Speaker 1: And now an exclusive interview with David Bassaying for Dodger Talking.
Speaker 2: The Dodgers are closing out this road trip and what
Speaker 2: a wild win for the Dodgers last night the bullpen
Speaker 2: finding a way to gut it out to get the
Speaker 2: job done. Alex Vessia was one of those guys last night.
Speaker 2: Thanks a lot for the time, and I'm glad this
Speaker 2: is after a win.
Speaker 1: Uh yes, yes, me too. Yeah. I did my fair
Speaker 1: share of making it interesting. Uh not super ideal, but hey,
Speaker 1: you know we uh not not every audience is going
Speaker 1: to be perfect. And you know, putting up a zero
Speaker 1: in that spot, you know, it felt like, you know,
Speaker 1: did my job and we got the win.
Speaker 2: So I got to ask you about your twin, Jack Dryer.
Speaker 2: A lot of people believe that Jack Dryer is the
Speaker 2: Alex Vesi a twin in that bullpen. What can you
Speaker 2: say about the job he did in the tenth inning?
Speaker 1: That was that was really cool. He's we we we
Speaker 1: might throw, we might be left handed, we might throw
Speaker 1: the vert ball, but you know, we are very much different.
Speaker 1: The way he goes about his business very much analytical data.
Speaker 1: You know, he loves his iPad and for him to
Speaker 1: go out there and also the double playball that was
Speaker 1: super cool. But I mean that was that was a
Speaker 1: really really good play and you know, super proud of him.
Speaker 1: He's he's grown a bunch, you know, and you know, Doc,
Speaker 1: Doc trusts him, and yeah, it's been it's been great
Speaker 1: to watch him, you know, just kind.
Speaker 2: Of blossom when we look at you guys, your major
Speaker 2: leaguers at the top of your game. But to have
Speaker 2: a moment like that for Jack Dryer, how much does
Speaker 2: that boost his confidence moving forward?
Speaker 1: Yeah? I would I would say it definitely boosts his confidence.
Speaker 1: I know, he's he's a pretty confident guy. Uh, you know,
Speaker 1: day in and day out, but you know, to go
Speaker 1: out there in the tenth and the you know, in
Speaker 1: the you know, we we lost seven in a row,
Speaker 1: and you know, with all the you know, outside noise,
Speaker 1: right for him to keep his head down, still attack,
Speaker 1: you know, one pitch at a time, one out at
Speaker 1: a time. You know, adversity was definitely against him yesterday
Speaker 1: with you know, run around second base no oubts. He
Speaker 1: managed it great, you know, and I give him a
Speaker 1: lot of credit. So he did an awesome job yesterday.
Speaker 2: Alex Bessi as our guest in front of first pitch
Speaker 2: between the Dodgers and Diamondbacks. I got to ask you this,
Speaker 2: How would you describe your season? How has it been
Speaker 2: for you? The grind of this season?
Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, I I would say, I'm I'm pretty
Speaker 1: proud of of myself for this season, for how I'm
Speaker 1: I'm going about my business. To not get too too
Speaker 1: far into it, but you know, it's been tough, right
Speaker 1: The what I've had to face off the field has
Speaker 1: not been easy, you know, So I do give myself
Speaker 1: a lot of credit going out giving it my all,
Speaker 1: you know, pitching and you know, performing the way I have. Obviously,
Speaker 1: you know, we can nitpick and be very critical of
Speaker 1: you know, a bunch of different analytics stuff. But I
Speaker 1: feel like when I go out there, I'm confident and
Speaker 1: I'm giving my team the best chance to win, you know,
Speaker 1: and whatever Doc needs of me, whether that's one out,
Speaker 1: two out, or three outs. You know, him and I
Speaker 1: have a great relationship, and you know, I definitely I'm
Speaker 1: proud of myself so far. We have about forty four
Speaker 1: more games left, yeah, you know, and I'm just looking
Speaker 1: forward to kind of soaking that all in, you know,
Speaker 1: at the end of the year. You know, I'm hoping
Speaker 1: to have a third ring, you know, and and after that,
Speaker 1: I don't know where life will take me.
Speaker 2: On a day like today, where you go out there
Speaker 2: and you work on mechanical issues. How about this guy?
Speaker 2: You like this guy of Vessio, Terrek Schoogle. You like
Speaker 2: this guy?
Speaker 1: Yeah? Absolutely, guys a dog already. I'm looking forward to
Speaker 1: having him out at Dodger Stadium for his first start.
Speaker 1: That's gonna be awesome.
Speaker 2: It will be beautiful. But on a daylight today for
Speaker 2: alex Vesia, you go out and work on some mechanical stuff.
Speaker 2: What is that? Relievers don't have that opportunity to work
Speaker 2: on that kind of stuff because you have to pitch
Speaker 2: almost every game.
Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, the goal is always to be ready
Speaker 1: to go, to be available every day. The way I
Speaker 1: go by my routine, the way I go about you know,
Speaker 1: my catch play, and how I go about my business
Speaker 1: doing my like we call it side work on the
Speaker 1: on the mound. You know, it doesn't really change whether
Speaker 1: I had a good outing or a bad outing. It
Speaker 1: is very much the same day in and day out.
Speaker 1: So you know, the routine is what I stick towards,
Speaker 1: and I feel like it's given me a really good
Speaker 1: chance to perform day in and day out. And you know, yeah,
Speaker 1: like I said, this is you know, we got forty
Speaker 1: something games left and you know, now it's time to
Speaker 1: start clicking them off. And it's gonna be nice to
Speaker 1: get back home. I feel like we've been on the
Speaker 1: road forever. So yeah, to have you know, like a
Speaker 1: week at home, it's gonna be really nice.
Speaker 2: All right, Bessia, thanks a lot for the time. You're
Speaker 2: very gracious, and I love all the little kids, all
Speaker 2: the lot of Dodger fans really appreciating you, because middle
Speaker 2: relievers don't get a lot of love, but certainly Dodger
Speaker 2: fans love you.
Speaker 1: Yes, yeah, it's been it's been awesome. I can't give
Speaker 1: the fans enough, you know love back. It's definitely been
Speaker 1: been really nice this year. And you know, all I
Speaker 1: want to do is make the you know, kids smile.
Speaker 1: And you know, if I wave at them sign up baseball,
Speaker 1: it's you know that does that warms my heart too,
Speaker 1: So I don't take it for granted.