The captains are working hard. They set a nice tone and are unselfish. They know we're only going as far as the young guys take us. The seniors recognized that and it gives us a good feel to every practice.

The first six guys in our lineup had two hits each. Our offense showed a lot of balance.

He's off to a great start at bat and on the field.

I'm 0-17 in Milford in the regular season in my 17 years of coaching. When you have second and third and no one out, you start thinking that maybe this is the one. But Johnson just shut us down.

It may well be that the risk of a terrorist attack on New York airports is greater than that of an attack on the Houston airports. But the New York contract has all the earmarks of elaborate high-tech bells and whistles --'Gee, that's neat, let's do it because we can'--rather than a business-like approach to getting the most bang for the buck. Let's hope it does not become the model for perimeter protection.

It was the latter that set off alarm bells in the accounting department, which might have been willing to let the plane pass, but not one with floats.

We're replacing the bulk of the team. They're young but they bring hunger and hustle.

We had a lot of chances early, and we just couldn't score more runs. It killed us in the end.

We just couldn't get timely hitting, very frustrating.

I think it's going to be positive for that end of town. I think it's going to be the right fit.