Michael Kopech

So I think it'd be cool for him.

That's awesome.

So I think the thing for us, and what makes this team really special, and what I think makes probably most good teams really special, is when someone does well, we all do well.

And so getting to be up front in the dugout, you know, every big hit, every...

error that the other team makes every you know executed ground ball uh out at third on a bunt it's supposed to be a sack but whatever it is getting fired up about all those plays seeing our guys just execute and do their job um it like i get just excited about that as i would if i were to have a big strikeout or a big moment um maybe not center stage but from the sidelines it's it's really easy to see how these guys are pouring into it so it's exciting to

Yeah, the last time I would have pitched early in a game and spent multiple innings in a dugout would have been the postseason last year.

Before that, it was years ago when I was starting.

But I'm not unfamiliar with it.

No, you used to be a starter.

But not like this.

I mean, this is like... Yeah, I'm not seeing the biggest games in action up close right there.

I got to see Shohei perform one of the greatest games of all time from the front row of the dugout.

Things like that I'm not used to, but it's really cool.

So what's funny, I was just talking to, so we call him J-Bone, I was just talking to J-Bone.

Yesterday, him and I, first game of the postseason this year, we're like, what, Shohei's going to go out there, he's going to strike out the side in the first inning, and he's going to hit a home run.

And we're like, yeah, he's going to have a three-homer game, and he's probably going to throw a no-hitter.

So really all that's left is he's going to need to throw a no-hitter.

Wait, you said that?

You guys said that?

Yeah, we said that.