Just what has been the process over the years of accumulating as many different gloves as you have?

uh i'm i'm like a glove freak so i love i love gloves um i always have since i was little um even at my at my parents house i in my old room i always i have all my gloves that i've ever used so i'm like i'm like a pack rat when it comes to when it comes to having like different baseball gloves but uh yeah i have gosh i think it is close to like 12 to 14.

I got the first base glove and I got a third base glove and I have a backup third base glove.

And then there's like multiple backups of that one.

And then I got a glove that I can use it short and second.

And there's another glove I can use it short and second.

So it's just like layers of different gloves.

What's been the biggest thing for you offensively that's allowed you to take the strides that you have?

Like, what's your routine and how have you adapted so well to being a designated hitter?

Yeah, I think, uh, I mean, the first time I did it I was...

Or the, the first time I did it this year, uh, we were in, um, I think we were, we were in Baltimore and...

You know, I've told this story a couple times where the, the cage...

You, you know how far, like, the cage is from, you know, the, the, the actual, like, clubhouse and, like, the dugout and the tunnel, right? So there, I was, that was the first time I was doing it, so I was like, in my head I'm like, "Okay, I'm gonna go to the cage, get loose every single time, and then get ready for my at-bat," right? Well, turns out I was getting ready to hit, and, you know, the inning, our, uh, the inning end, our, uh...

And so I was like, "Okay, I got, I got time to, to go to the cage." So I, I go to the cage, and by the time I got there it was, like, already, like, one out in the inning.

And I was like, "Well, that's, that's not good." So I took a couple swings off the tee and I was like, "Okay, this..." I was like, "This is, this, th-" And then I got, I gotta go.

[laughs]

Like, what's your routine and how have you adapted so well to being a designated hitter?

Yeah, I think, uh, I mean, the first time I did it I was...

Or the, the first time I did it this year, uh, we were in, um, I think we were, we were in Baltimore.

And, you know, I've told this story a couple times where the, the cage, you, you know how far, like, the cage is from, you know, the, the, the actual, like, clubhouse and, like, the dugout and the tunnel, right? So there, I was, that was the first time I was doing it, so I was like, in my head I'm like, "Okay, I'm gonna go to the cage, get loose every single time, and then get ready for my at-bat," right? Well, turns out I was getting ready to hit and, you know, the inning, our, uh, the inning end, our, uh...

And so I was like, "Okay, I got, I got time to, to go to the cage." So I, I go to the cage, and by the time I got there it was, like, already, like, one out in the inning.

And I was like, "Well, that's, that's not good." So I took a couple swings off the tee and I was like, "Okay, this..." I was like, "This is, this, this...

" And then I, I go, I gotta go.

[laughs]