It doesn't mean that we hit on 100 percent, that doesn't mean that every guy that enters the locker room is an angel. But that doesn't cause you to waver from the fact that you still deem it important, and you still look for it and you fight to get it.

He doesn't get a lot of recognition, but in the locker room he does. Teammates know how important a guy like he is. He's irreplaceable.

I wouldn't be surprised if (Edwards), a veteran guy, gets gobbled up at some point,

Todd is known as a very good guy in the locker room and is well known for working with younger players. He has a chance to become one of the veteran leaders of this team and we're going to give him that opportunity.

Our team has been awesome, ... I've been very pleasantly surprised at how awesome every guy in our locker-room is. I've just had a great time with these guys.

Every guy in this locker room knows what happened last year and how it happened. Maybe the fire's on this side now. When you lose, the way the Red Sox did [to the Yankees in 2003] or the way the Yankees did last year, you have a little more determination.