That is not necessarily a good thing and not necessarily a bad thing at this point of the season. There is a danger of a guy getting cranked up for a competition that is going to be more intense. But I don't feel there is any benefit for it, no.

John did something that he hasn't done since last year. He would bend but not break. He was good in the early going but it got away from him.

The last month of the season I think there were a lot of similarities that started to manifest in our club that did in 2002. I think our situational hitting all of a sudden got back to where it needed to be, we're running bases well. We're going to get a chance to get into our game hopefully, and if it can emerge like it did in 2002, we have a chance to get on that roll.

This game, this series, was a microcosm of the whole season. [The players] kept their composure the whole year and they didn't let down.

No, I'm not in favor of replay at all.

Domination is not even a word that's in anybody's vocabulary,