At the minor-league and major-league level, you know how important your coaching staff is, but in a big market it becomes absolutely huge.

It's the age-old thing - it's such a cliche - but why worry about things you have no control over?

At the minor-league and major-league level, you know how important your coaching staff is, but in a big market it becomes absolutely huge.

You look around baseball and when things go south, that type of fan apathy happens.

How can you wonder what's going to happen when you don't know who's going to be the new guy in town?

They say baseball is a slow game. It sure doesn't seem that way when you're in the dugout. You think you have it figured out, but things come up quick.

You make decisions and you're not going to please everybody all the time.