Speaker 1: All right, let's go back out to the phones. Eight
Speaker 1: sixty six two five seventy is the phone number. Let's
Speaker 1: start out with Dave in La. Lead us off, Dave,
Speaker 1: You're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 2: I've been listening to the Dodgers for over two decades
Speaker 2: and Los Angeles is a city of champions, and I
Speaker 2: am Dodgers all day. And the one question I just
Speaker 2: can't understand is if we're a city of champions, how
Speaker 2: are you the voice of the Dodgers for all these years.
Speaker 2: I just don't understand it, because well, you just don't
Speaker 2: seem very qualified.
Speaker 1: Wait a minute, I think I recognize that voice. Can
Speaker 1: you laugh for me, Dave in La? And then it'll
Speaker 1: confirm if it is who I think it is.
Speaker 3: Ah, it's Dave Roberts. What do you do with Dave roy?
Speaker 2: Hey, Dave, I'm on my off Dave right now. And
Speaker 2: I heard you were having a party in Downey right now,
Speaker 2: Downey Hyundai. And Sam is a good buddy of mine.
Speaker 2: So I've never called into Dodger Talk, but I had
Speaker 2: to say hello, And I wish you and all these
Speaker 2: Dodger fans a good time. Man.
Speaker 3: How about that?
Speaker 1: The three time World series manager for the Dodgers, Dave Roberts,
Speaker 1: calling into Dodger Talk as we are out here broadcasting
Speaker 1: from Downey Hyundai. The fans love Alex Vesia, Dave, but
Speaker 1: they certainly love you. I'm sure you feel a lot
Speaker 1: of love these days whenever you go out, and the
Speaker 1: city of LA really showing you the love that you deserve.
Speaker 2: No, I do, and Alice Vessi is one of my
Speaker 2: favorites as well. And I'm telling you that there's nothing
Speaker 2: like the Dodger fans. And I know we got a
Speaker 2: big one with the Lakers tonight, but I just love
Speaker 2: what you do. I love our fans, and like I said,
Speaker 2: I love Sam, I love the city of Downey and
Speaker 2: greater Los Angeles. I just love what you're doing for
Speaker 2: our fans. And you keep everybody connected, Dave. So I
Speaker 2: hope you know we got to bring a third championship.
Speaker 2: We got to go for that three peat this year
Speaker 2: though we need we need our fans.
Speaker 1: Yeah, who wants that three peat? The manager set in
Speaker 1: the tone on Dodger Talk for that three peat. Yeah,
Speaker 1: everybody wants it. Everybody's still hungry. And the way that
Speaker 1: we connect Dodger players and their manager, Dave Roberts, is
Speaker 1: by showing their true selves. Vessie, it was on earlier
Speaker 1: people got to see that side of him and Dave,
Speaker 1: we are going to do it with you every week,
Speaker 1: a pregame interview with Dave Roberts, and we'll share that
Speaker 1: after the games as well.
Speaker 3: So I'm really excited about that.
Speaker 1: Courtesy of our guys Sam at Downey Hunday and of
Speaker 1: course our friends at Wellness Wellness Care.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm looking forward to that. Dave. I think for
Speaker 2: me is you know, I think people you know steaming
Speaker 2: manage and get to know a little bit of me
Speaker 2: as far as pre and postgame, but this will be
Speaker 2: a it'll be different. So you and I have a
Speaker 2: conversation once a week, and I just want to give
Speaker 2: the fans, the listeners more of an inside scoop, a
Speaker 2: peak behind the curtain. And I think that's what my
Speaker 2: hope is. You know, it's been eleven years from me
Speaker 2: managing the Dodgers, so I want to do something special
Speaker 2: for you, and obviously I've known you for a long
Speaker 2: time and for our fans as well.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I've known Dave since he played and he's one
Speaker 1: of the best people you'll ever meet a guy that
Speaker 1: you know when you talk about local credibility, Dave Roberts,
Speaker 1: you have that UCLA playing for the Dodgers. Maury Will's
Speaker 1: your mentor. It just seems like you're the best fit
Speaker 1: for this city, for this team. And that's part of
Speaker 1: the reason why you and Andrew Friedman have been together
Speaker 1: this long. Marriages don't last as long as you and Andrew Friedman.
Speaker 2: You know what it's what LA is all about, you know, loyalty, consistency,
Speaker 2: and passion. And so I know, personally speaking for our
Speaker 2: whole organization Andrew in particular, players in particular, is we
Speaker 2: just feed off the passion from our fans. And I
Speaker 2: know you get it every night. Man, you defend our players.
Speaker 2: You're the voice of the fans, and so you know,
Speaker 2: and you hear that passion every single night on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 1: Thank you, Dave, And since I have you on the line,
Speaker 1: and Dave Roberts has surprised us with the call. Mookie
Speaker 1: Betts has headed out to Oklahoma City for rehab games
Speaker 1: over the weekend. Do you feel like Dodger fans if
Speaker 1: they came to a game on one of those four
Speaker 1: against the Giants. They may see Mookie Bets in the lineup.
Speaker 2: Absolutely, you know, if he's going to go on his
Speaker 2: rehab assignment, So that's exciting for all Dodgers. So he
Speaker 2: the plan is, if it goes well, he'll be back
Speaker 2: joining us on Monday night. So the hope is that
Speaker 2: we get him for three of those four games against
Speaker 2: the hated Giant.
Speaker 3: Yeah, baby, we love to hear that. That'll be great.
Speaker 1: And you know, before you called in, I was going
Speaker 1: to get into defending my guy, Dalton Rushing. Don't you
Speaker 1: think it's crazy that articles are being written about how
Speaker 1: he has to defend his character. I mean, what can
Speaker 1: you say about Dalton Rushing and just who he is
Speaker 1: as you've gotten to know him. It feels like it's
Speaker 1: a little misrepresentative of who he really is. All these
Speaker 1: stories being and people talking about him.
Speaker 2: Absolutely Doan's a great young kid. He's going to be
Speaker 2: a great Dodger for a long time, you know. And
Speaker 2: I like the fire that he plays with. Obviously, you know,
Speaker 2: when you're in the heat of the moment, there's things
Speaker 2: that you say and probably you know, would love to
Speaker 2: take back, but it certainly not meant to harm anyone.
Speaker 2: Or disrespect anyone. He plays with that fire that I
Speaker 2: think has made him the player that he is. Maybe
Speaker 2: at times we all can temper certain things, but he's
Speaker 2: going to be a great Dodger for a long time,
Speaker 2: and certainly a lot of the stuff that's being said
Speaker 2: about him has been overblown.
Speaker 3: Yeah, there you go, Dave.
Speaker 1: If anybody else asks you about Dalton Rushing, I'll step
Speaker 1: in during those media scrums.
Speaker 2: How about that feel free too? Thank you very much.
Speaker 2: I appreciate that, David.
Speaker 1: Hey, Dave, I don't know if you know this about me,
Speaker 1: but I do the infrared sauna at least twice a week.
Speaker 2: Well, I've noticed, man, your skinless good, your weight loss good.
Speaker 2: So I was wondering if you've found that fountain of you. So,
Speaker 2: like I said, I've known you for thirty years, So
Speaker 2: the infrared sauna has got to be the key. I
Speaker 2: thought it was rest and diet and things like that
Speaker 2: and hitting the weights, but it's the infrared sauna, I guess.
Speaker 3: Yeah.
Speaker 1: Well, I was watching your interview with John Schneider while
Speaker 1: I was in the infrared sauna today, and I'm just
Speaker 1: wondering when Schneider told you you actually you were better
Speaker 1: than the guy asking the questions, because you got the
Speaker 1: best answer out of John Schneider. You asked him when
Speaker 1: he walked show Hao Tani four times in tention during
Speaker 1: Game three of that eighteen inning marathon, was it about
Speaker 1: him pitching the next day? And when you said in
Speaker 1: Houston you were watching Otani and just decided it would
Speaker 1: be best for him not to lead off in DH
Speaker 1: and just pitch. I was wondering if you heard John
Speaker 1: Schneider's answer in your head when you were watching Otani
Speaker 1: the night.
Speaker 2: Before, you know what, I was, you know what? And
Speaker 2: I felt that, you know, it was one of those
Speaker 2: things that he was on base eight or nine times
Speaker 2: that game in Game three in the World Series, And
Speaker 2: I've always wanted to ask him, if I had an
Speaker 2: opportunity after that game, if that was with some intent
Speaker 2: behind it, And I think he answered truthfully, and like
Speaker 2: you said, you never want anybody on base. But I
Speaker 2: do think that it was a tax on show Hey
Speaker 2: the next day, and I think it kind of sparked
Speaker 2: something in me to keep an eye on him and
Speaker 2: his workload and not try to take for granted and
Speaker 2: feel that although we think that he is superman, that
Speaker 2: he still is Clark Kent and is human at times,
Speaker 2: and we still got to be mindful because we got
Speaker 2: a lot of baseball left to play.
Speaker 3: No doubt.
Speaker 1: And Dave Roberts always has his finger on the pulse,
Speaker 1: a lot of information that he has that we don't
Speaker 1: have that goes into his decisions. And can't wait to
Speaker 1: do this once a week with you.
Speaker 2: Dave.
Speaker 3: Thank you again for calling in.
Speaker 1: I love I love the surprise, and certainly everybody here
Speaker 1: in Downey loves Dave Roberts and Downy Hunday loves you
Speaker 1: very much. Our guy Sam is right here in Avesia, Jersey,
Speaker 1: and he's starting the wave out here at Downey Hunday
Speaker 1: for you.
Speaker 2: I love it. Well. Tell us Sam and all those
Speaker 2: Dodgers Ansai said hello, and I'll see them out there
Speaker 2: at some point soon the summer.
Speaker 3: All right, Dave, thanks a lot. We'll see you tomorrow
Speaker 3: at Dodger Stadium.
Speaker 2: Take care of Dave. Bye, guys.
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