If they were starting their careers today, Rockwell and Picasso would probably both be painting on black velvet.

Justin and I were in the locker room today reminiscing about being freshmen. We didn't want our careers to end. We just had to step it up.

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This is not what I envisioned. Obviously, with the wind blowing it was not going to be an offensive day. The only time it could be is if you gave free passes.

I think this team is going to be more offensive oriented then we have been. Another of the things that I like is our depth at each position, but right now, we have to work on getting our pitching staff in place and come to the conclusion of who that will include.