He's somewhat like Matt Anderson, saying stuff you nod about but don't really understand, as though it's a generational brand of wisdom. Thirteen is the number I like because that's the number I switched to one year when 9 wasn't available. I can use the luck. I can use any kind of luck. Besides, sometimes bad luck can be good.
Bad luck can be good.
Sounds like nonsense. But it isn't. Fick got well acquainted with bad luck last year. He hurt his shoulder in a spring training 'B' game of all things and the ensuing surgery nearly cost him the entire season. Fick didn't get into a game, even in the minors, until August.