Anthony Rizzo
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And so many times people would ask me like,
What's it about this team?
Why can't you guys come back?
I'm like, well, our bullpen isn't deep enough.
And I'm like, what do you mean?
Your back end is amazing.
And I'm like, I understand that, but the back end can only pitch when we're winning.
And when we're not winning, if we don't have back end guys, because you are no doubt we're a back end guy on that bullpen as well, bridging that gap and being dominant, we can't come back.
And you were always that guy for us in 16.
I tell that story all the time.
Awesome.
Yeah, like my big thing was like,
You know, Joe, he's calling down.
We're like down two runs.
We're up two runs.
It could be in the fifth inning.
It could be in the eighth inning.
You know, it can get tiring mentally.
But yeah, I just kind of.
after me and him had talked, he's like, you're the fireman.