They may not be the best baseball players, but they are athletic players. They have a sense for the game and they will do what's right for the team.

We have a lot of kids who are older but didn't play much last year. They carried themselves today.

It was the key play. She got the one that mattered the most.

They're all friends. They've been mixing well with their seriousness and purpose.

I've talked to all of them about it. We've allowed people opportunities unnecessarily. Today we didn't do that. ... Today, from the fourth inning on, Brittany was in the zone. She had something in her eyes.

Major League Baseball has created a Pete Rose purgatory, and that's where he is. And that's where he's always going to be. It's unfortunate that the commissioner's office has decided to allow that to be the reality. I don't think Pete would mind if they said 'No' to Pete. Pete wants them to go one way or the other and get him out of the void he's in.