Now is the time for us to strike. We must strengthen our foothold in Asia, to ensure no nation overtakes us.

There has not been a time in the last century where there has been so much misunderstanding of the US and so much misunderstanding by the US of the world,

For us it was turnovers. Every time we turned the ball over, they converted it into points it seemed like and that was hard to overcome. We knew going into the game, one of the keys was taking care of the ball and we didn't do that. The bottom line is they are bigger, quicker, more talented and a lot better.

He shows us the ability to throw strikes any time in the count. He has a high level of concentration on every pitch, and that's something we like. Because of his experience, he has an excellent chance to be in the rotation. The ball is really in his court.

Things are getting better all the time. But for a while, it was really hard on us and our school.

We meet again Monday, ... Each of us can take time to go over the numbers again. If a majority thinks we should -- or if it's unanimous -- we will contact Capt. (Larry) Faith of the sheriff's department and ask him to look at what we're seeing. It doesn't seem right.