WEBVTT - Dodger Talk (3-26-26) 

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<v Speaker 1>The quest for the three peat has begun.

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<v Speaker 2>Only four teams in Major League Baseball history have won

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<v Speaker 2>three consecutive titles. The Dodgers are the favorites to become

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<v Speaker 2>the fifth.

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<v Speaker 1>This is world Champion Dodger Talk.

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<v Speaker 2>Here we go again, were running.

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<v Speaker 1>Back, hosted by Dodgers and signer David Vase.

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<v Speaker 2>A three peat in the mix.

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<v Speaker 3>To get in on the show called eight six six

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<v Speaker 3>nine eighty seven two five seven, and be sure to

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<v Speaker 3>follow Dodger Talk wherever you get your podcasts.

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<v Speaker 1>Here's your host, David Vase.

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<v Speaker 2>Last day, the Dodgers victorious on opening night, defeating the

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<v Speaker 2>Arizona Diamondbacks by a final score of eight to two.

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<v Speaker 2>Welcome to Dodger Talk. David Vase with you for the

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<v Speaker 2>next hour right here on a five to seventy LA Sports.

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<v Speaker 2>We do have phone lines open on this opening night

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<v Speaker 2>eight six six nine, eight seven two five seventy. Jose

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<v Speaker 2>is going to join us later in the show. Plus,

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<v Speaker 2>I was eavesdropping on the NBC broadcast tonight just to

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<v Speaker 2>hear how Clayton Kershaw's broadcasting debut went, and he passed

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<v Speaker 2>with flying colors. I hate to say it, and honestly

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<v Speaker 2>the reason why I hate to say it is the

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<v Speaker 2>guy's a Hall of Fame pitcher. He wasn't a good

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<v Speaker 2>hitter when he first started, then he made himself into

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<v Speaker 2>a good hitting pitcher, and now his first first fora

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

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<v Speaker 2>good at everything. So yeah, if he wasn't and I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not just saying that because I covered the guy for

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<v Speaker 2>his entire career, especially closely the last fourteen, if he

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<v Speaker 2>wasn't good, I probably would ignore it. But he was

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<v Speaker 2>really good. In fact, I would venture to say that

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<v Speaker 2>he's probably just as good as any other baseball analyst

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<v Speaker 2>out there. I thought it was a good broadcast tonight.

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<v Speaker 2>By the way, when I tuned in for different innings

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<v Speaker 2>between Jason Bennetti, Oral Hersheiser, Luis Gonzalez, and Kershaw. Kershaw

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<v Speaker 2>was sitting where I usually sit and Kirsten Watson usually

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<v Speaker 2>sit right next to the Dodger dugout. That's usually where

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<v Speaker 2>the sideline reporter sits. He was an analyst, but they

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<v Speaker 2>put him right next to the Dodger dugout, and I'm

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<v Speaker 2>sure that wasn't easy for him, considering he was just

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<v Speaker 2>on the team last year. And he just retired and

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<v Speaker 2>he's right next to the dugout that he spent nineteen

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<v Speaker 2>years in. So that's not easy. It's not easy for

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<v Speaker 2>players that just finished playing to go into broadcasting because

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<v Speaker 2>they know these guys, they know their teammates, and it's

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<v Speaker 2>hard to criticize them. There really wasn't any moment in

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<v Speaker 2>the game that required criticism or constructive criticism. But Kershaw,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean the dude. The dude did a good job tonight.

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<v Speaker 2>And when we saw him in his suit and tie pregame,

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<v Speaker 2>he had this like sun Tan glow. Where was this

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<v Speaker 2>guy Fiji before he showed up at Dodger Stadium for

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

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<v Speaker 2>A successful night here on Dodgers Radio with Rick Monday,

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<v Speaker 2>Charlie Steiner and Steven Nelson as well, and we're with

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<v Speaker 2>you until ten o'clock tonight on Dodger Talk. Eight six

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<v Speaker 2>nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone number. Look,

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<v Speaker 2>I said this yesterday, I said this again today multiple

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<v Speaker 2>times with Petro some money, and you might have thought

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<v Speaker 2>again I was being a homer. I wasn't. I actually

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<v Speaker 2>believe the Dodgers are going to score at least eight runs.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's the reality of this lineup against very ordinary

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<v Speaker 2>pitchers like Zach Gallen. I hate to break it to you.

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<v Speaker 2>Zach Gallen, I would say is above average starting pitcher,

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<v Speaker 2>but he's a right handed starter, and the Diamondbacks bullpen

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<v Speaker 2>is not very good. They don't have a left handed reliever.

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<v Speaker 2>The Dodgers' best hitters are left handed Otani Tucker, Freddie Freeman,

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<v Speaker 2>Max Munsey, to name a few. There was nowhere to

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<v Speaker 2>hide for anybody. And look, Gallen did well through the

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<v Speaker 2>first three four innings, but the Dodgers were chipping away.

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<v Speaker 2>That's why I asked Will Smith if he saw any

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<v Speaker 2>cracks in the armor in Gallen in the first few

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<v Speaker 2>innings before the Dodgers got to him. And I feel

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<v Speaker 2>like Gallen got flustered and frustrated when ta Oscar Hernandez

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<v Speaker 2>beat out an infield single on a ground ball that

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<v Speaker 2>was hit to the left side of the pitchers mound.

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<v Speaker 2>I felt like he let that frustration carry over into

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<v Speaker 2>him facing Andy Pajez. But I also I believe the

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<v Speaker 2>Dodgers were getting to him because Max Munsey before his

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<v Speaker 2>leadoff single, almost hit a home run down the right

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<v Speaker 2>field line instead it was foul. So look, it's just

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<v Speaker 2>a matter of time. And the Dodgers, like Dave Roberts said,

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<v Speaker 2>were so disciplined tonight, and that's something we saw all

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<v Speaker 2>spring training long, from veterans like ti Oscar Hernandez to

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<v Speaker 2>rookies like James Tibbs. The Dodgers are very disciplined, which

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<v Speaker 2>forces these pitchers to come into the strike zone. Also,

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<v Speaker 2>don't discount the abs. This is going to force pitchers

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<v Speaker 2>that nibble into the middle of the strike zone or

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<v Speaker 2>a bigger part of the strike zone, and the Dodgers

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<v Speaker 2>were able to take advantage of that in the fifth

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<v Speaker 2>inning with a four run fifth Andy pat has not

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<v Speaker 2>missing a hanging curveball, a go ahead three run home run.

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<v Speaker 2>Gallin left the game after his implosion, throwing twenty five

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<v Speaker 2>pitches without recording and out and the Dodger hitters had

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<v Speaker 2>seven two strike hits tonight. That's indicative of grinding out

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<v Speaker 2>at bat. So all in all, this is just an

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<v Speaker 2>appetizer of things to come for the Dodgers this season

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

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<v Speaker 2>brought to you by Modello. Modello the mark of a

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<v Speaker 2>fighter eight six six nine eight seven seventy is the

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<v Speaker 2>phone number. Oh did I mention I also have between

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<v Speaker 2>now and ten o'clock a one hundred dollars gift card

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<v Speaker 2>to Superior Grocers thanks to our friends at Superior Grocers.

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<v Speaker 2>And listen to tomorrow's broadcast to hear the word of

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<v Speaker 2>the day from our guy Andre Ethier. Kyle Tucker, he

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<v Speaker 2>had a few first as a Dodger tonight. In the

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<v Speaker 2>seventh inning, he got his first hit, drove in his

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<v Speaker 2>first run, and had his first extra base hit. He

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<v Speaker 2>drove in sho he Otani all the way from first

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<v Speaker 2>base was in motion on a double in between or

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<v Speaker 2>to the left center field gap, and then Tucker scored

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<v Speaker 2>his first run when Mookie Bets drove him in. So,

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<v Speaker 2>Kyle Tucker a huge part of this Dodger offense hitting

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<v Speaker 2>second between Otani and Mookie Bets, and Freddie Freeman was

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<v Speaker 2>robbed of extra bases by Jordan Lawler as well in

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<v Speaker 2>this game. So I'm telling you, I'm telling you this

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<v Speaker 2>Dodger offense is the best lineup they have had in

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<v Speaker 2>at least the last ten years. And I kind of

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<v Speaker 2>felt like today's Opening Day was going to resemble Opening

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<v Speaker 2>Day from twenty nineteen Dodgers Diamondbacks Zach Grinki on the mound.

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<v Speaker 2>The Dodgers hit eight home runs that day against the

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<v Speaker 2>Diamondbacks and beat them twelve to three. I wasn't gonna

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<v Speaker 2>go so far to say double digits tonight, but I'm

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<v Speaker 2>on the record go back to the tape as saying

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<v Speaker 2>I believe the Dodgers were going to score at least

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<v Speaker 2>eight runs tonight, and they did, beating Arizona eight to two,

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<v Speaker 2>eight six, six, nine eighty seven two five seventy is

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<v Speaker 2>the phone number would love to hear from you if

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<v Speaker 2>you were at Opening Day tonight. What a great experience. Tristan,

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<v Speaker 2>who was here tonight? Tristan, you're on Dodger Talk. How

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<v Speaker 2>you doing good?

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<v Speaker 4>David?

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<v Speaker 2>How you doing phenomenal? How can it be bad when

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<v Speaker 2>you got the back to back champions and uh, they're

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<v Speaker 2>they're this good going for the three pet.

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<v Speaker 4>I know it was.

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<v Speaker 5>It was a great game tonight. I mean the only

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<v Speaker 5>thing terrible about it right now is trying to get

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<v Speaker 5>out of Dodger Stadium with the traffic.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, that means you get more time to listen to me.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll be on until ten o'clock tonight.

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<v Speaker 5>Hey, David, I just wanted to ask you you think

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<v Speaker 5>that Yamamoto is a cy Young candidate. I mean, I

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<v Speaker 5>know that Skemes didn't do very good today, and I

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<v Speaker 5>I mean, I think that's really the only person that

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<v Speaker 5>we have to be worried about besides maybe Otani.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I would say, uh, Yamamoto, Skeens, Christopher's Sanchez with

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<v Speaker 2>the Phillies, Otani, and look if Blake Snell comes back

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<v Speaker 2>at the end of May and he makes twenty three

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<v Speaker 2>to twenty five starts, he's in that conversation. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>when Snell pitches close to a full season. He's won

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<v Speaker 2>two cy Young Awards. So I would say the Dodgers

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<v Speaker 2>have at least three of the five candidates to win

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<v Speaker 2>the cy Young this year.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, I agree completely. I mean I think I think

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<v Speaker 5>Yamamoto is probably best suited for it. But uh, I

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<v Speaker 5>know that Otani's probably wanted to get cy Young as well.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, well he made that clear. And when he said

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<v Speaker 2>says himself to goals, he's achieved them. So yeah, I

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<v Speaker 2>would expect a big pitching year from Otani as well.

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks for the phone call, Tristan. Appreciate it. Eight sixty six,

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<v Speaker 2>nine to eighty seven, two five seventy. Noah was in

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<v Speaker 2>the house tonight. Hi, Noah, you're on Dodger Talk.

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<v Speaker 6>Look how you doing?

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<v Speaker 2>Do it went great? How was your experience at the

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<v Speaker 2>stadium tonight?

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<v Speaker 6>It was awesome. It was my first opening day. I'm nineteen.

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<v Speaker 2>That's awesome. That's awesome. Who'd you come to the game with?

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<v Speaker 7>I came with with with my best friend Marlon.

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<v Speaker 4>He's right here. What's up, man?

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<v Speaker 2>Hey? How you doing? Who did you?

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<v Speaker 4>Uh?

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<v Speaker 2>Did you buy the Dodger Dog since your guy Noah

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<v Speaker 2>got the tickets?

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<v Speaker 7>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 4>I bought them a Dodger Dogs.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, Noah, what do you want to say about

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<v Speaker 2>Kyle Tucker's debut?

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<v Speaker 6>He just looked really really patient at the plate, and

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<v Speaker 6>he just looked really confident.

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<v Speaker 2>That's a really good player. He's a really good player.

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<v Speaker 2>I would expect him to get on base this year

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<v Speaker 2>at a four hundred clip, and that's gonna make a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of traffic on the basis for Mookie Beds, Freddie Freeman, Willson,

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<v Speaker 2>there's just nowhere to exhale in this lineup. Thanks for

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<v Speaker 2>the phone call, Noah, appreciate it. I remember my first

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<v Speaker 2>first opening Day that I got to come to. It

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<v Speaker 2>was nineteen ninety two. Darryl Strawberry and Eric Davis were

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<v Speaker 2>supposed to be in the same outfield. It was the

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<v Speaker 2>opening day where Rodney King was their special guest, and

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<v Speaker 2>I almost ran into the mob that was following Rodney

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<v Speaker 2>King on the field level there. So that was my

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<v Speaker 2>memorable opening day at Dodgers Stadium. But Opening Day is

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<v Speaker 2>so special. It's such a great event. And what's special

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<v Speaker 2>about what's taking place with the Dodgers right now. It's

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<v Speaker 2>not just about Opening Day. It's Opening weekend. So tomorrow

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<v Speaker 2>you got the ring ceremony, and that's going to have

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<v Speaker 2>that Opening Day feel with a little extra something special

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<v Speaker 2>because the Dodgers, instead of just being introduced, are going

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<v Speaker 2>to get their rings. And that was special last year

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<v Speaker 2>and we're lucky enough to have it again this year

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<v Speaker 2>after back to back championships and the best World Series

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<v Speaker 2>Baseball has seen in a very long time. If ever

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<v Speaker 2>eight six six nine, eight seven two five seventy is

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<v Speaker 2>the phone number, Joe Sella, You're on Dodger Talk. How

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<v Speaker 2>you doing? Did I pronounce your name correctly?

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<v Speaker 8>Hey Dave, It's Josella and Zoonie and we're sitting here

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<v Speaker 8>in the Dodger Stadium parking lot waiting for traffic to

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<v Speaker 8>die down. But other than that, opening Day's game was great.

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<v Speaker 2>Is this your first Opening Day?

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<v Speaker 9>Oh?

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

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<v Speaker 8>my boyfriend zooming here has been to several Opening day

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<v Speaker 8>Dodger games with my dad since nineteen ninety ninety one

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<v Speaker 8>ninety two.

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<v Speaker 2>Did you try anything you eats at Dodger Stadium tonight

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<v Speaker 2>or did you just go with the Dodger Dogs.

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<v Speaker 8>No, we bring in our own food. We bring in

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<v Speaker 8>our own yeah, holders, yes, Jimmy Johns, Jimmy Johnson, and

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<v Speaker 8>then we just get some nachos Minnesota and chill out

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<v Speaker 8>the game starts.

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<v Speaker 2>All right. Well, thanks a lot for coming tonight, and

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<v Speaker 2>we look forward to seeing you be patient out there

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<v Speaker 2>in the parking lot. Be safe getting home tonight. Eight

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<v Speaker 2>six six nine eight seven two five seventy is the

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<v Speaker 2>phone number. Dodgers beat Arizona eight to two. And I

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<v Speaker 2>know it's scary to think the Dodgers won the World

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<v Speaker 2>Series last year, and they won ninety three games, a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of the games that they could have won, were

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<v Speaker 2>blown late by their bullpen. They signed Edwin Diaz for

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<v Speaker 2>close games and save situations. We didn't get to see

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<v Speaker 2>Edwin Diaz come out of those bullpen gates after the

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<v Speaker 2>Dodgers made it a sixth run lead in the seventh inning.

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<v Speaker 2>So that's something else to look forward to. A first

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<v Speaker 2>we saw Kyle Tucker's first game, first hit, first extra

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<v Speaker 2>base hit, first ARBI, and first run scored. So everybody

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<v Speaker 2>at Dodgers Stadium, that's coming tomorrow night. You might see

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<v Speaker 2>Edwin Diaz make his Dodger debut and Timmy trumpet and

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<v Speaker 2>everything that comes with it tomorrow night. If the Dodgers

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<v Speaker 2>are in a safe situation, I have to say this.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't believe they're going to be in a safe

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<v Speaker 2>situation tomorrow night either. I think the Dodgers win tomorrow

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<v Speaker 2>Night's game by at least four or five runs. Let's

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<v Speaker 2>go out to Stuart. Who is that Opening night? How

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<v Speaker 2>you doing, Stuart? You're on Dodger Talk.

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<v Speaker 10>Hey David, I'm great, man.

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<v Speaker 11>How are you great?

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<v Speaker 9>To have your voice?

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<v Speaker 8>What a time to be alive.

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<v Speaker 2>We are living history right now when it comes to

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<v Speaker 2>Dodger baseball.

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<v Speaker 12>I agree, man, I took my three year old daughter

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<v Speaker 12>and my eight month old son to his first game today,

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<v Speaker 12>and I'm hoping that they're appreciative because I waited my

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<v Speaker 12>whole life for this.

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<v Speaker 3>Man.

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<v Speaker 2>I bet, I bet, and you got to see a

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<v Speaker 2>really good team, and arguably twenty years from now, Stuart,

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<v Speaker 2>you could say, yeah, I saw the best offense in Dodgers'

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<v Speaker 2>history on Opening Night.

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<v Speaker 7>Well, that's what I.

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<v Speaker 12>Wanted to talk about, David. I was gonna talk to

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<v Speaker 12>you about Pahes that you mentioned on the Clubhouse Show,

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<v Speaker 12>but you mentioned maybe the best lineup you've seen for

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<v Speaker 12>the Dodgers in ten years. I would love to hear

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<v Speaker 12>what lineup you have from ten years ago that comes

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<v Speaker 12>anywhere close to this, David, because I think A j

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<v Speaker 12>Ellis was hitting in that lineup that you're talking about

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<v Speaker 12>ten years ago.

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<v Speaker 2>I would say, the only other lineups that I could

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<v Speaker 2>tell you I believe would match this is the twenty

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<v Speaker 2>twenty or twenty twenty one Dodgers. And the reason why

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<v Speaker 2>I say twenty twenty one is because that was the

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<v Speaker 2>one season they had Trey Turner and Corey Seger together

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<v Speaker 2>along with AJ Pollock, along with Mookie and Cody Bellinger.

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<v Speaker 2>Muncie will Smith. I mean, justin Turner to me that

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<v Speaker 2>that offense Rivals, that was the best Dodger offense offensive

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<v Speaker 2>lineup we had seen, uh until this year. I believe

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<v Speaker 2>just the depth of the lineup.

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<v Speaker 12>You you have a great point every day. Trey really

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<v Speaker 12>did kind of round it out beautifully. But uh, one

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<v Speaker 12>last point, that's a great call, David, the uh the

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<v Speaker 12>Paez call though, talk about underrated man twenty five years old,

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<v Speaker 12>the arm power. I know he disappeared in the playoffs

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<v Speaker 12>last year, but any other franchise in the BIGS would

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<v Speaker 12>absolutely be trueling to have this guy, David, and we're

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<v Speaker 12>hitting him eighth, ninth. He's like a complete throwaway, and

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<v Speaker 12>that to me speaks to the strength of this team

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<v Speaker 12>and this organization more than anything. That a guy like

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<v Speaker 12>Andy Paez can get completely lost in the shuffle is

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<v Speaker 12>just incredible.

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<v Speaker 2>And I think that's where he took advantage of the

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<v Speaker 2>fact Zach Gallan tried to sneak a curveball by him

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<v Speaker 2>and he hung it and Paes didn't miss it. So

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<v Speaker 2>one through nine and think about this, Stuart Tonight. Miguel

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<v Speaker 2>Rojas got the start on his final opening day of

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<v Speaker 2>his playing career. But when Tommy Edman returns, Tommy Edman's

0:17:12.520 --> 0:17:17.680
<v Speaker 2>hitting ninth for the Dodgers. That's why I believe. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>this offense has the potential of scoring the most runs,

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<v Speaker 2>maybe doing a lot of different record setting things if

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<v Speaker 2>they stayed disciplined the way they were tonight and the

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<v Speaker 2>way they were all spring training. There's just nowhere to

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<v Speaker 2>turn for any picture out there.

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<v Speaker 13>I can't wait, David, I can't wait.

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<v Speaker 7>Man.

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<v Speaker 12>Thanks for having us and great to have you back.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, Stuart, thank you for the phone call. Appreciate it.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>I would say the nineteen or twenty one Dodgers, probably

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<v Speaker 2>right now because they did it, are the two best

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<v Speaker 2>Dodger offensive lineups I can remember in the last ten years.

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<v Speaker 2>But certainly this one on paper. I mean, like I said,

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<v Speaker 2>you got a twenty seven home run guy. That's not

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<v Speaker 2>a two point thirty hitter. He's a two sixty to

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<v Speaker 2>two seventy hitter last year hitting eighth for you, and

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<v Speaker 2>you're going to have Tommy Edman hitting ninth. Eight six

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<v Speaker 2>six nine, eight seven two five seventy is the phone number.

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<v Speaker 2>Clayton Kershaw's broadcasting debut in case you missed it listening

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<v Speaker 14>Trying a battle behind one and two.

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<v Speaker 1>Another offering from Gallon Paz lifts it in the air.

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<v Speaker 15>Left field in deep it has gone. Andy Parez flips

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<v Speaker 15>the scoreboard with the first Dodger home run of twenty

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<v Speaker 15>twenty six.

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<v Speaker 2>Andy Piz gave the Dodgers the lead in the fifth

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<v Speaker 2>inning off of Zach Gallon after they were trailing to

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<v Speaker 2>nothing when Heraldo Pernomo hit a two run home run

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<v Speaker 2>off a Yama Moto. The Dodgers would go on to

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<v Speaker 2>beat Arizona tonight eight to two on opening Day. Eight

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<v Speaker 2>Own the Dream. One thing we didn't see from the

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<v Speaker 2>Dodgers tonight was an ABS challenge, right. That's something that

0:20:40.000 --> 0:20:42.840
<v Speaker 2>we missed tonight from the Dodgers. They did not challenge

0:20:43.280 --> 0:20:47.000
<v Speaker 2>a pitch, a ball or strike from a hitter or

0:20:47.400 --> 0:20:52.320
<v Speaker 2>Will Smith never challenged home played umpire Andy Fletcher. Corbin

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<v Speaker 2>Carrol did use the ABS SIB system in the fourth inning,

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<v Speaker 2>or excuse me, in the first inning, and he uh,

0:21:02.000 --> 0:21:03.960
<v Speaker 2>he was right. It was a ball that was high

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<v Speaker 2>in the strike zone. And that was the only ABS

0:21:07.440 --> 0:21:10.760
<v Speaker 2>challenge that we saw tonight from either team. So that

0:21:10.960 --> 0:21:14.320
<v Speaker 2>is going to be part of Major League Baseball this year,

0:21:14.480 --> 0:21:20.359
<v Speaker 2>but tonight it certainly wasn't intruding on the game. Eight six, six, nine, seven,

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<v Speaker 2>two five seventy is the phone number. Dodgers beat Arizona

0:21:23.640 --> 0:21:27.080
<v Speaker 2>tonight on Opening Day eight to two. Emit Sheen will

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<v Speaker 2>be on the mound for the Dodgers tomorrow night. Tyler

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<v Speaker 2>Glass now in the series finale on Saturday. The Dodgers

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<v Speaker 2>have a rare Sunday off, and then we'll be back

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<v Speaker 2>at it right here with the Guardians coming to town

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<v Speaker 2>for a three game series before the Dodgers head out

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<v Speaker 2>on their first road trip, which will take them to

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<v Speaker 2>our nation's capital and the scene of last year's World

0:21:51.800 --> 0:21:56.040
<v Speaker 2>Series Game six and seven, Toronto. Yeah, that's right, a

0:21:56.119 --> 0:21:59.480
<v Speaker 2>rematch of last year's World Series won't take long. The

0:21:59.600 --> 0:22:03.120
<v Speaker 2>Dodgers will be in Toronto on their first road trip

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<v Speaker 2>in a couple of weeks. Wanted to get to Kershaw

0:22:07.240 --> 0:22:10.520
<v Speaker 2>on NBC because he did a phenomenal job. He was

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<v Speaker 2>sitting right next to the Dodger dougout as a third

0:22:13.760 --> 0:22:18.000
<v Speaker 2>analyst orl Herscheizer, and Luis Gonzalez was in the booth.

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<v Speaker 2>And just in case you don't know how they're working

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<v Speaker 2>it on NBC and Sunday Night Baseball, it's not going

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<v Speaker 2>to be Oral Herscheizer, Luis Gonzalez, and Clayton Kershaw every

0:22:29.040 --> 0:22:32.680
<v Speaker 2>single Sunday night. It's going to be Jason Bennetti, the

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<v Speaker 2>play by play guy, along with a analyst from one

0:22:37.800 --> 0:22:40.639
<v Speaker 2>team and an analyst from the other team that are

0:22:40.760 --> 0:22:44.320
<v Speaker 2>playing each other. So tonight it was Arizona Dodgers. They

0:22:44.400 --> 0:22:48.400
<v Speaker 2>got Luis Gonzalez from the Arizona side orl Hersheiser, who

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<v Speaker 2>is no stranger to national broadcasts for the Dodger side,

0:22:52.440 --> 0:22:56.359
<v Speaker 2>and they added their newest hire, Clayton Kershaw, who I

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<v Speaker 2>don't think he's doing every Sunday Night baseball is what

0:22:59.359 --> 0:23:02.600
<v Speaker 2>I'm gathering, but he'll be there for enough and Tonight

0:23:02.880 --> 0:23:05.720
<v Speaker 2>was one of the broadcasts that he's going to be

0:23:05.840 --> 0:23:09.320
<v Speaker 2>part of for NBC and Peacock, and here he was

0:23:09.920 --> 0:23:12.760
<v Speaker 2>really breaking down Yamamoto early in the game.

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<v Speaker 16>He is an absolute machine. That's a great way to

0:23:15.400 --> 0:23:17.800
<v Speaker 16>describe him. It's his routine, it's how he goes about

0:23:17.840 --> 0:23:20.000
<v Speaker 16>his business. And the ball just comes out of his

0:23:20.119 --> 0:23:22.119
<v Speaker 16>hand like a piece of art. It really is amazing.

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<v Speaker 16>When I tell my kids to watch people pitch, Yama's

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<v Speaker 16>right at the top of the list. I'm excited to

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<v Speaker 16>watch this game today, and it's a weird thing, but

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<v Speaker 16>it's pretty awesome to do here.

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<v Speaker 4>Where do your.

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<v Speaker 9>Eyes go as you watch him, as you tell your

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<v Speaker 9>kids about him?

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<v Speaker 1>What do you watch?

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<v Speaker 2>It's just so fluid, like.

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<v Speaker 16>It takes so much athleticism to be that fluid out there.

0:23:39.560 --> 0:23:42.719
<v Speaker 16>He's so consistent with his delivery. He can make changes,

0:23:42.800 --> 0:23:44.919
<v Speaker 16>he can make edits when he's missing by a little bit.

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<v Speaker 16>And this the repertoire is unbelievable. And it starts with

0:23:48.400 --> 0:23:50.600
<v Speaker 16>a split finger. So I'm excited to watch his split tonight.

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<v Speaker 16>That's his outpitch. That's what he's gonna need against these

0:23:52.880 --> 0:23:54.520
<v Speaker 16>left handed backs. So the top of the lineup and

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<v Speaker 16>it's pretty nasty, so we'll see how they do it.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, that was pretty good. Good for his opening hit.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, I think I'm out of a job. Honestly,

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<v Speaker 2>when Kirsten takes days off, I think they're gonna hire Krushawn. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>I'll just be honest with you. But look, the guy

0:24:11.400 --> 0:24:14.600
<v Speaker 2>knows the game. He's really good, and he has such

0:24:14.640 --> 0:24:17.680
<v Speaker 2>a high baseball IQ. And that's part of the reason

0:24:17.720 --> 0:24:20.200
<v Speaker 2>why he was so good, because he's confident in what

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<v Speaker 2>he's saying and the descriptive adjectives that he used to

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<v Speaker 2>describe Yamamoto from a work of art. He's an artist basically,

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<v Speaker 2>and he's very fluid in his motion. And the game

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<v Speaker 2>plan that he gave came to play out because Yamamoto's

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<v Speaker 2>fastball was the pitch that those left handed diamondbacks were

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<v Speaker 2>really teeing off on, and he did have to use

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<v Speaker 2>his split fingered fastball. So you learned something in that

0:24:49.840 --> 0:24:53.679
<v Speaker 2>opening hit about the Dodgers starting pitcher. Whether a Dodger

0:24:53.760 --> 0:24:57.159
<v Speaker 2>fan or not, you learned something about Yamamoto, and you

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<v Speaker 2>got high praise from a future Hall of Famer. All Right.

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<v Speaker 2>The other one that stood out to me, and this

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<v Speaker 2>was the one thing that I was curious about the

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<v Speaker 2>fact that not only is Krushaw making his broadcasting debut,

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<v Speaker 2>it's not like he was up in the broadcast booth

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<v Speaker 2>here in the press box. He was right there next

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<v Speaker 2>to the Dodger dugout. That had to be a little

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<v Speaker 2>uncomfortable early on.

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

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<v Speaker 16>You know, I'm in the kind of I'm in the

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<v Speaker 16>twilight zone over here, you know, I'm kind of in

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<v Speaker 16>the dugout kind of not so it's I'm not gonna.

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<v Speaker 2>Lie to you guys.

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<v Speaker 16>This is a pretty weird feeling.

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<v Speaker 2>But it's also still baseball, and.

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<v Speaker 16>I've watched a lot of games from this side of

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<v Speaker 16>the field, so I'm having a blast.

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<v Speaker 1>They can look right through We're looking at you right now.

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<v Speaker 2>They can look right through sort of the wiring right

0:25:41.520 --> 0:25:43.919
<v Speaker 2>at you. Oh yeah, yeah, I'm in the dugout.

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<v Speaker 16>Basically, I'm just back just.

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<v Speaker 2>Not getting paid the same just renting. Okay, that was

0:25:50.200 --> 0:25:52.080
<v Speaker 2>a nice little job at the end right there, and

0:25:52.119 --> 0:25:55.040
<v Speaker 2>not getting paid the same, no doubt, Kurshaw, welcome to

0:25:55.160 --> 0:25:57.480
<v Speaker 2>the media. You're not going to get paid the same

0:25:57.560 --> 0:26:00.159
<v Speaker 2>as you did when you were pitching, and I was

0:26:00.200 --> 0:26:02.760
<v Speaker 2>down there for the eighth and ninth innings, and by

0:26:02.840 --> 0:26:06.080
<v Speaker 2>that time he was an old pro. And during that

0:26:06.200 --> 0:26:08.399
<v Speaker 2>period of time, the seventh inning, it was great to

0:26:08.480 --> 0:26:11.760
<v Speaker 2>see Blake Trening come out and throw ninety seven. Andy

0:26:11.840 --> 0:26:14.600
<v Speaker 2>Po has made a great catch on the first batter

0:26:14.720 --> 0:26:18.679
<v Speaker 2>that he was facing, the catcher Gabriel Moreno, and Po

0:26:18.840 --> 0:26:22.440
<v Speaker 2>has made a great diving catch to rob Moreno of

0:26:22.520 --> 0:26:25.680
<v Speaker 2>what would have been a leadoff bleeder in the seventh inning,

0:26:26.000 --> 0:26:29.240
<v Speaker 2>and that allowed trying to to just relax, and he

0:26:29.359 --> 0:26:31.840
<v Speaker 2>was thrown ninety seven, and it seemed like he had

0:26:31.920 --> 0:26:35.719
<v Speaker 2>some of the same type of movement on his sweeper tonight,

0:26:35.880 --> 0:26:40.000
<v Speaker 2>which was encouraging as well. But forget about little old me.

0:26:40.320 --> 0:26:43.679
<v Speaker 2>We had analysts Clayton Kershaw breaking that down on NBC.

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<v Speaker 16>Blake looks healthy right now. I think that's the biggest

0:26:46.240 --> 0:26:48.280
<v Speaker 16>thing for him. His arm angle looks a little bit lower,

0:26:48.320 --> 0:26:50.159
<v Speaker 16>which is good for him. That means a sinker is

0:26:50.200 --> 0:26:52.600
<v Speaker 16>gonna sink. And you can already see the below. It's

0:26:52.680 --> 0:26:55.040
<v Speaker 16>ninety six, ninety seven, which I don't remember him at

0:26:55.080 --> 0:26:58.119
<v Speaker 16>a time last year being that high, So that's huge.

0:26:58.160 --> 0:26:59.879
<v Speaker 16>And then you know with the sinker. That ball was

0:26:59.880 --> 0:27:01.720
<v Speaker 16>a little bit up to aeron auto right there. But

0:27:01.800 --> 0:27:03.840
<v Speaker 16>when he's throwing that right with his sweeper like that

0:27:03.960 --> 0:27:07.200
<v Speaker 16>one right there, like you said, it's it's almost unheittable

0:27:07.240 --> 0:27:09.720
<v Speaker 16>as a righty and you know lefty, he's going to

0:27:09.760 --> 0:27:11.600
<v Speaker 16>work in a cutter a little bit too at times.

0:27:11.640 --> 0:27:14.399
<v Speaker 16>And they really need this guy at the back end

0:27:14.480 --> 0:27:15.800
<v Speaker 16>this year and I expect a big.

0:27:15.720 --> 0:27:20.200
<v Speaker 2>Year from him. Hey, very good succinct and a great

0:27:20.440 --> 0:27:23.800
<v Speaker 2>a great analysis there from Kershaw. So he did a

0:27:23.840 --> 0:27:26.879
<v Speaker 2>great job, and I'm I'm interested to see how he

0:27:27.080 --> 0:27:30.040
<v Speaker 2>does when he's calling teams that are not named the

0:27:30.119 --> 0:27:32.800
<v Speaker 2>Dodgers or anybody in the NL West. I would love

0:27:32.880 --> 0:27:36.000
<v Speaker 2>to hear him and whether or not he has the

0:27:36.080 --> 0:27:39.040
<v Speaker 2>same type of insights for other teams as he does

0:27:39.520 --> 0:27:43.359
<v Speaker 2>for the Dodgers. Eight six six seven two five seventy

0:27:43.440 --> 0:27:45.560
<v Speaker 2>is the phone number. Let's go out to Bruce and

0:27:45.640 --> 0:27:48.000
<v Speaker 2>Culver City. Hi, Bruce, you're on Dodger Talk.

0:27:49.440 --> 0:27:52.560
<v Speaker 7>Hey David, thanks for taking my call and looking forward

0:27:52.560 --> 0:27:55.000
<v Speaker 7>to another great team for the Dodgers. Listen to you

0:27:55.160 --> 0:27:58.520
<v Speaker 7>with the Dodgers, dug got Thank you?

0:28:01.359 --> 0:28:01.720
<v Speaker 2>What else?

0:28:01.760 --> 0:28:06.520
<v Speaker 7>And I really appreciate you playing those clips of Kershaw.

0:28:07.359 --> 0:28:10.080
<v Speaker 4>But what I think you may have not.

0:28:11.840 --> 0:28:14.720
<v Speaker 7>Heard because you didn't listen or watch the entire game

0:28:14.800 --> 0:28:18.399
<v Speaker 7>like I did on NBC is oral. Hirsheiser is just

0:28:18.560 --> 0:28:21.000
<v Speaker 7>a class act because he was.

0:28:22.480 --> 0:28:23.080
<v Speaker 4>Most of the time.

0:28:23.800 --> 0:28:26.800
<v Speaker 7>Orl would start to make a comment and immediately throw

0:28:26.880 --> 0:28:30.720
<v Speaker 7>it to Kersh for his input. So he made it

0:28:31.280 --> 0:28:35.480
<v Speaker 7>seamless for Kersh to be part of the conversation. And

0:28:36.200 --> 0:28:39.400
<v Speaker 7>I can't say enough about what a great guy Earl

0:28:39.440 --> 0:28:40.200
<v Speaker 7>Hersheiser is.

0:28:41.600 --> 0:28:45.680
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I mean he was a very unselfish broadcast partner tonight.

0:28:45.760 --> 0:28:48.360
<v Speaker 2>You're right he did a good job of teeing up Kershaw,

0:28:48.480 --> 0:28:50.920
<v Speaker 2>that's for sure. Yeah, no doubt about it. Bruce Orl

0:28:51.000 --> 0:28:53.160
<v Speaker 2>Hirschei's is a pro. He's been doing this a while.

0:28:54.000 --> 0:28:56.560
<v Speaker 2>He has nothing to prove as a broadcaster. He's one

0:28:56.600 --> 0:28:58.880
<v Speaker 2>of the best out there. Thanks for the phone call.

0:28:59.200 --> 0:29:01.920
<v Speaker 2>Eight sixty six nine eighty seven two five seventy is

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<v Speaker 2>the phone number. Let's go out to k dubb kW.

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<v Speaker 2>You're on Dodger Talk. How you doing.

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

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<v Speaker 17>Crazy longtime listener, first time caller. We got something excited

0:29:21.760 --> 0:29:25.520
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0:29:25.880 --> 0:29:30.560
<v Speaker 17>The best lineup in Major League Baseball history is what

0:29:30.720 --> 0:29:34.240
<v Speaker 17>I say. You said ten years we had a better lineup. No,

0:29:34.880 --> 0:29:37.880
<v Speaker 17>this is the best lineup I've ever seen. And Dodger

0:29:38.000 --> 0:29:40.760
<v Speaker 17>fans we out to get excited because we are on

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<v Speaker 17>that road to three Pete David Oh, I love it.

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<v Speaker 2>Superior Grocers. Let's go out to David. You're on Dodger Talk.

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<v Speaker 2>How you doing David?

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<v Speaker 13>I'm doing great. How are you?

0:30:47.360 --> 0:30:47.640
<v Speaker 17>David?

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<v Speaker 13>Also a first time, long time? But where is Superior Grocers? Anyways?

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<v Speaker 7>I grew up in LA.

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<v Speaker 6>Where is it?

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<v Speaker 2>We're all over, They're all over, multiple locations, David.

0:31:00.280 --> 0:31:03.240
<v Speaker 13>Okay, well that's cool. Anyways, what I mean it was

0:31:03.320 --> 0:31:05.800
<v Speaker 13>great to see Tanner Scott it's well tonight.

0:31:05.880 --> 0:31:07.120
<v Speaker 9>What do you think of his outing?

0:31:08.520 --> 0:31:10.800
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it was a low leverage situation. It was a

0:31:10.960 --> 0:31:14.440
<v Speaker 2>great situation to bring him in to gain some confidence

0:31:14.560 --> 0:31:16.920
<v Speaker 2>and you know, get guys out. So I like what

0:31:17.040 --> 0:31:19.560
<v Speaker 2>Dave Roberts did right there. I thought it was a

0:31:19.640 --> 0:31:23.160
<v Speaker 2>perfect situation. A six run lead, low pressure, get him

0:31:23.200 --> 0:31:25.920
<v Speaker 2>in there, get him feeling good about himself to start

0:31:26.000 --> 0:31:26.320
<v Speaker 2>the year.

0:31:28.000 --> 0:31:30.200
<v Speaker 13>Yeah, I thought it was good. The other thing I

0:31:30.320 --> 0:31:32.480
<v Speaker 13>was going to ask, is you know with Evan, she

0:31:32.600 --> 0:31:34.800
<v Speaker 13>didn't going tomorrow night. I think he has a chance

0:31:34.880 --> 0:31:37.560
<v Speaker 13>to get at least fifteen wins this year. He looked

0:31:37.640 --> 0:31:39.680
<v Speaker 13>so good at the n of last year coming back

0:31:39.720 --> 0:31:42.040
<v Speaker 13>from that injury. I'd love to hear your thoughts on that.

0:31:43.520 --> 0:31:46.400
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, with this offense, I think a lot of Dodger

0:31:46.520 --> 0:31:49.240
<v Speaker 2>pitchers have a chance to get fifteen wins if they

0:31:49.320 --> 0:31:52.920
<v Speaker 2>stay healthy. Yeah, no doubt about it. Yeah, I love

0:31:53.000 --> 0:31:57.479
<v Speaker 2>Emmett agree. I mean he's got great stuff. He's up

0:31:57.520 --> 0:32:01.120
<v Speaker 2>there if you look at the advanced metrics and Chase

0:32:01.240 --> 0:32:04.440
<v Speaker 2>rate with rate, he's up there with names like Trek Scoobel.

0:32:04.640 --> 0:32:07.800
<v Speaker 2>So he has the stuff to do it. And I

0:32:08.200 --> 0:32:10.880
<v Speaker 2>expect the Dodgers to win by at least four or

0:32:10.920 --> 0:32:14.440
<v Speaker 2>five runs tomorrow. Thanks for the phone call, David, appreciate it.

0:32:14.560 --> 0:32:18.240
<v Speaker 2>Eight six six ninety seven two five seventy. Dodgers beat

0:32:18.280 --> 0:32:23.000
<v Speaker 2>Arizona tonight eight to two behind Yamamoto, who went six

0:32:23.120 --> 0:32:26.800
<v Speaker 2>innings tonight through ninety five pitches. Wasn't his sharpest, but

0:32:27.080 --> 0:32:29.800
<v Speaker 2>he did have his split fingered fastball working, he did

0:32:29.880 --> 0:32:32.440
<v Speaker 2>have his cutter working, and he found a way. He

0:32:32.560 --> 0:32:35.160
<v Speaker 2>competed and got the job done. And it's a lot

0:32:35.280 --> 0:32:38.560
<v Speaker 2>easier to pitch when you have this type of offense

0:32:38.720 --> 0:32:41.719
<v Speaker 2>behind you. Trust me. Let's go out to Brad who

0:32:41.880 --> 0:32:44.840
<v Speaker 2>is at Dodgers Stadium tonight. Hi Brad, you're on Dodger Talk.

0:32:46.240 --> 0:32:48.920
<v Speaker 9>Hey Dave, how's it going man? Happy Opening Day?

0:32:50.200 --> 0:32:52.880
<v Speaker 2>Same to you, Happy Opening Day. I feel like I'm getting,

0:32:52.920 --> 0:32:55.160
<v Speaker 2>by the way to the point of a Larry David.

0:32:56.000 --> 0:33:00.000
<v Speaker 2>There's a certain limit on people saying Happy Opening Day

0:33:00.240 --> 0:33:02.560
<v Speaker 2>to me, like a Happy New Year. I feel like

0:33:02.640 --> 0:33:05.080
<v Speaker 2>we're at that point now. You can't say Happy Opening

0:33:05.200 --> 0:33:07.480
<v Speaker 2>Day at nine at night, Altimore.

0:33:08.640 --> 0:33:10.040
<v Speaker 9>I'll go ahead and rescind that.

0:33:10.240 --> 0:33:10.360
<v Speaker 4>Then.

0:33:10.440 --> 0:33:16.120
<v Speaker 9>I'm extremely sorry. My family and I were there for

0:33:16.320 --> 0:33:18.800
<v Speaker 9>the second straight year. Last year we obviously walked it

0:33:18.880 --> 0:33:23.000
<v Speaker 9>off against the Tigers and Scooball, which was awesome. But

0:33:23.640 --> 0:33:28.160
<v Speaker 9>this year to takeaways two oh yeah, oh yeah, two

0:33:28.240 --> 0:33:32.760
<v Speaker 9>biggest takeaways this year we have Andy pajez A thirty

0:33:32.880 --> 0:33:38.360
<v Speaker 9>homer bat batting eighth that is absolutely absurd like this,

0:33:39.360 --> 0:33:43.600
<v Speaker 9>He is the catalyst of the offense tonight. And I mean,

0:33:43.680 --> 0:33:46.360
<v Speaker 9>I just I've never seen anything with like a lineup

0:33:46.480 --> 0:33:48.160
<v Speaker 9>like this that has a batter like that in the

0:33:48.240 --> 0:33:52.880
<v Speaker 9>eighth spot. I did see in the WBC Venezuela was

0:33:52.960 --> 0:33:56.520
<v Speaker 9>batting Curio in the ninth spot, So I think I

0:33:56.640 --> 0:33:59.560
<v Speaker 9>think the low part of the lineup this year is

0:33:59.680 --> 0:34:02.600
<v Speaker 9>like teams are going to start putting better, better players

0:34:02.680 --> 0:34:03.080
<v Speaker 9>down there.

0:34:03.640 --> 0:34:06.480
<v Speaker 2>But well that was the world base on Classic. These

0:34:06.480 --> 0:34:07.280
<v Speaker 2>are real games.

0:34:08.520 --> 0:34:11.920
<v Speaker 9>Well, well, I you know, I can't argue.

0:34:11.719 --> 0:34:15.239
<v Speaker 2>With that, but I will say this about Andy pa

0:34:15.360 --> 0:34:19.400
<v Speaker 2>Has hitting eighth. You're right, no team. I mean, he

0:34:19.480 --> 0:34:22.759
<v Speaker 2>would be hitting cleanup, hitting third, hitting second on at

0:34:22.920 --> 0:34:26.239
<v Speaker 2>least twenty five other teams. And what he's going to

0:34:26.320 --> 0:34:30.160
<v Speaker 2>benefit from is pictures thinking they can ex sale and

0:34:30.320 --> 0:34:33.919
<v Speaker 2>him and bushing them like he did in that fifth inning.

0:34:34.120 --> 0:34:35.640
<v Speaker 2>He's going to benefit from that.

0:34:37.640 --> 0:34:40.759
<v Speaker 9>You're exactly right. He's he's gonna he's gonna put up

0:34:40.800 --> 0:34:43.640
<v Speaker 9>thirty Holmers this year. I I I'm with no doubt

0:34:43.680 --> 0:34:47.319
<v Speaker 9>in my mind. The second the second takeaway I had

0:34:47.400 --> 0:34:50.959
<v Speaker 9>from tonight low obviously with the last color mentioned Tanner

0:34:51.040 --> 0:34:56.680
<v Speaker 9>Scott low low leverage situation. I don't think I saw

0:34:56.800 --> 0:35:00.040
<v Speaker 9>Tanner Scott one single time last year through three the

0:35:00.360 --> 0:35:04.080
<v Speaker 9>first pitch strikes the three straight batters like he did tonight.

0:35:04.400 --> 0:35:08.480
<v Speaker 4>I am, I am. That's got me fired up, Dave, Yeah,

0:35:08.640 --> 0:35:09.160
<v Speaker 4>not often.

0:35:09.360 --> 0:35:11.880
<v Speaker 2>I mean, Tanner Scott is set up for success with

0:35:12.120 --> 0:35:14.839
<v Speaker 2>Edwin Diaz being the closer. Now he can go back

0:35:14.920 --> 0:35:18.120
<v Speaker 2>to just being that setup guy and not feel the

0:35:18.200 --> 0:35:21.040
<v Speaker 2>weight of the world coming in in the ninth inning

0:35:21.200 --> 0:35:25.160
<v Speaker 2>for the world champion Dodgers. So I think he's done

0:35:25.200 --> 0:35:28.120
<v Speaker 2>a great job of trying to flush last year and

0:35:28.320 --> 0:35:31.080
<v Speaker 2>is in a better spot in a lot of different ways.

0:35:31.480 --> 0:35:34.359
<v Speaker 2>Thanks for the phone call, Brad appreciated. Happy New Year.

0:35:34.719 --> 0:35:37.680
<v Speaker 2>Eight sixty six, nine eighty seven two five seventy is

0:35:37.760 --> 0:35:41.560
<v Speaker 2>the phone number. Uh yeah, everybody's like, hey, happy opening Day,

0:35:41.600 --> 0:35:45.200
<v Speaker 2>Happy Opening Day. It's like, yeah, yeah, happy Opening Day. Yeah,

0:35:45.480 --> 0:35:47.960
<v Speaker 2>it's only been the fiftieth person to tell me that.

0:35:48.880 --> 0:35:49.040
<v Speaker 13>Ish.

0:35:49.400 --> 0:35:51.439
<v Speaker 2>You're on Dodger Talk. How you doing Ish.

0:35:53.120 --> 0:35:53.359
<v Speaker 16>DV?

0:35:53.560 --> 0:35:54.480
<v Speaker 6>What's going on? Man?

0:35:54.520 --> 0:35:57.920
<v Speaker 2>How are you doing living the good life ish with

0:35:58.080 --> 0:36:00.480
<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers haters gonna hate?

0:36:00.640 --> 0:36:01.520
<v Speaker 6>I feel you, I feel you.

0:36:02.400 --> 0:36:03.720
<v Speaker 9>Yeah, no, we're stoked.

0:36:03.760 --> 0:36:07.560
<v Speaker 6>We just got back here with my brother Isaac, my

0:36:07.640 --> 0:36:09.480
<v Speaker 6>sister Kanya, and we came to the opening day and

0:36:09.560 --> 0:36:12.120
<v Speaker 6>it was amazing, dude, everything from top to bottom. We

0:36:12.200 --> 0:36:18.960
<v Speaker 6>had an amazing time. And uh, did you like, Yeah,

0:36:19.000 --> 0:36:21.920
<v Speaker 6>we did the fighter pilots that they are the fighter planes.

0:36:21.960 --> 0:36:22.960
<v Speaker 13>That was pretty cool, man.

0:36:23.000 --> 0:36:25.120
<v Speaker 6>We like feel it in your chest up, you know,

0:36:25.239 --> 0:36:28.640
<v Speaker 6>flying over and all the music of course, seeing the

0:36:29.080 --> 0:36:31.279
<v Speaker 6>team come out the blue carpet was pretty awesome. But

0:36:32.560 --> 0:36:34.640
<v Speaker 6>you know, a lot of us too, we have a question,

0:36:35.080 --> 0:36:37.360
<v Speaker 6>you know, in the pavilions as far as like the

0:36:37.520 --> 0:36:41.520
<v Speaker 6>scoreboard that goes around the stadium, like you know, what's

0:36:41.600 --> 0:36:43.319
<v Speaker 6>up with that is? Are they going to bring that back?

0:36:43.480 --> 0:36:48.040
<v Speaker 2>Or you know, yeah, like bos the strikes, there was

0:36:48.120 --> 0:36:52.480
<v Speaker 2>a shipping issue. Yeah, I guess the LED boards are

0:36:52.600 --> 0:36:55.600
<v Speaker 2>are stuck on a ship in the Long Beach Port.

0:36:55.760 --> 0:36:58.520
<v Speaker 2>There's like there was like a mother nature issue. There's

0:36:58.600 --> 0:37:01.560
<v Speaker 2>a big storm, I guess. So yeah, the LEDs will

0:37:01.600 --> 0:37:03.840
<v Speaker 2>be here. But yeah, they're coming back. They're just a

0:37:03.920 --> 0:37:05.960
<v Speaker 2>little delayed thanks to mother nature.

0:37:06.080 --> 0:37:12.239
<v Speaker 6>Okay, yeah, no, no, no, good good, Yeah, we'll be there.

0:37:12.640 --> 0:37:13.839
<v Speaker 6>I appreciate you, DV.

0:37:15.560 --> 0:37:17.759
<v Speaker 2>That's the big Hey, when you guys said you had

0:37:17.800 --> 0:37:21.520
<v Speaker 2>a consensus question, that was it, like, hey, what's going

0:37:21.600 --> 0:37:24.200
<v Speaker 2>on with the video boards around the stadium? That was

0:37:24.760 --> 0:37:28.279
<v Speaker 2>the big think tank question amongst all of you.

0:37:30.040 --> 0:37:32.080
<v Speaker 6>Yes, it was because like you know, you're you're there,

0:37:32.160 --> 0:37:34.480
<v Speaker 6>you're having a good time, you're chatting it up, and

0:37:35.000 --> 0:37:37.480
<v Speaker 6>you lose track of a ball strike here and there.

0:37:37.600 --> 0:37:41.600
<v Speaker 6>So yeahund hey, that's legit.

0:37:41.840 --> 0:37:44.920
<v Speaker 2>You guys are locked in. I appreciate that. Thanks for

0:37:45.000 --> 0:37:48.760
<v Speaker 2>the phone call. Ish eight sixty six seven two five seventy.

0:37:48.840 --> 0:37:51.440
<v Speaker 2>I feel like that's when somebody your friend comes up

0:37:51.480 --> 0:37:54.160
<v Speaker 2>to you and says, hey, I got something to tell you,

0:37:54.239 --> 0:37:56.759
<v Speaker 2>and you're thinking, oh boy, this guy like crashed my

0:37:57.000 --> 0:38:00.600
<v Speaker 2>car or this guy stole my money, and then all

0:38:00.680 --> 0:38:05.120
<v Speaker 2>he tells you is, yeah, I forgot I forgot the

0:38:05.480 --> 0:38:08.360
<v Speaker 2>six pack of modello back at home. You're like, that's it,

0:38:09.000 --> 0:38:12.520
<v Speaker 2>that's all the problem is. That's what Ish was doing

0:38:12.640 --> 0:38:15.200
<v Speaker 2>right there. I thought there was a real issue. Eight

0:38:15.280 --> 0:38:18.439
<v Speaker 2>six six seven two five seventy is the phone number.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's go out to Levi. Hi, Levi, you're on Dodger Talk.

0:38:21.840 --> 0:38:25.400
<v Speaker 6>How you doing, Hey David, thank you so much for

0:38:25.520 --> 0:38:26.080
<v Speaker 6>having us on.

0:38:26.560 --> 0:38:30.640
<v Speaker 2>What a lot of group calls tonight? How you doing?

0:38:31.360 --> 0:38:31.560
<v Speaker 3>Yeah?

0:38:31.600 --> 0:38:34.439
<v Speaker 10>Well, those those are my boys, we Sam and Hank.

0:38:35.040 --> 0:38:37.279
<v Speaker 10>It was their first opening day, so it's definitely a

0:38:37.360 --> 0:38:38.600
<v Speaker 10>special night for our family.

0:38:41.360 --> 0:38:43.439
<v Speaker 2>Take care of your dad, Take care of your dad

0:38:43.520 --> 0:38:44.839
<v Speaker 2>for bringing you to opening day.

0:38:46.640 --> 0:38:51.000
<v Speaker 9>Yeah, thank you. So we were dieiastic in that car.

0:38:52.440 --> 0:38:52.839
<v Speaker 4>Oh yeah.

0:38:52.880 --> 0:38:54.759
<v Speaker 10>We're always having a good time. And we were very

0:38:54.800 --> 0:38:57.120
<v Speaker 10>happy with for k W because he was a very

0:38:57.560 --> 0:38:59.360
<v Speaker 10>a great caller and had great vibes.

0:38:59.400 --> 0:39:01.840
<v Speaker 2>So we we like that, so try to do.

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<v Speaker 9>I don't.

0:39:04.719 --> 0:39:09.160
<v Speaker 10>I don't have that kind of energy. I'm an old Yeah, okay,

0:39:09.320 --> 0:39:13.960
<v Speaker 10>we're working on we go. Okay, so pay I'm on

0:39:14.040 --> 0:39:17.080
<v Speaker 10>the pa Hees bandwagon. We loved watching his kind of

0:39:17.160 --> 0:39:20.160
<v Speaker 10>breakout season last year. We think back to the World

0:39:20.280 --> 0:39:23.880
<v Speaker 10>Series with some regularity, with that catch in Game seven

0:39:24.080 --> 0:39:27.360
<v Speaker 10>where he took out Kik. He's just an awesome player

0:39:27.680 --> 0:39:29.520
<v Speaker 10>and we hope that this year is the year that

0:39:29.600 --> 0:39:32.760
<v Speaker 10>he really gets a consistent year. Throughout the year, wondering

0:39:32.840 --> 0:39:35.680
<v Speaker 10>what the what the scouting report is on him and

0:39:35.800 --> 0:39:37.879
<v Speaker 10>what it's going to take to get him to stay

0:39:37.960 --> 0:39:40.399
<v Speaker 10>consistent through the end of the year. Yeah, we don't

0:39:40.400 --> 0:39:41.400
<v Speaker 10>want him to flame out.

0:39:42.280 --> 0:39:44.439
<v Speaker 2>All right, He's not going to flame out. I feel

0:39:44.480 --> 0:39:48.480
<v Speaker 2>like everybody's just holding on to him. Only having four

0:39:48.640 --> 0:39:52.160
<v Speaker 2>hits in the postseason last year, but his regular season

0:39:52.440 --> 0:39:55.960
<v Speaker 2>was really good for a rookie year. That's got him

0:39:56.040 --> 0:39:59.880
<v Speaker 2>starting in center field for the World champions. His defense

0:40:00.200 --> 0:40:02.960
<v Speaker 2>shaky the first couple of weeks of the season, but

0:40:03.040 --> 0:40:05.360
<v Speaker 2>he put in a lot of work, got into a routine,

0:40:05.800 --> 0:40:08.920
<v Speaker 2>and his offense took off once his defense settled in.

0:40:09.200 --> 0:40:13.000
<v Speaker 2>So I don't believe Andy Paiez had a bad year

0:40:13.160 --> 0:40:17.520
<v Speaker 2>last season. He just had, like many rookies, a struggle

0:40:17.760 --> 0:40:21.120
<v Speaker 2>in the postseason. He only drew one walk last year

0:40:21.239 --> 0:40:24.600
<v Speaker 2>during the postseason, only had four hits. But if you

0:40:24.719 --> 0:40:28.319
<v Speaker 2>look at his regular season last year, it was really good.

0:40:28.480 --> 0:40:32.520
<v Speaker 2>Twenty seven home runs, eighty six RBIs he hit two

0:40:32.680 --> 0:40:35.600
<v Speaker 2>seventy two. The only thing you would love to see

0:40:36.239 --> 0:40:39.200
<v Speaker 2>is for him to have a little bit more plate discipline.

0:40:39.680 --> 0:40:42.560
<v Speaker 2>I mean, he did cost Emmanual class A and all

0:40:42.600 --> 0:40:44.840
<v Speaker 2>those gamblers a lot of money with a ball that

0:40:45.080 --> 0:40:48.040
<v Speaker 2>was way outside the strike zone in Cleveland that he

0:40:48.200 --> 0:40:51.439
<v Speaker 2>swung at. Even his teammates give him a hard time

0:40:51.560 --> 0:40:53.879
<v Speaker 2>for that. So I would say that's the only thing

0:40:54.400 --> 0:40:56.640
<v Speaker 2>you would want out of Andy Paiez. But you don't

0:40:56.680 --> 0:40:59.759
<v Speaker 2>want to take away the aggressiveness because that's what we

0:40:59.800 --> 0:41:02.400
<v Speaker 2>say saw in the fifth inning tonight when he hit

0:41:02.480 --> 0:41:07.160
<v Speaker 2>that hanging curveball from Zach Gallen. Dodgers beat Arizona tonight

0:41:07.320 --> 0:41:10.000
<v Speaker 2>eight to two, a four run fifth inning, a four

0:41:10.120 --> 0:41:14.000
<v Speaker 2>run seventh inning. Miguel Rojas got the start tonight at

0:41:14.120 --> 0:41:18.840
<v Speaker 2>second base, his final opening day in Major League Baseball.

0:41:18.960 --> 0:41:23.120
<v Speaker 2>He is retiring after the season ends, whether or not

0:41:23.280 --> 0:41:25.800
<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers three pete or not, he is calling it

0:41:25.880 --> 0:41:28.919
<v Speaker 2>a career. So it was great that Dave Roberts gave

0:41:29.040 --> 0:41:32.640
<v Speaker 2>him the opening day start. And speaking of Miguel Rojas,

0:41:32.960 --> 0:41:35.880
<v Speaker 2>he is going to join us this Saturday at the

0:41:36.120 --> 0:41:40.160
<v Speaker 2>WSS and Boyle Heights from noon to one o'clock. I'll

0:41:40.200 --> 0:41:44.200
<v Speaker 2>be hosting Dodger Talk from eleven to one this Saturday

0:41:44.440 --> 0:41:49.040
<v Speaker 2>at WSS and Boyle Heights. The address is two seven

0:41:49.239 --> 0:41:53.000
<v Speaker 2>one one East Olympic Boulevard. We'll have Dodger Talk from

0:41:53.040 --> 0:41:56.400
<v Speaker 2>eleven to one. Miguel Rojas, World Series Hero will be

0:41:56.480 --> 0:42:00.120
<v Speaker 2>taking photos from noon to one at the ws A

0:42:00.160 --> 0:42:03.560
<v Speaker 2>Spoil Heights this Saturday. So we look forward to seeing

0:42:03.600 --> 0:42:04.200
<v Speaker 2>you out there.

0:42:05.920 --> 0:42:09.760
<v Speaker 1>It's time to go around the horn with Jose Mota.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, we'll get back to your phone calls in

0:42:13.120 --> 0:42:15.560
<v Speaker 2>a moment, but we want to check in with Jose Mota,

0:42:15.640 --> 0:42:19.080
<v Speaker 2>who called the game tonight on Dodgers Spanish Radio with

0:42:19.200 --> 0:42:23.640
<v Speaker 2>Luis Cochito Cruz. I'm not going to say happy Opening Day, Jose.

0:42:23.920 --> 0:42:26.839
<v Speaker 2>I'm just going to say it was a great night

0:42:27.040 --> 0:42:30.160
<v Speaker 2>start to finish on opening night for the Dodgers.

0:42:30.800 --> 0:42:35.360
<v Speaker 4>Dave, Happy Opening day to you, my friends. Stop it

0:42:35.680 --> 0:42:37.960
<v Speaker 4>questioning you that. I'm not gonna stop it. I mean

0:42:38.000 --> 0:42:40.799
<v Speaker 4>it's special, man, Come on, and you've been a part

0:42:40.880 --> 0:42:43.640
<v Speaker 4>of it. No, I mean old joking, Happy opening Day.

0:42:44.600 --> 0:42:48.640
<v Speaker 4>One thing that you noticed today, David, is this that

0:42:49.080 --> 0:42:51.800
<v Speaker 4>Yo should know. We have a multun control, a deep lineup,

0:42:51.880 --> 0:42:54.440
<v Speaker 4>and that is why as a starting picture for the Dodgers. Now,

0:42:54.960 --> 0:42:58.000
<v Speaker 4>if you have a start first three innings, you want

0:42:58.120 --> 0:43:00.400
<v Speaker 4>to be in the game as long as posble yes

0:43:00.520 --> 0:43:00.680
<v Speaker 4>or no.

0:43:02.200 --> 0:43:04.400
<v Speaker 2>Without a doubt with this offense, because you know they

0:43:04.480 --> 0:43:05.880
<v Speaker 2>can come back and score.

0:43:05.719 --> 0:43:09.239
<v Speaker 4>For you exactly anything. Yama malto. He take the fact

0:43:09.280 --> 0:43:11.640
<v Speaker 4>that he threw twenty one pitches in the first inning

0:43:12.160 --> 0:43:14.480
<v Speaker 4>and a couple of very interesting plays to me, and

0:43:14.560 --> 0:43:17.480
<v Speaker 4>I'm before we talk about the offense. But Yamamoto has

0:43:17.520 --> 0:43:20.759
<v Speaker 4>had a tendency going back to two years ago where

0:43:21.000 --> 0:43:25.040
<v Speaker 4>he was not aware of runners at first base breaking early.

0:43:25.480 --> 0:43:29.120
<v Speaker 4>He gave up seven stolen bases two years ago, and

0:43:29.280 --> 0:43:32.160
<v Speaker 4>guys that broke before he even started going home. He

0:43:32.360 --> 0:43:34.160
<v Speaker 4>was not aware. He was not aware of the game,

0:43:34.239 --> 0:43:36.040
<v Speaker 4>the speed of the game in that respect where people

0:43:36.040 --> 0:43:38.520
<v Speaker 4>are saying, hey, stamp by off throw the second base.

0:43:38.560 --> 0:43:41.080
<v Speaker 4>He's out last year, halfway through the season. He got

0:43:41.120 --> 0:43:44.759
<v Speaker 4>better today, Dave. In the first inning, he stepped off

0:43:44.920 --> 0:43:48.480
<v Speaker 4>and got Predomant. That's an inning changer. Number two, Kyle

0:43:48.600 --> 0:43:52.000
<v Speaker 4>Tucker defense again. That ball Predoma hits in that first

0:43:52.040 --> 0:43:55.400
<v Speaker 4>inning down that line, that's double last year, maybe a

0:43:55.480 --> 0:43:58.880
<v Speaker 4>triple for Perdomo. Kyle Tucker gets the line as he did,

0:43:58.960 --> 0:44:01.359
<v Speaker 4>and he saw him sprink training and fires away. He's

0:44:01.400 --> 0:44:03.759
<v Speaker 4>got the reputation, guys have told me when he goes

0:44:03.800 --> 0:44:06.120
<v Speaker 4>to his left, guys really respect the fact that he

0:44:06.160 --> 0:44:08.160
<v Speaker 4>can spin it, throw with the West and baseball, and

0:44:08.280 --> 0:44:11.640
<v Speaker 4>that's how it all started. That's why run prevention becomes

0:44:11.680 --> 0:44:14.960
<v Speaker 4>so important. We had the tough offense because obviously the

0:44:15.040 --> 0:44:16.919
<v Speaker 4>offen is gonna come back, but keep those guys where

0:44:16.920 --> 0:44:18.840
<v Speaker 4>they're at, and that's how the game got started.

0:44:20.000 --> 0:44:22.960
<v Speaker 2>That's a great point. And even Dave Roberts when the

0:44:23.080 --> 0:44:26.080
<v Speaker 2>Dodgers signed Kyle Tucker and had the press conference here

0:44:26.080 --> 0:44:29.400
<v Speaker 2>at Dodgers Stadium that day one, he challenged him to

0:44:29.480 --> 0:44:32.680
<v Speaker 2>be a better outfielder, go back to being the outfield

0:44:32.680 --> 0:44:35.880
<v Speaker 2>where we saw him in Houston, and Tucker in spring training,

0:44:36.000 --> 0:44:39.480
<v Speaker 2>Jose even admitted, I gotta be better at jumping on

0:44:39.600 --> 0:44:42.680
<v Speaker 2>those balls down the line and not let a single

0:44:42.880 --> 0:44:45.200
<v Speaker 2>turn into a double. So that was a great example

0:44:45.239 --> 0:44:47.040
<v Speaker 2>of that right away.

0:44:47.120 --> 0:44:49.160
<v Speaker 4>I saw this guy make his debut against the angel

0:44:49.280 --> 0:44:50.880
<v Speaker 4>for you know, for three or four years he just

0:44:51.280 --> 0:44:55.040
<v Speaker 4>tortured Angels, picking on the outfield, playing that short fence,

0:44:55.080 --> 0:44:57.600
<v Speaker 4>in the short wall and assistants in Houston. He played

0:44:57.640 --> 0:45:00.720
<v Speaker 4>everything as good as anybody. Then you saw playing Anaheim,

0:45:00.760 --> 0:45:03.600
<v Speaker 4>they played the same way. So uh, just be aware

0:45:03.680 --> 0:45:06.280
<v Speaker 4>that this guy, as he mentioned, came with the objective

0:45:06.480 --> 0:45:10.120
<v Speaker 4>getting better known. That not every eyesight is on him

0:45:10.160 --> 0:45:14.040
<v Speaker 4>because the super start, but nonetheless there's that itch in

0:45:14.160 --> 0:45:16.360
<v Speaker 4>that draft become great and I think he's in the

0:45:16.400 --> 0:45:18.120
<v Speaker 4>white group, and today was a good start for him.

0:45:19.160 --> 0:45:21.879
<v Speaker 2>When you look at this Dodger offense, what stood out

0:45:21.920 --> 0:45:24.200
<v Speaker 2>to you the most about how they scored their eight

0:45:24.320 --> 0:45:26.560
<v Speaker 2>runs tonight, I'm going to.

0:45:26.600 --> 0:45:28.200
<v Speaker 4>Go to the fact that they put the ball in

0:45:28.239 --> 0:45:31.000
<v Speaker 4>play a lot. Dodger struck out of told what four

0:45:31.080 --> 0:45:34.239
<v Speaker 4>times today, That's number one. The deepest fact that we

0:45:34.320 --> 0:45:36.600
<v Speaker 4>saw from the very first game in spring training against

0:45:36.640 --> 0:45:40.200
<v Speaker 4>the Andels and Tempe and talking to tay oscar about this.

0:45:40.440 --> 0:45:43.040
<v Speaker 4>Nave Roberts and pa is a member of that first game,

0:45:43.200 --> 0:45:45.440
<v Speaker 4>and in Tempe they're like, that's part of what we

0:45:45.520 --> 0:45:47.920
<v Speaker 4>want to do. It's not just the knowing that we

0:45:48.000 --> 0:45:50.520
<v Speaker 4>all were power team, but we need to be better

0:45:50.560 --> 0:45:53.200
<v Speaker 4>with two strikes. We need to be better with two outs.

0:45:53.239 --> 0:45:55.080
<v Speaker 4>And they were great with two outs last year. But

0:45:55.360 --> 0:45:57.000
<v Speaker 4>you think about all the pitches that they were able

0:45:57.040 --> 0:46:00.560
<v Speaker 4>to spoil today, how they ran counts, why they're counts,

0:46:00.600 --> 0:46:02.799
<v Speaker 4>and it all adds up to this deep lineup laid

0:46:03.239 --> 0:46:06.680
<v Speaker 4>being able to guide you and kind of gauge you

0:46:06.719 --> 0:46:09.239
<v Speaker 4>as a picture. I mean, as good as Gallon was going,

0:46:09.719 --> 0:46:12.040
<v Speaker 4>you thought, well, at some point when they figure them out,

0:46:12.239 --> 0:46:15.400
<v Speaker 4>it's going to happen. And there it was exactly what happened.

0:46:15.400 --> 0:46:16.920
<v Speaker 4>But I gotta go give it to the guy who

0:46:16.960 --> 0:46:18.960
<v Speaker 4>two strikes using the big part of the middle put

0:46:19.040 --> 0:46:20.200
<v Speaker 4>the field going the other way too.

0:46:21.600 --> 0:46:23.640
<v Speaker 2>I mean, we talk about some of these guys, and

0:46:23.719 --> 0:46:26.919
<v Speaker 2>even Freddie Freeman said it before the game, so many

0:46:27.000 --> 0:46:30.000
<v Speaker 2>of these Dodger hitters could hit third. You got Will

0:46:30.080 --> 0:46:33.480
<v Speaker 2>Smith hitting fifty at three RBIs tonight, Pie Has who

0:46:33.600 --> 0:46:37.960
<v Speaker 2>hit twenty seven home runs, hitting eighth how do pitchers

0:46:38.120 --> 0:46:41.680
<v Speaker 2>navigate this offense? So say there's nowhere to exhale.

0:46:42.600 --> 0:46:44.719
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, there's the point in which you want to make.

0:46:45.200 --> 0:46:46.880
<v Speaker 4>As a pictuer said, I'm going to be aggressive and

0:46:47.120 --> 0:46:49.239
<v Speaker 4>get ahead of you. But the Dodgers are a team

0:46:49.280 --> 0:46:51.040
<v Speaker 4>that if you if you noticed when things are going

0:46:51.120 --> 0:46:53.840
<v Speaker 4>well and not necessarily discret which we haven't seen you

0:46:53.920 --> 0:46:57.080
<v Speaker 4>know long enough, you have the big samplifize. But it's

0:46:57.239 --> 0:46:59.880
<v Speaker 4>preaching that if you had number three hitter on your

0:47:00.560 --> 0:47:03.359
<v Speaker 4>be the number three hitter in that spot, whatever it takes.

0:47:03.360 --> 0:47:06.840
<v Speaker 4>But remember there's somebody behind and do the same. Don't

0:47:06.880 --> 0:47:09.120
<v Speaker 4>carry it all on you. For pitchers and navigates for

0:47:09.239 --> 0:47:12.160
<v Speaker 4>this day, the best thing is the quality for a

0:47:12.280 --> 0:47:15.239
<v Speaker 4>strike is going to be imperative to neutralize them a

0:47:15.280 --> 0:47:18.280
<v Speaker 4>little bit. Pitching inside is going to be very important

0:47:18.320 --> 0:47:19.759
<v Speaker 4>to get him on their heels a little bit more.

0:47:19.800 --> 0:47:23.040
<v Speaker 4>But it's same pitching inside nowadays is a has been lost.

0:47:23.120 --> 0:47:25.560
<v Speaker 4>Guys can repeat inside. And these guys are so smart

0:47:26.200 --> 0:47:28.360
<v Speaker 4>the patterns, what everything they see on the reports that

0:47:29.200 --> 0:47:31.759
<v Speaker 4>sooner or later, as we saw today, they're going to

0:47:31.800 --> 0:47:34.600
<v Speaker 4>make adjustments and lay off that tough bricket ball from

0:47:34.600 --> 0:47:36.560
<v Speaker 4>both sides of the battle's box and be able to

0:47:37.160 --> 0:47:40.400
<v Speaker 4>play the smallest baseball that eventually turns into bigger at

0:47:40.400 --> 0:47:41.840
<v Speaker 4>bats as a different pie is here.

0:47:41.719 --> 0:47:46.359
<v Speaker 2>Tonight when you look at the Diamondbacks bullpen construction, how

0:47:46.440 --> 0:47:49.440
<v Speaker 2>do they not have a left handed, high leverage reliever

0:47:49.640 --> 0:47:52.840
<v Speaker 2>when they play in the same division as the Dodgers.

0:47:52.920 --> 0:47:57.239
<v Speaker 2>That is a glaring hole in their roster and their

0:47:57.280 --> 0:47:58.160
<v Speaker 2>bullpen tonight.

0:47:59.200 --> 0:47:59.799
<v Speaker 7>Is hard to believe.

0:47:59.800 --> 0:48:02.480
<v Speaker 4>There's many lefties they could help them, guys that were

0:48:02.520 --> 0:48:08.400
<v Speaker 4>label available. I'm gonna just say that perhaps Brian Kaplan believes,

0:48:08.440 --> 0:48:11.640
<v Speaker 4>and my occasion obviously is a prisoner on baseball operations

0:48:11.680 --> 0:48:14.640
<v Speaker 4>and the manager that they have enough bright handed pitchers

0:48:14.760 --> 0:48:17.440
<v Speaker 4>they can go out and have, you know, split against

0:48:17.480 --> 0:48:20.000
<v Speaker 4>right lefties. So we'll see how the players out. That

0:48:20.120 --> 0:48:21.680
<v Speaker 4>was a big issue for the Dbacks. There was so

0:48:21.760 --> 0:48:25.239
<v Speaker 4>many leaves last year and that was they probably there

0:48:25.360 --> 0:48:27.120
<v Speaker 4>are only three games out of the wildcard last year,

0:48:27.120 --> 0:48:28.920
<v Speaker 4>but the open was the biggest issue for them. So

0:48:29.040 --> 0:48:30.719
<v Speaker 4>let's see how it all works all day. But they

0:48:30.920 --> 0:48:32.960
<v Speaker 4>do you want to at least have the presence and

0:48:33.040 --> 0:48:36.279
<v Speaker 4>give something to the other manager thinking about if you

0:48:36.320 --> 0:48:37.959
<v Speaker 4>have a lefty, it doesn't have to be a super

0:48:38.040 --> 0:48:40.200
<v Speaker 4>lefty that some of the leaf can come out there

0:48:40.239 --> 0:48:42.680
<v Speaker 4>and just turn the lineup around and see what happens

0:48:42.719 --> 0:48:44.960
<v Speaker 4>about fill the Dodgers, I don't think they care very

0:48:45.040 --> 0:48:48.120
<v Speaker 4>much about who's available who's not, because considerable they probably

0:48:48.160 --> 0:48:50.080
<v Speaker 4>are doing. How he's going to struct the lineup with

0:48:50.200 --> 0:48:52.279
<v Speaker 4>consecutive lefties. It's like, this is what we have, and

0:48:52.400 --> 0:48:54.400
<v Speaker 4>we have guys that can handle left as anieties, and

0:48:54.680 --> 0:48:57.160
<v Speaker 4>whoever they have on the other side, they will make adjustments.

0:48:58.280 --> 0:49:00.920
<v Speaker 2>All right, before I let you go, who's speaking of

0:49:01.000 --> 0:49:04.880
<v Speaker 2>the bullpen? I know it was somewhat low leverage situations,

0:49:04.960 --> 0:49:07.320
<v Speaker 2>but how big was it to get Blake Trining and

0:49:07.480 --> 0:49:10.440
<v Speaker 2>Tanner Scott in this game tonight and for them to

0:49:10.520 --> 0:49:13.520
<v Speaker 2>feel good about themselves when they went back to the dugout?

0:49:14.600 --> 0:49:17.640
<v Speaker 4>Oh they don't. That's big. I mean for Tanner Scott

0:49:17.800 --> 0:49:20.839
<v Speaker 4>to have the wipeout slider today, not just to put

0:49:20.880 --> 0:49:24.280
<v Speaker 4>away guys, but for strike one on the weak swings

0:49:24.280 --> 0:49:26.360
<v Speaker 4>that we saw, especially from a guy like Cordman Carroll.

0:49:26.600 --> 0:49:29.480
<v Speaker 4>I was able to bury somebody on Perdomo and then

0:49:29.560 --> 0:49:32.239
<v Speaker 4>get moreno to fly out. That's that's big. But strike one,

0:49:32.920 --> 0:49:35.960
<v Speaker 4>don't get lazy, don't get like a basical with your

0:49:35.960 --> 0:49:39.520
<v Speaker 4>finishing release, stay on top. And for you know, for

0:49:39.640 --> 0:49:42.800
<v Speaker 4>Tenner Scott tonight, David, this is a safe situation. This

0:49:43.040 --> 0:49:45.040
<v Speaker 4>is the mentality he told me he's going to have

0:49:45.239 --> 0:49:47.520
<v Speaker 4>coming into the season. It doesn't matter what the score is,

0:49:47.719 --> 0:49:51.239
<v Speaker 4>it's a safe situation. Glutton, just startle over again. And

0:49:51.320 --> 0:49:54.799
<v Speaker 4>for Blake trying and it's curs set so nicely. Yes,

0:49:55.160 --> 0:49:59.960
<v Speaker 4>lower am angled ninety seven which rutralizes guys diving into

0:50:00.120 --> 0:50:02.640
<v Speaker 4>the Look for that sweeper on the right side and

0:50:02.800 --> 0:50:05.799
<v Speaker 4>then that same ninety think on the outside middle out

0:50:05.840 --> 0:50:08.200
<v Speaker 4>to lefty. It's gonna be one that's gonna douce a

0:50:08.280 --> 0:50:10.719
<v Speaker 4>lot of soft contact, big starts for them, and they're

0:50:10.760 --> 0:50:12.319
<v Speaker 4>gonna be very important for this ball time.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, Jose, thanks a lot for checking in. Can't

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<v Speaker 2>wait to see you tomorrow night at the stadium for

0:50:18.320 --> 0:50:21.200
<v Speaker 2>a ring ceremony night. That'll be special as well. So

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<v Speaker 2>we'll check in with you after the game tomorrow as well.

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<v Speaker 4>Okay, then go happy opener there he goes.

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<v Speaker 2>Jose Mota, part of the Dodgers Spanish radio broadcast and

0:50:32.200 --> 0:50:35.920
<v Speaker 2>part of Opening Day for the Dodger players. The Dodgers

0:50:36.000 --> 0:50:39.560
<v Speaker 2>social media team had both World Series trophies set up

0:50:39.640 --> 0:50:42.440
<v Speaker 2>on their way into the dug into the clubhouse before

0:50:42.520 --> 0:50:46.120
<v Speaker 2>the game. And how about this, sho Hey Otani gifted

0:50:46.280 --> 0:50:51.359
<v Speaker 2>every player on the team valued four thousand dollars sake

0:50:51.440 --> 0:50:55.320
<v Speaker 2>go watch with a note inside that said, let's three peete.

0:50:55.360 --> 0:50:58.880
<v Speaker 2>A few players showed me theirs, and Miguel Rojas talked

0:50:58.880 --> 0:51:01.600
<v Speaker 2>about it on the field, and Dave Roberts I guess

0:51:01.680 --> 0:51:05.480
<v Speaker 2>also gifted a bottle of whiskey to his players as well.

0:51:05.560 --> 0:51:08.560
<v Speaker 2>But how about Otani not only gifting the watch but

0:51:08.760 --> 0:51:11.520
<v Speaker 2>also writing a note Let's go for the three peat.

0:51:11.880 --> 0:51:15.239
<v Speaker 2>And that's what makes him so special. Not only does

0:51:15.360 --> 0:51:20.799
<v Speaker 2>he continually push himself, but he's continually pushing his teammates

0:51:20.840 --> 0:51:24.360
<v Speaker 2>with little messages like that and by his work ethic

0:51:24.719 --> 0:51:27.800
<v Speaker 2>and the Dodgers certainly need that type of leader in

0:51:27.960 --> 0:51:31.160
<v Speaker 2>that way to set the tone. Eight six six nine

0:51:31.200 --> 0:51:34.200
<v Speaker 2>eight seven two five seventy is the phone number. Dodgers

0:51:34.280 --> 0:51:38.359
<v Speaker 2>beat Arizona tonight eight to two on Opening Night. Let's

0:51:38.400 --> 0:51:40.719
<v Speaker 2>go out to Jose who is at Opening Night tonight?

0:51:40.760 --> 0:51:42.840
<v Speaker 2>How you doing, Jose, You're on Dodger Talk.

0:51:44.360 --> 0:51:44.919
<v Speaker 4>Doing great.

0:51:45.000 --> 0:51:48.120
<v Speaker 11>Thank you for having us first time long time, trying

0:51:48.160 --> 0:51:50.640
<v Speaker 11>to keep the energy here as we still in the

0:51:50.719 --> 0:51:53.600
<v Speaker 11>parking lot, trying to get out of the stadium. Nothing

0:51:53.719 --> 0:51:56.760
<v Speaker 11>like first day, opening day at Dodger Stadium for civity.

0:51:57.280 --> 0:51:58.759
<v Speaker 4>So just trying to keep the energy here in the

0:51:58.800 --> 0:51:59.560
<v Speaker 4>car right everybody?

0:52:03.480 --> 0:52:06.239
<v Speaker 2>Wow, another group phone call? How many? How many people

0:52:06.320 --> 0:52:08.960
<v Speaker 2>you got in the car tonight? Hose. That's an expensive

0:52:09.000 --> 0:52:10.799
<v Speaker 2>bill with all those people in your car.

0:52:12.040 --> 0:52:13.719
<v Speaker 11>Oh, you have no idea and they like to see

0:52:13.719 --> 0:52:16.840
<v Speaker 11>you too, so if but if we'll work it. We

0:52:16.880 --> 0:52:19.200
<v Speaker 11>got to pay those that o' TNI contract out, so

0:52:19.280 --> 0:52:20.479
<v Speaker 11>we don't mind doing our share.

0:52:21.840 --> 0:52:23.880
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I mean, this is a special time to be

0:52:24.000 --> 0:52:26.719
<v Speaker 2>at Dodger Stadium. They're not just games there events and

0:52:26.840 --> 0:52:30.400
<v Speaker 2>today was certainly an event, definitely.

0:52:30.520 --> 0:52:32.000
<v Speaker 11>And the other thing that I wanted to comment on

0:52:32.239 --> 0:52:35.160
<v Speaker 11>is the actual game. It's nice to see the Dodgers

0:52:35.239 --> 0:52:37.680
<v Speaker 11>put those crooked numbers out and then we're gonna have

0:52:37.719 --> 0:52:40.000
<v Speaker 11>those those guns where it looked like they had a

0:52:40.040 --> 0:52:42.080
<v Speaker 11>little bit of a slow start, but that's what I

0:52:42.280 --> 0:52:44.400
<v Speaker 11>look forward to. At least on paper, it looks like we.

0:52:44.480 --> 0:52:45.240
<v Speaker 4>Have that ability.

0:52:45.400 --> 0:52:47.640
<v Speaker 11>I think you talked about it earlier, that long lineup

0:52:48.400 --> 0:52:50.160
<v Speaker 11>having buckets at the bottom, of the lineup, I think

0:52:50.280 --> 0:52:52.759
<v Speaker 11>is a luxury. So just being able to see this

0:52:53.000 --> 0:52:55.239
<v Speaker 11>type of quality team and field on the on the

0:52:56.280 --> 0:52:58.279
<v Speaker 11>product on the field is really nice to see and

0:52:58.360 --> 0:53:00.600
<v Speaker 11>get behind. So it was good to see everybody come

0:53:00.640 --> 0:53:03.319
<v Speaker 11>in pitch, just come in through their job and looking

0:53:03.360 --> 0:53:05.360
<v Speaker 11>forward to a really good season and more of this

0:53:05.520 --> 0:53:05.799
<v Speaker 11>to come.

0:53:06.840 --> 0:53:10.080
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, no doubt and ring ceremony tomorrow night. Jose, thanks

0:53:10.120 --> 0:53:12.479
<v Speaker 2>a lot, and thanks to the family. They gotta treat

0:53:12.520 --> 0:53:14.840
<v Speaker 2>you good the rest of the year. Thanks for the

0:53:14.920 --> 0:53:17.680
<v Speaker 2>phone call. Eight six six nine eight seven two five

0:53:17.840 --> 0:53:22.520
<v Speaker 2>seventy is the phone number. And opening days obviously stand

0:53:22.600 --> 0:53:26.759
<v Speaker 2>out amongst other games during the regular season, and just

0:53:27.160 --> 0:53:30.640
<v Speaker 2>this will be my fifteenth season hosting Dodger Talk, and

0:53:30.719 --> 0:53:35.760
<v Speaker 2>there's two other opening days that really stand out amongst

0:53:35.800 --> 0:53:39.600
<v Speaker 2>the others. I mean obviously starting the seasons in Korea

0:53:39.719 --> 0:53:43.560
<v Speaker 2>and Tokyo or highlights, but here at Dodgers Stadium, going

0:53:43.680 --> 0:53:47.239
<v Speaker 2>back to twenty thirteen Opening Day against at that time

0:53:47.360 --> 0:53:51.000
<v Speaker 2>the defending San Francisco Giants. It was a scoreless time

0:53:51.000 --> 0:53:53.920
<v Speaker 2>in the seventh or eighth inning and Clayton Kershaw was

0:53:54.000 --> 0:53:56.640
<v Speaker 2>pitching a shutout and he hit a home run a

0:53:56.719 --> 0:54:00.800
<v Speaker 2>straightaway center field, and this place exploded, and that was

0:54:00.880 --> 0:54:02.840
<v Speaker 2>the difference in the game. They went on to score

0:54:02.880 --> 0:54:05.960
<v Speaker 2>a few more runs in the later innings, but it

0:54:06.080 --> 0:54:09.600
<v Speaker 2>was a scoreless tie, and he was pitching another Kershaw

0:54:09.760 --> 0:54:12.719
<v Speaker 2>masterpiece with no run support, and he took it into

0:54:12.800 --> 0:54:15.680
<v Speaker 2>his own hands with a home run to center field,

0:54:15.719 --> 0:54:18.560
<v Speaker 2>which turned out to be his only career Major League

0:54:18.640 --> 0:54:21.520
<v Speaker 2>home run. And the other one, like I mentioned earlier,

0:54:21.680 --> 0:54:26.120
<v Speaker 2>was against these Diamondbacks back on March twenty ninth, twenty nineteen.

0:54:26.200 --> 0:54:29.279
<v Speaker 2>I was looking at the highlights again this morning when

0:54:29.280 --> 0:54:33.880
<v Speaker 2>I was at Blue Bottle and Woodland Hills. I was

0:54:33.960 --> 0:54:38.320
<v Speaker 2>just trying to remember exactly how many home runs and

0:54:39.040 --> 0:54:41.920
<v Speaker 2>how many runs they scored that day. They beat Arizona

0:54:42.040 --> 0:54:45.440
<v Speaker 2>twelve to four. They beat Zach Grank, they hit eight

0:54:45.560 --> 0:54:49.839
<v Speaker 2>home runs. Seeger hit one, Turner hit one, Keyky Hernandez

0:54:49.880 --> 0:54:53.520
<v Speaker 2>and Jock Peterson each hit two. And I feel like

0:54:53.760 --> 0:54:56.400
<v Speaker 2>this one is going to stand out as well. It

0:54:56.520 --> 0:55:01.200
<v Speaker 2>was a memorable opening night here at the Let's go

0:55:01.360 --> 0:55:04.920
<v Speaker 2>out to the mid Wiltshire area. Rob, You're on Dodger Talk.

0:55:05.000 --> 0:55:05.759
<v Speaker 2>How you doing, Rob?

0:55:06.560 --> 0:55:10.560
<v Speaker 14>Excellent and kudos to Kersha, But really to talk about

0:55:10.600 --> 0:55:14.080
<v Speaker 14>the three amigos, the Three Musketeers of radio. You gotta

0:55:14.120 --> 0:55:17.760
<v Speaker 14>be gi him. A shout out to Rick Monday, Charlie Steiner,

0:55:17.880 --> 0:55:21.400
<v Speaker 14>and Steve Nelson. I tell you Monday mo is just

0:55:21.560 --> 0:55:26.080
<v Speaker 14>like a gem keeps coming back. Steiner he did just

0:55:26.200 --> 0:55:28.080
<v Speaker 14>as good a job as he did last year in

0:55:28.200 --> 0:55:32.000
<v Speaker 14>the opener. And I tell you Steve Nelson, I mean

0:55:32.080 --> 0:55:35.560
<v Speaker 14>he paints with an acoustic paint brush, very vivid color

0:55:35.719 --> 0:55:38.759
<v Speaker 14>of the game in radio. So you got a good

0:55:38.840 --> 0:55:41.040
<v Speaker 14>team there, no doubt.

0:55:41.320 --> 0:55:43.719
<v Speaker 2>Good team and great to have Charlie back. And when

0:55:43.760 --> 0:55:46.440
<v Speaker 2>they say playing in pain, I don't think anybody played

0:55:46.840 --> 0:55:49.479
<v Speaker 2>in more pain today than Charlie Steiner. And he still

0:55:50.560 --> 0:55:53.480
<v Speaker 2>showed up and did a solid three innings today and

0:55:53.560 --> 0:55:55.400
<v Speaker 2>it was great to have him back in the booth.

0:55:55.480 --> 0:55:59.600
<v Speaker 2>And Rick Monday is the longest active tenured Dodger broadcaster.

0:56:00.280 --> 0:56:02.840
<v Speaker 2>He took over in the booth the midway through the

0:56:02.960 --> 0:56:06.359
<v Speaker 2>ninety three season and here he is in twenty twenty six. See,

0:56:06.800 --> 0:56:10.200
<v Speaker 2>he definitely should be appreciated. And this year is the

0:56:10.320 --> 0:56:14.719
<v Speaker 2>fiftieth anniversary of Rick Monday saving the American flag right

0:56:14.840 --> 0:56:18.359
<v Speaker 2>here at Dodger Stadium. That anniversary is coming up at

0:56:18.400 --> 0:56:21.279
<v Speaker 2>the end of April. Let's go out to Freddie. Who

0:56:21.480 --> 0:56:23.879
<v Speaker 2>is that opening night? Hi Freddy? Is this a group

0:56:24.000 --> 0:56:26.160
<v Speaker 2>call as well? Or is this just Freddy?

0:56:27.560 --> 0:56:30.480
<v Speaker 11>Oh buddy, we're we'll home now now, but I will

0:56:30.480 --> 0:56:32.880
<v Speaker 11>with My wife is from Japan and she loved it.

0:56:33.239 --> 0:56:35.960
<v Speaker 4>That was my buddy Bruce and my buddy Rick. We're

0:56:36.000 --> 0:56:38.759
<v Speaker 4>all retired to ups strivers and we love the game

0:56:39.000 --> 0:56:41.920
<v Speaker 4>and there's nothing like being a Dodger stadium.

0:56:41.920 --> 0:56:43.040
<v Speaker 9>And love all that you do.

0:56:43.239 --> 0:56:46.200
<v Speaker 6>Dave and go Dodgers.

0:56:47.360 --> 0:56:50.000
<v Speaker 2>Okay, thank you for the phone call. Freddie will end

0:56:50.080 --> 0:56:53.000
<v Speaker 2>it right there. It was a great hour of Dodger talk.

0:56:53.200 --> 0:56:56.120
<v Speaker 2>Happy to be back. It's going to be a tremendous season,

0:56:56.640 --> 0:56:59.600
<v Speaker 2>and more importantly, it's going to be an entertaining season.

0:56:59.640 --> 0:57:03.440
<v Speaker 2>Tonight was just an opening act that is going to

0:57:04.120 --> 0:57:07.800
<v Speaker 2>leave you wanting more each and every night. I truly

0:57:07.920 --> 0:57:11.279
<v Speaker 2>believe that. And tomorrow Emmitt Shehan is going to be

0:57:11.400 --> 0:57:14.320
<v Speaker 2>on the mound for the Dodgers going up against Ryan Nelson.

0:57:14.719 --> 0:57:19.400
<v Speaker 2>Our coverage begins at six o'clock, first pitch at seven ten,

0:57:19.800 --> 0:57:23.200
<v Speaker 2>and you can stream all the games on the iHeartRadio

0:57:23.280 --> 0:57:26.520
<v Speaker 2>app if you're in the LA area. And also obviously

0:57:26.920 --> 0:57:30.280
<v Speaker 2>listen right here on five to seventy LA Sports. Don't

0:57:30.320 --> 0:57:33.440
<v Speaker 2>forget tomorrow. If you're coming to the game. Auto gates

0:57:33.560 --> 0:57:38.000
<v Speaker 2>open at two point thirty because of the special pregame ceremony,

0:57:38.120 --> 0:57:42.880
<v Speaker 2>the ring ceremony that has taking place before first pitch tomorrow,

0:57:43.120 --> 0:57:45.480
<v Speaker 2>So it's kind of like Opening Day right with the

0:57:45.560 --> 0:57:50.000
<v Speaker 2>pregame festivities and my guy, Brad Paisley is performing the

0:57:50.160 --> 0:57:53.320
<v Speaker 2>national anthem. That's right, He's going to be out here,

0:57:53.440 --> 0:57:56.919
<v Speaker 2>and Kershaw, we'll be back out here tomorrow, this time

0:57:57.560 --> 0:58:00.760
<v Speaker 2>being celebrated as a member of the twenty five Dodgers,

0:58:00.880 --> 0:58:04.040
<v Speaker 2>back to back World Series champion Dodgers, So we'll see

0:58:04.120 --> 0:58:07.000
<v Speaker 2>him more in a casual attire than we saw him

0:58:07.000 --> 0:58:09.240
<v Speaker 2>today in a suit and tie. I feel like the

0:58:09.360 --> 0:58:11.360
<v Speaker 2>last time I saw him in a suit and tie, well,

0:58:11.400 --> 0:58:14.680
<v Speaker 2>there were two other times, the White House trip last year,

0:58:15.280 --> 0:58:18.280
<v Speaker 2>and when he first got drafted and he had a

0:58:18.360 --> 0:58:21.040
<v Speaker 2>suit that was like two sizes too big. When he

0:58:21.160 --> 0:58:23.640
<v Speaker 2>came out here with Logan White after he was drafted

0:58:24.320 --> 0:58:27.840
<v Speaker 2>back back whatever year that was. Geez, it was so

0:58:28.000 --> 0:58:31.800
<v Speaker 2>long ago. Anyway, it was great to see Kershaw, future

0:58:31.840 --> 0:58:35.360
<v Speaker 2>Hall of Famer. Awesome toess hopefully see him more around

0:58:35.400 --> 0:58:38.000
<v Speaker 2>Dodgers Stadium this year because he means so much to

0:58:38.080 --> 0:58:40.720
<v Speaker 2>this franchise, and I'm sure he's going to be around

0:58:40.800 --> 0:58:44.680
<v Speaker 2>in some capacity or another. So kershaw Ring ceremony tomorrow,

0:58:44.760 --> 0:58:47.960
<v Speaker 2>Brad Paisley performing the national anthem, and we'll have all

0:58:48.000 --> 0:58:51.800
<v Speaker 2>of that coverage for you beginning beginning at six o'clock.

0:58:52.280 --> 0:58:55.080
<v Speaker 2>Thanks to colling Ee back at our Burbank studios, Thanks

0:58:55.160 --> 0:58:58.240
<v Speaker 2>to Dwayne McDonald out here at the ballpark, and thanks

0:58:58.320 --> 0:59:00.560
<v Speaker 2>to you for listening. In case you missed any of

0:59:00.560 --> 0:59:04.120
<v Speaker 2>the show, you can find it on the iHeartRadio app

0:59:04.280 --> 0:59:07.400
<v Speaker 2>once again. The final score tonight the Dodgers on Opening

0:59:07.520 --> 0:59:11.000
<v Speaker 2>Night defeat the Diamondbacks eight to two. Have a great

0:59:11.040 --> 0:59:14.240
<v Speaker 2>rest of your night. Fox Sports Radio is next. See

0:59:14.320 --> 0:59:14.360
<v Speaker 2>you