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But I agree with you, it's probably a lot harder to get all our ducks in a row for that one.
I would hope so.
I hope so.
That's part of the goal.
A lot of people say, why do you want to represent a country that's not really your home country?
Honestly, from my perspective, there's a lot of reasons for it, but something that would be nice is to help spread the love of baseball throughout Europe.
It's a huge population that could be on our side of things.
We're trying to really globalize the game.
And, you know, why not?
I know.
Why not?
It's such a great sport.
Let's bring it everywhere.
I mean, nothing specific stands out story-wise, but I will say it's so cool to watch the guys that are in a similar position that I was when I got to play in 2009.
Minor leaguer, prospect, getting a chance to play on the big stage for the first time, the big league stadium, flying the big league plane.
you know, experience the noise factor, the pressure factor, play with older guys, like kind of get, you know, go through all this stuff on the bus and just like, you know, bond a little bit with different generations of ballplayers.
And now that I'm on this side of it, it's just so cool to watch them and their journeys.
And we have a lot of really cool, really good young players.
And, you know, I think sometimes when you're like a 30 year old player, the younger guys piss you off.
But by the time you come around and you're like 40, like I am,