Speaker 1: The quest for the three peat has begne.
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Speaker 1: David Vase that day.
Speaker 2: Welcome the Dodger Talk David Vasse with you until eight
Speaker 2: o'clock tonight live from Uniclo Field at Dodgers Stadium. After
Speaker 2: Jacob Mizowski put on a show today shoving against the
Speaker 2: Dodgers and beating them four to one. Miserowski win six
Speaker 2: innings today, did not even throw one hundred pitches, but
Speaker 2: the first four pitches of the game were over one
Speaker 2: hundred miles an hour, almost one hundred and four miles
Speaker 2: an hour against show hailed. You heard what he had
Speaker 2: to say to Ken Rosenthal after the game that it
Speaker 2: was fun to go up against Otani. Otani knew he
Speaker 2: was coming at him and he couldn't hit him. So
Speaker 2: when you're throwing the first four pitches of a game
Speaker 2: at one hundred and four miles an hour. Obviously it
Speaker 2: is worth the price of admission. And forty seven thousand
Speaker 2: plus weren't just coincidentally at Dodger Stadium today. They were
Speaker 2: here to see the miz go up against the Dodgers,
Speaker 2: and today Misowski got the best of them. Eight six
Speaker 2: six nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone number. Look,
Speaker 2: Reggie Smith was on her before the game. I mentioned
Speaker 2: this during the Clubhouse show. This is not like what's
Speaker 2: wrong with the Dodger offense. Maybe there's a little bit
Speaker 2: of that. I mean, they haven't really performed all that
Speaker 2: well in the last twenty games. Ish we could go
Speaker 2: even further farther back than that. But today was just
Speaker 2: about Misrowski, and then you shortened the game for a
Speaker 2: very good Brewers bullpen and Aaron Ashby, who has been
Speaker 2: all everything for the Brewers out of the bullpen this year,
Speaker 2: picks up his first save. This is just about Misowski
Speaker 2: and the reason why I brought up Reggie Smith. This
Speaker 2: was back like in the early eighties when Reggie Smith
Speaker 2: and those Dodgers had to face Nolan Ryan and Jr.
Speaker 2: Richard or you know Dave Roberts. Dodger teams had to
Speaker 2: face Randy Johnson in his prime, that's what this is.
Speaker 2: Or the mid eighties eighty six to what nineteen ninety
Speaker 2: Dwight Gooden for the Mets, that's what this is. So
Speaker 2: if you were at the game today and you were
Speaker 2: watching Miserowski versus Otani, Miserowski versus Freddie Freeman, those are historical,
Speaker 2: transcendent matchups. And today Misowski was on his game. And
Speaker 2: in that fifth inning when the Dodgers were able to
Speaker 2: load the against Misserowski with one out, that was everything
Speaker 2: you wanted taaskar. Hernandez was able to get a fortunate
Speaker 2: bounce off the second baseman's foot. Then Alex Call took
Speaker 2: advantage of a misfire by Misrowski up and over and
Speaker 2: Alex Call was able to shove it to right field.
Speaker 2: You heard Misowski understand their game plan. They were trying
Speaker 2: to take him the other way. Hunter Fiduccu was fortunate
Speaker 2: to pull the ball to right field as well, and
Speaker 2: that set up bases loaded one out for the guys
Speaker 2: you want at the plate to get you back in
Speaker 2: the game against Missowski, and that's Otani and Freddie Freeman.
Speaker 2: There was a mountain visit. After Fiduccia got his base
Speaker 2: hit and the bases were loaded, you would have to imagine,
Speaker 2: I know Missowski gave his catcher Contraras all the credit,
Speaker 2: but you would have to imagine the pitching coach saw
Speaker 2: something and Misslerowski was becoming a little predictable first pitch
Speaker 2: fastballs and he wasn't really commanding it all that well
Speaker 2: to first pitch sliders, and threw Otani a couple of them,
Speaker 2: threw them to Freddie Freeman, and they just were have
Speaker 2: to be ready for one hundred and four. And it's
Speaker 2: really hard to defend one hundred and four with command
Speaker 2: and an eighty something Malinaur slider. I mean, I don't
Speaker 2: care how great you are, it's going to be really tough.
Speaker 2: And that was the story of the game. The other
Speaker 2: story of the game was Robleski's struggles still giving up
Speaker 2: home runs. Two gave up a pair of two run
Speaker 2: home runs today. The big one was with two outs,
Speaker 2: two strikes on William Contraras in the fourth inning. He
Speaker 2: was this close of getting out of that inning and
Speaker 2: keeping the Dodgers closer to Miserowski two to one against
Speaker 2: Miserowski is a lot easier to digest than four to
Speaker 2: one against Miserowski the way he was pitching. And look,
Speaker 2: here's the thing with Robleski. What he was doing so
Speaker 2: well in the first half of the season was getting ahead,
Speaker 2: which lent itself to allow him to pitch to contact.
Speaker 2: And also he had better command of his fastball the
Speaker 2: first half of the season, or I should say even
Speaker 2: into the second half of the season before these last
Speaker 2: three starts.
Speaker 3: The last three starts.
Speaker 2: He hasn't been getting ahead and his fastballs are getting
Speaker 2: way too much of the plate and he's working behind.
Speaker 2: Today he only threw fourteen of his twenty four pitches.
Speaker 2: He only had fourteen first pitch strikes. You know, that
Speaker 2: was the issue today. And again missing with this fastball
Speaker 2: to Contraras just didn't have command and played right into
Speaker 2: Contreras's hands in the fourth inning. So that's the story
Speaker 2: with Robleski, and it's not just David Vasse trying to
Speaker 2: play pitching coach. That's the feedback I'm getting from other
Speaker 2: players on both sides. Eight sixty six nine eight seven
Speaker 2: two five seventy is the phone number. Let's go out
Speaker 2: to Robin in San Diego. You're on Dodger Talk. How
Speaker 2: you doing, Robin?
Speaker 4: I'm doing well. How about yourself, David.
Speaker 3: I'm doing well. It's a great show today.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 4: I mean, there's no question that this guy's a superb
Speaker 4: pitcher and he put the pedal to the metal, and
Speaker 4: you know, it just came out the way I did.
Speaker 4: The thing that I'm most concerned about it just the
Speaker 4: general overall performance of the Dodgers. It's you know, you know,
Speaker 4: like Monday was saying in the Free Game that every
Speaker 4: game counts right now, and I mean, you're gonna lose
Speaker 4: something like today. I mean, this guy's a really he's
Speaker 4: a stud muffin out there. But I'm just wondering about
Speaker 4: how are they gonna, you know, like with Diaz and
Speaker 4: the pitching thing, I mean, like, do you really want
Speaker 4: to put him in situations that they could lose games?
Speaker 4: I mean, why wouldn't they put him in the sixth
Speaker 4: inning and see if you can kind of get his
Speaker 4: stuff together and that sort of thing. And how do
Speaker 4: you feel about like the Arizona and the Potteries, Milwaukee
Speaker 4: and the Braves, how well they've been doing and the
Speaker 4: Dodgers been faltering. We've been fifteen fifteen. Now you take
Speaker 4: on the actual situation, what's coming down.
Speaker 2: Well, the bullpen's a little thin. They're a man down
Speaker 2: because the Dodgers are sticking with the six man rotation
Speaker 2: and that limits them to have just seven relievers in
Speaker 2: the bullpen, and they've been used a lot. They've been
Speaker 2: used a lot. But I'll say this Robin last year,
Speaker 2: the Brewers beat the Dodgers all seven times in the
Speaker 2: regular season, and the Dodgers swept them in the NLCS.
Speaker 2: So it's a different story. When you get to the postseason,
Speaker 2: the Dodger pitching staff will be much different than what
Speaker 2: it is today and in the regular season. But my
Speaker 2: biggest concern isn't Edwin Diaz. It's not the bullpen. It's
Speaker 2: the offense. The offense has got to get going, and
Speaker 2: it's hard to get going when all season long, Kyle
Speaker 2: Tucker has basically been giving you, you know, not the
Speaker 2: Kyle Tucker we have seen in the past, especially at home.
Speaker 2: Mookie Betts is hitting two thirty nine, even after getting
Speaker 2: on a hot streak here in the last couple of weeks.
Speaker 2: Ta Oscar Hernandez has been average at best and the
Speaker 2: Dodgers now without Dalton Rushing and Will Smith, are not
Speaker 2: getting a lot of offensive production from their catcher. Now,
Speaker 2: Faduca's had back to back nice offensive games, but he's
Speaker 2: not Will Smith and he's not Dalton Rushing. He's done
Speaker 2: a great job defensively, and that's what the Dodgers want.
Speaker 2: They're not looking for offense first, but Will Smith is
Speaker 2: on a different level. So all those things, to me
Speaker 2: are my biggest concern. How are the Dodgers going to
Speaker 2: get this offense hitting on all cylinders going into the postseason.
Speaker 4: I think you're absolutely right, David. I totally agree with you.
Speaker 4: I mean, like I think that and the bullpen really
Speaker 4: they're weak phenomena. I mean, it's just it always seems
Speaker 4: by the seventh any you just never know what's going
Speaker 4: to really happen.
Speaker 2: Well that's a bullpen anyway, but I feel like that's
Speaker 2: a blanket statement. The Dodger bullpen's been pretty good the
Speaker 2: majority of the year. They're just getting used a lot,
Speaker 2: and they're missing some guys and they're working guys back.
Speaker 2: So I think all of that, those things have to
Speaker 2: be taken into account. Thanks for the phone call, appreciate it.
Speaker 2: Eight sixty six seven two five seventy is the phone number.
Speaker 2: By the way, Kyle Tucker not in the starting lineup today.
Speaker 2: Dave Roberts said he just wanted him to watch a
Speaker 2: baseball game today and it was the right move. Alex
Speaker 2: Call got a couple of hits against Jacob Mizerowski and
Speaker 2: also scored the only run against Miserowski, and in the
Speaker 2: game today he had a couple of nice at bats
Speaker 2: against Miserowski. He got the start and right field because,
Speaker 2: as we all know, Kyle Tucker has struggled mightily at
Speaker 2: Dodger Stadium. Let's go out to David, who is at.
Speaker 3: The game today. Hi David, you're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 5: Hi David, thanks so much for the call. For taking
Speaker 5: the call. Excuse me, Yeah, we were at the game.
Speaker 5: I couldn't agree more what you said about this. I
Speaker 5: mean seeing him in person, he his lank, he lands
Speaker 5: so far forward and then he releases the ball so
Speaker 5: far forward. It's like it's almost like the haters have
Speaker 5: less time than they do with any other pitcher that
Speaker 5: I've seen it. It was so dominant when he's on.
Speaker 5: I actually I felt bad for our guys. I wanted
Speaker 5: to ask you. We noticed there were a couple of
Speaker 5: balls that were hit ta Oscar's way that he he
Speaker 5: just seems kind of late moving to the ball where
Speaker 5: I thought you might have had a play, and they
Speaker 5: kind of dropped lazily in front of him. So I
Speaker 5: was just curious if that was something that you had noticed.
Speaker 5: And then just one little note of I was there
Speaker 5: with my son and Usher came and gave him a
Speaker 5: ball that Mookie had been I think hitt foul. And
Speaker 5: so if she's listening us, I wanted to say thank
Speaker 5: you because she totally made it day. So thank you
Speaker 5: very much for that.
Speaker 3: Yeah, all right, no problem, David.
Speaker 2: Look, I rather Taoscar Hernandez played safe, and maybe there
Speaker 2: was some English on those balls to the outfield that
Speaker 2: he wasn't sure how to play, didn't want to take
Speaker 2: a chance. But for the most part, I feel like
Speaker 2: Taoscar Hernandez has played average left field defense. I think
Speaker 2: that's what the eyes say. Maybe the metrics show a
Speaker 2: little bit below average, but I think he's done a
Speaker 2: fine job out there. They need Taoscar Hernandez to hit.
Speaker 2: They're still waiting for Taoscar Hernandez to hit. He only
Speaker 2: has eleven home runs and has been just okay this
Speaker 2: year and they're expecting more from him, definitely down the
Speaker 2: stretch and into the postseason. Eight six, six, seven, two
Speaker 2: five seventy is the phone number. Misowski and the Brewers
Speaker 2: beat the Dodgers today four to one. Let's go out
Speaker 2: to Altay, who is at the game today. Hi Altay, Hey.
Speaker 6: Daven first time caller. We were at the game with
Speaker 6: everything we thought he would be. He really looked. He
Speaker 6: really made a show. And Freddy, you know, look a
Speaker 6: little filly out there and with the basis loaded out
Speaker 6: was the turning point of the game that the all wrong.
Speaker 6: Great day with Reggie Smith and the Legends of race well,
Speaker 6: a lot of fun today.
Speaker 3: Yeah, it really was.
Speaker 2: It was great to see all those guys out here
Speaker 2: all day. I mean, that's the beauty of when you
Speaker 2: have the Legends of Dodger Baseball ceremonies. It's not only
Speaker 2: honoring Reggie Smith, but it's also an opportunity for all
Speaker 2: his former teammates and a lot of great former Dodgers
Speaker 2: to come together on the same day and celebrate. It
Speaker 2: was awesome to see Dusty Baker and Kenny Landroux and
Speaker 2: Steve Garvey and Ron Say. Also Jerry Royce was out here.
Speaker 2: That was great to see. Steve Yeager was out here.
Speaker 2: I miss Steve Yeger when I first started in twenty
Speaker 2: twelve on an everyday basis with the Dodgers and hosting
Speaker 2: Dodger Talk. He was part of the coaching staff and
Speaker 2: he certainly would be a guy that would let you
Speaker 2: know what his opinion was. So he was a co
Speaker 2: MVP of the eighty one World Series. It was great
Speaker 2: and I love the speeches. I love what Rick Monday
Speaker 2: had to say about Reggie Smith. Those guys came to
Speaker 2: the Dodger basically the same offseason and their first opening
Speaker 2: Day together was nineteen seventy seven, so all of it
Speaker 2: was just perfect and it was great to see, you know,
Speaker 2: all the former Dodgers in one suite when I went
Speaker 2: in there. Darryl Thomas was out here, or herscheiser on
Speaker 2: a non sports net LA day was out here to
Speaker 2: celebrate Reggie Smith and of course the former those guys
Speaker 2: included in the legends of Dodger Baseball already. Manny Mota
Speaker 2: was out there. It was that's a special day, and
Speaker 2: that's what separates the Dodgers from many other teams outside
Speaker 2: of the Yankees. And you know, I would say the
Speaker 2: Red Sox have not been on the level of the
Speaker 2: Dodgers and Yankees. But the Dodgers and Yankees, what makes
Speaker 2: them special are the players that have worn the uniform
Speaker 2: because there's a long legacy going back to Brooklyn for
Speaker 2: the Dodgers and obviously starting with Jackie Robinson. Let's take
Speaker 2: another phone call before we take a break. Matt in Indio.
Speaker 2: You're on Dodger Talk. How you doing, Matt, Hey.
Speaker 7: Doing all right? David Gotta. I had to defend Ribolevski
Speaker 7: a little bit. I didn't want to do that first,
Speaker 7: but I is a guy who attacked you, and all
Speaker 7: the numbers are saying with the home runs, you know
Speaker 7: he's the guy who's going to attack you, and he
Speaker 7: did his job.
Speaker 2: But are you attacking them? Are you attacking the right way?
Speaker 2: Are you deciding that you're just going to stick to
Speaker 2: whatever you've been doing because the hitters are telling you
Speaker 2: something different, Matt, And I will say this, Robleski was
Speaker 2: better today than he was in his previous two starts.
Speaker 2: Don't get me wrong, but you gotta have fastball command.
Speaker 2: You've got to have command of your pitches if you're
Speaker 2: going to attack the strike zone and you can't get behind.
Speaker 3: That's all I'm saying.
Speaker 7: You're definitely not wrong there. But he did his job
Speaker 7: in that he gave the Dodgers an opportunity to win.
Speaker 2: Not really now, when you give up four runs and
Speaker 2: Misslerowski's on the mound, that's like you're losing ten to one.
Speaker 2: Giving up that home run to Contreras was a killer.
Speaker 2: That was where the game ended. Basically, the Dodgers were
Speaker 2: down four to one. Mizerowski's dealing. Uh, that's a that's
Speaker 2: a steep hill to climb.
Speaker 3: There, Matt.
Speaker 7: That's a tough one. And you heard thee Roberts say
Speaker 7: that was kind of a good pitch man, but that
Speaker 7: that one two count, you got to get that one
Speaker 7: in the dirt. He kind of really just lost that
Speaker 7: one in there.
Speaker 2: So he couldn't get he couldn't get Contreras to chase
Speaker 2: his fastball because it never was close to being a strike.
Speaker 4: Yeah.
Speaker 7: I mean, you have some good points here, but if
Speaker 7: I can want to thank you.
Speaker 2: So you're basically saying, David, I called in and I'm wrong.
Speaker 2: You're right, David and I am wrong Matt in Indio.
Speaker 2: Can you just concede that.
Speaker 7: I can conceie. I just wanted to give you a
Speaker 7: little a little opposite.
Speaker 3: But yeah, I mean I love I love the shark Robleski. Yeah,
Speaker 3: I mean, all right, what do you got to say?
Speaker 3: What else?
Speaker 2: I mean, yes, we understand you got defensive over Robleski,
Speaker 2: but go ahead and move on.
Speaker 7: I mean, mister Rowski was a kid in the flow
Speaker 7: state on that mound today and coming into this game.
Speaker 7: I mean, I just wanted the Dodgers to download some
Speaker 7: information how good approaches, good at bats because we all
Speaker 7: know what the important game is going to be, and
Speaker 7: that's going to be in the playoffs, whether that's you know,
Speaker 7: the DS and CS. So I'm not even too upset
Speaker 7: about the loss, because.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I do the regular season and the Dodgers are
Speaker 2: one of the best teams in baseball. I can understand that, Matt,
Speaker 2: and I think you're just saying tip your cap and
Speaker 2: October matters more.
Speaker 3: Thank you for the phone call, Geez. You know we
Speaker 3: all watched the game.
Speaker 2: Just because I painted the picture of what was happening
Speaker 2: with Robleski today doesn't mean I'm quitting on him.
Speaker 3: But he's got to be better.
Speaker 2: And when you give up four runs on a day
Speaker 2: Mizerowski's on the mound, it's gonna be tough to win
Speaker 2: a game. I'm sorry that that's just the reality of it.
Speaker 2: I'm not saying he's got a match pitch for pitch,
Speaker 2: but if he keeps the game two to one in
Speaker 2: the fourth inning with two outs instead of giving up
Speaker 2: a two run home run, the Dodgers have a better
Speaker 2: chance of winning. Down the stretch. Eight six six nine
Speaker 2: eight seven two five seventy is the phone number. We're
Speaker 2: gonna take a time out. When we come back, we'll
Speaker 2: check in with Jose Moda and we'll also get into
Speaker 2: Trek's schoolball facing the Brewers, a team that wanted to
Speaker 2: trade for school ball and is uh I feel like
Speaker 2: a little sour grapes on that side. So that should
Speaker 2: be a fun matchup tomorrow as well. Dodgers fall to
Speaker 2: Milwaukee four to one on a five to seventy LA Sports.
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Speaker 2: David Vassey live at Uniclow Field at Dodgers Stadium. After
Speaker 2: the Brewers defeed the Dodgers today by a final score
Speaker 2: of four to one. Tonight's game brought to you by
Speaker 2: Modello Modelo The Mark of a Fighter. Interesting scenario tomorrow
Speaker 2: for the Dodgers. They got Trek Scooble on the mound,
Speaker 2: and this game has some playoff implications when it comes
Speaker 2: to seeding and home field advantage. If the Dodgers win tomorrow,
Speaker 2: they'll cut the Brewers' lead for the top seed in
Speaker 2: the National League to one game. But also, and more importantly,
Speaker 2: if the Dodgers win tomorrow, they will have won the
Speaker 2: season series against the Brewers and would have the tiebreaker
Speaker 2: in a playoffs series if they were to finish with
Speaker 2: the same record, meaning they would have home field advantage
Speaker 2: in a playoffs series. If the Dodgers lose tomorrow, they
Speaker 2: fall further back, three games back of the Brewers, and
Speaker 2: they also lose the tie breakers. So tomorrow Tomorrow's game
Speaker 2: has some October implications.
Speaker 3: Let's check in with Jose Mota.
Speaker 1: It's tough to go around the horn with Jose Mota.
Speaker 2: All right, Jose Moda, what was the talk in the
Speaker 2: Spanish radio booth today. When you saw the miss go
Speaker 2: up against Otani and throw one hundred and four miles
Speaker 2: an hour for the first four pitches of today's game.
Speaker 9: My thought was, go out there and meet the baseball.
Speaker 9: No need to swing very hard, which is, of course, Dave,
Speaker 9: much easier said than done, because then you're amped up
Speaker 9: and going one oh four. My god, I gotta start earlier.
Speaker 9: I got to swing harder. But you know what, he's
Speaker 9: free and easy with that delivery. As a previous color
Speaker 9: you know was talking about. He is not a guy
Speaker 9: that's a thrower as we call or define in those terms.
Speaker 9: He's a pitcher. He's got control over the command of
Speaker 9: his body. He's got the mechanically sound direction towards home played,
Speaker 9: the armslought, consistency and all that. But when you see
Speaker 9: one o four, you tell yourself, what if I just
Speaker 9: trying to cut it down a little bit more and
Speaker 9: know that upstairs he's gonna beat me. It doesn't matter
Speaker 9: who you are and what decade, what generation upstairs of
Speaker 9: one to four is gonna beat you. What if I
Speaker 9: work him downstairs, which he's very good at two, and
Speaker 9: I allow myself a better chance it didn't happen. They
Speaker 9: fought through a lot of me. He was he's not
Speaker 9: actual little frustrated and he get more punch outs because
Speaker 9: guys were, you know, fighting through it and getting balls
Speaker 9: up of him the other way. But it's one of
Speaker 9: those windows too. But he sis Loadaday, you gotta go
Speaker 9: out there and just do something. He gave show. Hey,
Speaker 9: one pitcher hit. Remember this guy doesn't walk people either.
Speaker 9: One pitcher hit Show he took it. After that, you go,
Speaker 9: you know what, it's the breaking ball. It's over very
Speaker 9: quickly because the other factor was the shadows and the sun.
Speaker 9: And that's where I think we're blessed. Could have done
Speaker 9: a better job with a couple of pitches here today too.
Speaker 3: Yeah.
Speaker 2: Do you feel like the pictures had the advantage Misserowski
Speaker 2: and Robleski had more of the advantage at the start
Speaker 2: of the game or when when Missowski was out there
Speaker 2: in the sixth then fifth sixth inning when the shadows
Speaker 2: so he was in shadows and the batter's eye was
Speaker 2: in the sun. Do you feel like at that point
Speaker 2: it was going to be extremely tough for the Dodgers
Speaker 2: to get a hit.
Speaker 9: As again progress it got a little bit tougher. You
Speaker 9: could see by how the Dodgers did having ten ten
Speaker 9: or Row retired all the way durn in the ninth inning,
Speaker 9: and you know the top of contact. You just didn't
Speaker 9: see a whole lot of hard contact, you know, throughout
Speaker 9: the game, which is not going to happen often against
Speaker 9: a guy like Mansarowski. But fastball is a pitch that
Speaker 9: when when you received releasing the ball from the sun
Speaker 9: and it's getting into the shadows, that is the hardest
Speaker 9: pitch to get to. The breaking ball can actually speed
Speaker 9: up your bat a little bit more if we allowed
Speaker 9: to get down into the zone. And no matter what,
Speaker 9: hitting the shows is tough, but if you have a
Speaker 9: fastball on you, it's extremely hard to catch up with it.
Speaker 9: And that's why I think for Robleski, there's zero damage
Speaker 9: done against fastball today and he lost the game on
Speaker 9: a couple of breaking balls, and the pitch on controls
Speaker 9: it was good, but not a super pitch. You'll get
Speaker 9: a straw at or wipe out pitch. But I think overall,
Speaker 9: you've got to beat me with a fastball right there
Speaker 9: in that situation because the swings against the fastball, and
Speaker 9: he was ninety seven today, We're just not there. And
Speaker 9: miss Rowski does the opposite. He says, you know what
Speaker 9: a couple of You're gonna see some breaking balls, but
Speaker 9: you're gonna have to be number one. And that was
Speaker 9: the difference. Another point here is Davis at some point
Speaker 9: seven eight nine have to stop hurting you. And it
Speaker 9: happened again, going back to previous series, back to Arizona
Speaker 9: and the Tim Towells of the world, and going back
Speaker 9: to Kansas City and now today again, those guys cannot
Speaker 9: consistently be beating you on games where you know they
Speaker 9: matter a lot and in situations where the games on
Speaker 9: the line.
Speaker 2: Yeah, and the Brewers are not a team known for
Speaker 2: their power. And will William Contreras came into this game,
Speaker 2: oh for his last fifteen on this road trip, and
Speaker 2: he hits a big two run home run with two outs.
Speaker 2: So I guess what I'm gathering from you is that
Speaker 2: Robleski just made a couple of mistakes and you felt
Speaker 2: like he's on the right track to right his ship.
Speaker 9: I think he is, because he's commanded the fastball actually
Speaker 9: get him some swings and misses and a lot of
Speaker 9: takes on that today much better on the outer half
Speaker 9: and on the arm side of the fastball. But he's
Speaker 9: gonna get there by just going after and continue to
Speaker 9: compete and sometimes forget about where your stuff is and
Speaker 9: just compete every single pitch for a guy that we know.
Speaker 9: Dave Roberts said, it's probably gonna end up in the
Speaker 9: bullpen at some point when when Glassdow comes back. But
Speaker 9: the other thing here, David, you know, not not to
Speaker 9: put it all in the pitchers. The offense have to help,
Speaker 9: have to help these guys. I mean, every mistake you
Speaker 9: make early in the game, it seems like he's like
Speaker 9: the end of the game, right, it seems like, oh
Speaker 9: my god, there it goes third inning. But the offense
Speaker 9: has to pick it up early just to allow these
Speaker 9: guys that are human beings so also make a mistake
Speaker 9: here and there and is to have a chance to
Speaker 9: win a game. So I'm gonna put on the offense
Speaker 9: need to be better because you know, pitchers are allowed
Speaker 9: as starters to go out there and give up you know,
Speaker 9: three or four runs, that's fine, and just allow the
Speaker 9: bullpen to be landed up a little bit better, not
Speaker 9: stretching so much on the rest of the staff. In
Speaker 9: the bullpen or on your manager to say what decision
Speaker 9: you want to have to make now it goes down
Speaker 9: to scoring more runs and have her better at bets.
Speaker 2: Jose Mota is joining us after the Brewers beat the
Speaker 2: Dodgers today by a final score of four to one.
Speaker 2: Before the game, Jose, obviously he grew up in the
Speaker 2: Dodger clubhouse, and Reggie Smith and all your dad's teammates
Speaker 2: were playing together in the late seventies early eighties.
Speaker 3: What was it like for you to see all those.
Speaker 2: Guys back here at Dodgers Stadium and to hear Reggie
Speaker 2: addressed Dodger Stadium.
Speaker 9: It was very special considering obviously see my dad down there,
Speaker 9: to see a guy like Lee Lacy and Ronnie and
Speaker 9: Oral and Hai May and all of them that deserve
Speaker 9: their chance to be down there. Mister O'Malley who did
Speaker 9: so much for every single one of those players. They
Speaker 9: were like his children. But Reggie, I mean, tip my hat.
Speaker 9: Reggie is a guy that just with an example of
Speaker 9: the way he played the game, every single aspect mattered
Speaker 9: to him. And I recall in the clubhouse they you know,
Speaker 9: these players, by the way, Dave, they managed themselves. Tommy
Speaker 9: took a lot of credit great, but they knew exactly
Speaker 9: what they needed to do. Motivated by Tommy to actually
Speaker 9: put on plays by themselves, they knew exactly what was
Speaker 9: needed to win a ballgame in which guy was coming
Speaker 9: out of the bullpen. But Reggie was a leader in
Speaker 9: so many ways. Because I was telling this to Louis.
Speaker 1: If there's a.
Speaker 9: Guy that came up, say a young player who had
Speaker 9: too much facial hair, you know what, son, just tomorrow,
Speaker 9: don't show up like that, and things like that. You
Speaker 9: didn't move a guy over second or third early in
Speaker 9: the game. He wouldn't say it to be loud or
Speaker 9: be you know, showing everybody off in the dugat. But
Speaker 9: the message was there. If you have to push her
Speaker 9: against your locker to tell you and how they play
Speaker 9: the game and how that unit worked together, they would
Speaker 9: do it. And Rick Bundle was part of that. Dust
Speaker 9: was part of it. Reggie that quiet assassin man. He
Speaker 9: can hurt you in so many ways. And I'm so happy,
Speaker 9: so proud to see him throughout his career. When he
Speaker 9: got to the Dodgers, I recall a trip to Dominican
Speaker 9: in spring training when Monday came in in seventy seven
Speaker 9: and they played them mess for a couple of games,
Speaker 9: and I'm like, that's like Reggy Smith, I'm gonna word
Speaker 9: number eight in Little League. And it was super to
Speaker 9: see those guys together again because I know what they
Speaker 9: meant to the organization and the foundation they placed. And
Speaker 9: also going to bat for David LOFs and Bill Russell,
Speaker 9: which I really love ready taking the bat for that too.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's only a matter of time for both those
Speaker 2: guys to be honored in that legends of Dodger Baseball.
Speaker 2: So it was a great day. Jose will talk to
Speaker 2: you tomorrow. The Dodgers trying to look for the split
Speaker 2: with scooball on the mound. That's the guy you want
Speaker 2: when you're looking for a split and looking to get
Speaker 2: a tie breaker in a possible playoff scenario.
Speaker 9: Yes, and I'm glad you brought that up. That's not
Speaker 9: waiting until it's like September. It's now. His time, is
Speaker 9: now a game that you need. He's got a four
Speaker 9: ro so far, he's pitching to bat luck, but you
Speaker 9: know what, tomorrow's step up time and hope the offense
Speaker 9: gives him something to work with because this guy we
Speaker 9: have not even seen a bit of how good he is.
Speaker 2: Agreed, he's barely scratched the surface. All right, Jose, we'll
Speaker 2: see out here tomorrow. All right, There goes Jose Mota.
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Speaker 2: the Dream. And we had a chance to catch up
Speaker 2: with Reggie Smith on the pregame show to hear the
Speaker 2: full conversation with the man of honor. Today you can
Speaker 2: find it on the iHeartRadio app. Also a couple of
Speaker 2: updates on show, Hey Otani and Will Smith. Otani, according
Speaker 2: to Dave Roberts, came out of his bullpen session feeling okay,
Speaker 2: and if it continues to trim that way, O'tani will
Speaker 2: throw another bullpen session, and then if that goes well,
Speaker 2: he will face hitters in a live BP scenario, and
Speaker 2: then after that you would imagine he would get into
Speaker 2: a game. So we're talking late August here early September
Speaker 2: if things go well for Otani to get back on
Speaker 2: the mound, and Dave Roberts maintained as well. Will Smith
Speaker 2: is continuing to trend in the right direction. He expects
Speaker 2: him back in September. Had a chance to talk to
Speaker 2: Alex Vesia today because Will Smith caught his mini bullpen
Speaker 2: session yesterday and Vessi has said he looked like Will Smith.
Speaker 2: He didn't have any physical issues with his neck, and
Speaker 2: today Vessia saw him and Smith was in good spirits,
Speaker 2: which told him that, yeah, he bounced back pretty well
Speaker 2: after catching a bullpen with the full gear on and
Speaker 2: then taking taking batting practice on the field and Dalton
Speaker 2: Russians Dalton Rushing is feeling good as well. He's going
Speaker 2: to be a weapon off the bench for the Dodgers
Speaker 2: against a heavy right handed staff because you can carry
Speaker 2: him as a hitter off the bench and a threat
Speaker 2: from the left side in the postseason. So he may
Speaker 2: not be able to throw at this point, but he
Speaker 2: certainly is a weapon with the bat coming off the bench. Tomorrow,
Speaker 2: like we mentioned, School Bowl will be on the mound
Speaker 2: for the Dodgers against the Brewers. The Brewers a little
Speaker 2: salty after the Dodgers acquired school Ball. And look, here's
Speaker 2: the bottom line. When it comes to all that. The
Speaker 2: Brewers can say whatever they want about they feel like
Speaker 2: their package of players was better than the Dodgers package
Speaker 2: of players. But the reality is, from everything we've gathered
Speaker 2: from the Tigers is that they liked River Ryan and
Speaker 2: Zayir Hope. They wanted those two guys. River Ryan is
Speaker 2: a pitcher that is under team control, that can go
Speaker 2: right into the rotation when he's healthy. Zayr Hope is
Speaker 2: one of the Dodgers' top outfield prospects. What that tells
Speaker 2: me is the Tigers were not as high on the
Speaker 2: players that the Brewers were willing to trade, and they
Speaker 2: really really liked River Ryan and Zyre Hope and of
Speaker 2: course Brady Smith, who is still a little bit of
Speaker 2: an unknown. So that's on the Tigers. They evaluated Zyre
Speaker 2: Hope and River Ryan really high, and whatever the Brewers
Speaker 2: were offering them was not the players they wanted. That's
Speaker 2: what it comes down to. And Derek Scooble is a Dodger.
Speaker 2: He'll be facing Pat Murphy's team tomorrow. Logan Henderson a
Speaker 2: pretty good rookie arm six and two with an ERA
Speaker 2: of two eighty eight, and like we mentioned earlier today,
Speaker 2: the tiebreaker is on the line for the Dodgers and
Speaker 2: Brewers if they finish with the same record at the
Speaker 2: end of the year. Our coverage begins at noon tomorrow,
Speaker 2: first pitch at one ten. Thanks to Colin Yee back
Speaker 2: at our Burbanks Studios, Thanks to Dwayne McDonald out here
Speaker 2: at Dodgers Stadium, and thanks to you for listening. In
Speaker 2: case you missed any of the show, you can find
Speaker 2: it on the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 3: Once again.
Speaker 2: The final score tonight the Brewers defeat the Dodgers four
Speaker 2: to one.
Speaker 3: Have a great rest of your night.
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