WEBVTT - Dodger Talk (8-14-26) 0:00:00.520 --> 0:00:03.720 The quest for the three peat has begun. Only four 0:00:03.800 --> 0:00:08.600 teams in Major League Baseball history have won three consecutive titles. 0:00:08.960 --> 0:00:12.560 The Dodgers are the favorites to become the fifth. 0:00:12.600 --> 0:00:15.040 This is World Champion Dodger Talk. 0:00:15.120 --> 0:00:17.079 Here we go again. We're running back to. 0:00:17.079 --> 0:00:19.840 Get in on the show called eight six six eighty 0:00:19.840 --> 0:00:23.080 seven two five seventy and be sure to follow Dodger. 0:00:22.840 --> 0:00:27.960 Talk wherever you get short podcasts. Here's your host, David Vase. 0:00:30.280 --> 0:00:34.279 Welcome the Dodger Talk. David Vasse with you until eleven 0:00:34.479 --> 0:00:37.840 thirty tonight here on AM five to seventy LA Sports. 0:00:37.880 --> 0:00:41.160 After the Dodgers beat the Brewers tonight by a final 0:00:41.240 --> 0:00:44.680 score of three to one, we have phone lines open 0:00:44.720 --> 0:00:47.839 at eight six six nine, eight seven two five seventy. 0:00:48.040 --> 0:00:52.680 Last night, Edwin Diaz was the lightning rod Well. Edwin 0:00:52.760 --> 0:00:55.200 Diaz found a way to get out of the jam 0:00:55.240 --> 0:00:57.680 in the ninth inning with the help of Tom Y 0:00:57.840 --> 0:01:02.600 Edmund and Keike Hernandez. And look, I was weighing all 0:01:02.640 --> 0:01:06.960 these different options that Dave Roberts had for tonight. If 0:01:07.000 --> 0:01:10.400 there was a save opportunity, Yeah, it could have been 0:01:10.440 --> 0:01:16.000 Tanner Scott. Yeah, you could use Jonathan Hernandez or Edgardo Enriquez. 0:01:16.080 --> 0:01:19.759 But you know, just talking through things with guys on 0:01:19.800 --> 0:01:23.360 the staff, this bullpen has been used a lot. There's 0:01:23.400 --> 0:01:26.720 not a lot of guys that you could really go to. 0:01:27.200 --> 0:01:31.160 And thankfully Blake Sneill pitched the way he pitched in 0:01:31.240 --> 0:01:35.360 his first game back, and thankfully Landon Knack and Eric 0:01:35.520 --> 0:01:39.720 Lower earlier on this homestand stayed away from some of 0:01:39.760 --> 0:01:43.679 these everyday relievers. And give credit to Evan Phillips and 0:01:43.720 --> 0:01:47.840 Tanner Scott for pitching scoreless seventh and eighth innings tonight 0:01:47.960 --> 0:01:50.840 to get the ball to Edwin Diaz. And look, I'm 0:01:50.880 --> 0:01:54.440 not going to act like this was a dominant performance 0:01:54.480 --> 0:01:58.240 from Edwin Diaz, but you can't forget this guy is 0:01:58.280 --> 0:02:01.360 still throwing upwards of ninety six ninety eight. 0:02:01.720 --> 0:02:04.000 He's coming back from arm. 0:02:03.920 --> 0:02:09.560 Surgery three months removed. As I mentioned in the Clubhouse show, 0:02:10.680 --> 0:02:13.959 it's one thing to try to rehab coming back from 0:02:14.080 --> 0:02:17.840 arm surgery. No matter how major or how minor it is, 0:02:17.919 --> 0:02:20.720 it's still arm surgery on your pitching arm. Whether it's 0:02:20.760 --> 0:02:25.239 loose bodies, whether it's a UCL, it's still a surgery. 0:02:25.880 --> 0:02:29.520 And Edwin Diaz is coming back from that in the 0:02:29.560 --> 0:02:32.400 middle of the season and being thrown into the fire 0:02:33.120 --> 0:02:36.040 and all of that is happening while the Dodgers are 0:02:36.080 --> 0:02:38.920 trying to secure one of the top two seeds in 0:02:38.960 --> 0:02:41.440 the National League and they're just one game back of 0:02:41.480 --> 0:02:44.680 the Brewers tonight with the win. But look, you gotta 0:02:44.720 --> 0:02:48.600 give Edwin Diaz credit for competing in what his last 0:02:48.639 --> 0:02:52.040 three outings. I know last night didn't look great. Key 0:02:52.120 --> 0:02:54.480 k a Hernandez, you're gonna hear from Edwin in just 0:02:54.520 --> 0:02:57.480 a moment again what he relayed to us that keyk 0:02:57.600 --> 0:03:00.240 Hernandez said to him when he went out to the 0:03:00.280 --> 0:03:03.720 mound really quickly. I mean, at least Key k Hernandez 0:03:03.720 --> 0:03:05.880 had the presence of mind to go to the mound 0:03:05.960 --> 0:03:09.800 to try to slow the game down or boost Diaz's confidence. 0:03:09.840 --> 0:03:13.080 It felt like the game was getting really fast on Diaz, 0:03:13.320 --> 0:03:16.840 and it was getting really fast on the Dodgers. It 0:03:17.000 --> 0:03:19.840 might have been worth a mount visit earlier in that 0:03:19.960 --> 0:03:24.080 ninth inning to slow things down, but luckily it happened 0:03:24.160 --> 0:03:26.959 later in the inning with the bases loaded and Dave 0:03:27.040 --> 0:03:31.120 Roberts trying to get his outfielders where he wanted them positioned, 0:03:31.200 --> 0:03:34.440 so he sent Mark Pryor out there to talk to Diaz. 0:03:34.480 --> 0:03:39.120 But I just think Tommy Edmund deserves a lot of 0:03:39.160 --> 0:03:42.240 credit because that ball hit by Luis Laura that he 0:03:42.440 --> 0:03:45.840 picked was at one hundred and five miles an hour. 0:03:46.280 --> 0:03:49.240 He almost had a double play, but he gathered himself 0:03:49.280 --> 0:03:52.080 and made an accurate throw to Key k Hernandez. And 0:03:52.120 --> 0:03:55.000 how about keyk Hernandez who got the start tonight at 0:03:55.000 --> 0:03:59.600 first base making a great short hop scoop on a 0:03:59.720 --> 0:04:02.320 throat that didn't have a lot of mustard on it 0:04:02.360 --> 0:04:05.440 from Mookie Betts to end the game. So it was 0:04:05.480 --> 0:04:07.760 a high wire rackt from start to finish in the 0:04:07.920 --> 0:04:10.840 ninth inning, But the Dodgers got it done, and Edwin 0:04:10.920 --> 0:04:13.520 Diaz got it done with some help from his friends, 0:04:13.880 --> 0:04:14.600 three to one. 0:04:14.720 --> 0:04:15.680 The final score. 0:04:16.120 --> 0:04:19.080 Here was Edwin Diaz and Tommy Y Edmond with us 0:04:19.440 --> 0:04:21.000 moments after the final out. 0:04:21.440 --> 0:04:23.360 Yeah, just you know, expecting the ball to be hit 0:04:23.440 --> 0:04:25.600 to me, you know, trying to turn two there really 0:04:25.640 --> 0:04:28.960 faster runner at the plate, So once I kind of 0:04:28.960 --> 0:04:31.159 bottled a little bit, you know, I just knew the 0:04:31.160 --> 0:04:32.840 play was at first base, but you know. 0:04:32.839 --> 0:04:34.000 Just trying to do everything I could to keep in 0:04:34.040 --> 0:04:34.480 the infield. 0:04:34.760 --> 0:04:37.080 How big was it for Edwin to find a way 0:04:37.080 --> 0:04:38.000 out of that tonight? 0:04:38.279 --> 0:04:40.120 Yeah, that was huge. You know, it was so big 0:04:40.200 --> 0:04:41.679 to win that game. 0:04:41.760 --> 0:04:43.599 You know, a tough one last night, but you know, 0:04:43.600 --> 0:04:45.560 it was a big series for us, so to take 0:04:45.560 --> 0:04:46.760 a tight game like that was huge. 0:04:47.000 --> 0:04:49.440 How good did it feel, not only to Homer but 0:04:49.480 --> 0:04:50.440 to Homer at home? 0:04:50.920 --> 0:04:52.640 Yeah it felt great, you know, really good. 0:04:52.839 --> 0:04:55.680 I've been grinding a little bit, but you know, I'd 0:04:56.080 --> 0:04:58.839 been putting in the work and makes those swings feel 0:04:59.040 --> 0:04:59.680 that much sweeter. 0:05:00.000 --> 0:05:02.560 It's gotta be gratifying the way you play tonight to 0:05:02.560 --> 0:05:05.000 help the team win against the Brewers. I know you 0:05:05.120 --> 0:05:07.760 like to downplay things, Tommy Edmond, but I'm here to 0:05:07.839 --> 0:05:10.159 bang the drum. He's got the trumpets. I got the 0:05:10.279 --> 0:05:11.000 Edmund drums. 0:05:11.120 --> 0:05:11.800 Yeah, there we go. 0:05:11.839 --> 0:05:13.440 And that was a fun series. It's a great team, 0:05:13.480 --> 0:05:15.200 so it's always fun to win games like that. 0:05:15.520 --> 0:05:16.520 Makes a lot for stopping. 0:05:16.760 --> 0:05:18.080 Yeah, you got it anytime. 0:05:18.279 --> 0:05:21.720 Hey, there he goes, Tommy Edmond, my player of the game, 0:05:21.800 --> 0:05:22.520 that's for sure. 0:05:22.960 --> 0:05:24.119 Saves the ninth inning. 0:05:24.200 --> 0:05:27.800 Homers tonight has two hits and the Dodgers defeat the 0:05:27.839 --> 0:05:31.320 Brewers three to one with Sugar Das delivering in the 0:05:31.400 --> 0:05:34.960 ninth inning. Hey, gotta silence the critics once in a while, 0:05:35.040 --> 0:05:35.880 right sugar. 0:05:35.839 --> 0:05:38.280 Yeah, you know we we throw straight right now. Well, 0:05:38.360 --> 0:05:39.840 this is no foreward. I'm ready. 0:05:39.880 --> 0:05:40.039 You know. 0:05:40.040 --> 0:05:42.040 I worked in every single day with a pitching coaches. 0:05:42.120 --> 0:05:44.520 You know, soon we clicked, we would be fine. So today, 0:05:44.520 --> 0:05:45.920 what's I goday for me? 0:05:45.960 --> 0:05:46.200 God? 0:05:46.600 --> 0:05:48.800 From yesterday I learned a lot on today. I did 0:05:48.839 --> 0:05:49.880 my job, got decide. 0:05:49.640 --> 0:05:50.080 For the team. 0:05:50.360 --> 0:05:52.200 Love it? What a key k tell you? 0:05:51.720 --> 0:05:54.880 You know, keep going, You're the best beach in the wharf. 0:05:55.200 --> 0:05:55.680 Keep going. 0:05:55.720 --> 0:05:57.520 We got you on you know away me. 0:05:57.720 --> 0:06:00.680 Hey, your teammates got you. Tommy Edmon got you. Key 0:06:00.720 --> 0:06:03.120 k Hernandez got you. La has got you. 0:06:03.120 --> 0:06:07.040 Thank you for stopping than Hey, how about Edwin Diaz 0:06:07.120 --> 0:06:10.320 relaying to us what Key k Hernandez told him. And look, 0:06:10.600 --> 0:06:14.000 he's not giving in and the Dodgers need Edwin Diaz 0:06:14.240 --> 0:06:17.400 h So you know Dave Roberts is going to put 0:06:17.440 --> 0:06:19.760 him out there in the ninth inning because he believes 0:06:19.800 --> 0:06:23.040 that's the best way to get Edwin Diaz back on track. 0:06:23.120 --> 0:06:27.360 He doesn't believe bringing Edwin Diaz in in the seventh inning, 0:06:27.400 --> 0:06:30.080 where the sixth inning is going to help him keep 0:06:30.120 --> 0:06:34.159 his confidence up or even try to duplicate what he 0:06:34.320 --> 0:06:37.240 needs to do in the ninth inning. And Dave Roberts 0:06:37.640 --> 0:06:41.160 mentioned earlier in the night that Edwin Diaz has been 0:06:41.240 --> 0:06:44.920 working mechanics with the pitching coaches earlier today, the strength 0:06:45.279 --> 0:06:48.440 coaches are trying to get him back on track as well. 0:06:48.560 --> 0:06:52.479 So there's a lot of resources pouring in to Edwin 0:06:52.560 --> 0:06:55.560 Diaz to get him back to where he was last 0:06:55.600 --> 0:06:58.120 year and where he's been the majority of his career. 0:06:58.680 --> 0:06:59.440 And look, the. 0:06:59.400 --> 0:07:03.280 Dodgers need like I mentioned last last night, the Dodgers 0:07:03.320 --> 0:07:06.480 need him because they don't really have a high leverage 0:07:06.600 --> 0:07:10.440 right handed reliever and they need Edwin Diaz. You got 0:07:10.560 --> 0:07:13.480 Edwin Diaz closing the game in the ninth inning. It 0:07:13.560 --> 0:07:17.720 makes everything else work backwards. It's a lot easier to 0:07:17.800 --> 0:07:22.000 count out's backwards when you have a closer like Edwin Diaz, 0:07:22.000 --> 0:07:24.920 when he's pitching like Edwin Diaz, and they're going to 0:07:25.000 --> 0:07:27.400 keep running them out there. Not to mention he's got 0:07:27.440 --> 0:07:29.760 the freshest arm of any of those guys in the 0:07:29.800 --> 0:07:34.240 bullpen because he missed three months with that with that 0:07:34.560 --> 0:07:38.720 arm surgery. The loose bodies being removed from his tricep area. 0:07:39.120 --> 0:07:42.360 Tonight's game brought to you by Modello Modello the mark 0:07:42.480 --> 0:07:46.480 of a Fighter. Eight six six two five seventy is 0:07:46.480 --> 0:07:49.400 the phone number before we go out to the phones. 0:07:49.560 --> 0:07:53.760 Just a quick highlight spotlight on Andy Pajez, who had 0:07:53.800 --> 0:07:56.920 a big game tonight, three hits including a home run. 0:07:57.240 --> 0:08:00.320 He stole a big bass to score a run course 0:08:00.400 --> 0:08:03.720 twice tonight, and he certainly had a big game as well. 0:08:04.360 --> 0:08:07.200 Eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy is 0:08:07.240 --> 0:08:09.880 the phone number. Dodger Talk rolling all the way to 0:08:09.960 --> 0:08:13.440 eleven thirty tonight, so we got phone lines open. You 0:08:13.480 --> 0:08:17.760 were so fired up last night, so convicted that Tanner 0:08:17.840 --> 0:08:20.000 Scott needed to close the games. 0:08:19.720 --> 0:08:20.520 For the Dodgers. 0:08:20.600 --> 0:08:23.880 Moving forward, Tanner Scott put up a zero in the 0:08:23.920 --> 0:08:27.280 eighth inning. Evan Phillips put up a zero in the 0:08:27.360 --> 0:08:30.560 seventh inning tonight. Let's go out to Emily, who is 0:08:30.600 --> 0:08:34.120 at Dodger Stadium for Kershaw Bobblehead night. Hi Emily, you're 0:08:34.160 --> 0:08:34.960 on Dodger Talk. 0:08:36.679 --> 0:08:39.600 Hi David, thanks for taking my call. Yeah, I agree 0:08:39.640 --> 0:08:42.520 with everything you're saying. Can't offer much of a unique 0:08:42.559 --> 0:08:45.480 perspective there, You know, it was definitely, the nerves were 0:08:45.520 --> 0:08:47.520 palpable in the ninth inning, but you can tell that 0:08:47.600 --> 0:08:50.520 Diaz is, you know, working really hard, and I appreciate that. 0:08:50.760 --> 0:08:53.079 But really what I wanted to call in about was 0:08:53.120 --> 0:08:55.080 about Kershaw, and it was so great to see him 0:08:55.120 --> 0:08:57.640 and his family there at Dodger Stadium. You know, he's 0:08:57.800 --> 0:09:00.840 just he's been a contant in all our lives so long, 0:09:00.880 --> 0:09:02.520 and I just hope for the rest of his life 0:09:02.559 --> 0:09:05.320 he gets all the love from Dodger fans. And I 0:09:05.360 --> 0:09:07.360 also wanted to say, you know, a lot of people 0:09:07.640 --> 0:09:09.840 think of him as a Hall of Fame pitcher, but 0:09:10.400 --> 0:09:12.560 I think of him as a hitter because I was 0:09:12.600 --> 0:09:15.679 actually there in twenty thirteen on Opening Day when he 0:09:15.760 --> 0:09:18.360 hit the only run of the game, and it was 0:09:18.400 --> 0:09:20.600 so special, and I just wanted to bring that up 0:09:20.600 --> 0:09:22.920 and keep that memory alive. I know that you've talked 0:09:22.920 --> 0:09:25.679 about that a lot on the show, and especially you 0:09:25.679 --> 0:09:28.480 know now that pictures don't hit. It just seems crazy, 0:09:28.480 --> 0:09:30.400 and it's just it's going to be a special memory 0:09:30.400 --> 0:09:32.439 and will probably make me feel very old one day 0:09:32.480 --> 0:09:33.120 to remember that. 0:09:34.000 --> 0:09:37.120 Hey, that's that's one of my favorite Krusehaw moments, not 0:09:37.160 --> 0:09:40.200 only because he hit that home run in a scoreless 0:09:40.280 --> 0:09:43.520 tie laid in the game on opening Day, but also 0:09:43.760 --> 0:09:46.800 it was against the Giants, so that made it even sweeter. 0:09:46.600 --> 0:09:51.160 Right, Emily, Yes, definitely, all right. 0:09:51.040 --> 0:09:52.920 Thanks a lot for the phone call, Emily. And it 0:09:53.080 --> 0:09:56.320 was at that time the defending world champion Giants, and 0:09:56.800 --> 0:10:02.000 twenty thirteen marked this era of Dodger baseball which has 0:10:02.080 --> 0:10:05.680 never looked back. So hopefully they keep moving it forward 0:10:05.760 --> 0:10:08.960 with a three peat this season. Let's go out to Skip, 0:10:09.200 --> 0:10:11.960 who was at the ballpark tonight's Skip? Were you booing 0:10:12.160 --> 0:10:15.360 or were you cheering? Edwin Diaz in the ninth inning? 0:10:16.280 --> 0:10:16.520 Was up? 0:10:16.600 --> 0:10:17.800 Dave, you're a big fan man. 0:10:17.840 --> 0:10:20.200 Well, first of all, seeing Kersha. 0:10:19.920 --> 0:10:22.280 Out there get me all again, you know, seeing him 0:10:22.280 --> 0:10:24.559 on the field, it was awesome. I love seeing. 0:10:24.360 --> 0:10:25.120 Kersh out there. 0:10:26.400 --> 0:10:28.040 Edwin He's gonna figure it out. 0:10:28.080 --> 0:10:31.000 But Kyle Tucker, all right, thank you so much. Skip. 0:10:31.040 --> 0:10:33.559 I appreciate it starting to go that way, Colin, can 0:10:33.600 --> 0:10:34.400 you dump it please? 0:10:35.440 --> 0:10:38.000 That was not appropriate. 0:10:38.440 --> 0:10:41.319 What he was trying to say was, Kyle Tucker has 0:10:41.360 --> 0:10:45.680 not performed well in a very surfer You know, we're 0:10:45.679 --> 0:10:48.120 not at Shellbacks all right down to the South Bay. 0:10:48.200 --> 0:10:52.240 We're doing the show here. Okay, we got the message. Wow, Colin, 0:10:52.360 --> 0:10:55.800 did we get that? Okay, let's go out to Daniel. 0:10:55.920 --> 0:10:57.840 So y'all heard that. You know what he was trying 0:10:57.840 --> 0:11:00.319 to say there he thought he was at shellbacks. Hi, Dan, Daniel, 0:11:00.360 --> 0:11:03.520 you're on Dodger Talk. I guess I'm not gonna pretend 0:11:03.520 --> 0:11:05.040 that you didn't hear that, Danielle. 0:11:05.040 --> 0:11:08.200 I guess ear muffs for you and everybody else out there. 0:11:08.880 --> 0:11:11.440 You know what, it was a great game. We were 0:11:11.480 --> 0:11:14.720 there at the game tonight, and you know, Piaz is 0:11:14.840 --> 0:11:18.160 just he's been awesome. It's just awesome to see him play. 0:11:18.760 --> 0:11:20.200 What a great player man. 0:11:20.240 --> 0:11:22.599 He was just he you know, he was just consistent. 0:11:23.760 --> 0:11:26.240 He's one of our best players. And I just think 0:11:26.240 --> 0:11:29.760 he's he's gonna he's gonna do phenomenal. He's taking us 0:11:29.760 --> 0:11:32.439 into the playoffs. I think he's just great. I just 0:11:32.480 --> 0:11:34.040 want to give a shout out to Piaz and I 0:11:34.040 --> 0:11:37.319 appreciate all he does for the team. He's just so consistent, 0:11:37.520 --> 0:11:40.880 and shout out to you know, all the rest of 0:11:40.920 --> 0:11:43.840 the team. Mookie Betts, you know, rookie's kind of heating 0:11:43.920 --> 0:11:46.839 up again. So it's exciting to see Moki getting his 0:11:46.920 --> 0:11:47.440 stry Back. 0:11:48.559 --> 0:11:50.080 Yeah, no doubt, no doubt. 0:11:50.200 --> 0:11:54.320 I mean, you know tonight was you know, not what 0:11:54.400 --> 0:11:56.120 it looked like a couple of nights ago. 0:11:56.240 --> 0:11:57.319 But that's baseball. 0:11:57.400 --> 0:12:01.400 But he has shown signs that he can help the 0:12:01.440 --> 0:12:05.520 Dodgers offensively down the stretch and hopefully he keeps it going. 0:12:06.080 --> 0:12:08.840 Thanks for the phone call, Daniel, appreciate it. Eight sixty 0:12:08.880 --> 0:12:11.720 six nine to eighty seven two five seventy is the 0:12:11.760 --> 0:12:15.360 phone number. Dodgers beat the Brewers tonight three to one 0:12:15.480 --> 0:12:19.720 with Dave Roberts going back to Edwin Dz Tonight in 0:12:19.800 --> 0:12:22.640 the ninth inning, it didn't start out well. He hit 0:12:22.720 --> 0:12:26.200 the first batter he faced, he got behind hitters, but 0:12:26.280 --> 0:12:30.240 he got good defense, great defense behind him from Tommy 0:12:30.400 --> 0:12:34.920 Edmond and keyk Hernandez, and somehow, some way found a 0:12:34.960 --> 0:12:37.880 way to get out of that ninth inning by not 0:12:37.920 --> 0:12:40.959 only saving the game but also not giving up a run. 0:12:41.120 --> 0:12:43.640 So it's a work in progress. 0:12:43.679 --> 0:12:48.240 But like I said, the Dodgers need Edwin Diaz, and 0:12:49.240 --> 0:12:52.840 you know it's he's a big part of this bullpen. 0:12:52.920 --> 0:12:56.160 You look at this bullpen. They need Edwin Diaz. There's 0:12:56.200 --> 0:12:59.600 no way around it. And right now it's similar to 0:13:00.000 --> 0:13:04.640 so Tanner Scott last year and his struggles for basically 0:13:04.720 --> 0:13:08.280 the entire year. Not only do the Dodgers need to 0:13:08.320 --> 0:13:11.160 find a way to get Diaz back on track, but 0:13:11.280 --> 0:13:14.400 if he can't get on track, now's the time to 0:13:14.559 --> 0:13:18.479 find out. It's not the time to find out in October. 0:13:18.559 --> 0:13:21.640 So right now is the time to find out. And 0:13:21.679 --> 0:13:24.920 that's why I wasn't ready to go all in with 0:13:25.040 --> 0:13:27.960 all of you to say get Diaz out of there. 0:13:28.480 --> 0:13:33.120 My only point was, if anybody's asking the rhetorical question, 0:13:33.640 --> 0:13:38.320 who else can I use? It's Tanner Scott, but a 0:13:38.360 --> 0:13:41.360 lot of you, and you know Tanner's had a good year, 0:13:41.480 --> 0:13:44.559 but is he really the answer for the ninth inning? 0:13:44.960 --> 0:13:47.160 That takes away from the other part of the game. 0:13:47.640 --> 0:13:50.559 Let's go out to Pomona. George, you're on Dodger Talk. 0:13:50.640 --> 0:13:54.840 How you doing, George, good Davy, thanks for taking my call. 0:13:55.160 --> 0:13:58.760 My pleasure. Let's keep it clean, George. We don't want 0:13:58.800 --> 0:13:59.720 ear muffs again. 0:14:01.280 --> 0:14:04.240 Oh no, no, we're gonna keep it clean. Thank you 0:14:04.320 --> 0:14:08.959 for calm down, keeping us in it, because yes, it's 0:14:09.000 --> 0:14:13.400 been dramatic in the ninth inning with Edwin Diaz. I'm 0:14:13.400 --> 0:14:17.559 calling with two ideas for high leverage. Ry Haan releevers. 0:14:18.320 --> 0:14:21.920 Okay, so we're talking the seventh inning or you talking 0:14:21.920 --> 0:14:23.000 about the ninth inning. 0:14:24.120 --> 0:14:27.280 I'm talking about the ninth inning, maybe not tomorrow but 0:14:27.800 --> 0:14:32.040 in the week to come. And I agree, I think 0:14:32.520 --> 0:14:36.120 we had to Doc had to send Edwin out there again. 0:14:37.360 --> 0:14:39.880 I'm glad it worked out this time. I agree with you. 0:14:39.960 --> 0:14:46.160 We need him. But looking ahead, what about the Saki. 0:14:47.960 --> 0:14:51.280 He's a starting picture right now, George. That's something for 0:14:51.360 --> 0:14:52.240 the postseason. 0:14:54.000 --> 0:14:56.920 I mean, is his first ninth inning appearance going to 0:14:57.000 --> 0:14:58.040 come in October? 0:14:58.480 --> 0:15:00.000 Or does it last year? 0:15:01.120 --> 0:15:04.280 It was last year, George, and he has experience with it, 0:15:04.320 --> 0:15:07.000 he understands it, so it's not brand new this year. 0:15:07.120 --> 0:15:10.080 It was brand new last year when he did really well. 0:15:10.160 --> 0:15:13.320 So you can't do that during the regular season. 0:15:14.360 --> 0:15:18.000 But what about the full rotation. I mean, we're overflowing 0:15:18.040 --> 0:15:21.240 with starting pitchers and glass now is on his way back. 0:15:21.600 --> 0:15:25.200 Who bounces out of the rotation when glass Now comes in? 0:15:25.280 --> 0:15:30.160 Could it be Sasaki? And in preparation for the office, 0:15:30.280 --> 0:15:30.960 it could be. 0:15:32.280 --> 0:15:35.400 It could, but maybe not until the last two weeks 0:15:35.400 --> 0:15:38.840 of the season, George. If sho he Otani comes back 0:15:38.880 --> 0:15:44.200 as well, you know the Dodgers may have him piggyback 0:15:44.280 --> 0:15:48.840 with lower lower piggyback Otani or Robleski goes to the 0:15:48.840 --> 0:15:53.360 bullpen and piggybacks because you know, it's just not going 0:15:53.480 --> 0:15:55.840 the same way that was going earlier for him. So 0:15:56.360 --> 0:15:58.920 there's a lot of different creative ways that you could 0:15:59.000 --> 0:16:02.520 use Lower and Robleski. When glass Noow comes back, and 0:16:03.120 --> 0:16:06.240 if shoe Hey Otani, who threw a bullpen session today, 0:16:06.760 --> 0:16:10.119 comes back into the rotation, he's gonna have to rehab 0:16:10.240 --> 0:16:13.200 in major league games like he did last year, and 0:16:13.240 --> 0:16:15.400 that's only going to be an inning or two the 0:16:15.480 --> 0:16:18.440 first couple of starts, and you're gonna need a robleskier 0:16:18.520 --> 0:16:21.840 Allower to follow him. So that's how I see that 0:16:22.400 --> 0:16:27.320 laying out. And look, I firmly believe that Roki Sasaki 0:16:27.360 --> 0:16:30.160 is gonna have a big part of the Dodgers pitching 0:16:30.240 --> 0:16:33.600 plans in October. If glass Now's healthy. 0:16:33.840 --> 0:16:37.239 I don't see how glass Now's not starting and Sasaki's 0:16:37.320 --> 0:16:40.280 coming out of the bullpen. Let's go out to Griffin, 0:16:40.320 --> 0:16:42.520 who is at the game tonight. Hi, Griffin, you're on 0:16:42.640 --> 0:16:43.320 Dodger Talk. 0:16:44.960 --> 0:16:45.600 How are we doing? 0:16:46.960 --> 0:16:49.240 We're doing good, Griffin. We got a little loose with 0:16:49.280 --> 0:16:52.720 it earlier tonight. So let's not let's not go Yankee 0:16:52.800 --> 0:16:56.960 doodles or shellbacks. Let's just keep it Dodger talk, clean, family, 0:16:57.000 --> 0:16:57.720 clean tonight. 0:16:59.400 --> 0:17:03.240 Yes, sir, I wanted to talk about k K Man. 0:17:03.440 --> 0:17:05.440 I mean, he's not at his regular position. 0:17:05.560 --> 0:17:06.560 He's playing first base. 0:17:06.640 --> 0:17:10.040 You know, definitely switch it for him as a pivotal move. 0:17:10.080 --> 0:17:12.320 When he made that pick at the very end of 0:17:12.359 --> 0:17:12.960 the game. 0:17:14.440 --> 0:17:17.359 It was huge that that throw did not have a 0:17:17.400 --> 0:17:19.239 lot of mustard on it, and I feel like the 0:17:19.240 --> 0:17:23.640 weird hop kind of maybe didn't allow Mookie to get 0:17:23.680 --> 0:17:26.120 a good grip on the baseball. But I mean, that's 0:17:26.119 --> 0:17:28.919 not Freddie Freeman at first base, who you know, is 0:17:28.960 --> 0:17:31.119 able to do a lot of different things. He's like 0:17:31.200 --> 0:17:34.199 the Hoover vacuum over there. But Key k he's a 0:17:34.240 --> 0:17:39.000 baseball player. And that's the best compliment you could give anybody. 0:17:39.000 --> 0:17:41.760 He's a baseball player. Put him at third base, put 0:17:41.800 --> 0:17:43.800 him in center field, put him at first base. 0:17:43.880 --> 0:17:44.520 He can do it. 0:17:46.000 --> 0:17:50.800 Yeah, I mean, and speaking of baseball players, Kyle Tucker Man. 0:17:50.720 --> 0:17:54.800 That guy, Hey, you're not gonna get it again, Griffin. Hey, Yeah, 0:17:54.960 --> 0:17:57.800 Kyle Tucker not great. Eight six to six I knew 0:17:57.840 --> 0:18:01.920 I recognized his voice. Eight six six two five seventy 0:18:02.200 --> 0:18:05.520 is the phone number. Dodgers beat the Brewers tonight three 0:18:05.560 --> 0:18:07.560 to one. We're gonna take a time out. When we 0:18:07.640 --> 0:18:10.560 come back, you'll hear from Clayton Kershaw. We had a 0:18:10.640 --> 0:18:12.879 chance to catch up with him on the pregame show. 0:18:12.920 --> 0:18:15.800 Plus we'll get more of your phone calls in at 0:18:15.800 --> 0:18:18.640 eight sixty six eight seven two five seventy. 0:18:18.720 --> 0:18:20.960 This is like a mound visit. It's like a mound 0:18:21.080 --> 0:18:22.160 visit on Dodger Talk. 0:18:22.240 --> 0:18:25.800 You gotta slow the game down when you let Yahoo's through. 0:18:26.400 --> 0:18:26.880 Anyway. 0:18:27.320 --> 0:18:29.960 Dodgers beat the Brewers three to one on a five 0:18:29.960 --> 0:18:31.280 to seventy LA Sports. 0:18:34.440 --> 0:18:36.439 Dodger fans, this is Tommy Edmond. 0:18:36.560 --> 0:18:38.640 You're listening to the home of the back to back 0:18:38.800 --> 0:18:43.000 world champion Dodgers. 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Andy poh Haz also homer tonight. 0:19:29.800 --> 0:19:32.840 He had three hits in a stolen bas so the 0:19:32.920 --> 0:19:36.680 Dodgers got a big night from Edmund and Pahz and 0:19:36.920 --> 0:19:39.480 Edmund made a great play in the ninth inning to 0:19:39.520 --> 0:19:43.240 save Edwin Diaz and the Dodgers in the ninth inning. 0:19:43.640 --> 0:19:44.040 Daniel S. 0:19:44.080 --> 0:19:47.000 Jewelers presents the home run Forecast for your chance to 0:19:47.040 --> 0:19:50.200 win a fifty dollars Daniel S Jewelers gift card. Visit 0:19:50.280 --> 0:19:52.840 AM five to seventy LA sports dot Com. Used the 0:19:52.920 --> 0:19:55.840 keyword home run and to your name you could win. 0:19:56.000 --> 0:19:59.680 Daniel Jewelers own the dream. We have two lines open 0:19:59.720 --> 0:20:05.720 at A nine eight seven, two five seventy. Obviously, Kyle Tucker, 0:20:05.800 --> 0:20:09.640 as you heard from the same caller twice tonight, has 0:20:09.680 --> 0:20:13.439 not had a great year, but especially at home. 0:20:13.880 --> 0:20:15.520 He was zero for four tonight. 0:20:16.080 --> 0:20:19.919 Kyle Tucker coming into the game for whatever reason is 0:20:20.000 --> 0:20:24.400 only hitting a buck ninety six at Dodger Stadium. When 0:20:24.640 --> 0:20:28.679 on the road, Kyle Tucker is a respectable player. His 0:20:28.760 --> 0:20:31.760 ops on the road is eight forty. He has nine 0:20:31.800 --> 0:20:34.440 home runs, he has thirty seven RBIs. He's a two 0:20:34.600 --> 0:20:38.080 seventy five hitter on the road. He's only a one 0:20:38.240 --> 0:20:42.400 ninety six hitter at Dodger Stadium in over two hundred 0:20:42.440 --> 0:20:43.080 at bats. 0:20:43.960 --> 0:20:44.760 I don't know how. 0:20:44.640 --> 0:20:49.479 You explain that, but those are drastic, drastic differences with 0:20:49.600 --> 0:20:54.240 the same player. And you know, if I'm Kyle Tucker, 0:20:54.640 --> 0:20:57.800 I'm doing something different than what I've been doing all 0:20:57.880 --> 0:21:01.840 year long as far as my routine at Dodgers Stadium. 0:21:02.160 --> 0:21:05.479 For example, two guys that don't like to hit on 0:21:05.600 --> 0:21:09.760 the field, Freddie Freeman and show Heyotani. When they're not 0:21:09.880 --> 0:21:14.160 going good, Otani, the best player in the game, will 0:21:14.200 --> 0:21:16.919 come out and take batting practice on the field so 0:21:16.960 --> 0:21:20.199 he can see the ball travel, so he can readjust 0:21:20.240 --> 0:21:22.480 his eyes to see the batter's eye. A lot of 0:21:22.520 --> 0:21:26.840 different things why players come out to take batting practice 0:21:26.880 --> 0:21:31.000 on the field. Freddie Freeman, you're telling me Kyle Tucker's 0:21:31.040 --> 0:21:34.080 better than Show Hayo Tani and Freddie Freeman you're telling 0:21:34.160 --> 0:21:37.199 me Kyle Tucker's routine is better than Freddie Freeman, and 0:21:37.240 --> 0:21:42.040 show Hao Tani's Freddie Freeman when he's not going well, 0:21:42.080 --> 0:21:45.240 like at the beginning of this homestand would come out 0:21:45.680 --> 0:21:48.760 and take batting practice to see the ball travel the 0:21:48.800 --> 0:21:51.040 opposite way, to see the spin of the ball, how 0:21:51.080 --> 0:21:55.600 it's playing. How about Kyle Tucker come out once and 0:21:55.640 --> 0:21:59.000 take batting practice out on the field. Because you're hitting 0:21:59.040 --> 0:22:03.440 a Buck ninety at Dodger Stadium. You gotta change something. 0:22:04.000 --> 0:22:08.400 Something in your routine has got to change here because 0:22:08.480 --> 0:22:12.600 it's not working. We're fifty nine games in on the 0:22:12.640 --> 0:22:16.240 home schedule and Kyle Tucker is hitting a Buck ninety 0:22:16.280 --> 0:22:18.600 five and he was zero for four to night with 0:22:18.680 --> 0:22:19.920 two strikeouts. 0:22:20.160 --> 0:22:20.240 Uh. 0:22:20.920 --> 0:22:23.560 And like I said, and I said this, I actually 0:22:23.600 --> 0:22:27.800 pointed this out two weeks ago, but now it's becoming 0:22:27.880 --> 0:22:31.240 more glaring because the number is below two hundred. 0:22:32.359 --> 0:22:34.840 And Kyle Tucker on the road. 0:22:34.960 --> 0:22:37.120 If he would just be Kyle Tucker on the road 0:22:37.160 --> 0:22:41.600 at Dodgers Stadium, we would not be getting Yahoo callers 0:22:41.720 --> 0:22:45.640 trying to be pottymouth on the show. He's sitting two 0:22:45.720 --> 0:22:47.960 seventy five with an ops of eight to forty on 0:22:48.000 --> 0:22:53.480 the road. At home, Kyle Tucker in fifty nine games 0:22:53.560 --> 0:22:58.399 has an ops of five seventy five. That's incredible, and 0:22:58.520 --> 0:23:01.800 quite honestly, there's a lot of other Dodgers that don't 0:23:01.840 --> 0:23:05.000 do well at home compared to the road. You look 0:23:05.000 --> 0:23:08.920 at Max Munsey Homan Road, completely different, but at least 0:23:08.960 --> 0:23:14.359 respectable seven to seventy one ops. Taoscar Hernandez only five 0:23:14.440 --> 0:23:17.960 home runs at Dodgers Stadium this year. He's only hitting 0:23:18.000 --> 0:23:22.840 two forty five at home. Freddie Freeman, Who's Freddy Freeman 0:23:23.920 --> 0:23:25.440 hits three twenty nine. 0:23:25.280 --> 0:23:29.440 Away from Dodgers Stadium. At home, Freddie Freeman's hitting two 0:23:29.520 --> 0:23:33.879 seventy eight. That's still better than one ninety six like 0:23:33.960 --> 0:23:37.480 Kyle Tucker's hitting this year. Just wanted to point all 0:23:37.520 --> 0:23:38.040 that out. 0:23:38.359 --> 0:23:41.199 Eight sixty six nine eight seven two five seventy is 0:23:41.200 --> 0:23:45.040 the phone number. Dodgers beat the Brewers tonight three to 0:23:45.119 --> 0:23:48.120 one in Game two of this four game series. Let's 0:23:48.160 --> 0:23:51.280 go out to our guy Ken in Newport Beach, who 0:23:51.359 --> 0:23:54.760 is on hold all night long. I'm sorry I couldn't 0:23:54.800 --> 0:23:57.040 get you last night, Ken, but happy to talk to 0:23:57.040 --> 0:23:57.560 you tonight. 0:23:58.760 --> 0:24:04.200 Oh well, thank you. A couple of things. First off, 0:24:04.240 --> 0:24:07.720 a lot of people don't know that the Dodgers before 0:24:07.760 --> 0:24:10.719 today's game, there were only one game ahead of Chicago 0:24:10.840 --> 0:24:14.040 for fourth place. Now what does that mean. Well, if 0:24:14.040 --> 0:24:17.080 you finish fourth, I think you just playing in a 0:24:17.160 --> 0:24:19.080 one game series in the playoffs. 0:24:19.119 --> 0:24:19.760 Is that correct? 0:24:20.280 --> 0:24:23.600 The Dodgers aren't finishing fourth, they're the division winner, so 0:24:23.640 --> 0:24:24.600 that's not happening. 0:24:25.960 --> 0:24:28.440 Oh, okay, all right, you're right, that's right. I'm sorry 0:24:28.480 --> 0:24:33.119 about that. Okay, thank you. Now here's my other point, 0:24:33.240 --> 0:24:38.879 and I'm not going to be making bad comments about Tucker, 0:24:39.680 --> 0:24:43.120 but I was going to bring up that average at 0:24:43.119 --> 0:24:46.520 home and it's really really bad. I'm just wondering, is 0:24:46.520 --> 0:24:51.400 there something going on where Tucker? And now this new 0:24:51.440 --> 0:24:56.000 picture who's getting crusted every time out is not supposed 0:24:56.040 --> 0:25:01.960 to be. Yeah, it's Freedman involved in this because he's 0:25:01.960 --> 0:25:03.480 got a lot on the line and there's a lot 0:25:03.480 --> 0:25:05.800 of money here, and it's hard for me to believe 0:25:05.840 --> 0:25:09.760 that Dave was going to put Diaz back in and 0:25:09.880 --> 0:25:14.600 Dave continues to play fucker. Who's as you said, one 0:25:14.720 --> 0:25:18.680 ninety six is just just Dave Or is Andrew Freeman involved. 0:25:19.280 --> 0:25:23.920 Andrew Freeman is very involved. He's the president of baseball Operations, Ken, 0:25:23.960 --> 0:25:27.600 he signed both players, but just like last year with 0:25:27.680 --> 0:25:31.800 Michael Conforto, who was a lesser player than Kyle Tucker 0:25:31.880 --> 0:25:34.800 and a lot less of a price tag, the Dodgers 0:25:34.920 --> 0:25:38.639 won the division going away with Michael Conforto being in 0:25:38.720 --> 0:25:43.719 left field and giving them virtually zero offensive production. So 0:25:44.080 --> 0:25:47.239 the Dodgers are going to give Kyle Tucker and have 0:25:47.359 --> 0:25:50.639 given him a long leash because Kyle Tucker's a really 0:25:50.640 --> 0:25:54.720 good player. So my point to you, Ken, is if 0:25:54.720 --> 0:25:57.280 they're going to let Conforto play his way through it, 0:25:57.560 --> 0:25:59.920 they're going to let Kyle Tucker play his way through it. 0:26:00.160 --> 0:26:03.720 And then in the postseason, you know anything's in play 0:26:03.800 --> 0:26:05.760 to win the game, because you got to win the 0:26:05.800 --> 0:26:09.680 game in the postseason, and if Tucker doesn't pick it up, 0:26:10.400 --> 0:26:11.640 you're not gonna see him start. 0:26:11.680 --> 0:26:12.359 I don't believe. 0:26:13.840 --> 0:26:17.080 Yeah, yeah, well, I think that's the way it should be, 0:26:17.840 --> 0:26:20.520 and was obviously I was, Ken. 0:26:20.640 --> 0:26:20.840 Ken. 0:26:20.880 --> 0:26:24.560 They've won back to back championships, so obviously they care 0:26:24.600 --> 0:26:28.159 about winning and they're not just here to let money play. 0:26:28.920 --> 0:26:33.520 So I think you've got to switch your thought process here. 0:26:33.640 --> 0:26:35.480 This isn't nineteen ninety eight. 0:26:35.840 --> 0:26:39.520 This is twenty twenty six, and the Dodgers are having 0:26:39.640 --> 0:26:44.800 unprecedented success with probably the best GM manager combo they've 0:26:44.840 --> 0:26:49.600 had since Al Campanis and Tommy Lasorda or Al Campanis 0:26:49.680 --> 0:26:51.040 and you know, Walter Alston. 0:26:52.320 --> 0:26:53.399 Yeah, that's a good point. 0:26:54.119 --> 0:26:56.159 Yeah, all right, Ken, thank you for the phone call. 0:26:56.240 --> 0:26:56.400 Yeah. 0:26:56.440 --> 0:26:59.120 I mean, at some point, you know, this isn't nineteen 0:26:59.200 --> 0:27:03.480 ninety eight. It's not signing Kevin Brown and letting Mike 0:27:03.520 --> 0:27:04.800 Piazza walk away. 0:27:05.000 --> 0:27:07.120 I mean, these guys are very. 0:27:06.840 --> 0:27:11.160 Capable, and they've won back to back championships, something that's 0:27:11.200 --> 0:27:14.480 never happened in Dodger history. And they're looking to make 0:27:14.520 --> 0:27:17.440 even more history by going for a three peat, which 0:27:17.440 --> 0:27:20.439 would mean the first National League team ever to do it. 0:27:20.800 --> 0:27:24.320 And that's Andrew Friedman and that's Dave Roberts. Let's go 0:27:24.359 --> 0:27:27.000 out to Michael, who was at the game tonight. Hi, Michael, 0:27:27.040 --> 0:27:28.080 you're on Dodger Talk. 0:27:29.480 --> 0:27:30.080 How's it going? 0:27:30.960 --> 0:27:31.120 Oh? 0:27:31.240 --> 0:27:32.119 Just great, Michael? 0:27:33.160 --> 0:27:35.000 All right, I just want to talk about the Dodger 0:27:35.000 --> 0:27:38.600 game experience. It was awesome. We've seen a lady take 0:27:38.600 --> 0:27:41.400 a beast fall to the face. We've seen the famous 0:27:41.440 --> 0:27:44.359 peanut guy throw behind the back pass, so a customer 0:27:44.480 --> 0:27:47.880 on the dot. But I do have one question, why 0:27:47.920 --> 0:27:50.679 not play? Why not play Monty at first and Kika, 0:27:50.840 --> 0:27:53.959 who's a little bit more athletic at third. What are 0:27:53.960 --> 0:27:54.560 your thoughts on that? 0:27:55.640 --> 0:27:58.199 Well, part of the thinking there, Michael, going back to 0:27:58.280 --> 0:28:01.040 last year, is that the Dodgers have worked and Munsey 0:28:01.080 --> 0:28:04.720 has worked really hard to become a really good third baseman, 0:28:05.200 --> 0:28:07.359 So they don't want to take away from that and 0:28:07.440 --> 0:28:10.840 bounce him back and forth across the Diamonds. So they 0:28:10.960 --> 0:28:14.520 just prefer to leave Munsey at third because he's one 0:28:14.560 --> 0:28:17.840 of the best defensive third basemen this year, and just 0:28:18.359 --> 0:28:21.520 whenever Freddy takes that rare day off, have Kik play 0:28:21.600 --> 0:28:22.240 first base? 0:28:24.240 --> 0:28:24.600 Got it? 0:28:24.680 --> 0:28:24.960 Got it? 0:28:25.359 --> 0:28:26.879 I feel like Kiko was doing a lot of huggin 0:28:26.920 --> 0:28:29.359 at the bag, so I felt like, maybe, you know, 0:28:29.400 --> 0:28:31.480 he could utilize his skill set a little bit better. 0:28:31.520 --> 0:28:34.159 But that makes sense, all right, Michael, thank you for 0:28:34.200 --> 0:28:36.879 the phone call. Appreciate it. Eight six six nine eight 0:28:37.000 --> 0:28:38.400 seven two five seventy. 0:28:38.520 --> 0:28:40.800 There's been a lot of talk, obviously the last two 0:28:40.880 --> 0:28:44.760 nights about Edwin Diaz, and obviously last night many of 0:28:44.800 --> 0:28:49.960 you were very emotional, very upset, and this afternoon before 0:28:50.000 --> 0:28:53.600 the game. Clayton Krushaw, who was out here being celebrated, 0:28:54.520 --> 0:28:57.960 was our pregame guest, and I asked him about Edwin Diaz, 0:28:58.040 --> 0:29:01.880 the closer situation, and just the volatility of a bullpen. 0:29:02.680 --> 0:29:05.080 I mean, I think, you know, I think managing a bullpen. 0:29:05.320 --> 0:29:07.360 Obviously I've never been a manager, but I think Doc, 0:29:07.600 --> 0:29:09.200 I think Doc would probably say it too, is like 0:29:09.240 --> 0:29:11.680 figuring out the bullpen is probably the hardest job, hardest 0:29:11.680 --> 0:29:15.880 part of your job, because it's just a roller coaster sometimes, 0:29:15.920 --> 0:29:18.960 you know. And even though they're all individual guys down there, 0:29:18.960 --> 0:29:20.640 I do feel like they feed off each other and 0:29:21.080 --> 0:29:22.920 I feel like there's a lot of momentum given and 0:29:22.960 --> 0:29:26.080 a lot of momentum that matters in the bullpen and 0:29:26.640 --> 0:29:29.040 when everybody, when everybody's on the same page, it's a 0:29:29.080 --> 0:29:31.600 really good track. And obviously these guys are super talented 0:29:31.600 --> 0:29:35.360 and Edwin's no different. So yeah, like you said, he's 0:29:35.400 --> 0:29:38.600 coming off surgery. It's a it's a quick rehab from 0:29:38.600 --> 0:29:40.880 an elbow surgery, no matter how small. And you know, 0:29:40.960 --> 0:29:43.640 I do think that ultimately he's going to be the 0:29:43.640 --> 0:29:45.719 guy getting the outs in the ninth inning when it matters, 0:29:45.760 --> 0:29:48.400 and I think that's the way that we're built, and 0:29:48.440 --> 0:29:50.680 I think that's the way that we want it all right. 0:29:50.720 --> 0:29:54.440 There you go from the guy himself, Clayton Kershaw on 0:29:54.560 --> 0:29:58.320 board to allow Edwin Diaz to figure this out and 0:29:58.360 --> 0:30:01.320 get things right, not in the seventh inning, but in 0:30:01.360 --> 0:30:04.240 the ninth inning, and to hear the full conversation with 0:30:04.320 --> 0:30:07.560 the future Hall of Famer Clayton Kershaw. You can find 0:30:07.640 --> 0:30:10.600 it on the iHeartRadio app. It was great to see him, 0:30:10.640 --> 0:30:14.680 spend time with him, make him laugh at me, with me, 0:30:14.880 --> 0:30:17.280 whatever you want to describe it as, but it was 0:30:17.320 --> 0:30:20.080 a great time having him around and having his family here. 0:30:20.520 --> 0:30:23.480 Let's go out to Anne, who was at Dodgers Stadium tonight. 0:30:23.560 --> 0:30:25.160 Hi Anne, you're on Dodger Talk. 0:30:26.480 --> 0:30:28.920 Hi Dave. We're We're almost home. 0:30:29.000 --> 0:30:31.760 But we had a great time we play. My friend 0:30:31.760 --> 0:30:35.160 and I both clapped for div because he needed it, 0:30:35.480 --> 0:30:39.800 I think, and there were a lot of people around 0:30:39.880 --> 0:30:42.880 us that we're not clapping for him. But there's a 0:30:42.880 --> 0:30:45.760 lot of swear words, and I didn't quite understand that. 0:30:46.320 --> 0:30:48.280 Yeah, it's a family affair. Come on, we don't need 0:30:48.320 --> 0:30:50.800 swear words at a game. It's always awkward when there's 0:30:50.880 --> 0:30:53.880 kids around and you're and these guys, these are a 0:30:53.880 --> 0:30:57.160 little bit over zealous, you know, using those kind of words. 0:30:57.160 --> 0:31:00.520 Anne, I go, they're children here, stop up, I mean, 0:31:00.880 --> 0:31:02.240 you know. And we had good seats. 0:31:02.320 --> 0:31:03.840 But haven't they heard. 0:31:03.680 --> 0:31:06.560 Charlie Steiner's Code of conduct before every game. 0:31:07.840 --> 0:31:09.640 I don't think they listen to that. I think they're 0:31:09.680 --> 0:31:10.440 too busy drinking. 0:31:10.600 --> 0:31:11.400 But that's just fun. 0:31:11.880 --> 0:31:14.440 It's just my guess. Oh my gosh, it was such 0:31:14.440 --> 0:31:14.720 a fun. 0:31:14.760 --> 0:31:14.880 Guy. 0:31:14.920 --> 0:31:17.080 I hadn't been to I do like come a lot 0:31:17.120 --> 0:31:19.040 more and I didn't haven't gotten a come this year, 0:31:19.160 --> 0:31:22.040 so this was my second game, and oh gosh, it 0:31:22.080 --> 0:31:22.440 was fun. 0:31:23.400 --> 0:31:25.680 That's awesome. I'm glad you had a great time, man, 0:31:25.720 --> 0:31:28.240 And I hope you got your Kruse Shaw bobblehead. 0:31:29.200 --> 0:31:32.400 We did, we did. And my friend is she has 0:31:32.520 --> 0:31:35.920 like a one of a kind sweatshirt. If she got 0:31:35.920 --> 0:31:39.160 involved early on in the Kershaw's Challenge and for some 0:31:39.280 --> 0:31:42.120 reason she wound up with a sweachers that nobody's ever. 0:31:42.000 --> 0:31:46.120 Seen, well there you go, there you go. I know 0:31:46.240 --> 0:31:49.880 she must be a very generous donor. That's why she 0:31:50.000 --> 0:31:52.920 got it. Thanks for the phone call and get home safe. 0:31:53.240 --> 0:31:57.280 Eight sixty six two five seventy is the phone number. 0:31:57.440 --> 0:32:01.360 Dodgers beat the Brewers tonight three to one, ed when 0:32:01.400 --> 0:32:05.920 Diaz loaded the bases and stranded the bases loaded to 0:32:06.040 --> 0:32:09.200 pick up his seventh save of the season. Yama Moto 0:32:09.280 --> 0:32:13.560 tonight pitched really well, nine strikeouts in six innings. Maybe 0:32:13.560 --> 0:32:17.360 not his sharpest, but that just shows you the greatness 0:32:17.360 --> 0:32:19.920 of Yama Moto, and that's the next level for a 0:32:19.960 --> 0:32:20.760 guy like him. 0:32:20.760 --> 0:32:22.000 When you don't have your. 0:32:21.880 --> 0:32:24.800 Best stuff, you still go at least six innings and 0:32:24.840 --> 0:32:29.840 compete your way through understanding the bullpen situation, especially, and 0:32:29.880 --> 0:32:32.840 he only gave up one earned run, and the Dodger 0:32:32.880 --> 0:32:36.280 offense still I would like to see a little more 0:32:36.320 --> 0:32:40.720 from the Dodger offense. Lost in last night's disappointing loss 0:32:40.720 --> 0:32:44.480 in the ninth inning was the Dodgers only collecting four hits. 0:32:44.520 --> 0:32:46.840 And if it wasn't for Max Months He's pinch hit 0:32:46.880 --> 0:32:50.240 three run home run, the Dodgers may not have had 0:32:50.280 --> 0:32:53.600 the lead in the ninth inning tonight. They scored three 0:32:53.680 --> 0:32:58.120 runs on eight hits, and we're just one for six 0:32:58.440 --> 0:33:01.480 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base. 0:33:01.600 --> 0:33:05.440 So we need more. We need more from the Dodger offense. 0:33:05.800 --> 0:33:09.240 Let's go out to Culver City. Kevin, you're on Dodger Talk, Hi. 0:33:09.280 --> 0:33:12.520 Kevin, David my man, what's going on? 0:33:12.640 --> 0:33:13.080 Boss? 0:33:13.600 --> 0:33:16.600 Living the dream? Kevin living the dream. 0:33:16.680 --> 0:33:20.480 Hey, these guys they talk about were ruining baseball. It's 0:33:20.520 --> 0:33:22.600 not ruining baseball. We have the culture. 0:33:23.240 --> 0:33:25.360 The best thing talking about that anymore. 0:33:26.360 --> 0:33:29.640 Yeah, well we got Freeman. Look, we got Scooball because 0:33:29.800 --> 0:33:32.640 schoo ball wants to be part of the culture. Kyle Tucker, Now, 0:33:32.720 --> 0:33:34.920 let me tell you this, Kyle Tucker, he's gonna leave 0:33:34.960 --> 0:33:36.880 his imprint on this team in this postseason. He's gonna 0:33:36.920 --> 0:33:38.960 do something. He's gonna get a base it, he's gonna 0:33:38.960 --> 0:33:41.600 get RBI, it's gonna win a game, a home run, 0:33:41.680 --> 0:33:44.040 and we're gonna be talking about what a great performance. 0:33:44.320 --> 0:33:46.360 That's why you get players like Kyle Tucker because of 0:33:46.400 --> 0:33:48.960 the playoffs, when you're going against marquee teams, you need 0:33:49.000 --> 0:33:51.360 those guys who's won World Series, who've seen that pitching 0:33:51.400 --> 0:33:54.240 in the postseason, and that's what he's here for. I'm 0:33:54.280 --> 0:33:56.560 not concerned about the pitching because you and I know 0:33:56.920 --> 0:33:58.720 when Dave Roberts has to get a closer or a 0:33:58.760 --> 0:34:01.000 close out the game, it will be ol Tani or 0:34:01.080 --> 0:34:04.200 Yamamoto closing it out or even a scooball. So I'm 0:34:04.200 --> 0:34:07.000 not concerned about that. Leed Diaz work through his kiaks 0:34:07.000 --> 0:34:08.960 and let them figure it out. But we got the 0:34:09.000 --> 0:34:12.279 best rotation in baseball, and we're getting sealthy at the 0:34:12.320 --> 0:34:15.960 right time. Snail Glass now on the back end, coming 0:34:16.000 --> 0:34:19.200 in Otani, who threw the bullpen session today. We got 0:34:19.239 --> 0:34:20.279 young Mooto the ace. 0:34:20.480 --> 0:34:22.839 Kevin, let me ask you a question, Kevin, I'll ask 0:34:22.880 --> 0:34:25.239 you this question that I'm gonna ask, and we're gonna 0:34:25.280 --> 0:34:27.200 do a show on this as we get closer to 0:34:27.239 --> 0:34:31.680 the postseason. The last three Dodger Championships, the final out 0:34:31.760 --> 0:34:35.759 has been recorded by their starting pitcher Julio Urias in 0:34:35.840 --> 0:34:39.840 twenty twenty, Walker Bueller in twenty four and of course 0:34:39.960 --> 0:34:43.880 last year the World Series MVP Yamamoto, who's getting the 0:34:43.960 --> 0:34:46.680 last out of the World Series for the Dodgers. This year, 0:34:46.760 --> 0:34:52.760 Kevin kared Scuba no chance. Scott Boris would not allow 0:34:52.840 --> 0:34:55.080 him to come out of the bullpen. I don't see 0:34:55.080 --> 0:34:58.239 that happening. I disagree with you. I'll share with you 0:34:58.280 --> 0:35:01.719 guys later in in the month of September, who I 0:35:01.840 --> 0:35:04.200 believe is going to get the final out of the 0:35:04.239 --> 0:35:07.040 season for the Dodgers. Love you, Kevin, thank you for 0:35:07.080 --> 0:35:07.719 the phone call. 0:35:08.080 --> 0:35:08.360 Yeah. 0:35:08.480 --> 0:35:11.880 Just like Max Scherzer closed out Game five of the 0:35:11.960 --> 0:35:15.560 twenty one NLDS and then didn't pitch Game six. I 0:35:15.600 --> 0:35:18.160 don't see that happening with Schoobol. I love schoobl I 0:35:18.200 --> 0:35:20.920 think he's gonna pitch great in the postseason. I just 0:35:20.960 --> 0:35:25.120 don't see him doing those super Superman type of things 0:35:25.160 --> 0:35:27.160 that Yamamoto did last year. 0:35:27.520 --> 0:35:31.239 Let's go out to Sergio in Azusa. You're on Dodger Talk. 0:35:31.280 --> 0:35:34.040 How you doing, Sergio great? 0:35:34.239 --> 0:35:37.040 David want to announce my friend Ryan had a baby 0:35:37.120 --> 0:35:40.879 boy named Alice clay On Clayton bobble hits or we're 0:35:40.920 --> 0:35:41.919 stoked about that. 0:35:42.320 --> 0:35:44.719 And then I got my nephew visiting here with my. 0:35:44.760 --> 0:35:46.000 Son and they want to say hi. 0:35:46.120 --> 0:35:46.840 Say hi guys. 0:35:47.160 --> 0:35:47.799 Oh Hi. 0:35:49.680 --> 0:35:52.200 That sounds like they were forced to say Hi. Sergio. 0:35:53.200 --> 0:35:55.840 It's like when I when my mom forces me to 0:35:55.880 --> 0:35:58.120 say hi to relatives I don't even know. 0:36:00.880 --> 0:36:06.200 Help me, Oh guys, yeah, yeah, you don't. You don't 0:36:06.239 --> 0:36:07.000 listen to the show. 0:36:07.080 --> 0:36:08.960 Your dad is like, hey, hey, you want me to 0:36:09.000 --> 0:36:11.279 call into a radio show, and you guys say Hi 0:36:11.360 --> 0:36:12.920 to this guy that you don't even know. 0:36:14.160 --> 0:36:19.520 I freaking love the Dodgers. Okay, so today I ranked 0:36:19.840 --> 0:36:23.719 my uncle here fifth and I and he said, so 0:36:23.760 --> 0:36:27.800 what can I do to be ranked higher than fifth? 0:36:28.080 --> 0:36:29.920 And I said, if you can get me to a 0:36:30.000 --> 0:36:35.399 free Dodger games, then I'll reconsider. So I'm coming here 0:36:35.520 --> 0:36:39.200 to say that show, Hey is the greatest player. If 0:36:39.280 --> 0:36:42.120 it's okay, you can get me some free tickets. 0:36:42.320 --> 0:36:47.719 No, no, don't have to whoa, yeah, geez, uncle, take 0:36:47.760 --> 0:36:51.120 it easy, all right, Hey, Sergio, have a great time. 0:36:51.160 --> 0:36:54.799 Congratulations to your family. And that sounds like, uh, that 0:36:54.880 --> 0:36:58.000 sounds like a great family right there. Very very fun 0:36:58.120 --> 0:37:02.760 family right there. Uh A six six two, five seventy 0:37:02.800 --> 0:37:05.080 is the phone number. It's been a great night. Very 0:37:05.080 --> 0:37:07.480 different show than last night. I'll just say that a 0:37:07.480 --> 0:37:10.520 little bit more lighthearted. Let's go out to David, who 0:37:10.560 --> 0:37:13.080 is at the game tonight. Hi, David, you're on Dodger. 0:37:12.840 --> 0:37:15.640 Talk that. 0:37:18.400 --> 0:37:22.360 You're David. I'm David at Dodgers Stadium. You're David on 0:37:22.400 --> 0:37:23.680 the way to Westlake Village. 0:37:24.920 --> 0:37:26.080 Dave, You're the man. 0:37:26.320 --> 0:37:28.840 We all love him. Let's say, yeah, today's game was 0:37:29.160 --> 0:37:31.640 a little nerve wracking at the end, but I'm happy 0:37:31.640 --> 0:37:34.959 for Dsay came through. And then as far as Kyles 0:37:35.040 --> 0:37:39.080 Hutter goes, you know, we need Kyle Tuner like we 0:37:39.160 --> 0:37:43.280 need DS. So I'm not giving up on Tucker, you know, because, 0:37:43.520 --> 0:37:47.040 like you said, we need all these guys win another championship. 0:37:47.080 --> 0:37:49.280 I mean, if Tucker could do what he keep away 0:37:49.280 --> 0:37:53.319 from Dodgers Stadium at Dodgers Stadium, I think everybody would 0:37:53.360 --> 0:37:55.640 be happy with that, because that's who he is as 0:37:55.680 --> 0:37:59.160 a player. He's a two seventy five hitter, he's a 0:37:59.200 --> 0:38:01.960 twenty five home guy. He's got nine away from here. 0:38:02.040 --> 0:38:03.879 So I don't know what it is, but he's got 0:38:03.920 --> 0:38:07.560 to change his routine. It's not always on Dave Roberts, 0:38:07.800 --> 0:38:11.320 it's not on Andrew Friedman, it's not on Aaron Bates 0:38:11.719 --> 0:38:15.560 or Rob van Zoyak or anybody else. Kyle Tucker, you're 0:38:15.640 --> 0:38:18.920 so good, you know yourself, so well change it up. 0:38:19.160 --> 0:38:20.359 That's my advice to you. 0:38:21.760 --> 0:38:24.280 And then it's interesting that you said that she doesn't 0:38:24.360 --> 0:38:25.799 take batting practice at home. 0:38:26.160 --> 0:38:29.279 He never takes no, he never takes batting practice on 0:38:29.320 --> 0:38:34.040 the field anywhere, home or road. But how about at home? 0:38:34.120 --> 0:38:39.080 Since you're struggling, change it up. Change up your routine. 0:38:39.320 --> 0:38:40.719 Yeah, I agree with you there. 0:38:40.920 --> 0:38:45.799 Yeah, whatever it is, that was just my observation suggestion, 0:38:46.040 --> 0:38:46.879 just change it up. 0:38:47.640 --> 0:38:49.680 Thanks for the phone call, David, appreciate it. 0:38:49.719 --> 0:38:52.480 Eight sixty six nine eight seven two five seventy is 0:38:52.520 --> 0:38:56.680 the phone number. So many fans came out for Kershawn Knight. 0:38:57.120 --> 0:38:59.759 It was great to have him here. And my guy 0:39:00.200 --> 0:39:03.160 Sam from Downy Hunday was out here and out here 0:39:03.200 --> 0:39:06.239 a couple of nights ago for the Hello Kiddie Night. 0:39:06.360 --> 0:39:09.200 That was a good giveaway night. And tomorrow, man, what 0:39:09.320 --> 0:39:13.440 a game Robleski versus Jacob Mizzowski. If you don't have 0:39:13.560 --> 0:39:16.320 your tickets now, there are still tickets available. 0:39:16.320 --> 0:39:17.839 It's a four fifteen game. 0:39:18.440 --> 0:39:21.399 A great way to spend your Saturday, to come out 0:39:21.440 --> 0:39:23.960 and see the Miz take on the Dodgers. 0:39:24.320 --> 0:39:26.160 All right, let's check in with Jose Mota. 0:39:27.000 --> 0:39:30.840 It's time to go around the horn with Jose Mota. 0:39:31.680 --> 0:39:34.760 All right, Jose Mota, let's start right there with Kyle Tucker. 0:39:34.840 --> 0:39:37.280 I mean, everybody now has caught on to the fact 0:39:37.280 --> 0:39:41.960 that he has had an abysmal season at Dodgers Stadium. 0:39:42.040 --> 0:39:45.560 Don't you feel like in these situations like Otani like 0:39:45.640 --> 0:39:50.440 Freddie Freeman, maybe change up your routine to get things going. 0:39:51.000 --> 0:39:54.440 I'm all for that, There's no doubt about it. We 0:39:54.480 --> 0:39:56.520 saw him do it a couple of times earlier this season. 0:39:56.520 --> 0:39:58.000 It seems like you got a little bit better, Dave. 0:39:58.040 --> 0:40:00.799 There's so much importance in just thumb and getting used, 0:40:00.880 --> 0:40:03.600 your eyes used to the background. That's the main thing, 0:40:04.080 --> 0:40:06.800 even though you're not going to be hitting around the 0:40:06.840 --> 0:40:09.080 same type of daylight or lights. But it's good to 0:40:09.120 --> 0:40:11.800 be out there and get the flow and get pitches 0:40:11.840 --> 0:40:13.839 coming at you and see what the ball is doing too, 0:40:14.120 --> 0:40:16.680 how the ball is traveling, what kind of spin are 0:40:16.680 --> 0:40:20.000 you getting. You know, the machines inside do tell you 0:40:20.040 --> 0:40:22.759 exit velocity and you know probable distance, things like that. 0:40:22.800 --> 0:40:25.680 But there's nothing like watching the ball come off your bat. 0:40:25.800 --> 0:40:28.520 It's nothing like watching your barrel and see where it is. 0:40:29.239 --> 0:40:32.200 We're seeing a Kyle Tucker again, where there's a lot 0:40:32.200 --> 0:40:36.760 of chick swings on favorable account for hitters. It's very unusual. 0:40:37.600 --> 0:40:41.040 Andy Pies came out today and hit early. How about that, David, say, 0:40:41.560 --> 0:40:42.560 what happened with me like that? 0:40:43.160 --> 0:40:45.840 I saw that, and and he looked at me and said, 0:40:46.120 --> 0:40:47.680 what am I doing here so early. 0:40:47.840 --> 0:40:49.640 I was like, what are you doing here so early? 0:40:49.920 --> 0:40:50.879 Why are you asking me? 0:40:51.600 --> 0:40:53.480 He's out there early a lot just to get this 0:40:54.000 --> 0:40:56.239 outfield work with Dino Evil. But today it was good 0:40:56.239 --> 0:40:57.600 to see him go out there and have a plan 0:40:57.680 --> 0:40:59.960 and paying attention to what he was doing, getting into 0:41:00.200 --> 0:41:03.120 the baseball so well, cutting down his swing, hitting up 0:41:03.160 --> 0:41:06.000 the machine, hitting off velocity, and just again the flow 0:41:06.080 --> 0:41:08.480 of your body and just the idea that I've been 0:41:08.520 --> 0:41:10.120 here before. I can see them out, I can see 0:41:10.160 --> 0:41:12.080 center field, I can see how the ball's traveling. There 0:41:12.080 --> 0:41:13.560 are a lot of times when you're hitting inside you 0:41:13.640 --> 0:41:15.759 get fool yourself by saying, oh that was quick off 0:41:15.800 --> 0:41:17.400 the net. You don't know who the one's going to 0:41:17.440 --> 0:41:18.800 do with, you know, if it got to the offulo 0:41:18.880 --> 0:41:20.920 or not. And it's important that guys get used to 0:41:21.000 --> 0:41:22.960 doing that. And even though it's a modern thing now 0:41:22.960 --> 0:41:25.240 with baseball, going back, you know, maybe eight ten years, 0:41:25.719 --> 0:41:27.719 as you mentioned, guys like Freddie Freeman when he needs 0:41:27.719 --> 0:41:30.399 to come out to see get a flow for see 0:41:30.400 --> 0:41:32.839 what the ball's doing. Standing inside the ball, I want 0:41:32.880 --> 0:41:35.960 to shoot it in this direction. The field is a 0:41:36.080 --> 0:41:39.319 target for you, and the good hitters find targets to 0:41:39.360 --> 0:41:40.759 go out there and say I'm going to shoot for 0:41:40.800 --> 0:41:43.320 this because I guess my body in a position where 0:41:43.760 --> 0:41:45.239 I'm going to repeat it during the game there. So 0:41:45.320 --> 0:41:48.600 it's so much about body repetition and you know, and 0:41:48.719 --> 0:41:51.360 muscle memory that it would be very beneficial thing for 0:41:51.360 --> 0:41:53.560 a guy like Kyle Tucker to do the same thing. 0:41:54.200 --> 0:41:56.840 All right, Hey, I like that validation, Jose. I'm not 0:41:56.880 --> 0:41:59.960 a hitting coach. I'm just a guy that talks baseball. 0:42:00.239 --> 0:42:02.840 But I mean I know about. 0:42:02.239 --> 0:42:04.480 Long enough, yeah, long enough. 0:42:05.120 --> 0:42:08.040 Yeah, you know, if it works for Otani and Freddie Freeman, 0:42:08.080 --> 0:42:10.520 two of the best players in baseball, I feel like 0:42:10.840 --> 0:42:14.080 Kyle Tucker, can you know, change it up a little 0:42:14.120 --> 0:42:15.759 bit like those two guys. 0:42:15.920 --> 0:42:18.560 Bryce Harper, Kyle Schrauber. You go to Philly, those guys 0:42:18.600 --> 0:42:20.320 are out there hitting outside. Those guys don't need to 0:42:20.400 --> 0:42:21.759 be doing this in this day and age, when you 0:42:21.840 --> 0:42:23.399 know a lot of guys are a backups not even 0:42:23.440 --> 0:42:26.880 hitting outside. So I'm all for it. So hopefully, you know, 0:42:27.400 --> 0:42:29.799 he'll be convinced that at least just to change it 0:42:29.880 --> 0:42:31.200 up and just to say, you know what, I just 0:42:31.239 --> 0:42:33.520 need base hits here. I need better at best, and 0:42:33.600 --> 0:42:35.759 you see the ball better. That's a very good option 0:42:35.800 --> 0:42:37.319 to go on to hang out with your teammates too, 0:42:37.320 --> 0:42:40.399 and hang out in the outfield, Shagan and tailor balls 0:42:40.520 --> 0:42:43.080 also traveling through the infield when he hit line drives. 0:42:43.600 --> 0:42:45.279 Jose Mota is joining us. 0:42:45.320 --> 0:42:48.399 After the Dodgers defeat the Brewers tonight three to one, 0:42:48.640 --> 0:42:52.240 and when Diaz got himself into a basis loaded jam, 0:42:52.480 --> 0:42:55.640 and when Diaz, with some help from Keik and Tommy Edmond, 0:42:56.040 --> 0:42:58.759 got out of a basis loaded jam to help the 0:42:58.800 --> 0:43:02.360 Dodgers hold on, compared to last night when the Brewers 0:43:02.360 --> 0:43:05.319 scored three runs in the ninth inning. So what did 0:43:05.360 --> 0:43:07.520 you see tonight from Edwin Diaz? 0:43:10.640 --> 0:43:13.839 Maybe a sharper slider sometimes where he forced it to 0:43:14.160 --> 0:43:16.600 mechanically be on top of it. I again saw Aim 0:43:16.600 --> 0:43:19.879 working out early today with Connor mcguinnis to work through 0:43:19.920 --> 0:43:21.640 some things. I'm glad that he got a little bit 0:43:21.640 --> 0:43:25.080 of the Assay karmath for the game today. He actually was, 0:43:25.239 --> 0:43:27.719 you know, attracted to you and said, I gotta go 0:43:27.800 --> 0:43:30.560 talk to this guy. So the fans hear me. Obviously 0:43:30.840 --> 0:43:32.879 it was the cleanest of save. But let's just take 0:43:32.880 --> 0:43:34.719 the save right now, Dave. That's all you want right 0:43:35.160 --> 0:43:38.640 got to w got to save. Let's give Keiki Hernandez 0:43:38.719 --> 0:43:40.839 a lot of credit for his defense throughout this whole 0:43:40.840 --> 0:43:44.440 home stand in left field and third base, in a 0:43:44.520 --> 0:43:48.160 first base and also his form of just having a 0:43:48.400 --> 0:43:51.799 good sense for the game, not having anybody tell you. 0:43:51.840 --> 0:43:53.680 From Doug out Hey, go out there to the mountain. No, no, 0:43:53.760 --> 0:43:55.919 he was like, I gotta do this with my guy 0:43:55.960 --> 0:43:57.600 from Puerto Rico. I gotta go out there and just 0:43:57.920 --> 0:44:00.200 tell him to slow it down. Here the best on 0:44:00.239 --> 0:44:02.640 the mound. You're exactly what we need. And Dave, there's 0:44:02.640 --> 0:44:04.600 a lot of times which that's all guys need to 0:44:04.640 --> 0:44:07.040 hear from a teammate. You're the guy we want right 0:44:07.080 --> 0:44:09.680 now in this situation. You've done it before. Go out 0:44:09.680 --> 0:44:11.680 there and get it done. So with everything that could 0:44:11.719 --> 0:44:15.440 have gone wrong, even including Mookie's throat, let's just celebrate 0:44:15.480 --> 0:44:17.359 the fact that they got a W and Edwin could 0:44:17.400 --> 0:44:20.600 be himself catapulting from this one to say I got 0:44:20.600 --> 0:44:22.040 to do better, but I know I'm back. 0:44:22.560 --> 0:44:26.000 Are you starting to buy into the Dodgers thinking that 0:44:26.400 --> 0:44:29.080 the ninth inning is the place where they need Edwin 0:44:29.160 --> 0:44:32.239 Diaz and it's the place where he's going to get 0:44:32.280 --> 0:44:34.040 better and get back to himself. 0:44:34.600 --> 0:44:36.920 Here's what I know. This what's going to continue to 0:44:36.960 --> 0:44:38.880 happen because we've seen it happen in the past with 0:44:39.040 --> 0:44:43.480 every star, every closer that's you know, struggled. So be 0:44:43.600 --> 0:44:45.600 convinced that this is where Dave Roberts is going to go. 0:44:45.680 --> 0:44:48.320 I mean going back to him in the front office. 0:44:48.360 --> 0:44:50.760 I mean there's in conjunction. There's not just Dave Roberts desitions. 0:44:50.760 --> 0:44:53.120 As you know the previous color was talking about. Yeah 0:44:53.160 --> 0:44:54.839 it is, it comes to the top and they'll get 0:44:54.880 --> 0:44:57.640 together and say this is our best option. Now, remember 0:44:57.640 --> 0:45:00.359 one thing to David. There's a lot lot of times 0:45:00.400 --> 0:45:02.279 when the game is not saved in the ninth inning, 0:45:02.640 --> 0:45:04.480 it is saved in the seventh inning or in the 0:45:04.600 --> 0:45:06.839 eighth inning, and they do have options to go there 0:45:07.320 --> 0:45:10.000 and get those stays for you in those innings. So 0:45:10.320 --> 0:45:12.560 for now, get used to it. Going back to Blake 0:45:12.600 --> 0:45:15.200 trying to last year. He lost five games September, and 0:45:15.320 --> 0:45:17.520 it kept going back to him, going back to him 0:45:17.600 --> 0:45:20.839 until it was not a fact because then you start 0:45:20.880 --> 0:45:23.160 scoring more runs. But then you go to you know 0:45:23.400 --> 0:45:26.359 LCS and before you know it, you know, rookie gets 0:45:26.360 --> 0:45:29.000 into a little trouble. Who comes in the mount blake 0:45:29.040 --> 0:45:31.799 trying and strike out, you know the guy they need 0:45:31.840 --> 0:45:33.759 to be struck it out. And at the same time, 0:45:33.840 --> 0:45:35.799 then if you don't use in those situations, it's like 0:45:35.840 --> 0:45:37.600 you can't bury him. But then they become your best 0:45:37.640 --> 0:45:39.920 option and only option, and you just got to be 0:45:39.960 --> 0:45:42.000 ready for it. So there's many guys that I would say, 0:45:42.000 --> 0:45:45.440 for like Evan Phillips, keep pushing and you want to 0:45:45.480 --> 0:45:47.920 be that guy, and you know, and be consistent and 0:45:47.960 --> 0:45:50.600 throwing strikes and missing bets, but at the same time, 0:45:50.680 --> 0:45:53.440 be ready for any inning, six seventh inning, that's your inn, 0:45:53.480 --> 0:45:54.719 and get it done because you know da is going 0:45:54.719 --> 0:45:56.040 to get the baseball. Now, he's going to be out 0:45:56.080 --> 0:45:59.040 for a couple of days. So guess what, David, somebody 0:45:59.040 --> 0:46:01.440 else is going to get up or Tae. 0:46:01.840 --> 0:46:03.680 We'll see how that goes tomorrow night. 0:46:03.880 --> 0:46:06.760 And I when I saw this series and I started 0:46:06.760 --> 0:46:09.560 to see just how it was laying out with the 0:46:09.640 --> 0:46:10.719 pitching matchups. 0:46:11.000 --> 0:46:13.919 I was circling tomorrow's game a week ago. 0:46:14.160 --> 0:46:18.920 Jose Jacob Mizerowski on the mound for the Brewers tomorrow 0:46:18.960 --> 0:46:22.160 against the Dodgers. I mean, does it feel like it's 0:46:22.200 --> 0:46:26.880 Reggie Smith. Legends of Baseball Night Tomorrow. Does it feel 0:46:26.920 --> 0:46:29.560 like this is Nolan Ryan? Does it feel like it's JR. 0:46:29.680 --> 0:46:32.560 Richard like Reggie Smith and the Dodgers used to face. 0:46:33.200 --> 0:46:35.640 Oh my god, yes, And I remember I was a 0:46:35.640 --> 0:46:38.879 bad boy watching these games, especially tomorrow. By the way, 0:46:38.880 --> 0:46:42.799 as we're talking about hitting outside, get outside tomorrow because 0:46:42.800 --> 0:46:45.200 it's not going to be easy hitting at four point 0:46:45.200 --> 0:46:47.439 thirty in the afternoon. So oh yeah, hit your eyes 0:46:47.480 --> 0:46:49.040 out there and got thrown one hundred and five. Do 0:46:49.080 --> 0:46:50.680 the best you can to just see the ball, meet 0:46:50.719 --> 0:46:53.400 the ball, and have a good plan. So he's beatable. 0:46:53.480 --> 0:46:55.279 You can beat up the Angels beat him recently, so 0:46:55.360 --> 0:46:57.720 you know what, go through and just throw some zeros 0:46:57.719 --> 0:47:00.640 from Robleski. But give yourselves a better chance and honor 0:47:00.719 --> 0:47:03.080 Reggie Smith, who could be a guy that can send 0:47:03.120 --> 0:47:05.040 a quick masters to you and Dave Roberts respects so 0:47:05.120 --> 0:47:07.320 much about just going after and putting your best effort 0:47:07.360 --> 0:47:10.239 together and fight for the baths man. Just don't give in. 0:47:10.400 --> 0:47:11.000 Fight for him. 0:47:11.800 --> 0:47:13.239 Yeah, I would love to, you know. 0:47:13.320 --> 0:47:15.480 I hope Reggie Smith gets a chance to talk to 0:47:15.520 --> 0:47:18.560 some of these Dodger hitters because even in a you know, 0:47:18.600 --> 0:47:21.120 a five to ten minute conversation. I feel like he 0:47:21.160 --> 0:47:24.120 would enlighten them a lot when it comes to hitting. 0:47:25.000 --> 0:47:27.040 Someday you will and I will have a conversation with 0:47:27.200 --> 0:47:29.600 Reggie Smith and what I saw from him as a 0:47:29.640 --> 0:47:33.360 leader in the clubhouse, just on real somebody didn't do 0:47:33.400 --> 0:47:36.520 their job, young player who had a little facial hair, 0:47:37.360 --> 0:47:39.600 somebody around the base is wrong. And he would not 0:47:39.640 --> 0:47:41.600 do it during the game, but once a game was 0:47:41.640 --> 0:47:44.600 over and before the media came in, he would grab 0:47:44.680 --> 0:47:46.239 somebody and just say, this is not the way we 0:47:46.320 --> 0:47:47.160 play baseball here. 0:47:47.600 --> 0:47:47.839 Son. 0:47:47.840 --> 0:47:49.600 If you won't be around here, you got to do better. 0:47:49.640 --> 0:47:50.640 And that's who Reggie was. 0:47:51.600 --> 0:47:55.080 That's part of the legacy of Reggie Smith. A great 0:47:55.120 --> 0:47:58.160 team leader, a great teacher, a great player, and he'll 0:47:58.160 --> 0:48:00.800 be part of the legends of Dodger Baby spalled joining 0:48:00.800 --> 0:48:01.760 your Pops. 0:48:03.160 --> 0:48:03.399 Nights. 0:48:03.520 --> 0:48:07.480 Yeah, Reggie introduced me to the Jerry Curl So I'm 0:48:07.480 --> 0:48:08.560 pretty happy about that too. 0:48:08.960 --> 0:48:17.160 Okay, Well, you know he can't be right on everything. Yeah, 0:48:17.280 --> 0:48:21.200 sure is. We'll see tomorrow night, Jose, there he goes. 0:48:21.440 --> 0:48:25.680 Dodger broadcaster Jose Mota, part of the Dodgers Spanish radio 0:48:25.760 --> 0:48:29.880 broadcast with Luis Cochito Cruz before we say goodnight. I 0:48:29.960 --> 0:48:32.319 have breaking news now. You know. 0:48:32.560 --> 0:48:36.400 I've been waiting for Will Smith for the last two 0:48:36.440 --> 0:48:40.480 months in front of his locker at Dodger Stadium, waiting 0:48:40.520 --> 0:48:43.200 for him, waiting for him to come to the locker. 0:48:43.640 --> 0:48:47.799 He has not come until this homestand the other day 0:48:48.000 --> 0:48:50.640 I asked him a couple of questions. All he gave 0:48:50.680 --> 0:48:54.200 me was a shoulder shrug, zipped his lips like he's 0:48:54.239 --> 0:48:55.200 not gonna talk to me. 0:48:55.640 --> 0:48:58.000 And then today a big day. 0:48:58.520 --> 0:49:03.960 Will Smith took back practice on the field, as did Dalton, rushing, 0:49:04.000 --> 0:49:07.080 but rushing obviously he's been playing. He can still hit, 0:49:07.200 --> 0:49:11.040 he can't throw. Will Smith has not taken batting practice 0:49:11.080 --> 0:49:14.719 on the field since going on the il with that 0:49:15.120 --> 0:49:16.400 disc issue. 0:49:16.080 --> 0:49:16.680 In his neck. 0:49:16.800 --> 0:49:19.080 So today was a big step and he is trending 0:49:19.080 --> 0:49:22.160 in the right direction. And I did see Will Smith 0:49:22.239 --> 0:49:26.000 today and I did have my microphone waiting for him 0:49:26.280 --> 0:49:30.160 after he came off the field taking batting practice, trying 0:49:30.560 --> 0:49:34.880 to get Will Smith to break his silence, and he did. 0:49:35.160 --> 0:49:38.280 Here's what Will Smith told me about his injury. 0:49:38.760 --> 0:49:40.080 Can you kick him out please? 0:49:42.880 --> 0:49:43.240 Yeah? 0:49:43.440 --> 0:49:45.839 I guess that was a no comment. Can you play 0:49:45.840 --> 0:49:51.000 that again, Colin, I have an exclusive interview with Will 0:49:51.080 --> 0:49:54.520 Smith regarding the status of when he may return. 0:49:54.840 --> 0:49:56.120 Can you kick him out? Please? 0:49:58.600 --> 0:50:00.799 How about that? Yeah? 0:50:01.280 --> 0:50:04.400 Will doesn't really want to talk still. Maybe he feels 0:50:04.400 --> 0:50:06.600 like if he opens up to me he might have 0:50:06.640 --> 0:50:10.480 a setback with his neck. But hey, I'll be here tomorrow. 0:50:10.040 --> 0:50:10.600 Will Smith. 0:50:10.760 --> 0:50:12.040 Can you kick him out please? 0:50:13.880 --> 0:50:15.080 They want to trust me. 0:50:16.760 --> 0:50:19.360 Maybe Will Smith will take bad in practice again tomorrow 0:50:19.400 --> 0:50:22.640 before the game, and I'll be standing right there waiting 0:50:22.680 --> 0:50:25.399 for him. And I'll be at his locker tomorrow when 0:50:25.440 --> 0:50:28.480 they open the clubhouse to the media, waiting for him. 0:50:29.280 --> 0:50:32.080 Will he give us a little more, just a little 0:50:32.120 --> 0:50:35.360 more about when he may return, or how he's feeling, 0:50:35.520 --> 0:50:38.560 or how this turned into a three month injury. 0:50:40.000 --> 0:50:41.280 Can you kick him out please? 0:50:42.239 --> 0:50:46.480 I'll be here tomorrow, Will Anyway, Tomorrow, the miss is 0:50:46.520 --> 0:50:50.120 on the mound for the Dodgers, going up against Justin Robleski. 0:50:50.480 --> 0:50:53.960 It's gonna be a great pitching matchup. And Jose Mota 0:50:54.160 --> 0:50:58.080 just depressed the Dodger hitters because yes, four point fifteen 0:50:58.200 --> 0:50:59.960 not a great time to hit. But the sun goes 0:51:00.200 --> 0:51:02.799 down a little a little later these days in the 0:51:02.840 --> 0:51:06.000 summer months, so the sun should be shining at four 0:51:06.000 --> 0:51:09.919 point fifteen. Justin Robleski will have that same advantage. He's 0:51:09.920 --> 0:51:12.640 eleven and four with an ERA at three forty four. 0:51:13.000 --> 0:51:16.239 The lefties actually have an advantage. Remember a couple of 0:51:16.320 --> 0:51:20.440 years ago in the NLCS against the Mets, Sean Mania 0:51:20.480 --> 0:51:23.560 was pitching for the Mets, and the Dodger hitters were 0:51:23.600 --> 0:51:26.080 saying because of the game time around five o'clock with 0:51:26.160 --> 0:51:28.880 the shadows, they couldn't see the ball coming. 0:51:28.600 --> 0:51:29.680 Out of Mania's hand. 0:51:30.200 --> 0:51:32.759 And we all know shan Manya is not that, you know, 0:51:32.920 --> 0:51:35.680 but the sun and the shadows helped him. So it 0:51:35.719 --> 0:51:40.440 may help Robleski more than Mislerowski tomorrow, but Misslerowski doesn't 0:51:40.480 --> 0:51:43.720 need a lot of help from mother nature. He's eleven 0:51:43.760 --> 0:51:46.560 and five this year with an ERA of one seventy six, 0:51:46.600 --> 0:51:51.040 and he already has recorded two hundred strikeouts. Our coverage 0:51:51.080 --> 0:51:55.440 begins tomorrow at three o'clock, first pitch at four fifteen. 0:51:56.200 --> 0:51:58.279 That'll do it for us tonight on Dodger Talk. 0:51:58.320 --> 0:52:01.800 Thanks to Dwayne McDonald out here at Dodgers Stadium, thanks 0:52:01.840 --> 0:52:04.880 to calling you back at our Burbank studios, and thanks 0:52:04.920 --> 0:52:07.160 to you for listening in case you missed any of 0:52:07.200 --> 0:52:10.120 the show, you can find it on the iHeartRadio app. 0:52:10.160 --> 0:52:13.640 That's also where you can listen to our pregame conversation 0:52:13.800 --> 0:52:16.880 with future Hall of Famer Clayton Kershaw. 0:52:17.360 --> 0:52:17.879 Once again. 0:52:17.960 --> 0:52:20.640 The final score tonight the Dodgers hold on for a 0:52:20.760 --> 0:52:22.680 three to one win over the Brewers. 0:52:22.920 --> 0:52:24.960 We'll talk to you tomorrow. Have a great rest of 0:52:25.000 --> 0:52:27.239 your night, Be safe, see them 0:52:28.440 --> 0:52:29.400 Send it away.