Terry Francona

You said that one of the main things, two main things that I actually love that really resonated with me as a baseball person was, number one, you have to earn the right to wear the Cincinnati Reds uniform.

You said that, I think, day one.

I believe you said that.

And then you also said something that I love that you've said on my podcast, even, that

The players need to play the game the right way with respect and do the things the right way, the little things.

Do you feel like the Cincinnati Reds accomplished that this year?

Well, you have absolutely no idea how much that resonates with me.

You know, the tardiness thing, you know, my background's in sales and I know, you know, spot on.

You need to show up at least 15 minutes early or you're late in my book.

You even did that to me today with the podcast link.

You're like, okay, Courtney, I haven't received a link.

What's going on here?

And I'm like, I absolutely love that because A,

It shows you're organized.

It shows it's a priority, like you said.

And that makes a difference.

And you said it's a little thing.

To me, that's not a little thing.

That shows that you care.

And I love that.