I don't know anything about this rivalry. It seems like every team in the National League has been after them. I can't get caught up in the importance of a game in April. Games that really mean something, that starts in August.
We played 160 games to have a chance to get to the playoffs, and the next two ballgames will be the most important games of the whole year. We're watching the scoreboard. We need help right now to get into the playoffs.
After you lose the first game of a series, the pressure is really on to win the next two. This team stepped up and focused and stayed consistent.
I tuned that all out. Obviously, there was a lot of stuff going on. But it was just a spring training game to me. It was fun for the Latin crowd.
It?s too early to be silly about this stuff. It?s not that we?re not taking this seriously, but I think it?s bigger for the Braves than for us. We?re four games ahead of them.