WEBVTT - Dodger Talk (9-27-26) 0:00:00.620 --> 0:00:30.420 And now your host, here's Tim Kays. Well, the Dodgers 0:00:30.460 --> 0:00:34.059 finish off the regular season. Now, let the fun begin 0:00:34.159 --> 0:00:38.110 as the quest for a three-peat starts on Saturday in 0:00:38.150 --> 0:00:41.290 the NLDS. Hi, everybody, and welcome to Dodger Talk here 0:00:41.310 --> 0:00:42.050 on AM570 LA Sports. 866-987-2570 is our number. 0:00:42.070 --> 0:00:42.130 866-987-2570. 0:00:42.130 --> 0:00:43.769 You know it. Give us a call. Let's talk some 0:00:43.810 --> 0:00:53.050 Dodgers baseball. We've got a lot to get to. In 0:00:53.070 --> 0:00:55.330 the next 30 minutes, as the Dodgers finish off the 0:00:55.370 --> 0:00:58.810 regular season with a 5-1 win in 10 innings over 0:00:58.850 --> 0:01:01.890 the Giants up at Oracle Park, as the Dodgers reach 0:01:01.930 --> 0:01:08.280 the century mark yet again, a 100-win season for the Dodgers. 0:01:08.700 --> 0:01:15.880 A 162 record this season. That is unbelievable. Seven games 0:01:15.920 --> 0:01:18.940 better than the record that they had last year on 0:01:18.959 --> 0:01:21.860 their way to a second straight win. World Series championship. 0:01:21.880 --> 0:01:26.130 And oh yeah, by the way, the Dodgers, 49-32 road record. 0:01:26.350 --> 0:01:31.750 The best in the major leagues here. in 2026. 866-987-2570 0:01:31.950 --> 0:01:34.750 is the number the Dodgers get the win in 10 innings, 0:01:34.810 --> 0:01:37.369 and now a chance to exhale for this team. It's 0:01:37.430 --> 0:01:39.360 not a complete exhale where you take your foot off 0:01:39.380 --> 0:01:42.619 the gas and not stay focused for the next week. 0:01:42.660 --> 0:01:45.000 This is a team that certainly has an eye on 0:01:45.020 --> 0:01:47.600 the prize in winning a championship and getting back to 0:01:47.620 --> 0:01:50.200 the World Series, but they'll have a chance tomorrow to 0:01:50.240 --> 0:01:51.880 get a day off, and for what it sounds like, 0:01:52.120 --> 0:01:54.080 They'll be back at it, getting some treatment and doing 0:01:54.120 --> 0:01:56.280 some light stuff on Tuesday. And they will await the 0:01:56.320 --> 0:01:59.560 winner now of the Phillies and the Braves wildcard series. 0:01:59.580 --> 0:02:03.710 That best of three series will start on Tuesday in 0:02:03.770 --> 0:02:06.550 Atlanta between the Braves and the Phillies. And then when 0:02:06.570 --> 0:02:08.790 that series is over, whoever wins will fly out to 0:02:08.870 --> 0:02:12.250 Los Angeles, have a workout on Friday, and then game 0:02:12.380 --> 0:02:15.100 one of the NLDS at Uniqlo Field at Dodger Stadium 0:02:15.460 --> 0:02:19.240 will be next Saturday between the Dodgers and either Phillies 0:02:19.520 --> 0:02:23.269 or the Braves as the Dodgers finish off A 100-win season. 0:02:23.330 --> 0:02:26.530 As David Vassey noted in the pregame show, the Dodgers 0:02:27.330 --> 0:02:30.230 are going to have home field advantage over every team 0:02:30.650 --> 0:02:33.250 in the American League. So, don't want to get too 0:02:33.270 --> 0:02:35.510 far ahead of everything here, but if the Dodgers are 0:02:35.550 --> 0:02:38.850 fortunate enough to get back to a third straight World Series, 0:02:39.370 --> 0:02:42.669 the Dodgers would have home field over anybody in the 0:02:42.710 --> 0:02:45.579 American League. Doesn't matter who it is. coming out of 0:02:45.600 --> 0:02:48.910 the American League. The Dodgers, with 100 wins, would have 0:02:48.970 --> 0:02:52.470 home field advantage in that best-of-seven World Series. The only 0:02:52.530 --> 0:02:55.870 time the Dodgers don't have home field advantage this postseason 0:02:55.990 --> 0:02:59.110 is if they meet up with the Milwaukee Brewers in 0:02:59.150 --> 0:03:02.000 the NLCS. That's because the Milwaukee Brewers won 103 games, 0:03:02.010 --> 0:03:05.080 and they're the best team in baseball, the number one 0:03:05.139 --> 0:03:08.740 seed in this National League postseason bracket. The Dodgers, the 0:03:08.780 --> 0:03:12.019 number two seed with 100 wins. So again, the Dodgers 0:03:12.160 --> 0:03:14.950 will have home field for the NLDS. And hopefully they 0:03:14.990 --> 0:03:17.490 can keep advancing past that, get to a World Series 0:03:17.770 --> 0:03:22.250 where they would have home field in a best-of-seven series. 866-987-2570. 0:03:22.560 --> 0:03:25.240 Just real quick, his first season under his belt up 0:03:25.280 --> 0:03:29.340 in San Francisco. Tony Vitello, I wonder what they're talking 0:03:29.380 --> 0:03:33.459 about today, the next week, and moving forward this offseason 0:03:33.919 --> 0:03:36.340 in San Francisco for a Giants team that went 65-97. 0:03:36.440 --> 0:03:38.440 They were 81-81 last year under Bob Melvin. Their home 0:03:38.560 --> 0:03:47.150 attendance also dipped. They had almost 200,000 less fans show 0:03:47.270 --> 0:03:54.300 up this year at Oracle Park as they get a 0:03:54.320 --> 0:03:58.360 65-win season underneath their belt for Tony Vitello, who in 0:03:58.380 --> 0:04:02.370 his first year coming from University of Tennessee. Really had 0:04:02.410 --> 0:04:04.750 his ups and downs. And today he was kicked out 0:04:04.790 --> 0:04:08.490 of the game. He was ejected early, arguing a non-called 0:04:08.530 --> 0:04:11.750 strike three against Mookie Betts on a check swing. And 0:04:11.950 --> 0:04:14.850 you can tell he's just frustrated. And it's been a 0:04:14.910 --> 0:04:17.589 frustrating season for him. But maybe a growing season and 0:04:17.610 --> 0:04:19.390 maybe something they can move on moving forward. And this 0:04:19.430 --> 0:04:22.260 was an experiment that all of baseball was really looking at. 0:04:22.680 --> 0:04:25.640 to see how a head coach in college with no 0:04:25.700 --> 0:04:29.940 managerial experience in professional baseball, even the minor leagues or 0:04:29.980 --> 0:04:32.960 in the major leagues, gets the call directly to the 0:04:33.000 --> 0:04:35.590 major leagues to manage the Giants. How is this going 0:04:35.610 --> 0:04:38.250 to play out? Could this be something moving forward that 0:04:38.370 --> 0:04:42.270 other teams do as well? It's a copycat league, Major 0:04:42.290 --> 0:04:44.870 League Baseball. We all see that with things the Dodgers 0:04:44.910 --> 0:04:47.270 do in perfect and things that the Tampa Bay Rays, 0:04:47.310 --> 0:04:49.909 when Andrew Freeman was down there, started doing and other 0:04:49.930 --> 0:04:52.960 teams now do. Bullpen games, to be an example. So 0:04:53.180 --> 0:04:55.080 we'll see what happens. Certainly didn't go the way they 0:04:55.120 --> 0:04:58.719 wanted to in San Francisco. But, yeah, they have to 0:04:58.740 --> 0:05:01.220 figure out what they're doing now moving forward up there 0:05:01.279 --> 0:05:02.800 in the Bay. But as far as the Dodgers, we 0:05:02.839 --> 0:05:05.620 know what's happening. Alex Vessia gets the win today. One 0:05:05.660 --> 0:05:09.380 of seven Dodger pitchers who combined for 16 strikeouts today 0:05:09.839 --> 0:05:12.240 as the Dodgers won the final eight meetings with the 0:05:12.300 --> 0:05:15.360 Giants this season. And they get the win 5-1. By 0:05:15.400 --> 0:05:19.380 the way, Shohei Otani went 1-3 as the designated hitter today. 0:05:20.330 --> 0:05:25.380 Since being reinstated from the injured list, Shohei Otani, 5 0:05:25.380 --> 0:05:30.040 for 21 with a double and RBI, two walks and 0:05:30.040 --> 0:05:36.500 10 strikeouts. So a soft re-entry for Shohei Otani, but 0:05:36.540 --> 0:05:40.099 certainly not a blistering return off the injured list that 0:05:40.120 --> 0:05:42.430 a lot of Dodger fans had hoped to see as 0:05:42.460 --> 0:05:44.610 the Dodgers hope that he can get some more rest 0:05:45.050 --> 0:05:49.049 and figure out some, you know, tinkering and his swing 0:05:49.070 --> 0:05:51.300 and the mechanics and get right and be the Shohei 0:05:51.360 --> 0:05:53.479 Ohtani that we know he can be. And as David 0:05:53.520 --> 0:05:55.339 Vasse and I were talking about in the pregame show, 0:05:55.380 --> 0:05:57.560 because there's been a lot of reaction on social media. 0:05:57.600 --> 0:05:59.300 We had a couple of callers here the last few 0:05:59.320 --> 0:06:02.380 days on Dodger Talk saying, well, Shohei Ohtani, if he's 0:06:02.400 --> 0:06:04.520 not going to be there helping out this Dodgers team, 0:06:04.560 --> 0:06:06.690 drop him in the lineup, take him out of the lineup, 0:06:07.210 --> 0:06:09.089 that's not going to happen. And David hit it on 0:06:09.110 --> 0:06:12.630 the head in the pregame show. His presence alone, the 0:06:12.670 --> 0:06:15.810 presence of number 17 and Shohei Ohtani is is a 0:06:15.990 --> 0:06:20.250 lot for teams. Just that threat of his power and 0:06:20.270 --> 0:06:23.039 what he's able to do at the plate, just coming 0:06:23.100 --> 0:06:25.420 up there and stepping in the box does a lot 0:06:25.460 --> 0:06:28.040 to an opposing pitcher and an opposing team. And that 0:06:28.120 --> 0:06:30.560 threat alone is worth it, whether or not he goes 0:06:30.560 --> 0:06:33.070 0 for 4 in a game or he goes 3 0:06:33.070 --> 0:06:38.460 for 4 in a game. The threat is always there. 866-987-2570. 0:06:38.580 --> 0:06:41.840 Let's take some calls. We'll get some postgame reaction from 0:06:41.880 --> 0:06:44.960 San Francisco. An emotional day, no doubt, for Miguel Rojas 0:06:45.260 --> 0:06:47.400 playing in his final regular season game. He was on 0:06:47.460 --> 0:06:49.400 Sports in L.A. during the game. In fact, I think 0:06:49.420 --> 0:06:51.420 it was the first inning he was on with Stephen 0:06:51.480 --> 0:06:54.460 Nelson and Oral Hershiser and was very emotional about what 0:06:54.500 --> 0:06:57.690 could be his final regular season game in a Dodger uniform. 0:06:58.230 --> 0:07:00.230 Let's go out to Ish in Riverside. Start things off 0:07:00.250 --> 0:07:02.570 here on Dodger Talk on this Sunday afternoon. The final 0:07:03.170 --> 0:07:05.250 game of the regular season. Ish, how are you doing? 0:07:06.880 --> 0:07:09.240 Dude i'm doing great man i'm so psyched that we 0:07:09.279 --> 0:07:11.740 are here like you say the final game ah man 0:07:11.860 --> 0:07:13.720 all year i've been waiting for this day to get 0:07:13.740 --> 0:07:16.540 these playoffs started uh but first man big shout out 0:07:16.560 --> 0:07:19.380 to you guys uh the dodger talk crew uh shout 0:07:19.400 --> 0:07:21.760 out to colin e uh all you guys man uh 0:07:21.780 --> 0:07:23.640 thank you guys so much for always being so cool 0:07:23.660 --> 0:07:26.260 taking my call whatnot so definitely want to let you 0:07:26.280 --> 0:07:29.610 guys uh get those kudos man but uh baseball wise 0:07:29.640 --> 0:07:32.470 man i'm like i said i'm stoked i'm psyched i'm 0:07:32.550 --> 0:07:37.200 super pumped um And, you know, with Shohei, Freddie, Max, 0:07:37.900 --> 0:07:42.880 Andy Bonner is definitely today proving his worth as an 0:07:42.940 --> 0:07:43.620 all-star this year. 0:07:43.660 --> 0:07:46.900 So I'm so super excited, man. Dodgers fans, let's go 0:07:46.920 --> 0:07:49.280 and get this. Let's keep it on the positive, man. 0:07:49.380 --> 0:07:53.820 And let's go ahead and get this third championship for L.A. 0:07:54.280 --> 0:07:55.000 Thanks a lot, you guys. 0:07:55.080 --> 0:07:55.580 Talk to you soon. 0:07:55.980 --> 0:07:57.440 All right, Ish. Appreciate the phone call. 0:07:57.460 --> 0:07:57.510 866-987-2570. 0:08:00.320 --> 0:08:03.000 Today, Shohei Otani goes one for three. The rest of 0:08:03.020 --> 0:08:04.710 the guys in the lineup today, well, the Dodgers only 0:08:04.750 --> 0:08:06.770 had eight hits, but Tommy Emmett had a pair at 0:08:06.790 --> 0:08:08.430 the bottom of the lineup. Max Muncy had a pair 0:08:08.450 --> 0:08:10.590 of hits. Andy Pahez, of course, had the big home 0:08:10.630 --> 0:08:13.690 run as well. Kyle Tucker had a hit. But Mookie Betts, 0:08:13.690 --> 0:08:15.980 0 for 2 with a couple of strikeouts before he 0:08:16.020 --> 0:08:18.880 came out of the game. Freddie Freeman was 0-3 with 0:08:18.940 --> 0:08:21.580 a strikeout before he came out of the game. But 0:08:21.800 --> 0:08:23.880 Mookie Betts came out of the game and was relieved 0:08:23.920 --> 0:08:27.590 by Miguel Rojas. And Miguel Rojas, man, when you talk 0:08:27.630 --> 0:08:29.810 about a guy who is a baseball lifer and a 0:08:29.850 --> 0:08:31.530 guy who's going to continue to be around the game, 0:08:31.890 --> 0:08:34.069 even when he retires here as a player, there's no 0:08:34.130 --> 0:08:36.250 doubt he is going to be a coach somewhere, a 0:08:36.330 --> 0:08:39.599 manager somewhere. Whatever he wants to do, he's going to 0:08:39.620 --> 0:08:41.780 be able to do it and still be involved. in 0:08:41.820 --> 0:08:45.000 the game of baseball, I am convinced. And very emotional 0:08:45.020 --> 0:08:47.040 for him. He announced at the beginning of the season, 0:08:47.059 --> 0:08:48.939 this is most likely it, that he is going to 0:08:48.980 --> 0:08:51.470 retire at the end of the 2026 season, whether they 0:08:51.500 --> 0:08:54.330 win a third straight World Series championship or not. But 0:08:54.350 --> 0:08:57.010 for Miguel Rojas, what a career. Came up with the Dodgers, 0:08:57.370 --> 0:08:59.450 goes to Miami for a long stint and comes back 0:08:59.510 --> 0:09:02.830 now at the age of 37 and just continues to produce. 0:09:02.890 --> 0:09:05.200 And it's not going to be gaudy numbers, but just see, 0:09:05.240 --> 0:09:07.240 it feels like Miguel Rojas, even in game seven of 0:09:07.260 --> 0:09:09.410 the World Series, the huge home run. Then you go 0:09:09.429 --> 0:09:11.709 fast forward to this year, so many great defensive plays 0:09:11.790 --> 0:09:15.929 and great pinch hits and moments that Miguel Rojas just 0:09:15.980 --> 0:09:17.860 came through for this Dodgers team and what he's meant 0:09:17.900 --> 0:09:20.880 as a mentor to guys like Mookie Betts, helping him 0:09:20.920 --> 0:09:23.420 develop as a shortstop the last two seasons when Mookie 0:09:23.700 --> 0:09:26.620 made that transition from second to right to second back 0:09:26.660 --> 0:09:29.840 to shortstop two seasons ago. Let's head back to San Francisco. 0:09:30.200 --> 0:09:32.380 Miguel Rojas with David Vassey in the media. 0:09:32.760 --> 0:09:35.400 I know on the broadcast you were emotional. Now that 0:09:35.450 --> 0:09:38.140 the game is over, you guys sweep. You win the game. 0:09:38.940 --> 0:09:41.720 How do you feel now after all that? Yeah, it 0:09:41.740 --> 0:09:42.160 feels good. 0:09:42.800 --> 0:09:45.079 Finishing the season strong is something that we as a 0:09:45.100 --> 0:09:49.000 team put as a goal. Not to take the foot 0:09:49.120 --> 0:09:51.410 out of the glass pedal and play until the last hour. 0:09:51.550 --> 0:09:53.550 I think it's really important for us to continue to 0:09:53.590 --> 0:09:56.860 get momentum into the fall season, and winning is always contagious, 0:09:57.160 --> 0:09:58.860 and that's what we're looking for. 0:09:58.880 --> 0:09:59.620 We're looking to. 0:09:59.500 --> 0:10:04.339 Win another 11 games for us to make history and 0:10:05.000 --> 0:10:08.570 do something really cool about our legacies and the city 0:10:08.610 --> 0:10:08.900 of L.A. 0:10:09.300 --> 0:10:11.130 I haven't asked you this. How much do you believe 0:10:11.170 --> 0:10:13.689 these five days are going to be beneficial to you? 0:10:13.990 --> 0:10:17.130 Yeah, I mean, it's going to be important because there's 0:10:17.170 --> 0:10:19.540 so many things that we can actually take advantage on 0:10:19.940 --> 0:10:24.340 on workout dates where um you get feedback from your 0:10:24.360 --> 0:10:27.840 teammates more than anything not not just like the coaches 0:10:27.900 --> 0:10:30.590 or the game itself you get you get together with 0:10:30.610 --> 0:10:32.410 your teammates and kind of like swing in the cage 0:10:32.450 --> 0:10:34.429 with them and and kind of like get together at 0:10:34.470 --> 0:10:36.150 the same time on the field and kind of like 0:10:36.190 --> 0:10:38.790 talk about uh pitches you get you get to face 0:10:38.830 --> 0:10:41.240 your own pitchers uh and and kind of like tell 0:10:41.270 --> 0:10:43.460 them about kind of like the movement of the pitches 0:10:43.540 --> 0:10:46.510 and in ways that they can attack right-handed hitters, left-handed hitters, 0:10:46.530 --> 0:10:48.780 whatever it is. So I feel like we got a 0:10:48.800 --> 0:10:51.559 pretty good plan. We're looking forward to spend three or 0:10:51.600 --> 0:10:55.660 four weeks together to finish the season, and we're all 0:10:55.679 --> 0:10:57.500 going to make the sacrifice to be 100% in on 0:10:57.540 --> 0:10:58.170 this one. 0:10:58.220 --> 0:11:01.570 You guys had four million fans come during the regular season. 0:11:01.620 --> 0:11:03.890 How much is home field advantage going to help you 0:11:04.250 --> 0:11:04.930 in the first round? 0:11:04.970 --> 0:11:08.170 Yeah, they deserve it. It's not just about us because 0:11:08.210 --> 0:11:10.670 we did it last year without the home field advantage 0:11:10.710 --> 0:11:13.270 because we didn't play that well during the regular season, 0:11:13.290 --> 0:11:15.430 and And we got like the four or five seats 0:11:15.550 --> 0:11:18.510 or something like that. And then, or the third seat, 0:11:18.550 --> 0:11:21.250 but we didn't get the bye. So it was kind 0:11:21.270 --> 0:11:24.170 of like not great for them not to watch like 0:11:24.190 --> 0:11:26.390 game seven at home and stuff like that. But it 0:11:26.410 --> 0:11:31.880 feels like we all really excited about being at home 0:11:32.000 --> 0:11:34.700 for more games and hopefully get to win at home. 0:11:35.179 --> 0:11:36.420 Miggy Rose got more games. 0:11:36.780 --> 0:11:39.140 Yeah, we got some more games to play. So I'm 0:11:39.160 --> 0:11:39.860 really excited about that. 0:11:40.580 --> 0:11:43.360 All right, there's Miguel Rojas, man. How do you not 0:11:43.420 --> 0:11:46.979 love that guy? Just, you know, talking baseball, talking about 0:11:47.000 --> 0:11:50.350 this team, the fans, the preparation for the postseason. Man, 0:11:50.950 --> 0:11:54.170 if he is not managing somewhere when he is done 0:11:54.210 --> 0:11:57.370 playing or coaching somewhere, he's just got too much baseball 0:11:57.530 --> 0:12:01.970 knowledge to still give to young players and to the world, 0:12:02.230 --> 0:12:04.930 the sport of baseball. So hopefully this is not the 0:12:04.970 --> 0:12:08.390 last of Miguel Rojas in Major League Baseball in some capacity. 0:12:08.429 --> 0:12:10.920 Dodgers baseball brought to you by Modelo Sports. Modelo, the 0:12:11.020 --> 0:12:16.960 mark of a fighter. 866-987-2570. 866-987-2570. Let's go to Kiersey. 0:12:17.320 --> 0:12:19.130 Joins us now here on Dodger Talk on AM570. How 0:12:19.190 --> 0:12:19.970 you doing, Kiersey? 0:12:21.530 --> 0:12:23.110 I'm doing great, Jim. How are you? 0:12:23.410 --> 0:12:25.310 I'm doing great. What are your thoughts on this Dodger 0:12:25.330 --> 0:12:27.650 team as we now get ready for October baseball? 0:12:29.110 --> 0:12:34.610 Well, one, I'm super excited. I really am glad that 0:12:34.670 --> 0:12:38.750 we got to go to that extra inning just because 0:12:38.850 --> 0:12:44.530 I think our team really needed it to show the world, like, hey, yeah, 0:12:44.890 --> 0:12:47.449 we'll look like you're going to throw us for a 0:12:47.490 --> 0:12:51.480 loop for a minute. But we've got our secret weapons 0:12:52.530 --> 0:12:59.059 right behind us. What I wanted to ask, Tim– So 0:12:59.140 --> 0:13:01.880 over the past few weeks with the injuries and stuff 0:13:01.900 --> 0:13:05.300 like that, there's been a lot of musical chairs between 0:13:05.500 --> 0:13:10.260 AAA and AA and the roster. What do you think 0:13:10.360 --> 0:13:13.820 this week is going to look like in terms of 0:13:14.220 --> 0:13:20.590 constructing that roster while making sure to keep an eye 0:13:20.770 --> 0:13:26.429 on what the NL wildcard and the AL wildcard teams 0:13:26.790 --> 0:13:31.570 are doing? And also, I wish we could just bottle 0:13:31.650 --> 0:13:36.570 Miggy Rowe up and just, like, I love him. I'm 0:13:36.750 --> 0:13:39.330 so sad that they didn't give out a replica ring 0:13:39.410 --> 0:13:41.980 for him this year because I really think he deserves 0:13:42.700 --> 0:13:43.459 a lot more. 0:13:43.980 --> 0:13:46.000 He's the best. Kiersey, thank you so much for the call. 0:13:46.020 --> 0:13:48.240 Don't be a stranger. We'll be here all week in 0:13:48.280 --> 0:13:51.120 the morning with myself and Steve Sachs talking Dodger baseball 0:13:51.440 --> 0:13:53.110 from 6 to 9 a.m. Make sure you be a 0:13:53.150 --> 0:13:54.490 part of that. And, of course, we'll be back next 0:13:54.530 --> 0:13:57.160 weekend with the start of of the NLDS. Thanks for 0:13:57.179 --> 0:13:57.640 checking in. 0:13:57.660 --> 0:13:59.810 Thank you. 0:14:00.170 --> 0:14:03.170 All right, Kiersey checking in here on Dodger Talk. To 0:14:03.210 --> 0:14:05.410 answer a question about the week, it sounds like, and 0:14:05.429 --> 0:14:08.430 Freddie Freeman made the comment, day off tomorrow, back at 0:14:08.450 --> 0:14:11.190 it on Tuesday. So, again, this is a team that's 0:14:11.230 --> 0:14:13.250 got five days off. There's no need to get right 0:14:13.290 --> 0:14:16.330 back at it tomorrow. They fly back tonight, enjoy tomorrow, 0:14:16.429 --> 0:14:20.580 then Tuesday get back at it with some baseball activities, treatment, 0:14:20.620 --> 0:14:22.410 whatever you need to do. And it's not like this 0:14:22.430 --> 0:14:24.650 team's going to be completely gone away from the game. 0:14:24.670 --> 0:14:26.190 It's not like they're going on vacation. They're not going 0:14:26.210 --> 0:14:28.570 to Cabo. They're not going away to Hawaii for a 0:14:28.610 --> 0:14:30.670 few days. They'll be back at it and get back 0:14:30.720 --> 0:14:33.440 into baseball activities. They'll have workouts at Dodger Stadium. I'm 0:14:33.500 --> 0:14:35.720 sure they'll have probably a sim game. They've done this 0:14:35.740 --> 0:14:39.080 the last couple of years in between series. And certainly 0:14:39.240 --> 0:14:40.660 when they had a buy in the wild card round 0:14:40.680 --> 0:14:43.609 a couple years ago, they've done this. So they'll be 0:14:43.650 --> 0:14:46.390 back at it doing baseball activities and get ready for 0:14:46.410 --> 0:14:50.040 game one on Saturday night. out at Dodger Stadium. I 0:14:50.080 --> 0:14:52.140 know Josue DiPaola is going to be back joining this 0:14:52.200 --> 0:14:54.500 Dodger team during the workouts, and it sounds like Hyesung 0:14:54.560 --> 0:14:56.620 Kim is also going to be back joining this team 0:14:56.920 --> 0:14:58.820 with the workouts during the week, but we'll see what 0:14:58.840 --> 0:15:01.680 the 26-man roster ultimately looks like when they have to 0:15:01.730 --> 0:15:06.170 put it together for the NLDS. 866-987-2570. Before we take 0:15:06.190 --> 0:15:07.830 a timeout, let's keep going here on the phones. I 0:15:07.890 --> 0:15:10.590 really appreciate all the phone calls today. Love talking Dodgers 0:15:10.610 --> 0:15:14.130 baseball with everybody, including Bob in Vancouver, Washington, next up 0:15:14.150 --> 0:15:15.980 here on Dodger Talk. Bob, how you doing? 0:15:16.320 --> 0:15:16.670 Hi there. 0:15:17.290 --> 0:15:17.580 Good. 0:15:17.670 --> 0:15:19.560 I just want to give a big thank you to 0:15:19.580 --> 0:15:23.400 the radio guys, Rick and Steve and Tim and Charlie. 0:15:23.420 --> 0:15:25.960 They do a great job on the radio. 0:15:26.600 --> 0:15:30.960 They do. They are great, very descriptive. Absolutely. 0:15:31.060 --> 0:15:31.479 Thanks. 0:15:31.560 --> 0:15:32.220 Anything else, Bob? 0:15:33.700 --> 0:15:36.220 No, that was probably just the detail they go into 0:15:36.260 --> 0:15:39.340 where the players are, a batter swinging down to the knee, 0:15:39.720 --> 0:15:42.780 just that kind of detail really makes it. Just want 0:15:42.800 --> 0:15:44.220 to say a big thank you to those guys. 0:15:44.720 --> 0:15:46.820 Absolutely. Appreciate the phone call, Bob. Thank you for the 0:15:46.880 --> 0:15:49.420 nice words. And I'm sure the guys have heard it 0:15:49.500 --> 0:15:52.800 or will hear it and appreciate that. Yeah, Charlie, very 0:15:52.860 --> 0:15:54.479 great at what he does and is a legend in 0:15:54.520 --> 0:15:57.450 the booth. And certainly Steven Nelson and Tim Never do 0:15:57.490 --> 0:15:59.690 a great job. And the youthfulness of Steven Nelson is 0:15:59.750 --> 0:16:02.110 so much fun to listen to. And the banter with 0:16:02.450 --> 0:16:05.510 all three of our play-by-play guys with Rick Monday, who 0:16:05.570 --> 0:16:09.150 is a pro's pro and just so knowledgeable and has 0:16:09.230 --> 0:16:11.420 so many great stories. You talk about a guy who's 0:16:11.440 --> 0:16:13.040 been in the game of baseball for as long as 0:16:13.080 --> 0:16:15.200 he has and I mean, I just think about this 0:16:15.260 --> 0:16:17.700 one example. Rick Monday was not only the number one 0:16:17.740 --> 0:16:19.840 pick in the draft of the first ever MLB draft, 0:16:20.420 --> 0:16:25.080 Rick Monday's hitting coach with the A's was Joe DiMaggio. 0:16:25.980 --> 0:16:28.680 I mean, you talk about having stories from Joe DiMaggio, 0:16:28.700 --> 0:16:31.600 who was his hitting coach up in Oakland. I mean, 0:16:31.660 --> 0:16:35.160 imagine the bridge there of the baseball world from Joe 0:16:35.180 --> 0:16:38.370 DiMaggio to Rick Monday and that generation, and now Rick's 0:16:38.750 --> 0:16:41.270 able to pour all that knowledge into these young players 0:16:41.330 --> 0:16:44.400 and the young listeners and here on AM570 LA Sport. 0:16:44.420 --> 0:16:48.350 It is truly, truly great to what we're able to 0:16:48.400 --> 0:16:52.390 get still to have Rick Monday at the... His young 0:16:52.600 --> 0:16:57.280 age still calling Dodger games and giving his analysis. 866-987-2570. 0:16:57.840 --> 0:16:59.400 We'll take a break. We'll come back. We'll get to 0:16:59.420 --> 0:17:01.340 your phone calls, and we'll get a little into the 0:17:01.400 --> 0:17:04.260 technology of baseball and how it's affected this Dodgers team 0:17:04.580 --> 0:17:07.520 here in 2026. That's coming up. Dodgers beat the Giants 0:17:07.540 --> 0:17:11.620 5-1 in game 162. Yes, Andy Pai has a home 0:17:11.660 --> 0:17:13.959 run in the 10th. Alex Call drives in the go-ahead 0:17:14.020 --> 0:17:16.200 run in the 10th as the Dodgers get to 100 0:17:16.200 --> 0:17:18.840 wins on this season. They beat the Giants 5-1 right 0:17:18.859 --> 0:17:21.080 here on AFI 70 LA Sports, live everywhere on the 0:17:21.140 --> 0:17:29.330 iHeartRadio app. Hey, it's Miguel Rojas. 0:17:29.730 --> 0:17:34.770 This is Dodger Talk, AM 570 LA Sports, your home 0:17:34.950 --> 0:17:35.830 of the Dodgers. 0:17:37.430 --> 0:17:41.280 Here comes a 1-0 to Andy Pajes from Dattet. 0:17:42.640 --> 0:17:44.020 Swung on, hammered. 0:17:43.660 --> 0:17:48.110 Deep left field. This ball heading out of here. Andy 0:17:48.180 --> 0:17:51.690 Pahez with a three-run home run. His 23rd home run 0:17:51.710 --> 0:17:56.709 of the season. An extra innings blast for Pahez. And 0:17:56.730 --> 0:18:02.430 the Dodgers lead it 5-1. Andy Pahez with a three-run 0:18:02.510 --> 0:18:05.550 home run. His 23rd of the season with two outs 0:18:05.609 --> 0:18:08.340 in the 10th. As the Dodgers busted it open with 0:18:08.390 --> 0:18:10.969 a four-run 10th inning, they win it 5-1 to Over 0:18:11.010 --> 0:18:13.610 the San Francisco Giants, Daniels Jewelers presents the home run 0:18:13.630 --> 0:18:16.230 forecast for your chance to win a $ 50 Daniels Jewelers 0:18:16.270 --> 0:18:20.290 gift card. Just visit am570lasports. com keyword home run into your 0:18:20.330 --> 0:18:23.670 name and you can win Daniels Jewelers own the dream. 0:18:23.830 --> 0:18:27.850 The Dodgers get win number 100. It's their sixth 100 0:18:27.850 --> 0:18:30.280 win season in the last nine full seasons and their 0:18:30.320 --> 0:18:34.300 12th in franchise history. As the Dodgers win it today, 0:18:34.380 --> 0:18:36.440 they're 162 to finish off this 2026 regular season. As 0:18:36.859 --> 0:18:41.979 we mentioned, They will have home field advantage if they 0:18:42.000 --> 0:18:43.660 get to the World Series as they have a better 0:18:43.700 --> 0:18:46.030 record than anybody in the American League. The only time 0:18:46.050 --> 0:18:48.510 the Dodgers won't have home field advantage is if they 0:18:48.550 --> 0:18:51.850 can meet up with the Milwaukee Brewers in the NLCS. 0:18:51.869 --> 0:18:55.970 The Milwaukee Brewers, 103 wins. They will have home field advantage. 0:18:55.990 --> 0:18:57.689 But the Dodgers will await now the winner of the 0:18:57.730 --> 0:19:01.030 Atlanta Braves and the Philadelphia Phillies. Yes, the Fightin' Phils 0:19:01.290 --> 0:19:04.210 fight their way in to the postseason. They needed to 0:19:04.250 --> 0:19:07.030 win today, and they did. A 7-3 victory over the 0:19:07.070 --> 0:19:09.820 Tampa Bay Rays, so that means... They get to 88 wins, 0:19:09.880 --> 0:19:11.580 and they punch their ticket as a wild card. The 0:19:11.680 --> 0:19:14.600 sixth seed in the National League is the third wild card, 0:19:14.920 --> 0:19:16.760 and they'll take on the Atlanta Braves, who won the 0:19:16.880 --> 0:19:20.220 NL East in a best-of-three wild card series beginning on 0:19:20.340 --> 0:19:23.320 Tuesday in Atlanta, game two on Wednesday, and if necessary, 0:19:23.600 --> 0:19:25.900 game three on Thursday. We hope it goes to three games. 0:19:25.960 --> 0:19:28.699 Tire them out, use those arms, and then the Dodgers 0:19:28.720 --> 0:19:30.669 will have a workout on Friday. The visiting team will 0:19:30.690 --> 0:19:33.340 have a workout as well on Friday. before game one 0:19:33.380 --> 0:19:37.620 of the NLDS begins on Saturday out of Uniqlo Field 0:19:37.680 --> 0:19:40.700 at Dodger Stadium. Don't forget, special programming notes. I'll be 0:19:40.740 --> 0:19:44.070 back Monday morning, tomorrow morning, bright and early at 6 a.m. 0:19:44.430 --> 0:19:47.010 as we take over morning drive, myself and Steve Sachs, 0:19:47.490 --> 0:19:50.040 all postseason long. We're starting tomorrow morning to get the... 0:19:50.040 --> 0:19:52.780 party started, get this run beginning here for the Dodgers 0:19:52.820 --> 0:19:56.139 into postseason. Tomorrow, 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. right here 0:19:56.160 --> 0:19:59.270 on AM570 LA Sports. We'll have special Sachs and Cates 0:19:59.290 --> 0:20:02.149 in the a.m. all postseason long. We want you to 0:20:02.190 --> 0:20:03.709 be a part of it. Of course, we'll have interviews. 0:20:03.730 --> 0:20:06.610 We'll have audio from all the players and coaches and 0:20:06.930 --> 0:20:09.270 front office folks. But the big part of it is you. 0:20:09.330 --> 0:20:10.469 We want you to be a part of it and 0:20:10.800 --> 0:20:13.420 be an outlet every morning to recap games and talk 0:20:13.460 --> 0:20:16.119 about the games, preview the games. And this week alone, 0:20:16.160 --> 0:20:18.260 we'll be looking ahead to the postseason and who should 0:20:18.280 --> 0:20:20.260 be on the roster, who shouldn't be on the roster, 0:20:20.300 --> 0:20:22.720 and what you think about this Dodgers team making a 0:20:23.140 --> 0:20:27.430