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Speaker 3: Dodger Talk and now your host, David Maasse. Welcome to

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Speaker 3: Dodger Talk. David Basse with you until eight o'clock tonight

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Speaker 3: here on AM five to seventy LA Sports. We got

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Speaker 3: a great hour of Dodger Talk for you. Keicky Hernandez

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Speaker 3: is going to join us in about forty minutes, but

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Speaker 3: we are starting off, leading off the show with two

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Speaker 3: of my favorite players from my favorite Dodger team, and

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Speaker 3: that was the miracle nineteen eighty eight World champion Dodgers.

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Speaker 3: Will you talk about these days the Dodgers being perceived

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Speaker 3: as Goliath, Well, back in nineteen eighty eight, they were, David,

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Speaker 3: and these two men were drafted a year apart by

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Speaker 3: the Dodgers in the late seventies. I won't give away

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Speaker 3: which year for both these guys out of respect to

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Speaker 3: one of them, but these two guys have been for

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Speaker 3: a long time in their baseball lives and have a

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Speaker 3: never dying friendship to this day. They were huge parts

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Speaker 3: of the Dodgers winning the nineteen eighty eight World Series

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Speaker 3: and still keep tabs on the team and you can

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Speaker 3: be up close and personal with them wearing their number

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Speaker 3: nine and number fourteen, respectively. In January, at the Dodger

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Speaker 3: Adult Fantasy Camp, there are still a few spots open.

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Speaker 3: It's almost sold out, but you can be there with

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Speaker 3: our guests Mike Soosha and Mickey Hatcher if you go

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Speaker 3: to Dodgers dot com slash Fantasy Camps and they join

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Speaker 3: us right now. Mike and Mickey, thank you so much

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Speaker 3: for taking the time out. It's great to have you

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Speaker 3: guys together.

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Speaker 4: All right, David greenor are you going first, Mike or what?

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Speaker 2: Well? Mickey?

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Speaker 4: You they called you first, evidently, Mickey, so you go first.

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Speaker 2: Hey, uh no, you're the manager. Go ahead.

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Speaker 3: So guys, maybe you could fill us in here. I

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Speaker 3: mean this, this friendship did not end in nineteen ninety

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Speaker 3: or nineteen ninety one or even you know, when you

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Speaker 3: guys were done being together on the angels. How close

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Speaker 3: are you to this day? And where does that come from? Mike?

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Speaker 4: Well, we're yeah, we're close except when he beats my

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Speaker 4: But you know what, David, it was a great time.

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Speaker 4: I mean We still keep in touch with guys that

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Speaker 4: the Dodge organization, and then that eighty eight team was

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Speaker 4: so special. There's a bond there and you know, whether

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Speaker 4: I mean, we all keep in touch. And I think

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Speaker 4: that's the bond that you get from playing on a

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Speaker 4: championship team. And I've known Mickey, you know, you know,

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Speaker 4: we've been we've been together, Ron Rennicky, all of us.

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Speaker 4: We're just we're good friends and we enjoy each other's company.

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Speaker 3: Do you feel that way about Mike Mickey?

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Speaker 2: Oh yeah, I mean we came up. We have many

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Speaker 2: stories that uh, you know, we developed over the years

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Speaker 2: and and the bond. But you know what the greatest

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Speaker 2: thing was not only the players that we had an

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Speaker 2: you know, that friendship has still been really close from

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Speaker 2: an owners to his players, and we still keep in

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Speaker 2: touch a lot and and do lunches together. And I

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Speaker 2: think that's that's a special part about being a Dodger.

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Speaker 3: I know Mickey comes out to Dodger Stadium a lot.

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Speaker 3: His wife, Patty, is a big time Dodger fan. I

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Speaker 3: think Dodger fans would love to know from two great

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Speaker 3: Hatch do you want to start? Since you really follow

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Speaker 2: Still, Oh yeah, definitely and car Mike Sosher remembers probably

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Speaker 2: every play that happened from Game one to Game seven,

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Speaker 2: it was just a great game to watch, going back

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Speaker 3: Mike, when you were watching Game six and uh, it's

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Speaker 3: the ninth inning, they're they're going to more starters. Tyler

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Speaker 3: seven is that? Have you ever seen World series games

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Speaker 4: Well, you know, David, that was one of the most

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Speaker 4: exciting series I think I've ever witnessed. When we were

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Speaker 4: not only was this the seventh game, the Dodgers going

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Speaker 4: back and forth. And what I like about it was,

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Speaker 4: I really feel the Dodgers stepped up and won the game.

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Speaker 4: Toronto didn't hand them anything. The Dodgers had to make

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Speaker 4: the game. And the home runs were exciting. So I

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Speaker 4: think the way Mickey already talked about Dave Roberts. He

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Speaker 4: did a terrific job. I think remolding that bullpen with

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Speaker 3: Hey, Mike, since you are and known as being a catcher,

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Speaker 3: caught more games than anybody else in Dodger franchise history.

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Speaker 3: In game seven, you know, one play where the Dodgers

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Speaker 4: Well, you know, Will Smith's incredible. I think as a catcher,

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Speaker 4: They're very passive at third base on their lead because

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Speaker 4: And and I think that's uh, you know, that's the

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Speaker 4: right that the series goes to Toronto's favor, and but

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Speaker 4: Rojas made a great play after he lost his balance,

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Speaker 4: and the Dodgers jumped up and won the game. And

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Speaker 4: I think that's what they can feel good about.

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Speaker 3: That's the voice of Mike's Sooshia and Mickey Hatcher teammates

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Speaker 3: World champions as the Dodgers, so won it back in

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Speaker 3: nineteen eighty eight as David slaying Elias, slain the Mighty

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Speaker 3: Rojas hitting that home run in Game seven of the

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Speaker 3: I'm not going to say it was exactly the same situation,

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Speaker 3: but did it remind you of a guy in Shay

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Speaker 2: Oh, definitely. Sosia's home run was just amazing. And I'll

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Speaker 2: tell you what, Rojas, that pitch was a pretty nasty

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Speaker 2: and you know it was just I kind of like

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Speaker 2: that home run and you can see it lifted the Dodgers.

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Speaker 2: I mean it lifted their bench, It lifted everything for them.

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Speaker 3: Mickey, you understand this. You were the leader of the Stuntman,

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Speaker 3: a group of bench players in nineteen eighty eight. That

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Speaker 3: for Kirk Gibson. You hit three sixty eight. Arguably, you know,

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Speaker 2: Yeah? I just think you know, it's like, you know,

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Speaker 3: Mickey Hatcher, you were on Mike's social's coaching staff with

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Speaker 3: the two thousand and two Angels that found a way

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Speaker 3: by the Juice?

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Speaker 2: Yes, I'm telling you what we just Mike did a

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Speaker 2: little things just like the Dodgers had to do, uh

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Speaker 2: just watching those guys go through get out there in

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Speaker 2: or te can see our players say we're going to

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Speaker 2: and I think sitting back as a coach and seeing

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Speaker 2: that game means a lot to you.

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Speaker 3: Yeah that was Ramon Ortiz, right, Mike, Daddy, he took out.

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Speaker 3: I want to go back to when you guys were

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Speaker 3: whether it was Albert Pooholz, Mike Trout, Tim Salmon, Garret Anderson, Mickey,

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Speaker 3: do you remember those type of meetings that Mike would

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Speaker 2: Well, you know, we had an opportunity to go in

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Speaker 2: And I remember in the offseason, Mike before spring training says,

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Speaker 2: And when we started the season, we probably had the

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Speaker 4: When we were like this season fourteen, Yeah, we were

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Speaker 4: Troy says, he goes, Mike, I can't hit a ground

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Speaker 4: not asking. We don't want you hit a ground ball

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Speaker 3: Do you guys still believe if you were on the

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Speaker 4: Well, you know, there's some different philosophies out like strikeouts

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Speaker 4: there's a lot of baseball players understand that part of it.

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Speaker 2: We need it.

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Speaker 4: And I think I think, guys, you know, I think

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Speaker 3: Do you remember those those talks, Mickey, And do you

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Speaker 2: You start seeing it on more teams now, you really do.

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Speaker 4: Well, I know Dave, I know he was that type player,

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Speaker 3: All right, before I let you guys go, you're not

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Speaker 3: answering this question, Mike, this is only for Mickey Hatcher.

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Speaker 3: Mickey Hatcher. Okay, there was a manager with the Angels

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Speaker 3: Don't you believe that guy should be in the Hall

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Speaker 2: Mickey, Oh, I do you know one thing that you

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Speaker 2: He has that. You know, he's able to bring him

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Speaker 2: in the office and have the one on one uh,

433
00:23:01,720 --> 00:23:04,760
Speaker 2: you know, like like he's like their father. And that's

434
00:23:04,760 --> 00:23:07,439
Speaker 2: why I think you hear like the Salmon's and the

435
00:23:07,640 --> 00:23:10,919
Speaker 2: Erstes and all those kind of guys. Uh, just how

436
00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:13,520
Speaker 2: much passion they had for Mike as a manager. I mean,

437
00:23:14,200 --> 00:23:17,520
Speaker 2: their career was probably one of the differences in that

438
00:23:17,560 --> 00:23:20,960
Speaker 2: they've ever had being playing baseball. And they'll tell you that,

439
00:23:21,160 --> 00:23:24,040
Speaker 2: and uh, you know, I think it's going to happen

440
00:23:24,119 --> 00:23:24,520
Speaker 2: for Mike.

441
00:23:24,800 --> 00:23:24,919
Speaker 5: Uh.

442
00:23:25,119 --> 00:23:28,399
Speaker 2: But I think in baseball, uh, he's well known. You

443
00:23:28,880 --> 00:23:31,760
Speaker 2: go to an event and all these players from different

444
00:23:31,800 --> 00:23:34,840
Speaker 2: teams or whatever, they want to go and and talk

445
00:23:34,920 --> 00:23:39,760
Speaker 2: to Mike and and and listen to his uh philosophies

446
00:23:39,800 --> 00:23:42,320
Speaker 2: and stuff like that, and uh, you know, he just

447
00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:45,080
Speaker 2: has a passion and uh, and that's going to take

448
00:23:45,119 --> 00:23:45,879
Speaker 2: him a long ways.

449
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Speaker 4: And I do, But can I answer that question?

450
00:23:49,240 --> 00:23:52,719
Speaker 3: No, no, because I know it you Mike, just shut up.

451
00:23:52,800 --> 00:23:53,760
Speaker 2: That was my turn.

452
00:23:55,480 --> 00:23:57,119
Speaker 4: Let me just say this real quick. I know you

453
00:23:57,200 --> 00:23:58,679
Speaker 4: got to cut us off, but real quick, I want

454
00:23:58,720 --> 00:24:00,840
Speaker 4: to say this. You know, this game's about playing it.

455
00:24:01,280 --> 00:24:04,199
Speaker 4: This game isn't about coaching and managing it. When you're

456
00:24:04,240 --> 00:24:07,080
Speaker 4: in the backyard with your brother and you're playing up

457
00:24:07,359 --> 00:24:10,359
Speaker 4: just you know, you're just playing baseball with him, and

458
00:24:10,800 --> 00:24:13,760
Speaker 4: you're making up situations. You're the one up at bat

459
00:24:13,960 --> 00:24:16,720
Speaker 4: with three two bases loaded, and you hit the home

460
00:24:16,800 --> 00:24:19,080
Speaker 4: run to win the game like Freddie Freeman did or

461
00:24:19,160 --> 00:24:22,560
Speaker 4: Kirk Gibson did, and and you know you're the one

462
00:24:22,560 --> 00:24:24,520
Speaker 4: that hits it. You're not the one managing and putting

463
00:24:24,560 --> 00:24:27,119
Speaker 4: guys in. So for me and I know Micky the

464
00:24:27,119 --> 00:24:30,800
Speaker 4: same way, we loved playing the game, and we love

465
00:24:30,840 --> 00:24:33,800
Speaker 4: playing the game for the Dodgers. Uh. And that's a

466
00:24:33,840 --> 00:24:37,760
Speaker 4: special feeling of of of of playing the game that

467
00:24:37,840 --> 00:24:40,400
Speaker 4: you can take with you now. We like coaching, I

468
00:24:40,400 --> 00:24:43,400
Speaker 4: love managing, but it doesn't compare to playing the game.

469
00:24:43,800 --> 00:24:47,320
Speaker 4: And that's where our hearts are is really as ballplayers,

470
00:24:47,359 --> 00:24:51,000
Speaker 4: and in particular with the Dodgers, we had great experience

471
00:24:51,080 --> 00:24:55,600
Speaker 4: and fortunately you know one won some championships there and

472
00:24:55,640 --> 00:24:57,520
Speaker 4: that's what we'll we'll take for over with us, and

473
00:24:57,560 --> 00:24:59,439
Speaker 4: that means what means the most to me.

474
00:25:00,320 --> 00:25:03,399
Speaker 3: That's why you're special. Okay, if you're if you're a player,

475
00:25:03,440 --> 00:25:05,800
Speaker 3: you love the player. I want you in the legends

476
00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:08,160
Speaker 3: of Dodger Baseball. I want you wearing a blue coat

477
00:25:08,200 --> 00:25:10,840
Speaker 3: one day. And I would love to have as many

478
00:25:10,920 --> 00:25:14,800
Speaker 3: stunt men put in as legends of Dodger Baseball as well.

479
00:25:14,840 --> 00:25:17,480
Speaker 3: Just the group of the stuntmen and Mike Sosha, how

480
00:25:17,480 --> 00:25:17,960
Speaker 3: about that.

481
00:25:19,640 --> 00:25:22,240
Speaker 4: I like the stumpman getting in because those guys, those

482
00:25:22,240 --> 00:25:25,520
Speaker 4: guys were huge for us in eighty eight. And all

483
00:25:25,560 --> 00:25:28,320
Speaker 4: the pieces fit. And you know, you said one time

484
00:25:28,359 --> 00:25:29,919
Speaker 4: that we might have been the you know, David, you

485
00:25:29,960 --> 00:25:32,560
Speaker 4: say we might have been the worst World Series team,

486
00:25:33,440 --> 00:25:34,120
Speaker 4: Dodger team.

487
00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:36,320
Speaker 3: I did not say that. Bob Costa said it.

488
00:25:37,320 --> 00:25:39,800
Speaker 4: I don't care what Bob Costas does. You repeated it,

489
00:25:40,160 --> 00:25:43,400
Speaker 4: and let me tell you what the pieces fit. We

490
00:25:43,400 --> 00:25:47,399
Speaker 4: were a great team that had a tremendous pitching staff,

491
00:25:47,520 --> 00:25:52,520
Speaker 4: great bullpen, and players like the stunt men that played free,

492
00:25:52,560 --> 00:25:56,399
Speaker 4: they played loose, they did whatever whatever the situation was

493
00:25:56,400 --> 00:25:59,080
Speaker 4: that Tommy wanted to do. He could do because we

494
00:25:59,160 --> 00:26:01,480
Speaker 4: all had the back control to do it. And going

495
00:26:01,560 --> 00:26:03,879
Speaker 4: down the whole lineup, we would get bunts down. We

496
00:26:03,880 --> 00:26:05,920
Speaker 4: could hit and run. We put the ball in play

497
00:26:05,960 --> 00:26:07,679
Speaker 4: with two strikes, and once in a while you hit

498
00:26:07,720 --> 00:26:09,679
Speaker 4: the ball good and went out of the park. And

499
00:26:09,720 --> 00:26:11,720
Speaker 4: I think that as you talk about the stuntman in

500
00:26:11,760 --> 00:26:15,000
Speaker 4: that group with Mickey and and and uh Rick Dempsey

501
00:26:15,080 --> 00:26:20,119
Speaker 4: and and Danny Heap and Dave Anderson. I know I'm

502
00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:23,119
Speaker 4: leaving missing somebody, Mickey, but you guys, you guys were

503
00:26:23,160 --> 00:26:24,920
Speaker 4: so important does not only during the season, but in

504
00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:28,160
Speaker 4: the playoffs. And and and uh and and we were.

505
00:26:28,200 --> 00:26:32,080
Speaker 4: We were a terrific team in eighty eight. Very underrated

506
00:26:32,119 --> 00:26:33,760
Speaker 4: as to the talent on the team and how it

507
00:26:33,840 --> 00:26:36,920
Speaker 4: worked and how we played. And I just don't like you, David,

508
00:26:36,920 --> 00:26:39,679
Speaker 4: saying we're one of the worst championships dot your teams

509
00:26:39,720 --> 00:26:40,960
Speaker 4: on paper. I don't like that.

510
00:26:41,080 --> 00:26:41,919
Speaker 3: I never said that.

511
00:26:41,960 --> 00:26:43,080
Speaker 4: I said, how.

512
00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:46,600
Speaker 2: Many wins, Mike, we had ninety how many wins?

513
00:26:47,440 --> 00:26:48,479
Speaker 4: Ninety something wins?

514
00:26:48,680 --> 00:26:52,480
Speaker 3: You were I feel like, yes, ninety four great wins.

515
00:26:52,920 --> 00:26:55,960
Speaker 3: You guys were, David. The Mets were Goliath, the A's

516
00:26:55,960 --> 00:26:59,359
Speaker 3: were Goliath. Nobody thought you guys could beat them. You know,

517
00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:01,960
Speaker 3: I was getting phone calls as a ten year old

518
00:27:01,960 --> 00:27:05,400
Speaker 3: by adults just like you know, mocking my Dodgers at

519
00:27:05,400 --> 00:27:07,359
Speaker 3: that point in time, and I said, you just wait,

520
00:27:07,359 --> 00:27:09,680
Speaker 3: this team can do it. So it wasn't a slight

521
00:27:09,760 --> 00:27:13,159
Speaker 3: to call you David. David's a great name, yea, a

522
00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:14,480
Speaker 3: great biblical reference.

523
00:27:15,640 --> 00:27:19,440
Speaker 4: Yeah, you're trying to worm yourself out of that one.

524
00:27:19,920 --> 00:27:23,320
Speaker 3: As always, that's what I do. I just punch my

525
00:27:23,359 --> 00:27:28,240
Speaker 3: way out of the corner. Hey, you know, I might

526
00:27:28,320 --> 00:27:30,440
Speaker 3: sign up for this fantasy camp just so I could

527
00:27:30,440 --> 00:27:33,560
Speaker 3: be there, maybe to be managed or coached by Mickey

528
00:27:33,600 --> 00:27:35,639
Speaker 3: Hatcher and Mike Soosha. How about that.

529
00:27:36,560 --> 00:27:39,040
Speaker 4: I'll tell you what. I can only picture you at

530
00:27:39,040 --> 00:27:41,600
Speaker 4: a baseball uniform running around, and I'm about to start

531
00:27:41,680 --> 00:27:42,560
Speaker 4: laughing right now.

532
00:27:44,640 --> 00:27:47,600
Speaker 3: Maybe I'll wear number nine one day and number fourteen

533
00:27:47,760 --> 00:27:48,960
Speaker 3: another day. How about that?

534
00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:53,960
Speaker 4: You're if you're playing defense, you better have shing guards on,

535
00:27:54,640 --> 00:27:57,199
Speaker 4: wear a batting helmet out there in the field, and

536
00:27:57,480 --> 00:27:59,520
Speaker 4: have a double cup on. Because I don't know what's

537
00:27:59,520 --> 00:28:00,639
Speaker 4: going to happen you, David.

538
00:28:02,560 --> 00:28:05,200
Speaker 3: You guys, I will say this, and I don't care

539
00:28:05,240 --> 00:28:08,920
Speaker 3: what my wife thinks. Nineteen eighty eight was the greatest

540
00:28:08,960 --> 00:28:11,560
Speaker 3: year of my life. To this day, I will say

541
00:28:11,600 --> 00:28:15,879
Speaker 3: that flat out. You guys brought baseball to life for

542
00:28:16,040 --> 00:28:18,600
Speaker 3: so many of us and made so many of us

543
00:28:18,640 --> 00:28:22,040
Speaker 3: young people in Los Angeles in nineteen eighty eight fall

544
00:28:22,080 --> 00:28:24,439
Speaker 3: in love with the Dodgers and fall in love with

545
00:28:24,480 --> 00:28:28,439
Speaker 3: the game of baseball. And you guys were two huge

546
00:28:28,520 --> 00:28:32,440
Speaker 3: parts of the Dodgers, and you guys, as long as

547
00:28:32,440 --> 00:28:35,760
Speaker 3: I'm doing this, nobody will forget the eighty eight Dodgers

548
00:28:35,800 --> 00:28:38,640
Speaker 3: as great as you were. And nobody will forget Mike's

549
00:28:38,640 --> 00:28:40,880
Speaker 3: osha and Mickey Hatcher and the rest of you guys.

550
00:28:42,600 --> 00:28:44,840
Speaker 4: I appreciate that, David. It was a special year for

551
00:28:44,880 --> 00:28:46,000
Speaker 4: all of us, that's for sure.

552
00:28:46,720 --> 00:28:49,440
Speaker 3: All right, Mike, can't wait to come over me and Mickey?

553
00:28:49,640 --> 00:28:51,560
Speaker 3: What time do you want us over for Christmas? We

554
00:28:51,600 --> 00:28:52,360
Speaker 3: look forward to it.

555
00:28:53,720 --> 00:28:56,440
Speaker 4: We celebig Christmas on the twenty six So come on

556
00:28:56,520 --> 00:28:56,920
Speaker 4: over there.

557
00:29:00,760 --> 00:29:05,480
Speaker 3: Thanks guys, Merry Christmas.

558
00:29:04,040 --> 00:29:07,080
Speaker 4: Thank you, Okay, bye, all right, fue.

559
00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:11,680
Speaker 3: There they go, Mickey Hatcher and Mike's soosha. That was awesome.

560
00:29:11,760 --> 00:29:14,400
Speaker 3: That was definitely a bucket list. It's one thing to

561
00:29:14,440 --> 00:29:17,760
Speaker 3: interview one of them, but both of them together. Uh,

562
00:29:18,040 --> 00:29:21,360
Speaker 3: just spectacular. We're gonna take a break when we come

563
00:29:21,400 --> 00:29:23,400
Speaker 3: back your phone calls, and also we'll get to my

564
00:29:23,480 --> 00:29:28,840
Speaker 3: conversation with Keike Hernandez coming up from this past Saturday

565
00:29:28,880 --> 00:29:31,360
Speaker 3: at the Polo Ralph Lauren store. They treated us great,

566
00:29:31,680 --> 00:29:34,680
Speaker 3: trust us great, and I can't wait to share keyk

567
00:29:34,880 --> 00:29:39,320
Speaker 3: with you as well. Mike Soosha, Micky Hatcher, Forever, Dodgers

568
00:29:39,920 --> 00:29:43,520
Speaker 3: don't go anywhere more Dodger Talk around the corner thanks

569
00:29:43,560 --> 00:29:47,480
Speaker 3: again to Mike's Sooshia and Mickey Hatcher taking time out

570
00:29:47,520 --> 00:29:51,880
Speaker 3: of the busy holiday season to join us on Dodger Talk.

571
00:29:52,040 --> 00:29:54,040
Speaker 3: Hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. That

572
00:29:54,160 --> 00:29:57,400
Speaker 3: certainly was a bucket list thing for me. I mean,

573
00:29:57,640 --> 00:30:02,160
Speaker 3: those guys were larger than life. When I was growing

574
00:30:02,280 --> 00:30:06,120
Speaker 3: up in the San Fernando Valley and loving the Dodgers,

575
00:30:06,520 --> 00:30:10,800
Speaker 3: that nineteen eighty eight team was so special, and I

576
00:30:10,920 --> 00:30:14,600
Speaker 3: love that they still have that competitive spirit where they

577
00:30:14,600 --> 00:30:17,560
Speaker 3: don't like being called the weakest team or the most

578
00:30:17,640 --> 00:30:21,000
Speaker 3: unexpected team to win the World Series. But I always

579
00:30:21,080 --> 00:30:23,920
Speaker 3: feel like those East Coasters give the sixty nine Mets

580
00:30:24,360 --> 00:30:27,280
Speaker 3: a little too much shine. The eighty eight Dodgers were

581
00:30:27,840 --> 00:30:30,880
Speaker 3: just as much of a Cinderella. Nobody picked them team,

582
00:30:30,960 --> 00:30:34,280
Speaker 3: but they did have the MVP and the saw Young

583
00:30:34,760 --> 00:30:36,840
Speaker 3: on the same team that year, and that was Kirk

584
00:30:36,840 --> 00:30:40,440
Speaker 3: Gibson and Oral Hersheisers, So they did have talent more

585
00:30:40,480 --> 00:30:43,440
Speaker 3: than what they were giving credit for. Steve Sachs was

586
00:30:43,480 --> 00:30:47,600
Speaker 3: their second basement and leadoff hitter Mike Soosha, who eventually

587
00:30:47,640 --> 00:30:50,480
Speaker 3: caught more games than any other Dodger in history, was

588
00:30:50,520 --> 00:30:55,600
Speaker 3: part of it. Hersheiser, Tim Leary, Tim Belcher, to name

589
00:30:55,640 --> 00:30:59,280
Speaker 3: a few, and Jay Howell closing. Just a great team.

590
00:30:59,440 --> 00:31:02,000
Speaker 3: And if you don't know about the eighty eight Dodgers,

591
00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:05,400
Speaker 3: sports net LA did a great piece on the eighty

592
00:31:05,440 --> 00:31:08,040
Speaker 3: eight Dodgers a few years back. You can fight it,

593
00:31:08,120 --> 00:31:11,800
Speaker 3: I'm sure online. And if you listen to this show,

594
00:31:11,840 --> 00:31:14,040
Speaker 3: you know how much the eighty eight Dodgers mean to me.

595
00:31:14,600 --> 00:31:17,000
Speaker 3: And I just thought it was interesting to hear two

596
00:31:17,280 --> 00:31:22,240
Speaker 3: Dodger World Series champions, you know, thirty plus years later,

597
00:31:23,280 --> 00:31:26,520
Speaker 3: give their thoughts on what they saw this year in

598
00:31:26,600 --> 00:31:30,040
Speaker 3: the Dodgers twenty twenty five World Series Championship. It's great

599
00:31:30,080 --> 00:31:33,200
Speaker 3: to get that type of perspective. Eight six six nine,

600
00:31:33,240 --> 00:31:35,959
Speaker 3: eight seven two five, seventy is the phone number if

601
00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:38,880
Speaker 3: you want to talk about what Mike's oshi Mickey Hatchers

602
00:31:38,920 --> 00:31:42,120
Speaker 3: said about the World Series. If you want to get

603
00:31:42,120 --> 00:31:44,440
Speaker 3: into the hot stove, we can do that as well.

604
00:31:45,080 --> 00:31:48,160
Speaker 3: Really kind of quiet right now. I don't expect any

605
00:31:48,200 --> 00:31:52,400
Speaker 3: big splashes from the Dodgers until maybe the new year.

606
00:31:52,480 --> 00:31:55,600
Speaker 3: I mean, there's obviously talks going on, but we're getting

607
00:31:55,600 --> 00:31:58,760
Speaker 3: closer to Christmas and it feels like the Tigers are

608
00:31:58,800 --> 00:32:01,400
Speaker 3: still in limbo about whether or not they want to

609
00:32:01,480 --> 00:32:04,720
Speaker 3: trade Trek's Schooble. If they do want to trade Trek

610
00:32:04,800 --> 00:32:08,920
Speaker 3: schoobl the Dodgers seem to be the most obvious destination

611
00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:13,520
Speaker 3: because the Dodgers have the young pitching and players that

612
00:32:13,600 --> 00:32:17,760
Speaker 3: are major league ready to try to get the Tigers

613
00:32:17,800 --> 00:32:22,040
Speaker 3: to be competitive in the Al Central even without Schooble.

614
00:32:22,200 --> 00:32:25,400
Speaker 3: So that's where things stand. And coming up in about

615
00:32:25,680 --> 00:32:28,600
Speaker 3: seven minutes, we'll hear from Keith Hernandez. We had a

616
00:32:28,600 --> 00:32:32,560
Speaker 3: great time this past Saturday at the Citadel and Commerce

617
00:32:32,600 --> 00:32:35,480
Speaker 3: in front of the Polo Ralph Lauren store. They were

618
00:32:35,840 --> 00:32:40,120
Speaker 3: such gracious hosts. They went above and beyond, and Keik

619
00:32:40,400 --> 00:32:45,000
Speaker 3: was taking pictures with fans seemingly for two hours, but

620
00:32:45,040 --> 00:32:47,480
Speaker 3: they cut it off after an hour. He was like

621
00:32:47,600 --> 00:32:50,880
Speaker 3: Santa Claus in front of the polo Ralph Lauren Storre.

622
00:32:51,000 --> 00:32:53,760
Speaker 3: So thank you to everybody that took care of us,

623
00:32:54,040 --> 00:32:57,680
Speaker 3: especially Christina Choi, who is so cool. Let's go out

624
00:32:57,680 --> 00:33:03,160
Speaker 3: to New Jersey, Sam Dodger talk, how you doing? Sam David?

625
00:33:03,400 --> 00:33:05,720
Speaker 5: I cannot believe I was speaking to the legend right now.

626
00:33:06,120 --> 00:33:08,479
Speaker 3: Now, I was talking to two legends. You're just talking

627
00:33:08,480 --> 00:33:08,720
Speaker 3: to me.

628
00:33:10,400 --> 00:33:10,680
Speaker 2: Ha ha.

629
00:33:11,120 --> 00:33:13,880
Speaker 5: So I actually have three questions for you, Bill. Let

630
00:33:13,880 --> 00:33:15,480
Speaker 5: me know how many time you could got to. My

631
00:33:15,560 --> 00:33:18,960
Speaker 5: first question is a hot though question, which is how

632
00:33:19,080 --> 00:33:21,080
Speaker 5: likely do you think it would be for the Dodgers

633
00:33:21,120 --> 00:33:24,080
Speaker 5: to sign Boba Shot and move Mookie to the outfield

634
00:33:25,080 --> 00:33:27,480
Speaker 5: or let's say Sonia Kyle Tucker.

635
00:33:28,120 --> 00:33:30,880
Speaker 3: I don't believe Mookie Betts is going back to right field.

636
00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:34,400
Speaker 3: He's the Dodgers shortstop. They have said that already. If

637
00:33:34,440 --> 00:33:37,560
Speaker 3: the Dodgers do, here's the challenge with signing Bob Bashett,

638
00:33:37,680 --> 00:33:41,040
Speaker 3: and I am all in on signing Bob Bashett because

639
00:33:41,080 --> 00:33:45,080
Speaker 3: I believe he could be the Dodgers' third baseman in

640
00:33:45,200 --> 00:33:48,000
Speaker 3: twenty twenty seven and beyond, a guy that could be

641
00:33:48,080 --> 00:33:51,920
Speaker 3: versatile to play third and second base this year, But

642
00:33:52,760 --> 00:33:55,240
Speaker 3: how does it fit? How will it fit with Max

643
00:33:55,240 --> 00:33:58,000
Speaker 3: s Munsey at third base, who is still one of

644
00:33:58,040 --> 00:34:01,360
Speaker 3: the best playoff performers that Dodgers have, and we saw

645
00:34:01,680 --> 00:34:03,720
Speaker 3: how much the Dodgers missed him when he was out

646
00:34:03,720 --> 00:34:06,680
Speaker 3: of the lineup. But Tommy Edmond's hurt, he's not going

647
00:34:06,760 --> 00:34:09,520
Speaker 3: to start the season or he's going to be delayed.

648
00:34:10,600 --> 00:34:14,120
Speaker 3: Key K Hernandez can't play untill June. You got an

649
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Speaker 3: unproven has Song Kim. So I feel like bo Bishett

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Speaker 3: fits at second base, But what do you do when

651
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Speaker 3: Edmund comes back and key K comes back? So I'm

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Speaker 3: all in with Bishett, and I don't you know, I

653
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Speaker 3: would be surprised maximunths he played more than one hundred

654
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Speaker 3: and twenty games this year considering some of the injuries

655
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Speaker 3: he's had the last few years. So I just think

656
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Speaker 3: he fits really well. But how does he fit in

657
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Speaker 3: twenty twenty six? That's the tough part.

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Speaker 2: Got it?

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Speaker 5: And my next question for you is being that I

660
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Speaker 5: live in New Jersey. I am harassed NonStop. I met Send,

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Speaker 5: especially now because the Dodgers just signed Edwin Diaz, as

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Speaker 5: well as Yankee fans who tell me that the Dodgers

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Speaker 5: are ruining baseball. David watching my response to based as

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Speaker 5: such a thing, say.

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Speaker 3: The Mets are spending a lot of money, but just

666
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Speaker 3: not spending it the right way. The Padres, We're spending

667
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Speaker 3: a lot of money and their windows seemingly has closed.

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Speaker 3: I mean they you know, there's other teams that spent

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Speaker 3: a lot of money that just haven't been able to

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Speaker 3: take down the Dodgers. So you know, Mets fans, you know,

671
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Speaker 3: cannot throw rocks from a glass house.

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Speaker 5: And what about the deferments.

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Speaker 3: It's part, it's part of the game. It's not it's

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Speaker 3: not not allowed. They're just they're just five steps ahead

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Speaker 3: of everybody else.

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Speaker 5: Wow, couldn't have said a better myself. And David, the

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Speaker 5: last question for you is more about the league in general,

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Speaker 5: which is do you think the Anthony Rendon Angels contract

679
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Speaker 5: is the worst contract in baseball history?

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Speaker 3: It's right up there, yeah it is. I mean, how

681
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Speaker 3: many has he even played? One hundred and sixty two

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Speaker 3: games for the Angels And you know what, I don't know.

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Speaker 3: Thank goodness, he didn't want that la lifestyle because the

684
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Speaker 3: Dodgers talk to him as well. So very happy he

685
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Speaker 3: chose Anaheim right.

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Speaker 5: Speaking of spending money in the right places, that's an

687
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Speaker 5: example of where you're shutting spend your money.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, sometimes the best trades you make are the best

689
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Speaker 3: signings you make are the ones you don't. And look

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Speaker 3: that was they dodged the bullet right there, and nobody's

691
00:36:19,320 --> 00:36:23,080
Speaker 3: thinking about Anthony Rendon after back to back World Series championships.

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Speaker 3: Thanks for the phone call, Sam, appreciate it. You can

693
00:36:25,960 --> 00:36:29,479
Speaker 3: listen to Dodger Talk like Sam on the iHeartRadio app.

694
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Speaker 3: You could follow me on ex at the Real Underscore

695
00:36:31,719 --> 00:36:34,960
Speaker 3: DV and somebody sent me a message. Mike Sooshia and

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Speaker 3: Mickey Hatcher were like Keik a Hernandez and Will Smith.

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Speaker 3: That's a pretty good comparison. Although Will Smith is a

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Speaker 3: little bit better of a hitter than Mike Sooshia was

699
00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:50,200
Speaker 3: in some ways well he was, but certainly two Dodger

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Speaker 3: catchers that have had two of the biggest clutch home

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Speaker 3: runs and Dodger history, obviously Will's go ahead home run

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Speaker 3: in the eleventh inning of Games seven of this year's

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Speaker 3: World Series and Mike Sosia's home run off of Dwight

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Speaker 3: Gooden to tie Game four at Shay Stadium save the

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Speaker 3: Dodgers from going down three games to one to the

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Speaker 3: Mets in the NLCS in nineteen eighty eight. They would

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Speaker 3: eventually beat the Mets in seven games in eighty eight.

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Speaker 3: So if I had people ask me all the time,

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Speaker 3: what are your top five Dodger postseason home runs? And

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Speaker 3: you know, obviously Kirk Gibson and Freddie Freeman's home runs

711
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Speaker 3: all right at the top. But Will Smith's home run

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Speaker 3: this year in the eleventh inning has got to be

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Speaker 3: right there. Mike Sosiaz in the eighty eight NLCS right there.

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Speaker 3: Justin Turners walk off home run in Game two of

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Speaker 3: the seventeen NLCS right up there, Miguel Rojas, I mean,

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Speaker 3: two outs to go and he hits that game tying

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Speaker 3: home run. So you know, both Freeman walk off home

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Speaker 3: runs and those others are are at the top of

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Speaker 3: my list, a long way with our very own Rick

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Speaker 3: Monday's home run in Game five of the eighty one

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Speaker 3: NLCS eight six six, nine, eight, seven, two five seventy

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Speaker 3: is the phone number. Just to alert you schedule alert

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Speaker 3: Dodger Talk again tomorrow night at seven o'clock. River Ryan

724
00:38:16,440 --> 00:38:19,800
Speaker 3: is going to join us tomorrow night and Petro some

725
00:38:19,960 --> 00:38:23,400
Speaker 3: Moneys show on Thursday. In case you missed, it is

726
00:38:23,640 --> 00:38:27,440
Speaker 3: only two hours now at the BJ's. What city is

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Speaker 3: it in, Ronnie, I forgot what city it's in.

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Speaker 2: In West Covina.

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Speaker 3: That's right, BJ's in West Covina two to four o'clock

730
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Speaker 3: on Thursday. Dodger Talk tomorrow night at seven o'clock and

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Speaker 3: when we continue here on Dodger Talk, Keik Hernandez will

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Speaker 3: join us. Don't go anywhere. We're with you until eight

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Speaker 3: o'clock right here on a five seventy LA Sports. Happy

734
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Speaker 3: holidays to all of you. I know Hanukah started yesterday.

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Speaker 3: Happy Honikah to all of you, and Merry Christmas and

736
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Speaker 3: happy New Year. Tonight and tomorrow our last two shows

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Speaker 3: of Dodger Talk before the New Year. We'll be back

738
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Speaker 3: with you the second week of January unless there is

739
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Speaker 3: breaking Dodger news, and if that's the case, then we

740
00:39:12,040 --> 00:39:15,000
Speaker 3: will be back with you. So always on standby no

741
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Speaker 3: matter what's going on. You never know what. Andrew Friedman

742
00:39:18,520 --> 00:39:21,120
Speaker 3: has up his sleeves, so you know, he may be

743
00:39:21,360 --> 00:39:24,799
Speaker 3: lighting the mania right now, he might be opening presents.

744
00:39:25,160 --> 00:39:28,600
Speaker 3: But hey, if the phone rings and there's a big

745
00:39:28,640 --> 00:39:32,319
Speaker 3: time agent or Scott Harris from the Detroit Tigers on

746
00:39:32,360 --> 00:39:35,920
Speaker 3: the other line. You know he's picking that up. So look,

747
00:39:35,960 --> 00:39:39,160
Speaker 3: the Dodgers aren't done. They're gonna keep big game hunting

748
00:39:39,239 --> 00:39:42,160
Speaker 3: because that's what they do, and then be able to

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Speaker 3: fill out the bench and the depth of their forty

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00:39:44,680 --> 00:39:47,880
Speaker 3: man roster like they've been known to do over the

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Speaker 3: course of the last decade or so. Thanks again to

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00:39:51,160 --> 00:39:54,560
Speaker 3: Mickey Hatcher and Mike Sosha. Appreciate them coming on. And

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00:39:54,640 --> 00:39:57,160
Speaker 3: there are a couple of spots left for the Dodgers

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Speaker 3: Adult Fantasy Camp, which is taking place at camel Back

755
00:40:00,880 --> 00:40:04,040
Speaker 3: Ranch in Glendale, Arizona. You get to live like a

756
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Speaker 3: big leaguer. Go to Dodgers dot com slash fantasy camps

757
00:40:08,040 --> 00:40:10,839
Speaker 3: to sign up, and Mike and Mickey are the life

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00:40:10,880 --> 00:40:12,839
Speaker 3: of the party. From what I understand in our guy

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00:40:12,920 --> 00:40:15,879
Speaker 3: Steve Sachs and Steve Garvey are out there as well

760
00:40:16,080 --> 00:40:18,880
Speaker 3: Eric Carros. So you get to rub elbows with some

761
00:40:18,920 --> 00:40:22,000
Speaker 3: of the great Dodgers and have your own uniform and

762
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Speaker 3: play some games and have some fun. It's a great time.

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Speaker 3: Key k Hernandez will not be out there. You know,

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Speaker 3: one day I could see Key k being part of

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Speaker 3: these fantasy camps and it will be a party, that's

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Speaker 3: for sure. It was a party on Saturday at the

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Speaker 3: Polo Ralph Lorenz store in Citadel, at the Citadel in Commerce,

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Speaker 3: at the Citadel Outlet stores, and had a chance to

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Speaker 3: talk to Key K for the first time since the parade.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, something like that.

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Speaker 6: Last night was a blast, and I'm hoping that today

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Speaker 6: is as fun as it was last night.

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Speaker 1: But I'm just happy to be here.

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Speaker 6: Anytime I gonna be in La with some Doctor fans,

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Speaker 6: it's always a good time. And like always, thank you guys,

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Speaker 6: thanks for the love.

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Speaker 3: What's it like to be as beloved as you are

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Speaker 3: in this city? I mean, these people showed out for

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00:41:11,880 --> 00:41:14,640
Speaker 3: you wherever you go. It seems like there's always a

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Speaker 3: big following, a big group of fans.

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Speaker 6: It's overwhelming at times, but it's truly appreciated. It's very

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Speaker 6: humbling to h to know that I'm supported and loved

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Speaker 6: as much as I am here in this city so

784
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Speaker 6: far away from my home in Puerto Rico. But you

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Speaker 6: know that love always goes back to them. And it's

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Speaker 6: been nine years on this team, and it's been the

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Speaker 6: best nine years of my life.

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Speaker 3: Back to back World Series champions. It happens so quickly.

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Speaker 3: What's it been like for you since the parade? Just

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Speaker 3: soaking in what you guys were able to accomplish.

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Speaker 6: Oh well, I had surgery, so I didn't have much

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Speaker 6: time to think about it.

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Speaker 1: But the only thing that you know it comes to

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Speaker 1: your minus. Let's do it again, simple.

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Speaker 2: Three.

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Speaker 3: Pete has a nice ring to it.

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Speaker 6: Uh yeah, I think that's trademark. So we can't do it.

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Speaker 6: But I like to go back to back to back.

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Speaker 3: Have you watched any of the highlights of Game six

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Speaker 3: or Game seven? The play specifically that you made to

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Speaker 3: end Game six.

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Speaker 6: I watched it a few times, But the one that's

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Speaker 6: always everywhere is when Pis almost killed me. So I've

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Speaker 6: watched that one a few times.

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Speaker 3: And when you see it from that angle, you were

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Speaker 3: involved in it. From what I understand, did you believe

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Speaker 3: the ball fell? And when you watch it, do you

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Speaker 3: still think the ball is going the drop before the

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Speaker 3: play is completed?

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Speaker 6: Uh No, when I think about it now, when I

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Speaker 6: look at it as one, I still think I could

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Speaker 6: have caught it.

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Speaker 1: Two. I don't know why he jumped, but I'm just

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Speaker 1: glad he caught it. That's that's it.

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Speaker 3: Is it true that you you thought the ball dropped

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Speaker 3: and you thought you lost the World Series before he

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Speaker 3: let you know what happened.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, because I mean I was I had my back

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Speaker 6: towards the field and then I was stopping slowing down

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Speaker 6: to get you know, I was basically underneath the baseball,

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Speaker 6: and last thing I thought was gonna.

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Speaker 1: Happen was somebody who's gonna run me over.

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Speaker 6: And as soon as he ran me over, I just

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Speaker 6: I thought there's no way he was going to catch it.

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Speaker 1: You know, I was underneath the ball and he ran

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Speaker 1: me over. So we lost.

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Speaker 6: And as I'm on the ground, I'm just thinking, I

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Speaker 6: just we just lost the World Series and I'm laying.

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Speaker 1: On the ground.

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Speaker 6: That's going to be replayed forever, and it's still being

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Speaker 6: replayed forever.

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Speaker 1: But for the other reason.

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Speaker 3: No doubt, everybody's very happy Andy pa has was able

834
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Speaker 3: to run you over and catch it. When you look

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Speaker 3: back at what a close teammate of yours, Yoshiyama Mota,

836
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Speaker 3: was able to do, we think back to you taking

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Speaker 3: him out after one of the Padres games in the

838
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Speaker 3: DS last year. Whatever you said obviously worked, not only

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Speaker 3: last October, but the entire season. How proud are you

840
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Speaker 3: of Yamamoto and the warrior that he was for you

841
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Speaker 3: guys this year?

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Speaker 1: Really proud.

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Speaker 6: Obviously, if it wasn't for him, we wouldn't have won

844
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Speaker 6: the World Series. But you know, basically our conversation went,

845
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Speaker 6: it was just basically telling him, man, I think you're

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Speaker 6: the best picture in the world.

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Speaker 1: Just go out there and show people who you are.

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Speaker 1: And he's done nothing but that.

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Speaker 6: And for him to you know, go two complete games

850
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Speaker 6: and a back to back starts and then not only

851
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Speaker 6: win Game six, but then take them mount the very

852
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Speaker 6: next day on no short rent, no no day's rest,

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Speaker 6: and not only that, but to throw them the most

854
00:44:40,760 --> 00:44:44,600
Speaker 6: outs out of any of our pitchers that night was incredible.

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Speaker 6: He truly put a Superman cape on and he delivered.

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Speaker 3: Is it fair to say going back to last year,

857
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Speaker 3: you may have believed he was capable of doing what

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Speaker 3: he did more than maybe he was before having that conversation.

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Speaker 6: Potentially, And that's why I, you know, decided to take

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Speaker 6: him outside of you know, a team environment, with without

861
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Speaker 6: a team translator and all that, and.

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Speaker 1: I basically just wanted him to believe what I believed

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Speaker 1: in him, and I'm.

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Speaker 6: Sure he's never really lacked confidence, but at times, you know,

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Speaker 6: being in a different country and and you can I've

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Speaker 6: been on that mound, even though I'm not a pitcher.

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Speaker 1: Sometimes it's the loneliest feeling in the world.

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Speaker 6: So I just wanted him to know that, you know,

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Speaker 6: we us your teammates, we believe in you.

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00:45:31,719 --> 00:45:33,920
Speaker 1: We we think you're the greatest.

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Speaker 6: And then you know we're we're right behind you, supporting you.

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00:45:37,600 --> 00:45:40,680
Speaker 1: And you know, he was able to relax a little bit.

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00:45:40,560 --> 00:45:44,839
Speaker 6: And deliver that Game five against the Padres, pitched really well.

874
00:45:44,920 --> 00:45:48,120
Speaker 6: Game three against the Mets, did the same thing again

875
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Speaker 6: in Game two against the Yankees, and then obviously the

876
00:45:51,400 --> 00:45:53,959
Speaker 6: rest of his history. He had an unbelievable season, and

877
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Speaker 6: like I said, he was super human in the playoffs.

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Speaker 2: So is Kei K.

879
00:45:58,280 --> 00:46:01,319
Speaker 3: A Hernandez, who is as club as they come. In

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00:46:01,360 --> 00:46:05,080
Speaker 3: the month of October, the Dodgers yesterday made it official,

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Speaker 3: signing a fellow Puerto Rican, Edwin Diaz. Everybody's so excited

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00:46:10,160 --> 00:46:12,919
Speaker 3: about Timmy Trumpet. Does anybody have Timmy Trumpet on their phone?

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00:46:12,960 --> 00:46:13,240
Speaker 1: Yet?

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00:46:13,480 --> 00:46:15,600
Speaker 3: I know my son's playing it every time he goes

885
00:46:15,640 --> 00:46:18,520
Speaker 3: to school. I find it hard to believe that Edwin

886
00:46:18,600 --> 00:46:22,640
Speaker 3: Diaz leaving the Mets after all these years. Never called

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00:46:22,760 --> 00:46:26,959
Speaker 3: Keith a Hernandez. He actually said that he tapped into

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00:46:27,000 --> 00:46:30,120
Speaker 3: about how they treat families with the Dodgers. But how

889
00:46:30,239 --> 00:46:33,160
Speaker 3: much did you play into recruiting Edwin Diaz?

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00:46:34,760 --> 00:46:37,640
Speaker 6: I played a little bit of a part, you know.

891
00:46:37,719 --> 00:46:41,040
Speaker 6: I called Andrew and I let him know that, you know,

892
00:46:41,120 --> 00:46:45,000
Speaker 6: the interest was legit, that the Dodgers were not just leverage,

893
00:46:45,040 --> 00:46:47,640
Speaker 6: and you know that we had a real opportunity of

894
00:46:47,840 --> 00:46:50,680
Speaker 6: going after this guy and getting this guy, uh, in

895
00:46:50,719 --> 00:46:52,960
Speaker 6: my mind, the best closer in baseball right now.

896
00:46:52,960 --> 00:46:57,160
Speaker 1: And you know, once I knew that the negotiations.

897
00:46:56,600 --> 00:46:59,080
Speaker 6: Were getting real, I reached out to Sugar and I

898
00:46:59,160 --> 00:47:01,080
Speaker 6: let him know that, you know, you, at the end

899
00:47:01,120 --> 00:47:02,360
Speaker 6: of the day, you gotta do what's best for you

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Speaker 6: and your family. But the one thing that I can

901
00:47:04,800 --> 00:47:06,840
Speaker 6: assure you is that if you end up with the Dodgers,

902
00:47:07,280 --> 00:47:09,759
Speaker 6: you're not gonna regret it one bit. You're gonna be

903
00:47:09,800 --> 00:47:12,560
Speaker 6: just fine. Your wife and kids are going to be

904
00:47:12,600 --> 00:47:16,000
Speaker 6: just fine. I told them. The worst thing about the

905
00:47:16,040 --> 00:47:19,120
Speaker 6: Dodgers organization is that they're so far away from Puerto Rico,

906
00:47:19,200 --> 00:47:21,839
Speaker 6: and if that's if that's the only thing that's bad

907
00:47:21,880 --> 00:47:24,160
Speaker 6: about an organization, you know, you're in pretty good hands.

908
00:47:24,200 --> 00:47:28,040
Speaker 6: And I just let them know, man like you come here,

909
00:47:28,120 --> 00:47:29,840
Speaker 6: you know you're gonna have a chance to win year in,

910
00:47:29,960 --> 00:47:34,480
Speaker 6: year out. And I think that this is the peak

911
00:47:34,560 --> 00:47:37,200
Speaker 6: of baseball. And as far as an organization, I think this.

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00:47:37,719 --> 00:47:39,480
Speaker 6: You know, we play in the big leagues and the

913
00:47:39,520 --> 00:47:41,759
Speaker 6: way that the Dodgers treat their people is the way

914
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Speaker 6: that should be everywhere, but unfortunately it's not. And lucky

915
00:47:45,080 --> 00:47:47,160
Speaker 6: for us we get to experience that, you know, for

916
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Speaker 6: one hundred and sixty two games plus. And I just

917
00:47:50,280 --> 00:47:52,239
Speaker 6: let him know anything you need any you know, your

918
00:47:52,280 --> 00:47:54,480
Speaker 6: wife can reach out to my wife.

919
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Speaker 1: Asks any questions that you need to ask, if.

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00:47:56,480 --> 00:47:59,000
Speaker 6: You have any doubt, no matter, it doesn't really matter,

921
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Speaker 6: it doesn't have to be baseball, gonna be apartments.

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Speaker 1: Whatever it is, just reach out. Feel free to reach out.

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Speaker 6: And next time I heard from him was after I

924
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Speaker 6: congratulate him for signing.

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Speaker 3: That's beautiful. Key k Hernandez in the bond of Puerto

926
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Speaker 3: Rico is so strong, even though Puerto Rico is so

927
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Speaker 3: far away from La Key k Hernandez is locker. I

928
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Speaker 3: expect to be very close to Edwin Diaz. Don't we

929
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Speaker 3: need Key k Hernandez underneath the Dodgers Christmas tree again?

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00:48:25,160 --> 00:48:27,920
Speaker 3: We need keyk Hernandez back for a three p don't we.

931
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Speaker 3: It feels like it's it's not a matter of if,

932
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Speaker 3: but just when? Does it feel that way to you?

933
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Speaker 6: I mean, yeah, but of course I just had surgery

934
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Speaker 6: and I'm not gonna be ready for opening days, so

935
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Speaker 6: there's no rush.

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Speaker 1: You know.

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Speaker 6: If it ends up working our way and we come

938
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Speaker 6: back to La, all that matters is that I'm ready

939
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Speaker 6: for the second half and ready to do my thing

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Speaker 6: in October.

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Speaker 3: Love it and the fans want you here in LA

942
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Speaker 3: for the full season, not just the second half of

943
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Speaker 3: the year. We're here at the Polo Ralph Lauren store

944
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Speaker 3: at the Citadel and Commerce. They had fitted Key k

945
00:49:05,320 --> 00:49:10,319
Speaker 3: with some new swag myself and me too. So the

946
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Speaker 3: last time you saw Keky and I together, he was

947
00:49:13,239 --> 00:49:16,360
Speaker 3: talking about my nipples coming through my shirt. What do

948
00:49:16,400 --> 00:49:19,680
Speaker 3: you think about this sweater? Does it hide the nipples?

949
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Speaker 1: Still a little hard, but not as hard as they

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Speaker 1: were that night?

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Speaker 3: Okay, yes, that's the way we ended it out there

952
00:49:28,080 --> 00:49:31,359
Speaker 3: at the Polo Ralph Lauren store and sit at the

953
00:49:31,360 --> 00:49:35,200
Speaker 3: Citadel in Commerce. Don't go there now. That was Saturday.

954
00:49:35,440 --> 00:49:38,319
Speaker 3: We had a great time and uh Kei k really

955
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Speaker 3: enjoyed being there at the Polo Ralph Lauren store, meeting

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Speaker 3: all of you, taking photos. A lot of families got

957
00:49:44,239 --> 00:49:48,920
Speaker 3: their Christmas card pictures with keik I saw a whole

958
00:49:49,360 --> 00:49:53,160
Speaker 3: softball team come out and take a picture with keik So,

959
00:49:53,600 --> 00:49:56,919
Speaker 3: one of the more most popular Dodgers on this back

960
00:49:56,920 --> 00:49:59,520
Speaker 3: to back World series team and going back to his

961
00:49:59,600 --> 00:50:02,759
Speaker 3: time when he first started in twenty fifteen. That'll do

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Speaker 3: it for us tonight on Dodger Talk. In case you

963
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Speaker 3: missed our great conversation with Mike Sooshi and Micky Hatcher,

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Speaker 3: you can find it on the iHeartRadio app. We'll be

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Speaker 3: back with you tomorrow night at seven o'clock. River Ryan

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Speaker 3: is going to join us. I promise he won't leave

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Speaker 3: his phone at home. Ronnie Fossio, thank you for your

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Speaker 3: help and thank you for listening. We'll talk to you

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Speaker 3: tomorrow night at seven Sea