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<v Speaker 1>The request for the three peat has begne.

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<v Speaker 2>Only four teams in Major League Baseball history have won

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<v Speaker 2>three consecutive titles.

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<v Speaker 3>The Dodgers are the favorites to become the fifth.

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<v Speaker 1>This is World Champion Dodger Talk. Here we go again.

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<v Speaker 4>We're geta running back.

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<v Speaker 5>To get in on the show called eight six six

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<v Speaker 5>nine eighty seven two five seventy and be sure to

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<v Speaker 5>follow Dodger Talk wherever you catch your podcasts and now

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<v Speaker 5>your host, here's Tim Kakes.

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<v Speaker 2>Well a rough night for the Dodgers as they wrap

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<v Speaker 2>up their first home stand of twenty twenty six in

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<v Speaker 2>the offense just has not gotten going in the first

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<v Speaker 2>six games of the season. Despite that, the Dodgers still

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<v Speaker 2>four and two to start the year. Hiver Buddy, Tim Kates,

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<v Speaker 2>Welcome to Dodger Talk here on AM five to seventy

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<v Speaker 2>LA Sports Fired up to be with you here on

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<v Speaker 2>this Wednesday night. Eight six six nine eighty seven two

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<v Speaker 2>five seventy is the number. Put it in your phone,

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<v Speaker 2>lock it in there, have it as one of your favorites.

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<v Speaker 2>Get used to the number. Eight sixty six nine eight

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<v Speaker 2>seven two five seventy. If you're leaving Dodger Stadium. If

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<v Speaker 2>you're one of the forty five thousand and at tenance tonight,

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<v Speaker 2>just sitting in traffic trying to get out of the ravine,

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<v Speaker 2>trying to get to the one ten or the five

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<v Speaker 2>or get back onto Sunset Boulevard. I want to hear

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<v Speaker 2>from you at eight six six nine eighty seven two

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<v Speaker 2>five seventy because it's early in this season, but a

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<v Speaker 2>lot to digest and take away from this first home

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<v Speaker 2>stand against the Diamondbacks and the Guardians eight six six

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<v Speaker 2>nine eighty seven to two, five seventy. We're gonna hear

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<v Speaker 2>from Jose Mota coming up in just a little bit.

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<v Speaker 2>Your phone calls to the top of the hour, so

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<v Speaker 2>it's gonna be a very jam pack thirty minutes here

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<v Speaker 2>on Dodger Talk. But you need to be a part

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<v Speaker 2>of it. Eight six six nine eighty seven two five seventy.

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<v Speaker 2>The Dodgers against the Diamondbacks fell behind in all three

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<v Speaker 2>games and came back and won all three games against

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<v Speaker 2>the Snakes to get out to a three to zero

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<v Speaker 2>start and win that first series of the seas. The

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<v Speaker 2>Guardians came to town. And remember this is a Guardians

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<v Speaker 2>team that a year ago went to the postseason. Sure,

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<v Speaker 2>they had to collapse, and you know, the season ended

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<v Speaker 2>last year for them, not how they wanted it to.

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<v Speaker 2>But the Cleveland Guardians are a good young team. And

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<v Speaker 2>the Cleveland Guardians battle with Detroit last year the final

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<v Speaker 2>month of the season. And this is a Guardians team

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<v Speaker 2>with a team that really plays good defense and has

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<v Speaker 2>got good pitching, and that'll carry you in games, and

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<v Speaker 2>that'll carry you in series. And they don't have the

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<v Speaker 2>depth one through nine that the Dodgers offense does. Quite frankly,

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<v Speaker 2>nobody does in Major League Baseball. But look at what

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<v Speaker 2>the three guys that the Guardians threw out at the

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<v Speaker 2>Dodgers in this series. Parker Messik, really good left hander

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<v Speaker 2>who the Dodgers had trouble with, Tanner Biby who the

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<v Speaker 2>Dodgers had trouble with. And Gavin Williams, the big right hander,

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<v Speaker 2>was absolutely really good for the Guardians tonight. And this

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<v Speaker 2>was a Gavin Williams who against the Mariners in his

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<v Speaker 2>first start struggled walking six. He came back tonight and

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<v Speaker 2>you heard Dave Roberts in the Clubhouse Show allude to it.

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<v Speaker 2>This was a different Gavin Williams who filled up the

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<v Speaker 2>strike zone did not have issues walking guys or control

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<v Speaker 2>problems out there on the mound, and the Dodgers just

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<v Speaker 2>couldn't figure him out tonight. And Freddie Freeman said, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>he was good.

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<v Speaker 4>He was loaned the zone.

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<v Speaker 2>The Dodgers weren't seen it well. The Guardians pitched the

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<v Speaker 2>Dodgers very well the last three games, and the Dodgers

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<v Speaker 2>could have won two of three, you know, very easily

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<v Speaker 2>could have been swept in all three games by the

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<v Speaker 2>Cleveland Guardians. As it is, they lose two to three

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<v Speaker 2>to the Guardians, and the Dodgers find themselves now hitting

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<v Speaker 2>the road. And here they are against the Nationals on Friday, Saturday,

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<v Speaker 2>and Sunday, and then back to Toronto next week in a

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<v Speaker 2>rematch of last year's World Series with an offense that

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<v Speaker 2>quite frankly has not done much, an offense that has

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<v Speaker 2>been very quiet at the top.

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<v Speaker 4>And if you were to talk to anybody and.

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<v Speaker 2>Say this Dodger's offense one through nine, there's no way

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<v Speaker 2>collectively they're all gonna struggle at the same time.

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<v Speaker 4>It's just not gonna happen. It can't. The laws of numbers,

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<v Speaker 4>which I don't even know would law, would be. I'm

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<v Speaker 4>just like literally throwing this out there. But the odds are.

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<v Speaker 2>Right that one through nine, not all the guys are

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<v Speaker 2>gonna be struggling at the same time. You're gonna have one, two, three,

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<v Speaker 2>four guys carry you, whether it's a game, whether it's

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<v Speaker 2>a series, whether it's a week, whether it's a few weeks.

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<v Speaker 2>And then it may change and you may have a

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<v Speaker 2>different three or four guys carry you, and then you

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<v Speaker 2>may strike goal that all of a sudden, for a

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<v Speaker 2>ten game stretch, all nine guys in this Dodgers lineup

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<v Speaker 2>are gonna be on fire, and they're just gonna boat

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<v Speaker 2>race teams and win games and bunches.

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<v Speaker 4>And that's gonna happen.

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

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<v Speaker 2>Andy Potters, yeah, Monthsy home run last night, okay, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>Will Smith home run the other night, Okay, but that's it.

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<v Speaker 2>And the Dodgers looking at Otani and Tucker and Pats

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<v Speaker 2>Freeman the big four tonight one.

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<v Speaker 4>For the night.

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<v Speaker 2>You look at the first six batters in this lineup,

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<v Speaker 2>Otani all the way down to Muncie one for twenty

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<v Speaker 2>one combined with eight strikeouts. That is something you're not

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<v Speaker 2>gonna see very often one through six guys struggling in

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<v Speaker 2>this Dodgers lineup as it is. Look at the bottom

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<v Speaker 2>of it, tay Oscar Pajz Freeland. Those three went combined

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<v Speaker 2>four for eight with a couple of walks getting on base.

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<v Speaker 2>The top of the lineup just not done their job.

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<v Speaker 2>Is it gonna stay that way?

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<v Speaker 4>No? Is it something to panic about? Certainly not.

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<v Speaker 2>But it is interesting how hot some of these Dodger

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<v Speaker 2>players were in Arizona, and I think of Freddie Freeman

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<v Speaker 2>in particular, played in only home games at Candleback Ranch,

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<v Speaker 2>was hitting over four to twenty at one point in

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<v Speaker 2>the Cactus League. It just hasn't carried over at all.

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<v Speaker 2>Show hey Otani. Hitting Buck sixty seven has.

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<v Speaker 4>Not carried over. Now.

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<v Speaker 2>I get he's got a thirty seven game on Bay

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<v Speaker 2>streak that extended tonight because of a walk early, but

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<v Speaker 2>still he was zero for three with two strikeouts, and

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<v Speaker 2>one of those strikeouts quite frankly, did not look good

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<v Speaker 2>at all from Show Heyotani. The Dodgers offense tonight didn't

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<v Speaker 2>have a lot of chances, but when they did, they

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<v Speaker 2>did not make the.

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<v Speaker 4>Most of them.

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<v Speaker 2>The sixth inning in particular, circled it. Dodgers down two

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<v Speaker 2>to nothing, within striking distance. Andy Pajes, Oh, mister three

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<v Speaker 2>for three Andy Pies, by the way tonight, a leadoff single,

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<v Speaker 2>Alex Frieland drill walk?

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<v Speaker 4>How about that?

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<v Speaker 2>Eight to nine hitters getting on base to flip the

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<v Speaker 2>order back to Otani. Down two to nothing in the

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<v Speaker 2>sixth inning? All right, you felt good. The Oregon's playing

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<v Speaker 2>Dieter rules got you all pumped up in Dodger Stadium.

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<v Speaker 2>You got Tim Never blaring in your ears here on

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<v Speaker 2>the radio, feeling pretty good about it, only to see

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<v Speaker 2>a showy Otani ground into a four to six to

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<v Speaker 2>three double play.

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<v Speaker 4>It was ruled safe at.

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<v Speaker 2>First at first, but then they reviewed it and they

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<v Speaker 2>called it out double play. Kyle Tucker then flies out

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<v Speaker 2>to right field, and just like that, the rally that

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<v Speaker 2>started with the eight to nine hitters of the Dodgers

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<v Speaker 2>down to nothing in the six a big goose.

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<v Speaker 4>Egg on the board for the Dodgers. Okay, all right.

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<v Speaker 2>Eighth inning, tay Oscar Hernandez a one out single. Andy

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<v Speaker 2>Pie has a double. All right, Dodgers got a little

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<v Speaker 2>something going. But Kyle Frielan struck out looking he actually

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<v Speaker 2>challenged the strike three call on a ball that was

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<v Speaker 2>right there down the middle. And then O'tani could not

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<v Speaker 2>produce as well, and the Dodgers put up a zero

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<v Speaker 2>in that eighth inning. Limited opportunities, but when they did,

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<v Speaker 2>they put it right on a plate for the guys

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<v Speaker 2>that you're expecting to do the job one, two, three

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<v Speaker 2>in the lineup. O Tani, Tucker and Bets unfortunately did

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<v Speaker 2>not get it done tonight. In the first six games

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<v Speaker 2>of this season, it has been a struggle for the

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<v Speaker 2>top of the lineup for the Dodgers despite a four

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<v Speaker 2>and two record.

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<v Speaker 4>It's not gonna stay this way.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not, but it's certainly something that is interesting that

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<v Speaker 2>the big boppers, if you will, the big boys, the

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<v Speaker 2>big superstars of the Dodgers collectively are off to a

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<v Speaker 2>slow start here in twenty twenty six. You can look

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<v Speaker 2>at the other way and say slow start. That means

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<v Speaker 2>they're only gonna turn it up. One sixty seven for Otani,

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<v Speaker 2>one seventy four for Kyle Tucker, a bucks thirty six

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

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<v Speaker 2>seeing threes instead of ones in their ball and average

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<v Speaker 2>we'll start seeing ops's in the nine hundreds, I think

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<v Speaker 2>when it all levels out. Yes, the numbers are not

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<v Speaker 2>gonna be what they are now. But that being said,

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<v Speaker 2>first two series of the season just not a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of offense right there. Good pitching, okay, defense, just not

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of offense. And the Dodgers, despite all that,

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<v Speaker 2>are fourn too. And now they hit the road to

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<v Speaker 2>take on the Nationals for their home opener on Friday,

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<v Speaker 2>Saturday Sunday, and then back to Toronto, where I'm sure it's

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<v Speaker 2>gonna be a rude, rude welcome by the Toronto Blue

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<v Speaker 2>Jay fans as the Dodgers make their way up there.

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<v Speaker 2>We're gonna here for Jose Mode coming up in a

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<v Speaker 2>couple of minutes. But let's go out to the phones.

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<v Speaker 2>Eight six six nine eighty seven two five seventy eight

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<v Speaker 2>six six nine eighty seven two five seventy. Todgers Baseball

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<v Speaker 2>is brought to by Medello Midello, the Mark of of Fighter.

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<v Speaker 2>Alex start things off here on this Wednesday night, after

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<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers fall to the Guardians four to one out

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<v Speaker 2>of the stadium.

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<v Speaker 1>How you doing, Alex, Yeah, doing well.

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<v Speaker 6>I appreciate you taking the call.

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<v Speaker 7>Sure, Yeah, that's that.

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<v Speaker 3>Two things that you know, it kind of seems like

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<v Speaker 3>Kyle Tucker might be uh press pressing a little bit,

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<v Speaker 3>a little bit of pressure being new to the team,

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<v Speaker 3>trying to trying to perform for that contract. I was

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<v Speaker 3>just thinking it might be it might be time to

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<v Speaker 3>maybe switch him up with Freddy and flip them in

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<v Speaker 3>the two in the four spot and get Freddy back

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<v Speaker 3>to his uh where he was hitting last year. And

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<v Speaker 3>then second thing I was gonna mention, you know, alex

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<v Speaker 3>In and coming up in the third inning, runner on first,

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<v Speaker 3>one out, Uh, you're shifting over to the right, playing

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<v Speaker 3>him to playing him to pull, and uh, even the

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<v Speaker 3>left side of the infield Wilmost wide open, just a

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<v Speaker 3>little surprised with the nine hitter one out, and and uh,

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<v Speaker 3>show hey on deck that you're not gonna just take

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<v Speaker 3>what they're giving you right there, lay down a punt

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<v Speaker 3>and get on and get two on base for show. Hey,

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<v Speaker 3>you're going to get your thoughts on time.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I appreciate it. Yeah, Kyle Tucker, small sample size.

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

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<v Speaker 2>urgency or panic right now six games into the season.

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<v Speaker 2>What twenty five or so at bats into this year.

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<v Speaker 2>In twenty twenty six, you're gonna let it ride out.

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<v Speaker 2>It's gonna you know, get back to sea level so

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

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<v Speaker 2>to continue to sink and struggle underwater.

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<v Speaker 4>Uh, They're gonna get back and that'll be okay.

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<v Speaker 2>I For Kyle Tucker, you'll wonder if he's putting a

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<v Speaker 2>little bit of pressure on himself. Zero for four tonight

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<v Speaker 2>now hitting one forty seven. You know, uh, zero home

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<v Speaker 2>r just one extra base hit. That was back on

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<v Speaker 2>opening day with a double in the season opener. So

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<v Speaker 2>still a lot of room to get back for Kyle

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<v Speaker 2>Tucker and this Dodgers offense back to a level playing

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<v Speaker 2>field here as all three of the big guys for

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<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers, O, Tawnie, Tucker, and Bets hitting below one

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<v Speaker 2>seventy five to start this season. Rod was at the

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<v Speaker 2>game tonight out of Dodger Stadium. Rod, welcome to Dodger Talk.

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<v Speaker 6>How you doing, hey man, I'm doing great. Thanks for

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<v Speaker 6>taking a calm on my way back from a long

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<v Speaker 6>distas flight here to watch the Dodgers and then we're

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<v Speaker 6>going back to watching play the Nats. Just to echo

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<v Speaker 6>your point, man, I don't think all is lost. I

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<v Speaker 6>think we need to hold our heads high. We're still

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<v Speaker 6>the back and back chance. They still got to beat us.

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<v Speaker 6>We don't got to beat everybody. But I do think

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<v Speaker 6>a little bit of a you know, maybe a change

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<v Speaker 6>in some of the batting. It seems like as I

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<v Speaker 6>was out there, you know, we have the same approach

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<v Speaker 6>with the starter as we were facing the relievers, taking

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<v Speaker 6>first pitch stretch and grabbing a pitch count up. I

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<v Speaker 6>don't know if that's the strategy, but from an outsider

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<v Speaker 6>looking at it's what it looks like to me. Is

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<v Speaker 6>curious what you say.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, Well, Gavin Williams tow I'll just use him as

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<v Speaker 2>an example. Gavin Williams tonight got ahead in thirteen to

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<v Speaker 2>twenty three batters he faced with the first pitch strike

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<v Speaker 2>and he flipped that over to Yamamoto. He got ahead

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<v Speaker 2>in fifteen of the twenty two batters that he faced.

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<v Speaker 2>What does that mean, Well, you pound the strike zone

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<v Speaker 2>and you get ahead oh one the count. Whether it's

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<v Speaker 2>a guy who files the ball off or you throw

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<v Speaker 2>an off speed pitch in for a striker, you pump

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<v Speaker 2>it in for a fastball to get ahead oh one,

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<v Speaker 2>whatever the case may be, you get ahead in the count,

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<v Speaker 2>and that's huge. And Gavin Williams was getting ahead of

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<v Speaker 2>the count, so was Yamamoto. The thing was, Gavin Williams

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<v Speaker 2>was getting swinging missus and getting guys to chase and

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<v Speaker 2>then get in the head two and getting ahead one

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<v Speaker 2>two in the count Yamamoto just was not able to

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<v Speaker 2>get swinging missus. The guardians were putting the ball in play,

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<v Speaker 2>the guardians were finding holes, and the guardians were getting

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<v Speaker 2>on base and taking advantage of that.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, you look at what Schneman did.

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<v Speaker 2>A ball hit hard, hard past second base into right

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<v Speaker 2>center field, and as Rick Monday said, from the moment

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<v Speaker 2>he hit it as a left headed out of the box,

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<v Speaker 2>he knew he was going too and he put the

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<v Speaker 2>pressure on Kyle Tucker and right field to go and

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<v Speaker 2>make a running play to stop the ball from going

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<v Speaker 2>into right center field to the wall, gets up, throws

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<v Speaker 2>the second, but Schneman beats it in for a double

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<v Speaker 2>and then gets Yamamoto sleeping, steals third and puts the

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<v Speaker 2>pressure on the defense to make a play. And what

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<v Speaker 2>happens Will Smith one hops it down the left field

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<v Speaker 2>line pass Max Muncie, So within the sequence of one

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<v Speaker 2>at bat a double on a hard running Schneman steals

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<v Speaker 2>third and in the process draws a wild throw and scores,

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<v Speaker 2>and all of a sudden, the Guardians on one hit

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<v Speaker 2>which turned into a double, which turned into a stolen base,

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<v Speaker 2>which turned into a wild throw, scored a run, and

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<v Speaker 2>the next batter comes up, Ariuson hits a home run,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's a two dozing game. It changed that quickly

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<v Speaker 2>by putting the pressure on Yamamoto and the Dodgers defensively.

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<v Speaker 2>So you put the ball in Gavin Williams hand, and

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<v Speaker 2>he was getting a lot of swinging misses tonight, and

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<v Speaker 2>he was finishing off hitters when need be. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>at one point he struck out out of the outs

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<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers made. Six straight outs were strikeouts by the

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<v Speaker 2>Dodgers between the the I believe the second and the

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<v Speaker 2>fourth inning.

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<v Speaker 4>So a lot of swinging missus for the Dodgers offense tonight.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know if it was the early start, five

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<v Speaker 2>to twenty first pitch, looking ahead to the off day,

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<v Speaker 2>and then getting getting away for a six game East

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<v Speaker 2>Coast road trip.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm not sure.

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<v Speaker 2>It was dark, it was cloudy, it was cold, it's

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<v Speaker 2>you know. The first day of April just just wasn't

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<v Speaker 2>a great day for the Dodgers offense. And with that

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<v Speaker 2>being said, it was a two to nothing game for

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<v Speaker 2>a long time until it was four to nothing. And

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<v Speaker 2>even then, the Dodgers, to their credit, put up a

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<v Speaker 2>spot in the bottom of the inning with the home

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<v Speaker 2>run from Freddie Freeman, and then Will Smith drove a

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<v Speaker 2>ball deep to center field, only to end the game

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<v Speaker 2>on a flyout to the center and that was it

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<v Speaker 2>for the Dodgers, who fall to the guardianso four to one.

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<v Speaker 4>Let's go to Lance and Seemi Valley joins us from

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<v Speaker 4>the eight oh five.

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<v Speaker 8>How you doing, Lance, I'm doing great. I'm just got

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<v Speaker 8>home from the game. Went to all six home games.

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<v Speaker 8>Nie took my dad, who's uh eighty eighty year Dodger fan,

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<v Speaker 8>and uh took him to most of the games. And

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<v Speaker 8>I don't know last I looked at We're still in

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<v Speaker 8>first place for four and two and we were not

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<v Speaker 8>hitting the ball at all. No worries. I don't think

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<v Speaker 8>you do anything. You don't change the lineup around. They'll

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<v Speaker 8>they'll they'll break out, They'll start scoring four or five

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<v Speaker 8>runs at the inning. I'm not worried a bit. We're

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<v Speaker 8>playing pretty good defense, pitching's been good, and we're four

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<v Speaker 8>and two. So you know, White panic.

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<v Speaker 4>Nobody's panicking, Lance.

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<v Speaker 2>I appreciate the phone call, but it's certainly interesting to

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<v Speaker 2>look at the small sample size. If you can now

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<v Speaker 2>look at the homestand and what happened over the course

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<v Speaker 2>of the six game games, and you look at what Otani,

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<v Speaker 2>Tucker and Bets have done offensively and just haven't done

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<v Speaker 2>a lot. You know, a home run here from Will

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<v Speaker 2>Smith helps out a win, Andy pat has three more

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<v Speaker 2>hits tonight, and Miguel Rojas a good start to the season.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, a couple of hits there, a home run there,

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<v Speaker 2>and the Dodgers are able to get a four and

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<v Speaker 2>two record the first six games.

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<v Speaker 4>That's great.

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<v Speaker 2>Nobody's panicking, And by no means am I saying change

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<v Speaker 2>up the lineup. That's not gonna happen. The lineup is.

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<v Speaker 2>It is what it is right now, and you need

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<v Speaker 2>a bigger sample size. And certainly you got a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of trust and you're paying these guys a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>money to be superstars because they are the best of

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<v Speaker 2>the best, and they are really good at what they

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<v Speaker 2>do and near the best of what they do. And

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<v Speaker 2>Shoe a Otani, Kyle Tucker, Mookie Betts, these guys are

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<v Speaker 2>gonna get it going. There's no doubt in my mind

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<v Speaker 2>that the offense will start producing for this team. And

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<v Speaker 2>you know it could start as early as Friday when

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<v Speaker 2>they hit the road and start the series against the Nationals.

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<v Speaker 2>Eight six six nine eighty seven, two five seventy is

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<v Speaker 2>the number. Eight sixty six ninety seven to two five seven.

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<v Speaker 4>We'll come back.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll hear from Jose Mota and from you. Guardians beat

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<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers tonight four to one. Gavin Williams seven shutout

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<v Speaker 2>any strikes out ten. Yamamoto gets tagged with the loss

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<v Speaker 2>as the Dodgers drop two to three in Cleveland. They're

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<v Speaker 2>now four and two to start the season as they

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<v Speaker 2>hit the road in our nation's capital on Friday. Your

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

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<v Speaker 9>this ball heading back toward the wall that has got

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

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<v Speaker 9>It is four to one as Freddy Freeman launches his

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<v Speaker 9>first home runner the season.

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<v Speaker 1>The three hundred and sixty eight home run of his career.

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<v Speaker 2>Freddie Freeman with the home run in the ninth inning

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<v Speaker 2>and the only Dodgers offense. Tonight's came too little, too late,

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<v Speaker 4>Let's check in with Jose.

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<v Speaker 1>It's time to go around the horn with Jose Mos.

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<v Speaker 4>All right, Jose.

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<v Speaker 2>The Dodgers offense the first six games of the season

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<v Speaker 2>on Tany hitting him Bucks sixty seven, Kyle Tucker Bucks

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<v Speaker 2>seventy four, Mookie Betts oh for three, Tonight hitting one

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<v Speaker 2>thirty six.

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<v Speaker 4>What are you seeing from these guys in the first

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<v Speaker 4>two series?

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<v Speaker 7>Right out?

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<v Speaker 10>What I'm seeing is first series more of a grindy

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<v Speaker 10>approach with the at bats. This series is not the same.

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<v Speaker 10>It's a combination of a couple of things. Number one,

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<v Speaker 10>very good pitching day face and the youngsters, you know,

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<v Speaker 10>and Biby and message and Gavin Williams. So that's you know,

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<v Speaker 10>at six six, two fifty coming out of the sun

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<v Speaker 10>and that angle, that till that he has is brilliant.

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<v Speaker 10>But I think overall the Dodgers as hitters, if the

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<v Speaker 10>tendency has been to chase pitches early in zone, early

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<v Speaker 10>in counts, which is very you know, unusireful of dollars.

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<v Speaker 10>I mean, they're springing on early. You're seeing a lot

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<v Speaker 10>of check swings also early in counts, which is something

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<v Speaker 10>you don't see from teams that are built like the Dodgers.

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<v Speaker 10>This will all pass. But I do want to see

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<v Speaker 10>an approach where it's disciplined, it's calm. You got to

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<v Speaker 10>slow down the at bats a little bit more. Sometimes

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<v Speaker 10>there's been a lot of weak contact early in at bats,

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<v Speaker 10>prolonged at bats. Take your watks, you know, and make

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<v Speaker 10>the guy work out there. As a day to Yama

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<v Speaker 10>Molto today, who had a chance to win the ball game,

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<v Speaker 10>pitch to win and was not able to but on

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<v Speaker 10>the offensive side, better pitch selection, in other words, will

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<v Speaker 10>really take care of things starting in Washington.

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<v Speaker 2>Show Hey Otani doesn't take batting practice out on the

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<v Speaker 2>field very often.

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<v Speaker 4>When he does well, we talk about it.

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<v Speaker 2>Did it during the World Series in Toronto last year,

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<v Speaker 2>and he did it today before this finale against the Guardians.

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<v Speaker 2>What do you make of a show Hey out taking

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<v Speaker 2>batting practice in the sixth game of the season.

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<v Speaker 10>I'm glad he did. I think I changes the visual.

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<v Speaker 10>There's a lot of things that happened in the cage

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<v Speaker 10>that you can not really get a feel for when

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<v Speaker 10>you're hitting outside. If you're hitting in live drive off

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<v Speaker 10>the matting side to side, less center field right center field.

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<v Speaker 10>You got to see how the ball's traveling, and then

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<v Speaker 10>how the ball is carrying off your bat, because I

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<v Speaker 10>think the hitters background is helpful, especially today, before the game,

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<v Speaker 10>any unusual time. But I'd like to see Showy do

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<v Speaker 10>that more often. I think it's great to go out

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<v Speaker 10>there and get a feel for how the balls carrying,

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<v Speaker 10>how it's coming off your bat, how well you're standing

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<v Speaker 10>inside the ball, if you're topping the ball a lot,

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<v Speaker 10>A lot of those things you don't see. You get

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<v Speaker 10>a great feel for when you're inside the cage. Now

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<v Speaker 10>you can argue about what he's done in the last

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<v Speaker 10>couple of seasons or throughout his career hitting in the

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<v Speaker 10>cage most often than not, but I think it's a

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<v Speaker 10>good side even for this teammates see him out there.

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<v Speaker 10>I was down there. I saw him to take me

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<v Speaker 10>P even a VP. He was okay. I mean, he

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<v Speaker 10>was not trying to put on the show or anything

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<v Speaker 10>like that. But when he goes out there most times

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

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<v Speaker 10>splating the ball and trenty as many balls up the

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<v Speaker 10>middle as he can. Even today doing that a VP,

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<v Speaker 10>it was quite assistent with it, but show it'll come

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<v Speaker 10>at some point because he's been he's been pretty selective

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<v Speaker 10>in the bats, but now when he's made selections to

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<v Speaker 10>swing at certain pitches, not at the right time, especially

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<v Speaker 10>with men a board, when he has to go up

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<v Speaker 10>there and just get something he can drive or put

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<v Speaker 10>a good, you know, good battle on.

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<v Speaker 2>He is not Yoshanoba Yamamoto. Six innings, two runs, four

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

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<v Speaker 2>about what a good job he did on the mount,

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<v Speaker 2>and he did. But Gavin Williams seven shutout at ten

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<v Speaker 2>punch outs, the second time a Cleveland pitcher has struck

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<v Speaker 2>out ten against the Dodgers in the last five years.

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<v Speaker 2>But Yamamoto overall didn't get a lot of swinging misses,

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<v Speaker 2>got a lot of contact from the guardians. When they did,

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<v Speaker 2>they got on base, a lot of traffic as far

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<v Speaker 2>as moving around stealing base.

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<v Speaker 4>What do you think of Yamamoto tonight?

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<v Speaker 10>I would take that start anytime. I don't care about

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

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<v Speaker 10>It's a big part of this game. But they made

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<v Speaker 10>him more and he worked enough where the damage that

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<v Speaker 10>was done was by the bottom of the order, which

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<v Speaker 10>I know really bothers any type of relief pitcher. You

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<v Speaker 10>don't want to get hurt by the bottom of the order.

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<v Speaker 10>They're still big leaguer spot with Yoshi with the kind

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<v Speaker 10>of a Batsford running through, he still make quality pitches

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<v Speaker 10>and he'll I'll take six innings to run any time

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<v Speaker 10>with him. The one thing that it's around the league

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<v Speaker 10>tim the UNI very well is the base running. He

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<v Speaker 10>has to be a little bit more aware with the

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<v Speaker 10>guys on the basis. He did surprise Perdomo the series

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<v Speaker 10>against Arizona, but those things like that when he knows

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<v Speaker 10>he's going to be facing the top guys in the rotation,

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

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<v Speaker 10>That's why he doesn't get a lot of run support

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<v Speaker 10>because he's facing top guys in the other rotation. But

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<v Speaker 10>that's what the importance of attention to the base runners

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<v Speaker 10>and just don't let them cheat on you. Starting with

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<v Speaker 10>him with the middle of the field of the second

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<v Speaker 10>base and himself with guys at the first base, there's

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<v Speaker 10>going to be more than you usual and useful for

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

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<v Speaker 10>showing again. Elite pitchers know how to have a chance

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<v Speaker 10>to win for their team even when they're grinding through

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<v Speaker 10>it and when perhaps didn't field the best when it

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<v Speaker 10>comes down to execution.

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<v Speaker 2>Hell, the Dodgers hit the road for the first time

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<v Speaker 2>here in twenty twenty six, Washington, d C. And then Toronto.

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<v Speaker 2>That's gonna be a lot of fun going back to

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<v Speaker 2>the Rogers Center. But Washington DC, any spots you like

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<v Speaker 2>to hit up there as a foodie.

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<v Speaker 10>Oh, let's see, I have a lot of Dominican colleagues

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<v Speaker 10>out there with good restaurants, so I'll be hitting them

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<v Speaker 10>up and make a nice donation and hope the fee

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<v Speaker 10>myself some Dominican food.

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<v Speaker 4>Love it, love it. Make a donation. Jose save travels

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<v Speaker 4>and we'll talk to you in a couple of days.

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<v Speaker 10>Oh, I got good talk to you too.

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<v Speaker 2>There he goes, Jose Mota joining us here on Dodger Talk.

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<v Speaker 2>As the Guardians beat the Dodgers four to one. Gavin

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<v Speaker 2>Williams out pitches Yoshinoba Yama Moto seven shutout, innings, ten strikeouts,

0:23:55.600 --> 0:23:58.040
<v Speaker 2>yam a modo. You have a Moto pitch well, six innings,

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<v Speaker 2>two runs, four hits, two strikeouts, had some traffic on

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<v Speaker 2>the base pass and the third inning that led to

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<v Speaker 2>the first run on a throwing air on a stolen

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<v Speaker 2>base attempt a third base and then gabrielle Erase a

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<v Speaker 2>solo home run on the very next pitch made it

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<v Speaker 2>a two to nothing to Guardian's lead. A two run

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<v Speaker 2>home run from Jose Ramirez off Tanner Scott in the

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<v Speaker 2>eighth inning made it a four to nothing Guardian's lead

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<v Speaker 2>before the Dodgers got on the board in the bottom

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<v Speaker 2>half of the ninth, Indian on a solo home run,

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<v Speaker 2>the first of the year from Freddie freeran Freeman abteen

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<v Speaker 2>in Woodland Hills joints us here on Dodger Talk.

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<v Speaker 4>How you doing, Abteen?

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<v Speaker 10>No, how's it going?

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<v Speaker 1>Just the game tonight?

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<v Speaker 10>The you know, the energy was kind of low at.

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

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<v Speaker 11>and obviously show he still.

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<v Speaker 10>Has to get it going.

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<v Speaker 11>But I think the question on a lot of Dodgers

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<v Speaker 11>fans minds is when do you think we'll call up

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<v Speaker 11>hay song Cam and put him in the lineup. And

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<v Speaker 11>the last thing I just want to say for all

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<v Speaker 11>the Iranian listener.

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<v Speaker 2>As long live your runs all right, appreciate the phone call,

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<v Speaker 2>Hay Song Kim. We'll find out soon what he does

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<v Speaker 2>in Triple A and when there's a spot opening for

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<v Speaker 2>him that he gets to call up. I like to say,

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<v Speaker 2>he's just marinating right now, so to speak.

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<v Speaker 4>In Triple A.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, get me at bats, playing every day and producing.

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<v Speaker 2>And he's gone off to a good start in the

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<v Speaker 2>first couple of games in Triple A Oklahoma City.

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<v Speaker 4>As long as he.

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<v Speaker 2>Continues to quote unquote marinate and you know, just be

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<v Speaker 2>ready when his name is called again, we'll find out

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<v Speaker 2>how soon that is, whether or not it's Alex frielan

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<v Speaker 2>playing himself out of a spot when a right hander

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<v Speaker 2>or left hander is up on the mound.

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<v Speaker 4>I don't know. Miguel Rojas isn't going anywhere.

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<v Speaker 2>He's gonna get a lot of opportunity to play, especially

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

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<v Speaker 2>You know, injuries obviously affect a roster, and if that

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<v Speaker 2>is a injury that it brings him up, we'll find

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<v Speaker 2>out if it's because he's out playing somebody at the

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<v Speaker 2>major league level and he can do better that could

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<v Speaker 2>be a reason, but it's six games into the major

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<v Speaker 2>league schedule and less than that in the minor league.

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<v Speaker 2>So let's let him quote unquote marinate a little bit

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<v Speaker 2>more in Triple A. James and North Hollywood wrap things

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<v Speaker 2>up here on Dodger Talk on this Wednesday night after

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<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers lose to the Guardians four to one.

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<v Speaker 4>How you doing, James?

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<v Speaker 10>Good Tim?

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<v Speaker 6>Good Tim?

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<v Speaker 8>Hey.

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<v Speaker 7>You know, I agree that the big dogs are gonna

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

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<v Speaker 7>something that I don't understand, not just with the Dodgers

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<v Speaker 7>but with MLB in general, is I don't understand why

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

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<v Speaker 7>I think the lineup we're running out is going to

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<v Speaker 7>be our lineup more often than not when the guys.

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<v Speaker 10>Are hitting like they're supposed to.

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<v Speaker 7>But you know, riddled me this. What about a top

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<v Speaker 7>of the order right now that looks something like, now,

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<v Speaker 7>I know he's slumping Freddie Freeman, because guy knows how

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<v Speaker 7>to get on base. He hits more doubles than anybody

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

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<v Speaker 7>So you know, I trust in his pedigree then you

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<v Speaker 7>put Pie in the two hole right now because he's

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<v Speaker 7>hitting everything, and then you put show. Hey. Now, I

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<v Speaker 7>know Sho Hay likes to hit lead off, but fifty

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<v Speaker 7>home runs a season, you know, seems like such a

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<v Speaker 7>waste at the top, you know, of the order. And

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<v Speaker 7>if he hit second or third, I mean, you got

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<v Speaker 7>to feel like he's still gonna get as many at

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

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<v Speaker 7>you know, better for him if he's got to take

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<v Speaker 7>the mound immediately after before. And so you know, I

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<v Speaker 7>would say three games sample size, right, if a guy

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<v Speaker 7>is just oh for twelve and another guy is six

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<v Speaker 7>for twelve, why not ride out the hot hand for

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<v Speaker 7>three games at a time. And you don't see a

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

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<v Speaker 7>Because hitting is such a streaky thing. Why not ride

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<v Speaker 7>the hot hand?

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<v Speaker 8>Is?

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<v Speaker 10>What are your thoughts on that?

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

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<v Speaker 2>It is a streaky thing, and it's ups and downs

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<v Speaker 2>over the course of one hundred and sixty two games.

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<v Speaker 2>Just because you're in a down, just because you're you know,

0:27:54.040 --> 0:27:56.159
<v Speaker 2>as you said in an zero for six an oh

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

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<v Speaker 2>turn things around, and all of a sudden a three

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<v Speaker 2>hit game, a two hit game, a three hit game,

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<v Speaker 2>and next thing you know, you know, you're eight for

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<v Speaker 2>your last fourteen. It could turn as quick as it

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<v Speaker 2>can go bad for a player in baseball. That's why

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<v Speaker 2>you can't. You can't look at a short sample size

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<v Speaker 2>and make a rastisses and say, you know what, we're

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<v Speaker 2>gonna strigger change things around. Oh no, after three more games,

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<v Speaker 2>and we're gonna flip it back and we're gonna beat

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<v Speaker 2>this guy's second.

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<v Speaker 4>You have to let them get into the routine.

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<v Speaker 2>You have to let the you have to let the

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<v Speaker 2>lineup soak a little bit as you will, and get

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<v Speaker 2>used to it on a day to day basis, with

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

0:28:36.920 --> 0:28:39.280
<v Speaker 2>you know, playing every day playing against left, he's only

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

0:28:42.640 --> 0:28:44.600
<v Speaker 2>all that stuff. You've gotta let it play out a

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<v Speaker 2>little bit longer, and if it doesn't work after twelve

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<v Speaker 2>fifteen twenty games. Are they all of a sudden just

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<v Speaker 2>gonna blow it up and flip the lineup around? No,

0:28:53.040 --> 0:28:55.920
<v Speaker 2>they're not, you know, but could it be a swight slight,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, tinker in the lineup, Maybe a Will Smith

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<v Speaker 2>drop down, a Tasker moves up, bets, some Tucker flip.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, they could do multiple things, but they're just

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<v Speaker 4>not gonna do it yet. It is too soon into

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<v Speaker 4>the season.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, we're looking at twenty to thirty at bats

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<v Speaker 2>at most for some of these guys through the first

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

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<v Speaker 4>You're just not. But I appreciate the phone call.

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<v Speaker 2>do it for Dodger to talk on. This Wednesday night,

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<v Speaker 2>Dodgers come up short. They fall to the Cleveland Guardians

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<v Speaker 2>four to one. Gavin Williams seven shoutout Indians ten shrankouts.

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<v Speaker 4>Yoshinobu Yamamoto goes six in.

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<v Speaker 2>Pitched well, two runs, four hits, struck out two kept

0:30:03.000 --> 0:30:05.120
<v Speaker 2>him in the game. The Dodgers' offense just couldn't get

0:30:05.120 --> 0:30:08.400
<v Speaker 2>anything going one through six a combined one for twenty

0:30:08.480 --> 0:30:11.959
<v Speaker 2>one with eight strikeouts. That one hit a solo home

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<v Speaker 2>run from Freddy Freeman in the bottom half of the

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<v Speaker 2>ninth inning.

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<v Speaker 4>Dodgers lose two of three to the.

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<v Speaker 2>Guardians, but they finished off the opening homestand with a

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<v Speaker 2>four and two record.

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<v Speaker 4>After the three game.

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<v Speaker 2>Sweep of the Arizona Diamonbacks Day offt on Thursday, and

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<v Speaker 2>then the Nationals home opener on Friday, we get it

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<v Speaker 2>going at nine A and Pacific first pitch ten oh

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<v Speaker 2>five on the West coast, one to five on the

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<v Speaker 2>East Coast, as the Dodgers started a three game series

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<v Speaker 2>against the Nationals and off to Toronto for three against

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<v Speaker 2>the Blue Jays. Thanks to Coliny, Thanks to all you

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<v Speaker 2>for being a part of the show, thank you for listening,

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

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<v Speaker 4>time for you tonight. Maybe another time. Solo everybody,