From the beginning I just wanted to play confident and have fun out there. That's what I wanted to do, just have fun.

That game definitely gives us confidence, but at the same time, they'll want revenge, so we'll have to play an even better game than we did at their place.

It's a great place to get started, to have some fun at the beginning of the year. It gets your juices flowing for the rest of the season.

From the beginning of the year we were concerned with their cohesiveness as a team. It's fun to see how they love being with one another. ... We have a lot of great individuals that have come together and made it more of a focus on the team and less on the individual.

We've started a new program for patrons called the 'LBL Fun Card' that follows a punch-card concept. People can save money by purchasing the Fun Cards for a specific number of visits that can be used at any time and by children or adults.

This means a new beginning for the Gulf Coast. This is the hope that we've needed since Aug. 29.