Speaker 1: We had a chance to catch up with one of
Speaker 1: the young stars in the Dodgers minor league organization. He
Speaker 1: actually played for Mike Sosha in the Premiere twelve in
Speaker 1: Japan over the offseason. That's catcher, Chris Ok. Chris, thanks
Speaker 1: a lot for the time, appreciate it.
Speaker 2: Thanks for having me on.
Speaker 1: Yeah, thank you so much. You seem a lot more
Speaker 1: mature and self assured than most guys on this side
Speaker 1: of the wall.
Speaker 2: Well, you know, I think I got a pretty comfortable
Speaker 2: crew next to me, so I would get to be ourselves.
Speaker 2: But yeah, no, I mean it's definitely a very expensive
Speaker 2: locker room for sure.
Speaker 1: It feels like Chris Oke and Cody Hosey are way
Speaker 1: more mature than I am, and I'm double their age.
Speaker 1: I want to say that.
Speaker 2: It just it's been a short sample size so far.
Speaker 1: What's it been like for you the last four or
Speaker 1: five months, obviously getting that experience and exposure to playing
Speaker 1: the Premiere twelve in Tokyo and now being big league
Speaker 1: camp with the Dodgers.
Speaker 2: I mean it was awesome. I mean that USA experience
Speaker 2: was fantastic, great group of guys, great coaching staff experience.
Speaker 2: I'll ever forget and then obviously any chance you can
Speaker 2: you have to shoot up for an organization like this
Speaker 2: is a super blessing. And being being surrounded by the
Speaker 2: best players in the world and see how they go
Speaker 2: by their business is uh is something that you can't
Speaker 2: you know, there's no price on that. So it's been
Speaker 2: an humbleiguble experience and looking forward to keep going.
Speaker 1: Former Dodger and fan favorite Rich Hill was on that
Speaker 1: team too. He told me that you he loved the
Speaker 1: way you caught him. What was the picture catcher relationship
Speaker 1: like with Rich Hill?
Speaker 2: Well, anything, anytime a comic comes from from a god
Speaker 2: like that, it's unbelievable because you know, he's he knows
Speaker 2: what he's always been doing it for a long time.
Speaker 2: And I was I was doing my best job to
Speaker 2: make sure I wasn't messing him up. You know, he
Speaker 2: knows what he's he knows he needs to do and
Speaker 2: he's been, like I said, I've been doing it for
Speaker 2: a long time. But you know, working with him was awesome,
Speaker 2: super competitive, h knows the exactly what he needs to do.
Speaker 2: And again I was making sure I was putting myself
Speaker 2: in the right spot to make sure he can do
Speaker 2: his thing, So it was I mean something you can't
Speaker 2: really describe. I mean, it's a different style of baseball.
Speaker 2: It's definitely a win now type thing. And you know,
Speaker 2: you know, you don't get to play for one hundred
Speaker 2: and sixty games. That's he had twelve games and win now,
Speaker 2: move on. And you know, being able to obviously where
Speaker 2: USA cross your chest and playing for the bigger than
Speaker 2: you was was awesome. And playing with guys like Warda,
Speaker 2: who went absolutely bananas. Knights tournament was fantastic to see
Speaker 2: and fun to watch. So definitely remember I have for
Speaker 2: a long time and super happy and thankful I got
Speaker 2: about it to do that.
Speaker 1: What was it like playing for Mike Soosha, who has
Speaker 1: caught more games than any other Dodger in franchise history.
Speaker 1: He understands the position really well. How much did you
Speaker 1: grow as a catcher playing for him?
Speaker 2: A ton? You know. Obviously it wasn't like a month,
Speaker 2: so I mean the conversations were kind of condensed, but
Speaker 2: I mean that short amount of time, I mean I
Speaker 2: learned a ton from him. Obviously he's wisdom about the game.
Speaker 2: Also on the managerial side that he has I has
Speaker 2: been doing that for a while too, and any guy
Speaker 2: anytime he come across a guy like that or that
Speaker 2: has so much success on the field and as a manager,
Speaker 2: you know, you just kind of open up your ears
Speaker 2: and taking what you can, you know, and I learned
Speaker 2: a ton of from him. He worked with me, and
Speaker 2: you know, it was a great experience.
Speaker 1: In that short month. What sticks out the most as
Speaker 1: far as what you learned from him.
Speaker 2: Well, he had a funny thing. He wanted me to
Speaker 2: not touch the ground my glove on my but but
Speaker 2: working with that, but honestly just presenting targets, knowing what
Speaker 2: the picture it needs, and and how to conduct the
Speaker 2: game and the game calling, and you know, just being
Speaker 2: able to honestly just hear him talk to everybody and
Speaker 2: then hear him talk and the and the group saying
Speaker 2: and the catchers was just kind of all I needed.
Speaker 1: I love being around with you guys on this wall.
Speaker 1: It seems like you really have a tight bond and
Speaker 1: it's great to meet you in person. After heard so
Speaker 1: many brave reviews about Chris Zki, I'm mature man behind
Speaker 1: the plate. Thanks a lot for the time, appreciate it,
Speaker 1: Thanks for having me