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Speaker 2: Only four teams in Major League Baseball history have won

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Speaker 1: Fifth a spring training Dodger Talk.

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Speaker 4: We're going to running back, hosted by Dodgers insider David Basset.

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Speaker 1: Here's your host, David Bassei.

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Speaker 2: Wow, I'm here to rescue you from that last segment

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Speaker 2: the last four hours on Dodger Talk. We are with

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Speaker 2: you tonight until eight o'clock. We are to have a

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Speaker 2: That is two time World Series champion Daniel Hudson, who

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Speaker 2: was the last man standing on the mound for the

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Speaker 2: Nationals in twenty nineteen and more importantly, one of the

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Speaker 2: Dodgers to the twenty twenty four World Championship, and one

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Speaker 2: of the smartest guys the Dodgers and baseball has had

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Speaker 2: more time than it needed to. What's Tom Tolesco ever done? Win?

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Speaker 2: This is Dodger Talk, David Vasse. You until eight o'clock

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Speaker 2: a Tom Telasco Free Zone on Dodger Talk. No failed

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Speaker 2: Mooky's coming to camp earlier than I've ever seen him

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Speaker 2: And if I mean too you again this year, would

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Speaker 2: He has said this a couple of different times this spring.

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Speaker 2: Let's go out to Ontario. Josh, you're on Dodger Talk.

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Speaker 8: How you doing, Josh, Hey, Dave, thanks for taking my call.

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Speaker 8: I actually love the recent injury deal with Chase Utley.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Matt Kemp does not have a role with the Dodgers. Josh.

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Speaker 2: He's back in I think he lives in Oklahoma or Texas.

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Speaker 2: would love to see Matt Kemp be more involved, come

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Speaker 8: Oh okay, all right, Well I was hoping to see him.

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Speaker 8: I hopefully we see him.

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Speaker 3: More opting I love.

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Speaker 8: But I think you're for taking my call, dude.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, no problem, Josh. Yeah, I would love to see

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Speaker 2: Matt camp out there. It's been great to see so

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Speaker 2: Let's say there's a blowout either way. Why waste innings

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Speaker 9: You know, I don't have a season to prepare for,

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Speaker 3: I'm here.

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Speaker 9: I can pitch every day.

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Speaker 3: This is it for me.

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Speaker 9: So if they want me to throw a thousand pitches,

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Speaker 2: Daniel Hudson, two time World Series champion and the leader

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Speaker 2: here on Dodger Talk on AM five to seventy LA Sports.

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Speaker 2: Welcome back to Dodger Talk. David Vasse with you until

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Speaker 2: eight o'clock tonight here on AM five to seventy LA Sports. Well,

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Speaker 2: it's been a great spring training for the Dodgers, not

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Speaker 2: It's been great to see those guys. But what's even

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Speaker 2: And I ran into one of them last week, and

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Speaker 2: thanks a lot for coming on. Appreciate it.

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Speaker 3: No prom David, You're too kind.

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Speaker 2: Hey. I was driving around Arizona. I heard some sports

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Speaker 2: I said, Hey, I gotta jump these guys. He's Dodger

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Speaker 2: Talks own first. They got to come through Dodger Talk

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Speaker 2: to get Daniel Hudson.

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Speaker 10: Hey, there's plenty, plenty of hours in the day. You know,

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Speaker 2: Know, Okay, I got something for you since you were

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Speaker 4: Yeah?

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Speaker 10: I was a little I was a little nervous my

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Speaker 2: I've told a few different players, and I'm a true

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Speaker 2: the postseason and you were such a big part of it.

435
00:24:21,680 --> 00:24:25,119
Speaker 2: Does that make you feel more at peace than maybe

436
00:24:25,240 --> 00:24:28,680
Speaker 2: other players that retire who don't get that opportunity.

437
00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:30,639
Speaker 3: Yeah, definitely.

438
00:24:30,680 --> 00:24:33,600
Speaker 10: I always had the the the idea, that thought, you know,

439
00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:35,680
Speaker 10: I wanted to go out on my own terms always,

440
00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:37,679
Speaker 10: you know, going what I going through, what I went

441
00:24:37,720 --> 00:24:39,200
Speaker 10: through at the beginning of my career with a couple

442
00:24:39,880 --> 00:24:42,200
Speaker 10: arm surgeries and not knowing how much longer I was

443
00:24:42,200 --> 00:24:43,720
Speaker 10: going to be able to play, and then turning that

444
00:24:43,760 --> 00:24:47,439
Speaker 10: into sticking around ten plus years after that, you know,

445
00:24:47,480 --> 00:24:49,080
Speaker 10: towards the end of my career, I really was like,

446
00:24:49,119 --> 00:24:51,399
Speaker 10: I need to kind of find a runway here so

447
00:24:51,480 --> 00:24:53,800
Speaker 10: I don't stick around too long. You know, I saw

448
00:24:53,840 --> 00:24:57,720
Speaker 10: guys throughout my career, you know, whether it was monetarily

449
00:24:58,280 --> 00:25:00,399
Speaker 10: motivated or you know, they just fel like they were

450
00:25:00,440 --> 00:25:03,160
Speaker 10: good enough to keep going kind of stick around too long,

451
00:25:03,520 --> 00:25:05,360
Speaker 10: or at least in my opinion, I thought they did,

452
00:25:05,920 --> 00:25:07,880
Speaker 10: you know, And I never really wanted to go out

453
00:25:07,880 --> 00:25:10,320
Speaker 10: like that. So to be able to kind of, you know,

454
00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:12,760
Speaker 10: latch on with the Dodgers there in twenty twenty two

455
00:25:12,800 --> 00:25:16,160
Speaker 10: through twenty twenty four and get opportunity to do that, Obviously,

456
00:25:16,520 --> 00:25:19,200
Speaker 10: my injuries in twenty two and twenty three didn't help,

457
00:25:19,320 --> 00:25:21,800
Speaker 10: but I knew going into twenty four that if I

458
00:25:21,800 --> 00:25:23,399
Speaker 10: got another chance to play that it was going to

459
00:25:23,440 --> 00:25:26,120
Speaker 10: be my last year. And you know, like you said,

460
00:25:26,160 --> 00:25:27,359
Speaker 10: to be able to go out on top of like

461
00:25:27,400 --> 00:25:29,879
Speaker 10: it's just a dream come true, and you know, I

462
00:25:29,920 --> 00:25:33,399
Speaker 10: really got to fulfill my dream of going out of

463
00:25:33,440 --> 00:25:34,399
Speaker 10: my own terms.

464
00:25:34,960 --> 00:25:39,080
Speaker 2: You have a great perspective on what the Dodgers were

465
00:25:39,280 --> 00:25:42,600
Speaker 2: and what they've become because you were with them two

466
00:25:42,640 --> 00:25:45,320
Speaker 2: separate times. You were with them in eighteen when they

467
00:25:45,320 --> 00:25:48,679
Speaker 2: went to the World Series against the Red Sox and lost,

468
00:25:49,160 --> 00:25:52,359
Speaker 2: and then you came back and you know, obviously in

469
00:25:52,440 --> 00:25:55,080
Speaker 2: twenty twenty two and ended it with the championship in

470
00:25:55,160 --> 00:25:59,359
Speaker 2: twenty four when Otani arrived. So can you describe to

471
00:25:59,480 --> 00:26:03,640
Speaker 2: us where what the Dodgers were in twenty eighteen, and

472
00:26:03,840 --> 00:26:08,639
Speaker 2: how they become this juggernaut in the last two years.

473
00:26:09,040 --> 00:26:13,399
Speaker 10: Yeah, I think, well, I mean just going back even farther,

474
00:26:13,600 --> 00:26:16,320
Speaker 10: going back to win. You know, obviously the sale of

475
00:26:16,359 --> 00:26:19,960
Speaker 10: the Dodgers in the early twenty tens. You know, this

476
00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:23,440
Speaker 10: kind of whole deal. This run for them started I

477
00:26:23,480 --> 00:26:27,840
Speaker 10: think with like twenty thirteen or twenty fourteen. You know,

478
00:26:27,880 --> 00:26:30,120
Speaker 10: they've always just kind of been a model of consistency

479
00:26:30,200 --> 00:26:33,280
Speaker 10: since then. And you know, they've gotten the right people

480
00:26:33,400 --> 00:26:35,360
Speaker 10: in the right places in the front office that are

481
00:26:35,440 --> 00:26:37,200
Speaker 10: really aggressive and always want to win.

482
00:26:37,600 --> 00:26:38,920
Speaker 3: They've got the right ownership in.

483
00:26:38,880 --> 00:26:41,600
Speaker 10: Place to always be able to back it up with

484
00:26:41,720 --> 00:26:44,720
Speaker 10: the checks, to be able to bring in the right people,

485
00:26:44,880 --> 00:26:47,080
Speaker 10: and they always seem to get the right guys in

486
00:26:47,119 --> 00:26:50,600
Speaker 10: the clubhouse to make it a good culture, and guys

487
00:26:50,600 --> 00:26:53,440
Speaker 10: that want to come from other places and play for them.

488
00:26:53,560 --> 00:26:55,639
Speaker 10: You know, Yes, they spend a lot more money than

489
00:26:55,680 --> 00:26:58,360
Speaker 10: everybody else. That is also a big draw for players.

490
00:26:58,359 --> 00:27:01,399
Speaker 10: But I think when you play against the Dodgers, or

491
00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:04,960
Speaker 10: at least from my perspective, when I played against them

492
00:27:04,960 --> 00:27:06,879
Speaker 10: at the beginning of my career, you know, it always

493
00:27:06,880 --> 00:27:09,600
Speaker 10: seem like a good, good culture, good clubhouse, and you know,

494
00:27:09,640 --> 00:27:11,520
Speaker 10: it's something that guys want to be a part of.

495
00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:14,480
Speaker 10: So I think it starts and starts with that. And then,

496
00:27:14,640 --> 00:27:17,720
Speaker 10: like you said in twenty seventeen twenty eighteen, going to

497
00:27:17,760 --> 00:27:21,520
Speaker 10: back to back World Series losing both of them, I

498
00:27:21,560 --> 00:27:24,240
Speaker 10: think really probably a little fire under a lot of

499
00:27:24,280 --> 00:27:27,240
Speaker 10: people in that front office and ownership, and they really

500
00:27:27,280 --> 00:27:29,800
Speaker 10: wanted to kind of take a stranglehold and get past

501
00:27:29,840 --> 00:27:32,160
Speaker 10: that little homp. And you know, they've won three World

502
00:27:32,200 --> 00:27:33,919
Speaker 10: Series in the last five years, and I think that

503
00:27:33,960 --> 00:27:35,720
Speaker 10: shows do you.

504
00:27:35,920 --> 00:27:38,760
Speaker 2: What do you make of I call it envy and

505
00:27:38,840 --> 00:27:41,159
Speaker 2: jealousy of the rest of the league. What do you

506
00:27:41,680 --> 00:27:44,400
Speaker 2: How do you you feel the way things have kind

507
00:27:44,400 --> 00:27:48,960
Speaker 2: of turned the Dodgers into I guess in what everybody

508
00:27:49,080 --> 00:27:52,440
Speaker 2: is calling the Evil Empire. There's a lot of talk

509
00:27:52,640 --> 00:27:55,880
Speaker 2: that they're ruining baseball. Some people, like myself, believe they're

510
00:27:55,920 --> 00:27:59,040
Speaker 2: helping baseball. Where do you think all this comes from.

511
00:28:00,240 --> 00:28:03,879
Speaker 10: I think it's just, you know, people throw around the

512
00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:06,480
Speaker 10: term parody all the time. You know, growing up in

513
00:28:06,480 --> 00:28:09,320
Speaker 10: the nineties and two thousands watching baseball, you know, everybody

514
00:28:09,359 --> 00:28:11,840
Speaker 10: hated the Yankees. They spent more money than everybody else.

515
00:28:12,280 --> 00:28:15,120
Speaker 10: They were the biggest brand in sports, you know, outside

516
00:28:15,160 --> 00:28:18,680
Speaker 10: maybe the Cowboys. But you know, it's just I don't

517
00:28:19,400 --> 00:28:22,360
Speaker 10: it's easy to hate the team that wins if you're

518
00:28:22,400 --> 00:28:24,000
Speaker 10: not a team a fan of that team, And I

519
00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:26,440
Speaker 10: think that's kind of what's going on in LA. Obviously,

520
00:28:27,040 --> 00:28:29,960
Speaker 10: you know, they have bigger check books and everybody else,

521
00:28:30,040 --> 00:28:32,080
Speaker 10: they can sign more players, but like I said, it

522
00:28:32,119 --> 00:28:34,320
Speaker 10: starts with the culture and bring in the right guys.

523
00:28:34,359 --> 00:28:36,159
Speaker 10: They always seem to bring in the right guys.

524
00:28:36,440 --> 00:28:37,440
Speaker 3: They have smart.

525
00:28:37,119 --> 00:28:41,680
Speaker 10: People to you know, identify who they want to bring

526
00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:45,360
Speaker 10: in every single off season. H Yeah, everybody talks about

527
00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:49,680
Speaker 10: the big names, the show Hayes, the Yaoamotos, Freddie Freeman,

528
00:28:49,800 --> 00:28:52,960
Speaker 10: rookie bats, bringing all those guys in, but there's so

529
00:28:53,120 --> 00:28:57,920
Speaker 10: much under the surface of you know, DFA guys that

530
00:28:57,960 --> 00:29:01,400
Speaker 10: they claim and guys off the trash heap, so to speak,

531
00:29:01,440 --> 00:29:04,680
Speaker 10: that they fix and they create this depth that really

532
00:29:04,720 --> 00:29:07,440
Speaker 10: helps out for when guys like Blake Snell and Tyler

533
00:29:07,520 --> 00:29:09,600
Speaker 10: Glass now go down last year, they have guys that

534
00:29:09,640 --> 00:29:12,440
Speaker 10: can step in like ms she Han. Hopefully Gavin Stone

535
00:29:12,480 --> 00:29:14,520
Speaker 10: will be one of those guys this year. It's just

536
00:29:14,800 --> 00:29:17,680
Speaker 10: it's just a very, very wealth of depths that they

537
00:29:17,720 --> 00:29:20,840
Speaker 10: have underneath all those big name stars. And I think

538
00:29:20,920 --> 00:29:24,160
Speaker 10: that's really a big envy for a lot of people,

539
00:29:24,200 --> 00:29:26,400
Speaker 10: a lot of teams, a lot of fans, And I'm

540
00:29:26,440 --> 00:29:28,360
Speaker 10: with you, I think it's I think it's good for

541
00:29:28,440 --> 00:29:31,240
Speaker 10: the game. I don't know what people would rather the

542
00:29:31,400 --> 00:29:34,320
Speaker 10: goog Andheim group do with all their billions of dollars

543
00:29:34,360 --> 00:29:36,600
Speaker 10: in revenue. Would they rather than pocket it and not

544
00:29:36,640 --> 00:29:39,120
Speaker 10: put it back onto the field. I just don't really,

545
00:29:39,320 --> 00:29:41,480
Speaker 10: I don't really understand what they want them to do,

546
00:29:41,640 --> 00:29:44,400
Speaker 10: just sit on their twitterle their thumbs with all their cash,

547
00:29:44,600 --> 00:29:47,120
Speaker 10: like like, just let's let's spend the money that we

548
00:29:47,200 --> 00:29:49,640
Speaker 10: made and keep winning. I don't understand why that's a

549
00:29:49,640 --> 00:29:50,040
Speaker 10: bad thing.

550
00:29:50,920 --> 00:29:53,920
Speaker 2: Doesn't this come down to show heeo Tani as well,

551
00:29:54,040 --> 00:29:57,080
Speaker 2: wanting to win and deferring as much of his salary

552
00:29:57,120 --> 00:30:00,320
Speaker 2: as he did so the Dodgers could bring in really

553
00:30:00,320 --> 00:30:02,640
Speaker 2: good players to build around him.

554
00:30:03,680 --> 00:30:05,920
Speaker 10: Yeah, I'm not so convinced that the Dodgers wouldn't have

555
00:30:05,920 --> 00:30:08,400
Speaker 10: spent all the money they have anyways, even if show

556
00:30:08,400 --> 00:30:12,440
Speaker 10: Hey didn't defer sixty eight million dollars a year. But

557
00:30:12,680 --> 00:30:16,080
Speaker 10: at the same time, yes, for sure, and from what

558
00:30:16,200 --> 00:30:18,560
Speaker 10: I've read and understood, there was a couple other teams

559
00:30:18,600 --> 00:30:22,000
Speaker 10: that offered show Hey the exact same deal with deferred money.

560
00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:24,960
Speaker 10: I think it was show Hay's idea that I heard anyways,

561
00:30:24,960 --> 00:30:27,160
Speaker 10: that it was his idea to defer most of the

562
00:30:27,200 --> 00:30:29,760
Speaker 10: money so that we could that they could sign more

563
00:30:29,800 --> 00:30:33,360
Speaker 10: guys and not go spend six hundred million dollars on payroll,

564
00:30:34,040 --> 00:30:36,120
Speaker 10: although they're getting close to that right now anyways. But

565
00:30:37,360 --> 00:30:39,920
Speaker 10: you know, I think it just goes to show you

566
00:30:39,960 --> 00:30:42,560
Speaker 10: that any team can can kind of do the exact

567
00:30:42,600 --> 00:30:45,720
Speaker 10: same thing that they did, and some teams just chose

568
00:30:45,800 --> 00:30:49,640
Speaker 10: not to and show Hey. Ultimately, I think I'm convinced

569
00:30:49,680 --> 00:30:51,680
Speaker 10: that if there was a DH in the National League

570
00:30:51,680 --> 00:30:54,240
Speaker 10: in twenty whenever he came over and played for the Angels,

571
00:30:54,240 --> 00:30:55,920
Speaker 10: that he probably would have signed with the Dodgers then.

572
00:30:56,360 --> 00:30:59,000
Speaker 10: So I think that once there was a DH and

573
00:30:59,040 --> 00:31:00,800
Speaker 10: the National League, that kind of seal the deal that

574
00:31:00,840 --> 00:31:01,600
Speaker 10: he was coming over.

575
00:31:02,560 --> 00:31:05,520
Speaker 2: Daniel Hudson is our guest one of the twenty four

576
00:31:05,680 --> 00:31:09,480
Speaker 2: bullpen dogs that started the back to back championship as

577
00:31:09,520 --> 00:31:12,120
Speaker 2: the Dodgers are looking for at three pete all right,

578
00:31:12,160 --> 00:31:15,840
Speaker 2: since where he brought up Otani. Was there a perception

579
00:31:15,960 --> 00:31:19,560
Speaker 2: of him that you had and then was torn down,

580
00:31:19,680 --> 00:31:22,360
Speaker 2: or you got to know something more about him being

581
00:31:22,440 --> 00:31:26,680
Speaker 2: teammates with him. Albeit in twenty four he was just

582
00:31:26,960 --> 00:31:30,600
Speaker 2: a fifty to fifty hitter. But what was he like

583
00:31:30,920 --> 00:31:33,200
Speaker 2: as a teammate to you? As a bullpen.

584
00:31:32,960 --> 00:31:35,280
Speaker 3: Dog, he was awesome.

585
00:31:35,720 --> 00:31:35,880
Speaker 6: You know.

586
00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:38,520
Speaker 3: I didn't really get to know him too much.

587
00:31:38,560 --> 00:31:40,720
Speaker 10: I was actually in spring training with the Angels in

588
00:31:40,760 --> 00:31:45,120
Speaker 10: twenty eighteen, twenty nineteen, before he was rehabbing his first

589
00:31:45,200 --> 00:31:47,680
Speaker 10: Tommy John, so he wasn't around a whole lot. He

590
00:31:47,720 --> 00:31:50,320
Speaker 10: stood in on some bullpens that I threw, talked to

591
00:31:50,400 --> 00:31:51,040
Speaker 10: him a little bit.

592
00:31:51,800 --> 00:31:53,640
Speaker 3: Just a really really good guy.

593
00:31:54,160 --> 00:31:56,160
Speaker 10: Like I said, I don't think if he wasn't a

594
00:31:56,200 --> 00:31:59,000
Speaker 10: good guy, regardless of how good of a ballplayer he was,

595
00:31:59,240 --> 00:32:00,920
Speaker 10: I'm not sure that the Dodgers would have brought him

596
00:32:00,920 --> 00:32:02,400
Speaker 10: in if he wasn't a guy like I said. They're

597
00:32:02,440 --> 00:32:05,600
Speaker 10: just so you know, in tune with with that clubhouse

598
00:32:05,640 --> 00:32:07,959
Speaker 10: and what needs to be brought in. And you know,

599
00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:10,960
Speaker 10: he's just a really, really fantastic teammate. I really enjoyed

600
00:32:10,960 --> 00:32:14,440
Speaker 10: playing with him. Obviously him being the best baseball player

601
00:32:14,720 --> 00:32:17,600
Speaker 10: to ever play the game really helps out when he's

602
00:32:17,640 --> 00:32:20,240
Speaker 10: on your side. It's literally, it's just a it was

603
00:32:20,280 --> 00:32:22,560
Speaker 10: just a privilege to be able to to watch it

604
00:32:22,640 --> 00:32:24,160
Speaker 10: from the bullpen gates every single night.

605
00:32:25,080 --> 00:32:27,040
Speaker 2: Before I let you go, I'm not I know you're

606
00:32:27,120 --> 00:32:29,680
Speaker 2: enjoying your three girls, your family. You got a chance

607
00:32:29,720 --> 00:32:32,680
Speaker 2: to go back to your hometown in North Carolina this

608
00:32:32,760 --> 00:32:35,880
Speaker 2: past year. But since you are in Arizona and so

609
00:32:36,040 --> 00:32:39,120
Speaker 2: many players reside out there, and you always hear about,

610
00:32:39,360 --> 00:32:43,640
Speaker 2: you know, hitters training there in Arizona, could you ever

611
00:32:43,800 --> 00:32:48,560
Speaker 2: envision yourself being a guy that would would open the

612
00:32:48,600 --> 00:32:51,960
Speaker 2: doors to what you have to offer, even as like

613
00:32:52,240 --> 00:32:56,120
Speaker 2: a personal pitching coach or one of those guys that

614
00:32:56,360 --> 00:32:59,600
Speaker 2: instead of a hitter going to see maybe they they

615
00:32:59,600 --> 00:33:02,160
Speaker 2: come to see Daniel Hudson for some pitching help.

616
00:33:03,400 --> 00:33:05,920
Speaker 10: Yeah, you know, there's always an opportunity like that out here.

617
00:33:05,960 --> 00:33:07,960
Speaker 10: Like you said, there's there's just really good place for

618
00:33:08,040 --> 00:33:10,720
Speaker 10: guys to kind of settle down for the off season.

619
00:33:11,360 --> 00:33:13,800
Speaker 10: There's really good weather obviously in the off season to

620
00:33:13,800 --> 00:33:16,080
Speaker 10: be able to get outside and actually throw outside. I

621
00:33:16,120 --> 00:33:18,640
Speaker 10: know a lot of teammates that are in the Midwest

622
00:33:18,680 --> 00:33:20,240
Speaker 10: or the East Coast, you know, they have to do

623
00:33:20,280 --> 00:33:23,280
Speaker 10: a lot of throwing indoors. It's really good spot to

624
00:33:23,280 --> 00:33:25,840
Speaker 10: be able to to get outside and really just kind

625
00:33:25,840 --> 00:33:27,880
Speaker 10: of let it loose, and you know, there's always that

626
00:33:27,960 --> 00:33:30,680
Speaker 10: kind of opportunity. The guys that I played with always

627
00:33:30,720 --> 00:33:34,600
Speaker 10: know that my cell phone's always on if they need anything.

628
00:33:35,120 --> 00:33:37,600
Speaker 10: I've always I've let all of them know that. You know,

629
00:33:37,640 --> 00:33:39,920
Speaker 10: there's there's there are many different avenues that that this

630
00:33:40,040 --> 00:33:42,400
Speaker 10: can go down. Right now, like I said, like you said,

631
00:33:42,440 --> 00:33:46,200
Speaker 10: I'm enjoying my family time, but there's also you know,

632
00:33:46,280 --> 00:33:48,760
Speaker 10: if somebody calls me and needs me for a certain thing,

633
00:33:48,800 --> 00:33:51,440
Speaker 10: there's definitely things that I'd look into for sure.

634
00:33:52,480 --> 00:33:55,000
Speaker 2: That's awesome. You have so much to offer, Daniel, And

635
00:33:55,080 --> 00:33:59,440
Speaker 2: I know how much everybody that you played with really

636
00:33:59,480 --> 00:34:02,440
Speaker 2: respect you and what you stood for and just the

637
00:34:02,480 --> 00:34:05,479
Speaker 2: way that you prepared and fought through so many things.

638
00:34:05,480 --> 00:34:07,880
Speaker 2: So I'm glad I got to see you out there.

639
00:34:08,440 --> 00:34:11,480
Speaker 2: It was bad luck for you because maybe maybe a

640
00:34:11,560 --> 00:34:13,839
Speaker 2: Dodger talk will tap into you just as much as

641
00:34:13,880 --> 00:34:17,800
Speaker 2: Burns and Gambo out there in Arizona.

642
00:34:18,160 --> 00:34:22,040
Speaker 10: Anytime, David, my phone's always on, Like I said, my.

643
00:34:22,080 --> 00:34:25,800
Speaker 2: Guy, Daniel Hudson love it, and I'll have the fingers

644
00:34:25,840 --> 00:34:28,120
Speaker 2: over my lips as we hang up. Thanks for the time,

645
00:34:28,200 --> 00:34:28,960
Speaker 2: appreciate it.

646
00:34:29,719 --> 00:34:32,520
Speaker 3: No prom buddy, anytime there it goes.

647
00:34:32,680 --> 00:34:37,240
Speaker 2: Daniel Hudson, awesome guy. Contributed so much to the game

648
00:34:37,280 --> 00:34:41,359
Speaker 2: and especially the Dodgers in twenty twenty four. And if

649
00:34:41,440 --> 00:34:44,480
Speaker 2: you're a Dodger fan, you know what I was referring

650
00:34:44,520 --> 00:34:47,920
Speaker 2: to right there as we were hanging up Daniel Hudson.

651
00:34:48,040 --> 00:34:51,200
Speaker 2: Regular season and twenty twenty four, the Dodgers were kind

652
00:34:51,200 --> 00:34:56,239
Speaker 2: of spiraling when they were in City Field at that

653
00:34:56,360 --> 00:34:59,600
Speaker 2: point in time, it was June. They were playing a doubleheader.

654
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Speaker 2: Things were not looking good. In the first game of

655
00:35:02,400 --> 00:35:06,000
Speaker 2: that doubleheader, Daniel Hudson comes in, gets out of a

656
00:35:06,120 --> 00:35:09,960
Speaker 2: jam that he created, and as he's coming off the field,

657
00:35:10,400 --> 00:35:14,320
Speaker 2: he put his two fingers over his mouth to silence

658
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Speaker 2: the crowd. And he said after that it wasn't for

659
00:35:18,160 --> 00:35:21,400
Speaker 2: just the crowd, it was for his teammates to remember

660
00:35:21,719 --> 00:35:25,160
Speaker 2: that they are the Dodgers. And from that point forward,

661
00:35:25,200 --> 00:35:29,520
Speaker 2: the Dodgers swept the doubleheader. They actually swept the Mets

662
00:35:29,760 --> 00:35:32,600
Speaker 2: in that three game series. That's where one of the

663
00:35:32,640 --> 00:35:35,880
Speaker 2: Mets relievers threw his glove over the netting and they

664
00:35:35,960 --> 00:35:38,440
Speaker 2: kicked him off the team, and the Mets started a

665
00:35:38,440 --> 00:35:41,399
Speaker 2: spiral out of control at that point in time, until they,

666
00:35:42,400 --> 00:35:46,280
Speaker 2: thanks to JD. Martinez by the way, righted the ship

667
00:35:46,440 --> 00:35:49,399
Speaker 2: and found a way to get back into the postseason,

668
00:35:49,480 --> 00:35:52,840
Speaker 2: and the Dodgers beat them in the NLCS. But Daniel

669
00:35:52,880 --> 00:35:56,000
Speaker 2: Hudson met a lot to the Dodgers in twenty twenty four.

670
00:35:56,480 --> 00:35:59,320
Speaker 2: And it's kind of incredible when you look back twenty

671
00:35:59,440 --> 00:36:04,400
Speaker 2: years from now, especially at these first two championships the

672
00:36:04,440 --> 00:36:07,200
Speaker 2: Dodgers have won, and if they win a third one

673
00:36:07,239 --> 00:36:09,760
Speaker 2: in a row, I'm sure there'll be something unique about

674
00:36:09,800 --> 00:36:13,000
Speaker 2: the way they went about it this time, but I

675
00:36:13,080 --> 00:36:15,800
Speaker 2: can't remember. I mean, you look back at the last

676
00:36:15,840 --> 00:36:19,799
Speaker 2: team to win back to back championships, the Yankees, who

677
00:36:19,920 --> 00:36:23,560
Speaker 2: three peeded from ninety eight to two thousand. They basically

678
00:36:23,600 --> 00:36:28,879
Speaker 2: did it the same way. Jeter Posada, Pettitt, Clemens Soriano,

679
00:36:29,120 --> 00:36:33,239
Speaker 2: Tino Martinez. They did it that way. They did have

680
00:36:33,280 --> 00:36:36,360
Speaker 2: different heroes. Aaron Boone was a hero, Scott Broches was

681
00:36:36,360 --> 00:36:40,000
Speaker 2: a hero. They did have different heroes, but they essentially

682
00:36:40,200 --> 00:36:43,840
Speaker 2: went about it the same way. The Dodgers in the

683
00:36:43,920 --> 00:36:48,480
Speaker 2: last two World Series did it in completely different ways.

684
00:36:48,600 --> 00:36:51,719
Speaker 2: In more ways than one. The pitching. It was the

685
00:36:51,760 --> 00:36:56,760
Speaker 2: bullpen that carried the Dodgers pitching in twenty twenty four. Offensively,

686
00:36:57,520 --> 00:37:01,839
Speaker 2: it was Freddy Freeman that carried the Dogs Dodgers through October.

687
00:37:02,160 --> 00:37:06,239
Speaker 2: It was basically the Freddie Freeman, Tommy Edman show, Ta

688
00:37:06,320 --> 00:37:11,640
Speaker 2: Oscar Hernandez show, keyk Hernandez contributing. But really it was

689
00:37:11,920 --> 00:37:16,239
Speaker 2: Freddie Freeman, the aircraft carrier that carried those Dodgers to

690
00:37:16,320 --> 00:37:20,399
Speaker 2: the championship and eventually won the World Series. MVP. Who

691
00:37:20,480 --> 00:37:24,320
Speaker 2: can't forget Freddy meet or Gibbe meet Freddy the Grand

692
00:37:24,360 --> 00:37:27,680
Speaker 2: Slam in Game one. And then last year, as you're

693
00:37:27,719 --> 00:37:31,960
Speaker 2: well aware of, it was the Dodgers starters that carried

694
00:37:32,000 --> 00:37:37,160
Speaker 2: the pitching staff. And it was everybody from Miguel Rojas

695
00:37:37,200 --> 00:37:43,880
Speaker 2: to Will Smith, to Freddie Freeman to you know, Max Munsey.

696
00:37:44,920 --> 00:37:49,160
Speaker 2: Everybody contributed one through twenty six to help win that

697
00:37:49,200 --> 00:37:54,160
Speaker 2: World Series, and just specifically the pitching. The Dodger bullpen

698
00:37:54,840 --> 00:37:57,600
Speaker 2: had nothing left. They were ineffective. There were a lot

699
00:37:57,600 --> 00:38:01,879
Speaker 2: of things going on, injuries, the attacks of the previous year,

700
00:38:02,400 --> 00:38:06,799
Speaker 2: Alex Vesia not on the World Series roster, and Dave

701
00:38:06,920 --> 00:38:10,240
Speaker 2: Roberts had to deploy guys like Tyler Glassnow and Emmitt

702
00:38:10,280 --> 00:38:15,120
Speaker 2: Shean and Blake Snell and Clayton Kershaw, Justin Robleski to

703
00:38:15,239 --> 00:38:19,319
Speaker 2: cover the innings because there were very few and far

704
00:38:19,960 --> 00:38:25,840
Speaker 2: relievers that were effective last year. And Roki Sasaki of course.

705
00:38:25,880 --> 00:38:29,480
Speaker 2: So when you look back at the way the Dodgers

706
00:38:29,520 --> 00:38:33,000
Speaker 2: have won these last two championships, Daniel Hudson was a

707
00:38:33,120 --> 00:38:36,640
Speaker 2: huge part of the Dodgers winning it in twenty twenty four.

708
00:38:37,080 --> 00:38:39,080
Speaker 2: And like I've told a few of those guys from

709
00:38:39,120 --> 00:38:43,160
Speaker 2: twenty four, without the first one, there is no back

710
00:38:43,160 --> 00:38:46,440
Speaker 2: to back championship. You might want to act like it

711
00:38:46,560 --> 00:38:49,880
Speaker 2: never happened. I mean, we're all talking about Yamamoto, and

712
00:38:49,960 --> 00:38:53,520
Speaker 2: I feel like we've all forgotten what Walker Bueller did

713
00:38:53,520 --> 00:38:58,719
Speaker 2: and his heroics in the World Series. He was Yamamoto.

714
00:38:59,760 --> 00:39:04,160
Speaker 2: And that's how quickly things change in this game. Walker

715
00:39:04,200 --> 00:39:08,560
Speaker 2: Bueller went to Boston, got released, signed with the Phillies

716
00:39:08,600 --> 00:39:12,080
Speaker 2: at the end of the year, never pitched in the NLDS,

717
00:39:12,719 --> 00:39:15,200
Speaker 2: and now had to sign a minor league deal with

718
00:39:15,239 --> 00:39:19,560
Speaker 2: the Padres. That's going to be weird. And the Padres

719
00:39:19,640 --> 00:39:23,719
Speaker 2: now have what three of the twenty eighteen Dodgers on

720
00:39:23,800 --> 00:39:28,160
Speaker 2: their team very emotional guys and Manny Machado, Alex Verdugo

721
00:39:28,719 --> 00:39:32,800
Speaker 2: and Walker Bueller and oh speaking of the Padres, mister

722
00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:39,840
Speaker 2: irrelevant Jerkson Profar popped again for performance enhancing drugs. He

723
00:39:39,880 --> 00:39:45,000
Speaker 2: has suspended for the entire season after being a second time,

724
00:39:45,960 --> 00:39:50,720
Speaker 2: second time offender. The players Association is going to appeal,

725
00:39:50,840 --> 00:39:54,960
Speaker 2: but they're not going to win. Profar cheating and was

726
00:39:55,040 --> 00:39:59,480
Speaker 2: caught twice after signing a big deal with the Atlanta Braves.

727
00:39:59,560 --> 00:40:02,879
Speaker 2: So I guess he is somewhat relevant for the wrong

728
00:40:02,960 --> 00:40:07,880
Speaker 2: reasons right now, but as the season goes along, mister irrelevant,

729
00:40:08,320 --> 00:40:11,319
Speaker 2: eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy is

730
00:40:11,360 --> 00:40:14,279
Speaker 2: the phone number. We have three phone lines open. I

731
00:40:14,320 --> 00:40:17,080
Speaker 2: guess many of you are like that parent that I

732
00:40:17,280 --> 00:40:20,680
Speaker 2: encountered at my son's little league game because nobody has

733
00:40:20,760 --> 00:40:26,320
Speaker 2: any answers for an embarrassing performance from an over zealous parent,

734
00:40:26,680 --> 00:40:30,560
Speaker 2: you know, screaming, dropping f bombs at umpires. I guess

735
00:40:31,440 --> 00:40:34,000
Speaker 2: many of you are that guy. Let's go out to

736
00:40:34,080 --> 00:40:37,399
Speaker 2: Kenoga Park. Duke. You're on Dodger Talk. How you doing, Duke?

737
00:40:39,120 --> 00:40:39,839
Speaker 6: Very good? How you doing?

738
00:40:39,880 --> 00:40:42,880
Speaker 2: I say, I'm doing great? You got any advice on

739
00:40:42,960 --> 00:40:44,239
Speaker 2: how to deal with a dad like that.

740
00:40:46,200 --> 00:40:50,560
Speaker 7: No, no, no, I want to have to Why don't

741
00:40:50,560 --> 00:40:52,920
Speaker 7: you like the fans that were the championship gear? I

742
00:40:52,920 --> 00:40:55,239
Speaker 7: heard you did saying like, oh, you're not gonna catch

743
00:40:55,280 --> 00:40:59,439
Speaker 7: me wearing the twenty twenty five championship gear stuff like that.

744
00:40:59,760 --> 00:41:01,560
Speaker 2: Oh no, no, I wasn't bashing that. I want to

745
00:41:01,560 --> 00:41:03,520
Speaker 2: see the back to back. I feel like you're short

746
00:41:03,640 --> 00:41:06,919
Speaker 2: changing the Dodgers when all you see is twenty twenty five.

747
00:41:07,200 --> 00:41:11,000
Speaker 2: I'm winning, and I felt like they kind of deprived

748
00:41:11,080 --> 00:41:13,920
Speaker 2: us a good back to back championship gear.

749
00:41:15,680 --> 00:41:20,360
Speaker 7: Okay, okay, yeah, no, are you assuming that they're new fans?

750
00:41:20,680 --> 00:41:22,960
Speaker 2: No, no, no, I'm just saying that. I you know,

751
00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:26,080
Speaker 2: when the Lakers won back to back championships, the Lakers

752
00:41:26,640 --> 00:41:30,239
Speaker 2: with uh with Kobe and Gasol. You know, they had

753
00:41:30,239 --> 00:41:33,319
Speaker 2: the Muppet hand with Kobe's rings. I hope Nike does

754
00:41:33,360 --> 00:41:36,640
Speaker 2: that for Mookie. If the Dodgers win another ring, put

755
00:41:36,719 --> 00:41:40,360
Speaker 2: up five rings with the Muppet hand for him. So yeah,

756
00:41:40,480 --> 00:41:44,160
Speaker 2: that's my only issue. And hopefully when Opening Day rolls

757
00:41:44,200 --> 00:41:46,839
Speaker 2: around at Dodgers Stadium, we'll have some back to back gear.

758
00:41:48,560 --> 00:41:50,760
Speaker 7: All right, sounds good man, I'll be there.

759
00:41:51,000 --> 00:41:53,520
Speaker 2: Okay, dude, thanks a lot for the phone call. Yeah, no,

760
00:41:53,600 --> 00:41:57,279
Speaker 2: I'm just wondering what happened to the gear? Where's the

761
00:41:57,320 --> 00:41:59,520
Speaker 2: back to back World Series gear? You know, That's what

762
00:41:59,520 --> 00:42:03,160
Speaker 2: I'm looking for there. I'm not I know, Dodger fans

763
00:42:03,200 --> 00:42:05,759
Speaker 2: are loyal. I know you're not just coming around at

764
00:42:05,800 --> 00:42:08,640
Speaker 2: the last minute for sure. No, No, I'm just saying

765
00:42:08,680 --> 00:42:11,680
Speaker 2: that if I have, you know, a certain amount of

766
00:42:11,719 --> 00:42:15,800
Speaker 2: dollars to spend on Dodger gear, I'm going to Uh,

767
00:42:15,840 --> 00:42:18,200
Speaker 2: I'm gonna wait till it says back to back champions.

768
00:42:18,239 --> 00:42:21,160
Speaker 2: I mean, that's what they do for every other sports

769
00:42:21,160 --> 00:42:23,400
Speaker 2: team that wins back to back titles. They don't just

770
00:42:23,440 --> 00:42:27,239
Speaker 2: say twenty twenty five champions. And I haven't seen I

771
00:42:27,280 --> 00:42:30,799
Speaker 2: haven't seen it. Let's go out to Steven Riverside, who's

772
00:42:30,800 --> 00:42:34,200
Speaker 2: got some advice for me on Little League parenting? How

773
00:42:34,200 --> 00:42:34,960
Speaker 2: do I deal with this?

774
00:42:35,080 --> 00:42:35,279
Speaker 7: Dad?

775
00:42:35,360 --> 00:42:35,720
Speaker 2: Steve?

776
00:42:36,520 --> 00:42:39,319
Speaker 7: That's all radio well, me and my wife.

777
00:42:39,360 --> 00:42:41,400
Speaker 11: As matter fact, we're just talking about this earlier on

778
00:42:41,440 --> 00:42:43,960
Speaker 11: the way home, and about.

779
00:42:43,680 --> 00:42:45,480
Speaker 12: How some of these parents act like they.

780
00:42:45,320 --> 00:42:47,879
Speaker 11: Got the next King Griffy Junior or the next joi

781
00:42:47,960 --> 00:42:51,240
Speaker 11: Otani and they want their kid to be out there,

782
00:42:51,760 --> 00:42:54,920
Speaker 11: you know, just thinking that they're gonna make the millions

783
00:42:54,920 --> 00:42:57,560
Speaker 11: of dollars later on. But you know, one thing, we

784
00:42:57,760 --> 00:43:01,520
Speaker 11: just used to ignore it, and bat we get these

785
00:43:01,560 --> 00:43:04,600
Speaker 11: parents they are you know, so I was just ignored.

786
00:43:04,680 --> 00:43:07,120
Speaker 2: It just makes the experience. Uh, it just makes the

787
00:43:07,160 --> 00:43:10,200
Speaker 2: experiment experience of watching your kid. Now I'm not just

788
00:43:10,520 --> 00:43:13,880
Speaker 2: speaking for myself, but other parents that were around, it

789
00:43:13,960 --> 00:43:16,799
Speaker 2: just doesn't make it enjoyable. And then you have the

790
00:43:16,840 --> 00:43:19,839
Speaker 2: guy dropping f bombs. I just don't understand. Too many

791
00:43:19,840 --> 00:43:22,120
Speaker 2: of these parents are trying to live through their ten

792
00:43:22,200 --> 00:43:25,000
Speaker 2: year olds and it's like, dude, you missed your chance.

793
00:43:26,680 --> 00:43:29,120
Speaker 12: Oh no, that's one hundred percent. And I'll tell you what.

794
00:43:29,239 --> 00:43:33,160
Speaker 12: It happens at every park and every place. And we

795
00:43:33,320 --> 00:43:36,120
Speaker 12: we've even moved our kids from Little League to Pony

796
00:43:36,120 --> 00:43:38,440
Speaker 12: and back to Little League because of that situation back

797
00:43:38,440 --> 00:43:41,440
Speaker 12: when they were playing when they're younger. And then you know,

798
00:43:41,560 --> 00:43:43,719
Speaker 12: then you got the whole daddy ball aspect when you

799
00:43:43,800 --> 00:43:46,120
Speaker 12: got there one manager who plays this kid or tells,

800
00:43:46,160 --> 00:43:49,279
Speaker 12: you know, these other teams who want to get you know,

801
00:43:49,400 --> 00:43:51,359
Speaker 12: stacked the deck with the team, and then they don't

802
00:43:51,360 --> 00:43:53,520
Speaker 12: pick your kid for All Stars because.

803
00:43:53,760 --> 00:43:56,160
Speaker 2: You know, that's a lot of drama, Steve, I don't

804
00:43:56,160 --> 00:43:58,359
Speaker 2: care about that. I feel like, if you're good enough,

805
00:43:58,400 --> 00:44:01,200
Speaker 2: you'll rise above all that. But yeah, I'm with you

806
00:44:01,520 --> 00:44:04,520
Speaker 2: the pony. And this is the first time I've ever

807
00:44:04,640 --> 00:44:07,160
Speaker 2: encountered I've heard about parents like this, but I've never

808
00:44:07,640 --> 00:44:10,600
Speaker 2: never encountered it. But you'd be safe out there in

809
00:44:10,719 --> 00:44:14,200
Speaker 2: Riverside and you're on the Dodgers, the real pros.

810
00:44:14,280 --> 00:44:15,879
Speaker 12: Oh, of course, no doubt, Dave.

811
00:44:15,920 --> 00:44:17,160
Speaker 7: All right, you have a good evening.

812
00:44:17,719 --> 00:44:21,600
Speaker 2: Thank you, be safe. Let's go out to Fullerton. Antonio,

813
00:44:22,000 --> 00:44:24,000
Speaker 2: you're on Dodger Talk with David Vasse.

814
00:44:24,160 --> 00:44:28,920
Speaker 13: Hi, Antonio, David Vasse, it's an honor talking with you.

815
00:44:29,360 --> 00:44:33,160
Speaker 13: Twenty twenty six Dodger Baseball and full of fag Spring

816
00:44:33,239 --> 00:44:36,040
Speaker 13: training is on there. I just wanted to say thank you,

817
00:44:36,120 --> 00:44:39,080
Speaker 13: David for everything you do for us Dodger fans, for

818
00:44:39,239 --> 00:44:42,279
Speaker 13: Dodger Talk and by sevent y you do a lot,

819
00:44:42,320 --> 00:44:45,240
Speaker 13: and I really appreciate it. We'll keep in touch this season.

820
00:44:45,480 --> 00:44:46,480
Speaker 7: Go Dodgers.

821
00:44:46,680 --> 00:44:49,239
Speaker 2: All right, thank you, Antonio. I appreciate it. I don't

822
00:44:49,280 --> 00:44:51,879
Speaker 2: do anything. I don't swing a bat, I don't throw

823
00:44:51,920 --> 00:44:55,760
Speaker 2: a pitch, but I'm here just to tell the story

824
00:44:55,960 --> 00:44:59,719
Speaker 2: of the greatest period of time in Dodger baseball, the

825
00:44:59,719 --> 00:45:03,480
Speaker 2: most successful period of time in Dodger baseball. I'm very

826
00:45:03,520 --> 00:45:07,160
Speaker 2: fortunate to be doing this show during this period of

827
00:45:07,200 --> 00:45:12,400
Speaker 2: time to document unprecedented success the Dodgers have had the

828
00:45:12,480 --> 00:45:17,720
Speaker 2: last fourteen years and especially now the last five years,

829
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Speaker 2: winning three championships and looking for a three p Let's

830
00:45:21,640 --> 00:45:24,520
Speaker 2: take one more phone call my guy, Jim in Mission

831
00:45:24,640 --> 00:45:28,840
Speaker 2: Viejo may have some advice for some of you parents

832
00:45:28,880 --> 00:45:32,480
Speaker 2: out there. How are you doing, Jim, I'm doing good.

833
00:45:32,640 --> 00:45:35,759
Speaker 6: I'll make it quick. I know it's too late for this,

834
00:45:35,880 --> 00:45:38,800
Speaker 6: but beginning of every season, I would always call a

835
00:45:38,840 --> 00:45:41,680
Speaker 6: meeting for just appearance, no kids, none of the players

836
00:45:41,719 --> 00:45:43,680
Speaker 6: to be there, and I would say, you need to

837
00:45:43,719 --> 00:45:47,120
Speaker 6: set your expectations here first. None of your kids or

838
00:45:47,160 --> 00:45:49,920
Speaker 6: at least one of these kids might play high school baseball,

839
00:45:49,960 --> 00:45:53,480
Speaker 6: so keep that in your mind. It's about fun. The

840
00:45:53,560 --> 00:45:55,920
Speaker 6: second thing is is that if you're having problems with

841
00:45:56,040 --> 00:46:00,560
Speaker 6: this parent right now, I would still call a meeting

842
00:46:00,560 --> 00:46:03,279
Speaker 6: of just the parents, don't tell them what it's gonna

843
00:46:03,320 --> 00:46:05,359
Speaker 6: be for, and I would call him out in front

844
00:46:05,360 --> 00:46:08,120
Speaker 6: of the other parents and make him understand that it's

845
00:46:08,200 --> 00:46:12,399
Speaker 6: not making it fun. Baseball at this level is not

846
00:46:12,640 --> 00:46:16,200
Speaker 6: do or die. It is about having fun. And if

847
00:46:16,239 --> 00:46:18,600
Speaker 6: you don't, if you call him out in front of

848
00:46:18,600 --> 00:46:21,880
Speaker 6: the other parents, it might make a difference before you

849
00:46:21,960 --> 00:46:23,840
Speaker 6: get farther into your season.

850
00:46:24,239 --> 00:46:26,279
Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't know. This guy doesn't have a lot

851
00:46:26,320 --> 00:46:30,280
Speaker 2: of self awareness. So hopefully it gets better starting this weekend.

852
00:46:30,400 --> 00:46:33,640
Speaker 2: So thank you, Jim, level headed guy right there. We

853
00:46:33,680 --> 00:46:36,840
Speaker 2: need more of those parents around Pony and little leagues

854
00:46:36,920 --> 00:46:39,399
Speaker 2: and let the kids enjoy it, don't burn them out,

855
00:46:39,520 --> 00:46:42,400
Speaker 2: don't make them feel so scared to make a mistake

856
00:46:42,480 --> 00:46:46,920
Speaker 2: and disappoint you. So that's the way it goes anyway.

857
00:46:46,960 --> 00:46:49,920
Speaker 2: And also, you know, at a ten year old level,

858
00:46:50,280 --> 00:46:53,760
Speaker 2: I don't think there should be catchers interference being called

859
00:46:54,400 --> 00:46:56,680
Speaker 2: when you're ten years old. Come on, I mean, come on.

860
00:46:56,760 --> 00:47:00,520
Speaker 2: The rules need to change and the expectations need to change.

861
00:47:01,120 --> 00:47:03,560
Speaker 2: All right, Then I'll do for us on Dodger Talk.

862
00:47:03,640 --> 00:47:05,839
Speaker 2: Thanks a lot for tuning in. We'll be back with

863
00:47:05,920 --> 00:47:09,440
Speaker 2: you on Thursday night at seven o'clock, and then we'll

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Speaker 2: have Dodgers Spring training baseball for you again on Saturday

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Speaker 2: and Sunday. In case you missed our conversation with two

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Speaker 2: time World Series champion bullpen dog himself, Daniel Hudson. You

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Speaker 2: can find it on the iHeartRadio app. Thanks to Ronnie

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Speaker 2: Fossio for all his help. Thanks to you for listening

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Speaker 2: and calling in. Can't wait for this season to start.

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Speaker 2: Opening Day is right around the corner March twenty sixth,

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Speaker 2: and don't forget March twenty seventh, Game two of the season.

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Speaker 2: That's a special day as well. Clayton Kershaw and the

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Speaker 2: rest of the twenty twenty five World champion Dodgers will

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Speaker 2: be receiving their rings. Yeah, the ring ceremony is before

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Speaker 2: Game two of the season. Opening Day Festivities gets its

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Speaker 2: own shine on March twenty six So a lot of

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Speaker 2: time between now and then, but we are building up

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Speaker 2: to that big homestand to celebrate the back to back

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Speaker 2: World Series champion Dodgers coming up next Fox Sports Radio.

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Speaker 2: We'll talk to you tomorrow on Petro Some Money. Don't

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Speaker 2: hate me, Petros, you know I love you. Siya