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<v Speaker 1>The quest for the three peat has begune.

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<v Speaker 2>Only four teams in Major League Baseball history have won

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<v Speaker 2>three consecutive titles. The Dodgers are the favorites to become

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<v Speaker 2>the fifth.

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<v Speaker 1>This is World Champion Dodger Talk.

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<v Speaker 3>Here we go again.

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<v Speaker 1>We get running back to get in on the show

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<v Speaker 1>called eight six six not eighty seven, two five seventy,

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<v Speaker 1>and be sure to follow Dodger Talk wherever you get

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<v Speaker 1>your podcasts. Here's your host, David Vase.

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<v Speaker 2>Welcome the Dodger Talk David Vasse live at Nationals Park.

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<v Speaker 2>After the Dodgers spoiled the home opener in our nation's

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<v Speaker 2>capital with a resounding thirteen to six win. We are

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<v Speaker 2>with you until three o'clock from Nationals Park. We have

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<v Speaker 2>phone lines open at eight six six nine eight seven

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<v Speaker 2>two five seventy.

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<v Speaker 3>Hope you're being safe on this spring break.

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<v Speaker 2>I know many of you had your final day of

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<v Speaker 2>school and many of you been out of school this

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<v Speaker 2>entire week because traffic has been so good, and obviously

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of Holy holidays this week and into the weekend.

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<v Speaker 2>So we wish all of you a great holiday weekend

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<v Speaker 2>with your family and friends and tune on Dodgers baseball,

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<v Speaker 2>Because for all of you that were a little concerned

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<v Speaker 2>about the Dodger offense, we all said, let the season

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<v Speaker 2>breathe a little bit, and you have to tip your

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<v Speaker 2>cap to the opposing pitchers against were for the Cleveland Guardians,

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<v Speaker 2>because that's how they came from behind to win the

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<v Speaker 2>Al Central last year with their pitching and defense and

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<v Speaker 2>timely hitting. So it's not always just about the Dodgers.

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<v Speaker 2>Sometimes you have to acknowledge the other team has a

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<v Speaker 2>good pitching too, and that's what Cleveland had. But tonight

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<v Speaker 2>or today, the Nationals did not have good starting pitching

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<v Speaker 2>on the mound and Mile Michaelas, who the Dodgers racked

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<v Speaker 2>for eleven runs.

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<v Speaker 3>Today.

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<v Speaker 2>They hit four home runs off of Miles Michaelas. And

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<v Speaker 2>if you remember, before last year started, Miles Michaelis said

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<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers were playing check book baseball. Well, they cashed

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<v Speaker 2>the checks on Miles Michaelas today hitting four home runs,

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<v Speaker 2>and he was his own worst enemy. He got flustered

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<v Speaker 2>in that five run third inning when Taoscar Hernandez hit

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<v Speaker 2>a little dribbler up the third base line and his

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<v Speaker 2>third baseman, former Dodger minor leaguer, your bit Vivas couldn't

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<v Speaker 2>come up with it cleanly, and Tioscar, who is a

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<v Speaker 2>lot more limber this year, beat that infield hit out,

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<v Speaker 2>and all of a sudden the wheels started to come

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<v Speaker 2>off in that third inning for Miles Michaelis that infield

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<v Speaker 2>single by Taoscar Paz walked, so you had runners at

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<v Speaker 2>first and second with nobody out. Alex Friedland, who got

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<v Speaker 2>the started second base, struck out looking and then you

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<v Speaker 2>kind of felt like, okay, O'tani does not have an

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<v Speaker 2>extra basit Otani does not have a home run yet

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<v Speaker 2>this year. You kind of felt like he was not

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<v Speaker 2>just doe, but he was overdue and he did a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of damage, tying the game with a three run

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<v Speaker 2>home run after CJ. Abrams gave the Nats an early

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<v Speaker 2>three to nothing lead. And like I mentioned in the Clubhouse,

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<v Speaker 2>show hard to believe that the opponent has taken the

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<v Speaker 2>lead six of the first seven games and the Dodger

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<v Speaker 2>offensive has come back, and come back they did in

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<v Speaker 2>a big way with five runs in that third inning.

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<v Speaker 2>It was show Hey Otani with a game tying three

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<v Speaker 2>run home run, and it was Mookie Betts with the

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<v Speaker 2>go ahead two run home run in that third inning,

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<v Speaker 2>and all of a sudden, the momentum was back on

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<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers side. And more importantly, there was a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of doubt in that national's dugout because they were feeling

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<v Speaker 2>good about themselves after Abrams took Image Sheehan deep. So

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<v Speaker 2>that was a big difference in the game for the

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<v Speaker 2>Dodgers to not only score a couple of runs in

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<v Speaker 2>that third inning, but tie the game in a big

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<v Speaker 2>way with Otani's first home run, a game tying shot,

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<v Speaker 2>and then Mooki with a go ahead two run home run,

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<v Speaker 2>and instead of being down three nothing, they were ahead

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<v Speaker 2>five to three going into the bottom of the third inning.

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<v Speaker 2>Had a chance to catch up with Mookie Betts after

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<v Speaker 2>the final out today. Here's what he had to say

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<v Speaker 2>about what he did and what the team did putting

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<v Speaker 2>up thirteen runs.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, for sure, I think we kind of felt it

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<v Speaker 4>when Showey ate his homer. We knew we could do it,

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<v Speaker 4>and we obviously know we haven't been swinging it very

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<v Speaker 4>well the first week of the season, but we know

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<v Speaker 4>it's a long season and where we got some good

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<v Speaker 4>ball players in here, so you know, it's good to know.

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<v Speaker 3>It's good to have some results, should I say, no doubt.

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<v Speaker 3>It feels good to go over the fence, right MOOKI Yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>I mean.

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<v Speaker 5>It's just kind of neat.

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<v Speaker 4>I like you, So we'll see if we can do

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<v Speaker 4>it some more.

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<v Speaker 2>Mookie, what can you say about the bottom of the

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<v Speaker 2>order tail licking out two infield heads? PA has doing

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<v Speaker 2>this thing? How much does that affect you where you're

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<v Speaker 2>hitting in the lineup?

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<v Speaker 4>I mean effects all of us, you know. I mean

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<v Speaker 4>those guys have been getting this kickstarted, you know, every game,

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<v Speaker 4>it seems like, and so if we can kind of

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<v Speaker 4>match their energy, then we'll we'll be really good at

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<v Speaker 4>that point.

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<v Speaker 3>Hey, your energies.

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<v Speaker 2>I love the Mookie vibe so far in twenty twenty six.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, I'm trying to start selling over. You know, we

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<v Speaker 4>had a rough one last year, so we're trying to

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<v Speaker 4>turn it around and not be better, just to be myself.

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<v Speaker 4>That's all I want to do.

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<v Speaker 3>We love you, We love the real MOOKI.

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<v Speaker 6>Thank you, thank you.

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<v Speaker 3>I love you guys too, Thanks Mookie, thanks for stopping you. Sarah.

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<v Speaker 3>Of course, vast there.

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<v Speaker 2>Is Mookie Betts, who certainly had a smile on his

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<v Speaker 2>face today playing really good shortstop to start the year.

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<v Speaker 2>The throws have been more accurate from shortstop this year

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<v Speaker 2>and offensively, He's said it. Last year he was twenty

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<v Speaker 2>pounds down, got sick at the beginning of the season,

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<v Speaker 2>never felt like he had his true bat speed, and

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<v Speaker 2>is in a really good spot, not only with his swing,

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<v Speaker 2>but more importantly with where his head is at.

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<v Speaker 3>And that is huge.

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<v Speaker 2>And by the way, Mookie Bets hitting third today in

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<v Speaker 2>front of Behind Otani and Kyle Tucker. Those three guys

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<v Speaker 2>really came alive today. They were combined seven for seventeen.

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<v Speaker 2>Each one of them homered, and combined they drove in

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<v Speaker 2>eight runs and scored five times. If those three get going,

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<v Speaker 2>this Dodger offense certainly is going to reach its potential.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's go out to downtown Many. You're on Dodger Talk

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<v Speaker 2>Live from Washington, d C.

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<v Speaker 7>How you doing Many, hid be Friday, DV. I hope

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<v Speaker 7>you're enjoying the nation's capital out there. Look what happens

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<v Speaker 7>when the Dodgers top of the lineup actually responds, you know,

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<v Speaker 7>back at the homestand they go four and two and

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<v Speaker 7>top of the lineup was almost not a existent And

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<v Speaker 7>this is what we're gonna be seeing a lot this year.

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<v Speaker 7>When the when the top of the lineup is hitting,

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<v Speaker 7>they're gonna be oozing with all kinds of offense. So

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<v Speaker 7>I'm gonna to my cap off to the players of

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<v Speaker 7>the game. Uh. The pitcher for the Washington Nationals, mccallish,

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<v Speaker 7>little did he know?

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<v Speaker 1>He just.

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<v Speaker 7>Yeah, he set the Uh, he set the switch off.

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<v Speaker 7>So now the Dodgers are they're clicking, which is which

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<v Speaker 7>is awesome. And I wanted to shout you out for

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<v Speaker 7>going down to my hometown and Boyle Heights last week

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<v Speaker 7>with Miguel Rojas.

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<v Speaker 8>Uh.

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<v Speaker 7>Boyle Heights is an incredible community and uh, we're so

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<v Speaker 7>glad to have players or anyone from the organization come

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<v Speaker 7>down and represent us. So thanks for doing that. And

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<v Speaker 7>a quick question, dv uh with Freeland kind of going

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<v Speaker 7>up and down a little bit and he's just getting

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<v Speaker 7>the taste of the MLB, how soon do you think

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<v Speaker 7>we might get a Heights on Kim Siding?

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<v Speaker 3>I don't Uh, I don't know. That's a great question.

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<v Speaker 2>Many it feels like Alex Freeland is going to get

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<v Speaker 2>this opportunity until Tommy Edmund returns and from that point

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<v Speaker 2>on everything will be reassessed. But it feels like he's

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<v Speaker 2>getting this chance until Edmund comes back at the end

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<v Speaker 2>of May. Unless he really tail spins h he's gonna

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<v Speaker 2>get this chance. So right now it's Alex Friedland and

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<v Speaker 2>Miguel Rojas at second base. So I think the Dodgers

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<v Speaker 2>will reassess, especially as we get to the middle of April.

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<v Speaker 7>Yeah, well, looking forward to more offense in the next

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<v Speaker 7>couple of games and kick back and enjoy the rest

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<v Speaker 7>of the season. See you at Dodger Stadium next home.

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<v Speaker 2>Sent can't wait, Manny, and thank you for the kind words.

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<v Speaker 2>Love being down in Boyle Heights with Miguel Rojas. He

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<v Speaker 2>certainly enjoyed it as well, and you could feel the

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<v Speaker 2>energy and the true passion that people in Boyle Heights

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<v Speaker 2>have for the Dodgers and obviously been there from day one.

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<v Speaker 2>Today's game brought to you by Modelo.

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<v Speaker 2>The mark of a Fighter eight six six seven two

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<v Speaker 2>five seventy is the phone number. David Vasse with you

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<v Speaker 2>until three o'clock live from Nationals Park, So we have

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<v Speaker 2>phone lines open if you want to call in and

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<v Speaker 2>talk about the Dodgers. I'm sure you don't have many

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<v Speaker 2>complaints today after they put up thirteen runs to beat

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<v Speaker 2>the Nationals thirteen to six. And oh, by the way,

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<v Speaker 2>they were wearing their brand new blue jerseys. Yeah, the

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<v Speaker 2>Dodgers announced yesterday they are going to rotate in There's

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<v Speaker 2>blue road jerseys, so they're one to zero in these

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<v Speaker 2>blue new jerseys. I'm a traditionalist when it comes to

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<v Speaker 2>Dodgers and Yankees jerseys, but I don't mind an alternate jersey.

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<v Speaker 2>I do mind five alternate jerseys like some of these

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<v Speaker 2>teams have, and you can't do that with the Dodgers.

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<v Speaker 2>But I actually do like these blue jerseys. The one

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<v Speaker 2>thing that I would love to see one day. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>obviously this is a marketing thing, the blue jerseys with

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<v Speaker 2>the Los Angeles script. I love the border on the

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<v Speaker 2>outside of the lettering. One day, I hope. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>when you talk about throwbacks, you don't have to throw

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<v Speaker 2>back that far to the nineteen fifties or the nineteen sixties.

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<v Speaker 2>How about throwback to the eighties Dodgers rode jerseys when

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<v Speaker 2>they had the big lettering Dodgers across their chest. But

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<v Speaker 2>it wasn't just the blue writing. They had the white borders,

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<v Speaker 2>like when Oral Herscheiser was playing or Rick Monday was playing.

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<v Speaker 2>I would love one day, one year for the Dodgers

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<v Speaker 2>to rotate that jersey in as a throwback.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, Mitchell Andes is huge.

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<v Speaker 2>They got a few of these old Dodger jerseys that

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<v Speaker 2>they sell. I would love to see the Dodgers one

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<v Speaker 2>day rotate that type of jersey into the mix as well.

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<v Speaker 3>But the blue tops, I like them. You know. The

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<v Speaker 3>Dodgers did this, by the way.

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<v Speaker 2>In nineteen ninety nine, the second year Fox owned them,

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<v Speaker 2>and I didn't like it as much. It was like

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<v Speaker 2>the Eric Harrow's, Kevin Brown Carlos Perez era. These are

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit more classy. I like these a lot more.

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<v Speaker 2>The way they they came across. Those in ninety nine

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<v Speaker 2>felt like batting practice jerseys. And in fact, back then

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<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers would wear a blue batting practice jersey when

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<v Speaker 2>they were taking BP, so that's maybe why I felt

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<v Speaker 2>like it was batting practice ish. The Dodgers don't do

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<v Speaker 2>that anymore, so I kind of like these. I'm all in.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm all in with these jerseys. Eight six six nine,

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<v Speaker 2>eight seven two five seventy is the phone number.

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<v Speaker 3>We're gonna take a time out here on Dodger Talk.

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<v Speaker 2>When we come back, we'll hear from Mamachhean, We'll hear

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<v Speaker 2>from Dave Roberts, and we have two lines open on

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<v Speaker 2>Dodger Talk as we go to three o'clock right here

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<v Speaker 2>on A five to seventy LA Sports. The Dodgers spoil

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<v Speaker 2>the NAT's home opener thirteen to six. On the back

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<v Speaker 2>to back world champion Dodgers Audio network.

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<v Speaker 1>Seventy Dodger Talk is available on AM five seventy LA

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<v Speaker 1>to more Dodger Talk with Dodger insider David Vasse.

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<v Speaker 9>The A one now bets lists one in the air

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<v Speaker 9>to left field. This one struck pretty well on the

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<v Speaker 9>warning track at the wall.

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<v Speaker 5>Its gone.

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<v Speaker 9>Mookie Betts goes into the Dodger bullpen, his second of

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<v Speaker 9>the year and the Dodgers second of this inning. They

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<v Speaker 9>now lead five to three.

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<v Speaker 2>And they would not look back as the Dodgers roll

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<v Speaker 2>to a thirteen to six win over the Nationals. Welcome

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<v Speaker 2>back to Dodger Talk David Vasse live at Nationals Park

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

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<v Speaker 2>the two biggest in that third inning, a game tying

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<v Speaker 2>three run home run by show Heo Tani and a

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<v Speaker 2>go ahead two run home run by Mookie Bets.

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<v Speaker 3>That you just heard right there.

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<v Speaker 2>Rick Monday and Steven Nelson on the call today for

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<v Speaker 2>Own the Dream. Eight six, six, nine to eighty seven

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<v Speaker 2>two five seventy is the phone number on the flip

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<v Speaker 2>side here. Pitching wise, I mentioned that the Dodgers were

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<v Speaker 2>down early again. They've been down in six of the

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<v Speaker 2>first seven games this season. That's not something that you

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<v Speaker 2>want to continue. And the reason why was that Emid

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<v Speaker 2>Shean really was laboring. It seemed like he was trying

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<v Speaker 2>to ease into the game today. He gave up a

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<v Speaker 2>three run home run to CJ Abrams, who is one

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<v Speaker 2>of the two better players on this Nationals team. The

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<v Speaker 2>innings started when James Woods sent a ball to straightaway

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<v Speaker 2>center field that Andy Pa has had in his glove

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<v Speaker 2>and then didn't have in his glove, and it led

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<v Speaker 2>to a three run home run, and the Dodgers were

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<v Speaker 2>down three to nothing. And what was more concerning as

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<v Speaker 2>well was the fact that she seemed to be shying

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<v Speaker 2>away from throwing his fastball in that first couple of

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<v Speaker 2>innings because maybe he thought that he didn't have enough

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<v Speaker 2>giddy up on that pitch because it was in the

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<v Speaker 2>low nineties. I know he touched ninety four a couple

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<v Speaker 2>of times, but a lot of sliders in that first

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<v Speaker 2>couple of innings. And then he has to throw a

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<v Speaker 2>fastball to CJ. Abrams and he hits it for a

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<v Speaker 2>three run home run. And then he dialed up ninety

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<v Speaker 2>five because he was probably upset to Nasim Nuniez. But

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<v Speaker 2>as the game went on, Emmett Sheen seemed to get

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<v Speaker 2>into more of a rhythm. Maybe he got his mechanics

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<v Speaker 2>in a rhythm to get the velocity where we're used

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<v Speaker 2>to seeing it about ninety five miles an hour. And look,

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<v Speaker 2>I was mocked by other writers and by image she

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<v Speaker 2>and himself during spring training when his fastball velocity against

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<v Speaker 2>the Cubs in Mesa on March fifteen, sixteenth issue was

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<v Speaker 2>a Sunday split squad game that I was in Mesa

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<v Speaker 2>and his fastball was like ninety ninety one ninety two,

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<v Speaker 2>and I said, Okay, I know it's a spring training game,

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<v Speaker 2>but I feel like I got to ask what's going

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<v Speaker 2>on here? And he didn't like me asking about it.

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<v Speaker 2>And here we are now his second start of the season,

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<v Speaker 2>and the fastball velocity to start the game was not great.

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<v Speaker 2>It got better, but he says, it's about pitching mechanics.

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<v Speaker 2>The one thing I'll say about Sheen, and we could

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<v Speaker 2>talk more about this as the hour goes on. The

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<v Speaker 2>one thing that I liked about she H today is

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<v Speaker 2>a the Dodger offfense got him back into the game

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<v Speaker 2>and gave him second life. That's a huge factor in

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<v Speaker 2>him lasting five and two thirds innings and settling in

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<v Speaker 2>make no mistake about it.

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<v Speaker 3>But also there.

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<v Speaker 2>Are going to be days when you don't have your

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<v Speaker 2>best stuff or your best fastball, and you got to

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<v Speaker 2>figure out a way to compete and hang in there.

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<v Speaker 2>Because Dave Roberts said before the game, it's not sustainable

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<v Speaker 2>to have two pitchers like Shean and Sasak going four innings,

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<v Speaker 2>four plus innings. You can't just keep on carrying guys

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<v Speaker 2>like Casparius and Robleski and keeping them in a holding

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<v Speaker 2>pattern just in case that's not a way to live.

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<v Speaker 2>So for him to hang in there and with a

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<v Speaker 2>big lead, hang in there for five and two thirds

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<v Speaker 2>innings was just as big as the Dodger scoring thirteen

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<v Speaker 2>runs and some of their key players starting to show

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<v Speaker 2>some signs of life. Let's head downstairs right now to

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<v Speaker 2>hear from Emma Sheehan on Sports at LA.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, definitely a little bit of a grind. Obviously, it's

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<v Speaker 6>not how you want to sorry game at all. But

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<v Speaker 6>I think you know, after that, Will did a great

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<v Speaker 6>job of keeping them off balanced with the Pius calling,

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<v Speaker 6>and then yeah we got through it.

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<v Speaker 10>So how much pride do you take and just then

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<v Speaker 10>how you were able to finish it, continuing your build

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<v Speaker 10>up and getting deeper into this game.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, I mean with our offense, it's just, you know,

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<v Speaker 6>try to give them a chance and they picked me

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<v Speaker 6>up immediately after that, and then trying to just keep

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<v Speaker 6>it where it is, try to not let it let

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<v Speaker 6>it spiral. So I was happy with that part for sure, just.

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<v Speaker 10>Describing kind of your mechanical adjustments is mostly directional. How

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<v Speaker 10>did that feel over the course of the start?

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<v Speaker 6>I think it was a little better today. Obviously it's

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<v Speaker 6>still work in progress.

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<v Speaker 11>The stuff is.

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<v Speaker 6>Not really where it should be at I think right

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<v Speaker 6>now there's more in the tank, but uh, yeah, I'm

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<v Speaker 6>still working on it.

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<v Speaker 11>For sure.

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<v Speaker 12>Your velocity kind of dipped a little bit kind of

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<v Speaker 12>in the early innings that it kind of picked up

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<v Speaker 12>the most at the end.

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<v Speaker 5>What was the cause of the head do you think?

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<v Speaker 6>I think just you know, being a little quicker through

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<v Speaker 6>my delivery, trying to trying to get some burthen back. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 6>I don't know. I think I felt a few things

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<v Speaker 6>later in the outing that that helped for sure. Hopefully

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<v Speaker 6>I can carry that into the next one.

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<v Speaker 10>Are you finding your slider having today, because the best

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<v Speaker 10>kind of inconsistent. No.

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<v Speaker 6>I think that was just you know, trying to keep

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<v Speaker 6>them off balance.

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<v Speaker 8>In general.

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<v Speaker 6>We probably threw a little bit more curveballs than usual too,

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<v Speaker 6>But yeah, scattering report and then you know what willis

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<v Speaker 6>was putting down whatever you thought back there.

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<v Speaker 10>Do you look at just kind of those mechanical things

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<v Speaker 10>you're working through the directional aspect is what's leading to

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<v Speaker 10>some of that just drop off in the velocity that

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<v Speaker 10>there is.

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

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<v Speaker 6>for the record, health wives, you're fine.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, okay, that's good. Yes, we want to hear that

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<v Speaker 2>on the record. And you know, he Shehan does not

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<v Speaker 2>want to talk about the lack of fastball velocity or

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<v Speaker 2>the inconsistency of it, but it's hard to ignore. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>he's a powerful, physical guy on the mound and you

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<v Speaker 2>expect to see that. For him to only have a

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<v Speaker 2>couple of strike strikeouts today it stands out. But like

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<v Speaker 2>I said, there are going to be days when your

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<v Speaker 2>delivery's not syncd up your fastball velocity. It's not its best,

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<v Speaker 2>but you have to find a way, especially when the

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<v Speaker 2>Dodger offense gets you back into the game. When you

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<v Speaker 2>give up a three run home run before the seats

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<v Speaker 2>are warm for the opposing team's home opener. So for

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<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers to come back with five runs, Sheen gives

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<v Speaker 2>back one, Okay, not great, but you can live with it.

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<v Speaker 2>And then in the next two innings they score a

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<v Speaker 2>combined six more runs. So that was big for him

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<v Speaker 2>to kind of stabilize the outing with the way he

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<v Speaker 2>pitched after giving up that three run home run to CJ.

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<v Speaker 3>Abrams. Eight sixty six.

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<v Speaker 2>Nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone number,

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<v Speaker 2>David Vassey, live at Nationals Park on this beautiful Friday.

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

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<v Speaker 2>things over to Petro some money. Let's go out to Eugene, Oregon.

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<v Speaker 2>Tom listening on the iHeartRadio app.

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<v Speaker 11>How you doing, Tom, I'm doing awesome, David, Thank you.

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<v Speaker 13>E June Oregon, sunny and a nice Chris fifty two degrees.

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<v Speaker 13>I just wanted to say that I was really impressed

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<v Speaker 13>with Shean hanging in there today, even after getting you know,

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<v Speaker 13>rocked early. Showed a lot of maturity and I don't

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<v Speaker 13>know if that would have happened last year.

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

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<v Speaker 2>And like I said, the run support after getting him

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<v Speaker 2>back into the game in the third inning was a

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<v Speaker 2>huge factor in all this.

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<v Speaker 1>Tom was nice.

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<v Speaker 13>See Otani, Muki and everybody else go, you know, with

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<v Speaker 13>the home runs, just as you've been telling us to

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<v Speaker 13>relax the whole time, that this would turn around. No

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<v Speaker 13>one's going to hold this team down for long.

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<v Speaker 3>It was.

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<v Speaker 13>It was really good to see everybody break out.

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<v Speaker 3>All right, Tom, thank you for the phone call.

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

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<v Speaker 2>I was getting a little frustrated with the way the

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<v Speaker 2>offense was going in the last four or five games

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<v Speaker 2>because the last time we saw the Dodgers, for the

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<v Speaker 2>majority of the same players that were in this lineup

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<v Speaker 2>outside of what Kyle Tucker uh, they were slumping since July.

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<v Speaker 2>And you're wondering, oh, no, is this gonna happen again,

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<v Speaker 2>Because the Dodger offense last year from fourth of July

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<v Speaker 2>till the end of September was only hitting two thirty

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<v Speaker 2>four and they weren't really scoring that many runs. And

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<v Speaker 2>in the World Series they hit two oh three and

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<v Speaker 2>somehow still won a seven game World Series by this much.

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<v Speaker 2>So I can understand why there was some cause for concern.

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

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<v Speaker 2>because you don't just want to put up thirteen runs

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<v Speaker 2>today and then show up tomorrow and only get one

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<v Speaker 2>or two runs. So let's see if there can be

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<v Speaker 2>more consistency between what we saw today and what we

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<v Speaker 2>see moving forward on this road trip. Eight sixty six

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<v Speaker 2>nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone number.

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

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<v Speaker 2>with David vasse Hi.

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<v Speaker 3>Louise, Hey, DV.

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<v Speaker 11>How you doing, I do greats.

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<v Speaker 14>Coming to this city, awesome, Thank you for being out there.

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<v Speaker 14>I just wanted to say. I wanted to highlight a

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<v Speaker 14>few things. I'm really happy that the Dodgers won by

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<v Speaker 14>a commanding lead today, showing some really good offense. But

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<v Speaker 14>I wanted to say, even throughout the beginning of the

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<v Speaker 14>year that the defense was still playing really, really well.

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<v Speaker 14>Our starting pitchers were playing well, and I was happy

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<v Speaker 14>to see that. I know that there's definitely a lot

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<v Speaker 14>of pictures like Paul Schemes that would have loved to

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<v Speaker 14>have an outfit like the Dodgers to protect them. Our

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<v Speaker 14>defense has just been good, and I wanted to say

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<v Speaker 14>as well.

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<v Speaker 11>We were talking.

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<v Speaker 14>About the blue jerseys earlier, I wanted.

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<v Speaker 11>To say I ordered two of those.

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<v Speaker 14>I'm actually really excited to get those in. But I

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<v Speaker 14>was actually upset that I won't be getting him to pass.

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<v Speaker 14>April twenty fourth, I was kind of excited to wear

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<v Speaker 14>them on the first day, but they didn't come by,

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<v Speaker 14>So about.

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<v Speaker 2>That, yeah, I mean, I guess they just released it,

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm sure there's a lot of demands. So I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know what to say about the production of them.

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<v Speaker 2>But I do like them. I do like them. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>a traditionalist with the Dodgers and Yankees type of uniforms,

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<v Speaker 2>but I like what they did here, I really do.

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks for the phone call, Luis. Can't wait to see

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<v Speaker 2>your new jerseys whenever they arrive. And the Dodgers, let's

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<v Speaker 2>see if they wear them again on this road trip,

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<v Speaker 2>right because they score thirteen runs? Are they going to

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<v Speaker 2>break them out again tomorrow? Let's see that happened. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers clubhouse manager Alex Torres, there are gray road

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<v Speaker 2>jerseys that say Los Angeles and Dodgers, and if the

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<v Speaker 2>offense is humming, if the team is winning, they keep

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<v Speaker 2>rolling with the same jerseys until they lose or things

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<v Speaker 2>go sideways. So let's see if they wear the blue

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<v Speaker 2>jerseys tomorrow. Let's go out to Corona. Jason, you're on

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<v Speaker 2>Dodger Talk with Dave.

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<v Speaker 15>Say hi, Jason, what's up, mister Davids say, nice talking

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<v Speaker 15>to you, buddy, longtime listener. Here two things, two things

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<v Speaker 15>that I'm glad to see the Dodgers Bats finally wake up.

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<v Speaker 15>That first week they were they were quiet and understandably,

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<v Speaker 15>you know, they got their championship rings and a lot

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<v Speaker 15>of emotions over there at Dodger Stadium. But I had

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<v Speaker 15>a feeling they'd break out today and they did. And

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<v Speaker 15>then also another thing, on that walkout song from Edwin Diez,

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<v Speaker 15>I love the trumpets, I was wondering, I.

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<v Speaker 8>I know, like a couple of the the first night

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<v Speaker 8>was live. It was like, you know, the live trumpets,

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<v Speaker 8>and then they I think had an audio as well.

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<v Speaker 8>Is there any like anything in the works of you know,

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<v Speaker 8>just making that darn thing live all the time because

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<v Speaker 8>it sounds bitch and live. And also, is Timmy Trumpet

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<v Speaker 8>Timmy Trumpet's ever gonna make an appearance at Dodger Stadium.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I think you will. I think you will. But

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<v Speaker 2>the thing, yeah, with Timmy Trumpet, he's on tour. He's

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<v Speaker 2>a DJ, and he's on a tour right now. So

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<v Speaker 2>I know he was at Dodger Stadium a couple of

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<v Speaker 2>weeks ago because he filmed something. If you remember that

0:25:11.640 --> 0:25:14.399
<v Speaker 2>rainy night at Dodger Stadium when Edwin Diaz came in

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<v Speaker 2>the game in a non safe situation, it was a

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<v Speaker 2>four run lead. That was what I was looking for

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<v Speaker 2>from night one. You got Timmy Trumpet on the big

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<v Speaker 2>board playing the trumpet as Edwin Diaz is coming out.

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<v Speaker 2>To me, that was special. It was in black and white,

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<v Speaker 2>there was something. There was something to that. And now

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<v Speaker 2>that the ribbon boards are all installed, there'll be more

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<v Speaker 2>of a light show.

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<v Speaker 3>So I'm in favor. I like that version of it.

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<v Speaker 2>And Tatiana Tait who was the live trumpet player for

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<v Speaker 2>the two saves that he came in on the Homestand

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sure she's got a life. She's got to do

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<v Speaker 2>things with her. I don't know if you call it

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<v Speaker 2>a symphony or what, but she's got a life. So

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not sure she could be there every night just

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<v Speaker 2>in case.

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

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<v Speaker 8>the year. She was great as well.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I loved it. I loved her style for sure.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you for the phone call, Jason.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>When Timmy trumpet, I just it's Timmy Trumpet, right, and

0:26:14.480 --> 0:26:17.720
<v Speaker 2>that's the song Narco and Timmy Trumpet is such a

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<v Speaker 2>big part of Edwin Diaz his walk in, and I

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<v Speaker 2>did like that the Dodgers got Timmy Trumpet in the

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<v Speaker 2>house to do something for Dodger vision when Edwin Diaz

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<v Speaker 2>walks in.

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<v Speaker 3>So I'm all in with that.

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<v Speaker 2>One eight six six nine seven two five seventy is

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<v Speaker 2>the phone number. Dodgers beat the Nationals today thirteen to

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<v Speaker 2>six to open up their six game road trip and

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<v Speaker 2>spoil the Nationals home opener today. Let's go out to

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<v Speaker 2>Roy who was here at Nationals Park? Roy, were you

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<v Speaker 2>were you here today?

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<v Speaker 11>Yes?

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<v Speaker 16>Third, just like a couple of years ago, I called

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<v Speaker 16>you after a show. I hate that, MISSI will you

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<v Speaker 16>remember that?

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<v Speaker 3>How could I forget? That's right?

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<v Speaker 11>Second?

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<v Speaker 16>Yeah, yeah, but uh, I tell you what. Last year

0:27:03.760 --> 0:27:06.040
<v Speaker 16>we were here and it was like thirty degrees you've

0:27:06.080 --> 0:27:09.720
<v Speaker 16>ever had, David, And uh today it was cold. Got

0:27:09.720 --> 0:27:13.119
<v Speaker 16>the shorts on and the jersey and uh just like

0:27:13.160 --> 0:27:16.159
<v Speaker 16>the temperature. The Thank god, the Dodgers bat started to

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<v Speaker 16>eat up and my son and my son and I

0:27:18.680 --> 0:27:21.400
<v Speaker 16>looked at, you know, each other, man. You know, we'd

0:27:21.400 --> 0:27:23.119
<v Speaker 16>only had a couple of beers to this point. It

0:27:23.160 --> 0:27:26.040
<v Speaker 16>was early, David, and uh down three nothing and we're like,

0:27:26.080 --> 0:27:28.880
<v Speaker 16>here we go. But but hey, you know, I mean

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<v Speaker 16>six games in five games, and let's get it going.

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<v Speaker 16>And finally we saw we saw some bats heat up, man.

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<v Speaker 16>So that's really all I got, David. Uh, just love

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<v Speaker 16>the show man. I tell you what, Uh you know,

0:27:42.320 --> 0:27:44.480
<v Speaker 16>being out here, the ten o'clock games are hard to

0:27:44.720 --> 0:27:47.040
<v Speaker 16>uh are hard to watch. But I wake up early

0:27:47.080 --> 0:27:49.479
<v Speaker 16>to go to work. And I listened to Dodger Dog

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<v Speaker 16>Brother and you're a you're a lifesaver and and thanks

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<v Speaker 16>for what you do, man, I really appreciate you. And

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<v Speaker 16>uh and go Dodgers man.

0:27:57.520 --> 0:27:59.520
<v Speaker 3>All right, Roy, that means a lot to me. Before

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<v Speaker 3>you go.

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<v Speaker 2>For Dodger fans in LA that want to come see

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<v Speaker 2>different stadiums, where would you rate Nationals Park?

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

0:28:14.280 --> 0:28:17.920
<v Speaker 16>doesn't have as great of a scenic view as like Pittsburgh.

0:28:18.119 --> 0:28:20.439
<v Speaker 16>Like we go to Pittsburgh every year. We were fortunate

0:28:20.520 --> 0:28:23.360
<v Speaker 16>enough last year with Baltimore. Baltimore is another great stadium.

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<v Speaker 16>But you know, top ten, top ten, it's a great

0:28:26.680 --> 0:28:29.440
<v Speaker 16>it's a great area. Of course, you can always find

0:28:29.440 --> 0:28:32.520
<v Speaker 16>a bad area. We know about how LA is as well,

0:28:32.560 --> 0:28:34.359
<v Speaker 16>but it's a great park.

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<v Speaker 8>Man.

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<v Speaker 16>You guys come out when you get a chance. I

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<v Speaker 16>met a lot of people off from Riverside just live

0:28:38.720 --> 0:28:42.080
<v Speaker 16>out in Virginia now because of a ninety four north

0:28:42.160 --> 0:28:45.360
<v Speaker 16>Ridge quake brought me out this way. But yeah, if

0:28:45.400 --> 0:28:47.360
<v Speaker 16>you guys can get out this way, NAT's Park is

0:28:47.400 --> 0:28:51.920
<v Speaker 16>wonderful and make it the East Coast trip and see

0:28:51.960 --> 0:28:53.880
<v Speaker 16>some parks out here on the East Coast. It's wonderful.

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<v Speaker 16>Of course, it ain't Dodger Stadium, but to see the

0:28:56.320 --> 0:28:58.440
<v Speaker 16>Dodgers anywhere as a blessing for sure.

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<v Speaker 2>Man, no, no doubt. Roy great to hear that review.

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<v Speaker 2>And I remember you live in Virginia. Eight six six

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<v Speaker 2>nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone number.

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<v Speaker 2>Dodgers beat the Nationals today thirteen to six, and coming

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<v Speaker 2>back here, I gotta say, you know, this being my

0:29:19.120 --> 0:29:23.040
<v Speaker 2>fifteenth season, there were a lot of trips back and

0:29:23.120 --> 0:29:26.520
<v Speaker 2>forth from Washington, d C. To LA because when the

0:29:26.640 --> 0:29:30.040
<v Speaker 2>Nationals were good with Bryce Harper and then with Juan

0:29:30.160 --> 0:29:33.880
<v Speaker 2>Sota in twenty nineteen, it always seemed like the Dodgers

0:29:33.920 --> 0:29:38.640
<v Speaker 2>and Nats were playing in the NLDS and the pulling

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<v Speaker 2>into the team hotel last night.

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<v Speaker 5>Uh.

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<v Speaker 2>The one thing that I remember the most, and some

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<v Speaker 2>of the visions I have that, you know, really pop

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<v Speaker 2>in my mind when I come back to Washington, d C.

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<v Speaker 2>First and foremost, Uh, the one that sticks out the

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<v Speaker 2>most was Kenley Janssen and Clayton Kershaw teaming up in

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<v Speaker 2>Game five of the NLDS here at Nationals Park, where

0:30:04.640 --> 0:30:10.600
<v Speaker 2>Kenley Jansen came in and really shouldered the middle innings

0:30:10.640 --> 0:30:13.800
<v Speaker 2>of relief. That was the plan the Dodgers had to

0:30:13.880 --> 0:30:17.920
<v Speaker 2>win Game five here and Nationals Park in advance to

0:30:18.200 --> 0:30:24.040
<v Speaker 2>the NLCS in twenty sixteen, and Clayton Krushaw coming in

0:30:24.240 --> 0:30:28.480
<v Speaker 2>after Kenley Jansen to pitch the ninth inning and get

0:30:28.520 --> 0:30:32.400
<v Speaker 2>the final two outs. Remember Kennley Jansen came in and

0:30:32.480 --> 0:30:36.520
<v Speaker 2>pitched two and a third scoreless innings and through fifty

0:30:36.640 --> 0:30:40.520
<v Speaker 2>one pitches before handing the ball to Krushaw, who closed

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<v Speaker 2>it out. I'll remember that celebration like it was yesterday

0:30:44.040 --> 0:30:47.600
<v Speaker 2>for the rest of my life because of that, these

0:30:47.640 --> 0:30:52.120
<v Speaker 2>two guys that had herculean efforts to pitch the Dodgers

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<v Speaker 2>to the NLCS in twenty sixteen.

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<v Speaker 3>I believe it was the first time.

0:30:56.760 --> 0:31:01.000
<v Speaker 2>The Dodgers had been there since twenty thirteen, but the

0:31:01.000 --> 0:31:04.600
<v Speaker 2>way they did it in an elimination game and going

0:31:04.640 --> 0:31:08.280
<v Speaker 2>outside of their comfort zone and Kershaw closing the game

0:31:08.320 --> 0:31:10.560
<v Speaker 2>and getting the final two outs. I believe he struck

0:31:10.560 --> 0:31:13.920
<v Speaker 2>out Daniel Murphy to end the game and the series.

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<v Speaker 3>I could be wrong. I forgot who it was.

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<v Speaker 2>It could have been Harper, but that's something that sticks

0:31:21.720 --> 0:31:26.080
<v Speaker 2>out to me, and I remember the next morning. There

0:31:26.160 --> 0:31:29.240
<v Speaker 2>was no rest for the weary because the series went

0:31:29.360 --> 0:31:33.400
<v Speaker 2>five games in twenty sixteen and the Dodgers did not

0:31:33.520 --> 0:31:37.440
<v Speaker 2>have home field advantage in the NLCS. We boarded a

0:31:37.480 --> 0:31:44.760
<v Speaker 2>bus the very next morning and went to Chicago for

0:31:45.040 --> 0:31:47.920
<v Speaker 2>the workout against the Cubs at Wrigley Field in Game

0:31:47.960 --> 0:31:52.360
<v Speaker 2>one of the NLCS. Was two days after the Dodgers

0:31:52.480 --> 0:31:55.960
<v Speaker 2>won the NLDS in Game five, and obviously that was

0:31:55.960 --> 0:31:58.440
<v Speaker 2>the Cubs year. Everybody thought that was going to be

0:31:58.520 --> 0:32:01.800
<v Speaker 2>the dynasty. What happened to the Cubs dynasty? It actually

0:32:01.800 --> 0:32:05.720
<v Speaker 2>turned out to be a Dodgers dynasty since twenty seventeen,

0:32:05.800 --> 0:32:08.680
<v Speaker 2>when they got their payback on the Cubs and beating

0:32:08.720 --> 0:32:11.720
<v Speaker 2>them in a five game NLCS. Key Key Hernandez with

0:32:11.760 --> 0:32:16.760
<v Speaker 2>three home runs. But yeah, that is the one memory

0:32:16.840 --> 0:32:20.640
<v Speaker 2>that sticks out the most as far as Dodgers Nationals

0:32:20.680 --> 0:32:24.880
<v Speaker 2>here in Washington, DC at Nationals Park. And also I

0:32:24.960 --> 0:32:28.720
<v Speaker 2>remember my first or second year Don Mattingley was the manager.

0:32:28.760 --> 0:32:29.920
<v Speaker 3>It was the regular.

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<v Speaker 2>Season, and there always seems to be rain in the

0:32:32.480 --> 0:32:35.880
<v Speaker 2>forecast here when the Dodgers come to NAT's Park, and

0:32:35.960 --> 0:32:40.280
<v Speaker 2>that night they were forecasting a big time rain and

0:32:40.520 --> 0:32:44.200
<v Speaker 2>we came to the ballpark and they called it off.

0:32:45.640 --> 0:32:48.320
<v Speaker 2>They called it off before first pitch, about an hour

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<v Speaker 2>or two before first pitch, which rarely happens.

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<v Speaker 3>And you know what happened the rest of the night.

0:32:55.280 --> 0:32:59.120
<v Speaker 2>It never rained and Don Mattingley was really hot and

0:32:59.200 --> 0:33:01.680
<v Speaker 2>they had to play a header the next day. But yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>those are the two memories that stick out to me

0:33:04.680 --> 0:33:08.160
<v Speaker 2>the most traveling with the team since twenty twelve, coming

0:33:08.200 --> 0:33:09.280
<v Speaker 2>to a National Spark.

0:33:09.320 --> 0:33:09.840
<v Speaker 3>And I was right.

0:33:09.880 --> 0:33:13.400
<v Speaker 2>It was Daniel Murphy that made the last dow Kershaw

0:33:13.440 --> 0:33:17.480
<v Speaker 2>struck him out in Game five of the twenty sixteen NLDS.

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

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<v Speaker 2>Hope you enjoyed that history lesson, Nick of David Vassey's

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<v Speaker 2>Diary of Coming to Washington, DC.

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<v Speaker 17>Loved it, Dave, And actually, I think all Dodger fans

0:33:31.160 --> 0:33:34.760
<v Speaker 17>need to remember all of those times we didn't win,

0:33:34.800 --> 0:33:36.840
<v Speaker 17>because it definitely feels like we're the rich kid who

0:33:36.880 --> 0:33:39.920
<v Speaker 17>grew up, you know, where mom and dad were working

0:33:39.920 --> 0:33:41.680
<v Speaker 17>two jobs and now we're living the good life.

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<v Speaker 5>So, yes, the history lesson was well received.

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<v Speaker 3>And you don't have to go that far anymore.

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<v Speaker 2>Nick, There's so much that has happened in the last

0:33:51.920 --> 0:33:55.400
<v Speaker 2>fifteen years where you know, what the Dodgers have done

0:33:55.400 --> 0:33:58.560
<v Speaker 2>the last two years just seems so far out of reach,

0:33:58.680 --> 0:34:01.840
<v Speaker 2>trying to climb that mountain and coming up short for

0:34:01.920 --> 0:34:04.280
<v Speaker 2>the longest of times. With a lot of guys that

0:34:04.800 --> 0:34:09.000
<v Speaker 2>came up through the system the Dodgers found, like Justin Turner.

0:34:09.760 --> 0:34:12.239
<v Speaker 3>It just that made it more rewarding.

0:34:12.320 --> 0:34:14.759
<v Speaker 2>When they did make it to the World Series in

0:34:14.840 --> 0:34:18.120
<v Speaker 2>twenty seventeen, we all know that they probably are the

0:34:18.120 --> 0:34:21.920
<v Speaker 2>World Champions of twenty seventeen, and then in twenty twenty,

0:34:22.280 --> 0:34:24.719
<v Speaker 2>those same group of players got to win it, but

0:34:24.840 --> 0:34:27.000
<v Speaker 2>none of us were there to enjoy it with them.

0:34:27.120 --> 0:34:30.600
<v Speaker 2>So that's what the last two years, I think people

0:34:30.640 --> 0:34:37.040
<v Speaker 2>outside of LA failed to realize why nobody's apologizing for anything.

0:34:38.760 --> 0:34:40.160
<v Speaker 16>You're You're absolutely right.

0:34:40.239 --> 0:34:42.040
<v Speaker 17>For those of us, I'm in my I'll.

0:34:41.920 --> 0:34:42.759
<v Speaker 5>Be forty this year.

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<v Speaker 17>The two thousand and eight, the two thousand and nine teams,

0:34:46.040 --> 0:34:49.920
<v Speaker 17>you know that two thousand and six class, your camps,

0:34:49.920 --> 0:34:53.759
<v Speaker 17>der Andres, your Kershaws. You know, for those of us

0:34:53.800 --> 0:34:57.400
<v Speaker 17>had gone through it, to have twenty seventeen stolen, to

0:34:57.440 --> 0:35:01.040
<v Speaker 17>have twenty twenty essentially in enjoy it, but kind of

0:35:01.200 --> 0:35:03.759
<v Speaker 17>enjoy it being at home, scared.

0:35:03.480 --> 0:35:04.200
<v Speaker 16>About the world.

0:35:04.680 --> 0:35:07.560
<v Speaker 17>This last run has been unbelievable, so much so that

0:35:08.600 --> 0:35:10.840
<v Speaker 17>I think next week's series against the Blue Jays is

0:35:10.840 --> 0:35:15.040
<v Speaker 17>going to be absolutely electric for all the reasons you said.

0:35:15.080 --> 0:35:17.960
<v Speaker 17>The people outside of LA don't know why this feels

0:35:17.960 --> 0:35:20.239
<v Speaker 17>the way it does for us, especially those of us

0:35:20.280 --> 0:35:24.040
<v Speaker 17>that you know saw our boys get very close many years,

0:35:24.040 --> 0:35:27.359
<v Speaker 17>but always seem to be a runner up, no doubt.

0:35:27.440 --> 0:35:28.560
<v Speaker 3>Nick, Thanks for the phone call.

0:35:28.640 --> 0:35:31.960
<v Speaker 2>Appreciated And I know you know, in the NFL or

0:35:32.000 --> 0:35:34.600
<v Speaker 2>the NBA, you could say, oh, this is a trap

0:35:34.680 --> 0:35:38.200
<v Speaker 2>game or a trap series. Look the Dodgers, I saw

0:35:38.239 --> 0:35:40.520
<v Speaker 2>them earlier today. It was an early game. They had

0:35:40.560 --> 0:35:44.640
<v Speaker 2>a day off yesterday, but they came out again three

0:35:44.680 --> 0:35:48.640
<v Speaker 2>hours before first pitch, and they took infield practice. All

0:35:48.640 --> 0:35:52.239
<v Speaker 2>of the stars, from Freddie Freeman to Miguel Rojas to

0:35:52.600 --> 0:35:55.120
<v Speaker 2>Mookie Betts and Max Munsey, they were all out here,

0:35:55.520 --> 0:35:57.640
<v Speaker 2>and when they came out on the field, there was

0:35:58.120 --> 0:36:00.200
<v Speaker 2>more of a focus today. There was a little little

0:36:00.200 --> 0:36:03.560
<v Speaker 2>bit more urgency. I think they all understood we can't

0:36:03.680 --> 0:36:07.759
<v Speaker 2>let this get too much into a spiral offensively, and

0:36:07.800 --> 0:36:12.719
<v Speaker 2>you saw that tonight obviously or today. Obviously, Miles Michaelis

0:36:12.800 --> 0:36:16.239
<v Speaker 2>helps all that, and his reputation around the league is

0:36:16.320 --> 0:36:19.400
<v Speaker 2>not very popular, so I'm sure the Dodgers took a

0:36:19.440 --> 0:36:23.360
<v Speaker 2>little extra joy beating him down today with an eleven

0:36:23.440 --> 0:36:27.080
<v Speaker 2>run barrage and hitting four home runs and knocking him out.

0:36:27.760 --> 0:36:31.560
<v Speaker 2>But there was a focus to the Dodgers to really,

0:36:31.800 --> 0:36:35.200
<v Speaker 2>you know, put up a win and put together good

0:36:35.200 --> 0:36:38.360
<v Speaker 2>at bats, and we saw that today. They did strike

0:36:38.400 --> 0:36:41.480
<v Speaker 2>out eight times, but they also walked five times, and

0:36:41.640 --> 0:36:44.480
<v Speaker 2>in the previous four or five games a lot more

0:36:44.520 --> 0:36:48.280
<v Speaker 2>strikeouts than walks. Today the Dodgers hit five home runs

0:36:48.320 --> 0:36:51.080
<v Speaker 2>all in all, Miles Michaelis was out of there with

0:36:51.200 --> 0:36:55.960
<v Speaker 2>four and a third and eleven charged Otani, Betts, Pajz again,

0:36:56.160 --> 0:37:00.080
<v Speaker 2>Freeman and Tucker all homered and Andy PAHs to me

0:37:00.600 --> 0:37:04.280
<v Speaker 2>right now, the first seven games MVP of the Dodgers

0:37:04.360 --> 0:37:07.720
<v Speaker 2>hands down. I know it's early, but I do harken

0:37:07.840 --> 0:37:12.000
<v Speaker 2>back to last year. Dodger hitting coach Rob van Zoyak

0:37:12.280 --> 0:37:15.680
<v Speaker 2>predicted Andy Paiz would be an All Star in twenty

0:37:15.719 --> 0:37:18.400
<v Speaker 2>twenty six. He told me that I was reminded of

0:37:18.480 --> 0:37:22.319
<v Speaker 2>that today, not by Rob, but by somebody else that

0:37:22.440 --> 0:37:25.719
<v Speaker 2>was in that conversation, and he's he's looking pretty good

0:37:25.800 --> 0:37:29.120
<v Speaker 2>right now. Andy Piez has had a tremendous start to

0:37:29.160 --> 0:37:32.400
<v Speaker 2>the season. He's twelve for twenty five with two home runs,

0:37:32.440 --> 0:37:36.920
<v Speaker 2>seven RBIs and at twelve sixty ops. Andy Paiez today

0:37:37.320 --> 0:37:40.239
<v Speaker 2>three for four with a two run home run as

0:37:40.280 --> 0:37:44.520
<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers beat the Nationals thirteen to six, eight six six, nine,

0:37:44.560 --> 0:37:47.279
<v Speaker 2>eight seven two five. Seventy is the phone number. Let's

0:37:47.280 --> 0:37:50.400
<v Speaker 2>go out to Pete and San Gacito. How you doing, Pete?

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<v Speaker 11>Good?

0:37:52.560 --> 0:37:53.520
<v Speaker 8>How you doing? David?

0:37:54.880 --> 0:37:56.120
<v Speaker 3>I'm doing great?

0:37:56.360 --> 0:37:59.200
<v Speaker 16>Hey, Hey, I have.

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<v Speaker 11>Just a history for you. Also, I was a.

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<v Speaker 3>Are you are you doing a Steve Hartman to try

0:38:07.640 --> 0:38:08.279
<v Speaker 3>to one up me?

0:38:10.440 --> 0:38:12.799
<v Speaker 11>No, no, don't, don't, not at all.

0:38:13.960 --> 0:38:17.280
<v Speaker 3>Okay, but my uh my.

0:38:17.239 --> 0:38:20.520
<v Speaker 11>Cousin took me out to my first ballgame in nineteen

0:38:20.600 --> 0:38:21.480
<v Speaker 11>sixty nine.

0:38:22.960 --> 0:38:30.000
<v Speaker 18>And guess where that was played at the coliseum, Yes, sir, Yeah,

0:38:30.160 --> 0:38:33.080
<v Speaker 18>the Wally Moon shot and everything else.

0:38:33.239 --> 0:38:37.480
<v Speaker 11>Yeah, that we played against the Giants at that time. Yeah,

0:38:37.480 --> 0:38:39.560
<v Speaker 11>that was a great feeling. And have been a Dodger

0:38:39.600 --> 0:38:42.680
<v Speaker 11>fan ever since, and neverget I.

0:38:44.400 --> 0:38:44.480
<v Speaker 10>Was.

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<v Speaker 2>I was lucky enough to meet Wally Moon. He was

0:38:47.200 --> 0:38:50.759
<v Speaker 2>doing a book signing at Brent's Delhi in Northridge, and

0:38:50.840 --> 0:38:53.080
<v Speaker 2>I went out there and I met him, and uh,

0:38:53.280 --> 0:38:55.640
<v Speaker 2>what a great guy. And for those that don't know

0:38:55.760 --> 0:38:59.759
<v Speaker 2>what a moonshot was, it was Wally Moon who was a.

0:38:59.680 --> 0:39:01.239
<v Speaker 3>Dodger in nineteen fifty nine.

0:39:01.320 --> 0:39:04.160
<v Speaker 2>The call a scene was configured as a baseball field,

0:39:04.160 --> 0:39:07.440
<v Speaker 2>and it was kind of weird the the.

0:39:10.320 --> 0:39:11.919
<v Speaker 3>Dimensions down.

0:39:11.960 --> 0:39:16.160
<v Speaker 2>The left field line was two hundred and fifty feet

0:39:16.239 --> 0:39:19.120
<v Speaker 2>away from home plate and to compensate for that, to

0:39:19.200 --> 0:39:24.000
<v Speaker 2>try to balance out the short distance, they erected a

0:39:24.120 --> 0:39:28.839
<v Speaker 2>forty foot high screen and Wally Moon perfected, getting it

0:39:29.200 --> 0:39:32.760
<v Speaker 2>two hundred and fifty two feet and over that forty

0:39:32.840 --> 0:39:36.480
<v Speaker 2>foot fence in left field. So did you ever witness

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<v Speaker 2>a moonshot, Pete?

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<v Speaker 11>No, I did not out of the games I went there. No,

0:39:43.000 --> 0:39:45.759
<v Speaker 11>I never witness set, but you know I saw some

0:39:45.800 --> 0:39:50.879
<v Speaker 11>great players. Duke Snyder, Hodges.

0:39:50.680 --> 0:39:52.399
<v Speaker 3>Jill Hodges made it to LA two.

0:39:53.440 --> 0:39:59.279
<v Speaker 11>Yeah, yeah, they were Sandy kofax Don Drysdale. You know

0:39:59.280 --> 0:40:01.319
<v Speaker 11>you're talking about all the great I got a chance

0:40:01.360 --> 0:40:03.440
<v Speaker 11>to see them, you know, which was really nice. And

0:40:03.480 --> 0:40:06.319
<v Speaker 11>then all the other teams are with their great players,

0:40:06.480 --> 0:40:06.799
<v Speaker 11>you know.

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<v Speaker 3>No doubt.

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<v Speaker 2>Great memories, Pete, great memories. Thank you for the phone call.

0:40:11.960 --> 0:40:14.920
<v Speaker 2>And in nineteen fifty nine, it was only the Dodgers

0:40:14.960 --> 0:40:17.960
<v Speaker 2>second year in LA and they won the World Series,

0:40:18.880 --> 0:40:21.560
<v Speaker 2>beating the White Sox in a seven game series. So

0:40:22.400 --> 0:40:25.640
<v Speaker 2>that's a way to welcome yourself to a city. And

0:40:25.760 --> 0:40:29.920
<v Speaker 2>the passion for Dodger baseball grew from there, and Vince

0:40:29.920 --> 0:40:33.319
<v Speaker 2>Scully obviously had a big part in that. Eight six

0:40:33.440 --> 0:40:36.360
<v Speaker 2>six nine, eight seven two five seventy is the phone number.

0:40:36.560 --> 0:40:40.040
<v Speaker 2>If you're listening on the iHeartRadio app, there's a microphone

0:40:40.080 --> 0:40:43.280
<v Speaker 2>button on the app. You can press it and talk

0:40:43.320 --> 0:40:46.480
<v Speaker 2>to me. That way, you can record a message if

0:40:46.760 --> 0:40:49.640
<v Speaker 2>you're a little shy to call in live. So you

0:40:49.640 --> 0:40:53.080
<v Speaker 2>could press that microphone button listening to Dodger Talk and

0:40:53.120 --> 0:40:55.319
<v Speaker 2>we'll get the message. We already have gotten a couple

0:40:55.400 --> 0:40:59.080
<v Speaker 2>of messages, but they're very negative towards other play by

0:40:59.120 --> 0:41:02.719
<v Speaker 2>play guys. And I'm not gonna play that because you

0:41:02.760 --> 0:41:04.879
<v Speaker 2>can rip me and I'll play that. I have no

0:41:05.040 --> 0:41:08.319
<v Speaker 2>problem with you ripping me and us playing it, but

0:41:08.440 --> 0:41:10.880
<v Speaker 2>if you rip somebody else on the broadcast, I wouldn't

0:41:10.880 --> 0:41:14.879
<v Speaker 2>feel right about that. To Eric and Colin, e uh

0:41:15.000 --> 0:41:18.440
<v Speaker 2>deleting all those type of messages, nobody will ever ever

0:41:18.680 --> 0:41:21.359
<v Speaker 2>hear them. But if you want to press the microphone

0:41:21.400 --> 0:41:25.239
<v Speaker 2>and say nice things or say not nice things about me,

0:41:25.760 --> 0:41:26.120
<v Speaker 2>we may.

0:41:26.360 --> 0:41:26.520
<v Speaker 13>Eric.

0:41:26.640 --> 0:41:30.280
<v Speaker 2>So that's on the iHeartRadio app. Let's go out to Monrovia. Frank,

0:41:30.440 --> 0:41:31.399
<v Speaker 2>you're on Dodger Talk.

0:41:31.440 --> 0:41:35.879
<v Speaker 19>How you doing, Frank, I'm doing a great Dave, Thanks

0:41:35.920 --> 0:41:39.040
<v Speaker 19>so much for taking my call. Just you know, you

0:41:39.160 --> 0:41:42.760
<v Speaker 19>gotta love it. That is a fun park. Nationals Park

0:41:42.920 --> 0:41:45.600
<v Speaker 19>is a fun park to be at. You know, being

0:41:45.640 --> 0:41:48.560
<v Speaker 19>there on opening day it's gotta be a blessing because

0:41:48.640 --> 0:41:52.560
<v Speaker 19>you know, even though they're you know, by all MLB accounts,

0:41:52.600 --> 0:41:55.440
<v Speaker 19>they're a newer franchise in that area, they are a

0:41:55.560 --> 0:41:57.719
<v Speaker 19>fun team to watch in a fund, It's a fun

0:41:57.800 --> 0:42:00.360
<v Speaker 19>park to be at so you know, David, enjoy it

0:42:00.400 --> 0:42:00.960
<v Speaker 19>while you're there.

0:42:03.040 --> 0:42:04.440
<v Speaker 3>Thank you, Frank, appreciate it.

0:42:04.560 --> 0:42:07.200
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I feel like it's one of the more underrated

0:42:07.280 --> 0:42:12.680
<v Speaker 2>ballparks in baseball. Another memory here looking out to right

0:42:12.800 --> 0:42:16.759
<v Speaker 2>field where they have a shake shack. I remember I

0:42:16.840 --> 0:42:20.560
<v Speaker 2>was here in my first season with the Dodgers, traveling

0:42:20.640 --> 0:42:24.480
<v Speaker 2>twenty twelve, trying to get my bearings, and my wife

0:42:24.840 --> 0:42:28.560
<v Speaker 2>was pregnant with our daughter, our first child, and we

0:42:28.680 --> 0:42:31.600
<v Speaker 2>didn't know the gender, and she went to a doctor's

0:42:31.600 --> 0:42:35.520
<v Speaker 2>appointment alone and found out that it was going to

0:42:35.560 --> 0:42:38.919
<v Speaker 2>be a girl. And as I ordered my shake shack

0:42:39.000 --> 0:42:42.000
<v Speaker 2>and was putting it on the high top table out there,

0:42:42.080 --> 0:42:45.000
<v Speaker 2>I remember getting the phone call and my wife telling

0:42:45.080 --> 0:42:46.800
<v Speaker 2>us that we were going to have a baby girl.

0:42:46.800 --> 0:42:50.840
<v Speaker 2>And my daughter just turned thirteen on opening day actually

0:42:50.920 --> 0:42:54.560
<v Speaker 2>March twenty sixth, and thinking about that as well. Those

0:42:54.600 --> 0:42:58.040
<v Speaker 2>are some of the memories that stick out baseball wise

0:42:58.160 --> 0:43:01.920
<v Speaker 2>and personally. Coming back to National Spark, All right, we're

0:43:01.960 --> 0:43:04.200
<v Speaker 2>gonna take a time out, our final timeout. As we

0:43:04.280 --> 0:43:05.920
<v Speaker 2>lead you up to the top of the hour, that's

0:43:05.920 --> 0:43:08.600
<v Speaker 2>where Petros and money will take over more of your

0:43:08.640 --> 0:43:11.000
<v Speaker 2>phone calls. At eight sixty six nine eighty seven two

0:43:11.080 --> 0:43:14.440
<v Speaker 2>five seventy and we'll here for manager Dave Roberts after

0:43:14.480 --> 0:43:18.120
<v Speaker 2>the Dodger offense comes to life with thirteen runs to

0:43:18.160 --> 0:43:21.040
<v Speaker 2>beat the Nationals thirteen to six on a five to

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<v Speaker 2>seventy LA Sports.

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<v Speaker 1>On air at AM five seventy, online at AM five

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<v Speaker 3>This is Dodger Talk with David Bass.

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<v Speaker 11>Sam.

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<v Speaker 9>How about this portion of the middle four, five and

0:43:42.880 --> 0:43:46.960
<v Speaker 9>six combined pull four to six, but Freddie Freeman launches

0:43:47.320 --> 0:43:51.640
<v Speaker 9>to right field and it is gone into the second

0:43:51.680 --> 0:43:56.800
<v Speaker 9>deck above the Dodger bullpen. Another home run for the Dodgers,

0:43:57.120 --> 0:43:59.600
<v Speaker 9>and that's how the middle of the order gets involved.

0:44:00.040 --> 0:44:02.280
<v Speaker 9>Freddie Freeman had a two run blast.

0:44:04.280 --> 0:44:06.960
<v Speaker 3>Freddie Freeman homers for the second straight game.

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<v Speaker 2>This one comes in a win as the Dodgers blow

0:44:10.200 --> 0:44:14.560
<v Speaker 2>out the Nationals thirteen to six. Miles Michaelas gave up

0:44:14.600 --> 0:44:18.160
<v Speaker 2>four of the five Dodger home runs today. Michaelas has

0:44:18.200 --> 0:44:21.920
<v Speaker 2>the distinction of giving up the most runs earned runs to.

0:44:21.960 --> 0:44:24.560
<v Speaker 3>The Dodgers in quite a few years.

0:44:24.600 --> 0:44:28.480
<v Speaker 2>I mean, the Dodgers were doing some things against Miles

0:44:28.520 --> 0:44:32.000
<v Speaker 2>Michaelis and hopefully that gets them out of their slump.

0:44:32.040 --> 0:44:36.080
<v Speaker 2>I'm finding that note that I shared earlier today. Michaelas's

0:44:36.200 --> 0:44:39.759
<v Speaker 2>eleven earned runs today are the most a pitcher has

0:44:39.840 --> 0:44:45.160
<v Speaker 2>allowed in a game in National Slash Expos history. Patrick

0:44:45.360 --> 0:44:49.400
<v Speaker 2>Corbin remember him from the twenty nineteen championship team. He

0:44:49.480 --> 0:44:53.799
<v Speaker 2>gave up eleven runs last or in twenty twenty four

0:44:53.880 --> 0:44:58.040
<v Speaker 2>to the Diamondbacks, but only ten were earned and that's

0:44:58.080 --> 0:45:00.920
<v Speaker 2>the first time the Dodgers have put up up ten

0:45:01.000 --> 0:45:04.960
<v Speaker 2>or more runs on an individual pitcher since May twenty eighth,

0:45:05.080 --> 0:45:08.240
<v Speaker 2>twenty twenty three, against the Rays Josh Fleming.

0:45:08.360 --> 0:45:11.279
<v Speaker 3>But the Dodgers lost that game. Today they win.

0:45:11.880 --> 0:45:14.919
<v Speaker 2>So not only does o'tani hit his first home run

0:45:14.960 --> 0:45:17.960
<v Speaker 2>of the season, Kyle Tucker hit his first home run

0:45:18.080 --> 0:45:20.759
<v Speaker 2>as a Dodger, and I'm taking full credit for it

0:45:21.080 --> 0:45:25.000
<v Speaker 2>since he was our pregame guest. I told him pregame

0:45:25.080 --> 0:45:27.920
<v Speaker 2>karma right there. Three hits including a home run, and

0:45:27.960 --> 0:45:30.960
<v Speaker 2>he was oh so close to hitting a second for

0:45:31.080 --> 0:45:34.640
<v Speaker 2>a Grand Slam, and Taeoscar Hernandez legged out two in

0:45:34.719 --> 0:45:38.400
<v Speaker 2>field hits. Today he had three hits and scored three times.

0:45:38.440 --> 0:45:40.960
<v Speaker 2>So a big day up and down the lineup for

0:45:41.040 --> 0:45:44.720
<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers. Don't miss the Santa Anita Derby at Santa

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<v Speaker 2>All right, let's hear from manager Dave Roberts, who spoke

0:45:57.360 --> 0:45:58.800
<v Speaker 2>after the game with the reporters.

0:45:58.840 --> 0:46:00.359
<v Speaker 3>And I'm sure is lead.

0:46:00.520 --> 0:46:03.480
<v Speaker 2>He didn't have to answer questions like what's wrong with

0:46:03.560 --> 0:46:04.160
<v Speaker 2>your offense?

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<v Speaker 20>You know, yeah, I thought they were all good. Really,

0:46:08.760 --> 0:46:10.680
<v Speaker 20>it was good to see those guys break out. The

0:46:10.719 --> 0:46:13.680
<v Speaker 20>top four guys in our lineup all homeward. You know,

0:46:13.800 --> 0:46:17.759
<v Speaker 20>Rome is and burning, you know, and but a lot

0:46:17.760 --> 0:46:19.759
<v Speaker 20>of it. Andy, Andy is swinging the heck out of it.

0:46:19.840 --> 0:46:21.840
<v Speaker 20>You know, He's just taking consistent at bats and getting

0:46:21.840 --> 0:46:24.120
<v Speaker 20>on base, turning the lineup over and you know, it

0:46:24.160 --> 0:46:25.920
<v Speaker 20>was just good to see those other guys catch up

0:46:25.920 --> 0:46:29.399
<v Speaker 20>and do some have production today, And it was good.

0:46:29.400 --> 0:46:31.919
<v Speaker 20>And also we got some guys that hadn't pitched much,

0:46:32.320 --> 0:46:35.200
<v Speaker 20>got them some innings and then some work and so say,

0:46:35.239 --> 0:46:37.240
<v Speaker 20>some other guys for the next two ball games.

0:46:37.320 --> 0:46:38.960
<v Speaker 10>With Emmett today, it seemed like it was a little

0:46:38.960 --> 0:46:40.480
<v Speaker 10>bit of a grind for him, but for him just

0:46:40.520 --> 0:46:42.800
<v Speaker 10>to touch the sixth inning. What were you seeing there?

0:46:43.200 --> 0:46:45.480
<v Speaker 20>You know, I thought it was a little bit of

0:46:45.520 --> 0:46:48.400
<v Speaker 20>a grind, but I do think that, you know, in total,

0:46:48.480 --> 0:46:51.960
<v Speaker 20>the alum was much better. His direction was much better.

0:46:52.560 --> 0:46:54.560
<v Speaker 20>I thought he sequenced a lot better than he did

0:46:54.560 --> 0:46:57.919
<v Speaker 20>in his previous outing. And Will did a really nice

0:46:57.960 --> 0:47:00.239
<v Speaker 20>job with him. So you know, made that pitch uh

0:47:00.600 --> 0:47:04.000
<v Speaker 20>to uh in the first inning to Abrams at fastball

0:47:04.080 --> 0:47:06.080
<v Speaker 20>up when you had count leverage and got to a

0:47:06.120 --> 0:47:08.560
<v Speaker 20>high heater. But aside from that, I thought he did

0:47:08.560 --> 0:47:09.319
<v Speaker 20>a really nice job.

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<v Speaker 11>What was different about those bets?

0:47:12.160 --> 0:47:15.320
<v Speaker 6>So Tony Tucker, that's free minute top to want to know.

0:47:16.080 --> 0:47:19.560
<v Speaker 20>You know, yeah, I think a little bit of it.

0:47:19.600 --> 0:47:22.239
<v Speaker 20>As we've we've had a lot of history with Michaelis,

0:47:23.160 --> 0:47:27.560
<v Speaker 20>so we've seen him know some of the tendencies, and yeah,

0:47:27.640 --> 0:47:31.040
<v Speaker 20>outside of that, they were just you know, not missing

0:47:31.080 --> 0:47:33.640
<v Speaker 20>today and we got some traffic, took some walks and

0:47:34.400 --> 0:47:35.480
<v Speaker 20>throught a lot of hits.

0:47:36.320 --> 0:47:38.680
<v Speaker 10>What did it like to kind of just start your offense?

0:47:40.160 --> 0:47:42.200
<v Speaker 20>I think so, you know, and there was a lot

0:47:42.239 --> 0:47:44.480
<v Speaker 20>of hooplog going on to that first home stand, so

0:47:44.520 --> 0:47:48.360
<v Speaker 20>hopefully getting on the road, guys getting their rest. You know,

0:47:48.400 --> 0:47:52.000
<v Speaker 20>we seem to swing the bats well here and so hopefully, yeah,

0:47:52.000 --> 0:47:58.160
<v Speaker 20>this will spur something else, relief. I did you know

0:47:58.200 --> 0:48:00.319
<v Speaker 20>he looked up to the skies too after, So that

0:48:00.480 --> 0:48:04.000
<v Speaker 20>was so, you know, greater powers might have something to

0:48:04.040 --> 0:48:05.640
<v Speaker 20>do with that one too. But yeah, it was good

0:48:06.680 --> 0:48:08.040
<v Speaker 20>specifically what he did.

0:48:09.760 --> 0:48:09.960
<v Speaker 11>Well.

0:48:10.040 --> 0:48:12.840
<v Speaker 20>I think the first thing is I thought he was

0:48:12.920 --> 0:48:16.080
<v Speaker 20>using the big part of the field. You know, that's

0:48:16.080 --> 0:48:20.800
<v Speaker 20>something that you know, it's right center to center field.

0:48:21.000 --> 0:48:23.480
<v Speaker 20>Even on that last sackfly, even against the left of

0:48:23.520 --> 0:48:26.120
<v Speaker 20>the O two, hitting the ball hard to the left fielder,

0:48:26.160 --> 0:48:28.400
<v Speaker 20>I thought that was good. So I just thought he

0:48:28.760 --> 0:48:32.440
<v Speaker 20>took much better at bats, be a little bit, I

0:48:32.440 --> 0:48:34.319
<v Speaker 20>think a little bit he gets a little pool happy

0:48:34.360 --> 0:48:39.040
<v Speaker 20>at times. Yeah, yeah, maybe, but you see those at

0:48:39.680 --> 0:48:45.560
<v Speaker 20>Kyle today, Kyle. You know he he's aggressive. You know,

0:48:45.640 --> 0:48:47.759
<v Speaker 20>he's a little bit more aggressive early in the count

0:48:47.800 --> 0:48:52.360
<v Speaker 20>than I than I recall. But yeah, I think it

0:48:52.440 --> 0:48:55.640
<v Speaker 20>was just good to see him square some balls up.

0:48:55.920 --> 0:48:59.359
<v Speaker 20>So and actually I think his third a bat when

0:48:59.400 --> 0:49:02.080
<v Speaker 20>he got the the base hit the line driver to

0:49:02.160 --> 0:49:04.440
<v Speaker 20>right field. I thought the swings looked better. I think

0:49:04.480 --> 0:49:09.560
<v Speaker 20>he's ended the ground better than he was previously, much

0:49:09.560 --> 0:49:13.960
<v Speaker 20>more stable, and the swings looked much more syncd up.

0:49:14.000 --> 0:49:14.960
<v Speaker 20>I think his mechanics.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, all right, there's manager Dave Roberts. Thanks to Sports

0:49:19.320 --> 0:49:22.560
<v Speaker 2>in at LA for bringing us the Dodger manager. After

0:49:22.600 --> 0:49:25.719
<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers beat the Nats today thirteen to six and

0:49:25.800 --> 0:49:29.319
<v Speaker 2>spoil their home opener. One thing that Rick Monday told

0:49:29.400 --> 0:49:32.919
<v Speaker 2>me before the game regarding Kyle Tucker and his swing, Look,

0:49:33.200 --> 0:49:35.600
<v Speaker 2>he's not trying to do too much. That's just not

0:49:35.680 --> 0:49:39.560
<v Speaker 2>his personality. He's not allowing any of that to affect him.

0:49:39.600 --> 0:49:43.240
<v Speaker 2>But the reality talking to some people around the team

0:49:43.360 --> 0:49:46.279
<v Speaker 2>that know hitting a lot better than I do, they

0:49:46.320 --> 0:49:48.640
<v Speaker 2>just said, right now, he's a little lost at the plate,

0:49:49.160 --> 0:49:51.959
<v Speaker 2>and you could see that in his first at bat

0:49:52.000 --> 0:49:54.520
<v Speaker 2>because Rick Monday pointed something out to me, a great

0:49:54.640 --> 0:49:58.200
<v Speaker 2>visual I think you can all appreciate, is that he

0:49:58.840 --> 0:50:02.839
<v Speaker 2>believed his was long and he was surrounding the baseball

0:50:03.160 --> 0:50:05.960
<v Speaker 2>instead of being shorter to the point of contact. And

0:50:06.000 --> 0:50:08.760
<v Speaker 2>then as the game went on, you started to see

0:50:08.840 --> 0:50:12.960
<v Speaker 2>him surround the ball less and just be Kyle Tucker.

0:50:13.520 --> 0:50:16.600
<v Speaker 2>And I think getting on the road for the Dodgers,

0:50:16.840 --> 0:50:20.799
<v Speaker 2>there was a lot going on this home stand for everybody.

0:50:20.880 --> 0:50:23.160
<v Speaker 2>I mean a lot of celebration of the team coming

0:50:23.160 --> 0:50:26.120
<v Speaker 2>off their back to back championships, and I just believe

0:50:26.200 --> 0:50:29.600
<v Speaker 2>that getting away from home sometimes can be a blessing

0:50:29.640 --> 0:50:31.560
<v Speaker 2>in disguise, especially if you're a hitter.

0:50:31.640 --> 0:50:33.040
<v Speaker 3>And I think we saw that today.

0:50:33.160 --> 0:50:37.160
<v Speaker 2>Now tomorrow they're facing Jake Irvin, who's the National's best pitcher.

0:50:37.520 --> 0:50:38.560
<v Speaker 3>He's a right hander.

0:50:39.360 --> 0:50:43.239
<v Speaker 2>But that's gonna be a tougher test than Miles Michaelis.

0:50:43.440 --> 0:50:46.320
<v Speaker 2>Let's go out to Huntington Beach. Paul, you're on Dodger

0:50:46.360 --> 0:50:47.399
<v Speaker 2>Talk with David Vasse.

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<v Speaker 5>How you doing, Paul hey Man, Good to check in

0:50:50.840 --> 0:50:53.239
<v Speaker 5>with you here early in the season. I gotta tell you,

0:50:53.719 --> 0:50:56.400
<v Speaker 5>I mean, one thing that's jumped out of me. Mookie

0:50:56.480 --> 0:50:59.640
<v Speaker 5>bats looks so much more comfortable and so much better.

0:51:00.000 --> 0:51:02.160
<v Speaker 5>Obviously easy to say that after he hits a home

0:51:02.239 --> 0:51:05.479
<v Speaker 5>run today, but I mean just he doesn't look lost,

0:51:05.520 --> 0:51:08.799
<v Speaker 5>he doesn't look overmatched. He looks almost like Mookie Bets

0:51:08.840 --> 0:51:10.719
<v Speaker 5>of old. And what a great sign that is. I mean,

0:51:11.560 --> 0:51:16.000
<v Speaker 5>the whole team, they really didn't play great baseball at home.

0:51:16.320 --> 0:51:18.759
<v Speaker 5>You look up and the team's five and two. I mean,

0:51:18.920 --> 0:51:21.319
<v Speaker 5>the talent alone is going to carry this group a

0:51:21.480 --> 0:51:24.480
<v Speaker 5>long way. But all signs are pointing in the right direction.

0:51:24.560 --> 0:51:26.080
<v Speaker 5>I'm fired up for where this thing can go.

0:51:26.200 --> 0:51:26.399
<v Speaker 8>Man.

0:51:26.640 --> 0:51:28.759
<v Speaker 5>I mean, dare we say, you know, I don't want

0:51:28.760 --> 0:51:30.319
<v Speaker 5>to say the three P thing, but let's say a

0:51:30.320 --> 0:51:34.560
<v Speaker 5>three P It's a long way from that. But everything's

0:51:34.600 --> 0:51:37.840
<v Speaker 5>looking really, really good. Man, good to talk to you.

0:51:37.600 --> 0:51:38.920
<v Speaker 5>Hope you have a good trip.

0:51:40.040 --> 0:51:42.520
<v Speaker 2>Thanks a lot, Paul appreciate it. I'm not sure if

0:51:42.560 --> 0:51:45.479
<v Speaker 2>you heard Mooki Betts when he talked to us after

0:51:45.520 --> 0:51:48.239
<v Speaker 2>the game. He's just in a great headspace. And he

0:51:48.440 --> 0:51:51.240
<v Speaker 2>was in spring training as well. That's a big part

0:51:51.239 --> 0:51:53.520
<v Speaker 2>of it. And look, there are going to be times

0:51:53.560 --> 0:51:57.399
<v Speaker 2>where things are not going great for Mookie and he's

0:51:57.440 --> 0:51:59.560
<v Speaker 2>got to stay up. I think that's the biggest thing.

0:51:59.680 --> 0:52:04.799
<v Speaker 2>It's incredible to hear former teammates, current teammates say sometimes

0:52:04.800 --> 0:52:08.280
<v Speaker 2>he forgets how good he is. That your Mookie freaking

0:52:08.440 --> 0:52:11.239
<v Speaker 2>bet So. I think that's the biggest thing for him.

0:52:11.480 --> 0:52:14.239
<v Speaker 2>And I just love where his head is at. I

0:52:14.280 --> 0:52:19.440
<v Speaker 2>think that's a big part of the way he sounded today,

0:52:19.960 --> 0:52:22.560
<v Speaker 2>the way he's swinging the bat, and the way he's

0:52:22.560 --> 0:52:23.960
<v Speaker 2>playing really good shortstop.

0:52:24.040 --> 0:52:25.640
<v Speaker 3>All of that really matters.

0:52:25.680 --> 0:52:29.080
<v Speaker 2>And I can't say enough about Andy pa has because

0:52:29.160 --> 0:52:33.120
<v Speaker 2>if you remember on this very show. Around this time

0:52:33.280 --> 0:52:36.480
<v Speaker 2>last year, everybody was calling for Andy po has to

0:52:36.560 --> 0:52:39.560
<v Speaker 2>be sent down or to be benched because he had

0:52:39.600 --> 0:52:42.359
<v Speaker 2>a rough first couple of weeks. Well, he put in

0:52:42.400 --> 0:52:47.239
<v Speaker 2>the work defensively and you can see what's happening here offensively.

0:52:47.680 --> 0:52:50.080
<v Speaker 2>It's kind of crazy when people come up to me

0:52:50.120 --> 0:52:53.279
<v Speaker 2>and ask me, Man, Pahz is really having a good

0:52:53.280 --> 0:52:56.080
<v Speaker 2>bounce back year, or do you think Andy Pajez is

0:52:56.120 --> 0:52:59.160
<v Speaker 2>going to have a bounce back year? A bounce back year.

0:52:59.239 --> 0:53:03.120
<v Speaker 2>The guy had twenty seven home runs as a rookie.

0:53:04.160 --> 0:53:07.080
<v Speaker 2>I don't know what everybody's talking about as far as

0:53:07.120 --> 0:53:10.920
<v Speaker 2>this bounce back year. Andy Poie has played great center

0:53:11.000 --> 0:53:15.600
<v Speaker 2>field last year and hit twenty seven home runs, drove

0:53:15.640 --> 0:53:18.160
<v Speaker 2>in eighty six runs. Hitting at the bottom of the

0:53:18.200 --> 0:53:22.560
<v Speaker 2>Dodgers order. He hit two seventy two last year. A

0:53:22.640 --> 0:53:26.400
<v Speaker 2>bounce back year. Oh, you're talking about the struggles in

0:53:26.440 --> 0:53:30.560
<v Speaker 2>the postseason. Yeah, that happens to young players sometimes, especially

0:53:31.000 --> 0:53:35.560
<v Speaker 2>aggressive hitters. He only walked once the entire postseason, but

0:53:35.680 --> 0:53:38.280
<v Speaker 2>he did put the ball in play when it mattered

0:53:38.280 --> 0:53:42.440
<v Speaker 2>the most in Game four of the NLDS against the Phillies.

0:53:42.760 --> 0:53:42.960
<v Speaker 11>Yeah.

0:53:43.000 --> 0:53:46.040
<v Speaker 2>You remember his son, Kim at third base, Oryan Keckering

0:53:46.360 --> 0:53:49.279
<v Speaker 2>throwing the ball away that was actually Andy pie Has

0:53:49.320 --> 0:53:53.400
<v Speaker 2>who hit that comebacker to him. But look, young players

0:53:53.480 --> 0:53:56.000
<v Speaker 2>are going to struggle at times. I feel like, again

0:53:56.440 --> 0:53:59.920
<v Speaker 2>we've been so spoiled by guys like Cody Bellinger and

0:54:00.080 --> 0:54:03.080
<v Speaker 2>Keithy a Hernandez, just to name a few that were

0:54:03.200 --> 0:54:07.480
<v Speaker 2>young players that succeeded in their first experience with the postseason.

0:54:07.880 --> 0:54:11.240
<v Speaker 2>But if you go back to twenty fifteen the NLDS,

0:54:11.280 --> 0:54:15.560
<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers lost to the Mets, Corey Seger started all

0:54:15.800 --> 0:54:19.640
<v Speaker 2>five of those games, and he didn't do very well

0:54:19.680 --> 0:54:22.960
<v Speaker 2>in his first experience in the postseason, but then he

0:54:23.040 --> 0:54:25.000
<v Speaker 2>came back in a big way the rest of his

0:54:25.120 --> 0:54:28.720
<v Speaker 2>Dodger career when the World Series MVP in twenty twenty,

0:54:28.880 --> 0:54:31.680
<v Speaker 2>when the World Series MVP with the Rangers in twenty

0:54:31.719 --> 0:54:36.000
<v Speaker 2>twenty three. So not every path for a young player

0:54:36.040 --> 0:54:40.120
<v Speaker 2>in the postseason is linear. So let's not forget that.

0:54:40.160 --> 0:54:43.640
<v Speaker 2>There have been some pretty good rookies that have struggled

0:54:43.680 --> 0:54:47.000
<v Speaker 2>in October and Paz was one of those guys and

0:54:47.080 --> 0:54:51.040
<v Speaker 2>it just seems like that has put an extra chip

0:54:51.080 --> 0:54:51.800
<v Speaker 2>on his shoulder.

0:54:52.280 --> 0:54:55.120
<v Speaker 3>It made him work more to try to be better to.

0:54:55.080 --> 0:54:58.280
<v Speaker 2>Shore up some of those holes to be better ready

0:54:58.440 --> 0:55:01.000
<v Speaker 2>for October now that he has that experience.

0:55:01.080 --> 0:55:04.360
<v Speaker 3>But I'm just blown away. It's not just one.

0:55:04.239 --> 0:55:07.920
<v Speaker 2>Person, it's multiple people that have come up to me

0:55:07.960 --> 0:55:09.480
<v Speaker 2>and asked me, do you think he's going to have

0:55:09.480 --> 0:55:12.200
<v Speaker 2>a bounce back year or now that they're seeing a

0:55:12.200 --> 0:55:15.360
<v Speaker 2>good spring training and a good start to the season. Man,

0:55:15.600 --> 0:55:18.280
<v Speaker 2>it's so great to see Andy Paie has bounce back,

0:55:19.560 --> 0:55:23.319
<v Speaker 2>bounce back from a disappointing October. Sure, but he had

0:55:23.360 --> 0:55:26.719
<v Speaker 2>a great season last year and the Dodgers don't win

0:55:26.840 --> 0:55:29.879
<v Speaker 2>ninety three games without Andy pa Has. Let's go out

0:55:29.920 --> 0:55:32.759
<v Speaker 2>to Tony and Corona. You're on Dodger Talk Live from

0:55:32.840 --> 0:55:33.560
<v Speaker 2>Nationals Park.

0:55:33.640 --> 0:55:37.440
<v Speaker 21>Hi, Tony, Hi Green, thank you for the time. I

0:55:37.480 --> 0:55:40.920
<v Speaker 21>am not a Dodger fan. My calendar is still up

0:55:40.960 --> 0:55:45.560
<v Speaker 21>in my office from October of twenty twenty four, third week.

0:55:45.360 --> 0:55:50.600
<v Speaker 12>Which was a disaster for my Yankees. However, however, I

0:55:50.640 --> 0:55:54.319
<v Speaker 12>wanted to make a very positive comment about the broadcast team.

0:55:54.640 --> 0:55:57.120
<v Speaker 12>Since I can't get my Yankees on the radio out here,

0:55:58.440 --> 0:56:01.360
<v Speaker 12>I listen to every Dog game that I can, and

0:56:01.440 --> 0:56:05.279
<v Speaker 12>I think that Steve Nilson and Rick Monday are two

0:56:05.440 --> 0:56:10.280
<v Speaker 12>of the very, very finest broadcasters. They know the game

0:56:10.800 --> 0:56:14.800
<v Speaker 12>better than anyone, and high praise for Dodger ownership and

0:56:14.880 --> 0:56:18.400
<v Speaker 12>management to have people like you, David, as well as

0:56:18.640 --> 0:56:21.480
<v Speaker 12>Steve and Rick to the calls. It's a pleasure to

0:56:21.480 --> 0:56:23.560
<v Speaker 12>listen to them, even though I'm not even though I'm

0:56:23.560 --> 0:56:24.359
<v Speaker 12>not a Dodger fan.

0:56:25.480 --> 0:56:28.239
<v Speaker 3>Okay, thank you, Tony. Hey, since you are a Yankees fan.

0:56:28.640 --> 0:56:33.200
<v Speaker 2>Former Dodger Cody Bellinger made a wild circus catch today

0:56:33.640 --> 0:56:36.480
<v Speaker 2>in center field. It looked like at Yankee Stadium their

0:56:36.520 --> 0:56:39.200
<v Speaker 2>home opener. You got to check out that highlight it was.

0:56:39.320 --> 0:56:43.200
<v Speaker 2>It was incredible, incredible hand eye coordination. The ball pops

0:56:43.239 --> 0:56:45.640
<v Speaker 2>out of his glove as he's going back to the wall,

0:56:46.120 --> 0:56:49.560
<v Speaker 2>and somehow, some way, as he's running towards the wall,

0:56:49.880 --> 0:56:52.600
<v Speaker 2>the ball has popped out of his glove and he

0:56:52.680 --> 0:56:56.080
<v Speaker 2>flips the glove over and catches the ball on the run.

0:56:56.120 --> 0:56:57.840
<v Speaker 3>You got to see this highlight play.

0:56:59.080 --> 0:57:01.560
<v Speaker 12>Oh, I will, I will. He looks great in pinstripes.

0:57:01.600 --> 0:57:04.160
<v Speaker 12>Thanks for letting me know about that play. Thank you, David.

0:57:05.040 --> 0:57:07.120
<v Speaker 2>All right, Tony, thank you for the phone call. Yeah,

0:57:07.160 --> 0:57:10.360
<v Speaker 2>you want to talk about an October performer? How many

0:57:10.440 --> 0:57:14.000
<v Speaker 2>guys can say that they played in the three biggest

0:57:14.040 --> 0:57:17.600
<v Speaker 2>markets in their major league career and performed really well.

0:57:17.960 --> 0:57:21.800
<v Speaker 2>Cody Bellinger, obviously home grown with the Dodgers, won the

0:57:21.920 --> 0:57:25.640
<v Speaker 2>MVP in twenty nineteen. Came up with so many clutch hits,

0:57:25.720 --> 0:57:28.760
<v Speaker 2>including the big one, the home run in Game seven

0:57:28.800 --> 0:57:32.280
<v Speaker 2>of the twenty NLCS. He also came up with a

0:57:32.280 --> 0:57:34.560
<v Speaker 2>big base hit to drive in the go ahead run

0:57:34.840 --> 0:57:39.920
<v Speaker 2>in San Francisco during the twenty one NLDS. He played

0:57:39.920 --> 0:57:44.200
<v Speaker 2>big for the Dodgers, goes to Chicago, plays his way

0:57:44.400 --> 0:57:48.400
<v Speaker 2>into going to New York, and played great last year

0:57:48.440 --> 0:57:51.320
<v Speaker 2>for the Yankees so much so they wanted him back

0:57:51.360 --> 0:57:55.120
<v Speaker 2>so badly they paid him with a big contract, and

0:57:55.600 --> 0:57:58.120
<v Speaker 2>now he's Him and Aaron Judge are going to be

0:57:58.200 --> 0:58:03.320
<v Speaker 2>teammates probably the rest of his career. So awesome, awesome player,

0:58:03.480 --> 0:58:06.320
<v Speaker 2>and not too many people and players can say that

0:58:06.360 --> 0:58:09.720
<v Speaker 2>they played in LA, Chicago, and New York and played

0:58:09.800 --> 0:58:13.800
<v Speaker 2>great in all. Three eight, six, six, seven, two, five

0:58:13.960 --> 0:58:17.240
<v Speaker 2>seventy is the phone number? Hey, I mentioned that microphone

0:58:17.240 --> 0:58:18.720
<v Speaker 2>in the iHeartRadio app.

0:58:19.000 --> 0:58:20.120
<v Speaker 3>We got a message here.

0:58:20.160 --> 0:58:23.200
<v Speaker 2>I can't wait to hear the first message that we

0:58:23.320 --> 0:58:28.200
<v Speaker 2>play from the iHeartRadio app talkback on Dodger Talk, Colin,

0:58:28.600 --> 0:58:30.080
<v Speaker 2>let's hear what this guy had to say.

0:58:31.760 --> 0:58:33.960
<v Speaker 3>No one cares about your memories.

0:58:34.040 --> 0:58:37.480
<v Speaker 1>Dave just gona Petrow some money.

0:58:37.680 --> 0:58:42.560
<v Speaker 3>Oh my god, what play that again, Colin? No one

0:58:42.640 --> 0:58:44.400
<v Speaker 3>cares about your memories.

0:58:44.480 --> 0:58:46.240
<v Speaker 5>Dave just go to Petrow some money.

0:58:48.280 --> 0:58:51.600
<v Speaker 2>All right, all right, we're gonna do that right now. Man,

0:58:51.800 --> 0:58:56.680
<v Speaker 2>see vicious vicious Petro some money. Listeners, they they want

0:58:56.680 --> 0:59:00.360
<v Speaker 2>to hear twenty minutes of a frogman sound effect. They

0:59:00.360 --> 0:59:02.560
<v Speaker 2>want to hear dead guy, alive guy, I could tell

0:59:02.560 --> 0:59:05.120
<v Speaker 2>you whose birthday it was. That's alive and dead. If

0:59:05.120 --> 0:59:08.160
<v Speaker 2>you want, we can do that too here on Dodger Talk.

0:59:08.880 --> 0:59:09.320
<v Speaker 3>All right.

0:59:09.440 --> 0:59:13.480
<v Speaker 2>Tomorrow, the Dodgers and Nationals will hook up for the

0:59:13.560 --> 0:59:16.680
<v Speaker 2>second game of this three game series. Tyler Glass now

0:59:16.720 --> 0:59:19.040
<v Speaker 2>will be making his second start of the year. I

0:59:19.160 --> 0:59:22.840
<v Speaker 2>predict an All Star bid again for Tyler Glass Now.

0:59:22.880 --> 0:59:24.600
<v Speaker 3>This year he has looked fantastic.

0:59:24.960 --> 0:59:28.240
<v Speaker 2>He's going up against Jake Irvin of the Nationals, the

0:59:28.280 --> 0:59:29.520
<v Speaker 2>best they have to offer.

0:59:30.000 --> 0:59:31.000
<v Speaker 3>Marongo Casino.

0:59:31.120 --> 0:59:35.080
<v Speaker 2>Dodgers on Deck begins at I was giving you Eastern

0:59:35.120 --> 0:59:35.840
<v Speaker 2>Standard time.

0:59:35.920 --> 0:59:36.560
<v Speaker 3>Tomorrow.

0:59:36.920 --> 0:59:40.240
<v Speaker 2>The game, our coverage begins at noon Pacific time. It's

0:59:40.280 --> 0:59:43.520
<v Speaker 2>a three o'clock Marongo Casino, Dodgers on deck on the

0:59:43.520 --> 0:59:47.880
<v Speaker 2>East coast, first pitch in La one oh five between

0:59:47.920 --> 0:59:52.560
<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers and Nationals, and obviously everybody's anticipating the next

0:59:52.560 --> 0:59:55.560
<v Speaker 2>stop on this road trip. The Dodgers will be going

0:59:55.640 --> 0:59:59.040
<v Speaker 2>to Toronto, Canada, the site of where.

0:59:58.800 --> 1:00:00.800
<v Speaker 3>They won the World Series a year ago.

1:00:01.240 --> 1:00:05.160
<v Speaker 2>Everybody has had that series circled on their calendar since

1:00:05.200 --> 1:00:08.720
<v Speaker 2>the schedule came out. You know, sometimes players try to

1:00:08.760 --> 1:00:11.200
<v Speaker 2>play it cool and they say, you know what, we're

1:00:11.240 --> 1:00:13.400
<v Speaker 2>just worried about the Nationals right now, or we're not

1:00:13.520 --> 1:00:16.360
<v Speaker 2>looking ahead to that well, going back to the last

1:00:16.400 --> 1:00:21.720
<v Speaker 2>homestand every player is very aware of where this road

1:00:21.720 --> 1:00:24.560
<v Speaker 2>trip is taking them. It's taking them back to the

1:00:24.600 --> 1:00:28.400
<v Speaker 2>scene of where they won Game six to force a

1:00:28.480 --> 1:00:31.800
<v Speaker 2>Game seven and winning that thanks to Miguel Rojas and

1:00:31.880 --> 1:00:36.080
<v Speaker 2>Will Smith and Yoshi Yamamoto. That is going to be

1:00:36.280 --> 1:00:40.200
<v Speaker 2>a fun three game series in early April. You don't

1:00:40.200 --> 1:00:43.680
<v Speaker 2>get these type of series early in April unless you're

1:00:43.680 --> 1:00:47.040
<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers, and the schedule makers certainly knew what they

1:00:47.040 --> 1:00:50.840
<v Speaker 2>were doing scheduling the Dodgers and Blue Jays in the

1:00:50.880 --> 1:00:54.120
<v Speaker 2>first couple of weeks of the regular season. You want

1:00:54.160 --> 1:00:58.000
<v Speaker 2>to capitalize on the momentum of what many agree was

1:00:58.040 --> 1:01:00.400
<v Speaker 2>the best World Series they have ever seen, one of

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<v Speaker 2>the great World series they have ever witnessed in the

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<v Speaker 2>history of the game, and one of, if not the

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<v Speaker 2>greatest Game seven in any World series.

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<v Speaker 3>The only other Game seven that could rival the one that.

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<v Speaker 2>We saw last year was Game seven of the nineteen

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<v Speaker 2>ninety one World Series, where and when extra innings and

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<v Speaker 2>John Smoltz and Jack Morris were matching each other pitch

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<v Speaker 2>for pitch. But it didn't have the swings and the

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<v Speaker 2>plays that Game seven of last.

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<v Speaker 3>Year's World Series had.

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<v Speaker 2>So that's going to be fun, and certainly it's on

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<v Speaker 2>everybody's radar for the Dodgers and Blue Jays to hook

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<v Speaker 2>up starting Monday night in Canada. I'm curious to see

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<v Speaker 2>because Rick Monday has told us so many stories about how,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, he got put in a little extra room

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<v Speaker 2>when he went back to Montreal after his big home

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<v Speaker 2>run on Blue Monday in nineteen eighty one. How are

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<v Speaker 2>they going to treat Miguel Rojas and Will Smith and

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<v Speaker 2>Yamamoto as they go from Washington, DC to Toronto, Canada.

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<v Speaker 2>So that'll be that'll be a fun time. And you know, look,

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<v Speaker 2>it's the first week of April. It's not the World Series.

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<v Speaker 2>I think we all have to keep that perspective. But

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<v Speaker 2>it's gonna be fun, it's going to be electric, it's

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<v Speaker 2>going to be epic. A rematch of two teams that

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<v Speaker 2>gave us such a great World Series last year, this

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<v Speaker 2>early in the season, I am very lucky to be

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<v Speaker 2>on this trip with the Dodgers to go back there,

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<v Speaker 2>and looking forward to see what the crowd reaction is

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<v Speaker 2>there in Toronto.

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<v Speaker 3>If you're going to make the long.

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<v Speaker 2>Road trip with the Dodgers to go back to Toronto,

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<v Speaker 2>I would love to hear from you tomorrow when we

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<v Speaker 2>have postgame Dodger talks. So it's gonna be fun and

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<v Speaker 2>hopefully these bats stay hot going into Canada, because the

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<v Speaker 2>Dodgers certainly are going to face a very good Blue Jay.

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<v Speaker 2>I mentioned this during the opening day Dodger Talk and

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sticking with it. I don't see the Blue Jays

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<v Speaker 2>making it back to the World Series. I'm predicting a

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<v Speaker 2>rematch of the twenty twenty four World Series. I think

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<v Speaker 2>it's Dodgers Yankees again this year, and if it's not

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<v Speaker 2>Dodgers Yankees.

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<v Speaker 3>It could be Dodgers Mariners.

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<v Speaker 2>Remember the Mariners were one game away from going to

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<v Speaker 2>the World Series last year as well. So I don't

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<v Speaker 2>I don't feel like the Blue Jays have the pitching

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<v Speaker 2>this year. They're missing Bobashett as well and Trey Yah Savage,

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<v Speaker 2>who you know, really mowed down the Dodgers until Muncie's

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<v Speaker 2>Game seven home run off of him. He's actually hurt

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<v Speaker 2>right now, so the Dodgers won't see him just as

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<v Speaker 2>a preview what's what's to come. So I'm I'm pretty

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<v Speaker 2>confident that we may see Dodgers Yankees again and we'll

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<v Speaker 2>see how that goes down. But that also would be

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<v Speaker 2>great momentum again to see the Dodgers and Yankees in

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<v Speaker 2>the world say all right, there's a long way to

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<v Speaker 2>go before all that.

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<v Speaker 3>But we do got Dodgers.

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<v Speaker 2>Blue Jays starting Monday right here on A five seventy

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<v Speaker 2>LA Sports. And we have Dodgers Nationals tomorrow right here

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<v Speaker 2>on AM five seventy LA Sports. Like I mentioned, our

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<v Speaker 2>coverage begins at noon, first pitch at one five in

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<v Speaker 2>Game two of this three game series in our nation's capital.

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks to Dwayne McDonald hanging out late night here in Washington, DC.

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks to Colin Yee back at our Burbank Studios, and

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<v Speaker 2>thanks to you for listening. If you missed any of

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<v Speaker 2>the show or our pregame Karma interview with Kyle Tucker,

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<v Speaker 2>you can find it on the iHeart Radio app. Coming

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<v Speaker 2>up next, Petrose and Money. Do you think either one

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<v Speaker 2>of those guys A knows that it's Tim Kate's birthday?

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<v Speaker 3>And B if they do know, do you believe that

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<v Speaker 3>they got him a birthday gift?

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<v Speaker 2>I got the under on both Petros and Money is

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<v Speaker 2>next once again the final score from Nationals Park in.

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<v Speaker 3>Washington, DC.

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<v Speaker 2>The Dodgers defeat the Nationals in a big way thirteen

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<v Speaker 2>to six.

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<v Speaker 3>Have a great rest of your Friday.

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<v Speaker 2>Petros and Money is next, see them