Speaker 1: The quest for the three peat has begne.
Speaker 2: Only four teams in Major League Baseball history have won
Speaker 2: three consecutive titles. The Dodgers are the favorites to become
Speaker 2: the fifth.
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Speaker 2: We are live at City Field in Queens after the
Speaker 2: Dodgers beat the Mets by a final score of four
Speaker 2: to two. Welcome the Dodger Talk. David Vase with you
Speaker 2: until the top of the hour. Phone lines are open
Speaker 2: at eight sixty six nine eight seven two five seventy.
Speaker 2: The Dodgers, after being in three cities and forty eight hours,
Speaker 2: have enough left in the tank to play a baseball
Speaker 2: game against even the lowly dis pointing billion dollar Mets
Speaker 2: and beat them tonight four to two. And they look
Speaker 2: like they they were locked in. They had a lot
Speaker 2: of focus tonight. You have to have a lot of
Speaker 2: focus when you only strike out five times as a team,
Speaker 2: and they had eleven heads through three walks. So the
Speaker 2: Dodgers did not just punt this game or you know,
Speaker 2: use anything in the last forty eight hours as far
Speaker 2: as a lot of travel as an excuse. And the
Speaker 2: tone was set by Roki Sasaki. You're gonna hear from
Speaker 2: Freddy Freeman in a moment. But look, we all talk
Speaker 2: about the results, right, But the way Roki Sasaki pitched
Speaker 2: tonight and the way he pitched at Yankee Stadium, that
Speaker 2: keeps everybody on their toes. They're not just standing around
Speaker 2: watching him labor through seven to eight pitch at bats,
Speaker 2: not finding the strike zone and walking the house. When
Speaker 2: you throw strikes and keep your team involved and get
Speaker 2: them off the field, you're going to have opportunities for
Speaker 2: your team to score for you. Because so many times
Speaker 2: when Roki's been on the mound, they're three hour games
Speaker 2: because he can't find the strike zone. He's throwing ninety
Speaker 2: nine one hundred pitches in a four inning stint, and
Speaker 2: that's not conducive to winning ballgames. Part of the reason
Speaker 2: why Robleski and lower get a lot of run support
Speaker 2: is because they're attacking the strike zone and they're getting
Speaker 2: their team involved, and they're getting their team off the
Speaker 2: field instead of just standing around. And you saw that tonight,
Speaker 2: and you saw that at Yankee Stadium tonight. So I
Speaker 2: think that's part of the equation here for Rokie, he's
Speaker 2: got to realize when you throw strikes and you attack
Speaker 2: the way he has the last two starts, it's going
Speaker 2: to help the entire flow of the game. Here was
Speaker 2: Freddy Freeman after the game tonight. Three hits, a stolen
Speaker 2: base and scoring twice.
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's been a long couple of weeks on these
Speaker 3: but we've been playing good baseball. We know we want
Speaker 3: to end the road trip on a good note. We've
Speaker 3: got a good team and Rookie was unbelievable again, So
Speaker 3: we'll pull it out tonight. So get some rest to
Speaker 3: night and come out again.
Speaker 2: Barm When he works quickly and gets out and throws strikes,
Speaker 2: how much does that just help everything?
Speaker 4: Yeah?
Speaker 3: I even the gate pace of play is like that.
Speaker 3: It was tonight.
Speaker 2: I'm both Sean.
Speaker 5: Pitch good too.
Speaker 3: So he had his basketball working on top of his
Speaker 3: own Twitter off a bit sliders early in accounts, getting strikes.
Speaker 5: Yeah, you just had everything going.
Speaker 2: Again, Freddie, You're one double away from being in the
Speaker 2: top twenty five of all major league players with the
Speaker 2: most doubles in your career. You'll join Bobby I Bray.
Speaker 2: You and Charlie Garrant are the next double you hit.
Speaker 2: How has that happened? How is that transpired?
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's hard to you know, sometimes comprehend when you're
Speaker 3: doing some things. You don't really focus on those things
Speaker 3: when you're.
Speaker 2: Going about it.
Speaker 3: But yeah, I've just been lucky enough to stay healthy
Speaker 3: for a long time, play this game long time. He
Speaker 3: consistently good long enough, and obviously having the trust of
Speaker 3: my managers to put me out there every single day.
Speaker 5: So yeah, it's pretty cool. I can't lie.
Speaker 3: But yeah, we'll see what you're doing tomorrow.
Speaker 2: Yeah. Hey, it's fitting in New York too, Freddy. I
Speaker 2: know about your history here.
Speaker 5: Yeah, I do you like New York?
Speaker 2: I like playing here.
Speaker 3: I've had a lot of history here. I've been playing
Speaker 3: here before there was a party deck, so I've been
Speaker 3: around a long time.
Speaker 2: Thanks a lot for stopping Freddy. Congratulations on just doing
Speaker 2: Freddy things every night.
Speaker 3: Thank you, David Appreay, thank you.
Speaker 2: Hey, Freddy Freeman was all over this game tonight. He
Speaker 2: even got thrown out at the plate. In the fifth
Speaker 2: inning or fourth inning, trying to tag up on a
Speaker 2: fly ball by Miguel Rojas. But Freddy Freeman now with
Speaker 2: five hundred and seventy three doubles in his career, he
Speaker 2: passes Robinson Cano and Pu Rodriguez for the twenty sixth
Speaker 2: most doubles in baseball history, and like I mentioned to him,
Speaker 2: he's one more double away from being in the top
Speaker 2: twenty five. Just a remarkable Hall of Fame type career
Speaker 2: for Freddie Freeman. And he stole a base. I didn't
Speaker 2: bring this up to him. He singled in the eighth inning,
Speaker 2: stole second. There was a reviewed challenge. And you know,
Speaker 2: I don't know if Kyle Tucker is one of those
Speaker 2: guys that wants location or any sort of sign being
Speaker 2: relayed from second base, but I wouldn't be surprised if
Speaker 2: that was the case with Freddie at second base and
Speaker 2: Tucker hitting a two run home run off of former
Speaker 2: Brave and Freddie teammate aj Minterter. But Freddie does so
Speaker 2: many things for this team, and he's having another great
Speaker 2: year and certainly has done his part even at thirty
Speaker 2: six years old. How about the sacrifice bunt Squeaz play
Speaker 2: that was busted. Dalton rushing with runners at the corners,
Speaker 2: Taoscar Hernandez at first, Tucker at third. He bunted that
Speaker 2: ball way too hard back to Manaia and Tucker probably
Speaker 2: should have gone back, like Jose Motas said. But the
Speaker 2: good thing that Tucker did, he was hanging out to
Speaker 2: dry and he got into a rundown and he almost
Speaker 2: scored in that rundown. And Taoscar Hernandez smart going all
Speaker 2: the way from first to third base while Tucker was
Speaker 2: getting in that rundown. He didn't have to do any waving.
Speaker 2: Taoscar Hernandez knew what to do, and Dalton rushing the
Speaker 2: trailing runner smart enough as well to get to second base,
Speaker 2: and it led to a run, a sacrifice fly. So
Speaker 2: that was one of the little things the Dodgers did
Speaker 2: well tonight. And how about Andy Paez in the seventh inning,
Speaker 2: maybe his best abs challenge. That's the type of time
Speaker 2: the Dodgers want their hitters to challenge. Seventh inning, there
Speaker 2: was two they had runners in scoring position. You got
Speaker 2: Tommy Edmond on deck, and the pitch was at least
Speaker 2: two inches above the strike zone at the top of
Speaker 2: the zone and that is the time that you're supposed
Speaker 2: to challenge late in the game, leverage swing situation. If
Speaker 2: it's strike. If it's a strike, he's out, inning over.
Speaker 2: If it's a ball, it's ball. Four inning continues, line
Speaker 2: moves on and Paz was right so to me, in
Speaker 2: the seventh inning, that was the best challenge by Andy
Speaker 2: Poez this season. I couldn't believe Also that you know,
Speaker 2: the Mets would have infield in with Otani at the
Speaker 2: plate in the seventh inning, that was a dangerous gamble.
Speaker 2: He flied out to center field. So those are some
Speaker 2: of the things that stood out to me as far
Speaker 2: as things that won't be in the box score about
Speaker 2: tonight's game as the Dodgers beat the Mets four to two,
Speaker 2: And like I mentioned to Freddy and as I started
Speaker 2: the show, this is something that you have to take
Speaker 2: into consideration because the Dodgers are some of the all Stars,
Speaker 2: especially have been on the East Coast for two weeks.
Speaker 2: It's going to be two weeks on Sunday. They have
Speaker 2: been in three different cities in the last forty eight hours,
Speaker 2: from Philly to Washington, d c. And back to New
Speaker 2: York to play this game. Tonight. Yesterday they were celebrated.
Speaker 2: It was a fun day. It was a quick day.
Speaker 2: They were in DC for a matter of hours, and
Speaker 2: we're out of there and back in New York by
Speaker 2: eight thirty. We landed in New York at about eight pm,
Speaker 2: eight fifteen and back at the hotel by eight forty five.
Speaker 2: So they come out here behind a well pitched game
Speaker 2: from Roki Sasaki, and give him credit because he was
Speaker 2: on the trip to Washington. D C comes out here
Speaker 2: and dominates. So just an amazing team. You really have
Speaker 2: to realize what you're watching. These guys are incredible. And
Speaker 2: I said this during the raindolay in Philadelphia. I'll say
Speaker 2: it again. I really do believe this will be shocking.
Speaker 2: It will shock you how dominant the Dodgers will be
Speaker 2: in October. Everybody wants to find an excuse on who's
Speaker 2: going to beat them, how they can lose. That's just
Speaker 2: the way it was with the Jeter Pisada Pettit Yankees,
Speaker 2: and it took a broken bat hand old job by
Speaker 2: Luis Gonzalez or the Diamondbacks would have lost that series
Speaker 2: and the Yankees would have four peeded. So a lot
Speaker 2: of luck goes your way in October. But the Dodgers
Speaker 2: have a lot of talent and it's going to be
Speaker 2: really hard to stop this locomotive, this freight train that
Speaker 2: is going for a three pete. Let's go out to
Speaker 2: the phones for the first time tonight, carlsbad Mark, You're
Speaker 2: on Dodger Talk Live from City Field.
Speaker 6: Hi, Mark, Hey David, I just wanted to comment on
Speaker 6: the depth at the catcher position. I know Wills is
Speaker 6: now in the sixty day IL. I think Dalton's doing
Speaker 6: a good job of becoming a professional. I just wonder
Speaker 6: at the trade deadline and there's a couple the catcher
Speaker 6: from the Twins, the catcher from the the Athletics, do
Speaker 6: you think that would happen? I know that the Dodgers
Speaker 6: usually don't do things at the trade deadline. Just your opinion.
Speaker 2: No, they do. They normally do make trades at the deadline,
Speaker 2: but they usually make them on the margins. And going
Speaker 2: back to twenty eighteen when they traded for Machado, they've
Speaker 2: done big splashes. They traded for you Darvish at the
Speaker 2: trade deadline in twenty seventeen, So don't put them in
Speaker 2: that bucket. They do make big trades, And how about
Speaker 2: the one at twenty four three way trade with the
Speaker 2: White Sox and the Cardinals for Tommy Edmond and Michael Kopek,
Speaker 2: who were huge in twenty twenty four. So they do
Speaker 2: make big trades when it presents itself and when it's needed.
Speaker 2: But yeah, Victor Carrottini, Ryan Jeffers, I wouldn't go for Jeffers.
Speaker 2: Carotini would be my guy, But I was watching a
Speaker 2: game last night and he felt a ball off his knee,
Speaker 2: so I don't know where he's at injury wise. The
Speaker 2: guy you're talking about from the A's makes a lot
Speaker 2: of sense, Jonaheime. I checked in with a couple of
Speaker 2: players and I asked them what they thought about Jonaheim.
Speaker 2: He's a rental. He's a good catcher. That would be
Speaker 2: the best fit. The guy here with the Mets, Mark
Speaker 2: Lauris Torentz. He's incredible. He's one of the best defensive
Speaker 2: catchers in baseball right now. But the Mets know that,
Speaker 2: and it's not just going to be a backup catcher.
Speaker 2: Price They signed him to a two year extension, so
Speaker 2: you would have to make a decision next year with him.
Speaker 2: But Jonaheim makes it easier because he's a rental. He's
Speaker 2: a free agent at the end of the year.
Speaker 6: Would you trade for a catcher at the Treddley.
Speaker 2: Yes, yes, I would. I would trade for a guy
Speaker 2: like Jonaheim or Torrentz from the Mets. Here you do
Speaker 2: man and you could, yeah, no problem. And the reason
Speaker 2: why I say that is you could still have if
Speaker 2: Will Smith comes back in September or at some point
Speaker 2: here you can. You can have three catchers on your roster. Now.
Speaker 2: It's kind of a roster squeeze right now, especially with
Speaker 2: Key Hernandez coming back. But between now in September, you
Speaker 2: never know what could happen. So that's the reason why
Speaker 2: I'm in for a veteran backup catcher to be there
Speaker 2: for the Dodgers. And if Will Smith can't come back,
Speaker 2: you got a veteran catcher behind Dalton Rushing. Let's go
Speaker 2: out to Sergio in North Hollywood. You're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 2: How you doing, Sergio?
Speaker 4: I'm doing great. Wow. We're really seeing something special this season.
Speaker 4: I mean, the way these Dodgers are playing, I mean,
Speaker 4: we are just just seeing something special. This This train
Speaker 4: is not going to stop until the first of November
Speaker 4: when they go three in a row. This is just
Speaker 4: amazing and a privilege what we're watching. I mean, I'm
Speaker 4: watching it all my requiner, and so is Soto after
Speaker 4: the sixth inning, all that money, he's got to step up.
Speaker 4: I realize they're way behind. They're not going to make
Speaker 4: the playoffs, they're several games behind. But as a leader
Speaker 4: on a ball club like that, you know, just finish
Speaker 4: out the game. I mean, there's no leadership on the Mets.
Speaker 4: The Dodgers are just they're just grinding it out. It's
Speaker 4: just a privilege to watch this ball club do what
Speaker 4: they're doing, and it's just going to be a beautiful
Speaker 4: thing as we head into October, and I'm just excited.
Speaker 4: The whole family is here and you know, go Dodgers.
Speaker 2: Hey love it. Buckle up for October, that's for sure,
Speaker 2: sir Jio. And look, this series again is on full
Speaker 2: display that it's not just about the money you spend,
Speaker 2: it's about who you spend it on. And the Dodgers have.
Speaker 2: You know, I'm not going to say I've been perfect,
Speaker 2: but for the majority, not everybody's perfect. You're going to
Speaker 2: make judgments that the players don't turn out to perform
Speaker 2: the way you thought they would. But the Mets signed
Speaker 2: big contracts to middle tier players. That's the difference between
Speaker 2: these two teams. The Dodgers paid big time players, the Mets,
Speaker 2: outside of Soto, paid middle tier players superstar contracts. It
Speaker 2: just doesn't add up. It's the wildest thing. And speaking
Speaker 2: of the trade deadline and the Dodgers in October, I
Speaker 2: firmly believe the biggest win for the Dodgers at the
Speaker 2: trade deadline would be if the Tigers hold onto Schooble.
Speaker 2: That means none of the contenders get Schooble and they
Speaker 2: are who they are and don't get one of, if
Speaker 2: not the best pitcher in baseball and Trek Scuoble, who
Speaker 2: tonight had a season high twelve strikeouts in a two
Speaker 2: to one win over the Royals Kenniley Jansen with his
Speaker 2: twelveth save. He's now only thirteen away from five hundred.
Speaker 2: But to me, if Trek Scooball remains a Tiger the
Speaker 2: rest of the year, that's a huge win for the Dodgers.
Speaker 2: And I'm still I'll believe it when I see it.
Speaker 2: If Trek Scooball's wearing a Dodger uniform after the trade deadline.
Speaker 2: I just the reason why, and this is what I
Speaker 2: believe is the Dodgers thinking. The reason why I don't
Speaker 2: believe the Dodgers are going to trade for school bl
Speaker 2: is because they don't have a pressing need for schoolbol
Speaker 2: a rental, twelve million dollar rental, and there's no guarantee
Speaker 2: that if you trade for school bul you're winning the
Speaker 2: World Series. Think back to the Dodgers beating the Mets
Speaker 2: in the NLCS and beating the Yankees in the World
Speaker 2: Series in twenty four How many starters did they have.
Speaker 2: They basically did that with one and a half starters.
Speaker 2: They were running out of pitching. They did it a
Speaker 2: lot with bullpen games, guys like Brent Honeywell. And then
Speaker 2: last year they did it. The starting pitching win, the
Speaker 2: dominance of Yamamoto and Blake Snell and Otani helped them
Speaker 2: win the World Series with a weak bullpen. They sent
Speaker 2: some of their starters back there. This year, the Dodgers
Speaker 2: have a strong bullpen and they have a strong starting staff.
Speaker 2: Snell is pitching right now in Oklahoma City, his second
Speaker 2: rehab start. He's into the third inning. He hasn't walked
Speaker 2: a batter. He has three strikeouts, so you know he
Speaker 2: went two and two thirds tonight and he's building up.
Speaker 2: So you're getting Snell back, You're glass now through to
Speaker 2: hitters today in LA you're getting both those guys back,
Speaker 2: and let's say, worst case scenario, one of them doesn't
Speaker 2: finish the season, you have Justin Robleski and a dominant bullpen.
Speaker 2: So that's when I hear these so called experts that
Speaker 2: say and report they know what the Dodgers are doing. No,
Speaker 2: they don't, No, they don't. They're getting their information secondhand,
Speaker 2: not from the Dodgers, because that's the Dodgers thinking that
Speaker 2: they have won the last two World Series with two
Speaker 2: different styles of pitching staffs out of necessity, and there's
Speaker 2: no guarantees that if you trade for school Bol you're
Speaker 2: going to win the World Series. And they're not giving
Speaker 2: up a blue chip outfield prospect and a starting pitcher
Speaker 2: for Schoolbol rental when they can win the World Series
Speaker 2: without schoolbl And also, here's a little insight to Andrew
Speaker 2: Friedman's thinking. He doesn't just trade to keep players away
Speaker 2: from other teams. That's not the way he thinks, or
Speaker 2: he would have gone all in for Juan Soto when
Speaker 2: the Nationals traded him to the Padres. He didn't do
Speaker 2: that to keep Sodo away from the Padres. So that's
Speaker 2: just not how he operates. Eight sixty six eighty seven
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Speaker 5: Tucker standing tall ahead of the one. One here it is.
Speaker 7: Tucker hits it hard, in't here to deep right field,
Speaker 7: going back bench, he will turn it's gone. Oh how
Speaker 7: much did Kyle Tucker need a swing like that? His
Speaker 7: eighth home run of the year, a two run shot
Speaker 7: to give the Dodgers some breathing room in the age.
Speaker 2: That was off former Brave aj Mintor with Freddie Freeman
Speaker 2: at second base in the eighth and ain't Kyle Tucker
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Speaker 2: five seventy is the phone number. Got to tell you
Speaker 2: something behind the scenes here. So today at City Field,
Speaker 2: they are filming a movie with Chris Pine and Emma Stone.
Speaker 2: They're both out here. It's a baseball type of movie
Speaker 2: called The Catch. They even put something on the big
Speaker 2: screen that alerted people that were in the right field
Speaker 2: seats because that's where Emma Stone was sitting filming this
Speaker 2: part of the movie. And they let people know that
Speaker 2: if you're in that area, you are consenting to be
Speaker 2: photographed or recorded as part of the production. And I
Speaker 2: just walked out during that commercial break to go to
Speaker 2: the bathroom and here in the press box. The entire
Speaker 2: hallway outside of the broadcast booth is lined with movie
Speaker 2: production people. They're still filming the movie. I can actually
Speaker 2: see they're filming it in the booth like four down
Speaker 2: from me. So yeah, that's going on right now. A
Speaker 2: movie starring Emma Stone and Chris Pine is being filmed
Speaker 2: as we are rolling with Dodger Talk right now at
Speaker 2: almost eleven o'clock Eastern time. So that's what's happening where
Speaker 2: I'm at right now. I mean, it's been a surreal
Speaker 2: last forty eight hours being with the Dodgers and just
Speaker 2: documenting everything about this season, but especially the last forty
Speaker 2: eight hours. It's like being with a rock band, going
Speaker 2: from Philly to Washington, d C. To the Senate Building
Speaker 2: at ten in the morning yesterday incredibly with Will Klein
Speaker 2: and micguil Rojas and some of the ownerships to go
Speaker 2: see the California Senators and then going back to the
Speaker 2: Hotel Well in Georgetown or Washington, DC, and then taking
Speaker 2: the bus to the White House and going through that
Speaker 2: entire thing in the Rose Garden and being behind the scenes.
Speaker 2: I mean, first time I was in the bubble with
Speaker 2: the Dodgers at the White House to be celebrated and
Speaker 2: just had a great time catching up with Clayton Kershaw
Speaker 2: and Will klin on the pregame show actually said catching
Speaker 2: up with Kershaw, the first thing he said to him
Speaker 2: was why are you throwing sidearm? And that alerted Will
Speaker 2: Kleinb that his armslaught is dropping. So Kershaw at the
Speaker 2: White House is coaching up guys like Will Klinb. So
Speaker 2: it's been an incredible road trip, but especially the last
Speaker 2: forty eight hours. And look, we all understand the political
Speaker 2: climate these days. The Dodgers want to know part of that.
Speaker 2: They don't want any of the rhetoric or get caught
Speaker 2: up in all that. It was just strictly one of
Speaker 2: these whatever you want to call it, traditions when you
Speaker 2: win the World Series, you get celebrated by whoever is
Speaker 2: the President of the United States. And the Dodgers just
Speaker 2: went there. They had a good time as players and
Speaker 2: coaches and manager and got on a plane and we
Speaker 2: landed in New York City last night at about eight o'clock,
Speaker 2: got to the hotel around eight forty five. So here
Speaker 2: we are and the Dodgers beat the Meds tonight four
Speaker 2: to two. Behind a strong start from Roki Sasaki nine
Speaker 2: strikeouts in seven innings of work. Let's go out to
Speaker 2: Manny and Passo Roeblis. You're on Dodger Talk. How you doing, Manny?
Speaker 8: I'm doing good.
Speaker 5: How are you? Man Hey?
Speaker 2: Living the dream with these guys that are going for
Speaker 2: a three pete. I'm just taking it all in and
Speaker 2: trying to convey everything that's happening to you and the
Speaker 2: rest of the folks.
Speaker 8: Absolutely, man and we appreciate it very much. I just
Speaker 8: wanted to touch on Freddy and man I just we
Speaker 8: can't give him enough praise. I don't think he's just
Speaker 8: been unbelievable since he joined the Dodgers, and I personally think,
Speaker 8: you know, when he joined, that's I think that's when
Speaker 8: everything changed, and you know, the winning mentality.
Speaker 9: I'm curious.
Speaker 2: So that's funny. People were you know many Manny. That's
Speaker 2: funny because the first two years Freddy was on the Dodgers, Uh,
Speaker 2: they lost in the first round to the Padres and
Speaker 2: got swept by the Diamondbacks and everybody was down on
Speaker 2: Freddy and Mookie. So it's funny how the narrative has
Speaker 2: changed the last two years because of his incredible Octobers.
Speaker 2: That's how much things can change.
Speaker 5: Absolutely, a couple of championships will do that for you.
Speaker 1: Right.
Speaker 8: But but yeah, where does he rank in your all
Speaker 8: time Dodgers. I think he's easily in my top five.
Speaker 6: What about you, Divi?
Speaker 2: Oh Man, that's tough, Manny. I would say, in the
Speaker 2: last fifteen years, definitely top five Dodger. That's the way
Speaker 2: I put all of this into context, Manny, because you
Speaker 2: can't compare Freddy Freeman to Gil Hodgers or Duke Snyder.
Speaker 2: You can't even compare him to Steve Garvey. Right, those
Speaker 2: were two different generations. The game has played a lot differently.
Speaker 2: Freddie probably can play in any generation, and that's why
Speaker 2: he would be in my top five.
Speaker 5: I agree, Dave. I agree, Man.
Speaker 8: Let's keep the ball rolling, Let's keep these boys aiming
Speaker 8: for October.
Speaker 5: Man, have a great time out in New York.
Speaker 8: Thanks a lot, all.
Speaker 2: Right, Mannie, thank you for the phone call. Tonight's game
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Speaker 2: Let's go out to San Diego. Rollie, you're on Dodger
Speaker 2: Talk Live from New York.
Speaker 5: How you doing doing well? Thanks for taking a call.
Speaker 2: My pleasure. What do you have?
Speaker 5: Oh, First of all, I have my nine year old
Speaker 5: son Levi here, super excited. Say hi, Levi Hillo, we're
Speaker 5: playing baseball in the cul de Sac. But I have
Speaker 5: a question, and it seems I never get a good
Speaker 5: answer on it. But is there any real info that
Speaker 5: you can tell us about what's really going on with
Speaker 5: Will Smith? Because every time I look up news or
Speaker 5: I hear Dave Roberts say he's pain free, but he's
Speaker 5: not doing any workouts. So if he's pain free, help
Speaker 5: me understand in my little brain, why isn't he playing?
Speaker 2: You're right, I mean we haven't really got a clear,
Speaker 2: definitive answer on what exactly is going on. My understanding
Speaker 2: is it's some you know, I'm not even going to
Speaker 2: venture to say what they're trying to explain. But nobody
Speaker 2: really has explained definitively what exactly is wrong with Will
Speaker 2: Smith's neck, other than we know he can't really turn
Speaker 2: to he can't turn his neck to the left without pain.
Speaker 2: But he's paint free only in the last five days,
Speaker 2: so that's something that's changed in a positive way. And
Speaker 2: you're right, Rallie, I don't have an answer for you.
Speaker 2: Because nobody has given it to us, so I can't
Speaker 2: really say. Will Smith during a ten game homestand didn't
Speaker 2: want to answer questions about it, So I don't know.
Speaker 2: I don't even know if Will knows exactly what it is.
Speaker 2: And maybe that's part of the reason. So that's why
Speaker 2: there's so much uncertainty regarding whether or not or when
Speaker 2: Will Smith is going to return. Everybody I've talked to
Speaker 2: with the Dodgers believes and are hopeful that he's going
Speaker 2: to return, but there's no guarantees.
Speaker 5: Yeah, it just seems like they're pretty transparent most of
Speaker 5: the time, and I just hope there's not some bear
Speaker 5: problem that they're just they're keeping it.
Speaker 2: Will Smith. Yeah, I've spent time with Will Smith. I
Speaker 2: I you know, it's not like he's in a neck brace.
Speaker 2: I'll put it that way rally. But hopefully when the
Speaker 2: Dodgers get home, will get a little bit clearer idea
Speaker 2: on how Will Smith is doing and when he may return. Well,
Speaker 2: thank you, all right, thank you. Rolly eight sixty six
Speaker 2: nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone number.
Speaker 2: I just want to mention some other things that are
Speaker 2: going on, trade deadline wise, go ahead back three or
Speaker 2: four weeks, I had heard some buzz at the Rangers
Speaker 2: were considering trading Corey Seger even though they are in
Speaker 2: first place and being out here on the East Coast.
Speaker 2: I'm hearing that buzz again that the Rangers are looking
Speaker 2: to trade Corey Seeger, which is shocking to me because
Speaker 2: he is a World Series MVP for their only World
Speaker 2: Series Championship. He still has a lot of years and
Speaker 2: money left on that contract, and I'm trying to think
Speaker 2: what team would be a fit for Corey Seeger. If
Speaker 2: it's not the Rangers. The only one I could think
Speaker 2: of would be the Atlanta Braves. They need a shortstop?
Speaker 2: Would they pull the trigger on that? So I'm just
Speaker 2: shocked the Rangers would even entertain the idea of trading
Speaker 2: Corey Seger. You trade Corey Seeger, what do you got?
Speaker 2: Let's go out to Ryan, who happened to be at
Speaker 2: City Field tonight. Hi, Ryan, you're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 9: Hey TV?
Speaker 2: How you doing?
Speaker 3: Thanks for taking our call?
Speaker 2: My pleasure. Where were you sitting tonight?
Speaker 9: We were right right next to the dugout. Actually it
Speaker 9: was amazing Dodger dugout right by the Dodger dugout.
Speaker 2: Nice. Those are great seats. Did you make did you
Speaker 2: make the trip just for the Mets series or did
Speaker 2: you go to Philly as well?
Speaker 9: We didn't make it the Philly, but we went to
Speaker 9: the Yankees series, so we did the doubleheader and then
Speaker 9: and then we stayed here in New York until for
Speaker 9: tonight's game as well.
Speaker 2: And so where are you calling me from? You're not
Speaker 2: on the subway, obviously, did you rent a car? How
Speaker 2: did you get here?
Speaker 9: We're driving on the Grand Central Parkway. My grandma and
Speaker 9: grandpa live out here, so we're visiting them, and good
Speaker 9: excuse to see the boys on the road and visit family.
Speaker 2: That's awesome, Ryan, And yeah, we be out to call
Speaker 2: in and say that we're so stoked on Rokie just.
Speaker 9: Getting up there and shoving in front of everybody, and
Speaker 9: also just to say that encourage everybody to go see
Speaker 9: the guys on the they're so generous with their time
Speaker 9: with the kids. Will Klein came over to my son
Speaker 9: and like rip Pokemon packs with them. He's such a
Speaker 9: good guy and just it's great to see him on
Speaker 9: the road.
Speaker 2: Yeah, no doubt, Ryan, That's a great experience. Man, what
Speaker 2: a winning road trip for you, Ryan and your family.
Speaker 2: That's cool. Will Klein is a great guy, and like
Speaker 2: I said, uh, we had a great pregame conversation that
Speaker 2: you can listen to on the iHeartRadio app. Tomorrow is
Speaker 2: going to be a wonderful pitching matchup, at least on paper.
Speaker 2: We're always anticipating it, but I have a feeling, at
Speaker 2: least from the Dodgers side, Yamamoto will live up to it.
Speaker 2: It's on National TV. Yamamoto is definitely in the National
Speaker 2: League scy Younger Work conversation. He's ten and six with
Speaker 2: an ERA of two seventy eight. He's going up against
Speaker 2: young right hander Nolan McClain, who was big time hyped
Speaker 2: up by everybody in New York. He's seven and eight
Speaker 2: with an ERA of three thirty four. Our coverage begins
Speaker 2: tomorrow at three o'clock, first pitch at four point fifteen
Speaker 2: from City Field with Jose Mota and Steven Nelson. That'll
Speaker 2: do it for us tonight on Dodger Talk. Thanks for listening.
Speaker 2: Thanks to Colin Ye back at our Burbank studios, Thanks
Speaker 2: to Dwayne McDonald out here at Cityfield, and thanks to
Speaker 2: you for listening. Like I mentioned earlier, We'll Climb. You
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Speaker 2: app once again. The final score tonight the Dodgers feed
Speaker 2: the Mets four to two. Have a great rest of
Speaker 2: your night. See you.
Speaker 7: It's true.
Speaker 2: Send it away.