We hit the ball hard. The (box score) doesn't show how well we hit the ball. I mean, we hit some nice solid shots, but with the wind blowing in they didn't look that great. I was pleased.

We had a lot of fight in us, but we're struggling. We're in a groove and we have to get out of it, and we're not playing as well as we have or as we can. We have some young kids who are not ready to play with the big dogs, and Central is clearly a well-coached team with a ton of talent that has the confidence we would want to attain in the next couple of weeks.

Hopefully, it (situational batting) will be something we'll be able to utilize when we really need it.

I didn't see how wearing prosthetics was quite so different from being born with flaming red hair in a crowd of black-haired babies, or being of a different religion from that of every other child in your area.

It's more important for me to have a good record with good music and be part of a movie that's good and where the music is used in a really great way. That's the important thing. The other stuff you want to say about it, I don't care.

I like birthday cake. It's so symbolic. It's a tempting symbol to load with something more complicated than just 'Happy birthday!' because it's this emblem of childhood and a happy day.