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Speaker 2: Welcome the Dodger Talk. David Masey with you until eight

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Speaker 2: o'clock tonight here on AM five to seventy LA Sports.

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Speaker 2: We got a great show for you tonight. We have

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Speaker 2: revisit our conversations with James T. Bibbs third, who has

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Speaker 2: had a very impressive Cactus League season. He was traded

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Speaker 2: he is looking for stability, consistency, and it seems like

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Speaker 2: have the game on and five to seventy LA Sports today,

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Speaker 2: the Dodgers in a slugfest in Goodyear against the Reds

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Speaker 2: how you doing. I'm doing great? Am I missing something

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Speaker 4: I don't think I completely agree with you that the

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Speaker 4: I'd rather wait for the Olympics and see Team USA

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Speaker 2: Yeah. Can you imagine the Olympics, the gold medal, the

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Speaker 2: That's what it's all about. That's what is going to

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I completely agree with you. Unfortunate. It just seems

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm with you. Thanks for the phone call, Robert,

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Speaker 1: Hi, Ted, what's going on? David down Debbie.

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Speaker 5: Downer, what's going on? It's baseball, buddy, it's it's baseball

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Speaker 5: at a high level. You got comtes countries that are

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Speaker 5: is it high level baseball? Yeah, let me say name.

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Speaker 5: Well, of course you're gonna you're gonna make that kind

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Speaker 5: for for those players that are getting to play. My friend,

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Speaker 5: don't be said Debbie Downer, all.

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Speaker 2: Right, well are you? I mean, who are you? So

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Speaker 2: you're telling me you're setting your DVR for the World

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Speaker 2: Baseball Classic, Ted, that's how all in you are?

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Speaker 5: Well, I'll tell you.

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Speaker 2: And you're telling me a kid like Jared Duran who

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Speaker 2: So don't try to tell me that we're building brands

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Speaker 5: Well it's it's I don't see a problem with people

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Speaker 2: I don't either, But don't tell me that a true

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Speaker 2: And same with Italy. You gotta find fifth generation baseball

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Speaker 5: Okay, if they had, if those countries had developed the

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Speaker 2: It's not part of their culture. It's just not part

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Speaker 5: No, but that, But that's the same thing in soccer.

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Speaker 2: People have problems with that as well. They do have

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Speaker 2: That that's true in the World Cup, they're they're not

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Speaker 2: So tell me which game are you really excited to watch?

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Speaker 2: Ted Since you're all in so let me know, give

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Speaker 5: Go ahead, well, listen, listen, I don't have a gas obviously.

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Speaker 5: You know your Debbie Downer duty.

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Speaker 2: You keep saying that that's a great Uh we got it,

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Speaker 2: Debbie Downer. Yes, we've never heard that phrase before. Thank you,

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Speaker 2: thank you, Ted, appreciate it. Look, I'm just trying to

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Speaker 2: So that proved nothing. Let's go out to Moreno Valley, Eric,

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Speaker 2: maybe you can give us a better argument about where

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Speaker 7: Yeah. Look, David, it's kind of cool to see like

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Speaker 7: I mean, yeah, you got Randio Rosorana, a Cuban guy

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Speaker 2: And what was what was more real? Okay, what was

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Speaker 7: Definitely Apollo.

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Speaker 8: Come on.

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Speaker 7: Into that big Russian.

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Speaker 9: Come on, Dave.

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Speaker 5: Here, he died.

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Speaker 7: He left it all.

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Speaker 2: That's right, that's right. Throw the damn towel, Eric, throw

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Speaker 2: the damn towel. Thank you, man, Thank you for the

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Speaker 2: I actually think if the Dominican plays Japan with Japan's

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Speaker 2: you go, Eric, I know a little bit about what's

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Speaker 10: Thank you so much. I mean, it is an honor

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Speaker 2: What's it been like for you? Three different organizations in

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Speaker 6: end of the day, you know, God has gotten me

434
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Speaker 6: through this, and so I'm so thankful to be here,

435
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Speaker 6: and I'm so thankful to be a part of this

436
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Speaker 6: organization and for them to want me, for them to

437
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Speaker 6: want me to be here, I mean, it's it's a

438
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Speaker 6: dream come true.

439
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Speaker 2: As a minor league player. Everybody wants to try to

440
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Speaker 2: put their fingerprints on you guys and maybe tweak something.

441
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Speaker 2: Being with three different organizations, how have you been able

442
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Speaker 2: to stay true to yourself as a hitter?

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Speaker 10: Yeah, it's been hard. It's been a learning Kirk.

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Speaker 6: You know, first two years and pro or first year,

445
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Speaker 6: just my second year in pro ball, and so for

446
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Speaker 6: me to come in here and expect, you know, to

447
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Speaker 6: try to do everything myself and and you know, there

448
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Speaker 6: was always places and avenues that we could get better at,

449
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Speaker 6: and so being open minded to those things and still.

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Speaker 10: Sticking true to myself was a huge deal for me.

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Speaker 6: You know, I was so blessed you know, Bill Rhymes

452
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Speaker 6: and I had a conversation early on and it was

453
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Speaker 6: just like, hey, man, we just want you to be you.

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Speaker 6: And so it was such a beautiful thing to hear

455
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Speaker 6: that the way to the world I felt I came

456
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Speaker 6: off my shoulders and just allowing me the freedom to

457
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Speaker 6: go out here and compete and.

458
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Speaker 10: Do what I do well, and them to.

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Speaker 6: Be okay with that and to help me, you know,

460
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Speaker 6: maximize what I do well and the best avenues for me.

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Speaker 10: It was it was a dream come true, you know.

462
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Speaker 10: And so for them to do those things, it.

463
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Speaker 6: Really helped me understand a what I do well and

464
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Speaker 6: be how we can you know, work and maybe tweak

465
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Speaker 6: and make those things even better.

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Speaker 2: That's refreshing it here because you hear big leaguers when

467
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Speaker 2: they're signed by the Dodgers or traded. The one thing

468
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Speaker 2: that Andrew Freeman always talks about is be yourself.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, exactly.

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Speaker 10: I mean that was literally the name of the game.

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Speaker 3: You know.

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Speaker 6: We felt like we had a good foundation, you know,

473
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Speaker 6: coming into pro ball, and so for them to come

474
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Speaker 6: in there and say, hey, we love what you do,

475
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Speaker 6: we want you to do what you do and and

476
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Speaker 6: help me to you know, maximize those things.

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Speaker 10: It literally was is you know, an answer to prayer.

478
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Speaker 10: I mean, it was such a beautiful thing.

479
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Speaker 6: And from the top down, they've been nothing but welcoming

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Speaker 6: and helpful and helping me.

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Speaker 10: From the players, the staff, you know, the front office.

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Speaker 6: Everybody's been so welcoming and it's really made my life

483
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Speaker 6: a lot easier on the field and makes me feel

484
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Speaker 6: like can play with freedom, you know, do what I

485
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Speaker 6: want to do and do it to the best of

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Speaker 6: my ability.

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Speaker 2: I went to a school like Florida State. Not only

488
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Speaker 2: are your teammates with some of the best in the country,

489
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Speaker 2: but you're playing some of the best and facing pitchers

490
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Speaker 2: that are the best. What is the biggest jump from

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Speaker 2: playing at a powerhouse college program compared to coming to

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Speaker 2: professional baseball.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, I think it's just the level execution, the attention

494
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Speaker 6: to detail, the things that they do well here at

495
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Speaker 6: the big league or in the big league, in big

496
00:28:24,240 --> 00:28:26,480
Speaker 6: league camp, in the minor leagues, they try to continue

497
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Speaker 6: to work on those and and and use those pitches

498
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Speaker 6: and locate, you know, if they can locate, you know,

499
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Speaker 6: they're trying to play to their strengths. And so for

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Speaker 6: me in college, it was a little more broad in

501
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Speaker 6: terms of how they were trying to approach me, and

502
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Speaker 6: so now as getting into.

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Speaker 10: Pro ball, it's a lot more specific.

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Speaker 6: They're trying to, you know, figure out what works well

505
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Speaker 6: for them against me, you know, and so being able

506
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Speaker 6: to just uh, you know, figure what those things are,

507
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Speaker 6: you know, and and and work around them and then

508
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Speaker 6: try to maximize my ability in those situations.

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Speaker 10: I think that's probably been the biggest you.

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Speaker 6: Know jump for me is the level execution, the mind games,

511
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Speaker 6: you know, figure out how to play a long with

512
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Speaker 6: the pitcher, all those things you know, you have to

513
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Speaker 6: do at a higher level, and so it's been my

514
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Speaker 6: favorite part of the game, but it's definitely been the

515
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Speaker 6: most frustrating at the same time.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, for a young guy, it sounds like you have

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Speaker 2: an approach a plan before you even start in the

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Speaker 2: batter's box.

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Speaker 6: Yeah.

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Speaker 10: Absolutely.

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Speaker 6: I mean it goes without saying like if you don't

522
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Speaker 6: have a plan, you're going up there, you know, in

523
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Speaker 6: a very tough spot. And so for me, you know,

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Speaker 6: it started a long time ago and even in high

525
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Speaker 6: school and just really trying to figure out what it

526
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Speaker 6: means to have an approach, figure out what approach works

527
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Speaker 6: best for me, and really just go out and use it.

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Speaker 10: Stick to it, you know.

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Speaker 6: The you know basically, you know, whatever it is, go down,

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Speaker 6: you know, swing it, go down with that approach, and

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Speaker 6: if it works, it works, and if not, we stick

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Speaker 6: to it for the next next at bats.

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Speaker 2: Before I let you go. And James Tibbs, the third

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Speaker 2: is our guest. You're gonna know his name and you're

535
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Speaker 2: gonna see him at Dodger Stadium soon. You're right in

536
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Speaker 2: the middle of the clubhouse. That's where your locker is.

537
00:29:51,560 --> 00:29:53,360
Speaker 2: When you look to the other side of the room

538
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Speaker 2: and you see guys like Freddie Freeman. You work next

539
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Speaker 2: to guys like ta Oscar Hernandez. What's it like to

540
00:29:59,840 --> 00:30:02,640
Speaker 2: be in this clubhouse with so many guys that have

541
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Speaker 2: reached the mountaintop year after year.

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Speaker 6: You have a lot of people to ask a lot

543
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Speaker 6: of good questions too, would be the main thing. You know,

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Speaker 6: My whole goal coming into spring training was just soak

545
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Speaker 6: everything in, be a sponge, you know, write it all down,

546
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Speaker 6: figure out ways. You know, maybe people do things differently.

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00:30:18,080 --> 00:30:19,920
Speaker 6: How does that work for me? You know, maybe they

548
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Speaker 6: do things in ways I haven't thought before, maybe approaches

549
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Speaker 6: they haven't thought, you know, I haven't thought before, and

550
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Speaker 6: so it's really just trying to learn as much as

551
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Speaker 6: I can figure out, you know, almost add another tool

552
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Speaker 6: to the toolbox of what you know can allow me

553
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Speaker 6: to take the next steps and be, you know, in

554
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Speaker 6: an even better player. And you know, you couldn't ask

555
00:30:37,040 --> 00:30:39,000
Speaker 6: for a better locker room. You've got hall of famers

556
00:30:39,320 --> 00:30:41,160
Speaker 6: all over this locker room, and so to be able

557
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Speaker 6: to just you know, be around them and listen to

558
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Speaker 6: what their conversations and ask questions, I mean, credit to them.

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Speaker 6: They've been nothing but welcoming in those areas, you know,

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Speaker 6: absolutely answering every question. It's just been a dream come true.

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Speaker 6: I'm so thankful to be here.

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Speaker 2: James, thanks a lot for the time. It's great to

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Speaker 2: introduce you to Dodger fans because certainly you are very

564
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Speaker 2: close to helping this team in the Big League. So

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Speaker 2: thank you for the time, and we look forward to

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Speaker 2: seeing you all spring long.

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Speaker 10: Peah, thank you so much.

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Speaker 2: There is James Tibbs the third, a first round pick

569
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Speaker 2: by the San Francisco Giants out of Florida State. He

570
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Speaker 2: was traded to the Red Sox in exchange for Rafael

571
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Speaker 2: Devers and then the Dodgers were able to make the deal.

572
00:31:22,200 --> 00:31:26,040
Speaker 2: The deal at the deadline, trading Dustin May to Boston.

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Speaker 2: He was a rental. He became a free agent signed

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Speaker 2: with the Cardinals for James Tibbs the Third and Zach Erhart,

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Speaker 2: who are two outfielders that are gonna start the year

576
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Speaker 2: at Triple A and at some point if there's an injury.

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Speaker 2: The Dodgers certainly have two guys that are capable to

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Speaker 2: fill in as they are going to start the year

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Speaker 2: at Triple A and be ready. So there you go.

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Speaker 2: You got to learn more about James Tibbs the third.

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Speaker 2: When we continue on Dodger Talk, we're gonna take more

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Speaker 2: phone calls. Eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy.

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Speaker 2: Am I missing something about the World Baseball Classic? Do

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Speaker 2: you have your DVR set for you know, the first

585
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Speaker 2: round of whatever has taking place? I think, uh, the

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Speaker 2: USA is playing what Brazil probably Italy softball team early anyway,

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Speaker 2: eight six six nine, eight seven two five seventy. And

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Speaker 2: also we'll hear from another young Dodger that may make

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Speaker 2: his major league debut this year, left hander Jackson Ferris.

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Speaker 2: So a lot to get to between now at eight

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Speaker 2: o'clock right here on Dodger Talk and five to seventy

592
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Speaker 2: LA Sports thanks to James Tibbs, the third for his time.

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Speaker 2: We're gonna hear from Jackson Ferris in a moment. And

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Speaker 2: also you're gonna hear from former Dodger and now San

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Speaker 2: Diego padre Walker Buehler, who made us first start for

596
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Speaker 2: the Friars today. And it's gonna be very strange when

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Speaker 2: Walker Bueller faces the Dodgers during the regular season, whether

598
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Speaker 2: it's at Peco or at Dodgers Stadium. So uh, Walker Bueller,

599
00:32:58,320 --> 00:33:01,760
Speaker 2: his legacy is cemented and Odger history, but it is

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Speaker 2: going to be really bizarre to see him in person

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Speaker 2: wearing that uniform. Eight sixty six nine eight seven two

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Speaker 2: five seventy is the phone number. Let's go out to

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Speaker 2: see me Valley. Will you're on Dodger Talk with David Vasse.

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Speaker 2: Thanks for calling, Will. How are you.

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Speaker 9: I'm well, Dave. I'm gonna assume you're doing well as well. Yes,

606
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Speaker 9: actually driving right now. I'm driving right now to Camel background.

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Speaker 9: We're gonna get there tonight and I wanna watch a game tomorrow,

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Speaker 9: so I'm excited.

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Speaker 2: Look at you where you stop in blythe Are you

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Speaker 2: gonna stop in Indio.

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Speaker 9: While we're passing Indio right now. I don't know. We're

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Speaker 9: road warriors. Maybe we can make it without stopping.

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Speaker 2: We'll see, all right, all right, so you're trying to

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Speaker 2: get to the night game tomorrow.

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Speaker 9: That's right, That's exactly right. So but I did have

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Speaker 9: just two things. One about World Baseball Classic. What I'm

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Speaker 9: kind of excited about is just hearing the MLB players

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Speaker 9: talk about the Classic, how they seem very excited. So

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Speaker 9: that kind of makes me excited. But you're right, though,

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Speaker 9: first round I don't care. But then, like the NBA,

621
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Speaker 9: I'm not that excited about the first round of the NBA.

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Speaker 9: I kind of get excited when it gets further on.

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Speaker 9: So that's kind of my take on the Old Baseball Classic.

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Speaker 9: I kind of agree with you in the later on Malaiti.

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Speaker 2: Okay, yeah, that's fair, that's fair. I think that is

626
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Speaker 2: the best part of it. Getting guys like Will Smith

627
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Speaker 2: and Cal Rawley to be the two catchers and you

628
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Speaker 2: really prove who's better than the other and just picking

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Speaker 2: each other's brains, and same with Schooble and schemes for

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Speaker 2: them and Roman Anthony and Aaron Judge. Though that is

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Speaker 2: the best part of it. But for the fans, I

632
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Speaker 2: just don't see the appeal that they that they're shooting for.

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Speaker 2: I just don't see it.

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Speaker 9: Yeah, I think that I think you're right. I think

635
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Speaker 9: you're right. But but we'll see, We'll see what happens.

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Speaker 9: Maybe we'll get an upset in one of those first rounds.

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Speaker 9: And that's why you know they play the game. But

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Speaker 9: I did have a question. I wanted your take on it.

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Speaker 9: At the beginning of spring training, to Oscar was talking

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Speaker 9: about he wants to be a Gold Glover this year,

641
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Speaker 9: and then you know, first game, I think he struggled

642
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Speaker 9: a little bit. Do you think some of the young

643
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Speaker 9: guys like TIBs or some of the guys are top prospects?

644
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Speaker 9: Would is there a scenario where the Dodgers would pull

645
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Speaker 9: away from ti Oscar if he struggles defensively, possibly trade

646
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Speaker 9: him and bring in some of these other players in

647
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Speaker 9: the outfield.

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Speaker 2: You know, I would say nobody's untouchable outside of Sho Heo,

649
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Speaker 2: Tani and Yamamoto at this point. Will but I really

650
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Speaker 2: do believe Taoska is going to have a big year,

651
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Speaker 2: and if that happens, you can't trade him unless you're

652
00:35:41,200 --> 00:35:44,840
Speaker 2: really desperate for starting pitching at some point in time.

653
00:35:44,920 --> 00:35:48,600
Speaker 2: But I'm a big Taoscar Hernandez fan. He means a

654
00:35:48,600 --> 00:35:53,000
Speaker 2: lot to Andy Pajz. Pa Hez follows him around throughout

655
00:35:53,040 --> 00:35:56,680
Speaker 2: camp and when ta Oscar plays in spring training games,

656
00:35:56,760 --> 00:35:59,759
Speaker 2: Paz plays, So he just means a lot to the club.

657
00:35:59,800 --> 00:36:02,680
Speaker 2: How the mix and him coming into camp and the

658
00:36:02,719 --> 00:36:06,080
Speaker 2: condition he did just sends a message to everybody that

659
00:36:06,200 --> 00:36:08,560
Speaker 2: it's a new year, and I just think he's gonna

660
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Speaker 2: have a big year.

661
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Speaker 9: Awesome, I hope. So I'm a big ti Oscar fan

662
00:36:13,160 --> 00:36:15,840
Speaker 9: as well. And you know his defensive play at times

663
00:36:16,520 --> 00:36:20,000
Speaker 9: was cringey. But would you really credit to him being

664
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Speaker 9: injured last year and if he's in great health, you

665
00:36:22,040 --> 00:36:23,880
Speaker 9: don't think that'll be a concern or an issue for

666
00:36:23,920 --> 00:36:24,799
Speaker 9: the Dodgers this year.

667
00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:27,839
Speaker 2: Well, I think he was accused of not hustling or

668
00:36:27,880 --> 00:36:31,640
Speaker 2: trying and it was because of his groin injury. That's

669
00:36:31,680 --> 00:36:35,040
Speaker 2: the reason why. From June on, But left field is

670
00:36:35,040 --> 00:36:37,760
Speaker 2: a better spot for him and he could just focus

671
00:36:37,840 --> 00:36:41,040
Speaker 2: on offense and not have the pressure of having to

672
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Speaker 2: play defense in right field.

673
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Speaker 9: Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's good. I'm hoping all that works out.

674
00:36:47,320 --> 00:36:50,360
Speaker 9: Because yeah, I love his energy and he's a he Rakes.

675
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Speaker 9: So you know, hope, hope it all works out. I

676
00:36:52,440 --> 00:36:55,440
Speaker 9: think we're in a good place. It seems very quiet

677
00:36:55,560 --> 00:36:58,360
Speaker 9: in spring training, not out of drama, which is fantastic.

678
00:36:58,360 --> 00:37:00,359
Speaker 9: I think, you know if that's exactly what we need

679
00:37:00,840 --> 00:37:01,960
Speaker 9: for the long season ahead.

680
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Speaker 2: All right, well, enjoy the game tomorrow night. The Dodgers

681
00:37:05,239 --> 00:37:07,440
Speaker 2: should have the stars out for that night game at

682
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Speaker 2: Camelback Ranch, So enjoy. There, he goes Will on the

683
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Speaker 2: I ten headed to Camelback Ranch. Eight six six nine

684
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Speaker 2: eighty seven, two five seventy is the phone number. Let's

685
00:37:17,719 --> 00:37:20,719
Speaker 2: go out to Monrovia. Danny, you're on Dodger Talk. How

686
00:37:20,760 --> 00:37:21,440
Speaker 2: you doing, Danny?

687
00:37:22,360 --> 00:37:23,319
Speaker 8: Hey, so damn good?

688
00:37:23,360 --> 00:37:23,839
Speaker 9: How you doing?

689
00:37:23,840 --> 00:37:24,080
Speaker 10: Brother?

690
00:37:24,560 --> 00:37:25,560
Speaker 2: Doing great? Thank you?

691
00:37:27,440 --> 00:37:29,640
Speaker 8: So I'm out in Colton now. Grew up Monrovi do

692
00:37:29,680 --> 00:37:31,600
Speaker 8: I got to represent man? That's where I from.

693
00:37:31,760 --> 00:37:32,520
Speaker 2: So all good?

694
00:37:32,560 --> 00:37:36,040
Speaker 8: Well quick man, Sorry, I'll try so like if there.

695
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Speaker 2: Was a World Baseball Classic, you would, uh you would

696
00:37:38,920 --> 00:37:42,840
Speaker 2: play for team Monrovia and not team Colton. Is that

697
00:37:42,880 --> 00:37:44,520
Speaker 2: what you're telling me? Oh?

698
00:37:44,880 --> 00:37:47,960
Speaker 8: Yeah, absolutely, I'll play I play for I'd play for

699
00:37:48,120 --> 00:37:50,000
Speaker 8: the I'd play for the Mothers. I play for the

700
00:37:50,040 --> 00:37:53,440
Speaker 8: team mom on Mama's boy, I hear you represent some moms'

701
00:37:53,800 --> 00:37:54,520
Speaker 8: That's where I'm going.

702
00:37:54,719 --> 00:37:57,520
Speaker 2: Same here, ja oscar Bro real quick.

703
00:37:57,520 --> 00:37:59,480
Speaker 8: It wasn't even touches, but this I've heard it so

704
00:37:59,520 --> 00:38:03,120
Speaker 8: many times. Dude, Tay Oscars love Bro so simple, eyes

705
00:38:03,160 --> 00:38:06,239
Speaker 8: of a child, the heart of like he's a true man.

706
00:38:06,320 --> 00:38:09,560
Speaker 8: To me, represents baseball. He's like he just to me,

707
00:38:10,360 --> 00:38:12,640
Speaker 8: his the look in his eyes, his love of the game,

708
00:38:12,719 --> 00:38:15,239
Speaker 8: the work he puts in. A dude that comes that

709
00:38:15,440 --> 00:38:19,920
Speaker 8: savage genetically and it's so gentle but such a killer man.

710
00:38:19,680 --> 00:38:22,640
Speaker 8: I think he does so much more than he does

711
00:38:22,680 --> 00:38:24,400
Speaker 8: on the field everything. And these guys are all pros.

712
00:38:24,440 --> 00:38:27,040
Speaker 8: I can't criticize any of these dudes that are playing

713
00:38:27,040 --> 00:38:30,160
Speaker 8: at the top of the tibby top. I played baseball

714
00:38:30,160 --> 00:38:34,600
Speaker 8: and I'm they're geez anyway, I'm with you.

715
00:38:34,680 --> 00:38:36,480
Speaker 2: I mean, you see him in the dugout, I mean

716
00:38:36,520 --> 00:38:40,000
Speaker 2: the sunflower seeds that's taking a life of its zone.

717
00:38:40,280 --> 00:38:42,719
Speaker 2: I mean, that's the best celebration the Dodgers have.

718
00:38:45,200 --> 00:38:48,160
Speaker 8: And he's he's he's I feel like he never loses

719
00:38:48,160 --> 00:38:50,439
Speaker 8: sight that they're they're grown men playing a kid's game

720
00:38:50,920 --> 00:38:53,319
Speaker 8: and they're making so much money and there's so much

721
00:38:53,360 --> 00:38:55,600
Speaker 8: pressure on him, especially he plays like la Man and

722
00:38:55,800 --> 00:38:57,960
Speaker 8: always the expectation to win and be able to stay

723
00:38:58,040 --> 00:39:01,959
Speaker 8: so just loose like that and still remembers the game,

724
00:39:02,520 --> 00:39:04,520
Speaker 8: you know, I think I just I think he does

725
00:39:04,719 --> 00:39:07,080
Speaker 8: a lot for the team. Same thing with you.

726
00:39:06,960 --> 00:39:07,880
Speaker 10: Know, Keith k A.

727
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Speaker 8: Just guys like that, I think you're invaluable just for energy.

728
00:39:11,560 --> 00:39:13,480
Speaker 8: Even like I said, all these guys are pros, but

729
00:39:13,600 --> 00:39:16,759
Speaker 8: still just like that to that energy is I feel.

730
00:39:16,800 --> 00:39:19,360
Speaker 2: That's a great point, Danny, because the Dodgers have a

731
00:39:19,400 --> 00:39:22,359
Speaker 2: lot of low energy guys and they added another one

732
00:39:22,400 --> 00:39:25,960
Speaker 2: in Kyle Tucker's. So you need to have guys like Rojas,

733
00:39:26,040 --> 00:39:30,960
Speaker 2: key A, taoscar Hernandez and Muncy that show emotion. That

734
00:39:30,960 --> 00:39:33,840
Speaker 2: that that really do try to bring a lot of emotion.

735
00:39:33,960 --> 00:39:37,319
Speaker 2: You just can't have the strength and conditioning coach who

736
00:39:37,360 --> 00:39:39,360
Speaker 2: does a great job in the dugout to be the

737
00:39:39,360 --> 00:39:42,520
Speaker 2: guy that's the loudest and most energetic. You just that

738
00:39:42,680 --> 00:39:44,040
Speaker 2: just doesn't work.

739
00:39:45,719 --> 00:39:45,919
Speaker 1: Well.

740
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Speaker 8: That's but that's the Dodgers so much more than anything,

741
00:39:48,520 --> 00:39:50,480
Speaker 8: I'm just grateful to be Dodgers fan. This is the

742
00:39:50,520 --> 00:39:54,480
Speaker 8: Golden Area, Golden Era, man. You know Losorda is drinking

743
00:39:54,640 --> 00:39:57,400
Speaker 8: my thighs and party. You know, he's out there sober

744
00:39:57,480 --> 00:40:00,160
Speaker 8: and every day. I'm it is a great time to

745
00:40:00,160 --> 00:40:01,680
Speaker 8: be a Dodger fan. That's all I know. I'm gonna

746
00:40:01,719 --> 00:40:03,080
Speaker 8: enjoy a ride.

747
00:40:03,120 --> 00:40:06,719
Speaker 2: Why, that's right, enjoy that three peat ride? All right?

748
00:40:06,880 --> 00:40:09,560
Speaker 2: All right, Danny, thank you for the phone call. Appreciate it.

749
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Speaker 2: Eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy is

750
00:40:12,680 --> 00:40:14,879
Speaker 2: the phone number. All right. I want to share with

751
00:40:14,960 --> 00:40:17,880
Speaker 2: you what Walker Bueller had to say after his first

752
00:40:17,880 --> 00:40:22,160
Speaker 2: start today. Walker Buehler went three innings with four strikeouts

753
00:40:22,200 --> 00:40:26,479
Speaker 2: and one walk and told reporters that his elbow does

754
00:40:26,520 --> 00:40:30,720
Speaker 2: not hurt for the first time in the last hasn't

755
00:40:30,760 --> 00:40:33,600
Speaker 2: hurt in the last four weeks, and it's been a

756
00:40:33,640 --> 00:40:36,800
Speaker 2: couple of years since he hasn't had that right pitching

757
00:40:36,800 --> 00:40:41,279
Speaker 2: elbow barking after Tommy John surgery. Here's what New San

758
00:40:41,280 --> 00:40:45,879
Speaker 2: Diego padre and Dodger World Series hero Walker Buehler had

759
00:40:45,920 --> 00:40:46,640
Speaker 2: to say today.

760
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Speaker 11: Trying to get some rhythm back on the delivery. I

761
00:40:48,960 --> 00:40:51,719
Speaker 11: think in years past, you know, I just was kind

762
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Speaker 11: of stuck in this rehabbish throw and have had a

763
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Speaker 11: really tough time getting out of it and had a

764
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Speaker 11: really good offseason. You know, I have had a really

765
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Speaker 11: good and training in terms of kind of talking through

766
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Speaker 11: the delivery and getting my arm back up to the

767
00:41:04,880 --> 00:41:06,400
Speaker 11: height that I want it to be. In terms of

768
00:41:06,840 --> 00:41:09,120
Speaker 11: arm angle, I think I've been down about eight or

769
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Speaker 11: ten degrees for the past two or three years from

770
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Speaker 11: where I was.

771
00:41:11,520 --> 00:41:12,319
Speaker 2: When I was really good.

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Speaker 11: And you know, I don't think you can force that

773
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Speaker 11: kind of stuff.

774
00:41:15,880 --> 00:41:16,359
Speaker 10: I think the.

775
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Speaker 11: Delivery has to do it. And I feel good with

776
00:41:19,440 --> 00:41:21,799
Speaker 11: where that all is right now. So now we're kind

777
00:41:21,800 --> 00:41:24,160
Speaker 11: of refining and hoping to get a few miles an

778
00:41:24,160 --> 00:41:26,359
Speaker 11: hour out of it, but other than that, I feel

779
00:41:26,400 --> 00:41:26,839
Speaker 11: pretty good.

780
00:41:27,360 --> 00:41:30,200
Speaker 2: All right. There's Walker Bueller earlier today and thanks to

781
00:41:30,320 --> 00:41:33,719
Speaker 2: ninety seven point three the fan for bringing us that

782
00:41:33,920 --> 00:41:37,720
Speaker 2: look he's making the Padres team and A J Preller

783
00:41:37,840 --> 00:41:42,000
Speaker 2: may have looked into a guy that is primed for

784
00:41:42,160 --> 00:41:46,000
Speaker 2: a comeback this year. Now that still remains to be seen.

785
00:41:46,320 --> 00:41:48,520
Speaker 2: The Red Sox thought they were going to get a

786
00:41:48,560 --> 00:41:51,640
Speaker 2: comeback season from Bueller when they paid him twenty one

787
00:41:51,719 --> 00:41:54,600
Speaker 2: million dollars. There were ups and downs. There were a

788
00:41:54,640 --> 00:41:57,360
Speaker 2: lot of downs, but it seems like he's come to

789
00:41:57,960 --> 00:42:01,480
Speaker 2: the revelation that he just can't rely on his fastball.

790
00:42:01,520 --> 00:42:04,560
Speaker 2: He's got to come up with different pitches, including a

791
00:42:04,600 --> 00:42:08,080
Speaker 2: really good curveball. And I know the Padres pitching coach,

792
00:42:08,160 --> 00:42:12,960
Speaker 2: Ruben Yebla, is well respected. Guys love him and he

793
00:42:13,000 --> 00:42:15,680
Speaker 2: seems to connect with a lot of pitchers. I know

794
00:42:15,719 --> 00:42:18,560
Speaker 2: Blake Snell told me how much he helped him in

795
00:42:18,600 --> 00:42:20,759
Speaker 2: his career, and I would imagine that he's going to

796
00:42:20,840 --> 00:42:24,200
Speaker 2: do the same and already has connected with Walker Buehller.

797
00:42:24,360 --> 00:42:28,640
Speaker 2: So who knows. You might have two guys that are

798
00:42:28,719 --> 00:42:32,040
Speaker 2: primed for comeback seasons in the NL West and Walker

799
00:42:32,080 --> 00:42:36,400
Speaker 2: Bueller and Nolan Aaronatto eight six six nine eight seven

800
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Speaker 2: two five seventy is the phone number, Aaron and El Segundo.

801
00:42:40,160 --> 00:42:43,000
Speaker 2: Before you get to your World Baseball Classic, take aeron.

802
00:42:43,360 --> 00:42:45,760
Speaker 2: Have you come to grips that Walker Buehller is wearing

803
00:42:45,800 --> 00:42:47,239
Speaker 2: a Padre uniform.

804
00:42:48,600 --> 00:42:51,319
Speaker 12: It's a testable, but you know, he's got to do

805
00:42:51,320 --> 00:42:52,879
Speaker 12: what he's got to do and if he if he's

806
00:42:52,880 --> 00:42:55,960
Speaker 12: shilling really good, you know, I wish him the best.

807
00:42:56,160 --> 00:42:56,360
Speaker 8: You know.

808
00:42:57,280 --> 00:43:00,359
Speaker 12: I like Ti Oscar in left field again this year

809
00:43:00,760 --> 00:43:04,680
Speaker 12: for sure. Uh, he's felt more comfortable over there, and

810
00:43:04,719 --> 00:43:06,960
Speaker 12: I like what the other colors were saying about it.

811
00:43:07,520 --> 00:43:10,360
Speaker 12: And like you said, he comes in in wait and

812
00:43:10,760 --> 00:43:13,880
Speaker 12: looking good. So I'm happy for that.

813
00:43:15,600 --> 00:43:18,000
Speaker 2: All right. What about the World Baseball Classic? You in

814
00:43:18,080 --> 00:43:21,440
Speaker 2: on that you're as excited for the World Baseball Classic

815
00:43:21,600 --> 00:43:23,839
Speaker 2: as you are for ti Oscar Hernandez.

816
00:43:24,960 --> 00:43:27,840
Speaker 12: Well, the closer it came, I was like, Okay, she

817
00:43:27,880 --> 00:43:30,239
Speaker 12: always going to go do his thing and whatever. But

818
00:43:30,600 --> 00:43:32,080
Speaker 12: my wife, she's from Nicaragua.

819
00:43:32,200 --> 00:43:40,960
Speaker 2: My wife, Yeah, Nicara, I get it. Are they a

820
00:43:41,040 --> 00:43:46,239
Speaker 2: baseball country? Who's the most famous Nicaraguan to h to

821
00:43:46,320 --> 00:43:48,880
Speaker 2: come out of to play Major League Baseball.

822
00:43:50,360 --> 00:43:52,879
Speaker 12: That's a good question, my man, A good question.

823
00:43:53,560 --> 00:43:56,880
Speaker 2: See that's my point. That's my point. That's why I

824
00:43:56,920 --> 00:43:57,880
Speaker 2: can't get excited.

825
00:43:59,600 --> 00:44:03,920
Speaker 12: Yeah, well I'm not really excited, but I am excited

826
00:44:04,000 --> 00:44:06,040
Speaker 12: to see what they can do, like how far they

827
00:44:06,040 --> 00:44:09,800
Speaker 12: can get, how they're gonna produce in the Classic.

828
00:44:09,960 --> 00:44:12,840
Speaker 2: You know, I just found I just found the most

829
00:44:13,080 --> 00:44:19,160
Speaker 2: famous Nicaraguin to play in Major League Baseball, El Presidente

830
00:44:19,480 --> 00:44:23,080
Speaker 2: Dennis Martinez, who pitched a perfect game at Dodgers Stadium

831
00:44:23,440 --> 00:44:27,239
Speaker 2: in nineteen ninety one. I forgot he was from Nicaragua,

832
00:44:27,320 --> 00:44:29,240
Speaker 2: So there you go. You could take that home, Aaron

833
00:44:29,480 --> 00:44:31,680
Speaker 2: and be a hero to your wife. Thanks to me.

834
00:44:32,160 --> 00:44:34,319
Speaker 12: Well, she's more of a boxer fan.

835
00:44:34,440 --> 00:44:39,160
Speaker 2: So oh see here you just proved my point. Nobody

836
00:44:39,160 --> 00:44:44,959
Speaker 2: in Nicaragua was watching the World Baseball Classic. They are,

837
00:44:45,719 --> 00:44:48,120
Speaker 2: all right, let me know if any of her relatives

838
00:44:48,360 --> 00:44:51,760
Speaker 2: are calling the house or textinger over a World Baseball

839
00:44:51,800 --> 00:44:55,279
Speaker 2: Classic game, let me know. I'm serious. I want to know,

840
00:44:56,320 --> 00:44:58,240
Speaker 2: all right, all right, thank.

841
00:44:58,040 --> 00:44:59,560
Speaker 12: You for the phone call.

842
00:45:00,120 --> 00:45:02,880
Speaker 2: Call back anytime, Aaron, Thank you so much. Yeah, I

843
00:45:02,920 --> 00:45:06,960
Speaker 2: want to know if Aaron's wife is getting live text

844
00:45:07,360 --> 00:45:11,400
Speaker 2: from her family in Nicaragua watching the World Baseball Classic,

845
00:45:11,440 --> 00:45:15,720
Speaker 2: and Nicaragua is in where are they going to be losing?

846
00:45:15,800 --> 00:45:19,080
Speaker 2: Which pool? Which pool are they losing in? I'm looking

847
00:45:19,120 --> 00:45:23,000
Speaker 2: at it Pool D in Miami. Yeah, I don't see

848
00:45:23,000 --> 00:45:28,200
Speaker 2: them moving forward past Venezuela or the Dominican Republic. I'm sorry.

849
00:45:28,920 --> 00:45:31,840
Speaker 2: I feel like the Dominican Republic may have a couple

850
00:45:32,360 --> 00:45:36,440
Speaker 2: of better players than team Nicaragua. Wow, all right, Like

851
00:45:36,480 --> 00:45:38,440
Speaker 2: I said, I'm in once it starts to get to

852
00:45:38,600 --> 00:45:42,600
Speaker 2: USA versus Dominican or Japan versus the Dominican I'm in

853
00:45:42,640 --> 00:45:44,759
Speaker 2: on that. But don't try to tell us these are

854
00:45:44,840 --> 00:45:49,760
Speaker 2: legitimate teams. This is so scripted to have USA, Japan,

855
00:45:50,040 --> 00:45:54,640
Speaker 2: the Dominican Puerto Rico all playing against each other at

856
00:45:54,640 --> 00:45:58,680
Speaker 2: some point. So I'll be all in for the twenty

857
00:45:58,719 --> 00:46:03,360
Speaker 2: twenty eight Olympics at Dodger Stadium. Major league players playing

858
00:46:03,360 --> 00:46:06,680
Speaker 2: in the Olympics, That's what I'm ready for. I am

859
00:46:06,840 --> 00:46:10,320
Speaker 2: very much for international baseball. I actually went to see

860
00:46:11,120 --> 00:46:14,719
Speaker 2: Italy play in the nineteen eighty four Olympics. I saw

861
00:46:14,760 --> 00:46:18,319
Speaker 2: them play. I saw USA play at Dodger Stadium, so

862
00:46:18,760 --> 00:46:24,919
Speaker 2: I'm very pro international baseball in the Olympics. All right,

863
00:46:24,960 --> 00:46:27,160
Speaker 2: that'll do it for us Tonight. On Dodger Talk, I'm

864
00:46:27,160 --> 00:46:31,480
Speaker 2: sorry we couldn't share the Jackson Ferris interview with you again,

865
00:46:31,560 --> 00:46:34,680
Speaker 2: but you can find it on the iHeartRadio app. That's

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Speaker 2: where you can find all of our pregame interviews during

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Speaker 2: spring training and on Dodger Talk. And you can live

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Speaker 2: stream Dodger Talk and all Dodger games in the LA

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Speaker 2: area with the iHeart Radio app if you're out there

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Speaker 2: in Phoenix. I did actually try to listen to a

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Speaker 2: game out there and it got through to me maybe

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Speaker 2: the geofence and I slipped through the geo fencing, but yeah,

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Speaker 2: try it. Try to live stream games when you're out

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Speaker 2: there at Camelback Ranch, and I guess on the iHeartRadio app.

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Speaker 2: When you're listening to Dodger Talk. You don't have to

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Speaker 2: call if you're shy, but you could send a message

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Speaker 2: by pressing the speaker button right there and you can

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Speaker 2: rip me all you want and I'll play it. It'll

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Speaker 2: be great. All right, We'll talk to you Saturday. That's

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Speaker 2: our next broadcast, Dodgers Rockies. Our coverage begins at four

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Speaker 2: point thirty. EMT Sheen and Kyle Hurt will join us

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Speaker 2: first pitch with Rick Monday and Tim Neverritt on the

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Speaker 2: simulcast at five oh five. Thanks to Ronnie Fascio has

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Speaker 2: had a great spring training for us, and thanks to

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Speaker 2: you for listening. We will talk to you Saturday. Have

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Speaker 2: a great rest of your week. Sea