WEBVTT - Dodger Talk (10-7-25) 0:00:00.560 --> 0:00:02.599 Are your attention, your fire. 0:00:03.440 --> 0:00:07.120 This is world Champion Dodgers, World Champion League. 0:00:07.320 --> 0:00:09.039 For a small salt time we get a people what 0:00:09.160 --> 0:00:11.600 they want to die? Two in a row. Two is special. 0:00:11.680 --> 0:00:16.520 I'm like yes, not ahead of y'all. Host this balls 0:00:16.560 --> 0:00:22.200 God ready to grab your phone to get in on 0:00:22.280 --> 0:00:25.319 the show called eight six six nine eighty seven two 0:00:25.360 --> 0:00:28.440 five seven. Coach to the show and now your host 0:00:28.480 --> 0:00:31.200 of Dodger Talk, David Vasse. 0:00:32.159 --> 0:00:37.159 Welcome to off day Dodger Talk. In between games two 0:00:37.200 --> 0:00:41.360 and three of the NLDS, the Dodgers obviously feeling good 0:00:41.360 --> 0:00:45.239 about themselves after stealing the first two games of the 0:00:45.400 --> 0:00:51.040 series in Philadelphia. With Game three at Dodgers Stadium tomorrow night. 0:00:51.400 --> 0:00:55.120 Our coverage begins at five o'clock, first pitch at six 0:00:55.280 --> 0:00:59.600 oh eight with Tim Kats and Morongo Casino Dodgers on deck. 0:01:00.000 --> 0:01:04.520 Tim Kates and Steve Sacks continue scam more Morning Dodger 0:01:04.600 --> 0:01:08.400 Talk for you local and live beginning at six am 0:01:08.480 --> 0:01:11.960 tomorrow and if there is a Game four, that will 0:01:12.000 --> 0:01:15.160 be on Thursday at Dodgers Stadium a little bit earlier 0:01:15.200 --> 0:01:18.360 than usual. Three to zho eight first pitch. If there 0:01:18.480 --> 0:01:22.000 is a game four between the Dodgers and Phillies, and 0:01:22.160 --> 0:01:25.760 quite honestly, I feel like the Dodgers are poised to 0:01:25.880 --> 0:01:30.320 sweep Philadelphia tomorrow night at Dodger Stadium. And look, it'll 0:01:30.360 --> 0:01:34.320 be the first NLDS home game for the Dodgers, and 0:01:34.760 --> 0:01:37.920 it should be electric at Dodger Stadium. If you saw 0:01:37.920 --> 0:01:42.360 what was happening in Philadelphia, whoever's coming to the game tomorrow, 0:01:42.400 --> 0:01:45.760 you better bring your a game and save your voice, 0:01:45.800 --> 0:01:50.560 because you've got to make Dodger Stadium rock and make 0:01:50.600 --> 0:01:54.320 it feel like a postseason game. I know the Reds 0:01:54.400 --> 0:02:00.200 the wildcard series. I understand the buzz. There wasn't the uh, 0:02:01.320 --> 0:02:10.080 the way to uh really wasn't playoff atmosphere at Dodgers Stadium. 0:02:10.120 --> 0:02:14.799 So it's going to be interesting how the Dodgers and 0:02:14.880 --> 0:02:18.520 you make it feel like a postseason game. 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Eight six six nine eighty seven 0:03:00.800 --> 0:03:04.280 two five seventy is the phone number before we get 0:03:04.440 --> 0:03:07.920 to our special guest. And this is the highest of 0:03:08.080 --> 0:03:10.760 honors that is going to call in. Just want to 0:03:10.800 --> 0:03:14.840 recap Blake Snell and what he did last night. I 0:03:14.880 --> 0:03:18.760 felt like he again was completely overlooked because of the 0:03:18.840 --> 0:03:23.200 dramatics of what took place in the ninth inning last night. 0:03:23.680 --> 0:03:28.639 Blake Snell was the guy that helped the Dodgers win 0:03:28.760 --> 0:03:33.440 that game last night, especially with the way Jesus Lozardo 0:03:34.160 --> 0:03:37.600 was pitching and holding the Dodger offense down at one 0:03:37.600 --> 0:03:44.040 point retiring seventeen in a row. Without Blake Snell matching 0:03:44.160 --> 0:03:48.680 zeros and holding down Bryce Harper and Kyle Schwarber, the 0:03:48.720 --> 0:03:51.880 Dodgers may not even be talking about the ninth inning 0:03:51.960 --> 0:03:55.560 and talking about having a two games to nothing lead, 0:03:56.160 --> 0:03:59.960 So I couldn't believe. Also in the postgame press conference 0:04:00.680 --> 0:04:04.880 that there were only two reporters that asked Blake Snell 0:04:04.920 --> 0:04:07.960 a question. I mean, how do you do that? The 0:04:08.000 --> 0:04:11.240 guy pitched six scoreless innings, allowed just one hit, and 0:04:11.320 --> 0:04:15.160 had nine strikeouts, and only two reporters asked him a question. 0:04:17.400 --> 0:04:20.120 At some point you got to acknowledge that he's one 0:04:20.160 --> 0:04:25.320 of the best starters in Major League Baseball, and without him, 0:04:25.400 --> 0:04:29.039 the Dodgers do not have a two games to nothing lead. 0:04:30.000 --> 0:04:32.640 All right, So we do have our special guest on 0:04:32.720 --> 0:04:36.960 the line. He was at Dodgers Stadium, So let's bring 0:04:37.000 --> 0:04:40.599 on his Dodger Talk intro music. This is not his 0:04:40.720 --> 0:04:43.840 warm up pitcher music. We are joined right now by 0:04:44.000 --> 0:04:49.840 three time Cy Young Award winner National League MVP in 0:04:49.920 --> 0:04:55.040 twenty fourteen, one of the greatest competitors you have ever 0:04:55.120 --> 0:05:00.200 witnessed in the last eighteen years, and is waiting for 0:05:00.279 --> 0:05:03.719 that bullpen phone to ring so he could prove to 0:05:03.920 --> 0:05:08.640 everybody that truck still works in the playoffs. That is 0:05:08.880 --> 0:05:14.000 number twenty two himself, Clayton Kershaw. Clayton, thanks a lot 0:05:14.040 --> 0:05:15.680 for calling in appreciate it. 0:05:17.800 --> 0:05:18.440 Thanks Dave. 0:05:18.560 --> 0:05:19.000 How are you. 0:05:19.480 --> 0:05:22.359 I'm doing great. I'm doing great. I assume that you 0:05:22.839 --> 0:05:25.480 have a shirt on, and yes, you do have your pants. 0:05:25.160 --> 0:05:28.000 On, I do I have fully closed at the moment. 0:05:28.040 --> 0:05:28.920 Thank you for having. 0:05:30.360 --> 0:05:32.719 Clayton. I'm sure this has got to be a special 0:05:32.760 --> 0:05:35.480 time for you. At this time last year you weren't 0:05:35.520 --> 0:05:38.480 able to participate in the postseason, but even just being 0:05:38.560 --> 0:05:40.960 down in the bullpen, how much does it mean to 0:05:41.000 --> 0:05:44.240 you to be available whenever the team needs you. 0:05:45.600 --> 0:05:45.800 Oh? 0:05:45.880 --> 0:05:47.599 Yeah, it's been fun to be down there with the guys. 0:05:47.720 --> 0:05:51.160 You know, the bullpen's almost like a different it's like 0:05:51.240 --> 0:05:53.360 a different group, you know, it's like a different club 0:05:53.440 --> 0:05:55.839 within a club, you know. So it's been Uh, it's 0:05:55.880 --> 0:05:58.640 been fun to be a part of it. And it's 0:05:58.680 --> 0:06:00.960 a different animal down there. Man, that phone rings, you 0:06:00.960 --> 0:06:05.960 feel about adrenaline start flowing, and you just it's a 0:06:06.080 --> 0:06:10.200 very underappreciated job to be a bullpen pitcher, so learning 0:06:10.240 --> 0:06:12.400 that on the fly, just watching all these guys, and 0:06:14.080 --> 0:06:15.599 it's it's been fun to be a part of. 0:06:16.160 --> 0:06:18.440 Last night, we saw you starting to get hot in 0:06:18.480 --> 0:06:22.160 case things did go into extra innings. What was it 0:06:22.320 --> 0:06:25.760 like when that phone rang and Josh Bard called out 0:06:25.800 --> 0:06:27.920 your name? Do you did you get that type of 0:06:28.720 --> 0:06:31.080 I guess, for a lack of better analogy, like a 0:06:31.120 --> 0:06:34.440 fireman like having to go down the pole and get 0:06:34.480 --> 0:06:35.160 ready quickly. 0:06:36.440 --> 0:06:38.400 No, I wasn't a bad and called for me. 0:06:38.560 --> 0:06:39.320 We had Rokie. 0:06:39.320 --> 0:06:41.840 We had Rokie do it last night. He got it done. Oh. 0:06:41.920 --> 0:06:43.560 When I was in the tunnel, they were saying that 0:06:43.600 --> 0:06:45.000 you were moving around a little bit. 0:06:45.839 --> 0:06:47.679 Yeah, I'm moving around for three hours. 0:06:47.720 --> 0:06:48.200 I'm old. 0:06:48.240 --> 0:06:49.279 I gotta stay loose, k. 0:06:50.600 --> 0:06:53.320 I guess so. But I mean when you're when you're 0:06:53.360 --> 0:06:55.720 in that position, how do you how do you change 0:06:55.760 --> 0:06:59.120 your routine? Because you're such a routine oriented guy, how 0:06:59.120 --> 0:07:02.080 do you how do you keep the body ready? 0:07:02.360 --> 0:07:02.600 Yeah? 0:07:02.680 --> 0:07:03.920 You know, I just try and do some of the 0:07:03.920 --> 0:07:05.640 stuff I do as a starter and just try to 0:07:05.680 --> 0:07:08.640 space it out throughout the game. And it seems to 0:07:08.640 --> 0:07:10.800 be working well. You know, I feel loose enough and 0:07:10.960 --> 0:07:13.200 just can't sit down for too long. You know, you 0:07:13.320 --> 0:07:16.360 just kind of move around enough, and then if that 0:07:16.440 --> 0:07:19.160 phone phone call is hopefully the adrenaline just takes over 0:07:19.200 --> 0:07:20.040 and you're ready to go. 0:07:20.560 --> 0:07:23.360 Hey, Clayton, Emma Sheen and Jack Dryer down in the 0:07:23.360 --> 0:07:26.240 bullpen with you. They did let me know that you 0:07:26.360 --> 0:07:28.600 allowed them to stay with you for a week while 0:07:28.600 --> 0:07:31.960 the family was out of town during the month of September. 0:07:32.920 --> 0:07:35.880 What does it mean to you that, I know, guys 0:07:35.920 --> 0:07:38.800 that watched you pitch are now your teammates. But to 0:07:38.880 --> 0:07:41.600 be able to just talk baseball with them and allow 0:07:41.680 --> 0:07:43.720 them to hear you talk about the game. 0:07:45.120 --> 0:07:46.960 Oh no, I don't know about all that. They're just 0:07:46.960 --> 0:07:49.800 good guys, you know. And it's no fun to live 0:07:49.800 --> 0:07:51.680 in a hotel all year, and that's what those guys 0:07:51.680 --> 0:07:55.000 have been doing, so, you know, no family around. It 0:07:55.000 --> 0:07:56.440 would be fun for them to get down to the 0:07:56.440 --> 0:07:59.760 beach and hang out. And you know, we had fun. 0:08:00.040 --> 0:08:01.480 I had to wake them up a little earlier, so 0:08:01.520 --> 0:08:02.800 I got to have a little more time. You know, 0:08:02.840 --> 0:08:05.200 get down the bees, hang out. We'll grab some breakfast. 0:08:05.240 --> 0:08:08.080 But you know, when you're twenty five, you just sleep 0:08:08.120 --> 0:08:11.760 till noon every day. So but it was it was 0:08:11.800 --> 0:08:14.800 good to happen around and I think they appreciate it. 0:08:14.840 --> 0:08:15.880 And it was fun for me too. 0:08:16.600 --> 0:08:18.280 They said you would wait up for them because you 0:08:18.280 --> 0:08:21.840 would get home before before they got back from the stadium, 0:08:21.920 --> 0:08:23.160 So you were waiting up for them. 0:08:24.040 --> 0:08:25.960 Yeah, I'm just like the that was like the room dad, 0:08:26.160 --> 0:08:28.560 you know, make sure they get home okay, and you know, 0:08:28.640 --> 0:08:31.000 have the fire on for him and yeah, ready to 0:08:31.040 --> 0:08:33.520 go put them in bad it. 0:08:33.640 --> 0:08:36.760 Took him in. Yeah, I get you. Clayton Kershaw is 0:08:36.800 --> 0:08:39.880 joining us on Dodger Talk Game three tomorrow night at 0:08:39.880 --> 0:08:43.440 Dodgers Stadium. Incredible, Clayton, that you guys were able to 0:08:43.480 --> 0:08:46.680 win two games in Philadelphia. You know what that environment 0:08:46.960 --> 0:08:50.360 was all about back in two thousand and nine for 0:08:50.480 --> 0:08:53.880 you guys to have this type of lead. Do you 0:08:54.000 --> 0:08:56.559 feel like you you guys are in a good position 0:08:56.600 --> 0:08:58.000 to close this out tomorrow? 0:08:59.360 --> 0:08:59.520 Yeah? 0:08:59.520 --> 0:09:01.160 I mean we should great. I mean we got Yama 0:09:01.200 --> 0:09:03.200 on the mound at our in Dodger Stadium. You know 0:09:03.280 --> 0:09:05.560 that's been a pretty good recipe before us this season. 0:09:05.760 --> 0:09:08.240 But uh, you know, it's a short series, five game series, 0:09:08.280 --> 0:09:10.720 so you know, they they somehow win a game, it 0:09:10.760 --> 0:09:13.120 gets quick, it gets uh, it gets close fast. So 0:09:13.160 --> 0:09:15.760 we gotta, uh, we gotta make sure not to let 0:09:15.840 --> 0:09:18.360 up at all tomorrow and try to close this thing 0:09:18.360 --> 0:09:19.080 out in three. 0:09:19.320 --> 0:09:22.560 I know we've talked about this before. Is Yama Moto 0:09:23.000 --> 0:09:26.400 and Blake Snell maybe two of the most underappreciated guys 0:09:26.480 --> 0:09:29.120 out there, Clayton, because it seems like a lot of 0:09:29.120 --> 0:09:31.760 other pitchers get the attention, but they've been such a 0:09:31.760 --> 0:09:34.760 big part of the rotation for you Yama all year 0:09:34.800 --> 0:09:36.840 and Snell since he came back from the I L. 0:09:39.240 --> 0:09:41.760 Yeah, I mean Yama, Yama's going to be second in 0:09:41.760 --> 0:09:45.120 the cy Young, you know, and I think if it 0:09:45.200 --> 0:09:47.280 wasn't for Paul Skans. You know, he's he's a cy 0:09:47.320 --> 0:09:49.320 Young winner, So for for him to do what he 0:09:49.360 --> 0:09:51.640 did all season, and you know, I don't know about 0:09:51.640 --> 0:09:55.040 what other people think about appreciated or underappreciated or whatever, 0:09:55.120 --> 0:09:58.440 but on our team, you know, those two guys have 0:09:58.480 --> 0:10:01.959 been unbelievable for us. And you know, Blake, we've all 0:10:02.000 --> 0:10:03.839 known he's one of the best in the game. You know, 0:10:03.880 --> 0:10:05.920 obviously he was hurt a lot this year, but he 0:10:06.000 --> 0:10:07.960 is a two time cy Young Award winner. You know, 0:10:08.000 --> 0:10:10.920 he's he's pretty solid and man, he stepped up in 0:10:10.960 --> 0:10:15.040 a big way yesterday in Philly, and he just seems to, 0:10:15.600 --> 0:10:17.079 you know, bring out the best when it's a big 0:10:17.120 --> 0:10:20.440 moment for him. So huge for both of those guys. Obviously, 0:10:20.480 --> 0:10:23.559 we got show, Hey, we got Glass, We got a 0:10:23.600 --> 0:10:25.960 lot of guys throwing the ball really well. So it's 0:10:25.720 --> 0:10:27.559 a it's a fun time to be on the Dodger 0:10:27.640 --> 0:10:28.520 staff right now. 0:10:28.800 --> 0:10:32.120 When you're in the bullpen. Roki Sasaki obviously new to 0:10:32.160 --> 0:10:36.599 that bullpen. What's his demeanor like? And I mean it's 0:10:36.600 --> 0:10:39.680 been incredible to see his transformation from the last time 0:10:39.720 --> 0:10:41.839 we saw him to be this, this killer in the 0:10:41.960 --> 0:10:42.520 ninth inning. 0:10:43.880 --> 0:10:44.760 He's been great, man. 0:10:44.800 --> 0:10:45.000 You know. 0:10:45.160 --> 0:10:47.360 I think he's probably learning the bullten on the fly too, 0:10:47.520 --> 0:10:51.480 just like some of us. And he's handling it super well. 0:10:51.520 --> 0:10:52.959 You know, I think he would tell you that he's 0:10:52.960 --> 0:10:55.640 got some nerves with it, but uh, he's keeping it 0:10:55.720 --> 0:10:59.200 under control. He's handling it well. And I think the 0:10:59.240 --> 0:11:02.840 greatest thing he's just coming in and attacking hitters, coming 0:11:02.920 --> 0:11:05.680 right at guys and getting the head, throwing a hundred 0:11:05.720 --> 0:11:08.640 right by guys, and then it really sets up his split, 0:11:08.720 --> 0:11:11.920 which is, uh, you know, if he if he's able 0:11:11.960 --> 0:11:14.439 to throw that and get ahead of guys and be 0:11:14.480 --> 0:11:16.120 able to throw that split, it's going to be pretty 0:11:16.160 --> 0:11:20.440 much impossible because that thing is special, so obviously we 0:11:20.520 --> 0:11:22.200 need it. It's fun to see him out there, and 0:11:23.000 --> 0:11:24.319 you got to give him a lot of credit. You know, 0:11:24.360 --> 0:11:26.120 it's been a hard year for him and for him 0:11:26.160 --> 0:11:27.960 to just learn the bullpen like this on the fly 0:11:28.040 --> 0:11:30.000 and all of a sudden start closing games for US 0:11:30.080 --> 0:11:32.400 is super impressive. 0:11:32.920 --> 0:11:34.800 What do you think it is with the newer generation 0:11:34.920 --> 0:11:38.520 of pictures. Do you feel like confidence comes from the 0:11:38.640 --> 0:11:44.600 velocity or do you feel like their confidence is predetermines 0:11:44.720 --> 0:11:46.880 how they're going to pitch and and be able to 0:11:47.720 --> 0:11:49.439 throw one hundred miles an hour. Do you feel like 0:11:49.520 --> 0:11:52.400 pictures today need to throw that hard to have confidence 0:11:52.440 --> 0:11:53.280 on the mound. 0:11:54.679 --> 0:11:56.760 Chicken or the egg Dave? You know, I don't know, 0:11:58.200 --> 0:12:01.480 you know, I think I mean, honestly, it's confidence first. 0:12:01.520 --> 0:12:02.760 You know, there's a lot of guys that throw a 0:12:02.840 --> 0:12:05.199 hundred out there that aren't confident to get whacked around 0:12:05.240 --> 0:12:09.000 out there, you know, So you know, it obviously takes 0:12:09.000 --> 0:12:12.480 a little bit of success at times, but sometimes it 0:12:12.520 --> 0:12:14.840 takes a mind shift. Sometimes it takes a role shift 0:12:14.920 --> 0:12:18.959 like starter a bullpen. I don't know, but younger generation, 0:12:19.040 --> 0:12:21.880 older generation, it's all about how you mentally prepare and 0:12:21.920 --> 0:12:25.240 how confident you are, and whether you throw ninety or 0:12:25.240 --> 0:12:27.480 one hundred. What's in between the years? 0:12:27.559 --> 0:12:31.200 Usually as a separator, Clayton kersh eyes our guest before 0:12:31.240 --> 0:12:33.800 I let you go, Clayton, everybody's still talking about that 0:12:33.840 --> 0:12:37.880 wheel play in the ninth innc. I mean that's not 0:12:38.040 --> 0:12:40.240 something that you see a lot. You don't see teams 0:12:40.280 --> 0:12:43.360 bunt as much as they used to. Oh what was 0:12:43.400 --> 0:12:46.959 your vantage point in? I mean, are you what does 0:12:47.000 --> 0:12:49.560 that say about Mookie Betts? Now is a shortstop to 0:12:49.640 --> 0:12:53.760 be so forceful to insist on, you know, being ready 0:12:53.800 --> 0:12:54.800 for that type of play? 0:12:56.240 --> 0:12:58.600 Yeah, I mean the wheel play is typically with runners 0:12:58.600 --> 0:13:01.319 on first and second right, So I don't know if 0:13:01.320 --> 0:13:04.280 that's ever really been a thing. Is like a wheel 0:13:04.320 --> 0:13:06.360 play was just a runner on second base because the 0:13:06.440 --> 0:13:08.760 runner can stop and then you're kind of screwed, you know. 0:13:08.960 --> 0:13:12.839 So I think with all that into consideration and knowing 0:13:12.840 --> 0:13:17.680 how important that run was pretty amazing and obviously a 0:13:17.679 --> 0:13:19.440 lot of things had to go right. But yeah, like 0:13:19.480 --> 0:13:22.720 you said, Mooki's kind of takeing ownership of that infield. 0:13:22.840 --> 0:13:24.839 You know, he's been a goal glove shortstop. He might 0:13:24.840 --> 0:13:27.560 even win the Gold Glove this year, which is pretty 0:13:27.559 --> 0:13:30.160 amazing when you think about it. And so for him 0:13:30.200 --> 0:13:32.600 to do that, get to get the infield in order 0:13:33.320 --> 0:13:36.840 months to execute it, him to get the tag down. Obviously, 0:13:36.880 --> 0:13:39.679 it was the play of the game, and you just 0:13:39.800 --> 0:13:41.720 you need that stuff in the postseason. You need guys 0:13:41.760 --> 0:13:43.480 to come up huge, and that was one of those 0:13:43.480 --> 0:13:44.240 moments right there. 0:13:44.920 --> 0:13:47.280 Well, thank you for calling in. Looking forward to more 0:13:47.280 --> 0:13:50.680 of those type of moments moving through October, and can't 0:13:50.720 --> 0:13:52.880 wait to see you come out of the bullpen tomorrow night. 0:13:54.040 --> 0:13:55.719 All right, don't sign me to the mountain, Dave. My 0:13:55.800 --> 0:13:57.640 job is going to be slow, so don't sign me. 0:13:57.679 --> 0:14:00.200 All right, I will There is a clock now. You 0:14:00.200 --> 0:14:03.040 gotta get to the infield dirt at a certain point. 0:14:03.240 --> 0:14:05.520 All right, Hopefully I'll get a couple warm up pitches 0:14:05.520 --> 0:14:06.120 then at least. 0:14:06.720 --> 0:14:08.920 Okay, we'll see you tomorrow. Thank you for calling in. 0:14:09.760 --> 0:14:11.679 Hey, anytime, Dave, We'll see you. 0:14:11.960 --> 0:14:16.800 Okay, see you tomorrow. There he goes Clayton Kershaw. Great guy, 0:14:16.920 --> 0:14:19.760 down to earth guy, maybe the most down to earth 0:14:20.320 --> 0:14:24.280 superstar you will ever meet. Eight six six nine seven 0:14:24.360 --> 0:14:27.040 two five seventy is the phone number. We're gonna take 0:14:27.040 --> 0:14:29.760 a time out here on Dodger Talk. When we come back, 0:14:29.800 --> 0:14:32.840 your phone calls and we'll get deeper into last night's 0:14:32.880 --> 0:14:37.120 game and what's ahead for Game three of the NLDS 0:14:37.120 --> 0:14:40.880 between the Dodgers and Phillies. David vassay with you until 0:14:40.960 --> 0:14:45.120 eight o'clock right here, on five seventy LA Sports. 0:14:45.120 --> 0:14:47.280 Both MONSI a third, I mean his events is going 0:14:47.280 --> 0:14:49.000 over to third from a short stop position. 0:14:51.080 --> 0:14:53.640 Bessie A kicks and fire Stott gets the bunt down 0:14:53.640 --> 0:14:55.960 to third. Picked up on Munsie, he goes to third 0:14:56.160 --> 0:15:01.360 and Castianos is gonna be out execute the play two 0:15:01.520 --> 0:15:02.600 perfession Rick. 0:15:02.600 --> 0:15:07.320 Munday, absolute gutsy play by Max Munsey. He had his 0:15:07.400 --> 0:15:09.720 body in position to begin with. I think the Phillies 0:15:09.800 --> 0:15:12.440 gonna challenge this, have really nothing to lose to challenge it. 0:15:12.720 --> 0:15:17.120 And Mookie Betts stood his ground because Bets he got 0:15:17.200 --> 0:15:19.640 knocked over on that tag, but for months he the 0:15:19.760 --> 0:15:22.360 good throat of Bets. Bets got there in time, and 0:15:22.400 --> 0:15:26.600 what an athletic catching tag by Mookie Betts. Terrific play 0:15:26.640 --> 0:15:29.920 on the fundamentals of the game in the ninth and again. 0:15:31.240 --> 0:15:33.960 Play of the game last night to help the Dodgers 0:15:34.000 --> 0:15:37.400 hold on for a four to three win and take 0:15:37.560 --> 0:15:42.040 a commanding two games to nothing lead in the NLDS. 0:15:42.080 --> 0:15:45.720 The Dodgers can close out the Phillies tomorrow night at 0:15:45.760 --> 0:15:49.880 Dodgers Stadium, first pitch at six oh eight, right here 0:15:50.200 --> 0:15:53.160 on AM five to seventy LA Sports. Thanks again to 0:15:53.200 --> 0:15:56.800 Clayton Kershaw for calling in, and thanks to Juanderrado from 0:15:56.800 --> 0:16:00.760 the Dodgers delivering it was it was. I was out 0:16:00.760 --> 0:16:03.120 there since two o'clock this afternoon waiting to talk to 0:16:03.160 --> 0:16:06.200 somebody and had a leaf, had a leaf, had to 0:16:06.200 --> 0:16:09.000 get back to the studio here in Burbank to host 0:16:09.040 --> 0:16:13.360 an off day Dodger talk. The team landed at LAX 0:16:13.440 --> 0:16:17.640 around two thirty two o'clock in the morning, and both 0:16:17.760 --> 0:16:21.920 teams were out there today having a workout before Game three. 0:16:22.040 --> 0:16:27.200 The Phillies, from what I gathered, actually left Philadelphia this morning, 0:16:27.800 --> 0:16:32.040 landed and went directly to Dodger Stadium, and the Dodgers 0:16:32.120 --> 0:16:37.040 left immediately after last night's game, got whatever rest they needed, 0:16:37.160 --> 0:16:40.160 and were back out at Dodger Stadium around one or 0:16:40.160 --> 0:16:44.160 two o'clock this afternoon, and the workout probably ended around 0:16:44.240 --> 0:16:46.680 five or six o'clock tonight, or actually six or seven 0:16:46.680 --> 0:16:50.560 o'clock tonight. Clayton Kershaw was I think he was just 0:16:50.600 --> 0:16:53.880 about leaving Dodger Stadium or was at Dodger Stadium. So 0:16:54.000 --> 0:16:57.000 thank you to him for calling in. Appreciated and still 0:16:57.040 --> 0:17:01.440 waiting for him to throw a pitch in this year's postseason. 0:17:01.600 --> 0:17:04.840 Looking forward, to that. And look, you know it's a 0:17:04.920 --> 0:17:09.040 sensitive subject right now when it comes to the Dodger relievers. 0:17:09.160 --> 0:17:11.760 And that's a big reason why the Dodgers have turned 0:17:11.800 --> 0:17:15.679 to Roki Sasaki, They've turned to Emmitshian, They've turned to 0:17:15.760 --> 0:17:19.520 Tyler Glass. Now it's time to turn to Clayton Kershaw. 0:17:19.760 --> 0:17:24.000 I have no hesitations to go to Kershaw. I know, 0:17:24.240 --> 0:17:28.400 I feel like everybody treated his last start in Seattle 0:17:28.520 --> 0:17:31.160 like that was it. But he's got a lot left 0:17:31.200 --> 0:17:34.480 in the tank. And one thing that you need coming 0:17:34.480 --> 0:17:38.280 out of the bullpen is that competitive spirit and not 0:17:38.400 --> 0:17:41.680 being scared. And you know Kershaw will not be scared. 0:17:42.160 --> 0:17:44.919 Eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy is 0:17:44.920 --> 0:17:49.080 the phone number. By the way, tomorrow the Phillies are 0:17:49.119 --> 0:17:52.720 going to throw Aaron Nola at the Dodgers. He has 0:17:52.800 --> 0:17:55.439 not had a good season, he has not had a 0:17:55.440 --> 0:17:58.920 good September, and the Phillies are still going with him 0:17:58.960 --> 0:18:02.600 because they like what they saw in his last start. 0:18:02.640 --> 0:18:06.480 And then from there they're bringing in Rangers Suarez. And 0:18:06.800 --> 0:18:09.840 also a note, as far as the Phillies go, Harrison 0:18:09.960 --> 0:18:13.120 Bader is going to be a game time decision. Remember, 0:18:13.160 --> 0:18:15.560 he injured his groin in the first game of this series. 0:18:15.960 --> 0:18:18.320 Was not able to start last night, but did come 0:18:18.359 --> 0:18:21.359 off the bench as a pinch hitter. And the Phillies thing. 0:18:21.560 --> 0:18:25.560 Changing uniforms is going to change their mojo because they 0:18:25.560 --> 0:18:29.520 have lost nine of the last eleven postseason games that 0:18:29.560 --> 0:18:33.160 they have played. They're going to wear those throwback seventies 0:18:33.280 --> 0:18:37.840 baby Blues and just a reminder, the last time they 0:18:37.880 --> 0:18:41.040 were wearing those uniforms, the Dodgers beat them in the 0:18:41.080 --> 0:18:45.199 seventy seven and seventy eight NLCS. And Steve Garvey is 0:18:45.240 --> 0:18:48.120 going to throw out the ceremonial first pitch tomorrow night. 0:18:48.440 --> 0:18:53.560 He was the nineteen seventy eight NLCS MVP. Eight six 0:18:53.680 --> 0:18:56.760 six nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone number. 0:18:56.960 --> 0:18:59.800 Let's go out to Jim in Menefee. You're on Dodger 0:18:59.840 --> 0:19:01.560 Talk with David vasse Hi. 0:19:01.640 --> 0:19:05.879 Jim, Hey, Dave, thank you so much for taking my call. Buddy, 0:19:05.920 --> 0:19:07.520 I really loved your show. I've been following you for 0:19:07.560 --> 0:19:10.200 a long time. Great show, best show on the radio. 0:19:10.480 --> 0:19:11.520 Thank you much. 0:19:12.080 --> 0:19:15.720 Yesterday, all right from me. Yesterday, there was a guy 0:19:15.840 --> 0:19:18.359 that got ticked off by Blake Snell in about the 0:19:18.400 --> 0:19:20.720 fifth inning. I don't know the Phillies player. But he 0:19:20.800 --> 0:19:23.359 got picked off. And I'm looking at the game and 0:19:23.400 --> 0:19:28.400 I'm seeing the picture used both of his disengagement, especially 0:19:28.440 --> 0:19:31.600 the second one, was a really lazy throw over the 0:19:31.640 --> 0:19:32.720 first basis. 0:19:32.320 --> 0:19:34.119 Of man, he wasted his disengagement. 0:19:34.560 --> 0:19:38.840 But if you notice he hesitated on the mound a 0:19:38.880 --> 0:19:41.600 longer time than he normally does and got the guy 0:19:41.680 --> 0:19:44.440 in the rundown and got him out. Do you think 0:19:44.560 --> 0:19:46.920 that Blake Smail did that on purpose? Was that planned 0:19:46.960 --> 0:19:48.440 or maybe just off the cuff. 0:19:49.080 --> 0:19:52.480 Well, I could tell you this, even Kershaw, I've seen 0:19:52.600 --> 0:19:55.000 him where they manipulate the clock. They know they've got 0:19:55.040 --> 0:19:59.200 a clock, and they have two disengagements to use, and 0:19:59.720 --> 0:20:02.479 even sometimes you'll see like a fake throw, it's just 0:20:02.520 --> 0:20:05.119 to regroup and be able to catch your breath because 0:20:05.600 --> 0:20:09.200 a lot of times with the pitch clock, sometimes he 0:20:09.280 --> 0:20:12.240 could wear you out and you could get fatigued out there. 0:20:12.280 --> 0:20:15.720 So that's a way to buy yourself some extra time 0:20:15.800 --> 0:20:17.000 if you're a starting pitcher. 0:20:18.520 --> 0:20:21.520 Okay, but did you notice he really took a long 0:20:21.720 --> 0:20:25.679 pause before the next pitch and runner went knowing that 0:20:25.760 --> 0:20:29.120 the two dist engagements were gone. I thought that Blake 0:20:29.160 --> 0:20:32.080 every showed the close up of Blake. It looked like 0:20:32.080 --> 0:20:34.200 the look on his face like I got this fool. 0:20:35.600 --> 0:20:35.719 Him. 0:20:35.880 --> 0:20:36.080 Yeah. 0:20:36.119 --> 0:20:38.640 Well, I mean his move was great. He picked off 0:20:38.760 --> 0:20:43.919 Marsh in that inning, and yeah, he picked off Brandon Marsh. 0:20:43.960 --> 0:20:45.920 I mean he had a pretty good pickoff move there, 0:20:46.119 --> 0:20:49.080 and you know he had Trey Turner dead to rights. 0:20:49.119 --> 0:20:52.000 If Mookie Betts is able to catch the ball that 0:20:52.200 --> 0:20:55.840 was low and Turner in the sixth inning would have 0:20:55.880 --> 0:20:58.280 been out. So yeah, I mean that's part of a 0:20:58.359 --> 0:21:01.000 lefty got to have that move. Thanks for the phone call, 0:21:01.040 --> 0:21:04.040