Quotes from Gabe Kapler

Wrigley, beyond its status as a baseball icon, has an undeniable positive energy all its own, which penetrates all who enter its gates.

If you've been apartment or home shopping and left disgusted because a realtor brought you into a space that hadn't been updated since 1977, you've experienced the visitors clubhouse at Wrigley. Ceilings on top of you, lockers smashed together, plastic tables cluttering the floor and carpet ripped straight off the Brady Bunch stairs.

When an injury robs a player of his ability to train the way he's accustomed to, there is nearly always an alternative.

I can remember being in right field in Yankee Stadium and fans armed with media guides called out my family by their names and said absolutely unrepeatable things. I laughed to myself and it never bothered me.

The New York Yankees signed Masahiro Tanaka, and the baseball world has yawned.

If you ask me what my hobby is, I don't have a traditional hobby.

When scouts evaluate players for power, they are not simply watching to see if the ball clears the wall. They're laser focused on the flight of the ball, its trajectory and the speed with which it leaves the bat.

Throwing on a hoodie and headphones and getting lost in a long run is pure freedom for me. I embrace the trance, the intense sweat and, of course, the endorphin release.

No sir, I don't have a crystal ball, but I do have common sense.

Chad Curtis told me I was going to hell if I didn't believe that Jesus Christ was my lord and savior.

There are so few Jewish ballplayers, so you want to be a positive role model and provide an example that the Jewish community can be proud of.

In 2005, when I felt my Achilles snap, I knew instantly that it wasn't just my anatomy that had changed, but my life as well.

As an average hitter myself, I lacked that true back knee drive.

Green base ballers don't want to be viewed as unhealthy. Young players are constantly judged and evaluated on every layer of their being.

On MLB team flights, adult beverages are often enjoyed. Usually, the youngest, most wet-behind-the-ears players will be responsible for carrying the beer and ultimately delivering it to the veterans.

If you're looking for a MLB example of a guy who was dominant as a youngster and regressed as an additional cautionary tale, Atlanta Brave Steve Avery fits the bill.

If Coors Field is the flashy youngster, Wrigley is a wise and weathered, tattered, beat up old man, but rich in charisma and character.

Historically, baseball has used the 60-yard dash to measure speed. In the most trivial way, this makes sense. This measurement, however, doesn't tell us much about baseball speed.

I probably spend 14 hours a day, if you include a commute, at work. That doesn't leave a whole lot of time to train, and it certainly doesn't leave a lot of time for a social life. Which I have none.

I vividly recall the physical sensation and emotion of playing defense behind my teammates - pitchers dominating opposing lineups, throwing up zero after zero as the innings progressed.

I was a Southern California boy raised on rap music and cussed like a sailor.

Despite the perception, players possess little free time in the cities they frequent on the road. They spend an extraordinarily unbalanced percentage of their time traveling to and at the ballpark.

When I backed off the cardio and refocused on strength training, the muscle definition came back.

The squat is ideal for building strength in the glutes, perhaps the most powerful collection of muscles in our bodies.