Chuck D. Third Quotations

One of the biggest decisions this organization will make is whether B.J. Upton is going to be the everyday shortstop. If not, personally, my decision would be to move him to third base and let him play there.

Rhett threw an outstanding game for us today. This was actually his third appearance of the year, and he's had a good outing every time.

I don't think it's going to have a huge impact on the third quarter. Going forward, if it (euro) stays here, the impact could be much more severe next quarter. It's that way with all the problems we're having with earnings.

Earnings should bottom in the first quarter. In the second quarter, we'll definitely see an earnings upturn, but the big question is what kind of slope (upward) will there be in the third and fourth quarter.

In the first half it was real competitive. We played good defense. But they had a couple little spurts - one at the end of the first half and one in the third quarter - where they scored some points real quick.

They were a third seed and they probably should have been a one seed. They were the best three seed in the tournament for sure.

That kind of hold is just remarkable by anybody's standards. By the end of the third week, we'll be at the $200 million level. It's one of those kind of dream stories.

Analysts gave a pie-in-the-sky aspect of a profit recovery in the third and fourth quarters. Since the year began, that hasn't exactly happened.