Doug Glanville

It's great to be on.

And how are you doing?

Everybody's well in Chicago?

They are.

They are.

They absolutely are.

And it's a lot of fun.

I think Chicago is going to have a big battle talking about the Crosstown series as they keep changing the name, of course, every year.

But I love that rivalry.

It's always been a lot of fun.

I mean, this is the day we're in in baseball 2026.

I mean, there's just no time with teams that have put so much in terms of resources into these teams.

They've expected to win today or yesterday in the Phillies case.

And there's no question that once the investment structure of these teams that are built on

you know, elaborate front offices that are very engaged in the day to day, the algorithms, the math, the analytics, the expectations very high to get off to a good start and to show signs that you're going to win a World Series.

And the thing about the affiliates that's interesting is Rob Thompson

was there in replacing Joe Girardi, which had a similar flavor a few years ago.

Girardi started off slowly as the Phillies manager, and Dave Dombrowski said, goodbye, that's it, we're making a move.

So they're not afraid to pull the trigger and make changes early on.

Same thing in Boston, of course, with Alex Cora, who signed a long-term contract