Speaker 1: The quest for the three peat has begne.
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Speaker 1: David Vase Day.
Speaker 2: Welcome the Dodger Talk. David Vase with you until eight
Speaker 2: thirty tonight here on AM five to seventy LA Sports.
Speaker 2: After the Dodgers get their first series win at PNC
Speaker 2: Park since twenty twenty one, taken the first game of
Speaker 2: this series. Remember they scored ten runs in the seventh
Speaker 2: inning of the first game of this series and then
Speaker 2: hold on and make eight runs count this time for
Speaker 2: an eight to six win. So a stadium. For whatever reason,
Speaker 2: the Pirates have not been very good the last four years,
Speaker 2: but the Dodgers just haven't been able to take two
Speaker 2: out of three, and they did tonight, winning eight to
Speaker 2: six and taking the series at P and C Park
Speaker 2: for the first time since twenty twenty one. We have
Speaker 2: phone lines open at eight six, six nine, eight seven
Speaker 2: two five seventy before we get to your phone calls.
Speaker 2: Obviously you heard the Clubhouse show. Dave Roberts said, Otani
Speaker 2: coming out of this game in the seventh inning was
Speaker 2: more of a hamstring issue. And uh, I don't know
Speaker 2: if that makes you feel any better, because hamstrings can
Speaker 2: put you on the show for four to six weeks
Speaker 2: as well. So you got to be very careful with Otani.
Speaker 2: You don't want him blowing out that left hamstring. You
Speaker 2: don't want him to have a Grade one, a Grade two,
Speaker 2: any great hamstring. And I know Dave continues to maintain
Speaker 2: that the chances are high that Otani will be in
Speaker 2: the lineup tomorrow, but I would air on the side
Speaker 2: of caution for a team that loves to air on
Speaker 2: the side of caution. You don't want to force the
Speaker 2: issue with Otani, and you can't let him make the
Speaker 2: decision because if it's up to Otani, he's gonna say
Speaker 2: I'm good, I'm gonna play. You gotta protect him from himself.
Speaker 2: If it was up to me, Shoe, Otani would not
Speaker 2: be playing tomorrow. And consider this, don't take this for granted.
Speaker 2: Otani last night six and two thirds innings, pitched one
Speaker 2: hundred and two pitches. The knee, the left leg. The
Speaker 2: hamstring is his landing leg. It's the same leg that
Speaker 2: he had surgery on in twenty nineteen that was on
Speaker 2: his kneecap. He was born with some sort of left
Speaker 2: kneecap issue and started to feel symptoms during twenty nineteen
Speaker 2: while he was pitching and had that repaired surgically. This,
Speaker 2: as Dave Roberts said, is more behind the knee, but kneecap, hamstring.
Speaker 2: I'm not messing with it. I hope, I hope the
Speaker 2: Dodgers are able to protect Otani from himself and not
Speaker 2: have him start tomorrow night, because this guy shoulders a
Speaker 2: lot physically, emotionally, mentally to be able to do what
Speaker 2: he does. And you know, it was hot and humid
Speaker 2: in Pittsburgh. It's gonna be hotter and more humid in Chicago.
Speaker 2: Trust me. Uh, that's where fatigue and injuries really start
Speaker 2: to happen. Eight six six nine eight seven two five
Speaker 2: seventy is the phone number we will hear from Justin
Speaker 2: Robleski in a moment. But I want to go out
Speaker 2: to the phone calls Dan in see me Valley lead
Speaker 2: us off on Dodger Talk. I've talked enough, Dan, I
Speaker 2: want to hear from you.
Speaker 3: Thank you, Dave. Yeah, you know, I was reading on
Speaker 3: social media a little bit ago about people complaining about
Speaker 3: Kyle Tucker. You know, I think it's really still too
Speaker 3: early to pass judgment on him. You know, he's actually
Speaker 3: had a good road trip and he continues to, uh,
Speaker 3: you know, get on base, whether it be via the
Speaker 3: walk or you know, these little bloopers that he just
Speaker 3: happens to hit and he's driving and run. So you know, yeah,
Speaker 3: he made some mistakes in the outfield, but uh, I think,
Speaker 3: you know, I think we got to give him a chance.
Speaker 3: I think he's potentially, you know, dynamite for the Dodgers
Speaker 3: down the stretch. I think he can be very, very
Speaker 3: very productive in the playoffs or in the postseason. Uh yeah,
Speaker 3: So you know, I just want to I just want
Speaker 3: to put the brakes on on just criticizing him too soon.
Speaker 3: And I wish the best for Robuski and Otani. I
Speaker 3: know these guys are competitors and want to get out there.
Speaker 3: But yeah, on the side of caution.
Speaker 4: Thank you all.
Speaker 2: Right, Dan, you still there? Okay? He hung up. He
Speaker 2: just wanted to talk at us. Okay, Dan. The one
Speaker 2: I was gonna tell you, the one play that I thought,
Speaker 2: uh salvage the night for Kyle Tucker more than any
Speaker 2: other play tonight was the fact fact that he did
Speaker 2: strike out but strike three was dropped to start the
Speaker 2: eighth inning, and his run was a big run because
Speaker 2: he got all the way to third base and Miguel
Speaker 2: Rojas hit a sacrifice fly to score Tucker. That run
Speaker 2: would not have come in if Kyle Tucker doesn't have
Speaker 2: the awareness A and B the hustle to get to
Speaker 2: first base on a drop strike three. So to me,
Speaker 2: that was the biggest play for Kyle Tucker tonight to
Speaker 2: help the Dodgers win. And how about Miguel Rojas drives
Speaker 2: in two runs tonight without getting a hit. It was
Speaker 2: a contact play in the what inning was that? That
Speaker 2: was in the seventh inning and Alex call great base
Speaker 2: running play, was able to score just ahead of the
Speaker 2: tag or under the tag, and Rojas in the eighth
Speaker 2: inning with a sacrifice fly to score Tucker who got
Speaker 2: on after a drop strike three. So really good game
Speaker 2: by the Dodgers. In a gritty way. They did leave
Speaker 2: a lot of runs on the table. They left fourteen
Speaker 2: men on base tonight, but they were just three for
Speaker 2: twelve with runners in scoring position. They found a way
Speaker 2: to get enough runs. They did something right, scoring eight
Speaker 2: runs like they did last night. They scored eight runs
Speaker 2: in the last two games at P and C Park
Speaker 2: and come away with one win. So a rough night
Speaker 2: for the bullpen last night. And it's been a rough
Speaker 2: go for the Dodger bullpen since May twenty fifth. They've
Speaker 2: been giving up a lot of home runs thirteen home
Speaker 2: runs in their last forty five innings pitched. Tonight, they
Speaker 2: did not give up a home run, and they were
Speaker 2: much better, in particular Jack Dryer and Tanner Scott, who
Speaker 2: have been scuffling a little bit. That was huge for
Speaker 2: Tanner Scott to come in in the eighth inning to
Speaker 2: get Brian Reynolds, and then Mow threw the heart of
Speaker 2: the Pirates lineup in the ninth inning for a four
Speaker 2: out safe, So it looked like Tanner Scott, whatever he
Speaker 2: was doing tonight is is more of the Tanner Scott
Speaker 2: we've seen this season. All right, let's head back to
Speaker 2: Pittsburgh right now. Get you an update on Justin Robleski,
Speaker 2: who had to leave this game with two outs in
Speaker 2: the fifth inning after taking a line drive off his
Speaker 2: right hand string.
Speaker 5: I had two outstart in that fifth inning, and all
Speaker 5: the everything pretty much come with two outs there. That's frustrating.
Speaker 5: But I just didn't throw the ball very well today,
Speaker 5: just as a whole. Even before then, I just felt
Speaker 5: like I wasn't I don't know, just one of those
Speaker 5: outings today where I just felt like I didn't throw
Speaker 5: a greade and it's a it happens. That's part of
Speaker 5: the game, and that's you know, it keeps you coming back.
Speaker 5: So yeah, I just felt like I didn't quite have
Speaker 5: the command that I usually have early incounts, and I
Speaker 5: think it cost me.
Speaker 6: Do you think that's kind of led to some of
Speaker 6: the kind of long grap bats early in the game.
Speaker 6: In the pitch count app it seemed like you kind
Speaker 6: of had to ease in a little slower into this one.
Speaker 5: Yeah. I think I just again wasn't making good pitches
Speaker 5: early accounts, and they were just kind of sitting there
Speaker 5: taking them, and I just know they weren't hard takes
Speaker 5: for them or anything. And yeah, just again just one
Speaker 5: of those outings for me, just felt like I wasn't
Speaker 5: SYNCD up perfect, but felt good. So thank god, you know,
Speaker 5: I'm okay. Rounds is okay. So thankfully that whole situation.
Speaker 5: Everyone's good and I'm on to the next one.
Speaker 7: Walk this through that play Where exactly did they catch it?
Speaker 2: And when it happened over at the pace? Yeah, I
Speaker 2: mean it got.
Speaker 5: Me straight in the hamstring and then you know, I mean,
Speaker 5: I'm trying to get over there and make a play,
Speaker 5: and it's you know, it's it's really hard to get
Speaker 5: over there on a player. Freddy's got to throw it
Speaker 5: and I've got to catch it, find the bag and
Speaker 5: get a guy that's a pretty good runner, you know
Speaker 5: what I mean. So it's just it's a tough play
Speaker 5: to to make and I just I just missed the day,
Speaker 5: So that's.
Speaker 1: Part of it.
Speaker 8: It was the comingback or not the no.
Speaker 5: Yeah, thankfully, thankfully, Yeah, thankfully he kind of he kind
Speaker 5: of got out of the way enough to where we
Speaker 5: just barely touch each other. I think I don't know
Speaker 5: yet that's again, but it felt like we really touch
Speaker 5: each other, and you know, he's okay, I'm okay.
Speaker 2: So all's good there.
Speaker 9: How does it feel where you got hit?
Speaker 6: And do you expect it to affect the next couple
Speaker 6: of days of you routine at all?
Speaker 5: No, I think you know. I'll put some get some
Speaker 5: treatment done to it, get the swelling down. I'll I'll
Speaker 5: be good to go to a little bruise right now,
Speaker 5: but I'll be fine, all right.
Speaker 2: There's Justin Robleski on sports and at LA. Good to
Speaker 2: hear that whatever that contusion on his right hamstring off
Speaker 2: the line drive not a big issue, So that's good
Speaker 2: news for the Dodgers. Eight sixty six nine eight seven
Speaker 2: two five seventy is the phone number. When we continue,
Speaker 2: we're gonna hear from Will Smith, who was officially placed
Speaker 2: on the injured list today. Also, I'm gonna share with
Speaker 2: you the dumbest debate on national TV today as it
Speaker 2: concerns the All Star Game and who should be the
Speaker 2: National League DH. It's uh, it's pretty ridiculous what they
Speaker 2: come up with to debate on television these days, and
Speaker 2: this may be the most wildest one I've seen yet.
Speaker 2: So a lot more Dodger talk to get to your
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Speaker 10: Pay off pitch and Otani swings hits the ball deep
Speaker 10: to right field, heading back.
Speaker 2: Toward the wall. It is done right over the.
Speaker 1: Wall and right center field.
Speaker 10: Show Hey Old Tani home run number thirteen and the
Speaker 10: Dodgers get on the board first. It's one nothing on
Speaker 10: a frozen rope home run till the right center field
Speaker 10: gap bang just over the wall at the three seventy
Speaker 10: five mark.
Speaker 2: Show Hey Otani is on a heater. In his last
Speaker 2: thirty games, He's hitting three seventy three with seven home
Speaker 2: runs and twenty six RBIs, including that one in the
Speaker 2: third inning breaking a scoreless tie. Otonius home in two
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Speaker 2: Eight six six, nine eighty seven two five seventy is
Speaker 2: the phone number. I just got to get this off
Speaker 2: my chest. I was flipping around MLB network earlier today
Speaker 2: and I see that they're debating who should be the
Speaker 2: starting DH for the National League. And they were debating
Speaker 2: whether or not Otani or Schwarber should be the DH
Speaker 2: for the National League. Now, I know the game is
Speaker 2: in Philadelphia, don't get me wrong, but Christopher Sanchez probably
Speaker 2: starting that game. Here's my Here's here is the problem.
Speaker 2: Kyle Schwarber hitting two thirty nine with twenty four home runs,
Speaker 2: nine thirty three ops. Right chicks dig the long ball.
Speaker 2: I get that when he hits some they go really far,
Speaker 2: like he did in the NLDS last year. But we're
Speaker 2: talking about Shohe Otani. We're talking about the greatest player
Speaker 2: we have ever seen in this game, who, by the way,
Speaker 2: is now all of a sudden, the hottest hitter in baseball.
Speaker 2: Right now. On top of what he's doing on the mound,
Speaker 2: Otani after tonight is hitting three h five with an
Speaker 2: ops of nine sixty four. He has thirteen home runs
Speaker 2: forty RBIs. My point is he's a better hitter and
Speaker 2: a better player and a better attraction than Kyle Schwarber
Speaker 2: is even in Philadelphia. Do you believe the world wants
Speaker 2: to see Kyle Schwarber as the Nation League D if
Speaker 2: all things are equal, which they aren't. Do you think,
Speaker 2: just because Kyle Schwarber has hit more home runs and
Speaker 2: may have twenty points higher of an ops and slugging
Speaker 2: percentage than show Hao Tani, that the world wants to
Speaker 2: see Kyle Schwarber starting as the DH instead of show
Speaker 2: Hao Tani leading off for the National League going up
Speaker 2: against who knows who the best of the best in
Speaker 2: the American League to start the All Star Game. You
Speaker 2: gotta be kidding me. That is the dumbest debate I
Speaker 2: have seen. That is so contrived. Be better, come up
Speaker 2: with something a little more creative. Nobody wants to see
Speaker 2: Kyle Schwarber as the starting DH over Show Hao Tani.
Speaker 2: And that goes back to what I talk about. Don't
Speaker 2: take this guy. For granted, he's the greatest player we
Speaker 2: have ever seen. If he only had five home runs,
Speaker 2: I don't care. I want to see show as the
Speaker 2: DH and leading off for the Dodgers, which he doesn't.
Speaker 2: His numbers are right there with Schwarbers outside of the
Speaker 2: home runs, So come on, I mean, that's a ridiculous debate.
Speaker 2: I don't know any kid in America who's going on
Speaker 2: MLB dot com and voting for Kyle Schwarber over Shoeotani.
Speaker 2: There is no debate. Shoe Heo Tani is the best
Speaker 2: player on the planet. Kyle Schwarber is a nice player,
Speaker 2: and I don't want to go as far to say
Speaker 2: a softball player, but he's a one dimensional player that
Speaker 2: hits home runs a long way and we should all
Speaker 2: enjoy him in the home run derby. But there is
Speaker 2: no way that anybody wants to see Kyle Schwarber over
Speaker 2: Sho Haotani as the National League DH. Debate over, don't
Speaker 2: bring it up again. Let's go out to Vah Bill.
Speaker 2: You're on Dodger Talk with David Vase Bill. Is there
Speaker 2: any debate over that?
Speaker 7: No?
Speaker 2: Thank you, Bill, You're like Tama Scotty. Just give us
Speaker 2: the direct answer.
Speaker 7: I just wanted to ask you what you think about
Speaker 7: the flurry of home runs lately, both by the starters
Speaker 7: and the relievers. It's a little bit picked up since
Speaker 7: the Giants series here in LA. I'm just wondering if
Speaker 7: it's just just a bad trend or is it just
Speaker 7: something the bull will come and go well.
Speaker 2: Like I mentioned earlier, thirteen home runs and forty five
Speaker 2: innings by the Dodger bullpen coming into tonight is not
Speaker 2: a trend you want to see continue, and it's not
Speaker 2: a trend that started the year. The Dodger bullpen has
Speaker 2: been pretty good, but obviously the bullpen is the most
Speaker 2: volatile part of any team and they're not going to
Speaker 2: be perfect. So I think the way the Dodgers starters
Speaker 2: are going deep into the game and you know, minimizing
Speaker 2: how many innings the bullpen asked cover is advantageous for
Speaker 2: those guys until the Dodgers get Brock Stewart back, Evan
Speaker 2: Phillips back, and Edwin Diaz back. Thanks for the phone call, Bill,
Speaker 2: Let's go out to Ventura, Andrew. You're on Dodger Talk
Speaker 2: with David basse Hi.
Speaker 4: Andrew, Hey, what's going on?
Speaker 2: Guys.
Speaker 4: I just think that the Dodgers have had bullpen problems
Speaker 4: for going on ten years now. And you're talking about
Speaker 4: the bullpens being the most volatile part of any lineup.
Speaker 2: Really, do you think the Dodgers ballpen has been bad
Speaker 2: for ten years?
Speaker 4: Bullpen problems? It just seems like they always give up
Speaker 4: runs and stuff. I mean, of course there's a statistically
Speaker 4: they do. Yeah, but by uh remember when Hanks che
Speaker 4: quo and uh.
Speaker 2: You're going way further back. That's longer than ten years. Well,
Speaker 2: yeah about Brandon Morrow. How about Brandon Morrow and Kenley Jansen?
Speaker 2: How about JP Howell? How about those guys.
Speaker 4: It seemed like we had a seven eight nine that
Speaker 4: came in every for every closeout game or you know,
Speaker 4: every game that we needed to close.
Speaker 2: He had that set up until Edwin Diaz got hurt. Yeah,
Speaker 2: you'll have that again. And Evan Phillips is on his
Speaker 2: way back, so you know, I know right now the
Speaker 2: bullpen is a little thin. But sorry, that's a that's
Speaker 2: a general generality right there. That's not accurate. Eight six
Speaker 2: six nine seven two five seventy is the phone number.
Speaker 2: I just saw the sports net LA replay of the Dodgers'
Speaker 2: pregame dugout celebration. I thought the funniest part of that
Speaker 2: dugout celebration is Otawni mocking Will Smith not playing because
Speaker 2: of a stiff neck, and he's turning his shoulders and
Speaker 2: not even twisting his neck in front of Will Smith
Speaker 2: to make fun of the fact that he's on the
Speaker 2: il with a bad neck. Speaking of Will Smith, he
Speaker 2: finally spoke, broke his silence about his neck and the
Speaker 2: mysterious il stint that finally had been today.
Speaker 8: Yeah, it's been a long few days. Uh, Yeah, happened
Speaker 8: in Arizona. Played on a couple of days, played on
Speaker 8: a home and then yeah, just that third or fourth day,
Speaker 8: I kind of felt it was just been a lot worse.
Speaker 8: Couldn't play that day, And it's one of those things
Speaker 8: thought was gonna get little better in a couple days,
Speaker 8: just taking a little bit longer.
Speaker 2: Yeah, when you.
Speaker 6: Said it happened in Arizona, was that something like in
Speaker 6: the game or just kind of like maybe how you
Speaker 6: woke up you felt it.
Speaker 8: I just woke it up. It was tight. That happens
Speaker 8: every now and then goes away in a day or two.
Speaker 8: It just didn't this time.
Speaker 1: How's the feel now, It's feel better.
Speaker 8: It's not one hundred percent, uh, but it's you know,
Speaker 8: the pain's kind of going away now. There's still a
Speaker 8: lot muscle, their tight trap and all that stuff, but
Speaker 8: getting better day by.
Speaker 5: Day, like swinging and doing stuff over the next couple
Speaker 5: of weeks.
Speaker 8: Yeah, I've been hitting and throwing the last few days,
Speaker 8: running and stuff. So it's it's pretty close. So hopefully,
Speaker 8: you know, the day I'm able to come off, I
Speaker 8: can come back and play.
Speaker 2: No, that's the plan for now.
Speaker 4: When you.
Speaker 2: Just all the time, Yeah, one side.
Speaker 8: Yeah, it's all on the right side. It's just like
Speaker 8: an inflamed disc, I guess basically, which is causing most
Speaker 8: of the pain. But it's nothing too serious. Nothing I'm
Speaker 8: like worry about long term or anything. Just gotta get
Speaker 8: it right now. Showed got No, I just saw a
Speaker 8: doctor and I was able to do There was no
Speaker 8: need for the imaging or in that.
Speaker 5: Part more.
Speaker 8: All of it just turning my neck.
Speaker 2: You gotta love some of these answers. That was Will Smith.
Speaker 2: I'm sports at l a look. Will Smith caught more
Speaker 2: innings last year's in last year's World Series than any
Speaker 2: other catcher in the history of the game, including all
Speaker 2: eighteen innings of Game three of the World Series. And
Speaker 2: he he told me it took him a little longer
Speaker 2: to recover from the season last year. In the offseason,
Speaker 2: he delayed getting ready for this year because of the
Speaker 2: toll of a seven game World Series, and obviously, you know,
Speaker 2: catching a lot of games last year. And also he
Speaker 2: started the year playing for the World Baseball Classic. So
Speaker 2: Will Smith is not twenty something anymore. He's actually thirty
Speaker 2: one years old. I know that's hard to wrap our
Speaker 2: heads around because he has that baby face assassin look still,
Speaker 2: but he's thirty one years old. And the Dodgers called
Speaker 2: up Chuckie Robinson. I was surprised by that choice. But
Speaker 2: Chuckie Robinson was here for one game. He played one
Speaker 2: game last year. I think he actually got called up
Speaker 2: in Pittsburgh when Ben Rourtvitz started to become the everyday
Speaker 2: catcher for the Dodgers. So Chuckie Robinson is the backup catcher.
Speaker 2: He's probably going to catch a game, Dave Roberts said
Speaker 2: against the Rays when the Dodgers returned home from this trip.
Speaker 2: But Dalton Rushing, he's wanted an opportunity to play every day.
Speaker 2: He's getting that opportunity to play every day with the
Speaker 2: injury to Will Smith. Eight six six nine, eight seven
Speaker 2: two five seventy is the phone number. Dodgers beat the
Speaker 2: Pirates tonight by a final score of eight to six.
Speaker 2: They are headed to the South side of Chicago to
Speaker 2: start a three game series against the White Sox beginning
Speaker 2: tomorrow night. Miguel Vargas is having an incredible breakout season.
Speaker 2: There's a real chance that Miguel Vargas is the starting
Speaker 2: third baseman for the American League and Max Munci is
Speaker 2: the starting third baseman for the National League. In case
Speaker 2: you haven't been paying attention, the White Sox are thirty
Speaker 2: six and thirty one. They've won, you know, six of
Speaker 2: their last ten, and their run differential isn't as large
Speaker 2: as the Dodgers by a long shot. But they're in
Speaker 2: a weak division and they're what are they They're a
Speaker 2: half game ahead of the Guardians in the AL Central now,
Speaker 2: so they're a good team with a lot of good
Speaker 2: young players. Let's add out to Julian and Wittier. You're
Speaker 2: on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 9: How you doing, Julian, Hi, thank you so much for
Speaker 9: taking my call, Dave listen about regarding shoe Heyotani. I
Speaker 9: think they're just trying to find something to talk about
Speaker 9: because I don't know how anyone that knows baseball could
Speaker 9: even diminish how uh one of a kind work. And
Speaker 9: I texted this to my brothers and sisters the other day.
Speaker 9: If you cannot watch the game every time Otani pitches
Speaker 9: and he plays, at least try and catch him, because
Speaker 9: you're seeing a one of a kind player that comes around.
Speaker 9: I don't know how often, but this guy, ever better than.
Speaker 2: Will never come around in our lifetime. I am certain
Speaker 2: of that.
Speaker 9: Yeah, he's like a Beethoven of baseball, so to speak,
Speaker 9: or pro baseball anyhow. I also want to talk about
Speaker 9: something that I was watching during the game. Very interesting
Speaker 9: to me.
Speaker 1: You know, the.
Speaker 9: Automatic uh, the automated uh strike the ball. Yeah, it's
Speaker 9: turning out to be very interesting because tonight one of
Speaker 9: the pirates is that bat and he he asked for
Speaker 9: a challenge and the ball it was a strike, and
Speaker 9: the next pitch was down the middle and he poked it. Uh,
Speaker 9: he just cut it into a third base past third base. Yeah,
Speaker 9: what's interesting is it's changing it literally is changing with
Speaker 9: the pitcher or the bat or may do next. I
Speaker 9: think it's way more interesting that you have this because
Speaker 9: the player can see on the screen the you know,
Speaker 9: the strike zone, the big square of the strike zone,
Speaker 9: and he's evaluating now in his mind, is he going
Speaker 9: to try and hit that corner again or you know
Speaker 9: what I mean. Yeah, it's truly fascinating, and.
Speaker 2: It's added another dimension of chess play, not just between
Speaker 2: the two managers, but by the players themselves between the lines,
Speaker 2: which doesn't happen a lot because the managers not involved
Speaker 2: in making that decision. They could talk about it, have
Speaker 2: a team game plan, but it's the players that are strategizing. Now.
Speaker 2: It's kind of like the pitcher and catcher trying to
Speaker 2: come up with what pitch to throw. It's in that
Speaker 2: same vein, but you know, along those same lines. Did
Speaker 2: you catch Mookie Bets third or fourth at bat after
Speaker 2: the Pirates were out of challenges, there was a pitch
Speaker 2: that was would have been a called strike three. It
Speaker 2: was clear that it was strike three and the Pirates
Speaker 2: were out of challenges, and Mookie got second life because
Speaker 2: it was called a ball.
Speaker 9: Wow, it's going to change things, especially the more intense
Speaker 9: the season, and you know the players that are going
Speaker 9: to go into the playoffs, it's going to really heavy.
Speaker 2: A Julian, I got a question for you, speaking of
Speaker 2: all that, Do you think it's Major League Baseball's worst
Speaker 2: nightmare that there's two outs in Game seven of the
Speaker 2: World Series and an ABS challenge takes place and the
Speaker 2: World Series is decided on an ABS overturn? Or do
Speaker 2: you believe that's their dream come true?
Speaker 9: You know, it could be. Honestly speaking, it could be
Speaker 9: either way, can't it, Because.
Speaker 2: Look, you seem like a guy that likes to live
Speaker 2: life on the fence. Julian, Yes, or no. Get off
Speaker 2: the fence and tell me if you think it's their
Speaker 2: worst nightmare or a dream come true for the World
Speaker 2: Series to end on an ABS challenge this year.
Speaker 9: It's their worst nightmare. Let's go that way, all right.
Speaker 2: See, I had to get you off the fence, Julian,
Speaker 2: I agree. That's not something I would love to see
Speaker 2: a World Series game decided by an AB overturn or
Speaker 2: even a challenge play challenge replay. I don't want to
Speaker 2: see that. That would have been horrible for the Blue
Speaker 2: Jays to win the World series on a challenge overturn
Speaker 2: on that play at the plate in the ninth inning
Speaker 2: with Rojas to Will Smith.
Speaker 9: I remember I remember, Hey, listen if I'm talking to
Speaker 9: you again before the fourth of July, A very happy
Speaker 9: fourth of July to you and yours and thank you
Speaker 9: for taking my call.
Speaker 2: Call back anytime, Julian, and remember don't live life on
Speaker 2: the fence.
Speaker 5: Okay, all right.
Speaker 2: Juliet, thanks for the phone call. Eight six six nine
Speaker 2: eight seven two five seventy is the phone number. Hey,
Speaker 2: you gotta get down to see my friends at Downy Hunday.
Speaker 2: They had the Mexico South Africa game on in their showroom.
Speaker 2: My guy Sam at Downey Hyundai has a huge big screen.
Speaker 2: They got food, they got drinks, they got the World
Speaker 2: Cup going on every day in that showroom. While you're
Speaker 2: looking for a brand new great Hyundai at Downey hun Day,
Speaker 2: and maybe you want to even take a peek at
Speaker 2: an Ionic nine like the one I drive. Thanks to
Speaker 2: my friends at Downey Hunday. Freddy Freeman, he's been begging
Speaker 2: me for a ride in my Ionic nine since I
Speaker 2: got it from Downy Hunday. I have said no, no, no, Freddy,
Speaker 2: you got to get twenty five hundred hits before you
Speaker 2: ride in that Ionic nine. Well, he got it, and
Speaker 2: I'm sure whenever he goes back to PNC Park he'll
Speaker 2: always remember that career milestone. Let's head back to Pittsburgh
Speaker 2: to hear from Freddy Freeman on sports and at LA.
Speaker 11: Overall decent series at the office that we played well, starting,
Speaker 11: pitching good, so it's some good things to take from it.
Speaker 11: And there was a hot and muggi linand's.
Speaker 1: Good to get out of here, stepping up for each other.
Speaker 6: And you talk about how the pitching necessarily wasn't there,
Speaker 6: But does it either feel like more pressure on the
Speaker 6: offense or just as the collective for you guys to
Speaker 6: really try to give some more extra un support when
Speaker 6: you know things aren't going right for the pitching side.
Speaker 11: Yeah, I mean they just went pretty much for yangs
Speaker 11: in a row with no runs, So they're allowed to
Speaker 11: give up a couple of runs here and there. So
Speaker 11: and that's what team baseball has. Team teams pick each
Speaker 11: other up. We score a lot of runs, give him
Speaker 11: some breathing rooms this series. So hopefully next series will
Speaker 11: be lots of runs and not a lot of giving up.
Speaker 8: As much as he means to the team.
Speaker 2: You get a little nervous when you see show Hey
Speaker 2: come on of a game.
Speaker 11: Yeah, I mean, that's the best player in the world,
Speaker 11: so hopefully it's all right. I have no idea anything,
Speaker 11: So I just saw Santiago go up there, so uh
Speaker 11: so hopefully he's all right.
Speaker 2: All right. There is Freddy Freeman on sports and at
Speaker 2: LA In case you missed it, Show Hey. Otani had
Speaker 2: to leave the game after being on base all four
Speaker 2: times tonight, including a home run in the third inning,
Speaker 2: with left knee inflammation. Dave Roberts said after the game
Speaker 2: that it's more behind the left knee for Otani's hamstring.
Speaker 2: Either way, I wouldn't play Otani tomorrow. I don't care
Speaker 2: if it's his front of the left knee the back
Speaker 2: of the left knee. I'm given the guy a breather.
Speaker 2: And look, a lot of managers always say this that
Speaker 2: the player will tell you I'm good to go, I'm
Speaker 2: good to go, because they want to be in there.
Speaker 2: But in this type of circumstance, you've got to protect
Speaker 2: O'tani from himself. So I wouldn't be surprised if Sho
Speaker 2: Hao Tani is not in the starting lineup tomorrow, and
Speaker 2: maybe even Freddie Freeman gets a DH day tomorrow to
Speaker 2: get off his feet. Because the Dodgers are in a
Speaker 2: rough stretch right here where they just finished playing three
Speaker 2: games in hot and humid Pittsburgh, and they're gonna play
Speaker 2: three more in a hotter and even more humid Chicago
Speaker 2: on the South Side against a very good White Sox
Speaker 2: team that's leading the AL Central. And then after that,
Speaker 2: the Dodgers have to come home on Monday night and
Speaker 2: open up a home stand against the Tampa Bay Rays,
Speaker 2: who's tied for first place in the AL East. So
Speaker 2: the Dodgers are facing three really good teams in a
Speaker 2: matter of nine days here without a day off, and
Speaker 2: having to fly from the East Coast to Chicago and
Speaker 2: then back to the West Coast to open up the homestands.
Speaker 2: So keep that in mind as well. And during this
Speaker 2: stretch of time, you know, if Otani is deemed he
Speaker 2: can't make his next start, maybe the Dodgers maintain that
Speaker 2: six man rotation. I know there is a day off
Speaker 2: on Thursday, but I wouldn't rule out the possibility of
Speaker 2: the next turn. River Ryan may make a spot start
Speaker 2: if necessary. All right. Tomorrow, the Dodgers are in Chicago
Speaker 2: to take on Miguel Vargas and the White Sox. Roki
Speaker 2: Sasaki will try to continue this six start roll that
Speaker 2: he's on. He's three and three with an ERA of
Speaker 2: four to zero, three going up against a guy named
Speaker 2: Anthony k. We'll find out together tomorrow five and one
Speaker 2: with an ERA of four forty. Our coverage begins tomorrow
Speaker 2: at three thirty with first pitch from Chicago's South Side
Speaker 2: at four forty with Rick Monday and Tim Neverett. That'll
Speaker 2: do it for us tonight on Dodger Talk. Thanks to
Speaker 2: calling ye back at our Burbank studios, Thanks to Dwayne
Speaker 2: McDonald at P and C Park, and thanks to you
Speaker 2: for listening. In case you missed any of the show,
Speaker 2: you know where to find it the iHeartRadio app. We'll
Speaker 2: talk to you tomorrow afternoon. Fox Sports Radio is next.
Speaker 2: See yam hope Hope. Dodgers beat the Pirates eight to six.
Speaker 2: Gotta give that score. They take two out of three
Speaker 2: in P and C Park for the first time since
Speaker 2: twenty twenty one. Have a great rest of your night,
Speaker 2: see you, Send you away.