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Speaker 2: Only four teams in Major League Baseball history have won

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Speaker 5: your host, here's Tim Kakes.

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Speaker 2: Well a rough night for the Dodgers as they wrap

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Speaker 2: the offense just has not gotten going in the first

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Speaker 2: Welcome to Dodger Talk here on AM five to seventy

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Speaker 2: But the Cleveland Guardians are a good young team. And

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Speaker 2: the Cleveland Guardians battle with Detroit last year the final

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Speaker 2: This was a different Gavin Williams who filled up the

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Speaker 4: And that's gonna happen.

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Speaker 2: But through the first six games, it's really been Miguel Rojas,

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Speaker 2: Is it gonna stay that way?

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Speaker 2: at all from Show Heyotani. The Dodgers offense tonight didn't

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Speaker 2: The sixth inning in particular, circled it. Dodgers down two

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Speaker 2: Eight to nine hitters getting on base to flip the

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Speaker 4: It's not gonna stay this way.

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Speaker 2: It's not, but it's certainly something that is interesting that

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Speaker 2: slow start here in twenty twenty six. You can look

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Speaker 2: for rookie Bets. Ah, those numbers will flip. We'll start

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Speaker 2: Eight six six nine eighty seven two five seventy eight

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Speaker 2: Alex start things off here on this Wednesday night, after

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Speaker 2: the Dodgers fall to the Guardians four to one out

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Speaker 1: How you doing, Alex, Yeah, doing well.

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Speaker 6: I appreciate you taking the call.

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Speaker 7: Sure, Yeah, that's that.

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Speaker 3: Two things that you know, it kind of seems like

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Speaker 3: Kyle Tucker might be uh press pressing a little bit,

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Speaker 3: a little bit of pressure being new to the team,

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I appreciate it. Yeah, Kyle Tucker, small sample size.

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Speaker 2: We're not flipping the lineup around. There's no sense of

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Speaker 2: What twenty five or so at bats into this year.

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Speaker 2: In twenty twenty six, you're gonna let it ride out.

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Speaker 2: It's gonna you know, get back to sea level so

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Speaker 2: to speak. Here for this Dodgers offense, they're not going

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Well, Gavin Williams tow I'll just use him as

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Speaker 2: So you put the ball in Gavin Williams hand, and

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Speaker 4: So a lot of swinging missus for the Dodgers offense tonight.

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Speaker 2: I don't know if it was the early start, five

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Speaker 4: I'm not sure.

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Speaker 2: It was dark, it was cloudy, it was cold, it's

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Speaker 2: you know. The first day of April just just wasn't

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Speaker 2: on a flyout to the center and that was it

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Speaker 4: Let's go to Lance and Seemi Valley joins us from

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Speaker 8: How you doing, Lance, I'm doing great. I'm just got

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Speaker 8: home from the game. Went to all six home games.

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Speaker 8: Nie took my dad, who's uh eighty eighty year Dodger fan,

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Speaker 8: I don't know last I looked at We're still in

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Speaker 8: first place for four and two and we were not

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Speaker 8: hitting the ball at all. No worries. I don't think

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Speaker 8: they'll they'll break out, They'll start scoring four or five

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Speaker 8: playing pretty good defense, pitching's been good, and we're four

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Speaker 4: Nobody's panicking, Lance.

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Speaker 2: I appreciate the phone call, but it's certainly interesting to

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Speaker 2: look at the small sample size. If you can now

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Speaker 2: Tucker and Bets have done offensively and just haven't done

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Speaker 2: You know, a couple of hits there, a home run there,

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Speaker 4: That's great.

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Speaker 2: Nobody's panicking, And by no means am I saying change

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Speaker 2: It is what it is right now, and you need

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Speaker 2: a bigger sample size. And certainly you got a lot

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Speaker 2: Shoe a Otani, Kyle Tucker, Mookie Betts, these guys are

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Speaker 2: Eight six six nine eighty seven, two five seventy is

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Speaker 4: We'll come back.

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Speaker 2: We'll hear from Jose Mota and from you. Guardians beat

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Speaker 2: the Dodgers tonight four to one. Gavin Williams seven shutout

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Speaker 9: Two to oh, and Freddie Hammer's won dep the center failed,

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Speaker 9: a home run and the Dodgers won't be shut out tonight.

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Speaker 9: It is four to one as Freddy Freeman launches his

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Speaker 1: The three hundred and sixty eight home run of his career.

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Speaker 4: Let's check in with Jose.

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Speaker 1: It's time to go around the horn with Jose Mos.

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Speaker 4: All right, Jose.

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Speaker 2: The Dodgers offense the first six games of the season

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Speaker 4: What are you seeing from these guys in the first

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Speaker 10: What I'm seeing is first series more of a grindy

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Speaker 10: It's a combination of a couple of things. Number one,

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Speaker 10: But I think overall the Dodgers as hitters, if the

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Speaker 10: This will all pass. But I do want to see

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Speaker 2: Show Hey Otani doesn't take batting practice out on the

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Speaker 10: I'm glad he did. I think I changes the visual.

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Speaker 10: inside the ball, if you're topping the ball a lot,

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Speaker 10: A lot of those things you don't see. You get

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Speaker 10: a great feel for when you're inside the cage. Now

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Speaker 10: you can argue about what he's done in the last

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Speaker 10: couple of seasons or throughout his career hitting in the

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Speaker 10: cage most often than not, but I think it's a

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Speaker 10: good side even for this teammates see him out there.

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Speaker 10: I was down there. I saw him to take me

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Speaker 10: P even a VP. He was okay. I mean, he

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Speaker 10: was not trying to put on the show or anything

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Speaker 10: like that. But when he goes out there most times

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Speaker 10: that I've seen so many times on WBC, it's about

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Speaker 10: splating the ball and trenty as many balls up the

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Speaker 10: middle as he can. Even today doing that a VP,

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Speaker 10: it was quite assistent with it, but show it'll come

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Speaker 10: at some point because he's been he's been pretty selective

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Speaker 10: in the bats, but now when he's made selections to

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Speaker 10: swing at certain pitches, not at the right time, especially

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Speaker 10: with men a board, when he has to go up

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Speaker 10: there and just get something he can drive or put

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Speaker 10: a good, you know, good battle on.

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Speaker 2: He is not Yoshanoba Yamamoto. Six innings, two runs, four

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Speaker 2: hits on any other given night. You know, we're talking

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Speaker 2: about what a good job he did on the mount,

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Speaker 2: and he did. But Gavin Williams seven shutout at ten

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Speaker 2: punch outs, the second time a Cleveland pitcher has struck

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Speaker 2: out ten against the Dodgers in the last five years.

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Speaker 2: But Yamamoto overall didn't get a lot of swinging misses,

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Speaker 2: got a lot of contact from the guardians. When they did,

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Speaker 2: they got on base, a lot of traffic as far

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Speaker 2: as moving around stealing base.

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Speaker 4: What do you think of Yamamoto tonight?

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Speaker 10: I would take that start anytime. I don't care about

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Speaker 10: the strike coals for the swings and missus, I don't know.

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Speaker 10: It's a big part of this game. But they made

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Speaker 10: him more and he worked enough where the damage that

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Speaker 10: was done was by the bottom of the order, which

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Speaker 10: I know really bothers any type of relief pitcher. You

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Speaker 10: don't want to get hurt by the bottom of the order.

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Speaker 10: They're still big leaguer spot with Yoshi with the kind

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Speaker 10: of a Batsford running through, he still make quality pitches

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Speaker 10: and he'll I'll take six innings to run any time

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Speaker 10: with him. The one thing that it's around the league

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Speaker 10: tim the UNI very well is the base running. He

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Speaker 10: has to be a little bit more aware with the

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Speaker 10: guys on the basis. He did surprise Perdomo the series

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Speaker 10: against Arizona, but those things like that when he knows

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Speaker 10: he's going to be facing the top guys in the rotation,

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Speaker 10: so there's going to be a lot of close ball games.

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Speaker 10: That's why he doesn't get a lot of run support

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Speaker 10: because he's facing top guys in the other rotation. But

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Speaker 10: that's what the importance of attention to the base runners

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Speaker 10: and just don't let them cheat on you. Starting with

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Speaker 10: him with the middle of the field of the second

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Speaker 10: base and himself with guys at the first base, there's

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Speaker 10: going to be more than you usual and useful for

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Speaker 10: him going forward. But I'll tell you what, man he's

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Speaker 10: showing again. Elite pitchers know how to have a chance

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Speaker 10: to win for their team even when they're grinding through

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Speaker 10: it and when perhaps didn't field the best when it

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Speaker 10: comes down to execution.

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Speaker 2: Hell, the Dodgers hit the road for the first time

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Speaker 2: here in twenty twenty six, Washington, d C. And then Toronto.

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Speaker 2: That's gonna be a lot of fun going back to

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Speaker 2: the Rogers Center. But Washington DC, any spots you like

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Speaker 2: to hit up there as a foodie.

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Speaker 10: Oh, let's see, I have a lot of Dominican colleagues

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Speaker 10: out there with good restaurants, so I'll be hitting them

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Speaker 10: up and make a nice donation and hope the fee

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Speaker 10: myself some Dominican food.

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Speaker 4: Love it, love it. Make a donation. Jose save travels

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Speaker 4: and we'll talk to you in a couple of days.

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Speaker 10: Oh, I got good talk to you too.

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Speaker 2: There he goes, Jose Mota joining us here on Dodger Talk.

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Speaker 2: As the Guardians beat the Dodgers four to one. Gavin

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Speaker 2: Williams out pitches Yoshinoba Yama Moto seven shutout, innings, ten strikeouts,

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Speaker 2: yam a modo. You have a Moto pitch well, six innings,

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Speaker 2: two runs, four hits, two strikeouts, had some traffic on

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Speaker 2: the base pass and the third inning that led to

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Speaker 2: the first run on a throwing air on a stolen

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Speaker 2: base attempt a third base and then gabrielle Erase a

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Speaker 2: solo home run on the very next pitch made it

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Speaker 2: a two to nothing to Guardian's lead. A two run

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Speaker 2: home run from Jose Ramirez off Tanner Scott in the

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Speaker 2: eighth inning made it a four to nothing Guardian's lead

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Speaker 2: before the Dodgers got on the board in the bottom

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Speaker 2: half of the ninth, Indian on a solo home run,

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Speaker 2: the first of the year from Freddie freeran Freeman abteen

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Speaker 2: in Woodland Hills joints us here on Dodger Talk.

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Speaker 4: How you doing, Abteen?

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Speaker 10: No, how's it going?

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Speaker 1: Just the game tonight?

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Speaker 10: The you know, the energy was kind of low at.

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Speaker 11: Dodgers Stadium, but that's to be expected early in the season,

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Speaker 11: and obviously show he still.

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Speaker 10: Has to get it going.

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Speaker 11: But I think the question on a lot of Dodgers

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Speaker 11: fans minds is when do you think we'll call up

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Speaker 11: hay song Cam and put him in the lineup. And

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Speaker 11: the last thing I just want to say for all

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Speaker 11: the Iranian listener.

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Speaker 2: As long live your runs all right, appreciate the phone call,

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Speaker 2: Hay Song Kim. We'll find out soon what he does

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Speaker 2: in Triple A and when there's a spot opening for

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Speaker 2: him that he gets to call up. I like to say,

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Speaker 2: he's just marinating right now, so to speak.

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Speaker 4: In Triple A.

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Speaker 2: You know, get me at bats, playing every day and producing.

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Speaker 2: And he's gone off to a good start in the

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Speaker 2: first couple of games in Triple A Oklahoma City.

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Speaker 4: As long as he.

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Speaker 2: Continues to quote unquote marinate and you know, just be

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Speaker 2: ready when his name is called again, we'll find out

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Speaker 2: how soon that is, whether or not it's Alex frielan

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Speaker 2: playing himself out of a spot when a right hander

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Speaker 2: or left hander is up on the mound.

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Speaker 4: I don't know. Miguel Rojas isn't going anywhere.

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Speaker 2: He's gonna get a lot of opportunity to play, especially

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Speaker 2: against left handers, So I don't know how soon it happens.

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Speaker 2: You know, injuries obviously affect a roster, and if that

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Speaker 2: is a injury that it brings him up, we'll find

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Speaker 2: out if it's because he's out playing somebody at the

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Speaker 2: major league level and he can do better that could

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Speaker 2: be a reason, but it's six games into the major

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Speaker 2: league schedule and less than that in the minor league.

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Speaker 2: So let's let him quote unquote marinate a little bit

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Speaker 2: more in Triple A. James and North Hollywood wrap things

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Speaker 2: up here on Dodger Talk on this Wednesday night after

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Speaker 2: the Dodgers lose to the Guardians four to one.

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Speaker 4: How you doing, James?

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Speaker 10: Good Tim?

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Speaker 6: Good Tim?

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Speaker 8: Hey.

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Speaker 7: You know, I agree that the big dogs are gonna

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Speaker 7: eat in this lineup, there's no doubt about that. But

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Speaker 7: something that I don't understand, not just with the Dodgers

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Speaker 7: but with MLB in general, is I don't understand why

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Speaker 7: more managers don't ride the hot hands. So I mean,

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Speaker 7: I think the lineup we're running out is going to

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Speaker 7: be our lineup more often than not when the guys.

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Speaker 10: Are hitting like they're supposed to.

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Speaker 7: But you know, riddled me this. What about a top

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Speaker 7: of the order right now that looks something like, now,

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Speaker 7: I know he's slumping Freddie Freeman, because guy knows how

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Speaker 7: to get on base. He hits more doubles than anybody

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Speaker 7: on the lineup, and he's a great, you know, base runner,

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Speaker 7: So you know, I trust in his pedigree then you

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Speaker 7: put Pie in the two hole right now because he's

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Speaker 7: hitting everything, and then you put show. Hey. Now, I

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Speaker 7: know Sho Hay likes to hit lead off, but fifty

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Speaker 7: home runs a season, you know, seems like such a

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Speaker 7: waste at the top, you know, of the order. And

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Speaker 7: if he hit second or third, I mean, you got

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Speaker 7: to feel like he's still gonna get as many at

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Speaker 7: bets as the one two guys and it's got to be,

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Speaker 7: you know, better for him if he's got to take

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Speaker 7: the mound immediately after before. And so you know, I

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Speaker 7: would say three games sample size, right, if a guy

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Speaker 7: is just oh for twelve and another guy is six

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Speaker 7: for twelve, why not ride out the hot hand for

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Speaker 7: three games at a time. And you don't see a

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Speaker 7: lot of teams do it, and I don't understand why.

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Speaker 7: Because hitting is such a streaky thing. Why not ride

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Speaker 7: the hot hand?

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Speaker 8: Is?

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Speaker 10: What are your thoughts on that?

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Speaker 4: And to counter what you're saying, and I appreciate it.

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Speaker 2: It is a streaky thing, and it's ups and downs

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Speaker 2: over the course of one hundred and sixty two games.

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Speaker 2: Just because you're in a down, just because you're you know,

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Speaker 2: as you said in an zero for six an oh

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Speaker 2: for ten streak. That doesn't mean you're not going to

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Speaker 2: turn things around, and all of a sudden a three

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Speaker 2: hit game, a two hit game, a three hit game,

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Speaker 2: and next thing you know, you know, you're eight for

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Speaker 2: your last fourteen. It could turn as quick as it

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Speaker 2: can go bad for a player in baseball. That's why

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Speaker 2: you can't. You can't look at a short sample size

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Speaker 2: and make a rastisses and say, you know what, we're

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Speaker 2: gonna strigger change things around. Oh no, after three more games,

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Speaker 2: and we're gonna flip it back and we're gonna beat

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Speaker 2: this guy's second.

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Speaker 4: You have to let them get into the routine.

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Speaker 2: You have to let the you have to let the

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Speaker 2: lineup soak a little bit as you will, and get

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Speaker 2: used to it on a day to day basis, with

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Speaker 2: guys in their respective spots, whether it's leadoff, that in second, patting, fifth, batting, seventh, batting, eighth,

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Speaker 2: you know, playing every day playing against left, he's only

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Speaker 2: playing against right, he's only in Alex frielan and Miguel Rojas,

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Speaker 2: all that stuff. You've gotta let it play out a

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Speaker 2: little bit longer, and if it doesn't work after twelve

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Speaker 2: fifteen twenty games. Are they all of a sudden just

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Speaker 2: gonna blow it up and flip the lineup around? No,

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Speaker 2: they're not, you know, but could it be a swight slight,

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Speaker 2: you know, tinker in the lineup, Maybe a Will Smith

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Speaker 2: drop down, a Tasker moves up, bets, some Tucker flip.

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Speaker 4: I mean, they could do multiple things, but they're just

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Speaker 4: not gonna do it yet. It is too soon into

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Speaker 4: the season.

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Speaker 2: You know, we're looking at twenty to thirty at bats

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Speaker 2: at most for some of these guys through the first

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Speaker 2: six games. You're just you're not gonna start making adjustments yet.

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Speaker 4: You're just not. But I appreciate the phone call.

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Speaker 2: Eight sixty six nine eighty seven two five seventy is

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Speaker 2: the number you need to lock it into your phones

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Speaker 2: if you haven't already put it in as the favorite

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Speaker 2: get it ready to go again. You can always listen

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Speaker 2: on the iHeartRadio app and leave us some message on

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Speaker 2: the talkback, which is really easy. Just hit the little

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Speaker 2: microphone button, leave a message. I'll listen to them. If

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Speaker 2: you think I'm an idiot, I'll listen to it. But

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Speaker 2: we'll take your nice comments as well. So you can

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Speaker 2: do that on the iHeartRadio app, and of course always podcasts.

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Speaker 4: A show on the.

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Speaker 2: iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcast, that's gonna

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Speaker 2: do it for Dodger to talk on. This Wednesday night,

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Speaker 2: Dodgers come up short. They fall to the Cleveland Guardians

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Speaker 2: four to one. Gavin Williams seven shoutout Indians ten shrankouts.

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Speaker 4: Yoshinobu Yamamoto goes six in.

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Speaker 2: Pitched well, two runs, four hits, struck out two kept

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Speaker 2: him in the game. The Dodgers' offense just couldn't get

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Speaker 2: anything going one through six a combined one for twenty

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Speaker 2: one with eight strikeouts. That one hit a solo home

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Speaker 2: run from Freddy Freeman in the bottom half of the

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Speaker 2: ninth inning.

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Speaker 4: Dodgers lose two of three to the.

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Speaker 2: Guardians, but they finished off the opening homestand with a

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Speaker 2: four and two record.

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Speaker 4: After the three game.

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Speaker 2: Sweep of the Arizona Diamonbacks Day offt on Thursday, and

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Speaker 2: then the Nationals home opener on Friday, we get it

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Speaker 2: going at nine A and Pacific first pitch ten oh

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Speaker 2: five on the West coast, one to five on the

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Speaker 2: East Coast, as the Dodgers started a three game series

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Speaker 2: against the Nationals and off to Toronto for three against

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Speaker 2: the Blue Jays. Thanks to Coliny, Thanks to all you

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Speaker 2: for being a part of the show, thank you for listening,

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Speaker 2: thank you for podcasting.

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Speaker 4: Please be safe out there. Brad Paisley, Sorry didn't have

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Speaker 4: time for you tonight. Maybe another time. Solo everybody,