WEBVTT - Spring Training Dodger Talk (2-23-26)

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

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

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

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<v Speaker 2>the fifth.

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<v Speaker 1>Face a spring training Dodger Talk.

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<v Speaker 3>Here we go again, Brigara Running.

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<v Speaker 1>Back hosted by Dodgers Saint signer David Bassi. How are

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<v Speaker 1>yea three pet in the Mexican In on.

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<v Speaker 4>The show called eight six six not eighty seven two

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<v Speaker 4>five seven, And be sure to follow Dodger Talk wherever

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<v Speaker 4>you catch your podcasts. Here's your host, David Bassing.

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

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<v Speaker 2>with your back to back World Series champion Dodgers. We're

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

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<v Speaker 2>show for you coming up. In fifteen minutes. You'll hear

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<v Speaker 2>from Alex Vesia, who returned to a Major League mound,

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<v Speaker 2>albeit in spring training today, and he was received with

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<v Speaker 2>a standing ovation from the fans here at Kemelback Ranch

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<v Speaker 2>when he came in and he delivered, pitched a scoreless

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<v Speaker 2>inning and got a standing ovation from his own dugouts.

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<v Speaker 2>So you'll hear what Vesia had to say about that

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<v Speaker 2>coming up in fifteen minutes, and at the bottom of

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<v Speaker 2>the hour, I'll share my conversation with Freddie Freeman, who

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<v Speaker 2>is the only player in baseball history to have two

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<v Speaker 2>walk off home runs in the World Series. Obviously Game

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<v Speaker 2>three twenty eighteen or excuse me, eighteen inning game in

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<v Speaker 2>last year's World Series, and then in twenty twenty four,

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<v Speaker 2>of course, the Game one walk off Grand Slam against

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<v Speaker 2>the Yankees. So Freddie Freeman, the three time World Series

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<v Speaker 2>champion and future Hall of Famer, will join us at

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<v Speaker 2>the bottom of the hour. This is going to be

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<v Speaker 2>a busy week for Dodger Talk. We have four shows,

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<v Speaker 2>including tonight. After tonight, we have a show every night

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<v Speaker 2>this week except Thursday, Tomorrow, Wednesday, Friday, we have Dodger

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<v Speaker 2>Talk for you from seven to eight o'clock. And our

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<v Speaker 2>next Dodgers radio broadcast is going to be Wednesday afternoon

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<v Speaker 2>right here on AM five to seventy LA Sports at

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<v Speaker 2>twelve ten.

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<v Speaker 3>So we got you.

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<v Speaker 2>Covered all week long right here on AM five to

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<v Speaker 2>seventy LA Sports with Dodger Talk four nights this week. Tonight,

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<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers are coming off their third win of the spring.

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<v Speaker 2>They have won their first three games of spring training

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<v Speaker 2>and it hasn't been close. I'm just looking at these

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<v Speaker 2>scores now. I was gonna read them individually, but it

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<v Speaker 2>bears to just put this all together because it may

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<v Speaker 2>be a preview of things to come. The Dodgers, in

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<v Speaker 2>their first three games of Cactus League play have outscored

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<v Speaker 2>their opponents twenty three to three. They beat the Angels

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<v Speaker 2>fifteen to two on Saturday, beat the Padres five to

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<v Speaker 2>one yesterday, and shut out the Mariners today three to nothing. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not a guy that puts a lot of stock

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<v Speaker 2>in spring training games, but I will say this, everybody

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<v Speaker 2>from Teoscar Hernandez to Miguel Rojas to James Tibbs the

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<v Speaker 2>third have been very disciplined in the strike zone. These

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<v Speaker 2>Dodger hitters are not chasing. So that's one thing that

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<v Speaker 2>stands out to me already. Another thing that stands out

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<v Speaker 2>to me is how good the Dodgers pitching is. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>you see some of these teams like the Angels and

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<v Speaker 2>the Padres, who obviously are not throwing every major league

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<v Speaker 2>reliever after the starter comes out. But that's the biggest

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<v Speaker 2>difference between the Dodgers and these other teams. You got

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<v Speaker 2>a guy like Jackson Ferris starting the game yesterday. You

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<v Speaker 2>got a guy like Landon Naxt starting today, and then

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<v Speaker 2>more and more guy guys that you know and our

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<v Speaker 2>major league viable come into the game compared to the

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<v Speaker 2>Padres and Angels who are struggling to find guys to

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<v Speaker 2>come into spring training games and to throw strikes. So

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<v Speaker 2>to me, that's the biggest thing that has stood out

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<v Speaker 2>so far in the first three spring training games that

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<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers organizational depth, not only pitching wise, but position

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<v Speaker 2>player wise, really really starts to rear its head even

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<v Speaker 2>this early in spring training. Eight six six nine eight

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

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<v Speaker 2>Dodgers are going to play tomorrow here at Camelback Ranch

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<v Speaker 2>against the Cleveland Guardians. Freddie Freeman is expected to make

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<v Speaker 2>his first start of spring training tomorrow. Then the Dodgers

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<v Speaker 2>are going to stagger in guys like Muncie and Mookie Betts.

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<v Speaker 2>Dave Roberts told me after the game today that the

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<v Speaker 2>the reason why te Oscar Hernandez and Andy Pajez have

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<v Speaker 2>played in all three games to open the Cactus League

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<v Speaker 2>is because they wanted to They wanted to play early,

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<v Speaker 2>and they wanted to play every day. So kudos to

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<v Speaker 2>those two guys and the way the Dodgers starting rotation

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<v Speaker 2>breaks down the rest of the week. Tomorrow, Gavin Stone

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<v Speaker 2>will be on the mound for the Dodgers. He's coming

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<v Speaker 2>back from shoulder surgery. Roki Sasaki, who Dave Roberts said

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<v Speaker 2>earlier today, is definitely going to be part of the

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<v Speaker 2>Dodger rotation. He's starting on Wednesday. Tyler Glassnew will start Thursday,

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<v Speaker 2>and Yama Moto will start on Friday before he leaves

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<v Speaker 2>for Team Japan and the World Baseball Classic. Originally, Dave

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<v Speaker 2>Roberts said said that yama Moto was only making one

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<v Speaker 2>start and that was going to be the first game

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<v Speaker 2>of the Cactus League. Well, it turns out when Dave

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<v Speaker 2>Roberts went to the mound and took Yamamoto out and

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<v Speaker 2>said good luck in the World Baseball Classic, Yamamoto said,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm pitching Friday. So Yamamoto pitches Friday, and speaking of

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<v Speaker 2>the World Baseball Classic and Team Japan, I'm not sure

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<v Speaker 2>if you caught this yesterday, but I did pose this

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<v Speaker 2>scenario to sho Hao Tani. I said, show, hey, come on,

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<v Speaker 2>we got the ninth inning Team USA versus Japan close

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<v Speaker 2>game for the championship of the World Baseball Classic. Are

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<v Speaker 2>you sure that you will resist the temptation to come

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<v Speaker 2>into the game to close it out for Team Japan,

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<v Speaker 2>similar to what you did four years ago when you

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<v Speaker 2>struck out Mike Trout. And sho Hao Tani did not

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<v Speaker 2>shut me down. He left the door wide open for

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<v Speaker 2>the possibility of him pitching in that type of scenario

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<v Speaker 2>for Team Japan in the World Baseball Classic. What O

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<v Speaker 2>Tani told me was, and I'm sure you've seen this

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<v Speaker 2>on social media if you're listening or watching the broadcast yesterday,

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<v Speaker 2>He said, if Mike Trout shows up very tempting, well,

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<v Speaker 2>Mike Trout is not coming through that door for Team USA.

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<v Speaker 2>But you know who might come out of the dugout

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<v Speaker 2>Aaron Judge. You're telling me team Japan clinging to a one,

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<v Speaker 2>a two, or a three run lead, and Aaron Judge

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<v Speaker 2>is one of the three hitters coming up in the

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<v Speaker 2>ninth inning. That show Heo Tani is not going to

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<v Speaker 2>say I want this, I want this stage. I know

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<v Speaker 2>he's in a different spot than he was four years

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<v Speaker 2>ago pitching wise, but he still is the greatest player

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<v Speaker 2>in the game, and he has a lot of pride

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<v Speaker 2>for himself and for his country. I believe that in

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<v Speaker 2>that type of scenario, not anything else, just that type

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<v Speaker 2>of scenario. Championship game a one a two run game

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<v Speaker 2>and Japan needs a closer, I would say there's a

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<v Speaker 2>really good chance Otani will come out of the bullpen

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<v Speaker 2>for Japan and try to close it.

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<v Speaker 3>Out for them. Do you believe that?

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<v Speaker 2>I believe that, And could you envision show Heotani facing

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<v Speaker 2>Aaron Judge with two outs in the Championship game, similar

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<v Speaker 2>to Otani versus Mike Trout four years ago. You're telling

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<v Speaker 2>me that won't give the baseball season the momentum that

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<v Speaker 2>it needs the way it did four years ago. And

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<v Speaker 2>there's a real possibility that those two guys could match

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<v Speaker 2>up against each other in the World Series, Aaron Judge

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<v Speaker 2>versus Sho Haotani, And I'm going out on the limb

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<v Speaker 2>right now. It will be a rematch of the twenty

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<v Speaker 2>twenty four World Series this year.

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<v Speaker 3>In the fall.

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<v Speaker 2>Classic Dodgers Yankees will be the World Series matchup again

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<v Speaker 2>this year, And yes, the Dodgers will three peat. Hey,

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<v Speaker 2>some people have to take stances. Nobody wants to take

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<v Speaker 2>a stance around here. I'm ready to take a stance

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<v Speaker 2>and call my shot. Eight sixty six, nine eighty seven,

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<v Speaker 2>two five seventy is the phone number. Who's your pick

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<v Speaker 2>for the World Series? You know the Dodgers. You're picking

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<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers. Who's coming out of the American League? And

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<v Speaker 2>here's something I will leave you with the Dodgers since

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<v Speaker 2>twenty eighteen, every World Series they have been in, they

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<v Speaker 2>have played a team from the Al East except the

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<v Speaker 2>Baltimore Orioles twenty eighteen, the Red Sox you may have

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<v Speaker 2>forgotten about. Twenty twenty, it was the Rays, twenty twenty four,

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<v Speaker 2>the Yankees, and last year, of course, the Dodgers beating

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<v Speaker 2>the Blue Jays. So the Dodgers have taken down all

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<v Speaker 2>comers from the Al East except the Red Sox in

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<v Speaker 2>twenty eighteen. Is it going to be the Orioles? Maybe? Maybe?

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<v Speaker 2>But I got the Yankees again eight six, six, nine

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<v Speaker 2>eight seven in two five seventy. When we continue your

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<v Speaker 2>phone calls, we have phone lines open. We're with you

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<v Speaker 2>until eight o'clock. I'm lonely here at camel Back Ranch.

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<v Speaker 2>Snailzilla has gone home, but the lights are still on.

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<v Speaker 2>David Vasse with you right here on a F five

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<v Speaker 2>to seventy LA Sports. We are with you until eight

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<v Speaker 2>o'clock tonight, live from camel Back Ranch in Glendale, Arizona,

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<v Speaker 2>where the Dodgers played their first home game of the

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<v Speaker 2>Cactus League today and shut out the Mariners three to nothing.

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<v Speaker 2>It was a well pitched game. We saw guys like

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<v Speaker 2>Landon Nag, Kyle Hurt, among others. Will Klein got into

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<v Speaker 2>the game. Alex Vesia, who will hear from in just

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<v Speaker 2>a moment, also pitched a scoreless inning. So it was

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<v Speaker 2>a well pitched game by guys that the Dodgers are

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<v Speaker 2>going to need at some point in time this season,

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<v Speaker 2>some more than others. We have phone lines open at

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<v Speaker 2>eight six, six, nine, eighty seven, two five seventy. I

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<v Speaker 2>just can't get over this. As I was about to

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<v Speaker 2>go through the scores of the first three games of

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<v Speaker 2>the Cactus League, the Dodgers have outscored their opponents in

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<v Speaker 2>the first three games of this year's spring training twenty

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<v Speaker 2>three to three. That's I mean, that just shows the dominance.

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<v Speaker 2>But more importantly, the depth. We're talking about games that

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<v Speaker 2>have not seen more than two three regulars for the

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<v Speaker 2>Dodgers to play in a game so far this year,

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<v Speaker 2>that's that's just a testament to me. You know, everybody

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<v Speaker 2>focuses on the payroll the Dodgers have, but to me,

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<v Speaker 2>that's just a testament to the player development and how

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<v Speaker 2>deep this organization is beyond you know, the superstar players.

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<v Speaker 2>So I you know, the over under I saw today

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<v Speaker 2>because here in Arizona, gambling is very legal, so I

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<v Speaker 2>was curious to see the over under of win totals

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<v Speaker 2>for teams, and right now they have the Dodgers over

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<v Speaker 2>under at one hundred three and a half. I am

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<v Speaker 2>in favor of the Dodgers not winning one hundred games

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<v Speaker 2>because in these back to back championship years, the Dodgers

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<v Speaker 2>have not won one hundred games. If you remember, in

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<v Speaker 2>years previous to the last two, they've won one hundred

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<v Speaker 2>games but have come up short in October. So for

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<v Speaker 2>those you know, what's so funny is how the narrative

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<v Speaker 2>changes from one offseason to the other when it comes

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<v Speaker 2>to the Dodgers. Everybody was saying how bad the Dodgers

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<v Speaker 2>were for baseball and how great their lineup was, and

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<v Speaker 2>that they were going to beat the Mariners all time

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<v Speaker 2>wins record of one hundred and sixteen wins. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>by mid season, everybody was wondering, what's going on with

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<v Speaker 2>this offense? What's going on with the Dodgers. What's going

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<v Speaker 2>on with the Dodgers is they don't care about their

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<v Speaker 2>Mariners one hundred and sixteen wins. They care about winning

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<v Speaker 2>the WARLD World Series. And Andrew Freeman has mastered how

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<v Speaker 2>to win the regular season. And with the additions of

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<v Speaker 2>Tyler Glass now Yamamoto Otani now pitching to go along

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<v Speaker 2>with Blake Snell, they have guys that they care about

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<v Speaker 2>having ready for October. So that's where things stand with

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<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers. Eight six six, nine, seven, two five seventy

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<v Speaker 2>is the phone number. Let's go out to Long Beach. David,

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<v Speaker 2>You're on Dodger Talk. Lead us off tonight. How are

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<v Speaker 2>you doing, David Good?

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<v Speaker 5>How are you, sir?

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<v Speaker 2>Can't be can't be bad at spring training when you're

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<v Speaker 2>with the back to back world champs, every day is

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<v Speaker 2>a great day.

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<v Speaker 5>That's right. I agree with you totally. Now you made

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<v Speaker 5>a comment as far as like this this coming year's

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<v Speaker 5>World Series. I don't see the Yankees making it because,

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<v Speaker 5>like last year, Toronto really had their numbers. So I'm

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<v Speaker 5>looking at a rematch Dodgers in the Blue Jays Dodgers

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<v Speaker 5>in seven. And now I have the question for you

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<v Speaker 5>if I'm asked, I.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't love the Blue Jays as much as I liked

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<v Speaker 2>them last year. I think they're really going to miss Bobashett.

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<v Speaker 2>They're counting on a lot of guys that were, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>October really good and got hot at the right time.

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<v Speaker 2>But I'm not buying the Blue Jays.

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<v Speaker 6>Now.

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<v Speaker 5>Can I ask you a question? Maybe you can look

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<v Speaker 5>this up for me. Out of all the World Series

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<v Speaker 5>that the Dodgers have won, I don't think they've ever

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<v Speaker 5>won any at home. Would that be correct?

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<v Speaker 3>Because they weren't correct.

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<v Speaker 2>They've only won once at home, and that includes the

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<v Speaker 2>fifty five Dodgers who won a Yankee Stadium. The Dodgers

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<v Speaker 2>in nineteen sixty three swept the Yankees and they won

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<v Speaker 2>Game four at Dodgers Stadium. But you're right, they haven't

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<v Speaker 2>done it all but one time to win the World Series,

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<v Speaker 2>that at home, and only one time at Dodgers Stadium.

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<v Speaker 5>Okay, thanks for figuring that out for me.

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<v Speaker 2>I appreciate it, Yeah, no problemppreciate it.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>If you go back to when the Dodgers moved here

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<v Speaker 2>in nineteen fifty eight, they won the World Series the

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<v Speaker 2>second year in Los Angeles, a seven game win over

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<v Speaker 2>the White Sox. In nineteen fifty nine, that was in Chicago,

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<v Speaker 2>and then you fast forward to sixty three they swept

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<v Speaker 2>Mickey Mantle and the Yankees won that at Dodgers Stadium,

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<v Speaker 2>but sixty five against the Twins in Minnesota, and then

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<v Speaker 2>you fast forward to nineteen eighty one. That was at

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<v Speaker 2>Yankee Stadium. Eighty eight was in Oakland. Twenty twenty was

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<v Speaker 2>at a neutral site in Texas. The one real chance

0:15:36.760 --> 0:15:39.480
<v Speaker 2>they had of winning the World Series at Dodgers Stadium.

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<v Speaker 2>Game seven of the twenty seventeen World Series eight sixty six,

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

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<v Speaker 2>And speaking of the twenty seventeen World Series, Chase Sutley

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<v Speaker 2>has been around the Dodgers again. He spent three years

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<v Speaker 2>in London with his family, but he's back in la

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<v Speaker 2>and is back being incorporated in the Dodgers' front office,

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<v Speaker 2>and he has a lot to lend and he is

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<v Speaker 2>going to join us tomorrow night on Dodger Talk, and

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<v Speaker 2>I am going to ask him about the last game

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<v Speaker 2>he ever played in Major League Baseball, Game seven of

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<v Speaker 2>the twenty seventeen World Series. Nobody has ever heard what

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<v Speaker 2>Chase Suttley feels about the Astros and those trash cans

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<v Speaker 2>and how they robbed him of, you know, winning the

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<v Speaker 2>World Series in his last season in the big leagues.

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<v Speaker 2>And same goes for Andre Eighthier, who is out here today.

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<v Speaker 2>His last game in Major League Baseball was Game seven

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<v Speaker 2>of the twenty seventeen World Series. In fact, Andre Eighthier

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<v Speaker 2>was the only Dodger to drive in a run in

0:16:44.680 --> 0:16:47.960
<v Speaker 2>Game seven of the seventeen World Series. So when you

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<v Speaker 2>think back to that year, I know everybody, especially Major

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<v Speaker 2>League Baseball, wants to bury it and everybody to forget

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<v Speaker 2>about it.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Sure, the guys like Justin Turner and Key Gay, they

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<v Speaker 2>got more opportunity of East Kershaw. But think about this,

0:17:02.280 --> 0:17:06.159
<v Speaker 2>the narrative going into the seventeen World Series. Kershaw was

0:17:06.200 --> 0:17:10.320
<v Speaker 2>a choke artist in the postseason. He wasn't a playoff performer. Well,

0:17:10.320 --> 0:17:13.280
<v Speaker 2>he pitched a great game in Game one of the

0:17:13.280 --> 0:17:16.919
<v Speaker 2>World Series, in seventeen, nobody talks about that. And he

0:17:17.040 --> 0:17:19.760
<v Speaker 2>also is pitching a great game in Game five, but

0:17:19.880 --> 0:17:23.199
<v Speaker 2>for some reason, the Astros were not swinging at his

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<v Speaker 2>devastating slider.

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<v Speaker 3>Hmmm.

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<v Speaker 2>So if he wins Game five, dominates Game one, dominates

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<v Speaker 2>Game five like he should have if they were not cheating,

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<v Speaker 2>what's the narrative about Clayton Kershaw's career even in twenty seventeen.

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<v Speaker 2>And then you think about guys like rich Hill, andre Ethier,

0:17:42.000 --> 0:17:47.959
<v Speaker 2>Chase Utley, even a guy like Logan Forsyth. That was

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<v Speaker 2>their last chance to win a World Series, and rich

0:17:52.480 --> 0:17:55.600
<v Speaker 2>Hill and Andre Ethier never won a World Series in

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<v Speaker 2>their career, So major League Baseball and everybody else could

0:17:59.760 --> 0:18:04.200
<v Speaker 2>try to, you know, guys like Alex Bregman. Aj Hinch

0:18:04.320 --> 0:18:08.400
<v Speaker 2>is managing again for the Tigers. How does Carlos Beltran

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<v Speaker 2>get into the Hall of Fame If the writers are

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<v Speaker 2>so against cheating, what's who's the biggest cheater that just

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<v Speaker 2>got elected into the Hall of Fame? Carlos Beltran. He

0:18:19.880 --> 0:18:26.760
<v Speaker 2>was the mastermind behind the Astros cheating. So that's that's

0:18:26.800 --> 0:18:29.399
<v Speaker 2>something to consider. And tomorrow Chase Sutley is going to

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<v Speaker 2>join us and it'll be the first time that anybody

0:18:32.680 --> 0:18:35.520
<v Speaker 2>has asked him that I've heard of about the twenty

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<v Speaker 2>seventeen World Series and how that went down. So tomorrow

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<v Speaker 2>night at seven point thirty, Chase Sutley is going to

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<v Speaker 2>join us, and look, it's not going to be about

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<v Speaker 2>the seventeen World Series, but I do plan to ask

0:18:45.880 --> 0:18:48.680
<v Speaker 2>him about it. But I do plan to celebrate Chase

0:18:48.760 --> 0:18:51.080
<v Speaker 2>Utley and what he has meant to a lot of

0:18:51.080 --> 0:18:53.959
<v Speaker 2>players since he joined the Dodgers and just where his

0:18:54.080 --> 0:18:58.080
<v Speaker 2>career is going now post playing with the Dodgers and

0:18:58.200 --> 0:19:02.040
<v Speaker 2>under Andrew Friedman. Eight six six nine seven two five

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<v Speaker 2>seventy is the phone number coming up in about eight minutes,

0:19:05.600 --> 0:19:09.080
<v Speaker 2>you'll hear from Freddy Freeman. Had a chance to catch

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<v Speaker 2>up with Freddy one on one. We'll hear what he

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<v Speaker 2>had to say about this year's Dodgers, last year's World Series,

0:19:15.240 --> 0:19:19.399
<v Speaker 2>and his plans to play four more years and wanting

0:19:19.440 --> 0:19:22.760
<v Speaker 2>to play it in Dodger Blue. But earlier this afternoon,

0:19:22.840 --> 0:19:26.119
<v Speaker 2>Alex Vesia returned to the Mound and it was an

0:19:26.200 --> 0:19:30.800
<v Speaker 2>emotional return because kudos to the fans at camel Back Ranch.

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<v Speaker 2>It wasn't sold out. It's a Monday afternoon. Everybody had

0:19:34.040 --> 0:19:36.439
<v Speaker 2>to go back home and go back to work. But

0:19:36.720 --> 0:19:39.600
<v Speaker 2>the fans that were here for the Dodgers and Mariners game,

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<v Speaker 2>you did a great job of recognizing the moment, giving

0:19:44.640 --> 0:19:48.200
<v Speaker 2>Vess a standing ovation, and he heard it. And even

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<v Speaker 2>more special than that, or just as special, was his

0:19:51.400 --> 0:19:54.480
<v Speaker 2>own dugout after he pitched a scoreless inning in relief.

0:19:54.800 --> 0:19:57.680
<v Speaker 2>They gave him a standing ovation when he came out

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<v Speaker 2>of the game. I was standing in the clubhouse and

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<v Speaker 2>look Sia has not spoken publicly since his opening statement.

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<v Speaker 2>When he got here, did not take any questions. When

0:20:07.400 --> 0:20:09.879
<v Speaker 2>he came into the clubhouse, he broke the ice and

0:20:09.920 --> 0:20:11.960
<v Speaker 2>came up to me and said, hey, you're ready to

0:20:12.000 --> 0:20:15.840
<v Speaker 2>talk some baseball, asked me some baseball questions. I wasn't

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<v Speaker 2>the only one that had some questions, and we caught

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<v Speaker 2>up with him after the game today and after he

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<v Speaker 2>came out.

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<v Speaker 7>Yeah, I mean, it's uh, it's been hard. Actually it's uh.

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<v Speaker 7>I guess it's hard in a good way because I

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<v Speaker 7>want to interact with all the fans stuff like that,

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<v Speaker 7>but I know that I have a job.

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<v Speaker 6>To do, so you know, even on the backfields.

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<v Speaker 7>First day, we walk out the doors and you know,

0:20:40.040 --> 0:20:45.399
<v Speaker 7>cheers and lots of love. So yeah, it means a

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<v Speaker 7>lot to not only myself, but for K two.

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<v Speaker 3>It's been a while since you were on the mound.

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<v Speaker 2>What have you kind of try to focus on as

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<v Speaker 2>far as the mechanics, just staying within yourself when you

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<v Speaker 2>go out there.

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<v Speaker 7>Yeah, honestly, I you know, in November, I got back

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<v Speaker 7>to work, just throwing, getting the body just right, you know,

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<v Speaker 7>I just I just want to have fun on the mound.

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<v Speaker 6>Honestly.

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<v Speaker 7>I just want to you know, be able to spaz

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<v Speaker 7>out and and kind of just be myself out there,

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<v Speaker 7>because right now that's you know, I feel really good

0:21:20.920 --> 0:21:24.359
<v Speaker 7>out there and it's just me and myself and baseball.

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<v Speaker 3>Are you getting the action that you want on your fastball?

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<v Speaker 5>I think?

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<v Speaker 6>I mean, I think so.

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<v Speaker 7>I haven't looked at any anything today, but like I mean,

0:21:31.080 --> 0:21:33.520
<v Speaker 7>keeping hitters, you know, off balance and throwing my slide

0:21:33.520 --> 0:21:36.320
<v Speaker 7>at for a strike, pounding the zone. That's all I

0:21:36.320 --> 0:21:38.639
<v Speaker 7>really want to work on for right now. And you

0:21:38.640 --> 0:21:40.760
<v Speaker 7>know when the game has me adjust, well, we'll be

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<v Speaker 7>there for that.

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<v Speaker 6>Those abs you got against show hey over the last

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<v Speaker 6>like week.

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<v Speaker 1>Here, honestly, like that was cool.

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<v Speaker 6>That was cool.

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<v Speaker 7>It kind of I haven't competed like that and quite

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<v Speaker 7>some times, so you know, shows the most competitive guy

0:21:55.040 --> 0:21:57.480
<v Speaker 7>that that I know, and I'm ready for it and

0:21:57.480 --> 0:21:59.120
<v Speaker 7>that that was fun. That was a good little little

0:21:59.160 --> 0:22:01.359
<v Speaker 7>tune up. And I asked them a couple of times

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<v Speaker 7>just like kind of seeing like where the armslot was

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<v Speaker 7>and you know, with like fastballs and sliders.

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<v Speaker 6>And then it was actually funny.

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<v Speaker 7>I saw somebody on Twitter had asked like, oh, now,

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<v Speaker 7>let Vessie get in the box against show it, and

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<v Speaker 7>I was like, no, thanks, absolutely not, so I'll stick

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<v Speaker 7>to the pitching side.

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<v Speaker 6>But yeah, today today was great.

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<v Speaker 2>You h you had a challenge while you're out there

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<v Speaker 2>and the catcher one if you rush, one if for you.

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<v Speaker 2>So you're an emotional guy, do you have any hard

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<v Speaker 2>and fast rules about Hey, I'm not gonna challenge. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>leaving that up to the catcher.

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<v Speaker 7>Honestly, I didn't even think about it until Rush did it,

0:22:36.119 --> 0:22:38.600
<v Speaker 7>and I was like, oh, okay, yeah, we were doing

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<v Speaker 7>that right, So honestly, like, I'm gonna leave that to

0:22:43.200 --> 0:22:45.199
<v Speaker 7>Rush and to Will. I think that they've got a

0:22:45.200 --> 0:22:48.080
<v Speaker 7>pretty pretty good idea of the zone. For myself, I'm

0:22:48.119 --> 0:22:49.119
<v Speaker 7>just gonna try to hit the glove.

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<v Speaker 6>I know you're talking us past about like trying to

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<v Speaker 6>come into camp in the right kind of space physically

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<v Speaker 6>between like the strength and just being able to move

0:22:57.800 --> 0:22:59.640
<v Speaker 6>kind of. How do you feel like you struck that balance?

0:22:59.760 --> 0:23:03.080
<v Speaker 7>You know this winner? And yeah, I mean, I'll be

0:23:03.080 --> 0:23:05.520
<v Speaker 7>completely honest, I probably spent way too much time in

0:23:05.560 --> 0:23:10.440
<v Speaker 7>the gym. Probably I needed it, But I feel really good.

0:23:10.520 --> 0:23:12.360
<v Speaker 7>I think that my throw is in a really good spot.

0:23:13.359 --> 0:23:15.480
<v Speaker 7>At least from all the coaching staff, They're very encouraged

0:23:15.520 --> 0:23:18.880
<v Speaker 7>with where I'm at. I think I was ninety ninety

0:23:18.920 --> 0:23:21.200
<v Speaker 7>two today, So like I'll take that. I've come into

0:23:21.240 --> 0:23:23.480
<v Speaker 7>camp where I'm like eighty six eighty eight, you know.

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<v Speaker 7>So you know, as long as the fastball has the

0:23:26.920 --> 0:23:29.760
<v Speaker 7>ride and you know the efficiency, we're gonna be in

0:23:29.760 --> 0:23:31.320
<v Speaker 7>a good spot and we'll keep building from there. But

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<v Speaker 7>I am actually really happy that, you know, first outing

0:23:34.800 --> 0:23:36.080
<v Speaker 7>or or we're in a good spot.

0:23:36.400 --> 0:23:39.119
<v Speaker 2>Is uh the bullpen the biggest secret on this team.

0:23:39.200 --> 0:23:40.760
<v Speaker 2>How good you guys are and can be.

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<v Speaker 7>Man, we got a lineup, we got starting pitching bullpen.

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<v Speaker 7>I mean, it's gonna be a fun year. I'm really excited.

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<v Speaker 7>I think, uh, I think, or we're gonna do do

0:23:51.119 --> 0:23:52.200
<v Speaker 7>some really cool things this year.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you, all right, if ers Alex VESSI after a

0:23:57.520 --> 0:23:59.840
<v Speaker 2>very good day for him to get back out on

0:23:59.840 --> 0:24:03.200
<v Speaker 2>the mound and be celebrated by the fans that stuck

0:24:03.240 --> 0:24:06.040
<v Speaker 2>around here at Camelback Ranch and by his teammates, and

0:24:06.480 --> 0:24:09.520
<v Speaker 2>continue to build off of that because obviously you go

0:24:09.600 --> 0:24:12.280
<v Speaker 2>through what he and his wife Kay went through, that

0:24:12.320 --> 0:24:14.879
<v Speaker 2>doesn't just go away, that stays with you the rest

0:24:15.040 --> 0:24:19.080
<v Speaker 2>of your life. And speaking from firsthand knowledge, you know,

0:24:19.160 --> 0:24:21.160
<v Speaker 2>I was there every step of the way with one

0:24:21.160 --> 0:24:24.520
<v Speaker 2>of my cousins who his wife had a similar situation

0:24:24.680 --> 0:24:28.000
<v Speaker 2>go down for them, you know, fifteen twenty years ago,

0:24:28.520 --> 0:24:31.480
<v Speaker 2>So I know how tough that can be for a couple.

0:24:31.880 --> 0:24:35.560
<v Speaker 2>And you don't wish that on anybody, but baseball is

0:24:36.080 --> 0:24:40.600
<v Speaker 2>a great place to be and be around your teammates

0:24:40.800 --> 0:24:44.960
<v Speaker 2>is very therapeutic for everybody. So great to have Alex

0:24:45.080 --> 0:24:47.560
<v Speaker 2>Vessia smiling again. Great to have him back on the

0:24:47.600 --> 0:24:52.639
<v Speaker 2>mound and hopefully that that just helps helps with everything,

0:24:52.960 --> 0:24:55.960
<v Speaker 2>especially this year, and what would make him happier than

0:24:56.320 --> 0:25:00.480
<v Speaker 2>being part of three consecutive World Series championships. And I

0:25:00.560 --> 0:25:03.359
<v Speaker 2>really do mean that, you know, everybody's talking about the

0:25:03.400 --> 0:25:08.800
<v Speaker 2>Dodger starting rotation, rightfully, so, everybody's given the Dodger offense

0:25:08.880 --> 0:25:12.720
<v Speaker 2>and lineup a lot of attention, rightfully so. But Edwin

0:25:12.840 --> 0:25:16.840
<v Speaker 2>Diaz changes so much for this Dodger bullpen. You have

0:25:16.920 --> 0:25:20.600
<v Speaker 2>a reliable, big time closer for the first time since

0:25:20.680 --> 0:25:24.320
<v Speaker 2>Kenley Jansen and Dave Roberts now just has to count

0:25:24.359 --> 0:25:29.639
<v Speaker 2>out backwards now. And Edwin Diaz was very very much

0:25:29.720 --> 0:25:32.600
<v Speaker 2>available for the Mets the last couple of years, not

0:25:32.720 --> 0:25:36.080
<v Speaker 2>only for three out saves, but also four out saves

0:25:36.080 --> 0:25:39.720
<v Speaker 2>and even sometimes five out saves, And that just takes

0:25:39.760 --> 0:25:44.359
<v Speaker 2>a lot of pressure off Tanner, Scott Blake, Trinen, Jack Dryer,

0:25:44.600 --> 0:25:48.159
<v Speaker 2>Alex Vesia. It just makes those guys that much better

0:25:48.200 --> 0:25:50.639
<v Speaker 2>when you have that anchor at the back of your

0:25:50.680 --> 0:25:54.160
<v Speaker 2>bullpen and you have that starting rotation. All of a sudden,

0:25:54.200 --> 0:25:57.159
<v Speaker 2>now the games get a lot shorter for the opposition.

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<v Speaker 2>If they don't have a lead by the sixth inning,

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

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<v Speaker 2>eight seven two five seventy is the phone number David

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<v Speaker 2>Vass live at Camelback Ranching, Glendale, Arizona. When we continue

0:26:12.320 --> 0:26:15.639
<v Speaker 2>you'll hear our conversation with Freddie Freeman, and one of

0:26:15.680 --> 0:26:20.760
<v Speaker 2>my favorite local kids from Harvard Westlake is popping off

0:26:21.720 --> 0:26:25.720
<v Speaker 2>to really try to endear himself to the fan base

0:26:25.760 --> 0:26:30.680
<v Speaker 2>in Chicago. Pete Corow Armstrong, what are you doing? We'll

0:26:30.760 --> 0:26:32.960
<v Speaker 2>let you know what PCA had to say in an

0:26:33.000 --> 0:26:36.679
<v Speaker 2>interview with Chicago magazine The Local Kid.

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<v Speaker 3>Wow.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't go anywhere more Dodger Talk until eight o'clock right

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<v Speaker 2>here on a five to seventy LA Sports David Vass

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<v Speaker 2>Live at Camelback Ranching, Glendale, Arizona.

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<v Speaker 3>We're here all week. We got four shows.

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<v Speaker 2>Tonight, well three more after tonight Tomorrow, Wednesday and Friday. Tomorrow,

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<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers will host the Cleveland Guardians. We will not

0:27:04.000 --> 0:27:07.000
<v Speaker 2>be airing that game on Dodgers Radio, but be back

0:27:07.040 --> 0:27:11.800
<v Speaker 2>with you on Wednesday afternoon from a talking stick, and

0:27:11.960 --> 0:27:16.360
<v Speaker 2>that is against Salt River Fields. Excuse me. The Dodgers

0:27:16.359 --> 0:27:19.440
<v Speaker 2>will be facing the Arizona Diamondbacks. Will have that for

0:27:19.520 --> 0:27:24.000
<v Speaker 2>you at twelve ten on Wednesday afternoon. Nolan Aernado, the

0:27:24.040 --> 0:27:28.800
<v Speaker 2>newest Diamondbacks third Basement ran into Nolan last weekend and

0:27:28.960 --> 0:27:32.360
<v Speaker 2>he's in great spirits, in great shape. And actually hit

0:27:32.520 --> 0:27:35.800
<v Speaker 2>his first home run of the spring in the Diamondbacks

0:27:35.840 --> 0:27:39.920
<v Speaker 2>first game. So looking forward to seeing Nolan Aernato hopefully

0:27:39.920 --> 0:27:44.200
<v Speaker 2>started third base against the Dodgers on Wednesday. Eight six

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<v Speaker 2>six seven two five seventy is the phone number before

0:27:47.880 --> 0:27:52.280
<v Speaker 2>we share my conversation with Freddie Freeman from earlier. I

0:27:52.359 --> 0:27:54.760
<v Speaker 2>want to share with you one of my favorite local

0:27:54.840 --> 0:27:58.600
<v Speaker 2>kids out of Harvard Westlake. I can't believe he is

0:27:58.680 --> 0:28:02.719
<v Speaker 2>betraying his home city this way just to endear himselves

0:28:02.960 --> 0:28:07.879
<v Speaker 2>with himself, with those Cubs fans, those lovable losers. Here's

0:28:07.920 --> 0:28:13.960
<v Speaker 2>what Pete Crow Armstrong said in an interview with Chicago Magazine. Quote,

0:28:14.560 --> 0:28:18.320
<v Speaker 2>Cubs fans give a s They aren't just baseball fans

0:28:18.320 --> 0:28:20.960
<v Speaker 2>who go to the game like Dodgers fans to take

0:28:21.000 --> 0:28:27.560
<v Speaker 2>a picture, to take pictures. They are paying attention. Really, PCA,

0:28:27.800 --> 0:28:30.960
<v Speaker 2>you really want to go down this road. You really

0:28:31.040 --> 0:28:34.280
<v Speaker 2>want to be public enemy number one in center field

0:28:34.600 --> 0:28:37.760
<v Speaker 2>when the Cubs come to town. You're a local kid.

0:28:37.840 --> 0:28:40.440
<v Speaker 2>You grew up a Dodger fan. You told me a

0:28:40.480 --> 0:28:43.400
<v Speaker 2>couple of years ago at Justin Turner's golf tournament, how

0:28:43.400 --> 0:28:47.200
<v Speaker 2>you love the passion and energy of Dodger fans. Now

0:28:47.720 --> 0:28:52.280
<v Speaker 2>you're trying to basically, you know, say to Cubs fans, hey,

0:28:52.320 --> 0:28:56.040
<v Speaker 2>I'm all yours. Well you can say that without putting

0:28:56.080 --> 0:29:00.520
<v Speaker 2>down your home fan base, because you know Max Freed,

0:29:01.120 --> 0:29:04.840
<v Speaker 2>Jack Flaherty never said that. And it's a small world.

0:29:04.960 --> 0:29:08.600
<v Speaker 2>Pi crow Armstrong, one day you may be a Dodger,

0:29:08.800 --> 0:29:12.640
<v Speaker 2>you may be wanting to come here. I would say

0:29:12.640 --> 0:29:15.840
<v Speaker 2>the chances are greater than fifty percent that you want

0:29:15.840 --> 0:29:18.440
<v Speaker 2>to be a Dodger at one point in time in

0:29:18.480 --> 0:29:21.120
<v Speaker 2>your career. May not be in two years, may not

0:29:21.160 --> 0:29:25.200
<v Speaker 2>be in five years. But when you say things like

0:29:25.240 --> 0:29:29.280
<v Speaker 2>this about a fan base as big and loyal as

0:29:29.320 --> 0:29:33.920
<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers are, man, you just put a target on yourself.

0:29:33.960 --> 0:29:37.400
<v Speaker 2>You are going to get so many booze when you

0:29:37.560 --> 0:29:41.280
<v Speaker 2>take the field at Dodger Stadium. When the Cubs come

0:29:41.320 --> 0:29:44.959
<v Speaker 2>to town this year, was it really worth it? And

0:29:45.040 --> 0:29:48.360
<v Speaker 2>by the way, the Cubs and Pi crow Armstrong come

0:29:48.400 --> 0:29:53.240
<v Speaker 2>to town April twenty fourth, a weekend series April twenty fourth,

0:29:53.360 --> 0:29:57.640
<v Speaker 2>twenty fifth, and twenty sixth. Can you believe Pi crow

0:29:57.760 --> 0:30:02.640
<v Speaker 2>Armstrong said this? Cub those fans give a s They

0:30:02.720 --> 0:30:06.120
<v Speaker 2>aren't just baseball fans who go to the game like

0:30:06.280 --> 0:30:11.120
<v Speaker 2>Dodgers fans to take pictures they are paying attention. Well,

0:30:11.240 --> 0:30:14.760
<v Speaker 2>there's nothing to take a picture of at Cubs games

0:30:14.840 --> 0:30:17.960
<v Speaker 2>other than Wrigley Field because the team is really not

0:30:18.080 --> 0:30:21.560
<v Speaker 2>that great. The best thing you got going for yourselves

0:30:22.200 --> 0:30:25.360
<v Speaker 2>is the stadium. And what happened to that dynasty?

0:30:25.760 --> 0:30:26.240
<v Speaker 3>Oops?

0:30:27.280 --> 0:30:32.160
<v Speaker 2>Anyway, Pete crow Armstrong, I bet you walk this back.

0:30:32.200 --> 0:30:35.080
<v Speaker 2>At some point you just got a little carry it

0:30:35.120 --> 0:30:38.200
<v Speaker 2>away trying to tell all the Cubby fans how much

0:30:38.240 --> 0:30:40.800
<v Speaker 2>you love them and how much you are there, So

0:30:41.680 --> 0:30:44.520
<v Speaker 2>I'll give them a free pass. I like PCA a lot,

0:30:44.600 --> 0:30:47.600
<v Speaker 2>but man, I kind of like this too. I do

0:30:47.800 --> 0:30:49.280
<v Speaker 2>like him just letting it fly.

0:30:50.120 --> 0:30:50.320
<v Speaker 5>More.

0:30:50.360 --> 0:30:53.120
<v Speaker 2>Guys need to let it fly to create some drama

0:30:53.440 --> 0:30:56.840
<v Speaker 2>in Major League Baseball eight six six nine, eight seven

0:30:56.920 --> 0:30:59.640
<v Speaker 2>two five seventy. All right, A guy that would never

0:30:59.760 --> 0:31:02.920
<v Speaker 2>say anything like that, A guy that is a true

0:31:03.000 --> 0:31:06.560
<v Speaker 2>pros pro, he gets it. He is beloved in two

0:31:06.720 --> 0:31:12.000
<v Speaker 2>separate big cities, Atlanta and LA. But hey, it's starting

0:31:12.040 --> 0:31:16.040
<v Speaker 2>to look like Freddie Freeman is going to have more

0:31:16.120 --> 0:31:20.000
<v Speaker 2>signature moments in a Dodger uniform, and maybe already has

0:31:20.080 --> 0:31:23.280
<v Speaker 2>more rings in a Dodger uniform, And who knows one

0:31:23.360 --> 0:31:27.479
<v Speaker 2>day in Cooperstown. Maybe has a Dodger cap on on

0:31:27.600 --> 0:31:31.000
<v Speaker 2>his plaque. But here was our conversation with Freddie Freeman

0:31:31.160 --> 0:31:35.240
<v Speaker 2>at Field one earlier. Well, at this stage of his career,

0:31:35.560 --> 0:31:38.120
<v Speaker 2>I can only get to so many accolades. A National

0:31:38.200 --> 0:31:42.160
<v Speaker 2>League MVP, a World Series MVP, but more importantly a winner,

0:31:42.560 --> 0:31:46.280
<v Speaker 2>three time World Series champion. Freddie Freeman, thanks a lot

0:31:46.320 --> 0:31:48.760
<v Speaker 2>for the time. And spring training has arrived. When I

0:31:48.800 --> 0:31:51.760
<v Speaker 2>see that Freddie Freeman smile light up the entire camp.

0:31:51.920 --> 0:31:55.600
<v Speaker 6>Yeah, it's awesome. It's good to be back. You know,

0:31:55.600 --> 0:31:57.240
<v Speaker 6>you have to see all the guys again, go through

0:31:57.240 --> 0:32:01.600
<v Speaker 6>the grind to start the the road to three peats.

0:32:02.160 --> 0:32:05.160
<v Speaker 6>It's fun. It's it's a beautiful day today and guys

0:32:05.200 --> 0:32:06.760
<v Speaker 6>are getting to work in and we're getting ready to go.

0:32:07.040 --> 0:32:09.160
<v Speaker 2>A year ago, at this time you were trying to

0:32:09.160 --> 0:32:12.880
<v Speaker 2>come back from ankle surgery. How much happy are you

0:32:13.000 --> 0:32:14.719
<v Speaker 2>now just having a normal off season.

0:32:14.800 --> 0:32:17.800
<v Speaker 6>Yeah, this is nice. I'm not having to tape ankles,

0:32:17.840 --> 0:32:19.840
<v Speaker 6>get here at five forty five in the morning to

0:32:19.880 --> 0:32:22.240
<v Speaker 6>start treatment, to try and make it out here for practice.

0:32:22.280 --> 0:32:24.200
<v Speaker 6>This is nice. It's nice to have a normal off season,

0:32:24.320 --> 0:32:29.480
<v Speaker 6>get my work in, have no restrictions. It's definitely nice.

0:32:29.760 --> 0:32:31.760
<v Speaker 6>I like these kind of off seasons and spring trainings.

0:32:32.040 --> 0:32:34.520
<v Speaker 2>So how much preparation do you have to do still

0:32:34.520 --> 0:32:36.240
<v Speaker 2>with the maintenance of your ankle.

0:32:36.320 --> 0:32:38.520
<v Speaker 6>I haven't been in the training room yet. Oh yeah,

0:32:38.560 --> 0:32:41.320
<v Speaker 6>So I feel good. I really do feel good. Everything

0:32:41.320 --> 0:32:44.920
<v Speaker 6>feels good, So I don't need the trainers yet.

0:32:46.200 --> 0:32:48.840
<v Speaker 2>Freddy, I know one of the staples of you working

0:32:48.880 --> 0:32:51.680
<v Speaker 2>out during the off season is never having somebody in

0:32:51.760 --> 0:32:55.440
<v Speaker 2>right field shagging for you. What's the game plan for

0:32:55.560 --> 0:32:58.080
<v Speaker 2>you at this stage of your career in spring training?

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, saying what you just said. So the last the

0:33:02.560 --> 0:33:04.400
<v Speaker 6>first few days have been really good. Swings in a

0:33:04.400 --> 0:33:07.000
<v Speaker 6>good spot based swings, kind of getting into place. Balls

0:33:07.000 --> 0:33:09.920
<v Speaker 6>are going to left center, live pp li vps have

0:33:09.960 --> 0:33:13.880
<v Speaker 6>been going well, laying balls, travel tracks, he pitches. I'm

0:33:13.920 --> 0:33:16.840
<v Speaker 6>trying to slow everything down. Everything it's exciting, so you

0:33:16.840 --> 0:33:18.280
<v Speaker 6>get a little jumpy here, so you got to make

0:33:18.280 --> 0:33:19.920
<v Speaker 6>sure you slow the slow of the game down a

0:33:19.960 --> 0:33:21.840
<v Speaker 6>little bit of the same thing. But VP's been going good.

0:33:21.920 --> 0:33:24.000
<v Speaker 6>Hitting balls the left center. If I hit all the

0:33:24.080 --> 0:33:26.200
<v Speaker 6>right field, you'll probably see you might see you see

0:33:26.240 --> 0:33:29.200
<v Speaker 6>myself yell at me myself in the cages. But things

0:33:29.200 --> 0:33:30.600
<v Speaker 6>are going well. It's a good start so far.

0:33:30.720 --> 0:33:33.440
<v Speaker 2>Everybody always wants to know what makes Freddy Freeman great

0:33:33.440 --> 0:33:36.600
<v Speaker 2>when the season starts. So how do you approach spring training?

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<v Speaker 6>I like to play, so I'm a guy that will

0:33:40.400 --> 0:33:42.360
<v Speaker 6>get I think we just mapped it out yesterday. I'll

0:33:42.400 --> 0:33:47.120
<v Speaker 6>get forty seven played appearances going into the season. So

0:33:47.160 --> 0:33:50.560
<v Speaker 6>that's the that's the game plan. I like to play.

0:33:50.720 --> 0:33:52.600
<v Speaker 6>Get the feet under me, get the legs under me,

0:33:53.160 --> 0:33:55.160
<v Speaker 6>shock the body when playing back to back to back

0:33:55.240 --> 0:33:58.920
<v Speaker 6>sometimes in spring. But right now, it's just getting the

0:33:58.920 --> 0:34:02.320
<v Speaker 6>work in, grinding, you know, your timing, trying to get

0:34:02.360 --> 0:34:04.160
<v Speaker 6>your timing as quick as you can. I mean I

0:34:04.200 --> 0:34:06.880
<v Speaker 6>was facing my seventy one year old dad about five

0:34:06.960 --> 0:34:10.560
<v Speaker 6>days ago, so trying to face Roki and Edwin and

0:34:10.640 --> 0:34:13.239
<v Speaker 6>all those guys and livps. So you're just trying to

0:34:13.239 --> 0:34:15.319
<v Speaker 6>get your working, get your timing going, and then get

0:34:15.320 --> 0:34:18.480
<v Speaker 6>into the games and start getting some feel good swings

0:34:18.480 --> 0:34:20.960
<v Speaker 6>and hits and build your confidence going in this season.

0:34:21.000 --> 0:34:23.839
<v Speaker 2>You always come into camp ready. But when you looked

0:34:23.880 --> 0:34:27.040
<v Speaker 2>around the clubhouse that first day of full squad, how

0:34:27.120 --> 0:34:29.600
<v Speaker 2>impressed were you by your teammates that seem to be

0:34:29.640 --> 0:34:32.040
<v Speaker 2>ready day one and the work they put in as well.

0:34:32.160 --> 0:34:34.120
<v Speaker 6>Yeah, I think that's kind of how it is in

0:34:34.200 --> 0:34:37.600
<v Speaker 6>today's game. Everyone's coming in ready to go, and I

0:34:37.640 --> 0:34:40.200
<v Speaker 6>think if you start a game today, you'd see all

0:34:40.239 --> 0:34:41.759
<v Speaker 6>of us be ready to go and ready to go

0:34:42.280 --> 0:34:44.840
<v Speaker 6>right now. So I think that's huge. Guys. The mentality

0:34:44.880 --> 0:34:46.439
<v Speaker 6>has changed in the game in baseball in the last

0:34:46.480 --> 0:34:50.759
<v Speaker 6>twenty years of how you come into spring training. Most

0:34:50.760 --> 0:34:52.799
<v Speaker 6>of us are ready to go by day one, So

0:34:53.200 --> 0:34:56.160
<v Speaker 6>I think that's good. We got a hungry group. We

0:34:56.200 --> 0:34:59.040
<v Speaker 6>know what we're looking forward to and the grind, the

0:34:59.160 --> 0:35:02.080
<v Speaker 6>chances of three p everyone coming for us, So we

0:35:02.160 --> 0:35:04.600
<v Speaker 6>came in ready. The hunger's here. Everyone's doing a great

0:35:04.680 --> 0:35:06.520
<v Speaker 6>job in the first few days of camp, and you know,

0:35:06.560 --> 0:35:09.040
<v Speaker 6>get ready to start this spring training season so far.

0:35:09.360 --> 0:35:12.360
<v Speaker 2>Last year, you guys took everybody's best shot during the

0:35:12.360 --> 0:35:15.960
<v Speaker 2>regular season, but you never wavered, You never overemphasized one

0:35:16.000 --> 0:35:19.440
<v Speaker 2>win or one loss. Do you feel like that serves

0:35:19.560 --> 0:35:22.360
<v Speaker 2>you guys that well going into this season.

0:35:22.480 --> 0:35:24.640
<v Speaker 6>Yeah, I think I think we have a bunch of

0:35:24.680 --> 0:35:26.400
<v Speaker 6>veteran guys, so we know we're gonna go through the

0:35:26.480 --> 0:35:30.360
<v Speaker 6>ups and downs. You know, obviously there's worse ways to

0:35:30.400 --> 0:35:32.360
<v Speaker 6>lose during the course of a season. But we're not

0:35:32.360 --> 0:35:34.240
<v Speaker 6>gonna win every game. That's just kind of how it goes.

0:35:34.320 --> 0:35:37.080
<v Speaker 6>So you take the hits when you hit, take the hits.

0:35:37.080 --> 0:35:39.280
<v Speaker 6>Like last August, we weren't playing that good of baseball

0:35:39.280 --> 0:35:40.880
<v Speaker 6>and then we got some guys back off the eel

0:35:40.920 --> 0:35:42.320
<v Speaker 6>and we started playing good, and we played good in

0:35:42.360 --> 0:35:46.040
<v Speaker 6>the postseason. So I know when fans are watching their

0:35:46.080 --> 0:35:47.840
<v Speaker 6>hanging on episode or we believe me, we are not

0:35:47.880 --> 0:35:50.640
<v Speaker 6>happy if we lose a game. But and you just

0:35:50.800 --> 0:35:52.560
<v Speaker 6>got to know, it's a one, six or two grind.

0:35:53.719 --> 0:35:57.759
<v Speaker 6>You know, some days, Doc there's not relievers available, and

0:35:57.880 --> 0:36:00.880
<v Speaker 6>most fans and people don't know who's available who's not available.

0:36:00.960 --> 0:36:03.560
<v Speaker 6>So we do a great job of trying to keep

0:36:04.480 --> 0:36:06.600
<v Speaker 6>everyone healthy as through the course of the year as

0:36:06.600 --> 0:36:09.000
<v Speaker 6>best as we can while we're trying to win baseball games.

0:36:09.000 --> 0:36:11.920
<v Speaker 6>And I think the fans that watch us play know that,

0:36:12.480 --> 0:36:14.560
<v Speaker 6>you know, we give out our all every day. You

0:36:14.560 --> 0:36:17.200
<v Speaker 6>guys are out there seeing us work at two o'clock

0:36:17.200 --> 0:36:19.120
<v Speaker 6>in the afternoon getting ready for seven o'clock games. We

0:36:19.160 --> 0:36:23.600
<v Speaker 6>love it. We grind, but you can take things from wins,

0:36:23.640 --> 0:36:25.880
<v Speaker 6>and then you can also just move on from wins

0:36:25.880 --> 0:36:28.720
<v Speaker 6>and losses a little bit differently during the course of season.

0:36:28.800 --> 0:36:32.080
<v Speaker 6>So but the thing is is, I've always tried to

0:36:32.160 --> 0:36:33.960
<v Speaker 6>harp on you got to win that game that night

0:36:33.960 --> 0:36:36.520
<v Speaker 6>because you can sell it. Last year we had one

0:36:36.600 --> 0:36:38.680
<v Speaker 6>less win than the Blue Jays during the course of

0:36:38.680 --> 0:36:41.040
<v Speaker 6>the World Series regular seasons, so we didn't have home

0:36:41.040 --> 0:36:43.759
<v Speaker 6>field advantage. So there is those things that you got

0:36:43.760 --> 0:36:46.399
<v Speaker 6>to be mindful of. And you know, don't ever take

0:36:46.400 --> 0:36:48.719
<v Speaker 6>a pitch off. We don't. But if you do lose

0:36:48.760 --> 0:36:50.520
<v Speaker 6>a game, sometimes you just push it this side and

0:36:50.520 --> 0:36:51.439
<v Speaker 6>worry about the next one.

0:36:51.840 --> 0:36:55.200
<v Speaker 2>Paddy Freeman coming off back to back World Series championships,

0:36:55.520 --> 0:36:59.880
<v Speaker 2>two consecutive World Series with walk off home runs, I'm curious.

0:37:00.320 --> 0:37:02.440
<v Speaker 2>I know you're a big baseball fan, your boys are

0:37:02.480 --> 0:37:06.919
<v Speaker 2>big baseball fans. How much did you replay Game six

0:37:07.000 --> 0:37:09.439
<v Speaker 2>in Game seven or did you kind of stay away

0:37:09.440 --> 0:37:09.759
<v Speaker 2>from it?

0:37:09.880 --> 0:37:10.040
<v Speaker 7>Oh?

0:37:10.040 --> 0:37:12.480
<v Speaker 6>I mean, I don't know how many times someone has

0:37:12.480 --> 0:37:14.360
<v Speaker 6>come up to me and said, what a great series.

0:37:14.400 --> 0:37:16.400
<v Speaker 6>That was such a fun series to watch, And I'm like,

0:37:16.480 --> 0:37:18.680
<v Speaker 6>it wasn't a fun series to play. Okay, there was

0:37:18.719 --> 0:37:21.080
<v Speaker 6>about eighty different times we could have lost Game six

0:37:21.120 --> 0:37:24.000
<v Speaker 6>and seven, but That's what's so beautiful about this game

0:37:24.120 --> 0:37:27.479
<v Speaker 6>and about the season and that run was we got

0:37:27.520 --> 0:37:29.920
<v Speaker 6>out of so many situations. We found different ways to win.

0:37:29.960 --> 0:37:32.200
<v Speaker 6>We won differently than we did in twenty twenty four

0:37:32.239 --> 0:37:35.040
<v Speaker 6>as well. You sold Glass coming out of the bullpen

0:37:35.120 --> 0:37:38.040
<v Speaker 6>that he's never done. You have Yoshinova doing superhero things.

0:37:38.120 --> 0:37:41.040
<v Speaker 6>You have Blake coming out of bullpens. It was just amazing,

0:37:41.120 --> 0:37:43.920
<v Speaker 6>Robuski stepping up. There's so many different things that happened

0:37:44.640 --> 0:37:47.280
<v Speaker 6>that it took the whole team to win the World

0:37:47.320 --> 0:37:49.399
<v Speaker 6>Series last year, and I think that's what's pretty cool.

0:37:49.440 --> 0:37:52.680
<v Speaker 6>And obviously we're going to try and do it a

0:37:52.719 --> 0:37:55.080
<v Speaker 6>little bit differently this year and you know, put it

0:37:55.120 --> 0:37:57.200
<v Speaker 6>all together, so we're not leaning on starting pitching like

0:37:57.239 --> 0:38:00.480
<v Speaker 6>we did last year or bullpen and offense before. Maybe

0:38:00.520 --> 0:38:03.440
<v Speaker 6>I'll just do it all perfectly this year and everyone

0:38:03.480 --> 0:38:06.239
<v Speaker 6>contributes perfectly going into another World Series win.

0:38:06.400 --> 0:38:08.200
<v Speaker 2>Well, the rest of the offense should take a cue

0:38:08.200 --> 0:38:09.040
<v Speaker 2>from Freddie Freeman.

0:38:09.560 --> 0:38:13.239
<v Speaker 6>Keep it simple, that's the goal, and sometimes it's hard

0:38:13.239 --> 0:38:15.480
<v Speaker 6>to keep it simple in this game. Your mind, this

0:38:15.560 --> 0:38:17.600
<v Speaker 6>is the hardest part the brain in this game. So

0:38:18.080 --> 0:38:20.760
<v Speaker 6>keep it simple and stick with your plan and approach

0:38:20.800 --> 0:38:22.839
<v Speaker 6>and your routine and usually the big things will take

0:38:22.840 --> 0:38:23.719
<v Speaker 6>care of themselves if you've.

0:38:23.600 --> 0:38:25.680
<v Speaker 3>Stick to the little things before I let you go.

0:38:25.920 --> 0:38:29.080
<v Speaker 2>Kyle Tucker, what are your first impressions of him and

0:38:29.400 --> 0:38:32.120
<v Speaker 2>having him in the lineup somewhere in the orbit of

0:38:32.160 --> 0:38:32.840
<v Speaker 2>Freddie Freeman.

0:38:33.040 --> 0:38:36.080
<v Speaker 6>Yeah, it's nice. That's gonna be a tough lineup to navigate,

0:38:37.680 --> 0:38:41.160
<v Speaker 6>just four straight All Stars superstar player to come onto

0:38:41.200 --> 0:38:43.120
<v Speaker 6>our team. We got a great group of guys here

0:38:43.160 --> 0:38:45.200
<v Speaker 6>and trying to make him feel welcome as soon as

0:38:45.200 --> 0:38:46.879
<v Speaker 6>we can. And I think he's doing a great job

0:38:46.920 --> 0:38:49.239
<v Speaker 6>fitting in. It's gonna be a fun season with him

0:38:49.239 --> 0:38:50.400
<v Speaker 6>for the next few years.

0:38:50.480 --> 0:38:53.719
<v Speaker 2>Were you surprised how people reacted to you saying at

0:38:53.760 --> 0:38:56.480
<v Speaker 2>FanFest that you want to play four more years? I mean,

0:38:56.840 --> 0:38:58.920
<v Speaker 2>you have not slowed down one bit. I don't know

0:38:58.960 --> 0:38:59.920
<v Speaker 2>why anybody would be.

0:39:00.800 --> 0:39:03.919
<v Speaker 6>Yeah, I don't. I obviously don't really read what's going on.

0:39:04.600 --> 0:39:06.920
<v Speaker 3>Is that a thing everybody's like, Oh, he wants to

0:39:06.920 --> 0:39:07.960
<v Speaker 3>play four more years?

0:39:08.000 --> 0:39:09.280
<v Speaker 6>You want me to stop sooner?

0:39:09.719 --> 0:39:12.719
<v Speaker 2>I don't. I certainly don't. You're a legacy Dodger at

0:39:12.719 --> 0:39:13.160
<v Speaker 2>this point.

0:39:13.280 --> 0:39:16.080
<v Speaker 6>Appreciate that. Yeah, I mean, obviously, you know when you're

0:39:16.400 --> 0:39:19.479
<v Speaker 6>you got kids, and you know, obviously I love playing

0:39:19.480 --> 0:39:22.560
<v Speaker 6>this game. I love it to death. So but I've

0:39:22.560 --> 0:39:26.840
<v Speaker 6>played a long time, so I have like is for

0:39:27.160 --> 0:39:30.040
<v Speaker 6>the number that like it's a dead stop or do

0:39:30.120 --> 0:39:32.359
<v Speaker 6>I even get there? Who knows, but that's in my mind.

0:39:32.360 --> 0:39:35.600
<v Speaker 6>That's kind of the rough estimate. So if I stay

0:39:35.600 --> 0:39:37.560
<v Speaker 6>healthy and I'm playing, we'll see what the kids want

0:39:37.560 --> 0:39:40.560
<v Speaker 6>me to do. But I'm not sure if Chelsea wants

0:39:40.600 --> 0:39:42.799
<v Speaker 6>me to keep flying and traveling every other week during

0:39:42.840 --> 0:39:45.319
<v Speaker 6>the season. But I love my family. I like to

0:39:45.320 --> 0:39:47.799
<v Speaker 6>be home with them, but I also love this game.

0:39:47.840 --> 0:39:50.520
<v Speaker 6>But I've played a long time, so four is just

0:39:50.640 --> 0:39:54.200
<v Speaker 6>a number that's kind of out there, floated in my head.

0:39:54.239 --> 0:39:56.759
<v Speaker 6>But we'll see how the next few years a go.

0:39:57.000 --> 0:39:59.600
<v Speaker 2>I'm a big advocate Freddie Freeman four more years and

0:39:59.719 --> 0:40:01.520
<v Speaker 2>Dodge you're blue, so we'll get to that.

0:40:01.840 --> 0:40:05.520
<v Speaker 6>And also Andrews, I'll trust me, he'll hear the show.

0:40:05.640 --> 0:40:08.279
<v Speaker 3>I'll be saying this often like I already have.

0:40:08.920 --> 0:40:12.440
<v Speaker 2>And since Clayton's no longer with the team, I'll be

0:40:12.560 --> 0:40:16.240
<v Speaker 2>the guy checking off the boxes of Freddie Freeman's career

0:40:16.320 --> 0:40:17.160
<v Speaker 2>the next four years.

0:40:17.160 --> 0:40:19.040
<v Speaker 6>Okay, I like that I was doing it for Clayton,

0:40:19.200 --> 0:40:21.120
<v Speaker 6>so I need someone to do it for me. Now.

0:40:21.160 --> 0:40:22.279
<v Speaker 3>Can I be the counter still?

0:40:22.320 --> 0:40:23.960
<v Speaker 6>You can be the counter, all right, Just don't tell

0:40:23.960 --> 0:40:24.600
<v Speaker 6>me every day though.

0:40:27.040 --> 0:40:28.759
<v Speaker 2>Great to see you out here, Freddie. Thanks a lot

0:40:28.800 --> 0:40:31.040
<v Speaker 2>for the time. You know how much Los Angeles loves you.

0:40:31.120 --> 0:40:33.160
<v Speaker 2>And keep it going, mister consistent.

0:40:33.360 --> 0:40:36.160
<v Speaker 6>I appreciate. Thank you, David very much. See you guys soon, fans.

0:40:37.520 --> 0:40:40.160
<v Speaker 2>All right, there is Freddie Freeman. He's looking forward to

0:40:40.200 --> 0:40:44.560
<v Speaker 2>a three pede and that was very interesting and emphatic

0:40:44.840 --> 0:40:47.640
<v Speaker 2>what he just said that he wants to play four

0:40:47.719 --> 0:40:50.120
<v Speaker 2>more years and he wants to play all of them

0:40:50.480 --> 0:40:54.120
<v Speaker 2>in a Dodger uniform. And I'm not just being La

0:40:54.360 --> 0:40:58.319
<v Speaker 2>Dodger Homer. There is an argument to be made that, yes,

0:40:58.560 --> 0:41:02.120
<v Speaker 2>the first part of Freddie Free's career he did play,

0:41:02.320 --> 0:41:05.319
<v Speaker 2>and he will play more years with the Braves than

0:41:05.360 --> 0:41:09.440
<v Speaker 2>with the Dodgers. Even if Freddie plays four more years

0:41:09.480 --> 0:41:13.680
<v Speaker 2>in LA. He played his first twelve years with the Braves,

0:41:13.680 --> 0:41:17.080
<v Speaker 2>came up through their organization, and certainly is a guy

0:41:17.160 --> 0:41:22.280
<v Speaker 2>that everybody in Atlanta still loves. But he has two

0:41:22.800 --> 0:41:28.040
<v Speaker 2>major signature moments with the Dodgers in the World Series

0:41:28.480 --> 0:41:31.440
<v Speaker 2>that walk off Grand Slam in Game one of twenty

0:41:31.480 --> 0:41:36.200
<v Speaker 2>four's World Series. World Series MVP with the Dodgers in

0:41:36.280 --> 0:41:39.799
<v Speaker 2>twenty four and then last year that walk off home

0:41:39.880 --> 0:41:44.640
<v Speaker 2>run in Game three and eighteen inning walk off home run.

0:41:45.400 --> 0:41:51.320
<v Speaker 2>Those are two significant signature moments, and especially the walk

0:41:51.360 --> 0:41:56.799
<v Speaker 2>off grand Slam that's going down in baseball history as

0:41:56.840 --> 0:42:00.560
<v Speaker 2>one of the most dramatic, greatest home runs in World

0:42:00.680 --> 0:42:05.040
<v Speaker 2>Series history, alongside Kirk Gibson's home run in Game one

0:42:05.160 --> 0:42:08.319
<v Speaker 2>of the eighty eight World Series. So you know, there

0:42:08.440 --> 0:42:11.560
<v Speaker 2>is an argument to be made, and maybe Freddy Freeman

0:42:11.680 --> 0:42:13.759
<v Speaker 2>is one of those guys that goes in without a

0:42:13.800 --> 0:42:16.400
<v Speaker 2>logo on his hat. But I would find it very

0:42:16.440 --> 0:42:20.319
<v Speaker 2>hard that Freddy Freeman would not have in LA on

0:42:20.520 --> 0:42:24.719
<v Speaker 2>his cap in Cooperstown if he finishes his career with

0:42:24.760 --> 0:42:28.640
<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers, and I see no reason why he wouldn't.

0:42:28.880 --> 0:42:32.799
<v Speaker 2>You look at his season last year, and keep in

0:42:32.840 --> 0:42:37.680
<v Speaker 2>mind he was coming off right ankle surgery, significant ankle

0:42:37.760 --> 0:42:41.919
<v Speaker 2>surgery that he played through throughout the twenty four postseason.

0:42:42.840 --> 0:42:47.480
<v Speaker 2>Freddy Freeman last year hit two ninety five. He had

0:42:47.560 --> 0:42:50.080
<v Speaker 2>one hundred and sixty four hits. He played one hundred

0:42:50.080 --> 0:42:54.399
<v Speaker 2>and forty seven games. His slugging percentage was higher last

0:42:54.440 --> 0:42:57.840
<v Speaker 2>year than it was in twenty twenty four. He slugged

0:42:58.000 --> 0:43:01.600
<v Speaker 2>five hundred last year, higher ops than he did in

0:43:01.640 --> 0:43:04.839
<v Speaker 2>twenty twenty four. So it's not like this guy is

0:43:04.920 --> 0:43:09.960
<v Speaker 2>slowing down. He is the model of consistency, and he

0:43:10.080 --> 0:43:12.960
<v Speaker 2>also is a guy that is reliable. What makes Freddy

0:43:13.000 --> 0:43:18.439
<v Speaker 2>Freeman so good and elite is not only how good

0:43:18.480 --> 0:43:20.680
<v Speaker 2>he is when he plays, but the fact that he

0:43:20.760 --> 0:43:23.719
<v Speaker 2>does play. A lot of guys are good, but they're

0:43:23.760 --> 0:43:28.839
<v Speaker 2>not reliable, They're not available. Freddie Freeman is available one

0:43:28.920 --> 0:43:32.239
<v Speaker 2>hundred and forty seven games and that's coming with a

0:43:32.280 --> 0:43:35.360
<v Speaker 2>bad ankle to start the year, one hundred and forty

0:43:35.360 --> 0:43:38.600
<v Speaker 2>seven games and twenty twenty four with a bad ankle

0:43:38.640 --> 0:43:42.000
<v Speaker 2>the second half of the year. And you look at

0:43:42.040 --> 0:43:45.840
<v Speaker 2>his career totals, I kind of feel like Freddy Freeman

0:43:45.880 --> 0:43:49.680
<v Speaker 2>and maybe Jose Altuve are the last two guys for

0:43:49.719 --> 0:43:52.400
<v Speaker 2>a while that we could talk about that have a

0:43:52.520 --> 0:43:57.279
<v Speaker 2>chance for three thousand career hits. Freddie Freeman, as he

0:43:57.320 --> 0:44:01.000
<v Speaker 2>steps into the batters box on opening dead Dodger Stadium,

0:44:01.440 --> 0:44:05.200
<v Speaker 2>is at two thousand, four hundred and thirty one hits.

0:44:05.880 --> 0:44:09.960
<v Speaker 2>If he plays the next four years to forty years old.

0:44:10.440 --> 0:44:14.280
<v Speaker 2>All he needs to do is basically average one hundred

0:44:14.320 --> 0:44:17.560
<v Speaker 2>and forty three hits for the final four years of

0:44:17.600 --> 0:44:23.040
<v Speaker 2>his career to achieve three thousand career hits. That is

0:44:23.320 --> 0:44:27.400
<v Speaker 2>very attainable. And you know what else matters to Freddy Freeman.

0:44:27.880 --> 0:44:30.760
<v Speaker 2>Tim never mentioned this on the broadcast over the weekend,

0:44:31.239 --> 0:44:34.320
<v Speaker 2>having that three at the front of his batting average

0:44:34.360 --> 0:44:38.120
<v Speaker 2>at the end of the year. Well, Freddy Freeman right now,

0:44:38.200 --> 0:44:41.960
<v Speaker 2>as we stand, after sixteen seasons in the big leagues,

0:44:42.640 --> 0:44:47.239
<v Speaker 2>is exactly a three hundred hitter with an ops of

0:44:47.320 --> 0:44:52.640
<v Speaker 2>eight ninety seven. It's not a question of if he's

0:44:52.680 --> 0:44:56.080
<v Speaker 2>a Hall of Famer, it's a question of what hat

0:44:56.120 --> 0:44:58.640
<v Speaker 2>is he going to wear in the Hall of Fame

0:44:59.040 --> 0:45:02.680
<v Speaker 2>at this point in time. So, you know, he's he's

0:45:02.719 --> 0:45:05.239
<v Speaker 2>climbing that doubles list. He's not going to be the

0:45:05.280 --> 0:45:08.319
<v Speaker 2>all times doubles leader, but he certainly is going to be,

0:45:09.400 --> 0:45:12.720
<v Speaker 2>I feel like, in the top ten of doubles leaders

0:45:12.719 --> 0:45:15.520
<v Speaker 2>when it's all said and done. So, you know, when

0:45:15.560 --> 0:45:18.840
<v Speaker 2>Freddy Freeman first came here, you could feel that he

0:45:19.040 --> 0:45:23.040
<v Speaker 2>still wasn't one hundred percent all in with the Dodgers,

0:45:23.600 --> 0:45:27.719
<v Speaker 2>but after he had that road trip to Atlanta and

0:45:27.760 --> 0:45:30.719
<v Speaker 2>then Denver, I think he understood it was time to

0:45:30.719 --> 0:45:34.879
<v Speaker 2>close the chapter on his Braves career and just get

0:45:34.920 --> 0:45:38.600
<v Speaker 2>fully invested with the Dodgers. And ever since then he

0:45:38.640 --> 0:45:41.160
<v Speaker 2>has not looked back. And he's one of the great

0:45:41.239 --> 0:45:44.759
<v Speaker 2>guys you will ever meet. I mean, Freddy Freeman is

0:45:44.880 --> 0:45:50.640
<v Speaker 2>that guy. And he represents his family well, he represents

0:45:50.960 --> 0:45:54.400
<v Speaker 2>himself well, and he represents the Dodgers well, and he

0:45:54.520 --> 0:45:59.400
<v Speaker 2>represents major League Baseball really well. Freddie Freeman is an

0:45:59.440 --> 0:46:03.719
<v Speaker 2>incredible ambassador for the game and I look forward to

0:46:03.840 --> 0:46:07.560
<v Speaker 2>celebrating three thousand hits with him four years from now

0:46:07.840 --> 0:46:10.879
<v Speaker 2>in a Dodger uniform. He should not be in any

0:46:10.880 --> 0:46:14.400
<v Speaker 2>other uniform the rest of his career. All Right, that'll

0:46:14.400 --> 0:46:17.000
<v Speaker 2>do it for us on Dodger Talk. We did have

0:46:17.120 --> 0:46:20.920
<v Speaker 2>Miguel Rojas on the pregame show earlier today. We'll share

0:46:20.960 --> 0:46:24.359
<v Speaker 2>that conversation with you tomorrow, and Chase Utley is going

0:46:24.400 --> 0:46:28.680
<v Speaker 2>to join us, a guy that certainly had an incredible career.

0:46:29.000 --> 0:46:31.720
<v Speaker 2>Chase Sutley will join us tomorrow night at seven point thirty.

0:46:31.760 --> 0:46:34.480
<v Speaker 2>He's been back in camp and he's back part of

0:46:34.520 --> 0:46:37.960
<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers front office with Andrew Friedman as one of

0:46:38.040 --> 0:46:41.319
<v Speaker 2>his uh, how do they say it's special assistance, but

0:46:41.719 --> 0:46:44.920
<v Speaker 2>he certainly has a lot to offer. So Chase Suttley

0:46:45.080 --> 0:46:47.799
<v Speaker 2>will join us tomorrow night at seven thirty. In case

0:46:47.800 --> 0:46:50.040
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0:46:50.400 --> 0:46:53.440
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0:46:53.800 --> 0:46:56.400
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0:46:56.719 --> 0:47:00.680
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0:47:00.760 --> 0:47:04.200
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0:47:04.239 --> 0:47:07.680
<v Speaker 2>won't miss anything, all right. Thanks to Ronnie Foscio for

0:47:07.719 --> 0:47:10.040
<v Speaker 2>all his help, and thanks to you for listening. We'll

0:47:10.040 --> 0:47:12.400
<v Speaker 2>be back with you tomorrow night at seven o'clock with

0:47:12.560 --> 0:47:14.680
<v Speaker 2>Chase Suttley. Have a great rest of your night.

0:47:15.280 --> 0:47:16.000
<v Speaker 3>See you