WEBVTT - Dodger Talk (4-13-26) 0:00:00.560 --> 0:00:02.880 The quest for the three peat has begun. 0:00:03.120 --> 0:00:06.960 Only four teams in Major League Baseball history have won 0:00:07.040 --> 0:00:11.440 three consecutive titles. The Dodgers are the favorites to become 0:00:11.760 --> 0:00:12.600 the fifth. 0:00:12.640 --> 0:00:15.080 This is World Champion Dodger Talk. 0:00:15.160 --> 0:00:17.160 Here we go again. We're going to running back to. 0:00:17.120 --> 0:00:19.960 Get in on the show called eight six six eighty 0:00:20.040 --> 0:00:23.080 seven two five seven, and be sure to follow Dodger 0:00:23.200 --> 0:00:28.560 Talk wherever you catch your podcasts. Here's your host, David Vase. 0:00:31.480 --> 0:00:32.800 Welcome the Dodger Talk. 0:00:33.000 --> 0:00:36.760 David Vasse with you until eleven o'clock tonight here on 0:00:36.840 --> 0:00:40.440 Am five to seventy LA Sports. After the Dodgers and 0:00:40.720 --> 0:00:43.839 the Mets their six straight loss with a four to 0:00:43.960 --> 0:00:47.440 nothing shout out win behind a great pitch game by 0:00:47.680 --> 0:00:52.600 Justin Robleski, who did not get the double digit strikeouts, 0:00:52.680 --> 0:00:56.400 but he did throw strikes and he did not walk anybody. 0:00:56.680 --> 0:01:00.440 Two strikeouts, no walks, and he kept his infield and aged. 0:01:00.520 --> 0:01:03.920 And that was the recipe for success, to be efficient 0:01:04.360 --> 0:01:08.560 and to last eight innings in tonight's game throwing only 0:01:09.120 --> 0:01:14.640 ninety pitches. After what we saw yesterday compared to what 0:01:14.680 --> 0:01:18.720 we saw today, that's the difference between a guy that 0:01:18.880 --> 0:01:21.480 belongs in the major leagues and a guy that is 0:01:21.520 --> 0:01:26.440 still trying to develop. And I think it speaks for 0:01:26.480 --> 0:01:31.280 itself the difference we saw from yesterday starting pitcher compared 0:01:31.280 --> 0:01:35.959 to tonight's starting pitcher, and everybody obviously can see that. 0:01:36.160 --> 0:01:39.200 But it was great to have a well pitched game 0:01:39.280 --> 0:01:43.840 by Justin Robleski after an off day for the Dodgers' staff. 0:01:44.160 --> 0:01:48.919 Roki Sasaki not a great day pitching, has not thrown 0:01:48.920 --> 0:01:53.240 strikes all season long, and Robleski maybe showed them, you know, 0:01:53.320 --> 0:01:57.080 how to attack the strike zone. Robleski certainly was a 0:01:57.080 --> 0:02:00.480 breath of fresh air tonight for the Dodgers after going 0:02:00.560 --> 0:02:04.200 eight scoreless innings and something that you know, he's never 0:02:04.320 --> 0:02:08.720 done before in his professional career, majors or minor leagues, 0:02:08.800 --> 0:02:12.960 because if you look at Robleski's career, he had not 0:02:13.200 --> 0:02:17.560 gone more than seven innings in his minor or six 0:02:17.639 --> 0:02:20.440 innings in his minor league career, and he hadn't gone 0:02:20.680 --> 0:02:26.000 more than seven innings before in his career either. Six 0:02:26.080 --> 0:02:29.079 innings in his major league career was his high. Seven 0:02:29.120 --> 0:02:32.040 innings in his minor league career was his high. He 0:02:32.080 --> 0:02:34.840 did that twice. So doing what he did tonight, he 0:02:34.880 --> 0:02:40.119 had never done before, so certainly, certainly a career night 0:02:40.480 --> 0:02:44.320 for Justin Robleski. And like I mentioned during the Clubhouse Show, 0:02:45.000 --> 0:02:48.120 this guy's been really good for the Dodgers ever since 0:02:48.120 --> 0:02:51.720 he got called back up from the minor leagues halfway 0:02:51.760 --> 0:02:55.520 through last season. He came back throwing strikes. If you 0:02:55.639 --> 0:02:57.919 watch him, he's not really out of a wind up. 0:02:58.000 --> 0:03:02.400 It seems like he's straddling the pitching mound there, and 0:03:02.680 --> 0:03:06.359 it's short, it's compact to the plate, it's deceptive, and 0:03:06.880 --> 0:03:08.800 that's part of the success. 0:03:08.840 --> 0:03:10.520 And he attacks the strike zone. 0:03:10.800 --> 0:03:14.040 He misses barrels, and he got a lot of ground 0:03:14.040 --> 0:03:16.720 balls tonight, a lot of ground ball outs. 0:03:16.520 --> 0:03:17.800 A lot of double plays. 0:03:17.919 --> 0:03:22.320 Rojas was spectacular at shortstop months he made two or 0:03:22.400 --> 0:03:26.840 three really good plays at third base. Santiago Espinal had 0:03:26.880 --> 0:03:29.280 a nice double play to end the fifth inning. 0:03:29.360 --> 0:03:32.560 And really the Dodger. 0:03:32.240 --> 0:03:36.000 Infield helped out Robleski tonight, and he helped them out 0:03:36.040 --> 0:03:39.600 by keeping the pace up after a laborious day yesterday 0:03:39.680 --> 0:03:43.400 where the Dodger pitching staff combined to throw one hundred 0:03:43.400 --> 0:03:47.000 and ninety nine pitches and walk ten batters. So that's 0:03:47.040 --> 0:03:50.520 not going to keep your outfield and infield engaged, but 0:03:51.000 --> 0:03:54.880 certainly a great night for Justin Robleski. Let's head downstairs 0:03:54.880 --> 0:03:58.360 to the Dodger Clubhouse to hear from tonight's winning pitcher. 0:03:59.400 --> 0:04:02.600 Yeah, I think a big water emphasis for me is 0:04:02.640 --> 0:04:04.400 just trying to keep it as simple as I can. 0:04:05.440 --> 0:04:05.600 You know. 0:04:05.720 --> 0:04:07.440 Yeah, they've got a really good lineup and and kind 0:04:07.440 --> 0:04:08.880 of looking through this skuying report, they got a lot 0:04:08.880 --> 0:04:11.440 of good guys in that lineup, mainly those I think 0:04:11.440 --> 0:04:14.640 it was four or five, six wherever that like with 0:04:14.800 --> 0:04:17.880 Polanco and all those guys that laying they hit left 0:04:17.880 --> 0:04:20.200 these pretty well. So it's just being cognizant of that 0:04:20.279 --> 0:04:23.600 and knowing where we're at. But I think without runners 0:04:23.600 --> 0:04:25.480 on base, I think for me it's let's just attack 0:04:25.520 --> 0:04:28.440 and see where we're at. Yeah, Like the game plan 0:04:28.600 --> 0:04:31.080 was just go out there as always and throw a 0:04:31.080 --> 0:04:33.920 lot of strikes and kind of keep them off balanced 0:04:34.160 --> 0:04:36.320 by using my stuff. And that's that's where we were. 0:04:37.160 --> 0:04:39.520 One of the number of thoth games we'll ever have 0:04:40.040 --> 0:04:41.159 is a big League released. 0:04:41.320 --> 0:04:43.480 H what's the feeling, like, what are you feeling right now? 0:04:43.880 --> 0:04:44.080 Yeah? 0:04:44.080 --> 0:04:47.320 I feel good, you know, I'm hoping there's there's plenty 0:04:47.320 --> 0:04:50.160 of other opportunities like that, to to get a complete game. 0:04:50.600 --> 0:04:52.680 That's kind of something that I think is really cool, 0:04:52.680 --> 0:04:54.840 and you know, not a lot of people do it 0:04:54.880 --> 0:05:00.000 anymore so, and I think, you know, that's the most 0:05:00.080 --> 0:05:03.120 ups I've ever had in a game. So you know, 0:05:03.560 --> 0:05:05.760 I'm gonna try to keep building and get myself on 0:05:05.839 --> 0:05:09.440 the spot where hopefully, hopefully I can complete some of those, 0:05:09.480 --> 0:05:11.240 and that's that's kind of the goal for me. And 0:05:11.240 --> 0:05:14.120 that's something I think is really cool. When you are 0:05:14.160 --> 0:05:19.720 getting clouts, I think the key is just to keep 0:05:19.880 --> 0:05:22.000 attacking doing the same stuff. I don't think there's any 0:05:22.200 --> 0:05:24.760 like secret to it. I think, you know, again, I 0:05:24.800 --> 0:05:27.039 think a lot of it's a lot of being a 0:05:27.040 --> 0:05:29.560 good picture and preventing runs is kind of knowing where 0:05:29.560 --> 0:05:31.120 you're at in the game or where you're in the lineup. 0:05:31.160 --> 0:05:33.360 And I think for me, we had we had a 0:05:33.360 --> 0:05:35.760 four and lead, we we you know, we're hitting the 0:05:35.800 --> 0:05:39.120 ball well, so just kind of being like, all right, 0:05:39.160 --> 0:05:40.919 now we got this four and lead, let's attack. And 0:05:40.960 --> 0:05:43.080 I think that's again, like always a goal for me. 0:05:43.520 --> 0:05:44.880 You didn't give up to the first hit up of 0:05:44.880 --> 0:05:48.520 the fifth inning, No hit or perfect game across your 0:05:48.520 --> 0:05:49.000 mind at. 0:05:48.880 --> 0:05:50.400 All, I knew. 0:05:50.400 --> 0:05:52.919 I knew it was happening. Like I think for me, 0:05:53.520 --> 0:05:56.360 you know, I get through that fourth or whatever, and 0:05:56.720 --> 0:06:00.520 I'm there, and but again I think, like for me, 0:06:00.640 --> 0:06:02.799 I've just just had down keep doing the same stuff. 0:06:03.160 --> 0:06:05.600 I'm not, you know, actively going out there and trying 0:06:05.600 --> 0:06:07.360 to throw no hitter, you know what I mean. I think, 0:06:07.480 --> 0:06:09.440 you know that's something that just happened if you execute, 0:06:09.480 --> 0:06:12.360 and yeah, I think you know, he got that hit, 0:06:12.400 --> 0:06:15.279 And then I don't think there was any different feelings 0:06:15.440 --> 0:06:17.920 or like, oh man, I lost, Like I'm not thinking 0:06:17.920 --> 0:06:19.680 about stuff like that. I'm just thinking about how can 0:06:19.720 --> 0:06:22.360 I get these hitters out because they're a really good team. 0:06:22.960 --> 0:06:27.800 That and it was Jorge Polanco one out single in 0:06:27.880 --> 0:06:30.920 the fifth inning, and he was erased by a double 0:06:31.000 --> 0:06:35.440 play hit by Francisco Alvarez to in the fifth inning. 0:06:35.560 --> 0:06:40.039 So going into the eighth inning, Robleski had only given 0:06:40.120 --> 0:06:43.560 up one hit and then gave up another one in 0:06:43.640 --> 0:06:49.080 the eighth inning too, Francisco Alvarez ironically. But yeah, there 0:06:49.200 --> 0:06:51.320 was a lot of talk about, man, I wish he 0:06:51.320 --> 0:06:54.800 could have had that Jorge Polanco hit back, considering where 0:06:54.839 --> 0:06:57.760 he was and who knows how he attacks the rest 0:06:57.800 --> 0:06:59.760 of the night after that, or the eighth inning at 0:06:59.839 --> 0:07:03.320 least east after that. But certainly there was talk about 0:07:03.400 --> 0:07:07.080 at that point in the sixth seventh inning that you know, 0:07:07.240 --> 0:07:10.920 that was only the only hit against Robleski tonight, And 0:07:11.000 --> 0:07:15.640 quite honestly, hits have not been very easy to come 0:07:15.680 --> 0:07:19.680 for for this Mets lineup, that is, without Jan Soto 0:07:19.800 --> 0:07:22.640 for at least two more weeks with a cap strain. 0:07:23.200 --> 0:07:27.800 The Mets are eight for their last sixty four and 0:07:27.880 --> 0:07:32.360 have not scored a run in their last twenty innings. Yeah, 0:07:32.720 --> 0:07:36.360 the Mets, with a half a billion dollar payroll, are 0:07:36.480 --> 0:07:39.240 eight for their last sixty four and haven't scored a 0:07:39.360 --> 0:07:42.720 run in their last sixty haven't scored a run in 0:07:42.760 --> 0:07:45.680 their last twenty innings. They've lost six in a row 0:07:46.160 --> 0:07:50.480 and are now seven and ten. So there was a 0:07:50.480 --> 0:07:54.320 lot of talk coming into tonight's game with us some 0:07:54.600 --> 0:07:58.000 articles out there talking about how this is the most 0:07:58.040 --> 0:08:01.680 expensive series a pay round that Baseball has ever seen, 0:08:01.720 --> 0:08:05.200 which is true, over a billion dollars worth of payroll 0:08:05.600 --> 0:08:09.320 in this series between the Dodgers and Mets. But you 0:08:09.360 --> 0:08:12.760 look at this Mets lineup and you wonder where did 0:08:12.760 --> 0:08:19.200 their half billion dollars go? Did it go to Mark Vientos, Oh, 0:08:19.280 --> 0:08:22.520 that's right. They signed Francisco Lindor to a big contract. 0:08:22.880 --> 0:08:23.560 Did it go. 0:08:23.520 --> 0:08:28.480 To Tommy Fam They just had to call up thirty 0:08:28.480 --> 0:08:33.000 eight year old Tommy Fam. They traded Brandon Nimmo for 0:08:33.160 --> 0:08:37.640 Marcus Simeon two exchanges for contracts, and Neimo's a better 0:08:37.720 --> 0:08:42.160 offensive player than Simeon. I'm trying to find out where 0:08:42.200 --> 0:08:45.680 all that money went. And you look at the Dodgers lineup, 0:08:45.679 --> 0:08:48.719 It's an all star lineup o Tani, Tucker Smith, ta 0:08:48.800 --> 0:08:56.000 Oscar Hernandez, Freddie Freeman, Pajz Muncie Rojas. You're missing Mookie Betts. 0:08:56.679 --> 0:08:59.880 And you had a kid that you drafted and developed, 0:09:00.200 --> 0:09:04.600 Justin Robleski on the mound, who pitched five different games 0:09:04.600 --> 0:09:07.400 in the World Series last year and didn't give up 0:09:07.440 --> 0:09:12.040 a run. My point is, I'm so tired of hearing 0:09:12.559 --> 0:09:18.480 about payrolls. Payrolls do not translate to wins. You have 0:09:18.600 --> 0:09:21.719 to spend it on the right players. And when you 0:09:21.800 --> 0:09:25.080 do spend it on players that you found or drafted 0:09:25.160 --> 0:09:28.120 or developed, you keep them and you spend money on 0:09:28.160 --> 0:09:33.760 them as well. Yamamoto a twelve year contract worth over 0:09:33.920 --> 0:09:38.720 three hundred and something million dollars money well spent. Otani 0:09:39.440 --> 0:09:43.959 money well spent obviously. I mean, the Dodgers have probably 0:09:44.320 --> 0:09:47.040 more than likely already made up the money that they're 0:09:47.080 --> 0:09:51.000 going to end up giving Otani after ten years, and 0:09:51.559 --> 0:09:57.599 he's the greatest player in baseball. Will Smith drafted, developed, 0:09:57.960 --> 0:10:02.079 rewarded with an extension. Oscar Hernandez. Anybody could have had 0:10:02.160 --> 0:10:05.680 him two years ago in free agency. The Dodgers signed 0:10:05.720 --> 0:10:08.719 him to a one year prove it contract. He proved it, 0:10:08.960 --> 0:10:11.199 and they gave him another contract. 0:10:10.679 --> 0:10:12.160 To reward him. 0:10:12.360 --> 0:10:15.920 Munsey's taken a discount to stay with the Dodgers. Mookie 0:10:15.920 --> 0:10:19.199 Betts was traded to the Dodgers. They extended him. Freddie 0:10:19.240 --> 0:10:23.120 Freeman was allowed to walk away and the Dodgers signed him. 0:10:23.559 --> 0:10:28.800 The Mets decided to prioritize Devin Williams over Edwin Diaz, 0:10:29.360 --> 0:10:32.520 and Edwin Diaz now is the Dodgers closer. And by 0:10:32.600 --> 0:10:35.120 the way, Dave Roberts said that Diaz would have been 0:10:35.160 --> 0:10:38.640 available if there was a safe situation here. So my 0:10:38.800 --> 0:10:43.840 point is everybody focuses on the money, and look, the 0:10:43.920 --> 0:10:47.360 money is a huge part of the Dodgers' success. There's 0:10:47.400 --> 0:10:50.000 no doubt about it. But not just with the player payroll. 0:10:50.320 --> 0:10:53.480 The one thing a salary cap wouldn't stop is the 0:10:53.480 --> 0:10:58.640 infrastructure and the staffing. The right staffing, the right infrastructure 0:10:59.120 --> 0:11:02.840 that the Dodger have built. That's not going to change 0:11:02.880 --> 0:11:05.800 with a salary cap. But my point is the Mets 0:11:05.800 --> 0:11:10.920 have thrown over a billion dollars of payroll the last 0:11:10.960 --> 0:11:15.400 three years and what has it gotten them a loss 0:11:15.440 --> 0:11:18.680 to the Dodgers that wasn't even close in the NLCS. 0:11:19.160 --> 0:11:23.000 So you can have money, but you have to have 0:11:23.080 --> 0:11:26.320 a culture. And this is not just an overnight thing 0:11:26.400 --> 0:11:32.119 for the Dodgers. Andrew Freeman has built this since twenty fifteen, 0:11:32.640 --> 0:11:35.840 and Neck Kletti laid the foundation with the resources that 0:11:35.920 --> 0:11:39.280 he finally had from Guggenheim when they bought the team 0:11:39.360 --> 0:11:42.520 in twenty twelve. So this is not something that just 0:11:42.640 --> 0:11:48.280 happened overnight. This has been a thirteen year, fourteen year 0:11:48.960 --> 0:11:52.720 process and it's gone to a different level the last 0:11:52.800 --> 0:11:58.160 two years thanks to Otani and Yamamoto, and the Dodgers 0:11:58.240 --> 0:12:04.240 have maximized the two, specifically Otani and his marketing power 0:12:04.840 --> 0:12:08.520 to be able to take this to another level. Juan 0:12:08.720 --> 0:12:13.600 Soto is not moving the needle. Marketing wise for the Mets, 0:12:14.160 --> 0:12:18.840 he's not. And last year you heard about infighting between 0:12:18.920 --> 0:12:23.000 Lindor and Soto and Jeff McNeil. Have you ever heard 0:12:23.200 --> 0:12:27.160 anything close to that in the last ten years with 0:12:27.280 --> 0:12:31.000 the Dodgers. I mean, the Puig years were tumultuous at times, 0:12:31.080 --> 0:12:35.040 I'll give you that, But since Puig left the Dodgers, 0:12:35.559 --> 0:12:40.400 it's been calm waters. You don't hear about Freddie Freeman 0:12:40.800 --> 0:12:44.600 and Mookie Bets fighting with each other. You hear about 0:12:44.640 --> 0:12:47.160 them trying to help each other lift each other up. 0:12:48.280 --> 0:12:52.080 The thing is, Andrew Freeman has brought in the right guys. 0:12:52.840 --> 0:12:55.199 When you bring in a lot of high priced players, 0:12:55.559 --> 0:12:58.120 the egos can get in the way. But if you 0:12:58.160 --> 0:13:02.520 bring in winning players, the only thing that matters is winning, 0:13:03.200 --> 0:13:06.840 and that's obvious by what we've seen here with the Dodgers. 0:13:06.880 --> 0:13:09.520 So just to set the record straight on all of 0:13:09.559 --> 0:13:12.840 that payroll stuff, there's a huge difference in what the 0:13:12.880 --> 0:13:15.079 Dodgers are doing and what the Mets are doing. 0:13:15.440 --> 0:13:18.040 Tonight's game brought to you by Modello. Modello. 0:13:18.400 --> 0:13:21.880 The mark of a Fighter eight six six two five 0:13:22.040 --> 0:13:24.640 seventy is the phone number. Had a chance to catch 0:13:24.720 --> 0:13:28.600 up with Miguel Rojas after a spectacular night three hits 0:13:28.640 --> 0:13:33.920 and dazzling play at shortstop for the thirty seven year old, Yeah. 0:13:33.800 --> 0:13:34.640 All that create the role. 0:13:34.800 --> 0:13:37.880 To be honest with you, do you know how how 0:13:37.960 --> 0:13:40.400 much PRI on my defense. That's why it got me 0:13:40.480 --> 0:13:45.160 here when I was younger. And I feel pretty pretty 0:13:45.200 --> 0:13:45.960 like pretty. 0:13:45.640 --> 0:13:46.199 Good right now. 0:13:46.360 --> 0:13:49.199 My body's healthy and I can, I guess feel like 0:13:49.280 --> 0:13:52.199 I can play short So uh, that's that's something that 0:13:52.240 --> 0:13:55.280 I always gonna be good for when you put me 0:13:55.320 --> 0:13:57.480 on the field, you always can't count on good defense. 0:13:57.520 --> 0:13:59.439 And that's why, Uh, every time. 0:13:59.280 --> 0:14:01.160 I take the field, I trying to be a defensive, 0:14:01.200 --> 0:14:03.240 fair guy. And obviously to hey, he got three hits, 0:14:03.520 --> 0:14:05.880 but I mean all the clay to roll today, attacking 0:14:05.880 --> 0:14:07.640 the strike zone and and putting. 0:14:07.320 --> 0:14:09.320 The ball in play for us to be active. There 0:14:09.559 --> 0:14:10.839 is never you. 0:14:10.840 --> 0:14:12.959 Never have so much fun when like someone is a 0:14:13.280 --> 0:14:16.960 throwing strikes and like the innings are quick and then 0:14:17.000 --> 0:14:17.559 we feed. 0:14:17.400 --> 0:14:19.640 Off of that. That was a pretty good game, Miguel. 0:14:19.680 --> 0:14:22.160 When you're hitting ninth and you're doing your thing, getting 0:14:22.160 --> 0:14:25.800 three heads playing defense, what feeds off the other is 0:14:25.920 --> 0:14:27.840 the defense that feeds off the offense. 0:14:27.840 --> 0:14:30.160 So the offense feeds off the defense. 0:14:29.960 --> 0:14:33.800 Like I said, today was about all about Robleski taking 0:14:33.800 --> 0:14:37.080 the ball knowing that he needs to attack hitters. He 0:14:37.160 --> 0:14:39.040 really wants to be a starter, you know. And and 0:14:39.160 --> 0:14:41.800 the guy showed up today that he can be on 0:14:41.800 --> 0:14:44.200 the rotation, that he can help us anyway possible. He 0:14:44.320 --> 0:14:46.480 was used for us last year in the world years, 0:14:46.520 --> 0:14:49.080 and uh, all the clay for him today because I mean, 0:14:49.120 --> 0:14:50.920 when you do something like that, you scored early, you 0:14:50.920 --> 0:14:52.360 scored one wrong. I know we have a lot of 0:14:52.400 --> 0:14:54.880 opportunities to score more runs. But the often he's been good. 0:14:54.880 --> 0:14:56.920 You know, we've been having good at bats. I mean, 0:14:56.960 --> 0:15:00.200 obviously pas been he's been great for us. But to 0:15:00.320 --> 0:15:02.720 your point, like the bottom, the bottom of the of 0:15:02.760 --> 0:15:05.720 the order is being amazing this uh the first three 0:15:05.800 --> 0:15:08.360 or four weeks, and uh we looking forward to continue 0:15:08.360 --> 0:15:08.640 to row. 0:15:08.760 --> 0:15:12.200 Before I let you go the cleats paying love to 0:15:12.280 --> 0:15:13.240 your dad and your mom. 0:15:13.280 --> 0:15:15.160 How special is that? It's really special. 0:15:15.320 --> 0:15:17.400 The guys who are working with right now, they really 0:15:17.720 --> 0:15:20.000 pay attention to details. And as soon as that happened, 0:15:20.160 --> 0:15:22.200 I didn't know that I was gonna receive this. And 0:15:22.240 --> 0:15:23.640 now I don't want to take them off, you know. 0:15:23.960 --> 0:15:26.400 I feel like obviously my family is really important to 0:15:26.480 --> 0:15:27.800 me and that's why I have a tattoo it on 0:15:27.840 --> 0:15:30.840 my body. Then nobody eleven means family for me. And uh, 0:15:31.000 --> 0:15:33.640 now that I don't have my parents, I I just 0:15:33.680 --> 0:15:34.840 feel like I gotta. 0:15:34.600 --> 0:15:36.040 Find a way to keep honoring. 0:15:35.840 --> 0:15:38.080 Until like I played my last game, because that's what. 0:15:38.080 --> 0:15:39.160 They always want me to do. 0:15:39.240 --> 0:15:42.800 So that's why I didn't take any days because uh, 0:15:42.960 --> 0:15:46.160 I know I'm gonna be more productive here then then 0:15:46.600 --> 0:15:48.360 not being with them, They're not They're not with me 0:15:48.400 --> 0:15:50.600 anymore right here in this uh in this earth. So 0:15:51.160 --> 0:15:53.760 I know I got a couple of angels up there 0:15:53.840 --> 0:15:55.800 that that are looking down for me, and they're helping 0:15:55.840 --> 0:15:57.440 me and gave me staying that I need. 0:15:57.280 --> 0:16:00.000 To no doubt product their son. Thanks Miguel, Thank you. 0:16:01.080 --> 0:16:04.560 There he goes Miguel Rojas a spectacular game and he 0:16:04.680 --> 0:16:09.040 has come out looking younger than ever. I mean, this 0:16:09.120 --> 0:16:11.360 is his last season in the big leagues, but he's 0:16:11.400 --> 0:16:12.400 not playing like it. 0:16:12.600 --> 0:16:14.280 And his cleats are really special. 0:16:14.320 --> 0:16:18.680 You can see them up close on MLB's Instagram account. 0:16:18.720 --> 0:16:21.840 He's got a picture and the name of his mom 0:16:21.920 --> 0:16:25.520 on his left foot, on his left shoe and on 0:16:25.560 --> 0:16:28.440 his right Shoe is his father, who passed away while 0:16:28.480 --> 0:16:31.400 the team was in Toronto eight six six nine eight 0:16:31.560 --> 0:16:34.680 seven two five seventies. The phone number Dodgers shut out 0:16:34.680 --> 0:16:37.280 the Mets tonight foard to nothing. Let's go out to 0:16:37.360 --> 0:16:40.640 Ronnie and Echo Park. You're on Dodger Talk with David 0:16:40.680 --> 0:16:41.280 vasse Hi. 0:16:41.360 --> 0:16:41.760 Ronnie. 0:16:43.160 --> 0:16:47.080 Hey, David, I really appreciate you putting to sleep this 0:16:47.280 --> 0:16:51.080 lazy narrative about the Dodgers and their payrolls, but you 0:16:51.160 --> 0:16:54.880 broke it down, I mean, just perfectly in my opinion. 0:16:55.320 --> 0:16:58.160 Also wanted to add a little bit to your point. 0:16:58.320 --> 0:17:00.520 We also got to acknowledge a Dodger fan, year in 0:17:00.640 --> 0:17:04.720 year out, we go, we attend, and that helps keep 0:17:04.720 --> 0:17:08.919 the Dodgers relevant, and I just think we should also 0:17:09.080 --> 0:17:12.080 make that as an add on to your point. 0:17:12.280 --> 0:17:14.080 Okay, Yeah, I agree with you, Ronnie. 0:17:14.160 --> 0:17:16.560 I mean, all the players always say that it's easy 0:17:16.560 --> 0:17:18.960 to get up for a game when fifty thousand plus 0:17:19.000 --> 0:17:22.600 are cheering you on, and tonight no different. A sellout 0:17:22.640 --> 0:17:26.320 tonight fifty two thousand, eight hundred and thirty eight on 0:17:26.440 --> 0:17:30.399 Hello Kitty, Hoodie night or sweatshirt night, whatever you call it, 0:17:30.800 --> 0:17:32.160 a big night for the Dodgers. 0:17:32.240 --> 0:17:33.320 Either way, We're. 0:17:33.200 --> 0:17:35.320 Going to take a time out here on Dodger Talk. 0:17:35.359 --> 0:17:37.399 When we come back, more of your phone calls at 0:17:37.440 --> 0:17:40.679 eight sixty six nine eight seven two five seventy we'll 0:17:40.760 --> 0:17:43.480 check in with Jose Mota and you also hear part 0:17:43.480 --> 0:17:47.080 of my conversation with Alex Bessia. First time we've sat 0:17:47.119 --> 0:17:50.720 down for an extended conversation this year. So excited to 0:17:50.720 --> 0:17:53.760 share that with you as well. We're going to eleven 0:17:53.800 --> 0:17:57.240 o'clock on Dodger Talk. Don't go anywhere. There's more right 0:17:57.240 --> 0:18:00.000 around the corner. After the Dodgers shut out the Mets 0:18:00.320 --> 0:18:14.880 four to nothing on a five to seventy LA Sports. 0:18:08.800 --> 0:18:11.640 On air at AM five to seventy, online at AM 0:18:11.760 --> 0:18:16.040 five seventy LA sports dot com, and available by podcast 0:18:16.080 --> 0:18:17.560 on the iHeartRadio app. 0:18:17.720 --> 0:18:21.400 This is Dodger Talk with David bassing. 0:18:22.440 --> 0:18:22.760 Person. 0:18:22.920 --> 0:18:25.480 Third, two out, one nothing Dodger the bottom half of 0:18:25.560 --> 0:18:29.320 the third, Peterson delivers run half fly Paul left down. 0:18:29.280 --> 0:18:35.240 The line having gone three run home run for Andy 0:18:35.359 --> 0:18:42.280 poheas fifth home run of the year, three run class, He's. 0:18:42.160 --> 0:18:45.320 Got twenty RBI's and the Dodgers have a four to 0:18:45.400 --> 0:18:46.240 nothing leave. 0:18:48.200 --> 0:18:49.640 That would be the final score. 0:18:50.040 --> 0:18:53.000 Andy pa Has with the big hit with two outs 0:18:53.040 --> 0:18:56.400 in the third inning, they got to David Peterson finally 0:18:56.480 --> 0:18:59.679 made him pay, and the Dodgers shut out the Mets tonight, 0:19:00.119 --> 0:19:03.760 Ford to nothing. Daniel Stewelers presents the home run Forecast. 0:19:03.960 --> 0:19:06.600 For your chance to win a fifty dollars Daniel Steweler's 0:19:06.640 --> 0:19:09.919 gift card. Visit AM five to seventy LA sports dot com. 0:19:10.320 --> 0:19:13.040 Use the keyword home run and to your name you 0:19:13.119 --> 0:19:16.800 could win. Daniel Stewelers owned the dream. That three run 0:19:16.880 --> 0:19:20.320 home run by Andy paj Has was huge because the 0:19:20.400 --> 0:19:24.320 Dodgers led David Peterson off the hook in the first inning. 0:19:24.600 --> 0:19:27.600 They loaded the bases with nobody out. They had one 0:19:27.680 --> 0:19:32.199 run in, but so many more available to them, but 0:19:33.040 --> 0:19:36.280 they struck out looking or excuse me, struck He struck 0:19:36.320 --> 0:19:39.560 out the side freeman looking, and then Pa haz and 0:19:39.680 --> 0:19:43.040 months he's swinging, and they stranded the bases loaded. They 0:19:43.080 --> 0:19:45.920 only got one run they should have had more. So 0:19:46.119 --> 0:19:49.320 that two out, three run home run by Andy pi 0:19:49.400 --> 0:19:53.760 Has certainly made up for that and kind of made 0:19:53.840 --> 0:19:56.879 you feel a little bit easier. With the way Robleski 0:19:57.000 --> 0:20:00.000 was pitching tonight, he goes eight shutout innings to pay 0:20:00.200 --> 0:20:03.000 up the win and the Dodgers shut out the Mets 0:20:03.160 --> 0:20:03.959 fod to nothing. 0:20:05.160 --> 0:20:09.000 It's time to go around the horn with Jose Mota. 0:20:10.440 --> 0:20:14.679 All right, Jose Mota, the story was justin Roblesky. What 0:20:14.880 --> 0:20:18.040 a difference from yesterday today as far as the Dodgers 0:20:18.080 --> 0:20:19.120 starting picture goes. 0:20:20.000 --> 0:20:22.959 What a performance and what a way of teaching us 0:20:23.000 --> 0:20:27.159 that swings and misses sometimes are totally overrated. How about 0:20:27.359 --> 0:20:31.280 learning about how a swing is constructed by a team. 0:20:31.640 --> 0:20:35.320 How the Mets approached the bats being so aggressive, which 0:20:35.359 --> 0:20:37.040 is going to minimize the amount of pitches you make. 0:20:37.119 --> 0:20:39.639 So Dave, I think, as you mentioned earlier, we go 0:20:39.720 --> 0:20:43.119 back to yesterday and today, and the difference is this 0:20:43.240 --> 0:20:46.240 guy is not afraid of contact. He loves contact. We 0:20:46.320 --> 0:20:50.119 love weed contact. Think about this today, the Mets swung 0:20:50.280 --> 0:20:55.120 at twenty nine fastballs, they missed one. Okay, they did 0:20:55.160 --> 0:20:58.760 not miss any curveballs, and they swung as seventeen fighters 0:20:59.119 --> 0:21:01.400 they missed three of them. Example of when you put 0:21:01.440 --> 0:21:03.919 the ball on good location, something good's gonna happen. It 0:21:03.920 --> 0:21:06.600 doesn't matter who's out there. And for Bletski, the other 0:21:06.640 --> 0:21:09.440 thing too, obviously the ground balls, which is huge. Keep 0:21:09.480 --> 0:21:12.160 those guys busy, Nighia Ross, what a great example, how 0:21:12.280 --> 0:21:14.960 that voluntary lap, Dave, to talk to a guy who's 0:21:15.000 --> 0:21:18.280 been around the game so long to understand and explain 0:21:18.400 --> 0:21:22.280 clearly why is a veteran infielder it is important to 0:21:22.400 --> 0:21:26.160 play behind somebody with a good pace who keeps you involved, 0:21:26.240 --> 0:21:28.480 keeps you busy, and understands what it is to go 0:21:28.520 --> 0:21:29.480 out there and work fast too. 0:21:30.520 --> 0:21:33.440 Yeah, one hundred and ninety nine combined pitches from Dodger 0:21:33.600 --> 0:21:37.359 pitchers yesterday with ten walks and today, I'm sure that 0:21:37.560 --> 0:21:40.680 was more of keeping the infielders engaged. And he went 0:21:40.720 --> 0:21:42.760 out of his way to say that Jose and the 0:21:42.800 --> 0:21:47.000 Dodgers really take pride in their defense. So much focus 0:21:47.160 --> 0:21:50.760 on the swings and misses, the offensive power, but the 0:21:50.840 --> 0:21:54.200 Dodgers are better than most teams to not have their 0:21:54.240 --> 0:21:57.120