Definitely excited to be back as number one place.
I was hoping to be and family wanted me to
keep playing. I enjoyed last season. That was
probably the most fun I've had in a while.
Even though we didn't win a lot of games,
the team was a lot of fun to play with
and there was just a lot, a lot of
reasons to keep, keep playing and happy. It's
here. We want a competitive environment and I think
when you have guys that have done it for a
number of years, like Zach and Jordan have there's
comfort and we're deeper than we were last year.
And that's a good thing for us. That's part
of why we thought it was important to have Zach
back, obviously had a good year last year.
And that's the primary reason why we're bringing him back
, but the secondary reason is the influence he has
on young pitchers. And, um, I don't
think that can be overstated. Do you understand the
difference in the MLB schedule for 2023? We're about
to dive into it because there are major differences,
52 games against division opponents, 13 against each team
within the division, 46 interleague games. That's a
lot why such a dramatically different schedule, there is
no better way to market your sport and prum motor
stars and to have every team play every other team
, every player is going to play every other team
every year and they're going to come to your town
at least once every two years. I think this
is a really exciting change and leaning into promoting the
stars is exactly what baseball should do with this schedule
. Continue to celebrate Black History Month by discussing the
impact Cito Gaston. Dave Roberts and Dusty Baker have
made on the sport. Are we looking at all
three? Eventually, all three of these men enshrined
in Cooperstown. Yeah, I think so. I
think it's worth reiterating from last night that, you
know, Frank, um, Robinson paved the way
for all of this. So, Cedo brings class
, dusty, brings style and Dave Roberts holds a
place that's unique because the world has changed and he
has to manage in an environment now where, um
, it's hard to do anything right. There's no
perfection in baseball, But we work for perfection.
And if you're doing your technique, right. Well
, you're gonna see all day is perfection on the
feed. I've been working with vine for the last
three weeks and most of the thing that impressed me
is the consistency of his application. Yeah, this
guy has all the information for a baseball wizard that
you could ask for, I get to do it
with awesome mentor, someone who's been around the game
for 50 plus years. So there's not a question
I can't ask him that he doesn't know the answer
to in support of our friend Sarah Langs project A
L S dot org, supporting the incredible work that
she's doing to raise awareness and, and help with
research in the fight against A L S. Just
an extraordinary person in the baseball family, as we
all know a friend to all of us. And
Lauren's done such a great job to share her story
. So I want to do my part this morning
as well for more on these and other stories.
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