Where most of these (new) mines are going, the areas are fairly well depressed, so you'll have people vying for those jobs.

The simple answer is: Oil prices make coal so much more competitive. The economics are all on coal.

I told them that we were very proud of what they had done and asked if they wanted to participate in anything that would acknowledge that.

I found out that what really motivates me and drives me is helping people. That had been true at DCI, where seeing that succeed really gave me a charge.

We wanted to show people, absolutely and as a matter of fact, where we came from. We wanted to put to bed the idea that we were weaned on Black Sabbath and Deep Purple. Those were the bands our older brothers listened to. Our true love was always the three-minute pop song.

When I was playing with the Cardinals, and Jerry Grote always had a way of aggravating people, so you go and get him, and I got him one time ? with my speed, I didn't get many people. I thought I was going to get him again, and you close your eyes just before you have that impact, and he was missing, I rolled halfway to the dugout. I hit nobody.