1 00:00:01,639 --> 00:00:04,920 Speaker 1: From the Berkshires to the sound from wherever you live 2 00:00:04,960 --> 00:00:09,160 Speaker 1: in MLB America. This is inside the Parker. You give 3 00:00:09,240 --> 00:00:11,520 Speaker 1: us twenty two minutes and we'll give you the scoop 4 00:00:11,560 --> 00:00:15,080 Speaker 1: on major League Baseball. Now here's Baseball Hall of Fame 5 00:00:15,200 --> 00:00:21,760 Speaker 1: voter number Rob Parker. All right, welcome into the podcast, 6 00:00:21,800 --> 00:00:26,400 Speaker 1: the World Series Edition. We have so much to talk about. 7 00:00:26,720 --> 00:00:30,320 Speaker 1: I'm your host, Rob Parker, and coming up on the podcast, 8 00:00:30,920 --> 00:00:35,960 Speaker 1: we'll talk with the former Major League outfield that Eric Davis. 9 00:00:36,080 --> 00:00:40,480 Speaker 1: Also from the Bleacher Report, one of the best MLB columnus, 10 00:00:40,880 --> 00:00:44,920 Speaker 1: Scott Miller. He joined us that plus foul a fair. 11 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:51,760 Speaker 1: Let's go up to lead off. It's getting robbed and 12 00:00:51,880 --> 00:00:54,560 Speaker 1: keep him on. Rob's hot take on the three biggest 13 00:00:54,560 --> 00:01:00,800 Speaker 1: stories in Major League Baseball. Number one, Yes, everybody should 14 00:01:00,840 --> 00:01:03,720 Speaker 1: be loving l A. I know, except for people in 15 00:01:03,840 --> 00:01:07,800 Speaker 1: Tampa Bay were hurt. But the l A Dodgers finally 16 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:11,920 Speaker 1: finally won the World Series. This team has been loaded 17 00:01:11,920 --> 00:01:15,200 Speaker 1: for years. We've been talking about a nothing but disappointment 18 00:01:15,600 --> 00:01:20,360 Speaker 1: at heartbreak and instead, uh on the third try in 19 00:01:20,520 --> 00:01:24,880 Speaker 1: four years at the World Series, the Dodgers franchise finally 20 00:01:24,959 --> 00:01:30,560 Speaker 1: wins its first World Series championship since night stars all 21 00:01:30,600 --> 00:01:35,399 Speaker 1: over the place. Um Corey Seeger, who was the World 22 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:39,039 Speaker 1: Series m v P deserved it. Batted four hundred and 23 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:43,080 Speaker 1: uh was incredible because he won the National League Championship 24 00:01:43,160 --> 00:01:47,160 Speaker 1: Series MVP and also the World Series m v P. 25 00:01:47,760 --> 00:01:50,760 Speaker 1: He had two home runs, five rbi, six walks. He 26 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:55,040 Speaker 1: was a monster. Clayton Kershaw, who we know has been 27 00:01:55,120 --> 00:01:57,760 Speaker 1: dragged through the mud and rightfully sold for his poor 28 00:01:57,800 --> 00:02:02,360 Speaker 1: performance in the postseason, he finally got his first World 29 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:06,080 Speaker 1: Series championship. He went two and oh in the World Series, 30 00:02:06,080 --> 00:02:09,120 Speaker 1: winning two of the four games that the Dodgers won 31 00:02:09,160 --> 00:02:12,200 Speaker 1: with a two point three one e r A and 32 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:16,840 Speaker 1: uh struck out fourteen only walked three. So um, that's 33 00:02:16,880 --> 00:02:20,320 Speaker 1: another feather in the cap right there. Dave Roberts, the 34 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:24,040 Speaker 1: long suffering manager, he gets it done as well, his 35 00:02:24,120 --> 00:02:29,160 Speaker 1: first World Series championship, and uh l A continues to celebrate. 36 00:02:29,200 --> 00:02:31,919 Speaker 1: They saw Lebron James and the Lakers win a championship 37 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:35,600 Speaker 1: and now here in twenties the Dodgers. This is the 38 00:02:35,639 --> 00:02:38,920 Speaker 1: second time. The last time it happened the Dodgers and 39 00:02:39,040 --> 00:02:44,680 Speaker 1: the Lakers winning a championship. It goes back to and 40 00:02:44,720 --> 00:02:48,320 Speaker 1: I'm gonna say this as a person new to living 41 00:02:48,360 --> 00:02:52,600 Speaker 1: in Los Angeles, I believe the Dodgers are bigger than 42 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:56,800 Speaker 1: the Lakers in Los Angeles. Yes, I said it. I 43 00:02:56,919 --> 00:03:00,799 Speaker 1: really believe it. The Dodgers have such an imprint on 44 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:06,840 Speaker 1: this community. Number two boo on Justin Turner, I'm sorry 45 00:03:08,160 --> 00:03:10,800 Speaker 1: what he gets pulled from the game because its COVID 46 00:03:10,840 --> 00:03:14,799 Speaker 1: test finally comes back positive. And I get it. Oh 47 00:03:14,840 --> 00:03:19,240 Speaker 1: my goodness, imagine a dilemma of you winning a World 48 00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:23,600 Speaker 1: Series that you've put out blood, sweat and tears, and 49 00:03:23,639 --> 00:03:26,919 Speaker 1: then the time comes to celebrate. If you came out 50 00:03:26,919 --> 00:03:28,840 Speaker 1: of the game and out of the dugout and had 51 00:03:28,880 --> 00:03:31,440 Speaker 1: to isolate, how could you go back on the field 52 00:03:31,480 --> 00:03:37,800 Speaker 1: and celebrate with your teammates with no mask? What? I 53 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:41,960 Speaker 1: get it? Thirty five years old? You you you've you've 54 00:03:42,040 --> 00:03:45,400 Speaker 1: waited for this moment all your life, and you go 55 00:03:45,560 --> 00:03:49,600 Speaker 1: back out and you celebrate, and you know what, I'm 56 00:03:49,640 --> 00:03:53,240 Speaker 1: not gonna be. Major League Baseball put out a stern 57 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:58,680 Speaker 1: uh statement about it, and I'm with Baseball, I think. 58 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:04,080 Speaker 1: And here's a piece of it. Quote. While a desire 59 00:04:04,120 --> 00:04:08,960 Speaker 1: to celebrate his understandable turn, his decision to leave isolation 60 00:04:09,160 --> 00:04:13,000 Speaker 1: and enter the field was wrong and put everyone he 61 00:04:13,120 --> 00:04:17,600 Speaker 1: came in contact with at risk and quote MLB is 62 00:04:17,720 --> 00:04:21,520 Speaker 1: right on the money. It just was selfish. You can't 63 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:25,560 Speaker 1: do it, especially when baseball did such a great job 64 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:30,360 Speaker 1: and all the players to keep everybody COVID free for 65 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:33,800 Speaker 1: such a long time the entire playoffs and then to 66 00:04:33,920 --> 00:04:37,760 Speaker 1: run out there that was a mistake and justin Turners 67 00:04:37,800 --> 00:04:41,640 Speaker 1: should not have done it. Number three. I'm sorry. I 68 00:04:41,680 --> 00:04:44,159 Speaker 1: know people want to pat the Tampa bay Rays on 69 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:48,600 Speaker 1: the back, what a great job, a small payroll, all 70 00:04:48,640 --> 00:04:52,039 Speaker 1: the analytics work and all this other stuff, and try 71 00:04:52,120 --> 00:04:54,600 Speaker 1: to make the Tampa bay Rays feel good about where 72 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:57,520 Speaker 1: they are and how they came up runners up in 73 00:04:57,560 --> 00:05:00,960 Speaker 1: their second World Series. But I'm gonna tell you this, 74 00:05:00,960 --> 00:05:04,400 Speaker 1: this should be a history lesson that analytics just doesn't 75 00:05:04,440 --> 00:05:07,039 Speaker 1: get you to win the World Series. We saw it 76 00:05:07,080 --> 00:05:09,880 Speaker 1: with the Oakland A's and Billy Bean for thirty years 77 00:05:09,880 --> 00:05:12,719 Speaker 1: and what he did there, they never were able to 78 00:05:12,760 --> 00:05:15,800 Speaker 1: get there or even you know, advance in the in 79 00:05:15,839 --> 00:05:20,280 Speaker 1: the postseason. And then again, analytics had a big cause 80 00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:24,080 Speaker 1: or big reason or why manager Kevin Cash pulled out 81 00:05:24,120 --> 00:05:27,800 Speaker 1: Blake Snell, his ace in a one nothing game after 82 00:05:28,360 --> 00:05:31,719 Speaker 1: the hit because the numbers told them. So I'm not 83 00:05:31,839 --> 00:05:35,040 Speaker 1: buying the analytics and the cheap roster. I don't think 84 00:05:35,040 --> 00:05:36,919 Speaker 1: you even win the World Series that way. You're the 85 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:41,559 Speaker 1: best players come through, not some stat sheet or print 86 00:05:41,600 --> 00:05:44,760 Speaker 1: out and uh talking about a guy hitting in May 87 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:48,200 Speaker 1: and June and trying to say that that's gonna work 88 00:05:48,200 --> 00:05:52,600 Speaker 1: in October. I'm not buying it. Number four, and stop 89 00:05:52,720 --> 00:05:57,440 Speaker 1: to talk about the Dodgers and the dynasty. My goodness, Really, 90 00:05:58,120 --> 00:06:00,280 Speaker 1: they have a lot of free agents coming up. The 91 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:02,680 Speaker 1: people who Dodgers have to figure out what they're gonna do. 92 00:06:02,839 --> 00:06:05,760 Speaker 1: And I'm just gonna warn you there's a team south 93 00:06:05,839 --> 00:06:12,640 Speaker 1: of l A in San Diego, the Padres, with Fernando Tattoos, 94 00:06:12,839 --> 00:06:17,040 Speaker 1: Manny Machado, Mike Clevinger and and other young players who 95 00:06:17,040 --> 00:06:21,520 Speaker 1: are coming. So stop with the Dodgers dynasty. To me, 96 00:06:22,279 --> 00:06:24,880 Speaker 1: this could be the end of the Dodgers window, really 97 00:06:24,920 --> 00:06:28,119 Speaker 1: of them winning. I know everybody automatically thinks they're gonna 98 00:06:28,120 --> 00:06:31,920 Speaker 1: win again, but I'm not buying it. Here comes the 99 00:06:31,960 --> 00:06:39,000 Speaker 1: big interview. Listen, all right now, let's welcome to the podcast. 100 00:06:39,680 --> 00:06:43,680 Speaker 1: Former major league er one of the best center fielders 101 00:06:43,720 --> 00:06:47,919 Speaker 1: I ever saw play baseball, Eric Davis, Eric the Red 102 00:06:48,040 --> 00:06:54,720 Speaker 1: Welcome to the podcast. How you doing, man? Doing great? 103 00:06:55,080 --> 00:06:59,480 Speaker 1: It is uh the world serious? Yeah, man, I feel good. 104 00:06:59,720 --> 00:07:03,479 Speaker 1: I'm no complaints my man. You know that. Uh, let's talk. 105 00:07:03,720 --> 00:07:06,920 Speaker 1: Let's talk about the World Series and you know what 106 00:07:06,960 --> 00:07:09,160 Speaker 1: it's what it feels like to win a World Series 107 00:07:09,200 --> 00:07:12,360 Speaker 1: because you did in nineteen ninety with the Reds. Uh. 108 00:07:12,520 --> 00:07:15,280 Speaker 1: Just give me your thoughts on the Dodgers ending that 109 00:07:15,360 --> 00:07:20,000 Speaker 1: thirty two year drought. Well of thirst. You've got to 110 00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:24,200 Speaker 1: give the Dods, say, a whole lot of credit for 111 00:07:25,120 --> 00:07:29,480 Speaker 1: bringing Lookey back to the team because they have gone 112 00:07:29,480 --> 00:07:31,720 Speaker 1: to the World Series in the playoffs six seven, eight 113 00:07:31,760 --> 00:07:34,600 Speaker 1: years in a row World Series a few times and 114 00:07:34,680 --> 00:07:38,440 Speaker 1: coming up short to recognize that you do need something. 115 00:07:39,080 --> 00:07:42,120 Speaker 1: Most teams that are in that position don't think that 116 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:45,400 Speaker 1: they can get better or they need a piece. So 117 00:07:45,480 --> 00:07:49,120 Speaker 1: you give them credit for making that meaning for Mookie 118 00:07:49,240 --> 00:07:53,360 Speaker 1: because he is and was the missing think he took 119 00:07:53,360 --> 00:07:57,400 Speaker 1: a lot of picture off of everybody else offensively with 120 00:07:57,640 --> 00:08:00,440 Speaker 1: his ability to do the things that we wereness and 121 00:08:00,520 --> 00:08:04,760 Speaker 1: you watched all five of his tools come in to play, 122 00:08:04,840 --> 00:08:09,720 Speaker 1: uh in various parts of the of the postseason and 123 00:08:10,200 --> 00:08:14,000 Speaker 1: handling them at the top really ignited them with his 124 00:08:14,080 --> 00:08:17,120 Speaker 1: base running, his ability to steal basis, his ability to 125 00:08:17,280 --> 00:08:21,840 Speaker 1: score or outs on players. They said have been outs 126 00:08:21,880 --> 00:08:24,120 Speaker 1: where the Irish person on that team in the past 127 00:08:24,120 --> 00:08:27,520 Speaker 1: with the score. So that was the first thing. The 128 00:08:27,560 --> 00:08:29,680 Speaker 1: second thing is they feed off each other. I mean 129 00:08:29,680 --> 00:08:33,160 Speaker 1: they played well. They hit world if you're looking at 130 00:08:33,280 --> 00:08:37,079 Speaker 1: what they did with two outs in two strikes, and 131 00:08:37,280 --> 00:08:39,960 Speaker 1: you just don't get that when you're talking about the 132 00:08:40,040 --> 00:08:42,439 Speaker 1: best pictures in the game, and normally you have the 133 00:08:42,600 --> 00:08:46,760 Speaker 1: doing the postseason. So their ability to grind and stay 134 00:08:46,840 --> 00:08:49,960 Speaker 1: within the science of what they were trying to cover 135 00:08:50,120 --> 00:08:54,040 Speaker 1: us was phenomenal. I think they got a little lucky 136 00:08:54,080 --> 00:08:57,760 Speaker 1: with their pitching, uh, with the bullpen jobs and all 137 00:08:57,840 --> 00:09:01,040 Speaker 1: those kinds of things. If you look at uh Kershaw 138 00:09:01,200 --> 00:09:05,079 Speaker 1: was steady, h ro Walker, Buller was phenomenal, and then 139 00:09:05,120 --> 00:09:06,800 Speaker 1: they got feelings. It's like, so I thought they was 140 00:09:06,880 --> 00:09:10,480 Speaker 1: lucky there, Uh, but they think they fall and they 141 00:09:10,520 --> 00:09:15,800 Speaker 1: want to uh want to. Let's speak about Kershaw. I mean, 142 00:09:15,880 --> 00:09:19,239 Speaker 1: we know he's probably the best picture of this generation. 143 00:09:19,920 --> 00:09:23,160 Speaker 1: His numbers speak for themselves. E d uh two point 144 00:09:23,240 --> 00:09:26,400 Speaker 1: four four career e r RA. But in the postseason, 145 00:09:26,440 --> 00:09:30,160 Speaker 1: it was two runs higher, and you know, the Dodgers 146 00:09:30,200 --> 00:09:32,480 Speaker 1: haven't been hadn't been able to win and a lot. 147 00:09:32,640 --> 00:09:36,520 Speaker 1: Kershaw had had some clunkers in the postseason, but this 148 00:09:36,559 --> 00:09:39,280 Speaker 1: time in the World Series he won two games. What 149 00:09:39,360 --> 00:09:42,199 Speaker 1: does that do for his legacy and and how people 150 00:09:42,240 --> 00:09:48,240 Speaker 1: look at Kershaw this time, Well, I think Justin Verlander 151 00:09:48,280 --> 00:09:52,839 Speaker 1: would argue that. I think Uh Surgier would argue that 152 00:09:52,920 --> 00:09:54,880 Speaker 1: if you're looking at the years of they're laying their 153 00:09:54,920 --> 00:09:57,760 Speaker 1: head in this generation. He's on m VPS, he's won 154 00:09:57,880 --> 00:10:02,920 Speaker 1: multiple Society young and he's one title. So UH says 155 00:10:03,080 --> 00:10:07,840 Speaker 1: the same thing. So he's he's not that guy that 156 00:10:07,920 --> 00:10:09,800 Speaker 1: you can say he was the best guy in his 157 00:10:10,080 --> 00:10:15,199 Speaker 1: error um. But his ability to to keep the Dodgers 158 00:10:15,640 --> 00:10:18,760 Speaker 1: at UH in the game was huge for his psychic 159 00:10:19,679 --> 00:10:26,319 Speaker 1: UH watching him make the pictures and make the the 160 00:10:26,320 --> 00:10:33,200 Speaker 1: the out said he needed to get. Honestly, I just 161 00:10:33,240 --> 00:10:37,600 Speaker 1: think that that the postseason is about the mats ups 162 00:10:37,679 --> 00:10:39,600 Speaker 1: and I thought he had an advantage over the right 163 00:10:39,640 --> 00:10:42,840 Speaker 1: hand he was that he was facing. So you have 164 00:10:42,920 --> 00:10:45,920 Speaker 1: to give him credit for doing what he did. But 165 00:10:46,160 --> 00:10:49,480 Speaker 1: if if you look at almost of the start he had, 166 00:10:49,559 --> 00:10:52,839 Speaker 1: he was an out swing of gunner player where people 167 00:10:52,920 --> 00:10:55,319 Speaker 1: talking about he was at the game. So I was 168 00:10:55,440 --> 00:10:59,120 Speaker 1: just grateful for him, uh that he didn't go that 169 00:10:59,120 --> 00:11:01,520 Speaker 1: way at and he was able to get through when 170 00:11:01,520 --> 00:11:04,520 Speaker 1: he needed to get you for his legacy, But I 171 00:11:04,520 --> 00:11:09,040 Speaker 1: don't think his legacy will ever in the postseason outshadow 172 00:11:09,120 --> 00:11:14,080 Speaker 1: when he did uh for the regular season, because it's 173 00:11:14,120 --> 00:11:17,640 Speaker 1: just it's just not even close to him dominating and 174 00:11:18,160 --> 00:11:20,600 Speaker 1: having at rue point some e r A and in 175 00:11:21,480 --> 00:11:23,680 Speaker 1: tinting some wins and the thing that he had prior 176 00:11:23,720 --> 00:11:27,680 Speaker 1: to the postseason, no doubt. Our guest is Eric Davis, 177 00:11:27,760 --> 00:11:30,840 Speaker 1: who is UH in the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame, 178 00:11:30,920 --> 00:11:34,280 Speaker 1: two time All Star, three times Gold Gold Glove winner, 179 00:11:35,080 --> 00:11:39,720 Speaker 1: Uh E d How surprised that are you that baseball 180 00:11:39,800 --> 00:11:43,200 Speaker 1: made it through for the most part after the early 181 00:11:43,360 --> 00:11:47,000 Speaker 1: COVID positive tests. They went a long time with no 182 00:11:47,040 --> 00:11:51,520 Speaker 1: one getting positive and played through a sixty game season 183 00:11:51,640 --> 00:11:55,000 Speaker 1: all the playoffs. Are you shocked at that baseball was 184 00:11:55,040 --> 00:11:59,880 Speaker 1: able to get a season in? Oh? Not really shocked. 185 00:12:00,040 --> 00:12:06,439 Speaker 1: I'm I'm a shock of not having uh anybody test 186 00:12:06,520 --> 00:12:10,880 Speaker 1: positive all the way up until Justin Turner did UM 187 00:12:10,960 --> 00:12:15,040 Speaker 1: and not really having to cancel so many different games 188 00:12:15,080 --> 00:12:17,560 Speaker 1: and different things of that nature. We have the instances where, 189 00:12:18,280 --> 00:12:20,600 Speaker 1: uh if you have some flat ups and some things 190 00:12:20,600 --> 00:12:24,560 Speaker 1: of that nature. But uh, it was just like anything else. 191 00:12:24,640 --> 00:12:30,720 Speaker 1: Nobody knew, um what to expect. You couldn't really use 192 00:12:30,760 --> 00:12:32,800 Speaker 1: the NBA when I know a lot of parallels. Was 193 00:12:33,320 --> 00:12:36,560 Speaker 1: trying to compare the NBA when you're talking about you 194 00:12:36,600 --> 00:12:39,319 Speaker 1: can put a floor anywhere, and you can put a 195 00:12:39,440 --> 00:12:42,200 Speaker 1: room anywhere. You're talking about maybe twenty five guys to 196 00:12:42,240 --> 00:12:45,600 Speaker 1: a team, and you're talking about almost sixty guys on 197 00:12:45,679 --> 00:12:50,880 Speaker 1: the baseball team when everybody's playing, uh if apples and origins. 198 00:12:50,960 --> 00:12:53,720 Speaker 1: But to have it in their cities and have these 199 00:12:53,720 --> 00:12:58,000 Speaker 1: guys travel of you didn't really know what was going 200 00:12:58,080 --> 00:13:01,280 Speaker 1: to happen, but for them to get through it was 201 00:13:01,280 --> 00:13:03,400 Speaker 1: was amazing. You gotta get the players a lot of 202 00:13:03,440 --> 00:13:09,240 Speaker 1: credits because of the sacrifices that they had to make. Uh, 203 00:13:09,559 --> 00:13:12,080 Speaker 1: because when you live that life, you used to doing 204 00:13:12,120 --> 00:13:14,360 Speaker 1: what you want to, eating way you want to, move 205 00:13:14,440 --> 00:13:18,920 Speaker 1: how you want to, and now you can't. And it's like, Okay, 206 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:21,760 Speaker 1: who's gonna who's gonna go against this and not doing 207 00:13:21,760 --> 00:13:24,600 Speaker 1: a band and stuff. But you saw everybody e stept 208 00:13:24,640 --> 00:13:26,680 Speaker 1: to the post season and saw what was at stake, 209 00:13:26,760 --> 00:13:28,959 Speaker 1: and it was. It was a beautiful thing to watch 210 00:13:29,040 --> 00:13:32,720 Speaker 1: him get through it, no doubt. What what about you 211 00:13:32,760 --> 00:13:37,160 Speaker 1: mentioned Justin Turner? You know obviously, Uh, he came out 212 00:13:37,200 --> 00:13:40,280 Speaker 1: of the game tested, his results came through, he had 213 00:13:40,320 --> 00:13:43,920 Speaker 1: tested positive. Uh was it a bad look for him 214 00:13:43,960 --> 00:13:47,160 Speaker 1: to be celebrating massless with his teammates. I know it's 215 00:13:47,200 --> 00:13:50,880 Speaker 1: a big moment, just when the World Series. You don't 216 00:13:50,920 --> 00:13:54,040 Speaker 1: want to isolate, but to to put your teammates at 217 00:13:54,160 --> 00:13:58,080 Speaker 1: risk after knowing you're positive. Was that? Was that a 218 00:13:58,120 --> 00:14:01,600 Speaker 1: good look or not? No, that's not a good look. 219 00:14:02,200 --> 00:14:04,840 Speaker 1: And and you know people are gonna vote the opinion 220 00:14:04,840 --> 00:14:07,800 Speaker 1: on what should happen and who should do what, when how, 221 00:14:08,720 --> 00:14:12,320 Speaker 1: And it's all fine until there's repercussions that come up 222 00:14:12,360 --> 00:14:16,120 Speaker 1: and people as themselves, wasn't really worth it? And the answer? 223 00:14:16,200 --> 00:14:19,480 Speaker 1: Were you talking about the possibility of dying on affecting 224 00:14:19,560 --> 00:14:25,560 Speaker 1: someone and not know the outcome? Me being that massive masses, 225 00:14:25,920 --> 00:14:29,360 Speaker 1: it's not worth it? Uh? Me me being able to 226 00:14:29,360 --> 00:14:34,400 Speaker 1: take some pictures with the trophy, I did all that. 227 00:14:35,040 --> 00:14:38,440 Speaker 1: And and I'm one of those guys who was in 228 00:14:38,480 --> 00:14:41,160 Speaker 1: the hospital when we want so you know, I was 229 00:14:41,840 --> 00:14:44,120 Speaker 1: pitching to be able to take a picture. How why 230 00:14:44,280 --> 00:14:45,960 Speaker 1: when I say, you were to tour and kit me 231 00:14:46,120 --> 00:14:49,520 Speaker 1: for almost two months, so I know we're missing it 232 00:14:49,960 --> 00:14:52,680 Speaker 1: feels like and you never want anybody to miss that, 233 00:14:52,840 --> 00:14:56,560 Speaker 1: But at what costs? I just don't think that it 234 00:14:56,680 --> 00:14:59,560 Speaker 1: was the right thing to do. I think they could have, 235 00:15:00,560 --> 00:15:03,560 Speaker 1: uh act, made him a little bit and put him 236 00:15:03,560 --> 00:15:06,080 Speaker 1: out there and we'll let him to do that. And 237 00:15:06,160 --> 00:15:08,840 Speaker 1: then if they wanted to do that priority inside the 238 00:15:08,880 --> 00:15:11,040 Speaker 1: club house and guys gave him whatever they wanted to 239 00:15:11,040 --> 00:15:12,400 Speaker 1: give him. I think they could have did it a 240 00:15:12,400 --> 00:15:15,640 Speaker 1: better way, no doubt. All Right, Hey, last thing, you're 241 00:15:15,640 --> 00:15:19,240 Speaker 1: a Los Angeles native. Uh, you know the Lakers won 242 00:15:19,280 --> 00:15:23,960 Speaker 1: the championship, now the Dodgers. Uh, this is like all 243 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:27,400 Speaker 1: over again. How special is it for Los Angeles to 244 00:15:27,440 --> 00:15:30,280 Speaker 1: be the sports capital of the uh of the other 245 00:15:30,440 --> 00:15:37,800 Speaker 1: United States right now? Uh? That kind of that makes 246 00:15:37,800 --> 00:15:39,680 Speaker 1: you most of your about it because of really thing 247 00:15:39,720 --> 00:15:43,720 Speaker 1: that's going on in UH and having to go through 248 00:15:43,760 --> 00:15:48,640 Speaker 1: the tribal matibulation as a country. Uh. Sports is always 249 00:15:48,720 --> 00:15:51,400 Speaker 1: a way of making people forget about things. But I 250 00:15:51,560 --> 00:15:56,240 Speaker 1: just don't know, uh how you really view it when 251 00:15:56,280 --> 00:16:00,440 Speaker 1: you're talking about how it has to come to the place. 252 00:16:00,560 --> 00:16:04,120 Speaker 1: And having been in the bubble when you heard so 253 00:16:04,160 --> 00:16:07,040 Speaker 1: many different things about the bubble and so many different 254 00:16:07,040 --> 00:16:11,120 Speaker 1: players talked about not being able to do certain things 255 00:16:11,160 --> 00:16:14,480 Speaker 1: and not have any adversity and see the bear astors. 256 00:16:14,560 --> 00:16:18,840 Speaker 1: I don't know, but if you fell alone, you want 257 00:16:18,840 --> 00:16:22,400 Speaker 1: to see a championship. Is this really what we're used to? 258 00:16:23,440 --> 00:16:26,840 Speaker 1: Nobody's really used to team being crowned in a bubble 259 00:16:26,880 --> 00:16:30,160 Speaker 1: and not being able to be at the film and 260 00:16:30,280 --> 00:16:35,480 Speaker 1: never numbers doing a Staples Center when when Kobe and 261 00:16:35,560 --> 00:16:37,880 Speaker 1: Sat We're doing what they were doing it then Kobe 262 00:16:37,880 --> 00:16:41,360 Speaker 1: by himself and then the Lakers with the crowd and 263 00:16:41,560 --> 00:16:45,080 Speaker 1: against the call. We that's all of that. So to 264 00:16:45,280 --> 00:16:50,840 Speaker 1: what degree is it the same? It's not the same, uh, 265 00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:56,640 Speaker 1: but the results are the same. And anybody looked at 266 00:16:56,640 --> 00:16:59,160 Speaker 1: thirty two years and not the Lakers and the Dodgers 267 00:16:59,160 --> 00:17:03,880 Speaker 1: and champions and same year. So uh, I'm quite sure 268 00:17:03,880 --> 00:17:06,160 Speaker 1: the city gonna ride with it because everybody there talking 269 00:17:06,200 --> 00:17:09,400 Speaker 1: about it. So I'm in Arizonian now, but I'm from 270 00:17:09,520 --> 00:17:11,199 Speaker 1: l a from the heart and stuff like that. And 271 00:17:11,400 --> 00:17:15,000 Speaker 1: now I go back to Jack King Cook and stuff, 272 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:16,800 Speaker 1: you know, So I'm a I'm a real maker. I'm 273 00:17:16,800 --> 00:17:20,080 Speaker 1: not a Laker fan where people have jumped on the 274 00:17:20,119 --> 00:17:22,240 Speaker 1: bad wagon and stuff and all that kind of stuff. 275 00:17:22,280 --> 00:17:26,399 Speaker 1: I remember when Jim McMillan and Happy hashed it was playing. 276 00:17:28,880 --> 00:17:31,880 Speaker 1: What kind of Laker fan I am? So any time 277 00:17:31,920 --> 00:17:33,760 Speaker 1: that the Lakers can win, in the Dogs can win, 278 00:17:33,760 --> 00:17:35,240 Speaker 1: I don't room for the Dogs, but I root for 279 00:17:35,240 --> 00:17:39,720 Speaker 1: the Lakers, no doubt. The former Dodger himself who played 280 00:17:39,760 --> 00:17:41,879 Speaker 1: with the Dodgers in ninety two and ninety three, his 281 00:17:41,960 --> 00:17:45,280 Speaker 1: name Eric Davis E. D. Thanks for the knowledge, man, 282 00:17:45,320 --> 00:17:50,280 Speaker 1: appreciate it. Hello to anytime they continue yourself, you too, 283 00:17:53,320 --> 00:17:57,440 Speaker 1: It's time for the pocket Protector Central, the analytic numbers 284 00:17:57,480 --> 00:18:02,399 Speaker 1: you need to know? Well, maybe Anthony Masterson is his name, 285 00:18:03,119 --> 00:18:07,120 Speaker 1: BS analytics is his game. What do you got for me, Anthony? Well, 286 00:18:07,119 --> 00:18:09,200 Speaker 1: the world says in the books. With the Dodgers taking 287 00:18:09,200 --> 00:18:11,240 Speaker 1: home their first title in thirty two years, and it 288 00:18:11,400 --> 00:18:14,600 Speaker 1: certainly was historic. L A said a postseason record with 289 00:18:14,640 --> 00:18:18,360 Speaker 1: fifty nine two out runs to strike runs, and their 290 00:18:18,400 --> 00:18:20,800 Speaker 1: five point six runs per game and thirty homers were 291 00:18:20,840 --> 00:18:24,320 Speaker 1: both National League records. Randy Rosa Reina set the world 292 00:18:24,400 --> 00:18:27,560 Speaker 1: on fire with ten homers twenty nine hits and sixty 293 00:18:27,560 --> 00:18:30,320 Speaker 1: four total bases, all setting mL E records for a 294 00:18:30,359 --> 00:18:33,000 Speaker 1: single postseason. But the big story coming out of Game 295 00:18:33,040 --> 00:18:35,800 Speaker 1: six was raised manager Kevin cast taking out starter Blake 296 00:18:35,880 --> 00:18:38,560 Speaker 1: Snell after cruising through five and the third innings while 297 00:18:38,600 --> 00:18:41,879 Speaker 1: striking out nine. Smell through to seventy three pitches and 298 00:18:41,920 --> 00:18:45,000 Speaker 1: the Dodgers top four hitters. That's Seeger, Turner and Moncy 299 00:18:45,320 --> 00:18:48,480 Speaker 1: went a combined one for sixteen with eleven strikeouts in 300 00:18:48,520 --> 00:18:51,280 Speaker 1: the series against Snell, though he was removed before facing 301 00:18:51,280 --> 00:18:53,879 Speaker 1: those guys the third time in Game six. Now against 302 00:18:53,880 --> 00:18:56,639 Speaker 1: all other race starters in the series, those four guys 303 00:18:56,760 --> 00:18:59,480 Speaker 1: hit three fifty three with four homers, nine r b I, 304 00:18:59,680 --> 00:19:02,399 Speaker 1: and old the seven strikeouts. We also saw one of 305 00:19:02,400 --> 00:19:05,119 Speaker 1: the largest plays in terms of win probability added in 306 00:19:05,200 --> 00:19:08,400 Speaker 1: postseason history and Breck Phillips walk off in Game four. 307 00:19:08,680 --> 00:19:11,000 Speaker 1: In fact, as far as the win probability graph for 308 00:19:11,080 --> 00:19:13,080 Speaker 1: the game goes, it looked like a mountain range the 309 00:19:13,200 --> 00:19:15,840 Speaker 1: entire game. By the way, the win probability added ful 310 00:19:15,880 --> 00:19:19,919 Speaker 1: phillips hit was on the highest or any play in 311 00:19:19,960 --> 00:19:22,359 Speaker 1: any post season game since Kurt gives a step to 312 00:19:22,359 --> 00:19:25,320 Speaker 1: the plate in the ninth inning of Game one, home 313 00:19:25,400 --> 00:19:28,280 Speaker 1: ring off. Dennis Ecker Sleeve gives it the story. Tater 314 00:19:28,359 --> 00:19:31,520 Speaker 1: had a win probability added of eight seven percent, the 315 00:19:31,600 --> 00:19:35,120 Speaker 1: highest mark of any one play in postseason history. It 316 00:19:35,280 --> 00:19:37,920 Speaker 1: was an amazing playoff run. Now, let's hope we never 317 00:19:37,920 --> 00:19:41,480 Speaker 1: have to do it like this ever again. And that 318 00:19:42,080 --> 00:19:47,040 Speaker 1: is it was a big week in the Big League? 319 00:19:50,359 --> 00:19:55,000 Speaker 1: Is foul or is it fair? And now here Shadow 320 00:19:55,080 --> 00:20:01,960 Speaker 1: league dot Com MLB insider JR gamble, all right, j R? 321 00:20:02,359 --> 00:20:05,800 Speaker 1: Is it foul or fair to suggest that the Major 322 00:20:05,880 --> 00:20:10,600 Speaker 1: League Baseball World Series champions should have an asterisk by 323 00:20:10,640 --> 00:20:14,679 Speaker 1: their names because of the COVID shortened season was missing 324 00:20:14,720 --> 00:20:20,399 Speaker 1: a hundred and two games is a foul ball? Despite 325 00:20:20,400 --> 00:20:24,080 Speaker 1: the unprecedented nature of the season, getting all your players 326 00:20:24,119 --> 00:20:27,719 Speaker 1: to the finished line healthy minus Justin Turner, of course, 327 00:20:28,080 --> 00:20:30,280 Speaker 1: and being able to win the whole ball of waxes, 328 00:20:30,320 --> 00:20:34,720 Speaker 1: impresses and memorable, there were no fans, There were a 329 00:20:34,800 --> 00:20:38,480 Speaker 1: couple of weird rule changes, and the season was shortened. 330 00:20:39,040 --> 00:20:42,080 Speaker 1: But Mookie Bets won another World Series for Black baseball, 331 00:20:42,520 --> 00:20:45,720 Speaker 1: and Dave Roberts finally got that albatro from around his 332 00:20:45,800 --> 00:20:49,119 Speaker 1: neck and he, along with Dusty Baker showed that black 333 00:20:49,160 --> 00:20:53,320 Speaker 1: managers matter. The rise of Raised Rookie Ready and Rose 334 00:20:53,359 --> 00:20:56,040 Speaker 1: Arena and the way the Dodgers winning a few weeks 335 00:20:56,080 --> 00:20:59,920 Speaker 1: after the Lakers won just makes you appreciate Magic Johnson 336 00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:04,800 Speaker 1: multi factist executive leadership and ownership even more so. Black 337 00:21:04,880 --> 00:21:08,720 Speaker 1: baseball owners matter too. And how fitting that in the 338 00:21:08,800 --> 00:21:12,960 Speaker 1: year with MLB players acknowledged the racial movement in America 339 00:21:13,400 --> 00:21:18,040 Speaker 1: by supporting its players, and in the hundredth anniversary celebration 340 00:21:18,359 --> 00:21:22,360 Speaker 1: of the Negro League at Jackie Robbinson's team, the Dodgers 341 00:21:22,400 --> 00:21:25,760 Speaker 1: win the World Series. All the huge stars played and 342 00:21:25,800 --> 00:21:29,840 Speaker 1: got paid and COVID couldn't ruin the day. Nah, I'm 343 00:21:29,880 --> 00:21:32,840 Speaker 1: counting this one and MLB ship to take out the 344 00:21:33,080 --> 00:21:38,919 Speaker 1: papers in the trash. It's time for trash talk. Twitter, 345 00:21:39,040 --> 00:21:42,879 Speaker 1: Twitter with your chance to trash anyone or anything in 346 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:48,240 Speaker 1: Major League Baseball. This tweet comes from mass in Detroit 347 00:21:48,920 --> 00:21:52,840 Speaker 1: and he tweeted me this. Remember when Tom Kelly took 348 00:21:52,960 --> 00:21:57,160 Speaker 1: the ball from Jack Morris in the sixth inning. Kevin 349 00:21:57,200 --> 00:22:01,000 Speaker 1: Cash is the goat in a bad way. The only 350 00:22:01,080 --> 00:22:05,359 Speaker 1: way TV was gonna win that game was one to 351 00:22:05,520 --> 00:22:08,320 Speaker 1: nothing and Snell would have had to go on the distance. 352 00:22:09,200 --> 00:22:12,640 Speaker 1: At least talk to your guy first. We should be 353 00:22:12,680 --> 00:22:18,320 Speaker 1: watching Game seven on Wednesday. What a sin? Thanks for nothing, 354 00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:25,240 Speaker 1: Kevin Cash hashtag cashed out, hashtag overmanaged. That's right. If 355 00:22:25,280 --> 00:22:28,320 Speaker 1: you want to be on trash talking, hit me up 356 00:22:28,359 --> 00:22:32,080 Speaker 1: on my Twitter, like Mas did at Rob Parker f 357 00:22:32,600 --> 00:22:36,720 Speaker 1: S one. When Rob was a newspaper columnist, he lived 358 00:22:36,800 --> 00:22:41,040 Speaker 1: by this motto, if I'm writing, I'm ripping. Let's bring 359 00:22:41,040 --> 00:22:44,719 Speaker 1: in a writer and broadcaster, older new All right, now, 360 00:22:44,800 --> 00:22:49,200 Speaker 1: let's welcome in Scott Miller, of course, from the national 361 00:22:49,240 --> 00:22:54,520 Speaker 1: baseball columnist for Bleacher Report and serious x m MLB 362 00:22:55,280 --> 00:22:59,480 Speaker 1: network radio analysts. And Scott, thanks for joining us, and 363 00:22:59,560 --> 00:23:01,800 Speaker 1: you come. Were the World Series? You were there? Just 364 00:23:01,840 --> 00:23:05,440 Speaker 1: give me your initial thoughts. The Dodgers on paper look 365 00:23:05,520 --> 00:23:07,359 Speaker 1: like the team to win the World Series, and they 366 00:23:07,400 --> 00:23:10,679 Speaker 1: got it done. Yeah they did. I thought. You know, 367 00:23:10,920 --> 00:23:14,359 Speaker 1: if rather, if you play that old baseball parlor game 368 00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:17,119 Speaker 1: where you you take the two teams and you go 369 00:23:17,280 --> 00:23:21,760 Speaker 1: pipe position by position, first base, Dodgers race who's better, 370 00:23:21,880 --> 00:23:25,080 Speaker 1: second base, third base, all the way around. You do that. 371 00:23:26,200 --> 00:23:29,680 Speaker 1: The Dodgers by far were the better team. I think 372 00:23:29,680 --> 00:23:34,119 Speaker 1: they were more accomplished, deeper, stronger, um on and on, 373 00:23:34,720 --> 00:23:36,880 Speaker 1: uh credit to the race they got to the sixth 374 00:23:36,920 --> 00:23:39,800 Speaker 1: game of the World Series. But basically, uh you know, 375 00:23:40,520 --> 00:23:44,520 Speaker 1: being the sum is is greater than the parts kind 376 00:23:44,560 --> 00:23:47,639 Speaker 1: of uh play. Um you know, and they gave the 377 00:23:47,680 --> 00:23:49,639 Speaker 1: Dodgers are a couple of moments in the World Series 378 00:23:49,720 --> 00:23:51,800 Speaker 1: where they gave the Dodgers a scare. You know, they 379 00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:55,600 Speaker 1: even the series after two games. And and then of 380 00:23:55,640 --> 00:23:59,359 Speaker 1: course the fabulous game Saturday Night that ended with Brett 381 00:23:59,400 --> 00:24:02,760 Speaker 1: Phillips thing like a human airplane. Uh you know the 382 00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:06,240 Speaker 1: game that first World Series game in history that we're 383 00:24:06,280 --> 00:24:11,040 Speaker 1: a walk off play included two fielding errors by the 384 00:24:11,040 --> 00:24:15,480 Speaker 1: other team. I mean moments like that are what s 385 00:24:15,560 --> 00:24:19,760 Speaker 1: that various World series Apart from others. Overall, this wasn't 386 00:24:19,760 --> 00:24:23,359 Speaker 1: necessarily a classic World series. I mean, you know, six games, 387 00:24:23,720 --> 00:24:26,960 Speaker 1: Dodgers led most of the way. But um yeah, I 388 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:29,520 Speaker 1: think you know better better Team one without a doubt, 389 00:24:29,840 --> 00:24:32,159 Speaker 1: no doubt. I think you're right about that game for 390 00:24:32,400 --> 00:24:36,359 Speaker 1: that that is what made this this World series memorable. 391 00:24:36,440 --> 00:24:38,560 Speaker 1: Otherwise you're right, it would have just been a run 392 00:24:38,560 --> 00:24:41,080 Speaker 1: of the mill. How many have you covered now, Scott? 393 00:24:41,920 --> 00:24:45,280 Speaker 1: I know I was in uh Arlington, Texas with you 394 00:24:45,359 --> 00:24:47,240 Speaker 1: for some of those games. We talked about it. How 395 00:24:47,240 --> 00:24:50,920 Speaker 1: many years now they've covered the World Series? Yeah, you 396 00:24:51,080 --> 00:24:52,720 Speaker 1: and I did. It was a nice visit. Nice to 397 00:24:52,760 --> 00:24:56,359 Speaker 1: see when Arlington and uh, yeah, we had a dinner 398 00:24:56,400 --> 00:24:58,480 Speaker 1: together in the press box before one of the games. 399 00:24:58,480 --> 00:25:01,400 Speaker 1: That was that was outstanding. I have covered. Now this 400 00:25:01,480 --> 00:25:04,320 Speaker 1: is my World Series, so I think I gotta add 401 00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:08,000 Speaker 1: up the exact numbers. But it's like a hundred forty 402 00:25:08,359 --> 00:25:12,160 Speaker 1: seven consecutive World Series games something like that. So I've 403 00:25:12,200 --> 00:25:15,000 Speaker 1: been fortunate. I've been blessed. I've seen a lot of 404 00:25:15,080 --> 00:25:17,440 Speaker 1: memorable things in the last twenty six years was the 405 00:25:17,480 --> 00:25:21,400 Speaker 1: World Series. Who benefits the most from this? I mean 406 00:25:21,440 --> 00:25:24,320 Speaker 1: there's a lot of people whose a lot of careers 407 00:25:24,440 --> 00:25:28,000 Speaker 1: and vacancies wanted to lie when you talk about the Dodgers, 408 00:25:28,040 --> 00:25:33,600 Speaker 1: Clayton Kershaw, of course, Dave Roberts, who you know as manager. 409 00:25:33,640 --> 00:25:35,679 Speaker 1: Had the Dodgers not gotten it done, there would have 410 00:25:35,720 --> 00:25:37,840 Speaker 1: been a lot of questions. This team is one eighth 411 00:25:37,920 --> 00:25:41,720 Speaker 1: trade National League West title. They were en route to 412 00:25:41,760 --> 00:25:46,200 Speaker 1: being maybe the MLB's Buffalo Bills, right had they lost this, 413 00:25:46,320 --> 00:25:52,800 Speaker 1: but they wanted and uh who comes out looking pretty good? Now? Yeah, 414 00:25:52,840 --> 00:25:55,320 Speaker 1: you know I mean the Dodgers needed to get this done, 415 00:25:55,560 --> 00:25:58,040 Speaker 1: you know, I mean not just she kept hearing about 416 00:25:58,160 --> 00:26:01,359 Speaker 1: Oral Hersheiser and Kirk Gibson and those guys going all 417 00:26:01,400 --> 00:26:04,359 Speaker 1: the way back to the the Dodgers hadn't won a World 418 00:26:04,359 --> 00:26:07,239 Speaker 1: Series thirty two years. But but it wasn't just an 419 00:26:07,359 --> 00:26:12,000 Speaker 1: organizational thing even that stretched back thirty two years. It 420 00:26:12,040 --> 00:26:16,080 Speaker 1: was even recent years. This was the Dodgers third World 421 00:26:16,119 --> 00:26:18,840 Speaker 1: Series in the past four years. And you mentioned the 422 00:26:18,880 --> 00:26:22,800 Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills. You know they dropped this one. That's exactly uh, 423 00:26:22,840 --> 00:26:25,240 Speaker 1: you know who they would have been classified with, you know, 424 00:26:25,359 --> 00:26:27,320 Speaker 1: the team that kept getting there and could never get 425 00:26:27,359 --> 00:26:30,760 Speaker 1: the job done. So you know, I think, um, you 426 00:26:30,800 --> 00:26:36,120 Speaker 1: know the thing that I liked about the Dodgers winning it, Um, 427 00:26:36,240 --> 00:26:38,320 Speaker 1: the core of that team has been together now for 428 00:26:38,440 --> 00:26:41,440 Speaker 1: several years. So you you could really appreciate, you know, 429 00:26:41,480 --> 00:26:43,439 Speaker 1: if you watched him over the past several years and 430 00:26:43,440 --> 00:26:47,440 Speaker 1: if you covered them, Um, you know, the Clayton Kershaws, 431 00:26:47,520 --> 00:26:51,080 Speaker 1: the Justin Turners, the Cody bell Angers, the Corey Seegers, 432 00:26:51,760 --> 00:26:56,560 Speaker 1: you know, uh, the Kenny Jansen's on and on. You know, 433 00:26:56,600 --> 00:26:59,760 Speaker 1: there's so many of those players that have come so close. 434 00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:02,160 Speaker 1: Know it's not like they changed the team up every 435 00:27:02,200 --> 00:27:05,320 Speaker 1: two years. You know, the bulk of that team came 436 00:27:05,400 --> 00:27:08,159 Speaker 1: so close in seventeen and eighteen. So you know, I 437 00:27:08,560 --> 00:27:11,640 Speaker 1: think there's there's there. You know, unless you're you're raised fan, 438 00:27:12,160 --> 00:27:14,919 Speaker 1: or you're maybe a Giants fan, or your heart is 439 00:27:14,960 --> 00:27:18,359 Speaker 1: completely calloused, you have to feel good old for the 440 00:27:18,440 --> 00:27:23,320 Speaker 1: Dodgers overall. But yeah, within that, Clayton Kersh, I would say, 441 00:27:23,480 --> 00:27:27,879 Speaker 1: especially needed this because you know, his repute for three 442 00:27:27,920 --> 00:27:31,359 Speaker 1: times cy young winner, um who's gonna be a Hall 443 00:27:31,400 --> 00:27:35,639 Speaker 1: of Famer, his reputation has taken a beating in October. 444 00:27:35,720 --> 00:27:38,240 Speaker 1: And there's so many people fall into that knee jerk 445 00:27:38,760 --> 00:27:41,560 Speaker 1: stretch now where they don't even give him credit for 446 00:27:41,600 --> 00:27:43,679 Speaker 1: what he's done for the bulk of his career. You know, 447 00:27:43,920 --> 00:27:45,880 Speaker 1: they hear CLAYT. Kershaw, I have a guy that never 448 00:27:45,880 --> 00:27:48,680 Speaker 1: could get it done in October. So I think he 449 00:27:48,760 --> 00:27:51,720 Speaker 1: really needed this. And like Dave Roberts said late last night, 450 00:27:51,800 --> 00:27:56,600 Speaker 1: rob he said, uh, you know, Clayton Kershaw from forever 451 00:27:56,920 --> 00:28:00,040 Speaker 1: on will be known now is a world series in 452 00:28:00,080 --> 00:28:03,040 Speaker 1: her and the Hall of Famer when that day comes, 453 00:28:03,520 --> 00:28:06,320 Speaker 1: and nobody can ever take that away. And that's gonna 454 00:28:06,400 --> 00:28:11,360 Speaker 1: trump every other you know, criticism of him, and then 455 00:28:11,400 --> 00:28:14,159 Speaker 1: behind Clayton Kirsch. I think Dave Roberts, uh you know, 456 00:28:14,200 --> 00:28:16,560 Speaker 1: I mean managers. I think in this in this era 457 00:28:16,640 --> 00:28:19,920 Speaker 1: of the Internet and Twitter, you know, managers, almost all 458 00:28:19,960 --> 00:28:22,560 Speaker 1: of them take up beating now in October, even the 459 00:28:22,560 --> 00:28:25,320 Speaker 1: smartest ones that win, they'll have a couple of games 460 00:28:25,320 --> 00:28:27,360 Speaker 1: earlier in the World Series where people are like, you're 461 00:28:27,359 --> 00:28:28,879 Speaker 1: an idiot, white do you do this? Why do you 462 00:28:28,920 --> 00:28:32,760 Speaker 1: do that? Dave Roberts certainly had his moments, uh, you know, 463 00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:36,840 Speaker 1: and and um, you know, even in this world serves uh, 464 00:28:37,040 --> 00:28:40,280 Speaker 1: you know Rob Saturday Night, you know, before the crazy 465 00:28:40,480 --> 00:28:43,520 Speaker 1: walk off, you know, Dave Roberts had Pedro Bias in 466 00:28:43,560 --> 00:28:46,080 Speaker 1: the game in the sixth inning, and then Bias got 467 00:28:46,080 --> 00:28:49,040 Speaker 1: through the inning and Dave Roberts said, good job. You know, 468 00:28:49,120 --> 00:28:51,520 Speaker 1: basically your night is done. Then the Dodgers took the 469 00:28:51,600 --> 00:28:54,320 Speaker 1: lead in the top of the seventh and Roberts told 470 00:28:54,320 --> 00:28:57,479 Speaker 1: Bias to go back in there, and Bias got lit up. 471 00:28:57,600 --> 00:29:00,040 Speaker 1: And you can't do that. I mean, so Roberts, it 472 00:29:00,240 --> 00:29:03,479 Speaker 1: wasn't perfect. This world searches, but he you know, he too. 473 00:29:03,760 --> 00:29:06,840 Speaker 1: I think it's vindicated by felling win. Our guest is 474 00:29:06,920 --> 00:29:11,840 Speaker 1: Scott Miller, national baseball columnists for The Bleacher Report, and 475 00:29:11,920 --> 00:29:15,560 Speaker 1: Scott Uh. The other one is, obviously is Kevin Cash, 476 00:29:15,720 --> 00:29:19,040 Speaker 1: the manager of the Raise who took out Blake Snell 477 00:29:19,160 --> 00:29:21,600 Speaker 1: and a lot of people Twitter went crazy and people 478 00:29:21,600 --> 00:29:25,680 Speaker 1: were like, this dude is dealing. Uh, but he made 479 00:29:25,680 --> 00:29:28,480 Speaker 1: the move. And you know, Tampa Bay's one of their 480 00:29:28,480 --> 00:29:31,760 Speaker 1: strengths is their bullpen, and they let the team down. 481 00:29:32,400 --> 00:29:34,640 Speaker 1: Where were you on that move and when when the 482 00:29:34,680 --> 00:29:38,280 Speaker 1: move was made? Yeah, I'm glad you asked it in 483 00:29:38,360 --> 00:29:43,240 Speaker 1: that way. When the move was made, in the moment 484 00:29:43,480 --> 00:29:48,920 Speaker 1: real time, I was saying no, no, no, don't do this. 485 00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:53,720 Speaker 1: You're screwing this up. I'm that to me was a 486 00:29:53,760 --> 00:29:59,520 Speaker 1: moment where baseball has gone way too far down the 487 00:29:59,600 --> 00:30:04,920 Speaker 1: spread sheet lane with numbers and over analyzing things. I 488 00:30:05,120 --> 00:30:07,640 Speaker 1: know that's the way Tampa Bay does things. And and 489 00:30:07,720 --> 00:30:11,440 Speaker 1: Kevin Cash said that after the game. I understand that 490 00:30:11,480 --> 00:30:14,000 Speaker 1: they've got to be a little different to have a success. 491 00:30:14,720 --> 00:30:20,480 Speaker 1: But Blake Smell was so good and and the top 492 00:30:20,560 --> 00:30:25,520 Speaker 1: three batters in the Dodgers order, uh, Mookie Bets, Justin Turner, 493 00:30:25,840 --> 00:30:29,840 Speaker 1: Corey Seeger. They were over six not just over six, 494 00:30:29,920 --> 00:30:33,520 Speaker 1: but they were six strikeouts against Blake Snell. None of 495 00:30:33,560 --> 00:30:38,760 Speaker 1: the Dodgers best hitters could touch him, and yet little 496 00:30:38,800 --> 00:30:42,239 Speaker 1: Austin Barnes, the number nine hitter, gets a single, and 497 00:30:42,280 --> 00:30:44,720 Speaker 1: when the lineup turns over to go to those guys 498 00:30:44,760 --> 00:30:49,920 Speaker 1: for the third time, immediately Kevin Cash pulled uh smell 499 00:30:50,440 --> 00:30:55,400 Speaker 1: and I just think it. I don't think most baseball 500 00:30:55,480 --> 00:30:58,040 Speaker 1: fans like the game to be played this way. I 501 00:30:58,080 --> 00:31:01,240 Speaker 1: do know. My phone started blowing up right away from 502 00:31:01,280 --> 00:31:04,800 Speaker 1: text from friends and even my father who was watching 503 00:31:04,840 --> 00:31:07,920 Speaker 1: the game, and I'm getting these angry texts like what 504 00:31:07,960 --> 00:31:10,360 Speaker 1: are they doing? You know? I mean part of the 505 00:31:10,440 --> 00:31:14,440 Speaker 1: pleasure of baseball's watching a guy like Blake Snell, a 506 00:31:14,680 --> 00:31:19,560 Speaker 1: starter when he's on. And if you're now we've reached 507 00:31:19,560 --> 00:31:22,960 Speaker 1: a point where you make moves in anticipation that's something 508 00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:26,360 Speaker 1: bad might not might happen. It hadn't happened yet, and 509 00:31:26,600 --> 00:31:28,520 Speaker 1: you know, people say, well, yeah, but you know Blake 510 00:31:28,600 --> 00:31:31,080 Speaker 1: Snell's numbers in the fifth and sixth inning. Well yeah, 511 00:31:31,120 --> 00:31:35,520 Speaker 1: but on flip side, it hadn't happened yet. And the 512 00:31:35,560 --> 00:31:41,520 Speaker 1: bull has been great, but uh Anderson had given up 513 00:31:41,640 --> 00:31:46,120 Speaker 1: runs in his last six postseason appearances and now make 514 00:31:46,160 --> 00:31:48,720 Speaker 1: it seven because the game turned as soon as he 515 00:31:49,040 --> 00:31:52,080 Speaker 1: brought him in. And that's the other quick point I 516 00:31:52,120 --> 00:31:56,560 Speaker 1: want to make, Rob is the numbers are the numbers. 517 00:31:56,600 --> 00:32:00,960 Speaker 1: I get it, but you've also got to have a 518 00:32:01,280 --> 00:32:05,800 Speaker 1: sense of baseball in a field for baseball. Because the 519 00:32:05,920 --> 00:32:09,880 Speaker 1: numbers changed, just like people change from week to week 520 00:32:09,960 --> 00:32:12,480 Speaker 1: to week. I'm I may not be the same person 521 00:32:12,520 --> 00:32:14,360 Speaker 1: I was a week ago, and I won't be the 522 00:32:14,440 --> 00:32:19,040 Speaker 1: same next week. Anderson thirty or forty games into the year, 523 00:32:19,520 --> 00:32:23,120 Speaker 1: granted he was untouchable, he was great, but you get 524 00:32:23,160 --> 00:32:26,240 Speaker 1: into October, he's thrown so many high leverage pitches. As 525 00:32:26,280 --> 00:32:31,320 Speaker 1: I said, he gave up runs the past six appearances. 526 00:32:31,400 --> 00:32:34,560 Speaker 1: So when when Kevin Cash made the move with Blake 527 00:32:34,600 --> 00:32:40,200 Speaker 1: Snell last night, he wasn't calling on the Anderson from 528 00:32:40,240 --> 00:32:44,320 Speaker 1: August or September. He was calling on a different Anderson. 529 00:32:44,680 --> 00:32:48,120 Speaker 1: So all those numbers he was looking at end up 530 00:32:48,200 --> 00:32:51,880 Speaker 1: to a degree being useless because it's a different guy, 531 00:32:51,960 --> 00:32:55,640 Speaker 1: because it's a different point of the season, no doubt 532 00:32:55,840 --> 00:32:58,840 Speaker 1: about that. His name is Scott Miller, one of the 533 00:32:58,840 --> 00:33:02,520 Speaker 1: best baseball writers in the country for the Bleacher Reports. 534 00:33:02,520 --> 00:33:06,560 Speaker 1: Scott Mann great seeing you at the World Series and somehow, 535 00:33:06,640 --> 00:33:09,720 Speaker 1: someway we got through a baseball season, and uh, it 536 00:33:09,880 --> 00:33:13,560 Speaker 1: was fun. It was It was good for the country 537 00:33:13,680 --> 00:33:16,520 Speaker 1: just having games on television at night to give people 538 00:33:16,560 --> 00:33:20,560 Speaker 1: a couple hours of enjoyment, taking their mind off all 539 00:33:20,600 --> 00:33:23,320 Speaker 1: the serious stuff that we've got going on. So hopefully 540 00:33:23,520 --> 00:33:27,560 Speaker 1: things get better soon. Great Senior Arlington rap always fun 541 00:33:27,600 --> 00:33:32,479 Speaker 1: when I do right, We'll see you soon. Now bringing 542 00:33:32,520 --> 00:33:38,920 Speaker 1: the closer. Here's why MLB is better than the NFL 543 00:33:39,280 --> 00:33:45,440 Speaker 1: or NBA, and it isn't even close. Here's reason number 544 00:33:46,080 --> 00:33:49,360 Speaker 1: one hundred and fifty why baseball is better than the 545 00:33:49,520 --> 00:33:55,160 Speaker 1: NBA and better than the NFL. The reaction from baseball 546 00:33:55,240 --> 00:34:00,680 Speaker 1: fans after the Dodgers won the World Series. People were crying. 547 00:34:00,920 --> 00:34:05,280 Speaker 1: Fans were crying boo hoo. In a generation had gone 548 00:34:05,320 --> 00:34:08,879 Speaker 1: by thirty two years, so many people are never seen 549 00:34:08,960 --> 00:34:12,160 Speaker 1: their team the Dodgers win. I didn't even know what 550 00:34:12,280 --> 00:34:15,080 Speaker 1: kind of baseball town this was from Afar until I 551 00:34:15,120 --> 00:34:18,799 Speaker 1: moved to Los Angeles. They packed the ballpark with four 552 00:34:18,880 --> 00:34:22,560 Speaker 1: million fans. Everybody says this is a Laker town. I'm 553 00:34:22,640 --> 00:34:25,880 Speaker 1: I'm not positive of that. This is a Dodger town. 554 00:34:27,200 --> 00:34:31,719 Speaker 1: People loved the Dodgers. They live and die with the Dodgers, 555 00:34:32,440 --> 00:34:36,960 Speaker 1: and they finally got the championship they had coveted, and 556 00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:40,239 Speaker 1: they let their emotions go. You don't see that that 557 00:34:40,320 --> 00:34:43,120 Speaker 1: often in sports. I don't know how many people would 558 00:34:43,160 --> 00:34:45,120 Speaker 1: have boo hooed if the Rams would have won that 559 00:34:45,200 --> 00:34:51,120 Speaker 1: Super Bowl against the UH Patriots, or how many people 560 00:34:51,200 --> 00:34:54,759 Speaker 1: really boo hooed after the Lakers won. You know, they 561 00:34:54,760 --> 00:34:58,080 Speaker 1: were happy, they were happy for Lebron and Anthony Davis. 562 00:34:58,640 --> 00:35:01,960 Speaker 1: But this was different. This was special. This was a 563 00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:05,279 Speaker 1: part of Los Angeles and the fabric of this community. 564 00:35:12,000 --> 00:35:14,439 Speaker 1: In the words of New York TV legend the late 565 00:35:14,440 --> 00:35:17,800 Speaker 1: Bill Jorgensen, thanking you for your time, this time until 566 00:35:17,880 --> 00:35:21,680 Speaker 1: next time. Rob Parker out, he can't get it. This 567 00:35:21,760 --> 00:35:24,320 Speaker 1: could be an inside the Parker to see you next weekend, 568 00:35:24,440 --> 00:35:30,680 Speaker 1: same bad time, same bad station. H