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Speaker 1: They say, the hardest thing in sports isn't winning a title.

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Speaker 1: It's hard to repeat seasons. It's winning it again.

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Speaker 2: This year.

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Speaker 3: Is not trying to win a championship, They're trying to repeat.

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Speaker 4: It's October baseball for your world champion in La Dodger.

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Speaker 5: The twenty twenty five Dodgers are the National Leagues Western

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Speaker 5: Division champions and you know.

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Speaker 1: What that means.

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Speaker 6: Saxon Kates and Am is back.

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Speaker 4: This is Saxon Kates in the Morning with Tim Kates

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Speaker 4: and former world champion Dodger Steve Sacks.

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Speaker 6: Reacting taking your phone calls talking Dodgers playoff baseball.

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Speaker 4: Saxon Kates in the Morning is presented by Daniels Jewler's

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Speaker 1: The Dream all postseason long now here.

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Speaker 4: They are on AM five to seventy LA Sports and

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Speaker 1: Steve Sacks, Tim Kates.

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Speaker 4: Tim Kates and World Champion Dodger Steve Sacks.

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Speaker 6: Ah then should be with this on this Monday morning,

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Speaker 6: October six, twenty twenty five, Hour two of Sacks and

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Speaker 6: Kates and the Am Steve Sacks, Tim Katson, You as

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Speaker 6: we get ready for game two the National League Divisional Series,

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Speaker 6: a pivotal must win Game two for the Dodgers after

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Speaker 6: a Game one win on Saturday. Blake Snell on the

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Speaker 6: mountain tonight in Game two against hey SEUs Lozardo, and

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Speaker 6: then the series will shift back to Dodger Stadium on Wednesday,

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Speaker 6: possibly Thursday for Game four if needed, a Game five

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Speaker 6: back in Philadelphia on Saturday. But the Dodgers take care

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Speaker 6: of business on Saturday behind show Hey o'tani six innings

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Speaker 6: and I just keep shaking my head Steve Sacks in

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Speaker 6: what show Hey o'tani did on the mound? And again

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Speaker 6: people want to nitpick that he was zero for four

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Speaker 6: at the plate and just didn't have very good at bats.

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Speaker 6: I don't care about that. The fact that he went

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Speaker 6: out for six innings and gave Dave Roberts what he did.

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Speaker 6: And again coming to that second inning, the miss Cuba

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Speaker 6: Tascar Hernandez and right center field, which then led to

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Speaker 6: another run scoring on a sack fly, which probably should

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Speaker 6: never have happened because it should have been a double,

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Speaker 6: not a triple by JT. Real Muto. He didn't let

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Speaker 6: it affect him, He didn't let the emotions get to him.

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Speaker 6: He didn't let you know, oh gosh, what's going on

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Speaker 6: behind me and get all paudy out in the mound.

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Speaker 6: He dialed in, He got nice and calm, got out

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Speaker 6: of the inning, and then put Zero's up the rest

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Speaker 6: of the way. I thought that was a fantastic job

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Speaker 6: and a calm, cool, show hey Otani when the Dodgers

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Speaker 6: needed him out there.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, the main thing for show hey is that he

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Speaker 7: can go out there and keep that team at bay.

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Speaker 7: He certainly did that. The moment wasn't too big for him.

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Speaker 7: And you know, one thing about him is man. He

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Speaker 7: doesn't change expression very much, either on the mound or

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Speaker 7: in the batter's box. Very very business like the whole way.

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Speaker 7: You don't see him in the dugout. You see a

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Speaker 7: little emotion, but not on the field. It's it's very

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Speaker 7: stoic and I like that in a It wasn't just

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Speaker 7: show hey. I mean you look at the top three guys,

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Speaker 7: you know for for the Dodgers with with Otani, Betts

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Speaker 7: and what was that one for what they were one

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Speaker 8: Thirteen was seven ks.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, you know you had some damage with Hernandez, of course,

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Speaker 7: but you know Sanchez you got to tip your cap

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Speaker 7: to him. He was pretty darn good and show Hey,

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Speaker 7: like we said before, in the in the last set,

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Speaker 7: it seemed to me that the last two times up

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Speaker 7: he was guessing more because you don't see him let

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Speaker 7: fastballs go right down the middle. He was looking for

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Speaker 7: that change up, which was a dynamite change up, by

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Speaker 7: and so that's that's what it is. And he pitched

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Speaker 7: show Hey really well. He was on the corners, he

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Speaker 7: was on the fringes of the plate, and he just

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Speaker 7: had his number. But that's one game, you know. The

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Speaker 7: the deal is the Dodgers win, and that's what matters.

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Speaker 6: And he shut down Trade Turner. He shut down Kyle Schwarber,

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Speaker 6: who was zero for four with three strikeouts. The only

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Speaker 6: Just got underneath it. If not, he hits that ball

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Speaker 6: Real Muto did a little damage against sho Heltani, certainly

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Speaker 6: but outside of that, any threat that came from the Phillies.

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Speaker 6: Any traffic on the base pass that Philadelphia had Otani

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Speaker 6: kept him at bay, no stolen bases off him. That's

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Speaker 6: something that's important too. Teams ran wild on the Dodgers

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Speaker 6: during the regular season, I mean took advantage of Dodgers

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Speaker 6: on Saturday night. You didn't see that. And you know,

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Speaker 6: Philadelphia has got bigger guys than necessarily a speed team

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Speaker 6: something that Dodgers did a really good job on Saturday night,

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Speaker 6: and that's keeping Philadelphia from just running around the base

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Speaker 8: Turner can do that.

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Speaker 7: You know, he's one of the fastest guys in baseball,

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Speaker 7: have to worry about. But you know, this thing basically

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Speaker 7: came down. This is a very evenly matched two teams.

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Speaker 7: The Dodgers struck out thirteen times in the game. The

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Speaker 7: Phillies struck out twelve. You're talking about twenty five strikeouts

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Speaker 7: dominance right now is in baseball. And these two starting

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Speaker 7: these teams are these teams are built to slug. That's

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Speaker 7: or later. And that's what Hernetta's did.

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Speaker 6: You are you watching these other series Yankees, Blue Jays, Tigers,

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Speaker 6: Mariners yesterday the two games in the American League. The

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Speaker 6: it kind of popped off with some late runs. That

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Speaker 6: we're the I mean, the Blue Jays scored thirteen runs

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Speaker 7: Man, I'm telling you what. They are just absolutely on

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Speaker 7: they're just they're just dissing the Yankees like it's no

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Speaker 8: The you Savage, the pitcher for Trump, was just absolutely electric.

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Speaker 7: Maybe the best change up splitter combination I've seen in

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Speaker 7: a long time. You could tell those guys that was

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Speaker 6: That kid, the twenty two year old is an absolute stud. Yeah,

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Speaker 6: for the Toronto Blue Jays. I gotta be honest with you.

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Speaker 6: I didn't watch a lot of Toronto Blue Jays baseball

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Speaker 6: during the regular season. So the fact that he pitched

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Speaker 6: he was absolutely on fire again. This Toronto Blue Jays

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Speaker 6: team look out in the American League. They're the hottest

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Speaker 6: of the four teams left in the American League, no

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Speaker 8: They are.

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Speaker 7: And you know Springer, Yeah, he had a big year

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Speaker 7: this year. And how about Alejandro Kirk behind the plate?

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Speaker 7: I mean, just dig this guy. He does not look

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Speaker 7: and he can he can you know, pick it behind

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Speaker 8: How about Varshow? Yesterday he got four.

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Speaker 7: Hits and he was just killing it. Two home runs,

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Speaker 7: guy that had a pretty good year this year. I

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Speaker 7: think he had what seventy games yet twenty home runs. Yeah,

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Speaker 7: he's got some pop.

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Speaker 8: Yeah.

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Speaker 6: The catcher Kirk looks like me on a Sunday Beard

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Speaker 6: he does not look like a major league catcher, let

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Speaker 8: Out an all Star, that's right.

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Speaker 6: It is unbelievable what Toronto did yesterday against the New

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Speaker 6: up two games to nothing with that series. Going back

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Speaker 6: three tomorrow, all tied up at a game of peace.

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Speaker 6: And of course we got Game two of the NLDS

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Speaker 6: coming up right here on a five seventy e LA

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Speaker 6: Sports Dodgers and the Phillies. Blake Snell, heyesus, Lozardo, David

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Speaker 6: Rick Monday will join us at the eight o'clock hour.

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Speaker 6: We'll hear from Dave Roberts later on this hour, we'll

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Speaker 6: hear from tonight's starter Plate Snell coming up in just

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Speaker 6: a little bit. But let's go back to Saturday night.

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Speaker 6: Let's hear post game from show. Hey, o Tani, after

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Speaker 6: his six innings of work, he picks up to win

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Speaker 6: his first major league postseason win in his career as

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Speaker 6: the Dodgers take Game one Saturday night in Philadelphia.

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Speaker 8: Can you walk us through that show?

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Speaker 2: Hey, you talked yesterday that about possibly being a little nervous,

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Speaker 2: How did it feel to pitch in your first postseason game?

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Speaker 2: And what were the good and the bad shams?

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Speaker 9: Listen now, no, not you know data I'll oh Shan Nicole,

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Speaker 9: you made just stick canna get well? Then he comes

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Speaker 9: show up? Uh, shoot you stick, can't cho Kong, he

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Speaker 9: must take it. Shoot you stayed it cool, SHANEAI take

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Speaker 9: it wins.

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Speaker 8: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: Prior to the game, just preparing for the game, just

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Speaker 3: looking at the data. During my usual preparation, I was

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Speaker 2: Yeah, sh hey rough and I did the plate for

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Speaker 2: strikeouts three of them and called third strikes.

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Speaker 8: What did you think about those bats?

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Speaker 2: How difficult was saying, Chez? And why did you end

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Speaker 2: up in those situations?

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Speaker 9: Omoginal That's the Yeah, really quality arms coming out of

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Speaker 9: the uh, you know, the Phillies starting pitcher and bullpen

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Speaker 9: and the fact that you know, when I'm leading off,

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Speaker 3: That really gives you know, Mookie and Tail hitting behind me,

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Speaker 7: Hey, and this resets their track of normalcy, right which

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Speaker 8: Anything can happen.

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Speaker 6: I look at the bullpen the way it set up

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Speaker 6: We'll hear from Blake Snell we'll hear from Dave Roberts,

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Speaker 6: Dodgers a one to zero series lead in this best

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Speaker 6: just a minute, Saxon watching the MLB network and they

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Speaker 8: You know what I mean?

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Speaker 6: Game two coming up later on this afternoon, First pitch

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Speaker 6: Blake Snell Hey Susilssarto on the mountain and joining us

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Speaker 6: live from Philadelphia is our intrepid Dodger reporter, the best

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Speaker 6: the one and only David Vess. David, Good morning, how

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Speaker 5: I'm doing great, guys, ready for Game two and ready

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Speaker 6: Yesterday a weird off day in between games one and two.

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Speaker 5: way they coordinated their workout. And Dave Roberts even went

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Speaker 5: across the street and was on the field before the game,

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Speaker 5: and Saquon Barkley wanted a photo with him, so he

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Speaker 5: took a photo of Saquon Barkley.

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Speaker 8: Good, David, good to be with you. Wanted to ask

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Speaker 8: you a little bit about Jesus Lozardo.

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Speaker 7: Look, I mean, is it a big stretch to say

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Speaker 7: there's a massive difference between what we saw on Christopher

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Speaker 7: Sanchez and what we're going to see with Jesus Lozardo.

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Speaker 7: Both left handers, both can bring it, both out standing

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Speaker 7: in their own ride, but maybe some differences.

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Speaker 8: Between the two, if there's any.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, just talking to some of the Dodgers and some

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Speaker 5: scouts that had seen both Sanchez and Lozardo the last

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Speaker 5: three weeks, they believe the Dodgers will be able to

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Speaker 5: actually work longer counts and you know, really be able

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Speaker 5: to not chase pitches with Lozardo the way they were

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Speaker 5: chasing them with Sanchez because his changeup was so good, right,

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Speaker 5: But Lozardo can be erratic, especially up in the strike zone.

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Speaker 5: So what they're preaching to their hitters is for some

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Speaker 5: in the middle of the strike zone, maybe up in

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Speaker 5: the strike zone, And it seems like from what I've gathered, Steve,

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Speaker 5: it may be easier for the Dodgers not to chase

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Speaker 5: against Lozardo because when he misses, he really misses. It's

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Speaker 5: not like Sanchez's changeup that it was so good the

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Speaker 5: first five innings where it tempts you to chase when

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Speaker 5: it's on like it was, David, what do.

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Speaker 6: You think they'd do catching wise tonight? Dave Robert is

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Speaker 6: gonna go with Will Smith? Or will you go with

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Speaker 6: Ben reward Vet like he did in Game one until

466
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Speaker 6: a pinchhit situation in the game calls upon Will Smith

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Speaker 6: to come out or come into the game? Where do

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Speaker 6: you think he leans as far as starting behind the

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Speaker 6: platee tonight.

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Speaker 5: I'm leaning towards Will Smith starting for a couple of reasons.

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Speaker 5: Number One, he caught the majority of the first game.

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Speaker 5: Number Two, when Blake Snell went out before Game one

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Speaker 5: to throw his bullpen, it was Will Smith that caught

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Speaker 5: that bullpen. So to me, it's going to be Snell

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Speaker 5: and Will Smith as the battery tonight.

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Speaker 7: All right, Hey, Dave, you know we got Clayton Kershaw

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Speaker 7: down there in the bullpen. To me, I think his

478
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Speaker 7: presence alone there is a stabilizing force for a bullpen

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Speaker 7: that maybe lacks a little bit of their confidence.

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Speaker 8: But I think it's getting better as time goes on.

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Speaker 7: But the day off helped, and I think Clayton Kershaw

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Speaker 7: down there, you know, given his presence, could mean a

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Speaker 7: massive thing for that bullpen.

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Speaker 8: What's your thoughts.

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Speaker 5: For sure? Whenever you have a guy like that as

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Speaker 5: part of your group in the bullpen, it does bring

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Speaker 5: a lot of confidence and an edge to that bullpen.

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Speaker 5: Steve and the way the Dodgers plan on using Kershaw

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Speaker 5: a number of different scenarios, including if there's extra innings

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Speaker 5: or maybe even tonight if they need a bridge to

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Speaker 5: the seventh or eighth inning. Kershaw would be a great

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Speaker 5: breach who throws, who gives you a different look from

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Speaker 5: the left side than Blake Snell does. So I'm actually

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Speaker 5: I don't know if I shared this with you guys,

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Speaker 5: but I'm an advocate of Tyler glass Now pitching out

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Speaker 5: of the bullpen one more time and maybe even consider

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Speaker 5: having Kershaw start Game four. But the Dodgers plan on

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Speaker 5: using glass Now as a Game four starter. But that

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Speaker 5: was my that was my brilliant idea that you know

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Speaker 5: the way the Dodgers use glass now in game one,

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Speaker 5: why not use them that way again today or in

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Speaker 5: Game three and half Kershaw start Game four.

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Speaker 6: That's a great idea, especially with a Game four at

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Speaker 6: home with Clayton Kershaw pitching in front of that Dodger stadium.

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Speaker 6: Karate's not there in Philadelphia, have to do it in

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Speaker 6: front of all those fans at the Bank. But tonight

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Speaker 6: it will be Blake Snell on the mound. He's pitched

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Speaker 6: on a lot of big games before in the postseason. David,

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Speaker 6: do you think he's feeling going into this one? I mean,

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Speaker 6: he wants the ball out of all these guys, He's

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Speaker 6: the dude that wants the ball in every big situation.

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Speaker 5: He gave me a look after the first game when

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Speaker 5: they were coming off the field to him, and he

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Speaker 5: just had that grin where it was basically a coyote

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Speaker 5: that got into the rooster henhouse and just ate a

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Speaker 5: whole lot. He's ready. He has that type of look

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Speaker 5: to him in confidence, and the reason why he's so

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Speaker 5: confident is because he has wanted to challenge himself to

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Speaker 5: be in these situations with the Dodgers. He passed the

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Speaker 5: first test and he wants the second challenge, which is

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Speaker 5: the Phillies in Philadelphia. And another reason why he may

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Speaker 5: be confident is because how he has dominated Philly's hitters.

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Speaker 5: Max Kepler does not have a hit against Snell in

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Speaker 5: eleven at bats. Kyle Schwarber two for fourteen with six

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Speaker 5: strikeouts against in his career. How about Bryce Harper? Bryce

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Speaker 5: Harper hasn't done much of anything against Blake'snell two for

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Speaker 5: thirteen with six strikeouts. Trey Turner, the right handed hitting

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Speaker 5: Tray Turner four for twenty in his career against Blake's.

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Speaker 5: That was on full display in September when snow and

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Speaker 5: seven innings and had his signature moment as a Dodger

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Speaker 5: telling Dave Roberts, you want to stay in the game

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Speaker 5: to face Auto Camp. So if he's on, you're gonna

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Speaker 5: know early and it's gonna be a long night for

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Speaker 5: the Phillies.

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Speaker 8: Yeah, agree with that one hundred percent.

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Speaker 7: Keeping on that same theme, David, coming back to Los

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Speaker 7: Angeles after this game, you have Yamamoto and this situation

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Speaker 7: with the Dodgers, the way they sit with their starting

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Speaker 7: pitching compared to last year is a massive difference, of course,

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Speaker 7: But how much do you think this plays in to

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Speaker 7: you know, all the things that we don't know that's

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Speaker 7: gonna happen. There's always things out there that come up

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Speaker 7: that you don't know about. But this starting pitching as

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Speaker 7: it is right now, I think it's the best in

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Speaker 7: baseball covering the span of all the other teams, but

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Speaker 7: I think the starting pitcher, the starting pitching, and the

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Speaker 7: way they're rested is probably tops in all of the

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Speaker 7: Major League Baseball right now, without a doubt.

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Speaker 5: Since the beginning of September, Steve their era is two

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Speaker 5: and a half. No other starting staff has that. And

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Speaker 5: another thing that goes hand in hand with their starting

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Speaker 5: pitching is the offense scoring early for them and giving

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Speaker 5: them an early not just one run support lead, but

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Speaker 5: three or four runs for them to dominate. And that

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Speaker 5: makes it a lot easier for them to pitch free

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Speaker 5: and easy and attack the strike zone. So the Dodgers

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Speaker 5: scoring early tonight would be huge to give Blake Snell

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Speaker 5: an early lead, two or three run lead in the

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Speaker 5: first three innings. If they give him that type of lead,

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Speaker 5: I don't I think it might be lights out for

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Speaker 5: the Phillies.

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Speaker 6: Final thing for me, David Otani the hitter on Saturday night,

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Speaker 6: completely different from the six innings that he did on

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Speaker 6: the mound or for four with a walk, four strikeouts,

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Speaker 6: three different strikeouts called looking. I think we're gonna see

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Speaker 6: a different show, hey, Otani at the play tonight, because

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Speaker 6: he's not pitching, right.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, that's what history tells us. He was the one

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Speaker 5: to eighty hitter on the days that he was pitching.

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Speaker 5: And remember during the regular season, the Dodgers would be

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Speaker 5: lining him up on Wednesdays, the day before our usual

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Speaker 5: Thursday off days. So having a day off yesterday really

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Speaker 5: helps him. I'm sure recharge to be ready to go

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Speaker 5: as a DH tonight and leading off. I think we

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Speaker 5: all forget just how much effort goes into pitching in

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Speaker 5: the postseason, and he's being asked to lead off and

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Speaker 5: carry the offense as well. Uncharacteristic looking at three fastballs,

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Speaker 5: But I mean, at some point we have to acknowledge

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Speaker 5: that he's not Kryptonian. He is from this planet, even

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Speaker 5: though sometimes he doesn't seem like it.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, David, and I know the affinity that you have

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Speaker 7: for Blake Snell. You know it is what it is, Okay,

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Speaker 7: But look, both of these teams are are built the

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Speaker 7: same way. They're built to slug, and they do strike

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Speaker 7: out a bit. I mean, the Dodgers struck out thirteen

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Speaker 7: times the previous game, the Philly struck out twelve. Given

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Speaker 7: this type of a kind of a way that they're

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Speaker 7: both built like this, who's got the better advantage in

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Speaker 7: this game? I know Blake's pitching, but lazardro was pretty

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Speaker 7: good too, So how does this shape up?

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Speaker 5: Loazardo's pretty good, Steve, but the Dodgers just some two

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Speaker 5: and a half three weeks ago and he wasn't an

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Speaker 5: uncomfortable at that And I think that's the biggest thing.

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Speaker 5: The Phillies hitters are telling people that they can't see

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Speaker 5: the ball out of Snell's hand and he's an uncomfortable

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Speaker 5: at bat. The Dodgers are not saying that about Jesus Lozardo.

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Speaker 5: And you know, if Teoscar Hernandez continues to swing the

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Speaker 5: bat the way he has been in the last two

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Speaker 5: weeks and especially the first three playoff games, He's going

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Speaker 5: to be hitting third again. I'm sure behind O'tani and

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Speaker 5: Mooki and in front of Freddie. To me, he's the

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Speaker 5: biggest key to this series. He's got to take advantage

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Speaker 5: when there's runners on base, and he did in a

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Speaker 5: big way in the in the first game.

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Speaker 6: David, we appreciate everything. Thanks for being with us earlier

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Speaker 6: this morning and looking forward to great coverage later on

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Speaker 6: today before Game two as a Dodgers look to come

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Speaker 6: back home with a two to zero series lead. Have

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Speaker 6: a great afternoon, buddy, Thanks David.

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Speaker 5: Don't forget what day it is. Today's Saxy Snell Zilla day.

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Speaker 8: I gotcha, brother.

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Speaker 6: There you go, by the way, Dave love your commercial.

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Speaker 6: There he goes David. He is fired up, he is.

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Speaker 8: Do you like David's commercial?

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Speaker 6: His commercial?

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Speaker 8: What's going?

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Speaker 7: Yeah, he's doing he's doing the commercial where he's going

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Speaker 7: back and forth and he's kind of doing this little

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Speaker 7: dance about I forgot what it was, but yeah, I

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Speaker 7: like the commercial.

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Speaker 8: It was really good.

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Speaker 6: Dave is a master of all things, including acting and commercials.

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Speaker 6: So that's what we love about it. Don't forget what

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Speaker 6: day it is.

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Speaker 7: God, the guy's just got just got this thing for Snell,

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Speaker 7: doesn't he.

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Speaker 6: Saxony, You're starting to you're starting to get it. You're

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Speaker 6: you're starting, you're starting to see it, you're starting to

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Speaker 6: feel it, and you're certainly starting to hear it. It

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Speaker 6: is snell Zilla Day, Snell with Blake Snell on the mound.

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Speaker 6: Coming up, we'll hear from the manager, Dave Roberts. Thanks

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Speaker 6: to David for being with us live from Philadelphia. Rick

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Speaker 6: Monday will join us next hour. We'll hear from snell

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Speaker 6: Zilla before his Game two start. Also looking at the

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Speaker 6: Game one and Game two pitchers for the Dodgers, a

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Speaker 6: lot of them have not pitched in the postseason or

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Speaker 6: I haven't pitched in the postseason for the Dodgers yet,

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Speaker 6: and it's kind of eye opening to me. We'll get

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Speaker 6: into that next. Plus, you're gonna hear from the manager

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Speaker 6: Dave Roberts, and your phone calls eight sixty six nine

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Speaker 6: is six to nine here in October, as the Dodgers

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Speaker 6: make another World Series push and they're up one game

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Speaker 6: to nothing in this NLDS series against the Philadelphia Phillies.

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Speaker 6: Game two coming up at three eight this afternoon. Blake

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Speaker 6: Snell and Jesus Lozardo the pitching matchup. We'll hear from

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Speaker 6: the manager Dave Roberts in just a minute. Saxony. I

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00:33:33,080 --> 00:33:34,840
Speaker 6: was looking at this up as Dave was talking and

654
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Speaker 6: Blake Snell getting the start tonight. Rookie Sasaki pitched out

655
00:33:38,880 --> 00:33:42,080
Speaker 6: of the bullpen on Saturday. Tyler Glass now pitched out

656
00:33:42,120 --> 00:33:47,120
Speaker 6: of the bullpen on Saturday, showing Otani made his postseason debut.

657
00:33:47,960 --> 00:33:51,440
Speaker 6: All four of these arms that we saw pitch either

658
00:33:51,440 --> 00:33:54,640
Speaker 6: Saturday night or tonight, Blake Snell going in Game two

659
00:33:55,320 --> 00:33:59,760
Speaker 6: weren't guys that pitched in October last year for the

660
00:34:00,600 --> 00:34:03,440
Speaker 6: And I thought about that for a second. I'm like, no, no, no,

661
00:34:03,480 --> 00:34:05,160
Speaker 6: a tawny pitch leashon. No, No, he didn't.

662
00:34:05,280 --> 00:34:05,880
Speaker 8: He was the hitter.

663
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Speaker 6: Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. Sosaki wasn't around class now was hurt.

664
00:34:10,239 --> 00:34:12,400
Speaker 6: Remember he got hurt around Labor Day and had to

665
00:34:12,440 --> 00:34:15,319
Speaker 6: shut him down because of inflammation and Tendonight is in

666
00:34:15,360 --> 00:34:18,440
Speaker 6: his right elbow, and Blake Snell was a San Francisco

667
00:34:18,560 --> 00:34:22,680
Speaker 6: Giant And here we are the next October and these

668
00:34:22,719 --> 00:34:25,080
Speaker 6: four guys who are either going to pitch Saturday or

669
00:34:25,160 --> 00:34:29,680
Speaker 6: Blake Snell get the start tonight all major contributors to

670
00:34:29,760 --> 00:34:32,279
Speaker 6: this Dodgers team. It's just a crazy to think how

671
00:34:32,560 --> 00:34:37,000
Speaker 6: retooled this pitching staff is, with healthy arms that weren't

672
00:34:37,040 --> 00:34:39,640
Speaker 6: here a year ago, or arms ay added in free agency.

673
00:34:40,320 --> 00:34:43,200
Speaker 7: Yeah, and it all starts with the starters, if you will.

674
00:34:44,160 --> 00:34:46,799
Speaker 7: That's where it's That's where it's going to come down to.

675
00:34:47,400 --> 00:34:52,000
Speaker 7: Most traditional organizations like the Dodgers, you know, the Braves

676
00:34:52,040 --> 00:34:56,600
Speaker 7: are like that. And there's other organizations, the Athletics have

677
00:34:56,640 --> 00:34:59,640
Speaker 7: been like that in the past, the Cardinals that really

678
00:34:59,640 --> 00:35:03,080
Speaker 7: rely on on starting pitching to carry the mail. The

679
00:35:03,160 --> 00:35:06,040
Speaker 7: traditional way that baseball was set out and its plans

680
00:35:06,080 --> 00:35:09,160
Speaker 7: to be a successful game is to have you know,

681
00:35:09,760 --> 00:35:14,440
Speaker 7: very very relevant starting pitching and piecing together you know,

682
00:35:14,560 --> 00:35:17,120
Speaker 7: like the Tampa did you know a few years ago

683
00:35:17,160 --> 00:35:20,480
Speaker 7: of having a pan opener and whatnot. You know, it's

684
00:35:20,520 --> 00:35:23,440
Speaker 7: okay for you know, a shot in time, but for

685
00:35:23,520 --> 00:35:27,759
Speaker 7: the long run, for you know, traditional success. It's built

686
00:35:27,800 --> 00:35:30,880
Speaker 7: on starting pitching, and that's where the Dodgers have it

687
00:35:30,920 --> 00:35:33,640
Speaker 7: in spades over everybody right now, which is, you know,

688
00:35:33,719 --> 00:35:35,600
Speaker 7: completely different than what it was last year.

689
00:35:36,080 --> 00:35:38,640
Speaker 6: Tonight, Game two, Dodgers looking to come back home with

690
00:35:38,680 --> 00:35:41,160
Speaker 6: a two to zero series lead. Right guy, right time,

691
00:35:41,239 --> 00:35:43,839
Speaker 6: right place in Blake Snell. We'll hear from him coming

692
00:35:43,920 --> 00:35:46,200
Speaker 6: up in just a little bit. Rick Monday will join us,

693
00:35:46,200 --> 00:35:48,759
Speaker 6: coming up in a little over thirty minutes. But yesterday,

694
00:35:48,920 --> 00:35:51,920
Speaker 6: an off day in this series. Dave Robertson, manager, joined

695
00:35:51,920 --> 00:35:54,120
Speaker 6: the media via zoom and talked a lot about this

696
00:35:54,160 --> 00:35:56,680
Speaker 6: Dodgers team between Game one and Game two and what

697
00:35:56,760 --> 00:35:58,879
Speaker 6: they need out of tonight's starting pitcher.

698
00:35:58,920 --> 00:36:04,040
Speaker 10: Obviously getting Blake on you know, his regular rest. I

699
00:36:04,080 --> 00:36:07,000
Speaker 10: think with you know, the guys that we use out

700
00:36:07,040 --> 00:36:12,120
Speaker 10: of the pen, they're all back online outside of glass now,

701
00:36:13,440 --> 00:36:16,480
Speaker 10: so I think that, yeah, we kind of reset, and

702
00:36:16,520 --> 00:36:19,800
Speaker 10: I feel good with obviously Smell going kind of having

703
00:36:19,800 --> 00:36:22,600
Speaker 10: whoever we want to deploy behind him. Actually we did

704
00:36:22,600 --> 00:36:25,759
Speaker 10: that fortunately, you know, that was something we did intentionally,

705
00:36:26,520 --> 00:36:27,960
Speaker 10: you know, towards the end of the season. We got

706
00:36:28,040 --> 00:36:30,560
Speaker 10: him at two out of three, and so we've kind

707
00:36:30,560 --> 00:36:33,799
Speaker 10: of checked that box, so I feel good. You know,

708
00:36:34,160 --> 00:36:36,439
Speaker 10: if needed, we could use him tomorrow night as well.

709
00:36:37,000 --> 00:36:39,239
Speaker 10: You know, I just don't want to be, you know,

710
00:36:39,360 --> 00:36:43,319
Speaker 10: pigeonholed into the ninth because you know, with the way

711
00:36:43,360 --> 00:36:46,040
Speaker 10: this lineup is constructed, there could be different ways where

712
00:36:46,040 --> 00:36:48,200
Speaker 10: the eighth could kind of present itself where he could

713
00:36:48,239 --> 00:36:52,120
Speaker 10: be the best option. But I do consider him one

714
00:36:52,160 --> 00:36:56,680
Speaker 10: of our top highest leverage relievers for sure. He's here

715
00:36:56,800 --> 00:36:59,240
Speaker 10: right now, getting treatment, going to go through the workout.

716
00:36:59,800 --> 00:37:03,360
Speaker 10: I haven't talked to him today yet. He's gonna go

717
00:37:03,360 --> 00:37:06,239
Speaker 10: out there and take batting practice, and so once I

718
00:37:06,400 --> 00:37:10,160
Speaker 10: kind of, you know, have the conversation, talk to the trainers,

719
00:37:11,840 --> 00:37:13,680
Speaker 10: you know, watching him go through his work. They don't

720
00:37:13,680 --> 00:37:16,799
Speaker 10: have a better idea. But I think even you know,

721
00:37:16,920 --> 00:37:20,360
Speaker 10: making the decision tomorrow whether he's in the starting lineup

722
00:37:20,480 --> 00:37:23,440
Speaker 10: or not, is going to not be until tomorrow kind

723
00:37:23,480 --> 00:37:26,080
Speaker 10: of late morning. Once I you know, hear from him

724
00:37:26,120 --> 00:37:29,480
Speaker 10: and hear how he feels. Show, Hey, did a fantastic

725
00:37:29,680 --> 00:37:36,200
Speaker 10: job of moving the ball around. You've got to kind

726
00:37:36,200 --> 00:37:41,040
Speaker 10: of change locations. You've got to use the front to back.

727
00:37:41,080 --> 00:37:42,799
Speaker 10: I thought his curve ball was as good as I've

728
00:37:42,800 --> 00:37:46,240
Speaker 10: seen it, But you have to have these guys honor

729
00:37:46,280 --> 00:37:51,560
Speaker 10: the fastball. They hunt locations, they hunt velocities, and you've

730
00:37:51,600 --> 00:37:56,799
Speaker 10: got to keep them guessing. You just can't be predictable.

731
00:37:56,880 --> 00:38:00,400
Speaker 10: And I thought we did a fantastic job of not

732
00:38:00,440 --> 00:38:02,520
Speaker 10: being a predictable I thought Tyler did the same thing.

733
00:38:02,760 --> 00:38:05,279
Speaker 6: All right, there's the manager, Dave Roberts on Blake Snell

734
00:38:05,360 --> 00:38:07,880
Speaker 6: on Rookie Sasaki, on his decision on whether or not

735
00:38:07,920 --> 00:38:10,920
Speaker 6: Will Smith will start Game two tonight. Sounds like it'll

736
00:38:10,920 --> 00:38:12,920
Speaker 6: be a decision made later on today as we get

737
00:38:12,960 --> 00:38:15,440
Speaker 6: closer to first Bitch and then his thoughts on Yosha

738
00:38:15,480 --> 00:38:19,160
Speaker 6: on Sho hey Otani in his Game one start. It's

739
00:38:19,160 --> 00:38:23,880
Speaker 6: interesting the comments about rookie Sasaki the media. Steve wants

740
00:38:23,960 --> 00:38:27,880
Speaker 6: to get an answer from Dave Roberts. Is he your closer?

741
00:38:28,239 --> 00:38:30,120
Speaker 6: I don't know why the media is so obsessed with

742
00:38:30,160 --> 00:38:32,479
Speaker 6: Dave Roberts having to come out and say, yes, he's

743
00:38:32,520 --> 00:38:36,560
Speaker 6: our closer. Dave keeps saying he's our highest leverage reliever.

744
00:38:36,920 --> 00:38:39,160
Speaker 6: I'm okay with that. Why do we have to say

745
00:38:39,200 --> 00:38:42,680
Speaker 6: the sea word for Sasaki? We don't have to say

746
00:38:42,719 --> 00:38:45,000
Speaker 6: the sea word. Let's just call him at back end

747
00:38:45,000 --> 00:38:48,680
Speaker 6: of the rotation, high leverage reliever, and let's all lump

748
00:38:48,760 --> 00:38:51,560
Speaker 6: him in together in that bullpen. Together is one collective group.

749
00:38:51,760 --> 00:38:54,800
Speaker 6: We don't need a quote unquote sea word closer.

750
00:38:55,640 --> 00:38:57,600
Speaker 8: Stop asking him wow.

751
00:38:58,040 --> 00:39:00,680
Speaker 7: You know you know like sometimes eyes come out up

752
00:39:00,719 --> 00:39:03,200
Speaker 7: with their with their uniform on, they have a C

753
00:39:03,440 --> 00:39:04,160
Speaker 7: on their chests.

754
00:39:04,239 --> 00:39:06,319
Speaker 8: It takes on a whole new meaning. Now what you're

755
00:39:06,400 --> 00:39:09,120
Speaker 8: saying that, why do we need to know?

756
00:39:09,239 --> 00:39:11,640
Speaker 6: Okay, he's our closer? What what is that gonna do

757
00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:13,840
Speaker 6: all of a sudden Now you got to look and say, okay,

758
00:39:13,880 --> 00:39:15,000
Speaker 6: there's the closer.

759
00:39:15,239 --> 00:39:18,080
Speaker 7: No, I think Dave. Dave's right. Dave did it exactly right.

760
00:39:18,480 --> 00:39:22,000
Speaker 7: He's our highest leverage type of reliever. And you know

761
00:39:22,120 --> 00:39:25,120
Speaker 7: that opens the door for you know, middle of the game,

762
00:39:25,440 --> 00:39:28,760
Speaker 7: six or seventh inning, bases loaded, one or two outs

763
00:39:28,840 --> 00:39:31,399
Speaker 7: or one out, and you know you need you need

764
00:39:31,400 --> 00:39:34,880
Speaker 7: to dowse this uh, this momentum they got going right now, boom,

765
00:39:34,960 --> 00:39:37,080
Speaker 7: Sasaki's in you know that type of thing.

766
00:39:37,360 --> 00:39:38,200
Speaker 8: So you know.

767
00:39:38,360 --> 00:39:42,319
Speaker 7: He's saving that bullet for you know, for a time

768
00:39:42,360 --> 00:39:44,160
Speaker 7: that may come up. And I think he's right in

769
00:39:44,280 --> 00:39:46,359
Speaker 7: doing that. You don't have to pronounce him to close.

770
00:39:46,480 --> 00:39:50,479
Speaker 7: Everybody knows that of course he's the closer right now.

771
00:39:50,520 --> 00:39:52,960
Speaker 7: He's he's what's working. You think they're gonna change up

772
00:39:53,000 --> 00:39:56,200
Speaker 7: what's working? This is a very short series. As they

773
00:39:56,239 --> 00:39:59,560
Speaker 7: say in New York, it is very short. Okay, you're

774
00:39:59,600 --> 00:40:02,359
Speaker 7: not gonna be upset in the apple cart by doing

775
00:40:02,400 --> 00:40:03,160
Speaker 7: something different.

776
00:40:03,480 --> 00:40:04,319
Speaker 8: Why do that?

777
00:40:04,400 --> 00:40:04,560
Speaker 1: Now?

778
00:40:04,719 --> 00:40:07,960
Speaker 7: Just go with what's working. And he's the closer right now.

779
00:40:07,960 --> 00:40:09,359
Speaker 7: He didn't have to say it, right And.

780
00:40:09,320 --> 00:40:11,560
Speaker 6: The fact that he has to say the Seaward as

781
00:40:11,600 --> 00:40:13,919
Speaker 6: a joke because Alex VESSI it could be a high

782
00:40:13,960 --> 00:40:16,560
Speaker 6: leverage guy in the ninth inning, depending on the situation.

783
00:40:16,719 --> 00:40:19,680
Speaker 6: Anthony Bonda could be that guy Blake trying. And I

784
00:40:19,719 --> 00:40:21,799
Speaker 6: still have a lot of confidence in to come out,

785
00:40:21,840 --> 00:40:24,200
Speaker 6: even though he's a right hander, just like Sasaki, just

786
00:40:24,239 --> 00:40:26,600
Speaker 6: because Sasaki is the flavor of the month and it

787
00:40:26,680 --> 00:40:28,440
Speaker 6: really is the guy that they could go to in

788
00:40:28,480 --> 00:40:30,480
Speaker 6: any situation to get it out. And you have a

789
00:40:30,520 --> 00:40:33,040
Speaker 6: lot of confidence in the right of now, I don't

790
00:40:33,160 --> 00:40:35,799
Speaker 6: think that that closes the door. No pun intended on

791
00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:38,520
Speaker 6: any other guy to come out and finish off a game.

792
00:40:38,560 --> 00:40:40,920
Speaker 6: That's what it should be. Who's your finisher, who's your

793
00:40:41,000 --> 00:40:43,640
Speaker 6: back end of the bullpen, Who's ever closer.

794
00:40:43,520 --> 00:40:46,799
Speaker 7: Who's ever right is the finisher and right now for

795
00:40:46,800 --> 00:40:51,719
Speaker 7: for the Dodgers, Sasaki is maybe maybe not mister right,

796
00:40:51,760 --> 00:40:54,440
Speaker 7: but he's mister right now right correct.

797
00:40:54,480 --> 00:40:55,879
Speaker 6: Yeah, absolutely, that's the way.

798
00:40:55,960 --> 00:40:57,919
Speaker 7: That's the way they're looking at it, mister right now.

799
00:40:58,160 --> 00:41:01,520
Speaker 7: And he's working so right, pony, and you know, take

800
00:41:01,560 --> 00:41:04,200
Speaker 7: it as long as you can, and I think it's gonna.

801
00:41:03,960 --> 00:41:04,720
Speaker 8: Work for the Dodgers.

802
00:41:04,760 --> 00:41:07,879
Speaker 7: I really believe that this guy comes out there completely

803
00:41:07,960 --> 00:41:10,719
Speaker 7: different than what some of the other bullpen look like,

804
00:41:11,120 --> 00:41:15,080
Speaker 7: you know, a bit tenuous, you know, not at all confident.

805
00:41:15,280 --> 00:41:18,239
Speaker 7: Sosaki goes up there with his twenty three years old

806
00:41:18,280 --> 00:41:21,120
Speaker 7: face on and his inexperience says, give me the ball,

807
00:41:21,520 --> 00:41:24,120
Speaker 7: I'm gonna mow these guys down, and man, does he

808
00:41:24,200 --> 00:41:26,360
Speaker 7: do it. Just keep letting him do it. He probably

809
00:41:26,360 --> 00:41:29,399
Speaker 7: didn't even know what he's doing, he's only twenty three.

810
00:41:29,440 --> 00:41:30,319
Speaker 8: But let him do it.

811
00:41:30,360 --> 00:41:30,520
Speaker 5: Man.

812
00:41:30,560 --> 00:41:31,799
Speaker 8: I just I think he's doing great.

813
00:41:31,840 --> 00:41:34,040
Speaker 7: And I'm just being facetious when I say that, Yeah,

814
00:41:34,040 --> 00:41:36,080
Speaker 7: he knows more than anybody's what he's doing.

815
00:41:36,120 --> 00:41:37,359
Speaker 8: He's when I.

816
00:41:37,280 --> 00:41:39,560
Speaker 7: Say I want to see the tiger out there, that's

817
00:41:39,640 --> 00:41:42,279
Speaker 7: a tiger right now. You look at his face. He

818
00:41:42,360 --> 00:41:44,200
Speaker 7: just wants to get in there and get after it.

819
00:41:44,239 --> 00:41:45,319
Speaker 7: That's what a tiger does.

820
00:41:45,360 --> 00:41:47,000
Speaker 6: If you want to call him a closer during the

821
00:41:47,040 --> 00:41:49,560
Speaker 6: regular season, if you want to call him a closer

822
00:41:49,560 --> 00:41:52,880
Speaker 6: in arbitration because it gets some more money, fine, But

823
00:41:53,080 --> 00:41:57,480
Speaker 6: in the postseason, let's take the labels off everybody in

824
00:41:57,560 --> 00:42:01,239
Speaker 6: the pitching staff. You are a pitcher in October. If

825
00:42:01,280 --> 00:42:04,239
Speaker 6: we need you to start, fine, We need you to

826
00:42:04,280 --> 00:42:06,879
Speaker 6: open a game, great, If we need you to come

827
00:42:06,880 --> 00:42:10,600
Speaker 6: out of the bullpen, fantastic. You are a pitcher. You're

828
00:42:10,640 --> 00:42:14,680
Speaker 6: an outgetter. You're an out getter. Absolutely. You're not a closer.

829
00:42:14,880 --> 00:42:17,600
Speaker 6: You're not a reliever, you're not a starter. You are

830
00:42:17,640 --> 00:42:20,399
Speaker 6: a pitcher in October, and you'll do what you need

831
00:42:20,440 --> 00:42:23,520
Speaker 6: to do to get out. Like pac Man. You're gonna

832
00:42:23,600 --> 00:42:27,080
Speaker 6: eat out in October for this Dodgers team. And he's

833
00:42:27,080 --> 00:42:29,239
Speaker 6: a seaword, not the sea word. Don't say the sea

834
00:42:29,239 --> 00:42:31,839
Speaker 6: word around me anymore. Right, tired of it? Eight six six,

835
00:42:31,920 --> 00:42:34,399
Speaker 6: nine eighty seven, two five seventy. We'll hear from Blake

836
00:42:34,440 --> 00:42:37,200
Speaker 6: Snell coming up. Rick Monday will join us. We'll get

837
00:42:37,239 --> 00:42:40,360
Speaker 6: Steve's keys. One hour to go, two down, one to

838
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839
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840
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