HIMSELF IN. >> PAT TOMASULO: RBI NUMBER ONE WITH 3, NOTHING WIN OVER THE GARY RAIL CATS. THE CHICAGO DOGS HAVE SECURED THEIR SPOT IN THE 2024 WOLF CUP PLAYOFFS. AND WITH ME THIS MORNING IS THE FOUNDER OF THE CHICAGO DOGS, SEAN HUNTER TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT'S GAME. GOOD MORNING, SIR. GOOD MORNING, PAT. WELL, HOW ARE WE FEELING? THE PLAYOFFS ARE HERE AGAIN. ARE YOU LIKE IN THE POSITION YOUR BOYS OR INDIA LIKE THE WAY THEY'RE ROLAND? TELL ME ABOUT IT. I LIKE IT FEELS GOOD. WE HAVE SOME, YOU KNOW, GREAT YOUNG STARS ON THIS TEAM. AND I THINK WE WE COULD MAKE A RUN FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP FIRST TIME EVER. LAST YEAR, YOU GUYS CAME EXTREMELY CLOSE AS CLOSE AS THE TEAM CAN COME. HOW HAS THAT FUELED SOME OF THE GUYS? AND KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF TURNOVER IN ROSTERS, BUT, YOU KNOW, HOW IS THIS FUEL? THE GUYS KNOW HOW CLOSE THEY CAME LAST YEAR? >> WELL, WE YOU KNOW, 4 OR 5 GUYS WERE BACK. THEY GOT A TASTE OF IT. YOU KNOW, THEY WENT HOME UNHAPPY. AND SO THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A PASSION THIS YEAR. WE HAD SOME GUYS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE LEADING GUY IN TERMS OF RB EYES AND AN AVERAGE, PROBABLY THE LEAGUE'S MVP. SO I THINK IF PITCHING COMES THROUGH TONIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO GET GAME ONE GET ON A ROLL. >> PAT TOMASULO: FOR PEOPLE WHO'VE NEVER BEEN TO A CHICAGO DOGS GAME. TELL THEM WHAT THEY CAN EXPECT. YOU GUYS PLAYED IMPACT FIELD WHICH, YOU KNOW, I'VE COVERED INDEPENDENT BASEBALL THROUGHOUT MY HOWEVER, MANY YEARS IN THIS BUSINESS. I WANT TO SAY WITHOUT QUESTION, THE NICEST, MOST MODERN, INDEPENDENT LEAGUE BALLPARK. ONE OF MOST ONE OF THE NICEST MINOR LEAGUE BALLPARKS EVER BEEN AND TELL PEOPLE WHAT THEY CAN EXPECT. THAT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, TALK ABOUT THIS MAYOR STEPHENS BILL, THAT'S ONE OF THE NICEST IN THE COUNTRY. ALL THE MODERN AMENITIES PROBABLY NEVER LET YOU HEAR THE END OF IT. TRY YES, GOING UP MY MIND. NOTES, 6,000 SEAT, EVERY SEATS, RIGHT ON TOP OF IT. BUT AS YOU KNOW, WE PUT ON A SHOW. YEAH, BASEBALL IS GREAT. BUT FROM THE TIME YOU PARK YOUR CAR TO HOME, YOUR ENTERTAIN. IT'S IT'S A GREAT FAMILY FUN. IT'S AFFORDABLE. >> PAT TOMASULO: AND PEOPLE COME BACK. OUR FANS OF, YOU BASES BUILT OVER THE YEARS AND WE SELL OUT, YOU KNOW, ALMOST EVERY NIGHT. SO IT'S IT'S BEEN A GREAT EXPERIENCE. I'VE BEEN OUT THERE NUMBER OF TIMES AND I'VE THROWN OUT TO FIRST PITCHES. ARE PEOPLE STILL TALKING ABOUT THOSE FIRST PITCHES A MINUTE. A LOT OF WHEN I WAS THERE. THERE WAS A GASP FROM THE CROWD WITH THE GAS THAT I BROUGHT MY FIRST PITCH. THANKFULLY, NO ONE WAS HURT, RIGHT? AND WHEN YOU THROUGH THAT FIRST PITCH, YEAH, NO. THAT'S HE JOHN. YOU'VE BEEN OUT THERE. YOU'VE MANAGED AND YOU THROW OUT FIRST PITCH IS WHAT I DO. I AM A MAN OF THE PEOPLE. TONIGHT'S IS AT 6.30, AN IMPACT FIELD IN ROSEMONT FOR TICKETS AND MORE INFORMATION VISIT THE CHICAGO DOGS DOT COM. SEAN, THANK YOU SO IT'S THIS. THIS IS LITTLE THANK A FOOTY FOR YOU WHEN YOU PEOPLE AND PEOPLE PURCHASE A THREE-GAME PACKAGE FOR THE PLAYOFFS THAT COMES AS A