Chris Bates
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ahead best definitely looking schedule season start state teams tried week
We tried to play the best teams in the state every year, and to go down to the IP and compete, as young as we are, was definitely good. Now we've got a big week ahead of us this week. Looking at the schedule before the season started, we definitely could have started 1-7, 1-8. And to start 5-0, that's a big lift.
compliance continuing environmental immense improvement seen
I've seen an immense improvement in environmental compliance and it's continuing to get better.
diego rest san southern step worst
San Diego is out of step with the rest of Southern California. It is the worst performer.
quarter wait
We have to wait another quarter to see if it continues.
eight games gonna guaranteed lose takes talk time win
We talk all the time about how it takes eight games to win the state, but when you put things in perspective, you're really only guaranteed two more games. If you lose two, you're gonna be done.
easy execute guys hang proud runner seem thrown tremendous types
Getting that runner on and having him thrown out, it would've been easy for them to hang their heads. I'm just proud of our guys. It was a tremendous effort. We've done those types of things all year. And our guys seem to execute when they are called upon.
balls felt obviously strikes struck swung three took
I felt like we swung at a lot of balls and took a lot of strikes. Tonight, he struck out three in the first but after that we made that adjustment, where we swung at the strikes and took the balls, and obviously it made a big difference.
boring call hate market price sort terms though
Though I hate to call it that, you have sort of a boring market in terms of price changes.
complexes generally higher older
Newer complexes generally go for higher rents than older ones.
couple diego san
It's probably not one thing. There are probably a couple of small, different things that are conspiring to make San Diego the underachiever that it is right now.
area bay economy growth happening late showing steady unlike
The Bay Area is stabilizing as the economy is showing nice, steady growth -- unlike what was happening in the late 1990s.
across couple decrease percent quarters rate
It (the occupancy rate decline) was unusual. It was across the board. We had a 0.2 percent decrease a couple of quarters ago, but (statistically) that was zero. This (the 0.5 percent decline), I think, is statistically significant.
happening
It's an interesting contradiction, and it's happening everywhere.
money pay potential
The potential tenants don't have the money to pay more right now.