It was hard for us. We haven't been able to play any baseball. We needed some work.

You work on development in the early part of the day. When the games are being played you go out there every night to win.

Baseball is a craft and you have to work at it, you can't just push the button and be ready to go. This gives us a chance to get extra training for the kids, regardless of the weather.

All of us had to go by that rule, damn it. If he did [bet on baseball], then fess up and come clean and he would be accepted back.

The baseball gods owed us one, but I think we earned it, too.

They got us to play the kind of game they wanted us to, and anytime a team can do that, they're going to have an advantage.