WEBVTT - Dodger Talk (6-13-26) 

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

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

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

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<v Speaker 2>the fifth fifth.

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

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<v Speaker 2>Here we go again, Rigo running back.

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<v Speaker 1>To get him on the show called eight six six

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<v Speaker 1>n eighty seven two five seven, and be sure to

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<v Speaker 1>follow Dodger Talk wherever you get your podcasts. Here's your host,

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<v Speaker 1>David Vase.

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<v Speaker 2>Last day, What a game by Yoshi Yamamoto on the

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<v Speaker 2>South side of Chicago as the Dodgers beat the White

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<v Speaker 2>Sox seven to one and Yama Moto this close to

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<v Speaker 2>the first perfect game in Dodger history since Sandy Kofax

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<v Speaker 2>did it against the Chicago Cubs in the sixties, and

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<v Speaker 2>also becoming or this close to becoming the first Dodger

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<v Speaker 2>individual pitcher to pitch a no hitter since Clayton Kershaw

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<v Speaker 2>in twenty fourteen. In fact, the anniversary of that no

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<v Speaker 2>hitter is coming up on June eighteenth. But unfortunate sequence

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<v Speaker 2>of events, if you want to call that. In the

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<v Speaker 2>eighth and ninth inning, Yamamoto had two outs in the

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<v Speaker 2>eighth inning, a routine ground ball by Chase Mydrath to

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<v Speaker 2>Mookie Bats a three hopper that Mooki played extra safe.

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<v Speaker 2>If you go back and watch the replay, he was

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<v Speaker 2>playing it extra safe. I've heard Mooki practice and teach,

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<v Speaker 2>and he's always talking about charging and presenting the glove

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<v Speaker 2>when you allow the ball to bounce three times. And

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<v Speaker 2>the reason why I'm talking about the number of bounces.

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<v Speaker 2>Hall of Famer and maybe the greatest defensive shortstop in

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<v Speaker 2>the history of the game, Ozzie Smith said he used

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<v Speaker 2>to count the number of bounces before it got to him,

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<v Speaker 2>and that's how he would time making those incredible plays.

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<v Speaker 2>But three hops, if you're worried about the infield, then

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<v Speaker 2>you don't want to allow more hops to have the

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<v Speaker 2>variable of that infield play. But if you look at

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<v Speaker 2>the throw before and the way Mookie played that ground

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<v Speaker 2>ball for the second out of the eighth inning, he

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<v Speaker 2>was playing it safe. You don't blame him. He's not

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<v Speaker 2>a guy that's been playing shortstop that long and he's

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<v Speaker 2>trying not to ruin a perfect game or a no hitter,

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<v Speaker 2>and in turn a bat it was a bad hop.

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<v Speaker 2>If you go back and look at the replay, it

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<v Speaker 2>did take a bad hop or an awkward hop, but

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<v Speaker 2>you can't blame the infield. Nobody was talking about the

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<v Speaker 2>infield until that play, So come on, you're really gonna

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<v Speaker 2>blame the infield after We never heard anybody talk about

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<v Speaker 2>it the first seven innings, seven to two thirds of

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<v Speaker 2>the innings of this game. But I'm here to celebrate Yamamoto,

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<v Speaker 2>who also did something incredible in the process of this

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<v Speaker 2>great pitch game, going eight and a third innings allowing

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<v Speaker 2>just one hit. It was a leadoff home run to

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<v Speaker 2>Tristan Peters in the ninth inning. Going back to Yamamoto's

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<v Speaker 2>last start where he were tired the last twenty two

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<v Speaker 2>that he faced, and then what he did retiring you

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<v Speaker 2>know the batters up to that two out era, Yamamoto

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<v Speaker 2>retired forty five consecutive hitters, which is the second longest

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<v Speaker 2>streak of any pitcher outside of Usemero Petit for the

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<v Speaker 2>Giants back in twenty fourteen, and Yamamoto has the second

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<v Speaker 2>longest streak of retiring that many consecutive batters in a row.

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<v Speaker 2>Forty five consecutive batters, the second most consecutive in the

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<v Speaker 2>live ball era. So he did almost make history in

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<v Speaker 2>two ways, a perfect game, a no hitter, and also

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<v Speaker 2>stealing that record from Usemero Petit. But forty five consecutive

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<v Speaker 2>retired hitters is pretty good. Eight six, six nine, eight seven,

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<v Speaker 2>two five seventy. As the phone number, we will hear

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<v Speaker 2>from Nomar Garcia Para, who was on the set at

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<v Speaker 2>sports net LA. Who better to hear from than Nomar,

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<v Speaker 2>one of the greatest shortstops in the history of the game,

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<v Speaker 2>certainly in the modern era of the game. I would

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<v Speaker 2>love to hear what he had to say about the

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<v Speaker 2>play in the eighth inning that wasn't made by Mookie Betts,

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<v Speaker 2>But we want to hear from Mookie Bets. He was

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<v Speaker 2>standing in front of his locker. Kirsten Watson caught up

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<v Speaker 2>with Mookie on sports at LAH.

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<v Speaker 3>Just a Reefian ground ball that I missed. That's not

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<v Speaker 3>making any excuses.

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<v Speaker 4>When Yoh kind of gave you that tap afterwards in

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<v Speaker 4>between innings.

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<v Speaker 3>Just obviously he's.

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<v Speaker 4>A special guy, but just to kind of have that support,

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<v Speaker 4>knowing that you guys are all in this together. What

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<v Speaker 4>does that just kind of moment mean for you, for

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<v Speaker 4>this team and just your relationship.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, I don't know I mean, you know, I

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<v Speaker 3>don't think it was.

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<v Speaker 5>I mean, obviously, with the situation going on, it was great,

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<v Speaker 5>But I don't I think that's winning is the most

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<v Speaker 5>important thing.

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<v Speaker 3>That's all we care about. Where were you of the

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<v Speaker 3>perfect game? Very a rare?

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<v Speaker 5>I mean knew everything going on. I mean, didn't have

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<v Speaker 5>any extra pressure. I said, I'm not making any excuses.

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<v Speaker 5>I should have made the play.

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<v Speaker 3>What goes through your mind when that play happens? Nothing?

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<v Speaker 5>I mean I did everything I did. I did everything

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<v Speaker 5>I was supposed to do, just didn't catch the ball.

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<v Speaker 3>Higher hop that last one than you were expecting or.

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<v Speaker 5>I think that's for for any someone else to decide.

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<v Speaker 3>But I should have caught the ball behind them all afternoon.

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<v Speaker 3>Can you just talk about how well he pitched?

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, he was in his own he's I mean kept

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<v Speaker 5>it out of the middle, I mean, kept him off balance.

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<v Speaker 5>I mean that's just Yoshi being Yoshi. You know, I'm

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<v Speaker 5>glad he's on our team.

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<v Speaker 2>What is it as allowed it like not just this year,

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<v Speaker 2>like last year and sort of take another Hitters Nottings

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<v Speaker 2>to have these kind of performances.

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<v Speaker 5>Big, he's just got so many weapons. He's got so

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<v Speaker 5>many weapons. So many different ways to get you out,

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<v Speaker 5>and Rush did an awesome job calling pitches back there.

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<v Speaker 3>Smithy does a really good job.

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<v Speaker 5>You know that they did a great job mixing it up,

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<v Speaker 5>and I mean he's going about each of that difference.

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<v Speaker 3>It's just hard to game plan for.

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<v Speaker 6>Well, you guys knowing Yoshi's when Dave came to get

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<v Speaker 6>him at the end of his outing on the mound.

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<v Speaker 3>Just good job.

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<v Speaker 5>I mean, nothing really you can say outside of a

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<v Speaker 5>good job. I think everybody in the world knows he

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<v Speaker 5>did a good job, So I'm just reassurance.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, kind of loss in the shuffle here after Yoshi

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<v Speaker 3>pitched it. Well, but what's a how nice the hell

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<v Speaker 3>of a show? Head back in lineup and to see

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<v Speaker 3>him send a jolt to you guys early with that

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<v Speaker 3>tom Rono, it's great, it's awesome.

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<v Speaker 5>Obviously, he's the best player in the world, So anytime

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<v Speaker 5>you can get the best player in the road back

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<v Speaker 5>in your lineup.

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<v Speaker 3>He's definitely gonna help. And he showed it immediately.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, Mookie Bets obviously frustrated that he didn't make

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<v Speaker 2>that play, but certainly, like you said, not making any excuses,

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<v Speaker 2>just a disappointing way for that perfect game to end,

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<v Speaker 2>and nobody feels worse. I can assure you of that.

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<v Speaker 2>Then move bets. Today's game brought to you by Modello.

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<v Speaker 2>Modello the mark of a fighter, he said. A couple

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<v Speaker 2>of things there that obviously stood out. Number one, Dalton Rushing.

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<v Speaker 2>You got to give him a lot of credit. Will

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<v Speaker 2>Smith obviously an all star catcher, three time World Series champion,

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<v Speaker 2>a guy that knows this pitching staff better than anybody.

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<v Speaker 2>For Dalton Rushing to be behind the play today and

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<v Speaker 2>not get in the way of Yamamoto, that's basically what

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<v Speaker 2>you're doing. I mean, Ben ROURTVID did the same thing

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<v Speaker 2>in Baltimore last year when Yamamoto had a no hitter

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<v Speaker 2>going into the ninth inning. You're just trying not to

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<v Speaker 2>get in the way and really just stay and sink

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<v Speaker 2>and rhythm with your starting pitcher with Yamamoto. And that's

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<v Speaker 2>what Dalton Rushing did today. That's what Ben ROURTVID did

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<v Speaker 2>last year in Baltimore. You remember last year, Yamamoto had

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<v Speaker 2>a no hitter going into the ninth inning, holding on

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<v Speaker 2>to a slimmer margin of a lead, gives up the

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<v Speaker 2>no hitter and then Tanner Scott gave up the game.

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<v Speaker 2>This was a much different situation. The Dodgers had a

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<v Speaker 2>seven to nothing lead than a seven to one lead.

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<v Speaker 2>Alex Vesia came into the game needing just to get

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<v Speaker 2>two outs with a six run lead, and the lead

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<v Speaker 2>was secured. The win was secured after the Dodgers beat

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<v Speaker 2>the White Sox seven to one, and Yamamoto was masterful,

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<v Speaker 2>nearly perfect today on the mound for the Dodgers for

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<v Speaker 2>a second straight year. Let's hear from Nomar Garciapara, because, honestly,

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<v Speaker 2>of all the broadcasters on the air today, his voice

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<v Speaker 2>is going to carry the most weight when it comes

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<v Speaker 2>to that play in the eighth inning and just that

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<v Speaker 2>whole situation being at shortstop in a perfect game. Nomar Garciapara,

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<v Speaker 2>Thank god you were working on a Saturday, Nomar. Here's

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<v Speaker 2>what Nomar had to say on Sports and at LA

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<v Speaker 2>after the game today.

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<v Speaker 7>When I saw it, I said, oh, right away, I said, oh,

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<v Speaker 7>it took a hop on him. I mean we've all

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<v Speaker 7>been there as infielders. You've been there where that last

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<v Speaker 7>hop on the dirt you expect it, and Eric Harsels

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<v Speaker 7>come out the top.

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<v Speaker 3>Spin right well, so that top spin, not that it.

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<v Speaker 7>Necessarily just picks me, but it comes up on you.

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<v Speaker 7>It comes into your body and you can see where

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<v Speaker 7>that bar just came.

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<v Speaker 3>That's what.

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<v Speaker 7>And when you slow it down, you're like, how do

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<v Speaker 7>you miss that?

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<v Speaker 2>But listen, in.

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<v Speaker 7>Real time, it does seem like it either picks up speed,

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<v Speaker 7>but as it comes up it ends up hitting you

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<v Speaker 7>on the heel or your arm.

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<v Speaker 1>I saw it right when that hop was and those are.

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<v Speaker 3>The ones you worry about.

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<v Speaker 7>You're like, Okay, it's one of those where you don't

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<v Speaker 7>know because you kind of say, that's one hop. I

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<v Speaker 7>hope it's clean, so I can just get my rhythm

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<v Speaker 7>and throw to first base. At shortstops a lot different

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<v Speaker 7>save if you're looking at that hop at third base

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<v Speaker 7>or second base, where sometimes what you can do is

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<v Speaker 7>you might take one step back because you're thinking, okay,

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<v Speaker 7>in case that hop, I'll catch it maybe on its

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<v Speaker 7>way up, or I'm really going to kind of rush

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<v Speaker 7>and try to get that right before. But at shortstop

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<v Speaker 7>you don't have that luxury to be on your heels.

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<v Speaker 7>The rhythm has to just keep going because you have

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<v Speaker 7>no chance of gathering yourself to make that to make

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<v Speaker 7>the throw to get them out at first, so that

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<v Speaker 7>one where you're just going and it just came up

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<v Speaker 7>on them. Now, to me, it looks different than when

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<v Speaker 7>I was there, because I noticed the dirt just a

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<v Speaker 7>different color when I played it scene, like the dirt

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<v Speaker 7>was darker. I actually liked playing there. It was a

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<v Speaker 7>little bit different. It was really it was soft.

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<v Speaker 3>They had it.

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<v Speaker 7>They really kept it nice and wet out there, and

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<v Speaker 7>it was nice. But I can tell it's different, but

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<v Speaker 7>just from the color itself. So I don't know what

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<v Speaker 7>it's like now or how it's viewed among the players.

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<v Speaker 2>All right. There was Nomar Garcia Para after the final

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<v Speaker 2>out today on the desk at Sports and at LA

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<v Speaker 2>and look, he's not trying to bury Mooky Bets. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not trying to bury Mooky Bets. Obviously, nobody wants to

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<v Speaker 2>point the finger at Mookie Bets. But the reality is

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<v Speaker 2>he got away. No, Mar said this. You don't want

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<v Speaker 2>to be on your heels on a ground ball like

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<v Speaker 2>that at shortstop. You can get away with it at

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<v Speaker 2>second base to make the adjustments backing up at third base,

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<v Speaker 2>backing up. But you heard what Nomar had to say there.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't want to be on your heels. And Mooki

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<v Speaker 2>got away with it on the prior ground ball, by

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<v Speaker 2>my draft, he didn't get away with it on that

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<v Speaker 2>one because he was on his heels and it felt like,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, uh, he was feeling the pressure of a

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<v Speaker 2>perfect game and not trying to make the play instead

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<v Speaker 2>of not trying to mess up the play, and it

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<v Speaker 2>backfired on him. But look, the Dodgers won. It's it's

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<v Speaker 2>frustrating right now for Mooki. I'm sure, like I said,

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<v Speaker 2>nobody feels worse than Mooky about it, and I'm sure

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<v Speaker 2>he's frustrated about, you know, the hop that it took.

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<v Speaker 2>But at the end of the day, when the Dodgers

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<v Speaker 2>get to October, hopefully that's a distant memory. You don't

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<v Speaker 2>want to have a play like that linger in the

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<v Speaker 2>mind of Mookie Bets, who is relatively new to playing shortstop.

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<v Speaker 2>I know it's his second full season there, but that

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<v Speaker 2>can get into a player's head and you don't need that,

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<v Speaker 2>especially when Mooki, you know, looking up at the scoreboard

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<v Speaker 2>and seeing his batting average at one ninety six. Mookie

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<v Speaker 2>did have three hits today and he did score three times,

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<v Speaker 2>so the offense is starting to pick up. You don't

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<v Speaker 2>want a play like that to start to be in

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<v Speaker 2>the back of his head. You hope that he gets

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<v Speaker 2>in there tomorrow and he makes you know. You hope

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<v Speaker 2>the first ball is hit to Mooki Bets. I'll put

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<v Speaker 2>it that way and he comes up with a clean

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<v Speaker 2>because no matter how great of a player anybody is,

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<v Speaker 2>baseball is ninety percent mental. If your Mookie Bets, if

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<v Speaker 2>you're Wan Castro, if you're Miguel Rojas, if you're Alex Freeland,

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<v Speaker 2>the game is ninety percent mental. And you don't want

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<v Speaker 2>to play like that for a guy that's only playing

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<v Speaker 2>shortstoff for the second full year to be lingering for

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<v Speaker 2>the next few weeks. So I hope the first round ball,

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<v Speaker 2>the first pitch put him play tomorrow is right at

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<v Speaker 2>Mooki Bets, because he'll need that. Eight six, six, nine

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<v Speaker 2>eighty seven, two five seventy is the phone number either way.

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<v Speaker 2>Yamamoto had a chance at a no hitter. Unfortunately, he

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<v Speaker 2>gives up a leadoff home run in the ninth inning

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<v Speaker 2>to Tristan Peters, a fastball right down the middle. As

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<v Speaker 2>soon as I saw the pitch leave his hand and

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<v Speaker 2>where it was and the swing that Peters was taking.

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<v Speaker 2>I was like, oh no, oh, yes, that was the

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<v Speaker 2>only hit of the game. But I'm I'm very certain

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<v Speaker 2>Yamamoto will have another shot at a no hitter or

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<v Speaker 2>maybe even a perfect game later this year. Let's go

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<v Speaker 2>out to see me, Valley, Ben, you're on Dodger Talk

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<v Speaker 2>with David vasse Hi.

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<v Speaker 7>Ben.

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<v Speaker 8>Hey, David, thanks for taking my call, and also thank

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<v Speaker 8>you for the information. I wasn't aware about the forty

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<v Speaker 8>five consecutive batters retired until you said that, So I

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<v Speaker 8>did some research because I was I was like, wow,

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<v Speaker 8>that has to be an anomaly to have forty five

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<v Speaker 8>consecutive batters without having a perfect game. And well, you said,

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<v Speaker 8>the guy who holds the record at forty six consecutive

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<v Speaker 8>batters shares in common with Yamamoto that he did not

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<v Speaker 8>record a perfect game. But another guy who did get

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<v Speaker 8>exactly forty five consecutive.

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<v Speaker 6>Batters, Mark Burley.

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<v Speaker 8>Mark Burley. Yeah, he's got the White Sox the perfect game.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yep, I remember that. Yeah. Us Merrow Petite is

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<v Speaker 2>the record holder with forty six consecutive scoreless innings. He

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<v Speaker 2>did that wearing a Giants uniform. In twenty fourteen. But Ben,

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<v Speaker 2>I think we could safely say I felt this way

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<v Speaker 2>after the World Series, but I can reinforce it that

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<v Speaker 2>Yamamoto is the undisputed ace of this Dodgers pitching staff.

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<v Speaker 8>Oh absolutely, I mean it's it's been how many times

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<v Speaker 8>we've been on No Hitter watch with him. You know,

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<v Speaker 8>it feels inevitable that he will get a no hitter

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<v Speaker 8>or a perfect game while wearing a Dodger uniform. I

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<v Speaker 8>can pretty much guarantee it.

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<v Speaker 2>I feel it by the end of the year, Ben,

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<v Speaker 2>I'll go a little further. Thanks for the phone call,

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<v Speaker 2>appreciate it. Let's go out to Frank in Long Beach.

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<v Speaker 2>You're on Dodger Talk with David Vasse. How you doing, Frank?

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<v Speaker 6>He David, thanks for taking my call. What a game

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<v Speaker 6>by Yamamoto. Man, Wow, we should all be so proud

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<v Speaker 6>of him.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, if he shows that that Riley's or Phil Trainey's

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<v Speaker 2>in Long Beach, I hope you pay for his meal.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, that'd be great. Hey, a little bit about bench. Oh, David,

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<v Speaker 6>I'm so tired of Gosh, the media just giving this

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<v Speaker 6>guy non stop excuses. Why is he batting forth? He's

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<v Speaker 6>been horrible at the plate for the past two years.

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<v Speaker 6>He looks like an amateur at shortstop. Let's just be honest.

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<v Speaker 6>I mean, I understand that he has a lot, that

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<v Speaker 6>they're paying him a lot of money, and we need

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<v Speaker 6>to make it seem like he's still the greatest of whatever.

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<v Speaker 6>But I think we're really just fed up with this nonsense.

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<v Speaker 6>He belongs on the bench.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh stop it, Frank, you want him on the bench? Yes,

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<v Speaker 2>that's a little much for me. Look, I can understand

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<v Speaker 2>the argument if you said, if this continued, and if

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<v Speaker 2>the ball was coming off his bat this way in

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<v Speaker 2>a month, that you would move him down in the lineup.

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<v Speaker 2>I would agree with that if this continued. But I

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<v Speaker 2>might be the only one that sees it this way.

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<v Speaker 2>Even though Kyle Tucker has a higher batting average than

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<v Speaker 2>Mookie Bets, uh, I think Mookie Bets is having better

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<v Speaker 2>at bats than Kyle Tucker these days.

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<v Speaker 6>Well, I know that's the narrative. I mean, he's been

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<v Speaker 6>hitting one eighty for the whole year, and it's oh wow,

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<v Speaker 6>he's making good swings. Wow Bets making.

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<v Speaker 2>I appreciate you listening to the show. But yeah, if

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<v Speaker 2>I had to choose between Who's seven better at bats

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<v Speaker 2>these days, Mookie Bets or Kyle Tucker. I'm saying Mookie Bets,

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<v Speaker 2>which is crazy to say.

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<v Speaker 6>Well, I mean, Kyle Tucker is not doing great himself,

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<v Speaker 6>but at least he's been better than Bets has for

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<v Speaker 6>the past two years, has he? I'm just well, I

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<v Speaker 6>don't know about.

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<v Speaker 2>Going back to this year, since the since the All

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<v Speaker 2>Star break of last year, Kyle Tucker's a two thirty hitter.

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<v Speaker 6>Okay, And what's Bets been since the past two years.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, he had a pretty good September and he's won

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<v Speaker 2>three World Series with the Dodgers, Franks, So I think

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<v Speaker 2>that counts for something.

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<v Speaker 6>Used to be pretty good for the Dodgers. But come on,

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<v Speaker 6>he's thirty three.

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<v Speaker 2>Look, everybody knew this contract was not going to age. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>you hope that you could get three World Series while

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<v Speaker 2>he was still in good playing condition, and you did,

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<v Speaker 2>and you may even get a fourth and a three

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<v Speaker 2>peet Frank, So I'll have you know. I'm not ready

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<v Speaker 2>to give up on Mookie Bets season just yet. But

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<v Speaker 2>hitting fourth is what the Dodgers decided after hitting him

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<v Speaker 2>second was not the right thing to do. And if

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<v Speaker 2>it continues to be hovering around two hundred, then I'm

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<v Speaker 2>with you. He should hit sixth in the lineup.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, well, he needs to get better at defense, that's

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<v Speaker 6>for sure.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, you remember who ended the World Series on a

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<v Speaker 2>double play last year?

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<v Speaker 6>Right, Yes, he had a double play and the World Series.

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<v Speaker 6>And that's the best thing that he did in the

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<v Speaker 6>entire World Series. I mean, let's be honest. Okay, that's

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<v Speaker 6>the best thing that he did was one double play.

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<v Speaker 6>It happened to come on the last play of the game.

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<v Speaker 2>But it's okay, nothing else really stands out to me

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<v Speaker 2>right now, Frank, So it's hard to argue that. But nonetheless,

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<v Speaker 2>you got Mookie Bets for six more years and you're

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<v Speaker 2>not going to bench him.

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<v Speaker 6>All right, David, thank you very much, have a great day,

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<v Speaker 6>and go Dodgers.

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<v Speaker 2>Go Dodgers, Frank. Yes, Yamamoto a great pitch game, almost

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<v Speaker 2>a no hitter, but he gave up a leadoff home

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<v Speaker 2>run to Tristan Peters. He had a perfect game with

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<v Speaker 2>two outs in the eighth inning. And look, this is

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<v Speaker 2>not the first spoiled perfect game by a Dodgers shortstop.

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<v Speaker 2>Remember Kershaw's no hitter. Many consider it the greatest pitch

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<v Speaker 2>game in baseball history, even though he did not have

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<v Speaker 2>a perfect game. Remember Hanley Ramirez. I believe it was

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<v Speaker 2>in the seventh inning of that no hitter, which should

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<v Speaker 2>have been a perfect game, Hanley Ramirez lazy throw to

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<v Speaker 2>Adrian Gonzalez and the perfect game was over right there

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<v Speaker 2>as well. So I hate when anybody reminds me of

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<v Speaker 2>Hanley Ramirez, but I can tell you this, Mookie Betts

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<v Speaker 2>is feeling this a lot more than Hanley Ramirez felt

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<v Speaker 2>it in twenty fourteen. Let's take another phone call before

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<v Speaker 2>we take a break. Let's go out to Lakewood. Steve.

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

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<v Speaker 3>Good? How you doing this?

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<v Speaker 1>Hey?

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<v Speaker 9>Hey, we're doing it.

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<v Speaker 6>Hey guy, what a great game today.

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<v Speaker 8>God I was hoping for the perfect game, but hey, yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>So there's a lot of sports going on today, Steve. So,

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<v Speaker 2>did you have the Dodger game on flipping back as

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<v Speaker 2>a secondary sports watching event and then you saw Yamamoto

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<v Speaker 2>with a perfect game in the fifth or sixth inning,

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<v Speaker 2>or were you watching this from the beginning on?

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<v Speaker 3>No?

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<v Speaker 6>Hey, say, hey, I always Dodger first, and then I

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<v Speaker 6>go from there.

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<v Speaker 2>I like it.

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<v Speaker 9>I like it.

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<v Speaker 2>You know what I love about the World Cup, Steve.

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<v Speaker 2>It allows me to take really good naps. I don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>For whatever reason, soccer allows me to take great naps

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<v Speaker 2>around one or two o'clock in the afternoon when I

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<v Speaker 2>have it on.

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<v Speaker 8>Hey, that's good, okay, David.

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<v Speaker 2>You take care, Okay, Steve, great talk, Thanks for the talk.

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<v Speaker 2>Great talk, right there, Steve. Eight sixty six nine eight

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<v Speaker 2>seven two five seventy is the phone number when we

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<v Speaker 2>continue on Dodger Talk. More of your phone calls. We

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<v Speaker 2>have two lines open at eight six six nine eighty

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<v Speaker 2>seven two five seventy. If you want to talk about

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<v Speaker 2>the almost perfect game or the almost snow hitter by

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<v Speaker 2>Yamamoto eight sixty six nine eight seven two five seventy.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll hear from Mark prior to the Dodgers pitching coach

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<v Speaker 2>and also the catcher behind the plate today, Dalton Rushing,

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<v Speaker 2>who helped Yama Moto navigate a masterful performance seven to

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<v Speaker 2>one the five final score in Chicago against the White Sox,

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<v Speaker 2>spoiling their eight game home winning streak. The Dodgers get

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<v Speaker 2>the win seven to one on a five to seventy

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<v Speaker 2>LA Sports.

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<v Speaker 1>bass Sander.

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<v Speaker 2>Stretching the three to zero pip swings.

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<v Speaker 1>He hits a drive to right field and deep this

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<v Speaker 1>ball back, This ball's gone.

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<v Speaker 10>Maxwell swinging a sober hammer in the Windy City and

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<v Speaker 10>it's three nothing Dodgers around number fifteen for Mounsie and

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<v Speaker 10>evidently Max is feeling better as well. That was an

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<v Speaker 10>absolute no doubter fastball right down the middle, four hundred

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<v Speaker 10>and fifteen feet.

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<v Speaker 2>One of two home runs for Max Mounsey today today

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<v Speaker 2>combined eight hundred and twenty four feet a home runs

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<v Speaker 2>for Max Munsey, who has sixteen on the season and

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<v Speaker 2>is leading most National League third basemen in every offensive category,

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<v Speaker 2>including the home run department. You can vote for Max

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<v Speaker 2>Munsey and Andy Paez and Otani right now on MLB

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<v Speaker 2>dot com to get them as starters in Philadelphia because

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<v Speaker 2>they deserve it. Today, yamamotos cemended his spot on the

0:22:32.200 --> 0:22:36.000
<v Speaker 2>National League All Star Pitching Staff pitching a phenomenal game,

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<v Speaker 2>coming this close to a perfect game and no hitter.

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<v Speaker 2>The perfect game was spoiled in the eighth. The no

0:22:42.920 --> 0:22:46.040
<v Speaker 2>hitter spoiled in the ninth by a leadoff home run

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<v Speaker 2>by Tristan Peters, but Yamamoto with seven strikeouts, he gets

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<v Speaker 2>seven runs of support, and he wins his seventh game

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<v Speaker 2>The late great basketball coach Paul Westfall used to tell

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<v Speaker 2>me all the time about coaches and players in cities.

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<v Speaker 2>When you sign a new contract and you don't have

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of local credibility, meaning you haven't done a

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<v Speaker 2>lot for that fan base. But when you have a

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<v Speaker 2>player like Mookie Bets, who has built a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>local credibility, who has won three championships since getting traded

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<v Speaker 2>to the Dodgers in twenty twenty, and he makes an

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<v Speaker 2>error during a perfect game in the eighth inning, a

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<v Speaker 2>game the Dodgers won, how long are you going to

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<v Speaker 2>marinate in it. It's Mookie Bets. Would you rather not

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<v Speaker 2>have Mooki Bets on your team for the last six

0:24:02.560 --> 0:24:06.240
<v Speaker 2>seven years. I would like to not have moved. I

0:24:06.240 --> 0:24:09.080
<v Speaker 2>would like to have Mooki on my team. So my

0:24:09.240 --> 0:24:13.160
<v Speaker 2>point is we could talk about this today, but it's

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<v Speaker 2>not a play that you hold against Mookie Bets the

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<v Speaker 2>rest of your life. Yamamoto's not It was a bad

0:24:20.840 --> 0:24:23.360
<v Speaker 2>hop and he didn't play it the right way. He's

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<v Speaker 2>only been playing shortstop for two full seasons. Whether you

0:24:27.680 --> 0:24:30.640
<v Speaker 2>think he's good or not, that's the reality at that position.

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<v Speaker 2>So my point is Mooki's done a lot more good

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<v Speaker 2>than bad plays like today in a win for the Dodgers.

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<v Speaker 2>So let's just keep that all in perspective. Let's go

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<v Speaker 2>out to Corona.

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<v Speaker 6>Lee.

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<v Speaker 2>You're on Dodger Talk with David vasse Hi.

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<v Speaker 6>Lee, Hey, David, how's it going.

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<v Speaker 2>It's going well. I mean, I love watching Yamamoto pitch.

0:24:55.920 --> 0:24:57.240
<v Speaker 2>He was outstanding.

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<v Speaker 11>Agree a couple of points I want to make. I

0:25:02.200 --> 0:25:05.080
<v Speaker 11>called you I don't know about four years ago, and

0:25:05.320 --> 0:25:11.000
<v Speaker 11>four years ago I called you since them, but the

0:25:11.119 --> 0:25:13.760
<v Speaker 11>time made the point. And I'm not coming at Bets's

0:25:13.800 --> 0:25:16.120
<v Speaker 11>defense on that play, because that's a major leaguer needs

0:25:16.160 --> 0:25:19.040
<v Speaker 11>to make that play. That's that's for sure. But I

0:25:19.160 --> 0:25:21.560
<v Speaker 11>told you four years ago at the time when Mike Trout,

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<v Speaker 11>before he was getting all these entries, I said at

0:25:24.400 --> 0:25:26.840
<v Speaker 11>the time, Bets is having a better career than Trout.

0:25:26.960 --> 0:25:29.359
<v Speaker 11>He's won Gold Gloves. Trouts has never won. He had

0:25:29.400 --> 0:25:32.879
<v Speaker 11>won a championship in Boston then with the Dodgers. And

0:25:33.240 --> 0:25:36.399
<v Speaker 11>to your point here, like, yes, I don't like the

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<v Speaker 11>air today. Who does. We wanted a perfect game, and

0:25:39.760 --> 0:25:41.760
<v Speaker 11>you know people can say, well, Yamamoto gave up the

0:25:41.800 --> 0:25:44.600
<v Speaker 11>home run anyways, but everything changes if Bets makes that play.

0:25:44.680 --> 0:25:47.160
<v Speaker 11>We don't know if Yamamoto groves a fastball first pitch

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<v Speaker 11>all that, but I would for sure take Mookie Bets.

0:25:51.000 --> 0:25:54.280
<v Speaker 11>No Mookie Bets in twenty twenty, Dodgers have no chance

0:25:54.320 --> 0:25:57.080
<v Speaker 11>to win that World Series. And a caller previously a

0:25:57.119 --> 0:25:59.639
<v Speaker 11>few minutes ago made some points. I'll give him that.

0:25:59.760 --> 0:26:02.520
<v Speaker 11>But Bets did more than pill the routine ground ball

0:26:02.640 --> 0:26:04.639
<v Speaker 11>double play last year, for the last two outs of

0:26:04.720 --> 0:26:07.720
<v Speaker 11>the game he had Game six, he drove in two runs.

0:26:07.760 --> 0:26:09.880
<v Speaker 11>The Dodgers only scored three in that game. They won

0:26:09.960 --> 0:26:12.840
<v Speaker 11>three to one. And BET's yes, he has not been hitting,

0:26:12.880 --> 0:26:14.720
<v Speaker 11>but he had a huge clutch hit in Gage six

0:26:14.880 --> 0:26:17.840
<v Speaker 11>last year, so yes, he should have made the play today.

0:26:17.960 --> 0:26:20.680
<v Speaker 11>But I'll take Mookie Bets every day, all day. And

0:26:20.800 --> 0:26:23.639
<v Speaker 11>it kind of reminded me in nineteen eighty when I

0:26:23.800 --> 0:26:25.720
<v Speaker 11>was a little bit younger, when Jerry.

0:26:25.520 --> 0:26:27.960
<v Speaker 2>Roy what you're gonna say, Yeah, Jerry Royce.

0:26:28.000 --> 0:26:34.320
<v Speaker 11>Yeah, Jerry Royce is on the hill. And and Bill

0:26:34.440 --> 0:26:37.359
<v Speaker 11>Russell loved Bill Russell, but he's not half the player

0:26:37.480 --> 0:26:40.080
<v Speaker 11>Mookie was. The Dodgers would have won the eighty one

0:26:40.160 --> 0:26:42.560
<v Speaker 11>World Series with or without Russell, in which they did.

0:26:42.880 --> 0:26:45.720
<v Speaker 11>The Dodgers do not win in twenty twenty without Mookie Bets.

0:26:45.760 --> 0:26:48.040
<v Speaker 11>They don't even have a one percent chance if he's

0:26:48.080 --> 0:26:49.520
<v Speaker 11>not on that team in twenty twenty.

0:26:49.600 --> 0:26:52.360
<v Speaker 2>In some people might I agree with you, Lee, the good.

0:26:52.600 --> 0:26:56.159
<v Speaker 2>The good of Mookie Bets since twenty twenty outweighs that

0:26:56.359 --> 0:26:59.520
<v Speaker 2>one play in the eighth inning. And I know last

0:26:59.600 --> 0:27:01.879
<v Speaker 2>year was a rough go of it for him up

0:27:02.000 --> 0:27:05.000
<v Speaker 2>until September, but he did turn it on in the postseason,

0:27:05.200 --> 0:27:08.280
<v Speaker 2>So I agree with you, Leean. I'm glad a fan

0:27:08.440 --> 0:27:11.639
<v Speaker 2>actually has that type of perspective, So thank you for

0:27:11.720 --> 0:27:16.000
<v Speaker 2>the phone call and call back sooner than four years. Okay,

0:27:17.119 --> 0:27:19.080
<v Speaker 2>all right, Lee, thank you for the phone call. Yeah,

0:27:19.280 --> 0:27:22.000
<v Speaker 2>I'm with him, and it's refreshing to hear a fan

0:27:22.320 --> 0:27:27.359
<v Speaker 2>have that perspective that you know, obviously, any major league

0:27:27.400 --> 0:27:32.520
<v Speaker 2>shortstop should have made that play, but Mookie feels worse

0:27:32.560 --> 0:27:35.320
<v Speaker 2>about it than anybody else. And I don't think it's

0:27:35.400 --> 0:27:39.520
<v Speaker 2>something that if it was a new player. Let's say

0:27:39.600 --> 0:27:42.240
<v Speaker 2>Kyle Tucker dropped a fly ball in right field or

0:27:42.760 --> 0:27:45.440
<v Speaker 2>tried to dive and didn't make the catch and the

0:27:45.520 --> 0:27:48.479
<v Speaker 2>perfect game was ruined. I can understand a lot more

0:27:48.600 --> 0:27:52.960
<v Speaker 2>frustration with Kyle Tucker because he hasn't built local credibility

0:27:53.040 --> 0:27:56.040
<v Speaker 2>with you and in this fan base. But Mookie Betts

0:27:56.080 --> 0:27:59.800
<v Speaker 2>has done that and then some so three rings. The

0:28:00.040 --> 0:28:03.240
<v Speaker 2>Dodgers are going for a three p It's not a coincidence.

0:28:03.840 --> 0:28:06.639
<v Speaker 2>Mookie's been a part of it. So just remember that.

0:28:06.920 --> 0:28:09.840
<v Speaker 2>Let's go out to riverside, Jeff, you're on Dodger Talk

0:28:09.920 --> 0:28:11.040
<v Speaker 2>with David vasse Hi.

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<v Speaker 9>Jeff, Hey, David, how's it go on?

0:28:13.480 --> 0:28:14.000
<v Speaker 11>What a game?

0:28:14.680 --> 0:28:15.960
<v Speaker 2>Great game? Great game?

0:28:18.280 --> 0:28:20.480
<v Speaker 9>So Lee just said that I was nine years old

0:28:20.640 --> 0:28:23.560
<v Speaker 9>sitting in Candlestick Park when put the ball game Billy

0:28:23.760 --> 0:28:24.720
<v Speaker 9>cost the lights?

0:28:24.800 --> 0:28:25.720
<v Speaker 6>That perfect game.

0:28:27.400 --> 0:28:29.640
<v Speaker 9>What a thrill my grandmother's first ball game.

0:28:30.000 --> 0:28:31.640
<v Speaker 2>Thought you were at Candlestick Park.

0:28:33.400 --> 0:28:35.880
<v Speaker 9>Yeah, yeah, nine years old, my brother's tenth birthday.

0:28:37.000 --> 0:28:40.440
<v Speaker 2>That's amazing. And Bill Russell has played more games than

0:28:40.480 --> 0:28:44.120
<v Speaker 2>any La Dodger, if not all time Dodger. I mean,

0:28:44.160 --> 0:28:46.720
<v Speaker 2>he's the dean. He was the dean of the Dodgers,

0:28:48.320 --> 0:28:50.880
<v Speaker 2>and Eddy got his nickname boot the ball game Billy

0:28:50.960 --> 0:28:53.480
<v Speaker 2>for a good reason. Right, come on, Jeff, we're not

0:28:53.560 --> 0:28:56.080
<v Speaker 2>going to take down Bill Russell in twenty twenty six.

0:28:56.200 --> 0:28:59.480
<v Speaker 2>Come on, he was. He was one of the more

0:28:59.600 --> 0:29:04.440
<v Speaker 2>clutch the Dodgers had in the seventies, in those NLCS games.

0:29:04.480 --> 0:29:08.600
<v Speaker 9>If you remember, Oh I remember, well, I was blessed

0:29:08.640 --> 0:29:10.440
<v Speaker 9>to be able to go to my first World Series.

0:29:11.240 --> 0:29:13.440
<v Speaker 2>So there's no need to call them to boot the

0:29:13.520 --> 0:29:16.840
<v Speaker 2>game Billy, because that's not I've never heard anybody call

0:29:16.920 --> 0:29:20.120
<v Speaker 2>him that. By the way, well that's because you're enough.

0:29:20.920 --> 0:29:23.480
<v Speaker 2>I'm not old enough. But my dad and my uncles

0:29:23.560 --> 0:29:26.240
<v Speaker 2>were old enough, and they watched every game and told

0:29:26.280 --> 0:29:30.479
<v Speaker 2>me about every player. They never once referenced referenced Bill Russell.

0:29:30.560 --> 0:29:33.440
<v Speaker 2>That way, they had the utmost respect for Bill Russell.

0:29:34.680 --> 0:29:36.560
<v Speaker 9>Ask him when you talk to him. It was a name.

0:29:36.600 --> 0:29:39.240
<v Speaker 2>But anyway, well they're dead now, Jeff, I can't ask them.

0:29:39.600 --> 0:29:41.200
<v Speaker 2>Thanks a lot, Jeff, my dad died.

0:29:41.920 --> 0:29:43.440
<v Speaker 9>Sorry, sorry to hear that.

0:29:44.640 --> 0:29:50.800
<v Speaker 2>Wow, this is awkward now, what's that? This is awkward now?

0:29:52.040 --> 0:29:55.000
<v Speaker 9>Oh well, I'll tell you what. You bring me a

0:29:55.040 --> 0:29:57.520
<v Speaker 9>toyota that it's got. You got a problem with it,

0:29:57.800 --> 0:29:59.640
<v Speaker 9>I can fix it really quickly. You bring me it

0:29:59.720 --> 0:30:02.440
<v Speaker 9>for It's gonna take a minute. Right, A professional athlete

0:30:02.920 --> 0:30:06.400
<v Speaker 9>is finally tuned. Mookie's been dealing with injuries for the

0:30:06.520 --> 0:30:11.040
<v Speaker 9>last two years. He's playing shortstop. It absolutely takes additional

0:30:11.120 --> 0:30:13.280
<v Speaker 9>mental focus that you didn't need to put in the

0:30:13.400 --> 0:30:16.400
<v Speaker 9>right field because he played it so often. And that's

0:30:16.440 --> 0:30:18.959
<v Speaker 9>got to take away from the offense a little bit

0:30:18.960 --> 0:30:21.480
<v Speaker 9>as well. But the other thing is what Mookie's got,

0:30:21.560 --> 0:30:23.959
<v Speaker 9>what eleven hundred games in his career as a leadoff

0:30:24.000 --> 0:30:26.360
<v Speaker 9>hitter with a career three hundred average almost as a

0:30:26.480 --> 0:30:29.680
<v Speaker 9>leadoff hitter. The dynamic of not being a leadoff hitter

0:30:30.360 --> 0:30:32.840
<v Speaker 9>after being exclusively the lead off hitter your whole career

0:30:33.520 --> 0:30:37.000
<v Speaker 9>has got to be a huge adjustment, more so than

0:30:37.120 --> 0:30:38.960
<v Speaker 9>I think anybody talks about. I don't know. I'm not

0:30:39.000 --> 0:30:42.840
<v Speaker 9>an MLB player, but I can't imagine that you'll switch that.

0:30:43.440 --> 0:30:46.760
<v Speaker 2>Jeff. Oh, Jeff, Jeff, that's fine. And I bought into

0:30:46.840 --> 0:30:50.240
<v Speaker 2>that to a certain extent because I thought when Otani

0:30:50.440 --> 0:30:52.760
<v Speaker 2>wasn't going to DH and lead off, you would empower

0:30:52.920 --> 0:30:55.960
<v Speaker 2>Mookie Betts again being the leadoff hitter. But when you're

0:30:56.000 --> 0:30:58.720
<v Speaker 2>hitting a buck ninety six and the ball's not flying

0:30:58.800 --> 0:31:02.680
<v Speaker 2>off your bat, it's to make that argument. Jeff, So, yeah, sorry,

0:31:03.120 --> 0:31:06.080
<v Speaker 2>I agree with you. I was leaning that way. I

0:31:06.240 --> 0:31:09.160
<v Speaker 2>agree that it is an adjustment, maybe in the first

0:31:09.240 --> 0:31:12.680
<v Speaker 2>three months after you're not hitting lead off anymore, but

0:31:12.800 --> 0:31:15.160
<v Speaker 2>you only lead off once, you only lead off a

0:31:15.240 --> 0:31:18.320
<v Speaker 2>game once. But I understand what you were saying in

0:31:18.440 --> 0:31:21.760
<v Speaker 2>that context. But the reality is, it's been a couple

0:31:21.800 --> 0:31:23.960
<v Speaker 2>of years now that Mookie Bets has not been the

0:31:24.080 --> 0:31:27.000
<v Speaker 2>leadoff hitter, and the Dodgers have the best player on

0:31:27.080 --> 0:31:30.240
<v Speaker 2>the planet leading off, and it's gone pretty well, winning

0:31:30.320 --> 0:31:36.040
<v Speaker 2>back to back championships. But MOOKI, I'm telling you he's good.

0:31:36.280 --> 0:31:39.200
<v Speaker 2>He's on his way back. I know nobody wants to

0:31:39.280 --> 0:31:41.600
<v Speaker 2>hear that, but he is on his way back. Offensively,

0:31:42.000 --> 0:31:44.320
<v Speaker 2>I don't know if he's the thirty home run hitter

0:31:44.480 --> 0:31:46.240
<v Speaker 2>that he used to be. I don't believe he is,

0:31:46.800 --> 0:31:49.360
<v Speaker 2>but he certainly should become a gap to gap guy,

0:31:49.520 --> 0:31:53.240
<v Speaker 2>get hits, get on base because the ball's not flying

0:31:53.280 --> 0:31:55.400
<v Speaker 2>off his bat the way it used to, but he

0:31:55.480 --> 0:31:57.760
<v Speaker 2>can still get hits. His bat speed is still there.

0:31:58.160 --> 0:32:01.000
<v Speaker 2>So let's all keep that in mind as well as

0:32:01.040 --> 0:32:03.800
<v Speaker 2>we moved through the season. All right, before we say

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<v Speaker 2>good night, got to hear from the catcher Dalton Rushing,

0:32:06.920 --> 0:32:10.280
<v Speaker 2>who certainly had a hand in this game today, catching

0:32:10.360 --> 0:32:13.600
<v Speaker 2>Yamamoto and taking a perfect game into the eighth inning.

0:32:13.920 --> 0:32:16.280
<v Speaker 2>Let's hear from Dalton Rushing on Sports at LA.

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<v Speaker 12>Yeah, I mean everything was on makes things a little

0:32:19.680 --> 0:32:24.000
<v Speaker 12>easier on you. He got strike one a lot from

0:32:24.040 --> 0:32:26.440
<v Speaker 12>a hitting side. That's very hard to battle lot of

0:32:26.480 --> 0:32:28.680
<v Speaker 12>a hole against a guy like that with six different pitches.

0:32:28.760 --> 0:32:32.240
<v Speaker 12>And yeah, obviously I can't say anything else other and

0:32:32.320 --> 0:32:33.800
<v Speaker 12>it was really, really really fun to work.

0:32:33.640 --> 0:32:34.160
<v Speaker 3>With him today.

0:32:35.080 --> 0:32:36.320
<v Speaker 4>You were in ault last year.

0:32:36.640 --> 0:32:39.880
<v Speaker 3>Hally, when he's having nights like this, whatsworre stands out about?

0:32:39.880 --> 0:32:41.600
<v Speaker 3>Like when he as he's kind of highly up zero

0:32:41.640 --> 0:32:46.080
<v Speaker 3>after zero and not having a basement Row. It's just baseball.

0:32:46.320 --> 0:32:50.960
<v Speaker 12>It's uh, it sucks, like you said, two years in

0:32:51.000 --> 0:32:54.320
<v Speaker 12>a row to lose it like that, it's it's frustrating

0:32:54.800 --> 0:32:57.600
<v Speaker 12>and sometimes you you kind of feel a little guilty

0:32:57.800 --> 0:33:02.120
<v Speaker 12>even so, like I said, it's it's just baseball. But yeah,

0:33:02.360 --> 0:33:05.120
<v Speaker 12>I think just shows you the picture that he is,

0:33:05.280 --> 0:33:06.600
<v Speaker 12>the amount of times that he can go out there

0:33:06.640 --> 0:33:08.280
<v Speaker 12>and do something like that and carry a no hitter

0:33:08.360 --> 0:33:11.720
<v Speaker 12>into the eighth inning, and obviously it's.

0:33:11.560 --> 0:33:12.200
<v Speaker 3>A special talent.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, there's Dalton rushing on sports and at LA

0:33:16.000 --> 0:33:18.200
<v Speaker 2>A good way to end the show on a nearly

0:33:18.360 --> 0:33:21.960
<v Speaker 2>perfect game for Yoshi Yamamoto, who goes eight and a

0:33:22.080 --> 0:33:24.840
<v Speaker 2>third innings, gives up just one hit, and that was

0:33:24.880 --> 0:33:28.520
<v Speaker 2>a leadoff home run to Tristan Peters in the ninth inning.

0:33:28.720 --> 0:33:31.960
<v Speaker 2>In the process of this nearly perfect game for Yama Moto,

0:33:32.360 --> 0:33:36.240
<v Speaker 2>he retired forty five consecutive hitters going back to his

0:33:36.400 --> 0:33:39.240
<v Speaker 2>last start. That's the second longest streak in the live

0:33:39.320 --> 0:33:42.360
<v Speaker 2>ball arrow us Merrow Petit of the Giants back in

0:33:42.440 --> 0:33:47.320
<v Speaker 2>twenty fourteen, holds the record. He retired forty six consecutive hitters,

0:33:47.400 --> 0:33:50.400
<v Speaker 2>So all in all, a great day for Yamamoto. And

0:33:50.520 --> 0:33:53.960
<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers as Yamamoto goes eight and a third throws

0:33:54.000 --> 0:33:56.320
<v Speaker 2>one hundred and nine pitches, wins his seventh game of

0:33:56.360 --> 0:33:59.360
<v Speaker 2>the year, has seven strikeouts, and the Dodgers beat the

0:33:59.400 --> 0:34:02.640
<v Speaker 2>White Sox seven to one. The Dodgers took two out

0:34:02.680 --> 0:34:05.600
<v Speaker 2>of three in Chicago, or excuse me, the Dodgers took

0:34:05.640 --> 0:34:07.640
<v Speaker 2>two out of three at P and C Park earlier

0:34:07.720 --> 0:34:10.080
<v Speaker 2>on this road trip. They're looking to win this series

0:34:10.160 --> 0:34:13.000
<v Speaker 2>tomorrow with Emmit Sheen on the mound going up against

0:34:13.120 --> 0:34:16.680
<v Speaker 2>Eric Fetti. Our coverage begins at ten am. First pitch

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<v Speaker 2>tomorrow at eleven ten with Rick Monday and Tim Neverett

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<v Speaker 2>from rape Field in Chicago. Thanks to Dwayne McDonald beck

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<v Speaker 2>at our back at our broadcast booth at rate Field

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<v Speaker 2>in Chicago. Thanks to Colin Yee back at our burd

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<v Speaker 2>Banks Studios, and thanks to you for listening. In case

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<v Speaker 2>Dodgers defeat the White Sox seven to one. Have a

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