WEBVTT - Dodger Talk (9-2-26) 

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

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

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

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<v Speaker 2>the fifth.

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

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<v Speaker 3>Here we go again.

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<v Speaker 4>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 Vasse.

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<v Speaker 2>We are live at Uniqlo Field at Dodgers Stadium for

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<v Speaker 2>Dodger Talk until midnight tonight. 866-987-2570 is the phone number.

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<v Speaker 2>Dodgers lose again tonight to the Cardinals. 8-6 the final

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<v Speaker 2>score tonight in 10 innings. And the phones are working tonight. Boy,

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<v Speaker 2>are they working. They're lighting up like a Christmas tree tonight.

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<v Speaker 2>And certainly I can understand the frustration as the Dodgers

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<v Speaker 2>lose a game that I believed they were going to win.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's why I said I would walk home if

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<v Speaker 2>they lost tonight.

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<v Speaker 3>And eventually I will walk home.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe not all the way from Dodger Stadium, but maybe

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<v Speaker 2>a shorter distance away. just to appease the masses but

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<v Speaker 2>if you want to put this on me if you

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<v Speaker 2>want me to put holes in my shoes walking down

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<v Speaker 2>ventura boulevard just to satisfy you even though i did

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<v Speaker 2>not take a single at bat i did not go

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<v Speaker 2>one for 18 with runners in scoring position fine i

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<v Speaker 2>will do that for you But until then, we have

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<v Speaker 2>phone lines open at 866-987-2570. Coming up before we end

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<v Speaker 2>the show tonight at 1145, you'll hear my conversation with

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<v Speaker 2>Chris Taylor. We'll end the show on a high note.

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<v Speaker 2>Chris Taylor was honored before the game for a great

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<v Speaker 2>10 years with the Dodgers. Got a World Series ring

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<v Speaker 2>since he was part of the roster last year. And

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<v Speaker 2>you'll hear that conversation. Also, I had a chance to

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<v Speaker 2>catch up with one of the Dodger hitting coaches, Aaron Bates,

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<v Speaker 2>who gave us an update on Andy Pahez. So that's

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<v Speaker 2>a good thing. And Jose Moda. will join us at

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<v Speaker 2>1130 since the phones are working tonight. And quite honestly,

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<v Speaker 2>last night was an ugly game. I took a walk

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<v Speaker 2>all the way to the toppest part of the pavilion,

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<v Speaker 2>both pavilions last night because the game was pretty much

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<v Speaker 2>out of hand early on.

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<v Speaker 3>You can swallow that when it's.

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<v Speaker 2>Eric Lauer on the mound, but a night where Yamamoto,

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<v Speaker 2>your ace, is starting the game and you have So

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<v Speaker 2>many opportunities with runners in scoring position, runners on base,

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<v Speaker 2>and you don't cash them in. That is even tougher

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<v Speaker 2>to swallow. The Dodgers left 13 men on base. They

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<v Speaker 2>were one for 18 with runners in scoring position. They

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<v Speaker 2>sent nine batters to the plate in the first inning.

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<v Speaker 2>Freddie Freeman hits a three-run home run. The first home run,

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<v Speaker 2>Freddie Freeman has hit, by the way, since the 4th

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<v Speaker 2>of July. But then after that, Miguel Rojas doubles. Kyle

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<v Speaker 2>Tucker walks and they can't get another run in. I

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<v Speaker 2>thought that was a missed opportunity. The game should have

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<v Speaker 2>been over for all intensive purposes in the first inning.

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<v Speaker 2>They should have been up at least five runs in

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<v Speaker 2>the first inning. And after that, they should have tacked

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<v Speaker 2>on more. And that's been an issue for this Dodger offense.

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<v Speaker 2>And quite honestly. Nobody wants to hear that the at-bat

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<v Speaker 2>qualities look better the last two games, especially when you

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<v Speaker 2>lose the first two games of a nine-game homestand and

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<v Speaker 2>there's only 25 games left in the season, now 23,

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<v Speaker 2>and you're trying to win the second seed.

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<v Speaker 3>Nobody wants to hear that.

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<v Speaker 2>They want to see the best lineup, the most talented

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<v Speaker 2>lineup in baseball, start to play like it. And we've

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<v Speaker 2>seen signs of it. at times, but we haven't seen

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<v Speaker 2>one through nine innings all game long being able to

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<v Speaker 2>tack on runs against the Cardinals team that was throwing

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<v Speaker 2>a bullpen game. Eight different pitchers. That was the reason

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<v Speaker 2>why I was so confident. And look, Yamamoto does not

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<v Speaker 2>get a free pass just because he went seven innings tonight.

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<v Speaker 2>He gave up a pair of two-run home runs in

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<v Speaker 2>the sixth and seventh innings tonight. And Yamamoto has been

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<v Speaker 2>plagued by, I don't know what, but the eight, nine

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<v Speaker 2>hitters this season have really done a number on him.

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<v Speaker 2>He allows Nathan Church to get on with one out

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<v Speaker 2>and then gives up a two-run home run to the

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<v Speaker 2>number nine hitter, Thomas Segese from San Clemente.

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<v Speaker 3>We know who you are now.

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<v Speaker 2>But to me, you can't just give Yamamoto a free pass.

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<v Speaker 2>And what have we been talking about? The bullpen comes

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<v Speaker 2>in with little to zero margin for error. And that's

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<v Speaker 2>exactly what happened in the eighth inning. I'm not absolving

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<v Speaker 2>Tanner Scott for giving up the tying run in the

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<v Speaker 2>eighth inning. A leadoff walk is not great. A leadoff

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<v Speaker 2>double is even worse. And he was able to come over,

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<v Speaker 2>get over to third base, and score on a sack

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<v Speaker 2>fly by Alec Burleson. And that he is Joshua Baez,

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<v Speaker 2>who hit a two-run double in the 10th inning to

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<v Speaker 2>put this game away. And the one part of this,

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<v Speaker 2>and I understand the players play the game, blah, blah, blah.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, we hear that enough.

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<v Speaker 2>But how about put the players in a position to

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<v Speaker 2>help them win a game that, you know, is, was theirs,

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<v Speaker 2>but a little bit out of reach. I don't understand

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<v Speaker 2>what Joshua Baez is coming to the plate in the

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<v Speaker 2>10th inning. Why Kike Hernandez is playing so far off

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<v Speaker 2>the line. Kike Hernandez was at third base. Isn't one

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<v Speaker 2>of the number one rules in baseball, especially late, don't

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<v Speaker 2>get beat down the line. I mean, I would have

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<v Speaker 2>loved to have seen Kike Hernandez playing no doubles, hugging

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<v Speaker 2>that third baseline. Instead, he was way off. And the

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<v Speaker 2>ball got down the line and two runs scored. So

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<v Speaker 2>those are some of the things that when you lose games,

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<v Speaker 2>people are going to ask questions about. 866-987-2570 is the

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<v Speaker 2>phone number.

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<v Speaker 3>We have one line open. I see all of you.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to get to what Dave Roberts was saying

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<v Speaker 2>to begin his press conference.

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<v Speaker 3>Because I've been.

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<v Speaker 2>Saying for the last, I don't know, four or five games,

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<v Speaker 2>even though Everybody around the Dodgers want to look at

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<v Speaker 2>me like I have three eyes, that Otani has not

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<v Speaker 2>looked physically right. And when Dave Roberts in Detroit started

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<v Speaker 2>to talk about other body parts besides his left knee,

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<v Speaker 2>bringing back up the right bicep, well, that's his bottom hand.

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<v Speaker 2>And the way his teammates explain it to me is

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<v Speaker 2>that's a lot of force extending it. And if that's

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<v Speaker 2>right arm is an issue, he's not going to be

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<v Speaker 2>able to catch up to fastballs. He's not going to

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<v Speaker 2>look like himself, and he certainly hasn't. He struck out

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<v Speaker 2>four times for the first time in a game tonight.

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<v Speaker 2>He's six for his last 45. He has 19 strikeouts

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<v Speaker 2>in those 45 at-bats and has not hit a home

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<v Speaker 2>run since the Dodgers were at Coors Field. Like I

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<v Speaker 2>said on Monday night, the off-day Dodger talk show, go

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<v Speaker 2>back and listen to it. Great players don't all of

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<v Speaker 2>a sudden stop being great for no reason. And Otani, yeah, sure.

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<v Speaker 2>Everybody goes through slumps. Yeah, I'm not seeing the ball well. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>that's true. But that's not what we're seeing tonight. And

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<v Speaker 2>he was shaking out his right arm during his last

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<v Speaker 2>at-bat tonight after he fouled off a 96 fastball. Dave

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<v Speaker 2>Roberts even conceded finally. He saw what we're all seeing.

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<v Speaker 2>We all are watching the game.

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<v Speaker 5>I saw the same thing that everyone saw.

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<v Speaker 6>I'm going to.

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<v Speaker 5>Talk to him tomorrow and really try to figure out,

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<v Speaker 5>you know, get with Thomas and figure out where he's

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<v Speaker 5>at physically because, yeah, I saw the shaking of the arm.

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<v Speaker 5>I saw the wincing. And clearly the swings aren't who

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<v Speaker 5>he is. and so obviously there's some compensation. So I'm

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<v Speaker 5>going to talk to him, and then I'll make a

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<v Speaker 5>decision tomorrow.

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<v Speaker 3>All right, there we go.

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<v Speaker 2>At least Otani should get tomorrow off, and like I

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<v Speaker 2>mentioned on Monday, I wouldn't be opposed to Otani if

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<v Speaker 2>physically that right arm or that left knee is affecting

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<v Speaker 2>him this much at the plate because the Dodgers need

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<v Speaker 2>him at this point as their hitter. If it's affecting

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<v Speaker 2>him that much... and it's about the playoffs, I would say, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>the 10-day IL might do him some good. I know

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<v Speaker 2>that's not something he wants to hear from anybody, but

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<v Speaker 2>that's the reality of the situation.

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<v Speaker 3>He just doesn't look right physically.

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<v Speaker 2>866-987-2570 is the phone number. Want to give some love

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<v Speaker 2>to Freddie Freeman, Miguel Rojas, and Mookie Betts. Freddie Freeman

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<v Speaker 2>on base all five times tonight. Hit a three-run home

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<v Speaker 2>run in the first inning. First home run since the

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<v Speaker 2>4th of July. Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman home are

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<v Speaker 2>in the same game for only the third time this year.

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<v Speaker 2>And the plays Rojas made in the fourth inning were ridiculous.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, let's go out to the phones. Dean was

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<v Speaker 2>at the ballpark tonight. Hi, Dean, lead us off on

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<v Speaker 2>Dodger Talk. The phones are working.

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<v Speaker 6>Hey, Dave.

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<v Speaker 7>Hey, thanks for not sugarcoating anything that's going on. I

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<v Speaker 7>appreciate that. You know, as a team, we've had some

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<v Speaker 7>really bad at-bats, you know, the last couple months. And

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<v Speaker 7>we used to be a team that went... grind it out,

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<v Speaker 7>make the pitchers pitch. But in particular, I mean, Teoscar, but... Hey, hey, hey,

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<v Speaker 7>wait a minute.

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<v Speaker 2>Hey, wait a minute, Dean. I'm tired of the piling

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<v Speaker 2>on Teoscar Hernandez. He has shown some life here in

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<v Speaker 2>the last six games.

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<v Speaker 3>So, I mean, I.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't know why Teoscar Hernandez is the number one punching

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<v Speaker 2>bag when people want to point to why this offense

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<v Speaker 2>isn't going right. Kyle Tucker hasn't performed all season long.

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<v Speaker 2>Mookie Betts is actually starting to look like Mookie Betts again. So,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, I'm going to stop you when anybody wants

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<v Speaker 2>to pile on Teoscar Hernandez.

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<v Speaker 8>That's not the reason I called. The reason I called

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<v Speaker 8>was his defense is really suspect, but anyway.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, that's no secret. It's average.

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<v Speaker 8>Yeah, but the reason I'm calling was what you were

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<v Speaker 8>talking about, Otani. I mean, it's almost like blasphemy saying

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<v Speaker 8>anything bad about Otani.

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<v Speaker 7>I'm not saying anything bad about him, but his at-bats,

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<v Speaker 7>like you just mentioned, you know, He just doesn't look good.

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<v Speaker 2>Physically, he's not right, Dean. I think we can all

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<v Speaker 2>see that. And nobody's 100% in August, but this guy's

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<v Speaker 2>trying to pitch and be the catalyst and be the

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<v Speaker 2>best hitter in the game. It takes its toll, especially

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<v Speaker 2>when one body part is compromised. That all of a

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<v Speaker 2>sudden sends a chain reaction, and Otani himself admitted about

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<v Speaker 2>the right bicep, and he's shaking out his right arm.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, it's pretty obvious right now. 866-987-2570 is the

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<v Speaker 2>phone number. And I'm not saying that the IL is

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<v Speaker 2>what he needs, but he certainly needs a day off.

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<v Speaker 2>And thankfully, Dave Roberts is conceding that. Let's go out

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<v Speaker 2>to Oz, who is at the ballpark tonight. Hi, Oz.

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<v Speaker 3>You're on Dodger Talk.

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<v Speaker 6>Hello, David.

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<v Speaker 9>Thanks for taking my call. I just want to say

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<v Speaker 9>I'm very deflating the loss, but I'm calling you to

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<v Speaker 9>be the voice of reason because we need to see

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<v Speaker 9>that we still have some time to turn this around.

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<v Speaker 9>But like you said, Otani should probably take some time off,

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<v Speaker 9>whether it be one, two, three games, just because he

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<v Speaker 9>needs to rest. He doesn't look right at the plate.

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<v Speaker 9>Thank you for taking my call.

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<v Speaker 10>Okay.

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<v Speaker 3>Thank you, Oz.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's go out to Justin in Santa Monica here on

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<v Speaker 2>Dodger Talk. How are you doing, Justin? Where do you

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<v Speaker 2>think Oz was? He must have made it home and

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<v Speaker 2>everybody else was asleep, right, Justin? That's what I'm thinking.

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<v Speaker 11>It's not like he went to a library.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know.

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<v Speaker 11>It was pretty whisper-centric there. So a couple of things

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<v Speaker 11>I wanted to talk about, and I won't take up

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<v Speaker 11>all of your time to talk, but.

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<v Speaker 12>The questionable call-up of Freeland. And I question it for

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<v Speaker 12>his bat. And I questioned on his defense tonight as well.

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<v Speaker 12>I mean, I called on Saturday and we talked about

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<v Speaker 12>the Paula and you had mentioned there's something about a

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<v Speaker 12>maturity issue there.

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<v Speaker 11>I think you remember this player.

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<v Speaker 13>We had Yasiel.

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<v Speaker 11>We had a little bit of maturity issue, but at

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<v Speaker 11>a heck of a bat. I will take the bat

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<v Speaker 11>at this point. And Hayward, I've been seeing, has been

0:13:09.410 --> 0:13:12.030
<v Speaker 11>mentoring him. That's the guy that needs to be put

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<v Speaker 11>on this team right now. That's what we need. You

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<v Speaker 11>have an OPS. And where does he play? And you

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<v Speaker 11>look at that play.

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<v Speaker 2>And where does DePaulo play?

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<v Speaker 3>Where does DePaulo play?

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<v Speaker 11>Where are you going to play him?

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<v Speaker 2>They're both left-handed hitters. That's not a platoon. They're both

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<v Speaker 2>left-handed hitters.

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<v Speaker 11>That guess where Tucker needs to be sitting. He had

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<v Speaker 11>a bloop single.

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<v Speaker 10>Are you seeing?

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<v Speaker 5>Yes.

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<v Speaker 11>One bad.

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<v Speaker 6>Yes.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not going to say Justin, I'm not going to

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<v Speaker 2>say Tucker's been really good and I'm not going to

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<v Speaker 2>say that it shouldn't be considered for him to have

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<v Speaker 2>some at bats taken away. I was even considering that

0:13:53.360 --> 0:13:55.780
<v Speaker 2>at bat late in the game that maybe he shouldn't

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<v Speaker 2>have taking that at bat because there's nothing that says

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<v Speaker 2>anything good was going to come out of it. But

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<v Speaker 2>Josue DePaula, you want to talk about suspect defense. There's

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<v Speaker 2>still a long way to go. He's made great strides

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<v Speaker 2>from what I've been told this year, but they need,

0:14:11.770 --> 0:14:14.270
<v Speaker 2>they need, he needs more seasoning. He's not, he's not

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<v Speaker 2>going to save this team and lead them to the

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<v Speaker 2>three Pete.

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<v Speaker 11>He's got a nine 54 OPS.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>That's a lot different than the big leagues.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Hey, I think we're disagreeing on two different things here.

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<v Speaker 2>I just don't see it.

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<v Speaker 11>But I will agree with you, and I think we're

0:14:35.030 --> 0:14:37.750
<v Speaker 11>all in agreement, Otani needs a couple days off.

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<v Speaker 13>He hasn't been right.

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<v Speaker 11>We've been hearing this, like, we're going to keep putting

0:14:41.270 --> 0:14:43.470
<v Speaker 11>him out there to try and pitch. I mean, let's

0:14:43.510 --> 0:14:47.600
<v Speaker 11>go through our rotation. Yama, Skubal, Snell, Glasnow. Do we

0:14:47.700 --> 0:14:50.480
<v Speaker 11>really need to force him to be out there pitching? Like,

0:14:50.520 --> 0:14:53.600
<v Speaker 11>that should be just a non-consideration. Let's shut that down.

0:14:53.780 --> 0:14:58.460
<v Speaker 11>Let's get him right. We can, through the next couple games, St. Louis, Washington, Cincinnati,

0:14:59.160 --> 0:15:01.440
<v Speaker 11>We should be right right after that. Like, let's give

0:15:01.460 --> 0:15:03.380
<v Speaker 11>them a rest. Let them tell them it's OK.

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<v Speaker 2>They should have been right in this series. They're looking

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<v Speaker 2>at being swept tomorrow. And, you know, I'm not going

0:15:09.740 --> 0:15:13.270
<v Speaker 2>to make any guarantees after last night. But I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>like I said before, the Dodgers do have the second

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<v Speaker 2>easiest schedule in baseball. But these teams play well above

0:15:21.570 --> 0:15:24.530
<v Speaker 2>their heads when they play the Dodgers. And tonight was

0:15:24.610 --> 0:15:28.130
<v Speaker 2>another example of that. But still no excuse. The Dodgers

0:15:28.190 --> 0:15:31.790
<v Speaker 2>beat themselves tonight. Let's go out to Claremont. Robert, you're

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<v Speaker 2>on Dodger Talk live from Dodger Stadium. Hi, Robert.

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<v Speaker 4>Hello, Mr. Dave.

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<v Speaker 11>I love your show.

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<v Speaker 3>Thank you.

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<v Speaker 13>First of all, I want to give you confidence.

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<v Speaker 11>You're really intelligent, which I like.

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<v Speaker 2>Nobody has ever said that, but I appreciate it.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm not here to pile on them, but what I've

0:15:51.230 --> 0:15:54.710
<v Speaker 4>seen is it's not a big deal. The team's in decline.

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<v Speaker 4>We've been a good team for a number of years

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<v Speaker 4>and our players are not having the good seasons they

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<v Speaker 4>had in years prior. And I'm hoping to turn around,

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<v Speaker 4>but when you see all good teams, there comes a

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<v Speaker 4>point where they just started declining a little bit at

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<v Speaker 4>a time. And I'm just seeing that right now. Now,

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<v Speaker 4>All the players are having subpar seasons compared to years prior.

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<v Speaker 4>And sure, we got this, we got the names and that,

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<v Speaker 4>but it don't mean nothing. What you're doing right now.

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<v Speaker 4>And they're not, they're still trying. It's not like they

0:16:32.170 --> 0:16:34.790
<v Speaker 4>want to be bad, but it's not clicking for them.

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<v Speaker 4>And you need to have that chemistry going.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not clicking right now. Do you know why it's

0:16:40.470 --> 0:16:44.430
<v Speaker 2>not clicking right now, Robert? The bullpen is a little

0:16:44.530 --> 0:16:47.150
<v Speaker 2>thinner than it was a year ago. They were counting

0:16:47.230 --> 0:16:50.490
<v Speaker 2>on Edwin Diaz to be Edwin Diaz. He has not

0:16:50.530 --> 0:16:54.070
<v Speaker 2>been really a factor all season long. And when he

0:16:54.130 --> 0:16:57.370
<v Speaker 2>has been a factor, it hasn't been positive. So they're

0:16:57.390 --> 0:17:03.420
<v Speaker 2>trying to get him right. Shohei Otani... has been banged up, obviously.

0:17:03.980 --> 0:17:06.820
<v Speaker 2>You haven't got any production out of your corner outfield

0:17:06.920 --> 0:17:11.030
<v Speaker 2>spots all season long. So those are the reasons, not

0:17:11.109 --> 0:17:15.410
<v Speaker 2>because they're old or they've played too many games. That's

0:17:15.450 --> 0:17:17.909
<v Speaker 2>the reality of it. And they brought in Kyle Tucker,

0:17:17.970 --> 0:17:20.890
<v Speaker 2>by the way, to try to uplift this team with

0:17:20.930 --> 0:17:24.470
<v Speaker 2>some youth, some fresh legs, a guy that hasn't played

0:17:24.510 --> 0:17:27.050
<v Speaker 2>a lot of games, and he really hasn't done that

0:17:27.090 --> 0:17:30.960
<v Speaker 2>for them. So for those reasons, that's part of why

0:17:31.030 --> 0:17:37.870
<v Speaker 2>this offense since June-ish, July, really hasn't continued what they started.

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<v Speaker 2>Got to run, Robert. Thank you for the phone call. 866-987-2570.

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<v Speaker 2>I will remind everybody the Dodgers have 82 wins and

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<v Speaker 2>are going to win the NL West. And they have

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<v Speaker 2>won back-to-back World Series championships. It's not like this team

0:17:55.290 --> 0:17:59.190
<v Speaker 2>hasn't won a championship in 50 years. I feel to

0:17:59.230 --> 0:18:03.030
<v Speaker 2>a certain extent they have set the expectations so high

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<v Speaker 2>for themselves that no matter what they do, it's not

0:18:07.470 --> 0:18:12.520
<v Speaker 2>going to satisfy you. So I'm not saying that everybody

0:18:12.560 --> 0:18:16.960
<v Speaker 2>should be content that they won back-to-back championships, but let's

0:18:17.200 --> 0:18:21.699
<v Speaker 2>put this in perspective. Not too many teams win one.

0:18:22.560 --> 0:18:25.940
<v Speaker 2>let alone back-to-back championships. And the Dodgers are trying to

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<v Speaker 2>do something that no other National League team has ever

0:18:29.470 --> 0:18:33.530
<v Speaker 2>done before, and that's the three-peat. Now, this team is

0:18:33.590 --> 0:18:35.610
<v Speaker 2>good enough to do, and I feel like we all

0:18:35.730 --> 0:18:40.600
<v Speaker 2>feel they have the potential to three-peat, and they don't want,

0:18:40.910 --> 0:18:45.020
<v Speaker 2>and we don't want them to squander it. You got

0:18:45.140 --> 0:18:49.560
<v Speaker 2>something here. Don't just give it away. Seize what you

0:18:49.600 --> 0:18:54.090
<v Speaker 2>have because... Quite honestly, a lot of these guys are

0:18:54.210 --> 0:18:58.119
<v Speaker 2>never going to have this opportunity again to be part

0:18:58.160 --> 0:19:01.359
<v Speaker 2>of what could be one of the greatest teams in

0:19:01.420 --> 0:19:06.379
<v Speaker 2>baseball history to three-peat and certainly cement themselves as the

0:19:06.460 --> 0:19:11.650
<v Speaker 2>greatest team in Dodger franchise history. They've already, you know,

0:19:11.790 --> 0:19:14.210
<v Speaker 2>got one foot in the cement. You know, if we're

0:19:14.250 --> 0:19:18.090
<v Speaker 2>talking about Groman's Chinese Theater and that whole, like, Oral

0:19:18.150 --> 0:19:22.280
<v Speaker 2>Hershiser thing, star on the Walk of Fame kind of analogy.

0:19:22.910 --> 0:19:27.139
<v Speaker 2>But if they three-peat, I mean, they got John Wayne-sized

0:19:27.260 --> 0:19:28.860
<v Speaker 2>boots in the cement.

0:19:29.740 --> 0:19:33.540
<v Speaker 3>And that's where I'm coming from. These guys are good enough.

0:19:33.980 --> 0:19:36.660
<v Speaker 2>They have put in the work ever since spring training

0:19:36.680 --> 0:19:42.380
<v Speaker 2>to put themselves in that position. Don't let anybody else,

0:19:42.970 --> 0:19:47.050
<v Speaker 2>you know, undermine it. Don't let each other undermine it.

0:19:47.630 --> 0:19:50.500
<v Speaker 2>That's all I'm saying. You guys have come this far

0:19:51.220 --> 0:19:54.340
<v Speaker 2>and L.A. believes that you have the players to be

0:19:54.460 --> 0:19:57.480
<v Speaker 2>able to three-peat. You just got to be able to

0:19:57.880 --> 0:20:00.260
<v Speaker 2>not just keep kicking it down the road or kicking

0:20:00.280 --> 0:20:01.220
<v Speaker 2>the can down the road.

0:20:01.330 --> 0:20:03.650
<v Speaker 3>Oh, we'll get them tomorrow. Oh, the quality of that

0:20:03.690 --> 0:20:04.450
<v Speaker 3>bats were great.

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<v Speaker 6>No.

0:20:05.609 --> 0:20:05.669
<v Speaker 14>No.

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<v Speaker 2>It's got to start now. There's only 23 games to

0:20:09.010 --> 0:20:11.850
<v Speaker 2>go in the season. You've got to start playing like

0:20:11.890 --> 0:20:16.389
<v Speaker 2>there's no tomorrow, especially since I believe this year the

0:20:16.650 --> 0:20:21.740
<v Speaker 2>Dodgers would really benefit from having a first round by

0:20:22.160 --> 0:20:24.000
<v Speaker 2>having home field advantage in.

0:20:23.960 --> 0:20:26.760
<v Speaker 3>The NLDS, possibly the NLCS.

0:20:27.900 --> 0:20:30.760
<v Speaker 2>I don't like this team having to travel after playing

0:20:30.800 --> 0:20:32.880
<v Speaker 2>a wild card series to Atlanta.

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<v Speaker 3>I just don't. I just don't. Can they do it?

0:20:37.730 --> 0:20:38.690
<v Speaker 3>Of course they can.

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<v Speaker 2>But what the Dodgers did last year, not a lot

0:20:42.640 --> 0:20:47.119
<v Speaker 2>of teams do, win 13 games to win the World Series.

0:20:47.200 --> 0:20:50.560
<v Speaker 2>No other team has won that many games in October

0:20:50.580 --> 0:20:53.810
<v Speaker 2>to win the World Series because they played two extra

0:20:53.970 --> 0:20:56.950
<v Speaker 2>games in the wild card series and then had to

0:20:56.990 --> 0:21:00.470
<v Speaker 2>win 11 more. And they never had home field advantage

0:21:00.550 --> 0:21:03.129
<v Speaker 2>when it got to the NLDS, the NLCS, and the

0:21:03.190 --> 0:21:06.840
<v Speaker 2>World Series. That's not the way to go about it

0:21:06.900 --> 0:21:09.879
<v Speaker 2>this year. And by the way, the Dodgers' magic number

0:21:09.920 --> 0:21:13.409
<v Speaker 2>to win the NL West is at 14. Let's go

0:21:13.510 --> 0:21:17.010
<v Speaker 2>out to Roman in Whittier. You're on Dodger Talk with

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<v Speaker 2>David Vasse.

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<v Speaker 6>Hi, Roman.

0:21:19.590 --> 0:21:19.850
<v Speaker 13>Mr.

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<v Speaker 4>Basset, you guys don't see what's going on here, all

0:21:23.050 --> 0:21:26.790
<v Speaker 4>you Dodger fans? Otani, he's disappearing right now.

0:21:27.150 --> 0:21:29.030
<v Speaker 7>This is what he does in the World Series and

0:21:29.070 --> 0:21:29.730
<v Speaker 7>the playoffs.

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<v Speaker 11>So this is a good thing.

0:21:31.530 --> 0:21:33.610
<v Speaker 10>He's disappearing now, and.

0:21:33.530 --> 0:21:35.889
<v Speaker 7>In the playoffs and the World Series, this.

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<v Speaker 11>Guy's going to be MVP.

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<v Speaker 15>I don't know how you guys don't see that.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, I don't think he's disappearing. I think he's

0:21:44.400 --> 0:21:47.850
<v Speaker 2>physically compromised. So I disagree with you on that. I

0:21:47.930 --> 0:21:49.850
<v Speaker 2>don't think you see it. I think you need to

0:21:49.910 --> 0:21:54.730
<v Speaker 2>get your glasses checked, Roman. Let's go out to Chino. Jason,

0:21:54.850 --> 0:21:56.790
<v Speaker 2>you're on Dodger Talk. How are you doing, Jason?

0:21:58.300 --> 0:22:00.520
<v Speaker 14>Good. Thanks for taking my call. It's been a long time.

0:22:01.359 --> 0:22:04.020
<v Speaker 14>I do want to keep things positive tonight. I know

0:22:04.040 --> 0:22:08.180
<v Speaker 14>there's stupid news. But I want to talk about Frederick Friedman.

0:22:09.330 --> 0:22:11.270
<v Speaker 14>By the way, I listened to the game on 570,

0:22:11.270 --> 0:22:16.840
<v Speaker 14>listened to Charlie Steiner break Monday. I love that Charlie Steiner,

0:22:17.260 --> 0:22:20.600
<v Speaker 14>two seconds before that home run was hit, kind of

0:22:20.660 --> 0:22:23.540
<v Speaker 14>did a little bit of foreshadowing.

0:22:22.940 --> 0:22:24.520
<v Speaker 13>That Sadie had to hit a home.

0:22:24.359 --> 0:22:26.619
<v Speaker 14>Run in 40-something games.

0:22:27.240 --> 0:22:28.699
<v Speaker 11>Two seconds later, bam.

0:22:29.260 --> 0:22:33.129
<v Speaker 14>And I could kind of hear a slight chuckle, like, yeah,

0:22:33.530 --> 0:22:36.270
<v Speaker 14>he called that. So kudos to Charlie on that.

0:22:37.340 --> 0:22:39.389
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, he's been around the block a few times. He

0:22:39.450 --> 0:22:40.340
<v Speaker 2>knows what he's doing.

0:22:42.420 --> 0:22:46.240
<v Speaker 14>Yeah, but to that point, it looks like Freddie Freeman

0:22:46.300 --> 0:22:49.260
<v Speaker 14>is starting to come into his postseason form. The night

0:22:49.280 --> 0:22:52.340
<v Speaker 14>that he had tonight, that is a very good sign.

0:22:52.900 --> 0:22:56.100
<v Speaker 14>And Freddie Freeman is the kind of guy that you

0:22:56.240 --> 0:23:00.340
<v Speaker 14>want hot going into the playoffs. So I'm trying to

0:23:00.380 --> 0:23:04.190
<v Speaker 14>focus on some kind of positive. And if that's something

0:23:04.210 --> 0:23:07.800
<v Speaker 14>to focus on going into October, then I would think

0:23:08.240 --> 0:23:10.860
<v Speaker 14>that's a positive sign for Dodger fans to look forward to.

0:23:10.880 --> 0:23:15.950
<v Speaker 14>So Brady Freeman, Mr. October, Redux, let's do it again.

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<v Speaker 3>All right, Jason, thank you for the phone call.

0:23:19.020 --> 0:23:21.510
<v Speaker 2>And with that three run home run in the first inning,

0:23:21.590 --> 0:23:25.330
<v Speaker 2>Freddie Freeman now is just four extra base hits from

0:23:25.390 --> 0:23:28.490
<v Speaker 2>a thousand in his career. That would make him just

0:23:28.560 --> 0:23:32.859
<v Speaker 2>the 40th player in baseball history to have a thousand

0:23:32.940 --> 0:23:35.980
<v Speaker 2>career hits. So he's four away now. And the Dodgers

0:23:36.020 --> 0:23:39.659
<v Speaker 2>still have, what, seven more games on this homestand. It'd

0:23:39.680 --> 0:23:41.659
<v Speaker 2>be great for him to be able to do it

0:23:42.160 --> 0:23:43.290
<v Speaker 2>at Dodger Stadium.

0:23:43.450 --> 0:23:43.810
<v Speaker 3>You're right.

0:23:43.950 --> 0:23:46.970
<v Speaker 2>Freddie Freeman is starting to come around. We saw that

0:23:47.070 --> 0:23:49.830
<v Speaker 2>in Detroit. And he's carried that over in the first

0:23:49.890 --> 0:23:52.030
<v Speaker 2>two games of this series. He was on base all

0:23:52.070 --> 0:23:55.530
<v Speaker 2>five times tonight with two hits, three walks. I also

0:23:55.590 --> 0:23:58.310
<v Speaker 2>like what I'm seeing from Mookie Betts. Mookie Betts is

0:23:58.369 --> 0:24:03.010
<v Speaker 2>having more Mookie Betts type of at-bats. And he's getting results.

0:24:03.070 --> 0:24:05.890
<v Speaker 2>A double in the fourth inning. A two-run home run

0:24:05.930 --> 0:24:08.689
<v Speaker 2>in the sixth inning. So you got Freddie Freeman and

0:24:08.710 --> 0:24:11.230
<v Speaker 2>Mookie Betts swinging the bat at the right time. And

0:24:11.250 --> 0:24:16.280
<v Speaker 2>Teoscar Hernandez is coming alive. So I like those three

0:24:16.320 --> 0:24:20.880
<v Speaker 2>guys hitting on all cylinders at the same time. Let's

0:24:20.900 --> 0:24:24.180
<v Speaker 2>go out to Murrieta. Michael, you're on Dodger Talk with

0:24:24.260 --> 0:24:25.000
<v Speaker 2>David Vasse.

0:24:25.020 --> 0:24:25.520
<v Speaker 3>Hi, Michael.

0:24:25.540 --> 0:24:27.840
<v Speaker 15>Hey, what's going on, David?

0:24:29.160 --> 0:24:30.139
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, you know how it is.

0:24:30.200 --> 0:24:30.460
<v Speaker 1>A little.

0:24:31.580 --> 0:24:34.780
<v Speaker 2>A little disappointed the Dodgers did not win this game tonight.

0:24:34.840 --> 0:24:36.979
<v Speaker 2>This one did not sit well with me, as you

0:24:37.000 --> 0:24:37.460
<v Speaker 2>can tell.

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<v Speaker 13>Absolutely.

0:24:39.820 --> 0:24:40.260
<v Speaker 6>Absolutely.

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<v Speaker 10>Me either.

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<v Speaker 15>Hey, so I called maybe a week or two ago

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<v Speaker 15>about a point in time where we pinch hit for

0:24:47.560 --> 0:24:50.740
<v Speaker 15>Max Muncy. We did that once again tonight in a

0:24:50.760 --> 0:24:52.760
<v Speaker 15>situation where he's been clutch.

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<v Speaker 9>I don't know.

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<v Speaker 15>Did I miss something? What do you think? What did

0:24:57.180 --> 0:24:59.379
<v Speaker 15>he do to lose his opportunity here? I feel like

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<v Speaker 15>You know, this is like the third time they've done this.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, I'll tell you what.

0:25:06.940 --> 0:25:09.900
<v Speaker 2>The lefty that was on the mound, he was throwing

0:25:09.940 --> 0:25:13.800
<v Speaker 2>a lot of, you know, soft stuff, off-speed pitches. Max

0:25:13.859 --> 0:25:18.260
<v Speaker 2>Muncy loves to hit fastballs. So maybe that was the

0:25:18.340 --> 0:25:21.419
<v Speaker 2>thinking from Dave Roberts. But I'm with you, Michael. In

0:25:21.460 --> 0:25:24.120
<v Speaker 2>a game that you must win, I'm not pinch hitting

0:25:24.160 --> 0:25:27.830
<v Speaker 2>for Max Muncy. Now, I like Quique Hernandez, but I'm still–

0:25:28.070 --> 0:25:31.090
<v Speaker 2>not pulling the trigger on Kike Hernandez for Max Muncy.

0:25:31.150 --> 0:25:35.300
<v Speaker 2>I'm probably pinch-hitting Kike for Kyle Tucker, to be honest

0:25:35.340 --> 0:25:36.040
<v Speaker 2>with you, Michael.

0:25:38.170 --> 0:25:40.960
<v Speaker 15>Yeah, I would agree with that. Much, much, much better

0:25:41.000 --> 0:25:45.500
<v Speaker 15>than pinch-hitting for Max Muncy. You know, and to piggyback

0:25:45.560 --> 0:25:48.420
<v Speaker 15>on what everyone's saying about Shohei Otani, man, I think

0:25:48.440 --> 0:25:50.740
<v Speaker 15>we need to protect not only the Dodgers from him,

0:25:51.080 --> 0:25:53.480
<v Speaker 15>but him from himself. You know, he's a very proud person.

0:25:53.500 --> 0:25:55.560
<v Speaker 15>He's not going to sit anything out unless we make him.

0:25:55.800 --> 0:25:57.879
<v Speaker 15>So we need to make that decision for him.

0:25:58.440 --> 0:26:03.030
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and we haven't heard from Otani publicly since I

0:26:03.190 --> 0:26:06.449
<v Speaker 2>think I spoke to him on the field at Coors Field.

0:26:06.590 --> 0:26:10.190
<v Speaker 2>So we haven't heard how he's feeling. You know, we've

0:26:10.290 --> 0:26:14.610
<v Speaker 2>only been able to get secondhand information from Andrew Friedman

0:26:14.670 --> 0:26:17.730
<v Speaker 2>and Dave Roberts, but we haven't heard from Otani himself.

0:26:18.260 --> 0:26:23.140
<v Speaker 2>Thanks for the phone call, Michael. Appreciate it. 866-987-2570 is

0:26:23.180 --> 0:26:26.810
<v Speaker 2>the phone number. Dodgers fall to the Cardinals tonight, 8-6

0:26:27.270 --> 0:26:30.689
<v Speaker 2>in 10 innings. Coming up at the bottom of the hour,

0:26:31.090 --> 0:26:33.210
<v Speaker 2>you'll hear from Jose Mota, but.

0:26:33.590 --> 0:26:35.030
<v Speaker 3>I do have good news tonight.

0:26:35.150 --> 0:26:37.880
<v Speaker 2>When you talk about the Dodgers lineup, not only did

0:26:37.910 --> 0:26:40.780
<v Speaker 2>Will Smith look good last night, but how about tonight

0:26:40.840 --> 0:26:43.700
<v Speaker 2>in the ninth inning? He gave it a ride. I

0:26:43.740 --> 0:26:45.600
<v Speaker 2>know it was the final out of the ninth inning

0:26:45.640 --> 0:26:47.600
<v Speaker 2>to Oscar Hernandez was at third.

0:26:47.380 --> 0:26:51.139
<v Speaker 3>Base, but That was a pretty impressive drive.

0:26:51.160 --> 0:26:53.659
<v Speaker 2>He kind of felt like Will Smith was going to

0:26:53.700 --> 0:26:56.630
<v Speaker 2>win that game for the Dodgers in the ninth inning,

0:26:56.670 --> 0:27:00.270
<v Speaker 2>but Nathan Church tracked it down in the ninth inning

0:27:00.310 --> 0:27:03.070
<v Speaker 2>at the warning track, going back to the wall, and

0:27:03.130 --> 0:27:05.330
<v Speaker 2>Church made a nice catch on the run out there

0:27:05.390 --> 0:27:08.060
<v Speaker 2>in right center field, but I felt like that was

0:27:08.119 --> 0:27:12.100
<v Speaker 2>the opportunity for the Dodgers. Also, spoke to Aaron Bates,

0:27:12.200 --> 0:27:16.750
<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers hitting coach, about Andy Pahez, who had uh, left.

0:27:16.590 --> 0:27:19.000
<v Speaker 3>Hand surgery just a little week ago.

0:27:19.520 --> 0:27:22.639
<v Speaker 2>And I had heard earlier today that, you know, maybe

0:27:22.700 --> 0:27:27.520
<v Speaker 2>pie has was progressing better than what many expected. So

0:27:27.960 --> 0:27:31.659
<v Speaker 2>I asked Aaron Bates where Andy pie has is as

0:27:31.760 --> 0:27:35.609
<v Speaker 2>far as his recovery from that, uh, left hand surgery.

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<v Speaker 16>Um, yeah, I think he starts swinging pretty soon. I mean,

0:27:38.090 --> 0:27:39.669
<v Speaker 16>he was in the dugout yesterday during the game. He

0:27:39.690 --> 0:27:41.790
<v Speaker 16>said it, he doesn't feel any pain. He, uh, his

0:27:41.810 --> 0:27:44.530
<v Speaker 16>hand feels really good. Um, which was encouraging because we

0:27:44.550 --> 0:27:46.230
<v Speaker 16>got back from the road trip to see and touch

0:27:46.270 --> 0:27:48.750
<v Speaker 16>base other than Tex, but he was in great spirits.

0:27:48.990 --> 0:27:51.290
<v Speaker 16>He was really good. I think he started swinging here

0:27:51.630 --> 0:27:54.990
<v Speaker 16>coming up shortly, but they said the surgery went really well,

0:27:55.230 --> 0:27:57.340
<v Speaker 16>so he was excited by that because he expected to

0:27:57.400 --> 0:27:59.320
<v Speaker 16>be more sore at this point and more pain, but

0:27:59.340 --> 0:28:00.480
<v Speaker 16>he said no. He's feeling good.

0:28:01.040 --> 0:28:03.060
<v Speaker 2>So he could actually grip a bat right now?

0:28:03.440 --> 0:28:03.700
<v Speaker 6>Yeah.

0:28:03.920 --> 0:28:05.600
<v Speaker 16>He hasn't swung yet as far as hitting the ball,

0:28:05.660 --> 0:28:07.180
<v Speaker 16>but he said I think it was the next couple

0:28:07.220 --> 0:28:08.619
<v Speaker 16>days or so he was going to practice. I think

0:28:08.640 --> 0:28:10.510
<v Speaker 16>it's just dry swings at first. I think there's a progression.

0:28:10.550 --> 0:28:12.159
<v Speaker 16>I'm not You have to talk to the trainers more

0:28:12.200 --> 0:28:15.800
<v Speaker 16>so the specifics of the progression. But, yeah, he said

0:28:15.820 --> 0:28:16.260
<v Speaker 16>there's no pain.

0:28:16.640 --> 0:28:17.580
<v Speaker 3>I got good news for you.

0:28:17.660 --> 0:28:18.040
<v Speaker 10>Dr.

0:28:18.080 --> 0:28:21.860
<v Speaker 2>Shin, who performed the surgery on Andy Pahez's hand, performed

0:28:21.880 --> 0:28:23.440
<v Speaker 2>the surgery after the slide.

0:28:23.600 --> 0:28:25.879
<v Speaker 16>So were you quicker than expected from your slide?

0:28:26.230 --> 0:28:27.850
<v Speaker 3>I went back the next day.

0:28:27.869 --> 0:28:28.710
<v Speaker 1>Got it.

0:28:28.730 --> 0:28:29.750
<v Speaker 16>So you're even quicker than that.

0:28:29.850 --> 0:28:31.830
<v Speaker 6>Yeah. How about pain-wise?

0:28:31.869 --> 0:28:32.410
<v Speaker 4>How did it feel?

0:28:32.850 --> 0:28:34.590
<v Speaker 3>Oh, I can tell when it's going to rain. First

0:28:34.609 --> 0:28:35.070
<v Speaker 3>guy to know.

0:28:35.430 --> 0:28:36.270
<v Speaker 16>Got it, got it, got it.

0:28:36.369 --> 0:28:36.590
<v Speaker 6>Okay.

0:28:36.770 --> 0:28:38.130
<v Speaker 16>Well, hopefully Andy's feels better than yours, then.

0:28:38.980 --> 0:28:39.239
<v Speaker 10>All right.

0:28:39.280 --> 0:28:41.900
<v Speaker 3>Thank you, Aaron. I appreciate the concern. But yeah, that's

0:28:42.040 --> 0:28:42.780
<v Speaker 3>great news.

0:28:42.840 --> 0:28:46.120
<v Speaker 2>And I did confirm with Dodgers trainer Thomas Albert that yes,

0:28:46.220 --> 0:28:49.610
<v Speaker 2>Andy Pahez is going to start swinging a bat. You know,

0:28:49.670 --> 0:28:53.530
<v Speaker 2>those dry swings, the very beginning stages of coming back

0:28:53.590 --> 0:28:56.250
<v Speaker 2>in the next couple of days. So that's really encouraging

0:28:56.290 --> 0:28:59.350
<v Speaker 2>that Pahez was telling Aaron Bates and others in the

0:28:59.410 --> 0:29:03.130
<v Speaker 2>dugout last night that he's pain free after suffering that

0:29:03.210 --> 0:29:07.810
<v Speaker 2>left hand fracture and undergoing surgery that put a compression

0:29:07.870 --> 0:29:10.970
<v Speaker 2>screw in in his left hand by Dr.

0:29:11.050 --> 0:29:12.350
<v Speaker 3>Shin at Curlin Jobe.

0:29:12.730 --> 0:29:15.170
<v Speaker 2>Let's go out to the eight, one, eight Howie you're

0:29:15.230 --> 0:29:17.210
<v Speaker 2>on Dodger talk with David Vassie.

0:29:17.250 --> 0:29:17.990
<v Speaker 3>How you doing Howie?

0:29:18.010 --> 0:29:20.630
<v Speaker 17>Hey buddy. Thanks for taking my call.

0:29:20.650 --> 0:29:21.360
<v Speaker 6>I love your show.

0:29:22.620 --> 0:29:23.900
<v Speaker 17>A couple of things I want to discuss. You have

0:29:23.920 --> 0:29:26.240
<v Speaker 17>a great, a weird game. First we were thinking Yoshi

0:29:26.260 --> 0:29:27.840
<v Speaker 17>was going to throw a no hitter. We're sitting there

0:29:27.900 --> 0:29:30.360
<v Speaker 17>six innings and then real house made that play. He

0:29:30.400 --> 0:29:33.040
<v Speaker 17>went into shortstop. What a play, man. To throw that

0:29:33.060 --> 0:29:34.870
<v Speaker 17>guy out at first. What a great play that was.

0:29:35.570 --> 0:29:39.000
<v Speaker 17>And then we're thinking, Oh my God, Yeah, two back-to-back.

0:29:40.120 --> 0:29:42.080
<v Speaker 17>I'm thinking, you know, what a weird game. And it's like,

0:29:42.200 --> 0:29:44.100
<v Speaker 17>we're thinking, Oh my God, maybe it's a no hitter.

0:29:44.120 --> 0:29:44.680
<v Speaker 7>Maybe it's a no hitter.

0:29:44.700 --> 0:29:47.080
<v Speaker 17>And then the game just turned, just turned ugly. And

0:29:47.100 --> 0:29:49.320
<v Speaker 17>then they came back for the rally and then it

0:29:49.340 --> 0:29:51.530
<v Speaker 17>just went south. But a weird game. But one thing

0:29:51.570 --> 0:29:53.890
<v Speaker 17>I want to discuss with you real quickly is, It

0:29:53.930 --> 0:29:56.730
<v Speaker 17>concerns me about the Dodgers and, and show you a tiny,

0:29:56.750 --> 0:29:58.930
<v Speaker 17>and we know he doesn't look right. I kept telling,

0:29:58.950 --> 0:30:01.620
<v Speaker 17>I was with my niece, he's limping back to the dugout.

0:30:02.000 --> 0:30:04.020
<v Speaker 17>He doesn't look right. And you could see he's not swinging.

0:30:04.060 --> 0:30:04.240
<v Speaker 1>Right?

0:30:04.680 --> 0:30:06.180
<v Speaker 17>I think the Dodgers have a problem and they have

0:30:06.200 --> 0:30:08.560
<v Speaker 17>to make a decision. And I just want your opinion

0:30:08.600 --> 0:30:11.820
<v Speaker 17>is it's a strong opinion on my part. I think

0:30:11.840 --> 0:30:14.120
<v Speaker 17>he either have to pitch them or he's a hitter.

0:30:14.840 --> 0:30:18.810
<v Speaker 17>You can't play. You can't be a tennis player. and

0:30:19.050 --> 0:30:21.700
<v Speaker 17>play golf professionally, the swings don't work.

0:30:21.760 --> 0:30:25.240
<v Speaker 2>Well, that's apples and oranges right there. Well, you can't

0:30:25.310 --> 0:30:28.380
<v Speaker 2>say that, Howie, because he has done it. His identity

0:30:28.460 --> 0:30:32.280
<v Speaker 2>is a two-way player, and he's been extremely successful at

0:30:32.340 --> 0:30:36.160
<v Speaker 2>doing that. But he's 32 years old now. He's had

0:30:36.200 --> 0:30:39.640
<v Speaker 2>a couple of elbow surgeries. He's had a knee surgery.

0:30:40.180 --> 0:30:42.740
<v Speaker 2>All of those things add up. As you know, Howie,

0:30:42.760 --> 0:30:45.340
<v Speaker 2>you sound like a guy well over 30, Howie.

0:30:45.780 --> 0:30:47.260
<v Speaker 3>You know those things add up.

0:30:48.200 --> 0:30:48.740
<v Speaker 6>Yeah, yeah.

0:30:48.780 --> 0:30:50.640
<v Speaker 3>So, you know, those things add up.

0:30:50.660 --> 0:30:51.460
<v Speaker 2>That's the difference.

0:30:51.600 --> 0:30:51.940
<v Speaker 3>He's 32 now.

0:30:53.460 --> 0:30:56.840
<v Speaker 2>And playing more games than he ever had with the angels.

0:30:56.920 --> 0:30:59.170
<v Speaker 2>I mean, he was done in September with the angels

0:30:59.650 --> 0:31:02.570
<v Speaker 2>with the Dodgers. He's going deep into October, the last

0:31:02.630 --> 0:31:06.410
<v Speaker 2>two years and starting seasons before everybody else. So all

0:31:06.430 --> 0:31:08.950
<v Speaker 2>of those things add up and I'm with you, Howie

0:31:09.770 --> 0:31:14.080
<v Speaker 2>for this year in 2026, I believe hitting is where

0:31:14.420 --> 0:31:18.000
<v Speaker 2>the focus needs to be because the pitching is compromising

0:31:18.040 --> 0:31:21.790
<v Speaker 2>him physically and And I think everybody's starting to realize that.

0:31:22.310 --> 0:31:23.690
<v Speaker 2>Thanks for the phone call, Howie.

0:31:23.730 --> 0:31:24.290
<v Speaker 3>Got to run.

0:31:24.450 --> 0:31:28.210
<v Speaker 2>And also, you know, I do understand the thinking that

0:31:28.630 --> 0:31:33.190
<v Speaker 2>he is a roster advantage because he doesn't count against

0:31:33.230 --> 0:31:36.130
<v Speaker 2>your pitching staff. So if he's able to take down

0:31:36.280 --> 0:31:38.540
<v Speaker 2>six or nine outs in a playoff game when you

0:31:38.660 --> 0:31:41.880
<v Speaker 2>really need it, I'll take Shohei Otani on the mound

0:31:41.940 --> 0:31:47.110
<v Speaker 2>at 60%. Rather than some pitchers at 100%. So I

0:31:47.230 --> 0:31:52.100
<v Speaker 2>understand leaving that door open for maybe 40 pitches. But

0:31:52.200 --> 0:31:54.560
<v Speaker 2>even if those 40 pitches to build him back up

0:31:54.700 --> 0:31:58.020
<v Speaker 2>are compromising him physically to be what you need him

0:31:58.060 --> 0:32:02.260
<v Speaker 2>to be, the dominant leadoff DH, then I would say, unfortunately,

0:32:02.300 --> 0:32:07.480
<v Speaker 2>it's not going to work. 866-987-2570 is the phone number.

0:32:07.540 --> 0:32:11.760
<v Speaker 2>Dodgers fall to the Cardinals tonight, 8-6 in 10 innings.

0:32:12.140 --> 0:32:15.140
<v Speaker 2>When we continue, Jose Mota will check in and also

0:32:15.440 --> 0:32:18.080
<v Speaker 2>we'll share our conversation with Chris Taylor, who is back

0:32:18.480 --> 0:32:22.030
<v Speaker 2>at Dodger Stadium tonight as the Dodgers have lost the

0:32:22.090 --> 0:32:25.170
<v Speaker 2>first two games of this homestand to the Cardinals. Tonight,

0:32:25.470 --> 0:32:26.970
<v Speaker 2>the final score, 8-6 in 10 on 570 LA Sports.

0:32:35.250 --> 0:32:36.750
<v Speaker 10>Dodgers fans, this is Mookie Betts.

0:32:36.990 --> 0:32:39.410
<v Speaker 2>You're listening to the home of the back-to-back world champion

0:32:39.450 --> 0:32:41.410
<v Speaker 2>Dodgers on AM570 LA Sports.

0:32:43.580 --> 0:32:45.120
<v Speaker 3>The close stands on the mound.

0:32:45.520 --> 0:32:47.760
<v Speaker 1>It's a fly ball to left field. And deep. It

0:32:47.820 --> 0:32:48.620
<v Speaker 1>is way back there.

0:32:48.660 --> 0:32:49.320
<v Speaker 3>Torres at the wall.

0:32:49.340 --> 0:32:49.760
<v Speaker 11>Looks up.

0:32:49.900 --> 0:32:51.520
<v Speaker 1>And it's gone.

0:32:51.540 --> 0:32:52.160
<v Speaker 2>A home.

0:32:54.060 --> 0:32:54.260
<v Speaker 5>Run.

0:32:54.320 --> 0:32:57.240
<v Speaker 10>Mookie Betts with his 17th home run of the year.

0:32:58.050 --> 0:32:59.900
<v Speaker 2>And the Dodgers tack.

0:32:59.850 --> 0:33:00.710
<v Speaker 3>On to the lead.

0:33:01.210 --> 0:33:07.720
<v Speaker 2>It is now 5-2. Mookie Betts with four RBIs last night.

0:33:07.740 --> 0:33:11.540
<v Speaker 2>He comes back tonight. It's a two-run home run. He

0:33:11.580 --> 0:33:14.360
<v Speaker 2>was two for six tonight with that two-run home run.

0:33:14.380 --> 0:33:17.550
<v Speaker 2>Him and Freddie Freeman drove in five of the six

0:33:17.650 --> 0:33:20.830
<v Speaker 2>runs tonight as they homer for only the third time

0:33:20.870 --> 0:33:25.690
<v Speaker 2>in the same game this season. And the Dodgers, unfortunately,

0:33:25.730 --> 0:33:29.120
<v Speaker 2>were just one for 18 with runners in scoring position tonight.

0:33:29.500 --> 0:33:33.780
<v Speaker 2>and fall to the Cardinals 8-6 in 10. Daniels Jewelers

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<v Speaker 1>It's time to go around the horn with Jose Moga.

0:33:53.100 --> 0:33:58.510
<v Speaker 2>Oh, yeah, we are fully operational tonight. Jose Mota checking in. And, Jose,

0:33:59.010 --> 0:34:03.170
<v Speaker 2>obviously the buzz is about Shohei Otani in his worst

0:34:03.230 --> 0:34:06.330
<v Speaker 2>slump as a Dodger, shaking his arm in the ninth

0:34:06.430 --> 0:34:11.049
<v Speaker 2>inning very noticeably. And now Dave Roberts is talking about IL,

0:34:11.130 --> 0:34:12.610
<v Speaker 2>giving him a day off tomorrow.

0:34:13.210 --> 0:34:15.630
<v Speaker 3>How compromised is Otani physically?

0:34:15.650 --> 0:34:20.080
<v Speaker 6>It's obvious that Dave, he just does not look right

0:34:20.600 --> 0:34:23.650
<v Speaker 6>in so many ways. And you can tell with Shohei

0:34:24.030 --> 0:34:27.220
<v Speaker 6>by sometimes how he starts to cheat on his swing,

0:34:27.239 --> 0:34:30.600
<v Speaker 6>how he's going to beat on fastballs very easily, how

0:34:30.660 --> 0:34:34.140
<v Speaker 6>he's sometimes even not taking pitches right down the middle because, like,

0:34:34.760 --> 0:34:36.520
<v Speaker 6>after a couple of swings, it's like he just can't

0:34:36.540 --> 0:34:38.960
<v Speaker 6>pull the trigger. So, to me, there's many indicators. I

0:34:38.960 --> 0:34:41.100
<v Speaker 6>haven't seen Shohei from day one in his career starting

0:34:41.140 --> 0:34:44.240
<v Speaker 6>in the U.S. and following him, obviously, you know, through

0:34:44.430 --> 0:34:47.230
<v Speaker 6>WBC and things like that. But, you know, it kind

0:34:47.550 --> 0:34:49.609
<v Speaker 6>of reminds me of a little bit, Dave, when after

0:34:49.630 --> 0:34:53.339
<v Speaker 6>he's had surgeries and his– right elbow, how it took

0:34:53.380 --> 0:34:56.100
<v Speaker 6>him a while to really get fully extended and get

0:34:56.160 --> 0:34:59.600
<v Speaker 6>confidence in snapping that arm. It's not happening right now.

0:35:00.040 --> 0:35:02.210
<v Speaker 6>Whether it's the knee effect in the upper body, whatever

0:35:02.230 --> 0:35:04.970
<v Speaker 6>it is, it just seems like he's trying to catch

0:35:05.090 --> 0:35:08.750
<v Speaker 6>up with something. There's no hard outs anymore. You know

0:35:08.770 --> 0:35:10.780
<v Speaker 6>what I mean? Where's that deep fly ball? Where's that

0:35:10.820 --> 0:35:13.219
<v Speaker 6>line drive? Where's that opportunity to say, I'm going to

0:35:13.280 --> 0:35:14.700
<v Speaker 6>go out there and take a different club and just

0:35:14.920 --> 0:35:17.430
<v Speaker 6>hit the ball through the middle? and go the other way.

0:35:17.469 --> 0:35:18.950
<v Speaker 6>It's just not happening there. You can see it in

0:35:18.969 --> 0:35:21.210
<v Speaker 6>his face. It's something that's just not feeling right with

0:35:21.250 --> 0:35:23.730
<v Speaker 6>him because there's not the guy that we know can

0:35:23.770 --> 0:35:28.420
<v Speaker 6>do so much damage, and teams are absolutely coming after him.

0:35:28.460 --> 0:35:30.680
<v Speaker 6>They're not shying away from the zone. That's why he's

0:35:30.700 --> 0:35:32.840
<v Speaker 6>not taking that many walks because he's always taking a

0:35:32.840 --> 0:35:34.960
<v Speaker 6>lot of good, hittable pitches because he's not able to

0:35:35.000 --> 0:35:36.839
<v Speaker 6>go out there and fully say, I'm going to be

0:35:36.880 --> 0:35:39.469
<v Speaker 6>convincing in this determined swing to go out there and

0:35:39.489 --> 0:35:40.890
<v Speaker 6>do some damage. It's not happening right now.

0:35:41.760 --> 0:35:44.700
<v Speaker 2>Jose, when you look at this game, obviously last night

0:35:44.780 --> 0:35:48.100
<v Speaker 2>was not pretty, losing 13-8 to the Cardinals.

0:35:48.300 --> 0:35:51.260
<v Speaker 3>But that was one of those nights. Lauer was not sharp.

0:35:51.300 --> 0:35:55.160
<v Speaker 2>He's been placed on the IL with left elbow inflammation.

0:35:55.219 --> 0:35:58.420
<v Speaker 2>But tonight you had Yamamoto on the mound. And again,

0:35:58.500 --> 0:36:01.960
<v Speaker 2>the bottom of the order hurt Yamamoto. And the Dodgers again.

0:36:03.010 --> 0:36:05.200
<v Speaker 2>had a lot of runners that they left on base,

0:36:05.239 --> 0:36:07.550
<v Speaker 2>they could have blown the Cardinals out by the sixth

0:36:07.660 --> 0:36:08.279
<v Speaker 2>inning tonight.

0:36:08.420 --> 0:36:11.540
<v Speaker 6>Yeah, this game should have been over, you know, by

0:36:11.560 --> 0:36:13.719
<v Speaker 6>the sixth inning. You're right. And here's one thing, too,

0:36:13.760 --> 0:36:16.960
<v Speaker 6>that many times a manager will tell you, we have

0:36:16.980 --> 0:36:20.180
<v Speaker 6>the ability to shorten games, right, because we have guys

0:36:20.239 --> 0:36:22.020
<v Speaker 6>out of that bullpen that can come out here and

0:36:22.060 --> 0:36:24.719
<v Speaker 6>just have your 7, 8, 9 set up. But on

0:36:24.760 --> 0:36:27.720
<v Speaker 6>the offensive side, you have a chance to shorten games, too.

0:36:28.540 --> 0:36:31.000
<v Speaker 6>And to go out there and just put up a

0:36:31.140 --> 0:36:34.850
<v Speaker 6>crooked number early– not by necessarily going out there and

0:36:34.870 --> 0:36:37.390
<v Speaker 6>just smashing the ball around, but by being a good

0:36:37.450 --> 0:36:40.910
<v Speaker 6>fundamental team. Other teams right now, I mean, going back

0:36:40.950 --> 0:36:44.660
<v Speaker 6>to the Rockies and the Pirates and the Tigers and

0:36:44.680 --> 0:36:47.000
<v Speaker 6>the Braves and now the Cardinals, are showing the Dodgers

0:36:47.140 --> 0:36:50.000
<v Speaker 6>the things they should be doing more of, which is

0:36:50.060 --> 0:36:52.980
<v Speaker 6>not taking for granted anything early in the game by

0:36:53.060 --> 0:36:57.080
<v Speaker 6>playing for contact when contact is what you need, not slug,

0:36:57.780 --> 0:37:00.230
<v Speaker 6>and by being smart and they're at-bats. I mean, I

0:37:00.250 --> 0:37:02.680
<v Speaker 6>was happy to see the contact by Taylor today. He

0:37:02.700 --> 0:37:05.759
<v Speaker 6>did not have five consecutive balls that he hit hard

0:37:05.880 --> 0:37:08.980
<v Speaker 6>in a long time, maybe all season. The walks by

0:37:09.040 --> 0:37:11.040
<v Speaker 6>Freddie and the many walks, you know, the guys, a

0:37:11.360 --> 0:37:12.920
<v Speaker 6>couple of guys getting hit by pitches, but we did

0:37:12.940 --> 0:37:16.960
<v Speaker 6>not see any consistency then. And just the pitch selection, Dave,

0:37:17.800 --> 0:37:21.050
<v Speaker 6>you are a team that's so talented and so deep,

0:37:21.750 --> 0:37:24.150
<v Speaker 6>and going through this, a lot of teams go through this,

0:37:24.170 --> 0:37:26.830
<v Speaker 6>trust me, it's very frustrating when it happens, that you

0:37:27.170 --> 0:37:30.390
<v Speaker 6>are expanding the zone like Never before because you're trying

0:37:30.410 --> 0:37:32.930
<v Speaker 6>to get bait fits. Trust the process. Get thrown ready.

0:37:32.950 --> 0:37:33.310
<v Speaker 13>You know what?

0:37:33.690 --> 0:37:35.189
<v Speaker 6>A lot of times it's going to get the whole

0:37:35.210 --> 0:37:37.930
<v Speaker 6>team out there tomorrow. Guys, let's go out there and

0:37:37.950 --> 0:37:41.360
<v Speaker 6>just have a good time. Everybody's out there. Mandatory, BP,

0:37:41.900 --> 0:37:46.240
<v Speaker 6>play some games. Move guys over. Less than two hours.

0:37:46.960 --> 0:37:48.980
<v Speaker 6>It's not going to happen because it's just not the

0:37:49.020 --> 0:37:51.459
<v Speaker 6>way the game is being played right now when you

0:37:51.620 --> 0:37:52.980
<v Speaker 6>can't tell anybody to go out there and head outside,

0:37:53.000 --> 0:37:55.180
<v Speaker 6>but I think just as a team, just to go

0:37:55.200 --> 0:37:56.880
<v Speaker 6>out there and have fun and laugh and maybe compete

0:37:56.940 --> 0:37:59.160
<v Speaker 6>one team against the other will be very served. I

0:37:59.360 --> 0:38:02.480
<v Speaker 6>know it sounds too much like minor leagues, but they

0:38:02.500 --> 0:38:04.089
<v Speaker 6>need something to loosen them up a little bit more

0:38:04.140 --> 0:38:06.090
<v Speaker 6>and say, just this game, we're going to wait too hard,

0:38:06.160 --> 0:38:08.489
<v Speaker 6>and that's exactly what's happening. They're making everything wait too

0:38:08.510 --> 0:38:08.930
<v Speaker 6>hard right now.

0:38:09.690 --> 0:38:13.010
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I agree with you. It is looking too hard.

0:38:13.150 --> 0:38:15.650
<v Speaker 2>You feel like games that they should win going away

0:38:15.690 --> 0:38:18.370
<v Speaker 2>all of a sudden are losses in 10 innings, and

0:38:18.950 --> 0:38:21.170
<v Speaker 2>You know, you look at the Dodger bullpen, Jose, I

0:38:21.190 --> 0:38:24.430
<v Speaker 2>think we really got to question that trust tree that

0:38:24.489 --> 0:38:26.050
<v Speaker 2>Dave Roberts references.

0:38:26.710 --> 0:38:28.540
<v Speaker 3>Is that tree a little thin these days?

0:38:28.560 --> 0:38:32.640
<v Speaker 6>I think that tree, what happened is, I mean, they're

0:38:32.660 --> 0:38:35.000
<v Speaker 6>allowed to come in and give up a run, but

0:38:35.420 --> 0:38:38.790
<v Speaker 6>the margin of error is just not there right now. Yes,

0:38:39.110 --> 0:38:40.690
<v Speaker 6>and every game is different. You've got to go out

0:38:40.710 --> 0:38:43.210
<v Speaker 6>there and segment games where they're at. You want Townsville

0:38:43.230 --> 0:38:45.240
<v Speaker 6>to go out there and throw a zero. You had

0:38:45.380 --> 0:38:47.580
<v Speaker 6>Enriquez warming up, and then you decided to go to

0:38:47.640 --> 0:38:49.590
<v Speaker 6>Townsville because the top of the order is coming up,

0:38:50.060 --> 0:38:53.000
<v Speaker 6>and you want those matchups. It just didn't work. But

0:38:53.160 --> 0:38:55.100
<v Speaker 6>going back to your comment on Yamamoto before I go

0:38:55.120 --> 0:38:57.859
<v Speaker 6>to the bullpen, you have to stop the bleeding from

0:38:57.890 --> 0:39:00.930
<v Speaker 6>the guys on the bottom, Dave. Yamamoto's given up five

0:39:00.969 --> 0:39:04.710
<v Speaker 6>home runs from the number eight hitter this year. That,

0:39:04.750 --> 0:39:06.779
<v Speaker 6>to me, is something you can put a stop on

0:39:06.820 --> 0:39:09.839
<v Speaker 6>because if you're lacking a little focus when you hang

0:39:09.880 --> 0:39:11.500
<v Speaker 6>pitches or not make the right pitch at the right

0:39:11.520 --> 0:39:14.259
<v Speaker 6>time against like that, but you've got to go out

0:39:14.280 --> 0:39:16.340
<v Speaker 6>there and separate and make sure the bottom of the

0:39:16.400 --> 0:39:18.279
<v Speaker 6>order is something that you can live off of and

0:39:18.360 --> 0:39:21.819
<v Speaker 6>dominate because the big ones, that's what they do. And

0:39:21.840 --> 0:39:24.870
<v Speaker 6>then going back to the bullpen, execution is number one,

0:39:25.070 --> 0:39:28.029
<v Speaker 6>and then not being predictable is number two. And I

0:39:28.070 --> 0:39:31.050
<v Speaker 6>think a couple of times, going back to it, it's

0:39:31.070 --> 0:39:33.540
<v Speaker 6>been a little more predictable on the pitchers, and the

0:39:33.580 --> 0:39:37.800
<v Speaker 6>execution's not been there. And it goes back to the starters,

0:39:38.640 --> 0:39:41.419
<v Speaker 6>and from the starters, lack of run production, which adds

0:39:41.540 --> 0:39:43.779
<v Speaker 6>way too much to everybody involved. So it's kind of

0:39:43.820 --> 0:39:46.400
<v Speaker 6>a trigger effect from the offense, and it goes and

0:39:46.440 --> 0:39:48.840
<v Speaker 6>falls back on the offense not giving guys enough support

0:39:48.860 --> 0:39:51.840
<v Speaker 6>because You know, you make an error, you make a

0:39:51.860 --> 0:39:53.540
<v Speaker 6>mistake with a pitcher, and there you give up a run.

0:39:54.140 --> 0:39:55.580
<v Speaker 6>And it's costly, and it shouldn't be like that with

0:39:55.620 --> 0:39:56.120
<v Speaker 6>a team like this.

0:39:57.219 --> 0:39:59.260
<v Speaker 3>All right, Jose, we'll check in with you tomorrow.

0:39:59.340 --> 0:40:02.000
<v Speaker 2>Tarek Skubal's on the mound for the Dodgers as they

0:40:02.040 --> 0:40:03.839
<v Speaker 2>look to avoid being swept.

0:40:03.580 --> 0:40:04.320
<v Speaker 3>By the Cardinals.

0:40:04.360 --> 0:40:08.080
<v Speaker 2>That would be really hard to digest if that happens,

0:40:08.140 --> 0:40:10.759
<v Speaker 2>which I don't believe it will, but I didn't believe

0:40:10.780 --> 0:40:12.690
<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers would lose this game either.

0:40:12.790 --> 0:40:14.670
<v Speaker 3>So we'll see what they got tomorrow.

0:40:15.310 --> 0:40:17.989
<v Speaker 6>Yeah, I got Scoville going on. Get some runs on

0:40:18.010 --> 0:40:19.410
<v Speaker 6>the board and go out there and throw some zeros.

0:40:19.850 --> 0:40:20.370
<v Speaker 6>Easy fix.

0:40:20.810 --> 0:40:23.770
<v Speaker 2>Oh, yeah, sounds perfect. That was the plan tonight, too.

0:40:24.930 --> 0:40:27.530
<v Speaker 6>Yeah, it didn't work. Tonight's over. Take it up tomorrow.

0:40:28.330 --> 0:40:30.569
<v Speaker 2>I still got 15 minutes more left in the show.

0:40:30.610 --> 0:40:31.410
<v Speaker 2>It's not over yet.

0:40:31.430 --> 0:40:32.910
<v Speaker 6>We can keep talking if you want. And, by the way,

0:40:32.930 --> 0:40:34.259
<v Speaker 6>I was going to be on with you again, Dave.

0:40:34.780 --> 0:40:36.779
<v Speaker 6>I had many people asking me today, like, where were

0:40:36.800 --> 0:40:38.120
<v Speaker 6>you yesterday? I'm like, well, I was there.

0:40:38.580 --> 0:40:40.180
<v Speaker 2>Hey, the phone's not working.

0:40:40.200 --> 0:40:40.720
<v Speaker 6>No telephonos.

0:40:41.260 --> 0:40:41.440
<v Speaker 5>Yeah.

0:40:41.560 --> 0:40:42.759
<v Speaker 3>All right, Jose. Thanks a lot.

0:40:43.160 --> 0:40:45.880
<v Speaker 2>There he goes, Jose Mota, part of the Dodgers Spanish

0:40:46.040 --> 0:40:52.170
<v Speaker 2>radio broadcast. 866-987-2570 is the phone number. We'll hear from

0:40:52.570 --> 0:40:54.810
<v Speaker 2>Chris Taylor coming up in five minutes, but let's go

0:40:54.850 --> 0:40:58.590
<v Speaker 2>back out to the phones. Before that, Jay in Pasadena. Hi,

0:40:58.630 --> 0:40:59.670
<v Speaker 2>you're on Dodger Talk.

0:41:00.930 --> 0:41:01.489
<v Speaker 13>How you doing, Mr.

0:41:01.590 --> 0:41:02.010
<v Speaker 6>Vasse?

0:41:02.219 --> 0:41:03.239
<v Speaker 13>As always, I appreciate you taking my call.

0:41:03.260 --> 0:41:03.660
<v Speaker 6>My pleasure.

0:41:04.960 --> 0:41:05.520
<v Speaker 3>My pleasure.

0:41:07.290 --> 0:41:08.950
<v Speaker 13>I just wanted to give some positivity to the people,

0:41:09.150 --> 0:41:11.630
<v Speaker 13>you know, real quick, because I appreciate what you do

0:41:11.650 --> 0:41:12.960
<v Speaker 13>for the Dodgers along with Mr.

0:41:12.989 --> 0:41:13.350
<v Speaker 10>Monday.

0:41:13.770 --> 0:41:16.190
<v Speaker 13>You know, my grandmother died two weeks ago, but before

0:41:16.250 --> 0:41:18.290
<v Speaker 13>she did, she told me a story about how Mr.

0:41:18.310 --> 0:41:20.890
<v Speaker 13>Monday was so nice to her and my grandfather, you know,

0:41:20.910 --> 0:41:23.290
<v Speaker 13>giving them tickets to games and, you know, to the

0:41:23.330 --> 0:41:25.910
<v Speaker 13>sports arena when the Lakers are still there and so

0:41:25.930 --> 0:41:28.279
<v Speaker 13>forth and so on. So I just want to take

0:41:28.300 --> 0:41:30.739
<v Speaker 13>the time to thank him as well. And my father

0:41:30.760 --> 0:41:32.779
<v Speaker 13>worked there for 30 years. So I grew up with

0:41:32.800 --> 0:41:36.400
<v Speaker 13>the Dodgers. So, like, this is nothing, like, new. It's baseball.

0:41:36.420 --> 0:41:38.200
<v Speaker 13>You know, we go through slumps. We go through loss.

0:41:38.700 --> 0:41:39.140
<v Speaker 18>It happens.

0:41:39.400 --> 0:41:42.220
<v Speaker 13>They still, like you said, they still number one. They still,

0:41:42.360 --> 0:41:44.250
<v Speaker 13>you know, the top of the division. And we still

0:41:44.290 --> 0:41:47.410
<v Speaker 13>within hand's reach of the Braves and the Brewers. So

0:41:47.570 --> 0:41:50.250
<v Speaker 13>I feel like this happens when you play so many games.

0:41:50.330 --> 0:41:55.230
<v Speaker 13>It's been extremely hot. It's been extremely crazy. Changing the bullpen.

0:41:55.250 --> 0:41:58.359
<v Speaker 13>A lot of arms going out. You know, like, Andy Pothead.

0:41:58.420 --> 0:41:58.520
<v Speaker 5>So.

0:41:59.140 --> 0:42:00.500
<v Speaker 13>We just got to do what we got to do

0:42:00.520 --> 0:42:02.660
<v Speaker 13>right now. And I think that they'll all get back

0:42:03.380 --> 0:42:07.580
<v Speaker 13>to the mean, back to, you know, later on in September.

0:42:07.620 --> 0:42:09.160
<v Speaker 13>And by October, they should get back to themselves.

0:42:09.940 --> 0:42:10.500
<v Speaker 2>All right, Jay.

0:42:10.540 --> 0:42:12.340
<v Speaker 3>Thanks for the phone call. Appreciate it.

0:42:12.480 --> 0:42:15.600
<v Speaker 2>And sorry to hear about the loss to your family,

0:42:15.680 --> 0:42:19.090
<v Speaker 2>but hopefully Dodger baseball can get your mind off of that.

0:42:19.430 --> 0:42:22.250
<v Speaker 2>Let's go out to Santa Fe Springs. JT, you're on

0:42:22.270 --> 0:42:23.990
<v Speaker 2>Dodger Talk. How you doing, JT?

0:42:25.590 --> 0:42:26.069
<v Speaker 17>Hey, Dave.

0:42:26.130 --> 0:42:26.730
<v Speaker 15>I'm doing good.

0:42:26.750 --> 0:42:27.230
<v Speaker 18>And yourself?

0:42:28.070 --> 0:42:28.390
<v Speaker 2>Great.

0:42:30.330 --> 0:42:30.750
<v Speaker 6>Good, good.

0:42:30.810 --> 0:42:34.230
<v Speaker 18>I'm calling you for 60 million reasons, Dave. And that's Mr.

0:42:34.270 --> 0:42:36.549
<v Speaker 6>Kyle Tucker. I'm very frustrated.

0:42:36.890 --> 0:42:39.210
<v Speaker 18>I'm sure a lot of people are. And it's just

0:42:39.630 --> 0:42:41.580
<v Speaker 18>so hard for me to see as a fan for

0:42:41.620 --> 0:42:43.180
<v Speaker 18>him to go out there and look like he just,

0:42:43.580 --> 0:42:46.000
<v Speaker 18>maybe that's just his personality. Maybe like he just doesn't care.

0:42:46.040 --> 0:42:49.160
<v Speaker 18>But come on, show some emotion. You know, it's like

0:42:49.180 --> 0:42:51.819
<v Speaker 18>he's just so lackadaisical out there. And it's just, you know,

0:42:51.840 --> 0:42:53.900
<v Speaker 18>I've been a season ticket holder 17 years now, put

0:42:53.920 --> 0:42:55.819
<v Speaker 18>a lot of money into this. And this guy's getting

0:42:55.840 --> 0:42:57.950
<v Speaker 18>paid the big money. It's like, show up, you know,

0:42:57.969 --> 0:42:59.069
<v Speaker 18>show some emotion.

0:42:59.910 --> 0:43:02.070
<v Speaker 6>You know, a little something, right? Some emotion.

0:43:02.150 --> 0:43:02.750
<v Speaker 18>What do you think?

0:43:04.050 --> 0:43:07.600
<v Speaker 2>Well, it's been a disappointing season and you can't change

0:43:07.620 --> 0:43:09.960
<v Speaker 2>a person who he is, you know, just watching him

0:43:10.000 --> 0:43:12.680
<v Speaker 2>play with the Astros and Cubs. That's his demeanor. It

0:43:12.719 --> 0:43:16.140
<v Speaker 2>doesn't mean he doesn't care, but he's not going to be,

0:43:16.200 --> 0:43:19.189
<v Speaker 2>you know, the rah-rah type of guy. And when you're

0:43:19.250 --> 0:43:24.160
<v Speaker 2>not performing well, only hitting 227 and It looks even worse.

0:43:24.380 --> 0:43:27.239
<v Speaker 2>But I hear what you're saying, JT, and I think

0:43:27.300 --> 0:43:30.600
<v Speaker 2>the only thing the Dodgers and you can hope for

0:43:31.140 --> 0:43:33.279
<v Speaker 2>is that he comes up with a couple of big

0:43:33.320 --> 0:43:37.890
<v Speaker 2>hits in October because that would make everything that didn't

0:43:37.930 --> 0:43:40.970
<v Speaker 2>happen in the regular season a little more forgivable.

0:43:42.830 --> 0:43:44.509
<v Speaker 6>Yeah, I would hope so.

0:43:44.730 --> 0:43:47.420
<v Speaker 18>Let's see. He has, what, 25 games to do it?

0:43:47.469 --> 0:43:49.090
<v Speaker 6>So let's see. Hopefully.

0:43:49.760 --> 0:43:51.919
<v Speaker 2>All right, JT, thanks for the phone call. Let's take

0:43:52.020 --> 0:43:55.250
<v Speaker 2>one more call. Ken in Newport Beach before we hear

0:43:55.310 --> 0:43:56.170
<v Speaker 2>from Chris Taylor.

0:43:56.210 --> 0:43:56.950
<v Speaker 3>How you doing, Ken?

0:43:56.969 --> 0:44:01.890
<v Speaker 10>Oh, hang it in there. Hang it in there. Hey,

0:44:02.489 --> 0:44:05.270
<v Speaker 10>first off, since you all started the game, the Dodgers

0:44:05.310 --> 0:44:08.839
<v Speaker 10>are 20 and 20. That's 16th in the league. And

0:44:08.880 --> 0:44:11.980
<v Speaker 10>I go, the team is not this bad. But then

0:44:12.000 --> 0:44:16.460
<v Speaker 10>they are. Because there's something called a fiduciary responsibility. When

0:44:16.500 --> 0:44:22.340
<v Speaker 10>your leadoff hitter is 16 for 80 and has 28

0:44:22.340 --> 0:44:27.000
<v Speaker 10>strikeouts and hasn't had an RBI in 12 games. It's

0:44:27.120 --> 0:44:32.600
<v Speaker 10>pretty obvious. He's not well. And it's manager's responsibility or

0:44:32.620 --> 0:44:35.050
<v Speaker 10>the front office to say, get him out of there.

0:44:35.640 --> 0:44:38.410
<v Speaker 10>Give him a rest because he's the worst hitter on

0:44:38.430 --> 0:44:40.510
<v Speaker 10>the team right now. I mean, those numbers.

0:44:40.730 --> 0:44:44.089
<v Speaker 2>I don't know if I go that far. Well, I'll

0:44:44.150 --> 0:44:49.859
<v Speaker 2>say this, Ken. they finally conceded that he's not physically right,

0:44:50.060 --> 0:44:51.799
<v Speaker 2>and that was evident in the ninth inning.

0:44:53.380 --> 0:44:58.380
<v Speaker 10>Yeah. Again, he's hitting 200.

0:44:58.380 --> 0:45:02.340
<v Speaker 3>You got rushing back. You got rushing back. Yes, yes,

0:45:02.540 --> 0:45:03.120
<v Speaker 3>I know, Ken.

0:45:03.160 --> 0:45:05.279
<v Speaker 2>We're very aware of that. We've recapped that for the

0:45:05.300 --> 0:45:06.020
<v Speaker 2>last hour.

0:45:06.040 --> 0:45:08.900
<v Speaker 6>I know.

0:45:09.239 --> 0:45:10.500
<v Speaker 10>I just, he needs to sit.

0:45:11.640 --> 0:45:15.339
<v Speaker 2>Yes, he will tomorrow. He's not playing tomorrow. And Dave

0:45:15.400 --> 0:45:18.360
<v Speaker 2>Roberts even opened the door for him possibly going on

0:45:18.380 --> 0:45:21.359
<v Speaker 2>the IL. They have to have an honest conversation with

0:45:21.480 --> 0:45:24.020
<v Speaker 2>Otani and he's got to be honest with them. I

0:45:24.060 --> 0:45:28.200
<v Speaker 2>know players usually aren't, especially superstar players are not when

0:45:28.239 --> 0:45:31.200
<v Speaker 2>it comes to how they feel physically to stay in

0:45:31.239 --> 0:45:35.129
<v Speaker 2>the game. But, you know, Otani is one thing that

0:45:35.150 --> 0:45:37.770
<v Speaker 2>he's not, you know, he's pretty honest when it comes

0:45:37.850 --> 0:45:41.239
<v Speaker 2>to answering questions from the media and and from his

0:45:41.540 --> 0:45:43.859
<v Speaker 2>teammates and his manager. So they have to have that

0:45:43.920 --> 0:45:47.520
<v Speaker 2>type of conversation. Another guy that played hurt a lot

0:45:47.580 --> 0:45:50.860
<v Speaker 2>was Chris Taylor. Chris Taylor was back at the ballpark tonight.

0:45:50.890 --> 0:45:53.029
<v Speaker 2>Let's end the show on a high note. Here's our

0:45:53.090 --> 0:45:56.730
<v Speaker 2>conversation with Chris Taylor before he threw out the ceremonial

0:45:56.770 --> 0:45:57.390
<v Speaker 2>first pitch.

0:45:57.950 --> 0:45:59.530
<v Speaker 3>Did you ever believe.

0:45:59.090 --> 0:46:01.890
<v Speaker 2>When you got traded from the Mariners to the Dodgers

0:46:01.950 --> 0:46:05.640
<v Speaker 2>in 2016 and you showed up in Pittsburgh? that your

0:46:05.680 --> 0:46:08.770
<v Speaker 2>career would take this arc and you would be throwing

0:46:08.830 --> 0:46:12.570
<v Speaker 2>out the first pitch and being celebrated by Dodger fans

0:46:12.570 --> 0:46:13.590
<v Speaker 2>10 years later?

0:46:13.610 --> 0:46:18.660
<v Speaker 19>Oh man, I don't know. Yeah, that's a tough question.

0:46:19.180 --> 0:46:21.680
<v Speaker 19>You know, I was just at that point in my career,

0:46:21.739 --> 0:46:25.040
<v Speaker 19>I was just so focused on like getting to the

0:46:25.120 --> 0:46:30.160
<v Speaker 19>major leagues and like earning a spot. You know, it'd

0:46:30.890 --> 0:46:35.300
<v Speaker 19>be hard to say. I thought that I would, get

0:46:35.700 --> 0:46:39.200
<v Speaker 19>um you know over 10 years in the major leagues

0:46:39.239 --> 0:46:44.500
<v Speaker 19>with the pretty much all with the Dodgers um so

0:46:45.000 --> 0:46:46.879
<v Speaker 19>yeah no I don't I don't know I always had

0:46:46.920 --> 0:46:49.360
<v Speaker 19>a lot of confidence in myself and always believed I

0:46:49.870 --> 0:46:52.250
<v Speaker 19>would get there but um I don't know if I

0:46:52.270 --> 0:46:54.629
<v Speaker 19>thought it would happen the way I did do.

0:46:54.570 --> 0:46:56.989
<v Speaker 3>You remember that first day in Pittsburgh Chris.

0:46:58.150 --> 0:47:02.450
<v Speaker 19>I do yeah um I do remember I remember um

0:47:03.910 --> 0:47:07.230
<v Speaker 19>I remember I was able to hit a triple in

0:47:07.250 --> 0:47:10.940
<v Speaker 19>the left center gap, which kind of took some of

0:47:10.980 --> 0:47:15.820
<v Speaker 19>the pressure off, you know. But, yeah, I remember joining

0:47:15.860 --> 0:47:20.880
<v Speaker 19>the team in Pittsburgh and, you know, just being pretty,

0:47:20.900 --> 0:47:24.719
<v Speaker 19>you know, welcomed by all the guys and actually, like,

0:47:24.780 --> 0:47:29.239
<v Speaker 19>pleasantly surprised how– easy it was to fit in and, um,

0:47:29.500 --> 0:47:32.880
<v Speaker 19>you know, kind of just be yourself. And, um, I

0:47:32.920 --> 0:47:38.290
<v Speaker 19>remember feeling very, um, comfortable playing. And I think that's

0:47:38.330 --> 0:47:40.850
<v Speaker 19>something that Dodgers do a great job of is like

0:47:41.230 --> 0:47:44.969
<v Speaker 19>bringing guys in and like, you know, just like go out,

0:47:45.010 --> 0:47:51.260
<v Speaker 19>do your thing. Don't put too much pressure on you. And, um, yeah, no, obviously, um,

0:47:51.530 --> 0:47:55.700
<v Speaker 19>there's a reason they, um, you know, a lot of

0:47:55.719 --> 0:47:59.300
<v Speaker 19>the young guys that get there have so much early success.

0:48:00.100 --> 0:48:03.009
<v Speaker 2>Chris Taylor is our guest. He's going to be celebrated

0:48:03.050 --> 0:48:06.410
<v Speaker 2>tonight at Dodger Stadium, throwing out the first pitch tonight

0:48:06.450 --> 0:48:10.189
<v Speaker 2>with his family right by his side. Now, I've talked

0:48:10.210 --> 0:48:13.049
<v Speaker 2>to you over the years about my favorite memories, the

0:48:13.110 --> 0:48:17.540
<v Speaker 2>moments that stick out in your career. Fans obviously share

0:48:17.580 --> 0:48:19.920
<v Speaker 2>their moments with you. Hey, I was there in 2021

0:48:19.920 --> 0:48:24.989
<v Speaker 2>or I was there When you did this, what in

0:48:25.050 --> 0:48:27.969
<v Speaker 2>your mind stands out the most as far as some

0:48:28.010 --> 0:48:32.520
<v Speaker 2>of the moments that you had in your Dodger career that,

0:48:32.640 --> 0:48:34.020
<v Speaker 2>you know, supersede others?

0:48:35.140 --> 0:48:42.629
<v Speaker 19>Yeah, I mean, individually, I think what you referenced earlier,

0:48:42.670 --> 0:48:46.850
<v Speaker 19>the 21 wildcard walk-off, that was a big one for me.

0:48:46.989 --> 0:48:47.250
<v Speaker 10>I think.

0:48:48.140 --> 0:48:52.080
<v Speaker 19>Mainly because it came after such a long slump. Like

0:48:52.100 --> 0:48:55.569
<v Speaker 19>I had struggled the entire second half of the season

0:48:55.610 --> 0:48:59.230
<v Speaker 19>and ended up getting benched before the playoffs. And I

0:48:59.270 --> 0:49:04.290
<v Speaker 19>was really like scuffling and somehow I was able to,

0:49:05.290 --> 0:49:08.860
<v Speaker 19>to find a barrel and hit that walk off Homer.

0:49:08.920 --> 0:49:13.819
<v Speaker 19>And then that completely, you know, turned my whole whole

0:49:13.860 --> 0:49:19.759
<v Speaker 19>season around and ended up having a great playoff. That

0:49:19.800 --> 0:49:27.169
<v Speaker 19>was super rewarding for me. I think the The things

0:49:27.230 --> 0:49:31.069
<v Speaker 19>I'm most proud of are the World Series, you know,

0:49:31.070 --> 0:49:35.279
<v Speaker 19>2020 and 24, being able to win two World Series

0:49:35.300 --> 0:49:37.779
<v Speaker 19>with the guys. It's like there's no feeling that can

0:49:37.820 --> 0:49:40.779
<v Speaker 19>top that. Winning the last game of the year is

0:49:40.840 --> 0:49:44.200
<v Speaker 19>just the best feeling, no matter how you get there.

0:49:44.580 --> 0:49:47.390
<v Speaker 19>And that's probably what I'm most proud of.

0:49:48.050 --> 0:49:51.150
<v Speaker 2>What do you remember the most about that 2020 season,

0:49:51.370 --> 0:49:56.390
<v Speaker 2>that bubble run at Globe Life Field in Texas? Not really...

0:49:56.680 --> 0:50:02.040
<v Speaker 2>having much of a social life, but being with your teammates, uh.

0:50:02.040 --> 0:50:03.900
<v Speaker 6>24 seven. Yeah.

0:50:04.320 --> 0:50:08.160
<v Speaker 19>Um, you know, we were stuck in, in, uh, the

0:50:08.200 --> 0:50:12.690
<v Speaker 19>hotel in Texas. Um, you know, basically it's just, I

0:50:12.690 --> 0:50:18.069
<v Speaker 19>think it was for over a month and, um, you know, it's,

0:50:19.000 --> 0:50:21.299
<v Speaker 19>It's fun. You know, you're with all the guys and

0:50:21.340 --> 0:50:24.620
<v Speaker 19>there's like that team bonding for sure. But then at

0:50:24.660 --> 0:50:29.569
<v Speaker 19>the same time, there's like no escape. So you're it's

0:50:29.630 --> 0:50:35.470
<v Speaker 19>just like the one nice thing about being home in L.A.

0:50:35.510 --> 0:50:38.350
<v Speaker 19>is like you get to go home. to your house

0:50:38.750 --> 0:50:41.549
<v Speaker 19>and for me at the beach. And it's just kind

0:50:41.610 --> 0:50:44.509
<v Speaker 19>of my safe place away from the baseball field where

0:50:44.550 --> 0:50:47.190
<v Speaker 19>I can like take my mind off of it and

0:50:47.230 --> 0:50:50.340
<v Speaker 19>in the bubble and everything of course is heightened because

0:50:50.360 --> 0:50:54.379
<v Speaker 19>it's the playoffs and there's so much pressure and, um,

0:50:55.219 --> 0:50:58.000
<v Speaker 19>you know, there really was no escape. So it's like,

0:50:59.450 --> 0:51:02.690
<v Speaker 19>It was a month, but it felt like two months. And,

0:51:03.330 --> 0:51:09.250
<v Speaker 19>you know, I think it was a little mentally taxing. But,

0:51:09.969 --> 0:51:15.500
<v Speaker 19>you know, obviously it ended with us winning.

0:51:15.660 --> 0:51:16.900
<v Speaker 6>Our first World Series.

0:51:17.840 --> 0:51:21.080
<v Speaker 19>So there was like a lot of peaks and valleys

0:51:21.320 --> 0:51:26.280
<v Speaker 19>during that postseason. Of course, all worth it to finally

0:51:26.760 --> 0:51:27.450
<v Speaker 19>come out on top.

0:51:28.270 --> 0:51:31.170
<v Speaker 2>Do you feel like winning that World Series with those

0:51:31.489 --> 0:51:33.870
<v Speaker 2>group of players that you went to the World Series

0:51:33.930 --> 0:51:37.680
<v Speaker 2>with in 17 and 18 kind of was a closure

0:51:37.719 --> 0:51:40.860
<v Speaker 2>for all you guys, redemption as far as achieving it,

0:51:41.080 --> 0:51:43.780
<v Speaker 2>even in that type of situation and setting?

0:51:44.600 --> 0:51:45.880
<v Speaker 19>Yeah, I think I've.

0:51:46.550 --> 0:51:47.520
<v Speaker 1>I've said this before.

0:51:47.540 --> 0:51:51.140
<v Speaker 19>I think the predominant feeling after we won that was relief.

0:51:51.520 --> 0:51:54.600
<v Speaker 19>It was, you know, because we felt like we should

0:51:54.660 --> 0:51:56.600
<v Speaker 19>have won in 17 and we got back there in 18,

0:51:56.580 --> 0:52:03.480
<v Speaker 19>weren't able to win. And then, you know, 19, we

0:52:03.540 --> 0:52:05.460
<v Speaker 19>had a great team and.

0:52:05.400 --> 0:52:08.830
<v Speaker 6>We're upset by the, the.

0:52:07.739 --> 0:52:12.950
<v Speaker 19>Nationals who ended up winning. So, you know, I think that,

0:52:12.950 --> 0:52:17.520
<v Speaker 19>2020 was just like, Oh, we finally did it. Like

0:52:17.600 --> 0:52:23.520
<v Speaker 19>we can breathe, you know, the, the monkeys off our back. And, um, that, yeah,

0:52:23.560 --> 0:52:26.100
<v Speaker 19>that was the main feeling even more so than the

0:52:26.180 --> 0:52:31.989
<v Speaker 19>excitement of winning world series. It's just like relief of like, um, of, uh,

0:52:32.370 --> 0:52:33.590
<v Speaker 19>you know, getting over the hump.

0:52:34.710 --> 0:52:34.970
<v Speaker 6>Yeah.

0:52:35.150 --> 0:52:38.370
<v Speaker 2>I understand that Chris Taylor is our guest and another

0:52:38.430 --> 0:52:41.440
<v Speaker 2>part of your career, uh, And those teams, Chris, is

0:52:41.500 --> 0:52:44.589
<v Speaker 2>the bond that you guys had and still have to

0:52:44.620 --> 0:52:48.069
<v Speaker 2>this day. When I think of Chris Taylor, it's hard

0:52:48.110 --> 0:52:52.049
<v Speaker 2>not to think of Cody Bellinger or Corey Seager or

0:52:52.270 --> 0:52:56.780
<v Speaker 2>Alex Wood or Justin Turner. How much does that make

0:52:56.980 --> 0:53:00.080
<v Speaker 2>all of this more special that you form that bond

0:53:00.180 --> 0:53:03.060
<v Speaker 2>with not just one guy, but 10, 15 guys?

0:53:05.520 --> 0:53:10.620
<v Speaker 19>Yeah, there's really nothing like the relationship you'll have with

0:53:10.660 --> 0:53:14.800
<v Speaker 19>your teammates in the clubhouse. And, you know, that group

0:53:14.820 --> 0:53:18.279
<v Speaker 19>you just mentioned, we played together for multiple years and

0:53:18.320 --> 0:53:22.880
<v Speaker 19>we went through everything I just talked about of, like,

0:53:23.719 --> 0:53:27.140
<v Speaker 19>not being able to win for a long time and

0:53:27.160 --> 0:53:30.790
<v Speaker 19>then finally winning. And, you know, when you go.

0:53:31.480 --> 0:53:32.140
<v Speaker 6>Go through that.

0:53:32.180 --> 0:53:38.500
<v Speaker 19>And like, it's baseball seasons are long and it's every day. And, um,

0:53:39.239 --> 0:53:43.470
<v Speaker 19>you know, when you go through the experiences you have

0:53:43.650 --> 0:53:47.170
<v Speaker 19>on a team with those guys, you form a special bond.

0:53:48.290 --> 0:53:51.469
<v Speaker 19>And I think that's something we'll carry with us for

0:53:51.489 --> 0:53:52.430
<v Speaker 19>the rest of our lives.

0:53:53.450 --> 0:53:55.250
<v Speaker 2>Before I let you go, I got to ask you

0:53:55.270 --> 0:54:00.540
<v Speaker 2>this now, 2018 game seven NLCS in Milwaukee, uh, How

0:54:00.580 --> 0:54:03.570
<v Speaker 2>the heck did you make that catch? That catch saved

0:54:03.930 --> 0:54:06.930
<v Speaker 2>the NLCS for the Dodgers. How did you make that catch?

0:54:09.310 --> 0:54:13.009
<v Speaker 19>Yeah, I don't know. You know, I've always said I

0:54:13.050 --> 0:54:16.020
<v Speaker 19>don't think it was like my greatest catch. I think

0:54:16.280 --> 0:54:19.200
<v Speaker 19>it was obviously a big moment. I still think I

0:54:19.260 --> 0:54:22.319
<v Speaker 19>didn't take the best route. I kind of undercut it

0:54:22.840 --> 0:54:27.310
<v Speaker 19>and had the banana back. Luckily, I kind of snow-coned

0:54:27.370 --> 0:54:32.200
<v Speaker 19>it in my glove. But definitely, like, as far as

0:54:33.080 --> 0:54:40.820
<v Speaker 19>a moment, that was the biggest defensive moment I've had. But, yeah,

0:54:41.400 --> 0:54:44.640
<v Speaker 19>it was a cool experience, though, being in Milwaukee, making

0:54:44.680 --> 0:54:48.540
<v Speaker 19>that catch in Game 7, having my family there to

0:54:48.600 --> 0:54:52.180
<v Speaker 19>witness it, and then, of course, winning and clenching going

0:54:52.219 --> 0:54:55.259
<v Speaker 19>to the World Series. It made it all that much better.

0:54:55.940 --> 0:54:56.980
<v Speaker 3>To this day, Chris.

0:54:57.620 --> 0:55:00.370
<v Speaker 2>Whenever I go back to Milwaukee, I always look out

0:55:00.430 --> 0:55:02.830
<v Speaker 2>there to left field and I think about that catch

0:55:02.950 --> 0:55:06.310
<v Speaker 2>because that is one of the moments of being on

0:55:06.350 --> 0:55:08.830
<v Speaker 2>this ride with you guys that I'll never forget. That

0:55:08.870 --> 0:55:12.980
<v Speaker 2>was certainly one of the playoff highlights that I've ever seen.

0:55:13.120 --> 0:55:15.980
<v Speaker 3>So it's awesome. You're coming back.

0:55:16.260 --> 0:55:19.340
<v Speaker 2>Are you signing an official one day contract to retire

0:55:19.800 --> 0:55:21.050
<v Speaker 2>as a Dodger tonight, Chris?

0:55:22.170 --> 0:55:25.580
<v Speaker 19>I don't know, but there's nothing else you think of

0:55:25.620 --> 0:55:27.520
<v Speaker 19>when you look out in left field in Milwaukee?

0:55:27.980 --> 0:55:30.580
<v Speaker 2>No, no, I don't see anything else. I just see

0:55:31.180 --> 0:55:32.180
<v Speaker 2>you making that catch.

0:55:32.600 --> 0:55:34.460
<v Speaker 3>What do you see when you look out in left field?

0:55:34.640 --> 0:55:37.800
<v Speaker 19>The big slide out there. You didn't have any bad

0:55:37.840 --> 0:55:39.540
<v Speaker 19>experiences with that slide?

0:55:39.980 --> 0:55:40.900
<v Speaker 3>Oh, yeah, the slide.

0:55:40.940 --> 0:55:44.200
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that's it. Yes, that's right. It's all coming back

0:55:44.239 --> 0:55:48.690
<v Speaker 2>to me now. I don't remember you helping me to

0:55:48.710 --> 0:55:49.850
<v Speaker 2>the hospital that day.

0:55:51.489 --> 0:55:54.629
<v Speaker 19>I think i of course wasn't there to see it

0:55:54.670 --> 0:55:59.290
<v Speaker 19>but i saw it on instagram or on tv like everybody.

0:55:58.989 --> 0:56:03.010
<v Speaker 2>Else okay well thank you for remembering that i'll remember

0:56:03.070 --> 0:56:04.390
<v Speaker 2>you and you can remember me in.

0:56:04.390 --> 0:56:09.040
<v Speaker 19>Milwaukee yeah i can't let you forget that well i.

0:56:08.989 --> 0:56:12.060
<v Speaker 2>Gotta say this um it's so great you're coming back

0:56:12.239 --> 0:56:15.160
<v Speaker 2>you are always going to be part of the dodger

0:56:15.200 --> 0:56:17.700
<v Speaker 2>family and i'm so grateful to you for treating me

0:56:18.310 --> 0:56:21.489
<v Speaker 2>like family and treating my kids like family. And it's

0:56:21.550 --> 0:56:24.640
<v Speaker 2>been a real pleasure watching your career. And I can't

0:56:24.680 --> 0:56:27.300
<v Speaker 2>believe I'm outlasting you. I can't believe I'm still doing

0:56:27.360 --> 0:56:30.759
<v Speaker 2>this and you're retired. So I'll have to digest that

0:56:30.800 --> 0:56:31.560
<v Speaker 2>tonight as well.

0:56:33.219 --> 0:56:36.279
<v Speaker 19>Thanks for that. I mean, your friendship means a lot

0:56:36.320 --> 0:56:39.070
<v Speaker 19>to me and it was always a pleasure.

0:56:38.730 --> 0:56:39.290
<v Speaker 13>Working with you.

0:56:39.969 --> 0:56:40.230
<v Speaker 8>All right.

0:56:40.270 --> 0:56:41.229
<v Speaker 3>I'll see you on the beach.

0:56:41.850 --> 0:56:42.250
<v Speaker 7>All right.

0:56:42.270 --> 0:56:42.910
<v Speaker 19>That sounds good.

0:56:43.660 --> 0:56:44.040
<v Speaker 2>All right.

0:56:44.140 --> 0:56:45.950
<v Speaker 3>That's a good way to end the show.

0:56:46.210 --> 0:56:49.479
<v Speaker 2>Obviously a disappointing night for the Dodgers, a disappointing first

0:56:49.540 --> 0:56:53.219
<v Speaker 2>two games of this nine game homestand, but a feel-good

0:56:53.280 --> 0:56:56.120
<v Speaker 2>conversation with Chris Taylor. So I wanted to end the

0:56:56.180 --> 0:56:59.739
<v Speaker 2>show that way. Will I walk home? Well, yeah, I

0:56:59.840 --> 0:57:02.479
<v Speaker 2>will from my car to my front door. I never

0:57:02.540 --> 0:57:06.550
<v Speaker 2>said I'm walking from Dodgers Stadium to my house. So

0:57:06.640 --> 0:57:08.950
<v Speaker 2>we'll see where it leads. You know, maybe I'll do

0:57:09.010 --> 0:57:12.290
<v Speaker 2>a little walk on Ventura Boulevard just to satisfy the

0:57:12.410 --> 0:57:14.950
<v Speaker 2>animals out there that want me to walk 12 hours

0:57:15.330 --> 0:57:18.380
<v Speaker 2>back to the Valley. Tomorrow, Tarek Skubal will be on

0:57:18.400 --> 0:57:21.880
<v Speaker 2>the mound against Quinn Matthews. Our coverage begins at 6

0:57:21.880 --> 0:57:26.070
<v Speaker 2>o'clock with first pitch at 7-10. Thanks to Colin Yee

0:57:26.130 --> 0:57:29.350
<v Speaker 2>back at our Burbank studios. He's been here since 12 o'clock.

0:57:29.650 --> 0:57:32.550
<v Speaker 2>Thanks to Dwayne McDonald out here at Uniqlo Field at

0:57:32.590 --> 0:57:35.890
<v Speaker 2>Dodger Stadium. And thank you to the IT department for

0:57:35.930 --> 0:57:39.200
<v Speaker 2>not pulling the plug on the show. Appreciate the phones

0:57:39.260 --> 0:57:42.540
<v Speaker 2>working tonight. and appreciate you staying up late. In case

0:57:42.580 --> 0:57:44.560
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0:57:44.620 --> 0:57:48.600
<v Speaker 2>find it, the iHeartRadio app. Once again, the final score tonight,

0:57:48.660 --> 0:57:52.970
<v Speaker 2>the Cardinals beat the Dodgers in 10, 8-6. Ben Maller

0:57:53.110 --> 0:57:55.270
<v Speaker 2>on Fox Sports Radio is next.

0:57:56.010 --> 0:57:57.290
<v Speaker 3>See ya!