Speaker 1: An exclusive interview with David Bassey for Dodger Talking. It's
Speaker 1: Bobblehead Day at Dodgers Stadium and it's Will Smith's final
Speaker 1: out from the World Series Bobblehead and Will has the
Speaker 1: day off, so he was so eager to speak to
Speaker 1: us today before first pitch. Thanks a lot for the time.
Speaker 2: Yeah, you got it, very very eager to be here
Speaker 2: for sure.
Speaker 1: I mean I felt like this was a perfect day.
Speaker 1: I knew you would be able to have a lot
Speaker 1: of time to take that victory lap on Bibblehead Day.
Speaker 2: Yeah. I guess.
Speaker 1: You're like, hey, Dave, can Dalton rushing catch the night?
Speaker 1: Corbin Burns is pitching and I got my Bobblehead night
Speaker 1: that night as well.
Speaker 2: Is that how the conversation went? Is that where you
Speaker 2: think it's going. You think I'm Duck and corbman or something.
Speaker 1: You don't have Burns, idis, I would never think you
Speaker 1: have anybody Idis.
Speaker 2: No, definitely not nos. Yeah.
Speaker 3: Let Dalton get in there, maybe get his first home
Speaker 3: at to night, that'd be cool.
Speaker 2: So yeah, I hope we get a win. What's it
Speaker 2: been like so far?
Speaker 1: You used to be the student and now you're the
Speaker 1: Jedi master as far as Catchers go.
Speaker 2: Oh man, No, it's been good. It's been good.
Speaker 3: Uh, you know, a lot of conversation with Dalton, helping
Speaker 3: him out, try to figure things, figure some things out,
Speaker 3: help you know, learn the pictures, you know, speed track
Speaker 3: all of that, and yeah, he's just he's got to
Speaker 3: get comfortable here. He's got to get his routine, you know,
Speaker 3: figure out what works with him, and then just just
Speaker 3: be back there in the box.
Speaker 2: You know.
Speaker 3: Uh, guy in the pictures gain experience is gonna come
Speaker 3: with time. He's going to mess up, but you know
Speaker 3: I'm there to kind of help him along, make sure
Speaker 3: he knows it's okay, learn from it and move on.
Speaker 2: Just don't make the same stake twice.
Speaker 1: Basically, from the outside looking in, it seems like he
Speaker 1: is really willing to put in the work and really
Speaker 1: cares about the game planning with the pictures.
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, he's he's always been a hard worker. We
Speaker 3: obviously went to the same college and stuff. I know
Speaker 3: him a little bit from then. You can see his
Speaker 3: work ethic. He's he's got that down. But yeah, he's
Speaker 3: he's really trying to learn him he's really you know,
Speaker 3: picking my brain on different guys. I know we talked
Speaker 3: about dmag a little bit for tonight, so yeah, yeah,
Speaker 3: just trying to you know, he's trying to learn, he's
Speaker 3: trying to, you know, do a really good job back there,
Speaker 3: and you know, serve the pictures.
Speaker 1: You guys have two different personalities. You kind of keep
Speaker 1: your toughness, your emotions in check. He seems to wear
Speaker 1: his emotions on his sleeve. Is that something that can
Speaker 1: be sustainable in Major League Baseball?
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean that's that's who he is.
Speaker 3: So as long as he you know, stays who he is, doesn't,
Speaker 3: you know, let it affect teammates and stuff.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 3: Yeah, there's nothing wrong with getting getting mad and frustrated
Speaker 3: and any of that. I think, you know, you got
Speaker 3: to be yourself out there. It's hard enough game and
Speaker 3: then trying to be someone you're not, it's that's too
Speaker 3: hard to do. So, you know, hopefully it feels comfortable
Speaker 3: to himself. That's what you know, us his teammates have
Speaker 3: got to, you know, get him or anybody else, you know,
Speaker 3: just come from the clubhouse being in who we are.
Speaker 2: Will Smith is our guest.
Speaker 1: It is Bobblehead Nights, celebrating the World Series Championship for
Speaker 1: the Dodgers. And I'm not sure if you caught this
Speaker 1: last night in Boston, your battery mate in Game five
Speaker 1: of the World Series got ejected Walker Bueller. I'm sure
Speaker 1: you've seen that type of emotion from him before. Andy
Speaker 1: Pa has excused us. We're doing a nice interview here.
Speaker 1: What'd you think about Bueller last night?
Speaker 2: Yeah, maybe maybe one too many f bombs. I've seen him.
Speaker 2: I've seen him.
Speaker 3: Drop a couple out there at impires and stuff, but
Speaker 3: he probably went went too far yesterday. But you know
Speaker 3: that's who he is, COMPETITORI he's fiery, obviously one of
Speaker 3: those couple of calls. So yeah, it's it's funny to
Speaker 3: laugh at.
Speaker 1: How about Lindor, he's still keeping the receipts from last
Speaker 1: year's NLCS, trying to egg the umpire on to throw
Speaker 1: him out.
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's part of it. I don't know. I got
Speaker 2: no comment on that part.
Speaker 1: You don't have to have any comment. You got the
Speaker 1: World Series ring. Thanks a lot for the time, will
Speaker 1: and we'll see you on the road trip. Actually I won't,
Speaker 1: but other people will.
Speaker 2: Yeah, we'll be we'll be out there grinding in New
Speaker 2: York and Cleveland.
Speaker 1: You'll be at home, you know, Yeah, I'll be I'll
Speaker 1: be working from the air conditioned Burbank studio while you're
Speaker 1: in New York.
Speaker 2: There you go.