WEBVTT - Dodger Talk (6-7-26) 0:00:00.560 --> 0:00:03.000 The quest for the three peat has begun. 0:00:03.240 --> 0:00:07.280 Only four teams in Major League Baseball history have won 0:00:07.400 --> 0:00:12.000 three consecutive titles. The Dodgers are the favorites to become 0:00:12.360 --> 0:00:13.240 the fifth. 0:00:13.280 --> 0:00:15.840 This is world Champion Dodger Talk. 0:00:15.920 --> 0:00:18.040 Here we go again, Brigara running back to. 0:00:17.960 --> 0:00:20.599 Get in on the show called eight six six, nine 0:00:20.600 --> 0:00:23.520 eighty seven two five seventy and be sure to follow 0:00:23.600 --> 0:00:27.920 Dodger Talk wherever you get your podcasts. Here's your host, 0:00:28.520 --> 0:00:30.160 David vasselast day. 0:00:31.760 --> 0:00:33.120 Welcome the Dodger Talk. 0:00:33.240 --> 0:00:36.200 David Vasse with you until the top of the hour. 0:00:36.440 --> 0:00:38.920 Phone lines are open at eight six, six, nine eighty 0:00:39.040 --> 0:00:42.520 seven two five seventy. We have two lines open. After 0:00:42.600 --> 0:00:45.560 the Dodgers fall to the Angels today by a final 0:00:45.640 --> 0:00:49.760 score of thirteen to five. The Dodgers win five out 0:00:49.800 --> 0:00:53.519 of the six regular season matchups between them and the 0:00:53.600 --> 0:00:58.200 Halos this season, after dropping all six last year. But 0:00:58.360 --> 0:01:02.560 this was a very range game, more than you would 0:01:02.600 --> 0:01:06.320 believe in a thirteen to five type of game. Now, 0:01:06.400 --> 0:01:10.160 just to reset everything, the Dodgers now still in first 0:01:10.200 --> 0:01:13.479 place by a lot in the NLST with a forty 0:01:13.560 --> 0:01:16.399 two and twenty four record. There's seven and a half 0:01:16.520 --> 0:01:19.479 games ahead of the Diamondbacks, who were the only team 0:01:19.959 --> 0:01:23.960 in the NLS today to win. The Diamondbacks are seven 0:01:24.000 --> 0:01:26.680 and a half back, the Padres, who have lost eleven 0:01:26.720 --> 0:01:30.480 of thirteen, are eight back, The Giants are fifteen and 0:01:30.520 --> 0:01:34.080 a half games back, while the Rockies are eighteen back. 0:01:34.240 --> 0:01:37.360 But this was a weird game in more ways than one. 0:01:37.520 --> 0:01:42.000 Because let's start with the home played umpire, Dan Iosnia, 0:01:42.080 --> 0:01:45.720 who's a really good umpire but today just wasn't on 0:01:45.920 --> 0:01:49.160 his game, and a couple of things that impacted the game. 0:01:49.560 --> 0:01:52.680 Let's start in the second inning, when you know, Jose 0:01:53.000 --> 0:01:57.560 Siri foul tipped a ball into the glove of Dalton rushing. 0:01:57.640 --> 0:02:02.279 He was pretty certain and adamant, and the replay showed that, uh, 0:02:02.320 --> 0:02:05.720 you know, Dan i Asonia missed that one. Instead Jose 0:02:05.920 --> 0:02:10.240 Siri walks and then the number nine hitter, the catcher 0:02:10.360 --> 0:02:15.079 that everybody knows now, the backup catcher for the Angels, Sebastia, 0:02:15.160 --> 0:02:18.640 have hit a bleeder over the head of Alex Friedlin 0:02:18.720 --> 0:02:22.360 in no man's land to score two. If if Emit 0:02:22.480 --> 0:02:25.480 Sheen gets the call there, that inning is not what 0:02:25.600 --> 0:02:29.240 it turned out to be. Also, maybe a more egregious 0:02:29.280 --> 0:02:34.799 and more confusing chain of events involving the home played 0:02:34.880 --> 0:02:38.639 umpire was in the uh in the seventh inning, or 0:02:38.680 --> 0:02:42.600 excuse me, in the sixth inning where or I'm gonna 0:02:42.600 --> 0:02:44.000 reset that fourth inning? 0:02:44.400 --> 0:02:46.680 Uh, there should have been a. 0:02:46.639 --> 0:02:51.840 Swing appealed on a check swing that you know, quite honestly, 0:02:52.520 --> 0:02:54.959 there was some confusion with the ABS. 0:02:55.080 --> 0:02:55.280 Right. 0:02:55.639 --> 0:03:00.880 The ABS was something that you know, it's a great tool, 0:03:01.440 --> 0:03:04.120 but here is something where is a little bit of 0:03:04.120 --> 0:03:04.919 a gray area. 0:03:05.040 --> 0:03:05.239 Right. 0:03:05.360 --> 0:03:09.520 Nick Madrical at the plate working a twelve pitch at 0:03:09.560 --> 0:03:14.639 bat against Alex Vesia full count, a pitch that originally 0:03:14.760 --> 0:03:18.440 was called strike three that would have ended that inning 0:03:18.639 --> 0:03:22.359 in the fourth. Instead they go to the ABS and 0:03:22.400 --> 0:03:25.040 they say, no, it's a ball. So it is a 0:03:25.080 --> 0:03:28.639 full count, right, and that turns into a three to 0:03:28.680 --> 0:03:31.080 two count after the count coming into it was two 0:03:31.120 --> 0:03:36.840 to two. So on that pitch that was rule overruled 0:03:36.960 --> 0:03:40.680 and turned into from a strike to a ball, Nick 0:03:40.800 --> 0:03:43.880 Madrical actually swung. If you go back and look at 0:03:43.920 --> 0:03:48.800 the replay, it was a swing. And here's my question, Okay, 0:03:48.960 --> 0:03:53.040 on an ABS call like that, if you're if the 0:03:53.120 --> 0:03:56.480 call is overturned to a ball, but the hitter didn't 0:03:56.600 --> 0:04:00.520 check his swing, shouldn't that be strike three? That's a 0:04:00.640 --> 0:04:02.760 rule that I'm not sure about, and you heard Dave 0:04:02.840 --> 0:04:05.440 Roberts allude to it. There's gotta be a little bit 0:04:05.440 --> 0:04:08.120 more clarity on that, because whether or not the pitch 0:04:08.280 --> 0:04:10.840 was a strike or not, he swung at it, he 0:04:11.000 --> 0:04:13.240 offered at it, and that should have been strike three 0:04:13.800 --> 0:04:16.160 now as far as the game goes, And that's where 0:04:16.160 --> 0:04:20.560 it really is decided inexcusable for the Dodger pitching staff, 0:04:20.600 --> 0:04:24.799 which threw two hundred and six pitches to allow the Angels, 0:04:24.800 --> 0:04:27.360 who are not a very good hitting team. But the 0:04:27.400 --> 0:04:31.440 Angels six through nine hitters go thirteen for fifteen with 0:04:31.520 --> 0:04:36.000 ten RBIs and ten runs scored, including the Angels backup 0:04:36.080 --> 0:04:40.760 catcher Sebastian Rivero going five for five with six RBIs. Now, 0:04:40.800 --> 0:04:43.719 a couple of those hits were a product of luck 0:04:44.560 --> 0:04:47.000 with him, you know, just getting bat on ball and 0:04:47.040 --> 0:04:49.840 it finding some grass in the fourth inning. I still 0:04:49.880 --> 0:04:53.360 don't understand why the Dodgers had the infield in only 0:04:53.400 --> 0:04:55.960 being down a run with one out in the fourth 0:04:55.960 --> 0:04:59.039 and Blake Trinon on the mound with the number nine hitter, 0:04:59.320 --> 0:05:04.000 slow un running catcher Rivero at the plate. What the 0:05:04.040 --> 0:05:06.839 infield in tells me is you don't believe you're going 0:05:06.839 --> 0:05:09.800 to score a lot of runs today, which I find really. 0:05:09.600 --> 0:05:10.280 Hard to believe. 0:05:10.320 --> 0:05:13.640 And it turned out to be true, even against Jose Soriano, 0:05:13.720 --> 0:05:17.200 who has been very human the last few weeks, including 0:05:17.240 --> 0:05:20.880 against the Dodgers in Anaheim. So forget about whatever you 0:05:21.000 --> 0:05:24.480 think the play should be or what should have taken 0:05:24.560 --> 0:05:29.120 place there. Infield in is a signal to me that 0:05:29.240 --> 0:05:31.000 you don't believe you're going to score a lot of 0:05:31.080 --> 0:05:34.480 runs there. And if Alex Frielan's playing at normal depth, 0:05:34.760 --> 0:05:37.520 he makes the catch on a bleeder that barely hit 0:05:37.600 --> 0:05:40.480 grass in that fourth inning, and then all of a sudden, 0:05:40.520 --> 0:05:43.200 it's four to one turns into six to one, and 0:05:43.240 --> 0:05:46.200 the Dodgers come back big time against Soriano in the 0:05:46.240 --> 0:05:49.080 sixth inning thanks to back to back home runs by 0:05:49.200 --> 0:05:52.200 Dalton Rushing and Ryan Ward. So all of a sudden 0:05:52.240 --> 0:05:55.400 it's a six to five game. And I understand Dave 0:05:55.480 --> 0:05:58.120 Roberts was put in a bad spot with she and 0:05:58.160 --> 0:06:00.320 only going an inning and a third in him having 0:06:00.320 --> 0:06:03.000 to go to his bullpen and look, he's got to 0:06:03.080 --> 0:06:06.039 save Kyle Hurt and or Tanner Scott for the eighth 0:06:06.080 --> 0:06:10.320 and ninth innings, but I'm not questioning that part. Jonathan 0:06:10.360 --> 0:06:14.520 Hernandez goes out for a second inning and the Angels 0:06:15.480 --> 0:06:19.440 bashed him for six runs on seven hits in that 0:06:19.680 --> 0:06:25.080 seventh inning, and nobody went out for a mound visit. 0:06:25.400 --> 0:06:28.320 A six run seventh inning, a two run home run 0:06:28.400 --> 0:06:31.120 was hit, and then a few batters later, the lineup 0:06:31.200 --> 0:06:33.080 turns over for Zach Netto. 0:06:33.320 --> 0:06:34.839 In between Adele's two. 0:06:34.800 --> 0:06:39.320 Run home run and Neto's three run home run, somebody 0:06:39.360 --> 0:06:41.360 needed to go out to the mound to give this 0:06:41.400 --> 0:06:44.599 guy a breather. I mean, I'm not saying take the 0:06:44.680 --> 0:06:49.320 guy out, but how about Dalton rushing going out and 0:06:49.920 --> 0:06:53.280 just slowing the game down a mound visit. How about 0:06:53.279 --> 0:06:55.640 a mound visit to slow the game down if you 0:06:55.680 --> 0:06:58.960 need Hernandez to get through that seventh inning after that 0:06:59.000 --> 0:07:01.960 two run home run to Adele, you gotta go out 0:07:01.960 --> 0:07:05.960 there and settle him down. He's Jonathan Hernandez. I know 0:07:06.000 --> 0:07:08.880 he's pitched well in the first eight or nine games 0:07:08.920 --> 0:07:12.320 with the Dodgers, but he's Jonathan Hernandez. You gotta go 0:07:12.400 --> 0:07:15.200 out there and slow the game down for him. And 0:07:15.280 --> 0:07:17.440 I thought that was a big mistake, and that was 0:07:17.800 --> 0:07:20.200 part of the reason why that inning got away from 0:07:20.280 --> 0:07:24.239 the Dodgers. Eight six nine eighty seven two five seventy 0:07:24.520 --> 0:07:27.880 is the phone number. 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In fact, Kyle Tucker in 0:08:10.520 --> 0:08:13.720 the second half of last year, I guess he was 0:08:13.760 --> 0:08:17.080 dealing with the wrist injury, but nonetheless hit two thirty 0:08:17.120 --> 0:08:21.400 one and only slug three seventy eight. It's looking a 0:08:21.440 --> 0:08:24.880 little similar so far in his first few months with 0:08:25.040 --> 0:08:29.320 the Dodgers, and nobody can seem to give me any 0:08:29.360 --> 0:08:33.920 sort of real clear idea about why they believe Kyle 0:08:34.000 --> 0:08:37.760 Tucker has been playing so poorly to start the year. 0:08:38.320 --> 0:08:41.439 This year, Tucker is hitting two thirty six, he's getting 0:08:41.480 --> 0:08:44.600 on base at a three thirty two clip, and he's 0:08:44.600 --> 0:08:48.520 only sl three eighty four. I mean, at this point 0:08:48.559 --> 0:08:54.079 in time, it's becoming incredibly difficult to ignore what's going 0:08:54.120 --> 0:08:57.360 on with Kyle Tucker. Eight six six, nine eighty seven, 0:08:57.440 --> 0:09:00.240 two five seventy is the phone number. Let's go out 0:09:00.280 --> 0:09:03.520 to the phones, Manny and Sam Miguel. You're on Dodger 0:09:03.640 --> 0:09:05.880 Talk with David Vasse. How you doing, Manny. 0:09:06.720 --> 0:09:09.760 I'm doing good day. Thanks for taking my call. Man Yeah, 0:09:09.840 --> 0:09:12.120 you just you know, you take the words kind of 0:09:12.160 --> 0:09:15.520 part of my call out of my mouth is at 0:09:15.520 --> 0:09:19.160 this stage, you know, the offensive struggles are hard to ignore. 0:09:20.080 --> 0:09:22.920 I think entering the game he was Kyle Tucker. That 0:09:23.040 --> 0:09:25.920 is is he was one ninety one average at home 0:09:26.480 --> 0:09:28.920 for a cleanup hitter, number three hitter is to me, 0:09:28.960 --> 0:09:31.200 he's inexcusable. You should not have that guy at the 0:09:31.240 --> 0:09:31.960 top of the order. 0:09:32.480 --> 0:09:35.439 The other thing that well, Nry Manny hold up. 0:09:35.600 --> 0:09:38.480 The reason why he was hitting that high today was 0:09:38.520 --> 0:09:42.400 because Will Smith and Mookie Betts were out of the lineup, 0:09:42.440 --> 0:09:45.640 so is Andy pot Has. So that's the reason why 0:09:46.120 --> 0:09:49.880 Kyle Tucker was hitting third today. And I don't think 0:09:50.440 --> 0:09:52.640 and by the way, I think it's that much to 0:09:52.720 --> 0:09:55.440 ask a player that is a pretty good hitter in 0:09:55.480 --> 0:09:58.679 his career, forget about the salary. I don't think it's 0:09:58.679 --> 0:10:00.960 that much to ask for one day for Kyle Tucker 0:10:00.960 --> 0:10:01.559 to hit third. 0:10:03.400 --> 0:10:06.439 I agree, but when when those guys are in the lineup, 0:10:06.600 --> 0:10:08.440 he shouldn't be anywhere near the top of the order 0:10:08.480 --> 0:10:13.200 and until hitting fifth, good good, well even fifth, maybe 0:10:13.200 --> 0:10:15.320 he should be you know, seventh Ray at this point. 0:10:15.360 --> 0:10:18.959 But but regardless of that, Dave, the defense today was 0:10:19.000 --> 0:10:23.680 also not what you want to see. He just looked 0:10:23.679 --> 0:10:26.040 a little lax. Of days ago. He missed, he missed 0:10:26.040 --> 0:10:29.920 the catch in foul territory that he any any outfielder 0:10:29.960 --> 0:10:32.520 should make. And then he had that like the one. 0:10:32.360 --> 0:10:35.560 Where he's sliding towards Uh, the one where he's sliding 0:10:35.600 --> 0:10:40.559 towards the wall. 0:10:38.559 --> 0:10:41.120 That was even it was half the slide. You should 0:10:41.160 --> 0:10:43.240 have got. The guys on TV said he should have 0:10:43.320 --> 0:10:43.720 that ball. 0:10:44.000 --> 0:10:44.880 Who said that just. 0:10:46.640 --> 0:10:52.520 Uh, Steve, Steven Nelson and Steve, the guys that were 0:10:52.520 --> 0:10:55.040 doing on the TV my beat. But they said, they said, 0:10:55.080 --> 0:10:58.040 any big ly outfielder should have that ball, And I agree. 0:10:58.080 --> 0:10:59.360 It didn't look that difficult. 0:10:59.360 --> 0:11:01.280 It hit his glows It hit his glove. 0:11:01.440 --> 0:11:05.560 Yeah, so I understand that, and look many that when 0:11:05.600 --> 0:11:07.800 things are not going good for you and you're missing 0:11:07.880 --> 0:11:11.040 balls like that, and let's face it, maybe he got 0:11:11.040 --> 0:11:13.000 a late jump on it too. I think we all 0:11:13.040 --> 0:11:15.680 want to see a little bit more from Kyle Tucker 0:11:15.840 --> 0:11:17.160 in a lot of different ways. 0:11:19.400 --> 0:11:22.360 Absolutely, I agree percent David. Let's hope to turn this 0:11:22.400 --> 0:11:25.080 thing around, and let's let's get the train back on 0:11:25.120 --> 0:11:25.520 the tracks. 0:11:25.520 --> 0:11:29.600 Here for everybody, Okay, the train is not off the tracks. Man, 0:11:29.679 --> 0:11:33.520 you're making a lot of crazy statements here. The train 0:11:33.679 --> 0:11:36.560 is not off the tracks. The Dodgers won two out 0:11:36.600 --> 0:11:39.480 of three from the Angels. They beat them nine to 0:11:39.480 --> 0:11:42.600 two last night. They had a walk off home run 0:11:42.640 --> 0:11:45.560 from Freddie Freeman on the first night. They have forty 0:11:45.600 --> 0:11:48.679 two wins and are seven and a half games ahead 0:11:48.960 --> 0:11:52.960 of the Arizona Diamondbacks. Yeah, maybe Kyle Tucker needs to 0:11:52.960 --> 0:11:56.200 get the train back on the track, but his teammates 0:11:56.240 --> 0:11:58.920 are picking him up in a big way. He's the 0:11:58.960 --> 0:12:01.280 guy that needs to get the train back on the tracks, 0:12:01.360 --> 0:12:03.599 not the team as a whole. Let's go out to 0:12:03.679 --> 0:12:07.160 Mission Viejo. Bill, you're on Dodger Talk. How you doing, Bill? 0:12:08.240 --> 0:12:10.040 Pretty good? Thanks for taking my call. I had one 0:12:10.080 --> 0:12:12.960 quick question for you. You said that the five arbis 0:12:13.520 --> 0:12:18.040 by a catcher hasn't happened since in Boston. Was that 0:12:18.160 --> 0:12:20.280 against the Dodgers or was that the Dodgers? 0:12:20.640 --> 0:12:25.439 I said, I said, I said, you see, you can't 0:12:25.520 --> 0:12:28.800 just hear. You have to listen to the show, my friend, 0:12:29.360 --> 0:12:33.959 I said, Sebastian Rivero not only five hits but also 0:12:34.360 --> 0:12:37.520 six RBIs in the same game for an Angel's catchers, 0:12:37.600 --> 0:12:41.200 the second time it's happened. The only other time the 0:12:41.240 --> 0:12:44.520 Angels have had a catcher with five hits and six 0:12:44.679 --> 0:12:47.040 RBIs in a game was a guy by the name 0:12:47.080 --> 0:12:50.840 of Carlos Perez against the Red Sox in twenty sixteen. 0:12:51.360 --> 0:12:52.800 So it's for the Angels. 0:12:53.760 --> 0:12:55.840 Also, I just wanted to point out that foul ball 0:12:56.320 --> 0:12:58.720 bumped up Shean's pitch count pretty good too. 0:12:58.880 --> 0:13:00.600 It did, was missed it did. 0:13:00.640 --> 0:13:02.920 But look, I'm not going to say that's a routine 0:13:03.480 --> 0:13:06.240 foul ball to catch. I mean he was sliding and 0:13:06.360 --> 0:13:09.360 oh you know, right against the short wall. But yeah, 0:13:09.520 --> 0:13:12.000 I mean he hit his gloves so in the sun. 0:13:12.280 --> 0:13:14.560 I'm not going to say it's routine. It's not like 0:13:14.679 --> 0:13:19.400 he was right camped underneath it. But yeah, he probably 0:13:19.400 --> 0:13:21.520 should have caught it. I'm not going to say it's routine. 0:13:21.679 --> 0:13:23.280 I think that's the least of the issues. 0:13:23.320 --> 0:13:23.520 Bill. 0:13:23.640 --> 0:13:26.640 The Dodgers need Kyle Tucker to start hitting. That's the 0:13:26.640 --> 0:13:27.559 bigger issue. 0:13:28.640 --> 0:13:30.480 Rad I was going to tell you the nineteen twenties 0:13:30.559 --> 0:13:33.080 is the last time the six three to ten batting 0:13:33.200 --> 0:13:35.880 order had that the thirteen for fifteen. 0:13:36.720 --> 0:13:39.080 Okay, thank you, Bill, appreciate that. Were you there? 0:13:39.440 --> 0:13:42.360 Eight six, six, nine eighty seven two five seventy is 0:13:42.400 --> 0:13:46.120 the phone number Angels beat the Dodgers today, thirteen to five. 0:13:46.480 --> 0:13:49.880 Let's go out to Glenn Dale. Robert, you're on Dodger Talk. 0:13:49.920 --> 0:13:52.880 How you doing, Robert, Hey. 0:13:52.800 --> 0:13:55.839 Dave, thanks for taking my call. I was from to 0:13:55.920 --> 0:14:00.240 call with your comments on Kyle Tucker, and I just 0:14:00.240 --> 0:14:03.319 wanted to ask you because I got a couple of 0:14:03.360 --> 0:14:07.120 friends that are diehard Cubs fans and what they tell 0:14:07.200 --> 0:14:09.680 me about Kyle Tucker and I don't know if this 0:14:09.800 --> 0:14:11.679 is true or not. That's why I want to ask you, 0:14:12.400 --> 0:14:15.000 is that he doesn't have a reputation of being the 0:14:15.040 --> 0:14:18.400 most coachable player, that he doesn't necessarily want to look 0:14:18.400 --> 0:14:21.000 at the zapp bats on video or he kind of 0:14:21.000 --> 0:14:23.800 shows up to the bar park and does his thing 0:14:23.920 --> 0:14:26.640 and has his way of doing things. And as the 0:14:26.680 --> 0:14:29.880 doctor Insider, I just wanted to ask your insight on that. 0:14:30.040 --> 0:14:33.320 And for someone that on this particular show is talking 0:14:33.320 --> 0:14:36.200 about how he needs to get it going, what's your 0:14:36.240 --> 0:14:38.080 insight on how he can do that? 0:14:38.680 --> 0:14:41.360 Okay, Robert, don't hang up, so you should listen to this. 0:14:41.920 --> 0:14:45.440 Number One, Kyle Tucker is on the record in interviews 0:14:45.520 --> 0:14:49.160 with myself that has said he's not an iPad type 0:14:49.160 --> 0:14:53.520 of guy and watches the game and has his own 0:14:53.920 --> 0:14:56.240 routine when it comes to getting ready for the game. 0:14:56.520 --> 0:14:59.800 I got news for you, Robert, Freddie Freeman doesn't focus 0:15:00.080 --> 0:15:02.960 on an iPad. He's watching the picture, he's watching what's 0:15:03.000 --> 0:15:05.600 happening in the game, and he doesn't take a million 0:15:05.720 --> 0:15:09.000 swings before the game to get ready. So if you're 0:15:09.000 --> 0:15:12.320 going to criticize Kyle Tucker, that would not be one 0:15:12.360 --> 0:15:15.720 of the areas to criticize Kyle Tucker. There's a great 0:15:16.040 --> 0:15:17.800 I don't even know if Sports in at LA is 0:15:17.840 --> 0:15:20.880 going to post this robber. But a few days ago, 0:15:21.320 --> 0:15:25.640 Nomar Garcia Para did a great breakdown of Kyle Tucker 0:15:25.680 --> 0:15:28.040 when he was going really good in the first half 0:15:28.080 --> 0:15:30.960 for the Cubs last year compared to where he's at 0:15:31.000 --> 0:15:34.240 with the Dodgers right now. And basically what it comes 0:15:34.280 --> 0:15:38.680 down to is he's overstriding, is my takeaway from Nomar 0:15:38.760 --> 0:15:42.680 on what he's saying. He's overtriding, which is affecting the 0:15:42.760 --> 0:15:45.920 way his bat is coming through the strike zone. The 0:15:45.960 --> 0:15:49.640 barrel of the bat is flat, and that all starts 0:15:49.680 --> 0:15:53.440 with his stride. So a lot of times it's not 0:15:53.560 --> 0:15:57.480 that complicated. And again, Robert, here's my thing. No, mare 0:15:57.600 --> 0:16:02.120 Garcia Para is out here every day for batting practice 0:16:02.120 --> 0:16:05.040 for home games. One of these guys like Mookie Bets, 0:16:05.040 --> 0:16:08.680 who's not even hitting two hundred, or Kyle Tucker, if 0:16:08.680 --> 0:16:12.520 you they have the TVs on inside that clubhouse, if 0:16:12.520 --> 0:16:14.840 he sees that, or he sees no Maar and he's 0:16:14.840 --> 0:16:17.920 struggling and he can't find it, how about tapping into 0:16:17.920 --> 0:16:21.040 a different voice like that. And I think Mookie Bets 0:16:21.080 --> 0:16:23.840 at this point in time, even though his betting average 0:16:23.880 --> 0:16:26.480 is under two hundred. He's hitting the ball better than 0:16:26.560 --> 0:16:28.600 Kyle Tucker is even though they're for outs. 0:16:32.360 --> 0:16:34.760 Yeah, I'm with you there, and that makes a lot 0:16:34.800 --> 0:16:38.200 of sense. I know that. You know, overstriding can cause 0:16:38.280 --> 0:16:41.280 issues with the head position, also if your head's moving 0:16:41.320 --> 0:16:42.560 while you're trying to see the pitch. 0:16:42.600 --> 0:16:44.680 So I need the green light from Nomar. 0:16:44.800 --> 0:16:47.400 I need the green light from Nomar to post the 0:16:47.520 --> 0:16:50.480 video that he had on Sports and at LA because 0:16:50.800 --> 0:16:53.040 I haven't seen it on their Twitter account. They should 0:16:53.040 --> 0:16:56.080 do that and maybe tag Kyle Tucker, you know, free 0:16:56.240 --> 0:16:58.840 free batting lesson from Nomar for Kyle Tucker. 0:17:00.280 --> 0:17:03.200 All right, well, I appreciate the input and I'll be 0:17:03.200 --> 0:17:05.280 hopoit to listen to the rest of the show on 0:17:05.280 --> 0:17:06.440 on my driving home from work. 0:17:06.840 --> 0:17:09.240 Okay, Robert, thanks a lot for calling in eight six 0:17:09.359 --> 0:17:12.479 six nine seven two five seventy. Yeah, I caught that 0:17:12.600 --> 0:17:16.119 the other night because they do replay the postgame shows, 0:17:16.160 --> 0:17:20.600 and I did catch Nomar's demo of what he believes 0:17:21.040 --> 0:17:25.159 is causing Kyle Tucker's struggles. It's not about watching an iPad. 0:17:25.600 --> 0:17:29.600 It's sometimes as simple as overstriding and that causing the 0:17:29.680 --> 0:17:32.520 back to lag through the strike zone. He made it 0:17:32.840 --> 0:17:35.520 so he made an idiot like me understand what he 0:17:35.600 --> 0:17:38.240 was saying. So that's how good it was. Let's go 0:17:38.320 --> 0:17:42.240 out to Valencia. Lawrence, you're on Dodger Talk with David Vasse. 0:17:43.560 --> 0:17:47.200 You are demand Dave. I have a question for you. Yes, 0:17:47.359 --> 0:17:50.719 how long is it supposed to be for a review 0:17:50.800 --> 0:17:51.280 to happen? 0:17:52.680 --> 0:17:58.040 As far as an abs tapping the helmet challenge? Yeah, oh, 0:17:58.080 --> 0:18:00.920 it's got to be immediate, within the second or two. 0:18:00.960 --> 0:18:03.320 You got to tap the helmet. And that's where Ayas 0:18:03.400 --> 0:18:06.720 Sonia left his mic on. You could hear Rushing talking 0:18:06.760 --> 0:18:09.120 to him and you heard him say I didn't hear 0:18:09.200 --> 0:18:12.120 him because it's got to be verbal. And also tapping 0:18:12.160 --> 0:18:14.560 the helmet. So you know a lot of times the 0:18:14.680 --> 0:18:17.639 guys are adjusting their helmet and don't say, hey, I 0:18:17.680 --> 0:18:20.359 want to challenge that, and the umpire gets confused. So 0:18:20.760 --> 0:18:24.240 it's got to be verbal. And also, you know, tapping 0:18:24.280 --> 0:18:25.600 the top of the helmet. 0:18:26.920 --> 0:18:30.480 Do you remember that one, three and two count during 0:18:30.520 --> 0:18:34.520 the game. I want to say, what the seventh inning 0:18:34.840 --> 0:18:40.400 or sixth inning? Okay, it seems like about a minute 0:18:40.480 --> 0:18:43.600 later that they went to the challenge. 0:18:44.520 --> 0:18:47.520 Yeah, you know, I think that's the play we were 0:18:47.560 --> 0:18:50.719 talking about with Nick Madrigal because there was some confusion 0:18:50.800 --> 0:18:51.879 about ball strike. 0:18:51.920 --> 0:18:53.280 Did he swing or didn't swing? 0:18:53.320 --> 0:18:55.960 And that's the issue I had in the fourth inning 0:18:56.320 --> 0:18:59.560 where they overturned the call, and that's the same play. 0:18:59.560 --> 0:19:03.439 In fact, that ISOs Sonia wasn't sure if if madriic 0:19:03.480 --> 0:19:06.760 Ole was asking for an ABS challenge, but okay, it 0:19:06.880 --> 0:19:09.040 was a ball. We saw that on the big screen. 0:19:09.119 --> 0:19:11.480 But he did swing. He should have been he should 0:19:11.520 --> 0:19:13.280 have been called out. It should have been strike three. 0:19:15.200 --> 0:19:19.160 There were two strikeouts, Dad did Dodger it can wait 0:19:19.200 --> 0:19:21.360 from them all because of league challenges. 0:19:21.840 --> 0:19:24.159 All right, Lawrence, Yeah, I just think it was a 0:19:24.240 --> 0:19:27.520 rough day behind the plate for Dan i Asnia, no doubt. 0:19:27.800 --> 0:19:29.919 And I think the other one you're talking about is 0:19:29.960 --> 0:19:33.080 what we addressed earlier in the show. Jose Siri foul tip. 0:19:33.840 --> 0:19:35.960 It was caught by Dalton Rushing and he said it 0:19:36.000 --> 0:19:38.840 was a foul ball. Eight six six nine eight seven 0:19:38.920 --> 0:19:41.399 two five seventy is the phone number. We're going to 0:19:41.440 --> 0:19:44.240 take a time out here on Dodger Talk. When we continue, 0:19:44.440 --> 0:19:47.680 we'll check in with Jose Mota and also take more 0:19:47.720 --> 0:19:49.800 of your phone calls until the top of the hour 0:19:49.960 --> 0:19:53.399 after the Angels beat the Dodgers today thirteen to five 0:19:53.600 --> 0:20:08.600 on A five seventy LA Sports. 0:20:01.920 --> 0:20:04.760 On air at AM five to seventy, online at AM 0:20:04.880 --> 0:20:09.159 five seventy LA sports dot com, and available by podcast 0:20:09.200 --> 0:20:10.680 on the iHeartRadio app. 0:20:10.880 --> 0:20:13.760 This is Dodger Talk with David Bassay. 0:20:15.160 --> 0:20:15.760 It's the pitch. 0:20:16.680 --> 0:20:18.840 Rushing hangs back, lifted in the or to right field. 0:20:18.840 --> 0:20:20.240 A Dell is on the warning track. 0:20:20.080 --> 0:20:22.639 He's at the wall. Pit's gone. 0:20:23.440 --> 0:20:27.720 Dalton Rushing with a three year run homer, his eighth home. 0:20:27.600 --> 0:20:30.800 Run of the season, makes it six to four. 0:20:32.680 --> 0:20:35.439 Dodgers made it a game in the sixth in name 0:20:35.640 --> 0:20:39.400 Dalton Rushing and Ryan Ward hit back to back home runs. 0:20:39.800 --> 0:20:42.720 Three run shot by Dalton Rushing, who was four for 0:20:42.880 --> 0:20:47.080 four today. Catching the Dodger pitching staff, which threw two 0:20:47.200 --> 0:20:50.199 hundred and six pitches today. That's a long day for 0:20:50.280 --> 0:20:53.680 the catcher. Will Smith was not available for a second 0:20:53.720 --> 0:20:56.320 straight game with a bad neck. We'll see whether or 0:20:56.320 --> 0:21:00.439 not he plays Tuesday in Pittsburgh. 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They win five out of six head 0:21:35.160 --> 0:21:37.680 to head matchups and take two out of three from 0:21:37.720 --> 0:21:41.080 the Halos in this three game series. Let's check in 0:21:41.119 --> 0:21:41.960 with Jose Mota. 0:21:42.840 --> 0:21:46.720