“I'm an East Bay resident, the A's mean a lot to this community.” — Marcus Semien Quote

I'm an East Bay resident, the A's mean a lot to this community.

Any time a guy gets hit, it's between the pitcher and the catcher, the manager, whoever. Whoever's decision it was.

I try to lay off those pitches down in the dirt.

Nothing happens overnight.

You've got to earn your hits.

'Silicon Valley' has come to mean the Bay Area, not just down the Peninsula.

When I lived in Whitstable, Kent, I used a Harvester all the time in Herne Bay and people used to say, 'I didn't expect to see you in here.' Why wouldn't I be in here?

You look at my career, everywhere I went - Miami, Green Bay, Cleveland, Philly - they were always bringing in draft picks and former first-rounders and guys with free-agent deals to take my job.

When I kayak in Cardigan Bay, in Wales, what I hope to find above all else is dolphins. Sometimes I do, and these days are the waymarks of my life.

I'm a lifetime Green Bay Packers fan.