1 00:00:03,960 --> 00:00:09,400 Speaker 1: What's up, Dodger Blue Dreamers, Richard, here the baseball. It's 2 00:00:09,480 --> 00:00:13,399 Speaker 1: been good and the Los Angeles Dodgers are going back 3 00:00:13,480 --> 00:00:18,320 Speaker 1: to the World Series. Yes, the Dodgers won the National 4 00:00:18,400 --> 00:00:22,119 Speaker 1: League pennant handily with a four game sweep over the 5 00:00:22,160 --> 00:00:26,360 Speaker 1: Milwaukee Brewers, clinching it at Dodger Stadium on Friday night 6 00:00:26,480 --> 00:00:31,360 Speaker 1: with the game for the Ages show hey Otani shining 7 00:00:31,800 --> 00:00:36,720 Speaker 1: in what people are calling the best individual baseball performance 8 00:00:36,960 --> 00:00:41,160 Speaker 1: in the postseason. Ever, not only did Sho Hay start 9 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:44,040 Speaker 1: the game on the mound for the Dodgers and record 10 00:00:44,479 --> 00:00:50,160 Speaker 1: ten strikeouts over six shutout innings, he also hit three 11 00:00:50,560 --> 00:00:55,400 Speaker 1: incredible home runs, including one that left the ballpark. It 12 00:00:55,520 --> 00:00:58,040 Speaker 1: landed on the roof of the pavilion, something I have 13 00:00:58,160 --> 00:01:01,840 Speaker 1: never seen. It's just superhuman. You can just see in 14 00:01:02,040 --> 00:01:06,160 Speaker 1: the reactions that the broadcast camera show of close ups 15 00:01:06,200 --> 00:01:09,280 Speaker 1: of the Dodgers players in the dugout, you know, just mouths, 16 00:01:09,319 --> 00:01:13,520 Speaker 1: a gape, hands on their heads, bug eyed, and just 17 00:01:13,560 --> 00:01:17,160 Speaker 1: to try to sum it up, only twelve hitters have 18 00:01:17,280 --> 00:01:21,120 Speaker 1: ever hit three home runs in a postseason game like 19 00:01:21,240 --> 00:01:23,800 Speaker 1: Kik did it a few years ago and we still 20 00:01:23,840 --> 00:01:26,080 Speaker 1: talk about it, and that has a lot to do 21 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:30,920 Speaker 1: with why Keyk's reputation in October is so great, and 22 00:01:31,520 --> 00:01:35,040 Speaker 1: only twenty six pitchers have ever recorded a ten plus 23 00:01:35,120 --> 00:01:39,240 Speaker 1: strikeout game in a postseason start. So Shohey just did 24 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:42,160 Speaker 1: both of those things in one game. He pretty much 25 00:01:42,360 --> 00:01:46,839 Speaker 1: single handedly won the game against the Brewers and sent 26 00:01:47,120 --> 00:01:51,960 Speaker 1: his team back to the World Series. So vibes are 27 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:55,040 Speaker 1: high in the city of Los Angeles as we await 28 00:01:55,120 --> 00:01:59,360 Speaker 1: the results of the American League Championship Series. As of 29 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:03,360 Speaker 1: this writing on Sunday morning, October nineteenth, that series is 30 00:02:03,480 --> 00:02:07,280 Speaker 1: undecided going into a Game six. It will either be 31 00:02:07,600 --> 00:02:12,480 Speaker 1: the Seattle Mariners or the Toronto Blue Jays facing the Dodgers. 32 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:16,840 Speaker 1: The Seattle Mariners have never been to the World Series, 33 00:02:17,200 --> 00:02:20,200 Speaker 1: so that's a pretty great story. And the Blue Jays, 34 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:22,920 Speaker 1: I'll never forget. It was right around the time I 35 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:25,720 Speaker 1: was falling in love with baseball as a kid. They 36 00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:29,840 Speaker 1: won back to back World Series titles themselves in nineteen 37 00:02:29,919 --> 00:02:33,680 Speaker 1: ninety two and nineteen ninety three, and we've reminded you 38 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:36,360 Speaker 1: on this show that nobody has gone back to back 39 00:02:36,440 --> 00:02:39,440 Speaker 1: since the New York Yankees, who won it three straight 40 00:02:39,800 --> 00:02:42,280 Speaker 1: from ninety eight to two thousand. That is what the 41 00:02:42,360 --> 00:02:45,919 Speaker 1: Dodgers are trying to do, and with Friday Nights win, 42 00:02:46,320 --> 00:02:51,320 Speaker 1: they officially had punched their ticket to a historic possibility, 43 00:02:51,639 --> 00:02:55,919 Speaker 1: a back to back World Series win and Show Hayes 44 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:59,799 Speaker 1: game and how the Dodgers are advancing is an illustration 45 00:03:00,320 --> 00:03:03,960 Speaker 1: of how baseball games around this time of year can 46 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:09,079 Speaker 1: take on this magic, iconic quality. And when we look 47 00:03:09,160 --> 00:03:13,119 Speaker 1: back on last year's World Series against the Yankees, that 48 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:17,560 Speaker 1: Game one was the iconic game, the Freddie Freeman walk 49 00:03:17,639 --> 00:03:21,520 Speaker 1: off Grand Slam game. I was there. It was the 50 00:03:21,560 --> 00:03:24,800 Speaker 1: most memorable communal event I think that I have ever 51 00:03:25,040 --> 00:03:28,600 Speaker 1: been a part of. Truly, nothing like being in a 52 00:03:28,720 --> 00:03:32,640 Speaker 1: stadium when something like that happens. And I quickly wrote 53 00:03:32,720 --> 00:03:37,120 Speaker 1: and produced this episode about it, which we will rebroadcast today. 54 00:03:37,400 --> 00:03:40,440 Speaker 1: Hope this gets you excited for the World Series, which 55 00:03:40,480 --> 00:03:44,840 Speaker 1: starts on Friday, October twenty fourth, just less than a 56 00:03:44,880 --> 00:03:51,880 Speaker 1: week away. Enjoy this rebroadcast of this DBD classic. Let 57 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:55,960 Speaker 1: Freeman Ring talk to you again soon. 58 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:17,279 Speaker 2: Time. 59 00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:25,960 Speaker 3: Gord DoD Kirk fucking Gibson. Oh my god, Oh my god, 60 00:04:26,240 --> 00:04:28,960 Speaker 3: you called it. It hasn't even happened live on TV yet. 61 00:04:29,240 --> 00:04:31,640 Speaker 3: I was listening to the radio and oh, my god, 62 00:04:31,880 --> 00:04:35,360 Speaker 3: you called it Richard his Kirk Gibson moment. Are you 63 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:36,040 Speaker 3: kidding me? 64 00:04:36,360 --> 00:04:37,120 Speaker 4: Are you kidding me? 65 00:04:37,480 --> 00:04:40,279 Speaker 3: This is already the best world series ever. It still 66 00:04:40,360 --> 00:04:43,880 Speaker 3: hasn't even happened on the TV. Right now, it's about 67 00:04:43,880 --> 00:04:46,680 Speaker 3: to happen. Oh my god, I'm like living in the 68 00:04:46,720 --> 00:04:51,839 Speaker 3: future and could tell it. Oh my freaking goshhot shot. 69 00:04:52,760 --> 00:04:56,479 Speaker 1: Baseball can make you feel things, it can make you 70 00:04:56,680 --> 00:05:03,760 Speaker 1: believe in things, and it can blow your mind. Already 71 00:05:03,880 --> 00:05:07,679 Speaker 1: in this World series, I've seen things I wouldn't even 72 00:05:07,800 --> 00:05:11,680 Speaker 1: dare to dream about, except that if you listen to 73 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:16,040 Speaker 1: this show, you know I kind of did call it. 74 00:05:18,680 --> 00:05:28,840 Speaker 5: That's the ball right field sees good. Jeddy, make Freddy 75 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:31,920 Speaker 5: game one live series? 76 00:05:43,080 --> 00:05:47,960 Speaker 1: How about them Dodgers? What a game on Friday Night? 77 00:05:48,400 --> 00:05:51,400 Speaker 1: And another great one on Saturday? And the Boys in 78 00:05:51,520 --> 00:05:54,680 Speaker 1: Blue are up in this best of seven series two 79 00:05:54,760 --> 00:05:58,440 Speaker 1: games to none. As the Fall Classic travels to New York, 80 00:05:58,960 --> 00:06:02,159 Speaker 1: Freddy Freeman's ol the show on Friday Night with a 81 00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:05,120 Speaker 1: home run that will be remembered for as long as 82 00:06:05,160 --> 00:06:09,080 Speaker 1: baseball will be played, and one that means everything to 83 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:12,880 Speaker 1: me knowing what Freddy has been through this season. It's 84 00:06:12,920 --> 00:06:16,760 Speaker 1: a story of overcoming, a story of persevering and a 85 00:06:16,880 --> 00:06:20,279 Speaker 1: triumph of a champion, and as we get ready for 86 00:06:20,360 --> 00:06:24,279 Speaker 1: a guaranteed vibe shift as the Dodgers and Yankees traveled 87 00:06:24,320 --> 00:06:26,560 Speaker 1: to the Bronx, I want to take a moment to 88 00:06:26,680 --> 00:06:29,880 Speaker 1: bask in the afterglow and look back on the first 89 00:06:29,960 --> 00:06:33,000 Speaker 1: two games of this series. And when we do, there 90 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:37,520 Speaker 1: is one image Freddie Freeman, his right arm stretched out 91 00:06:37,640 --> 00:06:41,680 Speaker 1: high holding a black painted, gloss finished bat gleaming in 92 00:06:41,800 --> 00:06:45,919 Speaker 1: the lights of Dodgers Stadium like a sword or a torch, 93 00:06:46,320 --> 00:06:50,479 Speaker 1: a statue of liberty pose as his walk off Grand 94 00:06:50,560 --> 00:06:53,800 Speaker 1: Slam home run ball to win Game one of the 95 00:06:53,839 --> 00:06:58,480 Speaker 1: World Series sales into the right field pavilion and Dodger 96 00:06:58,600 --> 00:07:02,040 Speaker 1: Stadium explodes, just like it did at the end of 97 00:07:02,120 --> 00:07:05,600 Speaker 1: Game one of the nineteen eighty eight World Series, except 98 00:07:06,080 --> 00:07:08,599 Speaker 1: I was there, and this is a moment I will 99 00:07:08,640 --> 00:07:13,800 Speaker 1: never ever forget. Welcome to Dodger Blue Dream. I'm Richard Parks. 100 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:20,119 Speaker 1: The third Today's episode Let Freeman Ring, My fricking gosh, 101 00:07:21,040 --> 00:07:23,440 Speaker 1: the story of Games one and two of the twenty 102 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:46,560 Speaker 1: twenty four World Series. Let's go. I'm so excited. I 103 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:48,320 Speaker 1: just want to say, I'm so excited to be here. 104 00:07:48,360 --> 00:07:50,000 Speaker 1: I love you very much. I'm so glad to be 105 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:53,480 Speaker 1: here with you my first World Series I. 106 00:07:53,400 --> 00:07:54,000 Speaker 6: Love you zero. 107 00:07:54,800 --> 00:07:58,240 Speaker 1: Friday night, I went to my first World Series game 108 00:07:58,560 --> 00:08:02,560 Speaker 1: with my sister Elizabe after this just live on bonus time, 109 00:08:02,800 --> 00:08:05,440 Speaker 1: you know, and it was everything that I could have 110 00:08:05,480 --> 00:08:17,080 Speaker 1: hoped for and much much more. In lieu of a 111 00:08:17,120 --> 00:08:20,400 Speaker 1: ceremonial first pitch, there was a moment of silence for 112 00:08:20,480 --> 00:08:24,920 Speaker 1: Fernando Valenzuela, the Los Angeles Dodgers icon who died last 113 00:08:24,960 --> 00:08:29,560 Speaker 1: week at the age of sixty three. As Fernando Wood 114 00:08:30,320 --> 00:08:44,160 Speaker 1: every time you pitch. I knew that this game would 115 00:08:44,200 --> 00:08:47,280 Speaker 1: be memorable, but I couldn't have anticipated that I would 116 00:08:47,320 --> 00:08:49,760 Speaker 1: be there to witness a game one that will go 117 00:08:49,880 --> 00:08:54,160 Speaker 1: down in baseball history with the Dodgers victorious, and the 118 00:08:54,200 --> 00:08:57,440 Speaker 1: next day I'd happily taken the game on my couch 119 00:08:57,559 --> 00:09:00,640 Speaker 1: and watch the Dodgers win again. The Boys in Blue 120 00:09:00,800 --> 00:09:04,040 Speaker 1: are up two games to none as the World Series 121 00:09:04,240 --> 00:09:07,040 Speaker 1: heads to New York City, and it already feels like 122 00:09:07,080 --> 00:09:10,640 Speaker 1: we've seen so much contributions from up and down the lineup. 123 00:09:10,880 --> 00:09:15,560 Speaker 1: Great starts from Jack Flaherty and Yoshinobu Yamamoto, our dows 124 00:09:15,600 --> 00:09:19,319 Speaker 1: from the bullpen shutting things down, and the Dodgers are 125 00:09:19,440 --> 00:09:22,600 Speaker 1: just looking like the better baseball team. But the story 126 00:09:22,640 --> 00:09:26,760 Speaker 1: of this series so far is this game won and 127 00:09:26,840 --> 00:09:31,600 Speaker 1: the extra inning heroics of Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman. 128 00:09:36,960 --> 00:09:40,000 Speaker 1: With the stars and stripes of old glory waving in 129 00:09:40,080 --> 00:09:44,440 Speaker 1: the breeze, the jumbo tron flash and image of Freddy's face, 130 00:09:45,280 --> 00:09:51,840 Speaker 1: blonde hair, crewcut, pearly white veneers, he looks like Captain America. 131 00:09:52,360 --> 00:09:54,679 Speaker 1: But if you know what Freddy's been through this season, 132 00:09:55,040 --> 00:09:57,720 Speaker 1: you know he's a real person who this year was 133 00:09:57,800 --> 00:10:01,640 Speaker 1: tested like never before. Teddy's three year old son Max 134 00:10:01,800 --> 00:10:05,680 Speaker 1: almost died this year, and for the last month he's 135 00:10:05,720 --> 00:10:09,320 Speaker 1: been playing through pain with a sprained ankle. But Freddy 136 00:10:09,440 --> 00:10:12,720 Speaker 1: didn't quit, and his son is now on the mend, 137 00:10:13,080 --> 00:10:15,800 Speaker 1: and he found his way back to the team, and 138 00:10:15,920 --> 00:10:18,880 Speaker 1: thank goodness he did. The performance he would put on 139 00:10:18,920 --> 00:10:22,760 Speaker 1: Friday night felt like the climax in the theater play 140 00:10:22,880 --> 00:10:27,199 Speaker 1: of the twenty twenty four Dodgers baseball season. Our beloved 141 00:10:27,440 --> 00:10:31,960 Speaker 1: national pastime at its very best, and I got to 142 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:39,120 Speaker 1: see it. The box score for Game one says six 143 00:10:39,200 --> 00:10:41,480 Speaker 1: to three, but for a lot of this game. It 144 00:10:41,559 --> 00:10:44,600 Speaker 1: was way closer than that. The Yankees had their ace 145 00:10:44,679 --> 00:10:48,559 Speaker 1: on the mound, Garrett Cole, and he looked very, very good. 146 00:10:48,840 --> 00:10:51,080 Speaker 1: And you all know that my biggest fear going into 147 00:10:51,080 --> 00:10:53,800 Speaker 1: this series was our starting pitching. And I want to 148 00:10:53,840 --> 00:10:57,640 Speaker 1: give a shout out to Burbank's own, the Harvard Westlake 149 00:10:57,720 --> 00:11:02,120 Speaker 1: alum Erewan Smoothie make in Jack Flaherty, who ended up 150 00:11:02,160 --> 00:11:04,920 Speaker 1: going five and a third and giving up two runs, 151 00:11:05,080 --> 00:11:07,240 Speaker 1: but he really kept us in this game. It was 152 00:11:07,240 --> 00:11:09,440 Speaker 1: actually the Dodgers who drew first blood. 153 00:11:10,080 --> 00:11:13,960 Speaker 2: My basketball spunge towards the right, fifth quarters, Sodokik. 154 00:11:13,400 --> 00:11:16,800 Speaker 1: Triple to right on a ball that Juan Soto misplayed, 155 00:11:16,960 --> 00:11:20,360 Speaker 1: and Will Smith got the job done, lifts it to 156 00:11:20,440 --> 00:11:23,160 Speaker 1: right field, Soto Zoe getting a sack fight to right 157 00:11:23,440 --> 00:11:25,200 Speaker 1: to score key k come Sernandez. 158 00:11:25,240 --> 00:11:28,920 Speaker 2: There comes Sodo's throw bang back, but he's in safe. 159 00:11:29,280 --> 00:11:33,400 Speaker 1: One zero Dodgers. But then the Yankees Big three, well, 160 00:11:33,520 --> 00:11:37,880 Speaker 1: actually the big two because Aaron Judge, the presumptive American 161 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:40,560 Speaker 1: League MVP, he hasn't been hitting at all. 162 00:11:41,040 --> 00:11:43,160 Speaker 2: Judge is down swinging for the third time. 163 00:11:43,520 --> 00:11:45,960 Speaker 1: It was Soto who singled to center to lead off 164 00:11:45,960 --> 00:11:49,680 Speaker 1: the sixth, and then John Carlos Stanton another la kid 165 00:11:49,800 --> 00:11:50,800 Speaker 1: Notre Dame High. 166 00:11:50,679 --> 00:11:56,959 Speaker 2: School Golf's one way back there scraping the sky. 167 00:11:57,040 --> 00:12:00,320 Speaker 1: Give it the Yankee side hit a four hundred and 168 00:12:00,400 --> 00:12:04,680 Speaker 1: twelve foot moonshot into the left field pavilion and that's 169 00:12:04,679 --> 00:12:06,920 Speaker 1: what Chase Flaherty out of the game two to one 170 00:12:07,040 --> 00:12:09,559 Speaker 1: Yanks in the sixth, But then in. 171 00:12:09,520 --> 00:12:11,920 Speaker 2: The eighth, right center field Soda on the lend of 172 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:14,000 Speaker 2: the track gets up the top of the wall. 173 00:12:14,120 --> 00:12:17,680 Speaker 1: Show hey, he got his first World Series hit. Another 174 00:12:17,760 --> 00:12:20,480 Speaker 1: bad play by Sodo and show heyes. At third sooy 175 00:12:20,559 --> 00:12:24,440 Speaker 1: O Tani tech starred ninety massive feet and in the 176 00:12:24,480 --> 00:12:26,959 Speaker 1: next to bat Mooki drove him in with the sackfly 177 00:12:27,320 --> 00:12:31,480 Speaker 1: Bets finds up to center field. It's judge to pull 178 00:12:31,559 --> 00:12:34,320 Speaker 1: it in, but it's tied. It's hooky. Bets drives in 179 00:12:34,360 --> 00:12:39,120 Speaker 1: and show hey Tani tie. Game at two's a great game. 180 00:12:39,440 --> 00:12:42,280 Speaker 1: Neck and neck. Tit for tat And here's where it 181 00:12:42,320 --> 00:12:46,480 Speaker 1: gets interesting. Let's go to the top of the tenth inning. 182 00:12:46,720 --> 00:12:50,600 Speaker 1: Blake Trinan, one of our most ferocious dowgs, comes in 183 00:12:50,679 --> 00:12:54,160 Speaker 1: out of the bullpen to face Jazz Chisholm Junior, the 184 00:12:54,280 --> 00:12:58,679 Speaker 1: speedy Yankees third baseman, who reaches on a single there, 185 00:12:59,040 --> 00:13:03,079 Speaker 1: choosing to Will Smith. Trinan's got a slow movement out 186 00:13:03,080 --> 00:13:06,560 Speaker 1: of the stretch and Jazz Chisholm steals seconds and third and. 187 00:13:06,600 --> 00:13:09,040 Speaker 7: Now stress on the infield they're gonna have to bring 188 00:13:09,120 --> 00:13:09,439 Speaker 7: him in. 189 00:13:11,320 --> 00:13:12,080 Speaker 1: Didn't stop. 190 00:13:12,160 --> 00:13:14,200 Speaker 2: Edmund can't get him out of his slave and the. 191 00:13:14,240 --> 00:13:17,720 Speaker 1: Yankees sick trying to finishes the top of the tenth. 192 00:13:17,760 --> 00:13:22,880 Speaker 1: But now it's three two Yanks last up. The Dodger's 193 00:13:22,920 --> 00:13:25,000 Speaker 1: gotta get it done in the bottom of the tenth 194 00:13:25,360 --> 00:13:29,520 Speaker 1: or the game's over. To lead off the bottom of 195 00:13:29,559 --> 00:13:32,880 Speaker 1: the tenth, Will Smith flies out to right. Then Gavin 196 00:13:32,960 --> 00:13:35,920 Speaker 1: Lux works a walk and Tommy Edmund reaches on an 197 00:13:35,960 --> 00:13:40,040 Speaker 1: infield single on a ball Yankee second basement Glaber Torres 198 00:13:40,080 --> 00:13:43,280 Speaker 1: couldn't make a play on, which could have gone for two. 199 00:13:44,040 --> 00:13:47,160 Speaker 1: Edmunds on first, and Chris Taylor comes in to pinch 200 00:13:47,240 --> 00:13:53,319 Speaker 1: run for Lux at second. And guess what time it is. 201 00:13:53,760 --> 00:13:58,680 Speaker 1: That's right, it's showtime. Baby shohey Otani is announced as 202 00:13:58,720 --> 00:14:02,880 Speaker 1: the batter, and Yankees manager Aaron Boone calls to the 203 00:14:02,920 --> 00:14:08,960 Speaker 1: bullpen for left handed pitcher Nasty Nestor Cortes, who hadn't 204 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:13,360 Speaker 1: pitched in a ballgame in thirty seven days. Let's dig 205 00:14:13,400 --> 00:14:16,520 Speaker 1: in on the nest decision because it will prove to 206 00:14:16,559 --> 00:14:17,280 Speaker 1: be pivotal. 207 00:14:19,120 --> 00:14:21,520 Speaker 2: And ness had not pitched some September eighteenth. 208 00:14:21,520 --> 00:14:23,160 Speaker 1: Why did you like him in that tenth er? 209 00:14:23,240 --> 00:14:24,080 Speaker 4: Just like the matchup? 210 00:14:24,720 --> 00:14:28,440 Speaker 1: A reporter asked Boone about his decision in a postgame interview. 211 00:14:28,680 --> 00:14:30,560 Speaker 4: The reality is he's been throwing the ball really well 212 00:14:30,760 --> 00:14:32,800 Speaker 4: the last few weeks, as he's gotten ready for this. 213 00:14:33,480 --> 00:14:34,960 Speaker 4: I knew with one out there would be tough to 214 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:37,480 Speaker 4: double up show Hey. If Tim Hill gets him on 215 00:14:37,520 --> 00:14:39,680 Speaker 4: the ground and then move him behind him, his tough 216 00:14:39,680 --> 00:14:40,320 Speaker 4: match up there. 217 00:14:40,400 --> 00:14:45,440 Speaker 1: So Boone says he liked the matchup. Lefty on lefty. 218 00:14:45,840 --> 00:14:49,880 Speaker 1: Generally speaking, that's a disadvantage to a left handed batter, 219 00:14:50,280 --> 00:14:53,960 Speaker 1: and over the course of his career, Shohey was just 220 00:14:54,400 --> 00:14:59,560 Speaker 1: two for twelve against nasty Nestor Cortes. When asked how 221 00:14:59,600 --> 00:15:02,680 Speaker 1: that fact into his decision, Boone said, a little bit. 222 00:15:03,160 --> 00:15:06,440 Speaker 1: Now on the flip side, Nestor hadn't pitched for over 223 00:15:06,520 --> 00:15:09,800 Speaker 1: a month. He was coming off an injury, and here 224 00:15:09,880 --> 00:15:13,120 Speaker 1: he is coming in with two men on and just 225 00:15:13,360 --> 00:15:16,520 Speaker 1: one out with the one run lead in the bottom 226 00:15:16,560 --> 00:15:19,480 Speaker 1: of the tenth inning with the winning run on base 227 00:15:19,880 --> 00:15:24,440 Speaker 1: in the World Series, to face the greatest baseball player 228 00:15:24,640 --> 00:15:28,520 Speaker 1: on planet Earth. The Yankees had another lefty in their bullpen. 229 00:15:28,880 --> 00:15:32,760 Speaker 1: His name is Tim Hill. The basic difference between Nestor 230 00:15:32,960 --> 00:15:36,240 Speaker 1: and Hill is that Nestor's more likely to get a strikeout. 231 00:15:36,560 --> 00:15:39,320 Speaker 1: With Hill, a hitter is more likely to make contact, 232 00:15:39,680 --> 00:15:41,920 Speaker 1: and as Boone said, show Hey, we'll be tough to 233 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:45,720 Speaker 1: double up. He's fast, So he's bringing in Nestor to 234 00:15:45,800 --> 00:15:48,960 Speaker 1: go for the strikeout, but not just one strikeout. He 235 00:15:49,080 --> 00:15:52,920 Speaker 1: has to get two. And Major League Baseball has a 236 00:15:52,960 --> 00:15:56,920 Speaker 1: three batter minimum rule. Any pitcher must face at least 237 00:15:57,120 --> 00:16:00,200 Speaker 1: three batters before they can be taken out of a game, 238 00:16:00,400 --> 00:16:03,360 Speaker 1: the only exception being if the inning ends before they 239 00:16:03,360 --> 00:16:07,120 Speaker 1: do so. Boonie's bringing Nasty Nestor in to face show 240 00:16:07,120 --> 00:16:10,520 Speaker 1: Hey Otani and Mookie Betts and if either of them 241 00:16:10,560 --> 00:16:16,880 Speaker 1: gets on Freddie Freeman, the MB three, three of the 242 00:16:16,920 --> 00:16:21,440 Speaker 1: greatest hitters alive. Even a base hit could be a killer. 243 00:16:21,840 --> 00:16:27,120 Speaker 1: Runners on first and second, three two ballgame. Nasty Nestor 244 00:16:27,560 --> 00:16:31,640 Speaker 1: with his doe eyes and his pitch black mustache. The 245 00:16:31,680 --> 00:16:34,560 Speaker 1: one thing that I know about his backstory. He takes 246 00:16:34,600 --> 00:16:38,680 Speaker 1: the subway home from the ballpark after games at Yankee Stadium, 247 00:16:39,240 --> 00:16:42,080 Speaker 1: sho Hey Otani striding to the plate. 248 00:16:42,560 --> 00:16:44,720 Speaker 4: I don't know if you ever love a matchup against Otani, 249 00:16:44,760 --> 00:16:48,600 Speaker 4: but you know, you know, I felt like, you know, 250 00:16:48,600 --> 00:16:50,880 Speaker 4: I felt like Nestor could give a certain. 251 00:16:50,920 --> 00:16:55,960 Speaker 1: Shot at show Hey stands in. Nestor gets the sign 252 00:16:56,480 --> 00:16:57,560 Speaker 1: and the pitch. 253 00:16:58,240 --> 00:17:02,640 Speaker 2: Says is lifted the left field. Verdugo runs over and 254 00:17:04,320 --> 00:17:06,080 Speaker 2: makes the grap Did he hold on? 255 00:17:06,359 --> 00:17:06,920 Speaker 8: He did? 256 00:17:08,280 --> 00:17:11,720 Speaker 2: Alex Verdugo makes the grab. He goes out of play 257 00:17:11,880 --> 00:17:12,960 Speaker 2: with the Ghidotani. 258 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:20,119 Speaker 1: On one pitch, on a foul ball that goes the 259 00:17:20,160 --> 00:17:23,040 Speaker 1: opposite way off the end of show Hayes bat, Yankees 260 00:17:23,160 --> 00:17:28,080 Speaker 1: left fielder Alex Verdugo makes a spectacular running catch, getting 261 00:17:28,119 --> 00:17:31,639 Speaker 1: clotheslined by the low wall in foul territory off of 262 00:17:31,720 --> 00:17:37,239 Speaker 1: left field and spilling over oursover into the stands. This 263 00:17:37,400 --> 00:17:42,320 Speaker 1: was a majorly deflating moment. On one pitch, Nasty Nester 264 00:17:42,760 --> 00:17:46,199 Speaker 1: had gotten sho Hey Otani to pop out and the 265 00:17:46,280 --> 00:17:49,920 Speaker 1: Dodgers were down to their final out just like that, 266 00:17:51,240 --> 00:17:56,119 Speaker 1: But because Alex Verdugo's momentum carried him over the wall 267 00:17:56,560 --> 00:17:58,919 Speaker 1: all the way into the seats and out of play. 268 00:17:59,200 --> 00:18:04,880 Speaker 1: A relatively obscure baseball rule Official Baseball rule five point 269 00:18:05,080 --> 00:18:08,800 Speaker 1: ZHO nine A one meant that the Dodger runners on 270 00:18:08,920 --> 00:18:13,119 Speaker 1: first and second were awarded an additional ninety feet, meaning 271 00:18:13,160 --> 00:18:16,639 Speaker 1: now there were runners on second and third, the potential 272 00:18:16,760 --> 00:18:20,879 Speaker 1: tying and go ahead runs in scoring position and Mooki 273 00:18:21,040 --> 00:18:23,160 Speaker 1: Bets coming to the plate. 274 00:18:23,680 --> 00:18:27,800 Speaker 2: Waved off Aaron Boone in the training stat and somewhat 275 00:18:27,840 --> 00:18:30,400 Speaker 2: fittingly here you know, with all the talk about show 276 00:18:30,440 --> 00:18:33,440 Speaker 2: hey o Tani, you now have Mooki Bets coming to 277 00:18:33,520 --> 00:18:34,840 Speaker 2: the plate the plate. 278 00:18:34,720 --> 00:18:39,679 Speaker 1: And Yankees manager Aaron Boone makes his second pivotal decision 279 00:18:39,920 --> 00:18:43,159 Speaker 1: of the bottom of the tenth inning. With first base open, 280 00:18:43,400 --> 00:18:49,120 Speaker 1: Boonie holds up four fingers walking Mookie Bets himself an 281 00:18:49,320 --> 00:18:53,919 Speaker 1: MVP incredible hitter who happens to be oh for five 282 00:18:54,359 --> 00:18:59,159 Speaker 1: lifetime against nasty nester. But Boonie wanted to set up 283 00:18:59,200 --> 00:19:02,680 Speaker 1: the force out at any base and take his chances 284 00:19:03,119 --> 00:19:07,360 Speaker 1: lefty against lefty against fab five Freddie Well. 285 00:19:07,359 --> 00:19:13,600 Speaker 7: The good news here for Dodgers is Freddie Freeman doesn't 286 00:19:13,640 --> 00:19:17,639 Speaker 7: necessarily have to do anything but get a single and 287 00:19:17,840 --> 00:19:21,560 Speaker 7: jogged a first, but beating something out of the ground 288 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:24,199 Speaker 7: will be limited because of his ankle. 289 00:19:27,600 --> 00:19:29,919 Speaker 1: If you've been following along with this show, you know 290 00:19:30,040 --> 00:19:33,200 Speaker 1: that Freddie is playing hurt. He rolled over his ankle 291 00:19:33,359 --> 00:19:36,199 Speaker 1: running out a ground ball to first base during the 292 00:19:36,320 --> 00:19:40,600 Speaker 1: Dodgers NL West clinching win at home in late September, 293 00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:44,480 Speaker 1: and so this entire postseason, Freddie has been playing through pain. 294 00:19:44,880 --> 00:19:48,520 Speaker 1: He even occasionally spends the night at the ballpark with 295 00:19:48,600 --> 00:19:51,119 Speaker 1: a member of the training staff to keep up with 296 00:19:51,160 --> 00:19:53,680 Speaker 1: the treatments he needs to do just to be able 297 00:19:53,720 --> 00:19:56,159 Speaker 1: to stay in the lineup, and he hasn't played in 298 00:19:56,240 --> 00:20:00,360 Speaker 1: every single game this postseason, even though Freddie is famous 299 00:20:00,480 --> 00:20:03,679 Speaker 1: for playing day in and day out in an age 300 00:20:03,840 --> 00:20:07,480 Speaker 1: where that is a rarity. But if you've been listening 301 00:20:07,480 --> 00:20:10,920 Speaker 1: to this show, you also know this season Freddie made 302 00:20:10,960 --> 00:20:14,200 Speaker 1: an exception for that habit when his three year old 303 00:20:14,280 --> 00:20:19,160 Speaker 1: son Maximus was stricken by a rare neurological condition called 304 00:20:19,240 --> 00:20:22,879 Speaker 1: Gillam bare sendra Freddy Freeman was scratched from the lineup. 305 00:20:22,920 --> 00:20:25,280 Speaker 1: Today he is headed back child who had just days 306 00:20:25,280 --> 00:20:28,560 Speaker 1: before been doing front flips, woke up one day with. 307 00:20:28,560 --> 00:20:32,040 Speaker 9: A limp and by Monday night he couldn't walk anymore, 308 00:20:33,600 --> 00:20:35,560 Speaker 9: and we took him everywhere. A lot of people are 309 00:20:35,560 --> 00:20:41,240 Speaker 9: telling us and telling us it was transiit cinivitis. 310 00:20:41,440 --> 00:20:45,359 Speaker 1: Then he was paralyzed at one point from the neck down, 311 00:20:45,840 --> 00:20:49,840 Speaker 1: hospitalized on a ventilator, and so Freddie took some time 312 00:20:49,880 --> 00:20:52,439 Speaker 1: away from the team to be at his son's side. 313 00:20:52,720 --> 00:20:54,280 Speaker 9: So speaking one of your kids. 314 00:20:56,440 --> 00:21:07,679 Speaker 1: Later fighting, Max's incredible recovery and Freddy's return to the 315 00:21:07,720 --> 00:21:10,880 Speaker 1: team was one of the most inspiring stories to come 316 00:21:10,880 --> 00:21:14,080 Speaker 1: out of the twenty twenty four baseball season. The entire 317 00:21:14,160 --> 00:21:18,159 Speaker 1: team started wearing t shirts that read Max Strong, and 318 00:21:18,240 --> 00:21:21,440 Speaker 1: it was also the subject of our episode, Freddie's Return. 319 00:21:22,560 --> 00:21:25,800 Speaker 1: It's been said that during the regular season, Freddy's ankle 320 00:21:25,840 --> 00:21:28,639 Speaker 1: injury would have placed him on the IL for four 321 00:21:28,680 --> 00:21:32,040 Speaker 1: to eight weeks, while a sprained ankle in no way 322 00:21:32,119 --> 00:21:35,399 Speaker 1: compares to the harrowing experience Freddy went through with his 323 00:21:35,480 --> 00:21:39,119 Speaker 1: son Max. Both of these are examples of the grit 324 00:21:39,320 --> 00:21:45,600 Speaker 1: Freddie Freeman plays with. Freddy could have quit baseball this year, 325 00:21:45,920 --> 00:21:49,280 Speaker 1: and he could easily be sitting out this postseason against 326 00:21:49,280 --> 00:21:51,480 Speaker 1: his own wishes. He's had to stay out of a 327 00:21:51,520 --> 00:21:55,200 Speaker 1: couple games, but with the World Series on the line, 328 00:21:55,480 --> 00:21:58,240 Speaker 1: Freddie has found a way to stay in the lineup. 329 00:21:58,640 --> 00:22:02,640 Speaker 1: He wants to help his team, and as a hobbled 330 00:22:02,680 --> 00:22:05,800 Speaker 1: Freddie Freeman strolled to the plate with the game on 331 00:22:05,840 --> 00:22:08,560 Speaker 1: the line in the bottom of the tenth inning of 332 00:22:08,600 --> 00:22:13,000 Speaker 1: the World Series Game one at Dodger Stadium, it was 333 00:22:13,040 --> 00:22:17,040 Speaker 1: impossible not to think of Game one of the nineteen 334 00:22:17,160 --> 00:22:21,879 Speaker 1: eighty eight World Series when another hobbled, left handed hitting 335 00:22:22,400 --> 00:22:25,199 Speaker 1: MVP came to the plate in the bottom of the 336 00:22:25,320 --> 00:22:34,440 Speaker 1: ninth in the same situation Mande's coming up. In nineteen 337 00:22:34,520 --> 00:22:37,439 Speaker 1: eighty eight, the last year that the Dodgers won a 338 00:22:37,480 --> 00:22:40,439 Speaker 1: World Series that was followed by a parade in the 339 00:22:40,480 --> 00:22:44,560 Speaker 1: streets of Los Angeles. The Dodgers faced the Oakland Athletics 340 00:22:44,680 --> 00:22:48,280 Speaker 1: in Game one at Dodger Stadium. Kurt Dibson, who was 341 00:22:48,320 --> 00:22:51,600 Speaker 1: the National League MVP that year, had hurt his leg 342 00:22:51,800 --> 00:22:55,159 Speaker 1: in the National League Championship Series against the Mets, the 343 00:22:55,200 --> 00:22:58,320 Speaker 1: same franchise that the Dodgers just beat to make it 344 00:22:58,359 --> 00:23:00,879 Speaker 1: to the World Series this year, and while he was 345 00:23:00,920 --> 00:23:03,560 Speaker 1: so badly hobbled that he didn't make the start that day, 346 00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:06,359 Speaker 1: Gibson made an appearance in the bottom of the ninth 347 00:23:06,400 --> 00:23:09,960 Speaker 1: inning with two outs as a pinch hitter against Ace 348 00:23:10,080 --> 00:23:14,200 Speaker 1: oakland A's reliever Dennis Eckersley, with Vince Scully on the. 349 00:23:14,119 --> 00:23:18,040 Speaker 8: Call, with too bad leg, the bad left hand string, 350 00:23:18,720 --> 00:23:22,760 Speaker 8: and the swollen right knee, and with two out, do 351 00:23:22,760 --> 00:23:24,560 Speaker 8: you talk about a roll of the dice? 352 00:23:25,080 --> 00:23:25,560 Speaker 1: This is it. 353 00:23:26,800 --> 00:23:29,919 Speaker 8: Sack's waiting on deck for the game right now, is 354 00:23:29,960 --> 00:23:30,720 Speaker 8: at the bike. 355 00:23:34,400 --> 00:23:36,560 Speaker 5: High fly ball in the right veil. 356 00:23:36,760 --> 00:23:38,440 Speaker 3: She is gone. 357 00:23:41,080 --> 00:23:44,120 Speaker 1: And he hit the most famous home run in Los 358 00:23:44,160 --> 00:23:48,400 Speaker 1: Angeles Dodgers' history, a walk off, game winning blast into 359 00:23:48,440 --> 00:23:51,359 Speaker 1: the right field pavilion that sent the stadium into a 360 00:23:51,400 --> 00:23:56,160 Speaker 1: frenzy as Gibson rounded the bases, pumping his fist, laboring 361 00:23:56,240 --> 00:24:00,240 Speaker 1: with a bad limp, and after Gibby's incredible home run, 362 00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:03,640 Speaker 1: the Dodgers went on to beat the heavily favored oakland 363 00:24:03,640 --> 00:24:08,000 Speaker 1: A's with the team that also included Fernando Valenzuela. 364 00:24:08,119 --> 00:24:14,520 Speaker 8: In a year that has been so improbable, the impossible. 365 00:24:13,720 --> 00:24:17,920 Speaker 1: Has happened, happened, And so now with all of that context, 366 00:24:18,359 --> 00:24:22,119 Speaker 1: you can see why for weeks I've been hesitantly suggesting 367 00:24:22,160 --> 00:24:25,320 Speaker 1: to friends that hey, with the Dodgers facing the Mets 368 00:24:25,320 --> 00:24:28,640 Speaker 1: again and the CS and a hobbled left handed hitter 369 00:24:28,800 --> 00:24:32,439 Speaker 1: playing through pain in the postseason, a team leader. Maybe 370 00:24:32,480 --> 00:24:36,639 Speaker 1: the stage is set for Freddie Freeman's Kirk Gibson moment. 371 00:24:37,320 --> 00:24:44,040 Speaker 1: I even said it on an episode of this show, 372 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:48,320 Speaker 1: because it's pretty much a distillate of what a Dodger 373 00:24:48,440 --> 00:24:52,520 Speaker 1: blue dream means to me. I was six years old 374 00:24:52,560 --> 00:24:55,800 Speaker 1: in nineteen eighty eight, but I wasn't at Dodger Stadium, 375 00:24:56,200 --> 00:24:59,880 Speaker 1: and I wasn't yet following baseball. It was very shortly 376 00:25:00,080 --> 00:25:03,080 Speaker 1: thereafter that I fell so deeply in love with the 377 00:25:03,119 --> 00:25:06,760 Speaker 1: Dodgers and baseball. Just a little late to the party. 378 00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:09,280 Speaker 1: And the only time the Dodgers have won the World 379 00:25:09,359 --> 00:25:13,479 Speaker 1: Series since nineteen eighty eight was twenty twenty, and because 380 00:25:13,520 --> 00:25:17,040 Speaker 1: of COVID, the games weren't played at Dodger Stadium, and 381 00:25:17,280 --> 00:25:20,600 Speaker 1: La didn't get to celebrate with the parade. 382 00:25:20,680 --> 00:25:23,800 Speaker 7: Something out in the ground will be limited because of 383 00:25:23,920 --> 00:25:24,479 Speaker 7: his ankle. 384 00:25:28,119 --> 00:25:30,040 Speaker 2: Now, the kind of at bat that every kid that 385 00:25:30,080 --> 00:25:33,199 Speaker 2: plays baseball dreams of one day happen, You'll tell yourself 386 00:25:33,240 --> 00:25:35,840 Speaker 2: right all right, bottom of the ten bases loaded World 387 00:25:35,920 --> 00:25:42,560 Speaker 2: Series one run game, Dodgers Yankees reality for Freddie Freeman. 388 00:25:42,640 --> 00:25:47,440 Speaker 2: Right here tailor the time run Edmund, the winning run 389 00:25:49,600 --> 00:25:51,880 Speaker 2: Cortez deliveries Freeman. 390 00:25:52,000 --> 00:26:05,120 Speaker 5: It's about right, Fees goes. 391 00:26:18,400 --> 00:26:22,119 Speaker 1: It felt like a tidal wave of ecstasy had crashed 392 00:26:22,160 --> 00:26:26,639 Speaker 1: into the stadium and swept us away. We're dancing, we're singing, 393 00:26:26,960 --> 00:26:31,480 Speaker 1: we're hugging strangers. 394 00:26:35,920 --> 00:26:46,800 Speaker 6: I don't love bat flips, but this was such a 395 00:26:46,840 --> 00:26:48,119 Speaker 6: good bat flip. 396 00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:51,840 Speaker 1: He knows it's gone. He raises his bat like the 397 00:26:51,880 --> 00:26:55,400 Speaker 1: Statue of Liberty and watches the home run ball disappear 398 00:26:55,560 --> 00:26:58,320 Speaker 1: into the right field pavilion, and then he just gently 399 00:26:58,680 --> 00:27:01,760 Speaker 1: releases his grip and the bat falls to the ground, 400 00:27:02,520 --> 00:27:06,600 Speaker 1: the first ever walk off Grand Slam in World Series history. 401 00:27:07,240 --> 00:27:09,800 Speaker 1: To think of what he's been through this year makes 402 00:27:09,840 --> 00:27:12,600 Speaker 1: it so much more meaningful that it was Freddie who 403 00:27:12,680 --> 00:27:15,560 Speaker 1: won the game for us. It makes you want to 404 00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:20,000 Speaker 1: persevere in the face of whatever your problems are and 405 00:27:20,080 --> 00:27:23,239 Speaker 1: to be a champion the way that man is. I 406 00:27:23,280 --> 00:27:26,640 Speaker 1: love Freddie Freeman, and you know he has it all. 407 00:27:27,359 --> 00:27:31,560 Speaker 1: Even a person like that will run into harrowing challenges 408 00:27:31,640 --> 00:27:34,840 Speaker 1: in his life, and it's about how you deal with them. 409 00:27:35,119 --> 00:27:37,080 Speaker 1: He went through all of that and found a way 410 00:27:37,119 --> 00:27:40,520 Speaker 1: to give himself a chance to blow our minds. The 411 00:27:40,560 --> 00:27:45,280 Speaker 1: way that he did that is inspiring. And Kurt Gibson 412 00:27:45,359 --> 00:27:48,800 Speaker 1: hit that home run at eight thirty seven pm, and 413 00:27:48,920 --> 00:27:55,000 Speaker 1: Freddie Freeman hit his home run at eight thirty seven pm. Obviously, 414 00:27:55,080 --> 00:27:58,320 Speaker 1: without trying to jinx anything, it just feels like this 415 00:27:58,400 --> 00:28:01,520 Speaker 1: is our year. I just feel fortunate that I was there, 416 00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:05,879 Speaker 1: and that vibe continued the next day with another great 417 00:28:05,960 --> 00:28:09,080 Speaker 1: game with a lot of the same themes. Freddie hit 418 00:28:09,119 --> 00:28:12,000 Speaker 1: another home run, he went back to back with Tao 419 00:28:12,320 --> 00:28:16,040 Speaker 1: and Tommy Edmund hit one out two a stellar outing 420 00:28:16,160 --> 00:28:19,800 Speaker 1: from Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who gave up just one hit, a 421 00:28:19,840 --> 00:28:22,640 Speaker 1: solo home run to Juan Soto, and the Yankees had 422 00:28:22,680 --> 00:28:25,080 Speaker 1: just one hit into the eighth inning on Saturday night. 423 00:28:25,359 --> 00:28:28,960 Speaker 1: And it's not just that we're playing better defense. Nobody 424 00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:32,879 Speaker 1: has questioned a single move by Dodgers manager Dave Roberts, 425 00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:36,920 Speaker 1: and the vibes in the city are so high. Every 426 00:28:36,960 --> 00:28:40,120 Speaker 1: time I leave the house, I have multiple conversations about 427 00:28:40,120 --> 00:28:43,840 Speaker 1: the Dodgers with strangers, and the way this feels communal 428 00:28:44,040 --> 00:28:47,720 Speaker 1: in the ballpark and throughout the entire city is a 429 00:28:47,760 --> 00:28:51,120 Speaker 1: reminder that we all go through stuff, and we deserve 430 00:28:51,240 --> 00:28:55,640 Speaker 1: to feel good sometimes, So let's enjoy this, Los Angeles. 431 00:28:56,160 --> 00:28:59,480 Speaker 1: Don't be afraid to let yourself feel good when things 432 00:28:59,520 --> 00:29:04,040 Speaker 1: are going great. Dave Roberts top step wrapping a long 433 00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:07,480 Speaker 1: word for word with ice Cube to good day. Come on, 434 00:29:08,200 --> 00:29:12,520 Speaker 1: that's pure la. Damn right. It was a good day. 435 00:29:13,720 --> 00:29:17,360 Speaker 1: But of course now we're headed for a vibe shift. 436 00:29:19,920 --> 00:29:23,200 Speaker 1: Game three of the World Series kicks off tonight at 437 00:29:23,280 --> 00:29:27,640 Speaker 1: five eight, very specifically Pacific time, but it's not on 438 00:29:27,720 --> 00:29:31,520 Speaker 1: the best coast. It's in the Bronx at Yankee Stadium, 439 00:29:31,840 --> 00:29:35,440 Speaker 1: and we've got Walker Buehler going up against Clark Schmidt. 440 00:29:35,760 --> 00:29:38,479 Speaker 1: The Yankees lineup hasn't been doing a whole lot, and 441 00:29:38,520 --> 00:29:41,840 Speaker 1: we've shut Aaron Judge down completely, but now they got 442 00:29:41,840 --> 00:29:44,800 Speaker 1: the home field advantage, first time the World Series is 443 00:29:44,800 --> 00:29:47,120 Speaker 1: being played in the Bronx since two thousand and nine, 444 00:29:47,360 --> 00:29:49,800 Speaker 1: and they got the short porch out there. If the 445 00:29:49,880 --> 00:29:53,040 Speaker 1: Yankees lineup gets to Bueller, it's something to watch out for, 446 00:29:53,400 --> 00:29:55,600 Speaker 1: because the plan is to pitch a bullpen game for 447 00:29:55,680 --> 00:29:58,680 Speaker 1: Game four. And let me give you a tip, watch 448 00:29:58,680 --> 00:30:02,720 Speaker 1: out for the turtleneck Brent Honeywell Junior. If he's coming 449 00:30:02,800 --> 00:30:05,719 Speaker 1: in to eat innings. Hopefully he's able to give us 450 00:30:05,720 --> 00:30:08,960 Speaker 1: some length and save the Dowgs in the bullpen, the 451 00:30:09,080 --> 00:30:12,520 Speaker 1: high leverage guys, because if needed, we're staying in New 452 00:30:12,600 --> 00:30:15,720 Speaker 1: York for Game five, which would be played on Thursday. 453 00:30:16,280 --> 00:30:19,640 Speaker 1: A two zero lead sounds commanding, and of course the 454 00:30:19,640 --> 00:30:22,000 Speaker 1: odds are greatly in our favor in this best of 455 00:30:22,080 --> 00:30:26,040 Speaker 1: seven series. But if you know anything about postseason baseball, 456 00:30:26,240 --> 00:30:34,200 Speaker 1: you know the momentum can shift like that. 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