They just took off, and then they got hot in the playoffs.

When I got the job at Vanderbilt, he was our batboy. Cat had an uncanny ability to win things in the little fair-type games. He was always winning everything at the fair and whatever, and he'd bring the giant teddy bears to my kids.

The 1993 team was the best we've had here. That year, we lost in 11 innings in Game 7 (of the American Association championship series) at Iowa.

Our talent in '82 wasn't as good as in '80 or '81. But we won when we needed to win, and everything clicked in the playoffs.

If you're not going to offend somebody you don't need the First Amendment.

Maybe some of his decisions were a little misguided.