1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,400 Speaker 1: Well with me, guys, have a few shows. Just thank you. 2 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:04,640 Speaker 2: We are your attention, your firing. 3 00:00:05,760 --> 00:00:09,760 Speaker 3: This is world Champion, Dodgers, World champion for. 4 00:00:09,800 --> 00:00:10,400 Speaker 2: A small song. 5 00:00:10,520 --> 00:00:12,400 Speaker 4: Time they get up people what they want to die too? 6 00:00:12,440 --> 00:00:13,920 Speaker 2: In a row two is special. 7 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:16,800 Speaker 5: I'm like, yeah, it's not a headache, O host one 8 00:00:16,800 --> 00:00:17,840 Speaker 5: of them. 9 00:00:18,200 --> 00:00:19,240 Speaker 2: This balls gone. 10 00:00:19,800 --> 00:00:23,439 Speaker 6: You ready to go. 11 00:00:23,120 --> 00:00:25,319 Speaker 3: Grab your phone to get in on the show called 12 00:00:25,400 --> 00:00:28,440 Speaker 3: eight six six nine eighty seven two five seven. 13 00:00:28,520 --> 00:00:31,680 Speaker 7: Come to the show and now your host of Dodger Talk, 14 00:00:32,280 --> 00:00:33,080 Speaker 7: David Vasse. 15 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:39,600 Speaker 3: We are on the eve of the Dodgers leaving for Canada. 16 00:00:39,080 --> 00:00:41,720 Speaker 2: For Game one of the World Series. 17 00:00:41,920 --> 00:00:45,760 Speaker 3: Welcome the Dodger Talk David Vase with you until eight 18 00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:48,919 Speaker 3: o'clock tonight here on AM five to seventy LA Sports 19 00:00:48,920 --> 00:00:51,360 Speaker 3: and we have phone lines open at eight sixty six 20 00:00:51,880 --> 00:00:54,960 Speaker 3: nine eight seven two five seventies. So many of you 21 00:00:55,040 --> 00:00:58,800 Speaker 3: say you can't get in uh during or after a game, 22 00:00:58,920 --> 00:01:02,560 Speaker 3: So this is a great time to get in and 23 00:01:02,720 --> 00:01:06,080 Speaker 3: talk Dodgers as your Dodgers are headed back to the 24 00:01:06,080 --> 00:01:09,280 Speaker 3: World Series for a second straight year, looking to become 25 00:01:09,840 --> 00:01:13,480 Speaker 3: the first team in a quarter century to win back 26 00:01:13,520 --> 00:01:17,200 Speaker 3: to back World Series championships. That was the three peat 27 00:01:17,280 --> 00:01:22,560 Speaker 3: Yankees of Jeter Pasada, Bernie williams Andy Pettitt, those guys, 28 00:01:22,720 --> 00:01:27,000 Speaker 3: and the Dodgers certainly would carve out some history for 29 00:01:27,080 --> 00:01:30,480 Speaker 3: themselves if they're able to win this World Series and 30 00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:34,320 Speaker 3: go back to back, because not many teams have done 31 00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:38,320 Speaker 3: that over the course of baseball's history. You go back 32 00:01:38,319 --> 00:01:41,200 Speaker 3: to the sixty one and sixty two Yankees, the seventy 33 00:01:41,240 --> 00:01:45,119 Speaker 3: two seventy four A's that was a three peat. Seventy two, 34 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:48,920 Speaker 3: seventy three, seventy four, they beat the Dodgers back to 35 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:52,400 Speaker 3: back years. The Reds the Big Red Machine, went back 36 00:01:52,480 --> 00:01:55,160 Speaker 3: to back in the seventies, as did the Yankees beating 37 00:01:55,200 --> 00:01:57,400 Speaker 3: the Dodgers back to back years. 38 00:01:57,560 --> 00:01:58,919 Speaker 2: And these Blue Jays. 39 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:03,000 Speaker 3: Last time the Blue Jays were in the World Series 40 00:02:03,240 --> 00:02:05,880 Speaker 3: was when they went back to back in ninety two 41 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:10,800 Speaker 3: and ninety three Joe Carter's famous World Series ending walk 42 00:02:10,880 --> 00:02:14,880 Speaker 3: off home run in nineteen ninety three. So not many 43 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:19,640 Speaker 3: teams in baseball's history have won back to back championships, 44 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:23,519 Speaker 3: and the Dodgers are looking to become just the first 45 00:02:24,080 --> 00:02:27,760 Speaker 3: Dodger team ever to win back to back championships. That 46 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:31,919 Speaker 3: has never been done in franchise history. So we got 47 00:02:31,919 --> 00:02:34,959 Speaker 3: a lot to talk about between now and eight o'clock. 48 00:02:35,040 --> 00:02:38,880 Speaker 3: Of course, your Dodger coverage begins at six am here 49 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:42,520 Speaker 3: on a five to seventy LA Sports with Tim Kats 50 00:02:42,560 --> 00:02:47,399 Speaker 3: and Steve sax scam every weekday morning during the postseason 51 00:02:47,800 --> 00:02:50,880 Speaker 3: and back to back years. They have new life, extended 52 00:02:50,919 --> 00:02:54,920 Speaker 3: life to be able to take it deep into October. 53 00:02:55,360 --> 00:02:58,960 Speaker 3: And look, you could come up with all the different 54 00:02:59,040 --> 00:03:04,079 Speaker 3: reasons why the Blue Jays can beat the Dodgers, similar 55 00:03:04,200 --> 00:03:07,640 Speaker 3: to how you could come up with your nine reasons 56 00:03:07,680 --> 00:03:10,720 Speaker 3: on how the Phillies can beat the Dodgers or your 57 00:03:10,800 --> 00:03:15,040 Speaker 3: nine reasons why the Brewers can beat the Dodgers. The 58 00:03:15,160 --> 00:03:19,919 Speaker 3: reality is these are two the top five payrolls in baseball. 59 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:25,440 Speaker 3: These are heavyweights in each coast. Just like last year, 60 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:30,640 Speaker 3: Yankees Dodgers, Blue Jays Dodgers both have a lot of 61 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:37,320 Speaker 3: heavyweights and superstar power in this series. And arguably the 62 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:41,760 Speaker 3: hottest player, hottest hitter in this World Series is not 63 00:03:41,960 --> 00:03:46,200 Speaker 3: wearing a Dodger uniform. And no he's not George Springer. 64 00:03:46,280 --> 00:03:50,400 Speaker 3: That's Vladimir Guerrero Junior, who has been red hot this 65 00:03:50,520 --> 00:03:55,680 Speaker 3: postseason getting the J's to the World Series. So that's 66 00:03:55,800 --> 00:03:58,280 Speaker 3: one guy you have to watch out for. If the 67 00:03:58,320 --> 00:04:02,400 Speaker 3: Dodgers are able to execute their pitches. I already know 68 00:04:02,520 --> 00:04:05,320 Speaker 3: they have a game plan and they actually showed it 69 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:09,240 Speaker 3: how to pitch Vladimir Guerrero Junior earlier in the summer 70 00:04:09,360 --> 00:04:13,280 Speaker 3: because he didn't do much of anything against the Dodgers 71 00:04:13,280 --> 00:04:15,880 Speaker 3: when the Dodgers took two out of three. And you 72 00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:20,039 Speaker 3: may be wondering, why do the Blue Jays have home 73 00:04:20,080 --> 00:04:23,320 Speaker 3: field advantage over the Dodgers. And it's not just because 74 00:04:23,360 --> 00:04:27,480 Speaker 3: the Dodgers were a division wildcard team. That's not the 75 00:04:27,520 --> 00:04:32,040 Speaker 3: reason why. The reason why is that the Blue Jays 76 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:36,240 Speaker 3: won one more game than the Dodgers did during the 77 00:04:36,320 --> 00:04:40,599 Speaker 3: regular season. So you think back to the Angels sweeping 78 00:04:40,680 --> 00:04:43,960 Speaker 3: the Dodgers, you think back to leads that were blown 79 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:47,200 Speaker 3: in the eighth and ninth innings this season, well, they 80 00:04:47,200 --> 00:04:51,400 Speaker 3: do matter. It cost you home field advantage. But the 81 00:04:51,440 --> 00:04:56,120 Speaker 3: Dodgers have gone into very hostile environments. The Phillies and 82 00:04:56,240 --> 00:04:58,960 Speaker 3: Blue Jays have two of the best records at home. 83 00:04:59,360 --> 00:05:02,360 Speaker 3: The Dodgers won the first two there and they won 84 00:05:02,440 --> 00:05:05,480 Speaker 3: the first two in Milwaukee as well, so they're no 85 00:05:05,560 --> 00:05:09,440 Speaker 3: stranger to not having home field advantage and shocking the 86 00:05:09,520 --> 00:05:13,640 Speaker 3: other team quite frankly, and going back to Dodgers Stadium 87 00:05:13,760 --> 00:05:17,000 Speaker 3: up two games to nothing, and that's something that they're 88 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:20,320 Speaker 3: hoping to do this time. It's gonna be, in my estimation, 89 00:05:21,400 --> 00:05:25,560 Speaker 3: just as challenging as it was to win two in Philadelphia. 90 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:29,400 Speaker 3: This is the Dodgers' biggest test this side of the 91 00:05:29,440 --> 00:05:33,279 Speaker 3: Phillies in this postseason, with the Blue Jays right in 92 00:05:33,320 --> 00:05:35,680 Speaker 3: front of them and in their way of trying to 93 00:05:35,720 --> 00:05:37,919 Speaker 3: win four more games to win. 94 00:05:37,760 --> 00:05:42,320 Speaker 2: The World Series. Similar to the Brewers. 95 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:46,479 Speaker 3: I mentioned this with Petros and Money earlier today, I 96 00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:49,480 Speaker 3: kind of feel like the Blue Jays, I'm not going 97 00:05:49,560 --> 00:05:53,719 Speaker 3: to say, are satisfied by going to the World Series, 98 00:05:53,920 --> 00:05:56,920 Speaker 3: but it is the first time in what thirty three 99 00:05:57,000 --> 00:06:01,359 Speaker 3: years that the Blue Jays Canada has an American League 100 00:06:01,440 --> 00:06:05,320 Speaker 3: Championship team, and they will have World Series games for 101 00:06:05,360 --> 00:06:10,080 Speaker 3: the first time since Joe Carter. I mean, it felt 102 00:06:10,120 --> 00:06:13,760 Speaker 3: like that was the big victory. Similar to what Pat 103 00:06:13,839 --> 00:06:19,800 Speaker 3: Murphy conceded after Game five excuse me after Game four 104 00:06:20,279 --> 00:06:24,720 Speaker 3: of the NLCS, where he said playing the Cubs and 105 00:06:24,800 --> 00:06:28,440 Speaker 3: that rivalry and just everything that was going on between 106 00:06:28,839 --> 00:06:33,440 Speaker 3: Craig Council leaving and just how badly both cities wanted that. 107 00:06:34,120 --> 00:06:39,000 Speaker 3: To me, it kind of feels like the Blue Jays 108 00:06:39,640 --> 00:06:43,520 Speaker 3: might have emptied the tank to be able to get 109 00:06:43,520 --> 00:06:47,400 Speaker 3: to the World Series. Certainly the empty the tank on 110 00:06:48,040 --> 00:06:52,120 Speaker 3: a few pitchers, and all of their pitchers Chris Bassett 111 00:06:52,760 --> 00:06:56,240 Speaker 3: Kevin Gossman were used last night in Game seven. Also 112 00:06:56,839 --> 00:07:01,680 Speaker 3: Louis Varland, who has been used in ten postseason games already. 113 00:07:02,120 --> 00:07:04,560 Speaker 3: I mean, he's on track to be used just as 114 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:08,160 Speaker 3: many times or pretty close to it, as Brandon Morrow 115 00:07:08,360 --> 00:07:12,600 Speaker 3: was by the Dodgers in twenty seventeen. Brandon Morrow pitched 116 00:07:12,640 --> 00:07:17,480 Speaker 3: in every single World Series game that year and through seventeen, 117 00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:22,080 Speaker 3: and pitched in seventeen postseason games that year. Think about that, 118 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:25,760 Speaker 3: and Louis Varland is one of, if not the most 119 00:07:26,200 --> 00:07:29,400 Speaker 3: relied upon reliever for the Blue Jays. So here's my question, 120 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:33,000 Speaker 3: how much do the Blue Jays have left for the Dodgers, 121 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:38,080 Speaker 3: who are extremely well rested. They will have their starting 122 00:07:38,160 --> 00:07:42,560 Speaker 3: rotation on extra rest starting with the Game one starter 123 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:47,120 Speaker 3: in Blake snell Sneil Zilla again will start Game one, 124 00:07:47,680 --> 00:07:50,680 Speaker 3: and this will be his first World Series since the 125 00:07:50,720 --> 00:07:55,520 Speaker 3: Dodgers beat the Rays in twenty twenty and game two Yamamoto. 126 00:07:56,120 --> 00:07:59,320 Speaker 3: And when the series comes back to LA, whether it's 127 00:07:59,400 --> 00:08:02,720 Speaker 3: Game three or game four for Tyler glass Now and 128 00:08:02,760 --> 00:08:07,080 Speaker 3: show hey Otani, certainly for glass Now because the Dodgers 129 00:08:07,080 --> 00:08:10,160 Speaker 3: have been fortunate that glass Now has pitched at home 130 00:08:10,280 --> 00:08:14,400 Speaker 3: number one and the start times were when the shadows 131 00:08:14,520 --> 00:08:18,080 Speaker 3: were a big factor. All of these World Series games 132 00:08:18,160 --> 00:08:22,640 Speaker 3: are starting at five o'clock Pacific time. Once this series 133 00:08:22,680 --> 00:08:26,000 Speaker 3: returns back to Dodgers Stadium and glass Now is on 134 00:08:26,080 --> 00:08:29,240 Speaker 3: the mound and show he Otani is on the mound, 135 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:34,720 Speaker 3: they are going to have a huge advantage with those 136 00:08:34,760 --> 00:08:38,040 Speaker 3: shadows and that start time of five o'clock. And by 137 00:08:38,080 --> 00:08:40,960 Speaker 3: the way, Rick Mundane, Stephen Nelson will be on the 138 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:44,080 Speaker 3: call right here on AM five to seventy LA Sports, 139 00:08:44,400 --> 00:08:47,360 Speaker 3: and Joe Davis and John Smoltz will be on. 140 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:49,240 Speaker 2: The call for Fox Sports. 141 00:08:49,559 --> 00:08:52,720 Speaker 3: Eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy is 142 00:08:52,760 --> 00:08:56,040 Speaker 3: the phone number before we go to break and coming 143 00:08:56,120 --> 00:08:58,080 Speaker 3: up on the show tonight, your phone calls, we have 144 00:08:58,120 --> 00:08:59,000 Speaker 3: two lines open. 145 00:08:59,480 --> 00:09:02,280 Speaker 2: We will hear from Dino Ebol who had one. 146 00:09:02,080 --> 00:09:05,360 Speaker 3: Of the best views of the best game ever played 147 00:09:05,400 --> 00:09:09,680 Speaker 3: by a single player. Shoe a Otani's incredible Game four 148 00:09:10,240 --> 00:09:14,319 Speaker 3: and also coming up later in the show, Keik Hernandez 149 00:09:14,640 --> 00:09:19,280 Speaker 3: will share his emotional feelings about being on the verge 150 00:09:19,320 --> 00:09:23,560 Speaker 3: of tyme Justin Turner for playing the most playoff games 151 00:09:23,559 --> 00:09:26,720 Speaker 3: in Dodger franchise history. And we had a chance to 152 00:09:26,800 --> 00:09:31,280 Speaker 3: also catch up with Pedro Martinez and he had incredible 153 00:09:31,360 --> 00:09:35,280 Speaker 3: things to say about the Dodgers Game one starter Blake Snell. 154 00:09:35,920 --> 00:09:38,800 Speaker 3: But here's something to consider, and this kind of hit 155 00:09:38,880 --> 00:09:45,920 Speaker 3: me earlier today. Isn't it about time Los Angeles embraces 156 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:50,840 Speaker 3: Dave Roberts. I know you have one foot in, but 157 00:09:51,120 --> 00:09:56,040 Speaker 3: isn't it time for you to call in and really 158 00:09:56,080 --> 00:10:02,280 Speaker 3: praise Dave Roberts. He's going to his second consecutive World Series. 159 00:10:02,960 --> 00:10:06,880 Speaker 3: He did that in seventeen and eighteen. He's managing a 160 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:12,120 Speaker 3: veteran team that at times didn't give you everything you wanted, 161 00:10:12,920 --> 00:10:16,320 Speaker 3: and he never panicked. And he had a couple of 162 00:10:16,360 --> 00:10:19,720 Speaker 3: meetings with the hitters with a bullpen and with the 163 00:10:19,880 --> 00:10:25,200 Speaker 3: entire team in September in Baltimore. It doesn't sit right 164 00:10:25,280 --> 00:10:28,560 Speaker 3: with me if you're going to blame Dave Roberts for 165 00:10:28,679 --> 00:10:32,400 Speaker 3: everything when it goes wrong and not give them credit 166 00:10:32,960 --> 00:10:37,640 Speaker 3: for when things go right. And look, I've been pretty 167 00:10:37,640 --> 00:10:40,720 Speaker 3: fair with Dave. I'm not just Dave does everything right 168 00:10:41,280 --> 00:10:44,640 Speaker 3: type of guy. There have been times since he took over, 169 00:10:44,679 --> 00:10:48,000 Speaker 3: since twenty sixteen where I have been critical and I 170 00:10:48,040 --> 00:10:53,559 Speaker 3: feel fairly but at some point ever since twenty twenty, 171 00:10:53,720 --> 00:10:56,720 Speaker 3: he has taken it to another level. And it just 172 00:10:56,720 --> 00:10:59,600 Speaker 3: seems like him and Andrew Friedman are more on the 173 00:10:59,600 --> 00:11:03,280 Speaker 3: same page in the last five seasons than they were 174 00:11:03,280 --> 00:11:06,160 Speaker 3: in the first four years. And I think at a 175 00:11:06,200 --> 00:11:09,240 Speaker 3: certain point in time you have to give Dave Roberts 176 00:11:09,240 --> 00:11:12,720 Speaker 3: some credit. Eight six six nine eighty seven two five 177 00:11:12,840 --> 00:11:16,000 Speaker 3: seventy is the phone number when we continue on Off 178 00:11:16,080 --> 00:11:21,360 Speaker 3: Day Dodger Talk on this NBA Opening Night Tuesday, we'll 179 00:11:21,360 --> 00:11:23,800 Speaker 3: hear from Dino Ebol, We'll hear from Key k Hernandez 180 00:11:23,840 --> 00:11:27,280 Speaker 3: and Pedro Martinez, and we'll hear from you. Eight sixty 181 00:11:27,280 --> 00:11:30,920 Speaker 3: six nine eight seven two five seventy David vass with 182 00:11:30,960 --> 00:11:33,880 Speaker 3: you until eight o'clock right here on AM five seventy 183 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:38,559 Speaker 3: LA Sports advass a with you until eight o'clock right 184 00:11:38,600 --> 00:11:42,600 Speaker 3: here on AM five to seventy LA Sports Off Day 185 00:11:42,679 --> 00:11:47,560 Speaker 3: Dodger Talk World Series Week Edition, Game one will be 186 00:11:47,760 --> 00:11:52,520 Speaker 3: Friday at five o'clock Pacific time from the Rogers Center 187 00:11:52,720 --> 00:11:56,439 Speaker 3: in Toronto. Rick Monday and Steven Nelson will be on 188 00:11:56,520 --> 00:11:59,800 Speaker 3: the call, Tim Cats. We'll get you set with Morongo 189 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:04,400 Speaker 3: Sino Dodgers on deck at four o'clock and game two 190 00:12:04,559 --> 00:12:09,160 Speaker 3: Saturday night in Toronto, same time, same bat channel, all 191 00:12:09,200 --> 00:12:12,840 Speaker 3: of that Dodgers Radio and five to seventy LA Sports 192 00:12:13,280 --> 00:12:15,520 Speaker 3: coming up in a moment. I can't wait to share 193 00:12:15,559 --> 00:12:21,160 Speaker 3: with you what Dino Ebel told me about his perspective 194 00:12:21,400 --> 00:12:24,360 Speaker 3: in the third base coaching box when Shoe he Otani 195 00:12:24,800 --> 00:12:28,440 Speaker 3: hit his three home runs, including one over the right 196 00:12:28,480 --> 00:12:29,319 Speaker 3: field pavilion. 197 00:12:29,520 --> 00:12:31,760 Speaker 2: We'll get to that. We'll also get to keyke. 198 00:12:31,520 --> 00:12:35,920 Speaker 3: A Hernandez and Pedro Martinez. And just in case you 199 00:12:35,920 --> 00:12:39,880 Speaker 3: were wondering who the special guest may have been calling in, well, 200 00:12:41,080 --> 00:12:42,480 Speaker 3: that special guest got. 201 00:12:42,360 --> 00:12:43,120 Speaker 2: A better offer. 202 00:12:43,800 --> 00:12:46,160 Speaker 3: He got tickets to the Laker game and that was 203 00:12:46,600 --> 00:12:51,000 Speaker 3: the game one starter himself, Blake Snell. He's probably courtside 204 00:12:51,080 --> 00:12:54,040 Speaker 3: right now, hob nobbing it up with Luco over there. 205 00:12:54,600 --> 00:12:57,520 Speaker 3: Eight six six, nine eighty seven, two five seventy is 206 00:12:57,520 --> 00:13:00,240 Speaker 3: the phone number. Let's get out to the calls. Let's 207 00:13:00,280 --> 00:13:03,640 Speaker 3: go out to Manuel and Guardina. You're on Dodger Talk. 208 00:13:03,720 --> 00:13:11,080 Speaker 4: Lead us off, Oh, DV Man just excited, brou What 209 00:13:11,200 --> 00:13:14,120 Speaker 4: can we say not only about Roberts, about Freedman, but 210 00:13:14,200 --> 00:13:20,000 Speaker 4: first off, Man Am five seventy, from scam, from working 211 00:13:20,120 --> 00:13:23,880 Speaker 4: Kate's twenty five hours a day, from you being so 212 00:13:24,080 --> 00:13:28,400 Speaker 4: accessible down there, you know, in the champagne showers and 213 00:13:28,440 --> 00:13:31,760 Speaker 4: all that. Man, none of it would be possible without 214 00:13:31,800 --> 00:13:34,440 Speaker 4: Am five seventy. And that's why I always say, man 215 00:13:34,679 --> 00:13:37,480 Speaker 4: La is lucky to have Am five seventy. As far 216 00:13:37,520 --> 00:13:39,520 Speaker 4: as smells Hiller Man, who could blame him? Right? I 217 00:13:39,520 --> 00:13:42,480 Speaker 4: mean Opening Night or calling into Dodger Talk. 218 00:13:42,880 --> 00:13:45,679 Speaker 3: You know, are you saying that's a better offer than 219 00:13:45,720 --> 00:13:48,160 Speaker 3: calling into Dodger Talk and talking to his boy? 220 00:13:50,320 --> 00:13:52,320 Speaker 4: Well, he could talk to you all the time, man, 221 00:13:52,440 --> 00:13:54,200 Speaker 4: so you know, yeah it is, Dave. 222 00:13:54,320 --> 00:13:54,839 Speaker 2: You know that. 223 00:13:54,960 --> 00:13:56,440 Speaker 4: You know you would have done the same thing. 224 00:13:56,720 --> 00:13:59,360 Speaker 2: You'd be right. But I'm stuck here. I'm stuck here 225 00:13:59,400 --> 00:14:00,840 Speaker 2: talking to Mana. 226 00:14:01,520 --> 00:14:04,160 Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm stuck here talking to Manny and Guardena instead 227 00:14:04,200 --> 00:14:06,120 Speaker 3: of being with snell Zilla at the Laker game. 228 00:14:07,240 --> 00:14:09,960 Speaker 4: I'm an egginget. But aye, that's why we appreciate you. 229 00:14:10,080 --> 00:14:10,320 Speaker 1: DV. 230 00:14:10,800 --> 00:14:15,240 Speaker 4: Hey, five five games. This thing's gonna go tops. You know, 231 00:14:15,280 --> 00:14:18,559 Speaker 4: the Dodgers are primed right now. They're running on all cylinders. 232 00:14:18,840 --> 00:14:21,120 Speaker 4: Like you say, They're that free train coming down the 233 00:14:21,160 --> 00:14:24,880 Speaker 4: track that you can't avoid. And uh, I'm just hyped 234 00:14:24,960 --> 00:14:28,640 Speaker 4: up for it. Man Let's kick Canada's ass, Baby Gold 235 00:14:28,800 --> 00:14:30,720 Speaker 4: Dodgers back to back. 236 00:14:31,120 --> 00:14:33,080 Speaker 3: Love it, Manny, Thank you for the phone call. I 237 00:14:33,080 --> 00:14:35,200 Speaker 3: guess like his order was coming up right there. We 238 00:14:35,240 --> 00:14:38,080 Speaker 3: heard the drive through in the background. Eight six six 239 00:14:38,240 --> 00:14:41,000 Speaker 3: nine eighty seven two five seventy is the phone number. 240 00:14:41,400 --> 00:14:41,640 Speaker 2: Look. 241 00:14:41,720 --> 00:14:45,280 Speaker 3: The best part of the Dodgers not having home field 242 00:14:45,280 --> 00:14:49,240 Speaker 3: advantage in this year's World Series is that with the 243 00:14:49,280 --> 00:14:54,080 Speaker 3: two three two format, it gives them an opportunity to 244 00:14:54,240 --> 00:14:58,400 Speaker 3: do something that they have only done once in their 245 00:14:58,480 --> 00:15:03,720 Speaker 3: franchise's history, including Brooklyn in nineteen fifty five. 246 00:15:04,720 --> 00:15:06,320 Speaker 2: The Dodgers have. 247 00:15:06,280 --> 00:15:10,320 Speaker 3: Only won the World Series clinched the World Series at 248 00:15:10,360 --> 00:15:15,920 Speaker 3: home once. Can you believe that nineteen fifty five? That 249 00:15:16,040 --> 00:15:19,280 Speaker 3: was at Yankee Stadium. It wasn't at Ebbitts Field. The 250 00:15:19,480 --> 00:15:25,160 Speaker 3: only time the Dodgers celebrated a World Series championship in 251 00:15:25,200 --> 00:15:28,640 Speaker 3: front of their home fans was when the Dodgers swept 252 00:15:29,160 --> 00:15:34,160 Speaker 3: Mickey Mantle Roger Maris in the nineteen sixty three World Series. 253 00:15:34,720 --> 00:15:38,600 Speaker 3: That's the last time and only time the Dodgers have 254 00:15:38,760 --> 00:15:42,200 Speaker 3: ever won the World Series on their home field. 255 00:15:42,600 --> 00:15:43,280 Speaker 2: Think about it. 256 00:15:44,360 --> 00:15:48,000 Speaker 3: Nineteen fifty nine, that was against the Twins, Game seven, 257 00:15:48,040 --> 00:15:51,960 Speaker 3: they beat them in Minneapolis. Nineteen sixty five, same thing, 258 00:15:52,040 --> 00:15:56,160 Speaker 3: they beat the Twins in Minnesota. Fast forward to nineteen 259 00:15:56,200 --> 00:16:00,920 Speaker 3: eighty one. That was at Yankee Stadium, Game six. Nineteen 260 00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:03,680 Speaker 3: eighty eight, the Dodgers beat the A's in Oakland in 261 00:16:03,720 --> 00:16:09,040 Speaker 3: Game five, famous photo of Oral Herscheizer being hoisted up 262 00:16:09,040 --> 00:16:14,320 Speaker 3: by Rick Dempsey in their road grays twenty twenty, the 263 00:16:14,360 --> 00:16:20,520 Speaker 3: pandemic obviously in Texas, and last year at Yankee Stadium 264 00:16:20,600 --> 00:16:25,120 Speaker 3: Game five. So with this format of two three to two, 265 00:16:25,200 --> 00:16:28,600 Speaker 3: if the Dodgers can win at least one game in Toronto, 266 00:16:29,200 --> 00:16:32,040 Speaker 3: they will have a chance to do something that they 267 00:16:32,080 --> 00:16:36,080 Speaker 3: have only done once in their franchise's history, and that 268 00:16:36,320 --> 00:16:40,040 Speaker 3: celebrate winning the World Series on their home field. 269 00:16:40,480 --> 00:16:43,480 Speaker 2: Let's go out to Northridge. Jd. You're on Dodger Talk 270 00:16:43,560 --> 00:16:44,680 Speaker 2: with David basse I. 271 00:16:44,800 --> 00:16:49,240 Speaker 8: Jd oh, Dave, Hey, it's great to hear your show. 272 00:16:49,320 --> 00:16:51,480 Speaker 8: I've been living in New York the last couple months 273 00:16:51,480 --> 00:16:55,120 Speaker 8: and following the Dodgers late night. But then the playoffs 274 00:16:55,120 --> 00:16:57,880 Speaker 8: come around, and I had to be with my people 275 00:16:57,880 --> 00:17:01,000 Speaker 8: and I'd go what games and bars and for Godden 276 00:17:01,040 --> 00:17:04,680 Speaker 8: Friendly And that's been awesome now that the playoffs started. 277 00:17:05,359 --> 00:17:07,840 Speaker 8: I watched that gut wrencher in Game one against the 278 00:17:07,880 --> 00:17:13,120 Speaker 8: Brewers and in a bar called Tuckeria Grammercy and high 279 00:17:13,200 --> 00:17:16,800 Speaker 8: fives all around after trying got that last out, and 280 00:17:16,840 --> 00:17:20,159 Speaker 8: then the barkeep handed out free victory shots, and that 281 00:17:20,280 --> 00:17:22,439 Speaker 8: great night to be a Dodger fan in Manhattan. 282 00:17:22,720 --> 00:17:25,000 Speaker 3: Where are you gonna watch Game one this year? Maybe 283 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:26,520 Speaker 3: Monty's and Woodland Hills. 284 00:17:28,280 --> 00:17:30,840 Speaker 8: You know, I'm it's good to be home. I may 285 00:17:30,920 --> 00:17:33,600 Speaker 8: just be here in my living room, but you never know. 286 00:17:33,960 --> 00:17:37,760 Speaker 3: HQ Grow Pub in Woodland Hills. Those would be my 287 00:17:37,920 --> 00:17:40,160 Speaker 3: top choices in the valley right there. 288 00:17:40,200 --> 00:17:43,080 Speaker 8: Hey, you're making a great case. I also have to 289 00:17:43,119 --> 00:17:46,600 Speaker 8: tell you this yesterday, because I just got home. I 290 00:17:46,680 --> 00:17:51,160 Speaker 8: went to the final resting place of George Herman Ruth Alien. Really, 291 00:17:52,359 --> 00:17:54,840 Speaker 8: I just had to go there because of all of 292 00:17:54,880 --> 00:17:58,800 Speaker 8: the comps to Otani and just at one hundred years apart, 293 00:17:58,880 --> 00:18:01,920 Speaker 8: these two guys, the only two men of the what 294 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:04,600 Speaker 8: more than twenty two thousand have played Major League baseball 295 00:18:04,640 --> 00:18:06,440 Speaker 8: that could be compared to each other at the top 296 00:18:06,480 --> 00:18:09,320 Speaker 8: of the heap, and it was. 297 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:09,200 Speaker 7: It was. 298 00:18:10,200 --> 00:18:12,320 Speaker 8: It was an important pilgrimage for me being a Dodger 299 00:18:12,359 --> 00:18:14,680 Speaker 8: fan and a baseball junkie. 300 00:18:15,040 --> 00:18:17,840 Speaker 3: All Right, well, it's great to visit a dead person. 301 00:18:18,320 --> 00:18:21,600 Speaker 3: Thanks for the phone call, JD. Appreciate it. Let's celebrate 302 00:18:21,640 --> 00:18:24,920 Speaker 3: the people that are living, including show Heo Tani, who 303 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:27,840 Speaker 3: is doing things that not even Babe Ruth was doing 304 00:18:27,920 --> 00:18:31,400 Speaker 3: back then. And speaking of show Heo Tani, I did 305 00:18:31,400 --> 00:18:34,440 Speaker 3: have a chance to speak to Dodgers third base coach 306 00:18:34,520 --> 00:18:38,119 Speaker 3: Dino Ebol last night at the workout and had to 307 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:41,240 Speaker 3: ask him he was there. He was the one high 308 00:18:41,280 --> 00:18:45,240 Speaker 3: fiving show Hao Tani when he rounded third base. He 309 00:18:45,480 --> 00:18:49,600 Speaker 3: had a great vantage point along with Chris Woodward at 310 00:18:49,640 --> 00:18:53,359 Speaker 3: first base in the coaching box there of Otani's three 311 00:18:53,400 --> 00:18:57,439 Speaker 3: home runs, and I was wondering what it was like 312 00:18:57,640 --> 00:19:00,720 Speaker 3: to be on the field as history was being made. 313 00:19:01,600 --> 00:19:04,480 Speaker 3: Is that the single greatest performance by any player in 314 00:19:04,520 --> 00:19:05,479 Speaker 3: postseason history? 315 00:19:05,640 --> 00:19:06,320 Speaker 2: Absolutely? 316 00:19:06,359 --> 00:19:09,399 Speaker 9: And of like you said, been in a lot of 317 00:19:09,440 --> 00:19:13,520 Speaker 9: postseason games and World Series and just in and that 318 00:19:13,720 --> 00:19:16,400 Speaker 9: you know, the normal uh one hundred and sixty two 319 00:19:16,440 --> 00:19:19,240 Speaker 9: game season. Anybody who goes deep three times in one game, 320 00:19:19,240 --> 00:19:21,679 Speaker 9: that's special. But to go out there and pitch the 321 00:19:21,720 --> 00:19:24,639 Speaker 9: way he did, had ten punch outs. And you know what, David, 322 00:19:24,680 --> 00:19:26,680 Speaker 9: I could honestly sit sit here and tell you today 323 00:19:26,720 --> 00:19:29,280 Speaker 9: that in the box, in the moment, and it's first 324 00:19:29,320 --> 00:19:31,840 Speaker 9: at bat, the way he started taking pitches, I knew 325 00:19:31,840 --> 00:19:34,760 Speaker 9: he was locked in because he wasn't flying out. He 326 00:19:34,880 --> 00:19:38,240 Speaker 9: was staying in himself. It looked like now the head 327 00:19:38,280 --> 00:19:41,840 Speaker 9: was more you know, steel, He wasn't moving. And after 328 00:19:41,880 --> 00:19:44,360 Speaker 9: that first homer, I said, this is what the show, hey, 329 00:19:44,800 --> 00:19:47,879 Speaker 9: you know is about, because once he wasn't moving a 330 00:19:47,880 --> 00:19:50,240 Speaker 9: whole lot with a body movement. I said, he's locked 331 00:19:50,280 --> 00:19:52,480 Speaker 9: in and his strength is to left center. I know 332 00:19:52,520 --> 00:19:55,320 Speaker 9: he hit some bombs to right. Both the show, hey, 333 00:19:55,400 --> 00:19:57,800 Speaker 9: I know is when he's hitting the ball, well, you know, 334 00:19:57,920 --> 00:20:00,520 Speaker 9: he's staying in there and driving that battle left center field, 335 00:20:00,520 --> 00:20:02,159 Speaker 9: which he hit a home run and his lastly. 336 00:20:01,960 --> 00:20:04,240 Speaker 3: Bat, the one that he hit over the right field 337 00:20:04,280 --> 00:20:07,480 Speaker 3: pavilion four hundred and sixty nine feet, could you tell 338 00:20:07,520 --> 00:20:09,360 Speaker 3: it was going over the roof and when it did 339 00:20:09,400 --> 00:20:11,439 Speaker 3: go over the roof, did you have to do a 340 00:20:11,480 --> 00:20:14,520 Speaker 3: double take? And I'm just curious from your standpoint, could 341 00:20:14,560 --> 00:20:15,360 Speaker 3: you tell it went over? 342 00:20:15,480 --> 00:20:17,600 Speaker 9: I could honestly sit here today and tell you the 343 00:20:17,600 --> 00:20:19,840 Speaker 9: ball was so high I knew it was gone, And 344 00:20:19,960 --> 00:20:23,239 Speaker 9: when it was hit, it was so high. When I 345 00:20:23,320 --> 00:20:26,120 Speaker 9: looked up in the bill of my helmet, I got 346 00:20:26,160 --> 00:20:27,439 Speaker 9: like a blur in the lights. 347 00:20:27,520 --> 00:20:28,520 Speaker 2: I actually had to. 348 00:20:28,440 --> 00:20:31,119 Speaker 9: Put my hand in front of me to block the 349 00:20:31,200 --> 00:20:33,800 Speaker 9: lights because it was so high. And I go, this 350 00:20:33,840 --> 00:20:36,480 Speaker 9: ball has a chance to hit like in that upper 351 00:20:36,520 --> 00:20:38,919 Speaker 9: tank there where the people are walking. And when I 352 00:20:38,960 --> 00:20:40,919 Speaker 9: saw it go over the roof, I said, I cannot 353 00:20:40,920 --> 00:20:41,359 Speaker 9: believe it. 354 00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:42,160 Speaker 2: I just witnessed. 355 00:20:42,200 --> 00:20:44,920 Speaker 9: I mean, nobody even does that in batting practice, which 356 00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:47,160 Speaker 9: he did when he took batting practice out. 357 00:20:47,240 --> 00:20:48,320 Speaker 2: Like a few days earlier. 358 00:20:48,359 --> 00:20:51,159 Speaker 9: But to go that far over the pavilion something that 359 00:20:51,240 --> 00:20:52,400 Speaker 9: I'll never forget. 360 00:20:52,600 --> 00:20:55,280 Speaker 3: What was it like before the game, when you maybe 361 00:20:55,320 --> 00:20:57,920 Speaker 3: passed by him in the cage or in the dugout. 362 00:20:57,960 --> 00:21:00,600 Speaker 3: Could you sense a different look about him? 363 00:21:00,800 --> 00:21:03,680 Speaker 9: Yes, because one he's he is a little different when 364 00:21:03,720 --> 00:21:06,119 Speaker 9: he pitches. He's more locked in on the pitching side 365 00:21:06,119 --> 00:21:08,760 Speaker 9: of it. Again, we need him as an offensive player. 366 00:21:08,800 --> 00:21:12,399 Speaker 9: But there's something about that first at bat that I 367 00:21:12,440 --> 00:21:14,399 Speaker 9: even told our guys in the dugout. I said, I 368 00:21:14,480 --> 00:21:16,280 Speaker 9: like what I'm watching right now with show Hey. And 369 00:21:16,320 --> 00:21:18,600 Speaker 9: I'm not a hitting coach. I'm that's not one of 370 00:21:18,640 --> 00:21:20,479 Speaker 9: my lanes that I ever get involved in. But as 371 00:21:20,560 --> 00:21:23,600 Speaker 9: standing out here all the years I've been watching good hitters. 372 00:21:24,040 --> 00:21:26,240 Speaker 9: That's when I saw show Hey in his first at bat, 373 00:21:26,280 --> 00:21:28,880 Speaker 9: the way he was taking pitches, I said, look out, 374 00:21:28,920 --> 00:21:30,920 Speaker 9: he's he's going to run into one, but to run 375 00:21:30,920 --> 00:21:33,920 Speaker 9: into three something I'll never forget something in the world, 376 00:21:33,960 --> 00:21:34,520 Speaker 9: would never. 377 00:21:34,440 --> 00:21:36,000 Speaker 2: Forget anything extra. 378 00:21:36,119 --> 00:21:38,119 Speaker 3: When he came around third base on any one of 379 00:21:38,119 --> 00:21:39,440 Speaker 3: those three home runs. 380 00:21:39,200 --> 00:21:41,720 Speaker 9: Nope, same same show Hey. He gives me the little 381 00:21:41,760 --> 00:21:44,560 Speaker 9: you know, you know, high five, and I just saw, 382 00:21:44,640 --> 00:21:46,320 Speaker 9: you know, I saw a little smile as he looks 383 00:21:46,320 --> 00:21:47,040 Speaker 9: in our dugout. 384 00:21:47,119 --> 00:21:48,720 Speaker 2: But what a moment. 385 00:21:49,560 --> 00:21:53,160 Speaker 9: One for himself, one, two for the Dodgers, and three 386 00:21:53,200 --> 00:21:55,359 Speaker 9: to do it at home and here at Dodger Stadium. 387 00:21:55,480 --> 00:21:57,360 Speaker 9: See our fans, I mean, just. 388 00:21:57,359 --> 00:21:58,719 Speaker 2: As loud as you can get. It was. 389 00:21:58,800 --> 00:21:59,760 Speaker 9: It was a special night. 390 00:22:00,320 --> 00:22:00,480 Speaker 2: There. 391 00:22:00,520 --> 00:22:03,439 Speaker 3: He is the Dodgers third base coach, Dino Ebol with 392 00:22:03,520 --> 00:22:07,240 Speaker 3: a front row seat to history in Game four the NLCS, 393 00:22:07,600 --> 00:22:10,800 Speaker 3: when shoe Heotani not only pitched six scoreless innings and 394 00:22:10,840 --> 00:22:14,560 Speaker 3: had ten strikeouts, but also hit three home runs, and 395 00:22:14,680 --> 00:22:18,679 Speaker 3: the second one over the right field pavilion four hundred 396 00:22:19,119 --> 00:22:22,840 Speaker 3: and sixty nine feet, And Janet Marie Smith, who does 397 00:22:22,880 --> 00:22:25,840 Speaker 3: a great job at Dodgers Stadium and has been an 398 00:22:25,880 --> 00:22:32,760 Speaker 3: integral part of the renovations at Dodgers Stadium, I'm sure 399 00:22:32,840 --> 00:22:36,399 Speaker 3: she'll have a four to sixty nine home plate sign 400 00:22:36,960 --> 00:22:40,280 Speaker 3: attached to that right field pavilion. And that's a place 401 00:22:40,320 --> 00:22:43,600 Speaker 3: that everybody can go and check out and remember one 402 00:22:43,640 --> 00:22:47,240 Speaker 3: of the greatest games ever played by a single player 403 00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:52,040 Speaker 3: in shoe Aotani in Game four of the NLCS. And look, 404 00:22:52,240 --> 00:22:55,080 Speaker 3: I'll tell you this, you know, talking to people around 405 00:22:55,080 --> 00:22:58,760 Speaker 3: the team the night that Otani came out to take 406 00:22:58,800 --> 00:23:02,800 Speaker 3: batting practice on the field, something that he hasn't done 407 00:23:02,880 --> 00:23:06,040 Speaker 3: since he joined the Dodgers. His name was on the 408 00:23:06,080 --> 00:23:09,120 Speaker 3: list and guys were saying, hey, is this right? Are 409 00:23:09,119 --> 00:23:11,720 Speaker 3: you really hitting on the field, And he was joking 410 00:23:11,800 --> 00:23:14,959 Speaker 3: on I'm not good at baseball, And the day of 411 00:23:15,240 --> 00:23:21,080 Speaker 3: Game four, there wasn't an anger about him. Maybe a 412 00:23:21,160 --> 00:23:24,920 Speaker 3: more focus a more edge because he's pitching. But everybody 413 00:23:24,960 --> 00:23:29,480 Speaker 3: told me they never sensed anger from Shoho Tani. Never 414 00:23:29,560 --> 00:23:32,720 Speaker 3: sensed anger before that game, just a lot of focus, 415 00:23:32,840 --> 00:23:37,639 Speaker 3: the same demeanor. But you have to believe that focus 416 00:23:37,680 --> 00:23:42,000 Speaker 3: maybe came from so many people doubting him leading up 417 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:45,880 Speaker 3: to that game, and he certainly made a statement NLCSMVP 418 00:23:46,520 --> 00:23:50,600 Speaker 3: And look, he has a flair for the dramatics on 419 00:23:50,680 --> 00:23:55,680 Speaker 3: the biggest stages, right, whether it's his babbohead night, whether 420 00:23:55,760 --> 00:23:59,720 Speaker 3: it's you know, the game in Miami where he's three 421 00:23:59,800 --> 00:24:01,919 Speaker 3: or four or home runs away, or a couple of 422 00:24:01,920 --> 00:24:05,520 Speaker 3: home runs away, three or four, stolen bases away, fifty 423 00:24:05,520 --> 00:24:09,120 Speaker 3: to fifty boom in one game, in a dramatic, theatrical way, 424 00:24:09,680 --> 00:24:14,399 Speaker 3: walk off Grand Slam last year at Dodgers Stadium. He 425 00:24:14,640 --> 00:24:18,040 Speaker 3: just seems to have a sense for the biggest lights 426 00:24:18,280 --> 00:24:23,080 Speaker 3: and delivers, and that's what separates the not only great players, 427 00:24:23,080 --> 00:24:26,520 Speaker 3: but the elite of the elite from the others. And 428 00:24:26,680 --> 00:24:30,200 Speaker 3: that's show Hao Tani eight six six nine eight seven 429 00:24:30,320 --> 00:24:33,119 Speaker 3: two five seventy is the phone number. Game one of 430 00:24:33,160 --> 00:24:36,359 Speaker 3: the World Series is on Friday at five o'clock. You 431 00:24:36,400 --> 00:24:39,199 Speaker 3: will hear it as you have heard every single Dodger 432 00:24:39,280 --> 00:24:42,600 Speaker 3: game all season long. Right here on A five to 433 00:24:42,680 --> 00:24:46,119 Speaker 3: seventy LA Sports. I will be live at Rogers Center 434 00:24:46,119 --> 00:24:49,600 Speaker 3: in Toronto. I'm flying out with the team tomorrow afternoon. 435 00:24:49,880 --> 00:24:52,720 Speaker 3: I'll be there for Media Day on Thursday. We will 436 00:24:52,760 --> 00:24:56,480 Speaker 3: have a Dodger Talk show from Media Day in Toronto. 437 00:24:56,680 --> 00:25:00,080 Speaker 3: So we have you covered wall the wall from six 438 00:25:00,080 --> 00:25:05,399 Speaker 3: am to eight pm every single night leading through the 439 00:25:05,440 --> 00:25:09,879 Speaker 3: Dodgers hopefully having another parade, which I fully expect to happen. 440 00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:12,520 Speaker 3: We're gonna take a time out when we come back 441 00:25:12,680 --> 00:25:16,680 Speaker 3: more of your phone calls and also Keith Ernandez and 442 00:25:16,760 --> 00:25:20,560 Speaker 3: Pedro Martinez on Dodger Talk until eight o'clock right here 443 00:25:20,600 --> 00:25:22,320 Speaker 3: on AM five seventy LA Sports. 444 00:25:23,080 --> 00:25:24,159 Speaker 2: I say with you. 445 00:25:24,200 --> 00:25:27,600 Speaker 3: Until eight o'clock tonight here on AM five seventy LA 446 00:25:27,760 --> 00:25:31,800 Speaker 3: Sports Dodger Talk. The week of the World Series, the 447 00:25:31,800 --> 00:25:35,720 Speaker 3: Dodgers headed back to the World Series for the fifth. 448 00:25:35,400 --> 00:25:37,560 Speaker 2: Time in the last nine years. 449 00:25:37,880 --> 00:25:42,080 Speaker 3: Yeah, how about that. My son was born in twenty fifteen. 450 00:25:43,520 --> 00:25:47,320 Speaker 3: The Dodgers have gone to the World Series five times 451 00:25:47,320 --> 00:25:53,000 Speaker 3: in his lifetime. During my lifetime, before this stretch of time, 452 00:25:53,440 --> 00:25:57,399 Speaker 3: the Dodgers only went to the World Series twice. And 453 00:25:57,440 --> 00:26:00,679 Speaker 3: it was far and few between, and and certainly a 454 00:26:00,680 --> 00:26:05,600 Speaker 3: lot of heartache between nineteen eighty one and nineteen eighty eight, 455 00:26:06,040 --> 00:26:09,639 Speaker 3: and certainly a long time between nineteen eighty eight and 456 00:26:09,720 --> 00:26:14,520 Speaker 3: the Dodgers going back to prominence in twenty thirteen. So this, 457 00:26:14,680 --> 00:26:19,400 Speaker 3: without a doubt, is the greatest time to be alive 458 00:26:19,600 --> 00:26:23,000 Speaker 3: if you're a Dodger fan. This franchise has never seen 459 00:26:23,520 --> 00:26:28,080 Speaker 3: anything like this type of sustained success. And Dave Roberts, 460 00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:32,520 Speaker 3: Mookie Bets, Keik Hernandez, they're all on the verge of 461 00:26:32,600 --> 00:26:37,040 Speaker 3: winning more rings. Dave Roberts would have you know. Obviously 462 00:26:37,119 --> 00:26:39,040 Speaker 3: he won the World Series as a player with the 463 00:26:39,240 --> 00:26:42,600 Speaker 3: four Red Sox, but as a manager, he certainly would 464 00:26:42,600 --> 00:26:48,320 Speaker 3: put himself and rarefied elite company with guys like Joe Torre, 465 00:26:49,040 --> 00:26:53,600 Speaker 3: Sparky Anderson, those type of guys. If he wins back 466 00:26:53,640 --> 00:26:57,080 Speaker 3: to back World Series championships, let's go out to Torrence. 467 00:26:57,480 --> 00:27:02,399 Speaker 2: Ilana. You're on Dodger Talk. How you doing, Hey, BV. 468 00:27:02,359 --> 00:27:05,840 Speaker 5: I'm great. I just wanted to call and tell you 469 00:27:07,400 --> 00:27:11,280 Speaker 5: exactly where I was for the Freddie Freeman Grand Slam. 470 00:27:11,240 --> 00:27:13,200 Speaker 2: Game one last. I love this. 471 00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:16,720 Speaker 3: This is perfect since we are getting closer to Game 472 00:27:16,760 --> 00:27:19,280 Speaker 3: one of the World Series, maybe we'll have another hero. 473 00:27:19,440 --> 00:27:21,000 Speaker 3: But go ahead, Ilana, I can't wait. 474 00:27:20,880 --> 00:27:21,320 Speaker 2: To hear this. 475 00:27:22,960 --> 00:27:25,960 Speaker 5: I know it because you know it's so special. We 476 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:29,600 Speaker 5: need to have these moments going into this next series here. 477 00:27:29,640 --> 00:27:32,879 Speaker 5: But I was honestly at my house on my couch 478 00:27:33,040 --> 00:27:36,720 Speaker 5: making homemade Dodger dogs with my family and my friends, 479 00:27:37,200 --> 00:27:40,919 Speaker 5: and it was fricking awesome, and the whole neighborhood was 480 00:27:40,960 --> 00:27:43,720 Speaker 5: going off. You could hear people honking and screaming outside 481 00:27:43,720 --> 00:27:47,199 Speaker 5: of their houses. We were, you know, doing a champagne shower, 482 00:27:47,359 --> 00:27:49,320 Speaker 5: our version of it in our living room. It was 483 00:27:49,359 --> 00:27:52,920 Speaker 5: incredible and those memories will last a lifetime. My sister 484 00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:56,200 Speaker 5: and I were fortunate enough to go to the World 485 00:27:56,200 --> 00:27:59,960 Speaker 5: Series Game six in twenty seventeen. We were at Game 486 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:03,040 Speaker 5: two last year, and I'm really hoping to bring some 487 00:28:03,080 --> 00:28:05,520 Speaker 5: of that energy into this next series and I really 488 00:28:05,560 --> 00:28:08,919 Speaker 5: hope to go. That's something that we're genuinely looking forward to. 489 00:28:09,240 --> 00:28:12,280 Speaker 5: And if you need an assistant in the house for 490 00:28:13,440 --> 00:28:13,880 Speaker 5: I could be. 491 00:28:13,880 --> 00:28:16,920 Speaker 2: Available, Okay, Alana, I'll keep that in mind. 492 00:28:16,960 --> 00:28:19,639 Speaker 3: Thank you for the phone call and great story, and 493 00:28:19,880 --> 00:28:23,880 Speaker 3: I have enjoyed all of them all year long. Fans 494 00:28:23,960 --> 00:28:28,000 Speaker 3: calling in letting me know where they were they when 495 00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:33,240 Speaker 3: they watched Freddie Freeman hit his dramatic heroic Game one 496 00:28:33,440 --> 00:28:37,520 Speaker 3: walk off Grand Slam in last year's World Series. And 497 00:28:37,720 --> 00:28:39,920 Speaker 3: who knows who's going to be the hero this year. 498 00:28:40,040 --> 00:28:43,680 Speaker 3: You know there is going to be a hero that 499 00:28:44,400 --> 00:28:47,560 Speaker 3: is going to emerge to help one of these teams 500 00:28:47,720 --> 00:28:50,840 Speaker 3: win the World Series. And look, I'm not gonna say 501 00:28:50,880 --> 00:28:53,640 Speaker 3: it's the Dodgers of slam Dunk that they're gonna win this, 502 00:28:53,800 --> 00:29:00,240 Speaker 3: but this team has an incredible focus about themselves. They're 503 00:29:00,280 --> 00:29:04,160 Speaker 3: not acting like they're lucky to be there. You saw it, 504 00:29:04,280 --> 00:29:08,240 Speaker 3: and other former players were marveling at the fact after 505 00:29:08,320 --> 00:29:12,120 Speaker 3: they swept the Brewers in Game four, they lined up 506 00:29:12,120 --> 00:29:15,320 Speaker 3: for their high five line the way they do after 507 00:29:15,440 --> 00:29:18,320 Speaker 3: every single one of their wins, and then. 508 00:29:18,240 --> 00:29:22,040 Speaker 2: Celebrated with each other. That's why I believe the Dodgers 509 00:29:22,480 --> 00:29:26,200 Speaker 2: their experience. The Blue Jays only have George Springer, who 510 00:29:26,240 --> 00:29:33,120 Speaker 2: has had World Series experience. The Dodgers have so much experience, 511 00:29:33,240 --> 00:29:37,320 Speaker 2: so much talent, so much starting pitching, that I don't 512 00:29:37,360 --> 00:29:41,320 Speaker 2: believe the the Blue Jays have enough to keep up 513 00:29:41,360 --> 00:29:43,720 Speaker 2: with and the Brewers. 514 00:29:43,280 --> 00:29:45,360 Speaker 3: Didn't have enough. They had the best record in the 515 00:29:45,440 --> 00:29:48,840 Speaker 3: National League. Everybody thought the Phillies were gonna knock off 516 00:29:48,880 --> 00:29:53,400 Speaker 3: the Dodgers. That did not happen. So what makes anybody 517 00:29:53,480 --> 00:29:57,960 Speaker 3: believe the Blue Jays, after going in a seven game series, 518 00:29:58,560 --> 00:30:03,640 Speaker 3: emptying everything, their bullpen, their starting staff, and their emotional 519 00:30:03,720 --> 00:30:07,160 Speaker 3: guest tank have enough to come back and beat the 520 00:30:07,200 --> 00:30:07,760 Speaker 3: Dodgers in. 521 00:30:07,760 --> 00:30:10,480 Speaker 2: The World Series. And let's face it. 522 00:30:10,800 --> 00:30:15,040 Speaker 3: Blake Snell set the tone in Game one of the NLDS, 523 00:30:15,360 --> 00:30:17,800 Speaker 3: and he's set the tone in game one of the 524 00:30:17,920 --> 00:30:21,920 Speaker 3: NLCS on the road. I'm looking at Blake Snell to 525 00:30:22,040 --> 00:30:24,960 Speaker 3: set the tone again in Game one of the World Series. 526 00:30:25,360 --> 00:30:28,800 Speaker 3: And that guy is hungry and he's locked in. Don't 527 00:30:28,840 --> 00:30:32,120 Speaker 3: get it twisted. This guy came to sign with the 528 00:30:32,200 --> 00:30:35,680 Speaker 3: Dodgers for this opportunity and he is not going to 529 00:30:35,760 --> 00:30:38,360 Speaker 3: let it slip away. He is not going to try 530 00:30:38,360 --> 00:30:41,440 Speaker 3: to perform at his best. And look, nobody feels their 531 00:30:41,480 --> 00:30:44,000 Speaker 3: best this time of the year. But it's the ones 532 00:30:44,040 --> 00:30:48,240 Speaker 3: that pushed through that really separate themselves, and Blake Snell 533 00:30:48,360 --> 00:30:51,760 Speaker 3: is that guy. Let's go out to Arthur in Marina 534 00:30:51,840 --> 00:30:53,320 Speaker 3: del Rey. You're on Dodger Talk. 535 00:30:53,400 --> 00:30:57,640 Speaker 1: Hi, Arthur, Hi, David to take my call. 536 00:30:58,640 --> 00:31:00,720 Speaker 10: I've been saying my friends, heeri is one of the 537 00:31:00,760 --> 00:31:03,880 Speaker 10: best years in baseball forever. You know, at the data 538 00:31:04,480 --> 00:31:08,320 Speaker 10: and it goes back to this came up, didn't explaining 539 00:31:08,320 --> 00:31:10,760 Speaker 10: the seasons with the parade, and I just had a 540 00:31:10,760 --> 00:31:13,600 Speaker 10: good feeling about this year. And it's just amazing because 541 00:31:13,640 --> 00:31:17,560 Speaker 10: the things that happen, like Chris Shaws this struck out 542 00:31:18,040 --> 00:31:22,120 Speaker 10: and the celebration of that, and then uh, the the 543 00:31:22,200 --> 00:31:25,360 Speaker 10: one hitter, which was we were suping a no hitter. Yeah, 544 00:31:25,480 --> 00:31:26,920 Speaker 10: and it's just been it's. 545 00:31:26,800 --> 00:31:28,160 Speaker 1: Just been a I mean go on and on. 546 00:31:28,320 --> 00:31:30,080 Speaker 10: Then if we talk about well it's happened, on it 547 00:31:30,280 --> 00:31:33,160 Speaker 10: with this latest round and I say, the best is 548 00:31:33,200 --> 00:31:35,080 Speaker 10: not is that to come. I just feel something's going 549 00:31:35,120 --> 00:31:38,120 Speaker 10: on here and I'm just enjoying it. I'm during the season, 550 00:31:38,240 --> 00:31:42,880 Speaker 10: you know, even to office September, you know, Uh, it's 551 00:31:42,960 --> 00:31:45,320 Speaker 10: just staying president being Uh. I'm hearing up for the 552 00:31:45,360 --> 00:31:49,400 Speaker 10: players too from aniversial, but Clayton. 553 00:31:49,360 --> 00:31:51,440 Speaker 2: Especially, nobody wants to go home. 554 00:31:51,600 --> 00:31:54,600 Speaker 3: Arthur, nobody has wanted to go home. They have all 555 00:31:54,760 --> 00:31:57,760 Speaker 3: wanted to stay and let this ride go to the 556 00:31:57,920 --> 00:32:00,680 Speaker 3: very end. Dan, I think it would be great, you know, 557 00:32:00,880 --> 00:32:04,320 Speaker 3: once this season is over. After the Dodgers are done 558 00:32:04,520 --> 00:32:08,320 Speaker 3: celebrating that, we replay some of those great games and 559 00:32:09,160 --> 00:32:11,520 Speaker 3: let you enjoy those again, because you're right. It's been 560 00:32:11,560 --> 00:32:14,160 Speaker 3: a great year. It's been a great last two years, 561 00:32:14,280 --> 00:32:19,280 Speaker 3: and certainly the Dodgers deserve it. And the Blue Jays 562 00:32:19,840 --> 00:32:24,200 Speaker 3: they're a team that is very resilient. They started off slow, 563 00:32:24,760 --> 00:32:27,320 Speaker 3: overtook the Yankees. Everybody thought that was. 564 00:32:29,040 --> 00:32:29,600 Speaker 2: Not real. 565 00:32:29,920 --> 00:32:34,120 Speaker 3: I mean, Michael Ka from the Yankees broadcast was demeaning 566 00:32:34,200 --> 00:32:37,880 Speaker 3: the Blue Jays because their run differential didn't match up. 567 00:32:38,200 --> 00:32:38,360 Speaker 2: Well. 568 00:32:38,400 --> 00:32:42,239 Speaker 3: I guess it paid off at the end and they 569 00:32:42,320 --> 00:32:45,800 Speaker 3: had fifty two come from behind victories. So you can't 570 00:32:46,040 --> 00:32:49,160 Speaker 3: discount the Blue Jays. They're a really good team. I 571 00:32:49,240 --> 00:32:51,920 Speaker 3: don't believe their lineup is as deep as the Dodgers. 572 00:32:52,320 --> 00:32:55,280 Speaker 3: There's word that bobashett is going to try to give 573 00:32:55,320 --> 00:32:58,360 Speaker 3: it a go, but is that going to ruin any 574 00:32:58,440 --> 00:33:02,200 Speaker 3: sort of chemistry the Blue Jays had. So there's a 575 00:33:02,280 --> 00:33:04,960 Speaker 3: lot in play here, but I just don't believe. It 576 00:33:05,120 --> 00:33:07,520 Speaker 3: just comes down to the fact the Dodgers have too 577 00:33:07,680 --> 00:33:11,480 Speaker 3: much talent up and down their lineup, too much experience, 578 00:33:12,080 --> 00:33:15,240 Speaker 3: and too much great starting pitching. I mean it's it's 579 00:33:15,440 --> 00:33:18,960 Speaker 3: historic what the Dodgers are doing starting pitching wise. Hey, 580 00:33:19,040 --> 00:33:22,960 Speaker 3: key K Hernandez, speaking of history, he his next game, 581 00:33:23,080 --> 00:33:26,040 Speaker 3: which will be Game one in the postseason, will be 582 00:33:26,200 --> 00:33:30,280 Speaker 3: his eighty sixth postseason game in a Dodger uniform. So 583 00:33:30,560 --> 00:33:34,000 Speaker 3: in this World Series, Key K a Hernandez is going 584 00:33:34,080 --> 00:33:38,160 Speaker 3: to tie Justin Turner in Game one and past Justin 585 00:33:38,280 --> 00:33:43,760 Speaker 3: Turner for the most games played in the Dodgers' postseason history. 586 00:33:44,680 --> 00:33:48,400 Speaker 3: That fact was presented to him before Game four the 587 00:33:48,560 --> 00:33:52,480 Speaker 3: nw CS by Eric Steven and Key. 588 00:33:52,440 --> 00:33:54,480 Speaker 2: K got a lot a little emotional. 589 00:33:56,560 --> 00:33:59,160 Speaker 7: This is not just any franchise man. This this is 590 00:33:59,200 --> 00:34:01,480 Speaker 7: the La Dodger. They've been around for a long time 591 00:34:01,600 --> 00:34:07,840 Speaker 7: and they have a lot of history and for guy 592 00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:14,520 Speaker 7: like me from Puerto Rico kind of swamp swam against 593 00:34:14,560 --> 00:34:17,160 Speaker 7: the current my entire life, to be sitting in this 594 00:34:17,239 --> 00:34:22,160 Speaker 7: position is pretty special. But at the same time, I 595 00:34:22,239 --> 00:34:25,800 Speaker 7: haven't really wanted to reflect too much on it, because 596 00:34:26,480 --> 00:34:28,879 Speaker 7: There's going to be a time for that once I'm 597 00:34:28,920 --> 00:34:30,640 Speaker 7: done playing, and I'm gonna have a lot of years 598 00:34:30,680 --> 00:34:31,480 Speaker 7: to reflect on it. 599 00:34:32,120 --> 00:34:33,440 Speaker 8: But for now, I'm just. 600 00:34:35,480 --> 00:34:39,480 Speaker 7: I mean, it's as cool as that is, and I'm 601 00:34:39,480 --> 00:34:42,439 Speaker 7: going to take that to the grave with me. I'm 602 00:34:42,520 --> 00:34:46,759 Speaker 7: just focused on today and it would be cool if 603 00:34:47,160 --> 00:34:49,480 Speaker 7: my name is up there with the most Dodger World 604 00:34:49,560 --> 00:34:50,240 Speaker 7: series ever. 605 00:34:50,160 --> 00:34:52,040 Speaker 2: You know, But. 606 00:34:53,960 --> 00:34:56,719 Speaker 7: To be creeping out, creeping up on, you know, one 607 00:34:56,760 --> 00:35:02,480 Speaker 7: of playing the most playoff games as a dog, something 608 00:35:02,520 --> 00:35:05,560 Speaker 7: that I never really dreamed of or thought that would happen. 609 00:35:05,719 --> 00:35:10,520 Speaker 7: So that's something that's pretty special. And I wasn't really 610 00:35:10,520 --> 00:35:13,080 Speaker 7: aware of it till you just said that. So that's 611 00:35:13,080 --> 00:35:14,279 Speaker 7: why I'm caught a little off guard. 612 00:35:14,400 --> 00:35:18,759 Speaker 3: Sorry, Yeah, a little emotional for Key k Hernandez. This 613 00:35:18,920 --> 00:35:22,440 Speaker 3: franchise means a lot to him and the city of 614 00:35:22,640 --> 00:35:24,640 Speaker 3: La means a lot to him, and I think we 615 00:35:24,800 --> 00:35:27,239 Speaker 3: see that every time he plays the game and how 616 00:35:27,320 --> 00:35:32,040 Speaker 3: much emotion he has before, during, and after playoff games. 617 00:35:32,200 --> 00:35:35,520 Speaker 3: And Game one he'll tie Justin Turner for the most 618 00:35:35,920 --> 00:35:41,120 Speaker 3: postseason games played in Dodger franchise history, and in Game 619 00:35:41,239 --> 00:35:45,040 Speaker 3: two he'll pass Justin Turner for the most games played 620 00:35:45,080 --> 00:35:48,600 Speaker 3: in postseason history. You're likely to see Key Case starting 621 00:35:48,719 --> 00:35:52,080 Speaker 3: in left field in both of those games. I can't 622 00:35:52,120 --> 00:35:54,600 Speaker 3: think off the top of my head which lefty, if any, 623 00:35:55,000 --> 00:35:58,400 Speaker 3: the Blue Jays have in their rotation and you know 624 00:35:58,520 --> 00:36:03,200 Speaker 3: what I want. It would be phenomenal for Max Scherzer 625 00:36:03,800 --> 00:36:06,120 Speaker 3: to come back to Dodgers Stadium and start one of 626 00:36:06,200 --> 00:36:09,359 Speaker 3: those World Series games and the Dodgers win the World 627 00:36:09,480 --> 00:36:12,839 Speaker 3: Series that game. That's what I would love. You talk 628 00:36:12,880 --> 00:36:16,640 Speaker 3: about karma. This guy tapped out on his teammates for 629 00:36:16,880 --> 00:36:21,040 Speaker 3: free agency in game six of the twenty one NLCS. 630 00:36:21,760 --> 00:36:25,239 Speaker 3: And also George Springer was part of the twenty seventeen 631 00:36:26,000 --> 00:36:30,919 Speaker 3: Astros and he won the World Series MVP, and look 632 00:36:31,719 --> 00:36:33,440 Speaker 3: that will never be forgotten. 633 00:36:33,719 --> 00:36:34,719 Speaker 2: In Los Angeles. 634 00:36:35,360 --> 00:36:38,239 Speaker 3: Eight six six nine, eight seven, two five seventy is 635 00:36:38,320 --> 00:36:41,080 Speaker 3: the phone number. Let's go out to Manny in LA. 636 00:36:41,320 --> 00:36:43,080 Speaker 3: You're on Dodger Talk. How you doing, Manny? 637 00:36:44,760 --> 00:36:45,439 Speaker 1: How you doing? 638 00:36:45,600 --> 00:36:45,799 Speaker 9: Dave? 639 00:36:46,560 --> 00:36:49,000 Speaker 1: First of all, I've been trying so hard to get on. 640 00:36:50,480 --> 00:36:53,000 Speaker 1: I tried ninety eight times to get. 641 00:36:52,920 --> 00:36:57,839 Speaker 6: On after well, here you are, Manny, here I am, 642 00:36:58,520 --> 00:37:02,080 Speaker 6: And first all day, really gotta give you, give me 643 00:37:02,200 --> 00:37:06,239 Speaker 6: your flowers and apologize to you because when you first 644 00:37:06,280 --> 00:37:11,040 Speaker 6: took over as a Dodging guy, I was like, come on, David. 645 00:37:10,800 --> 00:37:14,759 Speaker 1: Baty, say who's this guy? He doesn't know much, but man, 646 00:37:14,880 --> 00:37:17,239 Speaker 1: you showed me so much. You're You're bad you're a 647 00:37:17,320 --> 00:37:18,160 Speaker 1: bad man, Dave. 648 00:37:18,960 --> 00:37:19,840 Speaker 2: Hey, thank you. 649 00:37:20,239 --> 00:37:20,439 Speaker 4: Hey. 650 00:37:20,480 --> 00:37:22,600 Speaker 2: I gotta earn it, gotta win you over, Manny, I 651 00:37:22,640 --> 00:37:24,239 Speaker 2: gotta earn it. That's the way I want it. 652 00:37:25,560 --> 00:37:27,960 Speaker 1: You know what. And you did, you did because I'd 653 00:37:28,040 --> 00:37:32,400 Speaker 1: rather listen to dodging Dog when you're on against Kates. 654 00:37:32,480 --> 00:37:36,560 Speaker 2: But you know, a lot of a lot of bad 655 00:37:36,600 --> 00:37:38,160 Speaker 2: handed compliments tonight, Manny. 656 00:37:39,920 --> 00:37:42,640 Speaker 1: Well look, Kate is very row Rod Dodgers, and you 657 00:37:43,360 --> 00:37:46,160 Speaker 1: sell it to them straight. They they they're horrible. You 658 00:37:46,280 --> 00:37:50,040 Speaker 1: called them out on it, you know so. And and 659 00:37:50,239 --> 00:37:53,239 Speaker 1: I was gonna try to justify it. I was there 660 00:37:53,400 --> 00:37:58,040 Speaker 1: for a game Game three when you called out the 661 00:37:58,080 --> 00:38:03,359 Speaker 1: fans for being too quiet. Yeah we yeah, yeah, well 662 00:38:03,480 --> 00:38:06,480 Speaker 1: I was. But it's like this, this is my my 663 00:38:07,040 --> 00:38:13,000 Speaker 1: attempt at justifying the crickets in the stand. We have 664 00:38:13,160 --> 00:38:15,480 Speaker 1: to give credit where credit is due, like I just 665 00:38:15,600 --> 00:38:19,600 Speaker 1: did for you. And that the miss was he took 666 00:38:19,680 --> 00:38:22,960 Speaker 1: us out. He took out the fans. Did I took 667 00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:25,799 Speaker 1: out the fans? And Milwaukee did I? We took out 668 00:38:25,800 --> 00:38:30,040 Speaker 1: the fans out in Philly, you know. And it felt 669 00:38:30,200 --> 00:38:33,600 Speaker 1: like even the batters. The better is the advants were 670 00:38:33,800 --> 00:38:37,400 Speaker 1: just quiet and they were just walking up there strit 671 00:38:37,480 --> 00:38:39,960 Speaker 1: once strike to'll see you later. I'll be back next 672 00:38:40,080 --> 00:38:43,359 Speaker 1: time until Temmy Edmond came through. 673 00:38:43,840 --> 00:38:46,840 Speaker 2: All right, well it was you got a rally. You 674 00:38:46,960 --> 00:38:47,560 Speaker 2: got to rally. 675 00:38:47,640 --> 00:38:50,040 Speaker 3: You can't let the miss or anybody else shut you 676 00:38:50,160 --> 00:38:53,840 Speaker 3: guys down. So hopefully that doesn't happen in the World 677 00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:58,320 Speaker 3: Series because the Dodgers have spoiled this fan base for 678 00:38:58,440 --> 00:39:01,600 Speaker 3: the last fourteen years. I don't want us to just 679 00:39:02,120 --> 00:39:04,560 Speaker 3: sit on our hands and wait for these guys to 680 00:39:04,640 --> 00:39:08,160 Speaker 3: get to the World Series. To get behind them. Manny, 681 00:39:08,840 --> 00:39:11,239 Speaker 3: thank you for calling in. Awesome to hear from you. 682 00:39:11,400 --> 00:39:14,920 Speaker 3: Call back anytime. Eight six six nine eight seven two 683 00:39:15,040 --> 00:39:18,640 Speaker 3: five seventy is the phone number. Speaking of keeping receipts 684 00:39:18,719 --> 00:39:22,680 Speaker 3: on Thursday Night show, I have some receipts of during 685 00:39:22,760 --> 00:39:26,400 Speaker 3: the season when you called in and gave up on 686 00:39:26,560 --> 00:39:29,880 Speaker 3: this team. But there was one man that believed in 687 00:39:29,960 --> 00:39:33,680 Speaker 3: the resume and the credibility of these players, and you're 688 00:39:33,719 --> 00:39:36,920 Speaker 3: listening to them right now. So sorry, I got some 689 00:39:37,120 --> 00:39:39,520 Speaker 3: receipts that I'm going to bring out on our next 690 00:39:39,640 --> 00:39:42,680 Speaker 3: off day show the night before Game one of the 691 00:39:42,719 --> 00:39:47,440 Speaker 3: World Series this Thursday night at seven o'clock before we 692 00:39:47,560 --> 00:39:51,919 Speaker 3: close it out Game one, starter. Blake's now he's really 693 00:39:52,000 --> 00:39:55,520 Speaker 3: coming into his own and he's won two cy Young Awards, 694 00:39:55,640 --> 00:39:58,759 Speaker 3: and people believe there's a lot more in there which 695 00:39:58,840 --> 00:40:04,400 Speaker 3: is scary, including Hall of Famer Pedro Martinez. Uh. 696 00:40:04,719 --> 00:40:07,520 Speaker 11: It is an honor to be here, back where I 697 00:40:07,560 --> 00:40:12,120 Speaker 11: I was developed to be uh, to be honest, and UH, 698 00:40:12,960 --> 00:40:16,000 Speaker 11: where I made my debut. A lot of uh, you know, 699 00:40:16,840 --> 00:40:21,040 Speaker 11: memories in here, A lot of great memories and one 700 00:40:21,160 --> 00:40:24,480 Speaker 11: nuts of great which was having to leave the Dodgers. 701 00:40:24,760 --> 00:40:27,480 Speaker 11: I remember crying like a baby because I didn't know 702 00:40:27,600 --> 00:40:30,120 Speaker 11: what what I was gonna do. Actually, I was so young. 703 00:40:30,200 --> 00:40:33,879 Speaker 11: I didn't know what to expect, what the future will 704 00:40:33,920 --> 00:40:38,000 Speaker 11: hold for me. And but now I'm glad I finally 705 00:40:38,080 --> 00:40:41,800 Speaker 11: mature and I understand that baseball can also be business 706 00:40:41,880 --> 00:40:42,239 Speaker 11: as well. 707 00:40:42,520 --> 00:40:44,239 Speaker 3: No doubt, you had a great career, a Hall of 708 00:40:44,320 --> 00:40:48,440 Speaker 3: Fame career, and you talk about maturity and changing teams 709 00:40:48,520 --> 00:40:51,640 Speaker 3: and learning how to grow. When you had that postgame 710 00:40:51,719 --> 00:40:55,640 Speaker 3: interview with Blake Snow the other day, he really appreciated 711 00:40:55,680 --> 00:40:58,160 Speaker 3: the questions that you had for him and how much 712 00:40:58,239 --> 00:40:59,719 Speaker 3: growth have you seen in him? 713 00:41:00,640 --> 00:41:07,920 Speaker 11: Well, I'm really impressed with his growth right around us, 714 00:41:08,280 --> 00:41:11,600 Speaker 11: in front of our eyes, and I wanted to ask 715 00:41:11,719 --> 00:41:15,400 Speaker 11: him because I see him so elite. It's such a 716 00:41:15,480 --> 00:41:20,600 Speaker 11: player that it's intriguing to actually get to know Blake Snell. 717 00:41:21,040 --> 00:41:24,200 Speaker 11: Blake Snell is one of those rare breed of players 718 00:41:24,280 --> 00:41:28,520 Speaker 11: that you can actually say has everything that you want 719 00:41:28,560 --> 00:41:31,000 Speaker 11: to see in a picture and then the area that 720 00:41:31,160 --> 00:41:35,560 Speaker 11: he has for the big moment. I played for eighteen 721 00:41:35,640 --> 00:41:38,880 Speaker 11: years and in a lot of post season games, but 722 00:41:39,040 --> 00:41:43,520 Speaker 11: to see a guy that can be so dominant during 723 00:41:43,560 --> 00:41:44,799 Speaker 11: the postseason. 724 00:41:45,480 --> 00:41:47,080 Speaker 2: He's a rare breed of player. 725 00:41:47,360 --> 00:41:50,279 Speaker 11: He's a rare breed, and I think that's a guy 726 00:41:50,360 --> 00:41:53,680 Speaker 11: that everybody should should be keeping an eye on to 727 00:41:53,880 --> 00:41:56,879 Speaker 11: see how everything just comes around for him. 728 00:41:57,719 --> 00:41:59,960 Speaker 3: He has a great change up. He had a great 729 00:42:00,239 --> 00:42:03,840 Speaker 3: change up. Do you see any similarities on how he 730 00:42:04,080 --> 00:42:06,719 Speaker 3: uses it? Because he was really excited about the fact 731 00:42:06,800 --> 00:42:09,640 Speaker 3: that he had three different speeds for his changeup. 732 00:42:11,120 --> 00:42:15,160 Speaker 11: I was the same way, but for some reason for him, 733 00:42:16,040 --> 00:42:18,800 Speaker 11: it seemed like it came later than it did for me. 734 00:42:19,880 --> 00:42:25,280 Speaker 11: But the way he's using it now, it's actually scary because. 735 00:42:25,160 --> 00:42:26,960 Speaker 2: I'm gonna say this for the first time. 736 00:42:28,040 --> 00:42:31,840 Speaker 11: I still think he's got a space to improve and 737 00:42:32,000 --> 00:42:36,360 Speaker 11: to become better, which is really really impressive from a 738 00:42:36,440 --> 00:42:39,440 Speaker 11: guy like Blake Snell. I think Blake Snell still has 739 00:42:39,480 --> 00:42:42,799 Speaker 11: a little ways to go when it comes to developing 740 00:42:43,000 --> 00:42:46,720 Speaker 11: everything he has. I think he's gonna have some space 741 00:42:46,840 --> 00:42:51,919 Speaker 11: to improve even more his location. I think his change 742 00:42:51,960 --> 00:42:54,480 Speaker 11: up is gonna get even better than it is. I 743 00:42:54,640 --> 00:42:59,279 Speaker 11: think his fat ball he's gonna learn how to locate better. 744 00:43:00,200 --> 00:43:01,640 Speaker 2: Just carry the thing. 745 00:43:02,320 --> 00:43:05,239 Speaker 11: As good as he is, he still has ways to 746 00:43:05,320 --> 00:43:09,040 Speaker 11: go when it comes to improving everything is and what 747 00:43:09,200 --> 00:43:09,560 Speaker 11: he can do. 748 00:43:10,840 --> 00:43:14,920 Speaker 3: All right, there's Pedro Martinez, who obviously knows a thing 749 00:43:15,040 --> 00:43:16,040 Speaker 3: or two about pitching. 750 00:43:16,280 --> 00:43:18,200 Speaker 2: I believe he's the. 751 00:43:18,280 --> 00:43:25,200 Speaker 3: Best in studio analyst any baseball network has. Pedro Martinez 752 00:43:25,320 --> 00:43:28,279 Speaker 3: is the best. He's got a great personality, he knows 753 00:43:28,360 --> 00:43:32,800 Speaker 3: the game, he understands the game, and he's entertaining on 754 00:43:32,960 --> 00:43:36,160 Speaker 3: top of it. And for him to say that Blake 755 00:43:36,239 --> 00:43:39,279 Speaker 3: Snell's changeup can be better and his fastball command could 756 00:43:39,320 --> 00:43:43,200 Speaker 3: be better, I know Blake always feels like there is 757 00:43:43,440 --> 00:43:46,480 Speaker 3: no ceiling for him. And as good as he's pitched, 758 00:43:46,840 --> 00:43:50,120 Speaker 3: he could pitch even better. So that just falls in 759 00:43:50,239 --> 00:43:54,759 Speaker 3: line with what Blake believes about himself. So awesome to 760 00:43:54,880 --> 00:43:59,040 Speaker 3: catch up with Pedro Martinez, who obviously is one that 761 00:43:59,200 --> 00:44:02,440 Speaker 3: got away from Dodgers, no doubt about it. That'll do 762 00:44:02,560 --> 00:44:05,080 Speaker 3: it for us tonight on Dodger Talk. Thanks to Ronnie 763 00:44:05,120 --> 00:44:08,000 Speaker 3: Fosso for all his help. Thanks to you for listening. 764 00:44:08,320 --> 00:44:10,520 Speaker 3: In case you missed any of the show, you can 765 00:44:10,600 --> 00:44:14,200 Speaker 3: find it on the iHeartRadio app. Don't Forget. Game one 766 00:44:14,280 --> 00:44:17,840 Speaker 3: of the World Series is this Friday, five o'clock First 767 00:44:17,880 --> 00:44:20,600 Speaker 3: Pitch with Rick Monday and Steven Nelson. We will be 768 00:44:20,760 --> 00:44:25,440 Speaker 3: live from Rogers Center in Toronto and tomorrow morning Scam 769 00:44:25,600 --> 00:44:27,960 Speaker 3: with Sax and Kate's at six am. 770 00:44:28,520 --> 00:44:29,400 Speaker 2: And our next. 771 00:44:29,280 --> 00:44:32,359 Speaker 3: Dodger Talk show will be on the eve of Game 772 00:44:32,440 --> 00:44:36,200 Speaker 3: one of the World Series this Thursday night at seven o'clock. 773 00:44:36,520 --> 00:44:37,480 Speaker 2: We'll bring you all the. 774 00:44:39,040 --> 00:44:43,279 Speaker 3: Interviews from Media Day the day before Game one of 775 00:44:43,320 --> 00:44:45,840 Speaker 3: the World Series, so you want to come back for 776 00:44:45,960 --> 00:44:48,400 Speaker 3: that as well. Have a great rest of your Tuesday. 777 00:44:48,480 --> 00:44:49,720 Speaker 3: We'll talk to you tomorrow morning. 778 00:44:50,160 --> 00:44:50,400 Speaker 2: See you