Speaker 1: And now an exclusive interview with David Bassey for Dodger Talker.
Speaker 1: Everybody wants a piece now, everybody knows where Justin Robleski's
Speaker 1: locker now is in the Dodger Clubhouse after a great
Speaker 1: pitch game, Justin, thanks a lot for remembering the little people.
Speaker 1: I know there's a big crowd around your locker right now.
Speaker 1: I appreciate the time.
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, it's for Tanner, right next to Tanner's locker.
Speaker 2: That's what it's for.
Speaker 1: I love upsetting Tanner Scott, and that's why we're doing
Speaker 1: this interview right here.
Speaker 2: Yeah, we need to probably do it in front of
Speaker 2: his locker instead.
Speaker 1: No comment, no comment. I mean, this guy loves to hate.
Speaker 1: He's so jealousy.
Speaker 2: Because you said show me that beautiful bald head, and
Speaker 2: I hit him with the please show me that beautiful
Speaker 2: two pey. I'm trying to get Tanner some fampoo, but
Speaker 2: he's not a part that maybe just lotion.
Speaker 1: Well here we go. Hey, Tanner, since you're here, what'd
Speaker 1: you think about what Robleski did last night? Since you
Speaker 1: closed the game out for him. I honestly thought he
Speaker 1: was going back out me too, I mean it was.
Speaker 2: I was ready efficient.
Speaker 1: Very efficient. Hey three like five pitch innings maybe it
Speaker 1: was eight eight six for uh five six seven.
Speaker 2: Yeah, keep going, that's what we need.
Speaker 1: I actually talked to Miguil Rojas after the game last night,
Speaker 1: and it seemed like he was really excited that you
Speaker 1: kept your infielders engaged, You work quick, and kept those
Speaker 1: guys involved.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think that's, you know, that's the key to
Speaker 2: to you know, getting deep into games. I think you
Speaker 2: watched a lot of the guys that that pitch quicker,
Speaker 2: and when you're throwing strikes like that, it's just a
Speaker 2: tack mote against the hitters, and I think it creates
Speaker 2: a level of discomfort with the hitters. And I think
Speaker 2: we have more of an advantage now than even in
Speaker 2: past years because of the pitch clock and everything else.
Speaker 2: And they only get one time out, so if you're
Speaker 2: just filling up his own and they're putting in playing
Speaker 2: getting out, I think it's it's just more uncomfortable on them.
Speaker 2: So I think that's and then yeah, like you said,
Speaker 2: it keeps them fielders engaged and keeps everybody you know
Speaker 2: ready to go. Oh so yeah, I love it.
Speaker 1: With that being said, you're a guy that came up
Speaker 1: through the miners with the pitch clock, do you feel
Speaker 1: like you have a better understanding on how to use
Speaker 1: that to your advantage?
Speaker 2: I would say, I'd say it's been something that you've
Speaker 2: kind of had to learn. It's just like a I
Speaker 2: don't know, it's it's a little nuanced. I don't think
Speaker 2: it's anything that's like super game breaking or game changing.
Speaker 2: But I think definitely for a guy like myself who
Speaker 2: likes to work quick, it's it's a little lot better
Speaker 2: because in college, like I'd be working quick and having
Speaker 2: a good outing and then you know everyone's like time
Speaker 2: and it's just calling three timeouts in at bat and
Speaker 2: you know it gets a little annoying and they can't
Speaker 2: do that anymore. So that's that's kind of a good
Speaker 2: part for me. But other than that, it's just a
Speaker 2: matter of you know, knowing how much time you need
Speaker 2: between pitches and kind of using it more of as
Speaker 2: like you know, how to get a breather. Then some
Speaker 2: of these guys do, like like Frameber for example, stand
Speaker 2: there and stare at the ground for a while and
Speaker 2: try to get the hitter to get into the box late,
Speaker 2: which honestly credit to them. I think it's a it's
Speaker 2: a smart thing to do if you can do it right,
Speaker 2: But I don't have the patience for that. So it's
Speaker 2: it's there's there's little games within the game you can
Speaker 2: do with it. But I'm more so just happy that
Speaker 2: we have it because it keeps me working quick and
Speaker 2: it keeps a tour. The game can't get stalled if
Speaker 2: you're if you're cruiser.
Speaker 1: So it's fair to say that you're a rhythm picture,
Speaker 1: especially with the new setup that you have where you're
Speaker 1: straddling the mound the rubber.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'd say I'd say it. I've always been that
Speaker 2: kind of way. It's just, you know, I think for
Speaker 2: the most part, all of us are that way. It's
Speaker 2: just once you get into a groove and are feeling
Speaker 2: it and feel good, I think you want to just
Speaker 2: keep going and go as quickly as you can. But yeah,
Speaker 2: i'd say definitely. I'm definitely more of a rhythm guy.
Speaker 1: I guess the obvious question is today, how is Justin
Speaker 1: Robleski feeling after throwing more innings than you ever have
Speaker 1: in your professional career?
Speaker 2: Yeah, I feel good, I feel good. I feel normally
Speaker 2: I'm a day two shortness guy. So we'll see how
Speaker 2: I feel tomorrow. But today I feel pretty good. I
Speaker 2: feel like I'm not gonna throw them all to day.
Speaker 2: But I have an extra day this week, so why
Speaker 2: would I, you know, take a little spot day. Watch
Speaker 2: you I'm my throw gen tonight and and sit back.
Speaker 1: When you talk about wanting to go back out there
Speaker 1: for the ninth inning, do you have any say? Did
Speaker 1: you have any chance to plead your case?
Speaker 2: I'd like to think I did not. You know, I
Speaker 2: think from a from a perspective of health and everything else,
Speaker 2: I've that was the first time ever going eight ups
Speaker 2: in my life, so I think from from that perspective,
Speaker 2: it was the right decision out of them. But like
Speaker 2: I said last night, I just kind of want to
Speaker 2: build off that and do it, do it more and
Speaker 2: more time, so that if we're in that situation again,
Speaker 2: it's there's no question, it's I'm going back out for
Speaker 2: the ninth inning and we'll see where we get from there. Hopefully,
Speaker 2: hopefully I can get that opportunity again. Obviously, those outings
Speaker 2: are are pretty hard to get to nowadays. But you know,
Speaker 2: obviously the goal is always to go as hard as
Speaker 2: you can as long as you can, and if that
Speaker 2: ends up being a complete game, that's that's even better.
Speaker 1: I'm not sure if you could share this with us now,
Speaker 1: but when you're facing a team that's struggling offensively as
Speaker 1: much as the Mets are, does that go into your
Speaker 1: game planning before the game as far as attacking the
Speaker 1: strike zone to dare them to hit it.
Speaker 2: No, I personally don't really look at a lot of
Speaker 2: that stuff is because you know, all these guys are
Speaker 2: good hitters, and that's a really good team over there,
Speaker 2: especially against lefties. So I just kind of view it
Speaker 2: how they have hit lefties over the past two years,
Speaker 2: year and a half, and that's kind of how I
Speaker 2: go into my game planning, is you know how how
Speaker 2: they are and what their tendencies are and kind of
Speaker 2: what kind of hitters they are. But at the end
Speaker 2: of the day, as a starter, it's it's less about
Speaker 2: a game plan more about just kind of feeling the
Speaker 2: game as you go through it. And that's kind of
Speaker 2: something I've learned, you know, bouncing back and forth and
Speaker 2: doing all this, is that out of as a as
Speaker 2: a starter, you can kind of your game plan is
Speaker 2: more fluid than it is, like setting like setting Stone.
Speaker 2: So that's it's pretty cool. It's a lot of fun
Speaker 2: to face these really good lineups and yeah, just see
Speaker 2: how you can navigate them and just attack.
Speaker 1: Justin Robleski has a lot of swagger, a lot of
Speaker 1: confidence in himself. One of my favorite scenes when they
Speaker 1: panned into the dugout a few different times. You were
Speaker 1: stalking that dugout like a lion stalking its prey. What
Speaker 1: was going through your mind when you're stalking that dugout,
Speaker 1: pacing up and down.
Speaker 2: I don't know. Once we get the two outside, just
Speaker 2: getting the dug out, and I'm not gonna I can't
Speaker 2: sit down, like well, I've already done my sitting down,
Speaker 2: So once it gets the two outs, I go on
Speaker 2: the dugout and I'm that's just it's just me. It's
Speaker 2: just how I do it. It's just what happens. I
Speaker 2: don't really think about it or try to, but it's
Speaker 2: just kind of what happens. And I'm just ready to
Speaker 2: go back out there and pitch. So that's just kind
Speaker 2: of me getting ready to go.
Speaker 1: Hey, love it. You just keep stacking those chips. The
Speaker 1: World series last year, Now what you did last night,
Speaker 1: Sky's limit for you. Thanks a lot for the time,
Speaker 1: and thank you for squeezing me in amongst all your
Speaker 1: new fans.
Speaker 2: Yeah, thanks Dave, thank you, thank you.