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Speaker 2: Welcome the Dodger Talk David Vasse live at Nationals Park.

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Speaker 2: After the Dodgers spoiled the home opener in our nation's

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Speaker 3: Hope you're being safe on this spring break.

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Speaker 2: I know many of you had your final day of

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Speaker 2: So we wish all of you a great holiday weekend

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Speaker 2: with your family and friends and tune on Dodgers baseball,

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Speaker 2: Because for all of you that were a little concerned

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Speaker 2: I love the Mookie vibe so far in twenty twenty six.

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Speaker 4: That's all I want to do.

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Speaker 3: We love you, We love the real MOOKI.

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Speaker 2: Is Mookie Betts, who certainly had a smile on his

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Speaker 7: How you doing Many, hid be Friday, DV. I hope

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Speaker 3: But the blue tops, I like them. You know. The

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Speaker 2: on A five to seventy LA Sports. The Dodgers spoil

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Speaker 1: Seventy Dodger Talk is available on AM five seventy LA

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Speaker 2: And they would not look back as the Dodgers roll

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Speaker 2: back to Dodger Talk David Vasse live at Nationals Park

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Speaker 2: until three o'clock. The Dodgers hit five home runs today,

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Speaker 2: side here. Pitching wise, I mentioned that the Dodgers were

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Speaker 2: So for him to hang in there and with a

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Speaker 6: Yeah, definitely a little bit of a grind. Obviously, it's

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Speaker 10: So how much pride do you take and just then

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Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean with our offense, it's just, you know,

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Speaker 5: What was the cause of the head do you think?

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Speaker 6: Uh yeah, yeah, that's what we're trying to fix. Just

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Speaker 2: Yeah, okay, that's good. Yes, we want to hear that

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Speaker 3: Abrams. Eight sixty six.

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Speaker 2: Nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone number,

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Speaker 2: David Vassey, live at Nationals Park on this beautiful Friday.

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Speaker 2: We're with you until three o'clock. That's when we hand

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Speaker 2: Tom listening on the iHeartRadio app.

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Speaker 11: How you doing, Tom, I'm doing awesome, David, Thank you.

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Speaker 13: E June Oregon, sunny and a nice Chris fifty two degrees.

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Speaker 13: I just wanted to say that I was really impressed

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Speaker 2: I agree, And you know, obviously he's more experienced now.

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Speaker 1: Tom was nice.

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Speaker 13: See Otani, Muki and everybody else go, you know, with

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Speaker 13: relax the whole time, that this would turn around. No

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Speaker 3: It was.

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Speaker 13: It was really good to see everybody break out.

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Speaker 3: All right, Tom, thank you for the phone call.

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Speaker 2: I will say this, It's understandable why you were getting frustrated.

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Speaker 2: So I can understand why there was some cause for concern.

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Speaker 2: Let's see if there's some consistency now from this point forward,

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Speaker 2: because you don't just want to put up thirteen runs

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Speaker 2: Let's go out to Forton, Luis. You're on Dodger Talk

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Speaker 2: with David vasse Hi.

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Speaker 3: Louise, Hey, DV.

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Speaker 11: How you doing, I do greats.

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Speaker 14: Coming to this city, awesome, Thank you for being out there.

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Speaker 14: I just wanted to say. I wanted to highlight a

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Speaker 11: We were talking.

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Speaker 14: About the blue jerseys earlier, I wanted.

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Speaker 11: To say I ordered two of those.

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Speaker 14: I'm actually really excited to get those in. But I

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00:22:51,800 --> 00:22:54,280
Speaker 14: was actually upset that I won't be getting him to pass.

440
00:22:54,359 --> 00:22:56,520
Speaker 14: April twenty fourth, I was kind of excited to wear

441
00:22:56,560 --> 00:22:58,880
Speaker 14: them on the first day, but they didn't come by,

442
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Speaker 14: So about.

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00:23:00,640 --> 00:23:05,159
Speaker 2: That, yeah, I mean, I guess they just released it,

444
00:23:05,400 --> 00:23:07,840
Speaker 2: and I'm sure there's a lot of demands. So I

445
00:23:07,880 --> 00:23:09,840
Speaker 2: don't know what to say about the production of them.

446
00:23:09,960 --> 00:23:12,520
Speaker 2: But I do like them. I do like them. I'm

447
00:23:12,560 --> 00:23:16,600
Speaker 2: a traditionalist with the Dodgers and Yankees type of uniforms,

448
00:23:16,640 --> 00:23:19,600
Speaker 2: but I like what they did here, I really do.

449
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Speaker 2: Thanks for the phone call, Luis. Can't wait to see

450
00:23:22,440 --> 00:23:27,000
Speaker 2: your new jerseys whenever they arrive. And the Dodgers, let's

451
00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:28,960
Speaker 2: see if they wear them again on this road trip,

452
00:23:29,040 --> 00:23:31,399
Speaker 2: right because they score thirteen runs? Are they going to

453
00:23:31,400 --> 00:23:34,920
Speaker 2: break them out again tomorrow? Let's see that happened. You know,

454
00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:39,920
Speaker 2: the Dodgers clubhouse manager Alex Torres, there are gray road

455
00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:44,880
Speaker 2: jerseys that say Los Angeles and Dodgers, and if the

456
00:23:44,920 --> 00:23:47,960
Speaker 2: offense is humming, if the team is winning, they keep

457
00:23:48,040 --> 00:23:51,439
Speaker 2: rolling with the same jerseys until they lose or things

458
00:23:51,480 --> 00:23:54,800
Speaker 2: go sideways. So let's see if they wear the blue

459
00:23:54,880 --> 00:23:58,639
Speaker 2: jerseys tomorrow. Let's go out to Corona. Jason, you're on

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Speaker 2: Dodger Talk with Dave.

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Speaker 15: Say hi, Jason, what's up, mister Davids say, nice talking

462
00:24:04,480 --> 00:24:10,520
Speaker 15: to you, buddy, longtime listener. Here two things, two things

463
00:24:10,520 --> 00:24:13,480
Speaker 15: that I'm glad to see the Dodgers Bats finally wake up.

464
00:24:13,520 --> 00:24:17,000
Speaker 15: That first week they were they were quiet and understandably,

465
00:24:17,040 --> 00:24:19,960
Speaker 15: you know, they got their championship rings and a lot

466
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Speaker 15: of emotions over there at Dodger Stadium. But I had

467
00:24:22,200 --> 00:24:25,440
Speaker 15: a feeling they'd break out today and they did. And

468
00:24:25,480 --> 00:24:29,639
Speaker 15: then also another thing, on that walkout song from Edwin Diez,

469
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Speaker 15: I love the trumpets, I was wondering, I.

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Speaker 8: I know, like a couple of the the first night

471
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Speaker 8: was live. It was like, you know, the live trumpets,

472
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Speaker 8: and then they I think had an audio as well.

473
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Speaker 8: Is there any like anything in the works of you know,

474
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Speaker 8: just making that darn thing live all the time because

475
00:24:48,440 --> 00:24:52,159
Speaker 8: it sounds bitch and live. And also, is Timmy Trumpet

476
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Speaker 8: Timmy Trumpet's ever gonna make an appearance at Dodger Stadium.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think you will. I think you will. But

478
00:24:59,440 --> 00:25:02,000
Speaker 2: the thing, yeah, with Timmy Trumpet, he's on tour. He's

479
00:25:02,040 --> 00:25:04,560
Speaker 2: a DJ, and he's on a tour right now. So

480
00:25:05,160 --> 00:25:07,280
Speaker 2: I know he was at Dodger Stadium a couple of

481
00:25:07,320 --> 00:25:11,480
Speaker 2: weeks ago because he filmed something. If you remember that

482
00:25:11,640 --> 00:25:14,399
Speaker 2: rainy night at Dodger Stadium when Edwin Diaz came in

483
00:25:14,480 --> 00:25:16,919
Speaker 2: the game in a non safe situation, it was a

484
00:25:16,960 --> 00:25:20,800
Speaker 2: four run lead. That was what I was looking for

485
00:25:21,160 --> 00:25:24,240
Speaker 2: from night one. You got Timmy Trumpet on the big

486
00:25:24,280 --> 00:25:27,840
Speaker 2: board playing the trumpet as Edwin Diaz is coming out.

487
00:25:27,920 --> 00:25:31,119
Speaker 2: To me, that was special. It was in black and white,

488
00:25:31,440 --> 00:25:34,480
Speaker 2: there was something. There was something to that. And now

489
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Speaker 2: that the ribbon boards are all installed, there'll be more

490
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Speaker 2: of a light show.

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Speaker 3: So I'm in favor. I like that version of it.

492
00:25:41,760 --> 00:25:45,480
Speaker 2: And Tatiana Tait who was the live trumpet player for

493
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Speaker 2: the two saves that he came in on the Homestand

494
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Speaker 2: I'm sure she's got a life. She's got to do

495
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Speaker 2: things with her. I don't know if you call it

496
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Speaker 2: a symphony or what, but she's got a life. So

497
00:25:56,440 --> 00:25:58,560
Speaker 2: I'm not sure she could be there every night just

498
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Speaker 2: in case.

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Speaker 8: Yeah, I'm sure she'll make a few more appearances throughout

500
00:26:02,920 --> 00:26:04,639
Speaker 8: the year. She was great as well.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I loved it. I loved her style for sure.

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Speaker 2: Thank you for the phone call, Jason.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

504
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Speaker 2: When Timmy trumpet, I just it's Timmy Trumpet, right, and

505
00:26:14,480 --> 00:26:17,720
Speaker 2: that's the song Narco and Timmy Trumpet is such a

506
00:26:17,760 --> 00:26:21,800
Speaker 2: big part of Edwin Diaz his walk in, and I

507
00:26:21,920 --> 00:26:24,639
Speaker 2: did like that the Dodgers got Timmy Trumpet in the

508
00:26:24,640 --> 00:26:29,360
Speaker 2: house to do something for Dodger vision when Edwin Diaz

509
00:26:29,440 --> 00:26:29,959
Speaker 2: walks in.

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Speaker 3: So I'm all in with that.

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Speaker 2: One eight six six nine seven two five seventy is

512
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Speaker 2: the phone number. Dodgers beat the Nationals today thirteen to

513
00:26:38,240 --> 00:26:40,840
Speaker 2: six to open up their six game road trip and

514
00:26:40,960 --> 00:26:44,840
Speaker 2: spoil the Nationals home opener today. Let's go out to

515
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Speaker 2: Roy who was here at Nationals Park? Roy, were you

516
00:26:48,480 --> 00:26:49,439
Speaker 2: were you here today?

517
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Speaker 11: Yes?

518
00:26:51,200 --> 00:26:53,359
Speaker 16: Third, just like a couple of years ago, I called

519
00:26:53,400 --> 00:26:55,159
Speaker 16: you after a show. I hate that, MISSI will you

520
00:26:55,200 --> 00:26:55,639
Speaker 16: remember that?

521
00:26:57,040 --> 00:26:59,720
Speaker 3: How could I forget? That's right?

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Speaker 11: Second?

523
00:27:00,600 --> 00:27:03,720
Speaker 16: Yeah, yeah, but uh, I tell you what. Last year

524
00:27:03,760 --> 00:27:06,040
Speaker 16: we were here and it was like thirty degrees you've

525
00:27:06,080 --> 00:27:09,720
Speaker 16: ever had, David, And uh today it was cold. Got

526
00:27:09,720 --> 00:27:13,119
Speaker 16: the shorts on and the jersey and uh just like

527
00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:16,159
Speaker 16: the temperature. The Thank god, the Dodgers bat started to

528
00:27:16,200 --> 00:27:18,639
Speaker 16: eat up and my son and my son and I

529
00:27:18,680 --> 00:27:21,400
Speaker 16: looked at, you know, each other, man. You know, we'd

530
00:27:21,400 --> 00:27:23,119
Speaker 16: only had a couple of beers to this point. It

531
00:27:23,160 --> 00:27:26,040
Speaker 16: was early, David, and uh down three nothing and we're like,

532
00:27:26,080 --> 00:27:28,880
Speaker 16: here we go. But but hey, you know, I mean

533
00:27:29,720 --> 00:27:32,720
Speaker 16: six games in five games, and let's get it going.

534
00:27:32,760 --> 00:27:35,720
Speaker 16: And finally we saw we saw some bats heat up, man.

535
00:27:35,760 --> 00:27:38,840
Speaker 16: So that's really all I got, David. Uh, just love

536
00:27:38,920 --> 00:27:42,280
Speaker 16: the show man. I tell you what, Uh you know,

537
00:27:42,320 --> 00:27:44,480
Speaker 16: being out here, the ten o'clock games are hard to

538
00:27:44,720 --> 00:27:47,040
Speaker 16: uh are hard to watch. But I wake up early

539
00:27:47,080 --> 00:27:49,479
Speaker 16: to go to work. And I listened to Dodger Dog

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Speaker 16: Brother and you're a you're a lifesaver and and thanks

541
00:27:52,280 --> 00:27:54,600
Speaker 16: for what you do, man, I really appreciate you. And

542
00:27:54,720 --> 00:27:56,280
Speaker 16: uh and go Dodgers man.

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00:27:57,520 --> 00:27:59,520
Speaker 3: All right, Roy, that means a lot to me. Before

544
00:27:59,560 --> 00:27:59,880
Speaker 3: you go.

545
00:28:00,680 --> 00:28:03,800
Speaker 2: For Dodger fans in LA that want to come see

546
00:28:03,800 --> 00:28:06,800
Speaker 2: different stadiums, where would you rate Nationals Park?

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Speaker 16: So Nationals Park like it's a great, small stadium. It

548
00:28:14,280 --> 00:28:17,920
Speaker 16: doesn't have as great of a scenic view as like Pittsburgh.

549
00:28:18,119 --> 00:28:20,439
Speaker 16: Like we go to Pittsburgh every year. We were fortunate

550
00:28:20,520 --> 00:28:23,360
Speaker 16: enough last year with Baltimore. Baltimore is another great stadium.

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00:28:23,400 --> 00:28:26,480
Speaker 16: But you know, top ten, top ten, it's a great

552
00:28:26,680 --> 00:28:29,440
Speaker 16: it's a great area. Of course, you can always find

553
00:28:29,440 --> 00:28:32,520
Speaker 16: a bad area. We know about how LA is as well,

554
00:28:32,560 --> 00:28:34,359
Speaker 16: but it's a great park.

555
00:28:34,400 --> 00:28:34,560
Speaker 8: Man.

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Speaker 16: You guys come out when you get a chance. I

557
00:28:36,480 --> 00:28:38,680
Speaker 16: met a lot of people off from Riverside just live

558
00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:42,080
Speaker 16: out in Virginia now because of a ninety four north

559
00:28:42,160 --> 00:28:45,360
Speaker 16: Ridge quake brought me out this way. But yeah, if

560
00:28:45,400 --> 00:28:47,360
Speaker 16: you guys can get out this way, NAT's Park is

561
00:28:47,400 --> 00:28:51,920
Speaker 16: wonderful and make it the East Coast trip and see

562
00:28:51,960 --> 00:28:53,880
Speaker 16: some parks out here on the East Coast. It's wonderful.

563
00:28:53,880 --> 00:28:56,280
Speaker 16: Of course, it ain't Dodger Stadium, but to see the

564
00:28:56,320 --> 00:28:58,440
Speaker 16: Dodgers anywhere as a blessing for sure.

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Speaker 2: Man, no, no doubt. Roy great to hear that review.

566
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Speaker 2: And I remember you live in Virginia. Eight six six

567
00:29:07,360 --> 00:29:11,040
Speaker 2: nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone number.

568
00:29:11,160 --> 00:29:15,160
Speaker 2: Dodgers beat the Nationals today thirteen to six, and coming

569
00:29:15,280 --> 00:29:18,880
Speaker 2: back here, I gotta say, you know, this being my

570
00:29:19,120 --> 00:29:23,040
Speaker 2: fifteenth season, there were a lot of trips back and

571
00:29:23,120 --> 00:29:26,520
Speaker 2: forth from Washington, d C. To LA because when the

572
00:29:26,640 --> 00:29:30,040
Speaker 2: Nationals were good with Bryce Harper and then with Juan

573
00:29:30,160 --> 00:29:33,880
Speaker 2: Sota in twenty nineteen, it always seemed like the Dodgers

574
00:29:33,920 --> 00:29:38,640
Speaker 2: and Nats were playing in the NLDS and the pulling

575
00:29:38,680 --> 00:29:40,720
Speaker 2: into the team hotel last night.

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Speaker 5: Uh.

577
00:29:41,520 --> 00:29:44,680
Speaker 2: The one thing that I remember the most, and some

578
00:29:44,800 --> 00:29:47,760
Speaker 2: of the visions I have that, you know, really pop

579
00:29:47,800 --> 00:29:50,840
Speaker 2: in my mind when I come back to Washington, d C.

580
00:29:51,320 --> 00:29:54,719
Speaker 2: First and foremost, Uh, the one that sticks out the

581
00:29:54,720 --> 00:30:00,239
Speaker 2: most was Kenley Janssen and Clayton Kershaw teaming up in

582
00:30:00,280 --> 00:30:04,480
Speaker 2: Game five of the NLDS here at Nationals Park, where

583
00:30:04,640 --> 00:30:10,600
Speaker 2: Kenley Jansen came in and really shouldered the middle innings

584
00:30:10,640 --> 00:30:13,800
Speaker 2: of relief. That was the plan the Dodgers had to

585
00:30:13,880 --> 00:30:17,920
Speaker 2: win Game five here and Nationals Park in advance to

586
00:30:18,200 --> 00:30:24,040
Speaker 2: the NLCS in twenty sixteen, and Clayton Krushaw coming in

587
00:30:24,240 --> 00:30:28,480
Speaker 2: after Kenley Jansen to pitch the ninth inning and get

588
00:30:28,520 --> 00:30:32,400
Speaker 2: the final two outs. Remember Kennley Jansen came in and

589
00:30:32,480 --> 00:30:36,520
Speaker 2: pitched two and a third scoreless innings and through fifty

590
00:30:36,640 --> 00:30:40,520
Speaker 2: one pitches before handing the ball to Krushaw, who closed

591
00:30:40,560 --> 00:30:43,960
Speaker 2: it out. I'll remember that celebration like it was yesterday

592
00:30:44,040 --> 00:30:47,600
Speaker 2: for the rest of my life because of that, these

593
00:30:47,640 --> 00:30:52,120
Speaker 2: two guys that had herculean efforts to pitch the Dodgers

594
00:30:52,200 --> 00:30:55,120
Speaker 2: to the NLCS in twenty sixteen.

595
00:30:55,160 --> 00:30:56,720
Speaker 3: I believe it was the first time.

596
00:30:56,760 --> 00:31:01,000
Speaker 2: The Dodgers had been there since twenty thirteen, but the

597
00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:04,600
Speaker 2: way they did it in an elimination game and going

598
00:31:04,640 --> 00:31:08,280
Speaker 2: outside of their comfort zone and Kershaw closing the game

599
00:31:08,320 --> 00:31:10,560
Speaker 2: and getting the final two outs. I believe he struck

600
00:31:10,560 --> 00:31:13,920
Speaker 2: out Daniel Murphy to end the game and the series.

601
00:31:13,960 --> 00:31:15,720
Speaker 3: I could be wrong. I forgot who it was.

602
00:31:15,760 --> 00:31:21,680
Speaker 2: It could have been Harper, but that's something that sticks

603
00:31:21,720 --> 00:31:26,080
Speaker 2: out to me, and I remember the next morning. There

604
00:31:26,160 --> 00:31:29,240
Speaker 2: was no rest for the weary because the series went

605
00:31:29,360 --> 00:31:33,400
Speaker 2: five games in twenty sixteen and the Dodgers did not

606
00:31:33,520 --> 00:31:37,440
Speaker 2: have home field advantage in the NLCS. We boarded a

607
00:31:37,480 --> 00:31:44,760
Speaker 2: bus the very next morning and went to Chicago for

608
00:31:45,040 --> 00:31:47,920
Speaker 2: the workout against the Cubs at Wrigley Field in Game

609
00:31:47,960 --> 00:31:52,360
Speaker 2: one of the NLCS. Was two days after the Dodgers

610
00:31:52,480 --> 00:31:55,960
Speaker 2: won the NLDS in Game five, and obviously that was

611
00:31:55,960 --> 00:31:58,440
Speaker 2: the Cubs year. Everybody thought that was going to be

612
00:31:58,520 --> 00:32:01,800
Speaker 2: the dynasty. What happened to the Cubs dynasty? It actually

613
00:32:01,800 --> 00:32:05,720
Speaker 2: turned out to be a Dodgers dynasty since twenty seventeen,

614
00:32:05,800 --> 00:32:08,680
Speaker 2: when they got their payback on the Cubs and beating

615
00:32:08,720 --> 00:32:11,720
Speaker 2: them in a five game NLCS. Key Key Hernandez with

616
00:32:11,760 --> 00:32:16,760
Speaker 2: three home runs. But yeah, that is the one memory

617
00:32:16,840 --> 00:32:20,640
Speaker 2: that sticks out the most as far as Dodgers Nationals

618
00:32:20,680 --> 00:32:24,880
Speaker 2: here in Washington, DC at Nationals Park. And also I

619
00:32:24,960 --> 00:32:28,720
Speaker 2: remember my first or second year Don Mattingley was the manager.

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00:32:28,760 --> 00:32:29,920
Speaker 3: It was the regular.

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Speaker 2: Season, and there always seems to be rain in the

622
00:32:32,480 --> 00:32:35,880
Speaker 2: forecast here when the Dodgers come to NAT's Park, and

623
00:32:35,960 --> 00:32:40,280
Speaker 2: that night they were forecasting a big time rain and

624
00:32:40,520 --> 00:32:44,200
Speaker 2: we came to the ballpark and they called it off.

625
00:32:45,640 --> 00:32:48,320
Speaker 2: They called it off before first pitch, about an hour

626
00:32:48,520 --> 00:32:51,760
Speaker 2: or two before first pitch, which rarely happens.

627
00:32:52,400 --> 00:32:54,640
Speaker 3: And you know what happened the rest of the night.

628
00:32:55,280 --> 00:32:59,120
Speaker 2: It never rained and Don Mattingley was really hot and

629
00:32:59,200 --> 00:33:01,680
Speaker 2: they had to play a header the next day. But yeah,

630
00:33:01,760 --> 00:33:04,560
Speaker 2: those are the two memories that stick out to me

631
00:33:04,680 --> 00:33:08,160
Speaker 2: the most traveling with the team since twenty twelve, coming

632
00:33:08,200 --> 00:33:09,280
Speaker 2: to a National Spark.

633
00:33:09,320 --> 00:33:09,840
Speaker 3: And I was right.

634
00:33:09,880 --> 00:33:13,400
Speaker 2: It was Daniel Murphy that made the last dow Kershaw

635
00:33:13,440 --> 00:33:17,480
Speaker 2: struck him out in Game five of the twenty sixteen NLDS.

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Speaker 3: Let's go out to Long Beach. Nick, you're on Dodger Talk.

637
00:33:20,880 --> 00:33:24,160
Speaker 2: Hope you enjoyed that history lesson, Nick of David Vassey's

638
00:33:24,240 --> 00:33:26,160
Speaker 2: Diary of Coming to Washington, DC.

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Speaker 17: Loved it, Dave, And actually, I think all Dodger fans

640
00:33:31,160 --> 00:33:34,760
Speaker 17: need to remember all of those times we didn't win,

641
00:33:34,800 --> 00:33:36,840
Speaker 17: because it definitely feels like we're the rich kid who

642
00:33:36,880 --> 00:33:39,920
Speaker 17: grew up, you know, where mom and dad were working

643
00:33:39,920 --> 00:33:41,680
Speaker 17: two jobs and now we're living the good life.

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00:33:42,160 --> 00:33:46,520
Speaker 5: So, yes, the history lesson was well received.

645
00:33:47,520 --> 00:33:49,240
Speaker 3: And you don't have to go that far anymore.

646
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Speaker 2: Nick, There's so much that has happened in the last

647
00:33:51,920 --> 00:33:55,400
Speaker 2: fifteen years where you know, what the Dodgers have done

648
00:33:55,400 --> 00:33:58,560
Speaker 2: the last two years just seems so far out of reach,

649
00:33:58,680 --> 00:34:01,840
Speaker 2: trying to climb that mountain and coming up short for

650
00:34:01,920 --> 00:34:04,280
Speaker 2: the longest of times. With a lot of guys that

651
00:34:04,800 --> 00:34:09,000
Speaker 2: came up through the system the Dodgers found, like Justin Turner.

652
00:34:09,760 --> 00:34:12,239
Speaker 3: It just that made it more rewarding.

653
00:34:12,320 --> 00:34:14,759
Speaker 2: When they did make it to the World Series in

654
00:34:14,840 --> 00:34:18,120
Speaker 2: twenty seventeen, we all know that they probably are the

655
00:34:18,120 --> 00:34:21,920
Speaker 2: World Champions of twenty seventeen, and then in twenty twenty,

656
00:34:22,280 --> 00:34:24,719
Speaker 2: those same group of players got to win it, but

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Speaker 2: none of us were there to enjoy it with them.

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Speaker 2: So that's what the last two years, I think people

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Speaker 2: outside of LA failed to realize why nobody's apologizing for anything.

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Speaker 16: You're You're absolutely right.

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Speaker 17: For those of us, I'm in my I'll.

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Speaker 5: Be forty this year.

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Speaker 17: The two thousand and eight, the two thousand and nine teams,

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Speaker 17: you know that two thousand and six class, your camps,

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Speaker 17: der Andres, your Kershaws. You know, for those of us

666
00:34:53,800 --> 00:34:57,400
Speaker 17: had gone through it, to have twenty seventeen stolen, to

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Speaker 17: have twenty twenty essentially in enjoy it, but kind of

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00:35:01,200 --> 00:35:03,759
Speaker 17: enjoy it being at home, scared.

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Speaker 16: About the world.

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Speaker 17: This last run has been unbelievable, so much so that

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Speaker 17: I think next week's series against the Blue Jays is

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Speaker 17: going to be absolutely electric for all the reasons you said.

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Speaker 17: The people outside of LA don't know why this feels

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Speaker 17: the way it does for us, especially those of us

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Speaker 17: that you know saw our boys get very close many years,

676
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Speaker 17: but always seem to be a runner up, no doubt.

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Speaker 3: Nick, Thanks for the phone call.

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Speaker 2: Appreciated And I know you know, in the NFL or

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00:35:32,000 --> 00:35:34,600
Speaker 2: the NBA, you could say, oh, this is a trap

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00:35:34,680 --> 00:35:38,200
Speaker 2: game or a trap series. Look the Dodgers, I saw

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00:35:38,239 --> 00:35:40,520
Speaker 2: them earlier today. It was an early game. They had

682
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Speaker 2: a day off yesterday, but they came out again three

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Speaker 2: hours before first pitch, and they took infield practice. All

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Speaker 2: of the stars, from Freddie Freeman to Miguel Rojas to

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Speaker 2: Mookie Betts and Max Munsey, they were all out here,

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Speaker 2: and when they came out on the field, there was

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Speaker 2: more of a focus today. There was a little little

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00:36:00,200 --> 00:36:03,560
Speaker 2: bit more urgency. I think they all understood we can't

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Speaker 2: let this get too much into a spiral offensively, and

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00:36:07,800 --> 00:36:12,719
Speaker 2: you saw that tonight obviously or today. Obviously, Miles Michaelis

691
00:36:12,800 --> 00:36:16,239
Speaker 2: helps all that, and his reputation around the league is

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00:36:16,320 --> 00:36:19,400
Speaker 2: not very popular, so I'm sure the Dodgers took a

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00:36:19,440 --> 00:36:23,360
Speaker 2: little extra joy beating him down today with an eleven

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Speaker 2: run barrage and hitting four home runs and knocking him out.

695
00:36:27,760 --> 00:36:31,560
Speaker 2: But there was a focus to the Dodgers to really,

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00:36:31,800 --> 00:36:35,200
Speaker 2: you know, put up a win and put together good

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00:36:35,200 --> 00:36:38,360
Speaker 2: at bats, and we saw that today. They did strike

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Speaker 2: out eight times, but they also walked five times, and

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Speaker 2: in the previous four or five games a lot more

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Speaker 2: strikeouts than walks. Today the Dodgers hit five home runs

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Speaker 2: all in all, Miles Michaelis was out of there with

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Speaker 2: four and a third and eleven charged Otani, Betts, Pajz again,

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Speaker 2: Freeman and Tucker all homered and Andy PAHs to me

704
00:37:00,600 --> 00:37:04,280
Speaker 2: right now, the first seven games MVP of the Dodgers

705
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Speaker 2: hands down. I know it's early, but I do harken

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Speaker 2: back to last year. Dodger hitting coach Rob van Zoyak

707
00:37:12,280 --> 00:37:15,680
Speaker 2: predicted Andy Paiz would be an All Star in twenty

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Speaker 2: twenty six. He told me that I was reminded of

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00:37:18,480 --> 00:37:22,319
Speaker 2: that today, not by Rob, but by somebody else that

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Speaker 2: was in that conversation, and he's he's looking pretty good

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00:37:25,800 --> 00:37:29,120
Speaker 2: right now. Andy Piez has had a tremendous start to

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Speaker 2: the season. He's twelve for twenty five with two home runs,

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Speaker 2: seven RBIs and at twelve sixty ops. Andy Paiez today

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Speaker 2: three for four with a two run home run as

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Speaker 2: the Dodgers beat the Nationals thirteen to six, eight six six, nine,

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00:37:44,560 --> 00:37:47,279
Speaker 2: eight seven two five. Seventy is the phone number. Let's

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Speaker 2: go out to Pete and San Gacito. How you doing, Pete?

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Speaker 11: Good?

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Speaker 8: How you doing? David?

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Speaker 3: I'm doing great?

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Speaker 16: Hey, Hey, I have.

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Speaker 11: Just a history for you. Also, I was a.

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Speaker 3: Are you are you doing a Steve Hartman to try

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Speaker 3: to one up me?

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Speaker 11: No, no, don't, don't, not at all.

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Speaker 3: Okay, but my uh my.

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Speaker 11: Cousin took me out to my first ballgame in nineteen

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Speaker 11: sixty nine.

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Speaker 18: And guess where that was played at the coliseum, Yes, sir, Yeah,

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Speaker 18: the Wally Moon shot and everything else.

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Speaker 11: Yeah, that we played against the Giants at that time. Yeah,

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Speaker 11: that was a great feeling. And have been a Dodger

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Speaker 11: fan ever since, and neverget I.

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Speaker 10: Was.

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Speaker 2: I was lucky enough to meet Wally Moon. He was

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Speaker 2: doing a book signing at Brent's Delhi in Northridge, and

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Speaker 2: I went out there and I met him, and uh,

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Speaker 2: what a great guy. And for those that don't know

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Speaker 2: what a moonshot was, it was Wally Moon who was a.

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Speaker 3: Dodger in nineteen fifty nine.

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Speaker 2: The call a scene was configured as a baseball field,

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Speaker 2: and it was kind of weird the the.

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Speaker 3: Dimensions down.

744
00:39:11,960 --> 00:39:16,160
Speaker 2: The left field line was two hundred and fifty feet

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00:39:16,239 --> 00:39:19,120
Speaker 2: away from home plate and to compensate for that, to

746
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Speaker 2: try to balance out the short distance, they erected a

747
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Speaker 2: forty foot high screen and Wally Moon perfected, getting it

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Speaker 2: two hundred and fifty two feet and over that forty

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Speaker 2: foot fence in left field. So did you ever witness

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Speaker 2: a moonshot, Pete?

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Speaker 11: No, I did not out of the games I went there. No,

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Speaker 11: I never witness set, but you know I saw some

753
00:39:45,800 --> 00:39:50,879
Speaker 11: great players. Duke Snyder, Hodges.

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Speaker 3: Jill Hodges made it to LA two.

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Speaker 11: Yeah, yeah, they were Sandy kofax Don Drysdale. You know

756
00:39:59,280 --> 00:40:01,319
Speaker 11: you're talking about all the great I got a chance

757
00:40:01,360 --> 00:40:03,440
Speaker 11: to see them, you know, which was really nice. And

758
00:40:03,480 --> 00:40:06,319
Speaker 11: then all the other teams are with their great players,

759
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Speaker 11: you know.

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Speaker 3: No doubt.

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Speaker 2: Great memories, Pete, great memories. Thank you for the phone call.

762
00:40:11,960 --> 00:40:14,920
Speaker 2: And in nineteen fifty nine, it was only the Dodgers

763
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Speaker 2: second year in LA and they won the World Series,

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Speaker 2: beating the White Sox in a seven game series. So

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Speaker 2: that's a way to welcome yourself to a city. And

766
00:40:25,760 --> 00:40:29,920
Speaker 2: the passion for Dodger baseball grew from there, and Vince

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00:40:29,920 --> 00:40:33,319
Speaker 2: Scully obviously had a big part in that. Eight six

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

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Speaker 2: If you're listening on the iHeartRadio app, there's a microphone

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Speaker 2: button on the app. You can press it and talk

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Speaker 2: to me. That way, you can record a message if

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Speaker 2: you're a little shy to call in live. So you

773
00:40:49,640 --> 00:40:53,080
Speaker 2: could press that microphone button listening to Dodger Talk and

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00:40:53,120 --> 00:40:55,319
Speaker 2: we'll get the message. We already have gotten a couple

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00:40:55,400 --> 00:40:59,080
Speaker 2: of messages, but they're very negative towards other play by

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Speaker 2: play guys. And I'm not gonna play that because you

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00:41:02,760 --> 00:41:04,879
Speaker 2: can rip me and I'll play that. I have no

778
00:41:05,040 --> 00:41:08,319
Speaker 2: problem with you ripping me and us playing it, but

779
00:41:08,440 --> 00:41:10,880
Speaker 2: if you rip somebody else on the broadcast, I wouldn't

780
00:41:10,880 --> 00:41:14,879
Speaker 2: feel right about that. To Eric and Colin, e uh

781
00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:18,440
Speaker 2: deleting all those type of messages, nobody will ever ever

782
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Speaker 2: hear them. But if you want to press the microphone

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00:41:21,400 --> 00:41:25,239
Speaker 2: and say nice things or say not nice things about me,

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Speaker 2: we may.

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Speaker 13: Eric.

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Speaker 2: So that's on the iHeartRadio app. Let's go out to Monrovia. Frank,

787
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Speaker 2: you're on Dodger Talk.

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Speaker 19: How you doing, Frank, I'm doing a great Dave, Thanks

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00:41:35,920 --> 00:41:39,040
Speaker 19: so much for taking my call. Just you know, you

790
00:41:39,160 --> 00:41:42,760
Speaker 19: gotta love it. That is a fun park. Nationals Park

791
00:41:42,920 --> 00:41:45,600
Speaker 19: is a fun park to be at. You know, being

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00:41:45,640 --> 00:41:48,560
Speaker 19: there on opening day it's gotta be a blessing because

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00:41:48,640 --> 00:41:52,560
Speaker 19: you know, even though they're you know, by all MLB accounts,

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00:41:52,600 --> 00:41:55,440
Speaker 19: they're a newer franchise in that area, they are a

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00:41:55,560 --> 00:41:57,719
Speaker 19: fun team to watch in a fund, It's a fun

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00:41:57,800 --> 00:42:00,360
Speaker 19: park to be at so you know, David, enjoy it

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Speaker 19: while you're there.

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Speaker 3: Thank you, Frank, appreciate it.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I feel like it's one of the more underrated

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Speaker 2: ballparks in baseball. Another memory here looking out to right

801
00:42:12,800 --> 00:42:16,759
Speaker 2: field where they have a shake shack. I remember I

802
00:42:16,840 --> 00:42:20,560
Speaker 2: was here in my first season with the Dodgers, traveling

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00:42:20,640 --> 00:42:24,480
Speaker 2: twenty twelve, trying to get my bearings, and my wife

804
00:42:24,840 --> 00:42:28,560
Speaker 2: was pregnant with our daughter, our first child, and we

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00:42:28,680 --> 00:42:31,600
Speaker 2: didn't know the gender, and she went to a doctor's

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00:42:31,600 --> 00:42:35,520
Speaker 2: appointment alone and found out that it was going to

807
00:42:35,560 --> 00:42:38,919
Speaker 2: be a girl. And as I ordered my shake shack

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00:42:39,000 --> 00:42:42,000
Speaker 2: and was putting it on the high top table out there,

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00:42:42,080 --> 00:42:45,000
Speaker 2: I remember getting the phone call and my wife telling

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Speaker 2: us that we were going to have a baby girl.

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Speaker 2: And my daughter just turned thirteen on opening day actually

812
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Speaker 2: March twenty sixth, and thinking about that as well. Those

813
00:42:54,600 --> 00:42:58,040
Speaker 2: are some of the memories that stick out baseball wise

814
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Speaker 2: and personally. Coming back to National Spark, All right, we're

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Speaker 2: gonna take a time out, our final timeout. As we

816
00:43:04,280 --> 00:43:05,920
Speaker 2: lead you up to the top of the hour, that's

817
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Speaker 2: where Petros and money will take over more of your

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Speaker 2: phone calls. At eight sixty six nine eighty seven two

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Speaker 2: five seventy and we'll here for manager Dave Roberts after

820
00:43:14,480 --> 00:43:18,120
Speaker 2: the Dodger offense comes to life with thirteen runs to

821
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Speaker 2: beat the Nationals thirteen to six on a five to

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Speaker 2: seventy LA Sports.

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Speaker 1: On air at AM five seventy, online at AM five

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Speaker 1: seventy LA sports dot com, and available my podcast on

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Speaker 1: the iHeartRadio app.

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Speaker 3: This is Dodger Talk with David Bass.

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Speaker 11: Sam.

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Speaker 9: How about this portion of the middle four, five and

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Speaker 9: six combined pull four to six, but Freddie Freeman launches

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Speaker 9: to right field and it is gone into the second

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Speaker 9: deck above the Dodger bullpen. Another home run for the Dodgers,

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Speaker 9: and that's how the middle of the order gets involved.

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Speaker 9: Freddie Freeman had a two run blast.

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Speaker 3: Freddie Freeman homers for the second straight game.

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Speaker 2: This one comes in a win as the Dodgers blow

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Speaker 2: out the Nationals thirteen to six. Miles Michaelas gave up

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Speaker 2: four of the five Dodger home runs today. Michaelas has

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Speaker 2: the distinction of giving up the most runs earned runs to.

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Speaker 3: The Dodgers in quite a few years.

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Speaker 2: I mean, the Dodgers were doing some things against Miles

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Speaker 2: Michaelis and hopefully that gets them out of their slump.

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Speaker 2: I'm finding that note that I shared earlier today. Michaelas's

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Speaker 2: eleven earned runs today are the most a pitcher has

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Speaker 2: allowed in a game in National Slash Expos history. Patrick

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Speaker 2: Corbin remember him from the twenty nineteen championship team. He

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Speaker 2: gave up eleven runs last or in twenty twenty four

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Speaker 2: to the Diamondbacks, but only ten were earned and that's

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Speaker 2: the first time the Dodgers have put up up ten

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00:45:01,000 --> 00:45:04,960
Speaker 2: or more runs on an individual pitcher since May twenty eighth,

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Speaker 2: twenty twenty three, against the Rays Josh Fleming.

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Speaker 3: But the Dodgers lost that game. Today they win.

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00:45:11,880 --> 00:45:14,919
Speaker 2: So not only does o'tani hit his first home run

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00:45:14,960 --> 00:45:17,960
Speaker 2: of the season, Kyle Tucker hit his first home run

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Speaker 2: as a Dodger, and I'm taking full credit for it

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00:45:21,080 --> 00:45:25,000
Speaker 2: since he was our pregame guest. I told him pregame

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00:45:25,080 --> 00:45:27,920
Speaker 2: karma right there. Three hits including a home run, and

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Speaker 2: he was oh so close to hitting a second for

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Speaker 2: a Grand Slam, and Taeoscar Hernandez legged out two in

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Speaker 2: field hits. Today he had three hits and scored three times.

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Speaker 2: So a big day up and down the lineup for

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Speaker 2: the Dodgers. Don't miss the Santa Anita Derby at Santa

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Speaker 2: Anita Park tomorrow.

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Speaker 3: Big payouts, full fields.

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Speaker 2: NonStop action, Save now at Santa Anita dot com slash events.

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Speaker 2: All right, let's hear from manager Dave Roberts, who spoke

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Speaker 2: after the game with the reporters.

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Speaker 3: And I'm sure is lead.

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Speaker 2: He didn't have to answer questions like what's wrong with

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Speaker 2: your offense?

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Speaker 20: You know, yeah, I thought they were all good. Really,

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00:46:08,760 --> 00:46:10,680
Speaker 20: it was good to see those guys break out. The

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00:46:10,719 --> 00:46:13,680
Speaker 20: top four guys in our lineup all homeward. You know,

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Speaker 20: Rome is and burning, you know, and but a lot

874
00:46:17,760 --> 00:46:19,759
Speaker 20: of it. Andy, Andy is swinging the heck out of it.

875
00:46:19,840 --> 00:46:21,840
Speaker 20: You know, He's just taking consistent at bats and getting

876
00:46:21,840 --> 00:46:24,120
Speaker 20: on base, turning the lineup over and you know, it

877
00:46:24,160 --> 00:46:25,920
Speaker 20: was just good to see those other guys catch up

878
00:46:25,920 --> 00:46:29,399
Speaker 20: and do some have production today, And it was good.

879
00:46:29,400 --> 00:46:31,919
Speaker 20: And also we got some guys that hadn't pitched much,

880
00:46:32,320 --> 00:46:35,200
Speaker 20: got them some innings and then some work and so say,

881
00:46:35,239 --> 00:46:37,240
Speaker 20: some other guys for the next two ball games.

882
00:46:37,320 --> 00:46:38,960
Speaker 10: With Emmett today, it seemed like it was a little

883
00:46:38,960 --> 00:46:40,480
Speaker 10: bit of a grind for him, but for him just

884
00:46:40,520 --> 00:46:42,800
Speaker 10: to touch the sixth inning. What were you seeing there?

885
00:46:43,200 --> 00:46:45,480
Speaker 20: You know, I thought it was a little bit of

886
00:46:45,520 --> 00:46:48,400
Speaker 20: a grind, but I do think that, you know, in total,

887
00:46:48,480 --> 00:46:51,960
Speaker 20: the alum was much better. His direction was much better.

888
00:46:52,560 --> 00:46:54,560
Speaker 20: I thought he sequenced a lot better than he did

889
00:46:54,560 --> 00:46:57,919
Speaker 20: in his previous outing. And Will did a really nice

890
00:46:57,960 --> 00:47:00,239
Speaker 20: job with him. So you know, made that pitch uh

891
00:47:00,600 --> 00:47:04,000
Speaker 20: to uh in the first inning to Abrams at fastball

892
00:47:04,080 --> 00:47:06,080
Speaker 20: up when you had count leverage and got to a

893
00:47:06,120 --> 00:47:08,560
Speaker 20: high heater. But aside from that, I thought he did

894
00:47:08,560 --> 00:47:09,319
Speaker 20: a really nice job.

895
00:47:09,960 --> 00:47:11,680
Speaker 11: What was different about those bets?

896
00:47:12,160 --> 00:47:15,320
Speaker 6: So Tony Tucker, that's free minute top to want to know.

897
00:47:16,080 --> 00:47:19,560
Speaker 20: You know, yeah, I think a little bit of it.

898
00:47:19,600 --> 00:47:22,239
Speaker 20: As we've we've had a lot of history with Michaelis,

899
00:47:23,160 --> 00:47:27,560
Speaker 20: so we've seen him know some of the tendencies, and yeah,

900
00:47:27,640 --> 00:47:31,040
Speaker 20: outside of that, they were just you know, not missing

901
00:47:31,080 --> 00:47:33,640
Speaker 20: today and we got some traffic, took some walks and

902
00:47:34,400 --> 00:47:35,480
Speaker 20: throught a lot of hits.

903
00:47:36,320 --> 00:47:38,680
Speaker 10: What did it like to kind of just start your offense?

904
00:47:40,160 --> 00:47:42,200
Speaker 20: I think so, you know, and there was a lot

905
00:47:42,239 --> 00:47:44,480
Speaker 20: of hooplog going on to that first home stand, so

906
00:47:44,520 --> 00:47:48,360
Speaker 20: hopefully getting on the road, guys getting their rest. You know,

907
00:47:48,400 --> 00:47:52,000
Speaker 20: we seem to swing the bats well here and so hopefully, yeah,

908
00:47:52,000 --> 00:47:58,160
Speaker 20: this will spur something else, relief. I did you know

909
00:47:58,200 --> 00:48:00,319
Speaker 20: he looked up to the skies too after, So that

910
00:48:00,480 --> 00:48:04,000
Speaker 20: was so, you know, greater powers might have something to

911
00:48:04,040 --> 00:48:05,640
Speaker 20: do with that one too. But yeah, it was good

912
00:48:06,680 --> 00:48:08,040
Speaker 20: specifically what he did.

913
00:48:09,760 --> 00:48:09,960
Speaker 11: Well.

914
00:48:10,040 --> 00:48:12,840
Speaker 20: I think the first thing is I thought he was

915
00:48:12,920 --> 00:48:16,080
Speaker 20: using the big part of the field. You know, that's

916
00:48:16,080 --> 00:48:20,800
Speaker 20: something that you know, it's right center to center field.

917
00:48:21,000 --> 00:48:23,480
Speaker 20: Even on that last sackfly, even against the left of

918
00:48:23,520 --> 00:48:26,120
Speaker 20: the O two, hitting the ball hard to the left fielder,

919
00:48:26,160 --> 00:48:28,400
Speaker 20: I thought that was good. So I just thought he

920
00:48:28,760 --> 00:48:32,440
Speaker 20: took much better at bats, be a little bit, I

921
00:48:32,440 --> 00:48:34,319
Speaker 20: think a little bit he gets a little pool happy

922
00:48:34,360 --> 00:48:39,040
Speaker 20: at times. Yeah, yeah, maybe, but you see those at

923
00:48:39,680 --> 00:48:45,560
Speaker 20: Kyle today, Kyle. You know he he's aggressive. You know,

924
00:48:45,640 --> 00:48:47,759
Speaker 20: he's a little bit more aggressive early in the count

925
00:48:47,800 --> 00:48:52,360
Speaker 20: than I than I recall. But yeah, I think it

926
00:48:52,440 --> 00:48:55,640
Speaker 20: was just good to see him square some balls up.

927
00:48:55,920 --> 00:48:59,359
Speaker 20: So and actually I think his third a bat when

928
00:48:59,400 --> 00:49:02,080
Speaker 20: he got the the base hit the line driver to

929
00:49:02,160 --> 00:49:04,440
Speaker 20: right field. I thought the swings looked better. I think

930
00:49:04,480 --> 00:49:09,560
Speaker 20: he's ended the ground better than he was previously, much

931
00:49:09,560 --> 00:49:13,960
Speaker 20: more stable, and the swings looked much more syncd up.

932
00:49:14,000 --> 00:49:14,960
Speaker 20: I think his mechanics.

933
00:49:15,040 --> 00:49:19,320
Speaker 2: Yeah, all right, there's manager Dave Roberts. Thanks to Sports

934
00:49:19,320 --> 00:49:22,560
Speaker 2: in at LA for bringing us the Dodger manager. After

935
00:49:22,600 --> 00:49:25,719
Speaker 2: the Dodgers beat the Nats today thirteen to six and

936
00:49:25,800 --> 00:49:29,319
Speaker 2: spoil their home opener. One thing that Rick Monday told

937
00:49:29,400 --> 00:49:32,919
Speaker 2: me before the game regarding Kyle Tucker and his swing, Look,

938
00:49:33,200 --> 00:49:35,600
Speaker 2: he's not trying to do too much. That's just not

939
00:49:35,680 --> 00:49:39,560
Speaker 2: his personality. He's not allowing any of that to affect him.

940
00:49:39,600 --> 00:49:43,240
Speaker 2: But the reality talking to some people around the team

941
00:49:43,360 --> 00:49:46,279
Speaker 2: that know hitting a lot better than I do, they

942
00:49:46,320 --> 00:49:48,640
Speaker 2: just said, right now, he's a little lost at the plate,

943
00:49:49,160 --> 00:49:51,959
Speaker 2: and you could see that in his first at bat

944
00:49:52,000 --> 00:49:54,520
Speaker 2: because Rick Monday pointed something out to me, a great

945
00:49:54,640 --> 00:49:58,200
Speaker 2: visual I think you can all appreciate, is that he

946
00:49:58,840 --> 00:50:02,839
Speaker 2: believed his was long and he was surrounding the baseball

947
00:50:03,160 --> 00:50:05,960
Speaker 2: instead of being shorter to the point of contact. And

948
00:50:06,000 --> 00:50:08,760
Speaker 2: then as the game went on, you started to see

949
00:50:08,840 --> 00:50:12,960
Speaker 2: him surround the ball less and just be Kyle Tucker.

950
00:50:13,520 --> 00:50:16,600
Speaker 2: And I think getting on the road for the Dodgers,

951
00:50:16,840 --> 00:50:20,799
Speaker 2: there was a lot going on this home stand for everybody.

952
00:50:20,880 --> 00:50:23,160
Speaker 2: I mean a lot of celebration of the team coming

953
00:50:23,160 --> 00:50:26,120
Speaker 2: off their back to back championships, and I just believe

954
00:50:26,200 --> 00:50:29,600
Speaker 2: that getting away from home sometimes can be a blessing

955
00:50:29,640 --> 00:50:31,560
Speaker 2: in disguise, especially if you're a hitter.

956
00:50:31,640 --> 00:50:33,040
Speaker 3: And I think we saw that today.

957
00:50:33,160 --> 00:50:37,160
Speaker 2: Now tomorrow they're facing Jake Irvin, who's the National's best pitcher.

958
00:50:37,520 --> 00:50:38,560
Speaker 3: He's a right hander.

959
00:50:39,360 --> 00:50:43,239
Speaker 2: But that's gonna be a tougher test than Miles Michaelis.

960
00:50:43,440 --> 00:50:46,320
Speaker 2: Let's go out to Huntington Beach. Paul, you're on Dodger

961
00:50:46,360 --> 00:50:47,399
Speaker 2: Talk with David Vasse.

962
00:50:47,520 --> 00:50:50,799
Speaker 5: How you doing, Paul hey Man, Good to check in

963
00:50:50,840 --> 00:50:53,239
Speaker 5: with you here early in the season. I gotta tell you,

964
00:50:53,719 --> 00:50:56,400
Speaker 5: I mean, one thing that's jumped out of me. Mookie

965
00:50:56,480 --> 00:50:59,640
Speaker 5: bats looks so much more comfortable and so much better.

966
00:51:00,000 --> 00:51:02,160
Speaker 5: Obviously easy to say that after he hits a home

967
00:51:02,239 --> 00:51:05,479
Speaker 5: run today, but I mean just he doesn't look lost,

968
00:51:05,520 --> 00:51:08,799
Speaker 5: he doesn't look overmatched. He looks almost like Mookie Bets

969
00:51:08,840 --> 00:51:10,719
Speaker 5: of old. And what a great sign that is. I mean,

970
00:51:11,560 --> 00:51:16,000
Speaker 5: the whole team, they really didn't play great baseball at home.

971
00:51:16,320 --> 00:51:18,759
Speaker 5: You look up and the team's five and two. I mean,

972
00:51:18,920 --> 00:51:21,319
Speaker 5: the talent alone is going to carry this group a

973
00:51:21,480 --> 00:51:24,480
Speaker 5: long way. But all signs are pointing in the right direction.

974
00:51:24,560 --> 00:51:26,080
Speaker 5: I'm fired up for where this thing can go.

975
00:51:26,200 --> 00:51:26,399
Speaker 8: Man.

976
00:51:26,640 --> 00:51:28,759
Speaker 5: I mean, dare we say, you know, I don't want

977
00:51:28,760 --> 00:51:30,319
Speaker 5: to say the three P thing, but let's say a

978
00:51:30,320 --> 00:51:34,560
Speaker 5: three P It's a long way from that. But everything's

979
00:51:34,600 --> 00:51:37,840
Speaker 5: looking really, really good. Man, good to talk to you.

980
00:51:37,600 --> 00:51:38,920
Speaker 5: Hope you have a good trip.

981
00:51:40,040 --> 00:51:42,520
Speaker 2: Thanks a lot, Paul appreciate it. I'm not sure if

982
00:51:42,560 --> 00:51:45,479
Speaker 2: you heard Mooki Betts when he talked to us after

983
00:51:45,520 --> 00:51:48,239
Speaker 2: the game. He's just in a great headspace. And he

984
00:51:48,440 --> 00:51:51,240
Speaker 2: was in spring training as well. That's a big part

985
00:51:51,239 --> 00:51:53,520
Speaker 2: of it. And look, there are going to be times

986
00:51:53,560 --> 00:51:57,399
Speaker 2: where things are not going great for Mookie and he's

987
00:51:57,440 --> 00:51:59,560
Speaker 2: got to stay up. I think that's the biggest thing.

988
00:51:59,680 --> 00:52:04,799
Speaker 2: It's incredible to hear former teammates, current teammates say sometimes

989
00:52:04,800 --> 00:52:08,280
Speaker 2: he forgets how good he is. That your Mookie freaking

990
00:52:08,440 --> 00:52:11,239
Speaker 2: bet So. I think that's the biggest thing for him.

991
00:52:11,480 --> 00:52:14,239
Speaker 2: And I just love where his head is at. I

992
00:52:14,280 --> 00:52:19,440
Speaker 2: think that's a big part of the way he sounded today,

993
00:52:19,960 --> 00:52:22,560
Speaker 2: the way he's swinging the bat, and the way he's

994
00:52:22,560 --> 00:52:23,960
Speaker 2: playing really good shortstop.

995
00:52:24,040 --> 00:52:25,640
Speaker 3: All of that really matters.

996
00:52:25,680 --> 00:52:29,080
Speaker 2: And I can't say enough about Andy pa has because

997
00:52:29,160 --> 00:52:33,120
Speaker 2: if you remember on this very show. Around this time

998
00:52:33,280 --> 00:52:36,480
Speaker 2: last year, everybody was calling for Andy po has to

999
00:52:36,560 --> 00:52:39,560
Speaker 2: be sent down or to be benched because he had

1000
00:52:39,600 --> 00:52:42,359
Speaker 2: a rough first couple of weeks. Well, he put in

1001
00:52:42,400 --> 00:52:47,239
Speaker 2: the work defensively and you can see what's happening here offensively.

1002
00:52:47,680 --> 00:52:50,080
Speaker 2: It's kind of crazy when people come up to me

1003
00:52:50,120 --> 00:52:53,279
Speaker 2: and ask me, Man, Pahz is really having a good

1004
00:52:53,280 --> 00:52:56,080
Speaker 2: bounce back year, or do you think Andy Pajez is

1005
00:52:56,120 --> 00:52:59,160
Speaker 2: going to have a bounce back year? A bounce back year.

1006
00:52:59,239 --> 00:53:03,120
Speaker 2: The guy had twenty seven home runs as a rookie.

1007
00:53:04,160 --> 00:53:07,080
Speaker 2: I don't know what everybody's talking about as far as

1008
00:53:07,120 --> 00:53:10,920
Speaker 2: this bounce back year. Andy Poie has played great center

1009
00:53:11,000 --> 00:53:15,600
Speaker 2: field last year and hit twenty seven home runs, drove

1010
00:53:15,640 --> 00:53:18,160
Speaker 2: in eighty six runs. Hitting at the bottom of the

1011
00:53:18,200 --> 00:53:22,560
Speaker 2: Dodgers order. He hit two seventy two last year. A

1012
00:53:22,640 --> 00:53:26,400
Speaker 2: bounce back year. Oh, you're talking about the struggles in

1013
00:53:26,440 --> 00:53:30,560
Speaker 2: the postseason. Yeah, that happens to young players sometimes, especially

1014
00:53:31,000 --> 00:53:35,560
Speaker 2: aggressive hitters. He only walked once the entire postseason, but

1015
00:53:35,680 --> 00:53:38,280
Speaker 2: he did put the ball in play when it mattered

1016
00:53:38,280 --> 00:53:42,440
Speaker 2: the most in Game four of the NLDS against the Phillies.

1017
00:53:42,760 --> 00:53:42,960
Speaker 11: Yeah.

1018
00:53:43,000 --> 00:53:46,040
Speaker 2: You remember his son, Kim at third base, Oryan Keckering

1019
00:53:46,360 --> 00:53:49,279
Speaker 2: throwing the ball away that was actually Andy pie Has

1020
00:53:49,320 --> 00:53:53,400
Speaker 2: who hit that comebacker to him. But look, young players

1021
00:53:53,480 --> 00:53:56,000
Speaker 2: are going to struggle at times. I feel like, again

1022
00:53:56,440 --> 00:53:59,920
Speaker 2: we've been so spoiled by guys like Cody Bellinger and

1023
00:54:00,080 --> 00:54:03,080
Speaker 2: Keithy a Hernandez, just to name a few that were

1024
00:54:03,200 --> 00:54:07,480
Speaker 2: young players that succeeded in their first experience with the postseason.

1025
00:54:07,880 --> 00:54:11,240
Speaker 2: But if you go back to twenty fifteen the NLDS,

1026
00:54:11,280 --> 00:54:15,560
Speaker 2: the Dodgers lost to the Mets, Corey Seger started all

1027
00:54:15,800 --> 00:54:19,640
Speaker 2: five of those games, and he didn't do very well

1028
00:54:19,680 --> 00:54:22,960
Speaker 2: in his first experience in the postseason, but then he

1029
00:54:23,040 --> 00:54:25,000
Speaker 2: came back in a big way the rest of his

1030
00:54:25,120 --> 00:54:28,720
Speaker 2: Dodger career when the World Series MVP in twenty twenty,

1031
00:54:28,880 --> 00:54:31,680
Speaker 2: when the World Series MVP with the Rangers in twenty

1032
00:54:31,719 --> 00:54:36,000
Speaker 2: twenty three. So not every path for a young player

1033
00:54:36,040 --> 00:54:40,120
Speaker 2: in the postseason is linear. So let's not forget that.

1034
00:54:40,160 --> 00:54:43,640
Speaker 2: There have been some pretty good rookies that have struggled

1035
00:54:43,680 --> 00:54:47,000
Speaker 2: in October and Paz was one of those guys and

1036
00:54:47,080 --> 00:54:51,040
Speaker 2: it just seems like that has put an extra chip

1037
00:54:51,080 --> 00:54:51,800
Speaker 2: on his shoulder.

1038
00:54:52,280 --> 00:54:55,120
Speaker 3: It made him work more to try to be better to.

1039
00:54:55,080 --> 00:54:58,280
Speaker 2: Shore up some of those holes to be better ready

1040
00:54:58,440 --> 00:55:01,000
Speaker 2: for October now that he has that experience.

1041
00:55:01,080 --> 00:55:04,360
Speaker 3: But I'm just blown away. It's not just one.

1042
00:55:04,239 --> 00:55:07,920
Speaker 2: Person, it's multiple people that have come up to me

1043
00:55:07,960 --> 00:55:09,480
Speaker 2: and asked me, do you think he's going to have

1044
00:55:09,480 --> 00:55:12,200
Speaker 2: a bounce back year or now that they're seeing a

1045
00:55:12,200 --> 00:55:15,360
Speaker 2: good spring training and a good start to the season. Man,

1046
00:55:15,600 --> 00:55:18,280
Speaker 2: it's so great to see Andy Paie has bounce back,

1047
00:55:19,560 --> 00:55:23,319
Speaker 2: bounce back from a disappointing October. Sure, but he had

1048
00:55:23,360 --> 00:55:26,719
Speaker 2: a great season last year and the Dodgers don't win

1049
00:55:26,840 --> 00:55:29,879
Speaker 2: ninety three games without Andy pa Has. Let's go out

1050
00:55:29,920 --> 00:55:32,759
Speaker 2: to Tony and Corona. You're on Dodger Talk Live from

1051
00:55:32,840 --> 00:55:33,560
Speaker 2: Nationals Park.

1052
00:55:33,640 --> 00:55:37,440
Speaker 21: Hi, Tony, Hi Green, thank you for the time. I

1053
00:55:37,480 --> 00:55:40,920
Speaker 21: am not a Dodger fan. My calendar is still up

1054
00:55:40,960 --> 00:55:45,560
Speaker 21: in my office from October of twenty twenty four, third week.

1055
00:55:45,360 --> 00:55:50,600
Speaker 12: Which was a disaster for my Yankees. However, however, I

1056
00:55:50,640 --> 00:55:54,319
Speaker 12: wanted to make a very positive comment about the broadcast team.

1057
00:55:54,640 --> 00:55:57,120
Speaker 12: Since I can't get my Yankees on the radio out here,

1058
00:55:58,440 --> 00:56:01,360
Speaker 12: I listen to every Dog game that I can, and

1059
00:56:01,440 --> 00:56:05,279
Speaker 12: I think that Steve Nilson and Rick Monday are two

1060
00:56:05,440 --> 00:56:10,280
Speaker 12: of the very, very finest broadcasters. They know the game

1061
00:56:10,800 --> 00:56:14,800
Speaker 12: better than anyone, and high praise for Dodger ownership and

1062
00:56:14,880 --> 00:56:18,400
Speaker 12: management to have people like you, David, as well as

1063
00:56:18,640 --> 00:56:21,480
Speaker 12: Steve and Rick to the calls. It's a pleasure to

1064
00:56:21,480 --> 00:56:23,560
Speaker 12: listen to them, even though I'm not even though I'm

1065
00:56:23,560 --> 00:56:24,359
Speaker 12: not a Dodger fan.

1066
00:56:25,480 --> 00:56:28,239
Speaker 3: Okay, thank you, Tony. Hey, since you are a Yankees fan.

1067
00:56:28,640 --> 00:56:33,200
Speaker 2: Former Dodger Cody Bellinger made a wild circus catch today

1068
00:56:33,640 --> 00:56:36,480
Speaker 2: in center field. It looked like at Yankee Stadium their

1069
00:56:36,520 --> 00:56:39,200
Speaker 2: home opener. You got to check out that highlight it was.

1070
00:56:39,320 --> 00:56:43,200
Speaker 2: It was incredible, incredible hand eye coordination. The ball pops

1071
00:56:43,239 --> 00:56:45,640
Speaker 2: out of his glove as he's going back to the wall,

1072
00:56:46,120 --> 00:56:49,560
Speaker 2: and somehow, some way, as he's running towards the wall,

1073
00:56:49,880 --> 00:56:52,600
Speaker 2: the ball has popped out of his glove and he

1074
00:56:52,680 --> 00:56:56,080
Speaker 2: flips the glove over and catches the ball on the run.

1075
00:56:56,120 --> 00:56:57,840
Speaker 3: You got to see this highlight play.

1076
00:56:59,080 --> 00:57:01,560
Speaker 12: Oh, I will, I will. He looks great in pinstripes.

1077
00:57:01,600 --> 00:57:04,160
Speaker 12: Thanks for letting me know about that play. Thank you, David.

1078
00:57:05,040 --> 00:57:07,120
Speaker 2: All right, Tony, thank you for the phone call. Yeah,

1079
00:57:07,160 --> 00:57:10,360
Speaker 2: you want to talk about an October performer? How many

1080
00:57:10,440 --> 00:57:14,000
Speaker 2: guys can say that they played in the three biggest

1081
00:57:14,040 --> 00:57:17,600
Speaker 2: markets in their major league career and performed really well.

1082
00:57:17,960 --> 00:57:21,800
Speaker 2: Cody Bellinger, obviously home grown with the Dodgers, won the

1083
00:57:21,920 --> 00:57:25,640
Speaker 2: MVP in twenty nineteen. Came up with so many clutch hits,

1084
00:57:25,720 --> 00:57:28,760
Speaker 2: including the big one, the home run in Game seven

1085
00:57:28,800 --> 00:57:32,280
Speaker 2: of the twenty NLCS. He also came up with a

1086
00:57:32,280 --> 00:57:34,560
Speaker 2: big base hit to drive in the go ahead run

1087
00:57:34,840 --> 00:57:39,920
Speaker 2: in San Francisco during the twenty one NLDS. He played

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00:57:39,920 --> 00:57:44,200
Speaker 2: big for the Dodgers, goes to Chicago, plays his way

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00:57:44,400 --> 00:57:48,400
Speaker 2: into going to New York, and played great last year

1090
00:57:48,440 --> 00:57:51,320
Speaker 2: for the Yankees so much so they wanted him back

1091
00:57:51,360 --> 00:57:55,120
Speaker 2: so badly they paid him with a big contract, and

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00:57:55,600 --> 00:57:58,120
Speaker 2: now he's Him and Aaron Judge are going to be

1093
00:57:58,200 --> 00:58:03,320
Speaker 2: teammates probably the rest of his career. So awesome, awesome player,

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00:58:03,480 --> 00:58:06,320
Speaker 2: and not too many people and players can say that

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00:58:06,360 --> 00:58:09,720
Speaker 2: they played in LA, Chicago, and New York and played

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00:58:09,800 --> 00:58:13,800
Speaker 2: great in all. Three eight, six, six, seven, two, five

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00:58:13,960 --> 00:58:17,240
Speaker 2: seventy is the phone number? Hey, I mentioned that microphone

1098
00:58:17,240 --> 00:58:18,720
Speaker 2: in the iHeartRadio app.

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00:58:19,000 --> 00:58:20,120
Speaker 3: We got a message here.

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00:58:20,160 --> 00:58:23,200
Speaker 2: I can't wait to hear the first message that we

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00:58:23,320 --> 00:58:28,200
Speaker 2: play from the iHeartRadio app talkback on Dodger Talk, Colin,

1102
00:58:28,600 --> 00:58:30,080
Speaker 2: let's hear what this guy had to say.

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00:58:31,760 --> 00:58:33,960
Speaker 3: No one cares about your memories.

1104
00:58:34,040 --> 00:58:37,480
Speaker 1: Dave just gona Petrow some money.

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00:58:37,680 --> 00:58:42,560
Speaker 3: Oh my god, what play that again, Colin? No one

1106
00:58:42,640 --> 00:58:44,400
Speaker 3: cares about your memories.

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00:58:44,480 --> 00:58:46,240
Speaker 5: Dave just go to Petrow some money.

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00:58:48,280 --> 00:58:51,600
Speaker 2: All right, all right, we're gonna do that right now. Man,

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00:58:51,800 --> 00:58:56,680
Speaker 2: see vicious vicious Petro some money. Listeners, they they want

1110
00:58:56,680 --> 00:59:00,360
Speaker 2: to hear twenty minutes of a frogman sound effect. They

1111
00:59:00,360 --> 00:59:02,560
Speaker 2: want to hear dead guy, alive guy, I could tell

1112
00:59:02,560 --> 00:59:05,120
Speaker 2: you whose birthday it was. That's alive and dead. If

1113
00:59:05,120 --> 00:59:08,160
Speaker 2: you want, we can do that too here on Dodger Talk.

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00:59:08,880 --> 00:59:09,320
Speaker 3: All right.

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00:59:09,440 --> 00:59:13,480
Speaker 2: Tomorrow, the Dodgers and Nationals will hook up for the

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00:59:13,560 --> 00:59:16,680
Speaker 2: second game of this three game series. Tyler Glass now

1117
00:59:16,720 --> 00:59:19,040
Speaker 2: will be making his second start of the year. I

1118
00:59:19,160 --> 00:59:22,840
Speaker 2: predict an All Star bid again for Tyler Glass Now.

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00:59:22,880 --> 00:59:24,600
Speaker 3: This year he has looked fantastic.

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00:59:24,960 --> 00:59:28,240
Speaker 2: He's going up against Jake Irvin of the Nationals, the

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00:59:28,280 --> 00:59:29,520
Speaker 2: best they have to offer.

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00:59:30,000 --> 00:59:31,000
Speaker 3: Marongo Casino.

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00:59:31,120 --> 00:59:35,080
Speaker 2: Dodgers on Deck begins at I was giving you Eastern

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00:59:35,120 --> 00:59:35,840
Speaker 2: Standard time.

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00:59:35,920 --> 00:59:36,560
Speaker 3: Tomorrow.

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00:59:36,920 --> 00:59:40,240
Speaker 2: The game, our coverage begins at noon Pacific time. It's

1127
00:59:40,280 --> 00:59:43,520
Speaker 2: a three o'clock Marongo Casino, Dodgers on deck on the

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00:59:43,520 --> 00:59:47,880
Speaker 2: East coast, first pitch in La one oh five between

1129
00:59:47,920 --> 00:59:52,560
Speaker 2: the Dodgers and Nationals, and obviously everybody's anticipating the next

1130
00:59:52,560 --> 00:59:55,560
Speaker 2: stop on this road trip. The Dodgers will be going

1131
00:59:55,640 --> 00:59:59,040
Speaker 2: to Toronto, Canada, the site of where.

1132
00:59:58,800 --> 01:00:00,800
Speaker 3: They won the World Series a year ago.

1133
01:00:01,240 --> 01:00:05,160
Speaker 2: Everybody has had that series circled on their calendar since

1134
01:00:05,200 --> 01:00:08,720
Speaker 2: the schedule came out. You know, sometimes players try to

1135
01:00:08,760 --> 01:00:11,200
Speaker 2: play it cool and they say, you know what, we're

1136
01:00:11,240 --> 01:00:13,400
Speaker 2: just worried about the Nationals right now, or we're not

1137
01:00:13,520 --> 01:00:16,360
Speaker 2: looking ahead to that well, going back to the last

1138
01:00:16,400 --> 01:00:21,720
Speaker 2: homestand every player is very aware of where this road

1139
01:00:21,720 --> 01:00:24,560
Speaker 2: trip is taking them. It's taking them back to the

1140
01:00:24,600 --> 01:00:28,400
Speaker 2: scene of where they won Game six to force a

1141
01:00:28,480 --> 01:00:31,800
Speaker 2: Game seven and winning that thanks to Miguel Rojas and

1142
01:00:31,880 --> 01:00:36,080
Speaker 2: Will Smith and Yoshi Yamamoto. That is going to be

1143
01:00:36,280 --> 01:00:40,200
Speaker 2: a fun three game series in early April. You don't

1144
01:00:40,200 --> 01:00:43,680
Speaker 2: get these type of series early in April unless you're

1145
01:00:43,680 --> 01:00:47,040
Speaker 2: the Dodgers, and the schedule makers certainly knew what they

1146
01:00:47,040 --> 01:00:50,840
Speaker 2: were doing scheduling the Dodgers and Blue Jays in the

1147
01:00:50,880 --> 01:00:54,120
Speaker 2: first couple of weeks of the regular season. You want

1148
01:00:54,160 --> 01:00:58,000
Speaker 2: to capitalize on the momentum of what many agree was

1149
01:00:58,040 --> 01:01:00,400
Speaker 2: the best World Series they have ever seen, one of

1150
01:01:00,440 --> 01:01:03,760
Speaker 2: the great World series they have ever witnessed in the

1151
01:01:03,800 --> 01:01:06,520
Speaker 2: history of the game, and one of, if not the

1152
01:01:06,680 --> 01:01:09,840
Speaker 2: greatest Game seven in any World series.

1153
01:01:09,880 --> 01:01:14,480
Speaker 3: The only other Game seven that could rival the one that.

1154
01:01:14,440 --> 01:01:17,200
Speaker 2: We saw last year was Game seven of the nineteen

1155
01:01:17,320 --> 01:01:21,040
Speaker 2: ninety one World Series, where and when extra innings and

1156
01:01:21,600 --> 01:01:25,120
Speaker 2: John Smoltz and Jack Morris were matching each other pitch

1157
01:01:25,200 --> 01:01:29,560
Speaker 2: for pitch. But it didn't have the swings and the

1158
01:01:29,640 --> 01:01:32,280
Speaker 2: plays that Game seven of last.

1159
01:01:32,080 --> 01:01:33,400
Speaker 3: Year's World Series had.

1160
01:01:33,560 --> 01:01:37,240
Speaker 2: So that's going to be fun, and certainly it's on

1161
01:01:37,920 --> 01:01:42,000
Speaker 2: everybody's radar for the Dodgers and Blue Jays to hook

1162
01:01:42,040 --> 01:01:46,160
Speaker 2: up starting Monday night in Canada. I'm curious to see

1163
01:01:46,160 --> 01:01:51,080
Speaker 2: because Rick Monday has told us so many stories about how,

1164
01:01:51,320 --> 01:01:54,360
Speaker 2: you know, he got put in a little extra room

1165
01:01:54,720 --> 01:01:57,400
Speaker 2: when he went back to Montreal after his big home

1166
01:01:57,480 --> 01:02:00,960
Speaker 2: run on Blue Monday in nineteen eighty one. How are

1167
01:02:01,000 --> 01:02:04,320
Speaker 2: they going to treat Miguel Rojas and Will Smith and

1168
01:02:04,480 --> 01:02:09,200
Speaker 2: Yamamoto as they go from Washington, DC to Toronto, Canada.

1169
01:02:09,360 --> 01:02:15,120
Speaker 2: So that'll be that'll be a fun time. And you know, look,

1170
01:02:15,280 --> 01:02:18,320
Speaker 2: it's the first week of April. It's not the World Series.

1171
01:02:18,320 --> 01:02:20,720
Speaker 2: I think we all have to keep that perspective. But

1172
01:02:22,080 --> 01:02:24,520
Speaker 2: it's gonna be fun, it's going to be electric, it's

1173
01:02:24,560 --> 01:02:28,360
Speaker 2: going to be epic. A rematch of two teams that

1174
01:02:28,480 --> 01:02:31,280
Speaker 2: gave us such a great World Series last year, this

1175
01:02:31,400 --> 01:02:35,280
Speaker 2: early in the season, I am very lucky to be

1176
01:02:35,360 --> 01:02:37,640
Speaker 2: on this trip with the Dodgers to go back there,

1177
01:02:37,680 --> 01:02:40,640
Speaker 2: and looking forward to see what the crowd reaction is

1178
01:02:40,640 --> 01:02:42,040
Speaker 2: there in Toronto.

1179
01:02:42,200 --> 01:02:44,320
Speaker 3: If you're going to make the long.

1180
01:02:44,160 --> 01:02:46,560
Speaker 2: Road trip with the Dodgers to go back to Toronto,

1181
01:02:47,040 --> 01:02:49,240
Speaker 2: I would love to hear from you tomorrow when we

1182
01:02:49,320 --> 01:02:52,800
Speaker 2: have postgame Dodger talks. So it's gonna be fun and

1183
01:02:52,840 --> 01:02:56,800
Speaker 2: hopefully these bats stay hot going into Canada, because the

1184
01:02:56,880 --> 01:02:59,960
Speaker 2: Dodgers certainly are going to face a very good Blue Jay.

1185
01:03:00,960 --> 01:03:05,760
Speaker 2: I mentioned this during the opening day Dodger Talk and

1186
01:03:05,800 --> 01:03:08,040
Speaker 2: I'm sticking with it. I don't see the Blue Jays

1187
01:03:08,080 --> 01:03:10,960
Speaker 2: making it back to the World Series. I'm predicting a

1188
01:03:11,000 --> 01:03:15,600
Speaker 2: rematch of the twenty twenty four World Series. I think

1189
01:03:15,600 --> 01:03:18,080
Speaker 2: it's Dodgers Yankees again this year, and if it's not

1190
01:03:18,240 --> 01:03:19,200
Speaker 2: Dodgers Yankees.

1191
01:03:19,760 --> 01:03:21,200
Speaker 3: It could be Dodgers Mariners.

1192
01:03:21,240 --> 01:03:24,520
Speaker 2: Remember the Mariners were one game away from going to

1193
01:03:24,560 --> 01:03:28,800
Speaker 2: the World Series last year as well. So I don't

1194
01:03:28,960 --> 01:03:31,600
Speaker 2: I don't feel like the Blue Jays have the pitching

1195
01:03:31,640 --> 01:03:35,760
Speaker 2: this year. They're missing Bobashett as well and Trey Yah Savage,

1196
01:03:35,800 --> 01:03:39,280
Speaker 2: who you know, really mowed down the Dodgers until Muncie's

1197
01:03:39,680 --> 01:03:42,959
Speaker 2: Game seven home run off of him. He's actually hurt

1198
01:03:43,040 --> 01:03:46,240
Speaker 2: right now, so the Dodgers won't see him just as

1199
01:03:46,280 --> 01:03:50,440
Speaker 2: a preview what's what's to come. So I'm I'm pretty

1200
01:03:50,480 --> 01:03:53,439
Speaker 2: confident that we may see Dodgers Yankees again and we'll

1201
01:03:53,440 --> 01:03:56,120
Speaker 2: see how that goes down. But that also would be

1202
01:03:56,200 --> 01:03:59,400
Speaker 2: great momentum again to see the Dodgers and Yankees in

1203
01:03:59,440 --> 01:04:02,320
Speaker 2: the world say all right, there's a long way to

1204
01:04:02,320 --> 01:04:03,280
Speaker 2: go before all that.

1205
01:04:03,440 --> 01:04:04,919
Speaker 3: But we do got Dodgers.

1206
01:04:04,640 --> 01:04:07,760
Speaker 2: Blue Jays starting Monday right here on A five seventy

1207
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Speaker 2: LA Sports. And we have Dodgers Nationals tomorrow right here

1208
01:04:11,240 --> 01:04:14,280
Speaker 2: on AM five seventy LA Sports. Like I mentioned, our

1209
01:04:14,280 --> 01:04:17,560
Speaker 2: coverage begins at noon, first pitch at one five in

1210
01:04:17,640 --> 01:04:20,800
Speaker 2: Game two of this three game series in our nation's capital.

1211
01:04:21,280 --> 01:04:25,880
Speaker 2: Thanks to Dwayne McDonald hanging out late night here in Washington, DC.

1212
01:04:26,200 --> 01:04:29,360
Speaker 2: Thanks to Colin Yee back at our Burbank Studios, and

1213
01:04:29,440 --> 01:04:31,880
Speaker 2: thanks to you for listening. If you missed any of

1214
01:04:31,920 --> 01:04:35,960
Speaker 2: the show or our pregame Karma interview with Kyle Tucker,

1215
01:04:36,320 --> 01:04:40,320
Speaker 2: you can find it on the iHeart Radio app. Coming

1216
01:04:40,400 --> 01:04:44,280
Speaker 2: up next, Petrose and Money. Do you think either one

1217
01:04:44,320 --> 01:04:48,000
Speaker 2: of those guys A knows that it's Tim Kate's birthday?

1218
01:04:48,480 --> 01:04:51,400
Speaker 3: And B if they do know, do you believe that

1219
01:04:51,440 --> 01:04:52,960
Speaker 3: they got him a birthday gift?

1220
01:04:53,360 --> 01:04:56,720
Speaker 2: I got the under on both Petros and Money is

1221
01:04:56,840 --> 01:05:00,200
Speaker 2: next once again the final score from Nationals Park in.

1222
01:05:00,280 --> 01:05:01,040
Speaker 3: Washington, DC.

1223
01:05:01,680 --> 01:05:05,480
Speaker 2: The Dodgers defeat the Nationals in a big way thirteen

1224
01:05:05,560 --> 01:05:06,040
Speaker 2: to six.

1225
01:05:06,400 --> 01:05:08,200
Speaker 3: Have a great rest of your Friday.

1226
01:05:08,720 --> 01:05:13,960
Speaker 2: Petros and Money is next, see them