It's great for our confidence, to realize we can be good. He said he can tell the difference in approach to the opening series between a team that has finished first every year since 1991 and a team that has had 13 losing seasons in the last 14 years. These games were very important for us. Now it's important for us to keep it going. Reliever Ricky Bottalico noted that it's impossible to do better than winning three games if a team has only played three games.
Young guys have to learn about winning.
Once they do, they'll start to hate to lose. And I think that's the whole point of what they're trying to accomplish here. So far, at least, the two areas that caused the most concern going into the season have been no problem at all. The relievers have a total of 14 appearances already. And the bench has been terrific.