I talked to the seniors and juniors before to have their input, and they were a little hesitant at the start. I think they felt better because everyone had to wear one. It wasn't an option.

(The Michigan district) used it as an all-school reader, ... Sophomores, juniors and seniors were reading it and discussing it and discussing it in different disciplines, and I was getting some amazing e-mails back from kids and teachers.

We're definitely not old because we only have two seniors, but we also have three juniors who started on the infield for us last year as sophomores.

The unfair part is that juniors and seniors are not going to be grandfathered. The catalog when we entered Winthrop is our contract with the university. This is a breach of that contract.

We're just 14- and 15-year-old guys playing against juniors and seniors, and these guys are just stepping up. Most kids, not mine, but others I think would falter.

He just wanted our input. He put faith in us.