The Italians stacked their eight this year. They threw everything they had at us out there today. We had a good piece and held them off.

It really is an opportunity for us to take this airline, take the systems, and be part of a big turnaround within this industry.

He managed to race yesterday (in the four final) though there were doubts that he would be able to do so.

He really set the tone for us today. He struck out the side in the first inning and then hit his two-run homer in the bottom-half of the first.

I have to give a lot of the credit to my offensive line. They stepped it up today against a quality defense. It's a lot easier coaching when you have second-and-5 most of the time rather than second-and-10.

Carlyle would never have gotten to the level that it is at today had it not been for this premeditated commingling of business and politics.