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Speaker 1: Back, hosted by Dodgers and signer David Vase.

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Speaker 1: Here's your host, David Vase.

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Speaker 2: Last day, the Dodgers victorious on opening night, defeating the

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Speaker 2: Arizona Diamondbacks by a final score of eight to two.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to Dodger Talk. David Vase with you for the

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Speaker 2: next hour right here on a five to seventy LA Sports.

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Speaker 2: We do have phone lines open on this opening night

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Speaker 2: I was eavesdropping on the NBC broadcast tonight just to

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Speaker 2: hear how Clayton Kershaw's broadcasting debut went, and he passed

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Speaker 2: with flying colors. I hate to say it, and honestly

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Speaker 2: guy's a Hall of Fame pitcher. He wasn't a good

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Speaker 2: hitter when he first started, then he made himself into

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Speaker 2: into broadcasting, and he's really good. Dang it. This guy's

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Speaker 2: not just saying that because I covered the guy for

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Speaker 2: By the way, when I tuned in for different innings

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Speaker 2: sure that wasn't easy for him, considering he was just

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Speaker 2: players that just finished playing to go into broadcasting because

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Speaker 2: they know these guys, they know their teammates, and it's

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Speaker 2: hard to criticize them. There really wasn't any moment in

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Speaker 2: I mean the dude. The dude did a good job tonight.

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Speaker 2: And when we saw him in his suit and tie pregame,

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Speaker 2: he had this like sun Tan glow. Where was this

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Speaker 2: guy Fiji before he showed up at Dodger Stadium for

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Speaker 2: Opening Night? So all around, a successful night for Clayton Kershaw.

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Speaker 2: A successful night here on Dodgers Radio with Rick Monday,

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Speaker 2: Charlie Steiner and Steven Nelson as well, and we're with

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Speaker 2: you until ten o'clock tonight on Dodger Talk. Eight six

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Speaker 2: I said this yesterday, I said this again today multiple

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Speaker 2: And that's the reality of this lineup against very ordinary

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Speaker 2: with this offense, if they stay healthy. Tonight's game was

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Speaker 2: brought to you by Modello. Modello the mark of a

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Speaker 2: now and ten o'clock a one hundred dollars gift card

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Speaker 2: to Superior Grocers thanks to our friends at Superior Grocers.

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Speaker 2: And listen to tomorrow's broadcast to hear the word of

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Speaker 2: the day from our guy Andre Ethier. Kyle Tucker, he

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Speaker 2: you were at Opening Day tonight. What a great experience. Tristan,

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Speaker 2: How you doing phenomenal? How can it be bad when

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Speaker 5: It was a great game tonight. I mean the only

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Speaker 2: Well, that means you get more time to listen to me.

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Speaker 2: I'll be on until ten o'clock tonight.

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Speaker 5: Hey, David, I just wanted to ask you you think

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Speaker 5: I mean, I think that's really the only person that

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Speaker 2: Thanks for the phone call, Tristan. Appreciate it. Eight sixty six,

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Speaker 6: It was awesome. It was my first opening day. I'm nineteen.

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Speaker 2: Hey? How you doing? Who did you?

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Speaker 2: Did you buy the Dodger Dog since your guy Noah

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Speaker 2: Is this your first Opening Day?

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Speaker 8: No, I've been to several Opening Day Dodger games. Actually,

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Speaker 8: my boyfriend zooming here has been to several Opening day

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Speaker 2: Did you try anything you eats at Dodger Stadium tonight

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Speaker 2: go out to Stuart. Who is that Opening night? How

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Speaker 10: Hey David, I'm great, man.

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Speaker 11: How are you great?

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Speaker 9: To have your voice?

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Speaker 8: What a time to be alive.

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Speaker 2: We are living history right now when it comes to

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Speaker 12: I agree, man, I took my three year old daughter

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Speaker 2: I bet, I bet, and you got to see a

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Speaker 7: Well, that's what I.

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Speaker 12: Wanted to talk about, David. I was gonna talk to

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Speaker 2: I would say, the only other lineups that I could

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Speaker 2: And I think that's where he took advantage of the

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Speaker 13: I can't wait, David, I can't wait.

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Speaker 7: Man.

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Speaker 12: Thanks for having us and great to have you back.

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Speaker 2: All right, Stuart, thank you for the phone call. Appreciate it.

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Speaker 2: I would say the nineteen or twenty one Dodgers, probably

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Speaker 2: But certainly this one on paper. I mean, like I said,

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Speaker 14: Trying a battle behind one and two.

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Speaker 1: Another offering from Gallon Paz lifts it in the air.

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Speaker 15: Left field in deep it has gone. Andy Parez flips

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Speaker 2: Andy Piz gave the Dodgers the lead in the fifth

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Speaker 2: nothing when Heraldo Pernomo hit a two run home run

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Speaker 2: off a Yama Moto. The Dodgers would go on to

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Speaker 2: tonight on Opening Day eight to two. Emit Sheen will

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Speaker 16: He is an absolute machine. That's a great way to

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Speaker 9: Eyes go as you watch him, as you tell your

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Speaker 1: What do you watch?

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Speaker 2: It's just so fluid, like.

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Speaker 16: He's so consistent with his delivery. He can make changes,

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Speaker 16: And this the repertoire is unbelievable. And it starts with

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Speaker 2: fan or not, you learned something about Yamamoto, and you

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Speaker 2: got high praise from a future Hall of Famer. All Right.

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Speaker 2: The other one that stood out to me, and this

437
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Speaker 2: was the one thing that I was curious about the

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Speaker 2: fact that not only is Krushaw making his broadcasting debut,

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Speaker 2: it's not like he was up in the broadcast booth

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Speaker 2: here in the press box. He was right there next

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Speaker 2: to the Dodger dugout. That had to be a little

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Speaker 2: uncomfortable early on.

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Speaker 16: You know, I've gotten a few fist bumps like old times.

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Speaker 16: You know, I'm in the kind of I'm in the

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Speaker 16: twilight zone over here, you know, I'm kind of in

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Speaker 16: the dugout kind of not so it's I'm not gonna.

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Speaker 2: Lie to you guys.

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Speaker 16: This is a pretty weird feeling.

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Speaker 2: But it's also still baseball, and.

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Speaker 16: I've watched a lot of games from this side of

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Speaker 16: the field, so I'm having a blast.

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Speaker 1: They can look right through We're looking at you right now.

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Speaker 2: They can look right through sort of the wiring right

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Speaker 2: at you. Oh yeah, yeah, I'm in the dugout.

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Speaker 16: Basically, I'm just back just.

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Speaker 2: Not getting paid the same just renting. Okay, that was

457
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Speaker 2: a nice little job at the end right there, and

458
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Speaker 2: not getting paid the same, no doubt, Kurshaw, welcome to

459
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Speaker 2: the media. You're not going to get paid the same

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Speaker 2: as you did when you were pitching, and I was

461
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Speaker 2: down there for the eighth and ninth innings, and by

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Speaker 2: that time he was an old pro. And during that

463
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Speaker 2: period of time, the seventh inning, it was great to

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Speaker 2: see Blake Trening come out and throw ninety seven. Andy

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Speaker 2: Po has made a great catch on the first batter

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Speaker 2: that he was facing, the catcher Gabriel Moreno, and Po

467
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Speaker 2: has made a great diving catch to rob Moreno of

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Speaker 2: what would have been a leadoff bleeder in the seventh inning,

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Speaker 2: and that allowed trying to to just relax, and he

470
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Speaker 2: was thrown ninety seven, and it seemed like he had

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Speaker 2: some of the same type of movement on his sweeper tonight,

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Speaker 2: which was encouraging as well. But forget about little old me.

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Speaker 2: We had analysts Clayton Kershaw breaking that down on NBC.

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Speaker 16: Blake looks healthy right now. I think that's the biggest

475
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Speaker 16: thing for him. His arm angle looks a little bit lower,

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Speaker 16: which is good for him. That means a sinker is

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Speaker 16: gonna sink. And you can already see the below. It's

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Speaker 16: ninety six, ninety seven, which I don't remember him at

479
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Speaker 16: a time last year being that high, So that's huge.

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Speaker 16: And then you know with the sinker. That ball was

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Speaker 16: a little bit up to aeron auto right there. But

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Speaker 16: when he's throwing that right with his sweeper like that

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Speaker 16: one right there, like you said, it's it's almost unheittable

484
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Speaker 16: as a righty and you know lefty, he's going to

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Speaker 16: work in a cutter a little bit too at times.

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Speaker 16: And they really need this guy at the back end

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Speaker 16: this year and I expect a big.

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Speaker 2: Year from him. Hey, very good succinct and a great

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Speaker 2: a great analysis there from Kershaw. So he did a

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Speaker 2: great job, and I'm I'm interested to see how he

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Speaker 2: does when he's calling teams that are not named the

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Speaker 2: Dodgers or anybody in the NL West. I would love

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Speaker 2: to hear him and whether or not he has the

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Speaker 2: same type of insights for other teams as he does

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Speaker 2: for the Dodgers. Eight six six seven two five seventy

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Speaker 2: is the phone number. Let's go out to Bruce and

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Speaker 2: Culver City. Hi, Bruce, you're on Dodger Talk.

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Speaker 7: Hey David, thanks for taking my call and looking forward

499
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Speaker 7: to another great team for the Dodgers. Listen to you

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Speaker 7: with the Dodgers, dug got Thank you?

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Speaker 2: What else?

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Speaker 7: And I really appreciate you playing those clips of Kershaw.

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Speaker 4: But what I think you may have not.

504
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Speaker 7: Heard because you didn't listen or watch the entire game

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Speaker 7: like I did on NBC is oral. Hirsheiser is just

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Speaker 7: a class act because he was.

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Speaker 4: Most of the time.

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Speaker 7: Orl would start to make a comment and immediately throw

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Speaker 7: it to Kersh for his input. So he made it

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Speaker 7: seamless for Kersh to be part of the conversation. And

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Speaker 7: I can't say enough about what a great guy Earl

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Speaker 7: Hersheiser is.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean he was a very unselfish broadcast partner tonight.

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Speaker 2: You're right he did a good job of teeing up Kershaw,

515
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Speaker 2: that's for sure. Yeah, no doubt about it. Bruce Orl

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Speaker 2: Hirschei's is a pro. He's been doing this a while.

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Speaker 2: He has nothing to prove as a broadcaster. He's one

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Speaker 2: of the best out there. Thanks for the phone call.

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Speaker 2: Eight sixty six nine eighty seven two five seventy is

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Speaker 2: the phone number. Let's go out to k dubb kW.

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Speaker 2: You're on Dodger Talk. How you doing.

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Speaker 17: Man, I'm so happy to be here. Pumped up the party.

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Speaker 17: Crazy longtime listener, first time caller. We got something excited

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Speaker 17: The best lineup in Major League Baseball history is what

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Speaker 17: I say. You said ten years we had a better lineup. No,

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Speaker 17: this is the best lineup I've ever seen. And Dodger

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Speaker 17: fans we out to get excited because we are on

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Speaker 17: that road to three Pete David Oh, I love it.

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Speaker 2: How you doing David?

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Speaker 13: I'm doing great. How are you?

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Speaker 17: David?

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Speaker 13: Also a first time, long time? But where is Superior Grocers? Anyways?

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Speaker 13: Okay, well that's cool. Anyways, what I mean it was

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Speaker 13: great to see Tanner Scott it's well tonight.

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Speaker 9: What do you think of his outing?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it was a low leverage situation. It was a

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Speaker 2: great situation to bring him in to gain some confidence

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Speaker 2: and you know, get guys out. So I like what

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Speaker 2: Dave Roberts did right there. I thought it was a

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Speaker 2: perfect situation. A six run lead, low pressure, get him

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Speaker 2: in there, get him feeling good about himself to start

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Speaker 2: the year.

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Speaker 13: Yeah, I thought it was good. The other thing I

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Speaker 13: was going to ask, is you know with Evan, she

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Speaker 13: didn't going tomorrow night. I think he has a chance

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Speaker 13: to get at least fifteen wins this year. He looked

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Speaker 13: so good at the n of last year coming back

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Speaker 13: from that injury. I'd love to hear your thoughts on that.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, with this offense, I think a lot of Dodger

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Speaker 2: pitchers have a chance to get fifteen wins if they

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Speaker 2: stay healthy. Yeah, no doubt about it. Yeah, I love

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Speaker 2: Emmett agree. I mean he's got great stuff. He's up

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Speaker 2: there if you look at the advanced metrics and Chase

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Speaker 2: rate with rate, he's up there with names like Trek Scoobel.

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Speaker 2: So he has the stuff to do it. And I

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Speaker 2: expect the Dodgers to win by at least four or

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Speaker 2: five runs tomorrow. Thanks for the phone call, David, appreciate it.

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Speaker 2: Eight six six ninety seven two five seventy. Dodgers beat

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Speaker 2: Arizona tonight eight to two behind Yamamoto, who went six

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00:32:23,120 --> 00:32:26,800
Speaker 2: innings tonight through ninety five pitches. Wasn't his sharpest, but

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Speaker 2: he did have his split fingered fastball working, he did

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00:32:29,880 --> 00:32:32,440
Speaker 2: have his cutter working, and he found a way. He

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00:32:32,560 --> 00:32:35,160
Speaker 2: competed and got the job done. And it's a lot

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00:32:35,280 --> 00:32:38,560
Speaker 2: easier to pitch when you have this type of offense

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Speaker 2: behind you. Trust me. Let's go out to Brad who

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Speaker 2: is at Dodgers Stadium tonight. Hi Brad, you're on Dodger Talk.

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Speaker 9: Hey Dave, how's it going man? Happy Opening Day?

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Speaker 2: Same to you, Happy Opening Day. I feel like I'm getting,

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Speaker 2: by the way to the point of a Larry David.

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Speaker 2: There's a certain limit on people saying Happy Opening Day

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Speaker 2: to me, like a Happy New Year. I feel like

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Speaker 2: we're at that point now. You can't say Happy Opening

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Speaker 2: Day at nine at night, Altimore.

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Speaker 9: I'll go ahead and rescind that.

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Speaker 4: Then.

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Speaker 9: I'm extremely sorry. My family and I were there for

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Speaker 9: the second straight year. Last year we obviously walked it

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Speaker 9: off against the Tigers and Scooball, which was awesome. But

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Speaker 9: this year to takeaways two oh yeah, oh yeah, two

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Speaker 9: biggest takeaways this year we have Andy pajez A thirty

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Speaker 9: homer bat batting eighth that is absolutely absurd like this,

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Speaker 9: He is the catalyst of the offense tonight. And I mean,

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Speaker 9: I just I've never seen anything with like a lineup

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Speaker 9: like this that has a batter like that in the

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Speaker 9: eighth spot. I did see in the WBC Venezuela was

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Speaker 9: batting Curio in the ninth spot, So I think I

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Speaker 9: think the low part of the lineup this year is

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Speaker 9: like teams are going to start putting better, better players

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Speaker 9: down there.

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Speaker 2: But well that was the world base on Classic. These

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Speaker 2: are real games.

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Speaker 9: Well, well, I you know, I can't argue.

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Speaker 2: With that, but I will say this about Andy pa

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Speaker 2: Has hitting eighth. You're right, no team. I mean, he

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Speaker 2: would be hitting cleanup, hitting third, hitting second on at

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Speaker 2: least twenty five other teams. And what he's going to

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Speaker 2: benefit from is pictures thinking they can ex sale and

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Speaker 2: him and bushing them like he did in that fifth inning.

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Speaker 2: He's going to benefit from that.

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Speaker 9: You're exactly right. He's he's gonna he's gonna put up

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Speaker 9: thirty Holmers this year. I I I'm with no doubt

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Speaker 9: in my mind. The second the second takeaway I had

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Speaker 9: from tonight low obviously with the last color mentioned Tanner

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Speaker 9: Scott low low leverage situation. I don't think I saw

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Speaker 9: Tanner Scott one single time last year through three the

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Speaker 9: first pitch strikes the three straight batters like he did tonight.

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Speaker 4: I am, I am. That's got me fired up, Dave, Yeah,

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Speaker 4: not often.

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Speaker 2: I mean, Tanner Scott is set up for success with

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Speaker 2: Edwin Diaz being the closer. Now he can go back

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Speaker 2: to just being that setup guy and not feel the

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Speaker 2: weight of the world coming in in the ninth inning

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Speaker 2: for the world champion Dodgers. So I think he's done

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Speaker 2: a great job of trying to flush last year and

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Speaker 2: is in a better spot in a lot of different ways.

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Speaker 2: Thanks for the phone call, Brad appreciated. Happy New Year.

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Speaker 2: Eight sixty six, nine eighty seven two five seventy is

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Speaker 2: the phone number. Uh yeah, everybody's like, hey, happy opening Day,

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Speaker 2: Happy Opening Day. It's like, yeah, yeah, happy Opening Day. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: it's only been the fiftieth person to tell me that.

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Speaker 13: Ish.

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Speaker 2: You're on Dodger Talk. How you doing Ish.

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Speaker 16: DV?

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Speaker 6: What's going on? Man?

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Speaker 2: How are you doing living the good life ish with

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Speaker 2: the Dodgers haters gonna hate?

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Speaker 6: I feel you, I feel you.

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Speaker 9: Yeah, no, we're stoked.

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Speaker 6: We just got back here with my brother Isaac, my

653
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Speaker 6: sister Kanya, and we came to the opening day and

654
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Speaker 6: it was amazing, dude, everything from top to bottom. We

655
00:36:12,200 --> 00:36:18,960
Speaker 6: had an amazing time. And uh, did you like, Yeah,

656
00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:21,920
Speaker 6: we did the fighter pilots that they are the fighter planes.

657
00:36:21,960 --> 00:36:22,960
Speaker 13: That was pretty cool, man.

658
00:36:23,000 --> 00:36:25,120
Speaker 6: We like feel it in your chest up, you know,

659
00:36:25,239 --> 00:36:28,640
Speaker 6: flying over and all the music of course, seeing the

660
00:36:29,080 --> 00:36:31,279
Speaker 6: team come out the blue carpet was pretty awesome. But

661
00:36:32,560 --> 00:36:34,640
Speaker 6: you know, a lot of us too, we have a question,

662
00:36:35,080 --> 00:36:37,360
Speaker 6: you know, in the pavilions as far as like the

663
00:36:37,520 --> 00:36:41,520
Speaker 6: scoreboard that goes around the stadium, like you know, what's

664
00:36:41,600 --> 00:36:43,319
Speaker 6: up with that is? Are they going to bring that back?

665
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Speaker 2: Or you know, yeah, like bos the strikes, there was

666
00:36:48,120 --> 00:36:52,480
Speaker 2: a shipping issue. Yeah, I guess the LED boards are

667
00:36:52,600 --> 00:36:55,600
Speaker 2: are stuck on a ship in the Long Beach Port.

668
00:36:55,760 --> 00:36:58,520
Speaker 2: There's like there was like a mother nature issue. There's

669
00:36:58,600 --> 00:37:01,560
Speaker 2: a big storm, I guess. So yeah, the LEDs will

670
00:37:01,600 --> 00:37:03,840
Speaker 2: be here. But yeah, they're coming back. They're just a

671
00:37:03,920 --> 00:37:05,960
Speaker 2: little delayed thanks to mother nature.

672
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Speaker 6: Okay, yeah, no, no, no, good good, Yeah, we'll be there.

673
00:37:12,640 --> 00:37:13,839
Speaker 6: I appreciate you, DV.

674
00:37:15,560 --> 00:37:17,759
Speaker 2: That's the big Hey, when you guys said you had

675
00:37:17,800 --> 00:37:21,520
Speaker 2: a consensus question, that was it, like, hey, what's going

676
00:37:21,600 --> 00:37:24,200
Speaker 2: on with the video boards around the stadium? That was

677
00:37:24,760 --> 00:37:28,279
Speaker 2: the big think tank question amongst all of you.

678
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Speaker 6: Yes, it was because like you know, you're you're there,

679
00:37:32,160 --> 00:37:34,480
Speaker 6: you're having a good time, you're chatting it up, and

680
00:37:35,000 --> 00:37:37,480
Speaker 6: you lose track of a ball strike here and there.

681
00:37:37,600 --> 00:37:41,600
Speaker 6: So yeahund hey, that's legit.

682
00:37:41,840 --> 00:37:44,920
Speaker 2: You guys are locked in. I appreciate that. Thanks for

683
00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:48,760
Speaker 2: the phone call. Ish eight sixty six seven two five seventy.

684
00:37:48,840 --> 00:37:51,440
Speaker 2: I feel like that's when somebody your friend comes up

685
00:37:51,480 --> 00:37:54,160
Speaker 2: to you and says, hey, I got something to tell you,

686
00:37:54,239 --> 00:37:56,759
Speaker 2: and you're thinking, oh boy, this guy like crashed my

687
00:37:57,000 --> 00:38:00,600
Speaker 2: car or this guy stole my money, and then all

688
00:38:00,680 --> 00:38:05,120
Speaker 2: he tells you is, yeah, I forgot I forgot the

689
00:38:05,480 --> 00:38:08,360
Speaker 2: six pack of modello back at home. You're like, that's it,

690
00:38:09,000 --> 00:38:12,520
Speaker 2: that's all the problem is. That's what Ish was doing

691
00:38:12,640 --> 00:38:15,200
Speaker 2: right there. I thought there was a real issue. Eight

692
00:38:15,280 --> 00:38:18,439
Speaker 2: six six seven two five seventy is the phone number.

693
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Speaker 2: Let's go out to Levi. Hi, Levi, you're on Dodger Talk.

694
00:38:21,840 --> 00:38:25,400
Speaker 6: How you doing, Hey David, thank you so much for

695
00:38:25,520 --> 00:38:26,080
Speaker 6: having us on.

696
00:38:26,560 --> 00:38:30,640
Speaker 2: What a lot of group calls tonight? How you doing?

697
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Speaker 3: Yeah?

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Speaker 10: Well, those those are my boys, we Sam and Hank.

699
00:38:35,040 --> 00:38:37,279
Speaker 10: It was their first opening day, so it's definitely a

700
00:38:37,360 --> 00:38:38,600
Speaker 10: special night for our family.

701
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Speaker 2: Take care of your dad, Take care of your dad

702
00:38:43,520 --> 00:38:44,839
Speaker 2: for bringing you to opening day.

703
00:38:46,640 --> 00:38:51,000
Speaker 9: Yeah, thank you. So we were dieiastic in that car.

704
00:38:52,440 --> 00:38:52,839
Speaker 4: Oh yeah.

705
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Speaker 10: We're always having a good time. And we were very

706
00:38:54,800 --> 00:38:57,120
Speaker 10: happy with for k W because he was a very

707
00:38:57,560 --> 00:38:59,360
Speaker 10: a great caller and had great vibes.

708
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Speaker 2: So we we like that, so try to do.

709
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Speaker 9: I don't.

710
00:39:04,719 --> 00:39:09,160
Speaker 10: I don't have that kind of energy. I'm an old Yeah, okay,

711
00:39:09,320 --> 00:39:13,960
Speaker 10: we're working on we go. Okay, so pay I'm on

712
00:39:14,040 --> 00:39:17,080
Speaker 10: the pa Hees bandwagon. We loved watching his kind of

713
00:39:17,160 --> 00:39:20,160
Speaker 10: breakout season last year. We think back to the World

714
00:39:20,280 --> 00:39:23,880
Speaker 10: Series with some regularity, with that catch in Game seven

715
00:39:24,080 --> 00:39:27,360
Speaker 10: where he took out Kik. He's just an awesome player

716
00:39:27,680 --> 00:39:29,520
Speaker 10: and we hope that this year is the year that

717
00:39:29,600 --> 00:39:32,760
Speaker 10: he really gets a consistent year. Throughout the year, wondering

718
00:39:32,840 --> 00:39:35,680
Speaker 10: what the what the scouting report is on him and

719
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Speaker 10: what it's going to take to get him to stay

720
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Speaker 10: consistent through the end of the year. Yeah, we don't

721
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Speaker 10: want him to flame out.

722
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Speaker 2: All right, He's not going to flame out. I feel

723
00:39:44,480 --> 00:39:48,480
Speaker 2: like everybody's just holding on to him. Only having four

724
00:39:48,640 --> 00:39:52,160
Speaker 2: hits in the postseason last year, but his regular season

725
00:39:52,440 --> 00:39:55,960
Speaker 2: was really good for a rookie year. That's got him

726
00:39:56,040 --> 00:39:59,880
Speaker 2: starting in center field for the World champions. His defense

727
00:40:00,200 --> 00:40:02,960
Speaker 2: shaky the first couple of weeks of the season, but

728
00:40:03,040 --> 00:40:05,360
Speaker 2: he put in a lot of work, got into a routine,

729
00:40:05,800 --> 00:40:08,920
Speaker 2: and his offense took off once his defense settled in.

730
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Speaker 2: So I don't believe Andy Paiez had a bad year

731
00:40:13,160 --> 00:40:17,520
Speaker 2: last season. He just had, like many rookies, a struggle

732
00:40:17,760 --> 00:40:21,120
Speaker 2: in the postseason. He only drew one walk last year

733
00:40:21,239 --> 00:40:24,600
Speaker 2: during the postseason, only had four hits. But if you

734
00:40:24,719 --> 00:40:28,319
Speaker 2: look at his regular season last year, it was really good.

735
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Speaker 2: Twenty seven home runs, eighty six RBIs he hit two

736
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Speaker 2: seventy two. The only thing you would love to see

737
00:40:36,239 --> 00:40:39,200
Speaker 2: is for him to have a little bit more plate discipline.

738
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Speaker 2: I mean, he did cost Emmanual class A and all

739
00:40:42,600 --> 00:40:44,840
Speaker 2: those gamblers a lot of money with a ball that

740
00:40:45,080 --> 00:40:48,040
Speaker 2: was way outside the strike zone in Cleveland that he

741
00:40:48,200 --> 00:40:51,439
Speaker 2: swung at. Even his teammates give him a hard time

742
00:40:51,560 --> 00:40:53,879
Speaker 2: for that. So I would say that's the only thing

743
00:40:54,400 --> 00:40:56,640
Speaker 2: you would want out of Andy Paiez. But you don't

744
00:40:56,680 --> 00:40:59,759
Speaker 2: want to take away the aggressiveness because that's what we

745
00:40:59,800 --> 00:41:02,400
Speaker 2: say saw in the fifth inning tonight when he hit

746
00:41:02,480 --> 00:41:07,160
Speaker 2: that hanging curveball from Zach Gallen. Dodgers beat Arizona tonight

747
00:41:07,320 --> 00:41:10,000
Speaker 2: eight to two, a four run fifth inning, a four

748
00:41:10,120 --> 00:41:14,000
Speaker 2: run seventh inning. Miguel Rojas got the start tonight at

749
00:41:14,120 --> 00:41:18,840
Speaker 2: second base, his final opening day in Major League Baseball.

750
00:41:18,960 --> 00:41:23,120
Speaker 2: He is retiring after the season ends, whether or not

751
00:41:23,280 --> 00:41:25,800
Speaker 2: the Dodgers three pete or not, he is calling it

752
00:41:25,880 --> 00:41:28,919
Speaker 2: a career. So it was great that Dave Roberts gave

753
00:41:29,040 --> 00:41:32,640
Speaker 2: him the opening day start. And speaking of Miguel Rojas,

754
00:41:32,960 --> 00:41:35,880
Speaker 2: he is going to join us this Saturday at the

755
00:41:36,120 --> 00:41:40,160
Speaker 2: WSS and Boyle Heights from noon to one o'clock. I'll

756
00:41:40,200 --> 00:41:44,200
Speaker 2: be hosting Dodger Talk from eleven to one this Saturday

757
00:41:44,440 --> 00:41:49,040
Speaker 2: at WSS and Boyle Heights. The address is two seven

758
00:41:49,239 --> 00:41:53,000
Speaker 2: one one East Olympic Boulevard. We'll have Dodger Talk from

759
00:41:53,040 --> 00:41:56,400
Speaker 2: eleven to one. Miguel Rojas, World Series Hero will be

760
00:41:56,480 --> 00:42:00,120
Speaker 2: taking photos from noon to one at the ws A

761
00:42:00,160 --> 00:42:03,560
Speaker 2: Spoil Heights this Saturday. So we look forward to seeing

762
00:42:03,600 --> 00:42:04,200
Speaker 2: you out there.

763
00:42:05,920 --> 00:42:09,760
Speaker 1: It's time to go around the horn with Jose Mota.

764
00:42:11,160 --> 00:42:13,040
Speaker 2: All right, we'll get back to your phone calls in

765
00:42:13,120 --> 00:42:15,560
Speaker 2: a moment, but we want to check in with Jose Mota,

766
00:42:15,640 --> 00:42:19,080
Speaker 2: who called the game tonight on Dodgers Spanish Radio with

767
00:42:19,200 --> 00:42:23,640
Speaker 2: Luis Cochito Cruz. I'm not going to say happy Opening Day, Jose.

768
00:42:23,920 --> 00:42:26,839
Speaker 2: I'm just going to say it was a great night

769
00:42:27,040 --> 00:42:30,160
Speaker 2: start to finish on opening night for the Dodgers.

770
00:42:30,800 --> 00:42:35,360
Speaker 4: Dave, Happy Opening day to you, my friends. Stop it

771
00:42:35,680 --> 00:42:37,960
Speaker 4: questioning you that. I'm not gonna stop it. I mean

772
00:42:38,000 --> 00:42:40,799
Speaker 4: it's special, man, Come on, and you've been a part

773
00:42:40,880 --> 00:42:43,640
Speaker 4: of it. No, I mean old joking, Happy opening Day.

774
00:42:44,600 --> 00:42:48,640
Speaker 4: One thing that you noticed today, David, is this that

775
00:42:49,080 --> 00:42:51,800
Speaker 4: Yo should know. We have a multun control, a deep lineup,

776
00:42:51,880 --> 00:42:54,440
Speaker 4: and that is why as a starting picture for the Dodgers. Now,

777
00:42:54,960 --> 00:42:58,000
Speaker 4: if you have a start first three innings, you want

778
00:42:58,120 --> 00:43:00,400
Speaker 4: to be in the game as long as posble yes

779
00:43:00,520 --> 00:43:00,680
Speaker 4: or no.

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00:43:02,200 --> 00:43:04,400
Speaker 2: Without a doubt with this offense, because you know they

781
00:43:04,480 --> 00:43:05,880
Speaker 2: can come back and score.

782
00:43:05,719 --> 00:43:09,239
Speaker 4: For you exactly anything. Yama malto. He take the fact

783
00:43:09,280 --> 00:43:11,640
Speaker 4: that he threw twenty one pitches in the first inning

784
00:43:12,160 --> 00:43:14,480
Speaker 4: and a couple of very interesting plays to me, and

785
00:43:14,560 --> 00:43:17,480
Speaker 4: I'm before we talk about the offense. But Yamamoto has

786
00:43:17,520 --> 00:43:20,759
Speaker 4: had a tendency going back to two years ago where

787
00:43:21,000 --> 00:43:25,040
Speaker 4: he was not aware of runners at first base breaking early.

788
00:43:25,480 --> 00:43:29,120
Speaker 4: He gave up seven stolen bases two years ago, and

789
00:43:29,280 --> 00:43:32,160
Speaker 4: guys that broke before he even started going home. He

790
00:43:32,360 --> 00:43:34,160
Speaker 4: was not aware. He was not aware of the game,

791
00:43:34,239 --> 00:43:36,040
Speaker 4: the speed of the game in that respect where people

792
00:43:36,040 --> 00:43:38,520
Speaker 4: are saying, hey, stamp by off throw the second base.

793
00:43:38,560 --> 00:43:41,080
Speaker 4: He's out last year, halfway through the season. He got

794
00:43:41,120 --> 00:43:44,759
Speaker 4: better today, Dave. In the first inning, he stepped off

795
00:43:44,920 --> 00:43:48,480
Speaker 4: and got Predomant. That's an inning changer. Number two, Kyle

796
00:43:48,600 --> 00:43:52,000
Speaker 4: Tucker defense again. That ball Predoma hits in that first

797
00:43:52,040 --> 00:43:55,400
Speaker 4: inning down that line, that's double last year, maybe a

798
00:43:55,480 --> 00:43:58,880
Speaker 4: triple for Perdomo. Kyle Tucker gets the line as he did,

799
00:43:58,960 --> 00:44:01,359
Speaker 4: and he saw him sprink training and fires away. He's

800
00:44:01,400 --> 00:44:03,759
Speaker 4: got the reputation, guys have told me when he goes

801
00:44:03,800 --> 00:44:06,120
Speaker 4: to his left, guys really respect the fact that he

802
00:44:06,160 --> 00:44:08,160
Speaker 4: can spin it, throw with the West and baseball, and

803
00:44:08,280 --> 00:44:11,640
Speaker 4: that's how it all started. That's why run prevention becomes

804
00:44:11,680 --> 00:44:14,960
Speaker 4: so important. We had the tough offense because obviously the

805
00:44:15,040 --> 00:44:16,919
Speaker 4: offen is gonna come back, but keep those guys where

806
00:44:16,920 --> 00:44:18,840
Speaker 4: they're at, and that's how the game got started.

807
00:44:20,000 --> 00:44:22,960
Speaker 2: That's a great point. And even Dave Roberts when the

808
00:44:23,080 --> 00:44:26,080
Speaker 2: Dodgers signed Kyle Tucker and had the press conference here

809
00:44:26,080 --> 00:44:29,400
Speaker 2: at Dodgers Stadium that day one, he challenged him to

810
00:44:29,480 --> 00:44:32,680
Speaker 2: be a better outfielder, go back to being the outfield

811
00:44:32,680 --> 00:44:35,880
Speaker 2: where we saw him in Houston, and Tucker in spring training,

812
00:44:36,000 --> 00:44:39,480
Speaker 2: Jose even admitted, I gotta be better at jumping on

813
00:44:39,600 --> 00:44:42,680
Speaker 2: those balls down the line and not let a single

814
00:44:42,880 --> 00:44:45,200
Speaker 2: turn into a double. So that was a great example

815
00:44:45,239 --> 00:44:47,040
Speaker 2: of that right away.

816
00:44:47,120 --> 00:44:49,160
Speaker 4: I saw this guy make his debut against the angel

817
00:44:49,280 --> 00:44:50,880
Speaker 4: for you know, for three or four years he just

818
00:44:51,280 --> 00:44:55,040
Speaker 4: tortured Angels, picking on the outfield, playing that short fence,

819
00:44:55,080 --> 00:44:57,600
Speaker 4: in the short wall and assistants in Houston. He played

820
00:44:57,640 --> 00:45:00,720
Speaker 4: everything as good as anybody. Then you saw playing Anaheim,

821
00:45:00,760 --> 00:45:03,600
Speaker 4: they played the same way. So uh, just be aware

822
00:45:03,680 --> 00:45:06,280
Speaker 4: that this guy, as he mentioned, came with the objective

823
00:45:06,480 --> 00:45:10,120
Speaker 4: getting better known. That not every eyesight is on him

824
00:45:10,160 --> 00:45:14,040
Speaker 4: because the super start, but nonetheless there's that itch in

825
00:45:14,160 --> 00:45:16,360
Speaker 4: that draft become great and I think he's in the

826
00:45:16,400 --> 00:45:18,120
Speaker 4: white group, and today was a good start for him.

827
00:45:19,160 --> 00:45:21,879
Speaker 2: When you look at this Dodger offense, what stood out

828
00:45:21,920 --> 00:45:24,200
Speaker 2: to you the most about how they scored their eight

829
00:45:24,320 --> 00:45:26,560
Speaker 2: runs tonight, I'm going to.

830
00:45:26,600 --> 00:45:28,200
Speaker 4: Go to the fact that they put the ball in

831
00:45:28,239 --> 00:45:31,000
Speaker 4: play a lot. Dodger struck out of told what four

832
00:45:31,080 --> 00:45:34,239
Speaker 4: times today, That's number one. The deepest fact that we

833
00:45:34,320 --> 00:45:36,600
Speaker 4: saw from the very first game in spring training against

834
00:45:36,640 --> 00:45:40,200
Speaker 4: the Andels and Tempe and talking to tay oscar about this.

835
00:45:40,440 --> 00:45:43,040
Speaker 4: Nave Roberts and pa is a member of that first game,

836
00:45:43,200 --> 00:45:45,440
Speaker 4: and in Tempe they're like, that's part of what we

837
00:45:45,520 --> 00:45:47,920
Speaker 4: want to do. It's not just the knowing that we

838
00:45:48,000 --> 00:45:50,520
Speaker 4: all were power team, but we need to be better

839
00:45:50,560 --> 00:45:53,200
Speaker 4: with two strikes. We need to be better with two outs.

840
00:45:53,239 --> 00:45:55,080
Speaker 4: And they were great with two outs last year. But

841
00:45:55,360 --> 00:45:57,000
Speaker 4: you think about all the pitches that they were able

842
00:45:57,040 --> 00:46:00,560
Speaker 4: to spoil today, how they ran counts, why they're counts,

843
00:46:00,600 --> 00:46:02,799
Speaker 4: and it all adds up to this deep lineup laid

844
00:46:03,239 --> 00:46:06,680
Speaker 4: being able to guide you and kind of gauge you

845
00:46:06,719 --> 00:46:09,239
Speaker 4: as a picture. I mean, as good as Gallon was going,

846
00:46:09,719 --> 00:46:12,040
Speaker 4: you thought, well, at some point when they figure them out,

847
00:46:12,239 --> 00:46:15,400
Speaker 4: it's going to happen. And there it was exactly what happened.

848
00:46:15,400 --> 00:46:16,920
Speaker 4: But I gotta go give it to the guy who

849
00:46:16,960 --> 00:46:18,960
Speaker 4: two strikes using the big part of the middle put

850
00:46:19,040 --> 00:46:20,200
Speaker 4: the field going the other way too.

851
00:46:21,600 --> 00:46:23,640
Speaker 2: I mean, we talk about some of these guys, and

852
00:46:23,719 --> 00:46:26,919
Speaker 2: even Freddie Freeman said it before the game, so many

853
00:46:27,000 --> 00:46:30,000
Speaker 2: of these Dodger hitters could hit third. You got Will

854
00:46:30,080 --> 00:46:33,480
Speaker 2: Smith hitting fifty at three RBIs tonight, Pie Has who

855
00:46:33,600 --> 00:46:37,960
Speaker 2: hit twenty seven home runs, hitting eighth how do pitchers

856
00:46:38,120 --> 00:46:41,680
Speaker 2: navigate this offense? So say there's nowhere to exhale.

857
00:46:42,600 --> 00:46:44,719
Speaker 4: Yeah, there's the point in which you want to make.

858
00:46:45,200 --> 00:46:46,880
Speaker 4: As a pictuer said, I'm going to be aggressive and

859
00:46:47,120 --> 00:46:49,239
Speaker 4: get ahead of you. But the Dodgers are a team

860
00:46:49,280 --> 00:46:51,040
Speaker 4: that if you if you noticed when things are going

861
00:46:51,120 --> 00:46:53,840
Speaker 4: well and not necessarily discret which we haven't seen you

862
00:46:53,920 --> 00:46:57,080
Speaker 4: know long enough, you have the big samplifize. But it's

863
00:46:57,239 --> 00:46:59,880
Speaker 4: preaching that if you had number three hitter on your

864
00:47:00,560 --> 00:47:03,359
Speaker 4: be the number three hitter in that spot, whatever it takes.

865
00:47:03,360 --> 00:47:06,840
Speaker 4: But remember there's somebody behind and do the same. Don't

866
00:47:06,880 --> 00:47:09,120
Speaker 4: carry it all on you. For pitchers and navigates for

867
00:47:09,239 --> 00:47:12,160
Speaker 4: this day, the best thing is the quality for a

868
00:47:12,280 --> 00:47:15,239
Speaker 4: strike is going to be imperative to neutralize them a

869
00:47:15,280 --> 00:47:18,280
Speaker 4: little bit. Pitching inside is going to be very important

870
00:47:18,320 --> 00:47:19,759
Speaker 4: to get him on their heels a little bit more.

871
00:47:19,800 --> 00:47:23,040
Speaker 4: But it's same pitching inside nowadays is a has been lost.

872
00:47:23,120 --> 00:47:25,560
Speaker 4: Guys can repeat inside. And these guys are so smart

873
00:47:26,200 --> 00:47:28,360
Speaker 4: the patterns, what everything they see on the reports that

874
00:47:29,200 --> 00:47:31,759
Speaker 4: sooner or later, as we saw today, they're going to

875
00:47:31,800 --> 00:47:34,600
Speaker 4: make adjustments and lay off that tough bricket ball from

876
00:47:34,600 --> 00:47:36,560
Speaker 4: both sides of the battle's box and be able to

877
00:47:37,160 --> 00:47:40,400
Speaker 4: play the smallest baseball that eventually turns into bigger at

878
00:47:40,400 --> 00:47:41,840
Speaker 4: bats as a different pie is here.

879
00:47:41,719 --> 00:47:46,359
Speaker 2: Tonight when you look at the Diamondbacks bullpen construction, how

880
00:47:46,440 --> 00:47:49,440
Speaker 2: do they not have a left handed, high leverage reliever

881
00:47:49,640 --> 00:47:52,840
Speaker 2: when they play in the same division as the Dodgers.

882
00:47:52,920 --> 00:47:57,239
Speaker 2: That is a glaring hole in their roster and their

883
00:47:57,280 --> 00:47:58,160
Speaker 2: bullpen tonight.

884
00:47:59,200 --> 00:47:59,799
Speaker 7: Is hard to believe.

885
00:47:59,800 --> 00:48:02,480
Speaker 4: There's many lefties they could help them, guys that were

886
00:48:02,520 --> 00:48:08,400
Speaker 4: label available. I'm gonna just say that perhaps Brian Kaplan believes,

887
00:48:08,440 --> 00:48:11,640
Speaker 4: and my occasion obviously is a prisoner on baseball operations

888
00:48:11,680 --> 00:48:14,640
Speaker 4: and the manager that they have enough bright handed pitchers

889
00:48:14,760 --> 00:48:17,440
Speaker 4: they can go out and have, you know, split against

890
00:48:17,480 --> 00:48:20,000
Speaker 4: right lefties. So we'll see how the players out. That

891
00:48:20,120 --> 00:48:21,680
Speaker 4: was a big issue for the Dbacks. There was so

892
00:48:21,760 --> 00:48:25,239
Speaker 4: many leaves last year and that was they probably there

893
00:48:25,360 --> 00:48:27,120
Speaker 4: are only three games out of the wildcard last year,

894
00:48:27,120 --> 00:48:28,920
Speaker 4: but the open was the biggest issue for them. So

895
00:48:29,040 --> 00:48:30,719
Speaker 4: let's see how it all works all day. But they

896
00:48:30,920 --> 00:48:32,960
Speaker 4: do you want to at least have the presence and

897
00:48:33,040 --> 00:48:36,279
Speaker 4: give something to the other manager thinking about if you

898
00:48:36,320 --> 00:48:37,959
Speaker 4: have a lefty, it doesn't have to be a super

899
00:48:38,040 --> 00:48:40,200
Speaker 4: lefty that some of the leaf can come out there

900
00:48:40,239 --> 00:48:42,680
Speaker 4: and just turn the lineup around and see what happens

901
00:48:42,719 --> 00:48:44,960
Speaker 4: about fill the Dodgers, I don't think they care very

902
00:48:45,040 --> 00:48:48,120
Speaker 4: much about who's available who's not, because considerable they probably

903
00:48:48,160 --> 00:48:50,080
Speaker 4: are doing. How he's going to struct the lineup with

904
00:48:50,200 --> 00:48:52,279
Speaker 4: consecutive lefties. It's like, this is what we have, and

905
00:48:52,400 --> 00:48:54,400
Speaker 4: we have guys that can handle left as anieties, and

906
00:48:54,680 --> 00:48:57,160
Speaker 4: whoever they have on the other side, they will make adjustments.

907
00:48:58,280 --> 00:49:00,920
Speaker 2: All right, before I let you go, who's speaking of

908
00:49:01,000 --> 00:49:04,880
Speaker 2: the bullpen? I know it was somewhat low leverage situations,

909
00:49:04,960 --> 00:49:07,320
Speaker 2: but how big was it to get Blake Trining and

910
00:49:07,480 --> 00:49:10,440
Speaker 2: Tanner Scott in this game tonight and for them to

911
00:49:10,520 --> 00:49:13,520
Speaker 2: feel good about themselves when they went back to the dugout?

912
00:49:14,600 --> 00:49:17,640
Speaker 4: Oh they don't. That's big. I mean for Tanner Scott

913
00:49:17,800 --> 00:49:20,839
Speaker 4: to have the wipeout slider today, not just to put

914
00:49:20,880 --> 00:49:24,280
Speaker 4: away guys, but for strike one on the weak swings

915
00:49:24,280 --> 00:49:26,360
Speaker 4: that we saw, especially from a guy like Cordman Carroll.

916
00:49:26,600 --> 00:49:29,480
Speaker 4: I was able to bury somebody on Perdomo and then

917
00:49:29,560 --> 00:49:32,239
Speaker 4: get moreno to fly out. That's that's big. But strike one,

918
00:49:32,920 --> 00:49:35,960
Speaker 4: don't get lazy, don't get like a basical with your

919
00:49:35,960 --> 00:49:39,520
Speaker 4: finishing release, stay on top. And for you know, for

920
00:49:39,640 --> 00:49:42,800
Speaker 4: Tenner Scott tonight, David, this is a safe situation. This

921
00:49:43,040 --> 00:49:45,040
Speaker 4: is the mentality he told me he's going to have

922
00:49:45,239 --> 00:49:47,520
Speaker 4: coming into the season. It doesn't matter what the score is,

923
00:49:47,719 --> 00:49:51,239
Speaker 4: it's a safe situation. Glutton, just startle over again. And

924
00:49:51,320 --> 00:49:54,799
Speaker 4: for Blake trying and it's curs set so nicely. Yes,

925
00:49:55,160 --> 00:49:59,960
Speaker 4: lower am angled ninety seven which rutralizes guys diving into

926
00:50:00,120 --> 00:50:02,640
Speaker 4: the Look for that sweeper on the right side and

927
00:50:02,800 --> 00:50:05,799
Speaker 4: then that same ninety think on the outside middle out

928
00:50:05,840 --> 00:50:08,200
Speaker 4: to lefty. It's gonna be one that's gonna douce a

929
00:50:08,280 --> 00:50:10,719
Speaker 4: lot of soft contact, big starts for them, and they're

930
00:50:10,760 --> 00:50:12,319
Speaker 4: gonna be very important for this ball time.

931
00:50:13,480 --> 00:50:15,879
Speaker 2: All right, Jose, thanks a lot for checking in. Can't

932
00:50:15,920 --> 00:50:18,279
Speaker 2: wait to see you tomorrow night at the stadium for

933
00:50:18,320 --> 00:50:21,200
Speaker 2: a ring ceremony night. That'll be special as well. So

934
00:50:21,280 --> 00:50:23,759
Speaker 2: we'll check in with you after the game tomorrow as well.

935
00:50:24,600 --> 00:50:28,320
Speaker 4: Okay, then go happy opener there he goes.

936
00:50:28,160 --> 00:50:32,040
Speaker 2: Jose Mota, part of the Dodgers Spanish radio broadcast and

937
00:50:32,200 --> 00:50:35,920
Speaker 2: part of Opening Day for the Dodger players. The Dodgers

938
00:50:36,000 --> 00:50:39,560
Speaker 2: social media team had both World Series trophies set up

939
00:50:39,640 --> 00:50:42,440
Speaker 2: on their way into the dug into the clubhouse before

940
00:50:42,520 --> 00:50:46,120
Speaker 2: the game. And how about this, sho Hey Otani gifted

941
00:50:46,280 --> 00:50:51,359
Speaker 2: every player on the team valued four thousand dollars sake

942
00:50:51,440 --> 00:50:55,320
Speaker 2: go watch with a note inside that said, let's three peete.

943
00:50:55,360 --> 00:50:58,880
Speaker 2: A few players showed me theirs, and Miguel Rojas talked

944
00:50:58,880 --> 00:51:01,600
Speaker 2: about it on the field, and Dave Roberts I guess

945
00:51:01,680 --> 00:51:05,480
Speaker 2: also gifted a bottle of whiskey to his players as well.

946
00:51:05,560 --> 00:51:08,560
Speaker 2: But how about Otani not only gifting the watch but

947
00:51:08,760 --> 00:51:11,520
Speaker 2: also writing a note Let's go for the three peat.

948
00:51:11,880 --> 00:51:15,239
Speaker 2: And that's what makes him so special. Not only does

949
00:51:15,360 --> 00:51:20,799
Speaker 2: he continually push himself, but he's continually pushing his teammates

950
00:51:20,840 --> 00:51:24,360
Speaker 2: with little messages like that and by his work ethic

951
00:51:24,719 --> 00:51:27,800
Speaker 2: and the Dodgers certainly need that type of leader in

952
00:51:27,960 --> 00:51:31,160
Speaker 2: that way to set the tone. Eight six six nine

953
00:51:31,200 --> 00:51:34,200
Speaker 2: eight seven two five seventy is the phone number. Dodgers

954
00:51:34,280 --> 00:51:38,359
Speaker 2: beat Arizona tonight eight to two on Opening Night. Let's

955
00:51:38,400 --> 00:51:40,719
Speaker 2: go out to Jose who is at Opening Night tonight?

956
00:51:40,760 --> 00:51:42,840
Speaker 2: How you doing, Jose, You're on Dodger Talk.

957
00:51:44,360 --> 00:51:44,919
Speaker 4: Doing great.

958
00:51:45,000 --> 00:51:48,120
Speaker 11: Thank you for having us first time long time, trying

959
00:51:48,160 --> 00:51:50,640
Speaker 11: to keep the energy here as we still in the

960
00:51:50,719 --> 00:51:53,600
Speaker 11: parking lot, trying to get out of the stadium. Nothing

961
00:51:53,719 --> 00:51:56,760
Speaker 11: like first day, opening day at Dodger Stadium for civity.

962
00:51:57,280 --> 00:51:58,759
Speaker 4: So just trying to keep the energy here in the

963
00:51:58,800 --> 00:51:59,560
Speaker 4: car right everybody?

964
00:52:03,480 --> 00:52:06,239
Speaker 2: Wow, another group phone call? How many? How many people

965
00:52:06,320 --> 00:52:08,960
Speaker 2: you got in the car tonight? Hose. That's an expensive

966
00:52:09,000 --> 00:52:10,799
Speaker 2: bill with all those people in your car.

967
00:52:12,040 --> 00:52:13,719
Speaker 11: Oh, you have no idea and they like to see

968
00:52:13,719 --> 00:52:16,840
Speaker 11: you too, so if but if we'll work it. We

969
00:52:16,880 --> 00:52:19,200
Speaker 11: got to pay those that o' TNI contract out, so

970
00:52:19,280 --> 00:52:20,479
Speaker 11: we don't mind doing our share.

971
00:52:21,840 --> 00:52:23,880
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, this is a special time to be

972
00:52:24,000 --> 00:52:26,719
Speaker 2: at Dodger Stadium. They're not just games there events and

973
00:52:26,840 --> 00:52:30,400
Speaker 2: today was certainly an event, definitely.

974
00:52:30,520 --> 00:52:32,000
Speaker 11: And the other thing that I wanted to comment on

975
00:52:32,239 --> 00:52:35,160
Speaker 11: is the actual game. It's nice to see the Dodgers

976
00:52:35,239 --> 00:52:37,680
Speaker 11: put those crooked numbers out and then we're gonna have

977
00:52:37,719 --> 00:52:40,000
Speaker 11: those those guns where it looked like they had a

978
00:52:40,040 --> 00:52:42,080
Speaker 11: little bit of a slow start, but that's what I

979
00:52:42,280 --> 00:52:44,400
Speaker 11: look forward to. At least on paper, it looks like we.

980
00:52:44,480 --> 00:52:45,240
Speaker 4: Have that ability.

981
00:52:45,400 --> 00:52:47,640
Speaker 11: I think you talked about it earlier, that long lineup

982
00:52:48,400 --> 00:52:50,160
Speaker 11: having buckets at the bottom, of the lineup, I think

983
00:52:50,280 --> 00:52:52,759
Speaker 11: is a luxury. So just being able to see this

984
00:52:53,000 --> 00:52:55,239
Speaker 11: type of quality team and field on the on the

985
00:52:56,280 --> 00:52:58,279
Speaker 11: product on the field is really nice to see and

986
00:52:58,360 --> 00:53:00,600
Speaker 11: get behind. So it was good to see everybody come

987
00:53:00,640 --> 00:53:03,319
Speaker 11: in pitch, just come in through their job and looking

988
00:53:03,360 --> 00:53:05,360
Speaker 11: forward to a really good season and more of this

989
00:53:05,520 --> 00:53:05,799
Speaker 11: to come.

990
00:53:06,840 --> 00:53:10,080
Speaker 2: Yeah, no doubt and ring ceremony tomorrow night. Jose, thanks

991
00:53:10,120 --> 00:53:12,479
Speaker 2: a lot, and thanks to the family. They gotta treat

992
00:53:12,520 --> 00:53:14,840
Speaker 2: you good the rest of the year. Thanks for the

993
00:53:14,920 --> 00:53:17,680
Speaker 2: phone call. Eight six six nine eight seven two five

994
00:53:17,840 --> 00:53:22,520
Speaker 2: seventy is the phone number. And opening days obviously stand

995
00:53:22,600 --> 00:53:26,759
Speaker 2: out amongst other games during the regular season, and just

996
00:53:27,160 --> 00:53:30,640
Speaker 2: this will be my fifteenth season hosting Dodger Talk, and

997
00:53:30,719 --> 00:53:35,760
Speaker 2: there's two other opening days that really stand out amongst

998
00:53:35,800 --> 00:53:39,600
Speaker 2: the others. I mean obviously starting the seasons in Korea

999
00:53:39,719 --> 00:53:43,560
Speaker 2: and Tokyo or highlights, but here at Dodgers Stadium, going

1000
00:53:43,680 --> 00:53:47,239
Speaker 2: back to twenty thirteen Opening Day against at that time

1001
00:53:47,360 --> 00:53:51,000
Speaker 2: the defending San Francisco Giants. It was a scoreless time

1002
00:53:51,000 --> 00:53:53,920
Speaker 2: in the seventh or eighth inning and Clayton Kershaw was

1003
00:53:54,000 --> 00:53:56,640
Speaker 2: pitching a shutout and he hit a home run a

1004
00:53:56,719 --> 00:54:00,800
Speaker 2: straightaway center field, and this place exploded, and that was

1005
00:54:00,880 --> 00:54:02,840
Speaker 2: the difference in the game. They went on to score

1006
00:54:02,880 --> 00:54:05,960
Speaker 2: a few more runs in the later innings, but it

1007
00:54:06,080 --> 00:54:09,600
Speaker 2: was a scoreless tie, and he was pitching another Kershaw

1008
00:54:09,760 --> 00:54:12,719
Speaker 2: masterpiece with no run support, and he took it into

1009
00:54:12,800 --> 00:54:15,680
Speaker 2: his own hands with a home run to center field,

1010
00:54:15,719 --> 00:54:18,560
Speaker 2: which turned out to be his only career Major League

1011
00:54:18,640 --> 00:54:21,520
Speaker 2: home run. And the other one, like I mentioned earlier,

1012
00:54:21,680 --> 00:54:26,120
Speaker 2: was against these Diamondbacks back on March twenty ninth, twenty nineteen.

1013
00:54:26,200 --> 00:54:29,279
Speaker 2: I was looking at the highlights again this morning when

1014
00:54:29,280 --> 00:54:33,880
Speaker 2: I was at Blue Bottle and Woodland Hills. I was

1015
00:54:33,960 --> 00:54:38,320
Speaker 2: just trying to remember exactly how many home runs and

1016
00:54:39,040 --> 00:54:41,920
Speaker 2: how many runs they scored that day. They beat Arizona

1017
00:54:42,040 --> 00:54:45,440
Speaker 2: twelve to four. They beat Zach Grank, they hit eight

1018
00:54:45,560 --> 00:54:49,839
Speaker 2: home runs. Seeger hit one, Turner hit one, Keyky Hernandez

1019
00:54:49,880 --> 00:54:53,520
Speaker 2: and Jock Peterson each hit two. And I feel like

1020
00:54:53,760 --> 00:54:56,400
Speaker 2: this one is going to stand out as well. It

1021
00:54:56,520 --> 00:55:01,200
Speaker 2: was a memorable opening night here at the Let's go

1022
00:55:01,360 --> 00:55:04,920
Speaker 2: out to the mid Wiltshire area. Rob, You're on Dodger Talk.

1023
00:55:05,000 --> 00:55:05,759
Speaker 2: How you doing, Rob?

1024
00:55:06,560 --> 00:55:10,560
Speaker 14: Excellent and kudos to Kersha, But really to talk about

1025
00:55:10,600 --> 00:55:14,080
Speaker 14: the three amigos, the Three Musketeers of radio. You gotta

1026
00:55:14,120 --> 00:55:17,760
Speaker 14: be gi him. A shout out to Rick Monday, Charlie Steiner,

1027
00:55:17,880 --> 00:55:21,400
Speaker 14: and Steve Nelson. I tell you Monday mo is just

1028
00:55:21,560 --> 00:55:26,080
Speaker 14: like a gem keeps coming back. Steiner he did just

1029
00:55:26,200 --> 00:55:28,080
Speaker 14: as good a job as he did last year in

1030
00:55:28,200 --> 00:55:32,000
Speaker 14: the opener. And I tell you Steve Nelson, I mean

1031
00:55:32,080 --> 00:55:35,560
Speaker 14: he paints with an acoustic paint brush, very vivid color

1032
00:55:35,719 --> 00:55:38,759
Speaker 14: of the game in radio. So you got a good

1033
00:55:38,840 --> 00:55:41,040
Speaker 14: team there, no doubt.

1034
00:55:41,320 --> 00:55:43,719
Speaker 2: Good team and great to have Charlie back. And when

1035
00:55:43,760 --> 00:55:46,440
Speaker 2: they say playing in pain, I don't think anybody played

1036
00:55:46,840 --> 00:55:49,479
Speaker 2: in more pain today than Charlie Steiner. And he still

1037
00:55:50,560 --> 00:55:53,480
Speaker 2: showed up and did a solid three innings today and

1038
00:55:53,560 --> 00:55:55,400
Speaker 2: it was great to have him back in the booth.

1039
00:55:55,480 --> 00:55:59,600
Speaker 2: And Rick Monday is the longest active tenured Dodger broadcaster.

1040
00:56:00,280 --> 00:56:02,840
Speaker 2: He took over in the booth the midway through the

1041
00:56:02,960 --> 00:56:06,359
Speaker 2: ninety three season and here he is in twenty twenty six. See,

1042
00:56:06,800 --> 00:56:10,200
Speaker 2: he definitely should be appreciated. And this year is the

1043
00:56:10,320 --> 00:56:14,719
Speaker 2: fiftieth anniversary of Rick Monday saving the American flag right

1044
00:56:14,840 --> 00:56:18,359
Speaker 2: here at Dodger Stadium. That anniversary is coming up at

1045
00:56:18,400 --> 00:56:21,279
Speaker 2: the end of April. Let's go out to Freddie. Who

1046
00:56:21,480 --> 00:56:23,879
Speaker 2: is that opening night? Hi Freddy? Is this a group

1047
00:56:24,000 --> 00:56:26,160
Speaker 2: call as well? Or is this just Freddy?

1048
00:56:27,560 --> 00:56:30,480
Speaker 11: Oh buddy, we're we'll home now now, but I will

1049
00:56:30,480 --> 00:56:32,880
Speaker 11: with My wife is from Japan and she loved it.

1050
00:56:33,239 --> 00:56:35,960
Speaker 4: That was my buddy Bruce and my buddy Rick. We're

1051
00:56:36,000 --> 00:56:38,759
Speaker 4: all retired to ups strivers and we love the game

1052
00:56:39,000 --> 00:56:41,920
Speaker 4: and there's nothing like being a Dodger stadium.

1053
00:56:41,920 --> 00:56:43,040
Speaker 9: And love all that you do.

1054
00:56:43,239 --> 00:56:46,200
Speaker 6: Dave and go Dodgers.

1055
00:56:47,360 --> 00:56:50,000
Speaker 2: Okay, thank you for the phone call. Freddie will end

1056
00:56:50,080 --> 00:56:53,000
Speaker 2: it right there. It was a great hour of Dodger talk.

1057
00:56:53,200 --> 00:56:56,120
Speaker 2: Happy to be back. It's going to be a tremendous season,

1058
00:56:56,640 --> 00:56:59,600
Speaker 2: and more importantly, it's going to be an entertaining season.

1059
00:56:59,640 --> 00:57:03,440
Speaker 2: Tonight was just an opening act that is going to

1060
00:57:04,120 --> 00:57:07,800
Speaker 2: leave you wanting more each and every night. I truly

1061
00:57:07,920 --> 00:57:11,279
Speaker 2: believe that. And tomorrow Emmitt Shehan is going to be

1062
00:57:11,400 --> 00:57:14,320
Speaker 2: on the mound for the Dodgers going up against Ryan Nelson.

1063
00:57:14,719 --> 00:57:19,400
Speaker 2: Our coverage begins at six o'clock, first pitch at seven ten,

1064
00:57:19,800 --> 00:57:23,200
Speaker 2: and you can stream all the games on the iHeartRadio

1065
00:57:23,280 --> 00:57:26,520
Speaker 2: app if you're in the LA area. And also obviously

1066
00:57:26,920 --> 00:57:30,280
Speaker 2: listen right here on five to seventy LA Sports. Don't

1067
00:57:30,320 --> 00:57:33,440
Speaker 2: forget tomorrow. If you're coming to the game. Auto gates

1068
00:57:33,560 --> 00:57:38,000
Speaker 2: open at two point thirty because of the special pregame ceremony,

1069
00:57:38,120 --> 00:57:42,880
Speaker 2: the ring ceremony that has taking place before first pitch tomorrow,

1070
00:57:43,120 --> 00:57:45,480
Speaker 2: So it's kind of like Opening Day right with the

1071
00:57:45,560 --> 00:57:50,000
Speaker 2: pregame festivities and my guy, Brad Paisley is performing the

1072
00:57:50,160 --> 00:57:53,320
Speaker 2: national anthem. That's right, He's going to be out here,

1073
00:57:53,440 --> 00:57:56,919
Speaker 2: and Kershaw, we'll be back out here tomorrow, this time

1074
00:57:57,560 --> 00:58:00,760
Speaker 2: being celebrated as a member of the twenty five Dodgers,

1075
00:58:00,880 --> 00:58:04,040
Speaker 2: back to back World Series champion Dodgers, So we'll see

1076
00:58:04,120 --> 00:58:07,000
Speaker 2: him more in a casual attire than we saw him

1077
00:58:07,000 --> 00:58:09,240
Speaker 2: today in a suit and tie. I feel like the

1078
00:58:09,360 --> 00:58:11,360
Speaker 2: last time I saw him in a suit and tie, well,

1079
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Speaker 2: there were two other times, the White House trip last year,

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Speaker 2: and when he first got drafted and he had a

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Speaker 2: suit that was like two sizes too big. When he

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Speaker 2: came out here with Logan White after he was drafted

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Speaker 2: back back whatever year that was. Geez, it was so

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Speaker 2: long ago. Anyway, it was great to see Kershaw, future

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Speaker 2: Hall of Famer. Awesome toess hopefully see him more around

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Speaker 2: Dodgers Stadium this year because he means so much to

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Speaker 2: this franchise, and I'm sure he's going to be around

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Speaker 2: in some capacity or another. So kershaw Ring ceremony tomorrow,

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Speaker 2: Brad Paisley performing the national anthem, and we'll have all

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Speaker 2: of that coverage for you beginning beginning at six o'clock.

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Speaker 2: Thanks to colling Ee back at our Burbank studios, Thanks

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Speaker 2: to Dwayne McDonald out here at the ballpark, and thanks

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Speaker 2: to you for listening. In case you missed any of

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Speaker 2: the show, you can find it on the iHeartRadio app

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Speaker 2: once again. The final score tonight the Dodgers on Opening

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Speaker 2: Night defeat the Diamondbacks eight to two. Have a great

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Speaker 2: rest of your night. Fox Sports Radio is next. See

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Speaker 2: you