Daniel Bard

I want to see them do well and see their team have some success.

But watching that series, I was like, man, both these teams deserve to win.

And so, yeah, I mean, it's, I think it's the closest thing I have to relate to what the Blue Jays went through was

probably my college world series experience going way back to 2006, where we finished runner up and lost a three, two game to lose the national championship.

And it was heartbreaking.

You know, you went home and you're like, God, we were so close to this thing that we worked so hard for.

And we may never get, you know, I was leaving college.

I was not going to get that chance again.

And it stings and it hurts for a long time.

And then a few months, few years go by and you look back and you're like, dude, that was such a great experience.

Like, yeah, we didn't get the ring.

We didn't, my name's not on the plaque, whatever, but, um, you can't take that experience away.

You know, um, the moment is still amazing to, to be able to live that moment.

Like, I mean, you look back and you're like, Hey, all right, would I take the whole thing away?

You know, that, that experience of losing a world series.

No, you wouldn't take it away.

You know, you'd still, you know, if you can't win it, the next best thing is to lose it, you know, and you get to live it.

Like I never got to play in a world series and that environment, um, just playing what feels like such meaningful games.

Um,

To share that with your teammates, your coaches, the city, the fan base.