WEBVTT - Dodgers on Deck (9-14-26) 0:00:00.550 --> 0:00:03.580 For the back to back world champions of baseball. 0:00:03.750 --> 0:00:06.000 One of the greatest runs in the history of baseball. 0:00:06.080 --> 0:00:12.059 Immortality. is within their reach. Incredible. And while others make excuses. 0:00:12.360 --> 0:00:14.340 The only reason the Dodgers are doing this is because 0:00:14.380 --> 0:00:17.320 they can. They print money. The Dodgers. This can't continue. 0:00:17.380 --> 0:00:18.239 It's not fair. 0:00:18.420 --> 0:00:19.500 Are making plans. 0:00:19.900 --> 0:00:20.239 Again. 0:00:20.380 --> 0:00:25.259 It's a singular focus on controlling what they can control. 0:00:25.440 --> 0:00:29.139 Now your pregame host of the world champion L.A. Dodgers, 0:00:29.660 --> 0:00:30.420 Tim Cates. 0:00:31.900 --> 0:00:37.300 Hi, everybody, and welcome to Morongo Casino. Dodgers on deck 0:00:37.400 --> 0:00:42.560 on this Monday, September the 14th. As your back-to-back World 0:00:42.590 --> 0:00:46.409 Series champion, Los Angeles Dodgers are on the road to 0:00:47.030 --> 0:00:53.229 start a four-game series in Cincinnati. The Dodgers, 90-59 on 0:00:53.270 --> 0:00:55.540 this season. First place atop. 0:00:55.270 --> 0:00:57.780 The NL West. They are nine games up. 0:00:58.240 --> 0:01:00.960 On the San Diego Padres as the Dodgers still have 0:01:01.000 --> 0:01:03.620 a magic number of four to clinch the division. The 0:01:03.660 --> 0:01:06.140 Dodgers also two and a half games back of Milwaukee 0:01:06.160 --> 0:01:07.700 for the top spot. They're two and a half games 0:01:07.940 --> 0:01:10.860 up on the Atlanta Braves for that second spot in 0:01:10.880 --> 0:01:15.400 the National League. The Dodgers today in Cincinnati with Tarek. 0:01:15.050 --> 0:01:18.350 Skubal on the mound. First pitch is coming up at 340. 0:01:18.350 --> 0:01:20.110 Between then and now, we got a lot to get 0:01:20.150 --> 0:01:24.190 to here on Morongo Casino. Dodgers on deck, including the manager, 0:01:24.270 --> 0:01:26.720 Dave Roberts. As David Vasse will go high and tight 0:01:26.730 --> 0:01:29.420 with the Dodger skipper coming up in about 45 minutes. TV, 0:01:29.459 --> 0:01:31.399 of course, we'll check in throughout the hour. We'll hear 0:01:31.420 --> 0:01:34.380 from host Wade DiPaolo. We'll dive deeper to this pitching matchup. 0:01:34.760 --> 0:01:37.179 Of course, we'll hear from Kirsten Watson from Sportsnet LA. 0:01:37.200 --> 0:01:39.410 Charlie Steiner will stop by in just a little bit, 0:01:39.430 --> 0:01:40.990 and then we'll head out to the Galpin Ford Stadium. 0:01:41.130 --> 0:01:42.030 Broadcast booth. 0:01:42.050 --> 0:01:45.470 Well, yesterday in Miami, the Dodgers wrapped up their series 0:01:45.490 --> 0:01:48.690 with the Marlins. It started off really good, but certainly 0:01:48.750 --> 0:01:51.110 did not end very well. Image Sheehan got the start. 0:01:51.390 --> 0:01:53.850 Six innings, no runs, two hits, five strikeouts. He allowed 0:01:53.950 --> 0:01:57.860 one walk. Image Sheehan threw 81 pitches and was fantastic 0:01:58.160 --> 0:02:01.240 through six innings of work. The Dodgers offense needed a 0:02:01.300 --> 0:02:02.960 spin around the lineup to get things going. 0:02:03.000 --> 0:02:06.740 And finally, in the fourth, they did. Thanks to the rookie, Josue. 0:02:07.680 --> 0:02:13.519 Here comes a 2-2 offer from Perez. And DePaula swings. 0:02:13.580 --> 0:02:16.560 Hits a drive to right field and deep. It is back. 0:02:17.320 --> 0:02:18.780 It is in the upper. 0:02:18.540 --> 0:02:20.030 Deck for a home run. 0:02:20.250 --> 0:02:22.170 The first major. 0:02:21.710 --> 0:02:26.790 League hit for Josue DePaula is a three run home run. 0:02:27.870 --> 0:02:32.110 An absolute no doubter into the upper deck in right field. 0:02:32.130 --> 0:02:36.810 DePaula knew it was gone so did everybody in the 0:02:36.850 --> 0:02:43.410 ballpark and DePaula celebrated at home plate. Well Welcome to 0:02:43.440 --> 0:02:44.340 big leagues, young man. 0:02:44.690 --> 0:02:47.870 Josue DiPaola, his first hit, his first home run, a 0:02:47.910 --> 0:02:51.190 three-run shot as the Dodgers grabbed a 3-0 lead. Again, 0:02:51.250 --> 0:02:54.090 Emmitt Sheehan cruised through six innings of work, turned it 0:02:54.150 --> 0:02:57.400 over to Alex Vessia, who pitched a scoreless seventh. In 0:02:57.440 --> 0:03:00.899 the eighth, Edgardo Enriquez took over. He got a fly 0:03:00.940 --> 0:03:04.180 ball out and then two straight hits. as the Dodgers 0:03:04.220 --> 0:03:06.830 then saw their lead cut to 3-2 on an Otto 0:03:06.889 --> 0:03:10.170 Lopez two-run single. Tanner Scott would come in, get the 0:03:10.230 --> 0:03:12.130 final out of the eighth inning. In the top of 0:03:12.169 --> 0:03:15.579 the ninth, the Dodgers looking for some insurance runs, and 0:03:15.600 --> 0:03:16.940 they got one, thanks to Mookie. 0:03:17.630 --> 0:03:20.130 Bodnick set at the belt shrugs his shoulders now comes 0:03:20.169 --> 0:03:22.650 home and Mookie lines it down the right field side 0:03:23.090 --> 0:03:25.030 and that ball is going to be a fair ball 0:03:25.090 --> 0:03:28.520 it's in the corner rounding third is Freeland he'll score 0:03:28.820 --> 0:03:31.440 and into second with a run scoring double as Mookie 0:03:31.460 --> 0:03:32.280 bets it is. 0:03:32.340 --> 0:03:33.200 Four to two. 0:03:34.100 --> 0:03:37.170 Mookie Betts, the RBI double. How about Mookie extending his 0:03:37.250 --> 0:03:42.230 on-base streak to 21 straight games. He's hitting over. 325 0:03:42.230 --> 0:03:44.990 over the last three weeks. Dodgers up 4-2, feeling good 0:03:45.030 --> 0:03:47.550 about themselves with Tanner Scott. Back out to close it 0:03:47.570 --> 0:03:50.350 out in the bottom half of the ninth inning. Unfortunately, 0:03:50.410 --> 0:03:53.760 an infield single, a bun single, and then a Javier 0:03:53.800 --> 0:03:57.100 Sonoha two-run double tied the game at four. 0:03:57.380 --> 0:03:58.420 That would be it for him. 0:03:58.460 --> 0:04:01.120 Brock Stewart came in to try to send it to 0:04:01.220 --> 0:04:04.360 extra innings. However, the first batter he faced, pinch hitter 0:04:04.500 --> 0:04:08.890 Augustine Ramirez, absolutely tattooed a ball for a two-run home run. 0:04:09.440 --> 0:04:13.220 Marlins walk off the Dodgers yesterday, 6-4 the final. Dax 0:04:13.240 --> 0:04:15.650 Fulton gets the win in relief. Tanner Scott, the blown 0:04:15.690 --> 0:04:19.310 safe and the loss. He's now 1-6 as the Dodgers 0:04:19.370 --> 0:04:22.010 spoil what was a great outing from Emmitt Sheehan. They 0:04:22.050 --> 0:04:25.290 spoil the first home run from Josue DiPaola as the 0:04:25.330 --> 0:04:29.830 Dodgers drop 2-3 in South Florida. They're now 90-59 on 0:04:29.870 --> 0:04:32.229 this season. They've got to turn the page as they 0:04:32.290 --> 0:04:36.330 continue this road trip in Cincinnati. with a four-game series 0:04:36.370 --> 0:04:38.330 against the Reds. Tarek Skubal gets the start in the 0:04:38.350 --> 0:04:40.880 series opener. First pitch at 340. With more, let's head 0:04:40.920 --> 0:04:43.300 out to the Galpin Ford broadcast booth. As we say, 0:04:43.360 --> 0:04:45.920 good afternoon to Stephen Nelson and Rick Munday, guys. 0:04:46.420 --> 0:04:50.000 Thank you, TC, and greetings from Cincinnati. The Dodgers and 0:04:50.140 --> 0:04:55.120 Reds beginning a four-game series here at Great American Ballpark. And, Mo, 0:04:55.140 --> 0:04:59.080 the Dodgers ran their win streak up to eight, taking 0:04:59.100 --> 0:05:01.160 the series opener from the Marlins, but then dropping the 0:05:01.200 --> 0:05:04.560 last two in Sundays is still kind of hard to compute. 0:05:04.940 --> 0:05:07.170 It's one thing to blow a lead like they did, 0:05:07.210 --> 0:05:09.470 but to have two guys who've been stalwarts and been 0:05:09.910 --> 0:05:12.390 so steady for them, and Gardo Enriquez and Tanner Scott 0:05:12.850 --> 0:05:16.630 be the culprits, makes that loss extra difficult to swallow. 0:05:16.710 --> 0:05:19.380 But they chug on on this road trip, a winning 0:05:19.400 --> 0:05:20.240 road trip still ahead of them. 0:05:20.420 --> 0:05:23.140 Yeah, and trying to clinch also the Western Division while 0:05:23.160 --> 0:05:25.640 they're on this road trip as well. But, yeah, painful loss, 0:05:26.240 --> 0:05:28.660 and for the Dodgers, you know, they gave up six 0:05:28.720 --> 0:05:31.520 runs over the final two innings in that ballgame yesterday. 0:05:32.339 --> 0:05:34.880 The one thing that we have come out, and boy, 0:05:35.240 --> 0:05:39.380 how refreshing it has been, for Jose de Paula, that 0:05:39.420 --> 0:05:42.000 three-run home run that he hit in the fourth inning, 0:05:42.040 --> 0:05:45.260 his first Major League Base hit. That landed in the 0:05:45.380 --> 0:05:47.830 fifth row of the second deck, and then for good 0:05:47.870 --> 0:05:50.729 measure had a double to right field his next time up. 0:05:51.050 --> 0:05:54.770 This is a very interesting young man because you start 0:05:54.810 --> 0:05:57.410 to look at it and analyze it. He's 21. He 0:05:57.470 --> 0:06:01.109 was basically two years younger than the average age in 0:06:01.190 --> 0:06:03.710 double A. Now you go ahead and magnify that at 0:06:03.730 --> 0:06:06.630 the major league level. The fact that he's also not 0:06:06.670 --> 0:06:09.849 been expanding the strike zone, which was the theme song 0:06:09.890 --> 0:06:12.030 this year for great improvement. He has been a breath 0:06:12.070 --> 0:06:12.590 of fresh air. 0:06:13.070 --> 0:06:18.980 He plays with a really welcome energy. Frankly, this team, 0:06:19.020 --> 0:06:22.460 which is older, the oldest core in all the majors, needs, 0:06:22.740 --> 0:06:24.700 and I believe it, to be infectious. And to your 0:06:24.760 --> 0:06:28.020 point about his control of the plate and the strike zone, 0:06:28.720 --> 0:06:32.480 the Marlins gave him 30 pitches outside the zone. Over 0:06:32.510 --> 0:06:35.300 the weekend, he chased just four times, and that is 0:06:35.380 --> 0:06:38.120 kind of his brand of baseball. And we'll see him 0:06:38.339 --> 0:06:41.080 make a start today against a lefty in Nick Lodolo. 0:06:41.120 --> 0:06:44.840 DiPaola is batting ninth as the Dodgers DH. So they 0:06:45.120 --> 0:06:48.320 try to put that series loss behind them, and they 0:06:48.339 --> 0:06:50.420 have Tarek Skubal. That's a pretty good guy to have 0:06:50.460 --> 0:06:51.640 on the bump if you're looking for a stop. 0:06:51.670 --> 0:06:54.710 Yeah, it is. One of the changes also, and this 0:06:54.990 --> 0:07:00.550 was planned, Freddie Freeman's been nursing basically an aggravating right knee, 0:07:00.610 --> 0:07:03.040 so he's not in the lineups. So it's going to 0:07:03.060 --> 0:07:05.839 be KK Hernandez will be at first base again. Muncy 0:07:05.880 --> 0:07:08.000 against the left handers. Moved down to the seventh spot 0:07:08.400 --> 0:07:10.700 in the lineup. But this is a ball club that 0:07:10.750 --> 0:07:13.970 I kind of sense is getting hungry now to close 0:07:14.010 --> 0:07:16.110 it out and clinch the Western Division. 0:07:16.390 --> 0:07:18.870 They have a chance to clinch a postseason berth. That's 0:07:18.910 --> 0:07:21.610 a matter of when, not if, for the Dodgers. It 0:07:21.950 --> 0:07:24.470 would be 14 straight seasons of making the postseason. If 0:07:24.510 --> 0:07:27.950 they win tonight, that'll do the trick. Or if they lose, 0:07:28.050 --> 0:07:32.570 they need losses by both. San Diego, and Arizona. So again, 0:07:32.590 --> 0:07:36.970 a Dodger win or losses by both the Padres and 0:07:37.010 --> 0:07:40.930 Diamondbacks would push the Dodgers into the postseason for certain. 0:07:41.110 --> 0:07:43.270 But the one thing that they do want to do 0:07:43.420 --> 0:07:46.150 tonight is take care of business and start this series 0:07:46.210 --> 0:07:48.400 off on a winning note against the Reds. Tarek Skubal 0:07:48.440 --> 0:07:51.000 against Nick Lodolo. It's a rematch of a pitching matchup 0:07:51.380 --> 0:07:54.420 we saw last weekend, or last week rather, last Tuesday 0:07:54.560 --> 0:07:57.690 in Los Angeles at Dodger Stadium. when the Dodgers swept 0:07:57.730 --> 0:07:59.690 the Reds. We'll join you a little bit later, TC, 0:07:59.750 --> 0:08:01.690 with a key from our man Rick Monday. 0:08:01.910 --> 0:08:02.670 All right, thank you, Nellie. 0:08:02.690 --> 0:08:04.410 As we count you down to first pitch, Dodger fans 0:08:04.430 --> 0:08:06.980 get that game day meal on at Shakey's Pizza Parlor. 0:08:07.000 --> 0:08:09.520 Having a little late lunch, early dinner. 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We'll check in live from 0:08:32.040 --> 0:08:35.860 the field in Cincinnati, Ohio, as the Dodgers get ready 0:08:35.880 --> 0:08:37.540 to start a four-game series against the Reds. 0:08:37.559 --> 0:08:38.230 Thanks for being with us. 0:08:38.580 --> 0:08:38.960 I'm Tim Cates. 0:08:38.980 --> 0:08:41.439 This is the back-to-back World Series champion, Dodgers Audio Network. 0:08:43.920 --> 0:08:48.660 This is Morongo Casino. Dodgers on deck. What a home run! 0:08:49.500 --> 0:08:52.030 On your home for the blue all season long. 0:08:54.230 --> 0:08:56.710 It's the Dodgers and the Reds on this Monday. 0:08:56.790 --> 0:09:00.439 Tarek Skubal, Nick Rodolo. The pitching matchup is beginning at 0:09:00.440 --> 0:09:03.290 4 in Cincinnati. 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We actually threw a bullpen today 0:10:08.790 --> 0:10:11.780 here in Cincinnati, about 30 pitches, but we did notice 0:10:11.800 --> 0:10:14.459 about 10 pitches into his bullpen, he kept kind of 0:10:14.480 --> 0:10:18.490 blowing on his finger. So he had the Dermabond that 0:10:18.660 --> 0:10:21.910 essentially helps cover the blister, helped trying to keep it 0:10:21.950 --> 0:10:24.830 dry and protected when pitching. He had that on. So 0:10:24.870 --> 0:10:26.550 it seemed like early, he was kind of blowing on 0:10:26.610 --> 0:10:29.030 it to make sure it was dry. And that seems 0:10:29.050 --> 0:10:30.630 like that's going to be the biggest thing they have 0:10:30.650 --> 0:10:33.140 to keep an eye on just moving forward. They're obviously 0:10:33.179 --> 0:10:35.060 at the point of the season that with Rokey, they 0:10:35.100 --> 0:10:38.479 don't want him to take any steps backwards right now 0:10:38.520 --> 0:10:41.790 with October being so close. So looking at the next 0:10:41.809 --> 0:10:44.329 few days here in Cincinnati, it's a beautiful day today. 0:10:44.390 --> 0:10:45.910 I have to give you, it's a beautiful day today 0:10:45.970 --> 0:10:49.220 in like the 70s. But on Thursday, even the next 0:10:49.320 --> 0:10:51.780 few days, not only is it going to be high 0:10:51.820 --> 0:10:55.460 temperatures in the 90s, It's going to be extremely high humidity, 0:10:55.620 --> 0:10:57.860 and that, especially when you're dealing with a blister where 0:10:57.900 --> 0:11:00.230 you're trying to keep it dry, when you have the humidity, 0:11:00.510 --> 0:11:04.050 that's not an ideal just situation. So it does sound 0:11:04.090 --> 0:11:05.970 like they might push him back and have him start 0:11:06.010 --> 0:11:08.750 in Los Angeles just to find ways to help protect 0:11:08.790 --> 0:11:11.290 that so he doesn't come into a situation where he's 0:11:11.320 --> 0:11:13.920 kind of fighting himself with the humidity and sweat here 0:11:13.960 --> 0:11:15.000 trying to keep his hand dry. 0:11:15.720 --> 0:11:18.949 Looking at the Dodgers lineup today, no Freddie Freeman as expected. 0:11:18.970 --> 0:11:21.510 Dave Roberts alluded to that postgame yesterday. I'm going to 0:11:21.550 --> 0:11:23.380 get him off his feet and his knee there to 0:11:23.410 --> 0:11:25.600 get a break. But Miguel Rojas is in the lineup. 0:11:27.140 --> 0:11:27.610 Yeah. 0:11:27.620 --> 0:11:30.069 You know, with last night talking to Miguel Rojas after 0:11:30.090 --> 0:11:33.610 his outing, he was sharing that kind of how he 0:11:33.690 --> 0:11:35.850 felt late in the game. And as much as he 0:11:35.870 --> 0:11:38.929 finished the inning defensively, we did see Tommy Edmond come 0:11:38.970 --> 0:11:41.830 in to pinch hit for him, but how he landed 0:11:42.130 --> 0:11:44.740 on that shoulder, it was clear that he was not 0:11:44.820 --> 0:11:47.160 only in a lot of pain, but even afterwards he 0:11:47.200 --> 0:11:51.440 said he's been dealing with a torn labrum all year 0:11:51.460 --> 0:11:54.319 and not even all year, just in his career. And 0:11:54.340 --> 0:11:58.020 he There was thoughts maybe he might need a shot 0:11:58.280 --> 0:12:01.040 to either help reduce the pain or inflammation just to 0:12:01.080 --> 0:12:03.360 kind of help him out to get through the rest 0:12:03.400 --> 0:12:05.480 of the year in October. But the fact that he's 0:12:05.540 --> 0:12:08.110 in the lineup today, I just briefly spoke to him like, oh, 0:12:08.150 --> 0:12:10.730 how are you feeling today? And he said significantly better. 0:12:11.570 --> 0:12:13.850 Dave did admit that, you know, they might only have 0:12:13.890 --> 0:12:16.610 him out there with Lodolo on the mound. So against 0:12:16.650 --> 0:12:19.400 the lefty. So they're not going to play the whole game, 0:12:19.840 --> 0:12:21.180 but just for him to be able to get out 0:12:21.220 --> 0:12:23.620 there to get the reps, it's huge for Miggy. And 0:12:23.660 --> 0:12:25.470 the fact that he's feeling better is great for this 0:12:25.520 --> 0:12:27.689 team right now, as they do gear up for October. 0:12:27.890 --> 0:12:28.690 No doubt about it. 0:12:28.750 --> 0:12:30.910 Got to keep him healthy. Kirsten, we appreciate it. We'll 0:12:30.950 --> 0:12:32.650 check in with you after the game. Still to come 0:12:32.670 --> 0:12:35.110 here on Morongo Casino, Dodgers on deck. We'll dive deeper 0:12:35.130 --> 0:12:38.070 into this pitching matchup. David Vassey goes one-on-one with the manager, 0:12:38.090 --> 0:12:40.569 Dave Roberts. But up next, an injury report. And we'll 0:12:40.610 --> 0:12:44.309 hear from Josue DiPaola. Dodgers and Reds from Cincinnati on 0:12:44.330 --> 0:12:46.250 this Monday. First pitch at 340. 0:12:46.250 --> 0:12:48.180 I'm Tim Cates. This is the back-to-back World Series champion 0:12:48.200 --> 0:12:49.760 Dodgers Audio Network. 0:12:52.940 --> 0:12:57.740 As we were saying, this is Morongo Casino Dodgers on 0:12:57.780 --> 0:13:01.660 deck on the official home of L.A. Dodgers baseball. 0:13:03.240 --> 0:13:06.350 Morongo Casino Dodgers on deck continues on this Monday afternoon 0:13:06.370 --> 0:13:08.050 as we lead you up to first pitch. Dodgers and 0:13:08.070 --> 0:13:10.590 the Reds, Morongo Casino Resort and Spa. It's a grand 0:13:10.630 --> 0:13:13.500 slam for a good time. It's Derek Skubel on the mound. 0:13:13.540 --> 0:13:14.580 First pitch coming up at 340. 0:13:14.580 --> 0:13:20.140 This is the L.A. Dodgers. Injury Report. 0:13:20.160 --> 0:13:23.080 Presented by UCLA Health, the official medical partner of Los 0:13:23.140 --> 0:13:27.350 Angeles Dodgers. Shohei Otani on the IEL with the bicep inflammation. 0:13:27.370 --> 0:13:30.089 Dalton Rushing on the IEL with the right elbow discomfort. 0:13:30.429 --> 0:13:32.970 Eric Lauer on the 60-day IEL. Roki Sasaki on the 0:13:33.090 --> 0:13:34.550 IEL with the blister cure. So just gave you an 0:13:34.570 --> 0:13:37.070 update on him. Andy Pajas on the injured list with 0:13:37.090 --> 0:13:40.610 the fractured left hand. Edwin Diaz, he's in AAA Oklahoma 0:13:40.650 --> 0:13:43.720 City and didn't fare too well in his last season. 0:13:44.140 --> 0:13:45.960 outing in AAA, so he's going to give it one 0:13:46.000 --> 0:13:48.199 more go to see how he feels. Will Klein on 0:13:48.220 --> 0:13:50.620 the IEL with the right elbow injury. 0:13:50.720 --> 0:13:51.180 All right. 0:13:51.240 --> 0:13:55.309 Well, Josue DiPaola yesterday had a monster home run, a 0:13:55.470 --> 0:13:59.310 three-run shot in the fourth inning, 416 feet into the 0:13:59.350 --> 0:14:01.710 second deck. He followed that up in his next at-bat 0:14:01.730 --> 0:14:02.250 with a double. 0:14:02.270 --> 0:14:03.090 He walked as well. 0:14:03.110 --> 0:14:05.410 He's got four doubles over the weekend in the three 0:14:05.450 --> 0:14:07.480 games that he played in Miami. He has lived up 0:14:07.500 --> 0:14:09.660 to the hype, and yesterday after the game, talk. 0:14:09.500 --> 0:14:13.230 To the media. I'll never forget it. It was awesome. 0:14:13.450 --> 0:14:16.590 Knowing that my parents here in that moment tried to 0:14:16.950 --> 0:14:19.730 do something for the team, keep the ball rolling, and 0:14:19.750 --> 0:14:21.730 that was the result, so that was awesome. 0:14:22.010 --> 0:14:23.630 We saw the emotions from you, but what was it 0:14:23.670 --> 0:14:25.990 like seeing the reaction from your teammates in the dugout? 0:14:26.130 --> 0:14:28.770 It was sick to see all of them react that way. 0:14:29.320 --> 0:14:31.780 They were all rooting for me, so they've been great 0:14:31.840 --> 0:14:36.240 in accepting me and basically into the team, so it's awesome. 0:14:36.880 --> 0:14:40.340 Did you visualize that moment in your head? And how 0:14:40.380 --> 0:14:42.229 many times have you visualized that moment? 0:14:42.850 --> 0:14:45.090 I always visualize success, but I didn't know it was 0:14:45.130 --> 0:14:46.330 going to be just like that. 0:14:46.530 --> 0:14:47.750 But, yeah, it was crazy. 0:14:48.410 --> 0:14:50.830 Did you expect yourself to, you know, do the bad 0:14:50.890 --> 0:14:52.350 flip and do everything else? 0:14:52.830 --> 0:14:54.990 No, no, I wasn't expecting it. I just kind of 0:14:55.010 --> 0:14:55.630 came naturally. 0:14:57.110 --> 0:14:59.350 When you turned and looked, were you looking at the dugout. 0:14:59.010 --> 0:15:00.180 Or were you looking at your parents? 0:15:01.000 --> 0:15:03.720 No, my parents was in left field, but I was 0:15:03.740 --> 0:15:05.360 looking at the dugout. I was celebrating with the boys. 0:15:06.160 --> 0:15:07.440 What were you just shouting? 0:15:08.200 --> 0:15:10.260 I don't know if I can say it on TV. 0:15:12.350 --> 0:15:14.170 You stood there for a while and watched it. Did 0:15:14.190 --> 0:15:15.770 you forget that you had to run? 0:15:17.090 --> 0:15:20.270 Probably for a second, but I was just enjoying the moment, man. 0:15:20.310 --> 0:15:21.590 It'll never be, I feel. 0:15:21.490 --> 0:15:22.010 Like, a moment. 0:15:22.950 --> 0:15:23.530 That's special. 0:15:23.750 --> 0:15:26.120 That's my first one, so I'll never forget it. 0:15:26.150 --> 0:15:28.930 All right, there's Josue DePaulo. Certainly won't forget that home run. 0:15:29.010 --> 0:15:32.970 Hopefully the first of many to come in his Dodgers career. 0:15:33.030 --> 0:15:36.070 Dodgers fans, Dodgers baseball brought to you by Concordia University 0:15:36.130 --> 0:15:39.420 Irvine's Masters in Coaching and Athletics Administration Program. 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This is Dodger Insider, David Bassett. 0:16:56.720 --> 0:16:59.479 All right, DB, no Freddie Freeman in the lineup. 0:16:59.540 --> 0:17:01.800 Miguel Rojas is in the lineup. 0:17:01.920 --> 0:17:04.030 Both guys banged up, so what's going on? 0:17:05.030 --> 0:17:10.030 Yeah, yesterday in the Dodgers-Marlins game, Miguel Rojas dove for 0:17:10.050 --> 0:17:12.250 a ground ball that went through the middle of the 0:17:12.330 --> 0:17:16.740 infield and aggravated his right labrum, which is his right 0:17:16.780 --> 0:17:19.600 throwing arm. It's also the labrum he had surgery on 0:17:19.619 --> 0:17:23.410 a couple of years ago, so that did not feel good. 0:17:23.450 --> 0:17:25.889 He stayed in the game, and when I saw him 0:17:25.930 --> 0:17:28.010 come out on the field, I was a little surprised 0:17:28.090 --> 0:17:29.990 and said, oh, are you ready to go for it today? 0:17:30.100 --> 0:17:32.720 And he was throwing, he was long tossing, and yes. 0:17:33.290 --> 0:17:35.570 He is in the starting lineup. He told me that 0:17:35.630 --> 0:17:40.490 he may get an injection for pain only before first 0:17:40.570 --> 0:17:43.770 pitch today, but certainly remarkable. And like I told him, 0:17:43.810 --> 0:17:46.390 they don't make them like they used to with this 0:17:46.450 --> 0:17:50.600 guy going out there after aggravating his throwing arm, his 0:17:50.630 --> 0:17:53.300 throwing shoulder. And he actually told us after the game 0:17:53.340 --> 0:17:56.640 last night, this wouldn't be the first time where he's 0:17:56.700 --> 0:17:59.540 got an injection to play in a game because the 0:17:59.600 --> 0:18:03.400 right labrum had been aggravated. So, He's used to doing this. 0:18:03.480 --> 0:18:06.070 It just became more public over the course of the 0:18:06.109 --> 0:18:07.159 last 20 hours. 0:18:07.460 --> 0:18:09.050 David is brought to you by Ford, the official vehicle 0:18:09.070 --> 0:18:10.810 of Major League Baseball. Ford is number one in J.D. 0:18:10.850 --> 0:18:13.790 Power's new vehicle quality amongst mainstream brands. Two years in 0:18:13.830 --> 0:18:16.090 a row, and with the built Ford Tough Truck, you 0:18:16.109 --> 0:18:18.630 get more capability. See the award-winning lineup of your Southern 0:18:18.650 --> 0:18:23.399 California Ford dealer today. Edwin Diaz, he's in AAA Oklahoma City, David. 0:18:23.440 --> 0:18:25.740 Haven't seen him in a while. What's the latest? 0:18:26.950 --> 0:18:29.570 It did not go well yesterday, Tim. I'm sure you 0:18:29.609 --> 0:18:32.350 saw it on social media. Even in minor league baseball 0:18:32.390 --> 0:18:36.280 these days, you can't hide from social media, and Edwin 0:18:36.340 --> 0:18:39.980 Diaz couldn't get three outs in a relief inning yesterday 0:18:40.200 --> 0:18:43.560 and gave up five earned runs. So Dave Roberts was 0:18:43.680 --> 0:18:46.300 asked about it, and he was very candid with the 0:18:46.359 --> 0:18:51.220 fact that the Dodgers need to see something that lends 0:18:51.280 --> 0:18:55.020 itself to having Diaz come back up and pitch at 0:18:55.060 --> 0:18:58.100 the end of games because... I know the Dodgers are just, 0:18:58.180 --> 0:19:00.740 you know, the magic number being at four from clinching 0:19:00.760 --> 0:19:03.379 the NLS, but they are still very much in a 0:19:03.440 --> 0:19:06.500 battle with the Braves for that very important number two seed. 0:19:06.940 --> 0:19:09.280 So you can't have Edwin Diaz just come up here 0:19:09.320 --> 0:19:12.040 and blow games in the eighth or ninth inning. And 0:19:12.080 --> 0:19:14.640 Dave Roberts actually used the phrase, we got to have 0:19:14.760 --> 0:19:17.640 something to hang our hat on to call this guy 0:19:17.700 --> 0:19:20.770 back up. So the plan is to have Diaz throw 0:19:20.830 --> 0:19:25.030 another inning on Wednesday for Oklahoma City. And the way 0:19:25.070 --> 0:19:28.199