Our defense has been the bread and butter of our team. We knew it was going to be a tough game and it's always good to win a game of this magnitude.

They do not like to run laps. Thankfully, we didn't have anyone miss tonight.

When you can hit outside, it forces the defense to stretch out a little bit, and then you can get it inside.

From a neighbour, I got a one-day-old duckling and found, to my intense joy, that it transferred its following response to my person. At the same time, my interest became irreversibly fixated on water fowl, and I became an expert on their behaviour even as a child.

For me, baseball just brings up a lot of nostalgic, happy feelings because I enjoyed it as a kid, and I liked being out there playing in the sun, and it was a simpler time for all of us.

The bond with a true dog is as lasting as the ties of this earth will ever be.