WEBVTT - Freddie Freeman World Series Parade Interview (11-3-25)

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

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<v Speaker 1>Talker Freddie Freeman. What else can this guy do?

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<v Speaker 2>Emotionally exhausted, kissing babies, hitting home runs, walk off style?

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<v Speaker 2>What was How does it feel now for me?

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<v Speaker 3>Gosh, it's amazing. I was telling you telling a lot

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<v Speaker 3>of people. I feel like there's double the fans out

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<v Speaker 3>there today. Absolutely incredible to do something that hasn't been

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<v Speaker 3>done in twenty five years. Like you said, I'm emotionally exhausted,

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<v Speaker 3>physically tired, mentally drained.

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<v Speaker 1>Wow, what a way to end it. What a series,

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<v Speaker 1>what a what a game? Seven? Just special?

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<v Speaker 3>And again we've had four over four million fans come

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<v Speaker 3>out to watch us, and then you saw all those

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<v Speaker 3>people out the prey and then this whole stadium fill

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<v Speaker 3>it up again. It's just an incredible feeling to be

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<v Speaker 3>able to deliver for the city of Los Angeles.

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<v Speaker 2>Obviously, fifty thousand fans chant Freddy every single night. But

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<v Speaker 2>with everything you said, did you realize how much this

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<v Speaker 2>team meant to the city.

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<v Speaker 1>You really like when you put on.

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<v Speaker 3>A uniform every day and you grind, you're you're like

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<v Speaker 3>in it, but when you show up, let's just say

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<v Speaker 3>June twelfth, and it's a Monday, and you come out

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<v Speaker 3>here and there's fifty two thousand people here. You realize

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<v Speaker 3>how much the Dodgers mean to this city. And if

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<v Speaker 3>you take pride when you put on this uniform, it

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<v Speaker 3>means the world to not only everybody that playing, but

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<v Speaker 3>to the city and fans across the world now that

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<v Speaker 3>are Dodger fans, and it means a lot to put

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<v Speaker 3>on this uniform every single day.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a true honor.

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<v Speaker 3>And to be able to bring home back to back

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<v Speaker 3>World Series titles for this city, I couldn't have asked

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<v Speaker 3>for anything more.

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<v Speaker 2>How much does the rest of the baseball world and

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<v Speaker 2>maybe even the fans in LA fail to appreciate the

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<v Speaker 2>fact you are back to back World Series champions. You've

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<v Speaker 2>started each of the last two years before everybody else

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<v Speaker 2>finished it later than anybody else. And you started in

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<v Speaker 2>Tokyo this year and you finished in Canada.

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<v Speaker 3>I know sometimes you forget where you started, and it's

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<v Speaker 3>like it feels like we've been playing for a long

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<v Speaker 3>time and we have.

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<v Speaker 1>That's what's so great about our team and how.

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<v Speaker 3>Hard it is, Like we've had short off seasons, our

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<v Speaker 3>pitching comes out and does it again year in and

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<v Speaker 3>year out. It's another short off season, but it's a

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<v Speaker 3>great short offseason.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, we've got spring training like.

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<v Speaker 3>One hundred days, so it's a it's a lot on us,

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<v Speaker 3>but when you deliver, it's all worth it at the end,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, it's it's eight months, nine months of grinding,

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<v Speaker 3>traveling all around the whole world playing baseball, fans coming

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<v Speaker 3>out to see us playing great baseball, and then deliver

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<v Speaker 3>a championship after everything that you go through, and of

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<v Speaker 3>course of the year of the grind that leaving the

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<v Speaker 3>families the road, it takes a lot. It takes a

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<v Speaker 3>lot of you know, mental effort, physical effort, a lot

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<v Speaker 3>of tapping into the fans energy, not only at Dounter

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<v Speaker 3>State and when we go on the road sometimes it's

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<v Speaker 3>like it feels like.

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<v Speaker 1>A home game.

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<v Speaker 3>Sometimes they travel well for us, and we need all

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<v Speaker 3>their help through because it's one hundred and sixty two

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<v Speaker 3>game grind and sometimes you need a little extra oomp

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<v Speaker 3>for the fans and they deliver.

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<v Speaker 2>Every single time you caught the final out, Mookie Betts

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<v Speaker 2>delivered the double play to you, Where did that baseball go?

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<v Speaker 1>Freddie?

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<v Speaker 3>That baseball I waited for Doc in his office right

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<v Speaker 3>before we sprayed Champagne, and I gave it to him

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<v Speaker 3>and I hugged him. I said, you deserve this more

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<v Speaker 3>than anybody. And so Dave Roberts has the baseball.

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<v Speaker 2>Hey, there's his son, Cole. He wants he wants that baseball.

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<v Speaker 1>He's gonna ask his dad. You can steal it. That's

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<v Speaker 1>not on me, Freddie.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll say this, going back to last year's World Series.

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<v Speaker 2>You playing on basically one leg. You set the tone

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<v Speaker 2>by example for this team. And you see how many

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<v Speaker 2>guys this year played through a lot of injuries. It

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<v Speaker 2>started with you, Freddie.

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<v Speaker 3>I appreciate that every kind word. Every time I've run

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<v Speaker 3>into fans and they say wonderful things, it means a lot.

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<v Speaker 3>I love this game, I love my teammates. I leave

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<v Speaker 3>everything on the field every single night. So if it

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<v Speaker 3>wears off on some people, that makes me happy. But

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<v Speaker 3>there's a lot of people that grind through injuries throughout

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<v Speaker 3>the course of Some people don't even know what they're

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<v Speaker 3>going through, and they're out there leaving it all in

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<v Speaker 3>the field.

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<v Speaker 1>And to be a little part of that makes me happy.

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<v Speaker 3>And when you do it and you grind through injuries,

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<v Speaker 3>and you push through certain things and you win a championship.

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<v Speaker 1>It's all worth it at the end.

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<v Speaker 2>Since you went consecutive championships, Freddy, that means you and

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<v Speaker 2>me back to back at Hobby Airs, Newport, Pasadena, everywhere

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<v Speaker 2>in between.

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<v Speaker 1>I'll see you there, Me and Freddie Freeman.

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<v Speaker 2>The party Victory. The Victory Tour starts right now, baby.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you, David