Being a 14-year-old kid, it's a shock to their system. It drains their batteries, and it takes them a few days to get back to it. They've got bus legs for three days.

Chris has really been the guy to ignite us lately. He makes the big save and it gets the guys going.

Just anything that can build chemistry can help.

You have to put yourself in the mindset of a 17-year-old kid instead of an old sportswriter. [Monday] was the first day we could call recruits, and it was unanimous -- they were fired up about them.

We became Lake Martin. Every year, the storm drains go the other way.

The first year here, he might have had as impressive of a spring training as a 19-year-old kid can have. It was unbelievable. He's back to what we saw two years ago and he's got a chance to be a really good big-league player.