Speaker 1: And now an exclusive interview with David Bassey for Dodger Talk.
Speaker 2: Well, today's a very special day in Major League Baseball
Speaker 2: as we commemorate Lou Carrig day. Obviously, Lou Garrick died
Speaker 2: of ALS, and Major League Baseball still shines a light
Speaker 2: on that to try to find a cure for that
Speaker 2: horrible disease. And a man that carries that with him
Speaker 2: each and every day because on his glove he has
Speaker 2: the word k ALS and that is Dodger starter. Emt
Speaker 2: She and Emmett. Thanks a lot for the.
Speaker 1: Time, Hey, David, Yeah, no problem.
Speaker 2: This is something that I became more aware of because
Speaker 2: Major League Baseball statistician Sarah Langs has ALS and she
Speaker 2: always on your start day posts a picture of your glove.
Speaker 2: Why is ALS near and dear to you?
Speaker 1: Yes, Sarah's awesome. She's a great, great advocate. So yeah,
Speaker 1: for me ALS, I didn't know much about it until
Speaker 1: I got to Boston College. And then you know, Pete
Speaker 1: Frady's who was a BC baseball player, got ALS and
Speaker 1: he was around when I was there, So everyone had
Speaker 1: KLS on their gloves. And the Frate's family was really
Speaker 1: close to the program and and Yeah, Unfortunately we lost
Speaker 1: Pete a few years ago, but yeah, it's it's stuck
Speaker 1: with me since then, and I just wanted to keep
Speaker 1: it going into Pro Bowl.
Speaker 2: That name sounds familiar with all of us because I
Speaker 2: believe Pete was involved in the ice bucket challenge.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think he was. Actually him and one other
Speaker 1: person or maybe just him, started the ice Puget challenge,
Speaker 1: So that was how you know, all that started and
Speaker 1: it went viral. So he was he was also you know,
Speaker 1: an amazing advocate for you know, ALS research and trying
Speaker 1: to find a cure. So yeah, he's he's the best.
Speaker 2: So when you have k Als on your glove, it's
Speaker 2: not just for Pete, it's for everybody that suffers from
Speaker 2: the ALS disease. Do you realize how much that means
Speaker 2: to those that do have ALS?
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean I'm just grateful to have a platform
Speaker 1: and to be able to, you know, spread a message
Speaker 1: like that. I think it's it's cool to to be
Speaker 1: able to do that. And yeah, I think we have
Speaker 1: a responsibility as as you know, major League baseball players
Speaker 1: who try to do some good and for me, that's
Speaker 1: that's you know, trying to spread awareness by als.
Speaker 2: Can you describe the family of Boston College, because doing
Speaker 2: this seems like it is a close knit family.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 2: Absolutely.
Speaker 1: I mean I'm still, you know, in touch with all
Speaker 1: the guys that were in my class. We text every day.
Speaker 1: We're talking about the final series right now, and it's like,
Speaker 1: you know, I know a lot of schools, it's not
Speaker 1: like that. Still keep in touch with all the coaches,
Speaker 1: and yeah, it was a family for sure.
Speaker 2: I mean, she and is our guest on Lou Garrig Day.
Speaker 2: Since you did pitch in College Baseball US in LA
Speaker 2: are a little shook that the number one team UCLA
Speaker 2: got knocked out before even able to leave Jackie Robinson Stadium.
Speaker 2: How much did you pay attention to that? How much
Speaker 2: will you pay attention to the College World Series?
Speaker 1: I was a little more focused on BC Series. They
Speaker 1: unfortunately lost to Liberty to get knocked out the other day,
Speaker 1: But yeah, it was it was a great team this year,
Speaker 1: so it was exciting to watch. But yeah, the u C.
Speaker 1: I watched a couple of the UCLA games. I think
Speaker 1: they were during our game, so I didn't get to
Speaker 1: see it, but I saw the highlights and yeah, uh
Speaker 1: they were they were really good teams. So that's pretty surprising.
Speaker 2: Hey have it. You're coming off your best start of
Speaker 2: the season to a lot of us. Do you feel
Speaker 2: the same way? Was that the best that you felt
Speaker 2: on the mount? Uh?
Speaker 1: I think delivery mechanics wise is definitely the best I felt.
Speaker 1: You know, I think execution wasn't as good as some
Speaker 1: other starts, but I got away with it because the
Speaker 1: stuff was up a little bit. But yeah, just trying
Speaker 1: to put it all together and and stay consistent with
Speaker 1: the delivery and you know, hopefully the execution follows.
Speaker 2: That must have meant a lot to you to be
Speaker 2: able to be trusted to go out for that seventh inning.
Speaker 1: Yeah. Absolutely, it means a lot that that doc had
Speaker 1: that trust in me, and yeah, I'm just trying to
Speaker 1: earn more trust like that. But yeah, it was It
Speaker 1: was cool to get to do that.
Speaker 2: Now earlier today, the day after your start, you go
Speaker 2: out to the bullpen without a base ball. They call
Speaker 2: that some dry work. Is that something that you do
Speaker 2: after every start? Uh?
Speaker 1: Sometimes it's it's you know, here and there. It depends on, uh,
Speaker 1: you know, how many days in the week I have.
Speaker 1: Sometimes I'll throw the day after I start. If you know,
Speaker 1: five days between starts. If if I have six like
Speaker 1: this time, which I think it is, I'll, you know,
Speaker 1: probably won't pick up a baseball, go throw some plyo
Speaker 1: balls around and just try to you know, fiel it
Speaker 1: out with the delivery.
Speaker 2: Are you trying to keep the feel of yesterday?
Speaker 1: Yeah? For sure, I mean, uh yeah, it felt felt
Speaker 1: good out there. I was able to keep the vlow
Speaker 1: later and the start, which you know, I was looking
Speaker 1: forward fast to you. So yeah, it's felt good.
Speaker 2: Before I let you go. Justin Robleski has been phenomenal
Speaker 2: for you guys. Today he's throwing a bullpen session. Has
Speaker 2: he taught the rest of the starters something about attacking
Speaker 2: the strike zone to stay in the game like you
Speaker 2: did yesterday?
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean he's been incredibly efficient this year, which
Speaker 1: I think we're all trying to do. Yeah, he's he's
Speaker 1: great at getting soft contact and and it's it's, you know,
Speaker 1: something we can all learn from. For sure, every time
Speaker 1: we watch watch him pitch and staying on the on
Speaker 1: the attack, whether you know, no matter what happens during
Speaker 1: the start, I think it's that's something we're all trying
Speaker 1: to do.
Speaker 2: Do you have a laptop program like he does after
Speaker 2: every start.
Speaker 1: No, I don't, I don't, I just I mainly just
Speaker 1: watch videos of the hitters. But yeah, all.
Speaker 2: Right, Emmitt, thanks for the time. And I think everybody
Speaker 2: that knows you knows how big of a heart you
Speaker 2: have and how much you think of everybody else. And
Speaker 2: today on Luke Gerrig Day, it does mean a lot
Speaker 2: for us to shine a light on the big heart
Speaker 2: that you have for those that do have als, and
Speaker 2: obviously keeping the spirit of the Boston College family alive
Speaker 2: every day. So thank you for the time.
Speaker 1: Thanks David, appreciate it, appreciate the opportunity to talk about it.