I think it's better for personal mind-set. It's nothing new. Everyone has been here before.

Obviously, there is some apprehension there because they've never umpired at the professional level. There are some rule differences, but they have to call balls and strikes and call guys out that are out. We just have to go with what we got.

I think we had him. There's no doubt in my mind we had him. But those are the rules, and Mark's sitting there in victory lane and we're here second. It's their ballpark and their ball, so we've got to play by their rules.

You do have a modicum of peace of mind here, but it's as unsettled as any other place.

I've never been poor, only broke. Being poor is a frame of mind. Being broke is only a temporary situation.

When I'm asked who my audience is, I say someone with an open mind, which is not a vacant one and sometimes a liberal mind is not the same thing as an open one.