Speaker 1: And now an exclusive interview with David Bassey for Dodger Talking.
Speaker 1: One guy that is here. All we care about is
Speaker 1: number fifty himself, Marcus Lynn Bets Mookie. Thank you for
Speaker 1: joining us. Appreciate it, of course.
Speaker 2: Thanks for having me, Bro. I miss you, man, it's
Speaker 2: been a while.
Speaker 1: I know Brad Paisley invited me to do my show
Speaker 1: from his house. Can I get the same invite from you?
Speaker 2: Uh? Yeah, let's let's come do it from the house
Speaker 2: one day while we're bowling or something. We'll figure it out.
Speaker 1: Yeah, that'd be great. You've been in my neighborhood. You
Speaker 1: were at a BEVMO in Woodland Hills, you were at
Speaker 1: a Total Wine in north Ridge yesterday. I mean, I
Speaker 1: feel like we've just been missing each other. On Ventura Boulevard.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I had mat tequila, so I had a couple
Speaker 2: of signings, and so I got to I got to
Speaker 2: interact with some people in your in your in your area.
Speaker 2: I'm sad that you didn't get to You know what,
Speaker 2: I'll make sure I give you a bottle for me personally. Well,
Speaker 2: I'll hand you a bottle of sign of providency.
Speaker 1: Okay, thank you, appreciate it. Available at Total Wine and
Speaker 1: Bevmo and Costco. I love Costco and Costco.
Speaker 2: Costco. That was the first one, you know, all around
Speaker 2: the LA region, though not we're not a nationwide yet.
Speaker 1: You know. I'm sure this is giving you a great opportunity,
Speaker 1: like you said, to meet fans while you're making these appearances.
Speaker 1: Does it hit you harder meet these fans this year,
Speaker 1: how much your championship meant to them and to their families.
Speaker 2: Have you felt that, yeah, you know, I have a
Speaker 2: little more you know, and run out for us? I mean,
Speaker 2: well for me, you know, thinking about back to back
Speaker 2: or whatever was. You know, you don't really think about
Speaker 2: those type of things because they don't really happen. And
Speaker 2: then you're hear it all the time. The guys say,
Speaker 2: you know, three feet three feet and it's like, what,
Speaker 2: what are you like? It's hard enough to get one
Speaker 2: and so but you know, luckily we're here and.
Speaker 1: We have the opportunity to do it for you guys,
Speaker 1: have you had a chance to reflect on last season?
Speaker 1: What is the toughest thing about winning back to back championships?
Speaker 2: I mean, it's just the grind that you got to
Speaker 2: go through. So I'm expecting it to be you know,
Speaker 2: some some top of eventful situation, just like last year,
Speaker 2: something super emotional, just like last year. So but that's
Speaker 2: what makes it fun. I think that's what made it beautiful.
Speaker 2: Everybody keeps saying, you know, that was one of the
Speaker 2: best World Series is ever, So just to be a
Speaker 2: part of it. Obviously coming out on the winning side
Speaker 2: makes it a lot better, but just to be a
Speaker 2: part or something like that is some abutiful.
Speaker 1: I've been around you know now that my son's playing
Speaker 1: Little League around kids his age, no ten year olds
Speaker 1: and my son included, so many of them emulate and
Speaker 1: try to duplicate your unassisted World Series ending double play.
Speaker 1: How cool is that to know kids of that age
Speaker 1: are trying to do the Mookie Bets shortstop. After everybody
Speaker 1: talked about the move to that position, now kids are
Speaker 1: trying to be Mookie the shortstop in the World Series.
Speaker 2: That's weird, man, It's it's really weird. You know, there
Speaker 2: was a lot of work that went into it, so
Speaker 2: kids that are trying to keep on working on it.
Speaker 2: You know, I started and I wasn't great at it,
Speaker 2: and then in the World Series with it, so it was, uh,
Speaker 2: it's really neat. You know, being in right field for
Speaker 2: so long, you know, I think love right for for
Speaker 2: ten years, and then you come back to short and
Speaker 2: then have an opportunity to make a play, and then
Speaker 2: kids want to make the play, and that's that's really
Speaker 2: cool when you think about it. I didn't think about
Speaker 2: it until right now.
Speaker 1: There's so many things that stand out to me about
Speaker 1: the World Series. I feel like you ending the World
Speaker 1: Series with an unassisted double play to me, just put
Speaker 1: an exclamation mark on the critics that didn't think you
Speaker 1: could do it. And you're the guy making the play
Speaker 1: to end the World Series from that position. Did that
Speaker 1: Does that even hit you?
Speaker 2: Yeah? I mean, uh, you know, after I got to
Speaker 2: reflect on it, and I was happy, I was proud
Speaker 2: of myself because earlier, earlier in the year, I remember,
Speaker 2: you know, just wondering how long I was gonna be able.
Speaker 1: To do it.
Speaker 2: And Woody, I remember throwing from day one and spring training.
Speaker 2: He told me when we won the World Series, you'll
Speaker 2: be playing shortstop, and he said it so many times
Speaker 2: and he just made me kind of believe it. And
Speaker 2: then you know, just you go, you know how much
Speaker 2: how much I work, And so it was just really
Speaker 2: cool just to see a move like that and how
Speaker 2: it affected the team and really had in a positive way.
Speaker 1: Your work started. I think you told me two weeks
Speaker 1: after the twenty five World Series twenty four World Series,
Speaker 1: what's this offseason been like for you?
Speaker 2: It was a little more normal, and you know, a
Speaker 2: little more normal. I started. I did start taking ground
Speaker 2: balls and doing doing what I need to do in
Speaker 2: the infield, you know, but obviously I'll do a lot
Speaker 2: more work during spring instead of so much in the offseason,
Speaker 2: because we know this is gonna be another long season.
Speaker 2: We have an opportunity to make history, and so I
Speaker 2: got to be fresh for it.
Speaker 1: What did you know Nick Schumpert had a video camera
Speaker 1: the other day out here when you were working with him.
Speaker 2: No, honestly, it was just the video. I mean, it
Speaker 2: was just it was just the glasses. Oh yeah, I'm
Speaker 2: thinking he's just wearing sunglasses.
Speaker 1: Hot MIC's everywhere, Mookie everywhere.
Speaker 2: So but you know, that's just the passion that I
Speaker 2: have for it. And that's my little cousin. So anything
Speaker 2: anything for him, you know, I'll do whatever for him.
Speaker 1: Wow, he really showed off with those ray bands and
Speaker 1: those glasses.
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's how he's got some swag, you know it
Speaker 2: kind of it kind of runs into family a little bit.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I love it. You got a lot of swag, Mookie.
Speaker 1: I think you have a room on your hand for
Speaker 1: one more ring, don't you.
Speaker 2: We do have room for one more and hopefully this
Speaker 2: is the year.
Speaker 1: Can't wait. Great to see you smile. I always say this.
Speaker 1: Mother's across America love your smile. It lights up everywhere.
Speaker 1: Thank you, thank you. Great to see you. You've always
Speaker 1: been Mookie. By the way, hasn't bother me Takasa Betts
Speaker 1: after the last two championships. Yeah, so maybe we could
Speaker 1: do it again. They want to take a picture with us.
Speaker 1: Should I butt my sunglasses on? You're I and I
Speaker 1: didn't overstay my welcome at the house, right, Okay, Yeah,
Speaker 1: we're gonna have another party there. Oh wow, they got
Speaker 1: you going this way there, he goes Mookie Bets. Hey,
Speaker 1: I forgot to ask him about playing golf with Barack Obama.
Speaker 1: We'll get to that in spring training.