Speaker 1: And an exclusive interview with David Bassey for Dodger Talking.
Speaker 1: Last night a special night for Dalton. Rushing not only
Speaker 1: made his major league debut, but got his first major
Speaker 1: league start. Dalton with his beautiful finally groom mustache joins
Speaker 1: us right here in the Dodger dugout.
Speaker 2: Thanks a lot for the time.
Speaker 3: Thanks David, I'm excited to be here.
Speaker 2: Hey, how did it feel when you woke up today?
Speaker 3: It's pretty good. It was surreal obviously for a second.
Speaker 3: But the way I look at it is woke up,
Speaker 3: new day, and now we gotta won another one.
Speaker 1: I was up there doing the postgame show when your
Speaker 1: family and friends were on the field with you.
Speaker 2: It kind of felt like you were an.
Speaker 1: Amusement park character as you were just standing there for photos.
Speaker 3: Yeah, we had to make sure to get our pictures
Speaker 3: in and get the hugs in. Obviously you have to
Speaker 3: do that after your debut. I was just glad they
Speaker 3: were able to be here and see it.
Speaker 2: Nice that you got the ball back too.
Speaker 3: Absolutely absolutely, I wish I would have lost one, but.
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's gonna come. That's gonna come.
Speaker 3: Kidding, No, it was a it was an unreal experience. Obviously,
Speaker 3: you win a ballgame like that with a team like this,
Speaker 3: you get to be a part of a lineup like that,
Speaker 3: and it's, uh, it hits a little different.
Speaker 2: No doubt.
Speaker 1: What's it like to be in a lineup with so
Speaker 1: many great hitters that lengthen.
Speaker 3: It, Oh, it's great. Less eyes off you and you
Speaker 3: get to play the game a little more.
Speaker 2: So.
Speaker 3: Uh yeah, to say it's special.
Speaker 2: Not be saying that much.
Speaker 1: You know, I feel like you're the best scout because
Speaker 1: you got to play with the comet Hayesan Kim before
Speaker 1: he even got here. I mean, I'm sure you saw
Speaker 1: this many times.
Speaker 3: Yeah, he's uh, he's very electric. He's uh, he's fun
Speaker 3: to watch. He plays the game hard and essentially that's
Speaker 3: really all you can ask for out of a player.
Speaker 3: And obviously showing up to the art every day. Watching
Speaker 3: a guy like that play is pretty special.
Speaker 1: Clayton Kershaw was holding a bat. He hasn't done that
Speaker 1: since twenty thirteen.
Speaker 3: Hey, he can swing it. He can swing he's got
Speaker 3: a career homer. He's got a career homer. So uh yeah,
Speaker 3: anytime he can touch my bat, maybe he'll put a
Speaker 3: few hits in it.
Speaker 2: Yeah. No, doubt.
Speaker 1: Hey, there was one Opening Day in twenty thirteen against
Speaker 1: the Giants, complete game shutout.
Speaker 3: With Homer with a homer. Oh yeah, you know your history.
Speaker 3: Oh it's his one career Homer. I asked him how many?
Speaker 2: He told me? Just one?
Speaker 3: Told him I wanted to see another one.
Speaker 2: Nice.
Speaker 1: What was it like being around him for those rehabs
Speaker 1: starts in Oklahoma City?
Speaker 3: It's pretty special. It's Clinton Kershaw so to say it's
Speaker 3: not special to be lying, you know, being able to
Speaker 3: catch him, work with him, game plan with him, that
Speaker 3: was all. It was pretty eye opening.
Speaker 1: What are the chances Dalton Rushing catches curse shot tomorrow?
Speaker 1: Can you give us a sneak peek?
Speaker 3: We'll see, We'll see, we'll see. If so, then it'll
Speaker 3: be a special day for not only myself, but Kershaw
Speaker 3: as well.
Speaker 1: Hey, Dalton Rushing has a sense of the history of
Speaker 1: the game and the history of the Dodgers. Why don't
Speaker 1: you share with everybody who you told me was your
Speaker 1: favorite player.
Speaker 3: I've got a lot of comps to Piazza, So we'll
Speaker 3: see how We'll see how well I can hold up
Speaker 3: to that.
Speaker 1: Hey, I told you Mike Sosha was my favorite player.
Speaker 1: But I love Piazza when he was coming up. I'm
Speaker 1: still trying to work on getting him to come back
Speaker 1: one day.
Speaker 3: Hey, bring him on, whoever you'd like work with any
Speaker 3: of those Dodger grades. You know.
Speaker 2: Awesome.
Speaker 1: Hey, before I let you go, I thought it was
Speaker 1: awesome being productive. Only your second day here, you were
Speaker 1: going out to first base to get some infield drills in.
Speaker 2: How comfortable have you felt there?
Speaker 3: Pretty comfortable at first, played there a few years in college,
Speaker 3: and obviously played there a little bit earlier in my
Speaker 3: minor league career. So yeah, just trying to keep availability
Speaker 3: open and anyway I can find my way on the field,
Speaker 3: I'm gonna do it.
Speaker 2: I love seeing that.
Speaker 1: I love everything about you because obviously the talent's there,
Speaker 1: but the work ethic, the determination, and the qualities of
Speaker 1: the person certainly are big, especially to be a catcher.
Speaker 2: We talked about that.
Speaker 3: Absolutely. I appreciate that. David.
Speaker 1: All Right, Dalton, thanks a lot for the time. Let's
Speaker 1: go out this way, hunt Dalton. We're gonna walk and
Speaker 1: talk just like Jim Hill does on the pregame show.
Speaker 1: Thanks a lot for the time, and you never know,
Speaker 1: we might see you with old Kershaw tomorrow.
Speaker 2: I said old, not deep.
Speaker 3: No, he's young. He's young.
Speaker 2: You know that, no doubt, far from over. Thanks thought,
Speaker 2: Thanks David,