Ross Atkins

Very, very important.

The way that he

is handling our pitching staff, that position, controlling the running game, game calling, the not just receiving but keeping the ball in front of him, the decision making, and then to be hitting fourth or fifth in our lineup and very effectively, I mean, yeah, that is a massive, massive impact on our ability to win.

All right, thank you.

Yeah, there should be some passion.

This doesn't have to be boring.

Yeah, there should be some passion.

Yeah, it's interesting.

I think about Mikey all the time with my job because I think if the industry could appropriately measure passion for baseball and just how much you love it, we would be better as evaluators and identifying talent just because it's so important because of all the reasons you hear about all the time and people talk about just...

what a significant commitment it is and how much of your life, how much time it takes up, that if you don't really truly love it, then it's probably not going to go very well.

And I remember that about Mikey and his family.

His dad was my dentist.

If I made any worse near Miami, then his younger brother would probably still be my dentist.

But that has always resonated with me.

Mikey was in Little League Baseball.

He was...

the best player that wasn't as talented as some that was running around on the field every single day, the most skilled, just the eye hand, the ability to make contact, always doing the right thing as a really young baseball player.

His older brother was actually more talented, just more powerful, hit the ball farther, threw the ball really hard.

Everybody was scared to face his older brother, Carlos.

He was that kid.