April 23, 2025 • 5 mins
Dino talks about his appreciation for the fans, his love for Tommy Lasorda, and the basket at Wrigley Field.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
And now an exclusive interview with David Bassey for Dodger Talker.
We are joined right now by the best third base
coach in all of Major League Baseball, and the Dodgers
are very fortunate to have him return for another year.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
That is the great Dino Ebol. Dino, thanks a lot
for the time.
Speaker 3 (00:19):
Thanks David for having me on. Love always talking baseball
with you.
Speaker 1 (00:23):
Do you know it seems like whenever there's introductions at
Dodger Stadium, you get loud ovations. Coaches usually don't get
those type of ovations from the home team. How much
does that make you feel that the fans appreciate what
you're able to do?
Speaker 4 (00:37):
Well, you just said it.
Speaker 3 (00:38):
I appreciate the fans you know that are on my side.
I think just sharing my knowledge and you know, it
helps when you're you're live on you know, the spectrum
channel with playing the Angels and just giving them, you know,
your thoughts and views of the game while the while
the game is going on. But yeah, I've always felt,
you know, the fans, you know, you always treat the
(00:58):
fans with because they come to the games, they cheer
us on, and there's gonna be days where they boom me.
Which is part of my job is a guy gets
thrown out, it's.
Speaker 4 (01:08):
The process is there. But yeah, I respect our.
Speaker 3 (01:11):
Fans are loyal baseball fans. And uh, it means a lot.
When you know the name is called and I hear
the applause.
Speaker 2 (01:18):
You sound a lot like Tommy Lasorda.
Speaker 4 (01:21):
Tommy, Yeah, that's back in the old day, Tommy.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
Uh.
Speaker 3 (01:25):
Yeah, he was always uh, you know, as a minor
league player, minor league coach manager.
Speaker 4 (01:29):
He would come in and you know, he always always
told us respect.
Speaker 3 (01:33):
The fans, and the fans will be there for you,
thick and thin and uh. And I've always remembered that,
and Tommy's the best at it. So, yes, Tommy Lasorda.
Speaker 1 (01:41):
Were you ever in Chicago with Tommy Lasorta. He is
famous for the Italian restaurants and meals he would have here.
Speaker 3 (01:48):
No, I was in the minor leagues, but I heard
all the stories when he came to the minor leagues,
and uh, he is a true legend here. The fans
here in Chicago love him. I think the fans love
him in every city he goes to, except for San Francisco.
Speaker 4 (02:01):
Deep down, they love him because he's a Dodger blue.
Speaker 3 (02:03):
But yeah, Tommy is the best at it, and what
a man I respect and truly miss.
Speaker 1 (02:09):
Denuebol Dodgers third base coach is our guest. All right,
do you know after last night's game, there was a
lot of chatter about the baskets that line the outfield
walls here at Wrigley Field. Tommy Edmund not a fan
of it. Tanner Scott obviously not a fan of it
because that's.
Speaker 2 (02:24):
Where the game tying home run landed.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
What's your thoughts coming here so many years about those baskets?
Speaker 3 (02:29):
Well, from day one, you know, back to my angel
days coming here to Wrigley I always enjoy coming here.
But that was one of the first things I noticed
being a third base coach. I got to go out
there and walk the field and see all the different,
you know, stuff that can happen if the ball hits
the wall.
Speaker 4 (02:45):
And that's the first thing I noticed. And I don't
know why. I guess it's tradition that they keep it there,
But they.
Speaker 3 (02:50):
Can easily fix that, take that gate down and put
a yellow line up there, and anything over the yellow
line would be a homer. But yeah, definitely it's a
hitter's advance, And like you said with Tommy last night,
you know, the ball looks like it's going to hit
that gate and it.
Speaker 4 (03:06):
Doesn't and comes off the wall.
Speaker 3 (03:07):
And I'm sure it's happened to the Cubs, but it's
fair game for both sides.
Speaker 4 (03:12):
But yeah, if I.
Speaker 3 (03:13):
Had it my way, I would absolutely get that thing
off the wall.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
When you look at that basket, if you are tom
Y Edmund or any other outfielder, how do you play
a ball like last night?
Speaker 4 (03:23):
That's a tough one because he went back.
Speaker 3 (03:25):
He thinks he's going to catch this ball, and all
of a sudden it looks like it's going to hit
the basket, as you said, and then you missed the ball.
So and then if you don't play the basket and
you turn around and the ball hits halfway up the wall,
everybody's going to say you should have caught the ball.
Speaker 4 (03:38):
So you know he did the right thing. He got
to the wall.
Speaker 3 (03:41):
Now he puts his glove up, and you think, if
the ball is going to hit that basket, you know
it hits it, and if it doesn't, you try to
catch it.
Speaker 4 (03:48):
But if unfortunately it didn't work on our favor.
Speaker 1 (03:50):
I love whenever Tomy Edmond's brought up, good or bad,
but a lot of good is always connected to him.
Is he a better player coaching him now seeing him
every day than you even thought?
Speaker 4 (04:01):
Absolutely? This guy.
Speaker 3 (04:02):
And I'm not afraid to tell everybody on the other
side too. Last night I mentioned to some of those
players on the Cub side that this is probably one
of the purest baseball players that I've been around. He
does everything well to plus average. If you ask him
to bunce, if you ask him to put the ball
in play, he puts it in play.
Speaker 4 (04:19):
You ask him to play short, he does it.
Speaker 3 (04:21):
Just everything that you try to fundamentally teach a baseball
player growing up from little league to high school, to
the minor leagues, college into.
Speaker 4 (04:31):
The big leagues.
Speaker 3 (04:31):
This guy knows how to play the game, and he
studies a game.
Speaker 4 (04:35):
His process is really above average.
Speaker 3 (04:38):
And I'm glad he's on our side because he is
truly a baseball player.
Speaker 1 (04:42):
I'm glad Dino Ebel is on the Dodgers side. Don't
ever retire, do you know we need you?
Speaker 3 (04:46):
Yeah, I'm getting there, fifty nine years old into sixty.
Speaker 4 (04:49):
But I love what I do.
Speaker 3 (04:51):
I still have the passion, the energy and get in that.
Speaker 4 (04:53):
Third base box. The heartbeat is.
Speaker 3 (04:55):
Beaten and so I don't know how much longer I have,
but being a Dodger, it's going to be hard to
me off this uniform.
Speaker 2 (05:01):
Love it, Dino, thanks a lot for the time. Great
catching up with you and say hi to the boys.
Speaker 4 (05:06):
I sure will. David, thanks for having me on
And now an exclusive interview with David Bassey for Dodger Talker.
We are joined right now by the best third base
coach in all of Major League Baseball, and the Dodgers
are very fortunate to have him return for another year.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
That is the great Dino Ebol. Dino, thanks a lot
for the time.
Speaker 3 (00:19):
Thanks David for having me on. Love always talking baseball
with you.
Speaker 1 (00:23):
Do you know it seems like whenever there's introductions at
Dodger Stadium, you get loud ovations. Coaches usually don't get
those type of ovations from the home team. How much
does that make you feel that the fans appreciate what
you're able to do?
Speaker 4 (00:37):
Well, you just said it.
Speaker 3 (00:38):
I appreciate the fans you know that are on my side.
I think just sharing my knowledge and you know, it
helps when you're you're live on you know, the spectrum
channel with playing the Angels and just giving them, you know,
your thoughts and views of the game while the while
the game is going on. But yeah, I've always felt,
you know, the fans, you know, you always treat the
(00:58):
fans with because they come to the games, they cheer
us on, and there's gonna be days where they boom me.
Which is part of my job is a guy gets
thrown out, it's.
Speaker 4 (01:08):
The process is there. But yeah, I respect our.
Speaker 3 (01:11):
Fans are loyal baseball fans. And uh, it means a lot.
When you know the name is called and I hear
the applause.
Speaker 2 (01:18):
You sound a lot like Tommy Lasorda.
Speaker 4 (01:21):
Tommy, Yeah, that's back in the old day, Tommy.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
Uh.
Speaker 3 (01:25):
Yeah, he was always uh, you know, as a minor
league player, minor league coach manager.
Speaker 4 (01:29):
He would come in and you know, he always always
told us respect.
Speaker 3 (01:33):
The fans, and the fans will be there for you,
thick and thin and uh. And I've always remembered that,
and Tommy's the best at it. So, yes, Tommy Lasorda.
Speaker 1 (01:41):
Were you ever in Chicago with Tommy Lasorta. He is
famous for the Italian restaurants and meals he would have here.
Speaker 3 (01:48):
No, I was in the minor leagues, but I heard
all the stories when he came to the minor leagues,
and uh, he is a true legend here. The fans
here in Chicago love him. I think the fans love
him in every city he goes to, except for San Francisco.
Speaker 4 (02:01):
Deep down, they love him because he's a Dodger blue.
Speaker 3 (02:03):
But yeah, Tommy is the best at it, and what
a man I respect and truly miss.
Speaker 1 (02:09):
Denuebol Dodgers third base coach is our guest. All right,
do you know after last night's game, there was a
lot of chatter about the baskets that line the outfield
walls here at Wrigley Field. Tommy Edmund not a fan
of it. Tanner Scott obviously not a fan of it
because that's.
Speaker 2 (02:24):
Where the game tying home run landed.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
What's your thoughts coming here so many years about those baskets?
Speaker 3 (02:29):
Well, from day one, you know, back to my angel
days coming here to Wrigley I always enjoy coming here.
But that was one of the first things I noticed
being a third base coach. I got to go out
there and walk the field and see all the different,
you know, stuff that can happen if the ball hits
the wall.
Speaker 4 (02:45):
And that's the first thing I noticed. And I don't
know why. I guess it's tradition that they keep it there,
But they.
Speaker 3 (02:50):
Can easily fix that, take that gate down and put
a yellow line up there, and anything over the yellow
line would be a homer. But yeah, definitely it's a
hitter's advance, And like you said with Tommy last night,
you know, the ball looks like it's going to hit
that gate and it.
Speaker 4 (03:06):
Doesn't and comes off the wall.
Speaker 3 (03:07):
And I'm sure it's happened to the Cubs, but it's
fair game for both sides.
Speaker 4 (03:12):
But yeah, if I.
Speaker 3 (03:13):
Had it my way, I would absolutely get that thing
off the wall.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
When you look at that basket, if you are tom
Y Edmund or any other outfielder, how do you play
a ball like last night?
Speaker 4 (03:23):
That's a tough one because he went back.
Speaker 3 (03:25):
He thinks he's going to catch this ball, and all
of a sudden it looks like it's going to hit
the basket, as you said, and then you missed the ball.
So and then if you don't play the basket and
you turn around and the ball hits halfway up the wall,
everybody's going to say you should have caught the ball.
Speaker 4 (03:38):
So you know he did the right thing. He got
to the wall.
Speaker 3 (03:41):
Now he puts his glove up, and you think, if
the ball is going to hit that basket, you know
it hits it, and if it doesn't, you try to
catch it.
Speaker 4 (03:48):
But if unfortunately it didn't work on our favor.
Speaker 1 (03:50):
I love whenever Tomy Edmond's brought up, good or bad,
but a lot of good is always connected to him.
Is he a better player coaching him now seeing him
every day than you even thought?
Speaker 4 (04:01):
Absolutely? This guy.
Speaker 3 (04:02):
And I'm not afraid to tell everybody on the other
side too. Last night I mentioned to some of those
players on the Cub side that this is probably one
of the purest baseball players that I've been around. He
does everything well to plus average. If you ask him
to bunce, if you ask him to put the ball
in play, he puts it in play.
Speaker 4 (04:19):
You ask him to play short, he does it.
Speaker 3 (04:21):
Just everything that you try to fundamentally teach a baseball
player growing up from little league to high school, to
the minor leagues, college into.
Speaker 4 (04:31):
The big leagues.
Speaker 3 (04:31):
This guy knows how to play the game, and he
studies a game.
Speaker 4 (04:35):
His process is really above average.
Speaker 3 (04:38):
And I'm glad he's on our side because he is
truly a baseball player.
Speaker 1 (04:42):
I'm glad Dino Ebel is on the Dodgers side. Don't
ever retire, do you know we need you?
Speaker 3 (04:46):
Yeah, I'm getting there, fifty nine years old into sixty.
Speaker 4 (04:49):
But I love what I do.
Speaker 3 (04:51):
I still have the passion, the energy and get in that.
Speaker 4 (04:53):
Third base box. The heartbeat is.
Speaker 3 (04:55):
Beaten and so I don't know how much longer I have,
but being a Dodger, it's going to be hard to
me off this uniform.
Speaker 2 (05:01):
Love it, Dino, thanks a lot for the time. Great
catching up with you and say hi to the boys.
Speaker 4 (05:06):
I sure will. David, thanks for having me on
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