Speaker 1: And an exclusive interview with David Bassey for Dodger Talk.
Speaker 1: The Dodgers are back in town, facing the New York teams,
Speaker 1: the teams they beat on the way to the World Series.
Speaker 1: And we're joined right now by one of last year's
Speaker 1: World Series champions and one of the heroes for the Dodgers,
Speaker 1: not only last year but this year as well, with
Speaker 1: the best smile all around Los Angeles, the great te
Speaker 1: Oscar Hernandez Tayale. Thank you for the time, appreciate.
Speaker 2: It, thank you, thank you for having me us beautiful
Speaker 2: day outside. It's going to be a good series.
Speaker 1: Were you surprised when he came back to LA We
Speaker 1: turned the heat up one hundred degrees this weekend.
Speaker 2: Tale, Yeah, I don't like it that hot, but you
Speaker 2: know it's going to be better than Cleveland and New
Speaker 2: York definitely. So I can wait to those days who
Speaker 2: come and we can enjoy a really good series in
Speaker 2: here at home.
Speaker 1: I know players take it one game at a time,
Speaker 1: but us, we are very excited about this rematch from
Speaker 1: last year that you've taken batting practice. Do you feel
Speaker 1: the excitement in the city about this matchup?
Speaker 2: You know, it's I think for me and the rest
Speaker 2: of the team is normal. Obviously, we know that is
Speaker 2: a big series for the fans for baseball, going back
Speaker 2: from from last year to this year, especially because the
Speaker 2: Yankees they're playing better. They have better team than Max.
Speaker 2: They're playing really good right now. So it just you know,
Speaker 2: it's just gonna be a good show for the fans
Speaker 2: and for baseball. We just got to enjoy it.
Speaker 1: What do you remember the most about that fifth inning
Speaker 1: of Game five? Do you remember your big game tying hit?
Speaker 1: Do you remember what led up to that? What sticks
Speaker 1: out to you the most?
Speaker 2: I think I remember everything, you know, everything about that.
Speaker 2: They the way the games start, they start really hot
Speaker 2: with that. But you know, we always believing the things
Speaker 2: that we can do in a baseball field. We never
Speaker 2: give up. We take some good at bats, we play
Speaker 2: the game out outs, and especially a fifth inning, we
Speaker 2: just put some really good at bats together. Of course,
Speaker 2: they make some mistakes, but just part of the games.
Speaker 2: But thank god that we got those mistakes and the
Speaker 2: big bats and the big hit at the end of
Speaker 2: the day.
Speaker 1: How often do you look at the World Series ring?
Speaker 2: Not anymore so I got it. I think the last
Speaker 2: time I saw it was the next day after that.
Speaker 2: You know, I'm the guy, the player that the passes
Speaker 2: the past. Obviously it was a good one last year,
Speaker 2: but I have to focus on it in this one
Speaker 2: and just skip on on.
Speaker 1: Ta Oscar Hernandez is a player that everybody loves. I
Speaker 1: see that you have friendships even with players on other teams.
Speaker 1: How well do you know a guy like Aaron Judge.
Speaker 1: Have you got to know him at the All Star
Speaker 1: Game or the home run derby last year? Uh?
Speaker 2: Not really. You know, he got a lot of things
Speaker 2: to do.
Speaker 1: You do too, You're busy too.
Speaker 2: I know, but not like him. Not like him. You know,
Speaker 2: Judge is a really good person, excellent player, a Hall
Speaker 2: of Famer. He's doing excellent this year. Uh you know,
Speaker 2: it just when you get to watch that guy and
Speaker 2: show hey in the same field, it just I think
Speaker 2: I'm glad that I get to see it from the
Speaker 2: first row. From row. You know, you just enjoy everything
Speaker 2: that happens to those two guys.
Speaker 1: I was talking to Cody Bellinger earlier today and he
Speaker 1: was saying similar things that I'm a good player. Tail
Speaker 1: is a good player. There's a lot of good players,
Speaker 1: but those two seem to be a different levels.
Speaker 2: In a different level they make they make baseball look
Speaker 2: so easy. I don't think he's that easy, but you know,
Speaker 2: it is good to see those kind of players. UH
Speaker 2: played with them, against them. I played against Judge for
Speaker 2: a lot of years when I was in Toronto, against
Speaker 2: show Hey for a lot of years when he was
Speaker 2: in Anaheim. And you know, getting to watch it like
Speaker 2: every day, to show it and watch everything that Judge
Speaker 2: is doing is really special. So I'm glad that I
Speaker 2: get to see those two guys play and play against
Speaker 2: each other and play together. Now we shore.
Speaker 1: Yeah, but the fans in LA react to you a
Speaker 1: little bit differently. I mean, these fans really have become
Speaker 1: a second family to you.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean it's very special. The fans from last year.
Speaker 2: I think I showed it on the raide. They make
Speaker 2: everything easier for me when I'm going through a slum
Speaker 2: or any like difficult on a baseball field. They got
Speaker 2: my bag. They're always there supporting me. Not only me,
Speaker 2: so the rest of the team.
Speaker 1: Heyo, it's a real thing. Right Dodger Stadium. You guys
Speaker 1: playing here, there is a real home field advantage.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean you're gonna get fifty thousand people plus
Speaker 2: every single day. It doesn't matter who were playing, what
Speaker 2: day we're playing, You're gonna get the support from from
Speaker 2: the best fun ever. And I play in a really
Speaker 2: good cities. Yeah, And I don't think there's any fan
Speaker 2: base like the Dodgers.
Speaker 1: All right, Taylor, there's nobody like Tay Oscar Hernandez. We
Speaker 1: want to see a lot of sunflower seeds in your
Speaker 1: face and everybody else's face this home stand.
Speaker 2: Yes, hopefully we can put a good show for the
Speaker 2: fans and we get to win the game.