I'm joing right now by the man that had three hundred and fifty saves in
his Dodger career, the most by any Dodger pitcher in the franchise history going
all the way back to Brooklyn, and he is one of only five pitchers
to have four hundred and thirty nine saves on the way to Cooperstown, the
one and only Kenley Jansen, Kenley, Great to have you back at Dodger
Stadium. Great to have you back to if say, I mean, shit,
man, I'm glad to be back here seeing you in Yeah. Man,
Like you say, man, it's crazy to hear the Chiaplin, But
we gotta stay motivated and keep going. It feels like all the hugs and
all that friendly stuff has gone out the window after yesterday. It feels like,
you know what, all the emotions and friendliness is gone. I mean
as baseball. You know that's my first home when I give up this year
and you know, first blown saves since April. Hey, you know that's
sometimes stay humble, right, keep you humble, and you know it just
shows you. Right, what did you say to kyk No, I mean,
for any guy on that team, if that have to happen. You
know, I'm glad it happened with KK. You know, I love KK.
Great teammates of mine, having them with the Dodgers and less share with
the Red Sox. So I mean it put a good swing at the ball
and tip my cap to him, you know. And today's now today when
you saw Key K today, what's that feeling like? Same feeling? Just
show him some love, man, you know, like I say, it's
been a long teammate of mine and like you say, man, we playing
against each other now, but you know, we do what we have to
do during the game, but you know, on the sidelines, off the
field, will just show each other love. Man. That's that's That's what
it is about the one part that I love. It's not just seeing you
with some of the staff, but some of your former teammates and the guy
that you were teammates with longer than anybody. You saved more games for Kershaw
than any other reliever in his career. What's it like to be back with
him? I love cursh Man. Like I say, man, I'll be
I'll be watching this guy pitch his first game closely because I was catching him
and and and in Mile League baseball. I was his first, you know,
And yeah, now I've got a lot of saves for him also too,
So it's it's always awesome to see him. Man, every time I
come here around, that's the first guy I wanted to see in this cursh
You guys were together back in Vero Beach and Kenley Jansen is back at Dodgers
Stadium. Kenley, when you look back at your career, can you take
it all in? Or you're in the moment right now. And obviously the
goal is five hundred saves. Well, the goal is you know, I'll
try to get like I say, right now, you know you look at
five hundred, but then you know, I'll stay motivated. Man, I
want to play this game for a little bit longer, and I believe he
could do something special things and I gotta keep my body in shave. And
yeah, we're aiming for five hundred right now, and you know, a
couple of seasons hopefully can get it. So, like I say, man,
it's the law for the game that I have since it was a five
years old kid growing up watching the Braves, watching my favorite player, Fred
McGrath, watching Andrew Jones hit the two Homeless and Will says, never thought
that, you know I will be here too, So I'm having an unbelievable
career. And yeah, of course that's that's that's a thing you focus on.
But also, you know, winning championship is my first priority. So
you know, I wanna, I want to. I want to get another
one. I know you do. And you never know where you might get
that next one. You never know, so that's the good thing about it.
Kenley Jansen is our guest. Ken Ley always loyal to LA. His
teammates were wearing Celtics jersey to celebrate the Boston NBA championship, but Kenley would
not wear the green, So we still love you in Lah. Yeah,
I can't, man, I can't do that. Man. I mean,
I'm I'm growing up as a kid watching Shack play with the magic, breaking
the rains. I'm becoming his favorite player. And then when he got when
he got sent over to LA, you know, ninety six, you know,
ever since, I've been a leaguer fan. So like I said,
man, purple goal, that's where I belong. And as much respect to
have of the Red Sox fans and and and Boston fans overall, but I
think they all get it. Also to it. If I'm a huge fan
growing up being a Lakers, you know, it's I'm happy for them to
win the championship, but it's also hard to wear that uniform. Kenley.
Can't wait until we celebrate you at Dodger Stadium after a great career, a
Hall of Fame worthy career, and I envision number seventy four being down the
left field line with all those Dodger greats one day. Great to have you
back here, and I'll let you get ready for the game. All right,
I said, thank you, thank you for having me there. He
is the all time saves leader and Dodger franchise, his story, The one
and only Kenley Jansen