This is the kind of league we love to be in. This is fun. If it wasn't, I wouldn't be doing it.

That's a Heath thing. We like our pitchers to finish what they start. We don't go out and get them every time they're struggling.

We gave them way too many outs. This game is hard enough when you give them 21 outs. Dusty threw the best game he has thrown all year. He deserved better than that.

One day you're up. The next you're down. Tomorrow there's another game. That's the beauty of baseball.

The only players that are having fun are those having a good year, feasting on pitching or blowing down hitters and garnering all the adulation that goes with it. But, if you're not hitting or not throwing well, or are injured, you better look for fun someplace else.

It's good for me, ... You get in a rut playing with the same guys. It's fun to get out there with guys who appreciate it. After 40 years, practice rounds can be a bore. I get out with these guys, and they're cracking jokes.