I thought we'd be sixth or seventh after the first day.

It seems like our hot innings are the first, sixth and seventh. But somehow in the middle innings we get satisfied and kind of let the game play itself instead of taking charge.

Last year I was coming in as a sixth or seventh guy. I did not have much confidence and I did not know if I was cracking the lineup consistently.

Seventh or sixth or five. Everything's got some incentive. We'd like to move up in the standings and finish as high as we can. The priority is getting in the playoffs. That's the bottom line and first priority.

Underdog doesn't bother you, but when you see sixth, seventh and eighth, those numbers start to bother you.

I don't think I had a contested shot in the first half. They were playing that jump trap and every time they doubled Whit [Holcomb-Faye] or Andre [Bynum] that left me wide open. I liked that.