That's the best team I've seen in A-ball for a long time.

He'll come in here and ask for a couple players to help him with his skits and everybody wants to do it. They've seen his skits and enjoyed them before. His show is a whole lot of fun.

It's a little bit disappointing, because we did have a chance to get into the playoffs all the way until this last series. But the guys did well and continued battling through the end.

I'm ready for a change ... as long as we're in the picture.

It's tough because they're huge and we had a hard time scoring on the interior. Lodi is a good team. I didn't know how good they were until we played them. I'm always proud of my guys' effort.

I did not feel it was the time to make big bets, and kept to low-beta stocks in Brazil.