Rich Hill

There were bullpen games.

I mean, I think it's a bad look for baseball.

Yeah, 100%.

100%.

You've already – you're kind of –

We're all cogs in the machine, but you're greased up and you're out there and you're feeling great.

The ball's coming out of your hand great.

The ultimate eye test is just being able to see the conviction from the pitcher when they're out there on the mound, which doesn't pop up on a track, man.

Now, every time I talk, like, I know we've had multiple podcasts together, and, like, people, oh, he's anti, you know, he's definitely anti-analytics.

No, I'm not.

I love analytics.

I love the side of that that gives us more information for the game.

However, at the end of the day, there is a human being on the mound.

There is a human being in the box.

Heart, head, and balls is what it takes to go out there and perform in the postseason.

It's not about who has the best spin rate or who can execute in the moment.

That is it, period.

That is it.

Because the hitters are squeezing the bat a little bit tighter.

Every pitch coming out of the pitcher's hand is equivalent to about two and a half pitches during the season.