Any time we win it's because we've played hard. I told the kids two things: One, you'll have a lot more left at the end when you've played hard, and, two, the harder you play the luckier you get.

He's a very good passer and played hard. And he turned his game up a notch the last five or six games.

The Latino community is a very connected community. They tend to spend a little more time online and more time flipping through pages, seeking entertainment information. News from their home country is also a big driver.

You hate to say don't worry about the winning or losing, but if kids are pitching at the major league level at an early stage, maybe before they should be, it's important that they learn. They are going to have some down times. ... The player has to be pretty tough minded and a mentally strong person to be able to conquer a lot of that.

Things looked bleak there for a long time. But our guys kept hanging in there and we got a little momentum there in the fourth quarter.

I remember the intensity of the game. The intensity level was at an all-time high. And it's going to be like that for a rivalry game.