Speaker 1: And now an exclusive interview with David Bassey for Dodger Talker.
Speaker 1: We're alive at Dodgers Stadium. After the Dodgers hold on
Speaker 1: for a four or two win, Edwin Diaz with the save,
Speaker 1: But the save was made in the eighth inning by
Speaker 1: my guy, Teoscar Hernandez on a hard hit ball towards
Speaker 1: the Dodger bullpen, Mitch Garber out of nowhere, the Dominican
Speaker 1: superman flying against the wall, the one and only, Tao,
Speaker 1: Can you take us through that and how you reacted?
Speaker 2: I mean it just you know, uh, just getting ready,
Speaker 2: be on time, trying to have a good reaction. Uh,
Speaker 2: make the play for my pitcher. I know I was
Speaker 2: gonna be close to the wall. I'm just run straight back,
Speaker 2: find the wall, timing really good and make a really
Speaker 2: good catch.
Speaker 1: How aware are you that the fence is getting closer
Speaker 1: to you when you leap up and make the catch as.
Speaker 2: Soon as the hitter. You know, I was not far
Speaker 2: from the from the wall, so I know, like a
Speaker 2: couple of said, I was gonna be closed to it.
Speaker 2: You know from there, it's just about timing and.
Speaker 1: With football, Tayo, you played for the Mariners, how good.
Speaker 1: Does it feel to show everybody you still got a
Speaker 1: lot left in the tank?
Speaker 2: You know, I don't have to show anybody they were
Speaker 2: a good organization, you know, good people on the other side.
Speaker 2: Now I'm just doing my job trying to help these
Speaker 2: same wing games.
Speaker 1: Okay, before I let you go, you had a front
Speaker 1: row seat, Timmy Trumpet when Edwin Diaz comes out. Do
Speaker 1: you get the chills like all of us get excited
Speaker 1: when we hear that again?
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean it. You know, it's just been a long,
Speaker 2: long way for him. Everybody was waiting for this moment.
Speaker 2: The whole scene is happy for him. Now he's back
Speaker 2: health and mount and he's gonna win a lot of
Speaker 2: games and save a lot of games across
Speaker 1: Thank you for stopping great catch.