The crowd was great last year. Playing in Portland is always incredible. We got our first road trip out of the way and I think the guys are excited to go home.

I am pleased Paul has agreed to join Rangers. His track record speaks for itself and hopefully he will bring future success to the club.

I just forced myself to relax today. I've been very tense up at the plate.

I just forced myself to relax today. I've been very tense up at the plate. A lot of guys will tell you when you're going bad to just slow the game down a little bit.

I'm not going to lie, my legs are gone. But how can you not be up for games like these?

It was a banner year for price increases in the Albuquerque area.

I've had my struggles. I'm used to starting slow. It's almost funny, to a point. I just have to make adjustments.

I've had to kind of work on using the lower half of my swing. It's kind of helped me to create a little more rhythm and create a lot better power numbers. I'm just trying to go with that and build on that, and basically just trying to figure myself out and my own swing so I can make adjustments better.

It's all on the up-and-up. It was a good business decision for him and for the university. There's nothing worse than to have a coach locked into a five- or six-year contract that doesn't want to be here.

It's a good start to the series because he had an easy run and it means I can afford to do a fair bit of work on him in the next round if that's what is needed. The horse himself felt terrific in the run and signs are very encouraging.