1 00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:04,720 Speaker 1: And now an exclusive interview with David Bassey for Dodger Talk. 2 00:00:06,720 --> 00:00:09,400 Speaker 1: It's the home opener in our nation's capital. We're joined 3 00:00:09,440 --> 00:00:12,680 Speaker 1: right now by Dodger right fielder Kyle Tucker, who was 4 00:00:12,760 --> 00:00:16,120 Speaker 1: electrified this morning by my presence in the clubhouse. Thanks 5 00:00:16,160 --> 00:00:17,720 Speaker 1: a lot for the time, appreciated. 6 00:00:17,920 --> 00:00:18,880 Speaker 2: Yeah, thanks for having me. 7 00:00:18,960 --> 00:00:21,240 Speaker 1: Hey, you never got this in Houston or Chicago. 8 00:00:21,360 --> 00:00:21,720 Speaker 2: Tucker. 9 00:00:22,760 --> 00:00:25,560 Speaker 3: Ah, yeah, you're You're definitely one of the kind, that's 10 00:00:25,560 --> 00:00:25,919 Speaker 3: for sure. 11 00:00:27,320 --> 00:00:29,600 Speaker 1: All Right. So you got through your first home stand, 12 00:00:30,080 --> 00:00:32,800 Speaker 1: You're now embarking on your first road trip with the Dodgers. 13 00:00:32,840 --> 00:00:34,920 Speaker 1: Do you feel like you're starting to settle in a 14 00:00:34,960 --> 00:00:36,760 Speaker 1: little bit with the with the team. 15 00:00:37,159 --> 00:00:37,279 Speaker 2: Uh. 16 00:00:37,360 --> 00:00:41,400 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's been fun start off. You know, it's good 17 00:00:41,440 --> 00:00:45,800 Speaker 3: record so far. Hopefully I can get some more hits 18 00:00:45,920 --> 00:00:50,120 Speaker 3: and contributes more more wins. But yeah, good starts this season. 19 00:00:50,120 --> 00:00:53,640 Speaker 3: We got a lot more games, so excited to get 20 00:00:53,640 --> 00:00:57,360 Speaker 3: the road trip start off here tonight or today and 21 00:00:57,440 --> 00:00:59,160 Speaker 3: hopefully we can start off sean and keep it going. 22 00:00:59,400 --> 00:01:01,360 Speaker 1: Look, I know, I know the hits have not been 23 00:01:01,400 --> 00:01:03,920 Speaker 1: where you want it to be, but you've made a 24 00:01:03,960 --> 00:01:07,120 Speaker 1: difference in games to help the team win with your defense. 25 00:01:07,600 --> 00:01:12,400 Speaker 1: How much does that help ease any sort of anxiousness 26 00:01:12,400 --> 00:01:14,720 Speaker 1: you may have about wanting to really get it going 27 00:01:14,760 --> 00:01:15,280 Speaker 1: with the bat. 28 00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:18,360 Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm just trying to do my part and helping 29 00:01:18,440 --> 00:01:18,720 Speaker 2: us win. 30 00:01:19,720 --> 00:01:21,679 Speaker 3: I'm sure to keep trying to do that's the best 31 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:23,759 Speaker 3: I can and do it on both sides of the ball. 32 00:01:23,880 --> 00:01:27,319 Speaker 3: So hopefully just trying to put together go at bats 33 00:01:27,319 --> 00:01:29,280 Speaker 3: and get some good pitches to hit and drove some 34 00:01:29,280 --> 00:01:30,520 Speaker 3: rerens in you. 35 00:01:30,520 --> 00:01:32,319 Speaker 1: You might not think this about me, but I do 36 00:01:32,360 --> 00:01:35,240 Speaker 1: have deep thoughts at times. So I was just wondering 37 00:01:35,800 --> 00:01:37,920 Speaker 1: with the spring training that all of you guys had 38 00:01:37,959 --> 00:01:40,920 Speaker 1: where they try to limit the at bats and manage 39 00:01:40,959 --> 00:01:43,119 Speaker 1: the load in spring, do you feel like that's had 40 00:01:43,160 --> 00:01:45,720 Speaker 1: any residual effect coming into the season. 41 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:46,319 Speaker 2: Uh? 42 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:49,640 Speaker 3: No, I mean we had everyone's a little different, but 43 00:01:49,760 --> 00:01:51,920 Speaker 3: I think we had a decent amount of time and 44 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:53,080 Speaker 3: at bats and stuff's good. 45 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:53,720 Speaker 2: Get ready. 46 00:01:53,760 --> 00:01:57,320 Speaker 3: So you know this is big lags and you face 47 00:01:57,360 --> 00:01:59,840 Speaker 3: some good pitching and good teams. So you just got 48 00:01:59,880 --> 00:02:01,200 Speaker 3: to go out there and keep doing your best and 49 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:02,400 Speaker 3: keep grinding every single day. 50 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:05,040 Speaker 1: Kyle Tucker is our guest in front of first pitch 51 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:08,600 Speaker 1: between the Dodgers and Nationals, So your first road trip 52 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:11,760 Speaker 1: with the team. You got to fly that fancy players 53 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:14,960 Speaker 1: only playing there. So do you feel like these type 54 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:18,400 Speaker 1: of times and road trips really bring a team together, 55 00:02:18,520 --> 00:02:19,760 Speaker 1: especially some of the new guys. 56 00:02:20,160 --> 00:02:20,800 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's sience. 57 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:23,680 Speaker 3: I mean you can have a lot more time together 58 00:02:23,760 --> 00:02:26,520 Speaker 3: just because you're kind of a white furn families unless they, 59 00:02:26,880 --> 00:02:28,280 Speaker 3: you know, came on the road trip with you, but 60 00:02:30,040 --> 00:02:32,560 Speaker 3: you know the flight, it's definitely can have a lot 61 00:02:32,600 --> 00:02:34,480 Speaker 3: more time to get to know each other and or 62 00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:36,800 Speaker 3: just like play some cards or games or whatnot on 63 00:02:36,800 --> 00:02:38,760 Speaker 3: the on the trip, especially coming out here a couple 64 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:41,160 Speaker 3: of hours, so got plenty of plenty of that end. 65 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:44,320 Speaker 3: But it's good. I mean we can so go grab 66 00:02:44,360 --> 00:02:46,800 Speaker 3: lunches or dinners or whatnot over the road trip, so 67 00:02:46,840 --> 00:02:49,680 Speaker 3: it's it's kind of a good time to get to know 68 00:02:49,720 --> 00:02:50,960 Speaker 3: each other and buy a little bit more. 69 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:52,480 Speaker 2: So it's been good. 70 00:02:52,720 --> 00:02:54,880 Speaker 1: You seem like a postmate sky, like you're just gonna 71 00:02:54,880 --> 00:02:57,240 Speaker 1: stay in your room and have the food delivered to 72 00:02:57,280 --> 00:02:59,440 Speaker 1: you or do you venture out? Do I have you wrong? 73 00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:05,639 Speaker 3: That's pretty accurate. I mean it depends. It was long fly. 74 00:03:05,760 --> 00:03:08,240 Speaker 3: We got at like seven am or something, so I 75 00:03:08,240 --> 00:03:09,640 Speaker 3: slept most of the day and then just woke up 76 00:03:09,639 --> 00:03:12,480 Speaker 3: and ordered some food, so kind of took my time 77 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:14,639 Speaker 3: to hit some face times and whatnot yesterday. 78 00:03:14,680 --> 00:03:17,360 Speaker 2: So Suet's Night brings. 79 00:03:17,560 --> 00:03:20,919 Speaker 1: What is Kyle Tucker like about Nationals Park? What don't 80 00:03:20,960 --> 00:03:22,600 Speaker 1: you like about Nationals Park? 81 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:25,160 Speaker 2: I don't know. I think today will be pretty cool. 82 00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:27,160 Speaker 3: So, I mean, it's they're opening day today, so they 83 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:30,520 Speaker 3: got opening ceremony and everything for them, So especially doing 84 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:32,919 Speaker 3: it here in the nation'schapital is it is kind of 85 00:03:32,919 --> 00:03:34,640 Speaker 3: cool to see and you know, be a part of. 86 00:03:34,720 --> 00:03:38,560 Speaker 3: So hopefully we can ruin it for them today with 87 00:03:38,600 --> 00:03:40,560 Speaker 3: a win. So we'll see how that goes. 88 00:03:40,720 --> 00:03:43,320 Speaker 1: All right, I'm calling my shot right now. I stolen 89 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:45,560 Speaker 1: base for Kyle Tucker today. 90 00:03:45,720 --> 00:03:47,320 Speaker 2: I'll take it. I mean, as I'm getting on bass. 91 00:03:47,320 --> 00:03:50,200 Speaker 1: So yeah, yeah, don't worry Tucker. It's certainly it's only 92 00:03:50,200 --> 00:03:53,760 Speaker 1: the first five games, six games. Don't worry Tucker. Let 93 00:03:53,760 --> 00:03:55,720 Speaker 1: the season breathe a little bit. I'm not jumping to 94 00:03:55,800 --> 00:03:57,200 Speaker 1: any emotional conclusions. 95 00:03:57,360 --> 00:03:58,760 Speaker 2: No, we got, we got. We got a lot of 96 00:03:58,800 --> 00:03:59,680 Speaker 2: games left to get there. 97 00:03:59,760 --> 00:04:02,360 Speaker 1: So I'm all right, Well, thanks a lot for the time, 98 00:04:02,440 --> 00:04:04,880 Speaker 1: really appreciate it and look forward to doing this maybe 99 00:04:04,920 --> 00:04:05,840 Speaker 1: in August again. 100 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:08,880 Speaker 2: Yep, sure sounds good. Oh hey, all. 101 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:11,600 Speaker 1: Right, everybody heard that. Whenever I need all right, Tucker, 102 00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:14,160 Speaker 1: thank you, We'll see you in Toronto. 103 00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:15,200 Speaker 2: Thank you, appreciate it.