Speaker 1: The quest for the three peat has begun.
Speaker 2: Only four teams in Major League Baseball history have won
Speaker 2: three consecutive titles. The Dodgers are the favorites to become
Speaker 2: the fifth.
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Speaker 3: Welcome the Dodger Talk.
Speaker 2: David Vase with you until eleven fifteen tonight, taking your
Speaker 2: phone calls at eight sixty six nine eight seven two
Speaker 2: five seventy after the Dodgers return home from a six
Speaker 2: game road trip with a win against the Tampa Bay
Speaker 2: Rays four to three, the final score. We have phone
Speaker 2: lines open at eight sixty six nine eight seven two
Speaker 2: five seventy.
Speaker 3: Jose Moto will join us in ten minutes.
Speaker 2: You'll hear our our full conversation with Taoscar Hernandez, who
Speaker 2: is the unofficial campaign manager for Andy Piez to be
Speaker 2: a starter in the All Star Game this year, and
Speaker 2: the voting results are out. Pie haz leads all National
Speaker 2: League vote getters outfield vote getters with eight hundred thousand votes,
Speaker 2: so you'll hear from t Oscar Hernandez will get you
Speaker 2: an update on Tommy Edmond as the Dodgers come from
Speaker 2: behind to beat the Rays four to three. And you
Speaker 2: got to give Eric Lower, you know, some kudos tonight.
Speaker 2: I know he might get lost in the shuffle of
Speaker 2: what Tucker did, what Rojas did, but what Eric Lower
Speaker 2: did was just as important. Kind of felt like this
Speaker 2: game could have got away from the Dodgers in the
Speaker 2: first couple of innings, especially after Lower gave up a
Speaker 2: two out, two run home run in the first inning
Speaker 2: to the Rays who don't hit many home runs, and
Speaker 2: then the Rays going small ball In case you didn't
Speaker 2: realize this, Yeah, the Rays. You know that team that's
Speaker 2: all analytics doesn't want to give away outs all of
Speaker 2: a sudden is a.
Speaker 3: Small ball team.
Speaker 2: Back to back sacrifice bunts to score another run in
Speaker 2: the second inning, and Lower did not fold. He hung
Speaker 2: in there for six innings and did not give up
Speaker 2: any more runs. So kudos to Eric Lower who did
Speaker 2: his job, kept the Dodgers in the game and allowed
Speaker 2: their offense to have a chance to win this game
Speaker 2: against the Rays, and their offense and their defense again
Speaker 2: helped them win this game tonight. Kyle Tucker a game
Speaker 2: tying three run home run in an eight pitch at bat,
Speaker 2: arguably his best at bat as a Dodger and only
Speaker 2: his second home run this year at Dodgers Stadium. Coming
Speaker 2: into the game tonight, Kyle Tucker was hitting one eighty
Speaker 2: seven at Dot one eighty four at Dodger Stadium this year,
Speaker 2: and when he was with the Cubs and Astros, he
Speaker 2: was a really good hitter here for whatever reason and
Speaker 2: probably putting a little bit too much pressure on himself.
Speaker 2: He hasn't performed here. That was only his second home run,
Speaker 2: but it came at a perfect time, a game tying
Speaker 2: three run home run off of Nick Martinez to make
Speaker 2: this a brand new ballgame, to bring this sellout crowd
Speaker 2: to life, especially on Filipino Heritage Night. I mean, how
Speaker 2: can I ignore that there were so many white Filipino
Speaker 2: Heritage jerseys in the crowd tonight. You made the stadium
Speaker 2: really rocking tonight on a Monday night against the Rays.
Speaker 2: Kudos to the Filipino fan base out there in Los
Speaker 2: Angeles and I went to grade school in Canoga Park,
Speaker 2: and I would say forty percent of my class was Filipino.
Speaker 2: And then when I went to high school at Notre
Speaker 2: Dame High School, a lot of my friends were Filipino.
Speaker 2: They lived up in Granada Hills, so you know, I
Speaker 2: learned a little tagala back in the day. You know,
Speaker 2: I got love for the Filipinos and maybe the most
Speaker 2: underrated community in Los Angeles. And there's a lot of
Speaker 2: you out there, and a lot of you in medical care,
Speaker 2: and so many kind Filipinos out there, and it was
Speaker 2: so great to have you guys show up here and
Speaker 2: really come out in force. I would say it's one
Speaker 2: of the more impressive heritage nights that we have seen,
Speaker 2: and Filipinos certainly have a big part in LA So
Speaker 2: it was fun here with a Filipino Heritage Night. And
Speaker 2: I would say the most fun part was after Miguel
Speaker 2: Rojas hit his go ahead pinch hit home run in
Speaker 2: the seventh inning. This place really went wild and you
Speaker 2: could see him pointing up to the reserve level on
Speaker 2: the third base side as him and Otani were exchanging words,
Speaker 2: and here was Miguel Rojas after the game.
Speaker 5: Yeah, it was a special you know, every time you
Speaker 5: have the opportunity to give your team UH the w
Speaker 5: with a one swing off the off the bench. He
Speaker 5: means allah for those players that are coming UH that
Speaker 5: are not playing every day, but we always ready for
Speaker 5: the opportunity and UH looking forward to UH to help
Speaker 5: the team win and and continue to do a job
Speaker 5: and be the best of what we do, which is
Speaker 5: coming off the bench and and giving this guys break.
Speaker 3: It means, it means a lot.
Speaker 5: I've been working really hard to get better as a
Speaker 5: pinch heer. This is something that I have never done
Speaker 5: in my career.
Speaker 6: UH.
Speaker 5: This this often like right now, I'm trying to work
Speaker 5: on my swing and my mechanics to be ready for
Speaker 5: those opportunities. It's just one pitch and done. So I've
Speaker 5: been talking to a lot of people who had experience
Speaker 5: on it, and I think I think the results the
Speaker 5: past couple.
Speaker 3: Of days it's been better. What did you take into
Speaker 3: the bat? From who you've talked to? I just feel
Speaker 3: like you.
Speaker 5: Gotta be ready to to attack, you know, like you
Speaker 5: can really go out there and and feel like, Okay,
Speaker 5: what what am I gonna.
Speaker 1: Do right here?
Speaker 5: To feel good about myself? You're gonna be ready to
Speaker 5: go if it's in the strike zone. And and that's
Speaker 5: what I've been doing. It doesn't matter who I face,
Speaker 5: you know, I'm I'm positive that I can handle left
Speaker 5: and the pitcheon and and the numbers said it, and
Speaker 5: I just I just go in with the confidence that
Speaker 5: I gonna attack the strike zone as soon as I
Speaker 5: throw one in there. It doesn't matter if it's a fastball,
Speaker 5: corball change or.
Speaker 3: Whatever it is.
Speaker 5: I just gonna be ready to attack. And and that's
Speaker 5: what happened tonight. And sometimes like that, I walk too
Speaker 5: because I'm aggressive in the zone and I'm taking pitches away.
Speaker 3: From the zone. NIGGI.
Speaker 2: There was a lot of energy in the crouch and
Speaker 2: I Filipino Heritage Night.
Speaker 3: What did you tell show Hey when you crossed home plate.
Speaker 5: We did our little celebration, and I was asking if
Speaker 5: if Dickoy wasn't understand so he wasn't here today, but
Speaker 5: we always ask something to our celebration. And it's nice
Speaker 5: when we a home runs. Obviously he went way more
Speaker 5: than me. But when I hit them and I see
Speaker 5: the best player in the world waiting for me at
Speaker 5: home play, that make it extra special.
Speaker 3: Last question, do you want to buy a vowel. Oh yeah, well,
Speaker 3: let's let's do a need.
Speaker 5: He four, Enrique, thanks for stopping making body.
Speaker 3: Hey.
Speaker 2: Miguel Ross the champion of Wheel of Fortune and had
Speaker 2: the difference making home run tonight in the seventh inning,
Speaker 2: his second career pinch hit home run, the first one
Speaker 2: of his career here at Dodger Stadium. Today's game brought
Speaker 2: to you by him Modello Modello. The Mark of a Fighter.
Speaker 2: Eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy is
Speaker 2: the phone number. Let's go out to dan In see
Speaker 2: me Valley. You're on Dodger Talk. How you doing, Dan?
Speaker 7: Hey?
Speaker 4: How you doing?
Speaker 3: Dave?
Speaker 7: I just want to I called you last Friday Saturday
Speaker 7: night when the Daughters uh beat the White Sauce, and Uh,
Speaker 7: I was just talking about Kyle, you know, on how
Speaker 7: we shouldn't give up on him so early, and tonight
Speaker 7: he proved it, Kyle Tucker. He had that home run,
Speaker 7: he had that base hit, and he had that rocket
Speaker 7: throw to home plate to get the out. So I
Speaker 7: just wanted to reiterate that all those Kyle haters out there,
Speaker 7: you know, I don't know if they're haters, but you know,
Speaker 7: I think they're giving up on him too early. It's
Speaker 7: a long season. He's a really good player and he's
Speaker 7: starting to come out. I think he's gonna make a
Speaker 7: turn and the second half of the season he just
Speaker 7: might shine even brighter. And yeah, I have to agree
Speaker 7: with you on the pitching.
Speaker 4: The night hour.
Speaker 1: He really he really took.
Speaker 7: Control after those first two winnings and he delivered. So yeah,
Speaker 7: thank you for taking my call.
Speaker 3: All right, my pleasure.
Speaker 2: And yeah, Kyle Tucker, I find it really hard to
Speaker 2: believe is going to hit two thirty five the rest
Speaker 2: of the year. It can only get better, and if
Speaker 2: it doesn't, then it's going to look like an ugly
Speaker 2: first season in LA. But like I said when the
Speaker 2: team was on the road, I believe Kyle Tucker's really
Speaker 2: going to take off in the second half of the season.
Speaker 2: I have reference to and by no means and I
Speaker 2: said this, then I'm saying it again in case you
Speaker 2: weren't listening. By no means am I comparing Darryl Strawberry's
Speaker 2: career to Kyle Tucker's career. I had the utmost respect
Speaker 2: for Strawberry and his career, but his first year coming
Speaker 2: to the Dodgers, coming back home, he only hit five
Speaker 2: home runs the first half of the year. He hit
Speaker 2: twenty three the second half of the year and finished
Speaker 2: with twenty eight home runs ninety nine RBIs. And you know,
Speaker 2: I kind of see the same trend with Kyle Tucker.
Speaker 2: He's too talented not to do more than what he's
Speaker 2: done so far. And certainly nobody is giving up on
Speaker 2: Kyle Tucker. But you know, I thought, just as important
Speaker 2: as the home run was, and obviously that was the
Speaker 2: most important thing, was the outfield assist to be able to,
Speaker 2: you know, cut down the runner at the plate, and
Speaker 2: that was as big as anything to keep the momentum
Speaker 2: on the Dodger side. And what was Austin Slater doing
Speaker 2: when Jonathan Randa was trying to score. I mean, I've
Speaker 2: never seen the on deck hitter grab the bat just
Speaker 2: as the ball is coming into the catcher. It's one
Speaker 2: thing to grab it right away, but the timing of
Speaker 2: that was really bad and kind.
Speaker 3: Of feels intentional.
Speaker 2: I mean, you don't go out in front of the
Speaker 2: catcher as the throw was coming in. It's like he
Speaker 2: tried to screen Dalton rushing from the baseball, and he
Speaker 2: almost did. And you hear about like are you know
Speaker 2: the viral moments of Dalton rushing. I could have saw
Speaker 2: him lose his temper right there, but he didn't. He
Speaker 2: kept his calm, was able to not flinch with the
Speaker 2: screen and was able to make a great tag and
Speaker 2: a great throw from Kyle Tucker.
Speaker 3: So to me, that was wild.
Speaker 2: Six seventy is the phone number. Let's go out to Caleb,
Speaker 2: who is at the ballpark tonight. Hi, Caleb, you're on
Speaker 2: Dodger Talk.
Speaker 8: What's going on? David. It's an honor for you to
Speaker 8: take my call. It's an honor from Indiana. Well, no,
Speaker 8: it's an honor for me to be able to be
Speaker 8: on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 2: Oh, well, it's an honor for me, Caleb, for you
Speaker 2: to be on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 8: Well, I'm from Indiana, and uh, it's my first time
Speaker 8: at Dodger Stadium. I don't know if i'll when I'll
Speaker 8: be able to get back. And I have to go
Speaker 8: to the you know, to Saint Louis and Cincinnati and
Speaker 8: and nothing compares to Dodger Stadium. David, This this place
Speaker 8: is amazing, and I hope these fans understand that that
Speaker 8: live around here, what it's like to get to go
Speaker 8: watch baseball at Dodger Stadium, sellout crowd. I mean you
Speaker 8: go to Saint Louis and Cincinnati and and I mean
Speaker 8: maybe half of the stadium are filled up if that,
Speaker 8: and it's just amazing, David. Awesome.
Speaker 2: Yeah, So, you know, I remember the first time I
Speaker 2: came to Dodger Stadium as a kid, and my seats
Speaker 2: were in the reserve level, Caleb. And when you come
Speaker 2: through the tunnel and you see the field for the
Speaker 2: first time, it's one of those awe moments in your life.
Speaker 2: What did you think when you were on the concourse
Speaker 2: and you got your best view, your first view of
Speaker 2: the field when you got to your seats.
Speaker 8: I I you know, I'd watched it on TV so
Speaker 8: much and and uh, it just chills all over my body.
Speaker 8: I couldn't believe that I was there and seeing it
Speaker 8: in person.
Speaker 2: What about your first Dodger dog? What about your first
Speaker 2: Dodger dog? What'd you put on your first Dodger dog.
Speaker 8: I loaded that thing up with everything I could, David.
Speaker 8: I got my money's work.
Speaker 3: I love it. I love you.
Speaker 2: Did you go to the onion wheel? You got to
Speaker 2: get that onion wheel going.
Speaker 8: I got the onion wheel going and I loaded that
Speaker 8: thing up. Can I say one more thing, David?
Speaker 3: Sure?
Speaker 8: So I became a Dodgers fan. I get this question
Speaker 8: a lot because I'm from Indiana, but Gil Hodges is
Speaker 8: from around where I live, and my grandpa always followed
Speaker 8: Gil Hodges and that's how I was raised a Dodger fan.
Speaker 8: And I'm glad I'm I'm a Dodger fan and not
Speaker 8: an awful, ugly cardinal fan like a lot of people
Speaker 8: around where I live.
Speaker 3: We are too, Caleb Man.
Speaker 2: I'm happy you finally got to Dodger Stadium and hopefully
Speaker 2: it won't be too long until you get back here.
Speaker 2: So thank you for calling in, and it was my
Speaker 2: honor to have you on the show.
Speaker 6: Thank you, David, Thank you, Caleb.
Speaker 2: How about that sounded like an older gentleman that made
Speaker 2: his first trek to Dodger Stadium still special. You know,
Speaker 2: you come to a baseball stadium, you come to a
Speaker 2: baseball game, and you find the little kid inside of you,
Speaker 2: and that's something come here every day, right. Sometimes you
Speaker 2: take it for granted how special this place is and the.
Speaker 3: Setting it is.
Speaker 2: I mean, this is the third oldest ballpark in baseball.
Speaker 3: Right now.
Speaker 2: Fenway Park, Wrigley Field, Dodger Stadium, the three oldest ballparks
Speaker 2: and thanks to Janet Marie Smith, the integrity of the
Speaker 2: way Walter O'Malley had the vision for the stadium the
Speaker 2: way it's been you know, for the first you know,
Speaker 2: thirty five forty years. Janet Marie Smith has kept that
Speaker 2: but also added so many great enhancements to this ballpark.
Speaker 2: In fact, I told Jim Harbaugh, who is out here,
Speaker 2: to go out there and get a seat in the
Speaker 2: home run seats that Janet Marie Smith came up with
Speaker 2: because he brings his glove to every game. And he
Speaker 2: said he has caught twenty one foul balls in his
Speaker 2: fandom career. Being in the seats brings his glove. He's
Speaker 2: caught twenty one foul balls in his life. And he
Speaker 2: said his dream is to be out there in the
Speaker 2: outfield in the pavilion to catch an o Tani home run.
Speaker 2: I said, hey, you gotta get hooked up with those
Speaker 2: home run seats, Harbaugh, and I call them Captain comeback.
Speaker 3: That got me instant cred with that guy.
Speaker 2: All Right, We're gonna take a time out here on
Speaker 2: Dodger Talk when we come back more of your phone calls,
Speaker 2: we'll get you an update on Tommy Edmund, you'll hear
Speaker 2: from ta Oscar Hernandez, and we'll give you the full
Speaker 2: first All Star polling results. A lot of Dodgers, so
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Speaker 2: the Dodgers beat the Rays four to three on a
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Speaker 1: This is Dodger Talk with David Bassen.
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Speaker 3: That's Paul heading back.
Speaker 2: This ball is gone Hexa home run Miguel Rojas, the
Speaker 2: first pitchy series as a pinch hitter, drives head out
Speaker 2: to left.
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Speaker 1: Dodgers have a four to three lad.
Speaker 2: Miguel Ross with his first career pinch hit home run
Speaker 2: at Dodgers Stadium and only his second career pinch hit
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Speaker 2: are going to activate Tommy Edmond and Dave Roberts revealed
Speaker 2: to the media just moments ago that the Dodgers are
Speaker 2: going to designate for assignment for a second time this year,
Speaker 2: Santiago Espinal, which kind of makes sense because Edmund did
Speaker 2: play third base, among other positions on his rehab assignment.
Speaker 2: He's a switch hitter, so he could be a right
Speaker 2: handed alternative platoon for Max Munsey when needed at third base.
Speaker 2: And Ryan Ward and Alex Frieland are just playing really
Speaker 2: well these days.
Speaker 3: So Santiago Espinal, guy that we all.
Speaker 2: Love, a great guy, great teammate, unfortunately, is going to
Speaker 2: be designated for assignment for a second time.
Speaker 3: All right, let's head out to Jose Moda.
Speaker 1: It's time to go around the horn with Jose Mota.
Speaker 2: Jose a little surprised to hear the Dodgers are going
Speaker 2: to DFA Santiago Espinal.
Speaker 6: Yes, and no concerning that. You know, Espanal obviously is
Speaker 6: a guy that before was designated. The Kik injury happened now,
Speaker 6: as he mentioned, versatilities coming back in Tommy Edman, who was,
Speaker 6: as Dave Roberts said today earlier, third base, second base,
Speaker 6: I'm left field too, so unfortunately it happens to him.
Speaker 6: But he's a guy that you know at the time
Speaker 6: here did his job interny come out of spring training
Speaker 6: as the last minuter thigh knee and made the team
Speaker 6: because he played so well. So hopefully we'll get an
Speaker 6: opportunity somewhere. But you know, the Dodgers are getting stronger
Speaker 6: with Tommy Edmond. There's no doubt he's a very important player.
Speaker 6: He knows exactly what it takes to win in this
Speaker 6: in this tougher environment. He brings you know, a guy's
Speaker 6: a switch hitter, never under pressure, and he's gonna actually push,
Speaker 6: you know, Dave Roberts to give him some more playing
Speaker 6: tim whatever he plays, knowing that there's some guys in
Speaker 6: the little more spare time, you know, in this stretch
Speaker 6: of the season, and welcome back Tommy. He's a winning player.
Speaker 2: Yes, indeed, can't wait to have Tommy Tanks back in
Speaker 2: the lineup. Wednesday is expected the day that he'll be
Speaker 2: back in the starting lineup. But tonight, hose, how about
Speaker 2: Eric Lawer. We'll get to Kyle Tucker in a second,
Speaker 2: but how about Eric Lwer. This game could have got
Speaker 2: out of hand, but with his ninety three fastball, using
Speaker 2: his cutter, mixing pitches off that fastball, he hung in
Speaker 2: there for six innings.
Speaker 6: He did a very good job, you know, and he
Speaker 6: knows how to use every part of the plate.
Speaker 8: You know.
Speaker 6: The quantums we talk about with power pitchers, well this
Speaker 6: guy needs to use them with every single pitch, including
Speaker 6: that cut fastball.
Speaker 1: You know.
Speaker 6: Having a conversation with him in Chicago, David, he was
Speaker 6: telling me that the one thing that he's found out
Speaker 6: here is through Connor McGuinness and Mark Pryor. It's like,
Speaker 6: let's not go into a meeting to come out with ideas.
Speaker 6: It's like, here's the idea, what do you think, and
Speaker 6: let's go out implement it. It's not about let's find out,
Speaker 6: let's find out of the bullpen is like the simplicity
Speaker 6: and the direct messaging is so clear. Here. Nobody's trying
Speaker 6: to add more velocity. Nobody told me to throw a
Speaker 6: better slider. It's like, just go out there and pitch
Speaker 6: and trust what you see. But also he knows how
Speaker 6: to correct himself very well mechanically. I noticed something, and
Speaker 6: I know I pointed out to Louis and broadcast in
Speaker 6: the fourth and fifth inning when he was cutting across
Speaker 6: and like leaning too much over his right side towards
Speaker 6: that dugout where balls were not finding the zone, and
Speaker 6: all of a sudden, it's like he draws a straight
Speaker 6: line and says, is my direction right, I.
Speaker 3: Need to go.
Speaker 6: And he's a guy that no matter what day, he
Speaker 6: finds a way to just grind through and give you,
Speaker 6: with his new mindset, a chance to win the ball game.
Speaker 6: Because they looked at one point where around the fourth
Speaker 6: inning it was going to be enough, but he kept
Speaker 6: fighting and fighting and fighting a makean injustice as a
Speaker 6: lineup turned around as a veteran pitcher, you got to
Speaker 6: know how to do that. He did quite well against
Speaker 6: the team that you know is not the best hitting team,
Speaker 6: but they can give you some issues and some problems.
Speaker 2: Kyle Tucker tonight game tying three run home run, only
Speaker 2: his second home run of the year at home.
Speaker 3: What did you see in that at bad?
Speaker 2: And is it overstating that could have been his best
Speaker 2: at back considering the results as a Dodger.
Speaker 6: It's not overstated, Dave. It was clearly a battle between
Speaker 6: a guy that knows that the changeup is going to
Speaker 6: be present. With Nick Martinez, he's been the dollar so
Speaker 6: many times and left, especially all throughout the league and
Speaker 6: throughout his career and back in Japan too. So it
Speaker 6: was the bout where there was a Kyle Tucker the
Speaker 6: thinker saying, Okay, if he's going to throw me this
Speaker 6: with the way my bat needs to show through the zone.
Speaker 6: If he goes and counteracts that change up with the fastball,
Speaker 6: I don't know exactly what to do or what to
Speaker 6: lay off of. So he set him up nicely, and
Speaker 6: I saw some conviction. I saw some determination and swinging
Speaker 6: the bat, even the foul balls. It was like a
Speaker 6: little more unfehinded. And I'll tell you one more thing.
Speaker 6: Kyle Tucker saw seventeen pitches today, the only player to
Speaker 6: see more. With Freddy Freeman, with a long at bat
Speaker 6: against Martinez will that walk? So to me, it's an
Speaker 6: indication about conversations he's been having, yes, about some of
Speaker 6: the approaches, about some of the early houts and easy
Speaker 6: house he's been making to apply it, and also the hustle.
Speaker 6: I saw a guy charging in the ball today and
Speaker 6: making that throw at home plate. I saw a guy
Speaker 6: with a single rounding first base, you know what, energy?
Speaker 6: And I think overall, I think is it paid off
Speaker 6: for him going to tell you he was going to
Speaker 6: be rewarded. But they need this version of Kyle Tucker
Speaker 6: which is there and the one that just is not
Speaker 6: in a hurry to swing the bats and produce. You know,
Speaker 6: I think, do you just to understand that the deeper
Speaker 6: he goes to see at bats with a better idea,
Speaker 6: the better he is. But certainly he's going to ambusge
Speaker 6: some guys themselves, and it's so far the ambushing just
Speaker 6: hasn't worked as he's planned. But today was a good one.
Speaker 6: There's no doubt. The great at bat on.
Speaker 2: The throw in the third inning to end that inning,
Speaker 2: What was Austin Slater doing? Have you ever seen an
Speaker 2: on deck hitter grab a bat and go in front
Speaker 2: of the catcher as the ball is on the way
Speaker 2: when Aranda was trying to score.
Speaker 6: No, you just can't do that. I mean, you also
Speaker 6: know that if the bat's going to be in the
Speaker 6: way of your runner, there's absolutely nothing you can do.
Speaker 6: As a catcher. You have a right to kick the
Speaker 6: bat out of the way if you see the bat
Speaker 6: maybe getting in front of the hop and the throw.
Speaker 6: But you always told get out of the way, do
Speaker 6: not interfere with anything like that. You don't want to
Speaker 6: cause any more disruption with the umpires, arguments, reviews or anything.
Speaker 6: Likediwn that said, show show. But you know what, as
Speaker 6: you mentioned earlier in the show, go for doubt to
Speaker 6: Russia because it seems like these moments. Just find him right, Yeah,
Speaker 6: just his composure and find the ball block to play
Speaker 6: because he had the ball, and just not allow a
Speaker 6: single inch of the white of home plate for Rondo
Speaker 6: to score.
Speaker 2: All right, Jose, thanks a lot for checking in. We'll
Speaker 2: see you back at the ballpark tomorrow night.
Speaker 6: Always a pleasure, David.
Speaker 2: There it goes Jose Mota, part of the Dodgers Spanish
Speaker 2: radio broadcast.
Speaker 3: After the Dodgers beat.
Speaker 2: The race four to three, just a reminder that this Saturday,
Speaker 2: June twentieth, come out and meet manager Dave Roberts. He's
Speaker 2: going to be out at Downy Hunday from eleven thirty
Speaker 2: to twelve thirty. Meet and greed take pictures, hang out
Speaker 2: with Dave Roberts at Downy Hunday seventy five point fifty Firestone.
Speaker 3: Boulevard will be out there.
Speaker 2: Well, we're gonna do our Managers Meeting with Dave Roberts
Speaker 2: at Downy Hunday this Saturday from eleven thirty to twelve thirty,
Speaker 2: seventy five fifty Firestone Boulevard. We got prizes, we got tickets,
Speaker 2: we got things to give away from eleven thirty to
Speaker 2: twelve thirty with three times World Series winning manager Dave
Speaker 2: Roberts out.
Speaker 3: At Downy Hunday.
Speaker 2: All right, the All Star voting is underway and I've
Speaker 2: been encouraging you to vote for your Dodger All Stars.
Speaker 3: And obviously the Dodgers are a global brand.
Speaker 2: They've got a whole country in Japan behind them, and
Speaker 2: they are doing really well as far as leading many
Speaker 2: different positions in the first polling results, including the two
Speaker 2: guys I believe are locks to be starters for the
Speaker 2: National League. Max Munsey in the first polling results leads
Speaker 2: all National League third baseman, Freddie Freeman leads all National
Speaker 2: League first baseman, and Andy pa Has leads all outfielders,
Speaker 2: and of course, Shoe Otani the leading vote getter of
Speaker 2: all major league players in the first round of voting.
Speaker 2: So keep the votes coming in Dodgers dot com or
Speaker 2: MLB dot com. But so far, so good that fans
Speaker 2: are getting it right. As far as the Dodgers are concerned,
Speaker 2: and as far as some of the other selections, I
Speaker 2: can't argue with any of them. I know Akunya is
Speaker 2: the second leading outfield vote getter. He's been hurt on
Speaker 2: and off. I would go at James Wood over Ronald
Speaker 2: o'cunya Junior to be a starter in the All Star Game,
Speaker 2: but Acunya is a fan favorite for the kids. But
Speaker 2: that's where things stand right now. And Taoscar Hernandez, who
Speaker 2: strained his left hamstring a couple of weeks ago, actually
Speaker 2: has the fifth most votes of National League outfielders a
Speaker 2: half a million votes. And I had a chance to
Speaker 2: catch up with Taoscar Hernandez earlier today. Not about himself,
Speaker 2: but out his buddy Andy Pie Has, and uh, there
Speaker 2: is nobody closer to Indy pa Has on this team
Speaker 2: than Taoscar Hernandez. We always talk about Taale and what
Speaker 2: he's done in Clach postseason moments and the sunflower seeds,
Speaker 2: the smile, the great vibes. But I could tell you
Speaker 2: this without Taoscar Hernandez. Andy Pi Has is not Andy
Speaker 2: Pie Has that we're seeing this year.
Speaker 3: And I had a chance to catch up with Tayo.
Speaker 2: All right, we're here with Andy pi Has, his big brother, biggest.
Speaker 3: Fan, ta Oscar Hernandez.
Speaker 2: Tayo, you saw the results first voting, and your guy,
Speaker 2: Andy pie Has leads all nationally outfielders and votes. How
Speaker 2: proud are you that fans are recognizing his season?
Speaker 9: I mean, at first, I'm not surprised because of the
Speaker 9: work that he's been doing, especially that we have a
Speaker 9: lot of players now performing the way that we wanted
Speaker 9: to be performed, some of them including myself in the
Speaker 9: All But he's been doing great so far. He's been
Speaker 9: leading the offense for us to be where we are
Speaker 9: right now, and so he deserves to be there. He
Speaker 9: deserves to be the number one center field for the
Speaker 9: All start and hopefully we can see him and starting Philodephia.
Speaker 2: He doesn't do a lot of talking. That's why I'm
Speaker 2: coming to you. You're his campaign manager, right, you got
Speaker 2: to get the votes.
Speaker 9: Yeah, i'ma I'm gonna go into my social media and
Speaker 9: then trying to put some space for him so the
Speaker 9: people can see him and everything that he's been done
Speaker 9: from for the team.
Speaker 2: You both have put in so much work. But the
Speaker 2: difference between you guys and others is this has lasted
Speaker 2: not just weeks, but months. How has he been able
Speaker 2: to keep it going for as long as he has?
Speaker 9: You know, he's he's more mature. He understand everything that
Speaker 9: has to do with a season better. His handle the
Speaker 9: struggles way better than last year or the year before that.
Speaker 9: And he just realizing the slums are gonna come back,
Speaker 9: games are gonna come so he just needs to stay
Speaker 9: focused and the thing that he needs to do, the
Speaker 9: things that he knows how to do, and uh, just
Speaker 9: believing himself and go from.
Speaker 2: The taoscar Hernandez is one of the greatest people you'll
Speaker 2: ever meet. We know the story of pot has his family,
Speaker 2: how they don't get to watch him play. You've been
Speaker 2: such a great support system for him. Is how has
Speaker 2: he handled all that to be able to just focus
Speaker 2: on baseball.
Speaker 9: I mean, when you have a person, when you have
Speaker 9: good people around you, I think it makes everything easier.
Speaker 9: He has a wonderful wife. I think that's one of
Speaker 9: the reasons he's been good dealing with those stuff, family stuff.
Speaker 9: I know it's hard to be away from from family.
Speaker 9: But at the same time, he's looking for for for
Speaker 9: one of the biggest friends in his life, that he's
Speaker 9: become a superstar player. Uh and he knows that. He
Speaker 9: knows that if he keeps going the way he's going
Speaker 9: right now, his family someday are gonna be good and
Speaker 9: they're gonna be together.
Speaker 2: So he plays it off that the All Star Game
Speaker 2: doesn't matter to him, but do you think it means
Speaker 2: a lot to him to make the team?
Speaker 9: Yeah, I mean every player is. You know, one of
Speaker 9: the dreams for all the rookie guys is one day
Speaker 9: to be in the All Star He wants to be there.
Speaker 9: He just not really. He don't likes to talk about it,
Speaker 9: but yeah, he one of the things that he wants
Speaker 9: to to which he if, is to be an All
Speaker 9: Star and be his stars in the field, but he's
Speaker 9: he's just more focused in the season than anything else.
Speaker 2: One last question about Tao. So you're out with a
Speaker 2: left hamstring, but you're moving around pretty good. Tayo, you
Speaker 2: got a pretty good sweat going on. I saw him
Speaker 2: moving pretty well out there. How you feeling feel really
Speaker 2: good right now?
Speaker 9: I've been running a lot lately, but thank god it
Speaker 9: the hamstring is is good. Nothing to worry about it.
Speaker 9: Hopefully I can be back in a couple of weeks.
Speaker 3: You think I could beat you in a race right now?
Speaker 9: I don't think so. I feel really good right now.
Speaker 9: So uh, but yeah, if you feel uh the hamstring
Speaker 9: and everything that is going on, it's responding really good.
Speaker 9: So hopefully for this week. This week is a big
Speaker 9: one for me to start all like the baseball activity
Speaker 9: the way you should do it in the game. So uh,
Speaker 9: this is the week that we push to the max
Speaker 9: and see how it goes.
Speaker 2: If you need me, I'm available, Okay, I will, I will,
Speaker 2: I'll let you know.
Speaker 9: Thanks Tale, thank you, thank you all say there is.
Speaker 3: Tae Oscar Hernandez.
Speaker 2: Always great to see the smile on Tao's face, which
Speaker 2: means that things are moving in the right direction for him.
Speaker 2: As far as coming back from his left hamstring strain,
Speaker 2: he could start a rehab assignment as soon as this weekend.
Speaker 2: And obviously the number one fan for Andy pie has
Speaker 2: who is leading all National League outfielders in the first
Speaker 2: voting results that came out early today.
Speaker 3: But Dodger fans, you gotta keep voting for this guy.
Speaker 2: He deserves to be the starter in Philadelphia and right now,
Speaker 2: if the voting ended, it would be Pajez, Ronald d'cunya Junior,
Speaker 2: and Brandon marsh Ta. Oscar Hernandez, by the way, is
Speaker 2: fifth in the voting. I forgot to bring that up
Speaker 2: to him. That'll do it for us on Dodger Talk tonight.
Speaker 2: Coming up tomorrow, Game two of this three game series
Speaker 2: between the Dodgers and Rays. Justin Robleski will be on
Speaker 2: the mound for the Dodgers. He's seven and two with
Speaker 2: an ERA of two ninety five, going up against Drew Rasmussen,
Speaker 2: who's six and two with an ERA of two seventy one.
Speaker 2: Our coverage begins at six o'clock. First pitch at seven
Speaker 2: ten between the Dodgers and Rays. Thanks to Colin Ee
Speaker 2: back at our Burbank Studios, Thanks to Dwayne McDonald out
Speaker 2: here at Dodgers.
Speaker 3: Stadium, and thanks to you for listening.
Speaker 2: In case you missed any of the show or any
Speaker 2: of our interviews, you know where to find them. The
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Speaker 2: come from behind to beat the Rays four to three.
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Speaker 8: Away.