WEBVTT - Off Day Dodger Talk (6-8-26)

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

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

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<v Speaker 2>three consecutive titles. The Dodgers are the favorites to become

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<v Speaker 2>the fifth fifth.

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

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<v Speaker 2>Welcome to a very special off night Dodger Talk. David

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<v Speaker 2>Vase with you until eight o'clock tonight here on AM

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<v Speaker 2>five seventy LA Sports. The Dodgers are getting set for

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<v Speaker 2>a six game road trip in Pittsburgh and Chicago. The

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<v Speaker 2>South side of Chicago as the Pirates and White Sox

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<v Speaker 2>are on the schedule the next six nights, and we

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<v Speaker 2>will have all the action for you starting tomorrow afternoon,

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<v Speaker 2>with our coverage beginning at two thirty. First Pitch with

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<v Speaker 2>Rick Monday and Tim Nevert tomorrow from Pittsburgh at three forty.

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<v Speaker 2>It's Skeens Day. That's right. Eric Lower will be facing

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<v Speaker 2>Paul Skeens tomorrow. It should be an exciting game whenever

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<v Speaker 2>Skeens is on the mound and facing the back to

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<v Speaker 2>back defending world champion Dodgers. We've got a great show

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<v Speaker 2>for you tonight. And the reason why it's a great

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<v Speaker 2>show is because we are going to celebrate a guy

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<v Speaker 2>that has meant a lot to the Dodgers the last

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<v Speaker 2>ten years, and that is the one and only Chris Taylor.

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<v Speaker 2>And he is going to join us at seven point fifteen,

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<v Speaker 2>his first interview since officially retiring from Major League Baseball.

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<v Speaker 2>And of course so many great moments with the Dodgers.

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<v Speaker 2>What were your great moments of Chris Taylor? And maybe

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<v Speaker 2>if you call in now and you want to talk

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<v Speaker 2>to Chris Taylor, maybe I'll connect you with Chris Taylor

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<v Speaker 2>so you can celebrate CT three yourself over the phone.

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

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<v Speaker 2>I think of Chris Taylor, the moments I think of

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<v Speaker 2>is the first time I ever met him when he

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<v Speaker 2>was traded to the Dodgers. Do you even remember who

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<v Speaker 2>he was traded for. He was traded for a guy

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<v Speaker 2>by the name of Zach Lee. Remember Zach Lee, the

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<v Speaker 2>former college quarterback that turned into a pitcher that never

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<v Speaker 2>really panned out in the Dodger organization. Great guy, by

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<v Speaker 2>the way, But the Dodgers traded Chris Taylor, or traded

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<v Speaker 2>Zach Lee for Chris Taylor in June of twenty sixteen,

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<v Speaker 2>and I remember meeting Chris Taylor for the first time

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<v Speaker 2>in pitt That's right where the Dodgers are right now.

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<v Speaker 2>I remember exactly where I met Chris Taylor, who was

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<v Speaker 2>right outside the Dodger Clubhouse. We walked to the dugout,

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<v Speaker 2>we did a pregame interview. And other than that first impression,

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<v Speaker 2>of course, if I go in chronological order here, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>gonna think about his incredible twenty seventeen season, and I'll

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<v Speaker 2>never forget his leadoff home run in Game one of

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<v Speaker 2>the twenty seventeen World Series. I'll never forget his incredible

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<v Speaker 2>Game seven catch in Milwaukee in twenty eighteen the NLCS.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll never forget his wild Card walk off home run

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<v Speaker 2>in twenty twenty one, which arguably was his best season

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<v Speaker 2>in the big leagues. So those are the moments that

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<v Speaker 2>flash through my mind when you talk about Chris Taylor.

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<v Speaker 2>We'd love to hear yours. And like I said, if

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<v Speaker 2>you want to have a chance to talk to Chris Taylor,

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<v Speaker 2>phone lines are open at eight, six, six, nine, eighty seven, two,

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<v Speaker 2>five seventy.

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<v Speaker 1>All right.

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<v Speaker 2>Are coming off winning two out of three from the Angels,

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<v Speaker 2>and last year the Dodgers lost all six games to

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<v Speaker 2>the Angels. This year, they swept the Angels in Anaheim

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<v Speaker 2>and then they were able to take two out of

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<v Speaker 2>three from the Angels at Dodgers Stadium. Despite losing thirteen

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<v Speaker 2>to five, the Dodgers took two out of three from

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<v Speaker 2>the Angels and now are heading off on an East

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<v Speaker 2>Coast road trip, a family trip in Pittsburgh where there's

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of families. I'm glad I didn't show up

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<v Speaker 2>on this road trip because I heard there's a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of overflow families over there in Pittsburgh right now. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>why would you want to take your family to Pittsburgh.

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<v Speaker 2>I have no idea why you would want to do that.

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<v Speaker 2>But okay, the Dodgers thought they would treat their families

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<v Speaker 2>to a very special night in Pittsburgh. Congratulations. I guess

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<v Speaker 2>what the Dodger dads are saying to their families. If

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<v Speaker 2>you want to earn, if you want to go to Chicago,

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<v Speaker 2>you have to earn Chicago by going to one of

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<v Speaker 2>my bottom five cities that the Dodgers go to in Pittsburgh.

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<v Speaker 2>Right now, I mean, how many Pimanti brothers can you

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<v Speaker 2>have on one trip? I want to know that. And

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<v Speaker 2>you know, okay, great, you're going to Chicago. But come on, hey,

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<v Speaker 2>by the way, coming up in ten minutes, Chris Taylor

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<v Speaker 2>is going to join us his first interview since his

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<v Speaker 2>official retirement. Chris Taylor is going to join us, So

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<v Speaker 2>we can't wait for that. Coming up at seven fifteen

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

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<v Speaker 2>the phone number, by the way, in this series that

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<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers and Pirates are going to face off against

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<v Speaker 2>It's Schemes versus Lower tomorrow then Jared Jones against shoe

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<v Speaker 2>Hey Otani. And my understanding is the blister that Otani

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<v Speaker 2>has been dealing with is not an issue. He is

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<v Speaker 2>going to pitch and there's not going to be any

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<v Speaker 2>sort of you know, blister that prevents Otani from making

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<v Speaker 2>that start. And then the finale of this series on Thursday,

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<v Speaker 2>Justin Robleski will be going up against Mitch Keller. And

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<v Speaker 2>speaking of show Heyotani. By the way, we'll get to

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<v Speaker 2>Tucker and Mookie Betts after we talked to Chris Taylor.

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<v Speaker 2>But show hey Otani. Everybody was freaking out in the

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<v Speaker 2>month of April. And remember in Toronto Otani told me,

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<v Speaker 2>don't worry, I will get going in May. Well, he

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<v Speaker 2>certainly has got going in May. In the last month.

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<v Speaker 2>In the last thirty days, Otani ranks number one in

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<v Speaker 2>all A Major League Baseball in batting average three seventy

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<v Speaker 2>nine average in the last month, on base percentage four

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<v Speaker 2>sixty nine, slugging percentage six point fifty three. He's he

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<v Speaker 2>has the third most hits in all A Major League

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<v Speaker 2>baseball with thirty six. He has five home runs, He

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<v Speaker 2>has seven doubles nineteen RBIs my point, and also should

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<v Speaker 2>I bring up the pitching In ten starts, sixty one

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<v Speaker 2>innings logged, allowed just five earned runs. Hitters are only

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<v Speaker 2>hitting a buck forty four against Otani. He has sixty

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<v Speaker 2>seven strikeouts and eighteen walks in ten starts. Joey Vado

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<v Speaker 2>on Dan Patrick's show two weeks ago was way ahead

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<v Speaker 2>of this, and that wasn't even when O'twani started taking

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<v Speaker 2>off again offensively. This is possibly, if he continues on

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<v Speaker 2>this trajectory, the greatest single season we have seen from

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<v Speaker 2>any player in baseball history. And it's not even close.

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<v Speaker 2>Barry Bonds and those seventy something home runs Okay, great, yeah, okay,

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of people don't even recognize that. Barry Mark

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<v Speaker 2>McGuire and breaking Roger Maris' record, and Sammy Sosa with

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<v Speaker 2>the sixty something home runs. Great years, but nothing like this.

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<v Speaker 2>Babe Ruth, Are you kidding me? Are we still comparing

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<v Speaker 2>go Tani to Babe Ruth? Here's the tiebreaker. Anybody that

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<v Speaker 2>brings a Babe Ruth to you when it comes to

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<v Speaker 2>Show hal Tani, I could send Show Hal Tani in

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<v Speaker 2>a time machine and he would dominate Babe Ruth's Major

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<v Speaker 2>League Baseball generation. You bring Babe Ruth to twenty twenty six,

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<v Speaker 2>the only thing he's dominating is me at a bar.

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<v Speaker 2>That's it. That's the only thing Babe Ruth is dominating

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<v Speaker 2>in twenty twenty six. Hank Aaron, he had an incredible,

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<v Speaker 2>incredible career, but no season like this. This is the

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<v Speaker 2>single greatest season by any baseball player. And if you

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<v Speaker 2>have one that you think is better, I would love

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<v Speaker 2>to know it. Eight six six nine, eight seven two

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<v Speaker 2>five seventy is the phone number. We're gonna take a

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<v Speaker 2>time out here on Dodger Talk. When we come back,

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<v Speaker 2>Chris Taylor will join us, a guy that will forever

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<v Speaker 2>be part of Dodger history, especially in this era of

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<v Speaker 2>greatness of Dodger baseball. David Vasse with you until eight

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<v Speaker 2>o'clock right here on a five seventy LA Sports. David

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<v Speaker 2>Vasse off Day, Dodger Talk with you until eight o'clock

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

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<v Speaker 2>Dodgers open up a three game series in Pittsburgh tomorrow night.

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<v Speaker 2>It'll be Paul Skeens on the mound for Pittsburgh, and

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<v Speaker 2>it'll be Eric Lower on the mound for the Dodgers.

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<v Speaker 2>But right now, forget about the twenty six Dodgers. We

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<v Speaker 2>care about a man that left it all on the

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<v Speaker 2>field for the Dodgers from the moment he was traded

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<v Speaker 2>here in June of twenty sixteen, until the night that

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<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers say goodbye to Chris Taylor in twenty twenty four.

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<v Speaker 2>A man that was the co NLCS MVP in twenty seventeen.

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<v Speaker 2>A man that made one of the greatest catches in

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<v Speaker 2>NLCS history in twenty eighteen. A man that was an

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<v Speaker 2>All Star in twenty twenty one and had a walk

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<v Speaker 2>off wild card home run for the Dodgers. That is

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<v Speaker 2>the one and only fan favorite CT three Chris Taylor. Chris,

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<v Speaker 2>thanks a lot for coming on the show, and congratulations

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<v Speaker 2>on a great career.

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<v Speaker 4>Thanks Versa. That's a very nice intro. I appreciate it.

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<v Speaker 2>Hey, I wish I could go on and on, Chris,

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<v Speaker 2>but I mean, the fans certainly have showed their outpouring

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<v Speaker 2>of support for you. Were you surprised that you got

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<v Speaker 2>as much attention as you did about your retirement?

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<v Speaker 1>Uh?

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, Honestly, the way it all went down was kind

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<v Speaker 4>of strange. I didn't I wasn't anticipating making it public,

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<v Speaker 4>and then it ended up getting leaked, I guess, and

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<v Speaker 4>then and then people thought I was unretiring, and it

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<v Speaker 4>was like kind of embarrassing. So then I'm like, Okay,

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<v Speaker 4>now I have to say something. But no, it was

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<v Speaker 4>all fine. It was it was cool after I made

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<v Speaker 4>the post or after it came out, seeing all the support.

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<v Speaker 4>I got a lot of very nice texts, and yeah,

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<v Speaker 4>it's cool to uh to see all the love, especially

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<v Speaker 4>from Dodgers fans, obviously playing almost ten years with them

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<v Speaker 4>and you know, still I still think they're the best

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<v Speaker 4>fans in baseball. And yeah, it's it always feels good

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<v Speaker 4>to know that you were appreciated.

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<v Speaker 2>So there was no retiring unretiring. It was just some

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<v Speaker 2>members of the media jumping the gun a little bit

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<v Speaker 2>too fast.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, it's kind of a weird way it happened. I mean,

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<v Speaker 4>long story short, I kind of told I was with

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<v Speaker 4>the fault like these at the time, I kind of

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<v Speaker 4>told them that I was done. I got hit by

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<v Speaker 4>a pitch and fractured my arm.

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<v Speaker 1>First.

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<v Speaker 4>I don't think a lot of people know that, but

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<v Speaker 4>I told them that I was going to probably that's

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<v Speaker 4>it for me. I'm going to go home with my family.

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<v Speaker 4>And then so I, you know, signed the papers and

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<v Speaker 4>I think it was voluntary retirement. And then so that

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<v Speaker 4>was the transaction and that got released right away, and

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<v Speaker 4>then when we had it switched to the IL, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>just to try to keep it under wraps a little bit,

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<v Speaker 4>but it was too late at that point. And then

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<v Speaker 4>when I got switched, people thought I unretired and was

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<v Speaker 4>coming back. It was very strange.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, and I know you don't love attention, and it's

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<v Speaker 2>never and it never has been about you, But I

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<v Speaker 2>feel like you never really fully understood how much you

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<v Speaker 2>meant to your teammates into your fans. Do you understand

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<v Speaker 2>that a little bit more now?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 4>I mean I always knew the Dodger fans were always great.

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<v Speaker 4>They were always very supportive, and I always felt loved there.

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<v Speaker 4>You know, obviously I had some tough years towards the end,

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<v Speaker 4>but you know, I always felt like the fans. You know,

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<v Speaker 4>there's always gonna be some a mix of especially when

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<v Speaker 4>you're struggling, but I felt like the the there was

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<v Speaker 4>plenty of loyal Dodger fans that still supported me even

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<v Speaker 4>through my struggles, and I really appreciated that.

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<v Speaker 2>No doubt they always will when you look back at

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<v Speaker 2>your career, I don't know if you've had a chance

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<v Speaker 2>to reflect, Have you had a chance to reflect on

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<v Speaker 2>your career. Is it still too soon?

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, it's still kind of like I don't think it's

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<v Speaker 4>fully hit me, you know. Right now, I'm just like

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<v Speaker 4>kind of enjoying being home. I was away from my

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<v Speaker 4>family for two months, you know, which was really tough

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<v Speaker 4>in and Salt Lake, Utah, and my family was here

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<v Speaker 4>in Manhattan Beach. I was flying back home every Sunday

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<v Speaker 4>night after our games for our off day on Monday,

0:14:23.240 --> 0:14:25.240
<v Speaker 4>and then meeting back up with a team on Tuesday,

0:14:26.120 --> 0:14:29.080
<v Speaker 4>and you know, just to try to be here as

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<v Speaker 4>much as I could with them while I was playing

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<v Speaker 4>in Triple A. And that was just a really tough

0:14:36.920 --> 0:14:41.240
<v Speaker 4>two months stretch. And for me obviously being away, and

0:14:41.280 --> 0:14:45.840
<v Speaker 4>then for my family and my wife kind of basically

0:14:45.920 --> 0:14:48.120
<v Speaker 4>being a single mom for two months, I was a grind.

0:14:48.200 --> 0:14:55.320
<v Speaker 4>And so now I'm just kind of enjoying being a

0:14:55.360 --> 0:14:59.160
<v Speaker 4>full time dad, stay at home dad, spending time with

0:14:59.200 --> 0:15:01.360
<v Speaker 4>my family. We're going to do some things I've never

0:15:01.400 --> 0:15:03.320
<v Speaker 4>gotten the opportunity to do. We're going to do some

0:15:03.440 --> 0:15:10.640
<v Speaker 4>traveling and uh, yeah, so I don't think I've really

0:15:11.360 --> 0:15:15.080
<v Speaker 4>fully reflected on it. But when the news of the

0:15:15.120 --> 0:15:18.320
<v Speaker 4>retirement came out, you know, I saw the love and support,

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<v Speaker 4>so that was really cool.

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<v Speaker 2>Chris Taylor is our guest, a man that will never

0:15:23.240 --> 0:15:26.040
<v Speaker 2>be forgotten in Dodger history. And can you believe that

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<v Speaker 2>Dodgers are in Pittsburgh right now? Chris? And what do

0:15:29.160 --> 0:15:32.800
<v Speaker 2>you remember about your first day in Pittsburgh wearing a

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<v Speaker 2>Dodger uniform?

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<v Speaker 4>That was my first game as a Dodger. I think

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<v Speaker 4>it was yeah, yeah, very cool. I think I remember

0:15:50.680 --> 0:15:54.960
<v Speaker 4>coming to the Dodgers and expecting to be way more

0:15:55.120 --> 0:15:59.680
<v Speaker 4>nervous and than I was with the Mariners, just because

0:15:59.680 --> 0:16:04.000
<v Speaker 4>it's the Dodgers. You know, It's like bigger stage, more fans,

0:16:05.160 --> 0:16:09.400
<v Speaker 4>more publicity, higher expectation, and all of the above. And

0:16:09.480 --> 0:16:13.400
<v Speaker 4>it was funny when I got there and stepped into

0:16:13.400 --> 0:16:16.120
<v Speaker 4>the clubhouse. And I think that's part of what makes

0:16:16.120 --> 0:16:20.400
<v Speaker 4>the Dodgers so good, was I wasn't very nervous at all.

0:16:20.480 --> 0:16:23.920
<v Speaker 4>I was very comfortable. They do a great job of

0:16:25.000 --> 0:16:28.560
<v Speaker 4>like letting all their players know like, you're here for

0:16:28.600 --> 0:16:32.000
<v Speaker 4>a reason, we want you to be the best version

0:16:32.000 --> 0:16:38.640
<v Speaker 4>of yourself, and there's no fear of failure. I feel

0:16:38.640 --> 0:16:43.640
<v Speaker 4>like there's no hesitation. They want you to play aggressive,

0:16:44.640 --> 0:16:48.920
<v Speaker 4>and you know, I felt that and I thought that

0:16:49.080 --> 0:16:51.360
<v Speaker 4>was a big reason. It kind of brought out the

0:16:51.400 --> 0:16:56.040
<v Speaker 4>best in me, where in the past I might have

0:16:56.080 --> 0:16:59.920
<v Speaker 4>put too much pressure on myself, or prior to that,

0:17:00.280 --> 0:17:02.280
<v Speaker 4>I might have put too much pressure on myself and

0:17:02.320 --> 0:17:05.879
<v Speaker 4>played a little nervous or whatever it is, which would

0:17:05.880 --> 0:17:08.080
<v Speaker 4>be common for many young players in the big leagues.

0:17:08.119 --> 0:17:10.120
<v Speaker 4>And I think the Dodgers do a great job of

0:17:11.960 --> 0:17:15.520
<v Speaker 4>letting their young guys specifically be comfortable in their own

0:17:15.560 --> 0:17:18.560
<v Speaker 4>skin and do what got them there.

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<v Speaker 2>Chris, I never asked you this, since we were always

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<v Speaker 2>in the moment, and I didn't never wanted to put

0:17:24.119 --> 0:17:27.879
<v Speaker 2>you on the spot more than I did. But you

0:17:28.119 --> 0:17:31.040
<v Speaker 2>had a lot of close teammates, a lot of great teammates.

0:17:31.560 --> 0:17:35.600
<v Speaker 2>What bonds did you form with those guys and how

0:17:35.760 --> 0:17:39.159
<v Speaker 2>close are you still with the guys from that played

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<v Speaker 2>with you from twenty seventeen to like twenty twenty.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, extremely close. I think those years you just mentioned,

0:17:49.240 --> 0:17:52.679
<v Speaker 4>you know, those are some of that core group of guys.

0:17:53.760 --> 0:17:55.840
<v Speaker 4>Those are some of my best friends. Those are probably,

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<v Speaker 4>to me, my closest teammates and guys that I keep

0:18:06.400 --> 0:18:10.280
<v Speaker 4>in touch with, you know, guys that were at my wedding,

0:18:11.920 --> 0:18:17.440
<v Speaker 4>you know, my wife is great friends with their wives.

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<v Speaker 4>So yeah, it's uh, it was a very close group,

0:18:22.040 --> 0:18:25.199
<v Speaker 4>and you know that that's not gonna change now that

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<v Speaker 4>I'm done playing.

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<v Speaker 2>Did Corey seeger text? You I heard he's not a

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<v Speaker 2>very good Texter.

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<v Speaker 4>Me and Corey are both very similar in that way,

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<v Speaker 4>But he did he did send me a tack.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, my dream is one day to have a reunion

0:18:41.160 --> 0:18:44.160
<v Speaker 2>with the twenty seventeen Dodgers for obvious reasons.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, that was a that was a special group. I

0:18:48.520 --> 0:18:53.359
<v Speaker 4>still think that might have been the best team I

0:18:53.359 --> 0:18:55.160
<v Speaker 4>ever played on, even though we never won.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, you guys were You guys were on another level

0:18:59.200 --> 0:19:02.400
<v Speaker 2>that year. And do you remember the feeling you had

0:19:02.400 --> 0:19:04.800
<v Speaker 2>when you hit that lead off home run in Game

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<v Speaker 2>one of the World Series at Dodger Stadium.

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<v Speaker 4>Kind Of I've always said, like those big moments for me,

0:19:14.280 --> 0:19:19.320
<v Speaker 4>I sort of black out, But I think there was

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<v Speaker 4>definitely some shock. You know, that entire year was a

0:19:23.760 --> 0:19:27.240
<v Speaker 4>bit of a shock for me to go from what

0:19:27.760 --> 0:19:32.800
<v Speaker 4>I had where I was before that, and then, you know,

0:19:33.280 --> 0:19:36.360
<v Speaker 4>have the best year of my career and the biggest

0:19:36.359 --> 0:19:39.560
<v Speaker 4>moments in the World Series and I'll see s MVP.

0:19:39.720 --> 0:19:41.879
<v Speaker 4>It is just like all these things. It didn't. It

0:19:41.960 --> 0:19:43.040
<v Speaker 4>felt very surreal.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, it's weird, I you know how nostalgic I get.

0:19:46.960 --> 0:19:49.760
<v Speaker 2>But rightfully so. You had so many great moments. The

0:19:49.840 --> 0:19:53.479
<v Speaker 2>team gave us so many great moments that Dodger fans

0:19:53.520 --> 0:19:56.639
<v Speaker 2>hadn't had in so many years. The team was just

0:19:56.680 --> 0:19:59.600
<v Speaker 2>in Milwaukee. And no, I'm not talking about the slide.

0:19:59.640 --> 0:20:02.359
<v Speaker 2>I was. I was looking at the leftfield wall, CT,

0:20:02.560 --> 0:20:05.679
<v Speaker 2>and I was just envisioning you taking that route to

0:20:05.760 --> 0:20:10.000
<v Speaker 2>catch that fly ball in Game seven of the eighteen NLCS.

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<v Speaker 2>That's the only thing I think about when I go

0:20:12.359 --> 0:20:14.960
<v Speaker 2>to Milwaukee.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, I mean definitely maybe my biggest probably definitely my

0:20:21.760 --> 0:20:28.400
<v Speaker 4>biggest defensive moment of my career. And just I think

0:20:28.440 --> 0:20:35.120
<v Speaker 4>as a player, when you look back at everything, those moments,

0:20:35.200 --> 0:20:40.800
<v Speaker 4>moments like that at the biggest stage, you know, that's

0:20:40.840 --> 0:20:43.960
<v Speaker 4>why you play the game. That's what you do it for.

0:20:44.760 --> 0:20:47.200
<v Speaker 4>All the hard work, all the failure, like all the

0:20:47.960 --> 0:20:51.200
<v Speaker 4>low points, it's all worth it because of moments like that.

0:20:52.080 --> 0:20:54.920
<v Speaker 2>My other memory view CT is after you hit the

0:20:55.080 --> 0:20:58.480
<v Speaker 2>walk off home run against the Cardinals in the twenty

0:20:58.520 --> 0:21:03.400
<v Speaker 2>one wildcard game. If you fast forward after the NLDS

0:21:03.440 --> 0:21:06.600
<v Speaker 2>and beating the Giants. At some point we were flying

0:21:06.640 --> 0:21:10.240
<v Speaker 2>back to Atlanta maybe for Game six, and you were

0:21:10.280 --> 0:21:12.720
<v Speaker 2>sitting in one of those first class seats and you

0:21:12.800 --> 0:21:16.959
<v Speaker 2>were you just look really really drained, like you had

0:21:17.000 --> 0:21:20.240
<v Speaker 2>given everything at that point in time for one hundred

0:21:20.280 --> 0:21:23.119
<v Speaker 2>and six win team. It just seemed like such a

0:21:23.160 --> 0:21:25.720
<v Speaker 2>grind for you guys to get to the NLCS and

0:21:25.760 --> 0:21:26.920
<v Speaker 2>to try to win that thing.

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<v Speaker 4>I don't remember the moment you're talking about, but I've had,

0:21:33.119 --> 0:21:36.960
<v Speaker 4>I know, I mean, as I'm sure it's true the

0:21:37.119 --> 0:21:40.800
<v Speaker 4>flights in the playoffs, and I think a lot of

0:21:40.800 --> 0:21:45.520
<v Speaker 4>players can speak to this. Your body is so worn down,

0:21:45.560 --> 0:21:49.320
<v Speaker 4>your mind is worn down, like because you're just so

0:21:49.680 --> 0:21:53.560
<v Speaker 4>drained because you give everything you can in those games

0:21:54.280 --> 0:21:59.040
<v Speaker 4>and a lot of them are long games. And yeah,

0:21:59.119 --> 0:22:02.119
<v Speaker 4>so it doesn't surprise me at all. I know, in

0:22:02.200 --> 0:22:06.000
<v Speaker 4>a lot of those flights, I am like, there's no

0:22:06.040 --> 0:22:09.280
<v Speaker 4>way I'm gonna be able to play tomorrow or the

0:22:09.320 --> 0:22:12.280
<v Speaker 4>next day or whatever it is. But of course, as players,

0:22:12.400 --> 0:22:14.920
<v Speaker 4>you know, we kind of figure it out and find

0:22:14.920 --> 0:22:18.720
<v Speaker 4>a way and are we bounce back quickly. But yeah,

0:22:18.760 --> 0:22:23.080
<v Speaker 4>some of those flights in the postseason, guys are limping

0:22:23.160 --> 0:22:27.639
<v Speaker 4>on and off that plane. It's no joke, Hey.

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<v Speaker 2>Chris, is that what makes what the Dodgers have done

0:22:30.000 --> 0:22:34.120
<v Speaker 2>the last two years that much more incredible? With everything

0:22:34.160 --> 0:22:36.200
<v Speaker 2>that you just said, the playoffs.

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<v Speaker 4>Are, Yeah, it's hard that baseball. It's so hard to

0:22:41.840 --> 0:22:47.000
<v Speaker 4>go back to back because I feel like very rarely

0:22:47.080 --> 0:22:50.280
<v Speaker 4>does the best team actually win the World Series in baseball.

0:22:50.320 --> 0:22:53.160
<v Speaker 4>It's just like so much of it is who gets

0:22:53.200 --> 0:22:58.240
<v Speaker 4>hot at the right time, and then also the fashion

0:22:58.320 --> 0:23:04.919
<v Speaker 4>in which they did it last year the probably the

0:23:04.960 --> 0:23:11.480
<v Speaker 4>best World Series I've ever seen in my lifetime. So yeah,

0:23:11.520 --> 0:23:16.520
<v Speaker 4>that was a special World Series for them, for sure.

0:23:16.600 --> 0:23:18.320
<v Speaker 4>That was pretty incredible.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, Chris, We appreciate you coming on, and I

0:23:22.800 --> 0:23:25.440
<v Speaker 2>love that I am sharing you with the fans because

0:23:26.080 --> 0:23:29.840
<v Speaker 2>everybody appreciates how you left it all out on the field,

0:23:30.000 --> 0:23:32.760
<v Speaker 2>and you do such great things still to this day.

0:23:33.200 --> 0:23:35.240
<v Speaker 2>I mean, I just saw a photo of you showing

0:23:35.320 --> 0:23:38.919
<v Speaker 2>up unexpectedly to surprise little leaguers, and you and Mary

0:23:39.359 --> 0:23:42.240
<v Speaker 2>do such a great job with the CT three foundation.

0:23:42.400 --> 0:23:45.720
<v Speaker 2>I have no doubt that's going to continue, and I'm

0:23:45.760 --> 0:23:50.240
<v Speaker 2>just very grateful how humble you've been through your great

0:23:50.320 --> 0:23:53.040
<v Speaker 2>time with the Dodgers. You've treated me like family. You've

0:23:53.040 --> 0:23:56.680
<v Speaker 2>treated my kids like family, and I feel like LA

0:23:56.880 --> 0:24:00.520
<v Speaker 2>will forever treat you like family because of everything that

0:24:01.000 --> 0:24:03.520
<v Speaker 2>you've done in the spirit You've done it with so

0:24:03.920 --> 0:24:07.560
<v Speaker 2>on behalf of Los Angeles and Dodger fans from the

0:24:07.600 --> 0:24:11.520
<v Speaker 2>South Bay to Downey to the San Fernando Valley. Just

0:24:11.640 --> 0:24:14.320
<v Speaker 2>thank you for everything you did and the way you

0:24:14.359 --> 0:24:15.080
<v Speaker 2>went about it.

0:24:16.720 --> 0:24:20.159
<v Speaker 4>Thank you, Ves, and this feeling really as mutual. I

0:24:20.200 --> 0:24:24.120
<v Speaker 4>have a love for the Dodgers and all of Los

0:24:24.160 --> 0:24:27.920
<v Speaker 4>Angeles County. This is obviously my home now here in

0:24:29.000 --> 0:24:34.359
<v Speaker 4>Manhattan Beach, and yeah, I'm very grateful for all of

0:24:34.359 --> 0:24:35.560
<v Speaker 4>this love and support.

0:24:36.840 --> 0:24:38.639
<v Speaker 2>If you ever need tickets to a game, let me

0:24:38.680 --> 0:24:47.119
<v Speaker 2>know CT Well, well, keep in touch. Thanks for doing this,

0:24:47.240 --> 0:24:48.080
<v Speaker 2>appreciate it.

0:24:50.000 --> 0:24:51.760
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, absolutely, thanks for having me on.

0:24:52.720 --> 0:24:57.000
<v Speaker 2>There, he goes. Chris Taylor, one of the iconic Dodgers

0:24:57.440 --> 0:25:01.200
<v Speaker 2>of the last fifteen years, has been one of those

0:25:01.240 --> 0:25:04.199
<v Speaker 2>guys that when you look back at this period of

0:25:04.240 --> 0:25:07.600
<v Speaker 2>time of Dodger baseball, you will see a lot of

0:25:07.720 --> 0:25:11.320
<v Speaker 2>Chris Taylor highlights because he meant that much to the

0:25:11.359 --> 0:25:15.600
<v Speaker 2>team's success. And in case you didn't have a chance

0:25:15.640 --> 0:25:17.840
<v Speaker 2>to call in in time to talk to Chris Taylor.

0:25:17.880 --> 0:25:21.000
<v Speaker 2>I would love to hear your favorite Chris Taylor moment.

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

0:25:24.400 --> 0:25:27.760
<v Speaker 2>the phone number more Dodger Talk until eight o'clock right

0:25:27.760 --> 0:25:31.399
<v Speaker 2>here on a five to seventy. LA Sports A great

0:25:31.440 --> 0:25:36.480
<v Speaker 2>guy to work with over his ten years as a Dodger.

0:25:36.680 --> 0:25:40.080
<v Speaker 2>Chris Taylor, in case you missed it, joined us. If

0:25:40.119 --> 0:25:42.720
<v Speaker 2>you want to hear the full conversation after the show,

0:25:43.080 --> 0:25:46.000
<v Speaker 2>you can find it on the iHeartRadio app. And don't

0:25:46.000 --> 0:25:49.919
<v Speaker 2>forget to continue to support Chris Taylor and his wife Mary.

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<v Speaker 2>They do such great things with the CT three Foundation,

0:25:53.800 --> 0:25:56.560
<v Speaker 2>and I really hope they keep that Polar Plunge rolling

0:25:56.720 --> 0:25:59.959
<v Speaker 2>because it's such a great event in February. I mean

0:26:00.000 --> 0:26:01.840
<v Speaker 2>now that he's not playing, they could do it in

0:26:01.880 --> 0:26:05.240
<v Speaker 2>the summer. So that's a great event for a great

0:26:05.320 --> 0:26:07.960
<v Speaker 2>cause and hopefully they keep it going. So thank you

0:26:08.000 --> 0:26:11.399
<v Speaker 2>to Chris Taylor for coming on the show. And heyesus

0:26:11.840 --> 0:26:16.080
<v Speaker 2>from South Almonte. You're on Dodger Talk. Great to hear

0:26:16.160 --> 0:26:19.320
<v Speaker 2>Chris Taylor's voice. I know you wanted to get on

0:26:19.400 --> 0:26:21.159
<v Speaker 2>to talk to him, but he had a run. But

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<v Speaker 2>thank you for calling in.

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<v Speaker 5>Oh, thank you, David, thanks for taking my call. I

0:26:28.960 --> 0:26:31.920
<v Speaker 5>just wanted to share a story that I have from

0:26:32.359 --> 0:26:38.800
<v Speaker 5>twenty twenty one Playoffs Game five versus the Brains. Me

0:26:38.880 --> 0:26:41.280
<v Speaker 5>and my son went to the game and we would

0:26:41.280 --> 0:26:45.199
<v Speaker 5>always take a jersey of who we thought would have

0:26:45.280 --> 0:26:50.760
<v Speaker 5>a great game, and I took CT three's twenty twenty

0:26:51.760 --> 0:26:57.080
<v Speaker 5>World Championship jersey, the gold Ones. Yeah, and he hit

0:26:57.160 --> 0:27:01.400
<v Speaker 5>those three home runs at what man A croub went wild.

0:27:01.520 --> 0:27:03.760
<v Speaker 5>A couple of people noticed that I had the jersey.

0:27:04.240 --> 0:27:06.280
<v Speaker 5>They were recording on their phone. They would tell me

0:27:06.320 --> 0:27:09.800
<v Speaker 5>turn around and h and record that I had the jersey.

0:27:09.800 --> 0:27:12.720
<v Speaker 5>We're all jumping around, and my son was like that,

0:27:13.280 --> 0:27:15.879
<v Speaker 5>you're probably the only one in the stadium wearing a

0:27:15.960 --> 0:27:19.720
<v Speaker 5>CP jersey. I'd like to think there's other people wearing it,

0:27:19.800 --> 0:27:23.679
<v Speaker 5>but man, that was one of the great memory that

0:27:23.720 --> 0:27:27.560
<v Speaker 5>I got from CT three. Great guy, great player. I

0:27:27.640 --> 0:27:31.160
<v Speaker 5>know he bled his heart out for Doctor Blue, and

0:27:31.280 --> 0:27:33.280
<v Speaker 5>I just wanted to share that story with you guys.

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<v Speaker 2>David, Hey, I love that story. Haeseus and those three

0:27:37.520 --> 0:27:41.160
<v Speaker 2>home runs in Game five. Because the Dodgers didn't win

0:27:41.240 --> 0:27:44.040
<v Speaker 2>that series, a lot of people forget about it. Jesus

0:27:44.160 --> 0:27:47.760
<v Speaker 2>but that was a great game, another clutch, great game

0:27:47.840 --> 0:27:50.560
<v Speaker 2>by Chris Taylor that year. You're one hundred percent right,

0:27:50.880 --> 0:27:54.280
<v Speaker 2>and if Max Scherzer wouldn't have tapped out before Game six,

0:27:54.640 --> 0:27:56.840
<v Speaker 2>they may have won that NLCS and gone to the

0:27:56.840 --> 0:27:57.680
<v Speaker 2>World Series.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, he was, he was.

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<v Speaker 6>He got paid.

0:28:00.880 --> 0:28:02.320
<v Speaker 5>That's why he didn't want to go. He didn't want

0:28:02.359 --> 0:28:04.160
<v Speaker 5>to play that of the He didn't want to pitch

0:28:04.240 --> 0:28:04.680
<v Speaker 5>that game.

0:28:05.240 --> 0:28:10.359
<v Speaker 2>Esverdd Jesus, Esverdad. Thank you for calling in appreciate it. Hey,

0:28:10.400 --> 0:28:12.400
<v Speaker 2>that's a great story and maybe one of the most

0:28:12.440 --> 0:28:15.880
<v Speaker 2>forgotten great games. Chris Taylor had a three homer game

0:28:15.960 --> 0:28:19.880
<v Speaker 2>in Game five of the twenty one NLCS. Eight six

0:28:20.000 --> 0:28:23.760
<v Speaker 2>six nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone number.

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<v Speaker 2>The Dodgers start a six game road trip tomorrow in Pittsburgh.

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<v Speaker 2>Three in Pittsburgh against the Pirates and then three against

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<v Speaker 2>the upstart young Chicago White Sox, who are just two

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<v Speaker 2>games back of the Guardians in the nl Central or

0:28:40.920 --> 0:28:45.000
<v Speaker 2>Al Central. And one of the young Dodgers that never

0:28:45.080 --> 0:28:48.240
<v Speaker 2>really got a chance to play every day with Max

0:28:48.360 --> 0:28:52.720
<v Speaker 2>Munsey and Freddie Freeman holding down the corners is Miguel Vargas,

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<v Speaker 2>who is having an unbelievable great year for the White

0:28:57.400 --> 0:29:00.920
<v Speaker 2>Sox and Miguel Vargas and the White so will face

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<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers beginning Friday night on the South Side of Chicago,

0:29:05.200 --> 0:29:07.960
<v Speaker 2>and there's a really good chance you could have Miguel

0:29:08.080 --> 0:29:11.920
<v Speaker 2>Vargas starting at third base for the American League and

0:29:12.040 --> 0:29:15.680
<v Speaker 2>Max Munsey starting at third base for the National League

0:29:15.720 --> 0:29:19.960
<v Speaker 2>in July's All Star Game. And right now you can

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<v Speaker 2>go to MLB dot com and vote for the All Stars.

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<v Speaker 2>That's the way it goes now. So I would encourage

0:29:26.640 --> 0:29:30.200
<v Speaker 2>you to vote not only for the Dodgers, but also

0:29:30.560 --> 0:29:33.480
<v Speaker 2>for a guy like Miguel Vargas, who you know, just

0:29:33.640 --> 0:29:37.040
<v Speaker 2>was a young player, never had the runway to be

0:29:37.200 --> 0:29:41.080
<v Speaker 2>able to have the growing pains with Max Munsey and

0:29:41.120 --> 0:29:43.920
<v Speaker 2>Freddie Freeman playing for the Dodgers trying to win a

0:29:43.920 --> 0:29:46.800
<v Speaker 2>World Series. So you look back at that three way

0:29:46.920 --> 0:29:50.680
<v Speaker 2>trade during the summer of twenty four between the Dodgers,

0:29:50.720 --> 0:29:55.280
<v Speaker 2>the White Sox and the Cardinals. Out of those three teams,

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<v Speaker 2>I would say the Dodgers in White Sox certainly came

0:29:59.480 --> 0:30:03.320
<v Speaker 2>out on with the Dodgers winning the World Series, Tommy

0:30:03.480 --> 0:30:08.520
<v Speaker 2>Edmond being a key part winning the NLCSMVP Michael Kopek,

0:30:09.240 --> 0:30:12.200
<v Speaker 2>being healthy that year, was one of the bullpen dogs,

0:30:12.240 --> 0:30:16.000
<v Speaker 2>a tremendous relief pitcher for the Dodgers in twenty four

0:30:16.080 --> 0:30:18.960
<v Speaker 2>down the stretch and in the postseason. And the White

0:30:18.960 --> 0:30:22.360
<v Speaker 2>Sox got Miguel Vargas, who you remember. After he was

0:30:22.400 --> 0:30:25.880
<v Speaker 2>traded the White Sox were in Oakland. He looked very

0:30:26.040 --> 0:30:29.240
<v Speaker 2>sad to be on the White Sox, but it gave

0:30:29.320 --> 0:30:31.719
<v Speaker 2>him an opportunity to play every day and here he

0:30:31.880 --> 0:30:35.200
<v Speaker 2>is having his breakout year. So this will be a

0:30:35.240 --> 0:30:38.440
<v Speaker 2>fun road trip. It starts tomorrow with the Dodgers facing

0:30:38.520 --> 0:30:42.000
<v Speaker 2>Paul Skens. Our coverage begins at two thirty with Tim

0:30:42.080 --> 0:30:45.560
<v Speaker 2>Kats and Morongo Casino Dodgers on deck. First pitch from

0:30:45.640 --> 0:30:48.480
<v Speaker 2>P and C Park in Pittsburgh at three point forty

0:30:48.560 --> 0:30:52.600
<v Speaker 2>with Rick Monday and Tim Neverett. The only question is

0:30:53.920 --> 0:30:57.280
<v Speaker 2>does Kyle Tucker and Mookie Betts come out of their

0:30:57.360 --> 0:31:01.160
<v Speaker 2>season long slumps starting on this road trip might be

0:31:01.240 --> 0:31:05.400
<v Speaker 2>hard tomorrow against Paul Skins, But who do you have

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<v Speaker 2>a higher concern level for, Mookie Bets or Kyle Tucker.

0:31:11.040 --> 0:31:15.560
<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna say both equally. I'm a little concerned Mookie

0:31:15.600 --> 0:31:18.360
<v Speaker 2>Betts is thirty three years old. He does have one

0:31:18.440 --> 0:31:21.560
<v Speaker 2>hundred and twenty at bats right now. I said, you

0:31:21.640 --> 0:31:23.920
<v Speaker 2>got to give him some time, and Kenny Landro, the

0:31:23.960 --> 0:31:26.560
<v Speaker 2>former Dodger, told me, you got to give this guy

0:31:26.600 --> 0:31:29.080
<v Speaker 2>at least one hundred and fifty at bats before you

0:31:29.160 --> 0:31:32.480
<v Speaker 2>start making a judgment on where Mooki Betts is at

0:31:32.520 --> 0:31:36.200
<v Speaker 2>this season, especially coming off that strained right o bleak.

0:31:36.400 --> 0:31:40.120
<v Speaker 2>So when you look at it, you have to give

0:31:40.200 --> 0:31:43.440
<v Speaker 2>Mooky Bets the benefit of the doubt. But we're getting

0:31:43.440 --> 0:31:46.560
<v Speaker 2>close to that point in time where we are going

0:31:46.640 --> 0:31:49.200
<v Speaker 2>to send it to the jury here on whether or

0:31:49.280 --> 0:31:52.960
<v Speaker 2>not Mookie Bets can come out of this, because it's

0:31:53.000 --> 0:31:56.320
<v Speaker 2>the second straight year Mookie Bets has had a bad

0:31:56.400 --> 0:31:59.680
<v Speaker 2>start to the season. And remember Mookie Bets didn't come

0:31:59.720 --> 0:32:04.959
<v Speaker 2>out of slump until September and after five lessons hitting

0:32:05.040 --> 0:32:09.200
<v Speaker 2>lessons with JD Martinez. JD. Martinez told us in spring

0:32:09.240 --> 0:32:11.560
<v Speaker 2>training that he flew out to LA a couple of

0:32:11.600 --> 0:32:14.760
<v Speaker 2>different times to work with Mookie Betts, on top of

0:32:15.280 --> 0:32:17.880
<v Speaker 2>meeting him at an off site betting cage when the

0:32:17.920 --> 0:32:22.160
<v Speaker 2>team was in Tampa, Florida in September. The only issue

0:32:22.200 --> 0:32:26.400
<v Speaker 2>now is JD. Martinez is an official employee of the Mets.

0:32:26.480 --> 0:32:30.920
<v Speaker 2>I'm not sure Uncle Stevie Cohen would appreciate JD. Martinez

0:32:30.960 --> 0:32:34.480
<v Speaker 2>helping out Mookie Bets and the Dodgers now that he

0:32:34.560 --> 0:32:37.600
<v Speaker 2>works for the Mets. Mookie's hitting a buck eighty three

0:32:38.000 --> 0:32:41.959
<v Speaker 2>with six home runs and seventeen RBIs the only reason

0:32:42.000 --> 0:32:44.200
<v Speaker 2>why he gets a little bit more of a grace

0:32:44.240 --> 0:32:47.840
<v Speaker 2>period is because he's won three World Series in LA

0:32:48.880 --> 0:32:52.720
<v Speaker 2>and he's playing a premium position and helping the Dodgers defensively.

0:32:53.280 --> 0:32:55.720
<v Speaker 2>Can you say that about Kyle Tucker and right field,

0:32:56.400 --> 0:33:00.800
<v Speaker 2>I'm not sure you can. Everybody bashed Taoscar Hernandez last year.

0:33:01.480 --> 0:33:04.120
<v Speaker 2>Is Kyle Tucker that much better of a right fielder

0:33:04.160 --> 0:33:07.680
<v Speaker 2>than ta Oscar Hernandez? I thought he was, and I

0:33:07.720 --> 0:33:10.320
<v Speaker 2>would say he is maybe a little bit, but not

0:33:10.440 --> 0:33:15.080
<v Speaker 2>by the margin that you would expect it to be.

0:33:15.800 --> 0:33:20.120
<v Speaker 2>And my only concern about Kyle Tucker is that last

0:33:20.240 --> 0:33:23.640
<v Speaker 2>year he had a wrist injury the second half of

0:33:23.640 --> 0:33:26.280
<v Speaker 2>the season and was a two thirty hitter. He only

0:33:26.320 --> 0:33:28.600
<v Speaker 2>hit five home runs and one hundred and forty three

0:33:28.640 --> 0:33:31.880
<v Speaker 2>at bats the second half of last year, and so

0:33:32.080 --> 0:33:36.280
<v Speaker 2>far this season that's exactly who he is with the Dodgers.

0:33:36.320 --> 0:33:39.440
<v Speaker 2>The only difference is he is hitting some doubles. He

0:33:39.440 --> 0:33:42.800
<v Speaker 2>has fifteen doubles and only five home runs. But if

0:33:42.840 --> 0:33:45.440
<v Speaker 2>you take the second half of last year with the

0:33:45.480 --> 0:33:48.840
<v Speaker 2>Cubs and the first half so far with the Dodgers,

0:33:49.240 --> 0:33:52.960
<v Speaker 2>Kyle Tucker is a two thirty three hitter and his

0:33:53.040 --> 0:33:57.280
<v Speaker 2>OPS is barely above seven hundred. Now, I will say this,

0:33:58.720 --> 0:34:03.200
<v Speaker 2>the perception that Kyleyle Tucker does not care is completely false.

0:34:03.320 --> 0:34:06.320
<v Speaker 2>I know for a fact he cares. I know for

0:34:06.440 --> 0:34:10.320
<v Speaker 2>a fact he's not happy. But does it have to

0:34:10.400 --> 0:34:13.440
<v Speaker 2>go back to what we've talked about with certain Dodgers

0:34:13.880 --> 0:34:19.120
<v Speaker 2>that come over here. Is it too much analysis? Does

0:34:19.440 --> 0:34:23.120
<v Speaker 2>the Dodger hitting coaches need to scale back the information

0:34:23.239 --> 0:34:26.160
<v Speaker 2>they're giving Kyle Tucker. Does Kyle Tucker need to go

0:34:26.320 --> 0:34:29.440
<v Speaker 2>more on the spectrum of Freddie Freeman to kind of

0:34:29.480 --> 0:34:34.000
<v Speaker 2>move away from all that information. Sometimes less information is

0:34:34.040 --> 0:34:37.440
<v Speaker 2>better for certain hitters. I don't know the inner workings

0:34:37.480 --> 0:34:39.640
<v Speaker 2>of all that, but I do know the Dodgers, and

0:34:39.719 --> 0:34:43.960
<v Speaker 2>we all know this, are very heavy in analytics, and

0:34:44.120 --> 0:34:49.440
<v Speaker 2>maybe that is paralysis by analysis for certain players, especially

0:34:49.520 --> 0:34:53.719
<v Speaker 2>a guy like Kyle Tucker. But Aaron Bates and Rob

0:34:53.800 --> 0:34:57.120
<v Speaker 2>van Zoyek. How much are they really trying to change

0:34:57.200 --> 0:35:00.040
<v Speaker 2>Kyle Tucker. They're just trying to help him be the

0:35:00.360 --> 0:35:04.959
<v Speaker 2>best version of Kyle Tucker. I would imagine eight six six, seven,

0:35:05.120 --> 0:35:07.960
<v Speaker 2>two five seventy is the phone number. Let's go out

0:35:08.000 --> 0:35:10.960
<v Speaker 2>to see me, Valley, Ben, You're on Dodger Talk with

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<v Speaker 2>David basse Hi Ben.

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<v Speaker 6>Hey, David, thanks for taking my call. Man loved the show.

0:35:18.400 --> 0:35:21.040
<v Speaker 6>I was cool hearing from CT three. I wanted to

0:35:21.040 --> 0:35:25.239
<v Speaker 6>bring up one of my favorite memories, or one that

0:35:25.360 --> 0:35:29.840
<v Speaker 6>just stands out to me at least was one of

0:35:30.400 --> 0:35:33.760
<v Speaker 6>It was twenty seventeen in the World Series Game five,

0:35:34.840 --> 0:35:39.040
<v Speaker 6>that crazy back and forth game between the Astros and

0:35:39.719 --> 0:35:42.239
<v Speaker 6>I remember Chris Taylor came up with two outs in

0:35:42.280 --> 0:35:45.280
<v Speaker 6>the ninth inning and the and the Dodgers were losing,

0:35:45.320 --> 0:35:47.759
<v Speaker 6>and he tied the game with a base hit. I

0:35:47.760 --> 0:35:50.480
<v Speaker 6>think the Dodgers lost that game, but that's still a

0:35:50.520 --> 0:35:52.880
<v Speaker 6>moment that came up to me. That just speaks to

0:35:52.920 --> 0:35:55.759
<v Speaker 6>how clutch he was in those big moments.

0:35:56.040 --> 0:35:58.280
<v Speaker 2>That was a wild game. A lot of people thought

0:35:58.360 --> 0:36:01.680
<v Speaker 2>that was the most entertaining World Series game they ever saw.

0:36:02.160 --> 0:36:06.160
<v Speaker 2>It was thirteen to twelve and it went into extra innings,

0:36:06.239 --> 0:36:08.480
<v Speaker 2>and you're right, Chris Taylor had a big hit to

0:36:08.560 --> 0:36:11.560
<v Speaker 2>tie the game in the ninth inning. I mean, when

0:36:11.560 --> 0:36:15.080
<v Speaker 2>you talk about clutch players for the Dodgers from twenty

0:36:15.200 --> 0:36:20.080
<v Speaker 2>sixteen to about twenty twenty two, I would say Justin Turner,

0:36:20.160 --> 0:36:22.520
<v Speaker 2>I would say Key k Hernandez, and I would say

0:36:22.600 --> 0:36:26.160
<v Speaker 2>Chris Taylor and Cody Bellinger. Those would be my foremost

0:36:26.280 --> 0:36:29.720
<v Speaker 2>clutch players the Dodgers had during that period of time.

0:36:30.160 --> 0:36:33.800
<v Speaker 2>And I actually forgot about that. That was an epic

0:36:33.880 --> 0:36:37.480
<v Speaker 2>game that had so many different lead changes, and I

0:36:37.600 --> 0:36:40.560
<v Speaker 2>forgot about that because of the way everything else went down.

0:36:40.600 --> 0:36:44.200
<v Speaker 2>But yeah, Chris Taylor singled to score Austin Barnes off

0:36:44.239 --> 0:36:47.480
<v Speaker 2>of Kris Davinski, a reliever for the Astros that year,

0:36:47.520 --> 0:36:50.200
<v Speaker 2>one of the better ones. The Dodgers scored three runs

0:36:50.600 --> 0:36:52.600
<v Speaker 2>in the top of the ninth inning to tie it

0:36:52.640 --> 0:36:55.840
<v Speaker 2>at twelve. If they win that game, they win the

0:36:55.840 --> 0:36:58.560
<v Speaker 2>World Series, even with the Astros cheating Ben.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, yeah, I remember Quigue wasn't I think Quig hit

0:37:04.840 --> 0:37:08.279
<v Speaker 6>a homer and Cody Bellinger too also, I think was

0:37:08.320 --> 0:37:10.359
<v Speaker 6>part of that rally in the ninth inning.

0:37:10.680 --> 0:37:14.200
<v Speaker 2>You're right, Yeah, great memory. That's right. Yeah, Cody Bellinger,

0:37:14.840 --> 0:37:18.160
<v Speaker 2>uh was on base when Yasiel Puig hit a two

0:37:18.200 --> 0:37:22.640
<v Speaker 2>run home run. So yeah, great, great memory. And it's

0:37:22.719 --> 0:37:25.880
<v Speaker 2>unfortunate the Astros were cheating their way to the World Series.

0:37:27.560 --> 0:37:29.600
<v Speaker 6>Yeah, it's on the forefront of my mind because I

0:37:29.680 --> 0:37:33.799
<v Speaker 6>just I just recently watched this really good PBS documentary

0:37:33.840 --> 0:37:40.920
<v Speaker 6>that covered the whole Houston scandal. Really yeah, it's it's

0:37:40.960 --> 0:37:44.640
<v Speaker 6>it's it's on PBS, and uh yeah, really good coverage.

0:37:44.680 --> 0:37:50.200
<v Speaker 6>You know, they talked with insiders from you know, the Astros,

0:37:50.320 --> 0:37:53.640
<v Speaker 6>the I think the whistleboat blower, the original.

0:37:53.200 --> 0:37:55.120
<v Speaker 2>Guy who yeah, Mike Fires, the.

0:37:55.080 --> 0:37:58.440
<v Speaker 6>Athletic Yeah, I think they interviewed him. Yeah, it was

0:37:58.480 --> 0:38:00.880
<v Speaker 6>It was pretty good. Uh so did.

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<v Speaker 2>They talk to any Dodger Mine?

0:38:04.600 --> 0:38:08.920
<v Speaker 6>No, they didn't. They didn't. Even the twenty seventeen World

0:38:09.000 --> 0:38:12.399
<v Speaker 6>Series was not covered as much as I would want

0:38:12.440 --> 0:38:16.239
<v Speaker 6>it to be, But nonetheless I thought it was good,

0:38:16.640 --> 0:38:19.360
<v Speaker 6>good information. I love documentaries.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, hopefully there's a greater documentary on all that, Ben,

0:38:23.880 --> 0:38:26.239
<v Speaker 2>because I don't know how you do a documentary on

0:38:26.360 --> 0:38:29.239
<v Speaker 2>the cheating Astros and not bring up the twenty seventeen

0:38:29.280 --> 0:38:32.560
<v Speaker 2>World Series. I feel like everybody just wants to sweep

0:38:32.560 --> 0:38:35.200
<v Speaker 2>that under the rug, including the commissioner at the time.

0:38:37.320 --> 0:38:43.080
<v Speaker 6>Yeah, that's true. I remember when Cody Bellinger was asked about,

0:38:43.120 --> 0:38:45.719
<v Speaker 6>you know, the punishment, he said, Manfred was weak, the

0:38:45.719 --> 0:38:48.280
<v Speaker 6>punishment was weak. I thought that was so funny.

0:38:48.640 --> 0:38:51.320
<v Speaker 2>I never saw Cody Bellinger that angry, Ben, that was

0:38:51.360 --> 0:38:53.520
<v Speaker 2>in spring training. I was standing right there. I had

0:38:53.640 --> 0:38:57.560
<v Speaker 2>never seen Cody Bellinger that angry and that ready to

0:38:57.760 --> 0:39:01.839
<v Speaker 2>just have no filter speaking publicly that spring training when

0:39:01.840 --> 0:39:04.840
<v Speaker 2>all that came out, and all the Dodgers rightfully so

0:39:05.000 --> 0:39:08.399
<v Speaker 2>that were part of the seventeen World Series. I mean,

0:39:08.520 --> 0:39:12.960
<v Speaker 2>think about this, Ben, What the Astros did changed lives.

0:39:13.160 --> 0:39:16.520
<v Speaker 2>Rich Hill never had another chance after that year to

0:39:16.560 --> 0:39:20.920
<v Speaker 2>win a World Series. Andre Ethier and Chase Sutley retired

0:39:20.960 --> 0:39:25.160
<v Speaker 2>after Game seven of the seventeen World Series. Those two guys,

0:39:25.320 --> 0:39:27.880
<v Speaker 2>at least Chase Suttley has a ring with the Phillies,

0:39:27.920 --> 0:39:30.880
<v Speaker 2>but he put a lot into being a Dodger, and

0:39:31.200 --> 0:39:34.279
<v Speaker 2>Ethier played his whole career with the Dodgers and never won. So,

0:39:34.920 --> 0:39:38.960
<v Speaker 2>I mean, what those guys did is unforgivable. And as

0:39:39.040 --> 0:39:41.600
<v Speaker 2>much as Major League Baseball wants all of us just

0:39:41.640 --> 0:39:45.480
<v Speaker 2>to forget about it. There's no chance anybody in LA

0:39:45.640 --> 0:39:50.120
<v Speaker 2>or New York will ever forget about it. That should

0:39:50.120 --> 0:39:52.920
<v Speaker 2>have been that should have been a Dodgers Yankees World

0:39:52.960 --> 0:39:56.680
<v Speaker 2>Series before a Dodgers Yankees World Series in twenty four.

0:39:58.920 --> 0:39:59.560
<v Speaker 1>Yeah no.

0:40:00.280 --> 0:40:03.840
<v Speaker 6>And that was another thing that this PBS documentary covered

0:40:04.000 --> 0:40:08.160
<v Speaker 6>was the careers that the cheating scandal altered. It was

0:40:09.200 --> 0:40:16.640
<v Speaker 6>there was a reliever and yeah, so got released that. Yeah,

0:40:16.640 --> 0:40:20.279
<v Speaker 6>he got cut after he gave up some runs and

0:40:20.360 --> 0:40:22.399
<v Speaker 6>it and it turned out after the fact that they

0:40:22.400 --> 0:40:24.759
<v Speaker 6>were using the trash can against him. And he was

0:40:24.800 --> 0:40:26.239
<v Speaker 6>interviewed in that documentary.

0:40:27.239 --> 0:40:30.879
<v Speaker 2>Yes, Ben, thank you for the phone call. Call back

0:40:30.920 --> 0:40:34.600
<v Speaker 2>anytime and hopefully after a Dodger win in Pittsburgh tomorrow.

0:40:36.080 --> 0:40:37.440
<v Speaker 6>Okay, all right, thanks.

0:40:38.040 --> 0:40:40.840
<v Speaker 2>Ben, appreciate it. Yeah, I mean think about this. I

0:40:41.160 --> 0:40:44.600
<v Speaker 2>mentioned the players, the veteran players for the Dodgers, guys

0:40:44.600 --> 0:40:50.040
<v Speaker 2>like Logan Forsyth, Andre Ethier, Chase Lee, rich Hill that

0:40:50.200 --> 0:40:53.839
<v Speaker 2>never had a chance to win another World Series. At

0:40:53.920 --> 0:40:57.279
<v Speaker 2>least three of them retired and then Richill continued to

0:40:57.320 --> 0:40:59.920
<v Speaker 2>try to chase it just never got it. But think

0:41:00.120 --> 0:41:04.240
<v Speaker 2>about Clayton Kershaw. If the Dodgers don't win in twenty twenty.

0:41:05.040 --> 0:41:08.680
<v Speaker 2>Think about the narrative that Clayton Kershaw would have behind

0:41:08.760 --> 0:41:12.799
<v Speaker 2>him in his career. Obviously there were time and look,

0:41:12.840 --> 0:41:16.240
<v Speaker 2>I'm not gonna go through all of it because every season,

0:41:16.400 --> 0:41:22.320
<v Speaker 2>every playoff series had its own unique characteristics on why

0:41:22.560 --> 0:41:26.799
<v Speaker 2>things went sideways for Kershaw. But in twenty seventeen, he

0:41:26.960 --> 0:41:29.960
<v Speaker 2>was on top of his game. Game one of the

0:41:30.000 --> 0:41:33.839
<v Speaker 2>World Series, he shut down the Astros. Game five, he

0:41:33.960 --> 0:41:36.040
<v Speaker 2>was on his game still, but they were cheating. They

0:41:36.040 --> 0:41:40.960
<v Speaker 2>were taking sliders that nobody took all year long from Kershaw.

0:41:41.000 --> 0:41:44.279
<v Speaker 2>His slider was nasty in Game five, go back and

0:41:44.320 --> 0:41:49.400
<v Speaker 2>watch it. They continued to perpetuate the narrative that Kershaw

0:41:49.480 --> 0:41:52.880
<v Speaker 2>couldn't win the big one in October, he couldn't deliver

0:41:53.040 --> 0:41:55.680
<v Speaker 2>because remember he was taken out in the fourth or

0:41:55.680 --> 0:41:59.640
<v Speaker 2>fifth inning after the Astros were, you know, seemingly responding

0:41:59.719 --> 0:42:03.320
<v Speaker 2>after the Dodgers would put up crooked numbers. So uh,

0:42:03.360 --> 0:42:07.000
<v Speaker 2>there were a lot of different people affected by that,

0:42:07.640 --> 0:42:10.400
<v Speaker 2>more than what you know. And if you take a

0:42:10.400 --> 0:42:13.520
<v Speaker 2>little deeper look into it, how many lives they changed.

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<v Speaker 2>It's unforgivable. Eight six, six, nine, seven, two five seventy

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<v Speaker 2>is the phone number all right. That'll do it for

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<v Speaker 2>us on Dodger Talk tonight. Like I mentioned, the Dodgers

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<v Speaker 2>tomorrow will start a three game series in Pittsburgh and

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<v Speaker 2>then head to the South Side of Chicago. The pitching

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<v Speaker 2>matchups starting tomorrow will be Eric Lower against Paul Skeens, show,

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<v Speaker 2>Hey Otani against Jerry Jones, Justin Robleski against Mitch Keller.

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<v Speaker 2>Our coverage begins tomorrow at two thirty. First pitch from

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<v Speaker 2>P and C Park at three forty and yeah, maybe

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<v Speaker 2>terrorized Petros on the secret textoso about possible rain and

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<v Speaker 2>Pittsburgh tomorrow, But I feel like first pitch is gonna

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<v Speaker 2>get off on Uh, first pitch is gonna happen on time,

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<v Speaker 2>so don't worry about it. Thanks to Ronnie Fossio for

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<v Speaker 2>all his help, and thank you to Chris Taylor. It

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<v Speaker 2>was awesome to have him on the show, his first

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<v Speaker 2>interview since officially retiring. You can find all that on

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<v Speaker 2>the iHeartRadio app. We will talk to you tomorrow before

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<v Speaker 2>and after the Dodgers and Pirates get ready for Game

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<v Speaker 2>one of the series at P and C Park. Have

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<v Speaker 2>a great rest of your night. See you