Lots of other factors affected them last year but they are an extremely proud union. We fully expect a pretty fired-up team facing us on their home ground.

He's shaping up really well. He's got through all the pre-season work, and he's pretty excited about pulling on a jersey and getting out there again. It's been a long road for him but he's shown a lot of patience and determination.

It should hold up pretty good.

We were pretty confident we were going to go down there and score. We've had a couple games like that.

We didn't hit that pitcher last year. But we just came out ready today and hit her pretty good. I was trying too hard earlier in the season, but I'm doing better now.

We get along well. They know what they have to do. I thought we got along pretty well last year, but this year I feel like we're even closer.