I think we have to maintain some areas that are more rural in nature.

All we can do is go by facts. Others can choose to disagree about the nature of the business. Frankly, we feel very fortunate to have a payroll in the $90 million range. It's a great baseball town but it's not a huge market. We can afford to sustain it only because we have such wonderful baseball fans.

I think there can be some give and take on this.

My concern here with the pending strike is the polarization and the lesson that's left with the kids, because even if they're not going to be teaching in the classroom, the kids are still going to getting a lesson if there's a strike on Thursday.

That's always been the nature of the teams in the league. They've earned it, every one of those teams have earned any rankings they might have, because those are three very good defensive football teams.

Wolves are very resourceful. All they need to survive is for people not to shoot them.