He was real excited. When you were that close (to making states before) you really want to get there.

We won way more than we lost, we just didn't have enough bodies.

I got a little over 200 myself and I'll go back to the same people this time and then go back to other areas and get more.

We do want to win a championship. Coming into the American Association as the lowest revenue team with the smallest ballpark, you have to make up for it in intangibles. We wanted a manager who was very competitive and could recruit players.

I was blown away by the commitment and accuracy of data collected by volunteers.

We wrapped 467 age-appropriate paperback books for the kids.