WEBVTT - Dodger Talk (8-3-26) 0:00:00.640 --> 0:00:04.040 The quest for the three peat has begun. Only four 0:00:04.080 --> 0:00:09.200 teams in Major League Baseball history have won three consecutive titles. 0:00:09.560 --> 0:00:13.520 The Dodgers are the favorites to become the fifth. This 0:00:13.920 --> 0:00:15.960 is World Champion Dodger Talk. 0:00:16.040 --> 0:00:16.800 Here we go again. 0:00:16.840 --> 0:00:18.120 We're running back to. 0:00:18.079 --> 0:00:20.560 Get in on the show called eight six six, not 0:00:20.720 --> 0:00:23.239 eighty seven, two five seven day and be sure to 0:00:23.320 --> 0:00:26.320 follow Dodger Talk wherever you get your podcasts. 0:00:27.080 --> 0:00:33.560 Here's your host, David Vase. Welcome the Dodger Talk. David 0:00:33.640 --> 0:00:37.760 Vassay with you until nine thirty tonight on Dodger Talk 0:00:38.000 --> 0:00:41.640 Live from Wrigley Field. After the Dodgers lose to the 0:00:41.680 --> 0:00:46.080 Cubs tonight ten to five. We have wide open phone lines. 0:00:46.120 --> 0:00:48.640 You always tell me you can't get in, you don't 0:00:48.680 --> 0:00:51.080 want to try. Well, how about tonight. We have a 0:00:51.120 --> 0:00:54.000 lot to talk about the second half of the show. 0:00:54.120 --> 0:00:58.400 We'll get into the trade deadline. We'll hear from Trek Scooble, 0:00:58.760 --> 0:01:01.320 you'll hear from Dave Robert. It's about the decision to 0:01:01.440 --> 0:01:05.520 send down Emmitt Sheen. Yeah, that's right. Emmitt Shean has 0:01:05.560 --> 0:01:10.000 been optioned to Oklahoma City. Eric Lower and Alex Call 0:01:10.600 --> 0:01:14.080 will remain on the Dodgers. They were not traded, and 0:01:14.240 --> 0:01:18.280 lower will remain and the Dodgers starting rotation. We'll get 0:01:18.319 --> 0:01:20.680 to that. And I want to just share with you 0:01:20.760 --> 0:01:25.959 a few different teams who certainly made trades to not 0:01:26.000 --> 0:01:30.320 only help themselves, but also I feel like to try 0:01:30.360 --> 0:01:34.160 to close the gap and match up against the Dodgers 0:01:34.200 --> 0:01:38.039 if they run into them in October, including these Cubs. 0:01:38.080 --> 0:01:41.160 The Cubs made a lot of good improvements at the 0:01:41.160 --> 0:01:45.880 trade deadline that screamed to me they're trying to find 0:01:46.000 --> 0:01:51.200 pitchers to neutralize the Dodger offense. Eight six six nine, 0:01:51.280 --> 0:01:55.040 eight seven two five seventy is the phone number Dodgers 0:01:55.200 --> 0:01:58.760 fall to the Cubs tonight, ten to five. I want 0:01:58.760 --> 0:02:01.520 to start with the base running because I've brought this 0:02:01.720 --> 0:02:05.320 up a couple of times since the All Star Break, 0:02:05.400 --> 0:02:09.040 and there have been other times where Otani news or 0:02:09.080 --> 0:02:15.120 Schoobal news has overshadowed those poor base running decisions by 0:02:15.200 --> 0:02:18.640 two players. It's not the entire team, there's just two 0:02:18.680 --> 0:02:23.200 players that have been horrific on the basis since the 0:02:23.280 --> 0:02:26.960 All Star Break. I tweeted this out earlier, and I 0:02:27.120 --> 0:02:30.280 mean it. I can't believe what I'm seeing from show. Hey, Otani. 0:02:30.639 --> 0:02:35.359 I have not seen these many poor base running decisions 0:02:35.680 --> 0:02:38.280 from Otani in the two and a half years that 0:02:38.360 --> 0:02:42.040 he's been on the Dodgers that we have seen since 0:02:42.120 --> 0:02:46.320 the All Star break, going first to third, trying to 0:02:46.360 --> 0:02:49.519 stretch a double into a triple, trying to tag up 0:02:49.919 --> 0:02:52.799 on a bray you against the Red Sox from first 0:02:52.840 --> 0:02:56.800 base to second base, being thrown out, being picked off 0:02:56.800 --> 0:03:00.400 tonight in the second inning. How about Kyle Tucker not 0:03:00.560 --> 0:03:05.320 running hard on the bases, ignoring the green light from 0:03:05.360 --> 0:03:09.120 dino Ebol on the last Homestand I mean, this guy, 0:03:09.320 --> 0:03:11.560 I don't know where his head is at, but if 0:03:11.600 --> 0:03:13.760 you're going to hit two thirty, you better help the 0:03:13.840 --> 0:03:17.040 team on the bases and on defense, and right now 0:03:17.040 --> 0:03:22.080 we're not seeing that. So those things are inexcusable. And 0:03:22.120 --> 0:03:28.760 tonight another actually two poor base running decisions by Kyle Tucker. Tonight. Yes, 0:03:28.840 --> 0:03:32.760 he scored because Pi Crow Armstrong bobbled the ball in 0:03:32.880 --> 0:03:36.520 center field, but he was not running hard from second 0:03:36.560 --> 0:03:38.880 to third base, and that's the reason why dino Ebol 0:03:39.200 --> 0:03:42.800 held him up initially. And then a guy that played 0:03:42.800 --> 0:03:46.839 a full season and right field at Wrigley Field hits 0:03:46.880 --> 0:03:51.280 a line drive off the right field wall and decides, 0:03:51.560 --> 0:03:54.520 in a game where you're losing seven to four in 0:03:54.600 --> 0:03:58.360 the sixth inning, you are going to try to extend 0:03:58.400 --> 0:04:03.920 a single into a double. Nobody can justify any of 0:04:03.960 --> 0:04:07.840 that to me. And then Teoscar Hernandez hits a home run, 0:04:08.720 --> 0:04:11.000 so it could have been a one run game and 0:04:11.040 --> 0:04:13.640 you never know what kind of pressure that puts on 0:04:13.720 --> 0:04:16.360 the Cubs after that. Instead it's a solo home run. 0:04:16.800 --> 0:04:21.240 So I know everybody's talking about Robleski and rightfully, so 0:04:21.400 --> 0:04:23.760 we'll get to him in a second. But the base 0:04:23.839 --> 0:04:27.360 running just tonight, and since the All Star break from 0:04:27.440 --> 0:04:30.919 Tucker and Otani has lot left a lot to be 0:04:31.120 --> 0:04:34.400 desired and it needs to be tightened up. Let's go 0:04:34.480 --> 0:04:38.159 downstairs right now to the Dodger Clubhouse. Kyle Tucker spoke 0:04:38.240 --> 0:04:39.800 to the media on Sports at LA. 0:04:40.160 --> 0:04:41.920 I mean that play, I mean I bounced. 0:04:43.160 --> 0:04:44.680 Right back to home and the chefs and he made 0:04:44.720 --> 0:04:46.480 a really good throw right there and tends that you've 0:04:46.480 --> 0:04:48.120 made a good tag, so kind of, I mean, I 0:04:48.160 --> 0:04:51.440 happened some times they made a good play. So trying 0:04:51.440 --> 0:04:53.640 to take your chances, especially in situations where you might 0:04:53.680 --> 0:04:56.240 need to try and get some runs, especially with one 0:04:56.240 --> 0:04:58.279 out at the time, trying to get the second election 0:04:58.920 --> 0:05:02.560 and you know, aerian scorning position at that point if 0:05:02.600 --> 0:05:02.960 you're there. 0:05:03.000 --> 0:05:06.160 So they just made a good player and then that 0:05:06.200 --> 0:05:06.760 one for. 0:05:06.800 --> 0:05:09.680 You offensively, Just the two hits tonight, I mean one 0:05:09.720 --> 0:05:11.840 there's something about being back here to a place where 0:05:11.880 --> 0:05:13.280 you used to play, but just kind of have you 0:05:13.320 --> 0:05:15.599 found just getting that consistency back to your swing with 0:05:15.600 --> 0:05:16.640 how you're feeling. 0:05:18.160 --> 0:05:19.520 I don't know, just working every single day. 0:05:19.720 --> 0:05:23.080 I'm just trying to be consistent with my work and 0:05:23.120 --> 0:05:24.760 what I do in the cage and everything and trying 0:05:24.800 --> 0:05:28.160 to translate out onto the field. So I feel pretty 0:05:28.160 --> 0:05:32.039 good today, good at bats, past couple days and stuff. 0:05:32.080 --> 0:05:34.960 So I'm just trying to continue that moving forward to 0:05:34.960 --> 0:05:36.039 tomorrow's game and so forth. 0:05:36.880 --> 0:05:38.640 Was it like just kind of walking back in here 0:05:38.680 --> 0:05:40.960 today and then kind of hearing just the receptions you 0:05:41.000 --> 0:05:42.640 got when you went up to the plate tonight. 0:05:43.760 --> 0:05:45.560 I mean, you know, I like playing here last year. 0:05:45.720 --> 0:05:47.680 There's some really great guys over there, and you know, 0:05:47.720 --> 0:05:49.760 they have a good team, so it's nice being back 0:05:49.800 --> 0:05:50.760 and playing here. 0:05:51.960 --> 0:05:55.320 Yeah, I liked it, Okay, So I guess we'll just 0:05:55.320 --> 0:05:59.000 gloss over all all the poor base running decisions Kyle 0:05:59.080 --> 0:06:02.240 Tucker has made since the All Star break and especially 0:06:02.640 --> 0:06:05.080 on the last homestand and then comes out tonight with 0:06:05.160 --> 0:06:08.440 two really bad ones. So you know, the reason why 0:06:09.160 --> 0:06:13.520 that is upsetting is because Kyle Tucker is not doing 0:06:13.560 --> 0:06:15.720 a lot at the plate. There's no secret about that. 0:06:16.080 --> 0:06:18.800 But you can help your team in other areas, especially 0:06:18.800 --> 0:06:21.599 when you do get on base. Don't make outs on 0:06:21.640 --> 0:06:25.280 the basis, don't cost your team or en rallies. And 0:06:25.320 --> 0:06:28.000 that's what we've seen from Tucker over the course of 0:06:28.040 --> 0:06:32.360 the last ten games. So that to me is inexcusable 0:06:32.400 --> 0:06:36.719 and unforgivable. And everybody talks about Game seven and the 0:06:36.760 --> 0:06:40.960 World Series for the Dodgers last year, what was the difference? 0:06:41.640 --> 0:06:47.520 It was? Defense, base running. I know it's a long season. 0:06:47.920 --> 0:06:49.920 I know we're in the dog days of August, don't 0:06:49.960 --> 0:06:52.760 get me wrong, but Kyle Tucker was not one of 0:06:52.760 --> 0:06:56.080 those players that were playing in October. You could talk 0:06:56.120 --> 0:06:58.720 about that with almost every other player on this team, 0:06:58.760 --> 0:07:01.400 and you can somewhat forgive them because we are in 0:07:01.480 --> 0:07:03.880 the dog days of August and these guys have played 0:07:04.279 --> 0:07:07.240 more games than anybody else the last two and a 0:07:07.320 --> 0:07:12.960 half years. But come on, that just needs to be better. 0:07:13.480 --> 0:07:16.240 Eight six, six nine, eight seven two five seventy is 0:07:16.240 --> 0:07:19.600 the phone number. Dodgers fall to the Cubs tonight, ten 0:07:19.680 --> 0:07:23.240 to five, on a night where Justin Robleski gives up 0:07:23.360 --> 0:07:27.200 four home runs for the second straight start. I like 0:07:27.280 --> 0:07:29.920 what Dave Roberts had to say. It's true, the stuff 0:07:29.960 --> 0:07:33.720 is there, it's the poor location and I do it 0:07:33.800 --> 0:07:36.720 really hit me when Jose Motor broke it down for us. 0:07:37.320 --> 0:07:41.080 Maybe the rest of the league is playing the chess 0:07:41.080 --> 0:07:44.640 game to Justin Robleski, and now he needs to make 0:07:44.680 --> 0:07:49.280 the counter movements because he should pride himself on the 0:07:49.320 --> 0:07:52.320 fact that he can get quick outs and not get 0:07:52.360 --> 0:07:55.360 outs with strikeouts. But there's so much emphasis on that 0:07:55.440 --> 0:07:57.800 in the game these days, and people were asking him 0:07:57.840 --> 0:08:00.640 about it, and he started to get some strike outs 0:08:00.880 --> 0:08:03.960 the last two starts before the All Star break. He 0:08:04.080 --> 0:08:07.840 can't change who he is. As we talk about with hitters, 0:08:08.240 --> 0:08:11.760 know who you are as a hitter. Justin Robleski has 0:08:11.880 --> 0:08:15.400 to remember who he is as a pitcher and now 0:08:15.880 --> 0:08:18.920 start to make the adjustments to teams that have seen 0:08:19.000 --> 0:08:21.520 a lot. There's a lot of video on him and 0:08:21.600 --> 0:08:24.640 he's got to make the game plan adjustment to the 0:08:24.680 --> 0:08:27.240 rest of the league. Let's head back downstairs to the 0:08:27.280 --> 0:08:29.240 Dodger Clubhouse on sports Net l A. 0:08:29.720 --> 0:08:32.800 Yeah, I mean, you know, I think sometimes sometimes teams 0:08:32.800 --> 0:08:36.760 are gonna have honestly good swings off you, and yeah, 0:08:36.800 --> 0:08:37.640 today that happened. 0:08:37.720 --> 0:08:39.800 But you know, I think there's no excuse. 0:08:39.840 --> 0:08:41.840 I think I need to be better than I have 0:08:41.960 --> 0:08:45.040 these past two and it's just frustrating. And but you know, 0:08:45.080 --> 0:08:47.320 I think you're You're definitely who you are when when 0:08:47.320 --> 0:08:50.000 you're at your worst. So I think it's about kind 0:08:50.000 --> 0:08:53.040 of going to this weekend grinding, keeping keeping keep on, 0:08:53.160 --> 0:08:55.880 keeping on same old stuff, and you know, just just 0:08:56.240 --> 0:08:58.320 work on stuff, hammer stuff out with with Mark and 0:08:58.400 --> 0:09:00.840 Connor and everybody, and. 0:09:00.240 --> 0:09:01.880 Get back to it, get back to throwing the ball. Well. 0:09:03.480 --> 0:09:06.880 Did like, especially the home run pitches tonight, that how 0:09:06.960 --> 0:09:09.800 much of those could you kind of get execute close 0:09:09.840 --> 0:09:11.800 to what you wanted to versus just you know, kind 0:09:11.800 --> 0:09:14.840 of like last week where maybe they're just kind of 0:09:14.840 --> 0:09:16.160 on what you're throwing there. 0:09:17.320 --> 0:09:19.480 You know, I think last week some of them were 0:09:19.480 --> 0:09:21.520 better pitches than this week. You know, I think the 0:09:21.559 --> 0:09:23.760 one to Kelly is not not a great pitch, The 0:09:23.800 --> 0:09:27.079 one to say is I mean, I'm not super upset 0:09:27.120 --> 0:09:30.440 with that. I think maybe most ballparks probably hold that 0:09:30.800 --> 0:09:32.960 or you know, it's it's off the wall and not 0:09:32.960 --> 0:09:35.920 not a home run there. But you know, I think 0:09:36.040 --> 0:09:38.880 overall just didn't build a ball all enough today obviously, 0:09:38.920 --> 0:09:42.800 and just have been been pretty frustrated these past two 0:09:42.920 --> 0:09:46.280 So just continuing to to you know, work on things 0:09:46.320 --> 0:09:48.760 get better and you know, hopefully come back out and 0:09:48.800 --> 0:09:51.559 going around here and have have some have a nice little. 0:09:51.360 --> 0:09:53.640 Scow the street date could to him, it kind of 0:09:53.679 --> 0:09:55.079 just felt like they were on a lot of your 0:09:55.120 --> 0:09:57.080 stuff to think it's is that a sign to you 0:09:57.240 --> 0:10:00.240 of whether it's just kind of game planning or there's 0:10:00.280 --> 0:10:02.280 like a tipping issue, like do you have a theory there? 0:10:02.360 --> 0:10:05.000 Yeah, it's possible, it's possible. It's something we're going to 0:10:05.040 --> 0:10:07.280 go look at. You know, I changed the game plan 0:10:07.520 --> 0:10:09.720 pretty significantly today and felt like they were still on 0:10:09.760 --> 0:10:12.679 some stuff. So you know, again it's it's baseball. These 0:10:12.720 --> 0:10:14.400 are you know, they get paid a lot of money 0:10:14.440 --> 0:10:17.000 to play this game too, so they're they're good players. 0:10:17.040 --> 0:10:19.680 And yeah, sometimes you're gonna get You're gonna get gotten. 0:10:19.720 --> 0:10:22.880 It's it's it's a hard League de Pinsion. So but yeah, 0:10:22.920 --> 0:10:24.400 I think at the end of the day, I just 0:10:24.400 --> 0:10:27.720 need to continue working and getting better. And you know, 0:10:28.360 --> 0:10:29.800 like I said, the chips will fall where they're going 0:10:29.880 --> 0:10:31.880 to and uh, just just keep going. 0:10:33.200 --> 0:10:36.400 All right. There's Justin Robleski on sports Net l A. Look, 0:10:37.000 --> 0:10:39.679 it would be concerning if the velocity was down, it 0:10:39.720 --> 0:10:42.959 would be concerning if the spin rate was going down 0:10:43.000 --> 0:10:45.960 and trending downwards. It's not. It's just a poor lack 0:10:46.000 --> 0:10:50.720 of execution and maybe, like Jose Mota was talking about, 0:10:50.760 --> 0:10:53.719 maybe it's time now the cat and mouse game, the 0:10:53.840 --> 0:10:56.680 chess game, whatever you want to call it. Justin Robleski, 0:10:56.800 --> 0:10:59.920 now it's your move. The hitters have made the move. 0:11:00.360 --> 0:11:03.920 It's your move now. Eight six six nine, eight seven 0:11:04.000 --> 0:11:06.680 two five seventy is the phone number. We have one 0:11:06.760 --> 0:11:09.440 line open. Now you have woken up. I'm the one 0:11:09.480 --> 0:11:11.680 that went to sleep at four point thirty this morning, 0:11:11.720 --> 0:11:14.600 not you. Let's go out to Josh and Ontario. You're 0:11:14.640 --> 0:11:16.520 on Dodger Talk Live from Wrigley. 0:11:16.559 --> 0:11:20.559 How you doing, Josh, Hey, thank you for taking my car. 0:11:20.640 --> 0:11:23.000 I just have a question, or actually have two questions. 0:11:23.040 --> 0:11:26.440 But my first question is what's the insight tours like 0:11:26.600 --> 0:11:29.600 are it schoolb or rental or are they planning to 0:11:29.679 --> 0:11:31.120 resign him at the end of the season. 0:11:32.120 --> 0:11:35.120 It's too early to say right now, Josh, because even 0:11:35.160 --> 0:11:38.040 Schooble said he's not thinking about the business of the game. 0:11:38.520 --> 0:11:42.040 I think you have to let it, you know, marinate 0:11:42.080 --> 0:11:44.280 a little bit. Let's see how he likes it, Let's 0:11:44.280 --> 0:11:46.960 see how the Dodgers like it. Let's make sure Scott 0:11:47.000 --> 0:11:50.120 Boris doesn't interfere to try to hold Schooble back during 0:11:50.160 --> 0:11:52.680 the playoffs like he did. For sure, ser, all of 0:11:52.679 --> 0:11:53.800 those things are in play. 0:11:55.880 --> 0:11:56.440 I got it. 0:11:56.559 --> 0:11:59.840 And when I've been to the Lower and Alex called trades, 0:12:00.080 --> 0:12:01.640 rumors like what didn't that go through? 0:12:03.040 --> 0:12:06.720 Yeah, I guess things changed quickly because they're both still here. 0:12:07.679 --> 0:12:11.640 And maybe the situation with emig Sheian not pitching that well, 0:12:12.120 --> 0:12:16.000 and the fact that the Dodgers are uncertain about Otani, 0:12:16.400 --> 0:12:20.120 all of those things, you know, lent me to believe 0:12:20.240 --> 0:12:23.200 that Lower was much needed here, more needed here than 0:12:23.280 --> 0:12:26.160 just getting a prospect back or you know, who knows 0:12:26.200 --> 0:12:29.240 what the Dodgers were being offered. But Lower's pitched his 0:12:29.320 --> 0:12:32.760 butt off and certainly has out pitched emit Shean so 0:12:34.280 --> 0:12:36.880 I'm happy he's still here and he's starting on Wednesday. 0:12:38.720 --> 0:12:43.320 Same, Can I see something? Can you ask Moogie something 0:12:43.360 --> 0:12:45.480 from him? Can you tell him to put his high 0:12:45.480 --> 0:12:46.160 thocks back on? 0:12:46.360 --> 0:12:51.400 We need that back the high tops. No, the high socks, 0:12:52.520 --> 0:12:55.640 the high socks. You think that's gonna change things for him? 0:12:56.840 --> 0:12:58.520 He needs something to change for sure. 0:12:59.600 --> 0:13:02.560 I agree with you on that. Thanks for the phone call, Josh. 0:13:02.679 --> 0:13:05.800 Let's go out to Manny in downtown. I'll get to 0:13:05.880 --> 0:13:10.160 all the lineup maybe tomorrow night. So let's just let 0:13:10.240 --> 0:13:12.839 me be upset about a few things tonight and we'll 0:13:12.840 --> 0:13:16.160 get to something else another night. But look, the Dodgers 0:13:16.160 --> 0:13:18.760 are really good. Hold on many, I just have to 0:13:18.800 --> 0:13:21.600 get this out. The Dodgers are really good. Trust me. 0:13:21.720 --> 0:13:25.840 They are the best team in baseball. There's no doubt 0:13:25.880 --> 0:13:29.320 about it. But the reality is, there are still things 0:13:29.360 --> 0:13:31.880 that are standing out to me that need to be 0:13:32.760 --> 0:13:37.280 adjusted individually, group wise before they get to the postseason. 0:13:37.480 --> 0:13:41.280 And trust me, the Dodgers always figure it out. This 0:13:41.520 --> 0:13:44.000 is somewhat of I don't want to say, an audition, 0:13:44.200 --> 0:13:48.240 but it really does give the Dodgers an opportunity for 0:13:48.320 --> 0:13:50.840 the players to decide whether or not they're going to 0:13:50.880 --> 0:13:53.000 be in the rotation, whether or not they're going to 0:13:53.080 --> 0:13:55.800 hit high in the lineup or loan the lineup. That's 0:13:55.920 --> 0:13:58.880 what this is about. But here's the reality of things. 0:13:59.320 --> 0:14:02.480 The Dodgers right now, despite having a large lead in 0:14:02.520 --> 0:14:06.719 the NLST, are currently the number two seed in the 0:14:06.800 --> 0:14:10.960 National League. The Brewers are one game better than the Dodgers. 0:14:11.080 --> 0:14:14.920 And don't look now, the Atlanta Braves are just one 0:14:15.040 --> 0:14:18.560 loss behind the Dodgers for the number two seed in 0:14:18.600 --> 0:14:22.080 the National League. So there is a lot to play for. 0:14:22.600 --> 0:14:25.680 You don't want to have to go through another short, 0:14:25.840 --> 0:14:30.440 five game series. That is, when you talk about random 0:14:30.960 --> 0:14:33.320 a lot of different things can go sideways in a 0:14:33.360 --> 0:14:36.400 five game series. I don't believe any team right now 0:14:36.480 --> 0:14:39.280 could beat the Dodgers four times, but three is a 0:14:39.320 --> 0:14:43.600 different story. I mean three changes things. But just keep 0:14:43.640 --> 0:14:45.960 that in mind. There is still a lot to play for. 0:14:46.440 --> 0:14:49.080 Let's go out to Manny in Downtown. How you doing, Manny. 0:14:49.080 --> 0:14:51.680 I'm sure you didn't realize the Dodgers are one game 0:14:51.720 --> 0:14:54.800 away from being a wild playing in the Wildcard Series 0:14:55.840 --> 0:14:56.560 or NLDS. 0:14:56.640 --> 0:15:00.560 I mean, that's yeah, that's how fastest game. I mean, 0:15:00.600 --> 0:15:02.720 you got some of the better teams out there, Milwaukee 0:15:02.800 --> 0:15:06.400 and Atlanta. They've been consistent too. So the reason why 0:15:06.480 --> 0:15:08.720 I called tonight, I wanted to just, you know, gloat 0:15:08.720 --> 0:15:11.480 a little bit about this Tigre Schoobol trade. The Dodgers 0:15:11.520 --> 0:15:13.640 did what they had to do to get them. Everyone's staked. 0:15:14.200 --> 0:15:17.040 Scooble should be amazing down the road. I want to 0:15:17.040 --> 0:15:18.600 just go back a little bit to Kyle Tucker. 0:15:19.200 --> 0:15:20.320 I want to just a little. 0:15:20.080 --> 0:15:23.520 Bit just to put a period on the schoobl stuff. 0:15:24.040 --> 0:15:26.240 That's why you get a guy like Schooble. When you 0:15:26.280 --> 0:15:28.840 have lost four in a row, things are not going 0:15:28.880 --> 0:15:31.800 your way. Your pitching staff is giving up thirty runs 0:15:31.840 --> 0:15:34.600 during the four game losing streak. That's why you get 0:15:34.640 --> 0:15:36.960 a schoobl He's an ace. He's one of the best 0:15:36.960 --> 0:15:41.040 pitchers in baseball. He ends losing streaks and tomorrow he'll 0:15:41.120 --> 0:15:41.760 end this one. 0:15:43.040 --> 0:15:43.200 Yeah. 0:15:43.280 --> 0:15:45.920 Not only does the end losing streaks, he begins winning streaks. 0:15:45.920 --> 0:15:48.560 So this guy's a winner, and I think he chose 0:15:48.880 --> 0:15:50.840 he's gonna stay long term in my opinion, if I 0:15:50.840 --> 0:15:54.120 had to decide, but going to Kyle Tucker, I am 0:15:54.160 --> 0:15:57.880 not convinced he's bought into this Dodger environment, Dave, I 0:15:57.880 --> 0:16:01.120 feel like he's still kind of sliding the like Olaine. 0:16:01.640 --> 0:16:03.600 You know, I know he's trying his best out there, 0:16:03.640 --> 0:16:06.120 but I just I you know, in that interview when 0:16:06.120 --> 0:16:08.680 he's bragging about the Cubs a little bit, great clubhouse, 0:16:08.720 --> 0:16:10.320 but you have to let us know too. Hey, I'm 0:16:10.360 --> 0:16:12.320 a Dodger. Now it's time to turn it on and 0:16:12.720 --> 0:16:14.800 dog days of summer right here, and we need that bat. 0:16:14.920 --> 0:16:17.440 You know, I wouldn't mind seeing Hosea Paula, you know, 0:16:17.480 --> 0:16:19.600 maybe even giving it a shot, maybe, you know, light 0:16:19.680 --> 0:16:20.160 a little fire. 0:16:20.280 --> 0:16:22.720 Well that's what I mentioned, Manny. I'm with you. If 0:16:22.760 --> 0:16:25.840 things don't change for Tucker, I'm very much on board 0:16:25.880 --> 0:16:28.760 with calling up host way to Paula in September when 0:16:28.880 --> 0:16:32.080 rosters expand and give him some at bat. See what 0:16:32.120 --> 0:16:37.680 you got Infuse some life, if you will, youthful energy 0:16:37.880 --> 0:16:41.360 with this guy. I'm with you. I don't think that's 0:16:41.400 --> 0:16:43.720 a stretch of the imagination. A lot of people believe 0:16:43.720 --> 0:16:46.640 he's ready to go right now. What better time than 0:16:46.680 --> 0:16:48.400 in September to see. 0:16:49.920 --> 0:16:51.640 And maybe that's the guy they need right now. They 0:16:51.680 --> 0:16:53.560 need a dog and right now they're a little four 0:16:53.600 --> 0:16:56.440 game losing streak that you're gonna see that dog tomorrow 0:16:56.480 --> 0:16:56.920 on Schooble. 0:16:58.120 --> 0:17:00.480 All right, Manny, thank you for the phone call. Yeah, 0:17:00.560 --> 0:17:03.440 I'm not opposed to that. If things are not going 0:17:03.480 --> 0:17:06.520 to get better and right field, why not infuse some 0:17:06.680 --> 0:17:10.640 youthful energy. Now, DePaul is not a raw, raw guy, 0:17:10.800 --> 0:17:14.880 but he does have a smooth, suave feel about him. 0:17:14.920 --> 0:17:18.080 But when he starts hitting those bombs, it's going to 0:17:18.080 --> 0:17:20.960 infuse a lot of youthful energy. And like I said, 0:17:21.040 --> 0:17:24.480 these guys are veterans. They've played more games than anybody else. 0:17:24.880 --> 0:17:27.840 Dog days of August stretch run into September. Why not 0:17:28.600 --> 0:17:32.080 the youth you know that brings some new energy to 0:17:32.160 --> 0:17:34.760 the team. I'm not saying that's what the Dodgers are 0:17:34.760 --> 0:17:37.200 going to do, but I wouldn't be opposed to it. 0:17:37.640 --> 0:17:41.359 If the Kyle Tucker twenty twenty six season continues to 0:17:41.400 --> 0:17:44.560 go this way, let's go out to Tucker. Speaking of 0:17:44.640 --> 0:17:47.760 Kyle Tucker, Tucker and Santa Anna, you're on Dodger Talk 0:17:47.880 --> 0:17:48.960 Live from Wrigley Field. 0:17:49.000 --> 0:17:52.760 Hi Tucker, Hey Dave, thanks for taking the call. I 0:17:53.359 --> 0:17:56.240 would love to get a Tucker jersey, but I told 0:17:56.280 --> 0:17:58.679 myself I'd wait until you know, we see some some 0:17:58.720 --> 0:18:00.520 good results, but yeah. 0:18:00.400 --> 0:18:03.240 Good idea. I'm waiting on that for Smell too. You know, 0:18:03.280 --> 0:18:06.400 when he comes back, maybe i'll you know, yeah, anyway, 0:18:06.560 --> 0:18:07.080 I agree with you. 0:18:07.200 --> 0:18:09.320 Good last year and he's just lights out at the. 0:18:09.320 --> 0:18:12.840 End, so I feel like he is Tucker. I mean, 0:18:12.880 --> 0:18:15.239 I'm not gonna go too far, but I'm keeping the 0:18:15.280 --> 0:18:19.560 receipts on everybody that texts me, calls in and talks 0:18:19.640 --> 0:18:23.280 trash about snail Zilla. I'm keeping those receipts. I'll just 0:18:23.320 --> 0:18:27.159 say that. So what else you got, He'll be ready. 0:18:27.359 --> 0:18:29.320 I'm curious what your thoughts are on the games that 0:18:29.359 --> 0:18:31.240 we kind of waved the white flag a little early. 0:18:31.400 --> 0:18:35.359 I love Dave Roberts, but I think there's some games 0:18:35.359 --> 0:18:38.520 where we're like one run, two runs away and you 0:18:38.560 --> 0:18:40.560 were not really fighting for it. And I've heard him 0:18:40.560 --> 0:18:42.600 talk about it before. It's a long season, But what 0:18:42.640 --> 0:18:43.800 are your thoughts on those. 0:18:45.280 --> 0:18:46.680 As far as fighting. 0:18:48.440 --> 0:18:50.560 And just like, you know, when is it too soon 0:18:50.600 --> 0:18:52.399 to wave the right flag? You know, how many games 0:18:52.400 --> 0:18:54.400 do you just kind of, you know, take your starters 0:18:54.400 --> 0:18:56.360 out and you know not. 0:18:58.119 --> 0:19:02.320 That I don't, I don't. I mean, there's certain there 0:19:02.320 --> 0:19:06.199 are certain games where I'm like, okay, yeah, to manage 0:19:06.200 --> 0:19:10.639 a full season. The Dodgers have been masterful and navigating 0:19:10.680 --> 0:19:15.760 one sixty two, so I think teams are trying would 0:19:15.760 --> 0:19:18.240 love to take a page out of the Dodgers book 0:19:18.720 --> 0:19:22.440 in that respect, So I'm not against that in certain situations. 0:19:22.480 --> 0:19:25.520 I don't believe the Dodgers waved the white flag until 0:19:25.520 --> 0:19:28.560 the Cubs scored ten runs. That's when they wave the 0:19:28.560 --> 0:19:31.439 white flag. They're not going to burn high leverage relievers 0:19:31.920 --> 0:19:33.680 in a ten to five game in the eighth or 0:19:33.760 --> 0:19:36.960 ninth inning, Tucker, I don't think today. 0:19:36.960 --> 0:19:39.080 I think more so in the Boston series it seemed 0:19:39.080 --> 0:19:41.040 like there are a couple of close ones, but not 0:19:41.160 --> 0:19:41.680 Today was. 0:19:41.600 --> 0:19:42.440 A tough one. 0:19:43.200 --> 0:19:45.399 Yeah, I you know, honestly, I would have loved to 0:19:45.440 --> 0:19:47.520 have seen Freddy take that at bad in the ninth 0:19:47.560 --> 0:19:50.680 inning last night instead of Alex's call, but he doubled, 0:19:50.880 --> 0:19:53.879 so he pressed. Dave Roberts pressed the right button. I 0:19:53.920 --> 0:19:56.679 know what you're saying, But for the most part, I 0:19:56.720 --> 0:19:59.760 would say Dave has managed it the right way this year. 0:20:01.280 --> 0:20:01.800 Got it well. 0:20:01.800 --> 0:20:02.920 Thanks tone, appreciate the time. 0:20:03.960 --> 0:20:06.880 Hey, thank you call back anytime. Eight six six nine 0:20:06.920 --> 0:20:09.880 eight seven two five seventy is the phone number. Dodgers 0:20:09.920 --> 0:20:13.359 fall to the Cubs tonight ten to five. Tommy Edmund 0:20:13.400 --> 0:20:15.520 hit a three run home run in the first inning, 0:20:15.600 --> 0:20:18.160 and you thought Matthew Boyd was going to be out 0:20:18.160 --> 0:20:20.119 of this game. Not to be. 0:20:20.600 --> 0:20:20.719 Uh. 0:20:20.960 --> 0:20:23.520 He lasted six and two thirds innings to win his 0:20:23.640 --> 0:20:27.119 seventh game of the year, and Justin Robleski takes the loss. 0:20:27.600 --> 0:20:30.040 How about this, Speaking on that first inning, it was 0:20:30.119 --> 0:20:32.679 kind of a microcosm of what we've seen since the 0:20:32.760 --> 0:20:36.520