It was a big, big issue of importance for us. We keep teaching our pitchers to pitch down in the strike zone to get ground balls, but to do that, you've got to have guys who can pick up the ball.

The instructors were often neophytes at teaching us, but they possessed the information. We used the Socratic method. We had to ask them about the things we wanted to know, but there were other musicians who were interacting with us all the time, each leading a group.

It took us a while to adjust to the physicality. We did a great job on Lawrence. We did a good job of running at him. We kept coming with people; we're a little deeper in the post than they are.

Schramm got us off to a great start offensively. It was close for a while, but then we got a big run and played well to make things go our way.

They kept the pressure, and they kept the fire inside and put together quality at-bats. They took that eight-run inning and just let it ride for us.

I wanted to do it in the worst way, and it just worked out. I think it's going to be special, kind of like hockey did and basketball did.