Speaker 1: An exclusive interview with David Bassey for Dodger Talk.
Speaker 2: There's very few people that I'll blow Andrew Friedman off for.
Speaker 2: But when a guy is the NLCS MVP and Homer's
Speaker 2: in the first game of the Wildcard series, I will
Speaker 2: blow off Andrew Friedman, and that is Tommy Edmund. Tommy,
Speaker 2: thanks a lot for the time, appreciate it.
Speaker 3: What's up, David?
Speaker 1: Of course, of course, proud to be proud to be
Speaker 1: here and glad that you told me that high regard
Speaker 1: that you just blow off Andrew Freeman.
Speaker 2: Well, he is the guy that brought you over here,
Speaker 2: so you know, I think he could he can live
Speaker 2: with this.
Speaker 3: Yeah, that's true. I'm very grateful for that for sure.
Speaker 2: Can you just talk about last night's game? And obviously
Speaker 2: game ones are so important, but in this short series,
Speaker 2: how big of a relief to a certain extent is
Speaker 2: it to have that first game?
Speaker 1: Yes, you know, it's great to take game one. You know,
Speaker 1: you always want to get that lead early, and we
Speaker 1: did a good job of coming out on fire and
Speaker 1: scoring a bunch of runs against a really good pitcher.
Speaker 1: So yeah, so to get so to get that first
Speaker 1: win out of the way is huge. And being we're
Speaker 1: not letting our foot off the pedal and we're gonna
Speaker 1: do our best to come out hot again today.
Speaker 2: Just talking to some of your teammates, that seems to
Speaker 2: be the mentality. You're not even thinking about this possibly
Speaker 2: going to a game three. You guys are intent on
Speaker 2: doing everything possible to make it happen tonight.
Speaker 3: Yeah.
Speaker 1: Absolutely, you know, we're just doing everything we can to
Speaker 1: you know, come out hot, get all the preparation in
Speaker 1: that we typically do, and you know, just take it
Speaker 1: to him.
Speaker 2: When you look at last night's game, Tommy, the first inning,
Speaker 2: Blake Snell puts up a zero seven pitches, Otani gets
Speaker 2: this place on its feet with a leadoff home run.
Speaker 2: Can games change in the first inning As far as momentum.
Speaker 3: Yeah, it was great start.
Speaker 1: You know, you can tell that Blake had his stuff
Speaker 1: early on. You know, he was really on fire those
Speaker 1: first few innings and they didn't really have any you know,
Speaker 1: any any traffic on the first few innings and he
Speaker 1: was just lights out and then showed to come out
Speaker 1: and hit a turn on a hundred mile an hour
Speaker 1: fastball and crushed into the seats. You know, it just
Speaker 1: gave us that momentum.
Speaker 2: I was looking at the replays of you and Taoska
Speaker 2: going back to back last night in the third inning,
Speaker 2: it felt like that fastball just came right onto the
Speaker 2: barrel of your bat. I mean, when you see a
Speaker 2: pitch like that, how what kind of challenge is it
Speaker 2: to stay within yourself to be able to put that swing?
Speaker 3: Oh, I did hit a slider.
Speaker 2: Though it was a slider, I thought it was a
Speaker 2: fastball the way he was coming.
Speaker 3: No, it's all good.
Speaker 1: Yeah, it was you know, just kind of went run
Speaker 1: into my backpath and you know, he's trying to stay sure.
Speaker 1: He's got a good fastball, and he throw and I
Speaker 1: could hit.
Speaker 2: He lost lost street cred right there.
Speaker 1: Oh that's all good. It's all good. I forget about
Speaker 1: stuff sometimes too.
Speaker 2: Thank you. I appreciate that you got the day off today.
Speaker 2: As far as starting, how did it feel coming out
Speaker 2: of last night playing second base?
Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, it felt pretty good.
Speaker 1: You know, first game being back in the field since
Speaker 1: that Arizona series. So you know, I'm glad that I
Speaker 1: was able to get get a few innings out there
Speaker 1: and come out feeling fresh. You know, it feels good today,
Speaker 1: No worse for the wear, so you know, I'm glad
Speaker 1: to throws at right now.
Speaker 2: How big of a win was it for you guys,
Speaker 2: not only to win that first game, but also to
Speaker 2: come out of it as clean as you did, and
Speaker 2: not having to use will Smith gives him a little
Speaker 2: extra time as well.
Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, we're just trying to get him healthy.
Speaker 1: You know, I know he's feeling better day by day,
Speaker 1: and you know, every additional game that we can that
Speaker 1: we can go on and let him recover is huge,
Speaker 1: and hopefully he'll be good for you know, for future
Speaker 1: games in this playoff, in these playoffs and hopefully we
Speaker 1: play for a whole other month.
Speaker 2: You made your presence known in last year's October Tommy.
Speaker 2: What is it about playoff baseball that brings out the
Speaker 2: best in you and your teammates?
Speaker 3: I don't know.
Speaker 1: I mean, we all just get super locked in for
Speaker 1: these games. You know, this is what we all play for.
Speaker 1: You know, you're playing one hundred and sixty two games
Speaker 1: during the season just for the chance to play in
Speaker 1: these games. So we get super fired up and we're
Speaker 1: just excited to go out there and play some really
Speaker 1: meaningful games.
Speaker 2: Thanks a lot for stopping Tommy appreciated and slider last night.
Speaker 2: I'll remember that.
Speaker 3: Right, of course, David, I appreciate it.
Speaker 2: Hey, we can all get better each and every day.
Speaker 2: I'll be better next time.
Speaker 3: That's right. Yeah, you're pretty good, but you know I
Speaker 3: always room for improvement.
Speaker 2: Thank you, Tommy. Inspired by the Great Tommy Edmund, who
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Speaker 2: we go.
Speaker 3: Can't wait for my new pair of sunglasses.