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Speaker 1: David Vasselas Day.
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Speaker 2: Come one, Come all, as you pile out of the
Speaker 2: sports bars after or should I say, stumble out of
Speaker 2: the sports bars after watching Team USA win two to
Speaker 2: nothing tonight.
Speaker 3: So I know you had one eye on soccer.
Speaker 2: I was had both eyes on Dodger baseball, and I
Speaker 2: know tonight they lost seven to one.
Speaker 3: But this is about the long game now more than
Speaker 3: ever before.
Speaker 2: The Dodgers winning seven of nine on this road trip,
Speaker 2: sweeping the Twins in Minneapolis, taking two out of three
Speaker 2: from the Padres, the emotional Padres who let down again
Speaker 2: after losing two out of three to the Dodgers, and
Speaker 2: the Dodgers coming to Sacramento and you know, continuing to
Speaker 2: be the Dodgers winning the first two games of this series,
Speaker 2: pushing Otani back two days. So he starts on Friday
Speaker 2: at Dodgers Stadium, as they manage that left knee, and
Speaker 2: they win seven of nine, and they have the most
Speaker 2: wins in baseball fifty six. They have a twelve game
Speaker 2: lead on the Padres. They have a twelve and a
Speaker 2: half game lead on the Diamondbacks. And part of this
Speaker 2: ten game homestead that starts tomorrow night with four against
Speaker 2: the Padres is against NL West Division teams. And I'm
Speaker 2: sure when the Padres and Diamondbacks saw the schedule even
Speaker 2: a month ago, they're thinking, this is our chance. We
Speaker 2: got the Dodgers right where we want them, if we
Speaker 2: can go in striking distance on that final homestand in
Speaker 2: LA and maybe surprise them and take two out of
Speaker 2: three and put some pressure on them. But that's not
Speaker 2: going to happen. The Padres are reeling. They are in
Speaker 2: a five game losing streak. They are spiraling, out of control.
Speaker 2: They lost twenty three to three to the Cubs today
Speaker 2: at Wrigley Field.
Speaker 3: Our guy, Walker Buehler, who beat the.
Speaker 2: Dodgers last Friday night, gave up nine runs today and
Speaker 2: that's coming off the Padres giving up fifteen runs to
Speaker 2: the Dodgers last Saturday night at Peco Parks. So they're
Speaker 2: not hitting, they're not pitching, and now they find themselves
Speaker 2: twelve and a half games back, are twelve games back
Speaker 2: of the Dodgers in the NL West.
Speaker 3: The Diamondbacks are twelve.
Speaker 2: Games twelve and a half games back of the Dodgers
Speaker 2: in the NL West, and the Dodgers got three games
Speaker 2: against the Rockies, and we all know how that usually goes.
Speaker 2: So things are looking bleak, to say the least, for
Speaker 2: the rest of the NL West. While my only concern
Speaker 2: is for the Dodgers is to stay in the moment
Speaker 2: and not take your foot off the gas, because it's
Speaker 2: really easy to do having a twelve game lead and
Speaker 2: you got ten more games all at home.
Speaker 3: Before the All Star break.
Speaker 2: But it doesn't seem like these Dodgers are going to
Speaker 2: do that, especially when you have the pitchers starting that
Speaker 2: they have in this four game series. Against the Padres.
Speaker 2: You got Roki tomorrow night, you got Otani on Friday,
Speaker 2: you got Yamamoto on Saturday, and you got Emid Shehan
Speaker 2: on Sunday. The Padres have Randy Vasquez, who the Dodgers
Speaker 2: got to in San Diego part of that fifteen run
Speaker 2: Saturday night. So for me, I mean, the Dodgers just
Speaker 2: gotta do what Jose Mota and I talked about in
Speaker 2: the Clubhouse show, not to not get too far ahead
Speaker 2: of themselves and finish out the pre All Star Break
Speaker 2: schedule strong and not give the Diamondbacks or Padres any
Speaker 2: hope that they can get back into this race in
Speaker 2: the second half of the season and maintain a double
Speaker 2: digit lead on them going into the All Star Break.
Speaker 2: And I see no reason why the Dodgers can't do that.
Speaker 2: And don't forget Tomorrow night at Dodgers Stadium. Not only
Speaker 2: is it Dodgers Padres, but to one piece night at
Speaker 2: Dodgers Stadium, the hat, the card, all of that, and
Speaker 2: I guess the first fifty thousand fans in attendance will
Speaker 2: get all that when they show up at Dodgers Stadium tomorrow.
Speaker 2: So certainly things are looking good and it bears repeating it,
Speaker 2: bears repeating that the Dodgers in the month of June
Speaker 2: had only nine home games and on the road. In June,
Speaker 2: the Dodgers played eighteen games. They were twelve and six
Speaker 2: on the road in the month of June with only
Speaker 2: nine home games. So from the fans perspective, you haven't
Speaker 2: had an opportunity to really get to Dodgers Stadium in
Speaker 2: the last month. So here is your goalden opportunity, a
Speaker 2: ten game homestand to come and cheer on the team
Speaker 2: with the most wins in Major League Baseball. Eight six,
Speaker 2: six nine, eight seven two five seventy is the phone number.
Speaker 2: By the way, maybe the biggest thing I could take
Speaker 2: away from tonight's game outside of Charlie Barnes going seven innings,
Speaker 2: is Kyle Tucker walking four times. And I think back
Speaker 2: to talking to Max Mounsey over the years, and we
Speaker 2: all know, for the better part of Max's Dodger career
Speaker 2: he was a three true outcome player. That's not the
Speaker 2: case anymore, but when he first came up, he was
Speaker 2: a strikeout, a home run, or a walk type of guy. Well,
Speaker 2: over the years, Max Mounsey has told me, you know,
Speaker 2: when you could tell I'm going right and I'm seeing
Speaker 2: the ball really well. Is when I'm taking walks. And
Speaker 2: Kyle Tucker with four walks, first time in his career
Speaker 2: to have four walks in a game, to me, that
Speaker 2: is greater hope that he is getting closer to getting
Speaker 2: the rhythm and seeing the baseball better than he has
Speaker 2: all season long. And Freddie Fraeman, Mookie Betts, they're all
Speaker 2: rolling right now, so hopefully they keep that going. Hopefully
Speaker 2: Mookie Bets is back in the starting lineup tomorrow after
Speaker 2: missing today's game with the sore right wrist. Maybe too
Speaker 2: much guitar, you never know. Let's go out to mission vo. Bill,
Speaker 2: you're on Dodger Talk. I guess when you're smashing the
Speaker 2: ball like Mookie is, your wrist is gonna get sore.
Speaker 4: Bill, That's right, it's just that repetitive action. Thanks for
Speaker 4: taking my call. I just was wondering with the eating
Speaker 4: up innings, what about Mills from last night? If they
Speaker 4: had kept Mills would have been able to do the
Speaker 4: job tonight.
Speaker 2: No, not like Charlie Barnes. Mills is a reliever. Barnes
Speaker 2: has started in Oklahoma City, and look, I know The
Speaker 2: Dodgers were billing this as a bullpenning game, but obviously
Speaker 2: they had the plan of dryer in the first inning
Speaker 2: and ride Barnes for as long as they could, and
Speaker 2: he kept the pitch count down despite giving up twelve
Speaker 2: hits and seven runs.
Speaker 4: Hey, I got a little trivia for you here. So
Speaker 4: in the sense of Dodgers started the road trip in Pittsburgh,
Speaker 4: they had a success road trip, and that road trip
Speaker 4: in this one too. But the Dodgers starters have still
Speaker 4: giving up around nineteen home runs those in that stretch.
Speaker 4: Does that seem a little alarming to you or is
Speaker 4: that just part of the game.
Speaker 2: I'd have to look at which pitchers gave up those
Speaker 2: home runs, because they've used a lot of pitchers. I
Speaker 2: know their bullpen in the beginning of June, Bill was
Speaker 2: giving up way too many home runs. So I would
Speaker 2: have to look to see which pitchers have given up
Speaker 2: the most home runs out of those eighteen or nineteen.
Speaker 4: You're talking about the Tampas Series, there was just one
Speaker 4: day they had the home run. But in Pittsburgh, I
Speaker 4: think every game in Pittsburgh there was a home run
Speaker 4: hit by Yeah off the start, not.
Speaker 3: All home runs given up? Are equal? Are made to
Speaker 3: be equal?
Speaker 2: Bill, I would say the Dodgers, Bill, are doing pretty well,
Speaker 2: wouldn't you?
Speaker 4: Yeah?
Speaker 3: Yeah?
Speaker 2: What else do you want from them? What else would
Speaker 2: you like to see from the Dodgers? What can they
Speaker 2: do more than having the most wins in baseball and
Speaker 2: having a.
Speaker 3: Twelve game lead? Now just maintain all right, Bill, Thanks
Speaker 3: for the phone call, appreciate it. Yeah.
Speaker 2: I know the Dodger bullpen was giving up a lot
Speaker 2: of home runs in the beginning part of June, but
Speaker 2: it feels like they've stabilized. And look, if you wanted
Speaker 2: to group in Charlie Barnes's three home runs allowed tonight,
Speaker 2: that's gonna add to that statistic too. So that's not
Speaker 2: something that you know, I look at as a whole.
Speaker 2: You have to look at the circumstances, the score, and
Speaker 2: who was giving up those home runs and when were
Speaker 2: they giving them up. Eight six six nine eight seven
Speaker 2: two five seventy is the phone number Dodgers fall to
Speaker 2: the ace tonight, seven to one. When we continue on
Speaker 2: Dodger Talk, we will take your phone calls. We will
Speaker 2: let you know which Dodgers are getting closer to being
Speaker 2: voted to the All Star Game voting closes tomorrow morning
Speaker 2: at nine am Pacific time, so we'll let you know
Speaker 2: about that. We'll let you know when you can expect
Speaker 2: Evan Phillips back. And also, here's something fun. I always
Speaker 2: think about. There's two things I think about when the
Speaker 2: Dodgers have played the Athletics over the last fifteen years.
Speaker 2: I think about number well, I think about three things.
Speaker 2: One of my first two years covering Kershaw twenty twelve,
Speaker 2: twenty thirteen, he got so upset in a game at
Speaker 2: the Oakland Coliseum about his defense and the way he
Speaker 2: was pitching, he fired the baseball back at the dugout
Speaker 2: one game. And what else I think about is the
Speaker 2: nineteen eighty eight World Series. And I also think about
Speaker 2: all the Dodger greats whose careers ended in Oakland with
Speaker 2: the Athletics. So we'll share that with you as well
Speaker 2: your phone calls as we roll to the bottom of
Speaker 2: the hour on Dodger Talk after the A's salvage the
Speaker 2: final game of this series seven to one on A
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Speaker 3: Two balls with a strike to Freeman.
Speaker 2: He walt and stole second in the first These swings
Speaker 2: and hammers what d.
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Speaker 3: He ties the game.
Speaker 2: Freddie Freeman home run number fourteen in the three hundred
Speaker 2: and eighty first home run of his career. Freddie Freeman
Speaker 2: with the only run the Dodgers score tonight as the
Speaker 2: Dodgers fall to the A seven to one, but they
Speaker 2: have a great nine game road trip, winning seven of nine,
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Speaker 2: I'll repeat this again because I just got a voice
Speaker 2: memo from Greg Bissonette, one of the all time great
Speaker 2: drummers and huge Dodger fan. He actually plays still in
Speaker 2: Ringo Stars All Star Band with my guy Colin Hay,
Speaker 2: and he again doesn't understand, like so many may not,
Speaker 2: why the Dodgers allow Charlie Barnes to stay out there
Speaker 2: for seven innings, giving up twelve hits, including three home
Speaker 2: runs and seven earn runs.
Speaker 3: I'm not going to go.
Speaker 2: As far as to say the Dodgers punted this game,
Speaker 2: because that's if you look at their lineup, that's not
Speaker 2: what they did. But they needed Charlie Barnes to take
Speaker 2: down as many innings as possible, and he did. Because
Speaker 2: the Dodgers are in the middle of thirteen in a row.
Speaker 2: The Dodgers are playing with house money, fifty six wins,
Speaker 2: they have a twelve game lead over the Padres, and
Speaker 2: even if they had a five game lead over the Padres,
Speaker 2: I don't believe they would do anything differently because they
Speaker 2: aren't thirteen in a row. They still want to manage
Speaker 2: the workload of their bullpen in the middle of thirteen
Speaker 2: straight games, with ten with a ten game homestand at
Speaker 2: Dodgers Stadium. And this is all This is all about
Speaker 2: Otani and wanting to give him two extra days to
Speaker 2: get that left knee cooled down because they have to
Speaker 2: manage that left knee. Also, the Dodgers said yesterday that
Speaker 2: Otani was only going to pitch twice before the All
Speaker 2: Star break, only two more times before the All Star break,
Speaker 2: and that's going to be this Friday. And since the
Speaker 2: only pitches once a week, it's probably going to be
Speaker 2: a week from Friday, which would preclude him from starting
Speaker 2: in the All Star Game. It feels like that's a
Speaker 2: long shot. Dave Roberts has not made that official, but
Speaker 2: with where the way they have I've changed his schedule,
Speaker 2: the way they've talked about how they're going to have
Speaker 2: to manage that left knee, not to mention the blister
Speaker 2: on his right pitching hand, I just don't see any
Speaker 2: way the Dodgers allow Otani to start that game.
Speaker 4: Now.
Speaker 2: If he wants to, the Dodgers may try to reason
Speaker 2: with him, but you know, usually Otani knows his body
Speaker 2: better than anybody else, and he's earned that trust. But
Speaker 2: I just don't see that happening. With the game in
Speaker 2: Philly and right after the All Star break, the Dodgers
Speaker 2: have another long road trip, a long East Coast road
Speaker 2: trip three eight Yankee Stadium, three in Philadelphia, and then
Speaker 2: three more at City Field. So all of that mixed in.
Speaker 2: I just don't see how Otani or why Otani would
Speaker 2: pitch in the All Star Game. And speaking of the
Speaker 2: All Star Game, the voting ends Phase two, and that's
Speaker 2: the final phase ends tomorrow at nine am Pacific time.
Speaker 2: And right now, Freddie Freeman has a sizable lead on
Speaker 2: Matt Olsen. Freddie has fifty nine percent of the vote.
Speaker 2: The Dodgers don't have a second basement in the mix,
Speaker 2: but Ozzie Albius of the Braves is leading that one
Speaker 2: by a lot over Bryson Stott shortstop rightfully, so cj.
Speaker 2: Abrams is beating out Mookie bet cj. Abrams is having
Speaker 2: an incredible year for the Nationals. Max Munsey, Thank goodness,
Speaker 2: the fans out there have recognized that Muncie is the
Speaker 2: best third baseman in the National League and one of
Speaker 2: the top five in all of baseball. He has sixty
Speaker 2: one percent of the vote over Alec Boehme, and at catcher,
Speaker 2: Drake Baldwin is going to win that because Dave Roberts
Speaker 2: said officially today that Will Smith will not play a
Speaker 2: game before the All Star break, that neck issue has
Speaker 2: prevented Will Smith from participating in baseball activities. And if
Speaker 2: you've been listening to Dodger Talk the last four or
Speaker 2: five six days after Dave Roberts told us in Minnesota
Speaker 2: that Will Smith would need rehab games before he played,
Speaker 2: there's only ten games left. How is he going to
Speaker 2: do that and play before the All Star breaks? So
Speaker 2: all these tweets are going out like it's brand new
Speaker 2: breaking news, it's not if you've been listening to the show. Okay,
Speaker 2: So Drake Baldwin the catcher for the Braves and he's
Speaker 2: had a great year.
Speaker 3: Now here we go.
Speaker 2: On the outfield, Andy pie has for a long time
Speaker 2: was the leading vote getter among National League outfielders.
Speaker 3: Well right now, at.
Speaker 2: The voting closed, he would be on the outside looking
Speaker 2: in because he's one percent back of the final outfield spot,
Speaker 2: which is currently held by Michael Harris. The second Brandon
Speaker 2: marsh has twenty three percent, Won Soto eighteen percent, Michael
Speaker 2: Harris sixteen percent. Piez is down to fifteen percent, ti
Speaker 2: Oscar Hernandez fourteen percent. So get to MLB dot com
Speaker 2: slash vote out to try to get Paz at the
Speaker 2: very least into the All Star Game. If it's me,
Speaker 2: Here's who I believe should start in.
Speaker 3: The outfield for the National League.
Speaker 2: The three outfielders that I would have starting in the
Speaker 2: National League outfield for the All Star Game would be
Speaker 2: Picro Armstrong, it would be James Wood of the Nationals,
Speaker 2: and it would be Andy Pajz.
Speaker 3: Wan Soto's had a great year, but his team stinks.
Speaker 2: They're having one of the more embarrassing first halves of
Speaker 2: any team. How could you reward Juan Soto for being
Speaker 2: part of that team. I know he's having a great
Speaker 2: individual year, but the Mets are a hot mess.
Speaker 3: I don't see how you reward Wan Soda with that.
Speaker 2: But it is the All Star Game, so I could
Speaker 2: see that you want to see Sodo in there. You
Speaker 2: want to see the stars. So I get that that's fine.
Speaker 2: But still I would have James Wood, Pi Crow Armstrong,
Speaker 2: and Juan Soto.
Speaker 3: How about that?
Speaker 2: And Paz should be part of the team, maybe not
Speaker 2: as a starter, but as a reserve. Eight six, six, nine, seven,
Speaker 2: two five seventy is the phone number. Let's go out
Speaker 2: to Andrew and Beaumont. You're on Dodger Talk. How you
Speaker 2: doing Andrew, Hey.
Speaker 5: I'm doing great, Dave. Thank you for taking my call.
Speaker 5: Longtime listener, I just wanted to chime in and just say,
Speaker 5: you know what a great job you've done over the past.
Speaker 5: I don't know, like I've been listening for over ten years,
Speaker 5: and I know you've covered each game that Dave Roberts
Speaker 5: has won, and I know he got his flowers that
Speaker 5: I want to give you your flowers for just doing
Speaker 5: an outstanding job and just keeping LA informed with everything
Speaker 5: Dodgers and being the best resource and just the most
Speaker 5: knowledgeable compared to you know, seven ten. So I appreciate you, Dave.
Speaker 2: Hey, Andrew, that warms my heart. Thank you for taking
Speaker 2: the time to call in and say those things.
Speaker 3: All I'm doing is.
Speaker 2: Documenting every day that the Dodgers have and especially documenting
Speaker 2: it as best as I can the last three years
Speaker 2: because this is a historic time. I mean, these guys
Speaker 2: are going for a three peet that is something historic,
Speaker 2: not only in franchise history, but in baseball history. So
Speaker 2: you got to document it, you got to talk about it,
Speaker 2: you got to celebrate it. And right now things are
Speaker 2: looking really good for them.
Speaker 6: Yeah, and I really appreciate you narrating basically the whole journey,
Speaker 6: the whole trip, especially the golden age of a Dodger
Speaker 6: baseball and to just a round this out, I just.
Speaker 5: Want to get your thoughts on the pitching that's coming
Speaker 5: back after the All Star Great.
Speaker 6: Thank you again, Dave.
Speaker 2: Yeah, my pleasure. Andrew, thank you for listening for so long.
Speaker 2: I appreciate that.
Speaker 3: Look.
Speaker 2: Blake Snell is basically where a pitcher would be at
Speaker 2: the beginning of spring training. It takes starting pitchers six
Speaker 2: weeks to build up for a season. So if you
Speaker 2: do the math on the calendar, that would put Snell
Speaker 2: coming back and starting a game at the end of July.
Speaker 2: In fact, specifically the last week of July. That is
Speaker 2: six weeks from his first bullpen session a couple of
Speaker 2: weeks ago. So I'm looking at that homestand where the
Speaker 2: Dodgers come back from New York, Philly and New York
Speaker 2: and play the Mariners and Red Sox at Dodgers Stadium.
Speaker 2: That's when I see Snell coming back and being activated
Speaker 2: and never looking back, similar to last year. When Snell
Speaker 2: comes back, he has told me he feels fantastic. He's
Speaker 2: got more range of motion than he's ever had since
Speaker 2: before the loose bodies procedure that doctor Elatrosh performs. So
Speaker 2: I'm looking for big things from Snell and that's gonna
Speaker 2: tell the Dodgers where they're at at the trade deadline
Speaker 2: on August third, Where Snell's at, where Glass now is at.
Speaker 2: And let's not forget about Robleski. You know, we talk
Speaker 2: about four starters that you know, the Dodgers have. I
Speaker 2: think Otani's where Otani is pitching wise, house Nell's feeling
Speaker 2: where Glass Nail's at is really going to dictate whether
Speaker 2: or not the Dodgers get aggressive for a starting pitcher
Speaker 2: like Trek Skouoble, or whether or not they do something
Speaker 2: that they did last year and just fill out the
Speaker 2: margins on their roster or bolster their minor league system
Speaker 2: because they are a little thin with starters in the
Speaker 2: minor leagues right now, as hard as that is to believe.
Speaker 2: But also maybe a third catcher, maybe a backup catcher.
Speaker 2: Where is this Will Smith neck thing going? I know
Speaker 2: Dave Roberts insists that it's not, you know, a season
Speaker 2: type of affecting injury, but it has affected his season.
Speaker 2: He hasn't played since June fifth, So it hasn't impacted
Speaker 2: his season, and he's thirty one years old. He's had
Speaker 2: concussion is huge issues. He broke his wrist his hand
Speaker 2: last year. He caught every single inning of the World Series,
Speaker 2: including all eighteen innings. So it is concerning. I don't
Speaker 2: care how much Dave Roberts says it's not to me.
Speaker 2: It is very concerning. Eight six sixne eight seven two
Speaker 2: five seventy is the phone number.
Speaker 3: Dodgers fall to the A's tonight, seven to one.
Speaker 2: They still maintain a twelve game lead over the Padres,
Speaker 2: twelve and a half game lead over the Diamondbacks after
Speaker 2: a seven to two road trip from Minnesota to San
Speaker 2: Diego to Sacramento. Eight eight seven two five seventy is
Speaker 2: the phone number. Happy to be back in LA, Happy
Speaker 2: to be able to get back into my Ionic nine,
Speaker 2: to be able to drive to Dodger Stadium.
Speaker 3: If you see an Ionic nine, a.
Speaker 2: Dodger blue on the outside, Dodger blue lights on the inside,
Speaker 2: that's because my guy Sam at Downy Hunday hooked it up.
Speaker 2: So thank you to them, and they present our managers
Speaker 2: meeting every week with Dave Roberts and tomorrow. Dave Roberts
Speaker 2: will be our special guest as we look back at
Speaker 2: his one thousandth win as a manager. So hope you're
Speaker 2: here to join us. If you're not before the game,
Speaker 2: we'll share that conversation with you after the game on
Speaker 2: Dodger Talk eight six six nine, eight seven two five
Speaker 2: seventy Hey, speaking of injuries and the Dodgers getting guys back. So,
Speaker 2: Charlie Barnes pitched seven innings and through what ninety something
Speaker 2: pitches tonight, He's being optioned down. Paul Gervas is getting
Speaker 2: called up. He'll be part of the Dodger bullpen tomorrow,
Speaker 2: maybe Friday. But then I see Evan Phillips taking his
Speaker 2: spot in the Dodger bullpen.
Speaker 3: Because Phillips pitched.
Speaker 2: Again tonight for Oklahoma City, struck out the side in
Speaker 2: his scoreless inning of work. So Dave Roberts has told
Speaker 2: us for the past three weeks that he expects Evan
Speaker 2: Phillips to be activated during this Padre series. So I
Speaker 2: think we'll know better if Pulgervas is needed tomorrow, because
Speaker 2: if you see Paul Gervas come out of that Dodger
Speaker 2: bullpen and pitch innings, tomorrow. That likely means that Paul
Speaker 2: Gervas is going to be optioned after the game, if
Speaker 2: not after the game, maybe after the second game of
Speaker 2: the series. And Evan Phillips is going to be activated.
Speaker 2: And now you're talking about an incredible bullpen that is
Speaker 2: straying a round into form. Now, I'm not gonna say
Speaker 2: it's easy coming back after missing a year, don't get
Speaker 2: me wrong. But you get Evan Phillips back, you get
Speaker 2: the rust off of Evan Phillips, you got Evan Phillips,
Speaker 2: you got Broc Stewart, you got Alex Vesia, you got
Speaker 2: Tanner Scott, and you got Edwin Diaz coming off the
Speaker 2: il after the All Star break.
Speaker 3: That's a pretty good bullpen.
Speaker 2: And it certainly changes the complexion of the Dodgers' late
Speaker 2: innings and shortening the game. Also, I gotta get this in.
Speaker 2: You tell me if I'm missing anybody from this list.
Speaker 2: So if you go back and look at your old
Speaker 2: baseball cards in the eighties, you may see old Dodgers,
Speaker 2: Dodgers that made huge impacts in their careers wearing Dodger blue.
Speaker 2: I'm talking about guys like Steve jeger Ron, Say, Dusty Baker,
Speaker 2: Davey Lopes, go back and look at your baseball cards
Speaker 2: or just google these names and type in A's and
Speaker 2: you're gonna see these guys in A's uniforms in like
Speaker 2: nineteen eighty seven or nineteen eighty eight. I think Steve
Speaker 2: Yeger finished his career with the Mariners. I have a
Speaker 2: nineteen eighty seven fleerer of Steve Jeger in a Mariner's uniform.
Speaker 2: But you think back, Dusty Baker, Davey Lopes, Ron say,
Speaker 2: Steve Yeger, no, mar Garcia Para, Eric carros and even
Speaker 2: Mike Piazza all finished their careers playing for the Oakland Athletics.
Speaker 2: And I joke with Eric Carros a lot, I say,
Speaker 2: you know what, do you realize how many Dodger greats
Speaker 2: careers go to Doe in Oakland? All of these guys,
Speaker 2: Am I missing anybody? It feels like that's where the
Speaker 2: A's would take guys at the end of their careers
Speaker 2: and hope they could squeeze just a little bit more
Speaker 2: out of these great Dodgers.
Speaker 3: That's the way.
Speaker 2: That's my perception, And I know the A's have had
Speaker 2: a lot of great players over the years where they're
Speaker 2: uniform but in the eighties especially, and a little bit
Speaker 2: with no Mark Harrison Piazza in the last twenty years,
Speaker 2: but especially in the eighties, those old time Dodgers, they
Speaker 2: always seem to wind up in Oakland, And you know,
Speaker 2: that's one of the things I think about when the
Speaker 2: Dodgers play the A's, whether it's Oral Hersheiser and the
Speaker 2: eighty eight World Series, the seventy four World Series, or
Speaker 2: even Clayton Kershaw firing a dead ball into the Dodger dugout.
Speaker 2: Those are some of the memories I have. And maybe
Speaker 2: one of my coolest experiences was when Mark McGuire, the
Speaker 2: hitting coach for the Dodgers in twenty thirteen, the Dodgers
Speaker 2: went back to the Oakland Coliseum and I would interview
Speaker 2: Mark McGuire in Oakland, and he said, you know what,
Speaker 2: why don't we go out to first base and do
Speaker 2: the interview at first base? So that was one of
Speaker 2: the coolest experiences.
Speaker 3: I ever had.
Speaker 2: Mark McGuire, Dodger hitting coach, said Hey, let's go out
Speaker 2: to first space and let's do the interview. Where I
Speaker 2: used to play for the A's and make my name
Speaker 2: and hit forty nine home runs as a rookie in
Speaker 2: nineteen eighty seven. So and that was a bobblehead night
Speaker 2: for Mark McGuire in Oakland, and he deserves all the
Speaker 2: celebration he gets because he was one of the greatest
Speaker 2: players to ever play this game. And one of his sons,
Speaker 2: Mason McGuire, is actually a pitcher in the Cubs organization
Speaker 2: who was out there with his brother Max, and when
Speaker 2: I interviewed his dad, they would always be around the
Speaker 2: team when they were ten eleven years old. Now, Mason
Speaker 2: McGuire is going to be pitching in the Futures Game
Speaker 2: part of the Cubs organization in Philadelphia. So congratulations to
Speaker 2: Mason McGuire. Also, Jozwey De Paula and Mike Sioda of
Speaker 2: the Dodgers are going to be part of the Futures
Speaker 2: Game as well in Philadelphia, so that's something to look
Speaker 2: forward to as well. All Right, that'll do it for
Speaker 2: us on Dodger Talk Tonight. Tomorrow, the Dodgers return home
Speaker 2: for a ten game homestand Roki Sasaki will be on
Speaker 2: the mound against the Padres, going up against Randy Vasquez.
Speaker 2: Sasaki's three and five with an ERA of four eighty
Speaker 2: eight Vasquez six and six with an ERA of four
Speaker 2: forty four. Remember last Saturday, the Padres used an opener,
Speaker 2: then brought in Randy Vasquez. He gave up six runs
Speaker 2: and the Dodgers beat the Padres by scoring fifteen runs
Speaker 2: last Saturday night. We'll see whether or not the Dodgers
Speaker 2: could put up a ten spot at least Tomorrow. Our
Speaker 2: coverage begins at six o'clock, First pitch at seven ten
Speaker 2: from Dodgers Stadium with Rick Monday, Charlie Steiner and Steven
Speaker 2: Nelson and Dave Roberts. Don't Forget will be our pregame
Speaker 2: guest as he returns to Dodger Stadium with a thousand
Speaker 2: wins in his managerial career and counting.
Speaker 3: Thanks to Colin Yee back at our.
Speaker 2: Burbank Studios, Thanks to Dwayne McDonald and Sacramento, and thanks
Speaker 2: to you for listening. In case you missed any of
Speaker 2: the show, you know where to find it the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 2: Coming up next will be Fox Sports Radio Ben Maller
Speaker 2: at the top of the hour. We will talk to
Speaker 2: you tomorrow night from Dodgers Stadium once again. The final
Speaker 2: score Tonight in Sacramento, the A's get a rare win
Speaker 2: against the Dodgers seven to one.
Speaker 3: Be safe see y