It's really about spirituality. Gardening is a metaphor.

Not many people can strike out once in three at-bats and still hit .300.

It's hard for me to identify what kind of player he's going to be right now.

That's quite an asset. Sometimes I fail to realize he's just out of high school. Normally, we get college kids. It's nice to have someone like that to work with from the start.

This weekend brings a worst-case scenario for us.

You have homes in fields that were once used for agricultural purposes. Those fields are often grass that dries out over the winter and creates a lot of fire fuel.

Just because a county may drop its burn ban, though, doesn't mean that all risk of escaped fires is gone and that residents can throw all caution to the wind with their outdoor burning. With dry weather and gusty winds predicted for most of the week, the risk of grass fires will likely grow with every day that passes without rain.

I still want to give him the benefit of the doubt. He went from seeing 80-mph fastballs in high school to 90 mph last year.

When he takes off (to catch a fly ball), he doesn't really track the ball well. A couple of times he can be a couple of billboards off. But it's not a problem with him working on it. He really needs to make a commitment to do it on a daily basis to help himself.

I had originally wanted to be a journalist and write editorials. I also liked the extended interviews done by Dick Cavett and Bill Moyers. That seemed like a wonderful life.