00:00Mark DeRosa talked to his club on Monday before they took the field.
00:04He talked about dominating from day one, even in pool play,
00:08when the competition isn't going to be spectacular from non-baseball countries.
00:12Dominate. Move forward. The idea is to go 7-0 here.
00:15That's what they want to do. That's what this team was put together for.
00:18One other person spoke at the meeting. That was Aaron Judge, who's the captain of the team.
00:22He said he was pushed a little to do it by Paul Skeens and by Tarek Skubal.
00:27I heard he spoke for about 60 to 90 seconds, and his message was threefold.
00:32Dive into each other. Let's all get to bond here. It's very quick, but we all respect each other.
00:37Let's dive into each other, get to know each other, and build a real bond as a team here as
00:42quickly as possible.
00:44Two, he talked about let's go after it, echoing what the manager, Mark DeRosa, said.
00:50And three, he said, let's represent the country well, and he had the American name on his jersey,
00:57and he said, let's represent the country really, really well, and that was his message.
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