Speaker 1: And now an exclusive interview with David Bassey for Dodger Talker.
Speaker 2: Well, if Justin Robleski's not going to Philadelphia for the
Speaker 2: All Star Game, I don't know if any of them
Speaker 2: should show up. Another great outing for the Dodger left hander,
Speaker 2: and Justin joins us right now. Thanks a lot for
Speaker 2: the time, appreciate it.
Speaker 3: Yeah, no worries, no worries. Happy to be on Hey.
Speaker 2: The day after starts or in between starts, you wear eyeglasses,
Speaker 2: So I feel like you're in your Clark Kent mode
Speaker 2: right now. And then when you go out there every
Speaker 2: every week or every fifth day, you just grip it
Speaker 2: and rip it out. Do you wear contacts when you're pitching?
Speaker 3: Yeah, I do. I do. I can't see very well,
Speaker 3: so that's why I throw the ball.
Speaker 1: And I don't hit it anymore. So that's all part
Speaker 1: of it. But yeah, the glasses are just way easier
Speaker 1: than the context. Contacts dry out get annoying. So are
Speaker 1: the glasses as long as I can. I mean, I'm
Speaker 1: about to put my contacts on and get my work
Speaker 1: done today. But most of the time, when I'm not
Speaker 1: at the field, that's glasses, all right.
Speaker 2: I know when you're on the mound and you're getting
Speaker 2: ready for a start the All Star Game, and things
Speaker 2: that are out of your control you don't concern yourself with,
Speaker 2: but it's hard to ignore how good of a first
Speaker 2: half you've had. Are you starting to think about the
Speaker 2: All Star Game?
Speaker 3: I mean, it'd be cool to be a part of it,
Speaker 3: for sure.
Speaker 1: Obviously it's something you know that's a big deal, and
Speaker 1: you want to you know, put yourself an opportunity in
Speaker 1: a position to kind of you know, be among the
Speaker 1: names that that are you know, thrown around for that.
Speaker 3: That's really cool.
Speaker 1: But at the same time, for me, I think there's
Speaker 1: a lot you know, I can continue to get better
Speaker 1: at I'm kind of more concerned with, you know, how
Speaker 1: can I improve outing to outing and you know, just
Speaker 1: month to month and getting better and whether it's you know, usage,
Speaker 1: whether it's you know, location, whatever it is whatever. Maybe
Speaker 1: I think that's kind of my focus is just trying
Speaker 1: to get better each outing. And you know, again, like
Speaker 1: I said yesterday, wherever the chips fall, if that ends
Speaker 1: up being an All Star Game this year, great, but
Speaker 1: that's also just a halfway point in the season. So
Speaker 1: you know, after the All Star break is more important.
Speaker 1: So that's what I'm I'm looking forward to.
Speaker 2: And how do you plan on stage strong because obviously
Speaker 2: you're pitching more this year as a starter than a
Speaker 2: versatile pitcher last year. How are you adjusting having this workload?
Speaker 3: Yeah, no, I feel good.
Speaker 1: I mean last year we did a good job with
Speaker 1: you know, I was up and down, but there was
Speaker 1: a lot of times where I was throwing. You know,
Speaker 1: I probably threw a cheumutive like one hundred and thirty
Speaker 1: plus innings last year, maybe more if you count like
Speaker 1: the lives and all that stuff that we did at
Speaker 1: the end of the year, you know, in the playoffs.
Speaker 1: So I feel good. I feel like I'm in a
Speaker 1: good spot again. It's just continuing to hammer the routine, hammer,
Speaker 1: just sleep and all that important stuff. And yeah, just
Speaker 1: trying to stay healthy and just pitch and take the
Speaker 1: ball every time they tell me to.
Speaker 2: So you're talking sleep, that's Otani's line. All sleep. So
Speaker 2: you're a young guy, so you just keep it mellow.
Speaker 2: You get as much sleep as you can do. You
Speaker 2: have a certain number of hours.
Speaker 1: I'm not as much of like an hour's guy. I've
Speaker 1: worn an r ring sleep track stuff for the past,
Speaker 1: you know, five or six years now, so I kind
Speaker 1: of know, like, you know, I need to be in
Speaker 1: bed for nine hours is usually like that's kind of
Speaker 1: like in bed for but usually that equates to like,
Speaker 1: you know, eight and a half eight hours of sleep,
Speaker 1: and you know, obviously I'm not always like the best
Speaker 1: about it, but like at the end of the day,
Speaker 1: like if I can get it within that range, and
Speaker 1: I think I've slept better this year than I have
Speaker 1: in previous year.
Speaker 3: So it's all.
Speaker 1: It's all been good, and it's again just continue to
Speaker 1: try to get you know, one percent better in every area.
Speaker 1: And that's kind of an area that I've improved a
Speaker 1: lot since I started tracking it.
Speaker 2: Justin Robleski is our guest. All right, So Robleski pitched
Speaker 2: last night on a national stage. In case you didn't
Speaker 2: know this, the game was on TBS, and we all
Speaker 2: know Pedro Martinez likes to tweet out different things, and
Speaker 2: he gave Justin Robleski a nickname. He said, the Dodgers
Speaker 2: have a lot of great whites in their rotation, but
Speaker 2: Robleski is a shark and he is now corning you
Speaker 2: the shark. Can I run with that nickname?
Speaker 3: One.
Speaker 2: Did you think that a Hall of Famer like Pedro
Speaker 2: is giving you the nickname the Shark?
Speaker 3: You know, Maggie really likes it.
Speaker 1: He thought it was really funny, and so he's been
Speaker 1: running around, you know, asking everybody where.
Speaker 3: The Shark is today. So that's been pretty funny.
Speaker 1: But no, in all seriousness, you know, anytime you can
Speaker 1: get you know, you can be even talked about by
Speaker 1: a guy like Pedro, it's super cool. And you know,
Speaker 1: I've been a big you know fan of his, like
Speaker 1: watching his brother, like his you know, commentary stuff is cool.
Speaker 1: And then obviously, you know, I go back and I
Speaker 1: watched some of his addings whenever I get the chance,
Speaker 1: and you know, he was elite, arguably one of the best,
Speaker 1: if not the best pitcher of all time, you know,
Speaker 1: in an era where it was really hard to pitch,
Speaker 1: he dominated.
Speaker 3: So it's super cool. You know, the nickname is funny.
Speaker 1: I think it's it's it's some Yeah, whatever people want
Speaker 1: to run with, they can run with.
Speaker 3: But yeah, it's it's funny, and it's.
Speaker 1: It's obviously super cool that to you know, be talked
Speaker 1: about by someone like like Pedro.
Speaker 2: So when we think about great white sharks. We're talking
Speaker 2: about the ultimate predator. Do you like that's why he
Speaker 2: thought about you as a shark? Are you the predator
Speaker 2: on the mound going after these hitters?
Speaker 1: And like chum, I can't speculate on what Pedro thought.
Speaker 3: You might have to ask him.
Speaker 2: I don't know what does that mean to you?
Speaker 3: Though? I don't know. It's not my nickname. I didn't
Speaker 3: give it to myself. You know, I can't. I can't.
Speaker 3: I can't speak on why he would give me that.
Speaker 3: You gotta ask him, all right?
Speaker 2: So can I run with this?
Speaker 3: Can I? Can?
Speaker 2: I stick with the shark?
Speaker 3: Whatever you want to do?
Speaker 2: Okay, all right? Good? Glad to know that I could
Speaker 2: start going forward with a Hall of FAMERUS nickname for
Speaker 2: Justin Robleski, the.
Speaker 3: Shark, shark, whatever works, man, all right? Love it.
Speaker 2: There he is Tanner Scott. He's got the dorsal fin
Speaker 2: out for the shark Justin Robleski. He'll receive a gift
Speaker 2: card to Javier's. He'll be hunting some fine Mexican cuisine
Speaker 2: in La Joia, in Pasadena, maybe even in Newport Beach. Justin,
Speaker 2: thanks a lot for the time. And you're clubhouse manager
Speaker 2: Alex Torris better get that All Star jers. He ready
Speaker 2: for you in philadelph Thank you, Thank you, Dave, thank you. Hey,
Speaker 2: get ready, Philly, The Shark is coming to town.