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

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<v Speaker 1>It is Mother's Day, and baseball and Mother's Day always

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<v Speaker 1>seems to coincide with each other, and we're to join

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<v Speaker 1>right now by a man that not only is a

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<v Speaker 1>great son, but he's a great father and has a

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<v Speaker 1>great wife that raises their little baby boy. And that's

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<v Speaker 1>the one and only Tommy Edmund. Happy Mother's Day, Tommy.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you. I appreciate it. I don't know if you

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<v Speaker 2>can say that to me, but Happy Mother's Day all

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<v Speaker 2>all the mothers out there, yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>No doubt, and especially your wife, because you guys are

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<v Speaker 1>raising a little boy right now. Kristen Edmund is doing

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<v Speaker 1>a great job at home while you do your thing

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<v Speaker 1>with the Dodgers.

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<v Speaker 2>Yep, she's doing an amazing job. You know, it's not

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<v Speaker 2>easy for the wives of baseball players with how much

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<v Speaker 2>we travel, but you know, she's a rock star. She's

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<v Speaker 2>doing a great job and you know, just an amazing mom.

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, you can appreciate this. Growing up a Dodger fan

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<v Speaker 1>and growing up in SoCal, we always used to hear

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<v Speaker 1>Vince Scully give his wife Sandy a lot of praise.

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<v Speaker 1>But now that you're living it. How true is it

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<v Speaker 1>to have the support system of a great wife and

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<v Speaker 1>a great mom at home that's raising your son.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it really is so important, you know, just to

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<v Speaker 2>be able to come home and have the peace of mind,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, of having that that good support system. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>two people that love you so much, you know, my

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<v Speaker 2>I love I love spending time with my son Eli

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<v Speaker 2>in the mornings when I get home from games. And

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<v Speaker 2>then obviously having my wife there too, who's been busy

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<v Speaker 2>all day, but you know, is still there and still

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<v Speaker 2>there to greet me when I get home, and you know,

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<v Speaker 2>it's just amazing to have both of them there waiting

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<v Speaker 2>for me.

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<v Speaker 1>So, ten game, ten day road trip that you're wrapping

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<v Speaker 1>up today on Mother's Day day game coming up right now,

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<v Speaker 1>do you believe that you'll have time to treat Kristen

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<v Speaker 1>to a great Mother's Day.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, it'll be a little bit of a busy day,

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<v Speaker 2>but got some Mother's Day shopping done in Atlanta on

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<v Speaker 2>this road trip, so you know, hopefully, hopefully it turns

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<v Speaker 2>out well. But yeah, I know we'll we'll get to

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<v Speaker 2>spend the day together after the game, you know, flying

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<v Speaker 2>back to la and then we got the off day

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<v Speaker 2>on Monday.

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<v Speaker 1>Look at you, Tommy had been planning ahead.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know. I'm terrible at planning usually, but yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know. You know, it's Mother's Day, a special day.

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<v Speaker 1>No doubt. Tommy Edman is our guest and your mom, Maureen.

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<v Speaker 1>She's been a big part of your life, obviously a

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<v Speaker 1>support system as you grew up wanting to play the

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<v Speaker 1>game of baseball. How much has she meant to your life?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, she's you know, she means a lot to me.

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<v Speaker 2>She was, you know, one of my biggest supporters growing up,

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<v Speaker 2>to go to every game and you know, constantly cheering

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<v Speaker 2>me on. And she's a huge baseball fan and continues

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<v Speaker 2>to watch every game that I play today.

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<v Speaker 1>Did she get you into baseball? Who had a big

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<v Speaker 1>influence on you?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, you know, my dad's a baseball coach. He's coached

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<v Speaker 2>baseball for you know, thirty what is it thirty years now?

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<v Speaker 2>Thirty five years? But yeah, so actually the first baseball

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<v Speaker 2>game I went to though I was I was about

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<v Speaker 2>two or three days old, and my mom took me

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<v Speaker 2>to one of my dad's I think it was a

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<v Speaker 2>high school game that he was coaching. So yeah, she was,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, always taking me to games, and yeah, the

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<v Speaker 2>two of them together kind of got me into baseball.

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<v Speaker 1>How are you handling this time away from the team

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<v Speaker 1>being on the i L. I see you putting in

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<v Speaker 1>work every day, So how are you keeping your mental

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<v Speaker 1>health in a good spot?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, you know, I'm still able to do a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of things, you know, baseball. Why so I'm just trying

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<v Speaker 2>to do as much baseball activity as I can, just

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<v Speaker 2>so that, you know, when my ankle's ready to come

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<v Speaker 2>off the ie L. You know, there's not any kind

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<v Speaker 2>of transition period where I got to build back up

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<v Speaker 2>to baseball stuff. Just trying to stay fresh as best

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<v Speaker 2>as I can. And you know, I think doing that

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<v Speaker 2>helps me to kind of keep my mind in a

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<v Speaker 2>good place.

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<v Speaker 1>It's so wild that you're able to do everything except

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<v Speaker 1>running a straight line. Mm hmm. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's just kind of the nature of the injury.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, I'm able to take round balls, go side

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<v Speaker 2>to side, and then getting up to full speed is

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<v Speaker 2>the last step, all.

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<v Speaker 1>Right, before I let you go. Tommy edmand two nights ago,

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<v Speaker 1>show how Tani and your teammates came back with a

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<v Speaker 1>six run ninth inning. Oh, Tani bat flipping and just

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<v Speaker 1>what he did for you guys. What from where you

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<v Speaker 1>were sitting here in the dugout, can you describe what

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<v Speaker 1>was going on?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it was, you know that that was one of

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<v Speaker 2>the craziest games I think, you know, definitely the craziest

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<v Speaker 2>regular season game I've I've seen and and uh, you

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<v Speaker 2>know it just it seems like whenever we play at

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<v Speaker 2>this stadium here in here in Arizona, there's some some

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<v Speaker 2>wild games for whatever reason, and uh, you know that

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<v Speaker 2>that game was certainly one of them. You know, I

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<v Speaker 2>think when show hate came up in the ninth inning,

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<v Speaker 2>definitely all the Diamondbacks, you know, players were pretty nervous,

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<v Speaker 2>and I think we all just had confidence that he

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<v Speaker 2>was gonna do something special like he always does, and

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<v Speaker 2>and he certainly came.

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<v Speaker 1>Through all right. Tommy Edmond, thanks a lot for the time.

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<v Speaker 1>Great to share you on Mother's Day with all the

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<v Speaker 1>moms out there, and certainly I know you've got a

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<v Speaker 1>special place for your mom, Maureen, and certainly your wife Kristen.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. Absolutely, happy Mother's Dad. Everybody out there, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>we appreciate all of you and and all the all

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<v Speaker 2>the work you do.