WEBVTT - Eric Karros (6-30-26)

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

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<v Speaker 1>We're joined right now by the nineteen ninety two National

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<v Speaker 1>League Rookie of the Year, the man that currently holds

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<v Speaker 1>the most home run sit in Los Angeles Dodgers' history,

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<v Speaker 1>and obviously a very popular man with the new generation

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<v Speaker 1>as a broadcaster on sports and at LA. That's the

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<v Speaker 1>one and only Eric Harross. Thanks a lot for the time.

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<v Speaker 1>I always love catching up with you.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. Great to be with you, David.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, So before we talk about what's happening with

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<v Speaker 1>the team, there's a couple of things I want to

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<v Speaker 1>bring up with you.

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<v Speaker 2>If that's okay, I'm all yours.

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<v Speaker 1>So, when the team was in San Diego, you had

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<v Speaker 1>a very eventful couple of days, from what I understand,

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<v Speaker 1>a great golf day with Dave Roberts. But then my

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<v Speaker 1>understanding is you were spotted in the swimming pool of

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<v Speaker 1>the team hotel. Do you like to take laps in

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<v Speaker 1>the pool?

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<v Speaker 2>No, I gotta get out and move around. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>when you get to my age, it's called water therapy.

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<v Speaker 3>You're probably a ten years away from beginning that I

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<v Speaker 3>had to recover from the golf round on Thursday. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>I was out in the pool surveying the sites and

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<v Speaker 3>getting in the water.

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<v Speaker 1>Was it like a scheduled class of water aerobics, No, it.

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<v Speaker 3>Was, and it was just an opportunity to go down

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<v Speaker 3>there and interact with some of the fellow occupants of

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<v Speaker 3>the hotel.

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<v Speaker 1>All Right, And a little known fact about Eric Carross,

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<v Speaker 1>the final team that he played for in his illustrious

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<v Speaker 1>baseball career was the Athletics when they were in Oakland.

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<v Speaker 1>You have something in common with guys like Dusty Baker,

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<v Speaker 1>Ron Say, Davey Lopes, Mike Piazza, among others, where former

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<v Speaker 1>Dodger greats have played their last games with the A's.

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<v Speaker 3>I believe Nomar may have been there as well. And

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<v Speaker 3>so it was ironic you bring that up. One of

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<v Speaker 3>the first days I had gone over that spring training,

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<v Speaker 3>Steve Vusinich, the long time clubby there. He was back there,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, with the swinging A's in the early seventies,

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<v Speaker 3>and his first introduction to me. He comes up and

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<v Speaker 3>he goes, hey, Kay, pleasure to meet you. Just want

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<v Speaker 3>to let you know this is where.

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<v Speaker 2>Longtime Dodgers go to die.

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<v Speaker 3>And I was like, what, Like, I wasn't familiar with

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<v Speaker 3>any of it, you know, and then you know, I

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<v Speaker 3>started looking at the history and then the irony of

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<v Speaker 3>it is even after myself, you know, Mike Piazzago, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>no mar and everything.

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm not sure if Manny was ever there too,

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<v Speaker 2>but it but it did. It was real.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, Manny Ramirez did go there. And that's that's where

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<v Speaker 1>telling you, Hey, when you think about the A's obviously Moneyball,

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<v Speaker 1>the movie made Billy Bean, you know, transcendent. What was

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<v Speaker 1>your interaction with Billy Bean?

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<v Speaker 2>So I was relatively close with Billy.

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<v Speaker 3>Billy was about four years ahead of me, San Diego kid.

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<v Speaker 2>He was the Bob Garren.

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<v Speaker 3>So everybody knew who Billy Bean was because he Mount

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<v Speaker 3>Carmel High School the next coming and all that sort

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<v Speaker 3>of thing. So I was very familiar with him. And

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<v Speaker 3>then you know, along the years we had mutual friends.

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<v Speaker 3>And so when I was in Oakland, you know, I actually,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, because I didn't play a lot. I was

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<v Speaker 3>I was tuning and Billy would be down in the

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<v Speaker 3>exercise room and he'd be doing his cardio watching the game,

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<v Speaker 3>and I'd be in there.

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<v Speaker 2>And so there was a lot of interaction, a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of respect for Billy.

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<v Speaker 1>So that's an actual thing. We didn't just see it

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<v Speaker 1>in the movie. Billy Bean would watch the games on

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<v Speaker 1>a treadmill.

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<v Speaker 3>No, dude, there was there there that was pretty factual

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<v Speaker 3>that movie. You know, outside of the fact that we

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<v Speaker 3>did have Moulder, Hudgson, you know, Zito, we had some

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<v Speaker 3>elite pitching, you know when I was there.

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<v Speaker 2>But yeah, I mean that that was it was very

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<v Speaker 2>very realistic.

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<v Speaker 1>Eric Carros is our guest. He's on the call this

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<v Speaker 1>series for Sports and at LA. Let's talk about the Dodgers.

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<v Speaker 1>They have the most wins in Major League Baseball. It

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<v Speaker 1>feels like they're being overlooked. A couple of players are

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<v Speaker 1>being overlooked, guys like tom Yedman. The Dodgers have gotten

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<v Speaker 1>taoscar Hernandez Back. Do you feel like the rest of

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<v Speaker 1>the league should be concerned considering where they're at and

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<v Speaker 1>they haven't been holed yet.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, I think the league is very cognizant of the Dodgers, right.

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<v Speaker 3>I think sometimes we as fans, though, there's a lot

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<v Speaker 3>of worry when it's like, what are we doing?

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<v Speaker 2>You know, this is just an.

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<v Speaker 3>Exercise of getting ready for the postseason. It's basically, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>the season is to go out, get yourself ready, find

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<v Speaker 3>out what guys are going to be most productive in

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<v Speaker 3>what spots, get things right, make it through the season,

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<v Speaker 3>and then get ready to.

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<v Speaker 2>Roll in October.

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<v Speaker 3>But I don't think you know, throughout the league, everybody

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<v Speaker 3>is fully aware of how deep the Dodgers are and

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<v Speaker 3>as you just mentioned, you know, the most wins in

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<v Speaker 3>all of baseball and doing it with a roster that

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<v Speaker 3>has been relatively hard hit for most of the season.

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<v Speaker 1>How much does Tommy Edmund mean to this team?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, I think what he does is he provides something

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<v Speaker 3>that there isn't a lot of in this ball club.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's what I'm talking about.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, the versatility, the switch hitting, the speed, that

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<v Speaker 3>can play a number of different positions infield, outfield, and

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<v Speaker 3>so there aren't a lot lot of those tools or pieces,

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<v Speaker 3>I should say, and so he is. He is one

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<v Speaker 3>of those. And that's why you know the Dodgers went

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<v Speaker 3>out and acquired him a few years ago, why they'd

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<v Speaker 3>always had their eyes set on him, and why he

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<v Speaker 3>signed to a multi year deal.

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<v Speaker 1>Before I let you go, Eric Carros, You've been through

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<v Speaker 1>a lot in your baseball life, and everybody from the

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<v Speaker 1>outside wants to find cracks and good teams. Like this,

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<v Speaker 1>When show Hail Tani takes the mound on Friday at

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<v Speaker 1>Dodgers Stadium, do you feel like everything that went on

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<v Speaker 1>in Minnesota is behind him and rushing?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, so remember that didn't just emanate in Minnesota there.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, if you go back to the Pittsburgh game,

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<v Speaker 3>all it is is really it's a miscommunication.

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<v Speaker 2>And for me, at the end of the day, at

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<v Speaker 2>the end of the day.

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<v Speaker 3>If if show Hey wants to challenge a pitch, challenge

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<v Speaker 3>a pitch, right like that, that solves everything. And I think,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, if you look at the origination of all

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<v Speaker 3>of it, it's, you know, again, some misunderstanding, some miscommunication.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, Dalton being a young player, he's trying and

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<v Speaker 3>you know, he tried to challenge one. He didn't get

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<v Speaker 3>the pitch, so then he's tentative and he doesn't challenge

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<v Speaker 3>future ones. It's not just about Hey, you know what

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<v Speaker 3>we saw on the TV. I think the guys are fine. Look,

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<v Speaker 3>Showy is the best that this game has ever seen.

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<v Speaker 2>I think it's fine moving forward.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I talked to a few veterans and they said

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<v Speaker 1>whatever miscommunication there was, it was squashed on the bus

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<v Speaker 1>ride to the team plane. But also a learning moment

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<v Speaker 1>where if you have those type of miscommunications with all

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<v Speaker 1>the cameras, take it downstairs and in the tunnel.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, that's that goes without saying, right, especially nowadays, because

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<v Speaker 3>there's nothing that if it's within camera view then there's

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<v Speaker 3>a pretty good chance it's gonna get caught.

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<v Speaker 1>That's like you and me. Whenever you have an issue

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<v Speaker 1>and you want to blow up at me, we come

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<v Speaker 1>into an office. We don't do it in the broadcast booth.

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<v Speaker 2>We just do it on air.

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks a lot for the time. Obviously you mean a

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<v Speaker 1>lot to a lot of Dodger fans instill the organization.

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<v Speaker 1>So thanks a lot for doing this.

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<v Speaker 2>Appreciate it. Thanks Davi.