Speaker 1: And now an exclusive interview with David Bassey for Dodger Talk.
Speaker 1: We're at the locker at the newest National League All
Speaker 1: Star that's the one and only Shark. Justin Robleski Robo.
Speaker 1: Thanks a lot for the time, and congratulations on finally
Speaker 1: getting a long dessert call to go to Philadelphia.
Speaker 2: Thank you, thank you. I appreciate it. I appreciate it.
Speaker 1: How did you find out?
Speaker 2: Dot called me Lan nine holes and yeah, just get
Speaker 2: getting it in normal, normal stuff. And uh, yeah, he
Speaker 2: called me and let me know that that I was,
Speaker 2: you know, gonna be on the All Star team. So
Speaker 2: I'm super exciting. I you know, called my family, called
Speaker 2: my girlfriend, call everybody and let him know. So that
Speaker 2: was cool.
Speaker 1: So here's the million dollar question. You felt like the
Speaker 1: door was still open for a chance to get this call,
Speaker 1: But did you make vacation plans just in case?
Speaker 2: No, No, my plans were either here, stay in LA
Speaker 2: or be at the All Star Game. And I was
Speaker 2: hopefully leaning more towards All Star Game. So yeah, it's cool.
Speaker 2: I'm happy. You know, now I got to book all
Speaker 2: these flights and figure all this stuff out, so I'm excited.
Speaker 2: I got got a busy day ahead of me. But
Speaker 2: I'm excited.
Speaker 1: Yeah, Justin Robleski started his Saturday by throwing a bullpen.
Speaker 1: You're already done with the first half for the Dodgers.
Speaker 1: Did you throw that bullpen because you got the nod
Speaker 1: to pitch on Tuesday.
Speaker 2: I'm gonna I'm gonna pitch on Tuesday. I believe that's
Speaker 2: that's the plan. So I'm excited, and uh yeah, yeah,
Speaker 2: I through that bullpen. You know, just normal, normal bullpen
Speaker 2: day for me. But you know, if I don't pitch
Speaker 2: on Tuesday, whatever, But I think I think I am.
Speaker 2: I'm not really I'm not having I haven't dove into
Speaker 2: the weeds on all that stuff yet, but Doc told me.
Speaker 2: I think that I am going to pitch in the game,
Speaker 2: But I have no idea. I'm just excited to be there. Yeah,
Speaker 2: I'm just curious.
Speaker 1: On Saturday when you threw that bullpen, did you throw
Speaker 1: it because you're going to the All Star Game or
Speaker 1: would you have thrown it otherwise.
Speaker 2: I was gonna throw it either way, you know, keep
Speaker 2: my body in shape, stay sharp. I had a few
Speaker 2: things I wanted to work on, sof just normal, normal
Speaker 2: business usual stuff.
Speaker 1: What do you believe has been the key to you
Speaker 1: being so successful this first half.
Speaker 2: I think it's a lot of things. I think it's
Speaker 2: some of its experience, some of it's, you know, just
Speaker 2: understanding my strengths and kind of continuing to harp on
Speaker 2: those and try to use those as good as I can.
Speaker 2: But you know, I've got, like I said, a great
Speaker 2: group of supporting people around here and my family and
Speaker 2: and everybody. So yeah, it's I think it's just a
Speaker 2: culmination of a lot of different things. But yeah, it's
Speaker 2: just it's been been crazy and it's been a good
Speaker 2: year so far. So hopefully, hopefully you can keep keep
Speaker 2: getting better and uh yeah take it to the second half.
Speaker 1: The All Star Game is not the end for Justin
Speaker 1: Robleski or the Dodgers. But who do you believe has
Speaker 1: helped you get to this level of your career?
Speaker 2: Wow, that's a that's a tough question. There's a lot
Speaker 2: of people, you know, a lot of people from you know,
Speaker 2: colleges I went to, from you know, high school coaches,
Speaker 2: from my family obviously, that's those those are the biggest
Speaker 2: biggest contributors to why I'm here is them and everything
Speaker 2: they've done for me. You know, Mom, dad, grandparents, just
Speaker 2: kind of everybody, sister, everybody's just been been there for
Speaker 2: me this whole time and continuing to to, I don't know,
Speaker 2: stay with me on this this crazy journey I've had
Speaker 2: that I guess most people would not not give up,
Speaker 2: but I think just you know, maybe be a little disheartened.
Speaker 2: And I've always just felt like, you know, they've always
Speaker 2: but whether it was delusion or not, they've always kind
Speaker 2: of fed into, you know, my belief in myself and
Speaker 2: my ability to kind of just honestly number one, just
Speaker 2: get to the major leagues. And then obviously this is
Speaker 2: just kind of all you know, icing on the cake
Speaker 2: right now. But obviously the goal is to have a
Speaker 2: have a long career and hopefully getting a couple more
Speaker 2: of these things. But I'd say a lot of it's
Speaker 2: my family, a lot of it's the coaches that are
Speaker 2: in this organization and top to bottom, just everybody just
Speaker 2: has been such great helps with me getting up here.
Speaker 2: And like I said, I can't thank the Dodgers organization
Speaker 2: en just for you know, giving me the chance. And
Speaker 2: you know, because being an eleventh thrown guye not not
Speaker 2: those guys don't always get get a chance. So it's
Speaker 2: been super cool and I owe a lot to this organization.
Speaker 1: All Star justin robe Leski is our guest. You'll be
Speaker 1: in Philadelphia with so many other really good players, great pitchers.
Speaker 1: How much are you looking forward to being in the
Speaker 1: same room with those guys, being in the bullpen with
Speaker 1: those guys. How much do you think that's going to
Speaker 1: lend itself to you growing even more?
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm excited. I'm excited to kind of to meet
Speaker 2: all those guys and you know, whether it's talk baseball,
Speaker 2: whether it's just shoot the normal normal talking stuff. You know,
Speaker 2: just just generally kind of being around guys that are
Speaker 2: that are you know at that stage in the game
Speaker 2: is super cool. And I'm not gonna take it for grant.
Speaker 2: I'm trying to, you know, soak in as much as
Speaker 2: I can when I'm there, and uh yeah, hopefully hopefully
Speaker 2: keep in touch with a lot of these guys. But yeah,
Speaker 2: it's super exciting. Something I'm obviously, you know, I've always
Speaker 2: dreamed of and wanted to do is be an All
Speaker 2: Star and you know, to get the chance to do
Speaker 2: it is super super cool.
Speaker 1: Is it even cooler to do it with your teammates?
Speaker 1: Not just one or two, but now you guys got
Speaker 1: Freddie Muncy, Pahez Yamamoto and now Justin Robleski on that
Speaker 1: plane to Philly.
Speaker 2: Yeah, we got a good group. We got a good
Speaker 2: group heading over there. So yeah, like I've told you before,
Speaker 2: just this this clubhouse and being this clubhouse is awesome
Speaker 2: because you're around players like that and you get to
Speaker 2: learn from them every day. And you know, I'm I'm
Speaker 2: super excited that I get to be on that playing
Speaker 2: with him.
Speaker 1: Yeah, and also you'll have a chance to meet Pedro
Speaker 1: Martinez in Philly, the man that said you're like a
Speaker 1: shark among these great starting pitchers.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm gonna have to talk to him about it.
Speaker 2: And I have to talk to him about it. See
Speaker 2: where where it's spawning spawned in for him. But super cool. Yeah,
Speaker 2: I'm excited.
Speaker 1: Did you catch de to Rule the organist playing Jaws
Speaker 1: when you were making your last start?
Speaker 2: I did. I did after every strikeout. I thought that
Speaker 2: was cool. He's on it up there, he's on it
Speaker 2: up there. He's the best. I love kind of hearing
Speaker 2: what he's got gone. He's always on, he's always on point,
Speaker 2: he always knows what's happening on and off the field,
Speaker 2: and yeah, he does a really good job. So that
Speaker 2: was cool.
Speaker 1: All right, justin get used to this. You're in demand, now,
Speaker 1: you're an all star. Get ready for the car wash
Speaker 1: that is Media Day in Philadelphia. Congratulations, enjoy all of it,
Speaker 1: and obviously LA is super excited for you, So thank
Speaker 1: you for the time.
Speaker 2: Yeah, thank you, and thank you La. So I'm super excited.
Speaker 2: And yeah, I can't thank these fans and just this
Speaker 2: organization enough. So thank you, thank everybody, and I'm excited.