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Speaker 1: All right, another Dodger Talk live from Camelback Ranching, Glendale, Arizona.

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Speaker 1: with the Snakes tomorrow afternoon. Our coverage begins at eleven thirty.

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Speaker 1: First pitch at twelve ten between the Dodgers and Arizona Diamondbacks.

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Speaker 1: Rochi Sasaki will be making his first start of the

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Speaker 1: Cactus League tomorrow, going up against Zach Gallen, who did

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Speaker 1: Corbyn Burns, Zach Gallen, Eduardo Rodriguez make up a Brandon

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Speaker 1: And that's something that people fail to realize when they just,

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Speaker 1: just their payroll. It's not so much about the Kyle

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Speaker 1: But it's the depth that the player development has built

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Speaker 1: But I want to give a shout out to two

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Speaker 1: one of the longtime famous media relations people in LA

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Speaker 1: He was the PR director when Tommy Lasorda was the

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Speaker 1: since nineteen eighty or since the seventies. Left to build

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Speaker 1: a great dinner had by all. And my day consists

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Speaker 1: back to camel Back Ranch for Dodger Talk. And tonight

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Speaker 1: thank you Lynn and Steve Brenner. All right, let's go

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Speaker 1: out to the phones. Lou, who's out here in Phoenix

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Speaker 1: listening on the iHeartRadio app. Hi, Lou, You're on Dodger Talk.

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Speaker 6: Hey DV, great to chat with you again. Thanks for

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Speaker 6: taking a look. And uh look, don't eat too much barbecue.

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Speaker 6: You know you got to you got to push up

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Speaker 6: challenge coming that we're all rooting for you, Okay, so

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Speaker 6: just be careful with that barbecue, all right.

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Speaker 1: All right, thank you, thank you for the warning.

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Speaker 6: So Hey, I've been out there a few times and

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Speaker 6: I've really been impressed with Miggy Rowe. Perhaps it's his

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Speaker 6: every year you give the listeners a guy to watch for.

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Speaker 6: I remember a couple of years ago you said Freeland

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Speaker 6: you're always really insightful and appreciate all you do for us.

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Speaker 1: Dave, thank you, Hey, thank you, Lou Well. As far

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Speaker 1: as prospects go, host Suade Depaula was three for three

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Speaker 1: You'll hear from him on the pregame show tomorrow at

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Speaker 1: eleven thirty. Let's go out to the City of Brotherly Love,

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Speaker 1: Henry and Philly. Henry, how are you doing with that

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Speaker 5: Hey man, it's very cold DV. First time caller, longtime listener,

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Speaker 5: huge fan of you. I actually just got home braved

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Speaker 5: the Icy Road from the Homecoming movie that you had

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Speaker 5: a really cool experience.

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Speaker 1: Hey, my pleasure. I meant it. I went to the premiere.

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Speaker 1: I saw it. It wasn't what I expected, but it

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Speaker 1: gave anybody that watches it a better understanding of how

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Speaker 1: I got a question for you, Henry. What's the buzz

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Speaker 1: win the NLDS over the Phillies. Are Philly fans all

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Speaker 5: You know? I think some of the less knowledgeable ones,

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Speaker 5: I was in Philly, and I have a few funny

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Speaker 5: And then you know, the year before, I had been

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Speaker 6: Kid you not.

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Speaker 5: DV chair were flying back. Even in Philly. People were

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Speaker 1: I love it, Henry, thanks a lot for giving us

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Speaker 1: At the bottom of the hour, you'll hear our conversation

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Speaker 1: if it's the ninth inning and you use your challenges,

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Speaker 8: Something egregious you use it, you know, like I use it.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I guess that's an edict from Will right there.

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Speaker 1: What's the game plan the strategy as hitters going into it.

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Speaker 9: we have one left to kind of leave up to

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Speaker 9: Will and Picture because it's kind of a little bit

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Speaker 9: more important. But right now, I think I was the

435
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Speaker 9: first position player to do it. I was just more

436
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Speaker 9: of trying to learn because to me, I still think

437
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Speaker 9: it's down. But that's what you got to do, Like,

438
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Speaker 9: I need to know if I'm right, because if I

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Speaker 9: didn't challenge that, I would have thought it was down

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Speaker 9: the whole time. And then, you know, I just wanted

441
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Speaker 9: to get going so well did the same thing. You

442
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Speaker 9: know that the maybe the low strike and high strike

443
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Speaker 9: we heard might be a little bit more strike calls

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Speaker 9: on that system. So I just wanted to start using it,

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Speaker 9: even though if I'm wrong, I need to know so

446
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Speaker 9: I can get figure out this ongoing in the season.

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Speaker 1: As you're standing straight up right now, your height is

448
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Speaker 1: a lot different than what your height is when you're

449
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Speaker 1: in the batter's box. Is that your understanding? Is that

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Speaker 1: taken account for?

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Speaker 9: Yeah, So we had we were not allowed to measure

452
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Speaker 9: until a certain time a few days ago. We had

453
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Speaker 9: to wait till a specific time, and that's because of

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Speaker 9: your taller when you right when you wake up, because

455
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Speaker 9: you've been laying down the whole time. Gravity over time

456
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Speaker 9: will make you shrink by the end of the day.

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Speaker 9: So I think it's more of It's gonna be a

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Speaker 9: little bit different for Max's Max Monty is measure staying

459
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Speaker 9: up straight. He crouches a lot more in his stance,

460
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Speaker 9: So maybe that high strike is gonna be a little different.

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Speaker 9: So I think we do even if we're wrong. I

462
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Speaker 9: think we need to use it, even tho if we

463
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Speaker 9: lose them early, just to figure out the top and

464
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Speaker 9: bottoms of the zone. So I thought it was low,

465
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Speaker 9: it wasn't, So now I know I got to go

466
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Speaker 9: after that a little bit more. So it's just more

467
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Speaker 9: of learning. You just got to learn. You just it's

468
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Speaker 9: the rule. It's there, so we got to figure it out.

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Speaker 1: Hey, this is going to be a big impact on

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Speaker 1: the game of baseball this year and moving forward, and

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Speaker 1: we'll see whether or not there's some adjustments in season

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Speaker 1: by Major League Baseball. But the way it's going to work,

473
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Speaker 1: like I said, each team gets two challenges. If you

474
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Speaker 1: get them wrong, you lose it, and you get only

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Speaker 1: two challenges for nine innings. Extra innings you'll get an

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Speaker 1: extra one. And if you're at Dodger Stadium or any

477
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Speaker 1: stadium across America, you will see it on Dodger Vision

478
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Speaker 1: or on the big screen. They'll show what they're showing

479
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Speaker 1: on television whether or not the ball asses through the

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Speaker 1: strike zone. So we'll all know at the same time

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Speaker 1: whether it's a ball or strike, and the hitter can't

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Speaker 1: look at the dugout. It has to be called immediately.

483
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Speaker 1: You got to tap your helmet immediately, whether you're the hitter,

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Speaker 1: the catcher, or the pitcher, and those are the only

485
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Speaker 1: three players on the field that can challenge a ball

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Speaker 1: or strike. So everybody keeps talking about this lockout that

487
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Speaker 1: may or may not happen. It is going to happen,

488
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Speaker 1: but it may or may not affect how many games

489
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Speaker 1: are played next year. But what is the immediate right

490
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Speaker 1: now happening is the effect that this new ABS system

491
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Speaker 1: is going to have on games and the outcomes of games,

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Speaker 1: and how pitchers attack and how hitters approach things. That

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Speaker 1: is going to have an immediate impact starting Game one

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Speaker 1: in twenty twenty six, and you just heard two of

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Speaker 1: the Dodger leaders, veterans, smart hitters, smart players talk about

496
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Speaker 1: what their strategy is going to be like in spring

497
00:28:00,680 --> 00:28:05,919
Speaker 1: training to learn this new very impactful technology rule, whatever

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Speaker 1: you want to call it. Eight six six nine eight

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Speaker 1: seven two five seventy is the phone number. When we

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Speaker 1: continue on Dodger Talk, Chase Utley will join us. Don't

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Speaker 1: go anywhere right here on AM five seventy LA Sports.

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Speaker 1: Welcome back to Dodger Talk. David vasse with you until

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Speaker 1: eight o'clock tonight here on AM five to seventy LA Sports.

504
00:28:25,720 --> 00:28:28,400
Speaker 1: And the Dodgers have had a lot of great players

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00:28:28,520 --> 00:28:31,879
Speaker 1: come through their doors since Andrew Friedman took over. Specifically

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Speaker 1: one of them that kind of changed the culture when

507
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Speaker 1: he arrived and they acquired him. That's the one and

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00:28:37,240 --> 00:28:40,400
Speaker 1: only Chase Utley. Chase is out here at Dodger Camp.

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Speaker 1: Great to see you back out.

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Speaker 3: Here, David. Great to be out here and great to

511
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Speaker 3: be talking with you.

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Speaker 1: Oh, come on, you know it. I'm the only guy

513
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Speaker 1: that keeps you humble. That is.

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Speaker 3: Whatever you need. Let's let's wrap.

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Speaker 1: Do you okay? You have this reputation when you were

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Speaker 1: playing that obviously you were an intense player. Do you

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Speaker 1: feel like now post playing career, people will still feel

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Speaker 1: like you're unapproachable.

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Speaker 10: The ones that don't know me. Yeah, I believe so.

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00:29:06,840 --> 00:29:09,080
Speaker 10: I felt like on the on the field, I needed

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00:29:09,120 --> 00:29:11,040
Speaker 10: to have a certain persona and something to get me

522
00:29:11,200 --> 00:29:13,520
Speaker 10: to play my best, and that was to be take

523
00:29:13,520 --> 00:29:19,040
Speaker 10: it extremely serious and have some type of intimidating features.

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Speaker 10: So I felt like that gave me a slight advantage

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Speaker 10: on the field.

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Speaker 3: Off the field, not not quite so much.

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Speaker 1: You do things with a purpose, not only going against

528
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Speaker 1: the competition, but did you feel the edge that you

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Speaker 1: brought was something of a strategy to keep your teammates also,

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Speaker 1: you know, focused on the task at hand.

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Speaker 11: Yeah.

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Speaker 10: At a young age, I was always taught to try

533
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Speaker 10: to try to lead by by example.

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Speaker 3: Do it on the field, don't necessarily do it by

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Speaker 3: what you say. So I try to lead that.

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Speaker 10: Way, and it really depends on the on the personnel

537
00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:56,880
Speaker 10: and the team. But I feel like if everyone kind

538
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Speaker 10: of has that similar mindset, it can be it can

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Speaker 10: really create a winning culture.

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Speaker 1: We've talked about this a few times. People know that

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Speaker 1: you went over the pond for three years. Are you

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Speaker 1: permanently back in the States and are you are you

543
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Speaker 1: ted lassoed? Have they turned you into Ted Lasso or

544
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Speaker 1: are you still baseball?

545
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Speaker 10: Chase Utley still baseball, but I have become a football

546
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Speaker 10: fan is what you would call it over there.

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Speaker 3: But yeah, I really enjoyed our time living.

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Speaker 10: Over there for three years, had a blast with my

549
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Speaker 10: wife and my kids, and saw all of Europe. Really

550
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Speaker 10: showed them something that they wouldn't necessarily see. So we're

551
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Speaker 10: happy that we did it. But we're also happy to

552
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Speaker 10: be back. Happy to be back in southern California.

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Speaker 1: Are you back with the Dodgers because you were a

554
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Speaker 1: vital part after you stopped playing a part of the

555
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Speaker 1: game planning for the Dodgers. Do you feel like you

556
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Speaker 1: want to get back into that role.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm here. It's being training. I'll be around.

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Speaker 10: Unfortunately, you might have to see me a little bit

559
00:30:48,960 --> 00:30:51,920
Speaker 10: more throughout the course of the season. But yeah, obviously,

560
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Speaker 10: as we all know, amazing organization and Andrew is the

561
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Speaker 10: best out there, so to you have the ability to learned,

562
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Speaker 10: to continue to learn, absorb, interact with the with the

563
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Speaker 10: current big league guys, maybe make some relationships on the

564
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Speaker 10: minor league level.

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Speaker 3: I'm just I'm just here to help.

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Speaker 1: Where are you at in your baseball life or your

567
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Speaker 1: post playing career. Are you still searching for where you

568
00:31:15,200 --> 00:31:17,440
Speaker 1: fit wanting to be part of the game, or do

569
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Speaker 1: you feel like you you want to be in the

570
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Speaker 1: evaluation part of it or do you still feel like

571
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Speaker 1: maybe there's a place for you in the dugout somewhere.

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Speaker 10: I was still still trying to feel it out, you know. I,

573
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Speaker 10: as we mentioned, I have a young family that I

574
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Speaker 10: enjoy being around and enjoy spending time with. So right

575
00:31:34,040 --> 00:31:37,480
Speaker 10: now I'm happy with what we're doing, which is spending

576
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Speaker 10: some time with with with the Dodgers and the front

577
00:31:40,280 --> 00:31:42,960
Speaker 10: office and their and their players, but also have some

578
00:31:43,040 --> 00:31:44,200
Speaker 10: time for my family.

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Speaker 3: So right now we're in a good spot.

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Speaker 1: When Zach Greenki played for the Dodgers, he was very

581
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Speaker 1: famous in making trades and trying to pretend to be

582
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Speaker 1: Andrew Friedman or a guy in that position. When you played,

583
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Speaker 1: did you evaluate or gauge the temperature on players that

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Speaker 1: you were playing against, playing with? Do you feel like

585
00:32:01,640 --> 00:32:04,040
Speaker 1: you had that knack for evaluation.

586
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Speaker 3: To be honest, Yeah, at a young age.

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Speaker 10: Now you're just your focus on yourself and trying to

588
00:32:07,280 --> 00:32:09,239
Speaker 10: figure out how to how to improve and help your

589
00:32:09,240 --> 00:32:11,040
Speaker 10: team win. But as you age a little bit, you

590
00:32:11,080 --> 00:32:13,800
Speaker 10: have a little bit different perspective. So yes, you definitely

591
00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:17,959
Speaker 10: recognize talent on the other side, good and bad. And

592
00:32:18,080 --> 00:32:20,960
Speaker 10: yes you're always, you know, making mental cues of guys

593
00:32:20,960 --> 00:32:23,600
Speaker 10: that you hope at some point you have the ability

594
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Speaker 10: to play with the guys that could possibly hit make

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Speaker 10: you better. And I mean Andrew does Andrew and his

596
00:32:28,640 --> 00:32:31,440
Speaker 10: team do a pretty good job of finding the best

597
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Speaker 10: guys out there.

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Speaker 1: I've been doing this too long. I remember the day

599
00:32:34,840 --> 00:32:37,760
Speaker 1: that Chase Utley arrived in the Dodger clubhouse. It was

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Speaker 1: in Houston in twenty sixteen when the Dodgers acquired you

601
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Speaker 1: from the Phillies. You mentioned Andrew Friedman from where it

602
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Speaker 1: was when he traded for you to where he has

603
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Speaker 1: the Dodger organization. Now, what has he turned this into?

604
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Speaker 10: Well, I mean the current team least, I mean the

605
00:32:59,400 --> 00:33:03,040
Speaker 10: current team let few years is pretty pretty talented. But

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Speaker 10: I think his vision early on was to one identify

607
00:33:06,480 --> 00:33:10,800
Speaker 10: what was going on in the organization and see if

608
00:33:10,840 --> 00:33:14,520
Speaker 10: there's areas to to to improve, And slowly but surely

609
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Speaker 10: he's done that year after year, and now they're in

610
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Speaker 10: a pretty good spot with with the talent that they have,

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Speaker 10: with the young guys coming up, they're they're in position

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Speaker 10: to win for for a long time. I know they've

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Speaker 10: from a division standpoint, they've they've won a lot over

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Speaker 10: the past ten years.

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Speaker 3: They've i think.

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Speaker 10: They've created a culture here that has a winning vibe.

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Speaker 10: And these guys are most of these guys are superstars.

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Speaker 10: But but they work like they're hungry rookies, which you

619
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Speaker 10: don't see very opt in.

620
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Speaker 3: But there's a reason why they're so successful.

621
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Speaker 1: There's so much focus on the payroll the last couple

622
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Speaker 1: of years. But does Andrew and his staff not get

623
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Speaker 1: enough credit for what you mentioned the culture and be

624
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Speaker 1: the infrastructure to support players to be their best.

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Speaker 10: Yeah, I mean, I mean, obviously talent helps to win games,

626
00:33:59,520 --> 00:34:03,000
Speaker 10: but you need a common theme within in the clubhouse

627
00:34:03,120 --> 00:34:07,240
Speaker 10: at least my opinion, to sustain that success over time.

628
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Speaker 3: And they've they've created that.

629
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Speaker 10: They've they created that a while ago and it's and

630
00:34:11,160 --> 00:34:13,000
Speaker 10: it's lasting, and it's.

631
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Speaker 3: It's good for it's good for these.

632
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Speaker 10: Guys that are, you know, in the middle middle of

633
00:34:17,680 --> 00:34:19,400
Speaker 10: their career to recognize what they need to do. But

634
00:34:19,480 --> 00:34:21,399
Speaker 10: It's also great for the young guys coming up seeing

635
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Speaker 10: how hard these superstars work.

636
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Speaker 3: I think I truly believe that this culture will last

637
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Speaker 3: for a long time.

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Speaker 1: Do you appreciate these group of players because I remember

639
00:34:31,040 --> 00:34:34,120
Speaker 1: when you played, you were on a time schedule for

640
00:34:34,200 --> 00:34:38,120
Speaker 1: yourself to prepare. Every minute was accounted for. It similar

641
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Speaker 1: to show Heyo Tani and you know Mookie Bets and

642
00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:44,560
Speaker 1: these guys. Does it look familiar to you where these

643
00:34:44,560 --> 00:34:47,560
Speaker 1: guys are on such a schedule to prepare to play

644
00:34:47,560 --> 00:34:48,719
Speaker 1: every night, It.

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00:34:48,680 --> 00:34:52,239
Speaker 10: Does look familiar, and it's it's it's it's great to

646
00:34:52,280 --> 00:34:54,200
Speaker 10: see it. I mean, these guys know what they need

647
00:34:54,239 --> 00:34:58,120
Speaker 10: to do to get ready. Everyone's got a slightly different program.

648
00:34:58,120 --> 00:34:59,520
Speaker 10: At the end of the day, they're all have a

649
00:34:59,560 --> 00:35:03,279
Speaker 10: program to get them ready for the seven five start. Yeah,

650
00:35:03,600 --> 00:35:07,200
Speaker 10: and that's what's most important. So again I can't reiterate enough,

651
00:35:07,200 --> 00:35:10,080
Speaker 10: but like for these young players especially, it's been training

652
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Speaker 10: that are seeing these guys work. It's it's good that

653
00:35:13,320 --> 00:35:17,040
Speaker 10: they can see guys with amazing work ethics. I've seen

654
00:35:17,239 --> 00:35:20,799
Speaker 10: the opposite where young prospects, young players see you guys

655
00:35:20,800 --> 00:35:22,880
Speaker 10: that don't have a work ethic like these guys do.

656
00:35:23,160 --> 00:35:24,640
Speaker 10: And they think that's the way to do it, and

657
00:35:24,680 --> 00:35:24,960
Speaker 10: it's not.

658
00:35:25,560 --> 00:35:28,640
Speaker 1: Chase Sutley is our guest. He's an LA guy, Long Beach,

659
00:35:28,800 --> 00:35:33,000
Speaker 1: UCLA eventually finished his career with the Dodgers. I'm sure

660
00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:36,400
Speaker 1: you can appreciate this. Yesterday, pat Riley got his statue

661
00:35:36,440 --> 00:35:40,480
Speaker 1: and he talked about the business of the NBA, business

662
00:35:40,480 --> 00:35:43,840
Speaker 1: of sports, where guys come and go. You had such

663
00:35:44,160 --> 00:35:47,000
Speaker 1: a lasting effect on your teammates in Philly, but we

664
00:35:47,120 --> 00:35:49,760
Speaker 1: got to see it here in LA with Corey Seeger

665
00:35:49,840 --> 00:35:53,479
Speaker 1: and Key k Hernandez, among others. Do you still keep

666
00:35:53,480 --> 00:35:56,319
Speaker 1: in touch with those guys? Do they reach out to

667
00:35:56,360 --> 00:35:58,760
Speaker 1: you for any sort of advice?

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00:35:59,200 --> 00:36:01,120
Speaker 3: Yeah? I still give an touch with him.

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Speaker 10: I mean, obviously everyone's kind of spread out a little bit,

670
00:36:03,760 --> 00:36:06,640
Speaker 10: but yeah, usually, like we text back and forth when

671
00:36:06,640 --> 00:36:09,760
Speaker 10: there's when there's something something to talk about that that's important.

672
00:36:10,400 --> 00:36:13,320
Speaker 3: I appreciate that they used me for advice.

673
00:36:13,920 --> 00:36:16,320
Speaker 10: But these guys, these guys are now starting to become

674
00:36:16,400 --> 00:36:16,839
Speaker 10: grown men.

675
00:36:17,360 --> 00:36:19,280
Speaker 3: But I'm always there for him. Chase.

676
00:36:19,320 --> 00:36:21,319
Speaker 1: Before I let you go, I've wanted to ask you this.

677
00:36:21,440 --> 00:36:25,319
Speaker 1: I told you I have bi weekly conversations with Rich Hill,

678
00:36:25,520 --> 00:36:29,600
Speaker 1: and he somehow someway still brings up the burn of

679
00:36:29,640 --> 00:36:32,920
Speaker 1: the way the twenty seventeen World Series went down. That

680
00:36:33,120 --> 00:36:36,360
Speaker 1: was your last Major League game, Game seven of the

681
00:36:36,400 --> 00:36:40,880
Speaker 1: seventeen World Series. A lot of people, me included, felt

682
00:36:40,960 --> 00:36:44,080
Speaker 1: like you guys were robbed of what should have been yours.

683
00:36:44,440 --> 00:36:46,719
Speaker 1: How have you come to peace with it? How have

684
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Speaker 1: you processed it over the years.

685
00:36:49,800 --> 00:36:51,520
Speaker 10: Yeah, I mean it doesn't make you make you feel

686
00:36:51,520 --> 00:36:55,520
Speaker 10: good about it. I'm happy that everything has come out

687
00:36:56,440 --> 00:36:59,440
Speaker 10: and the attention was put on on that. I mean,

688
00:36:59,440 --> 00:37:01,719
Speaker 10: it's it's I think it's help for these guys now

689
00:37:01,760 --> 00:37:03,359
Speaker 10: that we're a part of that. It's helpful that they

690
00:37:03,400 --> 00:37:06,120
Speaker 10: have a few World Series under their belt since then.

691
00:37:06,280 --> 00:37:08,680
Speaker 10: I was able to get one in Philadelphia. So had

692
00:37:08,719 --> 00:37:10,480
Speaker 10: I not got that, I think I probably would have

693
00:37:10,520 --> 00:37:12,880
Speaker 10: a slightly different opinion.

694
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Speaker 3: But yeah, we didn't feel good about it. We we

695
00:37:16,800 --> 00:37:20,480
Speaker 3: prepared it, just we didn't prepare for the for what happened.

696
00:37:20,800 --> 00:37:23,080
Speaker 1: You don't seem to be a guy that just continues

697
00:37:23,160 --> 00:37:25,680
Speaker 1: to stew over things. Do you ever think about it

698
00:37:25,719 --> 00:37:27,439
Speaker 1: before a guy like me brings it up.

699
00:37:28,200 --> 00:37:29,759
Speaker 10: No, I haven't thought about it for a while. To

700
00:37:29,840 --> 00:37:31,560
Speaker 10: be honest with you, it's kind of in the past.

701
00:37:32,680 --> 00:37:35,960
Speaker 10: Those guys, A lot of those guys uh forever will

702
00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:39,320
Speaker 10: be part of that group and that they'll live with

703
00:37:39,400 --> 00:37:40,680
Speaker 10: it for the rest of their lives.

704
00:37:40,760 --> 00:37:43,160
Speaker 1: How special was that seventeen Dodgers team.

705
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Speaker 10: It was great because we had a mixture of young

706
00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:48,040
Speaker 10: and old and it was a lot of energy, a

707
00:37:48,080 --> 00:37:50,280
Speaker 10: lot of fun, a lot of trying to figure figure

708
00:37:50,480 --> 00:37:54,400
Speaker 10: figure it out. There were some growing pains, but overall

709
00:37:55,920 --> 00:37:58,600
Speaker 10: we had a pretty pretty, pretty solid team, and to

710
00:37:58,640 --> 00:38:01,120
Speaker 10: get to that point, knowing they had a little bit

711
00:38:01,160 --> 00:38:06,440
Speaker 10: extra help should make us feel good, although it doesn't necessarily.

712
00:38:07,080 --> 00:38:10,080
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, but Chase Utley is a champion of a person,

713
00:38:10,200 --> 00:38:13,120
Speaker 1: champion of a player, and Miguel Rojas is right there.

714
00:38:13,200 --> 00:38:16,680
Speaker 1: So everybody has a story about Game seven where they

715
00:38:16,680 --> 00:38:18,960
Speaker 1: were watching it. You said you were in London for

716
00:38:19,000 --> 00:38:22,760
Speaker 1: three years. Where was Chase Utley watching the World Series?

717
00:38:22,800 --> 00:38:25,960
Speaker 1: Specifically Game seven, the ninth inning, the home run, and

718
00:38:26,040 --> 00:38:30,040
Speaker 1: the incredible play Rojas and Smith made in the ninth inning.

719
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Speaker 10: I was in la I was on my couch with

720
00:38:34,400 --> 00:38:37,279
Speaker 10: his few friends watching it and biting my nails and

721
00:38:37,320 --> 00:38:40,600
Speaker 10: sweating and nervous like pretty much everyone else was. But

722
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Speaker 10: I mean, I don't think there's been a better World Series. Obviously,

723
00:38:45,320 --> 00:38:47,800
Speaker 10: it helps that your team wins, but overall, just the

724
00:38:49,400 --> 00:38:52,880
Speaker 10: different moments, the dowerdie moments in that game, you just

725
00:38:52,920 --> 00:38:56,480
Speaker 10: don't see happen very often, especially in one particular game,

726
00:38:56,520 --> 00:38:59,040
Speaker 10: and it happens to be Game seven, So I mean,

727
00:38:59,040 --> 00:39:01,960
Speaker 10: these guys are prepared and right now for that moment,

728
00:39:03,080 --> 00:39:05,000
Speaker 10: so hopefully they get to do it again.

729
00:39:05,040 --> 00:39:07,920
Speaker 3: But yes, I was on my couch sweat and bullets.

730
00:39:08,120 --> 00:39:12,239
Speaker 1: I feel more anxious watching the replays of the infield

731
00:39:12,280 --> 00:39:15,799
Speaker 1: in play with Rojas throwing out kind of philefa at home.

732
00:39:16,040 --> 00:39:18,960
Speaker 1: How difficult is that for a second basement in that

733
00:39:19,400 --> 00:39:20,400
Speaker 1: especially in that moment.

734
00:39:20,400 --> 00:39:22,040
Speaker 10: It's a tough play. It's a I mean, it's a

735
00:39:22,080 --> 00:39:24,200
Speaker 10: do or that I play. The game's over, it's not.

736
00:39:25,480 --> 00:39:28,799
Speaker 10: And I mean maybe he's an amazing defensive specialist out there,

737
00:39:28,880 --> 00:39:30,960
Speaker 10: so he can kind of do whatever he wants. And

738
00:39:31,080 --> 00:39:35,439
Speaker 10: it's his instincts that made it happen. When you first

739
00:39:35,440 --> 00:39:37,480
Speaker 10: see the player like ooh, he's backed up on the ball,

740
00:39:37,520 --> 00:39:40,319
Speaker 10: but he was able to pick it cleanly and fire it.

741
00:39:40,719 --> 00:39:42,799
Speaker 10: But that's what makes him so special that he has

742
00:39:42,840 --> 00:39:45,440
Speaker 10: the ability to put his body in those positions and

743
00:39:45,440 --> 00:39:46,600
Speaker 10: still make plays.

744
00:39:46,640 --> 00:39:49,439
Speaker 1: Chase, thank you for laying me tap into you. When

745
00:39:49,440 --> 00:39:52,439
Speaker 1: you were playing. You always had a time schedule, limited time,

746
00:39:52,480 --> 00:39:55,080
Speaker 1: and you have so much to offer the game. You

747
00:39:55,160 --> 00:39:57,480
Speaker 1: have such a high baseball IQ and the Dodgers are

748
00:39:57,560 --> 00:40:00,440
Speaker 1: lucky that you live in LA and you can be

749
00:40:00,520 --> 00:40:04,200
Speaker 1: part of this organization to help them grow and be

750
00:40:04,320 --> 00:40:07,160
Speaker 1: the best that they can be. And you know you'll

751
00:40:07,200 --> 00:40:10,520
Speaker 1: still come tiger claw over anybody's neck, including mine. So

752
00:40:10,600 --> 00:40:13,160
Speaker 1: don't get it twisted. He's one of the toughest guys

753
00:40:13,160 --> 00:40:16,680
Speaker 1: you ever meet. But I feel like I've softened. I've

754
00:40:16,719 --> 00:40:19,719
Speaker 1: humanized Chase Sutley here right now on the field.

755
00:40:19,520 --> 00:40:21,120
Speaker 3: Slightly right now, in this moment.

756
00:40:21,280 --> 00:40:23,239
Speaker 1: Yes, do we hug or no?

757
00:40:23,320 --> 00:40:24,120
Speaker 3: Hugstive?

758
00:40:24,239 --> 00:40:27,000
Speaker 10: We give high five knuckles here we go, Okay, okay, David,

759
00:40:27,040 --> 00:40:28,440
Speaker 10: But thank you thanks for having me on.

760
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Speaker 3: Can't wait to do it again.

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Speaker 1: Awesome. Chase Utley might even come in studio or I

762
00:40:33,239 --> 00:40:34,719
Speaker 1: might even go to his house to do the show

763
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Speaker 1: one day.

764
00:40:35,120 --> 00:40:38,120
Speaker 3: Ye sure, but we'll see, we'll see.

765
00:40:38,680 --> 00:40:41,480
Speaker 1: Hey, I'll take it. I'll take it. Chase Suttley. There

766
00:40:41,480 --> 00:40:45,600
Speaker 1: he goes. Chase Suttley, a guy that many believe deserves

767
00:40:45,640 --> 00:40:48,040
Speaker 1: a strong consideration of being in the Hall of Fame.

768
00:40:48,120 --> 00:40:51,319
Speaker 1: And look, he has a lot of baseball knowledge. He

769
00:40:51,440 --> 00:40:55,799
Speaker 1: was always watching everyone when he was a teammate on

770
00:40:55,920 --> 00:41:00,000
Speaker 1: the Dodgers and has great evaluation skills. And it's great

771
00:41:00,239 --> 00:41:03,040
Speaker 1: that you know he took that time to get perspective

772
00:41:03,080 --> 00:41:06,879
Speaker 1: and live his life after devoting all of it to baseball,

773
00:41:06,960 --> 00:41:09,320
Speaker 1: to go to London for three years with his wife

774
00:41:09,360 --> 00:41:12,319
Speaker 1: and kids. But he's back now and the Dodgers are

775
00:41:12,400 --> 00:41:15,360
Speaker 1: better for it. So great to catch up with Chase Sutley,

776
00:41:16,200 --> 00:41:19,040
Speaker 1: and look he was He's a tough guy man. He

777
00:41:19,200 --> 00:41:23,400
Speaker 1: was tough and really respected by a lot of his teammates.

778
00:41:23,760 --> 00:41:26,520
Speaker 1: I'll never forget the day that he showed up in Houston.

779
00:41:27,000 --> 00:41:29,680
Speaker 1: He was all business and it kind of set the

780
00:41:29,680 --> 00:41:34,080
Speaker 1: tone for that Dodger team that eventually would make it

781
00:41:34,080 --> 00:41:38,279
Speaker 1: to the NLCS against the Cubs in twenty sixteen. Unfortunately,

782
00:41:38,320 --> 00:41:41,040
Speaker 1: in twenty fifteen, the year that he got traded to

783
00:41:41,080 --> 00:41:44,319
Speaker 1: the Dodgers, they lost to the Mets in a five

784
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Speaker 1: game NLDS eight six six nine eight seven two five

785
00:41:48,440 --> 00:41:50,719
Speaker 1: seventy is the phone number in case you missed any

786
00:41:50,719 --> 00:41:54,960
Speaker 1: of that conversation on the iHeartRadio app that's where you

787
00:41:55,040 --> 00:41:57,640
Speaker 1: can find it. That's where you could podcast it tomorrow

788
00:41:57,719 --> 00:42:02,040
Speaker 1: and all our shows from spring training here on the

789
00:42:02,080 --> 00:42:05,680
Speaker 1: iHeartRadio app. Make Dodger Talk a number one pre set

790
00:42:05,880 --> 00:42:09,880
Speaker 1: like our guy Duley at snell Zilla National has done.

791
00:42:09,920 --> 00:42:12,680
Speaker 1: It's not too late to do that. People have called

792
00:42:12,719 --> 00:42:17,640
Speaker 1: in tonight from Phoenix, from Philadelphia, so from LA. Awesome

793
00:42:17,680 --> 00:42:20,880
Speaker 1: to have this not just be a local show anymore,

794
00:42:21,000 --> 00:42:25,080
Speaker 1: but to reach Dodger fans not only all over the country,

795
00:42:25,120 --> 00:42:27,640
Speaker 1: but even met people that came up to me in

796
00:42:27,719 --> 00:42:31,200
Speaker 1: Tokyo and Korea that listen on the iHeartRadio app or

797
00:42:31,239 --> 00:42:35,080
Speaker 1: podcast the show on the iHeartRadio app. We'll be back

798
00:42:35,120 --> 00:42:37,600
Speaker 1: with you tomorrow night at seven o'clock as well, and

799
00:42:37,680 --> 00:42:43,480
Speaker 1: then another show on Friday from Scottsdale Scottsdale Stadium to

800
00:42:43,520 --> 00:42:46,560
Speaker 1: be exact. So looking forward to our next two shows.

801
00:42:46,600 --> 00:42:50,800
Speaker 1: Tomorrow night. Mookie Betts has told me he will join

802
00:42:50,880 --> 00:42:53,840
Speaker 1: the show, so we have Mookie Betts on the show

803
00:42:53,920 --> 00:42:58,080
Speaker 1: tomorrow night at seven point thirty, so looking forward to

804
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Speaker 1: that as well. We say good night. Last night. I

805
00:43:02,160 --> 00:43:06,800
Speaker 1: kind of addressed the pi Crow armstrong over zealous comments

806
00:43:06,840 --> 00:43:10,279
Speaker 1: to try to endear himself to Cubs fans, and our

807
00:43:10,320 --> 00:43:14,880
Speaker 1: social media guy Matt Demicky reminded me that I interviewed

808
00:43:14,920 --> 00:43:19,239
Speaker 1: pie Crow Armstrong at Justin Turner's golf tournament two years ago.

809
00:43:19,520 --> 00:43:23,840
Speaker 1: And remember, during the regular season two years ago, PCA

810
00:43:24,160 --> 00:43:27,080
Speaker 1: basically won at least two of those games at Dodger

811
00:43:27,120 --> 00:43:31,480
Speaker 1: Stadium with his glove and it was racus. People were shocked,

812
00:43:31,520 --> 00:43:35,160
Speaker 1: they were excited, they were entertained. And pie Crow Armstrong,

813
00:43:35,239 --> 00:43:39,960
Speaker 1: who went after Dodger fans to make Cubs fans feel better, Well,

814
00:43:40,360 --> 00:43:45,120
Speaker 1: here's what PCA told me two years ago, and really

815
00:43:45,480 --> 00:43:48,920
Speaker 1: is the feelings that he has towards Dodger fans.

816
00:43:49,160 --> 00:43:49,319
Speaker 5: Right.

817
00:43:50,280 --> 00:43:52,480
Speaker 1: But yeah, what an amazing game, right, Yeah, that was

818
00:43:52,520 --> 00:43:52,799
Speaker 1: just a.

819
00:43:52,719 --> 00:43:53,960
Speaker 3: Good way to end that game.

820
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Speaker 11: I mean, those are those are three big games that

821
00:43:56,840 --> 00:43:59,000
Speaker 11: we played in LA that were you know, I think

822
00:43:59,080 --> 00:44:01,239
Speaker 11: that third one was pretty impactful in terms of how

823
00:44:01,239 --> 00:44:05,000
Speaker 11: our season ended. And you know, I we had opportunities

824
00:44:05,040 --> 00:44:07,320
Speaker 11: to take that whole series and and maybe go on

825
00:44:07,440 --> 00:44:08,359
Speaker 11: a maybe go.

826
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Speaker 1: On, where's he going? By the way, I think I'm

827
00:44:13,480 --> 00:44:13,879
Speaker 1: done here.

828
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Speaker 11: I'm kidding, I'm kidding, uh No, I mean that was

829
00:44:18,920 --> 00:44:21,040
Speaker 11: just an important series and I think when when I

830
00:44:21,080 --> 00:44:24,399
Speaker 11: get into situations like that, and when I mean when

831
00:44:24,440 --> 00:44:27,439
Speaker 11: our team got into situations that that felt pressed or

832
00:44:27,840 --> 00:44:30,160
Speaker 11: you know, the big stressful kind of moments. I think

833
00:44:30,000 --> 00:44:35,279
Speaker 11: the Cubs responded well. And I don't know, I that

834
00:44:35,400 --> 00:44:37,120
Speaker 11: was great to do it in Dodger Stadium. I thought

835
00:44:37,160 --> 00:44:39,799
Speaker 11: the fans were rowdy and energetic, and they were They

836
00:44:39,800 --> 00:44:41,680
Speaker 11: were making me want to go make every one of

837
00:44:41,680 --> 00:44:43,680
Speaker 11: those plays. So and it's easy doing it for show

838
00:44:43,719 --> 00:44:45,400
Speaker 11: to too. You know, he keeps you locked in all

839
00:44:45,480 --> 00:44:49,240
Speaker 11: game and then for Porter two, Porter works his works

840
00:44:49,320 --> 00:44:51,560
Speaker 11: his tail offs. So I mean, that's what I live for,

841
00:44:51,680 --> 00:44:52,680
Speaker 11: That's what I wake up to do.

842
00:44:52,640 --> 00:44:53,160
Speaker 1: In the morning.

843
00:44:53,560 --> 00:44:56,799
Speaker 11: So it was nice to be able to execute simply all.

844
00:44:56,840 --> 00:44:59,440
Speaker 1: Right, there we go. He just said it right there. Uh,

845
00:44:59,520 --> 00:45:03,680
Speaker 1: Dodger make you better when you're a visiting player. There. Okay,

846
00:45:03,880 --> 00:45:09,000
Speaker 1: those are his true feelings. Obviously, all other twenty nine

847
00:45:09,040 --> 00:45:12,440
Speaker 1: teams are envious and jealous of the Dodgers. They know

848
00:45:12,920 --> 00:45:15,360
Speaker 1: it is going to take a lot to beat the Dodgers.

849
00:45:15,760 --> 00:45:20,279
Speaker 1: Picrow Armstrong is trying to embed himself in Chicago Wrigleyville,

850
00:45:20,440 --> 00:45:24,040
Speaker 1: make those Cubs fans love him. But he just went

851
00:45:24,280 --> 00:45:27,600
Speaker 1: a little bit too far to take a shot at

852
00:45:27,800 --> 00:45:31,919
Speaker 1: Dodger fans just because they're low hanging fruit these days

853
00:45:31,960 --> 00:45:35,320
Speaker 1: where everybody wants to take a shot at the Dodgers

854
00:45:35,719 --> 00:45:40,480
Speaker 1: because you're not with them. So I love, I love PCA.

855
00:45:40,760 --> 00:45:43,719
Speaker 11: I love these fans were rowdy and energetic and they were.

856
00:45:43,760 --> 00:45:45,680
Speaker 11: They were making me want to go make every one

857
00:45:45,719 --> 00:45:46,240
Speaker 11: of those plays.

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00:45:46,320 --> 00:45:48,880
Speaker 1: So there we go. Played again, Ronnie.

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00:45:49,400 --> 00:45:52,200
Speaker 11: I thought the fans were rowdy and energetic, and they were.

860
00:45:52,239 --> 00:45:54,160
Speaker 11: They were making me want to go make every one

861
00:45:54,160 --> 00:45:55,080
Speaker 11: of those plays.

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00:45:55,600 --> 00:45:58,360
Speaker 1: There you go. This is where you come to set

863
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Speaker 1: the record straight. That was p p Crow Armstrong in

864
00:46:01,600 --> 00:46:05,680
Speaker 1: twenty twenty four. It's a great sports talk show fodder.

865
00:46:05,760 --> 00:46:09,160
Speaker 1: And if you didn't interview PCA, or never show up

866
00:46:09,160 --> 00:46:11,960
Speaker 1: at a stadium or try to meet or talk to

867
00:46:12,000 --> 00:46:14,719
Speaker 1: these guys, you never get those type of answers. So

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Speaker 1: I'm just putting into context for you what pe Crow

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Speaker 1: Armstrong was trying to accomplish. He just went too far,

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Speaker 1: but those were his true feelings. Dodger fans. Dodger Stadium

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Speaker 1: brings the best out of every visiting player because they

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Speaker 1: know they're playing the best and they have fifty thousand

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Speaker 1: bearing down on them. So there you go, Peek Crow

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Speaker 1: Armstrong still my guy, all right that I'll do it

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Speaker 1: for us on Dodger Talk. Thanks to Ronnie Fossio for

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Speaker 1: doing a great job tonight. As always, in case you

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

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Speaker 1: the iHeartRadio app, including our conversation with Chase Sutley. Looking

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Speaker 1: forward to having Mookie Bets on the show tomorrow night.

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Speaker 1: Coming up next Fox Sports Radio. We'll talk to you

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Speaker 1: tomorrow earlier than seven o'clock because we have Dodger Baseball

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Speaker 1: right here on your home the back to back world

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Speaker 1: champion Dodgers Dodgers Diamondbacks at Salt Rivers Field tomorrow right

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Speaker 1: here on a five to seventy LA Sports. Our coverage

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Speaker 1: begins at eleven thirty, First Pitch with Rick Monday and

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Speaker 1: Tim Neverett at twelve ten, and then Dodger Talk tomorrow

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Speaker 1: night with Mookie Bets at seven o'clock. We'll talk to

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Speaker 1: you then, have a great rest of your night. Be safe.

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Speaker 1: See you from the desert.