1 00:00:00,560 --> 00:00:04,200 Speaker 1: On the eve of the release of this episode September 2 00:00:04,280 --> 00:00:09,080 Speaker 1: twenty fifth, twenty twenty five, something magical happened. 3 00:00:09,960 --> 00:00:14,320 Speaker 2: Ground bout a third over the first. The Dodgers have 4 00:00:14,360 --> 00:00:15,400 Speaker 2: won the West. 5 00:00:15,880 --> 00:00:18,400 Speaker 3: Dodgers did it? We own the West. 6 00:00:18,680 --> 00:00:20,440 Speaker 1: We're going back to the playoffs. 7 00:00:20,520 --> 00:00:25,680 Speaker 4: Baby twelve division titles in thirteen years from a Dynasty. 8 00:00:26,160 --> 00:00:29,880 Speaker 1: The timing is cosmic. Our first episode comes out in 9 00:00:30,440 --> 00:00:31,080 Speaker 1: h later. 10 00:00:31,320 --> 00:00:33,960 Speaker 3: Tonight, Dodger Blue Dream needed to come back on air 11 00:00:34,040 --> 00:00:35,320 Speaker 3: for them to get it together. 12 00:00:35,479 --> 00:00:39,320 Speaker 1: DVD is back. The Dodgers are in the playoffs. Foremost 13 00:00:39,760 --> 00:00:46,800 Speaker 1: Dodgers Dodgers and now onto the show. 14 00:00:50,080 --> 00:00:53,200 Speaker 2: It's time for Dodger. 15 00:00:56,640 --> 00:00:59,800 Speaker 3: Okay, let me take a check to month. 16 00:01:00,840 --> 00:01:05,640 Speaker 1: Yeah, welcome to Dodger Blue Dream. I'm Richard Parks, the 17 00:01:05,800 --> 00:01:10,360 Speaker 1: third and it's been a minute. Let's catch up. Now 18 00:01:10,400 --> 00:01:13,280 Speaker 1: you wanna tell me who you are and what we're doing. 19 00:01:13,600 --> 00:01:18,280 Speaker 3: Uh. This is Wesley Avila and we are driving on 20 00:01:18,319 --> 00:01:20,759 Speaker 3: the one ten headed to Lorreta Street, about to talk 21 00:01:20,800 --> 00:01:21,680 Speaker 3: about the Dodgers. 22 00:01:22,080 --> 00:01:28,080 Speaker 1: Yes, my friend, Wes Avila an amazing chef with restaurants 23 00:01:28,120 --> 00:01:31,000 Speaker 1: all over LA and all over the world. He makes 24 00:01:31,040 --> 00:01:35,400 Speaker 1: food based on the traditions of his Mexican heritage, and 25 00:01:35,720 --> 00:01:39,560 Speaker 1: we actually wrote a cookbook together called Gorilla Tacos. But 26 00:01:39,760 --> 00:01:42,880 Speaker 1: now I've asked Wes to jump in and help me 27 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:44,640 Speaker 1: host Dodger Blue. 28 00:01:44,440 --> 00:01:51,120 Speaker 3: Dream DBD the return, don't stop the dreaming, Still dreaming, 29 00:01:51,880 --> 00:01:52,640 Speaker 3: still dream free. 30 00:01:54,800 --> 00:01:59,200 Speaker 1: Yes, we're still dreaming out here in La the City 31 00:01:59,240 --> 00:02:04,200 Speaker 1: of Tomorrow, perched as we are on the precipice of 32 00:02:04,240 --> 00:02:09,200 Speaker 1: the twenty twenty five Baseball postseason. And the dream we're 33 00:02:09,240 --> 00:02:12,440 Speaker 1: having is the same one we had going into the 34 00:02:12,560 --> 00:02:16,400 Speaker 1: last postseason. And you all remember how that went down. 35 00:02:18,360 --> 00:02:23,200 Speaker 4: Cortes delivered freem hits upot right field, SA. 36 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:30,880 Speaker 2: Saint to us, your doctors, sous. 37 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:35,680 Speaker 1: Dodgers took it all the way last year, won the 38 00:02:35,680 --> 00:02:38,720 Speaker 1: World Series as they have every year that Dodger Blue 39 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:42,079 Speaker 1: Dream has been releasing episodes so far, as. 40 00:02:41,960 --> 00:02:46,720 Speaker 3: Long as we've been releasing episodes, they've won chips. So 41 00:02:46,760 --> 00:02:47,919 Speaker 3: you got to keep that going. 42 00:02:48,160 --> 00:02:54,640 Speaker 1: The Baseball gods are happy with DVD exactly. Only fourteen 43 00:02:54,760 --> 00:02:59,200 Speaker 1: teams in Major League Baseball history have ever won back 44 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:02,960 Speaker 1: to back World Series championships. The last to do it 45 00:03:03,120 --> 00:03:06,799 Speaker 1: was the New York Yankees, who won three consecutive from 46 00:03:06,919 --> 00:03:10,680 Speaker 1: nineteen ninety eight through two thousand. It hasn't happened in 47 00:03:10,760 --> 00:03:16,040 Speaker 1: this millennium, according to AI. Given the increased parody in 48 00:03:16,120 --> 00:03:20,880 Speaker 1: free agency in modern baseball, some analyzes estimate the chance 49 00:03:20,919 --> 00:03:24,320 Speaker 1: of going back to back is four percent or less. 50 00:03:24,760 --> 00:03:28,720 Speaker 1: The recently expanded playoff format makes this much harder to 51 00:03:28,760 --> 00:03:32,960 Speaker 1: do than ever before. Unlike the post seasons of old, 52 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:35,400 Speaker 1: where the best team from the National League and the 53 00:03:35,440 --> 00:03:38,240 Speaker 1: best team from the American League would duke it out 54 00:03:38,280 --> 00:03:41,720 Speaker 1: in a single winner, take all, seven game World Series, 55 00:03:42,040 --> 00:03:46,240 Speaker 1: today there are four rounds of baseball playoffs, and an 56 00:03:46,280 --> 00:03:50,920 Speaker 1: even dozen teams make it to the first round. After 57 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:54,680 Speaker 1: the wildfires and the ice raids. We need this out 58 00:03:54,720 --> 00:03:57,640 Speaker 1: here in LA. And this is why I brought back 59 00:03:57,760 --> 00:04:02,120 Speaker 1: DBD after a near year long hiatus, because, like a 60 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:06,080 Speaker 1: lot of baseball fans, I'm a touch superstitious and I'm 61 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:08,800 Speaker 1: not totally certain the Dodgers can do this without me. 62 00:04:09,280 --> 00:04:13,560 Speaker 1: Why test it. I'm Richard Parks third, and this is 63 00:04:13,760 --> 00:04:23,960 Speaker 1: my Dodger Blue Dream. The dream continues. If you haven't 64 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:28,520 Speaker 1: been following along this season, it's all good. Now is 65 00:04:28,560 --> 00:04:32,679 Speaker 1: the perfect time to start paying attention to baseball, because 66 00:04:32,920 --> 00:04:36,200 Speaker 1: this is when stuff gets real and the Dodgers are 67 00:04:36,240 --> 00:04:40,400 Speaker 1: at the center of baseball's drama, and your boy RP 68 00:04:40,520 --> 00:04:44,120 Speaker 1: three is here to provide you with all the context 69 00:04:44,360 --> 00:04:47,159 Speaker 1: and need to know so that you can tune in 70 00:04:47,279 --> 00:04:50,880 Speaker 1: to the most exciting baseball games of the entire year. 71 00:04:51,320 --> 00:04:54,880 Speaker 1: This is the podcast that isn't just for diehard fans. 72 00:04:55,200 --> 00:04:58,599 Speaker 1: It's also for their wives or their kids, their moms 73 00:04:58,600 --> 00:05:02,159 Speaker 1: and dads. The podcast you send to someone you're dating 74 00:05:02,200 --> 00:05:05,320 Speaker 1: and say, here, this is why I like baseball. This 75 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:09,200 Speaker 1: guy gets it. And on this episode, we're gonna look 76 00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:12,800 Speaker 1: back on the twenty twenty five baseball season that was 77 00:05:13,240 --> 00:05:15,240 Speaker 1: the highs and lows and a few of the in 78 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:19,240 Speaker 1: between's for your Los Angeles Dodgers, and we're gonna do 79 00:05:19,320 --> 00:05:24,360 Speaker 1: it over food Tacos, specifically at a historic restaurant and 80 00:05:24,440 --> 00:05:27,680 Speaker 1: a place that chef Wes and I love to grab 81 00:05:27,720 --> 00:05:33,560 Speaker 1: food before or after a ballgame. I invite you to 82 00:05:33,800 --> 00:05:39,080 Speaker 1: visualize us driving in Wes's big blue Toyota Tacoma pickup truck. 83 00:05:39,760 --> 00:05:42,520 Speaker 1: As we crest the hill where the one ten Freeway 84 00:05:42,640 --> 00:05:46,760 Speaker 1: lets out for the ballpark. The downtown LA skyline comes 85 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:50,560 Speaker 1: into view, and we exit at Hill Street, wending our 86 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:55,040 Speaker 1: way through Chinatown, and I think, how to sum up 87 00:05:55,279 --> 00:05:59,440 Speaker 1: this year, how to be comprehensive, how to be complete? 88 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:04,719 Speaker 1: And then I think, forget it, Barksy, it's Chinatown. I mean, 89 00:06:05,120 --> 00:06:07,719 Speaker 1: it's time to wrap up the introduction and move on 90 00:06:07,839 --> 00:06:08,440 Speaker 1: with the show. 91 00:06:10,080 --> 00:06:15,640 Speaker 3: Still Dreaming, Still Dreaming. So we've had quite the year 92 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:18,240 Speaker 3: it's been. It's been a weird year. It's been a 93 00:06:18,360 --> 00:06:19,000 Speaker 3: very weird year. 94 00:06:21,640 --> 00:06:24,799 Speaker 1: Coming up on Dodger Blue Dream, we take a look 95 00:06:24,880 --> 00:06:28,840 Speaker 1: back at a weird year. But first let's take a 96 00:06:28,880 --> 00:06:47,560 Speaker 1: little break. Welcome back to the show. Been a weird year. 97 00:06:48,360 --> 00:06:51,480 Speaker 3: It's been a very weird year. High expectations, really really 98 00:06:51,560 --> 00:06:53,120 Speaker 3: high expectations. 99 00:06:52,640 --> 00:06:54,800 Speaker 1: On opening day, What are you thinking, how do you 100 00:06:54,800 --> 00:06:55,520 Speaker 1: think this season. 101 00:06:55,320 --> 00:07:01,800 Speaker 3: At least wins? Honestly, honestly, that's what I expected with. 102 00:07:01,760 --> 00:07:05,400 Speaker 1: This He's I'm not kingfectations. 103 00:07:05,480 --> 00:07:08,880 Speaker 3: That's my expectations. I mean, on paper, on paper, if 104 00:07:08,920 --> 00:07:10,920 Speaker 3: everybody's healthy, there's not a lot of teams that are 105 00:07:10,920 --> 00:07:13,400 Speaker 3: going to beat us consistently, you know, indeed, and we 106 00:07:13,480 --> 00:07:16,080 Speaker 3: should be beating people consistently, but it didn't. Hasn't turned 107 00:07:16,120 --> 00:07:20,120 Speaker 3: out like that, right, We've had stints of greatness in 108 00:07:20,160 --> 00:07:26,240 Speaker 3: the beginning and then just really kind of okay in 109 00:07:26,280 --> 00:07:28,960 Speaker 3: the middle, and then just just really bad. 110 00:07:30,040 --> 00:07:38,040 Speaker 1: Yep, all right, let's take you through it. At a 111 00:07:38,080 --> 00:07:42,320 Speaker 1: pregame ceremony on opening day this year, the Rapper ice 112 00:07:42,440 --> 00:07:46,760 Speaker 1: Cube drove onto the field in a classic nineteen fifty 113 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:52,000 Speaker 1: seven Chevrolet Lowrider painted Dodger blue with the Commissioner's World 114 00:07:52,040 --> 00:07:56,640 Speaker 1: Series Trophy riding shotgun. It was a display of bravado 115 00:07:56,960 --> 00:08:02,000 Speaker 1: only imaginable in la, a visualization of the swagger we 116 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:05,160 Speaker 1: were feeling going into the twenty twenty five baseball season. 117 00:08:05,520 --> 00:08:08,080 Speaker 1: We had every right to be cocky. We were the 118 00:08:08,080 --> 00:08:12,600 Speaker 1: World Series champions, and we had added to our roster 119 00:08:12,840 --> 00:08:13,520 Speaker 1: in the off. 120 00:08:13,360 --> 00:08:17,320 Speaker 3: Season, the signing of like basically everybody who you wanted 121 00:08:17,360 --> 00:08:18,480 Speaker 3: on the off season. 122 00:08:18,640 --> 00:08:23,480 Speaker 1: Retaining not just the core but essentially the entire roster. Yeah, 123 00:08:23,480 --> 00:08:26,559 Speaker 1: that World Series winning team. And as you're pointing out, 124 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:31,560 Speaker 1: the front office also went out and made big signings 125 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:35,719 Speaker 1: to bolster the World Series winning roster. The biggest additions 126 00:08:35,840 --> 00:08:38,439 Speaker 1: were to our starting pitching rotation. 127 00:08:38,320 --> 00:08:41,480 Speaker 3: Getting the dream team, the Murderer's Row of pitching. You know. 128 00:08:41,520 --> 00:08:42,959 Speaker 3: One of the big ones was Roki. 129 00:08:42,800 --> 00:08:47,880 Speaker 1: Roki Sasaki, the young Japanese phenom and also Blake Snell, 130 00:08:48,120 --> 00:08:52,040 Speaker 1: two time Cy Young Award winning pitcher Veteran. Had any 131 00:08:52,080 --> 00:08:55,560 Speaker 1: other franchise signed Blake Snell or Roki, it would be 132 00:08:55,559 --> 00:08:57,559 Speaker 1: something to do, would like plan their season around. 133 00:08:57,720 --> 00:08:59,520 Speaker 3: But for us, it was just a little something extra 134 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:02,560 Speaker 3: on top of on top of getting glass. 135 00:09:02,640 --> 00:09:06,520 Speaker 1: Now, yep, it was an embarrassment of riches. We got 136 00:09:06,600 --> 00:09:10,040 Speaker 1: everything that we wanted, but we didn't stop there. We 137 00:09:10,080 --> 00:09:12,000 Speaker 1: wanted to add to the bullpen a little bit too. 138 00:09:12,240 --> 00:09:15,240 Speaker 1: We needed some studs to help us close out games. 139 00:09:15,760 --> 00:09:16,840 Speaker 3: We got trying it back. 140 00:09:16,920 --> 00:09:20,280 Speaker 1: In addition to re signing Blake Trinan, we added Kirby 141 00:09:20,360 --> 00:09:24,360 Speaker 1: Yates and the Pias de la Resistance. And so we 142 00:09:24,400 --> 00:09:31,880 Speaker 1: went out and got Tanner, Scott, Tanner, Scott, Tanner, Scott 143 00:09:32,440 --> 00:09:39,240 Speaker 1: Tes Yes Terror Squad. So Tanner Scott is essentially. 144 00:09:39,640 --> 00:09:42,400 Speaker 3: The showy killer. Yes, two balls and. 145 00:09:42,360 --> 00:09:46,200 Speaker 4: Two strikes show Haltani the postseason for the first time. 146 00:09:47,320 --> 00:09:48,920 Speaker 3: Last year he was on the padres. 147 00:09:50,240 --> 00:09:52,920 Speaker 1: He is the pitcher who was brought in to get 148 00:09:52,960 --> 00:09:56,559 Speaker 1: sho Hao Tani out when the game was on the line, 149 00:09:56,760 --> 00:09:57,920 Speaker 1: and he did. 150 00:09:59,200 --> 00:10:02,720 Speaker 2: Scott sat on the corner, locked him up. 151 00:10:03,200 --> 00:10:06,440 Speaker 1: God, And so that's how good of a picture he is. 152 00:10:06,840 --> 00:10:09,040 Speaker 2: Well, Johnny thought this was up and out. 153 00:10:10,640 --> 00:10:16,319 Speaker 1: It's close, and in a very competitive market, we went 154 00:10:16,360 --> 00:10:19,760 Speaker 1: out and got him, and it has not worked out 155 00:10:20,280 --> 00:10:23,800 Speaker 1: for Tanner Scott more Tanner Scott in a little bit. 156 00:10:24,360 --> 00:10:27,520 Speaker 1: The point is, you know, we resigned everybody who we 157 00:10:27,559 --> 00:10:31,600 Speaker 1: needed to, and we added stars. You can't be overstated 158 00:10:31,640 --> 00:10:34,880 Speaker 1: how well stacked this team is a total David and 159 00:10:34,920 --> 00:10:39,640 Speaker 1: Goliath story in baseball, where we are Goliath and every 160 00:10:39,640 --> 00:10:42,319 Speaker 1: other team is David. 161 00:10:43,080 --> 00:10:46,040 Speaker 3: Right out of the gate. We opened the season really strong. 162 00:10:46,280 --> 00:10:48,920 Speaker 3: Oh yeah, six plus runs on average. First a couple 163 00:10:48,920 --> 00:10:50,000 Speaker 3: of weeks we were like. 164 00:10:52,880 --> 00:10:57,520 Speaker 2: Champ shot Freeman, coming under it, Dodgers will win it. 165 00:10:57,840 --> 00:11:02,760 Speaker 2: It celebrates a whole opening win on a center field 166 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:10,800 Speaker 2: Harris is back times, swims fob by lucky center on 167 00:11:10,960 --> 00:11:12,480 Speaker 2: the running track out the world. 168 00:11:12,679 --> 00:11:16,040 Speaker 4: Max Monthy's two hundredth home run as a Dodger. 169 00:11:16,200 --> 00:11:19,520 Speaker 1: Give with an eight and zero record after two weeks. 170 00:11:19,880 --> 00:11:23,079 Speaker 1: It was the best start ever for a defending World 171 00:11:23,240 --> 00:11:27,439 Speaker 1: Series Championship winning team. Forget one hundred and twenty wins. 172 00:11:27,840 --> 00:11:30,320 Speaker 1: We were starting to think about could the Dodgers go 173 00:11:30,520 --> 00:11:31,920 Speaker 1: undefeated all year? 174 00:11:32,360 --> 00:11:32,959 Speaker 3: And I think we. 175 00:11:32,960 --> 00:11:36,640 Speaker 1: Had something like a nine to three record and then 176 00:11:37,920 --> 00:11:41,960 Speaker 1: the Dodgers did something that every World Series winning team 177 00:11:42,280 --> 00:11:43,120 Speaker 1: does every year. 178 00:11:43,640 --> 00:11:44,520 Speaker 3: Good looking through. 179 00:11:46,400 --> 00:11:50,000 Speaker 5: You see some people, oftentimes like politicians behind me, it's 180 00:11:50,040 --> 00:11:50,760 Speaker 5: not so pretty. 181 00:11:51,360 --> 00:11:54,920 Speaker 1: They visited the White House, and they visited our new president. 182 00:11:55,360 --> 00:11:58,400 Speaker 3: And I'm thrilled to welcome to the White House the 183 00:11:58,520 --> 00:12:02,600 Speaker 3: twenty twenty four Worlds Series champion, the Los Angeles Dodge. 184 00:12:06,280 --> 00:12:09,079 Speaker 1: So this is a customary thing that you do. 185 00:12:09,320 --> 00:12:10,160 Speaker 3: It's a privilege. 186 00:12:10,240 --> 00:12:13,240 Speaker 1: Obviously, humble ball players get to go to the White House. 187 00:12:13,440 --> 00:12:17,040 Speaker 1: The World Series winning baseball team gets that honor and privilege. 188 00:12:17,280 --> 00:12:20,840 Speaker 1: And some people started to see that as the turning points. 189 00:12:21,400 --> 00:12:23,920 Speaker 3: Yeah, they did. I mean a lot of fans, lifelong 190 00:12:23,960 --> 00:12:27,920 Speaker 3: fans were really upset with the Domagers doing that because 191 00:12:27,960 --> 00:12:30,520 Speaker 3: I think that's before like maybe before the Ring, was 192 00:12:30,559 --> 00:12:32,800 Speaker 3: even before the ice raids. That's yeah, nuts, Like the 193 00:12:32,840 --> 00:12:35,720 Speaker 3: people were really upset with the Dodgers with going to Visitland. 194 00:12:35,760 --> 00:12:37,760 Speaker 3: They felt that maybe some of them should have boycotted. 195 00:12:38,440 --> 00:12:40,520 Speaker 3: Not all, not all the players were happy to be there. 196 00:12:41,080 --> 00:12:42,720 Speaker 3: Some of them were a little bit more exciting than. 197 00:12:42,880 --> 00:12:45,360 Speaker 1: Footage of them during the photo with the President in 198 00:12:45,400 --> 00:12:48,080 Speaker 1: the old Office. And take a look at it yourself, 199 00:12:48,120 --> 00:12:50,800 Speaker 1: and you know, read into the expressions and sort of 200 00:12:51,120 --> 00:12:52,520 Speaker 1: non verbal signaling. 201 00:12:52,520 --> 00:12:54,320 Speaker 3: That's kind of the body language that was going on. 202 00:12:54,880 --> 00:13:00,320 Speaker 3: And things started happening. They started losing, started losing, They 203 00:13:00,400 --> 00:13:03,000 Speaker 3: started losing after their visit to the White House. 204 00:13:03,960 --> 00:13:08,280 Speaker 1: The Dodgers started playing way worse, way worse before their 205 00:13:08,360 --> 00:13:12,199 Speaker 1: visit to the White House, and so all of a sudden, 206 00:13:12,240 --> 00:13:15,840 Speaker 1: they're losing, and it kind of feels like the baseball 207 00:13:15,840 --> 00:13:16,720 Speaker 1: gods are not happy. 208 00:13:16,800 --> 00:13:20,800 Speaker 3: They were not happy. Things just kept not falling the 209 00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:24,040 Speaker 3: Dodgers way like it's just not flying. 210 00:13:24,720 --> 00:13:26,559 Speaker 1: I don't want to make too much of the White 211 00:13:26,600 --> 00:13:29,640 Speaker 1: House visit or the idea that it was a curse 212 00:13:29,920 --> 00:13:33,000 Speaker 1: upon the team, but there were other things happening, like 213 00:13:33,160 --> 00:13:37,320 Speaker 1: a super mysterious stomach bug Mookie Bets was battling through 214 00:13:37,559 --> 00:13:39,280 Speaker 1: where he lost ten pounds. 215 00:13:39,559 --> 00:13:41,160 Speaker 3: That's when we started getting a couple injuries as so. 216 00:13:41,240 --> 00:13:45,120 Speaker 3: Freddie got hurt, once he got hurt, Tommy got hurt. 217 00:13:45,760 --> 00:13:49,240 Speaker 3: Rookie was you know that he was really hyped up, 218 00:13:49,960 --> 00:13:54,920 Speaker 3: and right away May thirteenth, he had an injury. And 219 00:13:54,920 --> 00:13:57,200 Speaker 3: then everybody just started slumping, you know what I mean. 220 00:13:57,360 --> 00:14:00,520 Speaker 3: Just Mookie was slumping back for a long long time, 221 00:14:00,800 --> 00:14:03,079 Speaker 3: like straight up, like straight up he I think they 222 00:14:03,080 --> 00:14:05,079 Speaker 3: were saying that his numbers were worse than any other 223 00:14:05,160 --> 00:14:08,800 Speaker 3: year he's ever had in the major leagues. It was 224 00:14:08,840 --> 00:14:12,600 Speaker 3: bad keeping a hanging back contract. Just got to play 225 00:14:12,600 --> 00:14:19,080 Speaker 3: better in all Facetskay can't speak very one. There's not 226 00:14:19,200 --> 00:14:22,240 Speaker 3: for me. She got to play better, she gotta figure 227 00:14:22,240 --> 00:14:29,400 Speaker 3: it out. I think the baseball gods were pissed off about, like, no, 228 00:14:29,800 --> 00:14:31,520 Speaker 3: you can't just be that good. You can't have that 229 00:14:31,560 --> 00:14:32,600 Speaker 3: many stars on your team. 230 00:14:32,840 --> 00:14:35,880 Speaker 1: The theme so far is a little bit of seems 231 00:14:35,880 --> 00:14:40,760 Speaker 1: like bad luck a little bit, but it wasn't all bad. 232 00:14:41,280 --> 00:14:44,840 Speaker 1: There were always bright spots amid our struggles early on, 233 00:14:45,320 --> 00:14:48,480 Speaker 1: foremost among them, even with the slumping and the injuries 234 00:14:48,480 --> 00:14:51,280 Speaker 1: in the early part of the year, there was one 235 00:14:51,320 --> 00:14:53,840 Speaker 1: player that was carrying a lot of the load, and 236 00:14:53,840 --> 00:14:58,280 Speaker 1: that's Will Smith. That's well Smith, America's catcher was getting 237 00:14:58,360 --> 00:14:59,120 Speaker 1: jiggy with it. 238 00:14:59,440 --> 00:15:04,760 Speaker 3: My constellation of ideas of perfection that we called Will Smith. 239 00:15:05,080 --> 00:15:06,920 Speaker 1: Sorry wrong clip. 240 00:15:08,600 --> 00:15:09,880 Speaker 3: Be able to get a good swing on him. 241 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:12,960 Speaker 1: There's our boy, love you, Smitty. I mean, he was 242 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:15,160 Speaker 1: like leading the league in. 243 00:15:21,600 --> 00:15:28,840 Speaker 2: That's well Smoth. 244 00:15:31,640 --> 00:15:34,680 Speaker 1: This season also represents the end of an era for 245 00:15:34,800 --> 00:15:38,360 Speaker 1: Dodger Baseball, and one of the most enjoyable things to 246 00:15:38,440 --> 00:15:41,480 Speaker 1: watch is how the story of one of the greatest 247 00:15:41,480 --> 00:15:45,280 Speaker 1: Dodgers of all time is wrapping up this year. The 248 00:15:45,320 --> 00:15:50,160 Speaker 1: one sort of symbolic starting pitcher who did remain and 249 00:15:50,240 --> 00:15:55,920 Speaker 1: who ended up paying huge dividends surprisingly way beyond any expectations, 250 00:15:57,080 --> 00:15:59,200 Speaker 1: is the one and only the greatest of all time, 251 00:15:59,440 --> 00:16:03,000 Speaker 1: Persh Kersh Clayton Cars y'all with a rugged of sixtion 252 00:16:03,240 --> 00:16:07,239 Speaker 1: two want to zero against the Rockies this year eleven 253 00:16:07,400 --> 00:16:12,880 Speaker 1: and five. Clayton Edward Kershaw was re signed for one 254 00:16:13,040 --> 00:16:16,000 Speaker 1: last season as a Dodger, and there wasn't a whole 255 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:18,480 Speaker 1: lot expected of him due to the simple fact that 256 00:16:18,520 --> 00:16:22,200 Speaker 1: we had so so many other great pitchers in our 257 00:16:22,280 --> 00:16:26,800 Speaker 1: starting rotation. But then with early season injuries to the 258 00:16:26,840 --> 00:16:30,800 Speaker 1: big dogs like Tyler Glassnow and free agent signing Blake Snell, 259 00:16:31,280 --> 00:16:35,480 Speaker 1: in a surprising turn of events, Kersh emerged as an 260 00:16:35,560 --> 00:16:39,120 Speaker 1: elder Statesman lynchpin in our starting staff. 261 00:16:39,520 --> 00:16:43,360 Speaker 3: Like what that's going on? He's pitching like I mean, 262 00:16:43,400 --> 00:16:48,160 Speaker 3: he's like he found his like his second h his 263 00:16:48,200 --> 00:16:50,680 Speaker 3: second calling, you know what I mean. He's his pitching's 264 00:16:50,720 --> 00:16:54,880 Speaker 3: changed a little bit it's a little bit, you know. 265 00:16:54,920 --> 00:16:57,200 Speaker 3: It's kind of like that in Maddox or like these 266 00:16:57,200 --> 00:16:58,640 Speaker 3: guys who have been in the game were in the 267 00:16:58,680 --> 00:17:00,440 Speaker 3: game for a really long time, you know, you adapt 268 00:17:00,520 --> 00:17:02,000 Speaker 3: and change your style a little bit. 269 00:17:02,520 --> 00:17:05,080 Speaker 1: His fastball is eighty eight miles an hour. Yeah, but 270 00:17:05,200 --> 00:17:10,119 Speaker 1: he has learned how to use He's just got everybody guessing. 271 00:17:10,480 --> 00:17:13,320 Speaker 3: It's crazy because like these pitches, like there, I'm from 272 00:17:13,359 --> 00:17:16,159 Speaker 3: a batter's point of view on you. It's really annoying 273 00:17:16,200 --> 00:17:18,560 Speaker 3: because it's like they look slowly. It's like, how are 274 00:17:18,560 --> 00:17:19,720 Speaker 3: the missy beats? 275 00:17:19,760 --> 00:17:22,119 Speaker 1: It's like, you know, but they do. 276 00:17:22,520 --> 00:17:24,840 Speaker 3: They do. He's got them off balance. He's got them 277 00:17:24,880 --> 00:17:25,639 Speaker 3: way off balance. 278 00:17:26,600 --> 00:17:29,320 Speaker 1: And we got to see him hit a milestone in 279 00:17:29,359 --> 00:17:32,520 Speaker 1: his Hall of Fame career that we may never see 280 00:17:32,640 --> 00:17:36,119 Speaker 1: reached again in baseball when he threw his three thousandth 281 00:17:36,200 --> 00:17:39,480 Speaker 1: strikeout at Dodger Stadium on July second. 282 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:43,600 Speaker 2: The ravine risings ready to erupt. 283 00:17:45,680 --> 00:18:01,000 Speaker 1: Due by the All Star break. It certainly wasn't the 284 00:18:01,040 --> 00:18:04,240 Speaker 1: script you would have written. On opening day, a lot 285 00:18:04,240 --> 00:18:07,240 Speaker 1: of Dodger fans were belly aching and more than a 286 00:18:07,240 --> 00:18:10,639 Speaker 1: little worried about the team's chances overall, but at the 287 00:18:10,640 --> 00:18:11,520 Speaker 1: same time. 288 00:18:11,680 --> 00:18:12,879 Speaker 3: We were still in first place. 289 00:18:15,800 --> 00:18:18,840 Speaker 1: I asked Wes how he felt around the All Star Game, 290 00:18:18,880 --> 00:18:21,719 Speaker 1: which happens right around the middle of the baseball season. 291 00:18:22,320 --> 00:18:26,000 Speaker 1: At that moment, with a fifty eight and thirty nine record, 292 00:18:26,359 --> 00:18:30,160 Speaker 1: the team was on pace for approximately ninety five wins, 293 00:18:30,480 --> 00:18:33,040 Speaker 1: not the record setting pace of one hundred and twenty 294 00:18:33,119 --> 00:18:36,840 Speaker 1: wins Wes had expected on opening day. But nothing to 295 00:18:36,880 --> 00:18:37,520 Speaker 1: sneeze at. 296 00:18:38,640 --> 00:18:42,720 Speaker 3: I mean, happy we were in first place, but not 297 00:18:42,840 --> 00:18:45,480 Speaker 3: happy because we weren't falling out like we should, Like 298 00:18:46,160 --> 00:18:50,040 Speaker 3: why are they They're just playing like a mediocre style 299 00:18:50,080 --> 00:18:53,960 Speaker 3: of baseball, like mistakes, not getting hits when they should, 300 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:55,760 Speaker 3: not bringing them in when they should. But still we 301 00:18:55,760 --> 00:18:58,400 Speaker 3: were in first place, which is hard to explain because 302 00:18:58,480 --> 00:19:00,960 Speaker 3: teams must be playing worse we are. It's like, how 303 00:19:01,119 --> 00:19:02,320 Speaker 3: are we still in first place? 304 00:19:04,200 --> 00:19:07,760 Speaker 1: Speaking of other teams, So the Padres are always in 305 00:19:07,800 --> 00:19:10,360 Speaker 1: the picture, little brother. 306 00:19:11,640 --> 00:19:14,760 Speaker 3: They're completely irrelevant. They started getting that whole. 307 00:19:16,200 --> 00:19:19,200 Speaker 1: You know, like, but this year they have been vying 308 00:19:19,640 --> 00:19:23,680 Speaker 1: for the division with us. After the break, I would 309 00:19:23,720 --> 00:19:25,720 Speaker 1: say that the low point of the season was when 310 00:19:26,200 --> 00:19:30,760 Speaker 1: the Dodgers dropped out of first place. Things get spicy. 311 00:19:31,080 --> 00:19:34,359 Speaker 3: Can we get some of that red stuff, spicy stuff. 312 00:19:35,480 --> 00:19:36,200 Speaker 2: Stay with us. 313 00:19:50,440 --> 00:19:52,080 Speaker 1: Can you describe the scene a little bit for me 314 00:19:52,920 --> 00:19:54,399 Speaker 1: this season? What we're doing right now. 315 00:19:54,680 --> 00:19:57,760 Speaker 3: We're right here on Caesar Travis, heading into that parking lot, 316 00:19:57,840 --> 00:20:02,879 Speaker 3: right on the side of Clito Famoso Takitos Vera Street. 317 00:20:03,760 --> 00:20:07,920 Speaker 1: We'll get back to our season recap in a moment. Tito. First, 318 00:20:08,320 --> 00:20:11,760 Speaker 1: let's take a little pit stop. We're hungry, so explain 319 00:20:11,840 --> 00:20:15,120 Speaker 1: Olvera Street and this restaurant. For those who don't know. 320 00:20:15,240 --> 00:20:18,440 Speaker 3: It's one of the oldest spots in Los Angeles. It's 321 00:20:18,480 --> 00:20:20,280 Speaker 3: one of the oldest streets. It's one of the oldest 322 00:20:20,280 --> 00:20:25,560 Speaker 3: tourist areas for sure. An tilitoo, the iconic takitos dorados, 323 00:20:25,720 --> 00:20:27,639 Speaker 3: one of your favorite tacos. 324 00:20:27,720 --> 00:20:30,840 Speaker 1: Yeah, something that you've ripped on in your own restaurants, 325 00:20:30,920 --> 00:20:33,359 Speaker 1: And there's a recipe before it in the cookbook that 326 00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:34,720 Speaker 1: we worked on together. 327 00:20:34,800 --> 00:20:37,679 Speaker 3: For sure. Oh Vera Street. 328 00:20:38,040 --> 00:20:42,040 Speaker 1: It's in an area of downtown called El Pueblo, considered 329 00:20:42,080 --> 00:20:45,200 Speaker 1: to be the birthplace of the city of Los Angeles 330 00:20:45,280 --> 00:20:48,560 Speaker 1: as we know it, and so naturally there's a complicated 331 00:20:48,640 --> 00:20:52,760 Speaker 1: history there. The street itself is meant to evoke old 332 00:20:52,880 --> 00:20:57,040 Speaker 1: Los Angeles It's essentially like a alleyway with kind of 333 00:20:57,119 --> 00:20:59,760 Speaker 1: ramshackle shacks and kiosks. 334 00:20:59,320 --> 00:21:03,119 Speaker 3: Lots of old main restaurants, clothes. Yeah. So the stories 335 00:21:03,160 --> 00:21:04,960 Speaker 3: have some really cool stuff as some local arts. 336 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:07,400 Speaker 1: I come here every year to shop for Christmas. There's 337 00:21:07,400 --> 00:21:09,120 Speaker 1: always a little something that you can get. 338 00:21:09,240 --> 00:21:13,920 Speaker 3: Absolutely absolutely yeah. 339 00:21:13,960 --> 00:21:17,360 Speaker 1: So we're right down the street from Union Station, the 340 00:21:17,359 --> 00:21:20,800 Speaker 1: central translation of Los Angeles in view of city Hall. 341 00:21:21,800 --> 00:21:25,280 Speaker 1: The most expensive gas station in towns across the street 342 00:21:25,560 --> 00:21:28,600 Speaker 1: right regular is seven eighty nine. 343 00:21:28,720 --> 00:21:32,240 Speaker 3: Yeah, yea, what do you see? What does it look like? Colorful? 344 00:21:32,320 --> 00:21:35,639 Speaker 3: A lot of flags pel Picado in a traditional cut paper, 345 00:21:35,840 --> 00:21:39,240 Speaker 3: Mexican flags, American flags, you know, the old school seventies 346 00:21:39,400 --> 00:21:42,560 Speaker 3: or sixties. Brick on the floor. I love this place. 347 00:21:42,760 --> 00:21:47,520 Speaker 1: Grapevines hanging from trellises that date back to the eighteenth 348 00:21:47,560 --> 00:21:50,879 Speaker 1: century when this area was a huge wine producing region. 349 00:21:51,080 --> 00:21:51,919 Speaker 3: That's pretty awesome. 350 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:54,840 Speaker 1: A little known fact about Los Angeles. It once was 351 00:21:54,880 --> 00:21:56,639 Speaker 1: the center of winemaking in California. 352 00:21:56,840 --> 00:21:57,399 Speaker 3: I didn't know that. 353 00:21:58,480 --> 00:22:01,360 Speaker 1: Check out my la it's not article about a lot 354 00:22:01,359 --> 00:22:05,959 Speaker 1: of history here. Also, somewhere off of this alley is 355 00:22:05,960 --> 00:22:09,440 Speaker 1: the oldest structure, the ave La Adobe. 356 00:22:09,560 --> 00:22:11,240 Speaker 3: Joking Lee, my family's Adobe. 357 00:22:11,400 --> 00:22:13,879 Speaker 1: Yees, no relation to Chef West. 358 00:22:14,480 --> 00:22:15,640 Speaker 3: It's not it's not really. 359 00:22:15,800 --> 00:22:19,000 Speaker 1: I mean it could be the same conquistador, but it's 360 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:21,240 Speaker 1: the oldest I think adobe structure. 361 00:22:20,960 --> 00:22:22,840 Speaker 3: In Los Angeles. In Los Angeles. Yeah. 362 00:22:23,040 --> 00:22:27,000 Speaker 1: Ci Alito Lin though has been serving freshly stuffed, rolled 363 00:22:27,119 --> 00:22:30,640 Speaker 1: and fried taquitos since nineteen thirty four. 364 00:22:30,920 --> 00:22:33,040 Speaker 3: This is one of the spots too. That's really great 365 00:22:33,080 --> 00:22:36,600 Speaker 3: to come before or after the game, right, a passage 366 00:22:36,600 --> 00:22:38,960 Speaker 3: for me? This is Dodger's territory. 367 00:22:39,200 --> 00:22:41,680 Speaker 1: You know, we're essentially down the hill and like a 368 00:22:41,720 --> 00:22:44,800 Speaker 1: little bit farther down the river from Chevez Ravine. 369 00:22:46,119 --> 00:22:46,720 Speaker 3: What do you get? 370 00:22:46,840 --> 00:22:48,920 Speaker 1: I'm gonna get what you're getting here. You get the 371 00:22:48,960 --> 00:22:49,640 Speaker 1: number one, right? 372 00:22:49,760 --> 00:22:51,880 Speaker 3: No, I usually get the the tamal or the chile 373 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:53,000 Speaker 3: reano to add to it. 374 00:22:53,160 --> 00:22:57,200 Speaker 1: Okay, so you get the taqitos with the chile reano. Okay, 375 00:22:57,320 --> 00:22:59,600 Speaker 1: a little bit more, a little bit more food, why 376 00:22:59,640 --> 00:23:02,480 Speaker 1: not hashtag chef life. 377 00:23:02,640 --> 00:23:04,720 Speaker 3: Let me get the number three please. 378 00:23:07,160 --> 00:23:07,440 Speaker 5: Cheese? 379 00:23:07,960 --> 00:23:12,080 Speaker 3: Okay, guys, anything to drink one medium Hamika number two? 380 00:23:12,160 --> 00:23:17,119 Speaker 3: Number three coming out? Can we get some of that 381 00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:20,880 Speaker 3: red so that spicy stuff? All right? 382 00:23:21,760 --> 00:23:28,879 Speaker 1: See what the sleigh very spicy sauce on Yeah, what 383 00:23:28,880 --> 00:23:34,040 Speaker 1: would you guess the components of that are probably chew. 384 00:23:34,800 --> 00:23:39,520 Speaker 3: Because it's not super are belief spicy? They're good today? Yeah, 385 00:23:39,520 --> 00:23:40,000 Speaker 3: they are. 386 00:23:44,280 --> 00:23:47,360 Speaker 1: I am aware that some of our listeners are fans 387 00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:51,240 Speaker 1: of other baseball teams, and for those of you who are, 388 00:23:51,640 --> 00:23:56,000 Speaker 1: a warning, the remainder of this episode might get pretty 389 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:59,520 Speaker 1: annoying with a couple Dodger fans talking about what only 390 00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:06,600 Speaker 1: can be described as first place problems. Second half of 391 00:24:06,640 --> 00:24:13,639 Speaker 1: the year was honestly not great. When the Dodgers play 392 00:24:13,840 --> 00:24:16,760 Speaker 1: bad teams this year, there's been a trend. 393 00:24:16,720 --> 00:24:18,800 Speaker 3: When we play the teams we should beat, we lose 394 00:24:19,320 --> 00:24:22,400 Speaker 3: like bad, like where it's so frustrating to see them 395 00:24:22,440 --> 00:24:24,840 Speaker 3: get struck out by these guys who are like journeymen 396 00:24:24,960 --> 00:24:27,320 Speaker 3: for teams that aren't they're not in the race. You know, 397 00:24:27,320 --> 00:24:29,199 Speaker 3: they won't be in the race for like a year 398 00:24:29,240 --> 00:24:31,520 Speaker 3: or two. They're like rebuilding and they'll beat the Dodgers. 399 00:24:32,440 --> 00:24:36,240 Speaker 1: We got swept by the Angels, we got swept by 400 00:24:36,280 --> 00:24:40,520 Speaker 1: the Pirates, then we got swept by the Angels again. 401 00:24:41,080 --> 00:24:43,280 Speaker 3: They've had their struggles this year. They lost a couple 402 00:24:43,359 --> 00:24:45,240 Speaker 3: games to the Pirates and then it's like, all right, guys, 403 00:24:45,240 --> 00:24:46,120 Speaker 3: we'll take the last one. 404 00:24:46,160 --> 00:24:50,399 Speaker 1: And you look up and you're like skiks no, no wrong. 405 00:24:51,560 --> 00:24:55,800 Speaker 1: By early September, the Dodgers had lost thirteen of their 406 00:24:55,880 --> 00:25:00,320 Speaker 1: last seventeen games against teams with a losing record, which 407 00:25:00,359 --> 00:25:04,479 Speaker 1: brought their season total of such losses to twenty seven. 408 00:25:05,440 --> 00:25:07,160 Speaker 1: That's been hard to watch. 409 00:25:07,680 --> 00:25:10,080 Speaker 3: And it's one of the most frustrating things. I shut 410 00:25:10,080 --> 00:25:13,320 Speaker 3: the TV off. I personally will not watch them lose 411 00:25:13,320 --> 00:25:15,320 Speaker 3: when I sense they're going to lose by the seventh 412 00:25:15,359 --> 00:25:17,520 Speaker 3: or eighth inning. Think if I sense it, You've. 413 00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:19,600 Speaker 1: Been known to shut the TV off well before. 414 00:25:19,320 --> 00:25:22,359 Speaker 3: The seven, well before the seventh, well before the seventh. 415 00:25:22,400 --> 00:25:24,000 Speaker 3: And I'm a deackhard fan, but I don't want to 416 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:27,639 Speaker 3: see them lose because it's infuriating. I don't want to 417 00:25:27,680 --> 00:25:29,960 Speaker 3: invest the time to see them lose, cause what's the point. 418 00:25:31,359 --> 00:25:36,280 Speaker 1: What's the point? Sometimes when you follow a baseball team closely, 419 00:25:36,720 --> 00:25:40,560 Speaker 1: spending hours and hours watching and listening to games day 420 00:25:40,600 --> 00:25:44,520 Speaker 1: after day for months, you find yourself asking that question 421 00:25:44,600 --> 00:25:47,360 Speaker 1: a lot, because we were losing a lot to these 422 00:25:47,400 --> 00:25:55,320 Speaker 1: sub five hundred playing teams. And then the unthinkable happened 423 00:25:55,800 --> 00:26:01,880 Speaker 1: when the Dodgers dropped out of first place. It got 424 00:26:01,880 --> 00:26:03,560 Speaker 1: so bad that we dropped out of first place. 425 00:26:03,880 --> 00:26:04,200 Speaker 3: Yep. 426 00:26:05,960 --> 00:26:10,080 Speaker 1: What's worse. We were supplanted in the top spot by 427 00:26:10,119 --> 00:26:13,840 Speaker 1: our upstart division rivals to the south. And we saw 428 00:26:13,840 --> 00:26:17,240 Speaker 1: the Padres in first place in the NL West this year, 429 00:26:17,440 --> 00:26:19,240 Speaker 1: which is not something that we like to see. 430 00:26:19,359 --> 00:26:21,280 Speaker 3: No, we don't want to see them ever first place 431 00:26:21,320 --> 00:26:22,320 Speaker 3: in the NL West. 432 00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:28,159 Speaker 1: But we did, and it's stung the Padres were in 433 00:26:28,240 --> 00:26:28,800 Speaker 1: first place. 434 00:26:30,400 --> 00:26:33,040 Speaker 3: Padres have been a pain in the Dodgers for the 435 00:26:33,119 --> 00:26:35,520 Speaker 3: past the whole season, they've been second place, second place, 436 00:26:35,520 --> 00:26:38,119 Speaker 3: second place, just right behind the Dodgers. And there was 437 00:26:38,119 --> 00:26:41,440 Speaker 3: a point where the Dodgers were just not clicking. We 438 00:26:41,440 --> 00:26:43,800 Speaker 3: were losing, they were winning, and I think they were 439 00:26:43,800 --> 00:26:45,840 Speaker 3: ahead of us by two games at one point. That 440 00:26:46,240 --> 00:26:48,800 Speaker 3: you know, and then congratulations. That's why I'm saying congratulations 441 00:26:48,800 --> 00:26:51,400 Speaker 3: to them. We give props where props are due. They're 442 00:26:51,400 --> 00:26:53,119 Speaker 3: a very good team. I'm not saying they're not a 443 00:26:53,119 --> 00:26:55,040 Speaker 3: good team. They're a very good team. They're very good. 444 00:26:55,119 --> 00:26:58,960 Speaker 3: When they click, they click, but not as good as us. Yeah, 445 00:26:59,000 --> 00:27:02,800 Speaker 3: it hasn't been pretty. They're not even going to reach 446 00:27:02,800 --> 00:27:03,440 Speaker 3: one hundred wins. 447 00:27:03,480 --> 00:27:09,720 Speaker 1: So it's like It's like, what's the point we weren't 448 00:27:09,720 --> 00:27:13,760 Speaker 1: playing our best baseball. We were searching for something to 449 00:27:13,960 --> 00:27:22,640 Speaker 1: galvanize the team. You have to fall down in order 450 00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:26,440 Speaker 1: to get back up again stronger than ever. Every team, 451 00:27:26,840 --> 00:27:31,160 Speaker 1: including all of the great ones, have their lulls, their slumps. 452 00:27:31,520 --> 00:27:38,159 Speaker 1: It's not about being perfect. It's more about timing. You 453 00:27:38,240 --> 00:27:41,760 Speaker 1: got to get hot at the right time, like right 454 00:27:41,800 --> 00:27:45,960 Speaker 1: as you head into the postseason. The problem is when 455 00:27:46,200 --> 00:27:50,800 Speaker 1: exactly these hot streaks and cold streaks happen is beyond 456 00:27:50,880 --> 00:27:54,080 Speaker 1: our control. So at this point in the season, what 457 00:27:54,119 --> 00:27:58,159 Speaker 1: you're hoping is you've already hit your lowest point, the 458 00:27:58,320 --> 00:28:01,840 Speaker 1: nay dear. As we look back at the twenty twenty 459 00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:07,120 Speaker 1: five Dodgers baseball season, when was our nay dear? Take 460 00:28:07,160 --> 00:28:10,680 Speaker 1: it away me, I would say that at the lowest 461 00:28:10,680 --> 00:28:16,000 Speaker 1: point the nay dear was the other night in Baltimore. 462 00:28:17,280 --> 00:28:23,080 Speaker 1: The other night in Baltimore, the Yoshinobu Yamamoto was throwing 463 00:28:23,640 --> 00:28:26,639 Speaker 1: a no hit game. We were just coming off of 464 00:28:26,680 --> 00:28:30,040 Speaker 1: a series where we were swept by the last place 465 00:28:30,480 --> 00:28:34,359 Speaker 1: Pittsburgh Pirates, and going into this game in Baltimore, we 466 00:28:34,440 --> 00:28:38,120 Speaker 1: had lost the previous four games straight. But then that 467 00:28:38,240 --> 00:28:42,280 Speaker 1: night in Baltimore, Yama puts the team on his back, flowing. 468 00:28:42,080 --> 00:28:43,240 Speaker 3: Past his pitch count. 469 00:28:43,280 --> 00:28:46,200 Speaker 1: We don't care leave him in because he's gonna make history. 470 00:28:46,240 --> 00:28:52,120 Speaker 1: Tonight's history history tonight A no hit game from our ace, 471 00:28:52,760 --> 00:28:56,600 Speaker 1: Yoshinobu Yamamoto. That's the thing we need to get us 472 00:28:56,640 --> 00:28:58,520 Speaker 1: going again, getting. 473 00:28:58,200 --> 00:29:00,800 Speaker 2: At ovation in Baltimore. 474 00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:06,120 Speaker 4: Whether folks are wearing blue or orange, many have risen 475 00:29:06,240 --> 00:29:10,800 Speaker 4: to their feet, an acknowledgment of what Yumblemotal can do, 476 00:29:11,840 --> 00:29:14,440 Speaker 4: what he has already done, done. 477 00:29:17,720 --> 00:29:20,960 Speaker 1: No hits, giving up going into the ninth inning. All right, 478 00:29:21,920 --> 00:29:25,120 Speaker 1: the ninth thing. I was recording myself. Come on, so 479 00:29:25,400 --> 00:29:25,880 Speaker 1: was Wes. 480 00:29:26,040 --> 00:29:26,880 Speaker 3: Now it's recording. 481 00:29:26,960 --> 00:29:34,240 Speaker 1: First batter, Tom, I'm swinging, strikeout, nasty pitch, one down, 482 00:29:34,520 --> 00:29:38,000 Speaker 1: strike out, the first hitter of the ninth inning. Second batter, 483 00:29:38,160 --> 00:29:40,600 Speaker 1: all the number nine hitter, Kobe Mary swinging on the 484 00:29:40,720 --> 00:29:41,440 Speaker 1: very first and. 485 00:29:41,480 --> 00:29:43,680 Speaker 2: Hitch just to Dean's ears. 486 00:29:43,680 --> 00:29:47,400 Speaker 1: Simple fly ball, out, routine, fly ball to the outfield. 487 00:29:47,440 --> 00:29:51,040 Speaker 3: One, two gone, Okay, we got one more out. 488 00:29:51,040 --> 00:29:53,120 Speaker 1: One hundred and eight pitches, Yams is close. 489 00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:55,160 Speaker 3: Everybody's standing up. 490 00:29:55,840 --> 00:29:58,400 Speaker 1: Foul ball to the backstop, and there's one. 491 00:29:58,240 --> 00:30:01,760 Speaker 3: Strikeouts, one strike one hundred and nine pitches. That's old 492 00:30:01,760 --> 00:30:03,719 Speaker 3: school baseball. Baby, it's a lot of pitches. 493 00:30:04,360 --> 00:30:05,320 Speaker 2: Rodgers need this. 494 00:30:07,400 --> 00:30:11,680 Speaker 1: Need a win, let alone this. Come on. It's a 495 00:30:11,760 --> 00:30:14,920 Speaker 1: ball all one and the count is even at one 496 00:30:14,960 --> 00:30:15,360 Speaker 1: and one. 497 00:30:15,680 --> 00:30:18,800 Speaker 4: Now this pitch will be his major League baseball career. 498 00:30:18,960 --> 00:30:20,080 Speaker 2: High pitch. 499 00:30:21,360 --> 00:30:26,200 Speaker 4: Tails away ball two velocity is still there for amblebodo 500 00:30:26,360 --> 00:30:26,720 Speaker 4: that was it? 501 00:30:26,920 --> 00:30:28,240 Speaker 1: Ninety eight? Oh? 502 00:30:28,800 --> 00:30:29,320 Speaker 3: Come on? 503 00:30:29,480 --> 00:30:33,560 Speaker 1: And then on the fourth pitch, Yama throws to Jackson Holiday. 504 00:30:35,400 --> 00:30:40,240 Speaker 4: I feel look at the long posters, w W did 505 00:30:40,280 --> 00:30:40,520 Speaker 4: he go? 506 00:30:41,800 --> 00:30:44,360 Speaker 5: Whoa what? 507 00:30:44,680 --> 00:30:45,400 Speaker 3: That's a home run? 508 00:30:45,440 --> 00:30:52,720 Speaker 2: I guess that Jackson Holiday something better, just like the doctor. 509 00:30:54,360 --> 00:30:55,200 Speaker 3: Gladden us down. 510 00:30:55,640 --> 00:30:58,600 Speaker 1: It's just martally ours. 511 00:30:59,680 --> 00:31:06,280 Speaker 3: That's crazy. Oh well, hopefully they can win this one. 512 00:31:06,320 --> 00:31:07,640 Speaker 2: Still still. 513 00:31:11,760 --> 00:31:17,120 Speaker 1: First batter out, second batter out, one out away from history. 514 00:31:17,600 --> 00:31:18,280 Speaker 1: And then what happened. 515 00:31:18,320 --> 00:31:21,080 Speaker 3: Gave it a home run, give him a cookie. 516 00:31:20,760 --> 00:31:23,600 Speaker 1: Barely a home run, ball that bounced off of the 517 00:31:23,640 --> 00:31:26,120 Speaker 1: wall and came back into the field of play. No 518 00:31:26,240 --> 00:31:31,160 Speaker 1: hitter gone, shutout gone, Gushoba Yamamoto comes out of the game. 519 00:31:31,760 --> 00:31:34,520 Speaker 1: But we still had the lead. It was our game 520 00:31:34,600 --> 00:31:37,520 Speaker 1: to win, and we needed to end this losing streak 521 00:31:37,560 --> 00:31:39,920 Speaker 1: that we were on. It was up to our bullpen. 522 00:31:40,440 --> 00:31:41,520 Speaker 1: Blake trying comes in. 523 00:31:43,200 --> 00:31:46,360 Speaker 2: Flight ball left field, toward the gap. It is over 524 00:31:46,400 --> 00:31:46,920 Speaker 2: the base of. 525 00:31:46,920 --> 00:31:51,320 Speaker 1: The wall, trying and doesn't have it till the backstop. 526 00:31:52,080 --> 00:31:55,640 Speaker 2: Oh no, I hit him ball. Four bases loaded. 527 00:31:56,200 --> 00:31:58,160 Speaker 3: You can't throw a strike out? Why can't these guys 528 00:31:58,200 --> 00:31:59,120 Speaker 3: just throw a strike. 529 00:31:59,440 --> 00:32:05,360 Speaker 1: And with the bases loaded, full of Orioles and still 530 00:32:05,520 --> 00:32:08,160 Speaker 1: two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, Dodgers 531 00:32:08,200 --> 00:32:12,560 Speaker 1: manager Dave Roberts ops for his silver bullet to preserve 532 00:32:12,720 --> 00:32:16,840 Speaker 1: the Dodgers' one run lead. The offseason free agent acquisition 533 00:32:17,120 --> 00:32:20,520 Speaker 1: that was made expressly for scenarios just like this. 534 00:32:20,960 --> 00:32:24,440 Speaker 3: The killer Tanner Scott, Yes Terror squad. 535 00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:27,360 Speaker 1: He had had a rough start to his season and 536 00:32:27,400 --> 00:32:30,400 Speaker 1: he'd blown a handful of save opportunities like this one. 537 00:32:30,720 --> 00:32:32,760 Speaker 3: Like he was playing not so hot in the beginning. 538 00:32:33,080 --> 00:32:35,000 Speaker 1: In the beginning, I felt like every time he came 539 00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:37,320 Speaker 1: in he was giving up a home run. Yeah, But 540 00:32:37,440 --> 00:32:39,240 Speaker 1: then he had corrected. 541 00:32:39,040 --> 00:32:41,280 Speaker 3: And then he got good. He had a run in 542 00:32:41,400 --> 00:32:44,440 Speaker 3: July juneish where he had six six games saved like 543 00:32:44,480 --> 00:32:44,920 Speaker 3: in a row. 544 00:32:45,280 --> 00:32:48,800 Speaker 1: On this night in Baltimore, we needed Tanner Scott to 545 00:32:48,920 --> 00:32:52,560 Speaker 1: come through. Wes just texted me stop watching. 546 00:32:54,480 --> 00:32:55,480 Speaker 3: He said, as went it was. 547 00:32:55,440 --> 00:33:01,080 Speaker 5: A pick, he could try and throw it for strikes, hotail, 548 00:33:01,120 --> 00:33:08,920 Speaker 5: a third hotail, well storm game over. 549 00:33:09,880 --> 00:33:17,760 Speaker 1: Oh wow, yeah, Tanner Scott comes in and immediately gives 550 00:33:17,840 --> 00:33:19,200 Speaker 1: up a game losing hit. 551 00:33:21,280 --> 00:33:22,680 Speaker 3: Yeah, that was absolutely heartbreaking. 552 00:33:23,800 --> 00:33:27,120 Speaker 1: This was supposed to be the big turnaround. Instead it's 553 00:33:27,160 --> 00:33:31,400 Speaker 1: like the most disappointing kind of loss. We've both watched 554 00:33:31,440 --> 00:33:34,400 Speaker 1: a lot of baseball games, and I would say for me, 555 00:33:35,280 --> 00:33:38,920 Speaker 1: it was the most heartbreaking loss I've ever seen, because 556 00:33:39,400 --> 00:33:42,880 Speaker 1: you're watching this game for a few hours of your life, 557 00:33:43,720 --> 00:33:47,560 Speaker 1: and the excitement is building over time of a complete game, 558 00:33:47,960 --> 00:33:52,120 Speaker 1: no hitter, and then for that to evaporate so quickly 559 00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:57,760 Speaker 1: and turn into a heartbreaking loss. It almost felt like 560 00:33:58,000 --> 00:34:02,360 Speaker 1: the experience of a really promising season that falls apart 561 00:34:02,440 --> 00:34:06,600 Speaker 1: in the postseason immediately. It's a like a microcosm of that, 562 00:34:06,920 --> 00:34:09,560 Speaker 1: a one game version of that. It's that type of part. 563 00:34:11,080 --> 00:34:14,760 Speaker 1: And then another theme is like jumping on the field 564 00:34:14,760 --> 00:34:17,240 Speaker 1: and like ripping each other's shirts off and like crying 565 00:34:17,239 --> 00:34:20,040 Speaker 1: with happiness because they just feed the Dodgers. 566 00:34:20,280 --> 00:34:22,920 Speaker 3: And they shouldn't have. Oh yeah, it's terrible. I mean, 567 00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:25,200 Speaker 3: I'm having the worst year of my life. So it's 568 00:34:25,960 --> 00:34:36,319 Speaker 3: it's not fun. Baseball hates me right now? All right, 569 00:34:36,360 --> 00:34:38,080 Speaker 3: you want to cruise down overa street a little bit, 570 00:34:38,280 --> 00:34:40,399 Speaker 3: sure jeeh, Let's check it out. 571 00:34:41,320 --> 00:34:44,399 Speaker 1: And now to close out this episode of Dodger Blue Dream, 572 00:34:44,520 --> 00:34:47,400 Speaker 1: we invite you to take a walk with Chef West 573 00:34:47,440 --> 00:34:52,080 Speaker 1: and myself down the historic Olvera street. To walk through 574 00:34:52,120 --> 00:34:56,960 Speaker 1: reminded me of something that at this moment seems inescapably true. 575 00:34:57,400 --> 00:35:00,560 Speaker 1: As weird as this year has been for the Los Angeles, 576 00:35:01,000 --> 00:35:04,040 Speaker 1: it's been a much weirder year for the people of 577 00:35:04,080 --> 00:35:05,520 Speaker 1: Los Angeles. 578 00:35:06,719 --> 00:35:08,680 Speaker 3: It was like the random pictures. It's like they have 579 00:35:09,920 --> 00:35:14,840 Speaker 3: El Chapel with uh In the Jata, the Joker, and 580 00:35:15,200 --> 00:35:18,160 Speaker 3: uh Tony Soprano, like all in one picture, playing cards 581 00:35:18,400 --> 00:35:19,200 Speaker 3: like oil painting. 582 00:35:19,520 --> 00:35:25,120 Speaker 1: Yeah, it is pretty quiet down here. 583 00:35:25,160 --> 00:35:28,600 Speaker 3: This is very quiet. This is like usually peak time, 584 00:35:29,400 --> 00:35:33,480 Speaker 3: tons of tourists and well, this is quiet quiet, man, 585 00:35:33,840 --> 00:35:37,640 Speaker 3: It's kind of eerie. This is the quietest I've ever 586 00:35:37,640 --> 00:35:38,040 Speaker 3: seen it. 587 00:35:39,080 --> 00:35:42,439 Speaker 1: A lot of these little stalls that sell knickknacks are 588 00:35:43,480 --> 00:35:44,839 Speaker 1: shuddered and locked up. 589 00:35:45,480 --> 00:35:48,200 Speaker 3: Yeah, the shame, but I mean, if there's no customers 590 00:35:48,200 --> 00:35:49,200 Speaker 3: we're going to sell to, you. 591 00:35:49,120 --> 00:35:53,600 Speaker 1: Know, it's been a weird summer for the Dodgers, and 592 00:35:53,880 --> 00:35:57,759 Speaker 1: it's been a weird summer for Los Angeles in this 593 00:35:57,920 --> 00:36:02,080 Speaker 1: country with all the ice raids, and this has sort 594 00:36:02,120 --> 00:36:04,600 Speaker 1: of been ground zero for all of that. 595 00:36:05,320 --> 00:36:08,040 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean we're we're a five to ten minute 596 00:36:08,080 --> 00:36:12,080 Speaker 3: walk from the Federal building where all the National Guard 597 00:36:12,239 --> 00:36:15,399 Speaker 3: was at and everything was popping off. You know, we're 598 00:36:15,440 --> 00:36:18,640 Speaker 3: like right by there, right across the freeway, and it 599 00:36:18,719 --> 00:36:21,360 Speaker 3: sucks the effect that it has, you know, ripple effects 600 00:36:21,400 --> 00:36:25,040 Speaker 3: of all that. You want to check out the store, Hello, 601 00:36:25,120 --> 00:36:27,480 Speaker 3: thank you. Oh, here we go. This is what I'll 602 00:36:27,480 --> 00:36:30,839 Speaker 3: get turner. That's pretty awesome. Yeah, yeah, that's the perfect thing. 603 00:36:31,360 --> 00:36:36,440 Speaker 3: Just this please. Oh it's audio recorder. 604 00:36:37,000 --> 00:36:44,120 Speaker 1: Yeah, we're recording a podcast that we make about the Dodgers. Yeah, 605 00:36:44,440 --> 00:36:46,760 Speaker 1: it's been slower here, huh. 606 00:36:46,840 --> 00:36:52,799 Speaker 3: Yeah, the terrible tourists from around the world. They used 607 00:36:52,800 --> 00:36:57,839 Speaker 3: to go in the sun. Yeah, time we walk along. Yeah, 608 00:36:57,960 --> 00:37:01,560 Speaker 3: not even a rare point. He's just quieter than the pandemic. 609 00:37:10,200 --> 00:37:11,920 Speaker 3: They said it wasn't even this bad during the pandemic, 610 00:37:12,239 --> 00:37:15,319 Speaker 3: which is hot because the pandemic sucked for everybody to 611 00:37:15,400 --> 00:37:17,120 Speaker 3: especially stores, you could even come out. 612 00:37:17,400 --> 00:37:20,000 Speaker 1: But there are a few people dancing in the square. Oh, 613 00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:21,840 Speaker 1: it is live music. It's just some like sort of 614 00:37:21,960 --> 00:37:23,760 Speaker 1: automated vacuum tracks. 615 00:37:25,280 --> 00:37:29,280 Speaker 3: I think it's like a DJ USB and he's playing 616 00:37:29,320 --> 00:37:31,600 Speaker 3: along with like different instruments, which is pretty cool. 617 00:37:31,640 --> 00:37:34,960 Speaker 1: Actually, yeah, he just put down his guitar own and 618 00:37:35,080 --> 00:37:37,400 Speaker 1: picked up of native flutes. 619 00:37:38,920 --> 00:37:39,600 Speaker 3: Pan flute. 620 00:37:39,680 --> 00:37:46,760 Speaker 1: Yeah, people dancing, really nice data day, perfect day, beautiful 621 00:37:46,840 --> 00:37:50,520 Speaker 1: day in l a crazy that is so quiet down here. 622 00:38:00,120 --> 00:38:00,359 Speaker 2: The air. 623 00:38:03,400 --> 00:38:04,080 Speaker 3: This is awesome. 624 00:38:04,680 --> 00:38:06,920 Speaker 1: And yeah it's a little sad. 625 00:38:14,320 --> 00:38:18,839 Speaker 3: Anything else. Oh, just people come eat here. It's really 626 00:38:18,920 --> 00:38:21,080 Speaker 3: chill right now and it's not normally like this, so 627 00:38:22,160 --> 00:38:28,120 Speaker 3: come get these taquitos. Well it's well, there's no line. Yeah, 628 00:38:28,160 --> 00:38:31,360 Speaker 3: signing off. This is wes Avila. 629 00:38:32,840 --> 00:38:38,000 Speaker 1: I'm Richard Parks in the immortal words of David VASSA 630 00:38:39,120 --> 00:38:48,279 Speaker 1: Sea Dodger. Blue Dream is written and produced by me, 631 00:38:48,800 --> 00:38:53,880 Speaker 1: Richard Parks, the third. My co host is Chef wes Avla. 632 00:38:54,280 --> 00:38:58,840 Speaker 1: Original music in this episode by William Ryan Fritch Jonathan 633 00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:04,520 Speaker 1: Snipes by me. This episode was story edited by Caitlin Esh. 634 00:39:04,840 --> 00:39:10,520 Speaker 1: Production assistance from Tyler Hill. Special thanks to Cilindo and 635 00:39:11,239 --> 00:39:16,920 Speaker 1: Olvarita's Village. Get out there and support these great La institutions. 636 00:39:17,600 --> 00:39:21,000 Speaker 1: Dodger Blue Dream is produced in partnership with iheart's My 637 00:39:21,200 --> 00:39:26,040 Speaker 1: Cultura podcast network. For more podcasts from iHeart, visit the 638 00:39:26,040 --> 00:39:30,480 Speaker 1: iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to your 639 00:39:30,520 --> 00:39:34,280 Speaker 1: favorite shows. We'll be back with new episodes of Dodger 640 00:39:34,320 --> 00:39:38,920 Speaker 1: Blue Dream every Friday. Tell your friends thank you so 641 00:39:39,000 --> 00:39:42,000 Speaker 1: much for listening. Go Dodgers