Speaker 1: And now an exclusive interview with David Basse or Dodger Talk.
Speaker 1: The Dodgers are back home and nobody's happier than three
Speaker 1: time World Series champion and brand new girl dad Freddie
Speaker 1: Freeman London Rosemary Joy Freeman in his arms when he
Speaker 1: got home last night from San Francisco. Thanks a lot
Speaker 1: for the time, appreciate it.
Speaker 2: That is all true. So it was awesome. It's good
Speaker 2: to be home. And I held her all day today too.
Speaker 1: As as little boys, we always think about, oh we
Speaker 1: want to have a boy too, But can you describe
Speaker 1: the piece of your heart now having a little baby girl.
Speaker 2: Yeah. I mean we're five days in and all day
Speaker 2: I was holding her and I was just staring at her.
Speaker 2: It's just kind of you're just enamored. You know, you
Speaker 2: three boys, now you got a little girl. So it's
Speaker 2: it's definitely a little different. But everyone keeps telling me
Speaker 2: I'm going to be wrecked, and and I say every
Speaker 2: every spond, I can't wait to be wrecked. It's it's
Speaker 2: she's just so perfect and we're just so happy and
Speaker 2: blessed that she's here. And you know, it's just a
Speaker 2: lot of staring at her right now.
Speaker 1: Fair to say this is the first Freeman baby as
Speaker 1: a Dodger.
Speaker 2: That is correct, Yes, yeah, that is, and it will
Speaker 2: be the last one. There's there's no more. We are,
Speaker 2: Chelsea and I are officially done. So four kids, three boys,
Speaker 2: one girls, and we're loving every second of it. All.
Speaker 1: Right, let's talk a little baseball, Freddie. You've been through
Speaker 1: so many seasons, world championship seasons. You understand how to
Speaker 1: navigate it better than most. What's the balance of not
Speaker 1: putting into cruise control but also understanding it's not just
Speaker 1: about now.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, like I understand, there's no one that's
Speaker 2: coming here that's not trying to win every single game.
Speaker 2: So the cruise control, I think there's no such thing
Speaker 2: for us in the in our in our clubhouse, we're
Speaker 2: trying to win every single game every single night. Dogs
Speaker 2: trying to manage that way too, and we're trying to
Speaker 2: make it be a point where he has to go
Speaker 2: for it everything that you don't want to be in
Speaker 2: a spot where you're like, oh, maybe we'll just like
Speaker 2: save this guy for this day. But but he has
Speaker 2: to do that too, because we've got to keep everybody healthy.
Speaker 2: So it is hard. It's hard to navigate one hundred
Speaker 2: and sixty two games schedule. We're in obviously where I
Speaker 2: think we're in thirteen in a row two, So there's
Speaker 2: bullpen guys or that are going to be throwing a
Speaker 2: lot more than they normally are. So that's why Tyler
Speaker 2: going eight innings, Actually it was huge. It gives guys
Speaker 2: days off that in a course of thirteen games in
Speaker 2: a rows is huge for us, especially this early in
Speaker 2: the season where most starters aren't going deep into games.
Speaker 2: So when you have our starters going deep into games
Speaker 2: like our guys have been going, that's huge, and that
Speaker 2: could lead a ripple effect throughout the course of the
Speaker 2: season where maybe in end of May when we're in
Speaker 2: a stretch that that realief feature can pitch instead of
Speaker 2: being too pitched too much early in the season. So
Speaker 2: there's a lot of ripple effects. There's a lot of
Speaker 2: mini games inside the games that we're trying to win also,
Speaker 2: so it's a lot it's I mean, we can go
Speaker 2: on and on about little things here and here and
Speaker 2: there of our course of one sixty two, but where
Speaker 2: we try to win every single night. Obviously, there's no
Speaker 2: there's no doubt about that. But sometimes you just got
Speaker 2: to manage workloads a little early in the season. So
Speaker 2: that's why maybe on day games you see some guys off,
Speaker 2: like Will Is getting a lot more days off right now,
Speaker 2: just because Dalton's obviously playing really well, but also to
Speaker 2: keep Will fresh throughout the course of the season. So
Speaker 2: there's a lot that has to be managed that most
Speaker 2: fans don't know what's going on, and sometimes they get
Speaker 2: a little upset at us, but ultimately everyone is trying
Speaker 2: to do the best they can to be healthy, ready
Speaker 2: and ready to go in October.
Speaker 1: I'll say this with all due respect because there's no
Speaker 1: signs of you slowing down. But I love how you
Speaker 1: mentioned everybody else getting a day off except yourself.
Speaker 2: Yeah. I just had to, so that's good. That's all
Speaker 2: I need. I'm good for the rest of the year now. No,
Speaker 2: I feel good. I really do. I know age and
Speaker 2: all that people talk about it, but I really do
Speaker 2: feel good this year. It was nice to have a
Speaker 2: normal offseason. My body feels good and I just had
Speaker 2: two days off, so I don't need any days off.
Speaker 2: So that's the goal. It's just if you can stay
Speaker 2: healthy as much as you can, and we're all gonna
Speaker 2: have akes and pains here and there. Day games after
Speaker 2: night games are tough to traveling thirteen in a row.
Speaker 2: Most people were getting on planes going here and there,
Speaker 2: getting in late sometimes, so you just try and stay
Speaker 2: as ready as possible. But yeah, I don't need a
Speaker 2: day off yet. Okay, love it.
Speaker 1: And he's in there today for sure as the number
Speaker 1: two hitter. Kyle Tucker's now the cleanup hitter. You're the
Speaker 1: hitter betting behind Otaani. Does anything change for you and
Speaker 1: do you feel like this is going to benefit Tucker?
Speaker 2: Nothing changes for me. I don't care where I hit.
Speaker 2: Sometimes it is just maybe just a different look that
Speaker 2: someone needs. You know, Kyle is an exceptional player, four
Speaker 2: time all start in a row, and we have no
Speaker 2: doubt that he's going to be that player too. Sometimes,
Speaker 2: and of course a season, sometimes you got a shuffull lineup.
Speaker 2: My first year here, I was hitting third and I
Speaker 2: hit second. You just switch to make things work. And sometimes,
Speaker 2: like Doc said, you just need a different look, different
Speaker 2: different setting. Maybe not coming up so fast in the
Speaker 2: first inning. Maybe you just sit for a second and
Speaker 2: then go up and hit fourth, and then you look
Speaker 2: at what he did yesterday. Yeah, his swing looked good
Speaker 2: a couple of barrel balls, so hopefully we can get
Speaker 2: him going. And for me, it's it doesn't really matter.
Speaker 2: I'm usually swinging pre pre swinging it. And you know,
Speaker 2: if they walk show Hey to get to me, I
Speaker 2: love it. That's in my mind. That's RBI opportunities, so
Speaker 2: I want those, So I hope they intentionally walk them
Speaker 2: a lot more.
Speaker 1: I kind of remember Game one of the World Series
Speaker 1: a couple of years ago when they did that.
Speaker 2: They walked Mookie to get me to be But for me,
Speaker 2: I love that. I know that's part of the game,
Speaker 2: and people are like, oh, I keep no, Like, if
Speaker 2: they're walking Show that means there's usually a guy on
Speaker 2: second base and that's a free baby. That means there's
Speaker 2: a guy in scoring position, which I love guys in
Speaker 2: corp position. I want to hit him in. So I
Speaker 2: love that. So maybe me behind him right now is
Speaker 2: is good. So hopefully we can get show Hey going too.
Speaker 2: So maybe we can all get going at the same
Speaker 2: time and roll off a hot streak.
Speaker 1: Here, what about this layer. Freddie Freeman is our guest
Speaker 1: before first pitch between the Dodgers and Cubs.
Speaker 2: You are the.
Speaker 1: Epitome of not looking at iPad looking at the picture,
Speaker 1: and you are the epitome of bringing back a scanner
Speaker 1: report back to the dugout. How much could that help Kyle?
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's it's it's a lot. I've I've always been that.
Speaker 2: I've never really been an iPad guy. I just feel
Speaker 2: like watching the game you can learn more than slowing
Speaker 2: down your swing. I think everyone knows when you do
Speaker 2: something wrong and pop a ball up, you kind of
Speaker 2: know how that swing went to do that. So I
Speaker 2: think that we've actually done a really good job of
Speaker 2: that starting in spring training, of coming back and talking
Speaker 2: about pictures and maybe Kyle seeing how they pitched Show
Speaker 2: Hey and I now will help him, you know, as
Speaker 2: he gets to the when he's sitting in the four hole,
Speaker 2: so you have two left handed hit that he can
Speaker 2: watch and see how they're attacking and what they're doing
Speaker 2: and more. Watching the game is only going to help
Speaker 2: you in my opinion, So it's worked for me. So
Speaker 2: maybe Kyle can see how they pud Show Hey and I,
Speaker 2: and he can take that into his bat and we
Speaker 2: can get him going.
Speaker 1: All right, Freddie, thanks a lot for the time. You
Speaker 1: don't have any bags underneath your eyes, so I'm glad
Speaker 1: you get in some sleepy.
Speaker 2: And not yet. She's doing pretty good at the night
Speaker 2: every few hours, so we'll talk to me a couple
Speaker 2: of weeks and see how we're doing well.
Speaker 1: She's lucky to have Freddie Freeman as her dad, and
Speaker 1: we're lucky to have you in Los Angeles and keep
Speaker 1: it going. The future Hall of Famer knows something about hitting.
Speaker 1: Kyle Tucker can take some notes.
Speaker 2: Oh jeez, thank you, David. I'm only going to come
Speaker 2: in on the first part.