WEBVTT - Dodger Talk (5-28-26)

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<v Speaker 1>The quest for the three peat has begun.

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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. The Dodgers are the favorites to become

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<v Speaker 2>the fifth.

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<v Speaker 1>This is World Champion Dodger Talk.

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<v Speaker 2>Here we go again. We're Getady running.

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<v Speaker 3>Back, hosted by Dodgers insider David Bassi.

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<v Speaker 2>Three in the Mix.

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<v Speaker 3>got this to get in on the show called eight

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<v Speaker 3>six six, nine eighty seven two five seven Day and

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<v Speaker 3>be sure to follow Dodger Talk wherever you catch your podcasts.

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<v Speaker 1>Here's your host, David Basse.

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<v Speaker 2>I am so happy to be here off day Dodger

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<v Speaker 2>Talk until eight o'clock tonight here on AM five to

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<v Speaker 2>seventy LA Sports, and we have a great show for

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<v Speaker 2>you tonight coming up in fifteen minutes. We'll be joined

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<v Speaker 2>by one of my good buddies, a guy that certainly

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<v Speaker 2>was very inclusive with myself and all of his teammates

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<v Speaker 2>when he got traded to the Dodgers back in twenty twelve,

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<v Speaker 2>and that is the one and only l Titan. Adrian

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<v Speaker 2>Gonzalez will join us at seven point fifteen. We'll ask

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<v Speaker 2>him about Freddie Freeman and his baseball mortality and also

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<v Speaker 2>where the Dodgers are at right now as we get

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<v Speaker 2>closer to the beginning of June. So looking forward to

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<v Speaker 2>having Adrian Gonzalez on the show tonight. Also, I have

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<v Speaker 2>a pair of tickets to give away for tomorrow nights

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<v Speaker 2>alex Vesia Bobblehead Night, So between now and eight o'clock

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<v Speaker 2>we will give away a pair of tickets to tomorrow

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<v Speaker 2>night's Dodgers Phillies game, the beginning of a three game

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<v Speaker 2>series between these two teams that faced off in the NLDS.

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<v Speaker 2>The good news for the Dodgers they don't have to

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<v Speaker 2>face Christopher Sanchez, who beat the Padres, blanked them yesterday

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<v Speaker 2>and now has pitched forty four consecutive scoreless innings, so

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<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers won't see him, but they will see an

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<v Speaker 2>undefeated Zach Wheeler tomorrow night. Justin Robleski will be on

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<v Speaker 2>the mound for the Dodgers. Our coverage begins at six o'clock,

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<v Speaker 2>with first pitch at seven point fifteen. It's an Apple game,

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<v Speaker 2>so you know what that means. This is the only

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<v Speaker 2>place to know what's going on with the game. And

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<v Speaker 2>also if you're watching the game on Apple, if you

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<v Speaker 2>happen to have that app and you're streaming it, they

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<v Speaker 2>have a great feature where you can get the local

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<v Speaker 2>radio broadcast overlapping with the video. So if you go

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<v Speaker 2>to the bottom right corner, you can hear Rick Monday

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<v Speaker 2>and Charlie Steiner at the beginning of tomorrow night's game,

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<v Speaker 2>and as the game progresses, Rick Monday and Steven Nelson.

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<v Speaker 2>So that's the best feature of the Apple broadcast. So

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<v Speaker 2>looking forward to that Tomorrow night, looking forward to seeing

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<v Speaker 2>Don Mattingley and Trey Turner. I've gotten to know Bryce

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<v Speaker 2>Harper a little bit. I like Harper. I'm sure he'll

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<v Speaker 2>be hitting up his favorite Mexican restaurant in All Hambra,

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<v Speaker 2>If not tonight, maybe tomorrow after the game, So look

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<v Speaker 2>out for Bryce Harper in All Hambra. We have phone

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<v Speaker 2>lines open at eight sixty six nine, eight seven, two

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<v Speaker 2>five seventy. What a day? What a day for me?

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<v Speaker 2>Before we get into all this, had to wake up

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<v Speaker 2>at seven this morning. I usually do to take my

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<v Speaker 2>kids to school, but this time I had to drive

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<v Speaker 2>my mom to Saint Joseph's and Burbank for a CT scan,

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<v Speaker 2>and once I was done with that, had to charge

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<v Speaker 2>my new Ionic nine at a supercharger place because I

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<v Speaker 2>don't have an electrical outlet in my house. Thanks to

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<v Speaker 2>shout out downy Hyundai for the Ionic nine, but I

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<v Speaker 2>don't have an electrical panel in my house, so I

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<v Speaker 2>have to go to a supercharger nearby virtually every other morning,

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<v Speaker 2>and I've gotten my routine down doing that. But after that,

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<v Speaker 2>I am my kids had to be picked up and

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<v Speaker 2>then there was an open house and man, do I

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<v Speaker 2>feel awkward ever time I go to my kids school,

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<v Speaker 2>Like when I have to actually go inside the classrooms

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<v Speaker 2>and have to interact with other parents. I just know

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<v Speaker 2>they they can smell that I haven't been there very much.

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<v Speaker 2>My wife does all of this stuff because obviously I'm

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<v Speaker 2>traveling with the Dodgers, so when I do make an appearance,

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<v Speaker 2>it's like completely foreign. It's like the first day of

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<v Speaker 2>school for me every time I show up. So I

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<v Speaker 2>had to go through the halls of their school. Today

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<v Speaker 2>was open house day, and I just know the parents

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<v Speaker 2>are like, what is this guy doing here? This guy,

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<v Speaker 2>this guy doesn't know where he's going and I don't.

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<v Speaker 2>And my wife was texting me, She's like, what's taking

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<v Speaker 2>so long? I went down the wrong hallway. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>even know where their classrooms are. So I'm back in

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<v Speaker 2>my safe zone here with you on Dodger Talk until

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<v Speaker 2>eight o'clock. Eight six, six, nine eighty seven, two five

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<v Speaker 2>seventy is the phone number before we get to the

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<v Speaker 2>phone calls and before we get to Adrian Gonzalez just

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<v Speaker 2>set the table of where the Dodgers are right now

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<v Speaker 2>in the NL West. They have a four and a

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<v Speaker 2>half game lead over both the Padres and the Arizona Diamondbacks.

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<v Speaker 2>The Padres where for twenty eight and are currently for

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<v Speaker 2>twenty eight with runners in scoring position during their four

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<v Speaker 2>game losing streak, including just being swept by the Phillies,

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<v Speaker 2>so Arizona and the Padres are in second place now

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<v Speaker 2>four and a half games back of the Dodgers. The

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<v Speaker 2>Dodgers have won twelve to their last fourteen, including sweeping

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<v Speaker 2>the Angels, taking two out of three from the Brewers,

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<v Speaker 2>and also taking two out of three from the Padres

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<v Speaker 2>on their last nine game road trip, and then you're thinking, Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>the first game of this series against the Rockies, you

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<v Speaker 2>could kind of feel like the adrenaline wasn't there for

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<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers. And then they start to smell a beginning

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<v Speaker 2>a win in the seventh inning with a bad Rockies bullpen,

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<v Speaker 2>and what do they do. They score four runs in

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<v Speaker 2>the seventh inning and come from behind and steal that

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<v Speaker 2>win and go on to sweep the Rockies by hitting

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<v Speaker 2>eight home runs in the last two games of the series.

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<v Speaker 2>They scored fifteen runs two nights ago, and they were

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<v Speaker 2>very much in control last night with a four to

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<v Speaker 2>one win after taking a no hitter into the eighth inning.

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<v Speaker 2>If not for what's his name, Willie Castro hitting a

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<v Speaker 2>ground ball down the in between short and or second

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<v Speaker 2>in first base, a ground ball through the right side

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<v Speaker 2>between Freeman and Freeman, and that was a one hitter

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<v Speaker 2>last night. Despite Otani going six no hit innings, he

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<v Speaker 2>threw ninety nine pitches but was laboring. And I said

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<v Speaker 2>this after the game last night, and I feel the

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<v Speaker 2>same way tonight. I have no issues with Dave Roberts

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<v Speaker 2>taking Shohotani out of that game because of the unique

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<v Speaker 2>circumstances with the most unique player in Major League Baseball history.

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<v Speaker 2>So I had no issues with that. And in case

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<v Speaker 2>you're wondering what the last Dodger no hit was, it

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<v Speaker 2>was a combined no hitter in Mexico City back in

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<v Speaker 2>twenty eighteen. So I still maintain Dave Roberts did the

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<v Speaker 2>right thing. I'm not saying I've agreed with other removals

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<v Speaker 2>of pitchers and perfect games in recent Dodger history, but

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<v Speaker 2>last night I had no issues with that. And by

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<v Speaker 2>the way, just to take a look at where the

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<v Speaker 2>Dodgers are in the NL West, I just mentioned they

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<v Speaker 2>won five in a row, won twelve of their last fourteen,

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<v Speaker 2>have a four and a half game lead in the

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<v Speaker 2>NL West. But if you look at the rest of

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<v Speaker 2>the teams in the NL West, it's a complete disaster.

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<v Speaker 2>Outside of Arizona, the Rockies are horrific. Again, don't let

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<v Speaker 2>them fool you. Paul de Podesta has not waived any

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<v Speaker 2>sort of magic computer over corus Field. They are awful

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<v Speaker 2>still and that's going to take four to five years

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<v Speaker 2>to rebuild. The Padres have no offense. Machado's hitting under

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<v Speaker 2>two hundred. Fernando Tattis junior looks like a shit himself.

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<v Speaker 2>He hasn't hit a home run the entire year, and

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<v Speaker 2>it seems like for the first time in his entire career,

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<v Speaker 2>baseball is hard for him, and he looks defeated even

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<v Speaker 2>in batting practice. So that's a complete mess and the

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<v Speaker 2>biggest mess. And I hate to use the term dumpster

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<v Speaker 2>fire because that's something Ben Maller would do, a classless

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<v Speaker 2>guy like Ben Mallard. That's not me. I'm not classless.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not gonna say the Giants are a dumpster fire,

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<v Speaker 2>but they're awful. It is a mess. It is a

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<v Speaker 2>hot mess in San Francisco, and I love it, and

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<v Speaker 2>we all love it. The Giants can stay MS for

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<v Speaker 2>as long as possible. Tony Voytello has not found major

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<v Speaker 2>League baseball to be what it was in college baseball,

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<v Speaker 2>and shocker who could have told him that. Buster Posey,

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<v Speaker 2>who is one of the most arrogant people you'll ever meet,

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<v Speaker 2>has not pushed any of the right buttons eight six, six, seventy.

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<v Speaker 2>So nothing is going to change the fact the rest

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<v Speaker 2>of the Division outside of Arizona is a complete hot mess,

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<v Speaker 2>and the Dodgers are on their way to winning the division. Again,

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<v Speaker 2>don't know by how many games, but I feel comfortable

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<v Speaker 2>in saying by at least five to seven games at

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<v Speaker 2>this point in time. Now they have lost two hernandez

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<v Speaker 2>is in the last two games, which I'm not thrilled about.

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<v Speaker 2>Key k Hernandez, who just came back strained as left

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<v Speaker 2>O Blake, you know all about that. They recalled Alex

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<v Speaker 2>Friedland yesterday who started at second base, and then Taoscar

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<v Speaker 2>Hernandez in the second inning trying to leg out an

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<v Speaker 2>infield single, came up limping because he heard his left

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<v Speaker 2>hamstring and it's a severe left hamstring strain. We don't

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<v Speaker 2>know how severe, but Dave Roberts said he's going to

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<v Speaker 2>be out for weeks. And the reports now the Athletic

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<v Speaker 2>has reported that Ryan Ward is going to get the call.

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<v Speaker 2>I talked about that last night, that it is probably

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<v Speaker 2>going to be Ryan Ward because for the mere fact

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<v Speaker 2>he's earned it and he's on the forty man roster

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<v Speaker 2>and the Dodgers camp platoon Alex call and Ryan Ward

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<v Speaker 2>and left field until Taoscar Hernandez comes back, and it's

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<v Speaker 2>not just another player going down. Taoscar Hernandez was getting

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<v Speaker 2>hot at the right time. And he is one of

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<v Speaker 2>the more clutch players, a right handed power hitter not

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of teams have. So the Dodgers are going

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<v Speaker 2>to miss Taoscar Hernandez. But Alex Call is having a

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<v Speaker 2>really good year and I feel like Alex Call, Ryan

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<v Speaker 2>Ward platoon is going to be able to hold down

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<v Speaker 2>left field until Taoscar Hernandez comes back. So that's where

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<v Speaker 2>things stand. And also, any fan can go on MLB

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<v Speaker 2>dot com and just click on their transaction page to

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<v Speaker 2>find out what's going on. And if you did that today,

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<v Speaker 2>you would have saw that Santiago Espinal did clear waivers

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<v Speaker 2>and the Dodgers have outrighted him to Oklahoma City, so

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<v Speaker 2>he may be back sooner rather than later, especially if

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<v Speaker 2>Hayesan Kim struggling and not getting opportunities. All right, we're

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<v Speaker 2>gonna take a time out here on Dodger Talk. When

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<v Speaker 2>we come back, your phone calls, I see the phone

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<v Speaker 2>lines ringing right now. We'll get to you and we'll

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<v Speaker 2>get to Adrian Gonzalez next. Right here on Dodger Talk

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<v Speaker 2>on AM five to seventy LA Sports.

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<v Speaker 3>Don't miss a moment of World Champion Dodger Talk. Your

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<v Speaker 2>David Maasse with you until eight o'clock tonight Here on

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<v Speaker 2>AM five seventy LA's Sports Dodger Talk. Tomorrow night, the

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<v Speaker 2>Dodgers will be back in action against the Phillies. Alex

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<v Speaker 2>Vessi of Bobblehead Night. We have a pair of tickets

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<v Speaker 2>to give away to tomorrow night's game to celebrate Alex Vesia.

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

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<v Speaker 2>the phone number. Justin Robleski will be facing Zach Wheeler tonight.

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<v Speaker 2>Our coverage begins at six o'clock, with first pitch at

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<v Speaker 2>seven fifteen. All right, yes, sorry, people are calling in.

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<v Speaker 2>I got this city wrong. Where the twenty eighteen combined

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<v Speaker 2>no hitter was. It wasn't Mexico City. It was Monterey, Mexico,

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<v Speaker 2>and I got news for you. I was there, so okay, sorry.

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<v Speaker 2>It was Monterey, Mexico, three game series against the Padres.

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<v Speaker 2>The Dodgers were in and out and guys like Adam

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<v Speaker 2>libertore Yimi Garcia, Chris Hatcher were the relievers that completed

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<v Speaker 2>the no hitter after Walker Bueler started that game in Monterey,

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<v Speaker 2>Mexico against the San Diego Padres, and that was such

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<v Speaker 2>a cool trip because Julio Urias was emerging as a star.

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<v Speaker 2>He was there and the Dodgers brought Fernando Valenzuela with

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<v Speaker 2>them to be an ambassador as well, So it was

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<v Speaker 2>it was a really great trip to Monterey, Mexico. And

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<v Speaker 2>the very next day, after the Dodgers threw that I

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<v Speaker 2>no hitter against the Padres, the great team photographer John

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<v Speaker 2>Suhu took a photo of all those pictures that were

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<v Speaker 2>able to throw that combined no hitter. Eight sixty six

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<v Speaker 2>nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone number

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<v Speaker 2>in case you missed the news. Santiago Espinal did clear

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<v Speaker 2>waivers and he will be part of the Dodgers organization again.

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<v Speaker 2>And the Dodgers, you know, had to designate for assignment

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<v Speaker 2>Santiago Espinal. When keyk Hernandez uh was reinstated from the

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<v Speaker 2>sixty A sixty day il and I thought it said

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<v Speaker 2>a lot about who keyk is as a person. As

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<v Speaker 2>a teammates, keyk Hernandez really really understood what it meant

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<v Speaker 2>to not only be hurt now for a couple of

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<v Speaker 2>couple of days, a couple of months because the Dodgers

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<v Speaker 2>let Santiago espinal goal, and now they will bring him back.

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<v Speaker 2>He's going to be part of it all right there

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<v Speaker 2>he is ceeg Zach. He made Adrian Gonzalez call a

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<v Speaker 2>regular phone line. Oh my god, I am so and

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<v Speaker 2>beira embarrass. This is part of the brand, you know.

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<v Speaker 2>I try to impress my fancy friends. A guy that

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<v Speaker 2>had two thousand and fifty hits, a guy that really

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<v Speaker 2>revitalized and was a symbol that the Dodgers were back.

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<v Speaker 2>When the Dodgers made the trade for Adrian Gonzalez, Nick Punto,

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<v Speaker 2>Josh Beckett and Carl Crawford. Adrian Gonzalez one of the

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<v Speaker 2>greatest hitters of his generation. Three hundred and seventeen home runs,

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<v Speaker 2>a two to eighty seven batting average, and eight forty

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<v Speaker 2>three ops. And he does everything. He's a star on

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<v Speaker 2>sports at a LA. He's the owner of slis Rita

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<v Speaker 2>and thrace those thres at the block on Olympic and

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<v Speaker 2>Adrian Gonzalez joints Dodger talk.

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<v Speaker 4>How you doing, Adrian, Dave, how are you doing?

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<v Speaker 5>It's great to hear f It's great to hear your boys.

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<v Speaker 5>And the first the first part was was actually on

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<v Speaker 5>me because my phone is set to this where I

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<v Speaker 5>know numbers don't really go through, and so I was

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<v Speaker 5>worried about that. But luckily I got I got the voicemail.

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<v Speaker 4>And that they gave me a callback number.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, now that you're retired, are you still concerned

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<v Speaker 2>about Rando's calling your cell phone?

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<v Speaker 5>You know nowadays with all the with all those weird

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<v Speaker 5>calls that you get all over the place, and.

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<v Speaker 4>It has nothing to do with people.

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<v Speaker 5>It has to do with, you know, all the spam calling.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, kind of a spam call right here for sure.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, Adrian and I agree on a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>things in life and baseball, but the one thing we

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<v Speaker 2>really disagree on is NFL teams. You're you've stuck with

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<v Speaker 2>the Chargers from their move from San Diego to LA

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<v Speaker 2>and I have one foot in with the Raiders. Now, Adrian,

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<v Speaker 2>I'll make this announcement to you. I have one foot

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<v Speaker 2>in with the Raiders, but since the raid, the Rams

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<v Speaker 2>moved their headquarters to Woodland Hills, my home town. I

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<v Speaker 2>have one foot in with Matthew Stafford and the rams.

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<v Speaker 2>Now you're not.

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<v Speaker 5>You know, you need to be a little more loyal

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<v Speaker 5>to your team.

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<v Speaker 2>I am loyal. I am loyal, but I mean they

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<v Speaker 2>left LA, so I feel like I have this out

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<v Speaker 2>clause in our relationship.

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<v Speaker 4>Okay, I mean I can see that. I mean I

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<v Speaker 4>have no problem with that.

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<v Speaker 5>But you know, I've I've I've stuck some targeters and that.

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<v Speaker 4>Good to them. Of your copefully can take to enough level.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, yes, hopefully this year is your year to a

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<v Speaker 2>certain extent. Adrian, you you're now an analyst for sports

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<v Speaker 2>at l A. You know how it is. You were

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<v Speaker 2>you were one of the most even keel guys, and

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<v Speaker 2>you were some of you were the first guy to

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<v Speaker 2>help me stay off the roller coaster of wins and losses,

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<v Speaker 2>win streaks, losing streaks. Where do you see the Dodgers

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<v Speaker 2>right now, after a couple of weeks of where they

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<v Speaker 2>kind of look flat, it seems like they've come back

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<v Speaker 2>to life.

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<v Speaker 5>I mean, you know, the way I see the team

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<v Speaker 5>is preparation for the the consecutive World Series. This is

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<v Speaker 5>all you know that, and so you have to go

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<v Speaker 5>have to go through, uh, you know, some good times

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<v Speaker 5>and and feel great about where you are and and

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<v Speaker 5>and you know how the team is coming together, and

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<v Speaker 5>unfortunately there's gonna be some injuries along the way, which

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<v Speaker 5>they've been seeing lately with the Kika and Tail.

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<v Speaker 2>Remember when you were playing every spring training, they would

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<v Speaker 2>say you had too many outfielders. It seems like you

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<v Speaker 2>can never have enough outfielders or players. And the Dodgers

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<v Speaker 2>seem to have the depth to sustain injuries to a

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<v Speaker 2>guy like a Taoscar Hernandez when most teams don't.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, I mean, that's that's the thing is, you know,

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<v Speaker 5>the team is so deep, you have so many players,

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<v Speaker 5>and you know you're you're you're in a good spot,

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<v Speaker 5>you know, And and calling up a guy who's who's

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<v Speaker 5>who's put up some great numbers in Triple A like

0:18:10.200 --> 0:18:13.640
<v Speaker 5>Ryan ward Is it's really cool to see. So they

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<v Speaker 5>have players, you know, in abundance, especially in the outfield

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<v Speaker 5>in the minor leagues, and and they're they're able to

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<v Speaker 5>dig into those those players, uh and call them up

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<v Speaker 5>and give them opportunities.

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<v Speaker 2>Adrian and Zalez is our guest, Where are you going, Adriana?

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<v Speaker 2>Are you going from thrace those thrace to slice area?

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<v Speaker 2>Where are you going? Are i mean, you're you're really

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<v Speaker 2>slinging pizzas and tacos now, And I feel like it's

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<v Speaker 2>great because people, uh, you're not just the owner of

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<v Speaker 2>those places on Olympic at the block, but people will

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<v Speaker 2>see you randomly in there behind the counter in the

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<v Speaker 2>kitchen and sometimes enjoyin the food.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, no, I'm there. I'm there once or twice a

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<v Speaker 5>week for sure, you know, making sure everything everything, and

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<v Speaker 5>you have to taste of food in order to make

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<v Speaker 5>sure that you know the the customers are gonna like it.

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<v Speaker 5>So you know, I gotta I gotta taste it. I

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<v Speaker 5>gotta make sure the flavors are right. So when the

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<v Speaker 5>customers come, they come away, you know, they walk away satisfied.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. So when you're there and people aren't expecting to

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<v Speaker 2>see you, how surprised do some of the fans get

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<v Speaker 2>when they show up and there's Adrian Gonzalez?

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<v Speaker 5>You know some of them some of them are super

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<v Speaker 5>you know, hey, how's it going? Great to see and

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<v Speaker 5>some people you can tell that they get a little shy.

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<v Speaker 5>But you know, I'm always hoping to be able to

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<v Speaker 5>give them, you know, a great welcoming and thank you

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<v Speaker 5>for being there, and and you know, if they.

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<v Speaker 4>Want to picture, I'm there for that. So you know,

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<v Speaker 4>it's it's it's it's always fun to see to see the.

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<v Speaker 2>Fans, Adrian, You were the symbol of this Dodger ownership

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<v Speaker 2>making a commitment to the fan base, to the city

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<v Speaker 2>that they were here to win. All these years later,

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<v Speaker 2>with all the success the Dodgers have had back to

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<v Speaker 2>back World Series championships, a twenty twenty championship, does it

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<v Speaker 2>still blow you a way how the fans still appreciate

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<v Speaker 2>what you did and how much you mean to Dodger

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<v Speaker 2>fans even in twenty twenty six.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>Absolutely.

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<v Speaker 5>I mean, you know, I think I was fortunate that

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<v Speaker 5>this ownership group, you know, thought of me to come

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<v Speaker 5>in and be one of those players that you know

0:20:21.280 --> 0:20:24.320
<v Speaker 5>was gonna was gonna, you know, do what.

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<v Speaker 4>They've set out to do, which is.

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<v Speaker 5>You know, bringing a winning product and continue to go

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<v Speaker 5>and get the players that you know, they thought would

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<v Speaker 5>would be great for the organization. And so you know,

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<v Speaker 5>they were able to make that trade happen, and you know,

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<v Speaker 5>I was fortunate to to come in and and and

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<v Speaker 5>be able to start a run that the team has

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<v Speaker 5>has been able to sustain and maintain and and uh

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<v Speaker 5>and gotten better as as as it went. Ownership continues

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<v Speaker 5>to invest in the product, invest in the players, so

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<v Speaker 5>so the fans can have a great a great experience,

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<v Speaker 5>and you know, the the ability for ownership to go

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<v Speaker 5>get show hay And and Snell and you know, the

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<v Speaker 5>players that they've gotten lately with Tucker and everything, it's

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<v Speaker 5>it's it's pretty impressive and it's a lot of fun.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, what do you think about Kyle Tucker so far, Adrian?

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<v Speaker 5>You know, I think he obviously got off to a

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<v Speaker 5>slow start, but he's starting to pick it up. He's

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<v Speaker 5>starting to have his his games where he shows.

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<v Speaker 4>You know, the type of player he is.

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<v Speaker 5>I really feel like he's going to continue to to

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<v Speaker 5>show and and and get better as the season goes on.

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<v Speaker 5>And you know, a guy like Tucker, you bring him

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<v Speaker 5>in so he can get that big, big hit or

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<v Speaker 5>two in the playoffs that you're gonna need. So, you know,

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<v Speaker 5>there when when we signed him and people were like

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<v Speaker 5>super excited, I was like, well, what do you expect

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<v Speaker 5>out of him? And a lot of the expectations were

0:21:48.920 --> 0:21:50.520
<v Speaker 5>a little too much in my opinion. You know, they

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<v Speaker 5>were thinking, oh, we're gonna get a guy that hits

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<v Speaker 5>close to three hundred with thirty five homers and one

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<v Speaker 5>hundred and.

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<v Speaker 4>Twenty everybody else.

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<v Speaker 5>I was like, I don't think you're gonna get that

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<v Speaker 5>out of him. I think you gonna get you know,

0:22:01.320 --> 0:22:04.840
<v Speaker 5>a guy that that hit protects your lineup, sits in

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<v Speaker 5>the middle of the order and comes up with some

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<v Speaker 5>big hits and uh. And so for me, I think,

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<v Speaker 5>obviously he got off to this little start, but I

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<v Speaker 5>think he's starting to show who he is and and

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<v Speaker 5>what we need out of him.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, what do you I mean, it feels like, obviously

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<v Speaker 2>the salary for one year is astronomical, But how unfair

0:22:21.960 --> 0:22:24.000
<v Speaker 2>is that to him to say, well, you're making that,

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<v Speaker 2>so you should do X, Y and Z, when that's

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<v Speaker 2>something he's never done in his career.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 5>I think last year he got off to a great start,

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<v Speaker 5>which made people feel that way, But then you know,

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<v Speaker 5>he had a few injuries. But a lot of times,

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<v Speaker 5>the salary is a big number, and so like that

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<v Speaker 5>is a part that you have to pay a.

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<v Speaker 4>Pay attention to.

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<v Speaker 5>But to me, you know, he is an all star,

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<v Speaker 5>he is a great player. But I would not put

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<v Speaker 5>that kind of pressure to say you need to go

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<v Speaker 5>out there and hit three hundred with thirty five and

0:22:57.960 --> 0:23:00.879
<v Speaker 5>one twenty on him like, that's that's that's that's putting

0:23:00.880 --> 0:23:05.080
<v Speaker 5>a little too much expectations there. I think he's he's

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<v Speaker 5>a great to eighty with with twenty five homers and

0:23:08.480 --> 0:23:11.440
<v Speaker 5>a hunter RBI guy. And if you can put your

0:23:11.440 --> 0:23:14.479
<v Speaker 5>mind on that, I think you'll enjoy the player he

0:23:14.640 --> 0:23:18.280
<v Speaker 5>is and what he brings to the table, playing great defense,

0:23:18.359 --> 0:23:21.480
<v Speaker 5>running the bases right, being a great teammate, and helping

0:23:21.520 --> 0:23:23.000
<v Speaker 5>the team win another championship.

0:23:23.760 --> 0:23:26.040
<v Speaker 2>Now Freddy Freeman is hitting in front of him. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>he's gone from three number three hitter to a number

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<v Speaker 2>two hitter, back to a number three hitter. Freddie Freeman's

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<v Speaker 2>thirty six years old, Adrian, you took your last at

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<v Speaker 2>bat in the major leagues at thirty six years old.

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<v Speaker 2>We all know Freddie wants three thousand hits, but lately

0:23:41.520 --> 0:23:45.919
<v Speaker 2>it seems like he's really questioning his own baseball mortality.

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<v Speaker 2>How do you deal with that when you're in the

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<v Speaker 2>middle of it, fighting every day, and do you feel

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<v Speaker 2>like Freddy's gonna have to come to a tough decision

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<v Speaker 2>in a couple of years.

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<v Speaker 5>That's a question that's answer that only Freddie will know,

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<v Speaker 5>because you know, I think the one thing that Freddy's

0:24:06.000 --> 0:24:08.280
<v Speaker 5>got going for himself is that he's playing in a

0:24:08.320 --> 0:24:14.520
<v Speaker 5>place where you know, he can call home, and that makes.

0:24:14.280 --> 0:24:15.240
<v Speaker 4>It a lot easier.

0:24:16.440 --> 0:24:20.480
<v Speaker 5>But let's say he, you know, Dodger's contract ends and

0:24:20.520 --> 0:24:22.240
<v Speaker 5>he wants to play a couple more years and he's

0:24:22.280 --> 0:24:25.280
<v Speaker 5>got to go play somewhere where now the home isn't there.

0:24:25.880 --> 0:24:28.560
<v Speaker 5>That's that's really what you know, for me personally, that's

0:24:28.600 --> 0:24:30.359
<v Speaker 5>what it came down to. If if I would have

0:24:30.359 --> 0:24:32.840
<v Speaker 5>had an opportunity to play, you know, on the West Coast,

0:24:32.880 --> 0:24:36.520
<v Speaker 5>I would have kept playing. My opportunities were in Detroit,

0:24:36.600 --> 0:24:39.920
<v Speaker 5>in Miami and places like that. And after spending half

0:24:39.960 --> 0:24:42.840
<v Speaker 5>a season and and you know, with the Mets, I

0:24:42.880 --> 0:24:45.119
<v Speaker 5>didn't want to be away from home. And so for

0:24:45.200 --> 0:24:48.600
<v Speaker 5>me that my family was more important than being you know,

0:24:49.560 --> 0:24:52.840
<v Speaker 5>away from the family to keep playing just for the

0:24:52.880 --> 0:24:56.600
<v Speaker 5>sake of numbers or or for something like that. So

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<v Speaker 5>if he can stay in a place where he can

0:24:59.200 --> 0:25:01.080
<v Speaker 5>have his family next to him, I think he can

0:25:01.160 --> 0:25:04.040
<v Speaker 5>keep playing. Now if he's got to go somewhere where

0:25:04.080 --> 0:25:05.720
<v Speaker 5>you know, his kids are getting older, they're starting to

0:25:05.720 --> 0:25:08.040
<v Speaker 5>go to school and all these things where you know

0:25:08.080 --> 0:25:11.879
<v Speaker 5>it's not as easy for the family to travel. You

0:25:11.920 --> 0:25:13.359
<v Speaker 5>know that's going to play a play a role. But

0:25:13.400 --> 0:25:15.080
<v Speaker 5>as long as he's able to play here in LA,

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<v Speaker 5>let's say he can play those years and get to

0:25:17.400 --> 0:25:18.600
<v Speaker 5>those three thousand hits.

0:25:19.040 --> 0:25:21.520
<v Speaker 2>Do you think Freddy Freeman would ever you know, as

0:25:21.560 --> 0:25:24.840
<v Speaker 2>he gets older, maybe it's not looking the way that

0:25:24.880 --> 0:25:27.400
<v Speaker 2>it's looking right now. Do you think he could ever

0:25:27.520 --> 0:25:30.679
<v Speaker 2>reconcile not being an everyday player or you feel like

0:25:30.760 --> 0:25:33.560
<v Speaker 2>if he's going to continue to play, he would want

0:25:33.560 --> 0:25:34.760
<v Speaker 2>to be out there every day.

0:25:36.200 --> 0:25:37.479
<v Speaker 5>I think he would want to be out there at

0:25:37.520 --> 0:25:38.720
<v Speaker 5>least eighty percent of the games.

0:25:40.160 --> 0:25:41.680
<v Speaker 4>You know, maybe maybe not.

0:25:41.720 --> 0:25:44.119
<v Speaker 5>A fool everyday player, but still be out there for

0:25:44.240 --> 0:25:46.800
<v Speaker 5>most but definitely against every right hand there and then

0:25:46.800 --> 0:25:48.320
<v Speaker 5>play against like half the lefties.

0:25:49.280 --> 0:25:52.840
<v Speaker 2>Adrian Itzalez is our guest, all right. Just a few

0:25:52.920 --> 0:25:56.200
<v Speaker 2>days ago, Adrian, it was the anniversary of Josh Beckett's

0:25:56.240 --> 0:25:59.119
<v Speaker 2>no hitter in Philadelphia. You were playing for a base

0:25:59.160 --> 0:26:02.399
<v Speaker 2>that day. That was back in twenty fourteen. You played

0:26:02.440 --> 0:26:06.320
<v Speaker 2>on a lot of talented Dodger teams that one consecutive

0:26:06.320 --> 0:26:10.600
<v Speaker 2>division championships. Are there any is there any team or

0:26:10.640 --> 0:26:12.879
<v Speaker 2>any moments that stand out to you the most. I

0:26:13.000 --> 0:26:15.520
<v Speaker 2>never really asked you that before, but now that you're

0:26:15.520 --> 0:26:18.840
<v Speaker 2>a little bit more removed from your playing days, do

0:26:18.880 --> 0:26:22.280
<v Speaker 2>you reflect on anything more than and then another year

0:26:22.400 --> 0:26:23.280
<v Speaker 2>or another moment.

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<v Speaker 5>I mean, I really think twenty thirteen, the team that

0:26:28.000 --> 0:26:30.880
<v Speaker 5>we had in the playoffs was probably the best team

0:26:30.920 --> 0:26:34.080
<v Speaker 5>that I played on. You know, we all we all

0:26:34.119 --> 0:26:38.879
<v Speaker 5>talk about, you know, Handley's ribs in that series against

0:26:38.920 --> 0:26:42.160
<v Speaker 5>the Cardinals, and you know, if he wouldn't have been sidelined,

0:26:42.200 --> 0:26:42.880
<v Speaker 5>what could have been?

0:26:44.240 --> 0:26:46.640
<v Speaker 4>You know, he was he was, you.

0:26:46.600 --> 0:26:50.720
<v Speaker 5>Know, best hitter in the first round, middle of the

0:26:50.760 --> 0:26:54.720
<v Speaker 5>lineup guy, you know, difference maker, and you take him out.

0:26:54.960 --> 0:26:57.199
<v Speaker 5>You know, I guess the reference would be if they

0:26:57.200 --> 0:27:00.280
<v Speaker 5>were to take out Otani right now, right, how does

0:27:00.320 --> 0:27:03.159
<v Speaker 5>that change your team in the middle of a series

0:27:03.280 --> 0:27:06.000
<v Speaker 5>or at the start of a series for that So

0:27:06.119 --> 0:27:11.119
<v Speaker 5>that was That's one, and you know, and honestly, to me,

0:27:11.200 --> 0:27:13.040
<v Speaker 5>it was it was just a lot of fun to

0:27:13.080 --> 0:27:15.320
<v Speaker 5>be in the playoffs every year and and you know,

0:27:15.480 --> 0:27:18.760
<v Speaker 5>get really close and you know see the fans really,

0:27:19.280 --> 0:27:21.280
<v Speaker 5>you know, come alive in the playoffs and in a

0:27:21.359 --> 0:27:23.879
<v Speaker 5>sense of like they're obviously a lot during the season,

0:27:23.920 --> 0:27:27.160
<v Speaker 5>but in the playoffs, that stadium just you know, it rattles,

0:27:27.320 --> 0:27:29.760
<v Speaker 5>you can you can feel the energy through the through

0:27:29.760 --> 0:27:30.199
<v Speaker 5>the ground.

0:27:31.000 --> 0:27:33.760
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and you and Justin Turner really made it come

0:27:33.760 --> 0:27:37.000
<v Speaker 2>to life, Adrian, And we always remember I posted the

0:27:37.000 --> 0:27:40.600
<v Speaker 2>photo of the selfie celebration after the home runs. You

0:27:40.640 --> 0:27:42.960
<v Speaker 2>guys had a little bit more style than these weird,

0:27:43.080 --> 0:27:46.720
<v Speaker 2>awkward celebrations that were seeing from these Dodgers. I'll go

0:27:46.840 --> 0:27:47.720
<v Speaker 2>selfie all day.

0:27:49.240 --> 0:27:52.000
<v Speaker 5>Oh, I mean the selfies, you know, it's you know,

0:27:52.119 --> 0:27:53.320
<v Speaker 5>it's it's it's it's.

0:27:53.200 --> 0:27:54.080
<v Speaker 4>A great celebration.

0:27:54.720 --> 0:27:56.960
<v Speaker 5>I really enjoyed the bubble too after home runs, the

0:27:56.960 --> 0:27:58.080
<v Speaker 5>bubble party.

0:27:58.960 --> 0:28:00.639
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, bubble, that.

0:28:00.760 --> 0:28:03.879
<v Speaker 4>Was like the first celebration.

0:28:04.000 --> 0:28:05.879
<v Speaker 5>And when it comes to home runs and the dugouts

0:28:05.920 --> 0:28:09.080
<v Speaker 5>of any team, you know, we started that trend and

0:28:09.080 --> 0:28:11.679
<v Speaker 5>now everybody has the celebration of the dugout for home runs. So,

0:28:13.040 --> 0:28:15.840
<v Speaker 5>you know, but I think Miguel te Hota started to

0:28:15.960 --> 0:28:19.480
<v Speaker 5>get a hit. You know, show the show the flashlight

0:28:19.520 --> 0:28:21.359
<v Speaker 5>on the player when you know, when they're on the field,

0:28:21.400 --> 0:28:24.920
<v Speaker 5>and have the player recognize the dugout and the dugout

0:28:24.960 --> 0:28:28.320
<v Speaker 5>recognize the player. But you know, we started the home

0:28:28.400 --> 0:28:30.520
<v Speaker 5>run and the dugout trend, and you know, it's fun

0:28:30.560 --> 0:28:33.120
<v Speaker 5>to see every team have their own little little celebration

0:28:33.240 --> 0:28:33.959
<v Speaker 5>for home runs.

0:28:34.280 --> 0:28:37.359
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that's true. Whatever didn't Major League Baseball tell you

0:28:37.400 --> 0:28:39.680
<v Speaker 2>guys to take the bubble machine out?

0:28:40.520 --> 0:28:40.920
<v Speaker 4>They did?

0:28:41.240 --> 0:28:43.960
<v Speaker 5>They they they they forced us to to stop that.

0:28:44.800 --> 0:28:47.520
<v Speaker 4>You know, I think I think it was too early

0:28:47.560 --> 0:28:50.640
<v Speaker 4>for its time for MLB. It was too early for that. Yeah,

0:28:50.720 --> 0:28:52.520
<v Speaker 4>you were, you were ahead of our time.

0:28:53.080 --> 0:28:56.760
<v Speaker 2>We were, we were in a lot of ways. Hey,

0:28:56.840 --> 0:28:59.920
<v Speaker 2>it's great to hear your voice. Everybody got to get

0:29:00.040 --> 0:29:03.239
<v Speaker 2>down to Threstos Thrace and slice Maria on olymp They

0:29:03.280 --> 0:29:05.680
<v Speaker 2>got the block, you know where it is, and you

0:29:05.760 --> 0:29:08.440
<v Speaker 2>never know. You're gonna get good pizza. You're gonna get

0:29:08.440 --> 0:29:12.280
<v Speaker 2>good Mexican food. And you may even see Adrian Gonzalez

0:29:12.480 --> 0:29:17.200
<v Speaker 2>organically randomly trying to steal your guacamole. So come on,

0:29:17.400 --> 0:29:20.080
<v Speaker 2>go go down there and see Adrian and Adrian can't

0:29:20.120 --> 0:29:21.960
<v Speaker 2>wait to see you back at Dodger Stadium.

0:29:23.480 --> 0:29:25.560
<v Speaker 4>Thank you, Thank you, Dave. It's always great to hear

0:29:25.600 --> 0:29:29.080
<v Speaker 4>from you. And I didn't hear that. Did you make

0:29:29.120 --> 0:29:29.600
<v Speaker 4>it down?

0:29:30.120 --> 0:29:32.880
<v Speaker 5>Did you make it down the slide this time around?

0:29:33.200 --> 0:29:34.120
<v Speaker 4>Or you stayed away.

0:29:34.560 --> 0:29:38.640
<v Speaker 2>There wasn't enough momentum from the clubhouse really pushing me

0:29:38.720 --> 0:29:41.920
<v Speaker 2>to go down the slide. So if there's a group

0:29:41.960 --> 0:29:44.560
<v Speaker 2>of guys that really felt like I needed to go

0:29:44.640 --> 0:29:47.760
<v Speaker 2>back down, it probably would have been your teams. But

0:29:48.040 --> 0:29:50.520
<v Speaker 2>this one was a They weren't feeling it, so I

0:29:50.680 --> 0:29:53.160
<v Speaker 2>just left it alone. But I will if they push it,

0:29:53.240 --> 0:29:56.800
<v Speaker 2>and maybe they put some Verde de Niro in a

0:29:56.840 --> 0:29:59.480
<v Speaker 2>Dodger hat, maybe it would entice me to go down.

0:30:00.800 --> 0:30:02.840
<v Speaker 5>I'll tell you what, next year, if I can make it,

0:30:03.240 --> 0:30:06.720
<v Speaker 5>I'll fly down to Milwaukee with the team, and you know,

0:30:06.880 --> 0:30:08.480
<v Speaker 5>kind of like when you do when you're a dad

0:30:08.520 --> 0:30:09.280
<v Speaker 5>and you have your kid.

0:30:09.320 --> 0:30:10.720
<v Speaker 4>I'll put you in front of me and we can

0:30:10.760 --> 0:30:11.560
<v Speaker 4>go down together.

0:30:12.200 --> 0:30:19.040
<v Speaker 2>Okay, thank you. I appreciate that, Papa. Thanks Adrianda. We'll

0:30:19.080 --> 0:30:19.760
<v Speaker 2>talk to you soon.

0:30:21.160 --> 0:30:22.600
<v Speaker 4>All right, Dan, good talking to you.

0:30:23.240 --> 0:30:27.120
<v Speaker 2>There. He goes Adrian Gonzalez, one of my favorites. Uh man.

0:30:27.120 --> 0:30:29.160
<v Speaker 2>We had so many good times when he was playing

0:30:29.160 --> 0:30:32.520
<v Speaker 2>for the Dodgers because the vibes were always high. As

0:30:32.520 --> 0:30:35.280
<v Speaker 2>soon as he got there, a lot of winnings started

0:30:35.280 --> 0:30:38.720
<v Speaker 2>for the Dodgers, and it's continued through twenty twenty six.

0:30:39.160 --> 0:30:41.640
<v Speaker 2>When we continue on Dodger Talk, we'll get to your

0:30:41.680 --> 0:30:44.200
<v Speaker 2>phone calls at eight sixty six nine eighty seven two

0:30:44.360 --> 0:30:46.800
<v Speaker 2>five seventy. We still have a pair of tickets to

0:30:46.800 --> 0:30:50.040
<v Speaker 2>give away for tomorrow night's game against the Phillies Alex

0:30:50.160 --> 0:30:54.480
<v Speaker 2>Vesia babbohead Night. And also you'll hear from Joey Vado,

0:30:54.760 --> 0:30:58.360
<v Speaker 2>another first baseman. He had some high praise for Sho

0:30:58.440 --> 0:31:01.480
<v Speaker 2>Hao Tani on the Dan Patrick Show this morning. A

0:31:01.520 --> 0:31:03.560
<v Speaker 2>lot to get to between now at eight o'clock, and

0:31:03.600 --> 0:31:07.440
<v Speaker 2>thank you again to my guy lt Don Adrian Gonzalez

0:31:07.440 --> 0:31:10.320
<v Speaker 2>for calling in more Dodger Talk around the corner on

0:31:10.360 --> 0:31:11.640
<v Speaker 2>a five to seventy LA.

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<v Speaker 3>Sports don't miss a moment of world champion Dodger Talk.

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<v Speaker 3>Your chance to talk about the world chance is he

0:31:21.680 --> 0:31:25.000
<v Speaker 3>eight six six nine eight seven two five seven. Here

0:31:25.080 --> 0:31:28.480
<v Speaker 3>past episodes of Dodger Talk on the iHeartRadio Act.

0:31:30.920 --> 0:31:34.320
<v Speaker 2>Thanks again to Adrian Gonzalez for joining us. You'll see

0:31:34.360 --> 0:31:37.120
<v Speaker 2>him on Sports Net LA. You'll see him at Thrace,

0:31:37.200 --> 0:31:41.000
<v Speaker 2>those Thrace and Slice Aria down an Olympic at the Block.

0:31:41.240 --> 0:31:43.920
<v Speaker 2>So awesome we have Adrian come on the show and

0:31:44.080 --> 0:31:48.720
<v Speaker 2>certainly had some unique perspective on Kyle Tucker and what

0:31:48.760 --> 0:31:52.960
<v Speaker 2>we should expect, and also Freddie Freeman dealing with what

0:31:53.080 --> 0:31:58.280
<v Speaker 2>every player eventually deals with, and that's their own baseball mortality.

0:31:58.360 --> 0:32:00.800
<v Speaker 2>But Freddy's still going strong, don't get me wrong. He

0:32:00.880 --> 0:32:03.640
<v Speaker 2>still has a lot left in the tank to help

0:32:03.680 --> 0:32:07.760
<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers get to a three pet But obviously, moving forward,

0:32:07.760 --> 0:32:11.680
<v Speaker 2>it's something that isn't on his mind because Ken Rosenthal

0:32:11.800 --> 0:32:14.320
<v Speaker 2>was asking him about it. Others have asked him about it,

0:32:14.400 --> 0:32:18.400
<v Speaker 2>so it certainly is not at the forefront of his mind,

0:32:18.400 --> 0:32:22.160
<v Speaker 2>but certainly something that is right around the corner for him.

0:32:22.520 --> 0:32:25.400
<v Speaker 2>Eight sixty six nine seven two, five seventy is the

0:32:25.400 --> 0:32:27.680
<v Speaker 2>phone number. Let's go out to Joe and Glen Dora.

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<v Speaker 2>You're on Dodger Talk. How you doing, Joe Dave.

0:32:30.840 --> 0:32:33.320
<v Speaker 6>I'm doing great. I'm super happy to be on the

0:32:33.360 --> 0:32:35.560
<v Speaker 6>air with you. Hey, I just want to talk real

0:32:35.680 --> 0:32:38.240
<v Speaker 6>quick about how excited I am to see this three

0:32:38.240 --> 0:32:40.680
<v Speaker 6>peat and see the Dodgers go back to back to

0:32:40.800 --> 0:32:44.960
<v Speaker 6>back and win another championship. What makes this the Golden

0:32:44.960 --> 0:32:48.800
<v Speaker 6>era of Dodgers baseball is the depth that we have

0:32:49.200 --> 0:32:51.720
<v Speaker 6>and you know, a lot of other teams when they

0:32:51.760 --> 0:32:56.200
<v Speaker 6>lose glass Now and Snell and Edwin Diaz and we

0:32:56.280 --> 0:33:00.680
<v Speaker 6>haven't seen Gratterol in half a decade, and we all

0:33:00.720 --> 0:33:03.400
<v Speaker 6>of the Hernandez is any other team, it takes them

0:33:03.400 --> 0:33:06.360
<v Speaker 6>out of contention. Our fans look at it and say, oh,

0:33:06.400 --> 0:33:08.040
<v Speaker 6>are we gonna be able to keep this four game

0:33:08.160 --> 0:33:11.880
<v Speaker 6>lead in a tough division where everybody's trying to catch

0:33:11.960 --> 0:33:14.600
<v Speaker 6>up to us? And then when we do, when these

0:33:14.640 --> 0:33:16.840
<v Speaker 6>players start to come back, and we start looking at

0:33:16.840 --> 0:33:19.200
<v Speaker 6>it and going, ooh, we should be able to be

0:33:19.280 --> 0:33:21.600
<v Speaker 6>up by ten or fifteen games when we get the

0:33:21.720 --> 0:33:25.120
<v Speaker 6>entire roster back. See, what makes this the Golden Era

0:33:25.240 --> 0:33:28.040
<v Speaker 6>of Dodgers baseball is the fact that all of the

0:33:28.120 --> 0:33:31.120
<v Speaker 6>guys who are filling in when these all stars are

0:33:31.320 --> 0:33:34.760
<v Speaker 6>on the il, all of those guys, we're not going

0:33:34.760 --> 0:33:38.520
<v Speaker 6>to guys who are negative war players. We have players

0:33:38.600 --> 0:33:40.880
<v Speaker 6>coming in that are able to hold their own and

0:33:41.000 --> 0:33:43.720
<v Speaker 6>prove that they could be All Stars on any other team.

0:33:43.920 --> 0:33:49.320
<v Speaker 2>So it's just Hey, the Dodgers have their own all

0:33:49.360 --> 0:33:52.120
<v Speaker 2>star emerging right now, and that's the center field or

0:33:52.160 --> 0:33:56.600
<v Speaker 2>Andy pa Has, who leads major League Baseball with fifty RBIs.

0:33:56.680 --> 0:34:00.760
<v Speaker 2>He's top five in hits and has six outfield assists,

0:34:01.120 --> 0:34:05.200
<v Speaker 2>which leads all major league outfielders as well. Joe, I

0:34:05.240 --> 0:34:08.520
<v Speaker 2>love the enthusiasm you have for the Dodgers. Can you

0:34:08.520 --> 0:34:09.919
<v Speaker 2>make it to the game tomorrow night?

0:34:11.320 --> 0:34:13.560
<v Speaker 6>Heck, yeah, I can. I'll be there. We're gonna take

0:34:13.600 --> 0:34:14.400
<v Speaker 6>down the Phillies.

0:34:14.800 --> 0:34:16.080
<v Speaker 2>And who's giving you tickets?

0:34:16.200 --> 0:34:19.160
<v Speaker 6>Joe am five seventy and David.

0:34:18.880 --> 0:34:22.319
<v Speaker 2>Was, oh baby, all right, Joe, hold on, you get

0:34:22.440 --> 0:34:25.279
<v Speaker 2>him and don't forget. You can live stream all the

0:34:25.320 --> 0:34:28.759
<v Speaker 2>Dodger games on the iHeartRadio app. And it should be

0:34:28.760 --> 0:34:33.319
<v Speaker 2>a fun night out there, Dodgers, Phillies, alex Vesia, babblehead night.

0:34:33.719 --> 0:34:36.600
<v Speaker 2>I want to go out to my guy, Teddy Tannenbaum,

0:34:36.680 --> 0:34:40.879
<v Speaker 2>who is a longtime Dodger fan and lives out here

0:34:40.920 --> 0:34:44.680
<v Speaker 2>in LA and he is one of the best executive

0:34:44.760 --> 0:34:48.279
<v Speaker 2>leaders out there, but even more a passionate baseball fan,

0:34:48.360 --> 0:34:52.520
<v Speaker 2>a passionate Dodger fan. He plays in a southern California

0:34:52.600 --> 0:34:55.360
<v Speaker 2>league called Dodger Town West. He's done that for the

0:34:55.440 --> 0:34:58.200
<v Speaker 2>last thirty five years. It's kind of a breakoff of

0:34:58.239 --> 0:35:01.919
<v Speaker 2>the alumni of the adult baseball and Teddy has such

0:35:01.920 --> 0:35:05.040
<v Speaker 2>a great passion for the game of baseball. He published

0:35:05.120 --> 0:35:09.000
<v Speaker 2>a poem book about the game that he loved so much, Teddy.

0:35:09.400 --> 0:35:11.520
<v Speaker 2>Great to have you on Dodger Talk. Hope you're doing

0:35:11.560 --> 0:35:12.080
<v Speaker 2>good tonight.

0:35:13.120 --> 0:35:14.959
<v Speaker 7>Thanks David, just elighted to be here.

0:35:15.920 --> 0:35:19.360
<v Speaker 2>Yeah. So you obviously have a deep love for the

0:35:19.400 --> 0:35:22.960
<v Speaker 2>game of baseball, and for the Dodgers. To play in

0:35:23.080 --> 0:35:26.560
<v Speaker 2>those adult fantasy camps, I'm sure was a dream come

0:35:26.640 --> 0:35:29.520
<v Speaker 2>true for all of us to be able to not

0:35:29.640 --> 0:35:33.120
<v Speaker 2>only meet some of these Dodger greats, but to put

0:35:33.160 --> 0:35:35.560
<v Speaker 2>on a Dodger uniform and to be coached up by

0:35:35.600 --> 0:35:36.480
<v Speaker 2>some of these guys.

0:35:38.520 --> 0:35:41.719
<v Speaker 7>Absolutely, I had never played as a kid, so I

0:35:41.880 --> 0:35:44.360
<v Speaker 7>was forty three when I went to the camp and

0:35:44.440 --> 0:35:47.640
<v Speaker 7>I met a guy named Duke Snyder. And Duke Snyder

0:35:47.680 --> 0:35:49.839
<v Speaker 7>was my first year in baseball back in New York.

0:35:50.360 --> 0:35:53.040
<v Speaker 7>I saw him playing at its Field, probably fifty six

0:35:53.160 --> 0:35:56.919
<v Speaker 7>or fifty seven. I had a Duke Snyder glove, and

0:35:57.480 --> 0:35:59.400
<v Speaker 7>you know, I oiled that glove and looked like he

0:35:59.400 --> 0:36:01.960
<v Speaker 7>had signed it to himself. And that first game I

0:36:02.000 --> 0:36:03.840
<v Speaker 7>went to at seven eight years old, he hit a

0:36:03.840 --> 0:36:06.640
<v Speaker 7>home run and it's been a love affair ever since.

0:36:07.400 --> 0:36:10.440
<v Speaker 2>The Dream Life of Teddy Baseball is the name of

0:36:10.480 --> 0:36:12.759
<v Speaker 2>the book. You can find out an Amazon, Barnes and

0:36:12.800 --> 0:36:16.800
<v Speaker 2>Noble anywhere you buy them. And what inspired these poems?

0:36:16.920 --> 0:36:18.759
<v Speaker 2>Was it a moment in time at a doll camp,

0:36:18.840 --> 0:36:21.680
<v Speaker 2>Was it a moment in time meeting a Dodger? Was

0:36:21.760 --> 0:36:25.120
<v Speaker 2>it just a collection of lifetime memories?

0:36:26.840 --> 0:36:27.080
<v Speaker 5>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 7>I started writing things back in the late eighties. In fact,

0:36:30.600 --> 0:36:33.879
<v Speaker 7>the first poem I wrote was an Oats Oral Herscheizer

0:36:33.960 --> 0:36:37.799
<v Speaker 7>from the eighty eight season, and it's called Strikeout, and

0:36:37.840 --> 0:36:41.799
<v Speaker 7>it was something just observing or to remember. During the

0:36:41.800 --> 0:36:45.240
<v Speaker 7>World Series, he asked permission to reach into his pocket

0:36:45.280 --> 0:36:47.800
<v Speaker 7>to look at a car for some hymns that he

0:36:47.880 --> 0:36:50.520
<v Speaker 7>wanted to come to himself. Now everyone's looking at a

0:36:50.520 --> 0:36:53.520
<v Speaker 7>carc sousee. We're position themselves defensively. But it was very

0:36:53.600 --> 0:36:57.000
<v Speaker 7>unique at that time, and just watching him it inspired

0:36:57.040 --> 0:36:58.880
<v Speaker 7>me to write a little poem for him, and I've

0:36:58.920 --> 0:37:02.680
<v Speaker 7>been writing ever since and in my career. You know,

0:37:02.760 --> 0:37:05.560
<v Speaker 7>in late leadership work, some of the most surprising and

0:37:05.640 --> 0:37:11.080
<v Speaker 7>enlightening things about leadership, life and human nature often arise

0:37:11.120 --> 0:37:14.240
<v Speaker 7>at unexpected places. And for me, that place has always

0:37:14.280 --> 0:37:15.880
<v Speaker 7>been baseball.

0:37:15.960 --> 0:37:19.719
<v Speaker 2>That's pretty special, and Oral Herscheizer, obviously, to this day,

0:37:19.880 --> 0:37:23.680
<v Speaker 2>has such a special place in Dodger fans. Hearts for

0:37:23.800 --> 0:37:27.480
<v Speaker 2>what he did in nineteen eighty eight, and Christopher Sanchez

0:37:27.560 --> 0:37:30.400
<v Speaker 2>Teddy is trying to catch him with that fifty nine

0:37:30.480 --> 0:37:32.960
<v Speaker 2>consecutive scoreless innings streak. We got to put a stop

0:37:33.000 --> 0:37:33.640
<v Speaker 2>to that, Teddy.

0:37:34.640 --> 0:37:36.800
<v Speaker 7>Yeah, too bad. We may not have a chance to

0:37:36.800 --> 0:37:37.480
<v Speaker 7>see him this week.

0:37:37.480 --> 0:37:41.600
<v Speaker 2>And Louis no, no, he pitched against the one of

0:37:41.640 --> 0:37:44.799
<v Speaker 2>the worst offenses in the Padres and I think he's

0:37:44.840 --> 0:37:48.160
<v Speaker 2>going to see the Blue Jays next. So I don't know.

0:37:48.239 --> 0:37:49.919
<v Speaker 2>I don't know where this is going, but I don't

0:37:50.000 --> 0:37:52.279
<v Speaker 2>like it.

0:37:52.760 --> 0:37:55.160
<v Speaker 7>Well, we'll keep a hole close to our hearts and

0:37:55.200 --> 0:37:57.160
<v Speaker 7>hope his district last forever.

0:37:58.160 --> 0:38:02.440
<v Speaker 2>Is there one Dodger outside of Duke Snyder Teddy that

0:38:02.480 --> 0:38:06.120
<v Speaker 2>you met that really was one of your childhood heroes?

0:38:06.160 --> 0:38:10.080
<v Speaker 2>I mean everybody automatically says that grew up in the sixties,

0:38:10.440 --> 0:38:13.160
<v Speaker 2>Sandy Kofax. Did you ever get to meet Kofax?

0:38:14.560 --> 0:38:17.919
<v Speaker 7>Of course he has just briefly and got to shake

0:38:17.960 --> 0:38:20.200
<v Speaker 7>his hand, not his left hand, but his right hand.

0:38:20.680 --> 0:38:23.719
<v Speaker 7>And what a thrill having grown up in New York

0:38:23.760 --> 0:38:29.680
<v Speaker 7>and just watching him blossomed, especially when the Dodgers left town.

0:38:30.239 --> 0:38:33.480
<v Speaker 7>Of course it was a sad time. And when the

0:38:33.520 --> 0:38:36.239
<v Speaker 7>Meds showed up in sixty two and played in Polo

0:38:36.280 --> 0:38:39.960
<v Speaker 7>Grounds for those few years. Every time the Dodgers came

0:38:40.000 --> 0:38:42.080
<v Speaker 7>to town. I was at every game. So I got

0:38:42.120 --> 0:38:44.719
<v Speaker 7>to see Sandy in sixty two, sixty three, sixty four,

0:38:45.320 --> 0:38:48.720
<v Speaker 7>right through sixty six, and what a pleasure.

0:38:49.920 --> 0:38:52.680
<v Speaker 2>Yeah. Can you believe you know this that when Sandy

0:38:52.760 --> 0:38:56.279
<v Speaker 2>Kofax pitched his one and only perfect game, there wasn't

0:38:56.320 --> 0:38:59.440
<v Speaker 2>even thirty thousand fans at Dodgers Stadium that week night

0:38:59.560 --> 0:39:00.520
<v Speaker 2>against the Cubs.

0:39:02.640 --> 0:39:06.160
<v Speaker 7>Yeah, and memorialized by Vin's call, of course.

0:39:08.400 --> 0:39:11.240
<v Speaker 2>I mean, obviously, when you talk about a baseball poet,

0:39:11.320 --> 0:39:14.800
<v Speaker 2>Vince Scully is the first person that comes to mind, Teddy,

0:39:15.080 --> 0:39:18.000
<v Speaker 2>I'm sure just like all of us that grew up

0:39:18.040 --> 0:39:21.840
<v Speaker 2>listening to Vinn, he had a major, a major impact

0:39:21.880 --> 0:39:23.520
<v Speaker 2>on your love affair with the game.

0:39:26.080 --> 0:39:29.400
<v Speaker 7>Yeah, he did, And I wrote about I wrote a

0:39:29.440 --> 0:39:34.680
<v Speaker 7>pieceful Transistor about listening when the trendistor radio came out

0:39:35.840 --> 0:39:37.880
<v Speaker 7>and I'd be on the beach in New York and

0:39:37.920 --> 0:39:40.880
<v Speaker 7>I listened to the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball games. What I

0:39:41.000 --> 0:39:43.799
<v Speaker 7>noted was that he never called him the Dodgers. It

0:39:43.880 --> 0:39:47.600
<v Speaker 7>was always Brooklyn, Brooklyn that would head for to two Brooklyn,

0:39:47.680 --> 0:39:49.960
<v Speaker 7>trailing buyer run with two who needs to play? And

0:39:50.040 --> 0:39:53.480
<v Speaker 7>my favorite basis FLD full of Brooklyns.

0:39:54.920 --> 0:39:57.240
<v Speaker 2>I never knew that because in LA he would always

0:39:57.280 --> 0:40:00.360
<v Speaker 2>say the Dodgers.

0:40:00.880 --> 0:40:04.200
<v Speaker 7>Never call them the Dodgers, as I recall listening to Dorcaster,

0:40:04.280 --> 0:40:05.560
<v Speaker 7>New York, always Brooklyn.

0:40:06.920 --> 0:40:10.400
<v Speaker 2>The Dream Life of Teddy Baseball a book of poems

0:40:10.440 --> 0:40:13.880
<v Speaker 2>from Teddy and his love for baseball. All right, Teddy,

0:40:14.400 --> 0:40:18.640
<v Speaker 2>before we move on, And certainly I love your story.

0:40:18.680 --> 0:40:21.319
<v Speaker 2>I love just how much passion you have for the

0:40:21.360 --> 0:40:23.719
<v Speaker 2>game to be able to put together this book. But

0:40:24.280 --> 0:40:26.360
<v Speaker 2>what do you think about the boys in Blue and

0:40:26.440 --> 0:40:29.640
<v Speaker 2>twenty twenty six? I know you still follow them closely,

0:40:29.760 --> 0:40:32.319
<v Speaker 2>So as a Dodger fan, do you feel like the

0:40:32.360 --> 0:40:33.680
<v Speaker 2>three pete is inevitable?

0:40:36.000 --> 0:40:40.799
<v Speaker 7>Well, it's hard to say it's inevitable. I go back

0:40:40.840 --> 0:40:43.239
<v Speaker 7>to what Tommy used to say, every team's going to

0:40:43.280 --> 0:40:46.560
<v Speaker 7>win sixty, every team's going to lose sixty. It's the

0:40:46.680 --> 0:40:50.680
<v Speaker 7>other forty that makes the difference. And the Dodgies are primed.

0:40:50.800 --> 0:40:53.400
<v Speaker 7>Look at in twenty seventeen, right, the Cobage just had

0:40:53.440 --> 0:40:57.200
<v Speaker 7>this band run two ten game losing streak and a

0:40:57.239 --> 0:41:01.240
<v Speaker 7>ten game winning streak, and everyone recollected. In twenty seventeen,

0:41:01.840 --> 0:41:04.200
<v Speaker 7>Job just had two ten game losing streaks, that ten

0:41:04.200 --> 0:41:06.759
<v Speaker 7>game winning streak. And if you go back to the days,

0:41:06.800 --> 0:41:09.640
<v Speaker 7>and I'm sure some of your listeners will remember Bug Farillo,

0:41:09.840 --> 0:41:12.600
<v Speaker 7>the steamer, and he used to say, hey, you're in

0:41:12.640 --> 0:41:15.600
<v Speaker 7>here on the bus or you're off with us. So

0:41:16.160 --> 0:41:18.440
<v Speaker 7>you know, one of the beautiful things start voting for

0:41:18.480 --> 0:41:20.960
<v Speaker 7>a team is you get to fold him with all

0:41:21.000 --> 0:41:24.440
<v Speaker 7>the ups and downs. And it's a long season, so

0:41:25.320 --> 0:41:28.040
<v Speaker 7>as you know, when they have a losing streak, people go,

0:41:28.080 --> 0:41:30.960
<v Speaker 7>oh that's it. They'll never repeat and have winning streak.

0:41:31.000 --> 0:41:33.840
<v Speaker 7>How could they ever lose? That's the beauty of watching

0:41:33.840 --> 0:41:36.319
<v Speaker 7>the season unfold. That's what the love is for me.

0:41:37.320 --> 0:41:40.359
<v Speaker 2>All right, Teddy, thank you for calling in. Appreciate it,

0:41:40.440 --> 0:41:43.600
<v Speaker 2>and we'll look forward to seeing you at Dodger Stadium

0:41:43.719 --> 0:41:46.319
<v Speaker 2>very soon. Don't forget. It's called the dream Life of

0:41:46.360 --> 0:41:50.239
<v Speaker 2>Teddy Baseball. Teddy tenem Bomb a big time Dodger and

0:41:50.320 --> 0:41:52.840
<v Speaker 2>baseball fan and just want to share a story with you.

0:41:52.960 --> 0:41:54.439
<v Speaker 2>So thanks Teddy, we'll see you soon.

0:41:56.080 --> 0:41:58.439
<v Speaker 7>Appreciate it, David, thank you all.

0:41:58.400 --> 0:42:01.239
<v Speaker 2>Right, Teddy Tannembomb, big time Dodger, fan playing in those

0:42:01.239 --> 0:42:04.200
<v Speaker 2>adult camps. Let's go out to the phones again. Let's

0:42:04.200 --> 0:42:06.839
<v Speaker 2>go out to West with Sassan. You're on Dodger Talk.

0:42:06.840 --> 0:42:09.719
<v Speaker 2>How are you doing, Sassan, I'm doing great.

0:42:09.719 --> 0:42:11.080
<v Speaker 7>Thanks for taking my call, David.

0:42:11.400 --> 0:42:13.960
<v Speaker 2>Thanks for hanging in there, Sassan. I appreciate you holding

0:42:14.000 --> 0:42:14.839
<v Speaker 2>on for so long.

0:42:16.560 --> 0:42:19.080
<v Speaker 8>No problem, I just yeah, I just wanted to ask

0:42:19.120 --> 0:42:22.160
<v Speaker 8>you about so today major League Baseball.

0:42:22.239 --> 0:42:23.880
<v Speaker 4>They proposed a hard.

0:42:23.680 --> 0:42:26.600
<v Speaker 8>Salary cap today and I just wanted to get your

0:42:26.600 --> 0:42:30.160
<v Speaker 8>thoughts on how that might affect the Dodgers it is

0:42:30.239 --> 0:42:33.760
<v Speaker 8>coming next season and how they construct their roster.

0:42:34.719 --> 0:42:39.360
<v Speaker 2>Okay, so I'm not full disclosure, Sassan. The Dodger zone

0:42:39.440 --> 0:42:43.160
<v Speaker 2>forty nine percent of this radio station, right, so just

0:42:43.239 --> 0:42:45.839
<v Speaker 2>keep that in mind when we get go through these

0:42:45.920 --> 0:42:49.880
<v Speaker 2>labor negotiations. But I will say this, this has nothing

0:42:49.920 --> 0:42:52.799
<v Speaker 2>to do with the Dodgers. This has a lot to

0:42:52.880 --> 0:42:56.520
<v Speaker 2>do with the rest of Major League Baseball. They're trying

0:42:56.560 --> 0:43:00.680
<v Speaker 2>to put their problems on the players, and the Dodgers

0:43:00.719 --> 0:43:05.040
<v Speaker 2>don't need to apologize for how smart and how good

0:43:05.080 --> 0:43:10.920
<v Speaker 2>they are. I mean, they've completely dominated professional sports since

0:43:11.000 --> 0:43:14.719
<v Speaker 2>this ownership group took over, and they have no apologies

0:43:14.719 --> 0:43:17.680
<v Speaker 2>for that, including the lucrative TV deal they made that

0:43:17.800 --> 0:43:22.880
<v Speaker 2>has really separated them as far as resources before Otani,

0:43:22.960 --> 0:43:26.600
<v Speaker 2>now with Otani even more so. Really, to me, it

0:43:26.640 --> 0:43:29.160
<v Speaker 2>feels like the rest of the owners are trying to

0:43:29.200 --> 0:43:32.120
<v Speaker 2>put their issues on the players with a salary cap.

0:43:32.400 --> 0:43:35.000
<v Speaker 2>How about the Cincinnati Reds putting a salary cap on

0:43:35.040 --> 0:43:38.319
<v Speaker 2>their ticket prices or their beer prices or their hot

0:43:38.320 --> 0:43:41.000
<v Speaker 2>dog prices. How about that, Sassan, how about that for

0:43:41.120 --> 0:43:44.760
<v Speaker 2>a hard salary cap. But here's the thing. Both sides

0:43:44.920 --> 0:43:48.520
<v Speaker 2>are giving the other side the extremes. That's like their

0:43:48.560 --> 0:43:52.040
<v Speaker 2>wish list. This is our wish list, this is my

0:43:52.200 --> 0:43:55.879
<v Speaker 2>wish list. And at some point theasan they will meet

0:43:55.920 --> 0:43:59.640
<v Speaker 2>in the middle. So it's way too early to start

0:43:59.680 --> 0:44:03.520
<v Speaker 2>freaking looking out over what major League Baseball proposed to

0:44:03.600 --> 0:44:06.840
<v Speaker 2>the union and what the Union proposed to major League Baseball.

0:44:07.160 --> 0:44:11.239
<v Speaker 2>It is so early and right now it's trying to

0:44:11.280 --> 0:44:15.600
<v Speaker 2>win the court of public opinion right now by making

0:44:15.640 --> 0:44:21.000
<v Speaker 2>their negotiations so public this early. So I'm not concerned

0:44:21.000 --> 0:44:25.560
<v Speaker 2>about it, and I hope soisan that the media doesn't

0:44:25.600 --> 0:44:29.200
<v Speaker 2>focus on this more than the great season that we

0:44:29.239 --> 0:44:32.319
<v Speaker 2>are witnessing, not only from the Dodgers, but by the

0:44:32.480 --> 0:44:37.560
<v Speaker 2>entire sport, you can't cast a shadow over this season

0:44:37.640 --> 0:44:38.960
<v Speaker 2>with all this nonsense.

0:44:41.440 --> 0:44:42.959
<v Speaker 7>I will thank you for your well came answer.

0:44:43.000 --> 0:44:43.640
<v Speaker 4>I appreciate it.

0:44:43.760 --> 0:44:44.319
<v Speaker 1>Have a great one.

0:44:44.719 --> 0:44:48.080
<v Speaker 2>Thanks asan appreciate it. Yeah, that's my only gripe right now.

0:44:48.200 --> 0:44:51.120
<v Speaker 2>I mean, I've never been a big fan of talking

0:44:51.160 --> 0:44:56.160
<v Speaker 2>about players salaries, collective bargaining agreements. That's just not why

0:44:56.200 --> 0:45:00.680
<v Speaker 2>you're here for all that. And when the time comes

0:45:00.719 --> 0:45:03.759
<v Speaker 2>after the season's over, obviously it'll be more of a

0:45:03.800 --> 0:45:07.480
<v Speaker 2>focal point. But right now I'm not gonna talk about

0:45:07.480 --> 0:45:10.240
<v Speaker 2>it every night because I don't care about it. Right now,

0:45:10.480 --> 0:45:14.960
<v Speaker 2>it's not affecting anything during this season. So let's just

0:45:15.040 --> 0:45:21.480
<v Speaker 2>sit back, enjoy this season. And I'm a believer, maybe

0:45:21.480 --> 0:45:24.879
<v Speaker 2>I'm an optimist. I've talked to some players. They are

0:45:24.920 --> 0:45:28.719
<v Speaker 2>not going to accept a salary cap, and look, that's

0:45:28.760 --> 0:45:31.960
<v Speaker 2>just the reality of it. Okay, that'll do it for

0:45:32.040 --> 0:45:35.440
<v Speaker 2>us on Dodger Talk. Thanks to and Adrian Gonzalez for

0:45:35.520 --> 0:45:38.400
<v Speaker 2>calling in. Thanks to Zach Gilcaldi for all his help.

0:45:39.120 --> 0:45:42.399
<v Speaker 2>Tomorrow night, we'll be out at Dodger Stadium. Justin Robleski

0:45:42.480 --> 0:45:44.760
<v Speaker 2>will be on the mound going up against Zach Wheeler.

0:45:45.040 --> 0:45:48.600
<v Speaker 2>Our coverage begins at six o'clock, first pitch at seven

0:45:48.600 --> 0:45:52.759
<v Speaker 2>point fifteen. Coming up next Fox Sports Radio. We'll talk

0:45:52.800 --> 0:45:53.960
<v Speaker 2>to you tomorrow night. See you