Speaker 1: It's Game three of the World Series, and we're very
Speaker 1: lucky to have the manager of the National League champion
Speaker 1: Dodgers with us, the one and only Dave Roberts.
Speaker 2: Dave, thanks a lot for the time. Great to catch
Speaker 2: up with you during the World Series.
Speaker 3: Oh thanks, Dave. It's good to be here with you.
Speaker 3: And you know, had a good workout yesterday. So there's
Speaker 3: no place I'd rather be here than at Yankee Stadium.
Speaker 1: I have a big smile on my face all October
Speaker 1: because I think, finally there is some Dave Roberts validation
Speaker 1: out there.
Speaker 3: Yeah, you know what, I'm feeling it as well, feeling
Speaker 3: the love as they say, and it's it's always good.
Speaker 3: And you know, you always try to put your best,
Speaker 3: your best foot forward and do the best for the organization,
Speaker 3: the players, and you know, right now the players are
Speaker 3: performing and I couldn't be happier.
Speaker 2: Dave.
Speaker 1: I remember the night before your first playoff game this October,
Speaker 1: you were steadfast in your belief in these players.
Speaker 2: What gave you that belief?
Speaker 3: I just felt that this team, like all teams are
Speaker 3: different from year to year, but I just felt this
Speaker 3: team was had really gone through it, really as some
Speaker 3: of our guys have said, We've were battle tested, We've
Speaker 3: gone through a lot of injuries, ups, downs, people counting
Speaker 3: us out. And this is like the first year I
Speaker 3: felt like we were underdogs and just to see the
Speaker 3: way our guys responded a lot of different points of
Speaker 3: the season just and you know, kind of cemented that
Speaker 3: belief going into the postseason.
Speaker 1: What's it like as a manager to have your belief
Speaker 1: rewarded by the way the players have played for each other.
Speaker 3: It's everything I think that you know, managers want players
Speaker 3: to play well, perform for the team, But the biggest
Speaker 3: I think that you can continue to build off of
Speaker 3: and the thing that shows the most fruits is when
Speaker 3: they play for each other and they care for one another.
Speaker 3: And it's for me, it's the most satisfaction I've ever had.
Speaker 1: You have sho Hao Tani leading off a lot of
Speaker 1: talk about the left shoulder. What did you see from
Speaker 1: him last night today that made you believe that he's
Speaker 1: good to go.
Speaker 3: He came in yesterday, got treatment, got it taped up,
Speaker 3: took swings off a live arm off the tee and
Speaker 3: he wasn't compromised at all. And regardless I asked how
Speaker 3: he felt he goes no matter what how I feel,
Speaker 3: I'm going to be in the lineup tomorrow, So that
Speaker 3: was good enough for me.
Speaker 2: Hey, you'll love this.
Speaker 1: I sent Cody Bellinger a text right after game two
Speaker 1: and he diagnosed it right away.
Speaker 2: I think he was speaking from firsthand experience.
Speaker 3: Yeah he was, And I hope the same thing happens
Speaker 3: where Cody ended up hitting a homer and hopefully Showhy
Speaker 3: does the same thing.
Speaker 1: You got Walker Bueller on the mountain tonight, Dave. It
Speaker 1: feels like you did not just pick his name out
Speaker 1: of the hat. He's the right guy for this type
Speaker 1: of environment.
Speaker 3: He absolutely is. I think that, you know, three is
Speaker 3: a very pivotal swing game in a lot of seven
Speaker 3: game series, and right now we have a chance to
Speaker 3: go for the jugular first game on the road, and
Speaker 3: there's just no better option that we have than Walker Buehler,
Speaker 3: Who's you know, been through a lot of situations, pitching
Speaker 3: a lot of big games and perform really well. So
Speaker 3: I couldn't be more excited to have him on the stage.
Speaker 1: When he pitched in New York, you were very pleased
Speaker 1: with him giving you four scoreless innings, So would you
Speaker 1: feel the same way tonight.
Speaker 3: I would absolutely, and I think in the postseason it's
Speaker 3: about getting out. And I don't know how many pitches
Speaker 3: he's gonna throw. I don't know how many outs or
Speaker 3: how many hitters he's going to go through, just you know,
Speaker 3: go until he can't go anymore. But like you said,
Speaker 3: a city field against the Mets, four shutout was all
Speaker 3: we needed.
Speaker 1: And here at Yankee Stadium, you got a bullpen game
Speaker 1: tomorrow and obviously you're bullpen's ready.
Speaker 2: I asked you this the other night.
Speaker 1: The identity of this bullpen, it really feels like they've
Speaker 1: leaned into it. Have you ever seen a group of
Speaker 1: relievers that are foaming at the mouth to get into
Speaker 1: the game.
Speaker 3: You know what, it's fun to see. You know, there's
Speaker 3: some guys that are clean shaven, some guys that have
Speaker 3: ponytails and beards, But to see them as dogs, it's awesome.
Speaker 3: And certainly they've kind of embraced that kind of narrative,
Speaker 3: that mantra, that identity, and we wouldn't be here without
Speaker 3: those guys.
Speaker 2: Hey, Dave, this started.
Speaker 1: When you took over as the manager. The culture of
Speaker 1: relievers not thinking about innings, but groupings of hitters it
Speaker 1: doesn't feel like those group of guys could do what
Speaker 1: you're asking if you didn't put that mindset back in
Speaker 1: twenty fifteen, twenty sixteen.
Speaker 3: You're right, You're right, and I think that it's certainly
Speaker 3: a culture thing. There's a buy in there, Certainly there's talent.
Speaker 3: But I think that we've seen it. You've seen it
Speaker 3: firsthand that I asked these guys to do a lot
Speaker 3: of different things and check their egos and they ultimately
Speaker 3: understand that I'm putting them in the best position to
Speaker 3: have success and they're thriving. So yeah, we've come a
Speaker 3: long way and just certainly proud of this Bullpen.
Speaker 1: Hey, you put the culture in place when you took
Speaker 1: over in twenty sixteen. This is your fourth World Series.
Speaker 1: You're two wins away from being a champion again. Thanks
Speaker 1: a lot for the time, and look forward to having
Speaker 1: another conversation with you down the road.
Speaker 3: I look forward to it, Dave. Let's get it.