NL Division Series: Braves vs Dodgers Monday, October 8, 2018 Brian Snitker Braves postgame 3 then we scored, what, eight runs in four games? But it Los Angeles - 6, Atlanta - 2 was good. Kurt got a big hit there, and we knew it was going to be tough to cover all the innings today with the Q. Can you just sum up the season, I mean now guys that we had. But just felt like we did a good job that there's kind of some finality to it? giving ourselves a chance. BRIAN SNITKER: Yeah. It was a great ride. It surpassed everybody's expectations. It's sad. I mean, Q. The team never quit the fighting. In the 8th you know, we got this far, and after winning a game last inning, Duda hit the big foul ball to right field. night, kind of thought, well, maybe we can pull this off. What did you think about that? But they never quit. They never stopped fighting all BRIAN SNITKER: Yeah, because right there we get a year. It was an unbelievable group to be around. I'm run closer, within one run, and that would be huge. honored to have had the privilege to manage all those That would have been a big hit for us. That's kind of guys. I mean, from the get-go, it's a great, great group been our M.O. all year is in those situations, we -- like I of guys. It was a lot of fun being with them for the last say, they never quit, and we give ourselves a chance, seven months. and more times than not, we end up on the winning side. But that was a big miss right there, I guess. Q. Brian, when you pulled Mike in the fourth inning, was that more because it was a run-scoring Q. Given the resiliency you talked about, what is opportunity or because he was done? the sense you have about the future of the Braves? BRIAN SNITKER: No. He probably had one more BRIAN SNITKER: I have a great sense of the future. I inning. But mainly it was just the runs were out there, think it's very bright. I think it's -- we took a huge step and they've been so tough to come by, and I thought forward this year. We had some very young players maybe -- you know, I looked at that, and I thought Folty get a lot of great experience, both during the regular can throw great, and if we never get another chance at season and the post-season. And we have some this in this game, I'll regret not taking a shot right there really good players coming. And I really am excited to put something on the board. about the future of the Atlanta Braves right now, with the young nucleus that we have here. And too, I thought he was an inning away on the short rest from probably being done. So I just, you know, Q. Brian, can you look back now and think maybe right there when the situation presented itself, and then this was a place that your young guys weren't quite as soon as I had let Ender bunt that we'd probably ready for yet? want to hit for him. BRIAN SNITKER: Yeah. I mean, I don't know that they -- this has been a great experience for them. I think Q. When you look at the series, I think they had probably after we won the division, they probably sat eight home runs that counted for 14 of their 20 around and thought about the playoffs, but until you runs total. Is that something that you specifically actually experience it, the intensity, just the electricity look at? that's involved in that. And like I say, if a team makes BRIAN SNITKER: Oh, yeah. I mean, I felt it when we the playoffs, they're pretty good. played them in the regular season. They hit home runs. And that's, in the post-season, what carries So the consistency -- knowing we played the Dodgers teams because the pitching is so good that it's hard to this year and how strong they are, but it's just -- I think bunch things together. That's why you can't walk it's just been a great experience for all those young people, because these guys are -- you know, it's guys to have experienced the postseason at such a multiple runs in when they leave. So they're a very young age. I hope they remember how good it felt powerful team. It's what they've done all year is hit when we clinched the division. And as they head to home runs. And you know, we're not built like that yet. their off season and their workouts and when they get to Spring Training, you know, they'll have an eye on the Q. (No microphone)? prize there. BRIAN SNITKER: We had way too many walks, and

Rev #1 by #182 at 2018-10-09 00:39:00 GMT page 1 of 2 When we talk about it, they're going to have experienced it and know how good that feeling is. They're not going to work any harder because this group works about as hard as you can, probably too much, some. But I think this whole experience is going to do nothing but benefit us going forward.

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