WEBVTT - Dalton Rushing (5-15-26) 

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

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<v Speaker 1>We're hearing my guy, Dalton Rushing, who's starting at first

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<v Speaker 1>base today after catching for the Dodgers last night. What's

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<v Speaker 1>it like on Well, First of all, I gotta say

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<v Speaker 1>thank you for the time. How rude of me?

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<v Speaker 2>No, it's not rude of your bass. You know I'm

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<v Speaker 2>always here for you.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, thank you. I appreciate it. In Anaheim and the

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<v Speaker 1>Big A. What's this ballpark like for you? Coming here?

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<v Speaker 1>Knowing how many great players have played here before?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's sweet. I got to play here last year.

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<v Speaker 3>Obviously, you have trouts in the lineup today and guys

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<v Speaker 3>throughout the years. It's cool to play against these guys

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<v Speaker 3>each and every year. Hopefully we can take some from

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<v Speaker 3>them this year like we didn't last year.

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<v Speaker 1>I wasn't gonna bring up they beat you all six

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<v Speaker 1>times last year.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, it's fine. It's we won a World Series. We

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<v Speaker 3>got our end goal. But now we need to take

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<v Speaker 3>care of business this year.

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<v Speaker 2>For sure.

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<v Speaker 1>I know you're a young player, but can you feel

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<v Speaker 1>it too? Other teams are bringing a lot more energy.

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<v Speaker 1>They're bringing their best shot at you guys this year.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I think it's kind of what you sign up

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<v Speaker 3>for with things we do off season moves, free agent signings,

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<v Speaker 3>all these things you sign up for every team to

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<v Speaker 3>treat it like their World Series. And anytime a team

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<v Speaker 3>can come in take two out of three from the Dodgers,

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<v Speaker 3>they're gonna take it.

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<v Speaker 2>And run with it.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, we have to say pride in that we

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<v Speaker 3>need to understand the importance of every game.

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<v Speaker 2>We need to understand the importance of every win that.

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<v Speaker 3>Even this early in the season, I think we're getting

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<v Speaker 3>on the track to play really good baseball in the

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<v Speaker 3>next six, ten, fifteen, twenty games, however many it is.

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<v Speaker 3>But I think the team's in a really good spot.

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<v Speaker 3>The arms of really well, the starting pitching has been

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<v Speaker 3>really good. It's all starting to come together, and I

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<v Speaker 3>think it's a good thing for us.

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<v Speaker 1>Were you able to avoid the sickness that was going

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<v Speaker 1>through the clubhouse, because it feels like that did take

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<v Speaker 1>a while for all of you to get over.

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<v Speaker 3>I was patient zero, So yeah, I was patient zero

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<v Speaker 3>back in Toronto, and yeah, that was tough. I guess

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<v Speaker 3>you could say sickness weekend for me. I was all

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<v Speaker 3>over the place, and I guess physically. I played really

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<v Speaker 3>well being sick, so maybe I need to get sick

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<v Speaker 3>more often, you know. But yeah, no, I was pitching zero,

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<v Speaker 3>So I hate that I brought that upon all the boys,

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<v Speaker 3>But I'm glad we're all kind of past that.

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<v Speaker 1>Now. You're playing first base tonight. What's it like to

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<v Speaker 1>transition from behind the plate to first base? Obviously the footwork,

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<v Speaker 1>but just the mental part of the game. Do you

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<v Speaker 1>see the game the same way at first space as

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<v Speaker 1>you would when you're behind the plate. Are you trying

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<v Speaker 1>to play along with Will and the bullpen tonight?

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<v Speaker 3>The game in itself, I would say it's a little different.

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<v Speaker 3>You're not managing pitch to pitch, You're not thinking three

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<v Speaker 3>innings ahead of time. You're really just owning the moment,

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<v Speaker 3>owning what's in front of you. First base, to me,

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<v Speaker 3>I played there a lot in college. I played there

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<v Speaker 3>a little bit through the miners coming up, so it's

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<v Speaker 3>not like completely foreign to me. I feel comfortable over there.

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<v Speaker 3>I got a lot of early work in today and

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<v Speaker 3>just to make sure I'm already for the game tonight.

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<v Speaker 3>But no, I'm not gonna think with well, I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 3>leave that up to Will. I'm gonna let it do

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<v Speaker 3>his thing. I do my thing when I'm back there,

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<v Speaker 3>and we kind of we kind of have the same

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<v Speaker 3>end goal every single night that we're back there behind

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<v Speaker 3>the plate, we call the best pitches and win the

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<v Speaker 3>baseball game.

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<v Speaker 1>That's a you know, I'm a man of the people, right,

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<v Speaker 1>so I touched the people, the fans, and the fans

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<v Speaker 1>love your care factor, how high it is. What's the

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<v Speaker 1>balance for you as far as caring as much as

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<v Speaker 1>you do but also keeping your emotions in check.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I think it's for me. It's a maturity thing

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<v Speaker 3>that I really want to fix. By no means do

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<v Speaker 3>I ever want to stop playing with passion and love,

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<v Speaker 3>embracing and showing how much that I care about this game,

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<v Speaker 3>how much I love to win. But at the same time,

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<v Speaker 3>there's there's always a maturity piece to it, and I

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<v Speaker 3>think there's been immaturity in the past, there's been immaturity

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<v Speaker 3>in the present as of recently, and that's something I

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<v Speaker 3>have to fix. I have to grow on as a player.

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<v Speaker 1>I loved and stretch. Where Tao's giving you a big

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<v Speaker 1>brother headlock, Mookie Betts is talking to you. How much

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<v Speaker 1>have those guys help you grow and understand the game

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<v Speaker 1>and understand, you know, just their process.

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<v Speaker 3>It's all the older guys on this team, you know, veteran,

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<v Speaker 3>We have veteran after veteran. They all care and I

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<v Speaker 3>think to me that means more than anything. They see potential,

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<v Speaker 3>They see what I can do over the stretch of

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<v Speaker 3>ten fifteen years in this game, and I think they're

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<v Speaker 3>just looking out.

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<v Speaker 2>For my best interests.

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<v Speaker 3>They want me to be a player that's known in

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<v Speaker 3>this league for however long that I play and respected

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<v Speaker 3>in this league for that same amount of time. So yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>it's it's just them being good teammates. We're surrounded by

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<v Speaker 3>great guys in this clubhouse. Each and every person cares

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<v Speaker 3>about everyone else. And yeah, to have those guys obviously

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<v Speaker 3>have my back through dubs, the down, the good, the bad,

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<v Speaker 3>and the social media world, the on field world, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>it means a lot.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, well it really does.

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<v Speaker 1>I think that goes to your character and who you

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<v Speaker 1>are as a person for them to care as much

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<v Speaker 1>about you as they do about themselves. So that's a

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<v Speaker 1>testament to tualt and rushing.

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<v Speaker 2>Absolutely. Yeah, I know.

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<v Speaker 3>I make sure these guys know that I love them.

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<v Speaker 3>I do anything for them. Sometimes I don't do the

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<v Speaker 3>same for the opposing team, but I plan to in

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<v Speaker 3>the future, and obviously I want to get everything passing.

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, it's competition, right. Everybody wants you to be friends

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<v Speaker 1>until they don't want you to be friends. So thank

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<v Speaker 1>you for the time. I'll handle everything from here.

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<v Speaker 2>I appreciate you. You always have my bag.