I don't see why it would be worse.

I have the greatest respect and admiration for both UA and Purdue. I really like the schools, the teams and the coaches. I really believe it's going to be a terrific game.

Everyone in baseball knows everybody else's business. People know we do business a little different.

The replacements may not want to stick around given the uncertainty of Northwest's future.

There wasn't demand to purchase seats in advance. It was not unusual to have 12,000 to 14,000 in walk-up sales on game night. We led the majors in walk-up sales.

This continues to be about busting our union,

This is not about protecting scabs from harassment - existing work rules already do that.

A's Baseball remains one of the most affordable entertainment values in all of sports. The average ticket price in 2006 will be $25.48, which still ranks in the lower third in all of baseball. And the average ticket-price increase from 2005 to 2006 will be 7.24 percent, which is the second-lowest increase over the last six seasons and lower than the last two seasons.

And there is no such thing as a no-sale call. A sale is made on every call you make. Either you sell the client some stock or he sells you a reason he can't. Either way a sale is made, the only question is who is gonna close? You or him? Now be relentless. That's it, I'm done.

Demand still seems to be pretty robust. I am a little concerned about interest rates and the high costs of diesel fuel.