Speaker 1: And now an exclusive interview with David Bassey for Dodger Talk.
Speaker 2: It's a new series here at Dodgers Stadium. The Dodgers
Speaker 2: are welcoming in the Washington Nationals. But obviously last night
Speaker 2: there was tempers that flared over the Padres, emotions spilled
Speaker 2: onto the field, and today Major League Baseball announced that
Speaker 2: both managers have been suspended for one game and Robert Suarez,
Speaker 2: the Padres closer, are suspended for three games. And we're
Speaker 2: joined right now by tonight's acting manager, and that's Dave
Speaker 2: Roberts bench coach Danny Lehman. Danny, thanks a lot for
Speaker 2: the time.
Speaker 1: Thanks Dave.
Speaker 2: How did you find out that Doc was suspended for
Speaker 2: tonight's game? And how does that change what you do?
Speaker 1: It doesn't change much at all obviously for me for
Speaker 1: what I do to prepare for the game and get ready.
Speaker 1: But yeah, everything's been kind of emotional the last couple
Speaker 1: of games, as you know, but I think we're all
Speaker 1: glad that this series is over with and we're onto
Speaker 1: the next one to get kind of rolling into the weekend.
Speaker 2: How surprised were you when you saw Mike Schild come
Speaker 2: out of the dugout and not go check on Fernando
Speaker 2: Tatis Junior, but come out and kind of get after Dave.
Speaker 1: Yeah, it wasn't the best situation to be in obviously yesterday,
Speaker 1: but I understand how emotional it was for both teams
Speaker 1: and how he came out and looking to I assume
Speaker 1: to protect his players. I didn't see him coming out
Speaker 1: that hot, but he did, and and it escalated pretty quick,
Speaker 1: and I'm just glad, you know, we're past it and
Speaker 1: nobody's really hurt through all of it, and we can
Speaker 1: kind of move on.
Speaker 2: Speaking of almost being hurt, how close and how out
Speaker 2: of bounds is it for Robert Suarez, who was suspended
Speaker 2: three games today, to go that high to hit Shoho Tani.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean where the game.
Speaker 2: Was and three zero count, three zero count.
Speaker 1: Yeah, it's just you know, like I said, the tempers
Speaker 1: were just high, and it was Nobody likes to get
Speaker 1: thrown up in the zone around your head or above
Speaker 1: the waist, obviously, and and I don't I can't speak
Speaker 1: to the intent on it with him, and you'd have
Speaker 1: to talk to him or whatever, but it's you just
Speaker 1: don't like getting your players hit, and especially up top,
Speaker 1: so you know that's not comforting for anybody on either team.
Speaker 2: You were able to chase down Dave Roberts pretty quickly
Speaker 2: there as things started to spill onto the field. You
Speaker 2: are a former catcher, so you know how to run
Speaker 2: out there and try to grab somebody. How successful were
Speaker 2: you last night at being the peacemaker?
Speaker 1: Yeah? And I think everything just escalated quickly with how
Speaker 1: it was handled by both guys, and I just try
Speaker 1: to get out there and make sure that nothing crazy
Speaker 1: happened for our players obviously, but for also for Dave
Speaker 1: and and like I said, it was emotional, and Shilt
Speaker 1: was emotional, and it just kind of boiled over at
Speaker 1: that point.
Speaker 2: How much do you attribute the schedule playing the Padres
Speaker 2: seven times within a week to the tempers boiling over
Speaker 2: last night?
Speaker 1: Yeah? I think obviously that has something to do with it.
Speaker 1: The history has something to do with it. In the rivalry,
Speaker 1: how good both teams have been over the last couple
Speaker 1: of years, all of it just kind of baked together,
Speaker 1: and we want to beat them and they want to
Speaker 1: beat us, and it just kind of pushed a little
Speaker 1: too far, I think in the last couple of games,
Speaker 1: and so it got emotional quickly.
Speaker 2: Dodgers bench coach Danny Leman is joining us. He is
Speaker 2: tonight's acting manager, with Dave Roberts and Mike Shildt each
Speaker 2: being suspended by Major League Baseball earlier. Today it is
Speaker 2: Kershaw Day, Danny Leman, how aware are you of the
Speaker 2: fact that he's just twelve strikeouts away from three thousand
Speaker 2: in his career.
Speaker 1: Yeah, his curse's day to day, and obviously he had
Speaker 1: a really good one last time, and I think that's
Speaker 1: what he's trying to repeat. But yeah, everybody's aware of it.
Speaker 1: It's unbelievable milestone and it's going to be really exciting
Speaker 1: when it happens, and it's well deserved obviously for the
Speaker 1: guy and what he's done. But it's a cool thing
Speaker 1: to witness and be a part of in a small way.
Speaker 2: You've been around him for a decade now. How incredible
Speaker 2: is it to watch him do what he's doing after
Speaker 2: everything he's been through.
Speaker 1: It's unbelievable. The consistency with him, how he fights to
Speaker 1: get back and what he's continually able to do is
Speaker 1: just super impressive. So it's it's fun to watch me
Speaker 1: on the outside watching from the side.
Speaker 2: The curveball seems to be the same with everything else
Speaker 2: that seems to still be as good as it was.
Speaker 1: Yeah, curveball's great. So it's just a very unique pitch
Speaker 1: and he has a good feel for it, and his
Speaker 1: other pitches makes his other pitches better, So obviously just
Speaker 1: part of his repertoire.
Speaker 2: All right, Danny, thanks a lot for checking in with us.
Speaker 2: Appreciate it. I know your record is pretty good. Filling
Speaker 2: in for Dave Roberts.
Speaker 1: Yeah, what is it?
Speaker 2: You're undefeated?
Speaker 1: Is it? What about last night?
Speaker 2: Last night? I don't think that counts. You have to
Speaker 2: go at least five innings and manage.
Speaker 1: You exactly exactly right, all right.
Speaker 2: At least you'll have Will Smith catching tonight, finally back
Speaker 2: to back games for your all star catcher. Just kidding.
Speaker 1: Yeah, well yeah, will'son there.
Speaker 2: Thanks a lot, Danny. I'll let you go. You got
Speaker 2: a game plan, thanks Dave,