If you're the Dodgers you've got to make sure that when your players are here they're going to be able to have the same competitive things new stadiums offer. Ours is less than that, but it's passable.

The only thing I know so far is that whenever he was with L.A. (Dodgers), they won. It sure is nice to have someone that's won in the past.

He loves to pitch in, and you could tell the Dodgers hitters weren't able to swing. I want to be able to call a Pelfrey into my office four to five starts from now to say, 'Hey, you're going to the big leagues.' That's what it's all about.

We're not able to get the Gulf oysters for awhile, we're not sure when they'll come back in.

Those first trips were to Zaire, and we made sure that 100 percent of the donations we received made it to the field, ... Dr. Morgan, an orthopedic surgeon, did 65 operations in a little over six weeks. Dr. Pueda went to a hospital with no electric power and took out a little girl's spleen by flashlight. He saved her life while we all stood around and held Wal-Mart flashlights so he could see.

I've got a few players who were on that team. They don't talk about it much, but I'm sure they're thinking about it. We feel it's our time now. We're ready to go.