WEBVTT - Dodger Talk (4-24-26) 

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<v Speaker 1>The quest for the three peat has begune.

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<v Speaker 2>Only four teams in Major League Baseball history have won

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<v Speaker 2>three consecutive titles. The Dodgers are the favorites to become

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<v Speaker 2>the fifth.

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<v Speaker 1>This is World Champion Dodger Talk.

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<v Speaker 3>Here we go again. We're got to running back.

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<v Speaker 1>To get him on the show called eight six six

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<v Speaker 1>eighty seven two five seven, and be sure to follow

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<v Speaker 1>Dodger Talk wherever you catch your podcasts. Here's your host,

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<v Speaker 1>David Vasse.

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<v Speaker 2>Last day, Welcome the Dodger Talk. David Vasse with you

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<v Speaker 2>until eleven thirty tonight here on Am five to seventy

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<v Speaker 2>LA Sports. After the Dodgers returned home and had a

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<v Speaker 2>four to nothing lead in the seventh inning, but squander

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<v Speaker 2>it and the Cubs scoring six unanswered runs to beat

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<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers tonight six to four. A disappointing night for

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<v Speaker 2>the Dodger bullpen, which has been struggling of late. The

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<v Speaker 2>Dodger bullpen has given up twenty runs in the last

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<v Speaker 2>eighteen innings of work. Couple that with a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>key guys in this lineup struggling right now. First and foremost,

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<v Speaker 2>ta Oscar Hernandez, who is two for his last twenty

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<v Speaker 2>eight after going oh for four tonight show, he Otani,

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<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers' leadoff hitter, struck out three times Tonight was

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<v Speaker 2>oh for three. He's two for his last twenty. Andy Paez,

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<v Speaker 2>who started off the season red hot, has cooled off.

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<v Speaker 2>He's four for his last twenty seven. And Kyle Tucker

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<v Speaker 2>hasn't gotten on track at all. He is seven for

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<v Speaker 2>his last thirty. Tucker against his former team tonight oh

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<v Speaker 2>for three with a walk. So you couple that many

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<v Speaker 2>key players in the lineup struggling with a bullpen that

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<v Speaker 2>is struggling right now, you'll get a team that has

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<v Speaker 2>lost five of his last seven eight six six nine

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<v Speaker 2>eight seven two five seventy is the phone number coming up.

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<v Speaker 2>Later in the show, we'll check in with Jose Mota.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll get you an update on Mookie Beds and when

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<v Speaker 2>he may return. And also i'll let you hear my

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<v Speaker 2>questions to Craig Council about his comments last week in

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<v Speaker 2>Chicago about wanting to change an unfair quote Otani rule.

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<v Speaker 3>So we'll get to that as well.

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<v Speaker 2>But for the Dodgers, a disappointing night, and look the

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<v Speaker 2>three guys they brought in those are there, guys.

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<v Speaker 3>Those are the.

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<v Speaker 2>High leverage relievers. Tanner Scott yesterday saved a game in

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<v Speaker 2>San Francisco, not an easy task. So I'm not gonna

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<v Speaker 2>say the sky's falling when it comes to Tanner Scott,

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<v Speaker 2>but I felt like his attention was more on Pete

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<v Speaker 2>Crow Armstrong at first base than where it needed to

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<v Speaker 2>be with Dansby Swanson at the plate, and I kind

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<v Speaker 2>of had a bad feeling, especially with the momentum that

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<v Speaker 2>was on the cut side, with the big lead that

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<v Speaker 2>PCA was taking the way Tanner Scott was paying a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of attention to him, made a bad pitch, fastball

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<v Speaker 2>right down the middle, and as Tanner Scott said yesterday,

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<v Speaker 2>I threw way too many pitches last year middle middle

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<v Speaker 2>and major league hitters will hit that out well. Dansby

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<v Speaker 2>Swanson proved that to be true because that's where that

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<v Speaker 2>pitch was, and it was a no doubter or way

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<v Speaker 2>over the home run seats in left field for the

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<v Speaker 2>go ahead two run home run which gave the Dodgers,

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<v Speaker 2>or gave the Cubs a six to four lead and

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<v Speaker 2>a six to four win for the Dodgers. They've been

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<v Speaker 2>beaten now by the opposing team's number nine hitter twice

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<v Speaker 2>in the last three games. If you go back to

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<v Speaker 2>the middle game of that series against the Giants, the

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<v Speaker 2>number nine hitter Patrick Bailey hit the go ahead three

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<v Speaker 2>run home run in the seventh inning off of Jack

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<v Speaker 2>Dryer in a scoreless tie. And then you have Dansby Swanson,

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<v Speaker 2>the number nine hitter for the Cubs tonight, hitting a

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<v Speaker 2>go ahead two run home run in the ninth inning

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<v Speaker 2>and driving in four of the cubs six unanswered runs tonight. So, uh,

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<v Speaker 2>that also doesn't sit well with anybody with the Dodgers.

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<v Speaker 2>Eight six, seven, two, five seventy is the phone number

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<v Speaker 2>for me. The two players of the game for the

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<v Speaker 2>Dodgers tonight was the Battery Emmitt Sheen and Will Smith.

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<v Speaker 2>Emmit Sheen had his best start of the season tonight,

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<v Speaker 2>getting into the seventh inning. Uh, was over the one

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<v Speaker 2>hundred pitch limit in that seventh inning, came out with

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<v Speaker 2>one out in the seventh, and he had a career

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<v Speaker 2>high ten strikeouts, and that's when things started to unravel.

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<v Speaker 2>Vesia was able to get Carson Kelly out for the

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<v Speaker 2>second out of the seventh with a four to nothing lead,

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<v Speaker 2>and then all of a sudden the wheels came off

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<v Speaker 2>as soon as he walked Pete Crow Armstrong on four pitches.

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<v Speaker 2>That's when this entire game changed, and the Cubs were

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<v Speaker 2>able to score a six unanswered runs to beat the

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<v Speaker 2>Dodgers six to four and win their tenth straight game

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<v Speaker 2>and the Dodgers in second place. Now the Cubs and

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<v Speaker 2>Dodgers have the same record at seventeen and nine. So look,

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<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers are doing fine, but this happens during the

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<v Speaker 2>course of a season, and right now it's happening to

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<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers. They've lost five of their last seven. And

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<v Speaker 2>will Smith made two great tags as the Dodgers threw

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<v Speaker 2>out two Cubs runners at the plate tonight. In the

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<v Speaker 2>fourth inning, Michael Bush on a great throw ninety five

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<v Speaker 2>miles an hour from Andy Poz, and then in the

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<v Speaker 2>eighth inning, Ian Happ, trying to score from first base

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<v Speaker 2>in a tied game, was thrown out Pahz to Kim

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<v Speaker 2>to will Smith, and so the Dodgers threw out two runners.

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<v Speaker 2>Will Smith got a big strikeout for Emid Shean challenging

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<v Speaker 2>a ball strike call with the ABS that ended the

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<v Speaker 2>sixth inning, and he hit a three run home run

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<v Speaker 2>in the third inning, So for me, it was Will

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<v Speaker 2>Smith and Emma Sheen that were the stars of the

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<v Speaker 2>game for the Dodgers. By the way, in that seventh inning,

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<v Speaker 2>not only do things start to open up for the Cubs,

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<v Speaker 2>but then in the bottom of the seventh inning, the

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<v Speaker 2>Dodgers had a chance to regain momentum, but Andy Pie

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<v Speaker 2>has hit a ball down the right field line that

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<v Speaker 2>Saya Suzuki did not play well, but instead of stopping

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<v Speaker 2>at second with the leadoff double, Piz was thrown out

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<v Speaker 2>at third. And you're always taught you don't want to

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<v Speaker 2>make the first or last out at third base or

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<v Speaker 2>home plate, and that's exactly what happened. And then momentum

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<v Speaker 2>on the Cubs side. A ground ball that ricochet's off

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<v Speaker 2>of Michael Bush, goes to the second baseman, Nico Horner.

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<v Speaker 2>He makes a great throw to the winning pitcher, Tonight,

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<v Speaker 2>the reliever Tonight Ryan rollas In and Kim, the speedy

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<v Speaker 2>Kim was beaten to the bag and there's two outs

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<v Speaker 2>nobody on. So right there in that seventh inning, uh,

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<v Speaker 2>as Stu Lance likes to say on the Lakers broadcast,

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<v Speaker 2>mister momentum changed jerseys He went from wearing a Dodger

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<v Speaker 2>jersey to a Cubs jersey in that seventh inning. Eight

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<v Speaker 2>six six, seven, two five seventy is the phone number.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's go out to the phones for the first time tonight,

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<v Speaker 2>Mike and Carson. You're on Dodger Talk with David vasse Hi.

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<v Speaker 4>Mike, Hey, what's going on?

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<v Speaker 1>Dave?

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, Just to just to man that that seventh bens Andy.

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<v Speaker 3>You are rattled. Mike, the game and you are rattled.

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<v Speaker 5>I am.

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<v Speaker 4>I don't think I've been dis frustrated with the April

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<v Speaker 4>loss in a while, but you know, when you're blowing

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<v Speaker 4>leads like this, it's you have a chance to tack

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<v Speaker 4>onto the one run lead. I think Andy Pojez was

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<v Speaker 4>he needs to stay at second base and let the

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<v Speaker 4>ny unfold and trust the guys behind him. And that's

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<v Speaker 4>that's all I got. You know, David's that was a game.

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<v Speaker 2>Actually, you think, uh, here's something else to Pie has

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<v Speaker 2>been thrown out at third base and the top of

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<v Speaker 2>the seventh inning, he leaped up at the wall to

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<v Speaker 2>try to rob Dansby Swanson of what turned out to

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<v Speaker 2>be a triple. I think he was frustrated with himself

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<v Speaker 2>because he thought he should have caught that, and then

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<v Speaker 2>he tried to do too much in the bottom of

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<v Speaker 2>the seventh inning, being overly aggressive, trying to stretch that

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<v Speaker 2>double into a triple.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, for sure. I mean, you know, fitz Lawyer is

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<v Speaker 4>a part of the game. But when you're when the

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<v Speaker 4>Cubs are just driving with the momentum and you you're

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<v Speaker 4>you're as hot as Andy Pie is at the plate.

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<v Speaker 6>You know, he's not hot.

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<v Speaker 2>He's actually not hot. He's four for his last twenty seven.

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<v Speaker 2>He's not hot anymore.

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<v Speaker 4>We need what we need him to be. All those

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<v Speaker 4>guys do Tuckers Show and those guys just you know,

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<v Speaker 4>maybe maybe it's April, so I don't know, but.

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<v Speaker 3>It is April.

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<v Speaker 2>It is April, and they have a pretty good record,

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<v Speaker 2>So all is well, Mike.

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<v Speaker 3>It was a disappointing loss.

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<v Speaker 2>It was a messy loss, but the Dodgers are doing

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<v Speaker 2>just fine with a seventeen and nine record.

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<v Speaker 3>Thanks for the phone call, appreciate it.

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<v Speaker 2>Eight sixty six nine eighty seven two five seventy is

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<v Speaker 2>the phone number Ken in Newport Beach. Wow, not surprising

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<v Speaker 2>you would have your first appearance on Dodger Talk after

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<v Speaker 2>a loss like this Ken, How you doing?

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<v Speaker 6>Hey? You know, this is one heck of a day,

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<v Speaker 6>one of the great Laker comebacks ever, and then a

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<v Speaker 6>disappointing Dodger loss all in once. I don't know if

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<v Speaker 6>I'm going left or right, and you know, all over

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<v Speaker 6>the place. I'm just a little point here. Thirty one

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<v Speaker 6>strikeouts in twenty six games, eleven RBIs two thirty seven average,

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<v Speaker 6>last five games won eighty He's got such a worst

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<v Speaker 6>beverage on the team. What in the world is going

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<v Speaker 6>on with Otani? He looks horrible at that three more

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<v Speaker 6>strikeouts tonight. I'm concerned a little bit about him, don't you.

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<v Speaker 2>Well he told me in Toronto he has not felt

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<v Speaker 2>good at the plate this month, and he feels like

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<v Speaker 2>by May he's going to start feeling like himself again.

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<v Speaker 2>And if you look at his May from last year,

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<v Speaker 2>he hit more home runs in that month than he

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<v Speaker 2>did in any other month last year. So I'll just

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<v Speaker 2>take his word for it. But yeah, he doesn't look

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<v Speaker 2>like Otani. I mean, when was the last time Otani

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<v Speaker 2>struck out and his helmet fell off? That just tells

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<v Speaker 2>you how far off he is right now.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, Yeah, he's off balance.

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<v Speaker 3>And he's trying to pull everything.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, he's wide open when he's swinging. But you know,

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<v Speaker 6>thirty one strikeouts in twenty six games. That's not good.

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<v Speaker 6>But you know, Dodgers will be fine. Clubs are a

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<v Speaker 6>good team, but you know, the kind of start hitting

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<v Speaker 6>and they're relieving is really killing him.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and it's just happening at the wrong time when

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<v Speaker 2>you have four key guys that are in a slump

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<v Speaker 2>right now. So hopefully that changes tomorrow against Colin Ray,

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<v Speaker 2>who's been pretty good. So we'll see how it goes.

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks for the phone call, can appreciate it. Eight six

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<v Speaker 2>six nine eighty seven two five seventy is the phone number. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I know, we talked about it in San Francisco on

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<v Speaker 2>the days that O'tani pitches. He's not that great hitting

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<v Speaker 2>in sixty four at bats with the Dodgers. But if

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<v Speaker 2>we're just looking at twenty twenty six, he's been in

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit of a funk here in the month

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<v Speaker 2>of April, the last two and a half weeks, and

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<v Speaker 2>tonight it just he was trying to pull everything. He

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<v Speaker 2>didn't look comfortable in the batter's box. Like I just said,

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<v Speaker 2>I can't remember the last time I saw show Hey

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<v Speaker 2>Otani strikeout and his helmet fell off, So that just

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<v Speaker 2>kind of tells you where he's at right now. Eight

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<v Speaker 2>two five seventy is the phone number. The Dodgers give

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<v Speaker 2>up six unanswered runs to the Cubs tonight and fall

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<v Speaker 2>six to four in the first game of this three

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<v Speaker 2>game series against Chicago, and then you got Roki Sasaki tomorrow,

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<v Speaker 2>and you never know what you're gonna get with him.

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<v Speaker 2>Hopefully he could be efficient. And I feel like that

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<v Speaker 2>also played into the decisions Dave Roberts made with his bullpen.

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<v Speaker 2>You look at the guys he used tonight, Scott pitching

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<v Speaker 2>on back to back days, but Trina Invesia had not

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<v Speaker 2>pitched since last Sunday in Colorado, So if you're not

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<v Speaker 2>gonna use them tonight, when you're gonna use them to

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<v Speaker 2>close out the game, It was just unfortunate that PCA

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<v Speaker 2>walked on four pitches with two outs, and that kind

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<v Speaker 2>of changed the complexion of this game. And that'll happen

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<v Speaker 2>with two outs. Eight six six nine, eight seven two

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<v Speaker 2>five seventy is the phone number. Let's go up to Johnny,

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<v Speaker 2>who is at Dodgers Stadium tonight. Hi, Johnny, you're on

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<v Speaker 2>Dodger Talk.

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<v Speaker 4>How you doing?

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<v Speaker 2>I'm doing fine, Johnny. The Dodgers are are doing all right.

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<v Speaker 2>Just the frustrating loss tonight.

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<v Speaker 7>Frustrating. That was ridiculous.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean you didn't see that coming.

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<v Speaker 7>Huh No, I mean you know we're coming off a

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<v Speaker 7>hot streak all of a sudden.

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<v Speaker 4>A series?

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<v Speaker 3>Are we coming off a hot streak?

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<v Speaker 7>We were?

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<v Speaker 3>Now they lost two out of.

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<v Speaker 2>Three in San Francisco and split four in Denvers. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>so I wouldn't say they came home without that.

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<v Speaker 7>I mean, how strong?

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<v Speaker 1>Uh?

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<v Speaker 7>Show Hey needs to do something. I don't know what's

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<v Speaker 7>going on, but you know he needs to find his rhythm.

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<v Speaker 7>It's just like I.

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<v Speaker 2>Say, Johnny, if I was able to put you in

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<v Speaker 2>front of show Hey, O'toni, what advice would you give

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<v Speaker 2>him to snap out of this two for twenty slump?

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<v Speaker 7>Yeah? Stop trying to hit everything and stop swinging up

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<v Speaker 7>his just relax, focus and get it done. You know

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<v Speaker 7>you're paying four hundred something million dollars a.

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<v Speaker 6>Year for.

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<v Speaker 2>Come on right, Johnny, I'll be I'll be sure to

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<v Speaker 2>pass along those hitting tips. Thanks a lot for the

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<v Speaker 2>phone call, boy. Eight six six eight seven two five

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<v Speaker 2>seventy is the phone number. I wonder how o'tani would

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<v Speaker 2>receive those hitting tips from the car right there, Thanks, Johnny.

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<v Speaker 2>Eight sixty six nine eight seven two five seventy is

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<v Speaker 2>the phone number. When we continue more of your phone calls.

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<v Speaker 2>And also you'll hear my question, my Q and a

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<v Speaker 2>time with Craig Counsel, the man that was whining about

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<v Speaker 2>the Otawni rule next last week, I gave him a

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<v Speaker 2>chance to clear the air.

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<v Speaker 3>You'll hear that next.

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<v Speaker 2>And also we'll check in with Jose Mota and get

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<v Speaker 2>you an update on Mookie bets and when the heck

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<v Speaker 2>he may return to this Dodger lineup that needs him.

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<v Speaker 2>The Dodgers fall to the Cubs tonight six to four

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<v Speaker 2>on a five to seventy LA Sports.

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<v Speaker 1>Dodger Talk with Dodger insider David Basse.

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<v Speaker 3>Will Smith has been a terrific clutch hitter. Let's see

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<v Speaker 3>what he can do with too on. There's a fly

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<v Speaker 3>ball the right field and deep back o Suzuki.

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<v Speaker 7>To the wall and is gone.

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<v Speaker 3>A home run, Will Smith, when you're hot, You're hot,

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<v Speaker 3>a three run blast. It's his third home run of

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<v Speaker 3>the year.

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<v Speaker 8>He's knocked in fourteen and the Dodgers lead three nothings.

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<v Speaker 2>Will Smith coming up big in the third inning. After

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<v Speaker 2>show Heyotani and Freddie Freeman could not deliver and drive

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<v Speaker 2>in those runs or even move them over. Will Smith

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<v Speaker 2>comes up with a huge three run home run with

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<v Speaker 2>two outs in that third inning off of Jamison tie On. Unfortunately,

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<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers squander a four nothing lead and the Cubs

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<v Speaker 2>Nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone number

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<v Speaker 2>Dodger talk with you until the bottom of the hour.

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<v Speaker 3>Will check in with Jose Mota in ten minutes.

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<v Speaker 2>You'll get an update on Mookie Bets and when he

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<v Speaker 2>may return. But I want to get to my question

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<v Speaker 2>and answer time with Craig Council during his media session

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<v Speaker 2>before the game.

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<v Speaker 3>Now we read.

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<v Speaker 2>Did not hear because haven't seen it on camera or audio.

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<v Speaker 2>We read what Craig Council had to say out of

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<v Speaker 2>the blue, out of nowhere, five years too late, after

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<v Speaker 2>Major League Baseball made the Otani rule where he is

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<v Speaker 2>designated as a two way player, not a position player,

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<v Speaker 2>not a pitcher, but a two way player, so he

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't count against the pitching staff's thirteen maximum limit when

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<v Speaker 2>it comes to roster construction. And also part of the

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<v Speaker 2>Otani rule is he can stay in as the DH

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<v Speaker 2>after he's removed.

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<v Speaker 3>As the starting pitcher.

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<v Speaker 2>So all of a sudden, Craig Council, out of nowhere

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<v Speaker 2>from Wrigley Field comes up and says he wants the

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<v Speaker 2>Otani rule to be looked at. He wants it changed.

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<v Speaker 2>It's unfair. None of us knew the context of all that.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, where's this coming from? So that was part

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<v Speaker 2>of my question to Craig Council, and that's where things

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<v Speaker 2>started between me and the Cubs manager.

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<v Speaker 8>I don't know, I'm I have no idea if it's

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<v Speaker 8>Scott traction or not.

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<v Speaker 9>It has gotten some traction, but just curious, like what

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<v Speaker 9>prompted that answer now, Craig.

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<v Speaker 8>Well, it was I answered a different question actually, so

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<v Speaker 8>the question I answered had nothing to do with that.

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<v Speaker 7>So I was.

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<v Speaker 8>Answering different questions. But what sometimes happens is when you

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<v Speaker 8>answer a question, whatever's more interesting about your answer is

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<v Speaker 8>the part that gets printed.

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<v Speaker 9>Do you feel like it is an unfair advantage?

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<v Speaker 8>It's Look, this is not a Dodger thing. It's not

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<v Speaker 8>an otaw thing. It is a bad rule. Which part

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<v Speaker 8>of the rules?

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<v Speaker 6>That's it.

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<v Speaker 8>I mean, you guys figured it out. You figured you

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<v Speaker 8>It's a good discussion. It's a it's an interesting discussion,

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<v Speaker 8>and I think that that there's it's worth discussing too.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, so it's worth discussing. But he's the one that

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<v Speaker 2>brought this up out of nowhere, and he won't discuss

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<v Speaker 2>it or answer the questions. And I could tell you this,

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<v Speaker 2>virtually every member of the LA Baseball media that was

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<v Speaker 2>here today was in the cups, dugout to hear or

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<v Speaker 2>I would imagine ask Craig Council some of the same

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<v Speaker 2>questions that I had, as you can hear. I give

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<v Speaker 2>everybody some time to follow up on my questions, and

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<v Speaker 2>nobody did. But they're writing stories and using the quotes

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<v Speaker 2>from all that. So you're a You're welcome America media

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<v Speaker 2>for all those clicks.

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<v Speaker 3>Now.

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<v Speaker 2>I also asked Dave Roberts before today's game if he

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<v Speaker 2>was surprised about the traction that Counsel's comments have gotten

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<v Speaker 2>because Ken Rosenthal wrote a story off of it today

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<v Speaker 2>and an anonymous Baseball operations person agreed with Counsel, So

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<v Speaker 2>obviously there is some traction.

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<v Speaker 3>And Dave Roberts gave me a better answer.

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<v Speaker 5>Not surprised. That's kind of what happens these days, you know,

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<v Speaker 5>when you say certain things. Yeah, it was just more

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<v Speaker 5>of and I don't think he meant it really maliciously.

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<v Speaker 5>I mean, they're going through it on the pitching side.

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<v Speaker 5>But again, this is this is a rule that's applicable

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<v Speaker 5>to show. Hey, it's not a Dodger rule, right, I

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<v Speaker 5>mean this is this was implemented when he was with

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<v Speaker 5>the Angels, and so yeah, but not surprising because he's

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<v Speaker 5>a very important player, so it gets a lot of attention.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, And now he's getting a lot more attention because

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<v Speaker 2>he's on a team that's extremely relevant instead of languishing

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<v Speaker 2>in Anaheim. And when he was languishing in Anaheim, nobody

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<v Speaker 2>cared about this rule. Creig Council didn't care about it

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<v Speaker 2>in Milwaukee. I mean, he must have been simmering on

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<v Speaker 2>this for a long time. And look, what are the

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<v Speaker 2>Dodgers supposed to do. Are they supposed to taxi an

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<v Speaker 2>extra pitcher to be activated on the days that Otani

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<v Speaker 2>is pitching and then deactivate him just to conform to

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<v Speaker 2>whatever Creig Council believes should be the number for a

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<v Speaker 2>pitching staff. You know, if Creig Council really wanted to

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<v Speaker 2>make a stink about the Otani rule, he's picking the

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<v Speaker 2>wrong side of it. I could see opposing teams being

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<v Speaker 2>more frustrated with the fact that he stays in the

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<v Speaker 2>game as a DH even though he's removed as the

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<v Speaker 2>starting pitcher. Now I pose this question on Twitter slash

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<v Speaker 2>x what the solution would be instead of just throwing

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<v Speaker 2>out a problem or a gripe or a complaint, and

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<v Speaker 2>of all people, Justin Turner replied, and he just said,

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<v Speaker 2>why not change the number of pitchers a team can

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<v Speaker 2>have on their roster. If they're that upset about Otani

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<v Speaker 2>having the two way designation, why not add it to

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<v Speaker 2>fourteen pitchers. I mean, I guess that's fine. But here's

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<v Speaker 2>the thing. The reason why Major League Baseball put that

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<v Speaker 2>in place is because Otani is the most unique player

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<v Speaker 2>in the history of modern baseball.

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<v Speaker 3>Forget about Babe Ruth.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, come on, we're talking about modern baseball, the

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<v Speaker 2>most unique player. He's not a hitter and he's not

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<v Speaker 2>just a pitcher. That's why he has the two way designation.

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<v Speaker 2>And yes, that was an advantage for any team that

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<v Speaker 2>signed show hey Otani, and look I gave Craig camp.

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<v Speaker 2>The reason why I went there to ask him or

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<v Speaker 2>here's somebody else ask him these questions was not a

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<v Speaker 2>gotcha moment. It wasn't about going viral or saying I gotcha.

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<v Speaker 2>I just wanted to give him the opportunity to clarify

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<v Speaker 2>the context of his answer and maybe expand on why

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<v Speaker 2>he believes the Otawi rule is bad. But he chose

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<v Speaker 2>not to, and he said, it's a great discussion. So

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<v Speaker 2>that's what I do here every night. I discuss things.

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<v Speaker 2>Eight six, six, nine, eight, seven, two, five seventy is

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<v Speaker 2>the phone number. Dodgers fall to the Cubs tonight, six

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<v Speaker 2>to four. Let's go out to Lakewood. Ron You're on

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<v Speaker 2>Dodger Talk.

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<v Speaker 3>How you doing, ron Hey?

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<v Speaker 10>Pretty good? Pretty good? Very concerned about the Dodger bullpen.

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<v Speaker 10>You know, besides the injuries. You know, the last four

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<v Speaker 10>games started, pitchers only gave up I think tour in

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<v Speaker 10>runs and bullpen you know, gave up the rest Dodger's

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<v Speaker 10>only one of those games.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that's the reason why Dave Roberts is letting his

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<v Speaker 2>starters go deeper into games. You saw glass Now go

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<v Speaker 2>eight innings yesterday in San Francisco. You let you saw

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<v Speaker 2>Sheehan go into the seventh inning for the first time

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<v Speaker 2>this season. So he's acutely aware of the bullpen struggles recently.

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<v Speaker 2>But these are the guys they have until Brock Stewart

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<v Speaker 2>comes back, until Bruce star Gratorol comes back. And look,

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<v Speaker 2>it was just a bad night for Tanner Scott, who's

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<v Speaker 2>been pretty good this year, and IVESSI has been pretty

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<v Speaker 2>good this year.

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<v Speaker 10>Yeah, yeah, I know, And maybe it's past things. I

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<v Speaker 10>just don't feel real comfortable with anybody in the bullpen really,

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<v Speaker 10>just I just I just don't feel comfortable, you know, like, hey, okay,

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<v Speaker 10>this guy's lights out.

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<v Speaker 3>And well, I'll say this.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll say that a lot of the guys in the

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<v Speaker 2>bullpen has been used a lot the last three years

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<v Speaker 2>because the Dodgers have been playing more games than anybody else.

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<v Speaker 2>But you know, Vesia has been one of the best

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<v Speaker 2>relievers in baseball the last six years, at the very

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<v Speaker 2>least the last three or four years. Blake trin In

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<v Speaker 2>did not look good in his last appearance, did not

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<v Speaker 2>look great tonight. I'll give you that. But Tanner Scott

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<v Speaker 2>has looked pretty good. And I'll say this, the loss

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<v Speaker 2>of Edwin Diaz is huge, whether or not anybody wants

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<v Speaker 2>to admit that or not, it's huge because you can

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<v Speaker 2>work backwards, start counting out out backwards, and without him,

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<v Speaker 2>it's a it's a huge hole not having that closer,

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<v Speaker 2>and that's the reason why the Dodgers went out there

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<v Speaker 2>and signed him.

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<v Speaker 10>Yeah, and but I'm thinking, man, you know, Dodger's got

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<v Speaker 10>a lot of these really good farm hands where there's

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<v Speaker 10>nowhere to put him. You know, maybe they should go

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<v Speaker 10>out and get some bullpen help, you know, trade trade

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<v Speaker 10>some of these guys.

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<v Speaker 2>Told you some bullpen helps on the way. Some injured

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<v Speaker 2>pitchers are coming back. So and these guys are pretty good.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, they're not going to be perfect every night run.

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<v Speaker 2>They're just in a little bit of a slump. And

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<v Speaker 2>unfortunately that's right now when hitters are in a slump.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you for the phone call. Appreciate it. Look, the

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<v Speaker 2>bullpen is the most volatile part of any baseball team,

0:26:16.160 --> 0:26:18.480
<v Speaker 2>and the Dodgers have a lot of guys down there

0:26:18.560 --> 0:26:21.080
<v Speaker 2>that have done pretty well over the course of their

0:26:21.119 --> 0:26:26.040
<v Speaker 2>careers and in the recent memory. So you know, tonight

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<v Speaker 2>it was an off night for trn In, It was

0:26:29.119 --> 0:26:35.159
<v Speaker 2>an off night for Scott Vesia uncharacteristically walks PCA on

0:26:35.240 --> 0:26:40.239
<v Speaker 2>four pitches with two outs or this game is completely different. So, uh,

0:26:40.760 --> 0:26:44.879
<v Speaker 2>just a bad night for Tryning, Vessia and tannor Scott.

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<v Speaker 2>It's going to happen eight six, six, nine seven two

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<v Speaker 2>five seventy is the phone number. Cups score six answered

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<v Speaker 2>runs and beat the Dodgers tonight six to four.

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<v Speaker 1>It's time to go around the horn with Hose Moda.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, Jose Mota, there's a lot going on at

0:27:03.720 --> 0:27:07.679
<v Speaker 2>Dodgers Stadium today, but let's start with what everybody's calling

0:27:07.720 --> 0:27:12.679
<v Speaker 2>about the bullpen. How does Dave Roberts navigate this without

0:27:12.840 --> 0:27:13.640
<v Speaker 2>Edwin Diaz.

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<v Speaker 7>Well, people have to step up, and they're going through

0:27:17.160 --> 0:27:18.040
<v Speaker 7>a little funk right.

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<v Speaker 6>Now, you know.

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<v Speaker 7>And there's one thing that really kind of worries me

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<v Speaker 7>a little bit, Dave, is the fact that there's a

0:27:24.840 --> 0:27:26.760
<v Speaker 7>time when a guy like town O God and say,

0:27:26.800 --> 0:27:28.360
<v Speaker 7>you know what, I'm going to be the guy. I'm

0:27:28.359 --> 0:27:29.800
<v Speaker 7>going to be the guy going to come to as

0:27:29.840 --> 0:27:33.320
<v Speaker 7>I did yesterday at San Francisco today, too much middle, middle,

0:27:33.440 --> 0:27:36.199
<v Speaker 7>as he said, just too much of the plate. And

0:27:36.400 --> 0:27:38.359
<v Speaker 7>you know, these are circumstances where you playing a very

0:27:38.400 --> 0:27:41.200
<v Speaker 7>good team, a hot team. Things are going well for them,

0:27:41.200 --> 0:27:43.200
<v Speaker 7>and they play one through nine. Mean no doubt, they

0:27:43.240 --> 0:27:47.399
<v Speaker 7>play one through nine from the lineup to the game,

0:27:47.760 --> 0:27:50.840
<v Speaker 7>inning through inning. But you got to make better pictures. Now.

0:27:51.800 --> 0:27:54.719
<v Speaker 7>What I'm looking at is usually we say you are

0:27:54.760 --> 0:27:56.280
<v Speaker 7>as good as your starting rotation is.

0:27:56.359 --> 0:27:56.560
<v Speaker 6>Right.

0:27:56.880 --> 0:27:59.800
<v Speaker 7>Well, the star rotations are really good, and the Dodgers

0:27:59.800 --> 0:28:01.800
<v Speaker 7>have been just okay with a star rotation. The way

0:28:01.800 --> 0:28:05.320
<v Speaker 7>it is because the offense does not responded well and

0:28:05.359 --> 0:28:08.240
<v Speaker 7>then the offenses respond well, you don't tack on any runs.

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<v Speaker 7>This is what happens with your bullpen ig. It's more

0:28:10.359 --> 0:28:12.280
<v Speaker 7>exposed and the guys are allowed to have a bat

0:28:12.359 --> 0:28:14.600
<v Speaker 7>night here and there. But because the offense is not

0:28:14.600 --> 0:28:17.399
<v Speaker 7>a tacking on runs, Davis all connected one thing to

0:28:17.440 --> 0:28:20.800
<v Speaker 7>the other. But the wave that you're writing with starting

0:28:20.840 --> 0:28:23.000
<v Speaker 7>pitcher is what you want to see right now. Just

0:28:23.040 --> 0:28:24.800
<v Speaker 7>the other guys have a compliment much better.

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<v Speaker 2>Hey, the good way for the Dodgers ended in the

0:28:28.720 --> 0:28:32.720
<v Speaker 2>seventh inning. It's incredible how much momentum changed in that

0:28:32.880 --> 0:28:36.040
<v Speaker 2>seventh inning after p Crow Armstrong was walked on four

0:28:36.080 --> 0:28:40.280
<v Speaker 2>pitches and then the triple by danzby Swanson where Paz

0:28:40.400 --> 0:28:43.640
<v Speaker 2>goes up he thinks he should catch it doesn't and

0:28:43.760 --> 0:28:46.320
<v Speaker 2>the Cubs score a run. And then in the bottom

0:28:46.320 --> 0:28:50.120
<v Speaker 2>of the seventh inning, Pa haz makes the first out

0:28:50.120 --> 0:28:53.400
<v Speaker 2>at third base. Those chain of events, how much did

0:28:53.400 --> 0:28:55.480
<v Speaker 2>that change the way this game ended?

0:28:56.280 --> 0:28:58.280
<v Speaker 7>When you are a team like the Cubs. He has

0:28:58.320 --> 0:29:00.040
<v Speaker 7>mentioned the plays one through nine, and you're looking for

0:29:00.120 --> 0:29:04.040
<v Speaker 7>any kind of opportunity like that, any kind of leakage

0:29:04.080 --> 0:29:08.080
<v Speaker 7>on the defensive side. Glad Pious, this didn't happen in

0:29:08.080 --> 0:29:10.680
<v Speaker 7>games said of the World Series, they all standing play

0:29:11.080 --> 0:29:13.680
<v Speaker 7>the ball hit the side of his glove tonight, which

0:29:13.720 --> 0:29:17.200
<v Speaker 7>is very strange with Pious. He still played a solid

0:29:17.240 --> 0:29:19.400
<v Speaker 7>centerfield with the throws and then the other relay throw.

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<v Speaker 7>But for the Cubs going about them, you know, DENIZI.

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<v Speaker 7>Swanson is not a guy that we is going to

0:29:24.160 --> 0:29:26.800
<v Speaker 7>be hitting ninth. They're trying to just kind of, you know,

0:29:27.160 --> 0:29:28.600
<v Speaker 7>lighting the load on him a little bit more. But

0:29:28.680 --> 0:29:30.320
<v Speaker 7>he's still a guy that can go out there and

0:29:30.400 --> 0:29:32.640
<v Speaker 7>hurts you with a home run. As we were mentioned

0:29:32.680 --> 0:29:35.640
<v Speaker 7>during the game, this guy's got twenty seven two ns

0:29:35.680 --> 0:29:38.760
<v Speaker 7>in the season. And today, even after a tough start,

0:29:38.760 --> 0:29:41.160
<v Speaker 7>is by the pitch gets right into the game right away,

0:29:41.160 --> 0:29:44.920
<v Speaker 7>a little bit more and courtious pitches, but overall, momentum

0:29:45.000 --> 0:29:48.640
<v Speaker 7>is big Davis you mentioned, and the Cubs knew exactly

0:29:48.640 --> 0:29:51.160
<v Speaker 7>how to capitalize, and they wanted to turn the line

0:29:51.240 --> 0:29:54.160
<v Speaker 7>up around, go to Niko Horner and then to Michael Bush,

0:29:54.200 --> 0:29:54.920
<v Speaker 7>and that's what happened.

0:29:56.240 --> 0:29:58.920
<v Speaker 2>The Cubs beat the Dodgers tonight six to four. Jose

0:29:59.040 --> 0:30:02.479
<v Speaker 2>Modes joining us on Dodger Talk, I went through the

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<v Speaker 2>four Dodgers that are in the deepest of slumps right now. Uh,

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<v Speaker 2>sho hal Tani three more strikeouts tonight?

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<v Speaker 3>Oh for three?

0:30:10.640 --> 0:30:10.760
<v Speaker 8>Uh?

0:30:11.000 --> 0:30:12.520
<v Speaker 3>How does he get out of this? Jose?

0:30:12.720 --> 0:30:15.280
<v Speaker 2>Because he just hasn't looked like himself the last two

0:30:15.320 --> 0:30:16.440
<v Speaker 2>and a half weeks.

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<v Speaker 7>When I was listening to you, I went back to

0:30:18.400 --> 0:30:20.520
<v Speaker 7>look at my notes from last season, Dave. At this

0:30:20.720 --> 0:30:24.120
<v Speaker 7>point last season, we were talking about one war for

0:30:24.160 --> 0:30:29.240
<v Speaker 7>Shohil Tani poster. That's what he talks about when you

0:30:29.240 --> 0:30:31.240
<v Speaker 7>talk about balance, That's what he talks about when he

0:30:31.280 --> 0:30:33.840
<v Speaker 7>talks about weight shift that he talks about. His pot

0:30:33.880 --> 0:30:35.920
<v Speaker 7>sture is not where he needs to be right now.

0:30:36.400 --> 0:30:39.280
<v Speaker 7>His bat is not standing in the zone like at all.

0:30:39.920 --> 0:30:43.520
<v Speaker 7>Show usually does not hit like key balls, you know,

0:30:43.600 --> 0:30:45.800
<v Speaker 7>like and today he did one off the left side

0:30:45.840 --> 0:30:49.120
<v Speaker 7>because he is pulling away so much fut of baseball,

0:30:49.720 --> 0:30:51.800
<v Speaker 7>And I'm going to tell you exactly what this is

0:30:51.800 --> 0:30:55.400
<v Speaker 7>related to. It is David Peterson hitting him in the

0:30:55.480 --> 0:30:58.680
<v Speaker 7>right shoulder. Go back and look and show his numbers

0:30:59.280 --> 0:31:02.480
<v Speaker 7>since that pick, and he is a much different hitter.

0:31:03.040 --> 0:31:06.240
<v Speaker 7>And we've seen this happen before. We see him get

0:31:06.240 --> 0:31:08.720
<v Speaker 7>away and get back on his heels where he doesn't

0:31:08.720 --> 0:31:11.280
<v Speaker 7>cover home plate, and that's why he's pulling off. Even

0:31:11.320 --> 0:31:13.800
<v Speaker 7>when he's taking pitches b Luke, sometimes he's like bleaching

0:31:13.800 --> 0:31:16.840
<v Speaker 7>a little bit because he's not comfortable just staying in

0:31:17.080 --> 0:31:19.000
<v Speaker 7>and having that bat drag from the zone. So one

0:31:19.000 --> 0:31:21.600
<v Speaker 7>thing relates to the other. His posture needs to be

0:31:22.480 --> 0:31:25.040
<v Speaker 7>in line to the middle of the field. When it's

0:31:25.080 --> 0:31:27.520
<v Speaker 7>not and he flies open, the bat just stays in

0:31:27.600 --> 0:31:30.680
<v Speaker 7>the zone way too short for him, producing damage. And

0:31:30.720 --> 0:31:33.600
<v Speaker 7>hopefully he understands he's been through this before and starts

0:31:33.880 --> 0:31:36.440
<v Speaker 7>waiting in the ball, not afraid to get jamped, not

0:31:36.520 --> 0:31:38.520
<v Speaker 7>afraid to get pitches inside, which he has been in

0:31:38.560 --> 0:31:41.400
<v Speaker 7>his entire life, and just react to making better decisions

0:31:41.400 --> 0:31:43.920
<v Speaker 7>the batter's box. But that bat needs to stand the

0:31:44.040 --> 0:31:46.600
<v Speaker 7>zone a little bit longer, and it starts with his posture.

0:31:46.720 --> 0:31:49.959
<v Speaker 3>As he says, that makes so much sense.

0:31:50.240 --> 0:31:53.280
<v Speaker 2>And I saw him in his last at bat where

0:31:53.640 --> 0:31:57.040
<v Speaker 2>he took a bad swing and he was pounding the

0:31:57.160 --> 0:32:00.040
<v Speaker 2>back leg, you know, just trying to tell himself something

0:32:00.080 --> 0:32:02.840
<v Speaker 2>about that back leg and maybe that's related to what

0:32:03.000 --> 0:32:06.760
<v Speaker 2>you're describing as far as the posture and maybe staying

0:32:06.800 --> 0:32:09.320
<v Speaker 2>back and you know, it just doesn't seem like it's

0:32:09.360 --> 0:32:10.160
<v Speaker 2>happened so far.

0:32:11.120 --> 0:32:13.040
<v Speaker 7>Yeah, and you know this, stay through the zone a

0:32:13.040 --> 0:32:14.800
<v Speaker 7>little bit longer with your bat, keep the battle in

0:32:14.800 --> 0:32:17.000
<v Speaker 7>a little bit longer. It's kind of a modern term,

0:32:17.040 --> 0:32:20.200
<v Speaker 7>but it really is nothing magical or new in baseball.

0:32:20.280 --> 0:32:22.320
<v Speaker 7>It's just in new way of describing that you're not

0:32:22.480 --> 0:32:24.680
<v Speaker 7>covering the ball, you're not covering the zone. That's better

0:32:25.200 --> 0:32:28.040
<v Speaker 7>as good as you should, I should say, And tels

0:32:28.080 --> 0:32:30.280
<v Speaker 7>Cardan is going to the same thing. You know, sometimes

0:32:30.280 --> 0:32:32.680
<v Speaker 7>they call a leakage from the backside. When you're leaking

0:32:32.680 --> 0:32:35.560
<v Speaker 7>from the backside, everything goes forward and you're not able

0:32:35.600 --> 0:32:37.600
<v Speaker 7>to keep the bat in a good zone and make

0:32:37.640 --> 0:32:40.560
<v Speaker 7>better decisions your ball. Your eyes are moving, the ball

0:32:40.640 --> 0:32:42.800
<v Speaker 7>is moving when it's I'm not supposed to move that much,

0:32:43.040 --> 0:32:45.240
<v Speaker 7>and then you're chasing pitches out of the zone. Just

0:32:45.280 --> 0:32:47.320
<v Speaker 7>a little fun here or label that. You know, you

0:32:47.400 --> 0:32:49.240
<v Speaker 7>make six hundred pearances at home play in the big

0:32:49.320 --> 0:32:51.280
<v Speaker 7>leagues and you're going to be exposed right now. A

0:32:51.280 --> 0:32:53.000
<v Speaker 7>couple of guys are getting exposed because of that.

0:32:54.160 --> 0:32:57.160
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and I noticed ta Oscar, Hernandez and San Francisco

0:32:57.320 --> 0:33:00.720
<v Speaker 2>started to go to an open stance. Is that kind

0:33:00.720 --> 0:33:03.440
<v Speaker 2>of a bad thing to do when you're ta Oscar

0:33:03.600 --> 0:33:06.360
<v Speaker 2>and you've had so much success to start changing just

0:33:06.400 --> 0:33:07.560
<v Speaker 2>because you're in a slump.

0:33:08.320 --> 0:33:11.280
<v Speaker 7>Yeah, it's strange to see that because Tail really, when

0:33:11.320 --> 0:33:14.720
<v Speaker 7>he goes through stuff like this, he's more of a handsitter.

0:33:14.760 --> 0:33:17.320
<v Speaker 7>But I haven't seen the hands work very well for

0:33:17.400 --> 0:33:19.640
<v Speaker 7>the last ten days or so. For Tail to open

0:33:19.760 --> 0:33:23.600
<v Speaker 7>up like that, to me, knowing tales as he got

0:33:23.600 --> 0:33:25.760
<v Speaker 7>to the bigs of the Astros way back then, it

0:33:25.920 --> 0:33:27.760
<v Speaker 7>just creates too much movement for him to get to

0:33:27.840 --> 0:33:30.680
<v Speaker 7>what needs to be the land and track the baseball.

0:33:31.760 --> 0:33:34.440
<v Speaker 7>I'm sure maybe is because if you open up, usually,

0:33:34.520 --> 0:33:36.120
<v Speaker 7>David's because you want to face the picture a little

0:33:36.160 --> 0:33:38.440
<v Speaker 7>bit more with your eyes. Does that mean not seeing

0:33:38.440 --> 0:33:40.200
<v Speaker 7>the ball? Well, perhaps that's what he's trying to do

0:33:40.240 --> 0:33:43.200
<v Speaker 7>a little bit better. But opening up usually causes more

0:33:43.240 --> 0:33:45.440
<v Speaker 7>problems because what happens is you're not used to it.

0:33:45.720 --> 0:33:48.680
<v Speaker 7>You've got to time yourself to close your stands, get

0:33:48.760 --> 0:33:51.640
<v Speaker 7>back to what you know, what feels natural, and before

0:33:51.720 --> 0:33:54.840
<v Speaker 7>that you're thinking way too much about movement and leg

0:33:54.960 --> 0:33:56.960
<v Speaker 7>and closing up. And then there comes to baseball in

0:33:57.000 --> 0:33:59.600
<v Speaker 7>ninety seven to ninety eight and nasty sliders, and you're

0:33:59.640 --> 0:34:01.200
<v Speaker 7>not gonna be able to get to us. So hopefully

0:34:01.200 --> 0:34:03.360
<v Speaker 7>you've got to actually spread out a little bit more

0:34:03.400 --> 0:34:05.680
<v Speaker 7>when she's on the past, spread out, be a good

0:34:05.680 --> 0:34:07.680
<v Speaker 7>two strike hitter and go out there and give your

0:34:07.680 --> 0:34:10.640
<v Speaker 7>team more team bats. And overall this team need to

0:34:10.719 --> 0:34:13.600
<v Speaker 7>go to the same mentality, give better team at bats

0:34:13.600 --> 0:34:14.120
<v Speaker 7>at this point.

0:34:15.200 --> 0:34:18.120
<v Speaker 3>All right, Hose, thanks a lot for checking in. Appreciate it.

0:34:18.160 --> 0:34:20.960
<v Speaker 2>We'll see you back out here at the ballpark tomorrow afternoon.

0:34:21.719 --> 0:34:23.399
<v Speaker 7>Always they're just a little blit up here and there.

0:34:23.440 --> 0:34:23.799
<v Speaker 7>All good.

0:34:24.680 --> 0:34:25.480
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, that's right.

0:34:25.600 --> 0:34:27.680
<v Speaker 2>It can't be perfect, can't win all one hundred and

0:34:27.719 --> 0:34:30.880
<v Speaker 2>sixty two. There it goes. Jose Mota, part of the

0:34:30.920 --> 0:34:35.719
<v Speaker 2>Dodgers Spanish radio broadcast with Luis Cochito Cruz. Eight six

0:34:35.840 --> 0:34:38.760
<v Speaker 2>six nine seven two five seventy is the phone number

0:34:38.840 --> 0:34:43.720
<v Speaker 2>Dodgers fall to the Cubs tonight, six to four. Happy

0:34:43.760 --> 0:34:45.839
<v Speaker 2>to be back in La though, so I could drive

0:34:45.880 --> 0:34:50.280
<v Speaker 2>my beautiful Hyundai Tucson from my friends at downy Hunday,

0:34:50.400 --> 0:34:53.279
<v Speaker 2>win or lose, I'll be driving that downy Hunday to

0:34:53.360 --> 0:34:57.239
<v Speaker 2>Dodgers Stadium the rest of the season. Now, before we

0:34:57.280 --> 0:34:59.280
<v Speaker 2>say good night, I want to give you that update

0:34:59.280 --> 0:35:01.879
<v Speaker 2>on Mookie bat because Dave Roberts gave it to us

0:35:01.920 --> 0:35:05.240
<v Speaker 2>before the game. Here is the latest on Mookie Beds,

0:35:05.239 --> 0:35:08.319
<v Speaker 2>who has been out over two weeks with the right

0:35:08.400 --> 0:35:09.520
<v Speaker 2>oblique string.

0:35:09.760 --> 0:35:11.919
<v Speaker 5>BP from a coach in the cage. Now, so that's

0:35:11.920 --> 0:35:16.160
<v Speaker 5>a good thing. He says he doesn't feel it swinging

0:35:16.200 --> 0:35:20.960
<v Speaker 5>the bat, throwing. There was a little bit of a

0:35:21.000 --> 0:35:22.640
<v Speaker 5>couple of days ago when I talked to him, he

0:35:22.680 --> 0:35:24.520
<v Speaker 5>was running. He said he felt it a little bit.

0:35:25.320 --> 0:35:27.320
<v Speaker 5>My assumption is he'll go out on a rehabits on

0:35:27.440 --> 0:35:29.239
<v Speaker 5>it and take a couple of games to get him

0:35:29.239 --> 0:35:36.000
<v Speaker 5>at bats, get his legs back. He's getting closer, you know,

0:35:36.360 --> 0:35:38.959
<v Speaker 5>Is it you know next weekend that he goes out?

0:35:39.160 --> 0:35:42.920
<v Speaker 5>Is it you know a week from you know, Monday?

0:35:43.200 --> 0:35:45.160
<v Speaker 5>I don't know, but I know that each day it's

0:35:45.160 --> 0:35:47.400
<v Speaker 5>gotten a lot better. So we're really encouraged.

0:35:47.680 --> 0:35:50.960
<v Speaker 9>You Flip and Tucker and Freddie, does that change anything

0:35:50.960 --> 0:35:52.640
<v Speaker 9>when Mookie returns about where he.

0:35:52.680 --> 0:35:55.640
<v Speaker 5>May be, where he may be thinking, about him now,

0:35:58.160 --> 0:36:02.760
<v Speaker 5>you know it does it doesn't. I think that it's

0:36:02.840 --> 0:36:05.840
<v Speaker 5>more of you know, that's more what I talked about

0:36:05.840 --> 0:36:08.960
<v Speaker 5>the other day is versus right handed pitching number one

0:36:09.800 --> 0:36:14.600
<v Speaker 5>and number two. It's I'll have a conversation with Mooki

0:36:14.680 --> 0:36:17.080
<v Speaker 5>and feel and figure it out whether I put him

0:36:17.080 --> 0:36:19.440
<v Speaker 5>in the three or the five. But that's probably the

0:36:19.480 --> 0:36:20.239
<v Speaker 5>two options.

0:36:21.760 --> 0:36:25.040
<v Speaker 2>Wow, Okay, there you go three or five when Mooki

0:36:25.120 --> 0:36:28.640
<v Speaker 2>bets return. So we'll see when all that happens. But

0:36:28.760 --> 0:36:31.439
<v Speaker 2>he's got to get back first. I think we all

0:36:31.480 --> 0:36:34.879
<v Speaker 2>forget about Mooki Bets, but the Dodgers need him. They

0:36:34.920 --> 0:36:37.480
<v Speaker 2>need him at shortstop, they need him in the lineup.

0:36:37.520 --> 0:36:42.560
<v Speaker 2>His presence is huge, and you can't forget about how

0:36:42.600 --> 0:36:45.759
<v Speaker 2>important he is to this Dodger lineup. That'll do it

0:36:45.800 --> 0:36:50.600
<v Speaker 2>for us tonight on Dodger Talk Tomorrow a four fifteen start,

0:36:50.920 --> 0:36:53.600
<v Speaker 2>Roki Sasaki will be on the mound going up against

0:36:53.600 --> 0:36:57.480
<v Speaker 2>Colin Ray. Our coverage begins at three o'clock with Morongo

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<v Speaker 2>Casino Dodgers on deck and like I'm mentioned, first pitch

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<v Speaker 2>at four fifteen with Rick Monday and Steven Nelson. And

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<v Speaker 2>tomorrow is the fiftieth anniversary of Rick Monday saving the

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<v Speaker 2>American flag right here at Dodger Stadium, wearing a Cubs uniform.

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<v Speaker 2>That was his last year with the Cubs and he

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<v Speaker 2>was playing center field that afternoon when he made that

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<v Speaker 2>great play. And tomorrow, before the game, the Dodgers are

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<v Speaker 2>going to honor and salute our very own Rick Monday

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<v Speaker 2>for making that great play fifty years ago tomorrow, and

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<v Speaker 2>my understanding is the flag that he saved is going

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<v Speaker 2>to be headed to Cooperstown and Baseball's Hall of Fame,

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<v Speaker 2>and the president of the Baseball Hall of Fame is

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<v Speaker 2>going to be at Dodgers Stadium tomorrow, Josh Rawich, and

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<v Speaker 2>is going to join Rick and Steven in the booth

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<v Speaker 2>during the game. So we're going to celebrate Rick Monday tomorrow,

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<v Speaker 2>and hopefully the Dodgers can celebrate him with a win

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<v Speaker 2>to beat the Cubs. Thanks to Colinie back at our

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<v Speaker 2>Burbank Studios, Thanks to Dwayne McDonald out here at Dodgers Stadium,

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<v Speaker 2>and thanks to you for listening. In case to any

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<v Speaker 2>of the show, you can find it on the iHeartRadio

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<v Speaker 2>app and that's also where you can find our pregame

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<v Speaker 2>conversation with Freddie Freeman once again. The final score tonight,

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<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers fall to the Cubs six to four.

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<v Speaker 3>We'll talk to you tomorrow, sealal and so braf.

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<v Speaker 4>It's true

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<v Speaker 10>Away