WEBVTT - Dodger Talk- NLCS Game 4 (10-17-25) 0:00:00.120 --> 0:00:03.120 Let the phones on a home run friend, ready to go. 0:00:03.279 --> 0:00:05.840 Welcome to the Playoffs, Dodger fans. 0:00:06.000 --> 0:00:07.960 Is playoff time when your favorite. 0:00:07.560 --> 0:00:12.799 Show thirteen wins is all it takes on half and 0:00:13.000 --> 0:00:13.840 escape for you. 0:00:14.000 --> 0:00:17.720 Welcome to a playoff edition of Dodger Talk. Get in 0:00:17.760 --> 0:00:19.439 on the action at eight six. 0:00:19.360 --> 0:00:24.680 Six eats Breeze, sleeps Baseball. 0:00:24.760 --> 0:00:27.800 Now we go to your award winning broadcasters of the 0:00:27.840 --> 0:00:29.160 world champion Dodgers. 0:00:29.240 --> 0:00:31.200 Here's your host of Dodger Talk. 0:00:32.000 --> 0:00:37.319 It's only been fourteen years. Every day, David Vasse. We 0:00:37.360 --> 0:00:41.199 are live at Dodgers Stadium. After the Dodgers sweep the 0:00:41.240 --> 0:00:45.599 Brewers in the NLCS in advance to the World Series 0:00:45.640 --> 0:00:50.200 for a second straight year, David Vasse with you until 0:00:50.400 --> 0:00:53.240 I don't know eleven o'clock. We'll see how this goes. 0:00:53.280 --> 0:00:56.760 But I honestly don't want to go anywhere. You shouldn't 0:00:56.760 --> 0:00:59.880 want to go anywhere either. This is the only play 0:01:00.160 --> 0:01:04.480 to talk Dodgers. To celebrate Dodgers. As the Dodgers are 0:01:04.520 --> 0:01:08.679 in an unprecedented time in the history of their franchise, 0:01:09.120 --> 0:01:12.920 going to the World Series five times in the last 0:01:13.040 --> 0:01:17.440 nine years, they're looking to really separate themselves as one 0:01:17.560 --> 0:01:22.240 of not only the greatest teams and Dodger franchise history, 0:01:22.640 --> 0:01:27.200 but also one of the greatest teams in baseball history, 0:01:27.520 --> 0:01:32.640 and they certainly can separate themselves from almost every other 0:01:32.760 --> 0:01:36.440 team out there in the last twenty years. If they're 0:01:36.520 --> 0:01:41.760 able to run the table and win their second consecutive championship, 0:01:42.080 --> 0:01:45.240 it would be only the it would be the first 0:01:45.319 --> 0:01:49.600 time in twenty four years anybody has repeated as champions 0:01:49.600 --> 0:01:53.280 in baseball. Remember the Yankees did a three peat from 0:01:53.360 --> 0:01:56.640 ninety eight to two thousand, the Blue Jays went back 0:01:56.680 --> 0:01:59.680 to back in ninety two and ninety three, and the 0:01:59.760 --> 0:02:04.120 Dogs have never done that in their franchise history. Not 0:02:04.280 --> 0:02:08.280 to mention, the Dodgers have only lost one game in 0:02:08.320 --> 0:02:12.239 this postseason. There's been other teams that have only lost 0:02:12.280 --> 0:02:16.680 one game in the postseason, but they all won seven games, 0:02:16.720 --> 0:02:21.720 like the Big reg Big Red Machine, and teams during 0:02:21.760 --> 0:02:26.120 the expanded Championship Series play won eleven games, but no 0:02:26.320 --> 0:02:30.160 team has won thirteen games on their way to the 0:02:30.160 --> 0:02:34.880 World Series championship. And that's what the Dodgers would accomplish 0:02:35.200 --> 0:02:38.800 if they're able to get four more wins. That's right 0:02:39.560 --> 0:02:42.600 with the two wildcard wins over the Reds that would 0:02:42.600 --> 0:02:46.239 give the Dodgers the most wins of any world champion 0:02:46.600 --> 0:02:51.320 in postseason history. With this expanded postseason play, we got 0:02:51.360 --> 0:02:54.400 a full border calls eight six, six, nine, eight seven, 0:02:54.560 --> 0:02:58.280 two five seventy. What a night to be here? Two 0:02:58.320 --> 0:03:01.920 people responded, or two groups of people responded. Number One, 0:03:02.480 --> 0:03:06.880 Show Haotani responded because he was getting very annoyed and 0:03:07.040 --> 0:03:10.600 was hearing a lot of the criticism that he was 0:03:10.680 --> 0:03:14.880 not a postseason player. Trust me, he heard it, and 0:03:14.919 --> 0:03:18.959 he also heard the questions the day before yesterday about 0:03:19.000 --> 0:03:23.960 the fact that is pitching bleeding into his hitting. And 0:03:24.040 --> 0:03:27.480 look at him tonight. He leads the Dodgers with ten 0:03:27.560 --> 0:03:31.320 strikeouts in six plus innings tonight, allowed just one hit 0:03:31.760 --> 0:03:35.040 and hits three home runs. One of them went over 0:03:35.120 --> 0:03:39.280 the right field pavilion. O'tani becomes just the third player 0:03:39.400 --> 0:03:42.600 ever to hit a home run over the right field roof, 0:03:43.080 --> 0:03:47.360 joining Willie Stargel and Kryle Schwarber, who did it during 0:03:47.400 --> 0:03:51.480 the NLDS. So what a night for Show Haotani and 0:03:51.600 --> 0:03:55.119 you The Dodger fans that showed up and sold out 0:03:55.120 --> 0:04:00.280 Dodgers Stadium tonight responded and were heard all night long. 0:04:00.400 --> 0:04:03.200 And how could you not be when you witness one of, 0:04:03.440 --> 0:04:08.600 if not the greatest performance in Championship Series history. I'm 0:04:08.600 --> 0:04:12.320 not going to say postseason history, but certainly it's right 0:04:12.400 --> 0:04:17.120 up there with the greatest performance in playoff history. Eight 0:04:17.240 --> 0:04:20.000 six six nine eight seven two five seventy is the 0:04:20.000 --> 0:04:24.000 phone number. Let's head downstairs again to the press conference room. 0:04:24.400 --> 0:04:29.520 That's where the NLCS MVP Sho hal Tani is with 0:04:29.640 --> 0:04:32.520 Will Ireton fielding questions. 0:04:32.520 --> 0:04:36.080 Showy, A lot have been made about your performances offensively 0:04:36.120 --> 0:04:39.839 this postseason coming into tonight with you starting, did you 0:04:39.880 --> 0:04:41.839 want to make a statement in this game tonight? 0:04:44.000 --> 0:04:44.279 She's in. 0:04:55.800 --> 0:04:59.800 My schedule? 0:05:02.400 --> 0:05:03.560 Can I say not to you? 0:05:03.880 --> 0:05:04.200 Too much? 0:05:04.200 --> 0:05:04.359 Of the. 0:05:10.360 --> 0:05:22.880 Mom got sensors, this ship, he got cool, That's all 0:05:22.920 --> 0:05:28.480 you now. 0:05:28.480 --> 0:05:31.719 I really focused on, first of all, first and foremost 0:05:31.800 --> 0:05:34.040 as a starting pitcher, to make sure I'm an effective 0:05:34.040 --> 0:05:37.760 starting pitcher on the hitting side, you know, just looking 0:05:37.760 --> 0:05:40.599 at the whole entire team, we'll see that at times 0:05:40.839 --> 0:05:43.040 the right handed hitters picked us up, and on the 0:05:43.200 --> 0:05:45.560 flip side sometimes the left handed hitters picked us up. 0:05:45.600 --> 0:05:47.640 So I think, in a sense, we're just trying to 0:05:47.680 --> 0:05:48.560 find the right balance. 0:05:49.480 --> 0:05:51.080 Let's go to build straight back in the middle. 0:05:51.440 --> 0:05:53.640 Yes, sure, hey, Andrew and a lot of your teammates 0:05:53.640 --> 0:05:57.200 are calling this the greatest postseason game ever played. 0:05:57.560 --> 0:06:04.320 What do you think the SNT wants? 0:06:06.160 --> 0:06:24.880 It's Moki Tail sometimes. 0:06:22.040 --> 0:06:22.440 Mmmm. 0:06:23.360 --> 0:06:23.560 Then I. 0:06:28.680 --> 0:06:30.880 Took what I told you. 0:06:40.520 --> 0:06:43.920 And as I stayed before. You know, there were at 0:06:44.000 --> 0:06:47.040 times during the postseason where Tail and MOOKI, you know, 0:06:47.400 --> 0:06:50.200 picked me up. And you know, this time around it 0:06:50.360 --> 0:06:52.560 was my turn to be able to perform. And I 0:06:52.640 --> 0:06:54.960 think just looking at looking back over the course of 0:06:55.040 --> 0:06:58.640 the entire postseason, I haven't performed to the expectation. But 0:06:59.120 --> 0:07:02.240 I think today we all what you know, what the 0:07:02.320 --> 0:07:03.360 left handed hitters. 0:07:03.080 --> 0:07:08.200 Could do j P on the left Typically you are 0:07:08.520 --> 0:07:10.360 at your best as a hitter on the days that 0:07:10.440 --> 0:07:12.880 you don't pitch. This was one of your best hitting 0:07:12.920 --> 0:07:16.560 performances ever. I'm wondering if you made any mental adjustments 0:07:16.680 --> 0:07:19.240 or adjustments to your preparation as a hitter prior to 0:07:19.320 --> 0:07:19.880 this game. 0:07:21.400 --> 0:07:28.280 Then I then I do the Moss taking. 0:07:38.760 --> 0:07:43.960 Man. You know. 0:07:44.480 --> 0:07:54.800 M uh, you know, I felt like the last couple 0:07:54.840 --> 0:07:57.760 of days, I felt pretty good at the play. And 0:07:58.080 --> 0:08:00.760 you know, just because of the postseason, the simple size, 0:08:01.080 --> 0:08:03.920 the lack of and it's just that I think the 0:08:04.200 --> 0:08:07.720 the lack of performance really skews in this short period 0:08:07.720 --> 0:08:08.040 of time. 0:08:08.240 --> 0:08:13.360 So because you're two more in English up here on 0:08:13.440 --> 0:08:15.800 the front and then back to Paul on the side. 0:08:17.160 --> 0:08:20.360 Pitching wise, what was working well for you tonight. 0:08:31.000 --> 0:08:31.760 Of comit. 0:08:49.760 --> 0:08:51.839 The last several days, we did a pretty good job 0:08:51.920 --> 0:08:56.040 as a starting pitcher, being able to get out and 0:08:56.160 --> 0:08:58.719 be effective, and just looking at the entire line of 0:08:58.840 --> 0:09:02.480 my impression that I had was that it's a very tough, 0:09:02.720 --> 0:09:06.199 effective lineup. So talking with Will Smith, we had a 0:09:06.240 --> 0:09:09.400 pretty good game plan going to the game and we 0:09:09.480 --> 0:09:10.400 were able to execute it. 0:09:12.360 --> 0:09:16.000 All Right, there's show Heo Tani and Will Ireton. Obviously 0:09:16.200 --> 0:09:20.920 an incredible once in a lifetime performance from a remarkable 0:09:21.040 --> 0:09:24.360 player that we have never seen the likes of. I 0:09:24.400 --> 0:09:26.520 don't care what you say about Babe Ruth. We have 0:09:26.679 --> 0:09:30.000 never I never saw Babe Ruth play. You never saw 0:09:30.160 --> 0:09:34.559 Babe Ruth play. This guy is on another planet and 0:09:35.280 --> 0:09:39.360 you know, trust me. He heard all the critics leading 0:09:39.480 --> 0:09:41.839 up to this game. He heard about the fact that 0:09:42.000 --> 0:09:47.080 he was struggling this postseason. He obviously fielded questions about 0:09:47.360 --> 0:09:51.839 how pitching maybe affecting his hitting He answered three consecutive 0:09:51.960 --> 0:09:55.079 questions about that when he was in the press conference 0:09:55.200 --> 0:09:58.360 room a couple of days ago. He is very aware 0:09:58.440 --> 0:10:01.079 of what is said about him, and he wanted to 0:10:01.160 --> 0:10:04.040 come out tonight and dominate on the mound, and he 0:10:04.240 --> 0:10:07.959 was determined to be able to make a statement offensively. 0:10:08.320 --> 0:10:10.120 And it kind of helped. With the pictures that the 0:10:10.240 --> 0:10:14.120 Brewers were throwing tonight, Jose Cantana was not going to 0:10:14.240 --> 0:10:17.000 hold the Dodgers down. He gave up three runs right 0:10:17.080 --> 0:10:20.760 away in the first inning, including Otani's first home run. 0:10:20.960 --> 0:10:24.480 So this had sweep written all over it. After the 0:10:24.600 --> 0:10:28.640 Dodgers beat Jacob Mazerowski and the Brewers last night. Eight 0:10:28.760 --> 0:10:31.640 six six nine eight seven two five seventy is the 0:10:31.760 --> 0:10:34.760 phone number just before we go out to the phone calls. 0:10:36.000 --> 0:10:40.640 Keep in mind what you're watching. You're watching individual greatness, 0:10:41.200 --> 0:10:46.760 and you're watching greatness that the Dodger franchise has never experienced. 0:10:47.120 --> 0:10:51.000 This has never happened before. My son was born in 0:10:51.240 --> 0:10:55.360 twenty fifteen. I told him this afternoon, can you believe 0:10:55.880 --> 0:10:59.559 that the Dodgers will be going to their fifth World 0:10:59.679 --> 0:11:02.760 Series since you've been born? I was born in nineteen 0:11:02.920 --> 0:11:06.600 seventy six. The Dodgers went to two World Series during 0:11:06.720 --> 0:11:11.000 my lifetime before this stretch of time. And Mark Walter, 0:11:11.240 --> 0:11:14.640 who was here tonight, was on stage addressed the crowd. 0:11:15.200 --> 0:11:19.040 I mean, this guy has transformed this franchise, and I 0:11:19.240 --> 0:11:24.320 bet a lot that he's going to transform the Lakers 0:11:24.360 --> 0:11:27.679 as well. He's that type of guy and that type 0:11:27.720 --> 0:11:31.160 of visionary. And here the Dodgers are on top of 0:11:31.240 --> 0:11:34.760 the baseball world. I know, I know, they haven't won 0:11:34.800 --> 0:11:37.400 the World Series yet, they still have to prove it 0:11:37.480 --> 0:11:41.280 on the field. The World Series is not starting until 0:11:41.480 --> 0:11:45.880 a week from tonight. Brew the Mariners and Blue Jays 0:11:45.960 --> 0:11:48.480 are headed back to Toronto, with the Mariners up three 0:11:48.559 --> 0:11:52.600 games to two, but I like the Dodgers' chances against 0:11:52.679 --> 0:11:55.240 either one of those teams. All right, let's go out 0:11:55.280 --> 0:11:58.160 to the phones. Mike in Irwin Dale lead us off 0:11:58.240 --> 0:12:01.559 tonight on Dodger Talk the night the Dodgers head back 0:12:01.600 --> 0:12:02.640 to the World Series. 0:12:04.200 --> 0:12:06.960 Yeah, Dave, thanks for taking my call the greatest game 0:12:07.160 --> 0:12:10.280 ever in postseason history. I've been born since seventy one, 0:12:11.120 --> 0:12:14.160 and this is by far even more than Gibbe's Grand 0:12:14.200 --> 0:12:18.719 Slam and Freddy's Grand slamming last year. The pitching, the 0:12:18.880 --> 0:12:22.719 hitting by show. Hey, and then you know what, has 0:12:22.840 --> 0:12:27.559 this ever happened where a team swept the Dodgers in 0:12:27.720 --> 0:12:30.480 the regular season and for the Dodgers to sweep them 0:12:30.600 --> 0:12:33.440 right out? Has that ever happened? I'd like to find 0:12:33.520 --> 0:12:33.839 that out. 0:12:34.200 --> 0:12:36.920 The closest thing I could tell you, Mike is when 0:12:37.000 --> 0:12:40.360 the eighty eight Dodgers lost ten out of eleven to 0:12:40.480 --> 0:12:43.760 the Mets and then beat them in a seven game series. 0:12:43.880 --> 0:12:47.559 But no, there is nothing in Dodger history that would 0:12:47.600 --> 0:12:50.520 reflect a team beating them all six times and then 0:12:50.640 --> 0:12:54.920 the Dodgers sweeping them in the postseason. That has not happened. 0:12:56.320 --> 0:13:00.440 Yeah, And then yeah, and by the way, it takes 0:13:00.520 --> 0:13:04.280 more than money to win championships as a total team effort. 0:13:05.920 --> 0:13:07.199 There's more to it. 0:13:07.520 --> 0:13:09.840 And then Dave, what do you think. 0:13:09.800 --> 0:13:13.920 The nosebleed for the World Cheries will cost a nosebleed? 0:13:16.480 --> 0:13:19.679 Thanks with a phone call, Mike appreciated. Get your tickets now. 0:13:20.160 --> 0:13:23.000 Eight sixty six, nine eighty seven, two five seventy. I 0:13:23.160 --> 0:13:25.240 tried to tell you in Colin, we've got to find 0:13:25.280 --> 0:13:28.880 these calls from June and July. At some point we've 0:13:28.920 --> 0:13:30.920 got to play those calls back. I got to have 0:13:31.080 --> 0:13:34.480 the receipts on all of you, and the receipts of 0:13:34.640 --> 0:13:37.040 my belief in this team. If you were listening to 0:13:37.200 --> 0:13:40.319 this show, you should have bought your World Series tickets 0:13:40.440 --> 0:13:44.319 right when they were available, because I believed in the 0:13:44.440 --> 0:13:48.840 track record of these players. I believed that their starting 0:13:48.960 --> 0:13:52.320 pitchers were going to get healthy at the right time. 0:13:53.040 --> 0:13:56.920 And it's all come together as the Dodgers envisioned. 0:13:57.440 --> 0:13:57.600 Now. 0:13:58.200 --> 0:14:01.360 Was it always looking like it was going to head 0:14:01.400 --> 0:14:05.719 into this direction? Obviously not. This is the best of 0:14:05.960 --> 0:14:08.480 all worlds here where you have all four of these 0:14:08.520 --> 0:14:12.880 starters not only healthy, but on a heater at the 0:14:12.960 --> 0:14:16.560 same time. That doesn't happen. And even John Smoltz said, 0:14:16.600 --> 0:14:19.400 at this point in time, with the way these four 0:14:19.520 --> 0:14:23.320 starters are pitching, it's better than his starting staff that 0:14:23.480 --> 0:14:27.600 many consider the best that they had ever seen with Glavin, Smoltz, 0:14:27.680 --> 0:14:32.640 Maddox and Steve Avery. He said it himself, this staff, 0:14:32.800 --> 0:14:36.200 these four are better than what those Braves had, and 0:14:36.280 --> 0:14:40.160 that says a lot. So at some point you're going 0:14:40.240 --> 0:14:44.320 to have to come to realize that the Dodgers are 0:14:44.440 --> 0:14:47.960 that team. The team you root for is that team, 0:14:48.880 --> 0:14:51.680 and you're gonna have to believe that these guys are 0:14:51.960 --> 0:14:57.160 far superior players that have great experience, great work ethic, 0:14:58.440 --> 0:15:02.800 and that's the reason why they're separated themselves from other 0:15:03.480 --> 0:15:07.960 large payroll teams because they picked the right guys to 0:15:08.120 --> 0:15:13.120 give big contracts. Two eight six six seven two five 0:15:13.280 --> 0:15:16.720 seventy is the phone number. The Dodgers beat the Brewers 0:15:16.760 --> 0:15:21.520 tonight five to one and sweep the NLCS. Let's go 0:15:21.680 --> 0:15:25.440 back out to the phones. Woodland Hills. John, You're on 0:15:25.640 --> 0:15:30.000 Dodger Talk Live from Dodgers Stadium. Hi, John, Yeah, DV. 0:15:30.320 --> 0:15:31.400 Way to take it man. 0:15:31.560 --> 0:15:34.800 You were amazing in the clubhouse as always. 0:15:35.200 --> 0:15:36.240 That's one way to put it in. 0:15:36.280 --> 0:15:40.800 That champagne seriously, and you had that great interview almost 0:15:40.920 --> 0:15:42.240 with Kershop. 0:15:41.800 --> 0:15:43.680 But then you saved the day. 0:15:43.760 --> 0:15:44.720 It was fantastic. 0:15:44.880 --> 0:15:44.920 You. 0:15:45.440 --> 0:15:49.960 You literally are the OG of the Dodgers. They love you, 0:15:50.200 --> 0:15:51.240 every single player. 0:15:51.520 --> 0:15:51.680 You know. 0:15:51.840 --> 0:15:55.800 Mookie Betts gave an interview to Kirsen Watson and then 0:15:55.960 --> 0:15:59.880 he decided to give you an additional interviews. See that's 0:16:00.000 --> 0:16:03.720 who you know. You're the MVP of the media for 0:16:03.840 --> 0:16:07.160 the Dodgers. Seriously, I'm not just blowing smoke up here, 0:16:07.280 --> 0:16:09.880 you know, it's the truth. Man. You're the man, dude, 0:16:10.440 --> 0:16:10.760 thank you. 0:16:10.920 --> 0:16:14.200 All I want to do is bring the personalities of 0:16:14.320 --> 0:16:18.320 these players to life for you and for every Dodger fan. 0:16:18.520 --> 0:16:21.520 It's not about me. It's about just showing you who 0:16:21.600 --> 0:16:24.440 they are and what makes them tick. And I believe 0:16:24.520 --> 0:16:27.520 you see not just relief, you see the excitement and 0:16:27.640 --> 0:16:29.640 the love they have for each other down there. 0:16:30.840 --> 0:16:34.160 Well, let me just tell you the true turning point 0:16:34.280 --> 0:16:37.720 in this game tonight, in the bottom of the fourth inning, 0:16:39.800 --> 0:16:45.000 t k Hernandez shruck out looking hahz, struck out looking 0:16:45.760 --> 0:16:49.760 the pitcher. Patrick made the Dodgers' hitters eight and nine 0:16:49.960 --> 0:16:55.320 look silly, and then show hey, Otani the unicorn steps 0:16:55.400 --> 0:16:59.200 up on the fifth pitch, he hits an eighty nine 0:16:59.320 --> 0:17:03.200 mile per hour or cutter four hundred and sixty nine 0:17:03.360 --> 0:17:08.240 feet into literally oblivion. He literally hit the ball out 0:17:08.280 --> 0:17:11.560 of the out of the stadium. And that was the 0:17:11.760 --> 0:17:14.280 statement moment of the game. 0:17:14.880 --> 0:17:15.720 I mean it was. 0:17:16.280 --> 0:17:19.720 I mean, everyone that I was texting with all over 0:17:19.800 --> 0:17:23.280 the world could not believe what we just saw. That 0:17:23.600 --> 0:17:27.919 was the moment in history, in playoff history, you can 0:17:28.000 --> 0:17:29.120 agree with that, right. 0:17:30.040 --> 0:17:33.320 One one hundred percent, John, I would say, in Dodger 0:17:33.640 --> 0:17:36.960 playoff history, I mean, when you talk about walk off 0:17:37.160 --> 0:17:40.359 Grand Slams and Kurt Gibson's walk off home run in 0:17:40.480 --> 0:17:44.280 nineteen eighty eight, that's in a different category. But in 0:17:44.400 --> 0:17:48.040 a close out game to try to sweep in advance 0:17:48.119 --> 0:17:53.440 to the World Series. Hard to imagine another game where 0:17:53.480 --> 0:17:57.720 a player was able to pitch six scoreless, strikeout ten, 0:17:57.960 --> 0:18:00.959 and then hit three home runs. It's just nobody can 0:18:01.080 --> 0:18:04.520 do that. It's just not possible, because nobody can do 0:18:04.640 --> 0:18:07.640 what Show Hayotani can do. Thanks for the love, John, 0:18:07.720 --> 0:18:10.760 appreciate it. See a full board of calls. We're headed 0:18:10.800 --> 0:18:13.600 to eleven o'clock tonight, so let's get to it. Let's 0:18:13.640 --> 0:18:16.400 go out to Long Beach. John, You're on Dodger Talk 0:18:16.480 --> 0:18:18.280 with David Vasse. How you doing, John? 0:18:19.440 --> 0:18:21.960 Oh my god, sir, I can't even believe what I 0:18:22.119 --> 0:18:28.359 just watched tonight. It's unbelievable. It blows me away to 0:18:28.400 --> 0:18:28.760 this guy. 0:18:30.359 --> 0:18:33.720 I mean, just when you think that's why Freddie Freeman 0:18:34.160 --> 0:18:38.440 was warning everybody, this guy can break out at any moment. 0:18:38.880 --> 0:18:41.440 Did anybody believe it would be a breakout of three 0:18:41.520 --> 0:18:44.040 home runs on a night that he strikes out ten 0:18:44.160 --> 0:18:47.960 and pitches six scoreless innings. I don't believe anybody could 0:18:48.000 --> 0:18:51.680 have imagined this type of game from Otani, but you 0:18:52.200 --> 0:18:56.879 have to expect the unexpected because there is no player 0:18:57.080 --> 0:18:59.320 on this planet like show Hao Tani. 0:19:01.480 --> 0:19:03.280 I just I'm speechless. 0:19:03.520 --> 0:19:06.600 It's just it's so beautiful for the game. I just 0:19:07.040 --> 0:19:09.040 can't that's great for the game. 0:19:09.200 --> 0:19:11.320 It's great for the game. It's great for the game 0:19:11.440 --> 0:19:14.200 that the Dodgers are at the top of the game, 0:19:14.600 --> 0:19:18.840 and it's great for everybody to take interest to have 0:19:19.560 --> 0:19:23.399 this team with that player in the World Series for 0:19:23.520 --> 0:19:24.520 a second straight year. 0:19:26.960 --> 0:19:28.800 I took my wife, took my wife and I took 0:19:28.840 --> 0:19:30.960 him into the game last night, and I know she's 0:19:31.000 --> 0:19:37.200 at work right now. Her uncle was a lifelong Dodger 0:19:37.280 --> 0:19:39.560 fan and he lived in Nevada, so he never got 0:19:39.600 --> 0:19:41.960 to go to a game. So, you know, we just 0:19:42.040 --> 0:19:43.920 want to say, Uncle Lenn, you know they did it. 0:19:44.000 --> 0:19:53.280 Buddy, love it, John, I love John. It runs deep. 0:19:53.560 --> 0:19:57.760 The Dodgers run deep. It's an emotional connection. And that's 0:19:57.960 --> 0:20:04.320 why I'm always a believer that whoever owns this team 0:20:05.119 --> 0:20:09.440 owes the city their best efforts to try to put 0:20:09.480 --> 0:20:12.639 a winner on the field each and every year and 0:20:12.840 --> 0:20:17.800 be able to make this a great fan experience. Guggenheim, 0:20:17.960 --> 0:20:23.240 Mark Walter, Stankasten, Lonrosen, Todd Bowley, the rest of the group. 0:20:24.560 --> 0:20:27.960 I do believe they understand that, and I feel like 0:20:28.119 --> 0:20:31.440 they have showed their commitment to the city to put 0:20:31.480 --> 0:20:34.320 out a winner every year that they have owned the team. 0:20:34.880 --> 0:20:38.120 A lot of other owners take the profits and put 0:20:38.160 --> 0:20:40.480 it in their pocket and don't put it back into 0:20:40.560 --> 0:20:45.719 the team. This ownership group, yes, they have made a profit, 0:20:46.080 --> 0:20:48.640 but they have put a greater percentage of that profit 0:20:49.160 --> 0:20:53.520 into the team than any other owner out there for 0:20:54.000 --> 0:20:59.119 what fourteen years running. I mean, that's something to be 0:20:59.240 --> 0:21:03.359 said there, and they have nobody to apologize too for 0:21:03.560 --> 0:21:06.719 doing that. Let's go out to Oz, who is at 0:21:06.800 --> 0:21:09.480 Dodgers Stadium tonight. Hi, Oz, you're on Dodger Talk. 0:21:10.880 --> 0:21:11.399 What's going on? 0:21:11.560 --> 0:21:11.720 Dave? 0:21:11.800 --> 0:21:13.520 Thank you so much for taking my call. I just 0:21:13.600 --> 0:21:15.440 wanted to say, I think you hit the point right 0:21:15.520 --> 0:21:18.560 on your head on the head right now. Every single 0:21:18.720 --> 0:21:21.480 owner in and Major League Baseball is a billionaire and 0:21:21.520 --> 0:21:24.040 they can spend however much money they want. They could 0:21:24.080 --> 0:21:26.719 have offered show Hey or anybody else on the Dodgers 0:21:26.760 --> 0:21:29.560 the same contract, and I just want to say that 0:21:30.040 --> 0:21:32.240 the Dodgers are the class act of MLD to be 0:21:32.280 --> 0:21:34.639 able to do all, to be able to do what 0:21:34.720 --> 0:21:37.439 they did, and it showed it tonight by sweeping the Brewers, 0:21:37.880 --> 0:21:39.800 holding them to one run in each and every single game. 0:21:39.840 --> 0:21:41.800 I mean, come on, what else, doumore do you want? 0:21:43.359 --> 0:21:46.040 Yeah? I mean nothing more. I feel like this team 0:21:46.160 --> 0:21:49.240 is giving us everything and more that you could want. 0:21:49.400 --> 0:21:52.720 But that's the whole point. We do this show every 0:21:52.840 --> 0:21:56.119 single night, one hundred and sixty two games, and there 0:21:56.200 --> 0:21:58.520 are people that are going to put way too much 0:21:58.640 --> 0:22:02.160 emphasis on a game in June, and you can call 0:22:02.280 --> 0:22:05.920 me whatever you want, but when you understand the team 0:22:06.040 --> 0:22:09.880 that you have and the team that has a greater 0:22:10.080 --> 0:22:13.520 goal in mind, I'm not going to overreact in a 0:22:13.640 --> 0:22:18.040 game in June. I'm just not. And even when the 0:22:18.160 --> 0:22:24.720 Dodgers were struggling in the beginning of September, you kind 0:22:24.760 --> 0:22:28.200 of felt like it was temporary. Was it ugly when 0:22:28.440 --> 0:22:32.280 Yamamoto lost his no hitter and the Dodgers lost that game? 0:22:32.359 --> 0:22:37.200 Of course it was. But even though this bullpen was 0:22:37.320 --> 0:22:40.639 not very good this year, the Dodgers have tweaked it. 0:22:41.160 --> 0:22:44.200 And a big reason why they've been so successful is 0:22:44.320 --> 0:22:48.960 because Roki Sasaki appeared out of thin air seemingly to 0:22:49.160 --> 0:22:53.160 rescue this bullpen and to be their closer. But now 0:22:53.240 --> 0:22:55.960 you got him. It Shehan down there. Blake Trenton, even 0:22:56.000 --> 0:22:59.000 though he gave up a run tonight, is pitching better. 0:22:59.480 --> 0:23:04.880 Alex has pitched phenomenal all year long. Anthony Bonda has 0:23:04.960 --> 0:23:08.200 been outstanding. So they got guys to shorten the game. 0:23:08.320 --> 0:23:13.040 But it's all predicated on their starting pitching, and they 0:23:13.160 --> 0:23:15.800 needed these starters to be able to perform at this 0:23:16.040 --> 0:23:19.880 level or they were not getting this far. The big 0:23:20.000 --> 0:23:24.080 difference is they have performed and given the Dodgers at 0:23:24.200 --> 0:23:29.639 least six innings all but twice. Yamamotos disappointing starting the 0:23:29.800 --> 0:23:33.840 NLDS and last night Tyler Glass now going oh five 0:23:33.920 --> 0:23:38.200 and two thirds innings. That's it. Every other starter, every 0:23:38.240 --> 0:23:42.439 other start this postseason has gone at least six innings. 0:23:42.960 --> 0:23:46.560 And I know, since we're focused on tonight three home 0:23:46.640 --> 0:23:50.359 runs one of, if not the greatest performance by a 0:23:50.480 --> 0:23:55.399 player in the postseason. Let's not forget about what Blakesnell 0:23:55.440 --> 0:23:57.920 and Yamamoto did in the first two games of this 0:23:58.080 --> 0:24:01.760 series on the road to set the tone for this series. 0:24:01.880 --> 0:24:08.000 To basically you know, squeeze any sort of life the 0:24:08.160 --> 0:24:11.640 Brewers may have thought they had in this series. Those 0:24:11.720 --> 0:24:15.840 two guys may have pitched the two greatest games in 0:24:15.920 --> 0:24:19.200 the Championship Series that we have seen in quite some time. 0:24:20.280 --> 0:24:23.840 Snow was almost perfect in Game one, and Yamamoto pitched 0:24:24.400 --> 0:24:27.680 a complete game for the first time in Major League 0:24:27.720 --> 0:24:33.240 Baseball postseason since Justin Verlander in twenty seventeen. So it's 0:24:33.320 --> 0:24:36.480 all about the starting pitching, and that's why the Dodgers 0:24:36.880 --> 0:24:40.359 are in such a great spot going into the World Series. 0:24:40.800 --> 0:24:44.720 The World Series doesn't begin until a week from tonight. 0:24:45.200 --> 0:24:49.600 Whether it's in La or in Toronto, all these guys 0:24:49.720 --> 0:24:53.240 are going to be well rested now. The only concern 0:24:53.440 --> 0:24:58.200 is how do the Dodgers keep their offense going with 0:24:58.359 --> 0:25:03.520 a week off. That that's the only concern. But with 0:25:03.680 --> 0:25:06.639 that starting pitching, you don't have to be able to 0:25:06.680 --> 0:25:09.800 score four or five runs every single night. The Dodgers 0:25:10.000 --> 0:25:13.120 know that these guys are going to put up zeros 0:25:13.600 --> 0:25:16.600 and if they just scratch across three runs at a 0:25:16.680 --> 0:25:19.760 certain point in time, they have a very good chance 0:25:19.800 --> 0:25:23.280 of winning the game. Eight six, six, seven, two, five 0:25:23.440 --> 0:25:26.480 seventy is the phone number. Let's head back downstairs to 0:25:26.600 --> 0:25:29.760 hear from Tao Oscar Hernandez. Many of you were down 0:25:30.240 --> 0:25:33.359 on ti Oscar Hernandez. He came up big for the 0:25:33.520 --> 0:25:37.920 Dodgers already in this postseason. Let's hear from the great Tao. 0:25:38.640 --> 0:25:41.840 I want to get one more and then buy. 0:25:41.720 --> 0:25:44.600 More next year, and then buy more than next year. 0:25:45.119 --> 0:25:47.320