A manager has his cards dealt to him and he must play them.

In the wake of record oil prices, consumers and fleet managers are looking for relief on ways to meet the energy challenges we face. There's no need to wait. Real alternatives are available now.

I've been blessed to have some of the greatest people that certainly I've ever met play for me. We are and have been very much a close family - the guys that were my first guys to come in to the latest guys.

Any ballplayers that played for me on either the Cardinals or the Yankees could come to me if he were in need and I would give him a helping hand. I made only two exceptions, Carl Mays and Joe Bush. If they were in a gutter, I'd kick them.

A good catcher is the quarterback, the carburetor, the lead dog, the pulse taker, the traffic cop and sometimes a lot of unprintable things, but no team gets very far without one.

We're going to play to win, but as managers we also have the responsibility to have these guys ready for the regular season.