Speaker 1: And an exclusive interview with David Bassey for Dodger Talk.
Speaker 1: The Dodgers are back in Toronto, and so is the
Speaker 1: man that saved the Dodgers season in Game seven and
Speaker 1: Game six. That's the one and only Miguel Rojas. Thanks
Speaker 1: a lot for the time and great to be back
Speaker 1: here with you.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's a great feeling, a lot of emotions, of course,
Speaker 2: coming back here in such a short time. You know,
Speaker 2: it feels like it was a couple of weeks ago
Speaker 2: and we're back into the same here. To be honest
Speaker 2: with you, this is one of the things that you
Speaker 2: never kind.
Speaker 1: Of like prepare for.
Speaker 2: You just gotta leave it. And that's why my expectations
Speaker 2: this whole year are just gonna be to be in
Speaker 2: the moment, because I want to enjoy Everything that happened
Speaker 2: last year obviously is in the past already, but I mean,
Speaker 2: we're gonna have some some things that we that we
Speaker 2: can remember and feel proud for, and this is one
Speaker 2: of them. Coming back to this country and knowing what
Speaker 2: we have to come through to to be back to
Speaker 2: back champions, it means a lad and I'm looking forward
Speaker 2: to enjoy this year.
Speaker 1: Did you have any issues coming across the border. I
Speaker 1: was worried about that the Canadians might stop you.
Speaker 2: No, nothing, nothing happened. They were actually really nice over
Speaker 2: there last night when we got here Blond Day yesterday.
Speaker 2: We have the way on the field and I'm really
Speaker 2: proud of the way the guys, everybody in the in
Speaker 2: the team has been doing their part to uh to
Speaker 2: get w So it's been from the contributions up and
Speaker 2: down the line up, starting pitching boopen, it's been amazing.
Speaker 2: And I was talking to the guys a little bit
Speaker 2: yesterday before we take a little shot for the sweep
Speaker 2: that it's really fun to watch to see everybody kind
Speaker 2: of like stepping in in the game, like guys like
Speaker 2: Alex Cole and Santiago Espinal yesterday got getting the first
Speaker 2: hit in a big times. It's really fun to be
Speaker 2: part of the Dodgers right now.
Speaker 1: Why does it always seem to happen when teams come
Speaker 1: together on road trips. I don't know.
Speaker 2: I just feel like we had a little, a little
Speaker 2: thing going that is like a family reunion, and every
Speaker 2: time we get to go on the road, we like
Speaker 2: enjoying time together on the plane. Bus rides with us
Speaker 2: are are really fun. Were always trying to keep it
Speaker 2: loose and trying to connect and get together because obviously
Speaker 2: spring training, you're together for six months. For six weeks.
Speaker 2: I'm sorry, but you're not really doing much together. So
Speaker 2: I feel like this is our time to kind of
Speaker 2: like get to know people, get to know personalities. And
Speaker 2: it's being really nice to see Edwin and Talker and
Speaker 2: Santiago and the guys who just got to the team
Speaker 2: feeling comfortable and starting to feel like how it is
Speaker 2: to be a dollar running off the field.
Speaker 1: Speaking of bus rides, everybody's asked you about every single
Speaker 1: thing of Game seven, but one thing we've never heard.
Speaker 1: What was the bus ride like on the way to
Speaker 1: the stadium, And what was the bus ride like after
Speaker 1: you had the trophy?
Speaker 2: Yeah, on the way to the stadium. When we landed,
Speaker 2: we were down three two, right and we have to
Speaker 2: win two games. And that was one of the most
Speaker 2: like outgoing fun low a lot of music. People were
Speaker 2: like really really lose, having a good time, knowing that
Speaker 2: we have the opportunity to come here and we're gonna
Speaker 2: playing in front of a really, uh tough environment. Because
Speaker 2: these people right here in Canada, they know how to
Speaker 2: leave baseball, and obviously that creates a lot of anxiety,
Speaker 2: and you kind of can be nervous, but that was right,
Speaker 2: kind of like gods like Gardas going and being loose,
Speaker 2: and then all of a sudden, we show up to
Speaker 2: practice the next day and Dog is in there in
Speaker 2: between seconds and they're right there. So I feel like
Speaker 2: there's a lot of things from from getting out of
Speaker 2: the LA and losing that game game five, coming here
Speaker 2: and then everything changed just because we got to get
Speaker 2: it again. We connected and we knew it was gonna
Speaker 2: be hard, but we we we were lose, and we
Speaker 2: have to credit that to a lot of guys on
Speaker 2: our team, guys who've been here before in this situation, Freddie,
Speaker 2: Mookie and Kicking and the guys who were kind of
Speaker 2: playing every day. And I told something to the guys
Speaker 2: on the bass. I say, guys, I'm playing tomorrow and
Speaker 2: I have him played a monk, So you guys better
Speaker 2: help me out because I don't wanna. I don't want
Speaker 2: to be the reason why we're losing this word series.
Speaker 2: So the guys let me play. Let me play my
Speaker 2: part in game six and game seven, and and I'm
Speaker 2: glad that we we got.
Speaker 1: The word series such a big part. What was the
Speaker 1: best ride like after Game seven?
Speaker 2: Yeah, after saying it was more celebration and pure joy,
Speaker 2: you know, just like singing songs and and having a
Speaker 2: good time.
Speaker 1: I'm sure you were singing.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I me and Kicking were doing a lot of
Speaker 2: the singing, but all of the guys in the on
Speaker 2: the balls were We're singing the song that we were playing.
Speaker 1: For sure.
Speaker 2: That's gotta I gotta keep that one to me and
Speaker 2: the boys. But yeah, it was. It was a great
Speaker 2: boss ride and obviously an amazing time to be to
Speaker 2: be with the boys and kind of like celebrate the champions.
Speaker 1: Thanks a lot for the time. It's truly a privilege
Speaker 1: to be on the field back in Toronto with you,
Speaker 1: so thank you.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm really grateful that I'm back here, that I
Speaker 2: have another opportunity to play in this stadium. A lot
Speaker 2: of good memories, and I know my family was here too,
Speaker 2: and I will always remember that the face of my
Speaker 2: kids when I got out of the hotel and then
Speaker 2: I see him around the field before we leave the trophy.
Speaker 2: He wasn't a pretty special.
Speaker 1: Beautiful Hey, the game rewards you and your wife had
Speaker 1: something to do with it too, So enjoy this time.
Speaker 1: You deserve it, and hopefully when you get in there
Speaker 1: tonight or tomorrow, the booze are as loud as they
Speaker 1: possibly can be.
Speaker 2: I'm not expecting anything, to be honest with you, I'm
Speaker 2: okay with the really big change that I had in La,
Speaker 2: so I will live with that the rest of my life,
Speaker 2: and I will love my LA fans.
Speaker 1: Forever, forever, and they will always love Miguel Rojas. Thanks
Speaker 1: a lot for the time, Migul appreciate it. Thank you.