Travis did a great job after stepping into a tough situation. It was his best outing of the year.

We've had trouble giving up the big inning. It's been our undoing all year. We've struggled with consistency, and we've got to learn how to finish. But our kids don't quit. I think that's going to pay dividends by the end of the year.

The positive on this team is that they're never out of it because they swing the bat so well.

We have five core kids who have been there before, but four young kids in their first year of varsity. They're learning as they go. It's just part of the process.

Even in making objects, as soon as you start to get the feeling that some form of craft is coming into place, you realize that everything is wrong. Because craft is really just a fetish. It is wasted energy. It's about the object, some space which has nothing to do with the human.

My characters aren't chess pieces. I don't move them around some big board. I actually care about these fictitious people.