WEBVTT - Dodger Talk (5-30-26) 

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<v Speaker 1>The quest for the three peat has begne.

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<v Speaker 2>Only four teams in Major League Baseball history have won

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<v Speaker 2>three consecutive titles. The Dodgers are the favorites to become

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<v Speaker 2>the fifth.

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<v Speaker 1>This is World Champion Dodger Talk.

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<v Speaker 3>Here we go again. We're Gonta running back.

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<v Speaker 1>To get him on the show called eight six six

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<v Speaker 1>eighty seven two five seven, and be sure to follow

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<v Speaker 1>Dodger Talk wherever you get your podcasts. Here's your host,

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<v Speaker 1>David vasse Da.

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<v Speaker 2>Ta Oscar Hernandez was already with his bobb all head

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<v Speaker 2>throwing sunflower seeds tonight.

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<v Speaker 3>That was the giveaway.

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<v Speaker 2>He was going to use it in the dugout for

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<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers when they hit a home run tonight, but

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<v Speaker 2>that never came to be. The Dodgers did not hit

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<v Speaker 2>a home run tonight and they fall to the Phillies

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<v Speaker 2>by a final score of four to three.

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<v Speaker 3>Welcome the Dodger Talk.

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<v Speaker 2>David vass with you until eleven thirty tonight here on

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<v Speaker 2>a five to seventy. LA's sports Oryan Keckering, who was

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<v Speaker 2>the pitcher on the mound when the Dodgers beat the

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<v Speaker 2>Phillies in Game four last year's NLDS remember the comebacker,

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<v Speaker 2>the fumble, the throwaway, and the Dodgers walk it off

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<v Speaker 2>in the eleventh inning against Keckering and the Phillies to

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<v Speaker 2>go on to the NLCS. Well, Keckering was back on

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<v Speaker 2>the mountain tonight. In the seventh inning. It was a

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<v Speaker 2>little rocky, especially early on. He spiked a fastball right

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<v Speaker 2>in front of home plate facing show hel Tani. So

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<v Speaker 2>you have to imagine you start to see some of

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<v Speaker 2>the ghosts of Hay Sung Kim and Andy Paihez. In

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<v Speaker 2>that seventh inning, the Dodgers were able to score a

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<v Speaker 2>runoff for Keckering. In that seventh inning, Mookie Beds drove

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<v Speaker 2>in Andy Piez. We'll get to that plane a second.

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<v Speaker 2>But the Dodgers fall tonight to the Phillies four to three.

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<v Speaker 2>Tanner Scott takes the loss after giving up three runs

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<v Speaker 2>in the eighth inning. Tanner Scott had not given up

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<v Speaker 2>any run since April twenty fourth, had been that long.

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<v Speaker 2>He had not given up any runs in the month

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<v Speaker 2>of May, and had not given up a home run

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<v Speaker 2>in the month of May. So tonight one of those

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<v Speaker 2>nights where, for whatever reason, Tanner Scott just couldn't put

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<v Speaker 2>away the Phillies because he did give up three hits

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<v Speaker 2>when he had two strikes on those batters in the

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<v Speaker 2>eighth inning, including at Mundo Sosa who hit a one

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<v Speaker 2>to two fastball over the right field wall into the

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<v Speaker 2>home run seats, and that fan that tried to catch

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<v Speaker 2>it with his whole body obviously did not do a

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<v Speaker 2>good job because it bounced off his belly and back

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<v Speaker 2>onto the field, and either way at Mundo Sosa and

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<v Speaker 2>the Phillies had taken the lead. So that was a

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<v Speaker 2>little shocking because you kind of feel like no drama

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<v Speaker 2>for Tanner Scott has been a regular thing this year,

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<v Speaker 2>but tonight there was some drama in the eighth inning.

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<v Speaker 2>He just couldn't put a way any of the Phillies

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<v Speaker 2>in that eighth inning. And look the reality is, and

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<v Speaker 2>I said this during the Clubhouse show, but it bears repeating.

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<v Speaker 2>Tanner Scott had the right idea. He gets ahead O

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<v Speaker 2>two on Sosa, who's a free swinger. Twenty one strikeouts

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<v Speaker 2>this year for Sosa and only three walks in limited action.

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<v Speaker 2>He's sitting two thirteen. His ops is six to oh one,

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<v Speaker 2>so he's ahead of him two and he throws a

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<v Speaker 2>slider down and away.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, that's a good pitch.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, see, if he's going to chase it, I

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<v Speaker 2>would double up with another slider, maybe not as far

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<v Speaker 2>down off the strike zone, but a little bit closer

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<v Speaker 2>to the strike zone.

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<v Speaker 3>But instead he threw a.

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<v Speaker 2>Fastball right in the wheelhouse of a Mundo Sosa and

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<v Speaker 2>he did not miss it, as he he and the

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<v Speaker 2>Phillies are certainly they are a free swing. They swing

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<v Speaker 2>early and often, and the Dodgers were exploiting that until

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<v Speaker 2>that eighth inning. And that was a pitch right where

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<v Speaker 2>Sosa could extend his arms, and it was a no

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<v Speaker 2>doubt from this vantage point in ninety six fastball that

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<v Speaker 2>Sosa hit for a two run home run to give

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<v Speaker 2>the Phillies a four to three lead in the eighth inning,

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<v Speaker 2>and that would be the final score. Now, in the

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<v Speaker 2>bottom of the ninth inning, Dave Roberts brought Dalton Rushing

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<v Speaker 2>off the bench to pinch hit for Santiago Espinal and

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<v Speaker 2>Joan Duran is a better pitcher against righties than he,

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<v Speaker 2>excuse me, a better pitcher against lefties than he is

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<v Speaker 2>against righties. Rushing seemed like he was trying to tie

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<v Speaker 2>the score on his own and he rolled over a

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<v Speaker 2>one pitch. You gotta see more pitches against Duran in

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<v Speaker 2>that situation. Try to get on base any way you can.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't try to tie the score yourself, even though you can.

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<v Speaker 2>Otani's on deck behind you. So I felt like that

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<v Speaker 2>kind of set the wheels in motion for a pretty

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<v Speaker 2>easy ninth inning for Joan Duran. Eight six six, nine

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<v Speaker 2>eighty seven two five seventy is the phone number.

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<v Speaker 3>So all of what took place in the.

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<v Speaker 2>Eighth inning really overshadowed a good start from Roki Sasaki,

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<v Speaker 2>who was really good tonight.

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<v Speaker 3>He just seems to continue to get better.

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<v Speaker 2>Even though everybody is so skeptical when it comes to

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<v Speaker 2>Roki Sasaki, you can't deny in his last five starts

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<v Speaker 2>he has started to look like a bona fide major

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<v Speaker 2>league starter. And tonight his fastball was the best we

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<v Speaker 2>have seen it all season long.

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<v Speaker 3>He hit one hundred miles an hour.

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<v Speaker 2>He was right there with ninety eight basically all night

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<v Speaker 2>with his fastball.

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<v Speaker 3>That's something that we haven't seen.

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<v Speaker 2>We saw a lot of confidence, and we've seen the

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<v Speaker 2>confidence growing over this month of May that Dave Roberts

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<v Speaker 2>pointed to, and tonight was maybe an all time high

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<v Speaker 2>when it comes to his confidence, his execution and the

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<v Speaker 2>fastball velocity was a great indicator of that because on

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<v Speaker 2>the year his fastball's been averaging ninety seven. Tonight, his

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<v Speaker 2>fastball averaged almost ninety nine miles an hour, and that's

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<v Speaker 2>the Roki Sasaki we heard of, and the Phillies had

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<v Speaker 2>no answer for his splitter or his slider.

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<v Speaker 3>The Phillies were zero for nine with three strikeouts against

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<v Speaker 3>sasaki splitter and slider tonight. Also, his fastball got seven

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<v Speaker 3>swings and misses, which was a career high tonight. So

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<v Speaker 3>what took place in the eighth inning and the Dodgers

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<v Speaker 3>losing tonight overshadowed the fact that Roki Sasaki closed out

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<v Speaker 3>a very good May, throwing twenty eight and a third

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<v Speaker 3>innings in five starts, holding hitters to a two wait

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<v Speaker 3>batting average, and his strikeout to walk ratio was phenomenal

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<v Speaker 3>twenty eight strikeouts and only six walks tonight. Seven strikeouts

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<v Speaker 3>in one walk for Sasaki. So the Dodgers have not

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<v Speaker 3>lost faith in him. They felt like keeping him up

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<v Speaker 3>at the.

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<v Speaker 2>Big league level and have him learn and be around

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<v Speaker 2>Mark Pryor and Connor McGinness. You heard Dave Roberts allude

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<v Speaker 2>to the fact that Sasaki's been working diligently with the Dodgers'

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<v Speaker 2>strengthened conditioning coach and Travis Smith. It's all starting to

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<v Speaker 2>come together, and you just hope that he can continue

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<v Speaker 2>to build off these five starts in the month of

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<v Speaker 2>May and keep it going. Also lost in all this

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<v Speaker 2>was the sixth inning where Alex Vesia came in after

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<v Speaker 2>Sasaki allowed the first two batters in the sixth inning

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<v Speaker 2>to get on Schwarber and Turner with back to back singles.

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<v Speaker 2>After getting Justin Crawford to strike out, Dave Roberts went

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<v Speaker 2>to Alex Vesia to face Bryce Harper. He walked Bryce Harper.

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<v Speaker 2>There were a couple abs challenges that well. There was

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<v Speaker 2>one that Will Smith got wrong. It was way off

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<v Speaker 2>the plate, trying to get the momentum back for Vessia

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<v Speaker 2>and it just didn't work out. So it was bases loaded,

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<v Speaker 2>one out and Vessia faced at Mundo Sosa. Sosa struck

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<v Speaker 2>out on pitches that were completely out of the strike

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<v Speaker 2>zone and then he was able to get Alec Bohm

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<v Speaker 2>to ground out to Espinall to end the inning. So

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<v Speaker 2>that also was overshadowed by the eighth inning. Another play

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<v Speaker 2>at the plate that was overshadowed, or another play that

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<v Speaker 2>was overshadowed by the eighth inning was the bottom of

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<v Speaker 2>the seventh inning. Mookie Betts hits a base hit to

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<v Speaker 2>right field that's where Dallas Garcia is and Andy pie Haz

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<v Speaker 2>was coming around to score, and he was going to score.

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<v Speaker 2>It was a close play at the plate, don't get

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<v Speaker 2>me wrong, but what an awkward slide by Andy pie

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<v Speaker 2>Has who never touched home plate and JT. Real Mudo

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<v Speaker 2>made a huge mistake. A veteran catcher right there, why

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<v Speaker 2>not go You usually see this when you know it's

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<v Speaker 2>like what are you doing? He did slide and touch

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<v Speaker 2>home plate. Catchers go back and touch the runner just

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<v Speaker 2>to be one hundred percent certain. In this case, Paz

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<v Speaker 2>never touched home plate. Real Mudo never went to tag

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<v Speaker 2>Paz and it was kind of a clumsy play at

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<v Speaker 2>the plate by two guys. And I'll say this, Andy

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<v Speaker 2>Pahz is very very fortunate not to have injured his

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<v Speaker 2>ankle when he had a very poor slide into home

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<v Speaker 2>plate because it was not even a slide, it was

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<v Speaker 2>like a jump slide, and if you go back and

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<v Speaker 2>look at the replay, his right ankle kind of sticks

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<v Speaker 2>into the dirt because he never touched home plate. And

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<v Speaker 2>you know, he's very fortunate he didn't turn that ankle.

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<v Speaker 4>Uh.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, if you go back and look at that replay,

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<v Speaker 2>Andy has got to have better slides feet first into

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<v Speaker 2>home plate because that was that was dangerous and that

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<v Speaker 2>was a bad play by both the runner and the

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<v Speaker 2>catcher in that situation. In the seventh inning, eight six

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<v Speaker 2>six seven two five seventy is the phone number. I

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<v Speaker 2>know everybody's going to point to that eighth inning. But

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<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers had a lot of opportunities early in this

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<v Speaker 2>game tonight. Kyle Tucker had a couple of opportunities. One

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<v Speaker 2>that was taken away from him was in the fourth

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<v Speaker 2>inning when he hit a fly ball down the right

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<v Speaker 2>field line. It had a lot of hangtime, but nonetheless

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<v Speaker 2>a Dallas Garcia made a great catch on a fly

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<v Speaker 2>ball that would have scored Mookie Betts in that third inning. Instead,

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<v Speaker 2>it was just out two and Kyle Tucker was fit

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<v Speaker 2>to be tied. Because not a lot of right fielders

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<v Speaker 2>are going to dive going towards the foul line and

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<v Speaker 2>into that short wall. But Garcia gambled and there was

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of hangtime, so he was able to come

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<v Speaker 2>up with it. But it was still a great catch

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<v Speaker 2>to rob Tucker of extra bases and rob the Dodgers

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<v Speaker 2>of what could have been at now that we look

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<v Speaker 2>back on the game, a very pivotal run. But the

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<v Speaker 2>fact is the Dodgers were just two for eleven tonight

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<v Speaker 2>with runners in scoring position, and Kyle Tucker tonight was

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<v Speaker 2>zero for four and he's now hitting two thirty six

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<v Speaker 2>on the season. I mean, that's hard to ignore. Let's

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<v Speaker 2>go out to Orange County, Tyson. You're on Dodger Talk

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<v Speaker 2>with David vasse Hi Tyson.

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<v Speaker 5>Hi, David, how are you.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm doing good. It was a good game tonight, Tyson.

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<v Speaker 2>Tonight was a good baseball game.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, I agree. And the pitching has been really good

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<v Speaker 5>all the way from the bullpen through the you know,

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<v Speaker 5>some of the depth of the stars, and it'll probably

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<v Speaker 5>be interesting to see what they'll do with those starters

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<v Speaker 5>when everyone gets healthy, but well we know with this

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<v Speaker 5>team that probably won't be the case. But anyways, to

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<v Speaker 5>go on to what I want to talk about with Tucker,

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<v Speaker 5>it looks like he's just pulling off, you know, on everything.

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<v Speaker 6>And is rolling over to the right side.

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<v Speaker 5>And if he stays close kind of like what my

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<v Speaker 5>favorite Dodger ever, Adrian Gonzalez, would do, is stay closed

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<v Speaker 5>and try to shoot the ball left. It'll stop doing

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<v Speaker 5>that and probably have a better success.

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<v Speaker 2>What do you think it's funny you said that because

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<v Speaker 2>Kyle Tucker was out here for early batting practice and

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<v Speaker 2>that's exactly what he was working on, trying to shoot

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<v Speaker 2>the ball to left field. I wouldn't say he was

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<v Speaker 2>completely pleased with his batting practice session because talk to

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<v Speaker 2>him walking off the field and he wasn't really in

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<v Speaker 2>the mood for it. Rick Monday saw him throw his

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<v Speaker 2>bat during batting practice, so he didn't have a good

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<v Speaker 2>BP session, And it feels like he's just trying to

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<v Speaker 2>find that feel consistently. But you have the right idea,

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<v Speaker 2>because that's what Kyle Tucker and his intent was during

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<v Speaker 2>early batting practice to shoot it to left field.

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<v Speaker 3>He just hasn't been able to do that.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, I mean, he's a big, strong guy. It's not

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<v Speaker 5>like he's, you know, some slap you know, what hit

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<v Speaker 5>her if if he tries to hit the ball the

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<v Speaker 5>left side.

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<v Speaker 7>He's gonna still.

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<v Speaker 5>Get doubles in some homers. But you know, I've seen

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<v Speaker 5>it with Dodgers in the past day. They pull off

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<v Speaker 5>and just roll over the right side, and you know

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<v Speaker 5>now they don't have this shift, so you can might

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<v Speaker 5>get some hits out of it.

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<v Speaker 3>But I know you.

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<v Speaker 2>Sound like my mom when I was a kid. I said, Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>I'll clean my room, and then she keeps going on

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<v Speaker 2>and say, you never clean your room. I just told

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<v Speaker 2>you he's trying to work on going to the left side.

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<v Speaker 5>As a long season dure he used to play baseballs.

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<v Speaker 5>Sometimes it's hard to you know.

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<v Speaker 3>You understanding, easier said than done.

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<v Speaker 2>But he knows what he's doing wrong and he's trying

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<v Speaker 2>to figure it out, and it's good to see him. Actually,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, Tyson, everybody talks about how he doesn't show

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<v Speaker 2>any care factor or any emotion. Well, he's shown a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of emotion lately, and it's not in a good way.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a lot of frustration. So at the very least

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<v Speaker 2>he cares. You can't doubt that.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, well, I'll be rooting for him, and hopefully, you know,

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<v Speaker 5>I can call back here soon with you know better news.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's talk about Hey, by the way, your favorite player,

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<v Speaker 2>Adrian Gonzalez was on off day Dodger Talk Thursday night.

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<v Speaker 2>You can find that that interview on the iHeartRadio app

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<v Speaker 2>right there, Tyson.

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<v Speaker 4>All right, I'll go right to it.

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<v Speaker 3>All right after the show.

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<v Speaker 2>Eleven thirty were off tonight eight six six nine eight

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<v Speaker 2>seven two five seventy is the phone number. The Phillies

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<v Speaker 2>scored three runs in the eighth inning and beat the

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<v Speaker 2>Dodgers tonight four to three. Let's go out to Santa Clarita. Jacob,

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<v Speaker 2>you're on Dodger Talk.

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<v Speaker 6>How you doing, Jacob doing good? How are you?

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<v Speaker 3>I'm doing great. Great baseball game tonight at Dodgers Stadium.

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<v Speaker 4>Would have loved to see the win, but you know,

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<v Speaker 4>good baseball.

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<v Speaker 6>Nonethe left.

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<v Speaker 4>So I think recently, Brokie you.

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<v Speaker 2>Have like a go back there, Jacob, Like, who's why

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<v Speaker 2>don't you put the person that's telling you what to

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<v Speaker 2>say on the phone.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, you're right, I'm a puppet. Yeah, I got someone's

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<v Speaker 4>hand in me right now.

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<v Speaker 5>We'll we'll go for it.

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<v Speaker 4>So I want to talk about Roki. I think Roki's

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<v Speaker 4>been improving his game a lot. I think he needs

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<v Speaker 4>to be, you know, highlighted more as a starter. I

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<v Speaker 4>would love to see, you know, like some more depth

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<v Speaker 4>from him. The improving era is good. I'm just worried

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<v Speaker 4>about how he's going to perform deeper in the season.

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<v Speaker 4>You know, if we you know, end up getting into October,

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<v Speaker 4>that's something I worry about.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I don't, I wouldn't worry about that right now.

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<v Speaker 2>I think the biggest thing is this is and and

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<v Speaker 2>there's no two ways around it. It's a developmental project

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<v Speaker 2>with Roki Sasaki, and you're starting to see some of

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<v Speaker 2>the benefits of the hard work the Dodgers' staff has

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<v Speaker 2>put in to try to make this guy a major

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<v Speaker 2>league starter and help him grow at the major league level.

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<v Speaker 2>So I think at this point in time, Jacob, the

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<v Speaker 2>biggest thing is is be happy that you saw this

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<v Speaker 2>type of performance from Roki, not only to but in

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<v Speaker 2>his previous four starts and in October. I mean, who

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<v Speaker 2>knows if he's even in the starting rotation. I find

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<v Speaker 2>it hard to believe he will be. He'll probably be

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<v Speaker 2>coming out of the bullpen.

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<v Speaker 4>Again, I don't disagree with you. Another thing that I

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<v Speaker 4>think will play as a factor or could potentially be

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<v Speaker 4>a factor as the injuries we have to the starting

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<v Speaker 4>bullp or the starting pitching rotation. You know what with

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<v Speaker 4>Snell and Glass now right now, hopefully that doesn't progress

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<v Speaker 4>and you know that deep into the season, but if

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<v Speaker 4>we have to know.

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<v Speaker 3>It, we'll be back in two months.

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<v Speaker 2>Snell will be back in two months and he'll be

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<v Speaker 2>ready to go for the stretch run and ready for October.

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<v Speaker 2>Glass now, I'm not sure. It seems a lot more vague.

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<v Speaker 2>Backs are fickle, especially when you're six 's eight. And

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<v Speaker 2>let's not forget there's a lot of talk about the Tigers,

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<v Speaker 2>who have the worst record in the American League with

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<v Speaker 2>the Angels, that they may actually decide to trade Trek

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<v Speaker 2>Scubele and teams are gonna wait to see whether or

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<v Speaker 2>not Schoobles healthy in the month of June, and who knows.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, the Dodgers are right there with the prospect

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<v Speaker 2>capital to be able to pull off a trade like that.

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<v Speaker 4>If we were to gain Schooble. Do you not worry

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<v Speaker 4>about the potential prospect of getting schemes in the future.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh my gosh, school, I mean, what, Jacob, what I

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<v Speaker 2>gotta go? I mean, come on, I mean that that

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<v Speaker 2>is ridiculous right there. Schooble, by the way, is a

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<v Speaker 2>free agent at the end of the year, so you

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<v Speaker 2>know that is so far down the road. And quite honestly,

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<v Speaker 2>I'd love to see Paul Skien stay with the Pirates

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<v Speaker 2>for more than just his first six years of team control.

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<v Speaker 2>That would be good for the sport, for the Pirates

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<v Speaker 2>to step up and pay Paul Skians to stay a Pirate.

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<v Speaker 2>But the Tigers, on the other hand, it's not gonna happen.

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<v Speaker 2>They've low balled Scooble in the past with extensions that

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<v Speaker 2>are ridiculous. They have the worst record in the American

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<v Speaker 2>League right now with the Angels, and if it continues

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<v Speaker 2>on this trajectory, it makes sense that they would try

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<v Speaker 2>to get something in return for Schoobol if their season

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<v Speaker 2>is looking bleak as we get closer to the trade deadline,

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<v Speaker 2>By the way, the Dodgers could have tied the game

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<v Speaker 2>in the ninth inning, not necessarily a walkoff victory.

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<v Speaker 3>They did not, of course. But how about this.

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<v Speaker 2>The Dodgers are the only team that hasn't played an

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<v Speaker 2>extra inning game this year.

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<v Speaker 3>Their first fifty eight.

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<v Speaker 2>Games has not been any of them including an extra

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<v Speaker 2>inning game. That's right, The Dodgers have gone fifty eighth

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<v Speaker 2>straight games to begin the year without an extra inning contest,

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<v Speaker 2>did you.

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<v Speaker 3>Realize that we did?

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<v Speaker 2>It is the tenth longest streak without playing an extra

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<v Speaker 2>inning game to begin the season.

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<v Speaker 3>The team that played the most.

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<v Speaker 2>Straight games to open up a season without going to

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<v Speaker 2>extra innings was the two thousand and five Red Sox,

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<v Speaker 2>who played ninety eight straight games that year to open

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<v Speaker 2>the season without playing an extra inning game. So the

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<v Speaker 2>Dodgers have played fifty eight straight in counting, that is

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<v Speaker 2>the tenth longest streak to begin the season without going

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<v Speaker 2>to extra innings. Eight six six nine eight seven two

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<v Speaker 2>five seventy is the phone number. We're gonna take a

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<v Speaker 2>time out here on Dodger Talk. When we continue, well

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<v Speaker 2>check in with Jose Mota. You'll hear from Teoscar Hernandez

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<v Speaker 2>and Don Mattingley as we caught up with the former

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<v Speaker 2>Dodgers skipper before the game.

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<v Speaker 3>Today.

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<v Speaker 2>Phillies beat the Dodgers tonight four to three on a

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<v Speaker 2>five to seventy LAS Sports.

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<v Speaker 1>Dodger Talk is available on AM five seventy LA sports

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<v Speaker 1>dot com, hand on the iHeartRadio app. Back to more

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<v Speaker 1>Dodger Talk with Dodger insider David Bass.

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<v Speaker 2>Phillies four three runs in the eighth inning and beat

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<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers tonight by a final score of four to three.

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<v Speaker 2>O'Ryan keickering with the win, Tanner Scott the losing pitcher,

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<v Speaker 2>and Joan Durant with his twelfth save of the year.

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<v Speaker 2>This is Dodger Talk. David vasse with you until the

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<v Speaker 2>bottom of the hour. Well checking with Jose Mota. In

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<v Speaker 2>ten minutes. You'll hear from Don Mattingley about what it

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<v Speaker 2>was like this offseason after being on the losing end

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<v Speaker 2>of last year's incredible World Series between the Dodgers and

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<v Speaker 2>Blue Jays. Remember Don Mattingley was John Schneider's bench coach

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<v Speaker 2>last year and he actually was given the opportunity to

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<v Speaker 2>take out the lineup card before Game one. John Schneider

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<v Speaker 2>gave him that honor because it was the first time

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<v Speaker 2>in Don Mattingley's illustrious career as a player, as a coach,

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<v Speaker 2>as a manager that he ever was involved in the

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<v Speaker 2>World Series. So you'll hear from Don Mattingley a little

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<v Speaker 2>bit later in the show. Mookie Betts tonight had three

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<v Speaker 2>hits and he drove in Andy Pahz on that awkward

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<v Speaker 2>slide in the seventh inning. But that was good to

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<v Speaker 2>see Mookie Betts bouncing back after a couple of down games.

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<v Speaker 2>Remember early on this homestand against the Rockies, he hit

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<v Speaker 2>two home runs in that fifteen run outburst. So tonight

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<v Speaker 2>to see him get three hits against a really good

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<v Speaker 2>starter and Jesus Lozardo was encouraging. And on Monday, we

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<v Speaker 2>had a chance to catch up with Dave Roberts during

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<v Speaker 2>our managers meeting presented by Downy Hunday, and I asked

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<v Speaker 2>Dave Roberts.

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<v Speaker 3>What version of Mookie Betts do you need?

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<v Speaker 8>What I do need? I think what I need and

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<v Speaker 8>it's an simple answer, is I need MOOKI. We need

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<v Speaker 8>MOOKI to be Mookie Bets. And I say that in

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<v Speaker 8>the sense of you're that dog. I think that when

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<v Speaker 8>Mooki's right, there's that little scowl on his face when

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<v Speaker 8>he's hitting. You know, that determination, that fight, that toughness,

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<v Speaker 8>and not the self doubt, the questioning, the over anxiousness

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<v Speaker 8>in the box. And every single time he steps on

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<v Speaker 8>the field, he should think that he's one of the

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<v Speaker 8>best players on the planet, let alone on the field.

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<v Speaker 8>And it is true that being a human being sometimes

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<v Speaker 8>you start to question that yourselves, even if you are

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<v Speaker 8>Mooki Bets. But for me, the last couple of days,

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<v Speaker 8>I saw that edge again, and that's what I want

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<v Speaker 8>to see. And if I see that, the results will

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<v Speaker 8>bet on those results.

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<v Speaker 2>And those that edge has still been there. And tonight

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<v Speaker 2>you say the results three hits and RBI by Mookie

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<v Speaker 2>Betts in the seventh inning. And just to give you

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<v Speaker 2>a peek inside Mookie Bets, I mean he is one

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<v Speaker 2>of the best players of this generation.

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<v Speaker 3>There is no doubt about it.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, how many guys can win six gold gloves

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<v Speaker 2>and right field and then moved to shortstop almost when

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<v Speaker 2>the MVP if not being hit on the wrist a

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<v Speaker 2>couple of years ago and make that transition seamless. But

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<v Speaker 2>Mookie Bets, for some reason, has a lot of self

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<v Speaker 2>doubt and in Anaheim, when I interviewed him, I asked him,

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<v Speaker 2>what's the piece of advice that David Ortiz gave him

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<v Speaker 2>that he pays forward, and he always said positive self talk.

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<v Speaker 2>And on a recent episode of All the Smoke with

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<v Speaker 2>Matt Barnes, Mookie Betts gave us a peek inside just

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<v Speaker 2>the challenge he has within himself.

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<v Speaker 9>I think, really, what I'm thinking about is don't know.

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<v Speaker 9>And when I tell myself that, like I say that

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<v Speaker 9>all the time, and then I tell move, don't say that,

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<v Speaker 9>don't say that, and by the time I'm stepping in

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<v Speaker 9>the box, and then I just play. So I have

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<v Speaker 9>though I have like these bad thoughts that I really

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<v Speaker 9>have been trying to fix, and then when I get them,

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<v Speaker 9>when I get done with that argument with myself, I

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<v Speaker 9>just play. But I got to go through the argument

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<v Speaker 9>because if I get happy thoughts, then I'm like ah,

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<v Speaker 9>and then you know, the intrusive thoughts start and then.

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<v Speaker 7>I don't know.

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<v Speaker 9>I've just learned to argue with myself and then cut

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<v Speaker 9>it off as soon as the games, as soon as

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<v Speaker 9>I step in the box.

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<v Speaker 2>That's amazing. So when you see Mookie Bets on the

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<v Speaker 2>on deck circle. There's an argument raging inside his head,

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<v Speaker 2>telling him don't f it up, and then him telling

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<v Speaker 2>his other voice, Hey, I'm gonna do really well here.

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<v Speaker 2>And tonight it worked. He got three hits and he

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<v Speaker 2>came up with an RBI bas it in the seventh inning.

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<v Speaker 2>And I think that's just the positive reinforcement that.

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<v Speaker 3>He needs to believe that he is that good.

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<v Speaker 2>I know it's been a struggle with injuries at times,

0:25:04.240 --> 0:25:07.360
<v Speaker 2>him losing you know, close to twenty pounds last year

0:25:07.400 --> 0:25:10.680
<v Speaker 2>because of the illness, but Mookie Betts has to remember

0:25:10.760 --> 0:25:13.920
<v Speaker 2>that he's Mooky freaking Bets. I mean, just go back

0:25:13.960 --> 0:25:16.840
<v Speaker 2>and look at the back of your baseball card, look

0:25:16.880 --> 0:25:20.120
<v Speaker 2>at Baseball Reference, look at whatever you want. You've done

0:25:20.240 --> 0:25:23.280
<v Speaker 2>things that no other player in this sport has ever done.

0:25:23.520 --> 0:25:26.760
<v Speaker 2>And your one three homer game away from being the

0:25:26.800 --> 0:25:30.360
<v Speaker 2>guy that has the most three homer games in baseball history.

0:25:30.840 --> 0:25:34.680
<v Speaker 2>Right now, he's tied with Johnny Maize and Sammy Sosa

0:25:34.760 --> 0:25:38.640
<v Speaker 2>with six three homer games. He's still got something left

0:25:38.680 --> 0:25:41.359
<v Speaker 2>in the tank. He's thirty three years old. He's still

0:25:41.440 --> 0:25:44.479
<v Speaker 2>rounding into baseball shapes. Still doesn't have one hundred at

0:25:44.560 --> 0:25:47.520
<v Speaker 2>bats under his belt this year, so you know, you

0:25:47.720 --> 0:25:49.959
<v Speaker 2>just I just wanted to share with you what his

0:25:50.119 --> 0:25:54.600
<v Speaker 2>manager knows about him, and obviously Dave knows him pretty

0:25:54.600 --> 0:25:58.600
<v Speaker 2>well since he got here in twenty twenty, and just

0:25:58.640 --> 0:26:01.160
<v Speaker 2>to share, I mean that was he was really insightful

0:26:01.200 --> 0:26:04.000
<v Speaker 2>for him to be that candid on all the smoke

0:26:04.080 --> 0:26:07.840
<v Speaker 2>with Matt Barnes about the raging argument that he has

0:26:07.880 --> 0:26:11.240
<v Speaker 2>with himself from the on deck circle to the batter's box.

0:26:11.760 --> 0:26:14.600
<v Speaker 2>Eight sixty six nine eight seven two five seventy is

0:26:14.640 --> 0:26:17.840
<v Speaker 2>the phone number. Also had a chance to catch up

0:26:17.880 --> 0:26:20.760
<v Speaker 2>with ta Oscar Hernandez earlier this afternoon.

0:26:21.240 --> 0:26:22.640
<v Speaker 3>If you remember, during the.

0:26:22.560 --> 0:26:26.520
<v Speaker 2>Off season and into spring training, Taoscar Hernandez said he

0:26:26.560 --> 0:26:30.240
<v Speaker 2>worked really hard and changed his off season training to

0:26:30.320 --> 0:26:33.840
<v Speaker 2>be able to help him play almost every game of

0:26:33.880 --> 0:26:37.960
<v Speaker 2>the one hundred and sixty two game regular season plus postseason.

0:26:38.320 --> 0:26:40.879
<v Speaker 2>He was frustrated with himself that he had a groin

0:26:40.920 --> 0:26:44.840
<v Speaker 2>injury mid season last year. It lingered all year long

0:26:45.160 --> 0:26:47.720
<v Speaker 2>and he wanted to change that. And then you have

0:26:47.920 --> 0:26:50.720
<v Speaker 2>what took place a couple of nights ago, him running

0:26:50.800 --> 0:26:54.000
<v Speaker 2>up the first base line and he strains his left hamstring.

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<v Speaker 3>I asked Taoscar.

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<v Speaker 2>With all that work he put in, how much more

0:26:58.920 --> 0:27:01.760
<v Speaker 2>frustrating was to have this type of injury.

0:27:02.240 --> 0:27:07.040
<v Speaker 10>Yeah, I mean I was feeling really good. That came

0:27:07.119 --> 0:27:10.160
<v Speaker 10>out of nowhere, But I understand at the same time,

0:27:10.240 --> 0:27:12.600
<v Speaker 10>it's part of the part of the process, is part

0:27:12.600 --> 0:27:16.240
<v Speaker 10>of the game. Like you said, I trained so hard

0:27:16.560 --> 0:27:19.960
<v Speaker 10>this offseason just to be on the field every single

0:27:20.040 --> 0:27:24.840
<v Speaker 10>day for the team, for my teammates, but unfortunately it happens,

0:27:25.000 --> 0:27:30.160
<v Speaker 10>and now it's different time. I need to get stronger,

0:27:30.320 --> 0:27:32.600
<v Speaker 10>need to get better, and just be black as soon

0:27:32.600 --> 0:27:33.160
<v Speaker 10>as possible.

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<v Speaker 2>The good news is Taoscar Hernandez did not ignore his body,

0:27:38.119 --> 0:27:40.159
<v Speaker 2>because if he did, he said, he could have been

0:27:40.200 --> 0:27:44.800
<v Speaker 2>out almost three months. The prognosis is for Oscar Hernandez

0:27:44.880 --> 0:27:48.080
<v Speaker 2>to only miss a month, so that's good news for

0:27:48.160 --> 0:27:51.720
<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers as well. But Taoskar was just heating up

0:27:51.760 --> 0:27:54.320
<v Speaker 2>at the right time. The good news is he did

0:27:54.320 --> 0:27:56.760
<v Speaker 2>not try to push it and make the injury worse.

0:27:57.240 --> 0:27:59.720
<v Speaker 2>So hopefully he is back within a month, and that

0:27:59.720 --> 0:28:03.000
<v Speaker 2>would bring him back right before the All Star break,

0:28:03.040 --> 0:28:05.440
<v Speaker 2>get some games under his belt and then be ready

0:28:05.440 --> 0:28:06.680
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<v Speaker 1>It's time to go around the horn with hose Mota.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, jose Mota, we've been talking about Roki Sasaki

0:28:33.160 --> 0:28:36.159
<v Speaker 2>every time he's out there, and you're always holding your breath.

0:28:36.200 --> 0:28:39.240
<v Speaker 2>Which Rokie are we going to get? But he seems

0:28:39.280 --> 0:28:41.520
<v Speaker 2>to have built some momentum to his season.

0:28:42.200 --> 0:28:44.960
<v Speaker 7>Oh, the Presidents is so much different now, David has

0:28:45.000 --> 0:28:47.719
<v Speaker 7>no doubt about it. You can see the confidence and

0:28:47.800 --> 0:28:50.040
<v Speaker 7>the eyes and the look the rocky Osaki that now

0:28:50.080 --> 0:28:53.360
<v Speaker 7>has a lot of separation between his fastball at triple

0:28:53.360 --> 0:28:56.080
<v Speaker 7>digits and living at ninety nine to ninety eight, and

0:28:56.440 --> 0:28:59.719
<v Speaker 7>his slider, which is a premiere pitch now very important

0:28:59.720 --> 0:29:01.800
<v Speaker 7>for him, the splitter, the two of them that he's throwing.

0:29:01.840 --> 0:29:04.680
<v Speaker 7>So there's no doubt. The command is there. And I

0:29:04.680 --> 0:29:07.040
<v Speaker 7>think you know you and I talked about this last year.

0:29:07.520 --> 0:29:10.240
<v Speaker 7>What if he just eliminated the wats what would happen

0:29:10.720 --> 0:29:13.000
<v Speaker 7>because the only people that are really hurting him in

0:29:13.080 --> 0:29:15.600
<v Speaker 7>terms of putting the ball in play or Sluggie was

0:29:15.880 --> 0:29:18.640
<v Speaker 7>the top guy in the bottom two, but he was

0:29:18.720 --> 0:29:20.840
<v Speaker 7>hurting himself by allowing the bottom two to beat him

0:29:20.840 --> 0:29:22.440
<v Speaker 7>a lot because he was walking guys in the middle

0:29:22.440 --> 0:29:25.560
<v Speaker 7>of that lineup. So the answer is there, David, when

0:29:25.560 --> 0:29:28.600
<v Speaker 7>he doesn't want guys, he is again a very eleap pitcher.

0:29:29.320 --> 0:29:32.320
<v Speaker 2>Are you sold that there is no looking back now?

0:29:32.560 --> 0:29:35.920
<v Speaker 2>I mean, obviously every starter has a bat outing here

0:29:36.000 --> 0:29:38.280
<v Speaker 2>or there, But do you feel like Rokies made a

0:29:38.320 --> 0:29:40.160
<v Speaker 2>significant turn to the season.

0:29:40.920 --> 0:29:42.960
<v Speaker 7>I believe so. I think at times there's going to

0:29:43.040 --> 0:29:44.920
<v Speaker 7>be some bumps still on the road. But here's what

0:29:45.040 --> 0:29:47.520
<v Speaker 7>the biggest challenge is going to come for him. This

0:29:47.560 --> 0:29:50.200
<v Speaker 7>is not a one time thing. This is a the

0:29:50.280 --> 0:29:53.440
<v Speaker 7>league is going to find out what exactly bringing your

0:29:53.600 --> 0:29:57.360
<v Speaker 7>latest success and then you don't change money. You readjust

0:29:57.360 --> 0:29:59.760
<v Speaker 7>to what you're doing. And it could be just on

0:30:00.080 --> 0:30:03.160
<v Speaker 7>looks that you give in different counts, sequencing the pitches,

0:30:03.760 --> 0:30:05.880
<v Speaker 7>working up and down against certain lineups. I mean, there

0:30:05.880 --> 0:30:07.320
<v Speaker 7>are certain lineups that are gonna hurt you up in the

0:30:07.400 --> 0:30:09.720
<v Speaker 7>zone and certain lineup's going to hurt you with the

0:30:09.800 --> 0:30:12.840
<v Speaker 7>upper cuts down on the zone. But understand exactly what

0:30:12.880 --> 0:30:14.320
<v Speaker 7>the league is going to be doing against you. But

0:30:14.400 --> 0:30:17.480
<v Speaker 7>one thing, just remember that quality strikes or quality strikes,

0:30:17.560 --> 0:30:19.840
<v Speaker 7>it doesn't matter who it is against. And now he

0:30:19.880 --> 0:30:23.120
<v Speaker 7>has the ability to get ahead with not just the fastball,

0:30:23.160 --> 0:30:25.200
<v Speaker 7>but he can run the fastball as a two seamer

0:30:25.280 --> 0:30:28.640
<v Speaker 7>two when he wants to and implement that slider I'll

0:30:28.640 --> 0:30:30.480
<v Speaker 7>tell you about. You know, Charles's comment about that side

0:30:30.560 --> 0:30:33.480
<v Speaker 7>was like that was that's a megile, big pitch. Now

0:30:33.560 --> 0:30:35.440
<v Speaker 7>to keep him honest and keep him off the north

0:30:35.560 --> 0:30:39.800
<v Speaker 7>south pattern with his fastball and split fingers. So again, mentally,

0:30:39.840 --> 0:30:41.200
<v Speaker 7>the challenge is going to be there. He's gonna look

0:30:41.320 --> 0:30:43.920
<v Speaker 7>you know, he's got much stronger, there's no doubt about it.

0:30:43.960 --> 0:30:46.719
<v Speaker 7>But for any pitcher, Dave, when you talk about an

0:30:46.800 --> 0:30:50.360
<v Speaker 7>uptick in velocity, believe me, the pride, the ego grows

0:30:50.400 --> 0:30:52.040
<v Speaker 7>and says, you know what, I'm here, That's where I

0:30:52.040 --> 0:30:52.400
<v Speaker 7>want to be.

0:30:53.200 --> 0:30:55.160
<v Speaker 2>Hose, what did you think about the play at the

0:30:55.200 --> 0:30:57.960
<v Speaker 2>plate in the seventh inning on that RBI based sit

0:30:58.040 --> 0:31:02.080
<v Speaker 2>by Mookie beds Andy Potter has slid never touch home play.

0:31:02.200 --> 0:31:05.480
<v Speaker 2>JT Real Mudo never went back to tag him. They

0:31:05.520 --> 0:31:08.520
<v Speaker 2>go to the challenge and the call is upheld. Take

0:31:08.600 --> 0:31:10.760
<v Speaker 2>us through what you saw on that plane. You know,

0:31:10.840 --> 0:31:14.560
<v Speaker 2>I felt like Piz was very fortunate to escape without

0:31:14.600 --> 0:31:17.160
<v Speaker 2>hurting his ankle on a really bad slide.

0:31:17.480 --> 0:31:20.520
<v Speaker 7>Yeah, that's number one. Remember that home plate area usually

0:31:20.640 --> 0:31:22.920
<v Speaker 7>is a little bit sticky because the hitters want to

0:31:22.960 --> 0:31:26.520
<v Speaker 7>not have, you know, their feet slipping in the batter's box.

0:31:26.560 --> 0:31:27.920
<v Speaker 7>So you got to be careful the way you slide.

0:31:27.960 --> 0:31:30.400
<v Speaker 7>You slide much differently at home play because there's no

0:31:30.520 --> 0:31:34.600
<v Speaker 7>actually surface that you can step on. Everything flat the

0:31:34.640 --> 0:31:36.680
<v Speaker 7>way you would slide against the base, and you know,

0:31:37.160 --> 0:31:39.760
<v Speaker 7>let's call it first, second, and third. Now what I

0:31:39.800 --> 0:31:43.040
<v Speaker 7>saw is Pies just not being able to drag his

0:31:43.080 --> 0:31:48.640
<v Speaker 7>foot across home plate. And now without catchers blocking home

0:31:48.680 --> 0:31:52.480
<v Speaker 7>plate legally, you see more guys diving in and using

0:31:52.520 --> 0:31:54.800
<v Speaker 7>the left hand to slide in and find the play.

0:31:54.840 --> 0:31:56.400
<v Speaker 7>But it's not a decision that you can make, you know,

0:31:56.480 --> 0:31:58.239
<v Speaker 7>last matter, you've got to be careful how you do it.

0:31:59.160 --> 0:32:01.720
<v Speaker 7>And you know, real Muto in that case, a veteran Castro,

0:32:01.720 --> 0:32:05.480
<v Speaker 7>I was surprised that if there's any doubt beyond you

0:32:05.520 --> 0:32:08.440
<v Speaker 7>tagging him, which obviously he didn't, but go back and

0:32:08.480 --> 0:32:10.360
<v Speaker 7>tech the guy. No matter what, just go back just

0:32:10.400 --> 0:32:12.600
<v Speaker 7>in case. So that's what the you know, Matting has

0:32:12.680 --> 0:32:15.480
<v Speaker 7>got some clearance on that, and you know clarification as

0:32:15.480 --> 0:32:18.640
<v Speaker 7>to the challenge what it was. But real Muto going

0:32:18.720 --> 0:32:20.760
<v Speaker 7>back and tagging him, I think it becomes an out.

0:32:21.480 --> 0:32:24.240
<v Speaker 2>Would you have slid head first if your andy pat hasn't?

0:32:24.280 --> 0:32:27.280
<v Speaker 2>For any runner these days with having to be given

0:32:27.320 --> 0:32:30.080
<v Speaker 2>a lane, is it a lot safer now to slide

0:32:30.640 --> 0:32:34.200
<v Speaker 2>head first rather than what we grew up knowing? And

0:32:34.360 --> 0:32:38.760
<v Speaker 2>you're taught to go feed first into home plate especially, it.

0:32:38.760 --> 0:32:41.040
<v Speaker 7>Is one where you have to decide early what's happening.

0:32:41.760 --> 0:32:44.320
<v Speaker 7>You have to tell yourself exactly if you're going to

0:32:44.400 --> 0:32:48.160
<v Speaker 7>go in hard, don't go in too early because you're

0:32:48.160 --> 0:32:51.000
<v Speaker 7>gonna get stuck. You've got to pretty much anticipate at

0:32:51.080 --> 0:32:53.120
<v Speaker 7>least a little bit of a contact with the catcher

0:32:53.440 --> 0:32:57.000
<v Speaker 7>to take his feet out of him to slide feed first. Now,

0:32:57.040 --> 0:32:58.640
<v Speaker 7>a lot of guys don't feel comfortable, you know, I

0:32:58.640 --> 0:33:01.520
<v Speaker 7>don't see if Freddie Freeman sliding you know, headfirst into

0:33:01.520 --> 0:33:04.160
<v Speaker 7>home play. But it is a pattern now which in

0:33:04.200 --> 0:33:07.520
<v Speaker 7>fact organizations are telling guys because now they have protection

0:33:07.640 --> 0:33:09.959
<v Speaker 7>in their hands and the wrists to do it more

0:33:10.000 --> 0:33:13.480
<v Speaker 7>often because there's always going to be some white exposed

0:33:13.680 --> 0:33:16.600
<v Speaker 7>at home plate, which, as you mentioned, for years, for

0:33:16.760 --> 0:33:20.200
<v Speaker 7>generations you were told do not ever dive into home

0:33:20.200 --> 0:33:22.160
<v Speaker 7>play because you're gonna get hurt. But now you're going

0:33:22.240 --> 0:33:23.680
<v Speaker 7>to be fine that shing. Are you going to find

0:33:23.680 --> 0:33:25.800
<v Speaker 7>more open lane to do it, but you got to

0:33:26.320 --> 0:33:29.200
<v Speaker 7>feel comfortable doing it. You can't force it, but nonetheless

0:33:29.360 --> 0:33:31.040
<v Speaker 7>you're going to find more open spots if you do that.

0:33:31.080 --> 0:33:33.800
<v Speaker 7>For Anti Pyrus, that would have been tonight if he's

0:33:33.840 --> 0:33:35.840
<v Speaker 7>going to if first, just go a little bit later

0:33:36.040 --> 0:33:38.440
<v Speaker 7>and make sure that your feet are dragging and don't

0:33:38.440 --> 0:33:38.959
<v Speaker 7>pick him up.

0:33:39.520 --> 0:33:41.520
<v Speaker 2>The picture on the mount for the Phillies in the

0:33:41.600 --> 0:33:45.959
<v Speaker 2>seventh inning was Oriyan Keckering, who obviously does not have

0:33:46.040 --> 0:33:49.080
<v Speaker 2>great memories after what took place at the end of

0:33:49.120 --> 0:33:52.280
<v Speaker 2>Game four of last year's NLDS. Did you feel like

0:33:52.320 --> 0:33:54.640
<v Speaker 2>he had some nerves when he first went out there.

0:33:55.920 --> 0:33:58.520
<v Speaker 7>I think there's some thinking about the moment of what

0:33:58.600 --> 0:34:01.480
<v Speaker 7>happened back on, you know, that day on Game four

0:34:01.960 --> 0:34:04.000
<v Speaker 7>when he came to relief Lozardo, who was a losing

0:34:04.040 --> 0:34:06.920
<v Speaker 7>pitcher that night, and the a couple of pitches through

0:34:07.000 --> 0:34:08.440
<v Speaker 7>to show, hey, you know, the up and end kind

0:34:08.480 --> 0:34:10.000
<v Speaker 7>of got show here awakened a little bit more. But

0:34:10.040 --> 0:34:12.520
<v Speaker 7>then the one he spiked, who was like, I'm over

0:34:12.600 --> 0:34:14.520
<v Speaker 7>trying here, But you know what, his stuff is so good.

0:34:14.520 --> 0:34:16.800
<v Speaker 7>And one thing I've learned from the guys in Philly,

0:34:16.880 --> 0:34:19.040
<v Speaker 7>Dave is he talked to a lot of guys yourself too.

0:34:19.160 --> 0:34:22.920
<v Speaker 7>Is they really respect Number one? The Phillies were not

0:34:22.920 --> 0:34:26.400
<v Speaker 7>trying to trade him. Not easy to, you know, fail

0:34:26.440 --> 0:34:28.719
<v Speaker 7>in Philadelphia and go through a whole off season like that.

0:34:28.960 --> 0:34:31.600
<v Speaker 7>Number two is for charactering to really step up and say,

0:34:31.680 --> 0:34:33.320
<v Speaker 7>I want to go out there and do the best

0:34:33.360 --> 0:34:35.520
<v Speaker 7>I can to just remove that from the memory. It's

0:34:35.560 --> 0:34:38.520
<v Speaker 7>not going to be eliminated overall, one hundred percent, but

0:34:38.600 --> 0:34:40.200
<v Speaker 7>I need to go and prove that I'm not that

0:34:40.320 --> 0:34:41.640
<v Speaker 7>kind of picture and I can go out there and

0:34:41.680 --> 0:34:44.960
<v Speaker 7>play cash and his stuff plays quite well. He got himself,

0:34:45.520 --> 0:34:47.800
<v Speaker 7>you know, a nice situation in that any where he

0:34:47.920 --> 0:34:49.880
<v Speaker 7>showed the stuff that he has because he had more

0:34:49.880 --> 0:34:51.640
<v Speaker 7>than one pitture to get you out. But you know

0:34:51.680 --> 0:34:53.600
<v Speaker 7>it's gonna live forever. But I do applaud the way

0:34:53.600 --> 0:34:55.480
<v Speaker 7>the Phillies have handled him and Dave Don braskam the

0:34:55.520 --> 0:34:58.000
<v Speaker 7>top to Rob Thompson, now Dom Mattley, because the guy

0:34:58.040 --> 0:34:59.720
<v Speaker 7>it's a big piece with that bothend for them.

0:35:00.320 --> 0:35:03.480
<v Speaker 2>All right, Jose, We'll see how tomorrow goes down. On paper,

0:35:03.560 --> 0:35:05.919
<v Speaker 2>it looks like it's a mismatch, but you know how

0:35:05.960 --> 0:35:08.799
<v Speaker 2>things go in the game of baseball. But Yamamoto's on

0:35:08.840 --> 0:35:11.439
<v Speaker 2>the mound, and I have a feeling that Dodgers will

0:35:11.480 --> 0:35:14.800
<v Speaker 2>have a happy flight to the desert after a Sunday

0:35:14.840 --> 0:35:16.320
<v Speaker 2>fun day against the Phillies.

0:35:16.880 --> 0:35:20.880
<v Speaker 7>Dave about it was not gante. Let's make a Domingo

0:35:21.280 --> 0:35:23.520
<v Speaker 7>very alleging, very happy. What do you think? Oh?

0:35:23.600 --> 0:35:25.920
<v Speaker 3>I love that, Jose. That's gonna be a T shirt

0:35:25.960 --> 0:35:26.359
<v Speaker 3>one day.

0:35:26.920 --> 0:35:27.640
<v Speaker 7>Happy Sunday.

0:35:28.160 --> 0:35:31.719
<v Speaker 2>Okay, Ose, we'll see you tomorrow. Quick turnaround for the

0:35:31.760 --> 0:35:34.960
<v Speaker 2>Dodgers in Phillies. A day game on getaway day for

0:35:35.040 --> 0:35:39.080
<v Speaker 2>both these teams. And Don Mattingley, the interim manager for

0:35:39.200 --> 0:35:41.400
<v Speaker 2>the Phillies. We had a chance to catch up with

0:35:41.520 --> 0:35:45.400
<v Speaker 2>him on the pregame show and like I mentioned earlier,

0:35:45.800 --> 0:35:49.759
<v Speaker 2>first time Don Mattingly has been back to Dodgers Stadium

0:35:50.000 --> 0:35:55.200
<v Speaker 2>since what game five of last year's World Series, and obviously,

0:35:55.280 --> 0:35:57.719
<v Speaker 2>the Blue Jays won two out of three of the

0:35:57.800 --> 0:36:01.520
<v Speaker 2>games played here at Dodgers Stadium. One they lost an

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<v Speaker 2>eighteen inning affair that Freddie Freeman ended on a walk

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<v Speaker 2>off home run. But Don Mattingly first time to the

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<v Speaker 2>World Series as a player, as a coach, as a manager,

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<v Speaker 2>I asked him before the game, how long did it

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<v Speaker 2>take for him to get over the Miguel Rojas home run,

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<v Speaker 2>the Will Smith home run in the eleventh inning, and

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<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers beating the Blue Jays in Game seven of

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<v Speaker 2>the World Series.

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<v Speaker 6>It was pretty cool. It was fun. You know, it

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<v Speaker 6>meant a lot to get to the World Series.

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<v Speaker 11>Honestly, that's something that you fight to get to and

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<v Speaker 11>have an opportunity to win.

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<v Speaker 6>Obviously that didn't happen.

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<v Speaker 11>But being able to get to my first World Series

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<v Speaker 11>and then Snyde you know, want me to do that,

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<v Speaker 11>it was it.

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<v Speaker 6>Was pretty cool. Were you surprised by that gesture?

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<v Speaker 7>I was?

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<v Speaker 6>I was when do you spring it on you? I

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<v Speaker 6>don't know. I was probably way too nervous for that.

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<v Speaker 2>Also, when you lose a seven game World Series, obviously

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<v Speaker 2>it's tough to get over. How long did it take

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<v Speaker 2>you to get over it.

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<v Speaker 6>It took a minute, you know, it really did.

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<v Speaker 11>And not so much for myself really more for our

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<v Speaker 11>team bocause those guys played really hard. We accomplished a lot,

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<v Speaker 11>played great in that World Series, I thought. And so

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<v Speaker 11>you feel bad for our guys, you know, those guys

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<v Speaker 11>were you know, obviously, when you want something bad and

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<v Speaker 11>you've worked hard for it, it's crushing when you don't

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<v Speaker 11>get it and you're you know, it's within your grasp.

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<v Speaker 6>So that was that was a tough time. But I

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<v Speaker 6>think of it more not so much for me personally,

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<v Speaker 6>but more for our players.

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<v Speaker 3>All Right.

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<v Speaker 2>That was Don Mattingley and really the first time we've

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<v Speaker 2>had a chance to talk to him since everything that

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<v Speaker 2>happened with the Dodgers celebrating back to back World Series championships.

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<v Speaker 2>And if you remember, when Don Mattingley was the manager

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<v Speaker 2>with the Dodgers, Clayton Khrushaw.

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<v Speaker 3>Was coming into his own.

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<v Speaker 2>He won two Cy Young's with Don Mattingley, won an

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<v Speaker 2>MVP with Don Mattingley as the manager, and you know,

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<v Speaker 2>Clayton Krushaw was at the peak of his powers when

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<v Speaker 2>Don Mattinglee was the manager of the Dodgers, and at

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<v Speaker 2>that point in time, Krushaw was very stubborn in a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of different ways. And to this day Kershaw being

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<v Speaker 2>in the stands last night, to this day, Clayton Kershaw

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<v Speaker 2>and Don Mattingley still have a mutual respect for each other.

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<v Speaker 11>No, it was always good, and I'd tell guys, I

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<v Speaker 11>don't I never get mad when the guys doesn't want

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<v Speaker 11>to come out of the game. Obviously you don't want

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<v Speaker 11>him to show you up on the mound, but you're

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<v Speaker 11>not asking guys to be happy to be coming out

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<v Speaker 11>of the game. And remember Clayton told me one time,

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<v Speaker 11>he said, you take me out whenever you think he goes,

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<v Speaker 11>but don't take me out because you think.

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<v Speaker 6>I'm tired, because he says, I don't get tired, right,

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<v Speaker 6>So I'm like, O get girls. So I always like that.

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<v Speaker 2>Hey, it was great to catch up with Don Mattinglee

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<v Speaker 2>and his boss, the GM of the Phillies, Preston Mattingly.

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<v Speaker 2>It was really great to spend a lot of time

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<v Speaker 2>with those two guys these last two days and to

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<v Speaker 2>hear the full Converse station with Don Mattingley. You know

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<v Speaker 2>where to find it on the iHeartRadio app. Don and

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<v Speaker 2>the Phillies will be here tomorrow as the Dodgers try

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<v Speaker 2>to win this series against Philadelphia with Yamamoto on the

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<v Speaker 2>mound four and for the record for Yamamoto this year

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<v Speaker 2>is eras three zero nine, going up against right hander

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<v Speaker 2>Andrew Payner, who's one in five with an ERA of

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<v Speaker 2>five forty. Our coverage begins tomorrow at noon with first

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<v Speaker 2>pitch at one ten with Rick Monday and Steven Nelson.

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<v Speaker 2>That'll do it for us tonight on Dodger Talk. Thanks

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<v Speaker 2>for hanging late night with us on this Saturday night,

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<v Speaker 2>thanks to colling Ye back at our Burbank studios, Thanks

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<v Speaker 2>to Dwayne McDonald out here at Dodgers Stadium, and thanks

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<v Speaker 2>to you for listening in case you missed any of

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<v Speaker 2>the show or any of our pregame conversations with the

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<v Speaker 2>two managers of these teams. The last two Dodger managers,

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<v Speaker 2>Dave Roberts joins us the first game of this series,

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<v Speaker 2>and Don Mattingley joined us before today's game, so you

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<v Speaker 2>can find all of those conversations on the iHeartRadio app

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<v Speaker 2>once again. The final score tonight from Dodgers Stadium. The

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<v Speaker 2>Phillies score three in the eighth to beat the Dodgers

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<v Speaker 2>four to three.

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<v Speaker 3>We'll talk to you tomorrow.

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<v Speaker 2>Have a great rest of your night, Be safe, see

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<v Speaker 2>them