A.J. Hinch

You know, I mean, having been in the West before,

We felt it in South Texas, especially coming out here when we used to come out three times a year, just how far these places are.

And there's no way to speed through it.

Like, you can't get the plane to go any faster.

And you can't.

change the time zones.

And so we didn't really pick anything up.

We never had these type of overnight trips back and forth.

But I think I learned along the way that sleep matters, nutrition matters, the consistency in your work matters.

And so we have the luxury to be able to work out at either place.

We don't need to practice in Seattle at this stadium, and we were just here three days ago.

It's not a new series for us.

We've been here before, and all my players have played here before, so we could take the advantage of being at Comerica this morning, do a little few optional things that the guys need to do, and then get on a plane rather than drag a full team here after a big, long day.

I mean, obviously, proud of our guys and being able to finish it with a win and in this ballpark.

We're having a good time because we've earned it, but it's very rewarding to get to the postseason no matter how you do it.

How much of that is kind of the message, right?

You guys are in now, so whatever happens before doesn't matter.

Everybody's going to start 0-0 whenever the games start.

Obviously, I'm going to sell that a lot because of the way we've come.

We haven't given up on the division yet either.