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Speaker 1: This is off season Dodger Talk.

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Speaker 2: Get in on the show by calling eight six six

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Speaker 2: seven hashtag Dodger.

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Speaker 1: Talk and now your host David Basse. Yeah, yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 1: the guys before for four hours. Yes, yes, yes, you're

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Speaker 1: listening to David Vasse Dodger Talk with you until eight o'clock.

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Speaker 1: I have no apologies for my short speech. That's the

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Speaker 1: key to winning an award at the SOCOW Broadcasters Luncheon.

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Speaker 1: Keep your speech short. People want to get out of there,

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Speaker 1: they want to celebrate you quickly. So I have no

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Speaker 1: apologies for anything I said. You know, I didn't even

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Speaker 1: see Matt at the awards. I mean, he was so

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Speaker 1: far back at that lonely Chargers table while us at

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Speaker 1: the AM five to seventy LA sports table. We had

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Speaker 1: plenty of room for his skinny bones to squeeze in,

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Speaker 1: but he chose to hang out with the bolts back

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Speaker 1: there at the table twenty five on the patio. You know,

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Speaker 1: I don't know why he's upset with me or taking

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Speaker 1: out his saltiness on me. I acknowledged him, I acknowledged Petros.

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Speaker 1: Maybe next year, maybe, next year, you guys will rise

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Speaker 1: up and win the Best Talk Show of the sunny

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Speaker 1: California sports broadcasters. Maybe next year. I do want to

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Speaker 1: say thank you to Tim Kates, the only guy on

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Speaker 1: that show with any sort of class, because he was classy,

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Speaker 1: has always been class He does everything for those guys.

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Speaker 1: They actually should take that guy out to a nice

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Speaker 1: dinner once a month for everything he puts up with.

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Speaker 1: And he is so kind that he was the one

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Speaker 1: win an award at that luncheon. So thank you Tim Kates,

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Speaker 1: the only guy on that show with some class. And

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Speaker 1: it was great, say Petros write out his show on Penn.

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Speaker 1: It was great to see Steve Hartman be celebrated, Jim

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Speaker 1: old school football speech that certainly was inspirational to Petros.

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Speaker 1: Some money, as you could tell if you were listening

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Speaker 1: the previous four hours. But anyway, it was a great day.

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Speaker 1: It was great to spend it with our teammates at

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Speaker 1: the table. If Matt was at the table, he would

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Speaker 1: have enjoyed himself. We had a great time at that

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Speaker 1: table table ten was the life of the party, so

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Speaker 1: a good day. Steven Nelson won Best Radio Call of

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Speaker 1: the Year, the final call of Game seven of the

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Speaker 1: World Series. Kirsten Watson won Best in Game Sideline reporter

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Speaker 1: Jose Moda won Best play by Play. Spanish Announcers. So

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Speaker 1: the Dodgers cleaned up, and look, the players in the

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Speaker 1: team helps you win these awards. If Steven Nelson didn't

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Speaker 1: have a Game seven of the World Series to call,

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Speaker 1: I'm not sure he's winning it. You know. John Ireland

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Speaker 1: had an Austin Reeves buzzer beater of a meaningless game.

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Speaker 1: There was a Spanish radio call by our guy, Adrian

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Speaker 1: Marquez Garcia of Justin Herbert running slide first down in

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Speaker 1: the regular season. So I mean, that's what they're up against.

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Speaker 1: And that's the way it was when the Lakers won

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Speaker 1: twenty years ago. They would clean up at these type

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Speaker 1: of things because the team, the players gave the announcers

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Speaker 1: a lot to talk about and to describe. So it's

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Speaker 1: the teams, it's the players, but it's the play by

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Speaker 1: play guys that make it all come alive. So thank

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Speaker 1: you to everybody, and especially Pete Arbigast, who is trying

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Speaker 1: to do things to keep that sports broadcasters luncheon alive.

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Speaker 1: So it was a good day. Solid barbecue, chicken was served,

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Speaker 1: and it was great to be there, like I said,

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Speaker 1: a very sad table after Sunday's loss in New England.

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Speaker 1: But nonetheless, it was a good day and it was

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Speaker 1: great to share it with my father in law, who

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Speaker 1: who was his great Bill McDonald's self today. So all around,

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Speaker 1: great to see a lot of people that you don't

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Speaker 1: to Dodger talk. Bottom of the hour, Jack Harris, who

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Speaker 1: going to join us on what he's hearing. As far

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Speaker 1: case you're not aware of this, the Dodgers already have

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Speaker 1: gone over the highest threshold of the luxury tax for

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Speaker 1: with no deferrals, they would be basically paying him one

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Speaker 1: that's what it's at. So that's something that I don't

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Speaker 1: It's always been about the Dodgers' terms when they have

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Speaker 1: even more so. They're the back to back World Series champions,

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Speaker 1: Betts had a down year, you would hope that he

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Speaker 1: bounces back. You've got the most clutch hitter in baseball

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Speaker 1: and Will Smith playing the toughest offensive position in the game,

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Speaker 1: Will Smith is the best catcher in baseball and offensively

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Speaker 1: the most clutch hitter, as was evident again in the

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Speaker 1: So they still got Snell, they still got an incredible

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Speaker 1: So all of these things. Sure, the Dodgers would like

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Speaker 1: still very skeptical by all these reports that the Dodgers

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Speaker 1: what happens doing my radio show right now as my

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Speaker 1: a camel Back ranch facetiming me right now, snell Zilla,

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Speaker 1: you know how it is. Everybody's wearing for you at FanFest.

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Speaker 1: Say hello, all right, that's that's the only you could

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Speaker 1: call in, Snaill Zilla. If you want, You're more than

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Speaker 1: welcome to. If not, we'll all right, all right, I'll

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Speaker 1: There he is, new Zilla in his Great Zilla National hoodie.

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Speaker 1: He's gonna call in right now. I mean he called

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Speaker 1: me while I was at the at the Sports Broadcaster's luncheon,

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Speaker 1: So we'll see if he delivers, if Blake Snell calls

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Speaker 1: whether or not Zilla calls in or not. But like

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Speaker 1: I was saying, I'm still not one hundred percent sold

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Speaker 1: on all these reports about the Dodgers and Tucker. Going

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Speaker 1: was a foregone conclusion. But you know, there's a lot

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Speaker 1: see the phone ringing right now. He is a man

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Speaker 1: of his word. He doesn't do audio calls very often.

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Speaker 1: He loves to FaceTime. And that is World Series Champion,

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Speaker 1: and only Blake Snell in his Zilla National hoodie somewhere

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Speaker 1: in La there we go, Blake, thank you for calling in?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, man, how you doing days?

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Speaker 1: I do it great? I mean, are you getting ready

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Speaker 1: to uh? Should we expect you on twitch tonight? Are

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Speaker 1: you gonna be gaming tonight? When? What should we expect tonight?

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Speaker 3: Nothing? Tonight? I'm chilling. I don't be just chrying at

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Speaker 1: But how so, why don't you I'm doing radio magic

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Speaker 3: How much longer you got radio magic.

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Speaker 1: Until eight o'clock tonight?

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Speaker 3: Oh?

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Speaker 1: Eight o'clock eight o'clock sharp? See off season Dodger.

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Speaker 3: Tell me for fan Fast? You ready for fan Fest?

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Speaker 1: Why don't you announce it right now? I haven't announced it,

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Speaker 1: but you can announce it. January thirty first Fan Faest

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Speaker 1: at Dodger Stadium. Blake Snell will be out there.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I can't wait. You're going to be there.

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Speaker 1: I'll be there, I'll be I'll be having the Dodger

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Speaker 1: Talk radio show from fan Fest. We'll be out there

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Speaker 1: together again and we'll be doing radio network temples. I'll

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Speaker 1: bring it, I'll bring it. Have you heard about the Bubbley.

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Speaker 1: I've heard about Bubbly coming up with a Shirley Temple flavor?

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Speaker 3: Now, yeah, you saw Olipop with a Shirley Temple.

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Speaker 1: Yes, yes, I heard about that too. Have you tried it?

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Speaker 1: So when you're at your house, when you're at your house,

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Speaker 1: Hey, Blake, We got to tell people what you did

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Speaker 1: And this past weekend at camel Back Ranch, you hosted,

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Speaker 1: you your travel ball kids that you pay for. There

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Speaker 3: like my third year doing the Jella stuff that this

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Speaker 3: But the best part is they learned how to be

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Speaker 3: So yeah, it was a success. It was a really

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Speaker 1: So you had some all star coaches out there, including

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Speaker 1: Can you explain to me my son, you know, he's

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Speaker 3: Of what I'm saying with you. It's different because you you.

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Speaker 3: Hey, man, it's it's part of it a little bit

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Speaker 1: Man, you're pulling out receipts from a long time ago.

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Speaker 3: Snail Zilla's good stuff.

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Speaker 1: He got a jump start and I was wearing Justin

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Speaker 3: Yeah, you know whose shoes. You should have been wearing

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Speaker 3: Hey, I'm slow and I still win.

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Speaker 1: We'll see about that, Dave.

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Speaker 3: I promise you might pull a hammy this time.

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Speaker 1: I want it's been a long time since pictures were hitting.

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Speaker 3: I know I'm good at Papa Shot. It's not I

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Speaker 1: I mean I feel like that is something that I

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Speaker 3: Knowing you you might jam your finger trying to grab

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Speaker 1: Dang it.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, whatever you want to play. It could

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Speaker 3: wanted to hand eye coordination. You are not. That's not

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Speaker 1: As your life, coach, I'm here to push you in

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Speaker 3: You even challenge me in a math.

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Speaker 1: Hands down.

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Speaker 3: You beat me in that.

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Speaker 1: You would beat me in a math test. I'm not

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Speaker 3: I don't know. Maybe that might be head to head.

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Speaker 1: Can you tell us?

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Speaker 1: Can you tell? Tell us what Blake Snell's highlight has

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Speaker 3: That I'm a Dodger, that's been the highlight of it all?

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Speaker 3: Ain't nothing, Dodger.

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Speaker 1: Are you ready for making a run to help you

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Speaker 1: You ready for that? It's right around the corner.

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Speaker 3: Yes, I'm ready. I'm ready to get back. See the boys,

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Speaker 1: I can't wait. I said I was going to retire

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Speaker 3: Yeah, you can't go, You can't. You gotta stay until

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Speaker 3: and you're gonna be. You're gonna be. You know, you're

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Speaker 3: gonna be here for another until you ninety five. Oh,

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Speaker 1: All right, all right, I'll stay as long as nell

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Speaker 3: I mean, I hope I'm part of the Dodger organization

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Speaker 1: I think you will be if you keep pitching the

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Speaker 3: Yeah, we'll get better, We'll get better. I think there's

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Speaker 3: And yeah, no, I'm looking forward to that.

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Speaker 1: All right, all right, So what's what's on tap? Now?

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Speaker 1: I hear you might be taking a trip to MAUI.

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Speaker 3: I might, I might. We'll see, we'll see. Okay, so

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Speaker 3: a trip to Fantasist. That's the most important thing.

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Speaker 1: I love it. I mean, this guy is like Don King.

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Speaker 1: He is a great promoter. January thirty, first Dodger fan Fest.

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Speaker 1: He'll be kissing babies. He'll be having a sliding glove

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Speaker 3: Something I don't know about kissing babies. We believe that. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: for Will Ferrell, not me.

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Speaker 1: Oh oh, another one of your Hollywood friends.

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Speaker 3: Now I know we're friends. I saw him a couple

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Speaker 1: I'll take it and by okay, yeah, I guess you know,

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Speaker 3: Just put it on the resume. I know them.

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Speaker 1: Hey, all right, Snell Zilla, you'll catch him in person

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Speaker 1: January thirty first, and also catch him on Zilla nationals

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Speaker 1: The gingerbread guy. My kid has your belt. He bought

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Speaker 3: You look good too. You're welcome. Hoping your chair with

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Speaker 1: Next time, get me a promo code or some How

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Speaker 1: about a promo code next time?

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Speaker 1: I wasn't aware of him buying it. His mom bought

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Speaker 3: Okay, yeah, revert back, revert on.

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Speaker 1: Hey, Okay, between now and then, get ready for the

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Speaker 1: papa shot. I'm coming after you this spring. You and me.

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Speaker 3: Yep, I'll put more focus on the pitching part and

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Speaker 3: the papa so and beat you in my sleep.

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Speaker 3: Now do that and just be on the lookout tomorrow

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Speaker 3: on the Instagram for start to Shirley Temple Post.

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Speaker 1: Okay, okay, I love it. I mean I'm in on

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Speaker 1: the Shirley Temples. I put aside the Modellos and now

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Speaker 3: Welcome to the big League name.

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Speaker 1: There he goes Blake Snell, two time two time cy

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Speaker 1: Young Award winner, and want him more. All right, Blake,

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Speaker 1: I'll talk to you at eight oh one tonight.

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Speaker 3: Sounds good. I'm looking forward to it.

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Speaker 1: we go, impromptu phone call. We're gonna take a time

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Speaker 1: out when we come back your phone calls. And also

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Speaker 1: Jack Harris from the California Post is gonna call in

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Speaker 1: as well. We'll get some information on Kyle Tucker, bo Bishett,

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Speaker 1: Cody Bellinger and what else the Dodgers may be doing.

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Speaker 1: Dodger talk until eight o'clock. Let snell Zilla know right

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Speaker 1: here on a five to seventy LA sports hell, who's

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Speaker 1: getting ready to come back and have a great year

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Speaker 1: for the Dodgers. He was so big for the Dodgers.

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Speaker 1: I think I think we all sometimes forget about what

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Speaker 1: took place to get the Dodgers to the World Series.

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Speaker 1: And if it's not for what Blake Snell and Taoscar

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Speaker 1: Hernandez did in the NLDS against the Phillies, the Dodgers

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Speaker 1: never even get to the NLCS. And then you have

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Speaker 1: Yamamoto and Blake Snell on the road set the tone

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Speaker 1: again for a sweep in the NLCS. So I know

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Speaker 1: Snell did not pitch his best against the Blue Jays

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Speaker 1: in the World Series. I think he was fighting himself

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Speaker 1: physically a little bit, but without him setting the tone

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Speaker 1: to dominate the Reds. For what he did against the Phillies,

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Speaker 1: and you know what he did against the Brewers, it

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Speaker 1: can't it can't be forgotten. I think we always forget

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Speaker 1: about the fact of what took place to get you

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Speaker 1: to the World Series. And Yamamoto from the beginning of

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Speaker 1: the postseason to the final out of the postseason was

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Speaker 1: the MVP for the Dodgers, and rightfully show so the

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Speaker 1: World Series MVP. But you can't forget about the contributions

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Speaker 1: from guys like Snell and Taoscar Hernandez to beat the Phillies,

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Speaker 1: who many thought were the Dodgers' toughest competition and very

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Speaker 1: well maya beaten the Dodgers if it's not, if it's

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Speaker 1: not for the way Snell pitched, and Taoscar Hernandez is

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Speaker 1: clutch home runs in Philadelphia. Eight six six nine eight

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Speaker 1: seven two five seventy is the phone number coming up.

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Speaker 1: In our next segment, you are going to hear from

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Speaker 1: Jack Harris from the California Post. There was a trade

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Speaker 1: made that concerns the nl WEST. Nolan Arenado finally traded

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Speaker 1: by the Cardinals to the Arizona Diamondbacks. The Cardinals are

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Speaker 1: going to pay the majority of the remaining dollars on

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Speaker 1: his contract the last two years. The Diamondbacks reportedly are

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Speaker 1: only going to pay five million this year six million

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Speaker 1: next year. And when you look at what possibly could

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Speaker 1: transpire the rest of the offseason, it kind of feels

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Speaker 1: like in other markets everybody is frantic about who their

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Speaker 1: team signs who their team doesn't sign. For instance, in Boston,

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Speaker 1: they're freaking out that they didn't aggressively do enough to

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Speaker 1: re sign Alex Bregman. It reportedly came down to the

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Speaker 1: Red Sox not wanting to give him a no trade

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Speaker 1: clause to not defer as many dollars as the Cubs did,

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Speaker 1: and they're freaking out in Boston and it's great. I mean,

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Speaker 1: I love to see Boston sports fans suffer. I don't

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Speaker 1: allow anybody to wear green in our house growing up

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Speaker 1: a Laker fan. Lakers Celtics, no green in the house. Sorry,

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Speaker 1: you're only Saint Patrick's day. I'll allow it for one,

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Speaker 1: but no green in the house. So I thoroughly enjoy

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Speaker 1: the Red Sox and their fan base being miserable right now.

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Speaker 1: I enjoy whenever the Celtics lose. I enjoy whenever the

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Speaker 1: Patriots lose, and hopefully that happens this weekend. But for

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Speaker 1: the Dodgers, they are in such a great position because

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Speaker 1: if you look back, they won another World Series championship

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Speaker 1: and did not trade any of their top prospects. All

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Speaker 1: these young outfielders you hear about, they didn't trade a

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Speaker 1: single one for Duran who went to the Phillies, for

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Speaker 1: David Bednar who went to the Mets from the Pirates,

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Speaker 1: or Yankees from the Pirates. Those teams traded some valuable

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Speaker 1: pieces and didn't win the World Series. The Dodgers won

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Speaker 1: the World Series for a second straight year, acquired Brock

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Speaker 1: Stewart for James Outman, and still he pitched really and

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Speaker 1: they still won the World Series thanks to their great

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Speaker 1: starting pitching that was, you know, versatile enough to be

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Speaker 1: able to change roles like Emmit Shean, Tyler Glass now

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Speaker 1: Yama Moto to be able to pick up where the

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Speaker 1: Dodger bullpen just couldn't do it this year. And Justin

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Speaker 1: Robleski is another one of those unsung heroes out of

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Speaker 1: the bullpen. So the Dodgers. My point is, if the

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Speaker 1: Dodgers don't sign Tucker, the sky's not falling, and they

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Speaker 1: are still better than the majority of all the teams

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Speaker 1: in baseball. If the Dodgers don't sign Bellinger, they're still

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Speaker 1: better than most of the teams in baseball, certainly better

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Speaker 1: than the Yankees, if all things are equal. If I'm

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Speaker 1: Cody Bellinger, I'm signing with the Dodgers. The Yankees are

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Speaker 1: not going anywhere. I would argue that they are the

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Speaker 1: third best team in their division right now, behind the

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Speaker 1: Orioles and the uh and who else, the Rays, I

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Speaker 1: would say behind the Orioles. Of course, the Blue Jays

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Speaker 1: Oriols and Blue Jays better than the Yankees. So you know,

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Speaker 1: if the Dodgers don't sign him, it's still okay. Now.

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Speaker 1: If Bob Baschett signs with the Phillies, they're that much better.

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Speaker 1: They again would be to me, the toughest obstacle between

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Speaker 1: the Dodgers and a three p it would be the

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Speaker 1: Phillies if they signed Bo Baschett. So that's where things

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Speaker 1: stand right now. And look, even if they don't sign

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Speaker 1: one of these three free agent players, there's still a

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Speaker 1: trade possibility with the Cardinals for either Brendan Donovan or

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Speaker 1: Lars Noobar. Let's go out to Malibu. Bob. You're on

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Speaker 1: Dodger Talk. How you doing, Bob.

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Speaker 4: Did great to hear your voice, Man, Thanks for keeping

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Speaker 4: up on everything even in the offseason and all the

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Speaker 4: hustle you're doing.

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Speaker 3: Man, we appreciate it.

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Speaker 1: My pleasure, my pleasure.

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Speaker 4: I'm calling him, man, just to sink some praises. You know,

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Speaker 4: you brought up a great point last week, and I

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Speaker 4: think it often gets overlooked. Max Munsey's home run in

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Speaker 4: Game seven one of my favorite Dodger home runs of

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Speaker 4: all time. The way he hit that ball, where it went,

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Speaker 4: how it went, and what it meant in that game. Man,

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Speaker 4: it just doesn't get enough credit because of of course

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Speaker 4: Miguel Rojas and the amazing home run he hit, and

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Speaker 4: of course Will's winning one. But Big Months, Man, we're

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Speaker 4: lucky to have that dude at third. I know that

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Speaker 4: there's been talks at different times and people's thoughts on Max,

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Speaker 4: but I'm a Max supporter, man. I'll always be in

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Speaker 4: that guy's corner. He's been a great, great third basement

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Speaker 4: for this team.

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Speaker 3: Man.

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Speaker 4: I'm happy he's with us.

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Speaker 1: No doubt, Bob. And the greatest thing you could say

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Speaker 1: about a player, especially on a team like the Dodgers,

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Speaker 1: is that Munsey shows up in the biggest moments of

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Speaker 1: the postseason. And that's why Max Munsey. People may not

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Speaker 1: know this has the most career home runs for the

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Speaker 1: Dodgers in the history of the franchisees postseason. He has

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Speaker 1: sixteen career postseason home runs with the Dodgers. That's three

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Speaker 1: more than Seeger and Justin Turner. So that's the type

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Speaker 1: of lunch performer Max Months he has been since twenty eighteen.

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Speaker 3: He's the man.

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Speaker 4: He always comes up, like you said, in the clutch,

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Speaker 4: and he just seems to be a solid presence in

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Speaker 4: the clubhouse with the team you know the way he

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Speaker 4: organized everyone to not make the same mistakes of the

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Speaker 4: pass last year on their way to a World Series win.

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Speaker 3: And look at us now.

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Speaker 4: Back to back champions Man, So us as fans, we're

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Speaker 4: lucky to have a guy like Monty along with all

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Speaker 4: the other guys. If the team was to remain the

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Speaker 4: way it is today, I'd be happy and confident going

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Speaker 4: into this season just like we were last season.

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Speaker 3: Men.

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Speaker 1: All right, Bob, thanks for the phone call. I'll say this.

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Speaker 1: You know, I would be fine with it because I'm

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Speaker 1: a big believer that Taoscar Hernandez is going to have

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Speaker 1: a bounce back year and Mookie Betts is going to

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Speaker 1: have a bounce back year. I mean, the guy played

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Speaker 1: behind the eight ball since Japan where he lost twenty

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Speaker 1: pounds with that weird flu like symptoms that he was

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Speaker 1: dealing with, So you would expect him to be able

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Speaker 1: to bounce back and have a better year. Speaking of Mookie,

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Speaker 1: bet I saw on his Instagram account he's going to

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Speaker 1: be in my neighborhood. He's going to be in Canoga

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Speaker 1: Park at the BEVMO this Thursday promoting his new tequila.

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Speaker 1: Now I'm wondering at these things that he shows up at.

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Speaker 1: I know he's at a Costco and Marina del Rey.

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Speaker 1: Does he sign the bottle of the tequila or do

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Speaker 1: you have to buy a bottle of tequila to meet him?

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Speaker 1: I went to Shaquille O'Neil CD signing when I was

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Speaker 1: in high school, and you couldn't get him to sign

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Speaker 1: a basketball, he would just sign the CD. You had

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Speaker 1: to buy a CD. He would sign the CD. Is

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Speaker 1: that the same thing here? I mean, Mooki's going to

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Speaker 1: be at the BEVMO on Thursday morning, so who knows

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Speaker 1: I might show up there. Eight six six nine eight

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Speaker 1: seven two five seventy is the phone number in case

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Speaker 1: you missed the show. Earlier, we had a surprise phone

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Speaker 1: call from the one and only Blake's. Now you could

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Speaker 1: podcast that on the iHeartRadio app. And coming up next,

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Speaker 1: we are going to get the latest information on where

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Speaker 1: the Dodgers stand with Kyle Tucker from the newest edition

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Speaker 1: to the California Post. Jack Harris, that's right, the California

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Speaker 1: Post ruining sports media, just swooping all these great writers,

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Speaker 1: well not all of them are great, but Jack's good.

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Speaker 1: He's going to join us next right here on five

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Speaker 1: to seventy. LA Sports is going to be Thursday night

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Speaker 1: at seven o'clock and Dalton Rushing is going to be

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Speaker 1: our special guest next week. Chris Taylor and Rick Monday

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Speaker 1: are going to join us on our two shows of

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Speaker 1: Dodger Talk, and we are getting closer to spring training.

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Speaker 1: I'll be out there February thirteenth. Dodger Fest is January Saturday,

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Speaker 1: January thirty. First, you can get more information and tickets

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Speaker 1: at Dodgers dot com slash Dodgerfest. And Blake Snell, who

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Speaker 1: surprised us earlier in the show tonight, did a great

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Speaker 1: job of promoting that teasing that and he'll be out

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Speaker 1: there as well. So should be another great time at

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Speaker 1: Dodger Stadium. Looking forward to the repeat champions trying to

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Speaker 1: run it back for a three pet becoming the first

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Speaker 1: team since the Yankees from ninety eight to two thousand

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Speaker 1: to accomplish that feat, and certainly the Dodgers have the

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Speaker 1: players to do that. We'll see who else shows up

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Speaker 1: at camel Back Ranch, and maybe Jack Harris knows the answer.

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Speaker 1: Formally of the LA Times now a member of the

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Speaker 1: California Post, which we'll launch on January twenty sixth I

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Speaker 1: am excited about that because of the headlines and because

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Speaker 1: of Jack. Jack's probably the only guy I'm excited to

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Speaker 1: read of who they have hired so far. Jack, congratulations

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Speaker 1: on the move and welcome the Dodger Talk for the

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Speaker 1: first time as a member of the California Post.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, thanks, Dave. I'll be sure to clip that audio

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Speaker 2: right there and send it to my fellow California Post

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Speaker 2: colleague Dylan Hernandez, who will also be helping me cover

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Speaker 2: the dots, even if you might not be reading him.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. When I saw they hired Dylan Hernandez, I thought

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Speaker 1: he was going to cover hockey. I was surprised that

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Speaker 1: he's covering baseball.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: No, me and unleashed on the Dodgers. But hey, by

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Speaker 2: the way, congratulations to you for your talk show host

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Speaker 2: of the Year award, well deserved.

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Speaker 1: Oh thank you, Jack. I appreciate that. It feels like

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Speaker 1: you're just trying to, you know, reciprocate with some kindness

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Speaker 1: after I really pumped you up right there. But I

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Speaker 1: appreciated Jack Harris of the California Post. All right, Jack,

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Speaker 1: we are being inundated from the East Coast media, including

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Speaker 1: your teammates. Now from the New York Post about the

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Speaker 1: Mets at Kyle Tucker. How about the Dodgers and Kyle Tucker.

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Speaker 1: How in are the Dodgers on Kyle Tucker.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I think his free agency has has

649
00:36:50,239 --> 00:36:53,600
Speaker 2: evolved in a way that makes the Dodgers an option

650
00:36:53,840 --> 00:36:56,799
Speaker 2: given the fact that you know, as my New Post

651
00:36:56,880 --> 00:36:59,400
Speaker 2: colleague John Hayman was one of the people to report

652
00:36:59,480 --> 00:37:02,120
Speaker 2: today that he's, you know, getting a from the Mets

653
00:37:02,160 --> 00:37:04,800
Speaker 2: at least a shorter term offer now for a big number,

654
00:37:04,880 --> 00:37:07,920
Speaker 2: for fifty million a year. I know. ESPN also reported

655
00:37:07,960 --> 00:37:09,920
Speaker 2: that the Blue Jays might have a longer term offer

656
00:37:09,960 --> 00:37:12,799
Speaker 2: out there. I think of the three right now, just

657
00:37:12,960 --> 00:37:15,520
Speaker 2: because of the fact that he might be you know,

658
00:37:15,760 --> 00:37:18,200
Speaker 2: he might be someone who's willing to sign a shorter

659
00:37:18,320 --> 00:37:21,800
Speaker 2: term deal that maybe compared to Boba Schett or Cody Bellinger,

660
00:37:22,239 --> 00:37:24,600
Speaker 2: he's the one free agent that to that end would

661
00:37:24,600 --> 00:37:26,759
Speaker 2: fit with the Dodgers. I think the question is going

662
00:37:26,840 --> 00:37:28,640
Speaker 2: to be, you know, you go back to the start

663
00:37:28,680 --> 00:37:31,640
Speaker 2: of the off season, the one consistent message that the

664
00:37:31,680 --> 00:37:35,120
Speaker 2: Dodgers put out there was that they feel really comfortable

665
00:37:35,200 --> 00:37:37,040
Speaker 2: with the team that they have, with the lineup that

666
00:37:37,080 --> 00:37:39,080
Speaker 2: they have. You know, you look last year, even with

667
00:37:39,120 --> 00:37:42,359
Speaker 2: some of the struggles with Michael Confordo playing every day

668
00:37:42,719 --> 00:37:45,160
Speaker 2: as one of the worst qualified hitters in the majors,

669
00:37:45,200 --> 00:37:47,279
Speaker 2: even with the injuries they had, it was the second

670
00:37:47,320 --> 00:37:49,520
Speaker 2: highest scoring lineup in the majors. It was good enough

671
00:37:49,560 --> 00:37:51,440
Speaker 2: to win another World Series. And I think the question

672
00:37:51,520 --> 00:37:54,160
Speaker 2: will be with all these top free agents, are the

673
00:37:54,239 --> 00:37:58,040
Speaker 2: Dodgers comfortable maybe doing something out of their comfort zone

674
00:37:58,080 --> 00:38:00,440
Speaker 2: and you know, fifty million a year for Kyle Tucker

675
00:38:00,840 --> 00:38:03,160
Speaker 2: I think is probably you know, qualified as one of

676
00:38:03,160 --> 00:38:05,000
Speaker 2: those things that they would have to really think about

677
00:38:05,040 --> 00:38:09,000
Speaker 2: trying to match. Or are they content kind of keeping

678
00:38:09,040 --> 00:38:11,400
Speaker 2: the group together, maybe looking for a trade, looking for

679
00:38:11,440 --> 00:38:14,719
Speaker 2: a smaller signing going into the season, and then reassessing

680
00:38:14,760 --> 00:38:16,960
Speaker 2: it the deadline. So you know, I think, you know,

681
00:38:17,000 --> 00:38:19,880
Speaker 2: a week or two ago, the market was probably working

682
00:38:19,920 --> 00:38:23,000
Speaker 2: more in their favor in terms of their being still

683
00:38:23,040 --> 00:38:25,880
Speaker 2: three or four top bats available, maybe not enough teams

684
00:38:25,920 --> 00:38:29,239
Speaker 2: willing to offer or make the kind of big offers

685
00:38:30,080 --> 00:38:32,279
Speaker 2: that you know, the Dodgers wouldn't be willing to match.

686
00:38:32,360 --> 00:38:35,879
Speaker 2: But now because Bragman signed with the Cubs unexpectedly, because

687
00:38:35,880 --> 00:38:38,319
Speaker 2: the Phillies have come in for Bashette unexpectedly, and because

688
00:38:38,360 --> 00:38:40,920
Speaker 2: the Mets have made this unexpectedly big offer to Tucker,

689
00:38:41,400 --> 00:38:43,200
Speaker 2: I think it's just a little bit more difficult to

690
00:38:43,320 --> 00:38:46,440
Speaker 2: envision the Dodgers doing it. But you know, Kyle Tucker

691
00:38:46,480 --> 00:38:48,480
Speaker 2: is somebody who fills a hole for them, who has

692
00:38:48,520 --> 00:38:50,440
Speaker 2: the kind of offensive profile they would like. And I

693
00:38:50,480 --> 00:38:52,759
Speaker 2: think because it is a shorter term deal, even for

694
00:38:52,800 --> 00:38:54,400
Speaker 2: a big number, it's still a possibility.

695
00:38:55,160 --> 00:38:57,640
Speaker 1: What do you make of the fact that the Dodgers

696
00:38:57,680 --> 00:39:01,600
Speaker 1: now for the third straight year, are over the luxury

697
00:39:01,680 --> 00:39:04,520
Speaker 1: tax and over the highest threshold, which means they pay

698
00:39:04,520 --> 00:39:07,360
Speaker 1: one hundred and ten percent on every dollar. So essentially,

699
00:39:08,120 --> 00:39:12,200
Speaker 1: for Kyle Tucker's fifty million dollars annual salary, they would

700
00:39:12,239 --> 00:39:15,280
Speaker 1: be paying him basically one hundred and five million dollars

701
00:39:15,320 --> 00:39:19,200
Speaker 1: a year, if it's straight up, How much does that

702
00:39:19,280 --> 00:39:23,880
Speaker 1: play into not only Tucker, but Bellinger and bo bashett.

703
00:39:24,840 --> 00:39:25,920
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean it's part of it.

704
00:39:25,960 --> 00:39:26,200
Speaker 3: You know.

705
00:39:26,640 --> 00:39:29,200
Speaker 2: The way the Dodgers' front office talks about it is

706
00:39:29,640 --> 00:39:32,040
Speaker 2: they have the flexibility to do the moves that they

707
00:39:32,080 --> 00:39:34,520
Speaker 2: feel they need to, but they are also operating on

708
00:39:34,560 --> 00:39:37,280
Speaker 2: a three to five year kind of rolling payroll scale

709
00:39:38,200 --> 00:39:41,279
Speaker 2: and thinking about not just the short term benefits of

710
00:39:41,360 --> 00:39:44,440
Speaker 2: potential signings, but also the potential long term consequences. And

711
00:39:44,640 --> 00:39:46,800
Speaker 2: when it comes to somebody like Kyle Tucker, for his

712
00:39:47,000 --> 00:39:49,759
Speaker 2: skilled to a hitter as he is, there's also someone

713
00:39:49,760 --> 00:39:51,759
Speaker 2: who's missed more than one hundred games over the last

714
00:39:51,760 --> 00:39:55,280
Speaker 2: two years, you know who. I think there's a reason

715
00:39:55,320 --> 00:39:59,040
Speaker 2: he hasn't gotten maybe some of those bigger, longer term

716
00:39:59,120 --> 00:40:01,799
Speaker 2: deals that a lot of people projected him for in

717
00:40:01,800 --> 00:40:04,520
Speaker 2: the offseason, and the Dodgers have to weigh that against

718
00:40:04,520 --> 00:40:07,920
Speaker 2: again the group that they have. You know, I do

719
00:40:08,040 --> 00:40:09,759
Speaker 2: believe them when they said they weren't going to be

720
00:40:09,800 --> 00:40:12,400
Speaker 2: desperate to go out and make a big splash, especially

721
00:40:12,480 --> 00:40:15,239
Speaker 2: on the position player side, and part of that is

722
00:40:15,280 --> 00:40:18,480
Speaker 2: because of the payroll or not because they can't afford

723
00:40:19,160 --> 00:40:21,720
Speaker 2: to make that kind of move. You know, I think

724
00:40:21,880 --> 00:40:24,080
Speaker 2: that the one obvious benefit they have is that for

725
00:40:24,400 --> 00:40:27,040
Speaker 2: as big of tax payments as they've had to make

726
00:40:27,080 --> 00:40:29,640
Speaker 2: in the last couple of years, a lot of that's

727
00:40:29,680 --> 00:40:32,280
Speaker 2: offset by the fact that Shoheo tanis differring the amount

728
00:40:32,280 --> 00:40:34,520
Speaker 2: of money he is and is driving the amount of

729
00:40:34,560 --> 00:40:36,320
Speaker 2: revenue that he is for the club. So they have

730
00:40:36,760 --> 00:40:39,719
Speaker 2: the financial flexibility to do it. The question is going

731
00:40:39,760 --> 00:40:41,640
Speaker 2: to be, you know, do they feel like that is

732
00:40:41,680 --> 00:40:44,560
Speaker 2: a move that moves the needle enough for them with

733
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Speaker 2: what's already a really good team next year, and that

734
00:40:47,520 --> 00:40:49,120
Speaker 2: even on a shorter term deal, you know, it does

735
00:40:49,160 --> 00:40:52,160
Speaker 2: come with some risk. Again, given Kyle Tucker's got injury history.

736
00:40:52,440 --> 00:40:54,840
Speaker 2: You look at some of the inconsistencies last year. So

737
00:40:55,360 --> 00:40:58,160
Speaker 2: that's why I think again, like fifty million dollars is

738
00:40:58,200 --> 00:41:00,800
Speaker 2: a lot be the third highest SALA for any player

739
00:41:00,840 --> 00:41:03,000
Speaker 2: in baseball next year if he were to take a

740
00:41:03,040 --> 00:41:05,759
Speaker 2: deal like that. So I think it's you know, even

741
00:41:05,800 --> 00:41:08,800
Speaker 2: on a shorter term pack, not something that I'm certain

742
00:41:08,840 --> 00:41:11,000
Speaker 2: the Dodgers would do, but it is something you know

743
00:41:11,040 --> 00:41:14,680
Speaker 2: that they'll have to consider because of the fit he

744
00:41:14,760 --> 00:41:15,720
Speaker 2: provides on the roster.

745
00:41:16,480 --> 00:41:20,440
Speaker 1: Jack Harris of the New California Post is joining us

746
00:41:20,480 --> 00:41:24,160
Speaker 1: on Dodger talk. I reported last week that the Dodgers

747
00:41:24,680 --> 00:41:28,719
Speaker 1: have left the door open for reunion with Cody Bellinger,

748
00:41:28,800 --> 00:41:33,000
Speaker 1: but obviously on their terms, which wouldn't be for seven years.

749
00:41:33,840 --> 00:41:37,799
Speaker 1: What are your sources telling you about the possibility of

750
00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:41,480
Speaker 1: Cody and the Dodgers reuniting this off season?

751
00:41:43,040 --> 00:41:45,080
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean seven years. It might not even be.

752
00:41:45,160 --> 00:41:48,280
Speaker 2: I don't think the Dodgers right now are very comfortable

753
00:41:48,320 --> 00:41:50,640
Speaker 2: even going to the kind of five year offer that

754
00:41:50,640 --> 00:41:53,359
Speaker 2: the New York Yankees are making to Cody Bellinger. I

755
00:41:53,400 --> 00:41:55,920
Speaker 2: know that the Yankees and Bellinger are kind of stuck

756
00:41:56,200 --> 00:41:58,839
Speaker 2: right now because Bellinger wants the years. The Yankees feel

757
00:41:58,880 --> 00:42:01,319
Speaker 2: like they're making, you know, what they see as a

758
00:42:01,360 --> 00:42:05,160
Speaker 2: decent offer. And obviously there's been reports that they could look,

759
00:42:05,360 --> 00:42:08,480
Speaker 2: you know, elsewhere, the Yankees could to maybe replace him

760
00:42:08,520 --> 00:42:11,799
Speaker 2: on the roster. I still think right now, you know,

761
00:42:12,239 --> 00:42:14,840
Speaker 2: one side at five, one side at seven. If I

762
00:42:14,880 --> 00:42:17,160
Speaker 2: had to bet on an outcome, a six year deal

763
00:42:17,200 --> 00:42:20,440
Speaker 2: in New York probably makes sense for Bellinger, depending on

764
00:42:20,480 --> 00:42:23,680
Speaker 2: how the rest of his market shapes up. But you know,

765
00:42:23,800 --> 00:42:25,799
Speaker 2: there's a you know, if the Yankees do pivot to

766
00:42:25,800 --> 00:42:30,320
Speaker 2: the trade market, if he does have to consider other options.

767
00:42:30,360 --> 00:42:34,040
Speaker 2: I think the Dodgers again like the transformation he's made

768
00:42:34,080 --> 00:42:36,319
Speaker 2: as a hitter, cutting down on the strikeouts, being better

769
00:42:36,320 --> 00:42:41,000
Speaker 2: at making contact. Obviously his defense is really valuable in

770
00:42:41,040 --> 00:42:42,799
Speaker 2: the outfield, and even on a three to four year

771
00:42:42,840 --> 00:42:45,960
Speaker 2: deal with somebody who could provide versatility at other positions. So,

772
00:42:46,360 --> 00:42:49,320
Speaker 2: as of right now, given what the Yankees are offering,

773
00:42:49,360 --> 00:42:52,080
Speaker 2: given the fit that you know he would present in

774
00:42:52,160 --> 00:42:55,120
Speaker 2: New York, I'd be surprised if that situation got to

775
00:42:55,200 --> 00:42:58,080
Speaker 2: a place where the Dodgers were suddenly front runners to

776
00:42:58,120 --> 00:43:00,200
Speaker 2: sign him. But there's so a lot of time I'm

777
00:43:00,239 --> 00:43:02,840
Speaker 2: left in the winner. There's still things that could change,

778
00:43:02,880 --> 00:43:06,600
Speaker 2: and as long as him and the Yankees are struggling

779
00:43:06,640 --> 00:43:09,440
Speaker 2: to get a deal across the finish line, the Dodgers,

780
00:43:09,480 --> 00:43:11,600
Speaker 2: as Andrew Friedman likes to say, I'm sure, will be

781
00:43:12,120 --> 00:43:14,120
Speaker 2: around the backboard kind of waiting to see how that

782
00:43:14,120 --> 00:43:15,680
Speaker 2: plays out, all right.

783
00:43:15,760 --> 00:43:18,200
Speaker 1: The other way, they could pivot, because there's so many

784
00:43:18,239 --> 00:43:22,279
Speaker 1: ways in their position that they can pivot because of

785
00:43:22,360 --> 00:43:24,920
Speaker 1: what they've done the last couple of years and the

786
00:43:24,960 --> 00:43:28,920
Speaker 1: players that they already have. If they decide that they

787
00:43:28,960 --> 00:43:30,960
Speaker 1: don't want to go where it needs to go for

788
00:43:31,080 --> 00:43:34,680
Speaker 1: Tucker or Cody Bellinger or Bo Bashett. What are you

789
00:43:34,800 --> 00:43:38,799
Speaker 1: hearing about the possibility of making a trade with the

790
00:43:38,840 --> 00:43:42,680
Speaker 1: Cardinals for either Brendan Donovan or Lars Noubar.

791
00:43:44,520 --> 00:43:47,959
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean that's obviously the alternative. You know, coming

792
00:43:48,000 --> 00:43:51,160
Speaker 2: into the offseason, a trade is something that I think

793
00:43:51,200 --> 00:43:53,440
Speaker 2: a lot of people with the Dodgers were expecting them

794
00:43:53,600 --> 00:43:56,920
Speaker 2: to do. Given the talent they have in their farm system,

795
00:43:57,000 --> 00:43:59,160
Speaker 2: given the pitching depth that they have, which is always

796
00:43:59,200 --> 00:44:03,200
Speaker 2: a coveted command, they seemed like a team that would

797
00:44:03,200 --> 00:44:06,080
Speaker 2: have a lot of options there. Obviously, with someone like

798
00:44:06,120 --> 00:44:08,200
Speaker 2: Brenda Donovan, I think the Cardinals have been driving a

799
00:44:08,200 --> 00:44:11,720
Speaker 2: pretty hard bargain on him. And then you know, someone

800
00:44:11,760 --> 00:44:15,000
Speaker 2: like Large new Bar is a fit now as he

801
00:44:15,040 --> 00:44:17,080
Speaker 2: as much of an impact bat as those other free

802
00:44:17,080 --> 00:44:20,680
Speaker 2: agents know. And if the cost is going to be

803
00:44:20,840 --> 00:44:24,200
Speaker 2: maybe young starting pitching that the Dodgers might need to

804
00:44:24,200 --> 00:44:26,960
Speaker 2: rely on this year for depth purposes and to get

805
00:44:26,960 --> 00:44:31,560
Speaker 2: through the season, you know, obviously that's that makes something trickier.

806
00:44:31,560 --> 00:44:32,840
Speaker 2: So I think that's part of it right now. I

807
00:44:32,880 --> 00:44:35,000
Speaker 2: think also, you know, the Dodgers probably do want to

808
00:44:35,040 --> 00:44:37,000
Speaker 2: wait and see kind of what happens with some of

809
00:44:37,000 --> 00:44:39,080
Speaker 2: these free agent guys before they go all in on

810
00:44:39,480 --> 00:44:42,360
Speaker 2: a trade or parting with you know, younger pieces that

811
00:44:42,400 --> 00:44:44,200
Speaker 2: they like, but they are still well positioned there. I

812
00:44:44,200 --> 00:44:45,919
Speaker 2: think that kind of plays into some of this free

813
00:44:45,920 --> 00:44:49,600
Speaker 2: agency pursuit too, is the fact that they know if

814
00:44:49,600 --> 00:44:51,560
Speaker 2: they don't end up with one of these guys, there

815
00:44:51,560 --> 00:44:54,120
Speaker 2: are going to be other avenues to explore to help

816
00:44:54,200 --> 00:44:56,600
Speaker 2: round out the roster. And again, even if those are

817
00:44:56,640 --> 00:44:59,799
Speaker 2: smaller names or lesser impact guys, I think you have

818
00:44:59,840 --> 00:45:02,160
Speaker 2: to go back to remembering that this team in the

819
00:45:02,160 --> 00:45:04,000
Speaker 2: front office does believe in the group that they have,

820
00:45:04,160 --> 00:45:05,920
Speaker 2: does believe that they're going to be a strong offensive

821
00:45:06,000 --> 00:45:08,319
Speaker 2: unit no matter what they do next year, and could

822
00:45:08,320 --> 00:45:11,520
Speaker 2: be content bypassing the top of the free agent market

823
00:45:11,719 --> 00:45:14,360
Speaker 2: waiting to see if a large new bar somebody like

824
00:45:14,440 --> 00:45:16,040
Speaker 2: that is a possibility.

825
00:45:16,440 --> 00:45:17,560
Speaker 3: I think that.

826
00:45:18,040 --> 00:45:20,359
Speaker 2: Side of what they could do this winner, though, will

827
00:45:20,400 --> 00:45:22,200
Speaker 2: kind of depend on how probably the next week or

828
00:45:22,200 --> 00:45:23,759
Speaker 2: so plays out on the free agent front.

829
00:45:24,239 --> 00:45:26,839
Speaker 1: All right, we got a minute left. After all that

830
00:45:26,880 --> 00:45:29,759
Speaker 1: being said, Jack, what do you believe the Dodgers do?

831
00:45:32,000 --> 00:45:34,440
Speaker 2: I at this point, again, because of the way the

832
00:45:34,480 --> 00:45:36,719
Speaker 2: free agent market is developed. You know, if you had

833
00:45:36,760 --> 00:45:38,360
Speaker 2: asked me a week ago, I would have thought it

834
00:45:38,360 --> 00:45:40,680
Speaker 2: would be more probable they would land one of these

835
00:45:40,680 --> 00:45:44,200
Speaker 2: top three guys. But things have changed over the last

836
00:45:44,200 --> 00:45:46,719
Speaker 2: couple of days to the point where it's probably more

837
00:45:46,760 --> 00:45:49,120
Speaker 2: difficult to see them doing that now. So look, I

838
00:45:49,120 --> 00:45:52,200
Speaker 2: would still figure that a pivot to the trade market

839
00:45:52,320 --> 00:45:54,479
Speaker 2: is a more likely outcome at this point, or maybe

840
00:45:54,480 --> 00:45:56,720
Speaker 2: a smaller free agent signing. I think, you know, someone

841
00:45:56,760 --> 00:45:59,359
Speaker 2: like Lars Newpark kind of fits what they're looking for.

842
00:45:59,440 --> 00:46:01,000
Speaker 2: So if I had to pay one thing, it might

843
00:46:01,040 --> 00:46:02,920
Speaker 2: be that, But there's a lot of different avenues that

844
00:46:02,960 --> 00:46:05,759
Speaker 2: could still go down. That's the position they like to

845
00:46:05,760 --> 00:46:07,759
Speaker 2: be in. They like having options, they like trying to

846
00:46:07,760 --> 00:46:10,160
Speaker 2: look for value, and to that end, you know, they're

847
00:46:10,160 --> 00:46:12,080
Speaker 2: still in an okay spot for the rest of this winner.

848
00:46:12,400 --> 00:46:15,200
Speaker 1: Hey, new Bar's got the stamp of Otani over him.

849
00:46:15,239 --> 00:46:18,680
Speaker 1: We know that, so that makes him a good fit

850
00:46:18,800 --> 00:46:21,879
Speaker 1: on the biggest level right there. All right, Jack, thanks

851
00:46:21,880 --> 00:46:24,320
Speaker 1: a lot for filling us in on what you're hearing,

852
00:46:24,400 --> 00:46:26,919
Speaker 1: and look forward to having you back on the show

853
00:46:27,000 --> 00:46:31,120
Speaker 1: before spring training as a new member of the California Post.

854
00:46:31,200 --> 00:46:35,840
Speaker 1: Can't wait to read your first story beginning January twenty sixth.

855
00:46:37,239 --> 00:46:38,560
Speaker 2: Appreciated day Banks.

856
00:46:39,160 --> 00:46:42,680
Speaker 1: There he goes, Jack Harris, formerly of the La Times

857
00:46:42,719 --> 00:46:45,360
Speaker 1: and now one of the newest members, will be covering

858
00:46:45,400 --> 00:46:50,320
Speaker 1: the Dodgers for the California Post, alongside Dylan Hernandez, who

859
00:46:50,400 --> 00:46:53,680
Speaker 1: I think they were considering covering the Anaheim Ducks, but

860
00:46:54,200 --> 00:46:57,920
Speaker 1: you know, maybe just want to get him motivated to

861
00:46:58,280 --> 00:47:02,760
Speaker 1: get on that hockey beat next fall. All right, that'll

862
00:47:02,800 --> 00:47:04,960
Speaker 1: do it for us. No, Dylan does a great job.

863
00:47:05,280 --> 00:47:08,400
Speaker 1: He obviously has a great rapport with the Japanese players.

864
00:47:08,440 --> 00:47:14,520
Speaker 1: He's tri lingual English, Spanish, Japanese. When I first met Dylan,

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Speaker 1: he didn't want to come on the show when Many

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Speaker 1: Ramirez was hot, and he pretended like he didn't speak English.

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Speaker 1: So that's how he got out of coming on the show.

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Speaker 1: But getting to know Dylan, I can understand that ploy anyway.

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Speaker 1: Our next show is Thursday. Dalton Rushing is gonna be

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Speaker 1: our guest. Thanks to Blake Snell for calling in, Thanks

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Speaker 1: to Jack Harris, and thanks to you for listening. In

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Speaker 1: case you missed any of the show, you can find

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