August 19, 2025 • 5 mins
Dino talks about coaching 3rd base at Coors Field, the difficulties of playing outfield in Colorado, and Tommy Lasorda's mentorship.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
And now an exclusive interview with David Bassey for Dodger Talking. Well,
we're joined right now by the best third base coach
in all a Major League Baseball. Dave Roberts certainly has
a huge asset on his staff because Dino Ebel has
seen a lot of baseball. He has experienced a lot
(00:20):
of baseball, he has managed a lot of baseball. He
has a lot of baseball innings under his belt. And
his two boys, Brady and Trace, certainly have benefited by
that as well. We are joined right now from Corsefield
in Denver by the great Dino Ebel. Dino, thanks a
lot for the time. Appreciate it.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
Oh, thank you, David. Always enjoyed talking baseball with you.
Speaker 1 (00:43):
Well, you know, Coursefield is one of the more interesting
places in Major League Baseball, A huge outfield out there
for you, a Dino, how do you how do you
coach in the third base box? How do you coach
your outfielders in such a big place?
Speaker 2 (00:58):
Well, that's uh yeah, that's one of the parks in
Major League Baseball that we make an adjustment to. We uh,
you know, we have some some recks that we go
by on each major League field, depending on who's pitching
scenario of the game. So yeah, anytime we come to
course Field, we know high altitude where the ball is
easily going to travel a lot farther, a lot faster.
(01:21):
So we do make adjustments here and on the in
the in the coach's box, it's the same for me
as any other place. I do know that the Rockies
outfielders here play a little deeper than mostly all the
outfielders in Major League Baseball, especially when they're home, So yes,
we try to take advantage of that, especially when they're
moving left and right. They got some nice arms out there.
(01:44):
But again, situation the game, who's the who's the runner,
who's on deck? All that comes in play, how fast
the balls hit, So uh yeah, you got adjust to
park to park.
Speaker 1 (01:55):
Do you know, is it fair to say that left
field left center field is bigger than right field at
coursefield to cover.
Speaker 2 (02:03):
Well, it seems like that. Yeah, it seems like it's
a bigger gap. And out there in right field it
does seem a little shorter. I know, the dimensions might
not say that, but yeah, the ball and plus the
ball really carries out to left center right center, so yeah,
we do have to make an adjustment in center and
left more than we do in right field.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
What we saw in the ninth inning last night, isn't
that the catch twenty two of course field. We automatically
always think about home runs at Corsefield, but don't a
lot of runs get scored on blue pits that we
saw in the ninth inning last night to right field
because there's so much ground to cover and outfielders are
playing so deep.
Speaker 2 (02:45):
Yeah, that's yeah. Unfortunately, that's what happened to us last night.
We went into a no doubles you know, Dave, one
of the outfielders even deeper than we normally play, just
to make sure there's no doubles in that situation of
the game, and then Tovar hits the bluep uh. You
know it was a difficult play, uh, you know for
for really any right fielder that was as deep as
(03:07):
Taoscar was. It does make a difference here in coursefield,
the ball does, like I said earlier, travel faster. That
was just the situation of the game where Day felt
like gettn't want nothing over the outfielder's head. We'd give
up the single, but on a blue pit like that, Unfortunately,
Tovar's got some speed he got the second base, and
(03:27):
you know it did cost us, but you know, everybody
remembers that play. But unfortunately the times that we do
back and we catch balls up against the wall or
nothing gets and nothing gets over our head, everybody assumes
like that's where we're supposed to be. But they in baseball,
you know that's uh, it comes down to late in
(03:47):
the game and you know all the strategy that comes involved,
and that's where we were last night.
Speaker 1 (03:52):
Didn't Tommy Lesorda have a saying for second guesser's Dino?
Speaker 2 (03:57):
Oh yeah, there's many many one lines that he has
always said to me. But fortunately I won't stay it
on the air, Tommy. Tom Tommy's great at that, and yeah,
you do you know you don't want to second guest anything.
I mean, we've done this all year long. We played
no doubles late in the game like this, and we've
caught balls that saved this game. So uh, it just
(04:18):
it sticks out like short thumb when when it works
against you. But tonight's another night and we'll get after
it again.
Speaker 1 (04:25):
No doubt. Dino Ebel, the Dodgers third base coach, is
our guest. Before I let you go, since we did
bring up Tommy Lasorda, the Hall of Fame manager, I
know he meant a lot to you in your life, Dino.
Is there something that stands out to you the most
about what Tommy Lasorda did for dinu Ebel?
Speaker 2 (04:42):
Well, yeah, Tommy, uh again, it's great for baseball. Everybody
knows who he is. But what you know what he
did with me is took me under his wing at
an early coaching career when I started coaching, when I
started managing in the minor leagues winter ball. You know,
he always told me every day is a new day,
and if you win ten in a row, if you
(05:02):
lose ten in a row, the manager and his coaching
staff has to look the same and stay the same
in a positive attitude. So we have a really good
ball club here and everybody knows that we're expected to
win World Series, which Tommy used to tell us all
the time that the Dodgers every year expected to win
for our fans, and that's our goal. So from Tommy,
(05:26):
I have learned to be positive, stay motivated, keep the
players hungry, work them every day, and when the game starts,
they're prepared and looking forward to win the game.
Speaker 1 (05:36):
Love Adino. Tommy Lasorda's legacy lives on through you and
so many other of his former players. Thanks a lot
for the time, and we'll see you in San Diego
Speaker 2 (05:46):
All right, Dave, thanks a lot.
And now an exclusive interview with David Bassey for Dodger Talking. Well,
we're joined right now by the best third base coach
in all a Major League Baseball. Dave Roberts certainly has
a huge asset on his staff because Dino Ebel has
seen a lot of baseball. He has experienced a lot
(00:20):
of baseball, he has managed a lot of baseball. He
has a lot of baseball innings under his belt. And
his two boys, Brady and Trace, certainly have benefited by
that as well. We are joined right now from Corsefield
in Denver by the great Dino Ebel. Dino, thanks a
lot for the time. Appreciate it.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
Oh, thank you, David. Always enjoyed talking baseball with you.
Speaker 1 (00:43):
Well, you know, Coursefield is one of the more interesting
places in Major League Baseball, A huge outfield out there
for you, a Dino, how do you how do you
coach in the third base box? How do you coach
your outfielders in such a big place?
Speaker 2 (00:58):
Well, that's uh yeah, that's one of the parks in
Major League Baseball that we make an adjustment to. We uh,
you know, we have some some recks that we go
by on each major League field, depending on who's pitching
scenario of the game. So yeah, anytime we come to
course Field, we know high altitude where the ball is
easily going to travel a lot farther, a lot faster.
(01:21):
So we do make adjustments here and on the in
the in the coach's box, it's the same for me
as any other place. I do know that the Rockies
outfielders here play a little deeper than mostly all the
outfielders in Major League Baseball, especially when they're home, So yes,
we try to take advantage of that, especially when they're
moving left and right. They got some nice arms out there.
(01:44):
But again, situation the game, who's the who's the runner,
who's on deck? All that comes in play, how fast
the balls hit, So uh yeah, you got adjust to
park to park.
Speaker 1 (01:55):
Do you know, is it fair to say that left
field left center field is bigger than right field at
coursefield to cover.
Speaker 2 (02:03):
Well, it seems like that. Yeah, it seems like it's
a bigger gap. And out there in right field it
does seem a little shorter. I know, the dimensions might
not say that, but yeah, the ball and plus the
ball really carries out to left center right center, so yeah,
we do have to make an adjustment in center and
left more than we do in right field.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
What we saw in the ninth inning last night, isn't
that the catch twenty two of course field. We automatically
always think about home runs at Corsefield, but don't a
lot of runs get scored on blue pits that we
saw in the ninth inning last night to right field
because there's so much ground to cover and outfielders are
playing so deep.
Speaker 2 (02:45):
Yeah, that's yeah. Unfortunately, that's what happened to us last night.
We went into a no doubles you know, Dave, one
of the outfielders even deeper than we normally play, just
to make sure there's no doubles in that situation of
the game, and then Tovar hits the bluep uh. You
know it was a difficult play, uh, you know for
for really any right fielder that was as deep as
(03:07):
Taoscar was. It does make a difference here in coursefield,
the ball does, like I said earlier, travel faster. That
was just the situation of the game where Day felt
like gettn't want nothing over the outfielder's head. We'd give
up the single, but on a blue pit like that, Unfortunately,
Tovar's got some speed he got the second base, and
(03:27):
you know it did cost us, but you know, everybody
remembers that play. But unfortunately the times that we do
back and we catch balls up against the wall or
nothing gets and nothing gets over our head, everybody assumes
like that's where we're supposed to be. But they in baseball,
you know that's uh, it comes down to late in
(03:47):
the game and you know all the strategy that comes involved,
and that's where we were last night.
Speaker 1 (03:52):
Didn't Tommy Lesorda have a saying for second guesser's Dino?
Speaker 2 (03:57):
Oh yeah, there's many many one lines that he has
always said to me. But fortunately I won't stay it
on the air, Tommy. Tom Tommy's great at that, and yeah,
you do you know you don't want to second guest anything.
I mean, we've done this all year long. We played
no doubles late in the game like this, and we've
caught balls that saved this game. So uh, it just
(04:18):
it sticks out like short thumb when when it works
against you. But tonight's another night and we'll get after
it again.
Speaker 1 (04:25):
No doubt. Dino Ebel, the Dodgers third base coach, is
our guest. Before I let you go, since we did
bring up Tommy Lasorda, the Hall of Fame manager, I
know he meant a lot to you in your life, Dino.
Is there something that stands out to you the most
about what Tommy Lasorda did for dinu Ebel?
Speaker 2 (04:42):
Well, yeah, Tommy, uh again, it's great for baseball. Everybody
knows who he is. But what you know what he
did with me is took me under his wing at
an early coaching career when I started coaching, when I
started managing in the minor leagues winter ball. You know,
he always told me every day is a new day,
and if you win ten in a row, if you
(05:02):
lose ten in a row, the manager and his coaching
staff has to look the same and stay the same
in a positive attitude. So we have a really good
ball club here and everybody knows that we're expected to
win World Series, which Tommy used to tell us all
the time that the Dodgers every year expected to win
for our fans, and that's our goal. So from Tommy,
(05:26):
I have learned to be positive, stay motivated, keep the
players hungry, work them every day, and when the game starts,
they're prepared and looking forward to win the game.
Speaker 1 (05:36):
Love Adino. Tommy Lasorda's legacy lives on through you and
so many other of his former players. Thanks a lot
for the time, and we'll see you in San Diego
Speaker 2 (05:46):
All right, Dave, thanks a lot.
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