I think we needed time to get used to each other. I had never played with Ryan Orr before and Troy Hill was a freshman. I think we started getting used to each other around Christmas time.

With the new guys, it took us a while to get that team chemistry together, to get comfortable with each other. It took us 16 games to figure it out. Now that we have, I think we are heading in the right direction.

It took us a while to jell. [But] now we feel like if we play our game, we can play with anyone.

I told him [Kris] -- because that's the biggest thing in athletics, they cheat all the time -- I told him, cheat on me all you want. If you get caught, I'm going to screw everybody on your entire team -- coaches, trainers, players. I would do everybody on his whole team.

It's a lot more than that, but ... I don't want to get into it at this time.

They found a hole every single time they put the bats on the ball. When I look back on it, it's definitely disappointing. I've made worse pitches and I've felt worse in games. There's nothing I can do now.