Speaker 1: And now an exclusive interview with David Bassey for Dodger Talker.
Speaker 2: It's Sunday, fun day at Dodgers Stadium, and last night
Speaker 2: was a fun day for the Dodgers as they put
Speaker 2: up twelve runs and the Dodger bullpenk came in to
Speaker 2: relieve Roki Sasaki and keep the cubs where they were,
Speaker 2: and Will Klein was a big part of that. Will,
Speaker 2: thanks a lot for the time appreciated.
Speaker 3: Yeah, thanks for having me finally.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I know, sorry, Will, there's a long line.
Speaker 3: It's okay.
Speaker 2: You could tell I'm so. I'm so in demand, right,
Speaker 2: everybody wants to be part of the show.
Speaker 3: Everyone wants to be you, everyone wants to talk to you.
Speaker 2: I don't know, Well, how fun was last night that
Speaker 2: sixth inning? Bases loaded two outs in the sixth inning,
Speaker 2: really no margin for error, and you found a way
Speaker 2: to get the Dodgers out of that inning.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean it was great like that. It worked
Speaker 3: out how it was supposed to.
Speaker 1: Like Jack came in, you know, got his lefties, and
Speaker 1: I got ready to come in and get the writing
Speaker 1: and just to be able to come in like in
Speaker 1: that spot with you know, baseloaded two outs like like
Speaker 1: you said, no no margin for air.
Speaker 3: Just come in like attack them and you know, get
Speaker 3: a get a good result out of it.
Speaker 1: Like that was huge, like I know, and then going
Speaker 1: out and scoring four runs the next inning, I think
Speaker 1: that just kind of put it put the game to
Speaker 1: bed there. So it was cool to be able to
Speaker 1: shut it down.
Speaker 2: For you to come in with the bases loaded, end
Speaker 2: the inning without allowing a run, and then coming back
Speaker 2: out for the seventh. As a picture, do you feed
Speaker 2: off the momentum of what just took place?
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think, you know, everyone on the team can
Speaker 1: kind of feel, but especially like doing that and then
Speaker 1: we score four runs, you just kind of feel like they're,
Speaker 1: you know, they're kind of fading away a little bit,
Speaker 1: like you know, they back down a little bit when
Speaker 1: when that kind of stuff happens, And so just be
Speaker 1: able to go out and like you know, keep keep
Speaker 1: your foot on their neck and you know, keep it
Speaker 1: going and then put up another zero so our guys
Speaker 1: can go and score more, and then so Kyle and
Speaker 1: Jake can come out and put up more zeros.
Speaker 3: It's just it's kind of a wheel that just keeps rolling.
Speaker 3: Like when you when you get in motion. So it's fun,
Speaker 3: all right.
Speaker 2: So when you do all that and you still have
Speaker 2: that beard and that mustache, how are you able to
Speaker 2: uh to make the composure? What do you say, Blake
Speaker 2: Tryon's ovi here. He's put me up to some questions
Speaker 2: about your facial hair. Will kleinb if.
Speaker 3: The fans really want to hear about Will Klein?
Speaker 4: And I'm gonna be brief, but I think to the fans,
Speaker 4: we need to do a running poll, do a call
Speaker 4: in tally, Okay, whenever people actually want to talk to you, David,
Speaker 4: and the majority wins if they if they say he
Speaker 4: looks better with a mustache, or if they'd like to
Speaker 4: see a rally like no mo rat lift, not just
Speaker 4: a mustache, it's mustache with the beard or beard no mustache.
Speaker 3: I'm getting there.
Speaker 4: We have to shave the mustache full amish wow, because listen,
Speaker 4: Louis Garcia phenomenal beard.
Speaker 1: It's a different look, but it's but his was, you know, better,
Speaker 1: like maintained, like well kept mind both massive.
Speaker 4: Individuals that throw gas and no one's gonna question a
Speaker 4: bare lip. Okay, it's a little bit more respect. They're
Speaker 4: gonna be up there like, oh my gosh, there's no
Speaker 4: hair there. You're in a good spot. You already throw
Speaker 4: a hundred Okay, fan pull, let me know how it goes.
Speaker 2: All right, Blake disagree? I mean all I see is
Speaker 2: an Amish beard.
Speaker 4: Sorry, I'm sorry to your wife for putting you on
Speaker 4: the spot. I'll get you, guys some flowers to cut.
Speaker 3: I don't know. I don't know if she'd be too
Speaker 3: enthralled by no mustache.
Speaker 2: But how long has it taken for you to grow
Speaker 2: the beard? I'm thank you to Blake trying and for
Speaker 2: adding to today's interview.
Speaker 3: Out of here.
Speaker 1: Uh. I mean so when I was coming up with
Speaker 1: the Royals, we had a rule where you can only
Speaker 1: have a mustache, and I think that got I mean
Speaker 1: got removed in like twenty two or so. But for
Speaker 1: a while there is just like same thing in college,
Speaker 1: I never heard a beard, so it was all mustache
Speaker 1: and so kind of the second the rule got, you know, uh,
Speaker 1: just nicked like I was immediately like grew the beard
Speaker 1: and it's like stayed there.
Speaker 3: I've trimmed it like after the World Series.
Speaker 1: Last year, like I cut it like a little bit
Speaker 1: shorter and stuff and let it grow. But you know,
Speaker 1: during the season, I kind of just you know, let
Speaker 1: it go and see how long it can get.
Speaker 3: And I guess it's part of the look. Yeah, and
Speaker 3: that is you like be able to like, you know,
Speaker 3: stroke my beard out there menacingly.
Speaker 2: Yeah. But yeah, it's all about intimidation and presence. Part
Speaker 2: of the look is is what gets you going?
Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, they don't know if I if I
Speaker 1: have like a bird hiding there or something.
Speaker 2: But yeah, hey, Alex VESSI has taken a cue from
Speaker 2: your beard tips.
Speaker 3: I mean he's got a good beard.
Speaker 1: The fact that he was just like willingly not having
Speaker 1: that thing like and then just out of like he's
Speaker 1: got the full beer. I'm like, it's a great beard,
Speaker 1: so he might be up there. It's got a little
Speaker 1: ginger in it too, though, so he's coming around. But yeah,
Speaker 1: he's got a good beer. We've got some good beards
Speaker 1: on the team. Lou had a good beard last year too.
Speaker 1: The no mustache is just ah, I can't get around that.
Speaker 2: But well, we'll get some feedback on this. You could
Speaker 2: tweet me at the Real Underscore DV when it comes
Speaker 2: to Will Klein's facial grooming. Hey, with all that being said,
Speaker 2: that's just an example of the fun you guys have
Speaker 2: in the bullpen. You're one of the newer guys in
Speaker 2: that bullpen. What is the teasing like amongst you guys
Speaker 2: that are newly arrived.
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's just stuff like that.
Speaker 1: The other guys that have been around like have you know,
Speaker 1: jokes they do, and it's it's all in like fun,
Speaker 1: like we all just have fun together. There's no like,
Speaker 1: no one ever gets but hurt about anything, like we
Speaker 1: all know. It's it's in.
Speaker 3: Good fun, you know, like stuff like that.
Speaker 1: You know, I wouldn't ever shave my mustache, but if
Speaker 1: trying to, you know, gets the fans to want me
Speaker 1: to shave my mustache, you know, sure, But it's like
Speaker 1: it's like, you know, just stuff like that. And Tanner
Speaker 1: has always got a bundle of energy out there, so
Speaker 1: he's a real hoot.
Speaker 3: And you know, I mean Vestia too, like you see.
Speaker 1: Him on the mound like same thing, like and everyone
Speaker 1: like all the new guys, uh like Jake coming up
Speaker 1: like he's been great. I mean Kyle too, like he
Speaker 1: just I mean, he's a pretty funny guy. So it's
Speaker 1: I mean, there's a lot of a lot of jokes
Speaker 1: and and and fun had.
Speaker 2: Out there will thanks a lot for the time. This
Speaker 2: interview went a different direction than I expected, but we'll
Speaker 2: do it again and we'll get more into just how
Speaker 2: much of a hero you've been for the Dodgers out
Speaker 2: of the bullpen, not only in last year's World Series.
Speaker 2: But obviously you're doing something right because you're keeping it going.
Speaker 3: So thanks a lot for the time, Thanks for having
Speaker 3: me