Speaker 1: And now an exclusive interview with David Bassey for Dodger Talker.
Speaker 2: Happy Third of July. What says America more than our guy,
Speaker 2: Tommy Edmund? Tommy, thanks a lot for the time. I
Speaker 2: appreciate it.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm excited to celebrate America's two hundred and fiftieth
Speaker 1: birthday tomorrow.
Speaker 2: That's right, Hey, I spent some Fourth of julys in
Speaker 2: Delmar back in my younger days, Tommy Edmund.
Speaker 3: Nice beautiful area.
Speaker 1: Yeah, nothing better than you know, going to the beach
Speaker 1: on a beautiful sunny day in San Diego, maybe get
Speaker 1: a little bonfire and you know, just nothing, no better
Speaker 1: way to spend.
Speaker 2: The fourth It's like you were there with me.
Speaker 3: I might have been there.
Speaker 1: You know. I've probably spent a couple of days of
Speaker 1: del Mar on the Fourth of July in my younger days.
Speaker 1: But you know, most of most of my Fourth of
Speaker 1: July is the last ten years, have been spent playing baseball.
Speaker 2: Yeah. I don't think people appreciate this. There's so many
Speaker 2: great summer holidays to spend with your family. But as
Speaker 2: a guy that's dedicated his life to playing baseball and
Speaker 2: to make it to this level, what's it been like
Speaker 2: for you to even have seen Fourth of July outside
Speaker 2: of a baseball stadium. Were you like ten years old
Speaker 2: when that happened.
Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, yeah, probably going back to the the
Speaker 1: pre travel ball days because you know, growing up, even
Speaker 1: in high school, you're playing tournaments most of the summer,
Speaker 1: so you know, it's pretty much always just been Fourth
Speaker 1: of July baseball games. But you know, that's that's kind
Speaker 1: of what I know, and you know, I appreciate it
Speaker 1: and it's a lot of fun.
Speaker 2: Tommy Edmund is our guest. He's back, he's healthy, and
Speaker 2: he was a big part of the Dodgers coming from
Speaker 2: behind last night. That was a really fun watch to
Speaker 2: see the resilience of the group last night. What was
Speaker 2: the talk in the dugout when you get down six
Speaker 2: nothing to be able to chip away the way you did.
Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, great offensive performance. We just kind of
Speaker 1: maintained the consistency of at bats throughout. You know, we
Speaker 1: didn't try to do too much, didn't try to you know,
Speaker 1: score six rounds with one swing. You know, just a
Speaker 1: lot of really good at bats consecutively, and you know
Speaker 1: that was just kind of the mindset of our offense.
Speaker 1: Just just chip away slowly.
Speaker 2: How fun was it for you to have rushing in
Speaker 2: front of you and you guys doing your thing last night?
Speaker 3: Man, him and him and Tucker.
Speaker 1: I think they got on base every single time yesterday, so,
Speaker 1: you know, and those two guys were hitting two and
Speaker 1: Erosa just before me, and then three battles before me,
Speaker 1: So I had a lot of guys on base. But yeah,
Speaker 1: it just seemed like there was, you know, constant activity
Speaker 1: on the base pass throughout the game.
Speaker 3: Tommy.
Speaker 2: We always talk about the gifts that you guys have physically,
Speaker 2: You've been here, been part of back to back championships.
Speaker 2: What about the mental toughness yourself and the rest of
Speaker 2: your teammates have had the last three years, including on
Speaker 2: display last night.
Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, I think that's what it takes to
Speaker 1: be a successful baseball player, to be a successful team
Speaker 1: in this league. You know, everybody in Major League Baseball
Speaker 1: has got a ton of talent, you know, and I
Speaker 1: think it's the mental side that separates the good players
Speaker 1: from the best players.
Speaker 3: Unfortunately, we have a lot of guys.
Speaker 1: Who are are really tough, have a really good grasp
Speaker 1: on the mindset that is required in this game.
Speaker 3: So, you know, I think that's what makes us so great.
Speaker 2: How have you guys been able to just be on
Speaker 2: the same page on that sort of wavelength, to have
Speaker 2: the same sort of mental toughness nobody really seems to waiver.
Speaker 1: I think it's part of just who guys are on
Speaker 1: this team. It's just kind of built into our personalities.
Speaker 1: And then also just having having played together, we have
Speaker 1: a we have a group of guys that, for the
Speaker 1: most part, we've all played together for the last several years,
Speaker 1: some guys longer than others, you know, months, He's been
Speaker 1: here forever, and you know, Freddie Muki have been here
Speaker 1: a number of years now. So I think just the
Speaker 1: more experience you get playing with one another, the more
Speaker 1: you understand what what makes each other tick, and you know,
Speaker 1: it helps create a uh some good chemistry in the clubhouse.
Speaker 2: Tommy Edmund is our guest just in front of first
Speaker 2: pitch between the Dodgers and Padres. Tommy, hard to ignore
Speaker 2: how well you've been playing since coming off the il.
Speaker 2: You've only been back thirteen games, but from the press
Speaker 2: box vantage point, it just seems like you have a
Speaker 2: lot more stability, a lot more strength with the way
Speaker 2: the right foot is feeling.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I feel really confident with everything so far. You know,
Speaker 1: I feel like I'm able to do everything on the
Speaker 1: field that I that I was able to before the
Speaker 1: ankle problems, uh kind of popped up.
Speaker 3: You know.
Speaker 1: I'm moving around the field still my first base yesterday,
Speaker 1: and you know, just feel like I can be an
Speaker 1: explosive player out there.
Speaker 2: Does it make it awkward when your trainers walk by
Speaker 2: and you've overcome them, including Possum Nakajima.
Speaker 1: Yeah, Passum has been a huge help, and he's a Yeah,
Speaker 1: he's my favorite trainer on the whole team. And I'm
Speaker 1: not only saying that because he's standing right here looking
Speaker 1: at me.
Speaker 2: How much was he wasn't really involved in your recovery?
Speaker 2: Was he?
Speaker 3: He helped out a little bit?
Speaker 1: He said, he gives me some he's some good soft
Speaker 1: tissue work.
Speaker 2: Tommy Edmant is our guest. All right, Otani night, Edmund.
Speaker 2: Did you think you were going to get out of
Speaker 2: here without answering an Otani question?
Speaker 3: Oh?
Speaker 1: Maybe, I would say it happens about twenty percent of
Speaker 1: the time.
Speaker 2: But okay, I want to ask you about Otani. I'll
Speaker 2: ask you about Dalton Rushing. There's been a lot of
Speaker 2: talk about the way he plays with so much emotion.
Speaker 2: Can he last a whole season riding that emotional wave
Speaker 2: or is that something that he's going to learn on
Speaker 2: his own.
Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, I think that's kind of what makes
Speaker 1: him tick.
Speaker 3: You know.
Speaker 1: And we're all we've played with Rushing Dalton for you know,
Speaker 1: about a year now, so I feel like we have
Speaker 1: a pretty good understanding of who he is as a
Speaker 1: player and as a person. And you know who he
Speaker 1: is on the field. He's a he's a competitive but
Speaker 1: he's a great teammate in the clubhouse. And you know,
Speaker 1: I think I think eventually, at some point, you know,
Speaker 1: he'll maybe tone down a little bit on the field.
Speaker 1: But you know, I don't think it's ever gonna go
Speaker 1: away completely. And I don't I don't think we wanted to.
Speaker 3: You know. That's that's what makes him so good.
Speaker 1: It's just his his drive and his desire to be
Speaker 1: so great out there.
Speaker 2: It's got to matter that he cares as much as
Speaker 2: he does.
Speaker 1: Absolutely, you know, there's yet you can never you can
Speaker 1: never say that he doesn't care about the game.
Speaker 2: How about you. I never think you get too high
Speaker 2: or too low. You're very even Keel you're I need
Speaker 2: you in my life.
Speaker 3: Tommy Edmund, Yeah, I don't know. I think that's just
Speaker 3: kind of who I am as a person. I guess
Speaker 3: it carries over.
Speaker 1: To the way I uh, the way I perform, and
Speaker 1: the way I am on the field.
Speaker 2: Hey, love having you with the Dodgers. Can't state it enough.
Speaker 2: Don't tell Freddy, no tany this, but Tommy Edmund, it's
Speaker 2: one of my favorite players to watch play the game.
Speaker 2: So thank you for the time.
Speaker 3: Thank you, I appreciate it. You're my favorite reporter.
Speaker 2: Hey, there we go. See that's why I love this guy.