Speaker 1: The Dodgers and Angels closing out the Freeway series and
Speaker 1: we're joining right now. A Dodgers shortstop, Miguel Rojast. Miguel,
Speaker 1: thanks a lot for the time. Appreciate it anytime.
Speaker 2: Man always here for you.
Speaker 1: I know you are, and you were here for the
Speaker 1: Dodgers last night too in a number of different ways.
Speaker 1: Tenth thinning, go ahead base sid and I'm still amazed
Speaker 1: that you scored all the way from first base on
Speaker 1: that Otani tripple. Did you believe it was going to
Speaker 1: be in play for that much time or did you
Speaker 1: feel like it could be stuck under the wall?
Speaker 2: No idea. I was just paying attention to the third
Speaker 2: base and when I saw him waving, uh, I felt
Speaker 2: like I have to have to finish and I have
Speaker 2: to get to home play. That's that's always important, you know, scoting,
Speaker 2: scoting early in the game, especially after being down one nothing.
Speaker 2: Got the opportunity to get back in the back in
Speaker 2: the board and especially show he you know, hitting anytime
Speaker 2: he can put a ball in the gap. You always
Speaker 2: ready for for that situation. So for me, it wasn't
Speaker 2: he wasn't as hard as you saw it from from home.
Speaker 2: There I was ready to score. And when the you
Speaker 2: know wave wave me home, I was ready to score.
Speaker 1: We were all amazed by the sellout crowd being mostly
Speaker 1: Dodger fans here in Anaheim last night. Could you feel
Speaker 1: the energy at shortstop and when you came to the plate.
Speaker 2: Yeah, definitely seeing this whole part like this, especially for
Speaker 2: the day, Like yes said, I show her returning after
Speaker 2: his last year here. It was a special to see
Speaker 2: all the fans, you know, carding this wole part and
Speaker 2: give us the extra energy that we need, especially after
Speaker 2: coming from that series in Arizona. We didn't expect to
Speaker 2: be like this crowded for this series. But I mean, great,
Speaker 2: great example of and why the Dodgers fans are the
Speaker 2: best in baseball. I think they traveled really well. We
Speaker 2: all know we're here in LA but uh, they always
Speaker 2: do the same. They always support their team. They always cheering,
Speaker 2: cheering you on and giving you the extra motivation and
Speaker 2: extra edge that you need to win games.
Speaker 1: I've resisted the temptation of asking you guys, what it's
Speaker 1: like behind the scenes to be teammates with Otani, But
Speaker 1: since we're at this stage of the season, he's chasing history.
Speaker 1: He's having unselfish at bats. What has it been like
Speaker 1: being teammates with him this year.
Speaker 2: It's been amazing. Everything that you see every single day
Speaker 2: is uh is pretty much what you get. You know.
Speaker 2: The guy always come to the field prepared to play
Speaker 2: a baseball game, which is really unbolia, regardless of him
Speaker 2: getting ready to pitch next year and recovering from an injury.
Speaker 2: And UH, actually like I'm you know, like he's a
Speaker 2: pitcher too, so he have to do his work for
Speaker 2: for the pitching side. But anyways that that's not affecting
Speaker 2: him on what he needs to do. Plus all the attention,
Speaker 2: international attention. We went overseas to Korea. He treated people
Speaker 2: over there really gray and he handled stuff like in
Speaker 2: an amazing way. And I think it's such a professional
Speaker 2: and for us teammates is a privilege to uh to
Speaker 2: colurself like teammates of Sholtani, one of the best players
Speaker 2: I ever gonna play this game.
Speaker 1: I know Miguel Rojas and the Dodgers have a lot
Speaker 1: more season to play, but your season has been amazing.
Speaker 1: You started the year helping Mookie Bets learn shortstop. You
Speaker 1: waited your turn here. You are not missing a beat.
Speaker 1: How have you been able to do this from start
Speaker 1: to finish.
Speaker 2: I think what you mentioned for me, helping Mookie with
Speaker 2: a new position and trying to get in comfortable at
Speaker 2: shortstop kept me kind of going and keet me motivated
Speaker 2: to keep working every single days. As a utility guy
Speaker 2: is a little bit different. You know, when you don't
Speaker 2: play it every day, you have to do stuff to
Speaker 2: keep your body able to be ready if if your
Speaker 2: name is called and it happens, you know, in the
Speaker 2: worst possible way, Mookie got hit by pitch in the
Speaker 2: hand and he have to be down, so in that
Speaker 2: time kind of you know, I was happy that I
Speaker 2: got the opportunity and I was happy that I was
Speaker 2: producing for the team so they don't feel like they
Speaker 2: miss anything a shorttop or fensively or defensively. And I'm
Speaker 2: I'm extremely happy and proud of the way this season
Speaker 2: has been going because I work my ass off in
Speaker 2: the off season and I worked really hard, went to Venezuela,
Speaker 2: played some games a Winner Bowl, and that helped me
Speaker 2: to to come to sprint training prepare because I know
Speaker 2: my role would be changing a little bit. But here
Speaker 2: we are now trying to to trying to find a
Speaker 2: way to win a championship, and I'm I'm centerpiece, playing
Speaker 2: short stop every day and I hope I can catch
Speaker 2: us out of the World Series too, So that's that's
Speaker 2: my goal right now.
Speaker 1: It's a beautiful game when it pays you for being
Speaker 1: patient and being a team player, like Miguel Rojas has been.
Speaker 1: Thanks a lot for the time, and like I told
Speaker 1: you last night, you're a problem too.
Speaker 2: Thank you, thank you. I'm looking forward to continue to
Speaker 2: do what I'm doing, and hopefully the team can clinch
Speaker 2: the postseason birth that's the first goal, and then after
Speaker 2: that go deep in the pole season.
Speaker 1: Sounds good. We'll be with you all the way. Thank
Speaker 1: you for the time.
Speaker 2: Thank you.