Old reliable, our defensive effort is what sustained us. I thought we made great stops down the stretch. They have read more

Old reliable, our defensive effort is what sustained us. I thought we made great stops down the stretch. They have two outstanding players and a nice supporting cast, and I thought we did a good job in the fourth quarter, particularly the last four minutes, of making huge defensive stops.

To me, this is the most important game since we played Moody.

To me, this is the most important game since we played Moody.

Our pitching staff is probably the biggest question mark for us, because we don't have anybody coming back that was read more

Our pitching staff is probably the biggest question mark for us, because we don't have anybody coming back that was dominant last season, that had 10 wins, they you can say, 'Hey give this guy the ball and he'll go out there and give us a win.' We don't have Brian Baker anymore. We've got some guys that are talented and we'll probably have to use more guys and develop some roles.

I'm a crazy son of a bitch. Do you think I have time to care about what all the other read more

I'm a crazy son of a bitch. Do you think I have time to care about what all the other ass holes care? If they don't like us fine. We don't play for the people, we play because we have fun doing it.

A lot of our fugitive dust problems arise when it gets very windy. What we have seen is when we read more

A lot of our fugitive dust problems arise when it gets very windy. What we have seen is when we see those dust storms, it's usually due to man-made activities, like construction.

We haven't played in 10 days. We've been inside a lot and practiced our hitting. Defensively, we're a better team read more

We haven't played in 10 days. We've been inside a lot and practiced our hitting. Defensively, we're a better team than that. It was nice to get out. We were rusty.

This market is on a roll. As long as we have an environment of slow growth, low inflation, low interest read more

This market is on a roll. As long as we have an environment of slow growth, low inflation, low interest rates, the market's going to go higher.

I don't think any of the firefighters keep this job just for the pay. They take pride in being firefighters.

I don't think any of the firefighters keep this job just for the pay. They take pride in being firefighters.

We are a new program but we're not the typical new program in that we're not going to roll over read more

We are a new program but we're not the typical new program in that we're not going to roll over for anybody, ... Bring your 'A' game, because we're bringing ours. No matter how ridiculous the score is or how close the score is, you're still going to have to play every play.