Speaker 1: The quest for the three peat has begun.
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Speaker 2: three consecutive titles. The Dodgers are the favorites to become
Speaker 2: the fifth.
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Speaker 1: Here's your host, David Vase.
Speaker 2: Thing welcome the Dodger Talk. David Vase with you on
Speaker 2: Dodger Talk until the bottom of the hour. At eight
Speaker 2: six six nine, eight seven two five seventy. The Dodgers
Speaker 2: beat the Athletics nine to three, and of course the
Speaker 2: celebration is for Dave Roberts, who wins his one thousandth
Speaker 2: career game as the manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Speaker 2: He's managed eleven years, all with the Dodgers, and he
Speaker 2: reaches a thousand wins faster than any manager in modern
Speaker 2: baseball history. Sixteen hundred and six games, Dave Roberts reaches
Speaker 2: a thousand wins. So congratulations to Dave Roberts. And like
Speaker 2: I mentioned at the end, of the clubhouse show. It
Speaker 2: was great to see the sellout crowd of mostly Dodger
Speaker 2: fans celebrate Dave. And maybe one of the silver linings
Speaker 2: of the Dodgers playing the A's in that minor league
Speaker 2: temporary ballpark is the fact that the clubhouse is beyond
Speaker 2: center field. So Dave Roberts, after doing the postgame interview
Speaker 2: with Kirsten Watson, walked straight to the Dodger Clubhouse, a
Speaker 2: long walk from in front of the Dodger Dugout all
Speaker 2: the way out to beyond center field. And that's a
Speaker 2: good reason because he was celebrated every step of the
Speaker 2: way back to the clubhouse as a one thousand game
Speaker 2: winner as a major league managers. A really special night
Speaker 2: for Dave Roberts. And and look, I've been there since day one.
Speaker 2: I've hosted Dodger Talk for the last fifteen years. And
Speaker 2: you can't hide from me. Okay, you could say whatever
Speaker 2: you want on Twitter. You can say, oh, you know
Speaker 2: I was wrong about Dave Roberts. Well you know what
Speaker 2: I have to say to you, better late than ever,
Speaker 2: but I will say this, And Max Monthly said this
Speaker 2: after the game last night. Next month, He's been here
Speaker 2: since twenty eighteen and currently is the longest active player
Speaker 2: playing for Dave Roberts right now active current active key
Speaker 2: K is on the IL. He's not active right now.
Speaker 2: Max Monsey I thought was really honest and candid as
Speaker 2: always that Max Monsey has grown since twenty eighteen as
Speaker 2: a player. Dave Roberts has helped him grow as a
Speaker 2: player since twenty eighteen. But you have to concede that
Speaker 2: Dave Roberts has grown with this job. Who he was
Speaker 2: on April fourth, twenty sixteen is not who he is
Speaker 2: as a manager right now, which is a good thing.
Speaker 2: You don't want to stay the same when you're in
Speaker 2: the same job for eleven years. There's been a lot
Speaker 2: of great players thanks to Andrew Friedman, that have been
Speaker 2: in his lineup, have been in his rotation, have been
Speaker 2: in his bullpen. But the reality is Andrew Friedman is
Speaker 2: not in the dugout and he's not in the clubhouse.
Speaker 2: Dave Roberts has to manage all of those players different personalities,
Speaker 2: different to personal goals to try to get them on
Speaker 2: the same page with the Dodgers' vision. And I you know,
Speaker 2: he never managed before, he never managed in the minor leagues.
Speaker 2: He was a coach with the Padres, but he had
Speaker 2: never managed before getting the job with the Dodgers, and
Speaker 2: the collaboration between him and Andrew Friedman has been one
Speaker 2: of the all time great partnerships in Major League Baseball history.
Speaker 2: When you say Dave Roberts, you can't not say Andrew Friedman.
Speaker 2: When you say Andrew Friedman, you can't not say Dave Roberts.
Speaker 2: And I think Dave understands that. He acknowledged that, and
Speaker 2: at some point you have to acknowledge it better late
Speaker 2: than ever. All it took was this guy to win
Speaker 2: three World Series championships, went back to back championships, and
Speaker 2: now one thousand games in his managerial career. Is he perfect? No,
Speaker 2: But I really do believe this. Going back to twenty
Speaker 2: twenty three, Dave Roberts has grown exponentially as a manager,
Speaker 2: and I feel like he has become one of the
Speaker 2: best managers in baseball since twenty twenty three on an
Speaker 2: elite level. And twenty twenty three the Dodgers did not
Speaker 2: have as much talent as they have right now. I'm
Speaker 2: not even starting with twenty twenty four. I'm not even
Speaker 2: starting with twenty twenty or twenty twenty two. What Dave
Speaker 2: Roberts has done in the postseason in the last two
Speaker 2: years is what a veteran experienced manager does when he
Speaker 2: believes in certain players, doesn't go by whatever metrics he's
Speaker 2: seeing on the iPad in real time. He believes in
Speaker 2: the heartbeat, and that's what he said many times. But
Speaker 2: to say that Dave Roberts is the same manager that
Speaker 2: he was in twenty sixteen would not be a compliment
Speaker 2: to him, and I think we can all agree on that.
Speaker 2: And I'll just say this, I have felt in the
Speaker 2: last year, maybe year and a half, that you have
Speaker 2: finally conceded this guy is the right guy for the job.
Speaker 2: It's taken eleven years, it's taken back to back World
Speaker 2: Series championships and now one thousand wins. But these group
Speaker 2: of players, I think have as much appreciation for Dave
Speaker 2: Roberts than I've seen any team have appreciation for him.
Speaker 2: And I think we've seen that the last couple of years.
Speaker 2: Let's head back to Sacramento because we do have two
Speaker 2: phone lines open, and I do want to hear from
Speaker 2: you and the celebration you have for Dave Roberts. But
Speaker 2: let's head inside the Dodger Clubhouse on Sports and at LA,
Speaker 2: where Dave Roberts was toasting his players.
Speaker 4: First off, Robo, you pitched your ass off. Fantastic job.
Speaker 4: That was fun to watch. I'll tell you guys this,
Speaker 4: and then you know, I played ten years in the
Speaker 4: big leagues. I didn't get the hits that he got, Homers,
Speaker 4: he got the hits that these guys got. I wasn't
Speaker 4: a player that any of you guys were. But I'll
Speaker 4: tell you what is. I really try to be a
Speaker 4: good teammate. And now managing you guys and all the
Speaker 4: guys that have been a part of this, there is
Speaker 4: nothing more satisfying. I told Kyle today, I get to
Speaker 4: watch you play baseball today, and I swear to God
Speaker 4: I mean that about every single.
Speaker 2: One of you guys.
Speaker 4: And so for a thousand wins, it's not about the wins.
Speaker 4: It's not and I and for me, it's just like
Speaker 4: continuing to have you guys believe in each other.
Speaker 2: Have you guys believe in me? The coach is the.
Speaker 4: Front office because obviously you guys know I didn't go
Speaker 4: out there and play for you guys. I didn't pitch
Speaker 4: for you guys.
Speaker 2: I just support you guys.
Speaker 4: The coach is supporting, the training staff, the front office,
Speaker 4: and so for me, this is a team accomplishment. And
Speaker 4: it's not even just the guys in this room. It's
Speaker 4: so many players from eleven years ago. There's guys that
Speaker 4: people bringing my attention. I've never heard of these guys,
Speaker 4: but I guess they played for him.
Speaker 2: So that's just kind of what we do with the Dodgers.
Speaker 5: Man.
Speaker 4: There's guys that are here and right, and I am
Speaker 4: getting old. I'm getting old, But you know what I'll
Speaker 4: tell you guys, man, from my first day when I
Speaker 4: had butterflies and I was nervous and the game was
Speaker 4: speeding up on me, to now where I can just
Speaker 4: sit back and have the hands off the wheel and
Speaker 4: just let you guys be yourselves and play good quality baseball.
Speaker 4: That's the biggest joy for me, and that's the biggest accomplishment.
Speaker 4: So I know it's one thousand wins for me. I
Speaker 4: can't thank you guys enough for doing this, Alex your staff,
Speaker 4: but I honestly, honestly for you guys, the coaches, the
Speaker 4: front office, gomers rough, the front office, all the players
Speaker 4: that played for me for eleven years. I raise a
Speaker 4: class to every single one of you, guys, and thank
Speaker 4: you so much for making me a great coach. And
Speaker 4: but I always tell our coaches what makes a great
Speaker 4: coacher manager great players. So cheers to you, guys, cheers
Speaker 4: raising glass.
Speaker 1: What's that, oh Champagne?
Speaker 2: I wanted? This is Sequila Chaser. All right, Chepee, here
Speaker 2: we go. Cheers, guys. All right. Dave Roberts with the
Speaker 2: speech post game after winning is one thousandth game as
Speaker 2: a major league manager. And I'll just name off a
Speaker 2: few of the great players he had. Corey Seger, Cody Bellinger,
Speaker 2: Justin Turner, Clayton Kershaw, just to name a few. Will
Speaker 2: Smith we all know, right, Keith A Hernandez we all know.
Speaker 2: So you think back to some of the great role
Speaker 2: players that were unexpected that helped the Dodgers win during
Speaker 2: Dave Roberts's tenure. Guys like Charlie Colberson, right, Guys like
Speaker 2: that that, Yes, Monti Grandal gets lost in the shuffle,
Speaker 2: Austin Barnes gets lost in the shuffle. He's had a
Speaker 2: lot of great players. But I love what he said
Speaker 2: right there. He has learned how to just take his
Speaker 2: hands off the wheel and allow the game to take
Speaker 2: care of itself with great players. And that's sometimes the
Speaker 2: greatest thing a manager can do is not get in
Speaker 2: the way, especially when you have a Ferrari like this.
Speaker 2: Eight six six seven two five seventy is the phone number.
Speaker 2: Let's go out to the phones for the first time
Speaker 2: in Torrance. You're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 6: How you doing, Mark, I'm doing great, David. First, I'm
Speaker 6: very serious when I want to thank you for your
Speaker 6: comments about Dave Roberts, and I wanted to share my
Speaker 6: own personal experience that when he was playing for the Dodgers,
Speaker 6: I was so impressed with him, and then one day
Speaker 6: I heard that he had been traded. I thought, oh my.
Speaker 7: God, what have they done?
Speaker 6: This guy is a great player, and then he ends
Speaker 6: up back as a manager, and I was so happy.
Speaker 6: And to hear all the comments from him and from
Speaker 6: you and the staff, it is just wonderful.
Speaker 2: All right, Mark, I love that phone call. Yeah, Dave
Speaker 2: Roberts was a positive player when he played for the Dodgers.
Speaker 2: He was a good teammate and obviously that DNA. Those
Speaker 2: characteristics have helped him be a manager, a successful manager
Speaker 2: for eleven years, and the one thing that I'll always
Speaker 2: remember when it comes to covering Dave Roberts is how
Speaker 2: he always expressed how we all should have gratitude being
Speaker 2: around the Dodgers, working for the Dodgers if you do,
Speaker 2: and also playing for the Dodgers or managing the Dodgers.
Speaker 2: And I think that's one thing, you know, I feel
Speaker 2: like I've had in my life is gratitude, but I've
Speaker 2: never put it that way, and having gratitude every day
Speaker 2: is certainly something special in every walk of life. Tonight's
Speaker 2: game brought to you by Modello. Modello the mark of
Speaker 2: a fighter. Let's go out to Joe, who is in Sacramento.
Speaker 2: You saw a big time Dodger milestone tonight.
Speaker 8: Joe, it feels incredible a day. First of all, longtime listener,
Speaker 8: first time caller. I'm living my best life Dodger wise,
Speaker 8: you know, living in like the glory years of the
Speaker 8: eighties and now getting to see it for myself. I know,
Speaker 8: the Dodgers playing in center feels great because you have
Speaker 8: a huge Dodger community out here and you get to
Speaker 8: see him so close, get to see with my wife
Speaker 8: had a foul ball and must take my head off,
Speaker 8: so it was a great game on top of us winning,
Speaker 8: and then you're one hundred percent right me A bunch
Speaker 8: of other people. We all questioned Dave Roberts at different times,
Speaker 8: and now we're at the point it's I neat humble pie.
Speaker 8: Better late than never, and it's time to trust with
Speaker 8: the Doc is cooking up. So thanks so much for
Speaker 8: what you do. But it was beautiful to see Dave
Speaker 8: win it. One thousands win. He deserves it both as
Speaker 8: a player and as a manager. And yeah, it was
Speaker 8: a great night at baseball, all.
Speaker 2: Right, Joe, thanks a lot for the phone call. I
Speaker 2: love hearing that. I love hearing what the Doc is cooking.
Speaker 2: You've got to swallow it now, Joe, glad to do so,
Speaker 2: all right, thanks for the phone call. Get home safe.
Speaker 2: Eight sixty six nine eight seven two five seventy is
Speaker 2: the phone number. Dodgers beat the A's nine to three.
Speaker 2: Dave Roberts wins his one thousandth managerial game as the
Speaker 2: Dodgers are able to get it for him in Sacramento,
Speaker 2: and he will be celebrated, no doubt before Thursday night's
Speaker 2: game when the Dodgers return home. And how about the
Speaker 2: Dodgers on this road trip, a nine game road trip.
Speaker 2: It seems like they never have a day off. It
Speaker 2: seems like they never get a day game because every
Speaker 2: visiting ballpark wants the biggest show in baseball in prime time,
Speaker 2: and Sacramento's no different. That's going to be a getaway
Speaker 2: day night game. Six forty. The Dodgers sweep the Twins
Speaker 2: in Minneapolis. They lose the first game to Walker Bueller
Speaker 2: and the Padres, then come back in a big way,
Speaker 2: resounding fashion to beat the Padres the final two games
Speaker 2: of that series, and now come to Sacramento with a young,
Speaker 2: upstart Sacramento A's team and beat them in the first
Speaker 2: two games of this series. They now have fifty six wins,
Speaker 2: baseball's best record, Dave Roberts has his one thousand wins,
Speaker 2: and the Padres lost again tonight. They lost nine to
Speaker 2: seven to the Cubs at Wrigley Field. So the Dodgers
Speaker 2: have a twelve game in the NL West and the
Speaker 2: Pandres are coming to town for a four game series.
Speaker 2: I'm not sure they're going to show up. Let's go
Speaker 2: out to Chino. Robert, you're on Dodger Talk. How you doing, Robert,
Speaker 2: I'm greating yourself. How can it be bad, Robert when
Speaker 2: you're hosting Dodger Talk in twenty twenty.
Speaker 9: Six, right, I just finished up bowling Moviies second or
Speaker 9: you know, for his favorite hobbies, so you know, good
Speaker 9: night for me too as well. So I just want
Speaker 9: to talk about the Shark Roubuski and how he's you know,
Speaker 9: proving himself over and over and over again, and how
Speaker 9: he's just you know, shutting teams down. We needed, we
Speaker 9: needed the length today because tomorrow is a bullpen game.
Speaker 9: So he's just been showing improving what he is worth.
Speaker 9: And yes, the nickname is the Shark, so shout out
Speaker 9: to the Shark.
Speaker 5: Great white, I love it.
Speaker 2: I love it, Robert, Hey, great point as well. The
Speaker 2: Dodgers are not going to have oti you start tomorrow.
Speaker 2: They're gonna give him a couple of extra days of
Speaker 2: rest managing that left knee. And it is a bullpen
Speaker 2: game tomorrow, so Robleski throwing one hundred and ten pitches
Speaker 2: and going seven innings is huge for the workload of
Speaker 2: that bullpen. So yeah, on top of him doing what
Speaker 2: he did tonight, he does what he's done all year
Speaker 2: long and save the bullpen. And with a bullpen game tomorrow.
Speaker 2: That's an even that's two wins within one tonight for
Speaker 2: the Dodgers. Let's go out to Frank and Monrovia. You're
Speaker 2: on Dodger Talk with David vasse Hi.
Speaker 10: Frank, Hey, Dave, good to hear from you. You know
Speaker 10: a couple of things right now. I just want to
Speaker 10: really get out there. The first to one is that
Speaker 10: the shark. He is Jaws. He just creeps up on
Speaker 10: you and you know what, all of a sudden can wins.
Speaker 11: You know, he went the distance.
Speaker 10: He's looking strong. He is in prime, you know, in
Speaker 10: prime position right now to look like a number one
Speaker 10: at midseason. He is really that great. I'm not gonna
Speaker 10: take it away from show. Hey, he needs his rest,
Speaker 10: but with Uski, you're looking an amazing kid. Secondly, Roberts,
Speaker 10: the one thousand wins. You know, no, but we talk
Speaker 10: about how much he's done for the Dodgers, But David,
Speaker 10: Dave Roberts has done so much for the game. He
Speaker 10: has gone out there, he's been an ambassador for the game.
Speaker 10: He's talked about speaking with people across the globe about
Speaker 10: how the game has grown. The number of players that
Speaker 10: have come internationally from Japan from South America. You know,
Speaker 10: that's been a big deal, and he's treated every single
Speaker 10: one of them with professionalism, and he's carried, helped to
Speaker 10: carry that identity throughout all of baseball, and it's brought
Speaker 10: so much notoriety.
Speaker 11: To the game.
Speaker 10: You know, I listened to Mookie talk about him earlier,
Speaker 10: you know, showing that fatherly love to guys, you know,
Speaker 10: Max Muntzy talking about being a mentor. He's just been
Speaker 10: so many things to so many people, and you know,
Speaker 10: guys like Walter Alston and Tommy Lesora would be proud
Speaker 10: he's carrying that tradition right now and he's right up
Speaker 10: there with them. And then finally to the teams of
Speaker 10: the Team of Venezuela, the WBC winners, we love you,
Speaker 10: We're thinking of you, guys. Thanks a lot, David.
Speaker 2: All right, Frank Well said, and I'm glad you said
Speaker 2: all that, because managing the Dodgers is a lot different
Speaker 2: than managing the Saint Louis Cardinals or even the San
Speaker 2: Diego Padres, and certainly a lot different than managing the
Speaker 2: Sacramento Athletics. What Dave Roberts has done over the course
Speaker 2: of the last eleven years. Is being ambassador, is be
Speaker 2: the face of the team when guys didn't want to
Speaker 2: be the face of the team good and bad. He
Speaker 2: was out there in the forefront when things were not
Speaker 2: going right with certain players or certain moments. He has
Speaker 2: to face the media every day and he does it
Speaker 2: with a smile. He does it with class and dignity
Speaker 2: no matter what the circumstances are. And I've said this
Speaker 2: over the years for those that got on Dave Roberts.
Speaker 2: His job does not start at seven to ten at
Speaker 2: Dodgers Stadium. His job starts well before that. Not only
Speaker 2: does he have to manage in the dugout for nine innings,
Speaker 2: but he's managing the players in the clubhouse. He's managing
Speaker 2: his relationship with the front office, not just Andrew Freeman
Speaker 2: and Brandon Gomes, but also the other R and D
Speaker 2: members of their front office staff. That gives a lot
Speaker 2: of information that he has to filter to his players.
Speaker 2: He has to manage his relationship with his coaching staff.
Speaker 2: He has to manage relationships with the Dodgers worldwide sponsors.
Speaker 2: Minutes before first pitch is thrown out. He has to
Speaker 2: manage his relationship with the Los Angeles media with the
Speaker 2: national media. There's a lot that goes into managing the Dodgers,
Speaker 2: more than just managing nine innings, and I hope you
Speaker 2: understand that a little better. And with all that being said,
Speaker 2: he has five National League pennants, he has led the
Speaker 2: Dodgers to three championships, and he now has one thousand
Speaker 2: wins in his managerial career, faster than any other manager
Speaker 2: in baseball history. You got to give this guy some
Speaker 2: benefit of the doubt. You got to give this guy
Speaker 2: a little bit of credit. Even if you were one
Speaker 2: of his detractors. You've got to give him some credit.
Speaker 2: And look, I am with you. He has had great players,
Speaker 2: he has had the best front office to work with,
Speaker 2: with the best information. But he is part of that machine.
Speaker 2: There's other managers that would not be able to handle
Speaker 2: everything that comes managing the Dodgers. And that's why it's
Speaker 2: more than just a thousand wins. It's more than just
Speaker 2: back to back championships. There's so much more that he
Speaker 2: has to juggle on a day to day basis that
Speaker 2: I'm not sure even some of his peers appreciate. Eight
Speaker 2: six six nine eight seven two five seventy is the
Speaker 2: phone number let's go out to Santa Barb. John, You're
Speaker 2: on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 5: How you doing, John, Hey, Dave, good to hear your voice, buddy.
Speaker 5: And I just want to say right now, this is
Speaker 5: a huge moment for the Dodgers, and not just Dave Roberts.
Speaker 5: But let's talk about Dave Roberts, Okay, because this is
Speaker 5: a big deal. He is on track to be in
Speaker 5: the greatest baseball coach ever, manager, whatever the word you
Speaker 5: want to use, you know what I mean. The guy
Speaker 5: is just a yeah manager. Okay, Sorry, I spoke myself, but.
Speaker 2: No problem what I want to use.
Speaker 5: Maybe I'm a little worked, Maybe I'm a little work
Speaker 5: about Dave Roberts, because okay, listen, Okay, this whole thing started,
Speaker 5: this new era of the Dodgers started with the Goggenheim
Speaker 5: Group and they brought in some big players, but it
Speaker 5: was really the turning point was Dave Roberts. Okay, once
Speaker 5: he came along, everything changed and everything got better, and
Speaker 5: I mean everything from the top of the institute, from
Speaker 5: the ownership to Mark Walter, everybody. The whole thing just
Speaker 5: really took off and it's not even close to being over. Okay,
Speaker 5: this is only halfway in the season right now, and
Speaker 5: just look where they are, twelve game lead, they they're
Speaker 5: on the verge. Well, they're on their way to a
Speaker 5: three p Okay, I'll say that right now. I don't
Speaker 5: have any problem with that. The Dodgers are changing baseball
Speaker 5: and Dave Roberts is driving the car. Okay.
Speaker 2: Hey, he's already separated himself, John, from other managers because
Speaker 2: not many have won back to back championships. So right there,
Speaker 2: in itself, he is in rarefied air as a manager,
Speaker 2: and so is every player on the last two years
Speaker 2: of Dodger teams. And if they do three pete, then
Speaker 2: he's on the Joe Tory level of managers that nobody
Speaker 2: can ever take away from him. Thanks for the phone call, John,
Speaker 2: appreciate it. Eight sixty six, nine eightsv in two five
Speaker 2: seventy is the phone number. The Dodgers beat the A's
Speaker 2: tonight in Sacramento nine to three, the final scorer behind
Speaker 2: a great performance from Justin Robleski. Tommy Edman. I said
Speaker 2: this with Jose Mota, and I'll stand firm with this.
Speaker 2: Tommy Edmund finally healthy. We got a glimpse of what healthy.
Speaker 2: Tommy Edman can do in twenty four and he wasn't
Speaker 2: even one hundred percent like he is right now. Tommy
Speaker 2: Edman is quickly becoming one of my favorite players to watch. Obviously,
Speaker 2: Otani must see TV. Freddie Freeman one of my favorites
Speaker 2: to watch play because he is such a student of
Speaker 2: the game. But Tommy Edmund to me, is right behind them,
Speaker 2: and he is He is playing both sides. I'm not
Speaker 2: gonna say both sides of the ball. I hate when
Speaker 2: people say that. But he's playing offense and defense in
Speaker 2: a great way for the Dodgers at second base, in
Speaker 2: left field and tonight at third base. Four hits, four RBIs,
Speaker 2: including a three run home run, and he played exceptional
Speaker 2: defense tonight at third base. So Tommy Edman for me,
Speaker 2: is quickly becoming one of my favorite players to watch.
Speaker 2: We're gonna take a time out here on Dodger Talk
Speaker 2: when we come back, more of your phone calls eight
Speaker 2: sixty six nine, eight seven, two, five seventy. We're gonna
Speaker 2: go to the top of the hour. We're going to
Speaker 2: the top of the hour tonight after the Dodgers get
Speaker 2: Dave Roberts his one thousandth career win, beating the As
Speaker 2: nine to three, and also on the other side. We'll
Speaker 2: let you hear part of my conversation with Justin Robleski
Speaker 2: the day after Pedro Martinez coined him the Shark. You
Speaker 2: want to hear what Robleski thinks, don't go anywhere. Only
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Speaker 2: nickname Dodger Talk until eleven o'clock right here on A
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Speaker 1: This is Dodger tom with David.
Speaker 2: Beast said, unners off, first and second.
Speaker 1: Tommy Edmund, hitting right handed.
Speaker 12: Swingson, hits the ball well the center field, going back
Speaker 12: on his bolts, still going back.
Speaker 2: He looks up.
Speaker 1: It's gone off the batter's eye. A home run for
Speaker 1: Tommy Edmund.
Speaker 2: His first of the season. It's a three run shot, Amma,
Speaker 2: Dodgers now lead at five to one. Tommy Tanks his
Speaker 2: second longest home run in his career tonight. That blew
Speaker 2: the game open to five to one. Blew the game
Speaker 2: open because of the way Justin Robleski was pitching tonight
Speaker 2: as he went seven strong innings with a career high
Speaker 2: eleven strikeouts. Tommy Edmond four hits, four RBIs, including that
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Speaker 2: nine to three. They have the most wins in baseball
Speaker 2: with fifty six. They have the largest Division lead in baseball,
Speaker 2: a twelve game lead over the San Diego Padres, who
Speaker 2: will be in town starting Thursday night for a four
Speaker 2: game series. I'm gonna let you hear from Justin Robleski
Speaker 2: in a moment, but we still want to celebrate Dave Roberts,
Speaker 2: considering he got his one thousandth career win as the manager,
Speaker 2: his major league managing career eleven years all with the Dodgers.
Speaker 2: Let's go out to Rob in Manhattan Beach. You're on
Speaker 2: Dodger Talk, how you doing, Rob.
Speaker 11: I tell you, I really think your words were well chosen.
Speaker 11: I was always a Dusty Basker fan, but I'm glad
Speaker 11: to see that our dear manager is now in the
Speaker 11: pantheon with Joe Torre's and Tommy Lesorda. But here I
Speaker 11: got two questions for you. First, do you have a
Speaker 11: side hustle as a toastmaster at weddings and birthday because
Speaker 11: I'd love you to attend one of mine. And Second,
Speaker 11: what that Rob, There's gotta be there's got to be
Speaker 11: a shout out for the Oakland A's. I tell you
Speaker 11: I had a birthday party there and there were only
Speaker 11: thirty five hundred people in the stadium. Its chief Nicketts.
Speaker 11: But finally, finally, the Oakland A's have found a part
Speaker 11: that they can sell out. And what better way to
Speaker 11: do it than have the Dodgers come and do it
Speaker 11: for them. They should be going up to Sacramento more
Speaker 11: often and watch the fireflies instead of the fireworks.
Speaker 2: Hey, I got news for your Rob. If the A's
Speaker 2: actually ever do move to Las Vegas. If that place
Speaker 2: is thirty five thousand, I'm sure thirty thousand will be
Speaker 2: Dodger in Las Vegas. So I don't think it's gonna
Speaker 2: stop in Sacramento no matter where the a's go.
Speaker 11: Word to the wise, you should be an economist.
Speaker 2: An economist and a wedding toast. That should be my
Speaker 2: side house. So I like that, Rob. I love weddings.
Speaker 2: A lot of people believe I'm like a wedding crasher
Speaker 2: at their parties, so that would fit. Thanks, Rob. I
Speaker 2: appreciate the phone call. Yeah, maybe that is a side hustle.
Speaker 2: You know, you never know. Let's go out to my guy,
Speaker 2: Ira Craig in Long Beach. Craig, I know you've been
Speaker 2: a longtime Dodger fan, so you've seen a lot. Are
Speaker 2: you gonna put Dave Roberts in the same conversation with
Speaker 2: Tommy lesworda.
Speaker 7: Absolutely absolutely. Let me tell you what, dad, I've seen.
Speaker 7: My first game was on my birthday in nineteen seventy six,
Speaker 7: so Ju seventh, nineteen seventy six. The Dodgers played the
Speaker 7: Phillies and the Dodgers won. It was ten to nine.
Speaker 7: Richie Allen hit a grand slam, Greg Mazinski hit all run,
Speaker 7: Mike Schmid. I remember it was just a really cool
Speaker 7: experience with my dad, who's now gone, but it was
Speaker 7: really cool. And so I've seen Walter Dralston, I've seen
Speaker 7: Tom Newstorida, I see Bill Russell, I've seen Joe Tory,
Speaker 7: I see Don Maddingly, and I've seen Dave Roberts. If
Speaker 7: I'm missing one there.
Speaker 2: Jim Tracy, Davey Johnson Hoff.
Speaker 7: Yeah you're right, I'm sorry. Yeah, quite for you, actually
Speaker 7: quite if you. But see those guys. Those guys weren't
Speaker 7: I'll put you. But you know what I like about
Speaker 7: Dave Roberts. He's he's a likable guy. He's a he's
Speaker 7: a he seems like a guy that you can approach
Speaker 7: and hang out with. And I've seen that him once
Speaker 7: and he was very amicable with me.
Speaker 2: You knowsador he gets it because he he does want
Speaker 2: to be the ambassador for the Dodgers and for the game,
Speaker 2: so he does care about it. Thanks for the phone call, Craig,
Speaker 2: I didn't know you were that old man you saw
Speaker 2: Walter Alston. Let's take another phone call that wants to
Speaker 2: celebrate Dave Roberts. Marshall, you're on Dodger Talk. How you doing, Marshall?
Speaker 13: Hey, Dave doing great, doing great.
Speaker 2: Happy to hear you. Were you at Dave Roberts. Were
Speaker 2: you a Dave Roberts detractor or were you always on
Speaker 2: board with Dave Roberts.
Speaker 13: Never a detractor, always on board. It's hard listening to
Speaker 13: the show and people call.
Speaker 14: In to get on him because, I mean you you
Speaker 14: have an even keel about it too. This is a
Speaker 14: baseball is a long view game, and it's really great
Speaker 14: to hear you mentioned, like Jim Tracy and Glenn Hoffman,
Speaker 14: because it puts us all into the perspective of what
Speaker 14: we're looking at here right Like we're back in Dodgers Baseball,
Speaker 14: Walter Alston time and lessorda Dave Roberts territory, and it's
Speaker 14: I think important for us to take a step back
Speaker 14: every once in a while and soak in the arc
Speaker 14: of what we're experiencing because it's a great, great time.
Speaker 2: Yeah, and if you look back at Dave's eleven years,
Speaker 2: there were times where it was tenuous. But Andrew Friedman
Speaker 2: and Stan Casten are big believers and continuity. I mean,
Speaker 2: Stan Casten was in Atlanta with Bobby Cox for twenty years.
Speaker 2: I'm sure things weren't always perfect with Bobby Cox, so
Speaker 2: you know, there is a lot to be said about
Speaker 2: continuity between the GM, the front office and the manager,
Speaker 2: and that's what the Dodgers had with Tommy Lasorda and
Speaker 2: Walter Ralston and Al campanis.
Speaker 13: Yeah, and it's even more. I think that partnership is
Speaker 13: most special, especially in this modern era of baseball with
Speaker 13: players moving around as much as they do. The front
Speaker 13: office does an amazing job of finding the right guys
Speaker 13: and bringing guys onto this team, and it had amazing
Speaker 13: success doing that, but lots of teams do that. The
Speaker 13: Dodgers are not unique in that respect.
Speaker 2: You got to give a toast as Freedman too, because
Speaker 2: nobody counts the wins he's had since he took over
Speaker 2: in twenty fifteen. So you know, when you're toasting Dave Roberts,
Speaker 2: you better toast Andrew Friedman too.
Speaker 13: Absolutely, And that's really why I was calling in. There's
Speaker 13: a partnership here that works better than the partnership between
Speaker 13: the manager and the front office with every other ball
Speaker 13: club in the league. The Dodgers have it right. They've
Speaker 13: got just the right recipe and Doc does an amazing
Speaker 13: job of bringing in really great players from other teams
Speaker 13: and making it work in our clubhouse. And it works
Speaker 13: better here than anywhere else. And we're seeing this back
Speaker 13: to back wins, one hundred wins seasons, just really golden
Speaker 13: era of Dodger baseball thanks to that partnership.
Speaker 7: It's amazing.
Speaker 2: All right, Marshall, thank you for the phone call. I've
Speaker 2: said this before and I'll say it again. There are
Speaker 2: marriages in LA that don't last eleven years like Dave
Speaker 2: Roberts and Andrew Freeman have. And look, I remember covering
Speaker 2: the Lakers, and all we heard about is how great
Speaker 2: does Zen Master Filled Jackson was and managing egos Shaq Kobe, Well,
Speaker 2: he didn't do a great job with those two, and
Speaker 2: he kind of alienated himself from Kobe the first time around.
Speaker 2: They made up and Kobe knew that it would be
Speaker 2: best for him to come back. But when you talk
Speaker 2: about managing egos and superstars, who's done that in baseball
Speaker 2: more and better than Dave Roberts. You talk about Freddie Freeman,
Speaker 2: you talk about Mookie Betts. You have sho hal Tani,
Speaker 2: the biggest star on the planet, a transcendent figure. You've
Speaker 2: had Kershaw who was stubborn at times, You've had, you know,
Speaker 2: go down the list. You want to go back to
Speaker 2: Adrian Gonzalez. You want to go with key A Hernandez,
Speaker 2: who is a different personality. You got Corey Seeger, who
Speaker 2: was a different personality who in baseball in the last
Speaker 2: twenty years as a manager has handled such a wide
Speaker 2: variety of personalities, not to mention guys Quigue and Bower.
Speaker 2: For a short amount of time, Dave Roberts had to
Speaker 2: manage all those guys. Eight six, six, nine, seven, two
Speaker 2: five seventy is the phone number. Let's go out to
Speaker 2: Santa Anna. Adrian, you're on Dodger Talk. How you doing, Adrian,
Speaker 2: I'm doing well, Dave, how are you hey? Like I said,
Speaker 2: you know, Dave Roberts, Andrew Freeman, Freddie Freeman, Miguel Rojas,
Speaker 2: all these Dodger players have made my life really a
Speaker 2: dream come true. I'll tell you that. I sometimes pinch
Speaker 2: myself and say, you know, one day this is not
Speaker 2: going to be the way it is with Dodger baseball.
Speaker 2: But right now, let's just enjoy it.
Speaker 12: You know, I lived to the Dodgers in the nineties.
Speaker 12: I feel what you're saying. By the way, we get
Speaker 12: the joy of having a happy you at the end
Speaker 12: of every game with Dave Roberts, you know, but I
Speaker 12: just wanted to jump on the bandwagon and give his praise.
Speaker 12: We were watching the Mexico game with our my sports
Speaker 12: at La app open watching the Dodger game, and so
Speaker 12: we were like going back and forth. But a lot
Speaker 12: of my friends and a lot of Dodgers people, I know,
Speaker 12: we're saying, how fitting would that be if the Dodgers
Speaker 12: kind of let the A's win a couple of games
Speaker 12: so that Dave Roberts had a chance to win against
Speaker 12: San Diego. And I said, that's not what Dave would
Speaker 12: ever do. Dave preaches we over me, and there's no
Speaker 12: way he would let the Dodgers blow a game. And
Speaker 12: there's no way the Dodgers would blow a game. I
Speaker 12: think it's so fitting that he's like, let's just win.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't think they're putting any games. I don't care.
Speaker 2: I don't care where it is. But here's one thing,
Speaker 2: you know, The Padres passed on Dave Roberts to be
Speaker 2: their manager, which opened the door for Dave Roberts to
Speaker 2: interview and eventually get hired by the Dodgers. Just because
Speaker 2: Dave Roberts didn't win his one thousandth career game playing
Speaker 2: against the Padres doesn't mean their face is not going
Speaker 2: to be rubbed in it when the Padres get to
Speaker 2: Dodgers State on Thursday and they have to sit through
Speaker 2: that video montage of Dave's career managing the Dodgers and
Speaker 2: beating the Padres all but one year since he's been here.
Speaker 2: Of course, the Padres beat the Dodgers in the twenty
Speaker 2: two playoffs, but outside of that, it's been Dave Roberts
Speaker 2: Dodgers domination.
Speaker 12: Quick question before I hang up, what is the Dodgers
Speaker 12: record against the Padres with Dave Roberts.
Speaker 2: I have to look that up, but it's significant, especially
Speaker 2: in the beginning. The Padres were not very good in
Speaker 2: twenty fifteen, and he's taken on a lot of their managers.
Speaker 2: A lot of managers have tried to get physical with
Speaker 2: Dave Roberts and he spot them off.
Speaker 12: You can't mess with our skip from.
Speaker 2: Andy Green to Mike Shilt, I mean, come on, Dave
Speaker 2: Roberts has taken on all comers. Eight six six, nine
Speaker 2: eighty seven two five seventy is the phone number of
Speaker 2: the Dodgers beat the A's tonight nine to three. Behind
Speaker 2: another outstanding performance from Justin rowe Bleski, who went seven
Speaker 2: innings tonight, had a career high eleven strikeouts and going
Speaker 2: back to his last start in Minnesota against the Twins,
Speaker 2: it prompted Pedro Martinez to tweet out that Justin Robleski
Speaker 2: is a is a shark amongst great whites in the
Speaker 2: Dodger rotation. And the day after Pedro Martinez tweeted that out,
Speaker 2: the entire Dodger clubhouse sought and they were all starting
Speaker 2: to latch on to that nickname for Robleski, and tonight
Speaker 2: you saw the shark fins come out in the dugout.
Speaker 2: So here's what Justin Robleski's reaction was. Less than twenty
Speaker 2: four hours after Pedro Martinez gave him that nickname the Shark?
Speaker 2: Can I run with that nickname? What did you think
Speaker 2: that a Hall of Famer like Pedro is giving you
Speaker 2: the nickname the Shark?
Speaker 15: You know, megge really likes it. He thought it was
Speaker 15: really funny, and so he's been running around, you know,
Speaker 15: asking every anywhere the Shark is today. So that's been
Speaker 15: pretty funny.
Speaker 1: But no, in all.
Speaker 15: Seriousness, you know, anytime you can get you know, you
Speaker 15: can be even talked about by a guy like Pedro,
Speaker 15: it's super cool. And you know, I've been a big,
Speaker 15: you know fan of his, like watching his brother, like
Speaker 15: his you know, commentary stuff is cool. And then obviously,
Speaker 15: you know, I go back and I watched some of
Speaker 15: his outings when I regular chance, and you know, he
Speaker 15: was elite, arguably one of the best, if not the
Speaker 15: best picture of all time. You know, in an era
Speaker 15: where it was really hard to pitch, he dominated. So
Speaker 15: it's super cool. You know, the nickname is funny. I
Speaker 15: think it's it's it's some Yeah, whatever people want to
Speaker 15: run with, they can run with. But yeah, it's it's funny,
Speaker 15: and it's it's obviously super cool that to you know,
Speaker 15: be talked about by someone like like Pedro.
Speaker 2: So when we think about great white sharks, we're talking
Speaker 2: about the ultimate predator. Do you feel like that's why
Speaker 2: he thought about you as a shark? Are you the
Speaker 2: predator on the mound going after these hitters?
Speaker 15: And like Chum, I can't speculate on what Pedro thought,
Speaker 15: you might have to ask him.
Speaker 2: I don't know what does that mean to you? Though?
Speaker 2: I don't know.
Speaker 15: It's not my nickname. I didn't give it to myself.
Speaker 2: You know, I can't.
Speaker 15: I can't. I can't speak on why he would give
Speaker 15: me that. You gotta ask him.
Speaker 2: All right, So can I run with this?
Speaker 11: Can I?
Speaker 1: Can?
Speaker 2: I stick with the Shark? Whatever you want to do? Okay?
Speaker 2: All right? Good? Glad to know that I could start
Speaker 2: going forward with a Hall of famous nickname for Justin Robleski,
Speaker 2: the Shark Shark.
Speaker 15: Whatever works, man.
Speaker 2: Hey, whatever works. Hey. I don't know what's working for
Speaker 2: Justin Robleski, but whatever it is, keep going with it.
Speaker 2: Here was the tweet from Pedro Martinez last week after
Speaker 2: the way Robleski pitched against the Twins. Quote, they have
Speaker 2: a lot of great whites in LA and now Justin
Speaker 2: the Shark Robleski is one of them. So we are
Speaker 2: running with this. His teammates, more importantly, are running with
Speaker 2: this Justin the Shark Robleski. And we'll try to get
Speaker 2: Pedro Martinez on Dodger Talk before the All Star breaks
Speaker 2: so we can try to get a little more clarification.
Speaker 2: But I think it's so cool that a guy of
Speaker 2: Pedro's stature recognized Robleski. And you never know these two
Speaker 2: guys might be interacting in Philadelphia at the All Star Game.
Speaker 2: Let's go out to Torrance. Kate. You're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 2: How you doing, Kate?
Speaker 16: Oh great? I just want to say Dave Roberts is
Speaker 16: a game changer. I mean, he was instrumental in breaking
Speaker 16: the curse for the Red Sox and he certainly broke
Speaker 16: the long time droout of World Series appearances for the Dodgers.
Speaker 2: And a lot of people don't know this, Kate. On
Speaker 2: top of all that, Dave Roberts is a cancer survivor.
Speaker 2: On top of all that, people forget that he'd beat cancer,
Speaker 2: So that says a lot about him.
Speaker 16: Oh one more thing, Okay, and remember what one time
Speaker 16: I criticized him for managing with his heart, and I
Speaker 16: think now that's one of his strengths that he cares
Speaker 16: so much.
Speaker 2: All right, Kate, thank you for the phone call. I'm
Speaker 2: always a big believer in having the information, but in
Speaker 2: real time, an experienced manager knows his players, and Dave
Speaker 2: Roberts certainly has shown that over the course of the
Speaker 2: last five years especially. But he's done an incredible job
Speaker 2: for the last eleven years. You don't win a thousand
Speaker 2: games as a manager without doing that. So congratulations to
Speaker 2: Dave Roberts, congratulations to his staff, Danny Lehman, Mark Pryor,
Speaker 2: Dino Ebel, Clayton McCullough was his first base coach for
Speaker 2: a long time. You see what Clayton's doing with the
Speaker 2: Marlins now they've had the best record in June in
Speaker 2: Major League Baseball. Chris Woodward is back. He's been his
Speaker 2: coach off and on for the last eleven years. Bob
Speaker 2: Garran's been by his side for the last eleven years.
Speaker 2: So he showed a lot of gratitude to his players,
Speaker 2: to his coaching staff, into his front office. But like
Speaker 2: Dave said, without good players, you don't win a thousand games,
Speaker 2: and he's had a lot of good players. But you've
Speaker 2: got to find a way to get those good players
Speaker 2: all on the same page and channel their own personal
Speaker 2: goals to help the team goals. And he certainly has
Speaker 2: done that and we're seeing that this season. I mean
Speaker 2: the way the Dodgers are playing guys like Otani, Freeman, Betts, Rojas, Pajez,
Speaker 2: ta Oscar Hernandez, Tommy Edmond, the List, Max Muncy. These
Speaker 2: guys are playing like they came up short the last
Speaker 2: two years in the World Series, not like they won
Speaker 2: back to back championships. So for anybody that believes that
Speaker 2: they are taking this season lightly, you are mistaken because
Speaker 2: they come out every day. Not only do they have
Speaker 2: the talent, but they outwork everybody, and they want more
Speaker 2: from themselves. They want more for their own individual careers,
Speaker 2: and they understand what is at stake this year a
Speaker 2: three p with everybody chattering about how the Dodgers were
Speaker 2: ruining baseball, And make no mistake about it, they understand
Speaker 2: that there could be an extended lockout. There's no certainty,
Speaker 2: and they understand the rules could change. I don't see
Speaker 2: them changing that drastically, but they are taking it as
Speaker 2: a chip on their shoulder that Major League Baseball wants
Speaker 2: to change the rules to make it harder for the
Speaker 2: Dodgers to continue to win. The Dodgers are playing like
Speaker 2: they are on a mission this year. They are playing
Speaker 2: like it's them against the world. And I know you've
Speaker 2: heard that before, but trust me, watch the way they play.
Speaker 2: That's the way they are playing this year. Fifty six
Speaker 2: wins the National League is much better than the American League.
Speaker 2: Fifty six wins in the National League. They're twelve games
Speaker 2: ahead of the Padres and they're not done. And think
Speaker 2: about this as well. The majority of their games in
Speaker 2: the month of June have been on the road, and
Speaker 2: they have an incredible record this month, and they've extended
Speaker 2: their lead in the division to twelve games. They've only
Speaker 2: played and will only play nine games at home in
Speaker 2: the month of June. Think about that. Three games against
Speaker 2: the Angels, three against the Race, three against the Orioles.
Speaker 2: Those were the only nine games the Dodgers played at
Speaker 2: Dodgers Stadium in the month of June, and they have
Speaker 2: a twelve game lead now in the NL West. That's remarkable,
Speaker 2: especially when we were talking about an older team, the Younks. Well,
Speaker 2: the Younks have responded, let's go out to Sun City. Tim,
Speaker 2: You're on Dodger Talk after the Dodgers beat the A's
Speaker 2: of three.
Speaker 13: How you doing, Tim Hey?
Speaker 17: Dave Hey and a lifelong Dodger fans since nineteen sixty nine, Hey, sixty.
Speaker 2: Nine was not a great year, so you've hung in there.
Speaker 17: But they made up for that over the years. They
Speaker 17: said that I was I was a detractor of Dave
Speaker 17: Roberts for many years, but I'm a big, big opponent.
Speaker 17: I'm a big fan of him. Now, I think he's
Speaker 17: really he's really a great manager.
Speaker 7: But what convinced you, Tim?
Speaker 2: Was it the first World Series? Was it the second
Speaker 2: World Series? Or was it back to back World series?
Speaker 2: What got you on Dave Roberts's side? What was the moment?
Speaker 17: It was taking his hands off the team and letting
Speaker 17: them play.
Speaker 2: Yeah, he admitted that, Yes, he.
Speaker 17: Did admit that. And that's where I changed because he
Speaker 17: let them start playing their game.
Speaker 2: Yep, and stay out of the way and believe in
Speaker 2: the guys, the dogs.
Speaker 17: He stayed out of the way and let them play.
Speaker 17: But I wanted to tell you his record against the
Speaker 17: Podres since he's taken over is one hundred and ten
Speaker 17: to sixty two.
Speaker 2: Hey, thank you for doing that for us, Tim. I
Speaker 2: appreciate that you're really contributing tonight. You're self reporting and
Speaker 2: you're giving us some numbers that we needed. So I
Speaker 2: appreciate that.
Speaker 17: You're welcome. I appreciate you, Tim, very insight of love.
Speaker 2: I love it you contributed tonight, Tim, So thank you
Speaker 2: appreciate that record Dave Roberts against the Padres, and they'll
Speaker 2: be in town, and they are they could very well
Speaker 2: be thirteen games back when the Dodgers and Padres take
Speaker 2: the field at Dodgers Stadium on Thursday night. So looking
Speaker 2: forward to that, looking forward to a ten game homestand
Speaker 2: as the Dodgers go into the All Star Break, it'll
Speaker 2: be four against the Padres, it'll be three against the Rockies,
Speaker 2: and then three against the diamondback So hope you come
Speaker 2: out to Dodger Stadium and celebrate the team that is
Speaker 2: the reigning back to back World Series champions with the
Speaker 2: best record in baseball. How about that. You guys are
Speaker 2: the best fans in baseball. You have come out and
Speaker 2: supported the Dodgers. But let's make this homestand extra special.
Speaker 2: Like I said, only nine home games in the month
Speaker 2: of June. This is your chance to come out to
Speaker 2: Dodgers Stadium and cheer on the Dodgers as they head
Speaker 2: into the All Star Break with the best record in baseball.
Speaker 2: Otani is pitching on Friday night at Dodgers Stadium. He
Speaker 2: was going to pitch tomorrow, but the Dodgers have decided
Speaker 2: to give him a couple of extra days rest. It'll
Speaker 2: be a bullpen game tomorrow, and it looks like Roki
Speaker 2: Sasaki will pitch on Thursday night, the opener of that
Speaker 2: four game series. Otani will pitch Friday night, So if
Speaker 2: you haven't gotten your tickets yet, I would get them now.
Speaker 2: It's an event when Otani's pitching. It's an event at
Speaker 2: Dodger Stadium, every single game ever since Otani signed with
Speaker 2: the Dodgers. So come on out, not for the game,
Speaker 2: but for the event that is Dodger Baseball and Uniclo
Speaker 2: Field at Dodgers Stadium. Like I mentioned, Otani's left knee,
Speaker 2: Dave Roberts said two weeks ago that it's not behind him.
Speaker 2: They were going to have to manage it the rest
Speaker 2: of the year. So that's what this is. The Dodgers
Speaker 2: are managing it to give him a couple of extra
Speaker 2: days of rest, and their intent was to have Otani
Speaker 2: pitch only two more times before the All Star breaks,
Speaker 2: So instead of making it tomorrow and next Wednesday, they're
Speaker 2: pushing it back. So he'll pitch on Friday night, and
Speaker 2: the next time he pitches will be against the Arizona Diamondbacks,
Speaker 2: which probably will be Friday the tenth when he pitched again.
Speaker 2: So this Friday against the Padres and a week from
Speaker 2: Friday against the Diamondbacks is when Otani will pitch, especially
Speaker 2: since there's a day off the day before the Dodgers
Speaker 2: open up that final series before the break against the Snake.
Speaker 2: So that's the line of thinking behind pushing Otani back
Speaker 2: to Friday at Dodgers Stadium. He'll pitch two more times,
Speaker 2: both at home, and I love that he'll be pitching
Speaker 2: at Dodger Stadium, with fifty thousand plus at Dodgers Stadium
Speaker 2: each of his last two starts before the All Star Break,
Speaker 2: and I would you know, I would be surprised if
Speaker 2: he's the starting pitcher for the National League.
Speaker 9: Guy.
Speaker 2: I just don't see it with the left knee, with
Speaker 2: the blister. I just don't see Dave Roberts pushing him
Speaker 2: to be the starter. It's in Philadelphia, why not just
Speaker 2: have Sanchez or Misserowski start that game? So as much
Speaker 2: as I would love to see it, I would love
Speaker 2: to see Misserowski start that game for the Nation the League,
Speaker 2: and I would love to see Sanchez started in Philadelphia
Speaker 2: as well, and let Otani lead off the All Star
Speaker 2: Game with a home run against whoever they throw out there.
Speaker 2: All right, Tomorrow Bullpen game against J. T. Gin. His
Speaker 2: record is six and four with an ERA of three
Speaker 2: point fifteen. Our coverage begins at five point thirty, first
Speaker 2: pitch at six forty with Tim Neverett and Rick Monday
Speaker 2: from Sacramento. And by the way, in the game tonight,
Speaker 2: how about that fan with the Mexican soccer jersey on
Speaker 2: after they scored their second goal. He's sitting right behind
Speaker 2: home played as Robleski's trying to deliver the pitch and
Speaker 2: he's screaming goal and the entire stadium can hear him,
Speaker 2: the broadcast can hear him, and nobody acknowledged it, but
Speaker 2: it's all over social media. I mean, the guy was
Speaker 2: very loud. He was like the Spanish broadcaster that that
Speaker 2: screams goal. And he obviously was watching the game on
Speaker 2: his phone because it was two nothing after that goal
Speaker 2: over Ecuador and Mexico beat up Ecuador tonight and tomorrow
Speaker 2: night team USA is playing. But hey, we're locked in
Speaker 2: on Dodger Baseball. We'll have some fan behind home plate
Speaker 2: update us on the score tomorrow night too, I'm sure.
Speaker 2: Thanks to Colin ye back at our Burbank Studios, thanks
Speaker 2: to Dwayne McDonald in Sacramento, and thanks to you for listening.
Speaker 2: In case you missed any of the show, you can
Speaker 2: find it on the iHeartRadio app. That's also where you
Speaker 2: can find our pregame conversation with Eric Carrouse, who's doing
Speaker 2: a great job on this road trip on Sports at LA.
Speaker 2: Thanks again for listening once again. The final score tonight,
Speaker 2: Dave Roberts wins his one thousandth career game as a
Speaker 2: manager after the Dodgers Beatda's nine to three. Ben Maller
Speaker 2: is next on Fox Sports Radio. We'll talk to you tomorrow.
Speaker 1: See you