Speaker 1: Out an exclusive interview with David Bassey for Dodger Talk.
Speaker 1: All right, we're joined right now by a four time,
Speaker 1: four time World Series champion, six time gold glover and MVP.
Speaker 1: And when you see that smile right there, whether he's
Speaker 1: zero for five or five for five, mothers across America
Speaker 1: love Mookie Bets. Thanks a lot for the time, appreciate.
Speaker 2: It, of course, thanks for having me.
Speaker 1: Bro Hey, I saw a great scene that people would
Speaker 1: pay a million dollars to see and listen to two
Speaker 1: of the giants of this game, Mike Trout and Mookie
Speaker 1: Bets having a conversation behind the cage earlier today. How
Speaker 1: much respect do you have for Trout? How much mutual
Speaker 1: respect is there between you two?
Speaker 3: I think a lot, you know, I think obviously we've
Speaker 3: been playing against each other for a long time and
Speaker 3: we just became boys, you know, just from playing against
Speaker 3: each other, and you know, we kind of both went
Speaker 3: through through our struggles and whatnot, and we we text
Speaker 3: and we talk. We try and help each other through it,
Speaker 3: you know, just sharing knowledge and whatnot. So, uh, like
Speaker 3: I said, we've become friends. And you know, every time
Speaker 3: I see him, I always get to talk to him
Speaker 3: and whatnot. So yeah, it was just just good friends
Speaker 3: catching up.
Speaker 1: That's next level friendship if you're texting going through a
Speaker 1: baseball season.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, for sure, you know, but I think
Speaker 3: that's just uh, I think playing the WBC and obviously
Speaker 3: playing the years been playing in the WBC, really getting
Speaker 3: to take the field together, I think we got a
Speaker 3: lot closer and you know, we.
Speaker 2: Just, uh, we've just been boys.
Speaker 1: Is that the best thing about the World Baseball Classic
Speaker 1: being teammates among some of your peers that are on
Speaker 1: the same level.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean I would say so.
Speaker 3: And really just getting to uh to take the field
Speaker 3: with different guys, you know, I know kind of how
Speaker 3: it works in this clubhouse. Have been taking the field
Speaker 3: with these guys for a long time, but you never
Speaker 3: really get to see, uh the inner workings of you know,
Speaker 3: Mike Trout or Aaron Judges or whoever else, right, And
Speaker 3: so I'm really getting to take the field and see
Speaker 3: their mindset see there every day.
Speaker 2: Is uh something that you know you'll never forget?
Speaker 1: Is there something you found out about Mike Trout being
Speaker 1: teammates on the WBC team us say that you didn't
Speaker 1: know about him before.
Speaker 2: I mean just that. I mean it sounds weird. It's
Speaker 2: just he's a normal dude.
Speaker 3: You know, he's a normal dude with the superpower that
Speaker 3: he uses his full advantage.
Speaker 2: And uh, I mean other than that, you know, he's
Speaker 2: super cool.
Speaker 3: Down to earth.
Speaker 2: I mean, he'll talk to you about anything. Uh.
Speaker 3: And and really just his appreciation for the game, you know,
Speaker 3: his appreciation for being able to.
Speaker 2: Take the field and play the game that he loves.
Speaker 2: It really really got the show.
Speaker 1: In the NBA. You always hear guys talk about Rings
Speaker 1: to other guys that don't have as many. I mean,
Speaker 1: people still get on Berkley to this day for not
Speaker 1: having any. So you've got four. Do you ever use
Speaker 1: that to your advantage when you're in conversations with guys
Speaker 1: in the WBC?
Speaker 2: Nah?
Speaker 3: No, I mean, uh, he's accomplished a lot more than
Speaker 3: I have, so I can't really say a whole lot.
Speaker 3: And you know, Rings is definitely a team awards, so
Speaker 3: it kind of takes takes everyone. But for him, he's
Speaker 3: got so many individual awards, it's not much you can
Speaker 3: really say, you know, to him and really everyone else
Speaker 3: who really takes part in the WBC.
Speaker 1: Mike Trout, it's got four hundred home runs, but Mookie
Speaker 1: BET's got four rings. I would say that Trump's everything,
Speaker 1: And you know, I think that's one thing that people
Speaker 1: forget about you.
Speaker 2: Mookie.
Speaker 1: You got to the Dodgers in twenty twenty, and since then,
Speaker 1: the dodgress have won three World Series Championships. How much
Speaker 1: pride do you take in that because I know that
Speaker 1: was the goal.
Speaker 2: Yeah, take a lot of pride.
Speaker 3: Take a lot of pride in that because that's the
Speaker 3: that's the reason why we play. Obviously, I would love
Speaker 3: to be doing a lot better individually, but you know
Speaker 3: that's It's not from lack of effort, for sure. But
Speaker 3: I know, I know when it comes down to winning
Speaker 3: and playing team ball, I'm always there. I'm always ready
Speaker 3: to go for that, and I do everything I can
Speaker 3: to help the boys win, whether it's you know, just
Speaker 3: talking to someone or you know, stuff in the in
Speaker 3: the clubhouse and you know, on the field, whatever whatever
Speaker 3: it kind of takes.
Speaker 2: And so I take pride in trying to help.
Speaker 1: Yeah, yesterday I saw during stretch you and ta Oscar
Speaker 1: Hernandez giving Dalton Rushing some big brother love. Do you
Speaker 1: feel like he needs that? And why did you do
Speaker 1: you feel like you can take him under your wings
Speaker 1: and show him, you know, just how to be able
Speaker 1: to keep emotions in check.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I definitely think I think everyone needs it. You know,
Speaker 3: I needed it, you know, especially being a young a
Speaker 3: young guy in the big leagues.
Speaker 2: And I mean everybody needs.
Speaker 3: Some type of leadership because you just don't know, you
Speaker 3: don't know what you don't know. And obviously we're learning
Speaker 3: a lot of things ourselves as.
Speaker 2: We continue to to go. But there's a lot of.
Speaker 3: A lot of knowledge that we have, and you know,
Speaker 3: Russia is the next wave, and so now it's our
Speaker 3: time to kind of pass pass our knowledge and pass
Speaker 3: how we have become successful.
Speaker 2: And he's he's been there to listen.
Speaker 3: Obviously it's gonna take a little work and whatnot, but uh,
Speaker 3: you know, it's nothing that we all can't handle.
Speaker 1: I remember and still we see it whenever you're in
Speaker 1: the World Series and big poppies on the desk. He
Speaker 1: was your big brother coming up. What's the one piece
Speaker 1: of advice that he gave you that you pay forward, you.
Speaker 3: Know, really really just to trust myself, believing yourself and
Speaker 3: good good self, good good positive self talk. You know,
Speaker 3: he never he never talked talked to himself negatively. And
Speaker 3: you know, things haven't been going too great for me
Speaker 3: here recently, so I have to figure out how to
Speaker 3: give myself talk better. But that that's one thing that
Speaker 3: he always preaches, like, you know, trusting yourself, believing yourself
Speaker 3: and be good to yourself and uh things, whether they
Speaker 3: go good or bad, you have to do those.
Speaker 2: Things, you know.
Speaker 3: And you know, I'm, like I said, I'm not perfect.
Speaker 3: I'm gonna work in progress with it. But that's just
Speaker 3: what I'm try and try and teach the young guys.
Speaker 2: That's beautiful.
Speaker 1: And I feel like your season just started three games ago,
Speaker 1: so this is a restart to your year reboot.
Speaker 3: I feel like, yeah, I feel like, you know, being
Speaker 3: off that for that time. You know, need a little
Speaker 3: little bit to get going. So hopefully I can get
Speaker 3: it going here soon. You know, I just have to
Speaker 3: keep playing and find some type of rhythm.
Speaker 1: Well, we believe in you, MOOKI. Your work speaks for itself.
Speaker 1: People doubted you. You conn't play shortstop. You turned the
Speaker 1: World Series ending double play, You're on your way to
Speaker 1: a gold glove, you were on your way to another MVP.
Speaker 1: So I'm still holding out hope. David Price says, you
Speaker 1: have one more three homer game in you, and I'm
Speaker 1: still I'm not retiring until you get it, Mooky, all right.
Speaker 2: I won't either. Make sure we give me one more.
Speaker 1: Thanks a lot for stopping and great to see you
Speaker 1: and always great to see you smile. And don't forget
Speaker 1: your Mooky freaking bets.
Speaker 2: Thanks bet,