Michael Kopech

And you dream about winning wherever you're at, celebrating.

You kind of dream about what the feeling is, that rush that comes over you.

And I got to experience what that actually was.

Was it what you thought it was?

Yes and no.

The rush initially was crazy.

I mean, then I got to see my family.

I got to hug my dad's neck.

I got to cry tears of joy.

It lasted like through the day of the parade.

And then it was just like back to work, you know?

So yes and no.

It was incredible and very short-lived because, you know, there's always a next one.

And the last one's already forgotten.

you know, at least for a lot of people, not for everybody clearly, but I mean, like it, it doesn't stay with everybody the way it might stay with you and your heart.

So it was, it was really cool.

And I was really stoked about that.

And I got to, you know, fulfill a lifelong dream.

And that was, that was cool.

Um, the next one obviously was a little different, um, not getting to play, trying my best to be supportive, just figuring out where guys needed me or if they needed me, um,