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Speaker 2: Day, Welcome the Dodger Talk. David Vase with you until
Speaker 2: the top of the hour. After the Dodgers sweep the
Speaker 2: Royals in a three game series tonight, the final score
Speaker 2: four to two. We have phone lines open at eight
Speaker 2: six six nine, eight seven two five seventy. The Dodgers
Speaker 2: hit three home runs tonight, and like we talked about,
Speaker 2: when the Dodgers homer, they usually win, or when they
Speaker 2: out homer their opponent, they usually win. And when they
Speaker 2: hit three home runs in a game, they are six
Speaker 2: teen and one. When they hit three or more home runs,
Speaker 2: they are three sixteen and one. Sho Heo Tani went deep,
Speaker 2: Mookie Betts went deep, and Hunter Fidusha went deep. Tonight
Speaker 2: for the Dodgers. But Eric Lawer, what can you say
Speaker 2: about this guy? How many teams are kicking themselves for
Speaker 2: not acquiring Eric Lawer from the Blue Jays after the
Speaker 2: first two months of the season. The Dodgers saw an opportunity,
Speaker 2: they seized it. They got Loour for cash considerations. And
Speaker 2: here he is tonight throwing one hundred and twelve pitches
Speaker 2: in six and a third innings because he knows the
Speaker 2: Dodger bullpen is thin. And then Landon Nak, who was
Speaker 2: called up earlier today, goes two and two thirds scoreless
Speaker 2: to close out the game to record his first save
Speaker 2: of the year. So it all went to plan except
Speaker 2: for Freddie Freeman taking a dive in the visitors dugout
Speaker 2: in the eighth inning going for a ball that was
Speaker 2: scary and quite honestly, if you're old enough to remember,
Speaker 2: move On signed a big contract with the Angels in
Speaker 2: nineteen ninety nine. The first game he played at Angel Stadium,
Speaker 2: he took a tumble down the steps of the visitor's
Speaker 2: dugout at Angel Stadium and sprained his left ankle severely
Speaker 2: and was never the same the rest of the year.
Speaker 2: Despite hitting thirty home runs. That's what I was thinking about.
Speaker 2: The Other part I was thinking about is that Freddie
Speaker 2: Friedman just had surgery on his right ankle two years ago,
Speaker 2: you know, before last season began. Freddie had surgery on
Speaker 2: that right ankle. That was the body part I was
Speaker 2: thinking about the most, along with his head snapping back
Speaker 2: onto the pavement right there in the dugout. So all
Speaker 2: of those things were going through my mind when I
Speaker 2: saw Freddie Freeman go down into the dugout, and you
Speaker 2: could hear the concern in Tim Neverett and Rick Monday's
Speaker 2: voice as they were describing it. Luckily, Freddy is okay,
Speaker 2: and he's in the press conference room right now, so
Speaker 2: let's hear from the Dodger.
Speaker 3: First, Baseman, I.
Speaker 4: Didn't hit my head, so that was the key part there.
Speaker 4: I am sore, h needcaps are sore, shoulder, sore hands, soreristsore.
Speaker 4: I mean, I fell, So I'm in good spirits. I've
Speaker 4: already called Tubb, have done everything I needed to do
Speaker 4: to put my own self in a position to be
Speaker 4: able to hopefully play tomorrow. And well, just I just
Speaker 4: talk to Doc and Andrew and Gomer and everybody in there,
Speaker 4: so we'll just see how I feel tomorrow when I
Speaker 4: wake up. I was already I think gonna have Friday off,
Speaker 4: so we'll just see how this. Let's see how I
Speaker 4: feel when I wake up tomorrow. But right now I'm
Speaker 4: just sore something.
Speaker 1: Image.
Speaker 5: Did you think you had your fuddy?
Speaker 4: No, I went to I knew I was close to
Speaker 4: the rail, and if you see, I haven't really seen
Speaker 4: the replay yet, but I went to lean like I
Speaker 4: was gonna lean against the rail.
Speaker 1: To catch the ball, and obviously there was no rail.
Speaker 6: So.
Speaker 4: But yeah, that was the whole, the whole thing. I
Speaker 4: was going to lean into the rail to catch the ball,
Speaker 4: and just.
Speaker 6: It was no pain.
Speaker 7: Like that.
Speaker 5: Yeah.
Speaker 4: I actually in Arizona went on when I was with
Speaker 4: the Braves. I had to be maybe ten eleven years
Speaker 4: ago before the nets went up, and so I went over.
Speaker 4: I actually went down probably like ten feet. Yeah, so
Speaker 4: and I hit seats and everything. So not my first time, unfortunately.
Speaker 4: And I didn't catch that one either.
Speaker 3: Full thousand out.
Speaker 1: The breath and you walked up and the Freddy did
Speaker 1: you hear all that?
Speaker 6: Yeah?
Speaker 4: I heard them. They were like all the royals are
Speaker 4: just like lay down, lay down. It's like let me
Speaker 4: get up and see if I fall back down. I
Speaker 4: don't want because I was laying. There's another staircase that
Speaker 4: goes into their to their clubhouse, and I think that's
Speaker 4: what kind of saved me because I landed on that
Speaker 4: and that's what gave leeway from my head. I actually
Speaker 4: when I fell, I fell onto the other staircase, so
Speaker 4: that kind of helped not hit my head on anything.
Speaker 4: So I really didn't want to lay at an angle
Speaker 4: and wait for our trainers to get there. So I
Speaker 4: just got up and I was sore immediately, but I
Speaker 4: had adrenaline flowing. So that's when, probably after Isaac's at
Speaker 4: bat and the next guy came up, that's when the
Speaker 4: adrenaline kind of started to wear off, and you know,
Speaker 4: I kind of motioned to was like, hey guys, I'm like,
Speaker 4: you guys might need.
Speaker 6: A hit for me.
Speaker 4: I'm a little it's getting sore, but yeah, I could
Speaker 4: hear the fans. I appreciate it. I'm okay, this one's
Speaker 4: not my ankle, so I should be I should be okay.
Speaker 1: All right.
Speaker 3: Yeah, that's what I was thinking about, Freddy.
Speaker 2: I was worried about that right ankle, and you know,
Speaker 2: a big sigh of relief. You could hear in the
Speaker 2: sound of his voice that it could have been a
Speaker 2: lot worse. But he's okay. And of course, of course,
Speaker 2: Freddie Freeman wants to play tomorrow. I mean, come on,
Speaker 2: Freddie Freeman, of course wants to play tomorrow. Dave Roberts
Speaker 2: had told the media earlier this evening that the plan
Speaker 2: was for Freeman not to start in Game two of
Speaker 2: this four game series starting Tomorrow night against the Brewers.
Speaker 2: And the Brewers are throwing what three lefties at the
Speaker 2: Dodgers in this series, dronin tomorrow, Robert Gasser on Friday,
Speaker 2: and Logan Henderson on Sunday. And oh, by the way,
Speaker 2: the miss is going up against Robleski on National TV
Speaker 2: this Saturday. So it should be an electric series between
Speaker 2: the two best teams record wise in Major League Baseball,
Speaker 2: Dodgers Brewers on a collision course, the two teams that
Speaker 2: faced off against each other in the NLCS, the Dodgers
Speaker 2: sweeping the Brewers after the Brewers when all six meetings
Speaker 2: are all seven meetings against the Dodgers last year. So
Speaker 2: I'm not going to overemphasize the importance of this series
Speaker 2: considering the Brewers handle the Dodgers in the regular season.
Speaker 2: But I would say that this is important for the Dodgers,
Speaker 2: not because it's the Brewers, but because it's one of
Speaker 2: the two teams that they are fighting for to get
Speaker 2: a first round by and not be a Wildcard Division
Speaker 2: winner like they were last year. Them and the Braves
Speaker 2: are tied with the same amount of losses. The Brewers
Speaker 2: are two games ahead of the Dodgers in that category
Speaker 2: after being swept by the Padres in San Diego. So
Speaker 2: thank you very much, San Diego Padres for helping out
Speaker 2: the Dodgers. Eight six six nine eight seven two five
Speaker 2: seventy is the phone number. Dodgers helped themselves tonight four
Speaker 2: to two winners over the Royals. It's their eighth sweep
Speaker 2: of a team this season. The last time they did
Speaker 2: it they did it twice in the middle of June
Speaker 2: against Minnesota at their place, and also sweeping the AL
Speaker 2: East leaders Tampa Bay Rays in the middle of June
Speaker 2: at Dodgers Stadium. All right, let's go out to La Darryl.
Speaker 2: You're on Dodger Talk. Lead us off tonight, Daryl.
Speaker 5: Hey, Dave, Yeah, last time I talked to you as
Speaker 5: a Tarika schoo ball trade on that Saturday.
Speaker 3: All right, that's a good day.
Speaker 5: Yeah, yeah, I was. I was thinking the same thing
Speaker 5: about the Mobawn situation, and I just saw the highlights
Speaker 5: of it. And what I don't quite understand because when
Speaker 5: I was I went to Arizona State, Dave. When I
Speaker 5: was there or star Owfield was Otobe mcdel, Mike Debreau
Speaker 5: and Barry Bonds, and I remember being in right field
Speaker 5: and Mike Debreau was was chasing for a ball that
Speaker 5: was going to the fence and I yelled out him, Hey,
Speaker 5: he got room. I understand why the guys weren't there, Like, hey,
Speaker 5: watch out, you're gonna you're gonna see the steps. I mean,
Speaker 5: why not, Telly, I mean, you got guys.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it was. It was an awkward Uh it was
Speaker 2: in number one. The Royals don't come to Dodger Stadium
Speaker 2: that often. Number two. It was an awkward place where
Speaker 2: Freddie Freeman was going after that foul ball because he
Speaker 2: was right at the staircase on the other side of
Speaker 2: that Royals visitors dugout is the camera Well, Uh, there
Speaker 2: were a couple of trainers that looked like on the
Speaker 2: h on the near side, and by the time they
Speaker 2: were able to react, it was too late. So I
Speaker 2: don't I don't blame them. There weren't really any players
Speaker 2: in that area where Freddie fell down the steps.
Speaker 5: Yeah, but I'm just saying that.
Speaker 3: Where were you, Darryl? Where were you? Where were you
Speaker 3: to help Freddie out? Tonight?
Speaker 5: I'm at home.
Speaker 3: Oh see, Okay, all right, Darryl. You got blood on
Speaker 3: your hands too? Yeah, anyway, all right, Darrel, I gotta run.
Speaker 3: Thanks for the phone call.
Speaker 6: Yeah.
Speaker 2: It was a weird place, right, I mean, perfect storm
Speaker 2: in a bad way for Freddie because where he was
Speaker 2: stepping and thinking there was railing. You could watch the
Speaker 2: replay and see his left foot go out and actually
Speaker 2: step on the second part of that staircase and tumble down.
Speaker 2: And then you see two I think trainers on the
Speaker 2: other side or coaches or whoever, they are reaching out,
Speaker 2: but they had no shot at catching Freddy. There were
Speaker 2: just no players around to try to try to catch
Speaker 2: him embrace his fall. But luckily for Freddy, he did
Speaker 2: not hit his head on the ground, and that would
Speaker 2: have been a different story. He would not be smiling
Speaker 2: the way he was smiling in the press conference room.
Speaker 2: A few minutes ago. Let's go out to West Lake Village. David,
Speaker 2: you're on Dodger Talk. How you doing.
Speaker 1: I'm doing great, DV.
Speaker 7: Thanks a lots for taking my call. And now, first off,
Speaker 7: I'd like to give a lot of healing and positive
Speaker 7: eyes out to Freddy. That was super scary to watch.
Speaker 7: And he's such a he's such a great guy and
Speaker 7: such a great ballplayer. I hope he comes back soon,
Speaker 7: maybe in a couple of days.
Speaker 1: But uh, this game, I don't, I know, we.
Speaker 7: Swept the Royals, the last place Royals, but but man,
Speaker 7: this this series was kind of like, I don't know,
Speaker 7: like eating cold pizza. I mean it's still good, you know, cool,
Speaker 7: but yeah, it's like it's like it's much better when
Speaker 7: it's hot. Right, It's like the Dodgers the mookie bat throw.
Speaker 2: You sound like Colin Cowhard right now with those type
Speaker 2: of analogies.
Speaker 7: Oh, I'll take that as a compliment. I like the Herd.
Speaker 7: But po Pa has with a terrible I mean, can
Speaker 7: someone please force Pa has not to challenge in his
Speaker 7: first at bat. He needs to get a time out.
Speaker 7: No more challenging in his first at that's ridiculous, and
Speaker 7: the base ride would I.
Speaker 1: Would be on board.
Speaker 3: I would be on board with that. David.
Speaker 2: I feel like Dave Roberts is going to join us tomorrow,
Speaker 2: so we'll ask him about that. But yeah, I feel
Speaker 2: like at this point Pajez should not be able to challenge.
Speaker 2: He should have the governor on the freedom of challenging
Speaker 2: for the Dodger's sake.
Speaker 7: Yeah, this sloppy baseball DV has to has to stop.
Speaker 7: I mean, it's not going to fly against the good teams.
Speaker 7: But the reason why I'm calling is, Oh, I thought.
Speaker 3: You were calling all those other things.
Speaker 7: Oh no, No, that was just the warm.
Speaker 2: You've got more now, Okay, it's like putting the pizza
Speaker 2: back in the microwave.
Speaker 5: It's nice and hot.
Speaker 6: Now.
Speaker 7: The keyth tober Man. I love me some Keth tober
Speaker 7: and I just don't why is he not getting more
Speaker 7: at bats? I mean, at the very least, maybe platoon
Speaker 7: him with Tucker when there's a tough lefty pitching, and
Speaker 7: maybe put him at second base for a couple of games.
Speaker 7: I mean, maybe he'll play first now for a couple
Speaker 7: games when Freddy's resting. But but he's so important and
Speaker 7: I know that he just came back from an injury
Speaker 7: and he needs to get his timing back. So give
Speaker 7: give Keyk some that bats man.
Speaker 2: Yeah, he's going to get some because they're going to
Speaker 2: see three lefties in this series, David, So you're going
Speaker 2: to see a lot of key K against the Brewers.
Speaker 2: Thanks the phone call eight six six nine eight seven
Speaker 2: two five seventy is the phone number. Before we continue
Speaker 2: on Dodger Talk, I just want to remind you tomorrow's
Speaker 2: the day our guy, the Bulldog, Oral Hersheiser is going
Speaker 2: to be honored with the star on the Hollywood Walk
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Speaker 2: the cy Young of nineteen eighty eight, and of course
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Speaker 2: To attend, just show up on the corner of Hollywood
Speaker 2: in Highland at the Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum
Speaker 2: at eleven thirty. That's where you meet at eleven thirty
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Speaker 2: of Oral Herschheiser's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Speaker 2: Kershaw's going to be out there. Joe Davis is going
Speaker 2: to be out there.
Speaker 3: You never know.
Speaker 2: Even Mike Sosha might wander down there if his pizza
Speaker 2: is not cold. Let's go out to Alan La. You're
Speaker 2: on Dodger Talk. How you doing, al.
Speaker 1: Doing good?
Speaker 7: Dave?
Speaker 3: How you doing tremendous out?
Speaker 8: Yeah, I just want to say, Dave, I want to
Speaker 8: give a shout out to Freeman for picking up Ed.
Speaker 8: I mean, this one was a nice pick up. Everyone
Speaker 8: was talking about the acquisitions of Tucker and Danz, but
Speaker 8: this end season pickup has worked out great for the Dodgers.
Speaker 8: Every time they pitches, he gives you a solid outend.
Speaker 8: You know what they call quality stars. He's only had
Speaker 8: one bad Allen, and they normally win.
Speaker 3: Not just that out, Yeah, not just that out.
Speaker 2: They've won ten out of the eleven games that he's
Speaker 2: been on the mound. I would say that's more than
Speaker 2: a quality start. I mean, you're right, what a fine
Speaker 2: By Andrew Friedman, we all talk about Trek Scouble, but
Speaker 2: Eric Lower may be the best pickup of the of
Speaker 2: the regular season. By Friedman, I mean Schooble schooball obviously,
Speaker 2: but that's an obvious one to be able to get Lower.
Speaker 2: I mean, for nothing is and what he's done and
Speaker 2: the way Mark Pryor and specifically Connor McGinnis has gotten
Speaker 2: Lower back on track. No other team could do what
Speaker 2: they've done. And Connor McGinnis, like I have said over
Speaker 2: the years, and he and the Dodgers probably don't want
Speaker 2: me to say his name too many times, but he
Speaker 2: is the pitching secret weapon. Even Seth Halverson, the new
Speaker 2: reliever the Dodgers acquired, told me whatever Connor was showing him,
Speaker 2: it's already starting to click. Lower told me that Connor
Speaker 2: McGinnis understands the language of Lower. He has helped them
Speaker 2: a lot with his pitches, the pitch gripping, the mechanics,
Speaker 2: the mental side of it. So I can't say enough
Speaker 2: about Connor McGinnis, who is definitely the secret weapon as
Speaker 2: far as pitching coaches go in Major League Baseball. We're
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Speaker 2: You know what else I loved was in the bottom
Speaker 2: of the sixth inning, with one out, a full count
Speaker 2: and the Dodgers putting runners in motion. No secret. The
Speaker 2: Dodgers lead the league in double plays, and in the
Speaker 2: bottom of the sixth inning before Freddie Freeman doubled down
Speaker 2: the dugout. He was on the move from first base
Speaker 2: on a full count of Mookie beds and one out.
Speaker 3: I love that.
Speaker 2: I love that great job by Dave Roberts and Bob
Speaker 2: Garren on the bench there tonight and throughout the entire year.
Speaker 2: I mean, you can then pick all you want, but
Speaker 2: Dave has done a tremendous job this season, and tonight
Speaker 2: the Dodgers beat the Royals four to two. When we continue,
Speaker 2: more of your phone calls, plus we'll check in with
Speaker 2: Jose Mota after the Dodgers defeat the Royals four to
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Speaker 1: It's time to go around the horn with Hoseang Mota.
Speaker 2: All right, Jose Moto, what were you thinking when you
Speaker 2: saw Freddy Freeman go down the steps tonight, Down goes Freeman,
Speaker 2: Down goes Freeman.
Speaker 6: I said, oh, no, move on, I remember that play
Speaker 6: before all these screens came up in the dougouts and
Speaker 6: big Man I thought about the surgery, and then I'm like,
Speaker 6: I hope he didn't hit his head because that's the
Speaker 6: one thing worried about the most. Another thing two with them,
Speaker 6: you know it is Dave. I'm like, oh my god, no.
Speaker 6: But once I see him stand up, so okay, I
Speaker 6: see where he is. But thankfully we heard him talk
Speaker 6: about you know, good sense of humor about the whole thing,
Speaker 6: and hopefully in a couple of days we'll be back.
Speaker 2: Really, when you look at it, Eric Lauer tonight and
Speaker 2: what he did, I know, Scooball is schooball. But like
Speaker 2: I mentioned before you came on, this may be the
Speaker 2: pickup of the season.
Speaker 6: I'm glad you mentioned that day because you know, Eric
Speaker 6: Lauer in his own words like I'm not going to
Speaker 6: try to nitpicked today is I have to be aggressive.
Speaker 6: You know what he did today with you know those
Speaker 6: pitches that he made one hundred and twelve he threw
Speaker 6: eighty five varieties of the fastball, eighty five pitches on
Speaker 6: fastball variety fastball, and four seamers and cutters. That shows
Speaker 6: you he's not messing around. That shows you that he
Speaker 6: was not afraid of contact. That tells you also that
Speaker 6: he know what was a stake when having to go
Speaker 6: out there any debtsent innings. But I'm glad you mentioned
Speaker 6: this too, because I mean, the first inning was pretty
Speaker 6: much a reflection of what they did to Schoobel, and
Speaker 6: the first three innings the same thing. He had sixty
Speaker 6: four pitches through three, Schoobol had sixty one through three.
Speaker 6: But this guy found a way to stop him. He
Speaker 6: made pitches, He got some chases, which is very amazing
Speaker 6: when he consider that when you talk about chasing pitches
Speaker 6: and guys missing and expanding zones. He I leven chases
Speaker 6: on his fastball, which says you what. There's a lot
Speaker 6: of deception, there's a lot of cleanliness in his delivery.
Speaker 6: The ball just looks very good. Before you know it,
Speaker 6: it's out of the zone. So I'm glad to see
Speaker 6: him go out there and step up in a very
Speaker 6: big way and give the Dodgers exactly what they needed
Speaker 6: because they don't know what else they needed. Dave they
Speaker 6: need or sweep?
Speaker 2: Yeah, no doubt, there's no reason why they shouldn't sweep
Speaker 2: the Royals and feel even better about themselves going into
Speaker 2: a big four game series against the Brewers. And what's
Speaker 2: even better for the Dodgers is that Mookie bets for
Speaker 2: the first time all year long, looks like Mookie bets.
Speaker 6: It seems like Mooki has found something that we hope
Speaker 6: stays in his own words too. Is good to hear
Speaker 6: him talk about and not being a machine. But let's
Speaker 6: just get Muoki in the right mindset to say, I
Speaker 6: am here. You talk about certain months, you talk about
Speaker 6: Otani in the month of May, Well, this is Mookie's
Speaker 6: month where he finds something. I mean, remember he was
Speaker 6: out for a while, and you know, it seems like
Speaker 6: things come around this time for him like they did
Speaker 6: last year. It's just a difference day in the bats,
Speaker 6: in the swings and the flatness of the swings and
Speaker 6: the approach, and also the the aggressiveness and like determined
Speaker 6: swings with conviction, like he's fouling the off balls even
Speaker 6: when he hits it on the ground. But you can
Speaker 6: see you swinging hard, not feeling for the baseball, and
Speaker 6: even who's drama ball the other way, which is really
Speaker 6: not his strength. It's good to see how and why
Speaker 6: he's saying, now through the zone, not letting that barrel drop,
Speaker 6: and have the confidence to work deep at bats, to
Speaker 6: just tell everybody that he's a tough out. Mookie should
Speaker 6: be walking a little bit more when he goes a
Speaker 6: little bit deeper, but nonetheless he's a presence of the
Speaker 6: dollars need badly from here on all.
Speaker 2: Right, before I let you go, Jose, we had a
Speaker 2: caller call in about this. I was wondering how quick
Speaker 2: somebody would call in about Andy pi Haz and the
Speaker 2: abs challenges that have gone awry for pie Has. Do
Speaker 2: you feel like now Dave Roberts should put the governor
Speaker 2: on piez And when he's allowed to challenge any pitches
Speaker 2: because he's challenging him early and he's missed badly.
Speaker 6: At some point you have to go out there and
Speaker 6: govern that. Dave always talked about this back in the
Speaker 6: spring training about having a plan, an idea. You have
Speaker 6: to leave some available for you guys on the mound.
Speaker 6: I mean, especially when the team's not hitting, every single
Speaker 6: pitch is gonna count, every single location is gonna count.
Speaker 6: Any little you know, just rubbing of the string zones
Speaker 6: gonna count. So yeah, Andy is when he misses too.
Speaker 6: It's not missing like because the ball just barely you know,
Speaker 6: touch his own. These are balls that are in the zone.
Speaker 6: So for him just go out to understand that there's
Speaker 6: also strategy now that's new that he has to get
Speaker 6: used to and understand that, you know, at some point
Speaker 6: is not just about you're at bat. You got to
Speaker 6: think about the rest of the game if it's that early,
Speaker 6: and just eat it up and come back a little
Speaker 6: bit better, all right.
Speaker 2: Jose Tomorrow, I'm pumped up the beginning of a four
Speaker 2: game series against the Brewers, and I know the players.
Speaker 2: They always give me a hard time. They always say
Speaker 2: I overblow series in the regular season, but this is
Speaker 2: a big series when you look at seeding in the
Speaker 2: National League.
Speaker 6: Dave, what you're saying is either the questions that you
Speaker 6: are asking the players or they're listening to the show,
Speaker 6: so they're listening to you. That's a good thing, Dave.
Speaker 6: Every series is a big series when you are the
Speaker 6: Dodgers because every team that comes against you is trying
Speaker 6: to hurt you and say we did it. We knocked
Speaker 6: them out, we beat them in the series, we swept them.
Speaker 6: So yeah, it is a big series. Go out there
Speaker 6: and play good baseball. You know that the Brewers are
Speaker 6: coming out a little wounded. You know what happened in
Speaker 6: San Diego to them and the Potters have a lot
Speaker 6: of confidence. But nonetheless take care of the Brewers. You
Speaker 6: know what they have exactly how they play the game.
Speaker 6: The fan play will and make better decisions on the
Speaker 6: basis and catching the baseball. No free outs, no given runners.
Speaker 6: Go out there and throw strikes, and have your book
Speaker 6: on lined up to go out there and know that
Speaker 6: this team's going to make you catch a baseball if
Speaker 6: you want.
Speaker 3: To win, that's right.
Speaker 2: Don't give extra outs and don't give away outs against
Speaker 2: teams like the Brewers, it's not going to work out
Speaker 2: the same way it did against the Royals.
Speaker 6: Dave keep saying where you're saying to the players, because
Speaker 6: you know what is working.
Speaker 3: All right.
Speaker 2: It's a big series, big series, Jose, get your tickets now,
Speaker 2: especially for Saturday the Miz at Dodgers Stadium on National TV.
Speaker 2: All right, Jose, we'll see you out there tomorrow. It's
Speaker 2: gonna be big, grande grande series.
Speaker 7: Coming.
Speaker 3: Okay, there it goes.
Speaker 2: Jose Mota, part of the Dodgers Spanish radio broadcast with
Speaker 2: Luis Cochito Cruz. Yes, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Freddy, I'm sorry.
Speaker 3: Month.
Speaker 2: See, those are big series, big four game series we're
Speaker 2: all excited about. Yes, you're tied with the Braves for
Speaker 2: the number two seed in the National League. Yes, you're
Speaker 2: two games back of the Brewers for the number one
Speaker 2: seed in the National League. These head to head and
Speaker 2: meetings are worth two games, whether or not you want
Speaker 2: to believe that, whether or not you don't want to
Speaker 2: acknowledge that.
Speaker 3: I'm onto something.
Speaker 2: I'm excited and you can't take that excitement away from
Speaker 2: me or the City Dodgers Brewers rematch of the NLCS
Speaker 2: at Dodgers Stadium. It starts tomorrow night at seven ten.
Speaker 2: The Dodgers will be facing left hander as Shane Drowen,
Speaker 2: who's six and four with an ERA at three eighty seven.
Speaker 2: He's a lefty. We know the Dodgers have had a
Speaker 2: mixed bag of results against lefties. Roki Sasaki in his
Speaker 2: last two starts, with the help of Connor McGinnis, has
Speaker 2: found something, has found something with his fastball, has found
Speaker 2: something with that highlighter Grande glove. He is five and
Speaker 2: five this year with an era of four fifty four.
Speaker 2: And look, Freddie is going to try to convince the
Speaker 2: Dodgers to let him play tomorrow. We'll see whether or
Speaker 2: not he's in there. But you know, even though it
Speaker 2: is a big series, even though it is the Brewers,
Speaker 2: I would lean if I'm Dave Roberts to sitting Freddie
Speaker 2: Freeman for the first two games of this series and
Speaker 2: then sorry, Freddie, you got to get in there against
Speaker 2: Jacob Mizerowski. And I know Freddie Freeman does not get
Speaker 2: miss idis or any pitcher itis out there, and he'll
Speaker 2: be there ready to go on Saturday after he took
Speaker 2: that tumble in the eighth innings. So looking forward to
Speaker 2: the next four games, it should be fun. Like our
Speaker 2: caller earlier today, it's not going to be cold pizza.
Speaker 2: It's going to be very very hot Shaky's pizza. That's
Speaker 2: what it's gonna be. And there's gonna be some mojos
Speaker 2: on the side.
Speaker 3: Right there. You heard me. Big series Dodgers Brewers starts tomorrow.
Speaker 3: All right.
Speaker 2: That'll do it for us on Dodger Talk tonight. Thanks
Speaker 2: to Colin Yee here in our Burbank studios. Thanks to
Speaker 2: Done McDonald at Dodgers Stadium and thanks to you for listening.
Speaker 2: In case you missed any of the show, you know
Speaker 2: where to find it the iHeartRadio app. That's where all
Speaker 2: the players closet listen to the show. Only one or
Speaker 2: two have the guts to admit, yes, I listen, and
Speaker 2: I know who you are.
Speaker 3: Once again.
Speaker 2: The final score tonight the Dodgers defeat the Royals four
Speaker 2: to two.
Speaker 3: Have a great rest of your night, zeus.