Any questions? Uh la rai uh Gran Parte,
so ear pais que, la cosa que que uh
uh as the, the, the moment. So
either like a uh fir uh Yeah, it's all
, it's all I expected. Um I, I
feel it helped me a lot, the fact that
I was able to play um win the ball in
Venezuela and similar scenarios where you feel the pressure was
real. So I felt those scenarios allow me to
have an idea what it's like and, and how
, what to expect in, in games like this
questions over here on the right side. Austin Hedges
had kind of made it clear to us that um
he was trying to institute a culture where you guys
were treating regular season series like the playoffs. Do
you feel like now that you're in the playoffs that
that preparation has led you to feel about this series
the way you hoped it would de definitely, I
feel that has been the approach throughout the year and
that's why it's nothing new for us this time.
Obviously, the results haven't come our way and we
haven't been getting the results we expect, but this
is the same thing we've been doing the whole season
, which is fighting trying to win series. What's
the experience been like to be in a series like
this where the Tigers may throw half a dozen pitchers
. You guys are pinch hitting so aggressively and there
are just so many moving parts back and forth.
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Pin, um Primera Yoye, uh Pero Maman,
yo Duran to a uh Leon CEO of uh SOA
cao condo. So, uh I think I've never
been in a playoff scenario like in the US like
the way we have this year. Um But I
feel the confidence comes to the manager, uh obviously
, what he's done throughout the whole season and he
has lead us to where we are right now.
And, and for me, it is obviously,
as I mentioned, is something different, something new
, but something that we rely and we trust on
him that we're always gonna have uh our best approach
to, to win. You mentioned your experience in
, in winter ball and going as deep and,
and winning a championship uh there with, uh your
Venezuelan team. Is there anything you're drawing upon,
uh, from that experience in your at bats here
that it has caused you to have success? And
uh is there anybody from that team who's reached out
to you during the, during this run? And
, uh you know, if, if anything they
said anything to you and and offer encouragement or anything
like that. And in Venezuela, Venezuela into th
is in, in a, in a, in
a de Venezuela. Uh me que, que lo
que, que, que, yeah, a couple
of players have reached out and, and uh they
always kind of like share the same message, try
to like, keep the nerves down and like that
way, just kind of like breathing, being present
in the moment and most importantly, enjoying the game
and that's why they told me go outside, have
fun, enjoy the game and, and enjoy this
experience because it only happens very, very, so
often. Thank you. What, what has made
the Tigers pitching so, so hard to hit these
last two games. Um I think we've gotten some
hits. I just think, you know, the
timely hitting hasn't been there. You know, I
feel like yesterday we, we had close to the
same amount of hits. We just, you know
, left some guys on that first inning and throughout
that game, I think by the way around,
I think it'd be, you know, obviously a
little different, but yeah, we just got to
get, get hits when we're supposed to get them
. Where is that? L how do you process
? I guess like the pressure and the stakes here
, but also wanting to not succumb to that when
you're in the batter's box, I think just,
just knowing you're prepared, you know, sticking to
the plan, you know, we, we have
meetings just like we were in the regular season over
, you know, approaches off these guys and different
, um, you know, how we're going to
go into the game and, and, and hit
these certain guys. So I, I don't think
there's any added pressure, I think, um,
the, the, the questions like that, I
think come up and you, you answer them how
you can, but I think it's just more of
, you know, going in and preparing like we
have all year and um you know, going about
it like a normal day as much as you can
, obviously. Yeah. Oh Wayne, you had
the whole run the first, you know, the
first, I guess, first pitch you even saw
in the playoffs and that um do you think that
just simply scoring a run early or something might be
what this team needs to get going? Yeah,
I mean, I think anytime you can take a
run early, I think, you know, we
would love that. But yeah, like, like
I said earlier, I, I think it's just
more of the, that situational hitting. I is
, is the biggest thing, you know, we
got to move runners and get base hits when with
guys in scoring position, I think, you know
, our pitching is good enough like it has been
all year to, you know, stop them from
scoring. So, um I, I think we'll
get back to that lane. What has the experience
been like? To be in a series where the
Tigers are bringing in so many pitchers, you guys
are pitch, hitting so much and there are just
so many different moving parts back and forth. Yeah
, I feel like, and, and maybe it's
because I haven't been in the playoffs the last little
bit, but I, I feel like it's getting
more common. I, you know, I think
a lot of guys are that they're using pitchers,
like, you know, if, if some of
those starters aren't necessarily starting a game, using them
in the middle of the game or, you know
, kind of match up. So it's been interesting
for me too. I think, you know,
you see it sometimes in doubleheaders or, you know
, if, if they bring a guy up for
that. But, um, yeah, I think
it's interesting, I think it's, it's definitely worked
for teams where they wouldn't keep doing it. So
I think we just try to prepare as best as
we can, like, like we would facing them
, you know, in those later innings. Wayne
, when, when, uh, Alex Cobb got
here, he told us that he felt like this
clubhouse had as much energy and fun as anyone he's
been a part of. And I think you alluded
a little bit to that when you were traded here
on a day like today where, you know,
there's a lot at stake. How are you guys
trying to stay loose and also stay focused and kind
of balancing those two things. Yeah, I mean
, I think it's, you know, not changing
anything. I think just going about our day,
how we have been all year. Um And,
you know, just, just preparing the best you
can to where, you know, you go out
success or not success that, you know, you
, you can look back and say that you prepared
the best you could. So I think, you
know, everybody's on the same page. Um You
know, so I think that's what we're gonna do
today and go out and try to score some runs
. What were the conversations like internally after assessing how
things went yesterday and then constructing today's lineup, you
know, again, it's to beat the starter and
we don't know what their move is gonna be.
Uh That's how we've operated all year long. And
so for us, it's how do we beat Olson
, whether he throws six pitches or 60 pitches.
That's how we've constructed our lineup and we know we
have the moves to make to counteract anything they're gonna
do over here on the left side, right side
. Sorry, Steven. Um uh It's often said
that, you know, managing is trying to find
the balance between the art and the science. Uh
I'm, I'm curious, you know, when you're
looking at both parts of the gut feeling or the
analytics, when making decisions, do you tend to
lean one way or the other? Are you more
of a numbers guy. Are you more of a
field guy? I believe that the analytics and gut
field kind of go hand in hand about 90% of
the time and then there's the 10% where you have
to go one way or the other and just kind
of cash all in on gut or cash all in
on numbers. But majority of the time the game
is going to tell you what to do and we
talk about every possible move before the game even starts
, nothing catches us off guard or prepared for everything
. And there was very specific moments in yesterday's game
that had to happen in order for us to pinch
it early and they both happened. So the game
told us what to do. And I think that's
where having the knowledge of the analytics and having that
, but also having the gut feel of baseball and
knowing your people. And I think that's the most
important piece is knowing our guys, what are they
capable of? What are their strengths and trying to
put people into positions to succeed? I think it's
easy for the narrative to be pressure when it comes
to facing a potential elimination game. Also like a
mentality that goes along with a day like today that
it's like this is what we've played for all year
. This is the type of environment that everyone craves
it stew or die. Yeah, I, I
think, you know, pressure comes from yourself you
know, it's the pressure you put on yourself.
You know, the outside, the outside is just
noise. It's all about what you tell yourself,
the narrative that you tell yourself going into every game
. And for us, this is who we are
. This has been us all year long. For
those of you who've covered us all, this is
the team you've covered all year long and we've been
at our best when we have nothing to lose when
we have nothing to, you know, and so
for us, it's go out, have some fun
tonight. Enjoy playing playoff baseball, play carefree,
play loose, go be yourself. And that's been
the rhetoric all year long and it's going to continue
to be tonight. I'm sorry. Uh, you
can OK, bad, my bad. I jumped
, jumped too early, pressure, fell apart and
I just jumped out. I said, do you
think the pressure was a factor the last couple of
games at all? I, I don't, I
don't think so. I mean, I think we've
played two very good baseball games against a good team
and, you know, both of the last two
games could have gone either way at any time.
And, you know, we were 11 big hit
away from being right back in that game or even
taking the lead at some point yesterday. So I
, I don't think pressure has played a role in
this. I think you're, you've seen a two
very good baseball teams going at it and they've scored
more runs than us the last two games. That's
, that's the only story.