Ross Atkins

But I don't think that we would have not acquired him had we not had that.

It just gave us more belief that he was going to be able to adjust and adapt because there's so little –

You know, you're not losing much in trying.

Right.

You're losing a 40-man spot for a little while.

Yeah, you know, it's interesting.

I, you know, from the day before I got here, you know, before, you know, representing a country in such an incredible city with incredible support and, you know, that it has far exceeded my expectations.

The...

The potential impact that we can have on baseball and the support that we have from Edward Rogers and Rogers Communications is just incredible.

In addition to that, I work alongside who I feel is the best executive in baseball and Mark Shapiro.

His experiences, his understanding and knowledge of every aspect of the role is as good as it gets.

And I have a 31 year relationship with him.

And then now to be working with John Schneider on a daily basis is, you know, really, really feel like I have the best possible support I could.

Ross, you've talked about getting better every day.

I was wondering, looking back in the last 10 years, are there any specific ways you feel like you've gotten significantly better in this job?

Yeah, I mean, it's a long list, man.

Like, I could go down, whether it's, you know, things I would have done differently, you know, things that I've learned that, you know, wish I could have done in a different way.

Sure, I could go down that list and talk about that for a while.

Yeah, I mean, yeah, it's just...

You know, the mindset of that is very important to me and to everyone that works here.