Speaker 1: And I'm here with everybody's favorite, LA's favorite, the media's favorite,
Speaker 1: his teammate's favorite, the one and only Anthony Banda.
Speaker 2: Man.
Speaker 1: You are in demand this spring, You've been in demand
Speaker 1: all off season.
Speaker 2: I'm happy I got some time with you.
Speaker 3: I appreciate it. Thank you, Dave.
Speaker 1: What's the off season been like for you? Obviously, I
Speaker 1: know the city of Montabello loves Anthony Bonda. They had
Speaker 1: to bring you back three different times to the Montabell
Speaker 1: Lo Mall to make sure all the fans got their
Speaker 1: opportunity to take a picture with you. What's been this
Speaker 1: World Championship off season like for you?
Speaker 3: It's been so real.
Speaker 4: First off, I'd like to say thank you, appreciative to
Speaker 4: everybody that showed up and showed love. But yeah, it's
Speaker 4: been It's been a whirlwind, but it's been a lot
Speaker 4: of fun. You know, the off season was busy, but
Speaker 4: you know, at some point in time, we you know,
Speaker 4: needed to get back to work and get ready for
Speaker 4: the season. But again, like going out there to LA
Speaker 4: and visiting and see you know, all the fans and
Speaker 4: everybody that you know that was there to support us
Speaker 4: too on the way to win the World Series I
Speaker 4: couldn't be more grateful and appreciateive of that. That was
Speaker 4: awesome to see and I was actually really amazed about,
Speaker 4: you know, all the love and support that we got
Speaker 4: out there. But again, it's been great. It's been it's
Speaker 4: been busy, but it's been awesome. It's been really good, busy.
Speaker 1: Anthony Bunda is our guest in front of first pitch
Speaker 1: between the Dodgers and White Sox. I'm curious this section
Speaker 1: of the clubhouse, all the relievers, all the dogs are
Speaker 1: back together with.
Speaker 2: A few new faces.
Speaker 1: Does it feel like you picked up where you left
Speaker 1: off when you last saw all these guys at the
Speaker 1: parade and after winning the World Series?
Speaker 2: Did it feel like it was just yesterday?
Speaker 1: What's it like coming back and starting a fresh season.
Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, like throughout the off season we kept
Speaker 3: in touch.
Speaker 4: You know, we have a group chat that you know,
Speaker 4: we just kind of whatever we found funny or whatever,
Speaker 4: you know, it just it was it spun to.
Speaker 3: Interact with that.
Speaker 4: But coming back and you know, seeing everybody, you know,
Speaker 4: just kind of refreshing, you know, everybody's off seasons and
Speaker 4: asking how they how they're doing, how's a family and
Speaker 4: everything else, like that it's nice. Uh, it's a great time.
Speaker 4: It's an exciting time, you know, but we are in
Speaker 4: a in a I guess, I guess for me, it
Speaker 4: feels like a time crunch, just because I've never pitched
Speaker 4: that far in a season. But you know, we're just
Speaker 4: trying to go day by day and handle it and
Speaker 4: trying to just continue our build up and just you know,
Speaker 4: ultimately staying healthy. That's the most important part. But you know,
Speaker 4: it's been quick. It seems quick, but it's you know,
Speaker 4: it's baseball. I love the game. I love being around
Speaker 4: my teammates. I love you know, everything they bring every
Speaker 4: single day. So like it's it's it's very enjoyable to
Speaker 4: be around, and you know, I'm just ready to get
Speaker 4: back to it.
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's the most intriguing part of spring training for me.
Speaker 1: As far as you guys are concerned, the relievers, how
Speaker 1: much you were leaned upon during the season and the
Speaker 1: postseason and now coming back, how are your bodies responding.
Speaker 1: Have you felt a difference from a year ago at
Speaker 1: this time.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I definitely feel like I'm a little behind in
Speaker 4: the sense of my build up or where I want
Speaker 4: to be what I normally am, but it's not a
Speaker 4: bad spot.
Speaker 3: You know, I'm in a really good spot.
Speaker 4: I feel good, My stuff is still you know, I'm
Speaker 4: still working on you know, some pitches and stuff like that.
Speaker 4: So overall, I think I'm in a really good spot.
Speaker 4: Although you know, years past, I felt like I was
Speaker 4: a little bit further ahead at this time, but you know,
Speaker 4: given the shortened offseason and stuff like that, I had
Speaker 4: to give my body a break.
Speaker 3: So but yeah, things are, things are good.
Speaker 4: There's some aren't mornings where I'm waking up a little little,
Speaker 4: little little sore. So but you know, it's all right.
Speaker 4: It's it's part of it. It's part of the it's
Speaker 4: part of what we put ourselves through. So it's it's
Speaker 4: something that I'm accustomed to. So it's just all about
Speaker 4: the build up. And that's what I keep telling myself
Speaker 4: every morning. I'm building up and building up. So yeah,
Speaker 4: that's that's That's the biggest thing is just understanding like, hey,
Speaker 4: this is part of it. You know, just keep your
Speaker 4: mind on what you need to do and accomplish the
Speaker 4: work that day and continue moving forward and building that
Speaker 4: building that foundation and break by Rick.
Speaker 1: Hey, the one thing that's not behind is that stash.
Speaker 1: I'll never forget the first time I met Anthony Bunda,
Speaker 1: all I saw was that stash. When you turn your
Speaker 1: head and it looking great, it's iconic. You've been part
Speaker 1: of the most memorable bullpen that the Dodgers have had
Speaker 1: in quite some time, and even young Ben Caspirius.
Speaker 2: It's part of that dog mentality.
Speaker 1: So thank you for the time and welcome me me
Speaker 1: into this corner.
Speaker 2: I appreciate it.
Speaker 3: Thank you, thank you for having me