It happened very quickly. I’m a team guy, and I’ve been asked to do something, so I will.

I grew up with Ernie Harwell. Jack Buck is, like Ernie, an icon. Of course in 1988, when he made the call, it was a special attachment that lasted a lifetime. Let’s say it was...

Now you really watch to see what guys are made of. Here’s the toughest part about it: All those guys bust their butts. They try their butts off. I’m not bailing on these guys. If...

We don’t have that. We have to manufacture that. We’re starting from a different spot, and we have to try to match that.

Schools used to fund-raise for luxuries, like a trip to the water slides. Now, we fund-raise for things we have to have.

Our biggest challenge is we played Boston, Cleveland, the White Sox and Cleveland again,

I guess I had some butterflies, if that’s what you want to call it.

I’m behind them, I relate, Pay attention, guys: This is the level we need to play at consistently. That’s the way it is.