In order to be successful this weekend, our pitchers need to throw strikes and make our opponents earn what they get. Offensively, we need to continue to produce with runners on base. As a team, we need to take the field in the frame of mind that you must win every inning and play with confidence.

We played much better than we did last week. Maybe it was the long weekend we had that gave us some rest. But it won't get any easier for us.

Usually I order six to eight books and pick out something. Some years it's hard and other years something just jumps out. I put a little time in casting. I try to get the personality to fit an actor. Sometimes I read a play and know who belongs to a role right away. And, I've done a lot of begging in the last 20 years.

I think she just wasn't loose. But what was most important was that she adjusted her game plan and persevered. She wasn't quite at her best, but she still came up big for us.

It's more aggravating than anything. Jenna doesn't like to miss a beat.

Will we have a traditional Labor Day weekend -- absolutely not, ... No one with any soul will not be tempered by what we are going through.