WEBVTT - Dodger Talk (6-30-26) 0:00:00.560 --> 0:00:03.000 The quest for the three peat has begun. 0:00:03.240 --> 0:00:07.280 Only four teams in Major League Baseball history have won 0:00:07.360 --> 0:00:12.000 three consecutive titles. The Dodgers are the favorites to become 0:00:12.360 --> 0:00:13.160 the fifth. 0:00:13.240 --> 0:00:15.840 This is World Champion Dodger Talk. 0:00:15.920 --> 0:00:18.040 Here we go again. We're going to running back to. 0:00:17.960 --> 0:00:20.640 Get in on the show called eight six six, nine 0:00:20.640 --> 0:00:23.520 eighty seven two five seventy, and be sure to follow 0:00:23.640 --> 0:00:26.120 Dodger Talk wherever you get your podcasts. 0:00:27.000 --> 0:00:29.760 Here's your host, David Vase. 0:00:30.040 --> 0:00:35.800 Thing welcome the Dodger Talk. David Vase with you on 0:00:36.000 --> 0:00:38.680 Dodger Talk until the bottom of the hour. At eight 0:00:38.760 --> 0:00:42.560 six six nine, eight seven two five seventy. The Dodgers 0:00:42.840 --> 0:00:46.760 beat the Athletics nine to three, and of course the 0:00:46.800 --> 0:00:50.600 celebration is for Dave Roberts, who wins his one thousandth 0:00:50.720 --> 0:00:55.240 career game as the manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers. 0:00:55.280 --> 0:00:59.160 He's managed eleven years, all with the Dodgers, and he 0:00:59.280 --> 0:01:03.920 reaches a thousand wins faster than any manager in modern 0:01:04.000 --> 0:01:09.400 baseball history. Sixteen hundred and six games, Dave Roberts reaches 0:01:09.880 --> 0:01:14.600 a thousand wins. So congratulations to Dave Roberts. And like 0:01:14.720 --> 0:01:17.440 I mentioned at the end, of the clubhouse show. It 0:01:17.520 --> 0:01:20.800 was great to see the sellout crowd of mostly Dodger 0:01:20.920 --> 0:01:24.920 fans celebrate Dave. And maybe one of the silver linings 0:01:24.959 --> 0:01:28.440 of the Dodgers playing the A's in that minor league 0:01:28.480 --> 0:01:32.400 temporary ballpark is the fact that the clubhouse is beyond 0:01:32.480 --> 0:01:36.440 center field. So Dave Roberts, after doing the postgame interview 0:01:36.880 --> 0:01:41.039 with Kirsten Watson, walked straight to the Dodger Clubhouse, a 0:01:41.080 --> 0:01:44.680 long walk from in front of the Dodger Dugout all 0:01:44.720 --> 0:01:47.880 the way out to beyond center field. And that's a 0:01:48.680 --> 0:01:52.000 good reason because he was celebrated every step of the 0:01:52.000 --> 0:01:56.480 way back to the clubhouse as a one thousand game 0:01:56.800 --> 0:02:01.880 winner as a major league managers. A really special night 0:02:01.920 --> 0:02:05.559 for Dave Roberts. And and look, I've been there since day one. 0:02:06.000 --> 0:02:10.680 I've hosted Dodger Talk for the last fifteen years. And 0:02:11.080 --> 0:02:14.600 you can't hide from me. Okay, you could say whatever 0:02:14.639 --> 0:02:18.280 you want on Twitter. You can say, oh, you know 0:02:18.760 --> 0:02:21.760 I was wrong about Dave Roberts. Well you know what 0:02:21.800 --> 0:02:24.360 I have to say to you, better late than ever, 0:02:24.919 --> 0:02:27.680 but I will say this, And Max Monthly said this 0:02:27.760 --> 0:02:30.600 after the game last night. Next month, He's been here 0:02:30.639 --> 0:02:35.160 since twenty eighteen and currently is the longest active player 0:02:35.840 --> 0:02:39.880 playing for Dave Roberts right now active current active key 0:02:39.960 --> 0:02:42.720 K is on the IL. He's not active right now. 0:02:43.840 --> 0:02:47.480 Max Monsey I thought was really honest and candid as 0:02:47.600 --> 0:02:52.440 always that Max Monsey has grown since twenty eighteen as 0:02:52.480 --> 0:02:55.040 a player. Dave Roberts has helped him grow as a 0:02:55.040 --> 0:02:59.440 player since twenty eighteen. But you have to concede that 0:02:59.600 --> 0:03:03.000 Dave Roberts has grown with this job. Who he was 0:03:03.760 --> 0:03:07.720 on April fourth, twenty sixteen is not who he is 0:03:07.880 --> 0:03:11.120 as a manager right now, which is a good thing. 0:03:11.400 --> 0:03:13.720 You don't want to stay the same when you're in 0:03:13.760 --> 0:03:16.959 the same job for eleven years. There's been a lot 0:03:16.960 --> 0:03:20.639 of great players thanks to Andrew Friedman, that have been 0:03:20.720 --> 0:03:23.519 in his lineup, have been in his rotation, have been 0:03:23.560 --> 0:03:27.480 in his bullpen. But the reality is Andrew Friedman is 0:03:27.600 --> 0:03:30.760 not in the dugout and he's not in the clubhouse. 0:03:31.280 --> 0:03:36.400 Dave Roberts has to manage all of those players different personalities, 0:03:37.040 --> 0:03:40.720 different to personal goals to try to get them on 0:03:40.760 --> 0:03:45.160 the same page with the Dodgers' vision. And I you know, 0:03:45.280 --> 0:03:49.000 he never managed before, he never managed in the minor leagues. 0:03:49.040 --> 0:03:51.760 He was a coach with the Padres, but he had 0:03:51.840 --> 0:03:56.080 never managed before getting the job with the Dodgers, and 0:03:56.280 --> 0:04:00.400 the collaboration between him and Andrew Friedman has been one 0:04:00.440 --> 0:04:05.400 of the all time great partnerships in Major League Baseball history. 0:04:05.920 --> 0:04:10.480 When you say Dave Roberts, you can't not say Andrew Friedman. 0:04:10.840 --> 0:04:14.600 When you say Andrew Friedman, you can't not say Dave Roberts. 0:04:14.680 --> 0:04:18.839 And I think Dave understands that. He acknowledged that, and 0:04:19.000 --> 0:04:22.160 at some point you have to acknowledge it better late 0:04:22.240 --> 0:04:25.200 than ever. All it took was this guy to win 0:04:25.279 --> 0:04:29.800 three World Series championships, went back to back championships, and 0:04:29.839 --> 0:04:34.560 now one thousand games in his managerial career. Is he perfect? No, 0:04:35.160 --> 0:04:38.040 But I really do believe this. Going back to twenty 0:04:38.160 --> 0:04:43.960 twenty three, Dave Roberts has grown exponentially as a manager, 0:04:44.000 --> 0:04:46.840 and I feel like he has become one of the 0:04:46.960 --> 0:04:51.840 best managers in baseball since twenty twenty three on an 0:04:51.880 --> 0:04:56.240 elite level. And twenty twenty three the Dodgers did not 0:04:56.400 --> 0:05:00.120 have as much talent as they have right now. I'm 0:05:00.160 --> 0:05:02.760 not even starting with twenty twenty four. I'm not even 0:05:02.800 --> 0:05:06.760 starting with twenty twenty or twenty twenty two. What Dave 0:05:06.839 --> 0:05:10.200 Roberts has done in the postseason in the last two 0:05:10.279 --> 0:05:18.600 years is what a veteran experienced manager does when he 0:05:18.640 --> 0:05:22.840 believes in certain players, doesn't go by whatever metrics he's 0:05:22.839 --> 0:05:26.440 seeing on the iPad in real time. He believes in 0:05:26.480 --> 0:05:29.080 the heartbeat, and that's what he said many times. But 0:05:29.839 --> 0:05:32.560 to say that Dave Roberts is the same manager that 0:05:32.600 --> 0:05:36.880 he was in twenty sixteen would not be a compliment 0:05:36.960 --> 0:05:39.920 to him, and I think we can all agree on that. 0:05:40.240 --> 0:05:43.919 And I'll just say this, I have felt in the 0:05:44.000 --> 0:05:47.719 last year, maybe year and a half, that you have 0:05:47.920 --> 0:05:51.560 finally conceded this guy is the right guy for the job. 0:05:51.839 --> 0:05:55.280 It's taken eleven years, it's taken back to back World 0:05:55.400 --> 0:06:00.320 Series championships and now one thousand wins. But these group 0:06:00.400 --> 0:06:04.400 of players, I think have as much appreciation for Dave 0:06:04.480 --> 0:06:08.440 Roberts than I've seen any team have appreciation for him. 0:06:08.720 --> 0:06:11.600 And I think we've seen that the last couple of years. 0:06:12.520 --> 0:06:15.360 Let's head back to Sacramento because we do have two 0:06:15.440 --> 0:06:18.400 phone lines open, and I do want to hear from 0:06:18.440 --> 0:06:21.159 you and the celebration you have for Dave Roberts. But 0:06:21.720 --> 0:06:25.080 let's head inside the Dodger Clubhouse on Sports and at LA, 0:06:25.240 --> 0:06:28.039 where Dave Roberts was toasting his players. 0:06:28.920 --> 0:06:32.479 First off, Robo, you pitched your ass off. Fantastic job. 0:06:32.560 --> 0:06:36.280 That was fun to watch. I'll tell you guys this, 0:06:36.480 --> 0:06:38.960 and then you know, I played ten years in the 0:06:38.960 --> 0:06:41.960 big leagues. I didn't get the hits that he got, Homers, 0:06:42.000 --> 0:06:44.680 he got the hits that these guys got. I wasn't 0:06:44.680 --> 0:06:47.440 a player that any of you guys were. But I'll 0:06:47.480 --> 0:06:49.919 tell you what is. I really try to be a 0:06:49.920 --> 0:06:53.839 good teammate. And now managing you guys and all the 0:06:53.880 --> 0:06:56.280 guys that have been a part of this, there is 0:06:56.440 --> 0:06:59.320 nothing more satisfying. I told Kyle today, I get to 0:06:59.360 --> 0:07:02.240 watch you play baseball today, and I swear to God 0:07:02.320 --> 0:07:03.960 I mean that about every single. 0:07:03.720 --> 0:07:04.320 One of you guys. 0:07:04.640 --> 0:07:09.320 And so for a thousand wins, it's not about the wins. 0:07:09.360 --> 0:07:11.960 It's not and I and for me, it's just like 0:07:12.520 --> 0:07:15.000 continuing to have you guys believe in each other. 0:07:15.560 --> 0:07:18.120 Have you guys believe in me? The coach is the. 0:07:18.040 --> 0:07:21.680 Front office because obviously you guys know I didn't go 0:07:21.680 --> 0:07:23.480 out there and play for you guys. I didn't pitch 0:07:23.520 --> 0:07:24.080 for you guys. 0:07:24.640 --> 0:07:25.760 I just support you guys. 0:07:25.840 --> 0:07:29.000 The coach is supporting, the training staff, the front office, 0:07:29.080 --> 0:07:32.160 and so for me, this is a team accomplishment. And 0:07:32.200 --> 0:07:34.320 it's not even just the guys in this room. It's 0:07:34.360 --> 0:07:37.200 so many players from eleven years ago. There's guys that 0:07:37.280 --> 0:07:40.440 people bringing my attention. I've never heard of these guys, 0:07:40.480 --> 0:07:41.760 but I guess they played for him. 0:07:42.040 --> 0:07:45.400 So that's just kind of what we do with the Dodgers. 0:07:45.480 --> 0:07:45.600 Man. 0:07:45.680 --> 0:07:55.000 There's guys that are here and right, and I am 0:07:55.040 --> 0:07:58.120 getting old. I'm getting old, But you know what I'll 0:07:58.160 --> 0:08:00.480 tell you guys, man, from my first day when I 0:08:00.520 --> 0:08:03.200 had butterflies and I was nervous and the game was 0:08:03.240 --> 0:08:05.520 speeding up on me, to now where I can just 0:08:05.560 --> 0:08:08.600 sit back and have the hands off the wheel and 0:08:08.760 --> 0:08:12.960 just let you guys be yourselves and play good quality baseball. 0:08:13.320 --> 0:08:16.000 That's the biggest joy for me, and that's the biggest accomplishment. 0:08:16.120 --> 0:08:19.360 So I know it's one thousand wins for me. I 0:08:19.400 --> 0:08:22.520 can't thank you guys enough for doing this, Alex your staff, 0:08:23.520 --> 0:08:26.560 but I honestly, honestly for you guys, the coaches, the 0:08:26.560 --> 0:08:30.560 front office, gomers rough, the front office, all the players 0:08:30.560 --> 0:08:33.679 that played for me for eleven years. I raise a 0:08:33.720 --> 0:08:35.760 class to every single one of you, guys, and thank 0:08:35.800 --> 0:08:37.960 you so much for making me a great coach. And 0:08:38.000 --> 0:08:40.280 but I always tell our coaches what makes a great 0:08:40.320 --> 0:08:44.600 coacher manager great players. So cheers to you, guys, cheers 0:08:44.760 --> 0:08:45.439 raising glass. 0:08:46.320 --> 0:08:48.520 What's that, oh Champagne? 0:08:49.160 --> 0:08:52.160 I wanted? This is Sequila Chaser. All right, Chepee, here 0:08:52.160 --> 0:08:55.960 we go. Cheers, guys. All right. Dave Roberts with the 0:08:56.000 --> 0:09:00.160 speech post game after winning is one thousandth game as 0:09:00.200 --> 0:09:03.079 a major league manager. And I'll just name off a 0:09:03.120 --> 0:09:06.920 few of the great players he had. Corey Seger, Cody Bellinger, 0:09:07.200 --> 0:09:11.880 Justin Turner, Clayton Kershaw, just to name a few. Will 0:09:11.960 --> 0:09:15.360 Smith we all know, right, Keith A Hernandez we all know. 0:09:15.679 --> 0:09:18.160 So you think back to some of the great role 0:09:18.200 --> 0:09:22.160 players that were unexpected that helped the Dodgers win during 0:09:22.240 --> 0:09:27.120 Dave Roberts's tenure. Guys like Charlie Colberson, right, Guys like 0:09:27.240 --> 0:09:30.760 that that, Yes, Monti Grandal gets lost in the shuffle, 0:09:30.840 --> 0:09:34.480 Austin Barnes gets lost in the shuffle. He's had a 0:09:34.559 --> 0:09:36.920 lot of great players. But I love what he said 0:09:37.000 --> 0:09:40.760 right there. He has learned how to just take his 0:09:40.880 --> 0:09:44.320 hands off the wheel and allow the game to take 0:09:44.320 --> 0:09:47.520 care of itself with great players. And that's sometimes the 0:09:47.600 --> 0:09:50.400 greatest thing a manager can do is not get in 0:09:50.480 --> 0:09:53.240 the way, especially when you have a Ferrari like this. 0:09:53.800 --> 0:09:57.559 Eight six six seven two five seventy is the phone number. 0:09:57.760 --> 0:09:59.880 Let's go out to the phones for the first time 0:10:00.520 --> 0:10:02.640 in Torrance. You're on Dodger Talk. 0:10:02.720 --> 0:10:07.320 How you doing, Mark, I'm doing great, David. First, I'm 0:10:07.400 --> 0:10:09.959 very serious when I want to thank you for your 0:10:10.040 --> 0:10:14.880 comments about Dave Roberts, and I wanted to share my 0:10:15.040 --> 0:10:20.239 own personal experience that when he was playing for the Dodgers, 0:10:20.880 --> 0:10:24.200 I was so impressed with him, and then one day 0:10:24.480 --> 0:10:27.839 I heard that he had been traded. I thought, oh my. 0:10:27.960 --> 0:10:29.400 God, what have they done? 0:10:29.880 --> 0:10:32.600 This guy is a great player, and then he ends 0:10:32.640 --> 0:10:35.360 up back as a manager, and I was so happy. 0:10:36.240 --> 0:10:39.640 And to hear all the comments from him and from 0:10:39.679 --> 0:10:41.400 you and the staff, it is just wonderful. 0:10:42.600 --> 0:10:44.840 All right, Mark, I love that phone call. Yeah, Dave 0:10:44.920 --> 0:10:48.439 Roberts was a positive player when he played for the Dodgers. 0:10:48.480 --> 0:10:52.840 He was a good teammate and obviously that DNA. Those 0:10:52.960 --> 0:10:57.079 characteristics have helped him be a manager, a successful manager 0:10:57.160 --> 0:11:00.800 for eleven years, and the one thing that I'll always 0:11:00.840 --> 0:11:04.720 remember when it comes to covering Dave Roberts is how 0:11:04.760 --> 0:11:09.120 he always expressed how we all should have gratitude being 0:11:09.160 --> 0:11:12.360 around the Dodgers, working for the Dodgers if you do, 0:11:12.880 --> 0:11:17.520 and also playing for the Dodgers or managing the Dodgers. 0:11:17.679 --> 0:11:20.439 And I think that's one thing, you know, I feel 0:11:20.440 --> 0:11:22.640 like I've had in my life is gratitude, but I've 0:11:22.679 --> 0:11:25.600 never put it that way, and having gratitude every day 0:11:26.480 --> 0:11:30.600 is certainly something special in every walk of life. Tonight's 0:11:30.600 --> 0:11:33.560 game brought to you by Modello. Modello the mark of 0:11:33.600 --> 0:11:37.400 a fighter. Let's go out to Joe, who is in Sacramento. 0:11:37.520 --> 0:11:40.120 You saw a big time Dodger milestone tonight. 0:11:40.200 --> 0:11:45.680 Joe, it feels incredible a day. First of all, longtime listener, 0:11:45.720 --> 0:11:48.480 first time caller. I'm living my best life Dodger wise, 0:11:49.480 --> 0:11:51.160 you know, living in like the glory years of the 0:11:51.200 --> 0:11:53.920 eighties and now getting to see it for myself. I know, 0:11:54.640 --> 0:11:56.800 the Dodgers playing in center feels great because you have 0:11:56.840 --> 0:11:58.559 a huge Dodger community out here and you get to 0:11:58.559 --> 0:12:00.680 see him so close, get to see with my wife 0:12:00.960 --> 0:12:02.680 had a foul ball and must take my head off, 0:12:02.960 --> 0:12:05.080 so it was a great game on top of us winning, 0:12:05.240 --> 0:12:08.560 and then you're one hundred percent right me A bunch 0:12:08.640 --> 0:12:11.120 of other people. We all questioned Dave Roberts at different times, 0:12:11.160 --> 0:12:13.160 and now we're at the point it's I neat humble pie. 0:12:13.440 --> 0:12:15.520 Better late than never, and it's time to trust with 0:12:15.520 --> 0:12:17.480 the Doc is cooking up. So thanks so much for 0:12:17.480 --> 0:12:19.680 what you do. But it was beautiful to see Dave 0:12:19.720 --> 0:12:22.120 win it. One thousands win. He deserves it both as 0:12:22.120 --> 0:12:25.079 a player and as a manager. And yeah, it was 0:12:25.120 --> 0:12:26.760 a great night at baseball, all. 0:12:26.720 --> 0:12:28.560 Right, Joe, thanks a lot for the phone call. I 0:12:28.600 --> 0:12:31.120 love hearing that. I love hearing what the Doc is cooking. 0:12:31.160 --> 0:12:35.880 You've got to swallow it now, Joe, glad to do so, 0:12:37.360 --> 0:12:39.520 all right, thanks for the phone call. Get home safe. 0:12:39.760 --> 0:12:42.680 Eight sixty six nine eight seven two five seventy is 0:12:42.720 --> 0:12:45.840 the phone number. Dodgers beat the A's nine to three. 0:12:45.960 --> 0:12:50.560 Dave Roberts wins his one thousandth managerial game as the 0:12:50.640 --> 0:12:54.160 Dodgers are able to get it for him in Sacramento, 0:12:54.640 --> 0:12:58.559 and he will be celebrated, no doubt before Thursday night's 0:12:58.600 --> 0:13:01.440 game when the Dodgers return home. And how about the 0:13:01.480 --> 0:13:05.040 Dodgers on this road trip, a nine game road trip. 0:13:05.080 --> 0:13:07.240 It seems like they never have a day off. It 0:13:07.320 --> 0:13:10.800 seems like they never get a day game because every 0:13:11.000 --> 0:13:15.559 visiting ballpark wants the biggest show in baseball in prime time, 0:13:16.040 --> 0:13:19.079 and Sacramento's no different. That's going to be a getaway 0:13:19.200 --> 0:13:23.199 day night game. Six forty. The Dodgers sweep the Twins 0:13:23.200 --> 0:13:26.760 in Minneapolis. They lose the first game to Walker Bueller 0:13:26.920 --> 0:13:29.440 and the Padres, then come back in a big way, 0:13:29.520 --> 0:13:33.520 resounding fashion to beat the Padres the final two games 0:13:33.520 --> 0:13:37.920 of that series, and now come to Sacramento with a young, 0:13:38.120 --> 0:13:42.240 upstart Sacramento A's team and beat them in the first 0:13:42.240 --> 0:13:46.199 two games of this series. They now have fifty six wins, 0:13:46.520 --> 0:13:50.920 baseball's best record, Dave Roberts has his one thousand wins, 0:13:51.320 --> 0:13:54.600 and the Padres lost again tonight. They lost nine to 0:13:54.679 --> 0:13:58.480 seven to the Cubs at Wrigley Field. So the Dodgers 0:13:58.520 --> 0:14:02.200 have a twelve game in the NL West and the 0:14:02.240 --> 0:14:05.400 Pandres are coming to town for a four game series. 0:14:05.880 --> 0:14:08.360 I'm not sure they're going to show up. Let's go 0:14:08.440 --> 0:14:12.640 out to Chino. Robert, you're on Dodger Talk. How you doing, Robert, 0:14:12.880 --> 0:14:16.040 I'm greating yourself. How can it be bad, Robert when 0:14:16.080 --> 0:14:18.880 you're hosting Dodger Talk in twenty twenty. 0:14:18.640 --> 0:14:24.440 Six, right, I just finished up bowling Moviies second or 0:14:25.040 --> 0:14:27.400 you know, for his favorite hobbies, so you know, good 0:14:27.440 --> 0:14:29.680 night for me too as well. So I just want 0:14:29.680 --> 0:14:33.000 to talk about the Shark Roubuski and how he's you know, 0:14:33.240 --> 0:14:37.200 proving himself over and over and over again, and how 0:14:37.200 --> 0:14:40.560 he's just you know, shutting teams down. We needed, we 0:14:40.600 --> 0:14:43.440 needed the length today because tomorrow is a bullpen game. 0:14:43.960 --> 0:14:48.320 So he's just been showing improving what he is worth. 0:14:48.720 --> 0:14:52.720 And yes, the nickname is the Shark, so shout out 0:14:52.760 --> 0:14:53.280 to the Shark. 0:14:53.880 --> 0:14:55.760 Great white, I love it. 0:14:55.840 --> 0:14:58.280 I love it, Robert, Hey, great point as well. The 0:14:58.360 --> 0:15:00.960 Dodgers are not going to have oti you start tomorrow. 0:15:01.000 --> 0:15:03.200 They're gonna give him a couple of extra days of 0:15:03.280 --> 0:15:07.360 rest managing that left knee. And it is a bullpen 0:15:07.480 --> 0:15:11.320 game tomorrow, so Robleski throwing one hundred and ten pitches 0:15:11.680 --> 0:15:15.200 and going seven innings is huge for the workload of 0:15:15.320 --> 0:15:18.440 that bullpen. So yeah, on top of him doing what 0:15:18.520 --> 0:15:21.160 he did tonight, he does what he's done all year 0:15:21.240 --> 0:15:24.920 long and save the bullpen. And with a bullpen game tomorrow. 0:15:25.120 --> 0:15:28.880 That's an even that's two wins within one tonight for 0:15:28.960 --> 0:15:32.360 the Dodgers. Let's go out to Frank and Monrovia. You're 0:15:32.400 --> 0:15:34.640 on Dodger Talk with David vasse Hi. 0:15:34.680 --> 0:15:38.440 Frank, Hey, Dave, good to hear from you. You know 0:15:38.680 --> 0:15:40.360 a couple of things right now. I just want to 0:15:40.400 --> 0:15:42.120 really get out there. The first to one is that 0:15:42.240 --> 0:15:45.720 the shark. He is Jaws. He just creeps up on 0:15:45.800 --> 0:15:48.320 you and you know what, all of a sudden can wins. 0:15:48.560 --> 0:15:50.040 You know, he went the distance. 0:15:50.240 --> 0:15:53.680 He's looking strong. He is in prime, you know, in 0:15:53.760 --> 0:15:56.080 prime position right now to look like a number one 0:15:56.240 --> 0:15:58.960 at midseason. He is really that great. I'm not gonna 0:15:58.960 --> 0:16:01.160 take it away from show. Hey, he needs his rest, 0:16:01.240 --> 0:16:05.480 but with Uski, you're looking an amazing kid. Secondly, Roberts, 0:16:05.520 --> 0:16:07.720 the one thousand wins. You know, no, but we talk 0:16:07.800 --> 0:16:10.440 about how much he's done for the Dodgers, But David, 0:16:10.760 --> 0:16:13.280 Dave Roberts has done so much for the game. He 0:16:13.360 --> 0:16:16.200 has gone out there, he's been an ambassador for the game. 0:16:16.640 --> 0:16:21.360 He's talked about speaking with people across the globe about 0:16:21.600 --> 0:16:24.320 how the game has grown. The number of players that 0:16:24.360 --> 0:16:28.120 have come internationally from Japan from South America. You know, 0:16:28.200 --> 0:16:30.920 that's been a big deal, and he's treated every single 0:16:30.960 --> 0:16:35.160 one of them with professionalism, and he's carried, helped to 0:16:35.240 --> 0:16:39.280 carry that identity throughout all of baseball, and it's brought 0:16:39.360 --> 0:16:40.920 so much notoriety. 0:16:40.400 --> 0:16:40.880 To the game. 0:16:41.480 --> 0:16:44.120 You know, I listened to Mookie talk about him earlier, 0:16:44.560 --> 0:16:47.400 you know, showing that fatherly love to guys, you know, 0:16:47.480 --> 0:16:50.440 Max Muntzy talking about being a mentor. He's just been 0:16:50.480 --> 0:16:52.800 so many things to so many people, and you know, 0:16:52.920 --> 0:16:55.640 guys like Walter Alston and Tommy Lesora would be proud 0:16:56.080 --> 0:16:58.920 he's carrying that tradition right now and he's right up 0:16:58.960 --> 0:17:02.000 there with them. And then finally to the teams of 0:17:02.240 --> 0:17:05.520 the Team of Venezuela, the WBC winners, we love you, 0:17:05.600 --> 0:17:07.720 We're thinking of you, guys. Thanks a lot, David. 0:17:07.960 --> 0:17:10.720 All right, Frank Well said, and I'm glad you said 0:17:10.720 --> 0:17:14.399 all that, because managing the Dodgers is a lot different 0:17:14.400 --> 0:17:18.360 than managing the Saint Louis Cardinals or even the San 0:17:18.359 --> 0:17:22.080 Diego Padres, and certainly a lot different than managing the 0:17:22.160 --> 0:17:26.760 Sacramento Athletics. What Dave Roberts has done over the course 0:17:26.800 --> 0:17:30.080 of the last eleven years. Is being ambassador, is be 0:17:30.280 --> 0:17:33.240 the face of the team when guys didn't want to 0:17:33.280 --> 0:17:36.760 be the face of the team good and bad. He 0:17:36.840 --> 0:17:39.119 was out there in the forefront when things were not 0:17:39.240 --> 0:17:43.080 going right with certain players or certain moments. He has 0:17:43.119 --> 0:17:45.359 to face the media every day and he does it 0:17:45.359 --> 0:17:48.280 with a smile. He does it with class and dignity 0:17:48.640 --> 0:17:51.960 no matter what the circumstances are. And I've said this 0:17:52.040 --> 0:17:54.880 over the years for those that got on Dave Roberts. 0:17:55.280 --> 0:17:58.600 His job does not start at seven to ten at 0:17:58.600 --> 0:18:03.000 Dodgers Stadium. His job starts well before that. Not only 0:18:03.040 --> 0:18:06.040 does he have to manage in the dugout for nine innings, 0:18:06.280 --> 0:18:09.520 but he's managing the players in the clubhouse. He's managing 0:18:09.560 --> 0:18:13.720 his relationship with the front office, not just Andrew Freeman 0:18:13.800 --> 0:18:16.600 and Brandon Gomes, but also the other R and D 0:18:16.800 --> 0:18:19.680 members of their front office staff. That gives a lot 0:18:19.680 --> 0:18:24.240 of information that he has to filter to his players. 0:18:24.760 --> 0:18:28.000 He has to manage his relationship with his coaching staff. 0:18:28.240 --> 0:18:32.360 He has to manage relationships with the Dodgers worldwide sponsors. 0:18:32.600 --> 0:18:36.000 Minutes before first pitch is thrown out. He has to 0:18:36.040 --> 0:18:39.760 manage his relationship with the Los Angeles media with the 0:18:39.840 --> 0:18:46.159 national media. There's a lot that goes into managing the Dodgers, 0:18:46.720 --> 0:18:49.719 more than just managing nine innings, and I hope you 0:18:49.840 --> 0:18:53.359 understand that a little better. And with all that being said, 0:18:53.640 --> 0:18:56.719 he has five National League pennants, he has led the 0:18:56.760 --> 0:19:00.840 Dodgers to three championships, and he now has one thousand 0:19:00.880 --> 0:19:05.399 wins in his managerial career, faster than any other manager 0:19:05.520 --> 0:19:09.000 in baseball history. You got to give this guy some 0:19:09.280 --> 0:19:11.520 benefit of the doubt. You got to give this guy 0:19:11.720 --> 0:19:15.120 a little bit of credit. Even if you were one 0:19:15.119 --> 0:19:18.680 of his detractors. You've got to give him some credit. 0:19:19.000 --> 0:19:22.080 And look, I am with you. He has had great players, 0:19:22.400 --> 0:19:26.320 he has had the best front office to work with, 0:19:26.320 --> 0:19:30.800 with the best information. But he is part of that machine. 0:19:31.040 --> 0:19:34.440 There's other managers that would not be able to handle 0:19:34.600 --> 0:19:39.280 everything that comes managing the Dodgers. And that's why it's 0:19:39.400 --> 0:19:42.399 more than just a thousand wins. It's more than just 0:19:42.520 --> 0:19:46.560 back to back championships. There's so much more that he 0:19:47.040 --> 0:19:50.399 has to juggle on a day to day basis that 0:19:50.640 --> 0:19:55.000 I'm not sure even some of his peers appreciate. Eight 0:19:55.119 --> 0:19:57.840 six six nine eight seven two five seventy is the 0:19:57.880 --> 0:20:01.120 phone number let's go out to Santa Barb. John, You're 0:20:01.160 --> 0:20:01.920 on Dodger Talk. 0:20:02.000 --> 0:20:05.920 How you doing, John, Hey, Dave, good to hear your voice, buddy. 0:20:05.960 --> 0:20:08.720 And I just want to say right now, this is 0:20:08.760 --> 0:20:13.119 a huge moment for the Dodgers, and not just Dave Roberts. 0:20:13.760 --> 0:20:16.439 But let's talk about Dave Roberts, Okay, because this is 0:20:16.480 --> 0:20:20.959 a big deal. He is on track to be in 0:20:20.960 --> 0:20:25.080 the greatest baseball coach ever, manager, whatever the word you 0:20:25.119 --> 0:20:27.560 want to use, you know what I mean. The guy 0:20:27.680 --> 0:20:31.800 is just a yeah manager. Okay, Sorry, I spoke myself, but. 0:20:31.920 --> 0:20:33.679 No problem what I want to use. 0:20:33.720 --> 0:20:35.720 Maybe I'm a little worked, Maybe I'm a little work 0:20:36.000 --> 0:20:41.120 about Dave Roberts, because okay, listen, Okay, this whole thing started, 0:20:41.560 --> 0:20:44.600 this new era of the Dodgers started with the Goggenheim 0:20:44.680 --> 0:20:47.720 Group and they brought in some big players, but it 0:20:47.840 --> 0:20:51.920 was really the turning point was Dave Roberts. Okay, once 0:20:52.040 --> 0:20:56.480 he came along, everything changed and everything got better, and 0:20:56.600 --> 0:21:01.000 I mean everything from the top of the institute, from 0:21:01.040 --> 0:21:05.879 the ownership to Mark Walter, everybody. The whole thing just 0:21:06.160 --> 0:21:11.120 really took off and it's not even close to being over. Okay, 0:21:11.520 --> 0:21:13.880 this is only halfway in the season right now, and 0:21:14.000 --> 0:21:18.280 just look where they are, twelve game lead, they they're 0:21:18.320 --> 0:21:20.040 on the verge. Well, they're on their way to a 0:21:20.119 --> 0:21:22.440 three p Okay, I'll say that right now. I don't 0:21:22.440 --> 0:21:27.159 have any problem with that. The Dodgers are changing baseball 0:21:27.480 --> 0:21:31.800 and Dave Roberts is driving the car. Okay. 0:21:31.920 --> 0:21:35.840 Hey, he's already separated himself, John, from other managers because 0:21:36.359 --> 0:21:39.840 not many have won back to back championships. So right there, 0:21:39.880 --> 0:21:43.520 in itself, he is in rarefied air as a manager, 0:21:43.520 --> 0:21:45.840 and so is every player on the last two years 0:21:45.880 --> 0:21:49.600 of Dodger teams. And if they do three pete, then 0:21:49.720 --> 0:21:54.480 he's on the Joe Tory level of managers that nobody 0:21:54.520 --> 0:21:57.560 can ever take away from him. Thanks for the phone call, John, 0:21:57.640 --> 0:22:00.840 appreciate it. Eight sixty six, nine eightsv in two five 0:22:00.960 --> 0:22:03.840 seventy is the phone number. The Dodgers beat the A's 0:22:03.880 --> 0:22:08.000 tonight in Sacramento nine to three, the final scorer behind 0:22:08.000 --> 0:22:12.320 a great performance from Justin Robleski. Tommy Edman. I said 0:22:12.320 --> 0:22:15.000 this with Jose Mota, and I'll stand firm with this. 0:22:15.720 --> 0:22:19.760 Tommy Edmund finally healthy. We got a glimpse of what healthy. 0:22:19.840 --> 0:22:22.920 Tommy Edman can do in twenty four and he wasn't 0:22:22.920 --> 0:22:26.080 even one hundred percent like he is right now. Tommy 0:22:26.240 --> 0:22:31.240 Edman is quickly becoming one of my favorite players to watch. Obviously, 0:22:31.280 --> 0:22:36.120 Otani must see TV. Freddie Freeman one of my favorites 0:22:36.160 --> 0:22:39.159 to watch play because he is such a student of 0:22:39.200 --> 0:22:43.879 the game. But Tommy Edmund to me, is right behind them, 0:22:44.320 --> 0:22:48.240 and he is He is playing both sides. I'm not 0:22:48.240 --> 0:22:50.120 gonna say both sides of the ball. I hate when 0:22:50.160 --> 0:22:54.280 people say that. But he's playing offense and defense in 0:22:54.400 --> 0:22:58.280 a great way for the Dodgers at second base, in 0:22:58.400 --> 0:23:02.840 left field and tonight at third base. Four hits, four RBIs, 0:23:02.920 --> 0:23:06.720 including a three run home run, and he played exceptional 0:23:06.800 --> 0:23:10.560 defense tonight at third base. So Tommy Edman for me, 0:23:11.200 --> 0:23:14.240 is quickly becoming one of my favorite players to watch. 0:23:14.600 --> 0:23:16.960 We're gonna take a time out here on Dodger Talk 0:23:17.000 --> 0:23:19.480