Globe iconLogin iconRecap iconSearch iconTickets icon

Quote to note

"He plays all out, all the time. You saw his reaction when he scored. That's just pure joy. You can talk all you want about making money and everything, and I hope they all get rich. But the good players, for the most part, like trying to be better than the other teams and finding a way to beat them."
--Indians manager Terry Francona, on Jason Kipnis' slide at the plate in Saturday's 7-6 win over the Tigers.

Jordan Bastian is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Major League Bastian, and follow him on Twitter @MLBastian.
Read More: Cleveland Indians, Mike Aviles, Chris Perez, Lonnie Chisenhall, Mark Reynolds