WEBVTT - Dodger Talk (9-17-26) 0:00:00.510 --> 0:00:02.890 The quest for the three-peat has begun. 0:00:03.110 --> 0:00:06.890 Only four teams in Major League Baseball history have won 0:00:06.970 --> 0:00:08.510 three consecutive titles. 0:00:08.950 --> 0:00:12.489 The Dodgers are the favorites to become the fifth. 0:00:12.530 --> 0:00:15.050 This is World Champion Dodger Talk. 0:00:15.120 --> 0:00:15.940 Here we go again. 0:00:15.970 --> 0:00:16.890 We're getting ready to run it back. 0:00:16.930 --> 0:00:21.600 To get in on the show, call 866-987-2570. And be 0:00:21.680 --> 0:00:24.880 sure to follow Dodger Talk wherever you get your podcasts. 0:00:25.440 --> 0:00:28.440 And now your host, here's Tim Kays. 0:00:29.940 --> 0:00:31.340 Never gets old. 0:00:31.440 --> 0:00:35.220 Does it Dodger fans when in the N L West, 0:00:35.460 --> 0:00:40.370 the Dodgers have now done it 13 of the last 0:00:40.370 --> 0:00:43.930 14 years as they beat the Cincinnati reds today by 0:00:43.950 --> 0:00:46.809 a final of eight to two, the magic number goes 0:00:46.900 --> 0:00:50.680 from one to zero as the Dodgers are your NL 0:00:50.740 --> 0:00:57.620 West champs. for 2026. 866-987-2570 is our phone number. If 0:00:57.660 --> 0:01:00.970 you didn't remember it was a day game, well, welcome 0:01:01.090 --> 0:01:05.130 to Dodger Talk here at 137 in the afternoon. Time 0:01:05.190 --> 0:01:09.080 check right here on AM570 LA Sports and the iHeartRadio 0:01:09.240 --> 0:01:13.020 app is the Dodger's with a getaway day today in Cincinnati, 0:01:13.040 --> 0:01:15.380 the final game of the four-game series, the final game 0:01:15.700 --> 0:01:18.300 of the seven-game road trip. Last night, the Dodgers had 0:01:18.319 --> 0:01:20.620 an opportunity to clinch the division. 0:01:20.640 --> 0:01:22.700 They had Andrew Freeman fly out. 0:01:22.800 --> 0:01:24.920 The Dodgers were primed and ready to go with Blake 0:01:24.940 --> 0:01:27.560 Snell on the mound, and then Blake Snell left after 0:01:27.860 --> 0:01:30.080 one inning of work. After getting three outs, he left 0:01:30.120 --> 0:01:32.920 with the sore groin. It was a Dodgers bullpen game. 0:01:32.940 --> 0:01:35.480 The Dodgers fell behind and lose the game last night. 0:01:35.500 --> 0:01:39.460 The Padres won, so it pushed a possible celebration till 0:01:39.500 --> 0:01:43.889 today in what was a 9 40 AM Pacific first 0:01:43.950 --> 0:01:48.110 pitch from great American ballpark in Cincinnati. And there was 0:01:48.150 --> 0:01:50.630 maybe some question of the Dodgers would be a little tired. 0:01:50.650 --> 0:01:52.990 All we kept hearing about was how hot and humid 0:01:53.030 --> 0:01:56.090 it was with a hundred degree index there with the 0:01:56.170 --> 0:01:59.730 heats inside great American ballpark on the field. And the 0:01:59.790 --> 0:02:02.400 Dodgers come out and scored early and scored often. And 0:02:02.440 --> 0:02:05.220 wouldn't you know it, it was Kyle Tucker who got 0:02:05.280 --> 0:02:08.060 the scoring going with a two-run home run in the 0:02:08.120 --> 0:02:11.360 first inning. Max Muncy went deep. Miguel Rojas went deep. 0:02:11.650 --> 0:02:14.510 The Dodgers jumped out in front of Brady Singer. And 0:02:14.530 --> 0:02:17.790 the Reds, a 4-0 lead after two, a 7-0 lead 0:02:17.830 --> 0:02:19.710 after four innings. And they go on and win it 0:02:19.750 --> 0:02:21.980 by a final of 8-2. And we were just counting 0:02:22.020 --> 0:02:25.500 down the outs here. in our AM570 LA Sports Studios 0:02:25.520 --> 0:02:28.960 with Collin Yead just checking off out by out. Matt DeMecchi, 0:02:29.000 --> 0:02:31.810 our social media director, was getting all the different things 0:02:31.889 --> 0:02:34.590 ready to go and the celebration to go as far 0:02:34.630 --> 0:02:38.950 as social media tweets and posts on Instagram and just 0:02:39.010 --> 0:02:40.940 waiting for the Dodgers to do it. And then they 0:02:41.000 --> 0:02:45.079 did with an 8-2 victory, clinching the NL West. over 0:02:45.200 --> 0:02:48.420 the Cincinnati Reds today with the victory as they now 0:02:48.480 --> 0:02:51.480 try to fight it out with the Atlanta Braves to 0:02:51.540 --> 0:02:53.820 find out who will be the number two spot, or 0:02:54.000 --> 0:02:56.860 can they catch the Milwaukee Brewers for the top spot 0:02:57.240 --> 0:02:59.440 in the National League? And that will be determined over 0:02:59.480 --> 0:03:02.600 the next nine games as the Dodgers, as we speak, 0:03:02.970 --> 0:03:06.710 sit at 93-60 overall in this season. They are two 0:03:06.750 --> 0:03:10.050 games back of the Milwaukee Brewers. Yeah, only two games 0:03:10.110 --> 0:03:13.730 back because Milwaukee lost two Today to the Pittsburgh Pirates. 0:03:14.070 --> 0:03:16.950 So they're 95 and 58. The Dodgers two games back 0:03:17.410 --> 0:03:19.560 of Milwaukee for the top spot in the National League. 0:03:19.800 --> 0:03:22.000 With the Braves off today, the Dodgers pick up a 0:03:22.040 --> 0:03:23.459 half game. So now they are. 0:03:23.540 --> 0:03:27.169 Four games up with nine to play for the second spot. 0:03:27.550 --> 0:03:30.010 in the national league so all good news for the 0:03:30.070 --> 0:03:35.050 dodgers today as they clench the nl west 866-987-2570 866-987-2570 0:03:36.210 --> 0:03:39.550 you've got plenty of time for your phone calls we're 0:03:39.570 --> 0:03:41.770 also going to hear with uh dave roberts in the 0:03:41.830 --> 0:03:44.130 media his session that he talked to the group of 0:03:44.400 --> 0:03:46.820 beat writers and kirsten watson just a few minutes ago 0:03:47.120 --> 0:03:49.280 so we'll see what he had to say of course 0:03:49.300 --> 0:03:52.500 we heard from Basically everybody during the clubhouse show. How 0:03:52.600 --> 0:03:56.620 awesome was that? David Vassey inside the Dodgers clubhouse, getting 0:03:56.640 --> 0:03:59.300 the post game celebration, talking to the players, talking to 0:03:59.400 --> 0:04:01.580 Andrew Freeman. And it was a great time. Hope you 0:04:01.620 --> 0:04:03.970 enjoyed all of it right here on a five 70 0:04:03.970 --> 0:04:05.810 LA sports. Let's check in with Jose. 0:04:06.330 --> 0:04:09.990 It's time. to go around the horn with Jose Mota. 0:04:10.630 --> 0:04:12.830 Ah, Jose, what a great day for the Dodgers. It 0:04:12.910 --> 0:04:13.830 never gets old. 0:04:13.950 --> 0:04:16.310 I know this team has dominated the NL West over 0:04:16.350 --> 0:04:19.480 the last 14 years, winning it now 13 times, but 0:04:20.120 --> 0:04:20.320 one of. 0:04:20.320 --> 0:04:22.980 Those days today, you ask, well, why are they celebrating? 0:04:23.020 --> 0:04:25.500 Because they've worked hard to get to this point, and 0:04:25.520 --> 0:04:26.779 these boys need to celebrate. 0:04:26.800 --> 0:04:31.909 This is a very tough-minded group. I mean, congratulations, first 0:04:31.950 --> 0:04:36.450 of all, and outstanding job in the clubhouse. Everybody involved 0:04:36.470 --> 0:04:40.000 in Obviously, you know, Dave and everybody in there, the 0:04:40.040 --> 0:04:42.720 players contributing. But to you guys, who are supposedly not 0:04:42.740 --> 0:04:45.020 your fans, but the fan base that, again, deserves it. 0:04:45.730 --> 0:04:48.730 This is the partnership that you create, as Andrew Fumero 0:04:48.750 --> 0:04:53.990 said for many years, Stan Kasten, because the fans really care. 0:04:54.029 --> 0:04:57.120 And that's where you have the best product on the field. I, myself, 0:04:57.180 --> 0:05:00.440 personally feel blessed because I came here, again, from another 0:05:00.460 --> 0:05:02.620 organization at the right time. But I'll tell you what. 0:05:03.240 --> 0:05:07.270 You cannot... ever get tired of this because this being, say, 0:05:07.290 --> 0:05:10.150 a second step after you clinch a pass into October, 0:05:10.550 --> 0:05:12.170 you know the hard work that goes into this. You 0:05:12.190 --> 0:05:14.000 know the tough times. You know all the doubts. You 0:05:14.010 --> 0:05:16.940 know the people just to have that target on you 0:05:17.339 --> 0:05:18.700 and to go out there and just perform, get it 0:05:18.720 --> 0:05:20.820 done in the field. It's all that matters to this 0:05:20.839 --> 0:05:24.300 whole group. Again, well done. Dave Roberts, once again, why 0:05:24.320 --> 0:05:26.860 he is a true leader and obviously the guys that 0:05:26.880 --> 0:05:29.070 are supporting him with the coaching staff. Again, getting you 0:05:29.089 --> 0:05:31.050 guys ready to play and not just to play and compete, 0:05:31.370 --> 0:05:33.190 but the value of your way is to win. 0:05:33.850 --> 0:05:35.190 You know, it's interesting, Jose. 0:05:35.290 --> 0:05:37.730 In spring training every year, the managers will talk to 0:05:37.750 --> 0:05:39.870 their team, and we often get to hear what Dave 0:05:39.930 --> 0:05:42.370 Roberts has to say to his collective group of players, 0:05:42.410 --> 0:05:44.890 and it's everybody in that clubhouse. It's guys who aren't 0:05:44.910 --> 0:05:47.490 going to make the team as non-roster on Vides. It's 0:05:47.529 --> 0:05:49.150 guys who are going to start the year in AAA, 0:05:49.540 --> 0:05:51.659 guys who don't even know their roles that season, and 0:05:51.680 --> 0:05:54.140 he says, hey, everybody in here at some point is 0:05:54.180 --> 0:05:56.560 going to contribute. Just because you're on the 26-man roster 0:05:56.580 --> 0:05:58.640 to start the year doesn't mean you're not going to 0:05:58.660 --> 0:06:01.920 help out this team. And I think a prime example 0:06:02.100 --> 0:06:05.370 of that is today. And seeing Josue DiPaola in there 0:06:05.400 --> 0:06:09.010 contributing with an RBI single. And to see Justin Robleski 0:06:09.330 --> 0:06:12.190 and Landon Knack have the kind of seasons they had. 0:06:12.250 --> 0:06:15.430 In particular, Robleski. An all-star first half of the season. 0:06:15.670 --> 0:06:19.550 Double-digit wins. Goes to Philadelphia. Didn't have the great second half. 0:06:19.570 --> 0:06:21.850 But today, when they asked him to go out there 0:06:21.890 --> 0:06:24.700 and give them three, four innings, he did exactly that. 0:06:24.740 --> 0:06:27.279 He was perfect for three innings. It truly takes everybody. 0:06:28.180 --> 0:06:31.599 It does take everybody. And, again, it's not just words. 0:06:32.320 --> 0:06:33.919 Dave Roberts means it. Go back and look at the 0:06:33.940 --> 0:06:36.860 Dodger roster the last 10, 11 seasons. And you see 0:06:36.900 --> 0:06:39.420 guys like Michael Groh, for example, and you go, wow. 0:06:39.480 --> 0:06:41.180 I mean, everybody contributed in one. 0:06:41.140 --> 0:06:41.520 Way or another. 0:06:41.720 --> 0:06:43.720 And also, you know, they don't write guys off. There's 0:06:43.740 --> 0:06:45.960 a lot of organizations that write guys off after maybe 0:06:45.980 --> 0:06:48.200 a rough stretch. Like, you know what? Take a little breather. 0:06:48.620 --> 0:06:51.159 We know that you belong. Let's find out how we 0:06:51.180 --> 0:06:54.500 can help you. Every single source available to help you 0:06:54.540 --> 0:06:56.979 out and get you back on track, as is the case. Uh, 0:06:57.020 --> 0:06:59.700 you know, we're landing that today. Uh, but Robleski, I mean, 0:06:59.720 --> 0:07:02.740 become an all-star and scuffle, and you know, they have 0:07:02.779 --> 0:07:04.779 a big role because you proved it last week. You 0:07:04.800 --> 0:07:06.930 can pitch to the big boys and against the big boys, 0:07:07.060 --> 0:07:09.810 the biggest scenarios and the values know about that. This 0:07:09.830 --> 0:07:11.770 guy's built a little bit differently. Of course, in the 0:07:11.790 --> 0:07:14.110 long season, the more you pitch to the starter, the 0:07:14.130 --> 0:07:15.570 more the league is going to find out about you. 0:07:15.590 --> 0:07:18.290 But he showed again today in a tough, tough. 0:07:18.050 --> 0:07:18.830 Environment, man. 0:07:19.470 --> 0:07:22.760 Um, It's just the heat, the humidity, guys cramping out, 0:07:22.810 --> 0:07:24.450 that he has enough to go out there and get 0:07:24.490 --> 0:07:26.510 you out and start the baseball. He was aggressive today, 0:07:26.770 --> 0:07:29.130 which I'm very happy about. But I think Dave Roberts 0:07:29.170 --> 0:07:31.430 knows how to delegate. He knows how to also make 0:07:31.450 --> 0:07:34.250 guys accountable. And he also counts on leadership. And a 0:07:34.290 --> 0:07:35.610 good leader is going to go out there and challenge 0:07:35.650 --> 0:07:38.090 you to bet better. I think every single player at 0:07:38.110 --> 0:07:40.560 some point, even Taylor, a month ago, was challenged to 0:07:40.600 --> 0:07:42.700 become better. And then he responded so nicely. 0:07:43.290 --> 0:07:46.510 I look at Kyle Tucker and what he's doing right now, Jose. 0:07:46.890 --> 0:07:48.910 You talk about a guy who's heating up at the 0:07:48.990 --> 0:07:49.590 right time. 0:07:49.630 --> 0:07:50.650 I mean, he has struggled. 0:07:50.810 --> 0:07:53.070 We all know what has happened, and his struggles at 0:07:53.110 --> 0:07:56.170 home and on the road, and maybe the pressure got 0:07:56.190 --> 0:07:59.530 to him, whatever. Here he is in September, in particular, 0:07:59.690 --> 0:08:02.210 mid to late September, and he is starting to heat 0:08:02.270 --> 0:08:02.950 up at the right time. 0:08:03.800 --> 0:08:05.920 You can go and take this base if you're a 0:08:05.960 --> 0:08:07.800 time sucker and say, you know what, it doesn't matter 0:08:07.820 --> 0:08:09.500 what happens at the start of that month. I know 0:08:09.520 --> 0:08:11.500 who I am as a player. I don't have to 0:08:11.560 --> 0:08:14.200 carry this ball club. I know that if I get 0:08:14.400 --> 0:08:18.080 my swing straightened out, things are going to happen. There's 0:08:18.100 --> 0:08:20.460 been even a little more urgency from him playing the 0:08:20.560 --> 0:08:24.210 outfield with throws and covering to his left, especially getting 0:08:24.230 --> 0:08:26.550 to the ball in the cutoffs. All these things happen. 0:08:26.590 --> 0:08:28.650 And I think, you know, it takes sometimes a guy 0:08:29.450 --> 0:08:31.930 to forget about the expectations and the salary and the contract. 0:08:31.950 --> 0:08:35.210 You still can play baseball. I have seen the best 0:08:35.250 --> 0:08:37.550 of Kyle Tucker, I mean, for years with the Astros. 0:08:37.970 --> 0:08:40.650 Then we saw it first half of last season with 0:08:40.670 --> 0:08:42.809 the Cubs. This guy can really play now what I 0:08:42.910 --> 0:08:45.080 hope to see from here on out. No, he does 0:08:45.120 --> 0:08:47.370 not have to carry anybody. There's a bunch of players 0:08:47.380 --> 0:08:49.349 that would do the same. But just be a contributor. 0:08:49.750 --> 0:08:52.630 Keep it simple. But, again, your talent comes to the 0:08:52.670 --> 0:08:55.410 surface now because the big lights are on you and 0:08:55.450 --> 0:08:57.660 the less you try to do, the better he's going 0:08:57.679 --> 0:08:59.700 to be. And today, just a big game for him 0:08:59.780 --> 0:09:01.980 just to hear him talk today about saying. It was 0:09:02.000 --> 0:09:04.400 like a relief in his voice and being able to 0:09:04.420 --> 0:09:06.730 relax a little bit more, smiling at first base. All 0:09:06.760 --> 0:09:08.430 positive for a guy like Kyle Tucker who wants to 0:09:08.470 --> 0:09:10.250 do way more, and we know there's way more in 0:09:10.290 --> 0:09:10.630 that tank. 0:09:11.030 --> 0:09:13.330 No doubt about it. Jose, safe travels back. 0:09:13.370 --> 0:09:14.770 I know it's going to be a happy flight back 0:09:14.790 --> 0:09:17.610 for this Dodgers team, the coaching staff as they clinch 0:09:17.630 --> 0:09:20.610 the NL West today with a victory over the Cincinnati Reds, 0:09:20.630 --> 0:09:21.590 and we'll talk to you in a couple days. 0:09:22.350 --> 0:09:23.010 My friend. 0:09:23.650 --> 0:09:26.429 All right. There he goes. Jose Moda. Dodgers baseball brought 0:09:26.450 --> 0:09:30.210 to you by Modelo. Modelo, the mark of a fighter. 0:09:30.230 --> 0:09:33.449 866-987-2570 is the telephone number. 0:09:33.470 --> 0:09:35.530 Let's go out to the phones. We got one line 0:09:35.610 --> 0:09:36.730 open if you want to jump on board. 0:09:36.750 --> 0:09:38.700 We're here for the next 30 minutes or so talking 0:09:38.880 --> 0:09:43.340 Dodger baseball and, of course, celebrating yet another NL West 0:09:43.640 --> 0:09:44.540 divisional title. 0:09:44.720 --> 0:09:48.040 Michael in Houston, Texas. This is our first call here 0:09:48.100 --> 0:09:49.860 on postgame Dodger talk. How you doing, Michael? 0:09:51.750 --> 0:09:54.150 Pretty good. Ted Dodgers just won another division title. 0:09:55.140 --> 0:09:57.940 My question for you is what do you think about Tommy. 0:09:57.679 --> 0:09:59.729 Edmond hitting lead off when Otani comes back? 0:10:00.450 --> 0:10:02.410 I think it's a valid question that the Dodgers are 0:10:02.429 --> 0:10:04.079 going to have to look at Michael. And I appreciate 0:10:04.100 --> 0:10:06.720 the phone call. I think the bigger question before that 0:10:07.340 --> 0:10:11.280 is when is Shohei Otani coming going to come back. 0:10:11.340 --> 0:10:13.410 He's eligible to come off the injured list a week 0:10:13.450 --> 0:10:17.969 from yesterday, the 23rd. So we'll find out whether or 0:10:18.010 --> 0:10:19.650 not he is in fact going to be coming off 0:10:19.690 --> 0:10:22.550 the injured list when eligible. If he's not, are they 0:10:22.570 --> 0:10:23.910 going to keep him on the injured list for a 0:10:23.929 --> 0:10:25.750 couple of extra days? Are they going to bring him 0:10:25.790 --> 0:10:27.320 back and try to squeeze in a couple of games 0:10:27.580 --> 0:10:30.020 during the regular season to get to October? I mean, 0:10:30.059 --> 0:10:32.160 if they clinch one of the top two spots in 0:10:32.179 --> 0:10:34.339 the National League, they of course get a buy in 0:10:34.360 --> 0:10:35.179 the wildcard round. 0:10:35.200 --> 0:10:36.900 So they get five days off. 0:10:37.420 --> 0:10:40.680 Between their last game on Sunday in San Francisco before 0:10:40.710 --> 0:10:43.710 they got to play the following Saturday in the first 0:10:43.750 --> 0:10:47.589 game of the NLDS series. So that's an extended break 0:10:47.730 --> 0:10:49.890 for Shohei Otani. Do you want him to just keep 0:10:49.990 --> 0:10:52.030 riding this break through the end of the regular season 0:10:52.330 --> 0:10:54.470 if the Dodgers secure one of the top two spots 0:10:54.510 --> 0:10:57.930 to give him even more rest? Or does he need A-Bs? 0:10:58.590 --> 0:11:04.589 against live bullets, live pitching, games that count against San 0:11:04.630 --> 0:11:07.390 Francisco or the final game against San Diego next Thursday. 0:11:08.240 --> 0:11:10.960 Does he need those at-bats before the postseason? 0:11:10.980 --> 0:11:12.800 We'll find out, and I think that's a big question 0:11:12.840 --> 0:11:17.080 right now is before he comes back, is when he 0:11:17.140 --> 0:11:18.780 comes back and if he comes back here in the 0:11:18.800 --> 0:11:22.220 regular season. It's sounding like he is progressing. Dave Roberts 0:11:22.240 --> 0:11:25.120 made the comment that he is pain-free. Now the follow-up 0:11:25.160 --> 0:11:27.640 question is, is he pain-free in the knee? Is he 0:11:27.679 --> 0:11:30.900 pain-free in the elbow? Is he pain-free in his neck? 0:11:31.000 --> 0:11:34.349 And it sounds like, in general, he is pain-free everywhere. 0:11:34.690 --> 0:11:36.809 So that is certainly good news. And he took a 0:11:36.850 --> 0:11:38.550 couple of days off. He's been hitting off a tee. 0:11:39.010 --> 0:11:41.430 And Dave Roberts alluded to the next step is little 0:11:41.490 --> 0:11:44.730 coach pitch, you know, a little soft BP with a, 0:11:44.830 --> 0:11:46.990 with a pitching coach, you know, halfway between the mound 0:11:47.550 --> 0:11:49.990 and home plate with a L screen in front of them, 0:11:50.190 --> 0:11:53.150 just getting at bats off of live pitching at a 0:11:53.210 --> 0:11:55.329 shorter distance. So that's the next step. It sounds like 0:11:55.350 --> 0:11:57.880 for Shohei Ohtani and you just hope he continues to 0:11:57.929 --> 0:12:02.140 be pain-free as he progresses back with baseball activities, but 0:12:02.179 --> 0:12:06.140 certainly when Shohei Ohtani comes back and he's healthy and 0:12:06.220 --> 0:12:09.360 ready to go for October, well, It will be interesting 0:12:09.400 --> 0:12:11.640 to see what Dave Roberts elects to do, whether it's 0:12:11.679 --> 0:12:14.100 to keep him in the leadoff spot or keep Tommy 0:12:14.240 --> 0:12:15.400 Edmond in the. 0:12:15.360 --> 0:12:21.730 Leadoff spot for the playoffs. 866-987-2570. Ken Newport Beach. 0:12:21.790 --> 0:12:23.630 Welcome to Dodger Talk on the day in which the 0:12:23.670 --> 0:12:25.790 Dodgers clinch the NL West yet again. 0:12:25.809 --> 0:12:26.430 How you doing, Ken? 0:12:27.670 --> 0:12:29.490 Hey, Tim. Good to talk to you. 0:12:29.929 --> 0:12:30.870 So this is brief. 0:12:31.630 --> 0:12:33.730 It's great to see them win this final game. Mm-hmm. 0:12:34.410 --> 0:12:37.450 it's great to see the offense really come up and 0:12:37.610 --> 0:12:40.750 smash the ball. But the biggest highlight for me in 0:12:40.770 --> 0:12:45.820 the entire days is watching all the players, basically semi drowned, 0:12:45.960 --> 0:12:51.080 David dug out after the game, they were just spore 0:12:51.120 --> 0:12:53.220 and the stuff on them. And I was rolling on 0:12:53.240 --> 0:12:54.320 the ground. Yeah. 0:12:54.540 --> 0:12:57.220 It's, it's great to see the rapport that he's got 0:12:57.260 --> 0:13:00.199 with these players and certainly being around them every day, 0:13:00.260 --> 0:13:02.500 like he is from spring training all the way through. 0:13:02.920 --> 0:13:05.870 It's a grind for everybody who travels. Dwayne McDonald, our engineer, 0:13:05.910 --> 0:13:08.510 the English and Spanish broadcaster, is a TV broadcaster. Certainly 0:13:08.790 --> 0:13:10.550 not doing it on the field every day, but just 0:13:10.570 --> 0:13:12.550 being around the team. It's a lot of fun to 0:13:12.570 --> 0:13:13.690 see everybody celebrate today. 0:13:14.809 --> 0:13:18.290 Yeah, it was great. Congratulations to everyone. All right. 0:13:18.410 --> 0:13:19.520 Ken in Newport Beach. 0:13:20.080 --> 0:13:20.320 Wow. 0:13:21.280 --> 0:13:25.010 I mean, positivity flowing on a Thursday from Ken in 0:13:25.050 --> 0:13:28.850 Newport Beach. Usually it's, why is Muncie hitting 180 in 0:13:28.870 --> 0:13:32.250 the last 30 at-bats? And why is Tommy Edmond doing this? 0:13:32.330 --> 0:13:35.230 Or why are the Dodgers doing that? But yeah, hey, 0:13:35.290 --> 0:13:37.030 it's that kind of day when the Dodgers win the 0:13:37.090 --> 0:13:39.550 NL West and they do it for the 13th time 0:13:39.590 --> 0:13:41.980 in the last 14 years. And Dave Roberts, by the way, 0:13:42.240 --> 0:13:45.100 winning his 10th divisional title in the last 11 years 0:13:45.440 --> 0:13:48.760 and now 11 straight playoff appearances as the Dodger manager. 0:13:49.640 --> 0:13:52.980 I mean, I think we're beyond the whole Dave Roberts 0:13:53.040 --> 0:13:58.090 criticism talk. I mean, he has proven certainly that he 0:13:58.130 --> 0:14:00.810 has a really good manager. 0:14:00.730 --> 0:14:02.710 And probably a hall of fame. 0:14:02.790 --> 0:14:06.070 And I, I don't even say probably he is a 0:14:06.190 --> 0:14:09.270 future hall of fame manager for what he has done 0:14:09.290 --> 0:14:11.880 as a Dodger skipper. And to think about it, I 0:14:11.900 --> 0:14:14.920 think Jose alluded to it with different groups of guys 0:14:14.980 --> 0:14:18.480 and different groups of players in over a course of years, 0:14:18.520 --> 0:14:21.620 whether it's his first few years as Dodger manager to 0:14:21.640 --> 0:14:24.520 the middle years, to the final last couple of years 0:14:24.570 --> 0:14:27.710 where you saw an aging Clayton Kershaw and the transition 0:14:27.750 --> 0:14:30.990 really begin with the exit of Justin Turner and that group. And, 0:14:31.130 --> 0:14:34.650 you know, to see Jock Peterson and that whole group 0:14:34.690 --> 0:14:38.390 of 17, 18, 19, the 20 world series, you know, 0:14:38.450 --> 0:14:42.240 morph into the Freddie Freeman, Mookie bets era of Dodgers 0:14:42.280 --> 0:14:46.550 baseball and the additions of, Teoscar Hernandez and the evolution 0:14:46.570 --> 0:14:51.000 of Max Muncy when he came. It's fun to see the, 0:14:51.220 --> 0:14:54.520 the evolvement of this Dodgers team over the last decade. 0:14:54.540 --> 0:14:55.860 I mean, it's been more than a decade, but just 0:14:56.140 --> 0:14:59.240 the last decade and what Dave Roberts has been able. 0:14:59.120 --> 0:15:01.280 To do, you know, molding this team. 0:15:01.660 --> 0:15:04.200 And again, being a manager is not just about filling 0:15:04.240 --> 0:15:06.920 up a lineup card with the Sharpie and, you know, 0:15:06.960 --> 0:15:08.900 when needed to go out there and make a pitching change, 0:15:08.940 --> 0:15:11.229 there's a lot that goes into it. And there's a 0:15:11.280 --> 0:15:13.610 lot that goes into it off the field. And if 0:15:13.650 --> 0:15:15.430 you're lucky enough to get out of Dodger stadium to 0:15:15.470 --> 0:15:18.730 see what the managers and coaches do on a daily basis, 0:15:18.750 --> 0:15:21.550 the coaches working with the players and, the fundamentals every day, 0:15:21.590 --> 0:15:24.870 the drills every day. But for Dave Roberts, it's walking around, 0:15:24.950 --> 0:15:26.470 and you get to see it just on the field, 0:15:26.910 --> 0:15:30.000 not even what happens behind in the clubhouse, but just 0:15:30.040 --> 0:15:31.980 going around and talking to different guys, whether it's around 0:15:32.020 --> 0:15:34.340 the cage, whether it's in the infield, whether it's in 0:15:34.360 --> 0:15:34.920 the dugout. 0:15:34.960 --> 0:15:37.280 You see them oftentimes in left field. 0:15:36.980 --> 0:15:38.620 When the Dodgers are at home where all the relief 0:15:38.640 --> 0:15:40.850 pitchers are down there, just kind of going guy to guy, 0:15:40.890 --> 0:15:43.150 talking to them, asking them how they're doing. 0:15:44.210 --> 0:15:46.130 A lot of it's massaging egos. 0:15:46.910 --> 0:15:49.070 At this level of Phil Jackson was one of the 0:15:49.110 --> 0:15:52.010 best bill Belichick did it at the football level by 0:15:52.090 --> 0:15:55.000 not allowing guys to have egos because he was the 0:15:55.010 --> 0:15:58.020 biggest of them all. But Dave Roberts style of managing 0:15:58.100 --> 0:16:01.380 is just making sure everybody's comfortable to do their job 0:16:01.860 --> 0:16:04.060 and trusting in their talent. And that's the biggest thing 0:16:04.120 --> 0:16:07.740 is not overreacting, not getting caught up in public sentiment 0:16:08.200 --> 0:16:11.520 and they ride guys. And whether it's up or down, 0:16:11.600 --> 0:16:14.400 they'll be loyal to him. And Dave Roberts is, Um, 0:16:14.400 --> 0:16:16.660 you know, a lot of times takes criticism for being 0:16:16.730 --> 0:16:19.870 too loyal to guys over the years for, for negative 0:16:19.930 --> 0:16:23.250 stretches and bad months at a time, bad years at 0:16:23.310 --> 0:16:26.150 a time. Um, he sticks with guys and he's so 0:16:26.210 --> 0:16:28.830 good at that and believing in his players and getting 0:16:28.860 --> 0:16:31.240 the most out of all these guys, whether it's a 0:16:31.280 --> 0:16:33.860 max Muncie or whether it's a superstar, like a Mookie 0:16:33.900 --> 0:16:37.160 beds or whether it's a show. Hey, I mean, guys 0:16:37.200 --> 0:16:39.880 show a Ohtani did not win a world series in 0:16:40.060 --> 0:16:41.380 six seasons in Anaheim. 0:16:41.720 --> 0:16:43.690 And he had Mike trout on his team. 0:16:44.340 --> 0:16:46.900 And granted, they didn't have all the talent the Dodgers have, 0:16:47.680 --> 0:16:50.380 the pitching staff the Dodgers have had, the bullpens the 0:16:50.420 --> 0:16:53.070 Dodgers have had. But to not win a playoff game 0:16:53.110 --> 0:16:55.850 in six years down in Anaheim and in the coming, 0:16:55.870 --> 0:16:59.750 he has won now back-to-back World Series championships, speaks a 0:16:59.790 --> 0:17:02.270 lot about what he is and what he has meant 0:17:02.290 --> 0:17:04.360 to this team and what the team has meant really 0:17:04.400 --> 0:17:04.920 to show A.O. 0:17:04.940 --> 0:17:05.240 Tawny. 0:17:06.130 --> 0:17:08.090 Everybody talks about how great he is as a unicorn, 0:17:08.410 --> 0:17:11.020 but it's how he fit into this group. This is 0:17:11.100 --> 0:17:13.540 a team that won before he got there. This is 0:17:13.600 --> 0:17:16.600 a team that has won since he's got there. So 0:17:16.650 --> 0:17:19.240 he has just been an addition, certainly a really good addition, 0:17:19.619 --> 0:17:22.060 but an addition to what was already been in a 0:17:22.140 --> 0:17:24.199 winning culture and an organization. 0:17:24.220 --> 0:17:24.400 866-987-257. 0:17:24.820 --> 0:17:27.760 Let's keep going with the phone calls. Got a line 0:17:27.840 --> 0:17:29.590 open if you want to jump on board. Here's where 0:17:29.850 --> 0:17:31.109 for the next 20 minutes, we're going to hear from 0:17:31.130 --> 0:17:33.170 the manager, Dave Roberts, coming up in just a little 0:17:33.190 --> 0:17:35.870 bit as well. Hector and Anaheim, welcome to Dodger Talk 0:17:35.910 --> 0:17:38.590 here on AM570 LA Sports as the Dodgers clinch the 0:17:38.730 --> 0:17:39.790 NL West yet again. 0:17:41.540 --> 0:17:43.740 Hey, Tim. Just want to say congratulations to the Dodgers. 0:17:43.780 --> 0:17:47.460 This never gets old. I've been a Dodger fan for 0:17:47.560 --> 0:17:51.460 years and years, and there's been so many tough moments 0:17:51.619 --> 0:17:53.770 as a Dodger fan, but then you have to appreciate 0:17:53.790 --> 0:17:57.610 these moments. It's the first goal of... The next few 0:17:57.619 --> 0:17:59.109 steps that we have to take, the big steps we 0:17:59.130 --> 0:18:02.730 have to take. And I appreciate this brand of baseball. 0:18:02.950 --> 0:18:07.110 I appreciate Dave Roberts. I appreciate Freddie Freeman, Mookie. I mean, 0:18:07.150 --> 0:18:09.470 the list goes on. And to see DePaula get a 0:18:09.510 --> 0:18:12.450 taste of this celebration means a lot to me because, 0:18:12.490 --> 0:18:15.990 you know, this group of players is getting older and 0:18:16.010 --> 0:18:18.710 DePaula is going to be here for the next, you know, 10, 0:18:18.710 --> 0:18:21.340 15 years, you know, whatever it is. So I just 0:18:21.359 --> 0:18:23.920 want to say congratulations to the organizations, Andrew Friedman to 0:18:23.980 --> 0:18:25.820 everyone in the front office. I can't wait to listen 0:18:25.840 --> 0:18:28.159