Speaker 1: This is off season Dodger Talk. Get in on the
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Speaker 2: Hey, we're back for another Dodger Talk tonight. Thank you
Speaker 2: for joining us. We're with you until eight o'clock right
Speaker 2: here on A five seven b LA Sports. We have
Speaker 2: a great show for you tonight. Interesting. Not too many
Speaker 2: people go to the movie theaters anymore to watch movies. Well,
Speaker 2: I have a reason for you to go to the
Speaker 2: theater again to watch a documentary film on the Dodgers,
Speaker 2: specifically the Tokyo series. That's right February twenty third and
Speaker 2: twenty fourth only. This documentary film on the Tokyo series,
Speaker 2: behind the scenes of the Dodgers trip to Japan is
Speaker 2: going to be in theaters near you. Just go to
Speaker 2: Fathom Entertainment dot com to get your tickets. I've seen
Speaker 2: some in the Valley, Semi Valley, Thousand Oaks, Woodland Hills.
Speaker 2: It's all going to be showing there. And the director
Speaker 2: of that docu film is going to join us at
Speaker 2: the bottom of the hour, Jason Sterman is going to
Speaker 2: join us at the bottom of the hour. To talk
Speaker 2: about what this doc film is all about and how
Speaker 2: much behind the scenes we're going to see the Dodgers
Speaker 2: in the Tokyo series and in fifteen minutes. You know,
Speaker 2: our last show on Monday night, we had a full
Speaker 2: board of calls of you telling us where you were
Speaker 2: for Game seven of the World Series and even where
Speaker 2: you were when Freddie Freeman hit his walk off home
Speaker 2: run in the eighteenth inning of Game three. Well, it
Speaker 2: inspired so many people, even within the Dodger organization, and
Speaker 2: outside of Andrew Friedman, Dave Roberts and some members of
Speaker 2: the front office and players, there's one guy that's more
Speaker 2: inside than anybody, and that's the director of Dodgers Travel,
Speaker 2: Scott Akasaki, who was listening and wanted to share his
Speaker 2: perspective on the dodgers incredible seven game World Series win
Speaker 2: over the Blue Jays. So we got all that. Also,
Speaker 2: we have some Clayton Kershawn news. I'll share that with
Speaker 2: you in a moment, but I want to remind you
Speaker 2: that we will be broadcasting from Dodger Fest this Saturday,
Speaker 2: presented by Verizon. Are broadcast presented by Verizon from ten
Speaker 2: am to one o'clock. We are scheduled to have show
Speaker 2: Hey Otani on the show, Freddie Freeman, Mookie Betts, Dave Roberts,
Speaker 2: so we will have your back to back World Series
Speaker 2: Championship Dodgers. Yes, Snailzilla will join us, and I'm not
Speaker 2: looking forward to that, considering he grew up a Seahawks fan,
Speaker 2: So we'll put up with snail Zilla on Saturday as well.
Speaker 2: The first Dodgers Cactus League game is coming up on
Speaker 2: February twenty first. Pitchers and catchers report in just two weeks,
Speaker 2: so it's coming fast. The first Dodgers Spring training game
Speaker 2: February twenty first in Tempe, Arizona against the Angels. We
Speaker 2: will have that right here on a five to seventy
Speaker 2: LA Sports and Opening Day. We talked about the Tokyo Series.
Speaker 2: That's where Opening Day was for the Dodgers last year
Speaker 2: two years ago. As you remember, it was in Seoul, Korea.
Speaker 2: For the first time in three years, it's at Dodgers
Speaker 2: Stadium March twenty sixth. The Dodgers are hosting the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Speaker 2: Speaking of the Tokyo Series and the Dodgers, Otani and Yamamoto,
Speaker 2: it was reported by Dylan Hernandez of the Now California
Speaker 2: Post that the Team Japan manager for the World Baseball
Speaker 2: Classic announced that both show Hey Otani and Yama Moto
Speaker 2: will be playing for Team Japan. The manager for Team
Speaker 2: Japan did not say whether or not Otani would pitch.
Speaker 2: He said that would be determined in spring training, and
Speaker 2: he did call Yamamoto team Japan's ACE. I have a
Speaker 2: message for the Team Japan manager. Find another ace. Yamamoto
Speaker 2: is the Dodgers ace. We don't need Team Japan, you know,
Speaker 2: running Yamamoto out there for six, seven, eight innings on
Speaker 2: short rest, and I would I would be led to believe.
Speaker 2: I believe this. It feels like Team Japan would be
Speaker 2: working in concert with the Dodgers, and the Dodgers I
Speaker 2: would hope would give Japan, and I hope Team Japan
Speaker 2: would listen to some of the guardrails for the Dodgers ace.
Speaker 2: You know, the World Baseball Classic is a nice novelty.
Speaker 2: It's not winning the World Series. I hate to break
Speaker 2: that to everybody that loves the World Baseball Classic. You
Speaker 2: can enjoy it. Yes, the stadiums are packed. Yes it's
Speaker 2: electric in certain matchups and for certain countries, like Japan.
Speaker 2: It means a lot. But Yamamoto has pitched more than
Speaker 2: any other pitcher in the last two years. I would
Speaker 2: not want him pitching too much for Team Japan. So
Speaker 2: hopefully cooler heads prevail in the World Baseball Classic. Managing
Speaker 2: of Yamamoto and Otani pitching, I'm not thrilled about that either.
Speaker 2: How about just let Otani hit. He's doing his service
Speaker 2: for Team Japan. He's showing his pride for Japan by
Speaker 2: being the dh How about that? Okay? Speaking of the
Speaker 2: World Baseball Classic, we know Clayton Kershaw is going to
Speaker 2: pitch for Team USA, and now you know, we've heard
Speaker 2: rumors the last few weeks that NBC is pursuing Kershaw
Speaker 2: to be a broadcaster for their new Sunday Night Baseball package.
Speaker 2: I thought it would be in the booth for the game.
Speaker 2: I feel like Kershaw's that type of guy. But it
Speaker 2: is being reported now by Front Office Sports that Kershaw
Speaker 2: and NBC are working on a deal, closing in on
Speaker 2: a deal. As the way it was described for Kershaw
Speaker 2: to be an in studio analyst, not being at the stadium,
Speaker 2: and the studio is somewhere, you know, just outside of
Speaker 2: New York City. From what I understand, Connecticut Ish that's
Speaker 2: a long ways away from LA and Dallas. But I
Speaker 2: guess Kershaw wants to dip his toe into broadcasting. I
Speaker 2: could have made it easy for him. I would have
Speaker 2: found I would have dusted off Tony Gwinn Junior's seat.
Speaker 2: You know, he could have chimed in. We could have
Speaker 2: worked something out with Jose Mota where you know, Kershaw's
Speaker 2: in the seat. But he wants to be a big
Speaker 2: TV star, So okay, you be that big TV star
Speaker 2: on NBC. He'll do great whether it's in the booth
Speaker 2: or in the studio. I actually believe that he would
Speaker 2: enjoy being at the stadium more than he'll be in
Speaker 2: the studio. And I remember Dan Patrick describing the way
Speaker 2: he had to get Rodney Harrison's energy up in the
Speaker 2: studio before the first Sunday night football game that was
Speaker 2: on NBC. Dan Patrick obviously knows what he's doing, and
Speaker 2: Rodney Harrison always used to the electricity of a football
Speaker 2: stadium feeding off the crowd. Well, in the studio, there
Speaker 2: is no crowd, but you have to match that energy
Speaker 2: of the stadium. Who's going to bring that out of
Speaker 2: Kershaw because he is always feeding off the energy of
Speaker 2: a crowd, whether it's at Dodger Stadium, whether it's in Toronto.
Speaker 2: You know, the adrenaline of being at the stadium is
Speaker 2: so different than being in a studio and trying to
Speaker 2: elevate the electricity intensity and reflect the feelings of what's
Speaker 2: happening at that stadium. So that's going to be a
Speaker 2: challenge for Kershaw and we'll see how he does. All right.
Speaker 2: Now that Kershaw is no longer on the Dodgers, I
Speaker 2: would venture to say Freddie Freeman is the Dodgers elder statesman.
Speaker 2: He's the guy that is going to continue the culture
Speaker 2: that Kershaw set. Leading by example. Freddy's been a big
Speaker 2: part of being vocal in hitters meetings and trying to
Speaker 2: urge his teammates to keep it simple. And Freddie is
Speaker 2: a big guy off the field as well. He's put
Speaker 2: together team dinners and really encouraged getting away from the
Speaker 2: field with your team and organizing those type of ventures
Speaker 2: outside of being together at the stadium. And Freddie's really
Speaker 2: come into his own as a Dodger and a leader
Speaker 2: over the course of the last three years. And Freddie
Speaker 2: was on Ryan Howard and Jimmy Rollins Six' to one
Speaker 2: to one podcast earlier this, offseason AND i saw a
Speaker 2: clip of him talking about hitting and the way guys
Speaker 2: in baseball now are so focused at looking at their
Speaker 2: swing instead of doing What Freddy freeman always. Does if
Speaker 2: you're at a game and you watch The dodger dugout
Speaker 2: when they're, hitting When Freddie freeman's not on deck or
Speaker 2: in the, Hole he's sitting right at the front of
Speaker 2: the dugout studying the, pitcher trying to figure out what he's,
Speaker 2: doing watching other left handed hitters at, bats how that
Speaker 2: picture is working that. Guy he doesn't even. Flinch he's
Speaker 2: not looking anywhere else except at that picture on the,
Speaker 2: mound not looking at an. iPad AND i thought this
Speaker 2: really resonated with me BECAUSE i know so many guys
Speaker 2: around baseball that believe that iPads actually work against hitters
Speaker 2: that are not watching the game instead looking at the
Speaker 2: iPad and. Themselves remember this was an issue for The
Speaker 2: dodgers two or three years, ago and they had a
Speaker 2: concerted effort amongst each other to put the iPads down
Speaker 2: and to watch the game. More here's What Freddy freeman
Speaker 2: was describing on the sixty one to one podcast from
Speaker 2: one of his big homers when The braves won The
Speaker 2: World series in twenty twenty.
Speaker 3: One Jock peterson's leading off and he strikes out on
Speaker 3: a one two heater up and, away And i'm hitting
Speaker 3: third AND i come up literally two batters, LATER i
Speaker 3: get into a one to two count And i'm, like
Speaker 3: And i've obviously watched every, pitch And i'm, like you know,
Speaker 3: what maybe he just had success at. This i'm going
Speaker 3: to look for the heater up and, away ninety, six
Speaker 3: up and, way AND i hit it out to left,
Speaker 3: field and you, know he has a sixty two mo
Speaker 3: On oar curve, ball he has a, splitter he has,
Speaker 3: cutters and you, KNOW i just sold. Out AND i
Speaker 3: think those are the things that some people miss when
Speaker 3: they're on iPads slowing down their. Swing when like you
Speaker 3: just popped Up like let's just say you popped up
Speaker 3: a two ozd pitch and you went to left field
Speaker 3: and you come back and you're slowing, down you should
Speaker 3: know what you did, wrong, Right like you just popped
Speaker 3: up a, Heater LIKE i don't need to slow. Down
Speaker 3: if this is like what you're gonna be able to
Speaker 3: go and think like, this and, like so whatever your
Speaker 3: swing is that day is what you're swinging. Is you,
Speaker 3: know we're not gonna have our a swing all the,
Speaker 3: time so most of the time you're just.
Speaker 2: COMPETING i love It Freddie freeman preach that makes so much.
Speaker 2: Sense And freddie is a big. Believer AND i feel
Speaker 2: like with technology and guys so focused on their swing
Speaker 2: and going to see these hitting. Gurus And i'm sure
Speaker 2: if you have younger kids in high school or in
Speaker 2: eighth grade and they're on travel, ball you've hired a hitting,
Speaker 2: GURU i would say. DON'T i would say let your
Speaker 2: kid figure it out himself with the instruction of his
Speaker 2: coaches on his. Team And Freddie freeman is a big
Speaker 2: believer in keeping it. Simple and it doesn't get simpler than.
Speaker 2: That you, know like you, said most days you're not
Speaker 2: going to have your a. Swing figure it out and
Speaker 2: compete in that, box and you compete by being prepared
Speaker 2: before you step into the batter's. Box you're not going
Speaker 2: to be able to change things on the. Fly you've
Speaker 2: got to recognize how a pitcher is working your team that.
Speaker 2: Day And freddie is the epitome of actually zoning in
Speaker 2: on the pitcher that day and figuring it. Out and
Speaker 2: Actually otani is very much like. That you'll see him
Speaker 2: look at the, iPad but you'll watch him give scouting
Speaker 2: reports to other left handed hitters on the team and
Speaker 2: bring back a scouting. Report and the first guy that
Speaker 2: did that the best for The dodgers Since i've been covering,
Speaker 2: them Was Justin, turner and that that has. Continued eight
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Speaker 2: Number we Got dodger talk for you until eight o'clock
Speaker 2: tonight right here on an five SEVENTY La. Sports David
Speaker 2: vass with you until eight o'clock tonight here ON am
Speaker 2: five to SEVENTY La. Sports we Got dodger talk for
Speaker 2: you tomorrow. Night very good Chance i'll be making a
Speaker 2: road trip up. North Brad paisley has invited me back
Speaker 2: to his. House, no not the one In, nashville but
Speaker 2: the one in Central. California, yes we may Have dodger
Speaker 2: talk tomorrow night From Brad paisley's living room In Central.
Speaker 2: California so, uh we'll put to the Test. Sheldon, Caller,
Speaker 2: sheldon whether or not he really did Watch game seven
Speaker 2: Where Brad paisley at A Santa barbara bar tomorrow. Night
Speaker 2: eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy is
Speaker 2: the phone. Number The dodgers winning The World series had
Speaker 2: such a great effect on so many of, us including
Speaker 2: those that work closer to the team than. Anybody and
Speaker 2: we're joined right now out by one of those, people
Speaker 2: and that's The Dodgers director Of, Travel Scott. Akasaki, scott
Speaker 2: thanks a lot for calling. In appreciate, It thank, You.
Speaker 4: Dave honored to be, on and you, KNOW i appreciate
Speaker 4: you mentioning that you'll be doing the show tomorrow With Brad.
Speaker 4: Paisley Barack obama told me never to name, drop SO
Speaker 4: i really appreciate.
Speaker 2: That, well there might be some royalty on the show
Speaker 2: tomorrow night as. Well we'll see whether or Not brad,
Speaker 2: delivers SO i won't do. THAT i just you, know
Speaker 2: how many years has this been for you with The?
Speaker 2: Dodgers too?
Speaker 1: Long?
Speaker 4: Dave, well actually it's actually it's been a short twenty
Speaker 4: six years for. ME i, Started, YEAH i started In
Speaker 4: january of two thousand and it's been a great.
Speaker 2: Ride we've. Been we talked about this the other. Night
Speaker 2: it feels like The dodgers don't get enough credit for
Speaker 2: the Infrastructure Andrew freeman is built and also the character
Speaker 2: of players that they have brought. In, uh what can
Speaker 2: you say about the character of the group of players
Speaker 2: that found a way to avoid losing The World series
Speaker 2: on multiple, plays to be able to hang in there
Speaker 2: and win it in seven?
Speaker 4: Games you, Know, dave the the thing about you, know
Speaker 4: we talk about this about this a lot inside the,
Speaker 4: building and of course that's, culture right and the in
Speaker 4: the culture that's fostered By Dave, Roberts Andrew, Friedman Brandon,
Speaker 4: gomes our baseball leadership as well as from our. Owners
Speaker 4: and when you put all this together and you, know
Speaker 4: you you, say go, win, right and you're able to
Speaker 4: withstand some of those difficult, moments you, know like we
Speaker 4: did see in The World, series and like you AND
Speaker 4: i talked, about there were ABOUT i, mean who knows
Speaker 4: twenty five different inflection points where The World series could
Speaker 4: have gone a different. Way maybe that's why we think
Speaker 4: The World series was so awesome was because you could
Speaker 4: think back to every game had a critical moment where
Speaker 4: somebody did something to help The dodgers, Win and that
Speaker 4: to me was why The World series of twenty twenty
Speaker 4: five is so.
Speaker 2: Memorable you, know last, year in twenty twenty, FOUR i should,
Speaker 2: say it felt like it was a handful of guys
Speaker 2: that really carried The dodgers over the finish. Line this,
Speaker 2: year it was all twenty six guys that had a
Speaker 2: huge contribution without you, know key plays From Justin dean
Speaker 2: or you, know Even Hey Sun kim Racing Dave roberts
Speaker 2: Before game. Six it felt like everybody From robleski To
Speaker 2: shehan To dean had a hand in The dodgers winning
Speaker 2: this and without them they. Don't, Yes and you, KNOW.
Speaker 4: I think that's one of the WHEN i think back To,
Speaker 4: OCTOBER i really do think about the unsung hero and
Speaker 4: right and everybody of course Remembers Miguel rojas right in
Speaker 4: games six and six and. Seven but besides, that like
Speaker 4: you Mentioned robo And Will climb and of course our, superstars, right,
Speaker 4: uh you, know Show Hey, Yama Freddie, freeman you, Know
Speaker 4: Max Will. SMITH i, mean like you can name the
Speaker 4: all you can name the whole entire, roster, right and everybody.
Speaker 4: Contributed and one thing THAT i don't want to forget
Speaker 4: is the the part where you're in this biggest moment
Speaker 4: of your life and things aren't going your. Way people
Speaker 4: didn't put their head down and SAY whoae is? Me
Speaker 4: they kept in, It they kept, engaged they kept, focused
Speaker 4: and when their time, came they helped us. Win and you,
Speaker 4: know you, know hats off To Andy pajes for making
Speaker 4: an unbelievable catch at a time when he wasn't doing
Speaker 4: very well right and he was, benched but he went
Speaker 4: in there and he made this. Catch and you, know
Speaker 4: if he would have hung his head and, said, Oh
Speaker 4: i'm not in you, know this game Because i'm not hitting, well,
Speaker 4: well we would.
Speaker 2: Have lost without a. DOUBT i, mean he had his hoodie.
Speaker 2: On he was essentially benched to Have Miguel rojas start
Speaker 2: in game. Six In game seven and out of the,
Speaker 2: Blue Dave roberts, says, hey go out, there you're, right
Speaker 2: and you, know another guy Is Miguel, rojas who you
Speaker 2: know wasn't getting the opportunity early in The World series
Speaker 2: and finally got that chance In game six and had
Speaker 2: a huge play When keithy A hernandez made a you,
Speaker 2: know a short hop throw to. Him people forget about
Speaker 2: that play at second base and then what he did
Speaker 2: in the ninth inning with the bat and with the
Speaker 2: with the. GLOVE i, mean there's another guy that could,
Speaker 2: have you, know felt sorry for.
Speaker 4: Himself and don't forget the bare handed, catch the bare
Speaker 4: handed ground ball that he timed perfectly to throw a
Speaker 4: runner out at.
Speaker 1: FIRST i, mean you.
Speaker 4: Know and one of the things that you, Know, dave
Speaker 4: you're a.
Speaker 1: Dad i'm a.
Speaker 4: Dad one of the things That i've told my kids
Speaker 4: is This World series, is in many, ways there are
Speaker 4: many teaching points to. Life, right your life isn't gonna
Speaker 4: go great all the, time and so there's gonna be
Speaker 4: good points and there's gonna be bad. Points but to
Speaker 4: take an example of someone Like Miguel, rojas who wasn't
Speaker 4: playing hurt to get a chance in game, six to
Speaker 4: be the defensive star In game six and then the
Speaker 4: offensive star in game, seven you, know shows his. Professionalism
Speaker 4: shows that, everybody in no matter what stage of life they,
Speaker 4: are no matter if they're up or, down you might
Speaker 4: get your moment whatever that is and whatever In denver.
Speaker 4: Endeavor so you better be, ready you better be. Prepared and,
Speaker 4: so you, know hats off To miguel and what he
Speaker 4: was able to accomplish in as the kids say in
Speaker 4: games six to.
Speaker 2: Seven you, know, yeah my kids don't like me saying.
Speaker 2: That they said it ruins, it SO i try to stay.
Speaker 2: Away Scott, akasaki The dodgers director of, travel is our.
Speaker 2: Guest and nobody is closer to the team Than scott is.
Speaker 2: He he's, There he's in the trenches with them from
Speaker 2: the first day of spring training to the final out
Speaker 2: Of game. Seven and you're A dodger. Fan you grew
Speaker 2: up In la LIKE i, did and that's why we
Speaker 2: have a lot in common WHERE ucla fans And dodger.
Speaker 2: Fans did you ever believe you would see Another dodger
Speaker 2: pitcher do What Oral herscheizer did in THE, nlcs and
Speaker 2: that's come back the day after he pitched to pitch.
Speaker 2: Again And oral only had to get one batter In
Speaker 2: game four of THE, nlcs and eighty Eight yamamoto pitched
Speaker 2: more than one inning In game. Seven did you ever
Speaker 2: believe we would, see especially in today's load management, world
Speaker 2: that a pitcher would come back and do.
Speaker 4: That you, know one of the things that we talk
Speaker 4: about in the in the office is that in the,
Speaker 4: playoffs your superstars have to, superstar, right they have to
Speaker 4: take on they have to carry the, team, Right and
Speaker 4: you see that right now in THE, nfl right you
Speaker 4: see that in THE nba playoffs and with us our superstars.
Speaker 4: Superstarred and when you talk About, yamamoto you talk about Old. Hersheizer,
Speaker 4: YEAH i never thought somebody would do, what you, know
Speaker 4: would duplicate what oral did you know in nineteen eighty
Speaker 4: eight Or hirscheizer wasn't. Pitching god was, pitching you, Know
Speaker 4: and so WHEN i think of WHEN i think back to,
Speaker 4: THAT i don't know If god was Inside, yama but.
Speaker 4: Unbelievable you, know after he Pitched game, six you, know
Speaker 4: we were talking AND i, said, hey, like are you
Speaker 4: ready For game? Seven and as a joke he or
Speaker 4: not as a, joke but he was serious and he, says,
Speaker 4: No i'm, done Like i'm ready to start the off,
Speaker 4: Season Like i'm, done, Right but in the fourth inning
Speaker 4: Of game, seven this guy comes into the weight, room
Speaker 4: which is right next to the, dugout and he starts
Speaker 4: walking on the. Treadmill AND i happened to be in
Speaker 4: there at the, time AND i was, Like, oh here we.
Speaker 4: Go this is gonna be something. Crazy and it reminded
Speaker 4: me of When kershaw came in In washington to close
Speaker 4: out THE nlcs against The. Nationals, uh you, know just
Speaker 4: that's when you're your superstar.
Speaker 2: Superstar, yeah and he certainly, did and uh it Was,
Speaker 2: uh it was something to always. Remember we thought What
Speaker 2: Walker buehler did was incredible In game five of The World,
Speaker 2: series and Then yamamoto did something extraordinary THAT i don't
Speaker 2: believe we'll see again in our, Lifetime, SCOTT i really
Speaker 2: don't Unless yamamoto does it.
Speaker 4: Again, hey who, Knows, dave it'd be fun to, watch.
Speaker 2: Certainly all, right BEFORE i let you, go you Mentioned Clayton.
Speaker 2: Kershaw there are reports that he may be dipping his
Speaker 2: toe on the broadcast. World how do you Think kershaw
Speaker 2: will do as as an in studio. Analyst do you
Speaker 2: feel like that's in his blood or you think this is.
Speaker 1: EXPERIMENT i think he would be.
Speaker 4: Great you, know being With kersh these many, years he
Speaker 4: sees the game like no other person. Does you. Know
Speaker 4: it's it's actually fun to watch the football playoffs and
Speaker 4: to listen To Tom brady Or Troy, Aikman Tony romo
Speaker 4: and how they dissect and how they see the. Field
Speaker 4: Clayton kershaw is the same way, right he is going
Speaker 4: to give. You like all herscheizer does really provide a
Speaker 4: look at the game that is. Unmatched so if that's
Speaker 4: the path he, CHOOSES i don't know if he'll choose that.
Speaker 4: PATH i think everybody is in for a.
Speaker 2: TREAT i heard it was between broadcasting and becoming the
Speaker 2: New dodgers director of. Travel what what do you. THINK
Speaker 2: i think he leaned. Broadcasting you're.
Speaker 4: SAFE i think he could Do he could do the
Speaker 4: he could do the travel. Job he's certainly talented.
Speaker 2: Enough, Scott it's awesome to have you on the. Show
Speaker 2: you're a big sports, fan AND i know you're living
Speaker 2: out your dream doing what you've done with The dodgers
Speaker 2: the last twenty six years and now being such a
Speaker 2: big part of the golden age Of Dodger. Baseball the
Speaker 2: ride continues in a couple of, weeks AND i can't
Speaker 2: wait to get back on that ride with you and
Speaker 2: the rest of the. Organization look forward to seeing you
Speaker 2: in a couple of.
Speaker 1: Weeks thank, You.
Speaker 4: David i'm really looking forward to this year and to you,
Speaker 4: know for someone, who like you, said born and raised
Speaker 4: in la except for a couple of years living In,
Speaker 4: japan you, know this Is Los angeles is my, home
Speaker 4: and so to be work for the team that you
Speaker 4: grew up rooting. For to get out of your car
Speaker 4: and you, know go to the market or go to
Speaker 4: the gas station and See dodger hats, everywhere and to
Speaker 4: see parents of you, know my my kids friends Wearing dodger.
Speaker 4: Jackets it's just something that's awesome and just it's very
Speaker 4: such a warm feelings fills me with a lot of,
Speaker 4: pride and you, know to hats off to the, organization
Speaker 4: to the staff that work At Dodger stadium day in
Speaker 4: and day, out and to all the FANS i, mean
Speaker 4: like the the players feel the love and the. Energy
Speaker 4: this weekend we have our fan. FEST i know that's
Speaker 4: going to be heavily. Attended this is the golden era
Speaker 4: Of Dodger baseball AND i hope it continues for a
Speaker 4: very long.
Speaker 1: Time same.
Speaker 2: Here no matter what they try to, do this this
Speaker 2: group is not going to allow anything to get in
Speaker 2: the way of. Winning so look forward to. It, scott
Speaker 2: and thanks a lot for sharing your. Insights. Uh it's,
Speaker 2: uh it's special to hear from someone in your, Position
Speaker 2: so thank.
Speaker 4: You thanks for having me on to be.
Speaker 2: There he Goes Scott, akasaki The dodgers director Of, travel and,
Speaker 2: look everybody has a, story and that was a story
Speaker 2: from the inside of The dodgers'. Clubhouse and just really
Speaker 2: what he said is some of the takeaways That i'm
Speaker 2: sure you had as, well you, know being ready for your,
Speaker 2: moment whether you're a veteran Like Miguel, rojas a rookie
Speaker 2: that was going to be playing in The Mexican league
Speaker 2: Like Justin, dean or a guy Like Andy paez who
Speaker 2: struggled during the postseason to have your one moment and
Speaker 2: be ready for. It SO i loved what he had to.
Speaker 2: Say when we continue On Dodger, talk we are going
Speaker 2: to get more insight from a big time director who
Speaker 2: has put together a docu film on The dodgers trip
Speaker 2: To tokyo to begin their repeat championship. Season don't go
Speaker 2: anywhere More Dodger talk until eight o'clock right here on
Speaker 2: a five to SEVENTY La. Sports thanks again To Scott.
Speaker 2: AKASAKI i love that he got called up in the
Speaker 2: emotions of your stories On Monday night of where you
Speaker 2: were during The Dodgers World series Run game seven And
Speaker 2: game three And Freddie freeman's walk off home. Run we
Speaker 2: have Another dodger talk for you tomorrow, night and yes
Speaker 2: it will be from the grand Old opry, Himself Brad
Speaker 2: paisley's home In Central. California i'll be Taping Sports net
Speaker 2: LA's Access dodgers in the afternoon With Tim kats And
Speaker 2: John hartung and Then i'll be making the drive up
Speaker 2: To Santa barbara and Having Brad paisley on the. Show
Speaker 2: he'll be able to take your phone calls tomorrow. Night
Speaker 2: so should be a Good dodger talk show tomorrow night
Speaker 2: From Brad paisley's. Home remember it was a couple of
Speaker 2: years ago In nashville that we had the show from
Speaker 2: his bar on his farm In. Nashville so now we'll
Speaker 2: bring it To california coast to coast With Brad paisley
Speaker 2: who's a Huge dodger fan but was not able to
Speaker 2: make it To tokyo with The. Dodgers and for those
Speaker 2: of you that were not able to make it To,
Speaker 2: tokyo like most of you, weren't, obviously there is a
Speaker 2: brand new docu film that is going to be in
Speaker 2: your local Theaters february twenty third and twenty fourth only
Speaker 2: those are the only two days that The tokyo series
Speaker 2: documentary is going to be in theaters and you can
Speaker 2: buy tickets now out here In Willand, Hills Seemi, Valley Thousand.
Speaker 2: Oaks it will be showing at those. Theaters and we
Speaker 2: have the director joining us right, Now Jason. Sternmann, jason
Speaker 2: thanks a lot for coming. On appreciate it.
Speaker 1: It, Hey, david thank you for taking the time to have.
Speaker 2: Me so where did the idea of making a docu
Speaker 2: film and releasing it in theaters of The Dodgers tokyo
Speaker 2: series start to really formulating your brain and your? Vision you?
Speaker 1: Know it's. Interesting i've been lucky. Enough i've had a
Speaker 1: relationship with THE mlb and we've done some projects in
Speaker 1: the past, together AND i approached them in, about i
Speaker 1: want to, say Like october of last, year And i've
Speaker 1: had this thought of quite honestly from being A dodger,
Speaker 1: fan being born and raised IN la but over the
Speaker 1: last couple of, years especially watching The japanese players and Especially,
Speaker 1: otani there is just the way THAT i think they
Speaker 1: approached the, game even things as small as the way That,
Speaker 1: otani you, know he he tipped his hat to THE
Speaker 1: oosi to the posy, managers the way that he plays,
Speaker 1: peacemaker you, know in that pogreat game where he gets,
Speaker 1: Hit and there was just this interesting thing of, like
Speaker 1: where did these GUYS i come? From and why do
Speaker 1: they all seem to have this sort of different approach
Speaker 1: to the, Game and that was the entry point for the.
Speaker 1: Exploration i'm just asking a, question where did these guys come?
Speaker 1: From like we're lucky enough to see them when they're
Speaker 1: at their peak when they come, here but obviously they
Speaker 1: all start, somewhere you, know coming out Of, japan and
Speaker 1: we were lucky enough to i think hit the same
Speaker 1: timing as the startup last season where they were going
Speaker 1: to be playing the games In, tokyo and using that
Speaker 1: as kind of the entry point and the backdrop gave
Speaker 1: for a PERFECT i think time and place to explore
Speaker 1: that with this.
Speaker 2: Film how much access Did otani give you while you
Speaker 2: were filming this dock you?
Speaker 1: FILM i, mean the benefit that we had was we
Speaker 1: got the same access as every other person and member
Speaker 1: of the press who was able to be on the.
Speaker 1: Field and the thing that's interesting about this film when
Speaker 1: people get a chance to go see, it is it's
Speaker 1: really not about the play by play of the. Game
Speaker 1: it really looks at the exploration Of japanese baseball culture
Speaker 1: and knowing how that culture influences players Like otani And
Speaker 1: yamamoto And roki obviously for The, dodgers and in that
Speaker 1: game they were playing against the Cub still obviously they
Speaker 1: have showed him and all that and say A. Suzuki
Speaker 1: but we take a very very big lens to the
Speaker 1: baseball culture In. Japan we go and we explore little
Speaker 1: league In, Osaka we explore you know what a lot
Speaker 1: would Consider otani's number one, fan which is this amazing
Speaker 1: guy who runs a hair salon In, oshu which Is otani's,
Speaker 1: hometown and has spent his a good portion of his
Speaker 1: life basically collecting every every bit of memorabilia as he
Speaker 1: can From showhay's career To. Quine, honestly like we went
Speaker 1: to the bat factory in the middle of this of
Speaker 1: this valley in the middle of the country Where, mizuno you,
Speaker 1: know they still have the same sort of like master
Speaker 1: craftsman style of creating baseball. Bats so it's a look
Speaker 1: at the aspiration of how those things all influence the
Speaker 1: kind of, funnel if you, will all these things come
Speaker 1: down into why these why These japanese? PLAYERS i think
Speaker 1: one play the game way that they, do but also
Speaker 1: IT'S i think eye opening for us As americans who
Speaker 1: have created the sport and seeing how The japanese have
Speaker 1: in a way kind of turned it into their own.
Speaker 2: Version that's the voice of the director of the Docufilm
Speaker 2: homecoming The tokyo series that The dodgers And cubs participated
Speaker 2: in to kick off the twenty twenty four. Season Jason
Speaker 2: sternman is our, guest and like we mentioned, earlier this
Speaker 2: docu film of The Dodgers tokyo series is going to
Speaker 2: be in theaters just two Days february twenty third And
Speaker 2: february twenty. Fourth you can buy tickets right now At
Speaker 2: Fathom entertainment dot. Com AND i thought that's really, Interesting,
Speaker 2: jason to give us an idea of what the docu
Speaker 2: film is going to show. Us do you feel like
Speaker 2: we will have a greater appreciation of how Popular otani
Speaker 2: And yamamoto are and just how deeply Rooted otani specifically
Speaker 2: is and the culture of not Only japanese baseball but
Speaker 2: the country.
Speaker 1: ITSELF i think that's the, Hope but at the same,
Speaker 1: time also it's a little bit of like it's a
Speaker 1: little bit of a love letter to the. Game AND
Speaker 1: i think it's really interesting about seeing how different people
Speaker 1: can come together and play, it whether they speak the same.
Speaker 1: Language once they all do on the, field they all
Speaker 1: kind of know what their roles, are it's just how
Speaker 1: they all approach. It it was, INTERESTING i, Mean, david
Speaker 1: you were, there, so you, know even being able to
Speaker 1: see some of the exhibition games where The dodgers played
Speaker 1: against The Tokyo giants and The Haunting tigers From. Osaka
Speaker 1: like the fact that those games are even able to be,
Speaker 1: played and the way that the fans react to. IT
Speaker 1: i think IT'S i mean interesting where there were so
Speaker 1: Many american fans who got attempts to travel and we're
Speaker 1: in and we're in The Tokyo doom during those, games
Speaker 1: as well as also Local japanese who saw. There you,
Speaker 1: know they're to a certain, extent especially With otani their
Speaker 1: hero return home to go play in that. Stadium everyone
Speaker 1: kind of had the same sort of, feeling which is
Speaker 1: that this was something very, special but it also felt
Speaker 1: very very, familiar like it didn't require anyone needing to
Speaker 1: translate the rules of the.
Speaker 2: Game is there anything that really stood out to you
Speaker 2: the most when you were making this docu film that
Speaker 2: you weren't expecting to resonate with.
Speaker 1: You the thing that really stood out to me, was quite,
Speaker 1: honestly seeing the way That Little league is approached and.
Speaker 1: Taught AND i think for people especially who watch The
Speaker 1: japanese players as we see them now IN, MLB i
Speaker 1: think that there's a really nice correlation where you UNDERSTAND
Speaker 1: i think a little bit more about the way that
Speaker 1: it is ingrained in them at such a young age
Speaker 1: of the approach to the game and the way that
Speaker 1: they then carry the tools that are given to them
Speaker 1: through baseball extends way beyond the, field and a lot
Speaker 1: of kids who don't become professional baseball, players they still
Speaker 1: use the things that they've learned in life to be
Speaker 1: better members of. Society that to, me watching kids learn
Speaker 1: in the approach was rather blind gold and it really
Speaker 1: feels also like something that we also don't really necessarily
Speaker 1: have here in The states citvil the league where it
Speaker 1: feels very. Individualized, there everything is very much built around
Speaker 1: the idea of team and.
Speaker 2: That kind of feels like being In. Japan that's the
Speaker 2: culture of The japanese people and why that country and
Speaker 2: the people are so. Great it's not about, me it's
Speaker 2: about the greater good of the. Country and it feels
Speaker 2: like that baseball is just a microcosm of the way
Speaker 2: they live their. Life it's not just about, them it's
Speaker 2: about the country and about the next person to be respectful.
Speaker 1: To's that's exactly. Right and it's interesting BECAUSE i didn't
Speaker 1: realize it UNTIL i was, there AND i actually was
Speaker 1: watching batting practice for The, dodgers and every Time Agil
Speaker 1: rojas came up for batting, practice the entire like stadium
Speaker 1: and people who were watching batting practice would share for,
Speaker 1: him AND i didnk it was Pretty freeman's kind of
Speaker 1: like what's going? On AND i realized that WHEN i
Speaker 1: asked the. Question is Because miguel gave up his number
Speaker 1: To roki When roki joined the, team The japanese population
Speaker 1: saw that as such a grand, gesture and that goes
Speaker 1: really deeply to like the way that they see this
Speaker 1: kind of you, know the way you interact with with
Speaker 1: with your fellow citizens in a certain, way and so
Speaker 1: he held in such high regard because of that, gesture
Speaker 1: and that to me also is just like it felt
Speaker 1: like a window into the way The japanese approach and
Speaker 1: look at. Things but it's so interesting seeing it through
Speaker 1: the lens of.
Speaker 2: Baseball that is the voice Of Jason, sterman the director Of,
Speaker 2: homecoming The tokyo Series The dodgers And cubs and arct
Speaker 2: and started the twenty twenty four season In, Tokyo. Japan
Speaker 2: it's a docu film that will be in theaters for
Speaker 2: two days, Only february twenty third And february twenty. Fourth
Speaker 2: you can buy tickets now to your local theater where
Speaker 2: it's showing At Fathom entertainment dot. Com, now can you
Speaker 2: give us a sneak? PEEK i know a lot of
Speaker 2: it is not just about The dodgers And, cubs but
Speaker 2: as you, mentioned the culture of baseball across the. Country
Speaker 2: how many little leaguers try to Emulate otani's batting stance.
Speaker 1: More than, you more THAN i would have. Expected but
Speaker 1: at the same, time also it's it's been, INTERESTING i
Speaker 1: think seen the way That otani has influenced a way
Speaker 1: that kids In japan are able TO i think dream,
Speaker 1: bigger if that makes. Sense but Because otani's had such
Speaker 1: a huge impact on the accomplishments that he's. Had he
Speaker 1: has now very much given kids something to aspire. To
Speaker 1: but it's a direct example of someone who looks like,
Speaker 1: them who comes from where they come. From so the,
Speaker 1: EMULATION i think is the natural extension of that where
Speaker 1: they look and GO i want to be like him
Speaker 1: and to be like, HIM i want to play like.
Speaker 2: Him, NOW i know you want all of us to
Speaker 2: go to the theaters to see this docu. Film if
Speaker 2: we're not able to get to the theaters On february
Speaker 2: twenty third or twenty, fourth is there a chance we
Speaker 2: might see this on a streaming service down the.
Speaker 1: Line very, likely, yes at a to be an ounce,
Speaker 1: Date so that's also in, progress but obviously focusing on
Speaker 1: the ability of seeing it in. Theaters SO i think
Speaker 1: the nice thing about seeing something in theater is the
Speaker 1: same way of seeing something that, is you, know being
Speaker 1: at a baseball game or being any other sporting. Event
Speaker 1: there's a communal aspect to it that's. Nice but, ultimately
Speaker 1: if people aren't able to make it in the, future
Speaker 1: at some point down the, road, yeah ideally like there
Speaker 1: will be an opportunity to catch it at.
Speaker 2: HOME i, MEAN i can't think of a ander way
Speaker 2: to See otani outside of being at The Tokyo dome
Speaker 2: than to be at a movie theater watching this and
Speaker 2: just saying everything that you bring to. Life So i'm
Speaker 2: looking forward to bringing the, kids and you know there
Speaker 2: are classmates to see, this and IF i, Can't i'll
Speaker 2: be in spring. Training my wife will do. It i'll
Speaker 2: instruct her to go To Fathom entertainment Dot com to
Speaker 2: bring the. Kids how about, That, Jason.
Speaker 1: We'll have The it'll be in theaters In arizona's at
Speaker 1: the very. Least, also maybe you can catch it.
Speaker 2: There, hey that's. True that's. True, WELL i appreciate, That,
Speaker 2: jason and look forward to seeing you at the premiere
Speaker 2: On saturday. Night and thank you for coming, on and
Speaker 2: congratulations on bringing something to life That i'm sure a
Speaker 2: lot of us had no idea what how deeply rooted
Speaker 2: baseball is and the effects it's had on not only
Speaker 2: us in The United states With otani And, yamamoto but
Speaker 2: just what it means to everybody in that. Country so
Speaker 2: thank you for coming.
Speaker 1: On of, course thank you for having. ME i appreciate.
Speaker 2: It there he Goes Jason, sternman the director Of, homecoming
Speaker 2: The tokyo. Series this is a really cool idea for a,
Speaker 2: docufilm And i'm. Serious i'm looking forward to having my
Speaker 2: kids go see this docufilm in Theaters february twenty third
Speaker 2: and twenty. Fourth and it's not just about, Baseball so
Speaker 2: if your kid doesn't love baseball as much as we,
Speaker 2: do it sounds like it's more than just about. Baseball
Speaker 2: it's more about showing what it's like in the culture
Speaker 2: and how deeply rooted it is in the. CULTURE i
Speaker 2: kind of. WAS i had my periphery not very zoomed
Speaker 2: out on what this docufilm was going to. Be So
Speaker 2: i'm happy that we Had jason on BECAUSE i thought
Speaker 2: it was just going to be a docufilm on what
Speaker 2: was taking place at The Tokyo dome was happening maybe
Speaker 2: in the, clubhouse BUT i was pleasantly surprised to hear
Speaker 2: that it's more about what it's like with the little,
Speaker 2: leaguers with the culture out there In. Japan SO i
Speaker 2: think it's a docufilm for. Everybody AND i was invited
Speaker 2: to the premiere On saturday night After Dodger, fest And
Speaker 2: i'm looking forward to being out there and seeing what
Speaker 2: this is all, about and then you, KNOW i am
Speaker 2: not going To i'll come. Clean i'll be In arizona
Speaker 2: while my family's back In Los. Angeles So i'm hoping
Speaker 2: they can get to the theaters here IN la to
Speaker 2: see this docufilm of The tokyo, series because it seems
Speaker 2: like it's worthwhile for, everybody all, Right LIKE i, Said
Speaker 2: Dodger fest is coming up This. Saturday we are going
Speaker 2: to Broadcast live presented By verizon From Dodger stadium from
Speaker 2: ten am to one o'clock. Show Hey otani is scheduled
Speaker 2: to join us at about twelve forty. Five Mookie, Bets Freddie,
Speaker 2: Freeman Dave, Roberts they're all going to join us as,
Speaker 2: well and it should be a fun time On. Saturday
Speaker 2: we hope to see you out. THERE i Guess i'm
Speaker 2: going to be positioned in The dodger. Bullpen they want
Speaker 2: to cage me away from everybody. Else they don't want
Speaker 2: me associating or socializing with. Anybody they want me in
Speaker 2: The dodger bullpen where they'll lock the gates and not
Speaker 2: let me. Out so that's fine as long as the
Speaker 2: players find their way To Dodger talk from ten am
Speaker 2: to one. O'clock that's. Fine you, Know i'm used to
Speaker 2: being treated that. Way it's all. GOOD i went from
Speaker 2: center stage to a closet last year to now a,
Speaker 2: bullpen So i'm all. In we make the best out
Speaker 2: of it out of it no matter. What so looking
Speaker 2: forward To Dodger talk from ten am to one o'clock
Speaker 2: tomorrow From Dodger. Fest the First dodger spring training, game
Speaker 2: LIKE i, mentioned Is february twenty, first and being just
Speaker 2: two weeks away from pitchers and, catchers it's shocking so
Speaker 2: many good players are still free, agents Including Zach gallon
Speaker 2: of The Arizona, diamondbacks who has the qualifying offer attached to,
Speaker 2: him and according to our Friend Ken, rosenthal that has
Speaker 2: been an issue For gallon to sign with the team
Speaker 2: because a lot of teams out there don't want to
Speaker 2: give up a draft pick to Sign Zach. Gallen, look
Speaker 2: baseball is not THE nfl OR. Nba you have a
Speaker 2: greater chance at missing at a player in the first
Speaker 2: or second round of the baseball. Draft SO i still
Speaker 2: don't understand when you have a proven commodity and a
Speaker 2: guy that's a better second half pitcher than he is
Speaker 2: a first half pitcher Like Zach, gallan who pitches in
Speaker 2: his home, ballpark which is a hitters. Ballpark why wouldn't
Speaker 2: you care about signing a guy if you really care about?
Speaker 2: Winning all these teams that are pointing the finger at The,
Speaker 2: dodgers if you really care about, winning why wouldn't you
Speaker 2: give up a long shot of a draft pick for
Speaker 2: a proven major League all star pitcher In Zach. Gallon
Speaker 2: that's shocking to. Me and, LOOK i know there's a
Speaker 2: lot of questions about From burvaldez's, character but at some
Speaker 2: point he's got to realize that he may not be
Speaker 2: getting that multi year contract that he thought he would
Speaker 2: because his reputation's out there and it obviously is affecting.
Speaker 2: Him you know that him throwing and crossing up his
Speaker 2: catcher on purpose last, Year i'm sure is not a
Speaker 2: one time, thing and my understanding talking to people that
Speaker 2: know from inside That astros, clubhouse it was a symptom
Speaker 2: of other issues that that team had to deal with
Speaker 2: with From. Bervaldez, so you, know a guy with his
Speaker 2: type of talent that's a big game pitcher is still
Speaker 2: a free. Agent says a lot about what has been
Speaker 2: reported out there about teams questions about how good of
Speaker 2: a teammate is. He but at the end of the,
Speaker 2: day he's going to sign with, somebody and if he
Speaker 2: can pitch as well as he has for The, astros
Speaker 2: he's worth the gamble for certain. Teams and how about,
Speaker 2: this here's another pitcher that nobody is talking about that
Speaker 2: is a proven big game. Pitcher, yes maybe his better
Speaker 2: days are behind, him but he pitched really well with
Speaker 2: The phillies after The Red sox let him go for. Nothing,
Speaker 2: yeah you know Who i'm talking, About Walker. Buehler Walker
Speaker 2: buehler is a free. Agent how is he still a free?
Speaker 2: Agent you're telling me no team out there Needs Walker.
Speaker 2: BUEHLER i wouldn't be surprised if he signed within THE.
Speaker 2: Nls you, know The padres are a team that needs
Speaker 2: to take gambles on. GUYS i wouldn't be surprised if
Speaker 2: The padres are Eyeing Walker bueller and the whole You
Speaker 2: darvish retirement. THING i know you's an outstanding, guy but
Speaker 2: you know everybody was looking at him sideways that he
Speaker 2: was gonna leave as much money on the table as
Speaker 2: he was talking about leaving if he, Retired SO i
Speaker 2: keep my eye On Walker bueller and The. Padres that
Speaker 2: seems to be a good. Match all, right that'll do
Speaker 2: it for us On Dodger talk. Tonight we'll be back
Speaker 2: with you. Tomorrow, Hey Brad paisley invited us to his
Speaker 2: house tomorrow in Central. California we'll Have Dodger talk as of,
Speaker 2: now live From Brad Paisley's West coast. House Big dodger,
Speaker 2: fan taking your phone calls and you never know what
Speaker 2: kind of fancy Friends Brad paisley has coming, Over so
Speaker 2: you want to tune in tomorrow night at seven. O'clock
Speaker 2: thanks To Ronnie foscio for all his. Help thanks To Jason,
Speaker 2: sternman the director of The tokyo, series for joining us
Speaker 2: and also The dodgers director Of Team, Travel Scott akasaki
Speaker 2: sharing his memories of The Dodgers World series. Run in
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