It is important to go out on the mound and have a good outing (against Houston County) because you know if give up three or four runs, you are going to lose the ball game. They are tough to hit.

I struggled with my breaking ball, especially in the early going, but we spotted up the fastball pretty nice on the outside corner and it kept us in the game.

This is fun. This feels like basketball again.

That's probably going to be a good scenario, another good feeling. I played against him when I was in Houston and kind of took him out. I'm looking to take him out again.

We had prepared for a direct hit on the Sam Houston, but the storm side-stepped them and hit the Sabine and Angelina harder than we anticipated.

TCEQ is interested not only in characterizing the ozone above Houston, but also in finding out where that ozone ends up. To that end, they've given us extra money to launch about 15 percent of our balloons from sites that are 80-100 miles from the city.