Speaker 1: And an exclusive interview with David Bassey for Dodger Talk.
Speaker 1: All right, we're here with an All Star outfielder, an
Speaker 1: All star smile, and he has the second most votes
Speaker 1: right now among National League outfielders, and that is the
Speaker 1: one and only ti Oscar Hernandez Tayo. Thanks a lot
Speaker 1: for the time. Always great to catch up with you.
Speaker 2: Thank you, thank you for having me.
Speaker 1: Do you know that you have the second most votes
Speaker 1: among outfielders in the National League?
Speaker 2: Yeah, so something on social media. You know, my family
Speaker 2: listen to it, so I know everything that is happening
Speaker 2: right now. So I appreciate all the people that both
Speaker 2: for me and give me the support to try and
Speaker 2: to get me to the All Star so we can
Speaker 2: continue to do our job here and you know, trying
Speaker 2: to make those people properly.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I know, when you're stepping in the batter's box,
Speaker 1: you're not thinking about that. But how much does it
Speaker 1: mean to you that the fans have voted so many
Speaker 1: times for you already?
Speaker 2: And men's alat I mean, Dodgers fans are the best.
Speaker 2: They know they already know that already. Be insane. In
Speaker 2: almost two years I have been here, Uh, you know,
Speaker 2: but especially when you know how many people you have
Speaker 2: behind your backs giving you the sport and everything that
Speaker 2: you need to just to continue to do and produce
Speaker 2: for the Dodge.
Speaker 1: I know fans in LA and they don't just care
Speaker 1: about how many home runs you hit or how many
Speaker 1: runs you drive in. It's the spirit that you play
Speaker 1: with and I feel like that's part of the reason
Speaker 1: why everybody in LA loves ta Oscar Hernandez.
Speaker 2: Yeah. I mean I always said my job here is
Speaker 2: trying to be the best player, the best teammate, and
Speaker 2: to do things to help with these same wins. So
Speaker 2: that's the only thing that I care about. At the
Speaker 2: end of the day, I'm the All Sorry game, that's great.
Speaker 2: But if now I'm just going to to continue to
Speaker 2: do my job here and just trying to be in
Speaker 2: another championship to l A.
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's right. Back to back champions that's the goal
Speaker 1: for the Dodgers. And I know with the All Stars
Speaker 1: comes with maybe defending your home run derby championship. What
Speaker 1: would sway you to do it again or is that
Speaker 1: even something that you would consider.
Speaker 2: I was considered in at the beginning, but not right now.
Speaker 2: I think I'm not gonna do it this year. I
Speaker 2: live this year, maybe next year because last year when
Speaker 2: I finished the Human Derby, I was a little t tired, tight,
Speaker 2: My body was a little tired, and with injury that
Speaker 2: I have am I growing this year. I don't want
Speaker 2: to put anything on risk in the season, so I'm
Speaker 2: gonna stay put and now participating this year.
Speaker 1: That makes sense ta Oscar Hernandez putting the Dodgers ahead
Speaker 1: of all that. Okay, So there's a chance that your
Speaker 1: little brother Andy pa Has could make the All Star team.
Speaker 1: He certainly has earned it. Would you encourage him to
Speaker 1: take your place in the home run Derby?
Speaker 2: I already talked to him. He said no, he's not
Speaker 2: gonna do but yeah, hopefully he made the All Star Game.
Speaker 2: He well deserved to be there and being starting there
Speaker 2: for the those tar games. So hopefully people keep voting
Speaker 2: for him and making No Star.
Speaker 1: Tayo, so much has been talked about you being a
Speaker 1: mentor to Andy Pott has what has made you the
Speaker 1: most proud about the way his season has taken off.
Speaker 2: You know, he's he's a guy that he's listening to
Speaker 2: now only to me, He listened to everybody. He takes
Speaker 2: the best advices from everybody and trying to put it
Speaker 2: on the on the field. He's been learning a lot,
Speaker 2: He's been putting a lot of work. He's been working
Speaker 2: really hard right now just to get better, to you know,
Speaker 2: do the things that he know he can do. Uh,
Speaker 2: And he's I think he's already proving himself. He's doing
Speaker 2: a great job and he's helping this team a lot.
Speaker 1: All right. Before I let you go, I talked about
Speaker 1: the spirit that you play with, and you're so inclusive
Speaker 1: and such a great teammate. You started the sunflower seeds
Speaker 1: when guys came back after the home runs. But how
Speaker 1: about this now your teammates have grabbed the sunflower seed
Speaker 1: bag from you and are playing with the same spirit.
Speaker 1: How happy are you that it's become contagious to be unselfish.
Speaker 2: That's what makes me feel really really good about myself,
Speaker 2: you know. You just bringing that energy to my teammates,
Speaker 2: to this team, and seeing my teammates doing the same thing,
Speaker 2: That's what this is all about. For me. That's way
Speaker 2: better than everything that is going on on the field.
Speaker 2: So I'm really proud of myself, oh, my teammates and
Speaker 2: the things that we have accomplimts.
Speaker 1: How would you rate O Tani grabbing the sunflower seeds
Speaker 1: and throwing them to you.
Speaker 2: You know, you're just trying to make everybody do the
Speaker 2: same thing. You know, have fun and enjoy it everything,
Speaker 2: every single things that happen to oh, my teammates and
Speaker 2: to myself.
Speaker 1: So everybody has their own style of how they throw
Speaker 1: the sunflower seeds.
Speaker 2: Yeah they sell me, but they know their own. But
Speaker 2: you know, at the end of the day, just to
Speaker 2: give that energy that puts it the energy and to
Speaker 2: make our teammates feel the same way that we feel
Speaker 2: when they do good.
Speaker 1: Thanks a lot for the time. Dodger fans need to
Speaker 1: keep voting for Tea Oscar Hernandez. This smile needs to
Speaker 1: be in Atlanta with the starters with the National League
Speaker 1: All Star Team. Thanks a lot, Tayo.
Speaker 2: I appreciate it.