Speaker 1: And now an exclusive interview with David Bassey for Dodger Talk.
Speaker 1: It's the home opener in our nation's capital. We're joined
Speaker 1: right now by Dodger right fielder Kyle Tucker, who was
Speaker 1: electrified this morning by my presence in the clubhouse. Thanks
Speaker 1: a lot for the time, appreciated.
Speaker 2: Yeah, thanks for having me.
Speaker 1: Hey, you never got this in Houston or Chicago.
Speaker 2: Tucker.
Speaker 3: Ah, yeah, you're You're definitely one of the kind, that's
Speaker 3: for sure.
Speaker 1: All Right. So you got through your first home stand,
Speaker 1: You're now embarking on your first road trip with the Dodgers.
Speaker 1: Do you feel like you're starting to settle in a
Speaker 1: little bit with the with the team.
Speaker 2: Uh.
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's been fun start off. You know, it's good
Speaker 3: record so far. Hopefully I can get some more hits
Speaker 3: and contributes more more wins. But yeah, good starts this season.
Speaker 3: We got a lot more games, so excited to get
Speaker 3: the road trip start off here tonight or today and
Speaker 3: hopefully we can start off sean and keep it going.
Speaker 1: Look, I know, I know the hits have not been
Speaker 1: where you want it to be, but you've made a
Speaker 1: difference in games to help the team win with your defense.
Speaker 1: How much does that help ease any sort of anxiousness
Speaker 1: you may have about wanting to really get it going
Speaker 1: with the bat.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm just trying to do my part and helping
Speaker 2: us win.
Speaker 3: I'm sure to keep trying to do that's the best
Speaker 3: I can and do it on both sides of the ball.
Speaker 3: So hopefully just trying to put together go at bats
Speaker 3: and get some good pitches to hit and drove some
Speaker 3: rerens in you.
Speaker 1: You might not think this about me, but I do
Speaker 1: have deep thoughts at times. So I was just wondering
Speaker 1: with the spring training that all of you guys had
Speaker 1: where they try to limit the at bats and manage
Speaker 1: the load in spring, do you feel like that's had
Speaker 1: any residual effect coming into the season.
Speaker 2: Uh?
Speaker 3: No, I mean we had everyone's a little different, but
Speaker 3: I think we had a decent amount of time and
Speaker 3: at bats and stuff's good.
Speaker 2: Get ready.
Speaker 3: So you know this is big lags and you face
Speaker 3: some good pitching and good teams. So you just got
Speaker 3: to go out there and keep doing your best and
Speaker 3: keep grinding every single day.
Speaker 1: Kyle Tucker is our guest in front of first pitch
Speaker 1: between the Dodgers and Nationals, So your first road trip
Speaker 1: with the team. You got to fly that fancy players
Speaker 1: only playing there. So do you feel like these type
Speaker 1: of times and road trips really bring a team together,
Speaker 1: especially some of the new guys.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's sience.
Speaker 3: I mean you can have a lot more time together
Speaker 3: just because you're kind of a white furn families unless they,
Speaker 3: you know, came on the road trip with you, but
Speaker 3: you know the flight, it's definitely can have a lot
Speaker 3: more time to get to know each other and or
Speaker 3: just like play some cards or games or whatnot on
Speaker 3: the on the trip, especially coming out here a couple
Speaker 3: of hours, so got plenty of plenty of that end.
Speaker 3: But it's good. I mean we can so go grab
Speaker 3: lunches or dinners or whatnot over the road trip, so
Speaker 3: it's it's kind of a good time to get to know
Speaker 3: each other and buy a little bit more.
Speaker 2: So it's been good.
Speaker 1: You seem like a postmate sky, like you're just gonna
Speaker 1: stay in your room and have the food delivered to
Speaker 1: you or do you venture out? Do I have you wrong?
Speaker 3: That's pretty accurate. I mean it depends. It was long fly.
Speaker 3: We got at like seven am or something, so I
Speaker 3: slept most of the day and then just woke up
Speaker 3: and ordered some food, so kind of took my time
Speaker 3: to hit some face times and whatnot yesterday.
Speaker 2: So Suet's Night brings.
Speaker 1: What is Kyle Tucker like about Nationals Park? What don't
Speaker 1: you like about Nationals Park?
Speaker 2: I don't know. I think today will be pretty cool.
Speaker 3: So, I mean, it's they're opening day today, so they
Speaker 3: got opening ceremony and everything for them, So especially doing
Speaker 3: it here in the nation'schapital is it is kind of
Speaker 3: cool to see and you know, be a part of.
Speaker 3: So hopefully we can ruin it for them today with
Speaker 3: a win. So we'll see how that goes.
Speaker 1: All right, I'm calling my shot right now. I stolen
Speaker 1: base for Kyle Tucker today.
Speaker 2: I'll take it. I mean, as I'm getting on bass.
Speaker 1: So yeah, yeah, don't worry Tucker. It's certainly it's only
Speaker 1: the first five games, six games. Don't worry Tucker. Let
Speaker 1: the season breathe a little bit. I'm not jumping to
Speaker 1: any emotional conclusions.
Speaker 2: No, we got, we got. We got a lot of
Speaker 2: games left to get there.
Speaker 1: So I'm all right, Well, thanks a lot for the time,
Speaker 1: really appreciate it and look forward to doing this maybe
Speaker 1: in August again.
Speaker 2: Yep, sure sounds good. Oh hey, all.
Speaker 1: Right, everybody heard that. Whenever I need all right, Tucker,
Speaker 1: thank you, We'll see you in Toronto.
Speaker 2: Thank you, appreciate it.