 Aaron, as the playoffs begin, how driven are you to win a world championship? This is, you know, I'm excited, that's for sure. Definitely driven just like everybody else in this room. Had quite a few opportunities the past couple of years to go out there and win a World Series, and we've come up short. So I think every single one of those times that we've kind of fallen on our face has been a definitely a learning experience for me and a lot of guys in this room. And we're just excited to get back out there. And, you know, hunt it down this year. I'm also excited that we got quite a few guys that this is their first time getting into the postseason and getting a chance to play some meaningful games. So this is an exciting time and a lot of buzz in that clubhouse right now. So we're just ready to get rolling for tomorrow. Go to the second row. Aaron, while you were chasing history, it felt like the expectation was every at bat. People had their phones out and they wanted to see a home run. Is there a part of you that's relieved that is no longer the expectation? Well, I like having everybody on their feet. You know, I love, you know, hearing the stadium kind of go crazy when you're walking up to the plate. I'm relieved that it's over with so that we can kind of go back to focusing on playing a game and winning a ball game. You know, I was a little stranger for a while. Every time you step into the plate, people are expecting you to hit a home run. And every time I step up there, I'm trying to do what I can to help the team win. So it was a kind of a weird situation there. But, you know, happy I could do it and kind of share that moment with my teammates and family. And, you know, now it's back to, you know, playing baseball. And we're going to still have those same feelings, those same jitters with the crowd on their feet, especially Yankee Stadium, these next two games. It's going to be, you know, a packed house. So I think those past couple of weeks are kind of going through that and having this whole team kind of be there and witness that whole situation. I think it kind of prepared us for what's to come here in the postseason. A couple in the third row, I think. Hey, Aaron, you were walked, intentionally walked, 19 times this year. Past errors, maybe a guy like Barry Bonds, he grew up watching, sees more intentional walks. Were you surprised with the home runs in the season that you had that you weren't intentionally walked as much as you were? And do you think maybe that changes with a shorter series where every a bat's so crucial? You know, I think a lot of teams understand how tough it is to hit, you know, especially with the majorly pitching that we have in, you know, this day and era of, I feel like every single starter's throwing 95 plus. Every guy in the bullpen's throwing 100. It's still tough to square up the baseball and, you know, go up there and try to do something productive. So I think, you know, a lot of teams, you know, throughout the year just kind of said, hey, we're going to go after them and see what happens or, you know, we'll be a little careful with them. And if he swings out of the zone, he swings out of the zone. If he doesn't, he'll take his walk. So, you know, I didn't expect to walk anymore, expect to walk any less. But in this, in the postseason, I expect, you know, teams just, they'll have scouting reports. They'll do what they need to do. There'll be certain situations where they come after me or other guys. There'll be certain situations where they, you know, pitch around me or other guys just to get, you know, the right matchup. So, you know, if they're going to walk me and put me on base, you know, I'm happy for it. Because I know we got a stack lineup behind me of guys that are, you know, waiting to drop me in. Thanks. Just staying in the third row. And then, Eric, you guys have advanced far in the postseason during your time here. What makes you confident that this year could be different to get over the hump and win a title? Well, I feel like in years past, we've just kind of lacked, you know, having some of the, you know, top-end starting rotation pitching. And I feel like, you know, a couple of years ago, we went out and got Gary Cole, you know, watching what Nestor Cortez has developed into these past couple of years, you know, getting Severino back healthy. And, you know, we saw what he did his last start in Texas. It's impressive. I can go on and on about our starting pitching and then, you know, hand it off to our bullpen. It makes for a short game. So I think, you know, besides what our offense is capable of doing every single night, which we showcased all year long, I think when it comes down to it, it's defense and starting pitching is going to win you games in October and, you know, something that we definitely specialize in. And, you know, we got some, we got some dogs out there on the mound that are ready to show what they can do. Eric, in the first row, and you're right. Aaron, for players who have not experienced it, how would you describe to them what Yankee Stadium is like for a playoff game? Man, it's heaven. That's where you want to be. You know, it's, you know, for me, I just, for me, I get the jitters, you know, the intros, you know, right on that line, the crowd cheering, the little crisp, cool air, it's, there's nothing like it. You can't hear the roll call, even when I'm in right field, right next to the bleacher creatures, I can barely hear what they're saying out there. It's so loud, and, you know, but when it comes down to it, you just, and you got to embrace it and enjoy every single moment, you know, because that's, you know, we're still playing the same kids game that we've been playing all year. Still going to go out there and do the same thing we've done for 162 games. So, you know, for the guys that haven't been there, you know, experienced it, it's, hey, soak it in, you know, realize and acknowledge that you are going to be a little nervous. You are going to be, have some butterflies in your stomach, but, you know, if you prepared the right way, did what you need to do, pre-game, and now it's time to go out there and embrace those moments and have fun with it and, and just play ball. Brian in the second row in your life. Along those lines, Aaron, the atmosphere here has been a little weird and, you know, everybody focused on your at bats only. What are you hoping it looks, feels, and sounds like tomorrow? Just like all the other post-season games we've had here, just loud, fans on their feet from the very first pitch, so the last out, constant noise, you know, and I think the fans, they're going to show out numbers, you know, just based on what we did all year, you know, staying in first place, winning our division, you know, not winning a World Series for quite a few years. I think, I think the fans are hungry just like we are for, for a championship. So, you know, they're a big part of this, this whole thing for us. They're out there battling with us every single pitch, and when they bring the energy, us as players, we feel that and we feed off of it. So, we're just all looking forward to, you know, putting on a good show for them in this, in this post-season. Stay over here with Ron. A lot of times we see before and at bat, especially when the other team's in the bullpen, you reviewing things on the iPad. What are you looking to pick up? The release point, the ball spins out in that like minute or two, what knowledge do you get? Well, you write down, we got different notes that we take that we can put on, put on those iPads, like personal notes of mine. And even just a refresher of what, you know, I just got done seeing, you know, I don't know how many pitches from the starter, they're bringing in a high-leveraged guy. I've been doing all my homework the night before and that day, it's, it never hurts to get another, another set of eyes on, you know, what's his fastball doing? What's his breaking ball doing? And then it's just go out there and stick to your plan and go have fun. So I don't try to look at too much, just a quick refresher on what this guy has and then go out there to make a plan and go to work. Do a couple more, Barry and then John, on your right hand. So just a note on the intentional walk. Barry was walked 120 times in 2004 alone and 688 times in his career and he still had 762 home runs. So we're pretty minor with you, don't you think? Yeah, yeah, I never said it, I never said it was a lot. You know, it's, I'm still getting over 600 plate appearances. So that's one, one joke my dad always said. He's like, man, you're getting up to the plate about 600 or 500 times. You tell me you can't hit 80 out. But he has, we have fun with that. But Barry, Barry was a different animal, man. He's, he would get maybe one pitch a series and drive it out, one pitch a game. It was impressive and definitely fun to watch as a kid. So I'm glad, I'm glad I didn't get a walk to 100 and something times, that would have been a little while. So if Barry said you guys have never met. No. Okay, what would, as a, when you meet him and I'm sure you will, would you approach it as a kid like to his idol or to a peer? Well, definitely as an idol. You know, I got respect for the guys that came before me and played this game before me and everything they've done. So I definitely see it as, you know, approaching an idol and I pick his brain a little bit and, you know, just any tips I could get on, you know, how he made this game look so easy. It could be even, you know, defensive stuff is amount of gold gloves. He's one, he's one out there and in left field. So, you know, whenever I get a chance to meet him, I'll definitely, we'll have a lengthy conversation. That's for sure. Kristian, the third row on your left. You've talked about before, not having success in the postseason and how that's kind of driven you a little bit. Is there one thing that you take away from that, a feeling or a memory? And when do you think about it? How do you use that? Well, the worst feeling in sports besides, you know, having to walk off that field, you know, either getting walked off or losing the game is coming back into the clubhouse and just having that, that silence, like, you know, you don't know what to say, you don't know what to do. It's like, we just, we've been, I've been working my butt off since, you know, the November of the year before to get to this spot and also now you're telling me it's over and I gotta go home, you know, so it's just that feeling of, you know, shoulda coulda woulda you're thinking back, well, if I woulda done this, if I coulda done that, we woulda been a better spot. You know, feeling like you let down your teammates, feeling like you let down the city, your team, you know, just a bunch of different emotions after a loss in the postseason. So, you know, that's one thing I was, you know, I said it last year to the guys in Fenway. It's, you know, I was all kind of sitting there in silence looking at each other and nobody knows what to say. It's like, hey guys, don't forget this feeling, you know, when you're working out this off season and it's too early or you're too tired, think about this feeling right here and, you know, how sick you feel, you know, how upset you are, how mad you are, you know, and use that, you know, to get you out of bed or, you know, even when it's July and August at dog days and you don't feel like doing that workout, you don't feel like really locking it in for this last, you're fit that bad of the game. You know, think about, you know, walking off that field and seeing other teams celebrate, you know, just, it's little things like that to just kind of push, it motivates me and pushes me every single day. So I think it's definitely that silence in the clubhouse. Did three last ones, John, on your right? Aaron, obviously, even after the team was able to clinch the postseason spot and everything like that, Aaron was able to kind of move guys in and out of the lineup a little bit, but not so much with you. You were carrying a lot there. Were you able in the last couple of days to refresh yourself and like reset in a sense or to get out of that mode where you were in last Tuesday? Yeah, I think when I was kind of fighting Skip about the last game, I kind of wanted to get in there, but he said, nah, take the day and I really just needed that one day and I was ready to go right for that, but we've had five days off now to kind of, you know, for me, I can come in here and, you know, knock out my cage routine, do what I need to do on defense, you know, different recovery stuff I need to do and, you know, go back home, recover, watch some film and just get ready for the next day. So these past couple of days have definitely been big time for me to, you know, just get my body right for this stretch we're about to go on. We'll stay on that same road to the right. First of all, congratulations. 62 don't happen a lot of time. When you look back five years ago right now and then we with Cleveland, mostly all the time when the junks faced the Cleveland Palsies that they dominated, what you're spating to happening in these cities? Well, first off, thank you. And it's gonna be a tough series. You know, we've battled these guys, you know, earlier in the year at our place and then we went to them a little bit later in the year and it was a dogfight back and forth. You know, they got a young team that, you know, they got a lot of young fast players offensively that, you know, work a great at bat. They cause havoc on the base fast, that's for sure. You got to be on your toes defensively because if you bobble the ball for one second, they're gonna beat the, you know, beat those plays out. And then even their pitching staff, you know, up and down, you got a lot of guys that, you know, know how to pitch. They're hungry. They got a lot of fight, you know, just from the past couple of games of watching them play the race. They're, you know, they were never out of that game even when they got down early in game one, you know, Ramirez responded to run home or to give him the lead and then they hold on to it by handing it off to their good bullpen. It's pretty impressive. So I'm looking forward to this, to this matchup. You know, like you said, last time we faced them in 2020 and 2017, you know, kind of coming in there at the underdog and, you know, we're gonna try to keep that same mindset of, you know, we got to go out there and prove ourselves every day. Finish up with Bob against the wall and you're right. Aaron, you were just talking about this, that awful silence in the clubhouse and that sick feeling walking in after elimination loss. What does it feel like after the sixth or seventh year of that? And because you are the centerpiece of this offense, do you feel a greater responsibility to not let that happen again? Well, I feel a responsibility every single year, even when I was a rookie, you know, coming in here and going in on my first postseason run in 2017, you know, I felt responsibility, you know, not only for this team, but the city to go out there and bring something home and, you know, as the years have gone on and we've, you know, fallen short and came close and fallen short and, you know, it doesn't get any better every year, you know, and, you know, that's why you got to learn from all those experiences, you got to learn from those downfalls, you got to learn from the, you know, sleepless nights and you got to take what you can from it, turn it into a positive and just get ready for the next year. And that's what I've tried to do every single season. And this year we put ourselves in a great position. We got a great team to go out there and kind of close this thing out. So, you know, as much as I hate those silent moments, you know, they only make you, you know, not only a better player, but a better person, you know, when you go through the adversity like that, I think you know my prediction.