WEBVTT - Dodger Talk (6-2-26) 0:00:00.520 --> 0:00:02.840 The quest for the three peat has begun. 0:00:03.080 --> 0:00:06.920 Only four teams in Major League Baseball history have won 0:00:07.000 --> 0:00:11.399 three consecutive titles. The Dodgers are the favorites to become 0:00:11.760 --> 0:00:12.560 the fifth. 0:00:12.600 --> 0:00:15.080 This is World Champion Dodger Talk. 0:00:15.120 --> 0:00:17.160 Here we go again. We're running back to. 0:00:17.079 --> 0:00:19.720 Get in on the show called eight six six nine 0:00:19.760 --> 0:00:22.640 eighty seven two five seventy, and be sure to follow 0:00:22.720 --> 0:00:27.040 Dodger Talk wherever you get your podcasts. Here's your host, 0:00:27.640 --> 0:00:29.280 David Vasselas Day. 0:00:30.960 --> 0:00:34.840 We are live at Chase Field in downtown Phoenix after 0:00:34.960 --> 0:00:38.200 the Dodgers hold on for a six to five win 0:00:38.520 --> 0:00:42.879 over the Diamondbacks. Welcome the Dodger Talk David Vase with 0:00:42.960 --> 0:00:46.120 you until the top of the hour. Phone lines are 0:00:46.120 --> 0:00:49.760 open at eight sixty six nine eight seven two five seventy. 0:00:50.200 --> 0:00:53.280 You'll hear from Emmi Shechen on lou Garrig Day a 0:00:53.280 --> 0:00:56.480 little bit later in the show, and I do everybody 0:00:56.520 --> 0:01:00.360 always asks me, what's it like traveling with the Dodgers. Well, 0:01:00.800 --> 0:01:04.440 I got a peek for you inside My Day Today 0:01:04.560 --> 0:01:08.520 road trip Diary coming up later in the show as well. 0:01:08.600 --> 0:01:13.720 But tonight, it sometimes feels like at Chase Field, it's 0:01:13.840 --> 0:01:17.559 like Corsefield. The Dodgers have had many games like this 0:01:17.720 --> 0:01:20.520 over the course of the last fifteen years where it 0:01:20.560 --> 0:01:25.360 feels like this ballpark really plays to offense. Last night 0:01:25.680 --> 0:01:29.039 a low scoring game, but tonight a high scoring game, 0:01:29.080 --> 0:01:32.240 and the Dodgers were very fortunate to be able to 0:01:32.360 --> 0:01:35.080 tack on two more runs in the top of the 0:01:35.120 --> 0:01:38.880 seventh inning after scoring two in the first, scoring two 0:01:38.920 --> 0:01:42.600 in the second, and not much in between the second 0:01:42.680 --> 0:01:45.839 and the seventh inning. So that was big for the Dodgers. 0:01:45.880 --> 0:01:49.920 And look, I wasn't just blowing smoke at Mookie Betts. 0:01:50.520 --> 0:01:53.400 His RBI base it in the seventh inning is a 0:01:53.400 --> 0:01:56.400 great example of how you don't give away at bats 0:01:56.440 --> 0:01:59.559 even if you feel like the team is running away 0:01:59.600 --> 0:02:02.240 with the game, because at that point it was a 0:02:02.320 --> 0:02:05.640 six to two game. So that just goes back to 0:02:06.280 --> 0:02:09.840 not giving away on bats and not thinking that the 0:02:09.919 --> 0:02:13.720 game is over, especially in a ballpark like this, with 0:02:13.800 --> 0:02:17.000 a team like that that, obviously in the first two 0:02:17.040 --> 0:02:20.960 games of this series is throwing their best at the Dodgers, 0:02:21.000 --> 0:02:25.160 something that we have seen from teams all over Major 0:02:25.240 --> 0:02:29.760 League Baseball to begin the season. So Mookie Betts not 0:02:29.800 --> 0:02:33.480 only had a big RBI single in that seventh inning. 0:02:33.520 --> 0:02:36.760 But I can't stress enough how big it was for 0:02:36.880 --> 0:02:39.760 him to be able to turn that inning ending double 0:02:39.800 --> 0:02:42.480 play in the eighth inning and get to the second 0:02:42.520 --> 0:02:46.000 base bag in time. When Peven Smith hit that ground 0:02:46.040 --> 0:02:50.280 ball to Freddie Freeman wide a first base, Freddy had 0:02:50.400 --> 0:02:54.760 no chance to turn around and get Paven Smith. Will 0:02:54.840 --> 0:02:57.400 Klein was not getting the first base in time, and 0:02:57.440 --> 0:03:01.000 he's not beating Peven Smith. So it was big for 0:03:01.680 --> 0:03:06.079 a veteran like Freddie Freeman to understand all that and 0:03:06.200 --> 0:03:09.120 still be calm and have the presence of mind to 0:03:09.200 --> 0:03:13.120 go where his momentum was taking and where he was facing, 0:03:13.560 --> 0:03:16.160 and that was the second base back to get Tommy 0:03:16.200 --> 0:03:19.280 Troy to end the seventh inning, or that could have 0:03:19.320 --> 0:03:23.680 been disaster. So that was that was a big sequence 0:03:23.680 --> 0:03:27.680 of defensive plays. And like we shared during the Clubhouse show, 0:03:27.800 --> 0:03:31.760 Ryan Ward making that diving catch on Nolan Arenado and 0:03:31.800 --> 0:03:34.320 the fifth inning to end the fifth and the threat 0:03:34.680 --> 0:03:37.680 with Blake trnin On in relief for Eric Lower, that 0:03:37.760 --> 0:03:41.600 was that was huge as well. I thought Ryan Ward, 0:03:42.200 --> 0:03:46.200 the way he played Nolan Arenado's to run double in 0:03:46.280 --> 0:03:49.360 the seventh inning may have cost the Dodgers a run 0:03:49.440 --> 0:03:52.840 there because he's never played here before. And like I 0:03:52.920 --> 0:03:56.560 said before the game, this is one of the bigger 0:03:56.880 --> 0:04:00.360 left fields in all of baseball. And there's a weird 0:04:00.720 --> 0:04:05.640 you know, cookie cutter a corner there by the Diamondbacks bullpen, 0:04:05.760 --> 0:04:09.000 and that's where the ball rolled and Ryan Ward picked 0:04:09.000 --> 0:04:11.320 it up, dropped it and then got it to the 0:04:11.360 --> 0:04:14.600 cutoff man. And it was a bang, bang play at 0:04:14.640 --> 0:04:18.800 the plate trying to get the Diamondbacks catcher Gabrielle Moreno 0:04:18.920 --> 0:04:22.200 at the plate and he was just in right before 0:04:22.320 --> 0:04:26.359 the tag by Dalton rushing. If Ryan Ward picks it 0:04:26.480 --> 0:04:30.159 up cleanly, there's a very good chance the Dodgers get 0:04:30.200 --> 0:04:34.839 the last out of that seventh at the plate. Eight six, six, seven, 0:04:34.960 --> 0:04:37.960 two five seventy is the phone number. A big night 0:04:38.040 --> 0:04:42.200 for Freddy Freeman tonight, three hits, including a two run 0:04:42.360 --> 0:04:45.040 home run in the first inning to set the tone 0:04:45.080 --> 0:04:48.680 and the scoring for the Dodgers. Let's head down inside 0:04:48.720 --> 0:04:52.280 the Dodger Clubhouse to hear from Freddy Freeman on Sports 0:04:52.400 --> 0:04:54.120 at La Tough. 0:04:54.200 --> 0:04:56.279 Is that play when you're like going on your backhand 0:04:56.320 --> 0:04:57.599 and yeah. 0:04:57.440 --> 0:05:00.680 I mean it's just in that situation you like faceloaded 0:05:00.880 --> 0:05:02.840 kind of the game is getting closer and closer, and 0:05:04.040 --> 0:05:05.680 you know, I know Alex is gonna be kind of 0:05:05.680 --> 0:05:07.760 towards second base whether I handed up hit or up. 0:05:07.839 --> 0:05:11.520 Tommy's really fast, so uh not insince. I just kind of, 0:05:11.800 --> 0:05:13.080 you know, went with it, and I was just glad 0:05:13.120 --> 0:05:16.080 Mookie was there in that situation too, but just trying 0:05:16.080 --> 0:05:17.600 to get him out, just trying to do the best 0:05:17.640 --> 0:05:17.880 you can. 0:05:19.279 --> 0:05:21.880 He stout of line up, as you know, deep as 0:05:21.880 --> 0:05:23.800 it is. But how big a difference does it make 0:05:23.839 --> 0:05:26.479 when Show is hitting like he has? 0:05:26.640 --> 0:05:29.920 And that's why we've been winning a lot. When you 0:05:29.960 --> 0:05:33.200 have the greatest player of all time playing this game 0:05:33.400 --> 0:05:35.880 on your team and he's hot like he is right now, 0:05:35.920 --> 0:05:37.400 it's it's fun to watch, it's fun to be a 0:05:37.400 --> 0:05:39.880 part of. And when he gets on, seems like every 0:05:39.920 --> 0:05:42.960 single time he's just creating havoc on the bases, extra 0:05:43.000 --> 0:05:47.560 base hits, and we get to wash and do everything tomorrow. 0:05:47.760 --> 0:05:50.080 Finding his group again offensively, help the rest of the 0:05:50.200 --> 0:05:50.960 order falling the pace. 0:05:51.040 --> 0:05:54.440 Yeah, I mean, when he's on base, when he's feeling good, 0:05:55.279 --> 0:05:58.920 it just kind of trickles into everybody else. You know, 0:05:58.920 --> 0:06:01.080 when he's leading out the game with double tripole single 0:06:01.200 --> 0:06:04.799 was getting on basewalks. When he's feeling good, he works accounts. 0:06:04.839 --> 0:06:08.400 He's like I said, it's the greatest player there is. 0:06:08.480 --> 0:06:12.240 So when the greatest player is going well, usually good 0:06:12.240 --> 0:06:14.400 things happens for the team. 0:06:14.760 --> 0:06:17.760 Yeah, and the greatest player is also the Dodgers On 0:06:18.040 --> 0:06:22.040 Bay leadoff hitter. So when he's doing what he's doing, 0:06:22.279 --> 0:06:25.880 it's a catalyst for the offense. Whether he's the best 0:06:25.880 --> 0:06:29.080 player of all time or not, your leadoff hitter has 0:06:29.120 --> 0:06:32.080 to get on he's got to ignite the offense. And 0:06:32.080 --> 0:06:34.880 that's what O'tawni has done over the course of the 0:06:34.960 --> 0:06:38.800 last eighteen games, where he has an eighteen game on 0:06:38.920 --> 0:06:41.760 bass Streak. He started to night's game with the leadoff 0:06:41.839 --> 0:06:45.000 double and Freddy Freeman hit a two run home run 0:06:45.080 --> 0:06:49.200 with one out in that first inning. Not coincidentally, during 0:06:49.240 --> 0:06:53.400 that eighteen game on bass Streak, the Dodgers are fourteen 0:06:53.440 --> 0:06:56.400 and four during that stretch, and over their last nineteen 0:06:56.440 --> 0:06:59.560 games the Dodgers are fifteen and four. So yeah, I 0:06:59.560 --> 0:07:01.960 would say, hey, there is a direct correlation when your 0:07:02.040 --> 0:07:05.520 leadoff hitter is doing what sho he Otani is doing. 0:07:05.800 --> 0:07:09.520 Tonight's game brought to you by Modello. Modello the Mark 0:07:09.640 --> 0:07:12.840 of a fighter. Eight six six nine, eight seven two 0:07:12.880 --> 0:07:16.400 five seventy is the phone number in that seventh inning. 0:07:16.400 --> 0:07:20.280 I want to point out that Rado Perdomo, who came 0:07:20.320 --> 0:07:25.000 in as a pinch hitter. You know, the umpire tonight, 0:07:25.400 --> 0:07:30.200 Stu Sherewater called strike three on Perdomo and Will Climb 0:07:30.240 --> 0:07:33.280 and Dalton Rushing thought the seventh was over and they 0:07:33.320 --> 0:07:37.360 stranded the bases or two men on in that seventh inning. Instead, 0:07:37.800 --> 0:07:41.360 Perdomo wins the abs challenge, it goes to a full 0:07:41.440 --> 0:07:45.520 count and Will Climb uh gives up a base hit 0:07:45.640 --> 0:07:48.960 to Perdomo in the line kept moving. So that was 0:07:49.040 --> 0:07:52.560 a big turn of events in that seventh inning. But 0:07:52.640 --> 0:07:56.840 luckily the Dodgers never relinquished the lead or allowed Arizona 0:07:56.920 --> 0:08:00.480 to tie the game. Eric Lower started this game. He 0:08:00.520 --> 0:08:04.600 went to four and two thirds tonight. He wasn't his 0:08:04.720 --> 0:08:08.320 sharpest tonight, but he got the job done and he 0:08:08.360 --> 0:08:11.080 could have probably got the last out of that inning, 0:08:11.120 --> 0:08:14.720 but Dave Roberts went to Blake Trining instead. And if 0:08:14.760 --> 0:08:18.800 you remember, in Lower's first start with the Dodgers last 0:08:18.800 --> 0:08:23.320 week against the Rockies, he used his curveball off his fastball. 0:08:23.400 --> 0:08:26.360 He threw his curveball in his first start with the 0:08:26.400 --> 0:08:30.680 Dodgers nineteen times. That was significantly more than any other 0:08:30.840 --> 0:08:34.480 secondary pitch that he threw. But here in Arizona and 0:08:34.520 --> 0:08:38.040 I think back to rich Hill, he always had trouble 0:08:38.559 --> 0:08:42.320 getting the same type of spin on his curveballs, and 0:08:42.520 --> 0:08:45.839 quite honestly, so did Clayton Kershaw. That's part of the 0:08:45.880 --> 0:08:49.880 reason why Kershaw was very human at Chase Field. You 0:08:49.960 --> 0:08:52.920 go back and look at Kershaw's numbers at Chase Field 0:08:52.920 --> 0:08:56.640 in his career, they are not dominant Kershaw Like numbers, 0:08:56.960 --> 0:08:59.080 and you have to believe part of that is the 0:08:59.160 --> 0:09:03.920 trouble throwing curveball. And Lower he did throw at eighteen times, 0:09:04.000 --> 0:09:06.800 but he threw his cutter more than his curveball, meaning 0:09:06.840 --> 0:09:10.320 he didn't really have the feel for that curve. Let's 0:09:10.320 --> 0:09:13.520 head downstairs to hear from tonight's starting pitcher, Eric Lower. 0:09:13.960 --> 0:09:16.480 Yeah, I think that was kind of what we were 0:09:16.520 --> 0:09:18.160 looking for, you know, just to make sure I was 0:09:18.160 --> 0:09:21.560 in the zone, filling up the zone well, and you know, 0:09:21.640 --> 0:09:24.080 just attacking guys, and we knew that they like to 0:09:24.080 --> 0:09:26.839 swing and they hack, So if I can execute a 0:09:26.880 --> 0:09:28.320 good pitch, hopefully I can get him to get some 0:09:28.320 --> 0:09:31.280 soft contact, easy outs, and I think we did pretty 0:09:31.280 --> 0:09:34.880 well responds playing up a little bit tonight. Is that 0:09:34.960 --> 0:09:37.360 there was all that any of those injustments. Yeah, Yeah, 0:09:37.400 --> 0:09:40.000 I definitely think that that's a big thing for me, 0:09:40.120 --> 0:09:42.080 is to make sure the fastball is working well and 0:09:42.120 --> 0:09:45.080 you know, getting on guys because it just it makes 0:09:45.120 --> 0:09:47.719 everything else to play up better. So I'm seeing a 0:09:47.760 --> 0:09:50.240 little more velo is definitely better and you know, something 0:09:50.400 --> 0:09:54.160 that I've obviously been working on and you know, felt 0:09:54.160 --> 0:09:56.200 like I was in a good spot getting back to 0:09:56.240 --> 0:09:58.040 that and you know, now it's just a matter of 0:09:58.120 --> 0:09:59.680 you know, continuing to climb. 0:10:00.080 --> 0:10:03.320 Starts after just two starts in the organization and. 0:10:03.520 --> 0:10:07.080 Left kind of crush start with the jump start the change. 0:10:06.840 --> 0:10:09.959 They are going to make, yeah, I think it can 0:10:10.000 --> 0:10:12.520 be huge. I think that's a it's a good, you 0:10:12.559 --> 0:10:16.120 know reset for me, and I think so far everything's 0:10:16.160 --> 0:10:18.760 been very you know comfortable and like it been a 0:10:18.840 --> 0:10:23.080 very easy transition for me. So the communication has been great. 0:10:23.080 --> 0:10:25.880 I think that's a big part for me. And just 0:10:25.960 --> 0:10:29.560 the comfort level and the trust that I feel in 0:10:29.600 --> 0:10:32.520 myself from the team, I think is is big for me. 0:10:32.600 --> 0:10:35.400 And I think that that's definitely gave me a little 0:10:35.400 --> 0:10:36.000 more success. 0:10:37.440 --> 0:10:40.240 Eric Lawer was brought in with the injuries to Tyler 0:10:40.280 --> 0:10:43.200 glass Now and Blake's noew, the Dodgers wanted to maintain 0:10:43.280 --> 0:10:46.880 a six man rotation. They didn't want to rush River Ryan, 0:10:46.920 --> 0:10:49.040 who missed a month in the minor leagues with the 0:10:49.240 --> 0:10:55.040 left hamstring strains. So making the acquisition for Eric Lauer 0:10:55.080 --> 0:10:57.640 when the team was in Anaheim on the last road 0:10:57.640 --> 0:11:00.480 trip has allowed the Dodgers to do a couple of 0:11:00.480 --> 0:11:05.000 different things. Able to keep the six man rotation to 0:11:05.120 --> 0:11:08.680 allow basically Roki Sasaki and Sho he Otani to pitch 0:11:08.720 --> 0:11:11.319 once a week. And also you bring in a veteran 0:11:11.480 --> 0:11:14.480 like Laur that can handle himself and you reunite in 0:11:14.600 --> 0:11:18.000 with Mark Pryor try to help him navigate until you 0:11:18.120 --> 0:11:21.320 get Blake, Snell or glass Now back, or if you 0:11:21.400 --> 0:11:25.400 feel like you know when those guys come back, Eric 0:11:25.520 --> 0:11:30.440 Lawer is excess for you not to mention River Ryan 0:11:30.520 --> 0:11:34.000 getting built up and who knows, maybe the next turnaround, 0:11:34.040 --> 0:11:37.559 if the Dodgers want to give everybody even more rest, 0:11:37.640 --> 0:11:40.760 you could drop in River Ryan for a spot start 0:11:40.800 --> 0:11:44.320 as well. But I don't know how long Eric lower 0:11:44.600 --> 0:11:46.600 is going to be in the rotation, but I could 0:11:46.600 --> 0:11:48.360 tell you this, I feel like it's going to be 0:11:48.440 --> 0:11:52.319 at least until either Snell or Glass now return, and 0:11:52.440 --> 0:11:55.800 Snell's not coming back for at least two months. Celebrate 0:11:55.880 --> 0:11:59.360 ninety years of racing at Santa Anita Park every Friday 0:11:59.360 --> 0:12:02.800 through Sunday with millions and payouts every race day. For 0:12:02.840 --> 0:12:07.439 heart pounding action new experiences, visit Santa Anita dot com 0:12:07.480 --> 0:12:11.000 slash events. Eight six six nine eight seven two five 0:12:11.160 --> 0:12:14.640 seventy is the phone number. Dodgers beat the Diamondbacks tonight 0:12:14.679 --> 0:12:17.880 by a final score of six to five. Blake Trenton 0:12:17.920 --> 0:12:21.200 the winning pitcher, Tanner Scott with his sixth save of 0:12:21.240 --> 0:12:24.800 the year, and Michael Soroka takes the loss. He's seven 0:12:24.840 --> 0:12:28.720 to three. And speaking of Soroka, he and Freddie Freeman 0:12:28.800 --> 0:12:32.559 were teammates with the Braves, and Freddie hit a two 0:12:32.679 --> 0:12:35.400 run home run off his former Braves teammate in the 0:12:35.440 --> 0:12:38.200 first inning, and then he got a single with two 0:12:38.240 --> 0:12:42.000 outs in the fifth inning, and it's gone viral again. 0:12:42.040 --> 0:12:46.760 Freddy's gone viral again because for some reason, Soroka decided 0:12:46.800 --> 0:12:49.880 to try to pick off Freddie Freeman at first base 0:12:49.920 --> 0:12:52.559 in the fifth inning, and Freddie was staring him down 0:12:52.679 --> 0:12:55.560 jokingly and kind of gesturing towards him, and then once 0:12:55.600 --> 0:12:59.040 he got Soroka's attention, he gave him that big Freddie 0:12:59.040 --> 0:13:02.160 Freeman smile or telling him hey, and waved him off 0:13:02.200 --> 0:13:05.000 and said, hey, hey, stop stop throwing over here. I'm 0:13:05.040 --> 0:13:09.840 not going anywhere. So another fun Freddy viral moment tonight 0:13:09.880 --> 0:13:13.560 here in Arizona. When we continue on Dodger Talk Live 0:13:13.600 --> 0:13:17.520 from Chase Field, Today was Lou Garrick Day, Lou Garrig's 0:13:17.600 --> 0:13:21.880 day in Major League Baseball bringing awareness to als. So 0:13:22.160 --> 0:13:25.120 Emma Sheen was our pregame guest and we'll fill you 0:13:25.200 --> 0:13:27.920 in on why Sheen was the perfect guy to talk 0:13:28.000 --> 0:13:32.440 to on Lou Garrigg's day in Major League Baseball. Dodgers 0:13:32.440 --> 0:13:35.240 beat the Diamondback six to five on a five to 0:13:35.280 --> 0:13:37.720 seventy LA Sports. 0:13:42.600 --> 0:13:45.800 Dodger Talk is available on AM five seventy LA sports 0:13:45.840 --> 0:13:49.840 dot com, hand on the iHeartRadio app. Back to more 0:13:50.000 --> 0:13:54.040 Dodger Talk with Dodger insider David Basset. 0:13:54.040 --> 0:13:56.320 To pitch the freendy Swins hits a. 0:13:56.360 --> 0:13:59.839 Drive to write pay on way fack, this ball is gone. 0:14:00.080 --> 0:14:00.800 It's two nothing. 0:14:00.880 --> 0:14:06.880 Dodgers Freddy Freeman home run number nine, the three hundred 0:14:06.920 --> 0:14:11.240 and seventy sixth career home run in the thirtieth in 0:14:11.320 --> 0:14:16.520 his career against the Diamondbacks. 0:14:16.600 --> 0:14:20.120 Freddy Freeman, he is a guy that loves to hit 0:14:20.160 --> 0:14:23.880 at Chase Field, because that was his twentieth home run 0:14:23.920 --> 0:14:28.560 of his career at this ballpark. Only Adrian Gonzalez has 0:14:28.640 --> 0:14:32.600 hit more home runs as an opponent at Chase Field. 0:14:32.720 --> 0:14:36.960 Adrian Gonzalez hit twenty one home runs in his careers, 0:14:37.000 --> 0:14:40.440 so Adrian with twenty one, Freddy Freeman with twenty, and 0:14:40.520 --> 0:14:44.480 Freddy has two more games to tie or pass Adrian 0:14:44.480 --> 0:14:49.000 Gonzalez for that distinction. The Dodgers beat Arizona tonight, six 0:14:49.080 --> 0:14:52.240 to five. David Vassey Dodger talk with you until the 0:14:52.280 --> 0:14:56.280 top of the hour. Daniels Jewelers presents the home run Forecast. 0:14:56.480 --> 0:14:59.120 For your chance to win a fifty dollars Daniels Jeweler's 0:14:59.240 --> 0:15:02.520 gift card. Visit AM five to seventy LA sports dot 0:15:02.560 --> 0:15:05.560 Com used the keyword home run, enter your name and 0:15:05.640 --> 0:15:09.720 you could win. Daniels Jewelers own the Dream. Eight six, six, 0:15:09.880 --> 0:15:13.600 nine eighty seven, two five seventy is the phone number. 0:15:14.040 --> 0:15:16.560 Earlier today, we had a chance to catch up with 0:15:16.640 --> 0:15:20.360 last night's starting pitcher, Emitt Shean. No, not to talk 0:15:20.440 --> 0:15:23.560 about the game last night, but to talk about Lou 0:15:23.640 --> 0:15:27.280 Garrig Day. It's a day that Major League Baseball commemorates 0:15:27.560 --> 0:15:31.320 the late great iron Man Lou Garrig, who passed away 0:15:31.520 --> 0:15:35.840 of ALS. And this day is a day that every 0:15:36.200 --> 0:15:40.960 that Major League Baseball uses to bring awareness to ALS. 0:15:41.160 --> 0:15:45.320 And Emit Shean brings awareness to ALS every time he's 0:15:45.360 --> 0:15:48.880 on the mound because on his glove he has embroidered 0:15:49.120 --> 0:15:54.080 k ALS. And Emit Sheen explained where that originated for 0:15:54.200 --> 0:15:57.240 him and why that is so close to his heart. 0:15:57.720 --> 0:16:00.000 Yeah, for me, ALS, I didn't know much about it 0:16:00.240 --> 0:16:02.800 until I got to Boston College. And then you know, 0:16:02.880 --> 0:16:06.560 Pete Frady's who was a BC baseball player, got ALS 0:16:07.800 --> 0:16:10.720 and he was around when I was there, So everyone 0:16:10.760 --> 0:16:13.560 had kls on their gloves and the Frate's family was 0:16:13.560 --> 0:16:16.000 really close to the program. And and yeah, unfortunately we 0:16:16.080 --> 0:16:18.800 lost Pete a few years ago, but yeah, it's it's 0:16:18.800 --> 0:16:20.200 stuck with me since then, and I just wanted to 0:16:20.240 --> 0:16:21.120 keep it going into Pro Bowl. 0:16:21.440 --> 0:16:24.280 That name sounds familiar with all of us because I 0:16:24.320 --> 0:16:27.360 believe Pete was involved in the ice bucket challenge. 0:16:27.640 --> 0:16:30.840 Yeah, I think he was actually him and one other 0:16:30.880 --> 0:16:33.400 person or maybe just him started the ice Pugget challenge, 0:16:33.440 --> 0:16:35.400 So that was how you know, all that started and 0:16:35.560 --> 0:16:37.800 it went viral. So he was he was also you know, 0:16:37.880 --> 0:16:42.040 an amazing advocate for you know, ALS research and trying 0:16:42.040 --> 0:16:43.960 to find a cure. So yeah, he's he's the best. 0:16:44.200 --> 0:16:47.320 So when you have k ALS on your glove, it's 0:16:47.360 --> 0:16:50.360 not just for Pete, it's for everybody that suffers from 0:16:50.400 --> 0:16:54.280 the ALS disease. Do you realize how much that means 0:16:54.320 --> 0:16:55.960 to those that do have ALS? 0:16:56.520 --> 0:16:58.800 Yeah, I mean I'm just grateful to have a platform 0:16:58.800 --> 0:17:00.800 and to be able to you know, spread a message 0:17:00.800 --> 0:17:03.040 like that. I think it's it's cool to be able 0:17:03.040 --> 0:17:05.000 to do that. And yeah, I think we have a 0:17:05.000 --> 0:17:07.840 responsibility as as you know, major League Baseball players to 0:17:07.920 --> 0:17:10.920 try to do some good and for me, that's that's 0:17:11.000 --> 0:17:12.760 you know, trying to spread awareness by ALS. 0:17:13.800 --> 0:17:16.280 Hey, that was great to catch up with m mitchean 0:17:16.400 --> 0:17:20.760 on Lou Garrig Day because obviously he's a huge advocate 0:17:20.800 --> 0:17:24.560 to bring awareness to k ALS. And our friend at 0:17:24.640 --> 0:17:28.720 Major League Baseball, Sarah lang Slangs on sports she always 0:17:28.840 --> 0:17:32.720 takes a photo a screenshot because obviously Sarah is dealing 0:17:32.720 --> 0:17:36.480 with ALS and she really appreciates Ema she and having 0:17:36.560 --> 0:17:41.040 k als on his glove. And it originated at Boston 0:17:41.080 --> 0:17:44.439 College because of you know, a player that played at 0:17:44.440 --> 0:17:48.359 Boston College that suffered from ALS, and the head coach 0:17:48.400 --> 0:17:52.720 at Boston College kind of galvanized the next generation of 0:17:52.800 --> 0:17:56.359 players to be aware of ALS and the disease and 0:17:56.440 --> 0:18:00.639 Pete Fradi's and most of those guys say kay als 0:18:00.640 --> 0:18:03.159 on their gloves. And Emma she and one of the 0:18:03.200 --> 0:18:06.720 few that made it to Major League Baseball, carries that 0:18:06.840 --> 0:18:09.440 with them to this day. So to hear the full 0:18:09.520 --> 0:18:12.239 conversation with Emi Sheen, it was a good one. You 0:18:12.280 --> 0:18:15.880 can find it on the iHeartRadio app. Eight six six 0:18:16.119 --> 0:18:18.879 nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone number. 0:18:19.160 --> 0:18:22.240 The Dodgers beat the Diamondbacks tonight six to five. Blake 0:18:22.320 --> 0:18:26.239 Trenton the winning pitcher, Michael Soroka the losing pitcher, and 0:18:26.320 --> 0:18:30.479 Tanner Scott with his sixth save of the season. You know, 0:18:31.000 --> 0:18:33.520 since tonight we have an opportunity for this. I don't 0:18:33.520 --> 0:18:36.359 really like to talk about myself too much. It's about 0:18:36.359 --> 0:18:39.159 the team. It's about the players and obviously we have 0:18:39.200 --> 0:18:41.760 a great team to talk about, the defending back to 0:18:41.800 --> 0:18:45.359 back world champion Dodgers. But so many of you, when 0:18:45.760 --> 0:18:48.560 I meet you for the first time, or family and friends, 0:18:48.560 --> 0:18:51.320 they always ask me, what's it like to travel with 0:18:51.440 --> 0:18:53.720 the Dodgers. What's it like? What do you do on 0:18:53.760 --> 0:18:56.840 the road before you go to the game. Well, before 0:18:57.119 --> 0:19:00.959 every game I'm at the ballpark at least, especially on 0:19:01.000 --> 0:19:03.880 the road, because there's really it's not a vacation. There's 0:19:03.880 --> 0:19:06.119 not a lot of sight seeing you can do. But 0:19:06.760 --> 0:19:09.560 for instance, today I got to the ballpark at about 0:19:09.560 --> 0:19:13.280 one point thirty for a six forty start. But earlier 0:19:13.320 --> 0:19:16.640 this morning, you know, I was feeling I was feeling, 0:19:17.240 --> 0:19:20.280 you know, frisky, frisky this morning, and I thought, you 0:19:20.320 --> 0:19:23.440 know what, I woke up at eight am feeling productive. 0:19:24.320 --> 0:19:27.280 My guy Joe, who works in the sports at LA 0:19:27.400 --> 0:19:30.400 Production Truck, said, Hey, why don't we go shoot hoops? 0:19:30.440 --> 0:19:33.119 They got a basketball court at the team hotel. Why 0:19:33.160 --> 0:19:35.680 don't we go do that? I said, perfect, let's do it. 0:19:35.960 --> 0:19:38.480 We meet in the lobby at nine o'clock. We walked 0:19:38.520 --> 0:19:41.560 down to go to the basketball courts. I go into 0:19:41.600 --> 0:19:44.320 the pro shop to get the basketball and I said hey, 0:19:44.600 --> 0:19:47.560 we want a basketball We want to play basketball. Can 0:19:47.600 --> 0:19:49.960 you believe the guy told me they got rid of 0:19:50.040 --> 0:19:54.720 the basketball court and put in pickleball courts. I am 0:19:54.840 --> 0:19:58.399 so tired of this pickle ball craze since twenty twenty. 0:20:00.000 --> 0:20:02.800 I'm really going to take out a basketball court for 0:20:02.960 --> 0:20:07.760 more pickleball courts. That was my first scripe. So our 0:20:07.840 --> 0:20:11.400 morning was ruined. We wanted to play basketball. And I'm 0:20:11.440 --> 0:20:13.080 not a guy that likes to go to the gym. 0:20:13.520 --> 0:20:16.119 I mean, I'll sell report right now, f forty five. 0:20:16.520 --> 0:20:19.159 I do that when I'm at home, and I love it. 0:20:19.200 --> 0:20:22.639 My guy Kenny out there at the Calabasas location, I 0:20:22.680 --> 0:20:24.440 do that one. It's right there on the border of 0:20:24.480 --> 0:20:27.480 willyn Hills and Calabasas. So that's the one I feel 0:20:27.520 --> 0:20:30.760 comfortable going to when we're at home. But on the road, 0:20:31.359 --> 0:20:34.800 I mean I don't. I'd take my walks, I get 0:20:34.800 --> 0:20:38.040 my steps outside. I don't go into the confines of 0:20:38.080 --> 0:20:40.320 a gym. I don't want to be confined to a gym. 0:20:40.640 --> 0:20:43.600 But anyway, the basketball court was gone because of a 0:20:43.600 --> 0:20:47.080 stinking pickleball court, and I have to go in the gym, 0:20:47.359 --> 0:20:49.600 and a lot of the people in our traveling parties 0:20:49.640 --> 0:20:51.840 in the gym. So I walk in and I see 0:20:51.880 --> 0:20:54.440 a handful of them, and they all say the same thing, 0:20:54.920 --> 0:20:57.440 what are you doing here? Are you lost? And then 0:20:57.480 --> 0:21:01.000 I see my guy Alex Torres the Dodgers, a mouse manager, 0:21:01.280 --> 0:21:05.639 equipment manager. He's trying to pump iron, pump iron and 0:21:05.800 --> 0:21:09.080 a machine, a chest press machine. Number one, the weight 0:21:09.240 --> 0:21:11.560 was a little light, so he shouldn't be talking to me. 0:21:12.080 --> 0:21:13.960 Number two he said, hey, do you need a tour? 0:21:14.040 --> 0:21:15.439 What are you doing here? Do you know what to do? 0:21:15.520 --> 0:21:17.960 Are you lost? And Joe Davis was in there, he 0:21:18.000 --> 0:21:20.760 said the same thing, are you lost? Do you know 0:21:20.800 --> 0:21:23.560 where we are? I mean, can you believe that that's 0:21:23.600 --> 0:21:26.159 the kind of treatment I had this morning? But you 0:21:26.240 --> 0:21:29.240 know how I salvaged today. I got on the treadmill. 0:21:29.640 --> 0:21:32.119 I went on the incline. I inclined it up like 0:21:32.200 --> 0:21:35.679 my guy Dino Ebol taught me. I spent twenty minutes 0:21:35.680 --> 0:21:39.080 on the treadmill. I really didn't know what to do, 0:21:39.200 --> 0:21:43.200 so I picked a couple of different exercises and everybody 0:21:43.400 --> 0:21:46.960 was completely aware I had no business there. And the 0:21:47.000 --> 0:21:50.560 most awkward thing that happened was a faux pas. I 0:21:50.600 --> 0:21:52.639 started to use a machine and I saw a cell 0:21:52.680 --> 0:21:56.080 phone and a notepad on the floor and I'm about 0:21:56.119 --> 0:21:59.320 to use the machine and who Scamper's over, but Joe, Davis, Dave, 0:22:00.119 --> 0:22:02.280 can I get one more rep in before you take over? 0:22:02.359 --> 0:22:05.520 I was like, oh, sorry, sorry, So I embarrassed myself 0:22:05.560 --> 0:22:09.439 that way, but I salvaged the day. I got my 0:22:09.560 --> 0:22:14.560 guy Maui Joe to go play some tennis outside. It 0:22:14.680 --> 0:22:17.679 was only ninety five at nine point thirty this morning, 0:22:17.760 --> 0:22:20.560 so we played some tennis, and that's how I salvaged 0:22:20.600 --> 0:22:24.119