We feel like we've improved in all areas. We have a lot of new faces, but along with all of the guys we've got coming back, we definitely think we?re a much improved ball club.

Northern Colorado is about as good a hitting team as we've seen except Nebraska. They definitely hit us hard today.

He kept the ball down, and he was like his old self the way he was early on in the season.

It was ugly. But a win is a win, and hopefully that gets us going in the right direction.

We knew they could hit well, and this is a great place to hit. There may have been a few balls that went out that probably wouldn't have gone out at some other parks.

He's a real good one. I'm looking forward to having him with us for four years. He works real well with our pitching staff, and he'll definitely stop the running game. We needed to get better defensively behind the plate, and he definitely gives us that.

We swung the bat well today. It's a situation where we're trying to get to a point where we get everyone going at the same time, and not just a few guys. We were much better today, absolutely.

It's year two. I think it's just easier in year two, no matter what you're talking about. Everybody feels a little more comfortable with each other, and we?re excited to get started.

He's really improved from a year ago, and we think he'll do a great job out of the bullpen for us again in a couple of different roles. He's really improved and matured as a pitcher.