Speaker 1: And an exclusive interview with David Bassey for Dodger Talk.
Speaker 1: It's call day, last call, First call, Alex call. He's
Speaker 1: in left field tonight, second start since the All Star break. Alex.
Speaker 1: Thanks a lot for the time, appreciate it.
Speaker 2: Thank you.
Speaker 1: Dave.
Speaker 2: Ready to rock?
Speaker 1: I know you are. I know you've been waiting for
Speaker 1: this opportunity. How have you been able to stay ready
Speaker 1: throughout the spared and limited opportunities?
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean you go about your work, grind it out,
Speaker 2: prepare as if you're going to play that day, and uh,
Speaker 2: you know, just leave it at that. Really, I mean
Speaker 2: you try to stay sharp, stay on the VR, stay
Speaker 2: on traject, whatever it is machine, stay in your routine
Speaker 2: and work on your your game and do the best
Speaker 2: you can. Obviously is he'd love to play every day.
Speaker 2: You love to play more. But we have an amazing
Speaker 2: group of guys, amazing talented players, and you know, I'm
Speaker 2: grateful and happy to be amongst them and to be
Speaker 2: in line up today.
Speaker 1: I know you expressed to Dave Roberts Andrew Friedman that
Speaker 1: there was nowhere else you'd rather be than here, even
Speaker 1: if it meant getting a start once every week, once
Speaker 1: every couple of weeks coming off the bench. How much
Speaker 1: does it mean to you to still be part of
Speaker 1: this team and be able to contribute to a possible
Speaker 1: three peat. Yeah, I mean.
Speaker 2: You kind of been dealing with that question a lot,
Speaker 2: just trying to wrestle with it all throughout the year.
Speaker 2: And it's just so much fun here and the guys
Speaker 2: are great and you get to play amongst the best,
Speaker 2: and you know, hall of famers everywhere, and possibility for
Speaker 2: winning World Series. I mean last year was so much fun.
Speaker 2: It's like, why would you not want to do that again?
Speaker 2: No matter what the capacity? And you know, I'll be
Speaker 2: ready and I'm ready for my moments, not only today,
Speaker 2: but as we go throughout the rest of the season
Speaker 2: in October, and that's kind of what I'm focusing on.
Speaker 1: Every day I get to witness part of your process
Speaker 1: and just to be candid with those listening, you have
Speaker 1: been the first guy out here every day, whether you're starting,
Speaker 1: whether you're not starting, you're out here the first guy
Speaker 1: to work with Dino Ebel. How big has that been
Speaker 1: to your role on this team to not waiver from
Speaker 1: your daily routine.
Speaker 2: Yeah. Well, the bottom line is when you play the
Speaker 2: game and when you get called on, you got to
Speaker 2: be a major league player, not only a major league player,
Speaker 2: but you got to be a good one and you
Speaker 2: got to be able to help the team win. So
Speaker 2: that's the role and that's the bottom line. So whatever
Speaker 2: I have to do, whatever it takes to be ready
Speaker 2: for that opportunity to be above average major league player
Speaker 2: when I step on the field, and you know, that's
Speaker 2: tricky and it's difficult, but when you have you know,
Speaker 2: a great coaching staff and just the want and the
Speaker 2: ability to work, you can go at it and then
Speaker 2: you know you've given it all you can, You've done
Speaker 2: everything you can and the results are in God's stands.
Speaker 1: Alex call is our guest. He's in left field tonight
Speaker 1: on snell Zilla Day. That's right bump day for Blake Snell.
Speaker 1: Second start of the season, first start in a long time.
Speaker 1: You guys know how much work pitchers put into their
Speaker 1: every fifth or sixth day. What does it mean for
Speaker 1: you to be in left field with Blake on the
Speaker 1: mound and a guy that really does value defense.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's exciting, you know, super excited to have Blake
Speaker 2: back out there. And when you're playing defense behind him.
Speaker 2: You're just ready to help him out by any means necessary.
Speaker 2: So it's great to have him back out there. We're
Speaker 2: excited to see what he's got and be ready to,
Speaker 2: you know, make some place for him and watch him deal.
Speaker 1: How about Michael Waka. He's the guy that's been around
Speaker 1: a long time. Dodger fans remember him from the twenty
Speaker 1: thirteen NLCS. Hard to believe it's twenty twenty six, but
Speaker 1: there's not a lot of secrets that he has for you.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, he's obviously been around a long time,
Speaker 2: and you know, just going to try to get get
Speaker 2: a pitch down the middle and hit it back up
Speaker 2: the middle. Keep it pretty simple.
Speaker 1: Love it. I love keeping it simple. Call I'm a
Speaker 1: guy that keeps life simple. I like your approach to baseball.
Speaker 2: Thank you, Dave. I appreciate that, and we'll keep it
Speaker 2: rolling all right.
Speaker 1: Before I let you go. Yesterday, you got to hang
Speaker 1: out with former Raiders quarterback, a hero to many in
Speaker 1: Los Angeles, Derek Carr. How special was it to realize
Speaker 1: a guy that was an NFL quarterback appreciates meeting guys
Speaker 1: like you and Tom Yedman just as much as you
Speaker 1: guys appreciate what he does.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's always cool, always cool. I've obviously watched a
Speaker 2: lot of Derek's games and respected his career and his
Speaker 2: faith as well, so it was good to be able
Speaker 2: to meet him and his kids yesterday and taking a
Speaker 2: Dodger win.
Speaker 1: All right. Well, I'm glad he was here yesterday because
Speaker 1: Alex calls about to lock it in to start in
Speaker 1: left field tonight for Blake Snell and the Dodgers. Thanks
Speaker 1: a lot for the time, Alex, and have a great game,
Speaker 1: stay healthy, and we'll keep it rolling.
Speaker 2: All right, Let's go, Dave.