Mark Shapiro

That's just a reality.

If we play our best, even with as good as they are, I think we win the series.

We have to approach it like those are important games.

Anytime you have ever missed the playoffs, I don't know if you guys have missed playoffs by one game.

You go back and you think about every game during the year that you didn't think was that important, that you either blew, didn't play your best.

So, again, I just...

want us to put our best effort forward.

You're going to get beat.

I don't have any problem getting beat.

What you don't want to do is you don't want to lose.

So you don't want to inflict it upon yourself.

And I think there's a delineation there.

So when the Dodgers come in, you know, I want us to play our best baseball.

That's the bottom line.

Actually, I know Steve a little bit from my friend Danny Ferry.

They were teammates in San Antonio and close friends throughout their lives.

So I've actually been out to dinner with Steve a couple of times when they were in San Antonio.

But no, I've got...

The nature of these jobs are you build friendships.

I've got friends, you know, R.C.