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But I do love hearing that he's kind of taking you under his wing and showing you kind of that leadership and that veteran presence.

That's awesome.

Yeah.

What was there anything that like when you heard the news, anyone from the White Sox reached out to you?

Who was the first person that did that?

Um, ahead of that, what did you, uh, did you know anything previously about the white socks?

Um, obviously I know Chris gets reached out to you, but is there anything that you've learned previously in these last four or five days that, um, kind of interests you or that encourages you anything that you know of that you've heard so far that that's exciting to you?

And there's really some, some expect not, I wouldn't say expectations, but there is a certain level of positivity that's going on with the white socks that has been missing these last few seasons.

I mean, obviously the signing of Murakami is very exciting to, to the Southsiders, right?

I mean, that's,

That's a big name.

The fact that the Sox got involved in that and signed him, really, really big deal.

You know, two weeks ago, we had Sox Fest here in Chicago as well, which was a really positive experience for a lot of the fans.

Drove a lot of excitement.

And then obviously this trade has really brought some excitement as well, too.

Along with the players, though, there's also some new coaches as well, too, including your new pitching coach, Zach Bove.

Has Zach reached out to you at all?

I mean, obviously, you're in the middle of camp now, but how much has he talked to you about your progression or your role or anything like that?

And it is very, very funny.

I mean, it is a very small world.