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

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<v Speaker 1>I had to catch up with my TV partner.

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<v Speaker 2>It's always great to be on sports and at LA

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<v Speaker 2>with the great Eric Carrows, who has hit more home

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<v Speaker 2>runs than any other LA Dodger in history, the nineteen

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<v Speaker 2>ninety two National League Rookie of the Year, the first

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<v Speaker 2>of five in a row for the Dodgers, and he

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<v Speaker 2>wears a nice Dodger polo on TV each and every day.

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks a lot for the time.

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<v Speaker 3>Absolutely love to help you out DV, especially after working

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<v Speaker 3>together in Atlanta and looking forward to the next time.

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<v Speaker 1>Colorado and KC. We always get the A road trips.

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<v Speaker 1>That's right, that's what I'm talking.

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<v Speaker 3>This is the A road trip Atlanta, Arizona.

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<v Speaker 1>We got some big teams. Yeah, the rooftops in Miami

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<v Speaker 1>are beautiful.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know about that.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't go out.

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<v Speaker 2>When you look at this team and where the Dodgers

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<v Speaker 2>are baseball's best record, it feels like there is still

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<v Speaker 2>more and that's a little scary for the rest of

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<v Speaker 2>the league.

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<v Speaker 3>I think just because of the expectations we've had that

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<v Speaker 3>were placed on the Dodgers. Well, we're going to win

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<v Speaker 3>one hundred and twenty games, one hundred and thirty games.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, the reality is that you know it's a

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<v Speaker 3>long season. The season does not discriminate. You're going to

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<v Speaker 3>have your ups and downs. Every organization is but every

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<v Speaker 3>single day this year, if you ask me what team

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<v Speaker 3>I would want to be, I would say I want

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<v Speaker 3>to be the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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<v Speaker 1>No doubt.

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<v Speaker 2>It feels like a lot of players want to play

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<v Speaker 2>on this team. You obviously were a really good first baseman.

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<v Speaker 2>We get to see one of the best in Freddie Freeman.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you feel like he's starting to look like the

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<v Speaker 2>Freddie Freeman?

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<v Speaker 3>So it's interesting, you say, we were talking about it

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<v Speaker 3>on the broadcast last night, where one of the most

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<v Speaker 3>underrated great starts in all of the league. I mean,

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<v Speaker 3>if you look at what he's done so far, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>the ops is over a thousand, it's hitting home runs,

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<v Speaker 3>the RBI's driving and runs. And this is a guy

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<v Speaker 3>that again is coming off major injuries last year, had

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<v Speaker 3>the bathtub accident, and is just still quietly I said,

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<v Speaker 3>like you look at the numbers, they're unreal.

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<v Speaker 2>I've said before Eric that if my life was on

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<v Speaker 2>the line, and I needed and at bat from a

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<v Speaker 2>current player.

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<v Speaker 1>I think Freddy would be that guy.

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<v Speaker 3>I think somebody copied what I say every guy on

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<v Speaker 3>a broadcast because I've said Live or Die. I said this,

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<v Speaker 3>you know last year Live or Die. A guy on

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<v Speaker 3>second base and I need to get him in. Doesn't

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<v Speaker 3>matter who's out there pitching. Freddie Freeman is up at

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<v Speaker 3>the plate and he continues to show that, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>no matter what he has, he has an innate ability

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<v Speaker 3>to drive in runs. And he's still he's old school

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<v Speaker 3>where RBI's RBI's meant something. And if you look at

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<v Speaker 3>there's two guys on this team currently for me, it's

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<v Speaker 3>Tail and Freddy that at all costs, I'm driving in

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<v Speaker 3>the run.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm glad you brought up te Oscar Hernandez. He obviously

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<v Speaker 2>got hurt. He's out for weeks. According to Dave Roberts,

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<v Speaker 2>how big of a hole is that in the lineup?

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<v Speaker 3>So again, it's going to I look at it as

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<v Speaker 3>it's going to create opportunity. And so James Outman is

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<v Speaker 3>going to get a run right now, he's gonna come.

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<v Speaker 3>Are you going to replace him? No? It's just like,

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<v Speaker 3>are you gonna replace Blake Snell. No, are you gonna

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<v Speaker 3>replace Tyler glasnow? No. But the organization has created depth,

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<v Speaker 3>depth that is second to none. So when guys get

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<v Speaker 3>hurt here in this org it's okay, Yes, that's not great.

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<v Speaker 3>It happens in every organization. Corbyn burns down, sang it down,

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<v Speaker 3>steal like everybody. But the difference is here we can

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<v Speaker 3>put in guys that are everyday players and they're gonna produce.

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<v Speaker 2>Eric Harrols and Steven Nelson will be on the call

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<v Speaker 2>tonight for Sports net LA. Obviously, Eric has a big

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<v Speaker 2>place in Dodger history. When you look at hay Soong

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<v Speaker 2>Kim Eric, there's a lot of buzz about what he

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<v Speaker 2>did last night and what he did in the ninth

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<v Speaker 2>inning in Atlanta is the biggest thing now is to

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<v Speaker 2>be consistent after this splash.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, I mean, it's just getting an opportunity and going

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<v Speaker 3>out there and playing. And I think what he did

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<v Speaker 3>in Atlanta from me, forget the stealing the base, forget

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<v Speaker 3>moving second to third, it was having the confidence to

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<v Speaker 3>go out and do that because this is his first

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<v Speaker 3>experience in the big leagues and he's in a crucial

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<v Speaker 3>situation and he acted like he had been there a

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<v Speaker 3>thousand times over then obviously last night, getting an opportunity

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<v Speaker 3>to start and coming up with an RBI, a few

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<v Speaker 3>base hits so far, and again it's two games. The

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<v Speaker 3>one thing I can confidently say is he does not

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<v Speaker 3>seem to be overwhelmed in his first trip to.

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<v Speaker 1>The big leagues.

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<v Speaker 2>Before I let you go back in nineteen ninety three,

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<v Speaker 2>the Marlins first came into Major League Baseball and the

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<v Speaker 2>Dodgers were the first team to play the Marlins. It

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<v Speaker 2>was Charlie Huff on the mound. What do you remember

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<v Speaker 2>the most about that first ever Marlins game?

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<v Speaker 3>Charlie Huff versus Oral Hersheizer and I couldn't believe we

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<v Speaker 3>were facing Charlie Huff. I think also I was thanking

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<v Speaker 3>goodness that I didn't get drafted in the expansion draft

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<v Speaker 3>that was playing for the Marlins. But they went out

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<v Speaker 3>and they beat us, Charlie through a great game, beat Oral,

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<v Speaker 3>and you know it was It was interesting, but a

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<v Speaker 3>long time ago, for sure.

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<v Speaker 1>Did you like playing at the old Joe Robbie Stadium?

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<v Speaker 3>No, I mean it was all right. It wasn't bad,

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<v Speaker 3>I will say this, And you know it was after

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<v Speaker 3>my Dodger tenure though, But when we played there in

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<v Speaker 3>the playoffs with the Cubs, that place you could not

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<v Speaker 3>find an empty seat and you know that was like

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<v Speaker 3>seventy thousand people and that was insane.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, Well, we won't remember how that ended. Thanks

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<v Speaker 2>a lot for the time, Eric, and always love seeing

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<v Speaker 2>you and certainly you mean a lot to a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of Dodger fans because of what you did and what

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<v Speaker 2>you teach us every night.

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<v Speaker 1>So thank you.

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<v Speaker 3>Look forward to working together again, Davy.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, yeah, Eric carrols with the great fabio hair

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<v Speaker 2>here on South Beach.