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<v Speaker 1>We are in Florida, and that means a former Dodger

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<v Speaker 1>always comes to see some of the guys that he

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<v Speaker 1>still connects with on a daily basis as much as

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<v Speaker 1>he can. And that's the one and only. Jan Pierre One.

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<v Speaker 1>Great to see you, and beast mood still lives on. Ah.

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks man.

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<v Speaker 3>Always good to be here and connect. Really loved my

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<v Speaker 3>time in LA with the Dodgers. Man, so I bled

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<v Speaker 3>that Dodger blue. So it's always good to come back

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<v Speaker 3>and see old faces.

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<v Speaker 1>We were reminiscing about two thousand and nine about the

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<v Speaker 1>good days with Matt Camp and Andre Ethier. What do

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<v Speaker 1>you remember about those guys as they were coming up

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<v Speaker 1>and just trying to make a name for themselves.

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<v Speaker 2>You just knew they were special from the on set.

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<v Speaker 3>I got a free agent deal, so I didn't know

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<v Speaker 3>much about him and I got it, and I'm like, man,

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<v Speaker 3>these guys are really good and just trying to help

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<v Speaker 3>them throughout their early in their career, because that's what

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<v Speaker 3>guys did for me when I was a young guy.

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<v Speaker 3>But you knew they were going to be special. Alone

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<v Speaker 3>with Russell Martin, James Loney, they had billis Lee Robson,

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<v Speaker 3>They had a lot of young guys there, and it

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<v Speaker 3>was kind of turning the tame from from the older

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<v Speaker 3>guys to the for them taking over. And those guys

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<v Speaker 3>proved to be pretty good. They they went on a

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<v Speaker 3>run too here and helped the Dodgers to what they

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<v Speaker 3>are right now.

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<v Speaker 1>What did it mean to you in your career to

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<v Speaker 1>be able to play such a big part in those

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<v Speaker 1>guys's career, especially Matt Kemp.

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<v Speaker 2>That's what it's all about.

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<v Speaker 3>I think that's the essence of the sports, sports in general,

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<v Speaker 3>definitely baseball. You pass on your knowledge to the younger crew,

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<v Speaker 3>and then they pass it on and they pass it on,

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<v Speaker 3>and that's what it is. And I don't know how

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<v Speaker 3>much of a part I played in it, but it

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<v Speaker 3>definitely was really nice to see them as become All Stars,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, MVP votes and all that stuff, which you

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<v Speaker 3>kind of known.

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<v Speaker 2>In their career early that they had that the.

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<v Speaker 3>Opportunity to get to those levels and just to see

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<v Speaker 3>it come to fuition was really.

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<v Speaker 1>Cooljan Pierre started the mentality of beast mode, Matt Kemp

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<v Speaker 1>carried it forward. Can you remind us what the mentality

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<v Speaker 1>and what beast smode represented to you?

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<v Speaker 2>Uh?

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<v Speaker 3>Bespo was just every single day, every single day, you

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<v Speaker 3>bringing it, you get, leaving it all out on the field,

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<v Speaker 3>whether you're good or bad, whether it's a left or

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<v Speaker 3>right he throwing, whether you're starting or not starting. It

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<v Speaker 3>was just that mentality that it had on the back

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<v Speaker 3>was twenty four seven three sixty five, So that meant

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<v Speaker 3>every day and as you know, baseball can be every

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<v Speaker 3>day most of the year, and just having that mentality

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<v Speaker 3>that if you don't even feel good, you don't feel right,

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<v Speaker 3>you could still bring some and help the team win

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<v Speaker 3>that day.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you feel like you were a guy that led

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<v Speaker 1>by example or did you have to vocalize all of that?

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<v Speaker 2>Beast Smode led by example a lot.

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<v Speaker 3>Guys will always see me at the field early, always

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<v Speaker 3>in the cage, always doing something, and I know they

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<v Speaker 3>used to.

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<v Speaker 2>Say, man, do you ever sit down in your locker?

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<v Speaker 2>You know what I mean?

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<v Speaker 3>So, and I would talk, you know some to them,

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<v Speaker 3>but mostly I like to lead by example and just

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<v Speaker 3>being out there every day because I believe that old

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<v Speaker 3>seven year I played on one sixty two that year

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<v Speaker 3>and I think Kemp got to see it andret this

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<v Speaker 3>guy's out there every single day, So I think that

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<v Speaker 3>carried on, and I know Kemp really wanted.

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<v Speaker 2>To play every game, you know, he didn't like sitting out.

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<v Speaker 2>So that was that was cool to see.

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<v Speaker 1>To see the career that Matt Kemp and Andre Ethier had.

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<v Speaker 1>Did you see that when you got to the Dodgers?

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<v Speaker 1>Did you envision they had a chance to have that

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<v Speaker 1>lasting impact?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, without a doubt.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean Kemp was a god, could hit the ball

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<v Speaker 3>eight hundred feet and run still fifty bases and and

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<v Speaker 3>and do that type stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>And Ethier just had such a.

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<v Speaker 3>Sweet swing, great defender, smart base runner. It's just a

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<v Speaker 3>matter of them getting games under their belt. You know,

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<v Speaker 3>they were young, and even when they're young, we're there.

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<v Speaker 3>I think we made the playoffs two of the three

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<v Speaker 3>years that I was there, so they were getting the

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<v Speaker 3>playoff experience early in their careers.

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<v Speaker 2>And to see them blossom. And now they're family.

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<v Speaker 3>Man, they have families, kids and and all that stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>So that's that's that's.

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<v Speaker 3>Really even more important to see than even the baseball side.

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<v Speaker 1>Wan Pierre is our guest, and we were talking right

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<v Speaker 1>now with Scott Akasaki. You coach kids out here in Florida.

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<v Speaker 1>If you had to give over zealous parents an advice

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<v Speaker 1>on how to handle their Little leaguers. What would be

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<v Speaker 1>the biggest piece of advice.

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<v Speaker 3>Let them have fun the kids. We know the business

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<v Speaker 3>side of it. It gets serious enough when you get

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<v Speaker 3>paid to play. These kids are young, They're gonna make mistakes,

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<v Speaker 3>they're gonna do stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>That frustrate you.

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<v Speaker 3>But as a parent, you just try to encourage them

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<v Speaker 3>as much as possible and just let them be kids.

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<v Speaker 3>Let them have fun. I remember my Little League day.

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<v Speaker 3>That was the best time of life. You get to

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<v Speaker 3>play with your boys, have fun, You go to school

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<v Speaker 3>with the kids, you play on the weekend, and basically

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<v Speaker 3>it was fun.

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<v Speaker 2>It wasn't drills every day.

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<v Speaker 3>It wasn't Now you get your work in, but you

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<v Speaker 3>don't need to be over zealous about anything. But most

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<v Speaker 3>important for the parent is just encourage the kid and

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<v Speaker 3>always be there for them. And they don't need you

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<v Speaker 3>to coach and yell from the stands every time.

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<v Speaker 2>And as a coach, let us coach them for two hours.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, Wan Pier doesn't need any coaching from the stands.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I probably can't.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm not the best, I'm not the gourgu but I

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<v Speaker 3>know the.

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<v Speaker 2>Kids don't get nothing out of it. Just confuse them.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm telling them one thing, and the parents and another thing,

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<v Speaker 2>and the kids get all confused.

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<v Speaker 3>But at the end of the day's for the kids,

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<v Speaker 3>and hopefully they have fun and they have smiles on

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<v Speaker 3>their face. Even if they cry out you lose, it's

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<v Speaker 3>all gonna make them better at the end.

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<v Speaker 1>Juan Pierre, awesome to see you. You've left a big

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<v Speaker 1>impact on so many guys. I've seen it here in

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<v Speaker 1>a short time in the Dodger Clubhouse, so your legacy

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<v Speaker 1>lives on through a lot of other people. Thanks a

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<v Speaker 1>lot for the time.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you anytime.