Daniel Bard

Didn't contribute to any of the wins, but I got to experience it.

I got to wear that, have my name on the back of a USA jersey and be in a clubhouse with

the best in the game for a month, you know, leading up to it.

So, um, wouldn't trade it for the world.

Um, what it wished I wished I would have pitched better to contribute.

But, um, again, it was, it was a cool experience.

And again, it's a, it's a great tournament.

Um, I don't know how they can promote it better.

I'm not, I'm not a marketing guy.

It's taking time.

So it's a challenge.

The time of year makes it a challenge.

I think no matter how you slice it, especially for pitchers.

I remember trying to get ready, you know, basically just kind of bump everything up about two weeks.

You know, if you normally get off the mound, start getting off the mound early.

january 15th now you're looking at january 1st right so um for guys that pitch in the postseason the year before like that that makes a really short uh off season short rest time so i was coming off you know like i said it was a good i pitched well but i was my elbow was not feeling great at the end of that year so i'm i'm basically rehabbing my elbow

Not injured, but that tendon I ended up having surgery on was just not 100%.

But at the same time, I'm getting ready for it.

Not just the season, but then knowing that I've got what I felt like at that time was the biggest baseball tournament of my life.

The biggest baseball stage that I was going to be on.