I was surprised that second game took as long as it did. We were trying to get everyone in, but later we had to make some changes to get the right personnel in the game.

I’m very proud of them. They haven’t given up all year. We just needed that second game. That was a big factor. I don’t know if we thought we’ve got this under control and lost...

We [need] to take him away from doing the things he likes to do, which we did the second game at home (last season).

I was frustrated with the fact that we weren’t playing our game at all, and you could tell it ate them up. Some of them, I think they almost wanted it too much, so much...

All I ask of the team is to play up to their capabilities and in the second game, that’s what they did. They even turned a double play and I was particularly pleased with the...

Not at all. We saw what they did to [Andy] Pettitte and Houston in the second game of the season. At no time were we thinking about coming in here and easily taking three games.

In the second game we finally starting seeing the ball and hitting it better. It was a good experience for the kids to play this Hawaiian team.