WEBVTT - Dodger Talk (6-19-26) 

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

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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 2>Here we go again. We're Gay running back.

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<v Speaker 3>To get him on the show called eight six six,

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<v Speaker 3>nine eighty seven two five sevendy and be sure to

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

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<v Speaker 2>Day, Welcome the Dodger Talk. David Vase with you until

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<v Speaker 2>eleven thirty tonight here on AM five to seventy LA Sports.

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<v Speaker 2>After the Dodgers come from behind score three runs to

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<v Speaker 2>beat the Orioles six to five. We have phone lines

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<v Speaker 2>open at eight sixty six nine, eight seven two five seventy.

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<v Speaker 2>I still see those break lights in the parking lot,

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<v Speaker 2>so come on. I'll keep your company all the way

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<v Speaker 2>back home on Dodger Talk. After a very exciting win

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<v Speaker 2>for the Dodgers that made it a lot closer than

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<v Speaker 2>what it should have been. And by the way, coming

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<v Speaker 2>up at eleven fifteen, we are going to have an

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<v Speaker 2>extremely special guest on the show, the one and only

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<v Speaker 2>Johnny b Dusty Baker is going to join us on

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<v Speaker 2>Dodger Talk, so looking forward to that as well. Jose

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<v Speaker 2>Moda is going to join us in ten minutes, and

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<v Speaker 2>we have time for your phone calls at eight six

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<v Speaker 2>six nine eight seven two five seventy. Like I mentioned

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<v Speaker 2>during the Clubhouse show, the Dodgers really made this more

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<v Speaker 2>interesting than what it should have been. In the first

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<v Speaker 2>five innings, they left eight men on base. This game

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<v Speaker 2>should have been seven to nothing after the fourth inning.

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<v Speaker 2>Trey Gibson should never have even touched the fifth inning,

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<v Speaker 2>but the Dodgers let him off the hook several different times,

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<v Speaker 2>none bigger than in the third inning. As the Veterans

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<v Speaker 2>got on baby and loaded the bases for the rookies.

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<v Speaker 2>The seven eight nine hitters Ryan Ward, Dalton Rushing and

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<v Speaker 2>Alex Friedland and Trey Gibson proceeded to strike them out

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<v Speaker 2>in order and the Dodgers did not score a single run.

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<v Speaker 2>So that was frustrating. A frustrating night for Dalton Rushing

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<v Speaker 2>up until the ninth inning, struck out three times and

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<v Speaker 2>when he goes down two he swings at a pitch

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<v Speaker 2>down in the dirt. You're thinking, I hope he doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>let his emotions get the best of him here, because

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<v Speaker 2>at times he has. But you know, as Taoscar Hernandez

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<v Speaker 2>said to me earlier on this homestand about Andy Paez,

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<v Speaker 2>and why Andy Paez has been able to take his

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<v Speaker 2>game to this level to be the leading vote getter

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<v Speaker 2>among outfielders in the National League is because of maturity

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<v Speaker 2>and understanding what it takes to get through a major

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<v Speaker 2>league season, understanding at bat too, at back hitch to pitch,

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<v Speaker 2>the maturity and not letting your emotions get the best

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<v Speaker 2>of you. And Dalton Rushing took a huge step in

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<v Speaker 2>maturity tonight, regrouping, calling a time out, regrouping, being able

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<v Speaker 2>to compose himself. And you know, he even said to

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<v Speaker 2>us after the game, a ninety eight fastball was the

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<v Speaker 2>last pitch he thought Ryan Helsley was going to throw him.

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<v Speaker 2>He threw it and he was ready for it, ninety

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<v Speaker 2>eight on the inner half, and he didn't miss it.

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<v Speaker 2>And you gotta love his confidence because in the process

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<v Speaker 2>of that answer, he said, I bet I won't see

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<v Speaker 2>another fastball the rest of this series. So that's Dalton

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<v Speaker 2>Rushing as well. But that's what has allowed him to

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<v Speaker 2>get to the big leagues. He believes he is one

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<v Speaker 2>of the best, and you got to have that belief.

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<v Speaker 2>And nobody wanted that moment more than Dalton Rushing and

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<v Speaker 2>he got it, and his teammates were, you know, obviously

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<v Speaker 2>cheering him on from the dugout, and certainly everybody that

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<v Speaker 2>knows Dalton. I know people on the outside and the

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<v Speaker 2>internet and social media want to turn this guy into

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<v Speaker 2>some sort of villain. He couldn't be further from that.

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<v Speaker 2>He cares, He leaves everything out on the field. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>does he sometimes let his emotions get the best of him.

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<v Speaker 2>I think he did the first month of the season.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think he's done very much of that since.

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<v Speaker 2>I think he has shown a lot of maturity and

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<v Speaker 2>growth since the first few weeks of the regular season.

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<v Speaker 2>So I feel like, again, the social media, the Internet,

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<v Speaker 2>all that stuff sometimes tries to turn a narrative that

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<v Speaker 2>isn't really true. It's not that's more perception than it

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<v Speaker 2>is reality. So very happy for Dalton Rushing to have

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<v Speaker 2>that chance. But like I said, this game should have

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<v Speaker 2>been over before the fourth inning, and it wasn't. Also,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, another big game for Mookie Betts. Don't look now,

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<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers have the best record in ball and Mookie

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<v Speaker 2>Betts is barely starting to get hot and he's hitting

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<v Speaker 2>three point fifty seven in his last seven games. This

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<v Speaker 2>could have been his best offensive game since he hit

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<v Speaker 2>two home runs back on May twenty seventh. That's so

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<v Speaker 2>almost a month ago. Tonight, three hits, a double, and

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<v Speaker 2>he also hit a big home run in the ninth inning.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not so much about just a home run. It

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<v Speaker 2>was a big home run in the ninth inning to

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<v Speaker 2>cut the lead to one run and really give that

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<v Speaker 2>dugout some belief. When a guy like Mookie Betts is

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<v Speaker 2>doing that, that gives the rest of the dugout a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of confidence, especially after Freddie Freeman made the first

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<v Speaker 2>out of that ninth inning. And oh, by the way,

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<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers do all of this without sho Hao Tani,

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<v Speaker 2>who was not at the ballpark today because the Dodgers

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<v Speaker 2>announced he and his wife are expecting their second child

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<v Speaker 2>and he may or may not be in the lineup tomorrow,

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<v Speaker 2>but Dave Roberts said he'll be back, if not tomorrow

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<v Speaker 2>then Sundays. So congratulations to show Otani and his wife.

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<v Speaker 2>We all hope everything went well, but yeah, certainly a

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<v Speaker 2>big win without o'tani and a big win that almost

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<v Speaker 2>got away from the Dodgers. This would have been a

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<v Speaker 2>frustrating loss for the Dodgers because they should have won

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<v Speaker 2>this game going away early on, and the game was

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<v Speaker 2>finding those guys. It was finding Ryan Ward, it was

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<v Speaker 2>finding Dalton Rushing, it was finding Alex Freeland, and they couldn't.

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<v Speaker 2>They couldn't deliver in the big moments with runners on base.

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<v Speaker 2>But don't discount the run that Alex Freeland scored in

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<v Speaker 2>this game in the second inning, Dino ebol and aggressive

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<v Speaker 2>send on a base hit by Andy pie has and

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<v Speaker 2>Freeland had a great slide head first and really had

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<v Speaker 2>to maneuver himself to touch home plate. So that was

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<v Speaker 2>a big play, especially when you look back and it's

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<v Speaker 2>a one run victory. Plays like that early on decide

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<v Speaker 2>games late. So did Andy pie haz Is throw to

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<v Speaker 2>second base on the very first batter of the game,

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<v Speaker 2>Taylor Ward trying to stretch a single into a double,

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<v Speaker 2>Those type of things in a one run game. Loom

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

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<v Speaker 2>is the phone number the Dodgers beat the Orioles tonight

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<v Speaker 2>six to five. Tonight's game brought to you by Modello

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<v Speaker 2>Modello The Mark of a Fighter. Let's go out to

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<v Speaker 2>Tia Rachel from Pico Rivera lead us off on Dodger

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<v Speaker 2>Talk tonight. Hi, Tia Rachel, how are.

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<v Speaker 4>You, David? So nice to talk to you. I've been

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<v Speaker 4>listening to you for so many hours and so many days,

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<v Speaker 4>and it's a wonderful to have.

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<v Speaker 2>And you're not tired of me. You're not sick and

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<v Speaker 2>tired of me, Tia Rachel.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm tired of you, But I want to tell you.

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<v Speaker 4>My girlfriend and I listen to you, and we listen

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<v Speaker 4>and watch the games all the time. We get together,

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<v Speaker 4>and I'm gonna tell you we love our guy today, Rushing.

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<v Speaker 4>We are so proud of him. We watched him come

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<v Speaker 4>on board, and today he did it for us. We

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<v Speaker 4>are his fans. We are gonna watch him grow and

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<v Speaker 4>he is our favorite player right now. And we are

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<v Speaker 4>so happy that we were here watching the game and

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<v Speaker 4>listening to you, and we we haven't given up. We

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<v Speaker 4>never gave up on him, and today he proved us,

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<v Speaker 4>proved to be one of the best guys ever. We're

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<v Speaker 4>gonna be here the next time he does this.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, don't move, you guys, gotta stay right where

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<v Speaker 2>you are until Russian comes up tomorrow night.

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<v Speaker 5>Do not move, got it?

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<v Speaker 4>You got it? And Dave, we love watching listening to

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<v Speaker 4>you after the game. We're looking at the game and

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<v Speaker 4>we listen to you. Thank you, Picico Rivetta, I loved you,

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<v Speaker 4>and we love dayton By. Yes, yes, I love it.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you. I love Pico Rivera too. Thank you, Tia Rachel.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you to the crew out there. We love the passion.

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<v Speaker 2>Eight sixty six nine eight seven two five seventy and

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<v Speaker 2>they're gonna see Dalton rushing in there again. Uh the

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<v Speaker 2>rest of the weekend because Will Smith got a quarter

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<v Speaker 2>zone injection and is not going to be available or

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<v Speaker 2>activated this weekend. So uh, there's even some doubt that

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<v Speaker 2>Will Smith will travel with the team when they leave

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<v Speaker 2>for Minnesota after the game. Maybe he just joins the

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<v Speaker 2>team when they arrive in San Diego for a three

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<v Speaker 2>game series on Friday. Let's go out to Angelo from Lancaster.

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<v Speaker 2>You're on Dodger Talk. How you doing Angelo?

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<v Speaker 6>Hey, dB, how you doing tonight?

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<v Speaker 2>I'm doing good. I'm excited to talk to one of

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<v Speaker 2>my favorite players. Dusty Baker later in the show, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>excited to see Dalton Rushing get a well deserved moment

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<v Speaker 2>that he was able to control. So I'm feeling great

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<v Speaker 2>on this Friday.

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<v Speaker 6>Yes, what a great grinding win tonight it was.

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<v Speaker 2>And like I said before, you know, even when the

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<v Speaker 2>Dodgers lose a game like tonight, I feel like, and

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<v Speaker 2>this is not arrogant, this is not being a homer,

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<v Speaker 2>but I feel like the other team just survives the Dodgers.

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<v Speaker 2>And Ryan Helsley and the Orioles could not survive the

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<v Speaker 2>Dodgers in the ninth inning. The game was a little

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<v Speaker 2>too long for them tonight.

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<v Speaker 7>We don't quit.

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<v Speaker 6>We don't quit, and that's why they're.

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<v Speaker 2>Back to back champions. They never quit in that game

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<v Speaker 2>in Toronto after Bob Bashett hit that three run home run.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, Max Munsey has explained this to me many

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<v Speaker 2>times before. Miguel Rojas has explained this to me many

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<v Speaker 2>times before. Freddie Freeman has explained this to me many

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<v Speaker 2>times before. All Right, we're down, but we're not out.

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<v Speaker 2>Pick yourself up and stay in the moment and go

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<v Speaker 2>pitch to pitch at back to a bat. Even in

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<v Speaker 2>a game in June, So thank you for the phone call. Angelo.

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<v Speaker 2>The Dodgers certainly don't give up. And for all of

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<v Speaker 2>you that think they're just coasting to October, tonight's a

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<v Speaker 2>great example of how they are not coasting to October.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't have baseball's best record with basically so many

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<v Speaker 2>injuries on and off the first half of the year,

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<v Speaker 2>and have forty nine wins in a nine and a

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<v Speaker 2>half game lead in the NLST. It takes contributions from

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<v Speaker 2>Alex call who was pinched running for Max Munsey. Monsey

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<v Speaker 2>had a great at bat to get on base call,

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<v Speaker 2>great base runner, was able to score the tying run.

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<v Speaker 2>And then you have Ryan Ward, who's getting his first

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<v Speaker 2>taste a big league action, had a very good at

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<v Speaker 2>bat to keep the line moving for Dalton Rushing. Let's

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<v Speaker 2>go out to Lars, who is at the ballpark. Lars,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to trust that you stayed until Dalton Rushing

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<v Speaker 2>delivered the win.

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<v Speaker 6>I did, and I have proof on my phone of it.

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<v Speaker 6>I got an incredible video and you'll hear the the

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<v Speaker 6>second it came off the bat, I knew we were

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<v Speaker 6>scoring at least one there, and then as as Teo

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<v Speaker 6>was dumping the water on him. My phone died and

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<v Speaker 6>I thought, oh no, I've lost the video. But I

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<v Speaker 6>got back to my car and recharged and it's still

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<v Speaker 6>on there. So thankfully that saves. I can show it

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<v Speaker 6>to my five year old in the morning. He will

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<v Speaker 6>be thrilled.

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<v Speaker 2>I love that. I love that. Lars. What did you

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<v Speaker 2>think after the Dodgers were down? Did you feel like

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<v Speaker 2>they should have been up like I did about seven

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<v Speaker 2>runs after the fourth inning.

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<v Speaker 6>Absolutely, yeah, I wanted to give Roki a shout out.

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<v Speaker 6>He faced the minimum into the fifth. He had two

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<v Speaker 6>outs in the fifth and it faced the minimum and

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<v Speaker 6>then gave up a walk and then got out of that.

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<v Speaker 6>So it's frustrated that he lost it. But on the

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<v Speaker 6>offensive side, yeah, I feel like we get lulled to sleep.

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<v Speaker 6>Sometimes we had runs to the first two innings, load

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<v Speaker 6>the bases with no outs and have three consecutive strikeouts

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<v Speaker 6>swinging and that's just the case. We have to make contact,

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<v Speaker 6>hit a fly ball, score at least one and usually

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<v Speaker 6>get a crooked number that inning. And also you talked

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<v Speaker 6>about Dalton Russian. Couldn't agree with you more. What a

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<v Speaker 6>class act we've been to spring training the last four years.

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<v Speaker 6>But the last two we had a real nice chance

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<v Speaker 6>to talk to him. He signed a baseball for my son.

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<v Speaker 6>The last two years really wonderful with the fans and

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<v Speaker 6>the kids especially.

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<v Speaker 1>He's a mooky.

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<v Speaker 2>He's got a big heart. He's got a big heart.

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<v Speaker 2>He wears his emotions on his sleeve. Sometimes it gets

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<v Speaker 2>the better of him. But he's a great guy. And

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<v Speaker 2>you know, not everybody's going to be cookie cutter, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>just very stoic. Some guys are going to be emotional.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know if he can live that way the

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<v Speaker 2>whole year, but we'll find out together. But yeah, and

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<v Speaker 2>Mookie Betts, do not count this guy out. That would

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<v Speaker 2>be a mistake.

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<v Speaker 6>And how great was his whole family. There was great

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<v Speaker 6>to see his son thrown out the first pitch and

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<v Speaker 6>the whole family dancing before the game, and for him

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<v Speaker 6>to come up big like that three for five and

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<v Speaker 6>that monster home run just when we needed it. Really

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<v Speaker 6>proud of him and the whole Dodgers for saying it out.

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<v Speaker 6>Let's make sure the fans state of the end two

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<v Speaker 6>and keep seeing these wins. It was just incredible and

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<v Speaker 6>shot up right, Laars.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm glad you were able to hang out and stay

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<v Speaker 2>the rest of the night and show that video to

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<v Speaker 2>your five year old tomorrow. Thanks a lot for calling in.

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

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<v Speaker 2>the phone number. Dodgers beat the Orioles tonight, scoring three

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<v Speaker 2>runs in the ninth inning, six to five the final score.

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<v Speaker 2>And you could celebrate this win tomorrow in Downy because

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to be with manager Dave Roberts from eleven

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<v Speaker 2>thirty to twelve thirty at Downy Hunday, seventy five point

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<v Speaker 2>fifty Firestone Boulevard in Downy. Dave is going to do

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<v Speaker 2>meet and greet, kiss babies, take photos, shake your hand,

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<v Speaker 2>hang out from eleven thirty to twelve thirty. Come on

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<v Speaker 2>out celebrate the three time World Series winning manager Dave

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<v Speaker 2>Roberts tomorrow from eleven thirty to twelve thirty out there

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<v Speaker 2>at Downy Hunday. We're gonna have prizes, We're gonna have tickets,

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<v Speaker 2>We're gonna do a Q and a so a lot

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<v Speaker 2>going on. The party is in Downy tomorrow at Downey Hyundai.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, let's check in with Jose Moda.

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<v Speaker 1>It's tough to go around the horn with Jose Mota.

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<v Speaker 2>Jose Mota, I don't know if you feel the same

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<v Speaker 2>way that me and a few other fans do, but

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<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers should have been blowing the Orioles out by

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<v Speaker 2>the fifth inning. Did you feel that way.

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<v Speaker 5>Too, Well, there's no doubt, David, when you look at

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<v Speaker 5>the numbers that mister Gibson brought and the amount of wants,

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<v Speaker 5>the low amount of strike as you go, well, this

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<v Speaker 5>game should be quite open by a midgame. But it

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<v Speaker 5>tells you about baseball and the joss he made. Yes,

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<v Speaker 5>bases loaded, the young players come up, he says, you

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<v Speaker 5>know what, no more Fastibal. So I'm seeing reactions out

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<v Speaker 5>the break the ball, and he went out there and

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<v Speaker 5>got the job done. But yes, I definitely feel like

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<v Speaker 5>it would have been a more open game. But you know,

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<v Speaker 5>baseball has a way of showing you, Dave, it's not easy.

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<v Speaker 5>Nothing is subscripted. You gotta fight for everything. Those guys

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<v Speaker 5>work hard every single day because they're different. Results come

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<v Speaker 5>in different ways and wins. But I'm so glad things

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<v Speaker 5>happened the way they did.

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<v Speaker 2>In the sixth inning. With all that being said, Osaiah,

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<v Speaker 2>I felt like when you let a team like the

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<v Speaker 2>Orioles hang around when you could have put them away.

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<v Speaker 2>It gets dangerous. A runner gets on a hit, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>a bleeder like we saw in the sixth inning, all

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<v Speaker 2>of a sudden, bang a two run home run and

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<v Speaker 2>then bang a game tying home run by a guy

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<v Speaker 2>that hits a lot of them. And Pete Alonzo, I

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<v Speaker 2>didn't I wouldn't say I put it all on Rokie,

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<v Speaker 2>but I just felt like the Dodgers left the door

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<v Speaker 2>open for something like that to happen.

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<v Speaker 5>You're right, and I think I'm going to put it

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<v Speaker 5>more on Rokie. I think for the next step for him,

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<v Speaker 5>it's gonna have to be that when the lineup turns around,

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<v Speaker 5>you got to be able to get away sometimes just

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<v Speaker 5>from a plan of pitching and just pitch reactively to

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<v Speaker 5>what you're seeing from them. He missed a couple of spots.

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<v Speaker 5>He missus Ladder and On Henderson, missus faustball. And I'm

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<v Speaker 5>Pete a lonzo who's legs over seven hundred beauticle field

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<v Speaker 5>down your stadium. But I think there's more to Rookie

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<v Speaker 5>to be able to have him respect this fastibal a

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<v Speaker 5>little bit more. Dave, I've not seen that all the time.

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<v Speaker 5>He has to be able to push guys up to

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<v Speaker 5>play occasionally because he wants any needs to implement more

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<v Speaker 5>of the secondary and his third pitch in the fourth

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<v Speaker 5>pitch as a game progressive because now they've seen you

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<v Speaker 5>a couple of times, but as part of the growing process.

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<v Speaker 5>I don't want to jump the gun here, but certainly

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<v Speaker 5>there's way more in that tank to know that he

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<v Speaker 5>could have done a better job thrown up another zero

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<v Speaker 5>officially after two hours. You gotta have the killer instinct

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<v Speaker 5>to put guys away and say you're not scoring anymore,

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<v Speaker 5>and don't be looking at the bullpen either.

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<v Speaker 2>Jose Mode is joining us after the Dodgers come from

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<v Speaker 2>behind to beat the Orioles six to five. How about

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<v Speaker 2>that ninth inning, Jose, we're bearing the lead here, Dalton rushing,

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<v Speaker 2>Max Muncie, Ryan Ward, Mookie Betts. That was a pretty

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<v Speaker 2>good rally the Dodgers put together against Helsley.

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<v Speaker 5>Plan against Helsey. They know him from the Cardinals' days.

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<v Speaker 5>He struggled binily after he got traded to the Mets,

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<v Speaker 5>and Dave what I wanted to say he was and

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<v Speaker 5>I kept saying there in the broadcast, what have they

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<v Speaker 5>learned from what they did earlier? They're getting themselves out.

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<v Speaker 5>Ask Dusty Baker about this, I mean getting himself out.

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<v Speaker 5>How many times did I hear them from Dusty? Like,

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<v Speaker 5>allow the guy to control the zone, but you control

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<v Speaker 5>what you want to hit, so you gonna always find

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<v Speaker 5>something to to hit, find a way to put the

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<v Speaker 5>best swing together. Sometimes try a little bit less. And

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<v Speaker 5>I am so glad that a mispitch, by the way,

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<v Speaker 5>mislocation where Basadi was heading up outside, he missed it inside.

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<v Speaker 5>But the quick bat by rushing just zoning in down

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<v Speaker 5>on the zone, not getting beat upstairs like he did

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<v Speaker 5>the at that before, allows them to go out there

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<v Speaker 5>and get the best one in that baseball for them

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<v Speaker 5>to win the ball game. It's good adjustments al throughout.

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<v Speaker 5>Napoleon Warren Ward.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, Hey, speaking of Besiah, what did you think about

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<v Speaker 2>the throw from right field? Cal already had tied the score,

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<v Speaker 2>but it felt like Basia was trying to catch it

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<v Speaker 2>on a short hob Did you feel like he gave

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<v Speaker 2>up on it? Do you feel like he should have

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<v Speaker 2>been able to stop that ball before it went into

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<v Speaker 2>the camera.

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<v Speaker 5>Well, you have to stop that ball somehow, And I

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<v Speaker 5>don't know if Mandy you got lost in the scoring

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<v Speaker 5>think that the game was over then, But you've got

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<v Speaker 5>to be able to just do a better job in

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<v Speaker 5>correcting that, because obviously guys are busting. They put in

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<v Speaker 5>Tyler O'Neill a goal glover and right field for a reason.

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<v Speaker 5>Not the best of throws when it comes down to

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<v Speaker 5>just the distance of the hop. But you've got to

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<v Speaker 5>be able to just throw your body in front of

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<v Speaker 5>that to say nobody else is going to score here.

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<v Speaker 5>But that's what good teams do against teams like the Orioles,

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<v Speaker 5>all the pressure they feel that need to beat this team.

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<v Speaker 5>Sometimes you overplay it, you overtry, and things like these

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<v Speaker 5>do happen a little bit more. But for the young

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<v Speaker 5>team though, mistakes and mistakes, the mental ones cost way more.

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<v Speaker 5>The physical ones add update. But overall this all comes

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<v Speaker 5>from who you're playing against, because the other team is

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<v Speaker 5>allowing you and not allowing you at the same time.

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<v Speaker 5>You got to earn every single lot against the Dodgers.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, Jose, thanks for checking in, Looking forward to

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<v Speaker 2>seeing you back out here tomorrow, and one of your favorites,

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<v Speaker 2>Dusty Baker, is going to join us on the other side.

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<v Speaker 5>I can't wait here From Johnny b man, go get him.

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks, Jse, We'll see you out here tomorrow. There he

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<v Speaker 2>goes Jose Mota, part of the Dodgers Spanish radio broadcast.

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<v Speaker 2>On the call for that exciting ninth inning as the

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<v Speaker 2>Dodgers come from behind to beat the Orioles six to five,

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<v Speaker 2>and when we continue on Dodger Talk, a man that

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<v Speaker 2>knows a lot about walk off wins, come from behind

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<v Speaker 2>victories and dramatic, dramatic moments. The one and only Dusty

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<v Speaker 2>Baker is going to join us next on Dodger Talk

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<v Speaker 2>after the Dodgers beat the Orioles six to five on

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<v Speaker 2>five seventy LA Sports.

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<v Speaker 3>Dodger Talk is available on AM five seventy LA sports

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<v Speaker 3>dot com, hand on the iHeartRadio app. Back to more

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<v Speaker 3>Dodger Talk with Dodger insider David Basse.

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<v Speaker 2>Now two hit Hi drive the left of Dad back

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<v Speaker 2>to the wall. This one is gone home run Monkey

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<v Speaker 2>bets home run number eight and that touched the.

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<v Speaker 1>Lead to one run.

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<v Speaker 2>It's five to four. Don't go away. They may not

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<v Speaker 2>be through yet.

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<v Speaker 7>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Rick Monday has seen some of those type of come

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<v Speaker 2>from behind victories many times in his playing career and

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<v Speaker 2>broadcasting career. And he was right. The Dodgers scored two

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<v Speaker 2>more runs and beat the Orioles tonight six to five.

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<v Speaker 2>The Dodgers will come back tomorrow with Yamamoto on the

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<v Speaker 2>mound and certainly a very exciting win for the Dodgers

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<v Speaker 2>thanks to Dalton Rushing's big hit in the ninth inning

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<v Speaker 2>to score two as the Dodgers walk it off against

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<v Speaker 2>the Orioles and Mookie Betts a big night for him

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<v Speaker 2>as well, three hits, including that home run with one

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<v Speaker 2>out in the ninth inning to get the rally going.

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<v Speaker 2>Jewelers Own the Dream. There's certain people in the world

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<v Speaker 2>Even if you meet them for a minute, they make

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<v Speaker 2>you feel like you've known them for a lifetime. And

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<v Speaker 2>that's certainly the case with our next guest, and he

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<v Speaker 2>is I mean, I could go through his whole baseball

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<v Speaker 2>resume here but I'm just gonna get it really quick.

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<v Speaker 2>He's won of nineteen people to win a World Series

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<v Speaker 2>as a player and a manager. He was part of

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<v Speaker 2>the first quarteta teammates to hit thirty home runs. You know.

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<v Speaker 2>That was with the Dodgers in nineteen seventy seven. He

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<v Speaker 2>was on deck when Hank Aaron hit his seven hundred

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<v Speaker 2>and fifteenth home run. He was standing out there in

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<v Speaker 2>left field for eight years at Dodger stating with bubblegum

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<v Speaker 2>at his feet because fans loved him so much they

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<v Speaker 2>were throwing him bubblegum. And how about this In the

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<v Speaker 2>day and age where it's acceptable to strike out two

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<v Speaker 2>hundred times, this guy not only never struck out one

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<v Speaker 2>hundred times in the season, he never struck out ninety

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<v Speaker 2>times in a season. And oh, by the way, one

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<v Speaker 2>two and eighty three games, managed over four thousand games,

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<v Speaker 2>and was three time manager of the Year. And he

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<v Speaker 2>was my favorite Dodger growing up. And that is the

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<v Speaker 2>one and only Johnny b Dusty Baker, who's got a

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<v Speaker 2>brand new book out. It's out there now you can

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<v Speaker 2>buy to Barnes and Noble Amazon. It's titled Crossroads, a

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<v Speaker 2>Memoir in Baseball and life and what a life Dusty

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<v Speaker 2>Baker is sharing with us. Dusty, awesome to have you

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<v Speaker 2>on the show and you mean so much to me,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's it's such a great read to just read

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<v Speaker 2>your life and what made you the person that you are.

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<v Speaker 2>So thank you for coming on.

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<v Speaker 7>Man, no problem, Man, I didn't. I didn't have any idea,

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<v Speaker 7>you know, some of the effects that I would have

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<v Speaker 7>on people, because people have come up to me and

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<v Speaker 7>they say, Man, that was that was good for you

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<v Speaker 7>to say that, to say this and going down to

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<v Speaker 7>go feed the homeless after reading what you said, or

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<v Speaker 7>I'm going to donate some money over to the church

0:24:05.640 --> 0:24:09.240
<v Speaker 7>or something. And I was like, Man, I didn't write

0:24:09.240 --> 0:24:11.000
<v Speaker 7>it for that purpose. I wrote it, you know, to

0:24:11.040 --> 0:24:14.080
<v Speaker 7>make let people know that I was human and that

0:24:14.160 --> 0:24:16.880
<v Speaker 7>I had been through some of the same things that they,

0:24:17.520 --> 0:24:19.440
<v Speaker 7>you know, had been through. And some of the younger

0:24:19.480 --> 0:24:22.120
<v Speaker 7>people are going to go through what I've been through,

0:24:22.240 --> 0:24:26.560
<v Speaker 7>and you know, maybe it might help them help them

0:24:26.600 --> 0:24:27.440
<v Speaker 7>handle things.

0:24:28.119 --> 0:24:30.679
<v Speaker 2>Dusty. I was wondering some of the personal things that

0:24:30.720 --> 0:24:33.920
<v Speaker 2>you wrote about the death of your father, going back

0:24:33.960 --> 0:24:38.280
<v Speaker 2>to Africa and seeing the castle where slaves were put in,

0:24:38.560 --> 0:24:42.080
<v Speaker 2>and just the emotions that you shared. Was it difficult

0:24:42.160 --> 0:24:44.679
<v Speaker 2>to rehash some of those old memories and feelings.

0:24:45.240 --> 0:24:48.320
<v Speaker 7>That's a good question, you know, sometime it was. I

0:24:48.359 --> 0:24:51.040
<v Speaker 7>mean it was easy when you're writing about the good times,

0:24:51.280 --> 0:24:53.119
<v Speaker 7>but you know when you have to go back and

0:24:53.160 --> 0:24:56.600
<v Speaker 7>then rekindle and bring back the you know, those emotions

0:24:56.640 --> 0:24:59.520
<v Speaker 7>that you know you had suppressed over so many years.

0:25:00.080 --> 0:25:02.239
<v Speaker 7>And yeah, I mean that was the toughest part of it,

0:25:02.280 --> 0:25:05.199
<v Speaker 7>other than reading the same things over and over and

0:25:05.240 --> 0:25:08.120
<v Speaker 7>over and make sure you got it right. But yeah, exactly,

0:25:08.160 --> 0:25:11.359
<v Speaker 7>that was the hardest part, you know, of writing this was,

0:25:11.480 --> 0:25:13.919
<v Speaker 7>like I said, you know, going back, because there were

0:25:14.000 --> 0:25:15.560
<v Speaker 7>times I'd like wake up in the middle of the

0:25:15.640 --> 0:25:17.360
<v Speaker 7>night and I'm like, man, did I you know, why

0:25:17.400 --> 0:25:19.280
<v Speaker 7>did I say that? Or did I say that right?

0:25:19.359 --> 0:25:21.639
<v Speaker 7>And I said, no reason, I said it because it

0:25:21.720 --> 0:25:25.200
<v Speaker 7>was true. So, like I said, a lot of people

0:25:25.320 --> 0:25:27.280
<v Speaker 7>going through, you know, a lot of things in this

0:25:27.359 --> 0:25:29.800
<v Speaker 7>world and hopefully, you know, hopefully I can help them out.

0:25:29.800 --> 0:25:33.119
<v Speaker 2>So I love that you wrote that you can't just

0:25:33.200 --> 0:25:37.000
<v Speaker 2>ignore history because then history will repeat itself. Being a

0:25:37.000 --> 0:25:40.840
<v Speaker 2>Cali kid and being drafted by the Braves and having

0:25:40.880 --> 0:25:43.560
<v Speaker 2>to go into the Deep South and play for the Braves.

0:25:44.240 --> 0:25:47.000
<v Speaker 2>How did it feel to rehash those memories and the

0:25:47.040 --> 0:25:49.440
<v Speaker 2>adversity that you and some of your black teammates had

0:25:49.440 --> 0:25:51.320
<v Speaker 2>to go through, including the great Hank Aaron.

0:25:52.080 --> 0:25:54.639
<v Speaker 7>Well, you know something, it wasn't all bad, you know,

0:25:54.920 --> 0:25:59.200
<v Speaker 7>I mean, you know, some of it wasn't very pleasant.

0:25:59.200 --> 0:26:04.439
<v Speaker 7>Some of us actually horrible, but real you know, a

0:26:04.480 --> 0:26:08.320
<v Speaker 7>person realizes and then they adapt to the environment and

0:26:08.320 --> 0:26:10.760
<v Speaker 7>where you are at that point in time, and so

0:26:11.800 --> 0:26:13.359
<v Speaker 7>you know, there's not a whole bunch I could have

0:26:13.400 --> 0:26:15.840
<v Speaker 7>done about, you know, the places that I couldn't go

0:26:15.960 --> 0:26:18.639
<v Speaker 7>in or whatever. So I just made the most of

0:26:18.680 --> 0:26:21.119
<v Speaker 7>going to mostly the black places or places where I

0:26:21.280 --> 0:26:25.399
<v Speaker 7>was accepted, and I made it fun and it helped

0:26:25.520 --> 0:26:28.600
<v Speaker 7>that I had, uh, you know, a couple of players

0:26:28.640 --> 0:26:29.400
<v Speaker 7>on the team that.

0:26:29.359 --> 0:26:32.359
<v Speaker 8>Were older, well, everybody was older almost every team I

0:26:32.440 --> 0:26:34.480
<v Speaker 8>was on. I was called a kid from the very

0:26:34.560 --> 0:26:39.040
<v Speaker 8>very beginning. But to have Hank Aaron, Ralph Guard and

0:26:39.200 --> 0:26:42.239
<v Speaker 8>especially you know Cido Gaston, who was a little bit

0:26:42.280 --> 0:26:45.239
<v Speaker 8>older than Ralph and myself, you know, to help us

0:26:45.280 --> 0:26:46.280
<v Speaker 8>do these things, you know.

0:26:46.280 --> 0:26:48.320
<v Speaker 7>To tell us where to go or where not to go,

0:26:48.560 --> 0:26:51.399
<v Speaker 7>or which part of town to go in white or black,

0:26:52.280 --> 0:26:55.520
<v Speaker 7>because sometimes you know, you'd go to this part of

0:26:55.560 --> 0:26:58.119
<v Speaker 7>town and they could tell you weren't from there, or

0:26:58.240 --> 0:26:59.679
<v Speaker 7>you go over in the other part of town, they

0:27:00.200 --> 0:27:03.119
<v Speaker 7>definitely that you're out from there. And so, you know,

0:27:03.119 --> 0:27:05.439
<v Speaker 7>it helped a lot to not only have players on

0:27:05.440 --> 0:27:09.120
<v Speaker 7>your team that helped you, but also guys on other teams,

0:27:09.240 --> 0:27:12.000
<v Speaker 7>you know, because we'd go to like Saulisbury, North Carolina.

0:27:12.080 --> 0:27:17.399
<v Speaker 7>We'd go to you know, people go to green Greenville,

0:27:17.480 --> 0:27:20.560
<v Speaker 7>North uh, South Carolina, and the guys on the team

0:27:20.600 --> 0:27:22.280
<v Speaker 7>would take us out and tell us where to go

0:27:22.320 --> 0:27:25.080
<v Speaker 7>to and and we do the same, you know when

0:27:25.080 --> 0:27:26.639
<v Speaker 7>they came to visit us in our town.

0:27:27.680 --> 0:27:29.880
<v Speaker 2>That's the voice of Johnny b one of the coolest

0:27:29.960 --> 0:27:33.080
<v Speaker 2>dudes you'll ever meet. He's got a great new book

0:27:33.119 --> 0:27:37.000
<v Speaker 2>out about his incredible life in baseball and Beyond Crossroads

0:27:37.119 --> 0:27:40.880
<v Speaker 2>is the title. It's available right now. And Dusty, how

0:27:40.960 --> 0:27:43.480
<v Speaker 2>much did playing for the Dodgers open up some of

0:27:43.520 --> 0:27:46.840
<v Speaker 2>the doors to some of the incredible heads of state, musicians,

0:27:46.920 --> 0:27:49.760
<v Speaker 2>actors that you had became friends with?

0:27:50.200 --> 0:27:52.240
<v Speaker 7>Well, you know, when I played with Atlanta, you know,

0:27:52.240 --> 0:27:54.119
<v Speaker 7>that's when I really met you know, most of the

0:27:54.160 --> 0:27:57.960
<v Speaker 7>heads of states, and you know, I'm I met most

0:27:57.960 --> 0:28:00.320
<v Speaker 7>of the black leaders because Hank Aaron was you know,

0:28:00.440 --> 0:28:02.240
<v Speaker 7>was going for the record, so a lot of people

0:28:02.280 --> 0:28:05.600
<v Speaker 7>wanted Hank around or they were coming around in Atlanta.

0:28:05.760 --> 0:28:09.399
<v Speaker 7>You know, there was Maynard Jackson, There's Andrew Andrew Young,

0:28:09.520 --> 0:28:14.560
<v Speaker 7>there was Jimmy Carter, let me see Ted Abernathy and

0:28:14.720 --> 0:28:16.960
<v Speaker 7>just many many more, you know, and a lot of

0:28:17.080 --> 0:28:21.080
<v Speaker 7>entertainers in the South especially, you know, Gladys Knight and

0:28:21.160 --> 0:28:23.840
<v Speaker 7>James Brown and all these people were coming around to

0:28:23.840 --> 0:28:25.600
<v Speaker 7>see Hank, and I happened to be there. Then when

0:28:25.600 --> 0:28:28.600
<v Speaker 7>I got to La then you saw a different side

0:28:28.640 --> 0:28:33.800
<v Speaker 7>of entertainment. You know. You saw at that time, you

0:28:33.840 --> 0:28:38.800
<v Speaker 7>saw Hollywood, you saw singers and dancers, and uh, you know,

0:28:39.160 --> 0:28:41.640
<v Speaker 7>I had a good life. And you know one of

0:28:41.680 --> 0:28:43.800
<v Speaker 7>the prime stories that I had is when I used

0:28:43.840 --> 0:28:49.200
<v Speaker 7>to go to the barbershop, the same barbershops some of

0:28:49.200 --> 0:28:52.280
<v Speaker 7>the guys like the Gap band, you know, like he

0:28:52.400 --> 0:28:56.600
<v Speaker 7>used to go there and Miles Davis, you know, used

0:28:56.640 --> 0:28:59.520
<v Speaker 7>to go to this barbershop and that was my dad's favorite.

0:28:59.800 --> 0:29:02.480
<v Speaker 7>And I didn't really understand that music when I was young.

0:29:02.560 --> 0:29:04.760
<v Speaker 7>With the older I got, I was like, man, you know,

0:29:04.880 --> 0:29:10.000
<v Speaker 7>now I see why it's attracted his music to my dad,

0:29:10.480 --> 0:29:13.240
<v Speaker 7>and so like at the time, you don't really think

0:29:13.280 --> 0:29:16.360
<v Speaker 7>about that. You know, you don't think about if you're

0:29:16.400 --> 0:29:18.440
<v Speaker 7>a star, because you know, when you're talking to these

0:29:18.480 --> 0:29:21.360
<v Speaker 7>other stars and you realize that they're people just like

0:29:21.480 --> 0:29:24.239
<v Speaker 7>you are, you know, like I came up with some

0:29:24.240 --> 0:29:27.720
<v Speaker 7>good friends out of that, you know, like Ronnie Laws,

0:29:28.680 --> 0:29:31.760
<v Speaker 7>Craig P. Cooper. I mean, these guys I'm still in contact,

0:29:32.240 --> 0:29:36.120
<v Speaker 7>you know with now, and so you realize that they

0:29:36.240 --> 0:29:39.800
<v Speaker 7>need genuine people, just like you need genuine people to

0:29:39.840 --> 0:29:40.400
<v Speaker 7>surround you.

0:29:41.400 --> 0:29:44.000
<v Speaker 2>I mean people now. I mean, these Dodgers are very

0:29:44.040 --> 0:29:47.640
<v Speaker 2>popular in LA, but growing up in LA, my whole life,

0:29:47.680 --> 0:29:50.920
<v Speaker 2>you guys were rock stars. But you're a great person

0:29:50.960 --> 0:29:54.400
<v Speaker 2>to ask this because, like we mentioned, like you've wrote about,

0:29:54.560 --> 0:29:56.840
<v Speaker 2>I mean, you've you've met a lot of great people,

0:29:56.880 --> 0:30:00.240
<v Speaker 2>but kept your feet grounded. How How did you not

0:30:00.440 --> 0:30:03.680
<v Speaker 2>allow LA to swallow you up? And you still remain

0:30:03.800 --> 0:30:07.480
<v Speaker 2>focused that baseball was number one and if you didn't

0:30:07.520 --> 0:30:12.440
<v Speaker 2>perform in baseball, nobody would would care about this other stuff.

0:30:13.480 --> 0:30:16.160
<v Speaker 7>I Mean LA was tough, you know, because it's hard

0:30:16.240 --> 0:30:18.160
<v Speaker 7>not to get swallowed up. I mean there was a

0:30:18.240 --> 0:30:22.000
<v Speaker 7>time when I was becoming on that road to get

0:30:22.040 --> 0:30:25.160
<v Speaker 7>swallowed up. And you know, the thing about it is

0:30:25.200 --> 0:30:28.560
<v Speaker 7>you just have to maintain your your you know, beliefs

0:30:28.920 --> 0:30:32.120
<v Speaker 7>and think about how you were raised and especially when

0:30:32.120 --> 0:30:35.120
<v Speaker 7>you're raised in the church, and you know this is

0:30:35.160 --> 0:30:38.560
<v Speaker 7>all temporary. Because the one thing about LA New York Chicago,

0:30:39.240 --> 0:30:44.120
<v Speaker 7>I mean it's it's temporary, you know, for the time

0:30:44.120 --> 0:30:46.440
<v Speaker 7>that you're there. I mean, you know there's people that

0:30:46.520 --> 0:30:48.800
<v Speaker 7>still remember you to this or that, but there's always

0:30:48.840 --> 0:30:53.760
<v Speaker 7>new stars coming out, like almost every day. And it

0:30:53.840 --> 0:30:55.760
<v Speaker 7>was great for me to play in LA because I

0:30:55.800 --> 0:30:59.120
<v Speaker 7>felt like I was born in my career in Atlanta,

0:30:59.160 --> 0:31:01.440
<v Speaker 7>but I turned to man in my career in LA.

0:31:01.560 --> 0:31:04.680
<v Speaker 7>And the fact that we won, and also the fact

0:31:04.720 --> 0:31:07.840
<v Speaker 7>that I grew up a Dodger fan, you know, liking

0:31:07.880 --> 0:31:10.280
<v Speaker 7>Tommy Davis. He was my hero. That's why I wear

0:31:10.400 --> 0:31:13.960
<v Speaker 7>number twelve, and so, you know, because of Tommy Davis.

0:31:14.000 --> 0:31:17.440
<v Speaker 7>And so you know, we all need heroes. And you

0:31:17.520 --> 0:31:21.040
<v Speaker 7>hope that your hero is a Greek citizen and then

0:31:21.280 --> 0:31:22.440
<v Speaker 7>leaves you in the right direction.

0:31:23.200 --> 0:31:26.880
<v Speaker 2>Well, my hero is and that's Dusty Baker. Not they

0:31:26.880 --> 0:31:28.880
<v Speaker 2>say you don't want to meet your heroes, but meeting

0:31:29.000 --> 0:31:32.840
<v Speaker 2>Dusty Baker it's everything that it sounds like. And along

0:31:32.880 --> 0:31:36.000
<v Speaker 2>those same lines, Dusty, I heard so many stories about

0:31:36.000 --> 0:31:39.320
<v Speaker 2>how Tommy Lasorda would bring in you know, Captain Intnil

0:31:39.440 --> 0:31:42.880
<v Speaker 2>Sinatra through your clubhouse, Don Rickles, what was that like.

0:31:43.440 --> 0:31:46.560
<v Speaker 7>Well, hey, that's Tommy. I mean Tommy always had stars

0:31:46.760 --> 0:31:49.680
<v Speaker 7>these two things. He always had stars around, and he

0:31:49.800 --> 0:31:54.720
<v Speaker 7>always had food around. I mean, and once I became

0:31:54.760 --> 0:31:57.640
<v Speaker 7>a manager, that's one of the ways that I tried

0:31:57.640 --> 0:32:00.280
<v Speaker 7>to unite my team was to have food around. You know,

0:32:00.280 --> 0:32:03.120
<v Speaker 7>you bring in different food from different cultures and after

0:32:03.120 --> 0:32:05.680
<v Speaker 7>a while you're like that's pretty good or wow, man,

0:32:05.720 --> 0:32:08.080
<v Speaker 7>I didn't know I was like that, So, I mean

0:32:08.160 --> 0:32:11.880
<v Speaker 7>that was real cool. Uh. You know, having stars around,

0:32:11.960 --> 0:32:14.880
<v Speaker 7>I mean guys would you know, come around like uh,

0:32:15.520 --> 0:32:17.640
<v Speaker 7>I see them now on TV. You know they were

0:32:17.640 --> 0:32:20.520
<v Speaker 7>little kids then, or Marcus Allen would come around and

0:32:20.600 --> 0:32:23.040
<v Speaker 7>steal my hats out of my you know, out of

0:32:23.080 --> 0:32:27.320
<v Speaker 7>my uh, out of my locker, and uh. I have

0:32:27.400 --> 0:32:29.640
<v Speaker 7>a lot of pictures on my wall here, you know,

0:32:29.800 --> 0:32:32.840
<v Speaker 7>like Tony Orlando and Don and I have like some

0:32:32.960 --> 0:32:35.400
<v Speaker 7>letters that that Tommy got for me. I got a

0:32:35.400 --> 0:32:38.240
<v Speaker 7>Frank Sinatra letter, I got Don Rickles letter, I got

0:32:38.280 --> 0:32:42.440
<v Speaker 7>a Bob Hope letter, I got a Barack Obama letter. Uh,

0:32:43.840 --> 0:32:46.000
<v Speaker 7>you know a number of these letters, and you know

0:32:46.080 --> 0:32:48.840
<v Speaker 7>some of I met, you know, through Tommy and some

0:32:48.920 --> 0:32:51.520
<v Speaker 7>of them because you know, the people in LA, they

0:32:51.640 --> 0:32:54.920
<v Speaker 7>love their team and they love to come around the team,

0:32:55.000 --> 0:32:57.400
<v Speaker 7>and we love to have them come around. And so

0:32:58.320 --> 0:33:00.920
<v Speaker 7>it was a it was a very very very good,

0:33:01.400 --> 0:33:05.480
<v Speaker 7>uh you know, the time of my life and and

0:33:05.520 --> 0:33:07.880
<v Speaker 7>hopefully the other people enjoyed as much as we did.

0:33:08.720 --> 0:33:11.240
<v Speaker 2>Now, just knowing some of the guys that you played with,

0:33:11.400 --> 0:33:13.760
<v Speaker 2>is it fair to say that Davey Lopes and Reggie

0:33:13.840 --> 0:33:16.880
<v Speaker 2>Smith were probably two of your best friends on the

0:33:16.880 --> 0:33:19.120
<v Speaker 2>team when you played with the Dodgers or were there more?

0:33:19.640 --> 0:33:21.680
<v Speaker 7>There was more? I mean, you know those guys. I

0:33:21.760 --> 0:33:24.600
<v Speaker 7>was close to them, I mean big time. Davy David

0:33:24.800 --> 0:33:28.800
<v Speaker 7>was my daughter's godfather. But you know we had Lee

0:33:28.920 --> 0:33:31.520
<v Speaker 7>Lacy who I was hanging with, and Steve Garvey, you

0:33:31.560 --> 0:33:33.760
<v Speaker 7>know who I was hanging with, and you know, just

0:33:34.720 --> 0:33:37.520
<v Speaker 7>you know, now Downing was there. I mean they we

0:33:37.560 --> 0:33:41.240
<v Speaker 7>had some we had some outstanding uh players, We had

0:33:41.240 --> 0:33:47.680
<v Speaker 7>some young players, Rudy Law, Steve how Bobby Welch was

0:33:47.720 --> 0:33:50.880
<v Speaker 7>probably one of my best best friends because I would

0:33:50.880 --> 0:33:53.920
<v Speaker 7>try to pass on to them the things that Hank

0:33:54.000 --> 0:33:56.440
<v Speaker 7>Aaron and Atlanta Cepida passed on to me when I

0:33:56.520 --> 0:33:59.520
<v Speaker 7>was a young player. And so we always had some

0:33:59.640 --> 0:34:04.160
<v Speaker 7>fine young players. You know, you got Canny Mallama, Jeffrey Leonard.

0:34:04.200 --> 0:34:06.640
<v Speaker 7>I mean you look at Brock, you look at Marshall,

0:34:06.640 --> 0:34:10.520
<v Speaker 7>you look at Steve Sachs on Fosia. I mean we

0:34:10.560 --> 0:34:12.560
<v Speaker 7>were turn them out. I mean I still thought the

0:34:12.600 --> 0:34:18.080
<v Speaker 7>Suckliffe and all these guys were young, young players, including

0:34:18.160 --> 0:34:21.280
<v Speaker 7>Dave Stewart. You know, I'm just naming a few players.

0:34:21.320 --> 0:34:23.799
<v Speaker 7>And we were close as a unit, and we took

0:34:23.840 --> 0:34:26.520
<v Speaker 7>care of the young players, and we took care of each.

0:34:26.360 --> 0:34:29.800
<v Speaker 2>Other, no doubt. That was a family for sure. Dusty

0:34:29.840 --> 0:34:34.160
<v Speaker 2>Baker is our guest, and Dusty the Knicks just celebrated

0:34:34.200 --> 0:34:37.720
<v Speaker 2>their championship with the parade first time in fifty three years.

0:34:38.120 --> 0:34:41.959
<v Speaker 2>The Dodgers, after twenty four, had their first parade since

0:34:42.000 --> 0:34:44.600
<v Speaker 2>eighty eight. What do you remember the most about the

0:34:44.640 --> 0:34:47.240
<v Speaker 2>eighty one parade, because I'm sure they were much different

0:34:47.239 --> 0:34:48.120
<v Speaker 2>than they are now.

0:34:49.360 --> 0:34:52.560
<v Speaker 7>Well, I mean that was my first parade, and you know,

0:34:52.800 --> 0:34:56.239
<v Speaker 7>you you remember all the guys on the team, you know,

0:34:56.320 --> 0:34:59.440
<v Speaker 7>you think back and you think about Manny Mota and

0:34:59.520 --> 0:35:04.440
<v Speaker 7>somebody guys at Pejo Guerrero young player Steve Jeger had

0:35:04.440 --> 0:35:07.880
<v Speaker 7>a great great rose Ronseai. And so I'm just happy

0:35:07.920 --> 0:35:10.120
<v Speaker 7>that my teammates picked me up because I didn't have

0:35:10.160 --> 0:35:14.479
<v Speaker 7>a very good World Series, but you know, they picked

0:35:14.480 --> 0:35:17.080
<v Speaker 7>me up. And I think about the Knicks when when

0:35:17.080 --> 0:35:19.760
<v Speaker 7>I hurt my hand the day before the World Series

0:35:20.360 --> 0:35:22.800
<v Speaker 7>and Tommy told me that I had to play because

0:35:22.840 --> 0:35:24.960
<v Speaker 7>the team wasn't the same if I wasn't on the field.

0:35:25.000 --> 0:35:27.240
<v Speaker 7>I said, Tommy, I can't even swing. But I think

0:35:27.360 --> 0:35:30.560
<v Speaker 7>back when I think the back upon it, and you're

0:35:30.600 --> 0:35:32.960
<v Speaker 7>talking about the Knicks, I think about Willis Reed when

0:35:33.000 --> 0:35:34.920
<v Speaker 7>he couldn't even walk, but he went out there to

0:35:34.960 --> 0:35:38.120
<v Speaker 7>play to support his team. I wasn't nearly the player

0:35:38.160 --> 0:35:41.759
<v Speaker 7>Willis Reed was to his team. But similar situation that

0:35:41.880 --> 0:35:44.960
<v Speaker 7>sometimes take one for the team and then sometime the

0:35:45.000 --> 0:35:47.319
<v Speaker 7>team picks you up. And I feel like all my

0:35:47.400 --> 0:35:48.560
<v Speaker 7>teammates picked me up and.

0:35:48.480 --> 0:35:51.960
<v Speaker 2>They everybody loves Dusty Baker. You've picked up so many

0:35:52.000 --> 0:35:54.799
<v Speaker 2>people in your life and it's okay if they picked

0:35:54.840 --> 0:35:57.440
<v Speaker 2>you up once in a while. You just celebrated your

0:35:57.480 --> 0:36:00.840
<v Speaker 2>seventy seventh birthday, Dusty, did you have a big part?

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<v Speaker 7>No, not really. I actually had a book signing, yeah,

0:36:04.239 --> 0:36:06.720
<v Speaker 7>kind of. We had a book signing party at Kevin

0:36:06.800 --> 0:36:09.440
<v Speaker 7>Johnson kJ. You know, he used to play for the

0:36:09.440 --> 0:36:15.800
<v Speaker 7>Phoenix Suns at his mother's bookstore and it's called Underground

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<v Speaker 7>Books and and there must have been two or three

0:36:18.480 --> 0:36:22.520
<v Speaker 7>hundred people there in this auditorium that he owns right

0:36:22.560 --> 0:36:26.239
<v Speaker 7>downtown in the same neighborhood where he grew up in

0:36:26.360 --> 0:36:29.400
<v Speaker 7>Oak Park, So it's really pretty cool. And afterwards we

0:36:29.480 --> 0:36:33.200
<v Speaker 7>went to his restaurant, you know, we went to Dinner Fixings,

0:36:33.239 --> 0:36:35.840
<v Speaker 7>which they have one down to Staples Center as well

0:36:36.239 --> 0:36:38.719
<v Speaker 7>in La. You know. We had a great, great meal

0:36:38.800 --> 0:36:41.239
<v Speaker 7>afterwards and went on home, went to bed.

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<v Speaker 2>I know your life has taking you so many different places, Dusty,

0:36:44.760 --> 0:36:47.800
<v Speaker 2>but I know I speak for LA and Dodger fans.

0:36:47.880 --> 0:36:51.320
<v Speaker 2>This will forever be your home. I know other cities

0:36:51.360 --> 0:36:55.839
<v Speaker 2>you brought success and championships to, but this is this

0:36:55.960 --> 0:36:58.799
<v Speaker 2>is for all of us down here, Dusty Baker's home.

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<v Speaker 2>Left Field is your home. Oh man. This is an

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<v Speaker 2>incredible book and I think makes all of us understand

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<v Speaker 2>how you became the person that you are and just

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<v Speaker 2>how you've been able to touch so many lives and

0:37:10.520 --> 0:37:13.880
<v Speaker 2>it's really special. So thank you for sharing your life

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<v Speaker 2>with all of us.

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<v Speaker 7>You know, when I think Becka, I started laughing because

0:37:18.880 --> 0:37:22.040
<v Speaker 7>Rick Munday he gave me the name doctor Skull and

0:37:22.080 --> 0:37:24.120
<v Speaker 7>he still calls me Skall to this day.

0:37:26.000 --> 0:37:27.560
<v Speaker 2>Why did he give me that nickname?

0:37:28.280 --> 0:37:30.560
<v Speaker 7>Well, I used to tell everybody I was going to

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<v Speaker 7>scall the ball. I was gonna scall somebody. I guess

0:37:33.680 --> 0:37:36.520
<v Speaker 7>I was saying it so much. Rick. I didn't even

0:37:36.560 --> 0:37:38.799
<v Speaker 7>know how much I was saying it, but maybe I

0:37:38.920 --> 0:37:42.720
<v Speaker 7>said so much. And that's why Rick Mundy call me doctor.

0:37:43.600 --> 0:37:45.480
<v Speaker 2>Well, I'm sure he's listening to this. And I know

0:37:45.600 --> 0:37:48.640
<v Speaker 2>Rick Monday loves you, and you, Reggie Smith and Rick

0:37:48.760 --> 0:37:52.080
<v Speaker 2>Munday helped get that Infield over the Top in nineteen

0:37:52.160 --> 0:37:55.879
<v Speaker 2>seventy seven and all those years after, especially in eighty one.

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<v Speaker 2>So you know what you mean to this city, Dusty, thank.

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<v Speaker 7>You, and and I just want to, you know, just

0:38:02.840 --> 0:38:05.360
<v Speaker 7>shout out. I forgot to mention Kenny Landro because Lando

0:38:05.520 --> 0:38:07.440
<v Speaker 7>was one of them, and Darryl Thomas. We had some

0:38:07.680 --> 0:38:10.120
<v Speaker 7>we had some characters. We had some guys that came

0:38:10.160 --> 0:38:14.080
<v Speaker 7>to play, and like I said, you know, we were family.

0:38:14.440 --> 0:38:16.480
<v Speaker 7>And you know, Tommy had a lot to do with

0:38:16.560 --> 0:38:20.279
<v Speaker 7>as was our coaches, because uh, you know, we all

0:38:20.280 --> 0:38:22.640
<v Speaker 7>cared about each other. And one time I was at

0:38:22.680 --> 0:38:26.120
<v Speaker 7>a banquet and I had Bill Russell, you know, big

0:38:26.160 --> 0:38:28.560
<v Speaker 7>Bill Russell, you know who I thought, was this mean,

0:38:28.680 --> 0:38:31.560
<v Speaker 7>menacing guy? I asked him. I said, hey, man, you

0:38:31.560 --> 0:38:35.080
<v Speaker 7>know what was the secret to the Celtics' success? Because

0:38:35.120 --> 0:38:36.800
<v Speaker 7>you know I didn't like the Celtics. I was a

0:38:36.880 --> 0:38:40.360
<v Speaker 7>Laker fan. Harry West and Yell Goodrich and Will Chamberlain

0:38:40.440 --> 0:38:43.080
<v Speaker 7>all it. And so he told me that they loved

0:38:43.080 --> 0:38:46.960
<v Speaker 7>each other. And I never forgot that. I mean, it

0:38:47.080 --> 0:38:50.040
<v Speaker 7>shocked me when I think about on the good teams

0:38:50.080 --> 0:38:54.080
<v Speaker 7>and I was on especially Dodger teams. You know, we

0:38:54.120 --> 0:38:57.160
<v Speaker 7>loved each other. Sometimes we fought, but you know, you

0:38:57.239 --> 0:38:59.759
<v Speaker 7>fight with your brother, but nobody else better touch your brother.

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<v Speaker 7>And yeah, that's how we were as a family.

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<v Speaker 2>Heard some of those stories. Dusty Rick Monday's told me

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<v Speaker 2>this before. The feeling was we could fight amongst each other,

0:39:09.800 --> 0:39:12.080
<v Speaker 2>but if you go after one of our guys, then

0:39:12.080 --> 0:39:13.160
<v Speaker 2>you have a problem.

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<v Speaker 7>That is exactly right. I couldn't said any better, Miselle.

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<v Speaker 7>All right, man, I'll see you later, See you later, Adios.

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<v Speaker 2>There he was, Dusty Baker. He has a great memoir out.

0:39:26.040 --> 0:39:29.680
<v Speaker 2>It's available, get it wherever you buy your books. Trust me,

0:39:29.800 --> 0:39:32.920
<v Speaker 2>it's a great summer read about a great man that

0:39:33.040 --> 0:39:36.400
<v Speaker 2>has led in extraordinary lives. So thank you to Dusty

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<v Speaker 2>Baker for joining us tonight on Dodger Talk, and thank

0:39:40.040 --> 0:39:44.279
<v Speaker 2>you for joining us on Dodger Talk as well. Tomorrow.

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<v Speaker 2>Yamamoto will be on the mound. He's seven and four

0:39:47.440 --> 0:39:51.200
<v Speaker 2>with an ERA of two point fifty two. Remember Yamamoto

0:39:51.360 --> 0:39:55.279
<v Speaker 2>last year, last September, came this close to pitching a

0:39:55.320 --> 0:39:59.000
<v Speaker 2>no hitter against the Orioles. And we all know Yamamoto

0:39:59.160 --> 0:40:02.520
<v Speaker 2>came this to pitching a no hitter in his last

0:40:02.560 --> 0:40:05.239
<v Speaker 2>start against the White Sox. So we'll see whether or

0:40:05.280 --> 0:40:10.000
<v Speaker 2>not we have some drama tomorrow night. Trevor Rodgers is

0:40:10.040 --> 0:40:13.719
<v Speaker 2>on the mound for Baltimore. Our coverage begins at six o'clock,

0:40:13.840 --> 0:40:17.600
<v Speaker 2>first pitch at seven ten. Thanks to Colin Ye back

0:40:17.640 --> 0:40:21.160
<v Speaker 2>at our Burbank studios. Thanks to Dwayne McDonald out here

0:40:21.200 --> 0:40:23.960
<v Speaker 2>at the ballpark, and thanks to you for listening. If

0:40:24.000 --> 0:40:26.920
<v Speaker 2>you want to go back and listen to Dusty Baker again.

0:40:27.000 --> 0:40:29.359
<v Speaker 2>You know where to find it, the iHeartRadio app. That's

0:40:29.360 --> 0:40:33.239
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0:40:33.440 --> 0:40:37.440
<v Speaker 2>all of our Dodger talk shows. And don't forget tomorrow

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<v Speaker 2>from eleven thirty to twelve thirty, come on out to

0:40:40.360 --> 0:40:43.799
<v Speaker 2>Downy Hunday and meet Dave Roberts. He is going to

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<v Speaker 2>do a meet and greet, take photos, shake hands, kiss babies,

0:40:47.520 --> 0:40:51.759
<v Speaker 2>do all that Dave Roberts stuff. Seventy five fifty Firestone Boulevard.

0:40:52.040 --> 0:40:54.520
<v Speaker 2>I'll be out there as well with the managers. So

0:40:54.600 --> 0:40:57.560
<v Speaker 2>look forward to seeing you out there at Downy Hunday

0:40:57.920 --> 0:41:01.440
<v Speaker 2>once again. The final score tonight Rogers come from behind

0:41:01.719 --> 0:41:04.680
<v Speaker 2>and beat the Orioles six to five. Have a great

0:41:04.719 --> 0:41:07.320
<v Speaker 2>rest of your night. Be safe, We'll see tomorrow and

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<v Speaker 2>Downy Moro SLA