There are so many leaders on this team - so many quality ballplayers - we said we owed it to each other. We deserved to do a better job, especially in front of these fans.

We want to play high-quality baseball, hustle, have team unity and have fun.

Anytime you've got activities going on in your community that are going to result in quality-of-life offerings, it can't be anything but an added benefit.

They wanted to do it tomorrow because some of the ballplayers, you know, may be going out of town or something, so we don't want to miss anyone. That's one thing, we don't want to be missing anyone,

The resistance to globalization has a new quality today. You have populist leaders in developing countries who are empowered by high oil prices and you have a protectionist climate in the rich countries. The two trends reinforce each other and could slow globalization.

Most people think of leadership as a position and therefore don't see themselves as leaders.