WEBVTT - Dodger Talk (10-5-26) 0:00:00.600 --> 0:00:01.100 October. 0:00:01.120 --> 0:00:02.020 Blue October. 0:00:02.200 --> 0:00:04.560 It's just such a special thing for an Angeleno's man. 0:00:04.660 --> 0:00:07.300 It's a special month if you're an LA Dodgers fan. 0:00:07.500 --> 0:00:10.760 One month, 11 wins. That's all that's needed. This year 0:00:10.800 --> 0:00:13.680 is no different. This team understands the assignment. 0:00:13.700 --> 0:00:15.000 The postseason is here. 0:00:15.060 --> 0:00:16.840 History is stacked against you. 0:00:16.900 --> 0:00:19.300 And the boys in blue try to go back to 0:00:19.420 --> 0:00:22.920 back to back. This is a playoff edition of Dodger Talk. 0:00:22.960 --> 0:00:29.290 To make your voice heard, call 866-987-2578. Dodgers Playoff Baseball 0:00:29.350 --> 0:00:32.030 is brought to you by County of L.A. Department of 0:00:32.130 --> 0:00:35.970 Public Works. Recycling beverage containers is a triple play. And 0:00:36.050 --> 0:00:39.850 Children's Hospital L.A. From colds to cancer, we got this. 0:00:39.990 --> 0:00:42.309 It's a fly ball to left field and deep, and 0:00:42.350 --> 0:00:44.570 it's way back there. Torres at the wall, looks up, 0:00:44.909 --> 0:00:45.670 and it's gone! 0:00:45.700 --> 0:00:46.379 A home run! 0:00:46.440 --> 0:00:51.000 And now your host for postseason Dodger Talk, David Basset. 0:00:52.260 --> 0:00:55.700 Well, David Basset with the night off. He is in Atlanta, 0:00:56.480 --> 0:01:00.880 as the Dodgers are in Atlanta. for games three and 0:01:01.040 --> 0:01:04.940 four of the National League Divisional Series. Game three tomorrow 0:01:04.959 --> 0:01:08.319 right here on AM570 LA Sports with a three o'clock 0:01:08.360 --> 0:01:11.830 first pitch. Hi, everybody, and welcome to Off Night Dodger 0:01:11.840 --> 0:01:15.709 Talk here on your home of the Dodgers, AM570 LA Sports, 0:01:15.830 --> 0:01:18.730 with you here on the iHeartRadio app as well. You 0:01:18.770 --> 0:01:22.150 can also follow us on YouTube, watch the show streamed 0:01:22.270 --> 0:01:25.130 live for the next hour, but I want you to 0:01:25.170 --> 0:01:29.259 be a part of the show. 866- 9-8-7-2-5-70, because the 0:01:29.300 --> 0:01:30.160 city of L.A. 0:01:30.540 --> 0:01:31.760 Is in stress right now. 0:01:31.819 --> 0:01:34.260 They are stressed out about what has happened with this 0:01:34.319 --> 0:01:35.940 Dodgers team the first two games. 0:01:35.959 --> 0:01:38.390 Certainly a Game 1 win. The long ball was a 0:01:38.430 --> 0:01:39.190 big reason why. 0:01:39.230 --> 0:01:42.430 The Dodgers powering past the Braves in Game 1 with 0:01:42.490 --> 0:01:45.250 a victory in Game 2. Things a little bit different 0:01:45.270 --> 0:01:48.260 for the Dodgers as they struggled offensively. And right from 0:01:48.300 --> 0:01:51.500 the get-go, they struggled with defense. Blake Snell on the mound, 0:01:51.600 --> 0:01:53.620 and he set the tone for this Dodgers team. They 0:01:53.660 --> 0:01:56.610 had some miscues on defense and certainly could not string 0:01:56.650 --> 0:02:00.750 together anything offensively, even though they had runners in scoring 0:02:00.790 --> 0:02:05.360 position last night. The Dodgers 0-8 with runners in scoring position, 0:02:05.450 --> 0:02:08.620 golden opportunities in the third and fifth innings. They just 0:02:08.700 --> 0:02:11.560 could not cash in. But That wasn't the difference in 0:02:11.600 --> 0:02:13.340 the game. The difference in the game was the fact 0:02:13.380 --> 0:02:16.829 that the Dodgers did not execute the little things when 0:02:16.870 --> 0:02:20.130 they needed. Whether it was pitching, hitting, and defense, the 0:02:20.169 --> 0:02:24.609 Dodgers just did not play a fundamentally clean game in 0:02:24.669 --> 0:02:27.840 game two last night at Uniqlo Field at Dodger Stadium. 0:02:27.900 --> 0:02:29.360 Meanwhile, the Atlanta Braves. 0:02:29.919 --> 0:02:33.200 just did everything right, whether it was manufacturing runs with 0:02:33.240 --> 0:02:35.560 two outs like they did to go up 2-1 on 0:02:35.700 --> 0:02:38.770 the Michael Harris triple and then wild pitch from Bubic, 0:02:39.070 --> 0:02:43.110 or just getting really good pitching from six different relievers 0:02:43.210 --> 0:02:46.330 out there in what was a bullpen game. Now, I 0:02:46.370 --> 0:02:48.669 said it earlier today on Saxon Cates in the morning, 0:02:48.690 --> 0:02:50.030 and I'm going to say it again right here on 0:02:50.070 --> 0:02:54.380 Dodger Talk. It all started with Blake Snell. And I'm sorry, 0:02:54.500 --> 0:02:56.860 I love Blake Snell. I know he is well-loved on 0:02:56.900 --> 0:02:59.919 this show with David Vasse. But last night was not 0:03:00.419 --> 0:03:03.140 a Blake Snell start that we could afford to have 0:03:03.160 --> 0:03:05.660 happen here in the postseason. This guy has to be 0:03:05.780 --> 0:03:08.639 way better than he was last night with his command, 0:03:08.980 --> 0:03:11.330 with his pitches, and with the fact that he threw 0:03:11.330 --> 0:03:14.570 90 pitches in three and two-third innings and came out 0:03:14.590 --> 0:03:15.070 of the game. 0:03:15.590 --> 0:03:19.730 That was it. Last night, the Braves went with Ray Kerr. 0:03:20.010 --> 0:03:23.679 A 32-year-old who's just now bursting onto the scene, and 0:03:23.760 --> 0:03:25.580 he outpitched Blake Snell. 0:03:25.960 --> 0:03:27.080 How is that possible? 0:03:27.720 --> 0:03:31.359 It's not like Blake Snell has been just ridden all season, 0:03:31.380 --> 0:03:37.450 30-plus starts, limping into October, sore arm, been used, he's gassed. 0:03:37.810 --> 0:03:38.350 No, no, no, no. 0:03:38.610 --> 0:03:41.290 This is a Blake Snell who has battled the injury bug, 0:03:41.550 --> 0:03:44.550 has made nine starts all during the regular season. 0:03:45.500 --> 0:03:48.840 And comes into October with the Dodgers. 0:03:48.620 --> 0:03:52.540 Needing him to step up his game and be at 0:03:52.580 --> 0:03:53.160 his best. 0:03:53.640 --> 0:03:55.580 Be better than he was in his final start in 0:03:55.600 --> 0:03:56.340 San Francisco. 0:03:56.720 --> 0:04:00.220 Elevate that game to Blake Snell in October like we 0:04:00.260 --> 0:04:01.020 saw last year. 0:04:01.500 --> 0:04:03.620 Because everybody's got to raise their level of their game. 0:04:04.030 --> 0:04:06.040 We saw it in game one. Tarek Skubal did it. 0:04:06.490 --> 0:04:10.250 Tarek Skubal had an interesting first inning. Had a leadoff single. 0:04:10.630 --> 0:04:14.610 And then after that, retired 15 in a row. got 0:04:14.690 --> 0:04:17.849 swinging misses, got them to chase pitches, but it was 0:04:17.910 --> 0:04:20.210 able to throw strikes and get outs. 0:04:20.830 --> 0:04:22.390 Last night, there was. 0:04:22.380 --> 0:04:27.320 Too many pitches that just were not even close to 0:04:27.360 --> 0:04:30.200 the strike zone. Too many pitches from Blake Snell that 0:04:30.220 --> 0:04:33.919 weren't even competitive for the hitters. And you're putting too 0:04:33.960 --> 0:04:38.420 many free guys on base. Blake Snell last night walked five. 0:04:39.580 --> 0:04:42.469 He threw 27 pitches in the first inning. And folks, 0:04:42.950 --> 0:04:45.290 Blake Snell's got to be better. And he set the 0:04:45.330 --> 0:04:47.610 tone for what the Dodgers did last night. And it 0:04:47.650 --> 0:04:51.010 wasn't a good tone. The defense looked flat. The crowd 0:04:51.050 --> 0:04:54.150 was out of it. The offense looked like they were 0:04:54.190 --> 0:04:57.040 sleepwalking at times. Couldn't get big hits when they needed it. 0:04:58.250 --> 0:05:01.400 This is a team that desperately needed to beat the 0:05:01.440 --> 0:05:03.740 Braves last night in Game 2 because of what is 0:05:03.820 --> 0:05:06.770 facing them in Game 3. What is facing them at 0:05:06.790 --> 0:05:09.500 Truist Park over the next two games? The crowd that 0:05:09.540 --> 0:05:11.330 is going to be amped up and ready to go 0:05:11.710 --> 0:05:15.260 for playoff baseball in suburbs of Atlanta. 0:05:15.920 --> 0:05:18.380 The Dodgers last night needed to win game two. 0:05:19.020 --> 0:05:21.679 Now they are going into Atlanta and they got themselves 0:05:21.740 --> 0:05:22.119 a fight. 0:05:22.500 --> 0:05:23.720 How are they going to respond? 0:05:24.120 --> 0:05:26.040 How is this Dodgers team going to come out for 0:05:26.080 --> 0:05:28.940 game three tomorrow? Are they just going to let Chris 0:05:28.960 --> 0:05:31.300 Sale walk all over him? Are they going to chase 0:05:31.360 --> 0:05:33.849 pitch after pitch after pitch out of the strike zone? 0:05:34.230 --> 0:05:35.729 Is it going to be more of the same from 0:05:35.790 --> 0:05:38.190 Chris Sale, who the last time the Dodgers saw him 0:05:38.790 --> 0:05:42.370 in August at Truist Park, he threw a complete game shutout, 0:05:43.029 --> 0:05:45.450 and they were chasing pitches two feet outside the strike 0:05:45.470 --> 0:05:49.280 zone and just basically looked silly in the batter's box? 0:05:49.860 --> 0:05:50.340 I hope not. 0:05:51.370 --> 0:05:53.410 We're going to hear from the manager, Dave Roberts, coming 0:05:53.490 --> 0:05:55.130 up in just a little bit. He spoke with the 0:05:55.180 --> 0:05:58.400 media about an hour ago in Atlanta. The Dodgers got there. 0:05:58.480 --> 0:05:59.140 They worked out. 0:05:59.160 --> 0:06:03.020 Yoshinobu Yamamoto spoke with the media as well. He is 0:06:03.060 --> 0:06:03.680 ready to go. 0:06:04.060 --> 0:06:07.060 He's relying on his postseason experience from the last two years, 0:06:07.360 --> 0:06:09.110 in particular last year in which he had a lot 0:06:09.140 --> 0:06:11.990 of success. And he is ready to go for this 0:06:12.050 --> 0:06:15.330 postseason run. And they're going to need him to be 0:06:15.529 --> 0:06:17.270 equally as good to Chris Sale. He's going to have 0:06:17.310 --> 0:06:20.990 to match what Chris Sale is doing tomorrow night. It's 0:06:21.029 --> 0:06:23.150 a lot of pressure to put on Yoshinobu Yamamoto. 0:06:23.180 --> 0:06:25.360 But you know what? I think he's up to the challenge. 0:06:26.960 --> 0:06:30.060 It's more pressure on Yamamoto than it was on Blake 0:06:30.080 --> 0:06:32.960 Snell in Game 2. Dodgers had a 1-0 series lead 0:06:33.220 --> 0:06:36.160 going up against a bullpen game on a Sunday night 0:06:36.560 --> 0:06:39.940 at Uniqlo Field at Dodgers Stadium. All the pressure was 0:06:40.000 --> 0:06:43.229 on the Atlanta Braves. All Blake Snell had to do 0:06:43.270 --> 0:06:45.230 was go out there and get out. 0:06:46.230 --> 0:06:47.830 Now, I get it. It's the postseason. 0:06:48.510 --> 0:06:51.100 Everybody ramps up their game, even the team you're playing. 0:06:51.600 --> 0:06:53.660 They're here for a reason. They're not going to let 0:06:53.680 --> 0:06:56.780 the Dodgers just walk over them. They went toe-to-toe in 0:06:56.820 --> 0:06:59.560 game one. They went down swing, and Sean Murphy hit 0:06:59.580 --> 0:07:01.320 the home run late in the game, made it interesting. 0:07:01.630 --> 0:07:05.320 Ronald Acuna hit the home run, made it interesting. It's 0:07:05.360 --> 0:07:07.440 a Braves team that was not going to go away. 0:07:08.080 --> 0:07:10.410 And last night they showed they've got a lot of 0:07:10.490 --> 0:07:12.650 fight in them and are wanting to go toe-to-toe with 0:07:12.670 --> 0:07:15.750 the big, bad Dodgers. I hope the Dodgers are ready 0:07:15.790 --> 0:07:18.650 to continue this fight. I hope the Dodgers are ready 0:07:18.950 --> 0:07:21.010 for Game 3 and Chris Sale tomorrow. We'll hear from 0:07:21.050 --> 0:07:22.670 Chris Sale coming up in just a little bit as well. 0:07:22.950 --> 0:07:25.910 He spoke with the media earlier today via Zoom as 0:07:25.950 --> 0:07:28.550 both teams headed back east for Games 3 and 4. 0:07:28.550 --> 0:07:29.880 And there will be a Game 4 tomorrow. 0:07:30.420 --> 0:07:31.080 On Wednesday. 0:07:31.400 --> 0:07:33.320 Hopefully, the Dodgers can get out of there with a 0:07:33.360 --> 0:07:33.960 series win. 0:07:34.380 --> 0:07:36.020 Hopefully, they can at least get that done. 0:07:36.100 --> 0:07:39.140 If not, come back for game five on Friday out 0:07:39.160 --> 0:07:41.940 at Dodger Stadium. 0:07:41.960 --> 0:07:44.100 866-987-2570. I know from the comments. 0:07:43.760 --> 0:07:46.170 In the chats today on YouTube, on the various shows, 0:07:46.460 --> 0:07:48.410 I heard it all day long on Sports Talk Radio 0:07:48.450 --> 0:07:53.190 right here on AM570 LA Sports. The angst, the eagerness, 0:07:53.790 --> 0:07:56.730 the little bit of worriness in the voices of Dodger 0:07:56.750 --> 0:07:59.270 fans right now. 0:07:59.290 --> 0:07:59.630 866-987-2570. 0:07:59.920 --> 0:08:02.860 A lot of finger pointing this morning right here on 0:08:02.900 --> 0:08:05.720 AM570 LA Sports. I think you can point the finger 0:08:05.760 --> 0:08:07.800 at a lot of people for what happened in Game 0:08:07.800 --> 0:08:11.260 2 last night or what didn't happen offensively in Game 0:08:11.260 --> 0:08:14.420 2 last night. But now that that's done, they flush 0:08:14.460 --> 0:08:17.260 it out, the Dodgers got to get ready for Game 3. 0:08:17.260 --> 0:08:18.660 And Dave Roberts, who we're going to hear from in 0:08:18.680 --> 0:08:21.420 a little bit, has got some decisions to make. He's 0:08:21.460 --> 0:08:23.560 got to figure out what to do with Andy Pajas 0:08:23.620 --> 0:08:26.850 in center field. Because Andy Pajas has as many hits 0:08:26.900 --> 0:08:30.610 in this postseason through two games than I do. Andy 0:08:30.650 --> 0:08:33.110 Pajas has the same amount of hits as Ronnie Fascio 0:08:33.150 --> 0:08:34.170 does in this postseason. 0:08:34.530 --> 0:08:34.970 Zero. 0:08:36.510 --> 0:08:39.689 Andy Pajas is a great defensive center fielder. An all-star 0:08:39.710 --> 0:08:42.890 first half of the season. Came back from the wrist injury. 0:08:43.530 --> 0:08:46.309 And looked good the final week of the season. But 0:08:46.350 --> 0:08:50.030 for whatever reason, last year included in October and the 0:08:50.090 --> 0:08:53.270 first two games here in the NLDS, Andy Pahez is 0:08:53.340 --> 0:08:57.360 a different player at the plate, chasing pitches, swinging at 0:08:57.400 --> 0:09:00.479 pitches out of the strike zone. He just doesn't have 0:09:00.500 --> 0:09:04.080 the plate discipline that he grew into this year. There's 0:09:04.120 --> 0:09:06.400 a reason why he was an all-star the first half 0:09:06.420 --> 0:09:09.559 of the season, because he was more disciplined at the plate, 0:09:09.940 --> 0:09:12.900 not chasing the pitches, swinging at pitches in the strike 0:09:12.920 --> 0:09:15.400 zone rather than chasing pitches out of the strike zone, 0:09:15.800 --> 0:09:18.829 hitting contact, hitting for home runs, and really had himself 0:09:18.890 --> 0:09:21.130 a great three and a half months to start the season. 0:09:22.690 --> 0:09:27.470 I fully expected Andy Pajas to be this way in October. Unfortunately, 0:09:27.530 --> 0:09:30.370 Andy Pajas has reverted back to the Andy Pajas of 0:09:30.410 --> 0:09:34.630 last year in October. Now his offense has come into question. 0:09:35.230 --> 0:09:38.750 Is he a liability in this lineup? With a lineup 0:09:38.770 --> 0:09:42.970 that has struggled to hit for average, not for slug, 0:09:43.230 --> 0:09:45.270 through two games because they've hit all home runs to 0:09:45.309 --> 0:09:47.410 score their run so far in games one and two. 0:09:48.120 --> 0:09:50.300 but for looking for guys to get base hits, find 0:09:50.340 --> 0:09:53.920 the gap, move the line. Andy Pajas is a hole 0:09:53.980 --> 0:09:56.850 right now. He's a gaping hole for this Dodgers lineup. 0:09:57.290 --> 0:09:59.510 Tommy Edmond didn't have a good game too last night. 0:09:59.900 --> 0:10:04.280 There's a big question for what Dave Roberts should or 0:10:04.360 --> 0:10:07.910 shouldn't do with Andy Pajas in center field. Does he 0:10:07.950 --> 0:10:10.150 get benched like he did in the postseason last year? 0:10:10.170 --> 0:10:12.750 Does that mean Tommy Ebbin goes to center? Does Kike 0:10:12.770 --> 0:10:15.650 Hernandez go to center? What do they do with Max 0:10:15.690 --> 0:10:18.589 Muncy tomorrow at third base? Well, what do you mean, 0:10:18.610 --> 0:10:21.340 you ask? Well, it's a left-hander in Chris Sale. Do 0:10:21.380 --> 0:10:23.680 they do a matchup with a righty and put Miguel 0:10:23.940 --> 0:10:26.840 Rojas in at third base? Does Kike get a start 0:10:26.880 --> 0:10:29.839 at third? I would lean towards Miguel Rojas if it's 0:10:29.880 --> 0:10:33.239 either the two to start at third. What about left 0:10:33.260 --> 0:10:35.980 field to Oscar Hernandez? He's always a threat to hit 0:10:36.020 --> 0:10:39.250 the ball deep. like we saw in game one, but 0:10:39.270 --> 0:10:41.360 he's a liability out there in defense like we saw 0:10:41.390 --> 0:10:45.260 in game two. There are questions right now for Dave Roberts. 0:10:45.820 --> 0:10:49.140 How long is a leash for Andy Pajas? What does 0:10:49.160 --> 0:10:51.520 he do at third base with the lefty Chris Sale 0:10:51.559 --> 0:10:54.360 on the mound tomorrow? How much more time do you 0:10:54.380 --> 0:10:58.560 give Teoscar Hernandez in left field? And what about Shohei Otani, 0:10:59.500 --> 0:11:04.969 the GOAT? Shohei is a threat every single time his 0:11:05.070 --> 0:11:06.470 name is put into a lineup. 0:11:06.890 --> 0:11:10.190 And for that reason, Dodger fans, he stays in the lineup. 0:11:10.670 --> 0:11:13.729 I don't care if Shohei Otani goes hitless, he goes 0:11:13.750 --> 0:11:16.790 0-4-4 with four strikeouts. The mere fact that he is 0:11:16.929 --> 0:11:20.480 in the lineup and is a threat just by being 0:11:20.500 --> 0:11:25.329 in the batter's box, you keep him in the lineup. Now, 0:11:25.550 --> 0:11:27.670 some of you may push back and say, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. 0:11:27.970 --> 0:11:30.930 He doesn't look healthy. The lower half doesn't look connected 0:11:30.970 --> 0:11:33.709 to the top half. His swing just does not look 0:11:33.770 --> 0:11:37.450 the same. Well, he needs to adjust. I think you 0:11:37.470 --> 0:11:39.030 saw a good example of that in the fifth inning 0:11:39.330 --> 0:11:40.990 where he lasered a ball to left field on an 0:11:41.050 --> 0:11:44.530 outside fastball. All right, adjust your game. Don't need to 0:11:44.550 --> 0:11:47.130 hit a home run every single time. There's nothing wrong 0:11:47.170 --> 0:11:50.190 with finding the hole somewhere, finding green grass in the 0:11:50.270 --> 0:11:54.160 outfield for a base hit or a double. There's nothing 0:11:54.220 --> 0:11:58.870 wrong with the Dodgers singling Chris Sale to death tomorrow 0:11:59.309 --> 0:12:00.030 in game three. 0:12:00.929 --> 0:12:02.079 But for Shohei Ohtani. 0:12:02.960 --> 0:12:04.780 I can't believe I heard what I heard this morning 0:12:04.820 --> 0:12:07.800 on Saxon Cates in the morning. I can't believe what 0:12:07.820 --> 0:12:12.099 I've seen from multiple people online. And again, take it 0:12:12.140 --> 0:12:14.640 with a grain of salt. It's just people venting on 0:12:14.679 --> 0:12:18.540 social media. But actually, those who are saying Shohei Ohtani 0:12:18.580 --> 0:12:20.700 should be benched. In fact, there was a topic on 0:12:20.740 --> 0:12:23.780 Rogan and Rodney today, what to do with Shohei Ohtani. 0:12:24.420 --> 0:12:25.920 And I think to me, I agree with 100%, 1,000% 0:12:25.920 --> 0:12:30.140 with Rodney Peete, where he said there's no way you 0:12:30.179 --> 0:12:31.460 could bench Shohei Ohtani. 0:12:31.820 --> 0:12:32.760 And I absolutely agree. 0:12:33.580 --> 0:12:36.600 Unless he's in a cast and cannot walk or cannot 0:12:36.660 --> 0:12:38.800 physically swing a bat, he is in the lineup. 0:12:39.600 --> 0:12:40.140 He has to be. 0:12:40.760 --> 0:12:42.640 He is a threat every single time he is in 0:12:42.660 --> 0:12:45.030 the lineup. He's a threat to actually do something himself. 0:12:45.390 --> 0:12:49.410 And he's a threat in that lineup protecting other hitters 0:12:49.470 --> 0:12:54.480 around him. For that reason, he's in the lineup. Because 0:12:54.500 --> 0:12:56.340 you never know what Shohei Otani is going to do. 0:12:57.920 --> 0:13:00.500 And I think Dave Roberts knows that. And I think 0:13:00.559 --> 0:13:05.940 Dave Roberts understands that he cannot have Shohei Otani sitting 0:13:05.980 --> 0:13:08.439 on the bench. This cannot be a game in which 0:13:08.460 --> 0:13:11.840 you go into Atlanta needing offense, needing to win, and 0:13:11.900 --> 0:13:15.350 Shohei Otani sitting on the bench. That's crazy. This is 0:13:15.410 --> 0:13:18.210 not going to happen. I don't even know why it's 0:13:18.250 --> 0:13:23.420 being thought of of that. 866-987-2570, a big update in Tampa. 0:13:23.800 --> 0:13:26.090 The Yankees taking on the Rays, and for some reason, 0:13:26.380 --> 0:13:28.290 they decided to pitch to Ben Rice, who just had 0:13:28.330 --> 0:13:32.290 a solo home run in the fifth inning. No, that's 0:13:32.309 --> 0:13:34.590 the fourth inning, to tie the game at one. So 0:13:34.650 --> 0:13:38.730 Yankees won, Rays won, fourth inning at the Trop in 0:13:38.770 --> 0:13:42.569 Tampa with that series 1-0 in favor of the Rays. 0:13:43.070 --> 0:13:44.890 In a best-of-five ALDS. 0:13:44.990 --> 0:13:47.189 Earlier today, the White Sox took a 2-0 series lead 0:13:47.490 --> 0:13:49.710 with a win in Cleveland over the Guardians. And, of course, 0:13:49.730 --> 0:13:52.660 the other NLDS series is off today. They're back at 0:13:52.700 --> 0:13:57.199 it in San Diego tomorrow. That series resumes with the Brewers, 0:13:57.700 --> 0:14:00.020 a 2-0 series lead. What a wild series it's been 0:14:00.059 --> 0:14:03.330 in Milwaukee, games one and two between the Padres and Brewers. 0:14:03.750 --> 0:14:07.680 Game one. Should have been a Padres win, maybe. 0:14:07.700 --> 0:14:12.300 Hitting the catwalks up there, the scaffolding inside American Family 0:14:12.340 --> 0:14:14.140 First Field in Milwaukee. 0:14:15.200 --> 0:14:18.370 The left fielder, Churrio catches it. 0:14:19.260 --> 0:14:21.580 It's an out, even though the Padres thought it was 0:14:21.600 --> 0:14:23.540 going to get out. If not for the scaffolding, it 0:14:23.570 --> 0:14:26.350 would have gone out. But because of the ground rules there, 0:14:26.390 --> 0:14:29.170 that's ruled an out. It's a ball that's in play. 0:14:30.270 --> 0:14:32.970 Wild game one. And then game two, Mason Miller gets 0:14:33.070 --> 0:14:38.910 walked off. with a two-run single as the Padres now 0:14:38.990 --> 0:14:41.970 find themselves down 0-2 in that best-of-five series. 0:14:42.670 --> 0:14:45.430 This is what's great about October baseball. This is what's 0:14:45.470 --> 0:14:46.150 great about. 0:14:45.950 --> 0:14:50.890 These four NLDS series is the level of play being risen. 0:14:51.370 --> 0:14:54.670 Seeing guys elevate themselves on the mound, on defense, and 0:14:54.710 --> 0:14:59.270 at the plate. Seeing guys become postseason stars. Seeing guys 0:14:59.310 --> 0:15:01.210 like Ben Rice, who did it in the wild-card round, 0:15:01.250 --> 0:15:03.550 are now doing it in the ALDS. Young players like that. 0:15:04.070 --> 0:15:07.130 You know, seeing a Cam Schlittler look unhittable and then 0:15:07.170 --> 0:15:10.130 come into Tampa tonight and get hit around early. You know, 0:15:10.190 --> 0:15:12.780 seeing what guys like Cody Bellinger are doing in October 0:15:13.320 --> 0:15:15.260 over and over and over again, no matter what team 0:15:15.280 --> 0:15:18.020 he is with. You know, seeing what the Milwaukee Brewers 0:15:18.200 --> 0:15:21.180 do as a team in here in October. Seeing what 0:15:21.200 --> 0:15:24.320 the Dodgers did in game one and didn't do in 0:15:24.340 --> 0:15:24.780 game two. 0:15:26.000 --> 0:15:26.500 That to me. 0:15:27.320 --> 0:15:30.010 It's unacceptable last night for the Dodgers to play the 0:15:30.050 --> 0:15:32.210 way they did. I know you can tip your cap 0:15:32.230 --> 0:15:35.890 to the Braves and say they accomplished it, they did it, 0:15:35.950 --> 0:15:38.110 they got the best of the Dodgers, but I'm sorry, 0:15:38.150 --> 0:15:40.210 that is not the best of the Dodgers that we 0:15:40.250 --> 0:15:43.010 saw out there. I don't know what that offense was 0:15:43.050 --> 0:15:47.240 last night for the Dodgers, not drawing walks, swinging at 0:15:47.280 --> 0:15:49.520 pitches out of the strike zone, and it's guys up. 0:15:49.500 --> 0:15:50.320 And down that lineup. 0:15:50.860 --> 0:15:55.660 You know, from Otani on down, guys just not taking 0:15:55.680 --> 0:15:57.220 the quality of bats we're used to seeing. 0:15:57.820 --> 0:16:00.920 And remember during the regular season, there was a stretch 0:16:00.960 --> 0:16:01.800 in which Dave. 0:16:01.600 --> 0:16:07.320 Roberts got really mad, really mad at his offense for 0:16:07.340 --> 0:16:10.280 about seven or eight games, chasing the ball out of 0:16:10.300 --> 0:16:14.560 the strike zone, not taking Dodger at bats, and just 0:16:14.780 --> 0:16:19.420 not producing offensively. And he got mad, and he voiced 0:16:19.440 --> 0:16:22.800 his frustration with his team through the media, saying this 0:16:22.860 --> 0:16:25.440 is not what we're about. This is not how we 0:16:25.480 --> 0:16:28.420 approach at the plate. And they got back to what 0:16:28.460 --> 0:16:31.400 they do and had better at-bats. That's what they got 0:16:31.420 --> 0:16:35.110 to do now. The thing is, you don't have time 0:16:35.610 --> 0:16:38.470 on your side. Earl Hershiser, who was on the station 0:16:38.510 --> 0:16:40.570 earlier with Petro some money, said it last night on 0:16:40.610 --> 0:16:43.070 Sportsnet LA, and I heard it, and I looked up, 0:16:43.110 --> 0:16:46.250 and I was like, he's absolutely right. Over the course 0:16:46.270 --> 0:16:49.780 of 162 games, if you go into a rut offensively, 0:16:49.820 --> 0:16:53.680 you start making yourself having selfish at-bats at the plate. 0:16:53.720 --> 0:16:55.340 You're not having quality at-bats. 0:16:55.360 --> 0:16:57.920 You're chasing the ball out of the strike zone like 0:16:57.940 --> 0:16:59.930 we're seeing last night in Game 2. Like I said, 0:16:59.950 --> 0:17:02.570 we saw it over a stretch during the regular season. Well, 0:17:02.810 --> 0:17:04.449 you can work your way out of it because you 0:17:04.470 --> 0:17:07.470 have a long runway of a season. It's 162 games. 0:17:07.510 --> 0:17:10.380 So if that happens in the middle of June or July, yeah, 0:17:10.400 --> 0:17:12.520 we got time. We'll get out of it. You have 0:17:12.540 --> 0:17:15.060 a couple of bad at-bats, you know, personally. You have 0:17:15.080 --> 0:17:17.800 a streak in which you're just not seeing the baseball right. Well, 0:17:17.820 --> 0:17:19.500 let's say you're a pitcher. You're just not having your 0:17:19.540 --> 0:17:22.540 mechanics there, and you feel off, and you're not pitching great. Okay, 0:17:22.560 --> 0:17:23.800 you have time to get out of it. You can 0:17:23.820 --> 0:17:26.010 work out the kinks. You can work out your mechanics 0:17:26.030 --> 0:17:27.970 in between starts. You can go in the cage as 0:17:28.010 --> 0:17:30.469 a hitter and get right and try things in games and, 0:17:30.710 --> 0:17:32.590 you know, tinker with your swing a little bit because 0:17:32.609 --> 0:17:33.350 you've got the time. 0:17:33.350 --> 0:17:36.600 162 games. No sweat. I'll get out of it. 0:17:36.930 --> 0:17:40.490 I'll figure out my swing. Well, now you've got 24 hours. 0:17:42.880 --> 0:17:45.859 to figure out your swing. Now, you've got to go 0:17:45.960 --> 0:17:48.580 out there and figure it out and figure it out fast. 0:17:49.060 --> 0:17:53.220 You don't have the luxury of having a week or 0:17:53.300 --> 0:17:56.550 two weeks or three weeks to get right. You've got 0:17:56.590 --> 0:17:58.630 to turn around and be ready for game three 24 0:17:58.630 --> 0:18:05.449 hours later. The Dodgers need to drastically change what they 0:18:05.490 --> 0:18:08.619 did offensively in game two last night. Whatever that was, 0:18:08.980 --> 0:18:11.220 I don't want to see it anymore the rest of 0:18:11.240 --> 0:18:14.109 the postseason. And I sure as heck want to see 0:18:14.130 --> 0:18:18.429 a better outing from Blake Snell. Dodger fans deserve it. 0:18:20.359 --> 0:18:23.540 His teammates deserve a better outing than that. The fact 0:18:23.560 --> 0:18:26.340 that he made nine stars during the regular season, says 0:18:26.380 --> 0:18:29.280 he's healthy, he says he's ready to go, he saw 0:18:29.320 --> 0:18:32.030 what Tarek Skubal did the night before, and he comes out, 0:18:32.390 --> 0:18:36.590 doesn't have his control, doesn't throw the competitive pitches in 0:18:36.609 --> 0:18:40.320 the strike zone to get swings and misses. and just 0:18:40.500 --> 0:18:43.240 did not look good on the mound. Didn't have his 0:18:43.320 --> 0:18:45.420 best stuff, his command, his control. 0:18:46.240 --> 0:18:46.720 I'm sorry. 0:18:46.760 --> 0:18:49.439 You can get away with that in July and August 0:18:49.900 --> 0:18:52.419 and early September, but you need to be dialed in 0:18:52.460 --> 0:18:56.460 by now. You can't be figuring out, this doesn't feel right. 0:18:56.480 --> 0:18:59.370 I have to go back to my bullpen session. 0:18:59.609 --> 0:19:00.130 No, no, no, no. 0:19:00.730 --> 0:19:03.710 I know you were hurt. I know you made nine 0:19:03.750 --> 0:19:06.429 starts and we're glad to have you back. We are 0:19:06.609 --> 0:19:08.950 fired up that you're back in part of this rotation 0:19:09.210 --> 0:19:11.770 and the game to starter, but this isn't the time 0:19:12.350 --> 0:19:14.990 to be tinkering with things and working with things out 0:19:15.030 --> 0:19:17.669 on the mound. I mean, as it's happening, figure it out, 0:19:18.430 --> 0:19:21.649 get through it, grind it out, find the pitches you 0:19:21.750 --> 0:19:24.270 are working with. And there are, there are getting over 0:19:24.290 --> 0:19:28.850 the plate for strikes and, and utilize that, you know, it, 0:19:30.270 --> 0:19:33.270 It's just frustrating that an outing like last night can 0:19:33.330 --> 0:19:36.580 happen in game two of the NLDS. I mean, it 0:19:36.600 --> 0:19:38.280 can happen in game two of a series against the 0:19:38.340 --> 0:19:42.820 Cardinals in July, but I'm sorry, cannot happen in game 0:19:42.859 --> 0:19:46.760 two of the NLDS. We don't have the time, nor 0:19:46.800 --> 0:19:49.730 do we have the rope here to have bad outings. 0:19:50.430 --> 0:19:52.990 and then offensively not the time to get into a 0:19:53.060 --> 0:19:55.690 rut not the time to have selfish at bats not 0:19:55.730 --> 0:19:59.300 the time especially especially to be chasing the ball out 0:19:59.320 --> 0:20:01.800 of the strike zone swinging that pitch is two feet 0:20:01.880 --> 0:20:07.379 outside just cannot happen can not happen and then the 0:20:07.420 --> 0:20:11.700 defense Teoscar Hernandez in left field. Got to take a 0:20:11.740 --> 0:20:14.600 better route to the ball. Just have to. If you're 0:20:14.619 --> 0:20:17.100 not going to get there, pull up. Play it in 0:20:17.119 --> 0:20:20.070 front of you as best as possible. Play the carom better. 0:20:20.590 --> 0:20:23.170 Circle around it. You got to take a better angle 0:20:23.330 --> 0:20:24.929 at that ball in left field if you're not going 0:20:24.950 --> 0:20:26.790 to go get it. Now, I've heard a lot of 0:20:26.810 --> 0:20:30.130 people say, well, faster outfielder, so-and-so, go get it. So-and-so 0:20:30.150 --> 0:20:30.990 would definitely have had that. 0:20:31.250 --> 0:20:32.550 I don't know. I don't know. 0:20:33.030 --> 0:20:34.850 All I know is Teoscar Hernandez was in left field 0:20:34.869 --> 0:20:37.169 last night, didn't get to the ball, got by him, 0:20:37.490 --> 0:20:39.389 and he's got his back to the infield chasing the 0:20:39.430 --> 0:20:42.100 ball as it rattles around the small wall out by 0:20:42.119 --> 0:20:45.600 the bullpen gate. Meanwhile, Michael Harris walks into third base 0:20:45.820 --> 0:20:48.879 with a two-out triple. And then a few pitches later, 0:20:49.680 --> 0:20:52.100 Will Smith on one knee, can't get a ball up 0:20:52.160 --> 0:20:55.360 and away from Bubich, and it goes to the backstop. 0:20:56.140 --> 0:20:58.700 And the Braves take a 2-1 lead. Just a colossal 0:20:58.720 --> 0:21:02.960 of errors right there by the Dodgers. A bad 0-2 0:21:03.030 --> 0:21:06.389 pitch that Harris, to his credit, threw the bat at 0:21:06.430 --> 0:21:10.310 and got to. Defense and left from Tay Oscar. Not 0:21:10.330 --> 0:21:11.990 taking a great route to it in the way he 0:21:12.030 --> 0:21:15.649 played it. And then the wild pitch to bring in 0:21:15.690 --> 0:21:21.699 the go-ahead run. Little things matter. Details matter. This is 0:21:21.820 --> 0:21:22.780 not the time to. 0:21:24.359 --> 0:21:25.700 To be having these miscues. 0:21:26.180 --> 0:21:29.180 This is not the time for the Dodgers to having 0:21:29.240 --> 0:21:31.520 these kind of defensive lapses. 0:21:32.960 --> 0:21:35.510 Not the time. Hope it's out of their system. 0:21:35.550 --> 0:21:37.910 Hope they flushed it away and left it in LA 0:21:38.270 --> 0:21:40.410 as they are now in Atlanta to continue this series. 0:21:40.430 --> 0:21:42.409 We'll take a break. We'll come back. We'll hear from 0:21:42.430 --> 0:21:44.710 the manager, Dave Roberts, and we'll hear from you at 866-987-2570. 0:21:44.710 --> 0:21:50.030 It's Off Night Dodger Talk. Tim Cates with you. David 0:21:50.070 --> 0:21:53.480 Vasates in Atlanta. We'll be back tomorrow with Saxon Cates 0:21:53.520 --> 0:21:54.540 in the AM from 6 a.m. 0:21:54.560 --> 0:21:56.679 To 9 a.m. Then we'll have Rogan and Rodney from 0:21:56.680 --> 0:21:59.250 11 to noon. 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We'll hear from the manager, Dave Roberts. 0:22:44.580 --> 0:22:47.960 via AM570 LA Sports. Comment in the comments section or 0:22:48.000 --> 0:22:52.560 give us a call at 866-987-2570. Dodgers and Braves tied 0:22:52.640 --> 0:22:55.580 at one in this best-of-five series. Dodgers took the opening 0:22:55.619 --> 0:22:58.439 game on Saturday, slugged their way to a victory, and 0:22:58.500 --> 0:23:01.250 last night come up short, losing 3-2. 0:23:01.440 --> 0:23:03.820 Again, Blake Snell set the tone. He only gave up 0:23:03.859 --> 0:23:05.409 the one run. I get it. 0:23:05.820 --> 0:23:07.600 And, you know, got himself out of a jam a 0:23:07.640 --> 0:23:10.520 couple of different times. Gets pulled in the fourth inning. 0:23:11.290 --> 0:23:13.210 But it's just got to be better. I think he 0:23:13.310 --> 0:23:15.960 was able to navigate through traffic, got some help from 0:23:16.020 --> 0:23:21.040 defense with a ground ball out. But overall, too many pitches, 0:23:21.160 --> 0:23:23.830 too many non-competitive pitches. And you just got to put 0:23:23.850 --> 0:23:27.730 your team in a better situation around you. I understand 0:23:27.770 --> 0:23:30.350 on the scoreboard, only one run was given up, but 0:23:30.430 --> 0:23:33.949 he navigated through traffic. And then the Dodgers offense, you know, equally, 0:23:34.530 --> 0:23:36.870 equally the Dodgers offense last night, didn't get it done. 0:23:36.890 --> 0:23:40.379 I mean, Blake Snell was just the tone setter as 0:23:40.410 --> 0:23:44.400 the starting pitcher, but then the defense behind them, you know, 0:23:44.660 --> 0:23:49.379 later the bullpen, the wild pitch execution, and then the offense, 0:23:49.900 --> 0:23:51.700 the offense is a big part of last night of 0:23:51.720 --> 0:23:54.850 what went wrong. 0-8 with runners in scoring position. They 0:23:54.869 --> 0:23:57.470 stranded seven runners. They didn't have a lot of opportunities, 0:23:57.510 --> 0:23:59.810 but when they did, they were golden opportunities that they 0:23:59.910 --> 0:24:02.689 need to take advantage of in the third and the 0:24:02.770 --> 0:24:06.030 fifth in particular. You get Mookie Betts and Shohei Otani 0:24:06.109 --> 0:24:08.630 on base with nobody out, you've got to be able 0:24:08.650 --> 0:24:11.149 to move them over. If not bunting them over, which 0:24:11.170 --> 0:24:12.649 they tried, you've got to be able to hit the 0:24:12.690 --> 0:24:14.129 ball to the right side. You've got to be able 0:24:14.150 --> 0:24:16.879 to find the gap. This team cannot be slug all 0:24:16.920 --> 0:24:21.400 the time. It just cannot, especially in October. 0:24:21.420 --> 0:24:21.780 866-987-2570. 0:24:21.800 --> 0:24:24.340 Let's go to Paul and Pico Rivera. Welcome to Dodger 0:24:24.359 --> 0:24:25.199 Talk on this Monday night. 0:24:25.240 --> 0:24:25.879 Paul, how you doing? 0:24:27.359 --> 0:24:30.420 Hey, what's up, Tim? So, yeah, I'm glad you were 0:24:30.460 --> 0:24:34.310 saying about the offense because they left at least 11 0:24:34.310 --> 0:24:38.410 guys on base. So half of those come in, that's game. 0:24:38.530 --> 0:24:42.290 We would have won. But, I mean, what's kind of 0:24:42.330 --> 0:24:46.620 getting to me is, like, it seems now– maybe like 0:24:46.680 --> 0:24:51.060 this year especially is the Dodgers are playing that old 0:24:51.160 --> 0:24:54.830 school Yankee American League baseball and what I mean by 0:24:54.869 --> 0:24:57.950 that is like oh, we're down three, four runs, oh, 0:24:57.970 --> 0:25:00.230 we'll just load the bases and hit a grand slam 0:25:00.250 --> 0:25:02.770 and we're back in the game. Whereas they kind of 0:25:02.790 --> 0:25:06.130 got away from the small, like, base hit, pass the baton. 0:25:06.480 --> 0:25:09.040 You know, like Edmund kind of that bad punt he did. 0:25:09.380 --> 0:25:11.459 But I think if we go back to, you know, 0:25:11.480 --> 0:25:13.859 we don't need the home run every time because game one, 0:25:14.140 --> 0:25:16.580 that's what did it for us, home runs. But if, 0:25:16.760 --> 0:25:21.010 you know, you can't play that old Yankee American League baseball, like, 0:25:21.330 --> 0:25:25.090 that's not the Dodgers. You know, we're still bases. That's 0:25:25.109 --> 0:25:27.830 how the Dodgers have always been. So they kind of 0:25:27.850 --> 0:25:31.790 need to get away from that home run mentality, even 0:25:31.810 --> 0:25:34.410 though it's flashy. And that's what the fans want. We 0:25:34.450 --> 0:25:36.920 also want to win. So we need to take that 0:25:37.000 --> 0:25:39.880 back because our bats are better than Atlanta. 0:25:40.420 --> 0:25:42.359 Well, that's what the team is built on, Slug. And 0:25:42.380 --> 0:25:43.620 I appreciate the phone call, Paul. 0:25:44.020 --> 0:25:45.820 You know, this is what their bread and butter is, 0:25:46.100 --> 0:25:49.350 is hitting the ball for Slug for home runs. They're 0:25:49.390 --> 0:25:51.690 not a team that manufacturers runs. I mean, look at 0:25:51.710 --> 0:25:54.480 the Milwaukee Brewers. They're the complete opposite of what the 0:25:54.520 --> 0:25:57.220 Dodgers are. And both teams have been very successful in 0:25:57.280 --> 0:26:00.000 doing what they do. So not that there's anything wrong 0:26:00.020 --> 0:26:02.260 with that. It's just different style of baseball that the 0:26:02.300 --> 0:26:05.830 Dodgers play than Milwaukee. The Dodgers, though, in a playoff game, 0:26:06.290 --> 0:26:10.490 you know, first and second, nobody out. Like you said, 0:26:10.550 --> 0:26:13.190 you can't rely on a three-run home run. There's nothing 0:26:13.230 --> 0:26:14.970 wrong with hitting the ball down the line. There's nothing 0:26:15.070 --> 0:26:17.060 wrong with hitting the ball off the wall. There's nothing 0:26:17.320 --> 0:26:19.660 wrong with finding the gaps in left center and right 0:26:19.680 --> 0:26:22.800 center field, putting the ball in play, making the defense 0:26:22.840 --> 0:26:26.340 play on their heels. That's what playoff baseball is, making 0:26:26.359 --> 0:26:28.220 the other team make a mistake. We saw that in 0:26:28.240 --> 0:26:31.399 the Philly series last year. We saw that in the 0:26:31.460 --> 0:26:33.830 game in which they clinched at Dodger Stadium, the bad 0:26:33.869 --> 0:26:37.290 throw home. You know, the Dodgers are so good offensively 0:26:37.310 --> 0:26:39.390 and so talented. You just hope that they get this 0:26:39.630 --> 0:26:42.410 out of their system. And again, last night, Blake Snell 0:26:42.430 --> 0:26:43.310 gave up one run. 0:26:43.490 --> 0:26:43.919 That's it. 0:26:44.920 --> 0:26:48.869 And navigated through three and two-thirds. I just think Dodger 0:26:48.920 --> 0:26:52.750 fans expected more. Length, as far as, you know, last night, 0:26:53.050 --> 0:26:55.710 giving him six, seven innings, whatever. You know, we saw 0:26:55.730 --> 0:26:58.430 what Terry Scooble did the night before. Putting up zeros. 0:26:58.530 --> 0:27:00.780 Retired 15 in a row. Not that he's got to 0:27:00.820 --> 0:27:03.840 do exactly that, but just match him, at least. And 0:27:03.859 --> 0:27:06.840 the Dodgers offense certainly helped out the night before Terry 0:27:06.859 --> 0:27:09.000 Scooble with a couple of home runs. Three-run blast by 0:27:09.040 --> 0:27:12.909 Tyrus Hernandez. That helps, certainly, to get the run support 0:27:12.930 --> 0:27:17.889 and get to lead. But the Dodgers, again, opportunities, knocking 0:27:17.910 --> 0:27:20.010 on the door. Got to take advantage of that. If 0:27:20.030 --> 0:27:21.510 they would have come out of those third and fifth 0:27:21.550 --> 0:27:24.890 innings with hard-hit balls but just lasers right at guys 0:27:24.950 --> 0:27:27.900 or a great defensive play somewhere or a great pick 0:27:27.920 --> 0:27:29.919 by a middle infielder that got a force out and 0:27:30.420 --> 0:27:31.820 got them out of the inning... Then you tip your 0:27:31.859 --> 0:27:33.439 cap and you say, you know what? We hit the 0:27:33.480 --> 0:27:35.179 ball 107 off the bat. 0:27:35.680 --> 0:27:36.380 Nothing you can do. 0:27:36.440 --> 0:27:38.600 The baseball gods just had to go right to a guy. 0:27:39.480 --> 0:27:41.240 The guy made a great play. What are you going 0:27:41.740 --> 0:27:42.020 to do? 0:27:42.500 --> 0:27:43.020 It happens. 0:27:43.580 --> 0:27:45.860 But that wasn't the case with the offense last night. 0:27:46.920 --> 0:27:50.300 Let's go to Raymond in Cerritos. Welcome to Dodger Talk. 0:27:50.320 --> 0:27:50.960 Raymond, how are you doing? 0:27:52.820 --> 0:27:55.920 Yo, Tim, I love hearing how angry you are because 0:27:55.960 --> 0:27:57.280 I'm just as pissed off as you. 0:27:58.190 --> 0:27:59.570 I don't know if angry is a right word. 0:27:59.590 --> 0:28:01.970 I'm just disappointed in the way they played last night 0:28:01.990 --> 0:28:04.850 because the Dodgers collectively are just so much better than 0:28:04.869 --> 0:28:07.430 what we saw last night. And it's frustrating because they 0:28:07.450 --> 0:28:09.670 should be up 2-0 in this series if they just 0:28:09.750 --> 0:28:11.990 play better and not play like they did last night, 0:28:12.060 --> 0:28:13.129 especially offensively. 0:28:13.150 --> 0:28:15.480 I don't know where that came from. That's not them. 0:28:17.380 --> 0:28:19.680 No, and that's not the Dodger way. This is what 0:28:19.740 --> 0:28:23.460 I'm seeing. We are not playing our kind of baseball. 0:28:23.740 --> 0:28:27.129 When I'm thinking back to our dynasty, it's about... death 0:28:27.170 --> 0:28:31.410 by paper cuts, fouling off close pitches, getting and hunting 0:28:31.470 --> 0:28:36.979 that fastball, drilling that one, putting it in play, finding grass, 0:28:37.320 --> 0:28:39.959 whether it goes over the fence or not, doesn't matter. 0:28:40.200 --> 0:28:43.280 We're hunting fastballs. I don't see this team doing that. 0:28:43.660 --> 0:28:47.220 It's much more about slug or go home. And I'm wondering, 0:28:47.540 --> 0:28:50.740 why aren't we playing that kind of baseball? I'm seeing 0:28:50.780 --> 0:28:53.500 it in other playoff teams. I'm watching the Brewers and 0:28:53.520 --> 0:28:55.780 the Padres game, and I see them do it to 0:28:55.900 --> 0:29:00.050 Mason Miller. Taking that extra base, putting pressure on the pitcher, 0:29:00.370 --> 0:29:03.970 seeing there's going to be a fault. Yes, that's Dodger baseball. 0:29:04.290 --> 0:29:07.970 We are not playing that. Other teams are, Tim. And 0:29:08.110 --> 0:29:12.820 I'm wondering, what's wrong with Otani? Every full count he 0:29:12.880 --> 0:29:15.020 gets to, it ends in a whiff. 0:29:15.570 --> 0:29:16.430 What is up with that? 0:29:16.610 --> 0:29:16.830 All right. 0:29:16.870 --> 0:29:18.930 Appreciate the phone call, Raymond. He's not right. 0:29:18.950 --> 0:29:21.130 I think we'll find out after the season when it's 0:29:21.170 --> 0:29:24.140 all said and done that he's more banged up than 0:29:24.180 --> 0:29:26.000 he's leading on to. He's trying to play through it. 0:29:26.000 --> 0:29:28.520 And we love that about him because a 75 percent 0:29:28.700 --> 0:29:31.760 Shohei Otani is still better than most baseball players out there. 0:29:32.160 --> 0:29:34.630 But you can clearly see that in my eyes and 0:29:34.650 --> 0:29:37.110 what I'm seeing is a lower half of the body 0:29:37.130 --> 0:29:39.010 that's just not connected with the top half. And he's 0:29:39.050 --> 0:29:41.290 just not getting the explosion. with the lower half of 0:29:41.350 --> 0:29:44.190 his body and it's the knee maybe he's just trying 0:29:44.230 --> 0:29:48.190 not to to to re-injure or it's bothering him i 0:29:48.210 --> 0:29:51.380 don't know but it just doesn't look the same that 0:29:51.390 --> 0:29:54.480 it has earlier this year and certainly the last couple 0:29:54.500 --> 0:29:56.800 of years christian and downey welcome to dodge to talk 0:29:56.820 --> 0:29:58.760 here on a570 la sports how you doing. 0:30:00.630 --> 0:30:01.520 Hey, how's it going, Tim? 0:30:01.560 --> 0:30:03.060 Thanks for taking my call, cousin. 0:30:03.940 --> 0:30:04.420 No problem. 0:30:04.460 --> 0:30:07.400 Ohtani, you need to sit that guy out, bro. Not 0:30:07.480 --> 0:30:10.220 only is he stinking it up, he's killing my eyes. 0:30:10.280 --> 0:30:12.219 He looks like a little leaguer out there, bro. 0:30:12.240 --> 0:30:14.680 Christian, I don't think so. I appreciate the phone call. 0:30:15.600 --> 0:30:16.300 No, no. 0:30:16.460 --> 0:30:19.320 Shoei Ohtani stays in the lineup. Shoei Ohtani is not 0:30:19.360 --> 0:30:21.940 going anywhere. He'd have to have cast on his legs 0:30:22.000 --> 0:30:23.880 and cast on his hands and not be able to play. 0:30:24.300 --> 0:30:26.320 He'd have to take himself out of the game and 0:30:26.340 --> 0:30:28.100 out of the lineup, and that's just not going to happen. 0:30:28.470 --> 0:30:30.580 He's going to play through it. We love him for that. 0:30:31.080 --> 0:30:33.880 And I think there's still something in there from him. 0:30:34.100 --> 0:30:37.000 I'm pretty positive we're going to see something from Shohei Otani. 0:30:37.780 --> 0:30:40.140 Coming up after the commercial break, we'll hear from the manager, 0:30:40.160 --> 0:30:42.740 Dave Roberts. But Josh and Yorba Linda, welcome to Dodger 0:30:42.760 --> 0:30:45.410 Talk on this Monday night. Josh, Dodgers game three against 0:30:45.450 --> 0:30:46.070 the Braves tomorrow. 0:30:46.090 --> 0:30:46.489 How are you doing? 0:30:48.810 --> 0:30:49.230 Good, Sam. 0:30:49.270 --> 0:30:49.750 How are you? 0:30:50.090 --> 0:30:50.630 I'm all right. 0:30:50.650 --> 0:30:52.890 A little frustrated by last night, but I'm ready to 0:30:52.910 --> 0:30:54.930 put that behind us and get ready for game three. 0:30:54.770 --> 0:30:55.290 And Chris Sale. 0:30:57.400 --> 0:30:59.640 Two quick things for you. I think it's time to 0:30:59.660 --> 0:31:02.370 turn the page on Paz. It's been awesome that he's 0:31:02.390 --> 0:31:04.970 an all-star this year, but last year he couldn't hit 0:31:04.990 --> 0:31:07.270 in the playoffs. He can't hit this year. We don't 0:31:07.310 --> 0:31:08.870 have time to wait around to see if he comes 0:31:08.970 --> 0:31:12.060 out of it. And then secondly, do you think the Dodgers– 0:31:12.450 --> 0:31:14.950 Did Ohtani wrong with not setting him down early enough 0:31:15.010 --> 0:31:16.890 to get him right before the playoffs? 0:31:17.330 --> 0:31:19.250 No, I think the timing was okay. I mean, I 0:31:19.400 --> 0:31:22.220 appreciate the phone call, Josh. That's all on Shohei. He's 0:31:22.240 --> 0:31:24.700 the one that makes the decisions. Certainly, they can ask 0:31:24.760 --> 0:31:27.660 him what he feels like, how he's feeling, and assess him. 0:31:28.140 --> 0:31:30.979 But ultimately, it's up to him whether or not he's 0:31:31.000 --> 0:31:32.780 going to play. And they decided to sit him on 0:31:32.800 --> 0:31:35.719 the IL. He felt like he got right. All we 0:31:35.740 --> 0:31:38.590 kept hearing was the rest was good for him. and 0:31:38.830 --> 0:31:41.530 he feels stronger and you know the neck and the 0:31:41.670 --> 0:31:44.590 elbow and the knee weren't um barking as so to 0:31:44.630 --> 0:31:46.970 speak as they were before so it felt like he 0:31:46.990 --> 0:31:49.390 was right felt like he was good to go as 0:31:49.430 --> 0:31:52.610 the dodgers designated hitter but certainly he has not looked 0:31:52.630 --> 0:31:54.890 the same bob in malibu welcome to dodger talk here 0:31:54.930 --> 0:31:56.390 on am570 how you doing bob. 0:31:57.670 --> 0:31:59.410 Oh team i'm doing great man it's good to be 0:31:59.470 --> 0:32:01.670 on with you tonight look i'm hearing a lot of 0:32:01.760 --> 0:32:03.940 it from dodger fans and i understand all the frustration 0:32:03.980 --> 0:32:06.320 but let's put some positivity into this team i mean 0:32:06.360 --> 0:32:10.540 we're back-to-back world champions 2024, we were in a worse position. 0:32:11.020 --> 0:32:13.790 We're down two games to one in San Diego. We 0:32:13.830 --> 0:32:15.290 came back and we won that series. 0:32:15.350 --> 0:32:17.150 In a bullpen game too, right? 0:32:17.770 --> 0:32:18.710 In a bullpen game. 0:32:18.770 --> 0:32:19.250 I was there. 0:32:19.310 --> 0:32:21.750 I celebrated right with those boys in an 8-0 win. 0:32:22.210 --> 0:32:26.020 You know, Muncie hitting last night. Miguel Rojas never wasting 0:32:26.040 --> 0:32:28.620 an at-bat. Banging a double out last night. And the 0:32:28.780 --> 0:32:32.070 one at-bat he got. These guys on an airplane together 0:32:32.090 --> 0:32:35.130 is exactly what this team needs. I'm calling it now, Tim. 0:32:35.230 --> 0:32:37.190 Sales out of the game in four and two-thirds inning 0:32:37.250 --> 0:32:38.170 or less tomorrow night. 0:32:38.600 --> 0:32:42.240 Ooh, I hope you're right. I hope you're right, Bob. Yeah, 0:32:42.460 --> 0:32:44.860 I hope he's out of there in less than four 0:32:44.900 --> 0:32:46.700 and two-thirds. That means it's a good thing for the 0:32:46.740 --> 0:32:50.100 Dodgers if that is the case. Freddy Peralta after four 0:32:50.120 --> 0:32:52.570 and two-thirds innings gives up one run on three hits for. 0:32:52.490 --> 0:32:54.750 The Tampa Bay Rays. 66 pitches. 0:32:54.790 --> 0:32:56.670 They're going to their bullpen now in the fifth inning 0:32:57.050 --> 0:33:00.350 as the Yankees have runners on first and second. and 0:33:00.430 --> 0:33:03.920 threatening in a 1-1 tie in game number two of 0:33:03.960 --> 0:33:05.120 that ALDS. 0:33:05.320 --> 0:33:06.760 Isabel in Anaheim. 0:33:06.800 --> 0:33:07.320 Hi, Izzy. 0:33:07.360 --> 0:33:07.610 Hi, Tim. 0:33:09.800 --> 0:33:11.380 How are you? 0:33:11.620 --> 0:33:14.270 I'm okay. I'm ready for game three. I wish there 0:33:14.290 --> 0:33:15.390 wasn't a day off. I get it. 0:33:15.390 --> 0:33:17.690 They have to travel back east, but, man, I want 0:33:17.710 --> 0:33:18.770 to get back at it. I want to get right 0:33:18.810 --> 0:33:20.970 back on that horse for game three against the Braves. 0:33:23.090 --> 0:33:25.890 I am so fed up with it. First of all, 0:33:26.030 --> 0:33:28.370 I think I get it. I'm so fed up with 0:33:28.470 --> 0:33:31.830 all these people saying that we need to put Shohei 0:33:32.150 --> 0:33:36.150 on the bench. Are you kidding? He's a $ 7 million man. 0:33:36.170 --> 0:33:41.160 You cannot put a guy who's one of the best players. 0:33:41.300 --> 0:33:45.750 Are you guys all crazy? That's insane. Go for you, Fred. 0:33:45.810 --> 0:33:50.290 But anyway, I was so disappointed in Blake last night. 0:33:50.370 --> 0:33:53.370 And I do agree with what you said this morning. 0:33:53.390 --> 0:33:56.580 I'm sick and tired of him being injured, too. You're 0:33:56.730 --> 0:34:00.080 not the only one. But they need to start stepping 0:34:00.180 --> 0:34:03.500 it up. And it was very disappointing, very boring last night. 0:34:03.620 --> 0:34:07.580 It's very frustrating, very upsetting. It felt like it was 0:34:07.660 --> 0:34:11.470 this year. I mean, come on, guys. It's October now, 0:34:11.630 --> 0:34:14.470 and if you guys don't want to squander this, stop 0:34:14.530 --> 0:34:17.850 playing the Dodgers baseball. That's what David said. He said 0:34:17.870 --> 0:34:18.830 they didn't want. 0:34:18.690 --> 0:34:19.650 To squander it. 0:34:19.730 --> 0:34:23.989 But, yeah, you guys just got to stop playing. Anyway, 0:34:24.150 --> 0:34:26.010 I'll try to call in tomorrow again. 0:34:26.330 --> 0:34:26.649 All right. 0:34:26.710 --> 0:34:27.230 Sounds good. 0:34:27.270 --> 0:34:30.810 I appreciate it, Izzy. Great to hear from you. Dodgers 0:34:30.830 --> 0:34:33.370 need to get back at it. And offensively, it's going 0:34:33.390 --> 0:34:35.529 to start tomorrow with them getting after Chris Sale, which 0:34:35.610 --> 0:34:37.770 is no easy task. And we'll hear from the manager, 0:34:37.790 --> 0:34:39.489 Dave Roberts, when we come back. Let's squeeze in one 0:34:39.510 --> 0:34:42.730 more call if we can. Zach in Long Beach. How 0:34:42.750 --> 0:34:43.130 you doing? 0:34:43.210 --> 0:34:44.130 Welcome to Dodger Talk. 0:34:45.910 --> 0:34:47.730 Pretty good, man. I just want to say I talked 0:34:47.750 --> 0:34:50.690 to a buddy just now from Atlanta, and he's a 0:34:50.750 --> 0:34:52.490 great fan. He sent him and a bunch of the 0:34:52.880 --> 0:34:55.480 fans out there still feeling pretty nervous about winning the series. 0:34:55.920 --> 0:34:57.759 They feel that they got lucky a little bit in 0:34:57.800 --> 0:35:01.640 game two and that they're just not very clutch. He 0:35:01.680 --> 0:35:05.460 told me that the wildcard elimination game was the first 0:35:05.500 --> 0:35:09.150 time they won a winner-take-all game in 30 years. And 0:35:09.170 --> 0:35:12.149 so they're just something to get really stressed about. And 0:35:12.170 --> 0:35:14.739 also they only have two starting pitchers that have the 0:35:14.760 --> 0:35:16.960 capacity to be able to go these long games. And 0:35:17.040 --> 0:35:19.640 so there just isn't a lot of precedent maybe outside 0:35:19.680 --> 0:35:22.600 of the 2024 Dodgers that have been able to go 0:35:22.680 --> 0:35:23.580 all the way within that. 0:35:24.200 --> 0:35:27.219 Well, I think if they're going to ride any kind 0:35:27.239 --> 0:35:29.219 of length here in the postseason, they're going to use 0:35:29.239 --> 0:35:31.700 the blueprint of the Dodgers from 2024 with the two 0:35:31.739 --> 0:35:34.140 starting pitchers, as you alluded to, and a bullpen. And 0:35:34.180 --> 0:35:36.250 the Dodgers were very successful and won a World Series 0:35:36.270 --> 0:35:38.469 with that. But I hope that's not the case. certainly 0:35:38.489 --> 0:35:39.149 for the Atlanta Braves. 0:35:39.170 --> 0:35:40.210 We'll take a break. We'll come back. 0:35:40.230 --> 0:35:42.460 We'll hear from the manager, Dave Roberts, who spoke to 0:35:42.480 --> 0:35:45.040 the media about 90 minutes ago at Truist Park in Atlanta. 0:35:45.080 --> 0:35:48.180 Dodgers had a workout tonight and get ready for game 0:35:48.219 --> 0:35:51.500 three tomorrow. It'll be Yoshinobu, Yamamoto, Chris Sale, the pitching matchup. 0:35:51.800 --> 0:35:55.220 Yoshi told the media he's confident, feels good, feels like 0:35:55.260 --> 0:35:59.450 last year's postseason experience and pitching in the World Series 0:35:59.750 --> 0:36:02.469 and pitching in high-pressure games is certainly going to help 0:36:02.510 --> 0:36:06.030 him tomorrow in that crowd at Truist Park. Tomahawk chop, 0:36:06.170 --> 0:36:09.000 sellout crowd expected tomorrow. As the Dodgers and Braves will 0:36:09.020 --> 0:36:11.759 have game three of the NLDS tomorrow. Tim Cates back 0:36:11.780 --> 0:36:14.239 with you here on Off Night Dodger Talk on this 0:36:14.340 --> 0:36:18.540 Monday night, October the 5th. Dodgers in Atlanta. Game three 0:36:18.600 --> 0:36:20.299 of the NLDS is tomorrow. 0:36:20.340 --> 0:36:22.549 Dodgers and the Braves. Morongo Casino. Dodgers on deck. It's 0:36:22.590 --> 0:36:24.490 our coverage started. At 2 p.m. 0:36:24.550 --> 0:36:27.950 First pitch, a little after 3, Chris Sale and Yoshinobu 0:36:27.989 --> 0:36:32.010 Yamamoto on the mound. Earlier, about 90 minutes ago, Dave Roberts, 0:36:32.090 --> 0:36:34.799 after the Dodgers' workout at Truist Park, sat down at 0:36:34.820 --> 0:36:36.800 the podium and talked to the media about a lot 0:36:36.820 --> 0:36:40.200 of different things, including Andy Pahez and his struggles. 0:36:44.860 --> 0:36:47.870 I continue to give Andy Leach. I believe in him. 0:36:49.000 --> 0:36:50.900 I feel that for us to win the World Series 0:36:50.940 --> 0:36:52.560 this year, we're going to need him to be an 0:36:52.719 --> 0:36:57.560 active part of our team. And so, you know, I 0:36:57.600 --> 0:36:59.700 hope it doesn't get to that point. We're not there yet. 0:36:59.960 --> 0:37:03.660 I think that this is, for me, given how he's 0:37:03.800 --> 0:37:07.180 come into the postseason, too small of a sample. And 0:37:07.500 --> 0:37:11.910 he's taken two walks, I think. So tomorrow is not 0:37:11.950 --> 0:37:14.070 going to be the end-all, be-all because Sale is a 0:37:14.110 --> 0:37:16.609 tough matchup. But I still want to see, you know, 0:37:17.130 --> 0:37:17.750 good at-bats. 0:37:18.250 --> 0:37:20.109 With him, do you feel like it's more mental trying 0:37:20.130 --> 0:37:21.549 to do too much, or do you think that there 0:37:21.590 --> 0:37:23.990 might still be some adjustment coming back from the hand? 0:37:24.469 --> 0:37:26.850 I think there's trying to do too much. I think 0:37:26.910 --> 0:37:29.950 that clearly when he came back, he was swinging the 0:37:29.969 --> 0:37:35.250 bat really well, had success, and then I think now 0:37:35.270 --> 0:37:36.850 there's a little bit of trying too much. 0:37:37.469 --> 0:37:41.609 When you've watched Otani's at-bats the first two games, do 0:37:41.650 --> 0:37:45.970 you still see a player compensating for an injury or 0:37:45.989 --> 0:37:49.470 a physical problem Or do you just see a player 0:37:49.510 --> 0:37:52.140 who hasn't had enough game action in the last month? 0:37:52.360 --> 0:37:55.819 I think a combo, like most things. I think that 0:37:56.800 --> 0:37:59.380 the amount of at-bats leading up to it, it was, 0:37:59.420 --> 0:38:03.120 I think, five games. I think that that was, you know, 0:38:03.160 --> 0:38:07.290 you still, I felt good about having some at-bats to 0:38:07.350 --> 0:38:10.469 finish the season, the at-bats that he took in the 0:38:10.510 --> 0:38:14.150 bye week. I think there's, like we've talked about, he's 0:38:14.190 --> 0:38:19.509 not 100%. But at the end of the day, he 0:38:19.550 --> 0:38:21.400 can still do a better job of staying in the 0:38:21.420 --> 0:38:24.500 strike zone. I don't think that that has anything to 0:38:24.560 --> 0:38:28.140 do with, you know, he had the five games. It's 0:38:28.200 --> 0:38:31.509 hard to have success when you're out of the zone. 0:38:31.610 --> 0:38:34.950 And Shohei, any hitter understands that. So I think that's 0:38:35.010 --> 0:38:37.509 the thing is, then the question is, how do we 0:38:37.570 --> 0:38:39.650 get him into it? I think there's a little bit 0:38:39.690 --> 0:38:42.570 of trying to do too much. I think that's a piece. 0:38:43.340 --> 0:38:46.200 Everything orbits around Shohei in the sense of his talent. 0:38:46.650 --> 0:38:50.430 and the Braves are going to, you know, enter with caution. 0:38:51.350 --> 0:38:55.770 And so knowing that, you know, they're going to continue 0:38:55.790 --> 0:39:00.210 to expand as long as we keep giving that to them. 0:39:00.810 --> 0:39:03.570 So until we show some discipline, they're going to continue 0:39:03.590 --> 0:39:06.120 to kind of, you know, use that playbook. 0:39:07.040 --> 0:39:09.759 Dave, when you're looking at Otani and Pahez or even 0:39:09.800 --> 0:39:11.980 other guys that have struggled the last couple of games, 0:39:12.020 --> 0:39:15.259 like Will and Tommy, I mean, obviously it's only two games, 0:39:15.300 --> 0:39:17.460 but in a short series like this, when you have 0:39:17.480 --> 0:39:19.740 the matchup you're going to have tomorrow, do you consider 0:39:20.260 --> 0:39:22.270 either moving guys around in the lineup or making just 0:39:22.330 --> 0:39:24.370 other changes to the lineup going into tomorrow night? 0:39:24.770 --> 0:39:27.190 I think so. I am considering I think that's a, 0:39:27.270 --> 0:39:33.090 that's a very fair question. Um, I think that I 0:39:33.130 --> 0:39:36.839 have to be mindful of it's two games. And then 0:39:36.930 --> 0:39:40.360 with the two games, what have I seen? Um, you know, 0:39:40.380 --> 0:39:43.200 are we seeing good at bats? I think Will Smith 0:39:43.280 --> 0:39:45.799 is taking good at bats, just missing some pitches, taking 0:39:45.820 --> 0:39:50.940 good swings, not chasing much. Um, versus other people maybe expanding, 0:39:51.000 --> 0:39:53.100 trying to do too much. So those are things that 0:39:53.160 --> 0:39:56.640 you're trying to make bets, and then you're looking at 0:39:56.780 --> 0:40:01.900 tomorrow with sale. History, albeit he's had a lot of 0:40:01.960 --> 0:40:08.700 success against our guys. Recency, how I feel guys will 0:40:08.760 --> 0:40:13.950 prepare for sale. And then with Molly in game three. So, yeah, 0:40:14.310 --> 0:40:18.250 I'm thinking through that, and there's possible kind of some changes, yeah. 0:40:19.160 --> 0:40:21.620 How much going into tomorrow do you guys go back 0:40:21.660 --> 0:40:24.860 and look at that game against him in August? Obviously 0:40:24.900 --> 0:40:26.779 other times you've faced him. And when you think back 0:40:26.820 --> 0:40:28.640 to that game in August, what is it that he 0:40:28.700 --> 0:40:31.590 did so well that you've got to adjust to before 0:40:31.610 --> 0:40:32.430 you see him again tomorrow? 0:40:33.010 --> 0:40:33.770 Yeah, we do. 0:40:34.610 --> 0:40:39.010 I think that, and obviously Chris and the pitching staff, 0:40:39.130 --> 0:40:41.390 they're going to do their thing. And what worked, I'm 0:40:41.450 --> 0:40:43.480 sure they're going to continue to try to exploit it. 0:40:43.570 --> 0:40:46.250 And if it ain't broke, don't fix it type kind 0:40:46.310 --> 0:40:50.100 of mindset. I think it was the fastball was just 0:40:50.440 --> 0:40:52.219 sort of bullied us with the fastball at the top 0:40:52.260 --> 0:40:54.859 of the zone. And then, you know, there was some 0:40:54.900 --> 0:40:59.299 chase down below. And with the lefties throwing more two-seamers 0:40:59.489 --> 0:41:02.290 to keep us honest and to then expand away. 0:41:02.310 --> 0:41:05.270 And then how much confidence do you have just having 0:41:05.290 --> 0:41:07.210 Yoshi ready to go opposite him tomorrow? 0:41:07.430 --> 0:41:10.489 Feel great. And that's the thing is, you know, there 0:41:10.510 --> 0:41:12.569 should be a lot of talk about Chris Sale. But 0:41:12.950 --> 0:41:14.910 our guy's pretty dang good and has been a very 0:41:14.930 --> 0:41:18.260 good pitcher since. in the postseason. So we feel very 0:41:18.380 --> 0:41:21.219 good about that. And now, you know, going out there 0:41:21.280 --> 0:41:24.460 defending the way we should, capable of. And then on 0:41:24.500 --> 0:41:27.060 the other side, just, you know, it's going to be 0:41:27.080 --> 0:41:29.650 a good fight. I think both pitchers are going to 0:41:29.870 --> 0:41:32.989 pitch well. And it's kind of who grinds out at 0:41:33.050 --> 0:41:33.710 bat's best. 0:41:34.710 --> 0:41:35.129 All right. 0:41:35.570 --> 0:41:38.049 There's the manager, Dave Roberts, just about 90 minutes ago 0:41:38.070 --> 0:41:40.630 with the media at Truist Park in Atlanta. 0:41:40.710 --> 0:41:43.290 I love how he talked about discipline at the plate. 0:41:43.450 --> 0:41:46.719 And, the confidence that Yamamoto has, and the confidence they 0:41:46.739 --> 0:41:49.719 have in him going out there and going toe-to-toe with 0:41:49.780 --> 0:41:50.279 Chris Sale. 0:41:50.320 --> 0:41:52.120 Steve in Thousand Oaks, final call of the night. Steve, 0:41:52.140 --> 0:41:52.620 how are you doing? 0:41:54.280 --> 0:41:55.360 All right, how are you? 0:41:55.400 --> 0:41:56.060 Doing good, thanks. 0:41:57.840 --> 0:41:58.140 Good. 0:41:58.380 --> 0:42:01.430 Hey, you know, I was just wondering, watching the other game, 0:42:02.370 --> 0:42:04.410 and by the way, the Dodgers gave me a nice 0:42:04.469 --> 0:42:05.969 birthday present on Saturday. 0:42:06.190 --> 0:42:06.730 Nice. 0:42:06.950 --> 0:42:08.730 It would have been nice to go all the way 0:42:08.770 --> 0:42:11.919 to the World Series for that. Listen, the whole thing 0:42:12.000 --> 0:42:15.839 is that I was wondering why Mookie, I can't remember 0:42:15.860 --> 0:42:17.340 what it was, he was in the middle of the game, 0:42:17.739 --> 0:42:20.600 and he was leading way off of second base. And 0:42:20.640 --> 0:42:23.319 he could have easily made third base. And then the 0:42:23.820 --> 0:42:26.820 next guy up had to fly out to the outfield. 0:42:27.060 --> 0:42:28.940 But it was still far enough that if he was 0:42:28.980 --> 0:42:31.700 going from third to home, he probably should have made it. 0:42:31.719 --> 0:42:33.040 I mean, he would have had to have a perfect 0:42:33.080 --> 0:42:36.160 throw on that. And because he didn't do that, we 0:42:36.219 --> 0:42:39.180 couldn't tie up the game. and it would have probably 0:42:39.219 --> 0:42:44.640 made the logistics later on a little different than losing 0:42:44.680 --> 0:42:45.480 by one run. 0:42:45.700 --> 0:42:46.640 No doubt, no doubt. 0:42:46.660 --> 0:42:48.770 Well, happy belated birthday to you. I'm glad the Dodgers 0:42:48.790 --> 0:42:50.950 were able to get the win for you on Saturday. 0:42:51.010 --> 0:42:52.870 I know you're talking about, John Smoltz talked about it 0:42:52.910 --> 0:42:55.810 on the Fox broadcast, that basically Suarez, I think, was 0:42:55.850 --> 0:42:58.110 on the mound, was just giving Mookie Betts third base. 0:42:58.150 --> 0:43:00.509 But as David Massey talked about on Dodger Talk, I 0:43:00.530 --> 0:43:04.129 was listening last night as well. Mookie, yeah, not the 0:43:04.210 --> 0:43:08.069 fleetest of feats. Maybe a little caution there and– not 0:43:08.110 --> 0:43:11.310 wanting to run themselves into an out at third base, possibly, 0:43:11.330 --> 0:43:13.230 because it would have been a foot race and a 0:43:13.250 --> 0:43:15.110 great throw to third to get them out, trying to 0:43:15.150 --> 0:43:17.930 steal third. But you've got to take some gambles, and 0:43:18.010 --> 0:43:20.509 maybe that was something the Dodgers, looking back at, would 0:43:20.550 --> 0:43:22.089 want back. By the way, looking at the Tampa Bay 0:43:22.130 --> 0:43:24.589 Rays taking a 2-1 lead over the Yankees in Game 0:43:24.590 --> 0:43:28.570 2 of that ALDS down in Tampa, a double, a double, 0:43:29.050 --> 0:43:33.100 and then a fielder's choice. I mean, that's manufacturing a 0:43:33.160 --> 0:43:35.640 run right there. Ground ball to the right side with 0:43:35.660 --> 0:43:37.480 runners on second and third with less than two outs. 0:43:38.170 --> 0:43:41.450 didn't have to slug, didn't have a wasted at bat, 0:43:41.880 --> 0:43:44.420 went out there realizing that they needed a run, and 0:43:44.440 --> 0:43:47.260 the left-handed hitter just pulled the ball to the right side, 0:43:47.660 --> 0:43:50.339 grounded himself out, but a run scored, and the Rays 0:43:50.380 --> 0:43:53.890 have a 2-1 lead. Pretty simple. Nothing sexy about it. 0:43:54.530 --> 0:43:55.989 But the Rays have a 2-1 lead, and we'll see 0:43:56.010 --> 0:43:57.670 what happens the rest of the game. Thank you to 0:43:57.710 --> 0:43:59.850 Ronnie Fascio for all his help all day long. It's 0:43:59.870 --> 0:44:02.710 been a long day for everybody. Thanks for listening. Thanks 0:44:02.730 --> 0:44:05.989 for watching on YouTube as well. We'll be back at 0:44:06.010 --> 0:44:08.070 it tomorrow morning, bright and early, 6 a.m. 0:44:08.110 --> 0:44:08.709 To 9 a.m. 0:44:08.730 --> 0:44:12.730 With Saxon Gates in the morning. Dale Murphy, former Braves great, 0:44:12.989 --> 0:44:15.350 will join us at 8 a.m. David Vassie will check 0:44:15.390 --> 0:44:17.910 in from Atlanta as well. We're back at it with 0:44:17.930 --> 0:44:21.399 Morongo Casino Dodgers on deck at 2 o'clock. First pitch 0:44:21.420 --> 0:44:24.410 a little after 3. It's Game 3 of the NLDS tomorrow. 0:44:24.810 --> 0:44:26.149 Enjoy the rest of your Monday night. 0:44:26.230 --> 0:44:27.470 Be safe. So long, everybody.