The Mindset It Takes To Be A CLOSER IN BASEBALL

I mean, I'll share a story with you. People find this kind of funny. I would always, you know, say the third, fourth and fifth inning of the game, I would try to relax as much as I could. And in Kaufman Stadium in Kansas City, right up from the bullpen, there's a tunnel that goes out to the parking lot. And a few of us would park our cars in that tunnel. And I remember one night, I'm out. I. I'm listening on the radio, and I'm out. I've taken my jersey off, got my T shirt on, and I'm actually waxing my car, okay? And our general manager. Our general manager, whose name was Herc Robinson, he's on a golf cart coming down to visit with the groundskeeper, whose office is right there by our bullpen, and he stops and he says. He goes, monty. He goes, do you mind me asking what you're doing? I said, well, I'm waxing my car, Herc. He goes. He goes, is the game going on? I go, yeah, we're, you know, we're winning three to one. It's, you know, third inning, whatever. He. He goes. He goes, you do this very often? I go, not really. I said, just when my car needs to be waxed.