Those three kids have swung consistent bats all spring and they came through with those doubles all in a row. read more

Those three kids have swung consistent bats all spring and they came through with those doubles all in a row. That was some great hitting.

As Omron Corp. aims to reach 750 billion yen in consolidated sales in fiscal 2007, we want to contribute 10 read more

As Omron Corp. aims to reach 750 billion yen in consolidated sales in fiscal 2007, we want to contribute 10 percent of the total.

It's the worst feeling in the world to lose at home. We set high goals, and we're no longer in read more

It's the worst feeling in the world to lose at home. We set high goals, and we're no longer in the driver's seat anymore. But we can go out there and perform our best next weekend. It feels terrible, and I hope we don't feel like this again for the rest of the season.

But I think the emotion factor is still there and it is precisely what makes sports sponsorship so powerful. There's read more

But I think the emotion factor is still there and it is precisely what makes sports sponsorship so powerful. There's nothing that gets people as involved as sport.

It's not disappointing to lose; we have lost before, but to lose with little or no effort is upsetting. When read more

It's not disappointing to lose; we have lost before, but to lose with little or no effort is upsetting. When you don't listen to what's being told it becomes rather frustrating. Like I told the guys, I will tell you what I want you to do and when it doesn't work, I'll take the blame but if you don't do what you are asked nothing can work. We had four guys doing one thing and one guy doing something else. It was one of our worst outings of the year.

It came down in buckets that day.

It came down in buckets that day.

I don't see how the company can have that kind of visibility, especially with a management team that had to read more

I don't see how the company can have that kind of visibility, especially with a management team that had to revise earnings three times within one quarter last year. They don't have credibility.

The president's most solemn responsibility is to protect the American people. He is committed to doing everything in his lawful read more

The president's most solemn responsibility is to protect the American people. He is committed to doing everything in his lawful power to prevent attack.

I think at that point we were aspiring to be a Led Zeppelin kind of a band where you could read more

I think at that point we were aspiring to be a Led Zeppelin kind of a band where you could pick up your acoustic instruments or you could go out and rock or you could play a country song. I love all those bands we got mentioned with, but it never felt like we fit into that group very well. So the fact that they're still saying, 'The band that survived grunge' is kind of funny.