Joe Maddon

However, pregame meetings, the more you give that opposition to talk about in a pregame meeting,

the better off we were, I thought.

And that's Brian Butterfield.

Butter and I coached together eventually with the Cubs and the Angels.

And Butter talked about when he was with the Blue Jays how long the pre-series meeting took when the Rays were coming into town.

And I think that's a beautiful thing.

You want to plant the seed of doubt in the opposition's mind as much as you possibly can.

It's like a golf swing.

You can only hold on to one thought, not multiples.

Well, when you start worrying, well, first of all, I mean, it's about, you know, the guys that are supposed to be doing what they're doing, if they are or not.

Like, Vladdy's got to come on a bit, obviously.

I think if Vladdy gets rolling, it's going to turn around very quickly.

Bichette being gone, even though he's not doing as well so far in New York, it's still a miss.

And I know he was hurt a lot last year.

I like your pitching.

You got some really good arms up there, man.

That never goes away.

I like Jimenez.

I like him on the infield.

Clement, there's a lot of guys that I really like Varshow.