Speaker 1: And now an exclusive interview with David Bassey for Dodger Talk.
Speaker 2: Well, the last twenty hours, I've spent a lot of
Speaker 2: time with Will kleinb Will Klein and I.
Speaker 1: We're on a bus to the Senate Building.
Speaker 2: Will Klein and I were together at the Oval Office,
Speaker 2: the White House, and Will Klein.
Speaker 1: Is in the clubhouse at City Field.
Speaker 3: Now.
Speaker 2: Will, thanks a lot for the time, and I apologize
Speaker 2: for spending so much time with you the last twenty hours.
Speaker 4: Thanks for having me ahead of Blast hanging out.
Speaker 2: What was it like, I mean, here we are in
Speaker 2: the middle of July. You guys are trying to th repeete,
Speaker 2: and yesterday was a pause, kind of an out of
Speaker 2: body experience where you're being celebrated for last year's championship.
Speaker 3: Yeah, that was cool.
Speaker 4: I mean getting to kind of come together, like look
Speaker 4: back at it because we're i mean so focused on
Speaker 4: doing again this year, but to kind of reminisce I mean,
Speaker 4: Kersh was there and we kind of got to, you know,
Speaker 4: celebrate that all together again. So that was, you know,
Speaker 4: cool to be able to like take our minds off
Speaker 4: this year a little bit. You know, it's kind of
Speaker 4: flown by already and just kind of reminisced about, you know,
Speaker 4: how cool and fun and you know stressful last year was,
Speaker 4: and you know, celebrate a little bit.
Speaker 2: I mean, honestly, you guys are so good at being
Speaker 2: in the moment and where your feet are. You never
Speaker 2: allow yourselves to look back at last year. So what
Speaker 2: was it like a team that is so in the
Speaker 2: moment to allow yourselves for a day to look back
Speaker 2: to last October?
Speaker 3: Yeah, it was.
Speaker 4: It was weird because I mean it's hard to even
Speaker 4: look back at you know, a month, a week ago,
Speaker 4: like you're so caught up in like what do we.
Speaker 3: Have to do today?
Speaker 4: And so yeah, just take a step away and like appreciate.
Speaker 4: It's kind of like everything around us was like frozen
Speaker 4: for a little bit, and you're like able to you know,
Speaker 4: be with those guys and you know talk about kind
Speaker 4: of you know how last year was, and you know,
Speaker 4: relive a little bit.
Speaker 3: And so that was that was cool.
Speaker 4: And kind of like a little break from the season
Speaker 4: a little bit.
Speaker 2: Like you said, one of the highlights of yesterday was
Speaker 2: getting to see Clayton Krushaw again. What was it like
Speaker 2: to hang out and talk shop and catch up on
Speaker 2: this year with him.
Speaker 3: Yeah, it was.
Speaker 4: It was great to see him and talk to him
Speaker 4: a little bit. I know he's i mean, he watches
Speaker 4: our games and you know, one of the first things
Speaker 4: he asked me is why I was throwing side arm
Speaker 4: this year.
Speaker 3: So I'm gonna work on not doing that. I think.
Speaker 4: I think that just means my arms soft dropped a
Speaker 4: little bit, so you're gonna definitely. I mean, that was
Speaker 4: good to hear because it's i mean, might help throwing over.
Speaker 3: The top again, so that'll be good.
Speaker 4: But just I'm just hearing him and like getting to
Speaker 4: hear like what he's been doing. You know, now he's
Speaker 4: away from playing baseball and you know everything, Like I'm
Speaker 4: sure it's a lot less stress, uh, you know, being away,
Speaker 4: being away, but I'm sure I'm sure he missed it
Speaker 4: and stuff. But it's cool to have him around and
Speaker 4: you know, see him with the guys again.
Speaker 2: Once he gives you like that cue about where your
Speaker 2: arm slot is, did you go in to look at
Speaker 2: it right away today?
Speaker 3: I mean I see, like, I definitely drop it.
Speaker 4: Uh, you know when I try to throw my sweeper
Speaker 4: sometimes and that's like kind of takes me out of
Speaker 4: my throat a little bit, and so I think that's
Speaker 4: you know, that can contribute to some issues on other
Speaker 4: pitches as well if it if it, you know, messes
Speaker 4: with that, and so I think that's one thing that like,
Speaker 4: it's I have to fight when I throw that pitch,
Speaker 4: stay in my natural and so for him to notice
Speaker 4: it and like say something like must mean it's going
Speaker 4: definitely the wrong way. And so just being able to
Speaker 4: like hear that and say okay, like I was doing
Speaker 4: like it correctly, you know early on. I think I
Speaker 4: just got a little bit away from it now and
Speaker 4: so just hearing that and be like, all right, you
Speaker 4: really need to focus on getting.
Speaker 3: Back to it. Well, I mean that'll that'll help us
Speaker 3: to get to hear love it.
Speaker 2: Clayton Kershaw doing some pitching coaching at the White House yesterday.
Speaker 2: Will Klein is our guest as we get ready for
Speaker 2: first pitch between the Dodgers and Mets. Has it hit
Speaker 2: you and your teammates that you've been in three different
Speaker 2: cities within twenty four hours?
Speaker 3: Yeah?
Speaker 4: The travel, The travel is definitely a lot, uh. I mean,
Speaker 4: because if you had the night game and Philly flew
Speaker 4: to DC, woke up, did the Senate White House and
Speaker 4: then flew back here last night, so it's kind of
Speaker 4: a whirlwind. But I mean I feel like yesterday kind
Speaker 4: of kind of flew by all we already kind of
Speaker 4: forgot about it a little bit, but and now we're
Speaker 4: now we're here ready to play another game. So yeah,
Speaker 4: it's it's kind of crazy getting to travel all over
Speaker 4: the place. And you know, I don't if I wasn't
Speaker 4: playing baseball, would be kind of like my wife traveled
Speaker 4: with us for like one of the first times and
Speaker 4: she's like, I don't know how you guys do it. Yeah,
Speaker 4: I think it's just like part of the game now,
Speaker 4: Like I mean, just bouncing all over the place, and
Speaker 4: so I don't even think about it until you mentioned. Yeah,
Speaker 4: three cities in like twenty four hours, So it's it's
Speaker 4: pretty crazy, but you know it's fun. They're cool cities.
Speaker 2: Hey, I love being with the rock Stars, the back
Speaker 2: to back world champion Dodgers.
Speaker 1: Will climb before I let you go.
Speaker 2: Your bullpen Mets, Tanner Scott and Alex Vesia are trying
Speaker 2: to get me to agree on Sunday before the game
Speaker 2: for an hour to put on this like icy hot,
Speaker 2: red hot thing on.
Speaker 3: My back they're asking you to put cheese on your back. Yeah.
Speaker 2: Do you advise me to take that bet or to
Speaker 2: stay away?
Speaker 3: Would they offer.
Speaker 2: You, uh, you know a certain amount of money that's
Speaker 2: less than a thousand dollars?
Speaker 3: Oh?
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean I would love to see you try it.
Speaker 4: I think it'd be really funny.
Speaker 1: Yeah, but painful and bad for my health.
Speaker 4: No, they put I mean we all put it on
Speaker 4: for a reason. It helps you know, it helps you
Speaker 4: feel better. Okay, it's pain relief.
Speaker 1: Okay, well I got some pain today.
Speaker 2: Will climb. Thank you for the advice. I'm not sure
Speaker 2: I'm sold yet, but I'll let you know.
Speaker 3: You might as well it be. I mean, it'd be
Speaker 3: funny regardless.
Speaker 2: All right, I'm here for your amusement to keep things
Speaker 2: light on the final leg of this nine game road trip.
Speaker 2: Thanks a lot for the time, and it was great
Speaker 2: hanging out yesterday.
Speaker 3: Yeah. Well I had a blast.