We've got more and more kids coming around. The kids are hitting the ball hard.

We are fortunate to have so much talent on the mound. It is a luxury. We won't burn kids out or overuse them.

[He may not see the King's antique apparel on kids in the Hall, but he does feel a tinge of nostalgia.] The amount of teens wearing the Led Zeppelin '77 tour T-shirts walking around the Rock Hall is absurd. Absurd, ... I saw them on that tour and didn't even buy a shirt. It tells you what these kids feel about music. People take music very seriously.

We'll rotate eight or nine guys that can start for us. We have tier one pitchers, but then we have a whole slew of sophomores and freshman we can use.

I think the experience will be huge for us. There is a certain level of comfort you get from being at state tournaments and that should play in our favor.

We think we are as solid a team as we have ever been. The question is can we produce power numbers and increase slugging percentage. If we do that, we will do well.