Speaker 1: And an exclusive interview with David Bassey or Dodger talking. Hey,
Speaker 1: thank you Clayton for calling in.
Speaker 2: There we go, Thanks Dave. How are you.
Speaker 1: I'm doing great. I'm doing great. I assume that you
Speaker 1: have a shirt on, and yes, you do have your
Speaker 1: pants on.
Speaker 2: I do. I have fully closed at the moment. Thank
Speaker 2: you for having.
Speaker 1: Clayton. I'm sure this has got to be a special
Speaker 1: time for you. At this time last year you weren't
Speaker 1: able to participate in the postseason, but even just being
Speaker 1: down in the bullpen, how much does it mean to
Speaker 1: you to be available whenever the team needs you.
Speaker 2: Oh? Yeah, it's been fun to be down there with
Speaker 2: the guys. You know, the bullpen's almost like a different
Speaker 2: it's like a different group, you know, it's like a
Speaker 2: different club within a club, you know. So it's been Uh,
Speaker 2: it's been fun to be a part of it. And
Speaker 2: it's a different animal down there. Man. When that phone rings,
Speaker 2: you feel out, adrenaline start flowing, and uh, you just
Speaker 2: it's a very underappreciated job to be a bullpen pitcher,
Speaker 2: so learning that on the fly, just watching all these guys,
Speaker 2: and it's it's been fun to be a part of.
Speaker 1: Last night we saw you starting to get hot in
Speaker 1: case things did go into extra innings. What was it
Speaker 1: like when that phone rang and Josh Bard called out
Speaker 1: your name? Do you did you get that type of
Speaker 1: I guess for a lack of better analogy, like a
Speaker 1: fireman like having to go down the pole and get
Speaker 1: ready quickly.
Speaker 2: No, I wasn't a bay and called for me. We
Speaker 2: had Rokie. We had Rokie do it last night. He
Speaker 2: got it done. Oh.
Speaker 1: When I was in the tunnel, they were saying that
Speaker 1: you were moving around a little bit.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm moving around for three hours. I'm old. I
Speaker 2: gotta stay loose.
Speaker 1: I guess so, But I mean when you're when you're
Speaker 1: in that position, how do you how do you change
Speaker 1: your routine? Because you're such a routine oriented guy, how
Speaker 1: do you how do you keep the body ready?
Speaker 2: Yeah? You know, I just try and do some of
Speaker 2: the stuff I do as a starter and just try
Speaker 2: to space it out throughout the game. And it seems
Speaker 2: to be working well. You know, I feel loose enough
Speaker 2: and just can't sit down for too long. You know,
Speaker 2: you just kinda move around enough and then if that
Speaker 2: phone phone call is hopefully the adrenaline just takes over
Speaker 2: and you're ready to go.
Speaker 1: Hey, Clayton, Emma Sheen and Jack Dryer down in the
Speaker 1: bullpen with you. They did let me know that you
Speaker 1: allowed them to stay with you for a week while
Speaker 1: the family was out of town during the month of September.
Speaker 1: What does it mean to you that, I know, guys
Speaker 1: that watched you pitch are now your teammates. But to
Speaker 1: be able to just talk baseball with them and allow
Speaker 1: them to hear you talk about the game.
Speaker 2: Oh no, I don't know about all that. They're just
Speaker 2: good guys, you know. And it's no fun to live
Speaker 2: in a hotel all year, and that's what those guys
Speaker 2: have been doing, so, you know, no family around, it
Speaker 2: would be fun for them to get down to the
Speaker 2: beach and hang out. And you know, we had fun.
Speaker 2: I tried to wake them up a little earlier, so
Speaker 2: you gotta have a little more time, you know, get
Speaker 2: down to the beach, hang out. We'll grab some breakfast.
Speaker 2: But you know, when you're twenty five, you just sleep
Speaker 2: till noon every day. So but it was it was
Speaker 2: good to happen around and I think they appreciate it.
Speaker 2: And it was fun for me too.
Speaker 1: They said, you would wait up for them because you
Speaker 1: would get home before before they got back from the stadium,
Speaker 1: so you were waiting up for them.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm just like the that was like the room dad,
Speaker 2: you know, make sure they get home okay, and you know,
Speaker 2: have the fire on for him and yeah, ready to go.
Speaker 2: Put them in bad it took him in.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I get you. Clayton Kershaw is joining us on
Speaker 1: Dodger Talk Game three tomorrow night at Dodgers Stadium. Incredible Clayton,
Speaker 1: that you guys were able to win two games in Philadelphia.
Speaker 1: You know what that environment was all about back in
Speaker 1: two thousand and nine for you guys to have this
Speaker 1: type of lead. Do you feel like you you guys
Speaker 1: are in a good position to close this out tomorrow?
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean we feel great. I mean we got
Speaker 2: Yama on the mound and our in Dodger Stadium. You know,
Speaker 2: that's been a pretty good recipe before us this season.
Speaker 2: But uh, you know it's a short series, five game series,
Speaker 2: so you know, they they somehow win a game, it
Speaker 2: gets quick, it gets it gets close fast. So we
Speaker 2: gotta we gotta make sure not to let up at
Speaker 2: all tomorrow and try to close this thing out. In three.
Speaker 1: I know we've talked about this before. Is Yama Moto
Speaker 1: and Blake Snell maybe two of the most underappreciated guys
Speaker 1: out there, Clayton, because it seems like a lot of
Speaker 1: other pitchers get the attention, but they've been such a
Speaker 1: big part of the rotation for you Yama all year
Speaker 1: and Snell since he came back from.
Speaker 2: The I L Yeah, I mean Yama, Yama's going to
Speaker 2: be second in the cy Young, you know, and I
Speaker 2: think if it wasn't for Paul Skins. You know, he's
Speaker 2: he's a cy Young winner, so for for him to
Speaker 2: do what he did all season, and you know, I
Speaker 2: don't know about what other people think about appreciated or
Speaker 2: underappreciated or whatever, but on our team, you know, those
Speaker 2: two guys have been unbelievable for us. And you know, Blake,
Speaker 2: we've all known he's one of the best in the game.
Speaker 2: You know, obviously he has heard a lot this year year,
Speaker 2: but he is a two time cy Young Award winner.
Speaker 2: You know, he's he's pretty solid and man, he steps
Speaker 2: up in a big way yesterday in Philly, and he
Speaker 2: just seems to, you know, bring out the best when
Speaker 2: it's a big moment for him, so huge for both
Speaker 2: of those guys. Obviously, we got show, Hey, we got Glass,
Speaker 2: We got a lot of guys throwing the ball really well.
Speaker 2: So it's a it's a fun time to be on
Speaker 2: the Dodger staff right now.
Speaker 1: When you're in the bullpen. Roki Sasaki obviously new to
Speaker 1: that bullpen. What's his demeanor like? And I mean, it's
Speaker 1: been incredible to see his transformation from the last time
Speaker 1: we saw him to be this this killer in the
Speaker 1: ninth inning.
Speaker 2: He's been great man. You know, I think he's probably
Speaker 2: learning the bullten on the fly too, just like some
Speaker 2: of us. And he's handling it super well. You know,
Speaker 2: I think he would tell you that he's got some
Speaker 2: nerves with it, but uh, he's keeping it under control.
Speaker 2: He's handling it well. And I think the greatest thing
Speaker 2: he's just coming in and attacking hitters, coming right at
Speaker 2: guys and getting the head, throwing a hunt right by guys.
Speaker 2: And then it really sets up his split, which is, uh,
Speaker 2: you know, if he if he's able to throw that
Speaker 2: and get ahead of guys and be able to throw
Speaker 2: that split, it's going to be pretty much impossible because
Speaker 2: that thing is special, so obviously we need it. It's
Speaker 2: fun to see him out there, and you got to
Speaker 2: give him a lot of credit, you know, it's been
Speaker 2: a hard year for him and for him to just
Speaker 2: learn the bullpen like this on the fly and all
Speaker 2: of a sudden start closing games for us is super impressive.
Speaker 1: What do you think it is with the newer generation
Speaker 1: of pictures? Do you feel like confidence comes from the
Speaker 1: velocity or do you feel like their confidence is predetermines
Speaker 1: how they're going to pitch and be able to throw
Speaker 1: one hundred miles an hour. Do you feel like pictures
Speaker 1: today need to throw that hard to have confidence on
Speaker 1: the mound.
Speaker 2: Chicken or the egg Dave? You know, I don't know,
Speaker 2: you know, I think I mean, honestly, it's confidence first.
Speaker 2: You know, there's a lot of guys that throw a
Speaker 2: hundred out there that aren't confident to get whacked around
Speaker 2: out there, you know. So you know, it obviously takes
Speaker 2: a little bit of success at times, but sometimes it
Speaker 2: takes a mind shift, Sometimes it takes a role shift,
Speaker 2: like starter a bullpen. I don't know, but younger generation,
Speaker 2: older generation, it's all about how you mentally prepare and
Speaker 2: how confident you are and whether you throw ninety or
Speaker 2: one hundred, what's in between the years? Usually as a separator.
Speaker 1: Clayton kersh eyes our guest before I let you go, Clayton,
Speaker 1: everybody's still talking about that wheel play in the ninth inning.
Speaker 1: I mean, that's not something that you see a lot.
Speaker 1: You don't see teams bunt as much as they used to.
Speaker 1: Oh what was your vantage point in? I mean, are
Speaker 1: you what does that say about Mookie Betts?
Speaker 2: Now?
Speaker 1: Is a shortstop to be so forceful to insist on,
Speaker 1: you know, being ready for that type of play?
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean the wheel play is typically with runners
Speaker 2: on first and second right, So I don't know if
Speaker 2: that's ever really been a thing. Is like a wheel
Speaker 2: play was just a runner on set and base because
Speaker 2: the runner can stop and then you're kind of screwed,
Speaker 2: you know. So I think with all that into consideration
Speaker 2: and knowing how important that run was pretty amazing and
Speaker 2: obviously a lot of things had to go right. But yeah,
Speaker 2: like you said, Mooki's kind of taken ownership of that infield.
Speaker 2: You know, he's been a goal glove shortstop. He might
Speaker 2: even win the Gold Glove this year, which is pretty amazing.
Speaker 2: When you think about it, and so for him to
Speaker 2: do that, get to get the infield in order months
Speaker 2: to execute it, him to get the tag down. Obviously,
Speaker 2: it was the play of the game, and you just
Speaker 2: you need that stuff in the postseason. You need guys
Speaker 2: to come up huge, and that was one of those
Speaker 2: moments right there.
Speaker 1: Well, thank you for calling in. Looking forward to more
Speaker 1: of those type of moments moving through October, and can't
Speaker 1: wait to see you come out of the bullpen tomorrow night.
Speaker 2: All right, don't sign me to the mountain, Dave. My
Speaker 2: job is going to be slow, so don't sign me.
Speaker 1: All right, I will There is a clock now. You
Speaker 1: got to get to the infield dirt at a certain point,
Speaker 1: all right.
Speaker 2: Know, hopefully I get a couple of warm up pitches
Speaker 2: at least.
Speaker 1: Okay, we'll see you tomorrow. Thank you for calling in.
Speaker 2: Hey, anytime, Dave, We'll see you.
Speaker 1: Okay, see you tomorrow. There it goes Clayton Kershaw. Great guy,
Speaker 1: down to earth guy, maybe the most down to earth
Speaker 1: superstar you will ever meet.