That happens. We hit the ball well; that was the most hits we've had in a long time. W e read more

That happens. We hit the ball well; that was the most hits we've had in a long time. W e just didn't do the job on the base paths. Ten hits should mean 10 runs for us.

In my case, Sunday, I didn't know that a tornado was coming because I was watching Spanish TV. The only read more

In my case, Sunday, I didn't know that a tornado was coming because I was watching Spanish TV. The only reason I learned that we had a tornado was because a friend warned me.

We shot the ball very poorly. We had our chances, but we couldn't take advantage of them.

We shot the ball very poorly. We had our chances, but we couldn't take advantage of them.

I think we will need more troops then we currently have to secure the elections process in Iraq -- that read more

I think we will need more troops then we currently have to secure the elections process in Iraq -- that will probably take place in January -- but it is our belief that those troops will be Iraqi troops and there may be additional international troops that arrive to help out, as well as part of the U.N. mission. So I don't see need for more American troops, but we can't discount it.

We stopped the military work to give credibility to the Palestinian Authority, without canceling other options.

We stopped the military work to give credibility to the Palestinian Authority, without canceling other options.

We'd like to be second behind New York. Frankly, we lost a lot of our place in the theater scene, read more

We'd like to be second behind New York. Frankly, we lost a lot of our place in the theater scene, and we see 'Lord of the Rings' as a way to bring that back.

It's hard being a leader for so long, being a focal point for so long, and then it kind of read more

It's hard being a leader for so long, being a focal point for so long, and then it kind of abruptly stops. It's nice to be back in the mix. It's also nice not to have 'THE PLAYER' pressure on me anymore. It's on other guys this year. It's going to give me an opportunity to go ahead and play and let the other people have that type of attention.

It's one thing to be brave -- another to be stupid!

It's one thing to be brave -- another to be stupid!

We couldn't come up with the key hits. And we weren't mentally prepared on defense. To win, you have to read more

We couldn't come up with the key hits. And we weren't mentally prepared on defense. To win, you have to play every play, and we didn't do that today.