We seem to be coming together as a team. We got off to a rough start, our schedule was a little difficult. But to win four out of six on that trip was important, coming together of this club.

What the schedule says is what you have to do. You have to deal with it. Coming out of spring training to play 17 days in a row is a little demanding on your pitching staff, but we've gotten through it.

We have always known what Tony Armas' ceiling is. When he does put it together we would much rather have him put it together here rather than somewhere else.

I didn't come to Nashville to move Ken Griffey Jr.. I came here to make our team better.

[Pitching coach] Randy St. Claire and I both think that we would like to start him off in Potomac, have a little success and then we'll move him. Based on the surgery that he had, we are going to bring him along slowly. If he plays well, then we'll move him as soon as his pitching says we should move him.

I consider Marlon like Lenny Harris. He has adjusted from being an everyday player to a guy coming off the bench.