WEBVTT - Dave Roberts (9-14-26) 

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<v Speaker 1>And now, an exclusive interview with David Basset for Dodger Talk.

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<v Speaker 1>The Dodgers are starting a four-game series in Cincinnati, and

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<v Speaker 1>we're in the manager's office with Dave Roberts. Our manager's meeting,

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<v Speaker 1>always presented by our friends at Downey Hyundai. Dave, thanks

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<v Speaker 1>a lot for the time. Appreciate it.

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<v Speaker 2>Good spending some time with you, Dave.

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<v Speaker 3>And, yeah, got in at a decent hour last night

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<v Speaker 3>here in Cincinnati, so hopefully we can find a way

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<v Speaker 3>to win a ballgame tonight.

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<v Speaker 1>I know you weren't too pleased with the way things

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<v Speaker 1>ended yesterday. How do you, you know, reset for this

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<v Speaker 1>series and realize that your magic number's at four to

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<v Speaker 1>clinch this division?

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<v Speaker 2>I think it starts with Tarek Skubal.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, obviously, you know, looking at our starters, it's

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<v Speaker 3>nice when you can run those guys out there and,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, guys get excited about who's towing the rubber

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<v Speaker 3>that particular night. And yeah, I wasn't pleased about yesterday

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<v Speaker 3>losing the series, but you got to come in fresh

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<v Speaker 3>and that's what we do. And Yeah, the magic number four,

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<v Speaker 3>and it just starts by winning tonight.

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<v Speaker 1>Tarek Skubal, he's been a different guy than what I

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<v Speaker 1>perceived him to be. You feel like he might be

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<v Speaker 1>super intense, standoffish, but he's the complete opposite. What have

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<v Speaker 1>you learned about him and his effect on that clubhouse?

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<v Speaker 2>It's been great.

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<v Speaker 3>I think the thing is, what I've learned about Tarek

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<v Speaker 3>is he's very comfortable in his own skin.

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<v Speaker 2>He's very approachable. He treats everyone well. the same. He

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<v Speaker 2>leans in, and I say that, and meaning coming.

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<v Speaker 3>To a new ball club, the first new ball club

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<v Speaker 3>he's ever been with, it wasn't a wait-and-see kind of

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<v Speaker 3>type approach. It was more of leaning in, trying to

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<v Speaker 3>get to know his teammates, the staff, and that's been great.

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<v Speaker 3>And he brings a great energy, a great preparedness, and

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<v Speaker 3>another thing that's been fun for me to see is

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<v Speaker 3>him and Blake Snell kind of forge a nice little relationship.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you feel like he's making Blake Snell better?

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<v Speaker 2>I do. I do.

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<v Speaker 3>I think that, you know, when you're talking about two

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<v Speaker 3>of the best pitchers in the game and then they're

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<v Speaker 3>both left-handed, I do think that, you know, they've both

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<v Speaker 3>won two Cy Youngs.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, Tarek comes over here.

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<v Speaker 3>And competition, you know, that iron sharpens iron adage, I

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<v Speaker 3>think that that's a good thing. And you bring Scooble

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<v Speaker 3>over here, and I do think that was something where

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<v Speaker 3>Blake's like, okay, I'm going to show, you know, who's better.

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<v Speaker 3>And it's going to also make Scooble better. And those

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<v Speaker 3>are things that You know, we talk about the Braves,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, starting rotation in the 90s, and I think

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<v Speaker 3>that's what made Maddox, Glav, and Smotes, all those guys better,

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<v Speaker 3>that competition, you know, between themselves.

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<v Speaker 1>This could be me from the outside looking in, but

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<v Speaker 1>I feel like Scooble's made guys that maybe weren't as

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<v Speaker 1>outgoing as teammates a little bit more outgoing as teammates.

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<v Speaker 3>I think so, and you see him whether, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>at home you see him talking to Sheehan, you see

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<v Speaker 3>him talking to Rushing. You know, Blake, as we talked about,

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<v Speaker 3>is really a little... quiet, more on the quiet side.

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<v Speaker 3>And Tarek's really kind of pulled some stuff out of him.

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<v Speaker 3>And he's talking to everybody, you know, he's kind of

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<v Speaker 3>always working the dugout when he's not pitching and, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>and also locked in on the game. But when he's pitching,

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<v Speaker 3>he's locked in, he's prepared, like I said, and he's

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<v Speaker 3>been very, very additive, not just the, you know, innings

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<v Speaker 3>that he's throwing for us.

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<v Speaker 1>What do you know about this espresso machine that he

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<v Speaker 1>took from the Tigers clubhouse? I heard it was a

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<v Speaker 1>very expensive machine. So he wanted to take it back.

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<v Speaker 1>Have you seen it in the clubhouse back at home?

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<v Speaker 2>I haven't seen it.

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<v Speaker 3>I heard it's a big time espresso machine and I

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<v Speaker 3>don't know about taking it back because he bought it.

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<v Speaker 3>So he's taking what's his, but I know that George

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<v Speaker 3>Lombard and those guys weren't too happy with it, but

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<v Speaker 3>maybe they can pull their money to get one.

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<v Speaker 2>But yeah, he's a big espresso guy. All right. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>there we go. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>If I'm paying that kind of money for an espresso machine, Dave,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm taking it with me too.

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<v Speaker 2>Absolutely.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, You know what's funny is Mark Pryor, Danny Lehman,

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<v Speaker 3>Blake Trinan, some other players and coaches, they're big coffee snobs.

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<v Speaker 3>And so, you know, you get the hotel coffee, but

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<v Speaker 3>then they go out and they get their Jose Mota

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<v Speaker 3>on the broadcast, big coffee snob. So they got their

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<v Speaker 3>own little place that they go off-site to get that

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<v Speaker 3>right cup of Joe, and that's kind of fun.

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<v Speaker 1>Are you a snob about anything like that?

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<v Speaker 2>I'm more on... Shoes, watches, wine. Okay.

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<v Speaker 3>And I say that in a nice tongue-in-cheek way, but

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<v Speaker 3>I like nice things, but I don't have a lot

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<v Speaker 3>of them, but I like nice wine. I got a

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<v Speaker 3>couple of nice pieces and yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe you could give us a tip on wine. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>we hear about these great wines that cost upwards of $ 100, $ 200.

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<v Speaker 1>If you had to give the regular guy advice about wine,

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<v Speaker 1>do you recommend not drinking those for a year, or

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<v Speaker 1>do you say drink them?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, you know what, I think it's funny is that

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<v Speaker 3>with wine, people are obviously not drinking as much these days, but,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, you can find good bottles of wine for $ 30, $ 40, $ 50,

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<v Speaker 3>but if you do get higher-end wines with a lot

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<v Speaker 3>of alcohol, you typically want to lay them down, but Yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>I still kind of like Pinot Noir. I like white burgundy,

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<v Speaker 3>some kind of not too fruity wines.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, wow.

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<v Speaker 1>An adult right here, Dave Roberts, teaching the kids right here.

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<v Speaker 2>How to drink wine.

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<v Speaker 1>Dave, you got the Reds tonight. Josue DePaula is in

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<v Speaker 1>the starting lineup. But I wanted to ask you about

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<v Speaker 1>two veteran guys that kind of are banged up, Miguel

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<v Speaker 1>Rojas and Freddie Freeman. Freeman's not in there, but somehow

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<v Speaker 1>Miguel Rojas, after irritating his right labrum, is in there.

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<v Speaker 1>How did all that happen?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, for me, it was more of me kind of

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<v Speaker 3>checking on Miggy and seeing if he could go today.

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<v Speaker 3>I see him taking two at-bats. against the start of Lodolo.

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<v Speaker 3>And then I'm going to insert Alex Freeland and just

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<v Speaker 3>bet that they have a lot of right-handers and potentially

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<v Speaker 3>one left-hander available. But yeah, I just want Miggy in

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<v Speaker 3>there to give us a couple of bats and he'll

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<v Speaker 3>be down tomorrow. And then hopefully on Wednesday, he'll get

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<v Speaker 3>another start. With Freddie, I think for me, it's just

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<v Speaker 3>trying to manage the knees and not moving great right now.

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<v Speaker 3>Obviously not swinging the bat the way he wants to.

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<v Speaker 3>So I think that if we can kind of just

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<v Speaker 3>manage him and hopefully we can get him over the hump.

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<v Speaker 1>How much are you going to be watching how those

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<v Speaker 1>swings look to determine whether or not he needs more

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<v Speaker 1>than just a day here or.

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<v Speaker 2>A day there? It's a day-to-day thing.

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<v Speaker 3>And I had a good conversation with him a couple

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<v Speaker 3>of days ago that just spoke to that in the

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<v Speaker 3>sense of, Hey man, if it doesn't look right, then

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<v Speaker 3>we might have to be a little bit more aggressive.

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<v Speaker 3>And so obviously we all know Freddie likes to be

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<v Speaker 3>in there, which I love and appreciate. But at the

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<v Speaker 3>end of the day, We've got to get as many

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<v Speaker 3>of our guys, all of our guys, optimal health performance

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<v Speaker 3>by the end of the season as we make this

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<v Speaker 3>playoff push.

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<v Speaker 1>Speaking of all that, Otani's on the IEL. You guys

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<v Speaker 1>are close to wrapping this division up. You have a

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<v Speaker 1>couple of games on the Braves for that number two seed.

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<v Speaker 1>What goes into your thinking, Andrew's thinking, as far as

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<v Speaker 1>considering maybe not having Otani play until game one of

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<v Speaker 1>the NLDS?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, I think the thing, the thought is he's not

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<v Speaker 3>eligible to come back until I think the 23rd. And

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<v Speaker 3>so he's going to start to pick up a bat tomorrow.

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<v Speaker 3>And then so I think that that'll be telling, gathering information,

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<v Speaker 3>having a slower ramp up. But I do think that

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<v Speaker 3>the 23rd isn't set in stone. If he's not feeling 100%

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<v Speaker 3>or as good as he can feel, then there's no

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<v Speaker 3>reason to force it. And so if he misses a

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<v Speaker 3>Padres series, he misses it. And then we have him

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<v Speaker 3>available for the last series of the season to get

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<v Speaker 3>at bats. And if it's not that series, then we

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<v Speaker 3>have the break, hopefully, to then get him live at

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<v Speaker 3>bats versus pitchers. So at the end of the day,

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<v Speaker 3>we've got to do whatever we can to make him

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<v Speaker 3>as healthy as possible before the postseason.

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<v Speaker 1>Dave, is this even in play as a thought that

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<v Speaker 1>if he's not at 100%, that maybe he's not the

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<v Speaker 1>best guy to lead off. Maybe Tommy Edmond is that guy.

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<v Speaker 1>Is that even something under consideration? I know it's down

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<v Speaker 1>the road, but is that a crazy thought?

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<v Speaker 3>It's not a crazy thought, but I just think that

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<v Speaker 3>you have to understand and appreciate that Tommy's done a

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<v Speaker 3>fine job for us. But in no world does anyone

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<v Speaker 3>do I want Tommy taking more at-bats than Shohei Otani.

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<v Speaker 2>And again, I appreciate the question.

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<v Speaker 3>I appreciate certainly appreciate what Tommy's done for us, but

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<v Speaker 3>if Shohei is upright and feeling good, there's not a

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<v Speaker 3>pitch on the planet that would rather face Shohei than

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<v Speaker 3>Tommy Edmund.

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<v Speaker 2>But I don't know.

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<v Speaker 3>Things can change depending on how he's feeling, but if

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<v Speaker 3>he's feeling good, I just don't see anything changing in

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<v Speaker 3>that kind of vein.

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<v Speaker 1>Dave Roberts, the manager's meeting presented by Downey Hyundai. Before

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<v Speaker 1>I back out of here, I've been meaning to ask

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<v Speaker 1>you a question. Just watching not only Dodger games, but

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<v Speaker 1>other games around the league, it seems like More teams

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<v Speaker 1>are bringing the infield in before late in the game,

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<v Speaker 1>before the eighth inning. Is there a philosophical change as

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<v Speaker 1>far as the way the game is thinking about bringing

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<v Speaker 1>infields in now?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, you know, it is interesting.

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<v Speaker 3>I think that we're sort of in the middle. I

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<v Speaker 3>do think that there's some other more new agey analytical

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<v Speaker 3>teams that are way more aggressive and First inning, second inning,

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<v Speaker 3>second and third, one out, nobody out, bringing the infield

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<v Speaker 3>all the way in. I'm not there yet. I do

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<v Speaker 3>think that the world, these guys now are hitting more

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<v Speaker 3>balls in the air, so there's not as many opportunities

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<v Speaker 3>for balls to sneak through. I just, for me, with

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<v Speaker 3>our offense, I would rather concede a run um, early

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<v Speaker 3>to then not give away. It's a harder question when

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<v Speaker 3>there's guys on second and third with a guy on

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<v Speaker 3>first base with one out, I see the infield in

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<v Speaker 3>even early.

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<v Speaker 2>Um, but I'm very, I'm still more on the conservative.

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<v Speaker 3>Side, but I do think Dave, that question, you are

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<v Speaker 3>seeing it around the league where even with no one

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<v Speaker 3>out where we play a depth called three depth, which is, uh,

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<v Speaker 3>halfway in from the two middle infielders. But a lot

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<v Speaker 3>of times, teams are playing for depth. That means in

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<v Speaker 3>on the grass. And that's really aggressive for me.

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<v Speaker 1>Dave, when you were playing, the message it was sending

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<v Speaker 1>to guys like you, if you had the infield in early,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't believe my team can score. Is that just

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<v Speaker 1>a change in thought that you're seeing from other teams?

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<v Speaker 1>And you just mentioned you believe you guys can score.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that's part of it.

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<v Speaker 3>There's a lot of things where you don't think you

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<v Speaker 3>can score You do think you can score.

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<v Speaker 2>Who's on the mound?

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<v Speaker 3>Because, you know, going back to Clayton Kershaw, for example,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, there was an ironic, we had just played

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<v Speaker 3>the Marlins. And I remember in the first inning, guy

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<v Speaker 3>on third base, I played the infield in because I

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<v Speaker 3>just felt that it was going to add pressure to

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<v Speaker 3>the hitter. I didn't want to concede a run with

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<v Speaker 3>Clayton because I felt he could manage it. And guys

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<v Speaker 3>like Snell or Scooble, a lot of times I will

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<v Speaker 3>be more aggressive with the infield in, but I won't

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<v Speaker 3>do that with guy on second and third with nobody

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<v Speaker 3>out or two outs. You just got to understand the scoreboard.

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<v Speaker 3>That certainly matters. And, you know, how your swing team swinging,

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<v Speaker 3>who your opponent is and how they're throwing the baseball,

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<v Speaker 3>all that stuff is part of the.

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<v Speaker 1>Math, especially with the way guys are swinging. Now, do

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<v Speaker 1>you feel like guys feel the pressure of that infield

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<v Speaker 1>bearing down on them?

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<v Speaker 2>They do. They do. They absolutely do.

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<v Speaker 3>And also, you know, you have a guy, as I mentioned,

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<v Speaker 3>Clayton and infields in, and you know, you're, you're more

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<v Speaker 3>up to chase that ball down below and, because you

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<v Speaker 3>see that infield creeping in, and then you just get

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<v Speaker 3>a little bit more extra anxiety, and that certainly plays

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<v Speaker 3>into some hitters.

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<v Speaker 1>Damn, I could go home now. I learned a lot

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<v Speaker 1>just being in the manager's office with Dave Roberts, from

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<v Speaker 1>wine to infield in to where Otani may play and

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<v Speaker 1>when he may play. So thanks a lot for the time.

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<v Speaker 1>You know this is always valuable for all of us,

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<v Speaker 1>so thank you so much.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I enjoyed it, Dave. Thank you for the time,

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<v Speaker 2>and let's get a win tonight.