Speaker 1: And now an exclusive interview with David Bassey for Dodger Talk.
Speaker 2: I'm joining right now by one of my favorite Dodgers.
Speaker 2: He was drafted and developed by the Dodgers. He was
Speaker 2: part of the Dodgers twenty twenty World Series team. The
Speaker 2: ferg Train now resides in Pittsburgh, and that is the
Speaker 2: one and only Caleb Ferguson. You're all grown up now, Ferguson,
Speaker 2: thanks a lot for taking the time out for the
Speaker 2: little people.
Speaker 3: Yeah. Absolutely great to be back in California.
Speaker 1: I dugged the cold weather with me from Pittsburgh, but
Speaker 1: it's always going to be back at other stadium.
Speaker 2: I mean, I've seen you grow from just a kid
Speaker 2: that came out of high school to where you're at now,
Speaker 2: a world champion, a veteran.
Speaker 3: Of this bullpen.
Speaker 2: How does your outlook on your career look now?
Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, I'm very, very very blessed to be
Speaker 1: able to play five seasons in the spot that I
Speaker 1: got to play five seasons at in LA And you know,
Speaker 1: I think I think kind of when you're in the moment,
Speaker 1: you can take it for a little bit and not
Speaker 1: really realize how lucky you are, and then when you
Speaker 1: get out and see the outside part of all of it.
Speaker 1: You know, you're you're blessed to play on team like
Speaker 1: that and get a chance like that, and you know,
Speaker 1: it's it's definitely a place where you can kind of
Speaker 1: learn a lot about yourself as a player, and you know,
Speaker 1: they give you the chance to kind of grow and develop,
Speaker 1: and you know, I'm pretty blessed to have been able
Speaker 1: to do it here.
Speaker 2: From being a guy that was learning how to be
Speaker 2: a professional to a guy now with the Pirates that's
Speaker 2: a leader in that bullpen who helped you take that
Speaker 2: big step when you're with the Dodgers.
Speaker 1: Daniel Hudson was kind of my guy that I leaned
Speaker 1: on a lot in twenty eighteen when I first got
Speaker 1: up here, especially because I went from starting to relieving
Speaker 1: in the big leagues and I had never pitched out
Speaker 1: of the pin, so I didn't really have anybody or
Speaker 1: anything to go off of, and Huddy was kind of
Speaker 1: the guy that similar stories and you know, so I
Speaker 1: just kind of leaned on Hoddy with everything, and you know,
Speaker 1: asked him, you know what I've felt like I needed
Speaker 1: to ask, and kind of everything else was just kind
Speaker 1: of trying to just figure it out as I went.
Speaker 2: Why is it so important for Daniel Hudson to have
Speaker 2: that type of effect on you, not to show you
Speaker 2: a pitch grip, but just to get your head where
Speaker 2: it needs to be.
Speaker 1: Yeah, because, I mean, you know, you're the saying all
Speaker 1: the time of how mental this game is. So when
Speaker 1: you have a guy that can kind of help you
Speaker 1: get out of your own way just by talking, you know,
Speaker 1: is extremely beneficial in this game, especially when you play
Speaker 1: every single day and it's very easy to let your
Speaker 1: mind consume, you know, everything.
Speaker 2: When you came up with the Dodgers, Walker Bueller was
Speaker 2: coming up as well. So I'm curious when you were
Speaker 2: watching the World Series last year and you see Walker
Speaker 2: Buehler have that moment, where were you and what were
Speaker 2: your feelings watching two teams that you played for go
Speaker 2: at it?
Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, I never I would never want to
Speaker 1: give Walker too much credit, but no, I mean definitely
Speaker 1: a lot of respect. You know, that's starting games like
Speaker 1: that and coming out of the pen getting the three
Speaker 1: hardest outs of the game, and you know, it's very impressive,
Speaker 1: and you know, it's definitely a weird I would say.
Speaker 3: There was a lot of emotions involved.
Speaker 1: You know, I was happy for both both teams in
Speaker 1: New York, LA whatever all my you know, my boys
Speaker 1: or whatever.
Speaker 3: Happy for all those guys.
Speaker 1: But definitely kind of a crazy thing to see, you know,
Speaker 1: those two teams going at it and then just like
Speaker 1: knowing a lot of the guys that were on the
Speaker 1: field and that kind of stuff. But yeah, a lot
Speaker 1: of credit to Walker for taking the ball there. I
Speaker 1: know it's you know, it's not easy to do on
Speaker 1: short rest, so you know, the ones that are in
Speaker 1: it every day they know how hard that is to do.
Speaker 3: So a lot of credit there.
Speaker 2: I'm sure you weren't surprised by his pose after he
Speaker 2: struck out Alex Verdugo.
Speaker 1: Yeah, if you know, Bueller, I mean, that's you know,
Speaker 1: I can't really say here what he probably would have
Speaker 1: said to it to everybody, but I think people probably
Speaker 1: know what would have came out of his mouth that
Speaker 1: there would have been a mic. So not surprised at
Speaker 1: all by that reaction.
Speaker 2: Caleb Ferguson is our guest. Sorry, Caleb, So, first time
Speaker 2: on this side of the Dodgers dugout, Dodgers Stadium dugout.
Speaker 2: How would you rate the Dodgers visiting clubhouse staff compared
Speaker 2: to the great Alex.
Speaker 1: Taurus amenities are great. Staff not not as great.
Speaker 2: There's a kid by the name of Joseph. We all
Speaker 2: call him Wheezy. So he's been your guy since what
Speaker 2: minor league camp?
Speaker 3: Yeah, I've known.
Speaker 1: Unfortunately, I've known the head guy over here and Wheezy
Speaker 1: for I don't know too long now, probably ten plus years,
Speaker 1: so it's kind of unfortunate.
Speaker 3: I guess.
Speaker 2: Hey, when I'm even in that new renovated Dodger Clubhouse,
Speaker 2: I still look at that same corner where you and
Speaker 2: Kenley Jansen used to be locker mate. So I just
Speaker 2: want you to know that I still have no matter
Speaker 2: who's sitting there. That's Kenley's spot, that's Caleb Ferguson's spot.
Speaker 1: Not many guys left on the ferg train, but I
Speaker 1: guess one of them.
Speaker 3: No doubt.
Speaker 2: And I got Brad Paisley on it too.
Speaker 3: Yeah, there we go. That's right. That's right. Thanks a
Speaker 3: lot for the time.
Speaker 2: Always great to catch up with you and really proud
Speaker 2: of where your career has gone.
Speaker 3: Now yep, thanks for having me