I'm happy to get that first win. It was really neat for the kids to experience that finally, after a rain delay and three days off between the end of spring training, and four or five days since we played a game.

It's great for kids to be able to come to a park this nice early in their career. When I was playing at this level, there wasn't anything like this around, for sure.

Any kind of exposure to good players and the way the game is played (helps), and he sees how people handle themselves, and his dad's been a true professional all these years. It can do nothing but help him.

That would be great. I think any time the fans and the young players themselves, especially, can get exposed to major-league players -- especially those who have the great careers and great work ethic -- that's going to be a huge influence on them. I would think that would be great exposure for everybody involved.

We've got some older kids, but not with a whole lot of varsity of experience. We're still a team developing. I'm not upset with these early losses. Really, I think it will help us down the road.

Those young kids have some experience and they're playing better than they did last year. I think this is a team that can grow by getting better from week to week. Hopefully we will.