We're not real conservative but fairly conservative. Our thought is to try to spread the money out and if you can get a 10 percent return, then that would be fine.

We've saved and we work hard for our money so we just want to make sure the money is working for us. Is it invested in the right types of things?

They're a little small this season because of the drought, but they're sweeter.

You've known him for years. Is he more or less conservative than you thought he was or just about where you thought he was?

There were times I thought we were a little bit more conservative than we could have been, especially in the games that we played well early on and got out to big leads. I felt that sometimes we allowed teams to get back into it because we did pull the reins back a little bit.

It's not so much how much money you have to spend, it's how you spend it. How effective can you be in allocating those dollars, ... Obviously we don't have the margin for error like the Yankees do, but I think we're on our way here.