WEBVTT - Freddie Freeman (7-21-26) 

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

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<v Speaker 2>We are in Philadelphia.

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<v Speaker 1>It is steamy, it is going to rain, but we're

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<v Speaker 1>with Freddie Freeman in a nice, air conditioned Dodger clubhouse

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<v Speaker 1>on a beautiful leather couch that was here when I

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<v Speaker 1>first started with the team at twenty twelve.

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<v Speaker 2>Freddie, thanks a lot for the hospitality.

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<v Speaker 3>Though. It's good to be here. I like that. I

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<v Speaker 3>think it's been here since I've been here too.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, you've been here a little bit longer than I have, Freddie.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I've been in this clubouse a lot and it

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<v Speaker 3>hasn't changed.

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<v Speaker 2>What's your record for cheese steaks? I got to ask

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<v Speaker 2>you that right away.

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<v Speaker 4>Okay, so I didn't actually start eating the cheese steaks

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<v Speaker 4>until about three years in. Yeah, I had a different

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<v Speaker 4>little diet I did, and I finally got on it.

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<v Speaker 4>John a chicken and cheese and I put a one

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<v Speaker 4>sauce on it. It's a little different than most guys,

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<v Speaker 4>but I no, I'd probably like a one and a

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<v Speaker 4>half because I don't like to play games full. I

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<v Speaker 4>don't like the full feeling, blood feelings, so I don't

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<v Speaker 4>really eat that much.

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<v Speaker 2>Only closers usually rush.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I see that.

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<v Speaker 4>I like to look at the stats every single time

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<v Speaker 4>we come in town and see who's doing it. Someone

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<v Speaker 4>has like ten and a half or something one day,

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<v Speaker 4>which is nuts. So I don't think it can be

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<v Speaker 4>a player playing doing that, but it's fun to see

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<v Speaker 4>who can do the most.

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<v Speaker 2>You faced a lot of pitchers in your career.

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<v Speaker 1>You remember the Big Show Aaron Harang for a long time,

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<v Speaker 1>he had the record.

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<v Speaker 4>Here's a teammate of mine. Not surprising, Yeah, yeah, Aaron, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 4>that is not surprising that you could eat a lot.

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<v Speaker 4>I just actually just saw him in spring training here,

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<v Speaker 4>so that's kind of funny. He's a great guy, a

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<v Speaker 4>great teammate, So I'm not surprising that can eat a

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<v Speaker 4>lot of stakes either.

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<v Speaker 1>Freddie I saw during the All Star break you have

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<v Speaker 1>a very regimented routine, your own you know, tailored routine.

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<v Speaker 1>Twelve minutes before first pitch you swing for the last time.

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<v Speaker 1>Where did that routine come from?

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<v Speaker 3>Uh?

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<v Speaker 4>You know, it just kind of evolved over time. As

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<v Speaker 4>you get older, you get to hit a little later

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<v Speaker 4>before the game, and just kind of how it all

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<v Speaker 4>kind of planned out. I hit three times a day

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<v Speaker 4>the last time is usually about twelve minutes for the game.

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<v Speaker 4>I liked it. That's just kind of how it is.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm very My whole day is usually planned out by

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<v Speaker 4>the time I wake up, so things go hey wire.

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<v Speaker 4>You can even ask my wife. I don't like things

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<v Speaker 4>going haywire. So I try and stick to e routine

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<v Speaker 4>every single day. Every day be the same, and it

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<v Speaker 4>just kind of helps you stay in line.

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<v Speaker 1>This is a very Kurshaw like start day routine, but

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<v Speaker 1>it's every day for you.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, every day is the same. I try and treat

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<v Speaker 4>every day the same, nothing different. It's worked for a

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<v Speaker 4>long time, so I don't want to change it.

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<v Speaker 1>So when you say twelve minutes, twelve minutes right on

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<v Speaker 1>the dot, not twelve minutes and one second.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, So I.

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<v Speaker 4>Leave my if we're at home per seven and ten game,

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<v Speaker 4>I usually leave my locker at six fifty three to

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<v Speaker 4>walk to the cage. Andy's usually hitting during that time,

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<v Speaker 4>so we have a perfect kind of He finishes and

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<v Speaker 4>I'll start hitting, usually about six fifty eight, so kind

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<v Speaker 4>of how it goes. Obviously a different time different you know,

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<v Speaker 4>different cities like tonight six forty, so things are a

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<v Speaker 4>little different.

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<v Speaker 3>When you hit first.

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<v Speaker 4>There's always little things where you can you kind of

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<v Speaker 4>have variables, but usually at home it's six fifty eight

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<v Speaker 4>walking at my locker in six fifty three.

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<v Speaker 1>You've been through your share of rain to lays too,

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<v Speaker 1>So how does that affect the whole thing?

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<v Speaker 4>More of like like, right after I get done talking

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<v Speaker 4>to you, I'll go hit, we'll do a hitters meeting.

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<v Speaker 4>I'll probably hit again, and then I'll kind of just

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<v Speaker 4>wait out and see if there's any delays or anything

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<v Speaker 4>like that, and I'll wait for the third time to

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<v Speaker 4>be before the game. It's nothing really changes. I just

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<v Speaker 4>kind of try and not let things get out of line.

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<v Speaker 4>But I want to get my two times in before

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<v Speaker 4>that third time before the game.

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<v Speaker 1>Freddie Freeman is our guest. I had a first pitch

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<v Speaker 1>in Philadelphia. We haven't talked since you played those three

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<v Speaker 1>games at Yankee Stadium, first time going back there since

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<v Speaker 1>winning the World Series in Game five? What was it

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<v Speaker 1>like for you the first time you stepped out on

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<v Speaker 1>the field.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, yeah, nothing nothing different. You were going to say that, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 4>nothing really changed. Every game, every city trying and treat

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<v Speaker 4>the same. It's no different. That was two years ago.

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<v Speaker 4>If people were different teams, different people on the teams.

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<v Speaker 3>Different environments.

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<v Speaker 4>So if you're thinking about something that happened two years ago,

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<v Speaker 4>it's probably not going to be the best bet. But

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<v Speaker 4>everything was the same for me.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, the fans there didn't forget there were a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of booze for Freddy.

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<v Speaker 4>That's okay. That means something could happened a couple of

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<v Speaker 4>years ago for us.

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<v Speaker 1>This year, as you guys get closer to the finish line,

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<v Speaker 1>what do you believe is the biggest key to your

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<v Speaker 1>success to not let down?

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, I mean, obviously we've been playing really good baseball.

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<v Speaker 4>We've had a lot of guys hurt throughout the course

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<v Speaker 4>of the year. A lot of young guys have stepped

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<v Speaker 4>up massive massive beings about Robuski, will Client stepped up

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<v Speaker 4>to a huge thing. You have all these young position

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<v Speaker 4>players getting chances, but you have a few guys starting

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<v Speaker 4>to come back and they're itching to come back. That

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<v Speaker 4>can give a real boost to the team to the

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<v Speaker 4>last couple of months. You want to play good going

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<v Speaker 4>into the playoffs. We all know how it works in

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<v Speaker 4>the playoffs. You just got to be hot at the

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<v Speaker 4>right time. So there's no let up.

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<v Speaker 3>We know what we have.

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<v Speaker 4>What the task at hand is, you got to play

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<v Speaker 4>good going into October, and that's what we're focused on.

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<v Speaker 1>You know about the difference between being experienced and knowing

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<v Speaker 1>how to win. How much of this group knowing how

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<v Speaker 1>to win will lend itself.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, that's it's big.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, there's so many different scenario situations that've come up.

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<v Speaker 3>Throughout the course of the year.

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<v Speaker 4>It's I think this whole clubhouse has seen every single situation,

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<v Speaker 4>been through, every single situation, have failed at the times

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<v Speaker 4>that succeeded, So you know how to handle all those

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<v Speaker 4>variables that come so you know, nothing gets too big.

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<v Speaker 4>And we're two and five of our last game in

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<v Speaker 4>last seven games and you walk in here and you

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<v Speaker 4>won't even know it. So we got a lot of

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<v Speaker 4>guys that have been through it know how to do it.

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<v Speaker 4>Don't let things get out of control. We just stay

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<v Speaker 4>on the right path through our same things and we

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<v Speaker 4>know we're good. So things are gonna to me turn

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<v Speaker 4>our way.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, Freddie? Before I back out of here.

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<v Speaker 1>Yesterday, another one of those great Freddie viral moments, you

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<v Speaker 1>and JT. Realmodle awkwardly looking down at the baseball and

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<v Speaker 1>awkwardly almost knocking heads to grab it.

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<v Speaker 2>What how did that all transpire? What was said between

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<v Speaker 2>each other?

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<v Speaker 4>Now than JT and I have a really good relationship.

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<v Speaker 4>We've been been friends for a long time, obviously, played

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<v Speaker 4>against each other for a long time and being in

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<v Speaker 4>the NLS for a long time. So that one went

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<v Speaker 4>to the ball just went straight down, and it was

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<v Speaker 4>more of the It was more of just looking at

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<v Speaker 4>each other and just kind of laughing that I was

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<v Speaker 4>hit a ball straight down and didn't go anywhere, and

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<v Speaker 4>then we just kind of looked at each other.

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<v Speaker 3>I was gonna pick it up.

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<v Speaker 4>Then he picked it up, and just you know, a

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<v Speaker 4>fun moment throughout the course of the seasons. That always

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<v Speaker 4>seems to happen for me for some reason. That's happens

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<v Speaker 4>when you singing to change up that almost hits you.

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<v Speaker 4>But I know it was fun, and baseball must be fun,

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<v Speaker 4>trying to have fun during the moment, and some things

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<v Speaker 4>like that happen sometimes.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, thanks again for the time, really appreciate it. You

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<v Speaker 1>know how much we left talking to you. But I

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<v Speaker 1>guarantee you this. We will not speak before a game

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<v Speaker 1>until the end of the regular season.

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<v Speaker 2>How about that deal?

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<v Speaker 3>You we're not going to talk again.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't feel I feel like, you know, I feel

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<v Speaker 1>like we've had our are run during the regular season.

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<v Speaker 2>I need to let you breathe.

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<v Speaker 4>Freddy, Okay, that sounds good. Well, if you need anybody,

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<v Speaker 4>I'll be here if you need help.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, okay, okay, I'll take one mulligan.

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<v Speaker 3>How about that one mulligan. I'll give it to you.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you, appreciate it.