When we got above .500, we still had a chance. But we just haven't been able to score runs, and we really hurt ourselves.

Our meeting was well attended by faculty, staff and parents of the children in our community that entertained prior to the meeting, but everyone stayed during the meeting. We were glad to see everyone and we would love to see such large attendance in the future.

I don't think Jim was really happy with the Denver situation. I don't think people understood that he didn't jump ship there. It just didn't work out. But I think that ate at Jim's craw.

I thought he'd get the Philadelphia job. I think not getting that job surprised Jim. It surprised me. He was down. Then you could see he really wanted to manage again.

He really missed the competition. I knew he was kind of itching to get back in.

A lot of times, you have to go from the gut. He figures out what pitchers can and can't do as quickly as anybody -- and I think better than anybody.