It's safe to say we made miscues that led to every single run. We have young players out there. To expect them to perform like seasoned veterans is asking a little much. When you're involved in a ballgame like tonight's, you can ill afford to make the mistakes we made tonight.

I'm not the least bit shy about suggesting things to my players that make a lot of sense. I don't think it's overstepping my bounds to talk to guys about thinking about that big gold trophy that they give out at the end of the year. It's OK to win some of those. They look really nice on a mantelpiece.

It's important to realize that we have two special major-league players here. I kind of want to find playing time for both. It's a wonderful trade off.

Well, when you have as many young players as we have, until they put a stamp on the position, it can change. And so nothing's permanent, especially with the young players. But Joey now has the opportunity, he's ready for the opportunity and he had a great offseason.

We want to be safe. It's more of a precaution than anything else.

I didn't feel safe until we led, 217, and had the ball on our last touchdown drive,