WEBVTT - Off Season Dodger Talk (1-28-26)

0:00:00.120 --> 0:00:02.800
<v Speaker 1>This is off season Dodger Talk. Get in on the

0:00:02.840 --> 0:00:05.680
<v Speaker 1>show by calling eight six six non a seven two

0:00:06.080 --> 0:00:10.560
<v Speaker 1>seven more hashtag Dodger Talk and now your host, David Masse.

0:00:11.520 --> 0:00:15.960
<v Speaker 2>Hey, we're back for another Dodger Talk tonight. Thank you

0:00:16.040 --> 0:00:19.160
<v Speaker 2>for joining us. We're with you until eight o'clock right

0:00:19.200 --> 0:00:22.639
<v Speaker 2>here on A five seven b LA Sports. We have

0:00:22.920 --> 0:00:27.000
<v Speaker 2>a great show for you tonight. Interesting. Not too many

0:00:27.040 --> 0:00:30.680
<v Speaker 2>people go to the movie theaters anymore to watch movies. Well,

0:00:31.240 --> 0:00:34.000
<v Speaker 2>I have a reason for you to go to the

0:00:34.000 --> 0:00:38.720
<v Speaker 2>theater again to watch a documentary film on the Dodgers,

0:00:39.159 --> 0:00:44.839
<v Speaker 2>specifically the Tokyo series. That's right February twenty third and

0:00:44.880 --> 0:00:50.120
<v Speaker 2>twenty fourth only. This documentary film on the Tokyo series,

0:00:50.680 --> 0:00:54.560
<v Speaker 2>behind the scenes of the Dodgers trip to Japan is

0:00:54.600 --> 0:00:57.840
<v Speaker 2>going to be in theaters near you. Just go to

0:00:57.960 --> 0:01:01.600
<v Speaker 2>Fathom Entertainment dot com to get your tickets. I've seen

0:01:01.640 --> 0:01:05.399
<v Speaker 2>some in the Valley, Semi Valley, Thousand Oaks, Woodland Hills.

0:01:05.480 --> 0:01:08.319
<v Speaker 2>It's all going to be showing there. And the director

0:01:08.560 --> 0:01:11.959
<v Speaker 2>of that docu film is going to join us at

0:01:12.000 --> 0:01:15.560
<v Speaker 2>the bottom of the hour, Jason Sterman is going to

0:01:15.640 --> 0:01:18.000
<v Speaker 2>join us at the bottom of the hour. To talk

0:01:18.040 --> 0:01:21.000
<v Speaker 2>about what this doc film is all about and how

0:01:21.080 --> 0:01:24.520
<v Speaker 2>much behind the scenes we're going to see the Dodgers

0:01:24.600 --> 0:01:27.840
<v Speaker 2>in the Tokyo series and in fifteen minutes. You know,

0:01:27.920 --> 0:01:30.839
<v Speaker 2>our last show on Monday night, we had a full

0:01:30.840 --> 0:01:34.760
<v Speaker 2>board of calls of you telling us where you were

0:01:34.880 --> 0:01:38.080
<v Speaker 2>for Game seven of the World Series and even where

0:01:38.120 --> 0:01:40.880
<v Speaker 2>you were when Freddie Freeman hit his walk off home

0:01:40.959 --> 0:01:44.679
<v Speaker 2>run in the eighteenth inning of Game three. Well, it

0:01:44.840 --> 0:01:50.120
<v Speaker 2>inspired so many people, even within the Dodger organization, and

0:01:50.280 --> 0:01:55.280
<v Speaker 2>outside of Andrew Friedman, Dave Roberts and some members of

0:01:55.320 --> 0:01:59.520
<v Speaker 2>the front office and players, there's one guy that's more

0:01:59.520 --> 0:02:03.320
<v Speaker 2>inside than anybody, and that's the director of Dodgers Travel,

0:02:03.360 --> 0:02:07.440
<v Speaker 2>Scott Akasaki, who was listening and wanted to share his

0:02:07.600 --> 0:02:12.600
<v Speaker 2>perspective on the dodgers incredible seven game World Series win

0:02:13.080 --> 0:02:16.200
<v Speaker 2>over the Blue Jays. So we got all that. Also,

0:02:16.480 --> 0:02:19.680
<v Speaker 2>we have some Clayton Kershawn news. I'll share that with

0:02:19.720 --> 0:02:22.080
<v Speaker 2>you in a moment, but I want to remind you

0:02:22.240 --> 0:02:27.000
<v Speaker 2>that we will be broadcasting from Dodger Fest this Saturday,

0:02:27.160 --> 0:02:31.760
<v Speaker 2>presented by Verizon. Are broadcast presented by Verizon from ten

0:02:31.800 --> 0:02:34.960
<v Speaker 2>am to one o'clock. We are scheduled to have show

0:02:35.000 --> 0:02:40.040
<v Speaker 2>Hey Otani on the show, Freddie Freeman, Mookie Betts, Dave Roberts,

0:02:40.040 --> 0:02:42.840
<v Speaker 2>so we will have your back to back World Series

0:02:42.919 --> 0:02:47.280
<v Speaker 2>Championship Dodgers. Yes, Snailzilla will join us, and I'm not

0:02:47.360 --> 0:02:51.600
<v Speaker 2>looking forward to that, considering he grew up a Seahawks fan,

0:02:51.800 --> 0:02:55.480
<v Speaker 2>So we'll put up with snail Zilla on Saturday as well.

0:02:56.000 --> 0:03:00.320
<v Speaker 2>The first Dodgers Cactus League game is coming up on

0:03:00.440 --> 0:03:04.600
<v Speaker 2>February twenty first. Pitchers and catchers report in just two weeks,

0:03:04.600 --> 0:03:08.600
<v Speaker 2>so it's coming fast. The first Dodgers Spring training game

0:03:09.200 --> 0:03:13.760
<v Speaker 2>February twenty first in Tempe, Arizona against the Angels. We

0:03:13.840 --> 0:03:16.520
<v Speaker 2>will have that right here on a five to seventy

0:03:16.639 --> 0:03:20.679
<v Speaker 2>LA Sports and Opening Day. We talked about the Tokyo Series.

0:03:21.000 --> 0:03:23.839
<v Speaker 2>That's where Opening Day was for the Dodgers last year

0:03:24.280 --> 0:03:27.800
<v Speaker 2>two years ago. As you remember, it was in Seoul, Korea.

0:03:28.280 --> 0:03:31.480
<v Speaker 2>For the first time in three years, it's at Dodgers

0:03:31.480 --> 0:03:37.880
<v Speaker 2>Stadium March twenty sixth. The Dodgers are hosting the Arizona Diamondbacks.

0:03:38.360 --> 0:03:44.000
<v Speaker 2>Speaking of the Tokyo Series and the Dodgers, Otani and Yamamoto,

0:03:44.560 --> 0:03:48.880
<v Speaker 2>it was reported by Dylan Hernandez of the Now California

0:03:48.960 --> 0:03:52.880
<v Speaker 2>Post that the Team Japan manager for the World Baseball

0:03:52.920 --> 0:03:58.680
<v Speaker 2>Classic announced that both show Hey Otani and Yama Moto

0:03:58.880 --> 0:04:03.119
<v Speaker 2>will be playing for Team Japan. The manager for Team

0:04:03.200 --> 0:04:06.200
<v Speaker 2>Japan did not say whether or not Otani would pitch.

0:04:06.640 --> 0:04:09.800
<v Speaker 2>He said that would be determined in spring training, and

0:04:09.880 --> 0:04:15.440
<v Speaker 2>he did call Yamamoto team Japan's ACE. I have a

0:04:15.480 --> 0:04:20.920
<v Speaker 2>message for the Team Japan manager. Find another ace. Yamamoto

0:04:21.279 --> 0:04:25.680
<v Speaker 2>is the Dodgers ace. We don't need Team Japan, you know,

0:04:25.839 --> 0:04:29.240
<v Speaker 2>running Yamamoto out there for six, seven, eight innings on

0:04:29.520 --> 0:04:33.400
<v Speaker 2>short rest, and I would I would be led to believe.

0:04:33.520 --> 0:04:37.359
<v Speaker 2>I believe this. It feels like Team Japan would be

0:04:37.480 --> 0:04:40.440
<v Speaker 2>working in concert with the Dodgers, and the Dodgers I

0:04:40.440 --> 0:04:44.200
<v Speaker 2>would hope would give Japan, and I hope Team Japan

0:04:44.279 --> 0:04:48.080
<v Speaker 2>would listen to some of the guardrails for the Dodgers ace.

0:04:48.800 --> 0:04:51.800
<v Speaker 2>You know, the World Baseball Classic is a nice novelty.

0:04:52.600 --> 0:04:55.640
<v Speaker 2>It's not winning the World Series. I hate to break

0:04:55.680 --> 0:04:59.240
<v Speaker 2>that to everybody that loves the World Baseball Classic. You

0:04:59.279 --> 0:05:02.960
<v Speaker 2>can enjoy it. Yes, the stadiums are packed. Yes it's

0:05:03.000 --> 0:05:07.080
<v Speaker 2>electric in certain matchups and for certain countries, like Japan.

0:05:07.160 --> 0:05:12.240
<v Speaker 2>It means a lot. But Yamamoto has pitched more than

0:05:12.440 --> 0:05:16.599
<v Speaker 2>any other pitcher in the last two years. I would

0:05:16.600 --> 0:05:21.200
<v Speaker 2>not want him pitching too much for Team Japan. So

0:05:21.800 --> 0:05:28.000
<v Speaker 2>hopefully cooler heads prevail in the World Baseball Classic. Managing

0:05:28.440 --> 0:05:33.919
<v Speaker 2>of Yamamoto and Otani pitching, I'm not thrilled about that either.

0:05:34.000 --> 0:05:37.320
<v Speaker 2>How about just let Otani hit. He's doing his service

0:05:37.720 --> 0:05:41.599
<v Speaker 2>for Team Japan. He's showing his pride for Japan by

0:05:41.680 --> 0:05:45.560
<v Speaker 2>being the dh How about that? Okay? Speaking of the

0:05:45.560 --> 0:05:49.960
<v Speaker 2>World Baseball Classic, we know Clayton Kershaw is going to

0:05:50.000 --> 0:05:53.680
<v Speaker 2>pitch for Team USA, and now you know, we've heard

0:05:53.760 --> 0:05:59.960
<v Speaker 2>rumors the last few weeks that NBC is pursuing Kershaw

0:06:00.680 --> 0:06:04.720
<v Speaker 2>to be a broadcaster for their new Sunday Night Baseball package.

0:06:05.240 --> 0:06:08.479
<v Speaker 2>I thought it would be in the booth for the game.

0:06:08.839 --> 0:06:12.359
<v Speaker 2>I feel like Kershaw's that type of guy. But it

0:06:12.480 --> 0:06:17.040
<v Speaker 2>is being reported now by Front Office Sports that Kershaw

0:06:17.360 --> 0:06:21.520
<v Speaker 2>and NBC are working on a deal, closing in on

0:06:21.600 --> 0:06:25.279
<v Speaker 2>a deal. As the way it was described for Kershaw

0:06:25.800 --> 0:06:30.800
<v Speaker 2>to be an in studio analyst, not being at the stadium,

0:06:31.160 --> 0:06:34.560
<v Speaker 2>and the studio is somewhere, you know, just outside of

0:06:34.560 --> 0:06:38.240
<v Speaker 2>New York City. From what I understand, Connecticut Ish that's

0:06:38.320 --> 0:06:41.680
<v Speaker 2>a long ways away from LA and Dallas. But I

0:06:41.680 --> 0:06:46.400
<v Speaker 2>guess Kershaw wants to dip his toe into broadcasting. I

0:06:46.440 --> 0:06:48.400
<v Speaker 2>could have made it easy for him. I would have

0:06:48.480 --> 0:06:51.679
<v Speaker 2>found I would have dusted off Tony Gwinn Junior's seat.

0:06:51.880 --> 0:06:53.960
<v Speaker 2>You know, he could have chimed in. We could have

0:06:54.000 --> 0:06:57.240
<v Speaker 2>worked something out with Jose Mota where you know, Kershaw's

0:06:57.279 --> 0:07:00.000
<v Speaker 2>in the seat. But he wants to be a big

0:07:00.120 --> 0:07:03.840
<v Speaker 2>TV star, So okay, you be that big TV star

0:07:03.920 --> 0:07:07.680
<v Speaker 2>on NBC. He'll do great whether it's in the booth

0:07:08.160 --> 0:07:12.239
<v Speaker 2>or in the studio. I actually believe that he would

0:07:12.320 --> 0:07:15.840
<v Speaker 2>enjoy being at the stadium more than he'll be in

0:07:15.920 --> 0:07:21.080
<v Speaker 2>the studio. And I remember Dan Patrick describing the way

0:07:21.160 --> 0:07:25.080
<v Speaker 2>he had to get Rodney Harrison's energy up in the

0:07:25.120 --> 0:07:28.760
<v Speaker 2>studio before the first Sunday night football game that was

0:07:28.800 --> 0:07:32.960
<v Speaker 2>on NBC. Dan Patrick obviously knows what he's doing, and

0:07:33.160 --> 0:07:36.920
<v Speaker 2>Rodney Harrison always used to the electricity of a football

0:07:37.000 --> 0:07:41.160
<v Speaker 2>stadium feeding off the crowd. Well, in the studio, there

0:07:41.240 --> 0:07:44.360
<v Speaker 2>is no crowd, but you have to match that energy

0:07:44.400 --> 0:07:47.080
<v Speaker 2>of the stadium. Who's going to bring that out of

0:07:47.160 --> 0:07:51.480
<v Speaker 2>Kershaw because he is always feeding off the energy of

0:07:51.520 --> 0:07:54.840
<v Speaker 2>a crowd, whether it's at Dodger Stadium, whether it's in Toronto.

0:07:55.320 --> 0:07:58.600
<v Speaker 2>You know, the adrenaline of being at the stadium is

0:07:58.680 --> 0:08:02.160
<v Speaker 2>so different than being in a studio and trying to

0:08:02.400 --> 0:08:09.400
<v Speaker 2>elevate the electricity intensity and reflect the feelings of what's

0:08:09.440 --> 0:08:12.240
<v Speaker 2>happening at that stadium. So that's going to be a

0:08:12.360 --> 0:08:15.840
<v Speaker 2>challenge for Kershaw and we'll see how he does. All right.

0:08:15.880 --> 0:08:18.160
<v Speaker 2>Now that Kershaw is no longer on the Dodgers, I

0:08:18.200 --> 0:08:22.320
<v Speaker 2>would venture to say Freddie Freeman is the Dodgers elder statesman.

0:08:22.560 --> 0:08:25.760
<v Speaker 2>He's the guy that is going to continue the culture

0:08:25.880 --> 0:08:30.160
<v Speaker 2>that Kershaw set. Leading by example. Freddy's been a big

0:08:30.200 --> 0:08:34.120
<v Speaker 2>part of being vocal in hitters meetings and trying to

0:08:34.280 --> 0:08:38.080
<v Speaker 2>urge his teammates to keep it simple. And Freddie is

0:08:38.160 --> 0:08:41.280
<v Speaker 2>a big guy off the field as well. He's put

0:08:41.320 --> 0:08:46.400
<v Speaker 2>together team dinners and really encouraged getting away from the

0:08:46.400 --> 0:08:52.120
<v Speaker 2>field with your team and organizing those type of ventures

0:08:52.160 --> 0:08:56.640
<v Speaker 2>outside of being together at the stadium. And Freddie's really

0:08:56.679 --> 0:08:58.839
<v Speaker 2>come into his own as a Dodger and a leader

0:08:58.840 --> 0:09:02.040
<v Speaker 2>over the course of the last three years. And Freddie

0:09:02.200 --> 0:09:05.040
<v Speaker 2>was on Ryan Howard and Jimmy Rollins Six' to one

0:09:05.080 --> 0:09:09.400
<v Speaker 2>to one podcast earlier this, offseason AND i saw a

0:09:09.400 --> 0:09:13.319
<v Speaker 2>clip of him talking about hitting and the way guys

0:09:13.480 --> 0:09:17.000
<v Speaker 2>in baseball now are so focused at looking at their

0:09:17.080 --> 0:09:21.160
<v Speaker 2>swing instead of doing What Freddy freeman always. Does if

0:09:21.200 --> 0:09:24.400
<v Speaker 2>you're at a game and you watch The dodger dugout

0:09:24.440 --> 0:09:27.960
<v Speaker 2>when they're, hitting When Freddie freeman's not on deck or

0:09:27.960 --> 0:09:32.040
<v Speaker 2>in the, Hole he's sitting right at the front of

0:09:32.120 --> 0:09:36.000
<v Speaker 2>the dugout studying the, pitcher trying to figure out what he's,

0:09:36.040 --> 0:09:40.200
<v Speaker 2>doing watching other left handed hitters at, bats how that

0:09:40.280 --> 0:09:43.600
<v Speaker 2>picture is working that. Guy he doesn't even. Flinch he's

0:09:43.640 --> 0:09:47.199
<v Speaker 2>not looking anywhere else except at that picture on the,

0:09:47.200 --> 0:09:50.480
<v Speaker 2>mound not looking at an. iPad AND i thought this

0:09:50.600 --> 0:09:54.439
<v Speaker 2>really resonated with me BECAUSE i know so many guys

0:09:54.960 --> 0:10:00.520
<v Speaker 2>around baseball that believe that iPads actually work against hitters

0:10:00.559 --> 0:10:04.120
<v Speaker 2>that are not watching the game instead looking at the

0:10:04.160 --> 0:10:08.440
<v Speaker 2>iPad and. Themselves remember this was an issue for The

0:10:08.480 --> 0:10:12.120
<v Speaker 2>dodgers two or three years, ago and they had a

0:10:12.240 --> 0:10:17.200
<v Speaker 2>concerted effort amongst each other to put the iPads down

0:10:17.320 --> 0:10:20.320
<v Speaker 2>and to watch the game. More here's What Freddy freeman

0:10:20.440 --> 0:10:23.440
<v Speaker 2>was describing on the sixty one to one podcast from

0:10:23.480 --> 0:10:26.480
<v Speaker 2>one of his big homers when The braves won The

0:10:26.480 --> 0:10:28.040
<v Speaker 2>World series in twenty twenty.

0:10:28.080 --> 0:10:33.319
<v Speaker 3>One Jock peterson's leading off and he strikes out on

0:10:33.360 --> 0:10:36.120
<v Speaker 3>a one two heater up and, away And i'm hitting

0:10:36.200 --> 0:10:38.760
<v Speaker 3>third AND i come up literally two batters, LATER i

0:10:38.800 --> 0:10:41.320
<v Speaker 3>get into a one to two count And i'm, like

0:10:41.440 --> 0:10:43.360
<v Speaker 3>And i've obviously watched every, pitch And i'm, like you know,

0:10:43.440 --> 0:10:46.160
<v Speaker 3>what maybe he just had success at. This i'm going

0:10:46.240 --> 0:10:48.240
<v Speaker 3>to look for the heater up and, away ninety, six

0:10:48.320 --> 0:10:49.520
<v Speaker 3>up and, way AND i hit it out to left,

0:10:49.520 --> 0:10:52.480
<v Speaker 3>field and you, know he has a sixty two mo

0:10:52.559 --> 0:10:54.240
<v Speaker 3>On oar curve, ball he has a, splitter he has,

0:10:54.280 --> 0:10:56.720
<v Speaker 3>cutters and you, KNOW i just sold. Out AND i

0:10:56.720 --> 0:10:59.440
<v Speaker 3>think those are the things that some people miss when

0:10:59.480 --> 0:11:03.360
<v Speaker 3>they're on iPads slowing down their. Swing when like you

0:11:03.440 --> 0:11:05.200
<v Speaker 3>just popped Up like let's just say you popped up

0:11:05.240 --> 0:11:06.800
<v Speaker 3>a two ozd pitch and you went to left field

0:11:06.800 --> 0:11:08.560
<v Speaker 3>and you come back and you're slowing, down you should

0:11:08.559 --> 0:11:11.320
<v Speaker 3>know what you did, wrong, Right like you just popped

0:11:11.400 --> 0:11:13.000
<v Speaker 3>up a, Heater LIKE i don't need to slow. Down

0:11:13.040 --> 0:11:14.559
<v Speaker 3>if this is like what you're gonna be able to

0:11:14.600 --> 0:11:17.440
<v Speaker 3>go and think like, this and, like so whatever your

0:11:17.440 --> 0:11:19.040
<v Speaker 3>swing is that day is what you're swinging. Is you,

0:11:19.040 --> 0:11:21.480
<v Speaker 3>know we're not gonna have our a swing all the,

0:11:21.559 --> 0:11:23.200
<v Speaker 3>time so most of the time you're just.

0:11:23.240 --> 0:11:29.040
<v Speaker 2>COMPETING i love It Freddie freeman preach that makes so much.

0:11:29.120 --> 0:11:32.440
<v Speaker 2>Sense And freddie is a big. Believer AND i feel

0:11:32.480 --> 0:11:36.320
<v Speaker 2>like with technology and guys so focused on their swing

0:11:36.400 --> 0:11:39.000
<v Speaker 2>and going to see these hitting. Gurus And i'm sure

0:11:39.240 --> 0:11:41.600
<v Speaker 2>if you have younger kids in high school or in

0:11:41.679 --> 0:11:45.640
<v Speaker 2>eighth grade and they're on travel, ball you've hired a hitting,

0:11:45.679 --> 0:11:50.640
<v Speaker 2>GURU i would say. DON'T i would say let your

0:11:50.720 --> 0:11:53.600
<v Speaker 2>kid figure it out himself with the instruction of his

0:11:53.720 --> 0:11:58.080
<v Speaker 2>coaches on his. Team And Freddie freeman is a big

0:11:58.120 --> 0:12:01.600
<v Speaker 2>believer in keeping it. Simple and it doesn't get simpler than.

0:12:01.640 --> 0:12:05.840
<v Speaker 2>That you, know like you, said most days you're not

0:12:05.880 --> 0:12:08.640
<v Speaker 2>going to have your a. Swing figure it out and

0:12:08.679 --> 0:12:13.559
<v Speaker 2>compete in that, box and you compete by being prepared

0:12:13.640 --> 0:12:16.640
<v Speaker 2>before you step into the batter's. Box you're not going

0:12:16.720 --> 0:12:18.880
<v Speaker 2>to be able to change things on the. Fly you've

0:12:18.880 --> 0:12:23.240
<v Speaker 2>got to recognize how a pitcher is working your team that.

0:12:23.440 --> 0:12:28.880
<v Speaker 2>Day And freddie is the epitome of actually zoning in

0:12:29.440 --> 0:12:32.320
<v Speaker 2>on the pitcher that day and figuring it. Out and

0:12:32.400 --> 0:12:35.480
<v Speaker 2>Actually otani is very much like. That you'll see him

0:12:35.480 --> 0:12:38.959
<v Speaker 2>look at the, iPad but you'll watch him give scouting

0:12:39.040 --> 0:12:42.080
<v Speaker 2>reports to other left handed hitters on the team and

0:12:42.160 --> 0:12:45.040
<v Speaker 2>bring back a scouting. Report and the first guy that

0:12:45.120 --> 0:12:47.880
<v Speaker 2>did that the best for The dodgers Since i've been covering,

0:12:47.920 --> 0:12:52.840
<v Speaker 2>them Was Justin, turner and that that has. Continued eight

0:12:52.920 --> 0:12:55.960
<v Speaker 2>six six, nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone.

0:12:56.000 --> 0:12:58.840
<v Speaker 2>Number we Got dodger talk for you until eight o'clock

0:12:58.880 --> 0:13:03.560
<v Speaker 2>tonight right here on an five SEVENTY La. Sports David

0:13:03.640 --> 0:13:06.760
<v Speaker 2>vass with you until eight o'clock tonight here ON am

0:13:06.840 --> 0:13:10.440
<v Speaker 2>five to SEVENTY La. Sports we Got dodger talk for

0:13:10.520 --> 0:13:14.400
<v Speaker 2>you tomorrow. Night very good Chance i'll be making a

0:13:14.480 --> 0:13:19.600
<v Speaker 2>road trip up. North Brad paisley has invited me back

0:13:19.640 --> 0:13:22.920
<v Speaker 2>to his. House, no not the one In, nashville but

0:13:23.040 --> 0:13:27.440
<v Speaker 2>the one in Central. California, yes we may Have dodger

0:13:27.520 --> 0:13:32.200
<v Speaker 2>talk tomorrow night From Brad paisley's living room In Central.

0:13:32.280 --> 0:13:37.319
<v Speaker 2>California so, uh we'll put to the Test. Sheldon, Caller,

0:13:37.440 --> 0:13:41.320
<v Speaker 2>sheldon whether or not he really did Watch game seven

0:13:41.360 --> 0:13:45.160
<v Speaker 2>Where Brad paisley at A Santa barbara bar tomorrow. Night

0:13:45.720 --> 0:13:48.520
<v Speaker 2>eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy is

0:13:48.559 --> 0:13:51.800
<v Speaker 2>the phone. Number The dodgers winning The World series had

0:13:51.880 --> 0:13:55.120
<v Speaker 2>such a great effect on so many of, us including

0:13:55.200 --> 0:13:59.160
<v Speaker 2>those that work closer to the team than. Anybody and

0:13:59.200 --> 0:14:01.440
<v Speaker 2>we're joined right now out by one of those, people

0:14:01.920 --> 0:14:06.560
<v Speaker 2>and that's The Dodgers director Of, Travel Scott. Akasaki, scott

0:14:06.559 --> 0:14:10.200
<v Speaker 2>thanks a lot for calling. In appreciate, It thank, You.

0:14:10.320 --> 0:14:15.080
<v Speaker 4>Dave honored to be, on and you, KNOW i appreciate

0:14:15.120 --> 0:14:18.959
<v Speaker 4>you mentioning that you'll be doing the show tomorrow With Brad.

0:14:19.040 --> 0:14:23.120
<v Speaker 4>Paisley Barack obama told me never to name, drop SO

0:14:23.160 --> 0:14:24.120
<v Speaker 4>i really appreciate.

0:14:24.200 --> 0:14:28.000
<v Speaker 2>That, well there might be some royalty on the show

0:14:28.040 --> 0:14:30.400
<v Speaker 2>tomorrow night as. Well we'll see whether or Not brad,

0:14:30.440 --> 0:14:34.320
<v Speaker 2>delivers SO i won't do. THAT i just you, know

0:14:34.640 --> 0:14:37.120
<v Speaker 2>how many years has this been for you with The?

0:14:37.160 --> 0:14:39.080
<v Speaker 2>Dodgers too?

0:14:39.120 --> 0:14:39.320
<v Speaker 1>Long?

0:14:39.440 --> 0:14:43.560
<v Speaker 4>Dave, well actually it's actually it's been a short twenty

0:14:43.600 --> 0:14:47.760
<v Speaker 4>six years for. ME i, Started, YEAH i started In

0:14:47.840 --> 0:14:50.840
<v Speaker 4>january of two thousand and it's been a great.

0:14:51.520 --> 0:14:55.360
<v Speaker 2>Ride we've. Been we talked about this the other. Night

0:14:56.040 --> 0:14:59.800
<v Speaker 2>it feels like The dodgers don't get enough credit for

0:15:01.000 --> 0:15:05.240
<v Speaker 2>the Infrastructure Andrew freeman is built and also the character

0:15:05.360 --> 0:15:09.120
<v Speaker 2>of players that they have brought. In, uh what can

0:15:09.160 --> 0:15:12.440
<v Speaker 2>you say about the character of the group of players

0:15:12.440 --> 0:15:16.720
<v Speaker 2>that found a way to avoid losing The World series

0:15:16.840 --> 0:15:21.080
<v Speaker 2>on multiple, plays to be able to hang in there

0:15:21.240 --> 0:15:22.840
<v Speaker 2>and win it in seven?

0:15:22.920 --> 0:15:28.760
<v Speaker 4>Games you, Know, dave the the thing about you, know

0:15:28.840 --> 0:15:31.960
<v Speaker 4>we talk about this about this a lot inside the,

0:15:32.000 --> 0:15:35.040
<v Speaker 4>building and of course that's, culture right and the in

0:15:35.080 --> 0:15:40.600
<v Speaker 4>the culture that's fostered By Dave, Roberts Andrew, Friedman Brandon,

0:15:40.640 --> 0:15:46.880
<v Speaker 4>gomes our baseball leadership as well as from our. Owners

0:15:47.080 --> 0:15:51.680
<v Speaker 4>and when you put all this together and you, know

0:15:51.960 --> 0:15:55.840
<v Speaker 4>you you, say go, win, right and you're able to

0:15:56.000 --> 0:16:01.080
<v Speaker 4>withstand some of those difficult, moments you, know like we

0:16:01.080 --> 0:16:03.040
<v Speaker 4>did see in The World, series and like you AND

0:16:03.080 --> 0:16:06.120
<v Speaker 4>i talked, about there were ABOUT i, mean who knows

0:16:06.800 --> 0:16:11.480
<v Speaker 4>twenty five different inflection points where The World series could

0:16:11.480 --> 0:16:14.880
<v Speaker 4>have gone a different. Way maybe that's why we think

0:16:14.880 --> 0:16:18.720
<v Speaker 4>The World series was so awesome was because you could

0:16:18.800 --> 0:16:22.880
<v Speaker 4>think back to every game had a critical moment where

0:16:22.920 --> 0:16:27.880
<v Speaker 4>somebody did something to help The dodgers, Win and that

0:16:28.000 --> 0:16:32.600
<v Speaker 4>to me was why The World series of twenty twenty

0:16:32.640 --> 0:16:33.120
<v Speaker 4>five is so.

0:16:33.200 --> 0:16:37.720
<v Speaker 2>Memorable you, know last, year in twenty twenty, FOUR i should,

0:16:37.800 --> 0:16:40.600
<v Speaker 2>say it felt like it was a handful of guys

0:16:40.600 --> 0:16:44.920
<v Speaker 2>that really carried The dodgers over the finish. Line this,

0:16:45.040 --> 0:16:49.080
<v Speaker 2>year it was all twenty six guys that had a

0:16:49.280 --> 0:16:53.840
<v Speaker 2>huge contribution without you, know key plays From Justin dean

0:16:54.120 --> 0:16:57.720
<v Speaker 2>or you, know Even Hey Sun kim Racing Dave roberts

0:16:57.760 --> 0:17:03.080
<v Speaker 2>Before game. Six it felt like everybody From robleski To

0:17:03.200 --> 0:17:07.040
<v Speaker 2>shehan To dean had a hand in The dodgers winning

0:17:07.040 --> 0:17:11.280
<v Speaker 2>this and without them they. Don't, Yes and you, KNOW.

0:17:11.680 --> 0:17:15.440
<v Speaker 4>I think that's one of the WHEN i think back To,

0:17:15.680 --> 0:17:21.159
<v Speaker 4>OCTOBER i really do think about the unsung hero and

0:17:21.240 --> 0:17:24.919
<v Speaker 4>right and everybody of course Remembers Miguel rojas right in

0:17:25.000 --> 0:17:30.480
<v Speaker 4>games six and six and. Seven but besides, that like

0:17:30.520 --> 0:17:38.040
<v Speaker 4>you Mentioned robo And Will climb and of course our, superstars, right,

0:17:38.240 --> 0:17:43.719
<v Speaker 4>uh you, know Show Hey, Yama Freddie, freeman you, Know

0:17:43.840 --> 0:17:47.359
<v Speaker 4>Max Will. SMITH i, mean like you can name the

0:17:47.440 --> 0:17:50.480
<v Speaker 4>all you can name the whole entire, roster, right and everybody.

0:17:50.520 --> 0:17:54.600
<v Speaker 4>Contributed and one thing THAT i don't want to forget

0:17:55.840 --> 0:18:03.879
<v Speaker 4>is the the part where you're in this biggest moment

0:18:03.960 --> 0:18:08.560
<v Speaker 4>of your life and things aren't going your. Way people

0:18:08.600 --> 0:18:11.080
<v Speaker 4>didn't put their head down and SAY whoae is? Me

0:18:11.720 --> 0:18:15.000
<v Speaker 4>they kept in, It they kept, engaged they kept, focused

0:18:15.080 --> 0:18:20.080
<v Speaker 4>and when their time, came they helped us. Win and you,

0:18:20.119 --> 0:18:23.119
<v Speaker 4>know you, know hats off To Andy pajes for making

0:18:23.160 --> 0:18:26.359
<v Speaker 4>an unbelievable catch at a time when he wasn't doing

0:18:26.480 --> 0:18:29.399
<v Speaker 4>very well right and he was, benched but he went

0:18:29.480 --> 0:18:31.399
<v Speaker 4>in there and he made this. Catch and you, know

0:18:31.400 --> 0:18:33.480
<v Speaker 4>if he would have hung his head and, said, Oh

0:18:33.480 --> 0:18:36.960
<v Speaker 4>i'm not in you, know this game Because i'm not hitting, well,

0:18:37.040 --> 0:18:37.720
<v Speaker 4>well we would.

0:18:37.480 --> 0:18:41.679
<v Speaker 2>Have lost without a. DOUBT i, mean he had his hoodie.

0:18:41.720 --> 0:18:46.439
<v Speaker 2>On he was essentially benched to Have Miguel rojas start

0:18:46.480 --> 0:18:49.000
<v Speaker 2>in game. Six In game seven and out of the,

0:18:49.040 --> 0:18:51.680
<v Speaker 2>Blue Dave roberts, says, hey go out, there you're, right

0:18:52.240 --> 0:18:56.960
<v Speaker 2>and you, know another guy Is Miguel, rojas who you

0:18:57.000 --> 0:19:01.000
<v Speaker 2>know wasn't getting the opportunity early in The World series

0:19:01.040 --> 0:19:05.720
<v Speaker 2>and finally got that chance In game six and had

0:19:05.720 --> 0:19:09.520
<v Speaker 2>a huge play When keithy A hernandez made a you,

0:19:09.520 --> 0:19:12.760
<v Speaker 2>know a short hop throw to. Him people forget about

0:19:12.760 --> 0:19:15.760
<v Speaker 2>that play at second base and then what he did

0:19:15.800 --> 0:19:18.440
<v Speaker 2>in the ninth inning with the bat and with the

0:19:18.480 --> 0:19:20.960
<v Speaker 2>with the. GLOVE i, mean there's another guy that could,

0:19:21.000 --> 0:19:22.240
<v Speaker 2>have you, know felt sorry for.

0:19:22.320 --> 0:19:26.120
<v Speaker 4>Himself and don't forget the bare handed, catch the bare

0:19:26.119 --> 0:19:30.600
<v Speaker 4>handed ground ball that he timed perfectly to throw a

0:19:30.680 --> 0:19:31.360
<v Speaker 4>runner out at.

0:19:31.359 --> 0:19:32.760
<v Speaker 1>FIRST i, mean you.

0:19:32.800 --> 0:19:35.920
<v Speaker 4>Know and one of the things that you, Know, dave

0:19:36.000 --> 0:19:36.240
<v Speaker 4>you're a.

0:19:36.320 --> 0:19:37.639
<v Speaker 1>Dad i'm a.

0:19:37.720 --> 0:19:41.119
<v Speaker 4>Dad one of the things That i've told my kids

0:19:41.760 --> 0:19:48.000
<v Speaker 4>is This World series, is in many, ways there are

0:19:48.040 --> 0:19:52.119
<v Speaker 4>many teaching points to. Life, right your life isn't gonna

0:19:52.200 --> 0:19:56.080
<v Speaker 4>go great all the, time and so there's gonna be

0:19:56.160 --> 0:20:00.119
<v Speaker 4>good points and there's gonna be bad. Points but to

0:20:00.160 --> 0:20:03.200
<v Speaker 4>take an example of someone Like Miguel, rojas who wasn't

0:20:03.280 --> 0:20:08.320
<v Speaker 4>playing hurt to get a chance in game, six to

0:20:08.400 --> 0:20:10.720
<v Speaker 4>be the defensive star In game six and then the

0:20:10.760 --> 0:20:14.800
<v Speaker 4>offensive star in game, seven you, know shows his. Professionalism

0:20:15.320 --> 0:20:19.440
<v Speaker 4>shows that, everybody in no matter what stage of life they,

0:20:19.480 --> 0:20:23.360
<v Speaker 4>are no matter if they're up or, down you might

0:20:23.440 --> 0:20:26.919
<v Speaker 4>get your moment whatever that is and whatever In denver.

0:20:27.640 --> 0:20:31.719
<v Speaker 4>Endeavor so you better be, ready you better be. Prepared and,

0:20:31.800 --> 0:20:35.080
<v Speaker 4>so you, know hats off To miguel and what he

0:20:35.160 --> 0:20:39.040
<v Speaker 4>was able to accomplish in as the kids say in

0:20:39.119 --> 0:20:40.119
<v Speaker 4>games six to.

0:20:40.200 --> 0:20:43.000
<v Speaker 2>Seven you, know, yeah my kids don't like me saying.

0:20:43.000 --> 0:20:46.200
<v Speaker 2>That they said it ruins, it SO i try to stay.

0:20:46.240 --> 0:20:50.920
<v Speaker 2>Away Scott, akasaki The dodgers director of, travel is our.

0:20:51.040 --> 0:20:55.199
<v Speaker 2>Guest and nobody is closer to the team Than scott is.

0:20:55.240 --> 0:20:58.879
<v Speaker 2>He he's, There he's in the trenches with them from

0:20:59.040 --> 0:21:02.080
<v Speaker 2>the first day of spring training to the final out

0:21:02.240 --> 0:21:05.159
<v Speaker 2>Of game. Seven and you're A dodger. Fan you grew

0:21:05.240 --> 0:21:07.280
<v Speaker 2>up In la LIKE i, did and that's why we

0:21:07.320 --> 0:21:10.760
<v Speaker 2>have a lot in common WHERE ucla fans And dodger.

0:21:10.800 --> 0:21:16.000
<v Speaker 2>Fans did you ever believe you would see Another dodger

0:21:16.080 --> 0:21:21.880
<v Speaker 2>pitcher do What Oral herscheizer did in THE, nlcs and

0:21:21.920 --> 0:21:25.280
<v Speaker 2>that's come back the day after he pitched to pitch.

0:21:25.320 --> 0:21:28.919
<v Speaker 2>Again And oral only had to get one batter In

0:21:29.000 --> 0:21:33.280
<v Speaker 2>game four of THE, nlcs and eighty Eight yamamoto pitched

0:21:33.320 --> 0:21:37.000
<v Speaker 2>more than one inning In game. Seven did you ever

0:21:37.080 --> 0:21:41.560
<v Speaker 2>believe we would, see especially in today's load management, world

0:21:41.840 --> 0:21:44.159
<v Speaker 2>that a pitcher would come back and do.

0:21:44.280 --> 0:21:47.719
<v Speaker 4>That you, know one of the things that we talk

0:21:47.760 --> 0:21:51.240
<v Speaker 4>about in the in the office is that in the,

0:21:51.320 --> 0:21:56.439
<v Speaker 4>playoffs your superstars have to, superstar, right they have to

0:21:56.520 --> 0:22:00.040
<v Speaker 4>take on they have to carry the, team, Right and

0:22:00.320 --> 0:22:03.159
<v Speaker 4>you see that right now in THE, nfl right you

0:22:03.200 --> 0:22:07.880
<v Speaker 4>see that in THE nba playoffs and with us our superstars.

0:22:07.960 --> 0:22:12.919
<v Speaker 4>Superstarred and when you talk About, yamamoto you talk about Old. Hersheizer,

0:22:13.400 --> 0:22:16.159
<v Speaker 4>YEAH i never thought somebody would do, what you, know

0:22:16.200 --> 0:22:19.200
<v Speaker 4>would duplicate what oral did you know in nineteen eighty

0:22:19.240 --> 0:22:24.280
<v Speaker 4>eight Or hirscheizer wasn't. Pitching god was, pitching you, Know

0:22:24.520 --> 0:22:26.800
<v Speaker 4>and so WHEN i think of WHEN i think back to,

0:22:26.880 --> 0:22:31.159
<v Speaker 4>THAT i don't know If god was Inside, yama but.

0:22:32.200 --> 0:22:36.239
<v Speaker 4>Unbelievable you, know after he Pitched game, six you, know

0:22:36.480 --> 0:22:38.800
<v Speaker 4>we were talking AND i, said, hey, like are you

0:22:38.880 --> 0:22:41.200
<v Speaker 4>ready For game? Seven and as a joke he or

0:22:41.280 --> 0:22:43.040
<v Speaker 4>not as a, joke but he was serious and he, says,

0:22:43.040 --> 0:22:44.640
<v Speaker 4>No i'm, done Like i'm ready to start the off,

0:22:44.640 --> 0:22:48.159
<v Speaker 4>Season Like i'm, done, Right but in the fourth inning

0:22:48.720 --> 0:22:51.840
<v Speaker 4>Of game, seven this guy comes into the weight, room

0:22:51.880 --> 0:22:54.720
<v Speaker 4>which is right next to the, dugout and he starts

0:22:54.880 --> 0:22:58.639
<v Speaker 4>walking on the. Treadmill AND i happened to be in

0:22:58.680 --> 0:23:00.600
<v Speaker 4>there at the, time AND i was, Like, oh here we.

0:23:00.640 --> 0:23:03.400
<v Speaker 4>Go this is gonna be something. Crazy and it reminded

0:23:03.440 --> 0:23:07.720
<v Speaker 4>me of When kershaw came in In washington to close

0:23:07.760 --> 0:23:12.480
<v Speaker 4>out THE nlcs against The. Nationals, uh you, know just

0:23:12.640 --> 0:23:14.119
<v Speaker 4>that's when you're your superstar.

0:23:14.280 --> 0:23:19.200
<v Speaker 2>Superstar, yeah and he certainly, did and uh it Was,

0:23:19.400 --> 0:23:22.840
<v Speaker 2>uh it was something to always. Remember we thought What

0:23:22.880 --> 0:23:26.960
<v Speaker 2>Walker buehler did was incredible In game five of The World,

0:23:27.119 --> 0:23:31.080
<v Speaker 2>series and Then yamamoto did something extraordinary THAT i don't

0:23:31.119 --> 0:23:35.119
<v Speaker 2>believe we'll see again in our, Lifetime, SCOTT i really

0:23:35.119 --> 0:23:36.840
<v Speaker 2>don't Unless yamamoto does it.

0:23:36.880 --> 0:23:41.280
<v Speaker 4>Again, hey who, Knows, dave it'd be fun to, watch.

0:23:41.359 --> 0:23:44.919
<v Speaker 2>Certainly all, right BEFORE i let you, go you Mentioned Clayton.

0:23:45.000 --> 0:23:49.080
<v Speaker 2>Kershaw there are reports that he may be dipping his

0:23:49.160 --> 0:23:53.280
<v Speaker 2>toe on the broadcast. World how do you Think kershaw

0:23:53.320 --> 0:23:56.840
<v Speaker 2>will do as as an in studio. Analyst do you

0:23:56.880 --> 0:23:59.280
<v Speaker 2>feel like that's in his blood or you think this is.

0:23:59.400 --> 0:24:02.720
<v Speaker 1>EXPERIMENT i think he would be.

0:24:02.760 --> 0:24:08.280
<v Speaker 4>Great you, know being With kersh these many, years he

0:24:08.680 --> 0:24:14.199
<v Speaker 4>sees the game like no other person. Does you. Know

0:24:14.440 --> 0:24:18.959
<v Speaker 4>it's it's actually fun to watch the football playoffs and

0:24:19.040 --> 0:24:23.600
<v Speaker 4>to listen To Tom brady Or Troy, Aikman Tony romo

0:24:23.880 --> 0:24:27.240
<v Speaker 4>and how they dissect and how they see the. Field

0:24:28.119 --> 0:24:30.679
<v Speaker 4>Clayton kershaw is the same way, right he is going

0:24:30.760 --> 0:24:36.000
<v Speaker 4>to give. You like all herscheizer does really provide a

0:24:37.480 --> 0:24:40.920
<v Speaker 4>look at the game that is. Unmatched so if that's

0:24:40.960 --> 0:24:43.840
<v Speaker 4>the path he, CHOOSES i don't know if he'll choose that.

0:24:43.920 --> 0:24:46.520
<v Speaker 4>PATH i think everybody is in for a.

0:24:46.600 --> 0:24:50.479
<v Speaker 2>TREAT i heard it was between broadcasting and becoming the

0:24:50.520 --> 0:24:53.440
<v Speaker 2>New dodgers director of. Travel what what do you. THINK

0:24:53.680 --> 0:24:55.440
<v Speaker 2>i think he leaned. Broadcasting you're.

0:24:55.520 --> 0:24:58.359
<v Speaker 4>SAFE i think he could Do he could do the

0:24:58.480 --> 0:25:01.960
<v Speaker 4>he could do the travel. Job he's certainly talented.

0:25:02.080 --> 0:25:06.680
<v Speaker 2>Enough, Scott it's awesome to have you on the. Show

0:25:06.880 --> 0:25:09.119
<v Speaker 2>you're a big sports, fan AND i know you're living

0:25:09.119 --> 0:25:12.240
<v Speaker 2>out your dream doing what you've done with The dodgers

0:25:12.240 --> 0:25:15.280
<v Speaker 2>the last twenty six years and now being such a

0:25:15.320 --> 0:25:19.879
<v Speaker 2>big part of the golden age Of Dodger. Baseball the

0:25:20.000 --> 0:25:22.600
<v Speaker 2>ride continues in a couple of, weeks AND i can't

0:25:22.600 --> 0:25:24.560
<v Speaker 2>wait to get back on that ride with you and

0:25:24.600 --> 0:25:27.600
<v Speaker 2>the rest of the. Organization look forward to seeing you

0:25:27.600 --> 0:25:28.199
<v Speaker 2>in a couple of.

0:25:28.200 --> 0:25:29.920
<v Speaker 1>Weeks thank, You.

0:25:30.040 --> 0:25:33.320
<v Speaker 4>David i'm really looking forward to this year and to you,

0:25:33.359 --> 0:25:36.480
<v Speaker 4>know for someone, who like you, said born and raised

0:25:36.520 --> 0:25:39.919
<v Speaker 4>in la except for a couple of years living In,

0:25:40.000 --> 0:25:42.720
<v Speaker 4>japan you, know this Is Los angeles is my, home

0:25:43.440 --> 0:25:49.080
<v Speaker 4>and so to be work for the team that you

0:25:49.119 --> 0:25:53.879
<v Speaker 4>grew up rooting. For to get out of your car

0:25:54.000 --> 0:25:56.040
<v Speaker 4>and you, know go to the market or go to

0:25:56.080 --> 0:26:00.399
<v Speaker 4>the gas station and See dodger hats, everywhere and to

0:26:00.480 --> 0:26:08.360
<v Speaker 4>see parents of you, know my my kids friends Wearing dodger.

0:26:08.480 --> 0:26:12.240
<v Speaker 4>Jackets it's just something that's awesome and just it's very

0:26:12.800 --> 0:26:15.280
<v Speaker 4>such a warm feelings fills me with a lot of,

0:26:15.320 --> 0:26:19.879
<v Speaker 4>pride and you, know to hats off to the, organization

0:26:20.560 --> 0:26:25.000
<v Speaker 4>to the staff that work At Dodger stadium day in

0:26:25.040 --> 0:26:27.280
<v Speaker 4>and day, out and to all the FANS i, mean

0:26:27.400 --> 0:26:31.520
<v Speaker 4>like the the players feel the love and the. Energy

0:26:32.080 --> 0:26:35.680
<v Speaker 4>this weekend we have our fan. FEST i know that's

0:26:35.720 --> 0:26:39.880
<v Speaker 4>going to be heavily. Attended this is the golden era

0:26:40.040 --> 0:26:43.399
<v Speaker 4>Of Dodger baseball AND i hope it continues for a

0:26:43.560 --> 0:26:44.000
<v Speaker 4>very long.

0:26:44.040 --> 0:26:45.920
<v Speaker 1>Time same.

0:26:46.000 --> 0:26:48.800
<v Speaker 2>Here no matter what they try to, do this this

0:26:48.920 --> 0:26:51.720
<v Speaker 2>group is not going to allow anything to get in

0:26:51.800 --> 0:26:54.479
<v Speaker 2>the way of. Winning so look forward to. It, scott

0:26:54.520 --> 0:26:57.680
<v Speaker 2>and thanks a lot for sharing your. Insights. Uh it's,

0:26:57.800 --> 0:27:01.320
<v Speaker 2>uh it's special to hear from someone in your, Position

0:27:01.480 --> 0:27:01.960
<v Speaker 2>so thank.

0:27:02.000 --> 0:27:04.760
<v Speaker 4>You thanks for having me on to be.

0:27:05.720 --> 0:27:10.200
<v Speaker 2>There he Goes Scott, akasaki The dodgers director Of, travel and,

0:27:10.520 --> 0:27:15.040
<v Speaker 2>look everybody has a, story and that was a story

0:27:15.119 --> 0:27:19.800
<v Speaker 2>from the inside of The dodgers'. Clubhouse and just really

0:27:19.800 --> 0:27:23.480
<v Speaker 2>what he said is some of the takeaways That i'm

0:27:23.520 --> 0:27:27.280
<v Speaker 2>sure you had as, well you, know being ready for your,

0:27:27.440 --> 0:27:32.240
<v Speaker 2>moment whether you're a veteran Like Miguel, rojas a rookie

0:27:32.280 --> 0:27:35.080
<v Speaker 2>that was going to be playing in The Mexican league

0:27:35.160 --> 0:27:38.600
<v Speaker 2>Like Justin, dean or a guy Like Andy paez who

0:27:38.640 --> 0:27:42.520
<v Speaker 2>struggled during the postseason to have your one moment and

0:27:42.640 --> 0:27:45.080
<v Speaker 2>be ready for. It SO i loved what he had to.

0:27:45.119 --> 0:27:48.800
<v Speaker 2>Say when we continue On Dodger, talk we are going

0:27:48.840 --> 0:27:52.880
<v Speaker 2>to get more insight from a big time director who

0:27:52.960 --> 0:27:56.520
<v Speaker 2>has put together a docu film on The dodgers trip

0:27:56.560 --> 0:28:01.919
<v Speaker 2>To tokyo to begin their repeat championship. Season don't go

0:28:02.000 --> 0:28:05.679
<v Speaker 2>anywhere More Dodger talk until eight o'clock right here on

0:28:05.760 --> 0:28:09.800
<v Speaker 2>a five to SEVENTY La. Sports thanks again To Scott.

0:28:09.840 --> 0:28:14.119
<v Speaker 2>AKASAKI i love that he got called up in the

0:28:14.119 --> 0:28:17.160
<v Speaker 2>emotions of your stories On Monday night of where you

0:28:17.240 --> 0:28:20.639
<v Speaker 2>were during The Dodgers World series Run game seven And

0:28:20.720 --> 0:28:24.680
<v Speaker 2>game three And Freddie freeman's walk off home. Run we

0:28:24.800 --> 0:28:27.760
<v Speaker 2>have Another dodger talk for you tomorrow, night and yes

0:28:28.640 --> 0:28:34.520
<v Speaker 2>it will be from the grand Old opry, Himself Brad

0:28:34.600 --> 0:28:40.480
<v Speaker 2>paisley's home In Central. California i'll be Taping Sports net

0:28:40.680 --> 0:28:44.000
<v Speaker 2>LA's Access dodgers in the afternoon With Tim kats And

0:28:44.080 --> 0:28:47.200
<v Speaker 2>John hartung and Then i'll be making the drive up

0:28:47.240 --> 0:28:51.479
<v Speaker 2>To Santa barbara and Having Brad paisley on the. Show

0:28:51.720 --> 0:28:54.200
<v Speaker 2>he'll be able to take your phone calls tomorrow. Night

0:28:54.320 --> 0:28:57.040
<v Speaker 2>so should be a Good dodger talk show tomorrow night

0:28:57.080 --> 0:29:00.520
<v Speaker 2>From Brad paisley's. Home remember it was a couple of

0:29:00.600 --> 0:29:03.800
<v Speaker 2>years ago In nashville that we had the show from

0:29:03.960 --> 0:29:08.440
<v Speaker 2>his bar on his farm In. Nashville so now we'll

0:29:08.440 --> 0:29:11.920
<v Speaker 2>bring it To california coast to coast With Brad paisley

0:29:11.960 --> 0:29:15.920
<v Speaker 2>who's a Huge dodger fan but was not able to

0:29:16.000 --> 0:29:19.560
<v Speaker 2>make it To tokyo with The. Dodgers and for those

0:29:19.600 --> 0:29:22.520
<v Speaker 2>of you that were not able to make it To,

0:29:22.520 --> 0:29:26.760
<v Speaker 2>tokyo like most of you, weren't, obviously there is a

0:29:26.880 --> 0:29:29.600
<v Speaker 2>brand new docu film that is going to be in

0:29:29.640 --> 0:29:34.880
<v Speaker 2>your local Theaters february twenty third and twenty fourth only

0:29:35.440 --> 0:29:39.960
<v Speaker 2>those are the only two days that The tokyo series

0:29:40.160 --> 0:29:43.880
<v Speaker 2>documentary is going to be in theaters and you can

0:29:43.880 --> 0:29:49.120
<v Speaker 2>buy tickets now out here In Willand, Hills Seemi, Valley Thousand.

0:29:49.160 --> 0:29:52.400
<v Speaker 2>Oaks it will be showing at those. Theaters and we

0:29:52.560 --> 0:29:57.920
<v Speaker 2>have the director joining us right, Now Jason. Sternmann, jason

0:29:58.040 --> 0:29:59.920
<v Speaker 2>thanks a lot for coming. On appreciate it.

0:30:00.120 --> 0:30:04.160
<v Speaker 1>It, Hey, david thank you for taking the time to have.

0:30:04.280 --> 0:30:08.959
<v Speaker 2>Me so where did the idea of making a docu

0:30:09.080 --> 0:30:12.640
<v Speaker 2>film and releasing it in theaters of The Dodgers tokyo

0:30:12.840 --> 0:30:18.360
<v Speaker 2>series start to really formulating your brain and your? Vision you?

0:30:18.400 --> 0:30:21.000
<v Speaker 1>Know it's. Interesting i've been lucky. Enough i've had a

0:30:21.040 --> 0:30:24.200
<v Speaker 1>relationship with THE mlb and we've done some projects in

0:30:24.200 --> 0:30:28.760
<v Speaker 1>the past, together AND i approached them in, about i

0:30:28.760 --> 0:30:31.520
<v Speaker 1>want to, say Like october of last, year And i've

0:30:31.560 --> 0:30:34.440
<v Speaker 1>had this thought of quite honestly from being A dodger,

0:30:34.480 --> 0:30:36.640
<v Speaker 1>fan being born and raised IN la but over the

0:30:36.680 --> 0:30:40.600
<v Speaker 1>last couple of, years especially watching The japanese players and Especially,

0:30:40.680 --> 0:30:43.840
<v Speaker 1>otani there is just the way THAT i think they

0:30:43.840 --> 0:30:47.240
<v Speaker 1>approached the, game even things as small as the way That,

0:30:47.240 --> 0:30:50.080
<v Speaker 1>otani you, know he he tipped his hat to THE

0:30:50.160 --> 0:30:53.920
<v Speaker 1>oosi to the posy, managers the way that he plays,

0:30:54.000 --> 0:30:56.760
<v Speaker 1>peacemaker you, know in that pogreat game where he gets,

0:30:56.800 --> 0:30:59.120
<v Speaker 1>Hit and there was just this interesting thing of, like

0:30:59.240 --> 0:31:01.120
<v Speaker 1>where did these GUYS i come? From and why do

0:31:01.240 --> 0:31:04.080
<v Speaker 1>they all seem to have this sort of different approach

0:31:04.160 --> 0:31:07.480
<v Speaker 1>to the, Game and that was the entry point for the.

0:31:07.520 --> 0:31:10.520
<v Speaker 1>Exploration i'm just asking a, question where did these guys come?

0:31:10.520 --> 0:31:12.800
<v Speaker 1>From like we're lucky enough to see them when they're

0:31:12.840 --> 0:31:15.680
<v Speaker 1>at their peak when they come, here but obviously they

0:31:15.720 --> 0:31:19.840
<v Speaker 1>all start, somewhere you, know coming out Of, japan and

0:31:20.240 --> 0:31:22.400
<v Speaker 1>we were lucky enough to i think hit the same

0:31:22.520 --> 0:31:25.440
<v Speaker 1>timing as the startup last season where they were going

0:31:25.520 --> 0:31:28.320
<v Speaker 1>to be playing the games In, tokyo and using that

0:31:28.360 --> 0:31:30.720
<v Speaker 1>as kind of the entry point and the backdrop gave

0:31:30.800 --> 0:31:34.720
<v Speaker 1>for a PERFECT i think time and place to explore

0:31:34.800 --> 0:31:35.280
<v Speaker 1>that with this.

0:31:35.400 --> 0:31:39.760
<v Speaker 2>Film how much access Did otani give you while you

0:31:39.840 --> 0:31:41.840
<v Speaker 2>were filming this dock you?

0:31:42.080 --> 0:31:45.880
<v Speaker 1>FILM i, mean the benefit that we had was we

0:31:45.960 --> 0:31:49.360
<v Speaker 1>got the same access as every other person and member

0:31:49.360 --> 0:31:50.680
<v Speaker 1>of the press who was able to be on the.

0:31:50.680 --> 0:31:53.160
<v Speaker 1>Field and the thing that's interesting about this film when

0:31:53.400 --> 0:31:56.560
<v Speaker 1>people get a chance to go see, it is it's

0:31:56.640 --> 0:31:58.760
<v Speaker 1>really not about the play by play of the. Game

0:31:58.880 --> 0:32:02.840
<v Speaker 1>it really looks at the exploration Of japanese baseball culture

0:32:02.880 --> 0:32:08.920
<v Speaker 1>and knowing how that culture influences players Like otani And

0:32:09.000 --> 0:32:12.120
<v Speaker 1>yamamoto And roki obviously for The, dodgers and in that

0:32:12.240 --> 0:32:14.240
<v Speaker 1>game they were playing against the Cub still obviously they

0:32:14.240 --> 0:32:16.000
<v Speaker 1>have showed him and all that and say A. Suzuki

0:32:17.080 --> 0:32:21.120
<v Speaker 1>but we take a very very big lens to the

0:32:21.160 --> 0:32:24.640
<v Speaker 1>baseball culture In. Japan we go and we explore little

0:32:24.720 --> 0:32:29.080
<v Speaker 1>league In, Osaka we explore you know what a lot

0:32:29.120 --> 0:32:32.880
<v Speaker 1>would Consider otani's number one, fan which is this amazing

0:32:33.760 --> 0:32:37.120
<v Speaker 1>guy who runs a hair salon In, oshu which Is otani's,

0:32:37.120 --> 0:32:40.000
<v Speaker 1>hometown and has spent his a good portion of his

0:32:40.080 --> 0:32:43.800
<v Speaker 1>life basically collecting every every bit of memorabilia as he

0:32:43.880 --> 0:32:49.120
<v Speaker 1>can From showhay's career To. Quine, honestly like we went

0:32:49.160 --> 0:32:52.719
<v Speaker 1>to the bat factory in the middle of this of

0:32:52.760 --> 0:32:56.160
<v Speaker 1>this valley in the middle of the country Where, mizuno you,

0:32:56.200 --> 0:32:59.120
<v Speaker 1>know they still have the same sort of like master

0:32:59.200 --> 0:33:03.400
<v Speaker 1>craftsman style of creating baseball. Bats so it's a look

0:33:03.440 --> 0:33:06.600
<v Speaker 1>at the aspiration of how those things all influence the

0:33:06.720 --> 0:33:09.280
<v Speaker 1>kind of, funnel if you, will all these things come

0:33:09.320 --> 0:33:12.040
<v Speaker 1>down into why these why These japanese? PLAYERS i think

0:33:12.080 --> 0:33:14.320
<v Speaker 1>one play the game way that they, do but also

0:33:14.600 --> 0:33:18.120
<v Speaker 1>IT'S i think eye opening for us As americans who

0:33:18.120 --> 0:33:21.120
<v Speaker 1>have created the sport and seeing how The japanese have

0:33:21.280 --> 0:33:23.560
<v Speaker 1>in a way kind of turned it into their own.

0:33:23.600 --> 0:33:28.560
<v Speaker 2>Version that's the voice of the director of the Docufilm

0:33:28.760 --> 0:33:33.560
<v Speaker 2>homecoming The tokyo series that The dodgers And cubs participated

0:33:33.560 --> 0:33:38.000
<v Speaker 2>in to kick off the twenty twenty four. Season Jason

0:33:38.040 --> 0:33:42.800
<v Speaker 2>sternman is our, guest and like we mentioned, earlier this

0:33:43.000 --> 0:33:46.520
<v Speaker 2>docu film of The Dodgers tokyo series is going to

0:33:46.600 --> 0:33:50.560
<v Speaker 2>be in theaters just two Days february twenty third And

0:33:50.760 --> 0:33:55.320
<v Speaker 2>february twenty. Fourth you can buy tickets right now At

0:33:55.440 --> 0:33:59.840
<v Speaker 2>Fathom entertainment dot. Com AND i thought that's really, Interesting,

0:34:00.080 --> 0:34:02.800
<v Speaker 2>jason to give us an idea of what the docu

0:34:02.880 --> 0:34:05.880
<v Speaker 2>film is going to show. Us do you feel like

0:34:06.400 --> 0:34:11.279
<v Speaker 2>we will have a greater appreciation of how Popular otani

0:34:11.320 --> 0:34:16.400
<v Speaker 2>And yamamoto are and just how deeply Rooted otani specifically

0:34:16.560 --> 0:34:19.719
<v Speaker 2>is and the culture of not Only japanese baseball but

0:34:20.360 --> 0:34:20.920
<v Speaker 2>the country.

0:34:20.960 --> 0:34:24.960
<v Speaker 1>ITSELF i think that's the, Hope but at the same,

0:34:25.000 --> 0:34:27.680
<v Speaker 1>time also it's a little bit of like it's a

0:34:27.680 --> 0:34:30.080
<v Speaker 1>little bit of a love letter to the. Game AND

0:34:30.440 --> 0:34:33.160
<v Speaker 1>i think it's really interesting about seeing how different people

0:34:33.160 --> 0:34:35.439
<v Speaker 1>can come together and play, it whether they speak the same.

0:34:35.520 --> 0:34:37.839
<v Speaker 1>Language once they all do on the, field they all

0:34:37.920 --> 0:34:40.920
<v Speaker 1>kind of know what their roles, are it's just how

0:34:40.960 --> 0:34:44.280
<v Speaker 1>they all approach. It it was, INTERESTING i, Mean, david

0:34:44.280 --> 0:34:46.000
<v Speaker 1>you were, there, so you, know even being able to

0:34:46.000 --> 0:34:48.040
<v Speaker 1>see some of the exhibition games where The dodgers played

0:34:48.080 --> 0:34:52.280
<v Speaker 1>against The Tokyo giants and The Haunting tigers From. Osaka

0:34:52.400 --> 0:34:54.520
<v Speaker 1>like the fact that those games are even able to be,

0:34:54.560 --> 0:34:59.160
<v Speaker 1>played and the way that the fans react to. IT

0:34:59.560 --> 0:35:01.359
<v Speaker 1>i think IT'S i mean interesting where there were so

0:35:01.360 --> 0:35:03.839
<v Speaker 1>Many american fans who got attempts to travel and we're

0:35:03.840 --> 0:35:06.600
<v Speaker 1>in and we're in The Tokyo doom during those, games

0:35:07.000 --> 0:35:09.440
<v Speaker 1>as well as also Local japanese who saw. There you,

0:35:09.480 --> 0:35:11.640
<v Speaker 1>know they're to a certain, extent especially With otani their

0:35:11.719 --> 0:35:16.160
<v Speaker 1>hero return home to go play in that. Stadium everyone

0:35:16.280 --> 0:35:19.239
<v Speaker 1>kind of had the same sort of, feeling which is

0:35:19.280 --> 0:35:21.560
<v Speaker 1>that this was something very, special but it also felt

0:35:21.800 --> 0:35:24.960
<v Speaker 1>very very, familiar like it didn't require anyone needing to

0:35:25.000 --> 0:35:26.040
<v Speaker 1>translate the rules of the.

0:35:26.080 --> 0:35:29.799
<v Speaker 2>Game is there anything that really stood out to you

0:35:29.840 --> 0:35:32.440
<v Speaker 2>the most when you were making this docu film that

0:35:32.520 --> 0:35:35.239
<v Speaker 2>you weren't expecting to resonate with.

0:35:35.320 --> 0:35:40.600
<v Speaker 1>You the thing that really stood out to me, was quite,

0:35:40.640 --> 0:35:44.360
<v Speaker 1>honestly seeing the way That Little league is approached and.

0:35:44.400 --> 0:35:47.840
<v Speaker 1>Taught AND i think for people especially who watch The

0:35:47.880 --> 0:35:51.560
<v Speaker 1>japanese players as we see them now IN, MLB i

0:35:51.600 --> 0:35:54.120
<v Speaker 1>think that there's a really nice correlation where you UNDERSTAND

0:35:54.160 --> 0:35:56.160
<v Speaker 1>i think a little bit more about the way that

0:35:56.239 --> 0:35:58.360
<v Speaker 1>it is ingrained in them at such a young age

0:35:58.840 --> 0:36:01.640
<v Speaker 1>of the approach to the game and the way that

0:36:01.680 --> 0:36:06.000
<v Speaker 1>they then carry the tools that are given to them

0:36:06.440 --> 0:36:10.440
<v Speaker 1>through baseball extends way beyond the, field and a lot

0:36:10.440 --> 0:36:13.799
<v Speaker 1>of kids who don't become professional baseball, players they still

0:36:13.880 --> 0:36:16.520
<v Speaker 1>use the things that they've learned in life to be

0:36:16.520 --> 0:36:20.600
<v Speaker 1>better members of. Society that to, me watching kids learn

0:36:20.680 --> 0:36:24.200
<v Speaker 1>in the approach was rather blind gold and it really

0:36:24.239 --> 0:36:27.520
<v Speaker 1>feels also like something that we also don't really necessarily

0:36:27.560 --> 0:36:29.480
<v Speaker 1>have here in The states citvil the league where it

0:36:29.480 --> 0:36:32.560
<v Speaker 1>feels very. Individualized, there everything is very much built around

0:36:32.560 --> 0:36:34.919
<v Speaker 1>the idea of team and.

0:36:34.840 --> 0:36:37.600
<v Speaker 2>That kind of feels like being In. Japan that's the

0:36:37.600 --> 0:36:41.880
<v Speaker 2>culture of The japanese people and why that country and

0:36:41.920 --> 0:36:45.359
<v Speaker 2>the people are so. Great it's not about, me it's

0:36:45.400 --> 0:36:48.240
<v Speaker 2>about the greater good of the. Country and it feels

0:36:48.239 --> 0:36:52.520
<v Speaker 2>like that baseball is just a microcosm of the way

0:36:53.040 --> 0:36:55.680
<v Speaker 2>they live their. Life it's not just about, them it's

0:36:55.719 --> 0:36:59.239
<v Speaker 2>about the country and about the next person to be respectful.

0:36:59.280 --> 0:37:05.160
<v Speaker 1>To's that's exactly. Right and it's interesting BECAUSE i didn't

0:37:05.200 --> 0:37:07.440
<v Speaker 1>realize it UNTIL i was, there AND i actually was

0:37:07.520 --> 0:37:10.880
<v Speaker 1>watching batting practice for The, dodgers and every Time Agil

0:37:10.920 --> 0:37:13.960
<v Speaker 1>rojas came up for batting, practice the entire like stadium

0:37:13.960 --> 0:37:15.960
<v Speaker 1>and people who were watching batting practice would share for,

0:37:16.000 --> 0:37:17.920
<v Speaker 1>him AND i didnk it was Pretty freeman's kind of

0:37:17.920 --> 0:37:20.920
<v Speaker 1>like what's going? On AND i realized that WHEN i

0:37:20.960 --> 0:37:24.520
<v Speaker 1>asked the. Question is Because miguel gave up his number

0:37:24.640 --> 0:37:28.120
<v Speaker 1>To roki When roki joined the, team The japanese population

0:37:28.200 --> 0:37:30.520
<v Speaker 1>saw that as such a grand, gesture and that goes

0:37:31.120 --> 0:37:34.120
<v Speaker 1>really deeply to like the way that they see this

0:37:34.200 --> 0:37:36.840
<v Speaker 1>kind of you, know the way you interact with with

0:37:36.840 --> 0:37:39.239
<v Speaker 1>with your fellow citizens in a certain, way and so

0:37:39.719 --> 0:37:42.120
<v Speaker 1>he held in such high regard because of that, gesture

0:37:42.560 --> 0:37:44.479
<v Speaker 1>and that to me also is just like it felt

0:37:44.560 --> 0:37:48.200
<v Speaker 1>like a window into the way The japanese approach and

0:37:48.239 --> 0:37:50.440
<v Speaker 1>look at. Things but it's so interesting seeing it through

0:37:50.480 --> 0:37:50.840
<v Speaker 1>the lens of.

0:37:50.880 --> 0:37:55.600
<v Speaker 2>Baseball that is the voice Of Jason, sterman the director Of,

0:37:55.760 --> 0:38:00.319
<v Speaker 2>homecoming The tokyo Series The dodgers And cubs and arct

0:38:00.360 --> 0:38:04.240
<v Speaker 2>and started the twenty twenty four season In, Tokyo. Japan

0:38:04.360 --> 0:38:07.200
<v Speaker 2>it's a docu film that will be in theaters for

0:38:07.320 --> 0:38:11.720
<v Speaker 2>two days, Only february twenty third And february twenty. Fourth

0:38:11.800 --> 0:38:14.960
<v Speaker 2>you can buy tickets now to your local theater where

0:38:15.000 --> 0:38:18.920
<v Speaker 2>it's showing At Fathom entertainment dot. Com, now can you

0:38:18.920 --> 0:38:21.319
<v Speaker 2>give us a sneak? PEEK i know a lot of

0:38:21.360 --> 0:38:23.960
<v Speaker 2>it is not just about The dodgers And, cubs but

0:38:24.440 --> 0:38:28.320
<v Speaker 2>as you, mentioned the culture of baseball across the. Country

0:38:28.360 --> 0:38:33.800
<v Speaker 2>how many little leaguers try to Emulate otani's batting stance.

0:38:35.480 --> 0:38:37.560
<v Speaker 1>More than, you more THAN i would have. Expected but

0:38:37.560 --> 0:38:42.120
<v Speaker 1>at the same, time also it's it's been, INTERESTING i

0:38:42.160 --> 0:38:45.600
<v Speaker 1>think seen the way That otani has influenced a way

0:38:45.640 --> 0:38:49.120
<v Speaker 1>that kids In japan are able TO i think dream,

0:38:49.200 --> 0:38:53.480
<v Speaker 1>bigger if that makes. Sense but Because otani's had such

0:38:53.480 --> 0:38:56.480
<v Speaker 1>a huge impact on the accomplishments that he's. Had he

0:38:56.719 --> 0:39:01.440
<v Speaker 1>has now very much given kids something to aspire. To

0:39:01.600 --> 0:39:03.960
<v Speaker 1>but it's a direct example of someone who looks like,

0:39:04.040 --> 0:39:07.879
<v Speaker 1>them who comes from where they come. From so the,

0:39:07.880 --> 0:39:10.759
<v Speaker 1>EMULATION i think is the natural extension of that where

0:39:10.840 --> 0:39:13.279
<v Speaker 1>they look and GO i want to be like him

0:39:13.280 --> 0:39:14.840
<v Speaker 1>and to be like, HIM i want to play like.

0:39:14.960 --> 0:39:17.759
<v Speaker 2>Him, NOW i know you want all of us to

0:39:17.800 --> 0:39:20.759
<v Speaker 2>go to the theaters to see this docu. Film if

0:39:20.800 --> 0:39:23.880
<v Speaker 2>we're not able to get to the theaters On february

0:39:23.920 --> 0:39:27.000
<v Speaker 2>twenty third or twenty, fourth is there a chance we

0:39:27.080 --> 0:39:29.200
<v Speaker 2>might see this on a streaming service down the.

0:39:29.239 --> 0:39:35.880
<v Speaker 1>Line very, likely, yes at a to be an ounce,

0:39:36.000 --> 0:39:39.839
<v Speaker 1>Date so that's also in, progress but obviously focusing on

0:39:40.160 --> 0:39:42.360
<v Speaker 1>the ability of seeing it in. Theaters SO i think

0:39:42.440 --> 0:39:44.239
<v Speaker 1>the nice thing about seeing something in theater is the

0:39:44.239 --> 0:39:46.799
<v Speaker 1>same way of seeing something that, is you, know being

0:39:46.840 --> 0:39:49.000
<v Speaker 1>at a baseball game or being any other sporting. Event

0:39:49.040 --> 0:39:51.960
<v Speaker 1>there's a communal aspect to it that's. Nice but, ultimately

0:39:51.960 --> 0:39:53.720
<v Speaker 1>if people aren't able to make it in the, future

0:39:54.160 --> 0:39:56.600
<v Speaker 1>at some point down the, road, yeah ideally like there

0:39:56.640 --> 0:39:58.040
<v Speaker 1>will be an opportunity to catch it at.

0:39:58.040 --> 0:40:00.600
<v Speaker 2>HOME i, MEAN i can't think of a ander way

0:40:00.680 --> 0:40:04.160
<v Speaker 2>to See otani outside of being at The Tokyo dome

0:40:04.600 --> 0:40:07.480
<v Speaker 2>than to be at a movie theater watching this and

0:40:07.640 --> 0:40:10.719
<v Speaker 2>just saying everything that you bring to. Life So i'm

0:40:10.800 --> 0:40:13.680
<v Speaker 2>looking forward to bringing the, kids and you know there

0:40:13.680 --> 0:40:16.759
<v Speaker 2>are classmates to see, this and IF i, Can't i'll

0:40:16.800 --> 0:40:18.960
<v Speaker 2>be in spring. Training my wife will do. It i'll

0:40:19.040 --> 0:40:22.200
<v Speaker 2>instruct her to go To Fathom entertainment Dot com to

0:40:22.239 --> 0:40:24.280
<v Speaker 2>bring the. Kids how about, That, Jason.

0:40:25.280 --> 0:40:27.560
<v Speaker 1>We'll have The it'll be in theaters In arizona's at

0:40:27.600 --> 0:40:29.560
<v Speaker 1>the very. Least, also maybe you can catch it.

0:40:29.600 --> 0:40:32.719
<v Speaker 2>There, hey that's. True that's. True, WELL i appreciate, That,

0:40:32.880 --> 0:40:35.719
<v Speaker 2>jason and look forward to seeing you at the premiere

0:40:35.760 --> 0:40:38.440
<v Speaker 2>On saturday. Night and thank you for coming, on and

0:40:38.840 --> 0:40:43.040
<v Speaker 2>congratulations on bringing something to life That i'm sure a

0:40:43.080 --> 0:40:47.120
<v Speaker 2>lot of us had no idea what how deeply rooted

0:40:47.640 --> 0:40:50.720
<v Speaker 2>baseball is and the effects it's had on not only

0:40:51.280 --> 0:40:54.920
<v Speaker 2>us in The United states With otani And, yamamoto but

0:40:55.200 --> 0:40:58.319
<v Speaker 2>just what it means to everybody in that. Country so

0:40:58.440 --> 0:40:59.200
<v Speaker 2>thank you for coming.

0:40:59.239 --> 0:41:02.560
<v Speaker 1>On of, course thank you for having. ME i appreciate.

0:41:02.600 --> 0:41:07.200
<v Speaker 2>It there he Goes Jason, sternman the director Of, homecoming

0:41:07.280 --> 0:41:12.640
<v Speaker 2>The tokyo. Series this is a really cool idea for a,

0:41:12.719 --> 0:41:17.800
<v Speaker 2>docufilm And i'm. Serious i'm looking forward to having my

0:41:18.440 --> 0:41:23.200
<v Speaker 2>kids go see this docufilm in Theaters february twenty third

0:41:23.200 --> 0:41:27.359
<v Speaker 2>and twenty. Fourth and it's not just about, Baseball so

0:41:27.760 --> 0:41:31.919
<v Speaker 2>if your kid doesn't love baseball as much as we,

0:41:31.960 --> 0:41:35.440
<v Speaker 2>do it sounds like it's more than just about. Baseball

0:41:35.480 --> 0:41:39.920
<v Speaker 2>it's more about showing what it's like in the culture

0:41:40.040 --> 0:41:42.560
<v Speaker 2>and how deeply rooted it is in the. CULTURE i

0:41:43.000 --> 0:41:48.040
<v Speaker 2>kind of. WAS i had my periphery not very zoomed

0:41:48.080 --> 0:41:51.520
<v Speaker 2>out on what this docufilm was going to. Be So

0:41:51.600 --> 0:41:54.879
<v Speaker 2>i'm happy that we Had jason on BECAUSE i thought

0:41:54.880 --> 0:41:57.520
<v Speaker 2>it was just going to be a docufilm on what

0:41:57.719 --> 0:42:01.120
<v Speaker 2>was taking place at The Tokyo dome was happening maybe

0:42:01.160 --> 0:42:04.799
<v Speaker 2>in the, clubhouse BUT i was pleasantly surprised to hear

0:42:04.840 --> 0:42:07.759
<v Speaker 2>that it's more about what it's like with the little,

0:42:07.840 --> 0:42:10.920
<v Speaker 2>leaguers with the culture out there In. Japan SO i

0:42:11.000 --> 0:42:14.600
<v Speaker 2>think it's a docufilm for. Everybody AND i was invited

0:42:14.640 --> 0:42:17.880
<v Speaker 2>to the premiere On saturday night After Dodger, fest And

0:42:17.920 --> 0:42:21.120
<v Speaker 2>i'm looking forward to being out there and seeing what

0:42:21.160 --> 0:42:24.319
<v Speaker 2>this is all, about and then you, KNOW i am

0:42:24.400 --> 0:42:27.759
<v Speaker 2>not going To i'll come. Clean i'll be In arizona

0:42:27.840 --> 0:42:31.440
<v Speaker 2>while my family's back In Los. Angeles So i'm hoping

0:42:32.680 --> 0:42:35.520
<v Speaker 2>they can get to the theaters here IN la to

0:42:35.680 --> 0:42:39.960
<v Speaker 2>see this docufilm of The tokyo, series because it seems

0:42:39.960 --> 0:42:43.800
<v Speaker 2>like it's worthwhile for, everybody all, Right LIKE i, Said

0:42:43.920 --> 0:42:47.399
<v Speaker 2>Dodger fest is coming up This. Saturday we are going

0:42:47.440 --> 0:42:51.920
<v Speaker 2>to Broadcast live presented By verizon From Dodger stadium from

0:42:52.000 --> 0:42:56.080
<v Speaker 2>ten am to one o'clock. Show Hey otani is scheduled

0:42:56.080 --> 0:43:00.400
<v Speaker 2>to join us at about twelve forty. Five Mookie, Bets Freddie,

0:43:00.400 --> 0:43:03.080
<v Speaker 2>Freeman Dave, Roberts they're all going to join us as,

0:43:03.200 --> 0:43:07.640
<v Speaker 2>well and it should be a fun time On. Saturday

0:43:07.680 --> 0:43:09.879
<v Speaker 2>we hope to see you out. THERE i Guess i'm

0:43:09.920 --> 0:43:14.799
<v Speaker 2>going to be positioned in The dodger. Bullpen they want

0:43:14.840 --> 0:43:17.800
<v Speaker 2>to cage me away from everybody. Else they don't want

0:43:17.840 --> 0:43:21.840
<v Speaker 2>me associating or socializing with. Anybody they want me in

0:43:21.880 --> 0:43:25.120
<v Speaker 2>The dodger bullpen where they'll lock the gates and not

0:43:25.239 --> 0:43:28.200
<v Speaker 2>let me. Out so that's fine as long as the

0:43:28.200 --> 0:43:31.640
<v Speaker 2>players find their way To Dodger talk from ten am

0:43:31.680 --> 0:43:34.440
<v Speaker 2>to one. O'clock that's. Fine you, Know i'm used to

0:43:34.480 --> 0:43:36.600
<v Speaker 2>being treated that. Way it's all. GOOD i went from

0:43:36.920 --> 0:43:39.960
<v Speaker 2>center stage to a closet last year to now a,

0:43:40.000 --> 0:43:43.359
<v Speaker 2>bullpen So i'm all. In we make the best out

0:43:43.360 --> 0:43:46.080
<v Speaker 2>of it out of it no matter. What so looking

0:43:46.160 --> 0:43:48.600
<v Speaker 2>forward To Dodger talk from ten am to one o'clock

0:43:48.640 --> 0:43:52.279
<v Speaker 2>tomorrow From Dodger. Fest the First dodger spring training, game

0:43:52.360 --> 0:43:56.719
<v Speaker 2>LIKE i, mentioned Is february twenty, first and being just

0:43:56.840 --> 0:44:02.600
<v Speaker 2>two weeks away from pitchers and, catchers it's shocking so

0:44:02.840 --> 0:44:07.600
<v Speaker 2>many good players are still free, agents Including Zach gallon

0:44:07.800 --> 0:44:12.840
<v Speaker 2>of The Arizona, diamondbacks who has the qualifying offer attached to,

0:44:12.960 --> 0:44:16.960
<v Speaker 2>him and according to our Friend Ken, rosenthal that has

0:44:17.040 --> 0:44:19.840
<v Speaker 2>been an issue For gallon to sign with the team

0:44:20.000 --> 0:44:23.080
<v Speaker 2>because a lot of teams out there don't want to

0:44:23.120 --> 0:44:26.800
<v Speaker 2>give up a draft pick to Sign Zach. Gallen, look

0:44:27.080 --> 0:44:31.239
<v Speaker 2>baseball is not THE nfl OR. Nba you have a

0:44:31.320 --> 0:44:35.640
<v Speaker 2>greater chance at missing at a player in the first

0:44:35.719 --> 0:44:39.800
<v Speaker 2>or second round of the baseball. Draft SO i still

0:44:39.920 --> 0:44:43.920
<v Speaker 2>don't understand when you have a proven commodity and a

0:44:43.960 --> 0:44:46.480
<v Speaker 2>guy that's a better second half pitcher than he is

0:44:46.520 --> 0:44:50.400
<v Speaker 2>a first half pitcher Like Zach, gallan who pitches in

0:44:50.480 --> 0:44:55.200
<v Speaker 2>his home, ballpark which is a hitters. Ballpark why wouldn't

0:44:55.239 --> 0:44:58.160
<v Speaker 2>you care about signing a guy if you really care about?

0:44:58.160 --> 0:45:01.920
<v Speaker 2>Winning all these teams that are pointing the finger at The,

0:45:01.960 --> 0:45:06.239
<v Speaker 2>dodgers if you really care about, winning why wouldn't you

0:45:06.320 --> 0:45:09.440
<v Speaker 2>give up a long shot of a draft pick for

0:45:09.520 --> 0:45:13.280
<v Speaker 2>a proven major League all star pitcher In Zach. Gallon

0:45:13.680 --> 0:45:16.640
<v Speaker 2>that's shocking to. Me and, LOOK i know there's a

0:45:16.640 --> 0:45:22.400
<v Speaker 2>lot of questions about From burvaldez's, character but at some

0:45:22.600 --> 0:45:25.600
<v Speaker 2>point he's got to realize that he may not be

0:45:25.719 --> 0:45:29.360
<v Speaker 2>getting that multi year contract that he thought he would

0:45:29.440 --> 0:45:33.600
<v Speaker 2>because his reputation's out there and it obviously is affecting.

0:45:33.680 --> 0:45:38.239
<v Speaker 2>Him you know that him throwing and crossing up his

0:45:38.400 --> 0:45:42.839
<v Speaker 2>catcher on purpose last, Year i'm sure is not a

0:45:42.840 --> 0:45:45.960
<v Speaker 2>one time, thing and my understanding talking to people that

0:45:46.160 --> 0:45:50.720
<v Speaker 2>know from inside That astros, clubhouse it was a symptom

0:45:50.960 --> 0:45:54.400
<v Speaker 2>of other issues that that team had to deal with

0:45:54.400 --> 0:45:58.480
<v Speaker 2>with From. Bervaldez, so you, know a guy with his

0:45:58.640 --> 0:46:02.080
<v Speaker 2>type of talent that's a big game pitcher is still

0:46:02.120 --> 0:46:05.640
<v Speaker 2>a free. Agent says a lot about what has been

0:46:05.680 --> 0:46:09.480
<v Speaker 2>reported out there about teams questions about how good of

0:46:09.520 --> 0:46:11.800
<v Speaker 2>a teammate is. He but at the end of the,

0:46:11.920 --> 0:46:15.040
<v Speaker 2>day he's going to sign with, somebody and if he

0:46:15.080 --> 0:46:18.399
<v Speaker 2>can pitch as well as he has for The, astros

0:46:18.600 --> 0:46:22.280
<v Speaker 2>he's worth the gamble for certain. Teams and how about,

0:46:22.280 --> 0:46:25.880
<v Speaker 2>this here's another pitcher that nobody is talking about that

0:46:26.560 --> 0:46:30.320
<v Speaker 2>is a proven big game. Pitcher, yes maybe his better

0:46:30.400 --> 0:46:33.960
<v Speaker 2>days are behind, him but he pitched really well with

0:46:34.120 --> 0:46:37.920
<v Speaker 2>The phillies after The Red sox let him go for. Nothing,

0:46:38.560 --> 0:46:42.640
<v Speaker 2>yeah you know Who i'm talking, About Walker. Buehler Walker

0:46:42.719 --> 0:46:46.239
<v Speaker 2>buehler is a free. Agent how is he still a free?

0:46:46.239 --> 0:46:49.320
<v Speaker 2>Agent you're telling me no team out there Needs Walker.

0:46:49.400 --> 0:46:52.680
<v Speaker 2>BUEHLER i wouldn't be surprised if he signed within THE.

0:46:52.840 --> 0:46:56.440
<v Speaker 2>Nls you, know The padres are a team that needs

0:46:56.480 --> 0:46:59.839
<v Speaker 2>to take gambles on. GUYS i wouldn't be surprised if

0:46:59.840 --> 0:47:04.279
<v Speaker 2>The padres are Eyeing Walker bueller and the whole You

0:47:04.440 --> 0:47:09.600
<v Speaker 2>darvish retirement. THING i know you's an outstanding, guy but

0:47:10.160 --> 0:47:12.880
<v Speaker 2>you know everybody was looking at him sideways that he

0:47:12.920 --> 0:47:15.439
<v Speaker 2>was gonna leave as much money on the table as

0:47:15.440 --> 0:47:19.160
<v Speaker 2>he was talking about leaving if he, Retired SO i

0:47:19.320 --> 0:47:22.000
<v Speaker 2>keep my eye On Walker bueller and The. Padres that

0:47:22.080 --> 0:47:25.360
<v Speaker 2>seems to be a good. Match all, right that'll do

0:47:25.400 --> 0:47:28.600
<v Speaker 2>it for us On Dodger talk. Tonight we'll be back

0:47:28.640 --> 0:47:32.719
<v Speaker 2>with you. Tomorrow, Hey Brad paisley invited us to his

0:47:32.800 --> 0:47:37.640
<v Speaker 2>house tomorrow in Central. California we'll Have Dodger talk as of,

0:47:37.719 --> 0:47:42.640
<v Speaker 2>now live From Brad Paisley's West coast. House Big dodger,

0:47:42.680 --> 0:47:45.480
<v Speaker 2>fan taking your phone calls and you never know what

0:47:45.600 --> 0:47:48.920
<v Speaker 2>kind of fancy Friends Brad paisley has coming, Over so

0:47:50.040 --> 0:47:52.719
<v Speaker 2>you want to tune in tomorrow night at seven. O'clock

0:47:53.280 --> 0:47:56.240
<v Speaker 2>thanks To Ronnie foscio for all his. Help thanks To Jason,

0:47:56.280 --> 0:47:59.759
<v Speaker 2>sternman the director of The tokyo, series for joining us

0:47:59.760 --> 0:48:03.960
<v Speaker 2>and also The dodgers director Of Team, Travel Scott akasaki

0:48:04.320 --> 0:48:08.400
<v Speaker 2>sharing his memories of The Dodgers World series. Run in

0:48:08.440 --> 0:48:10.480
<v Speaker 2>case you missed any of the, show you know where

0:48:10.520 --> 0:48:13.319
<v Speaker 2>to find it The iHeartRadio. App you can STREAM am

0:48:13.440 --> 0:48:17.560
<v Speaker 2>five SEVENTY La Sports live twenty four to, seven and

0:48:17.640 --> 0:48:20.879
<v Speaker 2>you can follow me on social media On instagram at

0:48:20.920 --> 0:48:26.080
<v Speaker 2>Officially vassa and on x at The Real UNDERSCORE. Dv

0:48:26.600 --> 0:48:29.640
<v Speaker 2>because there are so many imitators more than. Ever these,

0:48:29.719 --> 0:48:32.880
<v Speaker 2>Days Fox Sports radio is. Next see ya