Speaker 1: And now an exclusive interview with David Bassey for Dodger Talking.
Speaker 2: Well, we're back in Toronto for the first time since
Speaker 2: the Dodgers one game Center of the World Series, closing
Speaker 2: out this series, and we're endowing right now by a
Speaker 2: man that was the soundtrack to last year's World Series,
Speaker 2: and that's our buddy, Joe Davis.
Speaker 3: Joe, thanks a lot for the time.
Speaker 1: Hi, Dave.
Speaker 2: Of course, yeah, I mean I thought about you, I
Speaker 2: thought about Muncie, I thought.
Speaker 3: About Rojas, but in that order, right, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
Speaker 3: oh yeah.
Speaker 1: Sure.
Speaker 2: When you came back here and you settled into your
Speaker 2: broadcast booth, what kind of memories did you have about
Speaker 2: last year?
Speaker 1: Just how crazy it was in here, right from the
Speaker 1: Canadian National Anthem where the whole place is singing it,
Speaker 1: you know, talking to the guys that before the game's
Speaker 1: here and send they remember back to playing catch half
Speaker 1: an hour before the game. They couldn't hear themselves talk.
Speaker 1: It was so loud. So more just the feel of
Speaker 1: the environment. And then to come here in the regular
Speaker 1: season and it's kind of flat. It's a reminder how
Speaker 1: special that was last October.
Speaker 2: Can you take us into Dave Roberts's office before Game seven?
Speaker 2: What was his mood before Game seven? When you and
Speaker 2: John Smoltz met with him.
Speaker 1: It was tense in there. What I remember about that
Speaker 1: is John asking, hey, so all hands on deck tonight
Speaker 1: minus Yamamoto of course, and they've kind of smiled and said,
Speaker 1: I wouldn't be so sure. Wow, just simply all hands
Speaker 1: on deck. So talking through the pitching plan and getting
Speaker 1: that news that there was a chance that we would
Speaker 1: see him when it seemed like, of course not. That's
Speaker 1: something I'll never forget.
Speaker 2: So when Yamamoto came out and you saw him warming
Speaker 2: up in the bullpen, initially you and John Smoltz were
Speaker 2: not surprised.
Speaker 1: No, we were. I guess I wouldn't say we weren't
Speaker 1: surprised because I think even when you hear that he's available,
Speaker 1: it's still like, well see, but to see him, yeah,
Speaker 1: to see him warming up. We had heard from Dave
Speaker 1: Roberts that there was a chance he was going to
Speaker 1: be available for him, and even though it seemed crazy,
Speaker 1: there was.
Speaker 3: Joe Davis is our guest, all right.
Speaker 2: So these magical moments happened, so many of them. The
Speaker 2: Rojas home run, Your call will live on forever in
Speaker 2: those moments, I mean it felt like it was raw emotion,
Speaker 2: like we all had, yeah.
Speaker 1: The Rojas home run in particular. So I don't love
Speaker 1: the call just from like a play by play x's
Speaker 1: and o's standpoint, you know, play by play one oh one.
Speaker 1: I think it should have had a cap to the
Speaker 1: end of it. But I guess what I do like
Speaker 1: about it is that it was just raw surprise, genuine
Speaker 1: authentic shock at what I was seeing. I think everybody
Speaker 1: in the world was focused on the on deck circle
Speaker 1: and then he popped it, and it just it wasn't
Speaker 1: the perfect call, but I guess it was appropriate and
Speaker 1: that it was real. It was exactly what I was
Speaker 1: feeling in the moment.
Speaker 3: Yeah, that's why it is perfect.
Speaker 2: Your call reflected how all the viewers were feeling.
Speaker 1: Yeah, right, And I guess that's what you hope for,
Speaker 1: You hope that you know. I think that at the
Speaker 1: end of the day. In my job, we talk about
Speaker 1: what the perfect call is and what you want to
Speaker 1: do in the job and what it calls for. But
Speaker 1: I think ultimately you want to be somebody who's sitting
Speaker 1: there and folks feel like they're sitting there having a
Speaker 1: beer watching the game with you. So anyway that you
Speaker 1: can touch on that, I guess is a win.
Speaker 3: You have kids, you're in the community. I'm not sure
Speaker 3: if you've heard this, but I have.
Speaker 2: What's it like for you now at a point where
Speaker 2: you've called so many memorable moments, but the final out
Speaker 2: of last year's World Series, I hear kids on the
Speaker 2: playground repeating your call in mookie BET's game ending double play?
Speaker 3: Has that resonated with you? Are you even aware of that?
Speaker 1: No, that means a lot to hear that, but it
Speaker 1: does resonate. I think you. I grew up wanting to
Speaker 1: do this job, and part of what is special about
Speaker 1: the job when you're with a team is that connection
Speaker 1: that you get with a fan base and something I
Speaker 1: could have never anticipated growing up in Michigan. But not
Speaker 1: just being connected to a fan base, but this connection
Speaker 1: you feel like you have with an entire city like
Speaker 1: Los Angeles. Yeah, it's hard to really put into words
Speaker 1: what that means.
Speaker 3: I'll just paint the picture for you.
Speaker 2: I've seen kids pretend they're mookie Bets, and as they're
Speaker 2: trying to pretend they're mookie Bets, they're repeating what Joe
Speaker 2: Davis called in the final out of that World Series.
Speaker 1: That's really cool. I know my kids do it, but
Speaker 1: that's because I ground them if they don't. You know,
Speaker 1: I don't let them wear a T shirts. They have
Speaker 1: dads calls on them, and I only let them speak
Speaker 1: to me in calls. You got to express whatever you
Speaker 1: want to say in calls.
Speaker 3: Buddy, Yeah, no doubt, no doubt, You're gonna have dinner tonight.
Speaker 3: That's right, that's right.
Speaker 1: And then the kid says, no way, Roccoley, no.
Speaker 3: Way, Joe, before I let you go.
Speaker 2: You obviously get to see other teams interact with other
Speaker 2: players and managers. Can you put into perspective where the
Speaker 2: Dodgers are at this year compared to other teams early
Speaker 2: in the season.
Speaker 1: I think they're in their own world in the National League.
Speaker 1: I think in the American League, the Yankees have proven
Speaker 1: to be better than folks even anticipated. The Yankees pitching
Speaker 1: when they get healthy is terrifying. But in the National League,
Speaker 1: I feel like it's the Dodgers and everybody else. I
Speaker 1: don't even really know who's at the top of that
Speaker 1: other bucket. I think there are a lot of teams
Speaker 1: that could make a case to be at the top
Speaker 1: of the other bucket. I just don't think anybody's close
Speaker 1: to the Dodgers at this point.
Speaker 2: I would love to see a rematch of the twenty
Speaker 2: four World series with you.
Speaker 1: That's kind of I don't want to say I'm rooting,
Speaker 1: but if gun to my head, if I had to
Speaker 1: pick something, that would be a wonderful rematch.
Speaker 3: No doubt, and Joe Davis will be there.
Speaker 2: Yes, right, Thanks a lot for the time, Thanks for
Speaker 2: sharing those great stories with us, And suddenly everybody wants
Speaker 2: to know the behind the scenes of that game seven.
Speaker 1: Yeah, of course, if anytime