The bottom line is, Tram didn't do things right at the beginning as a manager and by the time he tried late last year, it was too late. You have to be the chief when you're the manager.

What can I say. We can't win. Not right now.

That's the only time on offense when you can really feel like you're a team player. You're making an out and sacrificing your stats for the good of the team. That shows me you're a team player, you don't care about stats, and all you care about is winning.

People just have to give him time. When you're a great hitter, all you need is time to get comfortable.

Right from the beginning of time there were these very very attractive bad guys. It's a life that most of us have never led, so that's what makes it so attractive. The jobs that they have, the world that they occupy, is very alien to us.

It's too early to say if this is the beginning of the end.