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Speaker 3: We are back to back.
Speaker 2: First the Dodgers were.
Speaker 4: Back living out their dream.
Speaker 3: Then they were back to back.
Speaker 5: The Dodgers cement their dynasty. Now we love to go
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Speaker 5: hosted by your Dodger insider David Massey.
Speaker 4: This is Dodger Fest.
Speaker 2: We are live at Dodger Fest. Welcome the Dodger Talk
Speaker 2: Saturday Edition. Sabado Higante as they like to say. We
Speaker 2: are in the Dodger Bullpen from ten am to one o'clock.
Speaker 2: Thank you to our friends at Verizon. Thank you to
Speaker 2: our friends at Downey of Hyundai Hyundai Downy. This is
Speaker 2: the bullpen that Can Jensen made famous. Three hundred and
Speaker 2: fifty saves coming out of this bullpen for the Dodgers,
Speaker 2: still a franchise record. But in twenty twenty six, this
Speaker 2: is going to be the bullpen. Edwin Diaz comes out
Speaker 2: for Timmy trumpet playing and serenading him and a man
Speaker 2: that is going to be standing on the infield just
Speaker 2: in just looking up maybe second base maybe third base,
Speaker 2: maybe center field. I call him the glue of the Dodgers,
Speaker 2: and he is leading us off rightfully. So a proud
Speaker 2: new papa of a second child, the one and only
Speaker 2: Tommy Edmund. Tommy, great to see you, and you're no
Speaker 2: more scooter. You're actually standing on your own two feet.
Speaker 4: Yeah, that's right. Feels good, feels good to use this
Speaker 4: foot again.
Speaker 3: Man.
Speaker 5: Excited to be back and chatting with you again. To
Speaker 5: the back to the season days.
Speaker 2: Man. When I was in Los Angeles, I brought my
Speaker 2: son to see Tommy Edmund. He was in awe of
Speaker 2: Tommy Edmund. But you were on a scooter and I
Speaker 2: was really nervous. You assured me that you'd be ready
Speaker 2: to go for spring training. Do you feel like you're
Speaker 2: still that confident?
Speaker 5: Yeah, that's right, Look at me, no more scooter. Yeah
Speaker 5: he was probably just staring at me with the scooter.
Speaker 4: Back then, but no. But yeah, no, I'm feeling good,
Speaker 4: feeling good.
Speaker 5: I just started baseball activities again, so, you know, feeling
Speaker 5: like I'm in a good spot going into spring.
Speaker 2: What is baseball activities? Taking ground balls, shagging fly balls?
Speaker 2: I mean for me, you know, I just want to
Speaker 2: go into the cage.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean it means I get to pick up
Speaker 4: a bat in the ball.
Speaker 5: So I just very very lightly started swaying and started
Speaker 5: throwing again this past week and then that'll just be
Speaker 5: ramping up as we get closer to spring, and you know,
Speaker 5: but I'm just really looking forward to being a baseball
Speaker 5: player again.
Speaker 2: That's gotta feel good, right Tommy, going back to taking
Speaker 2: care of this ankle. I know you've been playing, you know,
Speaker 2: through a lot of pain. Hopefully that pain's over with.
Speaker 2: That's got to feel good to know that, you know,
Speaker 2: there's only brighter pastures ahead of you and that ankle.
Speaker 5: Yeah, that's the idea, is that that knocking it out
Speaker 5: with the surgery, that I won't have to think about
Speaker 5: this ankle as much anymore, and you know, just getting
Speaker 5: back to a hundred percent and doing all the things
Speaker 5: that I normally would be able to do on a
Speaker 5: baseball field.
Speaker 2: So I saw you before your wife gave birth to
Speaker 2: your second child. Congratulations, Thank you, appreciate it. What's the
Speaker 2: off season been like for you? Dealing with the ankle
Speaker 2: surgery and her almost ready to give birth while you're
Speaker 2: going and basically not able to really move around too much.
Speaker 5: Yeah, fortunately the timing worked out well. I think if
Speaker 5: I was still on a scooter and and had to
Speaker 5: help her take care of the baby, it would have
Speaker 5: been a lot more difficult. But fortunately I'm a little
Speaker 5: bit more mobile now able to help out. But yeah,
Speaker 5: the baby's only baby. Ava is only a week old
Speaker 5: right now, so you know, still getting adjusted to the
Speaker 5: schedule and the rhythms of having a newborn. But it's
Speaker 5: been so much fun. It's been fun to have her
Speaker 5: and see my wife be a super mom. She's so tough,
Speaker 5: such a champ. And then having Eli be a big
Speaker 5: brother as well has been really cool and just a
Speaker 5: blessing to see our family continue to grow.
Speaker 2: Nothing like having a baby girl right As a dad,
Speaker 2: we always talk about having a son. Eli obviously is
Speaker 2: in the world, But what's it like to have a
Speaker 2: baby girl in your arms.
Speaker 5: Oh, I'm going to be a pushover for sure. Yeah,
Speaker 5: I can already tell whatever she wants. I'm if she
Speaker 5: goes to Mom and asks for suddenly and she says no,
Speaker 5: I know she's gonna come right to me and I'll
Speaker 5: probably say yes. But but yeah, it's so much fun.
Speaker 5: I just can't wait to see her continue to grow
Speaker 5: up and you know, hopefully we can just be good parents.
Speaker 2: For no doubt, she's got a great mom and dad,
Speaker 2: and that's the foundation. My guy Tommy Edmond is joining us.
Speaker 2: He's leading off Dodger Fest for us. We're here until
Speaker 2: one o'clock right here on a have five seventy LA Sports.
Speaker 2: All Right, I haven't seen you since the Dodgers signed
Speaker 2: Edwin Diaz and Kyle Tucker. What message are the Dodgers
Speaker 2: sending to the rest of you as far as going
Speaker 2: for this three.
Speaker 4: Peete, Yeah, clearly, we're not satisfied.
Speaker 5: You know, we're going for as many World Series championships
Speaker 5: as we can. And you know, we're really attacked this
Speaker 5: offseason hard. You know, after winning two in a row.
Speaker 5: I feel like a lot of people kind of I thought,
Speaker 5: you know, maybe they'll be a little bit complacent this offseason,
Speaker 5: but you know, signed to two of the best free
Speaker 5: agents out there, so we're amped. We're really excited, really
Speaker 5: excited to meet those guys and and see how they
Speaker 5: become part of the clubhouse. You know, how they mess
Speaker 5: with the culture of the team. For everything I've heard,
Speaker 5: they're both awesome guys who are gonna fit in really well, so,
Speaker 5: you know, really looking forward to meeting the Mount in Arizona.
Speaker 5: Maybe before then, but yeah, it's gonna be great to
Speaker 5: have those two guys and such talented players too, So
Speaker 5: it's gonna be a lot of fun to have those guys.
Speaker 2: Dave Roberts does such a great job of keeping you
Speaker 2: fresh and understanding the big picture as you're coming back
Speaker 2: from this right ankle surgery. Where do you start? Do
Speaker 2: you start at second base? Do you start to long
Speaker 2: uh long toss to get your arm ready for center field?
Speaker 2: What's the process for you as you get ready for
Speaker 2: this season?
Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean to be honest, it kind of just
Speaker 5: feels like at this point it's more of like a
Speaker 5: traditional offseason, like almost like that that phase of baseball
Speaker 5: is starting out now just a little bit later than
Speaker 5: it normally would. So you know, I'm just getting back
Speaker 5: into my swings like I would in a normal offseason,
Speaker 5: you know, starting with tea and then flips and then
Speaker 5: saying with the throwing progression as well, and then just
Speaker 5: continuing to stay on top of my ankle and building
Speaker 5: back up to the U to getting back to full
Speaker 5: sprints and acceleration and everything like that. So that's kind
Speaker 5: of what I'll be working on as we get out
Speaker 5: to Arizona and start the workouts. You know, I probably
Speaker 5: won't be hopping in with like the live abs with
Speaker 5: everybody right away, but you know, I'll just be building
Speaker 5: back up to that.
Speaker 2: All right, Tommy, before I let you go, Since you've
Speaker 2: had a lot of time at home rehabbing that right ankle,
Speaker 2: watching go over your pregnant wife, have you watched any
Speaker 2: full games, maybe a full Game seven of the World Series,
Speaker 2: or have you watched key plays in the ninth inning
Speaker 2: maybe earlier? You know Pa has running into keyk Have
Speaker 2: you been able to look back at those Do you
Speaker 2: even want to? I don't understand how a guy that
Speaker 2: was so involved, how do you handle all that?
Speaker 6: Yeah?
Speaker 4: It is.
Speaker 5: It is very weird to I think the first time
Speaker 5: I watched it again, it.
Speaker 4: Was crazy to relive all of those plays.
Speaker 5: And because when you're in the moment, you're not really
Speaker 5: thinking too much about you know, the scope of each
Speaker 5: individual play. But you go back and watch it and
Speaker 5: you see the crowd's reaction, you see the reaction of
Speaker 5: everybody on the field, and you think, Wow, I was
Speaker 5: in that. I was part of that moment, and you
Speaker 5: realize how big of a moment it was, so watching it.
Speaker 5: Watching that first time was pretty crazy, and then we've
Speaker 5: watched it numerous times after because that's one of Eli's
Speaker 5: favorite things to do is to watch baseball games, and
Speaker 5: unfortunately in the off season there's no baseball to be played,
Speaker 5: so we go back and rewatch those games. So I
Speaker 5: think he's probably rewatched Game seven, maybe you.
Speaker 4: Know, ten or eleven times. But you know, it's fun,
Speaker 4: it's awesome.
Speaker 5: It's really cool to have my son already be in
Speaker 5: baseball at two years old, so he's he's looking forward
Speaker 5: to season as well.
Speaker 2: So you were in Monterey Park meeting in greeting fans.
Speaker 2: That was an experience. I'm sure maybe I'll ask get
Speaker 2: this way. You're probably one of the few Dodgers that
Speaker 2: got to touch hands with the fans after winning back
Speaker 2: to back championships. Did that make you realize how much
Speaker 2: it meant to so many people and their families. Yeah,
Speaker 2: you realize how much it means to a lot of
Speaker 2: people here.
Speaker 4: Yeah.
Speaker 5: I think that's what makes those events so cool is
Speaker 5: you actually get to interact with the people that you
Speaker 5: see every day. You know, you see him in the
Speaker 5: stands and you know they're there and you know they
Speaker 5: have the support, but you never really get to have
Speaker 5: those direct interactions. So you know, having those moments where
Speaker 5: you get to meet the fans in person and really
Speaker 5: get a grasp of you know, how much winning that
Speaker 5: championship meant to them. So you know, it's really cool
Speaker 5: to have that, and that's what makes events like this
Speaker 5: FanFest really cool as well.
Speaker 2: Hey, the only thing Tommy Edmond has done since he
Speaker 2: was acquired by the Dodgers is went back to back
Speaker 2: World Series Championships. What a start to your Dodger career.
Speaker 2: Look forward to a three peet run here and just
Speaker 2: being around you guys, because I respect the process and
Speaker 2: the grind that you guys put in. It just doesn't happen.
Speaker 2: And so congratulations on a back to back World Series Championships.
Speaker 2: Congratulations on baby Ava, and look forward to seeing you
Speaker 2: out there in Arizona. If you need me to assist
Speaker 2: in the rehab, let me know.
Speaker 4: We might need some babysitting help as well, so I'll
Speaker 4: make sure to hit you up.
Speaker 2: All right, great, I'll find somebody for you. All right,
Speaker 2: there's my guy, Tommy Edman. Thank you, Tommy. I'll take
Speaker 2: the microphone away. You know you don't. You don't let
Speaker 2: me hold your baseball bats. You know, I don't let
Speaker 2: a lot of people hold the microphone.
Speaker 4: That's true. Hopefully I didn't didn't mess it up anyway.
Speaker 2: Oh no, I trust you.
Speaker 3: All right? Right?
Speaker 4: Cool, great to see.
Speaker 2: You there, He goes, Oh, hey, they want us to
Speaker 2: take a picture. We're gonna do this live on the radio,
Speaker 2: a photo with my guy, Tommy Edmund. All right, there
Speaker 2: we go one more, one more. People want to see
Speaker 2: this beautiful face. A skinny fat guy with a really
Speaker 2: small surfer dude from La Jolla.
Speaker 7: I wish.
Speaker 5: That's the retirement days. I'll be working on my surfing then,
Speaker 5: but for now I can't.
Speaker 2: Surf smart move, don't do worm either.
Speaker 4: I don't want to get eaten by a shark me either.
Speaker 2: I never go into the ocean because of that.
Speaker 4: Really scared of sharks.
Speaker 5: Yes, you know, actually most sharks are not aggressive, Like,
Speaker 5: they don't really tack humans that often.
Speaker 2: All right, but they want to nibble and taste you
Speaker 2: a little bit.
Speaker 4: Uh sorry if you lose a toe or two, but
Speaker 4: an armor.
Speaker 2: I'm skinny, fat there's a lot of flesh to chew on.
Speaker 4: Ye I don't know, but you're in great shape, Dave.
Speaker 2: Thanks Tommy edmund Man guy pumps me up right there. Hey,
Speaker 2: we got a big show coming for you from ten
Speaker 2: am to one o'clock right here on Dodger Fest. I
Speaker 2: got my handy run down. Here we are standing for
Speaker 2: all three hours. This is a stand up show. There
Speaker 2: are no seats here. The endurance of David va say
Speaker 2: and these quads are really going to be tested during
Speaker 2: these three hours here inside the Dodger Bullpen at Dodger Fest.
Speaker 2: I went from the stage to being caged up in
Speaker 2: a bullpen. But you know what I feel at home
Speaker 2: because this is the house that Kenley Jansen built. Coming
Speaker 2: up in our neck segment, Bank Casparius and Jack Dryer
Speaker 2: are going to join us, and also another Dodger reliever
Speaker 2: fitting being in the Dodger bullpen, Anthony Bonda and Alex
Speaker 2: Call are gonna join us as well. Coming up in
Speaker 2: our eleven o'clock hour, Brock Stewart, Blake Snell, Dave Roberts,
Speaker 2: and in our final hour get Ready Mookie Betts, Freddie
Speaker 2: Freeman and the four time MVP Showtime show. Hey Otani
Speaker 2: will join us as well, So we got a lot,
Speaker 2: We got all the guys. Miguel Rojas is gonna stop by.
Speaker 2: We didn't hear enough from him yesterday, so we're gonna
Speaker 2: hear more from Miguel Rojas today, Ding Dong Dodger Fest.
Speaker 2: Right here on a five seventy LA sports Like.
Speaker 6: Why don't you just let your hair flow a little bit?
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's flowing. It's flowing like a river. River Ryan
Speaker 2: is joining us. We are live at Dodger Fest, standing
Speaker 2: in the Dodger bullpen where Edwin Diaz will be coming
Speaker 2: out to Timmy trumpet, a bullpen that watched Kennelly Janssen
Speaker 2: record three hundred and fifty career Your Saves all Time
Speaker 2: Dodger Franchise Saves Leader. And right now we're joined by
Speaker 2: the guy I'm picking to be this year's Emmitt Shean,
Speaker 2: and everybody's jumped on the bandwagon and here he is, River, Ryan.
Speaker 2: You look great.
Speaker 7: River.
Speaker 2: We did a phone interview during the offseason. Now I
Speaker 2: get to see you in living flesh. Absolutely, are you
Speaker 2: as oppressed to see me? Who's in better shape for
Speaker 2: this season?
Speaker 7: You are me?
Speaker 2: I don't know you tell me, I'd say you okay,
Speaker 2: we'll keep it at that. I was telling him that no,
Speaker 2: I sawid. Sorry, you don't have to we know, we know. Hey,
Speaker 2: how excited are you for this season? I know it's
Speaker 2: a long road, the rehab road, but now you are
Speaker 2: a fully functional starter again.
Speaker 6: Yes, it's awesome.
Speaker 8: Honestly, you know, put a lot of time in and
Speaker 8: the rehab process and getting back to where I am now.
Speaker 8: I'm just excited to really participate in a major league camp.
Speaker 8: I mean, this will be my third third year in
Speaker 8: big league camp. In the last two I wasn't able
Speaker 8: to participate at a shoulder issue, and I believe it
Speaker 8: was twenty four yep, twenty four and then twenty five
Speaker 8: Tommy John So this.
Speaker 6: Will be the first year I'm able to participate.
Speaker 2: And I totally remember you having a very unstable locker.
Speaker 2: It was one of those makeshift lockers by the front door.
Speaker 2: I feel like you're gonna have a real locker this year.
Speaker 2: That's nice.
Speaker 6: Yeah, Yeah, that's me nice.
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's step one. Yep, definitely there. You got to
Speaker 2: have a real locker. Yeah, absolutely, what I know We've
Speaker 2: talked about this earlier this offseason. About just coming back
Speaker 2: from it becoming a better pitcher. The guy that was
Speaker 2: really singing your praises I spoke to again earlier today
Speaker 2: was Kyle Hurt. You guys spend a lot of time
Speaker 2: together for him to see you be able to go
Speaker 2: from being right out of surgery to see what he
Speaker 2: saw in September. When you have your teammate's confidence, does
Speaker 2: that give you confidence?
Speaker 9: Yeah?
Speaker 8: Absolutely, it's super encouraging, you know when especially like going
Speaker 8: to the whole rehab process with Kyle and kind of
Speaker 8: being neck and neck there as far as like how
Speaker 8: far apart we were in our you know, post ops
Speaker 8: and just being able to just bounce a lot of
Speaker 8: things off each other through the entire process has been
Speaker 8: super encouraging. But yeah, really kind of words from Kyle then,
Speaker 8: you know, and again it's super super encouraging to me
Speaker 8: to hear those things.
Speaker 2: When you see the roapemap for a guy that went
Speaker 2: through something similar as you did in Mit Sheen and
Speaker 2: the way the Dodgers uh slow slowly allowed him to
Speaker 2: get his feet underneath him and bring him in the
Speaker 2: second half of the season, does that give you a vision,
Speaker 2: a roadmap of what it could be like for you
Speaker 2: as far as their patience with you, and maybe the
Speaker 2: second half you're you're emerging as this year's version of
Speaker 2: m it shean.
Speaker 10: Yeah.
Speaker 8: I mean, honestly, I really don't know what what the
Speaker 8: plan is as far as I mean, the only thing
Speaker 8: that I've really been focused on is getting ready for camp.
Speaker 8: I mean, I've said earlier today that we kind of
Speaker 8: came to the consensus of, you know, after after Arizona
Speaker 8: and my my last live outing, it'll either jump straight
Speaker 8: into that into the postseason or go home and have
Speaker 8: a normal offseason, be ready to for spring training. And
Speaker 8: I mean, I'm I'm focused on making the team out
Speaker 8: of camp and just being being being a guy for him.
Speaker 8: That's that's been my goal, and that's that's what I'm
Speaker 8: looking Are.
Speaker 2: We expecting the lettuce to grow longer or is this
Speaker 2: the length for the season.
Speaker 7: We'll see.
Speaker 8: I mean, I've had a lot of talks with my
Speaker 8: wife about it. I Mean, the whole thing was I
Speaker 8: was going to cut it before my next outing, but
Speaker 8: I don't know. I'm getting I'm getting some compliments on it,
Speaker 8: and it's it's still hanging around, So.
Speaker 2: I'll see what happens new chapter in your career. So
Speaker 2: I like this new version of you, you know, just
Speaker 2: the the appearance. You have a great vibe about yourself.
Speaker 2: Frank sure, thank yeah, all right, well, great to see you.
Speaker 2: I'm not going to put you on the spot. Got
Speaker 2: seven pitches now, you told me you're not You're not
Speaker 2: disclosing what they are, So can you at least give
Speaker 2: me a hint? Maybe second third spring start? Am I
Speaker 2: going to see it? When? Should we expect to to
Speaker 2: really lock into what you got in your back pocket
Speaker 2: this year?
Speaker 8: I'm not going to divulge what it is, but I'm
Speaker 8: sure I'm sure you'll see what it is relatively early
Speaker 8: on in spring trainings.
Speaker 2: All right, all right, we'll leave it right there. Great
Speaker 2: to see you. I'm great to see that smile on
Speaker 2: your face. You persevered, you kept the faith, and you're
Speaker 2: ready to go this year.
Speaker 4: Absolutely, thank you so much.
Speaker 2: Thanks River, appreciate it. Hey, we're gonna do a live photo.
Speaker 2: They want photos for social media. Is that okay with you?
Speaker 10: Perfect?
Speaker 2: Am I allowed to?
Speaker 6: Sure?
Speaker 3: All right?
Speaker 2: Touch you right there now on your shoulder. Yeah, there
Speaker 2: we go. See some guys just they want, you know,
Speaker 2: have some separation when they take a photo. River Ryan's
Speaker 2: a guy that trusts me. Seventy seven. Get ready, Thanks.
Speaker 3: River, Let's go.
Speaker 6: Thank you so much for having me.
Speaker 7: I appreciate it.
Speaker 2: There it goes River Ryan. Two appearances on Dodger Talk
Speaker 2: this offseason. Everybody is on the train. Now, Oh boy,
Speaker 2: here we go. All right, my two favorite guys double
Speaker 2: barreled in the bullpen last year and now in twenty
Speaker 2: twenty six at Dodger FanFest. That's the right hander Ben
Speaker 2: Casparious and the left hand Jack Dryer. That's right. Here
Speaker 2: we go, vass a sandwich between the double barreled right
Speaker 2: he's and lefties. I'll share my mic with Jack. Ben.
Speaker 2: Don't worry about first. Say hello to the world.
Speaker 6: Hello everyone, Hello, everybody.
Speaker 2: I'm multi media today. We are live on AM five
Speaker 2: seventy LA Sports and the iHeart Radio app and where
Speaker 2: people are going to see this interview later on AM
Speaker 2: five seventy LA Sports social media.
Speaker 7: Well you're looking great, you do look great?
Speaker 2: Yeah? Yeah, all right, Hey, endorsements, I believe everybody's lying
Speaker 2: to me right now.
Speaker 1: I don't think so. It's I'm going to put some
Speaker 1: money on it. Travis Matthew, No, really.
Speaker 2: Yes it is. I mean, yes, is Travis Mathey, Yes,
Speaker 2: of course it is. How dare you going to say
Speaker 2: we can't be switching it up? No, No, it's Travis
Speaker 2: matthew Hey. Without these two guys last year, the Dodgers
Speaker 2: don't even make the playoffs. In my opinion, If you remember,
Speaker 2: these two young guys right here contributed mightily from start
Speaker 2: to When you both look back at your season, how
Speaker 2: proud are both of you of what you were able
Speaker 2: to do to help the team get to the finish line.
Speaker 2: I'll start with bank Asparius and his beard.
Speaker 6: It was special.
Speaker 1: I think just the different roles that we took on. Obviously,
Speaker 1: being healthy and sustainable throughout a season is important too,
Speaker 1: and that's something to you know, be proud of, But
Speaker 1: just to be able to fill some gaps, throw in
Speaker 1: different situations, help the team when when we needed to,
Speaker 1: it goes a long way, and that's what I'm most
Speaker 1: proud of for sure.
Speaker 11: Yeah, I mean for me, you know, having this be
Speaker 11: of the year that I debuted, and you know, getting
Speaker 11: to learn everything from so many future Hall of famers,
Speaker 11: especially twenty two, it was just an unbelievable experience. But
Speaker 11: then to see what, you know, our starters did in
Speaker 11: the playoffs, you know, whatever role they took on coming
Speaker 11: out of the pen, ya'ma being crazy and winning three
Speaker 11: out of the four World Series games like that. That's
Speaker 11: the kind of culture that you want to have within
Speaker 11: a team and the kind of like die hard, do
Speaker 11: whatever it takes to win, And so it was.
Speaker 4: It was cool to see and to be a part
Speaker 4: of that.
Speaker 2: Ben, Where's Jack gonna live? I mean, Kershaw took him
Speaker 2: in for two weeks last year, gave him a taste
Speaker 2: of the good life by the beach. Where's Jack Dryer
Speaker 2: gonna live this year?
Speaker 6: It's a good that's a good question. That's a good question.
Speaker 2: Are you taking him in?
Speaker 6: I don't know. I would have to, I would, he would.
Speaker 6: It would be a package deal with his.
Speaker 2: Wife too, So I forgot. You're married.
Speaker 7: That's right.
Speaker 11: My wife and I are looking at places right now,
Speaker 11: but I don't know if it can withstand what what
Speaker 11: I experienced with Kershaw.
Speaker 7: Yeah, that was pretty cool.
Speaker 2: Is this Dryer's first interview since being married?
Speaker 7: Yes?
Speaker 6: Wow, that's your answer.
Speaker 2: I did you get the invite to the wedding? I didn't.
Speaker 1: I don't know if they've gotten sent out yet. I
Speaker 1: would I would, I would don't.
Speaker 11: I don't think anybody got them because we did it alone.
Speaker 2: Oh hey, I like that. That's like the twenty twenty
Speaker 2: sixth style of getting married. Trust me, I I agree
Speaker 2: with that. You're just throwing a party for a bunch
Speaker 2: of mooches that want to have an open bar. You
Speaker 2: could spare.
Speaker 4: No, I wouldn't say that. I wouldn't say that.
Speaker 2: Hey, since we are standing in your home away from home,
Speaker 2: the Dodger Bullpen, standing here, what are some of the
Speaker 2: memories you have of last year?
Speaker 3: Man?
Speaker 11: I mean, getting getting to watch some of the special moments,
Speaker 11: you know, clinching the the CS and the DS, probably
Speaker 11: Kershaw's three thousand strikeout, you know, all different kinds of experiences.
Speaker 11: To get to see from this vantage point is really special.
Speaker 1: I think my favorite part about the bullpen in general
Speaker 1: is seeing guys from our seats over there get to
Speaker 1: warm up and then the actual moment like throw the
Speaker 1: rosin bag down, put a ball down, and watch them
Speaker 1: just run out onto the field and hear everybody starts screaming.
Speaker 1: I think that's the coolest part. I actually just got goosebumps.
Speaker 1: But it's just cool, Like the different moments guys go
Speaker 1: into saving opportunities, playoff opportunities.
Speaker 6: I always think that's pretty cool. I always remember.
Speaker 2: That Robleski said he couldn't remember who one the bullpen
Speaker 2: game of picking home runs? Can you let us know
Speaker 2: who won that game last year? That contest?
Speaker 11: I don't know for sure, but with with Jonathan erb
Speaker 11: calling a shot and catching the ball, that definitely put
Speaker 11: him ahead.
Speaker 4: So I I think that he ended up being the winner.
Speaker 2: That's your bullpen trainer, ye right.
Speaker 6: I think he. I think he took it home this year.
Speaker 2: Yea. Does that count very much?
Speaker 1: So?
Speaker 2: Yeah, he's one of your dogs, right, the trainer is
Speaker 2: one of your dogs.
Speaker 6: He's the best.
Speaker 2: Hey, Jack Dreyer's got a baseball card now, that means
Speaker 2: he's arrived, right, Ben.
Speaker 6: Absolutely absolutely, I had I had him sign one for
Speaker 6: me yesterday.
Speaker 2: Actually nice which one the Allen and ginter or just
Speaker 2: the regular?
Speaker 6: It was a Bowman Chrome.
Speaker 2: Okay, it was pretty cool. It feels like baseball players
Speaker 2: are really getting into collecting baseball cards. Is that a
Speaker 2: fair evaluation of what's what's trending now?
Speaker 10: Yeah?
Speaker 11: I think it's a hobby that's definitely coming back, you know,
Speaker 11: to be able to collect car for guys that you
Speaker 11: play with or against is pretty fun, and you know
Speaker 11: it's it's just something that you can do in the
Speaker 11: clubhouse to kill time to connect with guys.
Speaker 2: So it's great, Caspira seems too cool to even dabble
Speaker 2: with dungeons and dragons or roadblocks or baseball carve Pokemon.
Speaker 2: That seems beneath you. Yeah, that seems beneath you. That
Speaker 2: would ruin your street crew.
Speaker 6: I don't want to say it's beneath me. I just
Speaker 6: don't know anything.
Speaker 2: Okay out it. Yeah, so I'm with you.
Speaker 11: Maybe I was too cool, but I think it's a
Speaker 11: slippery slope once you start with baseball, it's it doesn't
Speaker 11: take much.
Speaker 6: I think it's gonna trickle down.
Speaker 1: So so you know, game eighty or so, when you
Speaker 1: see me opening up Pokemon cards, we can come back
Speaker 1: to this.
Speaker 4: Commers.
Speaker 3: It's good.
Speaker 2: Hey, great to see both of you. I will not
Speaker 2: let anybody forget what you meant to the twenty twenty
Speaker 2: five Dodgers and how much you guys are going to
Speaker 2: mean to the twenty six Dodgers. So keep the spirit
Speaker 2: of Kershaw alive this year.
Speaker 6: Absolutely right, thank you? Absolutely Yeah, it's good to see you.
Speaker 6: Good to see you too.
Speaker 2: Can we take a photo once I send this to break?
Speaker 2: All right, we got more Dodger fest coming for you
Speaker 2: until one o'clock. Right here on A five seventy LA Sports.
Speaker 2: Don't go anywhere. It is Sabato hit Gante from the
Speaker 2: Dodger bullpen right here on AM five seventy LA Sports.
Speaker 2: We are live inside the Dodger bullpen. Timmy Trumpet nowhere
Speaker 2: to be found yet. He will be around though all
Speaker 2: season long because the Dodgers will be giving Edwin Diaz
Speaker 2: many save opportunities. And we're joined right now by a
Speaker 2: man that joined the Dodgers at the trade deadline last
Speaker 2: year went on to be part a big part of
Speaker 2: the Dodgers winning the World Series in twenty twenty five.
Speaker 2: That's the one and only Alex Call. Hey, great to
Speaker 2: see you, and happy new year. It's official.
Speaker 9: Yeah, thanks Davis. Yeah, ready for another year. But have
Speaker 9: been soaking in all the joys.
Speaker 7: Of last year.
Speaker 2: I remember the first day that you joined the Dodgers.
Speaker 2: It was sweltering and Tampa, Florida. That was Could you
Speaker 2: have ever envisioned the season and the way it went
Speaker 2: for you and the team after you joined them kind.
Speaker 9: Of actually, I mean when you told you get traded
Speaker 9: the Dodgers, you're like, well, the Dodgers are the best
Speaker 9: team ever. I mean, that's the best team I've ever
Speaker 9: seen assembled on paper.
Speaker 7: And to be going to that team.
Speaker 9: And having a chance to play in the World Series,
Speaker 9: it was just like, Oh, my gosh, my dreams, my
Speaker 9: childhood dreams are gonna come true. And obviously there's a
Speaker 9: lot of work that goes in. When I got to
Speaker 9: when I got to Tampa Bay for the first time
Speaker 9: and we were melting in the heat, I was like,
Speaker 9: you know, okay, wow, things are Actually we're actually kind
Speaker 9: of in a kind of a tougher stretch right now.
Speaker 9: But I feel like the confidence was there from every guy,
Speaker 9: every staff member, like we're gonna turn it on.
Speaker 7: We're gonna we.
Speaker 9: Know, we can't just flip a switch or we're gonna
Speaker 9: play some good baseball and it's just a matter of
Speaker 9: time before we get everybody healthy, everybody rolling, and we'll
Speaker 9: be the Dodgers that everybody expected. And you know, it's
Speaker 9: and then it ended up turning out and there wasn't
Speaker 9: always always wasn't always perfect, but we made it happen in.
Speaker 2: The end, there had to be some intrigue on just
Speaker 2: how they do things here to be as good as
Speaker 2: they dan for so long. What did you learn about
Speaker 2: the process behind the scenes, on how this team has
Speaker 2: so much talent but also finds a way to stay
Speaker 2: focused in any situation.
Speaker 9: Yeah, I mean, I think it's a tribute to all
Speaker 9: the guys and just the organization, how they go about
Speaker 9: really caring about winning, you know, pouring back investing into
Speaker 9: the team and not just players, but in personnel and.
Speaker 7: Technology.
Speaker 9: Yeah, technology, every everything, advanced scouting, advanced data, whatever, whatever
Speaker 9: can turn the notch up just a little bit more
Speaker 9: is what they're.
Speaker 7: Willing to do. And that's what it takes to win.
Speaker 9: And I think that it's really special to be a
Speaker 9: part of it because I love taking advantage of that staff.
Speaker 9: Like you want to give me, I will try to.
Speaker 9: I don't want to leave any stone unturned when it
Speaker 9: comes to Alex call I want to get the best
Speaker 9: version of Alex call out every single day, every single
Speaker 9: opportunity that I have. That's always been mindset, my mindset,
Speaker 9: and so then coming to a place where they want
Speaker 9: to get the absolute best, the best, the top notch
Speaker 9: out of every single player. Well, then I can take
Speaker 9: that and partner with them and becoming the best version
Speaker 9: of myself. And I'm really excited for this year.
Speaker 2: What's it like for you to have a full spring
Speaker 2: training with this team, coming back as a world champion,
Speaker 2: and just being a little bit more comfortable in your environment.
Speaker 9: Yeah, I think I'm super excited and I'm ready to go.
Speaker 9: It'll be you know, you know, feel it out a
Speaker 9: little bit how the Dodgers do spring training versus how
Speaker 9: you know the Nationals did or whatever.
Speaker 7: But it'll be great. We'll be getting ready for the year.
Speaker 9: It'll be super focused on just making sure our bodies
Speaker 9: are ready, our bodies are right and our minds are
Speaker 9: in the right spot, getting ready for a one sixty
Speaker 9: two grind. And so, yeah, I couldn't be more excited
Speaker 9: for spring training. It's right around the corner and I
Speaker 9: feel great and ready to.
Speaker 2: Go before I let you go, You're a great guy
Speaker 2: to ask this question too, because everybody has a story,
Speaker 2: everybody has their thoughts being an outfielder, knowing how to
Speaker 2: play all three outfield positions. When we watch that play
Speaker 2: where Andy pa has collides with Keik Hernandez when you
Speaker 2: watch it, when you were watching it live, can you
Speaker 2: take us through what you felt in the moment and
Speaker 2: just how tough and how lucky in some ways the
Speaker 2: Dodgers did not lose the World Series on that play.
Speaker 9: Yeah, I mean you have to look at it from
Speaker 9: two angles, you know, Key K and Andy.
Speaker 7: You know, with Kei K, he was.
Speaker 9: Playing shallo and his initial read was kind of more
Speaker 9: like sideways, not necessarily back. So he had his back
Speaker 9: turn and he was grinding to go get the ball.
Speaker 9: And when you're in that position as an outfielder, it's
Speaker 9: not a comfy one. It's not one of confidence. Like
Speaker 9: I think he would have been to catch the ball
Speaker 9: if and he wasn't there. But when you're catching the
Speaker 9: ball over your shoulder, that's not a guarantee. You know,
Speaker 9: that's one of the hot, the lowest percentage ones.
Speaker 7: I would say.
Speaker 9: But then from Andy's perspective, he's just going to get
Speaker 9: the ball.
Speaker 7: He's going to get the ball.
Speaker 9: And at the last second, you know, as the center fielder,
Speaker 9: you're the captain, you're the guy.
Speaker 7: If I can get this ball, I'm gonna catch it.
Speaker 9: So that was what his mindset was, and he went
Speaker 9: up and he got the ball at all costs, at
Speaker 9: all means necessary, dunking on key K. You know, a
Speaker 9: picture for a lifetime, but so cool. And me I
Speaker 9: was just like, oh my gosh, because I thought it
Speaker 9: was it was Keyk's ball that he was going to get,
Speaker 9: and I saw his back turning and I was thinking,
Speaker 9: oh no, that's that's not a high percentage, and he's
Speaker 9: scrambling at it and then all of a sudden, here
Speaker 9: comes Andy and he catches it, and uh, you know,
Speaker 9: it was just it was surreal and then it's like
Speaker 9: just complete joy, bliss and relief because it didn't look
Speaker 9: good initially.
Speaker 2: From your vantage point. Did you think Pa has caught it?
Speaker 2: Did you believe key K or Pa has caught it?
Speaker 2: What were you thinking?
Speaker 9: I mean, my mind was going a million miles an hour,
Speaker 9: so I don't really know what I was thinking. I
Speaker 9: was just trying to find the ball. And then when
Speaker 9: Andy was just like confident had the ball, and it
Speaker 9: was just like, oh, yes, you know, that's really what
Speaker 9: I was feeling. I just, you know, a fan like
Speaker 9: anybody else who it's like, man, I was feeling that
Speaker 9: My heart was beating and huge relief when he caught
Speaker 9: the ball.
Speaker 7: And go to the next inning.
Speaker 2: Love it. Hey, I needed your expertise on that. You're
Speaker 2: one of the highest baseball like you guys, I know,
Speaker 2: appreciate it. Everybody has a story.
Speaker 7: Right, oh man, everybody does.
Speaker 9: Everybody's got a vantage point and uh happy to share it.
Speaker 2: Thanks a lot for stopping. You look great. Congratulations on
Speaker 2: your baby girl's birth. Mom and daughter are healthy.
Speaker 7: Happy, Yep, we're happy. Family of four.
Speaker 2: Now, that's beautiful. Can't wait to see a camel Back ranch.
Speaker 2: Your first full spring training in camel Back Ranch with
Speaker 2: the Dodgers, World champion Dodgers.
Speaker 7: That's right, World champion Dodgers.
Speaker 2: Thanks Dave, Thanks for stopping. Appreciate it. There he is
Speaker 2: the man. Alex Call. They want a photo of us,
Speaker 2: Alex Call. We're gonna do this live on the radio. Baby, Yeah,
Speaker 2: here we go. Yeah.
Speaker 7: Geez cheezy.
Speaker 2: I haven't said cheese in a while. That's a dad
Speaker 2: right there. That's a dad that says cheez right there.
Speaker 2: That's a true dad. Oh man, that's great. Alex Call.
Speaker 2: Looking great. It's gonna get a lot of opportunities during
Speaker 2: spring training with the World Baseball Classic. He certainly is
Speaker 2: a guy that's comfortable coming off the bench and whatever
Speaker 2: role the Dodgers need for him, he is going to
Speaker 2: be ready. You need guys like that that are comfortable
Speaker 2: starting every game or being a regular. You need those
Speaker 2: type of guys. Not everybody is going to start on
Speaker 2: this team. You're going to have to embrace the role
Speaker 2: that you have. And for the Dodgers, they've got guys
Speaker 2: like Miguel Rojas who certainly embraced his role or he
Speaker 2: wouldn't have been ready to come off the bench in
Speaker 2: Game six. You got Alex Call, you got Paez. You're
Speaker 2: gonna have guys like that that are really going to
Speaker 2: need to embrace coming off the bench, pinch hitting spots,
Speaker 2: starting double switching into the game in the middle of
Speaker 2: the game. I know the starting lineup gets a lot
Speaker 2: of attention, and rightfully so, but it's gonna take all
Speaker 2: these guys for the Dodgers to get through this season.
Speaker 2: And I feel like everybody realizes that it's a long
Speaker 2: year and you're gonna need all forty guys. I thought,
Speaker 2: that's what makes twenty twenty five so special is during
Speaker 2: the World Series run, the playoff run, you think back
Speaker 2: to you know, even the Wildcard series. Yamamoto was the
Speaker 2: staple of the entire October run for the Dodgers, but
Speaker 2: Blake Snell. Without him, the Dodgers are not even in
Speaker 2: the World Series. With the way he and Yamamoto pitched
Speaker 2: in the first three rounds of the postseason against the Reds,
Speaker 2: against the Phillies, and against the Brewers. Obviously, Yamamoto was
Speaker 2: the star among stars in the postseason run for the
Speaker 2: Dodgers in October, but Teoscar Hernandez. He had a huge
Speaker 2: home run in Game one the Nlds in Philly. Ta
Speaker 2: Oscar Hernandez was the Dodgers offense against the Phillies the Brewers.
Speaker 2: Otani was ignited in Game four of the World Series,
Speaker 2: where he obviously hit three home runs and struck out ten,
Speaker 2: one of the greatest postseason performances ever by a major
Speaker 2: league player. So if you look at it and then
Speaker 2: you look at the World Series, Justin Dean, Justin Dean
Speaker 2: was not even a thought at this point in time.
Speaker 2: He wasn't even on anybody's radar at this stage of
Speaker 2: Dodger Fest. And he's used as a defensive replacement because
Speaker 2: Tommy Edmunds right ankle was busted and Dave Roberts needed
Speaker 2: some speed out there. By the way, justin Dean, he
Speaker 2: was going to be playing in the Mexican League before
Speaker 2: the Dodgers called his agent and said, hey, what do
Speaker 2: you want to come to camp with us, about two
Speaker 2: weeks before spring training, and then he makes such a
Speaker 2: big play, was such a vital role. Miguel Rojas, who
Speaker 2: did not play the first five games of the World Series,
Speaker 2: was ready to go. You know, it's hard to do
Speaker 2: Dodger talk when you have such a great presence in
Speaker 2: the bullpen with you, a man that's been an inspiration
Speaker 2: to me in my career, the great Lon Rosen thirty
Speaker 2: years ago. Yesterday, Magic Johnson came back to play for
Speaker 2: the Lakers, and Lon Rosen, I'm sure had a front
Speaker 2: row seat to all that. But maybe Lawn wants to
Speaker 2: come on the show really endorse me publicly. He doesn't
Speaker 2: like to be seen with me in public, so I
Speaker 2: guess not. Yeah, he's just waving from afar there he goes,
Speaker 2: great man doesn't like anybody saying that. But great Man
Speaker 2: Jim Hill's in the house here, So we got Dodger
Speaker 2: talk for you. Until one o'clock. Want to say thank
Speaker 2: you to my good friend Sam at Downy Hunday. Had
Speaker 2: a great time to visit with him over this past
Speaker 2: week and they are a proud sponsor of Dodger Fest.
Speaker 2: Can't wait to be down there. It is a party,
Speaker 2: by the way, when you go down to Downy Hundai,
Speaker 2: it is a big time party. They got TVs. If
Speaker 2: you want to buy a car, go watch a Dodger game.
Speaker 2: They got TVs in the trunk in the showroom. That's
Speaker 2: the type of guys that they are at Downy Hunday.
Speaker 2: And they got spotlights. We're gonna be doing some things.
Speaker 2: Sam's a great guy too. Love that guy. Also, want
Speaker 2: to say thank you to I guess Adrian Gonzalez. I
Speaker 2: got word that Adrian Gonzalez has sent burritos to the
Speaker 2: clubhouse to feed the people. He owns a pizza place
Speaker 2: and a burrito place in Los Angeles. So thank you
Speaker 2: to Adrian Gonzalez. Maybe somebody wants to bring me one
Speaker 2: of those burritos. You know, you never know. Adrian, by
Speaker 2: the way, was the guy that started the taco truck
Speaker 2: at spring training. It was Adrian Gonzalez that started the
Speaker 2: tradition of buying taco's a specific day during spring training.
Speaker 2: And also, you know, I think it's become a more
Speaker 2: of an everyday thing after Adrian moved on from the Dodgers,
Speaker 2: then Justin Turner picked it up and got it going.
Speaker 2: So it's a it's a it's a great uh. It's
Speaker 2: a great tradition that was started by Adrian Gonzalez, who,
Speaker 2: if you remember, was the trade that signal this Dodger
Speaker 2: ownership was serious about turning the fortunes of this franchise,
Speaker 2: and they have taken it to a big time level.
Speaker 2: Here he is in his home away from home. I
Speaker 2: feel like I'm a guest in his house because he
Speaker 2: has done so many great things. This is where he
Speaker 2: really rams up. He is a fan favorite and am
Speaker 2: five seventy LA sports hero. We are live and vivo,
Speaker 2: as they like to say, it is Sabato hit Gante
Speaker 2: with Anthony Bunda Banda. That's for me, Bunda, thank you
Speaker 2: for thank you for stopping by. Hey, it's okay, it's okay,
Speaker 2: we we can. How are you great to see you?
Speaker 3: Great to see you.
Speaker 2: I'm in your house. This is your house, the Dodger Bullpen.
Speaker 2: What's it like to have all these people in your house.
Speaker 2: You got other media people here.
Speaker 12: I wouldn't say this is my house, but it's great
Speaker 12: to have you guys here. I hope you guys are
Speaker 12: enjoying the scenery. Yeah, and uh, this.
Speaker 3: Is yeah, this is where we get all the work done.
Speaker 2: When you step in here in this setting. What are
Speaker 2: some of the memories that you have of last year
Speaker 2: being with your brothers in the bullpen?
Speaker 12: Uh, watching Investia, going to a game, watching Blake, going
Speaker 12: to a game like the playoffs?
Speaker 3: What else?
Speaker 2: How good were you at picking home runs last year?
Speaker 3: Not great? I think I only had like two.
Speaker 7: Who won that?
Speaker 2: By the way, somebody I don't know Asparius and Jack
Speaker 2: Dryer said it was your trainer, Jonathan RB.
Speaker 3: Yeah.
Speaker 12: Yeah, yeah, because it was a home run that he
Speaker 12: caught that he actually called in Miami, right, yeah, yeah, yeah,
Speaker 12: So you gotta forget her.
Speaker 3: No, he's not.
Speaker 2: I think about him. I think about it every single
Speaker 2: other week.
Speaker 3: You know.
Speaker 12: He checks in a lot with me. So you know,
Speaker 12: I love those guys. They take care of me, the organization,
Speaker 12: everything about it is just I love it.
Speaker 13: So but.
Speaker 12: I'm trying to think of the best memory of twenty
Speaker 12: twenty five in the bullpen. I mean, I guess I
Speaker 12: would have to go with the home run call oh
Speaker 12: tiny home run in Miami. So I think that was
Speaker 12: the best one, just because, like we were talking about
Speaker 12: the scenario of what could potentially happen in the sense
Speaker 12: of Barto, the bullpen coach is sitting at the end
Speaker 12: of John, who called him J Bone, was sitting in
Speaker 12: in the middle. I was sitting next to him, and
Speaker 12: they we're talking about the scenario of like, Okay, what
Speaker 12: if he hits it and he misses it, it hits
Speaker 12: him in the face.
Speaker 3: Blah blah blah.
Speaker 12: We're talking about that the ball gets hit, it's coming
Speaker 12: to us, and like the amount of like freaking out
Speaker 12: was hysterical. And then him catching it was just like
Speaker 12: the cherry on top. So like it was, Yeah, that
Speaker 12: was funny. That was a good that was a good memory.
Speaker 2: Did you know he had a press conference the day after.
Speaker 3: I heard I heard about it.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I heard about it, and uh, it was good.
Speaker 3: It's good.
Speaker 12: I love that, you know, things happened like that, so
Speaker 12: you know, you can just have people interact and with
Speaker 12: the media and like kind of get a sense of
Speaker 12: what we kind of go through.
Speaker 3: But yeah, it was cool.
Speaker 12: It was it was cool. I heard about it. He
Speaker 12: said he had a great time. It was funny. He
Speaker 12: said he was really nervous. Oh, but it comes with
Speaker 12: the territory.
Speaker 2: I guess how has Anthony bonda'zof season been. Is it
Speaker 2: similar to the first off season after winning your first
Speaker 2: World Series or yeah?
Speaker 12: Yeah, I would say I took a little bit more
Speaker 12: time to.
Speaker 3: Give my arm or break. I.
Speaker 2: Uh, that's a good thing. You threw a lot.
Speaker 12: Yeah, yeah, you know, I think I took a little
Speaker 12: longer break than usual.
Speaker 3: But as far as everything else, kind of the same. Yeah.
Speaker 10: Really.
Speaker 2: Yeah, take any trips where you just hanging out.
Speaker 3: No, no, just hanging out.
Speaker 12: I went to Sexast see my family on my brother's
Speaker 12: birthday and then yeah, I was just kind of hanging
Speaker 12: out in Arizona.
Speaker 2: You know.
Speaker 12: I got my son's birthday in December, Christmas New Year,
Speaker 12: So it was all like just like it was.
Speaker 3: Party at the party, at the party, at the party.
Speaker 12: I love it in the sense of like family party
Speaker 12: thirteen like you know, say type parties.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't want to be at that party, weirdo. Man, Hey,
Speaker 2: it's a great time. You got to live my electric life.
Speaker 3: Nah, people, nap, I'm good.
Speaker 2: Okay, Hey, how excited are you to have Edwin di
Speaker 2: as part of your bullpen and also be able to
Speaker 2: be here when the lights go down and Timmy Trumpett
Speaker 2: starts playing.
Speaker 12: No, it's gonna be fun. It's something I've experienced. I
Speaker 12: played with Edwin with the Mets, just very briefly. Super
Speaker 12: nice guy who's super nice and super respectful towards me
Speaker 12: and I and those are the type of things that
Speaker 12: I always remember with people. So it was something where
Speaker 12: it was like, yeah, yeah, you know, he's excited obviously
Speaker 12: to get them our bullpen gets better, teams is better.
Speaker 12: But then also it's like, you know, I know what
Speaker 12: kind of guy in the sense of what I've met,
Speaker 12: and I know what value he's going to bring to
Speaker 12: our bullpen and you know, just genuine human being, you know,
Speaker 12: and obviously the baseball stuff speaks for itself. But but
Speaker 12: so yeah, I'm excited to get to know him really well.
Speaker 3: I'm excited to grow a relationship.
Speaker 12: With him and you know, finally watch him, you know,
Speaker 12: close out games for us and help us win ball games.
Speaker 2: Banda, you've had a few stomps in your major league career,
Speaker 2: but you're a back to back World Series champion. You
Speaker 2: were a big part of this back to back run
Speaker 2: going for three p Do you feel like you've planted
Speaker 2: some roots here with the Dodgers in Los Angeles?
Speaker 3: Yeah?
Speaker 12: I mean I felt that way after the first season.
Speaker 12: But you know, my things is always enjoy you know
Speaker 12: where my feet are, and you know, make an impact
Speaker 12: in the way you can, and you know, just keep
Speaker 12: enjoying the days, enjoying the people around you that helped
Speaker 12: you get to this point. And you know, just be
Speaker 12: a good teammate, be a good you know, friend, family friend,
Speaker 12: whatever it is. You know, just be a good dude.
Speaker 12: And the baseball stuff's secondary to that, you know. So
Speaker 12: I think, you know, honestly, it's like, yes, did I
Speaker 12: grow some roots here?
Speaker 3: Yes?
Speaker 12: I just hope I made an impact that people are
Speaker 12: going to remember me bias as far as like whether
Speaker 12: it was you know, doing charity work, or whether it
Speaker 12: was going out in the community or just saying hi,
Speaker 12: how are you? Stuff like that. You know, that's kind
Speaker 12: of what I lay my hat on, you know, because
Speaker 12: you never know, you never know, every day is different.
Speaker 2: You always have to stay humble and hungry, and I
Speaker 2: feel like that's something that you live every day.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm hungry and I didn't eat breakfast.
Speaker 2: Yeah, there's some burritos courtesy of Adrian Gonzalez in the clubhouse.
Speaker 12: Yeahs Thress, Yeah you like that.
Speaker 6: Huh.
Speaker 2: You know what it is today, sabatoh Gante, Hey, let's
Speaker 2: go multiculture.
Speaker 3: Let's go get it.
Speaker 2: Let's go get it. Let's go get it. Banda, how
Speaker 2: much did you miss me during the off season. I
Speaker 2: know you've had a void in your life up until
Speaker 2: this moment. I'll be there February thirteen. Should should I
Speaker 2: ease into your into the clubhouse or should I dive
Speaker 2: right in.
Speaker 3: I'm gonna be honest. I didn't think about you one time.
Speaker 2: Who did you miss the most? Which teammate did you
Speaker 2: miss the most seeing every day? Uh?
Speaker 12: Well, a lot of them, mostly all of them, really,
Speaker 12: I don't I love seeing my teammates every day.
Speaker 3: The one that was heavy on my mind and.
Speaker 12: Everything, obviously with a lot of people, and what he
Speaker 12: what he went through finally went to a Bessie. He
Speaker 12: was something that I was I was really really like
Speaker 12: kind of heavy on. But yeah, I guess you would
Speaker 12: you would say best best, And you know Evan Phillips,
Speaker 12: you know, even some of the rookies, Jack Robo, Cassby,
Speaker 12: you know, guys that have just been around, you know,
Speaker 12: made an impact on me personally. But then also you know,
Speaker 12: take they took care of their business and did it
Speaker 12: the right way. So those are the guys that kind
Speaker 12: of like stick out to me that I you know,
Speaker 12: and then I'll reach out if I'm thinking about them
Speaker 12: or whatever, I'll reach out, Like I called Cassie the
Speaker 12: other day and reached out to him just to talk
Speaker 12: shit and whatever and yeah, you know, see how he's doing.
Speaker 3: And that was about it.
Speaker 12: But yeah, you know, it's just kind of you know,
Speaker 12: it's kind of everyone really, not just one person.
Speaker 10: I love it.
Speaker 2: I love it. You embraced everybody I do. Yeah, I
Speaker 2: can't wait to see Bessie. I think you spoke for
Speaker 2: all of us. Yeah, we're we're gonna put la put
Speaker 2: their arms around him, and I can't wait to see
Speaker 2: him in uh in Arizona.
Speaker 3: Yeah. I love that guy. He's a great guy. I
Speaker 3: love that.
Speaker 2: Like Anthony Bonda, two lefties, two of my favorite lefties.
Speaker 3: Completely polar opposites.
Speaker 2: I know, not every left he's the same. Not every
Speaker 2: left he's the same. I don't think it goes that way.
Speaker 2: I think not every human being is the same. But okay,
Speaker 2: all right, some people say lefties are different. All I
Speaker 2: gotta go once coming, Okay, see you later. Thanks for
Speaker 2: stopping nice. I appreciate you.
Speaker 3: See you guys. Give me a hug.
Speaker 2: Oh all right, I'll give you a hug. Bonda feel
Speaker 2: that vast Say do you want to take a picture?
Speaker 2: They wants to take a picture. Yeah, I'll take a
Speaker 2: picture by myself. All right, sounds good. You want selfie
Speaker 2: by yourself? That's great. Anthony Bonda can't fight that feeling.
Speaker 2: He can't fight that feeling. Great guy. We've had a
Speaker 2: lot of deep talks. He's helped me. He's like my
Speaker 2: life coach.
Speaker 3: Stop talking when I'm trying to.
Speaker 2: There it goes Anthony Bonda. He has been our guest.
Speaker 2: And maybe a quick stopover right now before we take
Speaker 2: a break. At the top of the hour. Here's a guy.
Speaker 2: I don't recognize this guy. Look at this guy, best
Speaker 2: shape of his life, new guy, a new Bazuka Bazuka.
Speaker 2: Welcome to Dodger Talk. Thank you for stopping by. Gate
Speaker 2: to see you. Yeah, hey you got an applause from somebody. Yes,
Speaker 2: bring that microphone up so it'll be in all good.
Speaker 2: Thank god, thank you for this opportunity. Yeah, I'm looking
Speaker 2: forward to seeing the Bazuka on the mound again.
Speaker 13: I mean that's a goal with this year. I mean,
Speaker 13: try to hold the tea and stay healthy and ready
Speaker 13: to go.
Speaker 2: What's it been like for you getting ready to come
Speaker 2: back and making sure you're one hundred percent.
Speaker 10: He is, that's a big goal right there.
Speaker 2: Yeah, you feel like when spring training starts, you're going
Speaker 2: to be a normal picture, normal routine.
Speaker 13: No m routine, no more day and ready for rokenroll.
Speaker 2: That's amazing it is. Hey, we're in your bullpen. I
Speaker 2: just told Banda we're in your house. Yeah, this is
Speaker 2: Bazuka's house right here, Kenley Jensen's house right here, and
Speaker 2: it's to be Edwin Diaz this house now too.
Speaker 13: Yeah, I mean a lot of a lot of cabs. Yeah,
Speaker 13: it's here right now. So I mean gonna be like
Speaker 13: amazing year for the booping guy for the team too.
Speaker 10: So I mean this is adrenale right here in the boopen.
Speaker 2: Yes it is. Have you been working on your cutter.
Speaker 13: I'll been working in my core because that's the best
Speaker 13: pitch right now I have after my singer. You know,
Speaker 13: my singer is my best pitch. But the quarter is
Speaker 13: like domination, you know, like ye the best bitch.
Speaker 2: Have you thought about this? You got Edwin Diaz, you
Speaker 2: got Tanner Scott, you got Alex Besia, you got Anthony Banda,
Speaker 2: you got you got who else am I missing? You
Speaker 2: got the Bazuka. Yeah, you got five guys there. You
Speaker 2: could shorten the game six in in game if you
Speaker 2: guys are all together.
Speaker 13: I mean that's like I'd say, a lot of cabos
Speaker 13: right here. So they're gonna be like a great year,
Speaker 13: great year because we have like spreading and then all
Speaker 13: that we're gonna have domination and then and again.
Speaker 2: How much are you bench pressing now?
Speaker 10: But Zuka? How much?
Speaker 2: How much? Seven hundred?
Speaker 3: I don't know?
Speaker 2: Around Yeah, easy, easy day to seven hundred?
Speaker 10: Wow?
Speaker 2: How about a squad?
Speaker 10: Oh that's easy, like seventy eighty geesh, yeah, wow, it's easy,
Speaker 10: easy day.
Speaker 2: You think you could pick me up right now?
Speaker 10: No?
Speaker 13: No, well you know no YouTube YouTube too big too.
Speaker 2: No, I'm I'm gonna out. I feel like I've never
Speaker 2: missed you because we've kept in contact so much. You know,
Speaker 2: it's easy to forget about guys that are hurt. But
Speaker 2: you're still a big part of this team. And everybody's
Speaker 2: really excited that the Bozuka is back.
Speaker 13: Yeah, I mean, I'm very excited to a part of
Speaker 13: this thing. I'm blessed, you know, I'm blessed to be here.
Speaker 13: I'm so like ten for all that. So but yeah,
Speaker 13: I mean with this team, I'm it's like my my,
Speaker 13: like my everything.
Speaker 10: So thank I'm gonna be here for another year.
Speaker 2: Hey, Bruceta graderol. He looks good. He smells good always. Yeah,
Speaker 2: Hearn's looking great.
Speaker 13: Neil guy now, Neil Guy, No, just improved, just apride.
Speaker 2: That's right, still a great guy. Is still a great smile.
Speaker 2: But when he gets on that mound, watch out, be
Speaker 2: careful because.
Speaker 3: That's not me.
Speaker 2: That's not the guy like you see it now.
Speaker 3: Yeah, that's right.
Speaker 2: Quidnam Azuka, thank you for stopping.
Speaker 10: Appreciate it now your work, God, thank you.
Speaker 9: Man.
Speaker 2: You want to take a picture, Toko and photo, Yeah, sure,
Speaker 2: let's go here. He is the man. Roustar Gradual forty
Speaker 2: eight is going to be back. In twenty twenty six.
Speaker 2: You gotta be ready for this. The Dodger bullpen people
Speaker 2: forget about it. It's not just Edwin Diaz, it's not
Speaker 2: just Tanner Scott. They are coming back big, big, Hey.
Speaker 2: Thank you, Bazuka, thank you. That's a that's gonna close
Speaker 2: out this hour when we continue. We got a big hour. Wow,
Speaker 2: I need a regroup. That was a big first hour.
Speaker 2: We got hour two coming up. You know who's stopping
Speaker 2: by an hour two? Snell Zilla, be ready. Blake Snell
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