Speaker 1: The quest for the free peat has begun.
Speaker 2: Only four teams in Major League Baseball history have won
Speaker 2: three consecutive titles.
Speaker 3: The Dodgers are the favorites to become the fifth fifth.
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Speaker 1: your host, here's Tim kakes Well.
Speaker 2: The Dodgers SAIV a mixed day in the Bronx. A
Speaker 2: day night double header saw them when the first one
Speaker 2: eight to two, plenty of offense. Yoshinobu Yamamoto was fantastic
Speaker 2: for a complete game, four hitter. He gets the win,
Speaker 2: his tenth of the year, and the Dodgers come back
Speaker 2: in the nightcap. It was gonna be tough with the
Speaker 2: bullpen game, but the Yankees were going with the bullpen
Speaker 2: game as well, and the Dodgers offensively. He just mustered
Speaker 2: four hits the entire game, not a lot of traffic
Speaker 2: on the base pass look like a tired team that
Speaker 2: was played in the second game of a day night doubleheader,
Speaker 2: and the credit of the Dodgers bullpen kept him in
Speaker 2: the game really the entire time. Even though the Evan
Speaker 2: Phillips solo home run gave the Yankees a two to
Speaker 2: one lead, is Dodgers still came up in the ninth
Speaker 2: inning with a chance to do something and just could
Speaker 2: not get to David Bednar. The Dodgers tonight again mustered
Speaker 2: only four hits. They had back to back hits in
Speaker 2: the third. They had a Miguel Rojas hit midway through
Speaker 2: the game, and then Tommy Evans pinch hit solo home
Speaker 2: run was the fourth and final hit of the game.
Speaker 5: It tied the game at one.
Speaker 2: Again a low scoring affair, It was one nothing until
Speaker 2: the eighth before both teams scored and the Yankees hang
Speaker 2: on a win by a final of two to one,
Speaker 2: but overall, still really an impressive weekend for the Dodgers,
Speaker 2: winning two of three. You're gonna look at the numbers,
Speaker 2: I know, and say, what has happened to Andy Pajez,
Speaker 2: What happened to Mookie Betts who did not have a
Speaker 2: hit in this series. Freddie Freeman struggled but despite getting
Speaker 2: on base with some walks, Yeah, the collective heart of
Speaker 2: the lineup didn't have a great series per se collectively,
Speaker 2: but the Dodgers still won two to three and lose
Speaker 2: a one run game on Sunday Night. Baseball says a
Speaker 2: lot about what this team it can do despite not
Speaker 2: having a lot of run production from the guys who
Speaker 2: are supposed to be driving in the runs, the Pajezes,
Speaker 2: the Freeman's, the Mookie Betts, who was zero for four
Speaker 2: again tonight. Kyle Tucker was zero for four tonight, hitting
Speaker 2: into a double play again the Dodgers see the bottom
Speaker 2: of the lineup. Alfonso edmund Rojas come through with three
Speaker 2: of the Dodgers four hits, including the only run score
Speaker 2: on the Tommy Edmond solo home run eight sixty six
Speaker 2: nine eight seven two five seventy. The Dodgers again get
Speaker 2: two of three in New York to start the second
Speaker 2: half of the season, and now they head to Philadelphia
Speaker 2: for an important three game series. Now they're still eleven
Speaker 2: and a half games up in the division. The Diamondbacks
Speaker 2: one today in extra innings, so it stays at eleven
Speaker 2: and a half games. The Dodgers up in the NL West.
Speaker 2: Your goal into Philadelphia now for a three game series
Speaker 2: against the Fighting Phills, who are only three games back
Speaker 2: in the NL East. They have one of the wildcard
Speaker 2: spots right now, but you Looku's right behind them on
Speaker 2: their heels. There's like five teams fighting for one of
Speaker 2: those wildcard spots behind the Fight and Phills. So it
Speaker 2: is going to be a big series for the Dodgers,
Speaker 2: who are going up against really the heart of the
Speaker 2: rotation for the Phillies with Christopher Sanchez, who I know
Speaker 2: struggled right before the All Star Break and then didn't
Speaker 2: look great in the All Star Game, but still on
Speaker 2: eleven wins the first half of the season, Zach Wheelers
Speaker 2: ten to one with a two thirteen ERA, and then
Speaker 2: Aaron Nola who's really kind of had a bad year,
Speaker 2: but still Aaron Nola. It's going to be a fun
Speaker 2: three games for the Dodgers going to Philadelphia and then
Speaker 2: they head back to New York for a three game
Speaker 2: series against the Mets. We talked about this, I know
Speaker 2: David Vasse talked about it as well, right before the
Speaker 2: All Star Break. Dodger fans, it wasn't gonna be easy
Speaker 2: coming out of this break, starting on the road, nine
Speaker 2: games in ten days on the East Coast, two trips
Speaker 2: to New York with a trip to Philadelphia sandwiched in
Speaker 2: between a trip to the White House, also on an
Speaker 2: off day, and three teams fighting for the playoffs and
Speaker 2: could be all three playoff teams. This is a tough
Speaker 2: stretch for the Dodgers, and you gonna tell me they
Speaker 2: had a chance to sweep and still took two to three.
Speaker 5: At Yankee Stadium this weekend.
Speaker 2: Sign me up for that, and still holding on to
Speaker 2: an eleven and a half game lead in the NL West,
Speaker 2: so we can get into this series this weekend. What
Speaker 2: you saw from the Dodgers over these last couple of days.
Speaker 2: Of course, the rainout last night put the Dodgers in
Speaker 2: a double header today against the Yankees. But also we're
Speaker 2: getting close to the trade deadline, and you look at
Speaker 2: the standings and you look at what a month ago
Speaker 2: the divisions look like and the wild card races look like.
Speaker 6: It was.
Speaker 2: There's only four teams that were over five hundred in
Speaker 2: the American League. The National League was by far the
Speaker 2: better of the two leagues. The Braves, the Brewers, the
Speaker 2: Dodgers the cream of the crop in all of baseball,
Speaker 2: and pretty much still are right now. The Brewers and
Speaker 2: the Dodgers. Brewers at sixty two wins, the Dodgers sixty
Speaker 2: three wins. But don't look now, teams have started to
Speaker 2: heat up. We saw what the Red Sox did going
Speaker 2: into the break, and they have continued that. They won
Speaker 2: all three games this weekend. The Red Sox win to
Speaker 2: the All Star Break winners of ten in a row,
Speaker 2: made that nine in a row. Now they just won
Speaker 2: four straight over the Tampa Bay Rays. They have won
Speaker 2: thirteen straight games and there's still six games back in
Speaker 2: the wildcard. But the Boston Red Sox right now, right
Speaker 2: there in the AL wildcard race along with the Mariners
Speaker 2: and the Orioles and the Twins. The point being, this
Speaker 2: is going to be a seller's market come August third
Speaker 2: and the trade deadline. The more teams now in the hunt,
Speaker 2: they are more team now looking around saying, maybe we
Speaker 2: have a shot to get into the postseason tournament. That's
Speaker 2: all you gotta give us, and we can get hot
Speaker 2: and we can go to a World Series. Albeit the
Speaker 2: Arizona Diamondbacks did it in twenty twenty three, got into
Speaker 2: the postseason knocked off. The Dodgers went on a heater
Speaker 2: and got to the World Series to take on the
Speaker 2: Texas Rangers. So all you gotta do is get in
Speaker 2: and see what happens. And right now you've got a
Speaker 2: ton of teams that feel like they have a shot
Speaker 2: come October, and they could add to their team, add
Speaker 2: to the rotation, add to their lineup a player or players,
Speaker 2: and it gives them a better shot at making it
Speaker 2: till October. So now you got more teams looking to
Speaker 2: buy and less sellers, so the price is gonna go up.
Speaker 2: But what exactly is out there at the trade deadline?
Speaker 2: I think it's interesting to look at which arms, which bats,
Speaker 2: which bullpen guys are going to be available at the deadline.
Speaker 2: I was listening to MLB Radio earlier today with Jim
Speaker 2: Bowden and crew, and they every week they have a
Speaker 2: GM show front off their show and they bring on
Speaker 2: gms and presidents and baseball operations from around baseball, and
Speaker 2: they talked to him and Alexanthopolis was on from the
Speaker 2: Atlanta Braves and he had a great comment and I'm
Speaker 2: paraphrasing what he said where he said, you could be
Speaker 2: talking to a team about a player and that player
Speaker 2: is okay, this is what we're looking at, this is
Speaker 2: who it might cost us to get that player. All right,
Speaker 2: this we're kind of looking at as far as the
Speaker 2: trade is concerned. And the guy goes three for four
Speaker 2: with a home run, Well, all of a sudden, that
Speaker 2: team the next day is like, you know what, asking
Speaker 2: price has just kind of gone up for that.
Speaker 5: Or the guy goes oh for four and all of
Speaker 5: a sudden, it's.
Speaker 2: Like, yeah, look at this guy's struggling. You know, we're
Speaker 2: not going to give up as much as we thought
Speaker 2: to get that player. Looking he went oh for four
Speaker 2: last night with three punchouts. It can change day to
Speaker 2: day over the course of negotiation, and things get tighter
Speaker 2: and teams get squeezed a little bit more as the
Speaker 2: deadline gets closer and closer, this year being August third,
Speaker 2: and with more sellers out there, or more buyers out
Speaker 2: there than sellers, the market's just gonna go crazy. I mean,
Speaker 2: it's supplying demand. I wasn't an economics major, but I
Speaker 2: know supplying demand, and there's a lot of demand out
Speaker 2: there right now, there's just not a lot of supply.
Speaker 5: And you look at a couple of the arms that
Speaker 5: jump out at you.
Speaker 2: Everybody wants to talk about what the Detroit Tigers are
Speaker 2: gonna do. What is going to happen with Terry Scougle, Well,
Speaker 2: depending on who you talk to, They're not gonna make
Speaker 2: a run and trade them. They're gonna keep them and
Speaker 2: stay put. They've won seven of their last ten. The
Speaker 2: Tigers are, you know, thinking about it? Or four and
Speaker 2: a half games out in the wild card race? Can
Speaker 2: we get back into the race?
Speaker 5: Who knows?
Speaker 2: So if Terrek Scooble's off the board, what does that
Speaker 2: fall to? Obviously the next caliber starting pitcher, because there's
Speaker 2: nobody like Terror Schooble. Is Freddie Peralta going to be
Speaker 2: out there for the New York Mets. The Angels, in
Speaker 2: my opinion, could have two of the arms that teams
Speaker 2: are looking to get and read Detmers and Jose Soriano,
Speaker 2: a lefty and a righty, both under control until twenty
Speaker 2: twenty eight, so the Angels don't have to move them.
Speaker 2: But if it is a market right now where if
Speaker 2: you're selling, you can get a lot in return, maybe
Speaker 2: more than a month ago, maybe more than you could
Speaker 2: in an offseason deal. And you're the Angels the worst
Speaker 2: record in baseball. Yeah, I'd be out there saying, hey,
Speaker 2: read Detmers, he's available. Jose Soriano, he's available. Those two
Speaker 2: guys jump out right away. As far as starters that
Speaker 2: could be available at the deadline. Position players across the board, Yeah,
Speaker 2: you know Foster Griffin right handed with the Washington Nationals. Sure,
Speaker 2: but you take Trek Scoobel off the board, and let's
Speaker 2: just assume he's not being traded. For the argument's sake here,
Speaker 2: what else is everybody looking for? Who are they going after? Again,
Speaker 2: there's a lot more buyers than sellers eight sixty six
Speaker 2: nine eight seven two five seventy. And if you're the Dodgers,
Speaker 2: take a step back. Dodger fans, take your panic goggles
Speaker 2: off and look where the Dodgers are. And it's not
Speaker 2: worry about Oh, do we need to catcher Will Smith's
Speaker 2: not gonna come back anytime soon?
Speaker 5: Do we need another bullpen arm?
Speaker 2: What about Tyler Glass knows those backspass Blake Snell.
Speaker 5: We assume he's gonna get healthy.
Speaker 2: The Dodgers are sitting pretty had this conversation earlier today.
Speaker 2: Somebody asked me, Tim, what are they gonna do with
Speaker 2: the deadline? They need to catch I said, no, they
Speaker 2: don't get Dalton rushing hitting the bottom of the order.
Speaker 2: All you need to do is be a really good
Speaker 2: defensive catcher, and every so off and offensive we do
Speaker 2: something for you because you got to line up around him.
Speaker 2: That's the best in baseball. You don't need to go
Speaker 2: out there and make a move. Why oh we need
Speaker 2: are starting pitching. Last time I looked, you've got two
Speaker 2: arms and Snell and Glass now that are injured. Once
Speaker 2: closer to coming back than the other in Blake Snell.
Speaker 2: And last time I looked, he's won two Cy Young Awards.
Speaker 2: And if I were the Dodgers take a step back again.
Speaker 2: Trade deadline's coming up? Is there somebody better than a
Speaker 2: Blake Snell? Take Terry School out of this conversation. Is
Speaker 2: there somebody better than a Blake Snell that Dodger can
Speaker 2: go out and get. No, they've already got Blake Snell.
Speaker 2: He's right there making a rehabit start last night, gonna
Speaker 2: make three more and then come back and help ab out.
Speaker 5: This Dodger's rotation.
Speaker 2: That to me is a bigger move, potentially right around
Speaker 2: the trade deadline, then going out and get in another
Speaker 2: arm just for the sake of making a trade.
Speaker 5: Why you got Blake Snell.
Speaker 2: His addition is like getting a trade at the deadline.
Speaker 2: I'd rather have snell Zilla than somebody else via trade.
Speaker 5: Okay, well, what about another arm of the bullpen? Hello?
Speaker 2: Edwin Diaz is getting close to coming back, made two
Speaker 2: appearances in.
Speaker 5: Ontario with the Tower Buzzers.
Speaker 2: They're looking for him to pitching back to back games
Speaker 2: and show that he's healthy, and then he'll be brought
Speaker 2: back to the Dodgers to close out the games, to
Speaker 2: go along with Tanner Scott Alex Vesia.
Speaker 5: That's nine outs right there, folks. That looks to me.
Speaker 2: If Edwin Diaz is back healthy with Avesia and Tanner Scott,
Speaker 2: that's nine outs at the back end of a game.
Speaker 2: That's nine outs that you don't need your started to
Speaker 2: get because you've got three shut down relievers.
Speaker 5: Getting Edwin Diaz back here, let's skate. Let's say the.
Speaker 2: Next two weeks he gets back next ten days to
Speaker 2: two weeks. That to me is better than going out
Speaker 2: and get another bullpen armed for somebody just for the
Speaker 2: sake of making the trade. Again, take a step back,
Speaker 2: Dodger fans, who in a trade as far as a
Speaker 2: reliever is going to be better than getting Edwin da
Speaker 2: Is back in ten days to two weeks.
Speaker 5: Who I'd rather take Edwin Diaz come back from an injury.
Speaker 2: That also is like a nice trade and a pickup
Speaker 2: at the deadline. Edwin Diaz, thank you very much, Back
Speaker 2: into my rotation. Healthy Blake Snell back here right around
Speaker 2: the trade deadline, Thank you very much. Those are better
Speaker 2: than trades. You didn't have to give up any minor
Speaker 2: league prospects. All you had to do was write them
Speaker 2: both out on the injured list and they're back healthy
Speaker 2: and you got two arms.
Speaker 5: Just like that. How about that?
Speaker 2: Okay, key K a Hernandez, a guy who can play
Speaker 2: multiple positions, come off the bench.
Speaker 5: We know what he means. In September October.
Speaker 2: Who are you gonna find at a trade deadline that's
Speaker 2: gonna be better than that approven October baseball player like
Speaker 2: Keiky Hearnettez.
Speaker 5: Nobody and you're gonna get him back in a month
Speaker 5: or so, maybe less.
Speaker 2: Again, think about who's coming back from injuries and are
Speaker 2: they are better than what is available out on the
Speaker 2: trade market. Key K Yes, Edwin Diaz, Yes, Blake Snell
Speaker 2: absolutely yes, Dodgers are gonna be fine. The Dodgers are
Speaker 2: gonna be okay because they've got three guys coming back,
Speaker 2: two arms that are better than anybody. But Tarrek Scoogle
Speaker 2: out there again. We'll take Arry' school out of the
Speaker 2: equation because the Tigers may or may not trade him.
Speaker 2: I'll take Snell and I'll take Edwin Diaz all day
Speaker 2: coming off of injuries eight six six, nine eighty seven
Speaker 2: two five seven. We'll hear from Evan Phillips coming up
Speaker 2: in a couple of minutes. Get out to the phone, though,
Speaker 2: Shane and Autolonto. Last time I was at Autlanto was
Speaker 2: watching the High Desert Mavericks, like twenty five years ago.
Speaker 2: That minor league team is no longer in existence. What
Speaker 2: did they do with the stadium there at Autolanto?
Speaker 7: Shane, I don't.
Speaker 8: Know, but uh, I went to a couple of games, right, Amosphere,
Speaker 8: that was a long time ago.
Speaker 5: They're not even they're not even in existence anymore.
Speaker 8: Right, Yeah, I'm talking about Ontario. I went to the Ontario.
Speaker 5: Oh okay, all right, what's on your mind?
Speaker 7: Shane?
Speaker 8: Okay, hey, let me see if I can say this right.
Speaker 8: Doesn't the coaches have how they know how to teach
Speaker 8: play a pitch against in the middle. I don't like that.
Speaker 8: I know the coaches are really good, but you know,
Speaker 8: there's a game plan where you know where you throw
Speaker 8: it in the middle.
Speaker 9: Of the of the the bat. It's really not that
Speaker 9: hard to to me. You know, these one start from
Speaker 9: Phillips that are like right down the middle. Uh, hit
Speaker 9: the corner to left to right or whatever. But why
Speaker 9: is right down the middle?
Speaker 8: How come the coaches are not We're focusing on that
Speaker 8: to not throw it in the middle.
Speaker 5: All right, Shane, I appreciate the phone call.
Speaker 2: I'm pretty sure Evan Phillips is not trying to throw
Speaker 2: a ninety two mile in our fastball down the middle
Speaker 2: of the plate and say here, try to hit it out.
Speaker 5: Of the park Jaschism. He's not.
Speaker 2: He's trying to hit the corners. He's trying to work
Speaker 2: on location. Hey, let me tell you something, Shane.
Speaker 5: He made a mistake.
Speaker 2: He left one out there. You know what jazz Chism
Speaker 2: did made him pay. You know what we're not talking about.
Speaker 2: If jazz chishm pops out to left field and Taoscar
Speaker 2: Hernandez because he missed a ninety two mile an hour
Speaker 2: fastball over the middle, of the plate. We're not even
Speaker 2: talking about it a missed pitch, but hey, tip your
Speaker 2: cat to jazz chism blowpop.
Speaker 5: It all made Evan Phillips pay. And by the way, I.
Speaker 2: Was referencing to Alanto, where our last callers from the
Speaker 2: High Desert Mavericks played a ball in the California League
Speaker 2: at Mavericks Stadium in at Alanto from like nineteen ninety
Speaker 2: ninety one until about ten years ago.
Speaker 5: And I just looked it up.
Speaker 2: The stadium is still there, but it's used for like
Speaker 2: motorsports and festivals and swap meets and probably abandoned cars
Speaker 2: and whatever else they have out there. Coyotes to live
Speaker 2: in the different bathrooms. I don't know what it's used
Speaker 2: for exactly, but yeah, it was a minor league baseball
Speaker 2: team out in Adelanto, the High Desert Mavericks. There's an
Speaker 2: old documentary that came out called Minor League's Major Dreams.
Speaker 2: I have it on VHS somewhere. It's a documentary that
Speaker 2: falls around the ninety one or ninety two High Desert
Speaker 2: Mavericks baseball team.
Speaker 5: How about that.
Speaker 2: Yeah, if you're a baseball nerd, you want to watch that.
Speaker 2: I highly recommended cool behind the scenes of what minor
Speaker 2: league baseball was like in the early nineties eight sixty six,
Speaker 2: ninety seven, two five seventy. Dodges Baseball brought to you
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Speaker 2: to Kenny and Santakarina, your next up on Dodge Talk.
Speaker 5: How you doing Kenny here?
Speaker 7: How are you doing, Kate good?
Speaker 5: How are you doing?
Speaker 8: I'm doing pretty well.
Speaker 7: I have a name that I think is available. Some
Speaker 7: people might not think so, but another Ale Central pitcher
Speaker 7: two first names, Joe Ryan. I think he might be up.
Speaker 7: He'll follow the the La vibes with his grateful dead
Speaker 7: kind of mindset out there. Originally being from Minnesota, I
Speaker 7: can tell you having the pole ads its owners, even
Speaker 7: if you think five hundred is like being up on
Speaker 7: the White Sox by ten games, like us, being at
Speaker 7: five hundred is like we were hanging the banner, especially
Speaker 7: during our time at Target Field. So don't trust the
Speaker 7: poll ads, even if the twin's going to run here
Speaker 7: and he's a great guy, and now that I'm married
Speaker 7: into the Dodgers, go Doyers and go Joe Ryan.
Speaker 5: All right, appreciate it, Thanks for checking in. Kenny.
Speaker 2: Yeah, the Twins, our team that is under five hundred.
Speaker 2: Now they've lost two in a row. They were five
Speaker 2: hundred right around there at the break. There are four
Speaker 2: games back in the division. As far as the wild
Speaker 2: card is concerned, they're only two games back. So we'll
Speaker 2: see if the Twins think about it, Colin. Was it
Speaker 2: last year that the Twins basically traded everybody but Buxton
Speaker 2: and Joe Ryan?
Speaker 5: Yeah, it was last year.
Speaker 2: The deadline, it was like last man in the Twins clubhouse,
Speaker 2: turn out the light.
Speaker 5: They traded away so many players of the deadline.
Speaker 2: And how about that the Twins hovering around five hundred
Speaker 2: right there in the Al Central? About the Chicago White
Speaker 2: Sox lost like one hundred games back to back years,
Speaker 2: taking our guy Rock Schlowski, the number one pick overall
Speaker 2: out of UCLA fours up their first place in the
Speaker 2: AL Central. I don't know what that says about that
Speaker 2: division though. Those teams really just that bad. Probably probably
Speaker 2: eight six, six, nine eighty seven two five seventy is
Speaker 2: the number. Evan Phillips tonight gave up a home run.
Speaker 2: Is the second outing in a row he has given
Speaker 2: up a home run. He gave up a solo shot
Speaker 2: the jass Chisholm in the bottom half of the eighth
Speaker 2: inning is our College Jason from Atlanto mentioned he wasn't
Speaker 2: trying to throw the ball over the plate. He wasn't
Speaker 2: trying to He threw a one to zer fastball right
Speaker 2: down the middle of the plate and jas Chism made
Speaker 2: him pay a home run off of Evan Phillips that
Speaker 2: gave the Yankees a two to one lead, and they
Speaker 2: go on to win the game by that same final score.
Speaker 2: Let's head back out to New York. David Vasse standing
Speaker 2: by with Evan Phillips.
Speaker 3: The pitch to Jazz. Obviously, that's not the outcome that
Speaker 3: you wanted. But as far as the execution, where were
Speaker 3: you trying to go with that fastball?
Speaker 10: Yeah, I think I just went to a pitch where
Speaker 10: I had less room for air. You know, I'm trying
Speaker 10: to throw a strike a situation and get back into
Speaker 10: the count. And you know, Jazz likes the ball in middle, down,
Speaker 10: down and end, and it's trying to go away obviously,
Speaker 10: but just crept back to the middle of the plate
Speaker 10: somewhere he can handle it and you put a good
Speaker 10: swing on it. But I think I'm still just getting
Speaker 10: used to, you know, wanted pitching in games again. But
Speaker 10: spotlight that understanding. You know, there's other things I can do,
Speaker 10: other ways I can get them out instead of just
Speaker 10: you know, being having the passive mindset of just trying
Speaker 10: to get back into the count.
Speaker 3: How much ship that is part of the equation in
Speaker 3: the first four games back, just you know, the rest
Speaker 3: of not pitching for over a year in big league games.
Speaker 10: Yeah, I mean, I think that's evident, right, ree haveb
Speaker 10: mindsets just to go out there and physically feel good.
Speaker 10: I tried to, you know, rewire that a little bit
Speaker 10: my final few games there and on my rehab stint,
Speaker 10: but you just can't simulate, you know, the major league environment,
Speaker 10: a major league competition. So yeah, I mean there's some
Speaker 10: things I can take away that I'll you know, be
Speaker 10: happy about, but certainly don't feel good about. You can
Speaker 10: the lost time.
Speaker 8: What are you thinking out there watching the bullpen game
Speaker 8: building up when everybody kind of keep them things so tight.
Speaker 10: It's my favorite, you know, watching all of our guys,
Speaker 10: you know, go out there one by one and just
Speaker 10: you be ready whenever called upon. I think you know,
Speaker 10: Alex was told to be ready early and then he
Speaker 10: dominated what the seventh So stuff like that is what
Speaker 10: really fires us up as a group. And to see us,
Speaker 10: you know, pretty much, you know, front to back do
Speaker 10: a really good job and keep our team in the
Speaker 10: game and give us a chance to win. You know,
Speaker 10: it goes this way sometimes. But really proud of all
Speaker 10: these guys. Brocked a hell of a job, kept everybody
Speaker 10: fresh for the series in Philly.
Speaker 2: All right, there's seven phillips and gave up the go
Speaker 2: ahead solo home run in the bottom half of the
Speaker 2: eighth inning. But as he was asked there, Yeah, he
Speaker 2: loves bullpen games because him and the rest of the
Speaker 2: bullpen dogs get to go out there and do their work,
Speaker 2: whether it's one inning at a time, two thirds of
Speaker 2: an inning, one out, whatever it's called upon for them
Speaker 2: to go out and do. Collectively. They went out and
Speaker 2: they did really good job tonight. They only gave up
Speaker 2: two runs, an RBI single in the first and then
Speaker 2: the solo home run at Jastism and that was it.
Speaker 5: A lot of zeros put up there, a lot of
Speaker 5: traffic on.
Speaker 2: The base bass, okay, there was, but a good job
Speaker 2: by the Dodgers bullpen collectively to get out of jams,
Speaker 2: get some outs, and then most importantly for brock Steed
Speaker 2: to come in there and lock it down with the
Speaker 2: bases loaded. Nobody out in the fifth Innian in a
Speaker 2: one nothing game. That game could have been busted wide
Speaker 2: open and the white flag could have been thrown up
Speaker 2: by the Dodgers in New York. Instead, strikeout, pop out,
Speaker 2: strikeout to Anthony Volpi, no runs across, keeping it a
Speaker 2: one run game.
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Speaker 2: Tommy had been with a pinshit home run and we
Speaker 2: are tied. In the eighth, Tommy tanks with a bomb
Speaker 2: the right center field, his second of the year, that
Speaker 2: tied the game at one. In the eighth, Inda his
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Speaker 2: eighth and they win it by final of two to one.
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Speaker 2: Jewelers own the Dream. Dodgers lose the finale of this
Speaker 2: three game series, but they won the day portion of
Speaker 2: the day night doubleheader at eight two victory over the
Speaker 2: Yankees behind a complete game four hitter from Yoshinobu Yamamoto.
Speaker 2: Dodgers still take two to three in the weekend set.
Speaker 5: Can Newport beach my buddy? How you doing?
Speaker 9: Ken?
Speaker 5: Oh?
Speaker 8: Oh there? Tim?
Speaker 11: I took a bike ride and I can't figure out
Speaker 11: how to get home. Okay, I agree with everything to say.
Speaker 11: The Dodgers pitching is what's going to make them and
Speaker 11: when they got some of the best pitchers coming back,
Speaker 11: I understand. I understand also that some people aren't going
Speaker 11: to hit what they used to. Lookie's hitting, you know,
Speaker 11: one fifty five his last seven games, but he's a
Speaker 11: great fielder and he's important to the team. Here's what
Speaker 11: they don't get. The Oscar six for forty nine is
Speaker 11: last fifteen games. That's a one twenty two average with
Speaker 11: twenty strikeouts. Why is he in left field and Tommy
Speaker 11: Edmonds was hitting three sixty on the bench.
Speaker 8: What am I missing here?
Speaker 2: I think they're going to give Ti Oscar a lot
Speaker 2: more runway, Can I appreciate the phone call? I hope
Speaker 2: you get back home after your bike ride. It is
Speaker 2: dark out there in Newport Beef, so hopefully you got
Speaker 2: your light on your bike and you're able to find
Speaker 2: your way home. It's been a struggle bus for ta
Speaker 2: Oscar Hernandez. He was over the weekend against the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Speaker 2: He had just one hitting those three games against the
Speaker 2: Colorado Rockies last homestand what he have one hit against
Speaker 2: the San Diego Padres in that four game series at
Speaker 2: Dodger Stadium. It was a tough final home stand for
Speaker 2: Taoscar Hernandez. He came back Friday night, had a base
Speaker 2: hit when one for three, you know, fresh start second
Speaker 2: half of the season.
Speaker 5: But the weekend.
Speaker 2: Overall wasn't great for Taoscar Hernandez, and they've dropped him
Speaker 2: down to the seventh spot in the lineup. I don't
Speaker 2: know how much further you can drop him unless you
Speaker 2: put them all the way down to the bottom spot
Speaker 2: of the lineup. I can make a case, as you
Speaker 2: could ken to put Tommy Edmond out there every day
Speaker 2: in left field, certainly as a switch hitter. Doesn't matter
Speaker 2: if it's a righty or a lefty. But you got
Speaker 2: to have ta Oscar Hernandez, you know, producing, and you
Speaker 2: got to have him out there every day to try
Speaker 2: to figure this out. I think Dave Roberts is very
Speaker 2: loyal and he should be to these guys because they've
Speaker 2: won back to back World Series championships and if they're
Speaker 2: going through a rut, We've seen Dave stick with guys.
Speaker 2: It'll change the lineup and move you. He'll drop you
Speaker 2: down to the sixth spot of the seventh spot. Mookie
Speaker 2: bets we saw that a couple of weeks ago, right,
Speaker 2: because a lot of calls here on Dodger Talk, Mookie
Speaker 2: can't hit anymore.
Speaker 5: Mookie's falling off. MOOKI looks old.
Speaker 2: Well, MOOKI turned things around, and that was because he
Speaker 2: dropped in the lineup, got some better ab started to
Speaker 2: feel more confident the play.
Speaker 5: It's it's gonna happen with thea Oscar. I truly believe it.
Speaker 2: He looks a little lost right now, looks a little
Speaker 2: frustrated and flustered up at the plate, chasing pitches out
Speaker 2: of the zone.
Speaker 5: A lot of.
Speaker 2: Pitches that are that are just way outside, and he's
Speaker 2: getting swinging misses on and they're not even close to
Speaker 2: being strikes.
Speaker 5: I think he needs a zero back in.
Speaker 2: He needs to get right, see some positive at bats,
Speaker 2: and as soon as he does, I'm pretty confident he'll
Speaker 2: he'll get back on track. He's too good of a hitter,
Speaker 2: He's too good of a player to be in a
Speaker 2: rut for this long. He'll he'll turn things around.
Speaker 5: Him.
Speaker 2: What he does just another weapon in this Dodgers lineup,
Speaker 2: even if he's hitting seventh like he was tonight. Adam
Speaker 2: and win here, thanks for being patient. Welcome to Dodger
Speaker 2: Talk on this Sunday night. How you doing, Adam?
Speaker 6: Hey toom So, I was the biggest skeptical guy. I'm
Speaker 6: the Kyle Tucker signing him, and then everyone knows he's
Speaker 6: known for hitting into double plays. Yeah. I made a
Speaker 6: bit of my dad. Every time Kyle Tucker would hit
Speaker 6: it into a double play during the season, I would
Speaker 6: do ten push ups getting hit a double play all
Speaker 6: first half of the season until these last two games.
Speaker 6: I think that's just like a crazy staff for someone
Speaker 6: he's known for double plays. And then I think Tucker
Speaker 6: and Tay Oscar I know they're gonna turn it on
Speaker 6: at some point. Those are going to be the two
Speaker 6: biggest keys during the playoffs.
Speaker 5: Tim, all right, we'll find out, Adam. I appreciate it.
Speaker 5: Thanks for checking in.
Speaker 2: Certainly, the heart of the lineup tonight, including Kyle Tucker,
Speaker 2: did not have a lot of offensive production, and the Dodgers,
Speaker 2: despite that, still right there until the end, end up
Speaker 2: losing two to one of the Yankees.
Speaker 5: Blake there, he is my guy in Colorado. What's up, Blake?
Speaker 5: How you doing.
Speaker 12: Glad you have youta.
Speaker 4: You had a lot of people on today.
Speaker 5: Oh, the busy show. Here, busy show, Blake.
Speaker 2: A lot of people got in and we're excited about
Speaker 2: the Dodgers series in New York the start of the
Speaker 2: second half of the season.
Speaker 5: But you're my guy, Blake, I always get you on.
Speaker 4: Yeah, so what did you think about?
Speaker 5: What did you think about the series?
Speaker 12: A lettle disappointment. We didn't get to sweep, but we
Speaker 12: got you out a tree. We have to see what
Speaker 12: they do in Philadelphia and New York.
Speaker 5: Yeah, I think this Philly series is gonna be big
Speaker 5: the Dodgers.
Speaker 2: This whole nine game road trip is a tough one
Speaker 2: and what a way to start the second half of
Speaker 2: the season. But you take two or three at Yankee Stadium, Blake,
Speaker 2: that's a good thing, a chance to get a sweep,
Speaker 2: and they were so close to doing that tonight, very
Speaker 2: easily could have won all three games. You take that,
Speaker 2: you take the positives, and you move on to Philadelphiahere
Speaker 2: you're gonna see really good pitching from the Phillies.
Speaker 5: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday.
Speaker 12: Yeah, I have in Hi. I was doing some scouting
Speaker 12: this weekend watching the comments. Do you do you think
Speaker 12: we to call Alex Thomas off and trade call? And
Speaker 12: do you think we to get the cattle? Because that's
Speaker 12: backup catcher is not doing so well well yet.
Speaker 2: A first big lead hit tonight. He's you know, he's
Speaker 2: a good defensive catcher. He's a great guy to play
Speaker 2: in a game like tonight where you play a double
Speaker 2: header and you can't have dult rushing catch every game.
Speaker 2: Will Smith's not coming back anytime soon, Blake. Great to
Speaker 2: hear your voice, my friend. We're gonna keep movings moving.
Speaker 1: Okay, when when are you going to be on again?
Speaker 5: I'm back on on Wednesday.
Speaker 2: Blake, check back with me on Wednesday in the finale
Speaker 2: of the series against the Phillies.
Speaker 12: All right, okay, talk to you Wednesday.
Speaker 2: All right, sounds good, my friend. Thanks to Blake in Colorado.
Speaker 2: Uh he did a little scouting there with Oklahoma City
Speaker 2: comments like that.
Speaker 5: Oh is he final call?
Speaker 2: Wrapping things up on this Sunday night as we get
Speaker 2: ready for a great week of great sports.
Speaker 5: To off of petrols some money both back tomorrow. It's
Speaker 5: not busy.
Speaker 4: Well that one to out three, But I have to
Speaker 4: disagree with you on something and they they had to
Speaker 4: say that the Dodge that give me a backup past
Speaker 4: I'm starving. You cannot you cannot prodress, you cannot trust
Speaker 4: Worth and which he's too emotional. He says, you know,
Speaker 4: they give me in veteran, they give me investering veteran catcher.
Speaker 4: I do agree with David and Dann and fortunately freed
Speaker 4: the Greek women on that. But but we yet it
Speaker 4: went two our three, So I'll take it. You know,
Speaker 4: I would have loved to seeing their play yesterday, but
Speaker 4: what can you do? So I'll take it. They diep
Speaker 4: got be failing now, and I don't know who's gonna
Speaker 4: be the picture on Wednesday. We'll worry about that then.
Speaker 4: But yeah, this take two our three in Philly, and
Speaker 4: then we can worry about we can worry about the
Speaker 4: next series. But I'll take it. But hey, the Yankees,
Speaker 4: all right?
Speaker 5: Is he all right? Let's stay positive shitting?
Speaker 9: Uh?
Speaker 2: Yeah, the probables for the three game series, Shean Robleski
Speaker 2: and Eric Law were gonna pitch in the three games
Speaker 2: there against Christopher Sancho, Zach Wheeler and Aaron Nole. Alright,
Speaker 2: that's gonna do it. For postgame Dodger talk on this
Speaker 2: Sunday night. Tough one for the Dodgers. They fall to
Speaker 2: the Yankees my final of two to one, but still
Speaker 2: take two and three in the Bronx and now they
Speaker 2: are on a bus chartering their way from New York
Speaker 2: to Philadelphia for a three.
Speaker 5: Game series beginning tomorrow.
Speaker 2: Well I'm wrong, because you know Dodgers on decad it
Speaker 2: all started at three o'clock in the afternoon after Petros
Speaker 2: some money, first pitch from Citizens Bank Park at four
Speaker 2: to five until then, many thanks to Colin Ye Thanks
Speaker 2: all you Dodger fans for listening, calling in being a
Speaker 2: part of the show, and of course podcasting as well.
Speaker 2: Dodgers fall to the Yankees, and the night portion of
Speaker 2: a day night double hitters still take.
Speaker 5: Two to three in New York. Now it's off to Philadelphia.
Speaker 2: Have a safe rest of your Sunday night solo everybody,