It seems they made every decision they could to alienate us.

We encourage these kinds of initiatives. We think they're necessary to protect the sanctity of marriage.

If they wanted to alienate conservative Christians, they're making every effort to do so.

We certainly understand that Christians have difficulties in life, even ministers. But this was not a realistic portrayal of a minister's life. This was so far beyond the pale, it was almost a comic-strip version.

Having that decision out of the way should take some pressure off.

He's really pitched very well. His first outing was dominating. He didn't get a decision, but he pitched about as well as you can pitch. The second outing, he didn't have his best stuff, but he was able to battle through it, and that's a maturity level we didn't see from him early in the season last year.