Mark Shapiro

Yeah, to have it be that early in the season, to have them back in this building on that turf, I mean, there's no way you can't think about last year with that being the case.

I think...

Once the games start, you know, wins are wins and losses are losses.

And, you know, again, if we play our best, I think we're capable, as we've shown.

I think we outplayed the Dodgers throughout that entire series.

We didn't win it, you know, and there is a randomness to short seasons.

That's just a reality.

But if we play our best, even with as good as they are, I think, you know, we win the series.

We have to approach it like those are important games.

Anytime you have ever missed the playoffs, I don't know if you guys have missed playoffs by one game.

You go back and you think about every game during the year that you didn't think was that important, that you either blew, didn't play your best.

So, again, I just...

want us to put our best effort forward.

You're going to get beat.

I don't have any problem getting beat.

What you don't want to do is you don't want to lose.

So you don't want to inflict it upon yourself.

And I think there's a delineation there.

So when the Dodgers come in, you know, I want us to play our best baseball.

That's the bottom line.