Speaker 1: The quest for the three peat has begun. Only four
Speaker 1: teams in Major League Baseball history have won three consecutive titles.
Speaker 1: The Dodgers are the favorites to become the fifth.
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Speaker 1: All right, another Dodger Talk live from Camelback Ranching, Glendale, Arizona.
Speaker 1: We are with you until eight o'clock tonight here on
Speaker 1: AM five to seventy LA Sports. Coming up at the
Speaker 1: bottom of the hour, you'll hear my conversation with former
Speaker 1: Dodger and now part of the Dodgers front office again
Speaker 1: after spending three years across the pond in London, England,
Speaker 1: Chase Utley. Will join us at the bottom of the hour,
Speaker 1: looking forward to sharing that conversation with you. Coming up
Speaker 1: in our next segment, we'll get into exactly what the
Speaker 1: Dodgers are chasing this season as they look for a
Speaker 1: three pet and I feel like we all should not
Speaker 1: take for granted what is in front of the Dodgers
Speaker 1: and what it could mean as far as their place
Speaker 1: in history in Major League Baseball. Eight six six nine,
Speaker 1: eight seven two five seventy is the phone number. We
Speaker 1: have phone lines open right now if you want to
Speaker 1: get in talk some Dodger baseball. After they won another
Speaker 1: spring training game today, shut out the the Cleveland Guardians today.
Speaker 1: Not they didn't shut them out, they basically beat them
Speaker 1: up eleven to three. I was looking at the four
Speaker 1: and oh record that the Dodgers have this spring. The
Speaker 1: Dodgers beat Cleveland today at Camelback Ranch eleven to three
Speaker 1: to improve their Cactus League record to four and oh.
Speaker 1: And what's more impressive than being four and zero in
Speaker 1: spring training is just how the Dodgers are doing it.
Speaker 1: They have outscored their opponents in the first four games
Speaker 1: thirty four to six, and have put up double digits
Speaker 1: in two of the four games that they have played
Speaker 1: so far. Also, what's impressive about it is the fact
Speaker 1: that today was the first game of the four that
Speaker 1: Dave Roberts had the majority of his regulars in the
Speaker 1: lineup today, including Freddie Freeman, who made his first start
Speaker 1: at first base for the Dodgers today, had an RBI
Speaker 1: opposite field double to run double down the left field line,
Speaker 1: So that was great to see. And we'll hear from
Speaker 1: Freddy a little bit later because he and Will Smith
Speaker 1: in today's game did challenge pitches and they both lost
Speaker 1: their challenge. So you'll hear from Dodger All Star catch
Speaker 1: Will Smith on the strategy that he has to balance
Speaker 1: between hitting and catching, and also the strategy as a
Speaker 1: whole from both Will Smith and Freddie Freeman. Another impressive
Speaker 1: part of all this. And Dave Roberts told me after
Speaker 1: the game, the Dodgers are not just giving away at bats.
Speaker 1: They're coming to play with the purpose. Early in spring training,
Speaker 1: everybody from Andy pa Has to Taoscar Hernandez to you know,
Speaker 1: guys like Zayir Hope, guys that are in the minor
Speaker 1: leagues that are hoping to leave an impression. None of
Speaker 1: these batters are really chasing too many pitches outside the
Speaker 1: strike zone. And like I mentioned yesterday, what is apparent
Speaker 1: is the lack of depth of other teams compared to
Speaker 1: the Dodgers. Like I said, today was the first day
Speaker 1: the Dodgers had Rojas, ta Oscar Pajz, Tucker Smith Freeman
Speaker 1: in the same lineup in the same game. Mostly so
Speaker 1: far in the first three games, it's been Rojas Pajez,
Speaker 1: ta Oscar Hernandez and a lot of guys that are
Speaker 1: trying to make the team. But also the pitching. The
Speaker 1: pitching has been so much better than the opposition, especially
Speaker 1: after your starter comes out after one or two innings.
Speaker 1: It's just apparent how much talent the Dodgers have in
Speaker 1: this organization and the lack of talent that other teams
Speaker 1: have in their organization. That really has shown itself early
Speaker 1: on in spring training. But the story of today's game
Speaker 1: was not only Freddie Freeman making his first start, but
Speaker 1: also the fact that Gavin Stone returned to a Major
Speaker 1: League mound, albeit in a spring training game, for the
Speaker 1: first time since August thirty first of twenty twenty four. Remember, Stone,
Speaker 1: who made twenty five starts that year, had to undergo
Speaker 1: shoulders and shoulder surgeries are a lot less predictable than
Speaker 1: elbow surgeries. They have perfected to a certain extent that
Speaker 1: Tommy John's surgery. Shoulder surgeries are a lot more complicated
Speaker 1: and there are a lot less guarantees, but here's Gavin Stone,
Speaker 1: who made a team high twenty five starts in twenty
Speaker 1: twenty four, coming back to the mound and looking like
Speaker 1: Gavin Stone holding your breath to see how you wake
Speaker 1: up tomorrow. It's that a bigger test than how you
Speaker 1: feel right now.
Speaker 3: Oh yeah.
Speaker 4: The recovering part of it has been the hardest, especially
Speaker 4: going through spring training. The days that I've throw lives bullpens.
Speaker 4: Today felt great, but the recovery part is still a grind.
Speaker 4: So I will be sore for sure, but I think
Speaker 4: it'll be a good sort.
Speaker 5: Of How important has it been to get kind of
Speaker 5: the feel for the change up back?
Speaker 6: And was that like difficult at all as you're going
Speaker 6: through the rehab just kind of relearn how to throw
Speaker 6: at the shoulder.
Speaker 4: That's one bread and butter, So I don't have that.
Speaker 3: I'm scream but.
Speaker 4: It was the easiest pitch on my shoulder to throw
Speaker 4: last year. It never really hurt, so I got to
Speaker 4: practice of a lot and just getting feel back for it,
Speaker 4: and you know, seeing the results today is very uplifting.
Speaker 1: The biggest thing for Gavin Stone is not the fastball
Speaker 1: or the change up, because the way you release a
Speaker 1: change up is basically the same way you're going to
Speaker 1: release a fastball, just comes out a little slower. But
Speaker 1: as far as the third pitch, the slider, that's the
Speaker 1: tricky one and maybe the one that maybe put a
Speaker 1: lot of stress on his shoulder, because if you remember,
Speaker 1: he was trying to figure out that third pitch after
Speaker 1: you know, his first couple of starts in the big
Speaker 1: leagues didn't go so well because he only had two pitches.
Speaker 1: So I'm not sure how many sliders he tried to
Speaker 1: throw today, maybe none in that first inning since August
Speaker 1: thirty first of twenty twenty four. But let's see how
Speaker 1: things go for Gavin Stone after he throws the slider
Speaker 1: in spring training games. The one thing that we will
Speaker 1: not doubt is Gavin Stone's toughness. He is a throwback,
Speaker 1: even Dave Roberts said earlier today when he was discussing
Speaker 1: the outlook for Gavin Stone, who is very much in
Speaker 1: the mix for a starting rotation spot with Blake Snell
Speaker 1: severely behind everybody else in spring training. Here's what Dave
Speaker 1: Roberts had to say about just what Gavin Stone did
Speaker 1: in twenty four and how he believes he's one of
Speaker 1: those throwback pitchers that you know, is not into load management,
Speaker 1: will take the ball whenever asked.
Speaker 7: He is a throwback, and I think that, you know,
Speaker 7: when you look at guys that have big stuff, physical guys,
Speaker 7: Gavin is not, you know, one of those physical, imposing guys,
Speaker 7: and so his value is to be able to post
Speaker 7: and he never wants the ball taking out of his hand.
Speaker 7: And and he's healthy now. So that's why for me,
Speaker 7: I just have a hard time putting, you know, restrictions
Speaker 7: on him for twenty twenty six because this guy's gonna
Speaker 7: overachieve and you know, over deliver.
Speaker 3: But he's a throwback, no doubt.
Speaker 1: And if he's healthy coming out of spring training, I
Speaker 1: certainly see him being the guy that's part of the
Speaker 1: Dodgers five or six man rotation and River Ryan getting
Speaker 1: more time to come back and maybe be a weapon
Speaker 1: for the Dodgers in the second half of the season
Speaker 1: because he is coming off Tommy John surgery. So River
Speaker 1: Ryan and Gavin Stone are very much going to be
Speaker 1: key parts of the Dodgers' pitching staff, whether it be
Speaker 1: in the beginning, in the middle, or in the end.
Speaker 1: Because as you know, something always comes up when it
Speaker 1: comes to pitchers in twenty twenty six, and we have
Speaker 1: seen that before. So the old saying goes, you never
Speaker 1: have enough pitching. I think that's something the Dodgers can
Speaker 1: attest to, even as it's looking really good right now
Speaker 1: in spring training. So when you look at the Dodger
Speaker 1: rotation and there are a few off days early on
Speaker 1: in the season, that means the Dodgers don't need to
Speaker 1: bring so many starting pitchers or give them that extra
Speaker 1: day's rest By starting a sixth pitcher, you can maneuver
Speaker 1: that off day. But certainly the Dodgers are going to
Speaker 1: manage the workload of these guys early on in the
Speaker 1: season because they have the big picture in mind. So
Speaker 1: I'm looking at a rotation of Yamamoto, Glass, now Otani,
Speaker 1: Roki Sasaki, Emmitt Shean, and Gavin Stone. That's what I'm
Speaker 1: looking at to start the year. Because Blake Snell is
Speaker 1: barely throwing off flackground. He hasn't even thrown a bullpen session.
Speaker 1: That's not going to lend itself to being ready for
Speaker 1: the time the first time through the rotation happens. My
Speaker 1: overrun on Blake'snell and this is just my opinion. I'm
Speaker 1: going over under. He pitches sink of DeMaio. I think
Speaker 1: that's a very fair day to guess whether it's going
Speaker 1: to happen before or if it's going to happen after.
Speaker 1: Eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy is
Speaker 1: the phone number. We have two lines open. And before
Speaker 1: we go to the phone calls, I just want to
Speaker 1: bring your attention to the Dodger roster. You may think
Speaker 1: there are no competitions in camp, but there really is.
Speaker 1: There's three players for two spots on the Dodgers opening
Speaker 1: day roster with the injury to Tommy Edmond. Not the injury,
Speaker 1: but Edmund not going to be on the opening day
Speaker 1: roster because of the Dodgers slow playing him after right
Speaker 1: ankle surgery. A guy that is going to join us
Speaker 1: on the pregame show tomorrow at eleven thirty. Remember his name,
Speaker 1: Santiago Espinal, right handed hitting third baseman. He played with
Speaker 1: Taoscar Hernandez in Toronto. I was shocked. Frek Rogan knew that,
Speaker 1: but he played with Oscar Hernandez in Toronto. His defense
Speaker 1: in Toronto was much better than what it was last year.
Speaker 1: And the Dodgers are hoping being in this culture, being
Speaker 1: with the infield coaching staff that they have with Chris Woodward,
Speaker 1: Bob garn Dino Ebel, Pedro Montero, that they can bring
Speaker 1: that defense back. And if they see that his defense
Speaker 1: is back at third base, he definitely is a good
Speaker 1: backup option for Max Munsey at third base, especially against
Speaker 1: tough lefties. You could have Espinal have a spot start
Speaker 1: in place of Muncy or even maybe a pinch hit
Speaker 1: later in a game. So that's a name to look for.
Speaker 1: If he can make the roster, that leaves only one
Speaker 1: spot left for a left handed hitting infielder, and that's
Speaker 1: gonna be either Hayesan cam or Alex Friedland. Hayesan Kim's
Speaker 1: going to South Korea. Dave Roberts has seen some signs
Speaker 1: that his offense is better than what it was a
Speaker 1: year ago at this time, but I don't know how
Speaker 1: the Dodgers are going to evaluate Kim if he's going
Speaker 1: off to the World Baseball Classic in South Korea. So
Speaker 1: that may give Alex Friedland some sort of edge, But
Speaker 1: the speed factor for Kim having that on the bench
Speaker 1: and having him, you know, be able to start against
Speaker 1: right handed pitchers at second base until Edmund comes back
Speaker 1: certainly is attractive option for the Dodgers. So that's how
Speaker 1: the team is looking right now. When we continue live
Speaker 1: from Camel Back Ranch in Glendale, Arizona, we'll hear from
Speaker 1: Will Smith and Freddie Freeman on the automated strike zone
Speaker 1: now and how they're going to challenge it, and also
Speaker 1: your phone calls. I see you guys eight six, six, nine,
Speaker 1: eight seven two five seventy. David vasse with you until
Speaker 1: eight o'clock right here on AM five to seventy LA Sports.
Speaker 1: Thanks for being with us until eight o'clock right here
Speaker 1: on A five to seventy LA Sports. Chase Sutley is
Speaker 1: coming up at the bottom of the hour. We do
Speaker 1: have the broadcast tomorrow Dodgers at Talking Sticks Salt Rivers
Speaker 1: Field out there near Scottsdale, Arizona. The Dodgers will tangle
Speaker 1: with the Snakes tomorrow afternoon. Our coverage begins at eleven thirty.
Speaker 1: First pitch at twelve ten between the Dodgers and Arizona Diamondbacks.
Speaker 1: Rochi Sasaki will be making his first start of the
Speaker 1: Cactus League tomorrow, going up against Zach Gallen, who did
Speaker 1: receive a qualifying offer by the Arizona Diamondbacks. He turned
Speaker 1: it down, chose free agency, and nobody wanted to give
Speaker 1: up a draft pick that you have no idea what
Speaker 1: it's going to turn out to be for a proven,
Speaker 1: top tier major league starter. So he decided just to
Speaker 1: go back to Arizona. And if the Diamondbacks get Corbin
Speaker 1: Burns back at some point in time this season, they
Speaker 1: may have the making of a solid starting staff if
Speaker 1: nobody gets hurt, but Merril Kelly already got hurt, So
Speaker 1: Corbyn Burns, Zach Gallen, Eduardo Rodriguez make up a Brandon
Speaker 1: Fott make up a very thin rotation. And that's the
Speaker 1: difference between the Dodgers and the Diamondbacks and the Padres
Speaker 1: and the Giants. If somebody goes down or needs a
Speaker 1: breather for fifteen days, the Dodgers can turn to a
Speaker 1: Gavin Stone or a River Ryan or a Landon Nack
Speaker 1: to make a spot start or two. These other teams don't.
Speaker 1: And that's something that people fail to realize when they just,
Speaker 1: you know, blatantly or flippantly talk about the Dodgers and
Speaker 1: just their payroll. It's not so much about the Kyle
Speaker 1: Tuckers of the world, although obviously that's a big difference.
Speaker 1: But it's the depth that the player development has built
Speaker 1: over the years that allows the Dodgers to navigate and
Speaker 1: to add to an already very good pitching staff. Eight
Speaker 1: six six nine eight seven two five seventy is the
Speaker 1: phone number. We have two lines open right now. We'll
Speaker 1: hear from Freddie Freeman and Will Smith in a moment.
Speaker 1: But I want to give a shout out to two
Speaker 1: members of the Dodger family. For a very long time,
Speaker 1: Lynn and Steve Brenner. We're out here for a long time,
Speaker 1: long term stay hotels, you get tired of eating out,
Speaker 1: and Lynn and Steve Brenner have a hosted a cookout
Speaker 1: going back to twenty thirteen, twenty fourteen at one of
Speaker 1: the outdoor meeting areas at their hotel. They have the
Speaker 1: barbecues available here and they invited me tonight and it
Speaker 1: was such a great time. They grilled steaks, corn, they
Speaker 1: had salad. All of this had a long term stay
Speaker 1: outdoor barbecue. Steve Brenner, in case you don't know him,
Speaker 1: one of the longtime famous media relations people in LA
Speaker 1: He was the PR director when Tommy Lasorda was the
Speaker 1: manager and has stayed with the Dodgers on and off
Speaker 1: since nineteen eighty or since the seventies. Left to build
Speaker 1: his own empire in nineteen eighty seven and has come
Speaker 1: back as part of the Dodger family. So Travis Barbery,
Speaker 1: the OKC manager from a couple of years ago, still
Speaker 1: in the organization, was part of it. Charlie Huff was there.
Speaker 1: Joe Crawley, who's the everything at Dodger Stadium to make
Speaker 1: the facilities and the stadium run smoothly. So it was
Speaker 1: a great dinner had by all. And my day consists
Speaker 1: of getting here at seven am, leaving after the game,
Speaker 1: and then having some intermission for dinner before I come
Speaker 1: back to camel Back Ranch for Dodger Talk. And tonight
Speaker 1: they invited me to be part of their dinner, so
Speaker 1: thank you Lynn and Steve Brenner. All right, let's go
Speaker 1: out to the phones. Lou, who's out here in Phoenix
Speaker 1: listening on the iHeartRadio app. Hi, Lou, You're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 6: Hey DV, great to chat with you again. Thanks for
Speaker 6: taking a look. And uh look, don't eat too much barbecue.
Speaker 6: You know you got to you got to push up
Speaker 6: challenge coming that we're all rooting for you, Okay, so
Speaker 6: just be careful with that barbecue, all right.
Speaker 1: All right, thank you, thank you for the warning.
Speaker 6: So Hey, I've been out there a few times and
Speaker 6: I've really been impressed with Miggy Rowe. Perhaps it's his
Speaker 6: last frame training and I don't know, he's just been
Speaker 6: raking the ball. He's really impressed me. And you know,
Speaker 6: every year you give the listeners a guy to watch for.
Speaker 6: I remember a couple of years ago you said Freeland
Speaker 6: watches Alex Freelay Freeland guy. So who's who should we
Speaker 6: be watching, you know, maybe to crack the roster this
Speaker 6: year or maybe in the next year or so. Because
Speaker 6: you're always really insightful and appreciate all you do for us.
Speaker 1: Dave, thank you, Hey, thank you, Lou Well. As far
Speaker 1: as prospects go, host Suade Depaula was three for three
Speaker 1: today with an RBI and two run scored. He just
Speaker 1: has to get the defense better in the outfield. And
Speaker 1: the guy that I'm telling you to look for is
Speaker 1: a veteran that the Dodgers into camp to possibly be
Speaker 1: part of their bench to start the year. Santiago Espinal.
Speaker 1: You'll hear from him on the pregame show tomorrow at
Speaker 1: eleven thirty. Let's go out to the City of Brotherly Love,
Speaker 1: Henry and Philly. Henry, how are you doing with that
Speaker 1: weather back there?
Speaker 5: Hey man, it's very cold DV. First time caller, longtime listener,
Speaker 5: huge fan of you. I actually just got home braved
Speaker 5: the Icy Road from the Homecoming movie that you had
Speaker 5: the director on a couple of weeks ago, and it
Speaker 5: was really special. It was cool to see with my
Speaker 5: girlfriend who works in sports media and hear her commentary
Speaker 5: on it. And thanks for highlighting that because it was
Speaker 5: a really cool experience.
Speaker 1: Hey, my pleasure. I meant it. I went to the premiere.
Speaker 1: I saw it. It wasn't what I expected, but it
Speaker 1: gave anybody that watches it a better understanding of how
Speaker 1: much baseball means the culture in the country of Japan. Hey,
Speaker 1: I got a question for you, Henry. What's the buzz
Speaker 1: back in Philly about or Ryan Keickering, the relief pitcher
Speaker 1: that threw the ball away to allow the Dodgers to
Speaker 1: win the NLDS over the Phillies. Are Philly fans all
Speaker 1: over or Ryan Kickering? Or they have they softened up?
Speaker 5: You know? I think some of the less knowledgeable ones,
Speaker 5: more kind of emotional one are still kind of like
Speaker 5: crew that guy. But I was happy to be listening
Speaker 5: to local radio here the other day and hear someone
Speaker 5: call in and just say that they were excited to
Speaker 5: see how he would refond this year. You know, a
Speaker 5: guy like that, I'm sure needing support. It was obviously
Speaker 5: a huge moment for us, but a horrible moment for him.
Speaker 1: Were you in Philly when that all went down?
Speaker 5: I was in Philly, and I have a few funny
Speaker 5: stories about all that, and so I was a little
Speaker 5: bit ahead of my neighbors, who I knew were watching
Speaker 5: the game because I saw it through their window that happened.
Speaker 5: And then I walk outside to go see my girlfriend
Speaker 5: who's down the street at a bar, and I see
Speaker 5: their reaction to their window, and then I just hear,
Speaker 5: I hear things I can't yell. On five seventy. I
Speaker 5: got the love their reaction, which was which was pretty cool.
Speaker 5: And then you know, the year before, I had been
Speaker 5: working a late night for Freddie's for during Game one
Speaker 5: of the twenty twenty four World Series, and I got
Speaker 5: out just in time towards the end of the game,
Speaker 5: and I ran to the bar down the street from
Speaker 5: my job, and he hit the home run. And as
Speaker 5: I'm walking in and he hid his walk off homer
Speaker 5: and I'm I.
Speaker 6: Kid you not.
Speaker 5: DV chair were flying back. Even in Philly. People were
Speaker 5: high fiving and couldn't believe it. Just such a special moment.
Speaker 1: I love it, Henry, thanks a lot for giving us
Speaker 1: the pulse out there in Philly. And I'm glad you
Speaker 1: enjoyed homecoming. I hopefully if you didn't get to see
Speaker 1: it in the theaters, people get to see it if
Speaker 1: it's if it's streams. So thanks, Henry, We'll talk to
Speaker 1: you soon. Yep, there he goes, Henry in Philadelphia listening
Speaker 1: on the iHeartRadio app. A Dodger fan out there, and hey,
Speaker 1: the Dodgers have a lot of Philly ties. Tommy Lasorda
Speaker 1: from the Philly area, Mike Piazza from the Philly area.
Speaker 1: So there's a lot of great baseball. Mark Goubazzaw is
Speaker 1: from Philly. Even though he did not pitch in a
Speaker 1: major League game for the Dodgers, his last invite to
Speaker 1: spring training before he retired was with the Dodgers and
Speaker 1: Mike Siani, who is here in camp with the Dodgers,
Speaker 1: is a Philly guy and actually was awarded the Mark
Speaker 1: Gubezaw Scholarship so he could go to high school that
Speaker 1: Gubazaw went to out there in Philly. So there's the
Speaker 1: connection of Philly right there. Eight six six nine eight
Speaker 1: seven two five seventy is the phone number coming up.
Speaker 1: At the bottom of the hour, you'll hear our conversation
Speaker 1: with another Philly guy, Chase. But before we get to
Speaker 1: all that, I do want to share with you that
Speaker 1: earlier today and today's game, we saw for the first
Speaker 1: time Dodgers hitters challenge balls and strikes. You know, there
Speaker 1: is going to be an automated strike zone where teams
Speaker 1: have two challenges in the first nine innings. If you
Speaker 1: get it wrong, you lose it. If you lose both, sorry,
Speaker 1: if it's the ninth inning and you use your challenges,
Speaker 1: it's not it's your fault. But if you're right, you
Speaker 1: get to retain the challenges. Well, today Will Smith and
Speaker 1: Freddie Freeman were both wrong. And I'm just curious now
Speaker 1: that games are starting to happen and we saw that
Speaker 1: occur today. What the Dodgers strategy is first, here's what
Speaker 1: Will Smith told me.
Speaker 3: You know, I think there's times.
Speaker 8: To use it.
Speaker 3: I think there's.
Speaker 8: Something egregious you use it, you know, like I use it.
Speaker 8: There's a man on third full count, Like I didn't
Speaker 8: think it was terrible time. Uh you know, I think
Speaker 8: if you truly think it's a ball, muse it. You
Speaker 8: can't if you're thinking about like the odds that being
Speaker 8: a striker ball, like rolling the dice. I feel like
Speaker 8: it's not really it. But I saw it down I knew,
Speaker 8: you know, it's kind of a bigger pitch for that
Speaker 8: ending because it could have been you know, bases load
Speaker 8: or whatever, or it could have been a strike out.
Speaker 8: Uh So I didn't like feel horrible taking it there.
Speaker 8: At the same time, like if I thought that was
Speaker 8: a striker, I wouldn't challenge it.
Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, yeah, what what about as the catcher?
Speaker 1: What's is the plan for you guys to be strictly
Speaker 1: the ones that call it or are you allowing some
Speaker 1: pictures to do that. It seems like a lot of
Speaker 1: pictures around the league are saying I'm leaving that up
Speaker 1: to the catcher.
Speaker 8: I think it's to the catcher honestly, you know, they're
Speaker 8: there are jobs to throw the pitch, not worried about
Speaker 8: where it is. You know, you might get too emotional sometimes,
Speaker 8: you know, But I mean maybe, I guess if they're
Speaker 8: like one hundred percent, they better get it right if
Speaker 8: they challenge.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I guess that's an edict from Will right there.
Speaker 1: That's interesting because he's a catcher as well, and one
Speaker 1: of the best hitters in baseball that has a pretty
Speaker 1: good awareness of the strike zone as a hitter. But
Speaker 1: for him to say that the Dodger catchers will be
Speaker 1: the one that exclusively challenge balls and strikes, that is
Speaker 1: something we haven't heard before. Now here's what Freddy Freeman said.
Speaker 1: He gave us a little bit more insight on what
Speaker 1: his plan was today, what his plan is going to
Speaker 1: be in spring training with this new technology where you
Speaker 1: can challenge balls and strikes. Here's what Freddy had to
Speaker 1: say about the reason why he challenged today and just
Speaker 1: how this is all going to work for the Dodgers.
Speaker 1: What's the game plan the strategy as hitters going into it.
Speaker 1: Is it a series by series, game by game where
Speaker 1: everybody has to have a strategy going into it.
Speaker 9: So I think we had the first staff meeting about
Speaker 9: it with the hitting coaches trying to figure out game
Speaker 9: plan strategies. Maybe if we're you know, fifth, sixth entning,
Speaker 9: we have one left to kind of leave up to
Speaker 9: Will and Picture because it's kind of a little bit
Speaker 9: more important. But right now, I think I was the
Speaker 9: first position player to do it. I was just more
Speaker 9: of trying to learn because to me, I still think
Speaker 9: it's down. But that's what you got to do, Like,
Speaker 9: I need to know if I'm right, because if I
Speaker 9: didn't challenge that, I would have thought it was down
Speaker 9: the whole time. And then, you know, I just wanted
Speaker 9: to get going so well did the same thing. You
Speaker 9: know that the maybe the low strike and high strike
Speaker 9: we heard might be a little bit more strike calls
Speaker 9: on that system. So I just wanted to start using it,
Speaker 9: even though if I'm wrong, I need to know so
Speaker 9: I can get figure out this ongoing in the season.
Speaker 1: As you're standing straight up right now, your height is
Speaker 1: a lot different than what your height is when you're
Speaker 1: in the batter's box. Is that your understanding? Is that
Speaker 1: taken account for?
Speaker 9: Yeah, So we had we were not allowed to measure
Speaker 9: until a certain time a few days ago. We had
Speaker 9: to wait till a specific time, and that's because of
Speaker 9: your taller when you right when you wake up, because
Speaker 9: you've been laying down the whole time. Gravity over time
Speaker 9: will make you shrink by the end of the day.
Speaker 9: So I think it's more of It's gonna be a
Speaker 9: little bit different for Max's Max Monty is measure staying
Speaker 9: up straight. He crouches a lot more in his stance,
Speaker 9: So maybe that high strike is gonna be a little different.
Speaker 9: So I think we do even if we're wrong. I
Speaker 9: think we need to use it, even tho if we
Speaker 9: lose them early, just to figure out the top and
Speaker 9: bottoms of the zone. So I thought it was low,
Speaker 9: it wasn't, So now I know I got to go
Speaker 9: after that a little bit more. So it's just more
Speaker 9: of learning. You just got to learn. You just it's
Speaker 9: the rule. It's there, so we got to figure it out.
Speaker 1: Hey, this is going to be a big impact on
Speaker 1: the game of baseball this year and moving forward, and
Speaker 1: we'll see whether or not there's some adjustments in season
Speaker 1: by Major League Baseball. But the way it's going to work,
Speaker 1: like I said, each team gets two challenges. If you
Speaker 1: get them wrong, you lose it, and you get only
Speaker 1: two challenges for nine innings. Extra innings you'll get an
Speaker 1: extra one. And if you're at Dodger Stadium or any
Speaker 1: stadium across America, you will see it on Dodger Vision
Speaker 1: or on the big screen. They'll show what they're showing
Speaker 1: on television whether or not the ball asses through the
Speaker 1: strike zone. So we'll all know at the same time
Speaker 1: whether it's a ball or strike, and the hitter can't
Speaker 1: look at the dugout. It has to be called immediately.
Speaker 1: You got to tap your helmet immediately, whether you're the hitter,
Speaker 1: the catcher, or the pitcher, and those are the only
Speaker 1: three players on the field that can challenge a ball
Speaker 1: or strike. So everybody keeps talking about this lockout that
Speaker 1: may or may not happen. It is going to happen,
Speaker 1: but it may or may not affect how many games
Speaker 1: are played next year. But what is the immediate right
Speaker 1: now happening is the effect that this new ABS system
Speaker 1: is going to have on games and the outcomes of games,
Speaker 1: and how pitchers attack and how hitters approach things. That
Speaker 1: is going to have an immediate impact starting Game one
Speaker 1: in twenty twenty six, and you just heard two of
Speaker 1: the Dodger leaders, veterans, smart hitters, smart players talk about
Speaker 1: what their strategy is going to be like in spring
Speaker 1: training to learn this new very impactful technology rule, whatever
Speaker 1: you want to call it. Eight six six nine eight
Speaker 1: seven two five seventy is the phone number. When we
Speaker 1: continue on Dodger Talk, Chase Utley will join us. Don't
Speaker 1: go anywhere right here on AM five seventy LA Sports.
Speaker 1: Welcome back to Dodger Talk. David vasse with you until
Speaker 1: eight o'clock tonight here on AM five to seventy LA Sports.
Speaker 1: And the Dodgers have had a lot of great players
Speaker 1: come through their doors since Andrew Friedman took over. Specifically
Speaker 1: one of them that kind of changed the culture when
Speaker 1: he arrived and they acquired him. That's the one and
Speaker 1: only Chase Utley. Chase is out here at Dodger Camp.
Speaker 1: Great to see you back out.
Speaker 3: Here, David. Great to be out here and great to
Speaker 3: be talking with you.
Speaker 1: Oh, come on, you know it. I'm the only guy
Speaker 1: that keeps you humble. That is.
Speaker 3: Whatever you need. Let's let's wrap.
Speaker 1: Do you okay? You have this reputation when you were
Speaker 1: playing that obviously you were an intense player. Do you
Speaker 1: feel like now post playing career, people will still feel
Speaker 1: like you're unapproachable.
Speaker 10: The ones that don't know me. Yeah, I believe so.
Speaker 10: I felt like on the on the field, I needed
Speaker 10: to have a certain persona and something to get me
Speaker 10: to play my best, and that was to be take
Speaker 10: it extremely serious and have some type of intimidating features.
Speaker 10: So I felt like that gave me a slight advantage
Speaker 10: on the field.
Speaker 3: Off the field, not not quite so much.
Speaker 1: You do things with a purpose, not only going against
Speaker 1: the competition, but did you feel the edge that you
Speaker 1: brought was something of a strategy to keep your teammates also,
Speaker 1: you know, focused on the task at hand.
Speaker 11: Yeah.
Speaker 10: At a young age, I was always taught to try
Speaker 10: to try to lead by by example.
Speaker 3: Do it on the field, don't necessarily do it by
Speaker 3: what you say. So I try to lead that.
Speaker 10: Way, and it really depends on the on the personnel
Speaker 10: and the team. But I feel like if everyone kind
Speaker 10: of has that similar mindset, it can be it can
Speaker 10: really create a winning culture.
Speaker 1: We've talked about this a few times. People know that
Speaker 1: you went over the pond for three years. Are you
Speaker 1: permanently back in the States and are you are you
Speaker 1: ted lassoed? Have they turned you into Ted Lasso or
Speaker 1: are you still baseball?
Speaker 10: Chase Utley still baseball, but I have become a football
Speaker 10: fan is what you would call it over there.
Speaker 3: But yeah, I really enjoyed our time living.
Speaker 10: Over there for three years, had a blast with my
Speaker 10: wife and my kids, and saw all of Europe. Really
Speaker 10: showed them something that they wouldn't necessarily see. So we're
Speaker 10: happy that we did it. But we're also happy to
Speaker 10: be back. Happy to be back in southern California.
Speaker 1: Are you back with the Dodgers because you were a
Speaker 1: vital part after you stopped playing a part of the
Speaker 1: game planning for the Dodgers. Do you feel like you
Speaker 1: want to get back into that role.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm here. It's being training. I'll be around.
Speaker 10: Unfortunately, you might have to see me a little bit
Speaker 10: more throughout the course of the season. But yeah, obviously,
Speaker 10: as we all know, amazing organization and Andrew is the
Speaker 10: best out there, so to you have the ability to learned,
Speaker 10: to continue to learn, absorb, interact with the with the
Speaker 10: current big league guys, maybe make some relationships on the
Speaker 10: minor league level.
Speaker 3: I'm just I'm just here to help.
Speaker 1: Where are you at in your baseball life or your
Speaker 1: post playing career. Are you still searching for where you
Speaker 1: fit wanting to be part of the game, or do
Speaker 1: you feel like you you want to be in the
Speaker 1: evaluation part of it or do you still feel like
Speaker 1: maybe there's a place for you in the dugout somewhere.
Speaker 10: I was still still trying to feel it out, you know. I,
Speaker 10: as we mentioned, I have a young family that I
Speaker 10: enjoy being around and enjoy spending time with. So right
Speaker 10: now I'm happy with what we're doing, which is spending
Speaker 10: some time with with with the Dodgers and the front
Speaker 10: office and their and their players, but also have some
Speaker 10: time for my family.
Speaker 3: So right now we're in a good spot.
Speaker 1: When Zach Greenki played for the Dodgers, he was very
Speaker 1: famous in making trades and trying to pretend to be
Speaker 1: Andrew Friedman or a guy in that position. When you played,
Speaker 1: did you evaluate or gauge the temperature on players that
Speaker 1: you were playing against, playing with? Do you feel like
Speaker 1: you had that knack for evaluation.
Speaker 3: To be honest, Yeah, at a young age.
Speaker 10: Now you're just your focus on yourself and trying to
Speaker 10: figure out how to how to improve and help your
Speaker 10: team win. But as you age a little bit, you
Speaker 10: have a little bit different perspective. So yes, you definitely
Speaker 10: recognize talent on the other side, good and bad. And
Speaker 10: yes you're always, you know, making mental cues of guys
Speaker 10: that you hope at some point you have the ability
Speaker 10: to play with the guys that could possibly hit make
Speaker 10: you better. And I mean Andrew does Andrew and his
Speaker 10: team do a pretty good job of finding the best
Speaker 10: guys out there.
Speaker 1: I've been doing this too long. I remember the day
Speaker 1: that Chase Utley arrived in the Dodger clubhouse. It was
Speaker 1: in Houston in twenty sixteen when the Dodgers acquired you
Speaker 1: from the Phillies. You mentioned Andrew Friedman from where it
Speaker 1: was when he traded for you to where he has
Speaker 1: the Dodger organization. Now, what has he turned this into?
Speaker 10: Well, I mean the current team least, I mean the
Speaker 10: current team let few years is pretty pretty talented. But
Speaker 10: I think his vision early on was to one identify
Speaker 10: what was going on in the organization and see if
Speaker 10: there's areas to to to improve, And slowly but surely
Speaker 10: he's done that year after year, and now they're in
Speaker 10: a pretty good spot with with the talent that they have,
Speaker 10: with the young guys coming up, they're they're in position
Speaker 10: to win for for a long time. I know they've
Speaker 10: from a division standpoint, they've they've won a lot over
Speaker 10: the past ten years.
Speaker 3: They've i think.
Speaker 10: They've created a culture here that has a winning vibe.
Speaker 10: And these guys are most of these guys are superstars.
Speaker 10: But but they work like they're hungry rookies, which you
Speaker 10: don't see very opt in.
Speaker 3: But there's a reason why they're so successful.
Speaker 1: There's so much focus on the payroll the last couple
Speaker 1: of years. But does Andrew and his staff not get
Speaker 1: enough credit for what you mentioned the culture and be
Speaker 1: the infrastructure to support players to be their best.
Speaker 10: Yeah, I mean, I mean, obviously talent helps to win games,
Speaker 10: but you need a common theme within in the clubhouse
Speaker 10: at least my opinion, to sustain that success over time.
Speaker 3: And they've they've created that.
Speaker 10: They've they created that a while ago and it's and
Speaker 10: it's lasting, and it's.
Speaker 3: It's good for it's good for these.
Speaker 10: Guys that are, you know, in the middle middle of
Speaker 10: their career to recognize what they need to do. But
Speaker 10: It's also great for the young guys coming up seeing
Speaker 10: how hard these superstars work.
Speaker 3: I think I truly believe that this culture will last
Speaker 3: for a long time.
Speaker 1: Do you appreciate these group of players because I remember
Speaker 1: when you played, you were on a time schedule for
Speaker 1: yourself to prepare. Every minute was accounted for. It similar
Speaker 1: to show Heyo Tani and you know Mookie Bets and
Speaker 1: these guys. Does it look familiar to you where these
Speaker 1: guys are on such a schedule to prepare to play
Speaker 1: every night, It.
Speaker 10: Does look familiar, and it's it's it's it's great to
Speaker 10: see it. I mean, these guys know what they need
Speaker 10: to do to get ready. Everyone's got a slightly different program.
Speaker 10: At the end of the day, they're all have a
Speaker 10: program to get them ready for the seven five start. Yeah,
Speaker 10: and that's what's most important. So again I can't reiterate enough,
Speaker 10: but like for these young players especially, it's been training
Speaker 10: that are seeing these guys work. It's it's good that
Speaker 10: they can see guys with amazing work ethics. I've seen
Speaker 10: the opposite where young prospects, young players see you guys
Speaker 10: that don't have a work ethic like these guys do.
Speaker 10: And they think that's the way to do it, and
Speaker 10: it's not.
Speaker 1: Chase Sutley is our guest. He's an LA guy, Long Beach,
Speaker 1: UCLA eventually finished his career with the Dodgers. I'm sure
Speaker 1: you can appreciate this. Yesterday, pat Riley got his statue
Speaker 1: and he talked about the business of the NBA, business
Speaker 1: of sports, where guys come and go. You had such
Speaker 1: a lasting effect on your teammates in Philly, but we
Speaker 1: got to see it here in LA with Corey Seeger
Speaker 1: and Key k Hernandez, among others. Do you still keep
Speaker 1: in touch with those guys? Do they reach out to
Speaker 1: you for any sort of advice?
Speaker 3: Yeah? I still give an touch with him.
Speaker 10: I mean, obviously everyone's kind of spread out a little bit,
Speaker 10: but yeah, usually, like we text back and forth when
Speaker 10: there's when there's something something to talk about that that's important.
Speaker 3: I appreciate that they used me for advice.
Speaker 10: But these guys, these guys are now starting to become
Speaker 10: grown men.
Speaker 3: But I'm always there for him. Chase.
Speaker 1: Before I let you go, I've wanted to ask you this.
Speaker 1: I told you I have bi weekly conversations with Rich Hill,
Speaker 1: and he somehow someway still brings up the burn of
Speaker 1: the way the twenty seventeen World Series went down. That
Speaker 1: was your last Major League game, Game seven of the
Speaker 1: seventeen World Series. A lot of people, me included, felt
Speaker 1: like you guys were robbed of what should have been yours.
Speaker 1: How have you come to peace with it? How have
Speaker 1: you processed it over the years.
Speaker 10: Yeah, I mean it doesn't make you make you feel
Speaker 10: good about it. I'm happy that everything has come out
Speaker 10: and the attention was put on on that. I mean,
Speaker 10: it's it's I think it's help for these guys now
Speaker 10: that we're a part of that. It's helpful that they
Speaker 10: have a few World Series under their belt since then.
Speaker 10: I was able to get one in Philadelphia. So had
Speaker 10: I not got that, I think I probably would have
Speaker 10: a slightly different opinion.
Speaker 3: But yeah, we didn't feel good about it. We we
Speaker 3: prepared it, just we didn't prepare for the for what happened.
Speaker 1: You don't seem to be a guy that just continues
Speaker 1: to stew over things. Do you ever think about it
Speaker 1: before a guy like me brings it up.
Speaker 10: No, I haven't thought about it for a while. To
Speaker 10: be honest with you, it's kind of in the past.
Speaker 10: Those guys, A lot of those guys uh forever will
Speaker 10: be part of that group and that they'll live with
Speaker 10: it for the rest of their lives.
Speaker 1: How special was that seventeen Dodgers team.
Speaker 10: It was great because we had a mixture of young
Speaker 10: and old and it was a lot of energy, a
Speaker 10: lot of fun, a lot of trying to figure figure
Speaker 10: figure it out. There were some growing pains, but overall
Speaker 10: we had a pretty pretty, pretty solid team, and to
Speaker 10: get to that point, knowing they had a little bit
Speaker 10: extra help should make us feel good, although it doesn't necessarily.
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, but Chase Utley is a champion of a person,
Speaker 1: champion of a player, and Miguel Rojas is right there.
Speaker 1: So everybody has a story about Game seven where they
Speaker 1: were watching it. You said you were in London for
Speaker 1: three years. Where was Chase Utley watching the World Series?
Speaker 1: Specifically Game seven, the ninth inning, the home run, and
Speaker 1: the incredible play Rojas and Smith made in the ninth inning.
Speaker 10: I was in la I was on my couch with
Speaker 10: his few friends watching it and biting my nails and
Speaker 10: sweating and nervous like pretty much everyone else was. But
Speaker 10: I mean, I don't think there's been a better World Series. Obviously,
Speaker 10: it helps that your team wins, but overall, just the
Speaker 10: different moments, the dowerdie moments in that game, you just
Speaker 10: don't see happen very often, especially in one particular game,
Speaker 10: and it happens to be Game seven, So I mean,
Speaker 10: these guys are prepared and right now for that moment,
Speaker 10: so hopefully they get to do it again.
Speaker 3: But yes, I was on my couch sweat and bullets.
Speaker 1: I feel more anxious watching the replays of the infield
Speaker 1: in play with Rojas throwing out kind of philefa at home.
Speaker 1: How difficult is that for a second basement in that
Speaker 1: especially in that moment.
Speaker 10: It's a tough play. It's a I mean, it's a
Speaker 10: do or that I play. The game's over, it's not.
Speaker 10: And I mean maybe he's an amazing defensive specialist out there,
Speaker 10: so he can kind of do whatever he wants. And
Speaker 10: it's his instincts that made it happen. When you first
Speaker 10: see the player like ooh, he's backed up on the ball,
Speaker 10: but he was able to pick it cleanly and fire it.
Speaker 10: But that's what makes him so special that he has
Speaker 10: the ability to put his body in those positions and
Speaker 10: still make plays.
Speaker 1: Chase, thank you for laying me tap into you. When
Speaker 1: you were playing. You always had a time schedule, limited time,
Speaker 1: and you have so much to offer the game. You
Speaker 1: have such a high baseball IQ and the Dodgers are
Speaker 1: lucky that you live in LA and you can be
Speaker 1: part of this organization to help them grow and be
Speaker 1: the best that they can be. And you know you'll
Speaker 1: still come tiger claw over anybody's neck, including mine. So
Speaker 1: don't get it twisted. He's one of the toughest guys
Speaker 1: you ever meet. But I feel like I've softened. I've
Speaker 1: humanized Chase Sutley here right now on the field.
Speaker 3: Slightly right now, in this moment.
Speaker 1: Yes, do we hug or no?
Speaker 3: Hugstive?
Speaker 10: We give high five knuckles here we go, Okay, okay, David,
Speaker 10: But thank you thanks for having me on.
Speaker 3: Can't wait to do it again.
Speaker 1: Awesome. Chase Utley might even come in studio or I
Speaker 1: might even go to his house to do the show
Speaker 1: one day.
Speaker 3: Ye sure, but we'll see, we'll see.
Speaker 1: Hey, I'll take it. I'll take it. Chase Suttley. There
Speaker 1: he goes. Chase Suttley, a guy that many believe deserves
Speaker 1: a strong consideration of being in the Hall of Fame.
Speaker 1: And look, he has a lot of baseball knowledge. He
Speaker 1: was always watching everyone when he was a teammate on
Speaker 1: the Dodgers and has great evaluation skills. And it's great
Speaker 1: that you know he took that time to get perspective
Speaker 1: and live his life after devoting all of it to baseball,
Speaker 1: to go to London for three years with his wife
Speaker 1: and kids. But he's back now and the Dodgers are
Speaker 1: better for it. So great to catch up with Chase Sutley,
Speaker 1: and look he was He's a tough guy man. He
Speaker 1: was tough and really respected by a lot of his teammates.
Speaker 1: I'll never forget the day that he showed up in Houston.
Speaker 1: He was all business and it kind of set the
Speaker 1: tone for that Dodger team that eventually would make it
Speaker 1: to the NLCS against the Cubs in twenty sixteen. Unfortunately,
Speaker 1: in twenty fifteen, the year that he got traded to
Speaker 1: the Dodgers, they lost to the Mets in a five
Speaker 1: game NLDS eight six six nine eight seven two five
Speaker 1: seventy is the phone number in case you missed any
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Speaker 1: It's not too late to do that. People have called
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Speaker 1: to have this not just be a local show anymore,
Speaker 1: but to reach Dodger fans not only all over the country,
Speaker 1: but even met people that came up to me in
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Speaker 1: with you tomorrow night at seven o'clock as well, and
Speaker 1: then another show on Friday from Scottsdale Scottsdale Stadium to
Speaker 1: be exact. So looking forward to our next two shows.
Speaker 1: Tomorrow night. Mookie Betts has told me he will join
Speaker 1: the show, so we have Mookie Betts on the show
Speaker 1: tomorrow night at seven point thirty, so looking forward to
Speaker 1: that as well. We say good night. Last night. I
Speaker 1: kind of addressed the pi Crow armstrong over zealous comments
Speaker 1: to try to endear himself to Cubs fans, and our
Speaker 1: social media guy Matt Demicky reminded me that I interviewed
Speaker 1: pie Crow Armstrong at Justin Turner's golf tournament two years ago.
Speaker 1: And remember, during the regular season two years ago, PCA
Speaker 1: basically won at least two of those games at Dodger
Speaker 1: Stadium with his glove and it was racus. People were shocked,
Speaker 1: they were excited, they were entertained. And pie Crow Armstrong,
Speaker 1: who went after Dodger fans to make Cubs fans feel better, Well,
Speaker 1: here's what PCA told me two years ago, and really
Speaker 1: is the feelings that he has towards Dodger fans.
Speaker 5: Right.
Speaker 1: But yeah, what an amazing game, right, Yeah, that was
Speaker 1: just a.
Speaker 3: Good way to end that game.
Speaker 11: I mean, those are those are three big games that
Speaker 11: we played in LA that were you know, I think
Speaker 11: that third one was pretty impactful in terms of how
Speaker 11: our season ended. And you know, I we had opportunities
Speaker 11: to take that whole series and and maybe go on
Speaker 11: a maybe go.
Speaker 1: On, where's he going? By the way, I think I'm
Speaker 1: done here.
Speaker 11: I'm kidding, I'm kidding, uh No, I mean that was
Speaker 11: just an important series and I think when when I
Speaker 11: get into situations like that, and when I mean when
Speaker 11: our team got into situations that that felt pressed or
Speaker 11: you know, the big stressful kind of moments. I think
Speaker 11: the Cubs responded well. And I don't know, I that
Speaker 11: was great to do it in Dodger Stadium. I thought
Speaker 11: the fans were rowdy and energetic, and they were They
Speaker 11: were making me want to go make every one of
Speaker 11: those plays. So and it's easy doing it for show
Speaker 11: to too. You know, he keeps you locked in all
Speaker 11: game and then for Porter two, Porter works his works
Speaker 11: his tail offs. So I mean, that's what I live for,
Speaker 11: That's what I wake up to do.
Speaker 1: In the morning.
Speaker 11: So it was nice to be able to execute simply all.
Speaker 1: Right, there we go. He just said it right there. Uh,
Speaker 1: Dodger make you better when you're a visiting player. There. Okay,
Speaker 1: those are his true feelings. Obviously, all other twenty nine
Speaker 1: teams are envious and jealous of the Dodgers. They know
Speaker 1: it is going to take a lot to beat the Dodgers.
Speaker 1: Picrow Armstrong is trying to embed himself in Chicago Wrigleyville,
Speaker 1: make those Cubs fans love him. But he just went
Speaker 1: a little bit too far to take a shot at
Speaker 1: Dodger fans just because they're low hanging fruit these days
Speaker 1: where everybody wants to take a shot at the Dodgers
Speaker 1: because you're not with them. So I love, I love PCA.
Speaker 11: I love these fans were rowdy and energetic and they were.
Speaker 11: They were making me want to go make every one
Speaker 11: of those plays.
Speaker 1: So there we go. Played again, Ronnie.
Speaker 11: I thought the fans were rowdy and energetic, and they were.
Speaker 11: They were making me want to go make every one
Speaker 11: of those plays.
Speaker 1: There you go. This is where you come to set
Speaker 1: the record straight. That was p p Crow Armstrong in
Speaker 1: twenty twenty four. It's a great sports talk show fodder.
Speaker 1: And if you didn't interview PCA, or never show up
Speaker 1: at a stadium or try to meet or talk to
Speaker 1: these guys, you never get those type of answers. So
Speaker 1: I'm just putting into context for you what pe Crow
Speaker 1: Armstrong was trying to accomplish. He just went too far,
Speaker 1: but those were his true feelings. Dodger fans. Dodger Stadium
Speaker 1: brings the best out of every visiting player because they
Speaker 1: know they're playing the best and they have fifty thousand
Speaker 1: bearing down on them. So there you go, Peek Crow
Speaker 1: Armstrong still my guy, all right that I'll do it
Speaker 1: for us on Dodger Talk. Thanks to Ronnie Fossio for
Speaker 1: doing a great job tonight. As always, in case you
Speaker 1: missed any of the show, you can find it on
Speaker 1: the iHeartRadio app, including our conversation with Chase Sutley. Looking
Speaker 1: forward to having Mookie Bets on the show tomorrow night.
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Speaker 1: See you from the desert.