With declines three days in a row, you know it must be earnings season,

There's a lot of trepidation out there about earnings, ... A lot of times, the complexion of markets is what the household names are doing. A couple of weeks ago it was about IBM ( Research ) and Apple ( Research ). Today, it looks like the focus is on Amazon, and that can shape the market -- at least in the early going.

The first season didn't go the way we wanted it to. [Now] we have three in a row, [and] we've got 27 games left.

He's pitched three days in a row so he won't be in there.

What we've gotten, in terms of economic data and earnings, is no sense things are picking up ? they're (investors) afraid of another ledge to go over,

A flag goes up after three days in a row.