We've got a good nucleus of runners; we've really come out on the long side of that.

We don't want to take a chance on her not feeling well and getting out here and not being able to defend her title. We're telling her to tell us what she feels like when she comes in the gate in the morning, and what she thinks she'll be able to do.

We're trying to be the region champions again, but we're trying to qualify for state as well. Those are two important things we have to worry about and keep our attention on.

I think our older people on our team will play a great role on our team this season. We graduated five people, but we have most of our big hitters coming back. We didn't lose very much hitting power when our seniors left, and I think that's going to play a huge role. Our younger people are going to step up and play a big role for us. We're a veteran team, but everyone's going to input a lot.

We also like, believe it or not, Morgan Stanley, which is our top pick in the brokerage field, although they may have another quarter and some stuff to wade through. It's selling at a very steep discount to the group. It's our top pick,

[Though it might sound unorthodox, Baker sees Chinese as his entrée into the business world. He is working full-time for D.K. Designs, a company that imports jewelry from China.] I would even consider moving to China, ... If a business opportunity arose.