Speaker 1: The quest for the three peat has begun.
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Speaker 2: the fifth.
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Speaker 1: vasselas day.
Speaker 2: It's great to be a Dodger fan these days, as
Speaker 2: they have baseball's best record fourteen to four, a great
Speaker 2: start after coming off back to back World Series championships.
Speaker 2: David vasse Dodger Talk with you until eleven thirty tonight
Speaker 2: right here on a five to seventy LA Sports. The
Speaker 2: Dodgers beat the Mets tonight by a final score of
Speaker 2: eight to two, hand the Mets their eighth straight loss.
Speaker 2: As the Mets are reeling right now twelve they don't
Speaker 2: have won Soto, but the Dodgers are not feeling sorry
Speaker 2: for anybody. They're fourteen and four undefeated against National League
Speaker 2: teams this year. To begin the year, the Dodgers are
Speaker 2: off to a great start and have not lost a
Speaker 2: single game to the National League. They are nine to
Speaker 2: zero against National League teams. They've lost one game to Rangers,
Speaker 2: they've lost one game to the Blue Jays, and they've
Speaker 2: only lost one series so far to begin the season.
Speaker 2: That was losing two out of three to the Guardians
Speaker 2: on their opening Homestand other than that, things are great
Speaker 2: for the Dodgers. Eight six six nine eight seven two
Speaker 2: five seventy And what a night for show, hey Otani?
Speaker 2: Like I said during the Clubhouse Show, Dave Roberts and
Speaker 2: Andrew Friedman seem to be pushing all the right buttons,
Speaker 2: and they have pretty nice buttons to push, shiny shiny
Speaker 2: buttons to push. And tonight they decided, after Otani was
Speaker 2: hit by the pitch from David Peterson on the upper
Speaker 2: right shoulder on in the first game of the series
Speaker 2: on Monday night, they decided, you know what, show hey,
Speaker 2: we had baseball's best record. We took two out of
Speaker 2: three from the Rangers. We've taken the first two against
Speaker 2: the Mets. We have a day off tomorrow, and we
Speaker 2: start thirteen in a row on Friday, including four games
Speaker 2: at cors Field, which is unforgiving to the body, how
Speaker 2: about tonight we play it safe and you just pitch.
Speaker 2: And the reason why it's such a big deal is
Speaker 2: because it hasn't happened since twenty twenty one. May have
Speaker 2: twenty twenty one, that was the last time show he
Speaker 2: Otani started a game on the mound and was not
Speaker 2: in his team's starting lineup as the DH. And by
Speaker 2: the way, the Otani rule was out the window tonight.
Speaker 2: Thoughtani not in the starting lineup, but as a pitcher,
Speaker 2: just like any other pitcher. Once Dave Roberts took him
Speaker 2: out of the game, he could not come back as
Speaker 2: a hitter. Now, if he did a double switch and
Speaker 2: put him in left field, which was not going to happen,
Speaker 2: he could have stayed in the game, but you would
Speaker 2: lose your DH. So either way, Otani rule was not
Speaker 2: in play tonight, and the Dodgers certainly did not need
Speaker 2: it as they beat the Mets eight to two. Hayesan
Speaker 2: Kim a great game tonight at shortstop. Not only does
Speaker 2: he hit a two run home run to start the
Speaker 2: scoring off of Clay Holmes in the second inning, but
Speaker 2: he made a spectacular play at shortstop, robbing Luis Robert
Speaker 2: of a base hit diving up the middle to end
Speaker 2: the eighth inning. So a great night for Haysan Kim,
Speaker 2: an even better night for Dalton Rushing, who hits his
Speaker 2: first career grand slam. Rushing and Kim combined to drive
Speaker 2: in six of the Dodgers eight runs tonight. And I
Speaker 2: mentioned this going back to when we were in Toronto,
Speaker 2: and it is still holding true. The Dodgers seven eight
Speaker 2: nine hitters are out producing the top of the order.
Speaker 2: They have coming into this game a nine thirteen OPS,
Speaker 2: a three to twenty eight batting average, a three eighty
Speaker 2: eight on base percentage, and they have a five twenty
Speaker 2: five slugging percentage. And with the two home runs tonight
Speaker 2: from your seven and eight hitters in Rushing and Kim,
Speaker 2: the grand slam by Rushing, the two run home run
Speaker 2: by Kim, the Dodgers seven eight nine hitters now have
Speaker 2: combined to hit ten home runs and drive in thirty
Speaker 2: four runs. I feel like that's more production than what
Speaker 2: the Mets are getting from all nine of their hitters
Speaker 2: at this point. So I can't stress it enough. Even
Speaker 2: Day Roberts validated this two weeks ago on the way
Speaker 2: to the twenty twenty four Championship. The seven eight nine
Speaker 2: hitters in particular were outstanding turning the lineup over getting
Speaker 2: on base for Otani, Freddie Mooki, Taoscar Hernandez, and I
Speaker 2: remember talking to members of the Padres coaching staff during
Speaker 2: that NLDS in twenty four, and for the first three games,
Speaker 2: they did a great job of keeping the eight to
Speaker 2: nine hitters off the bases and having Otani come up
Speaker 2: with the bases empty. That's every team's strategy. Do not
Speaker 2: allow the bottom third of the Dodgers' order to get
Speaker 2: on base and flip that lineup over for the top
Speaker 2: of the order, specifically Otani. When the Dodgers started doing
Speaker 2: that in Games four and Games five and the rest
Speaker 2: of the postseason, and in particular Gavin Lux finding a
Speaker 2: way to get on base, things started to take off
Speaker 2: for the Dodger offense in the NLDS, the NLCS.
Speaker 3: And the World Series.
Speaker 2: So that is so key to the Dodgers' success, those
Speaker 2: three spots at the bottom of the order, and Andy
Speaker 2: Paiez has had a big hand in it. He is
Speaker 2: now moving up in the Dodgers order, but to begin
Speaker 2: the year he was hitting seventh. He now has five
Speaker 2: home runs and twenty RBIs and big night for Dalton
Speaker 2: Rushing and certainly a big night for the Dodgers as
Speaker 2: they defeat the Mets eight to two. By the way,
Speaker 2: when it comes to Otani, he had twenty two swings
Speaker 2: and misses tonight. That's the most swings and misses he
Speaker 2: has had in one game as a Dodger pitcher. Albeit
Speaker 2: last year he was still coming back as a pitcher,
Speaker 2: but still impressive tonight. And he did it with his fastball.
Speaker 2: He threw his fastball tonight more than he has in
Speaker 2: any other start and really attack these Mets hitters that
Speaker 2: are struggling and don't seem to have the bat speed
Speaker 2: to catch up to an ota fastball. I thought my
Speaker 2: favorite at bat was Francisco Lindor going toe to toe
Speaker 2: with Otani in the third inning with two outs. He
Speaker 2: worked an eleven pitch at bat. Unfortunately for Lindor, the
Speaker 2: eleventh pitch was one hundreds an hour up and away,
Speaker 2: and all Lindor could do was smile, and O'tani smiled
Speaker 2: as well, that devilish smirk walking off the mound, knowing
Speaker 2: that hey, I still got it in my back pocket
Speaker 2: when I need it. But Otani tonight through ninety five pitches,
Speaker 2: fifty one of them were fastballs, and then he started
Speaker 2: to work in his curveball. He used his split fingered
Speaker 2: fastball when he needed it. I loved this in sync rhythm.
Speaker 2: Him and Will Smith were in all night long, and
Speaker 2: you even saw show hey Otani point to Smith a
Speaker 2: couple of times when they were coming off the field
Speaker 2: together and signaling to Will Smith. That was a great call,
Speaker 2: in particular calling with two strikes on Old Bishit a
Speaker 2: split fingered fastball that Bischett swung and missed at. And
Speaker 2: that was the inning in the sixth Otani's final inning
Speaker 2: where he struck out the side. He struck out Robert,
Speaker 2: Beatty and Bishett in order and certainly gave his catcher
Speaker 2: Will Smith a lot of love. Eight six six nine
Speaker 2: eight seven two five seventy is the phone number. We
Speaker 2: have two lines open. Before we go to the phone calls,
Speaker 2: I want you to hear from Dave Roberts before today's game,
Speaker 2: just going through why he decided to make this decision
Speaker 2: to have Otani pitch and not hit tonight.
Speaker 4: You know, not really in the sense because if it
Speaker 4: weren't for the hit by pitch.
Speaker 3: He would have.
Speaker 4: Been dhing and pitching tonight. But I do think that
Speaker 4: just to be able to pitch and focus on that
Speaker 4: I think will be of benefit for the mind and
Speaker 4: the body and hopefully, you know, we're just in a
Speaker 4: little moment of fatigue and we can get past it,
Speaker 4: which I think that, you know, talking to Thomas today show, Hey,
Speaker 4: came in feeling good. But we're going to keep a
Speaker 4: watchful eye on him.
Speaker 3: Though Tomorrow made that decision the.
Speaker 4: Extra that was more the decision of pitching them having
Speaker 4: that lined up. But again, if he wouldn't have got hit,
Speaker 4: he would have dhday. So I just think in this
Speaker 4: one game, it just makes most sense to give them
Speaker 4: the best chance to kind of manage the shoulder in
Speaker 4: the back.
Speaker 5: To be clear, you expect him to hit next to start?
Speaker 3: We do, yes, he's in plays out.
Speaker 6: Would you consider doing this again if there was a
Speaker 6: situation by being hit by a page or something.
Speaker 4: Over Yeah, I mean I think that it's something that
Speaker 4: you know, I'm going to keep an eye on if
Speaker 4: it makes sense, but not just kind of do it proactively.
Speaker 4: I think it's something that the game show, Hey, that's
Speaker 4: got to it's to make sense to not have you
Speaker 4: know your best hit or not in the lineup.
Speaker 6: Since he started pitching again last year, you've been asked
Speaker 6: repeatedly about whether or not he should be moved down
Speaker 6: to the lineup when he pitches. Do you believe this
Speaker 6: is a lot more beneficial than him hitting second or
Speaker 6: third in the line of when he pitches at home?
Speaker 4: Well, I think today, specific to today, I think this
Speaker 4: is the right decision. This is the best decision for
Speaker 4: him to not hit today. Then the question is when
Speaker 4: he does hit on days that he pitches, where's the
Speaker 4: best for him to hit in the order. I think
Speaker 4: there's fair arguments to both to moving him down a
Speaker 4: little bit, to give him a breather, let him get
Speaker 4: into the game. But I'm not prepared to make that
Speaker 4: decision quite yet. But it is something that it's it's
Speaker 4: unmindful of.
Speaker 3: It, all right.
Speaker 2: There's Dave Roberts, and it seems like a lot of
Speaker 2: things are on the table as we moved through this season.
Speaker 2: The first that o'tani will be pitching and hitting as
Speaker 2: a Dodger from day one to the end of the
Speaker 2: season and into October, and that's the biggest thing everybody
Speaker 2: has to keep in mind, not only when it pertains
Speaker 2: to Otani, but everybody else on the Dodgers. It's not
Speaker 2: just about April, May, June, July. It's about October and
Speaker 2: having these guys hitting their stride and feeling fresh to
Speaker 2: be able to perform in October. So that's the big
Speaker 2: picture the Dodgers have in mind, and certainly it served
Speaker 2: them well the last two years, specifically winning back to
Speaker 2: back championships, and today it certainly was the right decision
Speaker 2: because the Dodgers DH Dalton Rushing really delivered, as in
Speaker 2: the second inning before Kim's two run home run, Rushing
Speaker 2: was down two on the first two pitches of his
Speaker 2: first SAT bat, and then he layd the double down
Speaker 2: the right field line to set up Kim's two run
Speaker 2: home run, and then in the eighth inning. I gotta
Speaker 2: give a lot of love to Taoscar Hernandez again because
Speaker 2: I was a firm believer this was going to be
Speaker 2: a huge redemption season for Taoscar Hernandez. So many of
Speaker 2: you were itching to trade him during the offseason, so
Speaker 2: many of you were down on him last year. He
Speaker 2: was dealing with a groin injury, and he plipped through it.
Speaker 2: Who can second guess whether or not that was the
Speaker 2: right decision or not. But the fact is, without Taoscar
Speaker 2: Hernandez hitting a go ahead, three run home run in
Speaker 2: Philly in Game one, the Dodgers are not advancing to
Speaker 2: the NLCS. He's one of the more clutch players they have,
Speaker 2: and now he's lost fifteen to eighteen pounds coming into
Speaker 2: the year, and he beat out a routine ground ball
Speaker 2: to Francisco Lindor to open the door for Dalton Rushing
Speaker 2: to hit his grand Slam in the eighth inning. Not
Speaker 2: to mention his diving attempt to try to catch a
Speaker 2: fly ball that was a flare from Francisco Alvarez and
Speaker 2: left field instead excuse me from Carson bench with Alvarez
Speaker 2: at first base. Alvarez did not get a good read
Speaker 2: on it, he didn't understand what was happening. Taoscar trapped
Speaker 2: it and had the presence of mind to throw right
Speaker 2: away accurately to get the force out at second base
Speaker 2: in the fifth inning. So Taoscar Hernandez has come big
Speaker 2: to start this year, and I don't see him slowing
Speaker 2: down anytime. Not to mention a home run as well,
Speaker 2: eight six six seven two five seventy is the phone number.
Speaker 2: Dodgers beat the Mets eight to two and hand them
Speaker 2: their eighth straight loss. Let's go out to Whittier, Ed
Speaker 2: you're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 7: Lead us off, ed, Hey, Dave, thanks for taking my call.
Speaker 7: My pleasure just leaving the game right now. What a
Speaker 7: great game on Jackie Robinson Day. Oh, TONI was lights
Speaker 7: out and it was great to see tay Oscar making
Speaker 7: plays and beating out that ground ball. My question is
Speaker 7: about Edwin Diaz. Do you think there's anything more there?
Speaker 7: Do you think he's the injured or anything. I mean,
Speaker 7: I know tonight was in a safe situation, but when
Speaker 7: do you think we'll see him back in the game,
Speaker 7: you know, in the ninth.
Speaker 2: I'm glad you asked about that, Ed, because Edwin Diaz
Speaker 2: was warming up at the eighth inning was unfolding. It
Speaker 2: was still a safe situation before Dalton Rushing and Kyle
Speaker 2: Tucker homered in that eighth inning to make it a
Speaker 2: blowout game. But Edwin Diaz was warming up in the
Speaker 2: Dodger bullpen in the eighth inning and he was going
Speaker 2: to come in for the save if it turned out
Speaker 2: to go that way. Instead, the Dodger offense scored five
Speaker 2: runs thanks to a rushing Slam and a Tucker solo
Speaker 2: home run, so Dave Roberts decided to sit him down.
Speaker 2: But yeah, he was getting hot for the ninth inning,
Speaker 2: which was a great sign that he was feeling good enough,
Speaker 2: and Dave Roberts felt confident to bring him into the
Speaker 2: game if it were a safe situation. So all as
Speaker 2: well for now ed.
Speaker 7: Great to hear Dave appreciate it, looking forward to a
Speaker 7: great season.
Speaker 2: Thank you all right, ed, thanks for coming out to
Speaker 2: Dodgers Stadium. It's a it's not a game anymore. When
Speaker 2: you come out here, it's an event, and tonight was
Speaker 2: an event. Jackie Robinson Day. Before the game, the Dodgers
Speaker 2: and Mets gathered around the Jackie Robinson statue in the
Speaker 2: centerfield plaza. Dave Roberts had some words. Bob Kendrick, the
Speaker 2: president of the Negro League Baseball Museum, was in the
Speaker 2: house and he gave a history lesson and that was powerful.
Speaker 2: And before we say goodnight, we're going to share my
Speaker 2: conversation with Bob Kendrick before eleven thirty, so stick around
Speaker 2: for that. He's a great man. And if you ever
Speaker 2: are in Kansas City or go to see the Dodgers
Speaker 2: out there. That is a must to go to the
Speaker 2: Negro League Museum. It is spectacular. Eight six six, nine,
Speaker 2: seven two five seventy is the phone number. Let's go
Speaker 2: out to Kate in Torrance. You're on Dodger Talk with
Speaker 2: David Vassi.
Speaker 8: Hi, Kate, Hi, this.
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Speaker 8: I should.
Speaker 5: I have to give a shout out to my fan
Speaker 5: Moncie for finally doing his classic drying a walk. I
Speaker 5: was just that was wonderful to see. But just a
Speaker 5: great way to honor Jackie Robinson tonight with all the hustle,
Speaker 5: and yeah, I'd love our that our seventy nine are
Speaker 5: better than some guys one two three.
Speaker 2: Yeah they're they're better than one two, three through nine
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Speaker 2: to two, and what a pitching performance by the Dodgers
Speaker 2: in this three game sweep. Robleski, Yamamoto and Otani Tonight
Speaker 2: combine to pitch twenty one and two thirds innings. They
Speaker 2: allowed just two earned runs and struck out twenty nine
Speaker 2: Mets in this three game sweep as they dominated the Mets.
Speaker 2: You know, coming into the series, it was billed as
Speaker 2: two Goliath as far as payrolls go. Well, like I
Speaker 2: said many times, the Dodgers are more than just their payroll,
Speaker 2: and I was happy to hear the National TV broadcast
Speaker 2: even point that out. You had a guy in Dalton
Speaker 2: Rushing who the Dodgers drafted and develop DH tonight and
Speaker 2: hit a Grand Slam, And you had Andy Piz. And
Speaker 2: you have Andy Piez who is now in his second
Speaker 2: full season, who was signed by the Dodgers, developed by
Speaker 2: the Dodgers, and now he's one of the elite center
Speaker 2: fielders and the best hitter in baseball right now. Coming
Speaker 2: into the game tonight, Piz three ninety seven with five
Speaker 2: home runs and twenty RBIs. His average now has increased
Speaker 2: to four to oh nine after having two more hits
Speaker 2: tonight and his ops at eleven forty eight. So the
Speaker 2: Dodgers are way more than just a bunch of guys
Speaker 2: that have been bought. And you can thank other teams
Speaker 2: for saying no. Thanks to Mookie Bets and Freddie Freeman
Speaker 2: for part of that, and the Dodgers said yes, yes,
Speaker 2: please Mookie Bets and Freddie Freeman and Taioscar Hernandez eight
Speaker 2: six six seven two five seventy is the phone number
Speaker 2: we're going to eleven thirty. We had a chance to
Speaker 2: catch up with the star of the game tonight. No
Speaker 2: not show Heyo Tani the other DH. Tonight's dh Dalton Rushing,
Speaker 2: who hit his first career Grand Slam.
Speaker 3: Yeah it was fun.
Speaker 9: Obviously you you can't get used to dhing for the Dodgers,
Speaker 9: but yeah it was.
Speaker 3: It was a good night.
Speaker 9: Results showed and once again just got I could help
Speaker 9: this team win and obviously your first career Grand Slam
Speaker 9: feels pretty good.
Speaker 3: How did you stay ready?
Speaker 2: This is not something you're used to.
Speaker 9: Yeah, I've been, whether it's Trae Jack hitting in the cages,
Speaker 9: simplifying the approach, I think the main thing being just
Speaker 9: simplifying things. The simpler I am in the box, the
Speaker 9: more I see results, the more I produce, and the
Speaker 9: more I help this team win. And at the end
Speaker 9: of the day, that's the most important part.
Speaker 2: What can you say about the way Otani pitched tonight?
Speaker 2: Even though you weren't catching, you had a pretty good view.
Speaker 3: Yeah, it was.
Speaker 10: Uh.
Speaker 3: He's special man.
Speaker 9: It's obviously everyone knows what he can do with a baseball,
Speaker 9: whether he's on the mound or he's in the box.
Speaker 9: But to be able to see him to kind of
Speaker 9: just go full fledge on the mound and just be
Speaker 9: able to put all of his trust and all of
Speaker 9: his work into everything pitch by pitch and it showed off.
Speaker 9: He uh, he looked nasty once again.
Speaker 3: Thanks for stopping. Enjoy the celebration inside. Absolutely a beast.
Speaker 2: Thank you Dalton Rushing, a big double to set up
Speaker 2: the two run home run by Hayesun Kim in the
Speaker 2: second inning. And then the big blow, a grand slam,
Speaker 2: a first pitch from Devin Williams, the newly signed closer.
Speaker 2: Not many games to close for the Mets, by the
Speaker 2: way these days, but Devin Williams had to get in sometime,
Speaker 2: and they brought him in and things really went off
Speaker 2: the rails for him. A first pitch change up up
Speaker 2: in the zone eighty five miles an hour.
Speaker 3: That's like J. T.
Speaker 2: Watkins or Dino Ebel or Jose Viscayano throwing BP fastballs
Speaker 2: to Dalton Rushing at four o'clock in the afternoon. He's
Speaker 2: not missing that. And that one went four hundred and
Speaker 2: twelve feet over the center field wall. And look, I
Speaker 2: know Freddy Freeman doesn't want to take days off, but
Speaker 2: the Dodgers are going to Denver, Colorado four games. Freddie
Speaker 2: double tonight is five hundred and fifty third double of
Speaker 2: his career, just seven shy from tying Eddie Murray and
Speaker 2: Jeff Kent Hall of famers, But why not mix in
Speaker 2: rushing more at first base? Why not get Freddy Freeman
Speaker 2: off his feet? Maybe even the next time Otani's not
Speaker 2: the DH? How about Freddie Freeman DH? How about Dalton
Speaker 2: rushing play for a space? There's a lot of different
Speaker 2: scenarios here to keep a lot of guys fresh, and
Speaker 2: the Dodgers certainly are playing with house money right now.
Speaker 2: Fourteen and four baseball's best record. But I can't stress
Speaker 2: enough how fragile all this is. I mean, you look
Speaker 2: back at last year and it felt like smoking mirrors
Speaker 2: to a certain extent for the Mets. But in June
Speaker 2: they had the best record in baseball and completely floundered
Speaker 2: the second half last year. I don't believe that's going
Speaker 2: to happen with the Dodgers. That hasn't been their history
Speaker 2: since twenty thirteen. But what I will say is that, yes,
Speaker 2: things are going great right now. The Dodgers seem to
Speaker 2: be like a freight train that nobody can stop. But
Speaker 2: it's very fragile. The one thing I could tell you
Speaker 2: is those players, that coaching staff, that front office are
Speaker 2: not taking any of this for granted in saying, you
Speaker 2: know what we got this, let's just fast forward to October.
Speaker 2: You don't see lesser players taking ground balls every single
Speaker 2: day like the way you see Freddie Freeman, like you
Speaker 2: see Mookie Beds, Keik Hernandez, Max Munsey, Miguel Rojas. Those
Speaker 2: guys are out here every single day. They're not taking
Speaker 2: spa days. They're pushing the foot on the gas even
Speaker 2: with this great start. And like I said, that's what
Speaker 2: makes the elite players elite. Paz out here every day.
Speaker 2: Taoscar Hernandez now coming out here to work, Kyle Tucker
Speaker 2: coming out to try to get fly balls as well.
Speaker 2: And Tucker homered in the eighth inning tonight, and Taoscar
Speaker 2: Hernandez through the sunflower seeds and a stoic look on
Speaker 2: his face when he did. I mean, he's still Kyle Tucker,
Speaker 2: but it was great to see him have some results
Speaker 2: here at Dodger Stadium the last two nights. Let's go
Speaker 2: out to Buena Park. Sam, you're on Dodger Talk with
Speaker 2: David vasse Hi.
Speaker 8: Sam, Hey, thanks day for taking my call.
Speaker 3: Brother.
Speaker 10: I went off to the game today. It's great.
Speaker 8: Jack and Robinson Day.
Speaker 10: But you know, I just want to point out and
Speaker 10: talk about the Dodgers, their record or their pace of
Speaker 10: going for one hundred and twenty wins and possibly beating
Speaker 10: the Murderers record. The Murders they were at a twenty
Speaker 10: games and five lost five lost pace. So possibly this
Speaker 10: road trip, you know, we go five and two. You know,
Speaker 10: I think we go seven to zero, but you know
Speaker 10: that puts us at nineteen and six, Dave, So what's
Speaker 10: your thoughts on them? Man?
Speaker 2: Well, I don't see the Dodgers losing to a college
Speaker 2: baseball coach in San Francisco next week, so I do
Speaker 2: see them winning all three games against the Giants, the
Speaker 2: Tennessee Giants, and as far as the Rockies series, the
Speaker 2: four game series, I could see. You know, Denver is
Speaker 2: a wild place, a lot of wacky things happened there.
Speaker 2: It's going to be extremely cold as well, so I
Speaker 2: would take us at course Field. I could see a
Speaker 2: three to one four game series and Nver. But look, Sam,
Speaker 2: I could tell you this if that record is broken
Speaker 2: in the process of the Dodgers just going and sticking
Speaker 2: with their game plan like tonight, for example, Otani not
Speaker 2: hitting Otani pitching then great, but they're not going to
Speaker 2: chase it. They never tried to chase it last year.
Speaker 2: They never tried to chase it before. So if it
Speaker 2: happens in the process of their plan for the regular season, fine,
Speaker 2: but they're not going to chase it.
Speaker 3: Yeah.
Speaker 10: I think we're just too deep deep this year that
Speaker 10: they just without even trying, they're going to get a
Speaker 10: hundred ten. So anyways, man, see you and I'm going
Speaker 10: to be back at Dodger Stadium on Susaki Bobblehead Night
Speaker 10: and I'll go dog no.
Speaker 2: All right, Sam, you know Sasaki Bobblehead Night. There's a
Speaker 2: bigger anniversary on that night, April twenty fifth. It's the
Speaker 2: fiftieth anniversary of Rick saving the American flag at Dodgers Stadium.
Speaker 2: That's what April twenty fifth is about. Awesome, all right, Sam,
Speaker 2: thank you for the phone call. Can't wait to see
Speaker 2: you out here for Sasaki Bobblehead Night. Eight six six
Speaker 2: nine eighty seven two five seventy is the phone number.
Speaker 2: We're gonna take a time out when we continue more
Speaker 2: of your phone calls, Jose Mobile check in. We'll give
Speaker 2: you a Blake Snell update and also you will hear
Speaker 2: from Bob Kendrick, the president of the Negro League Baseball Museum,
Speaker 2: on this beautiful Jackie Robinson day, even sweeter when Jackie's
Speaker 2: Dodgers beat the Mets eight to two on AM five
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Speaker 11: Bases loaded, no outs, three to one, Dodgers Williams to Rushing,
Speaker 11: first pitch hit in the air right centerfield, proper back
Speaker 11: hit the wall.
Speaker 1: Hit scanned.
Speaker 11: N a dagger from Dulton Rushing.
Speaker 2: Brick Monday and Steven Elson on the call tonight. Dalton
Speaker 2: Rushing put this game away in the eighth inning with
Speaker 2: his first career grand slam. The Dodgers homeward four times
Speaker 2: tonight to beat the Mets eight to two and complete
Speaker 2: the three games sweep. The Dodgers had a very successful
Speaker 2: homestand taking two out of three from the Ranger and
Speaker 2: winning all three against the Mets. Sho hey Otani tonight pitched,
Speaker 2: did not hit, six innings, ten strikeouts, two hits allowed,
Speaker 2: two walks, one earn run. He's now two to zero
Speaker 2: on the season and it was Clay Holmes taking the loss.
Speaker 2: He is now two and two for the Mets. Eight
Speaker 2: six six nine eight seven two five seventy is the
Speaker 2: phone number. Quick update on Blake Snell. He threw another
Speaker 2: LIVEVP before today's game. He simulated two innings. Dave Roberts
Speaker 2: said they would like Snell to do this one more time,
Speaker 2: simulate three innings, and then likely will go out on
Speaker 2: a rehab assignment. I'm sticking with my original prediction of
Speaker 2: over under single demyo for Blake's net to this rotation,
Speaker 2: and that makes things even scarier for the rest of
Speaker 2: the league because the Dodgers have the best record in baseball.
Speaker 2: They have not lost to a National League team. They're
Speaker 2: fourteen and four. They don't have keyk Hernandez, they don't
Speaker 2: have Tommy Edmund, they don't have Mookie Betts right now,
Speaker 2: they don't have Blake Snell, and oh, by the way,
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Speaker 2: ninety seven two five seventy is the phone number. Dodgers
Speaker 2: beat the Mets tonight eight to two. Let's go out
Speaker 2: to Bob and Malibu. Bob, you're on Dodger Talk. How
Speaker 2: you doing, Bob?
Speaker 12: Uncle Dave. Good to be with you, man, Me and
Speaker 12: the kids staying up late here to listen to you
Speaker 12: on Dodger Talk tonight. Man, So a pleasure to be
Speaker 12: with you. A good win, Dave. I have a question
Speaker 12: for you.
Speaker 1: Yeah, are you up in?
Speaker 12: Are you up in the booth with Rick and Stephen
Speaker 12: while they're announcing the game?
Speaker 3: Yes?
Speaker 2: I sit behind them, Okay in the eighth inning?
Speaker 3: What I feel like it? Kim?
Speaker 12: Yeah, it an eighth inning before I song. Kim made
Speaker 12: beautiful stab to Rob Robert. Yeah, to play Before that,
Speaker 12: Rick made a hilarious comment. And we're so lucky to
Speaker 12: have Rick Monday on the cult because his knowledge of
Speaker 12: the game and his history is just so deep. Did
Speaker 12: you hear his comment when he told the listeners that
Speaker 12: someone needs to tell haus On Kim he doesn't need
Speaker 12: to look for the commissioner's signature on the baseball before
Speaker 12: he throws it.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I did.
Speaker 2: And Rick's got a great quick sense of humor like that.
Speaker 2: And I don't think Kim was looking for the baseball
Speaker 2: when he made that diving stop on Robert and threw
Speaker 2: him out to end the eighth inning. But yeah, you're right, Bob.
Speaker 2: We are very lucky to have Rick Monday. He is
Speaker 2: the longest active tenure Dodger broadcaster. It goes back to
Speaker 2: the studio but play by play nineteen ninety three when
Speaker 2: he took over after Don Drysdale unexpectedly passed away. And
Speaker 2: Rick has seen a lot of baseball from Mickey Mannle
Speaker 2: and Willie Mays. To show Tani, not too many guys
Speaker 2: can say that in the booth.
Speaker 12: He was cracking me up, man, and he's always You're right,
Speaker 12: He's quick witted, and he's just got so much knowledge.
Speaker 12: So truly a pleasure to have that guy on the call.
Speaker 12: Man and lucky you to be sitting behind him when
Speaker 12: you choose.
Speaker 2: Dave, Hey, I say, lucky Rick Monday. How about that, Bob,
Speaker 2: I'm sure he's driving off the road right now. Thanks Bob,
Speaker 2: appreciate it. Tonight's game brought to you by Modello. Modello
Speaker 2: the mark of a fighter. I'm sure I'll hear about that.
Speaker 2: Let's head out to Jose Moda.
Speaker 1: It's tough to go around the horn with Jose Mota.
Speaker 2: What a night for the Dodgers Jose Mota first time
Speaker 2: since twenty twenty one. Show Hey, Otani is not the
Speaker 2: DH when he's pitching. But like shoe Hey said, they
Speaker 2: had a pretty good DH tonight.
Speaker 4: They did.
Speaker 8: I'm glad that I worked out so nicely for rushing
Speaker 8: for the guy. But about show, Hey, Dave, you're measuring
Speaker 8: soul right show. He is a guy that he could
Speaker 8: reinvent himself so quickly before a start, and today it
Speaker 8: was about fastballs. I pay a lot of attention to
Speaker 8: what he does before the game, throwing now from the
Speaker 8: like the shortstop side behind shortstop to the left field corner,
Speaker 8: part of the new routine as he gets before he
Speaker 8: goes to the bullpen, and I saw the fastball life.
Speaker 8: I mean, it wasn't just a ninety seven coming out
Speaker 8: of any arm. It was a live descent with a
Speaker 8: lot of life, a lot of popping, a lot of
Speaker 8: late life getting to the hitters. That's why he saw
Speaker 8: so many as soon as a misses. And again, you know,
Speaker 8: his four seam fastball at times can cut as the
Speaker 8: era Mirs told me here against the Guardians, and today
Speaker 8: you see it running a whole lot like a two seamer.
Speaker 8: So it's just wonderful to watch this guy go out
Speaker 8: there and just find a way to flood the zone
Speaker 8: and whatever's working he does and will Smith again a
Speaker 8: fantastic job doing some things behind the ploye that perhaps
Speaker 8: Poltani was not getting ready to do, and convincing him
Speaker 8: to throw a couple of pitches in crucial times.
Speaker 2: Yeah, what do you think about this scenario tonight? Do
Speaker 2: you believe that we could see this again where Otani
Speaker 2: does he pitches maybe when we get into the dog days.
Speaker 3: I think so.
Speaker 8: I think it's gonna be beneficial for show. Hey, he
Speaker 8: always wants to pitch, he always wants to compete on
Speaker 8: both sides of it's healthy. But I think that you know,
Speaker 8: part of the things that I was talking with Dave
Speaker 8: Roberts about when show her was like, you know, you
Speaker 8: got to protect show from show. Hey, he's always going
Speaker 8: to say, yes, you have to protect showhill Tony from
Speaker 8: Show hill Tony. He's not going to get me younger.
Speaker 8: He wants to compete at the highest levels. He's gonna
Speaker 8: challenge himself to be better, and it's to be it'd
Speaker 8: be a plug for many reasons. You mentioned Freddie Freeman
Speaker 8: and getting him out swiftly obviously, and then for show Hey,
Speaker 8: it's just a mentality of just not worrying about too
Speaker 8: many swings between pitching and de aging and just a
Speaker 8: lot of swings while he's the aging, just going after
Speaker 8: and just concentrating and keep that arm loose as a
Speaker 8: pitcher and going deep as possible, because you know, one
Speaker 8: thing is he's going to keep pushing to go deeper
Speaker 8: in games, and it's going to be quite ideal for
Speaker 8: him to sometimes just not have to worry about hitting,
Speaker 8: especially when the Dodgers have a he brought to some
Speaker 8: guys then go out there and also do a fine job.
Speaker 2: Hey, Sun Kim had a nice game tonight, a two
Speaker 2: run home run.
Speaker 3: What can you say.
Speaker 2: About just the bottom of the Dodgers order at Like
Speaker 2: I mentioned earlier, Rushing and Kim combined for six RBIs tonight,
Speaker 2: And if it's not for Rushing keeping that inning alive
Speaker 2: with a two strike, two out double, there is no.
Speaker 3: Two run home run for Hayesan Kim.
Speaker 8: You know, Dave, Dave Roberts had some individual talks with
Speaker 8: some guys in the spring training about the acquisition of
Speaker 8: a Kyle Tucker right movie Mookie down at number three,
Speaker 8: but he mostly spoke with the pizes of the world
Speaker 8: and ta Oscar and Munsei and guys are going to
Speaker 8: be right there in the bottom, like Kim himself, and
Speaker 8: it was about, hey, you know, don't get caught up
Speaker 8: and all these stars having to carry us. You guys
Speaker 8: are as important anybody. So it goes back to the
Speaker 8: preparation in this organization, just not using so much the
Speaker 8: star players to say if you don't hit, we can't
Speaker 8: we can't win. I mean, if you're not performing. It's
Speaker 8: about telling the guys in the bottom at some point,
Speaker 8: we're going to need so much of you. It's a
Speaker 8: long season. There's gonna be times when they're going to
Speaker 8: carry at the top. But right now what we see
Speaker 8: in is a plus, and there's many teams that would
Speaker 8: love to have something happened like this because as a
Speaker 8: lineup turns around and you're making the you know, comparison
Speaker 8: with the Pods and a couple of years ago, it
Speaker 8: is it is a pain for pictures to get can't
Speaker 8: let on. I mean the long the game gets very long,
Speaker 8: and the lineups get a lot sicker. Knowing that in
Speaker 8: your mind is like if I can get through seven, eight,
Speaker 8: nine and then get to the top, it's gonna be
Speaker 8: a lot easier where it's not. Because guys are putting
Speaker 8: together good best. This that we see it now is
Speaker 8: not going to continue for the rest of the season,
Speaker 8: but it can be as good or not even just
Speaker 8: better than the past couple of years because the guys
Speaker 8: are more experienced. Guys are hitting down there could be
Speaker 8: hitting three, four or five for some of the teams.
Speaker 8: Is not happening. But I know the guys understand what
Speaker 8: Dave Robays was saying to them, saying, when you have it,
Speaker 8: go out there and take it and don't like any
Speaker 8: team any picture take you lightly make him pay. And
Speaker 8: they are making them pay, all.
Speaker 2: Right, Jose, can't wait to see on the plane tomorrow.
Speaker 2: It was a great Jackie Robinson day here at Dodgers Stadium.
Speaker 2: I know how much he meant to your dad and
Speaker 2: means to so many people, but you know, people like
Speaker 2: your dad got to meet him, and that's really special.
Speaker 8: Very very special day, no doubt about it. Considering he
Speaker 8: was also the first color commentator with a dark skin
Speaker 8: a national broadcaster ABC. Is wonderful to be following those
Speaker 8: footsteps and all that he cracked though for so many
Speaker 8: of us in so many ways and makes us feel
Speaker 8: quite proud. And I am also very lucky to be
Speaker 8: on the air with you.
Speaker 3: All right, Jse, thanks a lot.
Speaker 2: We'll see on the plane tomorrow. There he goes Jose Mota,
Speaker 2: part of the Dodgers Spanish radio broadcast after the Dodgers
Speaker 2: sweep the Mets in this three game series with an
Speaker 2: eight to two win. Remember how this series started justin
Speaker 2: Robleski eight scoreless innings. Last night we had a picture
Speaker 2: duel between Yamamoto and Nolan McLain and the Dodger bullpen
Speaker 2: pitch better than the Mets bullpen to win two to one.
Speaker 2: And then tonight you had Otani six innings, ten strikeouts,
Speaker 2: and the Dodgers sweep the Mets, who are reeling right now.
Speaker 2: They've lost eight in a row, their records seven and
Speaker 2: seven and twelve, while the Dodgers are fourteen and four.
Speaker 2: And today was a great day all around because the
Speaker 2: Dodgers won. But it started great because, as it has
Speaker 2: become tradition with the Jackie Robinson statue now in that
Speaker 2: beautiful center field plaza, whoever the Dodgers are playing, they
Speaker 2: will both go out there in full uniform before the
Speaker 2: game around two thirty this afternoon and really reflect on
Speaker 2: the legacy and what Jackie Robinson meant to everybody into
Speaker 2: this country as far as the civil rights movement goes.
Speaker 2: And the Dodgers have had everybody from Kareem Abdul Jabbard
Speaker 2: to Reggie Smith out there addressing the Dodgers and their opponent.
Speaker 2: And today the Dodgers invited Bob Kendrick, the president of
Speaker 2: the Negro League Baseball Museum, to come out and address
Speaker 2: the Mets and Dodgers. And I had a chance to
Speaker 2: catch up with Bob after his incredible speech and his
Speaker 2: incredible history lesson to all of us.
Speaker 13: Yeah, now it's great to be back here at Dodgers Stadium,
Speaker 13: to be here in the great city of LA And
Speaker 13: what an incredible celebration this is every year, but for me,
Speaker 13: it means so much more to actually be here as
Speaker 13: part of this celebration.
Speaker 2: What did it mean to you when the Dodgers asked
Speaker 2: you to come to La, come to Dodgers Stadium and
Speaker 2: in the shadow of this statue speak to the Dodgers
Speaker 2: and Mets.
Speaker 3: It was special. It was special.
Speaker 13: So you feel a very strong sense of pride that
Speaker 13: they think enough of the work that we do there
Speaker 13: in Kansas City that it would be meaningful for me
Speaker 13: to be here to deliver the address to the two
Speaker 13: ball clubs. And so that means a great deal to
Speaker 13: all of us at the Negro League's Baseball Museum.
Speaker 2: Those of us that have visited several times. I remember
Speaker 2: my first time was with Andre Ethier, and you give
Speaker 2: us not only a history lesson in baseball, but a
Speaker 2: history lesson in American history.
Speaker 3: Is that way you were.
Speaker 2: Trying to convey to these ballplayers that may not.
Speaker 13: Know you know, because with each generation we move further
Speaker 13: and further away. Because I have to remind myself not
Speaker 13: to take for granted that everyone knows Jackie's incredible story,
Speaker 13: because the byproduct of progress is that we have a
Speaker 13: tendency to forget, and we cannot forget what Jackie was
Speaker 13: able to do.
Speaker 3: And you're right, Jackie's.
Speaker 13: Story, the story of the negro leagues in general, is
Speaker 13: much bigger than the game of baseball, yet it's still
Speaker 13: just a tiny part of the great story of the
Speaker 13: game of baseball. And anytime that we get the opportunity
Speaker 13: to elevate the awareness, hopefully the interest, and remind people
Speaker 13: of just how courageous Jackie Robinson was, we want to
Speaker 13: make sure that we take full advantage of that and
Speaker 13: for me to be able to make the connectivity to
Speaker 13: his incredible story back to the negro leagues, because this
Speaker 13: does not.
Speaker 3: Happen without the negro Leagues.
Speaker 13: Now, you've got to think that baseball would have integrated
Speaker 13: at some point.
Speaker 3: In time, but who knows how long?
Speaker 13: And then where were those players going to come from
Speaker 13: if you did not have the negro leagues?
Speaker 3: And so the stories cannot be separated. But a lot of.
Speaker 13: People don't know that side of his story as it
Speaker 13: relates to his time in Kansas City with the Great
Speaker 13: Kansas City monarchs.
Speaker 2: I love how Bob Kendrick reminded everybody what Jackie Robinson
Speaker 2: did was before Rosa Parks, was before doctor Martin Luther
Speaker 2: King Junior. He is at the forefront of the civil
Speaker 2: rights movement.
Speaker 13: So you can effectively divide the twentieth century into two pieces,
Speaker 13: before Jackie and after Jackie. That's the found impact that
Speaker 13: he had, and he was the spark that ignited the
Speaker 13: civil rights movement in this country. Now, oftentimes people don't
Speaker 13: necessarily connect the two, but we do, and I think
Speaker 13: it is eye opening for people when they do learn
Speaker 13: how at the forefront of this movement he really was.
Speaker 2: Now, we love having Bob Kendrick in Los Angeles, but
Speaker 2: you have to get to Kansas City to the Negro
Speaker 2: League Baseball Museum. That is one of the more special places.
Speaker 2: And my favorite piece in that museum is the painting
Speaker 2: of the Dinner that we've heard don nucom tell many
Speaker 2: times before.
Speaker 13: Yes, the painting is called Grace, and Nuke told the
Speaker 13: story with great clarity, and he was so inspired when
Speaker 13: he would tell that story, and it was captivating, and
Speaker 13: he would oftentimes tell the story of how they had dinner.
Speaker 13: He Jackie Roy Campanella and Doctor King sitting down having
Speaker 13: dinner when Doctor King conveyed to them that he could
Speaker 13: not have done what they did because they were out
Speaker 13: there moving the needle for progress. Now Here is the
Speaker 13: greatest civil rights leader of all time acknowledging what Jackie
Speaker 13: did as an individual because he was playing a team
Speaker 13: sport when he took that field with the Brooklyn Dodgers,
Speaker 13: he was individualized, and that he could not have done it,
Speaker 13: and that they helped make his job easier. That alone
Speaker 13: should help us understand the impact of what Jackie was
Speaker 13: able to do. And then those other integration pioneers who
Speaker 13: followed Jackie, Yeah, the Don Newcomb's, the Roy Campanellos, the
Speaker 13: Junior Gilliams, the Joe Blacks, who are all tied to
Speaker 13: the Dodgers organization, all played a significant role in helping
Speaker 13: move the needle of progress forward. And I think that's
Speaker 13: what doctor King was relating, and that painting so beautifully
Speaker 13: depicts them. They're sitting at the dinner table holding hands
Speaker 13: while they're saying grace.
Speaker 2: Very powerful. Certainly is so is Bob Kendrick. There are
Speaker 2: so many ways to describe you, your genuine love for
Speaker 2: the stories that you tell and the meaning behind them
Speaker 2: come across, whether it's to the Dodgers or Mets, or
Speaker 2: to anybody that comes to visit the Negro League Hall
Speaker 2: of Fame the museum.
Speaker 3: So man, awesome to have you out here.
Speaker 2: Glad your knee is doing good and you still got
Speaker 2: the best style in America hands down.
Speaker 3: Yeah. The news doing much better dinner.
Speaker 13: When I saw you last and I was trying to
Speaker 13: fake it, I was trying to move around with op
Speaker 13: my brace on.
Speaker 3: But the news much much much better.
Speaker 13: The thing that I've learned the olde I get the slur,
Speaker 13: the healing processes, but no is what a honor to
Speaker 13: be part of this celebration and to be back here
Speaker 13: at Dodger Stadium.
Speaker 3: So thanks so much for having me.
Speaker 2: I'll never forget this Jackie Robinson Day. Thank you for
Speaker 2: stopping by. And awesome to do this with you in
Speaker 2: front of this statue.
Speaker 3: Yeah, no, this made it even special.
Speaker 13: And to have the two clubs gathered around this amazing
Speaker 13: piece of art that really is alive.
Speaker 3: Yeah, and it.
Speaker 13: Lives through all of them who played his game, and
Speaker 13: we wanted to remind him that they do carry that
Speaker 13: level of civic and social responsibility with them.
Speaker 3: We all do, we all do.
Speaker 1: Thank you Bob there.
Speaker 2: He is my guy, Bob Kendrick, more than just the
Speaker 2: president of the Negro League Baseball Museum. He's one one
Speaker 2: of a kind, all class, great person and we love
Speaker 2: having you here. So I know you're in demand today.
Speaker 2: You better get that me moving.
Speaker 10: There.
Speaker 2: He is Bob Kendrick, a great man. Great to have
Speaker 2: him out here at Dodger Stadium, the president of the
Speaker 2: Negro League Baseball Museum in the house tonight on Jackie
Speaker 2: Robinson Day, and I wasn't kidding. The best dressed guy
Speaker 2: in all of LA. And I've been fortunate enough to
Speaker 2: be able to experience a tour by Bob out there
Speaker 2: in Kansas City at the Negro League Baseball Museum. It
Speaker 2: is a great treasure and if you're ever in that area,
Speaker 2: you must go. It is a must if you're a
Speaker 2: baseball fan on your bucket lists. Just a an extraordinary museum.
Speaker 2: And I remember going there the first time with Andre Ethier.
Speaker 2: Really really special place. So thank you to Bob Kendrick
Speaker 2: for his time. That'll do it for us tonight on
Speaker 2: Dodger Talk. Thanks to Dwayne McDonald out here at Dodgers Stadium,
Speaker 2: thanks to Colin Ee back at our Burbank Studios, and
Speaker 2: thanks to you for listening. Don't forget the Dodgers have
Speaker 2: a travel day tomorrow. They'll start a seven game road
Speaker 2: trip in Denver on Friday, which we'll take them with
Speaker 2: four games in Denver and then three more in San Francisco.
Speaker 2: Tyler Glass Now will be on the mound Friday from Corsfield.
Speaker 2: Our coverage begins at four point thirty, with first pitch
Speaker 2: at five point forty with Rick Monday and Steven Nelson.
Speaker 2: The Dodgers really did a number on the Mets. They
Speaker 2: win all but one game on this six game homestand
Speaker 2: they're riding high with baseball's best record fourteen and four.
Speaker 2: Life is good coming up next Ben Maller on Fox
Speaker 2: Sports Radio. I'm sure he's sour about something, but things
Speaker 2: are sunny right here. Have a great rest of your night.
Speaker 2: Once again. The final score, Dodgers beat the Mets eight
Speaker 2: to two.