Speaker 1: The quest for the threepeat has begun.
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Speaker 2: three consecutive titles. The Dodgers are the favorites to become
Speaker 2: the fifth.
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Speaker 2: Welcome the Dodger Talk. David Masey with you until eight
Speaker 2: o'clock tonight here on AM five to seventy LA Sports.
Speaker 2: We got a great show for you tonight. We have
Speaker 2: phone lines open at eight six six nine, eight seven
Speaker 2: two five seventy. Also, there's been a lot of talk
Speaker 2: about some of the young Dodgers that have been playing
Speaker 2: in spring training games this year, so we're going to
Speaker 2: revisit our conversations with James T. Bibbs third, who has
Speaker 2: had a very impressive Cactus League season. He was traded
Speaker 2: twice last year, once from the Giants to the Red
Speaker 2: Sox and then the Red Sox to the Dodgers, So
Speaker 2: he is looking for stability, consistency, and it seems like
Speaker 2: the Dodgers organization is bringing out the best in James
Speaker 2: Tibbs the Third, who is a first round pick out
Speaker 2: of Florida State. He has had a tremendous spring training,
Speaker 2: not just with the home runs or the batting average,
Speaker 2: it's the way he's getting those hits. He's going the
Speaker 2: other way with power, and he's a really good outfielder
Speaker 2: that could play all three outfield positions. So you will
Speaker 2: hear from James Tibbs the Third and also a forgotten
Speaker 2: guy in in some capacities, Jackson Ferris is going to
Speaker 2: join us at the bottom of the hour. Remember Jackson
Speaker 2: Ferris was part of the Michael Bush trade a couple
Speaker 2: of years ago that rock Zayiir Hope and Jackson Ferris
Speaker 2: to the Dodgers, and there was a lot of hype
Speaker 2: around Jackson Ferris. But you know, he may not turn
Speaker 2: out to be that number one or number two elite starter.
Speaker 2: He might turn out to be that way, but there's
Speaker 2: nothing wrong with saying you're a number three starter in
Speaker 2: the big leagues, especially when you look at the Dodgers
Speaker 2: starting rotation this year and for years to come with Yamamoto, Otani, Glass,
Speaker 2: Noew and Snell, along with guys like Emma Shean and
Speaker 2: River Ryan, there's something to be said about being part
Speaker 2: of the rotation. It's gonna be a little hard to
Speaker 2: supplant Yamamoto or Otani or Snell as a number one
Speaker 2: when those guys are on the mound. But nonetheless, Jackson
Speaker 2: Ferris could be making his major league debut this year,
Speaker 2: and with the way the Dodgers starting rotation is starting
Speaker 2: out the season, it may come sooner rather than later.
Speaker 2: So we'll get into all that later in the show.
Speaker 2: But in case you missed it, since we did not
Speaker 2: have the game on and five to seventy LA Sports today,
Speaker 2: the Dodgers in a slugfest in Goodyear against the Reds
Speaker 2: lost to Cincinnati fourteen to thirteen, and it was impressive
Speaker 2: the Dodgers were able to put up fourteen runs considering
Speaker 2: Max Munsey was the only Dodger in the lineup that
Speaker 2: was in the starting lineup in Game seven of last
Speaker 2: year's World Series. The only other player that was on
Speaker 2: the roster last year that was in the starting lineup
Speaker 2: was Alex call and Alex Freeland. The hero today was
Speaker 2: a guy that you're starting to hear more and more from,
Speaker 2: and I mentioned him to you after the second week
Speaker 2: of spring training that he had a viable option or
Speaker 2: a viable chance of making the roster, and that is
Speaker 2: Santiago Espinal. Santiago Espinal today hit a pair of home
Speaker 2: runs and drove in six runs. He certainly has been
Speaker 2: and swinging the bat really well in spring training. That's
Speaker 2: not what the Dodgers were looking for. They were looking
Speaker 2: for his defense to get back to the Gold Glove
Speaker 2: level that it was when he made the All Star
Speaker 2: team with the Blue Jays a few years back. So
Speaker 2: it looks like the defense is there and the bats
Speaker 2: certainly is there. And look, with the injuries to Key
Speaker 2: K Hernandez and tom Yedman or off season surgeries, I
Speaker 2: should say to Key k, a Hernandez and tom Y Edman,
Speaker 2: Santiago Espinal is going to be on this roster. Didn't
Speaker 2: really need Dave Roberts to confirm that all signs were
Speaker 2: porting that way. I got some indications from Andrew Friedman
Speaker 2: a couple of weeks ago that yeah, he definitely was
Speaker 2: in the mix and certainly, with those two players starting
Speaker 2: the year on the injured list, the Dodgers needed some
Speaker 2: right handed bat off the bench. Miguel Rojas and Alex
Speaker 2: call are the only two right handed bats off the
Speaker 2: bench right now and on the infield. Off the bench,
Speaker 2: Rojas is the only one. So Santiago Espinal, I know
Speaker 2: he could play second like he did today. I know
Speaker 2: he could play third. But the way it's been explained
Speaker 2: to me is that the Dodgers to begin the year
Speaker 2: are looking for Espinal to spell Max Munsey when needed
Speaker 2: and play the high level defense at third base and
Speaker 2: give the Dodgers a right handed hitting option at third base,
Speaker 2: considering Munsey's the lefty not to mention at second base,
Speaker 2: They're looking for either Hay Song Kim or Alex Freeland
Speaker 2: to go with Miguel Rojas. Freeland he's a switch hitter, yes,
Speaker 2: but he's a better hitter from the left side. Hay
Speaker 2: Song Kim a left handed hitter, and he and Shoho
Speaker 2: Tani are in the same World Baseball Classic Poll poll
Speaker 2: c out there in Tokyo, and Hay Song Kim before
Speaker 2: he left for Tokyo, left a big time impression on
Speaker 2: Dave robertson the Dodgers that he has gotten better as
Speaker 2: a hitter, all around hitter, so that's good news. And
Speaker 2: also the fact that Kim can play some outfield gives
Speaker 2: him the edge to be part of the opening day roster,
Speaker 2: but nothing has been cemented, so the competition is still
Speaker 2: open for the last roster spot essentially between Santi excuse me,
Speaker 2: Alex Freeland and Hayesan Kim Espinal all but on the
Speaker 2: opening day roster. For the reasons I explained, eight sixty
Speaker 2: six nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone
Speaker 2: number in case you've been missing Dodger Baseball on your
Speaker 2: home for the back to back champions and five to
Speaker 2: seventy LA Sports. Our next broadcast is going to be
Speaker 2: this Saturday, and it's an evening affair at Talking Stick
Speaker 2: Salt River Fields. It's against the Rockies. Our coverage begins
Speaker 2: on Saturday at four point thirty with first pitch at
Speaker 2: five oh five, and Emma Shean and Kyle Hurt are
Speaker 2: going to join us on the pregame show this Saturday,
Speaker 2: so looking forward to that. Before that all happens, there's
Speaker 2: going to be more World Baseball Classic games taking place
Speaker 2: overnight in Tokyo at the Tokyo Dome. But here's something
Speaker 2: for you. And I start to ask some people that
Speaker 2: are avid baseball fans, big time Dodger fans, how into
Speaker 2: the World Baseball Classic are you? Look, It's no secret
Speaker 2: that I'm not making this the end all be all,
Speaker 2: like other media types that obviously want to get in
Speaker 2: the good graces of Major League Baseball. This is all
Speaker 2: to me set up kind of like the Harlem Globetrotters
Speaker 2: and the Washington Generals or the Savannah Bananas against you
Speaker 2: know who or anybody. Look at who is in Pool
Speaker 2: C with Team Japan, the team that Major League Baseball
Speaker 2: obviously wants to advance, Australia, Chinese time, I pay Chechia
Speaker 2: and Korea. Korea is probably the only team that could
Speaker 2: give Japan a loss in that pool. You look at
Speaker 2: Pool D in Miami. The Dominican republics in the same
Speaker 2: in the same pool with Israel, the Netherlands, Nicaragua and Venezuela.
Speaker 2: So you basically only have two baseball countries. I know
Speaker 2: the Netherlands have some people that have played in the
Speaker 2: big leagues, but it's been far and few between. At
Speaker 2: the same time, sorry, Kennley Jansen. I apologize. And then
Speaker 2: you look at Pool B in Houston. You got Brazil.
Speaker 2: Have you ever heard of nine Brazilian players in Major
Speaker 2: League Baseball? Great Britain, Italy. My mom's from Italy, and
Speaker 2: when I went there when I was sixteen and I
Speaker 2: mentioned baseball, they had no clue what I was talking about.
Speaker 2: So that tells you all about baseball in Italy. You
Speaker 2: got Mexico has a good lineup but poor pitch, and
Speaker 2: they got a great manager in Benji Gill. And then
Speaker 2: you've got Team USA. So you can't tell me this
Speaker 2: is made not made for TV. This is made for TV.
Speaker 2: They want the USA or Japan or the Dominican Republic
Speaker 2: in the finals. There's no ifs ands or buds about it.
Speaker 2: Out there in San Juan, Puerto Rico. You got Puerto Rico, Panama, Cuba, Columbia, Canada.
Speaker 2: Come on, they want Puerto Rico coming out of there.
Speaker 2: This is so telegraphed it's insulting. And I feel like
Speaker 2: that's part of the reason why nobody takes this as
Speaker 2: seriously early on as Major League Baseball wants you to
Speaker 2: take it, I only start to get engaged, probably in
Speaker 2: the quarterfinals when you start to see baseball lineups that
Speaker 2: you recognize playing each other, whether it's Puerto Rico versus
Speaker 2: USA or the Dominican against Korea or Japan. Venezuela has
Speaker 2: good players as well, But come on, are you really
Speaker 2: excited about the World Baseball Classic before the final matchup
Speaker 2: when you actually recognize who the players are. This is
Speaker 2: completely telegraphed to get these baseball countries into the quarterfinals,
Speaker 2: the semi finals, and the finals, of course. And I'm
Speaker 2: not blaming Major League Baseball. And it goes back to
Speaker 2: what I have said many times and many others that
Speaker 2: actually are saying agree with, is that the Dodgers and
Speaker 2: Yankees in the World Series is better than the Diamondbacks
Speaker 2: and Rangers in the World Series for baseball. Same thing
Speaker 2: as it applies to the World Baseball Classic, but MLB
Speaker 2: has more control over that happening by the way they
Speaker 2: put these teams in their desired pools. There's no drawings.
Speaker 2: This is Major League Baseball footing these teams where they
Speaker 2: want them to put them. So I'm sorry, I can't
Speaker 2: get hyped up for any of this. I apologize until
Speaker 2: maybe we see a matchup of Usa versus Puerto Rico
Speaker 2: or Japan versus the Dominican Republic. Yeah, if I'm available,
Speaker 2: I'll watch it. But outside of that, I'm sorry. And
Speaker 2: I've talked to other people, you know, I actually engage
Speaker 2: with other humans now, dropping my kids off at school,
Speaker 2: going to Little League. Nobody has mentioned once about the
Speaker 2: World Baseball Classic or how hyped up they are about
Speaker 2: the World Baseball Classic? Am I missing something? Eight six
Speaker 2: six nine eighty seven two five seventy is the phone
Speaker 2: number when we continue on Dodger Talk. I want to
Speaker 2: hear from you. Am I missing something about this? Eight
Speaker 2: six six nine eight seven two five seventy. And also
Speaker 2: you'll hear from James Tibbs, the third who I predict
Speaker 2: we'll make his major league debut at some point this
Speaker 2: season for the Dodgers. Coming up later in the hour,
Speaker 2: Jackson Ferris as well David Vassay Dodger Talk. That's who
Speaker 2: we care about the Dodgers right here on AM five
Speaker 2: to seventy LA Sports. Welcome the Dodger Talk. We are
Speaker 2: with you until eight o'clock tonight here on AM five
Speaker 2: to seventy LA Sports. We will be with you on
Speaker 2: Saturday as the Dodgers will be at Salt Rivers Field
Speaker 2: in Talking Stick as they will go across the Valley
Speaker 2: of the Sun and take on the Rockies. It's a
Speaker 2: night game under the lights, four point thirty. Our coverage
Speaker 2: begins five to oh five, first pitch between the Dodgers
Speaker 2: and Rockies. And this is the week that the Dodgers
Speaker 2: start playing night games for the Cactus League. They're going
Speaker 2: to play a night game Tomorrow night against the Royals
Speaker 2: at Camelback Ranch and then go to Talking Stick on Saturday,
Speaker 2: and then next week the Dodgers have two night games
Speaker 2: on Thursday and Friday against the Reds and Mariners, respectively.
Speaker 2: So yeah, they're starting some night games now. So if
Speaker 2: you're going out there you're looking to see the Dodgers,
Speaker 2: don't forget there are night games now, so make sure
Speaker 2: you check the schedule. I'm not sure if you're gonna
Speaker 2: be tuning into the World Baseball Classic, but I find
Speaker 2: it hard to believe anybody is going to pass on
Speaker 2: Lakers Pacers tomorrow night to watch the first round of
Speaker 2: the World Baseball Classic in Los Angeles. I just don't
Speaker 2: feel like it's appointment watching in LA. I'm not sure
Speaker 2: if it's appointment watching anywhere in the United States. Certainly
Speaker 2: the players for the Dominican Republic, all these teams are
Speaker 2: excited to be with each other and play with each other,
Speaker 2: and specifically for Team USA, guys have already said it's
Speaker 2: an incredible honor and experience to be playing alongside each other.
Speaker 2: The highest names in the game, the highest level of
Speaker 2: players in the game, whether it's Japan, USA, the Dominican,
Speaker 2: They're all going to have their own vibe and electricity
Speaker 2: to be with their countrymen and be with the best
Speaker 2: of the best for those baseball countries. Not sure you
Speaker 2: could say the same for Taipei or Panama or Italy.
Speaker 2: I mean net Coletti are guys the GMA team Italy.
Speaker 2: I know he had a hard time trying to find
Speaker 2: guys with any sort of Italian blood that played in
Speaker 2: the big leagues, and when he did, he certainly ran
Speaker 2: into some roadblocks. So, like I said before, this is
Speaker 2: such a contrived, choreographed tournament, and I feel like everybody
Speaker 2: can see through that, at least early on, and that's
Speaker 2: why it's not what Major League Baseball wants it to be.
Speaker 2: Until they start to show us that it's random in
Speaker 2: the early rounds that the US and Japan can be
Speaker 2: the same pool. Really, the only time anybody is going
Speaker 2: to get excited about baseball internationally as far as international
Speaker 2: play goes, is twenty twenty eight, when baseball in the
Speaker 2: Olympics are going to be back together and the Olympics
Speaker 2: are going to be played at Dodger Stadium, at least
Speaker 2: the baseball part of it is going to be played
Speaker 2: at Dodger Stadium for the first time since nineteen eighty four.
Speaker 2: That's when everybody will have all eyes on the international
Speaker 2: game of baseball, especially if you have major league players
Speaker 2: playing in the Olympics during an All Star Breaks situation.
Speaker 2: And that's a very real possibility that will generate more
Speaker 2: buzz than anything that happens this year in the World
Speaker 2: Baseball Classic. Let's go out to Los Alamitos. Robert, you're
Speaker 2: on Dodger Talk with David vasse Hi. Robert, Hey, Dave,
Speaker 2: how you doing. I'm doing great? Am I missing something
Speaker 2: with this World Baseball Classic? Am I swinging and missing
Speaker 2: on the pulse of Dodger fans out there?
Speaker 4: I don't think I completely agree with you that the
Speaker 4: World Baseball Classic is some type of MLB contrived type
Speaker 4: of tournament. You know, My only thing with it is
Speaker 4: it's a blip on the screen, But it really concerns
Speaker 4: me that some of our regular starters could get injured,
Speaker 4: and that that's the only thing that really concerns me
Speaker 4: about it. I'm not gonna watch a game of it.
Speaker 4: I'd rather wait for the Olympics and see Team USA
Speaker 4: play that that way.
Speaker 2: Yeah. Can you imagine the Olympics, the gold medal, the
Speaker 2: real gold medal. You got Team USA against Japan. You
Speaker 2: got Yamamoto and Otani playing at Dodger Stadium, but playing
Speaker 2: for Team Japan against guys like Roman Anthony and Aaron Judge.
Speaker 2: That's what it's all about. That's what is going to
Speaker 2: get everybody's attention.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I completely agree with you. Unfortunate. It just seems
Speaker 4: like it's just something to kind of try and promote
Speaker 4: the game more internationally when you know more of a
Speaker 4: maybe a tour in the offseason might do more more
Speaker 4: benefits for the league.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm with you. Thanks for the phone call, Robert,
Speaker 2: appreciate it. Eight six six nine eight seven two five
Speaker 2: seventy is the phone number. Look, the Dodgers went to Sydney,
Speaker 2: Australia back in twenty fourteen. Have we seen an influx
Speaker 2: of Australian baseball players since then? You haven't. It's great
Speaker 2: for the game to go there and give it a
Speaker 2: different venue and to expand and say that, yeah, we're
Speaker 2: taking this game internationally, but how many new fan bases
Speaker 2: are going to really produce major league players? It may
Speaker 2: put more baseball fans, I guess that's more realistic. You
Speaker 2: might find new baseball fans that buy your merchandise around
Speaker 2: the world. And certainly the Dodgers in Major League Baseball
Speaker 2: have Japan certainly covered, and they've got Korea covered. I
Speaker 2: saw that firsthand when I was lucky enough to travel
Speaker 2: with the Dodgers the last two years to those countries.
Speaker 2: But I just don't see it in Australia. I just
Speaker 2: don't see it in Italy. I've been to those countries.
Speaker 2: Like I said, I was with the Dodgers in Sydney.
Speaker 2: A lot of people I encountered had no idea that
Speaker 2: baseball was even being played at the cricket ground. It
Speaker 2: was a very niche sort of you had to be
Speaker 2: in the know or what is going on. But don't
Speaker 2: get me wrong. It was an incredible experience. It was
Speaker 2: so unique to have the Diamondbags and Dodgers play at
Speaker 2: the Sydney Cricket Ground, a historical cricket ground, and maybe
Speaker 2: you touched new baseball fans there that obviously remember that
Speaker 2: they're older now and maybe they're buying the merch and
Speaker 2: maybe they're coming to Dodgers Stadium. But there's no doubt
Speaker 2: about it. You've got Korea and Japan on board with
Speaker 2: the Dodgers brand in Major League Baseball. Let's go out
Speaker 2: to Ted and Wittier. You're on Dodger Talk with David Vassa.
Speaker 1: Hi, Ted, what's going on? David down Debbie.
Speaker 5: Downer, what's going on? It's baseball, buddy, it's it's baseball
Speaker 5: at a high level. You got comtes countries that are
Speaker 5: is it high level baseball? Yeah, let me say name.
Speaker 2: A player on a great Britain and Brazil for me.
Speaker 5: Well, of course you're gonna you're gonna make that kind
Speaker 5: of point. But listen, it's spring training right now, of course. Uh,
Speaker 5: you know, we're we're looking we're looking at players that
Speaker 5: are gonna probably be at high triple A, high high
Speaker 5: double A. This is good for the other countries. They're
Speaker 5: building the baseball brand other countries. Yeah, they don't have
Speaker 5: the type of players to stack up against Japan, Korea
Speaker 5: and the United States, but it's baseball. David, be happy
Speaker 5: for for those players that are getting to play. My friend,
Speaker 5: don't be said Debbie Downer, all.
Speaker 2: Right, well are you? I mean, who are you? So
Speaker 2: you're telling me you're setting your DVR for the World
Speaker 2: Baseball Classic, Ted, that's how all in you are?
Speaker 5: Well, I'll tell you.
Speaker 2: And you're telling me a kid like Jared Duran who
Speaker 2: is not born in Mexico, his dad is Mexican. So
Speaker 2: that's that's what it's resorted to, where you have to
Speaker 2: stretch maybe second third generation of players to play for
Speaker 2: certain countries. Like Trace Thompson is playing for Great Britain
Speaker 2: because we know his dad, Michael Thompson, is from the Bahamas.
Speaker 2: So don't try to tell me that we're building brands
Speaker 2: and giving guys opportunities from those countries when we're really not.
Speaker 5: Well it's it's I don't see a problem with people
Speaker 5: tracing their heritage back and playing.
Speaker 2: I don't either, But don't tell me that a true
Speaker 2: British player is getting an opportunity to play in the
Speaker 2: World Baseball Classic when you're starting to go that route.
Speaker 2: And same with Italy. You gotta find fifth generation baseball
Speaker 2: players to be able to figure it out. Same with
Speaker 2: Jock Peterson when he played for Israel.
Speaker 5: Okay, if they had, if those countries had developed the
Speaker 5: game more, and they are continuing to develop it, but
Speaker 5: it's not just.
Speaker 2: It's not part of their culture. It's just not part
Speaker 2: of their culture. And why aren't we seeing USA? And
Speaker 2: my other point ed is why aren't we seeing USA
Speaker 2: versus Japan in the same pool in the same round
Speaker 2: Because it's scripted. They don't want that to happen in
Speaker 2: the first round, so it's not a real tournament.
Speaker 5: No, but that, But that's the same thing in soccer.
Speaker 5: They don't put all the strong teams in the World
Speaker 5: Cup in the same and the same group. Come on, David, and.
Speaker 2: People have problems with that as well. They do have
Speaker 2: better groups of teams in certain groups in the pool.
Speaker 2: That that's true in the World Cup, they're they're not
Speaker 2: doing it like this. The disparity is not that big.
Speaker 2: So tell me which game are you really excited to watch?
Speaker 2: Ted Since you're all in so let me know, give
Speaker 2: us some information on the World Baseball Classic. You could
Speaker 2: be my correspondent.
Speaker 5: Go ahead, well, listen, listen, I don't have a gas obviously.
Speaker 5: You know your Debbie Downer duty.
Speaker 6: Right.
Speaker 2: You keep saying that that's a great Uh we got it,
Speaker 2: Debbie Downer. Yes, we've never heard that phrase before. Thank you,
Speaker 2: thank you, Ted, appreciate it. Look, I'm just trying to
Speaker 2: figure it out that guy Ted did not really have
Speaker 2: a passion for the World Baseball Classic. He just wanted
Speaker 2: to call in and rip me and call me Debbie Downers.
Speaker 2: So that proved nothing. Let's go out to Moreno Valley, Eric,
Speaker 2: maybe you can give us a better argument about where
Speaker 2: you stand and where we should stand on the World
Speaker 2: Baseball Classic.
Speaker 7: Yeah. Look, David, it's kind of cool to see like
Speaker 7: real competition right now during spring training. A little different.
Speaker 7: I mean, yeah, you got Randio Rosorana, a Cuban guy
Speaker 7: in Mexico, and I'm a Mexican American, and it's it's
Speaker 7: just an exhibition. It's it's it's like ice cream before
Speaker 7: the season starts.
Speaker 2: And what was what was more real? Okay, what was
Speaker 2: more real of an exhibition? Apollo versus Drago or uh
Speaker 2: Tokyo Japan versus Taipei. Which one was more real?
Speaker 7: Definitely Apollo.
Speaker 8: Come on.
Speaker 7: Into that big Russian.
Speaker 9: Come on, Dave.
Speaker 5: Here, he died.
Speaker 7: He left it all.
Speaker 4: Up in the ring.
Speaker 2: That's right, that's right. Throw the damn towel, Eric, throw
Speaker 2: the damn towel. Thank you, man, Thank you for the
Speaker 2: phone call. Appreciated. Eight sixty six nine eight seven two
Speaker 2: five seventy is the phone number. Look, I'm all in
Speaker 2: with the World Baseball Classic once we see you know,
Speaker 2: true baseball countries go head to head, but this is
Speaker 2: so scripted. Don't call me about it until maybe the
Speaker 2: semi finals. Maybe there's an attractive one in the quarterfinals.
Speaker 2: I actually think if the Dominican plays Japan with Japan's
Speaker 2: thin pitching staff, I got the Dominican beating Japan in
Speaker 2: the quarterfinals. They're not the same team. See see there
Speaker 2: you go, Eric, I know a little bit about what's
Speaker 2: going on with the World Baseball Classic. I'm just not
Speaker 2: as all in as everybody's trying to force us to be. Look,
Speaker 2: I can I can appreciate USA great major league players
Speaker 2: going up against Puerto Rico, great major league players but
Speaker 2: don't try to sell me on Australia versus Taiwan. That's
Speaker 2: just not or taype Ai. That's not gonna get my
Speaker 2: juices flowing. I'm sorry. I apologize to those players. Eight
Speaker 2: six six nine eighty seven two five seventy is the
Speaker 2: phone number. And I do I do care about the
Speaker 2: Dodgers Triple A players because they're really good players and
Speaker 2: guys that you are going to see during a major
Speaker 2: league season. And James Tibbs the Third is one of
Speaker 2: those guys you're going to see. You're already hearing his
Speaker 2: name talked about. Matt Mney Smith was on vacation for
Speaker 2: like ten out of the last fourteen days, maybe missed
Speaker 2: this interview. So here's James Tibbs the Third.
Speaker 10: Thank you so much. I mean, it is an honor
Speaker 10: to be here. This place is surreal.
Speaker 6: I mean, the guys walking around, you know, the locker room,
Speaker 6: the staff, it's first class and I'm so happy to
Speaker 6: be a part of it.
Speaker 2: What's it been like for you? Three different organizations in
Speaker 2: a matter of months. How have you been able to
Speaker 2: handle all that?
Speaker 6: Yeah, forty seven days, I think, to be exact, it's
Speaker 6: been a lot.
Speaker 10: You know, the uh it was.
Speaker 6: It was a hard transition both times, and I think
Speaker 6: just finding ways to get comfortable, find ways to be
Speaker 6: you know, comfortable being uncomfortable, you know, learning new people,
Speaker 6: and just really on the Lord. I mean, at the
Speaker 6: end of the day, you know, God has gotten me
Speaker 6: through this, and so I'm so thankful to be here,
Speaker 6: and I'm so thankful to be a part of this
Speaker 6: organization and for them to want me, for them to
Speaker 6: want me to be here, I mean, it's it's a
Speaker 6: dream come true.
Speaker 2: As a minor league player. Everybody wants to try to
Speaker 2: put their fingerprints on you guys and maybe tweak something.
Speaker 2: Being with three different organizations, how have you been able
Speaker 2: to stay true to yourself as a hitter?
Speaker 10: Yeah, it's been hard. It's been a learning Kirk.
Speaker 6: You know, first two years and pro or first year,
Speaker 6: just my second year in pro ball, and so for
Speaker 6: me to come in here and expect, you know, to
Speaker 6: try to do everything myself and and you know, there
Speaker 6: was always places and avenues that we could get better at,
Speaker 6: and so being open minded to those things and still.
Speaker 10: Sticking true to myself was a huge deal for me.
Speaker 6: You know, I was so blessed you know, Bill Rhymes
Speaker 6: and I had a conversation early on and it was
Speaker 6: just like, hey, man, we just want you to be you.
Speaker 6: And so it was such a beautiful thing to hear
Speaker 6: that the way to the world I felt I came
Speaker 6: off my shoulders and just allowing me the freedom to
Speaker 6: go out here and compete and.
Speaker 10: Do what I do well, and them to.
Speaker 6: Be okay with that and to help me, you know,
Speaker 6: maximize what I do well and the best avenues for me.
Speaker 10: It was it was a dream come true, you know.
Speaker 10: And so for them to do those things, it.
Speaker 6: Really helped me understand a what I do well and
Speaker 6: be how we can you know, work and maybe tweak
Speaker 6: and make those things even better.
Speaker 2: That's refreshing it here because you hear big leaguers when
Speaker 2: they're signed by the Dodgers or traded. The one thing
Speaker 2: that Andrew Freeman always talks about is be yourself.
Speaker 1: Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 10: I mean that was literally the name of the game.
Speaker 3: You know.
Speaker 6: We felt like we had a good foundation, you know,
Speaker 6: coming into pro ball, and so for them to come
Speaker 6: in there and say, hey, we love what you do,
Speaker 6: we want you to do what you do and and
Speaker 6: help me to you know, maximize those things.
Speaker 10: It literally was is you know, an answer to prayer.
Speaker 10: I mean, it was such a beautiful thing.
Speaker 6: And from the top down, they've been nothing but welcoming
Speaker 6: and helpful and helping me.
Speaker 10: From the players, the staff, you know, the front office.
Speaker 6: Everybody's been so welcoming and it's really made my life
Speaker 6: a lot easier on the field and makes me feel
Speaker 6: like can play with freedom, you know, do what I
Speaker 6: want to do and do it to the best of
Speaker 6: my ability.
Speaker 2: I went to a school like Florida State. Not only
Speaker 2: are your teammates with some of the best in the country,
Speaker 2: but you're playing some of the best and facing pitchers
Speaker 2: that are the best. What is the biggest jump from
Speaker 2: playing at a powerhouse college program compared to coming to
Speaker 2: professional baseball.
Speaker 6: Yeah, I think it's just the level execution, the attention
Speaker 6: to detail, the things that they do well here at
Speaker 6: the big league or in the big league, in big
Speaker 6: league camp, in the minor leagues, they try to continue
Speaker 6: to work on those and and and use those pitches
Speaker 6: and locate, you know, if they can locate, you know,
Speaker 6: they're trying to play to their strengths. And so for
Speaker 6: me in college, it was a little more broad in
Speaker 6: terms of how they were trying to approach me, and
Speaker 6: so now as getting into.
Speaker 10: Pro ball, it's a lot more specific.
Speaker 6: They're trying to, you know, figure out what works well
Speaker 6: for them against me, you know, and so being able
Speaker 6: to just uh, you know, figure what those things are,
Speaker 6: you know, and and and work around them and then
Speaker 6: try to maximize my ability in those situations.
Speaker 10: I think that's probably been the biggest you.
Speaker 6: Know jump for me is the level execution, the mind games,
Speaker 6: you know, figure out how to play a long with
Speaker 6: the pitcher, all those things you know, you have to
Speaker 6: do at a higher level, and so it's been my
Speaker 6: favorite part of the game, but it's definitely been the
Speaker 6: most frustrating at the same time.
Speaker 2: Yeah, for a young guy, it sounds like you have
Speaker 2: an approach a plan before you even start in the
Speaker 2: batter's box.
Speaker 6: Yeah.
Speaker 10: Absolutely.
Speaker 6: I mean it goes without saying like if you don't
Speaker 6: have a plan, you're going up there, you know, in
Speaker 6: a very tough spot. And so for me, you know,
Speaker 6: it started a long time ago and even in high
Speaker 6: school and just really trying to figure out what it
Speaker 6: means to have an approach, figure out what approach works
Speaker 6: best for me, and really just go out and use it.
Speaker 10: Stick to it, you know.
Speaker 6: The you know basically, you know, whatever it is, go down,
Speaker 6: you know, swing it, go down with that approach, and
Speaker 6: if it works, it works, and if not, we stick
Speaker 6: to it for the next next at bats.
Speaker 2: Before I let you go. And James Tibbs, the third
Speaker 2: is our guest. You're gonna know his name and you're
Speaker 2: gonna see him at Dodger Stadium soon. You're right in
Speaker 2: the middle of the clubhouse. That's where your locker is.
Speaker 2: When you look to the other side of the room
Speaker 2: and you see guys like Freddie Freeman. You work next
Speaker 2: to guys like ta Oscar Hernandez. What's it like to
Speaker 2: be in this clubhouse with so many guys that have
Speaker 2: reached the mountaintop year after year.
Speaker 6: You have a lot of people to ask a lot
Speaker 6: of good questions too, would be the main thing. You know,
Speaker 6: My whole goal coming into spring training was just soak
Speaker 6: everything in, be a sponge, you know, write it all down,
Speaker 6: figure out ways. You know, maybe people do things differently.
Speaker 6: How does that work for me? You know, maybe they
Speaker 6: do things in ways I haven't thought before, maybe approaches
Speaker 6: they haven't thought, you know, I haven't thought before, and
Speaker 6: so it's really just trying to learn as much as
Speaker 6: I can figure out, you know, almost add another tool
Speaker 6: to the toolbox of what you know can allow me
Speaker 6: to take the next steps and be, you know, in
Speaker 6: an even better player. And you know, you couldn't ask
Speaker 6: for a better locker room. You've got hall of famers
Speaker 6: all over this locker room, and so to be able
Speaker 6: to just you know, be around them and listen to
Speaker 6: what their conversations and ask questions, I mean, credit to them.
Speaker 6: They've been nothing but welcoming in those areas, you know,
Speaker 6: absolutely answering every question. It's just been a dream come true.
Speaker 6: I'm so thankful to be here.
Speaker 2: James, thanks a lot for the time. It's great to
Speaker 2: introduce you to Dodger fans because certainly you are very
Speaker 2: close to helping this team in the Big League. So
Speaker 2: thank you for the time, and we look forward to
Speaker 2: seeing you all spring long.
Speaker 10: Peah, thank you so much.
Speaker 2: There is James Tibbs the third, a first round pick
Speaker 2: by the San Francisco Giants out of Florida State. He
Speaker 2: was traded to the Red Sox in exchange for Rafael
Speaker 2: Devers and then the Dodgers were able to make the deal.
Speaker 2: The deal at the deadline, trading Dustin May to Boston.
Speaker 2: He was a rental. He became a free agent signed
Speaker 2: with the Cardinals for James Tibbs the Third and Zach Erhart,
Speaker 2: who are two outfielders that are gonna start the year
Speaker 2: at Triple A and at some point if there's an injury.
Speaker 2: The Dodgers certainly have two guys that are capable to
Speaker 2: fill in as they are going to start the year
Speaker 2: at Triple A and be ready. So there you go.
Speaker 2: You got to learn more about James Tibbs the third.
Speaker 2: When we continue on Dodger Talk, we're gonna take more
Speaker 2: phone calls. Eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy.
Speaker 2: Am I missing something about the World Baseball Classic? Do
Speaker 2: you have your DVR set for you know, the first
Speaker 2: round of whatever has taking place? I think, uh, the
Speaker 2: USA is playing what Brazil probably Italy softball team early anyway,
Speaker 2: eight six six nine, eight seven two five seventy. And
Speaker 2: also we'll hear from another young Dodger that may make
Speaker 2: his major league debut this year, left hander Jackson Ferris.
Speaker 2: So a lot to get to between now at eight
Speaker 2: o'clock right here on Dodger Talk and five to seventy
Speaker 2: LA Sports thanks to James Tibbs, the third for his time.
Speaker 2: We're gonna hear from Jackson Ferris in a moment. And
Speaker 2: also you're gonna hear from former Dodger and now San
Speaker 2: Diego padre Walker Buehler, who made us first start for
Speaker 2: the Friars today. And it's gonna be very strange when
Speaker 2: Walker Bueller faces the Dodgers during the regular season, whether
Speaker 2: it's at Peco or at Dodgers Stadium. So uh, Walker Bueller,
Speaker 2: his legacy is cemented and Odger history, but it is
Speaker 2: going to be really bizarre to see him in person
Speaker 2: wearing that uniform. Eight sixty six nine eight seven two
Speaker 2: five seventy is the phone number. Let's go out to
Speaker 2: see me Valley. Will you're on Dodger Talk with David Vasse.
Speaker 2: Thanks for calling, Will. How are you.
Speaker 9: I'm well, Dave. I'm gonna assume you're doing well as well. Yes,
Speaker 9: actually driving right now. I'm driving right now to Camel background.
Speaker 9: We're gonna get there tonight and I wanna watch a game tomorrow,
Speaker 9: so I'm excited.
Speaker 2: Look at you where you stop in blythe Are you
Speaker 2: gonna stop in Indio.
Speaker 9: While we're passing Indio right now. I don't know. We're
Speaker 9: road warriors. Maybe we can make it without stopping.
Speaker 2: We'll see, all right, all right, so you're trying to
Speaker 2: get to the night game tomorrow.
Speaker 9: That's right, That's exactly right. So but I did have
Speaker 9: just two things. One about World Baseball Classic. What I'm
Speaker 9: kind of excited about is just hearing the MLB players
Speaker 9: talk about the Classic, how they seem very excited. So
Speaker 9: that kind of makes me excited. But you're right, though,
Speaker 9: first round I don't care. But then, like the NBA,
Speaker 9: I'm not that excited about the first round of the NBA.
Speaker 9: I kind of get excited when it gets further on.
Speaker 9: So that's kind of my take on the Old Baseball Classic.
Speaker 9: I kind of agree with you in the later on Malaiti.
Speaker 2: Okay, yeah, that's fair, that's fair. I think that is
Speaker 2: the best part of it. Getting guys like Will Smith
Speaker 2: and Cal Rawley to be the two catchers and you
Speaker 2: really prove who's better than the other and just picking
Speaker 2: each other's brains, and same with Schooble and schemes for
Speaker 2: them and Roman Anthony and Aaron Judge. Though that is
Speaker 2: the best part of it. But for the fans, I
Speaker 2: just don't see the appeal that they that they're shooting for.
Speaker 2: I just don't see it.
Speaker 9: Yeah, I think that I think you're right. I think
Speaker 9: you're right. But but we'll see, We'll see what happens.
Speaker 9: Maybe we'll get an upset in one of those first rounds.
Speaker 9: And that's why you know they play the game. But
Speaker 9: I did have a question. I wanted your take on it.
Speaker 9: At the beginning of spring training, to Oscar was talking
Speaker 9: about he wants to be a Gold Glover this year,
Speaker 9: and then you know, first game, I think he struggled
Speaker 9: a little bit. Do you think some of the young
Speaker 9: guys like TIBs or some of the guys are top prospects?
Speaker 9: Would is there a scenario where the Dodgers would pull
Speaker 9: away from ti Oscar if he struggles defensively, possibly trade
Speaker 9: him and bring in some of these other players in
Speaker 9: the outfield.
Speaker 2: You know, I would say nobody's untouchable outside of Sho Heo,
Speaker 2: Tani and Yamamoto at this point. Will but I really
Speaker 2: do believe Taoska is going to have a big year,
Speaker 2: and if that happens, you can't trade him unless you're
Speaker 2: really desperate for starting pitching at some point in time.
Speaker 2: But I'm a big Taoscar Hernandez fan. He means a
Speaker 2: lot to Andy Pajz. Pa Hez follows him around throughout
Speaker 2: camp and when ta Oscar plays in spring training games,
Speaker 2: Paz plays, So he just means a lot to the club.
Speaker 2: How the mix and him coming into camp and the
Speaker 2: condition he did just sends a message to everybody that
Speaker 2: it's a new year, and I just think he's gonna
Speaker 2: have a big year.
Speaker 9: Awesome, I hope. So I'm a big ti Oscar fan
Speaker 9: as well. And you know his defensive play at times
Speaker 9: was cringey. But would you really credit to him being
Speaker 9: injured last year and if he's in great health, you
Speaker 9: don't think that'll be a concern or an issue for
Speaker 9: the Dodgers this year.
Speaker 2: Well, I think he was accused of not hustling or
Speaker 2: trying and it was because of his groin injury. That's
Speaker 2: the reason why. From June on, But left field is
Speaker 2: a better spot for him and he could just focus
Speaker 2: on offense and not have the pressure of having to
Speaker 2: play defense in right field.
Speaker 9: Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's good. I'm hoping all that works out.
Speaker 9: Because yeah, I love his energy and he's a he Rakes.
Speaker 9: So you know, hope, hope it all works out. I
Speaker 9: think we're in a good place. It seems very quiet
Speaker 9: in spring training, not out of drama, which is fantastic.
Speaker 9: I think, you know if that's exactly what we need
Speaker 9: for the long season ahead.
Speaker 2: All right, well, enjoy the game tomorrow night. The Dodgers
Speaker 2: should have the stars out for that night game at
Speaker 2: Camelback Ranch, So enjoy. There, he goes Will on the
Speaker 2: I ten headed to Camelback Ranch. Eight six six nine
Speaker 2: eighty seven, two five seventy is the phone number. Let's
Speaker 2: go out to Monrovia. Danny, you're on Dodger Talk. How
Speaker 2: you doing, Danny?
Speaker 8: Hey, so damn good?
Speaker 9: How you doing?
Speaker 10: Brother?
Speaker 2: Doing great? Thank you?
Speaker 8: So I'm out in Colton now. Grew up Monrovi do
Speaker 8: I got to represent man? That's where I from.
Speaker 2: So all good?
Speaker 8: Well quick man, Sorry, I'll try so like if there.
Speaker 2: Was a World Baseball Classic, you would, uh you would
Speaker 2: play for team Monrovia and not team Colton. Is that
Speaker 2: what you're telling me? Oh?
Speaker 8: Yeah, absolutely, I'll play I play for I'd play for
Speaker 8: the I'd play for the Mothers. I play for the
Speaker 8: team mom on Mama's boy, I hear you represent some moms'
Speaker 8: That's where I'm going.
Speaker 2: Same here, ja oscar Bro real quick.
Speaker 8: It wasn't even touches, but this I've heard it so
Speaker 8: many times. Dude, Tay Oscars love Bro so simple, eyes
Speaker 8: of a child, the heart of like he's a true man.
Speaker 8: To me, represents baseball. He's like he just to me,
Speaker 8: his the look in his eyes, his love of the game,
Speaker 8: the work he puts in. A dude that comes that
Speaker 8: savage genetically and it's so gentle but such a killer man.
Speaker 8: I think he does so much more than he does
Speaker 8: on the field everything. And these guys are all pros.
Speaker 8: I can't criticize any of these dudes that are playing
Speaker 8: at the top of the tibby top. I played baseball
Speaker 8: and I'm they're geez anyway, I'm with you.
Speaker 2: I mean, you see him in the dugout, I mean
Speaker 2: the sunflower seeds that's taking a life of its zone.
Speaker 2: I mean, that's the best celebration the Dodgers have.
Speaker 8: And he's he's he's I feel like he never loses
Speaker 8: sight that they're they're grown men playing a kid's game
Speaker 8: and they're making so much money and there's so much
Speaker 8: pressure on him, especially he plays like la Man and
Speaker 8: always the expectation to win and be able to stay
Speaker 8: so just loose like that and still remembers the game,
Speaker 8: you know, I think I just I think he does
Speaker 8: a lot for the team. Same thing with you.
Speaker 10: Know, Keith k A.
Speaker 8: Just guys like that, I think you're invaluable just for energy.
Speaker 8: Even like I said, all these guys are pros, but
Speaker 8: still just like that to that energy is I feel.
Speaker 2: That's a great point, Danny, because the Dodgers have a
Speaker 2: lot of low energy guys and they added another one
Speaker 2: in Kyle Tucker's. So you need to have guys like Rojas,
Speaker 2: key A, taoscar Hernandez and Muncy that show emotion. That
Speaker 2: that that really do try to bring a lot of emotion.
Speaker 2: You just can't have the strength and conditioning coach who
Speaker 2: does a great job in the dugout to be the
Speaker 2: guy that's the loudest and most energetic. You just that
Speaker 2: just doesn't work.
Speaker 1: Well.
Speaker 8: That's but that's the Dodgers so much more than anything,
Speaker 8: I'm just grateful to be Dodgers fan. This is the
Speaker 8: Golden Area, Golden Era, man. You know Losorda is drinking
Speaker 8: my thighs and party. You know, he's out there sober
Speaker 8: and every day. I'm it is a great time to
Speaker 8: be a Dodger fan. That's all I know. I'm gonna
Speaker 8: enjoy a ride.
Speaker 2: Why, that's right, enjoy that three peat ride? All right?
Speaker 2: All right, Danny, thank you for the phone call. Appreciate it.
Speaker 2: Eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy is
Speaker 2: the phone number. All right. I want to share with
Speaker 2: you what Walker Bueller had to say after his first
Speaker 2: start today. Walker Buehler went three innings with four strikeouts
Speaker 2: and one walk and told reporters that his elbow does
Speaker 2: not hurt for the first time in the last hasn't
Speaker 2: hurt in the last four weeks, and it's been a
Speaker 2: couple of years since he hasn't had that right pitching
Speaker 2: elbow barking after Tommy John surgery. Here's what New San
Speaker 2: Diego padre and Dodger World Series hero Walker Buehler had
Speaker 2: to say today.
Speaker 11: Trying to get some rhythm back on the delivery. I
Speaker 11: think in years past, you know, I just was kind
Speaker 11: of stuck in this rehabbish throw and have had a
Speaker 11: really tough time getting out of it and had a
Speaker 11: really good offseason. You know, I have had a really
Speaker 11: good and training in terms of kind of talking through
Speaker 11: the delivery and getting my arm back up to the
Speaker 11: height that I want it to be. In terms of
Speaker 11: arm angle, I think I've been down about eight or
Speaker 11: ten degrees for the past two or three years from
Speaker 11: where I was.
Speaker 2: When I was really good.
Speaker 11: And you know, I don't think you can force that
Speaker 11: kind of stuff.
Speaker 10: I think the.
Speaker 11: Delivery has to do it. And I feel good with
Speaker 11: where that all is right now. So now we're kind
Speaker 11: of refining and hoping to get a few miles an
Speaker 11: hour out of it, but other than that, I feel
Speaker 11: pretty good.
Speaker 2: All right. There's Walker Bueller earlier today and thanks to
Speaker 2: ninety seven point three the fan for bringing us that
Speaker 2: look he's making the Padres team and A J Preller
Speaker 2: may have looked into a guy that is primed for
Speaker 2: a comeback this year. Now that still remains to be seen.
Speaker 2: The Red Sox thought they were going to get a
Speaker 2: comeback season from Bueller when they paid him twenty one
Speaker 2: million dollars. There were ups and downs. There were a
Speaker 2: lot of downs, but it seems like he's come to
Speaker 2: the revelation that he just can't rely on his fastball.
Speaker 2: He's got to come up with different pitches, including a
Speaker 2: really good curveball. And I know the Padres pitching coach,
Speaker 2: Ruben Yebla, is well respected. Guys love him and he
Speaker 2: seems to connect with a lot of pitchers. I know
Speaker 2: Blake Snell told me how much he helped him in
Speaker 2: his career, and I would imagine that he's going to
Speaker 2: do the same and already has connected with Walker Buehller.
Speaker 2: So who knows. You might have two guys that are
Speaker 2: primed for comeback seasons in the NL West and Walker
Speaker 2: Bueller and Nolan Aaronatto eight six six nine eight seven
Speaker 2: two five seventy is the phone number, Aaron and El Segundo.
Speaker 2: Before you get to your World Baseball Classic, take aeron.
Speaker 2: Have you come to grips that Walker Buehller is wearing
Speaker 2: a Padre uniform.
Speaker 12: It's a testable, but you know, he's got to do
Speaker 12: what he's got to do and if he if he's
Speaker 12: shilling really good, you know, I wish him the best.
Speaker 8: You know.
Speaker 12: I like Ti Oscar in left field again this year
Speaker 12: for sure. Uh, he's felt more comfortable over there, and
Speaker 12: I like what the other colors were saying about it.
Speaker 12: And like you said, he comes in in wait and
Speaker 12: looking good. So I'm happy for that.
Speaker 2: All right. What about the World Baseball Classic? You in
Speaker 2: on that you're as excited for the World Baseball Classic
Speaker 2: as you are for ti Oscar Hernandez.
Speaker 12: Well, the closer it came, I was like, Okay, she
Speaker 12: always going to go do his thing and whatever. But
Speaker 12: my wife, she's from Nicaragua.
Speaker 2: My wife, Yeah, Nicara, I get it. Are they a
Speaker 2: baseball country? Who's the most famous Nicaraguan to h to
Speaker 2: come out of to play Major League Baseball.
Speaker 12: That's a good question, my man, A good question.
Speaker 2: See that's my point. That's my point. That's why I
Speaker 2: can't get excited.
Speaker 12: Yeah, well I'm not really excited, but I am excited
Speaker 12: to see what they can do, like how far they
Speaker 12: can get, how they're gonna produce in the Classic.
Speaker 2: You know, I just found I just found the most
Speaker 2: famous Nicaraguin to play in Major League Baseball, El Presidente
Speaker 2: Dennis Martinez, who pitched a perfect game at Dodgers Stadium
Speaker 2: in nineteen ninety one. I forgot he was from Nicaragua,
Speaker 2: So there you go. You could take that home, Aaron
Speaker 2: and be a hero to your wife. Thanks to me.
Speaker 12: Well, she's more of a boxer fan.
Speaker 2: So oh see here you just proved my point. Nobody
Speaker 2: in Nicaragua was watching the World Baseball Classic. They are,
Speaker 2: all right, let me know if any of her relatives
Speaker 2: are calling the house or textinger over a World Baseball
Speaker 2: Classic game, let me know. I'm serious. I want to know,
Speaker 2: all right, all right, thank.
Speaker 12: You for the phone call.
Speaker 2: Call back anytime, Aaron, Thank you so much. Yeah, I
Speaker 2: want to know if Aaron's wife is getting live text
Speaker 2: from her family in Nicaragua watching the World Baseball Classic,
Speaker 2: and Nicaragua is in where are they going to be losing?
Speaker 2: Which pool? Which pool are they losing in? I'm looking
Speaker 2: at it Pool D in Miami. Yeah, I don't see
Speaker 2: them moving forward past Venezuela or the Dominican Republic. I'm sorry.
Speaker 2: I feel like the Dominican Republic may have a couple
Speaker 2: of better players than team Nicaragua. Wow, all right, Like
Speaker 2: I said, I'm in once it starts to get to
Speaker 2: USA versus Dominican or Japan versus the Dominican I'm in
Speaker 2: on that. But don't try to tell us these are
Speaker 2: legitimate teams. This is so scripted to have USA, Japan,
Speaker 2: the Dominican Puerto Rico all playing against each other at
Speaker 2: some point. So I'll be all in for the twenty
Speaker 2: twenty eight Olympics at Dodger Stadium. Major league players playing
Speaker 2: in the Olympics, That's what I'm ready for. I am
Speaker 2: very much for international baseball. I actually went to see
Speaker 2: Italy play in the nineteen eighty four Olympics. I saw
Speaker 2: them play. I saw USA play at Dodger Stadium, so
Speaker 2: I'm very pro international baseball in the Olympics. All right,
Speaker 2: that'll do it for us Tonight. On Dodger Talk, I'm
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