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Speaker 2: Get in on the show by calling eight six six

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Speaker 2: seven hashtag Dodger Talk and now your host, David Bassey.

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Speaker 3: Welcome to Dodger Talk. David Vassey, upright, I'm still kicking

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Speaker 3: at seven o'clock. We're with you until eight o'clock tonight

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

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Speaker 3: a great show for you tonight. We are going to

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Speaker 3: get you what some of these gambling websites are saying

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Speaker 3: for the Dodgers to win number of games over under

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Speaker 3: on wins for the Dodgers this year. We'll share that

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Speaker 3: with you in a moment coming up in fifteen minutes

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Speaker 3: in case you missed it. Over the weekend they had

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Speaker 3: the awards ceremony in New York for the MVPs and

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Speaker 3: the cy Youngs and the Rookies of the Year. And

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Speaker 3: show how Taani very fluent in English. We will share

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Speaker 3: with you the four time MVP speech over the weekend

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Speaker 3: in New York. There as another player that came off

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Speaker 3: the free agent board today and signed with the San

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Speaker 3: Francisco Giants. We'll share that with you and also the

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Speaker 3: centerpiece of our show at the bottom of the hour,

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Speaker 3: third base coach for the Dodgers, the best in the game,

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Speaker 3: Dino Ebel will join us. We'll get his thoughts on

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Speaker 3: what transpired in Game seven of the World Series and

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Speaker 3: also he will be part of Mark Deros's coaching staff

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Speaker 3: again for Team USA and the World Baseball Classic. Now,

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Speaker 3: don't forget this Saturday, It's Dodger Fest. You can get

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Speaker 3: your tickets at Dodgers dot com slash Dodger Fest. We

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Speaker 3: will be broadcasting a special Dodger Talk this Saturday from

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Speaker 3: ten am to one o'clock right here on the back

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Speaker 3: to back World Series champions Home Dodgers Radio and five

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Speaker 3: to seventy LA Sports. We will have all the players

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Speaker 3: from Freddie Freeman to Mookie Betts to Blake Snell join

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Speaker 3: us from Dodger Fest. So when you're taking the kids

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Speaker 3: thing that kicks off that baseball feeling, and spring training

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Speaker 3: is right around the corner. The Dodgers first Cactus League

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Speaker 3: will have that for you, first pitch at twelve o'clock

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Speaker 3: to kick off the Cactus League schedule, and then on

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Speaker 3: opening Day it will be at Dodgers Stadium March twenty

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Speaker 3: sixth against the Arizona Diamondbacks. The Dodgers their second consecutive

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Speaker 3: opening Day March twenty sixth. All right, let's get to

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Speaker 3: the show now. First of all, Petro Some Money spent

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Speaker 3: Where were you when the Dodgers uh one Game seven

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Speaker 3: share with you show Hal Tani's MVP speech four MVPs

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Speaker 3: I feel like everybody agrees with you, Courtney. That's the

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Speaker 3: And while everybody's saying it's the greatest World series they've

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Speaker 4: Have that?

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Speaker 3: Not anymore, Courtney. Thank you for the phone call. Let's

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Speaker 3: stay in Long Beach, Ernie. You're on Dodger Talk. How

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Speaker 6: Hey brother, I'm doing good.

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Speaker 6: Where was I on the eighteenth inning walk off that

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Speaker 3: You know. That's awesome. That's awesome, Ernie. Thank you for sharing.

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Speaker 3: Right, Ernie, thank you for the phone call. Love hearing

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Speaker 5: First of all, I want to give a shout out

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Speaker 3: I love that they have won every game that I

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Speaker 5: Oh no, well, the eighteen inning, I was in scu

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Speaker 3: You know, Joe can't win. It feels like Joe could

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Speaker 5: Oh there's no question. He's definitely the best of this

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Speaker 3: I agree. I agree with that. Peter, Thank you for

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Speaker 9: How you doing Waldough, Hey David, I'm great. Looking forward

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Speaker 9: So we've gone the Yeah, we've gone the last two years.

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Speaker 9: My memories of last year. I also had to get

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Speaker 9: If Miguel Rojas didn't put a little lecture on that throw.

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Speaker 3: You know, of course, not until opening day.

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Speaker 6: That's right.

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Speaker 9: If you go back one year, I'll tell you where

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Speaker 9: I'm there. So we were. We were there, and that

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Speaker 3: No doubt, Freddie Freeman's a legacy player. Now he's got

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Speaker 11: Sir, I'm definitely using the app. I'm doing great, great.

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Speaker 11: So so Freddie. I'm watching the game on my phone

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Speaker 3: All right, Jose, thanks a lot for sharing that and

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Speaker 3: on AM five seventy LA Sports. David Vasse with you

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Speaker 6: Hey.

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Speaker 8: Thanks David. Always great talking to you and looking forward

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Speaker 3: Have you have you worked with any of the players

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Speaker 3: this offseason, Dino? Have you seen any of the guys?

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Speaker 8: Well, this week started with Kim's in town. Months he's

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Speaker 8: in town, so there's gonna be guys coming in and

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Speaker 8: out of the stadium. So yeah, we guys are coming

439
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Speaker 8: in and getting work all winter long, especially in the

440
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Speaker 8: weight room. But now they're starting to get their routine down,

441
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Speaker 8: getting some fly balls on ball. So uh, it's it's

442
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Speaker 8: getting closer to spring training and that's when guys will

443
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Speaker 8: start to come in at Dodger Stadium and and start

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Speaker 8: to getting prepared for spring training.

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Speaker 3: Do you know, before we look forward, let's look back

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Speaker 3: at an incredible World Series. First question is have you

447
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Speaker 3: watched one of Game six or Game seven all the

448
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Speaker 3: way through or is there a particular play that you

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Speaker 3: go back to watch the most Since you guys won

450
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Speaker 3: Game seven.

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Speaker 8: Well, David, to tell you the truth, being at home

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Speaker 8: and you know, watching, you know some highlights I just

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Speaker 8: I don't go through all all, you know, pitch to pitch,

454
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Speaker 8: inning to inning. But the highlights that I just keep

455
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Speaker 8: going back to is Game six when Kyk you know,

456
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Speaker 8: throws the ball on the soft you know, Lin's ride

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Speaker 8: to left field and doubling up and Rojas's making that

458
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Speaker 8: great pick. And then Game seven just numerous defensive plays,

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Speaker 8: one on Rojas and then you know the Paz and

460
00:26:07,880 --> 00:26:10,960
Speaker 8: Kik and left center and then seeing Yoshi come in

461
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Speaker 8: and close that game out. So those are the things

462
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Speaker 8: that just you know, the home run, Rohas's home run,

463
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Speaker 8: Will Smith in the eleventh goes deep to win it.

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Speaker 8: But just going back to the Philly series, the comebacker

465
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Speaker 8: and the pitcher throws it away, just highlights, you know,

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Speaker 8: parts of each series with the Brewers, you know, the

467
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Speaker 8: dominant pitching we had in four game series. So show

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Speaker 8: Hayes ten punchouts and three home runs. So that's kind

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Speaker 8: of what I usually look at. But what an incredible run,

470
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Speaker 8: what an incredible series from Game one from Cincinnati to

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Speaker 8: the Game seven in Toronto. Never will forget it and

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Speaker 8: what an exciting year.

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Speaker 3: Two of the guys that you know really well were

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Speaker 3: on the show before Christmas, and that was Mickey Hatcher

475
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Speaker 3: and Mike so and you obviously are one of the

476
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Speaker 3: best third base coaches out there, and you understand the

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Speaker 3: value of ninety feet and each actually taking big leads

478
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Speaker 3: from third base. They each said that Isaiah Kana Filefa,

479
00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:18,400
Speaker 3: he should have taken a more aggressive lead and if

480
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Speaker 3: he did, we may not be celebrating back to back

481
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Speaker 3: World Series championships. What did you think about that play?

482
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Speaker 3: How close was it?

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Speaker 8: Well, you're looking back and you know the game of inches,

484
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Speaker 8: and yeah, if you know, if he gets off a

485
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Speaker 8: little bit more left handed hitter, the odds are that,

486
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Speaker 8: you know, he's probably not going to hit into a

487
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Speaker 8: line drive on the left side of the diamond to

488
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Speaker 8: double up the runner at third base. But you know,

489
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Speaker 8: going back in the moment and then the dugout and

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Speaker 8: down there in the uh, you know, far into the

491
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Speaker 8: dugout watching our defense, and I see the coach, third

492
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Speaker 8: base coach fabulous, who's a good third base coach, go

493
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Speaker 8: over to the line and he draws a line with

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Speaker 8: his foot, so it's on it's on the it's on

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Speaker 8: the video where you know, this is what can't blame

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Speaker 8: the For me, you can't blame the player. This is

497
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Speaker 8: what they teach in the organization. So Febulus goes down,

498
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Speaker 8: draws the line and then you know, the runner goes

499
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Speaker 8: and puts his right foot on the line and doesn't move,

500
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Speaker 8: which was a short lead. They were worried about getting

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Speaker 8: doubled up or back door by the catcher with a

502
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Speaker 8: left handed batter. So uh, you know, I know everybody

503
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Speaker 8: goes back and looks at the player and says, well,

504
00:28:24,600 --> 00:28:27,399
Speaker 8: he should have got a little bit more. But for me,

505
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Speaker 8: this is what Toronto teaches. This is what the third

506
00:28:30,600 --> 00:28:33,320
Speaker 8: base coach put, you know, the line in the in

507
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Speaker 8: the dirt, and the player did exactly what he was

508
00:28:35,640 --> 00:28:38,480
Speaker 8: supposed to do. Now going back, yeah, now we don't

509
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Speaker 8: do that. We're a little bit more aggressive. You know.

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Speaker 8: It's uh, you know, you get off I you know,

511
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Speaker 8: I try to teach pitch to pitch. Now I look

512
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Speaker 8: to see where the third basement is and if you

513
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Speaker 8: do take a shorter primary lead, then we got to

514
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Speaker 8: get a better secondary lead. But if you get a

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Speaker 8: bigger lead, then you got to cut down on the

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Speaker 8: secondary lead. So one or the other what we do, Uh,

517
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Speaker 8: that's what we would have done in that moment. But

518
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Speaker 8: you can't blame the player. He did exactly what he

519
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Speaker 8: was supposed to do with the organization teaches.

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Speaker 3: Another key play in game seven was when Andy po

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Speaker 3: Has was fresh into the game after that play and uh,

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Speaker 3: you know you talk about being at the far end

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Speaker 3: of the dugout. My understanding is that's where Paes was

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Speaker 3: with his hoodie on when Dave Roberts said, go into

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Speaker 3: the game for Tommy Edmund. Can you take us through

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Speaker 3: what what you saw and how how it transpired. Where

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Speaker 3: Paz was into the game and he has that collision

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Speaker 3: with Key Kanan catches the ball.

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Speaker 8: Right, he's down down there by me. He's you know,

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Speaker 8: watching the game where everybody's standing up on here. You know,

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Speaker 8: the game is on the line, and then you know

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Speaker 8: his name is called, so Danny Lehman, the bench coach,

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Speaker 8: runs over until pa has grabs his glove and then

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Speaker 8: you know they call time out and boom, there he goes,

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Speaker 8: which you know, he's running out to center field and

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Speaker 8: in the moment, you know, I look at Edmund who's

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Speaker 8: coming in from center field. He thinks we're going to

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Speaker 8: run a five man infield. You know, he's he's looking

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Speaker 8: at me like, where's my glove? And then I look

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Speaker 8: down at the end of the bench and and Bob Garrin.

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Speaker 8: You know, it's signaling to me that hey, he's out

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Speaker 8: of the game. So I tell Tommy that you're done.

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Speaker 8: So he comes in the dugout and now you know

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Speaker 8: it's we're not going to the five man infield. They

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Speaker 8: decided not to, and you know we got the chopper.

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Speaker 8: That's when you know, Varshow chops the ball to Rojas.

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Speaker 8: He makes the plate to play. But we had all

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Speaker 8: the infielders in. But in that moment, yes, it was

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Speaker 8: just you know, Dave thought, let's put in our best

550
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Speaker 8: center fielder with the best arm, give us a chance.

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Speaker 8: If it is hitting the outfield, we're in shallow So

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Speaker 8: in that in that situation, they've got to go over

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Speaker 8: our head to beat us some type of limes ride

554
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Speaker 8: shallow fly ball. We can have a plate to play.

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Speaker 8: So yeah, that's that's looking back, that's living the moment.

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Speaker 8: That's what happened, all right.

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Speaker 3: Dino Ebel, the Dodgers third base coach, nobody has a

558
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Speaker 3: best review of home runs than you do, and an

559
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Speaker 3: experience of high fiving these guys every time they hit one.

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Speaker 3: Take us through what you saw when Miguel Rojas tied

561
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Speaker 3: the game when you were down to your final two out,

562
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Speaker 3: saying what was it like congratulating him when he rounded

563
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Speaker 3: third base?

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Speaker 8: Oh? Man, that was just what a thrill. You know,

565
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Speaker 8: I've been in some big moments, some big games where

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Speaker 8: you know, last year, Freddie Threeman Game one hits the

567
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Speaker 8: Grand Slam, which we'll never forget that. But you know

568
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Speaker 8: you're down, You're down to two outs and it's a

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Speaker 8: three to two count. You know it's one out and

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Speaker 8: you're just hoping that he can put the ball in play.

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Speaker 8: You got show Hey on deck, You get a guy

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Speaker 8: on so you know, maybe show Hey can hit a

573
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Speaker 8: two run homer, you know, to put you ahead. But

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Speaker 8: you know the count goes to three and two, and

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Speaker 8: you know, all I'm thinking out there is just come on, Rojas.

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Speaker 8: He's a contact guy. I felt he was not gonna

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Speaker 8: you know, strike out. Knew, like you know what, anything

578
00:32:01,560 --> 00:32:04,160
Speaker 8: around the plate, he's going to put a good swing

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Speaker 8: on it. But when he hit it, my hand went

580
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Speaker 8: straight up. I knew it was gone soon as he

581
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Speaker 8: hit hit. You know the sound of the bat. I

582
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Speaker 8: look up and you know it acts it just it

583
00:32:14,120 --> 00:32:17,920
Speaker 8: went quiet, and just it was so quiet that when

584
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Speaker 8: that ball went over the fence, I turned around. I mean,

585
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Speaker 8: it's just pure chills, you know, in my body, and

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Speaker 8: I see I see like our family section behind our

587
00:32:29,280 --> 00:32:31,800
Speaker 8: dugout just going crazy. And that was the only thing

588
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Speaker 8: I heard was our family section. So in the moment,

589
00:32:35,480 --> 00:32:38,080
Speaker 8: it wasn't like a Dodger Stadium, you know, home run,

590
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Speaker 8: because we're on the road, but it felt like it

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Speaker 8: because of the crowd that was behind our dugouts, mainly

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Speaker 8: off family section. But him coming around third base was

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Speaker 8: probably the best feeling I had, just because he tied

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Speaker 8: the game, giving us a chance to go into extra innings,

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Speaker 8: and I felt we had a great chance winning if

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Speaker 8: we went to extra innings on that one with help White.

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Speaker 3: It was at Rogers Center after Rojas tied the game

598
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Speaker 3: in the ninth inning, Dino, when he was coming around

599
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Speaker 3: third base, could you hear his cleats come off the dirt?

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Speaker 3: Was it that quiet that you could hear that?

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Speaker 1: Oh?

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Speaker 8: Yeah, it was. He was, you know, yelling, you know, like,

603
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Speaker 8: you know, yeah, come on and let's go. And I

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Speaker 8: looked over at our dugout and it's like, this is

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Speaker 8: you know, everybody's out, you know, in front of that

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Speaker 8: dugout and just the emotion of playing baseball and having

607
00:33:30,520 --> 00:33:33,000
Speaker 8: fun and you know, you look back as a kid

608
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Speaker 8: and it didn't matter. You're in Game seven. He ties

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Speaker 8: it up with a home run with you know, one

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Speaker 8: out in the ninth inning, you're on the road, and

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Speaker 8: it's just pure excitement. That momentum just shipped it on

612
00:33:45,040 --> 00:33:47,480
Speaker 8: our side and they knew it. You know, you saw

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Speaker 8: the look on Hoffman's face. I looked at him, I

614
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Speaker 8: looked at their dougout. It was like they couldn't believe

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Speaker 8: what happened. And all we heard, all I heard at

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Speaker 8: third base was our family section and our dougout going crazy.

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Speaker 8: That's what that's living the moment, what I went through

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Speaker 8: in that in that in that period of.

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Speaker 3: Time, that's amazing. Deno Ebel, Dodgers third base coach, back

620
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Speaker 3: to back World Series champion third base coach, is our guest,

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Speaker 3: Was it similar when Will Smith hit his go ahead

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Speaker 3: home run in the eleventh inning? Do you know similar

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Speaker 3: experience with only hearing the family section.

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Speaker 8: Oh yeah, and you know Will, I mean when he

625
00:34:24,600 --> 00:34:27,680
Speaker 8: hits them, it was a no doubt or it was high. Uh,

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Speaker 8: you know, I as soon as he hits it, I

627
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Speaker 8: know it's gone. And I look to our dugout. Everybody's

628
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Speaker 8: jumping up over the railing there and they're coming out

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Speaker 8: of that dugout and I see Will. And when Will

630
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Speaker 8: comes around, he's one of those guys that's got like

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Speaker 8: super super strength that he doesn't you know, doesn't really realize,

632
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Speaker 8: but his his adrenaline emotion. When he hit my hand,

633
00:34:47,719 --> 00:34:50,520
Speaker 8: I thought, there goes my right fingers and just he

634
00:34:50,680 --> 00:34:53,160
Speaker 8: crushed him so so hard. I said, you know what,

635
00:34:53,239 --> 00:34:56,080
Speaker 8: I didn't even feel it. But afterwards I told Will,

636
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Speaker 8: I said, man, you came close to breaking my whole hand,

637
00:34:58,480 --> 00:35:00,640
Speaker 8: but you know what, I didn't care. And I just

638
00:35:00,920 --> 00:35:04,520
Speaker 8: I love the moment and just just pure excitement is

639
00:35:04,600 --> 00:35:07,360
Speaker 8: just you know, here in our crowd here and seeing

640
00:35:07,360 --> 00:35:10,200
Speaker 8: our doug out going crazy as uh, you know, that's

641
00:35:10,239 --> 00:35:12,160
Speaker 8: what we played for. And then went in at on

642
00:35:12,200 --> 00:35:15,000
Speaker 8: that double play. I'll never forget it. So that's uh,

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Speaker 8: it was a what a what a game seven?

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Speaker 3: What a world series? The Dodgers celebrating back to back

645
00:35:20,840 --> 00:35:24,319
Speaker 3: World Series championships looking for a three Pete and Dina

646
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Speaker 3: Ebel is a big part of Dave Roberts coaching staff.

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Speaker 3: Now Dino Uh. Everybody was a little surprised that the

648
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Speaker 3: Dodgers were able to pull off signing Kyle Tucker. Did

649
00:35:36,640 --> 00:35:39,640
Speaker 3: you have any hint that you were closing in on

650
00:35:39,760 --> 00:35:43,640
Speaker 3: Kyle Tucker? And how much more improved is your outfield

651
00:35:43,680 --> 00:35:46,400
Speaker 3: going to be? With Tucker and right, tay Oscar and

652
00:35:46,480 --> 00:35:49,320
Speaker 3: left and Paez and center.

653
00:35:49,600 --> 00:35:52,640
Speaker 8: Well, you know, you never you know, you hear stuff,

654
00:35:52,680 --> 00:35:54,160
Speaker 8: you know, like in the media, and you you know,

655
00:35:54,239 --> 00:35:57,960
Speaker 8: you hear Andrew and Brendan Gome saying that we're always

656
00:35:58,040 --> 00:36:00,560
Speaker 8: open to you know, getting better. So you know, there

657
00:36:00,600 --> 00:36:02,400
Speaker 8: was a rumor out there that we were looking for

658
00:36:02,440 --> 00:36:05,360
Speaker 8: an outfielder. You know, we lost, we're losing a comforto.

659
00:36:05,480 --> 00:36:08,440
Speaker 8: So you know, there's call and there's you know, you

660
00:36:08,480 --> 00:36:10,560
Speaker 8: know you have call there and you got you know,

661
00:36:10,640 --> 00:36:13,960
Speaker 8: some guys who can platoon out there. But I just

662
00:36:14,080 --> 00:36:16,240
Speaker 8: in the back of my mind, I felt like Andrew

663
00:36:16,280 --> 00:36:19,040
Speaker 8: and Brandan Gomes and our ownership was going to do

664
00:36:19,120 --> 00:36:23,239
Speaker 8: something very special. And you know, the Tucker got out

665
00:36:23,239 --> 00:36:25,440
Speaker 8: there and you know, I'm thinking, I'm not going to

666
00:36:25,520 --> 00:36:28,439
Speaker 8: get excited until you know you've been in this game

667
00:36:28,520 --> 00:36:31,000
Speaker 8: long enough to where you hear all these rumors and

668
00:36:31,320 --> 00:36:34,480
Speaker 8: whispers and you know things can fall in the last second.

669
00:36:34,520 --> 00:36:38,360
Speaker 8: But uh, what a what an exciting moment when I

670
00:36:38,400 --> 00:36:42,279
Speaker 8: found out before they announced it that we came to

671
00:36:42,480 --> 00:36:44,800
Speaker 8: an agreement with Kyle Tucker. Now I had him in

672
00:36:44,840 --> 00:36:48,439
Speaker 8: the WBC. What a great player. He's gonna Dodger fans

673
00:36:48,440 --> 00:36:50,480
Speaker 8: are going to fall in love with this guy. Uh,

674
00:36:50,719 --> 00:36:52,839
Speaker 8: he puts the ball in play, he's got power, he's

675
00:36:52,840 --> 00:36:55,839
Speaker 8: a plus outfielder, plus arm. So I think I saw.

676
00:36:56,080 --> 00:36:58,319
Speaker 8: I haven't talked to Dave yet, you know, probably this

677
00:36:58,400 --> 00:37:02,799
Speaker 8: week sometime we always get together before spring training. But

678
00:37:03,160 --> 00:37:06,120
Speaker 8: he made the comment that Pale is probably going to

679
00:37:06,160 --> 00:37:08,560
Speaker 8: move over to left and Tucker and right, but our

680
00:37:08,640 --> 00:37:12,360
Speaker 8: outfield now is going to be really good. Kyle. Kyle's

681
00:37:12,400 --> 00:37:14,919
Speaker 8: going to really help us try to repeat this thing.

682
00:37:14,960 --> 00:37:17,680
Speaker 8: And what an explosive bat that you're gonna add into

683
00:37:17,719 --> 00:37:20,279
Speaker 8: that lineup and we're deep all the way from one

684
00:37:20,320 --> 00:37:21,600
Speaker 8: to nine. So I can't wait.

685
00:37:22,239 --> 00:37:24,879
Speaker 3: Since you're the only guy on the team that has

686
00:37:24,960 --> 00:37:28,000
Speaker 3: been around him since you are part of Mark Durosa's

687
00:37:28,080 --> 00:37:32,080
Speaker 3: coaching staff as well. What type of guy is Kyle Tucker.

688
00:37:32,120 --> 00:37:34,200
Speaker 3: I know he's not a raw row type of guy,

689
00:37:34,320 --> 00:37:38,000
Speaker 3: but do you believe he does have the enthusiasm to

690
00:37:38,040 --> 00:37:40,280
Speaker 3: grind out a season with the Dodgers?

691
00:37:41,360 --> 00:37:44,000
Speaker 8: One hundred percent. This guy, he's a winner. He wants

692
00:37:44,040 --> 00:37:47,080
Speaker 8: to win. That's why one of the reasons he chose

693
00:37:47,120 --> 00:37:48,880
Speaker 8: to come to the Dodgers because he wants to win

694
00:37:48,920 --> 00:37:52,640
Speaker 8: another World Series. So he's quiet, you don't know he's

695
00:37:52,680 --> 00:37:55,360
Speaker 8: in the room. But those are the guys kind of

696
00:37:55,400 --> 00:37:59,480
Speaker 8: reminds me like Mannarism type guy like Chris Taylor. When

697
00:37:59,560 --> 00:38:03,239
Speaker 8: Chris or talks, everybody listens, and uh, he just goes

698
00:38:03,280 --> 00:38:05,879
Speaker 8: about his business. He's gonna be ready to play every day,

699
00:38:06,000 --> 00:38:09,400
Speaker 8: every game, every inning. This is who he is. So

700
00:38:10,040 --> 00:38:12,480
Speaker 8: you know that he'll, uh, he'll come into that clubhouse

701
00:38:12,560 --> 00:38:15,920
Speaker 8: and there's some leadership in there. He'll add leadership to

702
00:38:16,000 --> 00:38:18,640
Speaker 8: the to that clubhouse too. Because he's been in a

703
00:38:18,760 --> 00:38:22,239
Speaker 8: championship game and he's got a ring. So I think

704
00:38:22,680 --> 00:38:25,600
Speaker 8: he's gonna be a great addition to this club. And uh,

705
00:38:25,640 --> 00:38:29,239
Speaker 8: he's he's gonna go about his business and and our

706
00:38:29,280 --> 00:38:31,640
Speaker 8: club is great. You know they're gonna they're gonna get

707
00:38:31,640 --> 00:38:33,960
Speaker 8: along fine, and he's gonna be uh, you know, a

708
00:38:33,960 --> 00:38:36,440
Speaker 8: big help for us whinning. Uh you know this, uh

709
00:38:36,480 --> 00:38:40,359
Speaker 8: this year's World Series once once we get started, so.

710
00:38:40,440 --> 00:38:43,319
Speaker 3: Much to tap the brain of Dino Ebel for I mean, man,

711
00:38:43,600 --> 00:38:46,279
Speaker 3: you talk about a lifetime of experience. How about just

712
00:38:46,719 --> 00:38:50,600
Speaker 3: the last year. What an incredible ride for Dino. And

713
00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:53,680
Speaker 3: you're gonna be back with Team US saying the World

714
00:38:53,680 --> 00:38:58,799
Speaker 3: Baseball Classic again. How about Uh, your old buddy Clayton Kershaw,

715
00:38:59,239 --> 00:39:02,520
Speaker 3: He's gonna be or the team this year. What uh

716
00:39:02,680 --> 00:39:05,640
Speaker 3: what effect is he going to have on Team USA?

717
00:39:06,920 --> 00:39:08,759
Speaker 8: Uh, it's gonna be huge, you know to have a

718
00:39:08,800 --> 00:39:11,799
Speaker 8: guy like Clayton and uh you know he goes out

719
00:39:11,840 --> 00:39:14,480
Speaker 8: as back to back World Series champion and now he

720
00:39:14,520 --> 00:39:17,080
Speaker 8: gets to put that USA jersey on and you know

721
00:39:17,120 --> 00:39:19,680
Speaker 8: the goal is to win a gold medal. So uh,

722
00:39:19,719 --> 00:39:22,840
Speaker 8: he's going to add a lot to our pitching staff. Again.

723
00:39:22,960 --> 00:39:25,239
Speaker 8: Mark de Rosa is managing how he uses them, I

724
00:39:25,280 --> 00:39:27,760
Speaker 8: don't know. You know, we all get together on March first,

725
00:39:28,120 --> 00:39:30,440
Speaker 8: We'll have five days of practice in Arizona and then

726
00:39:30,440 --> 00:39:33,400
Speaker 8: we head to Houston. But uh, if I'm a Pitcher

727
00:39:33,440 --> 00:39:36,000
Speaker 8: on that pitching staff. Man, I'm gonna be all ears

728
00:39:36,040 --> 00:39:38,719
Speaker 8: and be asking, you know, a ton of questions to

729
00:39:39,239 --> 00:39:42,479
Speaker 8: a first ballot Hall of Famer. So I can't wait

730
00:39:43,080 --> 00:39:46,279
Speaker 8: till when they announce his name. I'm sure, uh, he's

731
00:39:46,320 --> 00:39:48,960
Speaker 8: going to be excited. Uh. When I heard when Mark

732
00:39:49,000 --> 00:39:51,839
Speaker 8: Durosa called us and Tota said Kershaw's joining us, man,

733
00:39:51,880 --> 00:39:54,720
Speaker 8: I got the chills. And I can't wait to see Clayton.

734
00:39:54,960 --> 00:39:57,799
Speaker 8: I know, uh uh he's ready for this moment and

735
00:39:58,160 --> 00:40:00,560
Speaker 8: help us win a gold medal. So look forward to.

736
00:40:00,520 --> 00:40:03,480
Speaker 3: It, so are we. It'll be great to see twenty

737
00:40:03,480 --> 00:40:06,920
Speaker 3: two with the stars and stripes on his jersey. Do

738
00:40:07,000 --> 00:40:10,160
Speaker 3: you know before I let you go, you already have

739
00:40:10,280 --> 00:40:12,840
Speaker 3: been at camel Back Ranch. You were there for the

740
00:40:12,880 --> 00:40:15,440
Speaker 3: Adult Fantasy camp with a lot of the members of

741
00:40:15,520 --> 00:40:19,080
Speaker 3: the eighty eight Dodgers. What was that experience like again

742
00:40:19,120 --> 00:40:22,400
Speaker 3: with seeing so many guys that you've known for so long.

743
00:40:23,640 --> 00:40:25,719
Speaker 8: Oh, it's always fun. You know. You go there for

744
00:40:25,800 --> 00:40:29,040
Speaker 8: five days and all you do is you talk baseball,

745
00:40:29,160 --> 00:40:32,279
Speaker 8: You bring up you hear stories that you know. I

746
00:40:32,400 --> 00:40:34,520
Speaker 8: first signed in nineteen eighty eight, and I'm here in

747
00:40:34,600 --> 00:40:38,600
Speaker 8: Sacks and Mickey Hatcher Mike Soosha and Kenny Lando, and

748
00:40:38,680 --> 00:40:42,120
Speaker 8: Steve Garvey and just Billy Russell, just name after name.

749
00:40:42,200 --> 00:40:45,320
Speaker 8: Guys are just and you know they're just talking baseball

750
00:40:45,360 --> 00:40:48,719
Speaker 8: and you're hearing, you're learning every day. I asked baseball

751
00:40:48,800 --> 00:40:51,400
Speaker 8: questions to those guys. You know, they've managed in the

752
00:40:51,400 --> 00:40:55,000
Speaker 8: big leagues, Rick Dempsey and I just it's always a

753
00:40:55,080 --> 00:40:57,080
Speaker 8: thrill for me to be there for five days, and

754
00:40:57,120 --> 00:40:59,560
Speaker 8: it's a blast to be with the campers and to

755
00:40:59,560 --> 00:41:03,000
Speaker 8: be a go It's just a thing that I never

756
00:41:03,080 --> 00:41:05,840
Speaker 8: say no to. Love going to him. But I was

757
00:41:05,840 --> 00:41:09,920
Speaker 8: there four days earlier for Camp Blake Snell, and he

758
00:41:09,960 --> 00:41:12,359
Speaker 8: put on a great camp for the thirteen, fourteen, and

759
00:41:12,360 --> 00:41:16,000
Speaker 8: fifteen you at Camelback. He's got something really good going

760
00:41:16,080 --> 00:41:18,919
Speaker 8: with the young youth in the generation of today's game.

761
00:41:19,040 --> 00:41:22,400
Speaker 8: So it was a good ten days for me in Arizona.

762
00:41:22,800 --> 00:41:24,759
Speaker 8: Now I'm home. Now, I'm looking forward to get back

763
00:41:24,800 --> 00:41:27,320
Speaker 8: on February eleven, get on the field on the twelfth.

764
00:41:27,880 --> 00:41:30,400
Speaker 3: Can't wait to see ninety one back in that third

765
00:41:30,440 --> 00:41:33,680
Speaker 3: base coaching box this year. Dino, thanks a lot for

766
00:41:33,719 --> 00:41:37,760
Speaker 3: the time. Great catching up with you, and you are invaluable.

767
00:41:38,200 --> 00:41:40,520
Speaker 3: The Dodgers are very lucky to have you back in

768
00:41:40,560 --> 00:41:44,680
Speaker 3: the organization because you are a wealth of knowledge and

769
00:41:45,040 --> 00:41:47,440
Speaker 3: certainly a great person as well. So thank you for

770
00:41:47,480 --> 00:41:49,400
Speaker 3: the time and can't wait to see you out there.

771
00:41:50,400 --> 00:41:53,160
Speaker 8: Thanks David, always the pleasure talking baseball with you, and

772
00:41:53,320 --> 00:41:54,960
Speaker 8: Go Dodgers. Can't wait to get it going.

773
00:41:55,719 --> 00:41:59,200
Speaker 3: Go Dodgers. No doubt, don know Ebel part of Tommy

774
00:41:59,280 --> 00:42:02,600
Speaker 3: Lasorda's coaching tree. He learned from the best, not only

775
00:42:02,680 --> 00:42:07,760
Speaker 3: Tommy but also Joe Amalfitano. So certainly Dave Roberts Andrew

776
00:42:07,800 --> 00:42:11,080
Speaker 3: Friedman picked a great one to be the third base coach,

777
00:42:11,200 --> 00:42:15,200
Speaker 3: and it was awesome to hear his experience being in

778
00:42:15,239 --> 00:42:19,360
Speaker 3: the coaching box third base coaching box when Miguel Rojas

779
00:42:19,440 --> 00:42:22,040
Speaker 3: hit his game tying home run and what it was

780
00:42:22,239 --> 00:42:25,959
Speaker 3: like for him being on the field and hearing only

781
00:42:26,000 --> 00:42:29,840
Speaker 3: the family section behind the dugout at a very quiet

782
00:42:30,360 --> 00:42:34,000
Speaker 3: Rogers Center. Eight six six nine eight seven two five

783
00:42:34,120 --> 00:42:36,680
Speaker 3: seventy is the phone number. We still have some fans

784
00:42:36,719 --> 00:42:39,440
Speaker 3: on the line that want to share where they were

785
00:42:39,560 --> 00:42:42,640
Speaker 3: for this year's World Series moments. Let's go up to

786
00:42:42,680 --> 00:42:46,880
Speaker 3: Santa Barbara Sheldon. You're on Dodger Talk. Thanks for holding.

787
00:42:48,040 --> 00:42:48,879
Speaker 10: What's up, Dave?

788
00:42:49,719 --> 00:42:50,919
Speaker 5: So funny enough.

789
00:42:50,960 --> 00:42:54,240
Speaker 10: I actually called in after Game three because I was there,

790
00:42:54,280 --> 00:42:58,319
Speaker 10: but my line dropped because of the service. So I'm

791
00:42:58,320 --> 00:43:00,879
Speaker 10: falling back and I'm excited to share my story with you.

792
00:43:01,560 --> 00:43:05,880
Speaker 10: So I actually had a business trip to Mexico and

793
00:43:05,960 --> 00:43:08,440
Speaker 10: I changed my flight because I was waiting to see

794
00:43:08,480 --> 00:43:11,680
Speaker 10: if the Mariners were gonna win or the Blue Jays

795
00:43:11,680 --> 00:43:14,640
Speaker 10: were gonna win. And to make sure I got was

796
00:43:14,680 --> 00:43:17,319
Speaker 10: able to go to a game, I changed my flight

797
00:43:17,320 --> 00:43:20,719
Speaker 10: from Santa Barbara to LA for a red eye. So

798
00:43:20,800 --> 00:43:22,840
Speaker 10: I was joking with all my coworkers, saying, hey, the

799
00:43:22,840 --> 00:43:25,360
Speaker 10: game is still going on, I might miss my flight,

800
00:43:26,120 --> 00:43:28,799
Speaker 10: and you already know I missed my flight, without a

801
00:43:28,920 --> 00:43:32,440
Speaker 10: without a doubt, miss my entire work trip. Totally worth it.

802
00:43:32,719 --> 00:43:35,000
Speaker 10: Game three, No doubt.

803
00:43:35,080 --> 00:43:37,839
Speaker 3: That was the right move right there, Sheldon, You still

804
00:43:37,840 --> 00:43:40,319
Speaker 3: have your job, right. You didn't lose your job over that.

805
00:43:42,000 --> 00:43:44,360
Speaker 10: I did not lose my job, and I was willing

806
00:43:44,400 --> 00:43:46,439
Speaker 10: to lose my job for the for the game though,

807
00:43:46,480 --> 00:43:50,600
Speaker 10: but we're still here. So it worked out perfectly And

808
00:43:50,719 --> 00:43:53,120
Speaker 10: just a fun fact. Game seven, I was watching the

809
00:43:53,200 --> 00:43:55,719
Speaker 10: game at a bar here in Santa Barbara, right next

810
00:43:55,719 --> 00:43:59,200
Speaker 10: to Brad Paisley and that guy knows ball. He loves

811
00:43:59,200 --> 00:44:01,640
Speaker 10: to talk about the dog and he's a great guy

812
00:44:01,640 --> 00:44:02,279
Speaker 10: to watch the game with.

813
00:44:02,360 --> 00:44:02,480
Speaker 4: Two.

814
00:44:03,160 --> 00:44:05,200
Speaker 3: Yeah, he's a big time fan. That's cool.

815
00:44:05,320 --> 00:44:05,560
Speaker 10: Yeah.

816
00:44:05,600 --> 00:44:10,160
Speaker 3: He he splits time between Nashville and Santa Barbara. Yeah,

817
00:44:10,320 --> 00:44:13,439
Speaker 3: very cool. Thanks for calling in. Appreciate it, Sheldon. Let's

818
00:44:13,480 --> 00:44:16,640
Speaker 3: go out to my guy Kevin in Culver City. Thanks

819
00:44:16,680 --> 00:44:18,120
Speaker 3: for being patient, Kevin.

820
00:44:19,280 --> 00:44:20,480
Speaker 5: David, what is up man?

821
00:44:20,520 --> 00:44:20,759
Speaker 2: Hey?

822
00:44:21,200 --> 00:44:25,120
Speaker 4: Kyle Tucker, great signing and all those haters talking about

823
00:44:25,160 --> 00:44:27,799
Speaker 4: salary tip get out of here. Steve Cohen could have

824
00:44:27,920 --> 00:44:29,319
Speaker 4: paid extra money for Kyle Tuck.

825
00:44:29,360 --> 00:44:29,800
Speaker 6: He didn't do it.

826
00:44:29,840 --> 00:44:30,640
Speaker 4: We built the coach here.

827
00:44:30,680 --> 00:44:31,600
Speaker 5: Players want to play here.

828
00:44:31,760 --> 00:44:34,200
Speaker 4: And real quick about the RAMS. I'm going through everything.

829
00:44:34,239 --> 00:44:37,359
Speaker 4: You're going through, all the RAMS depression. You gotta give

830
00:44:37,400 --> 00:44:39,600
Speaker 4: the ball to Kyron Williams on third down if you

831
00:44:39,640 --> 00:44:41,520
Speaker 4: know you're gonna go for it on fourth down, and

832
00:44:41,600 --> 00:44:43,560
Speaker 4: Sean McVay, if you want to call the time out,

833
00:44:43,600 --> 00:44:46,400
Speaker 4: call the timeout and talk it over the seasons on

834
00:44:46,440 --> 00:44:48,880
Speaker 4: the line. The Seahawks were in a soft coverage. You

835
00:44:48,920 --> 00:44:50,560
Speaker 4: could have ran the ball with kyrone and got the

836
00:44:51,239 --> 00:44:54,959
Speaker 4: four yards, or even have Matthew Stafford pull out the

837
00:44:55,040 --> 00:44:57,560
Speaker 4: quarterback option and run the ball. Nobody would have seen

838
00:44:57,600 --> 00:44:59,840
Speaker 4: him running the ball there, quarterback drop, run up the

839
00:44:59,880 --> 00:45:01,840
Speaker 4: me I'll get the four yards or even a touchdown.

840
00:45:01,960 --> 00:45:04,160
Speaker 4: The Seahawks weren't thinking Matthew was going to run the ball.

841
00:45:04,400 --> 00:45:06,960
Speaker 4: You were spot on with your whole assessment. I thought

842
00:45:07,000 --> 00:45:08,800
Speaker 4: that was a turning play of the game. The fumble.

843
00:45:09,040 --> 00:45:11,200
Speaker 4: Kyn Williams should have been back to return to punts.

844
00:45:11,239 --> 00:45:11,719
Speaker 2: He should have.

845
00:45:11,640 --> 00:45:14,239
Speaker 4: Never since Smith back out there after the first time.

846
00:45:14,520 --> 00:45:16,680
Speaker 4: And that's the hard part about this game was it

847
00:45:16,800 --> 00:45:19,040
Speaker 4: was right there for us to take and I thought

848
00:45:19,040 --> 00:45:21,279
Speaker 4: we had it right there. And let's talk about that

849
00:45:21,360 --> 00:45:23,759
Speaker 4: Cooper Cup play. That was not a catch. The ball

850
00:45:23,800 --> 00:45:27,560
Speaker 4: cannot call the ball to drop. That's either a fumbar

851
00:45:27,560 --> 00:45:30,000
Speaker 4: and in complete pass. The referees completely missed it. They

852
00:45:30,040 --> 00:45:31,319
Speaker 4: should have releast looked at it.

853
00:45:32,239 --> 00:45:34,920
Speaker 3: The referees have not had a very good playoffs. I

854
00:45:34,960 --> 00:45:37,520
Speaker 3: don't care what anybody tells you. I don't care about

855
00:45:37,520 --> 00:45:40,400
Speaker 3: those experts in the booth. Their job is not to

856
00:45:40,520 --> 00:45:45,480
Speaker 3: embarrass their former peers on the field. So I'm with you, Kevin.

857
00:45:45,520 --> 00:45:48,960
Speaker 3: Thank you for the phone calling. Petros himself told me

858
00:45:49,080 --> 00:45:53,759
Speaker 3: before the game the rams run a beautiful stretch right

859
00:45:53,920 --> 00:45:58,080
Speaker 3: run play with Kyron Williams and that great offensive line.

860
00:45:58,440 --> 00:46:02,200
Speaker 3: You didn't see that third down, especially Kevin brings up

861
00:46:02,239 --> 00:46:04,040
Speaker 3: a great point. If you know it's going to be

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Speaker 3: a four down situation, then run the ball when they're

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Speaker 3: playing nine back. Let's go out to Londale. Jorgey walk

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Speaker 3: us off on Dodger Talk. How you doing?

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Speaker 7: Jorgey doing great here, just on the couch with with

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Speaker 7: my wife, Rebecca and our daughter, and you know, just

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Speaker 7: really looking forward to spring training. You know, you know

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Speaker 7: all this stuff.

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Speaker 2: That's happening out there. And he's like, no one has

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Speaker 2: everyone forgotten about Edwin Diaz. We just got the Mets

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Speaker 2: I what was it that John Taturo, Like.

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Speaker 3: Oh yeah, Nicholas Totum who's in the valley. Yeah, I

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Speaker 3: see him. I saw him and seeing a little league. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: I'm with you, Jorgey. And look if Tanner Scott can

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Speaker 3: have a bounce back here, all of a sudden, the

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Speaker 3: Dodgers have maybe the best left right reliever combo in baseball,

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Speaker 3: and I would fully expect Tanner Scott. Now the pressure's

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Speaker 3: off the spotlights off of him. He's gonna be more

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Speaker 3: able to do what Tanner Scott did two years ago.

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Speaker 3: And you've got Edwin Diaz closing out games all of

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Speaker 3: a sudden and Bruce star Graderol coming back along with

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Speaker 3: Alex Vesia to shorten the game. That is going to

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Speaker 3: be tough for any team to beat. If the Dodger

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Speaker 3: bullpen and Tanner Scott's a big key to all this.

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Speaker 3: If he can come back and be the Tanner Scott

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Speaker 3: from two years ago, all of a sudden, you shortened

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Speaker 3: the game and the last nine outs are almost a

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Speaker 3: certainty as close as they can be in a Major

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Speaker 3: League Baseball game. All Right, that'll do it for us

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Speaker 3: on Dodger Talk tonight. Thanks to everybody that called in.

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Speaker 3: We'll be back with you on Wednesday night at seven o'clock.

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Speaker 3: Thanks to Dino Ebol for his time all the way

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Speaker 3: out there in Rancho Kuckamonga. And I'm sorry we couldn't

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Speaker 3: share O Tani's MVP speech, but we'll get to it

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Speaker 3: on Wednesday night. And just in case you missed it,

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Speaker 3: the Giants signed Harrison batter to a two year, twenty

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Speaker 3: million dollar contract earlier today. Thanks to Ronnie Foscio for

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Speaker 3: all his help back at our Burbank studios. Great to

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Speaker 3: have him back. In case you missed any of the show,

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Speaker 3: you can find it on the iHeartRadio app. Have a

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Speaker 3: great rest of your night. Fox Sports Radio is next.

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Speaker 3: See ya.