Terry Collins

And so that used to be a strategy part of the game.

And with extra innings, I absolutely do not watch extra innings.

I had breakfast with Sandy Koufax three months ago, and we were talking.

I said, Sandy, how would you handle the runner at second base?

You know, Sandy went nine innings all the time.

Absolutely.

And I said, can you imagine you went nine innings?

You've got 15 strikeouts or 16 strikeouts.

Some guy that you struck out for four times in the game, now standing at second base in the 10th inning.

There is a statistic on that.

Yeah.

So, so I don't, and I don't want, even when I was, Kim Ang asked me to be a consultant when she was the GM of the Marlins.

And I went through the minor leagues and, and I used to go in these hitters meetings in the minor leagues and ask about, I asked one kid one day, I said, what was your approach to the game?

He said, well, I'm worried about my exit velocity.

Well, he struck out three times the night before.

I said, how about learning how to hit the ball?

Then your exit velocity will go up.

You know?

It's all about how hard can I swing?

Because if I hit it, my exit velocity goes up, which makes my war go up.