WEBVTT - Dodger Talk (7-8-26) 0:00:00.560 --> 0:00:03.000 The quest for the three peat has begun. 0:00:03.240 --> 0:00:07.280 Only four teams in Major League Baseball history have won 0:00:07.400 --> 0:00:12.000 three consecutive titles. The Dodgers are the favorites to become 0:00:12.360 --> 0:00:13.200 the fifth. 0:00:13.240 --> 0:00:15.840 This is World Champion Dodger Talk. 0:00:15.920 --> 0:00:16.720 Here we go again. 0:00:16.760 --> 0:00:18.040 We're gera running back to. 0:00:17.960 --> 0:00:20.600 Get him on the show called eight six, six, nine 0:00:20.640 --> 0:00:23.159 eighty seven two five seven Day and be sure to 0:00:23.200 --> 0:00:27.960 follow Dodger Talk wherever you catch your podcasts. Here's your host, 0:00:28.520 --> 0:00:30.200 David vasselas Day. 0:00:31.120 --> 0:00:32.600 Welcome the Dodger Talk. 0:00:32.720 --> 0:00:37.120 David Vassey with you until eleven o'clock tonight here on 0:00:37.159 --> 0:00:41.400 AM five to seventy LA Sports. After the Dodgers conclude 0:00:41.520 --> 0:00:45.040 thirteen in a row with a four to three win 0:00:45.280 --> 0:00:49.400 over the Rockies. They finished this stretch of thirteen in 0:00:49.400 --> 0:00:53.279 a row winning every one of the five series that 0:00:53.320 --> 0:00:56.520 they played or the fourth series that they played nine 0:00:56.680 --> 0:01:01.960 to four, including beating the Padres seven times in a 0:01:02.080 --> 0:01:05.039 matter of ten days. They beat them three out of 0:01:05.120 --> 0:01:08.640 four here at Dodgers Stadium, they beat them two out 0:01:08.640 --> 0:01:13.160 of three in San Diego, and they basically, you know, 0:01:13.520 --> 0:01:17.680 really sent the Padres into a tailspin that not many 0:01:17.760 --> 0:01:21.160 believe they can recover from. And they certainly are on 0:01:21.240 --> 0:01:25.280 the fence of being sellers or buyers at the trade deadline, 0:01:25.319 --> 0:01:28.319 but the Dodgers are worried about themselves. And the Dodgers 0:01:28.360 --> 0:01:31.600 are feeling good. With only three more games to go 0:01:31.760 --> 0:01:35.000 before the All Star Break, they have the most wins 0:01:35.160 --> 0:01:39.640 in baseball. They have the best record in baseball, sixty 0:01:39.760 --> 0:01:43.319 one to thirty three. They have a fourteen game lead 0:01:43.440 --> 0:01:48.760 over the Padres, a fifteen game lead over the Arizona Diamondbacks, 0:01:48.760 --> 0:01:52.280 who will be in town on Friday night to finish 0:01:52.320 --> 0:01:55.400 the final three games before the All Star breaks. So 0:01:56.040 --> 0:01:58.680 things are looking good and the Dodgers just want to 0:01:58.720 --> 0:02:02.840 remain healthy, and tonight they were able to get a 0:02:03.080 --> 0:02:05.520 good start from Roki Sasaki. 0:02:05.640 --> 0:02:06.320 It looked like. 0:02:06.280 --> 0:02:08.720 It was going to be another one of those nights 0:02:09.160 --> 0:02:12.600 from Roki Sasaki after the first couple of innings, And 0:02:12.760 --> 0:02:16.280 give him and the Dodgers a lot of credit because 0:02:16.360 --> 0:02:23.320 the realization is that the Dodgers are developing Roki Sasaki at. 0:02:23.120 --> 0:02:26.480 The major league level. Not many teams can do that. 0:02:26.639 --> 0:02:30.160 They are developing him at the big league level, and 0:02:30.200 --> 0:02:34.240 he won't pitch probably in the postseason if everybody's healthy, 0:02:36.080 --> 0:02:40.960 unless something has gone completely sideways, which I don't expect. 0:02:41.400 --> 0:02:44.280 But Roki Sasaki could be a weapon out of the 0:02:44.320 --> 0:02:47.800 bullpen if he does what he did in the fourth 0:02:47.840 --> 0:02:50.120 inning when he was in a heap of trouble with 0:02:50.280 --> 0:02:53.560 runners at second and third and nobody out, and what 0:02:53.639 --> 0:02:56.160 he did in the fifth and sixth innings tonight where 0:02:56.160 --> 0:03:00.839 he just turned off being so mechanical and thinking too 0:03:00.960 --> 0:03:05.080 much and just competing on the mound. That's what the 0:03:05.160 --> 0:03:08.760 Dodgers want from Roki Sasaki. What you saw in the 0:03:08.800 --> 0:03:11.040 fourth inning, what you saw on the fifth inning, and 0:03:11.040 --> 0:03:14.480 what you saw on the sixth inning. Stop being such 0:03:14.600 --> 0:03:18.320 a thinker, stop worrying about your mechanics, and just go 0:03:18.400 --> 0:03:23.280 out there, monoe mono and compete. You got you've I mean, 0:03:23.520 --> 0:03:26.960 there are four or five six guys watching this guy 0:03:27.560 --> 0:03:31.520 in between every start and bullpen sessions. I feel like 0:03:32.400 --> 0:03:36.360 the practice is in there, Uh, the intention is in 0:03:36.440 --> 0:03:40.400 there between starts. And the Dodgers Dave Roberts sees that 0:03:41.200 --> 0:03:43.960 once you're in the game, it's time to compete. And 0:03:44.080 --> 0:03:47.760 Dalton Rushing has told me before where there are times 0:03:47.880 --> 0:03:52.920 where he's not really happy with the temperature of Roki Sasaki. 0:03:52.920 --> 0:03:55.760 As far as the competitive temperature and he'll say, hey, 0:03:55.880 --> 0:03:59.040 throw another one. I want to see that fire before 0:03:59.040 --> 0:04:02.320 we go out there on the field. So that's something 0:04:02.400 --> 0:04:05.760 that Roki Sasaki has be has to be conscious of, 0:04:06.120 --> 0:04:08.160 and I think we saw that when he retired the 0:04:08.240 --> 0:04:10.720 last nine in a row, including when he was in 0:04:10.760 --> 0:04:14.000 a heap of trouble in that fourth inning where he 0:04:14.040 --> 0:04:17.800 had runners at second and third with nobody out. I 0:04:17.880 --> 0:04:21.359 mentioned last night on Dodger Talk that I believe with 0:04:21.520 --> 0:04:25.839 Tommy Edmund being backed, being healthy, that he is the 0:04:25.839 --> 0:04:28.719 perfect number two hitter for the Dodgers. 0:04:29.279 --> 0:04:30.360 And as good as the. 0:04:30.279 --> 0:04:33.080 Dodger offense has been all year, and they are the 0:04:33.160 --> 0:04:37.440 best in a lot of categories, even advanced statistics, they 0:04:37.480 --> 0:04:43.080 have not found a guy to be successful hitting between 0:04:43.080 --> 0:04:48.719 Otani and Freeman, hitting second behind Otani specifically, and you 0:04:48.880 --> 0:04:51.800 wonder if guys hitting behind Otani are trying to do 0:04:52.000 --> 0:04:57.400 too much because he's superhuman. Nobody can be Otani. You 0:04:57.480 --> 0:05:01.520 gotta be yourself. And whether it's Mookie Beds who was 0:05:01.560 --> 0:05:04.720 struggling early on in the year, or Freddie Freeman who 0:05:04.760 --> 0:05:08.120 is struggling early on in the year, or Kyle Tucker 0:05:08.160 --> 0:05:12.279 who has never really thrived in the number two hole 0:05:12.440 --> 0:05:15.880 in his career and now Andy pae Has, who has 0:05:15.920 --> 0:05:19.800 struggled for the most part hitting second. He's a variance 0:05:19.920 --> 0:05:21.919 type of hitter, so it's hard to put him in 0:05:22.000 --> 0:05:25.120 that bucket. But he's not a number two hitter. The 0:05:25.240 --> 0:05:28.520 number two hitter that the Dodgers have available to them 0:05:28.680 --> 0:05:32.240 now that he's healthy and off the IL is the 0:05:32.279 --> 0:05:35.960 guy they had in there tonight, and that's Tommy Edmond. 0:05:36.080 --> 0:05:38.800 He makes things happen, and as he said on the 0:05:38.839 --> 0:05:44.359 postgame show, he doesn't change his approach whether he's hitting second, 0:05:44.680 --> 0:05:48.200 whether he's hitting seventh, even the Dodgers have had him 0:05:48.240 --> 0:05:53.200 hit cleanup, whether he's hitting ninth, same guy, same approach, 0:05:54.000 --> 0:05:56.240 and he can do a lot of different things hitting 0:05:56.320 --> 0:05:59.080 second behind Otany. He can lay down a bunt like 0:05:59.120 --> 0:06:02.160 he did a couple of nights ago twice. He can 0:06:02.200 --> 0:06:05.200 go the other way, he can hit a home run, 0:06:05.480 --> 0:06:08.960 and he he's a threat from both sides of the plate. 0:06:09.640 --> 0:06:13.279 You need a guy that can hit lefties hitting behind 0:06:13.320 --> 0:06:19.160 Otaani and Tommy Edmund has more power from the right 0:06:19.200 --> 0:06:21.520 side than he has from the left side. So for me, 0:06:22.720 --> 0:06:25.400 even when pahz is back in the starting lineup on 0:06:25.480 --> 0:06:29.680 Friday night. I would hope to see Tommy Edmund hitting 0:06:29.800 --> 0:06:34.120 second because it changes the dynamic of things. Eight six 0:06:34.240 --> 0:06:37.479 six nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone number. 0:06:37.760 --> 0:06:40.400 How about Alex Call. He put the Dodgers in a 0:06:40.400 --> 0:06:45.400 tough spot in the first inning tonight using both abs challenges, 0:06:45.600 --> 0:06:48.159 and he was wrong the first one. Like I said, 0:06:48.320 --> 0:06:54.840 it's cringe when you see the video on the scoreboard 0:06:54.960 --> 0:06:59.600 and at home and the baseball, the digital baseball barely 0:07:00.160 --> 0:07:05.000 barely touches the outside line of the strike zone. And 0:07:05.200 --> 0:07:07.599 I'm not gonna fault Alex Call for the first one, 0:07:07.680 --> 0:07:10.560 but you used one already in the first inning, and 0:07:10.600 --> 0:07:15.239 that is so far off the Dodgers' team game plan. 0:07:15.720 --> 0:07:18.720 There was nobody on base. It's the first inning. It 0:07:18.840 --> 0:07:23.280 wasn't a high leverage situation. Alex Call has a great 0:07:23.320 --> 0:07:26.320 sense of the strike zone, and I felt like in 0:07:26.360 --> 0:07:31.160 that situation, it's like him doubling down on sixteen in 0:07:31.240 --> 0:07:36.120 Vegas like I would hit playing third base and the 0:07:36.160 --> 0:07:39.240 dealers showing a four. That's what it was like when 0:07:39.280 --> 0:07:42.520 I was watching that, and he got the first one 0:07:42.640 --> 0:07:47.040 wrong and then he went he doubled down in the 0:07:47.080 --> 0:07:49.160 same at bat in the first inning, I felt like 0:07:49.240 --> 0:07:52.960 Alex Call doubled down on sixteen with the dealers showing four. 0:07:53.600 --> 0:07:56.760 That's just so far outside of the Dodgers' game plan 0:07:56.840 --> 0:07:59.880 that was explained to me at the beginning of the year. 0:08:00.280 --> 0:08:03.360 Number One, they want to save the challenges for their 0:08:03.440 --> 0:08:06.840 catcher to help the pitcher. Number two, they want to 0:08:06.880 --> 0:08:10.880 save it for hitters in high leverage situations, meaning the 0:08:10.920 --> 0:08:13.520 final three innings of the game, down to your final 0:08:13.600 --> 0:08:16.800 nine outs. And Alex knows better, but I just feel 0:08:16.840 --> 0:08:21.840 like he got super David Vass emotional at the plate 0:08:22.160 --> 0:08:25.520 like I would at the blackjack table. I'm not going 0:08:25.560 --> 0:08:28.200 to self report that I doubled down a few times 0:08:28.280 --> 0:08:31.960 with sixteen and a few major leaguers at the blackjack 0:08:32.040 --> 0:08:34.960 table in spring training, but that's what it felt like. 0:08:35.679 --> 0:08:39.480 Alex Call felt like David Vass at the blackjack table 0:08:40.000 --> 0:08:42.720 when he doubled down on those two abs challenges in 0:08:42.760 --> 0:08:43.440 the first inning. 0:08:44.000 --> 0:08:44.840 Eight six six. 0:08:44.880 --> 0:08:47.680 Nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone number. 0:08:48.000 --> 0:08:50.680 Let's go out to the phones for the first time tonight. Hi, Dan, 0:08:50.720 --> 0:08:52.560 you're in SeeMe Valley. How you doing Dan? 0:08:54.200 --> 0:08:57.040 Thank you for taking my call. David, I'm doing great. 0:08:57.080 --> 0:09:02.160 You know, I just want to say that this Colorado 0:09:02.280 --> 0:09:06.680 team can look very scary if they get some really 0:09:06.720 --> 0:09:10.080 good pitching because they're young, and if they can keep 0:09:10.120 --> 0:09:14.000 them together. Dave, I'm telling you, they're gonna replace not 0:09:14.120 --> 0:09:19.199 only the Arizona Diamondbacks and the San Diego Padres as 0:09:19.240 --> 0:09:22.760 the one chasing the Dodgers in the near future. 0:09:22.920 --> 0:09:23.440 I see that. 0:09:23.640 --> 0:09:27.600 I mean, they're really a young, gutty team and very. 0:09:27.480 --> 0:09:32.480 Impressaring Dwayne McDonald right now, our producer engineered the ballpark, Dan, 0:09:32.600 --> 0:09:36.800 because I told him the exact same thing last night. 0:09:36.920 --> 0:09:41.079 My prediction in twenty twenty eight is the Rockies will 0:09:41.120 --> 0:09:44.920 be the Arizona Diamondbacks. They will be a wild Card 0:09:45.000 --> 0:09:49.560 contender with Josh Burns helping out Paul d. Podesta, and 0:09:49.600 --> 0:09:51.920 they'll figure out the pitching. And they got a good 0:09:52.000 --> 0:09:55.880 core of young position players, including their catcher Hunter Goodman 0:09:56.200 --> 0:09:59.800 and their third basemen My one A slash one B 0:10:00.160 --> 0:10:01.960 favorite Caros Kyle Carros. 0:10:04.000 --> 0:10:08.680 Absolutely I agree. And a question, you know, you know, 0:10:08.840 --> 0:10:10.760 and you bring it up. You brought it up a 0:10:10.760 --> 0:10:15.160 few times tonight, that second spot. Why is it so 0:10:15.400 --> 0:10:20.600 difficult for these top hitters to to actually settle in 0:10:20.840 --> 0:10:23.080 and be productive in that spot. 0:10:23.640 --> 0:10:26.480 Trying to do too much and they're not comfortable hitting second. 0:10:26.600 --> 0:10:30.760 Everyone was individual. Remember Mookie wasn't doing so good at 0:10:30.760 --> 0:10:33.080 the beginning of the year. Freddie was cool to begin 0:10:33.160 --> 0:10:36.840 the year. Kyle Tucker just never was comfortable hitting there, 0:10:37.160 --> 0:10:39.679 and Pa has certainly is not a number two hitter. 0:10:39.840 --> 0:10:43.320 And Will Smith is hurt now. So to me, Tommy 0:10:43.400 --> 0:10:44.640 Edmond's a number two hitter. 0:10:46.160 --> 0:10:47.840 Thank you Dave for taking my call. 0:10:47.960 --> 0:10:48.880 You have a great evening. 0:10:49.240 --> 0:10:52.720 Hey, Dan, see me valley right there, adjacent to the 0:10:52.760 --> 0:10:55.520 San Fernando Valley. That's why you had a great take tonight. 0:10:57.440 --> 0:10:59.120 Oh man, Hey, we're pretty close. 0:10:59.160 --> 0:11:01.559 You know, we're in the same vibes. 0:11:02.200 --> 0:11:02.719 I love it. 0:11:02.800 --> 0:11:04.640 I love it, Dan, Thank you for the phone call. 0:11:04.960 --> 0:11:07.920 Tonight's game brought to you by Modello. Modello the mark 0:11:07.960 --> 0:11:10.199 of a Fighter. Let's go out to Lars, who was 0:11:10.320 --> 0:11:13.040 at the ballpark tonight. Hi, Lars, you're on Dodger Talk. 0:11:14.960 --> 0:11:18.719 Heveve assay, exciting game, exciting series. You talked about how 0:11:18.720 --> 0:11:20.520 well we did against the Padres, and yeah, you would 0:11:20.559 --> 0:11:24.120 not guess it would feel like some playoffs managed baseball 0:11:24.200 --> 0:11:27.080 games against the Rockies, but to win that series to 0:11:27.160 --> 0:11:29.760 win by a run in two games of the three, 0:11:29.960 --> 0:11:32.360 lose by run in the other, and I thought the 0:11:32.440 --> 0:11:34.920 guys really showed a lot of heart. This is the 0:11:35.000 --> 0:11:37.160 kind of game that you've got to win in the playoffs, 0:11:37.360 --> 0:11:40.240 and particularly it was great to see guys like Rookie 0:11:40.600 --> 0:11:45.200 stepping up and Riquez Dryer, and then there's quality at bats, 0:11:45.640 --> 0:11:47.760 particularly late in the game. Again not trying to do 0:11:47.800 --> 0:11:50.320 too much. I feel like everyone sees Otani go yard 0:11:50.320 --> 0:11:52.480 and they feel like they have to follow suit, when 0:11:52.520 --> 0:11:56.160 in fact we scored that run on three consecutive singles 0:11:56.240 --> 0:11:58.440 to put us ahead. So I thought Doc did a 0:11:58.440 --> 0:12:01.160 great job of manager of the game, giving guys enough 0:12:01.240 --> 0:12:05.760 rope to prove himself and to instill confidence as we 0:12:05.880 --> 0:12:07.640 close out the first half of the season. Couldn't be 0:12:07.640 --> 0:12:08.400 proud of our guys. 0:12:08.440 --> 0:12:09.520 It was great, all. 0:12:09.480 --> 0:12:11.880 Right, Lars, thank you for the phone call. And Dave 0:12:12.000 --> 0:12:15.280 gave the bullpen a lot of credit. And Jack Dryer 0:12:15.400 --> 0:12:20.240 came in after Roki Sasaki completed the sixth inning. Dryer 0:12:20.320 --> 0:12:23.360 came in for a scoreless seventh inning, and to me, 0:12:23.640 --> 0:12:26.600 that's the best we've seen Jack Dryer in a long time. 0:12:26.679 --> 0:12:30.240 That looked like the Jack dryer from last year, and 0:12:30.480 --> 0:12:33.720 that was encouraging to see alex Vesia. 0:12:33.360 --> 0:12:34.040 Doing this thing. 0:12:34.200 --> 0:12:38.319 The eighth inning was a little shaky Max Munsey, who 0:12:38.600 --> 0:12:41.520 for whatever reason is having some issues at third base 0:12:41.600 --> 0:12:44.880 defensively lately after having such a great first half. There 0:12:46.640 --> 0:12:50.520 you know, bat error with Braxton Fulford, and then to me, 0:12:51.280 --> 0:12:54.800 the biggest key at bat in that eighth inning was 0:12:54.920 --> 0:12:58.840 Alex Vesia striking out Rumpfield with the bases loaded. To me, 0:12:59.440 --> 0:13:03.800 that was the biggest moment of that inning to recover 0:13:03.920 --> 0:13:06.640 from the error by Moncie. Let's go out to Scott 0:13:06.679 --> 0:13:09.079 in a Gorara Hills. You're on Dodger Talk. How you 0:13:09.160 --> 0:13:09.760 doing Scott? 0:13:10.880 --> 0:13:12.280 Hey, Dave, I'm doing great. 0:13:12.360 --> 0:13:13.000 You know why? 0:13:14.160 --> 0:13:16.480 Why is that because we all get to eat tomorrow? 0:13:16.640 --> 0:13:18.280 Thank God for the Dodgers. 0:13:18.360 --> 0:13:18.640 Women. 0:13:18.760 --> 0:13:20.319 Oh yeah, they're gonna feed you. 0:13:20.320 --> 0:13:23.280 Tomorrow seven dollars. 0:13:23.920 --> 0:13:26.880 You're gonna stuff your face tomorrow, Scott. Aren't you out 0:13:26.880 --> 0:13:28.760 there at a Gora Hills. You're gonna go to that 0:13:28.920 --> 0:13:31.560 jack in a box right off of Canan Road and 0:13:31.640 --> 0:13:33.800 stuff your face thanks to the Dodgers. 0:13:34.200 --> 0:13:38.319 The Chevron, you know it. Hey, shout out to Todd 0:13:38.400 --> 0:13:39.760 the PA guys. My buddy. 0:13:39.840 --> 0:13:42.839 I know he's on the way home and he's Todd Lights. 0:13:43.480 --> 0:13:47.720 Yeah, like wo hey, Dave, here's the deal and you 0:13:47.880 --> 0:13:53.160 just said it. We're missing Will Smith. That's the problem 0:13:53.640 --> 0:13:54.640 in the lineup. 0:13:55.280 --> 0:13:57.720 Well, I'd say the Dodger offense is doing pretty good 0:13:57.800 --> 0:14:00.720 Scott without him. But my my thing with Will Smith 0:14:00.880 --> 0:14:03.880 is they need him back for October because he is 0:14:04.000 --> 0:14:08.560 the most clutch hitter in Major League Baseball and Dalton 0:14:08.679 --> 0:14:12.679 Rushing has not been tested in October. So if Rushing's 0:14:12.720 --> 0:14:16.360 the guy, you know, I believe in him, but the 0:14:16.440 --> 0:14:20.560 emotions in October, he cannot let that get the better 0:14:20.640 --> 0:14:24.440 of him. So for me, Will Smith is is is 0:14:24.520 --> 0:14:27.960 battle tested in the month of October, and that's when 0:14:28.000 --> 0:14:31.400 the Dodgers need him the most. Eight six, six, nine, eight, seven, 0:14:31.440 --> 0:14:34.440 two five seventy is the phone number. The Dodgers beat 0:14:34.480 --> 0:14:37.560 the Rockies tonight four to three. Mookie Betts came up 0:14:37.560 --> 0:14:40.000 with the big hit in the eighth inning after back 0:14:40.040 --> 0:14:43.520 to back singles by Tommy Edmond and Freddie Freeman against 0:14:43.560 --> 0:14:47.960 Antonio Senzatela. Let's hear from the Dodgers cleanup hitter on 0:14:48.040 --> 0:14:48.640 sports Net. 0:14:48.800 --> 0:14:51.920 La. You've come through many times in your career in 0:14:52.000 --> 0:14:55.240 clutch moments like you did tonight. What is the feeling 0:14:55.320 --> 0:14:57.600 like for you to be able to deliver in that situation? 0:14:58.240 --> 0:15:00.040 It feels great, you know, helping the boys way, and 0:15:00.200 --> 0:15:02.480 I mean it's really, uh, it's really all it is. 0:15:02.480 --> 0:15:06.560 I mean, play the game to win and you know, 0:15:06.680 --> 0:15:08.320 just coming through in a big, a big moment. I 0:15:08.360 --> 0:15:11.360 mean it's kind of like what you, uh, when you're 0:15:11.360 --> 0:15:13.200 a kid playing in the backyard. You know, getting that 0:15:13.280 --> 0:15:15.960 hit is kind of what you uh always strive to do. 0:15:16.000 --> 0:15:18.160 And fortunately, fortunately I was able. 0:15:17.960 --> 0:15:18.320 To do it. 0:15:18.760 --> 0:15:22.360 Fell behind in account early and and they really had 0:15:22.400 --> 0:15:23.880 to fight fight your way through. 0:15:23.960 --> 0:15:26.680 What's kind of your approach, What's going through your mind 0:15:26.680 --> 0:15:27.800 as you get through that. 0:15:27.920 --> 0:15:32.520 That Yeah, I was just trying to drive it to 0:15:32.520 --> 0:15:37.480 to start, and once I got down, I don't know, 0:15:37.600 --> 0:15:40.960 I was just uh just had this calmness. I mean 0:15:41.000 --> 0:15:44.680 I was just you know, kind of just relax you know, 0:15:44.840 --> 0:15:47.920 just kind of relax. And you can't force it. You 0:15:47.960 --> 0:15:51.560 can't h hit a bad pitch. You know, you still 0:15:51.600 --> 0:15:54.160 have to get something decent to to get the job done. 0:15:54.160 --> 0:15:58.960 And I think kind of relaxing actually helped me a lot. 0:15:59.000 --> 0:16:00.880 And I was at to kind of stand in bath. 0:16:01.720 --> 0:16:04.800 All right, there's Mookie Betts and I can help understand, 0:16:05.040 --> 0:16:09.200 help you understand what he was saying there, because I 0:16:09.240 --> 0:16:13.720 am sending my son to the best baseball summer camp 0:16:13.800 --> 0:16:15.840 that you could ever send one of your youth to, 0:16:16.640 --> 0:16:18.960 and that's the Reggie Smith Baseball Camp. 0:16:19.000 --> 0:16:20.720 And this is not an endorsement. 0:16:20.960 --> 0:16:26.760 This is a legit from the heart validation of a great, fun, 0:16:27.240 --> 0:16:31.840 disciplined baseball camp with Reggie Smith and his coaches in Encino. 0:16:32.320 --> 0:16:33.200 It's a weak thing. 0:16:33.320 --> 0:16:36.520 My son went there last year, he loved it, his 0:16:36.600 --> 0:16:38.960 friends loved it. I sent him back for this week. 0:16:39.080 --> 0:16:42.239 And in fact, my son made fun of me yesterday 0:16:42.320 --> 0:16:45.200 because I was talking to Reggie for two hours while 0:16:45.240 --> 0:16:48.160 the camp was going on, and basically I got more 0:16:48.200 --> 0:16:50.240 out of the camp than he did, or just as 0:16:50.320 --> 0:16:53.440 much yesterday talking to Reggie Smith and I in those 0:16:53.480 --> 0:16:57.840 two hours, I learned more than I've learned in ten years, 0:16:57.960 --> 0:17:02.080 just hearing his cerebral approach. Just one of the best 0:17:02.120 --> 0:17:04.919 coaches and best hitting people that you could ever talk to. 0:17:05.000 --> 0:17:08.280 The wisdom he has. And here's some of the things 0:17:08.280 --> 0:17:10.480 that he explained to me. Here's the one thing, and 0:17:10.520 --> 0:17:13.720 what MOOKI said right there was that his head was clear, 0:17:14.200 --> 0:17:17.240 And I asked Reggie about that, and he actually explained 0:17:17.240 --> 0:17:20.880 this to me. When hitters can't really describe what's going 0:17:20.920 --> 0:17:23.320 on when they come through in a big spot like 0:17:23.440 --> 0:17:26.280 Muki did in the eighth inning, or when they're on 0:17:26.320 --> 0:17:28.280 a hot streak. When they're on a hitting streak, they 0:17:28.320 --> 0:17:30.960 can't really describe it. Right when you talk to guys, 0:17:30.960 --> 0:17:33.600 what are you doing? What exactly are you doing? They 0:17:33.640 --> 0:17:37.000 can't tell you. Because he said, the biggest thing as 0:17:37.040 --> 0:17:42.239 a hitter, you want to have unconscious competence, meaning that 0:17:42.320 --> 0:17:45.359 you're not thinking at the plate. You let your mind 0:17:45.440 --> 0:17:47.919 get in the way of what you're doing at the plate. 0:17:48.400 --> 0:17:50.800 It just gets in the way, and in that split 0:17:50.920 --> 0:17:54.440 second of you being conscious and letting your brain get 0:17:54.440 --> 0:17:57.960 in the way, it affects you. So he said, some 0:17:58.040 --> 0:18:01.240 of the biggest things to take away from what Mookie 0:18:01.240 --> 0:18:03.919 said right there, or what other players will say, is 0:18:03.920 --> 0:18:08.920 that they're in that zone of unconscious competence, and that 0:18:09.080 --> 0:18:11.280 makes a lot of sense. He taught me a lot 0:18:11.320 --> 0:18:13.959 of other things that I'll be able to share with 0:18:14.040 --> 0:18:16.680 you over you know, the rest of the time I'm 0:18:16.680 --> 0:18:19.639 doing this, and it'll be great to have Reggie honored 0:18:19.680 --> 0:18:22.960 as part of the Legends of Dodger Baseball on August fifteenth. 0:18:23.000 --> 0:18:27.000 But man, yeah, sorry, sorry, kids, I was talking to 0:18:27.040 --> 0:18:30.359 Reggie Smith for two hours. Okay, But look, Reggie is 0:18:31.280 --> 0:18:35.520 very wise. But he has great coaches. He has coached, 0:18:35.760 --> 0:18:38.840 he has taught his coaches really well. And it's a 0:18:38.880 --> 0:18:43.280 phenomenal week of camp nine to noon. And I would 0:18:43.800 --> 0:18:46.679 man strongly encourage you if you got kids that want 0:18:46.720 --> 0:18:49.040 to learn how to play the game of baseball. I 0:18:49.240 --> 0:18:52.400 love Reggie Smith and I love what he teaches. And 0:18:52.760 --> 0:18:57.320 these big leaguers, if they're searching, I could I could 0:18:57.320 --> 0:18:59.800 direct them off the one on one freeway where to 0:18:59.800 --> 0:19:03.400 go to the great Reggie Smith, because sometimes different voices 0:19:03.480 --> 0:19:07.080 help you out. But literally, the Dodgers hitting coaches, they 0:19:07.119 --> 0:19:10.919 got thest the best players in their lineup. It's not 0:19:10.960 --> 0:19:14.840 like they're going to re teach Freddie Freeman or reteach 0:19:14.960 --> 0:19:17.919 Kyle Tucker. They just got to help guide them and 0:19:17.960 --> 0:19:20.399 give them whatever they need, and they do a great 0:19:20.480 --> 0:19:24.480 job of that. Aaron Bates, JT. Walkins, Rob van Zoyak, 0:19:24.520 --> 0:19:26.640 and the rest of the staff. All right, we're gonna 0:19:26.680 --> 0:19:28.720 take a time out here on Dodger Talk. When we 0:19:28.800 --> 0:19:31.520 come back, we'll check in with Jose Mota and try 0:19:31.560 --> 0:19:34.359 to fit in more phone calls after the Dodgers beat 0:19:34.359 --> 0:19:37.119 the Rockies four to three on a five to seventy 0:19:37.240 --> 0:19:41.080 LA Sports. 0:19:44.960 --> 0:19:48.160 Dodger Talk is available on AM five seventy LA sports 0:19:48.200 --> 0:19:52.200 dot com, hand on the iHeartRadio app. Back to more 0:19:52.359 --> 0:19:55.679 Dodger Talk with Dodger insider David vasse. 0:19:56.480 --> 0:20:02.600 The three two pitch that swags bas Hecks, pound Edmund's cars. 0:20:02.359 --> 0:20:06.960 Dodgers take the lead for Monkie pets. That is the 0:20:07.000 --> 0:20:08.320 thirty second. 0:20:08.000 --> 0:20:10.320 Go ahead run bat it in on the eighth inning 0:20:10.520 --> 0:20:14.160 or later in his career. He is in the top ten. 0:20:14.000 --> 0:20:17.200 In that category among active hitters. 0:20:18.520 --> 0:20:20.280 You know what else Reggie Smith taught me. 0:20:20.480 --> 0:20:22.960 I asked him about Mookie Betts and when he's going 0:20:23.000 --> 0:20:25.960 good and when he's struggling. He said, too much head 0:20:26.000 --> 0:20:29.040 movement when he's struggling. And if you go back and 0:20:29.080 --> 0:20:31.159 look at the replay of his go ahead base it 0:20:31.200 --> 0:20:35.040 in the eighth inning, zero head movement. His head was 0:20:35.119 --> 0:20:39.840 completely still. So see Camper's and David Vassa got a 0:20:39.840 --> 0:20:43.000 lot out of Reggie Smith during this week in Encino, 0:20:43.400 --> 0:20:46.640 Daniel Steelers presents the home Run Forecast for your chance 0:20:46.680 --> 0:20:49.920 to win a fifty dollars Daniel Steweler's gift card visit 0:20:49.960 --> 0:20:53.320 AM five seventy lasports dot com used the keyword home 0:20:53.400 --> 0:20:55.600 run and to your name you could win. 0:20:55.800 --> 0:20:58.320 Daniel Stewelers Own the dream. 0:20:58.960 --> 0:21:02.800 It's time to go around the horn with hose Dane Motor. 0:21:03.720 --> 0:21:06.480 All right, Jose Mota, Man, you learned a lot from 0:21:06.560 --> 0:21:08.639 Reggie Smith and the boys back in the day, and 0:21:08.720 --> 0:21:10.840 I got a huge lesson yesterday. 0:21:11.880 --> 0:21:14.000 Well that was just two hours for you. I was spent, 0:21:14.200 --> 0:21:17.480 I mean days and summers just following Reggie number eight. 0:21:17.560 --> 0:21:19.639 He went to write field to Shag. I was like, Reggie, 0:21:19.880 --> 0:21:23.280 I have another question, Reggie. This was about base running, Reggie, 0:21:23.320 --> 0:21:25.440 this was about switch hitting. I mean, if you want 0:21:25.440 --> 0:21:28.399 to get him going a lot, start talking about switch 0:21:28.440 --> 0:21:30.840 hitting as a power hitter and you'll be in for 0:21:30.920 --> 0:21:33.639 a major. Major. Tree's always fun to talk to Reggie. 0:21:33.720 --> 0:21:36.399 Yeah, yeah, isn't it so simple? 0:21:36.520 --> 0:21:36.760 Right? 0:21:36.960 --> 0:21:38.840 If you go back and look at the replay of 0:21:38.920 --> 0:21:41.400 Mookie Space hit in the eighth inning, and I'm sure 0:21:41.440 --> 0:21:45.719 when he's going good a lot of head movement, you 0:21:45.760 --> 0:21:49.760 can't you can't move the head four inches up or 0:21:49.800 --> 0:21:52.639 down to the side and expect to get hits. 0:21:53.040 --> 0:21:55.520 Well, think about this, David. I mean not that I 0:21:55.560 --> 0:21:58.720 was not an outstanding hitter, but I was taught if 0:21:58.720 --> 0:22:01.440 your head moves, the fast ball right down the middle 0:22:01.520 --> 0:22:03.119 is gonna move too. Why would you want to make 0:22:03.119 --> 0:22:05.640 a fast ball move when it's not supposed to right. 0:22:06.400 --> 0:22:10.040 But as hitters, sometimes you get into these funks like overthinking, Uh, 0:22:10.200 --> 0:22:11.720 let me see what the ball's coming out of and 0:22:11.760 --> 0:22:13.800 before you know your hiss moving, your eyes are moving. 0:22:13.840 --> 0:22:15.840