WEBVTT - Dodger Talk (4-21-26) 0:00:00.600 --> 0:00:03.160 The quest for the three peat has begne. 0:00:03.279 --> 0:00:07.320 Only four teams in Major League Baseball history have won 0:00:07.400 --> 0:00:12.040 three consecutive titles. The Dodgers are the favorites to become 0:00:12.400 --> 0:00:13.240 the fifth. 0:00:13.280 --> 0:00:15.840 This is World Champion Dodger Talk. 0:00:15.960 --> 0:00:16.760 Here we go again. 0:00:16.800 --> 0:00:18.599 We're going to running back to get him on the 0:00:18.640 --> 0:00:22.200 show called eight six six eight seven two five seven, 0:00:22.440 --> 0:00:25.160 and be sure to follow Dodger Talk wherever you get 0:00:25.239 --> 0:00:29.480 your podcasts. Here's your host, David Vase. 0:00:33.479 --> 0:00:35.280 We are live at Oracle Park. 0:00:35.400 --> 0:00:38.720 After the Giants defeat the Dodgers tonight in Game one 0:00:38.800 --> 0:00:41.120 of this three game series, three to. 0:00:41.159 --> 0:00:42.600 One the final score. 0:00:42.760 --> 0:00:46.600 The Dodgers are now sixteen and seven, tied with the 0:00:46.640 --> 0:00:52.000 San Diego Padres for first place in the NLS. The 0:00:52.040 --> 0:00:55.480 Padres beat the Rockies earlier tonight and they're playing hot. 0:00:55.520 --> 0:00:58.040 They've won ten of their last eleven. They have a 0:00:58.080 --> 0:01:00.720 good team in the first month of the season. Let's 0:01:00.720 --> 0:01:03.200 see whether or not the season will be too long 0:01:03.280 --> 0:01:06.640 for them and their pitching staff. But right now, the 0:01:06.680 --> 0:01:10.800 Dodgers and Padres are tied atop the nl West sixteen 0:01:10.880 --> 0:01:14.559 and seven. Both teams have the same record. David Vasse 0:01:14.959 --> 0:01:18.120 Dodger Talk with you until the bottom of the hour. 0:01:18.240 --> 0:01:21.080 Phone lines are open at eight six, six, nine, eight 0:01:21.240 --> 0:01:25.600 seven two five seventy And look, this game is pretty simple. 0:01:26.440 --> 0:01:29.560 The Dodgers are hitting one eighty eight with runners in 0:01:29.600 --> 0:01:33.840 scoring position through the first five games of this road trip. 0:01:34.240 --> 0:01:38.520 Their swings seem to be really big on this road trip. Maybe, 0:01:38.560 --> 0:01:43.360 like Jose Motives said, it was corsefield, But where is 0:01:43.400 --> 0:01:48.400 the situational hitting? And unfortunately for the Dodgers, their best 0:01:48.440 --> 0:01:52.560 option tonight are their best opportunity I should say to 0:01:52.600 --> 0:01:55.200 get back into this game was in the fourth inning 0:01:55.240 --> 0:02:00.440 when Land and Roup really didn't have much command at all. 0:02:00.640 --> 0:02:02.320 He was missing quite a bit. 0:02:02.440 --> 0:02:05.920 In that fourth inning, the Dodgers loaded the bases, they 0:02:05.960 --> 0:02:08.680 had one run in and Alex call who got the 0:02:08.760 --> 0:02:12.360 start in center field tonight, at the plate and he 0:02:12.480 --> 0:02:16.079 grounded into an inning ending double play. The pitch was 0:02:16.200 --> 0:02:19.040 right down the middle. He just missed it and missfired 0:02:19.080 --> 0:02:21.880 on the swing and it was a five to four 0:02:21.919 --> 0:02:24.000 to three inning ending double play. 0:02:24.280 --> 0:02:25.520 And that was that. 0:02:26.200 --> 0:02:30.359 And Yamamoto deserved a better fate because he pitched really 0:02:30.400 --> 0:02:34.200 well tonight seven innings. He gave up those three runs, 0:02:34.240 --> 0:02:37.480 but didn't get great defense behind him. In that first inning, 0:02:37.520 --> 0:02:41.720 Hayesung Kim made an errant high throw way over the 0:02:41.760 --> 0:02:44.560 head of Freddie Freeman on the very first batter of 0:02:44.600 --> 0:02:46.520 the Giants sent up there in the bottom of the 0:02:46.520 --> 0:02:49.880 first and Willie Adamis and that just kind of opened 0:02:49.960 --> 0:02:53.400 up a little dinks and dunks to score three runs 0:02:53.600 --> 0:02:57.639 for the Giants. And also Alex Calling not really communicating 0:02:57.720 --> 0:03:01.000 taking charge in center field on all that was hit 0:03:01.080 --> 0:03:05.799 to center field or left left field in that first inning, 0:03:06.000 --> 0:03:11.040 Taoscar Hernandez, he didn't read it correctly. He went back 0:03:11.080 --> 0:03:14.320 on the fly ball by Casey Schmidt to left center field, 0:03:14.639 --> 0:03:18.360 and Alex Call jumped all over it. But Taoscar recovered 0:03:18.760 --> 0:03:22.480 and Alex Call was not communicating and screaming I got it, 0:03:22.560 --> 0:03:25.600 and they collided. And that was a scary collision because 0:03:26.000 --> 0:03:30.120 it looked like Alex Call's head hit Oscar Hernandez's jaw, 0:03:30.680 --> 0:03:34.320 and that is concussion type of stuff. I mean, ta 0:03:34.400 --> 0:03:37.960 Oscar was rubbing his jaw, opening and closing his mouth, 0:03:38.480 --> 0:03:41.720 and he also could have taken out Tao Oscar's left knee. 0:03:42.520 --> 0:03:46.800 Alex Call a big center field out here in San Francisco. 0:03:47.120 --> 0:03:49.680 Andy Paez in a little bit of a slump in 0:03:49.720 --> 0:03:53.000 those four games at cors Field, so Dave Roberts decided 0:03:53.040 --> 0:03:55.920 to give him the day off. But this center field 0:03:55.960 --> 0:03:58.760 is a lot different than playing center field at Dodger Stadium, 0:03:59.120 --> 0:04:04.320 and hopefully Alex Call learned some things that he can 0:04:04.360 --> 0:04:07.640 take with him moving forward. But he did make some 0:04:07.760 --> 0:04:10.800 nice plays towards right field because Kyle Tucker never seemed 0:04:10.840 --> 0:04:13.119 to really get a great jump on any of those 0:04:13.120 --> 0:04:16.120 fly balls to right field. And Kyle Tucker had a 0:04:16.200 --> 0:04:19.400 rough night too, struck out three times tonight, and Kyle 0:04:19.440 --> 0:04:23.640 Tucker's sitting two forty four with a seven H five ops. 0:04:23.680 --> 0:04:27.599 He just hasn't been very consistent. He's had a couple 0:04:27.640 --> 0:04:31.480 of good moments, but for the most part to start 0:04:31.520 --> 0:04:35.320 the season, he has not done much of anything for 0:04:35.440 --> 0:04:39.120 the Dodgers. Eight six six nine seven two five seventy 0:04:39.200 --> 0:04:41.719 is the phone number. Let's head downstairs right now to 0:04:41.760 --> 0:04:45.200 hear from Alex Call, who had a tough night tonight 0:04:45.320 --> 0:04:46.400 in San Francisco. 0:04:47.080 --> 0:04:50.839 Yeah, I was going after the ball. I didn't like 0:04:51.040 --> 0:04:54.559 fully know where Teyo was just because I was running 0:04:54.560 --> 0:04:57.440 after it. Bottom line is, you know, ball can't fall. 0:04:57.920 --> 0:05:00.359 As a center fielder, I was just trying to go 0:05:00.400 --> 0:05:03.839 get the ball. And you know, I think he said 0:05:03.880 --> 0:05:09.080 he was calling it. I didn't hear him. I started 0:05:09.080 --> 0:05:12.400 calling it. You know, he didn't hear me. So just 0:05:12.440 --> 0:05:16.240 kind of the way it goes. It's unfortunate. Glad he's okay. 0:05:17.480 --> 0:05:20.479 Glad we at least got it out. But yeah, you know, 0:05:20.680 --> 0:05:22.960 just tough. I mean, the stadium gets loud and things happen. 0:05:23.040 --> 0:05:27.400 But it's as my job to be vocal and loud 0:05:27.440 --> 0:05:28.920 and make sure that he hears me and make sure 0:05:28.960 --> 0:05:30.000 things like that don't happen. 0:05:30.520 --> 0:05:32.240 You just get like the wind knocked out there. 0:05:33.839 --> 0:05:36.560 I mean I gotta have a few bumps and bruises 0:05:36.920 --> 0:05:40.599 the wind knocked out. And although it's worth ending you. 0:05:40.760 --> 0:05:44.120 Bat, you see the four walks ahead of you. What 0:05:44.200 --> 0:05:46.680 do you take as the approach when you go up there? 0:05:48.520 --> 0:05:51.200 I mean, I'm ready to ready to hit, you know, 0:05:52.680 --> 0:05:55.040 I think bottom line is you got to get a 0:05:55.040 --> 0:05:57.640 good pitch to hit. I'm not certainly worried about expanding, 0:05:58.640 --> 0:06:02.839 not with how I you know, go about my bets. Normally, 0:06:04.480 --> 0:06:06.160 the ball that's in my zone, certainly that was the 0:06:06.200 --> 0:06:08.960 ball that was in my zone just snuck inside my barrel. 0:06:09.000 --> 0:06:11.360 I know I had the right approach, the right mindset, 0:06:11.440 --> 0:06:15.800 the right practice and didn't work out all right. 0:06:15.839 --> 0:06:19.240 There's Alex Call on sports and at LA. Good for 0:06:19.360 --> 0:06:21.080 him to stand up in front of his locker and 0:06:21.120 --> 0:06:23.920 answer those questions. He was our pregame guest and gave 0:06:24.320 --> 0:06:28.920 really insightful questions. He has a thought process. So that 0:06:28.960 --> 0:06:31.080 pitch was right down the middle. You have to swing 0:06:31.200 --> 0:06:33.679 at it. He just hit a ground ball to third base. 0:06:33.720 --> 0:06:35.120 It's baseball. That happens. 0:06:35.200 --> 0:06:38.920 And that was the opportunity for the Dodgers to get 0:06:38.960 --> 0:06:42.600 back into this game. And you know, some nights in 0:06:42.640 --> 0:06:45.520 this game, a lot of things pile up on the 0:06:45.560 --> 0:06:48.479 negative side, and it was just one of those tough 0:06:48.600 --> 0:06:52.080 nights of baseball for Alex Call because of the collision 0:06:52.480 --> 0:06:54.960 in the first inning with ta Oscar Hernandez. Good for 0:06:55.080 --> 0:06:57.360 him to hold onto the ball, by the way, at 0:06:57.440 --> 0:06:59.960 least get that out. And then in the sixth then 0:07:00.880 --> 0:07:04.440 Helia Ramos with two outs and Junghu Lee at first 0:07:04.560 --> 0:07:09.159 base hits a dumps a single into center and Alex 0:07:09.240 --> 0:07:12.800 Call was way too casual getting on that ball and 0:07:12.840 --> 0:07:15.320 getting it back into the infield. And that's why Jung 0:07:15.400 --> 0:07:19.680 Hu Lee and the Giants third base coach Barge Hector 0:07:19.720 --> 0:07:23.960 Borg sent him because Call was flat footed. 0:07:24.160 --> 0:07:26.280 He lobbed it in one. 0:07:26.120 --> 0:07:29.480 Hopped it to Alex Freeland, who was very aware of 0:07:29.480 --> 0:07:33.480 what was happening, and got it to Dalton Rushing just 0:07:33.560 --> 0:07:36.280 in time, and jung Hu Lee was the last out 0:07:36.320 --> 0:07:39.560 of that sixth inning. That would have been even That 0:07:39.600 --> 0:07:41.920 would have made it an even worse night for Alex 0:07:42.080 --> 0:07:44.880 Call if Lee would have been safe on that type 0:07:44.880 --> 0:07:47.720 of play. And Lee had to leave the game after that. 0:07:48.240 --> 0:07:50.680 Not sure if it was his left knee that got 0:07:50.680 --> 0:07:54.800 caught underneath him, but he hurt something and was down 0:07:54.840 --> 0:07:57.640 a while after he was tagged out, and it wasn't 0:07:57.760 --> 0:08:01.280 just his feelings that were hurt. Six nine eight seven 0:08:01.360 --> 0:08:04.560 two five seventy is the phone number Dodgers fall to 0:08:04.600 --> 0:08:08.600 the Giants tonight, three to one. Let's go out to Valencia, OZ. 0:08:08.920 --> 0:08:12.280 You're on Dodger Talk Live from San Francisco. Lead us off. 0:08:14.080 --> 0:08:15.880 Hey, David, thank you for taking my call. I just 0:08:15.880 --> 0:08:17.520 want to say thank you for everything you do. It's 0:08:17.520 --> 0:08:20.000 a pleasure to listen to you every single night, day 0:08:20.040 --> 0:08:21.680 and day out. But I have a question for you, 0:08:21.760 --> 0:08:26.160 Daves how six of course, thank you? How how successful 0:08:26.280 --> 0:08:28.640 or rather, how limited are the Dodgers in terms of 0:08:28.680 --> 0:08:30.720 abs challenges, because I know Max Monsey came out and 0:08:30.760 --> 0:08:32.200 said they were going to leave it for the catchers, 0:08:32.240 --> 0:08:35.200 but especially for someone like some of the young guys 0:08:35.240 --> 0:08:37.720 like Alex Freeland. They look like the pitchers are way 0:08:37.720 --> 0:08:40.400 outside and that they should be challenging, and even Joe 0:08:40.480 --> 0:08:42.839 was suggesting it on the back broadcast a little bit. 0:08:43.280 --> 0:08:45.720 But they don't. As always just wanted to say thank. 0:08:45.520 --> 0:08:49.679 You, Okay, yeah, Well, Number one, the Dodgers do have 0:08:49.720 --> 0:08:53.280 a strategy. As I mentioned before that Monthcy has been 0:08:53.320 --> 0:08:56.360 public that their strategy is to leave as many of 0:08:56.400 --> 0:08:59.520 those two challenges for their catcher to help out the 0:08:59.520 --> 0:09:02.520 pitchings daft as far as the offense go, the way 0:09:02.559 --> 0:09:05.959 it's been explained to me is, uh, they don't want 0:09:06.000 --> 0:09:08.600 you challenging in the first or second inning if it 0:09:08.640 --> 0:09:12.920 isn't a high leverage situation or a big swing in 0:09:13.000 --> 0:09:17.360 the count in that In that case, Alex Freeland in 0:09:17.400 --> 0:09:20.439 the fifth inning was leading off, and I know which 0:09:20.640 --> 0:09:25.079 which I bet you're talking about, because Rupe was certainly struggling, 0:09:25.120 --> 0:09:27.680 struggling in the fourth inning and to start that fifth 0:09:28.160 --> 0:09:31.559 and that ball was high the replay showed it was 0:09:32.080 --> 0:09:36.079 out of the strike zone and Alex Freeland was just indecisive. 0:09:36.240 --> 0:09:37.520 He he wasn't. 0:09:37.200 --> 0:09:40.439 Sure whether or not to challenge or not, and uh, 0:09:40.480 --> 0:09:42.319 that was just him being indecisive. 0:09:44.760 --> 0:09:47.040 Gosh, thank you so much, Dave. Yeah, because I understand 0:09:47.120 --> 0:09:49.280 the way it looks. It could look like a ball 0:09:49.320 --> 0:09:51.280 out of the hand. So I was just christed. Thank 0:09:51.320 --> 0:09:51.880 you so much, Stave. 0:09:52.120 --> 0:09:55.240 Yeah, yeah, you got to make your decision quickly. And 0:09:55.280 --> 0:09:58.000 he was just indecisive. And I would have said that 0:09:58.040 --> 0:10:01.680 would have been a challenge situation where the Dodgers would 0:10:01.679 --> 0:10:04.880 not have been upset, and that is to their game 0:10:04.920 --> 0:10:08.200 plan that he would have challenged that because he would 0:10:08.200 --> 0:10:10.960 have got on base for Otani. So that's one of 0:10:11.000 --> 0:10:14.760 those instances that, uh, the game plan is to challenge. 0:10:14.760 --> 0:10:18.319 But he was just indecisive in that situation. Eight six, six, 0:10:18.480 --> 0:10:21.120 nine eighty seven two five seventy is the phone number 0:10:21.200 --> 0:10:24.760 Dodgers fall to the Giants tonight three to one. Freddie 0:10:24.800 --> 0:10:28.440 Freeman was back in the Dodgers starting lineup. Remember he 0:10:28.520 --> 0:10:31.440 went on the paternity list. Him and his wife Chelsea 0:10:32.000 --> 0:10:36.080 welcome their first daughter, and Freddie was zero for to 0:10:36.080 --> 0:10:40.120 tonight with two Walks hitting third behind Otani and Tucker, 0:10:40.559 --> 0:10:42.760 and before the game, we had a chance to catch 0:10:42.840 --> 0:10:45.640 up with Freddy to share the news of his brand 0:10:45.640 --> 0:10:49.040 new baby girl and the name and the meaning behind 0:10:49.080 --> 0:10:50.800 the name they gave their baby girl. 0:10:51.280 --> 0:10:55.480 Yes, so London is their first name. Obviously, Chelsea, my wife, 0:10:55.480 --> 0:10:57.880 my in laws are from England, born and raised there. 0:10:58.240 --> 0:11:00.520 He's always loved the name London, so ever since I've 0:11:00.520 --> 0:11:02.800 known Chelsea, I felt like, if we're gonna have a girl, 0:11:02.840 --> 0:11:05.560 the girl's name is gonna be London. And she has 0:11:05.559 --> 0:11:08.640 two middle names, Rosemary Joy. My mom's name was Rosemary 0:11:08.720 --> 0:11:12.880 Joy Freeman, so our daughter's name is London Rosemary Tooy 0:11:12.920 --> 0:11:14.000 Freeman after my mom. 0:11:14.679 --> 0:11:17.040 Pretty you going on the paternity list kind of set 0:11:17.080 --> 0:11:19.960 a chain of events that allowed Ryan Ward to have 0:11:20.040 --> 0:11:22.280 his first major league start and hit and all that. 0:11:22.320 --> 0:11:23.079 Were you watching? 0:11:23.679 --> 0:11:27.640 Unfortunately, London was born at eleven fifty two, so no, 0:11:27.720 --> 0:11:30.439 I was not watching the game. I did not see 0:11:30.480 --> 0:11:33.040 any visual game on Sunday. I did watch the game 0:11:33.120 --> 0:11:35.360 last night, London's first game she got to watch with me. 0:11:36.480 --> 0:11:39.240 But I am happy I've got to know Ryan over 0:11:39.280 --> 0:11:43.120 the last few years, and he's an incredibly hard worker. 0:11:43.720 --> 0:11:45.560 He's worked so hard for that moment and to go 0:11:45.559 --> 0:11:47.280 out there and get two hits and RBI and his 0:11:47.320 --> 0:11:50.800 big league debut, that was special, So we all know 0:11:50.840 --> 0:11:52.520 he can do it. So I'm sure there'll be another 0:11:52.520 --> 0:11:54.199 opportunity at some point for him to get back here. 0:11:54.880 --> 0:11:58.680 Did you hear about Dalton giving up that start for him? 0:11:59.600 --> 0:12:02.800 I just about it. Yeah, so I for me, I 0:12:02.880 --> 0:12:05.440 thought Dalton was starting Sunday, So when I heard that 0:12:05.480 --> 0:12:07.559 he wasn't, I did have a smile on my face. 0:12:07.760 --> 0:12:09.960 That was like, oh good because Ryan will get to play, 0:12:10.000 --> 0:12:12.360 but awesome for Dalton to do that, and Dalton's went 0:12:12.360 --> 0:12:16.000 off to a great start, so I'm just happy they 0:12:16.080 --> 0:12:17.440 both got the play because he played the next day 0:12:17.440 --> 0:12:19.680 and hit to him run. So first face was well 0:12:19.679 --> 0:12:20.200 taken care of. 0:12:21.440 --> 0:12:24.520 Freddie Freeman all smiles and why shouldn't he be. He's 0:12:24.559 --> 0:12:27.760 a girl dad and now have four kids. He said 0:12:27.840 --> 0:12:30.320 that's it for him and Chelsea. Four kids is enough. 0:12:30.400 --> 0:12:34.640 So congratulations to Freddie and Chelsea Freeman. And it was 0:12:34.640 --> 0:12:37.320 great to have Freddie back around the ball club and 0:12:37.960 --> 0:12:40.920 certainly a leader that the Dodgers need, not only by 0:12:40.960 --> 0:12:43.720 example but just the way he carries himself. 0:12:43.760 --> 0:12:44.840 On and off the field. 0:12:45.160 --> 0:12:47.000 All right, we're gonna take a time out here on 0:12:47.160 --> 0:12:50.439 Dodger Talk. When we come back, you'll hear from Dave Roberts, 0:12:50.480 --> 0:12:53.240 who responded to what Craig Council had to say out 0:12:53.320 --> 0:12:57.000 of nowhere questioning the Otawni roster rule. 0:12:57.240 --> 0:12:58.920 Huh Yeah. 0:12:58.960 --> 0:13:00.840 You'll hear from Dave, and we'll give you an update 0:13:00.880 --> 0:13:01.760 on Blake Snell. 0:13:01.880 --> 0:13:02.959 He joined the. 0:13:02.880 --> 0:13:06.320 Dodgers here in San Francisco after six hours at Coachella 0:13:06.760 --> 0:13:11.400 last week. Dodgers I mentioned that to snow Dodgers fall 0:13:11.440 --> 0:13:13.839 to the Giants tonight three to one on a five 0:13:13.920 --> 0:13:15.680 to seventy LA Sports. 0:13:18.640 --> 0:13:21.800 On air at AM five to seventy, online at amfive 0:13:21.880 --> 0:13:26.000 seventy LA sports dot com, and available by podcast on 0:13:26.080 --> 0:13:30.679 the iHeartRadio app. This is Dodger Talk with David Bass. 0:13:35.520 --> 0:13:39.559 David Vasse live in San Francisco at Oracle Park. After 0:13:39.600 --> 0:13:42.320 the Dodgers fall to the Giants tonight by a final 0:13:42.360 --> 0:13:45.560 score of three to one. What a sports night for 0:13:45.720 --> 0:13:49.600 Los Angeles. The Lakers beating the Rockets. I believe we're 0:13:49.640 --> 0:13:51.679 about to beat the Rockets to take a two to 0:13:51.760 --> 0:13:54.560 zero lead in the first round. The LA Kings are 0:13:54.679 --> 0:13:57.760 up one nothing in the third period right now against 0:13:57.800 --> 0:14:00.800 the Avalanche, and the Dodgers and Giants are hooking up 0:14:00.840 --> 0:14:04.000 here for a three game series the first time this season. 0:14:04.400 --> 0:14:07.000 The Dodgers are up here in San Francisco and playing 0:14:07.000 --> 0:14:10.319 the Giants, and with the Giants winning tonight, they take 0:14:10.360 --> 0:14:14.760 an all time series lead one two hundred and eighty 0:14:14.840 --> 0:14:19.040 nine wins for San Francisco to twelve hundred and eighty 0:14:19.160 --> 0:14:21.720 eight wins for the Dodgers. And oh, by the way, 0:14:22.200 --> 0:14:26.520 back in the early nineteen hundreds, they tied nineteen times, 0:14:26.560 --> 0:14:31.120 So that's how close this all time rivalry has become. 0:14:31.400 --> 0:14:35.200 And the Dodgers over the last thirteen fourteen years have 0:14:35.320 --> 0:14:38.640 made up a lot of ground in that category and 0:14:39.400 --> 0:14:43.160 in the last ten fifteen twenty years now have matched 0:14:43.200 --> 0:14:46.600 the Giants world Series win total. The Giants were so 0:14:46.760 --> 0:14:51.320 happy about their miracle three championships about ten years ago, Well, 0:14:51.360 --> 0:14:54.520 the Dodgers have outdone them by winning back to back 0:14:54.520 --> 0:14:59.800 World Series championships. And that's what separates this Dodger team 0:15:00.280 --> 0:15:03.200 other World Series champions. They are one of just a 0:15:03.200 --> 0:15:06.760 handful of teams to ever win back to back championships 0:15:06.800 --> 0:15:10.040 and are looking to become just the third franchise in 0:15:10.160 --> 0:15:14.280 baseball history to have a three peat winner, and right 0:15:14.320 --> 0:15:18.480 now things are looking good for the Dodgers, even with 0:15:18.600 --> 0:15:21.640 the injury to Edwin Diaz, who is expected to return 0:15:21.680 --> 0:15:24.760 in two or three months. The Dodgers and Padres are 0:15:24.800 --> 0:15:29.000 tied for first place in the NL West sixteen and seven, 0:15:29.040 --> 0:15:33.160 and the Bait have baseball's best record at sixteen and seven, 0:15:33.320 --> 0:15:36.360 So things are going well for the back to back 0:15:36.480 --> 0:15:40.560 champions tonight, though they fall to the Giants three to one. Now, 0:15:40.680 --> 0:15:42.840 I wanted to bring this up because we talked about 0:15:42.880 --> 0:15:46.560 it two nights ago in Denver when I saw a 0:15:46.640 --> 0:15:52.400 tweet from a satellite radio commentator, and then out of 0:15:52.440 --> 0:15:56.960 the blue, the very next day, Craig Council of the Cubs, 0:15:57.160 --> 0:15:59.480 who are coming to town by the weekend on Friday 0:15:59.560 --> 0:16:03.480 night at Stadium for a three game series out of Nowhere, 0:16:03.520 --> 0:16:07.480 which is interesting great Council told the media in Chicago 0:16:07.680 --> 0:16:12.480 he believes the Dodgers have an unfair roster advantage by 0:16:12.960 --> 0:16:16.520 having Sho Haotani as a two way player and also 0:16:17.200 --> 0:16:22.520 allowed to carry thirteen pitchers. Now, remember the rule changed 0:16:22.560 --> 0:16:26.240 where Major League Baseball did not want bullpen games, so 0:16:26.280 --> 0:16:28.760 they put a limit on how many pitchers you could 0:16:28.760 --> 0:16:32.200 carry on your roster during the regular season before September, 0:16:32.520 --> 0:16:37.359 and that's thirteen. So the Dodgers have thirteen designated pitchers 0:16:37.800 --> 0:16:41.080 plus the most unique and best player in the game 0:16:41.520 --> 0:16:44.720 in show Heotani, So technically, I guess you could say 0:16:45.040 --> 0:16:49.040 they have fourteen pitchers. Otani is starting tomorrow, so tomorrow 0:16:49.080 --> 0:16:52.800 the Dodgers will have fourteen pitchers on their active roster. 0:16:52.920 --> 0:16:56.720 But tonight there was thirteen because Otani is not starting. 0:16:57.200 --> 0:17:00.800 And by the way, why now, Because Tani's on the 0:17:00.800 --> 0:17:04.160 best team in baseball, the defending back to back champions. 0:17:04.400 --> 0:17:07.240 He's won two World Series in his first two years 0:17:07.280 --> 0:17:11.000 with the Dodgers. This rule has been in place since 0:17:11.040 --> 0:17:14.879 twenty twenty two, when Otani was on the Angels. I 0:17:14.920 --> 0:17:18.120 never heard Craig Council when he was in Milwaukee complain 0:17:18.800 --> 0:17:22.040 about any sort of roster advantage for the Angels. But 0:17:22.119 --> 0:17:25.160 all of a sudden, now there's a roster advantage because 0:17:25.160 --> 0:17:29.719 Otani's on the Dodgers. Just doesn't make a lot of sense. 0:17:30.000 --> 0:17:33.760 And after last night's game, Dave Roberts was asked about 0:17:33.840 --> 0:17:37.560 Craig Councils out of the blue comments about this so 0:17:37.640 --> 0:17:39.000 called roster advantage. 0:17:39.320 --> 0:17:41.720 The thing is is that it certainly benefits us because 0:17:41.720 --> 0:17:45.000 we have the player. But that's something that regardless of 0:17:45.040 --> 0:17:47.399 any team that would have Otani would have that player, 0:17:47.440 --> 0:17:50.320 and you know, we're more than willing to have other teams, 0:17:50.400 --> 0:17:51.800 you know, go out and find a player that can 0:17:51.840 --> 0:17:55.560 do both. So he's an exception because he's an exceptional player. 0:17:55.640 --> 0:17:58.359 So yeah, I mean, it's it's kind of it is 0:17:58.400 --> 0:17:58.840 what it is. 0:18:00.480 --> 0:18:03.960 Yeah, no apologies from the Dodgers or show hey Otani, 0:18:04.040 --> 0:18:07.320 and there shouldn't be. It's not like the Dodgers were 0:18:07.359 --> 0:18:10.439 the ones that appealed to Major League Baseball to have 0:18:10.600 --> 0:18:14.160 this rule where Otani is designated as a two way 0:18:14.200 --> 0:18:18.359 player because he is. This was a rule that was 0:18:18.400 --> 0:18:20.960 put in place in twenty twenty two when Otani was 0:18:21.000 --> 0:18:24.320 on the Angels. Eight sixty six nine eight seven two 0:18:24.480 --> 0:18:27.359 five seventy is the phone number. Here's my other issue 0:18:27.359 --> 0:18:31.320 with create Council. Okay, you're whining about the Dodgers having 0:18:31.359 --> 0:18:34.080 the best player and the most unique player and they've 0:18:34.080 --> 0:18:38.880 won back to back championships. Okay, but what's your solution. 0:18:40.040 --> 0:18:43.800 What is CREK Council's solution? Should the Dodgers be at 0:18:43.800 --> 0:18:46.640 a disadvantage and only have twelve pitchers on their roster 0:18:46.760 --> 0:18:52.080 because Otani is a two way player. Should the Dodgers 0:18:52.200 --> 0:18:56.639 taxi a pitcher for the days that Otani is only 0:18:56.680 --> 0:19:01.760 the dh You tell me, Crey Council, what should What 0:19:01.920 --> 0:19:05.400 is the solution? Why are you whining so much about 0:19:05.640 --> 0:19:08.440 a team that you're not even gonna see in the postseason. 0:19:09.359 --> 0:19:12.320 You didn't see them last year because the Brewers beat you. 0:19:12.359 --> 0:19:14.320 Do you really believe you're gonna see them this year? 0:19:15.480 --> 0:19:18.640 I mean, I just don't understand why. Now out of nowhere, 0:19:19.000 --> 0:19:23.320 Craig Council is talking about an unfair roster advantage for 0:19:23.400 --> 0:19:27.240 the Dodgers. Whoever signed sho Heotani not only gets the 0:19:27.280 --> 0:19:30.080 best player and most unique player, but they do get 0:19:30.119 --> 0:19:33.359 that advantage. It is an advantage because there's nobody else 0:19:33.520 --> 0:19:36.639 like him. If all of a sudden, let's say Saya 0:19:36.720 --> 0:19:40.760 Suzuki decided to pitch, then the Cubs would have fourteen 0:19:41.480 --> 0:19:42.760 pitchers on their roster. 0:19:43.840 --> 0:19:47.879 If Ian happ decided to become a pitcher, then you 0:19:47.920 --> 0:19:50.159 would have that. But you don't. 0:19:51.000 --> 0:19:54.040 The Angels had Otani, they let him go. The Giants 0:19:54.119 --> 0:19:58.080 tried to sign Otani. He didn't sign here, he signed 0:19:58.080 --> 0:20:02.000 with the Dodgers. I just think Craig Council comes off 0:20:02.480 --> 0:20:06.080 very petty and jealous and whiney, uh, talking about this 0:20:06.320 --> 0:20:11.160 unfair roster advantage. Daniels Jewelers presents the home run Forecast 0:20:11.200 --> 0:20:13.520 for your chance to win a fifty dollars Daniels Jewelers 0:20:13.520 --> 0:20:16.480 gift card. 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Dukes Nider 0:20:48.400 --> 0:20:52.280 reached on base fifty eight consecutive games, so it's not 0:20:52.359 --> 0:20:55.120 like a hitting streak, but since we're keeping score here, 0:20:55.520 --> 0:20:58.360 that's what's happened. Otani now has reached base in fifty 0:20:58.359 --> 0:21:02.280 three consecutive game after beating out a groundball to shortstop 0:21:02.600 --> 0:21:05.480 in the last at bat that he had tonight, the Dodgers, 0:21:05.480 --> 0:21:07.840 they'll go down three to one, leave eight men on 0:21:07.920 --> 0:21:10.639 base tonight and are hitting one eighty eight on this 0:21:10.760 --> 0:21:13.920 road trip with runners in scoring positions. So they're gonna 0:21:13.920 --> 0:21:16.520 get back on track. And look, the reality is the 0:21:16.600 --> 0:21:19.080 Dodgers are in the middle of playing thirteen in a row, 0:21:19.400 --> 0:21:22.720 most consecutive games that they have played to start the season. 0:21:23.440 --> 0:21:25.760 They'll have this again, but this is the first time, 0:21:26.200 --> 0:21:30.080 so I think we have to take that into account. Also, 0:21:30.240 --> 0:21:32.879 we talk so much about what they're doing with the 0:21:32.880 --> 0:21:35.080 players that are on the injured list. I think that 0:21:35.160 --> 0:21:38.919 should be part of the equation as well. And you 0:21:38.960 --> 0:21:41.439 don't have Kyle Tucker swinging the bat well, he's not 0:21:41.520 --> 0:21:45.320 playing well to start the season. Sho Heo Tani admittedly 0:21:45.359 --> 0:21:48.600 said April is not usually the best month for him. 0:21:48.640 --> 0:21:50.639 He feels like he's really gonna take off in the 0:21:50.680 --> 0:21:53.560 month of May as a hitter. And they don't have 0:21:53.640 --> 0:21:56.040 Mookie Betts, they don't have Tommy Edmond, they don't have 0:21:56.160 --> 0:21:59.200 keyk Hernandez to play center field tonight. If they wanted 0:21:59.240 --> 0:22:02.400 to give Andy has a rest. They don't have Edwin 0:22:02.480 --> 0:22:05.840 Diaz now, they don't have Evan Phillips. Brock Stewart's on 0:22:05.840 --> 0:22:08.720 a rehab assignment. Blake's now, by the way, is going 0:22:08.760 --> 0:22:12.600 to make his first rehab start tomorrow for Ontario in 0:22:12.720 --> 0:22:17.680 San Jose, and he's expected to go three innings eight six, six, seven, 0:22:17.760 --> 0:22:20.440 two five seventy is the phone number. Let's go back 0:22:20.440 --> 0:22:24.040