Ryan Dempster

I think we find ourselves at that age.

We start to, like, all of a sudden accept who we are, and honestly, like, you know,

George has overcome things in his life, you know, off the field.

Right.

And had to go through some tough times.

And like, you know, when it deals with like the stuttering issue and going through all that speech stuff.

And now he puts himself on a platform that automatically is something that you you're overcoming and confidence wise.

Right.

And baseball was always a way to do that.

And then all of a sudden you just become like the veteran, and then you just know you're a badass.

Like he knows he's bad.

He knows he's a bad dude.

He knows that dudes are afraid if they hang a breaking ball that he's parking one in the seat.

Like you start to realize that, and that's a fun feeling to have because then now you're working on I've got to maintain I'm healthy and stay healthy.

And if I do that, I know I'm going to go out there and put the numbers up.

And more than that, I just know I'm going to have the respect that I'm going to do damage if you make a mistake, and I'm also going to hit good pitching.

Like he's just one of those guys to me that has gotten better and better and has the ability to stay now for a couple of years.

And also, by the way, if he doesn't, it's just, it's okay.

Like other guys got to step up, like, but it might be 25 homers and it might be 80 RBIs, but when you're throwing out the top of the lineup, that's, you just want him out on the field every day.

He makes everybody else around him better.