Speaker 1: The quest for the three peat has begun.
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Speaker 1: your host, here's Tim Kakes.
Speaker 2: Well disappointing into the road trip, but overall a great road.
Speaker 5: Trip for the Dodgers.
Speaker 2: Hi, everybody, and welcome in to Dodger Talk on this hot,
Speaker 2: muggy Sunday afternoon here in southern California.
Speaker 5: Hope you're enjoying your weekend.
Speaker 2: Hope you're staying cool no matter where you're at, if
Speaker 2: you're buying some water the beach, the lake, the pool,
Speaker 2: or just driving.
Speaker 5: Around with the ac on. We appreciate it.
Speaker 2: Thank you for being a part of the show and
Speaker 2: listening on this Sunday after if you want to be
Speaker 2: a part of it. Eight sixty six nine eighty seven
Speaker 2: two five seventy we're gonna hear from image She and
Speaker 2: an we're gonna hear from our own Rick Monday, who
Speaker 2: is not on the broadcast this weekend, thanks to Jose Modo,
Speaker 2: who did a great job for the last three days
Speaker 2: of the City.
Speaker 5: Field of New York filling in for mo.
Speaker 2: Rick is in Cooperstown, New York, because this is Hall
Speaker 2: of Fame's election weekend, as they were all inducted into
Speaker 2: the Hall of Fame, the newest inductees of course, Jeff Kent,
Speaker 2: former Dodger, Andrew Jones, former Dodger, Carlos Beltran, all three
Speaker 2: going into the Hall of Fame, and congratulations to those
Speaker 2: three on their election and induction today with.
Speaker 5: The ceremony in upstate New York.
Speaker 2: And there's a great ceremony and tribute and display set
Speaker 2: up at the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown for Rick
Speaker 2: Monday because this is the fifty year anniversary when he
Speaker 2: came in and swooped up that American flag and left
Speaker 2: field as a member of the Chicago Cubs at Dodgers
Speaker 2: Stadium when those two animals were on the field trying
Speaker 2: to light and burn the American flag and Rick went
Speaker 2: in and saved it. So a great tribute and display
Speaker 2: there at the Hall of Fame, and Rick is there
Speaker 2: this weekend for that. Tol here from Rick Monday, but
Speaker 2: we also here from you at eight sixty six, nine,
Speaker 2: eight to seven two five seventy. A lot to get
Speaker 2: to and a lot to digest from this road trip,
Speaker 2: which again when you look at the whole nine games
Speaker 2: and what the Dodgers were able to do. A complete
Speaker 2: game from Yamamoto against the Yankees, they took two or
Speaker 2: three in Bronx and ran out that Saturday in New York.
Speaker 2: Then they go to Philadelphia, they'd take two of three.
Speaker 2: The only game they lose is to Christopher Sanchez. They
Speaker 2: have a day off, but yet it's not really a
Speaker 2: day off because they were going to Washington, DC. Got
Speaker 2: in late, woke up, went to Capitol Hill, went to
Speaker 2: the White House and saw the President, and then had
Speaker 2: to bust up to New York and get ready for
Speaker 2: a three game weekend set back in New York, this
Speaker 2: time in Queens against the Mets. And they still take
Speaker 2: two with three and this was a road trip.
Speaker 6: I know.
Speaker 2: David Vese talked about it on his Instagram live on
Speaker 2: AFI seven E LA Sports earlier today and he hit
Speaker 2: it right on the head. We all looked at this
Speaker 2: nine game road trip before the All Star Break as
Speaker 2: one of those pivotal points of the season. I know
Speaker 2: they have a double digit lead in the NL West,
Speaker 2: but momentum wise, how would they come out of the
Speaker 2: All Star break with five players, a coaching staff show,
Speaker 2: hey Otani getting some work done on his knee. How
Speaker 2: are they going to come out of all of that
Speaker 2: on an East Coast roadie with nine games and ten
Speaker 2: days and the only off days a trip to another
Speaker 2: city to be recognized for what you did last year.
Speaker 5: There's a lot going on on this road trip.
Speaker 2: There's a lot of moving parts against teams fighting for
Speaker 2: playoff spots and a Phillies team that likes to think
Speaker 2: they're a contender in the National League with the Dodgers.
Speaker 2: So the Dodgers, when you look back at what they
Speaker 2: did winning all three series, taking two or three from
Speaker 2: the Yankees, taking two of three from the Phillies, and
Speaker 2: then finishing off taking two of three against the Mets,
Speaker 2: albeit losing today, stings.
Speaker 5: It's a pretty.
Speaker 2: Gosh darn good road trip for the Dodgers coming out
Speaker 2: of the All Star break and get your feet off
Speaker 2: and run in here. And when you think about what's
Speaker 2: coming up for the Dodgers, not just schedule wise, but
Speaker 2: roster wise. Man, how can you not be excited to
Speaker 2: see what is returning for this Dodgers team off the
Speaker 2: injured list? And oh yeah, the trade deadline is eight
Speaker 2: days away on August third. We can get into that
Speaker 2: as well. Eight sixty six ninety eighty seven two five
Speaker 2: seventy Dodgers Baseball, brought to you by Midello Madelo, The
Speaker 2: Mark of a Fighter. Wef off night Dodger Talk tomorrow
Speaker 2: night from seven to eight o'clock. We're really gonna get
Speaker 2: into the trade deadline there because a lot of speculation,
Speaker 2: will the Dodgers be in on tarring Schoobel, will the
Speaker 2: Tigers even trade him? And then to me, there's a
Speaker 2: drastic fall off between Schooble and everybody else. And because
Speaker 2: of that, as I've mentioned numerous times here on Dodger Talk,
Speaker 2: what the Dodgers getting back off the injured list. Trump's
Speaker 2: what there could possibly do in a trade and what
Speaker 2: they can get in return.
Speaker 5: But I also have to give up something to get something.
Speaker 2: The Dodgers are one of those teams and you don't
Speaker 2: see this very often in fact, I'm trying to think
Speaker 2: of another team or another Dodger year in which they
Speaker 2: had this much talent on the injured list coming back
Speaker 2: to bolster to inject life, if you will, into the
Speaker 2: team that's already got the best record in baseball, into
Speaker 2: a team that's already now got a twelve game lead
Speaker 2: in the division in this year's Dodgers. And you got
Speaker 2: Keky Hernandez coming off the injured list on Tuesday. Wow,
Speaker 2: when Keyk is healthy, he's KEYK.
Speaker 5: He's mister reliable. He's missed October.
Speaker 2: Certainly right after that on Wednesday, in the second game
Speaker 2: against Seattle, Edwin Diaz is scheduled to come off the
Speaker 2: injured list. He's gonna throw his final tune up in
Speaker 2: a minor league rehab appearance today and be good to
Speaker 2: go on Wednesday. We haven't seen him since April, Folks,
Speaker 2: We've got most of the season without Edwin Diaz. I
Speaker 2: can't remember the last time we heard those beautiful trumpets
Speaker 2: going off at Dodger Stadium. And then past that, you're
Speaker 2: a few weeks away from Blake Snell returning, made two
Speaker 2: appearances already in the minor leagues, set to make a third.
Speaker 5: One on Wednesday, and if he can get to four innings.
Speaker 2: Dave Roberts has already alluded to the fact he could
Speaker 2: come back and join this rotation. What ten days, two
Speaker 2: weeks from now, that's kind of that timeline when he
Speaker 2: could jump back into this rotation. And even further down
Speaker 2: the line is Tyler Glassnew and then not even to
Speaker 2: mention Will Smith. So they got so many players coming
Speaker 2: back off of injured list, I think trump what they
Speaker 2: can go out and get at the trade deadline far
Speaker 2: superior players in my mind, contributors and fit into the
Speaker 2: piece of the puzzle here better than what you can
Speaker 2: go out and get the trade deadline, and you're not
Speaker 2: having to give up any equity in it. No minor
Speaker 2: league prospects would be lost if that were the case.
Speaker 5: Eight six, six seventy. So the road trip was a success.
Speaker 2: The Dodgers got the trade deadline coming up, and they're
Speaker 2: getting players back here off of the injured list, two
Speaker 2: of them on this next series against the Seattle Manners.
Speaker 2: Eight sixty six nine seven two five seventy.
Speaker 5: Is a number.
Speaker 2: It's just been a really good run here for the
Speaker 2: Dodgers coming out of the All Star break a really
Speaker 2: good run. All right, let's take some phone calls. We'll
Speaker 2: hear from Imma. She ain't coming up in just a
Speaker 2: couple of minutes. We'll hear from Rick Monday and again.
Speaker 2: Today was the Hall of Fame induction ceremony at Cooperstown,
Speaker 2: New York.
Speaker 5: Three guys went in.
Speaker 2: Andrew Jones played with the Dodgers at the end of
Speaker 2: his career, Jeff Kent went in as a giant unfortunately,
Speaker 2: but played for the Dodgers at the end of his career,
Speaker 2: and of course Carlos Peltron.
Speaker 5: All three going into the Hall of Fame.
Speaker 2: I've looked ahead, Colin and I and I were looking
Speaker 2: ahead to the next year in twenty twenty seven. It's
Speaker 2: not a great class for the Hall of Fame. In fact,
Speaker 2: you can make an argument they may get one player
Speaker 2: elected into the Hall of Fame next year. I'm trying
Speaker 2: to think, and I'm gonna look this up during the break.
Speaker 2: Has there ever been a year where nobody got elected
Speaker 2: into the Hall of Fame? Because next year is not
Speaker 2: one of those. Wow, these guys are, no doubt first
Speaker 2: time Hall of famers, or these guys have been waiting
Speaker 2: so long. He deserves to get in finally, because this
Speaker 2: is a year in which it speaks to that person
Speaker 2: getting in because there's not a bunch of other first
Speaker 2: timers or no doubt about hers. It's interesting. We'll get
Speaker 2: into that as well here as Dodger Talk rolls on.
Speaker 2: All right, let's go out to the phones. Let's go
Speaker 2: to Bill and Mission Viejo starting us off here on
Speaker 2: Dodger Talk. On this Sunday after the Dodgers fallow, the
Speaker 2: Met's eight to three, Hi doing.
Speaker 4: Bill, Hi, thanks for taking my call. So Evan Phillips
Speaker 4: has given up to go ahead home running back to
Speaker 4: back Sundays now, and it's a little bit troubling because
Speaker 4: you know he might not be the same as he
Speaker 4: was before. And then also Will Klein struggling, and the
Speaker 4: Dodgers themselves have not had many home runs from a
Speaker 4: few players like Paez and Oscar Hernandez and the show. Hey,
Speaker 4: they're doing a home run droughts. So what do you
Speaker 4: think of all that?
Speaker 2: Well, I think they're gonna get right, and I appreciate
Speaker 2: the phone call Bill. It's a stretch in which show
Speaker 2: Hay is struggling. I mentioned it earlier with Jose on
Speaker 2: this road trip, seven for thirty eight, hitting one to
Speaker 2: eighty four, no home runs, eleven strikeouts. I gotta believe
Speaker 2: it's the knee. He just doesn't look the same at
Speaker 2: the plate. But he'll get right. I don't have any
Speaker 2: problems with that tasker. Hernandez starting to worry a little bit.
Speaker 2: He's chasing way too many pitches out of the strike
Speaker 2: zone and swinging and missing at pitches that are really
Speaker 2: out of the strike zone. Andy paj Has I'm not
Speaker 2: concerned about because when the guys around him get right,
Speaker 2: and Freddie certainly has been right, but when show Hay
Speaker 2: gets right above him, you know, I think Andy will
Speaker 2: get right as well.
Speaker 5: I think it's going to be a trickle down for
Speaker 5: those two guys.
Speaker 2: Taska is the one I'm a little bit worried about
Speaker 2: as far as the lineup is concerned, and they've Darney
Speaker 2: dropped him down towards the bottom third of the lineup,
Speaker 2: so I don't know how much further he can fall
Speaker 2: unless he goes all the way down to the ninth spot.
Speaker 2: But he's got to get right, and he's got to
Speaker 2: get right, and I think it's just a couple of
Speaker 2: games and seeing some positive results and he'll feel better
Speaker 2: at the play and we'll.
Speaker 5: Start seeing that ta Oscar Hernandez again.
Speaker 2: So much runway, so to speak, left in the second
Speaker 2: half of the season. You don't need to come out
Speaker 2: out of the gate and catch fire, and you know
Speaker 2: that's it. You just kind of peter out the rest
Speaker 2: of the way. You know, it's a marathon. These guys
Speaker 2: are gonna have their ups and downs right now. A
Speaker 2: couple of those guys are having their down portions of
Speaker 2: this season. But there's no doubt over the course of
Speaker 2: one sixty two. So he flipped the calendar to August
Speaker 2: next week, so we get into September. I have all
Speaker 2: the confidence that these guys are going to get right.
Speaker 2: As far as the relievers are concerned, it's a little
Speaker 2: concerning the amount of walks, and Dave Roberts sounded a
Speaker 2: very frustrated post game when we heard from him in
Speaker 2: the Dodgers of Clubout Show. Too many walks, too many
Speaker 2: free passes, and too many at bats where you're not
Speaker 2: throwing contested pitches and pitches that you know are you're trying,
Speaker 2: you're able to get swinging missus or get out. You know,
Speaker 2: too many pitches down the middle of the plate from
Speaker 2: Evan Phillips, and he's given up four home runs now
Speaker 2: in seven outings since coming back off the injured list
Speaker 2: will Climb. Will Climb, to me, is the biggest question
Speaker 2: mark in that bullpen as of recent He has not
Speaker 2: been really good, giving up too many runs, a lead
Speaker 2: off walk in the seventh, a second walk in the
Speaker 2: inning gets pulled, or it gives up the three run
Speaker 2: home run. So to me, it is a problem for
Speaker 2: will Climb as of late. And the good news is
Speaker 2: the Dodgers are so deep with the bullpen getting back
Speaker 2: Edwin Diaz, I think will kind of rearrange some of
Speaker 2: the high leverage Dodger back end bullpen guys and we
Speaker 2: may not see as much as We'll Climb in high
Speaker 2: leverage situations. And maybe that's not a bad thing. Maybe
Speaker 2: he needs to go in some situations that are not
Speaker 2: high leverage, where the Dodgers are either down or up,
Speaker 2: in a situation he can go out there and get
Speaker 2: some work in and again see some positive results, because
Speaker 2: that is a big thing in the game of baseball,
Speaker 2: is going out there and seeing what you're working on
Speaker 2: and the mechanics that you're working on a daily basis
Speaker 2: and grinding to see some positive results. Finally, to see
Speaker 2: some base hits, home runs as a hitter, to see
Speaker 2: strike and outs being made as a pitcher.
Speaker 5: It's amazing what it'll do for your psyche. Folks.
Speaker 2: Just think about your everyday life and when you see
Speaker 2: something positive happens, or something good in your life happens
Speaker 2: that you're working on or trying to get done.
Speaker 5: You know, whether you're working at home.
Speaker 2: Or do whatever, and you see something positive happen, you
Speaker 2: feel good about it and you're you're a little bit
Speaker 2: more confident in what you're doing. And I think that's
Speaker 2: just the case for some of these Dodger hitters, and
Speaker 2: certainly for Will Klein. In the Dodger bullpen, as Dave
Speaker 2: Roberts said, this isn't a bullpen that's taxed. This isn't
Speaker 2: a bullpen that you can say, wow, man, nine games
Speaker 2: in ten days and they were pitching half of those innings.
Speaker 5: They weren't.
Speaker 2: Dodgers starting pitchers have been really good out of the gate,
Speaker 2: coming out of the All Star Break. Dodger's bullpen is,
Speaker 2: you know, not had to do a lot of work,
Speaker 2: and certainly there weren't. That they did in the Philly
Speaker 2: series was good, and then New York was good the
Speaker 2: first time around against the Yankees. They just the last
Speaker 2: two games for whatever reason, just too many walks and
Speaker 2: too many bad count situations for guys like Evan Phillips
Speaker 2: and Will Clin in this Dodger's bullpen, and certainly Jack
Speaker 2: tryer Ga throw into that mix as well, walking two
Speaker 2: of the three batters that he faced to start off
Speaker 2: the sixth inning and giving up that three to one
Speaker 2: lead eight sixty six, nine eighty seven, two five seventy.
Speaker 5: Eric in Hollywood is next up on Dodger Talk. What's up, Eric?
Speaker 5: How you doing? Dodder? Nay shit, it's been a.
Speaker 3: Minute man, How are you?
Speaker 6: Man?
Speaker 3: Been listening to you? It's been great.
Speaker 5: Love your love.
Speaker 3: When you're on the radio, you always have something positive
Speaker 3: or saying You're always feeling me in And I've got
Speaker 3: to agree with you, man. I love this road trip.
Speaker 3: Six and three is fantastic coming out of the All
Speaker 3: Star break like that, and guys are starting to figure
Speaker 3: it out. And yes, I completely concur man. We don't
Speaker 3: need anything in the trade deadline and we don't get
Speaker 3: players to prevent other players from getting them. We make
Speaker 3: ourselves right, and Blake's coming back, Glassno's coming back. I
Speaker 3: am a little bit worried about Will. Been listening to Timmy,
Speaker 3: I mean, I'm sorry, been listening to DV and dv's
Speaker 3: got no news to give us, And well that's usually
Speaker 3: not a good sign. But Dolphin's coming around, and I
Speaker 3: really don't think we need a catcher. I think we
Speaker 3: could do it with Fonzie and with Dalton and everybody
Speaker 3: gets on him because he's emotional, but I want a
Speaker 3: guy like that. Man, he's got fire, you know, and
Speaker 3: you know, come playoff time. He had a little taste
Speaker 3: a bit last year, and I think he wants to
Speaker 3: take the crown on his own and kind of roll
Speaker 3: through these playoffs. But I'm excited.
Speaker 7: Man.
Speaker 3: We look good, tim We look good. What should we
Speaker 3: be looking for?
Speaker 1: Then? Man?
Speaker 3: What should we be worried about that? I mean, because
Speaker 3: we're Dodger fans, I'm gonna worry.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm out worried.
Speaker 5: I appreciate the phone call. Eric.
Speaker 2: I don't think the Dodgers are going to be actively
Speaker 2: going out there and trying to find a player. In
Speaker 2: my book, somebody that's gonna be a plug in, ready
Speaker 2: to go every day starter. I just don't think there's
Speaker 2: the need for that. Certainly, he can always look to
Speaker 2: get better on your roster, but man, you'll get this
Speaker 2: twenty six man roster, it's pretty deep. I mean, Alex
Speaker 2: Freelan is going to be going back to Triple A
Speaker 2: here in the next twenty four hours.
Speaker 5: When you see the return of Keith Aharnant.
Speaker 2: What are the Dodgers gonna do as far as the
Speaker 2: bullpen is concerned, Charlie Barnes probably the odd man out.
Speaker 5: They do.
Speaker 2: They put an injured list to a guy like Will
Speaker 2: Klein so he can rest a Jack Dryer who's already
Speaker 2: seen a stint on the IL. I mean, when you
Speaker 2: get Edwin Diaz back, you're gonna have to put somebody
Speaker 2: on the injured list, or you're gonna have to send
Speaker 2: somebody back to Triple A, Oklahoma City or DFAM.
Speaker 5: So there's roster moves to be made. And we're again
Speaker 5: seeing the.
Speaker 2: Depth of this Dodgers team and how good it is
Speaker 2: over the last couple of weeks, and now that we're
Speaker 2: seeing diz kyk down the road, Blake Snell even further
Speaker 2: down the road, Tyler Glass now returning is again in
Speaker 2: my mind, those are bigger pickups that you could go
Speaker 2: out and get into trade with somebody out there and
Speaker 2: having to give up or draft or trade equity in return.
Speaker 2: I just think you already have the guys in the house.
Speaker 2: There's no need to go out and do it. And
Speaker 2: I know there's a lot of talk about whether or
Speaker 2: not the Dodgers should be stoppers or blockers in it
Speaker 2: possible Terry Scougle trade. If the Brewers are a team,
Speaker 2: which here they are trying to go out and get
Speaker 2: a Terrek Scooble, do do you block that from happening?
Speaker 2: And I know David's adamant that they're not going to
Speaker 2: do it, and you can you can argue both sides.
Speaker 2: My personal opinion, just my personal opinion. If the Milwaukee
Speaker 2: Brewers are trying to go out and get Terrek Scooble.
Speaker 5: The Dodgers have to block it. The Dodgers have to.
Speaker 2: Go out and give up more and get Schooble in return.
Speaker 2: And why you ask, because I don't want to see
Speaker 2: Jacob Mizerowski Tarry Schooble Harrison in that possible matchup in
Speaker 2: the postseason with those three starters, folks. The miz today
Speaker 2: struck out seven straight batters to start the game against Colorado.
Speaker 2: He struck out eleven of the first twelve that he faced.
Speaker 2: The dude is nasty and he throws Trek Scouble in
Speaker 2: there and then they get Harrison back. That's a one
Speaker 2: two three punch you really don't want to see come October.
Speaker 2: When games are lower scored, you know, runs are at
Speaker 2: a premium more, you really have to, you know, win
Speaker 2: tight games. You know, three two to one, four to two.
Speaker 2: You're not blown out teams eight to three, or you're
Speaker 2: not blown out teams seven to one. They're closer games
Speaker 2: because the talent is closer than the Brewers are just
Speaker 2: right there with the Dodgers. So again, we'll get into
Speaker 2: an off night Dodger talk tomorrow because we'll be a
Speaker 2: week away from the trade deadline, which is again Monday, August.
Speaker 2: Thirtt's take it, take a quick time out, we'll come back.
Speaker 2: We'll hear from Immachina, We'll hear from Rick Monday, who
Speaker 2: has spent the weekend in Cooperstown, New York, for the
Speaker 2: Hall of Fame induction ceremony. And I want to get
Speaker 2: into next year. Three went in today. But will anybody
Speaker 2: be elected into the Hall of Fame next year in
Speaker 2: Major League Baseball?
Speaker 5: I don't know.
Speaker 2: We'll find out. First time since nineteen sixty it happened in.
Speaker 5: Twenty twenty one.
Speaker 2: No player in the twenty twenty one class reached the
Speaker 2: seventy five percent threshold needed for enshrinement.
Speaker 5: Interesting.
Speaker 2: Interesting, So we may see it again next year. We'll
Speaker 2: get into it. Dodgers lose the Mets eight to three
Speaker 2: at City Field in New York. Dodger Talk continues run
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Speaker 5: This is Dodger Talk. Tim Kates with you here on
Speaker 5: this Sunday afternoon.
Speaker 2: Dodger Talk continues on Anti seventy LA Sports as the
Speaker 2: Dodgers fall to the Mets by final of eight to three.
Speaker 2: Freddie Freeman now top twenty five all time on the
Speaker 2: MLB career doubles list with an RBI double and the
Speaker 2: third The Dodgers took a three to one lead in
Speaker 2: the fourth inning on an Alfonso Rbi groundout, Dodgers were
Speaker 2: up three to one, handed it over to the bullpen
Speaker 2: after Imma Machine went five innings. Jack Dryer though while
Speaker 2: two of the three batters he faced a three run
Speaker 2: home run from Tyrone Taylor off Evan Phillips, who came
Speaker 2: into the game, retired or to relieve Jack Dryer, and
Speaker 2: then Will Klein gave up four more runs in the
Speaker 2: seventh inning, the Dodgers' bullpen seven unanswered runs, blowing the
Speaker 2: lead and the game. As the Mets win the finale
Speaker 2: eight to three. The Dodgers still take two to three,
Speaker 2: go six and three on this nine game road trip
Speaker 2: with series wins against the Yankees, the Phillies, and the Mets.
Speaker 2: Immit Sheen gave up back to back to back hits
Speaker 2: to lead off the first inning to the Mets, but
Speaker 2: then after that did not give up a hit the
Speaker 2: rest of the way, struck out five through eighty seven pitches,
Speaker 2: was in line for the win, but gets a no decision.
Speaker 2: Let's head back out to New York, Immit she and
Speaker 2: with the media.
Speaker 8: Yeah, I think that's something I've been working on this
Speaker 8: year for sure, is just trying not to let it
Speaker 8: snowball like that, So yeah, I think first inning is
Speaker 8: a little off, and then was able to walk it
Speaker 8: in and just try to keep us there. Obviously it's
Speaker 8: not good to put us in a hole ever, but
Speaker 8: trying to keep it there, so like I did a
Speaker 8: good job.
Speaker 7: Let me look at just kind of as you kind
Speaker 7: of just mentioned, you know, we'll do a good job
Speaker 7: of selling back in. Is there something in specific that
Speaker 7: you've kind of found that you were working on kind
Speaker 7: of a glove tap to center, but it's just something
Speaker 7: that you've found mechanically or just mentally to put you
Speaker 7: back into a position so you can be a little
Speaker 7: bit more effective.
Speaker 8: I think just being convicted knowing the plan when we
Speaker 8: go out there. Me and Fanzi run on the same
Speaker 8: page all day, I thought, so getting with him in
Speaker 8: between innings and shammering down what we're gonna do when
Speaker 8: we get out there, so I'm convicted in it when
Speaker 8: I can throw it, says, I feel like when the
Speaker 8: game starts with three straight hits, just trying to kind
Speaker 8: of settle in there and get out of that spot and.
Speaker 7: Then you know, get deep into the game from there.
Speaker 8: Yeah, definitely, I mean I've been there before this year
Speaker 8: a few times. So I feel like if I didn't
Speaker 8: learn from it, then there's no point in it happening.
Speaker 8: So yeah, trying to just you know, change it a
Speaker 8: little bit and do what I can to keep us there.
Speaker 5: Yeah, and bitch better.
Speaker 2: After the back to back to back hits that he
Speaker 2: gave up in the first inning, including Francisco Lindor RBI single,
Speaker 2: settled in, didn't have the best to command, still did
Speaker 2: to walk a couple of batters, but was able to
Speaker 2: get some chase and get some swing and missus and
Speaker 2: the Dodgers, though fall to the Mets by a final
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Speaker 2: Jeff Ken Andrew Jones, Carlos Beltre and the former met
Speaker 2: went into the Hall of Fame. It was seventy six
Speaker 2: degrees in upstate New York. How about that they had
Speaker 2: sixty Hall of Famers on stage at the grounds there
Speaker 2: in Cooperstown, a record number of Hall of Famers there, sixty.
Speaker 2: They had twelve thousand fans estimated in attendance for this
Speaker 2: induction ceremony. Real quick before we get to the audio
Speaker 2: from Rick Monday, who was there this weekend nineteen ninety nine,
Speaker 2: I along with my family went to the Baseball Hall
Speaker 2: of Fame in Cooperstown, New York for the induction ceremony
Speaker 2: that year. And you talk about a class that equals
Speaker 2: one of the best in recent history.
Speaker 5: The Veterans Committee.
Speaker 2: Four different men including Orlando Cipaida got inducted into the
Speaker 2: Hall of Fame.
Speaker 5: Pretty cool.
Speaker 2: But three Hall of Famers that were inducted that year.
Speaker 2: In nineteen ninety nine, the year that I went up,
Speaker 2: went to this Hall of Fame induction ceremony, and by
Speaker 2: the way, it was like one hundred degrees with one
Speaker 2: hundred percent humidity and there was like thirty five thousand
Speaker 2: people there. It was great except for the heat. George Brett,
Speaker 2: Robin Youngnt and Nolan Ryan. Those three guys, along with
Speaker 2: Orlando Cepaida and three others on the Veterans Committee inducted
Speaker 2: into the Baseball Hall of Fame back in nineteen ninety nine.
Speaker 2: Was there, was there for the weekend. It was tremendous.
Speaker 2: It was so cool to be a part of it.
Speaker 2: I highly suggest you get to Cooper's Down whether it's
Speaker 2: induction weekend or not. But if you can get there
Speaker 2: for Induction weekend, it is really cool to see all
Speaker 2: the Hall of Famers that are there. And they had
Speaker 2: a record sixty there this weekend. And while he's not
Speaker 2: a Hall of Famer, he is an our hearts the
Speaker 2: great Rick Monday was there this weekend. It's fifty years
Speaker 2: since Rick saved the American flag from those two animals
Speaker 2: and left field the Dodger Stadium back in nineteen seventy six.
Speaker 2: He has kept the American flag, you know the story.
Speaker 2: You know he still uses it for great causes for
Speaker 2: our troops. And he now has a display at Cooperstown
Speaker 2: Josh Rowich Form, where Dodger P. R. Maven now is
Speaker 2: the President of the Baseball Hall of Fame. In Cooperstown,
Speaker 2: and they have set up a tremendous display for people
Speaker 2: to get the background of the flag, to learn about
Speaker 2: what happened, and to learn about what has been done
Speaker 2: fundraising with that American flag that Rick Monday still has.
Speaker 2: So Rick was there along with his wife and his
Speaker 2: daughter and was able to enjoy the weekend.
Speaker 5: They had a great.
Speaker 2: Ceremony, they had a panel discussion. He was there all
Speaker 2: weekend long and had a great chance to speak about
Speaker 2: what this flag means.
Speaker 6: But in the fifty years that have transpired since that
Speaker 6: Sunday afternoon at Dodger Stadium, not much has changed. The
Speaker 6: mail that we get is the same respect for this
Speaker 6: country and the people that supported what that flag represents
Speaker 6: for each and every one of us, the rights and
Speaker 6: freedoms and what we do with those rights and freedoms
Speaker 6: is up to us individually and collectively. But on that
Speaker 6: Sunday afternoon, it really started a windstorm of thoughts. And
Speaker 6: most of the letters that we get today are from
Speaker 6: those who were not even born at that particular time,
Speaker 6: so it touched people. That flag still has a life
Speaker 6: and we are honored to share it with the Hall
Speaker 6: of Fame, and the people come here and how it
Speaker 6: has been displayed and all of the people, remarkable people
Speaker 6: at the Hall of Fame and how they have done
Speaker 6: it with the care that they have presented in that
Speaker 6: display is phenomenal. My thanks to everyone that has really
Speaker 6: accepted us as we have tried to go forward and
Speaker 6: kind of present the flag and what it means.
Speaker 2: All right, there is our own Monday in Cooper's Down
Speaker 2: this weekend talking about the displayed flag that he saved
Speaker 2: fifty years ago. And it is a tremendous display and
Speaker 2: the Cooper's Down Hall of Fame.
Speaker 5: Is so awesome.
Speaker 2: If you're a baseball fan, I cannot suggest you get
Speaker 2: there at some point in your life. Get the time
Speaker 2: to get to Upstate New York and don't just go
Speaker 2: for the Little league or or tournaments that they have there.
Speaker 2: That's great as well for the young kids that get
Speaker 2: to go play that huge tournament they have there every
Speaker 2: summer in Cooperstown. But as a baseball fan, tour that
Speaker 2: great Hall of Fame in Cooper's Down, check out the city,
Speaker 2: check everything out about it there in Upstate New York.
Speaker 2: It is truly a great time and you'll enjoy it
Speaker 2: and the display of Rick Monday's flag is on there
Speaker 2: as well temporarily this year, so again the fiftieth anniversary
Speaker 2: of that. And Rick was there celebrating this weekend along
Speaker 2: with his family. The three Hall of famers now inducted
Speaker 2: into the Cooperstown Hall of Fame in Major for Major
Speaker 2: League Baseball, of course, Carlos Beltran, you have Andrew Jones
Speaker 2: and Jeff Kent going in next year. We look ahead
Speaker 2: to next year. Who gets in. Chase Utley was the
Speaker 2: closest player who didn't get in this year but could
Speaker 2: get in next year. Is Chase Utley a Hall of Famer?
Speaker 2: You can make a good case that he is. But
Speaker 2: one of the new players eligible to go into the
Speaker 2: Hall of Fame next year is Buster Posey, Giants catcher
Speaker 2: now general manager. Is he a first time ballot Hall
Speaker 2: of Famer in twenty twenty seven. It'll be interesting to
Speaker 2: see if he gets in. John Lester also makes his
Speaker 2: debut on the postseason or the Hall of Fame vote.
Speaker 2: Then you get Ryan Zimmerman, Brett Gardner, Kyle Seger, Jay
Speaker 2: Bruce Sorry not Hall of famers also key return holdovers
Speaker 2: besides Chase Utley, who had fifty nine percent of the
Speaker 2: vote last year, Felix Hernandez King Felix.
Speaker 5: Is he a Hall of Famer?
Speaker 2: Andy Pettitt forty eight percent of the vote this last year,
Speaker 2: ninth years of eligibility going in next year is Hall
Speaker 2: of Famer.
Speaker 5: It's a down year for Hall.
Speaker 2: Of Fame class outside of Buster Posey and Chase Utley.
Speaker 2: I don't see anybody else that gets in in twenty
Speaker 2: twenty seven. And is Buster Posey a first ballot Hall
Speaker 2: of Famer?
Speaker 8: I don't know.
Speaker 5: He's got the championships.
Speaker 2: You know, he's got the numbers, but he's he a
Speaker 2: first ballot Hall of Famer. Is Chase Utley going to
Speaker 2: finally get over the hump and get to that seventy
Speaker 2: five percent vote threshold. We'll find out. Twenty twenty one,
Speaker 2: we didn't have a Hall of Fame class. We did
Speaker 2: have a ceremony that year. No twenty twenty one class
Speaker 2: because nobody met the seventy five percent vote threshold. But
Speaker 2: we did have a ceremony because the twenty twenty class
Speaker 2: with Derek Jeter and Larry Walker and Ted Simmons, Marvin Miller,
Speaker 2: that class in twenty twenty because of COVID had their
Speaker 2: induction ceremony delayed until twenty twenty one, so we did
Speaker 2: have a ceremony that year, but we had nobody from
Speaker 2: the class of twenty twenty one that was elected in
Speaker 2: to the Hall of Fame. So we could be in
Speaker 2: that situation next year in twenty twenty seven, nobody gets
Speaker 2: elected into the Hall of Fame, or as I said,
Speaker 2: two most likely guys that could could get to the
Speaker 2: number is Buster Posey and Chase Utley. Real quick, before
Speaker 2: we say goodbye, don't forget an off night for the
Speaker 2: Dodgers tomorrow. But that doesn't mean there's nothing happening at
Speaker 2: Dodger Stadium. The Los Angeles Sports and Entertainment Commission has
Speaker 2: Dodgers All Access that.
Speaker 5: They are bringing you.
Speaker 2: Tickets are available at laseec dot net. You can find
Speaker 2: out more about this great event. They've been doing it
Speaker 2: for over a decade. There's a dinner on the infield
Speaker 2: panel discussions or Herscheiser will be out there leading a discussion.
Speaker 5: Dave Roberts is going to be out there.
Speaker 2: John Hartung, our buddy from Sports in LA, will be
Speaker 2: leading a panel discussion. You have photo opportunities with the
Speaker 2: World Series trophies. We'll have former players, current players, Dodger
Speaker 2: legends out there for photo opportunities, batting practice in the
Speaker 2: batting cages, you can pitch in the bullpen, as well,
Speaker 2: a silent auction from Dodgers Memoribilia.
Speaker 5: It's a great time.
Speaker 2: It's called Dodgers All Access twenty twenty six and there
Speaker 2: are limited tickets available right now at la SEC dot net. Again,
Speaker 2: la SEC dot net that stands for the Los Angeles
Speaker 2: Sports and Entertainment Commission. All right, that's gonna do it
Speaker 2: for Dodger Talk on this Sunday. We covered a lot
Speaker 2: and we'll be back at it on Monday night with
Speaker 2: the off night version of Dodger Talk, where we're really
Speaker 2: going to dive deeper into the Major League Baseball trade
Speaker 2: deadline and get your thoughts and propose trades on what
Speaker 2: the Dodgers should or shouldn't do at the deadline. Thanks
Speaker 2: to Colin, you, thanks to all you Dodger fans for
Speaker 2: being a part of the show on this hot, muggy
Speaker 2: Sunday afternoon.
Speaker 5: How come it feels like upstate New.
Speaker 2: York here in Southern California, hot and human, but yet
Speaker 2: in Cooper's down today for the induction ceremony for the
Speaker 2: Major League Baseball Hall of Fame. It was seventy six
Speaker 2: degrees and beautiful. The weather completely flipped and I don't
Speaker 2: like it.
Speaker 5: Better flip it back.
Speaker 2: Get some cooler weather here in southern California as the
Speaker 2: Boys in Blue return home day off tomorrow. Back at
Speaker 2: it on Tuesday against the Maritors for the first of three,
Speaker 2: starting a six game.
Speaker 5: Homestand of course, first pitch at seven to ten.
Speaker 2: Again, thanks to all you for being a part of
Speaker 2: the show, listening, podcasting.
Speaker 5: We're back at it on Monday night. Enjoy the rest
Speaker 5: of your Sunday afternoon. So everybody starting