WEBVTT - Tommy Edman (8-18-26) 

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<v Speaker 1>And now an exclusive interview with David Bassey for Dodger Talk.

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<v Speaker 2>Well at coursefield suns out, guns out, even if it's

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<v Speaker 2>a night game. Man our guest right now, his nickname

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<v Speaker 2>is Tommy Tanks for a reason. This guy was squatting

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<v Speaker 2>six hundred pounds in the weight room, then comes out

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<v Speaker 2>puts on a show for the fans during batting practice

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<v Speaker 2>getting ready for tonight's game. And that is my guy,

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<v Speaker 2>A proud Stanford man, Tommy Edmund. Thanks a lot for

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<v Speaker 2>the time, Tommy.

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<v Speaker 1>I appreciate it. I'm just trying to be like you,

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<v Speaker 1>trying to get to your squad, and I'm a few

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<v Speaker 1>hundred pounds behind, but I'll get there one day.

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<v Speaker 2>You could tell the skinny, fat body's deceiving.

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<v Speaker 1>That's right.

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<v Speaker 2>You got that wiry strength. I don't know about Wyrey though,

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<v Speaker 2>what are you talking about?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, no, I mean you can you can tell once

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<v Speaker 1>you get in the weight room, but you know, from

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<v Speaker 1>the outside sometimes it can be a little a little

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<v Speaker 1>difficult to see.

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<v Speaker 2>It, that's right. Sneaky strong, don't don't look for me

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<v Speaker 2>at the hotel pool.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, okay, I want You're gonna make me look bad, so.

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<v Speaker 2>Hey, Tommy, you've played here a lot of years. It's

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<v Speaker 2>like playing at coursefield.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it's fun. It's a great stadium. You know, it's

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<v Speaker 1>obviously a lot different kind of just the way, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>even just like the way the airfields. You know, it's

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<v Speaker 1>very dry, the ball kind of flies a lot. Outfield

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<v Speaker 1>is huge, so you know, it's kind of a different

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<v Speaker 1>type of baseball game. You know, you never really know

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<v Speaker 1>what to expect when you get into a game here,

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<v Speaker 1>but you know, just it's a fun environment.

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<v Speaker 2>For sure. Everybody talks about the home runs, but because

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<v Speaker 2>the outfielders play so deep in this large outfield, there's

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of singles that drop in. What does that

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<v Speaker 2>do for you as a second basement? Do you have

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<v Speaker 2>to go to your outfield skills a little bit more here?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I mean there's just definitely way more room than

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<v Speaker 1>a typical outfield. So maybe I'll have to go back

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<v Speaker 1>on pop ups a little bit more than I typically would.

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<v Speaker 1>But you know, it's a lot of those hits are

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<v Speaker 1>just gonna be hits, and there's not really anything we

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<v Speaker 1>can do about it, you know, besides just try to

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<v Speaker 1>make every play that we can. But yeah, that's kind

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<v Speaker 1>of just the nature of this ballpark.

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<v Speaker 2>Because I explained how swoll you are. What's the trap

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<v Speaker 2>of not trying to go home run derby here?

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<v Speaker 1>I think I think one good way to think about

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<v Speaker 1>it is just looking at all that green grass in

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<v Speaker 1>the outfield and just trying to hit a good plot

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<v Speaker 1>of land out there. Yeah, instead of trying to go

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<v Speaker 1>over the fence, you know, just try to hit some green.

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<v Speaker 2>I like that. That's why you are a Stanford guy.

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<v Speaker 2>Smart guy.

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<v Speaker 1>You're just trying to trying to be a you know,

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<v Speaker 1>a smart player out there, not trying to be someone

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not. You know.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that's one thing about you. It seems like you

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<v Speaker 2>know who you are, whether you're hitting leadoff, hitting ninth,

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<v Speaker 2>or hitting clean up. How do you never lose knowing

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<v Speaker 2>who you are as a hitter and as a player.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, it just seems like we have everybody on

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<v Speaker 1>this team kind of knows what their role is.

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<v Speaker 2>We all know.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, we've all played this game for a long time.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, I'm one of the one of the younger

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<v Speaker 1>position players on the team, but you know, it still

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<v Speaker 1>seems like I've been around for a while, and you know,

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<v Speaker 1>we kind of just figure out what makes it makes

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<v Speaker 1>us successful over time, and you know, just try to

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<v Speaker 1>not deviate from that too much.

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<v Speaker 2>You're a big Laker fan, big NBA fan. Kobe used

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<v Speaker 2>to say, the journey is more than the destiny.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, you know, it's obviously it's a really long baseball season,

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<v Speaker 1>and you know, I've been fortunate to be a part

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<v Speaker 1>of it for the last two and a half months

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<v Speaker 1>with these guys, you know, and we've had some hot stretches,

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<v Speaker 1>some cold stretches, but you know, I think it just

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<v Speaker 1>helps us kind of grow closer as a team, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>just the way that we battle through adversity. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>we're just looking for ways to bring each other up

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<v Speaker 1>when other guys, when some guys are struggling, and also,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, just enjoying the highs that we have. So

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<v Speaker 1>you know, it's just the course of the baseball season,

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<v Speaker 1>you just become really close and become a brotherhood. And

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<v Speaker 1>you know that's what makes it so fun.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you guys feel like last year in Game six

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<v Speaker 2>and Game seven, that entire World Series, because of some

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<v Speaker 2>of the adversity you've faced in August of last year,

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<v Speaker 2>it served you in those type of moments and obviously

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<v Speaker 2>going back to the twenty four NLDS against the Padres

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<v Speaker 2>all that stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, you know, I think we just had a group

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<v Speaker 1>of guys that had kind of been through the ringer.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, we'd had had some stretches where we were

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<v Speaker 1>all kind of grinding, and you know, even during the

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<v Speaker 1>World Series last year, I think a lot of us

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<v Speaker 1>were grinding. A lot of us weren't swinging the way

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<v Speaker 1>we wanted to. But you know, it's just about finding

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<v Speaker 1>ways to win at that point. It's obviously individual stats

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<v Speaker 1>don't matter at all. It's just about you know, winning

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<v Speaker 1>games any way that we can. So, you know, we

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<v Speaker 1>kind of have that mindset right now at this point.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, we got a lot of important games. We

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<v Speaker 1>had some important games, and we got some more important

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<v Speaker 1>games coming up, and you know, we just got to

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<v Speaker 1>try to find ways to win it and hopefully that'll

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<v Speaker 1>service Wall once we get to the playoffs.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, let's end this on a light note. Tommy Edmind,

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<v Speaker 2>a man of many talents, including fantasy football sneaky really

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<v Speaker 2>good fantasy football player. Here with the number six pick

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<v Speaker 2>in this year's players Draft. Who are you targeting? Are

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<v Speaker 2>you allowed to say.

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<v Speaker 1>I am allowed to say. I wouldn't even say I'm

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<v Speaker 1>sneaky good. I'm just generally just a good fantasy football player.

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<v Speaker 1>But yeah, no, I think it's looking like most likely

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<v Speaker 1>gonna be one of the receivers, unless unless Bijon or

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<v Speaker 1>Gibbs falls to me. But I think we're looking at

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<v Speaker 1>a at a JSN or.

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<v Speaker 2>Or a am And situation, not a Jamar Chase situation.

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<v Speaker 1>No, he's gonna be gone. Him and Puka will most

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<v Speaker 1>likely be I mean, if either of those guys follows me,

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<v Speaker 1>that's a that's a snap decision. I'll draft those guys

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<v Speaker 1>right away. But yeah, it's I think the most likely

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<v Speaker 1>scenarios is either Jasen or Ramen Ra.

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<v Speaker 2>All Right, Tommy Edmund a proud fantasy football player, don't

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<v Speaker 2>insult him by saying he's sneaky good. Thanks a lot

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<v Speaker 2>for the time, Tommy, appreciate.

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<v Speaker 1>It, of course, anytime. Dave