Laura is a year older. She has that much more experience, that much more pop on her pitches. Jamie has nice speed. She has good control. She should do well.

We're trying to enforce it, not define it. We needed some clarification on how the council wanted it defined, and this is what we've got.

I certainly think we should make the playoffs. And we'd like to go further than we did last year. I think we can.

We're always good defensively and that shouldn't change. Offensively, we have Jess and Julia in the middle of the order. The rest we'll have to figure out as we go.

HD is about enhancing your sense of experience.

Experience means a lot and I expect him to make good decisions on the field.