Speaker 1: And now an exclusive interview with David Bassey for Dodger Talking.
Speaker 1: I think Andrew Friedman's trying to convince Danny Lehman Atlanta's
Speaker 1: not a great city. No, oh, sorry, Danny. Good to
Speaker 1: see you, Dave, Great to see you too, Danny. Do
Speaker 1: you mind if I grab the goat President of Baseball
Speaker 1: Operations really quick? Thank you.
Speaker 2: Atlanta's no good Danny, Andrew, you made quite a statement
Speaker 2: double you know, double down on winning another championship.
Speaker 1: Was that spontaneous or something you planned?
Speaker 3: I gotta tell you if I meant it from the
Speaker 3: bottom of my heart. Last year, the parade was so
Speaker 3: much more overwhelming than we imagined, just how touching it was,
Speaker 3: a number of people, the passion, how much people care.
Speaker 3: We knew, but until you live in experience, you don't
Speaker 3: fully know it. And that really was the fuel for
Speaker 3: us right after everyone started talking about let's do another parade,
Speaker 3: Let's have another one, and so living it again today
Speaker 3: seeing a fully packed Dodger Stadium. It was spontaneous, but
Speaker 3: I meant it ideally, It wouldn't have said it starts
Speaker 3: right now, like a day or two to recover, but
Speaker 3: it's all about now. Three let's three people, Let's do
Speaker 3: it again, and let's celebrate it again with this incredible city.
Speaker 1: Everybody always talks about the mechanical parts of baseball, But
Speaker 1: you're a guy that has been described as one of
Speaker 1: the best scouts of people out there. What can you
Speaker 1: say about these group of forty players that you needed
Speaker 1: to win this World Series? Did you know they had
Speaker 1: it in them?
Speaker 3: I mean some of it.
Speaker 1: You have to get a little lucky.
Speaker 3: I mean with Yama, obviously we knew the talent, but
Speaker 3: you can't know that he would be capable of doing.
Speaker 1: What he did.
Speaker 3: We did not know that when we signed him. So
Speaker 3: sometimes you gotta be lucky. But obviously we do a
Speaker 3: lot of work on players we acquire in terms of
Speaker 3: their talents, the workout day, how.
Speaker 1: Much they care.
Speaker 3: Doesn't mean we always get it right, but we put
Speaker 3: a lot of effort into it. And so for the
Speaker 3: perseverance of this group, for the character of this group
Speaker 3: to really shine through, those are some tough games, and
Speaker 3: to win those tough games, you need that. And for
Speaker 3: Meggie to make that pick, for Kik to get off
Speaker 3: the ball like he did in Game six, to make
Speaker 3: that catch, it had like nineteen percent catch probability.
Speaker 2: He made it look easy because.
Speaker 3: Of how quickly he got off the ball, his reaction
Speaker 3: time and his route, and so those are the things
Speaker 3: that help you win a baseball game. And for our
Speaker 3: guys to shine through and all those different moments isn't shocking.
Speaker 2: But to be rewarded for all the work.
Speaker 3: And passion they put into this is amazing. And to
Speaker 3: bring it home here to celebrate it with the fans
Speaker 3: is everything.
Speaker 1: I said it the other night in Toronto. I'll say
Speaker 1: it again. Los Angeles is very lucky to have Andrew Friedman.
Speaker 1: You did it again. Three times world champion, Andrew Friedman. Congratulations,
Speaker 1: thank you, and I'm very lucky to have Los Angeles.
Speaker 1: Love you.