Jeff Hoffman

And I think our offense and our bullpen are going to feel

what has kind of happened already to this point and make adjustments, the adjustments that are necessary and we're going to be good.

Not surprised.

I mean, I think when teams are kind of up against it like that, where they've had, you know, some things that they can't control kind of happen and affects their arrival time and stuff and all that, it affects their sleep.

You know, you do see teams rise to the occasion when things start to go against them, especially good teams.

And these are all good teams.

So not surprising.

I just think we needed to do a better job of capitalizing.

Well, I think the way that our roster is constructed, we have our

quote unquote big money guys are the leaders of the team and they are the like kind of the foundational pieces of like why we're a tight knit group.

Our clubhouse is very,

very intertwined, like not clicky at all.

I've been in clubhouses that are clicky and it's not a great recipe to win baseball games.

Yeah, we do everything together, off nights even when everybody's trying to stay away from baseball, we're all going out and getting dinner together.

The teams like this one are the ones where you don't really want the season to end because these are the guys that you've literally spent all your time with for the duration of the season.

Yeah, I mean, a lot of guys on this team that I'll keep in touch with for the rest of my life, no matter what goes on from this point on.

And I attribute that all to the way Ross and Mark and everybody kind of built this team.

They built it with high character guys and

Also guys that love to win and want to win and kind of have those chips on their shoulders and want to get over that hump.

I think it factors in when your backs are up against the wall.