WEBVTT - Dodger Talk (3-28-26) 0:00:00.520 --> 0:00:02.920 The quest for the three feat has begun. 0:00:03.160 --> 0:00:07.200 Only four teams in Major League Baseball history have won 0:00:07.320 --> 0:00:11.920 three consecutive titles. The Dodgers are the favorites to become 0:00:12.280 --> 0:00:12.880 the fifth. 0:00:13.200 --> 0:00:15.760 This is World Champion Dodger Talk. 0:00:15.840 --> 0:00:17.959 Here we go again. We're going to running back. 0:00:17.800 --> 0:00:20.200 To get in on the show called eight six six 0:00:20.600 --> 0:00:23.079 eighty seven two five seven d and be sure to 0:00:23.160 --> 0:00:27.880 follow Dodger Talk wherever you get your podcasts. Here's your host, 0:00:28.480 --> 0:00:29.840 David Vaseas. 0:00:31.680 --> 0:00:33.080 Welcome the Dodger Talk. 0:00:33.120 --> 0:00:36.440 After the Dodgers complete the three games sweep of the 0:00:36.440 --> 0:00:40.720 Diamondbacks to begin the twenty six campaign three to two. 0:00:40.920 --> 0:00:45.680 The final score tonight at Uniclo Field at Dodgers Stadium. 0:00:45.800 --> 0:00:48.239 Phone lines are open at eight sixty six nine eighty 0:00:48.360 --> 0:00:52.400 seven two five seventy. You know what's incredible is the 0:00:52.520 --> 0:00:56.440 Dodgers sweep the Diamondbacks and Showho Tani only had one 0:00:56.520 --> 0:01:00.320 hit in the first three games of this series. Freddy 0:01:00.320 --> 0:01:03.800 Freeman tonight broke out after hitting the ball hard. Not 0:01:03.920 --> 0:01:06.760 a lot to show for it, but he continues his 0:01:06.920 --> 0:01:09.680 process and look, by the end of the year, Freddy 0:01:09.760 --> 0:01:12.800 Freeman will be hitting two ninety five, three hundred with 0:01:13.400 --> 0:01:17.160 you know somewhere between thirty seven doubles and forty one doubles, 0:01:17.200 --> 0:01:20.520 and tonight Freddy Freeman had three hits. He almost had 0:01:20.560 --> 0:01:23.760 a fourth if it wasn't for the ball just dining 0:01:23.800 --> 0:01:26.200 out there in right center field, he would have had 0:01:26.240 --> 0:01:28.559 his first home run of the year. But he drove 0:01:28.600 --> 0:01:30.759 in his first run of the year in the seventh 0:01:30.760 --> 0:01:34.199 inning to chip away at the Diamondbacks lead. That point 0:01:34.240 --> 0:01:37.880 it was two to one, and then walk off will Smith, 0:01:38.280 --> 0:01:42.360 who has become, in my opinion, the most clutch batter 0:01:43.000 --> 0:01:47.640 in all a Major league baseball hard to argue when 0:01:48.120 --> 0:01:51.639 he got called up in twenty nineteen and the most 0:01:51.680 --> 0:01:55.960 memorable weekend of twenty nineteen was called walk off Weekend 0:01:56.280 --> 0:01:59.080 and will Smith hit a walk off home run that 0:01:59.160 --> 0:02:03.960 weekend against the Rockies. Remember Verdugo baty walk off weekend 0:02:03.960 --> 0:02:08.680 against the Rockies in twenty nineteen. Since then, Will Smith, 0:02:09.080 --> 0:02:12.960 including that weekend in twenty nineteen, has five walk off 0:02:13.160 --> 0:02:16.919 home runs in the regular season. He has fifty three 0:02:17.080 --> 0:02:21.160 go ahead home runs in the regular season, not to 0:02:21.280 --> 0:02:25.520 mention how clutch he's been in the postseason, including the 0:02:25.639 --> 0:02:30.200 go ahead home run in the eleventh inning in Toronto 0:02:30.360 --> 0:02:34.760 and last year's Game seven World Series. Without that home run, 0:02:35.040 --> 0:02:38.560 who knows where that World Series goes. And tonight was 0:02:38.560 --> 0:02:41.960 that Bobblehead Night giveaway. And oh, by the way, it's 0:02:42.040 --> 0:02:46.280 Will Smith's thirty first birthday. So Saturday night is Will 0:02:46.320 --> 0:02:50.560 Smith's night here in Los Angeles as he hits a huge, 0:02:50.800 --> 0:02:53.680 two out, go ahead, two run home run in the 0:02:53.720 --> 0:02:57.119 bottom of the eighth inning, which was set up by 0:02:57.160 --> 0:03:00.440 out two out walk by Mookie Beds. Give him a 0:03:00.480 --> 0:03:03.720 lot of credit too, So it's not always just about 0:03:03.720 --> 0:03:07.320 the home run. It's about what's happening in front of 0:03:07.600 --> 0:03:10.720 Will Smith or whoever hits that home run, and Mookie 0:03:11.480 --> 0:03:13.920 a great at bat to draw that two out walk 0:03:14.000 --> 0:03:16.720 to keep the line moving and have Will Smith and 0:03:16.760 --> 0:03:20.120 Freddie Freeman have the opportunity to come up in that 0:03:20.200 --> 0:03:23.840 bottom of the eighth inning. Eight sixty six seven two 0:03:23.919 --> 0:03:27.280 five seventy is the phone number. Will Smith doesn't love 0:03:27.320 --> 0:03:30.760 to talk, but he's gonna have to talk tonight. He's 0:03:30.800 --> 0:03:33.560 speaking to the media in front of his locker on 0:03:33.720 --> 0:03:34.639 sports and at LA. 0:03:35.440 --> 0:03:36.080 Uh. 0:03:36.200 --> 0:03:38.360 Yeah, no, he you know, he's always been good. We 0:03:38.360 --> 0:03:40.720 always talk about stuff. Yeah, he's give me the day off. 0:03:40.760 --> 0:03:42.920 I just kind of dropped the bubble hood card if 0:03:42.920 --> 0:03:45.560 my bellhead tomorrow he let me in there. 0:03:47.600 --> 0:03:47.960 Special? 0:03:48.040 --> 0:03:50.000 Was it get the go ahead home run your bubble 0:03:50.040 --> 0:03:50.960 tonight and birthday? 0:03:51.640 --> 0:03:51.920 Yeah? 0:03:52.040 --> 0:03:54.320 I mean, you know, regardless of you know, being my 0:03:54.360 --> 0:03:56.640 bibblehead night or anything. It's it's cool to put your 0:03:56.640 --> 0:04:01.000 team ahead. I'm gonna win get this week, that's more. 0:04:01.160 --> 0:04:03.080 You know what I was more excited about imertally to 0:04:03.160 --> 0:04:04.800 people that you spoiled a lot of pitches, kind of 0:04:04.800 --> 0:04:06.720 wait until you saw the one that you wanted. Anyway, 0:04:06.760 --> 0:04:09.440 it's pretty emblematic of this entire lineups approach. 0:04:09.520 --> 0:04:10.440 What do you think goes into that? 0:04:12.320 --> 0:04:15.040 You know, a lot of hard work. Uh, you know, 0:04:15.080 --> 0:04:16.880 I kind of haven't felt great for a week or so, 0:04:17.000 --> 0:04:18.520 so I put a lot of swings in, you know 0:04:18.560 --> 0:04:20.839 today in the cage, a lot of work with the guys, 0:04:20.880 --> 0:04:25.040 hitting coaches. You know, let's kind of reap the benefits 0:04:25.040 --> 0:04:28.200 a little bit on that, I guess, but you know, 0:04:28.360 --> 0:04:29.720 just just trying to get back to who I am. 0:04:29.800 --> 0:04:32.839 You know, controlled zone, you know, spoil good pitches, you know, 0:04:32.960 --> 0:04:36.040 drive the pitches you should. That's who we are. That's 0:04:36.120 --> 0:04:38.800 that's the Dodgers, that's you know, we preach day in 0:04:38.800 --> 0:04:41.640 and day out, you know, one through thirteen guys who 0:04:41.800 --> 0:04:44.440 was on the roster, and uh you know, that's that's 0:04:44.440 --> 0:04:46.799 how I win ball games. Can you take those cold pictures? 0:04:46.880 --> 0:04:48.839 Ever before that swing was sort of telling you about 0:04:48.839 --> 0:04:50.200 how you're sort of seeing where you have. 0:04:50.320 --> 0:04:51.040 That's what we're bad. 0:04:52.040 --> 0:04:55.840 Yeah, I think you know, he's he's good. He throws hard, 0:04:55.839 --> 0:04:58.520 he's got to get slider, you know, too, fastball kind 0:04:58.520 --> 0:05:02.880 of guy. H Yeah, you know, I think I was 0:05:02.880 --> 0:05:05.520 just kind of building confidence throughout the day. You know, 0:05:05.760 --> 0:05:07.479 coming in I was working a lot in the cage. 0:05:08.120 --> 0:05:09.800 It was kind of lacking it. But I know, you know, 0:05:09.800 --> 0:05:12.159 in the game you can just go compete and you know, 0:05:12.200 --> 0:05:15.160 after a few good takes, it's kind of like all right, 0:05:15.320 --> 0:05:18.080 kind of seeing it better, kind of stick to you know, 0:05:18.120 --> 0:05:20.280 seeing the ball a little bit deep, knowing I can 0:05:20.279 --> 0:05:22.839 still catch up to a hundred and uh yeah, I 0:05:22.839 --> 0:05:23.599 got the brow on the ball. 0:05:23.880 --> 0:05:26.359 What's the mood, the attitude in the dug out in 0:05:26.400 --> 0:05:26.919 the late. 0:05:26.760 --> 0:05:29.440 Innings, you know, knowing you guys have done this so 0:05:29.520 --> 0:05:30.239 often before. 0:05:31.120 --> 0:05:32.839 Yeah, you know, I think there's just you know, we 0:05:32.920 --> 0:05:35.760 never feel like we're out of it. We keep we 0:05:35.839 --> 0:05:38.040 keep taking good at bats, you know, keep believing in 0:05:38.080 --> 0:05:39.920 each other, keep believing someone's gonna come up with a 0:05:39.920 --> 0:05:43.080 big hit. The bullpen always keeps us in it. You know, 0:05:43.120 --> 0:05:45.200 they're so good down there and you know, not letting 0:05:45.200 --> 0:05:48.840 the game get away. Yeah, it's just kind of a 0:05:48.880 --> 0:05:49.359 team effort. 0:05:50.640 --> 0:05:53.080 All right. There's Will Smith. Tonight's heero. 0:05:53.360 --> 0:05:56.560 It seems like every night there's somebody new, especially on 0:05:56.600 --> 0:06:01.120 this loaded Dodger team. Will Smith in that at bat 0:06:01.160 --> 0:06:04.359 against Juan Morio in the bottom of the eighth inning 0:06:04.400 --> 0:06:08.360 with two outs, he described it perfectly. He took two 0:06:08.440 --> 0:06:12.480 sliders in a row after being down two in the count, 0:06:12.880 --> 0:06:16.400 fouled off a couple of ninety nine mile an hour fastballs, 0:06:16.680 --> 0:06:19.040 and then on the seventh pitch of the at bat, 0:06:19.320 --> 0:06:22.360 timed it up perfectly and hit it four hundred and 0:06:22.440 --> 0:06:25.720 fourteen feet one hundred and five miles an hour off 0:06:25.760 --> 0:06:27.840 the bat and the Dodgers had a three to two 0:06:27.920 --> 0:06:32.080 lead on Will Smith's thirty first birthday, on Will Smith's 0:06:32.120 --> 0:06:35.920 bobblehead night. So if you're at Dodgers Stadium, you don't 0:06:35.920 --> 0:06:38.799 want to go anywhere. Eight six six nine eight seven 0:06:38.920 --> 0:06:41.680 two five seventy is the phone number. Tonight's game brought 0:06:41.680 --> 0:06:45.159 to you by Modello Modello the mark of a fighter, 0:06:45.600 --> 0:06:49.040 all right. Besides Freddie Freeman and Will Smith, Kyle Tucker 0:06:49.120 --> 0:06:52.919 saved a big run when he robbed gabrielle Moreno of 0:06:52.960 --> 0:06:55.080 what would have been a home run over the short 0:06:55.080 --> 0:06:56.720 fence in right field. 0:06:56.760 --> 0:06:57.960 That was in the fifth inning. 0:06:58.080 --> 0:07:02.560 Tucker in this series already as made a huge difference defensively. 0:07:02.960 --> 0:07:06.760 He came through with the infield in last night and 0:07:07.040 --> 0:07:09.520 delivered the go ahead base it in the eighth inning, 0:07:09.600 --> 0:07:12.760 So he's made his presence felt. But how about Edwin 0:07:12.840 --> 0:07:17.560 Diaz in that ninth inning tonight and last night? Did 0:07:17.600 --> 0:07:20.680 you ever waiver that he wasn't going to get those 0:07:20.720 --> 0:07:24.240 three outs? And I know the Diamondbacks hit a few 0:07:24.280 --> 0:07:28.000 balls hard to the outfield, but they were outs, and 0:07:28.040 --> 0:07:32.080 it's a big outfield here at Dodgers Stadium. The Dodgers 0:07:32.120 --> 0:07:35.760 have a bona Fie closer for the first time in 0:07:35.880 --> 0:07:39.679 five years since Kenley Jansen saved three hundred and fifty 0:07:39.760 --> 0:07:44.200 career saves. And Kenley Jansen's prime, I know he might 0:07:44.240 --> 0:07:47.240 not like to hear this. His prime was probably twenty 0:07:47.320 --> 0:07:51.520 fifteen to twenty nineteen, and during those years. 0:07:52.160 --> 0:07:52.960 There was no. 0:07:52.880 --> 0:07:56.360 Doubt when you heard California Love, the Dodgers were going 0:07:56.400 --> 0:07:58.560 to win that game. He was going to get it done. 0:07:58.560 --> 0:08:01.880 There was gonna be no doubts about it. And these 0:08:01.960 --> 0:08:05.360 last two nights with Edwin Diaz in the bullpen coming 0:08:05.400 --> 0:08:08.520 out to save games, you have that same feeling again 0:08:08.600 --> 0:08:11.800 for the first time in five years. That's a very 0:08:11.840 --> 0:08:15.840 different feeling than trying to mix and match and match up. 0:08:16.120 --> 0:08:18.560 There's something to be said about guys that know how 0:08:18.600 --> 0:08:21.000 to get three outs in the ninth inning. It's not 0:08:21.080 --> 0:08:24.440 made for everybody. I think we've all witnessed that, whether 0:08:24.480 --> 0:08:28.320 it's on the Dodgers or other teams. Yeah, there's three outs. 0:08:28.400 --> 0:08:31.720 Yeah you might be facing the same hitters. But some 0:08:31.760 --> 0:08:34.880 guys can't handle the ninth inning. But Edwin Diaz did 0:08:34.880 --> 0:08:37.600 it on the biggest stage in New York, and he's 0:08:37.600 --> 0:08:41.040 doing it on the biggest stage. This is the brightest 0:08:41.120 --> 0:08:44.680 lights in baseball with the Dodgers, and he hasn't flinched. 0:08:45.160 --> 0:08:47.920 Just feel that feeling, not only the timmy trumpet, which 0:08:47.960 --> 0:08:51.920 is a great feeling, the light show, everybody's excited. I 0:08:51.960 --> 0:08:55.120 love the entertainment value of all that. But once he's 0:08:55.160 --> 0:09:00.240 on the mound. His heart rate is very low. Ever 0:09:00.240 --> 0:09:03.240 see him get too rattled or the game speeds up, 0:09:03.600 --> 0:09:07.240 and that's a closer in the ninth inning. That feeling 0:09:07.320 --> 0:09:10.760 has not been felt by anybody with the Dodgers in 0:09:10.880 --> 0:09:14.240 five years since Kennley Jansen was here. Eight six six 0:09:15.160 --> 0:09:17.559 two five seventy is the phone number. Let's go out 0:09:17.600 --> 0:09:20.360 to the phones for the first time tonight. Hi, Noah, 0:09:20.440 --> 0:09:22.800 you were at Dodger Stadium. You're on Dodger Talk. 0:09:24.200 --> 0:09:24.880 What's up, David? 0:09:24.920 --> 0:09:25.440 How are you doing? 0:09:26.840 --> 0:09:30.240 Phenomenal second Dodger Talk of the day and going strong 0:09:30.320 --> 0:09:31.080 on adrenaline. 0:09:32.520 --> 0:09:35.200 That's good. So I was gonna talk about Will, but 0:09:35.559 --> 0:09:38.079 now I'm like ready to overreact about the bullpen. 0:09:39.760 --> 0:09:44.760 Overreact in a good way, in a good way. Yeah, 0:09:45.120 --> 0:09:46.679 go ahead, overreact. 0:09:47.200 --> 0:09:51.520 I just feel like the with Edwin Diaz being the closer, 0:09:51.760 --> 0:09:57.480 pressure goes off. Bessie Tanner, Scott Jack Dryer, all those 0:09:57.480 --> 0:10:00.400 guys can turn into like good setup men and they 0:10:00.400 --> 0:10:03.839 can breathe knowing that Edwin's gonna plan during the ninth. 0:10:04.640 --> 0:10:05.560 Well pump the breaks. 0:10:05.640 --> 0:10:10.280 Vesia is the highest leverage of highest leverage relievers. Left 0:10:10.280 --> 0:10:12.960 you Alrighty, that's not the guy I was talking about. 0:10:13.000 --> 0:10:15.720 He can get outs in the ninth inning. But yeah, 0:10:15.800 --> 0:10:18.880 it allows the Dodgers to deploy him earlier in the 0:10:18.920 --> 0:10:21.760 game to get outs and also allows them to deploy 0:10:21.880 --> 0:10:23.959 Tanner Scott in different innings. 0:10:23.960 --> 0:10:24.960 So yeah, I'm with you. 0:10:25.000 --> 0:10:28.200 Noah, he just when you have a closer like Edwin Diaz, 0:10:28.280 --> 0:10:31.880 similar to when Kenley Jansen was here. If you're Dave Roberts, 0:10:31.880 --> 0:10:34.959 you start counting outs backwards. You know you got three 0:10:35.280 --> 0:10:37.400 and if you have a lead by the sixth or 0:10:37.440 --> 0:10:40.640 seventh inning, you're counting outs. Let's go to Bob, who 0:10:40.679 --> 0:10:43.479 is at the game tonight. Hi, Bob, you're on Dodger Talk. 0:10:44.360 --> 0:10:45.040 Uncle Daves. 0:10:45.160 --> 0:10:47.960 What a knight to be out back at Dodgers Stadium. 0:10:48.320 --> 0:10:50.040 You know you knew it was gonna be a good night. 0:10:50.200 --> 0:10:52.800 Started out getting all the staff there rings, which was 0:10:52.840 --> 0:10:57.040 exciting to see mister Bobblehead on his birthday does his job. 0:10:57.240 --> 0:10:58.360 Edwin Diaz comes out. 0:10:58.840 --> 0:11:00.719 It taught you how to tape blow trumpet out of 0:11:00.760 --> 0:11:05.120 the outfield up. The place was packed. It was absolutely electric. 0:11:05.200 --> 0:11:08.040 You know how you always say when show Hay is pitching, 0:11:08.080 --> 0:11:12.560 it's an event. Tonight Dodger Stadium. This year first three games. 0:11:12.760 --> 0:11:15.240 This was an event tonight. It was packed, the place 0:11:15.360 --> 0:11:18.640 was electric. And when Will popped off, Man, what is it? 0:11:18.679 --> 0:11:22.120 Is it guys named Will Smith like slapping guys around 0:11:22.160 --> 0:11:24.680 in public in front of everybody. I mean, Will just 0:11:25.000 --> 0:11:27.720 slapped that ball out. It was exciting, man. I was 0:11:27.720 --> 0:11:30.200 pumped to be there, happy to be back at Dodger 0:11:30.280 --> 0:11:33.000 Stadium with his team. Fun night all around. 0:11:33.080 --> 0:11:34.600 Dave really really enjoyed it. 0:11:34.640 --> 0:11:34.880 Man. 0:11:35.720 --> 0:11:37.800 All right, Bob, thank you for the phone call. I'm 0:11:37.880 --> 0:11:40.760 usually the guy that crosses that line. You did a 0:11:40.760 --> 0:11:43.520 great job of doing it this time, So thank you, Bob. 0:11:43.800 --> 0:11:46.560 Eight sixty six nine eight seven two five seventy is 0:11:46.600 --> 0:11:49.920 the phone number. By the way, Will Smith's career walk 0:11:49.920 --> 0:11:52.840 off home runs in the regular season. He did it 0:11:52.880 --> 0:11:56.480 twice in twenty nineteen. Hector Narris. He got him on 0:11:56.600 --> 0:11:59.280 June first, and then the walk off weekend off of 0:11:59.280 --> 0:12:02.440 Scott ober of the Rockies. Pinch hit walk off home 0:12:02.520 --> 0:12:05.560 run July twentieth, twenty to twenty one off of Tyler 0:12:05.640 --> 0:12:08.760 Rodgers to beat the Giants. Pinch hit walk off home 0:12:08.840 --> 0:12:14.199 run twenty twenty five. Last year, in fact, beat Robert Suarez. 0:12:14.280 --> 0:12:17.760 Remember that of the Padres pinchhit walk off home run 0:12:18.000 --> 0:12:21.840 and John Curtis. How about that four of the five 0:12:22.000 --> 0:12:25.280 walk off home runs in his regular season career. Will 0:12:25.360 --> 0:12:29.240 Smith has delivered as a pinch hitter twice last year 0:12:29.520 --> 0:12:32.560 off of Suarez of the Padres and John Curtis of 0:12:32.600 --> 0:12:36.160 these Diamondbacks. Eight six six nine, eight seven two five 0:12:36.320 --> 0:12:39.439 seventy is the phone number. Let's go out to Malibu. Chris, 0:12:39.720 --> 0:12:42.000 You're on Dodger Talk. How you doing, Chris. 0:12:42.960 --> 0:12:45.320 DV Doing really good? Buddy. Hey, I'm the guy that 0:12:45.400 --> 0:12:49.320 always goes to the pegros and money like showcases and 0:12:49.360 --> 0:12:52.040 brings the bobs at tequila and stuff and everything. So 0:12:52.040 --> 0:12:53.600 I just want to idd where's mine? 0:12:53.640 --> 0:12:55.080 I haven't got one in a long time? 0:12:55.880 --> 0:12:57.839 You know what I know? Did you ever get to one? 0:12:57.880 --> 0:12:59.520 I did give him? Did he ever give that tea? 0:12:59.679 --> 0:12:59.760 No? 0:13:00.040 --> 0:13:03.960 Anyone to the hill? I could probably add that to 0:13:04.000 --> 0:13:07.000 the hill. But anyways, what I wanted to say tonight 0:13:07.080 --> 0:13:09.160 is I've been a Dodger fan for years. I'm sixty 0:13:09.160 --> 0:13:12.080 six years old, and I'll tell you what this is. 0:13:12.720 --> 0:13:17.840 I believe, top to bottom the best Dodger team ever. 0:13:18.200 --> 0:13:21.280 I mean, when you just said that thing about the reliever, 0:13:21.760 --> 0:13:24.800 you know, with Evands and all that, there's no holes here. 0:13:24.840 --> 0:13:27.760 And what's crazy is they haven't played that good at 0:13:27.840 --> 0:13:30.760 all in these first three games, and you still knew 0:13:30.800 --> 0:13:33.800 they were going to win. And so it just feels 0:13:33.840 --> 0:13:37.520 really different this year that like, there's no holes in 0:13:37.559 --> 0:13:41.440 this team. And so it's just a very you know, 0:13:41.520 --> 0:13:44.680 exciting feeling to know that this is an exciting time. 0:13:44.800 --> 0:13:49.080 This is the best team, in my opinion ever for 0:13:49.160 --> 0:13:51.040 the Dodgers. What do you think about that it has? 0:13:51.080 --> 0:13:51.680 Which opinion? 0:13:51.800 --> 0:13:54.760 It has the potential, has the potential, But they got 0:13:54.760 --> 0:13:58.240 to win the World Series to be considered in that group. 0:13:58.440 --> 0:14:01.280 So let's let the season breathe a little bit, Chris. 0:14:01.320 --> 0:14:02.040 But I'm with you. 0:14:02.720 --> 0:14:06.800 I don't see any vulnerabilities right now. And it feels 0:14:06.880 --> 0:14:10.199 like the Dodgers definitely were in a different weight class 0:14:10.280 --> 0:14:11.920 than the Arizona Diamondbacks. 0:14:12.000 --> 0:14:13.360 Poorly constructed team. 0:14:13.440 --> 0:14:16.360 You're in the same division as the Dodgers, and you 0:14:16.440 --> 0:14:19.720 don't have a high leverage reliever in your bullpen. And oh, 0:14:19.760 --> 0:14:21.520 by the way, I did not hear a lot of 0:14:21.520 --> 0:14:23.800 clapping coming out of the far booth here in the 0:14:23.800 --> 0:14:27.240 press box tonight eight six six nine eight seven two 0:14:27.280 --> 0:14:30.720 five seventy is the phone number. David Vasse with you 0:14:30.880 --> 0:14:34.320 on Dodger Talk. After Will smith two out, two run 0:14:34.400 --> 0:14:37.080 home run in the eighth inning gave the Dodgers the 0:14:37.160 --> 0:14:40.560 lead and the win three to two. They sweep Arizona 0:14:40.960 --> 0:14:44.120 in the opening series of the season. They will take 0:14:44.200 --> 0:14:47.840 on the Guardians of Cleveland on Monday night to close 0:14:47.840 --> 0:14:51.000 out this first homestand let's go out to Inglewood. 0:14:51.600 --> 0:14:54.640 Joseph, you're on Dodger Talk with David vass Hi. 0:14:54.720 --> 0:14:59.440 Joseph, Hey, David, So, I'm just calling it. 0:15:00.040 --> 0:15:02.960 I'm incredibly excited for the season. I kind of agree 0:15:02.960 --> 0:15:04.680 with the last caller, but of course got to let 0:15:04.680 --> 0:15:07.440 the season breathe a little bit before before saying all that. 0:15:07.800 --> 0:15:09.720 My take is that Kyle Tucker is gonna have a 0:15:09.760 --> 0:15:12.640 career here. He doesn't have to be a superstar on 0:15:12.680 --> 0:15:15.920 this team. He's you know, I think he's gonna he's 0:15:15.920 --> 0:15:19.720 gonna best his his RBIs and run scored easily. I 0:15:19.800 --> 0:15:22.880 think he he has, you know, one hundred and fifteen 0:15:22.960 --> 0:15:26.080 runs scored, one hundred and thirty five RBIs this year. 0:15:26.080 --> 0:15:28.440 It's gonna be an incredible year for Kyle Tucker. And 0:15:28.920 --> 0:15:30.920 I'm just excited to see it. That's that's all I 0:15:30.960 --> 0:15:31.480 gotta say. 0:15:32.800 --> 0:15:34.240 All Right, I like that thinking. 0:15:34.400 --> 0:15:37.480 I mean he should considering he's sitting behind show hey 0:15:37.520 --> 0:15:40.680 Otani and in front of guys like Mookie Betts and 0:15:40.760 --> 0:15:44.120 Freddie Freeman and Will Smith. So uh yeah, this would 0:15:44.120 --> 0:15:46.080 be the team to do all that kind of stuff. 0:15:46.400 --> 0:15:49.320 Eight six six nine seven two five seventy is the 0:15:49.320 --> 0:15:52.560 phone number. We have one line open. After the Dodgers 0:15:52.600 --> 0:15:55.240 sweep the Snakes with a three to two win. And 0:15:55.600 --> 0:15:58.320 let's remember this as well. I mentioned this during the 0:15:58.360 --> 0:16:03.080 Clubhouse show. Were down early in all three of these 0:16:03.160 --> 0:16:06.800 games and came back. They exploded for two four run 0:16:06.840 --> 0:16:09.720 innings on opening night. Last night they had a four 0:16:09.840 --> 0:16:12.280 run inning thanks to a three run home run by 0:16:12.320 --> 0:16:15.720 Mookie bats and a solo shot by Alex Freeland in 0:16:15.840 --> 0:16:19.920 the fourth inning. And Kyle Tucker with a big late 0:16:20.000 --> 0:16:23.800 hit last night in the eighth inning. So Arizona had 0:16:23.880 --> 0:16:27.080 a small lead, but the Dodgers came back in all three. 0:16:27.160 --> 0:16:29.880 They were down two nothing early and all three of 0:16:29.920 --> 0:16:33.080 these games and they came back. It just feels like, 0:16:33.560 --> 0:16:36.440 as our old friend Nick Coletti liked to say, the 0:16:36.560 --> 0:16:39.720 games are too long for the opponent. And that was 0:16:39.760 --> 0:16:43.480 evident in these three games against Arizona. Let's go out 0:16:43.520 --> 0:16:46.480 to Nathan, who is at the ballpark tonight. Hi, Nathan, 0:16:46.520 --> 0:16:47.560 you're on Dodger Talk. 0:16:49.160 --> 0:16:52.920 So David, how's it going, Hey, when. 0:16:52.720 --> 0:16:56.440 You're hosting Dodger Talk during the golden era of Dodger baseball, 0:16:56.480 --> 0:16:57.640 It's all. 0:16:57.320 --> 0:16:59.960 Good, awesome, awesome. 0:17:00.600 --> 0:17:04.280 I wanted to talk about I personally think, well, Will 0:17:04.359 --> 0:17:07.720 Smith will definitely have a better season and Will I'll 0:17:07.720 --> 0:17:08.760 perform Cayl Rowley. 0:17:08.800 --> 0:17:10.159 I want to know what your opinion is on that. 0:17:12.119 --> 0:17:15.960 Say it again, I think Will Smith is going to 0:17:16.000 --> 0:17:17.719 outperform Cal Rawley this season. 0:17:17.840 --> 0:17:18.879 What do you think about that? 0:17:19.960 --> 0:17:22.000 Yeah? I agree, I agree. 0:17:22.359 --> 0:17:25.239 I think I'm not saying that he's going to hit 0:17:25.280 --> 0:17:28.439 sixty home runs. I mean, cal Raley probably hits forty, 0:17:28.480 --> 0:17:31.639 but that's not Will Smith's game. If I had to 0:17:31.760 --> 0:17:36.280 choose between those two guys as far as a hitter, 0:17:36.359 --> 0:17:38.879 if I need, I'll go this way, Nathan. If I 0:17:39.040 --> 0:17:41.720 needed a hit with the game on the line, I'm 0:17:41.760 --> 0:17:45.440 taking Will Smith over cal Raley. And I think it 0:17:45.560 --> 0:17:48.679 spoke volumes that. In a winner take all game in 0:17:48.720 --> 0:17:51.920 the World Baseball Classic, Mark de Rosa went with Will 0:17:51.960 --> 0:17:55.600 Smith instead of Cal Rawley. I think that that just 0:17:55.640 --> 0:17:58.760 shows you what the opinion is around baseball who they 0:17:58.880 --> 0:18:02.840 rather have in a big game. Thanks for the phone call. 0:18:03.160 --> 0:18:05.879 Eight six six eighty seven two five seventy is the 0:18:05.880 --> 0:18:08.560 phone number. I can't believe I just referenced the World 0:18:08.600 --> 0:18:12.480 Baseball Classic to make a point. Don't ever, don't ever 0:18:12.680 --> 0:18:15.400 allow me to do that again, especially when I say, 0:18:15.440 --> 0:18:19.560 Mark de Rosa, Okay, we're gonna take a time out 0:18:19.600 --> 0:18:22.600 here on Dodger Talk. When we continue more of your 0:18:22.640 --> 0:18:26.080 phone calls At eight six sixnine eight seven two five seventy, 0:18:26.359 --> 0:18:28.880 we'll check in with Jose Mota and you'll hear part 0:18:28.880 --> 0:18:32.199 of our conversation with Miguel Rojas. We were out at 0:18:32.320 --> 0:18:36.000 WSS and Boyle Heights. It was a great day. We 0:18:36.040 --> 0:18:39.000 had a Dodger talker earlier today. You can hear that 0:18:39.200 --> 0:18:43.560 on the iHeartRadio app. And we're going strong doubleheader for 0:18:43.720 --> 0:18:46.280 Dodger Talk tonight, and it's well worth it thanks to 0:18:46.320 --> 0:18:49.600 Will Smith. On his birthday and Bobblehead Night. He hit 0:18:49.640 --> 0:18:51.879 a two out, go ahead, two run home run in 0:18:51.920 --> 0:18:54.680 the eighth inning and the Dodgers sweep the Snakes three 0:18:54.720 --> 0:18:59.080 to two. On AM five seventy LA Sports. 0:19:03.480 --> 0:19:06.680 Dodger Talk is available on AM five seventy LA sports 0:19:06.720 --> 0:19:10.720 dot com, hand on the iHeartRadio app. Back to more 0:19:10.880 --> 0:19:14.600 Dodger Talk with Dodger insider David Vasse. 0:19:15.520 --> 0:19:18.600 To Paul two strike pitch from the Rio to Smith. 0:19:19.440 --> 0:19:22.359 Will swings HiT's a high drive center fielding deep this 0:19:22.600 --> 0:19:24.639 Paul back this pop. 0:19:26.960 --> 0:19:34.280 Will Smith, Happy Birthday. Dodgers lead three to two. Wanna 0:19:34.359 --> 0:19:36.399 go ahead home run at the bottom of the eighth 0:19:36.720 --> 0:19:45.479 with two outs. Have two strikes. 0:19:42.200 --> 0:19:45.800 Saturday Night belonged to Will Smith as he helps the 0:19:45.880 --> 0:19:49.399 Dodgers beat the Diamondbacks tonight three to two with a 0:19:49.480 --> 0:19:52.639 go ahead, two run home run with two outs in 0:19:52.720 --> 0:19:56.200 the bottom of the eighth inning, and the Dodgers sweep 0:19:56.320 --> 0:20:00.280 Arizona to start the season. They have Tomorrow off and 0:20:00.320 --> 0:20:03.640 then we'll start up again on Monday night to take 0:20:03.680 --> 0:20:08.359 on the Cleveland Guardians. Daniels Jewelers presents the home Run Forecast. 0:20:08.480 --> 0:20:10.959 For your chance to win a fifty dollars Daniels Jeweler's 0:20:11.040 --> 0:20:14.440 gift card, Visit AM five to seventy LA sports dot com. 0:20:14.560 --> 0:20:18.120 Use the keyword home run to enter your chance to win. 0:20:18.520 --> 0:20:22.399 Daniels Jewelers own the dream. Eight six six nine, eight 0:20:22.520 --> 0:20:26.000 seven two five seventy is the phone number. Look, when 0:20:26.040 --> 0:20:28.840 you we look at this Dodger lineup, there just is 0:20:28.920 --> 0:20:30.199 nowhere to exhale. 0:20:30.640 --> 0:20:32.120 And when you have to. 0:20:32.160 --> 0:20:36.919 Face guys like Mookie Betts and Will Smith and Freddie Freeman. 0:20:37.000 --> 0:20:38.560 There's really nowhere to turn to. 0:20:38.920 --> 0:20:41.840 And Will Smith is a guy that you know, can 0:20:42.040 --> 0:20:44.840 really see some pitches in and at bat, and he 0:20:45.000 --> 0:20:47.600 fought in that at bat after Mookie Bets drew a 0:20:47.640 --> 0:20:50.520 two out walk that was huge by Mooky as well. 0:20:50.560 --> 0:20:52.080 Will Smith does not get. 0:20:51.880 --> 0:20:56.119