They're good heady players. You can put them in a lot of different places. They responded well to varsity ball over the summer.

I knew Kenny had a no-hitter, but his pitch count was getting up there. He was doing a great job, but it's early in the season and I didn't want to keep him in there too long.

We've experienced these types of games in the last few years and the players always responded well.

[With his players, Hurdle] only talks about the good things, ... He tells you when she's diving down and getting coins at the bottom of the pool.

He got angry in a good way. He had just had enough and he responded in a manner that you'd expect a man and athlete of his caliber to respond. It was so noticeable. When he came off the mound, he had this look. It was really different. He was intense.

I felt real good when that ball was in the air. It lifted our players up and everything.