Farming is a profession of hope

‎A farm is a manipulative creature. There is no such thing as finished. Work comes in a stream and has no end. There are only the things that must be done now and things that can be done later. The threat the farm has got on you, the one that keeps you running from can until can't, is this: do it now, or some living thing will wilt or suffer or die. Its blackmail, really.

It will give him confidence, I hope, in the future,

Even today, if the Royals win six games all year, if they're going to go 6-156, I hope they beat the Yankees six times.

It is my hope in the next three weeks that we know a lot more.

I hope someone looks at him, ... He's a leader behind the scenes and on the ice. He's a tough kid who played through a couple of injuries this year. I hope he gets a look.