I can see the improvement. I can do so many things now offensively. Last year, I was still trying to read more

I can see the improvement. I can do so many things now offensively. Last year, I was still trying to figure things out.

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?

We did a good job of working the counts and getting good pitches to hit.

We did a good job of working the counts and getting good pitches to hit.

It's a dual-sided thing. As much as we knew in our dugout that we could come back against East Carolina, read more

It's a dual-sided thing. As much as we knew in our dugout that we could come back against East Carolina, they knew it too. Maybe we didn't do it all by ourselves.

They were beating us to the ball on the floor. We had one rebound in the first quarter, four by read more

They were beating us to the ball on the floor. We had one rebound in the first quarter, four by halftime and 12 turnovers (by halftime). You can't win ballgames like that. They deserved to win.

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.

I welcome their demonstration. I support the First Amendment to the constitution. Everyone in this country has the right to read more

I welcome their demonstration. I support the First Amendment to the constitution. Everyone in this country has the right to assembly and freedom of speech.

Especially when one of 'em (Jackson) is a guard coach and the other one (Levingston) a big-man coach. That helps read more

Especially when one of 'em (Jackson) is a guard coach and the other one (Levingston) a big-man coach. That helps us out tremendously at both ends of the floor. They can provide us with that playoff, that championship, atmosphere.

We are the wronged party in this action, and on behalf of the 50,000 people who signed these petitions, we read more

We are the wronged party in this action, and on behalf of the 50,000 people who signed these petitions, we need an answer.