00:00It's been a while since I've been out of the bullpen, so, you know, managing the nerves and
00:03the energy of the stadium, it was different for me, but I was so excited to get back on the
00:09mound,
00:09man. I mean, I felt at home out there, obviously a little bit of nerves coming in, but I felt
00:13great.
00:14I mean, it's humbling to see the, you know, the ovation that I got tonight. You know,
00:17it's been really hard for me to sit back and, you know, with the contract I'm on,
00:20not pitched for two years, you know, I've done everything in my power to get back on the mound
00:24and just hadn't gone my way. But, you know, to still be welcomed back like that and, you know,
00:29give me that boost in the ninth was huge. What did Ruben say to you when he came out,
00:34when you had gotten the bases loaded? Hell if I know, man. I was laser focused on getting the
00:39next guy out. It was pretty much just calm down a little bit, get two more outs and let's go
00:43home.
00:43A couple of days ago, finding out that I was going to be on the roster kind of gave me
00:46a chance to
00:46really get my mind right and get ready for it. And a lot of it's just relying on the bullpen
00:50guys.
00:51I've been, you know, glued to Jason's hip, trying to learn the, you know, the flow of the bullpen,
00:55when to get ready. Fritzy was super helpful down there. But yeah,
00:59I just tried to keep it simple and go attack with an A-run lead. It's kind of easy. I
01:02just
01:03kind of threw the notes out the window and just attacked him one after.
01:05Was that everything you imagined it would be?
01:08Yeah, it was amazing, man. You know, I'm sure coming back in any scenario, it would feel good.
01:12But to come back in a playoff situation with the crowd, the way they were tonight at home.
01:16Yeah, it was perfect.
01:17How does RM feel now?
01:19Feel great. Yeah, really good. Yeah, I made that last start in OKC and
01:23really struggled for about two weeks to get back to a normal spot.
01:27And I'd say that week between week two and three, coming back, started feeling a little
01:31more normal, started bouncing back better.
01:34And it feels like my body knew it was time to go.
01:37And just, I mean, night and day difference of how I feel now and how I did a couple weeks
01:41today, so I'm grateful for it.
