1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,920 Speaker 1: That's what I do. I just hit a lot of 2 00:00:01,920 --> 00:00:04,960 Speaker 1: homers to where I'm leading the league for wingers. I'm 3 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:07,600 Speaker 1: letting Tommy and show, Hey, you know, be on the 4 00:00:07,600 --> 00:00:09,959 Speaker 1: board with me on that one. But you know the 5 00:00:10,360 --> 00:00:17,440 Speaker 1: RBI category, that's that's my category. 6 00:00:18,800 --> 00:00:20,000 Speaker 2: Good afternoon, everybody. 7 00:00:20,200 --> 00:00:22,520 Speaker 3: Mondays, do not bother me as much because I know 8 00:00:22,600 --> 00:00:25,880 Speaker 3: that there is a brand new Dodgers territory coming your way. 9 00:00:25,960 --> 00:00:28,159 Speaker 3: I'm a lot of rizzo that is Clint to see us. 10 00:00:28,200 --> 00:00:30,040 Speaker 3: We're excited to have you with us on this brand 11 00:00:30,040 --> 00:00:33,040 Speaker 3: new week, Clint, a brand new week in which games 12 00:00:33,240 --> 00:00:36,800 Speaker 3: actually matter in the domestic opener as far as the 13 00:00:36,800 --> 00:00:37,680 Speaker 3: Dodgers are concerned. 14 00:00:37,720 --> 00:00:38,240 Speaker 2: How you doing? 15 00:00:39,080 --> 00:00:39,920 Speaker 4: I am? I'm ready. 16 00:00:39,960 --> 00:00:42,040 Speaker 5: I'm ready for baseball to mean something again. I didn't 17 00:00:42,040 --> 00:00:44,200 Speaker 5: watch yesterday's game like I'm at a point I don't 18 00:00:44,240 --> 00:00:46,840 Speaker 5: care about fake baseball. I want real baseball to be here. 19 00:00:47,040 --> 00:00:49,479 Speaker 5: We're ready, Our bodies are ready. Let's let's get it 20 00:00:49,479 --> 00:00:50,400 Speaker 5: going again. 21 00:00:50,479 --> 00:00:52,800 Speaker 3: Well, not everybody's body is ready. We'll talk about that 22 00:00:52,880 --> 00:00:55,120 Speaker 3: in a second. Let's talk about the big ticket. Let's 23 00:00:55,120 --> 00:00:55,520 Speaker 3: get to it. 24 00:00:55,600 --> 00:00:57,080 Speaker 4: Well, at first, we got to tell people. Do we 25 00:00:57,120 --> 00:00:59,600 Speaker 4: tell people? Kenandez come on coming? 26 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:08,200 Speaker 2: The lead, and yes, Keyk's coming up in just a moment. 27 00:01:08,280 --> 00:01:10,240 Speaker 2: I appreciate him taking the time. He just woke up. 28 00:01:10,240 --> 00:01:12,800 Speaker 2: By the way, jet lag is real. It is real. 29 00:01:13,120 --> 00:01:15,440 Speaker 3: But key K is kind enough to join us here momentarily. 30 00:01:15,480 --> 00:01:22,679 Speaker 3: All right, now, ticket, all right, All jokes aside. I'm 31 00:01:22,720 --> 00:01:25,160 Speaker 3: worried about Mookie Betts and I don't care if he 32 00:01:25,240 --> 00:01:27,000 Speaker 3: is in that lineup for opening day. I don't care 33 00:01:27,040 --> 00:01:29,840 Speaker 3: if he's in the lineup at the first series in May. 34 00:01:29,880 --> 00:01:31,680 Speaker 3: I want him to be okay. I mean, the fact 35 00:01:31,680 --> 00:01:34,280 Speaker 3: that he has had so much weight loss and a 36 00:01:34,360 --> 00:01:37,400 Speaker 3: relatively short period of time is concerning to me. Milki 37 00:01:37,440 --> 00:01:40,679 Speaker 3: Bets described his illness as frustrating. He hasn't been diagnosed 38 00:01:40,680 --> 00:01:43,320 Speaker 3: with anything official. He hasn't been able to hold down 39 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:46,759 Speaker 3: solid food since two days guys before the Tokyo trip, 40 00:01:47,080 --> 00:01:49,280 Speaker 3: but he says otherwise he feels fine. He's down to 41 00:01:49,280 --> 00:01:51,200 Speaker 3: about one hundred and fifty seven pounds. We've seen a 42 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:53,000 Speaker 3: lot of different reports one hundred and fifty seven, one 43 00:01:53,040 --> 00:01:55,080 Speaker 3: hundred and fifty eight, one hundred and fifty. 44 00:01:55,120 --> 00:01:58,000 Speaker 2: The point is he's losing way too much weight in 45 00:01:58,040 --> 00:01:59,080 Speaker 2: a short amount of time. 46 00:01:59,440 --> 00:02:02,440 Speaker 3: All I care is that Mookie's healthy and that he's okay. 47 00:02:02,480 --> 00:02:06,040 Speaker 3: It's concerning only because, as I mentioned, it's a lot 48 00:02:06,080 --> 00:02:06,640 Speaker 3: of weight loss. 49 00:02:06,680 --> 00:02:07,920 Speaker 2: But the good news. 50 00:02:07,640 --> 00:02:11,359 Speaker 3: Is Clint he is surrounded by the best medical staff possible, 51 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:13,520 Speaker 3: and the Dodgers will do everything in their power to 52 00:02:13,520 --> 00:02:14,760 Speaker 3: figure out what the heck is going on. 53 00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:18,960 Speaker 5: Yeah, this is absolutely it entered the very very much 54 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:23,400 Speaker 5: a concern Era or Range or whatever arena for the Dodgers. 55 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:24,960 Speaker 4: Here. You need to have Mookie Bets healthy. 56 00:02:24,960 --> 00:02:26,040 Speaker 5: You need to have him in the lineup, but you 57 00:02:26,040 --> 00:02:28,360 Speaker 5: need to have them healthy and playing at one fifty 58 00:02:28,360 --> 00:02:31,760 Speaker 5: seven for an already kind of slight dude. As he 59 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:34,520 Speaker 5: was telling media after the game yesterday, you know, he's 60 00:02:34,520 --> 00:02:36,280 Speaker 5: already kind of playing uphill and he doesn't want to 61 00:02:36,320 --> 00:02:39,160 Speaker 5: add to the uphill. So if we're at a point 62 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:40,959 Speaker 5: where we need to see him take a couple of weeks, 63 00:02:42,120 --> 00:02:44,399 Speaker 5: even the first month of April, just to get right, 64 00:02:44,560 --> 00:02:47,160 Speaker 5: actually be able to hold down solid food, because that's 65 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:50,679 Speaker 5: what he said yesterday before the game. It was the 66 00:02:50,680 --> 00:02:54,040 Speaker 5: first time he actually had breakfast, had solid meal, and 67 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:57,560 Speaker 5: then he threw up shortly after batting practice or even 68 00:02:57,600 --> 00:02:59,440 Speaker 5: I think it was during batting practice. So that's why 69 00:02:59,440 --> 00:03:02,919 Speaker 5: he was the late scratch and not expected to play 70 00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:06,040 Speaker 5: tonight as well. I don't think he should play tomorrow. 71 00:03:06,160 --> 00:03:09,160 Speaker 5: I don't think he should play in the home opener. 72 00:03:09,160 --> 00:03:11,160 Speaker 5: I don't think he should go get your ring. He 73 00:03:11,240 --> 00:03:13,000 Speaker 5: drinks some smoothies. Get your ring, but make sure you're 74 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:15,200 Speaker 5: at a point where you can get put some weight 75 00:03:15,280 --> 00:03:15,640 Speaker 5: back on. 76 00:03:16,440 --> 00:03:16,760 Speaker 4: Listen. 77 00:03:17,120 --> 00:03:20,720 Speaker 5: He can come by visit any abualitas in the area. 78 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:24,600 Speaker 5: They got the seven up, they got the caldo, we 79 00:03:24,760 --> 00:03:27,880 Speaker 5: got vix vapor rub, we got whatever Mooki needs. 80 00:03:27,639 --> 00:03:28,239 Speaker 4: To get right. 81 00:03:28,360 --> 00:03:32,280 Speaker 5: But you know, the the Jesus candle for whatever Mooki needs. 82 00:03:32,280 --> 00:03:36,040 Speaker 5: We're here to help out. But it's definitely a jokes aside. 83 00:03:36,080 --> 00:03:37,680 Speaker 5: It is a concern for the Dodgers. 84 00:03:37,960 --> 00:03:40,800 Speaker 3: Yeah, it is funny how every single Latin mother and 85 00:03:40,880 --> 00:03:45,920 Speaker 3: grandmother decided that it was saltine crackers, seven up and 86 00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:49,560 Speaker 3: Vapo rub. Oh, you broke your femur in forty seven places, 87 00:03:49,640 --> 00:03:51,480 Speaker 3: put some vicks on it. You'll be fine, all right. 88 00:03:52,040 --> 00:03:55,120 Speaker 3: Not playing tonight, Yeah, Mookie not playing tonight. They just 89 00:03:55,160 --> 00:03:58,280 Speaker 3: wanted to try to get through a full, you know, workout, 90 00:03:58,480 --> 00:04:01,000 Speaker 3: and that's fine. Again again, if he needs to go 91 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:04,680 Speaker 3: on you know, the il to start the season. I'm 92 00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:06,280 Speaker 3: fine with that. You got to get your strength back, 93 00:04:06,320 --> 00:04:08,320 Speaker 3: You've got to be okay. All I care about is 94 00:04:08,320 --> 00:04:11,760 Speaker 3: that he's okay. So in that regard, moving forward, as 95 00:04:11,800 --> 00:04:14,920 Speaker 3: we're getting ready to join Keky Hernandez here momentarily if 96 00:04:14,920 --> 00:04:17,080 Speaker 3: he does have to miss substantial time, Clint, we know 97 00:04:17,120 --> 00:04:19,679 Speaker 3: that Keiki can play short, Abby, we know that Mage 98 00:04:19,720 --> 00:04:22,320 Speaker 3: ro can play short, Cee t can play short. How 99 00:04:22,320 --> 00:04:25,640 Speaker 3: do you see this playing out at short if Mooki 100 00:04:25,760 --> 00:04:27,200 Speaker 3: is on the shelf for a couple of weeks to 101 00:04:27,240 --> 00:04:27,880 Speaker 3: start the season. 102 00:04:28,160 --> 00:04:28,680 Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean it. 103 00:04:28,640 --> 00:04:31,600 Speaker 5: Feels to me like Miguel Rojas is the obvious choice there. 104 00:04:31,600 --> 00:04:33,840 Speaker 5: You could also slide Tommy Edmond over to the position 105 00:04:33,880 --> 00:04:36,440 Speaker 5: where he played it through most of the postseason. 106 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:38,800 Speaker 4: Dodgers are well built. 107 00:04:38,800 --> 00:04:41,320 Speaker 5: They're well stacked to be able to withstand injuries to 108 00:04:41,480 --> 00:04:43,680 Speaker 5: just about everybody. Ideally, you don't want it to be 109 00:04:43,720 --> 00:04:45,760 Speaker 5: Freddy Freeman. You don't want it to be Mooky Betts, 110 00:04:45,760 --> 00:04:50,799 Speaker 5: but sometimes that does happen for these teams. So yeah, 111 00:04:51,040 --> 00:04:53,719 Speaker 5: Miguel Rojas will definitely be the guy that gets the 112 00:04:53,760 --> 00:04:57,680 Speaker 5: majority of the Lion's share. As Dave Roberts might call it, 113 00:04:57,720 --> 00:05:00,520 Speaker 5: at the position, and then beyond that there other guys 114 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:03,440 Speaker 5: in the organization. Alex Freeland was somebody we saw here 115 00:05:03,560 --> 00:05:06,840 Speaker 5: during spring training as well. He has played a lot 116 00:05:06,839 --> 00:05:09,680 Speaker 5: of shortstop at the minor league level. If they need 117 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:13,240 Speaker 5: to go deeper into the well, deeper into the organization 118 00:05:13,320 --> 00:05:16,640 Speaker 5: to kind of fill the roster out. But again, the 119 00:05:16,680 --> 00:05:21,160 Speaker 5: most important thing is, yeah, getting Mookie right, getting him 120 00:05:21,279 --> 00:05:23,960 Speaker 5: for one hundred and thirty games, one hundred and twenty 121 00:05:23,960 --> 00:05:26,320 Speaker 5: five games, and most importantly having him fully. 122 00:05:26,080 --> 00:05:27,680 Speaker 4: Healthy for the end of the season. 123 00:05:27,680 --> 00:05:29,680 Speaker 5: So if that means more, you know, Miggy Row like 124 00:05:29,760 --> 00:05:32,680 Speaker 5: he told you, he told us at camelback, Hey, I'm 125 00:05:32,720 --> 00:05:36,080 Speaker 5: just ready for whatever this team needs, whenever they need me. 126 00:05:36,360 --> 00:05:38,479 Speaker 5: He's playing a lot of shortstop. He'll play some third, 127 00:05:38,520 --> 00:05:41,400 Speaker 5: play some second, but shortstop is definitely going to be, 128 00:05:42,080 --> 00:05:44,919 Speaker 5: you know, position Numero uno for him to open. 129 00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:46,680 Speaker 2: The season, No, no question about that. 130 00:05:46,720 --> 00:05:49,520 Speaker 3: You had mentioned Alex Freeland perhaps taking a few reps 131 00:05:49,560 --> 00:05:52,200 Speaker 3: there at short but Freddy Freeman is back in the 132 00:05:52,240 --> 00:05:54,640 Speaker 3: lineup at first base, obviously after he was dealing with 133 00:05:54,680 --> 00:05:56,920 Speaker 3: some rib discomfort on the left. 134 00:05:56,839 --> 00:05:59,360 Speaker 2: Side, so it's good to see him back. 135 00:05:59,120 --> 00:06:01,160 Speaker 3: In the lineup. Of course, we wanted both Bets and 136 00:06:01,200 --> 00:06:03,479 Speaker 3: Freeman in there. But Freddy's back in there. So that's 137 00:06:03,520 --> 00:06:05,680 Speaker 3: one thing that we don't have to worry about because 138 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:07,400 Speaker 3: it seems like Frederick is going to be all right 139 00:06:07,440 --> 00:06:09,719 Speaker 3: for opening day, domestic opening day, if you will. 140 00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:13,880 Speaker 5: Yeah, of course missed the Tokyo series, had a kind 141 00:06:13,920 --> 00:06:17,640 Speaker 5: of reoccurrence of I'm hoping it's just some sort of 142 00:06:17,720 --> 00:06:20,359 Speaker 5: like like a scar tissue breaking up from that cartilage 143 00:06:20,440 --> 00:06:24,640 Speaker 5: injury he had during the postseason in the ribs. There 144 00:06:24,839 --> 00:06:26,640 Speaker 5: doesn't seem I mean, we know Freddy doesn't want to 145 00:06:26,640 --> 00:06:29,000 Speaker 5: miss any time. Ever, he hates being on the bench. 146 00:06:29,160 --> 00:06:31,760 Speaker 5: The fact that he's already missed two games this season 147 00:06:32,040 --> 00:06:32,760 Speaker 5: probably going to. 148 00:06:32,839 --> 00:06:34,359 Speaker 4: Really really bother the dude. 149 00:06:34,760 --> 00:06:36,960 Speaker 5: But getting him back at least you have, you know, 150 00:06:37,120 --> 00:06:40,279 Speaker 5: one of your top four guys that that lineup is 151 00:06:40,360 --> 00:06:42,600 Speaker 5: almost what you want to see. And Tommy Edmund no 152 00:06:42,720 --> 00:06:45,320 Speaker 5: slouch when it comes to batting in that two hole. 153 00:06:45,400 --> 00:06:47,000 Speaker 5: So Dodgers will be fine. 154 00:06:47,279 --> 00:06:50,560 Speaker 4: Dodgers. 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We are pleased 187 00:08:18,480 --> 00:08:21,360 Speaker 3: to be joined now by Kiy k Hernandez. I can't 188 00:08:21,360 --> 00:08:23,560 Speaker 3: tell you enough how much I appreciate you taking the time. 189 00:08:23,640 --> 00:08:25,720 Speaker 3: And I know that you said, Kik, that jet lag 190 00:08:25,840 --> 00:08:28,840 Speaker 3: is real, so thank you even more for being on 191 00:08:28,880 --> 00:08:29,760 Speaker 3: this show today. 192 00:08:29,920 --> 00:08:32,760 Speaker 2: What was that Tokyo experience like for you? 193 00:08:32,800 --> 00:08:35,800 Speaker 3: Because it seemed like everybody was having a great time, 194 00:08:35,800 --> 00:08:37,000 Speaker 3: but you really embraced it. 195 00:08:39,920 --> 00:08:42,920 Speaker 1: I mean it was it was an amazing trip. I 196 00:08:42,920 --> 00:08:45,280 Speaker 1: had an idea of what to expect, just based off 197 00:08:45,400 --> 00:08:48,360 Speaker 1: going to the All Star series back when they used 198 00:08:48,360 --> 00:08:50,480 Speaker 1: to do it. I think I went to the last 199 00:08:50,720 --> 00:08:54,600 Speaker 1: the last one they made in twenty eighteen, and I 200 00:08:54,679 --> 00:08:56,559 Speaker 1: really got to enjoy my time there. We had a 201 00:08:56,600 --> 00:08:59,000 Speaker 1: little bit less of an adjustment period that time through, 202 00:08:59,120 --> 00:09:02,760 Speaker 1: so struggle was even more real that that time. But 203 00:09:05,040 --> 00:09:07,360 Speaker 1: it was just it was just amazing to see how 204 00:09:08,280 --> 00:09:10,800 Speaker 1: how was city, how a country? You know, they all, 205 00:09:11,559 --> 00:09:14,720 Speaker 1: you know kind of like we're looking forward to those 206 00:09:16,320 --> 00:09:19,679 Speaker 1: two three, four days whatever it was that we were 207 00:09:19,679 --> 00:09:23,719 Speaker 1: going to be there, and you know, they they they 208 00:09:23,760 --> 00:09:26,880 Speaker 1: made a they made two days feel like I feel 209 00:09:26,920 --> 00:09:30,880 Speaker 1: like an amazing time. And I'm just really glad to 210 00:09:31,480 --> 00:09:33,200 Speaker 1: that was that I got to be a part of it, 211 00:09:33,240 --> 00:09:36,080 Speaker 1: and I'm really glad to be rookie Yoshi and show 212 00:09:36,120 --> 00:09:36,640 Speaker 1: his teammate. 213 00:09:37,480 --> 00:09:40,840 Speaker 5: Yeah, and you are amongst the league leaders in home 214 00:09:41,200 --> 00:09:45,319 Speaker 5: home runs, sitting out of course, top the leaderboard, uh, tied. 215 00:09:45,040 --> 00:09:46,040 Speaker 4: With Shohio Tani. 216 00:09:46,160 --> 00:09:48,240 Speaker 5: How fun is that knowing that you've been the home 217 00:09:48,320 --> 00:09:49,440 Speaker 5: run leader for about a week. 218 00:09:50,760 --> 00:09:52,679 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean it's been great. It's what I do. 219 00:09:52,800 --> 00:09:55,120 Speaker 1: I just hit a lot of homers to where I'm 220 00:09:55,200 --> 00:10:00,199 Speaker 1: leading the league for weekingers. But I'm letting tal me 221 00:10:00,440 --> 00:10:02,640 Speaker 1: and show, hey, you know, be on the board with 222 00:10:02,760 --> 00:10:05,960 Speaker 1: me on that one. But you know the RBI category, 223 00:10:06,040 --> 00:10:10,640 Speaker 1: that's that's my category. I'm sitting solo there, so you know, 224 00:10:10,679 --> 00:10:13,040 Speaker 1: I'm just pretty much shitting on my numbers right now. 225 00:10:13,760 --> 00:10:16,160 Speaker 3: Yeah, you hit for average, hit for power great, you know, 226 00:10:16,280 --> 00:10:18,560 Speaker 3: gold glove defense there you can play all over the field. 227 00:10:18,600 --> 00:10:20,200 Speaker 3: I mean you're like more like a six to seven 228 00:10:20,240 --> 00:10:24,280 Speaker 3: tool player. Keith k Let me ask you about what 229 00:10:24,320 --> 00:10:26,560 Speaker 3: the off season was like for you, because I was 230 00:10:26,559 --> 00:10:29,160 Speaker 3: screaming on the top of the roofstop making sure or 231 00:10:29,200 --> 00:10:33,760 Speaker 3: hoping anyway that Andrew re signed Teo and they resigned 232 00:10:33,840 --> 00:10:36,360 Speaker 3: you as the Hernandez brothers. I have never seen a 233 00:10:36,400 --> 00:10:39,880 Speaker 3: fan base embrace a guy so much in terms of 234 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:42,800 Speaker 3: wanting a player back on a team and what you 235 00:10:42,880 --> 00:10:46,880 Speaker 3: mean to this team, particularly in the postseason when it 236 00:10:46,920 --> 00:10:49,520 Speaker 3: matters the most. What was that experience like for you? 237 00:10:49,600 --> 00:10:51,840 Speaker 3: And was there a chance you were going to sign 238 00:10:51,880 --> 00:10:52,480 Speaker 3: anywhere else? 239 00:10:54,960 --> 00:10:58,960 Speaker 1: I mean a chance, I would say yes. I was 240 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:02,320 Speaker 1: just waiting, waiting and waiting. There was nothing really going 241 00:11:02,360 --> 00:11:06,200 Speaker 1: on till the last day or two there that, you know, 242 00:11:06,320 --> 00:11:08,560 Speaker 1: it felt like we started getting a little more action. 243 00:11:08,720 --> 00:11:11,680 Speaker 1: But by that time it was a little late, because 244 00:11:13,440 --> 00:11:16,640 Speaker 1: the Dodgers came in and obviously said, we're pretty full 245 00:11:16,720 --> 00:11:19,440 Speaker 1: roster wise, we want you back, but of course we 246 00:11:19,520 --> 00:11:21,040 Speaker 1: understand you got to do what's best for you and 247 00:11:21,120 --> 00:11:26,840 Speaker 1: your family. Here's we're throwing out this offer at you, 248 00:11:26,960 --> 00:11:30,800 Speaker 1: but you can't do anything till February tenth, and if 249 00:11:30,800 --> 00:11:34,959 Speaker 1: something better comes by, then we understand. But that better 250 00:11:35,040 --> 00:11:39,960 Speaker 1: never came by. I mean, it wasn't a necessarily I 251 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:42,120 Speaker 1: wanted to go back so desperately that I was going 252 00:11:42,160 --> 00:11:43,920 Speaker 1: to say no to everybody else. It was just there 253 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:47,680 Speaker 1: was just really nobody else. So I guess it was 254 00:11:47,720 --> 00:11:49,440 Speaker 1: a good spot to be at where I get to 255 00:11:49,480 --> 00:11:52,920 Speaker 1: come back to the Dodgers and get to defend the 256 00:11:52,960 --> 00:11:55,320 Speaker 1: title and you know, get in front of the home 257 00:11:55,400 --> 00:11:59,600 Speaker 1: crowd that, like you said, rallied troops behind me and 258 00:11:59,640 --> 00:12:02,679 Speaker 1: try to do everything they could in their power to 259 00:12:03,080 --> 00:12:05,960 Speaker 1: bring me back. And I just want to say that 260 00:12:05,960 --> 00:12:10,400 Speaker 1: that was very, very well felt, and every time I 261 00:12:10,400 --> 00:12:12,120 Speaker 1: saw something like that it brought me a smile to 262 00:12:12,160 --> 00:12:18,200 Speaker 1: my face. Especially seeing them Bombard Gohmer or Andrew and 263 00:12:18,280 --> 00:12:21,120 Speaker 1: Ducks interviews during fan fes. That was pretty cool to see. 264 00:12:21,760 --> 00:12:23,679 Speaker 5: Yeah, I was one of those guys that was pretty 265 00:12:23,679 --> 00:12:26,079 Speaker 5: loudly championing to bring you back. Because at some point 266 00:12:26,120 --> 00:12:29,040 Speaker 5: you find a formula, You find a recipe that works 267 00:12:29,080 --> 00:12:31,680 Speaker 5: really good. If we're talking to earlier Alana about making 268 00:12:31,760 --> 00:12:34,839 Speaker 5: Caldo to help Mooki feel better and the vics and 269 00:12:34,920 --> 00:12:37,679 Speaker 5: everything else, you find a recipe and you keep making 270 00:12:37,679 --> 00:12:39,640 Speaker 5: that recipe, but it turns out when you have Kiky 271 00:12:39,640 --> 00:12:41,240 Speaker 5: Hernandez in the recipe, you go out there and you 272 00:12:41,280 --> 00:12:44,240 Speaker 5: win World Series at least last year. 273 00:12:44,360 --> 00:12:46,280 Speaker 4: Definitely in twenty the last time you were here. 274 00:12:47,800 --> 00:12:51,360 Speaker 5: What was so special about that twenty twenty four run, 275 00:12:51,360 --> 00:12:53,200 Speaker 5: because it seemed like you dudes were having a lot 276 00:12:53,240 --> 00:12:56,560 Speaker 5: of fun. And we've seen this club, these guys, different 277 00:12:56,559 --> 00:12:58,440 Speaker 5: groups of guys, of course having a lot of fun 278 00:12:58,920 --> 00:13:02,160 Speaker 5: seventeen eighteen to twenty, but this Dave has mentioned a 279 00:13:02,240 --> 00:13:03,600 Speaker 5: number of times, they seemed. 280 00:13:03,360 --> 00:13:04,360 Speaker 4: You guys seemed different. 281 00:13:04,520 --> 00:13:07,800 Speaker 5: What was so special about that twenty twenty four organization 282 00:13:07,960 --> 00:13:08,520 Speaker 5: or that roster? 283 00:13:10,760 --> 00:13:14,320 Speaker 1: I would say the unity that we had in the 284 00:13:14,320 --> 00:13:18,880 Speaker 1: locker room. I think it was really close to twenty 285 00:13:18,920 --> 00:13:25,560 Speaker 1: twenty as far as how together we were. And I 286 00:13:25,600 --> 00:13:28,120 Speaker 1: mean just just saying that that's hard to accomplish in 287 00:13:28,120 --> 00:13:31,920 Speaker 1: twenty twenty. We were only able to to get like 288 00:13:31,960 --> 00:13:34,160 Speaker 1: that because we were stuck in a hotel together for 289 00:13:34,200 --> 00:13:39,280 Speaker 1: an entire month, and this time through you're flying, you know, 290 00:13:39,360 --> 00:13:42,640 Speaker 1: we were busting to San Diego and then we're flying 291 00:13:42,679 --> 00:13:46,000 Speaker 1: across the country twice to go to New York and 292 00:13:46,720 --> 00:13:49,640 Speaker 1: obviously I mean, it's the biggest games of the year, 293 00:13:49,720 --> 00:13:53,280 Speaker 1: so everybody's got pretty much their entire families with them 294 00:13:53,400 --> 00:13:57,360 Speaker 1: and for us to you know, to decide, we get 295 00:13:57,400 --> 00:13:59,760 Speaker 1: it our families who are with us. But you know, 296 00:14:00,559 --> 00:14:02,360 Speaker 1: we only have to do this for one more month, 297 00:14:02,480 --> 00:14:04,400 Speaker 1: whatever it is it's going to take in order for 298 00:14:04,480 --> 00:14:06,720 Speaker 1: us to win the World Series. We're just gonna, you know, 299 00:14:07,040 --> 00:14:10,320 Speaker 1: sacrifice a little bit more the little time that we 300 00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:13,880 Speaker 1: have left to make sure that we get as close 301 00:14:14,520 --> 00:14:17,040 Speaker 1: as a group as we can in order for us 302 00:14:17,080 --> 00:14:21,480 Speaker 1: to accomplish special things, especially when times get really tough 303 00:14:21,560 --> 00:14:24,720 Speaker 1: like they did against the Padres. And I don't think 304 00:14:24,720 --> 00:14:27,080 Speaker 1: that if it wasn't because of our you know, how 305 00:14:27,160 --> 00:14:29,680 Speaker 1: much we cared about each other and the mentality that 306 00:14:29,720 --> 00:14:31,120 Speaker 1: we all had in the hot locker room, I don't 307 00:14:31,160 --> 00:14:33,600 Speaker 1: think we would have been able to to come from 308 00:14:33,640 --> 00:14:37,400 Speaker 1: behind against the Padres or you know, beat the Mets, 309 00:14:37,480 --> 00:14:41,040 Speaker 1: who were steamrolling baseball for like the last two three 310 00:14:41,040 --> 00:14:43,520 Speaker 1: months of the season. And then of course the Yankees 311 00:14:43,560 --> 00:14:46,160 Speaker 1: had a great team and that was kind of a 312 00:14:46,240 --> 00:14:50,239 Speaker 1: back and forth as well. So I don't think everything happens. 313 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:54,040 Speaker 1: Everything happens if we weren't the way that we were 314 00:14:54,600 --> 00:14:55,920 Speaker 1: inside closed doors. 315 00:14:56,480 --> 00:14:58,840 Speaker 3: Yeah, you guys absolutely bought in every single one of 316 00:14:58,840 --> 00:15:00,840 Speaker 3: you on the roster. We had Andrew Friedman on the 317 00:15:00,840 --> 00:15:02,920 Speaker 3: program a couple of weeks after you guys won the 318 00:15:02,920 --> 00:15:04,960 Speaker 3: World Series, and he said something to me that was 319 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:07,920 Speaker 3: interesting because I was with you guys in twenty twenty 320 00:15:07,920 --> 00:15:10,160 Speaker 3: and obviously at the beginning of the Andrew Friedman era, 321 00:15:10,280 --> 00:15:11,920 Speaker 3: and he said, who would have thought that the guy 322 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:14,000 Speaker 3: in a banana suit would have turned out to be 323 00:15:14,160 --> 00:15:18,200 Speaker 3: one of the best leaders on this team and really 324 00:15:18,440 --> 00:15:21,840 Speaker 3: taking over a leadership role. How do you think you've 325 00:15:21,880 --> 00:15:23,120 Speaker 3: evolved into that guy? 326 00:15:26,040 --> 00:15:28,160 Speaker 1: I don't think one guy has to do with the other. 327 00:15:29,080 --> 00:15:33,120 Speaker 1: I think you can be both if you understand your role. 328 00:15:33,400 --> 00:15:37,560 Speaker 1: I mean I understand that you know, yeah, my role 329 00:15:37,920 --> 00:15:40,280 Speaker 1: requires me to play seven different positions, but it also 330 00:15:40,360 --> 00:15:43,160 Speaker 1: requires to be that energy guy in the locker room 331 00:15:43,200 --> 00:15:46,040 Speaker 1: that you know, that the guy that keeps things loose, 332 00:15:46,120 --> 00:15:50,000 Speaker 1: the guy that you know makes a tough day and 333 00:15:50,200 --> 00:15:53,360 Speaker 1: with a laugh or whatever it is. But that doesn't 334 00:15:53,400 --> 00:15:55,160 Speaker 1: take away from the fact that I can go out 335 00:15:55,200 --> 00:16:00,280 Speaker 1: of my way to help guys when they're they're in 336 00:16:00,360 --> 00:16:03,920 Speaker 1: need of help. As far as you know, this game 337 00:16:03,960 --> 00:16:07,200 Speaker 1: teaches you a lot with experience, and I've been blessed 338 00:16:07,200 --> 00:16:12,920 Speaker 1: to be a part of nine postseason runs, and every 339 00:16:12,960 --> 00:16:16,800 Speaker 1: single postseason teaches you so much, and you know, it 340 00:16:18,080 --> 00:16:23,120 Speaker 1: teaches you things that you only acquire by living in it. 341 00:16:23,520 --> 00:16:27,480 Speaker 1: So there's things that you can make sure that certain 342 00:16:27,520 --> 00:16:30,480 Speaker 1: players don't have to go through or live through for 343 00:16:30,600 --> 00:16:32,840 Speaker 1: them to learn from it. So I feel like I 344 00:16:32,880 --> 00:16:34,800 Speaker 1: have a lot of experience and a lot of knowledge 345 00:16:34,800 --> 00:16:36,200 Speaker 1: when it comes to that, and I know what it 346 00:16:36,240 --> 00:16:40,560 Speaker 1: takes to win. So yeah, I figured, you know what, 347 00:16:40,640 --> 00:16:42,320 Speaker 1: if it's my good, if this is gonna be my 348 00:16:42,400 --> 00:16:45,560 Speaker 1: last time wearing Dodgery uniform and we're gonna go down, 349 00:16:45,600 --> 00:16:48,200 Speaker 1: I'm gonna do whatever it takes to make sure that 350 00:16:49,680 --> 00:16:52,000 Speaker 1: we don't go down. And I'm gonna I'm gonna do 351 00:16:52,120 --> 00:16:54,640 Speaker 1: everything in my power to help this team win, and 352 00:16:54,680 --> 00:16:56,640 Speaker 1: even if that means I'm not on the field. Because 353 00:16:57,320 --> 00:17:00,480 Speaker 1: I was doing certain things against the Padres in that 354 00:17:00,520 --> 00:17:02,800 Speaker 1: locker room that you know, I still wasn't in the 355 00:17:02,800 --> 00:17:05,320 Speaker 1: lineup for those So I was just trying to see 356 00:17:05,320 --> 00:17:08,560 Speaker 1: how I could help the team win even without getting 357 00:17:08,640 --> 00:17:10,360 Speaker 1: on the field, because that was out of my control. 358 00:17:10,880 --> 00:17:13,119 Speaker 2: All right, what do you do to hang on a second. 359 00:17:13,200 --> 00:17:15,359 Speaker 3: That's that's a question that begs an answer to what 360 00:17:15,400 --> 00:17:17,679 Speaker 3: were you doing against the Potters when you weren't in 361 00:17:17,680 --> 00:17:18,119 Speaker 3: the lineup? 362 00:17:18,160 --> 00:17:19,200 Speaker 2: Tell me more about that role. 363 00:17:20,520 --> 00:17:23,359 Speaker 1: I mean, there's certain things that are what happens in 364 00:17:23,359 --> 00:17:26,159 Speaker 1: the locker room stays in the locker room, right. I 365 00:17:26,200 --> 00:17:31,119 Speaker 1: mean there was conversations had throughout that series that you know, 366 00:17:31,240 --> 00:17:36,600 Speaker 1: if one day the players that I was talking to 367 00:17:37,080 --> 00:17:39,600 Speaker 1: want to talk about it, great, but I don't. I'm 368 00:17:39,600 --> 00:17:42,320 Speaker 1: not gonna sit here and talk about it because I 369 00:17:42,359 --> 00:17:46,080 Speaker 1: think those were pretty intimate and private conversations. So if 370 00:17:46,080 --> 00:17:49,119 Speaker 1: they want to go go and tell them, then that's great. 371 00:17:49,200 --> 00:17:52,800 Speaker 1: But I don't like sitting here and talking about things 372 00:17:52,840 --> 00:17:56,040 Speaker 1: that I did and didn't do and going into specifics. 373 00:17:56,080 --> 00:18:00,000 Speaker 1: But I just I was just trying to get inside 374 00:18:00,080 --> 00:18:01,160 Speaker 1: people's brains. 375 00:18:01,480 --> 00:18:04,880 Speaker 5: Hey, you got a lot of goodwood on au Darvish. 376 00:18:04,960 --> 00:18:07,639 Speaker 5: I think fastball, curveball, whatever it was important. Thing is 377 00:18:07,640 --> 00:18:10,240 Speaker 5: ball went really really far in that series. And that's 378 00:18:10,280 --> 00:18:14,640 Speaker 5: when you got just feeling that as a fan, that 379 00:18:14,640 --> 00:18:16,720 Speaker 5: that weighed off of our chest, like hey, we're gonna 380 00:18:16,720 --> 00:18:18,800 Speaker 5: get out of the DS again, where this is a chance, 381 00:18:18,800 --> 00:18:21,720 Speaker 5: this is a really really good ball club. Listen, we 382 00:18:22,119 --> 00:18:24,840 Speaker 5: know Keik you do a lot of things in that 383 00:18:24,880 --> 00:18:28,400 Speaker 5: clubhouse that are important, that are special for your teammates. 384 00:18:28,400 --> 00:18:31,160 Speaker 5: We actually had Matt Kemp on the show last year, 385 00:18:31,400 --> 00:18:34,240 Speaker 5: so shortly after he retired as a Dodger, thankfully, and 386 00:18:34,920 --> 00:18:38,080 Speaker 5: we had asked him if there was one guy that 387 00:18:38,119 --> 00:18:40,359 Speaker 5: he could have had that this Dodgers organization could have 388 00:18:40,440 --> 00:18:42,480 Speaker 5: had back in the day, back when they were you know, 389 00:18:42,560 --> 00:18:45,359 Speaker 5: getting beat by the Phillies unfortunately eighth nine and all 390 00:18:45,400 --> 00:18:47,399 Speaker 5: that kind of stuff. He mentioned you guy that he 391 00:18:47,400 --> 00:18:50,359 Speaker 5: played I think one season with. He said, if we 392 00:18:50,400 --> 00:18:52,680 Speaker 5: had Keika in that lineup, he taught you, taught him 393 00:18:52,720 --> 00:18:54,440 Speaker 5: how to make baseball fun again. 394 00:18:54,760 --> 00:18:56,800 Speaker 4: What does something like that mean to you? And how 395 00:18:56,880 --> 00:18:57,720 Speaker 4: much have you kind of. 396 00:18:57,680 --> 00:19:01,680 Speaker 5: Heard that from different players that you've you know, suit 397 00:19:01,760 --> 00:19:02,720 Speaker 5: it up with along the way. 398 00:19:04,359 --> 00:19:08,520 Speaker 1: I mean, it's it's it's I got a little bit 399 00:19:08,520 --> 00:19:10,480 Speaker 1: of chills going and I saw that, and every when 400 00:19:10,520 --> 00:19:15,720 Speaker 1: it happened or after it came out, I love Matt. 401 00:19:16,680 --> 00:19:18,800 Speaker 1: We we build a special bond. In the short period 402 00:19:18,800 --> 00:19:22,840 Speaker 1: of time we were teammates. We had a pretty special year, 403 00:19:22,920 --> 00:19:25,720 Speaker 1: you know, him getting to come back to the Dodgers 404 00:19:25,760 --> 00:19:29,040 Speaker 1: and you know, finally getting to go over the hump 405 00:19:29,080 --> 00:19:31,480 Speaker 1: and and and win the National League and go to 406 00:19:31,520 --> 00:19:34,760 Speaker 1: the World Series. Of course we got Molly wab By 407 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:37,000 Speaker 1: by a joggeror not in the Red Sox that year. 408 00:19:37,040 --> 00:19:40,800 Speaker 1: But for for us to see Matt, you know, play 409 00:19:40,840 --> 00:19:42,920 Speaker 1: all those years here be the face of the franchise 410 00:19:42,960 --> 00:19:46,160 Speaker 1: and then leave and come back and you know, take 411 00:19:46,240 --> 00:19:48,119 Speaker 1: Chris Sale deep and gain one of the World Series. 412 00:19:48,160 --> 00:19:49,960 Speaker 1: That was That was a pretty cool moment of that 413 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:53,960 Speaker 1: out of that series. But yeah, I mean that those 414 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:55,800 Speaker 1: type of comments that they mean the world to you 415 00:19:55,880 --> 00:19:59,960 Speaker 1: because you know, for us as baseball players, we know 416 00:20:00,160 --> 00:20:02,400 Speaker 1: what a baseball player can do on the field. Sometimes 417 00:20:02,480 --> 00:20:05,400 Speaker 1: you don't necessarily know how good a player is till 418 00:20:05,440 --> 00:20:07,200 Speaker 1: you get to play with that guy and you get 419 00:20:07,200 --> 00:20:09,920 Speaker 1: to see that guy for one hundred and sixty two games. 420 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:15,320 Speaker 1: But if I'm being real, when you ask guys around 421 00:20:15,359 --> 00:20:17,600 Speaker 1: the league, how is so and so, you never asked 422 00:20:17,680 --> 00:20:19,280 Speaker 1: him about how he's on the field. You always ask 423 00:20:19,400 --> 00:20:21,360 Speaker 1: how he's his teammate, how he's in the locker room. 424 00:20:21,880 --> 00:20:25,760 Speaker 1: And you know, to have guys with the type of 425 00:20:25,800 --> 00:20:30,119 Speaker 1: careers that Matt Camp have had, you know, speak that 426 00:20:30,200 --> 00:20:33,240 Speaker 1: highly of me. That I mean that is that is 427 00:20:33,280 --> 00:20:34,760 Speaker 1: a true honor, and those are the things that you 428 00:20:34,800 --> 00:20:37,440 Speaker 1: take with you when when they take the game away 429 00:20:37,600 --> 00:20:40,800 Speaker 1: from you, because you know you can't play the game, 430 00:20:40,840 --> 00:20:43,600 Speaker 1: but you're still being that person that people are asking 431 00:20:43,840 --> 00:20:47,360 Speaker 1: about how you are. So I mean that that all 432 00:20:47,400 --> 00:20:48,159 Speaker 1: means the world to me. 433 00:20:48,760 --> 00:20:51,760 Speaker 3: He literally said you were the Aura and he missed 434 00:20:51,840 --> 00:20:52,200 Speaker 3: the key. 435 00:20:52,280 --> 00:20:53,280 Speaker 2: Kate Hernandez. 436 00:20:53,359 --> 00:20:57,000 Speaker 3: Aura such an important element of being in the clubhouse. 437 00:20:57,040 --> 00:20:59,520 Speaker 3: And the last time the Dodgers got their World Series rings, 438 00:20:59,600 --> 00:21:01,560 Speaker 3: k remember of the Boston Red Sox. 439 00:21:01,600 --> 00:21:02,520 Speaker 2: This time you. 440 00:21:02,520 --> 00:21:05,480 Speaker 3: Will be home with the Los Angeles Dodgers to get 441 00:21:05,480 --> 00:21:08,959 Speaker 3: your rings. What do you anticipate that ceremony being like 442 00:21:09,119 --> 00:21:10,840 Speaker 3: As a member of the team that just won the 443 00:21:10,880 --> 00:21:13,120 Speaker 3: World Series? You guys are back again, trying to run 444 00:21:13,200 --> 00:21:15,359 Speaker 3: it back. You have the same amazing core for the 445 00:21:15,359 --> 00:21:18,399 Speaker 3: most part, but you also have some young blood in 446 00:21:18,440 --> 00:21:20,200 Speaker 3: there that hasn't won one yet, so it's a good 447 00:21:20,200 --> 00:21:22,480 Speaker 3: infusion of a twenty six man roster. What do you 448 00:21:22,520 --> 00:21:23,800 Speaker 3: think that moment will be like for you? 449 00:21:25,640 --> 00:21:28,760 Speaker 1: I mean, the only way I can answer it is 450 00:21:28,800 --> 00:21:31,840 Speaker 1: special because I honestly have no idea what to expect. 451 00:21:31,920 --> 00:21:34,240 Speaker 1: I have no clue I don't know what the last 452 00:21:34,240 --> 00:21:36,880 Speaker 1: one looked like, so I have no idea what this 453 00:21:36,960 --> 00:21:39,760 Speaker 1: thing is going to look like. I'm really really looking 454 00:21:39,760 --> 00:21:43,240 Speaker 1: forward to it, and I mean, you know, the guys 455 00:21:43,320 --> 00:21:46,120 Speaker 1: are all excited. The guys that didn't win it last 456 00:21:46,160 --> 00:21:49,520 Speaker 1: year are claiming to not be excited, but I'm sure 457 00:21:49,520 --> 00:21:51,160 Speaker 1: it's going to add a little bit to the fuel 458 00:21:51,240 --> 00:21:56,560 Speaker 1: in their fire. I've given Kirby. I work out with 459 00:21:56,640 --> 00:21:58,520 Speaker 1: Kirby in the offseason. We've been working out for a 460 00:21:58,520 --> 00:21:59,520 Speaker 1: call up the last seasons. 461 00:21:59,520 --> 00:21:59,720 Speaker 7: Now. 462 00:22:00,480 --> 00:22:02,800 Speaker 1: I always given him a hard time. You know, when 463 00:22:02,880 --> 00:22:04,800 Speaker 1: he was starting to talk to the Dodgers and it 464 00:22:04,840 --> 00:22:07,080 Speaker 1: became public that Dodgers were interested, I was like, oh, 465 00:22:07,119 --> 00:22:10,359 Speaker 1: you're about to wear your third gold jersey in your career. 466 00:22:10,520 --> 00:22:13,040 Speaker 1: We've got to get you a ring this time. And 467 00:22:13,600 --> 00:22:16,480 Speaker 1: you know, for him to be part of his third 468 00:22:16,920 --> 00:22:21,080 Speaker 1: gold jersey club and not actually get a ring, I'm 469 00:22:21,119 --> 00:22:23,679 Speaker 1: pretty sure that that adds a lot to it. You know, 470 00:22:23,720 --> 00:22:26,240 Speaker 1: we got a guy in Tanner Scott that's a fiery 471 00:22:26,240 --> 00:22:29,639 Speaker 1: competitor that wants to win as badly as anybody. Of course, 472 00:22:29,680 --> 00:22:32,920 Speaker 1: Blake's now he's been able to almost taste it when 473 00:22:33,680 --> 00:22:36,119 Speaker 1: unfortunately he ran through the best team in baseball in 474 00:22:36,200 --> 00:22:39,920 Speaker 1: the Dodgers in twenty twenty. But we have a lot 475 00:22:39,920 --> 00:22:42,080 Speaker 1: of guys that, you know, a lot of pros that 476 00:22:42,080 --> 00:22:45,359 Speaker 1: were added to this locker room that are very hungry 477 00:22:45,359 --> 00:22:48,840 Speaker 1: to win their first and that that's exactly what we 478 00:22:48,880 --> 00:22:52,399 Speaker 1: need because we're hungry for more. So when you got 479 00:22:52,440 --> 00:22:55,080 Speaker 1: people that are hungry for more who've already tasted and 480 00:22:55,240 --> 00:22:57,440 Speaker 1: can't have enough of it, and then you got people 481 00:22:57,440 --> 00:22:59,200 Speaker 1: that want to part of it because they've never been 482 00:22:59,200 --> 00:23:02,359 Speaker 1: a part of it, it's a perfect combination. So of course, 483 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:04,879 Speaker 1: we got a good thing going on, and hopefully we 484 00:23:04,920 --> 00:23:06,639 Speaker 1: can stay healthy and do our thing on the field. 485 00:23:07,400 --> 00:23:09,360 Speaker 5: Yeah, I want to shift gears a little bit because 486 00:23:09,480 --> 00:23:12,880 Speaker 5: last year the season probably didn't start for you statistically 487 00:23:12,920 --> 00:23:16,000 Speaker 5: the way you wanted. And then a new character was born. 488 00:23:16,040 --> 00:23:20,080 Speaker 5: We call him glasses Kik Online. What was I know 489 00:23:20,119 --> 00:23:22,679 Speaker 5: you've talked about it, but some fans here in our 490 00:23:22,720 --> 00:23:24,639 Speaker 5: live chat want to know more about what was that 491 00:23:24,680 --> 00:23:26,480 Speaker 5: biggest difference and how important is it to actually be 492 00:23:26,520 --> 00:23:27,960 Speaker 5: able to see the goddamn baseball to be able to 493 00:23:28,040 --> 00:23:29,000 Speaker 5: hit the goddamn baseball. 494 00:23:31,040 --> 00:23:34,680 Speaker 1: Yeah, no, definitely, there's a lot of things going on man, 495 00:23:34,840 --> 00:23:38,280 Speaker 1: I was. I was coming off with surgery that you know, 496 00:23:38,720 --> 00:23:40,280 Speaker 1: at the time, it was explained to me as a 497 00:23:40,320 --> 00:23:42,720 Speaker 1: pretty simple surgery, but they ended up having to do 498 00:23:42,800 --> 00:23:45,800 Speaker 1: a lot because I played for a long period of 499 00:23:45,800 --> 00:23:47,760 Speaker 1: time needing the surgery and I wasn't aware of it, 500 00:23:47,840 --> 00:23:53,920 Speaker 1: and that adjustment period is not the easiest. I feel 501 00:23:53,960 --> 00:23:55,920 Speaker 1: like it wasn't until like the middle of June that 502 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:58,760 Speaker 1: I started feeling pretty good physically. Before that, I felt 503 00:23:58,760 --> 00:24:00,520 Speaker 1: like every day I felt like I need to again, 504 00:24:00,560 --> 00:24:02,840 Speaker 1: And it was weird, and it's kind of you know, 505 00:24:02,920 --> 00:24:05,879 Speaker 1: insecurities of am I Am I actually good? Am I 506 00:24:05,920 --> 00:24:08,919 Speaker 1: all right? And you know, not being able to a 507 00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:11,000 Speaker 1: guy like me that kind of like leaves it out 508 00:24:11,040 --> 00:24:13,480 Speaker 1: on the field every single day. It was. It was 509 00:24:13,520 --> 00:24:16,000 Speaker 1: weird for me not to have that last year to 510 00:24:16,160 --> 00:24:20,280 Speaker 1: go all out. And then once they started feeling better physically, 511 00:24:20,320 --> 00:24:26,920 Speaker 1: of course finding out about my right eye, whi's pretty key, 512 00:24:27,280 --> 00:24:31,040 Speaker 1: and then of course, uh, you know, working on some 513 00:24:31,400 --> 00:24:33,560 Speaker 1: things that I was I wasn't doing great. Doing great 514 00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:38,479 Speaker 1: mechanically kind of saved my saved my season, and who 515 00:24:38,560 --> 00:24:41,760 Speaker 1: knows if it's saved my career. There's a chance that 516 00:24:41,800 --> 00:24:43,720 Speaker 1: I was a couple of days away from getting DFA 517 00:24:43,920 --> 00:24:48,600 Speaker 1: last year, and fortunately for me, unfortunately for some of 518 00:24:48,640 --> 00:24:52,639 Speaker 1: my teams hurt, and I mean I was able to 519 00:24:52,640 --> 00:24:58,119 Speaker 1: stay after and obviously the rest of history. But yeah, 520 00:24:58,560 --> 00:25:00,359 Speaker 1: just being able to do the hard is the thing 521 00:25:00,480 --> 00:25:02,679 Speaker 1: that there is in all sports, which is hitting at 522 00:25:02,680 --> 00:25:06,040 Speaker 1: baseball when you can't really see the spin of the 523 00:25:06,040 --> 00:25:09,320 Speaker 1: ball is It's a pretty hard thing to do. But 524 00:25:09,880 --> 00:25:12,760 Speaker 1: I'm glad we have that result for now and I'm 525 00:25:12,800 --> 00:25:15,879 Speaker 1: looking forward to a full season of being healthy, feeling 526 00:25:15,920 --> 00:25:17,640 Speaker 1: strong and being able to see. 527 00:25:17,960 --> 00:25:20,960 Speaker 3: Good Lord, can you imagine if Kik Hernandez what's DFA? 528 00:25:21,280 --> 00:25:23,600 Speaker 3: I would have burned down the damn stadium. Let me 529 00:25:23,680 --> 00:25:25,640 Speaker 3: ask you this, Let me ask you this question. 530 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:26,280 Speaker 1: Kik. 531 00:25:26,400 --> 00:25:28,200 Speaker 3: I know that you're an Adida's athlete. It's that three 532 00:25:28,240 --> 00:25:31,280 Speaker 3: stripe life. I always remember you and JT. What are 533 00:25:31,320 --> 00:25:35,879 Speaker 3: your favorite pair of Adida's cleats? And secondly, what is 534 00:25:35,920 --> 00:25:38,920 Speaker 3: your favorite Adida's tunnel walk pregame ritual? 535 00:25:38,960 --> 00:25:39,720 Speaker 2: If you have one? 536 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:48,080 Speaker 1: Uh, I mean it's hard not to go with. You know, 537 00:25:48,119 --> 00:25:50,359 Speaker 1: They've made me a lot of really cool pairs. I 538 00:25:50,440 --> 00:25:53,639 Speaker 1: got something really really nice cooking for this year. I 539 00:25:53,680 --> 00:25:56,200 Speaker 1: don't think it'll be here till the end of April, 540 00:25:56,320 --> 00:25:59,720 Speaker 1: because Andrew decided to take forever to sign me back. 541 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:08,800 Speaker 1: I couldn't decide, but I would say my pees from 542 00:26:08,840 --> 00:26:12,240 Speaker 1: twenty twenty three, the ones, the one, the mint color ones, 543 00:26:12,440 --> 00:26:14,880 Speaker 1: those are by far the ones that have got given 544 00:26:14,920 --> 00:26:18,679 Speaker 1: me the most compliments and a lot of people on 545 00:26:18,760 --> 00:26:22,920 Speaker 1: Instagram reaching out, commenting on the posts, wanting to buy 546 00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:25,359 Speaker 1: the cleat for the kid and things like that, and 547 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:29,200 Speaker 1: unfortunately they can't because I'm the only one. They only 548 00:26:29,200 --> 00:26:33,320 Speaker 1: made it for me, and I'm just a guy that 549 00:26:33,359 --> 00:26:35,960 Speaker 1: addresses a band sue for the Dodgers, so they wouldn't 550 00:26:35,960 --> 00:26:41,480 Speaker 1: put it in the market. And then as far as 551 00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:44,600 Speaker 1: pregame a dude, it's ritual. I really don't have any 552 00:26:44,920 --> 00:26:48,360 Speaker 1: I I just I do my thing on the iPad. 553 00:26:48,400 --> 00:26:51,480 Speaker 1: I play a little visual game, I do a little meditation, 554 00:26:51,720 --> 00:26:54,199 Speaker 1: and then I go hit the cage and after that 555 00:26:54,359 --> 00:26:55,960 Speaker 1: is all right, let's go to the field, get ready, 556 00:26:56,119 --> 00:26:58,880 Speaker 1: and that's about it. I don't really have any rituals 557 00:26:58,920 --> 00:27:02,679 Speaker 1: like that other than signed to good very caffe at 558 00:27:02,720 --> 00:27:03,280 Speaker 1: it for the game. 559 00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:08,160 Speaker 3: Facito, you are much more my friend than a guy 560 00:27:08,160 --> 00:27:10,800 Speaker 3: in a banana suit for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Best 561 00:27:10,800 --> 00:27:12,879 Speaker 3: of luck to you, Clinton. I appreciate you taking the time. 562 00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:15,760 Speaker 3: Our best to Mariana and Pee. That little one's growing 563 00:27:15,840 --> 00:27:18,800 Speaker 3: up too fast. Best of luck this season. Thanks for 564 00:27:18,840 --> 00:27:20,960 Speaker 3: taking the time, k K thanks very much for being here. 565 00:27:21,920 --> 00:27:23,680 Speaker 1: Thank you guys. 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The 600 00:28:55,480 --> 00:28:58,200 Speaker 3: tickets are right behind home plate on the field level 601 00:28:58,640 --> 00:29:02,640 Speaker 3: for tickets plus f free parking in Lot I. Every 602 00:29:02,680 --> 00:29:07,000 Speaker 3: single cent of this auction goes to benefit Gidrey's Guardian Foundation, 603 00:29:07,080 --> 00:29:10,280 Speaker 3: where we use these funds to help find pups forever 604 00:29:10,360 --> 00:29:13,440 Speaker 3: homes and get them all situated in a forever home. 605 00:29:13,520 --> 00:29:16,400 Speaker 3: Go to Gidrisguardian dot org for more information. But honestly, 606 00:29:16,440 --> 00:29:18,480 Speaker 3: the easiest way, Clint is just to go to thirty 607 00:29:18,520 --> 00:29:23,240 Speaker 3: two Auctions dot com slash l a d Cubs so 608 00:29:23,400 --> 00:29:26,080 Speaker 3: La Dodgers Cubs and you can bid right there. You 609 00:29:26,080 --> 00:29:29,400 Speaker 3: can bid in ten dollars increments and every single cent 610 00:29:29,480 --> 00:29:31,880 Speaker 3: goes to help pups in need. So thanks so much, 611 00:29:31,960 --> 00:29:35,800 Speaker 3: KEYK for being on the show. Yeah, I appreciate him 612 00:29:35,800 --> 00:29:38,040 Speaker 3: taking the time. Everyone's pasting. He's very good at this. 613 00:29:38,640 --> 00:29:42,000 Speaker 3: P K does not lack entertainment value. But he also 614 00:29:42,040 --> 00:29:45,360 Speaker 3: does not lack baseball IQ and he's incredibly smart and 615 00:29:45,400 --> 00:29:47,480 Speaker 3: I've loved I remember when he came over from Houston. 616 00:29:47,760 --> 00:29:50,120 Speaker 3: One of the first times I ever introduced Kek Hernanz 617 00:29:50,120 --> 00:29:52,480 Speaker 3: at one of those like Dodger community events, I said 618 00:29:52,520 --> 00:29:53,200 Speaker 3: he was a pitcher. 619 00:29:53,600 --> 00:29:57,560 Speaker 2: Yeah that's awesome anyway, But he is a picture. He 620 00:29:57,720 --> 00:30:00,760 Speaker 2: is a picture. He just wasn't back into fourteen or 621 00:30:00,800 --> 00:30:02,320 Speaker 2: whatever the heck it was when he came over. 622 00:30:02,840 --> 00:30:03,080 Speaker 4: Is good. 623 00:30:03,200 --> 00:30:06,320 Speaker 5: Career era down to like nine to six one now 624 00:30:06,440 --> 00:30:10,000 Speaker 5: after four appearances last year. Still looking for that first 625 00:30:10,040 --> 00:30:12,800 Speaker 5: career strikeout though, So hopefully we can get that out 626 00:30:12,840 --> 00:30:14,520 Speaker 5: of the way and maybe Dave lover that. 627 00:30:15,440 --> 00:30:17,400 Speaker 2: Yeah, you got to lower that area, KK, what are 628 00:30:17,440 --> 00:30:18,120 Speaker 2: we doing? All right? 629 00:30:18,320 --> 00:30:19,880 Speaker 3: So this is kind of funny now the Clint this 630 00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:22,040 Speaker 3: is a story that has been told before. It's not 631 00:30:22,120 --> 00:30:24,440 Speaker 3: brand new, but it's worth revisiting because it's just funny. 632 00:30:24,680 --> 00:30:28,080 Speaker 3: Max Munsey meet Max Munsey. So both of these guys 633 00:30:28,080 --> 00:30:32,160 Speaker 3: Clint were drafted by the Oakland Athletics. Max Munsey, of course, 634 00:30:32,200 --> 00:30:35,120 Speaker 3: the now Los Angeles Dodger friend of the program we 635 00:30:35,200 --> 00:30:35,600 Speaker 3: love the. 636 00:30:35,560 --> 00:30:37,680 Speaker 2: Guy back to back to back to back to back 637 00:30:37,720 --> 00:30:38,360 Speaker 2: to back to back. 638 00:30:38,280 --> 00:30:40,320 Speaker 3: To back seasons of thirty or more home runs, and 639 00:30:40,360 --> 00:30:45,800 Speaker 3: Max Munsey the current you know, current Oakland athletic. These 640 00:30:45,840 --> 00:30:49,600 Speaker 3: two guys could actually face off against one another in 641 00:30:49,680 --> 00:30:53,160 Speaker 3: May when the A's are at the Dodgers. And even 642 00:30:53,200 --> 00:30:55,800 Speaker 3: if that's not weird enough, they both share an August 643 00:30:55,840 --> 00:30:56,800 Speaker 3: twenty fifth birthday. 644 00:30:57,080 --> 00:30:58,720 Speaker 2: Like you can't make this stuff up. 645 00:30:58,600 --> 00:31:03,360 Speaker 5: Man, Ball's funny like that, huh. I mean one has 646 00:31:03,400 --> 00:31:07,200 Speaker 5: had a pretty illustrious career and the other one hopefully 647 00:31:07,320 --> 00:31:10,120 Speaker 5: doesn't have the same fate the original Max months. 648 00:31:09,880 --> 00:31:11,800 Speaker 4: He had as an athletic. 649 00:31:12,360 --> 00:31:15,440 Speaker 5: But this is where we're at. I guess we're talking 650 00:31:15,480 --> 00:31:17,480 Speaker 5: about things that are happening and was that May. 651 00:31:18,200 --> 00:31:21,080 Speaker 3: Oh, it's just funny, Like I just I did listen, bro, 652 00:31:21,320 --> 00:31:24,200 Speaker 3: Like we're down to slim pickens here until games actually 653 00:31:24,200 --> 00:31:27,200 Speaker 3: matter on Thursday. So anyway, I think that's cute, and 654 00:31:27,240 --> 00:31:29,720 Speaker 3: I you know whatever, it's cute. Max Monsey versus Max 655 00:31:29,760 --> 00:31:31,880 Speaker 3: Monthly August twenty fifth, both drafted. 656 00:31:31,560 --> 00:31:32,120 Speaker 2: By the A's. 657 00:31:32,120 --> 00:31:34,640 Speaker 3: That's just just stupid, all right, Since you're so cool, 658 00:31:34,680 --> 00:31:37,000 Speaker 3: what's coming up on All Dodgers with Clint Pasias? 659 00:31:37,240 --> 00:31:39,480 Speaker 5: Listen, it was not an indictment on you. It was 660 00:31:39,520 --> 00:31:43,000 Speaker 5: an attacking you. I'm so sorry guys. Tonight, I'll actually 661 00:31:43,040 --> 00:31:45,920 Speaker 5: be back. Took a little bit of a mental health 662 00:31:46,000 --> 00:31:49,440 Speaker 5: siesta over the weekend after doing five or six different 663 00:31:49,440 --> 00:31:52,960 Speaker 5: streams between this and another show and the YadA YadA. 664 00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:56,600 Speaker 5: So anyways, join me at six pm Pacific time or yeah, 665 00:31:56,600 --> 00:31:59,200 Speaker 5: something like that. That sounds about right. We'll kind of pregame, 666 00:31:59,280 --> 00:32:01,320 Speaker 5: talk about the dot, see what's going on with this team. 667 00:32:01,360 --> 00:32:05,160 Speaker 5: Hopefully have some positive Mookie Betts news to share, but 668 00:32:05,440 --> 00:32:07,880 Speaker 5: if not, we'll be talking more about, you know, how 669 00:32:07,960 --> 00:32:10,160 Speaker 5: long he should be out, just kind of letting him 670 00:32:10,400 --> 00:32:12,880 Speaker 5: be right, be good, all that kind of stuff, plus 671 00:32:13,160 --> 00:32:14,800 Speaker 5: some more pitching talks. 672 00:32:14,680 --> 00:32:16,600 Speaker 4: YadA YadA. You know how it goes, guys. 673 00:32:16,680 --> 00:32:18,760 Speaker 5: It's a stream. We'll be talking, taking a lot of 674 00:32:18,760 --> 00:32:22,040 Speaker 5: comments and all that kind of stuff. So tube in subscribe, 675 00:32:22,320 --> 00:32:26,280 Speaker 5: subscribe here as well. All of these things really help 676 00:32:26,400 --> 00:32:27,920 Speaker 5: us out on the YouTube. 677 00:32:28,480 --> 00:32:29,840 Speaker 2: Yes, thanks for watching everybody. 678 00:32:29,880 --> 00:32:33,600 Speaker 3: Clinton and I are back on Thursday at ten am Pacific. 679 00:32:33,120 --> 00:32:36,080 Speaker 2: One pm Eastern. Bring a friend, smash that life and 680 00:32:36,120 --> 00:32:38,960 Speaker 2: subscribe button. And by the way, we're talking about Blake Snell, 681 00:32:39,400 --> 00:32:42,960 Speaker 2: the official opener for the Domestics series. Here we go, guys, 682 00:32:43,040 --> 00:32:43,680 Speaker 2: go Dodgers. 683 00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:46,120 Speaker 5: By the way, quickly, two dollars super chat for myv 684 00:32:46,200 --> 00:32:48,920 Speaker 5: stroke and thank you, says Max Monsey, current and future Dodger. 685 00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:50,000 Speaker 4: Wanted to get that in there. 686 00:32:50,440 --> 00:32:55,000 Speaker 3: Oh wow, the current ath Oakland athletic guy is coming 687 00:32:55,000 --> 00:32:55,440 Speaker 3: to the Dodgers. 688 00:32:55,520 --> 00:32:57,719 Speaker 4: Is that what you're saying, Sacramento. I don't know. 689 00:32:57,840 --> 00:33:01,160 Speaker 3: Anyways, Max Mon's going to hit hit bombs in a 690 00:33:01,240 --> 00:33:01,720 Speaker 3: sack town. 691 00:33:01,800 --> 00:33:09,760 Speaker 5: Okay, bye, yeah,