I'll start some games, and I'll caddy for A-Rod, too. When I get in there, I want to make the most of my opportunities.

It's playoff time, and I think if it were 150 games into the regular season, you'd see some people dragging. But this crowd is electric when they get inside this place, and if you can't get up to play this game, then something's wrong with you.

I'm going to get it from him when I get back to camp.

I'm going to hear it from Oscar when we get back to camp.

I have confidence in whoever goes out there. Even when Kolbie was struggling at the beginning of the season, I always felt like his last outing would be the one when he turned it around. It took him being demoted and he's figured it out. He's getting key outs. Reitsma will do the same.

When negotiations start we are hoping that we can find something that would benefit [Union Pacific] so we can have something mutually beneficial. We have a good relationship with Union Pacific so we're hoping to build on that relationship as we move into negotiation.