Speaker 1: It's the day after Freddie Freeman's historic walk off Grand Slam,
Speaker 1: and look who showed up to throw out the first
Speaker 1: pitch with his best buddy, Matt Kemp, the one and
Speaker 1: only Prince of the Desert, a man that spent his
Speaker 1: entire twelve year Major League career with the Dodgers, the
Speaker 1: one and only Andre Ethier.
Speaker 2: Great to have you out here, man, What a day
Speaker 2: to be out.
Speaker 3: Here, What a day.
Speaker 4: You're right, that was unbelievable last night. I think two
Speaker 4: words coming up, wow and incredible.
Speaker 3: I don't think you.
Speaker 4: Could ask for a better start to this series. You know,
Speaker 4: I think you get I think you get nervous, and
Speaker 4: I think you get fearful that there's so much lead up,
Speaker 4: especially in the you know amount of time that was
Speaker 4: between the you know, the lcs's and the World Series
Speaker 4: and Yankees Dodgers, you know battle the of the two
Speaker 4: big teams.
Speaker 3: And last night lived up to it, you know, to
Speaker 3: the full extent. And that was Uh. I think anything
Speaker 3: you could ask for.
Speaker 4: And I know I was on the edge of my
Speaker 4: seat last night on the couch watching him the whole thing.
Speaker 4: Couldn't believe Yes we have this, No, we don't have this.
Speaker 4: Oh crap, what happens if we go down oh one,
Speaker 4: you know all the scenarios and then sure enough Freddy
Speaker 4: walks up there, they hit once winging one bitch uh
Speaker 4: one a night.
Speaker 2: So you're as invested as all of us.
Speaker 4: Oh yeah, one hundred percent invested. Uh you know, I'm
Speaker 4: you know, all in. I love this team, I love
Speaker 4: this organization.
Speaker 3: I wanted to have, you know.
Speaker 4: The most amount of success they could have. But yeah,
Speaker 4: when we were getting series and games like this, I'm
Speaker 4: I'm all for it. I'm sitting there yelling and screaming,
Speaker 4: probably doing the same reactions that everyone's doing at home,
Speaker 4: at the same reactions everyone's doing to the stadium.
Speaker 3: So yeah, it's fun to be here.
Speaker 4: That's why I'm here today and uh here enjoying World
Speaker 4: Series Baseball back in.
Speaker 5: LA what right rightfully belongs or rightfully should be andre
Speaker 5: it seemed like everybody was happy for Freddie Freeman because
Speaker 5: I know, if you've talked about this, the game rewards you,
Speaker 5: and it seems like he's put in a lot to
Speaker 5: this game, and it felt like the game rewarded him
Speaker 5: last night for sure, one hundred percent.
Speaker 4: Uh you know, he's been a guy who's been so
Speaker 4: stable over the courses whole you know, career. I think
Speaker 4: I saw that stat they pulled up last night, all
Speaker 4: his what he's first and second in and the.
Speaker 3: Last like I don't know, he was at five six
Speaker 3: seven years or something like hits RBIs you know all
Speaker 3: that stuff.
Speaker 4: I mean, it's it's unbelievable to see the resumes put
Speaker 4: together and he's quite and let's.
Speaker 3: Really be really, he's quietly done it. Everyone knows who
Speaker 3: Freddie Freeman is.
Speaker 4: Everyone can give his acolades, but you don't realize the
Speaker 4: level of success he's had, not only the level of success.
Speaker 3: The elite level of success he's had.
Speaker 4: Because you look at those numbers right there, he's first,
Speaker 4: not not tenth, not eleventh, not even thirtieth. He's first
Speaker 4: and second in all of those categories. And you know
Speaker 4: it's that that's what makes this line up tough, right
Speaker 4: like you you had a Atani, let's walk.
Speaker 3: Bets uh deep breath.
Speaker 4: After we got those, you know, we got Otani out,
Speaker 4: we get we put bets on, and then we have
Speaker 4: Freddy coming up, who's we knows, hobbled, who's.
Speaker 3: Always been struggling.
Speaker 4: And I guess a wounded a wounded animal, wounded creatures.
Speaker 4: There's some of the you know, some of the most
Speaker 4: dangerous and Freddie definitely showed it last night.
Speaker 1: The great part about this is now there's a new
Speaker 1: highlight to show instead of just Kurt Gibson's.
Speaker 4: I tell you how many times I've seen that give
Speaker 4: me a highlight, you know, all those years, you know,
Speaker 4: lady and games eight ninth inning come back, you know
Speaker 4: in place during the regular season and that Gibby the
Speaker 4: highlight comes on, and that will always hold a place
Speaker 4: where I like, you know, with Vinnie and and you
Speaker 4: know calling that you know, that shot and gave me
Speaker 4: what it meant to the city back.
Speaker 3: Then in eighty eight.
Speaker 4: And rightfully so though for this new next generation, and
Speaker 4: I think it's perfect for you know what's going on
Speaker 4: here with.
Speaker 3: First time in forty three years.
Speaker 4: It's this generational series matchup again, and so why not
Speaker 4: have a generational moment for this next generation of Dodger
Speaker 4: fans to see and have something that they've witnessed themselves
Speaker 4: and seem we And the only way to really solidify
Speaker 4: that and capitalize on it is that has to be
Speaker 4: a World series victory.
Speaker 3: And I think that's what was special about that give
Speaker 3: you moment How.
Speaker 1: Much momentum does it give the Dodgers after winning a
Speaker 1: game like last night?
Speaker 3: Well, I said this to a couple.
Speaker 4: I had a couple buddies of mine who were on
Speaker 4: the flight with me today that happened to be Yankees fans,
Speaker 4: and I said, They're like, well, Booty looks awful. After that,
Speaker 4: I go, well, Dave would have looked awful too. If so,
Speaker 4: whoever lost that game? As a manager, you look bad, right,
Speaker 4: There's opportunities for you to maybe done something different, but
Speaker 4: you can't second get show off those things. You know,
Speaker 4: does Dave pull Jack a little early from you know?
Speaker 4: From that at that who knows? Does you know Boonty
Speaker 4: make a different move right there?
Speaker 3: You never know.
Speaker 4: I just think it's a real testament to the quality
Speaker 4: of both players on each field. And when you have
Speaker 4: that home field advantage, that's what happens in these series.
Speaker 4: You're able to capitalize on it. The Dodgers did last night.
Speaker 2: He's a man in demand.
Speaker 1: Andre Ethier at Dodgers Stay in before Game two of
Speaker 1: the World Series, He's throwing out the first pitch with
Speaker 1: his old teammate Matt Camp.
Speaker 2: What's it like to be back.
Speaker 1: With Matt in this setting, to be able to be
Speaker 1: brought back together as two of the more popular players
Speaker 1: in the last twenty five years.
Speaker 3: Uh, it's it's a big honor.
Speaker 4: It's it's it's uh, it's unbelievable to be uh given
Speaker 4: this honor of doing this for a game two of
Speaker 4: the World Series, and you know, not just a regular
Speaker 4: season game, not just a playoff game, a World Series,
Speaker 4: the first one that's been back in what is it
Speaker 4: eight years now?
Speaker 3: Uh, And uh, you know, it's unbelievable to be a
Speaker 3: part of it, you know.
Speaker 4: I know, uh, the fans, everyone uh is looking forward
Speaker 4: to it, and you know, and going back to what
Speaker 4: we just previous said, you know, it's it's just it's generational,
Speaker 4: and you know, I have these guys at all these playoffs,
Speaker 4: you know, the older players come back throw those first pitches,
Speaker 4: and it's kind of weird to be standing here, being
Speaker 4: in that position now and being a part of it
Speaker 4: that way.
Speaker 2: Well, the good news here, are still at your playing weight.
Speaker 4: Uh yeah, I'm still my playing with somewhat uh probably
Speaker 4: even a little bit down.
Speaker 3: I don't have to look weights as much. Anymore.
Speaker 4: So, I'm actually a few pounds at lighter than I
Speaker 4: was when I played. And and uh, you know that's
Speaker 4: always a tough thing to do, uh not to get
Speaker 4: that uh that dad gut.
Speaker 3: Like you're sporting.
Speaker 2: There no dad bots in, so I just leaned all
Speaker 2: the way into it.
Speaker 3: Yeah, you're leading in hard.
Speaker 4: Lucky luckily you're not a camera budge.
Speaker 1: All right, Dre, thanks a lot, and don't bounce the
Speaker 1: first pitch today.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I well appreciate it.
Speaker 4: You know, who knows, maybe maybe that's the chase pitch
Speaker 4: you need in this moment.
Speaker 2: Thanks a lot. It's great to have you back here.
Speaker 3: Thank you appreciate it.