BIB on the Go: The Harsh Realities Of The Postseason, By Chris Bassitt
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What are the harsh realities of participating in the postseason?
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Welcome to Baseball Isn't Boring. Here's your host, Rob Radford. There's no human being I'd rather be talking to more than Chris Bassett right now. I'm fascinated by how different it is to pitch in the postseason and just the feel of actually even thinking about that. For you, you've done it. How is it different?
Yeah, I mean, I would say... The younger you are, the more I'd say the emotion and like the less times you've done it, the emotion of it can be a little bit overwhelming. And then the older you get, you realize it's a very important game, but it's still just another game. So then it turned into this like an execution battle. And if you're confident in your game planning and you're confident in your approach to the game, then your game shouldn't really change much. And I think a lot of guys, including myself in the past, a lot of the guys will kind of go into a game thinking, like, I need to do more, or what I do is not good enough in the postseason.
How does pitching in the postseason differ from the regular season?
And usually they suck, and then they realize, I can't do that. So it's truly just... getting to your game and that's it. Like it's just pitching your game and you obviously were good enough to get to the post season. So then it's, it becomes just how good can you like you be like within being yourself?
Well, it's just, is it information overload is a maybe an oversimplification of it but ultimately like i think you just hit the nail on the head where your stuff is good like there's a reason why you're there right your stuff is good you know how to get out right and so and i so the first time with with the a's is that what you're talking about when uh i mean the a's i would just feel like i was kind of flying blind yeah um
And then knowledge can sometimes be the worst thing. And then through the Mets, I'm like, I feel like I made some mental mistakes there and trying to do too much. And then I just able to like sit, obviously for years kind of thing, sit there and just be like, okay, like I know what my body needs to do. I understand what preparation I need to do. I understand everything. The weeks leading up to the postseason, kind of where I need to be to be ready for it, where I'm confident in me. I'm not worried that it's not good enough and it's like, whatever you have that day, let's go get it.
It's funny, I think the first time we talked, we talked about the evolution of you and real evolution. And this is, it never stops, right?
Why is emotional management crucial for postseason performance?
And this is another example of it. You're taking a couple weeks off to get right for the postseason season. To go back to a younger you, you're probably like, let's go. I got a power throw. Is that fair to say? Yeah, for sure.
I mean, obviously, now with all the rules of baseball, the intricacies of the game is a lot. I mean, you got to take two weeks off. You go on the IL and things like that. But, I mean, it was just... why if you if you there's not going to be any team that's happy unless you win the world series um every other team is going to be disappointed so it was more so like okay like just like a heart to heart with the front office and a heart to heart with the coaches and it was just like hey like for us to get to where we want to go like we think we need to get you closest to 100 as possible and instead of just keep grinding and grinding and grinding like We have the luxury, we have the ability to try to get you to 100%.
So, let's do that.
Was that you or them?
It was both.
I mean, that's the best scenario.
Yeah, it was both. I mean, there's a million factors, obviously, that go into it. But, I mean, yeah, it was both. It was just... One, it was my trust within our teammates to get the job done for the last week of the season. And then not just that, it was their trust in me to basically be able to take some time off and work out the way I need to to be ready for the postseason.
What strategies can players use to maintain confidence during high-stakes games?
So it was just...
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What are the harsh realities of participating in the postseason?
0:00–1:27
2
How does pitching in the postseason differ from the regular season?
1:27–3:00
3
Why is emotional management crucial for postseason performance?
3:00–4:31
4
What strategies can players use to maintain confidence during high-stakes games?
4:31–8:32
Speakers
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