Speaker 1: And now an exclusive interview with David Bassey for Dodger Talker.
Speaker 2: Well, the snow has stopped and the Dodgers and Rockies
Speaker 2: are getting ready for first pitch. Our guest Blake Trenton,
Speaker 2: three time World Series champions, got his snow hat on.
Speaker 2: He's about to go outside and get ready for this
Speaker 2: game tonight.
Speaker 3: Blake, thanks a lot for the time. Appreciate it.
Speaker 1: Dave, You're always welcome.
Speaker 3: Have you been outside yet?
Speaker 1: No, I'm too old to be out there letting the
Speaker 1: joints subtle. I need to sit in here, get nice
Speaker 1: and warm. Save it for the game.
Speaker 3: You played on the East Coast with the Nationals.
Speaker 2: How much have you experienced snow games and having to
Speaker 2: deal with snow early in the day and then temperatures
Speaker 2: in the mid thirties.
Speaker 1: Well, I don't think I've really played snow in the
Speaker 1: big leagues, but in college I was at South Dakota State.
Speaker 1: Go Jack Rabbits, mid major powerhouse. If anybody wants to
Speaker 1: go look them up. Invented the cookies and cream ice cream.
Speaker 3: I mean, now I'm all in.
Speaker 1: Yeah, most people will be you know, no, but I'm
Speaker 1: used to playing in pretty cold weather. We played in
Speaker 1: Minnesota in twenty two it was like thirty two degrees.
Speaker 3: Yeah, you remember that. It was awful.
Speaker 2: Grusha had a no hither he did guys the goat.
Speaker 1: Yeah, so playing in the cold, if you can get warm,
Speaker 1: is an advantage to the picture. That's what I've always
Speaker 1: told myself. And so it's just a matter of finding
Speaker 1: a way to get yourself ready.
Speaker 2: Yeah, what is the routine? What is what changes for
Speaker 2: a relief picture? Specifically, since you guys are out there
Speaker 2: for the majority of the beginning of the game, remember doing.
Speaker 1: A lot of jazzer, sizing, jumping jacks. I don't know,
Speaker 1: with anything to keep the blood flowing. Man, It's like,
Speaker 1: you gotta find ways to stay moving because if you sit,
Speaker 1: then you start to settle and it's just not great.
Speaker 1: So games like this in the cold really aren't good
Speaker 1: for players. But that's part of why we're professionals.
Speaker 3: You know.
Speaker 1: Games aren't aways supposed to be easy. It's not just
Speaker 1: the talent and competing against the player. It's competing against
Speaker 1: your own mind and telling yourself it's not a big deal,
Speaker 1: and preparing yourself for whatever the guess the environment throws
Speaker 1: your way. Sometimes it's rained sometimes it's heat like it
Speaker 1: was in Tampa last year, and this year it's gonna
Speaker 1: be snow on the field in Colorado.
Speaker 3: So Blake trying it is our guest. Blake.
Speaker 2: The Dodger bullpen has been phenomenal to start the season.
Speaker 2: Yourself included how much joy have you rediscovered in the
Speaker 2: game this year or how do you feel like you're
Speaker 2: pitching with joy again this year?
Speaker 1: I mean, when things are going well, it's easier. I
Speaker 1: think staring down, you know, I don't have a lot
Speaker 1: of time left in this game, and just trying to
Speaker 1: be present for whatever the moment is. I mean, it's
Speaker 1: my last year with the Dodgers on my contract, so
Speaker 1: I'm just trying to be present and hopefully leave a
Speaker 1: good legacy of my name here with with the with
Speaker 1: the Dodgers organization, with my teammates, with the fans, and
Speaker 1: by the end of the year hoisting up another trophy
Speaker 1: and and.
Speaker 3: And going out with with with a bang, you know. Like, so.
Speaker 1: The biggest thing is, you know, fishing this contract to
Speaker 1: the satisfaction of the organization, the fans.
Speaker 2: Yeah, and it feels like you're off to that type
Speaker 2: of start. What do you believe you've rediscovered what what
Speaker 2: has worked for you so far this year.
Speaker 3: I don't know.
Speaker 1: I think just being aggressive end zone again, not that
Speaker 1: I wasn't trying last year. It's just for whatever reason,
Speaker 1: we've found some things to work. And then you know,
Speaker 1: the body is just moving better than it has for
Speaker 1: a while.
Speaker 3: And yeah, I.
Speaker 1: Don't know, there's not like really a golden answer there,
Speaker 1: but you know, by the grace of God, it's been great.
Speaker 1: And that's really the root of it is, you know,
Speaker 1: working hard and just a lot of prayer, and so
Speaker 1: far things have been going well, and I just pray
Speaker 1: it continues that way and at the gift that God
Speaker 1: has given me shines bright on the biggest stage.
Speaker 2: Blake Alex Bessi is about three lockers down from you.
Speaker 2: What's it been like to have him back with you
Speaker 2: guys after missing the World Series and just everything he's
Speaker 2: gone through and the way that he's come back with
Speaker 2: this type of positive mindset.
Speaker 1: But he's a good friend to a lot of us
Speaker 1: and myself included, and you know, a huge part of
Speaker 1: this team and why we were in the World Series.
Speaker 3: Not having him there is awful.
Speaker 1: What they went through is even worse and I think
Speaker 1: just getting back to what feels like normalcy, you know,
Speaker 1: for for him and his family, seeing him out there competing,
Speaker 1: finding ways to move forward all areas of our life.
Speaker 1: There's gonna be challenges, and you know, just finding ways
Speaker 1: to to keep keep plugging and enjoying the joys that
Speaker 1: are in front of us. I think, you know, baseball
Speaker 1: is a big part of you know, their process and
Speaker 1: his process as a person, I mean, and that's what's
Speaker 1: brought him this far. And so just getting back and
Speaker 1: competing and having him around is great. And he's got
Speaker 1: a great support system here, His families amazing people. His
Speaker 1: wife is is such a beautiful person inside and out.
Speaker 1: So yeah, I think it's it's a it's a blessing
Speaker 1: for all of us to be back together. And you know,
Speaker 1: just the way he's throwing this years is pretty awesome.
Speaker 1: It's good to see him back in his element and thriving.
Speaker 2: What does it mean to you when you hear him
Speaker 2: talk about watching your leadership when he first got here,
Speaker 2: to help him grow into being part of this Dodger
Speaker 2: bullpen and here he is joining you as now one
Speaker 2: of the veterans in that bullpen. How much does it
Speaker 2: mean to you that you've set that example for the
Speaker 2: next generation of Dodger relievers.
Speaker 1: Well, that's news to me. I think Alex speaks kindly
Speaker 1: of me to other people. To me, it's a lot
Speaker 1: of like blank stares, and you know, befuddlement is like,
Speaker 1: you know, what are you doing today?
Speaker 3: Why aren't you doing this?
Speaker 1: Stop eating the ice cream bar blake if you don't
Speaker 1: want to look fat. You know, he's he's got a
Speaker 1: he's got a very aggressive and intense demeanor. And you know,
Speaker 1: we we have a lot of good laughs. But you know,
Speaker 1: if he's saying those things when no one's watching it,
Speaker 1: that means a lot to me. So I've been a
Speaker 1: believer of him from day one. Always felt like he
Speaker 1: was going to be a ten.
Speaker 3: Year big leaguer.
Speaker 1: Just the way he prepares and his compete and very
Speaker 1: comfortable in his own skin. It's a lot of pieces there,
Speaker 1: and then obviously how he's developed himself in his craft
Speaker 1: over the years. It's it's why he's where he's at.
Speaker 1: So if I had a part in it, that's a
Speaker 1: that's a cool thing. That's really what any of us
Speaker 1: who stick around would love to well, would love to
Speaker 1: be able to say at the end of the day
Speaker 1: when they hang it up, is like, you know, I
Speaker 1: did my best to pay it forward to bless other
Speaker 1: people in some way, shape or for.
Speaker 2: Him, no doubt, Blake, trying to make a difference with
Speaker 2: so many different teammates over the years.
Speaker 3: Thanks a lot for the time.
Speaker 2: And we're in the Kruse Shaw real estate area now
Speaker 2: you're you're kind of in the old Kruse Shaw lockers spot.
Speaker 1: I know, I think I owe them Rent.
Speaker 3: I don't know what it is.
Speaker 1: I gotta give him a call and see how much
Speaker 1: I owe him for taking a spot today. But you know,
Speaker 1: from one old man to another, I just I guess i'll, i'll,
Speaker 1: I'll embrace it. So this is where Kersh was, and
Speaker 1: then I'll embrace me in here. It's a lot of greatness.
Speaker 1: So maybe it'll rub off on me for this.
Speaker 2: Series, all right, love it. Four game series starts tonight.
Speaker 2: Thanks a lot for the time, Blake.
Speaker 1: Oh thanks Dave.
Speaker 2: I'll be thinking about you out there when you're with
Speaker 2: those pine trees.
Speaker 1: Yeah, when you're up in your cozy little luth with
Speaker 1: a fire on, schipping on your latte.
Speaker 3: I do love almond milk.
Speaker 1: That's that's the problem. Real milk is created for a reason.
Speaker 1: You have to press a nut in order to get milk.
Speaker 3: That's crazy.