"With a cup of coffee in hand and a copy of Napoleon Hill's famous self-motivational book, Think and Grow Rich, on his lap, the newest Phillie, Hunter Pence, was into his pregame routine when he was told there would be no game on Sunday.

Just like that, Pence had nothing planned and all day to do it.

So before diving back into the Andrew Carnegie-inspired book which explains to readers that they can do or be anything, a book that Ken Norton famously read before beating Muhammad Ali to win the heavyweight title in 1973, Pence took a little time to talk to some of the local writing press about how things were going during his first fortnight with his new team. Sprinkled in, of course, were little insights into what makes Pence tick.

"We're only going to see prosperity and success, you know what I'm saying," he said. "There's going to be criticism at some point. But if you go out and you give everything that you have, you'll end up alright.""