I'm joing right now by the man that had three hundred and fifty saves in his Dodger career, the most by any Dodger pitcher in the franchise history going all the way back to Brooklyn, and he is one of only five pitchers to have four hundred and thirty nine saves on the way to Cooperstown, the one and only Kenley Jansen, Kenley, Great to have you back at Dodger Stadium. Great to have you back to if say, I mean, shit,
man, I'm glad to be back here seeing you in Yeah. Man, Like you say, man, it's crazy to hear the Chiaplin, But we gotta stay motivated and keep going. It feels like all the hugs and all that friendly stuff has gone out the window after yesterday. It feels like, you know what, all the emotions and friendliness is gone. I mean as baseball. You know that's my first home when I give up this year
and you know, first blown saves since April. Hey, you know that's sometimes stay humble, right, keep you humble, and you know it just shows you. Right, what did you say to kyk No, I mean, for any guy on that team, if that have to happen. You know, I'm glad it happened with KK. You know, I love KK. Great teammates of mine, having them with the Dodgers and less share with the Red Sox. So I mean it put a good swing at the ball and tip my cap to him, you know. And today's now today when
you saw Key K today, what's that feeling like? Same feeling? Just show him some love, man, you know, like I say, it's been a long teammate of mine and like you say, man, we playing against each other now, but you know, we do what we have to do during the game, but you know, on the sidelines, off the field, will just show each other love. Man. That's that's That's what
it is about the one part that I love. It's not just seeing you with some of the staff, but some of your former teammates and the guy that you were teammates with longer than anybody. You saved more games for Kershaw than any other reliever in his career. What's it like to be back with him? I love cursh Man. Like I say, man, I'll be I'll be watching this guy pitch his first game closely because I was catching him
and and and in Mile League baseball. I was his first, you know, And yeah, now I've got a lot of saves for him also too, So it's it's always awesome to see him. Man, every time I come here around, that's the first guy I wanted to see in this cursh You guys were together back in Vero Beach and Kenley Jansen is back at Dodgers Stadium. Kenley, when you look back at your career, can you take it all in? Or you're in the moment right now. And obviously the
goal is five hundred saves. Well, the goal is you know, I'll try to get like I say, right now, you know you look at five hundred, but then you know, I'll stay motivated. Man, I want to play this game for a little bit longer, and I believe he could do something special things and I gotta keep my body in shave. And yeah, we're aiming for five hundred right now, and you know, a
couple of seasons hopefully can get it. So, like I say, man, it's the law for the game that I have since it was a five years old kid growing up watching the Braves, watching my favorite player, Fred McGrath, watching Andrew Jones hit the two Homeless and Will says, never thought that, you know I will be here too, So I'm having an unbelievable career. And yeah, of course that's that's that's a thing you focus on. But also, you know, winning championship is my first priority. So
you know, I wanna, I want to. I want to get another one. I know you do. And you never know where you might get that next one. You never know, so that's the good thing about it. Kenley Jansen is our guest. Ken Ley always loyal to LA. His teammates were wearing Celtics jersey to celebrate the Boston NBA championship, but Kenley would not wear the green, So we still love you in Lah. Yeah,
I can't, man, I can't do that. Man. I mean, I'm I'm growing up as a kid watching Shack play with the magic, breaking the rains. I'm becoming his favorite player. And then when he got when he got sent over to LA, you know, ninety six, you know, ever since, I've been a leaguer fan. So like I said, man, purple goal, that's where I belong. And as much respect to have of the Red Sox fans and and and Boston fans overall, but I
think they all get it. Also to it. If I'm a huge fan growing up being a Lakers, you know, it's I'm happy for them to win the championship, but it's also hard to wear that uniform. Kenley. Can't wait until we celebrate you at Dodger Stadium after a great career, a Hall of Fame worthy career, and I envision number seventy four being down the left field line with all those Dodger greats one day. Great to have you back here, and I'll let you get ready for the game. All right,
I said, thank you, thank you for having me there. He is the all time saves leader and Dodger franchise, his story, The one and only Kenley Jansen