It's kind of like getting the monkey off our back, so to speak. We really needed that win. Nobody wants to drop five straight.

He wants to win. I like what they've done. I hated to see Wily Mo [Pena] go, but we needed pitching.

I was just trying not to laugh.

There's nothing better than that. We were joking around the last couple of days about playing each other.

This gives us a lot of confidence. Nobody wants to drop five in a row.

This is a much-needed win for a national movement, ... because we have experienced so many losses at the polls over the last year.