Last year (Carpenter) learned to pitch with no pain. Now he's coming out this year and throwing at his best. read more

Last year (Carpenter) learned to pitch with no pain. Now he's coming out this year and throwing at his best. He's just stronger. You take that whole group of guys and the seasons they all had last year, and they just took all that confidence into this year. Add Mark Mulder to that mix and there are five guys who can win every night.

it couldn't have happened to a nicer person and it's a most fitting award.

it couldn't have happened to a nicer person and it's a most fitting award.

Yeah, definitely. I've never been in a playoff. I believe that these type of games, where you have to play read more

Yeah, definitely. I've never been in a playoff. I believe that these type of games, where you have to play every game to make it to the next step, I'll definitely take something out of it.

We wanted to show how over his head he is, ... We were always terrified of that scene. The audience read more

We wanted to show how over his head he is, ... We were always terrified of that scene. The audience is so uncomfortable.

The stock market might be a variable, but I think it's totally trumped by other factors right now,

The stock market might be a variable, but I think it's totally trumped by other factors right now,

I was concerned after those first three games because of the kind of mistakes we were making in one-run losses read more

I was concerned after those first three games because of the kind of mistakes we were making in one-run losses to tough teams. Either we were trying to do too much, or we were falling asleep. So today I called them in and challenged them (in the middle of the game). I said, ?Apparently we?re headed back in the same direction.? You saw the response.

We are enforcing the provisions of the contract we signed with our pilot employees when they joined the company.

We are enforcing the provisions of the contract we signed with our pilot employees when they joined the company.

We cannot explicitly link the recent terrorist attacks to the September 11 hijackers,

We cannot explicitly link the recent terrorist attacks to the September 11 hijackers,

This was a huge match for us. Getting league wins early in the season means we're moving in the right read more

This was a huge match for us. Getting league wins early in the season means we're moving in the right direction.