WEBVTT - Dodger Talk (10-13-26) 0:00:00.070 --> 0:00:00.950 Blue October. 0:00:01.129 --> 0:00:03.490 It's just such a special thing for an Angeleno's man. 0:00:03.570 --> 0:00:06.229 It's a special month if you're an L.A. Dodgers fan. 0:00:06.430 --> 0:00:08.050 One month, 11 wins. 0:00:08.390 --> 0:00:09.289 That's all that's needed. 0:00:09.310 --> 0:00:10.230 This year is no different. 0:00:10.250 --> 0:00:12.590 This team understands the assignment. 0:00:12.630 --> 0:00:15.910 The postseason is here. History is stacked against you. And 0:00:15.950 --> 0:00:18.610 the boys in blue try to go back to back 0:00:18.680 --> 0:00:21.840 to back. This is a playoff edition of Dodger Talk. 0:00:21.880 --> 0:00:28.200 To make your voice heard, call 866-987-2578. Dodgers Playoff Baseball 0:00:28.260 --> 0:00:30.960 is brought to you by County of L.A. Department of 0:00:31.060 --> 0:00:34.900 Public Works. Recycling beverage containers is a triple play. And 0:00:34.960 --> 0:00:38.760 Children's Hospital L.A. From colds to cancer, we got this. 0:00:38.920 --> 0:00:41.239 It's a fly ball to left field and deep. It 0:00:41.300 --> 0:00:42.059 is way back there. 0:00:42.120 --> 0:00:43.090 Doors at the wall. 0:00:43.110 --> 0:00:44.550 Looked up and it's gone. 0:00:44.570 --> 0:00:45.330 A home run. 0:00:45.370 --> 0:00:49.949 And now your host for postseason Dodger Talk, David Basset. 0:00:50.670 --> 0:00:55.690 Welcome to Dodger Talk. David Basset live at Dodger Stadium 0:00:55.790 --> 0:01:01.150 with you until 7 o'clock tonight here. on 570 LA Sports. 0:01:01.550 --> 0:01:05.070 This is your home of Dodger baseball, and you will 0:01:05.130 --> 0:01:10.270 hear Game 3 live tomorrow from Dodger Stadium, beginning at 0:01:10.270 --> 0:01:14.940 4 o'clock, our pregame coverage, with first pitch at 5 o'clock. 0:01:15.000 --> 0:01:17.740 It's going to be Blake Snell on the mound against 0:01:17.860 --> 0:01:21.720 Robert Gasser of the Brewers, and the Dodgers in a 0:01:21.819 --> 0:01:26.040 must-win situation here As close as it comes to having 0:01:26.100 --> 0:01:28.940 a must-win game without being with your backs against the 0:01:28.980 --> 0:01:33.220 wall of elimination. And earlier this afternoon, the Brewers were 0:01:33.310 --> 0:01:37.230 out here working out, taking batting practice. And right now, 0:01:37.670 --> 0:01:40.789 the Dodgers are taking batting practice on the field. And 0:01:40.910 --> 0:01:45.149 Shohei Otani once again took BP on the field. He 0:01:45.190 --> 0:01:49.130 just ran off into the Dodger clubhouse. And look, here 0:01:49.170 --> 0:01:51.810 it is. In case you missed the news earlier, Dave 0:01:51.870 --> 0:01:57.630 Roberts said... Unequivocally, Otani will be in the Dodgers' starting 0:01:57.690 --> 0:02:03.230 lineup tomorrow for Game 3 of the NLCS. And then, unexpectedly, 0:02:03.670 --> 0:02:07.550 Shohei Otani came into the press conference room and was 0:02:07.850 --> 0:02:13.529 adamant about his physical limitations not really limiting him. It's 0:02:13.590 --> 0:02:17.350 more about him being a better hitter. So Dave Roberts 0:02:17.410 --> 0:02:21.840 said it. Otani said it as well. Ohtani feels like 0:02:21.880 --> 0:02:26.240 he's close to finding something. I hope so because it 0:02:26.280 --> 0:02:30.160 hasn't looked close in a long time. And the Dodgers 0:02:30.220 --> 0:02:33.510 need Ohtani, especially if he's going to hit cleanup, to 0:02:33.570 --> 0:02:38.570 look somewhat recognizable to his old self. So Dave Roberts 0:02:38.630 --> 0:02:42.130 and Shohei Ohtani had the conversation that Roberts told the 0:02:42.210 --> 0:02:46.000 athletic he would have. And he was convinced by Shohei 0:02:46.060 --> 0:02:50.460 Otani that there is nothing physically limiting him from being 0:02:50.500 --> 0:02:53.980 in the batter's box tomorrow night for game three. We 0:02:54.020 --> 0:02:59.500 have phone lines open at 866-987-2570. Coming up at the 0:02:59.560 --> 0:03:02.739 bottom of the hour, you'll hear from Joey Votto, who 0:03:02.760 --> 0:03:05.720 did a great job in his rookie season with NBC 0:03:05.840 --> 0:03:09.739 Sports and also on MLB Network. Always love hearing from 0:03:09.820 --> 0:03:13.010 Joey Votto. I believe he was one of the... the 0:03:13.060 --> 0:03:17.500 most insightful players of his generation, and certainly he has 0:03:17.580 --> 0:03:20.899 continued that as a broadcaster. So looking forward to having 0:03:20.940 --> 0:03:25.220 Joey Votto on Dodger Talk for the first time since retiring. 0:03:25.280 --> 0:03:29.130 I interviewed him once in Cincinnati, and it was electric. 0:03:29.250 --> 0:03:32.010 So looking forward to hearing from Joey Votto at the 0:03:32.070 --> 0:03:35.250 bottom of the hour. Coming up in 15 minutes, you'll 0:03:35.290 --> 0:03:40.740 hear from Westlake Village's own and Brewers captain Christian Yellich. 0:03:40.800 --> 0:03:43.130 Had a chance to catch up with Yellich. after the 0:03:43.170 --> 0:03:46.950 Brewers were done with their BP session, but before we 0:03:46.970 --> 0:03:50.580 get to all that, and look, I never thought the 0:03:50.620 --> 0:03:55.480 Dodgers were going to bench Shohei Otani tomorrow night for 0:03:55.520 --> 0:04:00.290 game three. That would have been a nuclear-type decision, because 0:04:00.450 --> 0:04:05.090 it's not just about this series and tomorrow's game, it's 0:04:05.170 --> 0:04:11.060 about a long-term relationship, and you would fracture that relationship 0:04:11.260 --> 0:04:14.280 if you bench Shohei Otani. And I feel like that's 0:04:14.370 --> 0:04:18.090 part of the reason why Dave Roberts was so convicted 0:04:18.390 --> 0:04:21.909 in answering those questions about whether or not Otani would 0:04:21.950 --> 0:04:25.450 be in the starting lineup. It's a topic, a conversation 0:04:25.490 --> 0:04:28.230 that he kind of created after the game last night. 0:04:29.430 --> 0:04:31.480 And I think that's part of the reason why Otani 0:04:31.520 --> 0:04:34.520 came into the press conference room. At some point, he's 0:04:34.560 --> 0:04:38.500 got to answer the questions about himself instead of allowing 0:04:38.860 --> 0:04:42.580 Dave Roberts or his teammates to guess about what he 0:04:42.620 --> 0:04:47.230 wants them to say about how he's performing, how he's feeling. 0:04:47.330 --> 0:04:51.410 So that was the right move by Shohei Otani. And 0:04:51.470 --> 0:04:54.570 I personally believe, and I asked Otani this because I've 0:04:55.040 --> 0:04:58.419 I'm trying to find out what makes this guy tick. 0:04:58.800 --> 0:05:01.940 We don't really know what makes him tick. If he 0:05:02.020 --> 0:05:05.020 plays with the chip on his shoulder, when people doubt him. 0:05:05.420 --> 0:05:08.180 And that's part of the reason why I asked him 0:05:08.240 --> 0:05:11.080 whether or not he's taking this all personal or as 0:05:11.140 --> 0:05:14.290 a personal challenge to perform, to try to bring the 0:05:14.320 --> 0:05:18.650 Dodgers back from a two Oh depth deficit. And he 0:05:18.670 --> 0:05:21.909 didn't really tip his hand, but Dave Roberts believes that yes, 0:05:22.089 --> 0:05:25.200 he is taking this as a personal challenge. So, At 0:05:25.260 --> 0:05:27.740 this point, it's put up or shut up. That's part 0:05:27.779 --> 0:05:30.020 of the reason why I didn't go into Blake Snell's 0:05:30.100 --> 0:05:34.830 pregame press conference today, because whatever he said today means nothing. 0:05:35.010 --> 0:05:38.290 It's how he pitches tomorrow. What Otani said today, if 0:05:39.010 --> 0:05:43.170 he believes he's getting close, means absolutely nothing if he 0:05:43.230 --> 0:05:47.960 continues to have the unrecognizable swings that we have seen 0:05:48.380 --> 0:05:51.839 during this playoff series. So, It's put up or shut 0:05:51.880 --> 0:05:54.919 up for these Dodgers. It means nothing about what you say. 0:05:55.760 --> 0:06:00.730 And I'll just say this. The Dodgers need to remember 0:06:00.820 --> 0:06:03.729 who they are. And by the way, we're streaming live 0:06:03.810 --> 0:06:06.970 on YouTube for this off-day Dodger talk until 7 o'clock 0:06:07.029 --> 0:06:10.349 on AM570 LA Sports. And I'll say this into the 0:06:10.390 --> 0:06:14.230 camera and through your iHeartRadio app and on your radio. 0:06:15.110 --> 0:06:18.909 The Dodgers need to remember who they are. They're giving 0:06:18.950 --> 0:06:22.610 this Brewers team... way too much credit. Yes, you got 0:06:22.630 --> 0:06:25.089 to respect them. They had the best record in baseball. 0:06:25.430 --> 0:06:29.870 They have good players, a really good bullpen, solid starters, 0:06:30.630 --> 0:06:33.670 but that's where the line has to be drawn. The 0:06:33.710 --> 0:06:37.170 Dodgers have given the Brewers way too much credit. The 0:06:37.230 --> 0:06:41.920 Dodgers need to remember who they are. They are the 0:06:41.950 --> 0:06:46.900 back-to-back world champions. They are the team that came back 0:06:46.940 --> 0:06:49.659 with their backs against the wall and in Game 6 0:06:49.660 --> 0:06:54.200 and Game 7 of last year's World Series. They were 0:06:54.250 --> 0:06:57.330 the team that came back with a bullpen game in 0:06:57.370 --> 0:07:01.089 Game 4 of the NLDS against the Padres to force 0:07:01.150 --> 0:07:04.090 a Game 5 and win a Game 5 to win 0:07:04.130 --> 0:07:06.560 their first of two back-to-back championships. 0:07:07.160 --> 0:07:07.799 The way that. 0:07:07.720 --> 0:07:09.760 Yamamoto pitched was. 0:07:11.360 --> 0:07:14.300 I'm not going to say scared, but he didn't attack 0:07:14.360 --> 0:07:17.260 the strike zone. He was giving them way too much credit. 0:07:17.620 --> 0:07:20.460 And Will Smith, as the catcher, has got to be 0:07:20.970 --> 0:07:24.490 that voice to make sure these guys are not nibbling. 0:07:24.870 --> 0:07:28.010 Yamamoto nibbled, and that's the reason why he was out 0:07:28.030 --> 0:07:31.790 of that game when he was. Also, players around the 0:07:31.850 --> 0:07:34.670 league were texting me during that game that they believed 0:07:35.030 --> 0:07:40.170 the Brewers had Yamamoto's pitches, especially Bauer's, especially the 0-2 0:07:40.210 --> 0:07:44.190 swing to rank had on Yamamoto. They believe the Brewers 0:07:44.250 --> 0:07:49.590 had Yamamoto's pitches, which is, at this point in time, believable. 0:07:50.790 --> 0:07:53.190 But tomorrow, Blake Snell has got to come out and 0:07:53.230 --> 0:07:56.790 attack the strike zone because these guys don't chase, and 0:07:56.830 --> 0:08:00.390 you've got to bully them with your fastball, especially up 0:08:00.450 --> 0:08:03.330 in the zone. Scooble did that for the first four innings, 0:08:03.370 --> 0:08:05.630 and then all of a sudden started to give the 0:08:05.680 --> 0:08:10.650 Brewers way too much credit. Walk Garrett Mitchell. Through Luis Lara, 0:08:10.750 --> 0:08:13.910 first pitch changeup, what are you doing? You're giving them 0:08:14.070 --> 0:08:17.810 way too much credit. And for me last night, the 0:08:17.940 --> 0:08:21.390 pivotal part of that game was when Dave Roberts opted 0:08:21.440 --> 0:08:25.540 to go to Chris Bubich instead of sticking with Roki Sasaki. 0:08:26.380 --> 0:08:28.580 I haven't had a chance to talk to Dave about that. 0:08:29.020 --> 0:08:31.500 I heard his answer after the game in the press 0:08:31.540 --> 0:08:35.640 conference room. That seemed like a pregame plan that needed 0:08:35.679 --> 0:08:38.890 to be scrapped. Him and Mark Pryor needed to scrap 0:08:38.929 --> 0:08:43.210 that plan. Roki Sasaki was your guy last year. He 0:08:43.230 --> 0:08:45.870 was a better pitcher this year. You're telling me he's 0:08:45.929 --> 0:08:48.190 only going to face the bottom of the Brewers order 0:08:48.870 --> 0:08:53.510 and you're going to Chris Bubich? Chris Bubich over Roki Sasaki? 0:08:54.650 --> 0:08:56.869 Say that to yourself five times and tell me if 0:08:56.950 --> 0:09:00.170 it makes sense. And then the other part of the 0:09:00.210 --> 0:09:03.730 game where the fifth inning got sideways after Bubich got 0:09:03.790 --> 0:09:07.580 it messy. And then in the sixth inning, it's still messy, 0:09:08.059 --> 0:09:11.179 and you got Brock Stewart out there. Instead of bringing 0:09:11.220 --> 0:09:16.120 in Tanner Scott to face Bryce Terang, and then walk Contreras, 0:09:16.179 --> 0:09:20.000 because Contreras swings with an uppercut. The odds of him 0:09:20.040 --> 0:09:23.230 getting a ground ball for a double play are low. 0:09:24.510 --> 0:09:27.790 You gotta go to Tanner Scott to get Terang, and 0:09:27.809 --> 0:09:30.730 you gotta walk Contreras to get to Bowers in the 0:09:30.809 --> 0:09:33.780 sixth inning. So, In a lot of ways, that game 0:09:33.820 --> 0:09:36.780 went sideways, but it's hard to believe the Brewers bullpen 0:09:37.280 --> 0:09:41.560 pitched a perfect game against the Dodgers after Logan Henderson 0:09:41.620 --> 0:09:49.229 came out. Yeah, it was a perfect game. 866-987-2570 is 0:09:49.270 --> 0:09:52.510 the phone number. The Dodgers taking batting practice right now 0:09:52.570 --> 0:09:55.990 at Dodger Stadium as we have Dodger talk until 7 o'clock. 0:09:56.309 --> 0:09:59.370 Have got to remember who they are and stop giving 0:09:59.390 --> 0:10:03.580 this Brewers team and this lineup way too much credit. 0:10:04.100 --> 0:10:07.459 Here was Mookie Betts after last night's game about being 0:10:07.500 --> 0:10:11.540 down 0-2 and if it feels like game 6 and 0:10:11.540 --> 0:10:13.459 7 of last year's World Series. 0:10:14.370 --> 0:10:15.069 Yeah, I mean, for sure. 0:10:15.110 --> 0:10:17.729 I mean, they're a really good ball club. 0:10:18.150 --> 0:10:20.290 Really good arms. They're swinging it. 0:10:20.770 --> 0:10:26.939 They're playing really well. We have to come and be 0:10:26.980 --> 0:10:28.240 ready to go. 0:10:28.380 --> 0:10:30.500 There's no secrets. 0:10:30.620 --> 0:10:32.839 It's just playing the game the same way, but we 0:10:32.880 --> 0:10:35.280 just got to figure out a way to get those hits. 0:10:35.600 --> 0:10:36.559 How much do you guys. 0:10:36.420 --> 0:10:38.460 Have to eliminate doubt from your heads? 0:10:39.780 --> 0:10:42.450 A lot, but I think the guys in here are 0:10:42.880 --> 0:10:47.830 pretty together. I don't think There's much doubt going on. 0:10:48.030 --> 0:10:50.610 I think we just have to regroup and figure out 0:10:52.290 --> 0:10:55.470 what we need to do individually, but there's no doubt. 0:10:56.480 --> 0:10:59.740 I love that attitude. Mookie Betts said it perfectly. The 0:10:59.780 --> 0:11:03.459 Dodgers need to regroup today, and they have, and look 0:11:03.520 --> 0:11:07.300 in the mirror and say to themselves, I've got to 0:11:07.340 --> 0:11:10.710 do my job. Because if Snell does his job, if 0:11:10.809 --> 0:11:13.290 every one of the hitters in the lineup, Otani to 0:11:13.450 --> 0:11:17.330 Edmond to Tucker to Freddie, do their job, The outcome 0:11:17.370 --> 0:11:19.590 of tomorrow's game is going to be different. And I 0:11:19.630 --> 0:11:22.430 believe the Dodgers win this game tomorrow. And we'll talk 0:11:22.470 --> 0:11:24.709 about Blake Snell a little bit later in the show. 0:11:25.070 --> 0:11:28.330 But here is the confidence the Dodgers need from one 0:11:28.350 --> 0:11:34.650 of their October heroes, Teoscar Hernandez. You know, you guys 0:11:34.700 --> 0:11:37.160 have been, you know, in games where you must win 0:11:37.240 --> 0:11:39.580 or the series is over. There's still a lot of 0:11:39.600 --> 0:11:42.780 series left. Does that help you guys just stay within 0:11:42.800 --> 0:11:44.580 yourself when you get to game three? 0:11:44.600 --> 0:11:47.949 I mean, uh, Especially me, I'm not going to think 0:11:47.990 --> 0:11:51.370 ahead of time. I'm going to think one game at 0:11:51.450 --> 0:11:55.280 a time. We've got to focus on the game on 0:11:55.300 --> 0:11:57.040 Wednesday and just trying to win now. 0:11:57.700 --> 0:12:00.480 How important is it not to allow doubt to creep 0:12:00.559 --> 0:12:01.220 into your mind? 0:12:02.660 --> 0:12:05.880 There's never a doubt, at least for me. I know 0:12:05.940 --> 0:12:09.460 what I'm capable of. I know what this team is 0:12:09.540 --> 0:12:13.610 capable of. Just because we lose two games doesn't mean 0:12:13.660 --> 0:12:13.920 it's over. 0:12:15.050 --> 0:12:17.850 All right, there's Teosca Hernandez. You heard from Mookie Betts. 0:12:18.290 --> 0:12:20.469 Now it's time to hear from you. We have two 0:12:20.530 --> 0:12:27.140 lines open at 866-987-2570. I mentioned everybody doing their job 0:12:27.200 --> 0:12:30.439 and things will work out well. That includes you. If 0:12:30.480 --> 0:12:33.400 you're coming to the game tomorrow, if you saw the 0:12:33.440 --> 0:12:39.260 way Brewers fans were loud and made 40,000 sound like 60,000, 0:12:39.260 --> 0:12:42.000 if you're coming to the game tomorrow, you better be 0:12:42.100 --> 0:12:44.630 on your feet when first pitch is thrown because when 0:12:44.710 --> 0:12:47.570 Blake Snell comes out of that dugout, you got to 0:12:47.610 --> 0:12:50.530 be on your feet when he gets two strikes on 0:12:50.590 --> 0:12:54.670 Jack Centurio in the first inning. Dodger fans need to 0:12:54.730 --> 0:12:58.910 be that 10th man tomorrow. And don't let Milwaukee fans 0:12:59.070 --> 0:13:05.460 embarrass you. 866-987-2570 is the phone number. Dodger Talk rolls 0:13:05.640 --> 0:13:08.559 on from Dodger Stadium on the eve of Game 3 0:13:08.559 --> 0:13:12.660 of the NLCS on 570 LA Sports. We are live 0:13:12.740 --> 0:13:16.429 at Dodger Stadium. The Dodger workout has just concluded, but 0:13:16.470 --> 0:13:20.590 we are with you until 7 o'clock. Live from Dodger Stadium, 0:13:20.610 --> 0:13:26.540 we have a full board of calls, 866-987-2570. Joey Votto 0:13:26.620 --> 0:13:29.079 is going to join us in about 10 minutes. I 0:13:29.120 --> 0:13:31.260 want to take your calls. I want to hear from you. 0:13:31.300 --> 0:13:34.080 And like I said earlier, the Dodgers have got to 0:13:34.120 --> 0:13:38.990 remember who they are and stop giving these Brewers way 0:13:39.020 --> 0:13:42.309 too much credit. Once they change their mindset, and I 0:13:42.370 --> 0:13:46.990 believe it starts with Blake Snell tomorrow, things will change 0:13:47.190 --> 0:13:53.020 in this series. 866-987-2570 is the phone number. First pitch 0:13:53.420 --> 0:13:56.260 is at 5 o'clock for Game 3 of the NLCS 0:13:56.559 --> 0:14:00.920 between the Dodgers and Brewers. Rick Munday and Charlie Steiner 0:14:01.200 --> 0:14:04.800 will be on the call. Let's go out to Ontario. Anthony, 0:14:04.860 --> 0:14:08.170 lead us off on this off-night Dodger talk. How are 0:14:08.190 --> 0:14:08.770 you doing, Anthony? 0:14:08.790 --> 0:14:11.930 Doing good, DB. How are you doing? 0:14:12.570 --> 0:14:13.550 Fired up, Anthony. 0:14:15.870 --> 0:14:17.949 I'm fired up too, and listen, I know a lot 0:14:17.970 --> 0:14:21.370 of people wanted JDP to be put in for Shohei, 0:14:21.410 --> 0:14:23.970 but honestly, we just got a ride with Shohei right now, 0:14:24.310 --> 0:14:26.970 and I know he's down, but once he gets that 0:14:26.990 --> 0:14:30.280 swing going, it's going to turn around the series, and 0:14:30.860 --> 0:14:34.300 I know a lot of people were down after Monday's loss, 0:14:34.380 --> 0:14:37.460 and I was too, but it's like you said, we've 0:14:37.480 --> 0:14:39.540 got to remember who we are, and this team's got 0:14:39.580 --> 0:14:40.960 to remember who they are. 0:14:40.950 --> 0:14:42.950 100%. 0:14:43.610 --> 0:14:46.950 And Dodger fans have got to be heard tomorrow. Those 0:14:47.030 --> 0:14:51.250 fans in Milwaukee were raucous. Dodger Stadium's got to do 0:14:51.290 --> 0:14:54.050 a better job than what they did against the Braves 0:14:54.130 --> 0:14:56.690 if they want to make a difference tomorrow night. Let's 0:14:56.730 --> 0:15:00.130 go out to Costa Mesa. Elliot, you're on Dodger Talk. 0:15:00.150 --> 0:15:00.870 How you doing, Elliot? 0:15:02.450 --> 0:15:03.590 I'm doing good, DV. 0:15:03.630 --> 0:15:05.330 Let me tell you something right now, okay? 0:15:05.390 --> 0:15:05.830 You're right. 0:15:05.950 --> 0:15:09.120 It does start with Blake Snell, and if I'm Blake Snell, 0:15:09.270 --> 0:15:11.820 I'm walking into Dodger Stadium, I'm going up to Dave 0:15:11.880 --> 0:15:15.540 Roberts and saying, put in Josue for Shohei Otani. I'm 0:15:15.600 --> 0:15:18.500 about to go seven innings. I'm about to pitch 100 pitches, 0:15:18.520 --> 0:15:20.780 and I'm going to shut out this team. You are right. 0:15:20.980 --> 0:15:23.120 It does start with Blake Snell, but it starts with 0:15:23.160 --> 0:15:25.660 him going up to Dave Roberts and saying, Dave Roberts, 0:15:25.920 --> 0:15:28.500 you've been at Lakeside Country Club for too long, playing 0:15:28.520 --> 0:15:30.400 too many rounds of golf. Let's get our head in 0:15:30.420 --> 0:15:32.720 the game, and let's get this thing done. I've been 0:15:32.740 --> 0:15:35.150 a long Dodger fan, and I'm sick and tired of it. 0:15:35.500 --> 0:15:36.580 Let's go, all right? 0:15:36.780 --> 0:15:39.470 What are you sick and tired of? The back-to-back championships? 0:15:41.390 --> 0:15:45.150 No, I'm sick and tired of this series. And Shohei 0:15:45.530 --> 0:15:46.550 hasn't been put out. 0:15:46.750 --> 0:15:47.740 Put in JDP. 0:15:47.890 --> 0:15:50.400 Put in the 21-year-old kid who's fired up who wants 0:15:50.420 --> 0:15:52.040 to win a championship. Let's go. 0:15:53.050 --> 0:15:56.780 All right, Elliot, I completely disagree with you. I'm reminded 0:15:56.920 --> 0:16:01.640 of the 2004 NBA Finals when the Dodgers, excuse me, 0:16:01.700 --> 0:16:04.920 the Lakers were facing a sweep at the hands of 0:16:04.940 --> 0:16:08.200 the Pistons. Remember, that was the year Carl Malone, Gary Payton, 0:16:08.240 --> 0:16:10.900 those guys were on the team, and they just didn't 0:16:10.980 --> 0:16:14.150 grasp the triangle. And the Lakers in that series didn't 0:16:14.210 --> 0:16:20.500 resemble themselves. So, Shaq, Kobe, Rick Fox, Derek Fisher, and 0:16:20.560 --> 0:16:24.080 Devin George went to Phil Jackson and said, hey, these 0:16:24.360 --> 0:16:26.980 are the five you got to have in the starting lineup. 0:16:27.380 --> 0:16:30.610 Go with the guys that got you the three-peat. And 0:16:30.650 --> 0:16:32.910 that's how I feel about the Dodgers. You got to 0:16:32.950 --> 0:16:35.930 go down with your guys. And that's why I was 0:16:35.950 --> 0:16:39.070 adamant that I felt like the turning point And game 0:16:39.150 --> 0:16:42.170 two was when Dave Roberts didn't go with one of 0:16:42.210 --> 0:16:45.030 the guys that helped them win the championship last year, 0:16:45.450 --> 0:16:47.950 and Roki Sasaki. And he went with a guy that 0:16:48.010 --> 0:16:51.580 missed a lot of the season, and Chris Bubich. Chris 0:16:51.620 --> 0:16:54.600 Bubich is a nice pitcher. He shouldn't be in the 0:16:54.640 --> 0:16:58.740 game in an NLCS playoff series in a pivotal point. 0:16:59.220 --> 0:17:03.440 Roki Sasaki is your guy. Go with your guys that 0:17:03.520 --> 0:17:07.290 got you a championship, a ring, last year and Shohei 0:17:07.330 --> 0:17:12.580 Otani is one of those guys 866-987-2570 is the phone 0:17:12.619 --> 0:17:15.240 number we have two lines open let's go out to 0:17:15.300 --> 0:17:19.520 Rancho Cucamonga Mike you're on Dodger Talk live from Dodger 0:17:19.540 --> 0:17:20.540 Stadium hi Mike. 0:17:22.030 --> 0:17:22.590 Hey, DB. 0:17:22.609 --> 0:17:23.669 Thank you for taking my call. 0:17:24.060 --> 0:17:24.580 My pleasure. 0:17:24.600 --> 0:17:29.399 I just want to definitely echo the same sentiments. I 0:17:29.420 --> 0:17:32.300 think we definitely got to go with Shohei. I mean, 0:17:32.340 --> 0:17:33.760 you got to go with Will Smith, too. 0:17:33.840 --> 0:17:34.600 I mean, he's been. 0:17:34.580 --> 0:17:39.600 Technically struggling worse than Shohei has. And I definitely you 0:17:39.619 --> 0:17:41.119 got to ride with your boys. But what do you 0:17:41.140 --> 0:17:44.400 think about maybe changing their spots in the lineup? Because 0:17:44.440 --> 0:17:47.770 I think that's really impacting, you know, those innings where 0:17:47.790 --> 0:17:50.530 they're coming up back to back and, you know, we're 0:17:50.550 --> 0:17:52.070 not producing in those slots. 0:17:53.109 --> 0:17:56.909 Well, Dave Roberts dropped him. Dave Roberts dropped Will Smith 0:17:57.190 --> 0:18:00.650 in the lineup last game. He was dropped from hitting 0:18:00.770 --> 0:18:04.630 third to hitting fifth. So I'm fine with that maybe 0:18:05.090 --> 0:18:07.909 because Will Smith is so clutch. I'm not dropping him 0:18:07.970 --> 0:18:10.609 too far down in the order, but what I would 0:18:10.670 --> 0:18:13.590 do is find a way to get Kyle Tucker higher 0:18:13.670 --> 0:18:17.230 in the order. I believe Kyle Tucker, since game one 0:18:17.270 --> 0:18:21.080 of the postseason to game two of the NLCS, consistently 0:18:21.119 --> 0:18:25.550 has had the best postseason of any Dodger hitter. You 0:18:25.570 --> 0:18:27.140 got to have them higher than eighth. 0:18:29.740 --> 0:18:31.439 Yeah, I would agree with that. And you know who 0:18:31.500 --> 0:18:34.590 else I want in that lineup too is our home 0:18:34.630 --> 0:18:38.590 run leader, Max Muncy. I mean, he's clutch and been 0:18:38.650 --> 0:18:41.570 clutch for us for many years. And I think, you know, 0:18:41.650 --> 0:18:45.679 even if Dave Roberts doesn't like that lefty on lefty matchup, 0:18:45.700 --> 0:18:48.160 I mean, you got to let the dog eat. And 0:18:48.640 --> 0:18:50.960 so those are my thoughts. Thank you for taking my call. 0:18:51.490 --> 0:18:54.109 All right, Mike, thank you for the phone call. Yeah, 0:18:54.310 --> 0:18:57.860 Otani was dropped as low as fifth during the NLDS. 0:18:58.340 --> 0:19:01.320 I wouldn't be opposed to that, but you're going to 0:19:01.359 --> 0:19:04.240 put Max Muncy hitting fourth? I would be okay with that. 0:19:04.359 --> 0:19:06.770 You've got to find a way to get Tucker out. 0:19:07.240 --> 0:19:07.900 Up in the order. 0:19:08.609 --> 0:19:11.649 And it's not just about any singular player when the 0:19:11.690 --> 0:19:15.449 Dodgers construct their lineup. It's about groupings of hitters to 0:19:15.530 --> 0:19:18.790 make Pat Murphy have to think about which one of 0:19:18.850 --> 0:19:22.889 his dominant relievers he's bringing in to face a righty 0:19:23.010 --> 0:19:25.629 or a lefty with the new rules of having to 0:19:25.690 --> 0:19:31.649 face the minimum of three hitters. 866-987-2570 is the phone number. 0:19:31.990 --> 0:19:35.070 Let's go out to Santa Monica. Steve, you're on Dodger 0:19:35.109 --> 0:19:37.010 Talk with David Vasse. Hi, Steve. 0:19:38.619 --> 0:19:40.980 Thank you so much for taking my call. I'm totally 0:19:41.020 --> 0:19:43.790 fired up. The Dodgers are coming back. I totally believe it. 0:19:43.850 --> 0:19:44.350 I can see it. 0:19:44.350 --> 0:19:46.850 They're going to come back and win. The one thing 0:19:46.890 --> 0:19:49.330 that concerned me before the first game is I heard 0:19:49.369 --> 0:19:51.860 a lot of talk about the Dodgers shouldn't be trying 0:19:51.880 --> 0:19:54.540 to hit home runs all the time. They should change 0:19:54.580 --> 0:19:57.440 how they're batting and be more like just try to 0:19:57.480 --> 0:19:59.800 get hits, get on base. I think a lot of 0:19:59.880 --> 0:20:02.520 extra pressure they were putting on themselves. which I think 0:20:02.560 --> 0:20:04.460 they just got to go, you know, just be themselves, 0:20:04.520 --> 0:20:05.699 you know, and I think they're going to win. 0:20:06.220 --> 0:20:06.820 Exactly. 0:20:07.740 --> 0:20:11.659 Mookie said it perfectly. You can't play Brewers baseball. The 0:20:11.740 --> 0:20:15.590 identity of the Dodgers is to don't chase pitches outside 0:20:15.630 --> 0:20:18.790 of the zone, get walks, get hits, and in the 0:20:18.850 --> 0:20:22.170 process of all that, hit home runs. When the Dodgers 0:20:22.190 --> 0:20:25.889 hit home runs, they win. Clapping when you move a 0:20:25.930 --> 0:20:30.340 guy over in certain situations is not the winning formula 0:20:30.400 --> 0:20:31.140 for the Dodgers. 0:20:32.920 --> 0:20:33.320 I agree. 0:20:34.140 --> 0:20:36.070 All right, Steve. Thank you for the phone call. Let's 0:20:36.109 --> 0:20:40.109 go out to Jesse in Knoxville, Tennessee. Hi, Jesse. How 0:20:40.210 --> 0:20:40.489 are you? 0:20:41.970 --> 0:20:43.410 I'm good, Dave. How are you? 0:20:44.390 --> 0:20:47.130 I'm doing fine. It's a beautiful night at Dodger Stadium. 0:20:47.150 --> 0:20:50.820 It's going to be even better tomorrow when Snellzilla takes 0:20:50.880 --> 0:20:51.340 the mound. 0:20:53.020 --> 0:20:55.380 You got that right. Hey, Dave, you and I have 0:20:55.420 --> 0:20:58.540 spoken before, and I've always enjoyed you taking my calls. 0:20:58.980 --> 0:21:01.970 I got to get this off my chest. I've had it. 0:21:02.270 --> 0:21:06.360 with people saying sit down Shohei, sit down Will Smith. 0:21:06.730 --> 0:21:09.879 That couldn't be any more ridiculous if you tried. I 0:21:10.359 --> 0:21:13.520 heard people saying, oh, maybe we sit Andy Pahez. Let 0:21:13.920 --> 0:21:17.320 me tell you something, man. These are back-to-back world champions. 0:21:17.640 --> 0:21:21.180 These guys know how to fight, scratch, claw every pitch 0:21:21.240 --> 0:21:24.210 from the mound, every pitch at the plate. We just 0:21:24.270 --> 0:21:26.310 need to, like you say, we need to go at 0:21:26.350 --> 0:21:29.950 these guys, and we will take them. And I'm calling 0:21:29.990 --> 0:21:33.230 it right now, Dave. We're taking every one of these 0:21:33.310 --> 0:21:36.860 games in Dodger Stadium. And when we get back to Milwaukee, 0:21:37.119 --> 0:21:39.320 we're going to make these Brewers very sad. 0:21:40.140 --> 0:21:44.560 I love it, Jesse. I love it. The Dodgers, since 2018, 0:21:44.560 --> 0:21:48.410 have not lost a playoff series to Milwaukee. Not only 0:21:48.470 --> 0:21:51.970 last year's sweep, but you go to the 2020 wildcard 0:21:52.070 --> 0:21:55.310 round and also beating the Brewers in a seven-game 2018 NLCS. 0:21:57.910 --> 0:22:00.970 Christian Jelic has been part of all that. We'll hear 0:22:01.010 --> 0:22:04.510 from Jelic in a moment, but just to remind you 0:22:04.550 --> 0:22:08.070 about Blake Snell and how good he was in October 0:22:08.150 --> 0:22:12.040 last year, we still haven't seen the best version of 0:22:12.080 --> 0:22:16.620 Blake Snell this season. He's been hurt. He, at times, 0:22:16.680 --> 0:22:21.280 has not been focused, but I can promise you this. Tomorrow, 0:22:21.480 --> 0:22:24.350 leading into this start, it's the most locked in I've 0:22:24.380 --> 0:22:28.140 seen Blake Snell all season long. And I really do 0:22:28.200 --> 0:22:31.979 believe he is going to remind everybody who is the 0:22:32.040 --> 0:22:35.580 two-time Cy Young Award winner, who's the guy that dominated 0:22:35.640 --> 0:22:39.030