Speaker 1: It's a beautiful Sunday afternoon at Dodger Stadium, and it's
Speaker 1: even more beautiful with two great men hero Yoshi Yama,
Speaker 1: moto sidekick and of course the great Yamamoto himself.
Speaker 2: Thank you so much for both of your time.
Speaker 3: And okay, hi hi.
Speaker 2: You're welcome.
Speaker 1: All right, Yamamoto, what a great start to your season.
Speaker 1: What has been the biggest thing that has made you more.
Speaker 4: Comfortable a season?
Speaker 5: So during the off season, you know, because I am,
Speaker 5: I was able to keep maintain my condition and the
Speaker 5: great and then that I carried it onto h into
Speaker 5: the spring training.
Speaker 3: Then, you know, because that resulted and led me to
Speaker 3: that great start.
Speaker 1: When you came to the major leagues last year, what
Speaker 1: was the biggest adjustment for you?
Speaker 6: Stuff done?
Speaker 7: Yeah, there's not specific, you know, space, I can't pick
Speaker 7: one thing, but because everything was different, so different from Japan,
Speaker 7: and while I was playing, I did not feel as
Speaker 7: much different. But when I look back, there's there's a
Speaker 7: lot of difference as I feel, you know, because I
Speaker 7: have to.
Speaker 1: Deal with is it too simple to say it was
Speaker 1: just the baseball or it was the mound?
Speaker 2: Is that too simple? When people say that.
Speaker 4: No, Yat, you got to you everything is different, simply Yeah.
Speaker 2: But that made you feel more comfortable, right.
Speaker 3: You know? I know, yeah, I think that was the
Speaker 3: biggest support for me last year.
Speaker 2: Yes, I'm here for you all the time.
Speaker 1: Yamamoto, Yoshi Yamamoto and his great psychic hero is here
Speaker 1: with us. Before first pitch on Sunday night baseball, I
Speaker 1: noticed something different about you in spring training. You had
Speaker 1: more swag, you had more confidence. Where did that confidence
Speaker 1: come from to start the year?
Speaker 3: And me?
Speaker 8: And yeah, but you want to know, machic.
Speaker 5: Yodi, the big big thing was, you know, I'm at
Speaker 5: this point, I'm used to the lifestyle here.
Speaker 7: And also, of course I needless to say, I get
Speaker 7: all the support from the staff, team, staff and.
Speaker 3: The organization that that's probably the.
Speaker 7: Biggest, biggest reason I'm feeling more unconfident and comfortable this year.
Speaker 2: Last night, Roki Sazaki had his best start.
Speaker 1: How pleased are you with what he's had to do
Speaker 1: to get comfortable as well?
Speaker 2: How much have you helped him?
Speaker 4: All?
Speaker 3: You know, talk about.
Speaker 9: Sent you no, mam ok y'all.
Speaker 8: So then, mam even though.
Speaker 10: Cool, I think as far as I've seen watching him,
Speaker 10: you know, because he doesn't look like, you know, he
Speaker 10: needs he needs my help because he has his own pace.
Speaker 3: And then like a lifestyle, like a rhythm, like a
Speaker 3: daily rhythm.
Speaker 7: Yeah, because I think he's doing great, and then not
Speaker 7: necessarily he needs my help.
Speaker 1: Makes sense, two different type of pictures to individuals, So
Speaker 1: that makes sense. Going back to your confidence, kek Hernandez
Speaker 1: shared a story with me. He took you to coffee
Speaker 1: last year after the first game of the playoffs that
Speaker 1: you pitched. What do you remember about that conversation and
Speaker 1: did it have a big impact on you?
Speaker 7: And so.
Speaker 4: Postal season I.
Speaker 11: Call when I'm the you know, because going on with
Speaker 11: him and for coffee year and then we had a
Speaker 11: good time.
Speaker 2: And then, you know, because what we.
Speaker 3: Talked about there.
Speaker 7: Kind of helped me to reset my mind and clear
Speaker 7: my mind organizing, you know, and then my mind for
Speaker 7: the next towards the next game.
Speaker 3: And then that helped me a lot.
Speaker 7: And then I felt, you know, he's kindness and then
Speaker 7: you know, because of support from him.
Speaker 2: Love it and we love Yamamoto.
Speaker 1: I love watching you pitch with such passion and emotion
Speaker 1: that really shows everybody how much you care and how
Speaker 1: much desire you have to win again. So it's been
Speaker 1: a pleasure to watch you pitch and just see you
Speaker 1: get better and better with every start.
Speaker 2: You are decorated.
Speaker 1: I know you're a great pitcher, but to see it
Speaker 1: now really come together, it's special.
Speaker 3: And almost so you join.
Speaker 4: Nagats sorry meeting this.
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, yeah, Yamamoto. One day you're gonna do the
Speaker 1: interview in English. We don't need Hero anymore, right, okay, yeah, Hero,
Speaker 1: thanks a lot for your time too.
Speaker 2: We really appreciate your help.
Speaker 3: Thank you very much for having us