If I didn't think I could do both, I wouldn't have applied. I don't want to shortchange either position.

No doubt about that; I love it here. I've had the opportunity to be at four high schools now, and I'm really comfortable here. I enjoy having the support of the administration here. And I enjoy being around the student-athletes here.

We were joking that they had given up hitting for Lent, instead of pop and meat.

He got close enough to scoop my wife and son, but the flames were so big he had to stay away.

We were hoping to get four innings. He's carried us before in some tough 1-0, 2-0 losses, so this time his teammates picked him up.