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

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<v Speaker 1>When a future Hall of Famer is only eight strikeouts

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<v Speaker 1>away from three thousand in his career, you got to

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<v Speaker 1>get dressed up, and I'm dressed up for this guy,

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<v Speaker 1>Clayton Kershaw on Sunday. Thanks a lot for the time,

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<v Speaker 1>and yeah, you look great too.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, thanks for thanks for we'reing the three piece today, David,

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<v Speaker 2>you look great, You look great.

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<v Speaker 1>How does it feel being just eight strikeouts away?

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<v Speaker 3>Now?

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<v Speaker 1>I know Freddy reminds you how close you're getting every start,

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<v Speaker 1>but do you have to fight chasing those eight.

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<v Speaker 2>Bus It's taking a little while, taking a little longer

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<v Speaker 2>than I thought, But uh no, you know, I'm really

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<v Speaker 2>just trying to pitch. You know, at the end of

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<v Speaker 2>the day, the strikeouts are supposed to happen, and they'll

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<v Speaker 2>just come when they come.

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<v Speaker 3>But it is getting closer.

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<v Speaker 2>You're starting to feel it a little bit more, and uh,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, I try not to pay too much attention

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<v Speaker 2>to it, but you know, I am thankful. My teammates

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<v Speaker 2>are excited for me, and Freddie especially keeps reminding me.

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<v Speaker 3>So it's uh, that is that is cool.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean it shows that big care and they want

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<v Speaker 2>me to, you know, do something cool like that.

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<v Speaker 3>So I do appreciate that. That's cool.

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<v Speaker 1>You hear about hitters when they're on the doorstep of

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<v Speaker 1>five hundred, they kind of go into a little prolonged

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<v Speaker 1>slump trying to hit that home run. Is it different

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<v Speaker 1>for a picture, Well, I.

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<v Speaker 2>Think so you got more opportunities to strike people out,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, I think, uh, you know, you only get

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<v Speaker 2>four maybe five at bats of game, so that that.

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<v Speaker 3>That's a little more understandable.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, I shouldn't I shouldn't go on a strikeout

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<v Speaker 2>drought that bad. You know, we are going to Colorado next,

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<v Speaker 2>but make make make get it through that one and

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<v Speaker 2>then see where we are.

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<v Speaker 1>Skip Schumacher was your first ever strikeout here at Dodger Stadium.

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<v Speaker 1>How often did you remind him of that? And how

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<v Speaker 1>often do you still remind him?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's great, you know, I get to uh, I

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<v Speaker 2>get to have that for the rest of my life

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<v Speaker 2>with Skip, So that's awesome. And it's just kind of

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<v Speaker 2>cool that, you know, I got to play with Skip

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<v Speaker 2>and get to know him, and he really is one

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<v Speaker 2>of the best. So it's a it's a cool strikeout

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<v Speaker 2>to have, and yeah, I remind him all the time.

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<v Speaker 3>That's great.

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<v Speaker 1>Shoe a Otani's on the mound today, second time with

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<v Speaker 1>the Dodgers. You're always top step watching every game, but

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<v Speaker 1>is it different on days like today.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, it's just amazing.

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<v Speaker 2>Like that crowd for the first game, it was like

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<v Speaker 2>it was like a golf match. Like it was like

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<v Speaker 2>we were back in Japan. You know how quiet it

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<v Speaker 2>was because they're just watching so intently, and it was

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<v Speaker 2>so quiet that first sitting just watching show. Hey, like

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<v Speaker 2>you saw everybody on their feet, like with their cameras,

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<v Speaker 2>and it really is just kind of like a spectacle,

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<v Speaker 2>you know. And so you know, eventually we'll get used

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<v Speaker 2>to him being back on the mound and being out there.

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<v Speaker 2>However many times he pitches, but you know, the first

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<v Speaker 2>couple of times is pretty impressive because you know, we've

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<v Speaker 2>seen him as this for so long now as the

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<v Speaker 2>best hitter in the game and now potentially being one

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<v Speaker 2>of the best pitchers in the game is just I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>it's kind of amazing to see on a day and

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<v Speaker 2>day out basis.

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<v Speaker 1>Were you checking out his preparation before a pitching start.

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<v Speaker 2>It's kind of yeah, like just everything he has to do,

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<v Speaker 2>like I was, you know, day game. You know, if

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<v Speaker 2>you're pitching a day game, the starter leaves early, and

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<v Speaker 2>I'm like, well, he's got in that bat here in

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<v Speaker 2>the eighth inn. You know, you can't leave, and so

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<v Speaker 2>you know just what all it goes into and all

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<v Speaker 2>the different things that he has to do to get ready.

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<v Speaker 3>It's I'm not envious of him, for sure.

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, I remember a pitcher when pitchers used to hit,

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<v Speaker 1>hitting a big home run against the Giants an opening

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<v Speaker 1>day back in twenty thirteen. So don't sleep on kersh

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<v Speaker 1>on what he can.

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<v Speaker 2>Do, that's right, Yeah, I mean show air very similar

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<v Speaker 2>in the box, very similar back in the day.

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, you've seen a lot over the course of your

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<v Speaker 1>eighteen years with the Dodgers. You've had flare ups with

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<v Speaker 1>different teams, Prado para Diamondbacks, Granky versus Quintin with the Padres.

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<v Speaker 3>What did you make of what took place.

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<v Speaker 1>During that four game series against the Padres.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I just kind of blame it on the schedule.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, you played seven games in ten days, and

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<v Speaker 2>you know there's hit by pitches that are a little

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<v Speaker 2>bit more on the forefront of people's minds. Just because

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<v Speaker 2>you know, it's happened so recently, so at the end

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<v Speaker 2>of the day, you know it's it's probably fair on

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<v Speaker 2>both sides, you know, like that tempers boiled over. They

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<v Speaker 2>didn't like Tatis getting hit. We obviously didn't like show

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<v Speaker 2>Hey getting hit. So it's just kind of one of

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<v Speaker 2>those things part of the game. It happened a lot

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<v Speaker 2>more back in the day, and you know, both teams

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<v Speaker 2>handled it and hopefully it's you know, over and done

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<v Speaker 2>with come August.

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<v Speaker 1>There was a period of time in thirteen and fourteen

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<v Speaker 1>the Cardinals' pitching staff seem to be throwing inside with

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<v Speaker 1>no regard and whether or not they would hit any Dodgers.

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<v Speaker 1>What what is the unwritten rules about pitching inside?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I mean you have to pitch inside, you know.

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<v Speaker 2>I think if you hit the same guy on purpose

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<v Speaker 2>or on accident multiple times, you have a right to

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<v Speaker 2>get upset, especially when he's one of your superstars. So

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<v Speaker 2>I understand that side of it for sure. And you know,

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<v Speaker 2>if you're going to retaliate and it's going to be

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<v Speaker 2>on purpose like that, you're going to get suspended. And

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<v Speaker 2>that's that's just the way baseball is. That's whay it goes.

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<v Speaker 3>Where does it rank?

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<v Speaker 1>As far as it seems like you guys take on

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<v Speaker 1>all comers over the eighteen years you've been here, I don't.

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<v Speaker 3>Know, there wasn't a lot.

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<v Speaker 2>I think I was more you know, Shilty and Doc

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<v Speaker 2>getting after it a little bit, which I appreciate. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>they're both protecting their guys. So I think the players

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<v Speaker 2>it was a little bit more of like a staring contest,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, which is probably probably good. We don't do anything,

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<v Speaker 2>but Diamondback one was pretty wild. Yeah, I think that

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<v Speaker 2>was you know, I remember Big Mac having you know,

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<v Speaker 2>Matt Williams over there and.

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<v Speaker 3>Kirk Gibbs, all those guys. So that was that one

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<v Speaker 3>was real. That one was real.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, Clayton, thanks a lot for the time and

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<v Speaker 1>look forward to seeing you at Chorus Field. Eight strikeouts

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<v Speaker 1>away from joining Steve Carlton, C. C. Sabathia, and Randy

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<v Speaker 1>Johnson as the only left handed pitchers in baseball history

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<v Speaker 1>to have three thousand punch outs.

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<v Speaker 3>That's a great list. Thank you. That'd be cool.