Speaker 1: We are with a twenty twenty four world champion and
Speaker 1: even more importantly, part of that dog bullpen that carried
Speaker 1: the Dodgers through October. He is now with the Chicago Cubs,
Speaker 1: and that is the one and only Ryan Braza.
Speaker 2: Ryan, thanks a lot for the time. Yeah, no problem, man,
Speaker 2: Excited to be back in LA.
Speaker 1: Yesterday was a special day for you, I'm sure, being
Speaker 1: able to not only get your World Series ring, but
Speaker 1: to have your bullpen mates present you with it.
Speaker 2: What was the feeling? Yeah, it was really cool.
Speaker 3: You know, I didn't really know what to expect, how
Speaker 3: I was gonna get it, or you know, when they
Speaker 3: were gonna do it. But I really liked how they
Speaker 3: you know, the bullpen guys brought it out with some
Speaker 3: of the pitching coaches and Doc was out here and
Speaker 3: a little more like personal I.
Speaker 2: Guess it was. It was really cool.
Speaker 1: So were you surprised when it was the relievers that
Speaker 1: you pitched with last year?
Speaker 2: No, not really.
Speaker 3: You know, like we had a pretty good, you know,
Speaker 3: strong group down there. You know, everybody was pretty close
Speaker 3: and but like I said, I'm glad that that's the
Speaker 3: way they.
Speaker 2: Decided to do it.
Speaker 1: How proud are you of what those guys, what you
Speaker 1: were able to do together as a unit, because it
Speaker 1: was very unique.
Speaker 2: Yeah, for sure, you know it.
Speaker 3: You know, not having a full staff that was healthy,
Speaker 3: you know, starting pitching wise, and having to have a
Speaker 3: couple of bullpen games in the playoffs.
Speaker 2: You know, it's kind of wild, honestly.
Speaker 3: You know, you don't see it work out very often
Speaker 3: for teams that try to do that. You know, most
Speaker 3: of the teams that you know, win in the playoffs
Speaker 3: or winning the World Series are have three or four,
Speaker 3: like you know, fully healthy starting pitchers.
Speaker 2: But what we were able to do.
Speaker 3: Down there and kind of piece it together and even
Speaker 3: just the team as a whole was.
Speaker 1: Was super special, especially in this day and age where
Speaker 1: obviously business and baseball kind of bleeds together. What does
Speaker 1: it say about the character of all of you to
Speaker 1: kind of put that aside and just be focused on winning.
Speaker 3: Yeah, Like I said, man, it's it's a different, different atmosphere,
Speaker 3: different ball game.
Speaker 2: You know, once you get to October.
Speaker 3: And you know, I think everybody kind of bought into
Speaker 3: the idea of it. You know, whether you're throwing the
Speaker 3: first inning or the last inning, like you know, just
Speaker 3: try to go and get twenty of an ounce.
Speaker 1: Ryan Brazier, world champion last year with the Dodgers, is
Speaker 1: our guest. Okay, I want to ask you about these
Speaker 1: sequence of events Game five of the World Series, not
Speaker 1: only what Walker Buehler did, but what Blake Trining did.
Speaker 1: Can you take us through where you were and just
Speaker 1: what that meant to the team to have Blake and
Speaker 1: Walker do what they did.
Speaker 3: Yeah, so you know, Walker was in. I went inside
Speaker 3: after I pitched and he was on the training table and.
Speaker 2: We scored all those runs.
Speaker 3: And you know, obviously the bullpen came in early that game.
Speaker 3: So Walker was like, all right, you got to stop
Speaker 3: working on me because I'm gonna go down to the bullpen.
Speaker 3: And I'm like, dude, you're think, aren't you supposed to
Speaker 3: pitch tomorrow or whatever? And anyways, you know, he went
Speaker 3: down to the bullpen, and you know Blake coming in
Speaker 3: and getting out.
Speaker 2: But Blake was huge, you.
Speaker 3: Know, all the whole postseason last year, and he you know,
Speaker 3: I got big out after big out and and you know,
Speaker 3: threw more pitches and I think I've ever seen him
Speaker 3: throw in a game.
Speaker 2: You know, a couple of times during throughout the.
Speaker 3: Playoffs, and you know Walker coming in to shut the
Speaker 3: door like he did, you know, after after some some
Speaker 3: rough outings or whatever. Just like I said, it just
Speaker 3: getting twenty seven outs as quick as we can. And
Speaker 3: you know, everybody was kind of bought into the same idea.
Speaker 1: You know, the visualization I have, the image I have
Speaker 1: of what you're describing yourself. Included is a US aircraft
Speaker 1: carrier and they're sending up all these Tomahawk jets and
Speaker 1: those jets are all you guys, the relievers in that
Speaker 1: game five.
Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, I don't know, you know how you
Speaker 3: want to explain it, but you know it just we
Speaker 3: knew that we were gonna have to throw a lot
Speaker 3: of innings as a group, and you know, just just
Speaker 3: never wavered on when we were pitching or you know
Speaker 3: what any it was.
Speaker 2: You know, everybody just was ready. Whatever.
Speaker 1: You're a two time world champion, Can you tell us
Speaker 1: whether or not it's true? Whenever you see those guys
Speaker 1: that you want a world serious with, how close is
Speaker 1: that bond forever?
Speaker 3: No?
Speaker 2: It is, you know for sure.
Speaker 3: You know, even guys that I see from eighteen, you
Speaker 3: know that are still playing or I haven't seen a
Speaker 3: couple of years.
Speaker 2: You know, it's like we haven't spent.
Speaker 3: Any time apart, you know, being here and getting to
Speaker 3: see you know, the guys here.
Speaker 1: It's just it's been been really cool last a couple
Speaker 1: of days. Ryan Brazier is a big sports fan. So
Speaker 1: what do you think about my Lakers?
Speaker 2: I mean, obviously I'm I'm a Mavericks fan, so.
Speaker 3: You soon no, I you know, listen, I nobody can explain,
Speaker 3: you know, why or how that happened.
Speaker 2: But you know, I hope Luca wins. I'm I'm a
Speaker 2: Lebron fan, you.
Speaker 3: Know, I guess out of everybody still in it, I'm
Speaker 3: kind of rooting for the Lakers.
Speaker 2: I guess I'd like to see Luca get it.
Speaker 3: And it'd be kind of a big you know, f
Speaker 3: you to the to the Mavericks, you know, getting to
Speaker 3: go and win one.
Speaker 2: But yeah, you know, I we'll see, all.
Speaker 1: Right, maybe I'll get you a seventy seven Lakers jersey.
Speaker 2: I mean I.
Speaker 3: Would be against it if I want to get it in
Speaker 3: like an adult medium, my son.
Speaker 1: Can were Okay, love it, love it and you'll try
Speaker 1: on your New World series ring.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I've already tried it all. A couple of times.
Speaker 1: Thanks a lot for the time, Ryan, always great to
Speaker 1: catch up with you. And your toughness and your competitiveness
Speaker 1: and your strength really obviously left a big mark on
Speaker 1: a lot of guys, and I saw it and I
Speaker 1: know how much you meant.
Speaker 2: Thank you very much,