Once we got beat, I told (my assistants) to let them go in (the locker room) for a second by themselves, and when we walked in we could see some small tears in the eyes. That meant a lot to me knowing that it meant something to them. … They hated to see our win streak come to an end. But I told them before we even went up there, regardless of what happens, it was to get ready for West Rowan. |
Our offensive line controlled the line of scrimmage, which allowed our backs to get open in the holes, |
Our offensive line controlled the line of scrimmage, which allowed our backs to get open in the holes. |
That had a big influence on the outcome of the game. |
That's kind of the good thing about being a reliever. You can just keep going. |
The forecast is a little bit disappointing. The company's got a lot on its plate for this year so it doesn't surprise me that they're trying to be more conservative. |
The problem is, when you think about it, saves are the only stat where 100 percent is the benchmark. And the elite make it look so easy. There is so much to it. |
The signs are there that they can do it. It's going to take a long time for them to get to that Target level. |
The teen retailers and some of the specialty retailers were the clear-cut winners. |
The teen retailers and some of the specialty retailers were the clear-cut winners. The department stores were modestly above expectations, with the higher end showing strong performance. The biggest area of sluggishness tended to be more in the lower-income segment. |
There's a whole lot of fastballs out there. |
They haven't gotten there yet on the merchandising front. Bringing the Target consumer to buy at Wal-Mart, that's the big stretch. |
To be able to hand him the ball after the game is special. A thousand wins is a lot for a manager. If you put all of the managers I've played for together, I don't think they had 1,000 wins. |
Totally luck, totally luck. Lance Berkman is a great hitter and he knew what I was going to throw. I get it in maybe just a hair, just enough. I don't want to have to do that again tomorrow because he's a great hitter and I consider it dodging bullets when I do that. Seriously. |
Very excited to be in the championship game. Lake Norman gave us all we could handle. |