A.J. Hinch

And so time zone change, families being everywhere, not wanting to kind of split the group up.

We chose to do some work at home today and then get on the plane and get out here rather than fly through the night.

So not a ton of science necessarily.

I mean, I think I feel better, and now we're coaches and we're old, but the players can adapt to whatever.

But it's just the accumulation of what goes on in these series where if we were a closer place,

We may change our plans, but the three hour time change and the, what was it, four and a half hour flight, hard to make up that time.

I think it's experience always helps because you can reflect back on the things you've done well, maybe some things that you wish you hadn't done or the nerves that come with it.

But I actually think it's good to be nervous.

It's good to be excited and

I guess there's a small consolation prize of knowing the stress that's coming.

But sometimes it's nice to be naive and not know and just kind of not be able to.

to breathe during the moment and have to deal with it in real time.

So I don't know that it helps you win as much as it helps you keep things in perspective that the 27 outs are gonna be played.

The game is gonna come and there's gonna be a lot of peaks and a few valleys for both teams and things like that that you know are gonna happen.

But everybody on both sides is gonna leave it on the field and that whether you've played in these or not, every single player, coach, manager knows what's at stake and

night can bring both positively and the downside.

I didn't see the interaction, did they talk?

Oh, just the motioning?

Yeah, that is pretty standard nowadays.

I know there's been a lot of debates about what's real, what's not real, the gamesmanship that comes with the motions and things like that.