WEBVTT - Dodger Talk (5-26-26) 0:00:00.560 --> 0:00:02.920 The quest for the three peat has begun. 0:00:03.120 --> 0:00:06.960 Only four teams in Major League Baseball history have won 0:00:07.080 --> 0:00:11.480 three consecutive titles. The Dodgers are the favorites to become 0:00:11.800 --> 0:00:12.560 the fifth. 0:00:12.640 --> 0:00:15.120 This is World Champion Dodger Talk. 0:00:15.160 --> 0:00:17.200 Here we go again. We're getta running back to. 0:00:17.120 --> 0:00:19.480 Get in on the show called eight six six, not 0:00:19.640 --> 0:00:22.400 eighty seven, two five seventy, and be sure to follow 0:00:22.480 --> 0:00:26.600 Dodger Talk wherever you catch your podcasts. Here's your host, 0:00:27.160 --> 0:00:28.720 David vasselas Day. 0:00:32.280 --> 0:00:36.239 Welcome to Dodger Talk. David vasse with you until eleven 0:00:36.440 --> 0:00:39.480 thirty tonight, taking your phone calls at eight sixty six 0:00:39.680 --> 0:00:43.720 nine eighty seven two five seventy. After the Dodgers blow 0:00:43.800 --> 0:00:47.680 out the Rockies fifteen to six, and it wasn't even 0:00:47.680 --> 0:00:50.800 that close. I'll keep saying that because it wasn't. The 0:00:50.840 --> 0:00:54.400 Dodgers allowed five runs in the ninth inning because Miguel 0:00:54.520 --> 0:00:58.680 Rojas was on the mound. I'm not even going to 0:00:58.720 --> 0:01:01.160 say he was pitching, because he was on the mound 0:01:01.280 --> 0:01:04.560 trying not to get hurt. And you know, I'll just 0:01:04.640 --> 0:01:08.839 say this this is under the category of kind of nitpicking, 0:01:08.920 --> 0:01:11.720 but kind of you know, one of those things that 0:01:11.959 --> 0:01:17.160 you know could have been avoided. Why not Jonathan Hernandez 0:01:17.200 --> 0:01:20.400 going back out there. Why not Paul Gervas just coming in. 0:01:20.640 --> 0:01:23.520 There's an off day on Thursday. You don't need to 0:01:23.560 --> 0:01:25.800 put a guy that you almost took out of the 0:01:25.840 --> 0:01:28.640 game yesterday because he was hit by the pitch on 0:01:28.720 --> 0:01:32.400 his left leg and was limping around kind of today 0:01:32.480 --> 0:01:36.720 and limping around a little bit playing tonight. No need 0:01:36.760 --> 0:01:38.760 to put him on the mound, even if he is 0:01:38.920 --> 0:01:42.600 just soft tossing. You have the lead fifteen to one. 0:01:43.480 --> 0:01:47.840 I understand saving the bullpen, but Jonathan Hernandez can't go 0:01:47.960 --> 0:01:52.000 back out there against the Rockies to throw twenty pitches 0:01:52.160 --> 0:01:55.640 at the worst. You already had to get Paul Gervas up, 0:01:55.840 --> 0:01:58.840 So why not just have Paul Gervas pitch the ninth inning. 0:01:59.240 --> 0:02:02.240 That's better than just warming up in the bullpen and 0:02:02.280 --> 0:02:05.400 never coming into the game. So I'll just say that 0:02:05.680 --> 0:02:08.320 and leave it there, because it was a great night 0:02:08.360 --> 0:02:11.280 for the Dodgers in a lot of ways, but in 0:02:11.320 --> 0:02:15.120 some other ways it wasn't so great because two guys 0:02:15.440 --> 0:02:18.920 kind of got hurt. One definitely got hurt, another one 0:02:19.000 --> 0:02:21.520 that is your starting pitcher and the best player on 0:02:21.560 --> 0:02:24.920 the planet. Got hit on his pitching hand tonight and 0:02:24.960 --> 0:02:28.960 that show, Hey Otani. Otani got hit on the right 0:02:29.040 --> 0:02:32.200 hand in the fourth inning. Luckily it wasn't a fastball, 0:02:32.560 --> 0:02:36.360 it was an eighty five change up. And Otani wears 0:02:36.440 --> 0:02:39.720 a handguard on his pitching hand when he's hitting. And 0:02:40.200 --> 0:02:43.919 the reason why it sounded so loud here at Dodgers 0:02:43.919 --> 0:02:48.639 Stadium is because it hit that And obviously even though 0:02:48.639 --> 0:02:50.960 it hits it there, it doesn't mean it doesn't hurt 0:02:51.160 --> 0:02:55.240 or couldn't bruise it. But if it's going to hit anywhere, 0:02:55.360 --> 0:02:58.360 that's the place that you wanted to hit. And that's 0:02:58.440 --> 0:03:00.840 the good news for the Dodgers. And we'll get to 0:03:00.919 --> 0:03:03.280 Dave Roberts and what he had to say about taking 0:03:03.320 --> 0:03:06.560 Otani out. He is going to pitch tomorrow, but we'll 0:03:06.680 --> 0:03:10.680 let Dave Roberts explain that as well. Eric Lower the 0:03:10.720 --> 0:03:14.080 good news makes his first start as a Dodger go 0:03:14.240 --> 0:03:17.760 six innings, allows just one earn run, through a lot 0:03:17.800 --> 0:03:21.800 of fastballs and through more curveballs than he ever has 0:03:21.840 --> 0:03:25.720 in a start or game this year. Threw nineteen curveballs. 0:03:26.040 --> 0:03:28.079 And if you were listening to the show last night, 0:03:28.240 --> 0:03:32.120 Mark Pryor explained to us, that's what the Dodgers were 0:03:32.200 --> 0:03:35.720 looking to tweak his pitch mix off his fastball, and 0:03:35.840 --> 0:03:39.920 obviously the answer tonight was throwing more curveballs. And he 0:03:40.000 --> 0:03:43.280 threw more curveballs tonight than he had all season long, 0:03:43.400 --> 0:03:47.160 nineteen curveballs. So that was good. But obviously the bad 0:03:47.240 --> 0:03:51.000 news is Keith a Hernandez, who just returned last night, 0:03:51.440 --> 0:03:55.560 looked great, look energized, had two hits last night, had 0:03:55.560 --> 0:03:58.480 two hits tonight, including a home run in the third 0:03:58.520 --> 0:04:03.040 inning and in the fourth inning, and that's where we 0:04:03.240 --> 0:04:06.520 really saw the win sing from key K. Turns out 0:04:06.920 --> 0:04:10.120 he has a left oblique string. FABI and Ar Daya 0:04:10.240 --> 0:04:14.480 of the Athletic was among the reporters asking key K questions, 0:04:14.480 --> 0:04:17.520 and we appreciate him sending us this audio. 0:04:18.480 --> 0:04:26.240 Yeah, I tweaked at the MVP yesterday and. 0:04:28.120 --> 0:04:29.520 That was pretty embarrassed about it. 0:04:30.520 --> 0:04:32.760 I had to talk to you guys right after I 0:04:32.839 --> 0:04:35.440 hit and tell you guys that I was paying free. 0:04:35.560 --> 0:04:39.120 At the time, I thought it was just weird tightness. 0:04:39.600 --> 0:04:43.719 Never done oblique before, so I didn't really know what 0:04:43.760 --> 0:04:47.440 I was feeling. Kim in today, I wasn't feeling great. 0:04:47.800 --> 0:04:52.159 I got treatment, but I thought I could play homer 0:04:52.240 --> 0:04:56.280 swing felt awful, and then next to that I went 0:04:56.279 --> 0:04:56.560 out there. 0:04:56.600 --> 0:04:58.279 I swung miss on the first pitch and. 0:05:00.040 --> 0:05:04.280 Of grade, and after that I went into survival mode, 0:05:04.480 --> 0:05:05.120 and uh. 0:05:05.640 --> 0:05:07.760 Yeah, doesn't feel great. 0:05:07.880 --> 0:05:09.560 I don't I've never done in a league, like I said, 0:05:09.600 --> 0:05:11.200 so I don't really know how bad it is, so 0:05:11.440 --> 0:05:12.800 we'll find out more. 0:05:13.320 --> 0:05:16.240 I would imagine it's pretty disappointing, especially it's probably right back, 0:05:16.360 --> 0:05:17.919 but how what sort of the emotion has been like 0:05:17.920 --> 0:05:19.000 the last couple of days. 0:05:18.800 --> 0:05:18.880 Or. 0:05:21.520 --> 0:05:24.960 Frustrating to say the least, you know, just to be 0:05:25.000 --> 0:05:25.440 able to. 0:05:27.440 --> 0:05:33.440 You know, not just because I missed time, but you know, 0:05:33.640 --> 0:05:35.839 me coming back, got somebody off the roster. 0:05:35.720 --> 0:05:41.280 And those type of things, and I was only able 0:05:41.279 --> 0:05:44.200 to give the team four bats. 0:05:46.320 --> 0:05:47.400 Yeah, tough prove. 0:05:47.520 --> 0:05:53.040 I feel pretty defeated right now, and hopefully we get somewhat. 0:05:52.680 --> 0:05:56.719 Good news after everything you've been through. Is it car 0:05:57.720 --> 0:06:01.000 to kind of turn off that survival mode when you 0:06:01.080 --> 0:06:03.680 feel something like that, to stop yourself and going wait now, 0:06:03.920 --> 0:06:06.760 I just I need to step back here for a second. 0:06:07.320 --> 0:06:08.839 I mean, yeah, that's kind of what I did today. 0:06:08.960 --> 0:06:14.360 Any other any other year, I would have at least 0:06:14.360 --> 0:06:15.200 try to finish the game. 0:06:18.200 --> 0:06:21.279 But I knew that, you know what I did. 0:06:21.720 --> 0:06:24.120 I've done in the past when I was with the 0:06:24.160 --> 0:06:26.279 Red Saux going through my core injury last year with 0:06:26.320 --> 0:06:29.160 my elbow, I just I keep going through the things 0:06:29.160 --> 0:06:32.839 and I make things a lot worse. So today it 0:06:32.880 --> 0:06:36.040 was one of those games that I felt like, if 0:06:36.040 --> 0:06:40.080 I kept going, I was probably gonna really really put 0:06:40.120 --> 0:06:42.200 myself in danger of missing the rest. 0:06:42.080 --> 0:06:44.600 Of the season. So I just told him that I 0:06:44.640 --> 0:06:45.560 couldn't go anywhere. 0:06:46.320 --> 0:06:49.680 All right, there's Keith k Hernandez, and certainly you could 0:06:49.800 --> 0:06:54.720 understand the disappointment, the frustration and as he described it, 0:06:54.800 --> 0:06:59.240 defeated after restraining his left oblique, having to leave the 0:06:59.279 --> 0:07:03.520 game after just returning to the Dodgers yesterday, and he 0:07:03.680 --> 0:07:08.680 was referencing Santiago Espinal being designated for assignment after making 0:07:08.720 --> 0:07:12.320 the opening day roster because of key K still coming 0:07:12.360 --> 0:07:16.360 back from that left elbow surgery. So the Dodgers now 0:07:16.360 --> 0:07:19.800 have ten days to I guess hope that Espinal clears 0:07:19.880 --> 0:07:22.880 waivers and hopefully they can get him back and he 0:07:22.960 --> 0:07:26.280 can be part of the roster again. In the meantime, 0:07:26.480 --> 0:07:30.720 who takes key K spot on the roster probably Alex 0:07:30.840 --> 0:07:33.120 Friedland at this point in time, that would be my 0:07:33.200 --> 0:07:37.200 first guest. But really the story is the disappointment we 0:07:37.240 --> 0:07:41.360 all have for keyk Hernandez that after coming back and 0:07:41.440 --> 0:07:44.400 being four for four to start the season, he has 0:07:44.440 --> 0:07:47.200 to leave the game with a left oblique string. Eight 0:07:47.280 --> 0:07:49.880 six six nine eight seven two five seventy is the 0:07:49.880 --> 0:07:52.080 phone number. We'll get to Mookie Betts, we'll get to 0:07:52.120 --> 0:07:56.160 Andy Pajez. Jose Moto will check in at eleven fifteen. 0:07:56.240 --> 0:07:59.760 You'll also hear from Evan Phillips, who has taking another 0:07:59.800 --> 0:08:03.480 bit step to returning to the Dodger bullpen. So we'll 0:08:03.520 --> 0:08:07.000 hear from Evan Phillips as well. But like I said, 0:08:07.040 --> 0:08:10.800 show hey O'tani also taken out of this game early 0:08:11.040 --> 0:08:14.960 as a precautionary measure considering he is starting tomorrow's game, 0:08:15.400 --> 0:08:18.280 and he was hit on his right pitching hand where 0:08:18.600 --> 0:08:22.360 that right protector is eighty five change up. So all 0:08:22.400 --> 0:08:26.239 things considered, the Dodgers may have dodged a bullet right there. 0:08:26.280 --> 0:08:31.000 But let's hear from manager Dave Roberts about Otani. It's good. 0:08:31.520 --> 0:08:33.040 I think a little bit it got him on the 0:08:33.080 --> 0:08:37.160 hand or the pad, but I think it clipped his 0:08:37.280 --> 0:08:40.600 pinky a little bit, but I think we're in a 0:08:40.600 --> 0:08:42.920 good spot. I think for me, I just wanted to, 0:08:43.840 --> 0:08:46.600 you know, we had a good lead, get Dalton some 0:08:46.920 --> 0:08:48.920 couple of bats, and then get show Hey off his 0:08:49.000 --> 0:08:52.640 feet to get ready for tomorrow's start. He is going 0:08:52.720 --> 0:08:55.240 to start tomorrow. I just haven't decided yet if he's 0:08:55.280 --> 0:08:57.800 going to hit. I just want to kind of make 0:08:57.840 --> 0:09:01.240 sure how he comes in and physically I feels, because 0:09:01.840 --> 0:09:03.760 you know, want to make sure he feels really good, 0:09:03.960 --> 0:09:05.720 you know, on the pitching side of things. 0:09:06.160 --> 0:09:08.359 Did he get any change. 0:09:08.600 --> 0:09:12.480 Us sure, Hey, No, I don't know. 0:09:12.520 --> 0:09:13.040 I don't think so. 0:09:14.080 --> 0:09:16.440 Is there anything that you'll need to check with the 0:09:16.520 --> 0:09:17.280 hand tomorrow? 0:09:18.559 --> 0:09:20.800 No, I think it graised the hand. I think it 0:09:20.880 --> 0:09:23.880 hit more on the pad, but I know he was 0:09:23.920 --> 0:09:27.080 shaking his pinky. But I don't think we need X rays. 0:09:27.080 --> 0:09:31.080 We didn't get X rays, so I think he'll be 0:09:31.120 --> 0:09:32.920 good to go as far as the hand. 0:09:33.480 --> 0:09:37.200 All right, there's manager Dave Roberts, so obviously a big 0:09:37.280 --> 0:09:40.080 sigh of relief that Otani did not get hurt as 0:09:40.120 --> 0:09:42.240 he was hit by an eighty five change up on 0:09:42.280 --> 0:09:45.559 that right hand padding eight sixty six nine eight seven 0:09:45.640 --> 0:09:48.680 two five seventy is the phone number. Last night we 0:09:48.720 --> 0:09:52.480 talked about Mookie Betts and how I said Kenny Landro, 0:09:52.720 --> 0:09:55.959 the former Dodger center fielder and a guy that played 0:09:56.000 --> 0:09:59.120 a long time in the big leagues, reminded me that 0:09:59.360 --> 0:10:01.839 you got to get Mookie Bets at least one hundred 0:10:01.920 --> 0:10:05.240 to one hundred and fifty at bats to judge his 0:10:05.400 --> 0:10:07.440 season and whether or not he needs to make some 0:10:07.600 --> 0:10:10.720 serious adjustments. I will say this, and I said this 0:10:10.840 --> 0:10:13.520 last night. It's tough to do that hitting seconds. So 0:10:13.640 --> 0:10:16.200 Dave Roberts moved him down in the order to the 0:10:16.240 --> 0:10:19.440 cleanup spot. That's where Mooki hit by the way in 0:10:19.520 --> 0:10:22.640 Game six and Game seven of last year's World Series. 0:10:22.679 --> 0:10:24.800 So it's not like this is the first time in 0:10:24.840 --> 0:10:28.040 a long time where he's been hitting fourth. And in 0:10:28.160 --> 0:10:31.240 this day and age of baseball, your cleanup hitter is 0:10:31.280 --> 0:10:34.720 not your traditional cleanup hitter. It's not Dave Parker, it's 0:10:34.760 --> 0:10:37.679 not Dave Winfield. You could have guys like Mookie Bets 0:10:37.720 --> 0:10:40.720 hitting fourth. And Andy Pajez was moved up to the 0:10:40.800 --> 0:10:44.040 second spot, and he delivered four hits. He had two 0:10:44.080 --> 0:10:46.439 doubles and a home run, one of five home runs 0:10:46.440 --> 0:10:50.040 for the Dodgers. Mookie two home runs, five RBIs and look, 0:10:50.200 --> 0:10:54.160 I'm I'm not gonna say this was you know, Zach 0:10:54.240 --> 0:10:58.040 Wheeler that Mookie Bets was facing or Trek Skouball tonight. 0:10:58.600 --> 0:11:02.680 But it's still gives him confidence and he still got 0:11:02.720 --> 0:11:05.400 the results. You can't take that away from him. And 0:11:05.440 --> 0:11:08.400 that's the biggest thing for Mookie Bets. He needs to 0:11:08.400 --> 0:11:12.079 get back into baseball shape, but he also has to 0:11:12.200 --> 0:11:15.160 keep his confidence up when he sees that batting average 0:11:15.600 --> 0:11:18.720 up on every scoreboard that he goes to these days. 0:11:19.120 --> 0:11:22.440 So for me, that's the biggest thing to take away 0:11:22.480 --> 0:11:25.480 from tonight's game. For Mookie Bets, it's just another part 0:11:25.559 --> 0:11:29.520 of the process of him getting into baseball shape tonight. 0:11:30.040 --> 0:11:33.040 And two home runs and five RBIs is certainly going 0:11:33.120 --> 0:11:36.319 to help the confidence and we'll see where it goes 0:11:36.360 --> 0:11:38.960 from here. But like I said, get the guy at 0:11:39.040 --> 0:11:41.840 least one hundred to one hundred and fifty at bats 0:11:42.160 --> 0:11:46.480 before you start, you know, going and saying that this 0:11:46.559 --> 0:11:51.000 guy's on the decline, his his career's over. There's six 0:11:51.120 --> 0:11:54.640 more years left, one hundred and eighty million dollars left 0:11:55.000 --> 0:11:58.319 of this A one ninety hitter, I mean he only has. 0:11:58.480 --> 0:12:04.080 Even with tonight at bats, he deserves the benefit of 0:12:04.160 --> 0:12:07.920 the doubt. He had a great spring training. He missed 0:12:08.240 --> 0:12:11.439 almost five weeks with a strained rhyd o league strain, 0:12:11.640 --> 0:12:15.080 So come on, give this guy a break right here, 0:12:15.360 --> 0:12:18.520 and tonight was a good way to remind people how 0:12:18.559 --> 0:12:21.080 good he is. And he was this close in the 0:12:21.160 --> 0:12:24.800 seventh inning in hitting his third home run. And in 0:12:24.840 --> 0:12:29.439 case you don't know this, Mookie Beds is tied with 0:12:29.520 --> 0:12:34.520 Sammy Sosa, and uh, who's the other guy, Dwayne Johnny Mice? 0:12:34.559 --> 0:12:37.040 How gont I forget Johnny Mice. He's tied with Sammy 0:12:37.160 --> 0:12:42.199 Sosa and Johnny Mize for the most three homer games 0:12:42.240 --> 0:12:48.319 in Major league history. And in Anaheim, I told Mookie 0:12:49.360 --> 0:12:53.720 until he hits another or has another three homer game, 0:12:53.960 --> 0:12:57.680 I'm not retiring. I'm still holding out hope. David Price says, 0:12:57.720 --> 0:13:00.520 you have one more three homer game you and I'm 0:13:00.559 --> 0:13:03.719 still I'm not retiring until you get it. Mookie, all right, 0:13:04.080 --> 0:13:04.680 I won't either. 0:13:04.760 --> 0:13:06.280 I'll make sure we give me one more. 0:13:06.880 --> 0:13:09.959 And tonight he almost gave me that one more. He's 0:13:10.000 --> 0:13:14.400 Sammy Sosa and of course Johnny Maize with six three 0:13:14.679 --> 0:13:18.080 homer games in their major league careers. One more of 0:13:18.120 --> 0:13:21.840 those games, maybe ten more feet from Mookie beds tonight, 0:13:21.880 --> 0:13:25.840 he would have had seven three home run games in 0:13:25.880 --> 0:13:29.080 his career. So if Mookie would have hit that third 0:13:29.080 --> 0:13:31.600 home run tonight, I wouldn't be here tomorrow. So he 0:13:31.679 --> 0:13:34.679 wants me back tomorrow. Eight six six nine eight seven 0:13:34.760 --> 0:13:37.400 two five seventy is the phone number. Let's go out 0:13:37.440 --> 0:13:40.000 to Lewis and east Vale. You're on Dodger Talk with 0:13:40.120 --> 0:13:43.920 David vasse Hi Lewis. 0:13:43.080 --> 0:13:44.280 Hey, what's up dvday? 0:13:44.320 --> 0:13:48.200 Man, I'm doing good. Can't be bad when you know 0:13:48.640 --> 0:13:51.040 you see the Rockies and then you see the Dodgers. 0:13:51.120 --> 0:13:53.520 I mean I could be doing Rocky Talk and that 0:13:53.679 --> 0:13:55.439 would not make my life good. 0:13:56.760 --> 0:13:59.080 Oh yeah, that would be a role right now. But 0:13:59.280 --> 0:14:02.480 like you said with Mooky, hey, maybe secured advice and 0:14:02.800 --> 0:14:06.560 talk to Reggie Smith, because man, he was looking great today. 0:14:07.559 --> 0:14:09.679 I hope he did talk to Reggie Smith. I'm not 0:14:09.720 --> 0:14:13.320 sure he did, but he's got so many resources and 0:14:13.360 --> 0:14:17.240 the hitting coaches are great, but sometimes somebody else that 0:14:17.320 --> 0:14:20.000 you respect, that have has done it at a high 0:14:20.080 --> 0:14:23.360 level before can help you out too. I mean, Nomar 0:14:23.760 --> 0:14:27.360 was here again during batting practice. If I'm Mookie Beds 0:14:27.440 --> 0:14:30.760 and I'm not feeling great, you know, I'm tapping into Nomar. 0:14:31.320 --> 0:14:33.760 You know. No mar can can help you out too 0:14:33.840 --> 0:14:37.200 if you're any Dodger. But there's so many great resources 0:14:37.280 --> 0:14:39.920 when you play for the Dodgers. That's what makes it 0:14:40.000 --> 0:14:43.560 the Dodgers, the guys that are around batting practice every day, 0:14:43.640 --> 0:14:47.160 the guys that come through like Reggie Smith last night. 0:14:47.920 --> 0:14:51.080 That's that's the advantage of being a Dodger if you 0:14:51.200 --> 0:14:52.120 tap into it. 0:14:53.720 --> 0:14:58.800 Right and also too, on top of that lowerd knowing prior. 0:14:59.120 --> 0:15:00.560 So that's pretty cool that I have that kind of 0:15:00.600 --> 0:15:03.080 relationship as well. But yeah, the Dodgers organization is just 0:15:03.320 --> 0:15:06.080 top tier from top to bottom, coaches and staff and everybody. 0:15:06.800 --> 0:15:09.880 But no doubt, yeah, Dodgers do. I'm not just saying this. 0:15:10.040 --> 0:15:13.440 The Dodgers are head and shoulders above everybody else in 0:15:13.600 --> 0:15:17.720 every category in Major League Baseball. And you just look 0:15:17.800 --> 0:15:22.040 at these other teams and what they're running out there 0:15:22.080 --> 0:15:24.960 and how they handle things. I mean, it's it's evident 0:15:25.000 --> 0:15:27.720 why there's so much jealous and envy out there. 0:15:29.480 --> 0:15:31.800 Yeah, it's located right, Like you said, you could be 0:15:31.840 --> 0:15:34.800 doing a Rockies talk right now, but that's not you. 0:15:35.040 --> 0:15:38.280 Fortunately, don't give them ideas. They might send me over there, 0:15:38.360 --> 0:15:39.880 Lewis if they don't like what I say. 0:15:41.320 --> 0:15:43.600 No, yeah, but I digress man. Yeah, this is definitely 0:15:43.600 --> 0:15:45.360 a get right game for the whole team. You know, 0:15:45.960 --> 0:15:50.280 the good lookie Will Paez, the bad obviously with Keik 0:15:50.400 --> 0:15:52.560 and the big strains, so you know he might be 0:15:52.560 --> 0:15:55.280 out for a little while maybe, but you know that's 0:15:55.520 --> 0:15:58.280 I mean, probably need Keiky Moore in October than anything else. 0:15:58.600 --> 0:16:01.880 But yeah, and then the ugly like you said, I 0:16:02.200 --> 0:16:05.760 kind of didn't like Rojas as you know, closing pitcher, 0:16:05.800 --> 0:16:09.040 sort of say that was uncalled for. But at least 0:16:09.080 --> 0:16:10.880 a er Carro's got to see his son home run 0:16:10.880 --> 0:16:11.680 on off of him. 0:16:12.560 --> 0:16:15.920 Yeah, yeah, he's seen that a few times. Kyle Caro says, 0:16:15.960 --> 0:16:19.120 three career home runs, they're all against the Dodgers. So 0:16:19.400 --> 0:16:22.120 there you go, Lewis, And thanks for being a loyal listener. 0:16:22.160 --> 0:16:25.400 Appreciate it. Eight six six nine eight seven two five 0:16:25.560 --> 0:16:29.360 seventy is the phone number. Dodgers beat the Rockies fifteen 0:16:29.400 --> 0:16:33.200 to six. The Padres lost again, so with the Dodgers 0:16:33.200 --> 0:16:36.520 winning eleven of their last thirteen, including four in a row. 0:16:36.800 --> 0:16:39.000 They now have a three and a half game lead 0:16:39.040 --> 0:16:42.480 over San Diego in the NL West. Tonight's game brought 0:16:42.520 --> 0:16:45.640 to you by Modello Modello the Mark of a Fighter. 0:16:46.000 --> 0:16:47.880 By the way, we do have a pair of tickets 0:16:47.880 --> 0:16:50.800 to give away for this Friday Nights game, which is 0:16:51.320 --> 0:16:54.760 Alex Vesia Bobblehead Nights. So we'll give away those pair 0:16:54.760 --> 0:16:58.280 of tickets between now and eleven thirty. Let's go out 0:16:58.320 --> 0:17:02.720 to Oceanside. Steve, you're on Dodger Talk with David vasse Hi. 0:17:02.760 --> 0:17:10.240 Steve, Hey, David, excuse me, thank you for taking my call. 0:17:10.320 --> 0:17:15.960 A lifelong Dodger fan, longtime listener, first time caller. What 0:17:16.040 --> 0:17:21.880 I wanted to ask you about is the concept the 0:17:21.880 --> 0:17:25.560 theory of using a position player in a ballout game 0:17:25.600 --> 0:17:28.760 like this to pitch. I get the idea of saving 0:17:28.760 --> 0:17:31.800 the arms and the bullpen. That makes total sense. But 0:17:32.160 --> 0:17:36.280 why the slow motion lobbing. I mean, these guys throw 0:17:36.320 --> 0:17:38.800 harder to each other in warm ups before the game. 0:17:38.840 --> 0:17:41.520 What is the advantage or the purpose of that? 0:17:43.680 --> 0:17:47.280 Well. Number one, Miguel Rojas is thirty seven years old. 0:17:47.680 --> 0:17:51.080 He was hit by a pitch yesterday and stayed in 0:17:51.119 --> 0:17:54.359 the game. Gutted it out because he was hurting pretty bad, 0:17:54.560 --> 0:17:57.119 and this afternoon and during the game, you know, he 0:17:57.280 --> 0:18:01.240 wasn't walking around pain free. I'm sure today. So that's 0:18:01.359 --> 0:18:06.080 my whole point of tonight on two fronts. Why even 0:18:06.119 --> 0:18:11.119 put Rojas in that situation considering just his age, the 0:18:11.200 --> 0:18:14.800 miles and also the fact that you almost took him 0:18:14.840 --> 0:18:16.960 out of the game last night because he got hit 0:18:17.000 --> 0:18:19.840 by a pitch. And then you know, you just have 0:18:19.960 --> 0:18:23.960 Jonathan Hernandez. You're telling me Jonathan Hernandez can't go back 0:18:24.000 --> 0:18:27.560 out there for another inning. I mean, it's the Rockies. 0:18:28.040 --> 0:18:31.600 And then you had to warm up Paul Gervais, so 0:18:32.000 --> 0:18:35.080 that defeated the whole purpose of having Rojas out there, 0:18:35.160 --> 0:18:37.960 and it almost turned into a fifteen to ten game. 0:18:38.640 --> 0:18:41.640 If that ball that was hit to right field, Sullivan's 0:18:41.680 --> 0:18:45.720 ball is another twenty five feet, then we're talking about 0:18:45.720 --> 0:18:48.959 a Grand Slam. How does that make everybody feel in 0:18:49.000 --> 0:18:52.320 the stadium if that happens. I just when you have 0:18:52.480 --> 0:18:55.640 the lead, just put the final nail in the coffin, 0:18:55.800 --> 0:19:00.000 especially with a day off on Thursday, and Paul Gervas 0:19:00.000 --> 0:19:06.560 and Jonathan Hernandez are not your high leverage relievers. 0:19:06.800 --> 0:19:09.720 I mean, I was floating high. And then in the 0:19:09.760 --> 0:19:12.639 nineteen eighty I'm thinking, what is going on here? But 0:19:12.840 --> 0:19:15.679 didn't we see the same thing from the Rockies and 0:19:15.760 --> 0:19:16.639 a position player? 0:19:16.760 --> 0:19:19.600 Just yeah, the Rockies put in a position player because 0:19:19.600 --> 0:19:22.159 they're the Rockies. They should put in a position player. 0:19:22.200 --> 0:19:25.399 They were losing fifteen to one. I could understand that, 0:19:25.960 --> 0:19:29.280 But for me, uh, like I said, it's in the 0:19:29.400 --> 0:19:33.760 Nippick category. Ish, But I you know, the Dodgers won 0:19:33.840 --> 0:19:36.359 fifteen to six, So I'm not gonna harp on this, Steve, 0:19:36.480 --> 0:19:39.639 But yeah, I thought it was weird. I would not 0:19:39.720 --> 0:19:44.000 have done it. Thank you for the phone call. I 0:19:44.000 --> 0:19:46.040 don't know what to say. I'm not like, look, I'm 0:19:46.080 --> 0:19:49.560 not going to harp on this. I'm not. I've I've 0:19:49.720 --> 0:19:54.880 said my piece on it. Okay, that's it. The Dodgers 0:19:54.880 --> 0:19:57.720 won fifteen to six. This goes back to the category 0:19:58.160 --> 0:20:02.479 of realizing where you are. We are on this side 0:20:02.760 --> 0:20:07.120 of things. Back to back World Series champions. Dave Roberts 0:20:07.160 --> 0:20:11.440 won three World Series. The Dodgers have a three and 0:20:11.480 --> 0:20:14.920 a half game lead in the NL West. They are 0:20:15.000 --> 0:20:19.639 still not hitting on all cylinders. Like I said, we 0:20:19.680 --> 0:20:22.880 could be talking about the Rockies. We could be talking 0:20:22.960 --> 0:20:26.040 about I don't know even the Guardians. You think I 0:20:26.080 --> 0:20:29.760 want to do Cleveland Guardian Talk. No, this is the 0:20:29.800 --> 0:20:33.600 best show because this team is really good and has 0:20:33.680 --> 0:20:37.040 given back to back World Series championships. Just because I 0:20:37.119 --> 0:20:40.439 may question a move or disagree with the move doesn't 0:20:40.520 --> 0:20:45.280 mean that you know things are completely awful. And I 0:20:45.320 --> 0:20:50.320 think sometimes you're spoiled as well, especially a couple of 0:20:50.320 --> 0:20:53.000 weeks ago when the Dodgers were playing five hundred ball 0:20:53.200 --> 0:20:57.080 and everybody thought the sky was falling. I mean, really, 0:20:57.760 --> 0:21:00.320 look at the Dodgers now, they've won a les of 0:21:00.359 --> 0:21:05.840 their last thirteen. Everything is okay. It could be a 0:21:05.880 --> 0:21:08.400 lot worse, That's all I'm saying. I could be doing 0:21:08.480 --> 0:21:11.240 Mets Talk right now. I think that would be worse 0:21:11.280 --> 0:21:14.560 than doing Rockies Talk. Eight six six nine eight seven 0:21:14.680 --> 0:21:18.520 two five seventy is the phone number. We're gonna take 0:21:18.520 --> 0:21:21.960 a time out. When we come back, we'll we'll get 0:21:21.960 --> 0:21:25.840 to Jose Mota at eleven fifteen. You'll hear from Evan Phillips. 0:21:25.920 --> 0:21:27.760 We still have a pair of tickets to give away 0:21:28.119 --> 0:21:33.600 to Alex Vesia Bobblehead Night on Friday, and certainly want 0:21:33.640 --> 0:21:36.600 to talk about Andy po Has, who had another big 0:21:36.640 --> 0:21:40.560 game tonight. And speaking of the Padres, remember last Saturday 0:21:40.640 --> 0:21:44.720 night how the Dodgers beat Mason Miller and the Padres 0:21:45.119 --> 0:21:47.359 and then went on to beat them Sunday. Well, it 0:21:47.440 --> 0:21:52.280 all started with Alex Call at first base forcing an 0:21:52.320 --> 0:21:56.040 Aaron throw by Mason Miller. You'll hear from Alex Call 0:21:56.240 --> 0:21:59.320 and what he has to say a week later about 0:21:59.359 --> 0:22:03.480 that pivot play in San Diego eight sixty six nine 0:22:03.480 --> 0:22:07.680 eight seven two five seventy Dodgers beat the Rockies fifteen 0:22:07.720 --> 0:22:10.719 to six. Life is Good on an five to seventy 0:22:10.880 --> 0:22:28.520 LA Sports. 0:22:19.920 --> 0:22:23.000 On air at AM five seventy, online at AM five 0:22:23.119 --> 0:22:27.280 seventy LA sports dot com, and available by podcast on 0:22:27.359 --> 0:22:28.680 the iHeartRadio app. 0:22:28.840 --> 0:22:31.760 This is Dodger Talk with David Bassi. 0:22:32.680 --> 0:22:34.719 O two pitch who swung out, hitting the air at 0:22:34.720 --> 0:22:37.760 the center field and DP. He's got McCarthy turned around, 0:22:37.760 --> 0:22:38.280 he's back. 0:22:38.160 --> 0:22:38.600 To the wall. 0:22:38.680 --> 0:22:41.960 It's gone a hard run for Mokey Bets. 0:22:43.560 --> 0:22:48.320 He's dancing around second base, leaping and pumping his fist 0:22:48.400 --> 0:22:52.080 between second and third. Dodgers with a two nothing laid 0:22:52.200 --> 0:22:54.520 Mookie Bets home run number five. 0:22:56.359 --> 0:22:59.919 Mookie Bets a two out, two run home run and 0:23:00.119 --> 0:23:03.919