1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:04,880 Speaker 1: And now an exclusive interview with David Vasse for Dodger Talker. 2 00:00:07,840 --> 00:00:11,200 Speaker 2: Welcome back to Dodger Talk. David Vass with you until 3 00:00:11,360 --> 00:00:15,360 Speaker 2: eight o'clock tonight here on AM five to seventy LA Sports. Well, 4 00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:17,920 Speaker 2: it's been a great spring training for the Dodgers, not 5 00:00:17,960 --> 00:00:20,759 Speaker 2: only as the players get ready for the three peat, 6 00:00:20,840 --> 00:00:23,919 Speaker 2: but also so many of the former Dodgers over the 7 00:00:24,040 --> 00:00:27,960 Speaker 2: years have come back in uniform and out of uniform, 8 00:00:28,080 --> 00:00:32,080 Speaker 2: whether it's Andre Ethier or Eric Carros or Chase Utley. 9 00:00:33,200 --> 00:00:35,480 Speaker 2: It's been great to see those guys. But what's even 10 00:00:35,520 --> 00:00:38,400 Speaker 2: more special is when you see guys that have been 11 00:00:38,479 --> 00:00:41,720 Speaker 2: part of the twenty or twenty four World Series championship. 12 00:00:42,040 --> 00:00:44,519 Speaker 2: And I ran into one of them last week, and 13 00:00:44,600 --> 00:00:48,320 Speaker 2: that is one of the bullpen dogs from twenty twenty four, 14 00:00:48,680 --> 00:00:53,159 Speaker 2: a two time World Series champion, but especially a Dodger 15 00:00:53,280 --> 00:00:57,240 Speaker 2: champion in twenty twenty four, and that is Daniel Hudson. Hodey. 16 00:00:57,480 --> 00:00:59,400 Speaker 2: Thanks a lot for coming on. Appreciate it. 17 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:01,360 Speaker 1: Problem, David, You're too kind. 18 00:01:02,880 --> 00:01:05,680 Speaker 2: Hey, I was driving around Arizona. I heard some sports 19 00:01:05,720 --> 00:01:09,360 Speaker 2: talk show say that you're going to be there baseball correspondent. 20 00:01:09,800 --> 00:01:11,759 Speaker 2: I said, Hey, I got to jump these guys. He's 21 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:14,480 Speaker 2: Dodger Talks own first. They got to come through Dodger 22 00:01:14,600 --> 00:01:16,320 Speaker 2: Talk to get Daniel Hudson. 23 00:01:17,319 --> 00:01:19,440 Speaker 1: Hey, there's plenty, plenty of hours in the day. You know, 24 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:21,319 Speaker 1: we can we can all have a little bit, you know. 25 00:01:22,360 --> 00:01:24,560 Speaker 2: Okay, I got something for you. Since you're out there 26 00:01:24,760 --> 00:01:28,160 Speaker 2: at camel Back Ranch, when you're around the guys and 27 00:01:28,200 --> 00:01:31,160 Speaker 2: you see spring training starting again, you're a couple of 28 00:01:31,240 --> 00:01:35,000 Speaker 2: years removed. Now does the itch, does the desire to 29 00:01:35,319 --> 00:01:38,600 Speaker 2: uh want to come back and pitch start to take 30 00:01:38,680 --> 00:01:42,640 Speaker 2: over you? Or are you feeling like pain is optional 31 00:01:42,720 --> 00:01:43,360 Speaker 2: these days? 32 00:01:44,440 --> 00:01:47,240 Speaker 1: You know, I was a little I was a little 33 00:01:47,280 --> 00:01:50,720 Speaker 1: nervous my first spring training, not playing last year, how 34 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:53,760 Speaker 1: I was gonna feel. But once spring training came, I 35 00:01:54,360 --> 00:01:56,520 Speaker 1: towards the end of my career, I came to loads 36 00:01:56,560 --> 00:02:00,160 Speaker 1: spring training, so I was not missing that very much 37 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:04,600 Speaker 1: at all. Opening Day, I stayed busy, didn't really didn't 38 00:02:04,640 --> 00:02:06,360 Speaker 1: try not to think about it too much. And then 39 00:02:06,400 --> 00:02:08,600 Speaker 1: you know, I just got kind of got busy doing life. 40 00:02:08,639 --> 00:02:11,560 Speaker 1: And you know, I definitely don't miss the grind of 41 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:15,519 Speaker 1: every day prepping for games, and you know, spring training obviously, 42 00:02:15,560 --> 00:02:18,400 Speaker 1: I miss competing. I miss playing and I miss the guys, 43 00:02:18,440 --> 00:02:20,880 Speaker 1: But at the same time, I'm really enjoying my time 44 00:02:20,919 --> 00:02:23,400 Speaker 1: here at home with the family, and you know, it's 45 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:24,320 Speaker 1: been really good so far. 46 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:27,480 Speaker 2: I've told a few different players, and I'm a true 47 00:02:27,480 --> 00:02:30,320 Speaker 2: believer in this. You had a lot of adversity in 48 00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:34,440 Speaker 2: your fifteen year career and you continue to persevere and 49 00:02:34,520 --> 00:02:37,680 Speaker 2: the game rewarded you. We always talk about Kershaw going 50 00:02:37,720 --> 00:02:41,440 Speaker 2: out as a World Series champion, but how rewarding and 51 00:02:41,480 --> 00:02:45,680 Speaker 2: gratifying was it for you to retire as a World 52 00:02:45,720 --> 00:02:48,120 Speaker 2: Series champion, To go out the way you did a 53 00:02:48,160 --> 00:02:51,920 Speaker 2: healthy season and you pitched sixty five games plus the 54 00:02:51,960 --> 00:02:54,839 Speaker 2: postseason and you were such a big part of it. 55 00:02:55,280 --> 00:02:58,720 Speaker 2: Does that make you feel more at peace than maybe 56 00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:02,280 Speaker 2: other players that retire who don't get that opportunity. 57 00:03:03,600 --> 00:03:07,240 Speaker 1: Yeah, definitely. I always had the idea, the thought, you know, 58 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:09,280 Speaker 1: I wanted to go out on my own terms always, 59 00:03:09,600 --> 00:03:11,320 Speaker 1: you know, going what I going through, what I went 60 00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:12,760 Speaker 1: through at the beginning of my career with a couple 61 00:03:13,520 --> 00:03:15,840 Speaker 1: arm surgeries and not knowing how much longer I was 62 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:17,600 Speaker 1: gonna be able to play, and then turning that into 63 00:03:17,639 --> 00:03:21,360 Speaker 1: sticking around ten plus years after that. You know, towards 64 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:22,840 Speaker 1: the end of my career, I really was like, I 65 00:03:22,880 --> 00:03:25,160 Speaker 1: need to kind of find a runway here so I 66 00:03:25,160 --> 00:03:27,799 Speaker 1: don't stick around too long. You know, I saw guys 67 00:03:28,280 --> 00:03:32,519 Speaker 1: throughout my career, you know, whether it was monetarily motivated 68 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:34,200 Speaker 1: or you know, they just felt like they were good 69 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:36,800 Speaker 1: enough to keep going kind of stick around too long, 70 00:03:37,120 --> 00:03:39,000 Speaker 1: or at least in my opinion, I thought they did, 71 00:03:39,520 --> 00:03:41,480 Speaker 1: you know, And I never really wanted to go out 72 00:03:41,520 --> 00:03:43,960 Speaker 1: like that. So to be able to kind of, you know, 73 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:46,400 Speaker 1: latch on with the Dodgers there in twenty twenty two 74 00:03:46,440 --> 00:03:49,760 Speaker 1: through twenty twenty four and get opportunity to do that, Obviously, 75 00:03:50,120 --> 00:03:52,800 Speaker 1: my injuries in twenty two and twenty three didn't help, 76 00:03:52,920 --> 00:03:55,400 Speaker 1: but I knew going into twenty four that if I 77 00:03:55,440 --> 00:03:57,040 Speaker 1: got another chance to play that it was going to 78 00:03:57,080 --> 00:03:59,680 Speaker 1: be my last year. And you know, like you said, 79 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:01,200 Speaker 1: to be able go out on top of like it's 80 00:04:01,280 --> 00:04:03,800 Speaker 1: just a dream come true. And you know, I really 81 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:07,160 Speaker 1: got to fulfill my dream of going out of my 82 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:07,960 Speaker 1: own terms. 83 00:04:08,600 --> 00:04:12,720 Speaker 2: You have a great perspective on what the Dodgers were 84 00:04:12,880 --> 00:04:16,240 Speaker 2: and what they become because you were with them two 85 00:04:16,279 --> 00:04:18,920 Speaker 2: separate times. You were with them in eighteen when they 86 00:04:18,960 --> 00:04:22,320 Speaker 2: went to the World Series against the Red Sox and lost, 87 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:26,000 Speaker 2: and then you came back and you know, obviously in 88 00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:28,719 Speaker 2: twenty twenty two and ended it with the Championship in 89 00:04:28,760 --> 00:04:33,000 Speaker 2: twenty four when Otani arrived. So can you describe to 90 00:04:33,120 --> 00:04:37,360 Speaker 2: us where what the Dodgers were in twenty eighteen and 91 00:04:37,480 --> 00:04:42,280 Speaker 2: how they become this juggernaut in the last two years. 92 00:04:42,680 --> 00:04:47,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, I think, well, I mean just going back even farther, 93 00:04:47,240 --> 00:04:49,960 Speaker 1: going back to when you know, obviously the sale of 94 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:53,839 Speaker 1: the Dodgers in the early twenty tens. You know, this 95 00:04:53,839 --> 00:04:57,000 Speaker 1: this kind of whole deal, this run for them started 96 00:04:57,040 --> 00:05:01,480 Speaker 1: I think with like twenty thirteen or twenty fourteen. You know, 97 00:05:01,520 --> 00:05:03,720 Speaker 1: they've always just kind of been a model of consistency 98 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:06,920 Speaker 1: since then. And you know, they've gotten the right people 99 00:05:07,040 --> 00:05:09,000 Speaker 1: in the right places in the front office that are 100 00:05:09,080 --> 00:05:11,680 Speaker 1: really aggressive and always want to win. They've got the 101 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:14,920 Speaker 1: right ownership in place to always be able to back 102 00:05:14,960 --> 00:05:17,599 Speaker 1: it up with the checks, to be able to bring 103 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:20,000 Speaker 1: in the right people. And they always seem to get 104 00:05:20,040 --> 00:05:22,080 Speaker 1: the right guys in the clubhouse to make it a 105 00:05:22,120 --> 00:05:25,800 Speaker 1: good culture, and guys that want to come from other 106 00:05:25,839 --> 00:05:28,520 Speaker 1: places and play for them. You know, Yes, they spend 107 00:05:28,560 --> 00:05:30,720 Speaker 1: a lot more money than everybody else. That is also 108 00:05:30,760 --> 00:05:33,800 Speaker 1: a big draw for players. But I think when you 109 00:05:33,839 --> 00:05:37,159 Speaker 1: play against the Dodgers, or at least from my perspective, 110 00:05:37,160 --> 00:05:39,880 Speaker 1: when I played against them at the beginning of my career, 111 00:05:39,920 --> 00:05:42,040 Speaker 1: you know, it always seemed like a good, good culture, 112 00:05:42,080 --> 00:05:44,520 Speaker 1: good clubhouse, and you know it's something that guys want 113 00:05:44,560 --> 00:05:46,719 Speaker 1: to be a part of. So I think it starts 114 00:05:46,720 --> 00:05:49,320 Speaker 1: and starts with that. And then, like you said in 115 00:05:49,360 --> 00:05:52,279 Speaker 1: twenty seventeen twenty eighteen, going to back to back World 116 00:05:52,320 --> 00:05:56,760 Speaker 1: Series losing both of them, I think really probably a 117 00:05:56,800 --> 00:05:58,679 Speaker 1: little fire under a lot of people in that front 118 00:05:58,680 --> 00:06:01,600 Speaker 1: office and the ownership, and they really wanted to kind 119 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:04,279 Speaker 1: of take a stranglehold and get past that little homp. 120 00:06:04,320 --> 00:06:06,240 Speaker 1: And you know, they've won three World Series in the 121 00:06:06,320 --> 00:06:08,360 Speaker 1: last five years, and I think that shows. 122 00:06:09,040 --> 00:06:11,960 Speaker 2: Do you what do you make of I call it 123 00:06:12,080 --> 00:06:14,479 Speaker 2: envy and jealousy of the rest of the league. What 124 00:06:14,560 --> 00:06:17,599 Speaker 2: do you how do you you feel the way things 125 00:06:17,600 --> 00:06:21,640 Speaker 2: have kind of turned the Dodgers into I guess in 126 00:06:21,920 --> 00:06:24,800 Speaker 2: what everybody is calling the Evil Empire. There's a lot 127 00:06:24,839 --> 00:06:28,599 Speaker 2: of uh talk that they're ruining baseball. Some people, like 128 00:06:28,640 --> 00:06:31,680 Speaker 2: myself believe they're helping baseball. Where where do you think 129 00:06:31,720 --> 00:06:33,479 Speaker 2: all this comes from. 130 00:06:33,880 --> 00:06:37,160 Speaker 1: I think it's just, uh, you know, people throw around 131 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:40,039 Speaker 1: the term parody all the time. You know, growing up 132 00:06:40,040 --> 00:06:42,440 Speaker 1: in the nineties and two thousands watching baseball, you know, 133 00:06:42,520 --> 00:06:45,480 Speaker 1: everybody hated the Yankees. They spent more money than everybody else. 134 00:06:45,920 --> 00:06:48,800 Speaker 1: They were the biggest brand in sports, you know, outside 135 00:06:48,800 --> 00:06:52,360 Speaker 1: maybe the Cowboys. But you know, it's just I don't 136 00:06:53,040 --> 00:06:56,000 Speaker 1: it's easy to hate the team that wins if you're 137 00:06:56,040 --> 00:06:57,640 Speaker 1: not a team a fan of that team, And I 138 00:06:57,680 --> 00:07:00,000 Speaker 1: think that's kind of what's going on in LA. Obviously, 139 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:03,800 Speaker 1: you know, they have bigger checkbooks and everybody else they 140 00:07:03,839 --> 00:07:06,080 Speaker 1: can sign more players. But like I said, it starts 141 00:07:06,080 --> 00:07:08,160 Speaker 1: with the culture and bring in the right guys. They 142 00:07:08,160 --> 00:07:10,360 Speaker 1: always seem to bring in the right guys. They have 143 00:07:10,440 --> 00:07:15,120 Speaker 1: smart people to you know, identify who they want to 144 00:07:15,160 --> 00:07:18,720 Speaker 1: bring in every single off season. Yeah, everybody talks about 145 00:07:19,280 --> 00:07:23,320 Speaker 1: the big names the show Haes, the Yamamoto's, Freddie Freeman, 146 00:07:23,480 --> 00:07:26,600 Speaker 1: Mookie Betts, bringing all those guys in, but there's so 147 00:07:26,760 --> 00:07:31,560 Speaker 1: much under the surface of you know, DFA guys that 148 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:35,040 Speaker 1: they claim and guys off the trash heap, so to speak, 149 00:07:35,080 --> 00:07:38,280 Speaker 1: that they fix and they create this depth that really 150 00:07:38,360 --> 00:07:41,160 Speaker 1: helps out for when guys like Blake Snell and Tyler 151 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:43,240 Speaker 1: Glass now go down last year, they have guys that 152 00:07:43,280 --> 00:07:46,119 Speaker 1: can step in like m she Hen. Hopefully Gavin Stone 153 00:07:46,120 --> 00:07:48,800 Speaker 1: will be one of those guys this year. It's just 154 00:07:48,840 --> 00:07:52,280 Speaker 1: a very, very wealth of depths that they have underneath 155 00:07:52,320 --> 00:07:55,119 Speaker 1: all those big name stars. And I think that's really 156 00:07:55,360 --> 00:07:58,080 Speaker 1: a big envy for a lot of people, a lot 157 00:07:58,080 --> 00:08:00,680 Speaker 1: of teams, a lot of fans, and with you, I 158 00:08:00,680 --> 00:08:02,640 Speaker 1: think it's I think it's good for the game. I 159 00:08:02,640 --> 00:08:06,040 Speaker 1: don't know what people would rather the Guggenheim Group do 160 00:08:06,200 --> 00:08:08,880 Speaker 1: with all their billions of dollars in revenue. Would they 161 00:08:08,960 --> 00:08:11,000 Speaker 1: rather than pocket it and not put it back onto 162 00:08:11,040 --> 00:08:14,080 Speaker 1: the field. I just don't really, I don't really understand 163 00:08:14,160 --> 00:08:15,880 Speaker 1: what they want them to do, just sit on their 164 00:08:16,080 --> 00:08:18,920 Speaker 1: Twitter their thumbs with all their cash, like like, just 165 00:08:19,080 --> 00:08:21,840 Speaker 1: let's let's spend the money that we made and keep winning. 166 00:08:22,160 --> 00:08:23,720 Speaker 1: I don't understand why that's a bad thing. 167 00:08:24,560 --> 00:08:27,560 Speaker 2: Doesn't this come down to show Hey Otani as well, 168 00:08:27,720 --> 00:08:30,720 Speaker 2: wanting to win and deferring as much of his salary 169 00:08:30,800 --> 00:08:33,920 Speaker 2: as he did so the Dodgers could bring in really 170 00:08:33,960 --> 00:08:36,240 Speaker 2: good players to build around him. 171 00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:39,559 Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm not so convinced that the Dodgers wouldn't have 172 00:08:39,559 --> 00:08:42,040 Speaker 1: spent all the money they have anyways, even if show 173 00:08:42,080 --> 00:08:46,040 Speaker 1: Hey didn't defer sixty eight million dollars a year. But 174 00:08:46,320 --> 00:08:49,679 Speaker 1: at the same time, yes, for sure, and from what 175 00:08:49,840 --> 00:08:52,160 Speaker 1: I've read and understood, there was a couple other teams 176 00:08:52,280 --> 00:08:55,600 Speaker 1: that offered show Hey the exact same deal with deferred money. 177 00:08:55,640 --> 00:08:58,600 Speaker 1: I think it was show Hay's idea that I heard anyways, 178 00:08:58,640 --> 00:09:00,800 Speaker 1: that it was his idea to defer most of the 179 00:09:00,840 --> 00:09:03,839 Speaker 1: money so that that they could sign more guys and 180 00:09:03,960 --> 00:09:07,959 Speaker 1: not go spend six hundred million dollars on payroll, although 181 00:09:07,960 --> 00:09:11,199 Speaker 1: they're getting close to that right now anyways. But you know, 182 00:09:11,600 --> 00:09:14,480 Speaker 1: I think it just goes to show you that any 183 00:09:14,559 --> 00:09:16,600 Speaker 1: team can can kind of do the exact same thing 184 00:09:16,679 --> 00:09:19,640 Speaker 1: that they did, and some teams just chose not to 185 00:09:19,960 --> 00:09:23,720 Speaker 1: and show Hey. Ultimately, I think I'm convinced that if 186 00:09:23,800 --> 00:09:25,840 Speaker 1: there was a DH in the National League in twenty 187 00:09:26,080 --> 00:09:27,959 Speaker 1: whenever he came over and played for the Angels, that 188 00:09:27,960 --> 00:09:30,040 Speaker 1: he probably would have signed with the Dodgers then. So 189 00:09:30,720 --> 00:09:32,760 Speaker 1: I think that once there was a DH in the 190 00:09:32,840 --> 00:09:34,520 Speaker 1: National League that kind of sealed the deal that he 191 00:09:34,679 --> 00:09:35,240 Speaker 1: was coming over. 192 00:09:36,240 --> 00:09:39,120 Speaker 2: Daniel Hudson is our guest, one of the twenty four 193 00:09:39,320 --> 00:09:43,080 Speaker 2: bullpen dogs that started the back to back championship as 194 00:09:43,160 --> 00:09:45,720 Speaker 2: the Dodgers are looking for a three pete all right, 195 00:09:45,800 --> 00:09:49,480 Speaker 2: since where he brought up Otani, was there a perception 196 00:09:49,640 --> 00:09:53,160 Speaker 2: of him that you had and then was torn down 197 00:09:53,360 --> 00:09:56,000 Speaker 2: or you got to know something more about him being 198 00:09:56,120 --> 00:10:00,319 Speaker 2: teammates with him. Albeit in twenty four he was just 199 00:10:00,600 --> 00:10:04,199 Speaker 2: a fifty to fifty hitter. But what was he like 200 00:10:04,600 --> 00:10:06,800 Speaker 2: as a teammate to you? As a bullpen dog? 201 00:10:08,320 --> 00:10:11,480 Speaker 1: He was awesome. You know. I didn't really get to 202 00:10:11,520 --> 00:10:13,520 Speaker 1: know him too much. I was actually in spring training 203 00:10:13,640 --> 00:10:17,839 Speaker 1: with the Angels in twenty eighteen, twenty nineteen, before he 204 00:10:17,960 --> 00:10:20,680 Speaker 1: was rehabbing his first Tommy John, so he wasn't around 205 00:10:20,720 --> 00:10:22,640 Speaker 1: a whole lot. He stood in on some bullpens that 206 00:10:22,720 --> 00:10:25,839 Speaker 1: I threw, talked to him a little bit. Just just 207 00:10:25,920 --> 00:10:28,760 Speaker 1: a really really good guy, like I said, I don't 208 00:10:28,760 --> 00:10:31,440 Speaker 1: think if he wasn't a good guy, regardless of how 209 00:10:31,480 --> 00:10:33,480 Speaker 1: good of a ballplayer he was, I'm not sure that 210 00:10:33,559 --> 00:10:35,080 Speaker 1: the Dodgers would have brought him in if he wasn't 211 00:10:35,080 --> 00:10:37,319 Speaker 1: a good guy, like I said. They're just so you know, 212 00:10:37,480 --> 00:10:39,920 Speaker 1: in tune with that clubhouse and what needs to be 213 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:42,920 Speaker 1: brought in. And you know, he's just a really, really 214 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:46,559 Speaker 1: fantastic teammate. I really enjoyed playing with him. Obviously, him 215 00:10:46,600 --> 00:10:49,360 Speaker 1: being the best baseball player to ever play the game 216 00:10:49,600 --> 00:10:52,920 Speaker 1: really helps out when he's on your side. It's literally, 217 00:10:53,040 --> 00:10:55,040 Speaker 1: it's just a it was just a privilege to be 218 00:10:55,080 --> 00:10:57,319 Speaker 1: able to to watch it from the bullpen gates every 219 00:10:57,360 --> 00:10:57,800 Speaker 1: single night. 220 00:10:58,760 --> 00:11:00,720 Speaker 2: Before I let you go, I'm not I know you're 221 00:11:00,800 --> 00:11:03,320 Speaker 2: enjoying your three girls, your family. You got a chance 222 00:11:03,360 --> 00:11:06,240 Speaker 2: to go back to your hometown in North Carolina this 223 00:11:06,440 --> 00:11:09,480 Speaker 2: past year. But since you are in Arizona and so 224 00:11:09,679 --> 00:11:12,640 Speaker 2: many players reside out there, and you always hear about, 225 00:11:13,040 --> 00:11:17,240 Speaker 2: you know, hitters training there in Arizona, could you ever 226 00:11:17,480 --> 00:11:22,160 Speaker 2: envision yourself being a guy that would would open the 227 00:11:22,280 --> 00:11:25,599 Speaker 2: doors to what you have to offer, even as like 228 00:11:25,880 --> 00:11:29,679 Speaker 2: a personal pitching coach or one of those guys that 229 00:11:30,040 --> 00:11:33,440 Speaker 2: instead of a hitter going to see maybe they come 230 00:11:33,520 --> 00:11:35,760 Speaker 2: to see Daniel Hudson for some pitching help. 231 00:11:37,080 --> 00:11:39,560 Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, there's always an opportunity like that out here. 232 00:11:39,640 --> 00:11:41,920 Speaker 1: Like you said, there's just really good place for guys 233 00:11:41,960 --> 00:11:45,200 Speaker 1: to kind of settle down for the off season. There's 234 00:11:45,280 --> 00:11:47,520 Speaker 1: really good weather obviously in the off season to be 235 00:11:47,559 --> 00:11:49,839 Speaker 1: able to get outside and actually throw outside. I know 236 00:11:49,960 --> 00:11:52,400 Speaker 1: a lot of teammates that are in the Midwest or 237 00:11:52,440 --> 00:11:53,959 Speaker 1: the East Coast, you know, they have to do a 238 00:11:54,040 --> 00:11:56,800 Speaker 1: lot of of throwing indoors. It's a really good spot 239 00:11:56,880 --> 00:11:59,480 Speaker 1: to be able to get outside and really just kind 240 00:11:59,480 --> 00:12:01,520 Speaker 1: of let it loose, and you know, there's always that 241 00:12:01,640 --> 00:12:04,320 Speaker 1: kind of opportunity. The guys that I played with always 242 00:12:04,400 --> 00:12:08,240 Speaker 1: know that my cell phone's always on if they need anything. 243 00:12:08,760 --> 00:12:11,199 Speaker 1: I've always I've let all of them know that. You know, 244 00:12:11,280 --> 00:12:13,599 Speaker 1: there's there's there are many different avenues that that just 245 00:12:13,720 --> 00:12:16,080 Speaker 1: can go down right now, like I said, like you said, 246 00:12:16,080 --> 00:12:19,800 Speaker 1: I'm enjoying my family time, but there's also you know, 247 00:12:19,960 --> 00:12:22,400 Speaker 1: if somebody calls me and needs me for a certain thing, 248 00:12:22,480 --> 00:12:25,040 Speaker 1: there's definitely things that I'd look into for sure. 249 00:12:26,120 --> 00:12:28,599 Speaker 2: That's awesome. You have so much to offer, Daniel, and 250 00:12:28,720 --> 00:12:33,040 Speaker 2: I know how much everybody that you played with really 251 00:12:33,160 --> 00:12:36,040 Speaker 2: respected you and what you stood for and just the 252 00:12:36,120 --> 00:12:39,040 Speaker 2: way that you prepared and fought through so many things. 253 00:12:39,160 --> 00:12:41,439 Speaker 2: So I'm glad I got to see you out there. 254 00:12:42,120 --> 00:12:44,960 Speaker 2: It was bad luck for you because uh, maybe maybe 255 00:12:45,040 --> 00:12:47,319 Speaker 2: a Dodger talk will tap into you just as much 256 00:12:47,360 --> 00:12:50,720 Speaker 2: as Burns and Gambo out there in Arizona. 257 00:12:51,840 --> 00:12:55,640 Speaker 1: Anytime, David, my phone's always on, like I said, uh my. 258 00:12:55,720 --> 00:12:58,920 Speaker 2: Guy, Daniel Hudson love it and uh I'll have the 259 00:12:59,040 --> 00:13:01,240 Speaker 2: fingers over my lips. Up says we hang up. Thanks 260 00:13:01,280 --> 00:13:02,520 Speaker 2: for the time, appreciate it. 261 00:13:03,360 --> 00:13:04,440 Speaker 1: No crime, buddy, anytime.