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Speaker 2: Only four teams in Major League Baseball history have won

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Speaker 1: Face a spring training Dodger Talk.

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Speaker 3: Here we go again, Brigara Running.

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Speaker 1: Back hosted by Dodgers Saint signer David Bassi. How are

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Speaker 4: The show called eight six six not eighty seven two

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Speaker 2: Welcome the Dodger Talk David Vasey live at Campbell Back Ranching, Glendale, Arizona,

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Speaker 2: with your back to back World Series champion Dodgers. We're

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Speaker 2: with you tonight until eight o'clock. We've got a great

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Speaker 2: albeit in spring training today, and he was received with

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Speaker 2: So you'll hear what Vesia had to say about that

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Speaker 2: coming up in fifteen minutes, and at the bottom of

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Speaker 2: a busy week for Dodger Talk. We have four shows,

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Speaker 2: right here on AM five to seventy LA Sports at

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Speaker 2: Covered all week long right here on AM five to

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Speaker 2: seventy LA Sports with Dodger Talk four nights this week. Tonight,

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Speaker 2: Can't be can't be bad at spring training when you're

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Speaker 5: That's right. I agree with you totally. Now you made

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Speaker 2: Don't love the Blue Jays as much as I liked

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Speaker 6: Now.

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Speaker 5: Can I ask you a question? Maybe you can look

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Speaker 3: Because they weren't correct.

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Speaker 2: They've only won once at home, and that includes the

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Speaker 5: Okay, thanks for figuring that out for me.

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Speaker 2: Game seven of the twenty seventeen World Series eight sixty six,

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Speaker 2: And speaking of the twenty seventeen World Series, Chase Sutley

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Speaker 2: So if he wins Game five, dominates Game one, dominates

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Speaker 7: Yeah, I mean, it's uh, it's been hard. Actually it's uh.

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Speaker 3: It's been a while since you were on the mound.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, honestly, I you know, in November, I got back

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Speaker 6: Honestly.

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Speaker 6: Those abs you got against show hey over the last

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Speaker 1: Here, honestly, like that was cool.

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Speaker 7: It kind of I haven't competed like that and quite

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Speaker 6: But yeah, today today was great.

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Speaker 2: You h you had a challenge while you're out there

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Speaker 7: Honestly, I didn't even think about it until Rush did it,

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Speaker 7: You know this winner? And yeah, I mean, I'll be

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Speaker 2: Thank you, all right, if ers Alex VESSI after a

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Speaker 2: And you don't wish that on anybody, but baseball is

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Speaker 2: a great place to be and be around your teammates

437
00:24:40,800 --> 00:24:44,960
Speaker 2: is very therapeutic for everybody. So great to have Alex

438
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Speaker 2: Vessia smiling again. Great to have him back on the

439
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Speaker 2: mound and hopefully that that just helps helps with everything,

440
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Speaker 2: especially this year, and what would make him happier than

441
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Speaker 2: being part of three consecutive World Series championships. And I

442
00:25:00,560 --> 00:25:03,359
Speaker 2: really do mean that, you know, everybody's talking about the

443
00:25:03,400 --> 00:25:08,800
Speaker 2: Dodger starting rotation, rightfully, so, everybody's given the Dodger offense

444
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Speaker 2: and lineup a lot of attention, rightfully so. But Edwin

445
00:25:12,840 --> 00:25:16,840
Speaker 2: Diaz changes so much for this Dodger bullpen. You have

446
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Speaker 2: a reliable, big time closer for the first time since

447
00:25:20,680 --> 00:25:24,320
Speaker 2: Kenley Jansen and Dave Roberts now just has to count

448
00:25:24,359 --> 00:25:29,639
Speaker 2: out backwards now. And Edwin Diaz was very very much

449
00:25:29,720 --> 00:25:32,600
Speaker 2: available for the Mets the last couple of years, not

450
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Speaker 2: only for three out saves, but also four out saves

451
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Speaker 2: and even sometimes five out saves, And that just takes

452
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Speaker 2: a lot of pressure off Tanner, Scott Blake, Trinen, Jack Dryer,

453
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Speaker 2: Alex Vesia. It just makes those guys that much better

454
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Speaker 2: when you have that anchor at the back of your

455
00:25:50,680 --> 00:25:54,160
Speaker 2: bullpen and you have that starting rotation. All of a sudden,

456
00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:57,159
Speaker 2: now the games get a lot shorter for the opposition.

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Speaker 2: If they don't have a lead by the sixth inning,

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Speaker 2: it's probably going to be lights out. Eight six six nine,

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Speaker 2: eight seven two five seventy is the phone number David

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Speaker 2: Vass live at Camelback Ranching, Glendale, Arizona. When we continue

461
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Speaker 2: you'll hear our conversation with Freddie Freeman, and one of

462
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Speaker 2: my favorite local kids from Harvard Westlake is popping off

463
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Speaker 2: to really try to endear himself to the fan base

464
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Speaker 2: in Chicago. Pete Corow Armstrong, what are you doing? We'll

465
00:26:30,760 --> 00:26:32,960
Speaker 2: let you know what PCA had to say in an

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Speaker 2: interview with Chicago magazine The Local Kid.

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Speaker 3: Wow.

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Speaker 2: Don't go anywhere more Dodger Talk until eight o'clock right

469
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Speaker 2: here on a five to seventy LA Sports David Vass

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Speaker 2: Live at Camelback Ranching, Glendale, Arizona.

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Speaker 3: We're here all week. We got four shows.

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Speaker 2: Tonight, well three more after tonight Tomorrow, Wednesday and Friday. Tomorrow,

473
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Speaker 2: the Dodgers will host the Cleveland Guardians. We will not

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Speaker 2: be airing that game on Dodgers Radio, but be back

475
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Speaker 2: with you on Wednesday afternoon from a talking stick, and

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Speaker 2: that is against Salt River Fields. Excuse me. The Dodgers

477
00:27:16,359 --> 00:27:19,440
Speaker 2: will be facing the Arizona Diamondbacks. Will have that for

478
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Speaker 2: you at twelve ten on Wednesday afternoon. Nolan Aernado, the

479
00:27:24,040 --> 00:27:28,800
Speaker 2: newest Diamondbacks third Basement ran into Nolan last weekend and

480
00:27:28,960 --> 00:27:32,360
Speaker 2: he's in great spirits, in great shape. And actually hit

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Speaker 2: his first home run of the spring in the Diamondbacks

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Speaker 2: first game. So looking forward to seeing Nolan Aernato hopefully

483
00:27:39,920 --> 00:27:44,200
Speaker 2: started third base against the Dodgers on Wednesday. Eight six

484
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Speaker 2: six seven two five seventy is the phone number before

485
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Speaker 2: we share my conversation with Freddie Freeman from earlier. I

486
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Speaker 2: want to share with you one of my favorite local

487
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Speaker 2: kids out of Harvard Westlake. I can't believe he is

488
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Speaker 2: betraying his home city this way just to endear himselves

489
00:28:02,960 --> 00:28:07,879
Speaker 2: with himself, with those Cubs fans, those lovable losers. Here's

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Speaker 2: what Pete Crow Armstrong said in an interview with Chicago Magazine. Quote,

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Speaker 2: Cubs fans give a s They aren't just baseball fans

492
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Speaker 2: who go to the game like Dodgers fans to take

493
00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:27,560
Speaker 2: a picture, to take pictures. They are paying attention. Really, PCA,

494
00:28:27,800 --> 00:28:30,960
Speaker 2: you really want to go down this road. You really

495
00:28:31,040 --> 00:28:34,280
Speaker 2: want to be public enemy number one in center field

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Speaker 2: when the Cubs come to town. You're a local kid.

497
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Speaker 2: You grew up a Dodger fan. You told me a

498
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Speaker 2: couple of years ago at Justin Turner's golf tournament, how

499
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Speaker 2: you love the passion and energy of Dodger fans. Now

500
00:28:47,720 --> 00:28:52,280
Speaker 2: you're trying to basically, you know, say to Cubs fans, hey,

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Speaker 2: I'm all yours. Well you can say that without putting

502
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Speaker 2: down your home fan base, because you know Max Freed,

503
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Speaker 2: Jack Flaherty never said that. And it's a small world.

504
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Speaker 2: Pi crow Armstrong, one day you may be a Dodger,

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Speaker 2: you may be wanting to come here. I would say

506
00:29:12,640 --> 00:29:15,840
Speaker 2: the chances are greater than fifty percent that you want

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Speaker 2: to be a Dodger at one point in time in

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Speaker 2: your career. May not be in two years, may not

509
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Speaker 2: be in five years. But when you say things like

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Speaker 2: this about a fan base as big and loyal as

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Speaker 2: the Dodgers are, man, you just put a target on yourself.

512
00:29:33,960 --> 00:29:37,400
Speaker 2: You are going to get so many booze when you

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Speaker 2: take the field at Dodger Stadium. When the Cubs come

514
00:29:41,320 --> 00:29:44,959
Speaker 2: to town this year, was it really worth it? And

515
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Speaker 2: by the way, the Cubs and Pi crow Armstrong come

516
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Speaker 2: to town April twenty fourth, a weekend series April twenty fourth,

517
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Speaker 2: twenty fifth, and twenty sixth. Can you believe Pi crow

518
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Speaker 2: Armstrong said this? Cub those fans give a s They

519
00:30:02,720 --> 00:30:06,120
Speaker 2: aren't just baseball fans who go to the game like

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Speaker 2: Dodgers fans to take pictures they are paying attention. Well,

521
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Speaker 2: there's nothing to take a picture of at Cubs games

522
00:30:14,840 --> 00:30:17,960
Speaker 2: other than Wrigley Field because the team is really not

523
00:30:18,080 --> 00:30:21,560
Speaker 2: that great. The best thing you got going for yourselves

524
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Speaker 2: is the stadium. And what happened to that dynasty?

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Speaker 3: Oops?

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Speaker 2: Anyway, Pete crow Armstrong, I bet you walk this back.

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Speaker 2: At some point you just got a little carry it

528
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Speaker 2: away trying to tell all the Cubby fans how much

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Speaker 2: you love them and how much you are there, So

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Speaker 2: I'll give them a free pass. I like PCA a lot,

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Speaker 2: but man, I kind of like this too. I do

532
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Speaker 2: like him just letting it fly.

533
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Speaker 5: More.

534
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Speaker 2: Guys need to let it fly to create some drama

535
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Speaker 2: in Major League Baseball eight six six nine, eight seven

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Speaker 2: two five seventy. All right, A guy that would never

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Speaker 2: say anything like that, A guy that is a true

538
00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:06,560
Speaker 2: pros pro, he gets it. He is beloved in two

539
00:31:06,720 --> 00:31:12,000
Speaker 2: separate big cities, Atlanta and LA. But hey, it's starting

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00:31:12,040 --> 00:31:16,040
Speaker 2: to look like Freddie Freeman is going to have more

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Speaker 2: signature moments in a Dodger uniform, and maybe already has

542
00:31:20,080 --> 00:31:23,280
Speaker 2: more rings in a Dodger uniform, And who knows one

543
00:31:23,360 --> 00:31:27,479
Speaker 2: day in Cooperstown. Maybe has a Dodger cap on on

544
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Speaker 2: his plaque. But here was our conversation with Freddie Freeman

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Speaker 2: at Field one earlier. Well, at this stage of his career,

546
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Speaker 2: I can only get to so many accolades. A National

547
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Speaker 2: League MVP, a World Series MVP, but more importantly a winner,

548
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Speaker 2: three time World Series champion. Freddie Freeman, thanks a lot

549
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Speaker 2: for the time. And spring training has arrived. When I

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Speaker 2: see that Freddie Freeman smile light up the entire camp.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, it's awesome. It's good to be back. You know,

552
00:31:55,600 --> 00:31:57,240
Speaker 6: you have to see all the guys again, go through

553
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Speaker 6: the grind to start the the road to three peats.

554
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Speaker 6: It's fun. It's it's a beautiful day today and guys

555
00:32:05,200 --> 00:32:06,760
Speaker 6: are getting to work in and we're getting ready to go.

556
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Speaker 2: A year ago, at this time you were trying to

557
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Speaker 2: come back from ankle surgery. How much happy are you

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Speaker 2: now just having a normal off season.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, this is nice. I'm not having to tape ankles,

560
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Speaker 6: get here at five forty five in the morning to

561
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Speaker 6: start treatment, to try and make it out here for practice.

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Speaker 6: This is nice. It's nice to have a normal off season,

563
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Speaker 6: get my work in, have no restrictions. It's definitely nice.

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Speaker 6: I like these kind of off seasons and spring trainings.

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Speaker 2: So how much preparation do you have to do still

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Speaker 2: with the maintenance of your ankle.

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Speaker 6: I haven't been in the training room yet. Oh yeah,

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Speaker 6: So I feel good. I really do feel good. Everything

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Speaker 6: feels good, So I don't need the trainers yet.

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Speaker 2: Freddy, I know one of the staples of you working

571
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Speaker 2: out during the off season is never having somebody in

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Speaker 2: right field shagging for you. What's the game plan for

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Speaker 2: you at this stage of your career in spring training?

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Speaker 6: Yeah, saying what you just said. So the last the

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Speaker 6: first few days have been really good. Swings in a

576
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Speaker 6: good spot based swings, kind of getting into place. Balls

577
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Speaker 6: are going to left center, live pp li vps have

578
00:33:09,960 --> 00:33:13,880
Speaker 6: been going well, laying balls, travel tracks, he pitches. I'm

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Speaker 6: trying to slow everything down. Everything it's exciting, so you

580
00:33:16,840 --> 00:33:18,280
Speaker 6: get a little jumpy here, so you got to make

581
00:33:18,280 --> 00:33:19,920
Speaker 6: sure you slow the slow of the game down a

582
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Speaker 6: little bit of the same thing. But VP's been going good.

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Speaker 6: Hitting balls the left center. If I hit all the

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Speaker 6: right field, you'll probably see you might see you see

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Speaker 6: myself yell at me myself in the cages. But things

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Speaker 6: are going well. It's a good start so far.

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Speaker 2: Everybody always wants to know what makes Freddy Freeman great

588
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Speaker 2: when the season starts. So how do you approach spring training?

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Speaker 6: I like to play, so I'm a guy that will

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Speaker 6: get I think we just mapped it out yesterday. I'll

591
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Speaker 6: get forty seven played appearances going into the season. So

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Speaker 6: that's the that's the game plan. I like to play.

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Speaker 6: Get the feet under me, get the legs under me,

594
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Speaker 6: shock the body when playing back to back to back

595
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Speaker 6: sometimes in spring. But right now, it's just getting the

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Speaker 6: work in, grinding, you know, your timing, trying to get

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Speaker 6: your timing as quick as you can. I mean I

598
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Speaker 6: was facing my seventy one year old dad about five

599
00:34:06,960 --> 00:34:10,560
Speaker 6: days ago, so trying to face Roki and Edwin and

600
00:34:10,640 --> 00:34:13,239
Speaker 6: all those guys and livps. So you're just trying to

601
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Speaker 6: get your working, get your timing going, and then get

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Speaker 6: into the games and start getting some feel good swings

603
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Speaker 6: and hits and build your confidence going in this season.

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Speaker 2: You always come into camp ready. But when you looked

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Speaker 2: around the clubhouse that first day of full squad, how

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Speaker 2: impressed were you by your teammates that seem to be

607
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Speaker 2: ready day one and the work they put in as well.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, I think that's kind of how it is in

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Speaker 6: today's game. Everyone's coming in ready to go, and I

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Speaker 6: think if you start a game today, you'd see all

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Speaker 6: of us be ready to go and ready to go

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Speaker 6: right now. So I think that's huge. Guys. The mentality

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Speaker 6: has changed in the game in baseball in the last

614
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Speaker 6: twenty years of how you come into spring training. Most

615
00:34:50,760 --> 00:34:52,799
Speaker 6: of us are ready to go by day one, So

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Speaker 6: I think that's good. We got a hungry group. We

617
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Speaker 6: know what we're looking forward to and the grind, the

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Speaker 6: chances of three p everyone coming for us, So we

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Speaker 6: came in ready. The hunger's here. Everyone's doing a great

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Speaker 6: job in the first few days of camp, and you know,

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Speaker 6: get ready to start this spring training season so far.

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Speaker 2: Last year, you guys took everybody's best shot during the

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Speaker 2: regular season, but you never wavered, You never overemphasized one

624
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Speaker 2: win or one loss. Do you feel like that serves

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00:35:19,560 --> 00:35:22,360
Speaker 2: you guys that well going into this season.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, I think I think we have a bunch of

627
00:35:24,680 --> 00:35:26,400
Speaker 6: veteran guys, so we know we're gonna go through the

628
00:35:26,480 --> 00:35:30,360
Speaker 6: ups and downs. You know, obviously there's worse ways to

629
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Speaker 6: lose during the course of a season. But we're not

630
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Speaker 6: gonna win every game. That's just kind of how it goes.

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Speaker 6: So you take the hits when you hit, take the hits.

632
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Speaker 6: Like last August, we weren't playing that good of baseball

633
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Speaker 6: and then we got some guys back off the eel

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Speaker 6: and we started playing good, and we played good in

635
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Speaker 6: the postseason. So I know when fans are watching their

636
00:35:46,080 --> 00:35:47,840
Speaker 6: hanging on episode or we believe me, we are not

637
00:35:47,880 --> 00:35:50,640
Speaker 6: happy if we lose a game. But and you just

638
00:35:50,800 --> 00:35:52,560
Speaker 6: got to know, it's a one, six or two grind.

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00:35:53,719 --> 00:35:57,759
Speaker 6: You know, some days, Doc there's not relievers available, and

640
00:35:57,880 --> 00:36:00,880
Speaker 6: most fans and people don't know who's available who's not available.

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Speaker 6: So we do a great job of trying to keep

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00:36:04,480 --> 00:36:06,600
Speaker 6: everyone healthy as through the course of the year as

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Speaker 6: best as we can while we're trying to win baseball games.

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Speaker 6: And I think the fans that watch us play know that,

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Speaker 6: you know, we give out our all every day. You

646
00:36:14,560 --> 00:36:17,200
Speaker 6: guys are out there seeing us work at two o'clock

647
00:36:17,200 --> 00:36:19,120
Speaker 6: in the afternoon getting ready for seven o'clock games. We

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00:36:19,160 --> 00:36:23,600
Speaker 6: love it. We grind, but you can take things from wins,

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Speaker 6: and then you can also just move on from wins

650
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Speaker 6: and losses a little bit differently during the course of season.

651
00:36:28,800 --> 00:36:32,080
Speaker 6: So but the thing is is, I've always tried to

652
00:36:32,160 --> 00:36:33,960
Speaker 6: harp on you got to win that game that night

653
00:36:33,960 --> 00:36:36,520
Speaker 6: because you can sell it. Last year we had one

654
00:36:36,600 --> 00:36:38,680
Speaker 6: less win than the Blue Jays during the course of

655
00:36:38,680 --> 00:36:41,040
Speaker 6: the World Series regular seasons, so we didn't have home

656
00:36:41,040 --> 00:36:43,759
Speaker 6: field advantage. So there is those things that you got

657
00:36:43,760 --> 00:36:46,399
Speaker 6: to be mindful of. And you know, don't ever take

658
00:36:46,400 --> 00:36:48,719
Speaker 6: a pitch off. We don't. But if you do lose

659
00:36:48,760 --> 00:36:50,520
Speaker 6: a game, sometimes you just push it this side and

660
00:36:50,520 --> 00:36:51,439
Speaker 6: worry about the next one.

661
00:36:51,840 --> 00:36:55,200
Speaker 2: Paddy Freeman coming off back to back World Series championships,

662
00:36:55,520 --> 00:36:59,880
Speaker 2: two consecutive World Series with walk off home runs, I'm curious.

663
00:37:00,320 --> 00:37:02,440
Speaker 2: I know you're a big baseball fan, your boys are

664
00:37:02,480 --> 00:37:06,919
Speaker 2: big baseball fans. How much did you replay Game six

665
00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:09,439
Speaker 2: in Game seven or did you kind of stay away

666
00:37:09,440 --> 00:37:09,759
Speaker 2: from it?

667
00:37:09,880 --> 00:37:10,040
Speaker 7: Oh?

668
00:37:10,040 --> 00:37:12,480
Speaker 6: I mean, I don't know how many times someone has

669
00:37:12,480 --> 00:37:14,360
Speaker 6: come up to me and said, what a great series.

670
00:37:14,400 --> 00:37:16,400
Speaker 6: That was such a fun series to watch, And I'm like,

671
00:37:16,480 --> 00:37:18,680
Speaker 6: it wasn't a fun series to play. Okay, there was

672
00:37:18,719 --> 00:37:21,080
Speaker 6: about eighty different times we could have lost Game six

673
00:37:21,120 --> 00:37:24,000
Speaker 6: and seven, but That's what's so beautiful about this game

674
00:37:24,120 --> 00:37:27,479
Speaker 6: and about the season and that run was we got

675
00:37:27,520 --> 00:37:29,920
Speaker 6: out of so many situations. We found different ways to win.

676
00:37:29,960 --> 00:37:32,200
Speaker 6: We won differently than we did in twenty twenty four

677
00:37:32,239 --> 00:37:35,040
Speaker 6: as well. You sold Glass coming out of the bullpen

678
00:37:35,120 --> 00:37:38,040
Speaker 6: that he's never done. You have Yoshinova doing superhero things.

679
00:37:38,120 --> 00:37:41,040
Speaker 6: You have Blake coming out of bullpens. It was just amazing,

680
00:37:41,120 --> 00:37:43,920
Speaker 6: Robuski stepping up. There's so many different things that happened

681
00:37:44,640 --> 00:37:47,280
Speaker 6: that it took the whole team to win the World

682
00:37:47,320 --> 00:37:49,399
Speaker 6: Series last year, and I think that's what's pretty cool.

683
00:37:49,440 --> 00:37:52,680
Speaker 6: And obviously we're going to try and do it a

684
00:37:52,719 --> 00:37:55,080
Speaker 6: little bit differently this year and you know, put it

685
00:37:55,120 --> 00:37:57,200
Speaker 6: all together, so we're not leaning on starting pitching like

686
00:37:57,239 --> 00:38:00,480
Speaker 6: we did last year or bullpen and offense before. Maybe

687
00:38:00,520 --> 00:38:03,440
Speaker 6: I'll just do it all perfectly this year and everyone

688
00:38:03,480 --> 00:38:06,239
Speaker 6: contributes perfectly going into another World Series win.

689
00:38:06,400 --> 00:38:08,200
Speaker 2: Well, the rest of the offense should take a cue

690
00:38:08,200 --> 00:38:09,040
Speaker 2: from Freddie Freeman.

691
00:38:09,560 --> 00:38:13,239
Speaker 6: Keep it simple, that's the goal, and sometimes it's hard

692
00:38:13,239 --> 00:38:15,480
Speaker 6: to keep it simple in this game. Your mind, this

693
00:38:15,560 --> 00:38:17,600
Speaker 6: is the hardest part the brain in this game. So

694
00:38:18,080 --> 00:38:20,760
Speaker 6: keep it simple and stick with your plan and approach

695
00:38:20,800 --> 00:38:22,839
Speaker 6: and your routine and usually the big things will take

696
00:38:22,840 --> 00:38:23,719
Speaker 6: care of themselves if you've.

697
00:38:23,600 --> 00:38:25,680
Speaker 3: Stick to the little things before I let you go.

698
00:38:25,920 --> 00:38:29,080
Speaker 2: Kyle Tucker, what are your first impressions of him and

699
00:38:29,400 --> 00:38:32,120
Speaker 2: having him in the lineup somewhere in the orbit of

700
00:38:32,160 --> 00:38:32,840
Speaker 2: Freddie Freeman.

701
00:38:33,040 --> 00:38:36,080
Speaker 6: Yeah, it's nice. That's gonna be a tough lineup to navigate,

702
00:38:37,680 --> 00:38:41,160
Speaker 6: just four straight All Stars superstar player to come onto

703
00:38:41,200 --> 00:38:43,120
Speaker 6: our team. We got a great group of guys here

704
00:38:43,160 --> 00:38:45,200
Speaker 6: and trying to make him feel welcome as soon as

705
00:38:45,200 --> 00:38:46,879
Speaker 6: we can. And I think he's doing a great job

706
00:38:46,920 --> 00:38:49,239
Speaker 6: fitting in. It's gonna be a fun season with him

707
00:38:49,239 --> 00:38:50,400
Speaker 6: for the next few years.

708
00:38:50,480 --> 00:38:53,719
Speaker 2: Were you surprised how people reacted to you saying at

709
00:38:53,760 --> 00:38:56,480
Speaker 2: FanFest that you want to play four more years? I mean,

710
00:38:56,840 --> 00:38:58,920
Speaker 2: you have not slowed down one bit. I don't know

711
00:38:58,960 --> 00:38:59,920
Speaker 2: why anybody would be.

712
00:39:00,800 --> 00:39:03,919
Speaker 6: Yeah, I don't. I obviously don't really read what's going on.

713
00:39:04,600 --> 00:39:06,920
Speaker 3: Is that a thing everybody's like, Oh, he wants to

714
00:39:06,920 --> 00:39:07,960
Speaker 3: play four more years?

715
00:39:08,000 --> 00:39:09,280
Speaker 6: You want me to stop sooner?

716
00:39:09,719 --> 00:39:12,719
Speaker 2: I don't. I certainly don't. You're a legacy Dodger at

717
00:39:12,719 --> 00:39:13,160
Speaker 2: this point.

718
00:39:13,280 --> 00:39:16,080
Speaker 6: Appreciate that. Yeah, I mean, obviously, you know when you're

719
00:39:16,400 --> 00:39:19,479
Speaker 6: you got kids, and you know, obviously I love playing

720
00:39:19,480 --> 00:39:22,560
Speaker 6: this game. I love it to death. So but I've

721
00:39:22,560 --> 00:39:26,840
Speaker 6: played a long time, so I have like is for

722
00:39:27,160 --> 00:39:30,040
Speaker 6: the number that like it's a dead stop or do

723
00:39:30,120 --> 00:39:32,359
Speaker 6: I even get there? Who knows, but that's in my mind.

724
00:39:32,360 --> 00:39:35,600
Speaker 6: That's kind of the rough estimate. So if I stay

725
00:39:35,600 --> 00:39:37,560
Speaker 6: healthy and I'm playing, we'll see what the kids want

726
00:39:37,560 --> 00:39:40,560
Speaker 6: me to do. But I'm not sure if Chelsea wants

727
00:39:40,600 --> 00:39:42,799
Speaker 6: me to keep flying and traveling every other week during

728
00:39:42,840 --> 00:39:45,319
Speaker 6: the season. But I love my family. I like to

729
00:39:45,320 --> 00:39:47,799
Speaker 6: be home with them, but I also love this game.

730
00:39:47,840 --> 00:39:50,520
Speaker 6: But I've played a long time, so four is just

731
00:39:50,640 --> 00:39:54,200
Speaker 6: a number that's kind of out there, floated in my head.

732
00:39:54,239 --> 00:39:56,759
Speaker 6: But we'll see how the next few years a go.

733
00:39:57,000 --> 00:39:59,600
Speaker 2: I'm a big advocate Freddie Freeman four more years and

734
00:39:59,719 --> 00:40:01,520
Speaker 2: Dodge you're blue, so we'll get to that.

735
00:40:01,840 --> 00:40:05,520
Speaker 6: And also Andrews, I'll trust me, he'll hear the show.

736
00:40:05,640 --> 00:40:08,279
Speaker 3: I'll be saying this often like I already have.

737
00:40:08,920 --> 00:40:12,440
Speaker 2: And since Clayton's no longer with the team, I'll be

738
00:40:12,560 --> 00:40:16,240
Speaker 2: the guy checking off the boxes of Freddie Freeman's career

739
00:40:16,320 --> 00:40:17,160
Speaker 2: the next four years.

740
00:40:17,160 --> 00:40:19,040
Speaker 6: Okay, I like that I was doing it for Clayton,

741
00:40:19,200 --> 00:40:21,120
Speaker 6: so I need someone to do it for me. Now.

742
00:40:21,160 --> 00:40:22,279
Speaker 3: Can I be the counter still?

743
00:40:22,320 --> 00:40:23,960
Speaker 6: You can be the counter, all right, Just don't tell

744
00:40:23,960 --> 00:40:24,600
Speaker 6: me every day though.

745
00:40:27,040 --> 00:40:28,759
Speaker 2: Great to see you out here, Freddie. Thanks a lot

746
00:40:28,800 --> 00:40:31,040
Speaker 2: for the time. You know how much Los Angeles loves you.

747
00:40:31,120 --> 00:40:33,160
Speaker 2: And keep it going, mister consistent.

748
00:40:33,360 --> 00:40:36,160
Speaker 6: I appreciate. Thank you, David very much. See you guys soon, fans.

749
00:40:37,520 --> 00:40:40,160
Speaker 2: All right, there is Freddie Freeman. He's looking forward to

750
00:40:40,200 --> 00:40:44,560
Speaker 2: a three pede and that was very interesting and emphatic

751
00:40:44,840 --> 00:40:47,640
Speaker 2: what he just said that he wants to play four

752
00:40:47,719 --> 00:40:50,120
Speaker 2: more years and he wants to play all of them

753
00:40:50,480 --> 00:40:54,120
Speaker 2: in a Dodger uniform. And I'm not just being La

754
00:40:54,360 --> 00:40:58,319
Speaker 2: Dodger Homer. There is an argument to be made that, yes,

755
00:40:58,560 --> 00:41:02,120
Speaker 2: the first part of Freddie Free's career he did play,

756
00:41:02,320 --> 00:41:05,319
Speaker 2: and he will play more years with the Braves than

757
00:41:05,360 --> 00:41:09,440
Speaker 2: with the Dodgers. Even if Freddie plays four more years

758
00:41:09,480 --> 00:41:13,680
Speaker 2: in LA. He played his first twelve years with the Braves,

759
00:41:13,680 --> 00:41:17,080
Speaker 2: came up through their organization, and certainly is a guy

760
00:41:17,160 --> 00:41:22,280
Speaker 2: that everybody in Atlanta still loves. But he has two

761
00:41:22,800 --> 00:41:28,040
Speaker 2: major signature moments with the Dodgers in the World Series

762
00:41:28,480 --> 00:41:31,440
Speaker 2: that walk off Grand Slam in Game one of twenty

763
00:41:31,480 --> 00:41:36,200
Speaker 2: four's World Series. World Series MVP with the Dodgers in

764
00:41:36,280 --> 00:41:39,799
Speaker 2: twenty four and then last year that walk off home

765
00:41:39,880 --> 00:41:44,640
Speaker 2: run in Game three and eighteen inning walk off home run.

766
00:41:45,400 --> 00:41:51,320
Speaker 2: Those are two significant signature moments, and especially the walk

767
00:41:51,360 --> 00:41:56,799
Speaker 2: off grand Slam that's going down in baseball history as

768
00:41:56,840 --> 00:42:00,560
Speaker 2: one of the most dramatic, greatest home runs in World

769
00:42:00,680 --> 00:42:05,040
Speaker 2: Series history, alongside Kirk Gibson's home run in Game one

770
00:42:05,160 --> 00:42:08,319
Speaker 2: of the eighty eight World Series. So you know, there

771
00:42:08,440 --> 00:42:11,560
Speaker 2: is an argument to be made, and maybe Freddy Freeman

772
00:42:11,680 --> 00:42:13,759
Speaker 2: is one of those guys that goes in without a

773
00:42:13,800 --> 00:42:16,400
Speaker 2: logo on his hat. But I would find it very

774
00:42:16,440 --> 00:42:20,319
Speaker 2: hard that Freddy Freeman would not have in LA on

775
00:42:20,520 --> 00:42:24,719
Speaker 2: his cap in Cooperstown if he finishes his career with

776
00:42:24,760 --> 00:42:28,640
Speaker 2: the Dodgers, and I see no reason why he wouldn't.

777
00:42:28,880 --> 00:42:32,799
Speaker 2: You look at his season last year, and keep in

778
00:42:32,840 --> 00:42:37,680
Speaker 2: mind he was coming off right ankle surgery, significant ankle

779
00:42:37,760 --> 00:42:41,919
Speaker 2: surgery that he played through throughout the twenty four postseason.

780
00:42:42,840 --> 00:42:47,480
Speaker 2: Freddy Freeman last year hit two ninety five. He had

781
00:42:47,560 --> 00:42:50,080
Speaker 2: one hundred and sixty four hits. He played one hundred

782
00:42:50,080 --> 00:42:54,399
Speaker 2: and forty seven games. His slugging percentage was higher last

783
00:42:54,440 --> 00:42:57,840
Speaker 2: year than it was in twenty twenty four. He slugged

784
00:42:58,000 --> 00:43:01,600
Speaker 2: five hundred last year, higher ops than he did in

785
00:43:01,640 --> 00:43:04,839
Speaker 2: twenty twenty four. So it's not like this guy is

786
00:43:04,920 --> 00:43:09,960
Speaker 2: slowing down. He is the model of consistency, and he

787
00:43:10,080 --> 00:43:12,960
Speaker 2: also is a guy that is reliable. What makes Freddy

788
00:43:13,000 --> 00:43:18,439
Speaker 2: Freeman so good and elite is not only how good

789
00:43:18,480 --> 00:43:20,680
Speaker 2: he is when he plays, but the fact that he

790
00:43:20,760 --> 00:43:23,719
Speaker 2: does play. A lot of guys are good, but they're

791
00:43:23,760 --> 00:43:28,839
Speaker 2: not reliable, They're not available. Freddie Freeman is available one

792
00:43:28,920 --> 00:43:32,239
Speaker 2: hundred and forty seven games and that's coming with a

793
00:43:32,280 --> 00:43:35,360
Speaker 2: bad ankle to start the year, one hundred and forty

794
00:43:35,360 --> 00:43:38,600
Speaker 2: seven games and twenty twenty four with a bad ankle

795
00:43:38,640 --> 00:43:42,000
Speaker 2: the second half of the year. And you look at

796
00:43:42,040 --> 00:43:45,840
Speaker 2: his career totals, I kind of feel like Freddy Freeman

797
00:43:45,880 --> 00:43:49,680
Speaker 2: and maybe Jose Altuve are the last two guys for

798
00:43:49,719 --> 00:43:52,400
Speaker 2: a while that we could talk about that have a

799
00:43:52,520 --> 00:43:57,279
Speaker 2: chance for three thousand career hits. Freddie Freeman, as he

800
00:43:57,320 --> 00:44:01,000
Speaker 2: steps into the batters box on opening dead Dodger Stadium,

801
00:44:01,440 --> 00:44:05,200
Speaker 2: is at two thousand, four hundred and thirty one hits.

802
00:44:05,880 --> 00:44:09,960
Speaker 2: If he plays the next four years to forty years old.

803
00:44:10,440 --> 00:44:14,280
Speaker 2: All he needs to do is basically average one hundred

804
00:44:14,320 --> 00:44:17,560
Speaker 2: and forty three hits for the final four years of

805
00:44:17,600 --> 00:44:23,040
Speaker 2: his career to achieve three thousand career hits. That is

806
00:44:23,320 --> 00:44:27,400
Speaker 2: very attainable. And you know what else matters to Freddy Freeman.

807
00:44:27,880 --> 00:44:30,760
Speaker 2: Tim never mentioned this on the broadcast over the weekend,

808
00:44:31,239 --> 00:44:34,320
Speaker 2: having that three at the front of his batting average

809
00:44:34,360 --> 00:44:38,120
Speaker 2: at the end of the year. Well, Freddy Freeman right now,

810
00:44:38,200 --> 00:44:41,960
Speaker 2: as we stand, after sixteen seasons in the big leagues,

811
00:44:42,640 --> 00:44:47,239
Speaker 2: is exactly a three hundred hitter with an ops of

812
00:44:47,320 --> 00:44:52,640
Speaker 2: eight ninety seven. It's not a question of if he's

813
00:44:52,680 --> 00:44:56,080
Speaker 2: a Hall of Famer, it's a question of what hat

814
00:44:56,120 --> 00:44:58,640
Speaker 2: is he going to wear in the Hall of Fame

815
00:44:59,040 --> 00:45:02,680
Speaker 2: at this point in time. So, you know, he's he's

816
00:45:02,719 --> 00:45:05,239
Speaker 2: climbing that doubles list. He's not going to be the

817
00:45:05,280 --> 00:45:08,319
Speaker 2: all times doubles leader, but he certainly is going to be,

818
00:45:09,400 --> 00:45:12,720
Speaker 2: I feel like, in the top ten of doubles leaders

819
00:45:12,719 --> 00:45:15,520
Speaker 2: when it's all said and done. So, you know, when

820
00:45:15,560 --> 00:45:18,840
Speaker 2: Freddy Freeman first came here, you could feel that he

821
00:45:19,040 --> 00:45:23,040
Speaker 2: still wasn't one hundred percent all in with the Dodgers,

822
00:45:23,600 --> 00:45:27,719
Speaker 2: but after he had that road trip to Atlanta and

823
00:45:27,760 --> 00:45:30,719
Speaker 2: then Denver, I think he understood it was time to

824
00:45:30,719 --> 00:45:34,879
Speaker 2: close the chapter on his Braves career and just get

825
00:45:34,920 --> 00:45:38,600
Speaker 2: fully invested with the Dodgers. And ever since then he

826
00:45:38,640 --> 00:45:41,160
Speaker 2: has not looked back. And he's one of the great

827
00:45:41,239 --> 00:45:44,759
Speaker 2: guys you will ever meet. I mean, Freddy Freeman is

828
00:45:44,880 --> 00:45:50,640
Speaker 2: that guy. And he represents his family well, he represents

829
00:45:50,960 --> 00:45:54,400
Speaker 2: himself well, and he represents the Dodgers well, and he

830
00:45:54,520 --> 00:45:59,400
Speaker 2: represents major League Baseball really well. Freddie Freeman is an

831
00:45:59,440 --> 00:46:03,719
Speaker 2: incredible ambassador for the game and I look forward to

832
00:46:03,840 --> 00:46:07,560
Speaker 2: celebrating three thousand hits with him four years from now

833
00:46:07,840 --> 00:46:10,879
Speaker 2: in a Dodger uniform. He should not be in any

834
00:46:10,880 --> 00:46:14,400
Speaker 2: other uniform the rest of his career. All Right, that'll

835
00:46:14,400 --> 00:46:17,000
Speaker 2: do it for us on Dodger Talk. We did have

836
00:46:17,120 --> 00:46:20,920
Speaker 2: Miguel Rojas on the pregame show earlier today. We'll share

837
00:46:20,960 --> 00:46:24,359
Speaker 2: that conversation with you tomorrow, and Chase Utley is going

838
00:46:24,400 --> 00:46:28,680
Speaker 2: to join us, a guy that certainly had an incredible career.

839
00:46:29,000 --> 00:46:31,720
Speaker 2: Chase Sutley will join us tomorrow night at seven point thirty.

840
00:46:31,760 --> 00:46:34,480
Speaker 2: He's been back in camp and he's back part of

841
00:46:34,520 --> 00:46:37,960
Speaker 2: the Dodgers front office with Andrew Friedman as one of

842
00:46:38,040 --> 00:46:41,319
Speaker 2: his uh, how do they say it's special assistance, but

843
00:46:41,719 --> 00:46:44,920
Speaker 2: he certainly has a lot to offer. So Chase Suttley

844
00:46:45,080 --> 00:46:47,799
Speaker 2: will join us tomorrow night at seven thirty. In case

845
00:46:47,800 --> 00:46:50,040
Speaker 2: you missed any of this show, you can find it

846
00:46:50,400 --> 00:46:53,440
Speaker 2: on the iHeartRadio app. That's also where you can stream

847
00:46:53,800 --> 00:46:56,400
Speaker 2: all the Dodger games if you're in the LA area

848
00:46:56,719 --> 00:47:00,680
Speaker 2: on the iHeartRadio app and five seventy LA Sports Dodger

849
00:47:00,760 --> 00:47:04,200
Speaker 2: Talk on the iHeartRadio app. Make it a preset you

850
00:47:04,239 --> 00:47:07,680
Speaker 2: won't miss anything, all right. Thanks to Ronnie Foscio for

851
00:47:07,719 --> 00:47:10,040
Speaker 2: all his help, and thanks to you for listening. We'll

852
00:47:10,040 --> 00:47:12,400
Speaker 2: be back with you tomorrow night at seven o'clock with

853
00:47:12,560 --> 00:47:14,680
Speaker 2: Chase Suttley. Have a great rest of your night.

854
00:47:15,280 --> 00:47:16,000
Speaker 3: See you