Speaker 1: What would it be for the Dodgers to try to
Speaker 1: repeat and defend their World championship without one of the
Speaker 1: key members of their ball club ever since the Dodgers
Speaker 1: acquired him in that huge three way trade back in
Speaker 1: twenty fifteen with the Marlins, the Angels, all of that,
Speaker 1: and here he is in living color at camel Back
Speaker 1: Ranch before games started. Keith k hernandez kiy K thanks
Speaker 1: a lot for the time and men, it would not
Speaker 1: have been the same without you.
Speaker 2: Hey, you gotta love a three way, right, got I
Speaker 2: mean a three way trade. Gotta love a good big
Speaker 2: three way trade.
Speaker 1: You gotta love it. You and Austin Barnes are still here.
Speaker 2: Still here, survived a lot of things.
Speaker 1: Yeah, when you look back at your journey and where
Speaker 1: you're at right now and the reputation that you've built
Speaker 1: for yourself, do you have time to reflect on that
Speaker 1: or are you still so much in the moment.
Speaker 2: There's times to think about stuff, but you just want
Speaker 2: to be in the moment because this career can be
Speaker 2: really long, but it feels social where it feels like
Speaker 2: yesterday that I got here, and here I am ten
Speaker 2: years later. Been acquired four different times by this organization,
Speaker 2: and you know, it's it's been an honor to to
Speaker 2: wear this uniform for this long and to really to
Speaker 2: be able to play in so many big games. I
Speaker 2: feel like this has been a blessing for my career too,
Speaker 2: you know, to be in the postseason every single year,
Speaker 2: that's what we play the game. Uh yeah, we're making money,
Speaker 2: but at the end of the day, you play the
Speaker 2: game to win. And that's something that we've done here
Speaker 2: for a very long time, and I hope to keep doing.
Speaker 1: You had such a big part in the Dodgers championship
Speaker 1: run last year. It felt like when Kei k got
Speaker 1: into the starting lineup is when the Dodgers really took off.
Speaker 1: Have you had a chance to go back and watch
Speaker 1: any of those games or is that something you don't do.
Speaker 2: I started doing it. I watched every game against the Padres,
Speaker 2: and then and then life happened and I wasn't able
Speaker 2: to continue. I was I was going to plan and
Speaker 2: watch the whole postseason, but I I haven't really gotten
Speaker 2: to watch too much of the Mets and the Yankees. Uh,
Speaker 2: they were playing highlights earlier, and there was just a
Speaker 2: lot of things that I couldn't remember that happened, but uh,
Speaker 2: but yeah, man, it was it was a special run.
Speaker 2: It was kind of weird in the sense that it
Speaker 2: felt like it lasted another season, but at the same
Speaker 2: time it flew by, so uh you know, just you're
Speaker 2: so in the moment that it's kind of like you're
Speaker 2: blacked out for nine innings and you know you're so
Speaker 2: mentally exhausted and in that entire month that there's no
Speaker 2: really much time to think about stuff. But uh, yeah,
Speaker 2: I'm glad that. Uh, I'm glad that I was able
Speaker 2: to be a big part of it. You know, I won.
Speaker 2: We won in twenty and I didn't have as meaningful
Speaker 2: role as as I did last year, and I get
Speaker 2: it to when you win, there's nothing like it, but
Speaker 2: you know, just to be being able to do it
Speaker 2: both ways, it added a little more special specialness to
Speaker 2: this one, just considering the fact that I started every
Speaker 2: game after a Game four against at Padres.
Speaker 1: Yeah you did. No coincidence the Dodgers took off after
Speaker 1: that and Keik Hernandez, who missed out on the ring
Speaker 1: ceremony in twenty twenty one, is going to be on
Speaker 1: that third baseline wearing a Dodger uniform, and I'm as
Speaker 1: excited for you as anybody to be able to be
Speaker 1: showered by the fans that day.
Speaker 2: Absolutely last time it was, I knew that I was leaving,
Speaker 2: so it didn't matter if we won or didn't win.
Speaker 2: It was going to be a fact that I was gonna,
Speaker 2: you know, go go on a different journey. And I
Speaker 2: was totally fine with it. I accepted it all. And
Speaker 2: then when that day came, I felt left out and
Speaker 2: I felt like I wanted to be a part of
Speaker 2: that just for that one day, but obviously that didn't happen.
Speaker 2: And to get to come back this time and where
Speaker 2: that gold uniform and get that ring in front of
Speaker 2: my in front of that home home crowd instead of
Speaker 2: getting it in a box in the mail delivered to
Speaker 2: Fenway Park is a little different.
Speaker 1: And Key k Hernandez works not only in October but
Speaker 1: during the entire regular season. I know how much you
Speaker 1: pour into every day, not just October days, but every day.
Speaker 1: So thank you and great to have you here early
Speaker 1: this spring.
Speaker 2: Yeah, good to have a full spring. It's gonna be nice.
Speaker 2: I appreciate those kind words. It means a lot, But
Speaker 2: at the same time, I know You're saying all this
Speaker 2: because you're really happy that your best friend and all
Speaker 2: the baseball Blake Snells on this side. And you don't
Speaker 2: have to get all jittery when we go to San
Speaker 2: fran or they come into us. You get Blake for
Speaker 2: one hundred and sixty two plus games, so I know
Speaker 2: you're gonna be in a great boot all year.
Speaker 1: He's gonna be jealous when he sees the relationships I
Speaker 1: have with Key K.
Speaker 2: Hello.
Speaker 1: Sorry, snell Zilla.
Speaker 2: I don't know if he's gonna be that because you're
Speaker 2: gonna be all over him regardless.
Speaker 1: So we'll be together Tokyo me, you and smell Zilla.
Speaker 2: Let's do a sushi time. Yeah,