Jim Margulis

And it was last year at the Rickwood game where I watched him from left field throughout two runners at home plate, basically identical plays singles where he's charging, coming up, firing and getting the runner at home by a step.

And it almost seemed like

the first one couldn't be believed, you know, whether it's his size, whether it's kind of like he, it'll take some unsure routes from time to time, especially last year when he was really dedicating time to learning the outfield.

And so maybe they thought like, he's not going to be in position to throw or, or, you know, given how small he is, you know, perhaps there's not gonna be much in that arm.

And then twice in a row, bam, bam, just two outs.

And like, he's running back to the dugout and teammates are holding two fingers in his face to say, you did it twice.

And, you know, he's got that kind of pull and charisma that,

to where everybody's rooting for him.

Like I even remember this going back to his, his draft day when he was drafted in the 11th round and he saw college baseball writers who were happy for him and saying like, this guy was so much fun at Oregon.

Like, I'm not sure if he has a major league profile, but he deserves to be playing at the next level.

And then seeing how far he can take it because like just the entertainment value of watching him.

And then just what everybody says about him, you know, in the clubhouse, in the dugout, on the field, you know, playing multiple positions and, and,

Scoring runs, just everybody saw that that need to be rewarded somehow.

And then it's been the same story, basically, in the White Sox farm system of just seems like, OK, double A, surely his magical run out.

OK, triple A, surely pitchers with major experience will not get him out.

He just keeps posting 400 on base percentages or higher.

every single level to where, yeah, try him in the majors.

Reward that performance, especially when this White Sox outfield is kind of a mess right now.

There's opportunities for a left-handed bat there.

There's opportunities to get some reps in the infield.