Jameson Taillon

Like it's hard to explain until you actually do it.

Yeah, I just want to say, too, like, an interesting thing about our team is, like, it wasn't all, like, grab-ass hand-holding.

Like, it wasn't rah-rah.

Like, this is a, it was a real team.

Like, yeah, it was fun to show up and play with everyone, but it was also a team in the terms of, like, guys would have honest conversations and, you know, the catchers weren't afraid to challenge you.

And, you know, me and Matt Boyd, yeah, we got really close, but, like,

we talk pitching and we talk sequencing and we'll ask each other what we were thinking in different situations so it's not all just like this happy-go-lucky right so i just played video games in the inside yeah yeah exactly right like i've had teams where it's just like i mean when we were young in pittsburgh like i made some of my best friends in the entire world on on those teams but like we were young and we didn't really know what it looked like i feel like here

Especially this past year, we just had so many great veteran players who have been in the playoffs, been on great teams.

That set an example for the younger players.

So I think some of it's intentional.

I think some of it's the front office definitely being intentional.

I think some of it's the culture that's just set here.

I look at our position player group.

It's hard as a starting pitcher.

I only pitch every fifth day.

I can do what I can.

But you have Dansby wanting to play every day, playing hard.

You have Nico Horner playing as hard as he can every single day, trying to be in the lineup every single day.

You have Ian Happ who just absolutely posts up.

These guys take pride in their defense and their base running.