1 00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:07,040 Speaker 1: An exclusive interview with David Bassey for Dodger Talking. All right, 2 00:00:07,080 --> 00:00:09,440 Speaker 1: it's a reunion at the World Series. We're just in 3 00:00:09,480 --> 00:00:11,960 Speaker 1: front of Game two between the Dodgers and Blue Jays, 4 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:14,600 Speaker 1: and I'm joined right now by a man that made 5 00:00:14,640 --> 00:00:17,000 Speaker 1: his bones in the eight one eight or the Great 6 00:00:17,040 --> 00:00:19,840 Speaker 1: one eight in West Hills. He was with the Dodgers 7 00:00:19,880 --> 00:00:23,759 Speaker 1: for a brief time, but obviously superman here in Toronto, 8 00:00:24,120 --> 00:00:26,920 Speaker 1: and that's the one and only Kevin Pilar. Kevin, great 9 00:00:26,960 --> 00:00:29,640 Speaker 1: to see you and awesome that you have chased your 10 00:00:29,720 --> 00:00:33,120 Speaker 1: dream post playing career to be an established broadcaster. 11 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:36,239 Speaker 2: Now, yeah, it's pretty exciting. I mean it's something I've 12 00:00:36,240 --> 00:00:38,840 Speaker 2: thought about. I mean, even back when we were together 13 00:00:38,880 --> 00:00:41,280 Speaker 2: with the Dodgers. I picked your brain. You were great 14 00:00:41,360 --> 00:00:43,919 Speaker 2: allowing me to come on and kind of get my 15 00:00:43,920 --> 00:00:47,920 Speaker 2: feet wet in you know, media. But really I'm most 16 00:00:47,960 --> 00:00:50,680 Speaker 2: excited about you know, this is my first World Series. 17 00:00:50,720 --> 00:00:52,879 Speaker 2: I know you're no stranger of the World Series, but 18 00:00:53,320 --> 00:00:56,200 Speaker 2: it's been really exciting to just be on the field. 19 00:00:56,240 --> 00:00:57,920 Speaker 2: I mean, it's what you dream of as a player, 20 00:00:57,960 --> 00:00:59,840 Speaker 2: and you know, unfortunately I didn't get a chance to 21 00:00:59,880 --> 00:01:02,560 Speaker 2: do it as a player, so getting it to kind 22 00:01:02,560 --> 00:01:05,479 Speaker 2: of step into this role with Sportsnet and and kind 23 00:01:05,520 --> 00:01:07,759 Speaker 2: of ride the coattails of the Blue Jays all the way. 24 00:01:07,800 --> 00:01:09,679 Speaker 3: The World Series has been really exciting for me. 25 00:01:09,959 --> 00:01:12,920 Speaker 1: All right, So since you are a broadcaster now, do 26 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:15,480 Speaker 1: you see the game the same way you did even 27 00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:19,080 Speaker 1: from the dugout when you're with the Dodgers or lad 28 00:01:19,120 --> 00:01:20,039 Speaker 1: in your playing career. 29 00:01:22,120 --> 00:01:24,520 Speaker 2: I think it's a little bit different. I think people, 30 00:01:25,120 --> 00:01:27,640 Speaker 2: you know, maybe in your shoes, people that sit in 31 00:01:27,640 --> 00:01:32,080 Speaker 2: the stands or the press box or the audience, they 32 00:01:32,080 --> 00:01:35,280 Speaker 2: always tell you the game slows down and it looks 33 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:38,520 Speaker 2: less difficult when you're in the you know, the press 34 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:41,039 Speaker 2: box or where I watch the game from. You know, 35 00:01:41,080 --> 00:01:43,640 Speaker 2: I haven't lost kind of that mindset of a player 36 00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:47,200 Speaker 2: from like a competitive aspect, from x's and o's, but 37 00:01:47,319 --> 00:01:53,000 Speaker 2: the game definitely has slown down, you know. It's it's 38 00:01:53,040 --> 00:01:57,480 Speaker 2: a lot easier to be critical of decisions that are 39 00:01:57,520 --> 00:01:59,840 Speaker 2: made throughout the game because you have a lot longer 40 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:02,400 Speaker 2: time to kind of process the information. You kind of 41 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:05,560 Speaker 2: lose a sense for how quick things have to be 42 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:06,920 Speaker 2: done in game. 43 00:02:07,640 --> 00:02:09,160 Speaker 3: But I always promise myself. 44 00:02:08,840 --> 00:02:11,799 Speaker 2: When I got into media that I'd never forget how 45 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:15,919 Speaker 2: difficult the game is decisions, you know, swinging at pitches, 46 00:02:16,040 --> 00:02:18,480 Speaker 2: you know, just the entirety of the game. And I 47 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:21,720 Speaker 2: promise myself I would never be too critical. And there's 48 00:02:21,760 --> 00:02:24,320 Speaker 2: certain times throughout this postseason that you know, I've had 49 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:27,000 Speaker 2: to be honest, but I hope it comes from a 50 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:30,519 Speaker 2: good place and like it's never going to be pointed at, 51 00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:33,079 Speaker 2: you know, individual, it's it's always going to be coming 52 00:02:33,160 --> 00:02:37,520 Speaker 2: from a maybe a learning aspect because I hated being 53 00:02:37,560 --> 00:02:41,239 Speaker 2: criticized as a player because you know, much like I'm 54 00:02:41,280 --> 00:02:43,720 Speaker 2: experiencing now, the game does seem a lot easier on 55 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:45,320 Speaker 2: TV or even in the stands. 56 00:02:46,720 --> 00:02:48,200 Speaker 3: And I think that's the beauty of being. 57 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:50,960 Speaker 2: A former player and and you know, jumping ship to 58 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:54,079 Speaker 2: the other side is you can offer the perspective of 59 00:02:54,120 --> 00:02:56,160 Speaker 2: what it's like to be in the box, the emotions 60 00:02:56,200 --> 00:02:58,280 Speaker 2: that would probably come with playing a game like this, 61 00:02:58,720 --> 00:03:00,800 Speaker 2: And that's what I'm kind of here to share. 62 00:03:01,200 --> 00:03:03,520 Speaker 1: You understand the method of the Dodgers. You know a 63 00:03:03,520 --> 00:03:06,919 Speaker 1: lot of these players that are in this world series. 64 00:03:07,520 --> 00:03:10,720 Speaker 1: What if anything should we make of a game like 65 00:03:10,880 --> 00:03:13,440 Speaker 1: last night and how much it plays into Game two. 66 00:03:14,639 --> 00:03:17,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, it's it's kind of crazy to be 67 00:03:18,880 --> 00:03:21,720 Speaker 2: standing here in a World Series with these two teams. 68 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:22,800 Speaker 3: Obviously, the Blue. 69 00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:25,280 Speaker 2: Jays is, you know, kind of my baby where I 70 00:03:25,320 --> 00:03:28,080 Speaker 2: grew up, and you know who I'm affiliated with. But 71 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:31,320 Speaker 2: I've also been in that dugout, in that clubhouse with 72 00:03:31,600 --> 00:03:34,760 Speaker 2: a lot of those guys. Obviously there's some new characters here, 73 00:03:34,760 --> 00:03:38,000 Speaker 2: but I know their process, I know what they're about, 74 00:03:38,120 --> 00:03:43,800 Speaker 2: I know the competitiveness, I know the hunger, and honestly, 75 00:03:43,880 --> 00:03:47,720 Speaker 2: I think, you know, what happened yesterday was a wake 76 00:03:47,800 --> 00:03:50,960 Speaker 2: up call to the Dodgers, you know, not that they 77 00:03:51,040 --> 00:03:55,640 Speaker 2: probably you know, took the Blue Jays lightly. I don't 78 00:03:55,640 --> 00:03:58,560 Speaker 2: think any team would ever take in opposing team lightly 79 00:03:59,120 --> 00:04:01,520 Speaker 2: on this stage because you have to earn your way 80 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:05,040 Speaker 2: to the World Series. But I think it was a 81 00:04:05,040 --> 00:04:06,400 Speaker 2: little bit of a wake up call for him. I 82 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:10,520 Speaker 2: think reality kind of set in where I don't want 83 00:04:10,520 --> 00:04:12,600 Speaker 2: to say things had been easy for them, but it's 84 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:16,280 Speaker 2: been a smooth sailing for them, you know, even. 85 00:04:16,080 --> 00:04:17,600 Speaker 3: A lot of those games with the Phillies. 86 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:19,440 Speaker 2: The one game that they lost was still like a 87 00:04:19,520 --> 00:04:23,120 Speaker 2: very competitive close game. But I think it woke them 88 00:04:23,200 --> 00:04:26,760 Speaker 2: up a little bit, and I don't think anyone in 89 00:04:26,880 --> 00:04:29,040 Speaker 2: their right mind, I'm gonna say, right, mind, because I 90 00:04:29,080 --> 00:04:32,080 Speaker 2: think there are some people in the stands here that 91 00:04:33,360 --> 00:04:36,160 Speaker 2: are probably still riding the high off of yesterday and 92 00:04:36,600 --> 00:04:39,359 Speaker 2: maybe thinking that this series is over. 93 00:04:40,720 --> 00:04:42,279 Speaker 3: I think it's far from the truth. 94 00:04:42,400 --> 00:04:46,839 Speaker 2: I think once again, the Dodgers, I mean, you just 95 00:04:46,839 --> 00:04:50,360 Speaker 2: talk about their talent, but talent only gets you so far. 96 00:04:50,520 --> 00:04:52,839 Speaker 2: It's the collection of the guys that's in that clubhouse 97 00:04:52,880 --> 00:04:55,760 Speaker 2: that makes this thing go. It's the front office, it's 98 00:04:56,040 --> 00:04:59,520 Speaker 2: the entire operation. And I expect them to come out 99 00:05:00,279 --> 00:05:02,480 Speaker 2: a little bit different than they were last night. 100 00:05:02,880 --> 00:05:06,599 Speaker 1: Styles makes fights, right, Is this a bad matchup for 101 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:10,080 Speaker 1: the Dodgers? With the way the Blue Jays offense attacks 102 00:05:10,160 --> 00:05:13,520 Speaker 1: pitchers and is one of the best when it's not 103 00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:15,560 Speaker 1: a fastball, and they have a lot of guys that 104 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:18,560 Speaker 1: like to throw like tonight splitters, sliders. 105 00:05:19,360 --> 00:05:21,680 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean I think stylistically, I think they're they're 106 00:05:21,880 --> 00:05:24,560 Speaker 2: very different type of teams. 107 00:05:24,600 --> 00:05:26,560 Speaker 3: I mean, if you talk about their offense, I mean, 108 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:27,640 Speaker 3: the Blue. 109 00:05:27,520 --> 00:05:29,280 Speaker 2: Jays have slugged a lot more than I think a 110 00:05:29,320 --> 00:05:33,760 Speaker 2: lot of people had expected. But they're very aggressive in 111 00:05:33,880 --> 00:05:36,760 Speaker 2: the zone team, very high contact, a lot strike out. 112 00:05:37,400 --> 00:05:40,040 Speaker 3: The Dodgers play a little bit more of that slug game. 113 00:05:40,320 --> 00:05:43,320 Speaker 2: You know, they sit on pitches, they try to do damage. 114 00:05:44,480 --> 00:05:46,680 Speaker 3: They don't fear the strikeout as much as the Blue 115 00:05:46,760 --> 00:05:47,120 Speaker 3: Jays do. 116 00:05:47,200 --> 00:05:49,920 Speaker 2: And then when you talk about from the pitching side, 117 00:05:50,839 --> 00:05:53,359 Speaker 2: the Dodgers starting pitching is as good as it gets 118 00:05:53,360 --> 00:05:57,880 Speaker 2: and they're really reliant on the strikeout, and the Blue 119 00:05:57,960 --> 00:06:01,160 Speaker 2: Jays pitchers, you know, they have some good starting pitching two, 120 00:06:01,279 --> 00:06:03,320 Speaker 2: but they're a little bit more old school and they 121 00:06:03,360 --> 00:06:05,160 Speaker 2: want to pitch the contact and try to go deep 122 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:09,159 Speaker 2: into games. It's a very interesting chess match we have here. 123 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:14,279 Speaker 2: I think from a Dodgers standpoint, they have to understand that, 124 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:17,240 Speaker 2: you know, the reality of maybe striking out ten guys 125 00:06:17,240 --> 00:06:18,400 Speaker 2: a night is probably not going. 126 00:06:18,360 --> 00:06:18,800 Speaker 3: To be there. 127 00:06:19,240 --> 00:06:23,640 Speaker 2: That maybe shouldn't be the barometer of how their stuff is. 128 00:06:24,040 --> 00:06:27,719 Speaker 2: They're maybe gonna have to maybe alter their expectations in 129 00:06:27,839 --> 00:06:32,440 Speaker 2: terms of, you know, expecting swing and miss and you know, 130 00:06:32,520 --> 00:06:33,800 Speaker 2: getting guys o too and being. 131 00:06:33,680 --> 00:06:35,159 Speaker 3: Able to put them away. The Blue Jays do a 132 00:06:35,160 --> 00:06:35,920 Speaker 3: tremendous job. 133 00:06:35,800 --> 00:06:39,080 Speaker 2: Battling, and I think it's gonna go down as one 134 00:06:39,120 --> 00:06:41,839 Speaker 2: of the better world series that you know, from a 135 00:06:41,880 --> 00:06:45,320 Speaker 2: fans perspective and watching, because they are too stylistically different 136 00:06:45,360 --> 00:06:49,280 Speaker 2: teams clashing and every night you're trying to decide, uh, 137 00:06:50,080 --> 00:06:51,920 Speaker 2: you know, which side is gonna win. You know, it's 138 00:06:51,920 --> 00:06:54,560 Speaker 2: not like a world series last year that you sew. 139 00:06:54,600 --> 00:06:57,760 Speaker 2: The Dodgers and the Yankees were very stylistically the same, 140 00:06:58,360 --> 00:07:01,640 Speaker 2: and Old simmlately was going to just come down who 141 00:07:01,680 --> 00:07:05,479 Speaker 2: execute it better. This really is just two different types 142 00:07:05,520 --> 00:07:08,920 Speaker 2: of styles playing on the same field, and it's very unique. 143 00:07:09,160 --> 00:07:12,760 Speaker 3: I can't think of a world series, you know, in 144 00:07:12,840 --> 00:07:16,320 Speaker 3: recent history that was so different in styles. 145 00:07:16,400 --> 00:07:19,640 Speaker 1: Devin, awesome analysis. I think you're a natural. I think 146 00:07:19,680 --> 00:07:23,480 Speaker 1: you're ready to go foul Territory Sportsnet year in Canada. 147 00:07:23,800 --> 00:07:26,000 Speaker 1: Hopefully we see you back in LA when the series 148 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:28,160 Speaker 1: shifts there. So thank you for the time and great 149 00:07:28,160 --> 00:07:28,840 Speaker 1: to see you again. 150 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:30,040 Speaker 3: I will be there there. 151 00:07:30,040 --> 00:07:33,360 Speaker 1: He is the man, Kevin polar Watch out Ventura Boulevard. 152 00:07:33,440 --> 00:07:36,200 Speaker 1: He's going to be hitting those streets and Dan super 153 00:07:36,240 --> 00:07:37,160 Speaker 1: Subs very soon