Speaker 1: And now an exclusive interview with David Basse for Dodger Talker.
Speaker 2: Great to have Rick Monday on in our last segment.
Speaker 2: The fiftieth anniversary of Rick saving the flag at Dodgers Stadium,
Speaker 2: and that certainly is going to be celebrated at the
Speaker 2: Hall of Fame and at Dodgers Stadium all season long.
Speaker 2: And a guy that I'm sure is very familiar with
Speaker 2: Rick Monday. I know he was an eleven year NFL quarterback,
Speaker 2: but Bakersfield used to be the single a affiliate of
Speaker 2: the LA Dodgers. They had the Brooklyn b for the
Speaker 2: Bakersfield Dodgers back in the day. He is the most
Speaker 2: famous Raider quarterback since and successful since Rich Gannon. And
Speaker 2: he's got a new podcast with his brother, David Home Grown.
Speaker 2: It drops every Thursday. And we are so excited to
Speaker 2: have former Raiders quarterback and huge Dodger fan Derek Carr
Speaker 2: finally on Dodger Talk. Derek, thanks a lot for the time.
Speaker 2: Appreciate it.
Speaker 1: Oh absolutely, David, thank you so much. You have no
Speaker 1: idea how much it means to me to be able
Speaker 1: to be on here with you, So I appreciate you.
Speaker 2: I know when I when I came to Raider Camp
Speaker 2: and I met you for the first time in twenty nineteen.
Speaker 2: I was blown away. How big of a Dodger fan
Speaker 2: you were? How did this all start? Did it start
Speaker 2: with the Bakersfield Dodgers or they were you had to
Speaker 2: choose either Giants or Dodgers, and you went the right way.
Speaker 1: That's exactly right. No, we we had the Bakersfield Dodgers,
Speaker 1: which was awesome because we could go there, Sam Land
Speaker 1: and go to these things and check them out and
Speaker 1: all that stuff. Growing up was so cool. My brothers,
Speaker 1: that's what they grew up doing, you know. And then
Speaker 1: my dad and our little church group for our youth
Speaker 1: where they would take like a trip every year down
Speaker 1: to Dodger Stadium and watch a game. So I got
Speaker 1: to see, you know, Griffy go ho for five and
Speaker 1: got to see all him strike out three or four times.
Speaker 1: And it was because as a Dodger fan, that's what
Speaker 1: you want to see. And so I got to experience
Speaker 1: that and do all those things as a kid. And
Speaker 1: so I think that we chose the right path because
Speaker 1: being in the Central Valley, you go one way or
Speaker 1: the other. And I think that we made the right choice.
Speaker 3: I would say so, no doubt about it.
Speaker 2: So was that Ken Griffy Junior with the Reds that
Speaker 2: you saw play at Dodger Stadium.
Speaker 1: No, that was Mariners. We got to see them with
Speaker 1: the Mariners. Yep. Yeah, it was awesome.
Speaker 2: Yeah, that is certainly a great memory to have. And
Speaker 2: speaking of memories, everybody has a story, Derek about where
Speaker 2: they were watching Game seven of.
Speaker 3: The World Series. Where were you watching Game seven of
Speaker 3: the World Series.
Speaker 1: Oh, my gosh, that's a great question. We so, me
Speaker 1: and my boys. We were actually at our house watching
Speaker 1: and just going absolutely bonkers in our living room. And
Speaker 1: I think our neighbors thought something was wrong until they realized, oh, yes,
Speaker 1: they are not Giant fans, they are Dodger fans, and
Speaker 1: so uh it just we couldn't believe it. Just the
Speaker 1: turn of events, the home run, then you get the catch,
Speaker 1: and it's just like we just couldn't believe what was happening.
Speaker 1: So uh it was. It was a good time in
Speaker 1: our house, that's for sure.
Speaker 2: Okay, the catches when Pa haz ran over Key k Hernandez.
Speaker 2: I mean that was one of many plays the Dodgers
Speaker 2: could have lost the World Series from you watching on Fox.
Speaker 2: Could you tell that Pa has made the catcher? Did
Speaker 2: you believe that it dropped?
Speaker 1: No? I had Honestly, I had no idea because I
Speaker 1: saw him. I saw him collide, key K goes down,
Speaker 1: and then I saw I saw key K's reaction, and
Speaker 1: so I'm like, oh, dang, it's over. And then Paz
Speaker 1: goes jogging off like nah, bro, like I got it,
Speaker 1: Like we're good. So we were on our little group
Speaker 1: chat with me and my brothers just going absolutely crazy.
Speaker 1: But uh, but yeah, that that's one of the moments
Speaker 1: right there. I'm pretty sure key K thought it was
Speaker 1: over too at that moment.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't think he realized Pa has caught it.
Speaker 2: You're right, he didn't realize it. And then, you know,
Speaker 2: Derek the biggest play to me, Obviously the home runs
Speaker 2: were huge, but how about in field in ninth inning. Yeah,
Speaker 2: Miguel Rojas is able to make that incredible play and
Speaker 2: Will Smith's foot comes off and then goes back on that.
Speaker 1: So that's what we It was a great opportunity for
Speaker 1: me to help my boys, Like, you know, they they
Speaker 1: want to play baseball, football, basketball, They're doing all these things,
Speaker 1: and I's like, guys, This is why every detail matters,
Speaker 1: every rep, every practice. Can you you know, Coach Gruden
Speaker 1: would always tell me you got to get quicker mentally, physically,
Speaker 1: body quicker. Can you get the ball out of your
Speaker 1: hand even quicker? And I say, this is just a
Speaker 1: great display of all that hard work, all that dedication
Speaker 1: coming down to inches. You know, you know, having the
Speaker 1: right fundamentals, you know, the right footwork, the right uh
Speaker 1: you know, the right quick release and and all those things.
Speaker 1: It was a great opportunity for me to show by boys,
Speaker 1: like on the biggest stage, like all that stuff doesn't change,
Speaker 1: and even a that moment, I mean, you were inches
Speaker 1: away from obviously that being a disaster, but we end
Speaker 1: up making that play because of not because they made
Speaker 1: that play in that moment, because of the work they
Speaker 1: did before. So it's actually a really cool lesson for
Speaker 1: my boys, and they were all into it.
Speaker 2: Yeah, being out here at spring training. Can you believe
Speaker 2: after those plays in the World Series, I'm watching Mookie Beds,
Speaker 2: Miguel Rojas, Munsey and Freddie working on those type of
Speaker 2: plays and working on the base running.
Speaker 3: So it is repetition.
Speaker 2: Is that similar to what happens in the NFL is
Speaker 2: repetition as big as it is in baseball.
Speaker 1: Yeah, you know what's going through their minds. And obviously
Speaker 1: they're champions, man, and they're pros, pros. You know, they're
Speaker 1: obviously a great collection of talent. There's no denying that.
Speaker 1: But when you get a great collection of talent that
Speaker 1: works the way that they do, and you're saying, man,
Speaker 1: they're working on throwing infield, you know, taking ground ers,
Speaker 1: base running, making sure my foots hitting in the right place,
Speaker 1: because it really can be as they know, a game,
Speaker 1: evenches that cost everything. And so for us, you know,
Speaker 1: you treat every rep as if it is Game seven,
Speaker 1: or in our case, you treat it as if it's
Speaker 1: the last drive of the Super Bowl. How's my footwork
Speaker 1: going to be? Am I gonna? You know, how quick
Speaker 1: am I going to get this ball out? How quick
Speaker 1: can I you know, make that release? How quick can
Speaker 1: I get it out of my hand? And the things
Speaker 1: that I saw when you know, a lot of guys
Speaker 1: want to play professionally and it's awesome and to dream
Speaker 1: and all those things. But I had a coach tell
Speaker 1: me one time, it is those details that turn this
Speaker 1: thing into a career or it just being a part
Speaker 1: time job for some guys, and it really stuck with me.
Speaker 1: So man I I, it doesn't surprise me that they're
Speaker 1: working on those little things because that's that's what's given
Speaker 1: them such a long career. They keep grinding and thinking
Speaker 1: that they can get better, get quicker, get faster. You know,
Speaker 1: you hear Mookie throwing javelins now like different things, throwing
Speaker 1: it a hundred across the diamond and things like that.
Speaker 1: You know, they're trying to get better all the time.
Speaker 1: And this is coming from guys that are champions, but
Speaker 1: they understand what it means to be a pro, and
Speaker 1: that means it's never ending, you know, self improven, self improvement,
Speaker 1: and that's obviously on display with those guys.
Speaker 2: Derek Carr is our guest, the former Raiders quarterback, is
Speaker 2: joining us. He's got a great podcast with his brother David, Homegrown.
Speaker 2: It drops every Thursday. Now, I got word Derek, speaking
Speaker 2: of the World Series. You can tell me if this
Speaker 2: is true or not, but you received as a gift
Speaker 2: second base from Game six of the World Series. Is
Speaker 2: that the second base from this past World Series? You
Speaker 2: have that in your office?
Speaker 1: Yes, yes, we do. We have it in our office
Speaker 1: and we put it right in the door where we
Speaker 1: do our homegrown deal and if you want to come
Speaker 1: in our office, you have to round second. You have
Speaker 1: to catch the base to come in. So it's awesome.
Speaker 2: That is amazing considering that's how Game six ended with
Speaker 2: Key k Yes doubling up Barger at second base.
Speaker 3: How did you get that base?
Speaker 1: Honestly, we still don't have I don't even know if
Speaker 1: I have the real story yet, but business partner of ours,
Speaker 1: it was like, man, I just wanted to get you
Speaker 1: guys something nice. And he said, I had no clue
Speaker 1: what to get you, So I thought Dodgers, and he
Speaker 1: said I had I reached out and had someone and whatever,
Speaker 1: and he just went down this rabbit hole and sure
Speaker 1: enough it pops up in our office and it's it's
Speaker 1: I mean, it's got the it's got the dirt marks,
Speaker 1: it's got the cleat marks, it's got everything. And I
Speaker 1: was like, dude, this is like such a precious thing
Speaker 1: to some Dodger fans obviously. Uh, for that moment to
Speaker 1: end right there at second base and now it's sitting
Speaker 1: here in our office in Presno, California, is pretty cool.
Speaker 3: Derek.
Speaker 2: When you have a piece of I guess some people
Speaker 2: consider it memorabilia. Don't you view that more as a
Speaker 2: piece of sports history, Dodger history, than you know, memorabilia.
Speaker 1: Oh, it's it's to me. It just tells the story.
Speaker 1: And it's so cool for my boys that are Dodger
Speaker 1: fans and they are growing up and you know, loving baseball.
Speaker 1: You know, thirty years from now, they'll be able to
Speaker 1: point back and show somebody, no, this is from that
Speaker 1: game where he's at they threw it to second base
Speaker 1: and double them up, and and what a cool story
Speaker 1: that'll be for you know, Dave and I's kids, you know,
Speaker 1: someday and for us to share. And it's and that's
Speaker 1: the best part about it. It's nothing that I want
Speaker 1: to It will never be something that you want to
Speaker 1: sell or do something with. It's something that you keep.
Speaker 1: And it's just so cool to have a piece of
Speaker 1: Dodger history, especially growing up, you know, being huge Dodger fans.
Speaker 2: We saw each other last May at Dodger Stadium. You
Speaker 2: brought your beautiful family out. Is there any desire to
Speaker 2: try to get Miguel Rojas or t k Hernandez to
Speaker 2: sign that Game six second base bag.
Speaker 1: Oh absolutely, So we we've talked about that. It's like, dang,
Speaker 1: you know, they're getting ready for a game. We can't
Speaker 1: when is the right moment to ever bring it? You know,
Speaker 1: when when is those things? So hopefully hopefully one day
Speaker 1: we'll be able to do that, but it's definitely, you know,
Speaker 1: just being in their shoes. At some point in our life,
Speaker 1: we were like, probably not on game day. Uh, you know,
Speaker 1: it might not be the best time, but for sure,
Speaker 1: that would be fantastic. We have you know, we got
Speaker 1: we're coming to ten games this year. Right, came to
Speaker 1: the World Series, so we get to come to ten
Speaker 1: more this year. So I can't wait. Man, it's gonna
Speaker 1: be awesome.
Speaker 2: I am going to tell Miguel Rojas and Key k
Speaker 2: Hernandez that Derek Carr has that second base bag.
Speaker 3: I am going to make this happen for you.
Speaker 1: Oh you're the best that would Now, that would be awesome.
Speaker 1: That would be fantastic. Now we won't be able to
Speaker 1: step on it anymore, but that's okay.
Speaker 3: Yeah, tell the kids lay off the bag once it's signed.
Speaker 1: That's right, that's exactly right.
Speaker 2: Okay, So you just mentioned like the pregame warm up.
Speaker 2: You saw batting practice guys come over, talk to the kids,
Speaker 2: take pictures as you were getting ready for a big
Speaker 2: Raider game. Could you ever do something like that? How
Speaker 2: different is you know, preparing hour before take off compared
Speaker 2: to an hour before first pitch at Dodger Stadium.
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's the That was. So that's crazy to me
Speaker 1: because I was like, man, I don't know, I you know,
Speaker 1: I tried to be gracious. I'll say this, I try
Speaker 1: to be grace if I saw a kid, obviously I
Speaker 1: had high five of them or you know, say what's
Speaker 1: up to them, But to stand there and have a
Speaker 1: conversation and take the time, and it just meant so
Speaker 1: much to me, just you know, as a dad, Like
Speaker 1: it's cool obviously, you know, knowing some of these guys
Speaker 1: and being friends with some of them, but just as
Speaker 1: a dad that they would take the time, you know,
Speaker 1: to you know, sign some baseballs for my kid. You know,
Speaker 1: Tanner brought out a whole bunch of baseballs for my
Speaker 1: boys and signed them for them, and all those things,
Speaker 1: and hisung Kim you know, saying hi to my son
Speaker 1: and these guys coming over like it just just as
Speaker 1: a Dad, it means the world, and then it really
Speaker 1: puts in perspective, you know, the impact that you know
Speaker 1: I was able to have in my time playing. You know,
Speaker 1: they just just saying hi to kid, high five, of
Speaker 1: them throwing them your wristband after a game or a
Speaker 1: towel or things like that. Just as a parent man,
Speaker 1: you really do appreciate when the pros, you know, go
Speaker 1: out of their way to do things like that. And
Speaker 1: I think that was the biggest thing to me is
Speaker 1: these guys are obviously great baseball players, but they're really
Speaker 1: great human beings and that was really cool.
Speaker 2: Derek Carr is our guest, and like I said, Derek,
Speaker 2: I'm a big Raider and it was a thrill for
Speaker 2: me to come to camp. A lot of Dodger fans
Speaker 2: are a huge Raider fans. So if they draft Mendoza, Derek,
Speaker 2: you meant a lot to a lot of fans and
Speaker 2: to the organization. You left it all out on the field.
Speaker 2: How much would you love if the Raiders do what
Speaker 2: the Dodgers do, for instance, and bring back guys like
Speaker 2: Ethier and Utley and orl Herscheizer. How would you feel
Speaker 2: if the Raiders do You have a desire if the
Speaker 2: Raiders asked you to, you know, kind of mentor Mendoza
Speaker 2: in training camp.
Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, I have told I've told my agent.
Speaker 1: I've told people. I was like, man, if they ever
Speaker 1: you know, if they ever want me to, you know,
Speaker 1: come out there and help him in any way. Now,
Speaker 1: they got so many great coaches, and they got Tom's
Speaker 1: there and all those things. But I do know that building.
Speaker 1: I do know our fan base. I do know what
Speaker 1: you know, know what it means to be a Raider,
Speaker 1: and if that's something that you know, mister Davis wanted
Speaker 1: and planting those guys, you know, just to spend some
Speaker 1: time with him and just shone would's like to be
Speaker 1: a pro. Know, I tell people, I'm the most upgraded
Speaker 1: version of you know, of the iPhone. You know, I
Speaker 1: just got out of it, so I get it. You know,
Speaker 1: I've seen the coverages. I know these things. And so
Speaker 1: if that's something that they would like, if that's something
Speaker 1: that gives him some value, I would absolutely be willing
Speaker 1: to help him in any.
Speaker 2: Way, maybe be his backup quarterback or maybe be the guy.
Speaker 2: I mean, I don't know. I saw something where I
Speaker 2: guess on your podcast Homegrown I don't know if you
Speaker 2: were having a stream of consciousness talking to yourself, but
Speaker 2: I guess you you threw it out there that maybe
Speaker 2: you're you're contemplating a comeback.
Speaker 1: Well, you know, it's funny, as I said eight months ago,
Speaker 1: if I was healthy and there's a chance to win
Speaker 1: a championship, I think any right minded quarterback or professional
Speaker 1: would would reconsider, right And that's exactly what I said
Speaker 1: eight months ago. I said it again a few months,
Speaker 1: you know, a few weeks ago, and everyone blew it
Speaker 1: up saying I'm coming back, and I was like, guys, my,
Speaker 1: I'm playing golf, you know, and if I'm training and
Speaker 1: I'm I'm I'm ready and I'm watching Dodger games. But yeah, baby,
Speaker 1: if that opportunity, if that opportunity came up, I would
Speaker 1: consider it. You know, I would definitely say it to
Speaker 1: a maybe. But for right now, I'm enjoying my family,
Speaker 1: Like I don't need to play football, you know. I
Speaker 1: I love my wife way too much to just go
Speaker 1: play just to play, you know. So I am. I
Speaker 1: am good watching my kids and pouring into their lives.
Speaker 1: But if that's something that that ever came up, we'd
Speaker 1: have to we'd have to have a conversation, that's for sure.
Speaker 2: Derek, thank you so much for your time. I've got
Speaker 2: to ask you one more thing. Since you brought up
Speaker 2: enjoying playing golf, being with your family, Clayton Kershaw was
Speaker 2: doing all that until the World Baseball Classic called him
Speaker 2: to pitch for Team USA. Being a big Dodger fan,
Speaker 2: Kershaw has been a Dodger your entire fandom. Basically, what
Speaker 2: does he mean to you as a Dodger fan and
Speaker 2: as a as a competitor?
Speaker 1: You know, just just watching Clayton over the years, and
Speaker 1: it's crazy, you know, to see the gray hairs in
Speaker 1: my beard and to think I've been watching him this
Speaker 1: whole time. You know, so I've seen I've seen the
Speaker 1: whole career, and uh, you know it's funny because you know,
Speaker 1: I watch him and you just respect the competitor. You
Speaker 1: respect his talents. You know that curveball. Man, it's so
Speaker 1: fun to watch, right, you know, you know the breaking
Speaker 1: pitches that guys are just falling on their knees and
Speaker 1: it's you. You got all these great Then he's sneaking
Speaker 1: a high heater and they couldn't catch it. You know,
Speaker 1: just you remember these moments, uh, you know, definitively, But
Speaker 1: then you get into the person, and I think we
Speaker 1: could all agree he's an even better person that he
Speaker 1: is than he is a you know, a pitcher and
Speaker 1: a baseball player. And and that's saying a lot, obviously.
Speaker 1: So I appreciate him and what he did for the
Speaker 1: Dodgers and what he did for baseball, but more importantly,
Speaker 1: I appreciate who he is as a person, because he's
Speaker 1: someone I can, you know, show my kids. You know, Hey,
Speaker 1: he's a great guy to watch his highlights, to root
Speaker 1: for and uh and all those things and whatever he
Speaker 1: does in lunch. So, uh, you know, I I pray
Speaker 1: for his retirement. It's hard watch him, but I'm sure
Speaker 1: he's liked me. He'll it'll be hard to watch, but
Speaker 1: he'll also enjoy his body feeling a little bit better.
Speaker 2: Hey, I think we can all agree that what you
Speaker 2: described us Kershaw off the field is what people say
Speaker 2: about Derek Carr off the field, and anybody that looked
Speaker 2: up to you can be very safe in knowing that
Speaker 2: you live your life the right way. And it's been
Speaker 2: a pleasure to kind of get to know you. And
Speaker 2: when I get Rojas and Keyga to sign that second
Speaker 2: base bag.
Speaker 3: It's going to be on your side.
Speaker 2: Tell David, it's not on his side of the bag,
Speaker 2: all right, that's on your side of that second.
Speaker 3: Base absolutely no.
Speaker 1: I appreciate you. Hey, David, you're the best man. Thank
Speaker 1: you so much, and go Dodgers.
Speaker 2: Hey, go Dodgers. And the three pete is on Derek Carr.
Speaker 2: We'll see you at Dodgers Stadium this year and we
Speaker 2: can't wait for the new Homegrown podcast to drop this Thursday.
Speaker 2: Thanks a lot for the time, Derek.
Speaker 1: Yep, I appreciate you.
Speaker 2: You have a going all right, there he goes Derek
Speaker 2: car former Raiders quarterback, former Saints quarterback, and one thing
Speaker 2: that is not former is his love for the Dodgers.
Speaker 2: And after the game today I did tell Miguel Rojas
Speaker 2: that Derek Carr does have that second base bag from
Speaker 2: Game six, and he said, hey, tell him, tell him
Speaker 2: to bring it to Dodgers Stadium. I'll sign it for him.
Speaker 2: So there you go. We made magic happen already. So
Speaker 2: thank you to Derek Carr.