WEBVTT - Dodger Talk (9-20-26) 

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

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

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

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<v Speaker 2>the fifth.

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

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<v Speaker 2>Here we go again. We're getting ready to run it back.

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<v Speaker 1>To get in on the show, call 866-987-2570. And be

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<v Speaker 1>sure to follow Dodger Talk wherever you get your podcasts.

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

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<v Speaker 2>Welcome to Dodger Talk. David Basset with you until 5.30

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<v Speaker 2>on this beautiful Sunday afternoon in Los Angeles. Even brighter

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<v Speaker 2>when the Dodgers sweep the Giants, and that is what

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<v Speaker 2>has taken place. Over this three-game series, the Dodgers return

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<v Speaker 2>home for the final regular season homestand and begin it

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<v Speaker 2>by sweeping the San Francisco Giants as they lower their

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<v Speaker 2>magic number to clinch that all-important number two seed to three.

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<v Speaker 2>866-987-2570 is the phone number. What kind of Sunday would

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<v Speaker 2>it be? Dodgers win, Raiders win foo. I mean, we

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<v Speaker 2>have a great day going here on this beautiful Sunday.

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<v Speaker 2>And look, it was great to see Emmitt Sheehan do

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<v Speaker 2>what he did today because he certainly has changed. his

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<v Speaker 2>season around he knew he was coming back up he

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<v Speaker 2>knew he was going to be used as the bulk

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<v Speaker 2>innings pitcher he went five and a third scoreless today

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<v Speaker 2>had nine strikeouts and one walk and look That's the

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<v Speaker 2>role Emmett Sheehan is going to be used in in

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<v Speaker 2>a postseason series, likely the NLCS and the World Series,

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<v Speaker 2>because those are best to seven and an NLDS best

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<v Speaker 2>to five. You don't need that many starters, but maybe

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<v Speaker 2>they opt to go with Emmett Sheehan in the NLDS.

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<v Speaker 2>But I distinctly remember him being a big part of

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<v Speaker 2>that Philly series, also part of the World Series, maybe

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<v Speaker 2>didn't go as smooth as he or the Dodgers envisioned,

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<v Speaker 2>but he was able to be part of it, and

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<v Speaker 2>it seems like he's better prepared for what to expect

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<v Speaker 2>this time around. Remember, that was his first taste of

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<v Speaker 2>pitching in the postseason and first taste of pitching out

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<v Speaker 2>of the bullpen. There's something to be said about experience,

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<v Speaker 2>and the 26-year-old Emmitt Sheehan now has that experience under

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<v Speaker 2>his belt. So I think at this point, when we

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<v Speaker 2>talk about the Dodgers, it's about A, staying healthy. It's

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<v Speaker 2>about B, playing good baseball, no matter who you're playing against.

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<v Speaker 2>And I know it was the Marlins and the Reds

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<v Speaker 2>and today the Giants, but The Dodgers, outside of a

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<v Speaker 2>Max Muncy throwing error, played really good baseball against the Giants,

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<v Speaker 2>and that's how you win a one- or two-run game,

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<v Speaker 2>and that's exactly what they did today. And I just

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<v Speaker 2>feel like they're in a really good spot going into

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<v Speaker 2>the postseason. 866-987-2570 is the phone number. Had a great

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<v Speaker 2>time on Sportsnet LA with Steven Nelson and Jessica Mendoza.

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<v Speaker 2>Happy to be back on Dodger Talk. We'll be with

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<v Speaker 2>you during the Padres series. Tomorrow is a day off,

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<v Speaker 2>the final day off of the regular season for the Dodgers.

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<v Speaker 2>And then they welcome in the Padres, who all of

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<v Speaker 2>a sudden now have made it a real race when

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<v Speaker 2>it comes to the wildcard seeding. It seemed like a

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<v Speaker 2>foregone conclusion just now. a week ago that it was

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<v Speaker 2>going to be the Cubs and Phillies as the top

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<v Speaker 2>two wildcard seeds. Now the Padres have caught fire. They've

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<v Speaker 2>won five in a row. They've won 35 games since

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<v Speaker 2>the middle of August. And they and the Cubs now

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<v Speaker 2>are tied for the top spot in the National League

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<v Speaker 2>wildcard picture while the Phillies have faded. So if the

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<v Speaker 2>wildcard picture began now, it would be Cubs Padres fighting

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<v Speaker 2>it out in a short wildcard series while the Phillies

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<v Speaker 2>would have to face an in-division foe in the Atlanta Braves.

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<v Speaker 2>For the longest time, I felt like it was going

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<v Speaker 2>to be Braves Padres in Atlanta. All of a sudden now,

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<v Speaker 2>that's very much in doubt. And the reason why that

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<v Speaker 2>matters is because the Dodgers' magic number to clinch that

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<v Speaker 2>number two seed is at three, and they would play

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<v Speaker 2>the winner of a Braves Phillies now wildcard series. It

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<v Speaker 2>looked like it was going to be the winner of

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<v Speaker 2>a Braves... Padres series but all of a sudden now

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<v Speaker 2>it may be Braves Phillies and I wouldn't say that

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<v Speaker 2>it's a you know as much of a sure thing

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<v Speaker 2>for the Braves to win that wild card series against

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<v Speaker 2>the Phillies even with Jesus Lizardo on the IL and

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<v Speaker 2>not sure what that shoulder injury is going to look

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<v Speaker 2>like they still got Christopher Sanchez they still can beat

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<v Speaker 2>you with one swing of the bat from Kyle Schwarber

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<v Speaker 2>and Bryce Harper and Louisa rise. The Phillies are a

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<v Speaker 2>very dangerous team in a short series, not to mention

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<v Speaker 2>they got, you know, is Zach Wheeler and a Sanchez

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<v Speaker 2>lined up for a game one or game two, but

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<v Speaker 2>that's why the Dodgers getting that number two seat is

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<v Speaker 2>so important because if the Padres are that team, if

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<v Speaker 2>they beat the Braves, if it's the Phillies, that play

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<v Speaker 2>the Braves and beat the Braves, they burn their top

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<v Speaker 2>two starters. And I know the Phillies have more pitching

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<v Speaker 2>depth than the Padres do, and arguably more than the

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<v Speaker 2>Braves do, but you're in a huge disadvantage. A, having

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<v Speaker 2>to play that best of three wildcard series, and then

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<v Speaker 2>whoever plays the Braves, because the Braves are going to

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<v Speaker 2>host that wildcard series. Whoever beats the Braves or if

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<v Speaker 2>the Braves win that series, not only have you spent

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<v Speaker 2>your two best starters, but now you have to fly

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<v Speaker 2>cross country to the West Coast to play the Dodgers.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's not something anybody wants to have to do,

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<v Speaker 2>especially when you'll have arrested Yamamoto, arrested Snell, arrested Scooble

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<v Speaker 2>to go in a best of five series. And by

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<v Speaker 2>the way, Blake Snell is Threw again off of flat ground.

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<v Speaker 2>He really got into his back leg, his power drive leg,

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<v Speaker 2>his left leg where the left groin stiffness popped up

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<v Speaker 2>in his last start in Cincinnati. And he is really

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<v Speaker 2>confident that he's 100% ready to go. And it kind

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<v Speaker 2>of feels like he'll pitch Saturday in San Francisco. Nothing's

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<v Speaker 2>been determined except for the fact that Dave Roberts said

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<v Speaker 2>earlier today two different times that Snell would pitch in

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<v Speaker 2>the final series against in San Francisco. We just don't

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<v Speaker 2>know what day officially. Speaking of the Dodgers pitching staff,

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<v Speaker 2>Rokey Sasaki was such a big part of the bullpen

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<v Speaker 2>last year. I know Dave Roberts has kind of waffled

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<v Speaker 2>between Rokey coming back and being a starter or Rokey

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<v Speaker 2>coming as a reliever. All of a sudden now, this

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<v Speaker 2>is what Dave Roberts had to say about when Rokey

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<v Speaker 2>Sasaki pitches against the Padres, what role it would be in.

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<v Speaker 3>No, it's not a bulk guy. I could see multiples,

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<v Speaker 3>but it's not going to be bulk as in four

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<v Speaker 3>or five innings.

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<v Speaker 4>It won't be that.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I trust him. I trust Rokey in any situation.

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<v Speaker 3>I would say probably not coming into an inning. I mean,

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<v Speaker 3>probably start a clean inning, but yeah. It won't be

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<v Speaker 3>in the ninth this the first time, but it potentially

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<v Speaker 3>could fall out, but it won't be that way.

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<v Speaker 2>You mentioned having Rookie as insurance, but now that you

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<v Speaker 2>have a little bit more stability around your starters and

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<v Speaker 2>you have Sheehan for length, is this now part of

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<v Speaker 2>the transition to him as how you like to use

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<v Speaker 2>him in the postseason?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, because I think that, you know, he's done it.

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<v Speaker 3>He's really good. He's a neutral pitcher, high octane stuff.

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<v Speaker 3>and then so you really just need four starters, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>so we're in a good spot there for now.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, there you go. Dave Roberts laying it out

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<v Speaker 2>and making it more transparent than what he has in

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<v Speaker 2>the last week. I mean, we all expected at some

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<v Speaker 2>point Rokey to transition to that reliever role, but I

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<v Speaker 2>guess that's also a signal that the Dodgers are very

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<v Speaker 2>confident that Snell is healthy and Glasnow's healthy. I felt

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<v Speaker 2>like they were kind of waiting to see if those

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<v Speaker 2>two guys were going to be healthy the final week

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<v Speaker 2>of the season before they decided to transition Roki Sasaki

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<v Speaker 2>to the bullpen. And we all know how good he

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<v Speaker 2>was in getting the final six and three outs of

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<v Speaker 2>different playoff games last year. So you're going to see

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<v Speaker 2>Roki Sasaki in a bullpen role. Against the Padres, Dave

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<v Speaker 2>Roberts before the game indicated it would be Wednesday where

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<v Speaker 2>Roque would come and pitch and be activated off the IL.

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<v Speaker 2>And then you just heard him say right there, not

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<v Speaker 2>the first time pitching in the ninth inning, maybe the

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<v Speaker 2>second time.

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<v Speaker 5>So.

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<v Speaker 2>Those things are definitely in motion as the Dodgers now

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<v Speaker 2>are entering the final week of the regular season. Only

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<v Speaker 2>six more games to go. So this is not a

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<v Speaker 2>dress rehearsal for the postseason, but it's aligning their pitching staff,

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<v Speaker 2>aligning their bullpen and getting guys used to what they're

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<v Speaker 2>going to have. to be called upon in the postseason.

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<v Speaker 2>Emmitt Sheehan today coming in after an opener. Roki Sasaki

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<v Speaker 2>now will be pitching out of the bullpen. in the

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<v Speaker 2>final handful of appearances that he has against the Padres

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<v Speaker 2>and Giants. So things are starting to round into shape,

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<v Speaker 2>and more importantly, the Dodgers are getting Andy Pahez back

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<v Speaker 2>on Tuesday. As I told you first a couple of

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<v Speaker 2>days ago, Pahez said Tuesday's going to be the day.

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<v Speaker 2>Tuesday is going to be the day the Dodgers get

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<v Speaker 2>their all-star center fielder back, and also Shohei Otani trending

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<v Speaker 2>toward being activated today. when he's eligible coming up during

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<v Speaker 2>this series against the Padres. That also could be Wednesday.

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<v Speaker 2>866-987-2570 is the phone number. Dodgers beat the Giants today 3-1.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's go out to Colorado. Patrick, you're listening on the

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<v Speaker 2>iHeartRadio app. Hi, Patrick. You're on Dodger Talk.

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<v Speaker 4>Hello, David.

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<v Speaker 6>It is an absolute joy. This is a great win

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<v Speaker 6>for the Dodgers. I can't believe for one second that

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<v Speaker 6>we're going to lose to the Padres. And even if

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<v Speaker 6>we meet them in postseason, we have so many weapons

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<v Speaker 6>like you just described. There's no way, there's no way

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<v Speaker 6>we're going to lose this. We're going to get our

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<v Speaker 6>11 victories. We're going to be the back-to-back-to-back champions. No

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<v Speaker 6>doubt in my mind.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, Patrick, thank you for that declaration. And look,

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<v Speaker 2>I haven't wavered. I told you in the middle of

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<v Speaker 2>the summer, the Dodgers are going to shock a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of people because I know the National League is superior

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<v Speaker 2>to the American League, but it reminds me of the

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<v Speaker 2>imbalance in the NBA when Shaq and Kobe were going

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<v Speaker 2>for their three-peat. If you get through the West, whoever

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<v Speaker 2>you're going to face in the finals from the Eastern Conference,

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<v Speaker 2>whether it be the Pacers or the Nets, or the Sixers.

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<v Speaker 2>The Dodgers, the Lakers back then were going to steamroll

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<v Speaker 2>whoever was in front of them after getting past the Spurs,

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<v Speaker 2>the Trailblazers, and the Sacramento Queens. The Dodgers are in

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<v Speaker 2>a similar position. If they get through the National League,

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<v Speaker 2>whoever they face, and I believe it's going to be

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<v Speaker 2>a rematch of the 20 World Series, the Tampa Bay Rays,

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<v Speaker 2>I think you're going to see a Dodgers-Rays rematch World

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<v Speaker 2>Series with actual full capacity fans in the stands this

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<v Speaker 2>World Series. And the Rays don't sleep on the Rays.

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<v Speaker 2>They're really good. They got a great pitching staff. They

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<v Speaker 2>may not have as deep of a lineup as the

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<v Speaker 2>Dodgers have. But in my opinion, they have the American

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<v Speaker 2>League MVP and Junior Caminero. So I really do believe

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<v Speaker 2>it's going to be a rematch of the 20 World

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<v Speaker 2>Series Dodgers Rays this year. But I believe the Dodgers

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<v Speaker 2>are going to shock lot of people. It's going to

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<v Speaker 2>be a lot easier of a road for them. They

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<v Speaker 2>are going to dominate their opponents on the way to

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<v Speaker 2>a three-peat. Take that to the bank, baby. Eight, six, well,

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<v Speaker 2>don't trust me about football, but trust me about baseball,

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<v Speaker 2>because I picked the dang Tampa Bay Bucs in my

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<v Speaker 2>survivor pool, and I'm out. All right. Anyway, I'm serious.

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<v Speaker 2>I said that in June, July. I believe it now.

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<v Speaker 2>You got Yamamoto, you got Snell, you got Scooble. Tell

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<v Speaker 2>me who's beating these guys. And now you got Mookie

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<v Speaker 2>Betts sitting on all cylinders. You got life out of

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<v Speaker 2>Kyle Tucker. Teoscar Hernandez has made adjustments to his stance.

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<v Speaker 2>He's confident. His eyes are good. And all of a

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<v Speaker 2>sudden now, October Teo is in full swing as well.

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<v Speaker 2>And it seems like the Dodgers, all of a sudden now,

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<v Speaker 2>have their bullpen in order with Rokey Sasaki and the

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<v Speaker 2>secret weapon, Chris Bubich, who again pitched a scoreless inning

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<v Speaker 2>in relief despite an extra out being given by Max Muncy,

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<v Speaker 2>a throwing error. Bubich unwavered. This guy, I'm telling you,

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<v Speaker 2>is going to be a big part of the Dodgers'

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<v Speaker 2>October bullpen. Let's go out to the OC. Steve, you're

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<v Speaker 2>on Dodger Talk. How you doing, Steve?

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<v Speaker 7>Hey, I'm doing great. Great weekend, Dave. A question for you.

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<v Speaker 7>Scooble's last appearance, was it just a bad outing for him?

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<v Speaker 7>Is there anything to be concerned about? And number two,

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<v Speaker 7>I've noticed a pattern with Scott. He gets the first

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<v Speaker 7>two outs very quickly and then just seems to lose

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<v Speaker 7>focus on the third batter.

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<v Speaker 8>I want to know if you had noticed that at all.

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<v Speaker 8>And that's it. Great weekend. Awesome.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I agree with you, Steve. It's a trend that

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sure the Dodgers are noticing as well. He gets

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<v Speaker 2>the first two outs and then it feels like either

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<v Speaker 2>he's locked in and then all of a sudden he

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<v Speaker 2>loses focus or he realizes where he's at one out

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<v Speaker 2>away from getting the final out of the game. But

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<v Speaker 2>I have seen that trend. As far as Scooble goes,

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<v Speaker 2>he did go on bereavement. Dave Roberts didn't say what

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<v Speaker 2>it exactly was, but when a player goes on bereavement,

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<v Speaker 2>there's something positive personal going on and it's not, uh,

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<v Speaker 2>to my knowledge, his wife giving birth. Um, so maybe

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<v Speaker 2>he just had something on his mind that was hanging

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<v Speaker 2>over him yesterday that affected his focus because usually his

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<v Speaker 2>fastball command is not as erratic as it was yesterday.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh, well, that makes sense. That makes sense.

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<v Speaker 7>I didn't know that fact. So, uh, I would say

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<v Speaker 7>disregard my question, and that's enough to upset anybody's rhythm,

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<v Speaker 7>especially at the level that these guys play.

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<v Speaker 2>Hey, Steve, who you got for your first three starters

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<v Speaker 2>in the postseason? Which way would you stack it?

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<v Speaker 7>I'd probably go Glassnow, Yamamoto, Scooble.

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<v Speaker 2>Stop it. Stop it. You are not pitching Tyler Glassnow

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<v Speaker 2>in game one. I almost fell out of the booth, Steve.

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<v Speaker 7>I'd probably go Yamamoto and then Scooble.

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<v Speaker 2>All right. All right. That's fair. I disagree with that

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<v Speaker 2>because if you have Scooble pitch one of the first

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<v Speaker 2>two games against of a series in a seven-game series,

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<v Speaker 2>you're setting him up to pitch twice at the end

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<v Speaker 2>of the series. So I'm sticking with Yamamoto and Snell

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<v Speaker 2>and Scooble in game three. I think you have your

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<v Speaker 2>two horses from a year ago be the same two

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<v Speaker 2>horses that get you a 2-0 lead early and then

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<v Speaker 2>allow Scooble and Glasnow to close it out. Look, here's

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<v Speaker 2>the reality of the business of baseball. Free agency is

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<v Speaker 2>on the horizon. Scooble is not in the same position

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<v Speaker 2>as Max Scherzer, who already had made his big money

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<v Speaker 2>with the Nationals. Scooble has not made the big money

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<v Speaker 2>yet in free agency. I know you don't want to

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<v Speaker 2>acknowledge that, but it's the business of baseball. He's on

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<v Speaker 2>the verge of free agency for the first time. He

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<v Speaker 2>turned down extensions from the Tigers to be able to

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<v Speaker 2>hit free agency. I just don't see him overextending himself

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<v Speaker 2>enough for the Dodgers. Is he going to pitch a

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<v Speaker 2>hundred percent? Is he going to empty the tank when

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<v Speaker 2>he pitches 100%, but is he going to pitch when

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<v Speaker 2>you need him out of the bullpen along with pitching

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<v Speaker 2>twice in a series? Probably the only scenario would be

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<v Speaker 2>in a world series clinching situation. That's the only time

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<v Speaker 2>I could see him going that far, but that's the

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<v Speaker 2>reality of things. And I don't, I, at, For Scooble,

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<v Speaker 2>I feel like he's in a different bucket than Scherzer.

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<v Speaker 2>Scherzer had made his money by 2021. There was no

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<v Speaker 2>reason for him to tap out on game six in

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<v Speaker 2>the NLCS. Scooble has not hit free agency yet. So

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<v Speaker 2>those are the reasons why I would line it up

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<v Speaker 2>with Yamamoto, Snell, and Scooble. And here's another fact that

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<v Speaker 2>you may not want to acknowledge. The best lefty on

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<v Speaker 2>the team is Blake Snell. Blake Snell is the elite

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<v Speaker 2>lefty on this staff when he's healthy. Now, the biggest

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<v Speaker 2>problem for Blake is he hasn't stayed healthy his first

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<v Speaker 2>two years with the Dodgers. And it's shocking that Scooble

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<v Speaker 2>has made more starts for the Dodgers than Blake Snell

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<v Speaker 2>this season.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>But if Snell can deliver the way he delivered in

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<v Speaker 2>October last year, that will all be forgotten. 866-987-2570 is

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<v Speaker 2>the phone number. We're going to take a timeout here

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<v Speaker 2>on Dodger Talk. When we come back, Jose Mota will

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<v Speaker 2>check in after the Dodgers sweep the Giants with a

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<v Speaker 2>3-1 win on the back-to-back World Champion Dodgers Audio Network.

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<v Speaker 9>Come down to the final day, but they're 78-78, 500.

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<v Speaker 2>Edmund swings, hits a drive, deep right field, way back

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<v Speaker 2>and gone!

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<v Speaker 9>It is a tank for Tommy, and it's a tie game, 1-1,

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<v Speaker 9>as Edmund hits his seventh home.

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<v Speaker 2>Run of the year.

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<v Speaker 9>Put it to the far reaches of the visiting bullpen

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<v Speaker 9>out in the right field corner.

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<v Speaker 2>Tommy Edmonds starting to get that groove again. Last night

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<v Speaker 2>drove in the go-ahead runs. Today ties the game up

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<v Speaker 2>with a tank to right field. And the Dodgers come

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<v Speaker 2>from behind and beat the Giants today three to one

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<v Speaker 2>With Shohei Otani coming back likely on Wednesday when he

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<v Speaker 2>could be activated at the earliest, everybody is starting to

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<v Speaker 2>ask the question, should Mookie Betts be the leadoff hitter

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<v Speaker 2>or should Shohei Otani go back to being the leadoff hitter?

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<v Speaker 2>I know Mookie is the man as the leadoff hitter.

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<v Speaker 2>I know he feels empowered and confident as the Dodgers

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<v Speaker 2>leadoff hitter. I know he has the fourth most leadoff

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<v Speaker 2>home runs in baseball history as a leadoff hitter. I

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<v Speaker 2>know he still has the record in Los Angeles for

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<v Speaker 2>the most leadoff home runs by a L.A. Dodger with 33.

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<v Speaker 4>But.

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<v Speaker 2>Mookie Betts hitting behind Shohei Otani makes a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>sense because not only to start the game, can you

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<v Speaker 2>go left, right, left with Otani, Betts, and Freeman, and

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<v Speaker 2>then either Max Muncy or Will Smith hitting cleanup, you

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<v Speaker 2>also allow Otani to get the most at-bats leading off.

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<v Speaker 2>And we all know Otani has more power than Mookie.

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<v Speaker 2>I know Otani's not the 50-50 guy, but I am

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<v Speaker 2>still leaning towards having Otani be the leadoff hitter when

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<v Speaker 2>he returns. As good as Mookie Betts is, it's a

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<v Speaker 2>great problem to have. You basically have two leadoff hitters

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<v Speaker 2>at the top of your order, but With the way

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<v Speaker 2>the bottom of the lineup is starting to get on base,

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<v Speaker 2>all of a sudden now opposing pitchers are in a

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<v Speaker 2>heap of trouble having to face Otani and Mookie Betts.

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<v Speaker 2>If you have Mookie lead off, all of a sudden

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<v Speaker 2>now you may have too many consecutive lefties following him.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's the only reason why you want to have

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<v Speaker 2>Mookie breaking up those string of left-handed hitters. 866-987-2570 is

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<v Speaker 2>the phone number. The other argument is as well, Mookie,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, for the majority of this season and even

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<v Speaker 2>going back to last year, really hasn't crushed left-handed pitching,

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<v Speaker 2>but Freddie Freeman could hit left-handed pitching. Will Smith can

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<v Speaker 2>hit left-handed pitching. You need somebody behind Otani that can

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<v Speaker 2>make an opposing manager pay for bringing in a high

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<v Speaker 2>leverage left-handed reliever to not only face Otani and Freeman,

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<v Speaker 2>specifically Otani, but to make them pay with a right-handed

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<v Speaker 2>hitter that can do some damage. And look, the way

0:22:50.270 --> 0:22:53.230
<v Speaker 2>Mookie's swinging the bat these days, he could do damage

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<v Speaker 2>against virtually anybody. And I know the pitchers that he's

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<v Speaker 2>facing are not the caliber of pitchers that he'll see

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<v Speaker 2>in the postseason, but with Mookie Betts, it's about confidence.

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<v Speaker 2>And right now, His confidence is at an all-time high

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<v Speaker 2>for this season. 866-987-2570 is the phone number. Dodgers sweep

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<v Speaker 2>the Giants. Man, that has a sweet ring to it.

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<v Speaker 2>No matter how bad the Giants are, 90-plus losing team,

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<v Speaker 2>it still feels great to say the Dodgers swept the Giants. Today,

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<v Speaker 2>the final score, 3-1. 866-987-2570 is the phone number. We'll

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<v Speaker 2>get back to the phone calls in a moment, but first, It's.

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<v Speaker 1>Time to go around the horn with Jose Mota.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, Jose Mota, you know how sweet it is

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<v Speaker 2>to beat the Giants, even though they're this bad. I

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<v Speaker 2>think Dodger fans love seeing them in more pain after

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<v Speaker 2>a sweep.

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<v Speaker 5>Dodger fans understand and know exactly what those colors mean, man.

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<v Speaker 5>As Halloween approaches, they know a lot of fans don't

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<v Speaker 5>want to see those decorations in their house. They don't

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<v Speaker 5>want to see the Giants colors in their house. And

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<v Speaker 5>To see the Giants walk out of here with three losses, obviously,

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<v Speaker 5>is quite satisfying for the fans and obviously for the

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<v Speaker 5>Dodgers against anybody just to continue playing good baseball. But, Dave,

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<v Speaker 5>you know what? Welcome back, man. You're a hardworking man,

0:24:13.390 --> 0:24:15.629
<v Speaker 5>looking good on TV, all polished and all cleaned up.

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<v Speaker 5>And you're back on radio.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, back up in the saddle. All it takes is

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<v Speaker 2>a few steps to get back to the radio booth, Jose.

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<v Speaker 5>You couldn't stay away from me.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, yeah, no doubt. And as far as the Dodgers go,

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<v Speaker 2>Emmett Sheehan, man, what a different man. He's a new

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<v Speaker 2>man after going to Oklahoma City and working with one

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<v Speaker 2>of the best pitching coaches in the organization, Dave Anderson.

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<v Speaker 5>One thing about Emmett Sheehan that you mentioned, Dave Anderson,

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<v Speaker 5>I'm glad you mentioned that because, you know, as good

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<v Speaker 5>as the guys are here in the big leagues, there's

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<v Speaker 5>a lot of stress sometimes. They have to go out

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<v Speaker 5>there and fix things between starts and throw in your

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<v Speaker 5>bullpen and let's go out and look what the schedule

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<v Speaker 5>looks like, who are you going to be matching up against.

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<v Speaker 5>You go to AAA and it's not like you're taking

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<v Speaker 5>a breather. You're going out there saying, you know, I've

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<v Speaker 5>been in a championship team. I got rings. I know

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<v Speaker 5>who I am. But I need to get better. And

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<v Speaker 5>that's the attitude. that a lot of these young players

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<v Speaker 5>have with the Dodgers saying, when I get sent down,

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<v Speaker 5>it's about getting better at what I do because eventually

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<v Speaker 5>they promise you and they bring you back if you

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<v Speaker 5>go out there and just bust your tail and work hard.

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<v Speaker 5>His numbers in AAA in a very tough pitcher's league

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<v Speaker 5>were outstanding, and that doesn't talk about who he was facing.

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<v Speaker 5>It talks about commanding the fastball and making his fastball

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<v Speaker 5>run better upstairs by not utilizing as much upstairs. You know,

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<v Speaker 5>you and I talked for four months about, Why does

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<v Speaker 5>he get hit at 96, 97? Because everything's up above

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<v Speaker 5>the belt, and guys really are no strangers to putting

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<v Speaker 5>the bat and the ball in that area. Now he

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<v Speaker 5>can tighten up the sliders. It was the same in

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<v Speaker 5>the postgame. He can give it different looks. And also

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<v Speaker 5>understanding how to change speeds on that pitch has been

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<v Speaker 5>a clue for him. But the number one thing really, Dave,

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<v Speaker 5>has been the attitude and the efficiency and the fact

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<v Speaker 5>that he has command now of his fastball, his changeup,

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<v Speaker 5>and two different kinds of breaking balls.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, he talked about his curveball. He said he worked

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<v Speaker 2>on that at Oklahoma City. And today you saw him

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<v Speaker 2>not only use that curveball to right handed hitters from

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<v Speaker 2>the front door. He also was able to, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>use that curveball in different ways. It seems like for

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<v Speaker 2>him to use that pitch in different counts, different hitters,

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<v Speaker 2>it seems like it made his fastball that much better.

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<v Speaker 5>Way better now because he can throw the breaking balls

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<v Speaker 5>in three different looks. I'll say opposite pitches in three

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<v Speaker 5>different looks early in counts. Now the fouls zips by

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<v Speaker 5>you at 96, 97 with some movement and some life.

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<v Speaker 5>With him, the way you portray a guy like this

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<v Speaker 5>and you project him, he could be, you know, you're

0:26:45.530 --> 0:26:49.310
<v Speaker 5>Justin Robleski from that side in October because he is tough.

0:26:49.330 --> 0:26:51.910
<v Speaker 5>He can get a strikeout. He has a nice pace

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<v Speaker 5>on the mound. Hopefully nothing in terms of environment or

0:26:55.090 --> 0:26:58.449
<v Speaker 5>who he faces is going to phase him or change him,

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<v Speaker 5>but he is just a great arm to have, a

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<v Speaker 5>great attitude, and a kid that knows and understands the

0:27:03.040 --> 0:27:05.879
<v Speaker 5>expectations way more. And by taking that step back and

0:27:05.890 --> 0:27:08.740
<v Speaker 5>listening to another voice, it's also advantageous for a young player,

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<v Speaker 5>but he knows and understands the expectations up here. And

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<v Speaker 5>I think more than anything, Dave, is There's competition, and

0:27:14.760 --> 0:27:16.320
<v Speaker 5>guys want to be a part of the bullpen or

0:27:16.340 --> 0:27:17.260
<v Speaker 5>the rotation. Why not?

0:27:17.840 --> 0:27:20.770
<v Speaker 2>Jose Mota is joining us after the Dodgers sweep the

0:27:20.830 --> 0:27:24.990
<v Speaker 2>Giants 3-1, the final score today. Emmitt Sheehan pitching out

0:27:25.030 --> 0:27:27.830
<v Speaker 2>of the bullpen for five and a third scoreless innings

0:27:27.890 --> 0:27:32.170
<v Speaker 2>helps the Dodgers beat San Francisco today. Now, Dave Roberts

0:27:32.280 --> 0:27:36.180
<v Speaker 2>said after the game today that Roki Sasaki will pitch

0:27:36.240 --> 0:27:39.100
<v Speaker 2>against the Padres but not start a game, come out

0:27:39.140 --> 0:27:42.660
<v Speaker 2>of the bullpen and not be a bulk pitcher. So

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<v Speaker 2>we're starting to get a sense of what the Dodgers

0:27:45.900 --> 0:27:49.709
<v Speaker 2>may be getting Rokey used to. Do you believe that

0:27:49.730 --> 0:27:52.909
<v Speaker 2>we're going to see a more lethal version of Rokey

0:27:52.950 --> 0:27:55.369
<v Speaker 2>Sasaki coming out of the bullpen this time?

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<v Speaker 5>I really do, because last year he was limited to

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<v Speaker 5>the one inning, maybe two, or, you know, multiple batters

0:28:02.450 --> 0:28:05.709
<v Speaker 5>going into the second inning. But now he is stretched

0:28:05.750 --> 0:28:08.380
<v Speaker 5>out as a starter. I'm not really... Much concern about

0:28:08.420 --> 0:28:10.600
<v Speaker 5>him not having pitch here as of late. He knows

0:28:10.640 --> 0:28:13.899
<v Speaker 5>and understands that, you know, getting ready out of the

0:28:13.920 --> 0:28:16.240
<v Speaker 5>bullpen is not going to give you the leeway and

0:28:16.280 --> 0:28:19.120
<v Speaker 5>all that leisure time to go out there and, you know,

0:28:19.260 --> 0:28:21.700
<v Speaker 5>stretch out and play catch in left field or whatever

0:28:21.720 --> 0:28:24.210
<v Speaker 5>it is in the outfield. But the urgency comes up

0:28:24.270 --> 0:28:27.310
<v Speaker 5>right away. And just having him, you know, it's having

0:28:27.330 --> 0:28:29.190
<v Speaker 5>the luxury of doing that for the Dodgers right now

0:28:29.310 --> 0:28:31.490
<v Speaker 5>at this point of the season. But it's so helpful

0:28:31.530 --> 0:28:33.290
<v Speaker 5>for a guy to say, okay, what's my routine going

0:28:33.310 --> 0:28:34.950
<v Speaker 5>to be? What do I need to do? Who do

0:28:34.990 --> 0:28:37.200
<v Speaker 5>I need to study? Which situation may I come in?

0:28:37.600 --> 0:28:39.600
<v Speaker 5>Because Dave clearly said he wants him to come in

0:28:39.640 --> 0:28:42.510
<v Speaker 5>in a clean inning, not to relieve anybody or to

0:28:42.550 --> 0:28:44.790
<v Speaker 5>go out there and save somebody, but to understand that

0:28:44.830 --> 0:28:47.530
<v Speaker 5>he needs to get ready fast, faster I should say,

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<v Speaker 5>but also to know that he can go out there

0:28:49.650 --> 0:28:51.580
<v Speaker 5>and give you some length, righties and lefties, the way

0:28:51.620 --> 0:28:53.630
<v Speaker 5>his stuff is playing out. Hopefully there will be no

0:28:53.710 --> 0:28:56.670
<v Speaker 5>issues again with that blister, and he's not going to

0:28:56.690 --> 0:28:58.850
<v Speaker 5>be holding back. The bullpens I've seen and the lives

0:28:58.910 --> 0:29:01.250
<v Speaker 5>I've seen has been pretty incredible, the pop of the fastball,

0:29:01.630 --> 0:29:05.130
<v Speaker 5>the command, the repetition of the mechanics. But he is

0:29:05.170 --> 0:29:07.200
<v Speaker 5>a great weapon to have. If you keep him stretched

0:29:07.240 --> 0:29:11.560
<v Speaker 5>out enough, understand that anybody falters and, you know, snow's

0:29:11.840 --> 0:29:14.140
<v Speaker 5>throwing pops up again, he is more than ready and

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<v Speaker 5>understanding more and more that there's a bigger role for him.

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<v Speaker 2>Hey, maybe that blister is part of the reason why

0:29:19.770 --> 0:29:22.550
<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers decided to have him come out of the bullpen.

0:29:22.610 --> 0:29:25.600
<v Speaker 2>Maybe they're trying to manage that blister, not irritate it,

0:29:25.660 --> 0:29:29.660
<v Speaker 2>not let it reopen by having him pitch maybe two innings,

0:29:29.740 --> 0:29:31.320
<v Speaker 2>three at the most out of the bullpen.

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<v Speaker 5>It could be part of the theory, too, because, you know,

0:29:34.770 --> 0:29:36.750
<v Speaker 5>when you ask a guy that, you know, has that

0:29:36.790 --> 0:29:38.570
<v Speaker 5>type of issue in the past, guys that I've talked to,

0:29:38.630 --> 0:29:40.740
<v Speaker 5>it's like, if you tell me about starting a game

0:29:40.980 --> 0:29:42.500
<v Speaker 5>i might be a little tender to say you know

0:29:42.540 --> 0:29:43.640
<v Speaker 5>what i don't want to go out there and do

0:29:43.700 --> 0:29:45.510
<v Speaker 5>something that is going to hurt the team but when

0:29:45.550 --> 0:29:48.790
<v Speaker 5>you're leaving in october it's a different monster it's like

0:29:49.090 --> 0:29:50.470
<v Speaker 5>it might bother me a little bit more but if

0:29:50.530 --> 0:29:53.790
<v Speaker 5>i'm executing pitches it's not hampering me in terms of

0:29:53.890 --> 0:29:56.590
<v Speaker 5>execution or hanging pitches or being able to use my

0:29:56.630 --> 0:29:59.730
<v Speaker 5>whole arsenal, then let's go at it. It's a different mentality.

0:29:59.750 --> 0:30:02.210
<v Speaker 5>It's a different monster. It's a different season once you

0:30:02.250 --> 0:30:04.469
<v Speaker 5>give the ball to guys in October. It seems like

0:30:04.670 --> 0:30:07.800
<v Speaker 5>every little pain or discomfort appears very quickly, and that's

0:30:07.820 --> 0:30:08.760
<v Speaker 5>what you want from guys right now.

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<v Speaker 2>Jose, I'll tell you this right now. Obviously, we haven't

0:30:11.960 --> 0:30:14.700
<v Speaker 2>seen Rokey this year, but if there was one guy

0:30:14.740 --> 0:30:17.000
<v Speaker 2>you had to tell me had to get the final

0:30:17.620 --> 0:30:20.640
<v Speaker 2>three to six outs of a playoff game, I'm choosing

0:30:20.700 --> 0:30:21.480
<v Speaker 2>Rokey right now.

0:30:22.210 --> 0:30:23.490
<v Speaker 5>You're going to choose Rocky. You know who I'm going

0:30:23.510 --> 0:30:26.870
<v Speaker 5>to put on that list, too? Evan Phillips. Remember that name?

0:30:27.530 --> 0:30:29.070
<v Speaker 2>Yeah. Evan Phillips.

0:30:29.510 --> 0:30:31.670
<v Speaker 5>What I saw yesterday in talking to Conor McGinnis today

0:30:32.370 --> 0:30:34.150
<v Speaker 5>was something I hadn't seen in a couple years. I

0:30:34.210 --> 0:30:36.790
<v Speaker 5>mean the determination of the fastball, being able to use

0:30:37.310 --> 0:30:40.250
<v Speaker 5>arm side, glove side, and then the breaking ball was

0:30:40.310 --> 0:30:43.320
<v Speaker 5>the best I've seen from him in two seasons because

0:30:43.520 --> 0:30:46.500
<v Speaker 5>it is absolutely darting and disappearing. So put Rocky up

0:30:46.520 --> 0:30:49.440
<v Speaker 5>there with Evan Phillips. Let's not forget about that name.

0:30:50.060 --> 0:30:53.780
<v Speaker 2>All right. Thanks, Jose. Evan Phillips, obviously a big part

0:30:53.800 --> 0:30:56.880
<v Speaker 2>of the 24 championship run, one of the bullpen dogs

0:30:57.000 --> 0:31:00.870
<v Speaker 2>and just obviously is used as the super reliever in

0:31:01.050 --> 0:31:04.730
<v Speaker 2>many different innings, different situations. So, yeah, those two guys,

0:31:04.790 --> 0:31:07.370
<v Speaker 2>I would say, are at the top of my trust tree, Jose.

0:31:08.010 --> 0:31:10.810
<v Speaker 5>So get your Japanese ready for those postgame interviews because

0:31:10.830 --> 0:31:13.030
<v Speaker 5>you're never going to be a Spanish or Japanese or

0:31:13.050 --> 0:31:15.990
<v Speaker 5>the Paula or English or Italian. You never know, Dave.

0:31:16.680 --> 0:31:18.660
<v Speaker 2>All right, Jose. Thanks a lot, and we'll see you

0:31:19.010 --> 0:31:22.050
<v Speaker 2>on Tuesday at the ballpark with the Dodgers and Padres.

0:31:22.590 --> 0:31:25.850
<v Speaker 5>Great job on TV. Great job on the radio también, David. Adios.

0:31:26.410 --> 0:31:30.470
<v Speaker 2>Okay. Feliz domingo. Jose Mota, part of the Dodgers Spanish

0:31:30.570 --> 0:31:34.400
<v Speaker 2>radio broadcast. Yeah. If Evan Phillips can get back to

0:31:34.460 --> 0:31:38.500
<v Speaker 2>being consistently Evan Phillips, all of a sudden now he's

0:31:38.580 --> 0:31:41.720
<v Speaker 2>a guy that certainly can come in the sixth inning,

0:31:41.840 --> 0:31:45.850
<v Speaker 2>seventh inning, and get you out of a high leverage situation.

0:31:46.200 --> 0:31:48.850
<v Speaker 2>And that's what the Dodgers have loved using him for,

0:31:49.370 --> 0:31:52.410
<v Speaker 2>not locking him in into just the ninth inning, but

0:31:52.470 --> 0:31:56.470
<v Speaker 2>having the freedom to use Phillips in a big situation

0:31:56.530 --> 0:31:59.190
<v Speaker 2>in the sixth inning, the seventh inning, the eighth inning,

0:31:59.250 --> 0:32:04.850
<v Speaker 2>and of course, the ninth inning. 866-987-2570 is the phone number.

0:32:05.210 --> 0:32:10.020
<v Speaker 2>Dodgers beat the Giants today 3-1. Chris Bubich, the win

0:32:10.220 --> 0:32:14.220
<v Speaker 2>in relief. The first win for Bubich this season since

0:32:14.380 --> 0:32:17.510
<v Speaker 2>May when he was starting for the Kansas City Royals

0:32:17.620 --> 0:32:20.560
<v Speaker 2>and I know we don't keep up on Royals baseball

0:32:20.640 --> 0:32:22.920
<v Speaker 2>out here in LA, but this guy was an all-star

0:32:22.940 --> 0:32:26.480
<v Speaker 2>last year as a starter. He's had some arm issues.

0:32:26.820 --> 0:32:30.200
<v Speaker 2>The Dodgers made an under-the-radar trade for him. He's a

0:32:30.260 --> 0:32:32.340
<v Speaker 2>free agent at the end of the year and has

0:32:32.380 --> 0:32:35.050
<v Speaker 2>certainly embraced pitching out of the bullpen to help the

0:32:35.090 --> 0:32:38.870
<v Speaker 2>Dodgers in any way he can. There wasn't enough time

0:32:38.910 --> 0:32:41.150
<v Speaker 2>for him to build up after he was traded to

0:32:41.170 --> 0:32:44.890
<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers, still going through the rehab process. And here

0:32:44.910 --> 0:32:48.280
<v Speaker 2>he is now. Three outings, has not given up a run,

0:32:48.360 --> 0:32:51.720
<v Speaker 2>and has struck out two of the three batters that

0:32:51.760 --> 0:32:56.360
<v Speaker 2>he has faced in each of his three outings. So

0:32:56.740 --> 0:32:59.830
<v Speaker 2>he's definitely a secret weapon that maybe is not a

0:32:59.870 --> 0:33:05.740
<v Speaker 2>household name right now. 866-987-2570 is the phone number. Let's

0:33:05.770 --> 0:33:08.790
<v Speaker 2>go out to Long Beach. Carsey, you're on Dodger Talk

0:33:08.850 --> 0:33:10.450
<v Speaker 2>live from the stadium. Hi, Carsey.

0:33:12.090 --> 0:33:14.920
<v Speaker 10>Hi, Dave. So happy to be on.

0:33:14.940 --> 0:33:17.180
<v Speaker 2>Oh, I'm happy to hear that.

0:33:19.360 --> 0:33:26.190
<v Speaker 10>So our magic number is down to three, and it

0:33:26.230 --> 0:33:31.670
<v Speaker 10>means we're that much closer to clinching a bye. Problem is,

0:33:32.110 --> 0:33:35.200
<v Speaker 10>it seems every time we get a bye, we thought

0:33:35.440 --> 0:33:42.680
<v Speaker 10>when the ALCS went to extra games last year and

0:33:43.200 --> 0:33:51.070
<v Speaker 10>we were kind of sitting the rest versus rust um, conversation,

0:33:51.090 --> 0:33:56.570
<v Speaker 10>do you think the Dodgers would benefit, uh, from the

0:33:56.630 --> 0:33:58.540
<v Speaker 10>buy this year, uh, versus, uh, the team last year?

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<v Speaker 4>Um, yes.

0:33:58.690 --> 0:33:58.770
<v Speaker 3>Yes.

0:33:59.470 --> 0:34:00.340
<v Speaker 10>Uh, yes to that question.

0:34:00.340 --> 0:34:00.380
<v Speaker 1>100%.

0:34:00.380 --> 0:34:00.450
<v Speaker 3>Yes.

0:34:00.450 --> 0:34:01.060
<v Speaker 10>The Dodgers 100%.

0:34:01.060 --> 0:34:01.180
<v Speaker 4>Yes.

0:34:01.200 --> 0:34:06.100
<v Speaker 2>Agree with me. Every year is different. Every team is different.

0:34:16.080 --> 0:34:19.600
<v Speaker 2>Last year, the Dodgers needed the challenge to continue to play.

0:34:20.040 --> 0:34:23.440
<v Speaker 2>And basically, they were glorified scrimmage games against the Reds.

0:34:23.880 --> 0:34:26.340
<v Speaker 2>I mean, let's be honest. They were barely 500, and

0:34:26.520 --> 0:34:29.359
<v Speaker 2>they were a playoff team last year. The National League

0:34:29.420 --> 0:34:32.820
<v Speaker 2>is much tougher this year. And this team is a

0:34:32.880 --> 0:34:37.220
<v Speaker 2>year older, has played more games than any other team

0:34:37.400 --> 0:34:40.560
<v Speaker 2>in baseball the last two years, including going to a

0:34:40.620 --> 0:34:44.860
<v Speaker 2>Game 7 of the World Series. I want the Dodgers

0:34:44.880 --> 0:34:47.920
<v Speaker 2>to have home field advantage. I don't want them opening

0:34:48.000 --> 0:34:51.870
<v Speaker 2>up every playoff series basically on the road. I don't

0:34:51.910 --> 0:34:54.469
<v Speaker 2>want them traveling to the East Coast to start a

0:34:54.550 --> 0:34:57.810
<v Speaker 2>series against the Braves. I don't want them traveling to

0:34:57.850 --> 0:35:00.640
<v Speaker 2>the East Coast to open up a series against the Phillies.

0:35:01.300 --> 0:35:05.770
<v Speaker 2>So yes, yes, yes. I want them to have the bye.

0:35:06.150 --> 0:35:08.610
<v Speaker 2>I want them to be the number two seed. And

0:35:08.650 --> 0:35:12.910
<v Speaker 2>those five days off, Carsey, are going to benefit Roki Sasaki.

0:35:13.210 --> 0:35:16.529
<v Speaker 2>They're going to benefit Snell. They're going to benefit Otani.

0:35:16.710 --> 0:35:18.640
<v Speaker 2>And they're going to benefit Andy Pahez.

0:35:20.820 --> 0:35:21.220
<v Speaker 1>Okay.

0:35:21.620 --> 0:35:25.960
<v Speaker 10>That sounds perfect. You know us, Dave, us Dodger fans

0:35:26.000 --> 0:35:27.180
<v Speaker 10>are always worriers.

0:35:28.080 --> 0:35:28.440
<v Speaker 9>Yeah.

0:35:28.480 --> 0:35:31.220
<v Speaker 2>Spread the word at Phil Traney's in Long Beach. All right, Carsey?

0:35:32.480 --> 0:35:32.740
<v Speaker 1>Yes.

0:35:33.780 --> 0:35:36.149
<v Speaker 2>All right, thanks for the phone call. Yeah, without a doubt,

0:35:36.210 --> 0:35:38.910
<v Speaker 2>last year I was all in. I felt like the

0:35:38.969 --> 0:35:41.830
<v Speaker 2>Dodgers needed to keep playing, and it was a good

0:35:41.890 --> 0:35:45.470
<v Speaker 2>thing for them to have that mini two-game playoff series

0:35:45.730 --> 0:35:49.089
<v Speaker 2>against the Reds and then go on. I had no

0:35:49.160 --> 0:35:53.040
<v Speaker 2>doubts they could be the team without home field advantage

0:35:53.160 --> 0:35:58.780
<v Speaker 2>and still beat the Phillies, not have home field advantage

0:35:58.840 --> 0:36:02.469
<v Speaker 2>against the Brewers and still beat the Brewers. The one

0:36:02.530 --> 0:36:07.479
<v Speaker 2>thing that I wasn't sure about was the Dodgers going

0:36:07.520 --> 0:36:10.460
<v Speaker 2>to Toronto and having to make that long trip twice

0:36:11.120 --> 0:36:14.020
<v Speaker 2>and not have home field advantage against the Blue Jays.

0:36:14.060 --> 0:36:16.000
<v Speaker 2>You saw that in the middle three games of the

0:36:16.040 --> 0:36:19.799
<v Speaker 2>World Series. The Dodgers were gassed. They lost two out

0:36:19.840 --> 0:36:23.450
<v Speaker 2>of the three home World Series games they played last year.

0:36:23.750 --> 0:36:26.569
<v Speaker 2>That 18 inning game took the life out of them

0:36:27.050 --> 0:36:30.009
<v Speaker 2>for what? Game five. And that's why the Blue Jays

0:36:30.050 --> 0:36:33.009
<v Speaker 2>were able to beat them. Thankfully, there was a day

0:36:33.130 --> 0:36:35.989
<v Speaker 2>off between game five and game six for them to

0:36:36.030 --> 0:36:39.150
<v Speaker 2>kind of get their legs underneath them and move forward.

0:36:39.270 --> 0:36:42.490
<v Speaker 2>But this year, I am all in for the bye.

0:36:42.550 --> 0:36:46.180
<v Speaker 2>The Dodgers need those five days. They need home field advantage,

0:36:46.570 --> 0:36:52.060
<v Speaker 2>at least for the NLDS. 866-987-2570 is the phone number.

0:36:52.380 --> 0:36:56.859
<v Speaker 2>Let's go out to Surprise, Arizona. Yogi, you're on Dodger Talk.

0:36:56.880 --> 0:36:57.700
<v Speaker 2>How are you doing, Yogi?

0:36:57.719 --> 0:37:00.040
<v Speaker 4>I'm doing well, David. How are you doing?

0:37:00.870 --> 0:37:03.850
<v Speaker 2>Fantastic. It's been a dream with this team. It's the

0:37:03.890 --> 0:37:07.500
<v Speaker 2>best Dodger teams that we have seen in a long

0:37:07.560 --> 0:37:08.780
<v Speaker 2>time the last few years.

0:37:10.460 --> 0:37:14.040
<v Speaker 4>No, I agree, but the problem I got, and I

0:37:14.080 --> 0:37:16.320
<v Speaker 4>don't know, I might be in the league by myself,

0:37:16.380 --> 0:37:18.600
<v Speaker 4>but I don't see Otani as a leadoff man. He

0:37:19.219 --> 0:37:22.600
<v Speaker 4>just strikes out way too many times. He needs contact

0:37:22.640 --> 0:37:26.980
<v Speaker 4>hitters in those first three positions. I look at him

0:37:27.020 --> 0:37:29.850
<v Speaker 4>as a four or five hitter. I might be way

0:37:29.910 --> 0:37:30.850
<v Speaker 4>off the chart, but.

0:37:31.250 --> 0:37:34.520
<v Speaker 2>Five would be a little bit too low for me, Yogi,

0:37:34.580 --> 0:37:38.920
<v Speaker 2>because then he's barely getting four plate appearances a game, barely.

0:37:39.200 --> 0:37:42.020
<v Speaker 2>And you're not getting him in a spot where he

0:37:42.040 --> 0:37:44.770
<v Speaker 2>could come up more often with runners in scoring position.

0:37:45.480 --> 0:37:48.430
<v Speaker 2>And look, in the traditional sense, yeah, maybe Otani would

0:37:48.450 --> 0:37:51.670
<v Speaker 2>have been the four cleanup hitter 20 years ago, but

0:37:51.730 --> 0:37:55.950
<v Speaker 2>that's not the line of thinking these days. And, you know,

0:37:56.690 --> 0:37:59.510
<v Speaker 2>he's only leading off one time to start the game.

0:37:59.950 --> 0:38:02.709
<v Speaker 2>There's a lot of other opportunities for him to come

0:38:02.830 --> 0:38:05.310
<v Speaker 2>up with men on base as the leadoff hitter.

0:38:07.030 --> 0:38:09.060
<v Speaker 4>No, I get all that. But, you know, you put

0:38:09.100 --> 0:38:12.060
<v Speaker 4>him against a good left-handed pitcher, say, late in the

0:38:12.140 --> 0:38:15.840
<v Speaker 4>innings or whatever the situation might be, a good left-handed

0:38:15.880 --> 0:38:19.570
<v Speaker 4>hitter in there with a good sweeper. I mean, he's

0:38:19.620 --> 0:38:20.390
<v Speaker 4>a mess on that.

0:38:20.890 --> 0:38:23.890
<v Speaker 2>Well, hitting's hard, Yogi. And I know before he went

0:38:23.950 --> 0:38:26.850
<v Speaker 2>on the IL, he was in the worst slump of

0:38:26.930 --> 0:38:31.569
<v Speaker 2>his career. But he wasn't 100% healthy. He should have

0:38:31.590 --> 0:38:34.660
<v Speaker 2>been on the IL probably two weeks before he went

0:38:34.780 --> 0:38:35.560
<v Speaker 2>on the IL.

0:38:35.680 --> 0:38:35.839
<v Speaker 1>So.

0:38:36.469 --> 0:38:38.149
<v Speaker 2>I'm not going to judge him off of that.

0:38:39.160 --> 0:38:43.020
<v Speaker 4>No, I totally understand that. You're absolutely right. They were

0:38:43.040 --> 0:38:45.580
<v Speaker 4>playing him when he probably shouldn't have been, and I'm

0:38:45.620 --> 0:38:49.379
<v Speaker 4>guessing that's based on him. He makes that call. That's

0:38:49.420 --> 0:38:52.780
<v Speaker 4>what I look at. I think Otani kind of does

0:38:52.880 --> 0:38:58.049
<v Speaker 4>what he dictates to management.

0:38:58.510 --> 0:39:01.509
<v Speaker 2>I wouldn't use that word, dictate, but he has a

0:39:01.570 --> 0:39:04.170
<v Speaker 2>strong say. He's the greatest player on the planet, and

0:39:04.230 --> 0:39:07.390
<v Speaker 2>great players want to play. But at some point, like

0:39:07.430 --> 0:39:10.050
<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers did, you have to protect these great players

0:39:10.110 --> 0:39:10.989
<v Speaker 2>from themselves.

0:39:11.930 --> 0:39:14.600
<v Speaker 4>Exactly. And that's the whole thing. He should have been

0:39:14.620 --> 0:39:18.180
<v Speaker 4>playing when he was playing when he shouldn't have been.

0:39:19.000 --> 0:39:22.299
<v Speaker 2>So, okay, you say Otani should hit fourth. Who's your

0:39:22.340 --> 0:39:23.859
<v Speaker 2>first three hitters in the order?

0:39:24.770 --> 0:39:27.170
<v Speaker 4>Well, I go bats for sure. I bet Edmund second.

0:39:27.190 --> 0:39:32.640
<v Speaker 4>He put the ball down. You know, I mean, you know, Munch,

0:39:32.660 --> 0:39:35.419
<v Speaker 4>he's been hitting the ball. How about Will Smith? I mean,

0:39:35.760 --> 0:39:38.660
<v Speaker 4>Will Smith is he's the key to that team coming back.

0:39:38.700 --> 0:39:39.779
<v Speaker 4>He's a big part of it.

0:39:40.800 --> 0:39:42.560
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, they have a lot of good hitters right now.

0:39:42.900 --> 0:39:45.400
<v Speaker 2>And Will Smith is starting to look like Will Smith again.

0:39:45.540 --> 0:39:49.569
<v Speaker 2>So You want Mookie Betts sitting leadoff, then you want

0:39:49.630 --> 0:39:53.489
<v Speaker 2>another right-handed hitter and Will Smith hitting second, and then

0:39:53.530 --> 0:39:54.450
<v Speaker 2>who's sitting third?

0:39:54.469 --> 0:39:58.400
<v Speaker 4>I get what you're saying about right, left, right, left.

0:39:58.920 --> 0:40:03.780
<v Speaker 2>Exactly. I'm giving you the thought process of the team

0:40:04.100 --> 0:40:08.900
<v Speaker 2>and an unemotional assessment of the way things should lay out.

0:40:10.140 --> 0:40:13.160
<v Speaker 2>because it's not just about Otani and Mookie Betts. It's

0:40:13.200 --> 0:40:18.080
<v Speaker 2>a lineup. It has to be a whole connected group

0:40:18.300 --> 0:40:22.620
<v Speaker 2>of hitters from one through nine. What makes sense to

0:40:22.700 --> 0:40:26.669
<v Speaker 2>make it a tougher decision on the opposing manager what

0:40:26.750 --> 0:40:32.130
<v Speaker 2>to do, especially now, Yogi, because teams use their bullpen

0:40:32.330 --> 0:40:35.509
<v Speaker 2>more than ever, and especially in a postseason game. You

0:40:35.570 --> 0:40:38.310
<v Speaker 2>want to make that decision tougher for the manager because

0:40:38.750 --> 0:40:41.370
<v Speaker 2>And 20 years ago, a relief pitcher didn't have to

0:40:41.430 --> 0:40:45.310
<v Speaker 2>come into the game and face three hitters minimum. See,

0:40:45.450 --> 0:40:49.339
<v Speaker 2>all these things are, the game has changed. You can't

0:40:49.380 --> 0:40:52.120
<v Speaker 2>think about it the same way for those reasons.

0:40:54.360 --> 0:40:56.120
<v Speaker 4>Well, all I can say is this.

0:40:56.260 --> 0:40:57.820
<v Speaker 2>The rules of the game have changed.

0:40:59.000 --> 0:40:59.219
<v Speaker 3>Right.

0:40:59.320 --> 0:41:01.720
<v Speaker 4>No, understood. But I just would like to see him

0:41:01.739 --> 0:41:05.190
<v Speaker 4>make more contact. You know, instead of, you know, everything's

0:41:05.230 --> 0:41:06.350
<v Speaker 4>just driving the ball out.

0:41:06.370 --> 0:41:07.310
<v Speaker 8>That's who he is.

0:41:07.310 --> 0:41:08.430
<v Speaker 2>I just like to see him make more contact.

0:41:09.160 --> 0:41:10.320
<v Speaker 4>He utilizes speed.

0:41:11.120 --> 0:41:13.299
<v Speaker 2>Well, he's got a bad left knee. I don't know

0:41:13.360 --> 0:41:15.700
<v Speaker 2>if he's going to utilize the speed as much, Yogi.

0:41:15.739 --> 0:41:17.890
<v Speaker 2>I don't think the Dodgers want him running the way

0:41:17.950 --> 0:41:21.450
<v Speaker 2>they had him running two years ago, even without pitching

0:41:21.690 --> 0:41:23.469
<v Speaker 2>put to the side for the rest of the year.

0:41:24.170 --> 0:41:26.250
<v Speaker 2>Got to run, Yogi. Thank you for the phone call.

0:41:26.290 --> 0:41:30.150
<v Speaker 2>That's my point. See, it's not just you might say like, oh,

0:41:30.770 --> 0:41:35.250
<v Speaker 2>this new way of thinking is ridiculous. Actually, it's not. Actually,

0:41:35.310 --> 0:41:40.020
<v Speaker 2>it's not. The playoffs starters going a complete game is

0:41:40.100 --> 0:41:42.640
<v Speaker 2>very rare these days. The Dodgers have two of them

0:41:42.700 --> 0:41:46.360
<v Speaker 2>and Snell and Yamamoto and Scooble that could. And we

0:41:46.440 --> 0:41:49.700
<v Speaker 2>saw Yamamoto do it. We could have seen Snell do

0:41:49.739 --> 0:41:53.400
<v Speaker 2>it in Milwaukee as well. But for the majority of

0:41:53.440 --> 0:41:56.339
<v Speaker 2>these teams, they don't have those type of starters. They

0:41:56.360 --> 0:41:59.129
<v Speaker 2>have good starters. And when they emptied the tank, they're

0:41:59.170 --> 0:42:03.160
<v Speaker 2>only going six innings, which means the opposing team has

0:42:03.219 --> 0:42:05.759
<v Speaker 2>to think about who they're going to bring in as

0:42:05.820 --> 0:42:09.399
<v Speaker 2>relief pitcher and relief pitchers go what one inning each.

0:42:09.860 --> 0:42:14.310
<v Speaker 2>So you have to make it a tougher decision for

0:42:14.370 --> 0:42:17.510
<v Speaker 2>that manager to make when you're coming in the middle

0:42:17.550 --> 0:42:21.029
<v Speaker 2>of a playoff game and have to decide which one

0:42:21.050 --> 0:42:23.560
<v Speaker 2>of your relievers is is going to be able to

0:42:23.640 --> 0:42:28.620
<v Speaker 2>face three consecutive Dodgers, whether it be Otani, Betts, Freeman,

0:42:29.000 --> 0:42:35.510
<v Speaker 2>or Muncie, Smith, Tucker, or Muncie, Smith, Teoscar, Hernandez. That's

0:42:35.989 --> 0:42:42.529
<v Speaker 2>what goes into constructing a lineup these days. 866-987-2570 is

0:42:42.570 --> 0:42:46.200
<v Speaker 2>the phone number. Dodgers beat the Giants today 3-1. Let's

0:42:46.219 --> 0:42:49.279
<v Speaker 2>go out to L.A. Nick, you're on Dodger Talk. How

0:42:49.320 --> 0:42:49.779
<v Speaker 2>you doing, Nick?

0:42:51.440 --> 0:42:52.879
<v Speaker 8>What's up, Dave? How are you, sir?

0:42:53.520 --> 0:42:53.840
<v Speaker 2>Awesome.

0:42:55.600 --> 0:42:55.940
<v Speaker 5>Hey, man.

0:42:55.960 --> 0:43:00.060
<v Speaker 8>First of all, I want to say, David, you're just

0:43:00.120 --> 0:43:02.839
<v Speaker 8>simply the best in the business. I mean, truly. I

0:43:02.860 --> 0:43:05.810
<v Speaker 8>followed you since the days of Joe and Doug, and

0:43:06.330 --> 0:43:10.370
<v Speaker 8>you bring such knowledge and insight, but you also have

0:43:10.430 --> 0:43:13.090
<v Speaker 8>such a humility. You can see with the players, the

0:43:13.110 --> 0:43:16.200
<v Speaker 8>way the players love you, the way they were They

0:43:16.239 --> 0:43:20.359
<v Speaker 8>were getting you with the champagne, man. You can see it.

0:43:20.660 --> 0:43:24.469
<v Speaker 8>Nothing worse to me than someone in your business who's

0:43:24.489 --> 0:43:29.790
<v Speaker 8>got a big ego. You're just the best. That's number one, brother.

0:43:30.510 --> 0:43:32.589
<v Speaker 2>Well, I had two of the best teachers right there.

0:43:32.670 --> 0:43:37.030
<v Speaker 2>Joe McDonald was definitely my mentor when I first started.

0:43:37.070 --> 0:43:40.390
<v Speaker 2>Doug Krikorian as well. I learned from the two best.

0:43:40.989 --> 0:43:43.390
<v Speaker 2>What I've learned, Nick, and what it's always been about

0:43:43.469 --> 0:43:46.790
<v Speaker 2>and my goal in doing this It's telling the stories

0:43:46.850 --> 0:43:49.910
<v Speaker 2>of the players. It's not about me. It's about the players.

0:43:50.469 --> 0:43:53.089
<v Speaker 2>So I just hold the mic for these guys to

0:43:53.219 --> 0:43:57.360
<v Speaker 2>show you that they're not a video game avatar on

0:43:57.520 --> 0:44:02.020
<v Speaker 2>MLB The Show. They're not a fantasy baseball number. They're

0:44:02.160 --> 0:44:06.600
<v Speaker 2>actual human beings that have emotions, that are going through

0:44:06.700 --> 0:44:09.239
<v Speaker 2>things like you and me, and that's what I always

0:44:09.280 --> 0:44:11.700
<v Speaker 2>try to bring through. It's about them. That's who you

0:44:11.739 --> 0:44:15.250
<v Speaker 2>care about, and we're just the facilitators to all that.

0:44:17.360 --> 0:44:19.980
<v Speaker 8>That's amazing. That's the right philosophy. It says a lot

0:44:20.000 --> 0:44:23.440
<v Speaker 8>about your character, man. There was never, ever, and people,

0:44:23.900 --> 0:44:27.589
<v Speaker 8>I'm dating myself here, but that's all right. There's never

0:44:27.610 --> 0:44:31.530
<v Speaker 8>been a greater show than the McDonald's show. How many

0:44:31.570 --> 0:44:32.549
<v Speaker 8>drinks for you today?

0:44:32.570 --> 0:44:32.730
<v Speaker 3>None.

0:44:39.210 --> 0:44:41.570
<v Speaker 2>Hey, Nick, since you've been around a long time, you gotta,

0:44:41.690 --> 0:44:46.320
<v Speaker 2>you gotta acknowledge the fact that yes, the Garvey Lopes,

0:44:46.420 --> 0:44:48.540
<v Speaker 2>Russell say Dodgers were amazing.

0:44:48.700 --> 0:44:49.060
<v Speaker 3>Yes.

0:44:49.640 --> 0:44:54.220
<v Speaker 2>Oral Hershiser and the 88 Dodgers were magical and Keros

0:44:54.280 --> 0:44:59.359
<v Speaker 2>and Piazza were two really good players, but this last

0:44:59.360 --> 0:45:02.360
<v Speaker 2>15 years have got to be the greatest years in

0:45:02.400 --> 0:45:03.859
<v Speaker 2>Dodger baseball history.

0:45:03.890 --> 0:45:08.660
<v Speaker 8>Oh, there's no question. And, um, I'll say this. I

0:45:08.680 --> 0:45:10.930
<v Speaker 8>wasn't planning on saying, speaking about this, but you know, I,

0:45:11.570 --> 0:45:13.710
<v Speaker 8>I was real lucky, man. My, my, my father was

0:45:13.770 --> 0:45:15.850
<v Speaker 8>in the go, go Dodgers fan club. I'm not sure

0:45:15.870 --> 0:45:22.350
<v Speaker 8>they're even, they're even around anymore. The go, go Dodger

0:45:22.370 --> 0:45:23.710
<v Speaker 8>fan club. And we used to, we used to go,

0:45:23.730 --> 0:45:25.799
<v Speaker 8>we used to travel with the team. Well, not with

0:45:25.820 --> 0:45:28.160
<v Speaker 8>the team. We used to go stay in hotels. They're

0:45:28.180 --> 0:45:29.759
<v Speaker 8>saying San Diego. We stayed in a hotel as a

0:45:29.800 --> 0:45:33.970
<v Speaker 8>kid and, I was blessed to grow up with Lopes

0:45:34.050 --> 0:45:39.190
<v Speaker 8>and Say and Yeager and Dusty and all those guys,

0:45:39.210 --> 0:45:45.840
<v Speaker 8>Steve Sachs and Steve Yeager. That was a special time

0:45:46.080 --> 0:45:50.759
<v Speaker 8>with Fernando. But what we've got now is just my

0:45:50.780 --> 0:45:55.200
<v Speaker 8>dad died in 2000. I've always been a bigger Lakers

0:45:55.260 --> 0:45:57.310
<v Speaker 8>fan than Dodgers fans, but I've died hard both. My

0:45:57.350 --> 0:46:01.969
<v Speaker 8>dad was the biggest Dodger fan ever. I think of

0:46:02.010 --> 0:46:04.550
<v Speaker 8>him often because he would just be astounded. I'm astounded

0:46:04.590 --> 0:46:08.770
<v Speaker 8>by what the Dodgers have going right now. It's really unbelievable,

0:46:08.790 --> 0:46:11.050
<v Speaker 8>and I think we're going to pull it off again.

0:46:11.450 --> 0:46:16.120
<v Speaker 8>I wanted to ask you real quick, David, how's Dougie doing?

0:46:16.140 --> 0:46:18.420
<v Speaker 8>I haven't heard anything from him in a long time.

0:46:19.440 --> 0:46:20.680
<v Speaker 8>How's he doing, Doug Corian?

0:46:21.630 --> 0:46:23.870
<v Speaker 2>I have great news for you, Nick. Doug Krikorian is

0:46:23.930 --> 0:46:27.469
<v Speaker 2>still alive. He is still alive in Long Beach, and

0:46:27.530 --> 0:46:31.489
<v Speaker 2>he's doing great and is still the same Dougie Krikorian.

0:46:31.570 --> 0:46:36.029
<v Speaker 2>So that is the yearly annual update of Doug Krikorian.

0:46:36.050 --> 0:46:37.879
<v Speaker 2>He is still alive, upright.

0:46:38.640 --> 0:46:38.900
<v Speaker 10>Okay.

0:46:39.460 --> 0:46:39.819
<v Speaker 4>All right.

0:46:40.000 --> 0:46:42.839
<v Speaker 8>He's never been a better rider in L.A., and he's

0:46:43.320 --> 0:46:47.100
<v Speaker 8>hilarious as anybody can be. He's still that same guy.

0:46:47.120 --> 0:46:50.540
<v Speaker 8>That's awesome. I don't have too much time. I do

0:46:50.580 --> 0:46:52.150
<v Speaker 8>want to say this. This is Is Colin Yee on

0:46:52.170 --> 0:46:52.770
<v Speaker 8>the boards today?

0:46:53.469 --> 0:46:56.250
<v Speaker 2>He is, Nick. Geez, you are really a P1 listener.

0:46:56.350 --> 0:46:59.550
<v Speaker 2>You are definitely dedicated to sports talk radio.

0:46:59.570 --> 0:47:01.770
<v Speaker 8>We'll check this out, brother. No, check this out. I

0:47:01.790 --> 0:47:04.629
<v Speaker 8>want to shout out to Colin. Here's why.

0:47:05.030 --> 0:47:07.110
<v Speaker 2>What about Dwayne? What about Dwayne McDonald?

0:47:08.810 --> 0:47:10.130
<v Speaker 5>Don't leave out poor Dwayne.

0:47:11.590 --> 0:47:13.029
<v Speaker 8>No, never, but I don't know. I'm not sure. I

0:47:13.030 --> 0:47:15.700
<v Speaker 8>don't know much about Dwayne, but I want to say this. Colin,

0:47:15.780 --> 0:47:19.140
<v Speaker 8>your dad, your dad, Mr. Billy Yee.

0:47:19.340 --> 0:47:19.600
<v Speaker 4>Mr.

0:47:19.660 --> 0:47:19.879
<v Speaker 1>Yee?

0:47:19.980 --> 0:47:20.400
<v Speaker 4>He put out.

0:47:21.500 --> 0:47:21.780
<v Speaker 5>Mr.

0:47:21.840 --> 0:47:25.279
<v Speaker 8>Yee, I'll tell you why. He put out a link

0:47:25.320 --> 0:47:30.430
<v Speaker 8>on Facebook to Colin's show, boxing show, which was fantastic.

0:47:30.450 --> 0:47:32.549
<v Speaker 8>I listened to the whole thing. And I want to

0:47:32.570 --> 0:47:34.830
<v Speaker 8>say this, Colin, you know, I wish you the best

0:47:34.870 --> 0:47:37.750
<v Speaker 8>of luck in life. Because your father, Mr. Billy Yee,

0:47:37.790 --> 0:47:41.649
<v Speaker 8>was my seventh grade history teacher at Marguerite Elementary School

0:47:41.890 --> 0:47:44.490
<v Speaker 8>in Alhambra. And he was the best.

0:47:44.790 --> 0:47:44.950
<v Speaker 4>Mr.

0:47:45.030 --> 0:47:47.590
<v Speaker 8>Yee, if you're listening out there, the best teacher I

0:47:47.670 --> 0:47:49.270
<v Speaker 8>ever had in my life growing up as a kid.

0:47:49.750 --> 0:47:51.570
<v Speaker 8>He was the kind of teacher that made you feel special,

0:47:51.590 --> 0:47:54.950
<v Speaker 8>that made you feel worthwhile, that always had your back,

0:47:55.190 --> 0:47:58.040
<v Speaker 8>and just like you, David, was humble. He still is humble.

0:47:58.719 --> 0:48:00.620
<v Speaker 8>So shout out to you, Colin, and to your dad.

0:48:01.000 --> 0:48:04.080
<v Speaker 8>And that's it, David. You take care, brother.

0:48:04.180 --> 0:48:06.860
<v Speaker 2>Thank you, Nick. Man, what a special caller you are, man.

0:48:07.060 --> 0:48:11.050
<v Speaker 2>Hold on. Colin wants to say thank you. Dwayne's parents

0:48:11.090 --> 0:48:14.570
<v Speaker 2>were not teachers, but I'm sure they impacted lives somewhere.

0:48:15.370 --> 0:48:18.640
<v Speaker 2>Poor Dwayne. Poor Dwayne. I feel like I have to

0:48:18.660 --> 0:48:21.400
<v Speaker 2>get Doug Krikorian on the off day show now tomorrow.

0:48:21.520 --> 0:48:24.239
<v Speaker 2>Off day Dodger talk tomorrow to prove to Nick in L.A.

0:48:24.280 --> 0:48:28.719
<v Speaker 2>that Doug is still alive. Yeah, true story. Over 80 now,

0:48:28.800 --> 0:48:32.580
<v Speaker 2>still alive, still going to Europe and still calling me

0:48:32.980 --> 0:48:36.589
<v Speaker 2>incessantly and upset when I don't return his calls because

0:48:37.010 --> 0:48:40.390
<v Speaker 2>I'm still working. I'm not living the top 1% life

0:48:40.450 --> 0:48:43.410
<v Speaker 2>of Doug Krikorian now, living the good life out there

0:48:43.450 --> 0:48:47.410
<v Speaker 2>in Long Beach. All right. Tomorrow, off day Dodger talk.

0:48:47.469 --> 0:48:49.989
<v Speaker 2>Maybe Doug Krikorian will come on the show tomorrow. You

0:48:50.030 --> 0:48:52.920
<v Speaker 2>never know. Maybe I'll make people happy tomorrow on the

0:48:53.040 --> 0:48:57.299
<v Speaker 2>off day show. Tuesday, the Dodgers and Padres will hook

0:48:57.440 --> 0:49:00.540
<v Speaker 2>up for the beginning of their final regular season series.

0:49:01.040 --> 0:49:04.420
<v Speaker 2>All of a sudden now, there's a real possibility the

0:49:04.460 --> 0:49:07.989
<v Speaker 2>Dodgers and Padres may see each other in the playoffs.

0:49:08.210 --> 0:49:11.540
<v Speaker 2>The Dodgers don't have a defined starter yet. I'm not

0:49:11.540 --> 0:49:14.260
<v Speaker 2>sure what the Padres are doing, but We'll let you

0:49:14.260 --> 0:49:17.950
<v Speaker 2>know before first pitch on 7 10 tuesday night so

0:49:18.360 --> 0:49:21.060
<v Speaker 2>thank you to colin yee for all his help and

0:49:21.280 --> 0:49:24.860
<v Speaker 2>uh thank you to dwayne mcdonald who was severely ignored

0:49:24.920 --> 0:49:28.410
<v Speaker 2>by nick in la but i i appreciate you dwayne Anyway,

0:49:28.450 --> 0:49:31.090
<v Speaker 2>and thanks to Tim Cates for covering the Clubhouse show.

0:49:31.430 --> 0:49:35.030
<v Speaker 2>Thanks to you for listening. Off-day Dodger talk tomorrow night

0:49:35.090 --> 0:49:37.860
<v Speaker 2>at 7 o'clock. In case you missed any of the

0:49:37.900 --> 0:49:41.120
<v Speaker 2>show or any of our pregame conversations, you can find

0:49:41.180 --> 0:49:45.050
<v Speaker 2>it on the iHeartRadio app. Once again, the final score

0:49:45.070 --> 0:49:49.070
<v Speaker 2>today from Uniqlo Field at Dodger Stadium. The Dodgers defeat

0:49:49.110 --> 0:49:53.070
<v Speaker 2>the Giants 3-1 and sweep the Giants out of L.A.

0:49:53.430 --> 0:49:56.110
<v Speaker 2>Have a great rest of your Sunday. We'll talk to

0:49:56.130 --> 0:49:58.130
<v Speaker 2>you tomorrow at 7 o'clock. Who do you want to

0:49:58.150 --> 0:49:59.430
<v Speaker 2>kick out of L.A.? See ya.