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Speaker 1: Dodger Talk and now your host, David Basse.

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Speaker 2: It is finally here, the week the Dodgers pitchers and

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Speaker 2: and we will have Dodger Talk and all the latest

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Speaker 2: five to seventy LA Sports your home of the back

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Speaker 2: to back World Series champion Dodgers. We are taking phone

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Speaker 2: calls tonight. I know our last show was heavy interviews.

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Speaker 2: We are going to take phone calls tonight eight six

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Speaker 2: is going to join us at seven third. He is

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Speaker 2: to you that he's not just another pretty face. He

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Speaker 2: knows Dodger baseball. He knows what he's talking about, but

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Speaker 2: rest of the gang at sportsnet LA. So looking forward

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Speaker 2: to having John Hartung join us from Sportsnet LA at

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Speaker 2: the bottom of the hour. But you know what dawned

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Speaker 2: And that's the first time since covering the Dodgers and

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Speaker 2: traveling with them and hosting Dodger Talk, this will be

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Speaker 2: clubhouse and there won't be a twenty two locker. There

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Speaker 2: I was asked, have you thought about that this will

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Speaker 2: I have thought about it. I haven't posted any sappy

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Speaker 2: Things are going great for the Dodgers. They're on their

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Speaker 2: So in a lot of ways, it is Otani. But

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Speaker 2: So got a lot to get to your phone calls First,

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Speaker 2: As baseball season is right around the corner. Dodgers pitchers

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Speaker 2: A best chance to me is going to spring training

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Speaker 4: Thanks day for the opportunity. If I had to pick

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Speaker 5: How you doing, Jack, I'm doing great, DV.

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Speaker 2: Awesome. I had a reset weekend, my last weekend without

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Speaker 5: I don't live in LA. I live in Northern California,

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Speaker 2: Okay, all right, Jack, Santa Clara, which is not San Francisco.

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Speaker 2: Thank you for calling in and calling anytime.

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Speaker 2: Appreciate it. Thank you for listening. And I'm sure Steven

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Speaker 2: How about the bobblehead of Andy Paz making the catch

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Speaker 3: Jimmy, Hey, what's up David? A couple of things. Brad

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Speaker 2: Yes, he has thought talked about it. But I feel

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Speaker 3: Awesome. And then second question, you mentioned in the past

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Speaker 2: Hey, Jimmy, I mean, is there any other answer other

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Speaker 3: Oh? I want to see how law yours is?

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Speaker 1: Now?

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Speaker 2: Now it would be Yamamoto. It would be Yamamoto. I mean,

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Speaker 2: right now, but snell Zillah stood tall in Philadelphia, Jimmy,

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Speaker 3: Why did you pick your brain? Damma, You're great at

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Speaker 2: Man, Appreciate you all right, Jimmy, thank you, Appreciate you too. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: We are gonna take more of your phone calls. In

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Speaker 2: the man that has been anchoring the studio show since

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Speaker 2: is the one and only John hartung Heart Tongue. Great

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Speaker 2: to have you on the radio show. Appreciate it. Oh

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Speaker 2: oh oh sell hell are you there? Heart Tongue? All right,

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Speaker 2: there we go with it. Sheesh, where are you in

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Speaker 2: I mean, we're we're we're doing we're in civilization out here.

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Speaker 2: In the San Fernando Valley. We're now in the Santa

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Speaker 2: Clarita Valley. Wherever you may be.

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Speaker 1: Heart tongue, that's true. My location is still a mystery

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Speaker 1: as we speak. But good to you. I haven't talked

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Speaker 1: to you in a few days.

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Speaker 2: I know. I feel like this has been a great uh,

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Speaker 2: a great routine to see you every week. And I

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Speaker 2: guess the biggest thing you're always asking the questions. I'll

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Speaker 2: ask you some of these questions as we look at

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Speaker 2: this juggernaut of the Dodgers. I mentioned that my two

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Speaker 2: biggest pitching question marks are the Blakes, Blake Trining and

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Speaker 2: Blake's Now, do you have any questions about this pitchaching staff?

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Speaker 1: Well, you probably have more insight on Blake Snell than

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Speaker 1: I do. But I've certainly concerned once I heard that

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Speaker 1: maybe the shoulder was still barking late in the postseason there,

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Speaker 1: I guess in the World Series after he missed four months.

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Speaker 1: So that's certainly a concern, And obviously after the season

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Speaker 1: Blake Trinon had that's a concern as well. I'm always

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Speaker 1: concerned about health, especially the way we've seen injuries rack

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Speaker 1: up with the pitching staff. Really the last three years

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Speaker 1: or so. But I'm also interested to see how some

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Speaker 1: of the guys bounce back as well, the guys like

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Speaker 1: Bruce Dark Rattarol, the others that are coming back, River Ryan,

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Speaker 1: Gavin Stone. We have so many guys coming back from

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Speaker 1: injury this year. I'm more interested to see how those

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Speaker 1: guys look. And I am about being concerned with the

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Speaker 1: pitching staff at this point.

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Speaker 2: When you look at the Dodgers starting staff, is there

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Speaker 2: a guy that we're overlooking? Is it Roki Sasaki, the

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Speaker 2: guy that came in with so much hype year Now

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Speaker 2: you're not hearing much of anything about a guy that

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Speaker 2: kind of saved the Dodgers playoff hopes last year.

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Speaker 1: He absolutely did. And I was asked this last week

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Speaker 1: in a podcast whom my breakout Dodger would be for

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Speaker 1: twenty six and I went with Roki Sasaki. I think

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Speaker 1: he's gained a lot of confidence by the way that

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Speaker 1: he did kind of save the Dodgers Bolton late in

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Speaker 1: the season and closing out games in big spots, because

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Speaker 1: we weren't sure after watching him to start the year

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Speaker 1: whether he was mentally ready for this assignment at the

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Speaker 1: big league level. But he showed all of us so

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Speaker 1: much with the way he threw the ball, the way

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Speaker 1: he stepped up, the way he looked fearless, he looked

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Speaker 1: confident at times, and I have a feeling we're going

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Speaker 1: to see a big season from Rokie and hopefully he

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Speaker 1: does have that third and maybe a fourth pitch added

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Speaker 1: to his arsenal.

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Speaker 2: John Hartongue, the man, the myth, the legend that never

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Speaker 2: gets to shine and show how much he knows about

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Speaker 2: Dodger Baseball and instead just dishing like he's magic. Johnson,

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Speaker 2: the point guard for sports and at LA to Jerry

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Speaker 2: Harriston Junior and Nomar and Oral Herscheizer. I guess before

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Speaker 2: we go further with more Dodger Baseball questions, John, what

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Speaker 2: can you tell us behind the scenes about what it's

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Speaker 2: like to work with Nomar and Jerry and Oral Herscheiser

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Speaker 2: among the others.

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Speaker 1: It is my absolute favorite part of the job, and

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Speaker 1: I love the fact that I get to cover the Dodgers,

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Speaker 1: a team that I've loved since the nineteen seventies, and

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Speaker 1: really they were my first love in life was Dodger baseball.

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Speaker 1: But it's all about the people for me and Jerry

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Speaker 1: and Oral and all of them. They're not just co workers.

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Speaker 1: All of them have become good friends and sometimes we

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Speaker 1: travel together. We played golf together, we go to dinners together,

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Speaker 1: we drink wine together. Yes, there's some shenanigans that go

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Speaker 1: on behind the scenes, which also makes a lot of fun,

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Speaker 1: as you can probably imagine having gotten a chance to

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Speaker 1: know those guys as well. But just great friendships and

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Speaker 1: relationships that I've been able to establish is probably the

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Speaker 1: best part of this job for me. And all those

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Speaker 1: guys that you mentioned are the reasons why John.

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Speaker 2: Can you you know, I've been having fans call in

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Speaker 2: during the off season and opening that door all season

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Speaker 2: long about their stories of where they were for Game

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Speaker 2: seven of the World Series. What was it like being

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Speaker 2: in the studio and watching Miguel Rojas hit that home run?

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Speaker 2: Can you describe the scene in studio?

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Speaker 1: I can, And actually we made our way down to

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Speaker 1: the studio around the eighth inning, so we were in there.

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Speaker 1: Obviously it was kind of somber at the moment because

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Speaker 1: the Dodgers were down too, and then Max Monthy hits

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Speaker 1: the home run, and I have to say, Jerry Hairston

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Speaker 1: Jay Hare was sitting over in and you know, that

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Speaker 1: the studio really well, you know that set really well,

516
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Speaker 1: and how things are orchestrated in there. So he's open

517
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Speaker 1: the clubhouse area, sitting in one of the chairs while

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Speaker 1: I'm on the desk and no more and Oral Aer

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Speaker 1: on the desk. We didn't realize for a while that

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Speaker 1: Jerry's seed was actually ahead of the seed we had

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Speaker 1: in studios, and I don't know how he had that.

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Speaker 1: But when Miguel Rojas hit the home run to tie

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Speaker 1: the game, all of a sudden, he starts jumping up

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Speaker 1: and down and yelling go ball, go ball, and screaming

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Speaker 1: and we haven't even seen Rojas hit the ball yet, Like,

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Speaker 1: what are you doing? So we're losing our minds at

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Speaker 1: that point, and I said, Jerry, stop doing that. You're

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Speaker 1: ruining it for everybody else. But then good things kept

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Speaker 1: on happening. He kept it on his phone, wasn't reacting.

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Speaker 1: But then the play at the plate in the bottom

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Speaker 1: of the ninth inning, he starts reacting ahead of what

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Speaker 1: we're seeing. So again I'm like, just actually, you know,

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Speaker 1: just keep doing it, Jerry, because good things are happening

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Speaker 1: when you're watching ahead of us. And when Will Smith

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Speaker 1: hit the home run, in the eleventh inning and then

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Speaker 1: the double play to end the game. Jerry is starting

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Speaker 1: to react and you could actually see when they recorded

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Speaker 1: us in studio watching the final out, Jerry and I

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00:32:01,560 --> 00:32:05,200
Speaker 1: are already circling and starting to celebrate. Before the big

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Speaker 1: monitor in the wall there has a mookie fielding the

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Speaker 1: ground ball right before the before stepping on second base.

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Speaker 1: So that part was really cool in a way that

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Speaker 1: we were both watching two different feeds in the studio,

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Speaker 1: but it was just pure mayhem. We were jumping up

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Speaker 1: and down, hugging each other and celebrating, you know, like

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Speaker 1: we were fans, because at the end of the day,

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Speaker 1: we are fans on top of being the host and

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Speaker 1: or analyst in studio.

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Speaker 2: Yes, so I saw. There's no doubt Jerry's a fan,

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Speaker 2: a no doubt about that. Now, John, you guys usually

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Speaker 2: pop champagnes the last two years and in twenty twenty

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Speaker 2: as well. Whose idea was that? And where do you guys?

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Speaker 2: I mean, who brings in the champagne? Who brings in

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Speaker 2: the dom?

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Speaker 1: First of all, it's not dumb, it's not anywhere close

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Speaker 1: to that. I will say, it's someone who works behind

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Speaker 1: the scenes, someone's very, very nice who always buys champagne

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Speaker 1: for us, And this goes back to twenty seventeen. They

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Speaker 1: bought a bunch of bottles in, actually some really nice bottles,

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Speaker 1: and Nomar brought some nice bottles in as well. He

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Speaker 1: brought some nice bottles of vouve in twenty seventeen ahead

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Speaker 1: of Game seven against the Astros, and obviously that game

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Speaker 1: did not go well and it was looking ugly very

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Speaker 1: early in that game. So no Mare turns to one

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Speaker 1: of our bosses and said, can we just drink the

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Speaker 1: champagne right now? We got this game for the next

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Speaker 1: couple of hours, and they actually said, yeah, you can

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Speaker 1: go ahead and do that. So it actually goes back

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Speaker 1: to you know, twenty seventeen in the World Series, and

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Speaker 1: we had some props on set when they would have

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Speaker 1: Clinch Knight in twenty fourteen, fifteen, and sixteen that we

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Speaker 1: wouldn't drink anything from the only time we ever had

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Speaker 1: some champagne would be when they won the World Series.

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Speaker 1: We did it in twenty twenty and just kept on

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Speaker 1: doing it in twenty four and again this past year

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Speaker 1: in twenty five.

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Speaker 2: Hopefully John Hartongue and the rest of the crew at

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Speaker 2: Sports and at La pop the Bubbly again at the

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Speaker 2: end of twenty twenty six. Now, John, this is the

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Speaker 2: first time since you've been doing this and I've been

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Speaker 2: doing this, that Clayton Kershaw will not be at spring

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Speaker 2: training wearing twenty two. Has that hit you or will

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Speaker 2: it hit you once you get there? And the other

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Speaker 2: player of all this is it as simple as saying

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Speaker 2: that show Hey Otani is the face of the franchise.

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Speaker 1: Now, I mean, I think it's safe to say that

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Speaker 1: Shohey is the face of the franchise because the man

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Speaker 1: is the face of baseball. I mean really globally worldwide,

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Speaker 1: he's the face of baseball. So yeah, he's really become

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Speaker 1: the face of the Dodgers franchise. And obviously it's going

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00:34:42,880 --> 00:34:46,040
Speaker 1: to be very strange to not have Clayton Kursa there

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Speaker 1: at spring training, although we might see him because he's

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Speaker 1: getting ready for the WBC. He's going to be on

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Speaker 1: that team USA and the World Baseball Classics, So who knows,

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Speaker 1: maybe he'll be out there working out throwing some bullpens

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Speaker 1: or pop in and say hello to some of the guys.

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Speaker 1: But on a day to day basis throughout the season,

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Speaker 1: we're used to seeing him out there in the outfield

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Speaker 1: grass with his son Charlie throwing baseball to him or

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Speaker 1: doing his side work, and it's just going to be

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Speaker 1: strange not to have Kersh around. I know they're going

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Speaker 1: to have his Bobblehead night and he'll probably pop back

603
00:35:18,440 --> 00:35:21,400
Speaker 1: in a few times, but on a day to day basis,

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Speaker 1: that will be a big void for sure.

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Speaker 2: Since you're very experienced in doing studio work and being

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Speaker 2: in the studio when big moments are happening in Toronto

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Speaker 2: or in some other stadium that you're not at. If

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Speaker 2: Kershaw were to go in studio with Peacock or NBC

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Speaker 2: or wherever it may be, what's the biggest piece of

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Speaker 2: advice that you can give a guy that has fed

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Speaker 2: off the adrenaline of fifty thousand plus when you're in

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Speaker 2: a studio trying to, you know, rise up to that

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Speaker 2: type of energy. Being in the studio with nobody there.

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Speaker 1: It's certainly different. I think some of it depends on personality.

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Speaker 1: But I think Clayton is going to be really good

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Speaker 1: at this, And I think the reason why we say

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Speaker 1: that is because of how he did when he would

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Speaker 1: agree the last couple of years to wear the headset

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Speaker 1: a lot more in the dugout, and you know, in

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Speaker 1: the dugout he doesn't have his game face on. He's

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Speaker 1: very relaxed, but he's just very insightful. He had good

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Speaker 1: information at some funny comments as well as shows his

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Speaker 1: personality a little bit more. I think the biggest thing

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Speaker 1: for him is something that Chase Utlely struggled with. I mean,

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Speaker 1: certain guys when they're that close still to a team

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Speaker 1: or to the game and maybe be different because Clayton

627
00:36:37,480 --> 00:36:40,000
Speaker 1: won't be doing as many Dodger games. But Chase Sutley

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Speaker 1: really had a hard time being critical or having opinions

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Speaker 1: of what he just saw in a game from from

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Speaker 1: some of his former teammates, and he didn't want to

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Speaker 1: be critical. And hopefully Clayton will be able to do

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00:36:53,960 --> 00:36:57,839
Speaker 1: that if it warranted, if someone's not performing or has

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00:36:57,840 --> 00:37:00,399
Speaker 1: a bad game or has a bad out and they're

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Speaker 1: asking him to talk about it. Hopefully he will be

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Speaker 1: able to do that because I know for certain guys

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Speaker 1: that is hard. It's a real thing. It is hard

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Speaker 1: for them to be critical of some of their former teammates,

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Speaker 1: especially guys that they just played with a few months earlier,

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00:37:15,239 --> 00:37:15,760
Speaker 1: no doubt.

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Speaker 2: I mean, at least Chase was honest with you guys,

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Speaker 2: But certainly it's hard to just be one year removed

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00:37:22,000 --> 00:37:25,719
Speaker 2: and try to poke holes in somebody else's game. John

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00:37:25,840 --> 00:37:29,280
Speaker 2: Hartung from Sports at LA is our guest. All right, John,

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Speaker 2: you're getting closer to heading to spring training to do

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Speaker 2: your one on one interviews. Is there one player that

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Speaker 2: you're really itching to talk to or you have you

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00:37:39,600 --> 00:37:42,200
Speaker 2: have a lot of questions for and want to know

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Speaker 2: certain things about.

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Speaker 1: It would have to be the new guys. It'd have

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Speaker 1: to be Kyle Tucker one, and also Edwin Diaz because

651
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Speaker 1: they weren't at dodger As. We didn't have a chance

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Speaker 1: to get to know them have some conversations with them

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Speaker 1: at Dodger Fest, and we were in studio hosts for

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Speaker 1: both of their press conferences. I didn't have a chance

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Speaker 1: to meet up with either one of them at that time.

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Speaker 1: So certainly for me, it would be getting a chance

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Speaker 1: to talk to both of those guys and do sit

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Speaker 1: down interview with them once we get to camel Back Ranch.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that'll be interesting. Your takeaways from talking to Tucker

660
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Speaker 2: because obviously there was a lot of talk about his

661
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Speaker 2: enthusiasm for the game. I guess we'll all find out

662
00:38:24,360 --> 00:38:26,680
Speaker 2: at the same time whether that was true or whether

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Speaker 2: that was just people talking that don't accept guys going

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Speaker 2: about their business a different way.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, And I just have a hard time believing that

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Speaker 1: you can be as elite to a player as he

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Speaker 1: is without really caring, without really loving the game. And

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Speaker 1: I had heard some reports about those the same issues

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Speaker 1: that you were talking about, and then someone posted on

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Speaker 1: social media that all of those comments about him not

671
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Speaker 1: loving the game came from some internet meme or an

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Speaker 1: Instagram So I don't really know what's what, But like

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Speaker 1: you said, having a chance to talk to him about

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Speaker 1: some of those things that will be nice to do

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Speaker 1: as well.

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Speaker 2: All right, John thanks a lot for jumping on love

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Speaker 2: having you on the show. You are, like I said,

678
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Speaker 2: a very gracious host and not just another pretty face.

679
00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:22,440
Speaker 2: You know what's going on there, and you needed to shine,

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Speaker 2: and I gave you the room to shine right here, hard.

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Speaker 1: Tongue, Well, you said, I'm like Magic Johnson back.

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Speaker 3: In the day.

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Speaker 1: You know, Magic would dish out fifteen twenty assists to night,

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Speaker 1: but you remember he could have scored thirty a night

685
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Speaker 1: if you really wanted to, and I feel like I

686
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Speaker 1: could score thirty night if I need it too, dB,

687
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Speaker 1: but I'm used to just dishing out the assist I

688
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Speaker 1: love that part.

689
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Speaker 2: And you just hope that Jerry doesn't blow the layup.

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Speaker 1: Exactly exactly. And I'm gonna tell him that on Thursday

691
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Speaker 1: when we see him, and you're in studio as well.

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Speaker 1: We'll see you on Thursday.

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Speaker 2: See you on Thursday. John, thanks a lot, Thanks Dave.

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Speaker 2: There he goes John hart Tongue. Great, great host. He's

695
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Speaker 2: been at the desk since day one of sports and

696
00:40:05,239 --> 00:40:09,239
Speaker 2: at LA appreciate him jumping on and very interesting about

697
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Speaker 2: some of the ins and outs of studio TV right

698
00:40:12,600 --> 00:40:16,520
Speaker 2: there as it pertains to how they watch the games,

699
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Speaker 2: how they watch Game seven, and also, you know, some

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Speaker 2: advice for Clayton Krushaw. Will he be able to be

701
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Speaker 2: critical because it's not just him being close to guys

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Speaker 2: on the Dodgers. He was respected and he respects the

703
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Speaker 2: game so much that it'll be interesting to see, you know,

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Speaker 2: whether or not he's in a situation where there's a

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Speaker 2: play that should be made or pictures should execute something,

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Speaker 2: how he will handle that. But you know, when he

707
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Speaker 2: was in the dugout doing those doing those interviews live

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00:40:50,960 --> 00:40:53,920
Speaker 2: in game. He obviously brought a lot of insight, and

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Speaker 2: I'm sure he's going to do that no matter what

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Speaker 2: capacity he's working for. Peacock and NBC. Eight six six

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Speaker 2: nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone number.

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Speaker 2: All right, here is the former Dodger World Series hero

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Speaker 2: that is still a free agent. As pitchers and catchers

714
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Speaker 2: are reporting across Major League Baseball, the Dodgers officially report

715
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Speaker 2: on Friday. Can you believe the twenty twenty four World

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Speaker 2: Series hero Walker Bueller is still a free agent? Still

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00:41:28,640 --> 00:41:33,680
Speaker 2: no team has signed Bueller. How is that possible? They're

718
00:41:33,719 --> 00:41:37,160
Speaker 2: acting like this guy has nothing left. I know it

719
00:41:37,280 --> 00:41:41,120
Speaker 2: didn't go the way he or the Red Sox envisioned

720
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Speaker 2: it going. But the Red Sox made a huge mistake.

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Speaker 2: They signed Bueller to be a big game pitcher down

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Speaker 2: the stretch, and they released him right when they were

723
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Speaker 2: getting to the finish line and needed him the most.

724
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Speaker 2: And then he goes to the Phillies. Never pitched against

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Speaker 2: the Dodgers in any way one of the four NLDS games,

726
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Speaker 2: and in the regular season he made two starts for Philly.

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Speaker 2: He came out of the bullpen for five innings in

728
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Speaker 2: another only gave up one earned run as a Philly

729
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Speaker 2: in thirteen and a third innings. Zach Wheeler's not gonna

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Speaker 2: be ready for the beginning of the year. Ranger Suarez

731
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Speaker 2: signed with another team. I mean, I find it very

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Speaker 2: hard to believe that a team could not use Walker Buehler,

733
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Speaker 2: even this version of Walker Bueller before five days until

734
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Speaker 2: pitchers and catchers officially report for a lot of teams.

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Speaker 2: Does that shock you? It shocks me. I hope I

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Speaker 2: shocked you that Walker Bueller is still a free agent.

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Speaker 2: From what I was told earlier today, he had some

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Speaker 2: sort of showcase throwing in front of teams and scouts.

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Speaker 2: I mean, is that really what it's come too for

740
00:43:00,520 --> 00:43:04,080
Speaker 2: Walker Bueller? Does he really need to throw in front

741
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Speaker 2: of teams in Arizona or Louisville or wherever it was

742
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Speaker 2: to show them what he has? Feels like his body

743
00:43:10,960 --> 00:43:14,040
Speaker 2: of work speaks for itself. He doesn't need to throw

744
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Speaker 2: for anybody, but he did, and we'll see who signs

745
00:43:18,080 --> 00:43:23,000
Speaker 2: Walker Buehler. Also, the Dodgers made an announcement and put

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Speaker 2: out their non roster invites for spring training and look,

747
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Speaker 2: I'm not gonna read off the entire list here, but

748
00:43:31,640 --> 00:43:36,359
Speaker 2: there were a few names you may recognize, including three

749
00:43:36,480 --> 00:43:41,480
Speaker 2: or four of their top outfield prospects. James Tibbs, the Third,

750
00:43:42,080 --> 00:43:47,720
Speaker 2: Zayir Hope, Kendall, George and Jose Wade Depaula will all

751
00:43:47,760 --> 00:43:51,600
Speaker 2: be in big league camp with the Dodgers this spring.

752
00:43:51,800 --> 00:43:55,520
Speaker 2: So with the World Baseball Classics, some guys being a

753
00:43:55,560 --> 00:43:58,480
Speaker 2: way to play there, maybe that gives some of these

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00:43:58,520 --> 00:44:02,000
Speaker 2: young guys some opportunit unities. And look, I know, hos

755
00:44:02,040 --> 00:44:05,360
Speaker 2: Way de Paula is the next coming of your Don

756
00:44:05,400 --> 00:44:09,479
Speaker 2: Alvarez or whoever other Hall of Famer or All Star

757
00:44:09,560 --> 00:44:13,040
Speaker 2: you want to insert there. I mean, he's got to

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Speaker 2: prove it, and he's got to leave an impression. He's

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00:44:15,280 --> 00:44:18,719
Speaker 2: got to show the work ethic in spring training, and

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00:44:18,840 --> 00:44:21,799
Speaker 2: so do all these other young guys. You think Dave

761
00:44:21,880 --> 00:44:26,520
Speaker 2: Roberts is impressed with minor leaguers and their Baseball America rankings,

762
00:44:26,960 --> 00:44:31,160
Speaker 2: they got to impress Andrew Freeman and Dave Roberts in

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Speaker 2: big league camp not only what they do as far

764
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Speaker 2: as results, but how they conduct themselves in their work ethic.

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Speaker 2: That's what everybody will be watching this spring with all

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Speaker 2: their top prospects, and I'm in the camp of you

767
00:44:47,000 --> 00:44:51,759
Speaker 2: are a suspect, not a prospect until you prove it otherwise,

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Speaker 2: Especially on a team as loaded at as the Dodgers,

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Speaker 2: and a team that has won back to back World

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Speaker 2: Series championships and is loaded again to go for a

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Speaker 2: three peat, you better leave an impression because there's not

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Speaker 2: many opportunities to do that with this veteran roster, and

773
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Speaker 2: a roster that from ti Oscar Hernandez to Mookie Betts

774
00:45:16,800 --> 00:45:20,560
Speaker 2: to Kyle Tucker to Andy Pajs to Tommy Edmond has

775
00:45:20,600 --> 00:45:26,239
Speaker 2: a pretty full outfield these days. Our next show is

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Speaker 2: going to be Thursday night at seven o'clock. We are

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Speaker 2: going to have a very special guest on Thursday night,

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Speaker 2: none other than Reggie Smith, who is going to be

779
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Speaker 2: honored this summer by the Dodgers and ducked it into

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Speaker 2: the Legends of Dodger Baseball, basically the Hall of Fame

781
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Speaker 2: for the Dodgers. And Reggie Smith meant a lot to

782
00:45:48,840 --> 00:45:51,880
Speaker 2: so many of his teammates, so many of the players

783
00:45:51,920 --> 00:45:55,080
Speaker 2: that he coached and still coaches. He has a great

784
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Speaker 2: academy an Encino, the Reggie Smith Academy. I sent my

785
00:46:00,320 --> 00:46:03,520
Speaker 2: out to it. Last summer camp, had an amazing time.

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Speaker 2: The coaches are amazing and Reggie always talks about teaching

787
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Speaker 2: the teachers and he has taught his teachers at his

788
00:46:11,680 --> 00:46:15,760
Speaker 2: Reggie Smith Academy so well. So looking forward to having

789
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Speaker 2: Reggie Smith on the show Thursday night to talk about

790
00:46:19,400 --> 00:46:23,040
Speaker 2: this incredible honor where you know, it's long overdue for

791
00:46:23,120 --> 00:46:27,200
Speaker 2: Reggie Smith to be celebrated by somebody, and the Dodgers

792
00:46:27,200 --> 00:46:31,080
Speaker 2: and Lon Rosen and Stan cast and obviously appreciate everything

793
00:46:31,160 --> 00:46:34,920
Speaker 2: that Reggie accomplished as a player and as a coach.

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Speaker 2: So looking forward to having Reggie on the show on

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Speaker 2: Thursday night. Thanks to Ronnie Fossio for all of his help,

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

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

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Speaker 2: You can follow me on Instagram at officially Vassa and

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Speaker 2: on x at the Real Underscore DV. Coming up next

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Speaker 2: Fox Sports Radio. We will talk to you Thursday night night.

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Speaker 2: See you