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

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<v Speaker 1>We're here with Wednesday starter. That's right, it's official. It's

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<v Speaker 1>on every app, every website. Tony Gonsolin is back on Wednesday,

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<v Speaker 1>and he joins us a couple of days before his start.

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks a lot for the time. Yeah, thanks for having me.

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<v Speaker 2>Happy to be here.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, so now it's official. How have the feelings been,

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<v Speaker 1>because I know you've been waiting for this moment for

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<v Speaker 1>a while.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I'm feeling good. You know.

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<v Speaker 3>Having that little setback in spring and then having to

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<v Speaker 3>build back up and go through springs training essentially at

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<v Speaker 3>the start of the season. Not fun, but got through

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<v Speaker 3>it and I'm back now, hopefully for the long haul.

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<v Speaker 1>Dustin May talked about just the emotions he had getting back,

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<v Speaker 1>even in a spring training game in the Freeway Series.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you feel like you have to control your emotions

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<v Speaker 1>when you get back out there on Wednesday?

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<v Speaker 2>Not really. I feel like I've been doing a pretty

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<v Speaker 2>good job.

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<v Speaker 3>Maybe it'll hit me once I'm actually out there on

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<v Speaker 3>the field in front of our you know, I because

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<v Speaker 3>it's a day game, so are.

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<v Speaker 2>There'll be a lot of fans.

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<v Speaker 3>Our thirty five fans instead of our nice fifty. But yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>I'm just excited to get back out there and try

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<v Speaker 3>to help.

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<v Speaker 2>The team win.

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<v Speaker 1>Last October, you were part of the Dodgers winning the

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<v Speaker 1>World Series in a different way. Did you feel connected

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<v Speaker 1>to that run, because even in a limited way, you

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<v Speaker 1>were able to prepare the hitters for the postseason.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, a little bit.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, I felt like the live reads that I

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<v Speaker 3>gave our hitters to live AB's that I gave those

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<v Speaker 3>guys got them prepared to go in and face the

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<v Speaker 3>face whoever and have success against them.

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<v Speaker 1>If the Dodgers needed you last October, could you have

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<v Speaker 1>pitched in a postseason game?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah? Absolutely?

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<v Speaker 1>Were you hoping for that opportunity?

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<v Speaker 3>I was looking forward to it whether that that time came. Honestly,

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<v Speaker 3>I wasn't necessarily hoping for it because that means we

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<v Speaker 3>had some guys get hurt. So I'm glad I didn't

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<v Speaker 3>get in there because that means.

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<v Speaker 2>Our guys stayed healthy.

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<v Speaker 1>Where were you when Freddy Freeman hit his walk off

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<v Speaker 1>Grand Slam?

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<v Speaker 3>I mean I think I was right up here somewhere

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<v Speaker 3>somewhere in the dugout. But no, that was incredible to

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<v Speaker 3>see just nothing like that. I don't think Freddy pimps

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<v Speaker 3>pimps it very very often. So watching him do it,

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<v Speaker 3>he looked like it was his first time a little bit,

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<v Speaker 3>but it's it's a memorable.

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<v Speaker 2>Moment for sure.

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<v Speaker 1>You were teammates a long time on the same starting

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<v Speaker 1>staff as Walker Buehler. To see him do what he

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<v Speaker 1>did last year? How rewarding do you believe that was

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<v Speaker 1>for him? And what was it like for you to

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<v Speaker 1>see him have that moment?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, watching Walker pitch through the years, coming back from injury,

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<v Speaker 3>going through some adversity, you know, struggling and then having

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<v Speaker 3>success late in the year last year, and then I'm

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<v Speaker 3>ultimately closing out Game five of the World Series to

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<v Speaker 3>clinch the whole thing. It was it was really cool,

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<v Speaker 3>really cool to see so happy for him, and.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, just incredible.

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<v Speaker 1>Watching that run not just during October but the entire

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<v Speaker 1>season last year. Do you have visions of helping the

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<v Speaker 1>Dodgers in that same way this year? I know a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of guys do a lot of visualizations of success.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you ever allow yourself to go there?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 3>Absolutely, you know, getting that different perspective of watching games

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<v Speaker 3>on TV. I suppose that in the dug out in

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<v Speaker 3>the clubhouse with the guys being around them every day,

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<v Speaker 3>you know.

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<v Speaker 2>Not being able to do that.

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<v Speaker 3>I got to see a different light from it, and

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<v Speaker 3>really just watch how competitive our bats are, how everybody

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<v Speaker 3>comes up the bat just ready to hit, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>and watching how much work they do to score runs

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<v Speaker 3>for us so.

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<v Speaker 2>And ultimately scoring runs.

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<v Speaker 3>So I feel like it takes a little bit of

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<v Speaker 3>the pressure off of myself pitching, knowing I don't need

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<v Speaker 3>to be so fine and that we're gonna score runs,

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<v Speaker 3>and you know, everything isn't Every pitch isn't so much.

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<v Speaker 3>There isn't so much pressure on each pitch.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you feel like that's what you've taken away, taken

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<v Speaker 1>a step back, not being able to pitch. Is that

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<v Speaker 1>which you've kind of learned when you go and start

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<v Speaker 1>again on Wednesday?

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<v Speaker 3>Uh, yeah, that's one of the things for sure. And

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<v Speaker 3>just to go out there and just have fun. I mean, yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>it doesn't need to be so serious. Granted, like I

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<v Speaker 3>want to win, like that competitive nature is not gone,

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<v Speaker 3>but I'm just gonna go out there and.

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<v Speaker 2>Just try to have as much fun as I can.

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<v Speaker 1>I remember that about you when you first came up.

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<v Speaker 1>You were saying that you were taking in so much

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<v Speaker 1>information from other guys that you needed to simplify that.

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<v Speaker 1>Have you turned the corner in that mentality as well?

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<v Speaker 2>I like keeping it simple, honestly. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>It can be as complex as you wanted, or it

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<v Speaker 3>can be as simple as you need it to be,

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<v Speaker 3>and I'm trying to keep it simple.

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<v Speaker 1>Any new tricks in the cat bag for Wednesday?

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<v Speaker 2>No, let's just attackt the zone and see what happens.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, Since we have you here and we've heard

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<v Speaker 1>so much about the new hairdo or lack thereof for

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<v Speaker 1>Tony Gonsolin, would you mind showing America the way it

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<v Speaker 1>looks now? This is a new improved Tony Gonsolin in

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<v Speaker 1>more ways than one.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, you know, maybe hated it said it was said

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<v Speaker 3>my air was so we decided to cut it all off.

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<v Speaker 2>It's due for a shave, but I'll love the fresh

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<v Speaker 2>one on Wednesday.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe you're catcher Will Smith who is looking on, can

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<v Speaker 1>come over here and give us a review on Tony

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<v Speaker 1>Gonsolin's new shaved head.

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<v Speaker 2>He likes it.

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<v Speaker 1>A man of few words, no doubt about it. Tony,

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<v Speaker 1>thanks a lot for the time, appreciate it. And happy

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<v Speaker 1>to have you back on Wednesday. Thank you, thank you,

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<v Speaker 1>appreciate it. Can't wait to see that ball beautiful head

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<v Speaker 1>on Wednesday,