Speaker 1: And now an exclusive interview with David Bassay for Dodger
Speaker 1: talking nothing but first class. When you're with the man himself,
Speaker 1: freshly traded from the Tampa Bay Rays back to where
Speaker 1: he belongs, the LA Dodgers, and he's behind the plate
Speaker 1: tonight catching Roki Sasaki. That's the one and only Hunter
Speaker 1: Fiducca Fetti, thanks a lot for the time. Great to
Speaker 1: have you back.
Speaker 2: Of course, I'm happy to be back.
Speaker 1: I guess Austin Barnes doesn't watch a lot of Dodger games,
Speaker 1: because he was watching the other day and he said, wait, what,
Speaker 1: Fetti's back. So now that Barnes is aware that you're back,
Speaker 1: I guess that's all good.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 3: I'm so waiting for the text from him. I should
Speaker 3: be here any any moment now. But yeah, I miss
Speaker 3: that guy.
Speaker 1: What's it been like for you? Is it still surreal
Speaker 1: to be back?
Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, you know it's at this but at
Speaker 3: the same time, it feels like I haven't missed much.
Speaker 3: You know, the guys were very welcoming when I when
Speaker 3: I got here, you know, kind of picked up where
Speaker 3: it left off. So you know, I'm excited to be
Speaker 3: back with these guys and you know, they got a
Speaker 3: good thing going, so I'm excited to help out any
Speaker 3: way I can.
Speaker 1: Is that how it felt. Maybe you don't see a
Speaker 1: guy from college for ten years and then you see
Speaker 1: him and you pick up right where you left off.
Speaker 3: Yeah, that's that's a good way to put it, honestly.
Speaker 3: You know, we spent a lot of hours together on
Speaker 3: the field and just bonding in general, so you know,
Speaker 3: a year doesn't take much off of it. So yeah,
Speaker 3: when I got back, it felt like I haven't I
Speaker 3: haven't missed too much, So that's good.
Speaker 1: Is it a crash course when it comes to some
Speaker 1: of these pictures or is it because you understand the method,
Speaker 1: the process as far as the game planning, Does it
Speaker 1: matter that you haven't really caught Rokie before?
Speaker 3: Yeah? You know I caught his bullpen the other day.
Speaker 3: You know, beforehand probably caught him a handful of times,
Speaker 3: so you know, not much has changed from that aspect.
Speaker 3: And you know, just being with the race for a
Speaker 3: while and you know, having to kind of lead a staff,
Speaker 3: it's helped out a lot with game planning and just
Speaker 3: getting comfortable in that sense.
Speaker 2: But you know, I feel comfortable for the most part.
Speaker 3: Obviously, there's a little stuff here and there that need
Speaker 3: to pick up on and learn along the way, But
Speaker 3: I don't think it's going to take too much time.
Speaker 2: Hopefully.
Speaker 1: Hunter Fiduccia is our guest. He has a clean shaven
Speaker 1: upper lip. Now you shaved the stash. That thing was
Speaker 1: looking pretty nice over there, I mean Ted Lasso's back
Speaker 1: and you shave the stash.
Speaker 2: Yeah. I don't know where that came about.
Speaker 3: I think it was like two am in the morning
Speaker 3: when I when I got in after getting traded.
Speaker 2: And thought, you know, I had to change something up.
Speaker 3: So here I am fresh, fresh, new team, fresh shave,
Speaker 3: So here goes nothing.
Speaker 1: Does it feel like when you came back to the
Speaker 1: Dodgers and when you were first traded? Obviously he's still
Speaker 1: trying to prove yourself in the big leagues. Now you've
Speaker 1: done that, you've established that. Does it feel like you
Speaker 1: left kind of like a boy and now you're a
Speaker 1: man that you came back.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I know, like you said there, I think there's
Speaker 3: still some more to prove, you know, but developing more.
Speaker 3: As you know, I've been the Bigs a little longer,
Speaker 3: you know, it has helped out a lot with being
Speaker 3: comfortable and you know, working with pitchers and you know,
Speaker 3: with the staff and Tampa having a lot of veteran arms,
Speaker 3: you know, picking up on a lot of a lot
Speaker 3: of stuff from them and how they approach certain at
Speaker 3: bats and hitters, and you know.
Speaker 2: I feel a lot more well rounded as as a
Speaker 2: catcher for sure and ballplayer.
Speaker 1: I got to ask you this, Shane McClanahan. I mean,
Speaker 1: he's such a powerful pitcher. We know him from starting
Speaker 1: the All Star Game against Krushaw in LA. But what's
Speaker 1: it like to be a teammate to be behind the
Speaker 1: plate when mcclanahan's pitching.
Speaker 3: Yeah, no, it's it's as advertised how you see it
Speaker 3: on TV.
Speaker 2: It's it's truly a special arm.
Speaker 3: It was fun getting to work with him, and you know,
Speaker 3: especially after you know the injuries he's went through, seeing
Speaker 3: how he bounced back and has developed his arm, it's
Speaker 3: truly impressive.
Speaker 1: All right, Before I let you go, Ben Rotfitz, the
Speaker 1: first thing he said to me was, it's so weird.
Speaker 1: You guys were treated for each other and now your
Speaker 1: finally teammates. What are your first impressions of the legend
Speaker 1: that is Ben Roartvett.
Speaker 3: He's the man you know, I heard a lot of
Speaker 3: stories in the past about him, never really knew him,
Speaker 3: but you know, when I saw him for the first
Speaker 3: time in Chicago, it's like we've known each other for
Speaker 3: a long time. It's a weird feeling, but now it's
Speaker 3: been awesome so far. You know, he's been helpful too.
Speaker 3: It's some of the pictures I haven't caught before, and
Speaker 3: you know, he's had some time here and got to
Speaker 3: build relationships with some of the pictures. So he's been
Speaker 3: super helpful. And looking forward to get to know him
Speaker 3: a little better and working with them all right.
Speaker 1: Well, great to have both you and Ben back with
Speaker 1: the Dodgers. Good luck tonight with Rokie and it's a
Speaker 1: good night to get a win.
Speaker 2: Yes, let's do it. Thank you.