I'm ready for a change ... as long as we're in the picture.

He'll come in here and ask for a couple players to help him with his skits and everybody wants to do it. They've seen his skits and enjoyed them before. His show is a whole lot of fun.

That's the best team I've seen in A-ball for a long time.

It's a little bit disappointing, because we did have a chance to get into the playoffs all the way until this last series. But the guys did well and continued battling through the end.

The message we have to give out is one of calm. All of this will change very quickly and as the season has just begun, we have to see where we finish the season, not how we start it.

The people came to the conclusion that it would be an important change for him.