Nobody wants to talk about district starting next week, but it's going to happen. That's why it's important not to put everything into this one game. We are working towards district and beyond.

I'm starting Neil Lomax next week.

It was tough this week not to talk with our mouth. It's tough to have them keep slamming you. But we kept our mouths shut. The best way to show somebody is to put the big-boy pads on, and that's what we did.

They tell me I have a good shot at starting but that is just talk. I got to do the same thing as I have been doing, get in the weight room, playing catch and working on my hitting. They are a young team and they are looking for guys to step up. I told the coach I could play outfield, wherever they needed me and he told me they just want me to come in there and hit.

Nobody wants to be liable for any kind of accident that might happen to them.

If it'll put everybody at ease, I'm going to start Kelly next week against the Raiders,