What really affects us is the guys in front of us. When you have people on base it causes problems read more

What really affects us is the guys in front of us. When you have people on base it causes problems for them when we come up. If nobody is on base, they can be a little more fine with their pitches and not have to worry about leaving anything out over the plate.

Our health will have a lot to do with our success down the stretch. If we continue to work hard read more

Our health will have a lot to do with our success down the stretch. If we continue to work hard and get healthy, we will be just fine.

You cannot strike out in your first major-league at-bat.

You cannot strike out in your first major-league at-bat.

Moderate Muslims have been given a giant task. The world is watching how they respond.

Moderate Muslims have been given a giant task. The world is watching how they respond.

It's a fact that these perceptions lag reality -- it's not terribly uncommon for the economy to be doing better read more

It's a fact that these perceptions lag reality -- it's not terribly uncommon for the economy to be doing better and better when you get to election day, but people feel the economy's in a funk. The latest example of that was Bush's father.

I like Wagner's music much better than anybody's. It's so loud that one can talk the whole time without people read more

I like Wagner's music much better than anybody's. It's so loud that one can talk the whole time without people hearing you.

The Iraq war was a mistake from the beginning, and when we went in, we went in on the cheap. read more

The Iraq war was a mistake from the beginning, and when we went in, we went in on the cheap. The troops have not been protected. We need to bring them home.

People talk about it being so heavy, but right now it feels weightless around my neck.

People talk about it being so heavy, but right now it feels weightless around my neck.

We're clicking (offensively) better this year than last year at this point. ( Tyler ) Bruce is finding his receivers, read more

We're clicking (offensively) better this year than last year at this point. ( Tyler ) Bruce is finding his receivers, and the line is doing a great job blocking.