If they could choose, they would probably pick to play us and not Canada. And I kind of understand that.

Canada is our country. It belongs to us and we belong to it. Let us join together, in our time, and make history once again.

That (championship) opened up a lot of new doors. It was exciting to play in Canada and Spain for the USA Elite Team. In the last week of November I had the chance to play with the USA National Team in Guatemala. Basically, it was the Olympic team. I pitched two and one-half games. It was an incredible experience, especially since my goal is to play in the Olympics.

I think everybody's excited to get together and play one last time. (Event organizer) Dave Foltz has done a tremendous job with this. He deserves all the credit. I told the kids they need to search him out and thank him. Hopefully, it's a good time for all involved.

That put us so far behind that we have to play catch-up all day.

I really think Canada should get over to Iraq as quickly as possible.