They know what to expect from us as coaches every day. The first year is always tough, especially for your older kids. When things change, it can be a tough transition for them.

He's hitting the ball well for us and that's helping the lineup. He's been consistent and he's able to do so many different things. He puts the ball in play and moves the baseball and that is what we need out of our lead off hitter.

For us to have a chance this season, we need to throw strikes and make the routine defensive plays. When you do that, you have a chance to win.

On a day-to-day basis, I am appalled at the hazardous materials that just pass by us on the railroad.

It's going to be a very pivotal day for us. The threat still remains, but we continue to be very hopeful that we have a good solid plan in place.

This was a pretty bad day for us. Thank goodness it wasn't a league match. But I think the guys learned from their mistakes.