Speaker 1: And now an exclusive interview with David Bassey for Dodger Talker.
Speaker 2: We are a join right now by Dodgers second basement.
Speaker 2: A young man that is coming of age for the Dodgers,
Speaker 2: and that is Alex Freeland, great stash, great beard, great edge.
Speaker 1: Thanks a lot for the time, Thanks for having me.
Speaker 2: Hey, Dave Roberts is coming up on one thousand career
Speaker 2: wins and on the last homestand there was a teaching
Speaker 2: moment he had with you and Ryan Ward. What do
Speaker 2: you remember about that conversation.
Speaker 1: Us about situational hitting, just having a plan and trying
Speaker 1: to execute a plan in certain situations, you know, like
Speaker 1: bases loaded or running around third less than less than
Speaker 1: two outs, like you know what you gotta or you
Speaker 1: gotta know what you're looking for, and like that's the
Speaker 1: stuff that wins ball games when you execute the little things.
Speaker 1: So that those majority of the conversation.
Speaker 2: As you get older, you'll learn what I did. It's
Speaker 2: not what you say, it's how you say it. For
Speaker 2: him to have you on the bench, Ward on one
Speaker 2: side of him, you on the other side of him,
Speaker 2: and deliver it the way he did, does it hit
Speaker 2: home more?
Speaker 1: Yeah? Man, I mean it shows he cares, and it's
Speaker 1: it's nice to have as many people as possible in
Speaker 1: your corner. And it feels like he's in our corner
Speaker 1: every single day. So like I appreciate him just going
Speaker 1: out of the way to to teach us, you know,
Speaker 1: I mean we're younger guys. Yeah, so he doesn't have
Speaker 1: to do anything, you know, like he can leave it
Speaker 1: up to the other coaching staff, but you know, he
Speaker 1: goes out of his way to make sure that that
Speaker 1: we've learned from it and and to not let it
Speaker 1: eat us alive. You know, like me and me and
Speaker 1: Ward being young, like we want to provide when when
Speaker 1: we can, and sometimes you don't get the job done,
Speaker 1: but like even if you don't get it done, like
Speaker 1: there's stuff to learn from it. So you know, it
Speaker 1: feels nice that he's in my corner.
Speaker 2: Were you surprised that he cared that much?
Speaker 1: Know, I'm not surprised because I know he wants to
Speaker 1: win more than anybody on the team. So you know,
Speaker 1: like like I said, like those situations like they matter
Speaker 1: the most. You know, like could win a ball game
Speaker 1: by one run and you know if you execute right there,
Speaker 1: like that's where you won the game. So no, I
Speaker 1: wasn't surprised that he was that amped up to be
Speaker 1: talking about it.
Speaker 2: Alex Freeland is our guest. We're on the grass on
Speaker 2: the field here. This is where Alex Friedland lives. On
Speaker 2: the grass. You're a baseball rat. You love the game,
Speaker 2: and I'm wondering, after last year's experience and you playing
Speaker 2: virtually every day this year, do you have a better
Speaker 2: understanding of what it takes to get through a full
Speaker 2: major league season.
Speaker 1: Yeah, definitely. I mean it's tough, it's long. You got
Speaker 1: to pace yourself and take the breaks when they're given.
Speaker 1: But you know what, I'll do this until I die.
Speaker 2: Yeah. So yeah, what have you learned the most about
Speaker 2: how to get through it? Not get on that roller coast?
Speaker 1: Yeah? You can't ride it, like you can't ride the
Speaker 1: ups and downs. I mean, because there's gonna be ups
Speaker 1: and downs regardless. Like I don't care if you're Freddie
Speaker 1: Freeman or or some no name, Like everybody's like Alex Freeland.
Speaker 1: Yeah exactly, exactly, So like everybody's gonna gonna have the
Speaker 1: highs and lows, and it's just all about like perspective
Speaker 1: from on how you look at it. And it's you know,
Speaker 1: you just can't get too high, I can't get too low.
Speaker 2: Yeah, when you look at other left handed hitters in
Speaker 2: this lineup, obviously they're not going to pitch you the
Speaker 2: same way they pitch Freddy and Otani. Is there anything
Speaker 2: you could take away from at bats ahead of you,
Speaker 2: from Tucker and Munsey that can help you when you
Speaker 2: go to the plate.
Speaker 1: Yeah. No, I mean it's nice to see a good
Speaker 1: amount of lefties go before I do, so I get
Speaker 1: somewhat of an idea of how the how the pitcher
Speaker 1: is gonna attack. But you know, everybody's different, everybody's got
Speaker 1: their own game plan. But I mean it's just nice
Speaker 1: to to see another lefty in the box. So yeah,
Speaker 1: it's helpful, all.
Speaker 2: Right, before I let Alex Friedlin go. You know where
Speaker 2: I see you have the most fun is around second
Speaker 2: base because you're sneaky, really good at doing some magical
Speaker 2: things around the bag. And it seems like MOOKI has
Speaker 2: a lot of joy playing with you. How much fun
Speaker 2: do you guys have with each other? Being able to
Speaker 2: turn double plays, being able to think the game, talk
Speaker 2: the game right there on the field.
Speaker 1: Well, Mookie's a baseball junkie too. So I mean I
Speaker 1: think I think he just enjoys like the little ins
Speaker 1: and outs of it, and so do I. So, I
Speaker 1: mean it's just fun to play with somebody. I mean,
Speaker 1: I feel like we're similar in certain ways, and I
Speaker 1: feel like we have a good connection up the middle.
Speaker 1: So I mean it's just fun. We can we can
Speaker 1: have a good time. But like we're all about our
Speaker 1: business when time comes, but we know how to have
Speaker 1: a good time.
Speaker 2: See the most humble superstar you ever played with? Freddy's
Speaker 2: pretty humble Freddie.
Speaker 1: Yeah him or Freddy I mean, or show. I mean,
Speaker 1: they're all humble.
Speaker 2: Okay, thanks a lot for the time, Thanks a lot
Speaker 2: for aligning me in your office on the grass. This
Speaker 2: is really special. You're getting ready for your pregame routine,
Speaker 2: So thanks a lot for the time, and let's do
Speaker 2: this again soon. Hey, the coaches are noticing exactly flocking
Speaker 2: to my world.