WEBVTT - Dodger Talk (7-21-26) 

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<v Speaker 1>The quest for the three peat has begun.

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<v Speaker 2>Only four teams in Major League Baseball history have won

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<v Speaker 2>three consecutive titles. The Dodgers are the favorites to become

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<v Speaker 2>the fifth.

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<v Speaker 1>This is World Champion Dodger Talk.

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<v Speaker 3>Here we go again. We're going running back.

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<v Speaker 4>To get in on the show called eight six six

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<v Speaker 4>nine eighty seven two five seventy, and be sure to

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<v Speaker 4>follow Dodger Talk wherever you catch your podcasts.

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<v Speaker 1>Here's your host, David Vase.

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<v Speaker 3>We are in a rain.

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<v Speaker 2>Delay, officially here at the Bank in Philadelphia. Welcome to

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<v Speaker 2>a special rain delay edition of Dodger Talk. Yes, phone

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<v Speaker 2>lines are open at eight sixty six nine eight seven

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<v Speaker 2>two five seventy. If you're in Philadelphia, call in because

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<v Speaker 2>you've certainly have been tweeting at me and sending me

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<v Speaker 2>direct messages asking me when this game is going to start.

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<v Speaker 2>I had no idea at one o'clock or two o'clock

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<v Speaker 2>or even two hours ago. So if you were tweeting

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<v Speaker 2>at me or dming me, call in and speak to me.

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<v Speaker 2>Eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy. The

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<v Speaker 2>tarp is still on the field right now, so until

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<v Speaker 2>they take that tarp off and by the time they

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<v Speaker 2>take it off, it's going to take at least forty

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<v Speaker 2>five to fifty minutes to get the field ready to

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<v Speaker 2>get first pitch going. I will tell you this, This

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<v Speaker 2>weather system has been in the Northeast, and the Red

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<v Speaker 2>Sox at Fenway Park postponed their game today against the Orioles,

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<v Speaker 2>and the Yankees again had rain issues and they postponed

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<v Speaker 2>their game against the Pirates. So those two games in

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<v Speaker 2>New York and Boston have been washed out. But here

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<v Speaker 2>in Philadelphia early on this afternoon, we all thought that

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<v Speaker 2>there was going to be a doubleheader tomorrow, but the

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<v Speaker 2>weather system improved. I guess to give the Phillies some

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<v Speaker 2>sort of optimism that they can get this game in tonight,

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<v Speaker 2>and look, I think that would be for the best.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't believe the Dodgers want to play two double

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<v Speaker 2>headers within three days of themselves. So they finished out

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<v Speaker 2>the series in New York with a doubleheader. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>think they would love to finish this series in Philadelphia

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<v Speaker 2>with a doubleheader. But the one thing both teams don't

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<v Speaker 2>want to happen is that you start this game with

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<v Speaker 2>Justin Robleski and Zach Wheeler and you have to stop

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<v Speaker 2>the game for an hour plus, and all of a sudden,

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<v Speaker 2>now these two teams have lost two really good starters

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<v Speaker 2>and you're into a bullpen game. So that's the line

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<v Speaker 2>of thinking these days in Major League Baseball. It's better

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<v Speaker 2>to push the start time or maybe even just postpone

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<v Speaker 2>the game entirely so you don't lose your starter and

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<v Speaker 2>have to tax your bullpen because this day and age

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<v Speaker 2>of twenty twenty six baseball, not the Dodgers in Phillies necessarily,

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<v Speaker 2>but a lot of teams out there overuse their bullpens

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<v Speaker 2>as it is, and you don't want to have to

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<v Speaker 2>do that if it's not necessary. So right now, at

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<v Speaker 2>the very least, we're looking at an hour from the

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<v Speaker 2>time they take that tarp off, and right now the

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<v Speaker 2>tarp is still on there, so we have time to

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<v Speaker 2>dive into some Dodger baseball coming up in about fifteen

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<v Speaker 2>minutes during these rain delays. And we haven't done this

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<v Speaker 2>in a while because the Dodgers have not had a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of raindlays over the course of the last couple

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<v Speaker 2>of years. But back in twenty twelve, my first season

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<v Speaker 2>hosting Dodger Talk, I had a chance to interview the

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<v Speaker 2>legend himself, Vin Scully for the first time and had

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<v Speaker 2>a chance to pick his brain about a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>things he saw in Brooklyn, and we're going to share

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<v Speaker 2>that with you again. It's one of my favorite things

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<v Speaker 2>during a rain delay to hear Vin's voice again and

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<v Speaker 2>for him to tell those magical stories of the boys

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<v Speaker 2>a summer. So looking forward to sharing that with you

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<v Speaker 2>over the course of the next hour, and we do

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<v Speaker 2>have time for trade talk, mind numbing trade talk as well.

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<v Speaker 2>Eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy is

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<v Speaker 2>the phone number David Vassey live at the Bank in

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<v Speaker 2>Philadelphia with Rick Monday and Steven Nelson. In case you

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<v Speaker 2>missed what the Dodgers starting lineup is going to look

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<v Speaker 2>like today and moving forward against right handed pitching, Max

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<v Speaker 2>Muncie is going to be the cleanup hitter and Mookie

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<v Speaker 2>Betts is going to hit fifth. And after last night's

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<v Speaker 2>game where Mooki had a four hit game and hit

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<v Speaker 2>two home runs, he was still very humble and not

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<v Speaker 2>ready to declare anything about him being back because it

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<v Speaker 2>was just one game, even though it was an encouraging game.

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<v Speaker 2>And Dave Roberts said earlier today that I'm sure Mooki

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<v Speaker 2>slept better last night than he has in a while

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<v Speaker 2>because he's been he's been struggling coming into the game

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<v Speaker 2>last night. In the month of July, he only had

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<v Speaker 2>six hits. He had four hits last night. Think about that.

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<v Speaker 2>We're almost at the end of June and Mookie Betts

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<v Speaker 2>only had six hits. He was coming into the game

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<v Speaker 2>last night hitting a buck forty. So this team, obviously,

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<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers one of the best teams record wise. The

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<v Speaker 2>Brewers right now a win better than the Dodgers as

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<v Speaker 2>far as the best record in baseball. But the Dodgers

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<v Speaker 2>are sixty three and thirty eight. They're in a great spot.

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<v Speaker 2>And if you examine this offense, which has been really

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<v Speaker 2>good as a whole, they haven't gotten a lot out

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<v Speaker 2>of Mookie Betts and Kyle Tucker. Ta Oscar Hernandez is

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<v Speaker 2>in a big time slump right now. He's three for

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<v Speaker 2>his last forty five and tonight Alex call is going

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<v Speaker 2>to get the start and left field. So I know

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<v Speaker 2>last year we were saying this the second half of

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<v Speaker 2>last year that this Dodger offense has not reached its potential,

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<v Speaker 2>And I think you could say that again until you

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<v Speaker 2>get Mookie Beds and Kyle Tucker going in taoscar Hernandez

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<v Speaker 2>back before, back to the guy he was before he

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<v Speaker 2>got hurt. This offense is far from reaching what it

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<v Speaker 2>can do, and you just hope that it happens at

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<v Speaker 2>the right time. Eight six six nine seven two five

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<v Speaker 2>seventy is the phone number. It's going to be Justin

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<v Speaker 2>Robleski against Zach Wheeler. Once we get things underway, let's

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<v Speaker 2>go out to the phones for the first time on

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<v Speaker 2>rain delay.

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<v Speaker 3>Dodger talks Steven in La.

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<v Speaker 5>How you doing, How are you doing today? Thank you

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<v Speaker 5>so much for having me on.

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<v Speaker 3>My pleasure.

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<v Speaker 5>I wanted to talk about Mooki a little bit. I

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<v Speaker 5>feel that we're not giving him enough credit. Okay, I

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<v Speaker 5>know that he's in a slump, we understand that, but

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<v Speaker 5>he is a born leadoff hitter. In twenty twenty three,

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<v Speaker 5>he set a franchise record for most leads off home

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<v Speaker 5>runs twelve, uh huh. In twenty twenty four, sho Heyotani

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<v Speaker 5>he was injured. Shohyo Tani came and took that first

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<v Speaker 5>spot and he did greatness. He had the fifty to

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<v Speaker 5>fifty clubs, and then Muki had four leadoff homers in

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<v Speaker 5>twenty twenty four, but he's never got Stephen.

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<v Speaker 2>Let me stop you right there, do you I mean

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<v Speaker 2>full disclosure here. You can't just lay something like that

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<v Speaker 2>out there and not explain why Sho Heo Tani became

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<v Speaker 2>the leadoff hitter. Mookie Betts got hit by a pitch

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<v Speaker 2>and broke his hand. That took him out for six weeks.

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<v Speaker 2>So that's when the Dodgers put Otani in the leadoff spot,

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<v Speaker 2>and ever since then they've won two World championships. So

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not sure what your point is. Are you saying

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<v Speaker 2>that Mooki needs to go back to the leadoff spot

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<v Speaker 2>as a two thirty hitter to get going again.

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<v Speaker 5>No, I'm not saying that. What I'm saying is we

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<v Speaker 5>have to give Mooki credit for stepping back after he

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<v Speaker 5>had the injury, not coming back and saying claiming that

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<v Speaker 5>leadoff spot, letting things stay the way they are. And

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<v Speaker 5>he's been moving around ever since and trying to figure

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<v Speaker 5>it out. And I would like to give him some

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<v Speaker 5>more credit for what he's done for the team. He

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<v Speaker 5>didn't disrupt things, he didn't come back and say I'm

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<v Speaker 5>not in after the injury. I want the leadoff. So

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<v Speaker 5>I just wanted to give him a little more credit

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<v Speaker 5>because I think he deserves it. He's a team player,

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<v Speaker 5>and I think he's going to figure it out and

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<v Speaker 5>he always does. He's a savant when it comes to

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<v Speaker 5>baseball and solving things, so just like he did at shortstops.

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<v Speaker 5>So I feel like it's his next challenge, is his

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<v Speaker 5>next hurdle, and he will figure it out. And I

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<v Speaker 5>just want to give him some credit because he didn't

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<v Speaker 5>disrupt what was going on there after the injury.

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<v Speaker 2>No, I think that lends to the reason why he's

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<v Speaker 2>a four time World Series champion, because he is a

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<v Speaker 2>winning player and he is a good teammate. And I

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<v Speaker 2>think you could say the same about shille hay Otani,

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<v Speaker 2>who to try to help Mookie Betts last year, say

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<v Speaker 2>you know what, no problem, I'll let Mookie lead off

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<v Speaker 2>and I'll hit second if that's going to jumpstart him.

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<v Speaker 2>So I think you're talking about two guys that are

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<v Speaker 2>willing to move spots in the order. And you could

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<v Speaker 2>say the same about Freddie Freeman. So the three best

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<v Speaker 2>players on this team are checking their egos at the door.

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<v Speaker 5>Fantastic points. I agree, all.

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<v Speaker 2>Right, Steven. Thanks for the phone call. Positive phone call,

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<v Speaker 2>very I'm not used to that, Steven.

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<v Speaker 5>I believe the Dodgers are positive, and I believe they're

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<v Speaker 5>gonna turn it around and we're gonna head to another championship.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think there's anything to turn around, Steven, but

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<v Speaker 2>I know what you're saying. Look, the Dodgers are two

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<v Speaker 2>and five in their last seven games, but I feel

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<v Speaker 2>like you have to wash away even though the record

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<v Speaker 2>won't what took place going into the All Star breaks.

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<v Speaker 2>So quite honestly, after the All Star Break, it's kind

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<v Speaker 2>of a fresh slate the way I look at things.

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<v Speaker 2>And the Dodgers took two out of three at Yankee Stadium,

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<v Speaker 2>and they lost a game that they very well could

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<v Speaker 2>have won last night if it wasn't for some sloppy

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<v Speaker 2>play and some pitches that were not made. Despite Trey

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<v Speaker 2>Turner hitting two home runs and driving in five runs,

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<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers very well could have won that game. Eight

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<v Speaker 2>six six seven, two five seventy is the phone number.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's go out to seem me Valley. Sam, You're on

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<v Speaker 2>Dodger Talk Live from Philly. How you doing, Sam, I'm doing.

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<v Speaker 6>Good, Dave.

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<v Speaker 7>I was watching the game yesterday, and I was just

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<v Speaker 7>very frustrated with the way the first inning the batters

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<v Speaker 7>were just swinging at nothing but balls and striking out.

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<v Speaker 7>I think the first five or six pitches were out

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<v Speaker 7>of the strike zone, and I don't know how they act,

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<v Speaker 7>especially after Otani swung, yeah, three pitches.

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<v Speaker 2>He was trying to hit a whole run in that

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<v Speaker 2>first at bat. Sam Otani was trying to go deep.

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<v Speaker 2>It's no secret he hasn't hit a home run in

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<v Speaker 2>this ballpark, so I think he was expanding the strike zone.

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<v Speaker 7>Oh but still by has swung at a ball that

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<v Speaker 7>hit what the ground?

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<v Speaker 3>That's Paz, you got take that look good.

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<v Speaker 2>And he's had a he's had an all Star season,

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<v Speaker 2>so yeah, it's gonna happen, Sam, Baseball's a grind.

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<v Speaker 3>And they were facing, by the way, the best.

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<v Speaker 2>Left hander in the game right now, so that's let

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<v Speaker 2>let's not act they were facing the sisters of the

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<v Speaker 2>poor last night. They were facing Christopher Sanchez.

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<v Speaker 7>Of course, but if would have caught that ball in

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<v Speaker 7>the outfield, that would have might have changed the outlook

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<v Speaker 7>of the game.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and if that's it doesn't give up a three

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<v Speaker 2>run home run, it changes the game too. But it's

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<v Speaker 2>one game in July, Sam, David, and they have the

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<v Speaker 2>second best record in baseball. Them and the Brewers have

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<v Speaker 2>the two best records. So I'm not that concerned, So.

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<v Speaker 8>Neither am I.

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<v Speaker 9>I just I tell everybody I says, they lose the games.

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<v Speaker 7>We won two out of three out.

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<v Speaker 9>Of the eighties, so you know, it doesn't really matter

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<v Speaker 9>we won this game.

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<v Speaker 2>They just want to win series and play good baseball,

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<v Speaker 2>and that's one thing the Dodgers have done the majority

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<v Speaker 2>of the season. Thanks for the phone call, Sam, appreciate it.

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<v Speaker 2>David Vasse live at the Bank in Philadelphia. We're in

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<v Speaker 2>a rain delay. Justin Robleski and Zach Wheeler will be

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<v Speaker 2>the probables tonight.

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<v Speaker 3>They're facing off against each other.

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<v Speaker 2>One starter that said, yes, I'm very grateful to be

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<v Speaker 2>invited to the All Star Game. Another that's super ungrateful.

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm talking about Zach Wheeler who said, you know what,

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<v Speaker 2>you didn't ask me in time, you didn't ask me

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<v Speaker 2>the first time. No, no, I don't want to be

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<v Speaker 2>part of it. We're Justin Robleski very grateful, and I

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<v Speaker 2>think you're going to see the baseball gods tonight reward

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<v Speaker 2>for that great karma. Don't know when this game is

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<v Speaker 2>going to start. The tarp is still on the infield

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<v Speaker 2>right now, so from what we've been told, once they

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<v Speaker 2>take that tarp off, it's going to be about fifty

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<v Speaker 2>minutes to get the field ready. So right now, the

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<v Speaker 2>tarp is still on the field. And look, we went

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<v Speaker 2>from people on both sides saying there might be a

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<v Speaker 2>doubleheader tomorrow because the weather looks horrible to where we're

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<v Speaker 2>at right now.

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<v Speaker 3>Let's wait, let's wait.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, they didn't wait at Fenway Park or Yankee Stadium,

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<v Speaker 2>and they call it both those games.

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<v Speaker 3>So I'm not as.

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<v Speaker 2>Confident as I was an hour or two ago because

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<v Speaker 2>we're still sitting here waiting for mother nature to cooperate.

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<v Speaker 2>And sometimes mother nature doesn't cooperate with baseball. That's just

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<v Speaker 2>part of it. Let's go out to Eugene, Oregon. Tom

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<v Speaker 2>listening on the iHeartRadio app. Hi, Tom, you're on Dodger Talk.

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<v Speaker 8>Hey David, thanks for having me on. I haven't a

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<v Speaker 8>question in his knee. Do you think it's affecting his

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<v Speaker 8>swing or is it just the.

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<v Speaker 10>Motion of delivering the ball off the mound that it bothers.

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<v Speaker 2>He says that it only bothers him when he pitches,

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<v Speaker 2>not when he hits. Because I asked him the last

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<v Speaker 2>game before the All Star break on Sunday, I said,

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<v Speaker 2>how do you do it? How does your knee hurt

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<v Speaker 2>so bad that you can't pitch yet you can lead

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<v Speaker 2>off the game with a home run? And he said, deadpanned,

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<v Speaker 2>that's because it doesn't hurt when I when I hit.

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<v Speaker 11>Fascinating, right, I mean, it really is.

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<v Speaker 2>I feel like there's more to the story that he

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't want us to know, or the Dodgers don't want

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<v Speaker 2>us to know.

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<v Speaker 3>I have a theory.

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<v Speaker 12>Now.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm starting to be suspicious of all this. And the

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<v Speaker 2>Dodgers have been so good, so good over the years

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<v Speaker 2>in giving their starters a break, and who better to

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<v Speaker 2>give a break to than show hey Otani? Then then,

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<v Speaker 2>right now he couldn't go wire to wire, and I

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<v Speaker 2>feel like this is a great time to give him

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<v Speaker 2>a break in pitching. He's even gonna throw a bullpen

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<v Speaker 2>session this weekend, according to Dave Roberts. So that just

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<v Speaker 2>tells me that the left knee well, Number one, I'll

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<v Speaker 2>say that Otani.

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<v Speaker 3>Must have a high, high pain tolerance number two.

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<v Speaker 2>If he's throwing a bullpen session, the left knee doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>hurt him.

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<v Speaker 8>That bad, right, Yeah, I think he could.

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<v Speaker 3>Just be the Dodgers and Otani a green.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's give him a three week break in the middle

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<v Speaker 2>of the year so he's ready to go for the postseason.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't I'm not.

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<v Speaker 2>I was concerned at first, but the more I let

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<v Speaker 2>it sink in and talk to former Dodger pitchers, they there.

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<v Speaker 2>Their thoughts are that the Dodgers may be just giving

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<v Speaker 2>Otani a break from pitching, just like they would any

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<v Speaker 2>other pitcher if they had that luxury.

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<v Speaker 10>You gotta go with Khannie.

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<v Speaker 8>He hasn't you know, filled this yet?

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<v Speaker 3>Huh No, I would say he has not. Tom, thank

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<v Speaker 3>you for the phone call.

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<v Speaker 2>Eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy is

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<v Speaker 2>the phone number. David Vasseay live in Philadelphia. This is

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<v Speaker 2>rain delay Dodger Talk. If you were expecting to hear

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<v Speaker 2>Rick Monday and Steven Nelson with the words, I view,

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<v Speaker 2>they're still here. Uh, just no baseball being played yet

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<v Speaker 2>because the tarp is still on the field and we

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<v Speaker 2>are expected to have baseball. So we'll see whether or

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<v Speaker 2>not that takes place Justin Robleski and Zach Wheeler are

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<v Speaker 2>going to be facing off against each other tonight. If

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<v Speaker 2>this game gets underway, let's go out to Tennessee. Man,

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<v Speaker 2>I am honored Patrick in Tennessee a truck driver. You

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<v Speaker 2>know my godfather. His name happened to be Pete Rose

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<v Speaker 2>and he was a proud Teamster truck driver for Roadway.

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<v Speaker 3>Patrick.

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<v Speaker 10>Awesome, Awesome. I can't believe my luck. Okay, I'm looking

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<v Speaker 10>at the gopper right now. I stopped right now. I'm

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<v Speaker 10>done for the night because I've got a big squall

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<v Speaker 10>just north of me and it's coming my way.

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<v Speaker 6>What I want to.

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<v Speaker 10>Talk to you about Today's like the first.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, hold on, hold on, you're a truck driver. You

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<v Speaker 2>got to know the weather. What do you think you

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<v Speaker 2>think they're going to play tonight? What is your radar

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<v Speaker 2>and your big rig tell you.

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<v Speaker 10>It's right on top of you, guys, But it is.

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<v Speaker 7>It's going to be a cell. It's going to be

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<v Speaker 7>a cell.

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<v Speaker 10>That that e's a gonna o.

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<v Speaker 9>Man, it's what I'm looking at you guys.

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<v Speaker 7>Just you're just know you're just north of it.

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<v Speaker 10>You might get away with this, Okay.

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<v Speaker 3>The bulk of it is what I'm thinking it is.

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<v Speaker 11>You.

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<v Speaker 10>Yes, so you might get away with this.

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<v Speaker 2>But so, Patrick, you're a big Dodger fan, you're a

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<v Speaker 2>truck driver. How do you listen to Dodger games?

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<v Speaker 10>Oh no, iHeartRadio.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh baby, I love it.

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<v Speaker 10>Oh well that's you can hear it anywhere. Okay, guys, gals,

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<v Speaker 10>you can hear all these games, no problem, no matter

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<v Speaker 10>where you're at.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes you can, Yes, you can.

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<v Speaker 10>I want I wanted to remind you.

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<v Speaker 3>What's your questions?

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<v Speaker 10>Well, I just want to remind them stay positive because

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<v Speaker 10>we've been through this before.

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<v Speaker 6>Where we lose.

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<v Speaker 10>You'd rather lose now than September or the playoffs. So

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<v Speaker 10>if you're gonna lose, lose it now. And you've got

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<v Speaker 10>help coming anyway. So don't get discouraged. This is nothing.

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<v Speaker 10>This is nothing. We're going to get through this, Okay.

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<v Speaker 3>Seriously, get through what Patrick, I'm confused to get through.

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<v Speaker 10>Well, people, they started hitting the panic button. If we

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<v Speaker 10>start losing, okay, and it happens, you're going to lose

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<v Speaker 10>some games. That's just baseball. You know, can't win them all.

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<v Speaker 10>But we win enough to win. So I want to

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<v Speaker 10>remind everybody. Hey, good times you're coming, bro, good times

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<v Speaker 10>you're coming.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, I think we are living good times past. I

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<v Speaker 2>gotta be honest with you.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't get where anybody would say we'll get through this,

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<v Speaker 2>get through what. I don't want the Dodgers to get

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<v Speaker 2>through it. I want them to continue it because they

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<v Speaker 2>have the second most wins in baseball. So I have

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<v Speaker 2>no issues with what's taking place so far this year,

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<v Speaker 2>coming off back to back championships.

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<v Speaker 3>Thanks for the phone call, Patrick Man.

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<v Speaker 2>So cool that you're listening to us on the iHeartRadio

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<v Speaker 2>app being able to do the truck driving thing across

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<v Speaker 2>this country. Yeah, honestly, I don't know what the Dodgers

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<v Speaker 2>are trying to get through. There's certain players that are

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<v Speaker 2>trying to get through slumps, that's for sure, and get

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<v Speaker 2>their season on track, but as a whole, there's nothing

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<v Speaker 2>to get through. The Dodgers are doing better than anybody

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<v Speaker 2>anticipated coming off back to back World Series championships, and

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<v Speaker 2>they're only getting stronger. They didn't start the season with

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<v Speaker 2>Tommy Edmund or keith Y Hernandez. We've seen what impact

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<v Speaker 2>Tommy Edman has made since coming back. Kei K is

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<v Speaker 2>going to return when the Dodgers return home after this

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<v Speaker 2>road trip, and when Diaz is going to return, when

0:20:10.560 --> 0:20:13.800
<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers get back to face the Mariners in Red Sox,

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<v Speaker 2>Blake Snell is on his way back. Tyler Glass now

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<v Speaker 2>is throwing bullpens. So it's a scary proposition for the

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<v Speaker 2>rest of the league because the Dodgers have had the

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<v Speaker 2>best record, the second best record consistently all season long,

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<v Speaker 2>and we're in July. Don't forget that we're in July now,

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<v Speaker 2>So this is a big sample size. And the guys

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<v Speaker 2>that I'm talking about that need to quote get through

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<v Speaker 2>it are Mookie Betts and Kyle Tucker and Taoscar Hernandez

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<v Speaker 2>needs to get through this slump. So that's where things

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<v Speaker 2>are at. Eight six six nine eighty seven two five

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<v Speaker 2>seventy is the phone number. We have gotten word that

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<v Speaker 2>first pitch between the Dodgers and Phillies will be at

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<v Speaker 2>five o'clock Pacific time, eight o'clock East, and so Dodger

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<v Speaker 2>Talk will take you all the way to the top.

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<v Speaker 3>Of the hour.

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<v Speaker 2>Rick Monday and Steven Nelson, we'll have the call between

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<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers and Phillies Game two of this three game

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<v Speaker 2>series let's go out to Northridge.

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<v Speaker 3>Jack, You're on Dodger Talk. How you doing, Jack?

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<v Speaker 13>I'm doing good?

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<v Speaker 2>How are you.

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<v Speaker 3>Hey?

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<v Speaker 2>Living the dream with the world champs?

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<v Speaker 10>Darn right?

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<v Speaker 13>So I have a question to see how what you

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<v Speaker 13>think about how Cludpucker's sling is going? And so how

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<v Speaker 13>much can he improve and really live up to his

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<v Speaker 13>expectations of his huge contract?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, number one, Jack, I think that's the biggest mistake

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<v Speaker 2>anybody can make. He can't live up to sixty million

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<v Speaker 2>dollars because that's not who he's been in his career.

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<v Speaker 2>That's what the Dodgers did because they wanted a shorter

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<v Speaker 2>term contract.

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<v Speaker 3>But he's not.

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<v Speaker 2>I think we can all agree. Even at his best,

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<v Speaker 2>he's not a sixty million dollar player. What he is

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<v Speaker 2>at his best is a two eighty hitter, a thirty

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<v Speaker 2>home run guy, and a ninety to one hundred RBIs

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<v Speaker 2>type of guy that plays pretty good defense in right field.

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<v Speaker 2>And he hasn't even lived up to those career numbers yet.

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<v Speaker 2>And it's not because he's thinking about that contract. It's

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<v Speaker 2>not because he doesn't care. It's just been a struggle.

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<v Speaker 2>Every year is unique, and it's unfortunate that it's taken

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<v Speaker 2>this long for him to get going, but you just

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<v Speaker 2>hope it clicks at some point.

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<v Speaker 13>Yes, And I know we saw I think around June tenth.

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<v Speaker 13>Then that week he had two home runs and like

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<v Speaker 13>seven rbi. So whatever was happening that week, I think

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<v Speaker 13>he should start carrying on with that.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, I'll let him know, Jack, thanks for the phone call.

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<v Speaker 2>Eight sixty six nine eighty seven two five seventy is

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<v Speaker 2>the phone number, Daniel S. Jewelers. They are the presenters

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<v Speaker 2>of the home run forecast will Otani and his first

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<v Speaker 2>career home run here in.

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<v Speaker 3>Philadelphia at the bank.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll find out because first pitch is coming up at

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<v Speaker 2>five o'clock Pacific time. And for your chance to win

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<v Speaker 2>a fifty dollars Daniel Steweler's gift card, go to a

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<v Speaker 2>and to your name you could win Daniel S.

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<v Speaker 3>Jeweler's own the dream.

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<v Speaker 2>Eight sixty six nine eight seven two five seventy is

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<v Speaker 2>the phone number.

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<v Speaker 3>Let's go out to Virginia. Roy, You're on Dodger Talk.

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<v Speaker 3>How you doing, Roy?

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<v Speaker 14>My guy, David vess, what's going on?

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<v Speaker 7>Brother?

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<v Speaker 14>Hey?

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<v Speaker 3>Hey, very lucky that all you are listening to us.

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<v Speaker 14>Okay, I'm sorry, brother, go ahead, I cut you off, David, No,

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<v Speaker 14>I was.

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<v Speaker 2>Just saying I'm humbled by all of you listening to

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<v Speaker 2>Dodger talk across the country and not just in La

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<v Speaker 2>on the iHeartRadio app.

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<v Speaker 14>So thank you, Yes, sir, Dodger fan since late seventies, brother,

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<v Speaker 14>and I think what people are referring to getting through

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<v Speaker 14>as a Dodger fan, we've already done that with Court.

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<v Speaker 6>Thank god.

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<v Speaker 14>Leave that as as as it lies. But you know,

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<v Speaker 14>being a Dodger fan now, we we're expecting you know,

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<v Speaker 14>six wins a week, you know, five six wins a week,

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<v Speaker 14>seven wins a week. It just doesn't have been. You know,

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<v Speaker 14>we're expecting you got these guys just to hit three

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<v Speaker 14>hundred every year or every every game, every week. It

0:24:21.600 --> 0:24:24.880
<v Speaker 14>just doesn't happen. Baseball is hard, man. I'm so impressed

0:24:24.920 --> 0:24:29.240
<v Speaker 14>with what we did against the Yankees, but they throw

0:24:29.320 --> 0:24:32.920
<v Speaker 14>two hundred some pitches, teeing Sanchez getting him out of

0:24:32.960 --> 0:24:35.920
<v Speaker 14>there before six. We just fell short. You know, we

0:24:36.080 --> 0:24:40.200
<v Speaker 14>just ran out of time. This is gonna make us better, obviously,

0:24:40.240 --> 0:24:42.680
<v Speaker 14>October November is when we're gonna shine when the lights

0:24:42.680 --> 0:24:45.600
<v Speaker 14>are the brightest. But David, I got one question, brother.

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<v Speaker 6>Catcher, what have you heard?

0:24:49.320 --> 0:24:50.879
<v Speaker 14>I know it's gonna be a while for Will. We

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<v Speaker 14>can't put a finger on what's going on in this timetable,

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<v Speaker 14>But what's the scuttle butt as far as getting somebody

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<v Speaker 14>in there? Back up to get another catcher in the polls?

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<v Speaker 6>Er?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I wouldn't mind a catcher too, right, because you

0:25:07.600 --> 0:25:09.960
<v Speaker 2>need a third catcher in the minor leagues, and the

0:25:10.000 --> 0:25:13.800
<v Speaker 2>Cardinals have an abundance of those. I wouldn't be surprised

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<v Speaker 2>to see, you know, the Dodgers maybe have conversations with

0:25:18.400 --> 0:25:21.800
<v Speaker 2>the Cardinals. Heim Bloom now is the GM in Saint Louis.

0:25:21.840 --> 0:25:25.119
<v Speaker 2>We all know Andrew Friedman and heim Bloom have a

0:25:25.160 --> 0:25:28.480
<v Speaker 2>long standing relationship going back to Tampa Bay, and hem

0:25:28.520 --> 0:25:32.159
<v Speaker 2>Bloom was the GM that traded Mookie Betts to the Dodgers,

0:25:32.200 --> 0:25:35.680
<v Speaker 2>so there is a relationship there. But I would love

0:25:35.720 --> 0:25:38.960
<v Speaker 2>to see the Dodgers, you know, look at a veteran

0:25:39.080 --> 0:25:42.800
<v Speaker 2>catcher that is defense first, like a Luis Torrenz from

0:25:42.800 --> 0:25:46.400
<v Speaker 2>the Mets or Victor Carrottini from the Twins. I think

0:25:46.440 --> 0:25:51.240
<v Speaker 2>those two guys would be perfect backups going into the postseason. Torrentz,

0:25:51.680 --> 0:25:54.120
<v Speaker 2>you know, he may not be a household name in LA,

0:25:54.280 --> 0:25:57.639
<v Speaker 2>but you ask anybody that's watched him play. He's a

0:25:57.680 --> 0:26:00.399
<v Speaker 2>great receiver, a great thrower, and his I'm up with

0:26:00.440 --> 0:26:03.480
<v Speaker 2>some random big hits for the Mets this year, so

0:26:03.720 --> 0:26:06.000
<v Speaker 2>he would be at the top of my list, especially

0:26:06.040 --> 0:26:08.720
<v Speaker 2>with a Mets team that is going to sell off

0:26:08.760 --> 0:26:10.719
<v Speaker 2>everybody not named Juan Soto.

0:26:12.160 --> 0:26:16.040
<v Speaker 14>Yeah, I appreciate it, David. So Dodgers, and I'm hoping

0:26:16.080 --> 0:26:17.600
<v Speaker 14>to get to Queens on Saturday.

0:26:17.600 --> 0:26:20.040
<v Speaker 6>If I bump into you, hopefully I can buy you beer. Brother,

0:26:20.960 --> 0:26:21.560
<v Speaker 6>take care of man.

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<v Speaker 3>I love that.

0:26:22.200 --> 0:26:22.440
<v Speaker 4>Roy.

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks all right, Roy, thank you for the phone call.

0:26:25.520 --> 0:26:28.439
<v Speaker 2>Eight sixty six nine seven two five seventy is the

0:26:28.480 --> 0:26:31.640
<v Speaker 2>phone number. Look, the Dodgers don't have any needs. And

0:26:31.800 --> 0:26:36.119
<v Speaker 2>you talk about being spoiled. We're talking about what the

0:26:36.200 --> 0:26:38.760
<v Speaker 2>Dodgers should do at the trade deadline, and we're talking

0:26:38.800 --> 0:26:44.240
<v Speaker 2>about acquiring a backup catcher. That's how good the Dodgers are.

0:26:44.320 --> 0:26:47.520
<v Speaker 2>There are no holes right now in this lineup. You're

0:26:47.560 --> 0:26:52.879
<v Speaker 2>getting back Edwin Diaz, Blake, Trinan Blake, Snell, Tyler Glass.

0:26:52.960 --> 0:26:56.440
<v Speaker 2>Now you just got Evan Phillips back, who's shaking off

0:26:56.440 --> 0:26:59.760
<v Speaker 2>that rust. The Dodgers are in a great spot, not

0:26:59.840 --> 0:27:03.320
<v Speaker 2>to mention they're going to get mister October back Kei

0:27:03.440 --> 0:27:07.840
<v Speaker 2>A Hernandez. So you tell me what the Dodgers need,

0:27:08.119 --> 0:27:11.439
<v Speaker 2>I just don't see it. And for all you that

0:27:11.920 --> 0:27:16.080
<v Speaker 2>jump on and jump off the Taoscar Hernandez bandwagon, I'll

0:27:16.119 --> 0:27:21.240
<v Speaker 2>warn you don't jump off because you can't spell October

0:27:21.280 --> 0:27:24.520
<v Speaker 2>without Tao. And I know we talk about Otani, but

0:27:25.080 --> 0:27:28.600
<v Speaker 2>Taoscar Hernandez. Ever since he's gotten here, the Dodgers have

0:27:28.680 --> 0:27:31.440
<v Speaker 2>won back to back championships and he's been a big

0:27:31.480 --> 0:27:34.720
<v Speaker 2>part of it, including right here in Philadelphia in Game

0:27:34.800 --> 0:27:38.040
<v Speaker 2>one of last year's NLDS when he gave the Dodgers

0:27:38.080 --> 0:27:41.840
<v Speaker 2>the lead with one swing and that changed everything in

0:27:41.880 --> 0:27:46.200
<v Speaker 2>that series. Justin Robleski is heading out to the Dodger bullpen.

0:27:46.320 --> 0:27:48.639
<v Speaker 2>So things are looking good right now to get this

0:27:48.760 --> 0:27:52.840
<v Speaker 2>game underway at five o'clock Pacific time. Eight six six

0:27:53.000 --> 0:27:55.760
<v Speaker 2>nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone number.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's go out to la Edward. You're on Dodger Talk

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<v Speaker 2>Live from the Bank in Philly.

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<v Speaker 11>Yeah, you, Dave, thanks for taking my call.

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<v Speaker 2>I tek.

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<v Speaker 11>The most of the call was asked the same questions

0:28:08.040 --> 0:28:11.920
<v Speaker 11>I was going to ask. I'll be especially on O'tani,

0:28:12.119 --> 0:28:15.480
<v Speaker 11>like how can you run batting on his knee but

0:28:15.480 --> 0:28:17.600
<v Speaker 11>it's still pitch? But I guess you answered that right.

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<v Speaker 3>It doesn't make sense, Edward.

0:28:19.240 --> 0:28:22.600
<v Speaker 2>It doesn't make sense for him to dominate at the

0:28:22.720 --> 0:28:26.679
<v Speaker 2>plate and run on the line to beat out a

0:28:26.720 --> 0:28:27.399
<v Speaker 2>ground ball.

0:28:27.920 --> 0:28:29.520
<v Speaker 3>That's why I believe.

0:28:29.840 --> 0:28:32.560
<v Speaker 2>There's a very big part of this where the Dodgers

0:28:32.600 --> 0:28:35.400
<v Speaker 2>are saying, you know what, You're not going to win

0:28:35.440 --> 0:28:38.880
<v Speaker 2>the cy young Otani sees that why not take a

0:28:38.960 --> 0:28:41.640
<v Speaker 2>two or three week break to make sure this guy

0:28:41.720 --> 0:28:44.640
<v Speaker 2>is ready to go for October and the stretch run.

0:28:45.120 --> 0:28:46.800
<v Speaker 3>I just think that makes a lot of sense.

0:28:46.840 --> 0:28:50.080
<v Speaker 2>And I had a former Dodger pitcher call me this

0:28:50.200 --> 0:28:53.400
<v Speaker 2>morning in Philly in my room, woke me up and

0:28:53.440 --> 0:28:55.760
<v Speaker 2>we were talking and he brought that to my attention,

0:28:55.840 --> 0:28:58.120
<v Speaker 2>and I said, you know what, that makes a lot

0:28:58.120 --> 0:29:02.120
<v Speaker 2>of sense. So my concern level after that conversation about

0:29:02.120 --> 0:29:05.720
<v Speaker 2>Otani's left knee is a lot lower. I'm not saying

0:29:05.720 --> 0:29:08.440
<v Speaker 2>there's not an issue, but it just seems like the

0:29:08.520 --> 0:29:12.360
<v Speaker 2>Dodgers are the best at managing pictures that have any

0:29:12.440 --> 0:29:14.880
<v Speaker 2>aches or paints, and this might be a bigger one

0:29:15.200 --> 0:29:17.160
<v Speaker 2>to give them a break during the season.

0:29:17.240 --> 0:29:19.440
<v Speaker 3>And this may be it for Otani.

0:29:20.880 --> 0:29:23.000
<v Speaker 11>Right exactly, Like when he hit the double the other day,

0:29:23.800 --> 0:29:25.520
<v Speaker 11>you saw him run, he.

0:29:27.360 --> 0:29:30.120
<v Speaker 2>Was hurting that bad, he wouldn't have been able to

0:29:30.680 --> 0:29:32.120
<v Speaker 2>run the way he runs.

0:29:32.680 --> 0:29:35.200
<v Speaker 7>Yeah, he made a double, would be on.

0:29:35.120 --> 0:29:38.440
<v Speaker 2>The if it was that bad, he'd be on the il.

0:29:38.840 --> 0:29:41.560
<v Speaker 2>That's why I believe this is more about taking a

0:29:41.600 --> 0:29:44.440
<v Speaker 2>break as a pitcher to be ready for October as

0:29:44.480 --> 0:29:48.720
<v Speaker 2>a pitcher and a two way player, right exactly.

0:29:49.000 --> 0:29:51.600
<v Speaker 11>You know, for all those Dodgers founds concerned, like, like

0:29:51.640 --> 0:29:54.760
<v Speaker 11>you said a couple of minutes ago, we're missing five

0:29:55.360 --> 0:30:01.760
<v Speaker 11>key players, but we did bets Freddie Tucker, TK Kasker,

0:30:02.560 --> 0:30:06.240
<v Speaker 11>and we're still have the second best record, and not

0:30:06.480 --> 0:30:09.760
<v Speaker 11>to mention the three starting pitchers that have been out,

0:30:10.080 --> 0:30:12.280
<v Speaker 11>and we still have the second best record in baseball,

0:30:12.280 --> 0:30:16.000
<v Speaker 11>So I'm not concerned about that. One more question. You

0:30:16.120 --> 0:30:19.760
<v Speaker 11>mentioned that if the game got be laid another hour,

0:30:20.520 --> 0:30:23.240
<v Speaker 11>the starting pitchers, like Rob Blessi, would not be pitching.

0:30:23.240 --> 0:30:25.400
<v Speaker 11>Why is that? Why wouldn't they be pitching?

0:30:26.640 --> 0:30:27.240
<v Speaker 3>Well, if the.

0:30:27.200 --> 0:30:31.160
<v Speaker 2>Game started, let's say the game starts and then there's

0:30:31.200 --> 0:30:34.880
<v Speaker 2>a rain delay for an hour plus. You don't send

0:30:34.880 --> 0:30:37.600
<v Speaker 2>your pitcher back out there. That's just too long of

0:30:37.640 --> 0:30:41.080
<v Speaker 2>a time to be sitting around. After the pitcher warmed up,

0:30:41.120 --> 0:30:44.000
<v Speaker 2>went through his whole pregame, ritual, pitched in the game,

0:30:44.080 --> 0:30:46.480
<v Speaker 2>and then all of a sudden is sitting and getting

0:30:46.480 --> 0:30:47.720
<v Speaker 2>cold again for an hour.

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<v Speaker 11>Got you. Yeah, it's about rituals, right, Awesome, Well, it's

0:30:52.360 --> 0:30:52.959
<v Speaker 11>not about that.

0:30:53.040 --> 0:30:57.360
<v Speaker 2>It's about it's about getting hot and really going to pitch,

0:30:57.520 --> 0:30:59.920
<v Speaker 2>and then you pitch and then you cool down like

0:31:00.040 --> 0:31:04.280
<v Speaker 2>the game is over. That is uh, that's reckless to

0:31:04.360 --> 0:31:06.880
<v Speaker 2>send your pitcher back out there after an hour delay.

0:31:07.240 --> 0:31:09.720
<v Speaker 2>So that's why teams don't want that to happen anymore.

0:31:10.520 --> 0:31:11.480
<v Speaker 11>Yeah, I got it, I got it.

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<v Speaker 1>So who they put in.

0:31:14.520 --> 0:31:16.120
<v Speaker 2>You would go to a bullpen game where if you

0:31:16.120 --> 0:31:18.400
<v Speaker 2>had a long reliever back in the day. But that's

0:31:18.440 --> 0:31:21.040
<v Speaker 2>why the game is not going to start until the

0:31:21.040 --> 0:31:24.160
<v Speaker 2>weather's clear. And right now, the ground screw thanks for

0:31:24.200 --> 0:31:26.360
<v Speaker 2>the phone call. Edward is getting ready to take the

0:31:26.440 --> 0:31:29.640
<v Speaker 2>tarp off because we are going to have baseball first

0:31:29.640 --> 0:31:33.200
<v Speaker 2>pitches coming up at five o'clock Pacific time. Hey, I

0:31:33.240 --> 0:31:36.240
<v Speaker 2>want to remind you that coming up a week from

0:31:36.400 --> 0:31:41.040
<v Speaker 2>this Thursday, we got the all access at Dodgers Stadium

0:31:41.240 --> 0:31:46.360
<v Speaker 2>and for tickets, go to la sec dot net slash

0:31:46.480 --> 0:31:52.920
<v Speaker 2>Dodgers all Access to get your tickets la sec dot

0:31:53.000 --> 0:31:57.480
<v Speaker 2>net slash Dodgers all Access twenty twenty six. For tickets

0:31:57.800 --> 0:32:00.560
<v Speaker 2>and to get more information for tickets, go to tickets

0:32:00.640 --> 0:32:05.640
<v Speaker 2>at la sec dot us. Blake Snell's gonna be there,

0:32:05.800 --> 0:32:09.320
<v Speaker 2>Robleski's going to be there, Keiky Hernandez is going to

0:32:09.360 --> 0:32:12.960
<v Speaker 2>be there. Dave Roberts will climb alex Vesia. So it's

0:32:13.000 --> 0:32:15.880
<v Speaker 2>a very exclusive event that I have never been invited to.

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<v Speaker 3>But there you go. There's the ticket information.

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<v Speaker 2>Eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy is

0:32:22.360 --> 0:32:24.760
<v Speaker 2>the phone number. We're gonna take a time out here

0:32:24.840 --> 0:32:27.920
<v Speaker 2>on Dodger Talk Live from the Bank in Philadelphia and

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<v Speaker 2>want to share with you my conversation with Vin Scully

0:32:31.680 --> 0:32:34.480
<v Speaker 2>from twenty twelve. It's a lot of great stories of

0:32:34.560 --> 0:32:37.520
<v Speaker 2>the boys this summer, and only Vin could share those

0:32:37.600 --> 0:32:41.680
<v Speaker 2>first hand experiences. So don't go anywhere you'll hear Vin

0:32:41.720 --> 0:32:43.960
<v Speaker 2>Scully and we'll take more of your phone calls as

0:32:43.960 --> 0:32:46.880
<v Speaker 2>we lead you up to first pitch between the Dodgers

0:32:46.880 --> 0:32:50.360
<v Speaker 2>and Phillies coming up at eight o'clock Eastern, five o'clock

0:32:50.400 --> 0:32:53.360
<v Speaker 2>Pacific time, right here on your back to back world

0:32:53.440 --> 0:32:56.000
<v Speaker 2>champion Dodgers Audio Network.

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<v Speaker 7>World Champions once again, my friend, this.

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<v Speaker 4>Is the home of your world champion a La Dodgers.

0:33:09.240 --> 0:33:11.840
<v Speaker 6>The only way I love to hear my Dodger games.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't miss a moment all season long.

0:33:16.200 --> 0:33:20.080
<v Speaker 2>David Vasse live at the Bank in Philadelphia alongside Rick

0:33:20.160 --> 0:33:24.479
<v Speaker 2>Monday and Steven Nelson, our producer, engineer Dwayne McDonald, and

0:33:24.520 --> 0:33:27.720
<v Speaker 2>the tarp has been taken off. We have baseball coming

0:33:27.800 --> 0:33:31.600
<v Speaker 2>up at five o'clock Pacific time. As the Dodgers and

0:33:31.680 --> 0:33:35.680
<v Speaker 2>Phillies have been waiting for Mother Nature to cooperate it has.

0:33:36.280 --> 0:33:39.160
<v Speaker 2>Rick Monday mentioned during the pregame show that he sees

0:33:39.200 --> 0:33:43.280
<v Speaker 2>another cell of weather coming in at eight o'clock Pacific

0:33:43.320 --> 0:33:47.160
<v Speaker 2>time eleven Eastern. So it's a good thing that Justin Robleski,

0:33:47.240 --> 0:33:50.280
<v Speaker 2>a strike thrower, a fast worker, is on the mount

0:33:50.320 --> 0:33:53.440
<v Speaker 2>for the Dodgers tonight going up against Zach Wheeler, and

0:33:53.480 --> 0:33:56.120
<v Speaker 2>we will have first pitch coming up with Rick Monday

0:33:56.400 --> 0:34:01.160
<v Speaker 2>and Steven Nelson at five o'clock Pacific time. Eight six

0:34:01.280 --> 0:34:04.360
<v Speaker 2>six nine eighty seven two five seventy is the phone number.

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<v Speaker 2>The way the Dodgers are stacking their lineup against Zach

0:34:07.400 --> 0:34:11.480
<v Speaker 2>Wheeler is with Otani always leading off as the DH

0:34:11.640 --> 0:34:15.440
<v Speaker 2>PAZ in center field, Freddie Freeman hitting third, who has

0:34:15.480 --> 0:34:19.520
<v Speaker 2>had a lot of success against Zach Wheeler. He has

0:34:19.719 --> 0:34:22.960
<v Speaker 2>Max Munsey in the cleanup spot at third base, Mookie

0:34:22.960 --> 0:34:26.400
<v Speaker 2>Beds hitting fifth at shortstop. Kyle Tucker, who did not

0:34:26.560 --> 0:34:29.360
<v Speaker 2>start last night against Sanchez, is back in there in

0:34:29.480 --> 0:34:33.279
<v Speaker 2>right field. Tommy Edmond, who started at third base last night,

0:34:33.560 --> 0:34:37.760
<v Speaker 2>will started second base, Alex call hitting eighth, and Fonsi

0:34:38.760 --> 0:34:43.080
<v Speaker 2>Elizier Alfonso is behind the plate doing the catching tonight.

0:34:43.520 --> 0:34:46.080
<v Speaker 2>Before we get back to the phone, calls, rain delays,

0:34:46.360 --> 0:34:50.680
<v Speaker 2>especially especially once that are as extensive as this one,

0:34:50.719 --> 0:34:55.000
<v Speaker 2>gives us the opportunity to hear the voice of a

0:34:55.040 --> 0:34:57.440
<v Speaker 2>dear friend, right all of our friends.

0:34:57.920 --> 0:35:01.040
<v Speaker 3>And that was the one and only Vin Scully who called.

0:35:01.040 --> 0:35:04.600
<v Speaker 2>Dodger games for sixty seven glorious seasons.

0:35:05.200 --> 0:35:06.759
<v Speaker 3>And I'll just preface this.

0:35:07.000 --> 0:35:10.440
<v Speaker 2>It was my first season twenty twelve hosting Dodger Talk.

0:35:10.760 --> 0:35:13.160
<v Speaker 2>I was a nervous wreck when I asked Vin Scully

0:35:13.239 --> 0:35:16.239
<v Speaker 2>if he could sit down for an interview that I

0:35:16.280 --> 0:35:21.560
<v Speaker 2>could use fifteen years later whenever necessary. We went back

0:35:21.600 --> 0:35:23.759
<v Speaker 2>at the time in the press box they had a

0:35:23.800 --> 0:35:27.320
<v Speaker 2>Dodger Talk studio. We went back there, just me and Vin.

0:35:27.560 --> 0:35:30.520
<v Speaker 2>He was a dressed to the nines as he always was,

0:35:31.160 --> 0:35:34.359
<v Speaker 2>and he was gracious enough to give a first year

0:35:34.880 --> 0:35:38.880
<v Speaker 2>Dodger Talk host some time to ask him questions about

0:35:38.920 --> 0:35:43.440
<v Speaker 2>his years in Brooklyn. So we started with Jackie Robinson

0:35:43.520 --> 0:35:47.719
<v Speaker 2>because I had always wondered about a photo of Vin

0:35:47.760 --> 0:35:51.720
<v Speaker 2>Scully and Jackie Robinson on skates, and I actually showed

0:35:51.719 --> 0:35:55.160
<v Speaker 2>that photo to Brad Paisley over the weekend in New

0:35:55.239 --> 0:35:57.680
<v Speaker 2>York and he had never seen it. But it's something

0:35:57.680 --> 0:36:00.320
<v Speaker 2>that I always saw in programs when I went to

0:36:00.400 --> 0:36:04.799
<v Speaker 2>Dodger games. So enjoy our conversation from twenty twelve, A

0:36:04.920 --> 0:36:08.640
<v Speaker 2>young nervous David Bassay with Vince Scully. I was looking

0:36:08.680 --> 0:36:11.239
<v Speaker 2>back at an old program and had a picture of

0:36:11.280 --> 0:36:14.360
<v Speaker 2>you and Jackie Robinson on ice skates. I believe it

0:36:14.440 --> 0:36:16.840
<v Speaker 2>was back in Brooklyn. Talk about those times when you

0:36:16.880 --> 0:36:19.839
<v Speaker 2>first started and the relationships you cultivated with a man

0:36:19.920 --> 0:36:20.920
<v Speaker 2>like Jackie Robinson.

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<v Speaker 15>Well, I think, first of all, when I first started.

0:36:24.160 --> 0:36:27.800
<v Speaker 15>I was the same age as many of the rookie players.

0:36:28.280 --> 0:36:30.840
<v Speaker 15>I can remember sitting in the back of the bus

0:36:31.560 --> 0:36:34.840
<v Speaker 15>with Dick Williams, who was a rookie outfielder for the

0:36:34.960 --> 0:36:38.799
<v Speaker 15>Dodgers who eventually became a Hall of Fame manager. So

0:36:39.120 --> 0:36:42.320
<v Speaker 15>a lot of years go by, and in those days

0:36:43.040 --> 0:36:47.400
<v Speaker 15>with Jackie and I, we were sent to the Catskill Mountains.

0:36:47.800 --> 0:36:51.040
<v Speaker 15>There were a resort up there called Grossingers, pretty famous

0:36:51.080 --> 0:36:53.560
<v Speaker 15>in the East, and it was dead of winter and

0:36:53.600 --> 0:36:55.400
<v Speaker 15>we were going to hold a Q and A with

0:36:55.520 --> 0:36:58.160
<v Speaker 15>the guests and do whatever we could do to entertain.

0:36:58.600 --> 0:37:01.040
<v Speaker 15>So I brought my ice skates because I was a

0:37:01.160 --> 0:37:04.920
<v Speaker 15>kid from the East, and I skated and Jackie and

0:37:05.040 --> 0:37:10.160
<v Speaker 15>Rachel came, and Rachel was about eight months pregnant, and

0:37:10.560 --> 0:37:12.759
<v Speaker 15>Jackie said, oh, you're going to go skating and I

0:37:12.800 --> 0:37:15.920
<v Speaker 15>said yeah. He said, well, I'll go with you. I said, okay,

0:37:16.360 --> 0:37:17.879
<v Speaker 15>so Rachel said I'll go too.

0:37:18.040 --> 0:37:18.360
<v Speaker 12>Well.

0:37:18.840 --> 0:37:22.040
<v Speaker 15>We went to the rink right at Grossingers, and there

0:37:22.040 --> 0:37:25.800
<v Speaker 15>was a lady named Maureen Mellerrick and she took Rachel

0:37:25.880 --> 0:37:29.000
<v Speaker 15>off to get her skates, and Jackie and I went

0:37:29.040 --> 0:37:31.719
<v Speaker 15>in the locker room and Jackie got a pair of

0:37:31.840 --> 0:37:34.799
<v Speaker 15>rented skates and I was putting on mine and Jackie said,

0:37:34.800 --> 0:37:37.399
<v Speaker 15>when we get out there, I'd like to race you.

0:37:38.120 --> 0:37:40.920
<v Speaker 15>And I was shocked, and I said, jack I didn't

0:37:40.960 --> 0:37:45.160
<v Speaker 15>know that you raced her from southern California. I knew

0:37:45.160 --> 0:37:48.480
<v Speaker 15>about basketball, I knew about football, but I didn't know

0:37:48.520 --> 0:37:49.240
<v Speaker 15>you ice skated.

0:37:49.280 --> 0:37:50.920
<v Speaker 12>And he said, oh, I've never been on skates in

0:37:50.960 --> 0:37:51.400
<v Speaker 12>my life.

0:37:52.000 --> 0:37:53.800
<v Speaker 15>So I looked at him and I said, well, jack

0:37:53.880 --> 0:37:56.440
<v Speaker 15>I mean, I'm not a great skater, but I can skate,

0:37:56.960 --> 0:37:59.239
<v Speaker 15>and there's no way that you're going to beat me

0:37:59.280 --> 0:38:02.280
<v Speaker 15>in a race. And he said, I know, but that's

0:38:02.360 --> 0:38:05.680
<v Speaker 15>the way I'm going to learn. And that really was

0:38:05.719 --> 0:38:08.920
<v Speaker 15>the competitive fire inside of Jackie Robins.

0:38:09.000 --> 0:38:11.040
<v Speaker 2>Can you talk about what you went through and how

0:38:11.120 --> 0:38:13.920
<v Speaker 2>you witnessed everything that he did go through as one

0:38:13.960 --> 0:38:17.759
<v Speaker 2>of the pioneers not only in baseball but in American society.

0:38:18.280 --> 0:38:20.920
<v Speaker 15>My first taste of what it was like to travel

0:38:20.960 --> 0:38:25.279
<v Speaker 15>with Jackie was the spring of nineteen fifty and we

0:38:25.320 --> 0:38:30.000
<v Speaker 15>went from Verra Beach to Texas on our way to Brooklyn.

0:38:30.360 --> 0:38:34.160
<v Speaker 15>So it was a long, long trip and we came

0:38:34.239 --> 0:38:37.400
<v Speaker 15>back from Texas through the South and that's when I

0:38:37.480 --> 0:38:40.520
<v Speaker 15>realized the impact that he had made on the country.

0:38:40.960 --> 0:38:45.040
<v Speaker 15>Jackie was very forceful, however, with the people if the

0:38:45.520 --> 0:38:48.880
<v Speaker 15>black community came out, and they did, they were in

0:38:49.040 --> 0:38:52.520
<v Speaker 15>right field and center field and some of the small ballparks,

0:38:52.920 --> 0:38:55.759
<v Speaker 15>and Jackie would go out and if he saw one

0:38:55.880 --> 0:38:59.680
<v Speaker 15>or two, let's say, who were over celebrating, who perhaps

0:38:59.800 --> 0:39:03.960
<v Speaker 15>had gone to the hard stuff, Jackie would really not

0:39:04.120 --> 0:39:06.840
<v Speaker 15>ball him out, but he would say to them, this

0:39:07.000 --> 0:39:07.239
<v Speaker 15>is not.

0:39:07.320 --> 0:39:08.200
<v Speaker 12>The way to behave.

0:39:09.040 --> 0:39:11.840
<v Speaker 15>You can be happy, but you don't want to show

0:39:11.920 --> 0:39:15.239
<v Speaker 15>some bad habits while trying to be happy. So he

0:39:15.320 --> 0:39:18.480
<v Speaker 15>was very concerned about the reaction of the black people

0:39:18.520 --> 0:39:21.640
<v Speaker 15>in the South. But he was a remarkable man. And

0:39:21.719 --> 0:39:26.160
<v Speaker 15>I've often said this, most of us lose some of

0:39:26.200 --> 0:39:30.719
<v Speaker 15>our skills when we get angry. Jackie actually excelled when

0:39:30.760 --> 0:39:34.120
<v Speaker 15>he got angry, certainly on the baseball field. That's why

0:39:34.239 --> 0:39:38.040
<v Speaker 15>Leo Durocher and other managers used to said, leave him alone,

0:39:38.120 --> 0:39:41.640
<v Speaker 15>let him sleep, because if you got him angry, he

0:39:41.680 --> 0:39:44.719
<v Speaker 15>could do the most remarkable things. And I remember in

0:39:44.800 --> 0:39:49.200
<v Speaker 15>Pittsburgh one time they threw at him and he got angry.

0:39:49.600 --> 0:39:51.800
<v Speaker 15>So he had a base hit, then he stole second,

0:39:51.840 --> 0:39:54.040
<v Speaker 15>then he stole third, and then he stole home and

0:39:54.239 --> 0:39:56.760
<v Speaker 15>so that's the kind of a player he was. The

0:39:56.840 --> 0:39:59.239
<v Speaker 15>fire in his belly was amazing.

0:40:00.080 --> 0:40:02.000
<v Speaker 2>Talk about another one of the boys this summer that

0:40:02.000 --> 0:40:04.560
<v Speaker 2>I know you have a fondness for, and that's Gil Hodges,

0:40:04.600 --> 0:40:06.920
<v Speaker 2>one of the most I would say, underrated first basemen

0:40:06.960 --> 0:40:09.439
<v Speaker 2>in the history of baseball, overlooked for the Hall of Fame.

0:40:09.480 --> 0:40:11.239
<v Speaker 2>Could you talk about him and how much of an

0:40:11.280 --> 0:40:13.360
<v Speaker 2>impact he had, not only in Brooklyn, but in the

0:40:13.360 --> 0:40:14.120
<v Speaker 2>game of baseball.

0:40:14.200 --> 0:40:18.400
<v Speaker 15>He was a complete player and a complete human being.

0:40:19.280 --> 0:40:23.200
<v Speaker 15>Gil would be the model for youth of America. He

0:40:23.360 --> 0:40:30.040
<v Speaker 15>was that straight arrow, that remarkable strong faith, unwavering and

0:40:30.160 --> 0:40:34.600
<v Speaker 15>following principles. He was really a classic human being. He

0:40:34.719 --> 0:40:37.880
<v Speaker 15>was also a very very good player. And I certainly

0:40:37.920 --> 0:40:41.120
<v Speaker 15>don't mean to diminish Tony Perez, who was in the

0:40:41.160 --> 0:40:44.959
<v Speaker 15>Hall of Fame, but Gil had better numbers, really, and

0:40:45.840 --> 0:40:50.680
<v Speaker 15>Tony played much longer because Gil was in the Marine Corps. Hodges,

0:40:50.840 --> 0:40:54.400
<v Speaker 15>I don't understand it. In fact, I had two wishes

0:40:54.719 --> 0:40:58.400
<v Speaker 15>before I leave this mortal coil. One was for Walder

0:40:58.440 --> 0:41:00.480
<v Speaker 15>Omalley to get into the Hall of Fame.

0:41:00.719 --> 0:41:01.319
<v Speaker 12>He made it.

0:41:01.600 --> 0:41:05.680
<v Speaker 15>The other is for Gil Hodges, and I cannot understand.

0:41:05.400 --> 0:41:07.759
<v Speaker 12>Why he's not in there. I just don't know.

0:41:07.960 --> 0:41:10.640
<v Speaker 2>Speaking of Walter O'Malley, you started with the Dodgers in

0:41:10.760 --> 0:41:14.480
<v Speaker 2>nineteen fifty. I've heard so many different ranges of emotions

0:41:14.520 --> 0:41:17.719
<v Speaker 2>and temperament from mister O'Malley. What was your relationship like?

0:41:17.960 --> 0:41:21.000
<v Speaker 15>After one year with mister Rickey, mister O'Malley took over

0:41:21.200 --> 0:41:23.439
<v Speaker 15>to give you insight of what kind of a man

0:41:23.560 --> 0:41:26.600
<v Speaker 15>he was. I was home with my mother and dad

0:41:26.640 --> 0:41:29.400
<v Speaker 15>and sister and the phone rang one morning in the

0:41:29.440 --> 0:41:32.480
<v Speaker 15>dead of winter, and I picked it up and the

0:41:32.520 --> 0:41:34.920
<v Speaker 15>boy said then I said yes. He said, this is

0:41:34.960 --> 0:41:38.600
<v Speaker 15>Walter O'Malley, and I said, yes, sir. I didn't know

0:41:38.680 --> 0:41:40.919
<v Speaker 15>him well at all. And he said, I just want

0:41:40.960 --> 0:41:43.960
<v Speaker 15>you to know that I'm sure you're wondering about the

0:41:44.000 --> 0:41:47.400
<v Speaker 15>future with the management change. We're happy with your work

0:41:47.719 --> 0:41:49.600
<v Speaker 15>and we'd be more than happy to have you come

0:41:49.640 --> 0:41:52.200
<v Speaker 15>back next year. And I said, thank you very much.

0:41:52.239 --> 0:41:54.960
<v Speaker 15>And you can understand I was quite relieved, and I

0:41:55.040 --> 0:41:59.200
<v Speaker 15>hung up the phone, and then I was overwhelmed with

0:41:59.320 --> 0:42:03.920
<v Speaker 15>the feeling. My gosh, it wasn't a secretary who called me.

0:42:04.440 --> 0:42:07.760
<v Speaker 15>It wasn't a pr man who called me. It wasn't

0:42:07.760 --> 0:42:12.120
<v Speaker 15>the vice president of communications. It was the boss, Walter

0:42:12.200 --> 0:42:16.880
<v Speaker 15>O'Malley calling the third announcer. He had the great Red Barber,

0:42:17.160 --> 0:42:19.520
<v Speaker 15>the equally fine Connie Desmond.

0:42:19.640 --> 0:42:20.680
<v Speaker 12>And I was just a kid.

0:42:20.800 --> 0:42:22.719
<v Speaker 15>I just did a couple of innings here and there.

0:42:23.040 --> 0:42:26.600
<v Speaker 15>And the fact that he would personally call me to

0:42:26.880 --> 0:42:29.640
<v Speaker 15>reassure me and to tell me that I could come

0:42:29.680 --> 0:42:32.440
<v Speaker 15>back gave you an insight into just what kind of

0:42:32.480 --> 0:42:33.200
<v Speaker 15>a man he was.

0:42:33.400 --> 0:42:35.640
<v Speaker 2>Jack can Cook was very hands on with Chick hern

0:42:35.800 --> 0:42:36.720
<v Speaker 2>and Bob Miller.

0:42:36.880 --> 0:42:37.920
<v Speaker 3>Was he the same with you?

0:42:38.000 --> 0:42:39.400
<v Speaker 12>No, not at all.

0:42:39.800 --> 0:42:43.400
<v Speaker 15>In fact, I really think one of mister O'Malley's reasons

0:42:43.440 --> 0:42:46.600
<v Speaker 15>for success he would hire the best people that he

0:42:46.640 --> 0:42:49.080
<v Speaker 15>could find, and then he would let them do their work,

0:42:49.640 --> 0:42:52.600
<v Speaker 15>and that was it. I mean, he would oversee, but

0:42:52.920 --> 0:42:56.279
<v Speaker 15>he never interfered. Never He never said to me, I

0:42:56.320 --> 0:42:59.000
<v Speaker 15>wish you'd pump more. The only thing he did do

0:42:59.200 --> 0:43:02.120
<v Speaker 15>was ask me one question when we moved out here,

0:43:02.719 --> 0:43:07.799
<v Speaker 15>and he said, we're all alone in Los Angeles. Do

0:43:07.840 --> 0:43:10.440
<v Speaker 15>you think it would be better if you started to

0:43:10.600 --> 0:43:14.000
<v Speaker 15>root for the team? And I said, mister Malley, I'm

0:43:14.080 --> 0:43:18.279
<v Speaker 15>raised in New York. Three teams. I was raised to broadcast,

0:43:18.960 --> 0:43:22.360
<v Speaker 15>saying to myself, it's not only a Dodger fan listening

0:43:22.400 --> 0:43:25.200
<v Speaker 15>to the game. It's a Giant fan, a Yankee fan,

0:43:25.280 --> 0:43:28.319
<v Speaker 15>a Cub fan. So I really think I should go

0:43:28.400 --> 0:43:30.480
<v Speaker 15>down the middle, because that's the only thing I know.

0:43:30.960 --> 0:43:34.160
<v Speaker 15>He said, if that's your reasoning, fine, we'll go that way.

0:43:34.400 --> 0:43:35.640
<v Speaker 15>That was typical in him.

0:43:35.880 --> 0:43:38.520
<v Speaker 2>Don Drysdale a great pitcher. What was it like from

0:43:38.600 --> 0:43:41.520
<v Speaker 2>covering him as a pitcher to being a broadcast partner

0:43:41.520 --> 0:43:41.919
<v Speaker 2>with him?

0:43:42.400 --> 0:43:46.200
<v Speaker 15>Well, Donn was a competitor anyone who ever saw him pitch.

0:43:46.600 --> 0:43:49.480
<v Speaker 15>He had that almost sneer on his face as he

0:43:49.520 --> 0:43:50.720
<v Speaker 15>was attacking the hitter.

0:43:51.000 --> 0:43:52.960
<v Speaker 12>And that's what he did. He attacked the hitter.

0:43:53.680 --> 0:43:56.680
<v Speaker 15>And interestingly enough, when he came up into the booth,

0:43:57.040 --> 0:44:00.760
<v Speaker 15>where I'm pretty relaxed about whatever happened on the field,

0:44:01.560 --> 0:44:03.879
<v Speaker 15>not don He was still a player, and he would

0:44:03.920 --> 0:44:06.719
<v Speaker 15>get angry and he would slam down things, and I

0:44:06.719 --> 0:44:10.520
<v Speaker 15>would say, easy, big guy, easy, it's just one game.

0:44:10.760 --> 0:44:12.960
<v Speaker 15>The thing that would anger him the most would be

0:44:13.040 --> 0:44:15.920
<v Speaker 15>exactly what you would think a player whom he thought

0:44:16.200 --> 0:44:18.719
<v Speaker 15>was not giving one hundred percent, And if he ever

0:44:18.800 --> 0:44:21.840
<v Speaker 15>spotted that, if he thought somebody was dogging it or

0:44:22.200 --> 0:44:24.880
<v Speaker 15>lazy or whatever the word might be. He would be

0:44:25.080 --> 0:44:28.000
<v Speaker 15>like Mount Vesuvius and I'd be trying to cap a

0:44:28.160 --> 0:44:33.239
<v Speaker 15>chain easy pow. But yeah, that was don He never

0:44:33.360 --> 0:44:35.319
<v Speaker 15>quit playing, even when he was in the booth.

0:44:37.200 --> 0:44:37.640
<v Speaker 3>All right.

0:44:37.760 --> 0:44:42.000
<v Speaker 2>So there was my conversation from twenty twelve with Vince Gully.

0:44:42.120 --> 0:44:45.880
<v Speaker 2>He finally got his wish. Kill Hodges did make it

0:44:45.920 --> 0:44:48.200
<v Speaker 2>to the Hall of Fame. And as you can tell,

0:44:48.440 --> 0:44:52.440
<v Speaker 2>I was a nervous wreck listening to this man my

0:44:52.760 --> 0:44:57.160
<v Speaker 2>entire life and obviously one of, if not the greatest

0:44:57.400 --> 0:45:02.680
<v Speaker 2>broadcaster in sports history. He was in my presence and

0:45:03.239 --> 0:45:07.480
<v Speaker 2>gave me that much time to basically unload all my

0:45:07.760 --> 0:45:11.480
<v Speaker 2>brain memories questions over my life that I always wanted

0:45:11.480 --> 0:45:14.680
<v Speaker 2>to ask him and get more in depth about. So

0:45:14.960 --> 0:45:18.520
<v Speaker 2>hope you enjoyed that. And that is the greatest blessing

0:45:18.840 --> 0:45:21.880
<v Speaker 2>of this rain delay, that we could bring the voice

0:45:21.920 --> 0:45:26.040
<v Speaker 2>of Vin Scully back to life. And that's the quality

0:45:26.320 --> 0:45:30.520
<v Speaker 2>of Vin himself. Right even though he has passed on

0:45:31.280 --> 0:45:34.759
<v Speaker 2>and he's not with us on this as he would say,

0:45:34.840 --> 0:45:40.120
<v Speaker 2>mortal coil anymore, He'll live on forever because of the highlights,

0:45:40.160 --> 0:45:43.600
<v Speaker 2>the broadcast moments that we can always go back to

0:45:43.719 --> 0:45:48.400
<v Speaker 2>listen to interviews like that. He'll live on forever, just

0:45:48.520 --> 0:45:51.720
<v Speaker 2>like John Lennon and the Beatles will live on forever,

0:45:51.840 --> 0:45:56.320
<v Speaker 2>Elvis Presley, that's Vin Scully because their music will always

0:45:56.560 --> 0:46:00.640
<v Speaker 2>live on. Tom Petty one of my favorites. I went

0:46:00.719 --> 0:46:03.920
<v Speaker 2>to three or four Tom Petty concerts. I wish I

0:46:03.920 --> 0:46:06.200
<v Speaker 2>could go to another Tom Petty concert. But you know

0:46:06.280 --> 0:46:10.040
<v Speaker 2>what I can do is listen to his music Getting ready,

0:46:10.120 --> 0:46:11.080
<v Speaker 2>driving in the car.

0:46:12.040 --> 0:46:13.760
<v Speaker 3>That is Vince Gully.

0:46:14.200 --> 0:46:17.680
<v Speaker 2>We are so blessed to be able to allow his

0:46:17.800 --> 0:46:21.760
<v Speaker 2>legacy to always live on. Eight six six nine seven

0:46:21.800 --> 0:46:25.120
<v Speaker 2>two five seventy is the phone number. David Vasse live

0:46:25.160 --> 0:46:28.200
<v Speaker 2>at the Bank in Philadelphia as we await first pitch

0:46:28.280 --> 0:46:32.200
<v Speaker 2>between the Dodgers and Phillies that's coming up at five

0:46:32.239 --> 0:46:36.520
<v Speaker 2>o'clock Pacific time. We have time for more phone calls,

0:46:36.520 --> 0:46:39.759
<v Speaker 2>so let's go out to Sam Bernardino. Terry, You're on

0:46:39.920 --> 0:46:43.840
<v Speaker 2>Dodger Talk with David Vasse. Hi, Terry, Hi.

0:46:44.160 --> 0:46:47.719
<v Speaker 16>Yeah. Will Smith is my all time favorite player, and

0:46:49.400 --> 0:46:55.120
<v Speaker 16>I'm really wondering how he is actually doing. I understand

0:46:55.160 --> 0:46:59.480
<v Speaker 16>that he's got inflammation on his neck and such, and

0:47:00.840 --> 0:47:05.719
<v Speaker 16>I'm just really concerned about how it is hate well

0:47:05.800 --> 0:47:07.800
<v Speaker 16>for me, and fore, according.

0:47:07.360 --> 0:47:11.160
<v Speaker 2>To Dave Roberts today, Terry, he's pain free and I

0:47:11.200 --> 0:47:15.719
<v Speaker 2>don't see him coming back until mid August at the earliest.

0:47:15.880 --> 0:47:19.720
<v Speaker 2>But there's still optimism around the Dodgers that he will

0:47:19.719 --> 0:47:24.480
<v Speaker 2>be back before the postseason. Let's go out to Cincinnati, Ohio. Kyle,

0:47:24.560 --> 0:47:27.799
<v Speaker 2>listening on the iHeartRadio app. Hi, Kyle, you're on Dodger Talk.

0:47:28.760 --> 0:47:33.920
<v Speaker 17>Hey, Dave, yep, serious X them and good stuff, so

0:47:34.200 --> 0:47:34.560
<v Speaker 17>love it.

0:47:34.880 --> 0:47:35.080
<v Speaker 11>Hey.

0:47:36.040 --> 0:47:37.240
<v Speaker 5>I have a trade idea.

0:47:38.440 --> 0:47:40.600
<v Speaker 9>Don't know who the Dodger was sent back, but what

0:47:40.600 --> 0:47:41.040
<v Speaker 9>would you.

0:47:41.040 --> 0:47:45.040
<v Speaker 5>Think about maybe an innings eater like Brady.

0:47:44.640 --> 0:47:47.839
<v Speaker 17>Singer coming over from the Reds just in the back

0:47:47.880 --> 0:47:50.880
<v Speaker 17>of the rotation for us.

0:47:51.200 --> 0:47:53.759
<v Speaker 2>And when you say the back of the rotation, they

0:47:53.800 --> 0:47:57.520
<v Speaker 2>have a six man rotation right now. If you were

0:47:57.560 --> 0:48:01.480
<v Speaker 2>to bring Brady Singer over, who's the odd man out

0:48:01.560 --> 0:48:04.759
<v Speaker 2>because he can't go with a seven man rotation And

0:48:04.800 --> 0:48:06.560
<v Speaker 2>you're getting back Glass now and Snell.

0:48:06.719 --> 0:48:09.360
<v Speaker 3>So who's out?

0:48:11.239 --> 0:48:11.880
<v Speaker 8>Maybe Sheen?

0:48:13.640 --> 0:48:14.600
<v Speaker 3>Maybe?

0:48:14.640 --> 0:48:18.480
<v Speaker 2>Maybe Sheen has not pitched well this year, Kyle. But

0:48:18.960 --> 0:48:21.480
<v Speaker 2>I just feel like you start to bring in more starters.

0:48:21.560 --> 0:48:24.400
<v Speaker 2>I guess you could do that if you feel like

0:48:25.000 --> 0:48:26.600
<v Speaker 2>Sheehan is not doing the job.

0:48:26.640 --> 0:48:27.600
<v Speaker 3>But here's the catch.

0:48:28.040 --> 0:48:31.640
<v Speaker 2>The Dodgers are getting back to starting pitchers after the

0:48:31.680 --> 0:48:36.400
<v Speaker 2>trade deadline, essentially acquisitions in some way because they haven't

0:48:36.440 --> 0:48:39.080
<v Speaker 2>had them all season long. And that's Blake Snell and

0:48:39.120 --> 0:48:42.440
<v Speaker 2>Tyler Glass now, so you're getting back two other starters.

0:48:42.440 --> 0:48:43.759
<v Speaker 3>So I just don't see it.

0:48:46.280 --> 0:48:47.640
<v Speaker 17>Yeah, yeah, I do.

0:48:48.200 --> 0:48:50.640
<v Speaker 2>All right, Well, thank you for the phone call. Appreciate it.

0:48:50.880 --> 0:48:53.680
<v Speaker 2>Eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy. Look,

0:48:54.000 --> 0:48:57.879
<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers are getting Snell and Glass now back.

0:48:57.920 --> 0:48:59.400
<v Speaker 3>They have a six man rotation.

0:49:00.120 --> 0:49:02.640
<v Speaker 2>Most teams don't even have enough pictures to fill a

0:49:02.719 --> 0:49:06.960
<v Speaker 2>five man rotation, as they're gonna have more than enough pitching.

0:49:07.000 --> 0:49:11.120
<v Speaker 2>When Snell and Glass now come back, she and May

0:49:11.239 --> 0:49:14.040
<v Speaker 2>go back to the bullpen, and all of a sudden,

0:49:14.080 --> 0:49:16.600
<v Speaker 2>now you got a guy that can go multiple innings

0:49:16.920 --> 0:49:20.560
<v Speaker 2>coming out of the bullpen. So you know, I know

0:49:20.680 --> 0:49:23.120
<v Speaker 2>injuries can happen, but the last day that you can

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<v Speaker 2>make a trade is August third, and I just don't

0:49:25.239 --> 0:49:29.360
<v Speaker 2>feel like bringing in another starting pitcher, whether it's Trek

0:49:29.400 --> 0:49:32.760
<v Speaker 2>scoobl or Joe Ryan, is going to happen, And quite honestly,

0:49:32.920 --> 0:49:36.200
<v Speaker 2>I wouldn't want Joe Ryan. Joe Ryan is not made

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<v Speaker 2>for the lights in my opinion. Let's go out to

0:49:38.920 --> 0:49:41.920
<v Speaker 2>Antonio and Santa Anna. You're on Dodger Talk. By the way,

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<v Speaker 2>Joe Ryan gave up six home runs in his last start?

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<v Speaker 3>Six? Did that news make it out to Santa Anna? Antonio?

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<v Speaker 18>Go ahead, I interrupted you shame on me.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, you hear about Joe Ryan giving up six

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<v Speaker 2>home runs? Antonio? Did that make it out there?

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<v Speaker 1>Yes?

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<v Speaker 18>I did hear that, and it doesn't surprise me.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, what do you got, Antonio?

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<v Speaker 18>Well, Dave, I just want to say thank you first

0:50:11.200 --> 0:50:15.000
<v Speaker 18>and foremost for sharing that amazing interview with the greatest

0:50:15.080 --> 0:50:17.960
<v Speaker 18>Vin Scully. I know a lot of Dodger fans were

0:50:18.239 --> 0:50:22.840
<v Speaker 18>very lots of words, lots of mix of emotions. Hearing

0:50:22.840 --> 0:50:26.800
<v Speaker 18>all that going on and even hearing you is awesome,

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<v Speaker 18>So thank you for sharing.

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<v Speaker 16>David.

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<v Speaker 18>That was pretty cool man.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm glad you enjoyed it.

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<v Speaker 2>Antonio, that's the best part about a rain delay to

0:50:37.520 --> 0:50:39.600
<v Speaker 2>be able to bring that out of the archives. But

0:50:40.200 --> 0:50:43.160
<v Speaker 2>you can hear a guy that was still raw in

0:50:43.320 --> 0:50:47.479
<v Speaker 2>me and nervous and then being as gracious as ever

0:50:47.680 --> 0:50:51.760
<v Speaker 2>to tell those stories. I mean, he really was generous

0:50:51.800 --> 0:50:54.160
<v Speaker 2>with his time and was as candid as you can

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<v Speaker 2>be with some of those stories that he shared.

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<v Speaker 18>Yeah, exactly, you said it best. But I also want

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<v Speaker 18>to say, Dave, I feel the same nervous wreck when

0:51:02.960 --> 0:51:03.799
<v Speaker 18>I talk to you.

0:51:04.800 --> 0:51:06.520
<v Speaker 3>Oh Starvin, No, you don't.

0:51:06.680 --> 0:51:09.640
<v Speaker 18>I squear to you. In twenty twenty, when I called

0:51:09.680 --> 0:51:13.560
<v Speaker 18>after the Dodgers crushed the Braves, I just got super nervous.

0:51:13.600 --> 0:51:15.000
<v Speaker 18>I'm surprised I made it through that.

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<v Speaker 8>Call with you.

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<v Speaker 2>All good, Antonio. You don't need to be nervous with

0:51:20.120 --> 0:51:22.960
<v Speaker 2>the guy like me. But I appreciate the phone call.

0:51:22.960 --> 0:51:27.400
<v Speaker 2>On Antonio. I stumbled on a tweet from somebody that

0:51:27.480 --> 0:51:31.480
<v Speaker 2>played the highlights quick highlights big moments of Game seven

0:51:31.960 --> 0:51:35.040
<v Speaker 2>of the twenty NLCS between the Braves and Dodgers. I

0:51:35.040 --> 0:51:38.680
<v Speaker 2>had forgotten some of those big moments, so check it out.

0:51:38.680 --> 0:51:39.560
<v Speaker 2>I think it's out there.

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<v Speaker 6>I will absolutely do that.

0:51:42.760 --> 0:51:42.960
<v Speaker 4>Dave.

0:51:43.080 --> 0:51:46.240
<v Speaker 18>You're very important with Dodger fans. Two Am five seventy.

0:51:46.880 --> 0:51:49.400
<v Speaker 18>We love you at our home here, our whole family.

0:51:49.520 --> 0:51:51.960
<v Speaker 18>Baby on the way she loves you already, so we

0:51:52.040 --> 0:51:52.360
<v Speaker 18>love you.

0:51:53.120 --> 0:51:53.600
<v Speaker 6>Keep it going.

0:51:53.680 --> 0:51:56.920
<v Speaker 2>Hey, love you too. Thank you, Antonio, God bless you

0:51:56.960 --> 0:51:59.719
<v Speaker 2>and your family. Let's go out to Riverside home with

0:51:59.760 --> 0:52:02.839
<v Speaker 2>the Austin Barnes hy Peter, you're on Dodger Talk.

0:52:04.880 --> 0:52:06.800
<v Speaker 9>You and Antonio want to get a room or what.

0:52:07.440 --> 0:52:08.200
<v Speaker 9>I'm just kidding.

0:52:08.239 --> 0:52:11.960
<v Speaker 2>Hey, yeah, he got emotional, he got emotional. Peter, You're

0:52:12.000 --> 0:52:18.400
<v Speaker 2>just ruined a great moment. Yea, I guess you're a hater, Peter.

0:52:18.560 --> 0:52:21.120
<v Speaker 3>Living in Riverside, I wouldn't expect anything less.

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<v Speaker 9>No, I'm just kidding, Dave, I love you for real.

0:52:24.520 --> 0:52:28.960
<v Speaker 9>But a quick question. So I'm tell you when the

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<v Speaker 9>shock when.

0:52:30.200 --> 0:52:32.080
<v Speaker 17>The Dodgers released Barnes last year.

0:52:33.040 --> 0:52:35.480
<v Speaker 9>So how about you know getting an.

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<v Speaker 2>Before you go on with that, let's just establish you're

0:52:42.280 --> 0:52:45.799
<v Speaker 2>not part of the Barnes family, because they are very

0:52:45.840 --> 0:52:49.680
<v Speaker 2>big and Riverside. The Barnes family is aware what al

0:52:49.680 --> 0:52:51.160
<v Speaker 2>Capone was to Chicago.

0:52:52.960 --> 0:52:53.560
<v Speaker 8>I'm aware.

0:52:53.719 --> 0:52:55.680
<v Speaker 9>No, I'm not part of the Barnes family, but.

0:52:55.680 --> 0:52:57.960
<v Speaker 17>I am a big Barnes fan and I thought he

0:52:58.200 --> 0:53:00.920
<v Speaker 17>was a good part of the team last year, and

0:53:00.960 --> 0:53:03.840
<v Speaker 17>I was shocked that he was relieved. But now that

0:53:03.960 --> 0:53:05.960
<v Speaker 17>we need a catcher, you know, hop.

0:53:05.760 --> 0:53:06.760
<v Speaker 6>Out we call Barby.

0:53:08.239 --> 0:53:11.040
<v Speaker 2>Well, he's enjoying the retired life, even though he hasn't

0:53:11.040 --> 0:53:13.920
<v Speaker 2>done it officially. He was on with Petro some money

0:53:13.920 --> 0:53:17.200
<v Speaker 2>at some bar out there in Rancho Cucamonga. He went

0:53:17.239 --> 0:53:21.719
<v Speaker 2>on with Striker at a bar. He's tanned, he's swallen,

0:53:21.880 --> 0:53:25.480
<v Speaker 2>he looks happy. I think his playing days are behind him.

0:53:25.480 --> 0:53:27.680
<v Speaker 2>He might even be on peptides. I don't even know.

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<v Speaker 9>All right, David, thank you for answering that question.

0:53:33.560 --> 0:53:35.359
<v Speaker 3>All right, Peter, thank you for the phone call.

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<v Speaker 2>Look, there's other catchers out there not named Austin Barnes

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<v Speaker 2>or Ben Rhortfitt. Okay, there are other catchers out there

0:53:42.000 --> 0:53:45.200
<v Speaker 2>not name Roortfitt or Barnes. As much as I love

0:53:45.239 --> 0:53:47.880
<v Speaker 2>both those guys, I gave you the two names that

0:53:47.960 --> 0:53:49.960
<v Speaker 2>I would love to have with the Dodgers if they

0:53:49.960 --> 0:53:53.000
<v Speaker 2>could pull off a trade. It does take two to tango,

0:53:53.480 --> 0:53:56.600
<v Speaker 2>and I do. I am a believer, especially now that

0:53:56.719 --> 0:54:00.880
<v Speaker 2>there is a Dodger's tax. So whatever teams are asking

0:54:00.920 --> 0:54:03.920
<v Speaker 2>from other teams, they're going to ask more from the Dodgers.

0:54:04.280 --> 0:54:06.680
<v Speaker 2>So I was thinking Luis Porentz from the Mets. I

0:54:06.800 --> 0:54:10.000
<v Speaker 2>was thinking Victor Carrottini from the Twins. So there are

0:54:10.160 --> 0:54:12.920
<v Speaker 2>guys that are willing and able out there that are

0:54:12.960 --> 0:54:16.680
<v Speaker 2>not named Ben Rortfitt or Austin Barnes. And by the way,

0:54:17.000 --> 0:54:19.880
<v Speaker 2>you bring back Ben Rohtfitt on the Dodgers, what do

0:54:19.960 --> 0:54:21.800
<v Speaker 2>you think that's going to do to the psyche of

0:54:21.880 --> 0:54:24.760
<v Speaker 2>Dalton Rushing. You have to put that into the equation

0:54:24.880 --> 0:54:28.520
<v Speaker 2>as well. Let's go out to Gino Lynn. You're on

0:54:28.640 --> 0:54:31.440
<v Speaker 2>Dodger Talk. How you doing Lynn?

0:54:32.000 --> 0:54:35.840
<v Speaker 6>Hey, Dave, mister smooth love you man. Hey, that interview

0:54:35.920 --> 0:54:38.320
<v Speaker 6>with Fully was awesome. Man. I never get tired of that.

0:54:38.400 --> 0:54:41.200
<v Speaker 6>I've heard it several times, and I make sure I

0:54:41.280 --> 0:54:42.239
<v Speaker 6>listened to the whole thing.

0:54:43.400 --> 0:54:43.759
<v Speaker 10>Thank you.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, you ignore me and you just focus on Vin.

0:54:46.400 --> 0:54:47.239
<v Speaker 2>That's the point of it.

0:54:48.800 --> 0:54:53.359
<v Speaker 6>Nah, you're sticking around for a reason. You're amazing. Hey, listen, Dave.

0:54:55.160 --> 0:54:58.839
<v Speaker 6>One year Dwight Howard was in high school, everybody went

0:54:58.840 --> 0:55:01.759
<v Speaker 6>out to public pavilion, Tim play right, and star after

0:55:01.840 --> 0:55:04.839
<v Speaker 6>star kept coming into the house. I had my wife

0:55:04.920 --> 0:55:07.359
<v Speaker 6>with me. She doesn't usually like to go and where

0:55:07.400 --> 0:55:11.200
<v Speaker 6>crowds are, and she's like, uh, we were seeing all

0:55:11.239 --> 0:55:13.759
<v Speaker 6>the stars and then we saw Vin Scotti. She says,

0:55:13.760 --> 0:55:16.320
<v Speaker 6>who's the old white guy with the white hair with

0:55:16.440 --> 0:55:19.399
<v Speaker 6>his white there. I says, he's only the most popular guy,

0:55:19.760 --> 0:55:21.759
<v Speaker 6>only the most popular guy who ever lived in the

0:55:21.760 --> 0:55:25.680
<v Speaker 6>sports world. And then everybody lined up to talk to him.

0:55:25.719 --> 0:55:28.840
<v Speaker 6>The crowd went crazy. I talked to Ben. He was

0:55:28.880 --> 0:55:32.560
<v Speaker 6>so grateful. He's an amazing guy, amazing smile the whole time.

0:55:32.960 --> 0:55:35.320
<v Speaker 6>But to tell you how popular and how wonderful that

0:55:35.480 --> 0:55:36.440
<v Speaker 6>guy is, man.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, no doubt, Lynn, I gotta run. The national anthem

0:55:40.840 --> 0:55:42.960
<v Speaker 2>is about to start. We're gonna take a time out

0:55:43.000 --> 0:55:45.320
<v Speaker 2>here and thank you for the phone call. We're gonna

0:55:45.320 --> 0:55:47.600
<v Speaker 2>take a time out here from the bank in Philadelphia.

0:55:47.680 --> 0:55:49.480
<v Speaker 3>When we continue, will lead.

0:55:49.320 --> 0:55:51.800
<v Speaker 2>You up to first bitch between the Dodgers and Phillies

0:55:51.880 --> 0:55:55.640
<v Speaker 2>Robleski versus Wheeler right here on the back to back

0:55:55.680 --> 0:55:57.800
<v Speaker 2>world champion Dodgers Audio Network.

0:56:00.280 --> 0:56:03.440
<v Speaker 3>We got to be prepared to play through October.

0:56:03.120 --> 0:56:04.400
<v Speaker 1>Three peat loading.

0:56:04.719 --> 0:56:08.920
<v Speaker 4>It's world champion Dodgers Baseball on the world class LA

0:56:09.120 --> 0:56:12.200
<v Speaker 4>Dodgers Audio Network.

0:56:13.880 --> 0:56:17.200
<v Speaker 2>We are getting closer to first pitch between the Dodgers

0:56:17.280 --> 0:56:22.280
<v Speaker 2>and Phillies, Robleski versus Wheeler, Rick Monday and Steven Nelson.

0:56:22.320 --> 0:56:24.319
<v Speaker 3>We'll have the call at the top of the hour.

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<v Speaker 2>This game was supposed to start at six forty Eastern time,

0:56:29.080 --> 0:56:32.759
<v Speaker 2>three forty Pacific time, so we've been in quite a

0:56:32.840 --> 0:56:37.560
<v Speaker 2>rain delay waiting for mother nature to cooperate. Our understanding

0:56:37.680 --> 0:56:41.400
<v Speaker 2>is there is another rainstorm coming in at about eleven

0:56:41.440 --> 0:56:44.800
<v Speaker 2>Eastern times, so want to get this game in quickly

0:56:45.000 --> 0:56:47.960
<v Speaker 2>so there is not another delay at the back end

0:56:48.000 --> 0:56:50.319
<v Speaker 2>of this game. And they got two good guys to

0:56:50.400 --> 0:56:53.760
<v Speaker 2>be able to get this game moving at a quick

0:56:53.960 --> 0:56:58.560
<v Speaker 2>pace with Justin Robleski the strikethrower, the attacker, and Zach

0:56:58.640 --> 0:57:02.360
<v Speaker 2>Wheeler on the mound. I will say this, Zach Wheeler

0:57:02.480 --> 0:57:04.920
<v Speaker 2>dominates the rest of Major League Baseball.

0:57:05.280 --> 0:57:09.360
<v Speaker 3>There are a lot of Dodgers that have made Zach.

0:57:09.160 --> 0:57:13.880
<v Speaker 2>Wheeler look very human, including Freddie Freeman and Max Munsey.

0:57:14.239 --> 0:57:17.640
<v Speaker 2>Tonight's game brought to you by Modello Modello the Mark

0:57:17.760 --> 0:57:21.080
<v Speaker 2>of a Fighter. Let's take one more phone call before

0:57:21.120 --> 0:57:23.840
<v Speaker 2>we hand things over to Rick Monday and Steven Nelson.

0:57:24.160 --> 0:57:26.360
<v Speaker 3>Let's go out to Honolulu, Hawaii.

0:57:26.440 --> 0:57:29.320
<v Speaker 2>Gil, you are going to walk us off on this

0:57:29.480 --> 0:57:31.320
<v Speaker 2>rain delay edition of Dodger Talk.

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<v Speaker 8>Will Aloha alohaha. I listened to that interview with Vince

0:57:41.280 --> 0:57:44.960
<v Speaker 8>Gohe and I brought that many memories. I went to

0:57:45.040 --> 0:57:49.960
<v Speaker 8>elementary school with Danny Ozark's son. We went to school together,

0:57:50.000 --> 0:57:52.360
<v Speaker 8>and he used to tell us that Don Drysdale and

0:57:52.440 --> 0:57:54.000
<v Speaker 8>Duke Snyder world at the house.

0:57:55.120 --> 0:57:56.600
<v Speaker 3>That was like years amazing.

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<v Speaker 8>What I wanted to question is O'shani. O'tani had his

0:58:02.120 --> 0:58:06.880
<v Speaker 8>knee operated on when he was with the Angels. I

0:58:06.880 --> 0:58:08.800
<v Speaker 8>was wondering if it's the same need that he seems

0:58:08.840 --> 0:58:10.440
<v Speaker 8>to be having problems.

0:58:09.960 --> 0:58:14.480
<v Speaker 2>With it is he had his kneecap fused, because when

0:58:14.480 --> 0:58:17.200
<v Speaker 2>he was born, most of us have one bone for

0:58:17.280 --> 0:58:21.040
<v Speaker 2>our kneecap. His was in two separate bones, and they

0:58:21.080 --> 0:58:24.280
<v Speaker 2>had that fused in September of twenty nineteen. So yes,

0:58:24.560 --> 0:58:27.560
<v Speaker 2>that is still the same bone, and who knows. You know,

0:58:27.640 --> 0:58:31.080
<v Speaker 2>he did not have his knee drained. He had a

0:58:31.160 --> 0:58:36.600
<v Speaker 2>lubricant injection, so maybe he needed that because of the

0:58:36.600 --> 0:58:41.160
<v Speaker 2>bone situation, the kneecap situation, Gil. But like I said,

0:58:41.200 --> 0:58:43.880
<v Speaker 2>my concern level is a lot lower after talking to

0:58:43.920 --> 0:58:47.439
<v Speaker 2>a former Dodger pitcher this morning because he has been

0:58:47.520 --> 0:58:51.240
<v Speaker 2>through the Dodger's load management during the season. And look,

0:58:51.280 --> 0:58:54.960
<v Speaker 2>everybody can still enjoy Otani the hitter. They're just gonna

0:58:54.960 --> 0:58:57.120
<v Speaker 2>have to wait a few weeks for Otani the pitcher.

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<v Speaker 2>Eight six six nine eight seven two five is the

0:59:00.280 --> 0:59:03.160
<v Speaker 2>phone number. That's the phone number for tomorrow because we're

0:59:03.160 --> 0:59:05.920
<v Speaker 2>backing out of here now. We're getting set for first

0:59:05.960 --> 0:59:09.640
<v Speaker 2>pitch between the Dodgers and Phillies. Rick Monday and Steven

0:59:09.760 --> 0:59:13.320
<v Speaker 2>Nelson on the call right around the corner, live from

0:59:13.360 --> 0:59:16.240
<v Speaker 2>the bank with the Philly fanatic and rain gear and

0:59:16.280 --> 0:59:16.880
<v Speaker 2>a poncho.

0:59:17.040 --> 0:59:19.720
<v Speaker 3>This is going to be a great game. Don't go anywhere.

0:59:20.080 --> 0:59:22.600
<v Speaker 2>Rick and Steven will have the words I view when

0:59:22.680 --> 0:59:25.840
<v Speaker 2>we return to the bank in Philadelphia, or when you

0:59:26.000 --> 0:59:29.120
<v Speaker 2>return to the bank in Philadelphia. Thanks to colling you

0:59:29.240 --> 0:59:32.400
<v Speaker 2>back at our burd Bank Studios, Thanks to Dwayne McDonald

0:59:32.480 --> 0:59:35.640
<v Speaker 2>out here in Philadelphia, and thanks to you for listening

0:59:35.720 --> 0:59:38.160
<v Speaker 2>in case you missed any of the show. Just like

0:59:38.280 --> 0:59:42.240
<v Speaker 2>postgame Dodger Talk, you can find rain Delay Dodger Talk

0:59:42.600 --> 0:59:48.840
<v Speaker 2>on the iHeartRadio app Dodgers Phillies Robleski Wheeler next right

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<v Speaker 2>here on the back to back World Champion Dodgers Audio

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<v Speaker 2>Network GI I just down and footing on these lugs

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<v Speaker 2>came