WEBVTT - Dodger Talk (5-7-26)

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

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

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

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<v Speaker 2>the fifth.

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

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<v Speaker 3>Here we go again.

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<v Speaker 1>Back, hosted by Dodgers and seigner David Bassi.

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<v Speaker 4>David Vase.

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<v Speaker 2>We are at Downy Hunday in the beautiful city of

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<v Speaker 2>down Ay. We have many Dodger fans that have showed

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<v Speaker 2>up and showed out for Dodger Talk with you until

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<v Speaker 2>eight o'clock to here on a five to seventy LA Sports.

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<v Speaker 2>We have so many things to get to between now

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<v Speaker 2>and the end of the hour. We have ten pairs

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<v Speaker 2>of tickets to give away to Alex Vesia's Babblehead Night

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<v Speaker 2>on May twenty ninth. We're gonna do that here on

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<v Speaker 2>site at Downey Hunday. We also have BJ gift cards

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<v Speaker 2>to give away, and our friends from fourth Quarter have

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<v Speaker 2>donated five hundred dollars of a gift card, so we're

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<v Speaker 2>gonna do all that in the next hour. But you're

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<v Speaker 2>here to see one man, and this is a story

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<v Speaker 2>of perseverance, overcoming adversity and becoming a back to back

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<v Speaker 2>World Series champion. He is the anchor of the Bullpen

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<v Speaker 2>Dogs for the Dodgers, the one and only. Yeah, can

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<v Speaker 2>I hear that? Can I hear the Can I hear

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<v Speaker 2>the dogs? Or there it is. I think he's ready

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<v Speaker 2>now and that beautiful beard and living color. Welcome Alex

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<v Speaker 2>Vesia to Downey Hyundai. There it is. Look at that.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, man, he's making his way up the runway.

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<v Speaker 2>We got a stage, we got a big screen, you know.

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<v Speaker 2>Thing here going Alex, VESSI and my guy man beautiful.

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<v Speaker 2>How about this? I mean, look look behind you, Bessie,

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<v Speaker 2>look at this Vessia. There you are. We got everything

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<v Speaker 2>all right, guy, Sam the man, I'm learning that this Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>that's all him.

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<v Speaker 3>Very cool.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you for coming out.

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<v Speaker 3>This is awesome. Wow, I was traffic was traffic.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, this is cool. This is the center of Los Angeles,

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<v Speaker 2>right here in Downey, and as you can see, the

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<v Speaker 2>city loves you very much. Fans are wrapped around the

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<v Speaker 2>building for you.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>I appreciate it. This is this is super cool.

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<v Speaker 2>Hey, usually relievers don't get this type of love. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>I feel like this is a very very unique situation

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<v Speaker 2>because relievers are kind of like offensive linemen. Nobody knows

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<v Speaker 2>about them until the quarterback gets sacked, until maybe a

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<v Speaker 2>home run's given up. But these fans appreciate and have

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<v Speaker 2>wrapped their arms around you. I appreciate that for the

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<v Speaker 2>last six years.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh yeah, it's it's a long, long, you know, long journey.

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<v Speaker 6>But you know, I think the the time on the

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<v Speaker 6>field and whatnot, and you know, I just I put

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<v Speaker 6>it all out there and I think it's recognizable.

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<v Speaker 3>And.

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<v Speaker 6>Man, it's a little overwhelming, a little overwhelming, Dave, But no,

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<v Speaker 6>it's super cool, really nice to be out with the fans.

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<v Speaker 3>You know.

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<v Speaker 2>It's wild is when we see you on the mound,

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<v Speaker 2>you're so fired up. You hit that switch, and I

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<v Speaker 2>feel like when you're on the streets of la you're

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<v Speaker 2>on the streets of Downey, people expect you to have

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<v Speaker 2>that type of personality, but you're nothing like who you

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<v Speaker 2>are on the mound.

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<v Speaker 6>Uh yeah, I think it's I mean, competition and competing

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<v Speaker 6>and it's way different.

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<v Speaker 3>It's way different. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 6>I definitely go into a different mindset when I'm out

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<v Speaker 6>on the mound.

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<v Speaker 3>You have to. But I just still, you know, like normal,

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<v Speaker 3>Like today, it's a normal day. I feel like I'm

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<v Speaker 3>a regular guy.

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<v Speaker 6>I'm just trying to live life like the rest of us.

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<v Speaker 6>And you know, this is this is cool. I like

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<v Speaker 6>just kind of hanging out and yeah, it' stuff. There's

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<v Speaker 6>not as much tendency. There's not you know, like I

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<v Speaker 6>don't have Red Bull going through my veins right now

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<v Speaker 6>or anything like that.

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<v Speaker 3>But yeah, man, no, this is super cool.

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<v Speaker 2>Are you saying that when you walk up and down

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<v Speaker 2>Firestone Boulevard and Downey you're not wearing your fifty one

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<v Speaker 2>Vessie jersey?

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<v Speaker 3>No? No, but I'll see a lot of them here today,

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<v Speaker 3>which is really cool. Man.

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<v Speaker 2>That's uh, Sam, I know, Sam's got it.

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<v Speaker 3>I know That's what I'm saying.

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<v Speaker 2>Relievers never have jerseys made of them no, unless you're

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<v Speaker 2>like the closer. Yeah, but a guy like you, I

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<v Speaker 2>mean fifty one. There's a lot of fifty ones out there.

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<v Speaker 3>There is, there is.

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<v Speaker 6>It's gotten a lot more popular the last couple of years,

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<v Speaker 6>So which is a good thing.

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<v Speaker 3>That means I'm doing my job.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, yes, exactly. And you had been doing your job

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<v Speaker 2>ever since you became a Dodger. And you guys just

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<v Speaker 2>got back from a road trip that felt like it

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<v Speaker 2>was a month long, more than just six games. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>when you go through something like that, and did number one,

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<v Speaker 2>did you realize I wasn't on this road trip?

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<v Speaker 6>No, I realized, Yeah, I realized that you weren't in

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<v Speaker 6>the clubhouse bugging every player and getting into our business.

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<v Speaker 3>No, no, yeah, this is uh, this road trip was

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<v Speaker 3>really long. Yeah, but it was cool. I got to

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<v Speaker 3>see d Ma. Yeah, that's my guy.

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<v Speaker 6>We've been we were locker buddies, uh, you know, with

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<v Speaker 6>it when he was with us, and then you know,

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<v Speaker 6>with everything that he had had gone through with surgeries

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<v Speaker 6>and and yeah, the sophagus stuff. Right, so you know,

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<v Speaker 6>he's been really really good friend of mine, and so

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<v Speaker 6>I got to see him, got to give him his ring.

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<v Speaker 3>That was really cool.

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<v Speaker 6>And then obviously playing in Houston, you know it was

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<v Speaker 6>it was all right, we took two.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that was good. You gotta split on that road trip.

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<v Speaker 2>We're almost at the quarter point of the season.

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<v Speaker 3>Can you believe that that's so weird?

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<v Speaker 2>The schedule has been played already and you guys are

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<v Speaker 2>in first place in the n L West. I know

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<v Speaker 2>Andrew Friedman and Dave Roberts understand how to navigate one

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<v Speaker 2>hundred and sixty two games, but as a guy that's

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<v Speaker 2>in it every day, how do you navigate one hundred

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<v Speaker 2>and sixty.

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<v Speaker 3>Two games one day at a time?

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<v Speaker 5>Man?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I mean it's.

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<v Speaker 6>My routine is what keeps it kind of easy. I

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<v Speaker 6>do the same thing every day. I eat the same

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<v Speaker 6>thing every day. That's just kind of my thing. Oh yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 6>I just chicken rice and avocado is like my absolute

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<v Speaker 6>favorite game, right, that's my thing. Chicken rice, avocado, Chick

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<v Speaker 6>fil a sauce, chicken flate best, it's the best.

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<v Speaker 3>But yeah, like that routine is kind of just what

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<v Speaker 3>it's It's easy.

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<v Speaker 6>It sticks, it's not super complex or complicated, but like,

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<v Speaker 6>one day at a time, one pitch at a time

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<v Speaker 6>is kind of the thing that you know, Barto and

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<v Speaker 6>the bullpen kind of tell us, you know, and it

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<v Speaker 6>worked the other night. You know, glass now coming out

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<v Speaker 6>of the game, Jack Dryer coming in had a you know,

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<v Speaker 6>super long, extensive warm up, and I mean he set

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<v Speaker 6>the tone for that whole game. So that was super cool.

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<v Speaker 6>I was really really proud of him. And I didn't

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<v Speaker 6>have to go in that.

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<v Speaker 3>Game, which that was good. I'll take it.

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<v Speaker 6>But yeah, you know, it's you never know what you're

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<v Speaker 6>gonna get man baseball one hundred and sixty two games.

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<v Speaker 3>It's never it's never the same.

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<v Speaker 2>All Right, you go back and Alex Bessie is our

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<v Speaker 2>guest on Dodger Talk. We are at Downy hun Day

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<v Speaker 2>seventy five to fifty Firestone Boulevard. Yeah you hear about guys.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah they work here, Yeah they do.

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<v Speaker 5>They very Yeah, they.

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<v Speaker 2>Like where they work. That's good, it's cool. Good. So

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<v Speaker 2>guys like Will Climb Okay, nobody knew who Will Cline

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<v Speaker 2>was until Game three of last year's World Series, right,

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<v Speaker 2>and he's come back this year. I mean we knew

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<v Speaker 2>who he was, Yeah, we did.

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<v Speaker 3>It was on our team.

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<v Speaker 2>But people in America, yeah, I'm sure many people in

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<v Speaker 2>Downey knew who Will Cline was before Game three of

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<v Speaker 2>the World Series.

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<v Speaker 3>They know him now, Yeah, they do? They know him now?

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<v Speaker 2>How you know? Everybody wants to know. How do the

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<v Speaker 2>Dodgers make this work? Alex Vesia an unknown from the Marlins. Yep,

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<v Speaker 2>you turn into Alex Vessia. You can't go anywhere and

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<v Speaker 2>downy without people knowing. He now.

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<v Speaker 3>That. But all right, okay, where are you going with this, Dave?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah? So Will Klein, how do you guys make him

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<v Speaker 2>feel like feel like he belongs after what he did

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<v Speaker 2>in that moment? Coming back a brand new season every

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<v Speaker 2>year is unique and he's been able to, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>take his game to the next level.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, I mean, I think it's there's a little bit

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<v Speaker 6>of both, right and hang on with me, Right, It's

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<v Speaker 6>he did something super special last year. Right, There's also

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<v Speaker 6>this is a new season, this is new objective, this

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<v Speaker 6>is new goals, this is everything is in front of him. Right,

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<v Speaker 6>So it's being able to kind of still chase that

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<v Speaker 6>and not live.

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<v Speaker 3>Right in the past.

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<v Speaker 6>Right, But last year was super cool man, watching him

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<v Speaker 6>grow and just kind of become who he is now. Right,

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<v Speaker 6>you know, he stepped up in a big way and

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<v Speaker 6>I mean we knew he had really good stuff when

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<v Speaker 6>we got him.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know how much he.

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<v Speaker 6>Believed in his stuff, but you know, over the course

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<v Speaker 6>of the season, you know, bouncing up and down, and

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<v Speaker 6>you know he works really hard, and I mean it

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<v Speaker 6>paid off in that moment and then now you're seeing

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<v Speaker 6>it this year that you know, he's he's he's been.

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<v Speaker 3>Really good for us.

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<v Speaker 6>It's been really awesome to watch him throw and having

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<v Speaker 6>a writing another writing in the bullpen to you know,

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<v Speaker 6>take down right, he's lefties whatever whatever lane Doc wantson

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<v Speaker 6>and you know he's ready.

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<v Speaker 2>The dynamics of a bullpen are so interesting, right, Yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>big time. You've been through this for the last six years.

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<v Speaker 2>Guys have come and gone, Guys have helped you grow.

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<v Speaker 2>You're helping young guys grow. How do you guys? Have

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<v Speaker 2>you guys started to find an identity for this bullpen

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<v Speaker 2>because you guys in twenty four were called the dogs.

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<v Speaker 2>I would say this version of twenty six is very

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<v Speaker 2>similar to those guys.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah it is, No, it is, And I'm I'm really

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<v Speaker 6>really looking forward to having uh Gradoll back.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, yeah, he's back.

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<v Speaker 6>He had his He's had one or two rehabits, rehab outings.

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<v Speaker 6>I still keep in touch with them, you know, right,

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<v Speaker 6>you know, just oh absolutely like asking him how's you know,

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<v Speaker 6>rehabs going. You know, it's a it's a long process.

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<v Speaker 6>We also we're also getting Evan Phillips back. That's another

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<v Speaker 6>one that uh he'll text me from time to time

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<v Speaker 6>and you know, keep me updated and whatnot. But uh,

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<v Speaker 6>the identity. I still like the Dogs, I really do.

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<v Speaker 6>I think that there's still that core group of guys

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<v Speaker 6>that twenty four that you know, we'll be back for

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<v Speaker 6>twenty six.

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<v Speaker 3>So I think we'll have to you know, we'll have.

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<v Speaker 6>To talk to everybody, because it's not I'm not making

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<v Speaker 6>that decision on what we're gonna call each other.

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<v Speaker 2>You're just the dogs as long as you're good with that.

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<v Speaker 3>I like that.

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<v Speaker 2>On the Dodgers, Yeah, it's the bullpen dog.

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<v Speaker 3>I like that. Come on, I don't think anybody else would,

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<v Speaker 3>uh would change it.

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<v Speaker 6>But yeah, one one game at a time for us,

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<v Speaker 6>and uh, you know, we still got a lot of baseball.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, has Tanner Scott found the dog inside Tanner?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, that man, that that guy. He's the funniest dude

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<v Speaker 3>in the world.

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<v Speaker 6>I think it like try a sense of humor round

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<v Speaker 6>oh my goodness.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, but sometimes I wonder if his humor connects with you,

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<v Speaker 2>because then you'll be like, oh, Tanner's settled down or yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>whatever you say, Tanner. Yeah, I feel like you're like

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<v Speaker 2>the elder statesman now, you're the adult now, which is

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<v Speaker 2>incredible to believe in.

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<v Speaker 6>That, you know, Yeah, he that man keeps me on

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<v Speaker 6>my toes. I'll tell you what keeps me on my toes.

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<v Speaker 6>But yeah, he uh, he's been really really good this year,

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<v Speaker 6>and I'm just hoping that you know it, you know,

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<v Speaker 6>we we keep going back and forth and and you know,

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<v Speaker 6>when he pitches one night, maybe I'll pitch the next

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<v Speaker 6>night and we will just kind of It's it's also

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<v Speaker 6>fun like doing going over scouting reports with him, since

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<v Speaker 6>like we're similar in like certain areas with like fastballs

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<v Speaker 6>and sliders. Obviously he throws harder and his sliders a

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<v Speaker 6>little different than mine, so it's like just kind of

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<v Speaker 6>picking his brain on that you have to actually be

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<v Speaker 6>in the bullpen to get those answers. If you're in

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<v Speaker 6>the clubhouse, you're not getting those answers from him. So well, yeah,

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<v Speaker 6>it's you know.

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<v Speaker 2>He turns into a different guy when he's in the bullpen.

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<v Speaker 6>Oh yeah, oh yeah, and that that is a very special,

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<v Speaker 6>very special human right there.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, I would say so, so is Alex Vessia.

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<v Speaker 2>Right who doesn't love Alex Vessia. Yeah, we're down a

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<v Speaker 2>hum day seventy five fifty Firestone Boulevard. I got it.

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<v Speaker 2>I got an idea that I wanted to run by you.

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<v Speaker 2>Joe Kelly was on the show last Thursday. Joe Kelly,

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<v Speaker 2>Joe Kelly was Mariachi Joe. All right, he's got a

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<v Speaker 2>new fancy Mariachi Joe hat that new era made for him.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I mean that. What's what is he up to

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<v Speaker 3>these days? What is he doing?

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<v Speaker 2>He is the He calls himself the self proclaimed Drake

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<v Speaker 2>of the Inland Empire, because he'll show up at an

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<v Speaker 2>Ontario Tower Buzzers game, he'll show up at an Anaheim

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<v Speaker 2>Ducks hockey game, all right. And I said, we got

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<v Speaker 2>to get you at Dodger Stadium.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>And the idea was to have Joe Kelly, Mariachi Joe

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<v Speaker 2>Kelly sit in one of those seats that overhangs the

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<v Speaker 2>Dodger bullpen. Just show up and sit there and surprise

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<v Speaker 2>his old teammates. Man, would you.

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<v Speaker 3>Be I'm in on that. Yeah, I'm in on that.

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<v Speaker 3>I think. I mean, I think we could get him.

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<v Speaker 6>Like you know the spot that's right next to the

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<v Speaker 6>bullpen door. It's the first seat and that looks over

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<v Speaker 6>it like actually into the field. I think if we

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<v Speaker 6>got him right there, that would be even better.

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<v Speaker 2>But what do you think he'd do?

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<v Speaker 6>Oh, he would He would chirp us for sure. All

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<v Speaker 6>his his comments would be not airable.

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<v Speaker 2>No, that's for sure. But they get the dumb button

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<v Speaker 2>ready when he comes on.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, absolutely, absolutely, yeah, he that would be that'd be fun.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm in on that.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay. It was very available these days.

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<v Speaker 3>I bet he has a lot of time on his hands.

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<v Speaker 6>But he's got he's got a few kids to take

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<v Speaker 6>care of.

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<v Speaker 3>He does. Yeah what is kursh call it his starting

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<v Speaker 3>five and.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you miss Kershaw talks about.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh yeah, yeah.

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<v Speaker 6>We we were in Colorado. Thomas the trainer, he uh.

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<v Speaker 3>He facetimed him, so that was I was asking what

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<v Speaker 3>he was doing. He was like, I did some bench.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm done for the day. It was so funny. Man.

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<v Speaker 3>So he's he's keeping active, for sure. But but how much.

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<v Speaker 2>What was your relationship like with him?

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<v Speaker 6>Uh, my relationship with him, we competed in the gym

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<v Speaker 6>every single day and not there was It wasn't weightlifting,

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<v Speaker 6>it wasn't uh cardio. It was just who could be

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<v Speaker 6>in the gym first, who would show up first first?

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<v Speaker 2>And how many times would you beat him?

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, I'm definitely gonna give him. He beat He

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<v Speaker 3>beat me more.

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<v Speaker 6>His routine was also just way different being a starter

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<v Speaker 6>in mind being a reliever. But yeah, no, he his guidance,

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<v Speaker 6>his you know, just veteran presence day in and day.

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<v Speaker 3>Out, is definitely why I do certain things the way

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<v Speaker 3>I do them.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, we've had multiple conversations with you know, having bad outings,

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<v Speaker 6>having adversity, you know, holding yourself accountable in a standard.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah. Without Kersh, I definitely would not be in the

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<v Speaker 3>in the position that I am.

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<v Speaker 6>So yeah, he's been a great mentor for me, and

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<v Speaker 6>I just will always remember that. Like, you know, he's

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<v Speaker 6>it doesn't matter how like good of a baseball player,

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<v Speaker 6>It's always was how good of a person you are,

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<v Speaker 6>And that's you know why he's one of the best

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<v Speaker 6>Dodger pitchers ever.

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<v Speaker 3>You know. So, yeah, he's Uh, yeah, so shut him.

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<v Speaker 2>I think that's why all these people respond to you.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe got great character as well.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, maybe that's a I like that you care.

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<v Speaker 2>You care, all right, they want to meet and greet

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<v Speaker 2>with you. So I'm gonna ask you one more question. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>we have ten pairs of tickets to give away to

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<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers Phillies game on May twenty ninth. It's Alex

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<v Speaker 2>BESSI is Babblehead night.

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<v Speaker 3>What do you think?

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<v Speaker 2>Ahead?

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<v Speaker 3>And it's unbelievable. It's so perfect. Yeah, it's so perfect.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, they missed, but this time they hit.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 6>When they send it to me, the purple glove was awesome,

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<v Speaker 6>and but then like the facial expression, yeah, and then

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<v Speaker 6>like how like the picture that I wanted when I

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<v Speaker 6>you know, my parents had asked me, even Kaz asked

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<v Speaker 6>me about what babhood. I like, it's the exact picture

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<v Speaker 6>of like what I wanted. So that was cool and

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<v Speaker 6>I didn't have really any saying it. They just kind

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<v Speaker 6>of said it to Hey, this's your ball ahead, But yeah,

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<v Speaker 6>it's perfect. I'm I'm so happy about that. I think

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<v Speaker 6>my dad's thrown out the first pitch, so I think.

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<v Speaker 2>I thought maybe I thought you were gonna announce that no,

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<v Speaker 2>I was throwing out the first pitch.

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<v Speaker 3>Sorry, not gonna happen.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, hey, coming back. We love you. All the fans

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<v Speaker 2>are ready to meet you. Reet you, kiss some babies,

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<v Speaker 2>maybe throw them up in the air, maybe throw some

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<v Speaker 2>adults up in the air. Right, but protect that left arm.

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<v Speaker 2>This is the golden left arm. Thank you to Alex

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<v Speaker 2>Vessia to coming out to Downey Hyundai seventy five fifty

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<v Speaker 2>fire Throne Boulevard. Thanks to our guys, Sam.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, very cool, Thank you.

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<v Speaker 2>All of us, and we will continue with Dodger Talk.

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<v Speaker 2>Alex Vessi is jumping off the stage and going to

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<v Speaker 2>start introducing himself to all you fans out there for

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<v Speaker 2>Dodger Talk around the corner right here on A five

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<v Speaker 2>seventy LA Sports.

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<v Speaker 3>Thanks Dave.

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<v Speaker 1>On air at AM five to seventy, online at amfive

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<v Speaker 1>seventy LA sports dot com and available my podcast on

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<v Speaker 1>the iHeartRadio app.

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<v Speaker 4>This is Dodger Talk with David Bassam.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, thank you to Alex Vesia for stopping by

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<v Speaker 2>here at Downey Hyundai Dodger Talk our first remote for

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<v Speaker 2>Dodger Talk, and it's a party. Out here when you

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<v Speaker 2>come to Downey Hyundai. This is a nightclub. It's not

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<v Speaker 2>a car dealership. It's an experience, and our guy Sam,

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<v Speaker 2>he knows how to get it going here. They've been

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<v Speaker 2>giving out T shirts Downy Hyundai T shirts with that

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<v Speaker 2>Dodger D script on the front. So it's been an

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<v Speaker 2>awesome experience. So many fans have come out here to

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<v Speaker 2>say hello to the friends here at Downey Hyunday and

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<v Speaker 2>meet and greet Alex Vesia kind enough on an off

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<v Speaker 2>day to come down here and be on the show.

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<v Speaker 2>We still have ten pairs of tickets to give away

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<v Speaker 2>to Alex Vesia's Babblehead Night May twenty ninth at Dodger

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<v Speaker 2>Stadium Dodgers versus Phillies. We have two forty three inch

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<v Speaker 2>Visio televisions to give away. We got a five hundred

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<v Speaker 2>dollars gift card to the fourth Quarter in Highland Park

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<v Speaker 2>courtesy of our friends at fourth Quarter who are in

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<v Speaker 2>the house today, and of course two BJ's fifty dollars

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<v Speaker 2>gift cards to give away and you can use that

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<v Speaker 2>in Downy next week because Petros and Money are going

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<v Speaker 2>to be hanging out at b Jayson Downey next week,

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<v Speaker 2>So you win one of those fifty dollars gift cards

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<v Speaker 2>and you take it down to B Jason Downey, which

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<v Speaker 2>is very close to Downey Hyundai. So great synergy between

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<v Speaker 2>Dodger Talk and Petros and money. Coming up at the

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<v Speaker 2>bottom of the hour, we're going to get into show

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<v Speaker 2>hal Tani and my plan that could help ease the

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<v Speaker 2>burden on Otani this season. Also, it's it's just so

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<v Speaker 2>ridiculous how everybody is starting to really frame Dalton Rushing

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<v Speaker 2>like a guy that needs some defending from his teammates.

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<v Speaker 2>It's just a little bit over the top as far

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<v Speaker 2>as my opinion goes on that. So we'll get we'll

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<v Speaker 2>set the record straight when it comes to that. Alex

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<v Speaker 2>Vessi knows Dalton Rushing is a great guy. He doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>need any defending. By the way, this weekend a big

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<v Speaker 2>weekend at Dodger Stadium beginning Tomorrow night, Dodgers versus Braves.

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<v Speaker 2>The Atlanta Braves are back. They have the best record

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<v Speaker 2>in the National League. They're going to be at Dodger

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<v Speaker 2>Stadium beginning tomorrow night. Emmett Shehan against Chris Saale Tomorrow night,

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<v Speaker 2>Roki Sasaki against Spencer Streyder on Saturday, and Justin Robleski

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<v Speaker 2>against Bryce Elder on Mother's Day on Sunday afternoon. So

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<v Speaker 2>make your plans to join us at Dodger Stadium this weekend.

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<v Speaker 2>Dodgers Braves definitely a possible ability for a playoff matchup

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<v Speaker 2>down the line because the Braves had a lot of injuries.

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<v Speaker 2>Matt Olson and Austin Riley were not themselves last year

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<v Speaker 2>and the Braves did not make the postseason. But with

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<v Speaker 2>the Phillies and Mets starting off really poorly this year,

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<v Speaker 2>there's a very good chance the Braves could run the

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<v Speaker 2>table and at the very least become a wildcard team

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<v Speaker 2>if they don't hold on to their lead in the

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<v Speaker 2>National League East, but I feel like they will also

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<v Speaker 2>got some updates on Mookie Betts. We had breaking news

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<v Speaker 2>earlier today. Mookie Betts is getting closer to returning to

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<v Speaker 2>the Dodger lineup. In case you missed the news earlier today,

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<v Speaker 2>Mookie Betts is going to Oklahoma City to start a

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<v Speaker 2>rehab assignment. He usually doesn't do this. In fact, it's

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<v Speaker 2>the first time with the Dodgers that he's going out

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<v Speaker 2>on a rehab assignment. He is going to play Friday

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<v Speaker 2>and Saturday in Oklahoma City. And you know, I don't

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<v Speaker 2>see Mooki spending too much time in Oklahoma City. If

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<v Speaker 2>he's out there and he's running around and he's swinging

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<v Speaker 2>and he doesn't feel any pain with his right oblique area,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't see any reason why he wouldn't come back

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<v Speaker 2>during the Giant Series. And speaking of next week in

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<v Speaker 2>the Giant Series, snell Zilla Blake Snell is making his

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<v Speaker 2>final rehab start on Saturday for Ontario. But the game

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<v Speaker 2>is in Rancho Cucamunga. That's right, Ontario versus Rancho Cucamonga.

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<v Speaker 2>Rancho Kook now is the affiliate of the Angels, and

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<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers obviously have their single a affiliate with Ontario now.

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<v Speaker 2>So snell Zilla will be pitching for Ontario in Rancho

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<v Speaker 2>Cucamunga on Saturday, And if you do the math, that

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<v Speaker 2>means he would be returning probably Friday, a week from tomorrow,

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<v Speaker 2>as the Dodgers will be in Anaheim to take the

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<v Speaker 2>take on the Angels. So the Dodgers are getting closer

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<v Speaker 2>to having to make some roster decisions. You heard Alex

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<v Speaker 2>Vesi has say he's been texting with Bruce Starr Graderol

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<v Speaker 2>the Bazuka. He probably is not coming back for another

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<v Speaker 2>few weeks, but he's on the way back. And he

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<v Speaker 2>hasn't pitched in professional games since Game five of the

0:22:10.760 --> 0:22:15.600
<v Speaker 2>twenty four World Series, so that's great news. Brock Stewart

0:22:15.720 --> 0:22:19.480
<v Speaker 2>just came back yesterday pitched a scoreless ninth inning for

0:22:19.520 --> 0:22:20.120
<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers.

0:22:20.119 --> 0:22:20.959
<v Speaker 3>So uh.

0:22:21.080 --> 0:22:25.680
<v Speaker 2>The Dodger bullpen has been exceptional even without Edwin Diaz,

0:22:25.720 --> 0:22:28.719
<v Speaker 2>and Alex Vesia has been a big reason why. I mean,

0:22:28.840 --> 0:22:33.320
<v Speaker 2>Vessia has been the anchor of that bullpen in more

0:22:33.400 --> 0:22:36.240
<v Speaker 2>ways than one. Tanner Scott has bounced back with a

0:22:36.280 --> 0:22:39.040
<v Speaker 2>really good year, and I don't hear too many Tanner

0:22:39.080 --> 0:22:43.320
<v Speaker 2>Scott critics anymore. It feels like when he comes in now,

0:22:44.119 --> 0:22:48.280
<v Speaker 2>there's not that uneasy feeling as there was last year,

0:22:48.760 --> 0:22:51.440
<v Speaker 2>and he's back to being Tanner Scott with the Padres

0:22:51.560 --> 0:22:54.639
<v Speaker 2>and the Marlins, and that's a good thing for the Dodgers.

0:22:54.720 --> 0:22:58.240
<v Speaker 2>So the Dodgers come back off a road trip that

0:22:58.359 --> 0:23:00.960
<v Speaker 2>saw them split six games, took two out of three

0:23:01.000 --> 0:23:04.560
<v Speaker 2>from the Astros. Andy Pajez had a big game yesterday,

0:23:04.600 --> 0:23:07.640
<v Speaker 2>three home runs, six RBIs, and he looked like a Dodger,

0:23:08.720 --> 0:23:11.600
<v Speaker 2>the only Dodger over the course of the last five

0:23:11.680 --> 0:23:16.240
<v Speaker 2>games that actually had a decisive swing. They weren't guessing,

0:23:16.400 --> 0:23:20.159
<v Speaker 2>trying to guess what pitcher, what pitch was coming. And

0:23:20.200 --> 0:23:22.680
<v Speaker 2>I had a chance to talk to Reggie Smith yesterday.

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<v Speaker 2>Reggie Smith, if you're old enough to know, one of

0:23:25.440 --> 0:23:28.000
<v Speaker 2>the great Dodgers. He was part of the quartet, the

0:23:28.040 --> 0:23:32.240
<v Speaker 2>first quartet on a team teammates to hit thirty home

0:23:32.320 --> 0:23:36.440
<v Speaker 2>runs in the same year back in nineteen seventy seven, himself,

0:23:36.560 --> 0:23:40.920
<v Speaker 2>Dusty Baker, Ronse and Steve Garvey. And Reggie Smith also

0:23:41.280 --> 0:23:45.080
<v Speaker 2>learned from one of the greatest Japanese players this side

0:23:45.119 --> 0:23:49.359
<v Speaker 2>of Shoho Tani, and that's Sadahara Oh who understood hitting

0:23:49.400 --> 0:23:52.919
<v Speaker 2>mechanics from my understanding, better than most. And Reggie Smith

0:23:53.400 --> 0:23:56.919
<v Speaker 2>understands hitting mechanics and the way he was explaining it

0:23:57.000 --> 0:24:00.119
<v Speaker 2>because he watches Dodger game still and he said, it

0:24:00.160 --> 0:24:02.840
<v Speaker 2>looks like they're guessing and they're trying to cover too

0:24:02.920 --> 0:24:05.399
<v Speaker 2>much of the plate. And what he told me was

0:24:05.480 --> 0:24:07.879
<v Speaker 2>and it makes so much sense if you're a hitter

0:24:08.200 --> 0:24:11.119
<v Speaker 2>and you're facing a pitcher that has what three or

0:24:11.160 --> 0:24:14.760
<v Speaker 2>four different pitches, I mean, McCullers has six, and he

0:24:14.760 --> 0:24:17.720
<v Speaker 2>couldn't command any of them. Yesterday, the Dodgers scored their

0:24:17.720 --> 0:24:21.679
<v Speaker 2>first three runs on wild pitches. That hadn't That hasn't

0:24:21.760 --> 0:24:25.520
<v Speaker 2>happened since nineteen sixty nine for a team to score

0:24:25.560 --> 0:24:29.640
<v Speaker 2>their first three runs on wild pitches, Dodgers or any team.

0:24:29.680 --> 0:24:32.439
<v Speaker 2>It was actually the Braves against the Phillies in nineteen

0:24:32.520 --> 0:24:35.760
<v Speaker 2>sixty nine. But nonetheless, he couldn't command any of his pitches,

0:24:35.800 --> 0:24:38.320
<v Speaker 2>So why are you even looking at him? The way

0:24:38.359 --> 0:24:42.040
<v Speaker 2>Reggie explained it is, if a pitcher's not commanding one

0:24:42.040 --> 0:24:44.960
<v Speaker 2>of his pitches, you don't even have to worry about

0:24:45.000 --> 0:24:48.040
<v Speaker 2>it because he can't throw it for a strike. So

0:24:48.119 --> 0:24:51.440
<v Speaker 2>why are you even considering that that it may be

0:24:51.560 --> 0:24:53.800
<v Speaker 2>in your hitting zone. You gotta know who you are.

0:24:53.840 --> 0:24:57.200
<v Speaker 2>You gotta know your hitting zone. And to me, Pahz

0:24:57.320 --> 0:24:59.840
<v Speaker 2>and Freddie Freeman on this road trip where the two

0:25:00.520 --> 0:25:05.040
<v Speaker 2>that really exuded what Reggie Smith was talking about. And

0:25:05.080 --> 0:25:08.200
<v Speaker 2>of course Freddie Freeman's one of the greatest hitters in

0:25:08.320 --> 0:25:11.239
<v Speaker 2>modern day baseball. He's on his way to Cooperstown and

0:25:11.280 --> 0:25:14.000
<v Speaker 2>it was great to see Freddie come alive on this

0:25:14.200 --> 0:25:17.080
<v Speaker 2>road trip. I'm sure he saw my tweet when I

0:25:17.119 --> 0:25:19.639
<v Speaker 2>said there are signs of life from Freddie Freeman on

0:25:19.680 --> 0:25:22.560
<v Speaker 2>this road trip. He hit three seventy five, he had

0:25:22.640 --> 0:25:26.440
<v Speaker 2>nine hits, he had four RBIs, two doubles, so he's

0:25:26.440 --> 0:25:29.280
<v Speaker 2>starting to come along. And Kyle Tucker actually played really

0:25:29.320 --> 0:25:32.199
<v Speaker 2>well in Houston. The Dodgers need him. They need to

0:25:33.119 --> 0:25:35.840
<v Speaker 2>help out show hey Otani, who's doing something that he

0:25:35.880 --> 0:25:39.000
<v Speaker 2>hasn't done in nearly five years, and that's be a

0:25:39.040 --> 0:25:43.199
<v Speaker 2>full time two way player. And we'll see where it

0:25:43.280 --> 0:25:47.200
<v Speaker 2>goes with Otani. I have my thoughts on which direction

0:25:47.480 --> 0:25:50.480
<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers should go with Otani moving forward. I mentioned

0:25:50.480 --> 0:25:54.200
<v Speaker 2>it on Dodger Talk yesterday. We'll mention it again when

0:25:54.240 --> 0:25:57.720
<v Speaker 2>we come up in our next segment. But yeah, the

0:25:57.800 --> 0:26:01.320
<v Speaker 2>Dodgers are more than just one player, and you can't

0:26:01.359 --> 0:26:04.120
<v Speaker 2>just put it all on Otani. Miguel Rojas had said

0:26:04.160 --> 0:26:07.119
<v Speaker 2>that after the game yesterday or two days ago. So

0:26:07.560 --> 0:26:10.080
<v Speaker 2>when Mookie Bett's coming back, that is going to be

0:26:10.240 --> 0:26:14.119
<v Speaker 2>huge because the Dodgers need their right handed hitters to

0:26:14.200 --> 0:26:17.639
<v Speaker 2>come alive, which they really haven't. The Dodgers only have

0:26:18.359 --> 0:26:21.480
<v Speaker 2>two home runs right handed. Dodgers only have two home

0:26:21.560 --> 0:26:25.879
<v Speaker 2>runs against lefties this year, one from PAJZ one from Rojas,

0:26:26.119 --> 0:26:29.280
<v Speaker 2>Taoscar Hernandez and Will Smith do not have a home

0:26:29.359 --> 0:26:32.440
<v Speaker 2>run against the left handed pitcher, and that's got a change,

0:26:32.480 --> 0:26:36.480
<v Speaker 2>which I expected to because the lefties are doing their job.

0:26:36.760 --> 0:26:39.640
<v Speaker 2>Now you just need your right handed bats, the big

0:26:39.680 --> 0:26:42.600
<v Speaker 2>guys to be able to be who they've been traditionally

0:26:43.000 --> 0:26:46.200
<v Speaker 2>in their entire career. Eight six, six, nine eighty seven,

0:26:46.280 --> 0:26:49.920
<v Speaker 2>two five seventy is the phone number, David Vassay out

0:26:50.000 --> 0:26:55.160
<v Speaker 2>of Downy Hundais, seventy five fifty Firestone Boulevard. Get down here.

0:26:55.440 --> 0:26:58.760
<v Speaker 2>This is a nightclub. This is a nightclub. It is

0:26:58.880 --> 0:27:02.560
<v Speaker 2>not a show, it is not a dealership. It's an experience.

0:27:02.880 --> 0:27:06.200
<v Speaker 2>And everybody here is a huge Dodger fan. They've showed

0:27:06.320 --> 0:27:09.080
<v Speaker 2>up and they showed out for Alex Vesia. So this

0:27:09.359 --> 0:27:11.520
<v Speaker 2>is a place. If you're a Dodger fan, or if

0:27:11.600 --> 0:27:14.480
<v Speaker 2>you're anywhere in the city of la you got to

0:27:14.480 --> 0:27:17.919
<v Speaker 2>get down to Downy Hundai because they will treat you

0:27:18.560 --> 0:27:21.199
<v Speaker 2>first class and they will have a party doing it.

0:27:21.480 --> 0:27:24.920
<v Speaker 2>Seventy five fifty Firestone Boulevard. So thank you to our

0:27:24.960 --> 0:27:27.840
<v Speaker 2>guy Sam for having us out here. When we continue

0:27:27.840 --> 0:27:30.280
<v Speaker 2>on Dodger Talk, our final time out. We're gonna take

0:27:30.280 --> 0:27:32.760
<v Speaker 2>your phone calls at eight sixty six nine eight seven

0:27:32.880 --> 0:27:36.120
<v Speaker 2>two five seventy. We'll get you an update on Tyler Glass.

0:27:36.119 --> 0:27:39.800
<v Speaker 2>Now I have an Otani pitching plan. And also I'm

0:27:39.800 --> 0:27:42.359
<v Speaker 2>going to set the record straight for Dalton Rushing. This

0:27:42.440 --> 0:27:45.080
<v Speaker 2>guy's a great guy, great character guy. I don't know

0:27:45.080 --> 0:27:48.080
<v Speaker 2>why everybody's starting to write stories about him having to

0:27:48.280 --> 0:27:52.480
<v Speaker 2>change his reputation around the game. David Vassey out at

0:27:52.520 --> 0:27:56.600
<v Speaker 2>Downy Hyundai with our guy Alex Vesia. We are rolling

0:27:56.680 --> 0:27:59.479
<v Speaker 2>until eight o'clock right here on a five to seventy

0:27:59.600 --> 0:28:02.040
<v Speaker 2>LAS Sports seventy.

0:28:02.240 --> 0:28:05.440
<v Speaker 1>Dodger Talk is available on AM five seventy LA sports

0:28:05.480 --> 0:28:09.480
<v Speaker 1>dot com, hand on the iHeartRadio app. Back to more

0:28:09.640 --> 0:28:13.000
<v Speaker 1>Dodger Talk with Dodger insider David Vasse.

0:28:13.440 --> 0:28:17.000
<v Speaker 2>All right, David Vasse, wrapping up our final segment of

0:28:17.119 --> 0:28:20.480
<v Speaker 2>Dodger Talk out here at Downey Hyundai. We still have

0:28:20.560 --> 0:28:24.160
<v Speaker 2>our giveaways. Don't go anywhere after the show is over.

0:28:24.359 --> 0:28:26.960
<v Speaker 2>We have ten pairs of tickets to give away to

0:28:27.119 --> 0:28:32.480
<v Speaker 2>Dodgers Phillies May twenty ninth, which happens to be Alex

0:28:32.680 --> 0:28:37.280
<v Speaker 2>vesia Bubblehead Night. And also we have two big screen

0:28:37.359 --> 0:28:42.280
<v Speaker 2>TVs forty three inch TVs Visio TVs to give away

0:28:42.320 --> 0:28:45.520
<v Speaker 2>as well. And we also have a five hundred dollars

0:28:45.560 --> 0:28:49.200
<v Speaker 2>gift card to the fourth Quarter a lot of Dodger merch.

0:28:49.200 --> 0:28:51.320
<v Speaker 2>You see it on that table over there. Thank you

0:28:51.360 --> 0:28:53.880
<v Speaker 2>to the fourth Quarter for coming out to Downey and

0:28:53.960 --> 0:28:57.640
<v Speaker 2>being part of this very special broadcast of Dodger Talk.

0:28:58.000 --> 0:29:02.280
<v Speaker 2>Eight six six nine eight seven two is the phone number.

0:29:02.600 --> 0:29:05.960
<v Speaker 2>Thanks to Alex Vesia as well for coming out. He's

0:29:06.000 --> 0:29:10.719
<v Speaker 2>still here taking pictures with little kids, really engaging the fans,

0:29:10.760 --> 0:29:13.720
<v Speaker 2>and that's really special to have Alex Vesia out here

0:29:13.880 --> 0:29:18.720
<v Speaker 2>at Downy Hunday seventy five point fifty Firestone Boulevard. And

0:29:18.800 --> 0:29:20.880
<v Speaker 2>I know at the end of the show it's going

0:29:20.960 --> 0:29:23.040
<v Speaker 2>to be really rushed, so I just want to thank

0:29:23.080 --> 0:29:26.600
<v Speaker 2>the people that put this all together, first and foremost Sam,

0:29:26.840 --> 0:29:30.360
<v Speaker 2>the man that is the leader of Downy Hyundai that

0:29:30.480 --> 0:29:34.560
<v Speaker 2>has really leaned into being partners with us. And I'll

0:29:34.600 --> 0:29:39.440
<v Speaker 2>be driving my brand new Ionic nine to Dodger Stadium

0:29:39.640 --> 0:29:43.480
<v Speaker 2>all season long thanks to my guy Sam at Downey Hunday.

0:29:43.560 --> 0:29:45.920
<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, I got a new Carvesia. I'll give you

0:29:46.000 --> 0:29:48.800
<v Speaker 2>a ride. We could carpool no, no, you're not gonna

0:29:48.840 --> 0:29:52.320
<v Speaker 2>ride Okay, no problem, no problem. Uh yeah, So new

0:29:52.400 --> 0:29:56.760
<v Speaker 2>Dodger Blue Ionic nine Hyundai. Thanks to Downey Hunday for

0:29:56.880 --> 0:29:59.760
<v Speaker 2>hooking that up. Thanks to Sam, and thank you to

0:29:59.800 --> 0:30:05.520
<v Speaker 2>Da Dave's. He really put together an incredible event here.

0:30:05.560 --> 0:30:08.240
<v Speaker 2>So thank you to Dave Weis. He is awesome and

0:30:08.400 --> 0:30:11.960
<v Speaker 2>really appreciate him putting this all together. Thank you to Stacy.

0:30:12.040 --> 0:30:16.400
<v Speaker 2>Thank you to Betty Betty Day who has converted from

0:30:16.440 --> 0:30:19.040
<v Speaker 2>an Angel fan to a Dodger fan the last couple

0:30:19.120 --> 0:30:21.680
<v Speaker 2>of weeks. So good for you to see the light.

0:30:22.320 --> 0:30:24.560
<v Speaker 2>It's a party with the Dodgers. Betty. You know that

0:30:25.080 --> 0:30:27.640
<v Speaker 2>things are happening. And thank you to Stacy, David Howard

0:30:27.920 --> 0:30:29.880
<v Speaker 2>for coming out as well, and thank you to all

0:30:29.920 --> 0:30:33.240
<v Speaker 2>of you for coming out to hang out and meet

0:30:33.240 --> 0:30:36.840
<v Speaker 2>Alex Vesia and certainly a great day out here at

0:30:36.840 --> 0:30:39.960
<v Speaker 2>Downey Hunday. So I know that at the end of

0:30:40.000 --> 0:30:42.720
<v Speaker 2>the show you're always rushed and you can't get to everybody,

0:30:42.800 --> 0:30:46.240
<v Speaker 2>So thank you to everybody, and don't forget Tomorrow night,

0:30:46.280 --> 0:30:49.240
<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers are back in action at Dodger Stadium against

0:30:49.320 --> 0:30:51.360
<v Speaker 2>the team that right now has the best record in

0:30:51.400 --> 0:30:54.320
<v Speaker 2>the National League, the Atlanta Braves. So, like I say,

0:30:54.360 --> 0:30:57.160
<v Speaker 2>it's not just games anymore at Dodger Stadium. They are

0:30:57.320 --> 0:30:59.960
<v Speaker 2>events and this weekend is going to be really speed.

0:31:00.600 --> 0:31:02.560
<v Speaker 2>All right, Let's go back out to the phones. Eight

0:31:02.640 --> 0:31:06.480
<v Speaker 2>sixty six two five seventy is the phone number. Let's

0:31:06.480 --> 0:31:09.120
<v Speaker 2>start out with Dave in La. Lead us up, Dave,

0:31:09.160 --> 0:31:10.200
<v Speaker 2>you're on Dodger Talk.

0:31:11.120 --> 0:31:16.480
<v Speaker 5>I've been listening to the Dodgers for over two decades.

0:31:16.640 --> 0:31:21.400
<v Speaker 5>And Los Angeles is a city of champions, and I

0:31:21.440 --> 0:31:25.000
<v Speaker 5>am Dodgers all day. And the one question I just

0:31:25.080 --> 0:31:30.480
<v Speaker 5>can't understand is if we're a city of champions, how

0:31:30.520 --> 0:31:34.160
<v Speaker 5>are you the voice of the Dodgers for all these years?

0:31:34.200 --> 0:31:37.640
<v Speaker 5>I just don't understand it, because well, you just don't

0:31:37.680 --> 0:31:39.080
<v Speaker 5>seem very qualified.

0:31:39.640 --> 0:31:43.160
<v Speaker 2>Wait a minute, I think I recognize that voice. Can

0:31:43.200 --> 0:31:45.640
<v Speaker 2>you laugh for me, Dave in La? And then it'll

0:31:45.680 --> 0:31:50.440
<v Speaker 2>confirm if it is who I think it is. Oh,

0:31:50.520 --> 0:31:53.680
<v Speaker 2>it's Dave Roberts. What do you do with Dave Ray?

0:31:55.120 --> 0:32:00.080
<v Speaker 5>Hey, Dave, I'm on my off Dave right now. And

0:32:01.040 --> 0:32:04.160
<v Speaker 5>I heard you were having a party in Downey right now,

0:32:04.320 --> 0:32:08.400
<v Speaker 5>Downey Hyundai. And Sam is a good buddy of mine,

0:32:09.200 --> 0:32:11.640
<v Speaker 5>so I've never called into Dodger Talk, but I had

0:32:11.680 --> 0:32:14.480
<v Speaker 5>to say hello, and I wish you and all these

0:32:14.520 --> 0:32:16.000
<v Speaker 5>Dodger fans a good time. Man.

0:32:16.280 --> 0:32:19.520
<v Speaker 2>How about that? The three time World Series manager for

0:32:19.560 --> 0:32:23.200
<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers, Dave Roberts, calling into Dodger Talk as we

0:32:23.240 --> 0:32:27.040
<v Speaker 2>are out here broadcasting from Downey Hyundai. The fans love

0:32:27.080 --> 0:32:30.560
<v Speaker 2>Alex Vessia, Dave, but they certainly love you. I'm sure

0:32:30.600 --> 0:32:33.560
<v Speaker 2>you feel a lot of love these days whenever you

0:32:33.640 --> 0:32:36.600
<v Speaker 2>go out, and the city of LA really showing you

0:32:36.640 --> 0:32:37.680
<v Speaker 2>the love that you deserve.

0:32:39.000 --> 0:32:42.400
<v Speaker 5>No, I do, and Alice Vessi is one of my

0:32:42.520 --> 0:32:46.440
<v Speaker 5>favorites as well. And I'm telling you that there's nothing

0:32:46.640 --> 0:32:50.200
<v Speaker 5>like the Dodger fans. And I know we got a

0:32:50.200 --> 0:32:52.800
<v Speaker 5>big one with the Lakers tonight, but I just love

0:32:52.800 --> 0:32:55.800
<v Speaker 5>what you do. I love our fans, and like I said,

0:32:55.960 --> 0:32:58.120
<v Speaker 5>I love Sam, I love the city of Downey and

0:32:58.520 --> 0:33:01.720
<v Speaker 5>greater Los Angeles. Well, I just love what you're doing

0:33:01.760 --> 0:33:04.080
<v Speaker 5>for our fans. And you keep everybody connected, Dave. So

0:33:06.200 --> 0:33:09.040
<v Speaker 5>I hope you know we got to bring a third championship.

0:33:09.080 --> 0:33:10.680
<v Speaker 5>We got to go for that three peat this year

0:33:10.680 --> 0:33:12.240
<v Speaker 5>though we need we need our fans.

0:33:12.600 --> 0:33:15.080
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, who wants that three peat? The manager sett in

0:33:15.120 --> 0:33:18.160
<v Speaker 2>the tone on Dodger talk for that three peat. Yeah,

0:33:18.240 --> 0:33:22.320
<v Speaker 2>everybody wants it. Everybody's still hungry. And the way that

0:33:22.360 --> 0:33:26.640
<v Speaker 2>we connect Dodger players and their manager, Dave Roberts is

0:33:26.680 --> 0:33:29.800
<v Speaker 2>by showing their true selves. Bessie, it was on earlier

0:33:30.000 --> 0:33:32.240
<v Speaker 2>people got to see that side of him and Dave.

0:33:32.720 --> 0:33:35.120
<v Speaker 2>We are going to do it with you every week,

0:33:35.240 --> 0:33:38.040
<v Speaker 2>a pregame interview with Dave Roberts, and we'll share that

0:33:38.080 --> 0:33:41.120
<v Speaker 2>after the games as well. So I'm really excited about that.

0:33:41.280 --> 0:33:44.160
<v Speaker 2>Courtesy of our guys Sam at Downey Hyundai and of

0:33:44.200 --> 0:33:47.880
<v Speaker 2>course our friends at Wellness Wellness Care.

0:33:49.400 --> 0:33:51.440
<v Speaker 5>Yeah, I'm looking forward to that. Dave. I think for

0:33:51.560 --> 0:33:55.120
<v Speaker 5>me is you know, I think people you know speaming

0:33:55.240 --> 0:33:57.760
<v Speaker 5>manage and get to know a little bit of me

0:33:58.200 --> 0:34:01.600
<v Speaker 5>as far as pre and postgame, but this will be

0:34:01.680 --> 0:34:03.800
<v Speaker 5>a it'll be different. So you and I have a

0:34:03.840 --> 0:34:07.640
<v Speaker 5>conversation once a week, and I just want to give

0:34:07.920 --> 0:34:11.759
<v Speaker 5>the fans, the listeners more of an inside scoop, a

0:34:11.840 --> 0:34:13.960
<v Speaker 5>peak behind the curtain. And I think that's what my

0:34:14.040 --> 0:34:16.640
<v Speaker 5>hope is. You know, it's been eleven years for me

0:34:17.000 --> 0:34:19.760
<v Speaker 5>managing the Dodgers, so I want to do something special

0:34:19.840 --> 0:34:22.359
<v Speaker 5>for you, and obviously I've known you for a long

0:34:22.400 --> 0:34:23.719
<v Speaker 5>time and for our fans as well.

0:34:24.200 --> 0:34:26.960
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I've known Dave since he played and he's one

0:34:27.000 --> 0:34:29.160
<v Speaker 2>of the best people you'll ever meet, a guy that

0:34:29.560 --> 0:34:33.240
<v Speaker 2>you know when you talk about local credibility, Dave Roberts,

0:34:33.280 --> 0:34:37.120
<v Speaker 2>you have that UCLA playing for the Dodgers. Maury Will's

0:34:37.160 --> 0:34:40.640
<v Speaker 2>your mentor. It just seems like you're the best fit

0:34:40.800 --> 0:34:43.560
<v Speaker 2>for this city, for this team, and that's part of

0:34:43.600 --> 0:34:46.600
<v Speaker 2>the reason why you and Andrew Friedman have been together

0:34:47.120 --> 0:34:49.640
<v Speaker 2>this long. Marriages don't last as long as you and

0:34:49.640 --> 0:34:50.440
<v Speaker 2>Andrew Friedman.

0:34:53.840 --> 0:34:57.920
<v Speaker 5>You know what it's what LA is all about, you know, loyalty,

0:34:58.480 --> 0:35:04.560
<v Speaker 5>consistency and passion. So I know, personally speaking for our

0:35:04.560 --> 0:35:09.360
<v Speaker 5>whole organization, Andrew in particular, our players in particular, is

0:35:09.719 --> 0:35:12.440
<v Speaker 5>we just feed off the passion from our fans. And

0:35:12.800 --> 0:35:15.480
<v Speaker 5>I know you get it every night. Man, you defend

0:35:15.480 --> 0:35:19.680
<v Speaker 5>our players. You're the voice of the fans, and so

0:35:20.520 --> 0:35:23.399
<v Speaker 5>you know, and you hear that passion every single night

0:35:23.400 --> 0:35:24.200
<v Speaker 5>on Dodger Talk.

0:35:24.680 --> 0:35:27.040
<v Speaker 2>Thank you, Dave, And since I have you on the line,

0:35:27.040 --> 0:35:30.920
<v Speaker 2>and Dave Roberts has surprised us with the call Mookie

0:35:30.920 --> 0:35:35.280
<v Speaker 2>Betts has headed out to Oklahoma City for rehab games

0:35:35.320 --> 0:35:37.799
<v Speaker 2>over the weekend. Do you feel like Dodger fans if

0:35:37.800 --> 0:35:40.359
<v Speaker 2>they came to a game on one of those four

0:35:40.400 --> 0:35:42.960
<v Speaker 2>against the Giants, they may see Mookie Betts in the lineup.

0:35:44.560 --> 0:35:47.319
<v Speaker 5>Absolutely, you know, if he's going to go on his

0:35:47.360 --> 0:35:51.879
<v Speaker 5>rehab assignment, So that's exciting for all Dodgers. So he

0:35:52.040 --> 0:35:55.279
<v Speaker 5>the plan is, if it goes well, he'll be back

0:35:55.400 --> 0:35:58.759
<v Speaker 5>joining us on Monday night. So the hope is that

0:35:58.840 --> 0:36:00.960
<v Speaker 5>we get him for three of them, those four games

0:36:01.400 --> 0:36:03.920
<v Speaker 5>against the hated Giant.

0:36:04.320 --> 0:36:06.880
<v Speaker 2>Yeah. Baby, we love to hear that. That'll be great.

0:36:07.000 --> 0:36:09.120
<v Speaker 2>And you know, before you called in, I was going

0:36:09.160 --> 0:36:12.000
<v Speaker 2>to get into defending my guy, Dalton Rushing. Don't you

0:36:12.040 --> 0:36:15.319
<v Speaker 2>think it's crazy that articles are being written about how

0:36:15.360 --> 0:36:18.120
<v Speaker 2>he has to defend his character? I mean, what can

0:36:18.160 --> 0:36:20.920
<v Speaker 2>you say about Dalton Rushing and just who he is

0:36:21.000 --> 0:36:23.239
<v Speaker 2>as you've gotten to know him. It feels like it's

0:36:23.880 --> 0:36:26.799
<v Speaker 2>a little misrepresentative of who he really is. All these

0:36:26.840 --> 0:36:29.520
<v Speaker 2>stories being and people talking about him.

0:36:30.320 --> 0:36:33.520
<v Speaker 5>Absolutely, Don's a great young kid. He's going to be

0:36:33.600 --> 0:36:36.120
<v Speaker 5>a great Dodger for a long time, you know. And

0:36:36.200 --> 0:36:38.600
<v Speaker 5>I like the fire that he plays with. Obviously, you know,

0:36:38.640 --> 0:36:41.600
<v Speaker 5>when you're in the heat of the moment, there's things

0:36:41.600 --> 0:36:43.960
<v Speaker 5>that you say and probably you know would love to

0:36:44.000 --> 0:36:48.040
<v Speaker 5>take back, but it certainly not meant to harm anyone

0:36:48.120 --> 0:36:52.040
<v Speaker 5>or disrespect anyone. He plays with that fire that I

0:36:52.080 --> 0:36:54.800
<v Speaker 5>think has made him the player that he is. Maybe

0:36:54.840 --> 0:36:58.520
<v Speaker 5>at times we all can temper certain things, but he's

0:36:58.520 --> 0:37:00.239
<v Speaker 5>going to be a great Dodger for a long time time,

0:37:00.320 --> 0:37:02.560
<v Speaker 5>and certainly a lot of the stuff that's being said

0:37:02.560 --> 0:37:04.000
<v Speaker 5>about him has been overblown.

0:37:04.600 --> 0:37:07.279
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, there you go, Dave. If anybody else asks you

0:37:07.320 --> 0:37:10.480
<v Speaker 2>about Dalton Rushing, I'll step in during those media scrums.

0:37:10.520 --> 0:37:11.000
<v Speaker 2>How about that?

0:37:11.440 --> 0:37:14.320
<v Speaker 5>Feel free too? Thank you very much. I appreciate that, David.

0:37:15.280 --> 0:37:18.040
<v Speaker 2>Hey Dave, I don't know if you know this about me,

0:37:18.120 --> 0:37:21.399
<v Speaker 2>but I do the infrared sauna at least twice a week.

0:37:22.440 --> 0:37:26.400
<v Speaker 5>Well, i've noticed, man, your skinless good, your weight loss good.

0:37:26.560 --> 0:37:30.279
<v Speaker 5>So I was wondering if you've found that fountain of you. So,

0:37:31.120 --> 0:37:32.960
<v Speaker 5>like I said, I've known you for thirty years, So

0:37:33.600 --> 0:37:35.440
<v Speaker 5>the infrared sauna has got to be the key. I

0:37:35.440 --> 0:37:38.960
<v Speaker 5>thought it was rest and diet and things like that

0:37:39.040 --> 0:37:41.479
<v Speaker 5>and hitting the weights, but it's the infrared sauna, I guess.

0:37:41.760 --> 0:37:44.400
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, Well, I was watching your interview with John Schneider

0:37:44.520 --> 0:37:47.120
<v Speaker 2>while I was in the infrared sauna today, and I'm

0:37:47.200 --> 0:37:50.839
<v Speaker 2>just wondering when Schneider told you you actually you were

0:37:50.880 --> 0:37:53.399
<v Speaker 2>better than the guy asking the questions because you got

0:37:53.400 --> 0:37:56.239
<v Speaker 2>the best answer out of John Schneider. You asked him

0:37:56.280 --> 0:38:00.239
<v Speaker 2>when he walked show heo Tani four times intentionally during

0:38:00.360 --> 0:38:03.080
<v Speaker 2>Game three of that eighteen inning marathon. Was it about

0:38:03.160 --> 0:38:06.360
<v Speaker 2>him pitching the next day? And when you said in Houston,

0:38:06.760 --> 0:38:10.440
<v Speaker 2>you were watching Otani and just decided it would be

0:38:10.440 --> 0:38:12.920
<v Speaker 2>best for him not to lead off in DH and

0:38:13.040 --> 0:38:16.600
<v Speaker 2>just pitch. I was wondering if you heard John Schneider's

0:38:16.719 --> 0:38:19.279
<v Speaker 2>answer in your head when you were watching Otani the

0:38:19.360 --> 0:38:22.520
<v Speaker 2>night before, you know what?

0:38:22.680 --> 0:38:25.759
<v Speaker 5>I was, you know what, and I felt that, you know,

0:38:25.800 --> 0:38:27.239
<v Speaker 5>it was one of those things that he was on

0:38:27.320 --> 0:38:29.640
<v Speaker 5>base eight or nine times that game in Game three

0:38:29.640 --> 0:38:33.000
<v Speaker 5>in the World Series, And I've always wanted to ask him,

0:38:33.120 --> 0:38:35.200
<v Speaker 5>if I had an opportunity after that game, if that

0:38:35.360 --> 0:38:38.400
<v Speaker 5>was with some intent behind it, And I think he

0:38:38.440 --> 0:38:42.120
<v Speaker 5>answered truthfully, and like you said, you never want anybody

0:38:42.160 --> 0:38:44.040
<v Speaker 5>on base. But I do think that it was a

0:38:44.120 --> 0:38:46.919
<v Speaker 5>tax on show Hay the next day, and I think

0:38:46.960 --> 0:38:51.000
<v Speaker 5>it kind of sparked something in me to keep an

0:38:51.040 --> 0:38:54.080
<v Speaker 5>eye on him and his workload and not try to

0:38:54.120 --> 0:38:56.560
<v Speaker 5>take for granted and feel that although we think that

0:38:56.680 --> 0:39:00.160
<v Speaker 5>he is Superman, that he still is Clark Kent and

0:39:00.360 --> 0:39:02.160
<v Speaker 5>is human at times. And we still got to be

0:39:02.200 --> 0:39:05.480
<v Speaker 5>mindful because we got a lot of baseball left to play.

0:39:05.920 --> 0:39:08.600
<v Speaker 2>No doubt, and Dave Roberts always has his finger on

0:39:08.640 --> 0:39:11.640
<v Speaker 2>the pulse, a lot of information that he has that

0:39:11.680 --> 0:39:14.879
<v Speaker 2>we don't have that goes into his decisions. And can't

0:39:14.880 --> 0:39:16.480
<v Speaker 2>wait to do this once a week with you.

0:39:16.560 --> 0:39:16.759
<v Speaker 5>Dave.

0:39:16.840 --> 0:39:19.600
<v Speaker 2>Thank you again for calling in. I love I love

0:39:19.640 --> 0:39:23.600
<v Speaker 2>the surprise, and certainly everybody here in Downey loves Dave

0:39:23.680 --> 0:39:26.640
<v Speaker 2>Roberts and Downy Hunday loves you very much. Our guy

0:39:26.719 --> 0:39:29.560
<v Speaker 2>Sam is right here in Avesia, Jersey, and he's starting

0:39:29.560 --> 0:39:31.520
<v Speaker 2>the wave out here at Downey Hunday for you.

0:39:32.880 --> 0:39:34.560
<v Speaker 5>I love it. Well. Tell us Sam and all those

0:39:34.600 --> 0:39:36.759
<v Speaker 5>Dodgers Anti said hello, and I'll see them out there

0:39:36.760 --> 0:39:38.080
<v Speaker 5>at some point sone the summer.

0:39:38.600 --> 0:39:40.400
<v Speaker 2>All right, Dave, thanks a lot. We'll see you tomorrow

0:39:40.440 --> 0:39:41.800
<v Speaker 2>at Dodger Stadium.

0:39:42.480 --> 0:39:43.680
<v Speaker 5>Take care of Dave. Bye, guys.

0:39:44.239 --> 0:39:47.440
<v Speaker 2>There he goes Dave Roberts, Dave in La trying to

0:39:47.480 --> 0:39:50.359
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0:40:16.280 --> 0:40:18.879
<v Speaker 2>of topics there that I wanted to get into. As

0:40:18.880 --> 0:40:22.080
<v Speaker 2>far as Mookie Bets going out on a rehab assignment

0:40:22.120 --> 0:40:25.160
<v Speaker 2>this weekend, you heard Dave Roberts say, if all goes

0:40:25.239 --> 0:40:30.520
<v Speaker 2>well Friday and Saturday, you will see Mookie Bets back

0:40:30.719 --> 0:40:34.040
<v Speaker 2>in the starting lineup on Monday night against the San

0:40:34.080 --> 0:40:37.280
<v Speaker 2>Francisco Giants. So he just broke news on his first

0:40:37.280 --> 0:40:40.760
<v Speaker 2>appearance on Dodger Talk while we're out here at Downey Hyundays.

0:40:40.840 --> 0:40:45.040
<v Speaker 2>So Mookie Bets going to Oklahoma City. Our guy Sam

0:40:45.080 --> 0:40:47.720
<v Speaker 2>will not go to Oklahoma City. He's staying here in Downey.

0:40:47.840 --> 0:40:50.560
<v Speaker 2>He'll wait for Mookie at Dodger Stadium on Monday night.

0:40:50.719 --> 0:40:53.000
<v Speaker 2>So that is great to hear, and I love that

0:40:53.120 --> 0:40:57.160
<v Speaker 2>Dave Roberts, short and simple, short and sweet, set the

0:40:57.160 --> 0:41:00.480
<v Speaker 2>record straight on the character of Dalton Rushing, you know,

0:41:00.600 --> 0:41:04.360
<v Speaker 2>because he's a guy that has a lot of fight

0:41:04.440 --> 0:41:08.000
<v Speaker 2>in him, a lot of edge in him. And in

0:41:08.040 --> 0:41:12.480
<v Speaker 2>a day and age where everybody's so offended by players

0:41:12.520 --> 0:41:15.360
<v Speaker 2>being friends with other players on other teams and not

0:41:15.480 --> 0:41:18.480
<v Speaker 2>having that competitive spirit. Hey, there we go. We got

0:41:18.480 --> 0:41:21.320
<v Speaker 2>a guy with a Vessy ipa Benny Boy brew it

0:41:21.440 --> 0:41:25.399
<v Speaker 2>right there. Hello, there we go. I tasted that beer

0:41:25.640 --> 0:41:28.120
<v Speaker 2>and I had friends that tasted that beer, and there

0:41:28.160 --> 0:41:31.280
<v Speaker 2>was nothing left. They righted my fridge. There was nothing

0:41:31.360 --> 0:41:35.160
<v Speaker 2>left of that VESSI great ipa. So I hope we

0:41:35.239 --> 0:41:38.319
<v Speaker 2>do it again at Benny Boy Brewing as well. Hey

0:41:38.360 --> 0:41:42.319
<v Speaker 2>watch out, Sam, Sam might want that beer. Hey, I

0:41:42.360 --> 0:41:45.239
<v Speaker 2>just want to remind you about John Wooden. We all

0:41:45.280 --> 0:41:48.319
<v Speaker 2>love John Wooden, and one of his famous sayings was,

0:41:48.360 --> 0:41:52.480
<v Speaker 2>worry about your character, not your reputation. Your character is

0:41:52.560 --> 0:41:56.359
<v Speaker 2>who you are. Your reputation is who people think you are.

0:41:56.880 --> 0:41:59.000
<v Speaker 2>And I think Dalton Rushing needs to put that in

0:41:59.080 --> 0:42:03.440
<v Speaker 2>his locker because his reputation is not the character of

0:42:03.480 --> 0:42:06.359
<v Speaker 2>who he is. He's a great kid, and I think

0:42:06.360 --> 0:42:10.359
<v Speaker 2>it's completely unfair that he's getting this label put on him,

0:42:10.400 --> 0:42:13.239
<v Speaker 2>that he's some sort of villain. The California Post Star

0:42:13.320 --> 0:42:15.719
<v Speaker 2>to write about it. The Athletic wrote a big thing

0:42:15.800 --> 0:42:18.520
<v Speaker 2>on it today. It doesn't need to be written about

0:42:18.600 --> 0:42:22.760
<v Speaker 2>because it's about players that are upset with his competitiveness

0:42:23.000 --> 0:42:26.080
<v Speaker 2>on other teams. If it was his own teammates saying

0:42:26.080 --> 0:42:28.799
<v Speaker 2>that he was a villain, okay, then we would have

0:42:28.880 --> 0:42:32.440
<v Speaker 2>an issue. Alex Vessi is not saying Dalton Rushing's a villain.

0:42:32.680 --> 0:42:35.720
<v Speaker 2>He loves Dalton Rushing. He loves the people of Downy

0:42:35.719 --> 0:42:39.480
<v Speaker 2>out here at Downey Hunday, Right, VESI, you love Dalton Rushing?

0:42:39.600 --> 0:42:42.120
<v Speaker 2>Just say yes, you do? Shake shake that beard up

0:42:42.120 --> 0:42:44.480
<v Speaker 2>and down. Yes, he's not a villain. That's right. There

0:42:44.520 --> 0:42:48.239
<v Speaker 2>we go. He's a multitasking Oh how about this? A

0:42:48.280 --> 0:42:51.359
<v Speaker 2>young lady and a Dodger bandana with a fifty one

0:42:51.480 --> 0:42:54.760
<v Speaker 2>Vesia jersey On loving that and she wanted to measure

0:42:54.800 --> 0:42:59.160
<v Speaker 2>her hands against Vessias. Yeah, that's a great thing. These

0:42:59.200 --> 0:43:04.439
<v Speaker 2>baseball players, these really good pictures. Their hands are extremely humongous.

0:43:04.680 --> 0:43:07.440
<v Speaker 2>I don't like to talk about other men's hands. But

0:43:08.239 --> 0:43:11.279
<v Speaker 2>Vessia's hands are incredibly large, and that's how he's able

0:43:11.360 --> 0:43:14.439
<v Speaker 2>to throw his slider. So I think that's it. I'm

0:43:14.440 --> 0:43:17.799
<v Speaker 2>not talking about his hands anymore because it'll get creepy, right,

0:43:18.600 --> 0:43:22.719
<v Speaker 2>nobody wants that here at Downy Hundai. I'm just trying

0:43:22.760 --> 0:43:25.120
<v Speaker 2>to explain your hands and how they work with your pitches,

0:43:25.400 --> 0:43:29.160
<v Speaker 2>and that's it. I'm not talking about your hands anymore, Vessi. Anyway,

0:43:29.320 --> 0:43:32.279
<v Speaker 2>Dalton Rushing deserves better than what he's gotten. If his

0:43:32.320 --> 0:43:34.680
<v Speaker 2>teammates had an issue with him, then all of a sudden,

0:43:34.680 --> 0:43:38.120
<v Speaker 2>I can understand why articles would be written. Of course,

0:43:38.120 --> 0:43:40.560
<v Speaker 2>it's not great to go viral. That's not what the

0:43:40.600 --> 0:43:43.359
<v Speaker 2>Dodger's culture is all about. They don't want to give

0:43:43.400 --> 0:43:46.160
<v Speaker 2>any good answers. They just want to be playing Jane

0:43:46.280 --> 0:43:49.120
<v Speaker 2>and don't go viral. But I love his edge, I

0:43:49.160 --> 0:43:52.759
<v Speaker 2>love his competitiveness, and I don't feel like it's in

0:43:52.840 --> 0:43:57.520
<v Speaker 2>a derogatory way towards other players. I think Freddie Freeman

0:43:57.600 --> 0:44:00.600
<v Speaker 2>said it best in The Athletic Story that he kind

0:44:00.600 --> 0:44:05.080
<v Speaker 2>of blacks out during games, which I guess is okay

0:44:06.040 --> 0:44:07.799
<v Speaker 2>kind of, but you got to be conscious. You got

0:44:07.920 --> 0:44:11.080
<v Speaker 2>to have conscious awareness when you're on the field, and

0:44:11.120 --> 0:44:13.760
<v Speaker 2>I think he's learning that, and guys like Alex Vesia,

0:44:13.880 --> 0:44:17.919
<v Speaker 2>Freddie Freeman, Miguel Rojas, Key Key Hernandez can all help

0:44:18.000 --> 0:44:20.799
<v Speaker 2>him with that. Eight six six nine eight seven two

0:44:20.960 --> 0:44:24.080
<v Speaker 2>five seventy is the phone number. Just want to also

0:44:24.520 --> 0:44:29.319
<v Speaker 2>throw this out there again, as I did after yesterday's game.

0:44:30.600 --> 0:44:34.520
<v Speaker 2>The Dodgers, if they can, could do Shoho Tani a

0:44:34.680 --> 0:44:40.680
<v Speaker 2>huge favor by adjusting his start days to Sunday. Sunday games,

0:44:40.719 --> 0:44:43.959
<v Speaker 2>as you know, are usually one ten, so he could

0:44:44.000 --> 0:44:48.000
<v Speaker 2>have the rest of Sunday to sleep, to regenerate, and

0:44:48.360 --> 0:44:51.680
<v Speaker 2>his throat day, his bullpen day would not be until Wednesday.

0:44:52.040 --> 0:44:56.200
<v Speaker 2>So you can give him all of Sunday, don't hit

0:44:56.280 --> 0:44:59.560
<v Speaker 2>him on Monday, and then he comes back Tuesday and

0:44:59.600 --> 0:45:02.360
<v Speaker 2>doesn't I have to throw his bullpen session. If you

0:45:02.440 --> 0:45:04.839
<v Speaker 2>look at what the Dodgers did to begin the year,

0:45:04.880 --> 0:45:07.759
<v Speaker 2>they set up his start days to be Wednesday. So

0:45:08.360 --> 0:45:10.640
<v Speaker 2>the first six weeks of the season, Vessie and the

0:45:10.680 --> 0:45:13.279
<v Speaker 2>Dodgers have had a lot of Thursdays off. Well that's

0:45:13.320 --> 0:45:15.879
<v Speaker 2>not the case anymore. So I don't know how they

0:45:15.920 --> 0:45:18.439
<v Speaker 2>do it or if they can do it, but that's

0:45:18.560 --> 0:45:21.799
<v Speaker 2>just my suggestion to try to ease the burden. Have

0:45:21.960 --> 0:45:27.040
<v Speaker 2>his start days on Sunday, and even if it is

0:45:27.080 --> 0:45:29.799
<v Speaker 2>a nationally televised game, the game's at four o'clock, not

0:45:29.960 --> 0:45:34.200
<v Speaker 2>seven o'clock, so you can give him basically two and

0:45:34.200 --> 0:45:36.960
<v Speaker 2>a half days of rest before he really has to

0:45:37.040 --> 0:45:39.800
<v Speaker 2>step on the gas pedal again and throw his bullpen

0:45:39.880 --> 0:45:43.439
<v Speaker 2>session two days later. So that's my suggestion. I don't

0:45:43.440 --> 0:45:45.840
<v Speaker 2>know if anybody will take it. Maybe I'll talk to

0:45:45.920 --> 0:45:49.879
<v Speaker 2>Dave Roberts about it. I feel like he doesn't want

0:45:49.880 --> 0:45:52.399
<v Speaker 2>me to bring it up to him. Anyway, there you go,

0:45:52.560 --> 0:45:54.479
<v Speaker 2>if he's still listening, I just gave it to him,

0:45:54.840 --> 0:45:57.440
<v Speaker 2>all right. That'll do it for us on Dodger Talk.

0:45:57.760 --> 0:45:59.799
<v Speaker 2>Thank you to everybody for coming out. Thank you to

0:45:59.840 --> 0:46:03.439
<v Speaker 2>Alex Vesias for being such a great guy, not only

0:46:03.480 --> 0:46:06.160
<v Speaker 2>a great pitcher, a back to back World Series champion,

0:46:06.200 --> 0:46:08.600
<v Speaker 2>but a great person. And that's the reason why this

0:46:08.719 --> 0:46:11.279
<v Speaker 2>city the fan base responds to him because they could

0:46:11.320 --> 0:46:14.840
<v Speaker 2>tell how genuine of a person he is, and you

0:46:14.840 --> 0:46:17.120
<v Speaker 2>could see it today here at Downey Hunday, just how

0:46:17.200 --> 0:46:20.560
<v Speaker 2>much time he has taken with every person that has

0:46:20.600 --> 0:46:23.000
<v Speaker 2>waited in line to see him. So thank you to

0:46:23.080 --> 0:46:25.880
<v Speaker 2>Alex Vessia. Thank you to Dave Roberts. Hey is that

0:46:25.960 --> 0:46:29.120
<v Speaker 2>Alex Freeland holding the baby that looks like Alex Freeland Vesia?

0:46:29.520 --> 0:46:31.799
<v Speaker 2>I don't know he got in line. Alex Freeland got

0:46:31.800 --> 0:46:34.800
<v Speaker 2>in line to meet Vessia. We got a dappel ganger

0:46:34.840 --> 0:46:38.040
<v Speaker 2>of Alex Freeland out here. Anyway. Thank you to everybody

0:46:38.080 --> 0:46:40.640
<v Speaker 2>at Downy Hundai. Thank you to our great promotion staff.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you to Matt Demiche for doing all the great

0:46:43.680 --> 0:46:46.719
<v Speaker 2>social media work. He's an MVP again. Thank you to

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<v Speaker 2>Dave Weis. Thank you to Bert Weiner, who gets a

0:46:50.080 --> 0:46:52.359
<v Speaker 2>bad rap as well from Petro some money. He has

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<v Speaker 2>not asked for a piece of food once out here.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, there's some street dogs out there. And thank

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<v Speaker 2>you to our guy DJ Cruz, who does a lot

0:47:00.360 --> 0:47:03.160
<v Speaker 2>of different things out here at Downy Hunday and of

0:47:03.200 --> 0:47:07.320
<v Speaker 2>course are masters of ceremonies. Sam. You see Sam with

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<v Speaker 2>a Vessia jersey on. He's the man that makes Downey

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<v Speaker 2>Hunday go. And thank you to you for listening. In

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<v Speaker 2>case you missed any of the show, you can find

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<v Speaker 2>it on the iHeartRadio app. That's where you can make

0:47:18.360 --> 0:47:20.840
<v Speaker 2>us a preset and that's where you can stream every

0:47:20.960 --> 0:47:24.040
<v Speaker 2>Dodger game on the iHeartRadio app. We'll be back with

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<v Speaker 2>you tomorrow night from Dodgers Stadium. Our coverage begins at

0:47:27.560 --> 0:47:31.200
<v Speaker 2>six o'clock with Dodgers on Deck and Tim Kate's first

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<v Speaker 2>Pitch with Rick Monday, Charlie Steiner and Tim Never Tomorrow

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<v Speaker 2>night at seven to ten. It's a big series, Dodgers Braves,

0:47:38.680 --> 0:47:41.399
<v Speaker 2>Emmit Sheehan against Chris Sale. So we'll see you out

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<v Speaker 2>there at Dodgers Stadium tomorrow night. And Happy Mother's Day

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<v Speaker 2>to all the moms out there. This is a great

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<v Speaker 2>one right here, start it off. That's right. Without the moms,

0:47:50.840 --> 0:47:54.720
<v Speaker 2>we got nothing. And Alex Vesia, he made everybody's mother's

0:47:54.760 --> 0:47:57.200
<v Speaker 2>day coming out here to Downey Hunday. There's the gift

0:47:57.239 --> 0:47:59.840
<v Speaker 2>that keeps giving right there. We'll see Vesia wearing his

0:48:00.320 --> 0:48:03.239
<v Speaker 2>tomorrow at Dodger Stadium. Thank you to everybody for coming out.

0:48:03.280 --> 0:48:05.839
<v Speaker 2>We still got those prizes to give away, so don't

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<v Speaker 2>go anywhere Dodger. Talk back with you tomorrow night after

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<v Speaker 2>the game. See you