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

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Speaker 1: We're still celebrating back to back World championships, why wouldn't you?

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Speaker 1: And we are jorn right now by a man that

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Speaker 1: was a huge part of the twenty twenty five World Series,

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Speaker 1: a man that many of you may not have known

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Speaker 1: in spring training, but he certainly made his presence known

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Speaker 1: in the postseason. That is the one and only winning

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Speaker 1: pitcher from Game three of the World Series, Will Kline. Will,

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Speaker 1: Happy New Year, and thanks a lot for taking the

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Speaker 1: time to call in.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, happy to here, guys. Thanks for having me on

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Speaker 2: this as an honor.

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Speaker 1: Hey, it's an honor to have you on. You are

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Speaker 1: definitely a champion of the Dodgers, a champion of the city.

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Speaker 1: What's life been like for Will Klein ever since the

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Speaker 1: Dodgers won Game seven of the World Series.

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Speaker 2: It's definitely been a different off season than last year.

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Speaker 2: It's kind of been, you know, all over the place,

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Speaker 2: like doing cool things like I've heard from you know,

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Speaker 2: like I mean, like getting brand deals and like just

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Speaker 2: meeting people I wouldn't have without, you know, everything that

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Speaker 2: happened this year and obviously World serious champions Uh, is

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Speaker 2: a pretty cool addition to know some awards and so

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Speaker 2: that's that's certainly one of a kind. And so just yeah,

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Speaker 2: just trying to take time to appreciate everything that's happened

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Speaker 2: this year and how thankful we are for everything the

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Speaker 2: Dodgers and everyone that supports the Dodgers, everything I've done.

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Speaker 2: So it's been it's been really really fun to you know,

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Speaker 2: kind of take all in and feel the support for everybody.

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Speaker 1: Will We were on different buses for the parade and

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Speaker 1: we missed each other that day. What was it like

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Speaker 1: for you to see the sea of humanity on the

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Speaker 1: streets of Los Angeles caring so much about you and

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Speaker 1: the rest of the Dodgers.

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Speaker 2: It was not at all what I expected. It was

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Speaker 2: a million times cooler, And you know, maybe just so

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Speaker 2: appreciative for everything that the fans do. And you know,

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Speaker 2: like I grew up a baseball fan and like I

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Speaker 2: was like die hard, and I like root for all

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Speaker 2: sorts of other sports, and so to be on that

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Speaker 2: side for you know, millions of people and to get

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Speaker 2: to see them out there and how like excited and

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Speaker 2: they see kids taking off school to come to the

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Speaker 2: parade and you see people that have been fans for

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Speaker 2: seeing that and like that they're there to like celebrate

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Speaker 2: something that I had a part of and you know

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Speaker 2: we all did as a team was just it really

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Speaker 1: Will Klein is our guest. World Series Champion. Will Klein

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Speaker 1: is our guest. You know. After the World Series and

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Speaker 1: actually the day of the parade, Clayton Kershaw told me,

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Speaker 1: I never saw the final out. I never knew what

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Speaker 1: happened to end Game seven of the World Series. Did

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Speaker 1: you see the final out? Did you know what was

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Speaker 1: going on? Did you do you remember Kershaw being so

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Speaker 1: locked in?

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Speaker 2: Yeah? I was. I mean I was shaking that entire

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Speaker 2: I'm not gonna lieh but yeah, Kirshall was warming up

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Speaker 2: he said like he thought he was in, like he

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Speaker 2: And so that's like to not be able to appreciate

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Speaker 2: it instantly. It was kind of kind of funny for

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Speaker 2: it to like happen to him, of all people. That's

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Speaker 2: just how locked in he gets in Obviously that's why

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Speaker 2: he had had such a story career. But it's really

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Speaker 1: So you're telling me that in between innings of that

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Speaker 2: Well, like a bullpen catcher or pitcher goes down and

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Speaker 2: it was it was pretty loud there, and so yeah,

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Speaker 2: someone had to go get them. But it's like it's

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Speaker 2: But I think you just kind of want to do

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Speaker 1: That's amazing. Will Klein is our guest. All right, Well,

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Speaker 1: I know you've been asked this a million times. I

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Speaker 1: interviewed you after Game three of the World Series, after

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Speaker 1: Freddy's walk off home run. What do you remember the

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Speaker 1: way things played out, the Dodgers don't win the World Series.

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Speaker 1: Has well, let's start with the first part of that question.

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Speaker 1: How did you get through each and every one of

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think I just there's something about like that

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Speaker 2: I think it's like a really cool like fight or flight,

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Speaker 2: Like you don't really get that ever experience it except

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that that was amazing. You know one thing that

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Speaker 1: they were willing you to every strike, to every out,

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I really felt that, especially those last the third

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Speaker 1: I think, Hey, when I saw you coming back to

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Speaker 1: you know, you always hear about that when you emptied

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that's that's a really good question because you always

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Speaker 2: all the all the teammates and the dugout, and it

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Speaker 1: Will kleinb when did you kind of click keeping your

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Speaker 1: a lot of the members of the coaching staff believed

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Speaker 1: three of the World Series. Of what point in the

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Speaker 1: season did you really turn all of that around your composure,

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I remember I had a couple of tough ones play.

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Speaker 2: My tenure when I first got here wasn't bad, Like

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Speaker 2: I was just talk talk to them for a while

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Speaker 2: about it, and they're like everyone everyone feels the same way.

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Speaker 2: It's like sometimes you don't feel like you belong with

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Speaker 2: well everyone has thought that at some point you do belong.

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Speaker 2: You won't be here if you don't. And then just

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Speaker 1: Love it will. Thanks a lot for coming on and

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Speaker 2: Yeah, they were they were tough. I just yeah, I

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Speaker 1: You know, Hey, you'll be able to prove it the

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Speaker 1: Can't wait for that too. And I know Dodger fans

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Speaker 1: name will be in history forever. We'll go down in

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Speaker 2: No, I really appreciate this was this was fun. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: just really excited for the new year. I know this

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Speaker 1: Will Klein will be walking slow with confidence in that

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Speaker 1: and you are certainly a world champion. Can't wait to

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Speaker 2: Yeh, thank you guys, Thank you for having me on.

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Speaker 1: My pleasure. There he goes Will Klin, What a great guy,

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Speaker 1: what a great story great storyteller as well, He really

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