WEBVTT - Spring Training Dodger Talk (3-3-26)

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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>Fifth a spring training Dodger Talk.

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<v Speaker 3>Here we go again.

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

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<v Speaker 4>How three in the Max to get in on the

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<v Speaker 4>show called eight six six nine eighty seven two five seven,

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<v Speaker 4>and be sure to follow Dodger Talk wherever you catch

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<v Speaker 4>your podcasts.

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

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<v Speaker 2>Wow, I'm here to rescue you from that last segment

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<v Speaker 2>of Petros and money and maybe even rescue you from

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<v Speaker 2>the last four hours on Dodger Talk. We are with

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<v Speaker 2>you tonight until eight o'clock. We are to have a

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<v Speaker 2>great guest for you at the bottom of the hour.

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<v Speaker 2>That is two time World Series champion Daniel Hudson, who

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<v Speaker 2>was the last man standing on the mound for the

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<v Speaker 2>Nationals in twenty nineteen and more importantly, one of the

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<v Speaker 2>anchors and leaders of the Dodger bullpen that rescued the

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<v Speaker 2>Dodgers to the twenty twenty four World Championship, and one

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<v Speaker 2>of the smartest guys the Dodgers and baseball has had

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<v Speaker 2>in the last fifteen years. So I feel like I

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<v Speaker 2>feel like Heckel and Jekyl the last four years kind

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<v Speaker 2>of put down Daniel Hudson. I know they had a

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<v Speaker 2>very accomplished GM from the NFL on and then decide

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<v Speaker 2>to replay it. I feel like that replay went one

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

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<v Speaker 2>What one playoff game? How long did he last as

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<v Speaker 2>the Raiders GM? Four months? And he's an expert? Who's

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<v Speaker 2>on tomorrow? John Paul Morosi still tracking Shoeo Tani's jet

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<v Speaker 2>to Toronto. Oh man, we could do this too. We

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<v Speaker 2>could do this too. I love it though. I love

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<v Speaker 2>that Petros literally saved the segment by going through the

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<v Speaker 2>bullpen roll call. I did enjoy that, now, I did

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<v Speaker 2>enjoy that. That was good spirited fun. So I'm just

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<v Speaker 2>having my own fun right there. I have some issues

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<v Speaker 2>too with Little league dads that will get to in

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<v Speaker 2>a moment. I might need your help on how to

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<v Speaker 2>deal with that because I drove back from spring training

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<v Speaker 2>just to see my son's first little league game, and

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<v Speaker 2>some parents take it a lot more serious. Lee than

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<v Speaker 2>others do. There's some guys that really really believe their

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<v Speaker 2>ten year old is in the big leagues. And this

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<v Speaker 2>one guy I got warned. I got warned when I

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<v Speaker 2>showed up. I drove straight from Glendale, Arizona, to West

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<v Speaker 2>Hills to watch my son's first game, and I got

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<v Speaker 2>warned by one of the dads I know, and he's like, oh,

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<v Speaker 2>this guy's a beauty. I was like, all right, how

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<v Speaker 2>bad could he be? Well, his kid was catching the

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<v Speaker 2>entire game, and every single pitch the dad was micromanaging him.

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<v Speaker 2>And then it gets even better. He starts getting on

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<v Speaker 2>the umpire and by the end of the game he's

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<v Speaker 2>dropping F bombs and getting thrown out. So what do

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<v Speaker 2>you do with a dad like that? I just literally

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<v Speaker 2>came from watching the back to back world champion Dodgers

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<v Speaker 2>and nobody was acting the way this guy was acting.

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<v Speaker 2>Am I going to have to deal with this the

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<v Speaker 2>entire season? I mean F bombs with ten year olds there.

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<v Speaker 2>If you have any advice on how to deal with

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<v Speaker 2>this guy, let me know. Eight six six nine, eight

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<v Speaker 2>seven two five seventy. Even the Hood Instagram legend the

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<v Speaker 2>Hood of Los Angeles showed up coincidentally and witnessed all this,

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<v Speaker 2>and uh, maybe I gotta bring Petros. Maybe I gotta

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<v Speaker 2>bring Petros, you know, the morality police to my kids,

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<v Speaker 2>literallygue game to figure all this out. So we'll see

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<v Speaker 2>how it goes. I'm not sure if I'll be able

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<v Speaker 2>to make it to Game two this weekend, but we'll

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<v Speaker 2>see how it plays out. But I mean, literally, some

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<v Speaker 2>of these parents, and I hope you're not one of them.

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<v Speaker 2>It's embarrassing. You're embarrassing yourself, your kid, your family. It's

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<v Speaker 2>really embarrassing ten year olds. Really, you think he's what

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<v Speaker 2>will smith back there? Come on, I'm sure Tim Kates

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<v Speaker 2>never acted that way or his family. Eight six six

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<v Speaker 2>nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone number.

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<v Speaker 2>I bet this dad would have gone really wild if

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<v Speaker 2>Roki Sasaki was his son. Because Roki Sasaki in the

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<v Speaker 2>first inning today did not get out of it. Dave

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<v Speaker 2>Roberts had to roll the inning, as they like to say,

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<v Speaker 2>and take him out in the middle of the inning

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<v Speaker 2>after not being able to find the strike zone. He

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<v Speaker 2>walked three and gave up a grand slam. But then

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<v Speaker 2>he came back for the second inning and looked a

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<v Speaker 2>little better. Retired the side in order did not give

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<v Speaker 2>up a run, So that was a relief I think

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<v Speaker 2>in some ways, considering now, the Dodger starting rotation is

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<v Speaker 2>looking a little thinner than it was even a month ago.

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<v Speaker 2>The Dodgers somewhat need Roki Sasaki to be a guy

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<v Speaker 2>that they can rely on for at least five innings

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<v Speaker 2>once a week. I mean, because this guy is not

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<v Speaker 2>going to pitch every five days as we saw last year.

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<v Speaker 2>Roki Sasaki is going to be a once a week pitcher,

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<v Speaker 2>and you would hope once a week pitchers would be

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<v Speaker 2>able to give you five, maybe six innings. Is that

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<v Speaker 2>too much to ask? And look, this is still a

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<v Speaker 2>work in progress, but there's some sort of responsibility. He

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<v Speaker 2>has to not put the Dodger bullpen in a bad

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<v Speaker 2>spot every time he goes out there, because that's what

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<v Speaker 2>we saw most of the time early in the season.

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<v Speaker 2>And look, Roki was huge to the Dodgers' run to

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<v Speaker 2>the World Series. There's no arguing that. But they need him,

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<v Speaker 2>if he's going to be part of the rotation, to

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<v Speaker 2>be a five inning guy at the very least. Good

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<v Speaker 2>news as far as the rotation goes, River Ryan again

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<v Speaker 2>had a very good outing. He pitched in relief, pitched

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<v Speaker 2>two no hit innings, had three strikeouts. But he's coming

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<v Speaker 2>off Tommy John surgery. I kind of feel like the

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<v Speaker 2>Dodgers are strategizing rolling him out the way they rolled

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<v Speaker 2>out Emid Shehan last year in the second half of

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<v Speaker 2>the season. But they may be forced to bring him

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<v Speaker 2>along a little quicker right now. If you look at

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<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers opening day rotation with Snell not being ready

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<v Speaker 2>and Gavin Stone having a setback with coming back from

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<v Speaker 2>shoulder surgery, you're looking at a starting five verse six

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<v Speaker 2>of Yamamoto, Glass, now, Sheehan, Otani, Robleski, and Roki Sasaki.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's why I mentioned the Petro some money that

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<v Speaker 2>a guy that you may want to keep in mind

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<v Speaker 2>is Cole Irvin. Cole Irvin is a veteran from the

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<v Speaker 2>A's that can be a multi inning reliever to give

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<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers some coverage. Because now Robleski, who the Dodgers

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<v Speaker 2>do believe can be a very good starter, but they

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<v Speaker 2>just didn't have a spot for him all of a sudden,

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<v Speaker 2>now is going to get his opportunity to be in

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<v Speaker 2>the starting rotation and river Ryan coming along in the

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<v Speaker 2>second half. And you know, I thought part of the

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<v Speaker 2>most obvious thing at camp the first couple of weeks

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<v Speaker 2>is the fact that Blake Snow was not going to

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<v Speaker 2>be ready for opening Day. I didn't need Dave Roberts

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<v Speaker 2>to say that. It was apparent. He hasn't thrown off

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<v Speaker 2>the mound. There's no bullpen session. What he's doing right

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<v Speaker 2>now playing catch from ninety to one hundred and twenty

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<v Speaker 2>feet is what pitchers do to get ready for spring

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<v Speaker 2>training in December, maybe January, but in December. So by

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<v Speaker 2>the time spring training ends, he may be throwing bullpen sessions.

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<v Speaker 2>He may have just started throwing to hitters, and that's

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<v Speaker 2>a two month process. You've got to get six starts

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<v Speaker 2>under your belt. That takes time. So I know I

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<v Speaker 2>had the over under at single demile, but I certainly

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<v Speaker 2>believe it's the over. It's going to be closer to June.

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<v Speaker 2>So you know, Snell has an endearing quality that even

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<v Speaker 2>though he's not ready for the beginning of most seasons,

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<v Speaker 2>and when he is, he wins the cy young. But

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<v Speaker 2>if you look back at the last few years, his

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<v Speaker 2>endearing quality is that you can, especially if you're the

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<v Speaker 2>Dodgers say all right, yeah, okay, you're it's not ideal.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not ideal. But if you come back in June

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<v Speaker 2>or July and you never look back and you pitched

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<v Speaker 2>the way you did in the NLDS and the NLCS

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<v Speaker 2>and gut it out in the World Series, all right,

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<v Speaker 2>we can handle that. But Blake's now better be ready

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<v Speaker 2>to perform when it matters the most, and he has

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<v Speaker 2>shown an ability to do that, especially as recently as

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<v Speaker 2>last year. Eight sixty six nine, eight seven two five

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<v Speaker 2>seventy is the phone number. When we continue on Dodger Talk,

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<v Speaker 2>you'll hear part of our conversation with JD. Martinez in

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<v Speaker 2>case you missed it last Friday. He is the Mookie

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<v Speaker 2>Bets whisperer and Team USA, as you heard Petro some

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<v Speaker 2>money really detail had their first scrimmage against who was it.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't even know who. They scrimmaged against. Kershaw. He's

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<v Speaker 2>in Arizona, not with the Dodgers, but with Team USA.

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<v Speaker 2>You'll hear from the future Hall of Famer as well.

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

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<v Speaker 2>right here on a five to seventy LA Sports. It's

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<v Speaker 2>a Tom Telasco Free Zone on Dodger Talk. No failed

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<v Speaker 2>nflgms on this show. Only winners like Daniel Hudson, a

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<v Speaker 2>two time World Series champion, coming up at the bottom

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<v Speaker 2>of the hour. And you know, certainly the Dodgers are

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<v Speaker 2>rolling in spring training nine to three after a five

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<v Speaker 2>to four win. Miguel Rojas hit a two run home

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<v Speaker 2>run today. So Rojas, in his final major league season,

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<v Speaker 2>came to camp ready, just like virtually every Dodger did.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's why I'm a firm believer the Dodgers have

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<v Speaker 2>a great chance to at least get to the NLCS.

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm starting to believe the people in Florida that

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<v Speaker 2>have been texting me, calling me that letting me know

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<v Speaker 2>that the Mets might be the toughest competition for the Dodgers.

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<v Speaker 2>And there are rave reviews of Nolan McClain, the young

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<v Speaker 2>rookie right hander for the Mets who was supposed to

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<v Speaker 2>join Team USA but had to stay back in Florida

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<v Speaker 2>because he was experiencing vertigo. So he is going to

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<v Speaker 2>join Team USA a little bit later. And in case

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<v Speaker 2>you love the World Baseball Classic, Team USA finally got

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<v Speaker 2>together yesterday and they played their first exhibition game today

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<v Speaker 2>Roman Anthony homerd against the Giants in Scottsdale, and they'll

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<v Speaker 2>be headed to Houston for the first round of the

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<v Speaker 2>World Baseball Classic with the one and only Clayton Kershaw,

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<v Speaker 2>who you'll hear from in just a moment. Kershaw is

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<v Speaker 2>number one, so are my friends at Downy Hunday. My

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<v Speaker 2>guy Sam, number one dealer in the USSA, USA, USA

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<v Speaker 2>number one, and now they're going for the repeat in

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<v Speaker 2>twenty six, similar to the Dodgers going for the three peat.

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<v Speaker 2>My guy Sam at Downey Hunday, he's got more selection,

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<v Speaker 2>he's got more trust, he's got more reasons for you

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<v Speaker 2>to choose Downy Hunday. And you never know, you might

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<v Speaker 2>see me driving in a Downy Hunday on the way

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<v Speaker 2>to Opening Day. Matted blue, I think is what I'm

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<v Speaker 2>looking at there. So look out for me on the

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<v Speaker 2>one oh one, I'll be exiting Alvarado, and look out

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<v Speaker 2>for my guy Sam at Downey Hunday. They are the

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<v Speaker 2>champs of USA and Southern California. Don't forget it. Eight

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<v Speaker 2>six six, nine eighty seven two five seventy is the

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<v Speaker 2>phone number. Speaking of USA, we had America's DH on

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<v Speaker 2>the show Friday night, JD Martinez who is playing in

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<v Speaker 2>a celebrity pickleball tournament out there in Lakinta before the

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<v Speaker 2>tennis tournament begins at Indian Wells, and he let us

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<v Speaker 2>in on just how much he he helped Mookie Beds

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<v Speaker 2>salvage his season in September.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, yeah, I mean me and Muk go way back,

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<v Speaker 5>so you know, for him, I definitely made the exception

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<v Speaker 5>of coming out and going out there and spending a

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<v Speaker 5>weekend with him and you know, trying to get him

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<v Speaker 5>back on track. It was like God, a few times.

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<v Speaker 3>We did it?

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<v Speaker 6>Did it?

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<v Speaker 3>I did it there?

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<v Speaker 5>And then I did in l A too.

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<v Speaker 2>Did you really?

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<v Speaker 3>So?

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, help him with?

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<v Speaker 2>What do you help him with? How? Why does j

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<v Speaker 2>D Martinez connect with him so much?

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<v Speaker 7>I don't know.

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<v Speaker 5>I mean, I think we both a want of trust.

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<v Speaker 5>He trusts me, uh he you know, he values my

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<v Speaker 5>opinion on everything, and from there it was kind of

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<v Speaker 5>one of those things where we just we work well

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<v Speaker 5>together and I don't know, I feel like I just

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<v Speaker 5>have a really good understanding of his swing and his mind,

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<v Speaker 5>you know, Muki's on Mook's you know, unbelievable unbelievable talent,

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<v Speaker 5>as everybody knows. It's just sometimes this game it just

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<v Speaker 5>derails you sometimes and you need someone to you know,

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<v Speaker 5>lock it back in.

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<v Speaker 3>You know.

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<v Speaker 7>Robert was that guy. Robert was that guy for me.

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<v Speaker 5>You know, every time I would get derailed, Robert would

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<v Speaker 5>kind of guide me back in and it was a

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<v Speaker 5>lot of trust that I put into him, and it

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<v Speaker 5>always kind of works. Sometimes you just got to turn

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<v Speaker 5>your brain off and let someone else.

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<v Speaker 7>Think for you, cause you just get in.

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<v Speaker 5>Your own way.

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<v Speaker 2>Mooky's coming to camp earlier than I've ever seen him

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<v Speaker 2>come to camp to work since twenty twenty. Do you

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<v Speaker 2>expect him you know, there's a lot of people that

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<v Speaker 2>expect the beginning of the end last year for Mookie.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you expect him to have, you know, more of

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<v Speaker 2>a Mookie type year?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 5>I mean, you just the thing with Muk is you

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<v Speaker 5>just you know, you never know, he just turns on

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<v Speaker 5>a switch and all of a sudden, he doesn't get

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<v Speaker 5>out for freaking three months, and you're like, what the

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<v Speaker 5>heck just happened. It's like Freddie, you know, they're.

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<v Speaker 7>Able to just go on these runs.

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<v Speaker 8>Where you're like, good luck.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah for me, I always expect Muki to have a

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<v Speaker 3>great year.

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<v Speaker 5>You know, I tell him every I tell him all

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<v Speaker 5>the time. I said, Muke, I said, there's no reason

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<v Speaker 5>that you can't win MVP every single year because you

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<v Speaker 5>have that kind of ability.

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<v Speaker 2>And if I mean too you again this year, would

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<v Speaker 2>you answer the phone? Would they be able to suck

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<v Speaker 2>you back into the cage?

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<v Speaker 5>I mean, if Mooki called me, yeah, I definitely would,

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<v Speaker 5>you know, I mean, Muki's my guy, so what interest.

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<v Speaker 3>We've always had a big relationship there.

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<v Speaker 2>He is JD Martinez, the Mookie Whisperer along with being

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<v Speaker 2>America's DH. It was great having him on the show.

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<v Speaker 2>And I know we were aware of the fact that JD.

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<v Speaker 2>Martinez met up with Mooki at an off side batting

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<v Speaker 2>cage when the team was in Tampa, and that's kind

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<v Speaker 2>of where Mooki hit rock bottom offensively. And I had

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<v Speaker 2>no idea that JD. Martinez came to LA after that

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<v Speaker 2>to help him as well. And that's where Mookie salvaged

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<v Speaker 2>his season. He was really good in September and he

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<v Speaker 2>was good in the postseason. And when you hear JD.

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<v Speaker 2>Martinez say he could flip that switch and go on

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<v Speaker 2>a tear and never get out. Well, he never had

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<v Speaker 2>that last year. But Mooky's in a great place coming

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<v Speaker 2>into camp. And I'm not just you know, throwing out

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<v Speaker 2>hyperboles out there. This is the look Mookie Betts had

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<v Speaker 2>when he first came to the Dodgers in twenty twenty.

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<v Speaker 2>He has said this a couple of different times this spring.

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<v Speaker 2>He's in a better place than he has been in

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<v Speaker 2>a long time, starting the year with the Dodgers. So

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<v Speaker 2>that is good for the Dodgers. And I'm sure he's

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<v Speaker 2>heard the critics. People think he's thirty three years old

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<v Speaker 2>and it's the beginning of the end. But he wants

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<v Speaker 2>to win a Gold Glove at shortstop and he feels

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<v Speaker 2>like his swing is in a great spot that it

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<v Speaker 2>never was going into the season last year. Eight six, six,

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

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

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<v Speaker 8>How you doing, Josh, Hey, Dave, thanks for taking my call.

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<v Speaker 8>I actually love the recent injury deal with Chase Utley.

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<v Speaker 8>And then I got me thinking, where's Matt Kent's whereabouts, Like,

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<v Speaker 8>what's his exact role with the Dodgers.

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

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<v Speaker 2>He's back in I think he lives in Oklahoma or Texas.

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<v Speaker 2>He's got some things going on out there and hasn't

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<v Speaker 2>made it back to the West Coast to Dodgers Stadium

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<v Speaker 2>or dear Camp in a couple of years. So I

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<v Speaker 2>would love to see Matt Kemp be more involved, come

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<v Speaker 2>out like Ethier and Utley and Eric Carros does. But

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<v Speaker 2>I guess he's he's got other things going on out

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<v Speaker 2>there where he lives.

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<v Speaker 8>Oh okay, all right, Well I was hoping to see him.

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<v Speaker 8>I hopefully we see him.

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<v Speaker 3>More opting I love.

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<v Speaker 8>But I think you're for taking my call, dude.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, no problem, Josh. Yeah, I would love to see

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<v Speaker 2>Matt camp out there. It's been great to see so

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<v Speaker 2>many former Dodgers that played as recent lee as two

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<v Speaker 2>years ago, like Daniel Hudson did. He meant a lot

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<v Speaker 2>to Walker Bueller when he came to the Dodgers the

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<v Speaker 2>first time in twenty eighteen. They picked up where they

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<v Speaker 2>left off when he joined back in twenty twenty one,

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<v Speaker 2>and he was the guy in the bullpen when Walker

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<v Speaker 2>Buehler was warming up. You know, I believe Daniel Hudson

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<v Speaker 2>actually felt a tweak in his arm and that's the

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<v Speaker 2>reason why he couldn't come in. So that's why the

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<v Speaker 2>shoulder everything was on the shoulders of Walker Bueller, and

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<v Speaker 2>Daniel Hudson is going to join us coming up in

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<v Speaker 2>about five minutes. Before we get to him, I want

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<v Speaker 2>to share with you that Clayton Kershaw showed up at

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<v Speaker 2>Scottsdale Stadium to join Team USA's World Baseball Classic team.

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<v Speaker 2>He was in great spirits. He has that retirement glow,

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<v Speaker 2>and it feels like the burden of being part of

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<v Speaker 2>this team is off the shoulders of him. It feels

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<v Speaker 2>like everybody else has, you know, the constraints of their team.

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<v Speaker 2>They have the expectations of the baseball world. But Kershaw

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<v Speaker 2>is there to help out whenever innings are called for

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<v Speaker 2>because he's retired and the Dodgers don't have any sort

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<v Speaker 2>of leash on how many innings he can pitch. Everybody

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<v Speaker 2>else has constraints like schoo ball or Paul's schemes. Rightfully so,

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<v Speaker 2>and that's the reason why Mark Deurosa invited Kershaw to

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<v Speaker 2>be part of this team. To be able to pitch innings.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's say there's a blowout either way. Why waste innings

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<v Speaker 2>of a guy that you can only use in certain

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<v Speaker 2>certain ways. You have a cap on innings and games,

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<v Speaker 2>why use them. Kershaw is fully aware of that, and

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<v Speaker 2>he joined MLB Network yesterday to just go through what

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<v Speaker 2>his role and his expectations are being part of this team.

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<v Speaker 9>You know, I don't have a season to prepare for,

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<v Speaker 9>so I'm here just if there's an innings problem, if

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<v Speaker 9>there's a pitchcount problem.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm here.

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<v Speaker 9>I can pitch every day.

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<v Speaker 3>This is it for me.

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<v Speaker 9>So if they want me to throw a thousand pitches,

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<v Speaker 9>I'm in for it. And you know it might not

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<v Speaker 9>be pretty, but I'll get the job done.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, he will. I mean the one thing that he

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<v Speaker 2>does and he has done throughout his entire career, and

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<v Speaker 2>that's compete no matter if he was feeling great, if

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<v Speaker 2>he was feeling mediocre, if he was feeling great, he

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<v Speaker 2>goes out there and competes. And that's probably the only

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<v Speaker 2>interest I have in the World Baseball Classic until it

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<v Speaker 2>gets to the final game, is Kershaw and how he

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<v Speaker 2>does and how he gets into games. So I'm looking

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<v Speaker 2>forward to seeing twenty two and the Red, White and

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<v Speaker 2>Blue get out on the mound and do his thing

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<v Speaker 2>and see what he's got in retirement. This was kind

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<v Speaker 2>of a late forming thing in December. Feels like his

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<v Speaker 2>body exiled and then he had to kind of get

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<v Speaker 2>it going. He was throwing to high school kids in

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<v Speaker 2>Texas to somewhat get ready for this. And I know

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<v Speaker 2>he's been self depreciate that if he has to come

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<v Speaker 2>in to face Otani, team USA is not in a

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<v Speaker 2>great spot. But Otani, in case you don't know, this

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<v Speaker 2>is zero four eleven against Kershawn his career when they

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<v Speaker 2>faced each other when Otani was pitching playing for the Angels.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, we're gonna take a time out when we continue.

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<v Speaker 2>Daniel Hudson, two time World Series champion and the leader

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<v Speaker 2>of the bullpen Dogs that led the way for the

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<v Speaker 2>Dodgers in twenty twenty four, will join us next right

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<v Speaker 2>here on Dodger Talk on AM five to seventy LA Sports.

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<v Speaker 2>Welcome back to Dodger Talk. David Vasse with you until

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

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<v Speaker 2>it's been a great spring training for the Dodgers, not

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<v Speaker 2>only as the players get ready for the three peat,

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<v Speaker 2>but also so many of the former Dodgers over the

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<v Speaker 2>years have come back in uniform and out of uniform,

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<v Speaker 2>whether it's Andre Ethier or Eric Carross or Chase Utley.

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<v Speaker 2>It's been great to see those guys. But what's even

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<v Speaker 2>more special is when you see guys that have been

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<v Speaker 2>part of the twenty or twenty four World Series championship.

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<v Speaker 2>And I ran into one of them last week, and

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<v Speaker 2>that is one of the bullpen Dogs from twenty twenty four,

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<v Speaker 2>a two time World Series champion, but especially a Dodger

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<v Speaker 2>champion in twenty twenty four, and that is Daniel Hudson. Hodey,

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<v Speaker 2>thanks a lot for coming on. Appreciate it.

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<v Speaker 3>No prom David, You're too kind.

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<v Speaker 2>Hey. I was driving around Arizona. I heard some sports

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<v Speaker 2>talk show say that you're gonna be their baseball correspondent.

0:22:36.200 --> 0:22:38.600
<v Speaker 2>I said, Hey, I gotta jump these guys. He's Dodger

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<v Speaker 2>Talks own first. They got to come through Dodger Talk

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<v Speaker 2>to get Daniel Hudson.

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

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<v Speaker 10>we can all have a little bit, you.

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<v Speaker 2>Know, Okay, I got something for you since you were

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<v Speaker 2>out there at Camelback Ranch. When you're around the guys

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<v Speaker 2>and you see spring training starting again, you're a couple

0:22:57.480 --> 0:23:01.200
<v Speaker 2>of years removed. Now does the itch, does the desire

0:23:01.320 --> 0:23:05.000
<v Speaker 2>to want to come back and pitch start to take

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<v Speaker 2>over you? Or are you feeling like pain is optional

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<v Speaker 2>these days?

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 10>I was a little I was a little nervous my

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<v Speaker 10>first spring training. Not playing last year, how I was

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<v Speaker 10>gonna feel. But once spring training came, I towards the

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<v Speaker 10>end of my career, I came to loads spring training,

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<v Speaker 10>so I was not missing that very much at all.

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<v Speaker 10>Opening day, I stayed busy, didn't really didn't try not

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<v Speaker 10>to think about it too much. And then you know,

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<v Speaker 10>I just got kind of got busy doing life. And

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<v Speaker 10>you know, I definitely don't miss the grind of every

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<v Speaker 10>day prepping for games. And you know, spring training obviously

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<v Speaker 10>miss I miss competing, I missed playing, and I miss

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<v Speaker 10>the guys. But at the same time, I'm really enjoying

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<v Speaker 10>my time here at home with the family, and you know,

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<v Speaker 10>it's been really good so far.

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<v Speaker 2>I've told a few different players, and I'm a true

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<v Speaker 2>believer in this. You had a lot of adversity in

0:23:56.760 --> 0:23:59.920
<v Speaker 2>your fifteen year career and you continue to purse, serve

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<v Speaker 2>and the game rewarded you. We always talk about Kershaw

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<v Speaker 2>going out as a World Series champion, but how rewarding

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<v Speaker 2>and gratifying was it for you to retire as a

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<v Speaker 2>World Series champion? To go out the way you did

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<v Speaker 2>a healthy season and you pitched sixty five games plus

0:24:18.240 --> 0:24:21.200
<v Speaker 2>the postseason and you were such a big part of it.

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<v Speaker 2>Does that make you feel more at peace than maybe

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<v Speaker 2>other players that retire who don't get that opportunity.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, definitely.

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<v Speaker 10>I always had the the the idea, that thought, you know,

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<v Speaker 10>I wanted to go out on my own terms always,

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<v Speaker 10>you know, going what I going through, what I went

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<v Speaker 10>through at the beginning of my career with a couple

0:24:39.880 --> 0:24:42.200
<v Speaker 10>arm surgeries and not knowing how much longer I was

0:24:42.200 --> 0:24:43.720
<v Speaker 10>going to be able to play, and then turning that

0:24:43.760 --> 0:24:47.439
<v Speaker 10>into sticking around ten plus years after that, you know,

0:24:47.480 --> 0:24:49.080
<v Speaker 10>towards the end of my career, I really was like,

0:24:49.119 --> 0:24:51.399
<v Speaker 10>I need to kind of find a runway here so

0:24:51.480 --> 0:24:53.800
<v Speaker 10>I don't stick around too long. You know, I saw

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<v Speaker 10>guys throughout my career, you know, whether it was monetarily

0:24:58.280 --> 0:25:00.399
<v Speaker 10>motivated or you know, they just fel like they were

0:25:00.440 --> 0:25:03.160
<v Speaker 10>good enough to keep going kind of stick around too long,

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<v Speaker 10>or at least in my opinion, I thought they did,

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<v Speaker 10>you know, And I never really wanted to go out

0:25:07.880 --> 0:25:10.320
<v Speaker 10>like that. So to be able to kind of, you know,

0:25:10.400 --> 0:25:12.760
<v Speaker 10>latch on with the Dodgers there in twenty twenty two

0:25:12.800 --> 0:25:16.160
<v Speaker 10>through twenty twenty four and get opportunity to do that, Obviously,

0:25:16.520 --> 0:25:19.200
<v Speaker 10>my injuries in twenty two and twenty three didn't help,

0:25:19.320 --> 0:25:21.800
<v Speaker 10>but I knew going into twenty four that if I

0:25:21.800 --> 0:25:23.399
<v Speaker 10>got another chance to play that it was going to

0:25:23.440 --> 0:25:26.120
<v Speaker 10>be my last year. And you know, like you said,

0:25:26.160 --> 0:25:27.359
<v Speaker 10>to be able to go out on top of like

0:25:27.400 --> 0:25:29.879
<v Speaker 10>it's just a dream come true, and you know, I

0:25:29.920 --> 0:25:33.399
<v Speaker 10>really got to fulfill my dream of going out of

0:25:33.440 --> 0:25:34.399
<v Speaker 10>my own terms.

0:25:34.960 --> 0:25:39.080
<v Speaker 2>You have a great perspective on what the Dodgers were

0:25:39.280 --> 0:25:42.600
<v Speaker 2>and what they've become because you were with them two

0:25:42.640 --> 0:25:45.320
<v Speaker 2>separate times. You were with them in eighteen when they

0:25:45.320 --> 0:25:48.679
<v Speaker 2>went to the World Series against the Red Sox and lost,

0:25:49.160 --> 0:25:52.359
<v Speaker 2>and then you came back and you know, obviously in

0:25:52.440 --> 0:25:55.080
<v Speaker 2>twenty twenty two and ended it with the championship in

0:25:55.160 --> 0:25:59.359
<v Speaker 2>twenty four when Otani arrived. So can you describe to

0:25:59.480 --> 0:26:03.640
<v Speaker 2>us where what the Dodgers were in twenty eighteen, and

0:26:03.840 --> 0:26:08.639
<v Speaker 2>how they become this juggernaut in the last two years.

0:26:09.040 --> 0:26:13.399
<v Speaker 10>Yeah, I think, well, I mean just going back even farther,

0:26:13.600 --> 0:26:16.320
<v Speaker 10>going back to win. You know, obviously the sale of

0:26:16.359 --> 0:26:19.960
<v Speaker 10>the Dodgers in the early twenty tens. You know, this

0:26:20.400 --> 0:26:23.440
<v Speaker 10>kind of whole deal. This run for them started I

0:26:23.480 --> 0:26:27.840
<v Speaker 10>think with like twenty thirteen or twenty fourteen. You know,

0:26:27.880 --> 0:26:30.120
<v Speaker 10>they've always just kind of been a model of consistency

0:26:30.200 --> 0:26:33.280
<v Speaker 10>since then. And you know, they've gotten the right people

0:26:33.400 --> 0:26:35.360
<v Speaker 10>in the right places in the front office that are

0:26:35.440 --> 0:26:37.200
<v Speaker 10>really aggressive and always want to win.

0:26:37.600 --> 0:26:38.920
<v Speaker 3>They've got the right ownership in.

0:26:38.880 --> 0:26:41.600
<v Speaker 10>Place to always be able to back it up with

0:26:41.720 --> 0:26:44.720
<v Speaker 10>the checks, to be able to bring in the right people,

0:26:44.880 --> 0:26:47.080
<v Speaker 10>and they always seem to get the right guys in

0:26:47.119 --> 0:26:50.600
<v Speaker 10>the clubhouse to make it a good culture, and guys

0:26:50.600 --> 0:26:53.440
<v Speaker 10>that want to come from other places and play for them.

0:26:53.560 --> 0:26:55.639
<v Speaker 10>You know, Yes, they spend a lot more money than

0:26:55.680 --> 0:26:58.360
<v Speaker 10>everybody else. That is also a big draw for players.

0:26:58.359 --> 0:27:01.399
<v Speaker 10>But I think when you play against the Dodgers, or

0:27:01.400 --> 0:27:04.960
<v Speaker 10>at least from my perspective, when I played against them

0:27:04.960 --> 0:27:06.879
<v Speaker 10>at the beginning of my career, you know, it always

0:27:06.880 --> 0:27:09.600
<v Speaker 10>seem like a good, good culture, good clubhouse, and you know,

0:27:09.640 --> 0:27:11.520
<v Speaker 10>it's something that guys want to be a part of.

0:27:12.000 --> 0:27:14.480
<v Speaker 10>So I think it starts and starts with that. And then,

0:27:14.640 --> 0:27:17.720
<v Speaker 10>like you said in twenty seventeen twenty eighteen, going to

0:27:17.760 --> 0:27:21.520
<v Speaker 10>back to back World Series losing both of them, I

0:27:21.560 --> 0:27:24.240
<v Speaker 10>think really probably a little fire under a lot of

0:27:24.280 --> 0:27:27.240
<v Speaker 10>people in that front office and ownership, and they really

0:27:27.280 --> 0:27:29.800
<v Speaker 10>wanted to kind of take a stranglehold and get past

0:27:29.840 --> 0:27:32.160
<v Speaker 10>that little homp. And you know, they've won three World

0:27:32.200 --> 0:27:33.919
<v Speaker 10>Series in the last five years, and I think that

0:27:33.960 --> 0:27:35.720
<v Speaker 10>shows do you.

0:27:35.920 --> 0:27:38.760
<v Speaker 2>What do you make of I call it envy and

0:27:38.840 --> 0:27:41.159
<v Speaker 2>jealousy of the rest of the league. What do you

0:27:41.680 --> 0:27:44.400
<v Speaker 2>How do you you feel the way things have kind

0:27:44.400 --> 0:27:48.960
<v Speaker 2>of turned the Dodgers into I guess in what everybody

0:27:49.080 --> 0:27:52.440
<v Speaker 2>is calling the Evil Empire. There's a lot of talk

0:27:52.640 --> 0:27:55.880
<v Speaker 2>that they're ruining baseball. Some people, like myself, believe they're

0:27:55.920 --> 0:27:59.040
<v Speaker 2>helping baseball. Where do you think all this comes from.

0:28:00.240 --> 0:28:03.879
<v Speaker 10>I think it's just, you know, people throw around the

0:28:04.000 --> 0:28:06.480
<v Speaker 10>term parody all the time. You know, growing up in

0:28:06.480 --> 0:28:09.320
<v Speaker 10>the nineties and two thousands watching baseball, you know, everybody

0:28:09.359 --> 0:28:11.840
<v Speaker 10>hated the Yankees. They spent more money than everybody else.

0:28:12.280 --> 0:28:15.120
<v Speaker 10>They were the biggest brand in sports, you know, outside

0:28:15.160 --> 0:28:18.680
<v Speaker 10>maybe the Cowboys. But you know, it's just I don't

0:28:19.400 --> 0:28:22.360
<v Speaker 10>it's easy to hate the team that wins if you're

0:28:22.400 --> 0:28:24.000
<v Speaker 10>not a team a fan of that team, And I

0:28:24.000 --> 0:28:26.440
<v Speaker 10>think that's kind of what's going on in LA. Obviously,

0:28:27.040 --> 0:28:29.960
<v Speaker 10>you know, they have bigger check books and everybody else,

0:28:30.040 --> 0:28:32.080
<v Speaker 10>they can sign more players, but like I said, it

0:28:32.119 --> 0:28:34.320
<v Speaker 10>starts with the culture and bring in the right guys.

0:28:34.359 --> 0:28:36.159
<v Speaker 10>They always seem to bring in the right guys.

0:28:36.440 --> 0:28:37.440
<v Speaker 3>They have smart.

0:28:37.119 --> 0:28:41.680
<v Speaker 10>People to you know, identify who they want to bring

0:28:41.720 --> 0:28:45.360
<v Speaker 10>in every single off season. H Yeah, everybody talks about

0:28:45.640 --> 0:28:49.680
<v Speaker 10>the big names, the show Hayes, the Yaoamotos, Freddie Freeman,

0:28:49.800 --> 0:28:52.960
<v Speaker 10>rookie bats, bringing all those guys in, but there's so

0:28:53.120 --> 0:28:57.920
<v Speaker 10>much under the surface of you know, DFA guys that

0:28:57.960 --> 0:29:01.400
<v Speaker 10>they claim and guys off the trash heap, so to speak,

0:29:01.440 --> 0:29:04.680
<v Speaker 10>that they fix and they create this depth that really

0:29:04.720 --> 0:29:07.440
<v Speaker 10>helps out for when guys like Blake Snell and Tyler

0:29:07.520 --> 0:29:09.600
<v Speaker 10>Glass now go down last year, they have guys that

0:29:09.640 --> 0:29:12.440
<v Speaker 10>can step in like ms she Han. Hopefully Gavin Stone

0:29:12.480 --> 0:29:14.520
<v Speaker 10>will be one of those guys this year. It's just

0:29:14.800 --> 0:29:17.680
<v Speaker 10>it's just a very, very wealth of depths that they

0:29:17.720 --> 0:29:20.840
<v Speaker 10>have underneath all those big name stars. And I think

0:29:20.920 --> 0:29:24.160
<v Speaker 10>that's really a big envy for a lot of people,

0:29:24.200 --> 0:29:26.400
<v Speaker 10>a lot of teams, a lot of fans, And I'm

0:29:26.440 --> 0:29:28.360
<v Speaker 10>with you, I think it's I think it's good for

0:29:28.440 --> 0:29:31.240
<v Speaker 10>the game. I don't know what people would rather the

0:29:31.400 --> 0:29:34.320
<v Speaker 10>goog Andheim group do with all their billions of dollars

0:29:34.360 --> 0:29:36.600
<v Speaker 10>in revenue. Would they rather than pocket it and not

0:29:36.640 --> 0:29:39.120
<v Speaker 10>put it back onto the field. I just don't really,

0:29:39.320 --> 0:29:41.480
<v Speaker 10>I don't really understand what they want them to do,

0:29:41.640 --> 0:29:44.400
<v Speaker 10>just sit on their twitterle their thumbs with all their cash,

0:29:44.600 --> 0:29:47.120
<v Speaker 10>like like, just let's let's spend the money that we

0:29:47.200 --> 0:29:49.640
<v Speaker 10>made and keep winning. I don't understand why that's a

0:29:49.640 --> 0:29:50.040
<v Speaker 10>bad thing.

0:29:50.920 --> 0:29:53.920
<v Speaker 2>Doesn't this come down to show heeo Tani as well,

0:29:54.040 --> 0:29:57.080
<v Speaker 2>wanting to win and deferring as much of his salary

0:29:57.120 --> 0:30:00.320
<v Speaker 2>as he did so the Dodgers could bring in really

0:30:00.320 --> 0:30:02.640
<v Speaker 2>good players to build around him.

0:30:03.680 --> 0:30:05.920
<v Speaker 10>Yeah, I'm not so convinced that the Dodgers wouldn't have

0:30:05.920 --> 0:30:08.400
<v Speaker 10>spent all the money they have anyways, even if show

0:30:08.400 --> 0:30:12.440
<v Speaker 10>Hey didn't defer sixty eight million dollars a year. But

0:30:12.680 --> 0:30:16.080
<v Speaker 10>at the same time, yes, for sure, and from what

0:30:16.200 --> 0:30:18.560
<v Speaker 10>I've read and understood, there was a couple other teams

0:30:18.600 --> 0:30:22.000
<v Speaker 10>that offered show Hey the exact same deal with deferred money.

0:30:22.000 --> 0:30:24.960
<v Speaker 10>I think it was show Hay's idea that I heard anyways,

0:30:24.960 --> 0:30:27.160
<v Speaker 10>that it was his idea to defer most of the

0:30:27.200 --> 0:30:29.760
<v Speaker 10>money so that we could that they could sign more

0:30:29.800 --> 0:30:33.360
<v Speaker 10>guys and not go spend six hundred million dollars on payroll,

0:30:34.040 --> 0:30:36.120
<v Speaker 10>although they're getting close to that right now anyways. But

0:30:37.360 --> 0:30:39.920
<v Speaker 10>you know, I think it just goes to show you

0:30:39.960 --> 0:30:42.560
<v Speaker 10>that any team can can kind of do the exact

0:30:42.600 --> 0:30:45.720
<v Speaker 10>same thing that they did, and some teams just chose

0:30:45.800 --> 0:30:49.640
<v Speaker 10>not to and show Hey. Ultimately, I think I'm convinced

0:30:49.680 --> 0:30:51.680
<v Speaker 10>that if there was a DH in the National League

0:30:51.680 --> 0:30:54.240
<v Speaker 10>in twenty whenever he came over and played for the Angels,

0:30:54.240 --> 0:30:55.920
<v Speaker 10>that he probably would have signed with the Dodgers then.

0:30:56.360 --> 0:30:59.000
<v Speaker 10>So I think that once there was a DH and

0:30:59.040 --> 0:31:00.800
<v Speaker 10>the National League, that kind of seal the deal that

0:31:00.840 --> 0:31:01.600
<v Speaker 10>he was coming over.

0:31:02.560 --> 0:31:05.520
<v Speaker 2>Daniel Hudson is our guest one of the twenty four

0:31:05.680 --> 0:31:09.480
<v Speaker 2>bullpen dogs that started the back to back championship as

0:31:09.520 --> 0:31:12.120
<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers are looking for at three pete all right,

0:31:12.160 --> 0:31:15.840
<v Speaker 2>since where he brought up Otani. Was there a perception

0:31:15.960 --> 0:31:19.560
<v Speaker 2>of him that you had and then was torn down,

0:31:19.680 --> 0:31:22.360
<v Speaker 2>or you got to know something more about him being

0:31:22.440 --> 0:31:26.680
<v Speaker 2>teammates with him. Albeit in twenty four he was just

0:31:26.960 --> 0:31:30.600
<v Speaker 2>a fifty to fifty hitter. But what was he like

0:31:30.920 --> 0:31:33.200
<v Speaker 2>as a teammate to you? As a bullpen.

0:31:32.960 --> 0:31:35.280
<v Speaker 3>Dog, he was awesome.

0:31:35.720 --> 0:31:35.880
<v Speaker 6>You know.

0:31:36.000 --> 0:31:38.520
<v Speaker 3>I didn't really get to know him too much.

0:31:38.560 --> 0:31:40.720
<v Speaker 10>I was actually in spring training with the Angels in

0:31:40.760 --> 0:31:45.120
<v Speaker 10>twenty eighteen, twenty nineteen, before he was rehabbing his first

0:31:45.200 --> 0:31:47.680
<v Speaker 10>Tommy John, so he wasn't around a whole lot. He

0:31:47.720 --> 0:31:50.320
<v Speaker 10>stood in on some bullpens that I threw, talked to

0:31:50.400 --> 0:31:51.040
<v Speaker 10>him a little bit.

0:31:51.800 --> 0:31:53.640
<v Speaker 3>Just a really really good guy.

0:31:54.160 --> 0:31:56.160
<v Speaker 10>Like I said, I don't think if he wasn't a

0:31:56.200 --> 0:31:59.000
<v Speaker 10>good guy, regardless of how good of a ballplayer he was,

0:31:59.240 --> 0:32:00.920
<v Speaker 10>I'm not sure that the Dodgers would have brought him

0:32:00.920 --> 0:32:02.400
<v Speaker 10>in if he wasn't a guy like I said. They're

0:32:02.440 --> 0:32:05.600
<v Speaker 10>just so you know, in tune with with that clubhouse

0:32:05.640 --> 0:32:07.959
<v Speaker 10>and what needs to be brought in. And you know,

0:32:08.000 --> 0:32:10.960
<v Speaker 10>he's just a really, really fantastic teammate. I really enjoyed

0:32:10.960 --> 0:32:14.440
<v Speaker 10>playing with him. Obviously him being the best baseball player

0:32:14.720 --> 0:32:17.600
<v Speaker 10>to ever play the game really helps out when he's

0:32:17.640 --> 0:32:20.240
<v Speaker 10>on your side. It's literally, it's just a it was

0:32:20.280 --> 0:32:22.560
<v Speaker 10>just a privilege to be able to to watch it

0:32:22.640 --> 0:32:24.160
<v Speaker 10>from the bullpen gates every single night.

0:32:25.080 --> 0:32:27.040
<v Speaker 2>Before I let you go, I'm not I know you're

0:32:27.120 --> 0:32:29.680
<v Speaker 2>enjoying your three girls, your family. You got a chance

0:32:29.720 --> 0:32:32.680
<v Speaker 2>to go back to your hometown in North Carolina this

0:32:32.760 --> 0:32:35.880
<v Speaker 2>past year. But since you are in Arizona and so

0:32:36.040 --> 0:32:39.120
<v Speaker 2>many players reside out there, and you always hear about,

0:32:39.360 --> 0:32:43.640
<v Speaker 2>you know, hitters training there in Arizona, could you ever

0:32:43.800 --> 0:32:48.560
<v Speaker 2>envision yourself being a guy that would would open the

0:32:48.600 --> 0:32:51.960
<v Speaker 2>doors to what you have to offer, even as like

0:32:52.240 --> 0:32:56.120
<v Speaker 2>a personal pitching coach or one of those guys that

0:32:56.360 --> 0:32:59.600
<v Speaker 2>instead of a hitter going to see maybe they they

0:32:59.600 --> 0:33:02.160
<v Speaker 2>come to see Daniel Hudson for some pitching help.

0:33:03.400 --> 0:33:05.920
<v Speaker 10>Yeah, you know, there's always an opportunity like that out here.

0:33:05.960 --> 0:33:07.960
<v Speaker 10>Like you said, there's there's just really good place for

0:33:08.040 --> 0:33:10.720
<v Speaker 10>guys to kind of settle down for the off season.

0:33:11.360 --> 0:33:13.800
<v Speaker 10>There's really good weather obviously in the off season to

0:33:13.800 --> 0:33:16.080
<v Speaker 10>be able to get outside and actually throw outside. I

0:33:16.120 --> 0:33:18.640
<v Speaker 10>know a lot of teammates that are in the Midwest

0:33:18.680 --> 0:33:20.240
<v Speaker 10>or the East Coast, you know, they have to do

0:33:20.280 --> 0:33:23.280
<v Speaker 10>a lot of throwing indoors. It's really good spot to

0:33:23.280 --> 0:33:25.840
<v Speaker 10>be able to to get outside and really just kind

0:33:25.840 --> 0:33:27.880
<v Speaker 10>of let it loose, and you know, there's always that

0:33:27.960 --> 0:33:30.680
<v Speaker 10>kind of opportunity. The guys that I played with always

0:33:30.720 --> 0:33:34.600
<v Speaker 10>know that my cell phone's always on if they need anything.

0:33:35.120 --> 0:33:37.600
<v Speaker 10>I've always I've let all of them know that. You know,

0:33:37.640 --> 0:33:39.920
<v Speaker 10>there's there's there are many different avenues that that this

0:33:40.040 --> 0:33:42.400
<v Speaker 10>can go down. Right now, like I said, like you said,

0:33:42.440 --> 0:33:46.200
<v Speaker 10>I'm enjoying my family time, but there's also you know,

0:33:46.280 --> 0:33:48.760
<v Speaker 10>if somebody calls me and needs me for a certain thing,

0:33:48.800 --> 0:33:51.440
<v Speaker 10>there's definitely things that I'd look into for sure.

0:33:52.480 --> 0:33:55.000
<v Speaker 2>That's awesome. You have so much to offer, Daniel, And

0:33:55.080 --> 0:33:59.440
<v Speaker 2>I know how much everybody that you played with really

0:33:59.480 --> 0:34:02.440
<v Speaker 2>respect you and what you stood for and just the

0:34:02.480 --> 0:34:05.479
<v Speaker 2>way that you prepared and fought through so many things.

0:34:05.480 --> 0:34:07.880
<v Speaker 2>So I'm glad I got to see you out there.

0:34:08.440 --> 0:34:11.480
<v Speaker 2>It was bad luck for you because maybe maybe a

0:34:11.560 --> 0:34:13.839
<v Speaker 2>Dodger talk will tap into you just as much as

0:34:13.880 --> 0:34:17.800
<v Speaker 2>Burns and Gambo out there in Arizona.

0:34:18.160 --> 0:34:22.040
<v Speaker 10>Anytime, David, my phone's always on, Like I said, my.

0:34:22.080 --> 0:34:25.800
<v Speaker 2>Guy, Daniel Hudson love it, and I'll have the fingers

0:34:25.840 --> 0:34:28.120
<v Speaker 2>over my lips as we hang up. Thanks for the time,

0:34:28.200 --> 0:34:28.960
<v Speaker 2>appreciate it.

0:34:29.719 --> 0:34:32.520
<v Speaker 3>No prom buddy, anytime there it goes.

0:34:32.680 --> 0:34:37.240
<v Speaker 2>Daniel Hudson, awesome guy. Contributed so much to the game

0:34:37.280 --> 0:34:41.359
<v Speaker 2>and especially the Dodgers in twenty twenty four. And if

0:34:41.440 --> 0:34:44.480
<v Speaker 2>you're a Dodger fan, you know what I was referring

0:34:44.520 --> 0:34:47.920
<v Speaker 2>to right there as we were hanging up Daniel Hudson.

0:34:48.040 --> 0:34:51.200
<v Speaker 2>Regular season and twenty twenty four, the Dodgers were kind

0:34:51.200 --> 0:34:56.239
<v Speaker 2>of spiraling when they were in City Field at that

0:34:56.360 --> 0:34:59.600
<v Speaker 2>point in time, it was June. They were playing a doubleheader.

0:35:00.120 --> 0:35:02.360
<v Speaker 2>Things were not looking good. In the first game of

0:35:02.400 --> 0:35:06.000
<v Speaker 2>that doubleheader, Daniel Hudson comes in, gets out of a

0:35:06.120 --> 0:35:09.960
<v Speaker 2>jam that he created, and as he's coming off the field,

0:35:10.400 --> 0:35:14.320
<v Speaker 2>he put his two fingers over his mouth to silence

0:35:14.400 --> 0:35:17.880
<v Speaker 2>the crowd. And he said after that it wasn't for

0:35:18.160 --> 0:35:21.400
<v Speaker 2>just the crowd, it was for his teammates to remember

0:35:21.719 --> 0:35:25.160
<v Speaker 2>that they are the Dodgers. And from that point forward,

0:35:25.200 --> 0:35:29.520
<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers swept the doubleheader. They actually swept the Mets

0:35:29.760 --> 0:35:32.600
<v Speaker 2>in that three game series. That's where one of the

0:35:32.640 --> 0:35:35.880
<v Speaker 2>Mets relievers threw his glove over the netting and they

0:35:35.960 --> 0:35:38.440
<v Speaker 2>kicked him off the team, and the Mets started a

0:35:38.440 --> 0:35:41.399
<v Speaker 2>spiral out of control at that point in time, until they,

0:35:42.400 --> 0:35:46.280
<v Speaker 2>thanks to JD. Martinez by the way, righted the ship

0:35:46.440 --> 0:35:49.399
<v Speaker 2>and found a way to get back into the postseason,

0:35:49.480 --> 0:35:52.840
<v Speaker 2>and the Dodgers beat them in the NLCS. But Daniel

0:35:52.880 --> 0:35:56.000
<v Speaker 2>Hudson met a lot to the Dodgers in twenty twenty four.

0:35:56.480 --> 0:35:59.320
<v Speaker 2>And it's kind of incredible when you look back twenty

0:35:59.440 --> 0:36:04.400
<v Speaker 2>years from now, especially at these first two championships the

0:36:04.440 --> 0:36:07.200
<v Speaker 2>Dodgers have won, and if they win a third one

0:36:07.239 --> 0:36:09.760
<v Speaker 2>in a row, I'm sure there'll be something unique about

0:36:09.800 --> 0:36:13.000
<v Speaker 2>the way they went about it this time, but I

0:36:13.080 --> 0:36:15.800
<v Speaker 2>can't remember. I mean, you look back at the last

0:36:15.840 --> 0:36:19.799
<v Speaker 2>team to win back to back championships, the Yankees, who

0:36:19.920 --> 0:36:23.560
<v Speaker 2>three peeded from ninety eight to two thousand. They basically

0:36:23.600 --> 0:36:28.879
<v Speaker 2>did it the same way. Jeter Posada, Pettitt, Clemens Soriano,

0:36:29.120 --> 0:36:33.239
<v Speaker 2>Tino Martinez. They did it that way. They did have

0:36:33.280 --> 0:36:36.360
<v Speaker 2>different heroes. Aaron Boone was a hero, Scott Broches was

0:36:36.360 --> 0:36:40.000
<v Speaker 2>a hero. They did have different heroes, but they essentially

0:36:40.200 --> 0:36:43.840
<v Speaker 2>went about it the same way. The Dodgers in the

0:36:43.920 --> 0:36:48.480
<v Speaker 2>last two World Series did it in completely different ways.

0:36:48.600 --> 0:36:51.719
<v Speaker 2>In more ways than one. The pitching. It was the

0:36:51.760 --> 0:36:56.760
<v Speaker 2>bullpen that carried the Dodgers pitching in twenty twenty four. Offensively,

0:36:57.520 --> 0:37:01.839
<v Speaker 2>it was Freddy Freeman that carried the Dogs Dodgers through October.

0:37:02.160 --> 0:37:06.239
<v Speaker 2>It was basically the Freddie Freeman, Tommy Edman show, Ta

0:37:06.320 --> 0:37:11.640
<v Speaker 2>Oscar Hernandez show, keyk Hernandez contributing. But really it was

0:37:11.920 --> 0:37:16.239
<v Speaker 2>Freddie Freeman, the aircraft carrier that carried those Dodgers to

0:37:16.320 --> 0:37:20.399
<v Speaker 2>the championship and eventually won the World Series. MVP. Who

0:37:20.480 --> 0:37:24.320
<v Speaker 2>can't forget Freddy meet or Gibbe meet Freddy the Grand

0:37:24.360 --> 0:37:27.680
<v Speaker 2>Slam in Game one. And then last year, as you're

0:37:27.719 --> 0:37:31.960
<v Speaker 2>well aware of, it was the Dodgers starters that carried

0:37:32.000 --> 0:37:37.160
<v Speaker 2>the pitching staff. And it was everybody from Miguel Rojas

0:37:37.200 --> 0:37:43.880
<v Speaker 2>to Will Smith, to Freddie Freeman to you know, Max Munsey.

0:37:44.920 --> 0:37:49.160
<v Speaker 2>Everybody contributed one through twenty six to help win that

0:37:49.200 --> 0:37:54.160
<v Speaker 2>World Series, and just specifically the pitching. The Dodger bullpen

0:37:54.840 --> 0:37:57.600
<v Speaker 2>had nothing left. They were ineffective. There were a lot

0:37:57.600 --> 0:38:01.879
<v Speaker 2>of things going on, injuries, the attacks of the previous year,

0:38:02.400 --> 0:38:06.799
<v Speaker 2>Alex Vesia not on the World Series roster, and Dave

0:38:06.920 --> 0:38:10.240
<v Speaker 2>Roberts had to deploy guys like Tyler Glassnow and Emmitt

0:38:10.280 --> 0:38:15.120
<v Speaker 2>Shean and Blake Snell and Clayton Kershaw, Justin Robleski to

0:38:15.239 --> 0:38:19.319
<v Speaker 2>cover the innings because there were very few and far

0:38:19.960 --> 0:38:25.840
<v Speaker 2>relievers that were effective last year. And Roki Sasaki of course.

0:38:25.880 --> 0:38:29.480
<v Speaker 2>So when you look back at the way the Dodgers

0:38:29.520 --> 0:38:33.000
<v Speaker 2>have won these last two championships, Daniel Hudson was a

0:38:33.120 --> 0:38:36.640
<v Speaker 2>huge part of the Dodgers winning it in twenty twenty four.

0:38:37.080 --> 0:38:39.080
<v Speaker 2>And like I've told a few of those guys from

0:38:39.120 --> 0:38:43.160
<v Speaker 2>twenty four, without the first one, there is no back

0:38:43.160 --> 0:38:46.440
<v Speaker 2>to back championship. You might want to act like it

0:38:46.560 --> 0:38:49.880
<v Speaker 2>never happened. I mean, we're all talking about Yamamoto, and

0:38:49.960 --> 0:38:53.520
<v Speaker 2>I feel like we've all forgotten what Walker Bueller did

0:38:53.520 --> 0:38:58.719
<v Speaker 2>and his heroics in the World Series. He was Yamamoto.

0:38:59.760 --> 0:39:04.160
<v Speaker 2>And that's how quickly things change in this game. Walker

0:39:04.200 --> 0:39:08.560
<v Speaker 2>Bueller went to Boston, got released, signed with the Phillies

0:39:08.600 --> 0:39:12.080
<v Speaker 2>at the end of the year, never pitched in the NLDS,

0:39:12.719 --> 0:39:15.200
<v Speaker 2>and now had to sign a minor league deal with

0:39:15.239 --> 0:39:19.560
<v Speaker 2>the Padres. That's going to be weird. And the Padres

0:39:19.640 --> 0:39:23.719
<v Speaker 2>now have what three of the twenty eighteen Dodgers on

0:39:23.800 --> 0:39:28.160
<v Speaker 2>their team very emotional guys and Manny Machado, Alex Verdugo

0:39:28.719 --> 0:39:32.800
<v Speaker 2>and Walker Bueller and oh speaking of the Padres, mister

0:39:33.000 --> 0:39:39.840
<v Speaker 2>irrelevant Jerkson Profar popped again for performance enhancing drugs. He

0:39:39.880 --> 0:39:45.000
<v Speaker 2>has suspended for the entire season after being a second time,

0:39:45.960 --> 0:39:50.720
<v Speaker 2>second time offender. The players Association is going to appeal,

0:39:50.840 --> 0:39:54.960
<v Speaker 2>but they're not going to win. Profar cheating and was

0:39:55.040 --> 0:39:59.480
<v Speaker 2>caught twice after signing a big deal with the Atlanta Braves.

0:39:59.560 --> 0:40:02.879
<v Speaker 2>So I guess he is somewhat relevant for the wrong

0:40:02.960 --> 0:40:07.880
<v Speaker 2>reasons right now, but as the season goes along, mister irrelevant,

0:40:08.320 --> 0:40:11.319
<v Speaker 2>eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy is

0:40:11.360 --> 0:40:14.279
<v Speaker 2>the phone number. We have three phone lines open. I

0:40:14.320 --> 0:40:17.080
<v Speaker 2>guess many of you are like that parent that I

0:40:17.280 --> 0:40:20.680
<v Speaker 2>encountered at my son's little league game because nobody has

0:40:20.760 --> 0:40:26.320
<v Speaker 2>any answers for an embarrassing performance from an over zealous parent,

0:40:26.680 --> 0:40:30.560
<v Speaker 2>you know, screaming, dropping f bombs at umpires. I guess

0:40:31.440 --> 0:40:34.000
<v Speaker 2>many of you are that guy. Let's go out to

0:40:34.080 --> 0:40:37.399
<v Speaker 2>Kenoga Park. Duke. You're on Dodger Talk. How you doing, Duke?

0:40:39.120 --> 0:40:39.839
<v Speaker 6>Very good? How you doing?

0:40:39.880 --> 0:40:42.880
<v Speaker 2>I say, I'm doing great? You got any advice on

0:40:42.960 --> 0:40:44.239
<v Speaker 2>how to deal with a dad like that.

0:40:46.200 --> 0:40:50.560
<v Speaker 7>No, no, no, I want to have to Why don't

0:40:50.560 --> 0:40:52.920
<v Speaker 7>you like the fans that were the championship gear? I

0:40:52.920 --> 0:40:55.239
<v Speaker 7>heard you did saying like, oh, you're not gonna catch

0:40:55.280 --> 0:40:59.439
<v Speaker 7>me wearing the twenty twenty five championship gear stuff like that.

0:40:59.760 --> 0:41:01.560
<v Speaker 2>Oh no, no, I wasn't bashing that. I want to

0:41:01.560 --> 0:41:03.520
<v Speaker 2>see the back to back. I feel like you're short

0:41:03.640 --> 0:41:06.919
<v Speaker 2>changing the Dodgers when all you see is twenty twenty five.

0:41:07.200 --> 0:41:11.000
<v Speaker 2>I'm winning, and I felt like they kind of deprived

0:41:11.080 --> 0:41:13.920
<v Speaker 2>us a good back to back championship gear.

0:41:15.680 --> 0:41:20.360
<v Speaker 7>Okay, okay, yeah, no, are you assuming that they're new fans?

0:41:20.680 --> 0:41:22.960
<v Speaker 2>No, no, no, I'm just saying that. I you know,

0:41:23.000 --> 0:41:26.080
<v Speaker 2>when the Lakers won back to back championships, the Lakers

0:41:26.640 --> 0:41:30.239
<v Speaker 2>with uh with Kobe and Gasol. You know, they had

0:41:30.239 --> 0:41:33.319
<v Speaker 2>the Muppet hand with Kobe's rings. I hope Nike does

0:41:33.360 --> 0:41:36.640
<v Speaker 2>that for Mookie. If the Dodgers win another ring, put

0:41:36.719 --> 0:41:40.360
<v Speaker 2>up five rings with the Muppet hand for him. So yeah,

0:41:40.480 --> 0:41:44.160
<v Speaker 2>that's my only issue. And hopefully when Opening Day rolls

0:41:44.200 --> 0:41:46.839
<v Speaker 2>around at Dodgers Stadium, we'll have some back to back gear.

0:41:48.560 --> 0:41:50.760
<v Speaker 7>All right, sounds good man, I'll be there.

0:41:51.000 --> 0:41:53.520
<v Speaker 2>Okay, dude, thanks a lot for the phone call. Yeah, no,

0:41:53.600 --> 0:41:57.279
<v Speaker 2>I'm just wondering what happened to the gear? Where's the

0:41:57.320 --> 0:41:59.520
<v Speaker 2>back to back World Series gear? You know, That's what

0:41:59.520 --> 0:42:03.160
<v Speaker 2>I'm looking for there. I'm not I know, Dodger fans

0:42:03.200 --> 0:42:05.759
<v Speaker 2>are loyal. I know you're not just coming around at

0:42:05.800 --> 0:42:08.640
<v Speaker 2>the last minute for sure. No, No, I'm just saying

0:42:08.680 --> 0:42:11.680
<v Speaker 2>that if I have, you know, a certain amount of

0:42:11.719 --> 0:42:15.800
<v Speaker 2>dollars to spend on Dodger gear, I'm going to Uh,

0:42:15.840 --> 0:42:18.200
<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna wait till it says back to back champions.

0:42:18.239 --> 0:42:21.160
<v Speaker 2>I mean, that's what they do for every other sports

0:42:21.160 --> 0:42:23.400
<v Speaker 2>team that wins back to back titles. They don't just

0:42:23.440 --> 0:42:27.239
<v Speaker 2>say twenty twenty five champions. And I haven't seen I

0:42:27.280 --> 0:42:30.799
<v Speaker 2>haven't seen it. Let's go out to Steven Riverside, who's

0:42:30.800 --> 0:42:34.200
<v Speaker 2>got some advice for me on Little League parenting? How

0:42:34.200 --> 0:42:34.960
<v Speaker 2>do I deal with this?

0:42:35.080 --> 0:42:35.279
<v Speaker 7>Dad?

0:42:35.360 --> 0:42:35.720
<v Speaker 2>Steve?

0:42:36.520 --> 0:42:39.319
<v Speaker 7>That's all radio well, me and my wife.

0:42:39.360 --> 0:42:41.400
<v Speaker 11>As matter fact, we're just talking about this earlier on

0:42:41.440 --> 0:42:43.960
<v Speaker 11>the way home, and about.

0:42:43.680 --> 0:42:45.480
<v Speaker 12>How some of these parents act like they.

0:42:45.320 --> 0:42:47.879
<v Speaker 11>Got the next King Griffy Junior or the next joi

0:42:47.960 --> 0:42:51.240
<v Speaker 11>Otani and they want their kid to be out there,

0:42:51.760 --> 0:42:54.920
<v Speaker 11>you know, just thinking that they're gonna make the millions

0:42:54.920 --> 0:42:57.560
<v Speaker 11>of dollars later on. But you know, one thing, we

0:42:57.760 --> 0:43:01.520
<v Speaker 11>just used to ignore it, and bat we get these

0:43:01.560 --> 0:43:04.600
<v Speaker 11>parents they are you know, so I was just ignored.

0:43:04.680 --> 0:43:07.120
<v Speaker 2>It just makes the experience. Uh, it just makes the

0:43:07.160 --> 0:43:10.200
<v Speaker 2>experiment experience of watching your kid. Now I'm not just

0:43:10.520 --> 0:43:13.880
<v Speaker 2>speaking for myself, but other parents that were around, it

0:43:13.960 --> 0:43:16.799
<v Speaker 2>just doesn't make it enjoyable. And then you have the

0:43:16.840 --> 0:43:19.839
<v Speaker 2>guy dropping f bombs. I just don't understand. Too many

0:43:19.840 --> 0:43:22.120
<v Speaker 2>of these parents are trying to live through their ten

0:43:22.200 --> 0:43:25.000
<v Speaker 2>year olds and it's like, dude, you missed your chance.

0:43:26.680 --> 0:43:29.120
<v Speaker 12>Oh no, that's one hundred percent. And I'll tell you what.

0:43:29.239 --> 0:43:33.160
<v Speaker 12>It happens at every park and every place. And we

0:43:33.320 --> 0:43:36.120
<v Speaker 12>we've even moved our kids from Little League to Pony

0:43:36.120 --> 0:43:38.440
<v Speaker 12>and back to Little League because of that situation back

0:43:38.440 --> 0:43:41.440
<v Speaker 12>when they were playing when they're younger. And then you know,

0:43:41.560 --> 0:43:43.719
<v Speaker 12>then you got the whole daddy ball aspect when you

0:43:43.800 --> 0:43:46.120
<v Speaker 12>got there one manager who plays this kid or tells,

0:43:46.160 --> 0:43:49.279
<v Speaker 12>you know, these other teams who want to get you know,

0:43:49.400 --> 0:43:51.359
<v Speaker 12>stacked the deck with the team, and then they don't

0:43:51.360 --> 0:43:53.520
<v Speaker 12>pick your kid for All Stars because.

0:43:53.760 --> 0:43:56.160
<v Speaker 2>You know, that's a lot of drama, Steve, I don't

0:43:56.160 --> 0:43:58.359
<v Speaker 2>care about that. I feel like, if you're good enough,

0:43:58.400 --> 0:44:01.200
<v Speaker 2>you'll rise above all that. But yeah, I'm with you

0:44:01.520 --> 0:44:04.520
<v Speaker 2>the pony. And this is the first time I've ever

0:44:04.640 --> 0:44:07.160
<v Speaker 2>encountered I've heard about parents like this, but I've never

0:44:07.640 --> 0:44:10.600
<v Speaker 2>never encountered it. But you'd be safe out there in

0:44:10.719 --> 0:44:14.200
<v Speaker 2>Riverside and you're on the Dodgers, the real pros.

0:44:14.280 --> 0:44:15.879
<v Speaker 12>Oh, of course, no doubt, Dave.

0:44:15.920 --> 0:44:17.160
<v Speaker 7>All right, you have a good evening.

0:44:17.719 --> 0:44:21.600
<v Speaker 2>Thank you, be safe. Let's go out to Fullerton. Antonio,

0:44:22.000 --> 0:44:24.000
<v Speaker 2>you're on Dodger Talk with David Vasse.

0:44:24.160 --> 0:44:28.920
<v Speaker 13>Hi, Antonio, David Vasse, it's an honor talking with you.

0:44:29.360 --> 0:44:33.160
<v Speaker 13>Twenty twenty six Dodger Baseball and full of fag Spring

0:44:33.239 --> 0:44:36.040
<v Speaker 13>training is on there. I just wanted to say thank you,

0:44:36.120 --> 0:44:39.080
<v Speaker 13>David for everything you do for us Dodger fans, for

0:44:39.239 --> 0:44:42.279
<v Speaker 13>Dodger Talk and by sevent y you do a lot,

0:44:42.320 --> 0:44:45.240
<v Speaker 13>and I really appreciate it. We'll keep in touch this season.

0:44:45.480 --> 0:44:46.480
<v Speaker 7>Go Dodgers.

0:44:46.680 --> 0:44:49.239
<v Speaker 2>All right, thank you, Antonio. I appreciate it. I don't

0:44:49.280 --> 0:44:51.879
<v Speaker 2>do anything. I don't swing a bat, I don't throw

0:44:51.920 --> 0:44:55.760
<v Speaker 2>a pitch, but I'm here just to tell the story

0:44:55.960 --> 0:44:59.719
<v Speaker 2>of the greatest period of time in Dodger baseball, the

0:44:59.719 --> 0:45:03.480
<v Speaker 2>most successful period of time in Dodger baseball. I'm very

0:45:03.520 --> 0:45:07.160
<v Speaker 2>fortunate to be doing this show during this period of

0:45:07.200 --> 0:45:12.400
<v Speaker 2>time to document unprecedented success the Dodgers have had the

0:45:12.480 --> 0:45:17.720
<v Speaker 2>last fourteen years and especially now the last five years,

0:45:17.760 --> 0:45:21.640
<v Speaker 2>winning three championships and looking for a three p Let's

0:45:21.640 --> 0:45:24.520
<v Speaker 2>take one more phone call my guy, Jim in Mission

0:45:24.640 --> 0:45:28.840
<v Speaker 2>Viejo may have some advice for some of you parents

0:45:28.880 --> 0:45:32.480
<v Speaker 2>out there. How are you doing, Jim, I'm doing good.

0:45:32.640 --> 0:45:35.759
<v Speaker 6>I'll make it quick. I know it's too late for this,

0:45:35.880 --> 0:45:38.800
<v Speaker 6>but beginning of every season, I would always call a

0:45:38.840 --> 0:45:41.680
<v Speaker 6>meeting for just appearance, no kids, none of the players

0:45:41.719 --> 0:45:43.680
<v Speaker 6>to be there, and I would say, you need to

0:45:43.719 --> 0:45:47.120
<v Speaker 6>set your expectations here first. None of your kids or

0:45:47.160 --> 0:45:49.920
<v Speaker 6>at least one of these kids might play high school baseball,

0:45:49.960 --> 0:45:53.480
<v Speaker 6>so keep that in your mind. It's about fun. The

0:45:53.560 --> 0:45:55.920
<v Speaker 6>second thing is is that if you're having problems with

0:45:56.040 --> 0:46:00.560
<v Speaker 6>this parent right now, I would still call a meeting

0:46:00.560 --> 0:46:03.279
<v Speaker 6>of just the parents, don't tell them what it's gonna

0:46:03.320 --> 0:46:05.359
<v Speaker 6>be for, and I would call him out in front

0:46:05.360 --> 0:46:08.120
<v Speaker 6>of the other parents and make him understand that it's

0:46:08.200 --> 0:46:12.399
<v Speaker 6>not making it fun. Baseball at this level is not

0:46:12.640 --> 0:46:16.200
<v Speaker 6>do or die. It is about having fun. And if

0:46:16.239 --> 0:46:18.600
<v Speaker 6>you don't, if you call him out in front of

0:46:18.600 --> 0:46:21.880
<v Speaker 6>the other parents, it might make a difference before you

0:46:21.960 --> 0:46:23.840
<v Speaker 6>get farther into your season.

0:46:24.239 --> 0:46:26.279
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I don't know. This guy doesn't have a lot

0:46:26.320 --> 0:46:30.280
<v Speaker 2>of self awareness. So hopefully it gets better starting this weekend.

0:46:30.400 --> 0:46:33.640
<v Speaker 2>So thank you, Jim, level headed guy right there. We

0:46:33.680 --> 0:46:36.840
<v Speaker 2>need more of those parents around Pony and little leagues

0:46:36.920 --> 0:46:39.399
<v Speaker 2>and let the kids enjoy it, don't burn them out,

0:46:39.520 --> 0:46:42.400
<v Speaker 2>don't make them feel so scared to make a mistake

0:46:42.480 --> 0:46:46.920
<v Speaker 2>and disappoint you. So that's the way it goes anyway.

0:46:46.960 --> 0:46:49.920
<v Speaker 2>And also, you know, at a ten year old level,

0:46:50.280 --> 0:46:53.760
<v Speaker 2>I don't think there should be catchers interference being called

0:46:54.400 --> 0:46:56.680
<v Speaker 2>when you're ten years old. Come on, I mean, come on.

0:46:56.760 --> 0:47:00.520
<v Speaker 2>The rules need to change and the expectations need to change.

0:47:01.120 --> 0:47:03.560
<v Speaker 2>All right, Then I'll do for us on Dodger Talk.

0:47:03.640 --> 0:47:05.839
<v Speaker 2>Thanks a lot for tuning in. We'll be back with

0:47:05.920 --> 0:47:09.440
<v Speaker 2>you on Thursday night at seven o'clock, and then we'll

0:47:09.440 --> 0:47:13.560
<v Speaker 2>have Dodgers Spring training baseball for you again on Saturday

0:47:13.680 --> 0:47:17.279
<v Speaker 2>and Sunday. In case you missed our conversation with two

0:47:17.320 --> 0:47:22.000
<v Speaker 2>time World Series champion bullpen dog himself, Daniel Hudson. You

0:47:22.040 --> 0:47:26.440
<v Speaker 2>can find it on the iHeartRadio app. Thanks to Ronnie

0:47:26.520 --> 0:47:29.920
<v Speaker 2>Fossio for all his help. Thanks to you for listening

0:47:29.960 --> 0:47:32.840
<v Speaker 2>and calling in. Can't wait for this season to start.

0:47:32.920 --> 0:47:36.960
<v Speaker 2>Opening Day is right around the corner March twenty sixth,

0:47:37.160 --> 0:47:41.200
<v Speaker 2>and don't forget March twenty seventh, Game two of the season.

0:47:41.800 --> 0:47:45.200
<v Speaker 2>That's a special day as well. Clayton Kershaw and the

0:47:45.239 --> 0:47:49.279
<v Speaker 2>rest of the twenty twenty five World champion Dodgers will

0:47:49.280 --> 0:47:53.480
<v Speaker 2>be receiving their rings. Yeah, the ring ceremony is before

0:47:53.640 --> 0:47:57.560
<v Speaker 2>Game two of the season. Opening Day Festivities gets its

0:47:57.600 --> 0:48:01.520
<v Speaker 2>own shine on March twenty six So a lot of

0:48:01.560 --> 0:48:04.439
<v Speaker 2>time between now and then, but we are building up

0:48:04.520 --> 0:48:08.279
<v Speaker 2>to that big homestand to celebrate the back to back

0:48:08.320 --> 0:48:13.000
<v Speaker 2>World Series champion Dodgers coming up next Fox Sports Radio.

0:48:13.200 --> 0:48:15.919
<v Speaker 2>We'll talk to you tomorrow on Petro Some Money. Don't

0:48:15.960 --> 0:48:18.520
<v Speaker 2>hate me, Petros, you know I love you. Siya