You can't say it's early forever. No excuses. We haven't been able to put up a crooked number. Runs are hard to come by. We're just stuck in neutral.

I can definitely swing the bat better -- no excuses. I'm frustrated now -- swinging at bad pitches, taking some bad swings. That's the game. It's a long season.

There are a number of different excuses, but none of them are good enough.

It's good, it worked out well. We put a nice crooked number up early.

You don't want to turn away from it. You may want to and no one would begrudge you if you did. But you shouldn't do that. I think I'm a better person because of what I went through.

No-hitter or not, that's a tough way to lose - period. To get a game snatched like that, it's gut-wrenching, really.