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Speaker 1: And now an exclusive interview with David Bassey for Dodger Talking, Well,

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Speaker 1: it's been abnormal weather at Dodger Stadium and I've taken

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Speaker 1: a lot of heat, including from our guest, three times

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Speaker 1: World Series champion Max Munsey about my jacket. Munsey, thanks

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Speaker 1: a lot for the time, and you always taught me

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Speaker 1: to be prepared, so I feel like I'm very prepared

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Speaker 1: for whatever Mother Nature throws at us tonight.

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Speaker 2: I mean, what are you prepared for Antarctica right now?

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Speaker 2: It's not that cold, David, You'll be fine, Munsey.

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Speaker 1: This is a multi middle layer type jacket.

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Speaker 2: If you say so, it looks like you're pre prayed

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Speaker 2: to go out in the snow right now.

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Speaker 1: Munsey, thanks a lot for the time. And obviously a

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Speaker 1: great start to the season. As far as the celebration

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Speaker 1: of the team, do you feel like we're starting to

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Speaker 1: settle into the season almost?

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Speaker 2: Uh? You know, it's way we have a normal couple

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Speaker 2: games here and then we got to go to DC

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Speaker 2: and you know, you have the opening ceremonies there, and

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Speaker 2: then you know, we get to Toronto and obviously they're

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Speaker 2: probably gonna have something planned, you know, just the World

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Speaker 2: Series rematch. Once we get past that, you know things

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Speaker 2: will fall back into the normal, you know, daily routine,

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Speaker 2: and you know that I think guys will be happy

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Speaker 2: to get back into that.

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Speaker 1: It's hard not to ignore. As soon as the schedule

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Speaker 1: came out, we all saw that your first road trip

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Speaker 1: is going back to where you guys were able to

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Speaker 1: come back into elimination games to win the World Series.

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Speaker 1: What do you believe will be your feelings when you

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Speaker 1: step back into the Rogers Center.

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Speaker 2: It'll be exciting, for sure. You know, I always felt

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Speaker 2: the same way when we when we went back to Texas.

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Speaker 2: You go back in there and you're kind of like,

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Speaker 2: you know, this is this is our building, this is

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Speaker 2: where we won, this is where we took care of business.

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Speaker 2: And I'm sure the feelings will be the same when

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Speaker 2: when we go there. You know it's gonna be very hostile,

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Speaker 2: very loud. That place was unbelievable in the playoffs. But

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Speaker 2: you know, when you're able to take care of business

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Speaker 2: and come home with the trophy, you just you feel

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Speaker 2: like that place, You know it holds a special place

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Speaker 2: in your heart forever.

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Speaker 1: Max Munsey is our guest in front of first pitch

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Speaker 1: between the Dodgers and Guardians. I actually saw you go

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Speaker 1: over and I believe you were talking to Stephen Vote,

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Speaker 1: the Guardian's manager. How far back do you go with

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Speaker 1: him in the Oakland organization?

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Speaker 2: Me and Vote go back a long time. You know,

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Speaker 2: when I made my debut and I walked through the

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Speaker 2: doors of the clubhouse, the very first person standing there

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Speaker 2: to give me a hug with Steven Vote. And uh,

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Speaker 2: you know, I get asked all the time about you know,

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Speaker 2: like a mount rushmore of teammates and and Vote he's

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Speaker 2: on there. You know that the other three spots I

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Speaker 2: could pick from any number of guys that have been

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Speaker 2: here with the Dodgers over the years, and but you know,

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Speaker 2: one spot for sure is always going to belong to

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Speaker 2: Stephen Vote. He just he taught me so much. He

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Speaker 2: was kind of a mentor to me. And you know,

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Speaker 2: to see him have the success he's had as a manager,

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Speaker 2: it's not surprising at all to me, just the kind

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Speaker 2: of teammate he was and the kind of ballplayer he was,

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Speaker 2: and you know, we're just catching up talking about old times,

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Speaker 2: you know, and uh, it's always it's always great to

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Speaker 2: see him. It's nothing but nothing but warm hugs and

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Speaker 2: good feelings. But you know, anytime I get a chance

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Speaker 2: to talk to Steven, I I really get excited about it.

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Speaker 1: What's one thing that you remember the most about what

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Speaker 1: he taught you about this game and how to be

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Speaker 1: a pro.

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Speaker 2: You know, he was one of the first guys where

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Speaker 2: it was that I saw where it was we need

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Speaker 2: to have as much fun as possible. But as soon

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Speaker 2: as that takes away from your performance on the field

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Speaker 2: and the focus on the game, he would shut that.

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Speaker 2: You know, he would shut it down. And you know,

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Speaker 2: he just loved to have fun. But he also loved

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Speaker 2: to go out there and work. He'd loved to talk hitting,

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Speaker 2: he loved to just talk about the details of playing

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Speaker 2: baseball and how to win a game. And you know

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Speaker 2: that's just something that's stuck with me even to now,

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Speaker 2: just paying attention to the details, trying to have fun,

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Speaker 2: but also not taking away from the game.

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Speaker 1: Max, thanks a lot for the time, love all those

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Speaker 1: stories that you share with us. Appreciate it and look

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Speaker 1: forward to the first road trip with you.

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Speaker 2: We'll see, we'll see. I don't know if you'll get

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Speaker 2: if you'll get any time there, David, We'll see.

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Speaker 1: Do you feel like this jacket works in Toronto, or

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Speaker 1: should I, you know, upgrade, maybe go a little heavier

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Speaker 1: in Toronto.

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Speaker 2: I don't think you need to go any heavier. You

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Speaker 2: got to park on you know. I think that'll be

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Speaker 2: just fine for Toronto.

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Speaker 1: All right. Thanks a lot for the advice. What a

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Speaker 1: great life coach you are. I appreciate it, of course,

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Speaker 1: thing for you, David,