These are the days when it takes all you've got just to keep up with the losers.

Agencies should encourage their acquisition professionals to limit the use of brand-name specifications and maximize competition.

What accounts for TIT fo TAT's roobust success is it's combination of being nice, retaliatory, forgiving and clear. It's niceness prevents it from getting into unnecessary trouble. It's retaliation discourages the other side from persisting whenever defection is tried. It's forgiveness helps retore mutual cooperation. And it's clarity makes it intelligible to th eother player, therby eliciting long-term cooperation. The Evolution of Cooperation, 1984

We are still in the middle of the competition.

It was just a great competition that I had with Roman. It's always great to beat the king,

Todd brings a veteran presence to the team and he'll be one of the catchers in the competition for the backup spot behind Mike Matheny.