Speaker 1: And now an exclusive interview with David Bassey for Dodger Talker.
Speaker 1: All right, we are here with the one and only,
Speaker 1: two times two time Cy Young Award winner and the
Speaker 1: man that will be back on the mound in Game
Speaker 1: five here at Dodger Stadium for the World Series Championship.
Speaker 1: That's the one and only Blake Snell aka snell Zilla,
Speaker 1: aka great Guy, aka my guest.
Speaker 2: Before Game three of the World Series. Thank you for the.
Speaker 3: Time appreciated day.
Speaker 1: Hey, I woke up this morning really excited about coming
Speaker 1: to the ballpark.
Speaker 2: I know that's the sense around the team.
Speaker 1: How excited is everybody for the World Series to be
Speaker 1: back here?
Speaker 4: No, we're fired up, you know, we're just we're excited
Speaker 4: to be home and see this place packed out, ready
Speaker 4: to go and you know, chase the World Series. This
Speaker 4: is what we've all been waiting for, fans, players, So
Speaker 4: this got on.
Speaker 1: It feels like your offense is starting to wake up.
Speaker 1: It feels like your hitters are ready to really put
Speaker 1: up a cricket no today.
Speaker 4: Yeah, no, they should be good, especially that top those
Speaker 4: top three them Hall of famers.
Speaker 3: Yeah, we're looking forward to that. We'll see, we'll see
Speaker 3: what we can do.
Speaker 4: But man, teams locked in, We're all fired up, are
Speaker 4: ready to go, and we're just excited to be home.
Speaker 3: Man, this place is amazing.
Speaker 1: You guys evened up the series in Toronto after another
Speaker 1: great performance from Yamamoto. What makes him so special? And
Speaker 1: why is he your favorite teammate?
Speaker 3: Hey, man, you're gonna put it on the spot like that.
Speaker 2: You told me he's your favorite teammate.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I love him. He I mean, he's just for
Speaker 4: twenty seven. He's just so locked in on his routine,
Speaker 4: his prep, adjusting in the game, learning, watching.
Speaker 3: He's just so he's just so good at his job.
Speaker 4: And for that to be twenty seven and doing that,
Speaker 4: it's so impressive. And No, and then just him as
Speaker 4: a person. In the conversations we have as friends, it's
Speaker 4: just always so much fun. And yeah, I've just you know,
Speaker 4: we've grown a really strong bond and you know, I'm
Speaker 4: so lucky to have him as a teammate.
Speaker 3: And a friend.
Speaker 1: We see him during the game, write notes in his
Speaker 1: little notebook. You have your snow Zilla binder. Is there
Speaker 1: any similarities to just how you guys in the middle
Speaker 1: of games are looking back at notes and the preparation
Speaker 1: in the middle of the game.
Speaker 3: I mean, I think it's just all of us like learning.
Speaker 4: You know, we all want to be the best in
Speaker 4: the world, and we're all competing against each other, and
Speaker 4: that's his thing that he's doing and I'm doing my thing,
Speaker 4: and we're watching each other. We're learning, and we're just
Speaker 4: trying to be the best pictures we can be. And
Speaker 4: we have such a good starting staff, and we all
Speaker 4: compete against each other and with each other, and man,
Speaker 4: it's just fun to be a part of. You know,
Speaker 4: we're all chasing being the best, you know, the best picture.
Speaker 3: In the world.
Speaker 1: After Game one, you said you learned something. You'll have
Speaker 1: that opportunity in game five to applay it. How excited
Speaker 1: are you to have another opportunity in this World Series?
Speaker 3: I can't wait. Yeah I was.
Speaker 4: I was probably the happiest that we want a game two.
Speaker 3: But no, I can't wait.
Speaker 4: You know, I learned a lot and I gotta go
Speaker 4: out there and prove it myself, Like, hey, I know
Speaker 4: what I need to do and I'm gonna do it.
Speaker 3: And no, I can't wait.
Speaker 4: I mean, especially to it's at home in the World
Speaker 4: Series with our crowd and you know, I know, I
Speaker 4: know what we can do and we handle business.
Speaker 3: This should be a great day.
Speaker 1: It's exciting right that you had a chance to pitch
Speaker 1: in the World Series, but now you get a second
Speaker 1: chance and also here at Dodger Stadium.
Speaker 2: How do you control that excitement?
Speaker 3: I mean, yeah, I don't know, would be the day off?
Speaker 4: You just you roll with it, You learn and you
Speaker 4: feel the energy you feel you know what today is
Speaker 4: or what that day will bring, and you just go
Speaker 4: from there. But I know, I'm excited and I'm already
Speaker 4: like just I can't wait for my start, but I
Speaker 4: can't wait to watch.
Speaker 3: Glass and Show as well. I mean, we're ready to
Speaker 3: play this what was gonna wait for all year?
Speaker 1: When we see you walk into the ballpark for your start.
Speaker 1: So you obviously got a lot of swag and you
Speaker 1: have your headphones on.
Speaker 2: Can you tell us what you're listening to?
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean lately a lot of NBA Young Boy.
Speaker 4: Yeah, that's a lot of that Kodak Black right now
Speaker 4: it changes, but right.
Speaker 3: Now that's what I'm listening to.
Speaker 1: So are their phases. When you're walking in, you're listening
Speaker 1: to the Kodeac. But once you get into the clubhouse.
Speaker 1: Do you switch the vibe up as you get closer
Speaker 1: to first pitch?
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean it could change, you know, you never know.
Speaker 4: Right now, that's that's kind of where I'm at. And
Speaker 4: that could change the country, it could change the Latin
Speaker 4: I mean sometimes reggae, I mean it kind of jumps
Speaker 4: all over the place. But right now, that's kind of
Speaker 4: where I'm at mentally, And yeah, I'm gonna stay right
Speaker 4: in that lane. And unless it, you know, I'm like,
Speaker 4: I want to listen to something else.
Speaker 1: I'm excited for Game three, but I can't wait for
Speaker 1: Game five. Snail Zilla Day at Dodger Stadium, World Series Stage.
Speaker 1: Thanks a lot for the time, and next time we talk,
Speaker 1: you might be feeling a little bit different.
Speaker 4: I hope, so, Dave, that's the plan, So we'll see
Speaker 4: what we can do. But I like the way. I
Speaker 4: like the way we're playing right now.
Speaker 3: Love it.
Speaker 2: He has that look in his eye.
Speaker 3: Be ready.
Speaker 1: Game five at Dodgers Stadium on Wednesday. The Dodgers will
Speaker 1: take care of business the next two