A.J. Hinch

So sometimes it works.

I think it makes you feel better to say it does when you're a reliever or when you're a hitter.

But I don't know that you can pin it on one thing for every hitter and every pitcher.

other than there are no secrets.

It's 96 with cut, or it's a power breaking ball, or it's a big, sweepy slider.

And these guys are just really good to come out of the bullpen nowadays.

And the more you see them, it has to be better, but it doesn't make it more comfortable.

Yeah, I think you have to deal with your reality.

I see it maybe not as something to aspire to because home games are way better and days off are way better.

playing and you can build some energy and you can build some momentum and feels like you keep playing.

But you pay the price at some point with all of this, whether it's your sleep, whether it's your nutrition, whether it's the comforts of home and things like that.

But I think that it can galvanize a team.

I think that's something that I've seen with our group where we kind of took on the us against everybody mentality in September when everybody thought we were

were we going to win the division or were we even going to make the playoffs?

And did we have much left when we went back to Cleveland?

And we're going to come out and face a team that had the second best record in the American League.

And look at us now, we're in game five with Tarek Skubal on the mound.

So a lot can happen throughout those days, but you can galvanize yourself together with

you know, being around your teammates and being on the road.

But trust me, I don't think anybody wants to sign up for 15 days on the road in a row facing these guys in these environments.