WEBVTT - Dodger Talk (8-9-26) 

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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 fifth.

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

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<v Speaker 2>Here we go again. We get right running back to.

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<v Speaker 1>follow Dodger Talk wherever you catch your podcasts. And now

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<v Speaker 1>your host, here's Tim Kakes.

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<v Speaker 2>Well. The Dodgers have seven weeks left in this season,

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<v Speaker 2>forty four games remaining in the twenty twenty six regular season,

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<v Speaker 2>and right now they are not playing very good baseball. Hi, everybody,

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<v Speaker 2>eight six six nine eighty seven, two five seventy. Always

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<v Speaker 2>on X. Well, the Dodgers lose again. They fall to

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<v Speaker 2>the Diamondbacks by a final of four to two, a

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<v Speaker 2>game in which they again fell in a hole and

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<v Speaker 2>not able to get out of it offensively. And today

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<v Speaker 2>Justin Robleski, for his third straight start, gives up the

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<v Speaker 2>home run ball he had given up four against the

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<v Speaker 2>Seattle Mariners four against the Cubbies at Wrigley Field, and

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<v Speaker 2>gives up a two run home run to Ka Tell

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<v Speaker 2>Marte in the first inning. Today. That's now nine home

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<v Speaker 2>runs in his last three games. I love Justin Robleski.

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<v Speaker 2>You've heard me talk about him. I love his story.

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<v Speaker 2>I love everything about his makeup, how he pitches, how

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<v Speaker 2>he's aggressive, how he attacks his own how he works quick.

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<v Speaker 2>Right now, Justin Robuski is struggling, and Justin Roblesky's gonna

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<v Speaker 2>get more starts. They're not gonna take him out of

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<v Speaker 2>the other rotation by any means, But certainly we're gonna

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<v Speaker 2>start seeing Justin Robuski and his role for October be

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<v Speaker 2>established here. I think soon is it gonna be out

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<v Speaker 2>of the bullpen? Is it gonna be as a long reliever?

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<v Speaker 2>What is it gonna be come October? And I think

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<v Speaker 2>that's gonna be established by him moving forward, because the

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<v Speaker 2>Dodgers right now still have the question mark and show, Hey,

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<v Speaker 2>Otani still have a question mark in Tyler Glass now

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<v Speaker 2>and with the Blake Snell returning on Tuesday, the Dodgers

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<v Speaker 2>got Yamamoto, Snell, schoobl and Eric Lauer again. Otani and

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<v Speaker 2>Glass now in my mind right now are still question marks.

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<v Speaker 2>So Tani he's gonna throw apparently when the Dodgers get

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<v Speaker 2>back to Dodger Stadium this homestand win, and for how

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<v Speaker 2>long and what exactly he does we don't know, but

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<v Speaker 2>he suspected to throw again like he did yesterday playing

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<v Speaker 2>long toss in the outfield. What about Tyler Glass now?

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<v Speaker 2>Now he's throwing in Oklahoma City tonight in a rehab

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<v Speaker 2>started in TRIPLEA. But Tyler Glass now has made a

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<v Speaker 2>wopping seven start this year and has missed all the

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<v Speaker 2>time since May sixth with back spasms two years ago.

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<v Speaker 2>Wasn't there for the team in October in that run

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<v Speaker 2>in the twenty twenty four season. Was with the team

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<v Speaker 2>in a big part of twenty twenty five, no doubt

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<v Speaker 2>about it. But what are you gonna get in Tyler Glass? Though?

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<v Speaker 2>To me, you don't know. He's a question mark until

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<v Speaker 2>you get there, just because of the injuries that seem

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<v Speaker 2>to pop up with Tyler Glass now. So for that

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<v Speaker 2>reason alone, Justin Robleski is still in the mix to

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<v Speaker 2>be a starter September and into October. But Justin Robleski

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<v Speaker 2>is not the same Justin Robleski the first half of

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<v Speaker 2>the season. And I mentioned this in the Clubhouse show

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<v Speaker 2>and maybe you've noticed it as well. I don't have

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<v Speaker 2>the numbers sitting in front of me. I'd have to

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<v Speaker 2>dive really deep into that and figure that out. But

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<v Speaker 2>my eyes and ears tell me that he's not getting

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<v Speaker 2>the chase and swinging missus anymore that he got in

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<v Speaker 2>his first half of the season. There were games in

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<v Speaker 2>which he'd get the up the fastball up in the

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<v Speaker 2>zone and get a swinging miss for a strikeout or

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<v Speaker 2>swinging miss for a strike and get ahead in the count.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a ball up and out of the zone, but

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<v Speaker 2>he's getting swinging to missus on a chase or an

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<v Speaker 2>off speed pitch low and away from a right handed

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<v Speaker 2>hitter out of the strike zone, getting a swinging miss

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<v Speaker 2>And he was very effective in getting guys at the

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<v Speaker 2>plate to swing it pitches that weren't strikes and chase.

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<v Speaker 2>That has appeared to change, and just from the eyeball test,

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<v Speaker 2>he's having to zero in a little bit more, be

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<v Speaker 2>more aggressive in throwing pitches, and instead of throwing pitches

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<v Speaker 2>that are just outside the zone and getting swinging missus,

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<v Speaker 2>he's now nibbling on the corners and missing pitchers, missing

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<v Speaker 2>pitches over the heart of the plate. And what happens

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<v Speaker 2>to you miss pitches over the heart of the plate

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<v Speaker 2>in the major leagues, folks, I don't care who it is,

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<v Speaker 2>you're gonna get hit, and you're gonna get hit hard.

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<v Speaker 2>And I don't think it's a coincidence. Of the last

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<v Speaker 2>three games he's given up nine home runs on pitches

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<v Speaker 2>over the heart of the plate. When we were seeing

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<v Speaker 2>Justin Robleski be a different pitcher the first half of

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<v Speaker 2>the season. Now I don't know how he gets back

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<v Speaker 2>to getting swing and missus. I think that's part of

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<v Speaker 2>the cat and mouse game of Major League Baseball teams,

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<v Speaker 2>hitting philosophies, strategies going into an outing start to change.

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<v Speaker 2>The game plan changes when you see enough sample size

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<v Speaker 2>on a guy. Now, I imagine the hitting philosophy going

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<v Speaker 2>into a start against Justin Robleski by the teams is

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<v Speaker 2>don't chase pitches outside the zone. Force him to throw

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<v Speaker 2>pitches over the heart of the plate. If you do that,

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<v Speaker 2>you're gonna get pitches you like you're gonna get hit

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<v Speaker 2>a bull pitches. Because that seems to be the case

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<v Speaker 2>of what's happening. He's not getting the swing and missus.

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<v Speaker 2>He's not getting the weak contact, and he was never

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<v Speaker 2>a guy Justin Robleski that's striking out nine, ten to

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<v Speaker 2>eleven guys. You know, there was a start early in

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<v Speaker 2>the season, right he had what one or two strikeouts,

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<v Speaker 2>that was it. But he getting weak contact and retiring

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<v Speaker 2>guys and getting outs, that's his game. But now he's

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<v Speaker 2>getting squared up more. The balls flying out of the

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<v Speaker 2>ballpark eight six, six, nine, eighty seven, two five seventy.

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<v Speaker 2>So he's not going anywhere, but justin Robluski. They need

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<v Speaker 2>to just clean it up for wherever the issue is mechanically,

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<v Speaker 2>if there, they figure there's something there, I don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>He doesn't seem to think there is. You heard him

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<v Speaker 2>in the Clubouts show postgame talk about how he feels right.

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<v Speaker 2>He's just not executing well. That's certainly not the case.

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<v Speaker 2>The first half of the season he was executing well.

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<v Speaker 2>But in the second half of the season, outside that

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<v Speaker 2>Philadelphia start, he hasn't got a win. He's been hit

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<v Speaker 2>around in his last three outings by the Mariners, the Cubbies,

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<v Speaker 2>and then today by the Arizona Diamondbacks. Having to tax

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<v Speaker 2>the bullpen today in the final game of a series,

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<v Speaker 2>in a stretch in which the Dodgers don't have a

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<v Speaker 2>day off coming up this week, you force your bullpen

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<v Speaker 2>to have to pick up for four and two third innings,

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<v Speaker 2>and Edgardo Enriquez, Evan Phillips, Kylo Hurt, Jonathan Hernandez thankfully

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<v Speaker 2>were able to do that, and quite frankly, they were

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<v Speaker 2>really good. Four and two third, no hit innings, four strikeouts,

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<v Speaker 2>I think a key stat zero walks amongst the four relievers,

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<v Speaker 2>and they retired all fourteen batters they faced. That's the

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<v Speaker 2>pitching side of it, that's the Joe Justin Robleski side

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<v Speaker 2>of it. But the offense, folks, let's not get it confused.

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<v Speaker 2>The offense is just not there. And I don't know

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<v Speaker 2>if it's a sense of urgency. I don't know if

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<v Speaker 2>it's just going through the dog days of summer. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know what it is. I mean Miguel Rojas til

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<v Speaker 2>David Vassa yesterday and you heard it on the pre

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<v Speaker 2>game again today about how he sent a group text

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<v Speaker 2>about how they need to be focused and dialed in

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<v Speaker 2>and get back on track. They just didn't look like

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<v Speaker 2>it today. They just didn't look like a team aggressive

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<v Speaker 2>at the plate. I mean tasker Hernandez taking cuts and

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<v Speaker 2>missing on three different fastballs that were ninety three and

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<v Speaker 2>ninety four over the middle of the plate from Edgardo Rodriguez.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean at Ardo Rodriguez. He doesn't throw ninety nine, okay,

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<v Speaker 2>he throws a fastball in the low nineties and a

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<v Speaker 2>really good changeup, and he pumped three fastballs, which maybe

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<v Speaker 2>when the changeup's coming out of the way it is

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<v Speaker 2>ninety three looks a lot faster than it is because

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<v Speaker 2>he threw it right by Teoscar Hernandez. The Dodgers offense

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<v Speaker 2>not stringing together hits. The Dodgers offense, we know it.

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<v Speaker 2>They rely on the slug the home run ball. But

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<v Speaker 2>today they're able to produce a couple of runs without

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<v Speaker 2>having to hit the home run ball. But you know,

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<v Speaker 2>Mookie bets Oh for three with the strikeout today, show

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<v Speaker 2>hey Otani oh for fourth the strikeout. You know, you

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<v Speaker 2>look at what the middle of the lineup did, Tommy Edman,

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<v Speaker 2>oh for four, Mookie bets Oh for three, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>tay Oscar for Hernandez, oh for three. It just wasn't

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<v Speaker 2>a great date to play it offensively, and just has

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<v Speaker 2>not been the case the last month. And it's no

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<v Speaker 2>secret that when this team is not producing offensively, not

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<v Speaker 2>getting good pitching and the defense and base running, the suspect.

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<v Speaker 2>Look at the record. They've dropped five of six, eight

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<v Speaker 2>of nine, and fifteen of their last twenty four. It's

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<v Speaker 2>not a secret, folks. The Dodgers just need to somehow

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<v Speaker 2>get back on the winning track. And maybe it's the

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<v Speaker 2>Kansas City Royals that'll be that answer. For the next

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<v Speaker 2>three days when they come to Uniclo Field the Dodger Stadium.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll get out to the phones in just a second.

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<v Speaker 2>One other note, Justin Robleski is, as I mentioned, is

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<v Speaker 2>not going anywhere in this rotation with the uncertainty still

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<v Speaker 2>of show. Hey Otani pitching, and really you're still at

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<v Speaker 2>least two weeks away, maybe longer from Tyler Glass now

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<v Speaker 2>coming back. He's making his second minor league rehabs start tonight.

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<v Speaker 2>In fact, that game gets underway in fifteen minutes in

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<v Speaker 2>Oklahoma City. For the comments, all right, you're down two

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<v Speaker 2>starting pitchers there, You're a six man rotation. So Justin

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<v Speaker 2>Roblesky's not going to go anywhere, so you hope he

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<v Speaker 2>can figure it out. But let's let's push the fast

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<v Speaker 2>board forward butt here real quick to September. And let's

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<v Speaker 2>assume everybody but Yamamoto is excuse me, a Otani is

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<v Speaker 2>pitching and back in the rotation. Let's assume Snell's back

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<v Speaker 2>and doing great, and Tyler Glass now is back by

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<v Speaker 2>the early part of September. In this rotation is Yamamotos, Schooble, Snell,

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<v Speaker 2>Glass now Robleski lower. It's a lot of starting pitchers,

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<v Speaker 2>one or two of those guys is not going to

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<v Speaker 2>be in the rotation anymore once Snell gets back and

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<v Speaker 2>glass Now finally gets back, even not counting OTAWNI, it's

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<v Speaker 2>time for Snell and glass Now, folks, to pull it

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<v Speaker 2>up and lead this Dodger rotation. Like the Cy Young

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<v Speaker 2>Award winners. They are well outside of glass Now. I

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<v Speaker 2>didn't win to side Young, but Blake Snell's two say

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<v Speaker 2>Young's it's time for Tyler glass Now to be a

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<v Speaker 2>guy they can rely on. It's time for Blake Snell

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<v Speaker 2>to really step it up here the final seven weeks

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<v Speaker 2>of this season between the two of them, they've made

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<v Speaker 2>eight starts all year. Tyler glass Now has not pitched

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<v Speaker 2>since May sixth He's thrown thirty nine plus innings in

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<v Speaker 2>seven starts. He has got to come back and be

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<v Speaker 2>ready to go. Blake Snell made one start, win three

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<v Speaker 2>innings before going back on the injured the list with

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<v Speaker 2>the loose bodies in his elbow. When Blake Snell gets

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<v Speaker 2>back on Tuesday, folks, Blake Snell needs to be Blake

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<v Speaker 2>Snell from that start moving forward. Cy Young Award winner,

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<v Speaker 2>dominant left handed pitcher, he should be rested and ready

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<v Speaker 2>to go. He should be as fresh as it is

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<v Speaker 2>April first, starting the season. And for the guys who

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<v Speaker 2>have carried this rotation, Yamamoto, Robleski, Eric Lower the last

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<v Speaker 2>two and a half months, and in particular Robleski, Justin

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<v Speaker 2>Robleski has literally helped carry this team and this rotation

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<v Speaker 2>with the injuries to the big paid, superstar arms that

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<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers have. So now that Snell is back and

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<v Speaker 2>class now is a few weeks away from coming back,

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<v Speaker 2>time for Justin Robleski to pass the Batona say tag,

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<v Speaker 2>you're it boys. Time for you guys to now carry us.

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<v Speaker 2>Time for the two of you to come in the

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<v Speaker 2>final seven weeks of the season and be dominant, put

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<v Speaker 2>up zeros, keep us in games. You know what I

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<v Speaker 2>did the first half of the season. This reminds me

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of a few years ago with Gavin Stone

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<v Speaker 2>and going out there every five days like he did

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<v Speaker 2>in twenty twenty four, making twenty plus starts, and when

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<v Speaker 2>his name was called, he went out there and pitched,

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<v Speaker 2>and he pitched his butt off so much so it

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<v Speaker 2>got to Labor Day weekend in twenty twenty four and

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<v Speaker 2>his arm literally fell off and he couldn't pitch the

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<v Speaker 2>rest of September or all of October. And he's just

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<v Speaker 2>now pitching in TRIPLEA, Oklahoma City, seven hundred days since

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<v Speaker 2>he last pitched. That's how much he gave to this

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<v Speaker 2>Dodgers team in twenty twenty four. Go back to what

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<v Speaker 2>twenty twenty two and the catman Tony gonsolin what he

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<v Speaker 2>did pitching for the Dodgers, taking the ball even when

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<v Speaker 2>he had a dead arm. Tony Gonsolm was never the

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<v Speaker 2>same pitcher after that. Those guys, when asked to go

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<v Speaker 2>and pitch and carry the rotation and pitch for the

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<v Speaker 2>Dodgers every five days, did it when they were sore,

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<v Speaker 2>when they weren't feeling good, and it costs those guys injuries.

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<v Speaker 2>Now that Justin Robleski has basically done that here in

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<v Speaker 2>twenty twenty six, it's time for these two guys, Glass

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<v Speaker 2>now and Blake Snell combined seven starts eight starts between them.

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<v Speaker 2>It's time for these guys to now carry this rotation.

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<v Speaker 2>It's time for Glass now when he comes back and

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<v Speaker 2>Snell on Tuesday, to say, all right, boys, I got

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<v Speaker 2>it here. Let me help you out, Yamamoto, let me

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<v Speaker 2>help you out, Robleski. You guys have done a great

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<v Speaker 2>job carrying this rotation. Eric Lauer, appreciate it, buddy, been

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<v Speaker 2>great since you came over in May. I'm here to

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<v Speaker 2>help you. The Calvary is coming to help out this

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<v Speaker 2>Dodgers rotation. That's how it's got to be. These guys

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<v Speaker 2>have to be ready and have to come back dominant

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<v Speaker 2>because they're not only paid to be dominant, but the

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<v Speaker 2>back of their baseball card says they've either won Cy

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<v Speaker 2>Young's in the case of Blake Snell, or have been

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<v Speaker 2>really good when healthy in the case of Tyler Glass.

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<v Speaker 2>Now over the course of their ten years in the

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<v Speaker 2>baseball eight six six, nine eighty seven to two. Will

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<v Speaker 2>take a quick time out. We'll come back. We'll get

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<v Speaker 2>to your phone calls. We'll hear from, of course the manager,

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<v Speaker 2>Dave Roberts as well. Dodgers lose in Arizona four to

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<v Speaker 2>two to the Diamondbacks. As the Dodgers drop two of

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<v Speaker 2>three in Chase Field, they go one and five on

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<v Speaker 2>this road trip. We'll take your phone calls, we'll hear

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<v Speaker 2>from the manager when we turn here on Dodger Talk

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<v Speaker 2>on an FI seventy LA Sports Live everywhere on the

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<v Speaker 2>iHeartRadio app. Dodger fans, this is Tommy Edmond. You're listening

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<v Speaker 2>to the home of the back to back world champion

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<v Speaker 2>Dodgers on and five seventy LA Sports. Dodger Talk continues

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<v Speaker 2>on this hot Sunday afternoon. Hope you're staying cool wherever

0:14:46.680 --> 0:14:51.000
<v Speaker 2>you may be. As the Dodgers offensively, it cooled off. Overall,

0:14:51.040 --> 0:14:53.000
<v Speaker 2>they have cooled off. They have now dropped fifteen their

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<v Speaker 2>last twenty four, going back to right before the All

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<v Speaker 2>Star break. They have to go one in five on

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<v Speaker 2>this road trip. After getting swept in Chicago by the

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<v Speaker 2>Cubbies in three games, they come to the Desert and

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<v Speaker 2>drop two of three to the Diamondbacks, a four to

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<v Speaker 2>two loss. Today. Eduardo Rodriguez, a season high nine strikeouts,

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<v Speaker 2>gets the win. He's now eleven and four. Justin Robleski

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<v Speaker 2>gets the loss. He couldn't get out of the fourth inning,

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<v Speaker 2>gave up his ninth home run and his last three starts.

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<v Speaker 2>He falls to eleven and four on the season as

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<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers now a seven and a half game lead

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<v Speaker 2>in the NL West. Dodgers Baseball is brought to by

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<v Speaker 2>Medello Modello the mark of a final well here from

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<v Speaker 2>the manager Dave Roberts coming up in just a couple

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<v Speaker 2>of minutes. Tristan and Michigan start things off here on

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<v Speaker 2>this Sunday on Dodger Talk. How you doing, Tristan?

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<v Speaker 3>Not bad with two weeks school well making this how

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<v Speaker 3>we anticipated home debut tomorrow and Blake's now returning Tuesday.

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<v Speaker 3>Can the offense do enough to en should these a

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<v Speaker 3>week arms actually get run support?

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<v Speaker 2>I hope, so, Tristan, I hope. So this is a

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<v Speaker 2>Dodgers team. Over the last couple of years, we've seen

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<v Speaker 2>Yamamoto go out there and been the victim of no

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<v Speaker 2>run support, even though he'll go out there and pitch

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<v Speaker 2>six seven innings and you know, give up no runs

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<v Speaker 2>or one run or two runs. Keep this Dodger team

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<v Speaker 2>in the game and just the victim of no run

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<v Speaker 2>support while other guys have gone out there and got

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<v Speaker 2>a ton of run support. Jusse Robleski has been the

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<v Speaker 2>recipient of a lot of run support this year. I

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<v Speaker 2>appreciate the phone call, tryst and we'll find out and

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<v Speaker 2>hopefully a return home a Dodger Stadium for a week,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, and not having to get back up on

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<v Speaker 2>the road like they have been seems like, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>this second half of this season, I mean the nine

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<v Speaker 2>games and ten days on the road, you come back

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<v Speaker 2>home for a quick six game homestand and then you're

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<v Speaker 2>back out on the road for six games without a

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<v Speaker 2>day off. After that Sunday night game against the Red Sox,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, then twenty four hours later, you're already in

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<v Speaker 2>Chicago playing a start of a three game set. They

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<v Speaker 2>had a day off in Arizona on Thursday. I fully

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<v Speaker 2>thought that would wake things up for the Dodger offense.

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<v Speaker 2>I fully thought that off day in the hot sun

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<v Speaker 2>of Arizona, where they were enjoying the nice cool air

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<v Speaker 2>indoors or the pool outside, just getting away from baseball

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<v Speaker 2>in Arizona on Thursday would be something that would kind

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<v Speaker 2>of catapult this team into a weekend series against the Diamondbacks.

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<v Speaker 2>And it just really didn't. They scored seven runs in

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<v Speaker 2>three games, and today, you know, they fell behind for nothing.

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<v Speaker 2>Justin Robleski struggled the Dodgers offense. Run here, run there,

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<v Speaker 2>made it a four to two game in the six

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<v Speaker 2>but you know, hit into another double play with the

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<v Speaker 2>leadoff runner getting on base. Freddy Freeman hits into a

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<v Speaker 2>double play to really you know, deflate the inning. So

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<v Speaker 2>not a lot of opportunities for this Dodgers offense. And

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<v Speaker 2>you hope a return home to Uniclo Field, the Dodgers Dadium,

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<v Speaker 2>having Trek Scouble on the mound and Blake Snell returning

0:17:29.760 --> 0:17:32.040
<v Speaker 2>on Tuesday, those guys can put up zeros and at

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<v Speaker 2>the same time, the Dodgers offense could give them some

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<v Speaker 2>run support because the Dodgers pitchers, you know, you look

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<v Speaker 2>at the back of their jerseys and it says Schooble

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<v Speaker 2>and it says Snell, and you see Cy Young Awards,

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<v Speaker 2>and you know, you see dominance and Yamamoto. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>these guys are really good. It's the best rotation in baseball,

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<v Speaker 2>hands down. But they still got to get some run

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<v Speaker 2>production in order to win games. And it just seems

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<v Speaker 2>like losing fifteen of the last twenty four we haven't

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<v Speaker 2>seen it very often where the offense is there, the

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<v Speaker 2>defense is there, and the pitching is all there. When

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<v Speaker 2>it is, they win games. And that's how they've been

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<v Speaker 2>successful the last couple of seasons. Really good defense, smart

0:18:09.160 --> 0:18:13.080
<v Speaker 2>base running, timely hitting, and pitching. That's been their recipe.

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<v Speaker 2>That's the recipe to win games for everybody but the Dodgers.

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<v Speaker 2>We've seen sloppy base running. We've seen some bad defense,

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<v Speaker 2>extending innings, extending plays, and that leads to more runs,

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<v Speaker 2>that leads to crooked numbers from the other team, and

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<v Speaker 2>then that turns out to be losses. Blake, my guy, Colorado,

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<v Speaker 2>Welcome to Dodger Talk. Blake. Certainly, certainly not the road

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<v Speaker 2>trip the Dodgers had wanted going one in five. Oh gross,

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<v Speaker 2>what's up, Blake?

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, and you forgot about Bobby Millow. It's who we

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<v Speaker 4>have a lot of business down now.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, benk Asparius, Gavin Stone, Bobby Miller, They've all pitched

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<v Speaker 2>in the last couple of days. Gavin Stone, to me

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<v Speaker 2>is the big question mark. If he can come back

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<v Speaker 2>and build up to a couple of innings, maybe you

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<v Speaker 2>found something, but again it's going to be a numbers issue. Blake.

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<v Speaker 2>When everybody assume gets help healthy, and again we assume

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<v Speaker 2>once Blake Snell's back, he's gonna be good to go

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<v Speaker 2>the rest of the year. Tyler Glass. Now a few

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<v Speaker 2>weeks after that, these guys are here for the rest

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<v Speaker 2>of the year. So barring injuries, there's just not a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of room in the rotation anymore. And there's not

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<v Speaker 2>gonna be a lot of wiggle room for the bullpen.

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<v Speaker 2>So you know, there's the old game of musical chairs, Blake.

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<v Speaker 2>There's only so many chairs for so many people. Somebody's

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<v Speaker 2>gonna get left out.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, tough lots for the Dodgers. Do you think the

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<v Speaker 4>Dodters just call up somebody from to blate just stop

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<v Speaker 4>still offense?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I don't know who is. I mean, it's a

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<v Speaker 2>good question, Blake. When you look at this Dodgers roster,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, all these guys any team in baseball would

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<v Speaker 2>love to have in their lineup, you know, from all

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<v Speaker 2>Stars and Paz to future Hall of Famers and Freeman

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<v Speaker 2>and Betts to the second highest paid player in baseball

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<v Speaker 2>and Kyle Tucker to mister reliable Max Munsey to Keiky

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<v Speaker 2>Hernandez mister October. I mean, this is a lineup that

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<v Speaker 2>other teams around baseball would love to have any one

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<v Speaker 2>of these Dodger hitters. So to look down into Triple

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<v Speaker 2>A and say what is down there that is better

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<v Speaker 2>that the Dodgers already have at the major league level.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, maybe a guy like James Tibbs, the third

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<v Speaker 2>can provide a spark. But outside of Tibbs, I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know if there's a hitter that's electric enough that can

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<v Speaker 2>come up and just provide that spark. This is already

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<v Speaker 2>a just a dynamic roster and a lineup that they

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<v Speaker 2>throw out there every day. With a guy named Shoeotani

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<v Speaker 2>leading off, and you know Max Munsey hitting seventh or

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<v Speaker 2>eighth in ta Oscar Hernandez hitting seventh or eighth. I

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<v Speaker 2>mean it is already deep, Blake. I don't know who

0:20:30.000 --> 0:20:33.119
<v Speaker 2>else could help this team, but he.

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<v Speaker 4>Can cut the Asco Hernandez and in the Arizona sil

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<v Speaker 4>he did nothing for us.

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<v Speaker 2>That is a great point by you, Blake. He went

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<v Speaker 2>oh for three today with three strikeouts, now hitting two

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<v Speaker 2>forty nine on the season with just eleven home runs.

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<v Speaker 2>He went one for four on the game last night,

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<v Speaker 2>and he went oh for four with two strikeouts on

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<v Speaker 2>Friday nights. So yeah, not a great weekend series. In fact,

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<v Speaker 2>you go back to two of the three games he

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<v Speaker 2>was also hit list in Chicago, the series opener, he

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<v Speaker 2>went to for fourth. That home run that he hit

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<v Speaker 2>into Waveland Avenue there behind Wrigley Field, you're right, he

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<v Speaker 2>didn't do much this weekend, Blake, You're right about that, boss.

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<v Speaker 2>What do else you got?

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<v Speaker 4>Are not doing great?

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<v Speaker 2>No, they're not. They got to turn it around and

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<v Speaker 2>hopefully the Kansas City Royals are the team the Dodgers

0:21:21.320 --> 0:21:23.520
<v Speaker 2>can feast on and get right and get ready for

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<v Speaker 2>this big four game series against the Brewers beginning on Thursday. Blake.

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<v Speaker 2>I appreciate the phone call as always great to hear

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<v Speaker 2>Hi is he? How you doing?

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<v Speaker 5>Julie? Has you ask me how I'm doing? Now? Hi?

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<v Speaker 5>I don't know what to say. I'm just I don't know.

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<v Speaker 5>Is so depressed?

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<v Speaker 2>What's frustrating you the most? Isabelle? Is it the hitting?

0:22:05.440 --> 0:22:08.399
<v Speaker 2>Is it a player? Is it? Everything? What's bothering you

0:22:08.480 --> 0:22:10.160
<v Speaker 2>the most? About this Dodgers team?

0:22:11.160 --> 0:22:16.359
<v Speaker 5>Everything? Everything? And let me get Kioskar. I love the guy.

0:22:16.480 --> 0:22:26.520
<v Speaker 5>But the seventeen three three pitches strikeout that was really unnecessary. Tioscar,

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<v Speaker 5>I love somebody, guy, give me. I just wanted to

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<v Speaker 5>spread the team right now, you know I would so EdWay.

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<v Speaker 5>But yeah, I'm did everything. But it was nineteen you

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<v Speaker 5>on Friday. Team, it was nineteen you, guys.

0:22:42.440 --> 0:22:44.879
<v Speaker 2>I was seeing you on Friday and you got to

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<v Speaker 2>meet Sean Green. That was cool.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, and thank you for the pitchers too, and spec

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<v Speaker 5>if anything, specifan send it to my friends. They were

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<v Speaker 5>all killing me. But anyway, it's okay.

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<v Speaker 2>But yeah, you know.

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<v Speaker 5>What, you know what. The Dodgers be fine though, but

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<v Speaker 5>just selfless maybe, so I just can't well, I guess

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<v Speaker 5>we expected. I'm trying to win this championships. I guess

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<v Speaker 5>we expected. So I don't know. I don't know what

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<v Speaker 5>to say, all right.

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<v Speaker 2>I hear you, I hear you. I feel your frustration,

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<v Speaker 2>and I know Dodger fans are right there with you. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>thanks for the phone call. We'll talk to you soon.

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<v Speaker 2>Dodgers lose to the Diamondbacks. Forwarded to Dodger frans frustrated.

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<v Speaker 2>Interesting to hear Freddy Freeman's comments in the clubouts show

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<v Speaker 2>not too concerns the ups and downs of the season.

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<v Speaker 2>I get it, but the sample size is starting to

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<v Speaker 2>get a little bigger than just a series or a

0:23:44.240 --> 0:23:48.120
<v Speaker 2>road trip or a two week stretch. The Dodgers one

0:23:48.160 --> 0:23:50.359
<v Speaker 2>and five on this road trip, lost eight of their

0:23:50.480 --> 0:23:53.440
<v Speaker 2>last nine. They are sub five hundred since the All

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<v Speaker 2>Star break at nine and twelve. You go back to

0:23:55.560 --> 0:23:58.800
<v Speaker 2>the three games before the All Star break in which

0:23:58.800 --> 0:24:01.359
<v Speaker 2>they got swept at a home by the Diamondbacks. You

0:24:01.400 --> 0:24:04.760
<v Speaker 2>include those three games. The Dodgers have dropped fifteen of

0:24:04.840 --> 0:24:08.400
<v Speaker 2>their last twenty four. I imagine somebody who's just as

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<v Speaker 2>frustrated as Dodger fans as the manager, Dave Roberts. Let's

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<v Speaker 2>head back out to Phoenix and get the postgame thought

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<v Speaker 2>to the Dodger skipper.

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<v Speaker 6>Well, the bullpen was fantastic. I thought they gave us

0:24:16.960 --> 0:24:20.119
<v Speaker 6>a chance. We had, you know, a few guys that

0:24:20.160 --> 0:24:23.439
<v Speaker 6>we wanted to stay away from, so to see what

0:24:23.480 --> 0:24:25.280
<v Speaker 6>they did today. Like I said, they gave us a

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<v Speaker 6>chance to one a baseball.

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<v Speaker 1>Game, justin to start this one. What are you continuing

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<v Speaker 1>to see from him?

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, you know, I think obviously there was a lot

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<v Speaker 6>of hard contact. I don't think that he had command

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<v Speaker 6>of his pitches. There were some balls up that I recall,

0:24:44.880 --> 0:24:50.879
<v Speaker 6>you know, the double from Moreno misfire on the Marte homer,

0:24:51.560 --> 0:24:56.000
<v Speaker 6>and just again some balls hit pretty hard and the

0:24:56.080 --> 0:24:59.119
<v Speaker 6>pitch count got up quickly, and then you know that

0:24:59.240 --> 0:25:03.040
<v Speaker 6>fourth inning or to see the velocity dip down and

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<v Speaker 6>just felt right there, you know, to give us a

0:25:06.720 --> 0:25:08.960
<v Speaker 6>chance in that game, we had to you know, start

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<v Speaker 6>the carousel.

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<v Speaker 2>The first couple of things just looked like you might

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<v Speaker 2>have had a double play ball in the first and

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<v Speaker 2>then obviously Robleski's in the crown.

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<v Speaker 6>Well, Robleski, Yeah, that's a play that he's got to make.

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<v Speaker 6>And then the other one was you know, I guess

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<v Speaker 6>you can put it in the category of a heady

0:25:25.720 --> 0:25:29.080
<v Speaker 6>play by Perdomo because he was running inside the baseline.

0:25:29.119 --> 0:25:32.480
<v Speaker 6>Freddie made a great throw and then he crossed Mookie's

0:25:32.520 --> 0:25:35.399
<v Speaker 6>eyesight going to the outside the bag. So it was

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<v Speaker 6>one of those very weird play but it's not obstruction.

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<v Speaker 6>But you know, next time, I think we just got

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<v Speaker 6>to just you know, throw through because you know, it

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<v Speaker 6>wasn't impeding, but it sort of was intentional.

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<v Speaker 7>Freddy said that there's no concern in there, and I

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<v Speaker 7>would say there's a spectrum between panic and concern. Where

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<v Speaker 7>would you be on that spect from right now?

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<v Speaker 6>Well, I don't think there's concern. We've still got a

0:26:03.840 --> 0:26:07.720
<v Speaker 6>really good ball club. They're certainly not panic. I think

0:26:07.760 --> 0:26:09.640
<v Speaker 6>for us, it's just finding a way to win, win

0:26:09.680 --> 0:26:14.399
<v Speaker 6>a game, and win consistently. And I think that's the

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<v Speaker 6>focus versus you know, what type of emotions you're feeling.

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<v Speaker 6>That doesn't it's just not helpful anyway, regardless, And.

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<v Speaker 7>I think stended stretch, we nine to fifteen in the

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<v Speaker 7>last twenty four, twenty one, twenty one in the last

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<v Speaker 7>forty two. Why aren't you playing the kind of baseball

0:26:34.560 --> 0:26:35.200
<v Speaker 7>you're capable?

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<v Speaker 6>I think it's just when you're losing, like we're losing,

0:26:41.080 --> 0:26:47.359
<v Speaker 6>it's always a combination. It's some days it's the starters,

0:26:47.359 --> 0:26:52.000
<v Speaker 6>some days it's the relievers, some days it's the offense.

0:26:53.240 --> 0:26:56.040
<v Speaker 6>And when you can sync those up, you have a

0:26:56.040 --> 0:26:57.720
<v Speaker 6>better chance to win. And when you don't, which we

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<v Speaker 6>haven't in that kind of expansive time you talked about,

0:27:03.440 --> 0:27:06.520
<v Speaker 6>you lose more than you win, and so yeah, we're

0:27:06.560 --> 0:27:09.800
<v Speaker 6>certainly not playing up to our capabilities.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, there's a match of Dave Roberts, echoing what

0:27:12.800 --> 0:27:15.200
<v Speaker 2>I just said a few minutes ago. You know, it's

0:27:15.200 --> 0:27:17.760
<v Speaker 2>some days it's starting pitching that's really good. Some days,

0:27:17.760 --> 0:27:20.120
<v Speaker 2>starting pitching has not been very good. The other days

0:27:20.160 --> 0:27:22.919
<v Speaker 2>it's been the bullpen then has been the problem. Some

0:27:23.000 --> 0:27:25.760
<v Speaker 2>days it's the lack of offense, and that's been the issue.

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<v Speaker 2>When the Dodgers are lacking one or two or three

0:27:28.200 --> 0:27:30.760
<v Speaker 2>of those, they're not winning games. But when they put

0:27:30.760 --> 0:27:34.760
<v Speaker 2>it all together, good defense, timely hitting, and good pitching,

0:27:35.359 --> 0:27:37.840
<v Speaker 2>they're winning baseball games. And that's a secret. You know,

0:27:38.000 --> 0:27:40.360
<v Speaker 2>it's not really it's a secret at all. Actually, when

0:27:40.400 --> 0:27:42.280
<v Speaker 2>you do those things, you're gonna win games more times

0:27:42.280 --> 0:27:45.320
<v Speaker 2>than not. As Dave Roberts said, And unfortunately, the Dodgers'

0:27:45.400 --> 0:27:47.760
<v Speaker 2>offense has been up and down, the Dodgers starting pitching

0:27:47.800 --> 0:27:49.560
<v Speaker 2>has been up and down. And when the starting pitching

0:27:49.600 --> 0:27:51.119
<v Speaker 2>has been there, the bullpen hasn't been there. When the

0:27:51.160 --> 0:27:53.560
<v Speaker 2>bullpen's been there, the starting pitching hasn't been there. So, yeah,

0:27:53.640 --> 0:27:56.360
<v Speaker 2>Dave Roberts, echoing everything I just said just a few

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<v Speaker 2>minutes ago here on Dodger Talk. All right, that's gonna

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<v Speaker 2>wrap things up here. Thanks to call. They saw you

0:28:00.760 --> 0:28:02.919
<v Speaker 2>Dodger fans for being a part of the show. Certainly

0:28:02.920 --> 0:28:06.040
<v Speaker 2>a frustrating afternoon for the Boys in Blue as they

0:28:06.040 --> 0:28:08.640
<v Speaker 2>wrap up a one to five road trip. They got

0:28:08.640 --> 0:28:11.399
<v Speaker 2>swept in all three games in Chicago, and they dropped

0:28:11.400 --> 0:28:14.600
<v Speaker 2>two to three in the Desert to the Arizona Diamondbacks,

0:28:14.600 --> 0:28:17.720
<v Speaker 2>including today falling to the Snakes four to two, and

0:28:17.840 --> 0:28:20.400
<v Speaker 2>Wardo Rodriguez strikes out of season high nine to get

0:28:20.400 --> 0:28:23.640
<v Speaker 2>the win. He wins seven innings, Justin Robleski gets touched

0:28:23.680 --> 0:28:25.400
<v Speaker 2>up by the home run ball again, could not get

0:28:25.400 --> 0:28:27.160
<v Speaker 2>out of the fourth inning three and two thirty three

0:28:27.160 --> 0:28:29.600
<v Speaker 2>to a third, four runs, six hits, a home run.

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<v Speaker 2>He gets. The loss is the Dodgers faul to seventy

0:28:33.359 --> 0:28:36.040
<v Speaker 2>and forty eight, But the good news back home tomorrow

0:28:36.080 --> 0:28:38.880
<v Speaker 2>to start a seven game homestand and the lowly Kansas

0:28:38.880 --> 0:28:41.560
<v Speaker 2>City Royals come to town for a three game series.

0:28:41.600 --> 0:28:44.600
<v Speaker 2>Turks Google gets to start Blake Snell scheduled to come

0:28:44.640 --> 0:28:47.800
<v Speaker 2>off the injured list finally on Tuesday night. Eric Lauer,

0:28:48.000 --> 0:28:50.440
<v Speaker 2>another left tender, scheduled to go on Wednesday night. All

0:28:50.480 --> 0:28:53.400
<v Speaker 2>three games against Kansas City at seven to ten out

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<v Speaker 2>at Uniclow Field at Dodger Stadium. We'll get our cover

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<v Speaker 2>start tomorrow at six pm with Morongo Casino Dodgers on

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<v Speaker 2>deck after the Petros and a money show. Have a great,

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<v Speaker 2>safe rest of your Sunday afternoon and evening. So long, everybody,