I did say this after covering that season opener in Miami.

Say it now, the series is over.

Don't be fretting over the outcomes.

Fret over what led to those outcomes.

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penguins in the same place that you found this. Marlins 3, Pirates 2, it was Miami's

third win of the four game series, all by walk-off, which means all three came with that bonus level of pain.

And also that sense that, you know, you're kind of right there.

And if only this one thing wouldn't have occurred.

And then you begin picking at the scab of that one thing and saying, aha, G. Juan Bay did this.

And if that hadn't, or David Bednar did this, or Colin Holderman did that.

And no, no, that's not it.

Listen to what Derek Shelton said yesterday to Greg McAfee, our reporter from D.K. Pittsburgh Sports down in Miami, when Greg asked,

basically, what's the message to the team after a series like this?

It's got to keep going. I mean, it's four games. It's four games. And we've been in every game.

So, like, that's the thing. I mean, you know, that's the thing we need to keep going because we have been in games.

It's not like, you know, it's been a lopsided score one way or another. But I think we knew our pitching was going to be our strength.

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