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But I feel like, you know, a guy like him with his experience compared to everybody else on the team as well, he does have the experience of being in the World Series, unlike a lot of these other guys.

So, that that does carry a lot of weight the way he's able to you know get himself under control so i feel like it's going to be him again i'm saying doesn't he might end up getting shelled that first time out but i mean that's fine like it's i'm just picking a wild a wild card in this um and then i also have um shoot what was his name uh yanni diaz he's just probably the best player other than caminero so he's probably gonna be mashing the ball as well i can see most of these games being like four to three i feel like that's going to be the average run score um i don't see this being a very offensive heavy just probably a lot of steals a lot of base running and stuff a lot of good great defense i don't think there's really gonna be a lot of bunts a lot of bunting it's gonna be a really fun old school type of baseball which is gonna be nice to see um where not everybody's relying on the home run, but when they hit the home run, it's going to be a huge, huge deal.

I think that's going to really blow the top off both of these stadiums because they both have roofs, which is, what, the first time since the Diamondbacks, right? Is this going to be the first time

both roofs could potentially come into play? Because the raise happens a lot there.

We saw it in the wild card against the Yankees and same with the division against the Yankees and same with the Brewers.

So we're seeing some similarities between these two teams.

Yeah, I feel like this is going to be one of those World Series where there's going to be a lot of controversy somewhere.

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Health is always the wild card.

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Until he proves durability, it remains a concern.

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I would always order the duck, Ross.

Okay, I've got faith in the boy, but I'll give it a go.

You know, the rosters in each level are different.

You know, obviously our roster for, we were in the Wild Card series.

We didn't need as much pitching and it was a much deeper position player group, and a lot of match-ups.

Obviously, you know, I just think you need to have as many talented players as you possibly can on both sides of the ball.

But to your point earlier, we showed up against Boston, same preparation, same personnel, uh, just the week earlier.

That's why I say baseball is hard, because every day it's different.

Every day, you know, you know, one play can cascade into something else and, you know, we were, you know, perfect for two days in the Wild Card series against extremely formidable team.

And then in a, uh, you know, a few days later in a very extremely formidable team, we do the workout at the Trop, you know, before game one.

This is the World Series.

This is not the Wild Card playoff.

This is not the Division playoff.

This is the game.

You believe that the best way to win is Brian Cashman putting forth this plan that has got you to this point every year.

He even said at one point in the press conference that, "While the season's a failure, ultimately in the end, I'm not gonna say 93 wins is a failure with the amount of injuries they had, and I'm not gonna say making the ALDS and winning the Wild Card series is a failure.

That there's different, like, ultimately failure, but there are wins and successes in the middle of the year and throughout the year, and I'm not just gonna blatantly call the entire thing a failure." Okay, but at least talk about how when the offense sucks, that Brian Cashman needs to do a better job building an offense.

When your team folds in the playoffs, you can't just and only say, "Well, the players didn't perform in the playoffs." The manager didn't get them ready for the playoffs.