WEBVTT - Dodger Talk (6-28-26) 0:00:00.520 --> 0:00:02.840 The quest for the three peat has begun. 0:00:03.080 --> 0:00:06.920 Only four teams in Major League Baseball history have won 0:00:07.000 --> 0:00:11.399 three consecutive titles. The Dodgers are the favorites to become 0:00:11.720 --> 0:00:12.479 the fifth fifth. 0:00:12.600 --> 0:00:15.040 This is World Champion Dodger Talk. 0:00:15.120 --> 0:00:17.360 Here we go again. We'regetto running back to get. 0:00:17.239 --> 0:00:19.759 In on the show called eight six six, nine eighty 0:00:19.840 --> 0:00:22.759 seven two five seven, and be sure to follow Dodger 0:00:22.840 --> 0:00:24.880 Talk wherever you catch your podcasts. 0:00:25.600 --> 0:00:27.920 Here's your host, David Vase. 0:00:28.200 --> 0:00:32.720 Last day, we are live at Peco Park in San Diego, 0:00:32.880 --> 0:00:36.400 after the Dodgers hold on and beat the Padres today 0:00:36.479 --> 0:00:39.200 by a final score of four to two in front 0:00:39.240 --> 0:00:42.680 of another sellout crowd here at Peco Park that had 0:00:42.720 --> 0:00:45.120 a lot of Dodger blue in it, and they made 0:00:45.120 --> 0:00:49.120 their presence felt again last night and today. I would 0:00:49.200 --> 0:00:53.360 say it was a predominantly pro Dodger crowd. And that'll 0:00:53.400 --> 0:00:57.040 happen when the Dodgers are beating the Padres fifteen to 0:00:57.080 --> 0:01:00.560 three last night and four to two today. And it 0:01:00.680 --> 0:01:03.560 wasn't a nine run inning, but it was a three 0:01:03.720 --> 0:01:06.920 run fifth inning for the Dodgers today that made the difference. 0:01:06.959 --> 0:01:09.840 And we'll hear from Freddie Freeman and mookie bets in 0:01:09.880 --> 0:01:12.840 a moment. We have phone lines open, two lines to 0:01:12.920 --> 0:01:16.160 be specific at eight sixty six nine, eight seven, two, 0:01:16.240 --> 0:01:20.000 five seventy. And really that fifth inning was the beginning 0:01:20.080 --> 0:01:22.959 for the Dodgers again when they scored three runs against 0:01:23.000 --> 0:01:27.400 a very shaky Michael King, who was not very sharp today. 0:01:27.800 --> 0:01:31.399 He only lasted four to third innings and threw ninety pitches. 0:01:31.920 --> 0:01:36.280 And in the last game the Dodgers face King here 0:01:36.640 --> 0:01:39.920 in San Diego, King went seven scoreless innings. Because the 0:01:39.959 --> 0:01:44.039 Dodgers were chasing pitches outside of the strike zone, and 0:01:44.080 --> 0:01:48.120 they were swinging at pitches on the edges of that 0:01:48.280 --> 0:01:51.040 was outside of the strike zone as well. Today they 0:01:51.080 --> 0:01:53.440 did not do that, and a lot of it had 0:01:53.440 --> 0:01:56.000 to do with Michael King, because he was nowhere close 0:01:56.400 --> 0:02:00.000 to the strike zone. And one of the more impressive 0:02:00.240 --> 0:02:03.480 bats we have seen this season was by of course, 0:02:03.560 --> 0:02:07.560 from Freddy Freeman in that fifth inning, down two to 0:02:07.640 --> 0:02:11.080 begin the at bat and then works a nine pitch 0:02:11.320 --> 0:02:14.760 walk with the bases loaded. The bases were loaded, and 0:02:14.800 --> 0:02:18.200 Freddy Freeman worked a nine pitch walk to force in 0:02:18.480 --> 0:02:21.000 the Dodgers' second run of the game, the first of 0:02:21.040 --> 0:02:23.600 that third inning. And if you go back and look 0:02:23.639 --> 0:02:28.600 at it. The Padres catcher probably should have challenged that 0:02:28.760 --> 0:02:33.320 pitch because it was borderline. Rudolpho Duran don't understand why 0:02:33.400 --> 0:02:37.000 with two challenges and in a high leverage spot bases 0:02:37.040 --> 0:02:40.480 loaded you if you don't get the call, a run 0:02:40.560 --> 0:02:44.040 is scoring and the line keeps moving. So, by what 0:02:44.080 --> 0:02:46.440 the Dodgers have told me, as far as their game 0:02:46.480 --> 0:02:49.880 plan goes, you want to save the challenges A for 0:02:50.000 --> 0:02:53.320 your catcher in those spots, and B you want to 0:02:53.360 --> 0:02:57.880 save them in those high leverage situations. A challenge that 0:02:57.919 --> 0:03:00.519 could flip the count, can flip the inning, can keep 0:03:00.520 --> 0:03:04.119 the inning going. And for whatever reason, Duran, the Padres 0:03:04.240 --> 0:03:07.240 catcher chose not to challenge that pitch, and it was 0:03:07.280 --> 0:03:11.320 a huge mistake because as we have seen on the ABS, 0:03:11.760 --> 0:03:14.320 when you see that ball coming through on the big 0:03:14.360 --> 0:03:18.240 screen and it barely clips the outer part of the 0:03:18.280 --> 0:03:21.799 strike zone, it's strike three, and there's a very good 0:03:21.840 --> 0:03:25.280 possibility that it would have been strike three on Freddy Freeman. 0:03:25.360 --> 0:03:29.000 But nonetheless, a great nine pitch walk to force in 0:03:29.040 --> 0:03:32.840 a run. And then Mookie Bets comes up very patiently 0:03:33.040 --> 0:03:38.240 after watching King all over the place. The entire inning 0:03:38.360 --> 0:03:41.360 doesn't swing at the first pitch and forces King to 0:03:41.360 --> 0:03:44.360 come into the strike zone, and he didn't miss. He 0:03:44.440 --> 0:03:48.000 hit a two run single in Mooki to me, looks 0:03:48.080 --> 0:03:50.760 the best that we have seen Mooki Bets look in 0:03:50.800 --> 0:03:53.600 at least two years. We haven't seen this version of 0:03:53.640 --> 0:03:57.160 Mookie Bets in a long time, and that's really good 0:03:57.200 --> 0:04:01.680 news for the Dodgers. Eight six seven two five seventy. 0:04:02.080 --> 0:04:05.000 Let's start with Freddy Freeman, who went through. Is that 0:04:05.240 --> 0:04:07.720 bat his ninth pitch at bat part of that three 0:04:07.880 --> 0:04:11.040 run fifth inning. Let's hear front Freddy on Sports at LA. 0:04:11.360 --> 0:04:13.600 I mean, obviously Michael you know his pitchwall against us 0:04:13.600 --> 0:04:15.920 in his career, and we knew that going in. We 0:04:15.920 --> 0:04:17.799 wanted to be a little bit more aggressive, but certain 0:04:17.800 --> 0:04:22.039 situations calls for being less aggressive. But in my certain situation, 0:04:22.120 --> 0:04:23.800 I bass loaded, so I wanted to be aggressive to 0:04:23.800 --> 0:04:26.080 the first pitch strike and I had to sweeper a 0:04:26.120 --> 0:04:27.560 little bit up and I fell off, and then it's 0:04:27.560 --> 0:04:29.880 wanted to change up. And so in that situation, I'm 0:04:29.880 --> 0:04:31.680 just trying to hit a fly ball, you know, just 0:04:31.680 --> 0:04:33.360 trying to get a sack fly. Don't want to ground 0:04:33.360 --> 0:04:36.080 into it. Whole play to lose momentum, so just kind 0:04:36.080 --> 0:04:37.920 of battling. He was, you know, he went changing a 0:04:37.960 --> 0:04:40.080 lot of change ups, front door sinkers, so just trying 0:04:40.080 --> 0:04:42.800 to bat on. Finally I was able to lay off 0:04:42.839 --> 0:04:44.680 that change up, down down belad zone, and you know, 0:04:44.720 --> 0:04:47.480 Mochi was huge getting that hit hit show he had. 0:04:47.680 --> 0:04:51.120 We just good pitching, timely hitting, good defense. That's what 0:04:51.120 --> 0:04:51.880 what it was the game today. 0:04:52.839 --> 0:04:54.800 Now, are you that last call would have stood up 0:04:54.839 --> 0:04:55.839 if they challenged? 0:04:56.279 --> 0:04:57.440 Were you surprised they did? 0:04:57.960 --> 0:04:58.680 On which one? 0:04:59.480 --> 0:05:00.640 The walk? The last pair? 0:05:01.000 --> 0:05:02.440 I didn't is that of a strike? 0:05:03.279 --> 0:05:04.279 Oh? 0:05:04.360 --> 0:05:07.840 I don't ever look at the iPads. That's news to me. 0:05:07.960 --> 0:05:10.240 But he didn't call it. Maybe it makes up for 0:05:10.240 --> 0:05:10.760 the strikeout. 0:05:13.400 --> 0:05:15.200 Being able to put together the kind of a pants 0:05:15.320 --> 0:05:16.160 that ending is. 0:05:16.200 --> 0:05:17.880 It's just kind of been one of the things as 0:05:17.920 --> 0:05:20.080 an offense the last like month or two now that 0:05:20.080 --> 0:05:21.560 you guys have been able to do consistently. 0:05:21.680 --> 0:05:23.800 That's led to the consistent. 0:05:24.080 --> 0:05:27.000 Yeah, I just we got good players that can control 0:05:27.000 --> 0:05:31.039 strike zones, good timely hits. It comes together. Sometimes there'll 0:05:31.120 --> 0:05:33.119 be a one or two game stretch where it doesn't happen, 0:05:33.160 --> 0:05:36.200 but we know we're okay. And when you can control 0:05:36.240 --> 0:05:38.080 the zone with the guys that was on the mountain 0:05:38.120 --> 0:05:39.920 today and get him out after four and a third. 0:05:39.960 --> 0:05:42.479 That it's a huge win for us. So we knocked 0:05:42.520 --> 0:05:45.520 every I mean grant yesterday wasn't open about every starter 0:05:45.560 --> 0:05:47.200 out before the sixth inning. So that's huge for us, 0:05:47.240 --> 0:05:50.040 especially with this bullpen, to get those guys in and 0:05:50.160 --> 0:05:51.839 really make them work in the first game and then 0:05:51.880 --> 0:05:53.520 we lost. We got all their big guys in and 0:05:53.960 --> 0:05:55.640 I kind of changed a series of how they've been 0:05:55.640 --> 0:05:56.719 about it with the bull. 0:05:57.400 --> 0:05:59.880 All right, there's Freddy Freeman on sports in at LA, 0:06:00.000 --> 0:06:04.120 and how about this. The Dodgers never saw Mason Miller 0:06:04.320 --> 0:06:07.760 in this series. The padres blew it open late, so 0:06:07.800 --> 0:06:10.240 he never came in to close that game. That seven 0:06:10.320 --> 0:06:13.600 to one win for San Diego. The Dodgers had a 0:06:13.680 --> 0:06:18.039 commanding lead of course last night, beating them fifteen to three, 0:06:18.120 --> 0:06:21.440 and then today the Dodgers were ahead, laid in the 0:06:21.520 --> 0:06:25.520 game and Miller was never deployed. So uh, that was 0:06:26.120 --> 0:06:28.560 that was a win within the win where the Dodgers 0:06:28.680 --> 0:06:32.600 kept Mason Miller in the bullpen all series long as 0:06:32.600 --> 0:06:35.680 they take two out of three from San Diego eight 0:06:35.760 --> 0:06:39.080 six six seven two five seventy is the phone number. 0:06:39.120 --> 0:06:41.760 We got to go out to this guy because in 0:06:41.800 --> 0:06:44.599 the eighth and ninth inning of last night's game, Rick 0:06:44.720 --> 0:06:49.360 Monday and Steven Nelson called out Ken and Newport Beach 0:06:49.839 --> 0:06:53.800 for only calling after Dodger losses. So here we are, 0:06:54.480 --> 0:06:58.400 Ken in Newport Beach calling in after two Dodger wins 0:06:58.880 --> 0:07:02.400 against the Padres. Did did you hear the challenge? Ken? 0:07:02.480 --> 0:07:03.480 Is that why you're calling? 0:07:04.880 --> 0:07:08.279 I didn't. I always hit the doctors. I had like 0:07:08.360 --> 0:07:12.240 some a little flu thing going on. Sorry I missed it, 0:07:12.320 --> 0:07:14.240 but yeah, you were. 0:07:14.720 --> 0:07:17.440 You are infamous now, Ken, And I'm sorry you had 0:07:17.440 --> 0:07:19.840 to go to the doctors. Hope you're feeling better. But 0:07:20.640 --> 0:07:23.600 you don't usually call after Dodger wins. Maybe that trip 0:07:23.640 --> 0:07:25.760 to the doctor's off has changed something. 0:07:26.840 --> 0:07:30.200 Yeah, maybe they gave me a shot of positivity. It's possible. 0:07:31.440 --> 0:07:35.240 So first off, I had so many San Diego fans 0:07:35.680 --> 0:07:37.680 after that first game. I said, oh, I'm gonna hear 0:07:37.720 --> 0:07:40.960 about this because if they won two or three of 0:07:41.000 --> 0:07:44.880 these games, dude and talking about World Series. So I 0:07:44.880 --> 0:07:48.040 think the doctors were wonderful. Last two games. I think 0:07:48.120 --> 0:07:52.240 Shehn was probably one of his best games. Was very impressed. 0:07:53.040 --> 0:07:58.280 I only have one questions last fifteen games. It's hitting 0:07:58.400 --> 0:08:01.920 hundred two hundred, Okay, I mean you're not. 0:08:02.640 --> 0:08:05.400 There, it is. There's the Ken. We know, there's the can. 0:08:05.520 --> 0:08:05.840 We know. 0:08:06.760 --> 0:08:08.960 We know you're feeling good now, Ken. 0:08:11.160 --> 0:08:13.920 Try to steal six times he got thrown out when 0:08:13.960 --> 0:08:18.040 you got Freeman and Mookie hitting behind you. Is that 0:08:18.360 --> 0:08:21.080 silly to try to steal when you got thrown out? 0:08:21.400 --> 0:08:25.280 Yes, I agree with you. And look, the reality is 0:08:25.320 --> 0:08:27.960 the Dodgers have had a hard time finding a guy 0:08:28.000 --> 0:08:31.840 to be productive hitting behind otaany did you know this, Ken, 0:08:31.920 --> 0:08:35.679 that the dodgers number two hitter, whether it's been Tucker, Mookie, 0:08:35.880 --> 0:08:40.120 Freddy pa Has, they're hitting two eleven, whoever the Dodgers' 0:08:40.240 --> 0:08:42.440 number two hitter is. So they've had a hard time 0:08:42.480 --> 0:08:46.520 finding a number two hitter, and Paz has struggled ever 0:08:46.640 --> 0:08:50.120 since he's gotten into that two spot. I know he's 0:08:50.120 --> 0:08:53.160 a high variant type of hitter, but that's the reality. 0:08:53.200 --> 0:08:55.360 The Dodgers have had a hard time finding a number 0:08:55.360 --> 0:08:55.840 two hitter. 0:08:57.240 --> 0:09:02.320 Well, there is a guy who's sitting through that could 0:09:02.400 --> 0:09:06.000 be their number two hitters wasn't playing today, but I'm 0:09:06.000 --> 0:09:12.400 just sa fan. Well, who's the Dodger's heaving three seventy. 0:09:12.440 --> 0:09:17.760 Oh Tommy Edmund. I wouldn't mind Tommy Edmund hitting second. 0:09:17.920 --> 0:09:21.480 I hope he doesn't fall into that number two trap though, 0:09:21.520 --> 0:09:24.880 But yeah, I like Tommy Edmund hitting second too. Ken, 0:09:25.040 --> 0:09:27.680 I would say he would be the next option. Thanks 0:09:27.720 --> 0:09:29.880 to the phone call. Hope you feel better. There we go, 0:09:30.000 --> 0:09:33.520 Ken and Newport Beach. A rare call after a Dodger win. 0:09:33.920 --> 0:09:37.000 Let's go out to Curtis, who is in attendance today 0:09:37.040 --> 0:09:38.920 at Petco Park. How you doing, Curtis? 0:09:40.400 --> 0:09:44.520 Hi, Dave, I'm here with my two sons. 0:09:44.640 --> 0:09:48.880 Were on our way back home to Riverside County. I 0:09:49.040 --> 0:09:53.760 wasn't available last weekend for Father's Day and my two 0:09:53.800 --> 0:09:58.360 awesome sons because I've always wanted to go to Oracle. 0:09:58.000 --> 0:10:01.760 Park to watch a Dodger route game, and my kids 0:10:01.800 --> 0:10:04.920 blessed me with the tickets to go watch the game 0:10:04.960 --> 0:10:11.880 today and beautiful stadium. Very happy commute back home. Was 0:10:12.040 --> 0:10:16.720 very happy with em at Shean's performance today as opposed 0:10:16.720 --> 0:10:22.000 to last Sunday. And when when I was little, my 0:10:22.160 --> 0:10:22.920 parents we. 0:10:22.760 --> 0:10:27.280 Were in saclamenty and back then Jack Murphy Stadium and 0:10:27.400 --> 0:10:31.959 we went there, but just a very fun experience and. 0:10:33.440 --> 0:10:34.840 It's a pleasure to talk to you. 0:10:34.960 --> 0:10:38.320 Dave. Oh, that's a great fallas day gift to come 0:10:38.360 --> 0:10:42.280 down to Peco Park. Curtis, what I mean, what were 0:10:42.320 --> 0:10:45.440 your first impressions of Peco Park and the fans sitting 0:10:45.480 --> 0:10:46.000 around you. 0:10:47.640 --> 0:10:50.800 Well, I've been in to Oracle Park in San Francisco. 0:10:51.120 --> 0:10:53.520 My son was going up there to Berkeley and he 0:10:54.120 --> 0:11:00.160 would go watch a Dodger road game and beautiful stadium, 0:11:00.160 --> 0:11:05.640 Oracle TechCo the beat la Chen I could deal without. 0:11:06.520 --> 0:11:10.199 Fortunately we didn't get to hear that today or yesterday. 0:11:10.400 --> 0:11:15.360 So just a very fun experience. I'd love to come 0:11:15.400 --> 0:11:19.120 back there again, maybe next season, maybe on a night game. 0:11:19.280 --> 0:11:22.480 But just a very fun day day. 0:11:22.960 --> 0:11:25.400 And I'm blessed to have my two boys. 0:11:25.840 --> 0:11:28.160 All right, Curtis, I'm glad. It was a great family 0:11:28.240 --> 0:11:30.600 trip down to San Diego. There were a lot of 0:11:30.679 --> 0:11:33.760 Dodger fans here the last two nights and in fact 0:11:33.840 --> 0:11:37.400 all weekend long. But you really heard the Dodger fans 0:11:37.440 --> 0:11:40.640 the last two games here as they bounce back after 0:11:40.800 --> 0:11:43.960 Walker Bueller and the Padres won the first game of 0:11:44.000 --> 0:11:47.600 this series. And it feels like again the Padres win 0:11:47.679 --> 0:11:50.480 the first game of this series. They're feeling great about 0:11:50.520 --> 0:11:55.080 themselves despite being nine games back or eight games back, 0:11:55.640 --> 0:12:00.160 and again a very emotional Padres team getting weight too 0:12:00.320 --> 0:12:04.400 high after one win. And how are they feeling now? 0:12:04.840 --> 0:12:07.920 You know? The Padres are headed to Chicago, I believe, 0:12:08.000 --> 0:12:10.760 to take on the Cubs. How are they going to 0:12:11.440 --> 0:12:15.480 recover from losing the last two games in the fashion 0:12:15.559 --> 0:12:19.239 that they lost. I wouldn't be surprised if the Padres 0:12:19.280 --> 0:12:22.160 lost two out of three to the Cubs in Chicago 0:12:22.360 --> 0:12:26.680 and they show up limping even more at Dodger Stadium, 0:12:26.720 --> 0:12:29.160 but then find a way to get emotional there. So 0:12:30.000 --> 0:12:33.520 still the same DNA of that team, no matter who 0:12:33.559 --> 0:12:37.880 the manager is, it's basically the same core group of players, 0:12:38.320 --> 0:12:41.800 and they're way too emotional and they were feeling way 0:12:41.840 --> 0:12:46.000 too good about themselves after that first game of this series. 0:12:46.400 --> 0:12:49.760 Today's game brought to you by Modello Modello the Mark 0:12:49.800 --> 0:12:52.320 of a Fighter. We're gonna take a time out here 0:12:52.360 --> 0:12:54.600 on Dodger Talk. When we come back, we'll hear from 0:12:54.640 --> 0:12:57.319 Mookie Betts, We'll hear from Dave Roberts, We'll hear from 0:12:57.360 --> 0:13:00.360 emmittschhen and also take more of your phone call at 0:13:00.400 --> 0:13:03.600 eight six six nine, eight, seven, two, five seventy. The 0:13:03.720 --> 0:13:06.839 Dodgers beat the Padres today four to two on a 0:13:06.920 --> 0:13:08.600 five to seventy LA Sports. 0:13:12.880 --> 0:13:15.880 Be anywhere at any time and you can hear past 0:13:15.960 --> 0:13:19.120 episodes of Dodger Talk all of those things. Search AM 0:13:19.200 --> 0:13:21.319 five seventy on the iHeartRadio app. 0:13:21.400 --> 0:13:25.480 We're streaming online. We stream every game too. Come find it. 0:13:25.679 --> 0:13:30.000 Back to Dodger Talk on AM five seventy LA Sports. 0:13:30.400 --> 0:13:33.520 On a two to one, bet smacks a base heading 0:13:33.600 --> 0:13:37.440 the left center field. Old tani Is in potes whole 0:13:37.520 --> 0:13:43.439 race home. 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And all 0:14:56.480 --> 0:15:01.320 I said was talking to world champion Kenny Landro. He 0:15:01.440 --> 0:15:05.680 reminded me and gave me some first hand experience. He said, David, 0:15:06.240 --> 0:15:10.720 you can't judge mooki Bets after ninety at bats. You 0:15:10.840 --> 0:15:15.240 can't judge him after just twenty five at bats coming 0:15:15.280 --> 0:15:19.720 back from the oblique string. He said, David, give this 0:15:19.880 --> 0:15:24.160 man at least two hundred at bats before you judge him. 0:15:24.440 --> 0:15:27.720 And I took that advice, and look where it's at 0:15:27.840 --> 0:15:31.640 right now. Mookie Bets has one hundred and ninety five 0:15:31.680 --> 0:15:35.200 at bats. He's got his batting average up to a 0:15:35.280 --> 0:15:39.920 respectable ish two thirty six but the stats don't matter. 0:15:40.680 --> 0:15:44.280 What matters is him helping the Dodgers win now, because 0:15:44.360 --> 0:15:47.480 when you start as slow as Mooki did, uh, it's 0:15:47.520 --> 0:15:50.280 gonna be hard to get those stats looking like Mooki 0:15:50.360 --> 0:15:52.360 bets by the end of the year. And I believe 0:15:52.760 --> 0:15:56.000 he's come to that realization. Even Dave Roberts told us 0:15:56.720 --> 0:16:00.400 on Friday that, you know, Mooki and the Dodgers are 0:16:00.480 --> 0:16:03.400 not looking at the stats anymore. He's got to worry 0:16:03.440 --> 0:16:06.200 about how he's going to win that day. And he's 0:16:06.280 --> 0:16:10.960 done that the last fifteen to twenty games. So again, 0:16:11.560 --> 0:16:16.080 great players don't all of a sudden become bad players. 0:16:17.080 --> 0:16:20.120 The guy had a really good spring training. He maybe 0:16:20.240 --> 0:16:22.760 did a little bit too much of sense YadA on 0:16:22.840 --> 0:16:28.000 his shoulders, but he has gone back to working on baseball, 0:16:28.360 --> 0:16:31.080 and ever since he went back to working on baseball, 0:16:31.480 --> 0:16:35.280 the rest has has taken care of itself. Here was 0:16:35.400 --> 0:16:38.440 Mookie Betts with Kirsten Watson on Sports net LA. 0:16:39.560 --> 0:16:41.920 Really just to stay aggressive. You know, he kind of 0:16:42.800 --> 0:16:46.600 was out of his own that inning, you know, uncharacteristic. 0:16:46.680 --> 0:16:48.640 You know, he's starting a little more balls than normal. 0:16:48.720 --> 0:16:50.920 But so I just knew, like I got to be 0:16:50.960 --> 0:16:52.400 ready to go because he's trying to. He's got to 0:16:52.440 --> 0:16:54.560 get back on his own to get himself out. 0:16:54.440 --> 0:16:55.840 Of it, and I got to get Fish to hit. 0:16:56.360 --> 0:16:59.800 Where are all those Mookie Bets haters? Everybody's jumping off 0:16:59.840 --> 0:17:04.240 the HOOKI bendwagon A four time World Series champion. He's 0:17:04.280 --> 0:17:06.879 built up a lot of credit in this series. And 0:17:06.960 --> 0:17:10.320 I've always said that that's the biggest difference between Mookie's 0:17:10.359 --> 0:17:15.560 early season struggles and Kyle Tucker's continuing struggles. Mookie Betts 0:17:15.560 --> 0:17:18.720 has three World Series championships with the Dodgers. He's played 0:17:18.760 --> 0:17:21.480 a big part of it. He's won Gold Gloves and 0:17:21.600 --> 0:17:24.760 right field and he's a goal glove caliber shortstop. Now, 0:17:26.080 --> 0:17:29.680 Kyle Tucker, you know, I'm not like I said last night. 0:17:29.800 --> 0:17:31.840 I'm not going to say he's back. I'm not going 0:17:31.960 --> 0:17:34.880 to say he's going to go on a tear. That's 0:17:35.040 --> 0:17:39.760 just complete fan emotional overreaction to one game. That's what 0:17:39.960 --> 0:17:44.480 fans do. I am still a believer in Kyle Tucker, 0:17:44.520 --> 0:17:47.480 don't get me wrong, but I don't see him really 0:17:47.560 --> 0:17:50.360 taking off until after the All Star break. And today 0:17:50.720 --> 0:17:54.320 Tucker was one for four with two strikeouts, So you're 0:17:54.320 --> 0:17:57.600 going to see flashes because he is working to try 0:17:57.600 --> 0:18:00.199 to get out of this and get that feel. But 0:18:00.280 --> 0:18:03.520 I feel like until the All Star break comes and 0:18:03.560 --> 0:18:07.040 he's able to just reset his season, and maybe he 0:18:07.119 --> 0:18:10.639 needs to come to that realization that whatever the bit 0:18:10.760 --> 0:18:13.720 back of the baseball card is going to show at 0:18:13.720 --> 0:18:15.880 the end of this year, it's not going to look 0:18:16.040 --> 0:18:19.120 like the other Kyle Tucker years. He has to come 0:18:19.160 --> 0:18:21.560 to that realization as well and just try to win 0:18:21.680 --> 0:18:25.040 that day. Eight six, six, nine, eight seven, two five 0:18:25.160 --> 0:18:28.199 seventy is the phone number. Dodgers beat the Padres today, 0:18:28.560 --> 0:18:31.760 four to two. Let's go out to Eric in Riverside. 0:18:31.760 --> 0:18:34.400 You're on Dodger Talk with David vasse Hi. Eric. 0:18:36.080 --> 0:18:39.760 Hey, Dave, Hey, I was one of those Mookie haters 0:18:39.880 --> 0:18:41.000 kind of Hey. 0:18:41.280 --> 0:18:44.679 I like that self reporting, self reporting. I appreciate that, 0:18:44.880 --> 0:18:46.640 Eric recording. 0:18:46.720 --> 0:18:50.080 Yeah, thank you. Yeah. I just wanted him to make 0:18:50.160 --> 0:18:50.879 some adjustments. 0:18:50.920 --> 0:18:52.800 And I've been seeing him hit the ball the other way, 0:18:53.560 --> 0:18:54.600 and I've been seeing. 0:18:54.400 --> 0:18:57.600 Him hit that high fastball. He's the way I see it. 0:18:57.640 --> 0:18:59.120 In my opinion, he's a low ball hitter. 0:18:59.720 --> 0:19:01.119 Yeah, So he just has. 0:19:00.960 --> 0:19:04.600 To adjust to the other pitches. And another thing is 0:19:04.680 --> 0:19:09.520 just I love the toughness of his team, Like for example, today, 0:19:09.560 --> 0:19:11.480 I thought Michael Kings is gonna call him up again, 0:19:11.560 --> 0:19:16.600 and they hung in there, and they adjust and they 0:19:16.640 --> 0:19:17.240 didn't chase. 0:19:17.680 --> 0:19:21.000 They don't chase. When they don't chase, you see games 0:19:21.040 --> 0:19:23.639 like that, and you're right. They are the most mentally 0:19:23.720 --> 0:19:27.400 tough team in all of baseball. That's the reason why 0:19:27.400 --> 0:19:29.879 they've been able to win back to back championships and 0:19:30.320 --> 0:19:32.680 find a way to win that Game seven and win 0:19:32.720 --> 0:19:35.160 the final two games of the World Series after being 0:19:35.280 --> 0:19:38.399 one win away from going home. So you're right, they 0:19:38.480 --> 0:19:40.440 are the most mentally tough team out there. 0:19:41.680 --> 0:19:44.600 That's right, Dave. And I think this series against the 0:19:44.600 --> 0:19:49.200 as you know, with these young talented kids, it's gonna 0:19:49.200 --> 0:19:51.040 be a really good test for them. 0:19:51.480 --> 0:19:54.600 It's not a test and Eric stopped that. Eric stop, 0:19:55.040 --> 0:19:57.639 It's not a test for the Dodgers. It's a test 0:19:57.720 --> 0:20:01.800 for the A's, and the A's are a young team 0:20:01.880 --> 0:20:05.080 that has a lot of good hitters. You're right, and 0:20:05.640 --> 0:20:08.320 that's going to be again, like the White Sox series, 0:20:08.400 --> 0:20:11.200 that's gonna be their biggest series of the year. Having 0:20:11.240 --> 0:20:14.439 the Dodgers in a minor league stadium in Sacramento for 0:20:14.560 --> 0:20:17.159 the A's. It's a test for the A's, it's not 0:20:17.240 --> 0:20:18.440 a test for the Dodgers. 0:20:19.560 --> 0:20:22.520 I'll rephrase it like like like make the brick would say, 0:20:22.520 --> 0:20:24.040 it's a track game, it's a trapper. 0:20:24.359 --> 0:20:26.320 Why why is it a track game? Why is it 0:20:26.359 --> 0:20:30.440 a trap series? The Dodgers can't get up for every 0:20:30.480 --> 0:20:33.280 single game, every single series. They know how to pace 0:20:33.359 --> 0:20:36.520 themselves for the whole year. So even if they lose 0:20:36.520 --> 0:20:38.640 two out of three, it's not a big deal. 0:20:38.760 --> 0:20:42.680 Eric, I got you, I got you, Dave. All right, 0:20:42.760 --> 0:20:43.800 I'm panicking. 0:20:44.400 --> 0:20:47.480 Sorry, they're up ten games. They have the best record 0:20:47.480 --> 0:20:50.680 in baseball. There's nothing to panic about. They just took 0:20:50.720 --> 0:20:52.600 care of the Padres. 0:20:53.200 --> 0:20:55.520 You're right, I hate losing. Hey, I love san Diego. 0:20:55.560 --> 0:20:58.960 I was at San Diego Zoo yesterday. Love san Diego. Hey, Dave, 0:20:59.160 --> 0:21:00.000 I got a stupid quiest. 0:21:00.840 --> 0:21:03.640 I mean already, I mean, who's to hold on? I mean, 0:21:03.680 --> 0:21:06.000 you are just taking a lot of liberties right now. 0:21:06.359 --> 0:21:12.840 You just think you could stay on the whole show. Yeah, 0:21:12.880 --> 0:21:14.000 what's your last question? 0:21:15.359 --> 0:21:21.800 Okay? I noticed that the the the batting boxes at 0:21:21.840 --> 0:21:25.320 Dodger Stadium, they're thin lines, and normally they're like thick 0:21:25.359 --> 0:21:27.479 lines at other stadiums. Do you know why that is? 0:21:28.080 --> 0:21:31.520 That's their style. Some teams have the thick chalk, some don't. 0:21:32.720 --> 0:21:35.640 But the batter batter's box has got to be outlined 0:21:35.680 --> 0:21:39.920 into the standard outlined area. And even in stadiums like Cincinnati, 0:21:40.000 --> 0:21:43.160 they they have the catcher's box as well to make 0:21:43.160 --> 0:21:45.159 sure the catcher knows where he's supposed to be. 0:21:46.920 --> 0:21:49.120 Okay, okay, I thought maybe it's just some of the 0:21:49.160 --> 0:21:50.880 Dodger players liked it that way. 0:21:51.240 --> 0:21:57.880 Okay, Lorenz style at Dodger Stadium. Thanks for the phone call, Eric. Wow. Eric, Yeah, 0:21:57.880 --> 0:21:59.560 had a lot to say right there. I mean, the 0:21:59.600 --> 0:22:04.960 sky's panicking. He let's let's just take a breath here. 0:22:05.440 --> 0:22:09.119 Did Eric just say that the next series is a 0:22:09.160 --> 0:22:12.719