Frank Thomas

Who else had on that team?

Jay Payton.

I mean, we just had a team of guys that just cared.

Mark Ellis.

I mean, those guys really cared about playing the game.

It wasn't about money out there.

It was about winning.

And I had fun with those guys, and they just needed Mark Kotze, who's managing now.

You know, those guys were special guys, and that's why we played so well.

And I'll be honest with you.

I think we could have got to the World Series that year if we didn't have that five-day layoff like these guys about to have to start the World Series now.

Honestly, I mean, what Billy Bean does out there and what Billy Bean did that year, I've never seen a general manager

bring guys up ready to perform.

I don't care how young they are.

They can come pitch seven innings, send them back down, bring another one up, bring a bat in who can do something to help us.

We had a team full of that.

And we had Ron Washington, the base coach, who made the game fun daily.

I mean, I've never been around a coach.

People are like, what's the magic of Ron Washington?

Just think about this.