It's a total difference from last year to this year. This year's a little more mellow than the intensity of our last coach. I think we have our heads more in the game.

It's nice pitching with a lead like that. Once we got in front, I probably threw 80 to 90 percent fastballs.

This is a pitcher's ballpark. The wind swirls here, so anything hit in the air isn't going to go anywhere.

We were really ripe. You look at our stats, and they aren't much different. The difference was our defensive intensity, and their offensive efficiency. The thing I was happy with, at the end of the game, was that they were making shots, but they were tough shots, they weren't easy. They're a hard team to guard, when they're doing that.

Just mellow, I guess you would say.

more mellow and quieter.