I like cliffhangers, with the hero in trouble at the end. I used to go on real benders—I don't do read more

I like cliffhangers, with the hero in trouble at the end. I used to go on real benders—I don't do that anymore. But when you go on bender you never know what's going to happen.

We brought some guys in to start getting ready during the early part of Spring Training in case we lost read more

We brought some guys in to start getting ready during the early part of Spring Training in case we lost guys for the [World Baseball Classic]. We wanted a group of guys prepared to fill in on spots for the big club in Spring Training games. Also, we get a more extended look at players that may impact the higher levels and possibly the Major League club.

Let them hate, so long as they fear.

Let them hate, so long as they fear.

What we're trying to do is take a good product and invest in that product, and that product becomes a read more

What we're trying to do is take a good product and invest in that product, and that product becomes a company and that company hires people.

We continue to discuss the advantages of the alliance with other carriers where we have what we call 'white spots', read more

We continue to discuss the advantages of the alliance with other carriers where we have what we call 'white spots', or parts of the globe where there are opportunities to improve service, such as China, India and Russia.

Last year, we had a shortage of 2-year-old birds from the poor hatch in 2003, so we didn't have a read more

Last year, we had a shortage of 2-year-old birds from the poor hatch in 2003, so we didn't have a surplus of those birds to carry over. The fact that there was a shortage of 2-year-olds to hunt last year meant more pressure on the older birds, so that cuts down the carry over on those, too.

I loved every minute of it. But to say I had a little stress would be an understatement.

I loved every minute of it. But to say I had a little stress would be an understatement.

Housekeeping ain't no joke.

Housekeeping ain't no joke.

Whenever you can spring those big runs like that ... that will kill the defense. It's exciting for us to read more

Whenever you can spring those big runs like that ... that will kill the defense. It's exciting for us to know that if we spring a big one, that must mean we did our blocks perfectly.