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

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<v Speaker 1>We are joined right now by the best third base

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<v Speaker 1>coach in all of Major League Baseball, and the Dodgers

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<v Speaker 1>are very fortunate to have him return for another year.

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<v Speaker 2>That is the great Dino Ebol. Dino, thanks a lot

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<v Speaker 2>for the time.

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<v Speaker 3>Thanks David for having me on. Love always talking baseball

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<v Speaker 3>with you.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you know it seems like whenever there's introductions at

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<v Speaker 1>Dodger Stadium, you get loud ovations. Coaches usually don't get

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<v Speaker 1>those type of ovations from the home team. How much

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<v Speaker 1>does that make you feel that the fans appreciate what

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<v Speaker 1>you're able to do?

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<v Speaker 4>Well, you just said it.

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<v Speaker 3>I appreciate the fans you know that are on my side.

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<v Speaker 3>I think just sharing my knowledge and you know, it

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<v Speaker 3>helps when you're you're live on you know, the spectrum

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<v Speaker 3>channel with playing the Angels and just giving them, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>your thoughts and views of the game while the while

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<v Speaker 3>the game is going on. But yeah, I've always felt,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, the fans, you know, you always treat the

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<v Speaker 3>fans with because they come to the games, they cheer

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<v Speaker 3>us on, and there's gonna be days where they boom me.

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<v Speaker 3>Which is part of my job is a guy gets

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<v Speaker 3>thrown out, it's.

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<v Speaker 4>The process is there. But yeah, I respect our.

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<v Speaker 3>Fans are loyal baseball fans. And uh, it means a lot.

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<v Speaker 3>When you know the name is called and I hear

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<v Speaker 3>the applause.

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<v Speaker 2>You sound a lot like Tommy Lasorda.

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<v Speaker 4>Tommy, Yeah, that's back in the old day, Tommy.

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<v Speaker 2>Uh.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, he was always uh, you know, as a minor

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<v Speaker 3>league player, minor league coach manager.

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<v Speaker 4>He would come in and you know, he always always

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<v Speaker 4>told us respect.

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<v Speaker 3>The fans, and the fans will be there for you,

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<v Speaker 3>thick and thin and uh. And I've always remembered that,

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<v Speaker 3>and Tommy's the best at it. So, yes, Tommy Lasorda.

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<v Speaker 1>Were you ever in Chicago with Tommy Lasorta. He is

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<v Speaker 1>famous for the Italian restaurants and meals he would have here.

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<v Speaker 3>No, I was in the minor leagues, but I heard

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<v Speaker 3>all the stories when he came to the minor leagues,

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<v Speaker 3>and uh, he is a true legend here. The fans

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<v Speaker 3>here in Chicago love him. I think the fans love

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<v Speaker 3>him in every city he goes to, except for San Francisco.

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<v Speaker 4>Deep down, they love him because he's a Dodger blue.

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<v Speaker 3>But yeah, Tommy is the best at it, and what

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<v Speaker 3>a man I respect and truly miss.

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<v Speaker 1>Denuebol Dodgers third base coach is our guest. All right,

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<v Speaker 1>do you know after last night's game, there was a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of chatter about the baskets that line the outfield

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<v Speaker 1>walls here at Wrigley Field. Tommy Edmund not a fan

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<v Speaker 1>of it. Tanner Scott obviously not a fan of it

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<v Speaker 1>because that's.

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<v Speaker 2>Where the game tying home run landed.

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<v Speaker 1>What's your thoughts coming here so many years about those baskets?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, from day one, you know, back to my angel

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<v Speaker 3>days coming here to Wrigley I always enjoy coming here.

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<v Speaker 3>But that was one of the first things I noticed

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<v Speaker 3>being a third base coach. I got to go out

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<v Speaker 3>there and walk the field and see all the different,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, stuff that can happen if the ball hits

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<v Speaker 3>the wall.

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<v Speaker 4>And that's the first thing I noticed. And I don't

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<v Speaker 4>know why. I guess it's tradition that they keep it there,

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<v Speaker 4>But they.

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<v Speaker 3>Can easily fix that, take that gate down and put

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<v Speaker 3>a yellow line up there, and anything over the yellow

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<v Speaker 3>line would be a homer. But yeah, definitely it's a

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<v Speaker 3>hitter's advance, And like you said with Tommy last night,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, the ball looks like it's going to hit

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<v Speaker 3>that gate and it.

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<v Speaker 4>Doesn't and comes off the wall.

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<v Speaker 3>And I'm sure it's happened to the Cubs, but it's

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<v Speaker 3>fair game for both sides.

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<v Speaker 4>But yeah, if I.

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<v Speaker 3>Had it my way, I would absolutely get that thing

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<v Speaker 3>off the wall.

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<v Speaker 1>When you look at that basket, if you are tom

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<v Speaker 1>Y Edmund or any other outfielder, how do you play

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<v Speaker 1>a ball like last night?

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<v Speaker 4>That's a tough one because he went back.

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<v Speaker 3>He thinks he's going to catch this ball, and all

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<v Speaker 3>of a sudden it looks like it's going to hit

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<v Speaker 3>the basket, as you said, and then you missed the ball.

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<v Speaker 3>So and then if you don't play the basket and

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<v Speaker 3>you turn around and the ball hits halfway up the wall,

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<v Speaker 3>everybody's going to say you should have caught the ball.

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<v Speaker 4>So you know he did the right thing. He got

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<v Speaker 4>to the wall.

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<v Speaker 3>Now he puts his glove up, and you think, if

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<v Speaker 3>the ball is going to hit that basket, you know

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<v Speaker 3>it hits it, and if it doesn't, you try to

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<v Speaker 3>catch it.

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<v Speaker 4>But if unfortunately it didn't work on our favor.

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<v Speaker 1>I love whenever Tomy Edmond's brought up, good or bad,

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<v Speaker 1>but a lot of good is always connected to him.

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<v Speaker 1>Is he a better player coaching him now seeing him

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<v Speaker 1>every day than you even thought?

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<v Speaker 4>Absolutely? This guy.

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<v Speaker 3>And I'm not afraid to tell everybody on the other

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<v Speaker 3>side too. Last night I mentioned to some of those

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<v Speaker 3>players on the Cub side that this is probably one

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<v Speaker 3>of the purest baseball players that I've been around. He

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<v Speaker 3>does everything well to plus average. If you ask him

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<v Speaker 3>to bunce, if you ask him to put the ball

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<v Speaker 3>in play, he puts it in play.

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<v Speaker 4>You ask him to play short, he does it.

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<v Speaker 3>Just everything that you try to fundamentally teach a baseball

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<v Speaker 3>player growing up from little league to high school, to

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<v Speaker 3>the minor leagues, college into.

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<v Speaker 4>The big leagues.

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<v Speaker 3>This guy knows how to play the game, and he

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<v Speaker 3>studies a game.

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<v Speaker 4>His process is really above average.

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<v Speaker 3>And I'm glad he's on our side because he is

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<v Speaker 3>truly a baseball player.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm glad Dino Ebel is on the Dodgers side. Don't

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<v Speaker 1>ever retire, do you know we need you?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I'm getting there, fifty nine years old into sixty.

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<v Speaker 4>But I love what I do.

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<v Speaker 3>I still have the passion, the energy and get in that.

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<v Speaker 4>Third base box. The heartbeat is.

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<v Speaker 3>Beaten and so I don't know how much longer I have,

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<v Speaker 3>but being a Dodger, it's going to be hard to

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<v Speaker 3>me off this uniform.

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<v Speaker 2>Love it, Dino, thanks a lot for the time. Great

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<v Speaker 2>catching up with you and say hi to the boys.

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<v Speaker 4>I sure will. David, thanks for having me on