They were very tight. But being tight shows you care. We just had to relax.

It's essentially been our pitching. It allows our bats to relax and finally get going. We know our pitching will hold teams down until the bats get going. That's what happened in this game.

These folks have been through things we can't even describe. They need time to relax and they'll need people to talk to about what's going on.

It's just a comfortable space that people use to work or relax quietly.

Once he got comfortable in that surrounding, he's really started to take off. I think this is a grade-A prospect because he's got great individual skills.

Our guys battled and I am not going to let this outcome diminish how far we've come in 2005. We'll bounce back in 2006.