Dodgers Interview: Postgame Celebration Filled With Gratitude, Determination
LOS ANGELES — The champagne sprayed. Music thumped. And the Dodgers, fresh off a four-game sweep, soaked in a night they’ve been chasing since March. In the middle of it all were three voices that summed up everything about this run: Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman, and Tyler Glasnow. Each had a different angle. All of them pointed the same way—four wins to go.
Mookie kept it simple and steady. “We’ve been doing pretty good so far, but we still have one more step,” he said. The series felt like a team snapshot to him: “We had a lot of lows, but I’m glad we’re playing good ball at the right time.” On Ohtani’s explosion he just shook his head: “I don’t even know what I imagine with Sho. He blows all our imaginations out of the water. I’m just happy I get a front row seat.” As for his own October: “I’m doing okay. It’s a collection of everybody, which is beautiful. You never know who it’s going to be.” Then the target: “Four more wins. All we need.”
Freddie wore the wonder on his face and didn’t hide it in words. “The inevitable is going to happen when you’ve got the best player on the planet on the biggest stage,” he said. “You could tell the focus when he got here today. What a performance. We’re going to be talking about this forever.” He even rattled off the numbers: “One was 117 with a 33 launch. You hit a ball out of the stadium while striking out 10 and you become speechless.” He spread the love to the rotation, too: “If you asked Sho, he’d tell you the starting pitching should be the NLCS MVP. They threw up zeros and ones and let the offense score a few.” The plan now: “Relish this, then prepare for the next challenge.”
Glasnow sounded like every kid who dreamed in Dodger blue. “This group has so much confidence,” he said. “Anybody who takes the mound, you feel good about it.” Watching Ohtani from the dugout became a memory on loop: “Mouth open. This guy is a freak. I’ve seen him hit some, but those were incredible—117 out of the stadium. It’s crazy.” The sweep, to him, said something simple: “We know how good we are. We’ve come together and balled out.” Then the personal note: “This is my hometown team. To feel good, feel healthy, and go into the World Series—It means everything.”
So the goggles are hung up, the carpet’s a mess, and the bracket is set to finish. The Dodgers aren’t done. They’ve got their tone, their star locked in, and a rotation that trusts every handoff. Four more.
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