Speaker 1: Number eleven won't say. As they say in Japanese, the
Speaker 1: great Roki Sazaki is joining us live on Dodgers Radio
Speaker 1: and five seventy l A Sports. Roki, Welcome to Los Angeles.
Speaker 1: Thank you oh muchos gracias.
Speaker 2: Roki.
Speaker 1: Will Ireton is by his side as well. Roki, You
Speaker 1: and I were at the same place yesterday as well
Speaker 1: the Laker game. Lebron really put on a show for
Speaker 1: you last night.
Speaker 3: James.
Speaker 2: I thought he was just going to pass by and
Speaker 2: not recognize or acknowledge, but I was so happy that
Speaker 2: he was able to say Hi, Roki.
Speaker 1: Uh. They showed you on the big board, the video
Speaker 1: board last night at Crypto dot com. The fans are
Speaker 1: very aware of the dog signing you and what you
Speaker 1: mean to this franchise. What was it like to be
Speaker 1: shown and to get the cheers that you got without
Speaker 1: even having put on this jersey yet.
Speaker 3: Uniform.
Speaker 4: They we just got to this.
Speaker 2: I'm very pleased that the fans recognized me, and you know,
Speaker 2: I'm really looking forward to working hard so that they'll
Speaker 2: recognize me more genuine more.
Speaker 1: So, Rookie. We've heard so much about this dinner with
Speaker 1: shoh and Yoshi Amamoto, What was that dinner like for you?
Speaker 1: Obviously you've known them for for a long time. What
Speaker 1: was the dinner like? And did they pay?
Speaker 3: Sure side they must get more Madnau.
Speaker 5: Recog the great there must see.
Speaker 1: Did they pay?
Speaker 2: The answer to that is, I haven't paid, so I'm
Speaker 2: pretty sure they picked up the tab.
Speaker 3: And also about the.
Speaker 5: Almost looks this hi.
Speaker 4: Something like tim you to go up nor cool.
Speaker 2: I had a great time, and you know, the the
Speaker 2: atmosphere is more about you know, as former teammates just
Speaker 2: having a really good time rather than them pitching about
Speaker 2: the you know about the organization.
Speaker 1: Rookie Sazaki is our guest here on Dodgers Radio M
Speaker 1: five seventy l a sports wearing his Dodger white home
Speaker 1: jersey with number eleven on it. Obviously you achieved great
Speaker 1: things in Japan. You're a very competitive person. How much
Speaker 1: did this environment really play to your decision to want
Speaker 1: to be here believing that the competitiveness of this environment
Speaker 1: can make you better?
Speaker 4: So do you.
Speaker 3: Know what.
Speaker 5: They said?
Speaker 2: I think being in this competit of competitive environment is
Speaker 2: gonna just create more joy when I'm able to achieve
Speaker 2: the goals that I want in this kind of atmosphere
Speaker 2: not necessarily a factor in choosing whether I wanted to
Speaker 2: join this team or not.
Speaker 1: Rokie, We're excited to have you here. We've heard so
Speaker 1: much about you, and I feel like I could post
Speaker 1: you up, you know, in in the if we ever
Speaker 1: play a horse or something in basketball. I don't. I
Speaker 1: can't compete with you in pitching, but maybe, uh basketball,
Speaker 1: you and me can can play some horse in spring training.
Speaker 2: Bus Jos. I'm pretty confident with my basketball skills, all right,
Speaker 2: all right? Can we get a?
Speaker 3: I love I can't make shots, but I'm confident.
Speaker 1: All right, all right, me too. I can't. I can't
Speaker 1: make shots. I could just talk a lot. Can we
Speaker 1: get a?
Speaker 2: I love l A, Rokie, I love l A.
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, Rokie Sazaki. Welcome to Los Angeles. Thank you
Speaker 1: so much. Happy to have you here.
Speaker 2: Will.
Speaker 1: We're happy you stayed.
Speaker 3: Thank you. You look great.
Speaker 1: There it goes, Rokie Sazaki and Will Ireton in a
Speaker 1: three piece suit guys live at Dodger Stadium after a
Speaker 1: celebratory press conference.
Speaker 3: That's a beautiful, well done, dare