WEBVTT - Off Season Dodger Talk (1-26-26) 0:00:00.120 --> 0:00:02.280 This is off season Dodger Talk. 0:00:02.320 --> 0:00:04.600 Get in on the show by calling eight six six 0:00:05.240 --> 0:00:10.720 seven hashtag Dodger Talk and now your host, David Bassey. 0:00:12.039 --> 0:00:18.040 Welcome to Dodger Talk. David Vassey, upright, I'm still kicking 0:00:18.520 --> 0:00:21.560 at seven o'clock. We're with you until eight o'clock tonight 0:00:21.600 --> 0:00:24.479 here on AM five to seventy LA Sports. We have 0:00:24.720 --> 0:00:27.639 a great show for you tonight. We are going to 0:00:27.680 --> 0:00:31.360 get you what some of these gambling websites are saying 0:00:31.800 --> 0:00:35.040 for the Dodgers to win number of games over under 0:00:35.200 --> 0:00:37.519 on wins for the Dodgers this year. We'll share that 0:00:37.560 --> 0:00:40.560 with you in a moment coming up in fifteen minutes 0:00:40.920 --> 0:00:43.720 in case you missed it. Over the weekend they had 0:00:43.760 --> 0:00:47.360 the awards ceremony in New York for the MVPs and 0:00:47.400 --> 0:00:50.000 the cy Youngs and the Rookies of the Year. And 0:00:50.120 --> 0:00:54.400 show how Taani very fluent in English. We will share 0:00:54.440 --> 0:00:58.480 with you the four time MVP speech over the weekend 0:00:58.600 --> 0:01:02.600 in New York. There as another player that came off 0:01:02.680 --> 0:01:05.480 the free agent board today and signed with the San 0:01:05.480 --> 0:01:09.120 Francisco Giants. We'll share that with you and also the 0:01:09.160 --> 0:01:11.800 centerpiece of our show at the bottom of the hour, 0:01:12.440 --> 0:01:15.919 third base coach for the Dodgers, the best in the game, 0:01:16.080 --> 0:01:18.960 Dino Ebel will join us. We'll get his thoughts on 0:01:19.360 --> 0:01:22.959 what transpired in Game seven of the World Series and 0:01:23.080 --> 0:01:26.640 also he will be part of Mark Deros's coaching staff 0:01:26.680 --> 0:01:30.720 again for Team USA and the World Baseball Classic. Now, 0:01:30.760 --> 0:01:34.480 don't forget this Saturday, It's Dodger Fest. You can get 0:01:34.520 --> 0:01:38.360 your tickets at Dodgers dot com slash Dodger Fest. We 0:01:38.400 --> 0:01:43.160 will be broadcasting a special Dodger Talk this Saturday from 0:01:43.240 --> 0:01:46.520 ten am to one o'clock right here on the back 0:01:46.560 --> 0:01:50.240 to back World Series champions Home Dodgers Radio and five 0:01:50.240 --> 0:01:53.480 to seventy LA Sports. We will have all the players 0:01:53.520 --> 0:01:57.520 from Freddie Freeman to Mookie Betts to Blake Snell join 0:01:57.600 --> 0:02:01.120 us from Dodger Fest. So when you're taking the kids 0:02:01.120 --> 0:02:04.920 to their sporting events this weekend, tune in ten am 0:02:05.000 --> 0:02:08.640 to one o'clock and also on the iHeartRadio app, you 0:02:08.639 --> 0:02:12.560 can stream live. When you're at the volleyball game or 0:02:12.600 --> 0:02:16.080 the soccer game, or if you're really over zealous and 0:02:16.160 --> 0:02:19.880 sending your kids to fall ball baseball, you could listen 0:02:19.880 --> 0:02:23.560 to it as well. And spring training is right around 0:02:23.560 --> 0:02:26.200 the corner as well. Dodger Fest is kind of that 0:02:26.320 --> 0:02:31.120 thing that kicks off that baseball feeling, and spring training 0:02:31.200 --> 0:02:34.720 is right around the corner. The Dodgers first Cactus League 0:02:34.760 --> 0:02:39.440 game is going to be on February twenty first, Saturday, 0:02:39.560 --> 0:02:44.040 February twenty first against the Angels in Tempe, Arizona. We 0:02:44.160 --> 0:02:47.960 will have that for you, first pitch at twelve o'clock 0:02:48.360 --> 0:02:51.760 to kick off the Cactus League schedule, and then on 0:02:51.919 --> 0:02:56.040 opening Day it will be at Dodgers Stadium March twenty 0:02:56.240 --> 0:03:02.280 sixth against the Arizona Diamondbacks. The Dodgers their second consecutive 0:03:02.400 --> 0:03:06.639 championship banner on that day, and last year they handed 0:03:06.680 --> 0:03:09.880 out the rings the day after Opening Day, so we'll 0:03:09.919 --> 0:03:12.480 see if they do the same thing this year. But 0:03:12.560 --> 0:03:16.520 it should be a very celebratory first homestand three with 0:03:16.560 --> 0:03:20.960 the Diamondbacks and three with the Cleveland Guardians. Opening Day 0:03:21.320 --> 0:03:25.040 is kind of Opening Night. Five point thirty start on 0:03:25.120 --> 0:03:29.920 opening Day March twenty sixth. All right, let's get to 0:03:29.960 --> 0:03:33.960 the show now. First of all, Petro Some Money spent 0:03:34.120 --> 0:03:38.120 the majority of their four hour show obsessed with my 0:03:38.400 --> 0:03:41.920 Rams viewing party that I had with my cousin Tony 0:03:42.400 --> 0:03:46.000 and my best friend Mike Cain in Pasadena. They live 0:03:46.040 --> 0:03:48.600 all the way in Laverne, not as far as dino Ebol, 0:03:48.680 --> 0:03:52.080 all the way out there in Rancho Cucamonga, but far enough. 0:03:52.440 --> 0:03:55.480 And we met in the middle. I prefer staying in 0:03:55.520 --> 0:03:58.280 the eight Poe to eight, but you know, I'm an 0:03:58.360 --> 0:04:00.760 unselfish friend. So I met him out there again at 0:04:00.840 --> 0:04:03.680 kings Row and we saw the same group of fans 0:04:03.720 --> 0:04:07.240 that we saw a couple of weeks ago, huge Rams fan, 0:04:07.440 --> 0:04:10.840 huge Dodger fans. And when I first walk in, they 0:04:10.840 --> 0:04:13.560 always look at me awkwardly as just treat me like 0:04:13.600 --> 0:04:17.159 a normal person, because that's who I am. I'm not O'tani, 0:04:17.279 --> 0:04:20.200 I'm not Freddie Freeman. I'm just a guy that talks 0:04:20.440 --> 0:04:23.040 baseball with you. So it was great to be out 0:04:23.040 --> 0:04:25.680 there at kings Row. Had a good time, and yes, 0:04:26.080 --> 0:04:30.560 very frustrated with some of the decisions made and the 0:04:30.640 --> 0:04:35.000 muff punt that was upsetting as well. So it had 0:04:35.040 --> 0:04:38.040 a great time hanging out with the boys, but certainly 0:04:38.240 --> 0:04:42.680 would have wanted a better outcome for the Rams. And look, 0:04:42.720 --> 0:04:45.520 there is no rules. Where are the rules? Are there 0:04:45.760 --> 0:04:49.719 rules that say? The Raiders left La went to Oakland, 0:04:49.960 --> 0:04:53.360 then moved to Vegas and then brought in Tom Brady 0:04:53.440 --> 0:04:56.880 and Pete Carroll. That says, I can't have one foot 0:04:56.960 --> 0:05:00.240 in with the La Rams, who are right in my 0:05:00.320 --> 0:05:05.240 hometown of Woodland Hills practicing every single day. Maybe I'll 0:05:05.240 --> 0:05:08.719 start screaming over the fence kick the field goal. I 0:05:08.760 --> 0:05:11.280 thought the Rams made a huge mistake not kicking that 0:05:11.320 --> 0:05:14.160 field goal with four and four five minutes to go, 0:05:14.279 --> 0:05:17.120 two minute warning, two timeouts. You make it a one 0:05:17.200 --> 0:05:20.239 point game. You put a lot of pressure on Sam Donald, 0:05:20.279 --> 0:05:23.680 the new golden child that everybody's rooting for in LA. 0:05:23.760 --> 0:05:26.600 I had no idea LA loves Sam Donald so much. 0:05:27.680 --> 0:05:31.080 But anyway, if you kick the field goal, it's a 0:05:31.120 --> 0:05:34.480 one point game. You don't need a touchdown, and you 0:05:34.520 --> 0:05:36.560 could cut the field in half and kick a game 0:05:36.600 --> 0:05:40.200 winning field goal with the thicker kicker. So I thought 0:05:40.200 --> 0:05:45.600 a huge mistake. And I really do believe these offensive 0:05:45.680 --> 0:05:50.280 gurus at our head coaches. It's not analytics. Everybody talks 0:05:50.320 --> 0:05:55.320 about analytics. It's more about arrogance. So I just didn't 0:05:55.360 --> 0:05:58.920 agree with that decision, and today is I can't let 0:05:58.920 --> 0:06:02.560 the show keep going because I did cover the Lakers 0:06:02.880 --> 0:06:05.200 the last two years that they played at the Forum 0:06:06.120 --> 0:06:09.360 started covering the Lakers. Kobe Bryant's second year in the NBA. 0:06:10.200 --> 0:06:13.480 Knew him well. Today's the anniversary of him and the 0:06:13.480 --> 0:06:19.480 rest of those youth coaches and players that unfortunately died 0:06:19.560 --> 0:06:24.840 in a horrific helicopter crash. We think about him on 0:06:24.920 --> 0:06:27.680 this day. I know. You know what's interesting is that 0:06:28.120 --> 0:06:31.600 his legacy, his spirit, lives on forever because he left 0:06:31.640 --> 0:06:34.240 such a big mark on everybody in the city of 0:06:34.279 --> 0:06:37.520 Los Angeles and across the world. But I knew Kobe 0:06:37.560 --> 0:06:41.560 really well. And I guess the one Kobe story that 0:06:41.640 --> 0:06:45.120 I believe you will appreciate the most is it was 0:06:45.160 --> 0:06:48.960 the year, the first year after Shaq was traded to 0:06:49.000 --> 0:06:51.440 the Heat, and it was not a great year. Right, 0:06:51.800 --> 0:06:57.719 Kobe was more in solitude than he usually was. And 0:06:58.320 --> 0:07:01.719 you know, I get to Doc Stadium about four hours, 0:07:01.760 --> 0:07:04.919 four and a half hours before first pitch, and that's 0:07:05.200 --> 0:07:08.719 about the time I used to get to Staples Center 0:07:08.760 --> 0:07:11.320 back then for a seven thirty tip. I would get 0:07:11.320 --> 0:07:15.680 there around three o'clock, three thirty. And on this particular afternoon, 0:07:16.480 --> 0:07:21.640 Kobe Bryant was shooting free throws and I went down there. 0:07:21.680 --> 0:07:24.800 I sent courtside and you know, started it counting, and 0:07:24.920 --> 0:07:27.600 Italian started counting in English, trying to throw them off. 0:07:27.960 --> 0:07:29.880 And he always loved the challenge, right even though he 0:07:29.960 --> 0:07:32.440 was trying to shoot one hundred free throws, make one 0:07:32.480 --> 0:07:35.680 hundred free throws. And after he was done shooting those 0:07:35.680 --> 0:07:38.480 free throws, like we usually would do when we had 0:07:38.480 --> 0:07:40.800 some you know, privacy, we could talk about the team 0:07:40.840 --> 0:07:43.040 and you know, how things were going, and he could 0:07:43.160 --> 0:07:45.880 vent and it was going to stay right there. So 0:07:46.000 --> 0:07:49.240 once we did that, after about twenty minutes, he went 0:07:49.320 --> 0:07:51.720 back to the locker room. He started to go across 0:07:51.800 --> 0:07:55.680 the court and he was in the visitors team tunnel 0:07:56.000 --> 0:07:59.480 and I realized that he left his shooting sweater on 0:07:59.520 --> 0:08:02.800 the chair next to me, and I yelled across the court. 0:08:02.920 --> 0:08:05.760 Nobody was there. I just said, hey, Cob, you you 0:08:05.760 --> 0:08:10.600 forgot your sweater, and he screamed across the arena and 0:08:10.640 --> 0:08:12.800 he said, oh, you could have it, keep it. And 0:08:12.840 --> 0:08:15.840 I still have his shooting sweater from that year two 0:08:15.840 --> 0:08:19.000 thousand and five, two thousand and six, and I certainly 0:08:19.040 --> 0:08:21.880 will cherish that. And I guess my only regret as 0:08:21.880 --> 0:08:25.240 far as my relationship with Kobe Bryant goes Is when 0:08:25.680 --> 0:08:28.560 he was at Game four of the twenty eighteen World Series, 0:08:29.080 --> 0:08:33.640 famous shot of him on his feed after Puig's Grand Slam. 0:08:34.080 --> 0:08:36.520 He was in the Dodger clubhouse before the game, and 0:08:36.600 --> 0:08:38.600 since it was so close to first pitch, I never 0:08:39.600 --> 0:08:41.520 I never felt like it would be my place to 0:08:41.559 --> 0:08:44.080 go down there to try to intercept him, to see him, 0:08:44.080 --> 0:08:47.000 because I hadn't seen him since I started covering the 0:08:47.040 --> 0:08:50.880 Dodgers on an everyday basis back in twenty twelve. I 0:08:50.920 --> 0:08:54.840 stopped seeing Kobe on an everyday basis in twenty eleven, 0:08:55.400 --> 0:08:58.079 and I guess that's my only regret when it comes 0:08:58.080 --> 0:09:01.960 to that that was my last chance to actually see him, 0:09:02.240 --> 0:09:06.080 and yeah, I didn't do it. I that was the 0:09:06.160 --> 0:09:10.000 Dodgers player's time and they were like kids, and you 0:09:10.040 --> 0:09:15.080 know that Kobe was a complicated person, but he was 0:09:15.120 --> 0:09:17.360 a good person at the root of it, and he 0:09:17.440 --> 0:09:21.280 certainly will be missed. Eight six nine eight seven two 0:09:21.320 --> 0:09:24.079 five seventy is the phone number since I was out 0:09:24.120 --> 0:09:26.800 watching the Rams. I'm sure all of you go out 0:09:27.160 --> 0:09:30.880 and watch the Dodgers, whether it's the playoffs or just 0:09:31.000 --> 0:09:34.959 any random Friday night, Saturday night with your friends, and 0:09:35.400 --> 0:09:39.280 it just bears asking again. Last year, we asked you 0:09:39.320 --> 0:09:42.120 where you were when Freddie Freeman hit his walk off 0:09:42.160 --> 0:09:46.560 Grand Slam. So I got two questions for questions for 0:09:46.640 --> 0:09:51.439 you tonight. You can answer either one or both. Where 0:09:51.440 --> 0:09:54.760 were you watching Game seven of the World Series while 0:09:54.880 --> 0:09:58.040 the Dodgers were winning it in Toronto? And if you 0:09:58.120 --> 0:10:01.640 really want to go deep, I'm a little scared to 0:10:01.720 --> 0:10:04.800 know where you may have been when Freddie Freeman hit 0:10:05.280 --> 0:10:08.400 another walk off home run, this one in the eighteenth 0:10:08.480 --> 0:10:11.160 inning of Game three of the World Series. So I 0:10:11.200 --> 0:10:14.400 love hearing these type of stories. Eight six six nine, 0:10:14.400 --> 0:10:18.240 eight seven two five seventy is the phone number. And 0:10:18.640 --> 0:10:20.560 just to give you a heads up on the over 0:10:20.720 --> 0:10:23.800 under wins and this is as of today, so Kyle 0:10:23.840 --> 0:10:28.480 Tucker's in the fold. These gambling websites have set the 0:10:28.520 --> 0:10:32.680 Dodgers over underwins at one hundred and two and a 0:10:32.720 --> 0:10:36.640 half wins. I actually believe it's going to be over 0:10:37.679 --> 0:10:39.800 and not by a lot. I feel like they can 0:10:39.840 --> 0:10:43.200 win one hundred and three games. Remember, their most incredible 0:10:43.280 --> 0:10:47.280 win total season was one hundred and six in twenty 0:10:47.360 --> 0:10:50.120 twenty one, and they didn't even win the World Series 0:10:50.160 --> 0:10:52.880 that year. They didn't even get to the World Series. 0:10:52.920 --> 0:10:55.920 That year, the Giants had that miracle season of one 0:10:56.000 --> 0:10:59.480 hundred and seven wins. The Dodgers, it seems whenever they 0:10:59.480 --> 0:11:02.559 don't hit one hundred wins, they win the World Series. 0:11:02.640 --> 0:11:05.120 So maybe I should change my mind and go under. 0:11:05.480 --> 0:11:07.520 I don't want the Dodgers to win one hundred games. 0:11:07.880 --> 0:11:10.320 I want them to win under one hundred games and 0:11:10.360 --> 0:11:13.640 give themselves the best chance to be ready to go 0:11:13.800 --> 0:11:17.440 for the postseason. So I'm I'm going under. How about that? 0:11:17.559 --> 0:11:21.520 I'm advising you to take the under. Eight six six nine, 0:11:21.600 --> 0:11:24.200 eight seven two five seventy is the phone number when 0:11:24.240 --> 0:11:27.320 we continue, Your phone calls, phone lines are lighting up. 0:11:27.360 --> 0:11:30.760 Where were you when the Dodgers uh one Game seven 0:11:30.800 --> 0:11:32.960 of the World Series, or where were you and Freddy 0:11:33.040 --> 0:11:36.000 Freeman hit that walk off home run in the eighteenth 0:11:36.080 --> 0:11:38.400 inning of Game three of the World Series? And yes, 0:11:38.840 --> 0:11:41.280 I'm going under one hundred and two and a half 0:11:41.320 --> 0:11:44.480 wins for the Dodgers. Also, when we continue, you'll hear 0:11:44.600 --> 0:11:50.440 Sho Heo Tani's acceptance speech of the MVP. No spoiler alert, 0:11:50.520 --> 0:11:54.080 No he didn't mention me. More Dodger talk around the 0:11:54.080 --> 0:11:57.800 corner until eight o'clock on A five to seventy LA Sports. 0:11:58.800 --> 0:12:01.959 This is Dodger Talk Advice A with you until eight 0:12:02.000 --> 0:12:05.840 o'clock tonight here on AM five seventy LA Sports. Coming 0:12:05.920 --> 0:12:08.680 up at the bottom of the hour, we will hear 0:12:08.880 --> 0:12:12.160 from the back to back World Series champion third base 0:12:12.240 --> 0:12:16.880 coach Dino Ebel, the best in baseball. And after we 0:12:16.960 --> 0:12:20.000 take some phone calls, we have two lines open we'll 0:12:20.280 --> 0:12:25.800 share with you show Hal Tani's MVP speech four MVPs 0:12:25.840 --> 0:12:30.199 now back to back MVPs with the Dodgers. Eight sixty 0:12:30.240 --> 0:12:33.480 six nine eight seven two, five seventy is the phone number. 0:12:33.720 --> 0:12:36.120 Let's go out to one of my favorite cities in 0:12:36.240 --> 0:12:41.120 southern California, Long Beach. Courtney kick us off on Dodger Talk. 0:12:41.160 --> 0:12:42.120 How you doing, Courtney? 0:12:42.920 --> 0:12:45.120 Oh, I'm doing so good, dame. 0:12:45.320 --> 0:12:47.880 We have absolutely. 0:12:47.320 --> 0:12:49.439 Signed Kyle Tucker and I just love hearing all the 0:12:49.480 --> 0:12:53.120 hate from everybody else. So that's a beautiful thing. I 0:12:54.360 --> 0:12:56.360 you know, the people also don't talk about, you know, 0:12:56.440 --> 0:12:59.920 Cody Bellinger five years and one hundred and sixty two. But whatever, 0:13:00.960 --> 0:13:02.640 another conversation for another day. 0:13:03.600 --> 0:13:06.320 Would you rather have Would you rather have Cody for 0:13:06.360 --> 0:13:11.000 five years or Tucker for a high average salary. 0:13:11.080 --> 0:13:14.840 Nope, Sorry, Cody's been a traffic cone lately. I'll take 0:13:16.000 --> 0:13:19.320 We'll take Kyle. That's what we'll take. But No, I 0:13:19.400 --> 0:13:21.720 was calling in wanted to talk about where I was 0:13:21.760 --> 0:13:25.240 at the eighteenth inning. I have a son who is 0:13:25.320 --> 0:13:29.360 sixteen months old. At this time, he was probably thirteen 0:13:29.400 --> 0:13:35.280 months old, and I had absolutely struggled to get any 0:13:35.360 --> 0:13:37.400 kind of movement for him to get into his bed 0:13:37.960 --> 0:13:41.240 because I think he just felt the adrenaline. Finally he 0:13:41.320 --> 0:13:43.520 got to bed. I want to say it was probably 0:13:43.559 --> 0:13:46.360 close to ten thirty at night, laid him down. It 0:13:46.400 --> 0:13:48.920 was I want to say, probably close to the fifteenth inning, 0:13:49.679 --> 0:13:53.400 got him down. Kwine was in still or not still, 0:13:53.440 --> 0:13:57.360 but Quin was in. That was happening. Next thing, you know, 0:13:58.000 --> 0:14:00.520 three innings passed is probably one o'clock in the morning 0:14:00.600 --> 0:14:05.800 or so at this point, and absolutely just once he 0:14:05.880 --> 0:14:09.680 hit that ginger, I screamed so loud, so did my 0:14:09.679 --> 0:14:13.600 whole house. We were just like absolutely lost our mind. 0:14:13.800 --> 0:14:18.880 Woke my kid up, and had to absolutely start back 0:14:19.000 --> 0:14:23.400 from where we were. So yeah, I didn't get any 0:14:23.440 --> 0:14:26.560 sleep that night for various amounts of reasons, but I 0:14:26.680 --> 0:14:29.880 just will never forget that. I think it's probably this series. 0:14:30.200 --> 0:14:32.200 This world series has to be the most ethic of 0:14:33.000 --> 0:14:35.560 all time? Can you root for? 0:14:36.280 --> 0:14:36.480 Yeah? 0:14:36.520 --> 0:14:38.880 I feel like everybody agrees with you, Courtney. That's the 0:14:38.920 --> 0:14:42.440 consensus the best world series we've seen in a long time. 0:14:42.520 --> 0:14:45.920 And while everybody's saying it's the greatest World series they've 0:14:45.960 --> 0:14:49.080 ever seen, on the other side, they're saying the Dodgers 0:14:49.200 --> 0:14:52.920 are bad for baseball. Don't see how you can have. 0:14:53.000 --> 0:14:57.400 Both, right, you can have bad ownership, though, who doesn't 0:14:57.400 --> 0:14:58.760 want to test in your team? 0:14:59.160 --> 0:14:59.640 Exactly? 0:15:00.080 --> 0:15:00.400 Have that? 0:15:01.440 --> 0:15:02.080 Not anymore? 0:15:02.880 --> 0:15:05.720 Not anymore, Courtney. Thank you for the phone call. Let's 0:15:05.720 --> 0:15:08.760 stay in Long Beach, Ernie. You're on Dodger Talk. How 0:15:08.800 --> 0:15:10.760 you doing, Ernie? 0:15:11.040 --> 0:15:12.560 Hey brother, I'm doing good. 0:15:12.600 --> 0:15:12.880 Man. 0:15:14.480 --> 0:15:19.120 Where was I on the eighteenth inning walk off that 0:15:19.200 --> 0:15:23.520 Freddy free Man? I was at home. I work in construction, man, 0:15:23.640 --> 0:15:25.800 so I have to wake up at three in the morning, 0:15:26.280 --> 0:15:28.960 and I was not going to miss that, you know, 0:15:29.400 --> 0:15:32.120 and I'm stayed up. I watched it because it's history. 0:15:32.200 --> 0:15:32.400 You know. 0:15:33.560 --> 0:15:35.920 You didn't get any sleep? Did you take a nap 0:15:36.000 --> 0:15:37.920 before you had to get to work or you just 0:15:38.360 --> 0:15:41.040 ran through it, had a couple of extra cups of coffee? 0:15:42.520 --> 0:15:45.440 Uh? Yeah, I probably had one or two hours of sleep, 0:15:45.480 --> 0:15:47.760 but I wasn't gonna miss it for the world man. 0:15:47.880 --> 0:15:50.280 Just I agree with with the other caller. This is 0:15:50.440 --> 0:15:53.560 this has been probably the best World Series that I've 0:15:53.920 --> 0:15:54.680 ever witnessed. 0:15:54.680 --> 0:15:54.840 Man. 0:15:54.920 --> 0:15:56.720 I'm just happy to be a part of it. 0:15:57.200 --> 0:16:00.160 You know. That's awesome. That's awesome, Ernie. Thank you for sharing. 0:16:00.200 --> 0:16:02.320 And do you have to go back to work at 0:16:02.320 --> 0:16:03.520 three am tomorrow? 0:16:06.080 --> 0:16:06.160 No? 0:16:06.480 --> 0:16:08.600 Actually, I have a pretty good start time. I have 0:16:09.080 --> 0:16:14.520 a seven o'clock start time, so yeah, man, Let's go Dodgers, all. 0:16:14.480 --> 0:16:16.720 Right, Ernie, thank you for the phone call. Love hearing 0:16:16.760 --> 0:16:19.560 all these stories of where you were when Freddy hit 0:16:19.600 --> 0:16:22.000 that walk off home run in the eighteenth inning of 0:16:22.040 --> 0:16:25.440 Game three, and also where you may have been biting 0:16:25.440 --> 0:16:29.600 your fingernails and extra innings when the Dodgers actually won 0:16:30.040 --> 0:16:32.800 back to back World Series championships. Let's go out to 0:16:32.800 --> 0:16:37.880 west Wood. Peter, you're on Dodger Talk. How you doing, Peter, Hey, 0:16:37.920 --> 0:16:38.480 super Dave. 0:16:38.800 --> 0:16:40.320 First of all, I want to give a shout out 0:16:40.320 --> 0:16:43.960 to those Notre Dame Knights baseball and also basketball that 0:16:44.120 --> 0:16:46.400 just dunked on Harvard Westlight Go Nights. 0:16:46.560 --> 0:16:49.720 I love that they have won every game that I 0:16:49.760 --> 0:16:51.920 haven't been at this year. I went to the Loyola 0:16:51.960 --> 0:16:52.840 game and they lost. 0:16:54.320 --> 0:16:59.920 Oh no, well, the eighteen inning, I was in scu 0:17:00.560 --> 0:17:03.520 at the stadium with my wife and daughter. I had 0:17:03.520 --> 0:17:08.439 a brief argument about the time of the game. Luckily 0:17:08.480 --> 0:17:11.280 I didn't have to get too deep into it, but 0:17:11.760 --> 0:17:16.359 unbelievable to be there, very blessed. And then for the 0:17:16.640 --> 0:17:20.600 World Series clinch, I had to actually step out of 0:17:20.600 --> 0:17:24.080 the house. I couldn't stand listening to our man Joe 0:17:24.720 --> 0:17:29.400 be a non partisan announcer and went in and sequestered 0:17:29.440 --> 0:17:32.480 myself from the car to listen to Steve and Rick 0:17:32.560 --> 0:17:34.479 do it the right way. I'm am five to seventy. 0:17:35.400 --> 0:17:37.920 You know, Joe can't win. It feels like Joe could 0:17:37.960 --> 0:17:40.359 not win in that World Series. I thought he did 0:17:40.400 --> 0:17:41.080 a great job. 0:17:42.200 --> 0:17:46.959 Oh there's no question. He's definitely the best of this 0:17:47.480 --> 0:17:50.760 next generation and we're blessed to have him. But you know, 0:17:51.000 --> 0:17:53.399 I had to be a homer, and I think I 0:17:53.520 --> 0:17:56.639 was fortunate and that I did. Hear over the radio, 0:17:57.200 --> 0:18:00.400 Rick Monday crack a smile after Steven yelled the ZAR 0:18:00.440 --> 0:18:00.840 when I won. 0:18:02.040 --> 0:18:04.639 I agree. I agree with that. Peter, Thank you for 0:18:04.680 --> 0:18:08.280 the phone call great memories. Let's go out to wineca Waldo, 0:18:08.520 --> 0:18:09.560 you're on Dodger Talk. 0:18:09.600 --> 0:18:14.479 How you doing Waldough, Hey David, I'm great. Looking forward 0:18:14.520 --> 0:18:19.520 to the new season. My granddaughter and I are going 0:18:19.600 --> 0:18:23.400 to be out at Dodger Fest. Hopefully we'll we'll run into. 0:18:23.160 --> 0:18:24.600 You out there, I hope. 0:18:24.680 --> 0:18:28.040 So we've gone the Yeah, we've gone the last two years. 0:18:28.040 --> 0:18:30.920 And look what happened the last two years. So three 0:18:31.160 --> 0:18:31.879 three in a row. 0:18:32.359 --> 0:18:33.359 You got to keep it going. 0:18:35.400 --> 0:18:39.080 My memories of last year. I also had to get 0:18:39.160 --> 0:18:41.720 up early the next morning works, so I was home 0:18:42.040 --> 0:18:44.240 alone on the couch in front of the big screen, 0:18:44.840 --> 0:18:50.359 and I was texting my granddaughter back and forth because 0:18:50.359 --> 0:18:52.679 she's a big Dodger fan and is also texting my 0:18:53.359 --> 0:18:59.119 cousin from Toronto. And I was actually all set to 0:18:59.200 --> 0:19:02.879 congratulate him at the end of the game, because I 0:19:03.240 --> 0:19:06.760 I thought that to johnest I'm a big Dodger fan, 0:19:06.800 --> 0:19:09.359 but I thought Toronto was gonna win Game seven. 0:19:09.840 --> 0:19:13.040 I was just they had a few chances. They were 0:19:13.080 --> 0:19:16.159 inches away a few different times. I mean winning it. 0:19:17.640 --> 0:19:20.560 If Miguel Rojas didn't put a little lecture on that throw. 0:19:20.840 --> 0:19:23.879 If Andie Pie has had made the catch well, you know, 0:19:23.960 --> 0:19:26.080 I mean, it was just so many chances, and I 0:19:26.119 --> 0:19:28.560 was all set to congratulate them on a good World Series. 0:19:28.600 --> 0:19:31.040 And then of course when they when the Dodgers won, 0:19:31.119 --> 0:19:32.639 I didn't hear back from him, So. 0:19:32.600 --> 0:19:38.760 You know, of course, not until opening day. 0:19:39.080 --> 0:19:39.600 That's right. 0:19:39.920 --> 0:19:42.160 If you go back one year, I'll tell you where 0:19:42.200 --> 0:19:45.640 I was when Freddie hit that home run. Game one 0:19:46.160 --> 0:19:50.520 earlier in the day, my son called me and said, hey, Dad, 0:19:50.720 --> 0:19:53.920 I can get two tickets to the game one World Series, 0:19:53.920 --> 0:19:55.080 but they're not great seats. 0:19:55.080 --> 0:19:55.600 What do you think? 0:19:55.640 --> 0:19:56.520 And I said, are you kidding? 0:19:56.520 --> 0:19:57.879 The Dodgers in the World Series. 0:19:58.200 --> 0:20:01.560 I'm there. So we were. We were there, and that 0:20:01.720 --> 0:20:05.359 was the most exciting Dodger game I've ever been to. 0:20:06.119 --> 0:20:09.200 No doubt, Freddie Freeman's a legacy player. Now he's got 0:20:09.240 --> 0:20:11.840 to finish his career with the Dodgers. I know he'll 0:20:11.880 --> 0:20:14.840 be turning thirty seven during the season, but he's got 0:20:14.880 --> 0:20:18.520 two more years left on his contract and he's got 0:20:18.520 --> 0:20:20.359 to stay with the Dodgers for as long as he 0:20:20.400 --> 0:20:23.920 wants to play. Thanks for the phone call, Waldough, great memories. 0:20:24.080 --> 0:20:27.000 Let's take one more phone call before we say hello 0:20:27.080 --> 0:20:29.040 to Dino Ebel and then we'll get back to your 0:20:29.040 --> 0:20:34.160 calls in a moment. Jose in Tijuana, Mexico. Jose, are 0:20:34.200 --> 0:20:40.240 you listening on the iHeartRadio app? How you doing, Jose, Yes. 0:20:40.040 --> 0:20:43.800 Sir, I'm definitely using the app. I'm doing great, great. 0:20:44.000 --> 0:20:46.960 I'm just wanted to share my story. I was on 0:20:47.080 --> 0:20:52.680 vacation for the eighteenth inning game. There we were down, 0:20:52.800 --> 0:20:55.760 My girlfriend and I were down in the resort down 0:20:55.760 --> 0:21:00.639 in Koleema, central part of Mexico, hanging out at and 0:21:00.880 --> 0:21:03.960 so we went to three bars. 0:21:03.400 --> 0:21:07.320 Before before you keep moving. That's a humble brag. You 0:21:07.359 --> 0:21:10.440 were at some fancy resort while the rest of us 0:21:10.480 --> 0:21:14.200 were at some divy bar. Okay, Jose, and another lady 0:21:14.520 --> 0:21:17.400 was taking care of her baby while you're you're having 0:21:17.440 --> 0:21:20.280 a great time in Mexico. Okay, what else you got, Jose? 0:21:21.040 --> 0:21:22.159 Continue with your story? 0:21:22.440 --> 0:21:26.800 Yes, yes, sir, Yeah, yeah, I would have done through 0:21:26.800 --> 0:21:29.720 the World Series, but this vacation was planned, you know, 0:21:29.960 --> 0:21:33.720 about eight months prior, so I won't make that mistake again. 0:21:34.520 --> 0:21:37.159 But yeah, we were hanging out. There was about a 0:21:37.200 --> 0:21:40.720 dozen Canadians down there, so that made it even more 0:21:40.840 --> 0:21:46.320 wow that game. So yeah, yeah, we were giving each 0:21:46.320 --> 0:21:50.159 other you know, the business. So about the twelve or 0:21:50.280 --> 0:21:53.400 thirteen inning, my girlfriend goes, hey, you know, why don't 0:21:53.400 --> 0:21:56.680 we just you know, take a break and go upstairs. 0:21:56.960 --> 0:21:59.480 And we had been in the water, so we needed 0:21:59.520 --> 0:22:03.720 to take a quick shower and whatnot. So we went upstairs, 0:22:03.960 --> 0:22:06.320 and you know, my girlfriend, you know, were falling a 0:22:06.440 --> 0:22:09.439 leap or whatnot, and I didn't. I stayed up so 0:22:10.080 --> 0:22:13.399 seventeen and then comes around eighteen and then you know, 0:22:13.440 --> 0:22:15.240 I'm like, dude, I'm gonna let's. 0:22:15.080 --> 0:22:15.919 Take a quick shower. 0:22:17.080 --> 0:22:20.399 So so Freddie. I'm watching the game on my phone 0:22:21.720 --> 0:22:25.120 in the swer so you know, I'm done with this hour. 0:22:25.160 --> 0:22:29.200 And then Freddie hits the ball the ball, and I'm 0:22:29.359 --> 0:22:32.120 like screaming. I knew he hit it, you know, pretty good. 0:22:32.600 --> 0:22:35.160 And I'm screaming at my girlfriend. She goes, what's wrong, 0:22:35.240 --> 0:22:38.920 what's wrong? She's hap to sleep. I'm running from from 0:22:38.960 --> 0:22:43.680