How is, uh the W PC experience? Absolutely
incredible. The camaraderie and the passion that you see
come out from players and teams that you don't see
on a big league field every single day, you
know, really until you're into, you know,
deep into playoffs where, where it's like we're trying
to do this whole thing. Like this is,
this is over the course of, you know,
2.5 weeks and you're representing your country and it's just
, it's mayhem and it was, it was the
most fun I've ever had playing baseball and I got
to do it with the best in the world.
Was there anyone that played in it before that you
sought out their opinion on it before you agreed to
do it or was the opportunity just there? And
you were like, I'm 100% in the opportunity was
there. And I was like, I wanna do
this. Um You know, I, I spoke
to no one about it. Um He's, you
know, he was one of those guys that was
like me, like I'm back in, like,
I, I'm doing this again just because of how
much fun had the first time, obviously they won
it. Uh Was that 2018, 17, once
in a lifetime opportunity? Hopefully I get invited back
again. I feel like pitched well enough to maybe
get an invite back. But if I don't,
you know, I have that, I have that
on my resume for the rest of my life.
For sure. What would you say to the,
the next pool of W BC talent for, for
USA if they're hesitant because I don't want to get
hurt or I'm not ready to throw competitive pitches this
early. Like, what would you say to those
guys? You know, I understand that, you
know, every guy that says yes or no has
their reasons as to why they're doing it. And
the guys who say no who are in that upper
echelon of whether it's position player, pitcher or whatever
, obviously, it's mostly on the pitching side just
because of the build up. We have to go
through. They all have their reasons whether, you
know, they're going into a free agent year,
if they're coming off injury, maybe their team spoke
to them, maybe they just don't feel like playing
in the W BC. They all have their reasons
and you can't knock them for because at the end
of the day, they are big league baseball players
and they have a true reason as to why they
don't want to participate. But, you know,
like I was telling you being able to represent your
country and see that kind of atmosphere on a day
to day basis is unlike anything I've ever experienced. 00:02:17.050 --> Ok.