WEBVTT - Clayton Kershaw (10-23-25)

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<v Speaker 1>And now an exclusive interview with David Bassey for Dodger Talker.

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<v Speaker 1>How about those color receipts. Maybe we should play some

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<v Speaker 1>of those back tomorrow night as well. I mean, you

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<v Speaker 1>could go back and listen to that on the iHeartRadio

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<v Speaker 1>app as many times as you want. And thank you

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<v Speaker 1>to our guy, our screener and producer calling ye for

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<v Speaker 1>pulling those receipts again, that was phenomenal. You're lucky I

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<v Speaker 1>didn't share those receipts with Clayton Kershaw. Instead, we reflected

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<v Speaker 1>on his final opportunity to win a World Series championship,

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<v Speaker 1>and we had a chance to catch up with the

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<v Speaker 1>Greg Kershaw at media day earlier this afternoon. All right, Clayton,

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<v Speaker 1>your final World Series Media Day. I know this is

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<v Speaker 1>what you really lived for, coming back for one final year.

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<v Speaker 2>This is it. This is why I'm here. Good to

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<v Speaker 2>talk to everybody here. This is it.

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<v Speaker 1>Have you been able to enjoy the moment of this

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<v Speaker 1>and the last couple of months of the season more

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<v Speaker 1>than you've allowed yourself to enjoy other moments of your career?

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<v Speaker 2>I think so. I think so.

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<v Speaker 3>I yeah, I usually try not to get too wrapped

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<v Speaker 3>up and everything, but yeah, once I kind of came

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<v Speaker 3>out and said that I was finished. It's hard not to,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, it's hard not to be a little bit reflective.

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<v Speaker 3>And you know, the few moments I had, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>the last home game at Dodger Stadium, the last game

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<v Speaker 3>in Seattle is just it is really special and getting

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<v Speaker 3>to celebrate you know, the victories in the postseason all that, like,

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<v Speaker 3>I know, I maybe have one more time to.

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<v Speaker 2>Get to do that.

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<v Speaker 3>So it's yeah, all that stuff you can't help but

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<v Speaker 3>kind of look back and just be grateful.

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<v Speaker 2>For it all.

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<v Speaker 1>During this journey of the postseason, I've seen players from

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<v Speaker 1>other teams, you know, workouts or before the games go

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<v Speaker 1>out of their way to kind of just salute you.

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<v Speaker 2>Have you noticed that, how.

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<v Speaker 1>Guys that you may not have expected come up to

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<v Speaker 1>you and just you know, say congratulations.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I mean I think everybody it is. It's I'm

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<v Speaker 2>super honored by that.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, not.

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<v Speaker 3>Do you never expect anybody to say, you know, nice things,

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<v Speaker 3>especially when you're playing against you. But to have guys say,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, a great career, you know, enjoyed playing against

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<v Speaker 3>you or competing all that stuff is uh is very

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<v Speaker 3>is awesome, you know, it really is because the peers.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, your peers are kind of that's who the

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<v Speaker 3>opinions matter. You know, there's a lot of people outside

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<v Speaker 3>this game that will say things that don't understand.

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<v Speaker 2>So to have have your peers respect is uh.

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<v Speaker 3>I've always said that guys inside your clubhouse and guys

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<v Speaker 3>around the game, that's the that's the most important thing

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<v Speaker 3>as far as your reputation.

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<v Speaker 1>Has the some of the more uncomfortable things is for

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<v Speaker 1>you to hear that and hear people celebrate you, and

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<v Speaker 1>even guys in your own clubhouse have that type of

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<v Speaker 1>respect and vocalize it, even maybe making goat sounds at times.

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<v Speaker 2>I just tell them not to make it weird, Dave,

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<v Speaker 2>I just tell them, don't make it weird.

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<v Speaker 3>And so we you know. But yeah, we've got We've

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<v Speaker 3>got a lot of awesome guys. I think everybody it's

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<v Speaker 3>just a I think it's a mutual thing. I'm so

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<v Speaker 3>grateful for all these guys and it's just pretty cool.

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<v Speaker 1>Is there something to be said about everything you've accomplished

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<v Speaker 1>certain players on this team have accomplished individually and as

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<v Speaker 1>a group, that you guys are still hungry for more?

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<v Speaker 1>Are there guys? Playing with a chip on their shoulder

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<v Speaker 1>to prove something for themselves and for the group.

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<v Speaker 2>Is that part of this.

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<v Speaker 3>No, I just think we're a great team and this

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<v Speaker 3>is what we're supposed to do. I mean, I think

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<v Speaker 3>it's as simple as that, Like we don't have We've

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<v Speaker 3>got one goal at the beginning of every season, and

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<v Speaker 3>it takes the right type of superstars. You know, and

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<v Speaker 3>Andrew does a great job. You know when you look

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<v Speaker 3>at show, Hey, Mookie, Freddie, the top three guys on down,

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<v Speaker 3>they're superstar players, but their mindset is just to win

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<v Speaker 3>the World Series, and so they do everything that they

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<v Speaker 3>possibly can.

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<v Speaker 2>To help us win the World Series.

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<v Speaker 3>So I've been around guys where they've been great players

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<v Speaker 3>that might that might not necessarily be the case at times,

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<v Speaker 3>and so to have that is just like that that

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<v Speaker 3>trickle down effect makes everybody realize that that's that's why

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<v Speaker 3>we're here, and that's why we are a Dodger. That's

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<v Speaker 3>what we signed up to do, and we're going to

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<v Speaker 3>try to do that over the course of the next

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<v Speaker 3>ten days.

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<v Speaker 1>Doesn't that make this team unique? Because you have been

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<v Speaker 1>teammates with guys that had a lot of talent, but

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<v Speaker 1>didn't have the work ethic to be able to fulfill it.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I mean, I don't know if it's work ethic.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know what it is.

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<v Speaker 3>I just know that there's kind of like a a

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<v Speaker 3>factor of wanting to win and what that looks like.

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<v Speaker 3>And you saw it last year with Freddy's ankle. You

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<v Speaker 3>see it this year with Mookie becoming a.

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<v Speaker 2>Goal globe shortstop. You see it with Shohy.

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<v Speaker 3>Doing everything he can to be the best hitter and

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<v Speaker 3>the best pitcher. And that trickles all the way down,

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<v Speaker 3>like Will Smith trying to play through a broken hand,

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<v Speaker 3>or you know, like just just everybody pitcher's stepping up,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, pitching all the time, all bullpen guys throwing instantly.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, just different.

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<v Speaker 3>Stuff like they see these guys do it, so that

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<v Speaker 3>means that they they're going to fall in line too,

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<v Speaker 3>And that's that's just pretty cool.

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<v Speaker 1>Before I'll let you go, you've been a game one

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<v Speaker 1>starter many times in your career. Blake is kind of

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<v Speaker 1>setting the tone every series. What have you seen as

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<v Speaker 1>far as the growth from when he first started pitching

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<v Speaker 1>to where he's at right now with you guys.

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<v Speaker 3>I've always said that Blake when he's right, is top

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<v Speaker 3>top two to three pitchers in the game. I've said

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<v Speaker 3>that when he was in Tampa, I said that when

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<v Speaker 3>he was in San Diego, San Francisco. He's he's special,

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<v Speaker 3>he really is, and you're seeing that now. He's got

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<v Speaker 3>four pitches that are elite and he uh, he loves

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<v Speaker 3>to compete, he really does.

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<v Speaker 2>So it's uh, I'm excited to watch tomorrow.

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<v Speaker 1>Have you seen Donnie yet.

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<v Speaker 3>Haven't seen Donnay yet. Haven't seen don yet. I'll get

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<v Speaker 3>him hug and tell him I'm happier here. But this

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<v Speaker 3>is as far as it goes. Thank you, Clayton, all right, Thanks.

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<v Speaker 1>Last dance for Clayton Kershaw. Not too many players get

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<v Speaker 1>to go out as a champion, let alone a back

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<v Speaker 1>to back World Series champion, and that's the opportunity that

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<v Speaker 1>Kershaw and the Dodgers have in front of them as

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<v Speaker 1>it all gets started tomorrow night, Game one here in Toronto.