He usually stays in the backyard, but if we are doing yard work and the weather is nice, we let him come out front. He won't run off.

Igor stood up and took a stance. I guess the pit bulls took it as a threat and came running at him and attacked him. I tried to pull them apart. I was kicking the pit bulls and using a rake to separate them. Two passersby saw what was happening and helped me separate the dogs. Luckily, none of us got bit. But I have blood all over my clothes.

If things go according to schedule and we have good weather to work, we could be finished with the entire project by 2008.

Some of the (remediation) work may not have been sufficient to stand up to the weather conditions.

I tried to throw my breaking ball, but nothing seemed to work, so I was behind in the count a lot. And when I threw the fastball, they hit it, and it found holes. Tonight was one of those nights when nothing seemed to work.

It makes me proud (of) all the work I did to come back sooner. I've been out three months. ... But I don't think it's going to be that hard to get back to playing the way I used to.