Speaker 1: And an exclusive interview with David Bassey for Dodger Talk.
Speaker 1: So where were you when you got the call and
Speaker 1: what were the emotions?
Speaker 2: Like, Oh, I was at home with my girlfriend after
Speaker 2: the game last night. We were looking at the tails
Speaker 2: homer last night in social media, and it was curious
Speaker 2: because I talked to her like, well, look at that
Speaker 2: moffer over there. I wish I could be there like soon.
Speaker 2: And then when we went to bed to rest, like
Speaker 2: half hour after, I looked like, my phone is a
Speaker 2: light on when I look at it, Scott Hennessy calling
Speaker 2: to me last night, and I got the I got
Speaker 2: the promotion. It was super emotional. I went and grabbed
Speaker 2: my phone and called my family down there in Minnesota
Speaker 2: to let them know what's going on, because they were
Speaker 2: being expected for this like a long time ago, especially
Speaker 2: like all the difficults that we've been going through, especially
Speaker 2: with my family and my sister, my little sister after
Speaker 2: the earthquake stuff and all that. I got to my dad,
Speaker 2: I let him know that I was coming here. It
Speaker 2: was really really, really special.
Speaker 1: And Lizia, what is the status of your family? I
Speaker 1: know you're still looking for your stepmom and your sister
Speaker 1: what's the situation there?
Speaker 2: Still the same like stand by, you know, like we
Speaker 2: haven't found them yet. My dad found my sister mascot yesterday.
Speaker 2: She was alive, so that's a good good thing. So
Speaker 2: we were still expecting that to found them soon and
Speaker 2: hopefully they're they're alive because my sister, like three weeks ago,
Speaker 2: she she told me, like, brother, I have a beautiful
Speaker 2: dream with you. I'm not gonna tell you what was
Speaker 2: it because I want, I want, I want that dream
Speaker 2: to come through and then I will let you know
Speaker 2: what what is it? And now she's over there, I
Speaker 2: don't know. Hopefully I can, I can look at her again.
Speaker 2: I'm pretty sure the dream was something about this, about
Speaker 2: what's going on with me right now on my career,
Speaker 2: and I want her back that way she can watch
Speaker 2: me playing in the big leagues, because I'm pretty sure
Speaker 2: the dream that she was going to tell me about
Speaker 2: was something like this, about this.
Speaker 1: No doubt and the blessings will be there for you
Speaker 1: and your family for sure. Is it hard to keep
Speaker 1: your emotions focused on baseball with all.
Speaker 2: This last week? It was a little tough, but thankfully
Speaker 2: I got really good teammates. I feel like the organization
Speaker 2: was helping me a lot, from the bottom to the
Speaker 2: top and from top here to the bottom. They were
Speaker 2: always on my side. They're being supporting me a lot,
Speaker 2: texting me, asking about my family every day, taking care
Speaker 2: of me and my family, and I really appreciate that.
Speaker 2: That makes me feel a little more comfortable, like because
Speaker 2: I feel like this is my other family, you know,
Speaker 2: this is the people that I expend the most of
Speaker 2: the time all my life on the year. So having
Speaker 2: people like this is really important to me, and I
Speaker 2: feel that that makes everything feels a little better to me.
Speaker 1: And they put your locker right next to Chinon Venezuelan
Speaker 1: Miguel Rojas. How much having him next to you, how
Speaker 1: much does that mean?
Speaker 2: It makes a lot. He welcomed me during spring training.
Speaker 2: I had a visa issue. I got laid to the camp.
Speaker 2: First time with the team. I was like a little
Speaker 2: nervous getting laid to the camp because of the visa.
Speaker 1: He was there.
Speaker 2: He's been there from the first day that I signed
Speaker 2: with the Dyer, which is really good. He takes me
Speaker 2: early today when he saw that I was coming here.
Speaker 2: When he found out, he takes me like, hey, brother,
Speaker 2: I'm waiting for you here. I know it's a tough
Speaker 2: moment that what's going on with your family right now,
Speaker 2: but I'm really grateful to have you here. I'm really
Speaker 2: happy for you that you're you're you're making your dream
Speaker 2: come through. Hopefully you made the debut, so with us,
Speaker 2: it's really special. And having him with me is super
Speaker 2: special because he played with my dad at the end
Speaker 2: of his career and now I can play with him
Speaker 2: at at this point, so it may it means a
Speaker 2: lot to me, especially the time of person that he
Speaker 2: is who represent him for all the Venezuelan players, I'm
Speaker 2: not just a player, the human being that he is.
Speaker 2: You know that means a love for me, and I'm
Speaker 2: pretty sure for every every Venezuelan player and every Venezuela
Speaker 2: family that means a love for me.
Speaker 1: Well. I know a lot of people spoke highly of
Speaker 1: you and spring training. I know Miguel Roja thinks the
Speaker 1: world of you, and we're keeping your family in our prayers.
Speaker 1: But we're so happy that you're here. You definitely earned it.
Speaker 1: So congratulations.
Speaker 2: Yeah, thank you so much. I really appreciate you. I'm
Speaker 2: really excited about this opportunity that the team is given
Speaker 2: to me, and I'm gonna do my best to help
Speaker 2: the team to keep winning games and win another championship.