1 00:00:06,480 --> 00:00:10,080 Speaker 1: Hey, everybody, welcome to the show. I'm Richard Parks. This 2 00:00:10,119 --> 00:00:15,720 Speaker 1: is Dodger Blue Dream. It's Friday, December fifth, twenty twenty five. 3 00:00:16,320 --> 00:00:20,160 Speaker 1: We're smack dab in the middle of the baseball off season. 4 00:00:20,560 --> 00:00:23,799 Speaker 1: The perfect time to do something I've been wanting to 5 00:00:23,840 --> 00:00:26,799 Speaker 1: do for a long time. Connect with one of my 6 00:00:27,040 --> 00:00:33,479 Speaker 1: favorite Dodgers content creators. As they say, Jeff Snyder. 7 00:00:34,840 --> 00:00:35,559 Speaker 2: We recorded it. 8 00:00:36,840 --> 00:00:37,360 Speaker 3: There we go. 9 00:00:37,960 --> 00:00:39,320 Speaker 1: We are often rolling. 10 00:00:39,640 --> 00:00:45,720 Speaker 4: As Joe Davis says, I'm excited to connect. I'll always 11 00:00:45,720 --> 00:00:48,440 Speaker 4: associate you with what has been just such a great 12 00:00:48,640 --> 00:00:50,159 Speaker 4: era for Dodger baseball. 13 00:00:50,400 --> 00:00:52,600 Speaker 3: Yeah, and thank you, because, like I said, this is 14 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:54,640 Speaker 3: a long time coming. You and I've been talking for 15 00:00:54,840 --> 00:00:57,440 Speaker 3: a year now about doing this, and so I'm glad 16 00:00:57,520 --> 00:00:59,360 Speaker 3: we were finally able to make it happen. 17 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:05,120 Speaker 1: Jeff is a fellow Dodgers podcaster, one of the hosts 18 00:01:05,160 --> 00:01:09,520 Speaker 1: of Lockdown Dodgers up until recently this past summer when 19 00:01:09,560 --> 00:01:13,360 Speaker 1: he switched to the All Dodgers podcast. And I've always 20 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:16,080 Speaker 1: considered Jeff to kind of be like just sort of 21 00:01:16,120 --> 00:01:21,000 Speaker 1: the quintessential ideal of what a podcaster on a given 22 00:01:21,040 --> 00:01:26,000 Speaker 1: topic should be, not a formally trained expert or broadcaster clearly, 23 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:29,840 Speaker 1: but more of an every man who brings some really 24 00:01:29,880 --> 00:01:33,560 Speaker 1: insightful perspectives to what's going on with the Dodgers, and 25 00:01:33,959 --> 00:01:37,200 Speaker 1: obviously has been a lifelong fan. I thought that Jeff 26 00:01:37,240 --> 00:01:39,840 Speaker 1: could help me answer a question that I've been hearing 27 00:01:39,840 --> 00:01:42,080 Speaker 1: from a lot of people I know recently, which is, 28 00:01:42,360 --> 00:01:46,000 Speaker 1: what do you talk about on your baseball podcast during 29 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:50,240 Speaker 1: the baseball off season. The answer to that question, plus 30 00:01:50,480 --> 00:01:54,360 Speaker 1: a little bit of off season baseball news in Dodgerland, 31 00:01:54,920 --> 00:01:59,520 Speaker 1: is what's on deck today. So stay tuned until after 32 00:01:59,560 --> 00:02:04,320 Speaker 1: the break when we bring you my conversation with Dodgers 33 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:25,079 Speaker 1: podcaster Jeff Snyder. Just a chat, a podcast, Stay with us, 34 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:29,800 Speaker 1: Welcome back to the show, and now, without further ado, 35 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:36,400 Speaker 1: my chat with Dodgers podcaster Jeff Snyder. So it's December third, Wednesday, 36 00:02:36,440 --> 00:02:40,960 Speaker 1: December third. We just had Thanksgiving, We've got Christmas coming up. 37 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:43,920 Speaker 1: If you looked at the calendar, we're about as far 38 00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:48,120 Speaker 1: away from baseball as you can get. I've noticed you 39 00:02:48,160 --> 00:02:51,880 Speaker 1: have this thing that you say about the calendar year. 40 00:02:52,120 --> 00:02:53,840 Speaker 1: The four seasons for. 41 00:02:55,760 --> 00:03:00,639 Speaker 3: The four seasons are spring training, baseball season, Christmas season, 42 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:05,200 Speaker 3: and January. And so yeah, basically as soon as the 43 00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:08,640 Speaker 3: Dodgers are done playing baseball for the year, it's Christmas 44 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:11,679 Speaker 3: season for me. I'm listening to Christmas music and so yeah, 45 00:03:11,760 --> 00:03:13,280 Speaker 3: I mean, that's one of the worst parts of the 46 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:16,560 Speaker 3: Dodgers getting eliminated early in the playoffs is that my 47 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:18,840 Speaker 3: wife gets annoyed with me for listening to Christmas music 48 00:03:18,880 --> 00:03:22,639 Speaker 3: on October eleventh or whatever. But you know what, this year, 49 00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:24,760 Speaker 3: I mean, the season ended on November first, and so 50 00:03:24,840 --> 00:03:27,840 Speaker 3: November two was the start of Christmas season. And that's 51 00:03:28,360 --> 00:03:31,320 Speaker 3: kind of acceptable to a lot of people. When the 52 00:03:31,360 --> 00:03:33,240 Speaker 3: season ends the way it's supposed to, like it has 53 00:03:33,280 --> 00:03:36,160 Speaker 3: the last two years, we can bask in the glory. 54 00:03:36,240 --> 00:03:40,560 Speaker 3: My wife is just taken to smiling and nodding every 55 00:03:40,640 --> 00:03:43,480 Speaker 3: evening as I sit down and turn on my Apple 56 00:03:43,520 --> 00:03:45,440 Speaker 3: TV and go to them. We'll be up and go 57 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:48,200 Speaker 3: and watch the recap of Game seven of the World Series. 58 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:52,280 Speaker 3: That's the part of my daily routine. And you know, 59 00:03:52,320 --> 00:03:54,880 Speaker 3: and she sits there next to me and she'll she'll 60 00:03:54,880 --> 00:03:56,520 Speaker 3: play a lot. Oh, there's no way Miggy's going to 61 00:03:56,600 --> 00:03:58,520 Speaker 3: hit a home run, you know, And then he does 62 00:03:58,600 --> 00:04:01,680 Speaker 3: every time, and it's still shocking every time he does it. 63 00:04:02,120 --> 00:04:05,680 Speaker 3: But Yeah, it's like when you have happy memories, you 64 00:04:05,720 --> 00:04:07,600 Speaker 3: can enjoy it. And last year it was just Freddy's 65 00:04:07,600 --> 00:04:09,960 Speaker 3: Grand Slam that I watched over and over and over again, 66 00:04:10,400 --> 00:04:13,800 Speaker 3: plus the ninth inning of Game five of the World Series. 67 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:16,200 Speaker 3: I didn't enjoy the fifth inning as much as most 68 00:04:16,240 --> 00:04:18,680 Speaker 3: people did. It was fun, but I like watching the 69 00:04:18,680 --> 00:04:21,719 Speaker 3: Dodgers sixteed, not the other team fail. And so yeah, 70 00:04:21,880 --> 00:04:24,719 Speaker 3: watching Bueller strikeout Verdugo to end that game, I watched 71 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:26,839 Speaker 3: that a lot. The Freddy's Grand Slam, I watched a 72 00:04:26,880 --> 00:04:31,600 Speaker 3: ton and then I know exactly the second on this 73 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:35,800 Speaker 3: recap of Game seven, it's like the first two minutes 74 00:04:35,960 --> 00:04:40,000 Speaker 3: and fifty seconds are you just skip them because it's oh, 75 00:04:40,040 --> 00:04:43,279 Speaker 3: Boobshit hit a three run homer, Oom boom, Freddy Freeman 76 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:45,720 Speaker 3: hit into a double play, blah blah blah. But then 77 00:04:45,760 --> 00:04:48,839 Speaker 3: at the two fifty mark we get to the Blue 78 00:04:48,880 --> 00:04:50,800 Speaker 3: Jays and autressite. I'm a little bit surprised that Trey 79 00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:52,880 Speaker 3: Y Savage is still in this game, and then boom, 80 00:04:52,960 --> 00:04:55,400 Speaker 3: Max Munsey's at homers and the rest of the recap 81 00:04:55,480 --> 00:04:58,640 Speaker 3: is just good news and so and it's a fun 82 00:04:58,680 --> 00:05:02,479 Speaker 3: recap to watch because there was so much in that game, 83 00:05:02,640 --> 00:05:05,720 Speaker 3: starting with Munsies homer and then Miggi Rose homer, then 84 00:05:05,720 --> 00:05:08,640 Speaker 3: miggiy Rose play on defense and Smith like that play 85 00:05:08,640 --> 00:05:10,960 Speaker 3: at the plate where every time I watch it in 86 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:13,440 Speaker 3: slow motion, it's like, there's no way he's gonna get 87 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:15,880 Speaker 3: his toe backed out in time, and every time he does, 88 00:05:16,520 --> 00:05:19,200 Speaker 3: you know, and then the very next pitch, you know, 89 00:05:19,279 --> 00:05:21,560 Speaker 3: watching Pa has never taken his eye off the ball. 90 00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:22,920 Speaker 3: He's like, I don't care if he get gets in 91 00:05:22,920 --> 00:05:24,960 Speaker 3: the way, I'm gonna murder him, but I'm gonna catch 92 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:28,320 Speaker 3: the ball. And then it flashes to Will Smith's home run, 93 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:31,279 Speaker 3: and then it goes to Alejandro Kirk hitting into a 94 00:05:31,279 --> 00:05:34,359 Speaker 3: double play and Mookie Betts picking a great time to 95 00:05:34,400 --> 00:05:36,919 Speaker 3: make his best throw of the season. Like, you know, 96 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:39,280 Speaker 3: he struggled with some easy throws this year, but that 97 00:05:39,320 --> 00:05:41,960 Speaker 3: one like running thrown across his body and just hit 98 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:45,280 Speaker 3: Freddie right in the chest, no question about it. Boom. 99 00:05:45,640 --> 00:05:48,719 Speaker 3: That's the fun part of the off season of Christmas season, 100 00:05:49,240 --> 00:05:51,600 Speaker 3: when the season ends the right way, is that I've 101 00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:54,640 Speaker 3: got fun things to watch, you know, after the Dodgers 102 00:05:54,680 --> 00:05:57,440 Speaker 3: win the World Series, the offseason is actually a really 103 00:05:57,480 --> 00:05:59,720 Speaker 3: fun break from baseball. 104 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:04,600 Speaker 1: By break from baseball. You mean you you literally are 105 00:06:04,680 --> 00:06:08,320 Speaker 1: queuing up the highlights for Game seven and watching them 106 00:06:08,400 --> 00:06:09,640 Speaker 1: on a daily basis. 107 00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:12,919 Speaker 3: Yeah, I am. And you know when I say a 108 00:06:12,920 --> 00:06:17,080 Speaker 3: break from baseball, I'm a podcaster about the Dodgers, and 109 00:06:17,160 --> 00:06:21,000 Speaker 3: so I watch every Dodger game, every minute of every 110 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:24,520 Speaker 3: Dodger game, and watching a three hour game and then 111 00:06:24,640 --> 00:06:28,760 Speaker 3: spending an hour podcasting and everything. My wife has become 112 00:06:28,760 --> 00:06:31,080 Speaker 3: a Dodger fan, but it's a lot for her. You know. 113 00:06:31,400 --> 00:06:33,279 Speaker 3: My kids love the Dodgers, but it's a lot for them. 114 00:06:33,320 --> 00:06:37,039 Speaker 3: And so, you know, spending seven minutes to actually, you know, 115 00:06:37,080 --> 00:06:39,000 Speaker 3: four and a half minutes because I skip the first 116 00:06:39,120 --> 00:06:41,920 Speaker 3: two minutes of fifty seconds to watch the recap every day, 117 00:06:41,920 --> 00:06:44,160 Speaker 3: it's like, okay, that's that's a nice little fix. And 118 00:06:44,680 --> 00:06:46,479 Speaker 3: even though I'm doing it every day, it is my 119 00:06:46,560 --> 00:06:47,520 Speaker 3: break from baseball. 120 00:06:47,600 --> 00:06:51,760 Speaker 1: This the MLB highlights eight minutes or something like that. 121 00:06:51,720 --> 00:06:54,280 Speaker 3: Right, yeah, seven and a half, ten minutes something like that. 122 00:06:54,480 --> 00:06:57,240 Speaker 3: It's kind of funny the recap at Game seven doesn't 123 00:06:57,279 --> 00:07:00,440 Speaker 3: show the Dodgers first two runs because it's it shows 124 00:07:00,480 --> 00:07:03,120 Speaker 3: Bobaschat's home run and then next thing you see is 125 00:07:03,160 --> 00:07:05,960 Speaker 3: three to two. It's like, you know, a full minute 126 00:07:05,960 --> 00:07:11,160 Speaker 3: and a half on Bobaschat's home run, because it's like, 127 00:07:12,240 --> 00:07:14,000 Speaker 3: I know it was a big home run, but they 128 00:07:14,040 --> 00:07:16,840 Speaker 3: lost the game, you know, and so I don't know, 129 00:07:17,080 --> 00:07:19,480 Speaker 3: if I was putting it together, I might have taken 130 00:07:19,520 --> 00:07:21,680 Speaker 3: time to show all the runs that the winning team 131 00:07:21,760 --> 00:07:25,280 Speaker 3: scored and maybe cut down the Bobachett homer to forty 132 00:07:25,280 --> 00:07:27,600 Speaker 3: five seconds, you know, and maybe just but you know, 133 00:07:28,360 --> 00:07:31,200 Speaker 3: like I say, it makes it quicker because I can 134 00:07:31,240 --> 00:07:33,120 Speaker 3: just skip the first two minutes and fifty seconds. 135 00:07:33,120 --> 00:07:37,080 Speaker 1: And even though you know how it's going to end, 136 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:41,360 Speaker 1: you still don't like to watch the bits where it 137 00:07:41,400 --> 00:07:43,040 Speaker 1: looks like the Dodgers aren't going to win. 138 00:07:43,440 --> 00:07:47,920 Speaker 3: No, absolutely not. I am not interested in watching the 139 00:07:48,240 --> 00:07:54,800 Speaker 3: Blue Jays score runs. It's yeah, especially in that game, 140 00:07:54,840 --> 00:07:58,280 Speaker 3: because the good things that Dodgers did were just so remarkable. 141 00:07:58,360 --> 00:08:03,920 Speaker 3: Like Miguel rojas home run is still almost literally unbelievable, 142 00:08:04,200 --> 00:08:07,480 Speaker 3: Like I've seen I watched it happen live, and I've 143 00:08:07,520 --> 00:08:10,720 Speaker 3: watched it happen hundreds of times since then, and I 144 00:08:10,920 --> 00:08:15,480 Speaker 3: still am a little bit surprised every time. It's never 145 00:08:15,560 --> 00:08:17,600 Speaker 3: not going to be surprising that mague rohas hits that 146 00:08:17,640 --> 00:08:21,080 Speaker 3: home run, Monsi's homer, yeah, not surprising, awesome, but not surprising. 147 00:08:21,080 --> 00:08:23,920 Speaker 3: Will Smith's homer awesome, but not surprising. Magu ros home 148 00:08:23,960 --> 00:08:28,040 Speaker 3: run still surprising every time. And Joe Davis's call. 149 00:08:28,320 --> 00:08:29,120 Speaker 1: No way. 150 00:08:29,320 --> 00:08:32,240 Speaker 3: It's like Joe Davis is all of us that that's 151 00:08:32,280 --> 00:08:34,040 Speaker 3: what we were all thinking in that moment. 152 00:08:34,160 --> 00:08:36,640 Speaker 1: No way, for sure, for sure. 153 00:08:36,800 --> 00:08:44,400 Speaker 2: Play off, drill, don't I field indepod good, no way, 154 00:08:45,480 --> 00:08:47,280 Speaker 2: mag Rojas. 155 00:08:51,720 --> 00:08:55,840 Speaker 3: It's such a probably the most impactful home run in 156 00:08:55,880 --> 00:08:59,480 Speaker 3: Dodger's history. Yeah, when you factor everything in the game situation, 157 00:08:59,559 --> 00:09:04,199 Speaker 3: who hit all of those things? The Dodgers were potentially 158 00:09:04,200 --> 00:09:07,920 Speaker 3: two pitches away from losing the World Series. There was 159 00:09:08,160 --> 00:09:10,800 Speaker 3: two strikes on Rojas, and if I remember, had O 160 00:09:10,880 --> 00:09:13,160 Speaker 3: Toddy grounded out on the first pitch after the home run, 161 00:09:13,480 --> 00:09:19,720 Speaker 3: and so literally, if Rojas pops that pitch up one 162 00:09:19,760 --> 00:09:22,720 Speaker 3: pitch later, the Dodgers lose the World Series. The best 163 00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:26,679 Speaker 3: part is Dave Robert's reaction. His chewing tobacco just falls 164 00:09:26,720 --> 00:09:28,800 Speaker 3: out of his mouth and he puts his hand on 165 00:09:28,880 --> 00:09:31,240 Speaker 3: his head, and you can't even tell that he's happy 166 00:09:31,320 --> 00:09:34,959 Speaker 3: because he is in utter disbelief. And that's what all 167 00:09:34,960 --> 00:09:37,440 Speaker 3: of us were I was when I was watching it live. 168 00:09:37,480 --> 00:09:40,280 Speaker 3: I was with my wife and my two sons, and 169 00:09:41,520 --> 00:09:44,040 Speaker 3: like we were all just in shock. We know who 170 00:09:44,120 --> 00:09:46,679 Speaker 3: mcguil Rojas is, and we've been to games and we've 171 00:09:46,679 --> 00:09:48,960 Speaker 3: watched him in batting practice. The dude has some pop. 172 00:09:49,360 --> 00:09:51,760 Speaker 3: He's got five o'clock power. You know, hits a lot 173 00:09:51,760 --> 00:09:54,400 Speaker 3: of home runs in batting practice and you can see 174 00:09:54,480 --> 00:09:56,400 Speaker 3: him every once in a while. Turn on it and 175 00:09:56,440 --> 00:09:58,520 Speaker 3: you're like, okay, yeah, he's got some power. And I 176 00:09:58,600 --> 00:10:02,080 Speaker 3: actually that game, I actually had the thought when it 177 00:10:02,120 --> 00:10:05,520 Speaker 3: went to three and two on Mickey Row, my brain said, 178 00:10:05,679 --> 00:10:08,400 Speaker 3: you know, he's got power, and he knows he's getting 179 00:10:08,400 --> 00:10:11,480 Speaker 3: a strike, because there's no way they're going to walk 180 00:10:11,920 --> 00:10:16,280 Speaker 3: him in front of sho Heyo, Tawny, he's getting a strike. Now, 181 00:10:16,320 --> 00:10:18,800 Speaker 3: would be a good time for him to pretend it's 182 00:10:18,800 --> 00:10:21,680 Speaker 3: batting practice and just tiafo one. But then my brain 183 00:10:21,720 --> 00:10:27,200 Speaker 3: immediately told myself, shut up, you idiot, this is this 184 00:10:27,360 --> 00:10:27,920 Speaker 3: is real. 185 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:28,319 Speaker 2: This is. 186 00:10:29,960 --> 00:10:31,920 Speaker 3: Yeah, of course that's not gonna happen. Like I had 187 00:10:31,960 --> 00:10:34,520 Speaker 3: already yelled at myself in my head, and then he 188 00:10:34,559 --> 00:10:38,280 Speaker 3: did it. And like even though the thought had crossed 189 00:10:38,280 --> 00:10:41,640 Speaker 3: my mind, I had immediately dismissed it because it was 190 00:10:41,679 --> 00:10:44,880 Speaker 3: such a dumb idea, and then it happens, and just 191 00:10:45,640 --> 00:10:49,040 Speaker 3: like it, that will never get old because for the 192 00:10:49,040 --> 00:10:52,000 Speaker 3: rest of my life, I will remember who and what 193 00:10:52,080 --> 00:10:55,000 Speaker 3: Miguel Rojas was when he hit that home run. He 194 00:10:55,120 --> 00:11:00,920 Speaker 3: is an injured, thirty thousand year old, six year old, 195 00:11:02,040 --> 00:11:08,800 Speaker 3: you know, light hitting utility infielder and hitting that home 196 00:11:08,880 --> 00:11:12,439 Speaker 3: run in that situation, It'll never get old. And then 197 00:11:12,480 --> 00:11:14,120 Speaker 3: you follow it up at the bottom of the ninth 198 00:11:14,160 --> 00:11:19,160 Speaker 3: where back to back pitches the Dodgers come within inches 199 00:11:19,920 --> 00:11:22,960 Speaker 3: of losing the World Series again like they were so 200 00:11:23,160 --> 00:11:26,160 Speaker 3: close to losing the World Series so many times, and 201 00:11:26,600 --> 00:11:30,880 Speaker 3: it's just it never gets old and again because all 202 00:11:30,920 --> 00:11:35,040 Speaker 3: the highlights are them doing great things. It's not Aaron 203 00:11:35,160 --> 00:11:38,360 Speaker 3: Judge dropping a routine fly ball and Anthony won't be 204 00:11:38,400 --> 00:11:41,120 Speaker 3: making an air and Garrett Cole forgetting to cover first. 205 00:11:41,280 --> 00:11:43,719 Speaker 3: It's not quite as satisfied, Like I would much rather 206 00:11:43,720 --> 00:11:48,319 Speaker 3: watch Freddy Freeman's Grand Slam, because that is a superhero 207 00:11:48,400 --> 00:11:51,520 Speaker 3: stepping up in a huge situation. At that point, that 208 00:11:51,640 --> 00:11:53,480 Speaker 3: was the biggest home run in Dodger's history. And the 209 00:11:53,520 --> 00:11:55,800 Speaker 3: fact that now Miguel Rojas has passed this up the 210 00:11:55,840 --> 00:11:58,600 Speaker 3: next year, you know, not a Grand Slam. You know, 211 00:11:58,760 --> 00:12:02,160 Speaker 3: didn't win the game in the moment. But you know, 212 00:12:02,200 --> 00:12:05,640 Speaker 3: Freddy Freeman, Dodgers probably win that World Series even if 213 00:12:05,679 --> 00:12:09,360 Speaker 3: he doesn't hit that Grand Slam. Kurk Gibson, Dodgers probably 214 00:12:09,360 --> 00:12:11,240 Speaker 3: win that World Series even if he doesn't hit that 215 00:12:11,320 --> 00:12:15,040 Speaker 3: home run. But Miggie Rose, the Dodgers literally lose the 216 00:12:15,040 --> 00:12:17,439 Speaker 3: World Series if he doesn't do that, and instead they 217 00:12:17,440 --> 00:12:19,719 Speaker 3: won the World Series. It's hard to beat that. 218 00:12:21,080 --> 00:12:24,320 Speaker 1: Yeah, the Kirk Gibson home run and then the Freddie 219 00:12:24,320 --> 00:12:27,880 Speaker 1: home run, both game won home runs. Yep, it's not 220 00:12:27,960 --> 00:12:30,760 Speaker 1: a do or die game. And then well, you know 221 00:12:30,760 --> 00:12:34,360 Speaker 1: we're strikes away from losing the game and the season. 222 00:12:35,160 --> 00:12:37,760 Speaker 1: You can't argue with that. Like, it definitely is a 223 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:41,280 Speaker 1: much more impactful home run than either of those two. 224 00:12:41,480 --> 00:12:43,520 Speaker 3: Yeah, and that doesn't mean it's better, you know, Like, 225 00:12:43,920 --> 00:12:47,440 Speaker 3: and all three of them are baseball moments that I 226 00:12:47,440 --> 00:12:50,320 Speaker 3: will never get tired of watching. As those three home runs, 227 00:12:50,880 --> 00:12:53,559 Speaker 3: Miggie's was the most impactful. It was the biggest home 228 00:12:53,600 --> 00:12:56,520 Speaker 3: run in Dodger history, especially when you factor in who 229 00:12:56,559 --> 00:12:58,760 Speaker 3: was like Kirk Gibson was the MVP that year. Freddy 230 00:12:58,800 --> 00:13:01,560 Speaker 3: Freeman is Freddye Freeman. He's a Hall of Fame, right, 231 00:13:01,760 --> 00:13:05,439 Speaker 3: you know, this is mcgil Rojas. Mcgil Rojas has never 232 00:13:05,480 --> 00:13:08,240 Speaker 3: won an MVP. He never will. He's not gonna sniff 233 00:13:08,280 --> 00:13:11,400 Speaker 3: the Hall of Fame. But he's a Dodgers legend. You know, 234 00:13:11,720 --> 00:13:13,600 Speaker 3: near the end of his Dodgers career, we did find 235 00:13:13,600 --> 00:13:16,480 Speaker 3: out today he'll be back again next year with the Dodgers. 236 00:13:16,480 --> 00:13:21,640 Speaker 3: That's exciting in it. Yeah, even Dodgers resigned Meggi ro today. Yeah. 237 00:13:21,800 --> 00:13:25,000 Speaker 1: Okay, wow, great, great. I mean I've kind of been 238 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:28,000 Speaker 1: waiting for that to happen. What's the contract? 239 00:13:28,160 --> 00:13:30,160 Speaker 3: One year, five and a half million dollars? 240 00:13:30,960 --> 00:13:33,040 Speaker 1: Okay, he deserves every penny. 241 00:13:33,280 --> 00:13:37,600 Speaker 3: Yeah, he's and you know, I'm thinking about the ring 242 00:13:37,679 --> 00:13:42,679 Speaker 3: ceremony next year on Opening Day and just the ovation 243 00:13:42,840 --> 00:13:45,440 Speaker 3: that mcguil rojas is going to get. And everybody's loved 244 00:13:45,440 --> 00:13:49,080 Speaker 3: migy ro anyway. He's he's been a fan favorite, and 245 00:13:49,160 --> 00:13:50,760 Speaker 3: like I said, partly because of what he did his 246 00:13:50,840 --> 00:13:53,720 Speaker 3: rookie year to save Clayton Kirkshaw's no hitter and the 247 00:13:53,840 --> 00:13:57,320 Speaker 3: role he's taken, the leadership role. Everybody loves Migil Rojas, 248 00:13:57,360 --> 00:14:02,440 Speaker 3: but he went from fan favorite to Dodgers legend on 249 00:14:02,520 --> 00:14:05,679 Speaker 3: November first of this year. And to do that at 250 00:14:05,720 --> 00:14:09,880 Speaker 3: age thirty six, like, it's one of those moments that 251 00:14:09,920 --> 00:14:13,400 Speaker 3: you can never predict. And for him, the way that 252 00:14:13,559 --> 00:14:17,320 Speaker 3: his life changed, it's you know, it didn't change him financially. 253 00:14:17,760 --> 00:14:21,840 Speaker 3: I doubt this contract is and is even a dollar 254 00:14:21,880 --> 00:14:23,240 Speaker 3: more than it would have been if he hadn't hit 255 00:14:23,240 --> 00:14:27,520 Speaker 3: that home run, But it changed his life because now 256 00:14:27,560 --> 00:14:31,320 Speaker 3: he is forever a Dodger legend. He's going to end up, 257 00:14:31,880 --> 00:14:34,960 Speaker 3: you know, inducted into the Dodgers Hall of Legends or 258 00:14:34,960 --> 00:14:37,000 Speaker 3: whatever they call it, just like Kirk Gibson was. Kirk 259 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:39,000 Speaker 3: Gibson played what three seasons with the Dodgers and was 260 00:14:39,080 --> 00:14:41,280 Speaker 3: hurt for most of them, but he had that one 261 00:14:41,360 --> 00:14:44,680 Speaker 3: season and that one moment, and so he's a Dodgers legend. 262 00:14:45,160 --> 00:14:50,040 Speaker 3: And even when he was a grumpy Diamondbacks manager brawling 263 00:14:50,080 --> 00:14:53,360 Speaker 3: with the Dodgers, Kirk Gibson still a Dodgers legend. Miguel 264 00:14:53,480 --> 00:14:57,040 Speaker 3: Ross is forever a Dodger's legend now because of that 265 00:14:57,120 --> 00:15:00,640 Speaker 3: one moment. Yeah, part of this is he's all agreed 266 00:15:00,680 --> 00:15:03,800 Speaker 3: to a post playing role with the Dodgers in their 267 00:15:03,800 --> 00:15:07,160 Speaker 3: player developmentally. Yeah, so he is staying in the organization, 268 00:15:07,200 --> 00:15:11,080 Speaker 3: which is great. You know, Miggy row he is such 269 00:15:11,120 --> 00:15:14,520 Speaker 3: a good coach already, and so he's going to be 270 00:15:14,720 --> 00:15:17,000 Speaker 3: a great asset to the Dodgers. I'm glad he's staying 271 00:15:17,520 --> 00:15:22,120 Speaker 3: in the organization long term. Yeah. He had that stint 272 00:15:22,160 --> 00:15:24,800 Speaker 3: with the Marlins, and you know, if you looked at 273 00:15:24,800 --> 00:15:27,600 Speaker 3: his baseball statistics, the best part of his major league 274 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:30,680 Speaker 3: baseball career came with the Marlins, but the most important 275 00:15:30,680 --> 00:15:32,880 Speaker 3: part came with the Dodgers at the beginning and the end. 276 00:15:33,280 --> 00:15:34,760 Speaker 3: And I'm glad he's going to be staying with the 277 00:15:34,800 --> 00:15:36,480 Speaker 3: Dodgers going forward. 278 00:15:36,840 --> 00:15:38,560 Speaker 1: What else did you feel when you heard that he 279 00:15:38,640 --> 00:15:39,080 Speaker 1: was signed. 280 00:15:39,400 --> 00:15:42,479 Speaker 3: I wasn't surprised at all. It was a foregone conclusion, 281 00:15:42,680 --> 00:15:47,040 Speaker 3: like knowing he's only playing one more year, knowing the 282 00:15:47,160 --> 00:15:50,920 Speaker 3: role he fills and his comfort level in that role, 283 00:15:51,360 --> 00:15:53,840 Speaker 3: knowing that you want him in the organization after he's 284 00:15:53,880 --> 00:15:57,960 Speaker 3: done playing. It was there was never any doubt that 285 00:15:58,000 --> 00:15:59,880 Speaker 3: he was going to be back with the team. And 286 00:16:01,200 --> 00:16:03,400 Speaker 3: you know, they have three spots on the forty man roster, 287 00:16:03,480 --> 00:16:06,240 Speaker 3: so it's not like there was even any reason to 288 00:16:06,320 --> 00:16:08,240 Speaker 3: drag it out. Now they have two spots still on 289 00:16:08,280 --> 00:16:10,520 Speaker 3: the forty man roster, and so they can do whatever 290 00:16:10,520 --> 00:16:12,560 Speaker 3: they need to do, especially because I think they're going 291 00:16:12,640 --> 00:16:15,320 Speaker 3: to do more team building via trade than free agency 292 00:16:15,400 --> 00:16:18,880 Speaker 3: this offseason. Anyway, you know, it just made sense to 293 00:16:18,920 --> 00:16:22,720 Speaker 3: bring miggiy Roe back at some point, and why not now, 294 00:16:22,880 --> 00:16:27,040 Speaker 3: And so it was great news. I'm happy for him, 295 00:16:27,280 --> 00:16:29,600 Speaker 3: happy for the Dodgers, happy for us as fans that 296 00:16:29,640 --> 00:16:33,160 Speaker 3: we get one last hurrah. And like I said, I 297 00:16:33,240 --> 00:16:38,000 Speaker 3: can't wait to see the Dodger Stadium crowd embrace him 298 00:16:38,440 --> 00:16:42,040 Speaker 3: on Opening Day next year and give him all the 299 00:16:42,080 --> 00:16:44,840 Speaker 3: credit that he deserves for what he did in Game 300 00:16:44,880 --> 00:16:45,920 Speaker 3: seven of the World Series. 301 00:16:47,560 --> 00:16:52,040 Speaker 1: Absolutely, it's going to be a special moment. Yeah, Okay, great, 302 00:16:52,080 --> 00:16:54,880 Speaker 1: we got news to break. That's wonderful that there is 303 00:16:54,920 --> 00:16:58,240 Speaker 1: some news, because I mean, the whole context of this 304 00:16:58,320 --> 00:17:01,600 Speaker 1: conversation so far has been what do Dodger fans and 305 00:17:01,640 --> 00:17:06,160 Speaker 1: what do Dodgers' podcasters do in the off season. 306 00:17:07,240 --> 00:17:10,080 Speaker 3: I mentioned to you last year around this time I 307 00:17:10,240 --> 00:17:13,159 Speaker 3: was going back and catching up on your show because 308 00:17:13,200 --> 00:17:16,399 Speaker 3: it was a fun way to relive the twenty twenty 309 00:17:16,440 --> 00:17:21,439 Speaker 3: four World Series championship season. You know, I had listened 310 00:17:21,440 --> 00:17:23,520 Speaker 3: to your first couple episodes at the time that they 311 00:17:23,560 --> 00:17:26,720 Speaker 3: were out, and then I just between watching all the 312 00:17:26,760 --> 00:17:28,720 Speaker 3: games and then podcasting about it, I didn't have time 313 00:17:28,760 --> 00:17:29,440 Speaker 3: to listen. 314 00:17:29,200 --> 00:17:30,679 Speaker 1: To your show the time, you know. 315 00:17:31,320 --> 00:17:33,159 Speaker 3: But then once the season was over, like, this is 316 00:17:33,200 --> 00:17:35,480 Speaker 3: a fun way to relive the season, and so I 317 00:17:35,520 --> 00:17:38,119 Speaker 3: went back and listened to all your episodes. It's just 318 00:17:38,160 --> 00:17:40,439 Speaker 3: an excuse to look back and talk about what a 319 00:17:40,440 --> 00:17:41,280 Speaker 3: great season it was. 320 00:17:41,640 --> 00:17:43,600 Speaker 1: No, that means a lot to me, and thank you 321 00:17:43,640 --> 00:17:47,560 Speaker 1: so much for listening. We'll be back with more after 322 00:17:47,760 --> 00:18:06,160 Speaker 1: a short break. Welcome back to the show. Well, that's wonderful. 323 00:18:06,280 --> 00:18:09,080 Speaker 1: You're gonna be fired up. I want to. Uh, I'm 324 00:18:09,080 --> 00:18:11,879 Speaker 1: gonna go watch it tonight, especially in light of the news. 325 00:18:12,280 --> 00:18:14,560 Speaker 1: But it's great that we have news, because we don't 326 00:18:14,560 --> 00:18:16,400 Speaker 1: have a lot of news this time of year, by 327 00:18:16,480 --> 00:18:20,520 Speaker 1: and large, and looking at the past couple of years, 328 00:18:21,720 --> 00:18:25,400 Speaker 1: even the hot stove stuff over the past couple seasons 329 00:18:25,440 --> 00:18:28,840 Speaker 1: has been potentially way more interesting. And then in the 330 00:18:28,840 --> 00:18:31,800 Speaker 1: case of both of the past couple off seasons, very 331 00:18:31,880 --> 00:18:35,119 Speaker 1: Dodgers centric, with Shohy being the biggest story of the 332 00:18:35,160 --> 00:18:38,800 Speaker 1: twenty twenty three to twenty four off season, and Yamamoto 333 00:18:38,920 --> 00:18:43,639 Speaker 1: probably second to him, and last year, you know, Roki 334 00:18:43,880 --> 00:18:48,280 Speaker 1: was pretty much the big thing to watch, right, they 335 00:18:48,320 --> 00:18:52,120 Speaker 1: were right right. This year kind of a quiet off 336 00:18:52,119 --> 00:18:56,720 Speaker 1: season overall in comparison, I would say, and then certainly 337 00:18:57,280 --> 00:19:01,040 Speaker 1: in Dodgers' land, like I feel like it's been very quiet, at. 338 00:19:01,040 --> 00:19:03,760 Speaker 3: Least so far. It has for sure, and you never 339 00:19:03,840 --> 00:19:06,600 Speaker 3: know the timing on these things, and every big free 340 00:19:06,640 --> 00:19:08,840 Speaker 3: agent is still going to be linked to the Dodgers. 341 00:19:08,560 --> 00:19:12,360 Speaker 3: There have been some pretty big like Dylan Cees signing 342 00:19:12,440 --> 00:19:16,120 Speaker 3: before ever being you know, rumored to be to Dodgers 343 00:19:16,160 --> 00:19:19,879 Speaker 3: being interested was an interesting development, but it also points 344 00:19:19,880 --> 00:19:22,720 Speaker 3: to the fact that Dylan Cee would be a fifth 345 00:19:22,760 --> 00:19:26,200 Speaker 3: or sixth starter on the Dodgers, and so it wouldn't 346 00:19:26,200 --> 00:19:32,719 Speaker 3: have made sense. Every agent in baseball knows that getting 347 00:19:32,760 --> 00:19:34,920 Speaker 3: somebody to report that the Dodgers are interested in their 348 00:19:34,960 --> 00:19:39,639 Speaker 3: client is good for business, and this offseason. Part of 349 00:19:39,640 --> 00:19:41,720 Speaker 3: the reason it's a little quieter, I think is because 350 00:19:42,480 --> 00:19:46,760 Speaker 3: no starting pitchers can realistically sell the idea that the 351 00:19:46,800 --> 00:19:49,760 Speaker 3: Dodgers are interested in them. You know, the only starting 352 00:19:49,760 --> 00:19:52,240 Speaker 3: pitchers the Dodgers might be interested in would be if 353 00:19:52,359 --> 00:19:54,639 Speaker 3: Ary Scougele or Paul Skeins would on the trading block 354 00:19:55,119 --> 00:19:57,360 Speaker 3: because those guys are upgrades to the Dodgers rotation. Because 355 00:19:57,400 --> 00:20:01,200 Speaker 3: they're upgrades everybody's rotation. Beyond that, there there aren't any 356 00:20:01,280 --> 00:20:04,879 Speaker 3: upgrades to the Dodger rotation available, and so that takes 357 00:20:04,880 --> 00:20:07,679 Speaker 3: an entire chunk of the free agent market out of 358 00:20:07,680 --> 00:20:10,760 Speaker 3: the conversation, out of the Dodgers conversation. But now we 359 00:20:11,160 --> 00:20:15,359 Speaker 3: do know Dodgers need an outfielder, and so Cody Bellinger 360 00:20:15,960 --> 00:20:20,520 Speaker 3: and Kyle Tucker and all these different outfielders, Yeah, they're 361 00:20:20,520 --> 00:20:22,640 Speaker 3: all going to get linked to the Dodgers. Oh yeah, 362 00:20:22,680 --> 00:20:25,879 Speaker 3: Dodger And we've seen it already, Scott Boris, Yeah, Cody 363 00:20:25,880 --> 00:20:28,520 Speaker 3: Billinger loved his time in Los Angeles and would be 364 00:20:28,560 --> 00:20:30,520 Speaker 3: opened to a reunion, except he said it in some 365 00:20:31,240 --> 00:20:36,120 Speaker 3: dumb alliterative way. Probably, uh, but you know that that's 366 00:20:36,160 --> 00:20:39,720 Speaker 3: gonna happen. They're gonna be everybody's going to be linked 367 00:20:39,760 --> 00:20:41,760 Speaker 3: to the Dodgers, and so there will be things to 368 00:20:41,800 --> 00:20:44,840 Speaker 3: talk about. But even then it's like it's rumors. 369 00:20:45,240 --> 00:20:49,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, but there's like not a ton else to look at, 370 00:20:49,160 --> 00:20:51,960 Speaker 1: you know. This week it's like Yamamoto went to a 371 00:20:52,040 --> 00:20:55,680 Speaker 1: Lakers game, you know, like that's like the big news 372 00:20:56,040 --> 00:21:02,400 Speaker 1: in Dodgers Land. Well until Miguel Ross is kind tract apparently, that. 373 00:21:02,440 --> 00:21:06,560 Speaker 3: Old saying about stare at the window and wait for spring. Yeah, 374 00:21:06,600 --> 00:21:09,440 Speaker 3: but also, you know, I've got a wife and three 375 00:21:09,520 --> 00:21:12,320 Speaker 3: kids who I love and I love spending time with them, 376 00:21:12,520 --> 00:21:14,960 Speaker 3: and I've got a good job that I enjoy being at. 377 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:18,520 Speaker 3: And I say baseball is the most important, unimportant thing 378 00:21:18,560 --> 00:21:22,119 Speaker 3: in my life, and I try to keep that perspective that, 379 00:21:22,280 --> 00:21:25,440 Speaker 3: you know, I love baseball, and I am passionate about baseball, 380 00:21:25,840 --> 00:21:29,159 Speaker 3: but it always is in the category of unimportant things. 381 00:21:29,400 --> 00:21:31,600 Speaker 3: And part of the reason I love it is the 382 00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:33,720 Speaker 3: connection it gives me to the important things. You know, 383 00:21:34,240 --> 00:21:36,320 Speaker 3: When I think about Game seven, I think about the 384 00:21:36,320 --> 00:21:38,040 Speaker 3: fact that my wife and my two sons were sitting 385 00:21:38,080 --> 00:21:40,880 Speaker 3: there with me, you know, the connection to my family. 386 00:21:41,119 --> 00:21:43,280 Speaker 3: When I think about Max Mountsey's walk off home run 387 00:21:43,280 --> 00:21:46,240 Speaker 3: in the eighteenth inning in twenty eighteen, I think about 388 00:21:46,520 --> 00:21:48,640 Speaker 3: my two sons and my dad and my uncle who 389 00:21:48,640 --> 00:21:51,320 Speaker 3: I was at the game with, and you know, we 390 00:21:51,760 --> 00:21:54,040 Speaker 3: sat through the whole seven and a half hours, and 391 00:21:54,640 --> 00:21:58,000 Speaker 3: my youngest son was only seven years old, and when 392 00:21:58,040 --> 00:21:59,639 Speaker 3: the Red Sox tied the game, and I think it 393 00:21:59,680 --> 00:22:01,280 Speaker 3: was the eighth. He turned to me and said, Dad, 394 00:22:01,280 --> 00:22:02,840 Speaker 3: if it goes to extras, are we staying for the 395 00:22:02,840 --> 00:22:05,280 Speaker 3: whole game. I said, yeah, we're staying for the whole game, 396 00:22:06,119 --> 00:22:07,160 Speaker 3: you know. And I had to give him a pep 397 00:22:07,160 --> 00:22:11,520 Speaker 3: talk a couple times. And when it got to the 398 00:22:11,560 --> 00:22:13,760 Speaker 3: point where it was officially the longest World Series game 399 00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:16,320 Speaker 3: in history, then the boys were on board, and I 400 00:22:16,359 --> 00:22:19,600 Speaker 3: told them, I said, look, someday in the future, you're 401 00:22:19,600 --> 00:22:21,680 Speaker 3: going to be watching a World Series game and it'll 402 00:22:21,680 --> 00:22:23,680 Speaker 3: go to the twelfth Didning or whatever, and they'll pop 403 00:22:23,680 --> 00:22:26,399 Speaker 3: a graphic up on the screen that says, the longest 404 00:22:26,400 --> 00:22:28,119 Speaker 3: game in World Series history was Game three of the 405 00:22:28,160 --> 00:22:30,480 Speaker 3: twenty eighteen World Series. And you'll turn to whoever you're 406 00:22:30,520 --> 00:22:32,720 Speaker 3: with and you'll say, I was there, and I stayed 407 00:22:32,720 --> 00:22:36,320 Speaker 3: for the whole thing. Well, this year, game three of 408 00:22:36,359 --> 00:22:40,880 Speaker 3: the World Series, I was in California for my cousin's funeral, 409 00:22:41,160 --> 00:22:43,439 Speaker 3: which was the next day, and so I was watching 410 00:22:43,480 --> 00:22:46,000 Speaker 3: that game at my parents' house and my family was 411 00:22:46,040 --> 00:22:49,479 Speaker 3: at home, and my son, who's now my older son, 412 00:22:49,520 --> 00:22:52,960 Speaker 3: who's now eighteen, texted me and he said, Dad, it 413 00:22:53,080 --> 00:22:55,800 Speaker 3: just happened, and I said what he said. They popped 414 00:22:55,800 --> 00:22:58,480 Speaker 3: it up on the screen, saying the longest game in 415 00:22:58,560 --> 00:23:01,679 Speaker 3: history was Game three to the twenty eighteen World Series, 416 00:23:02,080 --> 00:23:03,640 Speaker 3: and he said, and Ryan and I turned and looked 417 00:23:03,680 --> 00:23:05,520 Speaker 3: at each other and said, I was there and I 418 00:23:05,560 --> 00:23:09,080 Speaker 3: stayed for the whole thing. And so yeah, those moments 419 00:23:09,359 --> 00:23:11,640 Speaker 3: like that's that's what's great about baseball. 420 00:23:20,200 --> 00:23:23,400 Speaker 1: Awesome, Jeff, Thank you so much. This was a real 421 00:23:23,520 --> 00:23:24,840 Speaker 1: joy for me, very fun. 422 00:23:25,119 --> 00:23:28,120 Speaker 3: Happy to do it. 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