Speaker 1: And an exclusive interview with David Bassey for Dodger Talk.
Speaker 1: A man that has the eye of the Tiger, a
Speaker 1: man that has risen to the top but is still hungry,
Speaker 1: and that is the one and only World Series Hero
Speaker 1: Miguel Rojas and Philadelphia. Miggy, thanks a lot for the time.
Speaker 1: I always appreciate it.
Speaker 2: Thank you, thank you very much. It's always nice to
Speaker 2: come here to Philadelphia. I like playing here. I play
Speaker 2: here a lot of games when I was with with
Speaker 2: the Modelings, and obviously the last couple of years it's
Speaker 2: being meaningful, many ful games in the stadium. So it's
Speaker 2: nice to come back here. We had a really good
Speaker 2: time last October when we want to two games right
Speaker 2: here before before we clinch our seat to.
Speaker 3: Go to the Championship series.
Speaker 2: So looking forward for this series, for sure, you can
Speaker 2: appreciate this.
Speaker 1: Everybody only talks about the World Series, and rightfully so,
Speaker 1: but that Philly series and the NLDS. You guys are
Speaker 1: starting the playoffs on the road and the Wheel Place
Speaker 1: seems to be the moment that kind of stands out
Speaker 1: along with tay Oscars home run.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean a lot of things in that series
Speaker 2: happened for us to uh to be in a good
Speaker 2: shape going into the championship series. But definitely we knew
Speaker 2: when you know, when we got when we got the
Speaker 2: chance to play in the playoff again, that we were
Speaker 2: gonna face that team again at some point because we knew,
Speaker 2: as we knew in twenty twenty four that the Passers
Speaker 2: was going to be a really good team and a
Speaker 2: tough one to be the Phillies were gonna be that team.
Speaker 2: In twenty twenty five, we play against them in the
Speaker 2: in the during the regular season.
Speaker 3: It was tough, you know, it was really hard to
Speaker 3: play here in.
Speaker 2: Philadelphia, and they got a bigger, better seat than us,
Speaker 2: So we knew we was gonna have to come here
Speaker 2: and at least winning two games then to go back home.
Speaker 2: So it was pretty special because it lacked. It made
Speaker 2: us locked in on on what we needed to accomplish
Speaker 2: at this time. And uh show hill Toney starting that
Speaker 2: game one and going six setings and throwing one.
Speaker 3: Of the best balls that he threw the whole year.
Speaker 2: Then obviously the being clutched as he used to in
Speaker 2: the playoff.
Speaker 3: It was really cool. But that play that.
Speaker 2: You just mentioned changed the dynamics of the series, and
Speaker 2: it was really cool to see that a team that
Speaker 2: is always knowing for the offense and the big arms
Speaker 2: and the boop and all that were able to do
Speaker 2: that kind of play in that moment. It was pretty
Speaker 2: cool to watch. I wasn't playing that game, but then
Speaker 2: I saw I saw it happen, and I saw how
Speaker 2: Mookie took the moment and kind of like, let monsign
Speaker 2: know and and Bessie I did an amazing job delivering
Speaker 2: the ball to home play and it was a great play.
Speaker 1: Hey, I'm glad you said that you weren't playing. But
Speaker 1: Miguel Rojas was a big part of that because after
Speaker 1: the game, Mookie bet said he heard your Venezuelan voice
Speaker 1: in his head to get everybody organized to pull off
Speaker 1: that play. I know you have a future ahead of
Speaker 1: you in the dugout. I mean, I guess that's step
Speaker 1: one right where players on the field are remembering what
Speaker 1: they learned from you.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, that's one of the things that I'm
Speaker 2: not looking for any confirmation for from from other players,
Speaker 2: but it's always nice to to hear that from Mookie
Speaker 2: and from the guys that are kind of like they
Speaker 2: they remind like a couple things that happening here. Early
Speaker 2: in the year, we run this play in a regular
Speaker 2: season game against the Angels and it worked out. So,
Speaker 2: I mean, we already have it on our playbook even
Speaker 2: though we don't practice.
Speaker 3: That since spring training, you know.
Speaker 2: And that was really cool to see Mookie that he's
Speaker 2: on his second year playing shortstop every single day in
Speaker 2: a playoff game. That means a lad and kind of
Speaker 2: like have impact over like the full season and for
Speaker 2: a for an aspiration of winning the World Series.
Speaker 3: Uh.
Speaker 2: He was able to slow the game down and kind
Speaker 2: of like tell the tell the guys around the infield,
Speaker 2: this is what we want to do. And that what
Speaker 2: That's what makes me really proud that h the things
Speaker 2: that you trying to kind of like teach and kind
Speaker 2: of like the experience that you have in the position
Speaker 2: to having on your teammates when they're out there by themselves,
Speaker 2: and they were able to pull it off, and it
Speaker 2: was amazing to.
Speaker 1: Watch two times World Series champion Miguel Rojas. Is our
Speaker 1: guest all right, the here and now in Philly is
Speaker 1: Christopher Sanchez, and you've been one of the best hitters
Speaker 1: on the Dodgers against left handed pitching. What is the
Speaker 1: game plan against Sanchez? Is it similar to yesterday with
Speaker 1: Cam Schlitzler, where you want to get the pitch count
Speaker 1: up and get them out.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean that's that's obviously what you want to do,
Speaker 2: regardless of who's in the mound. You know, you want
Speaker 2: to get into the open as soon as possible. Uh,
Speaker 2: you want to grind out of bats. But I mean
Speaker 2: that's going to present himself when when the game starts.
Speaker 2: You know, like you never know what kind of bats
Speaker 2: you're going to have right now. I mean, you can
Speaker 2: have all these preparations in the plan, but if he's
Speaker 2: attacking the strike zone, you're gonna have to swing the
Speaker 2: batting and gets on hits. You know, we have a
Speaker 2: pretty good plan ready for him. We face him a
Speaker 2: couple of times last year. This is gonna be the
Speaker 2: first and only time that we're gonna face him during
Speaker 2: the regular season. But this is gonna be a good
Speaker 2: test for the group and for everybody. I think we've
Speaker 2: been We've been facing a lot of good pitching lately,
Speaker 2: even before the break with the Diamondbacks. They threw the
Speaker 2: boat really well, and then we face a really tough
Speaker 2: Toup stuff in the against the Yankees fresh coming out
Speaker 2: of the break, and then this is gonna be a
Speaker 2: good challenge for us. I feel like Christopher has been
Speaker 2: great the last two or three years, and uh, we
Speaker 2: know we're gonna face him in the playoffs if they
Speaker 2: ended up making and we're making it.
Speaker 3: So this is gonna be a challenge.
Speaker 2: But at the same time, were trying to gather information
Speaker 2: for the future.
Speaker 1: Nickie, thanks a lot for the time. Always love talking
Speaker 1: baseball with you, and I love seeing you in the
Speaker 1: dugout just taking it all in. It looked like you
Speaker 1: were visualizing being in the moment, taking like you said
Speaker 1: at the beginning of the year, just taking all this in.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean is there's some places that kind of
Speaker 2: like bring you some memories and and some some really
Speaker 2: good good things that happened in your career, and I
Speaker 2: think this place is one of them for me. A
Speaker 2: lot of good plays, a lot of good hits, a
Speaker 2: lot of moments in this place that I remember. So
Speaker 2: that's why I wanted to come out here early and
Speaker 2: kind of like take a look, because, uh, this might
Speaker 2: be my last time sitting in this uh in this
Speaker 2: dog out in this stadium, So I really like to
Speaker 2: appreciate moments, and moments like this kind of gave me
Speaker 2: the piece of knowing that I did everything that I
Speaker 2: could to uh to play this game for long, but
Speaker 2: now I'm just focusing on continue to help the team.
Speaker 1: Thank you for allowing me to interrupt that I'll back
Speaker 1: out so you can enjoy this. So thank you for
Speaker 1: the time.
Speaker 3: Not probably any time. Thank you