We think that she's going to be a big leader for us.

Our research indicates there is a balance between controlling crime, litter, prostitution and other things that can accompany these venues and infringing upon someone's freedom of expression.

I think we're going to be up and down early because we're going to start so many young players. We may start three freshmen.

If we had gotten to play our first games, it would have been better.

She is bumped and bruised. She will be very sore for a while, but she will be fine. She is very lucky.

She's pitched for us in the past, and we think with her coming back, we'll be alright. It's really uncharted territory, but I think we'll be fine once we get about to the middle of the season.

She was a great player for us last year.

We need Ashley to win 15-to-20 games this season for us to be successful. That puts a lot of responsibility on her and our other pitchers, but she's got the size, the strength, and she's an athlete.

We're really going to count on her to step up.