We are a few hits and a few favorable calls away from being 8-0. We aren't making as many mistakes as we were last year, and we're hitting better. Mostly, it's the infield. We're making plays, and we're getting timely hits.

We plan on making the states and being .500 or better -- way better.

It's what I expected. It doesn't change anything to me.

They find all kinds of excuses, a thousand excuses -- 'There are spies on this team. We don't want this. When are sanctions going to be relieved and removed?' The issue is Iraqi noncompliance, and we should not allow them to move us off that issue.

you can't find actual germs on them.

Globalisation means that for a high-wage, developed economy like Britain's to compete we need to focus our efforts on the highly skilled, added-value sectors such as advanced manufacturing, creative industries, engineering and even financial services.