“When I got drafted he came up to me and just looked at me and said: “You’re going to be a good one” and he said “go out and have fun.” When I got to Seattle I struggled for like the first couple weeks and he said “Where’s that smile?” He said something and I started smiling and he said “That’s what I want to see, that’s why people come to the ballpark, to see you smile.” Those are the things that I’ll never forget because he was caring and loving. You didn’t know if you were the number one guy on the team or the number 25 guy on the team, he treated everybody the same.”