We thought a ship had hit us.

If we had won a number of those close games, we probably wouldn't have thought about doing the trade. Looking at the results, which were below our expectations, we felt we had to do something. Wally was a player other teams wanted.

That's not coming from us; I certainly haven't pushed it. Nobody's presented me with a case (for a trade). That's not something I think we need to do.

We will try to convince him that it would be to his advantage to play with us.

I thought I might like to farm. But I didn't know the economics of it. Teachers basically steered me away from it.

I thought it would help to slow them down. I thought it was the best defense for us to play, and I thought we did a good job.