Speaker 1: We are here with two times two time cy Young
Speaker 1: Award winner and finally a Dodger. It's been a long
Speaker 1: time coming. Andrew Friedman delivered in twenty twenty four, and
Speaker 1: look at it and the Dodger blue had Dodger blue jersey. Blake.
Speaker 1: Doesn't feel real that you're finally where you should be
Speaker 1: and that's in the great city of Los Angeles.
Speaker 2: Yeah, no, it feels good. It's just I mean, I
Speaker 2: was talking to Halio. It doesn't feel real yet. But
Speaker 2: once we get the spring and it gets going hopefully,
Speaker 2: even you know, as December starts to fade in a
Speaker 2: Christmas I feel a little more real. But you know,
Speaker 2: wearing the jersey, it's exciting, you know, looking at homes
Speaker 2: and all that, it's exciting.
Speaker 1: I think the house next to me is for sale.
Speaker 1: Would you like to invest.
Speaker 2: I'm gonna make sure I live far from you, you know,
Speaker 2: far so.
Speaker 1: Mika carpool I talked to Boris about it. It's all set.
Speaker 2: No, I'll make sure far away from you, Dave. But
Speaker 2: we will get the Korean barbecue. You can bet on that.
Speaker 1: Love that, love that, and I love what you said
Speaker 1: during the press conference. How it's investing in people and
Speaker 1: people investing in you, and I know that means a lot.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's everything. It's the only way for me to
Speaker 2: be as good as I want to be is to
Speaker 2: have relationships that are really strong.
Speaker 1: Yeah, and it feels like people are starting to get
Speaker 1: to know who you really are, right. I feel like
Speaker 1: I've told you this before. Your baseball, like you is
Speaker 1: higher than a lot of people understand. Being able to
Speaker 1: come to the Dodgers and take it to the next level.
Speaker 1: How much was that attractive to you?
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I just it's all about creating moments
Speaker 2: for the fans, and you know, coming here with sold
Speaker 2: out games all the time, watching the fans, it's something
Speaker 2: you want to do. You want to just you want
Speaker 2: to create moments. You want to be able to share
Speaker 2: that with as many people as possible, especially because baseball
Speaker 2: is all about entertainment, so and being around fans that
Speaker 2: are fanatic, you know, they go crazy for the game
Speaker 2: and it's a passion of mine. So for me to
Speaker 2: be able to put all that together, to come here
Speaker 2: to pitch on the biggest stage, it's something that I've
Speaker 2: been wanting to do for a long time. And people
Speaker 2: really start to get to know me, you know, playing here.
Speaker 1: One thing that the players on this team respect is
Speaker 1: the wor work ethic, and you have that. I know,
Speaker 1: Clayton Krushaw means a lot to you. What's it like
Speaker 1: to finally be teammates with him and pick his brain
Speaker 1: and just be in the dugout together.
Speaker 2: Yeah, that would be a dream come true. Yeah, no,
Speaker 2: I can't wait. I mean I was telling Andrew, I
Speaker 2: need my locker next to his. So, you know, he's
Speaker 2: just done so many, you know, amazing things in his career.
Speaker 2: So for me everybody to talk to him, pick his brain,
Speaker 2: learn from all his experience. I'm really excited that just
Speaker 2: a player I can continue to grow and develop to
Speaker 2: be is is so exciting. And to learn from a
Speaker 2: guy like that is I mean, you can't ask for more.
Speaker 1: I know, you became a proud father this year. The
Speaker 1: Dodgers won the World Series this year. Your birthdays tomorrow.
Speaker 1: It feels like twenty twenty four was a pretty good
Speaker 1: year for Blake Snell and a no hitter.
Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, tomorrow is a good day to start
Speaker 2: getting ready for the next season as a Dodger. You know,
Speaker 2: finally official. So I've been working out, you know, free Asia,
Speaker 2: but now I'm a Dagar might be a little different.
Speaker 1: Yeah, the birthday parties tomorrow.
Speaker 2: No, no, I.
Speaker 1: Was checking, like I didn't get the evite. I'm not
Speaker 1: sure if it was.
Speaker 2: Seck your email. I never used one, so check yours, Blake.
Speaker 1: This is awesome you being in Los Angeles being a Dodger.
Speaker 1: It's always been the perfect fit and I'm glad it
Speaker 1: finally happened. So look forward to it. I'm sticking around
Speaker 1: for one more year, maybe five with you.
Speaker 2: Yeah, you got five left, and then we'll see where
Speaker 2: we go after that. Hopefully we get a couple more.
Speaker 1: I like that.
Speaker 2: You know, we got a long ways to go, so
Speaker 2: let's focus on these five year by year, all right?
Speaker 1: Love it. Austin Barnes is gonna be so jealousy, he means, Snell,
Speaker 1: I'll end that clubhouse together. We'll send it back to you.