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<v Speaker 1>And now an exclusive interview with David Bassey for Dodger Talking.

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<v Speaker 1>We're drawing right now by a man that has been

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<v Speaker 1>part of two Dodger World Series championships. He continues to

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<v Speaker 1>be a guy they can lean on at the hot corner,

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<v Speaker 1>and that is the one and only Max Monsy. Max

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<v Speaker 1>thanks a lot for the time.

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<v Speaker 2>Appreciate it, of course, David, anything for you.

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<v Speaker 1>I appreciate that you got those beautiful sunglasses on now.

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<v Speaker 1>And it feels like the season is starting to go

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<v Speaker 1>Max Monthsy's way.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, all all can do is just folks on

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<v Speaker 3>the positives that I've had and you just keep try

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<v Speaker 3>to build on that and move forward. And you know,

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<v Speaker 3>the most important thing to me is the team's playing well.

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<v Speaker 3>I know we had a little bit of a skid

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<v Speaker 3>last couple of games, but overall we're playing well, and

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<v Speaker 3>you know that's the that's the end goal is.

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<v Speaker 2>For the team to do well.

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<v Speaker 1>How big is it to get tom Yedman and Tioscar

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<v Speaker 1>Hernandez back. It feels like the lineup now is more

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<v Speaker 1>whole than when any of you guys are out of it.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>Absolutely, it's huge getting both them back. It feels like

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<v Speaker 3>we really haven't played all season with you know, a

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<v Speaker 3>full healthy where guys are performing like themselves. You know,

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<v Speaker 3>early on Freddie was out, Mookie was sick, and Tommy

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<v Speaker 3>and too get hurt. I hadn't been playing like myself.

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<v Speaker 3>We're still you know, Mikey's still coming around, and you know,

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<v Speaker 3>we just we have not the full lineup clicking on

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<v Speaker 3>all cylinders yet, and so you know, we're waiting to

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<v Speaker 3>get to that point, and we know once we do,

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<v Speaker 3>we're really going to take off. But you know, until then,

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<v Speaker 3>we're still playing pretty well.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and your record's pretty good too.

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<v Speaker 1>When you look at it, it might be kind of

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<v Speaker 1>scary for the rest of the league with everything that

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<v Speaker 1>you just said.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, well, you know that is that is the hope.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, hopefully we just get that lengthen there we

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<v Speaker 3>can start getting some guys some days off, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>keep us healthy in the long run. And you know

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<v Speaker 3>it's always an important thing, is try to get to

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<v Speaker 3>October healthy.

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<v Speaker 1>Can I take you back to the NLCS and your

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<v Speaker 1>major league record of getting on base twelve consecutive times,

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<v Speaker 1>like when you're in that type of zone seeing the

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<v Speaker 1>ball as well as you were seeing it, does any

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<v Speaker 1>of that factor into you that hey, I might be

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<v Speaker 1>doing something thing here.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, when when the ball slows down for you, that's

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<v Speaker 3>when you know you're you're in a good spot. You

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<v Speaker 3>know you're able to recognize everything, You feel like you're

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<v Speaker 3>able to get your swing off on everything.

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<v Speaker 2>That's a it's a really good spot to be in.

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<v Speaker 3>There's not many times at the course of the season

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<v Speaker 3>where you get in that zone.

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<v Speaker 2>And so for me, that was a great time to

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<v Speaker 2>be in it.

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<v Speaker 3>Uh. Wish I could have kept it going, but you

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<v Speaker 3>know that's uh, that's the nature of it. And you know,

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<v Speaker 3>for me, it was just important to be on basically

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<v Speaker 3>that many times for my teammates to drive me in

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<v Speaker 3>and you know, help, let's get that series win.

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<v Speaker 1>Isn't that the value of max month? See we always

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<v Speaker 1>look at the results, but what you do as part

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<v Speaker 1>of this whole lineup, like in the NLCS, how much

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<v Speaker 1>pride do you take in knowing your value?

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<v Speaker 3>I take a lot of pride in knowing that I

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<v Speaker 3>can be the guy that allows everyone else to be themselves.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, if guys want to swing first pitch, attack early,

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<v Speaker 3>they know they can do that if they got me

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<v Speaker 3>in front of them. Or behind them, knowing that if

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<v Speaker 3>I need to, I can work the bat, make the

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<v Speaker 3>pitcher throw a bunch of pitches. That way, the inning

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<v Speaker 3>doesn't get too lopsided in their favor.

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<v Speaker 2>And it's some of them that.

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<v Speaker 3>I've really taken a lot of pride in, and you know,

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<v Speaker 3>I know that's what my value is here, is to

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<v Speaker 3>just be that guy that gives the lineup so much

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<v Speaker 3>length and you know, just doesn't make it easy on

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<v Speaker 3>the picture. Even if it's now, it's still not easy out.

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<v Speaker 3>And that's, you know, something I've always always taken pride in.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, there's a they called it a lineup for a reason.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not just you on an island.

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<v Speaker 3>It feels like that when you're in the batter's box sometimes,

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<v Speaker 3>but yeah, it is nine guys.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, it's up and down.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, you're you're really trying to get you know,

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<v Speaker 3>the opposing picture to throw a lot of pitches, get

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<v Speaker 3>out of the game.

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<v Speaker 2>You're trying to get some runs on the board. And

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<v Speaker 2>it is a group effort.

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<v Speaker 3>It's not just one guy, even though it does kind

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<v Speaker 3>of feel like it sometimes.

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<v Speaker 1>Max Munsey is our guest. Before I let you go,

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<v Speaker 1>I spoke to Joe Tory a couple of weeks ago.

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<v Speaker 1>He was the manager that led the Yankees to back

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<v Speaker 1>to back World Series championships twenty five years ago, and

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<v Speaker 1>you said the biggest message he had to those teams

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<v Speaker 1>was not to admire what you had done the year before.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you feel like this group has done a pretty

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<v Speaker 1>good job of not at my hiring what you did

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<v Speaker 1>last year.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 3>You know, part of that was going to Japan this year.

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<v Speaker 3>You you don't have a ton of time in the

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<v Speaker 3>off season, you know, the whole point, the whole goal

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<v Speaker 3>was to be playing late intil October November, and then

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<v Speaker 3>that means you have a really short offseason, and then

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<v Speaker 3>for us going to Japan with and even shorter offseason.

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<v Speaker 3>So I don't think a lot of guys had a

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<v Speaker 3>ton of time.

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<v Speaker 2>To kind of sit there and reflect on, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>last year.

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<v Speaker 3>It's always a little tough when you know you're you're

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<v Speaker 3>you're playing teams that have guys from the team last year,

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<v Speaker 3>and you're doing ring ceremonies and you know you're wearing

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<v Speaker 3>the jerseys you got all this other stuff, and it's

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<v Speaker 3>hard not to admire it sometimes. But I think for

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<v Speaker 3>a lot of us we've just you know, stay focused

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<v Speaker 3>on taking it one day at a time. And I

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<v Speaker 3>think that's also the beauty of having an older team

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<v Speaker 3>that we know, we have a lot of guys that

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<v Speaker 3>know how to just, you know, you take this season

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<v Speaker 3>one day at a time, and you know what what

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<v Speaker 3>you did the day yes, you know, yesterday, the day before,

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<v Speaker 3>that doesn't really matter.

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<v Speaker 2>What you think you might do tomorrow, it doesn't matter.

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<v Speaker 2>All that matter is what you're gonna do today.

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<v Speaker 3>And that was the message we've always been trying to,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, Preacher, is what can you do today to

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<v Speaker 3>help the team when and you know, when the day

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<v Speaker 3>is over, you flush it.

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<v Speaker 2>And you move on to the next day. Be where

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<v Speaker 2>your feet are.

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<v Speaker 1>Max Monsey always is thanks a lot for the time,

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<v Speaker 1>and you mean a lot to this team and you

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<v Speaker 1>mean a lot to Los Angeles. So keep it going

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<v Speaker 1>and stay healthy.

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<v Speaker 2>Appreciate it. David