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Speaker 1: Welcome the home of the Dodgers to spring Dodger Talk,

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Speaker 1: called eight six six nine eighty seven two five seven

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Speaker 1: head coach the show and now stepping in as your

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Speaker 4: Oh, We're off and running on this beautiful Friday nine

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Speaker 4: Here in the city of Los Angeles, Southern California. You're

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Speaker 4: a home of the back to back World Series champion

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Speaker 4: Los Angeles Dodgers AM five seventy LA Sports.

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Speaker 5: As the road to a.

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Speaker 4: Three peet officially started today at Camelback Ranch in Arizona,

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Speaker 4: as pitcher and catchers have reported Monday the first full

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Speaker 4: team workout at Camelback Ranch, but most of the players

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Speaker 4: state of Arizona, as they are anxious, as they are

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Speaker 4: biting at the opportunity to get this season started here

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Speaker 4: in twenty twenty six, and we got a jam packed

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Speaker 4: hour coming up here on Dodger Talk Spring Training Edition.

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Speaker 5: How good does that sound?

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Speaker 4: No more offseason, no more getting ready for the start

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Speaker 4: We have officially begun twenty twenty six and the quests

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Speaker 4: for a three peat. As the Dodgers have reported to

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Speaker 4: are eight days away from the Cactus Opener against the Angels.

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Speaker 4: The Dodgers will have their first game of Camelback Branch

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Speaker 4: on February twenty third. We got the World Baseball Classic

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Speaker 4: coming up begin the first week of March, and for

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Speaker 4: the first time in the last three years, the Dodgers

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Speaker 4: aren't going over to Korea and not going over to

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Speaker 4: Japan to start the season. Instead, they will get a

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Speaker 4: full spring training in Arizona, the Freeway Series three games

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Speaker 4: final week of March. I'm fired up for the start

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Speaker 4: of baseball. Football season is over. The NBA says they

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Speaker 4: me I'm not paying attention. I got all Ey's on

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Speaker 4: Arizona right now, and the start of spring training for

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Speaker 4: the Dodgers as they are reloaded and ready to go.

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Speaker 4: Coming up this hour, you're gonna hear from the manager

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Speaker 4: Dave Roberts, who spoke to the media earlier today. You

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Speaker 4: will hear from show Hey Otani in coming up. El

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Speaker 4: So this hour your first time hearing from Alex Vesia,

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Speaker 4: Dodger reliever who was not a part of the World

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Speaker 4: losing their infant daughter just hours after birth. Our hearts

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Speaker 4: moving forward in whatever direction that is well. Here from

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Speaker 4: his return here in twenty twenty six, and he looks great,

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Speaker 4: We've got baseball activities for the first time in twenty

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Speaker 4: expectations and expectation are high. Already, the Dodgers projected to

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Speaker 4: training games right here on FI seventy LA Sports beginning

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Speaker 4: next Saturday against the Los Angeles Angels at twelve o'clock

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Speaker 4: right here on ANFI seventy LA Sports. Which Dodger player

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Speaker 4: are you most excited about seeing and hearing this spring?

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Speaker 1: Now?

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Speaker 4: Of course we're all excited about Freddie Freeman and Mookie

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Speaker 4: Maybe it's just that favorite Dodger player you love going

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Speaker 4: with the start of spring training. I'm most excited about

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Speaker 4: seeing and why Kyle Tucker. Dodgers signed him to a

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Speaker 4: It's ridiculous how great this lineup is gonna be. You're

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Speaker 4: That's what I'm most looking forward to this bring is

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Speaker 4: FanFest has been asked about What does the lineup look

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Speaker 4: Tanner Scott's going into year two of a four year deal.

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Speaker 5: I'm flushing that out.

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Speaker 4: all the right things. He talked to David Vass say

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Speaker 4: He said all the right things, flushing twenty twenty five, out,

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Speaker 2: First day good.

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Speaker 6: I think that just kind of obviously getting the pitchers

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Speaker 2: You know, I don't know when he's going to.

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Speaker 6: Leave us to join Team Japan, but there's still going

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Speaker 4: All right, There's Dave Roberts speaking with the media today

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Speaker 4: Which Dodger player you most excited about seeing this spring?

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Speaker 4: Spring Training edition of Dodger Talk. Tim Kates with you

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Speaker 5: How you doing, Jesse?

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Speaker 3: I'm doing great, my man, pim Cakes, you magnificent bastard.

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Speaker 3: You've got me so fired up, man. I mean I

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Speaker 3: I mean Andy pie Is because we've seen we've seen

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Speaker 3: this guy. I mean, he can hit. And if I

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Speaker 3: see him taking walks and maybe going the other way

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Speaker 3: a little bit, I mean, get on Andy, you know,

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Speaker 3: and run. I mean, you know what I'm saying, he

442
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Speaker 3: can really be a catalyst. And and A mean I

443
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Speaker 3: gotta throw in Rokie because I'm thinking this, this kid's

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Speaker 3: gonna Uh, this kid's gonna have a breakout year.

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Speaker 6: Man.

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Speaker 3: You know, other than that, you know a handful of

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Speaker 3: guys that I'm I'm looking forward to. So I know

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Speaker 3: they're not going to break with the club, but a

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Speaker 3: lot of guys, mostly outfielders, I want to see in

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Speaker 3: spring training. And uh, oh man, I'm gotta ask you

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Speaker 3: one question, yeah, real quick, sure, Okay, when when Mickey

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Speaker 3: hit the home run in Game seven, right, and just

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Speaker 3: there's a shot of Dave Roberts reaction. His mouth flies open,

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Speaker 3: something flies out of his mouth, he grabs his head.

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Speaker 3: I mean, it's just, I mean, it wasn't I don't

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Speaker 3: know if there's a lot of thieves or what, man,

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Speaker 3: but you see if you've an effort figuring out what

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Speaker 3: the hell that was that flew out of Dave's mouth,

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Speaker 3: And I'll shut up and listen to you, all.

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Speaker 5: Right, Jesse, great to hear from me. Thank you so

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Speaker 5: much for the nice words. Yeah. I don't know.

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Speaker 4: Maybe it was a seed, Maybe it was a piece

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Speaker 4: of gum. Most likely, I think Dave roberts reaction with

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Speaker 4: Miguel Rojas's home run in the ninth inning was sort

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Speaker 4: of the reaction we all felt together right, Jesse just

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Speaker 4: to draw dropping my gosh, what did I just hear?

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Speaker 5: What did I just see? What am I witnessing right now?

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Speaker 5: Are you kidding me?

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Speaker 4: Game seven, ninth inning, game tie in home run mcgual Rojas.

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Speaker 4: I kind of feel like that was all of our

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Speaker 4: reaction on that night last November. That was for Game

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Speaker 4: seven of the World Series eight six six nine eight

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Speaker 4: seven two five seventy.

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Speaker 5: He mentioned Andy Poiz.

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Speaker 4: Certainly, Andy pot has I have to believe is got

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Speaker 4: to feel really confident coming into this season for this reason.

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Speaker 4: That's his job in center field. There's no ifs, answer

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Speaker 4: butts about it. Andy Pojez is the Dodger center fielder.

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Speaker 4: You know, Tommy Edmond was lurking around the Dodgers still

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Speaker 4: didn't really have Pojz out there every day. Okay, he

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Speaker 4: won the job last year. No, this is his job.

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Speaker 4: He had twenty seven home runs last year, eighty six runs,

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Speaker 4: bat it in. He had a really good regular season,

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Speaker 4: should have been an All Star. But then October came

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Speaker 4: and he could not hit at all. I think he

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Speaker 4: had three or four hits the entire month of October.

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Speaker 4: Lost his starting job in centerfield. Tommy had been took over,

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Speaker 4: and he was a defensive replacement. I'm with Jesse, I

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Speaker 4: want to see more out of Andy Paiez in the spring.

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Speaker 4: How does he answer back? But I truly believe he's

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Speaker 4: got to have it, at least mentally emotionally going to

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Speaker 4: this season. That deep breadth of all Right, this is

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Speaker 4: my job. I don't have to look over my shoulder anymore.

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Speaker 4: I don't have to worry about getting called into Dave Roberts'

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Speaker 4: office and going back to Oklahoma City.

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Speaker 5: I'm a big leaguer now twenty five. This is my job.

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Speaker 4: I'm the everyday center fielder for the Dodgers. Remember what

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Speaker 4: they do this offseason. They went and got a right fielder.

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Speaker 4: So now ta Oscar Hernandez can move over to left field,

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Speaker 4: so Andy Poiez can stay in center field. Yes, So

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Speaker 4: that being said as well, you have to go into

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Speaker 4: this spring with a lot of confidence if you're Andy Pajes.

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Speaker 4: So that's a good call by you.

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Speaker 8: Jesse.

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Speaker 4: Eight sixt six ninety seven, two five seventy. Let's go

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Speaker 4: to David and Long Beach. David, welcome to Dodger Talk

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Speaker 4: on this first spring training edition of Dodger Talk.

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Speaker 5: How you doing good.

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Speaker 8: Sim How are you good?

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Speaker 5: Thank you?

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Speaker 8: Always good to hear from you. And I'm really really

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Speaker 8: excited about this season. The one player that I'm really

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Speaker 8: looking forward to see is Max Monci. I mean, he

514
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Speaker 8: had an okay regular season and he did have one

515
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Speaker 8: of the bigger hits in the World Series. Not the

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Speaker 8: biggest one, but one of the big ones.

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Speaker 2: Uh.

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Speaker 8: And I'm still trying to figure out how in the

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Speaker 8: world he caught that line drive, you know, I'm still

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Speaker 8: I see that replay over and over and I'm surprised

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Speaker 8: he didn't get his head taken up by that. But

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Speaker 8: I'm really looking forward to seeing him improve. I think

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Speaker 8: he's going to have a great season, and like I said,

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Speaker 8: I'm really looking forward to the whole season. I think

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Speaker 8: we're going to give everybody a run for their money,

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Speaker 8: and I think we're going to be there at the end.

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Speaker 8: I think we're going to do it again. Taking my call,

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Speaker 8: all right.

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Speaker 4: David, I appreciate good call on the Max Munsey. With

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Speaker 4: Max Munsey, you've got to be feeling confident as well.

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Speaker 4: The team just gave you an extension ten million dollars

532
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Speaker 4: and guaranteed over the next two years with a team

533
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Speaker 4: option for twenty twenty eight. You're thirty five, going to

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Speaker 4: be turning thirty six er in the season, and the

535
00:29:22,680 --> 00:29:25,760
Speaker 4: team invested in you for at least two more years.

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Speaker 4: That right there shows me the vow confidence that the

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Speaker 4: Dodgers have given Max Munsey and the belief they have

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Speaker 4: in Max Munsey, Bob, and Malibu. Welcome to Dodger Talk

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Speaker 4: on this Friday night.

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Speaker 5: How you doing, Bob, I'm doing good.

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Speaker 8: Tim Man, thanks for taking the call. I appreciate it. Man,

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Speaker 8: the dude.

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Speaker 11: The dude I'm excited to see and I agree with

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Speaker 11: the last caller, Max Munky of course, top you know player.

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Speaker 11: His words today about you know, not chasing money incredible,

546
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Speaker 11: but the guy I'm really excited to see Tim based

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Speaker 11: off his actions and what a dog he was justin

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Speaker 11: Robleski Man, I'm looking forward to seeing more Robo this year.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, he's one of those ar I appreciate it. Bob,

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Speaker 4: thanks for checking in. Man really appreciated him. Jack Dryer

551
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Speaker 4: two guys I'd love to see a little bit more

552
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Speaker 4: of this spring. I hope both of them make the

553
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Speaker 4: Dodger roster. Coming out of the start of the season

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Speaker 4: and spring training. We'll find out four left handed arms.

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Speaker 4: It's a lot in the bullpen. You don't usually see

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Speaker 4: four Tanner, Scott Alex Vesia, Jack Dryer, Justin Robleskis could Robless,

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Speaker 4: it me the odd man out. Well, we'll see. But

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Speaker 4: that's what spring training is going to be about. Who

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Speaker 4: can get through here healthy, who's gonna be ready to

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Speaker 4: go opening day? Again, Please keep this in mind. The

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Speaker 4: twenty five guys, the twenty six guys opening day roster.

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Speaker 4: That's great, We have a ceremony, they all line up,

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Speaker 4: they get introduced. There's a big deal about that, don't

564
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Speaker 4: get me wrong. But it's not necessarily how you start

565
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Speaker 4: the season. It's how you finish the season. And the

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Speaker 4: twenty six guys on the roster come October and the

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Speaker 4: start of playoff baseball.

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Speaker 5: So just keep this in mind.

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Speaker 4: You know, the guys who start the season on the

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Speaker 4: twenty six man roster, all of them may not be there,

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Speaker 4: you know, because of any injuries or circumstances. And there's

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Speaker 4: gonna be guys coming in. Like we saw last year.

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Speaker 4: It took literally forty plus guys last year at certain

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Speaker 4: parts of the season to help them win a World Series.

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Speaker 4: One of those guys we always love watching is show.

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Speaker 4: Hey o Tani who reported a camp. He's going to

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Speaker 4: be in the second year now as a two way

578
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Speaker 4: player pitching and as a designated hitter. He's going to

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Speaker 4: pitch for Team Japan and the WBC, And earlier today

580
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Speaker 4: talked to the media.

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Speaker 2: So how longly did you get here to camp and

582
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Speaker 2: how far along in your preparations are you?

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Speaker 7: Campet? In my gym job.

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Speaker 1: Killed it sign.

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Speaker 7: Mike kill came into camp beginning of February. Uh, this

586
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Speaker 7: is my third bullpen with pretty good intensity.

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Speaker 2: And how excited are you for the WBC?

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Speaker 4: I'm excited, I think I'm.

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Speaker 7: As you know, Yeah, played really good games last tournament

590
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Speaker 7: and I expect that to happen again, so I'm really

591
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Speaker 7: looking forward to it.

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Speaker 2: How different does the spring feel not having had a

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Speaker 2: surgery or an injury to recover from this year?

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Speaker 4: She's in.

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Speaker 3: Good.

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Speaker 2: Let's go my music.

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Speaker 7: I know.

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Speaker 2: Know music.

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Speaker 7: I was finally able to have a normal off season,

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Speaker 7: and although the off season was pretty short, I thought

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Speaker 7: it was a good thing actually to have a shorter

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Speaker 7: off season.

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Speaker 2: Why we saw we saw the m v P of

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Speaker 2: Awards dinner in New York where you gave your speech

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Speaker 2: in English? Are you about to put Will out of work?

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Speaker 7: You know we did see all we should be not

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Speaker 7: in this not r. I still need him because you know,

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Speaker 7: there might be some bullies out there that might give

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Speaker 7: me some weird questions that I'm sure he can handle.

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Speaker 5: Winning a Young Award might be the only thing that

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Speaker 5: you have it done?

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Speaker 2: Is that a goal of yours?

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Speaker 4: So smart so.

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Speaker 2: Quote.

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Speaker 7: If the end result is getting a cy Young, that's great.

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Speaker 7: You know, getting a Young means like just being able

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Speaker 7: to throw more innings and pitch throughout the whole season.

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Speaker 7: So if that's the end result, that's a good sign

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Speaker 7: for me. And that's what I'm more focused on, is

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Speaker 7: just being healthy the whole year.

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Speaker 4: All right, there's Will Ireton and cars show Hey speaking

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Speaker 4: with the media today, and it was good to hear

623
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Speaker 4: show Hey joking around with the media there. Remember during

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Speaker 4: the offseason, just a few weeks ago, in fact, in

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Speaker 4: New York, he accepted the MVP Award from the Baseball

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Speaker 4: Writers of America at that ceremony and did his entire

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Speaker 4: two and a half minute acceptance speech in English and

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00:34:20,520 --> 00:34:23,839
Speaker 4: was fantastic. So maybe we'll hear some more English from

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Speaker 4: show Hey. O Tani this year we'll find out. Definitely

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Speaker 4: don't want to see will Ireton out of a job.

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Speaker 4: He does a great job and has done so for

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Speaker 4: the Dodgers for a decade plus. So thanks to Show

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Speaker 4: Hey Otani, and thanks to Sports Net La and our

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Speaker 4: buddies over there Stu Mitchell and crew for getting us

635
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Speaker 4: the audio today from Show Hey Otani and of course

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Speaker 4: Dave Roberts coming up. You're gonna hear from Alex Vesia

637
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Speaker 4: as well. It was an emotional day for the Dodger reliever.

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Speaker 4: It's been a tough offseason and certainly a tough October

639
00:34:54,360 --> 00:34:57,839
Speaker 4: after just the tragic death of his baby girl as

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Speaker 4: his wife Kayla and he grieved their daughter and their loss.

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Speaker 4: It was just traumatic and can't imagine what they were

642
00:35:05,560 --> 00:35:08,560
Speaker 4: going through continue to go through as Dodger fans just

643
00:35:08,640 --> 00:35:10,640
Speaker 4: kind of circle around them and keep them in their thoughts.

644
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Speaker 4: As it's been a tough offseason, a tough few months

645
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Speaker 4: for Alex Vesia. We'll hear from him when we come back.

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Speaker 4: Eight six six nine seven two five seventy is the

647
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Speaker 4: phone number as well. If there's a Dodger player you're

648
00:35:20,680 --> 00:35:24,640
Speaker 4: looking forward to seeing the most here this spring as

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Speaker 4: we are underway. Man, that was a short offseason. When

650
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Speaker 4: you play into the first couple of days in November,

651
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Speaker 4: all of a sudden, Thanksgiving it hits you in the face.

652
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Speaker 4: Then all of a sudden, the Holidays hit your right

653
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Speaker 4: square in the face. New Year's come. You flipped the

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Speaker 4: calendar to twenty twenty six, and a few weeks later,

655
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Speaker 4: all of a sudden, Spring training again. Pitchers and catchers

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Speaker 4: are reported. Bullpen sessions were thrown today. Yoshinoba, Yama, Mama, Moti,

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Speaker 4: you have a moto through to hitters. First full squad

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Speaker 4: workout Monday. Man got here quick, but couldn't be more excited.

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Speaker 4: Spring Training edition at Dodger Talk continues, Tim kates with

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Speaker 4: you until the top of the hour. You will hear

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Speaker 4: from Alex Vesi at next Don't go anywhere at day

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Speaker 4: five seventy LA Sports Spring Training Dodger Talk Here on

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Speaker 4: five seventy LA Sports. Tim Kate's with you here on

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Speaker 4: this Friday night. As David vaz Say makes his way

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Speaker 4: to the desert. He'll be camped out there for the

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Speaker 4: next six weeks as the Dodgers ramp up twenty twenty

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Speaker 4: six in hopes of a three peats as they are

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Speaker 4: back to back World Series champions. It never gets old

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Speaker 4: to say that pitchers and catchers reported today. A lot

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Speaker 4: of position players already there. One guy not there, Mookie Betts.

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Speaker 4: He's at All Star weekend here in southern California for

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Speaker 4: the NBA the Celebrity Game. He's one of the celebrity captains.

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Speaker 4: Saw him out there just a little while ago for

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Speaker 4: the Celebrity Game coaching up one of the teams. But

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Speaker 4: he'll be making his way out there as well. As

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Speaker 4: Monday is the first full squad workout. It's also the

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Speaker 4: day Dave Roberts gathers everybody in the organization, front of office,

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Speaker 4: training staff, everybody on the major league roster, non roster, vits,

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Speaker 4: everybody gets together in the Dog Dodger Clubhouse there in Arizona,

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Speaker 4: and he gives the state of the team address, which

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Speaker 4: is always kind of fun to hear, and we'll see

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Speaker 4: what kind of things he's got in store to say

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Speaker 4: going into twenty twenty six. Always inspiring, is the manager,

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Speaker 4: Dave Roberts. So that'll be coming up on Monday. Before

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Speaker 4: the team's first full squad workout. Today, a lot of

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Speaker 4: the Dodger pitchers, if not most of them, through bullpen sessions.

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Speaker 4: Yamamoto the loan Dodger to throw to hitters on the

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Speaker 4: back fields. I saw Will Smith getting into the batter's

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Speaker 4: box and kind of doing some visuals, not swinging away,

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Speaker 4: but doing some visuals with Yamamoto on the mound there

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Speaker 4: in Arizona. So a lot of pitchers through today. Otani

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Speaker 4: was up on the mound, Blake Snell and when Diaz,

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Speaker 4: the new Dodger closer, Tyler glassnow Tanner, Scott Rookie Sasaki,

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Speaker 4: he was up throwing Will Klein. I saw throwing a

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Speaker 4: bullpen session, as was Alex Vessi, and certainly our hearts

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Speaker 4: are still with Alex and his wife Kayla, after the

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Speaker 4: death of their baby girl last October. He was pulled

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Speaker 4: away from the Dodgers during the playoffs, missed out the

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Speaker 4: World Series. Certainly he had priorities that he needed to

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Speaker 4: be with and we all understand that as they still

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Speaker 4: cope today and get through it on a day to

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Speaker 4: day basis something you never get over. Certainly you have

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Speaker 4: to cope with, and Dodger fans are are certainly feeling

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Speaker 4: for them, and our thoughts are always with them on

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Speaker 4: a day to day basis as they try to maneuver

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Speaker 4: past us and through it and get back on the field.

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Speaker 4: For Alex Vessi and maybe a spot for him to

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Speaker 4: find some peace out on the field between the lines,

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Speaker 4: up on the mound as a Dodger reliever, and he's

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Speaker 4: been so good the last few years. Today was the

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Speaker 4: first time he was not a Dodger fan fast Today

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Speaker 4: the first time we got to hear from the left

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Speaker 4: hander Alex Vesi.

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Speaker 9: The outpouring of love and support Kane I've had over

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Speaker 9: the past few months a few months has been unmatched.

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Speaker 9: We're both grateful to not only Dodger Nation, but the

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Speaker 9: fans worldwide. The lessons we've learned is that life can

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Speaker 9: change in an instant. For us, ten minutes is all

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Speaker 9: it took. Sterling Soul was the most beautiful.

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Speaker 2: Girl in the world.

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Speaker 9: We got to hold her, change her diaper, read to her,

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Speaker 9: and love her. Our time together was far too short, okay,

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Speaker 9: and I will keep those precious moments and memories to ourselves.

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Speaker 9: I hope that anyone listening can empathize and respect our

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Speaker 9: wishes for privacy as we continue to heal and as

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Speaker 9: we navigate the ups and downs of a baseball season.

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Speaker 9: Stepping away from the team, the brothers that I go

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Speaker 9: to war with every day was difficult, but it was

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Speaker 9: also an easy decision because my family needed me.

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Speaker 5: Sorry.

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Speaker 9: We still watched every pitch of the World Series, and

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Speaker 9: for us in so many ways, that was a light

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Speaker 9: in our darkness. We got back to Arizona like the

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Speaker 9: back into the gym. I started my throwing program look

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Speaker 9: my mental clarity. Being around the guys again preparing for

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Speaker 9: spring training, it's been really nice.

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Speaker 6: Uh.

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Speaker 9: I've gotten a lot of love so far in the

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Speaker 9: in the clubhouse and being able to laugh and joke around.

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Speaker 9: That's been been really nice for me. Okay, and I

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Speaker 9: started therapy about six weeks ago. It hasn't been easy,

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Speaker 9: but talking to someone it has made a difference. For

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Speaker 9: those out there who've lost a child or are fighting

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Speaker 9: through any struggle, If you can take anything from this,

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Speaker 9: please seek help, talk to somebody. It's definitely helped K

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Speaker 9: and I.

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Speaker 2: And yeah, please.

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Speaker 9: Don't be afraid to avoid to speak up your mental

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Speaker 9: health matters. I've learned that what happened, what has happened

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Speaker 9: to us, has also happened to so many families, and

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Speaker 9: realizing that has deepened our empathy and our gratitude.

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Speaker 2: For this community.

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Speaker 9: The baseball community is strong. I was not prepared to

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Speaker 9: not bring my baby girl home, but we're carrying her

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Speaker 9: with us every day. Yeah, it's been it's been hard,

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Speaker 9: but we're doing okay.

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Speaker 2: Thank you.

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Speaker 8: All right.

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Speaker 4: There's Alex Vessi, a Dodger reliever, earlier today, his first

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Speaker 4: time speaking in public about the tragic loss of their

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Speaker 4: baby girl last fall. Him and his wife Kayla. Our

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Speaker 4: it as best they can and however they can. And

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Speaker 4: certainly baseball is an outlet, you know. I think it's

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Speaker 4: a good thing for Alex and hopefully his wife to

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Speaker 4: through the grind of a baseball season. Not that it

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Speaker 4: ever takes your mind completely away from what happened, you

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Speaker 4: never forget, but certainly allows you someone to get back

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Speaker 4: to normalcy as far as what you do as a

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Speaker 4: single day, like I said, so hopefully this is therapeutic

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Speaker 4: for the Vessi is being back at camel Back Ranch,

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Speaker 4: and it's certainly a tough thing for him to do

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Speaker 4: today and not easy for him to get up there

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Speaker 4: and talk in front of a bunch of microphones and

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Speaker 4: talking about today. But he addressed it. He talked about it.

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Speaker 4: He wants his privacy, no doubt. And you know, when

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Speaker 4: you see him out there on the backfield walking around,

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Speaker 4: make sure you're cheering for him and supporting him. And

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Speaker 4: certainly he'll be supported this season and moving forward in

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Speaker 4: a Dodger uniform and it will be a big part

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Speaker 4: of this twenty twenty sixth season as a left handed

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Speaker 4: reliever and somebody the Dodgers are going to count on.

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Speaker 4: And you saw what his value was come October in

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Speaker 4: the World Series. Not having him out there, you know,

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Speaker 4: guys dug down and guys were able to go extra

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Speaker 4: had the bullpen. Tyler Glass Now's role has changed, and

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Speaker 4: I mean that's that's because how much he Alex Vessia

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Speaker 4: high leverage reliever. Yeah, I mean, talk about all these

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Speaker 4: opportunities the Dodgers have closing out games, seventh eighth inning,

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Speaker 4: facing the heart of a lineup against the Padres, or

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Speaker 4: a high leverage situation against the Phillies of the Mets.

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Speaker 4: What's the guy we always talk about we want out there,

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Speaker 4: Alex Vessia. Yeah, because he's a guy you can get

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Speaker 4: out there.

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Speaker 5: He's a dog.

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Speaker 4: He's a guy who's gonna go out there and give

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Speaker 4: it out his best and put out there and leave

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Speaker 4: it out there on the mound, good and bad. And

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Speaker 4: for a lot of the times it's been good for

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Speaker 4: this Dodger team. So we continue to think of him

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Speaker 4: and his wife Kayla, and great to hear him talk

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Speaker 4: about it. I know it's therapeutic for him, certainly to

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Speaker 4: talk about what happened. And now get back on that

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Speaker 4: mound for the Dodgers. With spring training now officially here,

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Speaker 4: it's gonna do it for Dodger Talk tonight. Thanks to

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Speaker 4: Ronnie Fossio, thanks to all of you for being a

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Speaker 4: part of the show. Is he well, squeeze on real quick,

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Speaker 4: is he?

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Speaker 5: How you doing tonight?

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Speaker 11: And I'm looking forward to try and yeah, well you

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Speaker 11: know that about.

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Speaker 7: It is he.

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Speaker 4: Thank you for the kind words. I'm sure Alex and

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Speaker 4: his wife appreciate that. We'll be back on Monday night

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Speaker 4: with Dodger Talk David Vasse live from Arizona. Enjoy your weekend, everybody,

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Speaker 4: so long