Speaker 1: It's so great to be here with Jack Flaherty off
Speaker 1: the streets of Olive Avenue and Burbank to pitching for
Speaker 1: the Dodgers. Thanks a lot for the time.
Speaker 2: Appreciating always, always absolutely going to be here.
Speaker 1: Hey, had to get you before we go to Saint Louis.
Speaker 1: You know, they're all chomping at the bit for some
Speaker 1: Jack Flerty back in the Loo.
Speaker 2: You know, it'll be good to go back there first time.
Speaker 2: Spent a lot of years there, a lot of good memories,
Speaker 2: a lot of good people, you know, looking forward to it,
Speaker 2: but looking forward us winning some ball games too.
Speaker 1: Jack. I was thinking back to twenty eighteen when you
Speaker 1: were bursting onto the scene, Walker Buehler was bursting onto
Speaker 1: the scene. You guys faced off against each other twice.
Speaker 1: Everybody was billing it Flerity versus Bueller the future. How
Speaker 1: surreal is it or ironic that you're now teammates with him?
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean we've talked about it. It's it's kind
Speaker 2: of funny you look back on, you know, in twenty
Speaker 2: eighteen facing off against each other, those were two of
Speaker 2: the funnest matchups I've ever had, just going against him,
Speaker 2: and you know, we had gotten to know each other
Speaker 2: a little bit prior to that, and you know, those
Speaker 2: starts was a lot of fun, and you know, it's
Speaker 2: it's good to be his teammate now and be able
Speaker 2: to kind of work alongside him.
Speaker 1: What's the feeling you're getting from him, the sense you're
Speaker 1: getting from him in anticipation of tonight's start.
Speaker 2: He's ready to go. He's he's been looking forward to it.
Speaker 2: He's been anticipating it. You know who he is, just
Speaker 2: from knowing him for years and watching him the way
Speaker 2: he goes about it, way he goes and competes. You know,
Speaker 2: he's been kind of trapping out the bit.
Speaker 1: Talking to Clayton Kershaw, he's been impressed by you. What's
Speaker 1: it mean to you to know that a guy like
Speaker 1: him you were winning your high school championship in twenty
Speaker 1: thirteen when he was at the height of his powers.
Speaker 1: Also being teammates with him and him appreciating your love
Speaker 1: for the game of baseball.
Speaker 2: Kind of crazy, a little bit surreal to hear that.
Speaker 2: You know, I've been lucky enough to have had conversations
Speaker 2: with him in the past, you know, prior to being
Speaker 2: teammates with him, and then you know, be able to
Speaker 2: be here and watch the way he just that he
Speaker 2: goes about his business. Way he goes about his work
Speaker 2: is you know, it's second and none. It's it's fun
Speaker 2: to see and you know, just to have have those
Speaker 2: moments and you know, be able to talk over some
Speaker 2: things and you know, go go over a couple of
Speaker 2: different things has been just uh, you know, a pleasure
Speaker 2: and you know, complete learning experience.
Speaker 1: You being back with the Dodgers, it's gone really well
Speaker 1: the first two starts. How have you been able to
Speaker 1: just control everything and still have the poise on the
Speaker 1: mound to deliver you.
Speaker 2: Know, at the end of the day, it comes down
Speaker 2: to trying to win games. And that's that's what we're
Speaker 2: all here for, is what we're here to do. You know,
Speaker 2: we want to enjoy it and and enjoy every second
Speaker 2: that we get in the in the downtime and enjoy
Speaker 2: that the second way cross the lines and uh, you
Speaker 2: know that that's where that's where the game starts and
Speaker 2: where we have to just go out and compete. So
Speaker 2: it's been a lot of compartmentalizing and you know, holding
Speaker 2: down feelings and whatnot and enjoying those and the times
Speaker 2: after starts, but uh, it's just also been a lot
Speaker 2: of fun. You got a great group of guys here
Speaker 2: and great staff. Everything is just you know, it's it's been. Uh,
Speaker 2: it's so far, so good, and just hope to continue it.
Speaker 1: You told me that you went out to watch Tyler
Speaker 1: glass now throw his bullpen. What makes you do that?
Speaker 1: What's the motivation? What do you feel like? Are you
Speaker 1: trying to pick up something or are you just loving
Speaker 1: the game?
Speaker 2: I mean ironic, it just goes back to the days
Speaker 2: in Saint Louis. It's just what we were taught to do.
Speaker 2: It's how it was with uh with Wayno and uh,
Speaker 2: you know it was go go watch your starters pens
Speaker 2: and and be a group, be a cohesive unit. And
Speaker 2: uh you know that's part of that's part of it
Speaker 2: was just took out and do that. So it was
Speaker 2: you know, whenever you get a chance. Sometimes schedules don't
Speaker 2: always line up, but whenever you get a chance to
Speaker 2: to go out and watch a guy's pen and just
Speaker 2: you know, kind of watch them work. And because we
Speaker 2: spend so much time with each other, whether it's on
Speaker 2: the bench or uh, you know, just our schedules are
Speaker 2: different than everybody else's and that we know exactly when
Speaker 2: we're playing. You spend a lot of time and you
Speaker 2: just bounce ideas off each other. You talk ball and uh,
Speaker 2: you know when you know what somebody, when you can
Speaker 2: watch them and know what they're you know, referring to
Speaker 2: when they say something, it's it's a little bit easier
Speaker 2: to make those conversations.
Speaker 1: That's so cool to hear because everybody has this perception
Speaker 1: that being a starting pitcher, you're on an island, you're
Speaker 1: by yourself, you're an individual. But to hear it that way,
Speaker 1: it makes it seem like it's more of a cohesive thing.
Speaker 2: That's what you want it to be. You want it
Speaker 2: to be a unit, and you want everybody to feed
Speaker 2: off of each other, and you just want everybody want
Speaker 2: to start to the next every you know, day to day, Uh,
Speaker 2: because we all we all get it. We've all had
Speaker 2: good starts, we've had bad starts. We've had those ones
Speaker 2: that are in between that are kind of gah, you're
Speaker 2: not sure how to feel about it, and uh, you
Speaker 2: just try to make it as much of a little
Speaker 2: unit within this within this team, andever you want everybody
Speaker 2: in of itself to work together and and and and
Speaker 2: be a cohesive you know unit. And then as you know, starters,
Speaker 2: you want to be able to to take care of
Speaker 2: each other.
Speaker 1: All Right, before I let you go, I'm sure mom's watching.
Speaker 1: How has mom taking all this in? And with you
Speaker 1: being a dodger and now you know two start saying,
Speaker 1: going on to your third tomorrow.
Speaker 2: She's been good. Mom's mom. You know, it's been uh,
Speaker 2: it's been fun seeing her a little bit more just
Speaker 2: just kind of being back home. But yeah, it's mom's mom.
Speaker 2: Maybe some home meals, a couple more of those, for sure.
Speaker 1: Thanks a lot, Jack, appreciate your time and always great
Speaker 1: to see you.
Speaker 2: Absolutely thank you.
Speaker 1: There he is the man straight from the eight one eight,
Speaker 1: the great Jack Flaherty