A good analogy would be that I don't know any customer who wants their vehicle built in their driveway and read more

A good analogy would be that I don't know any customer who wants their vehicle built in their driveway and rained on for nine months before they get a chance to sit in it. Moisture is the largest enemy of construction. Once moisture gets into the material, it starts to shrink and mold even before it goes to production.

You've got mass merchants who are expanding their toy space and using it to drive total store volume. These discounters read more

You've got mass merchants who are expanding their toy space and using it to drive total store volume. These discounters are not worried about the margins they make on toys. How can you compete against that?

If you're going to trade a guy of that caliber, you're not going to get the same caliber of talent read more

If you're going to trade a guy of that caliber, you're not going to get the same caliber of talent in return.

I think other benefits are being utilized today more often than sabbaticals as retention tools. Instead of giving us six read more

I think other benefits are being utilized today more often than sabbaticals as retention tools. Instead of giving us six weeks off a year, employees are demanding more day to day flexibility, like the ability to telecommute, flex-time and child care or elder-care benefits. Those are the other areas where we are seeing real growth, while sabbaticals are sort of going up and down.

To practice, knowing you're not going to play, is hard. He took it, he learned and he grew. Now he's read more

To practice, knowing you're not going to play, is hard. He took it, he learned and he grew. Now he's got an opportunity and he's taking advantage of it.

After seven years of writing - and working many jobs to support my family - I finally got published.

After seven years of writing - and working many jobs to support my family - I finally got published.

He's a very good guy, he's a great teammate. He's good in the bullpen with the younger guys and he's read more

He's a very good guy, he's a great teammate. He's good in the bullpen with the younger guys and he's free with his advice and he speaks his mind and sometimes it isn't always a kind remark. To be a true teammate, something needs to be said when it needs to be said. He's the type of person who will do that.

Oh my goodness. They showed a lot of heart.

Oh my goodness. They showed a lot of heart.

It's going to be a good game. Hannan played us tough in the playoffs the last two years … but read more

It's going to be a good game. Hannan played us tough in the playoffs the last two years … but we won both games.