Jake Mangum

And, um, you know, there's just a lot of different stories and just helping this get the best team possible.

What we were trying to win ball games and win a championship Mississippi state.

So yeah, it was a walk off for two years.

Um,

I was on a 33% scholarship my freshman year, 66% scholarship sophomore year.

So add it all up.

I got one of my four years paid for and then signed as a senior for $20,000 and got a bus ticket to go play some baseball.

Exciting.

We got a lot of really good people.

I'll get to the talented side of baseball in a second, but just looking around the clubhouse, it's just a lot of

kind, hardworking people.

DK's been very open about the blue-collar grittiness of Pittsburgh, and I think we got a lot of guys that embody that.

Deeper than that, we got a lot of talent, a lot of guys that can play some good ball and are really good at what they do.

There's so many different ways you can look at our lineup and say that this player helps here, this player helps there.

I'm just excited.

I think the whole vibe around everyone's expectations are looking to go compete and win some ballgames.

I'm just trying to help the team win.

Defense, base running, hitting, whatever you need me to do, I'll try to do it.

Like I said, just trying to help win.

I don't hit for a lot of power.