Presser: Blue Jays Closer Jeff Hoffman Has Lived This Life
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What challenges do the Blue Jays face in their current series against the Mariners?
Yeah, there should be some passion. This doesn't have to be boring.
Hey, this is John Lester. Baseball isn't boring. Welcome to Baseball Isn't Boring. Here's your host, Rob Ratner.
Hey, Jeff. You know, coming into Seattle now... What's the feel around the team? How was it getting in yesterday and when you guys got to the ballpark today?
Yeah, pretty much the same every day. It's one of the things I love about this team. We take every challenge for what it is, which is its own thing. We don't drag last night or think about what's gonna happen in the future. We stay in the now and
How does Jeff Hoffman reflect on his past experience with playoff challenges?
you know, go out and put our best foot forward.
Yeah, we'll go to Mike in the second row on Jeff's left.
Hey, Jeff. We've heard stories about drawing on, like, George's experience of being a World Series MVP and in the playoffs all the time. Two years ago, you were on a team that was up two games to none in the NLCS and didn't win it. Are there any sort of... Any way you can apply that to the situation to talk to the group about maybe this isn't such an insurmountable disadvantage?
Yeah, it's not. I mean, you got to win four. We're going to go out tomorrow night and try to get one back. And all we can do is take it one game at a time. So yeah, I mean, I remember being on the other end of that a couple of years ago. The series is not over until it's over. So we just gotta go out and play our game and focus on the now and execute our game plan and we'll be in a pretty good spot.
What do you think from your vantage point in the bullpen has been the biggest thing that has prevented you guys from playing your game in the first two?
What mindset does the team maintain during tough playoff situations?
I mean, I've said it since the beginning. I mean, it's going to come down to how well you can execute your game plan. There's not going to be any secrets, not going to be any, you know, new pitches you're bringing out or anything like that. Everybody knows who you are at this point in the year, and it's going to come down to how well you can execute. So, you know, I haven't gone back and looked, but I would imagine that some of the pitches we've been heard on are pitches that could have been executed better or potentially, you know, a different pitch and a difference in the same count or something like that. But, you know, we got to go out and just be us and execute, you know, the pitches that are being called.
And if we do that, we'll be in a great spot.
Other questions for Jeff?
Jeff, when you get to the postseason, there's a finite amount of games in a way that's different from the regular season where there's always another tomorrow and this is a small sample, but everything means so much more. Just mentally, what is that dynamic like shifting from the regular season where you know there's runway versus to now when it's going to expire?
Yeah, it's different. Obviously, it feels a little bit more like your backs are against the wall with there being kind of like a finish line in sight. But we, like I said, we don't look ahead.
How does Jeff Hoffman describe the importance of executing game plans?
We don't look behind. We stay right here where we're at. And, you know, we understand what the task is and what the challenge is in front of us. And it just is what it is. It's black and white. You got to go out, you got to play good baseball. You got to play clean baseball. You can't beat yourself. And, you know, the other team is here for a reason too. It's one of the best four teams left. So, you know, It's not going to be a cakewalk. It never was going to be a cakewalk. And we got to go out and play good baseball.
What does that dynamic do to the maybe the emotional swings within a game?
What role does team chemistry play in the Blue Jays' performance?
Do you feel that the emotions rise, the highs are higher and lows are lower in a postseason game versus a regular season game?
I think our guys do a great job of not letting it get that way. I think we stay pretty even keel. I think the crowd and stuff like that does that for us. We don't add any extra on top of the atmosphere and the intensity that it already is in a playoff game. So I think our guys do a great job of just kind of going with the flow and staying in the game and not getting too high or too low.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What challenges do the Blue Jays face in their current series against the Mariners?
0:00–0:58
2
How does Jeff Hoffman reflect on his past experience with playoff challenges?
0:58–2:18
3
What mindset does the team maintain during tough playoff situations?
2:18–3:44
4
How does Jeff Hoffman describe the importance of executing game plans?
3:44–4:18
5
What role does team chemistry play in the Blue Jays' performance?
4:18–5:38
6
How does the energy of the crowd affect the players during a game?
5:38–7:06
7
What lessons can be learned from the Diamondbacks' strategy against the Phillies?
7:06–8:35
8
How does the team plan to bounce back after losing the first two games?
8:35–26:36
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