Speaker 1: And now an exclusive interview with David Bassey for Dodger Talk.
Speaker 2: Earlier today, Trek Scooble met with the media at Wrigley Field.
Speaker 2: Here was part of our conversation with the Dodgers new
Speaker 2: superstar left hander.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean initial reaction. You know, there's a lot
Speaker 1: of emotion, right. You know, I spent eight years with
Speaker 1: the Detroit Tigers and that space. You know, that place
Speaker 1: will always be special to me no matter what. But
Speaker 1: in the same breath, you know, I'm excited to be here.
Speaker 1: You know, I'm excited to compete with these guys. And
Speaker 1: you know when you watch them from across the way
Speaker 1: or just see them, you know, do their thing on TV,
Speaker 1: you just have a lot of respect because they play
Speaker 1: the game the right way. And you know, the entire
Speaker 1: focus of this organization is on winning championships, and that's
Speaker 1: my entire focus of playing baseball. So we're very much aligned,
Speaker 1: and you know, I'm ready to go out there and
Speaker 1: compete and give this organization and city everything that I've got.
Speaker 2: I know, there was a lot of talk about you
Speaker 2: possibly be Trio, But when it finally happened, were you surprised?
Speaker 1: I don't know if surprised was would be the right
Speaker 1: word I would use. It became pretty clear what was
Speaker 1: going on, you know, later on after my start on Wednesday,
Speaker 1: Losing that game kind of felt like the like that
Speaker 1: that was kind of it, you know for me and Detroit,
Speaker 1: and yeah, so I'm not surprised, but it didn't make
Speaker 1: the you know, the news any easier, you know, because
Speaker 1: I love a lot of those guys there, and I
Speaker 1: got a lot of respect for everything that they do
Speaker 1: and how they go about their business. And you know,
Speaker 1: those guys are they're not just my teammates that a
Speaker 1: lot of those guys are like my best friends on
Speaker 1: and off the field. So you know, I wish those
Speaker 1: guys nothing but the best, you know, and I'll be
Speaker 1: rooting for them unless we're playing them.
Speaker 2: What was it like coming into the dugout in the
Speaker 2: middle of the game yesterday and just introducing yourself to
Speaker 2: new teammates.
Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, I feel like I met a lot
Speaker 1: of people yesterday and just to be able to you know,
Speaker 1: say hi to everybody, and the excitement and the energy
Speaker 1: that those guys have was awesome, you know. And obviously
Speaker 1: the you know CEM Dave and getting that reaction was
Speaker 1: pretty cool too. You know, we've we've talked through you know,
Speaker 1: all Star games and stuff like that, but that's kind
Speaker 1: of limited interactions. But you know, I've I've always had
Speaker 1: a ton of respect for this organization and how they
Speaker 1: go about their business and and obviously winning World Series,
Speaker 1: you know, the last two years, and you know, watching
Speaker 1: that stuff on TV has has kind of fueled me,
Speaker 1: you know, and and those are the aspirations I want
Speaker 1: as a player, you know, to to be on top
Speaker 1: and when the last game of the season and looking
Speaker 1: forward to trying and doing all those things. This here,
Speaker 1: every team could trade for me, you know, every team
Speaker 1: could make that acquisition. And I don't really sympathize with
Speaker 1: people that blame the Dodgers for for anything they've done.
Speaker 1: You know, they've developed a really good organization. They draft well,
Speaker 1: they acquired talent, really well, they retain talent. It's a
Speaker 1: winning organization. Now the complaints seemed to be because they've
Speaker 1: won the last two World Series, you know that I
Speaker 1: don't think it was like that three years ago. So
Speaker 1: I don't I don't really sympathize with people that are
Speaker 1: complaining because the Dodgers, you know, do all the right things.
Speaker 2: How well do you know Tony?
Speaker 1: How well?
Speaker 2: How well do you know?
Speaker 1: You know briefly, you know, all Star Games, the MVP,
Speaker 1: the awards dinner in New York. Got to talk to
Speaker 1: him a little bit there. But yeah, not as well.
Speaker 1: Our relationship will grow, I'm sure, and you know, I'm excited.
Speaker 1: You know, he's a you know, he's he's a unicorn talent.
Speaker 1: You know, there's really no one like him that's never
Speaker 1: done what he's done in the big league. So I'm
Speaker 1: excited to just watch and appreciate his greatness, you know,
Speaker 1: as a teammate.
Speaker 2: After his press conference, Schooble got ready for his start tomorrow,
Speaker 2: as he will make his Dodger debut and pitch at
Speaker 2: Wrigley Field for the first time in his career.