For two years, he helped us tremendously with our conditioning. Shawn worked individually with our kids and got them in better shape. He also did it on his own.

I told the kids that those losses would make us tougher in the long run. Records don't mean anything at the end of the season. It was hard to bite the bullet, losing those games early on. But I told our team that they don't count losses. They count championships. I think they all learned a lot from the schedule.

It might have been easier to win the first time. Repeating is much more difficult. I think we showed a lot of heart and determination all year and didn't let anything get to us.

We have a real strict pitch count for these young kids and he was at 97. We were going to let him go between 95 and 100.

We have a really strict pitch count for these younger kids.

I promised my daughter I'd name my first restaurant after her, but now the other kids are like, 'Dad, what about us?' I'm gonna have to open four restaurants!