Gio

I don't understand it.

But I don't think it's fake.

That's the one thing about it.

I don't think when Juan Soto looks locked in,

and he's doing the Soto shuffle in the first inning of the first game, and he's trying to get the crowd, not trying, but he's into it with the crowd.

I think it's very real for them, and I think that they don't care that it's mid-March.

They want to win this damn thing, and they want to be very proud that they won it.

And I do believe Julio Rodriguez when he says it means more to him than winning a World Series.

I can't explain it, don't understand it, but I do, I believe him.

I believe him, because it feels that way, and it looks that way.

Well, I don't know what type of body language you will get, but if you told me that that conversation was had in the locker room after, let's say they won the WBC, the Dominican Republic team won it, which is not a crazy thought, clearly.

It is a dream team for sure.

I wouldn't be stunned if it came out that they were like, ugh.

Now we've got to go back to spring training?

And then the grind of the season starts?

Would that honestly shock you?

It would.

Man, not me.

Not me.

I really do believe that this is a different thing for them for whatever reason, for that team specifically, and for a couple of others, too, as opposed to the U.S.