Speaker 1: The quest for the three pete has begun.
Speaker 2: Only four teams in Major League Baseball history have won
Speaker 2: three consecutive titles. The Dodgers are the favorites to become
Speaker 2: the fifth.
Speaker 1: This is World Champion Dodger Talk.
Speaker 3: Here we go again.
Speaker 1: We're running back to get in on the show called
Speaker 1: eight six six, not eighty seven two five seven, and
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Speaker 1: Here's your host, David Vase.
Speaker 3: The pitching matchup lived up to the hype.
Speaker 2: The marquee pitching matchup between Nolan McLain and Yoshi Yamamoto
Speaker 2: lived up to the hype as we got what we
Speaker 2: all paid for tonight as the Dodgers beat the Mets
Speaker 2: two to one, and after Yamamoto and McClain basically matched
Speaker 2: each other pitch for pitch. Welcome the Dodger Talk. David
Speaker 2: Vass with you until eleven o'clock to night. Eight six
Speaker 2: six nine, eight seven, two five seventy is the phone number.
Speaker 2: We have two lines open. I see the break lights
Speaker 2: in the parking lot. I know after the Dodgers win,
Speaker 2: nobody has anything to complain about, but how about celebrate
Speaker 2: what you have in this Dodger ball club the best
Speaker 2: record in baseball thirteen and four and can you believe
Speaker 2: they have not lost a game to a National League team?
Speaker 3: That's right.
Speaker 2: The Dodgers' four losses are two American League teams. They
Speaker 2: lost two out of three to the Guardians at the
Speaker 2: end of March in early May on the last homestand
Speaker 2: they took two out of three from the Blue Jays,
Speaker 2: but the Blue Jays won a game. And they took
Speaker 2: two out of three from the Rangers earlier on this
Speaker 2: homestand and Jacob de Gram and the Rangers salage the
Speaker 2: final game of that series last Sunday. So the Dodgers
Speaker 2: are eight to zero against the National League and have
Speaker 2: the best record in baseball at thirteen. Now, I'm sure
Speaker 2: when you were listening last night and you hear me
Speaker 2: talking about, Hey, if you have, you.
Speaker 3: Know, I'm not going to say I told you so,
Speaker 3: but I told you so.
Speaker 2: Going back to Sunday, I said, if you were going
Speaker 2: to pick one game to come to on this homestand
Speaker 2: it would be this game tonight. If you had to
Speaker 2: pick one game to come to in this series, it
Speaker 2: would be tonight. Because two of the young bright Stars
Speaker 2: were going up against each other. Obviously, Yamamoto, twenty seven
Speaker 2: years old, more decorated than anything Nolan McClain has done
Speaker 2: in his professional career, going back to Japan and what
Speaker 2: he did in his first two years in Major League Baseball.
Speaker 2: I'm not trying to compare resumes, but the stuff and
Speaker 2: the future of these two young right handers is bright.
Speaker 2: And this is the first of many matchups that we
Speaker 2: will see between Yama Moto and Nolan McClain if we
Speaker 2: are lucky and they did not disappoint. Yama Moto gave
Speaker 2: up a leadoff home run to Francisco Lindor and then
Speaker 2: after that proceeded to retire the next twenty mets. Yama Moto,
Speaker 2: through one hundred and four pitches, got into the eighth inning,
Speaker 2: only got two outs, started to kind of run out
Speaker 2: of gas. Dave Roberts took him out. Nolan McClain threw
Speaker 2: ninety five pitches in seven innings. Carlos Mendoza did not
Speaker 2: send him back out for the eighth inning and it
Speaker 2: became a bullpen game. McClain was nasty tonight, eight strikeouts,
Speaker 2: two walks. Like I mentioned during the Clubhouse Show, Yamamoto's
Speaker 2: only mistake was.
Speaker 3: To Francisco Lindor. It was a home run.
Speaker 2: I would say the only mistake that Nolan McClain made
Speaker 2: was in the very first inning as well. That though,
Speaker 2: was a double to Will Smith, who actually was teammates
Speaker 2: with mc in Team USA and the World Baseball Classic.
Speaker 2: He caught McClain, so he had a better idea going
Speaker 2: into the game what he's looking at.
Speaker 3: But that was the only mistake.
Speaker 2: It was a fastball on the inner part of the
Speaker 2: play where Will Smith likes it, and he laysd the double,
Speaker 2: so he put runners at second and third. After the
Speaker 2: one out walk by Kyle Tucker and Freddie he hit
Speaker 2: a little dribbler up the first base line that got
Speaker 2: the run home, and that was the only run the
Speaker 2: Dodgers scored off of Nolan McClain. So it was everything
Speaker 2: we thought it would be. You think back to some
Speaker 2: of the great matchups of the eighties between the Dodgers
Speaker 2: and Mets. Dwight Gooden almost unhittable when the Dodgers would
Speaker 2: face him. That's why it was a miracle. Mike Sosha
Speaker 2: hit that game tying home run off of Dwight Gooden.
Speaker 3: In Game four the.
Speaker 2: Eighty eight NLCS and then Kirk Gibson won it in
Speaker 2: the twelfth inning with a home run. But that's how
Speaker 2: dominant Dwight Gooden was, and that's how dominant Nolan McClain
Speaker 2: was tonight as he went toe to toe with Yamamoto,
Speaker 2: the World Series MVP. After that, Blake Trenton did his
Speaker 2: job with two outs in the eighth inning, two on,
Speaker 2: he gets Luis Robert to strike out, and then we
Speaker 2: look into the bullpen and we don't see Edwin Diaz.
Speaker 3: We see Alex Vessia.
Speaker 2: Alex Vessia came in, struck out the side for his
Speaker 2: second save and second opportunity in this season with Edwin
Speaker 2: Diaz just nursing something that we can't get clarity on.
Speaker 2: But the reason why Diaz was not available he was
Speaker 2: throwing a bullpen at four o'clock this afternoon. Relievers don't
Speaker 2: throw bullpen sessions and then pitching this in a game
Speaker 2: that same night. So that's the reason why Vessia came in.
Speaker 2: And after tonight's game, we had a chance to catch
Speaker 2: up with Kyle Tucker, who had his biggest hit as
Speaker 2: a Dodger tonight, driving in the go ahead run on
Speaker 2: in the eighth inning, and then Alex Vesia walked up
Speaker 2: to me gave me a chest pound. He was pumped
Speaker 2: up and wanted to share the emotions of the night
Speaker 2: with us as well.
Speaker 4: Yeah, that was a good one. You know, both you know,
Speaker 4: starters through a phenomenal game and yeah, I'm just gave
Speaker 4: us all you had right there and through a phenomenal
Speaker 4: game for us, just to keep us in it. Obviously
Speaker 4: ended up winning this game, so it was good all around.
Speaker 2: When you're facing a guy like McClain who's doing what
Speaker 2: he's done in his young career, are you just hoping
Speaker 2: to get that pitch count up and see who blinks first.
Speaker 4: I mean I've never faced him before. I've just watched
Speaker 4: him on TV and stuff and just some of our
Speaker 4: scout report. But I mean he's a good picture, you know,
Speaker 4: pitchball last year and he started off this year hot.
Speaker 4: So we just try to grind out that bass, just
Speaker 4: try and take what we could and just try and
Speaker 4: get to him. I mean, he threw a phenomenal game today,
Speaker 4: but luckily we came out with the winner right there
Speaker 4: at the end.
Speaker 2: You're one of the best left candied hitters against the
Speaker 2: left handed pitchers when you're facing Brooks, Really, what the
Speaker 2: approach there? Are you just looking for a specific pitch
Speaker 2: in the zone.
Speaker 4: I mean, he's pretty over the plate for the most part.
Speaker 4: I mean he's a good pitcher, he's you know, had
Speaker 4: a great career and he's doing a phenomenal job for them.
Speaker 4: And I was just trying to get something over the
Speaker 4: plate I could try and hit, and you know, luckily
Speaker 4: enough it went over with shots head over a third
Speaker 4: dropped in for a run right there. So worked out
Speaker 4: well for us.
Speaker 3: How did that moment feel at this stadium? Your first
Speaker 3: big moment as a Dodger?
Speaker 1: That was nice.
Speaker 4: I mean, anytime you get a hit, especially when when
Speaker 4: a ball games is huge, hopefully there's a lot more
Speaker 4: of those come.
Speaker 3: I think.
Speaker 2: So, Tucker, don't let what everybody else says get into
Speaker 2: your head.
Speaker 3: You got a lot more season to go, yep, a
Speaker 3: lot a lot more games ago. Thanks Tug, Thanks for
Speaker 3: stopping it.
Speaker 4: Thanks appreciate it.
Speaker 2: There he goes, Kyle Tucker with a go ahead hit tonight.
Speaker 2: And how about my guy Alex Vesia?
Speaker 3: What up there? He is the man with the second save.
Speaker 2: Of the season, who did you point to at the
Speaker 2: end of the game.
Speaker 5: Uh, so I have tonight, my wife and I I've
Speaker 5: put together all the nurses and staff that have helped
Speaker 5: us through one of the you know, the hardest times
Speaker 5: of our lives, and yeah, they were here tonight. There's
Speaker 5: twenty seven thirty nurses and doctors, and you know, we
Speaker 5: just wanted to give back to them because they've they've
Speaker 5: helped us out more ways than one.
Speaker 3: And tonight was very special, very special, Dave Hey, That's
Speaker 3: what you do.
Speaker 2: You compete, and you had the presence of mind to
Speaker 2: have gratitude.
Speaker 6: Yeah.
Speaker 5: Absolutely, absolutely can't. Can't take this game for granted. I
Speaker 5: go out, I give it my all and tonight was
Speaker 5: a great a great team.
Speaker 3: Win, no doubt. Thanks for stopping. You know, we love you,
Speaker 3: love you, Dave.
Speaker 7: Hey.
Speaker 3: We love alex Vesia.
Speaker 2: LA's put their arms around him and his wife and
Speaker 2: certainly just a great start to the season for alex Vesia,
Speaker 2: who still has not given up a run to begin
Speaker 2: this year. Another scoreless sounding for alex Vesia. He now
Speaker 2: has seven in a third scoreless innings this season, and
Speaker 2: has posted eight and a third scoreless innings going back
Speaker 2: to last September in the regular season. Tonight, the Dodgers
Speaker 2: pitching staff, with Yamamoto leading the way, had eleven strikeouts tonight.
Speaker 2: It's the sixth time this year with eleven or more
Speaker 2: strikeouts of the opponents. So a great pitch night tonight
Speaker 2: by the Dodgers, coming off a great start by Justin
Speaker 2: Robleski last night. Tonight, the Dodgers beat the Mets two
Speaker 2: to one, coming off eight scoreless innings from Robleski last
Speaker 2: night to shut out the Mets fourd to nothing. New
Speaker 2: York has only scored one run in their last twenty
Speaker 2: nine innings. Let's go out to the phones for the
Speaker 2: first time tonight. Let's hear the celebration of your Dodgers,
Speaker 2: who are living up to the hype and the expectations themselves.
Speaker 3: Kent, you're on Dodger Talk. Lead us off.
Speaker 8: Thanks breaking out here. Great to be on. We really
Speaker 8: enjoy your show. And yeah they email it. You know
Speaker 8: it was all the pitching performances were off the charts.
Speaker 8: Is at the game and I driving home right now,
Speaker 8: and I mean just got what we expected with from
Speaker 8: the starter, but all the pitchers cross the board just
Speaker 8: you know, pitch lights out the the uh, you know,
Speaker 8: the batters of battling. But even Kyle at the main hit,
Speaker 8: you know he's fought off a good pitch. But you know,
Speaker 8: my my indie point is you know, seeing Alex come
Speaker 8: in in the ninth day for the Dodgers said that
Speaker 8: he has it's what a great what a great death
Speaker 8: we have, you know, it's it's just so awesome to have.
Speaker 8: You know, you got your your main gun to guy
Speaker 8: out and you can count on a guy like Bessie
Speaker 8: here to come in and shut him down. I mean,
Speaker 8: he made them all like silly.
Speaker 3: You know, it was great, you really did.
Speaker 2: And the one thing that I love and thank you
Speaker 2: for the phone call, Ken is Alex Vessie actually was
Speaker 2: our pregame yesterday and he echoed the same sentiments that
Speaker 2: Kershaw used to talk about throughout his entire career. He
Speaker 2: talked about going on the mound and maybe some nights
Speaker 2: not having your best stuff or having the giddya up
Speaker 2: on your fastball, but competing finding a way to get
Speaker 2: through it. He actually told me yesterday maybe there were
Speaker 2: three games all of last year where he came into
Speaker 2: sixty something games during the regular season. He told me,
Speaker 2: only three of them. Did he feel like he had
Speaker 2: his perfect stuff tonight? He was throwing a lot of sliders.
Speaker 2: The fastball velosity isn't as high as it will be
Speaker 2: during the summer. He explained to me that traditionally April,
Speaker 2: the fastball velosity isn't there, and then it starts to
Speaker 2: ramp up as the season rams up. But he competes,
Speaker 2: he figures it out, finds a way to get three outs,
Speaker 2: and that's what he did tonight, striking out the side
Speaker 2: in order, including getting Bob Bishett to strike out swinging
Speaker 2: for the second out of that ninth inning. So just
Speaker 2: a tremendous guy and just the evolution watching Vessia from
Speaker 2: basically an unknown. When they made the trade with the
Speaker 2: Marlins sending Dylan Floral to Miami in twenty twenty one
Speaker 2: after winning the World Series him having a big strikeout
Speaker 2: in the World Series of Randio Rose Arena, they trade
Speaker 2: Dylan Floral for an unknown left handed reliever, and it
Speaker 2: was not a linear path for Alex Vessia. He was
Speaker 2: sent down several times his first couple of years with
Speaker 2: the Dodgers until he figured it out and now look
Speaker 2: at him six years in three hundred and three appearances
Speaker 2: with the Dodgers, and he's one of the leaders of
Speaker 2: that bullpen. And remember in twenty twenty four they had
Speaker 2: the Moniker, the nickname of the bullpen dogs. He embodies
Speaker 2: all of that to this day, and so does Blake Trinon,
Speaker 2: who you know, he was much maligned last year.
Speaker 3: Look at him now.
Speaker 2: He's bounced back and certainly wants to prove a lot
Speaker 2: of doubt is wrong as well. Let's go back out
Speaker 2: to the phones, Eric in Hollywood, you're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 2: How you doing, Eric, God?
Speaker 9: Jered dig Sure, Oh, back to back. Chanion's looking good,
Speaker 9: DV much loved to Rojas and his family. Man tough,
Speaker 9: tough thing, but he's a warrior going out there in battling.
Speaker 9: And you know, on the same aspect this year. Man,
Speaker 9: you're all heart bro taking care of the staff at
Speaker 9: the hospital. Man, love you brother. I mean, that's that's
Speaker 9: a big shout out to him. What a tragic thing.
Speaker 9: But he's making the best of it and he's got
Speaker 9: the biggest heart out there. And I think that we're
Speaker 9: gonna ride that all the way through this this series.
Speaker 9: And U deVie, give me something, man, let me know
Speaker 9: what's up with Tucker? My Dodger tex chain is just
Speaker 9: not feeling them. Man, give me something, Man, let me
Speaker 9: know that he's gonna turn this around. Let me know
Speaker 9: that this is just a little hiccup.
Speaker 2: Well did you see him tonight? He drove in the
Speaker 2: go ahead run in the eighth inning. He won the
Speaker 2: game for them tonight offensively.
Speaker 6: Bro.
Speaker 9: I'm his bro, I'm his biggest fan. I'm just waiting
Speaker 9: for him to turn it around, you know what I.
Speaker 3: Mean, He'll turn it on. Don't worry.
Speaker 2: It's early and Eric, I guarantee that your text chain
Speaker 2: will not remember anything that Kyle Tucker did in April
Speaker 2: or May, as every player on this team is very
Speaker 2: aware of. It's how you perform down the stretch and
Speaker 2: into October. So you want to do well in April
Speaker 2: and May. But if you if it's not as hot
Speaker 2: as it will be in September and October, people won't
Speaker 2: remember any of this.
Speaker 9: Oh Man, DV You know, Man, I am the biggest
Speaker 9: worriest word and you always talk me off the ledge
Speaker 9: all the time.
Speaker 5: Bro.
Speaker 9: So, But I believe in Tucker. Man, I like his game.
Speaker 9: I just don't think this spotlight is bright in La. Man,
Speaker 9: it's super bright. And I know you said he's not
Speaker 9: going to have to put in a lot, but it's
Speaker 9: bright on him. So I know it's going to be
Speaker 9: a little bit till he turns it around.
Speaker 6: But god, man, we look dv We look great.
Speaker 9: But I'm not going to get out of hand yet.
Speaker 9: And I'm saying anything crazy like blah blah blah, But
Speaker 9: all I simply want to say is that we look fantastic.
Speaker 9: The team was great, Okay, all.
Speaker 2: Right, Eric, I agree, best record in baseball without Mookie Betts,
Speaker 2: without Tommy Edmond, without Brock Stewart, without Blake Snell, and
Speaker 2: Evan Phillips will be coming back in the second half
Speaker 2: of the season. Take in inventory of all that, and look,
Speaker 2: you know Tucker has gotten off to a slow start.
Speaker 3: Is he pressing? Maybe a little.
Speaker 2: Bit, But I just feel like he hasn't got into
Speaker 2: a good feel so far.
Speaker 3: And it happens sometimes.
Speaker 2: It happens at the beginning of the year, it'll happen
Speaker 2: in the middle of the year, it'll happen at the
Speaker 2: end of the year. But I know the Dodger players
Speaker 2: that are in the same lineup with him have been
Speaker 2: impressed by the quality of that bats that he's had,
Speaker 2: and tonight we're talking about him on a night that
Speaker 2: he drove in the go ahead run in the eighth inning.
Speaker 3: And Eric brought up.
Speaker 2: Miguel Rojas, who was spectacular all around last night. How
Speaker 2: about him coming off the bench tonight for Hayesan Kim
Speaker 2: against the lefty Brooks Raley, the World Series hero works
Speaker 2: a leadoff walk to get that inning going. Santiago Espinal
Speaker 2: comes off the bench for Freeland and lays down a
Speaker 2: perfect sacrifice bunt to get Rojas into scoring position, and
Speaker 2: that puts the ball in Mendoza's court. To make a
Speaker 2: decision on Otani. Are you gonna walk him or are
Speaker 2: you gonna pitch to him? He decided to put up
Speaker 2: four fingers. So he faced a guy in Tucker that
Speaker 2: is not hot right now, and Tucker made him pay
Speaker 2: for it. Give a gif Tucker all the credit because
Speaker 2: Brooks Raley has been pitching well for the Mets so
Speaker 2: far at the beginning of this year. Eight six six nine,
Speaker 2: eight seven two five seventy is the phone number. Dodgers
Speaker 2: beat the Mets two to one. Blake trun in the win.
Speaker 2: Alex Vesia the say Brooks Raley, the lost Francisco Lindor
Speaker 2: with the leadoff home run, and then after that, Yamamoto
Speaker 2: retired the next twenty in a row. If you're wondering
Speaker 2: about Edwin Diaz, I meant at the beginning of the
Speaker 2: show mention it during the Clubhouse show. If you were
Speaker 2: paying attention earlier today, Diaz was throwing a bullpen session
Speaker 2: around four o'clock this afternoon, And when a relief pitcher
Speaker 2: throws a bullpen session, he's not going to pitch that
Speaker 2: same night. So the trainers wanted to see it. From
Speaker 2: what I've been told, it came. It went well. So
Speaker 2: the proof will be if there's a safe situation tomorrow,
Speaker 2: if Diaz is warming up in the bullpen to save
Speaker 2: the game against his former team in the New York Mets.
Speaker 2: Eight six six seven two five seventy is the phone number.
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Speaker 6: Dodgers one Mets one, bottom of the eighth, first and second,
Speaker 6: one out, Kyle.
Speaker 1: Tucker at the plate.
Speaker 3: The pitch Tucker jam clear in the.
Speaker 1: Left field, hit books out for ahead, Here's Rojas.
Speaker 8: He scores and Kyle Tucker.
Speaker 10: Hun ties it.
Speaker 2: King Tuck with his biggest hit as a Dodger. You're
Speaker 2: in the eighth inning with one out. He gives the
Speaker 2: Dodgers the lead two to one. That would be the
Speaker 2: final score as the Dodgers win the first two games
Speaker 2: of the series against the struggling New York Mets. The
Speaker 2: Mets have lost seven in a row and now I've
Speaker 2: only scored one run in their last twenty nine innings,
Speaker 2: Francisco Lindor hit a leadoff home run that was the
Speaker 2: only one the Mets got off of Yama Moto. As
Speaker 2: the two great starting pitchers tonight both got a no decision.
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Speaker 2: Eight six six eight seven two five seventy is the
Speaker 2: phone number. A game that only took two hours and
Speaker 2: three minutes. The last time the dodg had that short
Speaker 2: of a game was against the Rays on August twenty fifth,
Speaker 2: twenty twenty four. The Dodgers beat Tampa Bay that night
Speaker 2: three to one. That game also two hours and three minutes,
Speaker 2: a night that Gavin Stone took the mound for the Dodgers.
Speaker 2: Let's go out to shamsee who was at the game tonight?
Speaker 2: Hi Shamsee, You're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 7: Hi Dave, I was like Kelly.
Speaker 2: I mean everybody asks me that, sham See, and I say,
Speaker 2: you know, this is too good to be true, hosting
Speaker 2: Dodger Talk with the best team in baseball coming off
Speaker 2: back to back World Series wins. I mean, who has
Speaker 2: a better job or life than I have?
Speaker 3: These days?
Speaker 7: I really don't think anyone. I think you got the
Speaker 7: best one. But yeah, I was at the game last
Speaker 7: or tonight. It's my birthday tomorrow, and I was like, ah,
Speaker 7: last minute, I'll buy a ticket, and my friend was
Speaker 7: down to go with me.
Speaker 9: Hey Lily, and yeah, it was incredible.
Speaker 7: I wasn't expecting, uh pictures. Yama was pitching, but I
Speaker 7: didn't know it was going to be this closet. And
Speaker 7: I'm so grateful because I love a pitcher's duel. So
Speaker 7: it was fantastic and I'm so glad I got to
Speaker 7: see Ves. Yeah, with everything he's been there, he's been
Speaker 7: one of my favorite players since he got started with
Speaker 7: the Dodgers, and I'm just really glad to see him
Speaker 7: doing well with everything going on. And yeah, it was
Speaker 7: really great.
Speaker 2: So, uh, now you know who Nolan McClain is, right,
Speaker 2: sham See, I think you'll know who Nolan McLain is
Speaker 2: the rest of the rest of the season.
Speaker 9: An amazing Yeah, he did an amazing job, but.
Speaker 6: We were better.
Speaker 7: So that's kind of the best outside looking forward to,
Speaker 7: looking forward to future, you know, games against him, I'm
Speaker 7: sure they'll he'll be great for the Mets, but I'm
Speaker 7: really I'm really proud of the Dodgers and I'm hoping
Speaker 7: we go for that three piece.
Speaker 2: So all right, can't wait to have you back at
Speaker 2: the ballpark, shamp See. Thanks a lot for and go Dodgers.
Speaker 7: Yeah, go Dodgers.
Speaker 2: Thanks Dave, all right, Thanks SYAMSI thanks for calling in
Speaker 2: appreciate it. Hey, I feel like a lot of Dodger
Speaker 2: fans live in their Dodger World bubble and they don't
Speaker 2: know that, you know, there's other good players on other teams,
Speaker 2: maybe not as many as on the Dodgers, but Nolan
Speaker 2: McClain is probably the one shining star for the Mets
Speaker 2: right now, considering they've lost seven in a row, They're
Speaker 2: now seven and eleven on the season. Juan Soto is
Speaker 2: not going to be back for them anytime soon, and
Speaker 2: the Dodgers handed them their seventh straight loss, and their
Speaker 2: offense has been abysmal to start the year. After letting
Speaker 2: Pete Alonso, a Mets fan favorite, go to Baltimore, trade
Speaker 2: Brandon Nimmo, who's hitting three sixty something to the Rangers
Speaker 2: for an ag Marcus Simeon, who is I guess playing
Speaker 2: good defense at second base, even though he blew a
Speaker 2: play last night.
Speaker 3: He just not the same guy either.
Speaker 2: So you know, like I said last night, it's one
Speaker 2: thing to hype up this series with a billion dollars
Speaker 2: of payroll between these two teams, But you look at
Speaker 2: the Dodgers roster compared to the Mets roster, and you
Speaker 2: wonder where did that half billion dollars go? Where did
Speaker 2: the Mets? I'm looking for it. Where did they spend it?
Speaker 2: Taylor Tremmel, how much did they give him? Mark Vientos,
Speaker 2: did they give him?
Speaker 8: What?
Speaker 2: Fifty million? They just throw fifty million at anybody. Boba
Speaker 2: Schett forty million for one year after losing out on
Speaker 2: Kyle Tucker and losing out on Edwin dis Jorge polonco
Speaker 2: A DH hitting one ninety two. I just I think
Speaker 2: there's a huge difference between the way these two organizations
Speaker 2: are run, and it's evident by the sustained success the
Speaker 2: Dodgers have had eight sixty six nine seven two five
Speaker 2: seventy is the phone number coming up in a moment
Speaker 2: you'll hear from Mookie Betts.
Speaker 1: But first it's time to go around the horn with
Speaker 1: Jose Mota.
Speaker 2: What a night for the Dodgers Jose Mota, Yama Moto
Speaker 2: versus Nolan McClain.
Speaker 3: It was a.
Speaker 2: Spectacular old school pitchers duel. How exciting was it for
Speaker 2: you to call a game like tonight?
Speaker 6: It's great day because it's so easy to call a
Speaker 6: game when you know it's eight to one and all
Speaker 6: the offenses rolling and things like that. But I was
Speaker 6: telling Louis in the broadcast, these are the games really
Speaker 6: get the most out of us because you're anticipating either
Speaker 6: a play or a non play being made a strategy
Speaker 6: to win the ball game. Because these both of these
Speaker 6: guys are on and you said it right, this was
Speaker 6: the game to watch for baseball. These guys are going
Speaker 6: to be around for a long time. And they pitched
Speaker 6: very similarly. I mean, it was a porn with had
Speaker 6: the assam amount of pitches out in the same amount
Speaker 6: of benings. The stracoups were there just retiring the size
Speaker 6: in order one, two, three, and just also the efficiency
Speaker 6: and how they spread the word with their with their
Speaker 6: pitches day it was like, oh he's fast aall away here.
Speaker 6: It is both very unpredictable and certainly executing, mainly down
Speaker 6: in the zone, which is a throwback type of game,
Speaker 6: and it really paid off for both of them.
Speaker 2: How about that split fingered fastball for Yamamoto tonight, eleven
Speaker 2: swings and misses. He threw it thirty eight times tonight.
Speaker 6: And the one thing where Yamamoto is that he found
Speaker 6: out last season, as he was explaining to me, and
Speaker 6: one of the pieces with him for your social is
Speaker 6: he has to throw it hard day. He cannot let
Speaker 6: it fall like Sasaki does. He has to throw it
Speaker 6: hard because he goes. I want my wrist to be loose.
Speaker 6: Sometimes I throw its a little bit stiffer, but I
Speaker 6: need to keep my arm speed the same for two reasons.
Speaker 6: Number one is to not let up and not miss
Speaker 6: by mcafic apathetical he is. Number two is so the
Speaker 6: hitters always reading one velocity with a arm, and it's
Speaker 6: much harder to go out there and guess so at
Speaker 6: ninety one when he you know, averages round, that's somebody's fastball.
Speaker 6: Right there, but with dips at the very last minute,
Speaker 6: it's very hard to go out there and barrels.
Speaker 2: Jose Mota is joining us on Dodger Talk after the
Speaker 2: Dodgers beat the Mets two to one. Kyle Tucker, we
Speaker 2: just got a call about when is he gonna snap
Speaker 2: out of it? I feel like you get a hit
Speaker 2: like you did in the eighth inning, all of a sudden,
Speaker 2: you're you're feeling a little more relaxed.
Speaker 3: Even if you're Kyle Tucker.
Speaker 6: Oh, you sleep so much better. There's a big weight
Speaker 6: up your shoulders. This guy's gonna hit. I was talking
Speaker 6: to your friends today, you know, Fred Rogan and Roger Pete.
Speaker 6: This guy's gonna find a way to get it done. Yeah,
Speaker 6: your buddies, those guys. Yeah, and they're asking about is
Speaker 6: it a person is it a pressure? I go, this
Speaker 6: guy has nothing to do with pressure of the contract.
Speaker 6: He's not that type of guy. Okay, of course he
Speaker 6: wants to do well, but he's simplify things by saying
Speaker 6: things like, hey, I need to just kick the ball
Speaker 6: up the middle a little bit more. Can slang it's
Speaker 6: been streaky. I mean, really, one time is off the
Speaker 6: end of the bat off the label. Well, you know what,
Speaker 6: off the label usually gets you back to where you
Speaker 6: need to be, much easier than trying to cheat to
Speaker 6: hit home muns. And that's one thing with him. It's
Speaker 6: not like he's having best winging because he's trying to
Speaker 6: go deep. He just not pay in time all the time.
Speaker 6: But you know what, he's the entire bat does a
Speaker 6: big basit against a left, against a guy that who
Speaker 6: has been really good and for good like Tucker Day,
Speaker 6: it's an easy decision obviously for the manager. No matter
Speaker 6: who's hitting behind that guy like Shoe Hail Tani, you
Speaker 6: gotta get beat by somebody else besides Utania. That situation
Speaker 6: of per Tuck through the years, he has been very
Speaker 6: very good against less than a relievers, let alone, let's
Speaker 6: been the pitching in his career.
Speaker 2: Well that's what makes the Dodgers lineup so tough to navigate.
Speaker 2: You pass on Otani, you got Tucker, You pass on Tucker,
Speaker 2: You got Will Smith, you pass on Will Smith, you
Speaker 2: got Fred Freeman. So there's nowhere to hide in that situation.
Speaker 2: And I think you heard the difference in personalities. You
Speaker 2: have Alex Vessia pounding me really hard. On the chest
Speaker 2: after Kyle Tucker walks up to me calmly and says,
Speaker 2: what's up.
Speaker 3: That was fun?
Speaker 2: I mean that that's the difference in contrast of how
Speaker 2: two players that got it done go about it differently.
Speaker 6: That's what it makes uh that you know that culture
Speaker 6: of the club hells and the many flags and many
Speaker 6: languages and many everything there's there's talked them there about
Speaker 6: how it works, and think about the dollars and whis
Speaker 6: in which they're winning days. It wasn't about this wending today.
Speaker 6: It was about competing against a very good pitcher. And
Speaker 6: the way you'd be good pitching is the same formula.
Speaker 6: You pitch well so your offense has a chance to
Speaker 6: score in the very minimum and today the very first inning,
Speaker 6: that was your opportunity. And Freddie Freeman does one thing
Speaker 6: he needed to do there, well play, and I was
Speaker 6: paid off. You see it's going first and not first
Speaker 6: inning and matching up with Endor's home run.
Speaker 3: Hey, doesn't get any easier. The Mets.
Speaker 2: The Dodgers got the right guy on the mound tomorrow
Speaker 2: night to go for the sweep, a guy by the
Speaker 2: name of show Heyo Tani. It should be a fun
Speaker 2: night tomorrow night as well.
Speaker 6: It should be the big kipch Moshi. You know one thing,
Speaker 6: will Tani though, If somebody does well ahead of him
Speaker 6: on the mat or home played, it's like I'm not
Speaker 6: gonna be out done, So look for sure to do
Speaker 6: big things tomorrow. Hopefully goes out and give you seven
Speaker 6: and keeps a bullpet aligned. So nice a right now
Speaker 6: the way with guy's really spotting nice into their spots
Speaker 6: out of the bullpen.
Speaker 3: All right, Jose, we'll look forward to it tomorrow night.
Speaker 2: We'll see whether or not Edwin Diaz makes an appearance
Speaker 2: as well, so we'll check in with you tomorrow night
Speaker 2: as well.
Speaker 6: Of course, good.
Speaker 2: Night, there he goes Jose Mota, part of the Dodgers
Speaker 2: Spanish radio broadcast, And yeah, Otani has seen Robleski go
Speaker 2: eight scoreless innings. He saw Yamamoto get into the eighth
Speaker 2: inning tonight seven and two thirds innings. So on Jackie
Speaker 2: Robinson Day Show, Hey Otani on the national television stay
Speaker 2: will be taking the mound against the Mets as.
Speaker 3: The Dodgers look for the sweep. Now.
Speaker 2: Earlier today, Mookie Betts was going through some drills with
Speaker 2: strength and Conditioning coach Travis Smith, and after he was
Speaker 2: done with that, nobody's really checked in with Mookie to
Speaker 2: see where he's at in the recovery of this oblique
Speaker 2: strain that was not supposed to be very serious. So
Speaker 2: had a chance to catch up with Mooki earlier today
Speaker 2: as he was coming off the field.
Speaker 11: I'm able to throw run. I feel it, but it's
Speaker 11: not that bad. Haven't started hitting yet, but we're doing
Speaker 11: like medball throws. So we want to get fully comfortable
Speaker 11: with like throwing the med ball and like not having
Speaker 11: really any hesitation with that before we start swinging, just
Speaker 11: because I don't want to start developing bad habits because
Speaker 11: I'm scared to swing, you know. So, But I mean,
Speaker 11: with all that being said, I mean things are great.
Speaker 11: I mean, it's just an oblique and it's gonna take
Speaker 11: It's gonna take time.
Speaker 2: Do you only do you feel it still in everyday
Speaker 2: life or just in certain movements?
Speaker 11: No, just when I start doing like sports stuff. I mean,
Speaker 11: you know, everyday life no is way better. And I
Speaker 11: mean now it's now, I'm pretty normal. It's just when
Speaker 11: I get here and I start having to do like
Speaker 11: sports specific stuff is when I start feeling it. It's
Speaker 11: not that it hurts. I mean, it's not that it hurts,
Speaker 11: it's just that you feel it. And the more you
Speaker 11: you don't really want to you don't want to feel it,
Speaker 11: because the more you feel it, it's it's the means
Speaker 11: it's still healing, and any quick movements from there can
Speaker 11: just re re injure it and then it's then run
Speaker 11: a much worse spot.
Speaker 2: And the Dodgers have the best record in baseball. They're
Speaker 2: still rolling even without Mookie Bets in the lineup. They're
Speaker 2: thirteen and four. No need to rush it, because, as
Speaker 2: you know, the bigger picture is in play here and
Speaker 2: any sport, whether it's the NBA, the NFL, or Major
Speaker 2: League Baseball, oblique injury you want to be extra careful with,
Speaker 2: and the Dodgers are always on the more cautious side
Speaker 2: with any injury to any of their players. So it
Speaker 2: doesn't seem like Mookie Betts is coming back anytime soon.
Speaker 2: And when I say soon, not on the upcoming road trip,
Speaker 2: especially with the Dodgers playing four games for the first
Speaker 2: time this year in Denver and then three games in
Speaker 2: San Francisco. They come back home, they keep playing thirteen
Speaker 2: in a row.
Speaker 3: After the day off.
Speaker 2: They got thirteen in a row when they come off
Speaker 2: that travel day to Denver. So let's see where it
Speaker 2: sat after this road trip and whether or not he's
Speaker 2: swinging a bat. When he's swinging a bat, that's an
Speaker 2: inclination that he's getting close, but right now he's not.
Speaker 2: Another observation from earlier today, Dalton Rushing and Santiago Espinal
Speaker 2: were taking a lot of ground balls and.
Speaker 3: Throws at first base.
Speaker 2: The reason why I bring that up is, like I
Speaker 2: just mentioned, the Dodgers are going to Denver for four games,
Speaker 2: not even just a three game series.
Speaker 3: Four games.
Speaker 2: Maybe the Dodgers are thinking, this is the time to
Speaker 2: give Freddie Freeman a day off right thirty six years old,
Speaker 2: high altitude, give Dalton Rushing a chance to play first base.
Speaker 2: He could catch, he could play first base. You get
Speaker 2: Freddie off his feed at the high altitude. That could
Speaker 2: be part of the thinking of seeing, really for the
Speaker 2: first time all year long, Rushing and Espinal taken as
Speaker 2: many throws from other infielders keik Hernandez across the diamond
Speaker 2: to them taking ground balls. So I saw Rushing in Toronto,
Speaker 2: you know, alternating with Freddie Freeman at first base as well,
Speaker 2: and coming into the season, the Dodgers said that, yeah,
Speaker 2: Rushing's other position will be first base. If there's a
Speaker 2: blowout or if they want to give Freddy a day off,
Speaker 2: he would be the guy. So maybe that's coming around
Speaker 2: on this upcoming road trip in a place that is
Speaker 2: unforgiving with any little thing that you're feeling, or with
Speaker 2: guys that are thirty six, thirty seven years old, eight
Speaker 2: six six nine eighty seven, two five seventy is the
Speaker 2: phone number. Let's go out to uh our guy g
Speaker 2: Man in Pasadena.
Speaker 3: How you doing g Man.
Speaker 12: Days.
Speaker 13: It's been a couple of weeks since we last talked,
Speaker 13: so I want to talk about the game, but I
Speaker 13: also have another Dodger nugget story for you. I don't know,
Speaker 13: I appreciate your enthusiasm of how well they're playing right now, but.
Speaker 9: It's it's really just the beginning of the season.
Speaker 13: I want them to be like bad men yet you
Speaker 13: know September.
Speaker 6: Not now.
Speaker 2: Well, they're not even playing their best baseball right now.
Speaker 2: That's what's even more incredible.
Speaker 13: I agree with you, I agree with do so. Anyways,
Speaker 13: so my nugget last time I gave you.
Speaker 2: And oh, yeah, you're the guy that said that he
Speaker 2: showed up at your friend's house and he signed an
Speaker 2: autograph for you, and you wouldn't get into how he
Speaker 2: got there. Yeah, is it like a part two to
Speaker 2: the story.
Speaker 8: No, this is just a different story.
Speaker 6: So you know Dot loves to play golf.
Speaker 13: Okay, you know Doc, you know you're a duc's member
Speaker 13: of now right, correct.
Speaker 2: I mean, let's not get into this personal stuff. I'd
Speaker 2: rather just keep it on the field unless it's going
Speaker 2: to be entertaining.
Speaker 13: Okay, no, no, But the cool thing is that I
Speaker 13: met Doc somewhere and he like, Hi, I'm Dave Roberts.
Speaker 13: I'm like, of course, it's your Dave Roberts.
Speaker 12: He's just the nicest man.
Speaker 13: So anyway, that's that's it.
Speaker 3: That's it.
Speaker 13: Well, yeah, I met him and it was great.
Speaker 8: He's just he was like, make you row.
Speaker 6: He's just the nicest guy.
Speaker 8: It's just unbelievable.
Speaker 12: These guys are just like.
Speaker 13: Sports icons and they're just the nicest people.
Speaker 2: Okay, that's a good point to the story. Thank you,
Speaker 2: g Man, appreciate it. Can't wait for the next story.
Speaker 2: Wait a couple of more weeks eight sixty six nine
Speaker 2: eighty seven two five seventy is the phone number. I mean,
Speaker 2: Dave Roberts is a very accessible guy. And yeah, he
Speaker 2: when you meet him wherever you are, he's a great guy.
Speaker 2: He'll definitely show you a lot of a lot of love.
Speaker 2: He's not gonna blow you off at the golf course
Speaker 2: or wherever else.
Speaker 3: Especially the golf course.
Speaker 2: You can't blow anybody off of the golf course because
Speaker 2: you're gonna see them at the next hole and then
Speaker 2: you're gonna see them later and later on in the day.
Speaker 2: Even Barry Bonds might not do that. Maybe Bonds, but
Speaker 2: that's it all right. Before we say goodnight, I have
Speaker 2: to give some love to our guy ken Lee Janssen,
Speaker 2: who is still the all time saves leader in Dodger
Speaker 2: franchise history. He saved three hundred and fifty saves, three
Speaker 2: hundred and fifty games for the Dodgers. That's how many
Speaker 2: saves Kenley Jansen had wearing a Dodger uniform. He was signed,
Speaker 2: he was developed, he was converted from a catcher to
Speaker 2: a pitcher thanks to Charlie Huff, Kenny Howell, Rick Honeycut,
Speaker 2: and then he turned into one of the best closers
Speaker 2: of our generation. Tonight he passed Lee Smith for the
Speaker 2: third most saves in baseball history. Think about that. Ken
Speaker 2: Lee Jansen now is behind Mariano Rivera and Trevor Hoffman
Speaker 2: for the third most saves in baseball history. He did
Speaker 2: it tonight wearing a Tiger's uniform till out.
Speaker 3: In the year straight.
Speaker 10: Away bye as Tarte Timers win. That's four in a
Speaker 10: row and ken Ley Janssen is alone in third place
Speaker 10: in all time Major League saves.
Speaker 2: The Tigers beat the Royals two to one, and ken
Speaker 2: Lee Janssen saves his four hundred and seventy ninth career game,
Speaker 2: passing Hall of Famer Lee Smith. That was Jason Bennetti
Speaker 2: on the Tigers Television network on the call, and I felt,
Speaker 2: especially towards the end of Kenley's career, he was sorely
Speaker 2: taken for granted. So many people thought his career was over.
Speaker 2: And I know he's pitched for a few different teams,
Speaker 2: including the Tigers now after pitching for the Angels, he
Speaker 2: had a great year last year, had a better year
Speaker 2: than Devin Williams last year and better year than Raycial
Speaker 2: and Glacias. And he pitched for the Braves, the Red Sox,
Speaker 2: and now he's pitching for the Tigers, and people want
Speaker 2: to believe that he's done or he just doesn't have it.
Speaker 2: And here he is a four hundred and six nine
Speaker 2: career saves. He's well on his way to achieving five
Speaker 2: hundred saves this year. Kenley Jansen on his way to
Speaker 2: the Hall of Fame. And I don't know how he
Speaker 2: goes into Cooperstown wearing any other hat than the LA
Speaker 2: on his hat for the Dodgers. After so many great moments,
Speaker 2: so many great years, and pitching more years with the
Speaker 2: Dodgers than any other team, and having three hundred and
Speaker 2: fifty saves, he is certainly.
Speaker 3: A Hall of Famer.
Speaker 2: And congratulations to Kennley Jansen, who gave us so many
Speaker 2: great moments with the Dodgers. Eight six six nine eight
Speaker 2: seven two five seventy is the phone number. Dodgers beat
Speaker 2: the Mets tonight two to one. Blake Trining gets the win,
Speaker 2: Alex Vesia his second save of the season as the
Speaker 2: Dodgers come back for the eighth time this year. That's
Speaker 2: the most in Major League Baseball this year. Eight comeback
Speaker 2: wins to beat the Mets two to one after Francisco
Speaker 2: Lindor hit a hit a leadoff home run off of
Speaker 2: Yama Moto. After that, Yama Moto did not budge, and
Speaker 2: the Dodgers improved their record over the National League to
Speaker 2: eight and oh, the Dodgers have not lost a game
Speaker 2: to a National League team this year. Let's take one
Speaker 2: more phone call before we say good night. Tank was
Speaker 2: at the ballpark tonight. Hi, Tank, you're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 12: What's up, David V? Tank? How you doing?
Speaker 8: Brother?
Speaker 3: Everything's great?
Speaker 12: Okay, yeah, oh yeah, I saw you.
Speaker 3: On my way out.
Speaker 2: I saw you on my way out after we did
Speaker 2: the interview with Tucker and uh Investia.
Speaker 3: I remember you.
Speaker 12: That's right, yeah, fis tunas you. We had the old
Speaker 12: Tony ring on good times, brother, so real quick.
Speaker 3: You had pretty good seats.
Speaker 12: Oh yeah yeah. I'm out there in the dugout quite
Speaker 12: a bit, you know, but.
Speaker 2: You had you had better seats than the last UCLA
Speaker 2: basketball coach men's basketball coach to win the national championship.
Speaker 2: Jim Herrick was sitting behind you, I.
Speaker 12: Know, right, yeah, yeah, last time. We had a comedian
Speaker 12: out there last night. But after a fourth you know,
Speaker 12: the game last night and then tonight's pitcher's dual. Man,
Speaker 12: you couldn't ask for nothing better than that. You know,
Speaker 12: was that twenty twenty consecutive pootouts?
Speaker 1: Right there?
Speaker 8: Was it?
Speaker 12: I think he was. I want to say, was it
Speaker 12: twenty from Yamamoto?
Speaker 1: Yeah?
Speaker 2: Yeah, Yamamoto retired twenty in a row after the leadoff
Speaker 2: home run.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 12: Man, phenomenal and just to be there. You know, the
Speaker 12: crowd was nice. You know, there was no giveaway tonight
Speaker 12: and we still had a nice crowd out there. It
Speaker 12: was electric. The team was you know, they're just they're
Speaker 12: on a row right now. It's next man up. If
Speaker 12: someone doesn't come through, someone else will. You know, it's
Speaker 12: just this team is. It's gritty.
Speaker 2: Hey, Dodger Stadium is the place to be, Tank, You
Speaker 2: know that Dodger Stadium is the place to be these
Speaker 2: days in.
Speaker 12: La Absolutely, man, every now you never know what's gonna happen.
Speaker 12: You don't leave early, you know what I mean? You
Speaker 12: come early, you stay late. You enjoy it, you know
Speaker 12: I love it.
Speaker 3: Stay late. You can't stay here.
Speaker 2: You don't have to go home, but you can't stay here, Tank,
Speaker 2: you can't stay here that late.
Speaker 12: I'm the last one to leave.
Speaker 8: I'm in the dugout.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I guess you are at the bar a little
Speaker 2: bit too late there, Big Brat Nelson down there at
Speaker 2: the Lexus Club, taking care of you really well tonight,
Speaker 2: all right, Tank, I knew I knew that call was
Speaker 2: going a little bit too long.
Speaker 3: Hey, that's a great way to end the show.
Speaker 2: It is getting closer to midnight, and it was great
Speaker 2: to have my guy Sam from downy Hunday out here
Speaker 2: for batting practice. He also got to meet Dave Roberts,
Speaker 2: and Dave Roberts was nice to him too. Dave Roberts
Speaker 2: is a nice guy. That's not breaking news when he
Speaker 2: meets the fans anyway. Thanks to Coliny, who's a great
Speaker 2: guy as well. If you ever see him on the
Speaker 2: golf course, he'll be great to you. Dwayne McDonald out
Speaker 2: here with a team issued hoodie, still has not gone
Speaker 2: to Uniclo to upgrade his wardrobe.
Speaker 3: Thanks to you for listening.
Speaker 2: In case he missed any of the show, you know
Speaker 2: where to find it on the iHeartRadio app. And tomorrow
Speaker 2: night another event at Dodger Stadium show Hey o'tani making
Speaker 2: the start against the Mets looking for the sweep. On
Speaker 2: Jackie Robinson Day going up against Clay Holmes of the Mets.
Speaker 2: Our coverage begins at six o'clock with first pitch at
Speaker 2: seven to ten. It should be a special night, a
Speaker 2: nationally televised broadcast.
Speaker 3: Joe buck orl Herscheizer.
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Speaker 2: Robinson Night at Dodgers Stadium always special. And o'tani on
Speaker 2: the mound, We'll talk to you tomorrow, coming up next
Speaker 2: to guy that loves chicken tenders more than he loves
Speaker 2: the game.
Speaker 3: N Mallor on Fox Sports Radio is next. Dodgers beat
Speaker 3: the Mets two to one. See them.
Speaker 2: That's