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

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<v Speaker 2>Well, he's out of his South Bay bubble. I'm back

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<v Speaker 2>at Dodgers Stadium, suited and booted and ready to go

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<v Speaker 2>for tonight's game against the Mets. And that is one

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<v Speaker 2>of the greatest hitters we have ever seen a Major

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<v Speaker 2>League Baseball and he's our own. Nomar, garciapara, Nomar. Thanks

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<v Speaker 2>a lot for the time, Dave.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, it's always good to see you.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, you have that beach glow after being out

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<v Speaker 2>there in the South Bay, you know, on the strand,

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<v Speaker 2>you come back ready to go.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, you know, we were off the last couple of weekends,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, because the games were nationally televised, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>with Fox and ESPN and then Apple TV taking it all.

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<v Speaker 1>So we were off a little bit. We enjoyed ourselves

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<v Speaker 1>for the last couple of weekends, but at the same time,

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<v Speaker 1>I did enjoy watching the Dodgers, you know, win that

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<v Speaker 1>series this past weekend.

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<v Speaker 2>For a number of different reasons. How important was it

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<v Speaker 2>for the Dodgers to, hey, come back against Max Freed

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<v Speaker 2>on Friday night and then be come back the way

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<v Speaker 2>they did on Saturday.

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<v Speaker 1>Listen, no matter what, you always say, win the series, right,

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<v Speaker 1>we talk about that all the time, and they did that,

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<v Speaker 1>and it was a great way in which they did that,

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<v Speaker 1>the way they battled back, the way they persevered. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>I know every fan was hoping for a sweet but

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<v Speaker 1>at the same time, you know, let's consider and take

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<v Speaker 1>in the series win and continue that momentum against another

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<v Speaker 1>tough team coming into town.

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<v Speaker 2>No, Mark, I feel like with the Otani celebration on

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<v Speaker 2>a nightly basis, the incredible things he does incredibly Freddie

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<v Speaker 2>Freeman gets lost in the shuffle. What do you appreciate

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<v Speaker 2>the most about Freddy and do you feel like sometimes

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<v Speaker 2>we forget about him?

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<v Speaker 1>Well, listen, this is a team full of superstars, so

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think we forget about Freddie Freeman. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>at the same time, we're just also amazed at what

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<v Speaker 1>Otani is doing on a regular basis. But Freddie Freeman,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think it's lost. Freddy Freeman is just a professional.

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<v Speaker 1>He's a Hall of Famer. That's what he is, a

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<v Speaker 1>Hall of Fame player going out there and doing it

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<v Speaker 1>on a nightly basis. What I love about Freddie Freeman

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<v Speaker 1>is not only his consistency. But he always talks about

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<v Speaker 1>how batting average matter scene. It really does, because he understands,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, in this age of analytics, and if you

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<v Speaker 1>really look back, if you hit three hundred, all those

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<v Speaker 1>other numbers fall into place. If you worry about that,

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<v Speaker 1>your ops, all this other stuff that just happens. And

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<v Speaker 1>he knows that. So that's why he focuses on that.

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<v Speaker 1>I think if more and more players do that, they're

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<v Speaker 1>going to be where they need to be.

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<v Speaker 2>When you hear Freddy talk about hitting, do you identify

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<v Speaker 2>or relate with the way you used to approach hitting?

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<v Speaker 1>But I do enjoy talking to him about hitting. And

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<v Speaker 1>it's not just my approach. I think, you know, there

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<v Speaker 1>was there was this older thought about hitting, an approach

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<v Speaker 1>and you and he talks a lot about those things

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<v Speaker 1>that was taught to me what I would hear around

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<v Speaker 1>the clubhouse or other players when I was playing. So yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>there is some you know, familiarity when he's speaking about hitting, like, oh, yeah, exactly,

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<v Speaker 1>hit lane, drive, stay up the middle, stay on the

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<v Speaker 1>other side, you know, stay back, shorten up with two strikes.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, guys when they're in scoring position, it's a

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<v Speaker 1>different mentality. That's my guy to knock in. I have

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<v Speaker 1>to figure out how to knock him in and look

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<v Speaker 1>with the defense and what the other team is giving.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe you can translate some hitting lingo that Freddie threw

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<v Speaker 2>on us a couple of weeks ago. He said he

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<v Speaker 2>feels like his swing is where he wants it to be.

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<v Speaker 2>Even last year he said he had this cut swing.

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<v Speaker 2>Hard to believe his swing was not on yet last

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<v Speaker 2>year either.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I think he's when he's cutting the swing, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>he cuts it off and he's not barreling it up

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<v Speaker 1>or staying on the ball as long as he would like. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>there are times when maybe he'll get a hit and

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<v Speaker 1>he still hovers around, you know, he's still hovering around

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<v Speaker 1>three hundred and doing what he was doing. But at

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<v Speaker 1>the same time, it might be off the off the

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<v Speaker 1>end of the bat or the way the ball is

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<v Speaker 1>coming off your bat. It's not coming off with that

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<v Speaker 1>backspin that you like. Sometimes it has kind of that

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<v Speaker 1>we call like a flare or just kind of you know,

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<v Speaker 1>tails away, especially when you're going the other way. So

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<v Speaker 1>that's sometimes you're cutting the ball off. You're hitting it

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<v Speaker 1>maybe not square right behind us, so you don't create

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<v Speaker 1>that backspin you like.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, now we got it. You explained the Freddie

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<v Speaker 2>Freeman next level hitting to the common man like us.

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<v Speaker 1>We listen. Like I said, he he is fun to

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<v Speaker 1>watch and he is special in watching his consistency, his

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<v Speaker 1>joy for the game, and how hard he works. It's

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<v Speaker 1>truly truly something to admire. No More.

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<v Speaker 2>Garcia Para is our guest in front of first pitch

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<v Speaker 2>between the Dodgers and Mets, a four game series here

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<v Speaker 2>at Dodgers Stadium, and no more. You obviously played in

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<v Speaker 2>so many big games. What does a weekend like this

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<v Speaker 2>past one, dude, to kind of get you a little

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<v Speaker 2>extra something to get through? You know, the hot summer

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<v Speaker 2>months of June.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, listen, I think you know you you had their

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<v Speaker 1>certain series that you know, okay, there's a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>height behind it. There's you feel that, you feel that

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<v Speaker 1>the energy from the fans as well, and you want

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<v Speaker 1>to play well. You're playing against a good team, and listen,

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<v Speaker 1>the Dodgers can't let up. I think as a Dodgers

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<v Speaker 1>you look, you're thinking, hey, this is just part of

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<v Speaker 1>what we have, all the run of all these good

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<v Speaker 1>teams that we're playing that are going to be in

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<v Speaker 1>contention or you assume they're going to be in contention

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<v Speaker 1>down the stretch. So you're trying to win the series.

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<v Speaker 1>I know it's cliche, but it's true. You do have

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<v Speaker 1>to take it one game at a time. You can't

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<v Speaker 1>look past you can't you couldn't look thinking past the

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<v Speaker 1>Yankees and think of the Mets. So now that you

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<v Speaker 1>go out there, you tip play a tough series. Now

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<v Speaker 1>you've got to come in and play a series against

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<v Speaker 1>a tough team that just beat you over at their

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<v Speaker 1>home field, and you want to return the favors. So

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<v Speaker 1>you're like, listen, we got to be at the top

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<v Speaker 1>of the game, and then you have to continue that.

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<v Speaker 1>It doesn't stop after that because then you're going over

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<v Speaker 1>there and you're playing a hot team over the over

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<v Speaker 1>the weekend after this week finishes. So you just got

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<v Speaker 1>to be on. And you know this is not the

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<v Speaker 1>bad time to be on because you're going through May June.

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<v Speaker 1>This is when you're right in the thick of it.

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<v Speaker 1>This is when you're kind of feeling where you're supposed

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<v Speaker 1>to be and this is who we are, and the

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<v Speaker 1>weather's nicer, this is the heart of it, and you

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<v Speaker 1>love these this month.

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<v Speaker 2>Hey it's hot, the weather's warmer, but no, Mar's hair

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<v Speaker 2>is still perfect. You'll see it tonight on sports net LA.

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks a lot for the time Nomar appreciates Dave.

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<v Speaker 1>Always great talking to you.