We did look at the powder blue road uniforms, but this time we did not go that far. I receive a lot of e-mails and calls about bringing back the power blues.

We wanted to jazz up the pants more.

Another change is on the hat and batting helmet -- they are all blue. We eliminated the black out of the batting helmet. There still is a black jersey.

The crown logo will go back on the uniform sleeves. The gold in the crown has been magnified. Several teams have the circle logo, but no team in sports has that crown. We've had a couple of different logos and we're trying to go with the distinctive crown.

This was our first step on our road to state. A lot of guys had a real good start. We have some guys really starting to get focused.

Having seen him, we think he's going to recover eventually. It's gonna be a long road, but he's a strong guy, and he's gonna make it, and he's gonna do well. And I think the care he's gotten has been just world class so far. So with that, we can feel pretty good about him.