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Speaker 1: And now an exclusive interview with David Bassey for Dodger talking.

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Speaker 2: Well, sometimes big TV stars return back home and don't

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Speaker 2: forget the little people, and our guy, Clayton Kershaw has

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Speaker 2: not forgotten the little people after making such a successful

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Speaker 2: television debut last night. Thanks a lot for the time,

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Speaker 2: and man, you really clean up nicely.

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Speaker 1: Thanks what was your name again?

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Speaker 2: Exactly? I was curious you were so close to the

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Speaker 2: dugout last night. You said you were in the twilight zone.

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Speaker 2: Was the first couple of innings awkward being that close

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Speaker 2: with the headset on?

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Speaker 1: I mean, yeah, obviously I'd love to be in the

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Speaker 1: dugout with these guys and watching the game. It's kind

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Speaker 1: of I've done that a lot in my life, So

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Speaker 1: I missed that. I missed kind of just being with everybody.

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Speaker 1: But it was a cool gig to get to do

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Speaker 1: and get to talk baseball and you know, orl and

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Speaker 1: Louise and Jason up there. It was they did. They

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Speaker 1: made it easy on me, so it was it was

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Speaker 1: really fun.

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Speaker 2: And but yeah, I missed.

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Speaker 1: I missed being the dugout for sure.

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Speaker 2: What's it going to be like for you tonight? Getting

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Speaker 2: your ring and being part of this group again.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's great. I mean we always every time. This

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Speaker 1: is a really special day. You know, it's opening day,

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Speaker 1: Ring Day, and then the rest of the season, so

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Speaker 1: these guys can have the rest of the season. But

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Speaker 1: I get tonight and I'm just I'm excited. I'm excited

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Speaker 1: to see it. I heard it's pretty excessive, over the top,

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Speaker 1: which is what it should be, and I'm just looking

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Speaker 1: forward to it.

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Speaker 2: Have you ever worn any of your other rings that

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Speaker 2: you've won.

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Speaker 1: No, But now that you mentioned it, I was gonna

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Speaker 1: bring mine out here to have all three on and

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Speaker 1: I didn't do that, so because I got it fitted

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Speaker 1: for my right hand so I could wear like three

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Speaker 1: at once. But they're not here, so I'll put it

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Speaker 1: on my right hand.

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Speaker 2: Though, when you go out to dinner your friends, when

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Speaker 2: you go back to Texas when you first came back,

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Speaker 2: does everybody want to see it? And do you feel

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Speaker 2: like it's a letdown if you don't bring it out

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Speaker 2: to everybody at the dinner party. I'll leave it at

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Speaker 2: the house.

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Speaker 1: But my dinner party, what do you think I'm having

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Speaker 1: dinner parties?

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Speaker 2: You're retired now, that's what you do. That's what you do.

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Speaker 2: Get the tupperware.

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Speaker 1: Dude, No, but my Charlie's got a tournament this weekend,

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Speaker 1: so I might. Uh, I might tell the boys if

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Speaker 1: they play good, they can see the ring.

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Speaker 2: Clayton Kershaw is our guest, NBC's Clayton Kershaw is a

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Speaker 2: fair or should I say peacock?

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Speaker 1: You can say either.

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Speaker 2: I think probably NBC. Though everybody focused on the suit

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Speaker 2: and tie. But I noticed it's very vacation, like bronze

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Speaker 2: gold to your face. Where were you Fiji before opening day?

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Speaker 1: Uh?

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Speaker 2: First spring break we've ever had.

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Speaker 1: First spring break is a family non azy. So you know,

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Speaker 1: we were in Miami for the WBC, so we just

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Speaker 1: stayed out there for spring break, stayed in Florida, and uh,

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Speaker 1: it's pretty great.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I missed the WBC. I'm sorry, it's okay.

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Speaker 1: Where were you?

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Speaker 2: I was watching spring training baseball?

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Speaker 1: Oh?

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Speaker 2: Nice, good, Good for you. Hey, your buddy Brad Paisley's

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Speaker 2: out here tonight performing the national anthem. Was this coordinated

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Speaker 2: for him to be out here knowing that you would be.

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Speaker 1: Here, Well, we texted, but I think it was a

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Speaker 1: happenstance more than a coordination. But he's really good at it.

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Speaker 1: He asked me if we wanted to switch, and I

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Speaker 1: sing the anthem and I said no.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, good choice, Yeah, good choice, good choice. It seems

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Speaker 2: like you're so at peace with all of this. It

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Speaker 2: feels like you you understood what you contributed to the game,

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Speaker 2: but you don't seem to have that fomo that guys

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Speaker 2: that just retired usually have.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. I mean, I'm sure that I'll kick in at

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Speaker 1: some point, but I also know that, like I did,

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Speaker 1: I did just about as much as I could. The

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Speaker 1: everything was slowing down a little bit, and just that

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Speaker 1: there are so many factors, and then when you top

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Speaker 1: it all off with the way it ended, it's just

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Speaker 1: like you can't really ask for anything more. So I'm

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Speaker 1: at peace with all that. It doesn't mean I don't

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Speaker 1: miss it. It doesn't mean I don't miss being around the

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Speaker 1: guys and hanging out, flying with them, playing cards. Just uh,

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Speaker 1: I just knew it was probably my time.

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Speaker 2: You feel like you'll have some sort of connection to

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Speaker 2: the organization as time moves on.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I think I'll always be a Dodger. I want

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Speaker 1: to help in any way I can. And from Afar,

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Speaker 1: you know, there's probably not going to be much traveling

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Speaker 1: in my future. But if I can help, you know,

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Speaker 1: if I watch games, I know I'm gonna watch all

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Speaker 1: the games. So if there's somebody that wants to talk

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Speaker 1: or see something or whatever, I want to be a

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Speaker 1: part of this group. And I think Andrew will let

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Speaker 1: me do that, so'll be good.

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Speaker 2: All right, Before I let you go, I'm just curious about,

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Speaker 2: you know, all of that, any recruiting. Did you recruit Tucker?

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Speaker 2: Were you trying to recruit Schooble during the World Baseball Classic?

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Speaker 1: You know, think about the Dodgers.

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Speaker 2: I don't.

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Speaker 1: I don't really know if you have to recruit anymore.

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Speaker 1: You know, it just kind of everybody kind of knows

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Speaker 1: a great place to be and just by word of mouth,

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Speaker 1: by other people being here. And so Tucker, Tucker figured

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Speaker 1: it out, and I'm sure Scoob's at the end of

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Speaker 1: this year, if everything's even, he'll figure it out too.

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Speaker 2: All right, thanks a lot, it's great to have you

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Speaker 2: back here. Thanks. Can't wait to see get that third ring.

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Speaker 1: Dave, that's your name, That's what it is great to see.

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Speaker 2: Thank you. They remember my name, Bob Costas's sidekick. Remembering

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Speaker 2: my name