started, uh, With a tribute to number 15
, right? And we scored 15 last, last
, uh, last came out of the home stand
. It started, you know, that that night
was special. That, that, that night brought
energy to this place. Uh, I know we've
, we've been having fun on Fridays here because the
back house is loud and it's fun. But you
know, just watching him up there and see the
videos, all that. I don't know if that
, I had to do with the way we played
, but I think it was a good, good
way to start it. I mean, we played
horrible defense behind him in Kansas City. Um,
and you know, pitch well against the Yankees.
He pitched well today, you know, he's mixing
up his pitches, recognizing what would they trying to
do? You think he threw more off speed pitches
in this one than in the last two? And
that's what he does. You know, Connor behind
the plate, He did an amazing job again.
No panic, just staying the course and you know
, they, they, they did an outstanding job
again. Like I said, I do believe we're
controlling the stripes on a lot better. Uh,
there's not too many strings and mrs especially up in
the zone. Um, you know, mara,
we had a big game, Danny had a big
swing and then, you know, obviously the others
, they did what they do, um, you
know, enrique right away, sets the tempo again
, rafi with the week swing and just all around
, we're doing some great things offensively. We,
we are and you know, hopefully that's going to
continue when we get Oakland. Yeah, they,
they're making a difference. Um, you know,
early on was difficult, right? I mentioned to
you guys when we went to texas and we came
here to play Detroit. Uh, we felt that
we were flat and it's not that we were flat
, it's just the atmosphere was different and you know
, I remember when I went to Camilla's graduation just
watching on tv that saturday. So more with the
big strikeout adam with a big strikeout I think they
show emotion against the marlins and that was amazing watching
on tv then this weekend, this past weekend was
amazing. Even now, you know like the last
few nights, yesterday, the last students, you
know the handful of people that were here, they
were loud and uh like I said, I hope
they are enjoying this, this team, I hope
the fans are enjoying the way we play the game
and they were going about the business, you know
, it's just it's a good start for the second
half. Finally we won the first game of the
month which is you know positive. We were like
oh and three. So uh you know, now
we go on the road, but like you say
, sean wheat, we need, we needed this
place to be a home field advantage. They were
comfortable in 19, I think it started with the
race, They beat us like nine or 10,
something like that. As to whether there was a
double header, they just, they just, you
know, they dominate us a doubleheader and uh,
and we never felt comfortable, you know, the
people will come here and beat us. We were
great on the road that year last year. Uh
, you know, just watching, you saw what
happens, It's tough to play in this building to
without fans, but uh, they're bringing it,
bringing it and I know the west coast, we
got a lot of fans over there and hopefully they
show up to and they help us. I don't
think there's devastating losses. I don't believe in that
, how I was part of the group that play
. I don't know how many innings in the World
Series and we lost and in the world thought that
we were done and we flip it, we flipped
the script, right? We took it the other
the other way. You know, there's positive things
and negative things and for how good we think we
are, we still have to work. But knowing
how we played that, that that night, um
, you know, devastating. Yeah, it's a
well pitches that were way to lose a game.
And uh, you know, like I said,
devastating this when you lose the fourth game of the
royal Series. That's devastating. Besides that, it's
winning losses. We just keep getting better, keep
pushing. And uh, I mean it's a good
feeling to go out there and and then sweep the
home stand. Um We're in a good place right
now we are. And uh now we got another
challenge, right? Uh People are gonna say well
Oakland that they They're tough on them since 2018.
Um we're gonna keep getting challenges. You know,
it was opening day three like like 1414 days ago
for us because you know, we we gotta keep
proving ourselves and that's not gonna stop, that's when
that stops. So uh I have confidence in the
group, I have, I believe in our coaches
and uh we have a group group, we have
a good baseball team.