Speaker 1: And an exclusive interview with David Bassey for Dodger Talker.
Speaker 1: It's Game four of the NLCS and rejoined right now
Speaker 1: by a man that was found by the Dodgers in
Speaker 1: the Dominican Republic. His brother Ramon. One of the great
Speaker 1: pictures of the nineties, and of course he's a Hall
Speaker 1: of Famer and does a great job for TBS. That's
Speaker 1: the one and only Pedro Martinez. Pedro, awesome to have
Speaker 1: you at Dodger Stadium. Always special to see you here.
Speaker 2: Uh, it is an honor to be here, back where
Speaker 2: I I was developed to be uh, to be honest,
Speaker 2: and uh, where I made my debut. A lot of uh,
Speaker 2: you know, memories in here, A lot of great memories
Speaker 2: and one nuts of great which was having to leave
Speaker 2: the Dodgers. I remember crying like a baby because I
Speaker 2: didn't know what what I was gonna do. Actually, I
Speaker 2: was so young. I didn't know what to expect, what
Speaker 2: the future will hold for me. And uh, but now
Speaker 2: I'm glad I findly mature and I understand that baseball
Speaker 2: can also be in business as well.
Speaker 1: No doubt, you had a great career, a Hall of
Speaker 1: Fame career, and you talk about maturity and changing teams
Speaker 1: and learning how to grow. When you had that postgame
Speaker 1: interview with Blake Snell the other day, he really appreciated
Speaker 1: the questions that you had for him and how much
Speaker 1: growth have you seen in him?
Speaker 2: Well, I'm really impressed with his growth right around us
Speaker 2: in front of our eyes, and I wanted to ask
Speaker 2: him because I see him slow elite. It's such a
Speaker 2: player that it's intriguing to actually get to know Blake Snell.
Speaker 2: Blake Snell is one of those rare breed of players
Speaker 2: that you can actually say has everything that you want
Speaker 2: to see in the picture and then the area that
Speaker 2: he asked for the big moment. I played for eighteen
Speaker 2: years and in a lot of postseason games, but to
Speaker 2: see a guy that can be so dominant, uh during
Speaker 2: the postseason. He's a rare breed of player. He's a
Speaker 2: rare breed and and I think that's a guy that
Speaker 2: everybody should should be keeping an eye on to see
Speaker 2: how everything just comes around for him.
Speaker 1: He has a great change of You had a great
Speaker 1: change of do you see any similarities on how he
Speaker 1: uses it? Because he was really excited about the fact
Speaker 1: that he had three different speeds for his changehog.
Speaker 2: I was the same way, but for some reason for
Speaker 2: him it seemed like it came later than it did
Speaker 2: for me. But the way he's using it now, it's
Speaker 2: actually scary because I'm gonna say this for the first time.
Speaker 2: I still think he's got a pace to improve and
Speaker 2: to become better, which is really really impressed from a
Speaker 2: guy like Blake Snell. I think Blake Snell still has
Speaker 2: a little ways to go when it comes to developing
Speaker 2: everything he has. I think he's gonna have some space
Speaker 2: to improve even more his location. I think his change
Speaker 2: up is gonna get even better than it is. I
Speaker 2: think he's fat ball. He's gonna learn how to locate better,
Speaker 2: which is scary to think. As good as he is,
Speaker 2: he still has ways to go when it comes to
Speaker 2: improving everything he is and what he can do.
Speaker 1: That's great words from a Hall of Fame Pitcher Dodger
Speaker 1: Sweep Tonight Pedro.
Speaker 2: I believe they could. But once again, today is the
Speaker 2: anniversary of the Red Sox coming back on the Yankees,
Speaker 2: and I was part of it, so I refuse to
Speaker 2: say this is our last day. But the Dadgers are
Speaker 2: in very good position to actually finish it today.
Speaker 1: Thanks a lot for the time, Patro. You do a
Speaker 1: great job. On TBS we watch for Pedro.
Speaker 2: Thank you well, thank you so much, Thank you for
Speaker 2: having me.