WEBVTT - Dodger Talk (10-10-25) 0:00:00.120 --> 0:00:02.880 Love with you guys after the show and just thank you. 0:00:02.720 --> 0:00:04.960 We are your attention, your fire. 0:00:05.800 --> 0:00:09.119 This is world champion, Dodgers world champion. 0:00:09.680 --> 0:00:11.399 For a small salt time they get a people what 0:00:11.520 --> 0:00:12.200 they want to die. 0:00:12.240 --> 0:00:12.840 Two in a row. 0:00:12.960 --> 0:00:15.200 Two is special. I'm like, yeah, it's not ahead of 0:00:15.280 --> 0:00:20.439 your host. This ball's gone, ready to go. 0:00:21.000 --> 0:00:24.480 Hell, grab your phone to get. 0:00:24.360 --> 0:00:27.080 In on the show called eight six six nine eighty 0:00:27.080 --> 0:00:30.160 seven two five seven. Coach to the show and now 0:00:30.200 --> 0:00:33.120 your host of Dodger Talk, David Vasse. 0:00:36.400 --> 0:00:40.360 Welcome to a special off day Dodger Talk. David Bass 0:00:40.440 --> 0:00:43.320 Day with you until eight o'clock tonight here on AM 0:00:43.400 --> 0:00:46.760 five to seventy LA Sports. Thanks again to Petro some 0:00:46.840 --> 0:00:50.880 money for a great Oh it was Damascheck and Jonas Knox. 0:00:50.920 --> 0:00:53.600 How about that. I'm in here on an off day 0:00:53.680 --> 0:00:58.080 until eight o'clock after the Dodgers clinch the nlds and 0:00:58.280 --> 0:01:02.080 Fred and Rodney are at home. Jonas and Danischek are 0:01:02.080 --> 0:01:04.880 in for Petros and money. But here I am here. 0:01:04.959 --> 0:01:08.800 I am not on a flight to Philadelphia on my birthday, 0:01:09.160 --> 0:01:12.920 hosting Dodger Talk until eight o'clock. That's how much I 0:01:12.959 --> 0:01:15.600 love the Dodgers. That's how much I want to talk 0:01:15.640 --> 0:01:19.480 about them going to the NLCS, and certainly I am 0:01:19.680 --> 0:01:24.040 very happy the Dodgers are not headed to Philadelphia for 0:01:24.080 --> 0:01:26.640 a number of different reasons. Yes, number one, it's my 0:01:26.720 --> 0:01:28.720 birthday and I want to enjoy it, and I did 0:01:28.840 --> 0:01:31.320 enjoy it with my family, and I'm going to enjoy 0:01:31.360 --> 0:01:35.640 tomorrow as well. But more importantly, I told you I 0:01:35.720 --> 0:01:39.680 wasn't packing the Dodgers were not going back to Philadelphia, 0:01:39.800 --> 0:01:42.160 and I know it was a lot closer last night 0:01:42.560 --> 0:01:45.160 than a lot of you would have liked. I know, 0:01:45.319 --> 0:01:49.480 seeing Andrew Freeman and Stan Casten in the celebration yesterday, 0:01:50.000 --> 0:01:53.960 they were as relieved and trying to decompress from the 0:01:54.080 --> 0:01:58.040 high tension late in that game. But certainly a lot 0:01:58.040 --> 0:02:02.520 of relief and excitement amongst everybody at Dodgers Stadium last 0:02:02.600 --> 0:02:06.720 night when Oriyan Keckering threw the ball away in a 0:02:06.760 --> 0:02:09.680 weird situation. We'll get to that in a moment, because 0:02:09.720 --> 0:02:13.480 there's a few things last night on postgame Dodger Talk. 0:02:13.840 --> 0:02:16.600 In the moment of celebration, we're trying to celebrate the 0:02:16.639 --> 0:02:20.799 Dodgers advancing to the NLCS, so we do have time 0:02:20.880 --> 0:02:25.600 to unpack certain key moments but in a clinch situation 0:02:25.800 --> 0:02:28.320 like last night, you don't really have a chance to 0:02:28.360 --> 0:02:31.320 see all the angles, and you really want to celebrate 0:02:31.360 --> 0:02:34.720 the fact that the Dodgers beat a really good Phillies 0:02:34.800 --> 0:02:39.200 team and may have beat the toughest opponent that they 0:02:39.240 --> 0:02:42.440 are going to see in this year's playoffs. I don't 0:02:42.480 --> 0:02:45.880 subscribe to that necessarily. I know a lot of other 0:02:45.919 --> 0:02:48.880 people around baseball that I spoke to before the series 0:02:48.919 --> 0:02:52.200 believed whoever was going to win this series was going 0:02:52.240 --> 0:02:55.120 to win the World Series. I'm a firm believer in 0:02:55.160 --> 0:02:58.160 the Dodgers. I have been, even when they may have 0:02:58.280 --> 0:03:01.680 hit rock bottom in September or August. I believed in 0:03:01.760 --> 0:03:05.280 the talent. I believe they would be able to reconstruct 0:03:05.280 --> 0:03:08.320 their bullpen to be able to be more effective than 0:03:08.320 --> 0:03:12.320 what it was during the regular season. And without Roki Sasaki, 0:03:12.360 --> 0:03:16.200 obviously none of this is happening. I'm having a post 0:03:16.240 --> 0:03:20.799 mortem Dodger talk tonight instead of a celebratory Dodger talk. 0:03:20.880 --> 0:03:24.920 With the Dodgers headed to the NLCS, We're gonna replay 0:03:25.080 --> 0:03:29.240 relibs some of the celebration interviews from last night. In 0:03:29.280 --> 0:03:32.040 case you don't know who the Dodgers are playing in 0:03:32.160 --> 0:03:36.640 the NLCS. Neither do we, because Game five between the 0:03:36.640 --> 0:03:40.560 Brewers and Cubs is tomorrow. The winner of that will 0:03:40.600 --> 0:03:44.760 play the Dodgers on Monday, either at Dodgers Stadium or 0:03:44.920 --> 0:03:48.200 in Milwaukee. That's right. The Dodgers have home field advantage 0:03:48.240 --> 0:03:51.160 against the Cubs. They do not have home field advantage 0:03:51.240 --> 0:03:54.040 against the team with the best record in the National 0:03:54.120 --> 0:03:58.240 League in the Milwaukee Brewers. So that's what's at steak 0:03:58.360 --> 0:04:02.960 Cubs versus Brewers, the opportunity for them to have a rematch. 0:04:03.080 --> 0:04:06.680 Both teams have lost to the Dodgers in the NLCS 0:04:06.680 --> 0:04:10.160 in previous years. The Cubs beat the Dodgers on their 0:04:10.200 --> 0:04:13.360 way to their only World Series title in the last 0:04:13.400 --> 0:04:17.080 one hundred plus years back in twenty sixteen. The Dodgers 0:04:17.120 --> 0:04:20.320 beat the Cubs the very next year, Game five in 0:04:20.400 --> 0:04:24.920 Wrigley Field. Keyk Hernandez became October keyk with three home 0:04:25.000 --> 0:04:28.800 runs in Game five of the twenty seventeen NLCS at 0:04:28.800 --> 0:04:32.880 Wrigley Field, And of course twenty eighteen, the Dodgers beating 0:04:32.920 --> 0:04:36.719 the Brewers in a seven game series, beating Milwaukee in 0:04:36.880 --> 0:04:40.640 Milwaukee for Game seven to advance to the World Series 0:04:40.680 --> 0:04:43.560 that year, and they played the Red Sox. Eight six six, 0:04:43.680 --> 0:04:46.680 nine eighty seven two five seventy is the phone number. 0:04:46.960 --> 0:04:50.760 Before we get to Oryan Keckering and how that went sideways, 0:04:51.000 --> 0:04:55.280 Let's talk about another key moment in last night's game, 0:04:55.839 --> 0:04:59.360 and that was the chess match between Dave Roberts and 0:04:59.480 --> 0:05:04.080 Rob tom. Rob Thompson, the Phillies manager, last night, made 0:05:04.200 --> 0:05:09.440 a controversial decision no not to bring in uh Orian 0:05:09.520 --> 0:05:13.359 Keckering in the eleventh inning, but with his best reliever 0:05:13.560 --> 0:05:16.440 on the mound in the seventh inning, holding on to 0:05:16.560 --> 0:05:19.880 a one nothing lead and first base open, with runners 0:05:19.880 --> 0:05:24.240 at second and third and two outs, he opted to 0:05:24.360 --> 0:05:30.600 walk sho Hey O'tani to face Mookie Betts. Here's why 0:05:30.880 --> 0:05:35.680 that was a huge gift from the Phillies manager. First 0:05:35.720 --> 0:05:39.039 and foremost, he's your best reliever, and we all know 0:05:39.240 --> 0:05:44.480 about otani struggles. But did Rob Thompson realize that Joan 0:05:44.640 --> 0:05:50.960 Duran this season was much better against left handed hitters 0:05:51.000 --> 0:05:54.279 than he was against right handed hitters. You wouldn't expect 0:05:54.279 --> 0:05:57.960 that right a right handed, heart throwing reliever better against 0:05:58.040 --> 0:06:00.800 lefties than righty's. That's part of the reason why the 0:06:00.880 --> 0:06:04.000 Dodgers were not going to mortgage the farm system to 0:06:04.080 --> 0:06:08.720 acquire Duran. Duran this year against left handed hitters limited 0:06:08.760 --> 0:06:12.200 them to a one sixty eight batting average, and lefties 0:06:12.279 --> 0:06:16.120 only hit one home run against Duran. Right handed hitters 0:06:16.440 --> 0:06:20.760 hit two seventy eight with a one thousand ops against 0:06:20.839 --> 0:06:25.440 Duran this year. Not to mention, Otani struggling, and Mookie 0:06:25.520 --> 0:06:28.680 Betts is locked in and has been locked in for 0:06:28.800 --> 0:06:32.560 the better part of a month. That was a huge 0:06:32.680 --> 0:06:36.920 gamble and it backfired. Mookie Bets, not chasing because he's 0:06:37.000 --> 0:06:41.120 locked in, takes the bases loaded walk to tie the game. 0:06:41.520 --> 0:06:44.719 And here we go into the eleventh inning, and here 0:06:44.880 --> 0:06:48.480 is the way. The eleventh inning, the final play sounded 0:06:48.800 --> 0:06:52.680 with Rick Monday and Steven Nelson on the call. 0:06:53.160 --> 0:06:55.719 The old one pitch. Patz grounds it back to Kirkery. 0:06:55.839 --> 0:06:56.720 He can't find it. 0:06:56.800 --> 0:07:02.480 He ten scores and the Dodgers are going to the 0:07:02.600 --> 0:07:03.960 Championship Series. 0:07:08.360 --> 0:07:11.160 All right, Ryan Keckering, We'll have to live with that 0:07:11.320 --> 0:07:14.720 the rest of his life, similar to Bill Buckner having 0:07:14.760 --> 0:07:17.480 to live the rest of his life after booting the 0:07:17.520 --> 0:07:20.200 ball or letting the ball go between his legs in 0:07:20.240 --> 0:07:23.560 the eighty six World Series against the Mets, Orian Keckering 0:07:23.680 --> 0:07:26.520 is going to see that replay the rest of his life, 0:07:26.560 --> 0:07:28.360 and he's going to see it a lot in his 0:07:28.400 --> 0:07:31.320 own mind during the off season. But like I mentioned 0:07:31.360 --> 0:07:33.960 at the beginning of the show, last night was a 0:07:34.000 --> 0:07:38.440 celebration of the Dodgers advancing to the NLCS and obviously 0:07:38.600 --> 0:07:41.600 putting the ball in play by Andy Pa has forced 0:07:41.680 --> 0:07:45.280 Oriyan Keckering to make a play which he couldn't. But 0:07:45.960 --> 0:07:48.520 here's a couple of issues I had on the Dodgers 0:07:48.600 --> 0:07:52.960 side that they got away with. Number One, where was 0:07:53.000 --> 0:07:56.600 Sho Hao Tani. Sho Hao Tani was worried about shoe 0:07:56.600 --> 0:07:59.320 Ha Otani getting out of his own slump and coming 0:07:59.360 --> 0:08:03.200 to the plate next against Orion Keckering. When the ball 0:08:03.280 --> 0:08:05.840 is put into play and you have a runner at 0:08:05.840 --> 0:08:10.160 third base with two outs, he's coming home automatically. Otani 0:08:10.240 --> 0:08:14.000 should be sprinting to the other side to the right 0:08:14.200 --> 0:08:19.200 handed batters or excuse me, left handed batter's box vision. 0:08:19.720 --> 0:08:23.520 Otani needed to be there to coach up Kim to slide. 0:08:24.240 --> 0:08:27.640 Kim came to home plate standing up, and did you know, 0:08:28.080 --> 0:08:32.200 looking at the replay this morning, hay Sung Kim never 0:08:32.600 --> 0:08:36.920 stepped on home plate. Initially, he had to go back 0:08:36.960 --> 0:08:39.960 to home plate and step on home plate. I mean, 0:08:40.040 --> 0:08:44.080 this is baseball one oh one. You have to slide 0:08:44.200 --> 0:08:48.480 at home plate. Standing up at home plate is never 0:08:48.559 --> 0:08:52.559 a good idea because if Rio Mudo makes an incredible 0:08:52.640 --> 0:08:56.120 stretch and catch, you're an easier target for him to 0:08:56.320 --> 0:09:00.160 tag out instead of you being down sliding past him. 0:09:00.640 --> 0:09:03.960 Otani needed to be there, Kim needed to have the 0:09:04.000 --> 0:09:07.720 baseball instincts to slide at home plate. I would love 0:09:07.800 --> 0:09:10.560 to see it feed first because at home plate a 0:09:10.600 --> 0:09:13.080 lot of things can happen. You could get your handstepped on. 0:09:13.240 --> 0:09:19.760 But that was a major, major miscalculation by both Kim 0:09:20.320 --> 0:09:23.600 and Otani. So I wanted to bring that up and JT. 0:09:23.800 --> 0:09:27.800 Real Mudo was pointing to first base. Keckering did not 0:09:28.000 --> 0:09:31.440 realize in his panic after he did not feel the 0:09:31.440 --> 0:09:35.080 ball cleanly how many outs there was, and it was 0:09:35.160 --> 0:09:37.640 Pa has running and Pa Haz said after the game, 0:09:38.040 --> 0:09:40.840 I looked back and when he didn't feel the ball, 0:09:41.360 --> 0:09:44.840 I kept running and running harder. So keep that in 0:09:44.880 --> 0:09:47.800 mind the little things of baseball. Baseball is not just 0:09:47.880 --> 0:09:51.600 about throwing one hundred miles an hour and getting the 0:09:51.640 --> 0:09:55.880 maximum spin rate on your pitches. That's what makes Clayton 0:09:55.960 --> 0:10:00.760 Kershaw so special. When he pitches, he's a pitcher. When 0:10:00.800 --> 0:10:04.440 he releases the ball, he becomes an infielder. That's what 0:10:04.640 --> 0:10:09.440 separates the great ones from the Orion keckerings. Frankly, but 0:10:10.320 --> 0:10:13.559 go back and watch that the replay. Kim did not 0:10:13.760 --> 0:10:16.920 step on home plate and Otani was nowhere to be 0:10:17.000 --> 0:10:20.280 found to direct traffic. That's got a change, and if 0:10:20.320 --> 0:10:24.000 I'm Dave Roberts, it's a teaching experience, even to the 0:10:24.000 --> 0:10:28.120 great Otani. When we continue on Dodger Talk, we will 0:10:28.160 --> 0:10:32.280 hear from Teoscar Hernandez. We will hear from Roki Sasaki, 0:10:32.320 --> 0:10:35.680 who arguably was the most valuable pitcher for the Dodgers 0:10:35.679 --> 0:10:38.760 in the NLDS and who had the best start in 0:10:38.800 --> 0:10:42.800 the NLDS. Don't just think about the games at Dodger Stadium. 0:10:42.800 --> 0:10:47.120 Glass now is phenomenal, but Blake Snell, in a hostile environment, 0:10:47.400 --> 0:10:50.920 had the best and gutsiest start of any Dodger in 0:10:50.960 --> 0:10:53.960 the NLDS. So you'll hear from all those guys, plus 0:10:54.000 --> 0:10:57.040 Freddie Freeman and Keik Hernandez. A lot to get to 0:10:57.160 --> 0:11:00.520 between now and eight o'clock right here on five seventy 0:11:00.800 --> 0:11:04.760 LA Sports you're home for the defending World Series champion Dodgers, 0:11:05.360 --> 0:11:15.559 AM five to seventy LA Sports. It was a big 0:11:15.640 --> 0:11:19.080 time achievement for the Dodgers to be able to beat 0:11:19.120 --> 0:11:24.080 that Phillies pitching staff. This was a series of pitching 0:11:24.280 --> 0:11:28.319 and defense. The teams that made mistakes in these four 0:11:28.360 --> 0:11:32.760 games lost. The Dodgers made big mistakes in Game three, 0:11:33.200 --> 0:11:37.000 they lost big time, eight to two. In Game two 0:11:37.200 --> 0:11:41.000 in Philadelphia, the Dodgers were able to overcome some poor 0:11:41.080 --> 0:11:43.720 defense to hold on for a four to three win 0:11:44.200 --> 0:11:48.520 and steal the first two games in Philadelphia. And I 0:11:48.600 --> 0:11:51.480 really do believe this when you see a game and 0:11:51.679 --> 0:11:54.520 the way it ended last night. To end a series 0:11:54.640 --> 0:11:59.200 in such an unorthodox type of way where O'Ryan Keckering 0:11:59.360 --> 0:12:01.920 throws the ball away with two outs instead of just 0:12:02.000 --> 0:12:04.880 going to first base, you forget about some of the 0:12:04.920 --> 0:12:08.520 players and some of the moments that took place in 0:12:08.559 --> 0:12:11.720 the previous three games of the series. You only think 0:12:11.760 --> 0:12:16.160 about that game. And for me, there's a couple of 0:12:16.840 --> 0:12:20.840 certain players and certain moments that I really wanted to 0:12:20.880 --> 0:12:24.079 point out. I know a lot of people only talk 0:12:24.160 --> 0:12:27.880 about keyk Hernandez when it comes to October and rightfully, 0:12:27.960 --> 0:12:30.240 so we'll hear from Key k in a moment. But 0:12:30.320 --> 0:12:32.720 the Dodgers have a few of those type of players. 0:12:33.080 --> 0:12:35.480 Who was the best hitter last year in the World Series, 0:12:35.679 --> 0:12:39.600 It was Freddie Freeman that carried the Dodgers. Tommy Edmund 0:12:39.640 --> 0:12:43.440 was the NLCS MVP. Tommy Edmund was a top five 0:12:43.520 --> 0:12:47.559 player in this series that nobody talks about. And tae 0:12:47.640 --> 0:12:52.640 Oscar Hernandez to me, had the single biggest home run 0:12:53.000 --> 0:12:57.160 in this NLDS and it happened in the very first game, 0:12:57.480 --> 0:13:01.640 and it changed the series completely. In the seventh inning 0:13:01.679 --> 0:13:05.679 of Game one, with the Dodgers being shut down basically 0:13:05.800 --> 0:13:10.080 by Christopher Sanchez, they bring in Matt Strom. Matt Strom, 0:13:10.120 --> 0:13:13.280 who is one of the most ordinary lefty relievers out there, 0:13:13.760 --> 0:13:17.400 left a pitch for Taoscar Hernandez to hammer to right 0:13:17.480 --> 0:13:23.560 field and that completely silenced the crowd in hostile Philadelphia 0:13:23.600 --> 0:13:27.880 at the Bank. If ta Oscar Hernandez doesn't hit that 0:13:28.080 --> 0:13:31.440 go ahead three run home run, I'm not sure the 0:13:31.480 --> 0:13:34.520 Dodgers win this series either. And I had a chance 0:13:34.559 --> 0:13:38.800 to catch up with another October Hernandez, the one and 0:13:38.880 --> 0:13:39.880 only ta Oscar. 0:13:40.160 --> 0:13:42.880 All right, we are here at Taoskar Hernandez. Before we 0:13:42.960 --> 0:13:46.040 talk about anything else, let me touch the goatee again. 0:13:47.600 --> 0:13:51.200 Let's go ta Oscar. You were so big from the 0:13:51.240 --> 0:13:54.920 first game into the last game. How rewarding is you 0:13:55.080 --> 0:13:56.199 performing on this stake? 0:13:57.320 --> 0:14:00.640 I mean, what's the team need? 0:14:00.679 --> 0:14:02.000 For team credit? 0:14:02.400 --> 0:14:02.720 The move? 0:14:02.800 --> 0:14:04.320 And today it was amazing. 0:14:05.320 --> 0:14:10.440 This guy right here incredible. Hello, So look a little 0:14:10.520 --> 0:14:15.120 dry there? Okay, this kind of shit, that's Blake Snaw. 0:14:15.320 --> 0:14:15.920 I got dang. 0:14:16.280 --> 0:14:17.080 You know we're ready. 0:14:17.640 --> 0:14:20.680 You know we want some more Mason, we got a 0:14:20.720 --> 0:14:21.720 lot more budget, Das. 0:14:21.800 --> 0:14:22.960 Lets you go, Tayl. 0:14:23.040 --> 0:14:25.720 I feel like you guys have accomplished so much, but 0:14:25.800 --> 0:14:34.040 there are so many doubters still. It's somebody that's turn. 0:14:38.400 --> 0:14:38.520 Out. 0:14:39.880 --> 0:14:41.520 They love you, Your teammates love you. 0:14:41.600 --> 0:14:42.320 I love them too. 0:14:43.000 --> 0:14:45.720 How excited are you to move on to the LCS again? 0:14:46.360 --> 0:14:48.640 This is why we play this and you know, uh, 0:14:48.800 --> 0:14:51.800 exciting game today and god we got to win. 0:14:51.960 --> 0:14:54.720 So h now fucus in the next row. I love 0:14:54.760 --> 0:14:57.240 that you let people see your eyes. You have it, burn, 0:14:57.840 --> 0:15:00.160 Let's go. Let's go thought you Hey, don't. 0:15:00.560 --> 0:15:04.040 You can't spell tale, you can't spell October without tail here. 0:15:03.920 --> 0:15:11.600 You heard him? There is Taoscar Hernandez, who hit the 0:15:11.640 --> 0:15:15.480 biggest home run in this series for the Dodgers, and 0:15:15.560 --> 0:15:18.960 that came in Game one in the seventh inning off 0:15:19.000 --> 0:15:21.920 of Matt Strom to give the Dodgers the lead and 0:15:22.200 --> 0:15:26.120 seriously put big time doubt in the Phillies mind that 0:15:26.480 --> 0:15:29.200 you know what, they aren't the best team in this series. 0:15:29.520 --> 0:15:33.200 The Dodgers have more firepower up and down their lineup 0:15:33.440 --> 0:15:36.920 than what the Phillies had. And Taoscar Hernandez, I know 0:15:37.000 --> 0:15:40.280 at times you questioned the effort or you wish he 0:15:40.320 --> 0:15:43.760 could play better right field. This is the player that 0:15:43.840 --> 0:15:46.080 he is. He plays the game with a lot of joy. 0:15:46.520 --> 0:15:48.680 He did go first to third, he did run the 0:15:48.720 --> 0:15:52.040 bases hard in this series. Uh, he's a guy that 0:15:52.160 --> 0:15:55.640 can change a game and a series in this case 0:15:55.960 --> 0:16:00.240 with one swing. I mentioned this after the game, ta 0:16:00.280 --> 0:16:03.960 Oscar Hernandez, al right, I just defined it. He had 0:16:04.040 --> 0:16:07.760 the biggest home run of this series. Who would have 0:16:07.840 --> 0:16:13.760 said before the NLDS Dodgers Phillies that Roki Sasaki would 0:16:13.760 --> 0:16:17.720 be the best Japanese player on the Dodgers in this 0:16:17.840 --> 0:16:21.440 series against Philadelphia. All of you would have picked Otani. 0:16:21.840 --> 0:16:24.720 The other half of you are the last five percent 0:16:24.760 --> 0:16:28.760 would have said Yamamoto. It turned out to be Roki Sasaki, 0:16:29.080 --> 0:16:32.560 who pitched in four these games or three of the 0:16:32.680 --> 0:16:36.080 four of these games and four and a third innings, 0:16:36.240 --> 0:16:41.080 allowed just one hit, including last night where he pitched 0:16:41.360 --> 0:16:45.000 three perfect innings for the Dodgers, and in the postseason 0:16:45.080 --> 0:16:48.600 going back to the Red Series, Sasaki has pitched in 0:16:48.840 --> 0:16:53.680 four of the six games the Dodgers have played, two saves, 0:16:53.800 --> 0:16:58.120 three strikeouts, has not walked a single batter, but specifically 0:16:58.200 --> 0:17:01.920 in this series, comes in to rescue the Dodgers in 0:17:02.000 --> 0:17:06.360 a Game two win that was looking a little doubtful 0:17:06.480 --> 0:17:09.600 until they brought him in and was able to get 0:17:09.640 --> 0:17:12.479 Trey Turner to end Game two and go back to 0:17:12.680 --> 0:17:15.440 LA with a two games to nothing lead. And then 0:17:15.520 --> 0:17:18.520 last night, as it was tied one to one, neither 0:17:18.600 --> 0:17:21.520 team could get a hit or a run off the 0:17:21.560 --> 0:17:26.600 other team's pitchers, they go to Roki Sasaki. Roki Sasaki 0:17:26.600 --> 0:17:31.639 against Hezus Lozardo, and Sasaki out pitched Lozardo because he 0:17:31.720 --> 0:17:36.400 pitched three perfect innings. Without Sasaki, the Dodgers don't win 0:17:36.480 --> 0:17:41.080 this series. Without Sasaki, the Dodgers don't have as much 0:17:41.560 --> 0:17:45.040 optimism to be able to run the table this year 0:17:45.320 --> 0:17:48.679 and win a back to back World Series championship. Coming 0:17:48.680 --> 0:17:52.639 into the postseason, that was the biggest question, who is 0:17:52.720 --> 0:17:56.119 getting the last three outs? Well, I feel like we 0:17:56.320 --> 0:18:00.160 have the name. We had the answer, and it's resounding. 0:18:00.400 --> 0:18:04.679 It's Rokey Sasaki. Roki, What a night for you? What 0:18:04.800 --> 0:18:07.280 a postseason for you? What does it mean to you 0:18:07.320 --> 0:18:09.959 to be such a big contributor tonight and in this series? 0:18:10.680 --> 0:18:25.800 Post the season sols them off. It's like muzzle must 0:18:25.840 --> 0:18:27.760 see home. 0:18:30.800 --> 0:18:34.280 Well, it's been the ball Monks' a little mother. He's 0:18:34.359 --> 0:18:35.600 think I'm gonna take a good. 0:18:35.640 --> 0:18:36.879 It's not what the contest says. 0:18:37.320 --> 0:18:37.520 Now. 0:18:37.560 --> 0:18:40.000 First of all, I'm really glad that I'm healthy and 0:18:40.080 --> 0:18:42.800 be able to perform, and you know, I'm really supporting 0:18:42.840 --> 0:18:45.200 you know, I'm really thankful for all the support staff, 0:18:45.240 --> 0:18:47.480 all the people who really supported the way during my 0:18:47.560 --> 0:18:50.959 rehab progression, and most of all, just all the coaching 0:18:51.040 --> 0:18:54.719 staff from you know, top to bottom organizationally, They've been 0:18:54.840 --> 0:18:56.879 such a help to me and they're the reason why 0:18:56.920 --> 0:18:57.520 I'm back here. 0:18:58.040 --> 0:19:01.120 Roki, how have you been able to embraced this role 0:19:01.160 --> 0:19:02.200 and be so dominant? 0:19:04.359 --> 0:19:05.960 D I thusted it to du up? 0:19:06.880 --> 0:19:08.280 He sews them up on. 0:19:13.000 --> 0:19:15.800 The it's a little Benngal. He's all on this over 0:19:15.800 --> 0:19:17.040 the day god Limas. 0:19:17.400 --> 0:19:18.800 Yeah, my fastball Vla is out. 0:19:18.880 --> 0:19:21.200 My splitter feels really good, so I've been able to 0:19:21.240 --> 0:19:21.960 attack his own. 0:19:22.280 --> 0:19:27.600 Congratulations, Go get some champagne. There they were Will Ireton 0:19:27.680 --> 0:19:31.840 and Roki Sasaki. Sasaki and maybe Tyler Glass Now were 0:19:31.880 --> 0:19:36.359 the two most doubted pitchers coming into this series. I 0:19:36.520 --> 0:19:39.800 wasn't doubting, but I know there were still some doubters. Okay, Yeah, 0:19:40.119 --> 0:19:43.480 Susaki did it in Arizona. He did it in Seattle 0:19:43.560 --> 0:19:46.760 when it didn't matter the reds. Okay, yeah, he got 0:19:46.760 --> 0:19:51.080 one hitter Trey Turner in Game two. Really you still 0:19:51.119 --> 0:19:54.680 weren't buying after that? I feel like now there are 0:19:54.880 --> 0:19:58.280 no doubts. Three perfect innings to get the ball to 0:19:58.359 --> 0:20:02.359 Alex Vesia, who we I know is a bullpen dog 0:20:02.560 --> 0:20:06.080 and a huge part of the Dodgers' bullpen. We've seen 0:20:06.160 --> 0:20:10.679 him in all but one game in this postseason. Alex 0:20:10.800 --> 0:20:13.840 Vesia gets the win last night. Like I said, Roki 0:20:13.920 --> 0:20:17.960 Sasaki one of two Dodger pitchers that were the most doubted. 0:20:18.200 --> 0:20:21.879 The other Tyler Glass Now, who thought he would be 0:20:21.920 --> 0:20:25.359 able to come in last night, make his first start 0:20:25.440 --> 0:20:29.800 of the postseason, first postseason start as a Dodger, and 0:20:29.880 --> 0:20:33.679 pitch six scoreless innings and have nine strikeouts eight eight 0:20:33.760 --> 0:20:38.800 or nine strikeouts last night. Nobody, nobody was expecting that, 0:20:39.160 --> 0:20:42.440 and I would venture to say that Tyler Glass Now 0:20:42.880 --> 0:20:47.080 may not have even known that he had that in him. 0:20:47.560 --> 0:20:51.879 Tyler Glass Now last night eight strikeouts and six scoreless innings, 0:20:51.960 --> 0:20:56.439 allowed just two walks. He was a guy that a 0:20:56.480 --> 0:20:59.359 lot of people doubted because you weren't sure if you 0:20:59.359 --> 0:21:02.800 could trust him. In Philadelphia earlier this year, the man 0:21:03.000 --> 0:21:06.760 was wet, he melted down. But Dave Roberts was constantly 0:21:06.920 --> 0:21:09.880 in his ear after he came off the eel and 0:21:10.040 --> 0:21:13.240 challenged him to be more of a competitor. Here was 0:21:13.280 --> 0:21:16.840 Tyler Glass Now. He was the first guy I grabbed 0:21:16.960 --> 0:21:21.199 on the field because he deserved a lot of the credit, 0:21:21.320 --> 0:21:24.320 because a lot of people doubted whether or not he 0:21:24.359 --> 0:21:27.200 could deliver on such a big stage. Yesterday. 0:21:27.600 --> 0:21:30.960 What a start for Tyler Glass Now, the postseason start 0:21:31.000 --> 0:21:33.200 of his life. How did it feel to go out 0:21:33.200 --> 0:21:34.840 there and be such a big contributor? 0:21:35.280 --> 0:21:35.800 Fuck great? 0:21:36.600 --> 0:21:38.760 It was a little shaky at first, but then just 0:21:38.800 --> 0:21:40.800 got out there gotting some rhythm, and my stuff felt 0:21:40.800 --> 0:21:41.439 great the whole night. 0:21:41.720 --> 0:21:43.960 It felt like after the first inning you really did 0:21:44.000 --> 0:21:45.359 get into some sort of rhythm. 0:21:45.560 --> 0:21:47.239 Were you and Will clicking after that? 0:21:47.680 --> 0:21:49.560 Yeah, for sure, I think we're on the same page. 0:21:49.680 --> 0:21:51.280 A lot of good pitch calling, a lot of really 0:21:51.320 --> 0:21:54.240 good defense, had some pretty hard hit balls, some great plays, 0:21:54.240 --> 0:21:55.679 and we just we got a rolling after that. 0:21:55.960 --> 0:21:58.320 Tyler, at this time last year you were not part 0:21:58.320 --> 0:22:00.760 of the playoffs. How does this feel in your own 0:22:00.800 --> 0:22:03.600 backyard to be such a big part of the Dodgers 0:22:03.640 --> 0:22:04.879 going to the NLCS. 0:22:05.160 --> 0:22:05.879 It's incredible. 0:22:05.920 --> 0:22:07.639 I mean it's what every kid dreams of and I 0:22:07.920 --> 0:22:08.560 got to live it. 0:22:08.640 --> 0:22:09.960 And it's just to be out. 0:22:09.840 --> 0:22:12.480 On the field and watch everyone participate and do such 0:22:12.480 --> 0:22:13.000 a good job. 0:22:13.000 --> 0:22:15.000 Now we're here, go to the next round. It's incredible. 0:22:15.080 --> 0:22:18.320 You're like the keik pitchers, reliever and starter. Yeah, who knows, 0:22:18.359 --> 0:22:21.240 I don't know. I'll do whatever you want. Let's do it. Congratulations, 0:22:21.240 --> 0:22:22.159 Thank you, Bro, appreciate it. 0:22:22.160 --> 0:22:22.479 Thank you. 0:22:22.920 --> 0:22:26.320 There he goes Tyler Glass. Now he relieved in Game one, 0:22:26.640 --> 0:22:29.960 and he pitched six scoreless innings last night as the 0:22:30.040 --> 0:22:34.359 Dodgers go to the NLCS. He matched Christopher Sanchez. Pitch 0:22:34.680 --> 0:22:38.639 for pitch he was. He was outstanding. And look, I'll 0:22:38.680 --> 0:22:42.240 say it, I doubted whether or not, actually I didn't doubt. 0:22:42.359 --> 0:22:45.560 I just didn't know what the Dodgers were going to get. 0:22:45.600 --> 0:22:48.359 And I feel like even Dave Roberts didn't know. You 0:22:48.520 --> 0:22:50.440 just didn't know what you were going to get from 0:22:50.480 --> 0:22:53.399 Glass now and from here on out, he should have 0:22:53.480 --> 0:22:56.880 the self confidence to never look back and realize that 0:22:56.960 --> 0:23:00.520 he can do it on this stage and certainly proved 0:23:00.560 --> 0:23:02.960 that he could help the Dodgers win the World Series. 0:23:03.920 --> 0:23:07.639 Really rewarding for Tyler Glass. Now Sasaki and Glass now 0:23:07.840 --> 0:23:11.280 two of the most doubted pitchers on this staff, and 0:23:11.400 --> 0:23:16.080 maybe the most underappreciated two time Cy Young Award winner, 0:23:16.440 --> 0:23:20.080 Blake Snell. I'm handing him the award for having the 0:23:20.119 --> 0:23:25.280 gutsiest pitching performance of this series going into Philadelphia and 0:23:25.400 --> 0:23:28.199 keeping that Philly crowd down when they were winning to 0:23:28.480 --> 0:23:31.960 erupt for anything, and he never allowed it to happen 0:23:32.320 --> 0:23:35.480 in his start in Philly when he went six scoreless 0:23:35.520 --> 0:23:40.080 innings as well. He was absolutely dominant in Game two 0:23:40.080 --> 0:23:43.280 of this series. Another example of how we forget what 0:23:43.400 --> 0:23:45.840