He'll probably throw a minimum of two innings (at the all-star game).

He came in and threw a two-hitter in the first round of the Region 24 tournament.

Eric was very valuable to us at the end of the year,

We are very pleased with his progress and expect him to continue to improve. He'll be playing more at shortstop this year.

My son, Walker, has a band called The Dust Busters. You know, he plays banjo, fiddle, guitar, and mandolin, so a lot of my interest in that kind of music comes from him constantly listening to this stuff. He's taught me the history of it. It's remarkable how these young kids are now turned on to more traditional old-time music.

Film acting is really the trick of doing moments. You rarely do a take that lasts more than 20 seconds. You really earn your spurs acting onstage. I needed to do that for myself. I would hate to say at the end of everything that I never did a stage play.