What I want to do is just get myself in shape here. I came to the best spot in the American League. It's great here. They have their own practice facility.

That's a tough spot to put yourself into, with one of the best RBI guys ever. I wish he would have hit it a little harder. We might have had a chance to turn two. But Figgins made a nice play just to get the one out and keep it a one-run game.

You get a four-spot with Todd pitching and you're in good shape. He hasn't given up more than four runs in a couple of years.

I think we put a pretty reasonable offer on the table this week and they objected to it.

North Texas is a very difficult team to guard. We knew we would have our hands full getting out and guarding them. … Holding them to 4-for-16 from the 3-point line was one of the very telling stories of the game.

I was real proud of our guys and their tenacity and staying together after we were down 12.