Speaker 1: Kevin Kiirmar will be making his Dodger debut tonight, starting
Speaker 1: in center field. Kevin, Welcome to the Dodgers, and thank
Speaker 1: you for the time.
Speaker 2: Thank you, thanks for having me. I'm ready to go.
Speaker 1: I'm sure it's been a while, last forty eight hours.
Speaker 1: How have you handled all this?
Speaker 3: Yeah, this is the first time I've ever been traded
Speaker 3: the middle of the season, with a ton of stuff
Speaker 3: all over the map right now, But it's a great opportunity,
Speaker 3: So I don't really care about the other stuff. I
Speaker 3: care about winning here and doing whatever I can to
Speaker 3: help these guys win. And I can't wait to show
Speaker 3: them when I'm about and you know, hopefully get off
Speaker 3: to a good start, but then see what kind of
Speaker 3: player I can be when I'm going good.
Speaker 2: And I'm gonna do everything in my power to try
Speaker 2: to do just that.
Speaker 1: Kevin, When do you look around this clubhouse? A few
Speaker 1: of them just walk by. What's it like to be
Speaker 1: part of this team now?
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, it's it's amazing.
Speaker 3: I never they were interested me last couple of years
Speaker 3: in free agency. But me, you know, wearing the Dodger
Speaker 3: stuff across my chest on the hats.
Speaker 2: It's amazing. It's really cool. I feel honored.
Speaker 3: I'm privileged to be here in this great situation, and
Speaker 3: you know, it's a it's a star studded roster and
Speaker 3: a lot of guys can play, and the resumes speak
Speaker 3: for themselves, and I'm just happy to be a part
Speaker 3: of it.
Speaker 1: Kevin, I read last week that you're planning on retiring
Speaker 1: at the end of this season. Can anything change your mind?
Speaker 2: I don't know. We'll see. I uh, you.
Speaker 3: Know, playing on turf all these years is really taking
Speaker 3: a toll on my body, and I know the product
Speaker 3: I put on the field is a little different than
Speaker 3: seasons past. But you know, this opportunity right here. I've
Speaker 3: even moving around in the outfield already. I feel like
Speaker 3: I already have like an extra gear and adrenaline, and
Speaker 3: you know, good situations like this will will pump life
Speaker 3: into you, and I feel like that's what I have
Speaker 3: so far, and I can't wait to take the field
Speaker 3: these guys and just try to win as many games
Speaker 3: as we can.
Speaker 1: You know, Carl Crawford came to the Dodgers after playing
Speaker 1: a lot of years like you did at Tropicana Field.
Speaker 1: You just gave me flashbacks to how he said this
Speaker 1: could maybe give you a little bit more life to
Speaker 1: your career.
Speaker 3: Yeah, and I've never uh, I've never been on grass
Speaker 3: more than two weeks at a time. I mean, spring
Speaker 3: training is the most ever get but throughout the season
Speaker 3: being with the Blue Jays and the Rays my career,
Speaker 3: I always look forward to road trips just to be
Speaker 3: on grass. So now for me to have my home
Speaker 3: field on grass and be on a lot more, I
Speaker 3: think it's gonna pay huge dividends for my body. And
Speaker 3: when I'm fresh and I'm moving good, I can be
Speaker 3: a very efficient player, and you know I can do
Speaker 3: some damage.
Speaker 2: So I'm gonna do everything in my power to do
Speaker 2: just that.
Speaker 1: Hey, before I let you go, Oakland's a big outfield.
Speaker 1: You're one of those guys that could cover a lot
Speaker 1: of ground. What do you know about this outfield and
Speaker 1: how different is it from others?
Speaker 3: Yeah, this is my favorite surface in the big leagues.
Speaker 3: I love the grass here. Everything it's it's amazing. I've
Speaker 3: always loved it, but especially years as of late. But
Speaker 3: usually you know, the only time I ever have trouble
Speaker 3: is it's a high sky here with the sun, So
Speaker 3: I'm sure Sunday will probably be a little test, but
Speaker 3: you know, nothing I can't handle.
Speaker 1: Hey, go feel that grass. You're gonna have a lot
Speaker 1: of it with the Dodgers and at Dodgers Stadium. Thanks
Speaker 1: a lot for the time, and we're all very excited
Speaker 1: to have Kevin Kiermeyer finally patrolling center field for the Dodgers.
Speaker 2: Thank you, thanks for having me. Let's go