure no head coach. None of that stuff I don't want that responsibility I don't want any of that but. I'll be there and help if you need some help have to me in the front office jokes on the all time I'm be working in front office and -- just -- Flores says he got no chance. I'll -- you know I'm gone I you know lawyers are allowed. I'll take this we very thankful for the time I've had a game in the very blessed to have the opportunity but I don't have anything to do it when I'm done.

You know it's my bat I got two more things and -- hundred kilometer but -- to be important things number one. The ten RBI game from him crazy Yankees come on let's go to me back to that it's -- it to that make is that it is quite an accomplishment and it is that was this kind of.

Quite an accomplishment pass the time no. You know it always find the time to do things in a situation where you really can't absorb it. Too much because we will hammering them that's -- so. If the score has been you know 1817 yeah it would been -- more exciting your own pace too down on me for the picture thousand times the next day -- who's this guy because right after the Grand Slam. -- at the -- there's no smile this like you know hurry up and get off the field and that's just my sportsmanship I don't practice I have too much respect for the other team. I'm not -- let them see them see you enjoy something when the game was this really out of hand at that time so it's out of respect for them. And you know we've argued about that from time to time but no I was there was definitely a crazy game and I. You know I -- when I look back at it a problem when I'm done playing I'll probably over enjoy those things a bit more and if you are rare breed. Yes you retire as an angel be one team your entire career has got to be something good about that there's something good about that and not take I have taken prior soon. Being here my whole career -- I would say you know I never tested the free agency market and and I think this is assigned to the organization that I am. I enjoy being here. And but still that same time you know I'm a realist -- north -- different direction are probably wouldn't be here. But I do and I have enjoyed being in my whole career -- I hope to stay in my whole career I don't wanna I don't want to wear another uniform -- to. So it's been great congratulate you should Massachusetts