Speaker 1: And an exclusive interview with David Bassey for Dodger Talk.
Speaker 1: The Dodgers are back home, and it's great to be
Speaker 1: with my guy, Taoscar Hernandez, who had a very good
Speaker 1: road trip. The smile was bright and he got to
Speaker 1: reunite with some of his Blue Jays friends and let
Speaker 1: him know who the hefe is and that's ta Oscar Hernandez.
Speaker 1: Thanks a lot for the time.
Speaker 2: Thank you man, Thank you for having me.
Speaker 1: How was it to be back in Toronto? I saw
Speaker 1: you and Vladdie Junior. I mean, you guys spent a
Speaker 1: lot of time over the years and during this offseason.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's always, you know, good to be back there.
Speaker 2: The Citi Defense, the team. It's really good memories in
Speaker 2: my career, real people that I met over there over
Speaker 2: the years, and people that took care of me and
Speaker 2: my family when I start getting my kids and all
Speaker 2: of the things outside of the of the few, you know,
Speaker 2: it's anything about love or the city in Toronto, the
Speaker 2: fans and the organization.
Speaker 1: I was keeping track of you this offseason on your Instagram.
Speaker 1: I saw you in Vlattie working out a lot together
Speaker 1: in Florida. How much did you push each other to
Speaker 1: get ready for this season.
Speaker 2: I mean it's something that we've been doing for a
Speaker 2: lot of years now, since he got to the big leagues.
Speaker 2: When he moved to Tampa for the first time, we
Speaker 2: started to train together in that time we played together
Speaker 2: in Toronto. You know, we do that so we can
Speaker 2: at the same time we work, we have fun. Like
Speaker 2: you say, we push each other to the max or
Speaker 2: even more of that, and you know it just like
Speaker 2: day by day trying to help each other and just
Speaker 2: trying to get better together.
Speaker 1: Was it awkward for you this year after beating the
Speaker 1: Blue Jayson the World Series? When did you bring up
Speaker 1: the World Series? Did you give it a couple of
Speaker 1: days or right away you said, hey, we got you.
Speaker 2: And then it was as soon as we land in Toronto,
Speaker 2: you know, the memories start coming back. When I get
Speaker 2: to the hotel, it feels like I was there two
Speaker 2: weeks before. But you know it was it was a
Speaker 2: great series. It was a great World Series. Good memories.
Speaker 1: How about when you were in Florida with Laddie working out,
Speaker 1: did you bring it up?
Speaker 2: Yeah? We we We had our moments. Uh, we have fun.
Speaker 2: I yoke around a little bit with Bladdy and his family,
Speaker 2: you know, back and forward, but not think nothing serious.
Speaker 2: We know it's it's it's a business, it's what we
Speaker 2: do and at the end of the day, somebody has
Speaker 2: to lose and somebody has to win. So but no
Speaker 2: doubt he's going to have more chance in the future.
Speaker 2: He's a great player. I think he's one of the
Speaker 2: superstar of the lee. And you know, the organization is
Speaker 2: really good, so it's not going to be a surprise
Speaker 2: for anybody if they come back this year too.
Speaker 1: Ti Oscar Hernandez is our guest in front of first
Speaker 1: pitch between the Dodgers and Rangers. Ti Oscar, I noticed
Speaker 1: your elbow guard was different than it was last year.
Speaker 1: What is this new elbow guard and who are you honoring?
Speaker 2: I did it for my kid, my older kid. He's
Speaker 2: in the under respect the spectrum for the autism. This year,
Speaker 2: I tried to do something different, something for him. Uh
Speaker 2: and for the rest of the people around the world
Speaker 2: that are dealing with that. You know, a lot of
Speaker 2: things life. I think it gets a little hard sometimes,
Speaker 2: but I think the much that we talk about, the
Speaker 2: easier it will be for those families and parents with
Speaker 2: kids under the spectrum and it was something that I
Speaker 2: did for my boy and for the rest of the persons, kids,
Speaker 2: adults that are dealing with that too.
Speaker 1: I guess it makes people feel that they're not alone.
Speaker 1: The parents are not alone, and the kids are not alone.
Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, you're just trying to give a little
Speaker 2: bit of support from here to anywhere. The people see it,
Speaker 2: and hopefully they can notice and know that I'm doing
Speaker 2: that for my son and for the rest of the people.
Speaker 1: I guess you have a guy in this clubhouse, r
Speaker 1: J Pete. That's a shining example of what you can
Speaker 1: do with your life, even being on the spectrum.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's you know. Rja is awesome. Everybody love him.
Speaker 2: I'm really glad that he's around us, around me, and
Speaker 2: so I can learn more about about it and I
Speaker 2: can help my kid to deal with it in life
Speaker 2: and help other people.
Speaker 1: So there's a reason why God chose the Hernandez family
Speaker 1: in tioscar Hernandez, you're a special person and it's great
Speaker 1: that you're shining a light on autism awareness. So thank
Speaker 1: you for the time, and you know we all love
Speaker 1: you and your family.
Speaker 2: Thank you appreciate it well. Sir