1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:03,640 Speaker 1: The concept of this show is a documentary made in 2 00:00:03,760 --> 00:00:07,880 Speaker 1: real time as the baseball season unfolds, to relive all 3 00:00:07,920 --> 00:00:10,239 Speaker 1: the ups and downs of the twenty twenty four Los 4 00:00:10,280 --> 00:00:14,880 Speaker 1: Angeles Dodgers World Series Championship winning season. Check out our 5 00:00:14,920 --> 00:00:22,040 Speaker 1: back catalog. Thanks for listening onto this one. 6 00:00:23,920 --> 00:00:27,120 Speaker 2: Bitch time for Dodger. 7 00:00:31,240 --> 00:00:34,360 Speaker 3: All right here we are see see see get in Hrook, 8 00:00:35,040 --> 00:00:36,600 Speaker 3: get ink Rooke. 9 00:00:37,440 --> 00:00:40,720 Speaker 1: Welcome to Dodger Blue Dream. I'm Richard Parks. 10 00:00:40,760 --> 00:00:43,159 Speaker 4: The third, Thursday, October thirty, first Halloween. 11 00:00:43,200 --> 00:00:44,880 Speaker 3: Happy Halloween, Happy Halloween. 12 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:47,400 Speaker 4: How are you feeling good? Good? 13 00:00:48,040 --> 00:00:51,279 Speaker 1: To celebrate the Dodgers World Series victory. I went out 14 00:00:51,320 --> 00:00:54,920 Speaker 1: to breakfast with my co conspirator on this show. You 15 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:58,360 Speaker 1: know him, you love him? Chef Wesley Avula. 16 00:00:58,560 --> 00:01:01,040 Speaker 4: What's on your mind doing? Yeah? 17 00:01:01,320 --> 00:01:01,680 Speaker 3: We win? 18 00:01:02,240 --> 00:01:09,200 Speaker 1: Job finished, Chunky Zoo. You know, we wait all season 19 00:01:09,319 --> 00:01:13,080 Speaker 1: long to get to the postseason. And then even if 20 00:01:13,120 --> 00:01:15,800 Speaker 1: you take it all the way like the Dodgers did 21 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:19,640 Speaker 1: this year, these games just fly by. But this Game 22 00:01:19,760 --> 00:01:23,440 Speaker 1: five that we just played, the deciding game in the Bronx, 23 00:01:23,760 --> 00:01:27,839 Speaker 1: was kind of amazing. A fitting bookend to an incredible game, 24 00:01:27,880 --> 00:01:31,400 Speaker 1: one that we already covered on our episode. Let Freeman 25 00:01:31,560 --> 00:01:35,200 Speaker 1: ring and particularly the fifth inning can tell you so 26 00:01:35,360 --> 00:01:38,760 Speaker 1: much about why the Dodgers won this series and how 27 00:01:38,800 --> 00:01:42,959 Speaker 1: they won all year long. So this episode is just 28 00:01:43,080 --> 00:01:46,560 Speaker 1: going to be us enjoying our time talking through that 29 00:01:46,720 --> 00:01:51,600 Speaker 1: Game five, swapping feelings about a season we will never forget, 30 00:01:52,080 --> 00:01:55,280 Speaker 1: and just living in the moment. Man. So if that's 31 00:01:55,280 --> 00:01:58,560 Speaker 1: your kind of thing, stick around and bask in the 32 00:01:58,680 --> 00:02:05,320 Speaker 1: afterglow of a Los Angeles Dodgers World Series victory against 33 00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:06,680 Speaker 1: the New York Yankees. 34 00:02:07,160 --> 00:02:08,679 Speaker 2: The Yankees glue. 35 00:02:11,520 --> 00:02:20,040 Speaker 1: Today's episode Blue Dream come True. 36 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:22,640 Speaker 5: It's great, I mean, of all the teams to win 37 00:02:23,120 --> 00:02:25,480 Speaker 5: against in their home in the Bronx. 38 00:02:26,040 --> 00:02:29,720 Speaker 1: Let's start with how Game five ended, the last out 39 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:34,800 Speaker 1: of the Dodgers World Series Championship winning twenty twenty four season. 40 00:02:35,520 --> 00:02:37,560 Speaker 3: Dougie striking out at the end with. 41 00:02:37,600 --> 00:02:42,480 Speaker 6: Walker Walker Bueller in to pitch the bottom of the 42 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:47,640 Speaker 6: ninth Game five, bottom of the ninth two outs, and 43 00:02:47,720 --> 00:02:52,280 Speaker 6: it's Alex Verdugo, his former teammates, who represents the final 44 00:02:52,320 --> 00:02:55,840 Speaker 6: outs with. 45 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:58,839 Speaker 1: Two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning. Last night. 46 00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:02,520 Speaker 1: Not only did Walker Buehler, a starter who's had a 47 00:03:02,600 --> 00:03:05,120 Speaker 1: very up and down season coming back from his second 48 00:03:05,160 --> 00:03:08,200 Speaker 1: Tommy John Surgery make a surprise appearance out of the 49 00:03:08,240 --> 00:03:11,600 Speaker 1: bullpen to close out the World Series. He did it 50 00:03:11,639 --> 00:03:16,079 Speaker 1: against a former teammate in Alex Verdugo, who also represents 51 00:03:16,360 --> 00:03:19,880 Speaker 1: those who criticize the Dodgers twenty twenty World Series title 52 00:03:20,080 --> 00:03:23,040 Speaker 1: because it happened within a sixty game season. Verdugo had 53 00:03:23,120 --> 00:03:26,080 Speaker 1: left the team after a season there in twenty nineteen. Yeah, 54 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:28,920 Speaker 1: they got a ring, Verdugo was quoted as saying, but 55 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:31,760 Speaker 1: they didn't play any games at their home field. They didn't. 56 00:03:32,080 --> 00:03:35,640 Speaker 1: There weren't any fans there. It was sixty games. Anyone 57 00:03:35,680 --> 00:03:40,440 Speaker 1: could ball out for sixty games. Mister strikes, let's come, 58 00:03:40,560 --> 00:03:53,480 Speaker 1: great guy, and Butane struck him out. And after throwing 59 00:03:53,560 --> 00:03:56,760 Speaker 1: the third strike, Bueller just opens his arms and turns 60 00:03:56,760 --> 00:04:02,000 Speaker 1: toward the dugout like who's f talking now? Ice cold 61 00:04:02,880 --> 00:04:06,120 Speaker 1: and his teammates mob him. And it's a good day, 62 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:08,760 Speaker 1: which is the name of a West Coast hip hop 63 00:04:08,760 --> 00:04:11,640 Speaker 1: anthem for those who don't know. I'm looking at you, 64 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:16,080 Speaker 1: Alex Ferdugo. Anyway, it's always a good day when the 65 00:04:16,200 --> 00:04:17,080 Speaker 1: Yankees lose. 66 00:04:19,400 --> 00:04:22,160 Speaker 2: I love it, I love it, I love it, I 67 00:04:22,360 --> 00:04:24,640 Speaker 2: love it. 68 00:04:25,400 --> 00:04:28,920 Speaker 3: I love it. That was just so so good, so cathartic. 69 00:04:28,960 --> 00:04:33,400 Speaker 5: You got the TV here playing La Wil Series Champions, 70 00:04:33,880 --> 00:04:35,400 Speaker 5: the highlights. 71 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:40,880 Speaker 1: Honestly, I think I'm still stunned by the whole thing. Definitely, 72 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:44,000 Speaker 1: we were by far the better team in this series. 73 00:04:45,360 --> 00:04:48,400 Speaker 1: That was such a great fifth inning, and the Yankees 74 00:04:48,640 --> 00:04:51,480 Speaker 1: made so many mistakes and gave us everything we. 75 00:04:51,480 --> 00:04:52,200 Speaker 4: Got last night. 76 00:04:52,680 --> 00:04:54,400 Speaker 3: Yeah, they gave us opportunity. We took it. 77 00:04:54,440 --> 00:04:56,080 Speaker 1: We were on the ropes like we were coming back 78 00:04:56,120 --> 00:04:58,920 Speaker 1: to La like until when you turned it off? 79 00:04:59,200 --> 00:04:59,960 Speaker 3: Yeah, I turned it on. 80 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:01,120 Speaker 4: When does you turn it off? 81 00:05:01,279 --> 00:05:03,440 Speaker 1: All right? We're looping back to the early part of 82 00:05:03,440 --> 00:05:05,920 Speaker 1: the game here because it was a great game. And 83 00:05:05,960 --> 00:05:08,400 Speaker 1: if you've listened to this show, you know that Wes 84 00:05:08,480 --> 00:05:12,000 Speaker 1: doesn't like to watch great games. He doesn't like the stress, 85 00:05:12,400 --> 00:05:17,440 Speaker 1: and early on this game was stressful, fastball driven. 86 00:05:17,160 --> 00:05:20,520 Speaker 2: The other way, Sleeping Shine has a. 87 00:05:20,440 --> 00:05:23,760 Speaker 1: Little kat, it is a judge, and blast. 88 00:05:24,320 --> 00:05:28,640 Speaker 5: I turned it off after the second home month after Jazz. 89 00:05:28,440 --> 00:05:29,760 Speaker 4: Jazz bothers me so much. 90 00:05:30,400 --> 00:05:32,800 Speaker 1: Jazz Chisholm, it's chis. 91 00:05:32,600 --> 00:05:38,600 Speaker 7: Him hard drive right field, good god, Jazz Chisholm almost 92 00:05:38,680 --> 00:05:40,159 Speaker 7: a deep right field. 93 00:05:40,839 --> 00:05:42,840 Speaker 3: And the next thing you think, chen Carlo San got on. 94 00:05:42,920 --> 00:05:44,279 Speaker 1: Good at That's Last Night Back. 95 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:52,480 Speaker 7: There's another Jack, Carlos Stanton who eats me the round boat. 96 00:05:52,279 --> 00:05:52,839 Speaker 4: At the call. 97 00:05:55,920 --> 00:05:58,360 Speaker 1: So in the first part of the game, the Yankees 98 00:05:58,400 --> 00:06:02,200 Speaker 1: were looking really, really good, and that was stressful. And 99 00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:05,120 Speaker 1: if you listen to our episode Save the Doves, you 100 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:07,799 Speaker 1: know that we had our game one starter on the mound, 101 00:06:07,960 --> 00:06:10,760 Speaker 1: Jack Flaherty, and that we were ready to go with 102 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:15,039 Speaker 1: our doves, our high leverage bullpen guys who were fresh 103 00:06:15,080 --> 00:06:18,440 Speaker 1: and ready to handle as much as six innings of work. 104 00:06:18,760 --> 00:06:22,120 Speaker 1: But j Flair just didn't have it. He got lit 105 00:06:22,200 --> 00:06:26,040 Speaker 1: up by Aaron Judge and Jazz Chisholm Junior, Alex da 106 00:06:26,279 --> 00:06:31,280 Speaker 1: drive Zon, we didix fourty, even Alex Verdugo touched him 107 00:06:31,320 --> 00:06:32,880 Speaker 1: for an RBI knock. 108 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:36,040 Speaker 2: Run, batted for Alex for Google and here bums. 109 00:06:36,160 --> 00:06:40,360 Speaker 7: Dave Roberts signals to the pen for Anthony Bonda. Wow 110 00:06:40,680 --> 00:06:43,680 Speaker 7: de clarity after thirty five pitches in Game five, was 111 00:06:43,720 --> 00:06:44,440 Speaker 7: gonna get the hook. 112 00:06:44,920 --> 00:06:46,760 Speaker 1: He just didn't have it. And Dave Roberts can not 113 00:06:46,880 --> 00:06:49,640 Speaker 1: stay on this train any longer. He's gonna happen to change. 114 00:06:49,720 --> 00:06:52,919 Speaker 1: Jay Flair only went an inning in a third and 115 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:55,280 Speaker 1: after Ryan Brazier gave up a home run to gen 116 00:06:55,360 --> 00:06:58,320 Speaker 1: Carlos Stanton. It was five to nothing in just the 117 00:06:58,320 --> 00:07:00,800 Speaker 1: bottom of the third, and we did didn't have enough 118 00:07:00,880 --> 00:07:04,039 Speaker 1: dogs to cover all the innings we needed to the 119 00:07:04,120 --> 00:07:08,279 Speaker 1: idea of saving the dogs was backfiring because the guys 120 00:07:08,279 --> 00:07:11,679 Speaker 1: who saved the dogs the day before, typically the guys 121 00:07:11,680 --> 00:07:14,559 Speaker 1: who eat up innings when a starter doesn't have it, 122 00:07:14,640 --> 00:07:20,280 Speaker 1: weren't available because they'd just been used. This felt like 123 00:07:20,360 --> 00:07:24,440 Speaker 1: a game that we were definitely going to lose because 124 00:07:24,480 --> 00:07:28,040 Speaker 1: the boys in pinstripes, particularly the one on the mound, 125 00:07:28,320 --> 00:07:31,760 Speaker 1: were looking really sharp, so the larity really didn't have 126 00:07:31,840 --> 00:07:34,800 Speaker 1: it and Cole was super locked in bass out like 127 00:07:34,880 --> 00:07:38,360 Speaker 1: everything was perfect, no mistakes. I mean just at that 128 00:07:38,440 --> 00:07:41,080 Speaker 1: first inning, top of the first, the one, two, three. 129 00:07:40,920 --> 00:07:43,280 Speaker 5: Oh, there was like four pitches or five pitches to 130 00:07:43,320 --> 00:07:44,960 Speaker 5: get three guys out three. 131 00:07:45,480 --> 00:07:48,400 Speaker 4: He made the MV three look like minor leaguers. 132 00:07:48,440 --> 00:07:50,400 Speaker 1: Yes, Garrett Cole. 133 00:07:51,040 --> 00:07:52,040 Speaker 2: Grett Cole's excited. 134 00:07:52,040 --> 00:07:54,640 Speaker 7: The first five he just delivered strike one to all 135 00:07:54,640 --> 00:07:58,480 Speaker 7: five hitters so far. He was Keith Hernandez, Trnandez flies 136 00:07:58,520 --> 00:08:02,600 Speaker 7: it to Wright, sier furo Sodo to carl and the 137 00:08:02,960 --> 00:08:04,200 Speaker 7: true success sixteen. 138 00:08:06,240 --> 00:08:08,200 Speaker 1: I've got a day off tomorrow. I don't want to 139 00:08:08,200 --> 00:08:11,520 Speaker 1: start thinking about that. Cole looks so scary, locked in 140 00:08:13,640 --> 00:08:17,520 Speaker 1: taking my desire for the Dodgers to win out of it. 141 00:08:17,520 --> 00:08:19,720 Speaker 1: It's fun to watch a pitcher that is this good, 142 00:08:20,040 --> 00:08:23,320 Speaker 1: very at ease, but also there's this sort of like 143 00:08:23,440 --> 00:08:28,280 Speaker 1: brooding power. He's huge, six four two twenty, like a 144 00:08:28,400 --> 00:08:32,760 Speaker 1: normcore Bruce Wayne. Cole was in control of this game. 145 00:08:33,080 --> 00:08:37,800 Speaker 1: Every pitch, perfectly placed, fastball exploding with late life, a 146 00:08:37,880 --> 00:08:42,280 Speaker 1: knuckle curve, Bobin and Weavin, sliders and cutters and sinkers. 147 00:08:42,360 --> 00:08:45,840 Speaker 1: Oh my, it was five nothing Yanks and Cole had 148 00:08:45,840 --> 00:08:49,040 Speaker 1: a no no going as we reached the fifth inning 149 00:08:49,240 --> 00:08:54,760 Speaker 1: in Gotham City. This is has not been fun so far. 150 00:08:55,480 --> 00:08:57,880 Speaker 1: My spidy sense told me that Wes had already shut 151 00:08:57,920 --> 00:09:01,040 Speaker 1: the game off, and I texted him to con all right, 152 00:09:01,520 --> 00:09:06,040 Speaker 1: text from Wes can't watch the Lambs to slaughter Cole 153 00:09:06,480 --> 00:09:10,600 Speaker 1: is gonna get a historic no hit or well so 154 00:09:10,720 --> 00:09:14,320 Speaker 1: Wes is putting out the vibes. Unlike Wes when the 155 00:09:14,400 --> 00:09:18,319 Speaker 1: going gets tough, I keep watching. I've been with this 156 00:09:18,400 --> 00:09:22,360 Speaker 1: team every moment all season long. I wasn't gonna stop now. 157 00:09:22,679 --> 00:09:25,640 Speaker 1: This has been stressful. I mean, I was making my 158 00:09:25,720 --> 00:09:27,800 Speaker 1: plans to go to the game six back in Los 159 00:09:27,800 --> 00:09:31,559 Speaker 1: Angeles on Friday night, on what would be Fernando Vilensuela's 160 00:09:31,600 --> 00:09:34,480 Speaker 1: sixty fourth birthday. Going into the top of the fifth, 161 00:09:34,920 --> 00:09:37,199 Speaker 1: we haven't gotten a hit yet. I mean, it'd be 162 00:09:37,280 --> 00:09:39,040 Speaker 1: nice to just like get some runs and be in 163 00:09:39,080 --> 00:09:41,960 Speaker 1: this game. Little did I know I was about to 164 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:46,040 Speaker 1: witness an incredible pressure cooker turn around half inning of 165 00:09:46,080 --> 00:09:50,720 Speaker 1: baseball that I will never ever forget. That encapsulated everything 166 00:09:50,760 --> 00:09:53,840 Speaker 1: that is wrong with the New York Yankees and everything 167 00:09:53,880 --> 00:09:57,319 Speaker 1: that is right about the Los Angeles Dodgers. You talk 168 00:09:57,400 --> 00:10:00,360 Speaker 1: about a momentum shift. The top of the fifth thinning 169 00:10:00,400 --> 00:10:06,360 Speaker 1: of this game is the quintessential example. Let's dig in. 170 00:10:07,400 --> 00:10:11,080 Speaker 1: Come on, Key K, if anyone can get to this guys, 171 00:10:11,200 --> 00:10:13,920 Speaker 1: Key K to lead off the top of the fifth, 172 00:10:14,200 --> 00:10:16,599 Speaker 1: Key K Hernandez. 173 00:10:18,200 --> 00:10:20,960 Speaker 4: What did I say? What did I just say? 174 00:10:22,120 --> 00:10:26,160 Speaker 1: Key K smacks a single to right No, no, no mo. 175 00:10:26,880 --> 00:10:30,000 Speaker 1: And now it was Tommy Edmund's turn. Routine fly ball 176 00:10:30,080 --> 00:10:37,200 Speaker 1: to Yankees center fielder and captain Aaron Judge. 177 00:10:37,760 --> 00:10:40,240 Speaker 3: The meltdown on TV right now, Oh that's Aaron Judge's error. 178 00:10:41,120 --> 00:10:44,160 Speaker 1: Yes, that's Kek getting the second on Aaron Judge's error. 179 00:10:44,480 --> 00:10:47,520 Speaker 1: Totally by coincidence. They were playing the highlights from this 180 00:10:47,640 --> 00:10:50,280 Speaker 1: fifth inning on a TV screen at the diner Wes 181 00:10:50,360 --> 00:10:51,800 Speaker 1: and I were eating breakfast at. 182 00:10:51,720 --> 00:10:54,000 Speaker 4: Guess how many errors Aaron Judge had all season? 183 00:10:54,520 --> 00:10:56,360 Speaker 3: Zero zero zero. 184 00:10:56,760 --> 00:10:58,400 Speaker 5: I mean, that's why he's number ninety nine. Ninety nine 185 00:10:58,440 --> 00:11:02,680 Speaker 5: times he gets perfect except for that just one that 186 00:11:02,720 --> 00:11:03,920 Speaker 5: matters the moose and that. 187 00:11:04,320 --> 00:11:06,679 Speaker 1: Ball just popped out of his It was like a 188 00:11:06,800 --> 00:11:12,520 Speaker 1: hard metal surface, like boom, yeah, boom boom, And that's 189 00:11:12,559 --> 00:11:14,960 Speaker 1: all it takes for a game to totally turn on 190 00:11:15,040 --> 00:11:17,600 Speaker 1: its head. It was first and second on the Judge 191 00:11:17,679 --> 00:11:20,600 Speaker 1: error with nobody out. This is when I texted Wes 192 00:11:20,840 --> 00:11:23,000 Speaker 1: ay Siri, text wes Ovula, turn it on. 193 00:11:23,080 --> 00:11:26,800 Speaker 4: We've got a chance right now, Come on, baby. 194 00:11:27,240 --> 00:11:30,040 Speaker 1: Will Smith hits a routine grounded a short. 195 00:11:29,920 --> 00:11:31,080 Speaker 7: Yeah, there we go. 196 00:11:31,800 --> 00:11:36,360 Speaker 4: That's a pretty bad error. The bad throw er Volpylpy Yeah. 197 00:11:36,400 --> 00:11:39,680 Speaker 1: Anthony Volpi, a young Yankee shortstop who hit a grand 198 00:11:39,679 --> 00:11:41,920 Speaker 1: slam the day before in Game four, who the New 199 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:44,679 Speaker 1: York media portrays as a kind of Derek Jeter two 200 00:11:44,760 --> 00:11:47,960 Speaker 1: point zero, made a bad throw to third base, an 201 00:11:48,080 --> 00:11:49,640 Speaker 1: error that loaded the bases. 202 00:11:50,040 --> 00:11:51,600 Speaker 4: Throwing to third and try to get the lead runner. 203 00:11:51,600 --> 00:11:54,200 Speaker 1: He could have gotten a double play. He could have 204 00:11:54,200 --> 00:11:56,200 Speaker 1: gone six, four to three when he could have gone 205 00:11:56,200 --> 00:11:59,040 Speaker 1: to second or at least to first to throw out 206 00:11:59,040 --> 00:12:02,880 Speaker 1: our catcher Will Smith running slowly up the line. Instead, 207 00:12:03,040 --> 00:12:06,640 Speaker 1: it was bases loaded. Boltby can't even get Oh yeah, 208 00:12:06,679 --> 00:12:10,400 Speaker 1: I know it's sad because you're not good, he sirie 209 00:12:10,400 --> 00:12:16,359 Speaker 1: tex wes Avula bases loaded, nobody out two consecutive defensive 210 00:12:16,679 --> 00:12:21,440 Speaker 1: blunders at two premier defensive positions. And here I thought 211 00:12:21,480 --> 00:12:23,320 Speaker 1: that they were supposed to drop the ball on New 212 00:12:23,400 --> 00:12:26,880 Speaker 1: Year's Eve in New York City and the bases are loaded. 213 00:12:27,200 --> 00:12:29,920 Speaker 2: Two defensive mishaps for New York. 214 00:12:30,160 --> 00:12:33,080 Speaker 1: No runs had yet scored, but it felt like a 215 00:12:33,120 --> 00:12:37,240 Speaker 1: whole new ballgame. When you look at the replay of 216 00:12:37,280 --> 00:12:42,319 Speaker 1: the first air, Aaron Judge literally takes his eyes off 217 00:12:42,360 --> 00:12:45,000 Speaker 1: of the ball as it is sailing through the air 218 00:12:45,120 --> 00:12:49,480 Speaker 1: towards him. He's looking at Keik Hernandez because he's trying 219 00:12:49,480 --> 00:12:52,360 Speaker 1: to keep him from tagging up and advancing to second. 220 00:12:52,640 --> 00:12:55,280 Speaker 1: Maybe he even thought he could double him up. Whatever 221 00:12:55,320 --> 00:12:58,439 Speaker 1: the case, he wanted more than just catching the ball 222 00:12:58,679 --> 00:13:03,440 Speaker 1: and so instead he and Kik runs super hard because 223 00:13:03,440 --> 00:13:05,680 Speaker 1: he was staying close to first, not wanting to be 224 00:13:05,720 --> 00:13:08,959 Speaker 1: doubled up, but he hustles all the way to second. 225 00:13:09,480 --> 00:13:13,679 Speaker 1: Good base running FUNDAMENTALSKK. 226 00:13:12,400 --> 00:13:14,640 Speaker 3: Did a really good job there, and if. 227 00:13:14,559 --> 00:13:16,920 Speaker 1: You look at the Vultpi error, it kind of feels 228 00:13:16,960 --> 00:13:20,240 Speaker 1: analogous a grounder to short off of the bat of 229 00:13:20,320 --> 00:13:23,360 Speaker 1: Will Smith, our catcher. He's not going to get to 230 00:13:23,480 --> 00:13:26,760 Speaker 1: first very fast. But instead of getting the easy out, 231 00:13:26,920 --> 00:13:30,160 Speaker 1: Voltpi tried to get the lead runner at third and 232 00:13:30,200 --> 00:13:33,720 Speaker 1: he yanked the ball overthrowing it, bouncing it in the dirt. 233 00:13:34,160 --> 00:13:36,800 Speaker 1: Maybe he was trying to get too or maybe it 234 00:13:36,880 --> 00:13:40,520 Speaker 1: was Ki k crushing the fundamentals, getting a good jump, 235 00:13:40,720 --> 00:13:43,440 Speaker 1: hustling it out, and taking a running path that made 236 00:13:43,520 --> 00:13:48,000 Speaker 1: the throat difficult. Either way, everybody is safe. The Yankees 237 00:13:48,080 --> 00:13:52,199 Speaker 1: team is built around power hitting and power pitching, which 238 00:13:52,240 --> 00:13:55,440 Speaker 1: was very much on display during this Game five, but 239 00:13:55,520 --> 00:13:58,720 Speaker 1: it comes at the cost of defense, good base running, 240 00:13:58,920 --> 00:14:02,640 Speaker 1: and the type of solid fundamentals you learn in Little League. 241 00:14:02,840 --> 00:14:06,240 Speaker 1: This Yankees team has clear deficits in those areas, and 242 00:14:06,320 --> 00:14:08,640 Speaker 1: yet they were able to finish the season with the 243 00:14:08,679 --> 00:14:11,720 Speaker 1: best record in the American League. And Cruz passed the 244 00:14:11,800 --> 00:14:16,280 Speaker 1: Royals and the Guardians to this world series. Now let's 245 00:14:16,280 --> 00:14:18,160 Speaker 1: get back to this game and the top of the 246 00:14:18,200 --> 00:14:22,360 Speaker 1: fifth inning, nobody out with Gavin Lux coming to the plate, 247 00:14:22,600 --> 00:14:24,520 Speaker 1: followed by Shohei Otani. 248 00:14:24,720 --> 00:14:27,240 Speaker 4: We got Lucks here. He worked at walk last time. 249 00:14:27,920 --> 00:14:31,120 Speaker 1: None of this was owed to Garrett Cole, and he 250 00:14:31,240 --> 00:14:33,520 Speaker 1: was still looking very locked in. 251 00:14:33,640 --> 00:14:35,160 Speaker 2: Voted for Gavin Lucks. 252 00:14:38,360 --> 00:14:41,160 Speaker 7: For the first sat the fifth not who has changed 253 00:14:41,240 --> 00:14:43,160 Speaker 7: demeanor wise for Garrett Cole. 254 00:14:43,680 --> 00:14:46,160 Speaker 1: But then Cole struck out Lux. 255 00:14:46,440 --> 00:14:48,800 Speaker 2: It's O'tani with the bass, jew still in the. 256 00:14:48,880 --> 00:14:52,880 Speaker 1: Hip and poor show Hay wincing in pain with every 257 00:14:52,960 --> 00:14:56,880 Speaker 1: swing using that dislocated shoulder. He strikes out too. 258 00:14:58,920 --> 00:15:03,880 Speaker 7: Superstar against Superstar on the biggest stage, and Garrett Cole wins. 259 00:15:03,920 --> 00:15:04,480 Speaker 2: It had to have. 260 00:15:05,040 --> 00:15:07,800 Speaker 1: This is where it gets home. His teammates were making 261 00:15:07,840 --> 00:15:14,280 Speaker 1: fundamental defensive errors, but Cole was superb. He was gonna 262 00:15:14,280 --> 00:15:17,440 Speaker 1: get himself out of a bases loaded no out jam 263 00:15:17,800 --> 00:15:19,680 Speaker 1: all on his own with two odds. 264 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:23,000 Speaker 2: It's another MVP coming up, Ki spaw Wan. 265 00:15:23,440 --> 00:15:25,920 Speaker 1: The first pitch to Muki is low and out of 266 00:15:25,920 --> 00:15:26,400 Speaker 1: the zone. 267 00:15:26,600 --> 00:15:29,720 Speaker 2: Might even see some emotion from Garrett Cole. 268 00:15:30,600 --> 00:15:37,200 Speaker 1: On the second pitch, Come on, Mooki hits a number 269 00:15:37,560 --> 00:15:40,200 Speaker 1: right off the end of the bat that slowly rolls 270 00:15:40,280 --> 00:15:45,640 Speaker 1: up the first baseline straight towards Yankees' first baseman Anthony Rizzo, 271 00:15:45,720 --> 00:15:49,240 Speaker 1: who has won the Gold Glove Award for Outstanding Defense 272 00:15:49,440 --> 00:15:52,720 Speaker 1: four times in his career. It looked like a no 273 00:15:52,880 --> 00:15:58,880 Speaker 1: doubt out three rally opportunity squandered. Come on, damn it, 274 00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:04,360 Speaker 1: and I'll let myself recorded real time reaction tell it 275 00:16:04,400 --> 00:16:05,840 Speaker 1: from here. Damn it. 276 00:16:08,200 --> 00:16:09,760 Speaker 4: Oh oh oh. 277 00:16:12,840 --> 00:16:18,200 Speaker 1: Ah, A little dribbler up the first base line and 278 00:16:18,400 --> 00:16:22,320 Speaker 1: nobody covers. First watch this look such an easy play. 279 00:16:22,520 --> 00:16:24,840 Speaker 1: Look at Mooki running it out. I love you, Mooki. 280 00:16:25,880 --> 00:16:29,760 Speaker 1: Look at that They had Mooki dead to rights. Rizzo 281 00:16:29,760 --> 00:16:32,280 Speaker 1: could have ran it to the bag himself, or he 282 00:16:32,320 --> 00:16:35,840 Speaker 1: could have tossed Cole for the out. But Cole wasn't covering, 283 00:16:36,120 --> 00:16:40,040 Speaker 1: and Rizzo didn't run, and Mooki was hustling because it's 284 00:16:40,080 --> 00:16:43,480 Speaker 1: the World Series and because that's what they teach you 285 00:16:43,520 --> 00:16:46,880 Speaker 1: to do in Little League. It was his sixth fastest 286 00:16:47,080 --> 00:16:50,560 Speaker 1: sprint speed out of the box of the entire season, 287 00:16:50,920 --> 00:16:53,920 Speaker 1: and it made all the difference. And so a run 288 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:59,000 Speaker 1: comes in and nobody's out and the bases are still loaded. 289 00:16:59,440 --> 00:17:01,080 Speaker 3: Like they couldn't get it. They couldn't get an out. 290 00:17:01,080 --> 00:17:02,400 Speaker 3: It's like one of those ones where I just get 291 00:17:02,440 --> 00:17:05,080 Speaker 3: a out. I love that. 292 00:17:08,160 --> 00:17:11,760 Speaker 1: The Yankees are playing dumb ball, you know, like they're 293 00:17:11,800 --> 00:17:15,280 Speaker 1: giving us everything that we've got. And by this time, 294 00:17:15,520 --> 00:17:18,239 Speaker 1: Wes had turned the game back on and it was 295 00:17:18,320 --> 00:17:20,439 Speaker 1: turning into his kind of game. 296 00:17:20,760 --> 00:17:22,680 Speaker 5: As soon as I turned it on, Mookie was up. 297 00:17:23,240 --> 00:17:24,720 Speaker 5: And then that's when that mistake happened. 298 00:17:24,760 --> 00:17:27,760 Speaker 1: And I was like, oh, that's oh yeah, you got 299 00:17:27,760 --> 00:17:31,119 Speaker 1: to see the Garrett that was a little number off 300 00:17:31,160 --> 00:17:32,879 Speaker 1: the end of the Batay, this is when it's this 301 00:17:32,960 --> 00:17:33,760 Speaker 1: is going down. 302 00:17:34,680 --> 00:17:39,520 Speaker 7: Atrocious defense from the Yankees leading directly to a Dodger 303 00:17:39,600 --> 00:17:40,480 Speaker 7: run in the fifth. 304 00:17:41,280 --> 00:17:46,679 Speaker 1: I swear it's a coincidence. At these Yankees defensive airs 305 00:17:46,680 --> 00:17:48,919 Speaker 1: in the top of the fifth inning, we're playing on 306 00:17:48,960 --> 00:17:51,800 Speaker 1: a screen above us in the diner, almost on loop. 307 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:54,119 Speaker 1: They are the highlight reel of this game. 308 00:17:54,440 --> 00:17:55,520 Speaker 4: And then that's the coal air. 309 00:17:55,920 --> 00:17:58,720 Speaker 1: Oh man, it's so the cole not covering first was 310 00:17:58,720 --> 00:18:01,240 Speaker 1: the nail in the coffin, because we wouldn't have tied 311 00:18:01,280 --> 00:18:03,240 Speaker 1: the game in that ending had that error. 312 00:18:03,280 --> 00:18:04,080 Speaker 4: Not happened with you. 313 00:18:04,080 --> 00:18:05,840 Speaker 1: You could have had the air and judge error, and 314 00:18:05,880 --> 00:18:10,200 Speaker 1: you could have had the bolbear. The Dodgers' strengths fundamentally, 315 00:18:10,320 --> 00:18:13,399 Speaker 1: and their ability to pass the baton and rely on 316 00:18:13,520 --> 00:18:18,160 Speaker 1: every person to run hard and play smart, and the Yankees' 317 00:18:18,200 --> 00:18:23,040 Speaker 1: remarkable deficits fundamentally are the clear difference between these two 318 00:18:23,119 --> 00:18:27,120 Speaker 1: teams and the reason why the Dodgers are World champions 319 00:18:27,280 --> 00:18:31,720 Speaker 1: and the Yankees are not. And the Dodgers knew that 320 00:18:31,840 --> 00:18:34,760 Speaker 1: they could beat the Yankees this way. I'm going to 321 00:18:34,840 --> 00:18:37,520 Speaker 1: quote from an article by Joel Sherman in The New 322 00:18:37,640 --> 00:18:40,879 Speaker 1: York Post that was published the day after the World 323 00:18:40,960 --> 00:18:45,200 Speaker 1: Series ended. The Dodgers told their players in scouting meetings 324 00:18:45,440 --> 00:18:49,920 Speaker 1: that the Yankees were quote talent over fundamentals, that if 325 00:18:49,920 --> 00:18:53,640 Speaker 1: you run the bases with purpose and aggression, the Yankees 326 00:18:53,720 --> 00:18:59,160 Speaker 1: will self inflict harm, as was exposed by Betts, Tommy Edmund, 327 00:18:59,400 --> 00:19:03,280 Speaker 1: Freddie Free, et cetera. They mentioned that the Yankees were 328 00:19:03,320 --> 00:19:07,199 Speaker 1: not just the Major's worst base running team by every metric, 329 00:19:07,640 --> 00:19:11,200 Speaker 1: but the difference was vast on the field between them 330 00:19:11,400 --> 00:19:14,639 Speaker 1: and the Padres, who the Dodgers beat in the National 331 00:19:14,680 --> 00:19:19,720 Speaker 1: League Division Series. Anyway, getting back to the game. There 332 00:19:19,720 --> 00:19:23,240 Speaker 1: were still two outs and only one run had come in, 333 00:19:23,520 --> 00:19:26,439 Speaker 1: but it already felt like the tables had turned. It 334 00:19:26,560 --> 00:19:29,719 Speaker 1: felt like it was our game to lose. And this 335 00:19:29,840 --> 00:19:33,240 Speaker 1: top of the fifth inning was only about halfway done. 336 00:19:34,560 --> 00:19:38,359 Speaker 7: Well, from no stress to a ton of stress for 337 00:19:38,520 --> 00:19:41,640 Speaker 7: Garrett Cole, for Luis Crowd, love house. 338 00:19:41,720 --> 00:19:43,879 Speaker 4: But yeah, because. 339 00:19:43,600 --> 00:19:49,399 Speaker 1: They're playing like not only were they unsound fundamentally in 340 00:19:49,480 --> 00:19:53,200 Speaker 1: this inning, the Yankees were failing because of how lopsided 341 00:19:53,240 --> 00:19:56,920 Speaker 1: they are. They rely on their superstars to create their offense, 342 00:19:57,119 --> 00:20:00,760 Speaker 1: and in this game, their starting pitcher was doing everything 343 00:20:01,160 --> 00:20:04,320 Speaker 1: Garrett Cole, and once we put a chink in his armor, 344 00:20:04,560 --> 00:20:06,400 Speaker 1: the whole thing started falling apart. 345 00:20:06,920 --> 00:20:09,160 Speaker 5: He didn't even sweat, He didn't break one sweat until 346 00:20:09,200 --> 00:20:11,280 Speaker 5: he made the mistake and didn't cover first when he 347 00:20:11,280 --> 00:20:12,840 Speaker 5: didn't run full speed of first, and. 348 00:20:12,840 --> 00:20:15,920 Speaker 4: That was after that inning already started falling apart. So 349 00:20:16,400 --> 00:20:19,080 Speaker 4: he was stressed. Yeah, you can't take that for a Cole. 350 00:20:19,800 --> 00:20:20,119 Speaker 1: Sad. 351 00:20:20,400 --> 00:20:22,520 Speaker 4: He looks sad blue, he looks scared. 352 00:20:23,040 --> 00:20:26,320 Speaker 1: Five to one, two outs and guess who's at the 353 00:20:26,320 --> 00:20:28,520 Speaker 1: plate and the Dodgers have their first run. 354 00:20:28,560 --> 00:20:29,560 Speaker 2: They're loaded for free. 355 00:20:30,600 --> 00:20:33,119 Speaker 1: Freddy Fouls off a sinker that bended out of the 356 00:20:33,240 --> 00:20:36,479 Speaker 1: zone away and then spits on the exact same pitch. 357 00:20:36,760 --> 00:20:37,960 Speaker 1: The count is one and one. 358 00:20:38,359 --> 00:20:41,200 Speaker 2: Freeman clives follows it dread. 359 00:20:41,280 --> 00:20:43,800 Speaker 1: He fouls back a fastball up and out of the zone, 360 00:20:43,920 --> 00:20:46,879 Speaker 1: and Cole is one strike away from getting out of 361 00:20:46,880 --> 00:20:49,920 Speaker 1: the inning having given up just one run. Cole throws 362 00:20:49,960 --> 00:20:53,240 Speaker 1: him that sinker again and Freddy fights it off, ands 363 00:20:53,280 --> 00:20:55,000 Speaker 1: dos a lot another foul ball. 364 00:20:55,119 --> 00:20:56,160 Speaker 3: It's got something. 365 00:20:55,880 --> 00:21:02,680 Speaker 2: Freddy Freeman on one too. Yeah, Tabo runs his score man. 366 00:21:02,840 --> 00:21:06,280 Speaker 7: The Dodgers take advantage of the bat defense from New York, 367 00:21:06,640 --> 00:21:09,360 Speaker 7: and this game has changed in the blank of it all, 368 00:21:10,119 --> 00:21:12,720 Speaker 7: and guess who it's Freddy Freeman right in the middle 369 00:21:12,760 --> 00:21:12,960 Speaker 7: of it. 370 00:21:13,680 --> 00:21:17,119 Speaker 1: He tried that high fastball again, but it wasn't that high, 371 00:21:17,359 --> 00:21:20,160 Speaker 1: and Freddy smacked it into center for a single. 372 00:21:20,040 --> 00:21:22,080 Speaker 7: Tie on a board now too gone in the fifth 373 00:21:22,160 --> 00:21:23,680 Speaker 7: for Taskernandez. 374 00:21:24,040 --> 00:21:29,080 Speaker 1: Next it was Tao's turn and he was clutch yes. 375 00:21:29,080 --> 00:21:31,280 Speaker 7: In the air left center field judge on the run, 376 00:21:31,440 --> 00:21:36,200 Speaker 7: dead screw, that's overshid the that's into score. 377 00:21:36,680 --> 00:21:39,720 Speaker 2: Freddy Freeman for the pat And this game has been 378 00:21:39,800 --> 00:21:41,119 Speaker 2: turned upside down. 379 00:21:43,040 --> 00:21:47,000 Speaker 7: For Fay up, the Yankees cracked the door open with 380 00:21:47,080 --> 00:21:50,359 Speaker 7: the poor defense and the Dodgers kick it down. 381 00:21:50,680 --> 00:21:53,159 Speaker 4: This is it. 382 00:21:53,160 --> 00:21:55,480 Speaker 3: It's a new real game. It was now zero zero. 383 00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:58,159 Speaker 1: By the time the top of the fifth ended, we 384 00:21:58,240 --> 00:22:01,359 Speaker 1: had batted around and tied the game at five. But 385 00:22:01,480 --> 00:22:04,480 Speaker 1: it felt like more than that. You know, the winning 386 00:22:04,480 --> 00:22:07,760 Speaker 1: percentage charts that they do. It was then it was 387 00:22:07,840 --> 00:22:11,120 Speaker 1: like all Yankees and then fifth inning it goes. 388 00:22:10,920 --> 00:22:12,520 Speaker 4: Like that to all Dodgers. 389 00:22:14,119 --> 00:22:14,679 Speaker 3: Crazy. 390 00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:15,040 Speaker 4: Yeah. 391 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:20,679 Speaker 1: The Yankees continued to have missteps, including a completely avoidable 392 00:22:20,800 --> 00:22:22,680 Speaker 1: bock by their closer Lukey. 393 00:22:22,720 --> 00:22:23,560 Speaker 4: We had a bock. 394 00:22:23,600 --> 00:22:27,600 Speaker 1: He had three disengagements sh and the Dodgers continued to 395 00:22:27,680 --> 00:22:32,399 Speaker 1: come through with contributions from nearly every member of the team, 396 00:22:32,720 --> 00:22:36,920 Speaker 1: but just about everybody who was available pitched, including Blake Trinan, 397 00:22:37,160 --> 00:22:41,199 Speaker 1: who went long after appearing in long outings already several 398 00:22:41,240 --> 00:22:44,240 Speaker 1: times throughout this series. And there was a beautiful moment 399 00:22:44,280 --> 00:22:48,240 Speaker 1: where Dodgers manager Dave Roberts visited Trinan on the mound. 400 00:22:48,680 --> 00:22:51,440 Speaker 1: Usually when a manager goes to the mound, he's taking 401 00:22:51,480 --> 00:22:54,399 Speaker 1: the picture out of the game, but instead Doc just 402 00:22:54,520 --> 00:22:57,800 Speaker 1: put his hands on Trinan's chest and asked him if 403 00:22:57,800 --> 00:23:00,720 Speaker 1: he wanted to stay in Trying and said that he did. 404 00:23:01,040 --> 00:23:04,160 Speaker 1: It was against the odds, it was against the analytics, 405 00:23:04,560 --> 00:23:07,600 Speaker 1: and it totally worked. Moment was huge. 406 00:23:07,680 --> 00:23:10,280 Speaker 5: Yeah, it was, Yeah, because Trying had seen those guys 407 00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:14,879 Speaker 5: three games in a row, four games in a row, like, they. 408 00:23:14,720 --> 00:23:16,720 Speaker 4: Saw him a lot, and they saw a lot of 409 00:23:16,720 --> 00:23:17,520 Speaker 4: pitches from him. 410 00:23:17,640 --> 00:23:18,960 Speaker 3: Yeah, so I was a little worried. 411 00:23:19,040 --> 00:23:20,800 Speaker 4: I was surprised to see him come into the game. 412 00:23:21,280 --> 00:23:23,240 Speaker 3: But who else we had we were at it, we 413 00:23:23,240 --> 00:23:24,440 Speaker 3: had like all our Triple A guys. 414 00:23:24,440 --> 00:23:28,320 Speaker 4: They showed that art. I was like, oh no, yeah, 415 00:23:28,320 --> 00:23:29,120 Speaker 4: I was like wow. 416 00:23:29,600 --> 00:23:33,480 Speaker 1: And also a kudos to Dave Roberts, doc skip, he 417 00:23:33,840 --> 00:23:37,679 Speaker 1: killed it. It's basically an annual tradition. Just about this 418 00:23:37,800 --> 00:23:41,640 Speaker 1: time every year, there are calls for manager Dave Roberts head, 419 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:45,880 Speaker 1: usually using whatever postseason implosion the Dodgers have just gone 420 00:23:45,920 --> 00:23:49,160 Speaker 1: through as an excuse say they need to fire. 421 00:23:49,200 --> 00:23:52,600 Speaker 5: I've always said the they're gonna fire Dave Roberts because 422 00:23:52,600 --> 00:23:53,640 Speaker 5: our guys aren't producing. 423 00:23:53,720 --> 00:23:57,840 Speaker 3: That's dumb. It's such a dumb mentality. It's it's so 424 00:23:58,640 --> 00:23:59,520 Speaker 3: like like. 425 00:23:59,520 --> 00:24:03,280 Speaker 5: You're not even like it's so casual. It's such a 426 00:24:03,320 --> 00:24:06,560 Speaker 5: casual fan mentality, you know what I mean. He's like 427 00:24:06,600 --> 00:24:09,640 Speaker 5: the winningest Dodger coach of all time. Yeah, how many 428 00:24:09,840 --> 00:24:12,399 Speaker 5: postings did take this suit? If the boys aren't producing, 429 00:24:12,400 --> 00:24:14,160 Speaker 5: they're not producing. He can't go up there and swing 430 00:24:14,200 --> 00:24:16,399 Speaker 5: the bat for them and hit you like this, you 431 00:24:16,440 --> 00:24:18,960 Speaker 5: know what I mean. So it's like, you know, and 432 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:20,760 Speaker 5: he made the right he made the right moves. He 433 00:24:20,840 --> 00:24:22,480 Speaker 5: made the right moves those guys, and he need to 434 00:24:22,600 --> 00:24:24,639 Speaker 5: put in guys who were locked in? 435 00:24:25,240 --> 00:24:25,680 Speaker 2: Is it ever? 436 00:24:25,920 --> 00:24:29,119 Speaker 7: So? Back to back walks issued by Bruce dark graderol 437 00:24:29,520 --> 00:24:32,520 Speaker 7: the go ahead run his arm and Jean cardlos Stanton's 438 00:24:32,600 --> 00:24:36,320 Speaker 7: coming up well though at this point every one of 439 00:24:36,359 --> 00:24:38,439 Speaker 7: the Dodgers' high leverage arms has been used up to 440 00:24:38,480 --> 00:24:40,040 Speaker 7: this point, two long, two out. 441 00:24:40,440 --> 00:24:43,399 Speaker 1: The rest of Game five wasn't exactly a smooth ride, 442 00:24:43,800 --> 00:24:48,080 Speaker 1: but it was masterfully navigated by Dave Roberts. The Yankees 443 00:24:48,119 --> 00:24:50,520 Speaker 1: even took the lead later in the game by a 444 00:24:50,560 --> 00:24:51,560 Speaker 1: single run. 445 00:24:51,400 --> 00:24:54,000 Speaker 2: And Mookie Backs comes up with the bases loaded in 446 00:24:54,119 --> 00:24:54,639 Speaker 2: one guard. 447 00:24:55,560 --> 00:24:58,840 Speaker 1: But then we got it right back John Drake trade. 448 00:24:58,600 --> 00:25:01,399 Speaker 2: Still makes the court. Dodgers have come all the. 449 00:25:01,400 --> 00:25:04,040 Speaker 7: Way back and taken the lead in Game. 450 00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:08,280 Speaker 2: Five from down five downfi they had seven. 451 00:25:08,160 --> 00:25:11,800 Speaker 7: Six in the most preposterous. 452 00:25:10,800 --> 00:25:12,520 Speaker 2: Way a Walker lead. 453 00:25:13,240 --> 00:25:15,720 Speaker 1: Going into the bottom of the ninth, we had a 454 00:25:15,840 --> 00:25:19,760 Speaker 1: one run lead. There was just one problem. 455 00:25:20,760 --> 00:25:21,960 Speaker 4: We're running out of pitchers. 456 00:25:22,480 --> 00:25:25,960 Speaker 1: It was time for a dramatic final scene. 457 00:25:26,640 --> 00:25:28,880 Speaker 4: I like that they just showed Walker Bueller in the bullpen. 458 00:25:29,800 --> 00:25:33,040 Speaker 1: Walker Buehler had a rocky year. He's had a rocky 459 00:25:33,160 --> 00:25:36,440 Speaker 1: couple of years and has been attempting a so so 460 00:25:36,760 --> 00:25:40,639 Speaker 1: comeback from his second Tommy John surgery. Before that, he 461 00:25:40,720 --> 00:25:44,280 Speaker 1: had arguably been the Dodgers ace during the team's twenty 462 00:25:44,359 --> 00:25:49,000 Speaker 1: twenty World Series winning season, and he loves big moments. 463 00:25:49,520 --> 00:25:52,240 Speaker 1: But he wasn't rusted. He had just made a start 464 00:25:52,400 --> 00:25:55,360 Speaker 1: two days before, so it was a surprise to see 465 00:25:55,400 --> 00:25:56,000 Speaker 1: him in the pen. 466 00:25:56,640 --> 00:25:59,240 Speaker 4: Walker Buehler might be warming. 467 00:25:58,960 --> 00:26:02,639 Speaker 1: Up as he jogged from the dugout to the visiting bullpen. 468 00:26:02,920 --> 00:26:05,880 Speaker 1: According to an article in The Athletic by Fabian Ardaya, 469 00:26:06,080 --> 00:26:10,320 Speaker 1: Bueller was stopped by Clayton Kershaw, who said he loved him. 470 00:26:10,520 --> 00:26:14,920 Speaker 1: Few understand that walk like Kershaw, who twice has emerged 471 00:26:14,920 --> 00:26:18,520 Speaker 1: on short rest in relief and clinched in October celebration. 472 00:26:18,840 --> 00:26:24,080 Speaker 1: For these Dodgers, it takes big. Kershaw said he knew 473 00:26:24,119 --> 00:26:27,359 Speaker 1: we were going to need him. As we went into 474 00:26:27,400 --> 00:26:29,720 Speaker 1: the bottom of the ninth with the one run lead, 475 00:26:30,119 --> 00:26:33,639 Speaker 1: I knew that I was watching a historic Dodgers moment. 476 00:26:33,880 --> 00:26:38,320 Speaker 1: The Los Angeles Dodgers are three outs away from winning 477 00:26:38,840 --> 00:26:43,080 Speaker 1: the World Series. Walker Bueller into pitch. 478 00:26:43,359 --> 00:26:46,320 Speaker 7: It is nine forty six pm. 479 00:26:46,560 --> 00:26:49,199 Speaker 1: I want to be like Vince Scully, so I'm watching 480 00:26:49,240 --> 00:26:52,560 Speaker 1: the clock to make note of the time narratively as 481 00:26:52,600 --> 00:26:54,919 Speaker 1: he would. But I don't have a clock, so I 482 00:26:54,960 --> 00:26:59,200 Speaker 1: look at my phone. It is Wednesday, October thirtieth, eight 483 00:26:59,359 --> 00:27:04,240 Speaker 1: forty seven pm, very specifically Pacific time. 484 00:27:05,040 --> 00:27:09,280 Speaker 7: Dodgers are turning to Walker Buller out of the bullpen 485 00:27:09,400 --> 00:27:12,760 Speaker 7: for the first time since the end of June and twenty. 486 00:27:12,440 --> 00:27:17,920 Speaker 2: Eighteen, breaking bitch, grabbing the floor us. He's got it out. 487 00:27:18,800 --> 00:27:21,080 Speaker 1: He gets a ground out and there's one gone. 488 00:27:21,359 --> 00:27:25,400 Speaker 7: Boston Wells on a three to two chain. His message 489 00:27:25,880 --> 00:27:27,439 Speaker 7: the Dodgers are one out of. 490 00:27:27,480 --> 00:27:34,760 Speaker 1: Way and a strikeout to gone. It strikes. 491 00:27:36,800 --> 00:27:37,919 Speaker 4: Okay. 492 00:27:39,040 --> 00:27:41,480 Speaker 1: I look at my phone clock again to make note 493 00:27:41,480 --> 00:27:49,360 Speaker 1: of the time narratively like Vince scullywood and when I do, 494 00:27:49,720 --> 00:27:54,359 Speaker 1: I see my dad as facetiming me. My phone is 495 00:27:54,400 --> 00:27:57,159 Speaker 1: in do not disturb it. Always is when I'm watching games, 496 00:27:57,359 --> 00:28:01,879 Speaker 1: but the FaceTime still showing up on the screen, and 497 00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:07,920 Speaker 1: then it hits me. It's all over. His TV feed 498 00:28:08,040 --> 00:28:10,000 Speaker 1: must be ahead of mine, and he just saw it 499 00:28:10,080 --> 00:28:12,520 Speaker 1: happen and he's calling because he wants to share the 500 00:28:12,520 --> 00:28:15,159 Speaker 1: moment with me. And I'm living in the future and 501 00:28:15,200 --> 00:28:17,639 Speaker 1: I know what's going to happen. But someone I'm in 502 00:28:17,640 --> 00:28:19,840 Speaker 1: the room with tells me I should focus, and it's 503 00:28:19,880 --> 00:28:31,720 Speaker 1: all just kind of funny's coming by guy, and then 504 00:28:31,760 --> 00:28:32,480 Speaker 1: it happens. 505 00:28:40,560 --> 00:28:41,480 Speaker 4: It's the job. 506 00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:54,040 Speaker 1: It's been letting low. It is eight point fifty sixty six, 507 00:28:55,360 --> 00:28:57,200 Speaker 1: and the job is finished. 508 00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:01,000 Speaker 4: There was a lot that happened last night. 509 00:29:01,120 --> 00:29:03,400 Speaker 3: Man, Yeah, I got to rewatch it. 510 00:29:03,680 --> 00:29:05,240 Speaker 5: There it is again. They're just showing the highlights. I 511 00:29:05,280 --> 00:29:07,880 Speaker 5: love it showing Walker. 512 00:29:08,040 --> 00:29:10,120 Speaker 1: Damn oh. 513 00:29:10,840 --> 00:29:13,400 Speaker 4: This is one of the most deserved World series. 514 00:29:13,760 --> 00:29:18,440 Speaker 5: The Yankees, not against the Guardians, not against the Tigers, 515 00:29:18,480 --> 00:29:21,200 Speaker 5: not against one of the smaller market teams, the big boys, 516 00:29:21,600 --> 00:29:23,160 Speaker 5: the beast in the East, and then we give them 517 00:29:23,160 --> 00:29:25,200 Speaker 5: the gentlemen sweep just because they're not bad guys. You know, 518 00:29:25,400 --> 00:29:28,000 Speaker 5: got to make it a little interesting. Three home runs. 519 00:29:28,320 --> 00:29:34,920 Speaker 5: The Yankees had three home runs. Stanton Judge Chisholm three 520 00:29:34,920 --> 00:29:36,600 Speaker 5: home runs in the Bronx and. 521 00:29:36,560 --> 00:29:37,560 Speaker 3: So, you know, but we won. 522 00:29:38,480 --> 00:29:41,360 Speaker 1: Our team was a better playing team, and I think 523 00:29:41,400 --> 00:29:43,480 Speaker 1: our team, you know, they picked each other up. There, 524 00:29:43,520 --> 00:29:46,680 Speaker 1: there was a real camaraderie. There a lot of good 525 00:29:46,720 --> 00:29:49,120 Speaker 1: guys on that team. And yeah, a lot of overcoming 526 00:29:49,160 --> 00:29:51,240 Speaker 1: some like difficult situations this year. 527 00:29:51,960 --> 00:29:53,880 Speaker 4: If you just look at you know, the MV three 528 00:29:54,080 --> 00:29:55,320 Speaker 4: and then all the way down, you know. 529 00:29:55,280 --> 00:29:57,120 Speaker 3: The injuries, personal stuff. 530 00:29:56,920 --> 00:30:01,640 Speaker 1: Frond Sun almost does. Losing your best friend because he 531 00:30:02,120 --> 00:30:03,360 Speaker 1: stole from you and betrayed you. 532 00:30:04,560 --> 00:30:05,120 Speaker 3: It's crazy. 533 00:30:06,200 --> 00:30:07,360 Speaker 4: All right, what else should we cover? 534 00:30:07,840 --> 00:30:09,280 Speaker 3: I think we've covered it for now. 535 00:30:09,360 --> 00:30:12,640 Speaker 1: All right, Well, congratulations to you graduate, see you, see 536 00:30:12,640 --> 00:30:15,880 Speaker 1: you at the parade. Yes, I'm very excited about the parade, 537 00:30:16,040 --> 00:30:18,160 Speaker 1: you know, because the Dodgers won in twenty twenty and 538 00:30:18,200 --> 00:30:20,680 Speaker 1: because the worst society was that. It's really great that 539 00:30:20,720 --> 00:30:25,560 Speaker 1: we're able to do this. No. No. November one, twenty 540 00:30:25,600 --> 00:30:29,240 Speaker 1: twenty four, two days after the Dodgers won the World Series, 541 00:30:29,520 --> 00:30:33,600 Speaker 1: Los Angeles had its first World Series parade since nineteen 542 00:30:33,760 --> 00:30:37,800 Speaker 1: eighty eight, on what would have been Fernando Valenzuela's sixty 543 00:30:37,840 --> 00:31:26,120 Speaker 1: fourth birthday. Yeah, Dodger Blue Dream is written and produced 544 00:31:26,200 --> 00:31:30,400 Speaker 1: by Me Richard Parks. The third original music in this 545 00:31:30,560 --> 00:31:35,760 Speaker 1: episode by William Bryan Fritch, Jonathan Snipes the Blasting Company, 546 00:31:36,160 --> 00:31:41,000 Speaker 1: and by Me. Production assistance from Tyler Hill. Special thanks 547 00:31:41,040 --> 00:31:46,560 Speaker 1: to Caitlin esh, Elizabeth Parks, Kibbie, Jordan Bass, and Wesley Avila. 548 00:31:47,360 --> 00:31:51,760 Speaker 1: Thank you for listening. Job finished. So this is the 549 00:31:51,880 --> 00:31:56,040 Speaker 1: last episode of Dodger Blue Dream, our documentary about the 550 00:31:56,080 --> 00:32:00,000 Speaker 1: baseball season, made in real time as the season unfolds. 551 00:32:00,120 --> 00:32:03,720 Speaker 1: Least for now, and what an ending to the story 552 00:32:03,840 --> 00:32:08,680 Speaker 1: of this incredible, unforgettable twenty twenty four Dodgers baseball season. 553 00:32:09,120 --> 00:32:12,520 Speaker 1: I have had so much fun doing this show and 554 00:32:12,560 --> 00:32:15,440 Speaker 1: I've put everything that I've got into it for more 555 00:32:15,480 --> 00:32:18,560 Speaker 1: than seven months now. Dodger Blue Dream is a totally 556 00:32:18,680 --> 00:32:22,600 Speaker 1: self funded, self motivated endeavor. 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It has been 567 00:32:58,680 --> 00:33:01,960 Speaker 1: a joy to help tell the story of this season. 568 00:33:02,440 --> 00:33:06,840 Speaker 1: I really appreciate your being along for the ride with me. Truly, 569 00:33:07,040 --> 00:33:11,240 Speaker 1: it's been an honor and a pleasure. Thanks again for listening. 570 00:33:12,040 --> 00:33:13,720 Speaker 1: Go Dodgers.