Ironically, rural America has become viewed by a growing number of Americans as having a higher quality of life not because of what it has, but rather because of what it does not have!

Probably the two largest changes in these 44 years have been in quality and price. In 1962, I could sell a new Ford pickup for $2,000. Now, a pickup of similar properties would cost about $20,000.

It wasn't the plan to go 2-3. But there were a lot of quality teams there. When you get a look at a lot of different lineups and pitchers, you don't know what's going to happen.

I think that helped us get ready for a game like this. Madison is a quality club, and it's easy to see in a game like this. ... We gave (the fans) their money's worth.

Having a partner of this quality should enable us to accelerate our industry roll-up strategy and realize many of our short-term and long-term goals.

I'm not surprised at all. If you get good pitching, good defense and quality at-bats, not just batting average, but quality at-bats, you'll do well. They take their at-bats seriously.