1 00:00:00,600 --> 00:00:08,360 Speaker 1: What's up my Dodger Blue Dreamers Big Day? It is Friday, 2 00:00:08,440 --> 00:00:14,560 Speaker 1: October twenty fourth, twenty twenty five World Series Day. Game 3 00:00:14,600 --> 00:00:18,599 Speaker 1: one is tonight. First pitch is at five pm, very 4 00:00:18,640 --> 00:00:24,680 Speaker 1: specifically Pacific time. Dodgers begin their effort to make history 5 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:27,880 Speaker 1: by becoming the first team in twenty five years to 6 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:32,240 Speaker 1: go back to back, and the Toronto Blue Jays appearing 7 00:00:32,360 --> 00:00:37,440 Speaker 1: in their first World Series since nineteen ninety three. You'll 8 00:00:37,479 --> 00:00:40,480 Speaker 1: notice that there's an episode already out on your feed, 9 00:00:40,600 --> 00:00:44,360 Speaker 1: our World Series preview, and that's where we go deep 10 00:00:44,479 --> 00:00:46,600 Speaker 1: on a lot of what you need to know to 11 00:00:46,720 --> 00:00:52,479 Speaker 1: appreciate the glorious cinematic sports drama that is about to 12 00:00:52,640 --> 00:00:56,840 Speaker 1: unfold starting tonight at the Rogers Center in Toronto, Canada. 13 00:00:56,920 --> 00:01:01,600 Speaker 1: And here we present an abbreviated Day Digest, a special 14 00:01:01,640 --> 00:01:04,600 Speaker 1: piece that I produced for my local public radio station 15 00:01:04,880 --> 00:01:09,080 Speaker 1: KCRW eighty nine point nine FM, Los Angeles, which sets 16 00:01:09,120 --> 00:01:11,760 Speaker 1: you up with everything that you need to know in 17 00:01:11,920 --> 00:01:15,440 Speaker 1: just seven and a half minutes. Then after that, I'm 18 00:01:15,480 --> 00:01:19,480 Speaker 1: gonna take a quick look at Game one's pitching matchup. 19 00:01:19,840 --> 00:01:24,240 Speaker 1: It's Blake Snell for the Dodgers and Trey Yesavage for 20 00:01:24,319 --> 00:01:28,480 Speaker 1: the Toronto Blue Jays. Game one is all important. It 21 00:01:28,560 --> 00:01:32,039 Speaker 1: sets the tone for the entire series, and he who 22 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:36,959 Speaker 1: holds the pill is well poised to thrill or disappoint. 23 00:01:37,440 --> 00:01:39,840 Speaker 1: So let's take a look at this and a listen. 24 00:01:40,240 --> 00:01:45,440 Speaker 1: It's Dodger Blue Dream, your official twenty twenty five World 25 00:01:45,720 --> 00:01:52,880 Speaker 1: Series curtain raiser. I'm Richard Parks, the third NOHI. I'm 26 00:01:53,040 --> 00:01:59,800 Speaker 1: very excited to see what happens. Here we go. After 27 00:01:59,800 --> 00:02:03,560 Speaker 1: the Dodgers National League Pennant clinching game last week at 28 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:07,760 Speaker 1: Dodgers Stadium, during a postgame celebration on the field, manager 29 00:02:07,960 --> 00:02:12,040 Speaker 1: Dave Roberts delivered a message to the baseball world. They said, 30 00:02:12,520 --> 00:02:16,639 Speaker 1: the Dodgers are ruining baseball. Let's get four more wins 31 00:02:16,919 --> 00:02:22,400 Speaker 1: and really ruin baseball. Let's go the World Series. Win 32 00:02:22,480 --> 00:02:26,000 Speaker 1: for LA this year wouldn't just mean going back to back. 33 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:30,679 Speaker 1: It would cement the Dodgers' reputation as a dynasty. You 34 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:35,000 Speaker 1: know the story by now Shohei Otani, the Japanese Babe 35 00:02:35,120 --> 00:02:40,000 Speaker 1: ruth seven hundred million dollar contract World Series win last 36 00:02:40,040 --> 00:02:43,120 Speaker 1: year in Otani's first season with the team, and with 37 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:46,040 Speaker 1: the title from twenty twenty. If they win this year, 38 00:02:46,320 --> 00:02:51,320 Speaker 1: that's three chips in six years. That's a dynasty. The 39 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:53,680 Speaker 1: last team to go back to back was the New 40 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:58,000 Speaker 1: York Yankees twenty five years ago, and since then, the 41 00:02:58,120 --> 00:03:01,760 Speaker 1: Dodgers have become the team to beat. They are the 42 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:05,040 Speaker 1: new Yankees. The Dodgers have made it to the postseason 43 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:08,800 Speaker 1: for thirteen straight years. They want to go next level 44 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:12,320 Speaker 1: with this year's back to back championship, and so there's 45 00:03:12,360 --> 00:03:15,840 Speaker 1: a tendency to cast the Toronto Blue Jays as the 46 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:20,680 Speaker 1: underdogs in this World Series, but that's not entirely accurate. 47 00:03:22,400 --> 00:03:26,840 Speaker 1: The Blue Jays have their own superstar, Vladimir Guerrero Junior. 48 00:03:27,160 --> 00:03:31,200 Speaker 1: His new contract is worth five hundred million. The organization 49 00:03:31,320 --> 00:03:34,920 Speaker 1: spent another half a billy renovating their stadium, and they've 50 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:39,760 Speaker 1: invested heavily in player development. A World Series victory this 51 00:03:39,880 --> 00:03:44,720 Speaker 1: year would validate those significant investments, which so far the 52 00:03:44,760 --> 00:03:48,000 Speaker 1: team has nothing to show for. I'm talking about hardware, 53 00:03:48,520 --> 00:03:53,400 Speaker 1: rings history the world. Two bits are better than mine. 54 00:03:54,880 --> 00:03:57,200 Speaker 1: While the Blue Jays haven't made it to the World 55 00:03:57,280 --> 00:04:01,120 Speaker 1: Series since the year President Bill Clinton took office, they 56 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:04,520 Speaker 1: have gone back to back themselves way back in nineteen 57 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:07,800 Speaker 1: ninety two and ninety three, that's before most of the 58 00:04:07,840 --> 00:04:11,080 Speaker 1: players on their current roster were born. But the memory 59 00:04:11,400 --> 00:04:13,960 Speaker 1: looms large. Here's a pitch on the way of swinging 60 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:18,400 Speaker 1: about hop Field way back, Blue Jays for them the 61 00:04:18,440 --> 00:04:23,200 Speaker 1: Blue Jayson World Series champion. The Blue Jays are Canada's 62 00:04:23,240 --> 00:04:26,480 Speaker 1: only baseball team and they are on the come up. 63 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:30,720 Speaker 1: This is an unacceptable outcome. After finishing in last place 64 00:04:30,920 --> 00:04:34,839 Speaker 1: in the very tough American League East Division in twenty 65 00:04:34,880 --> 00:04:39,719 Speaker 1: twenty four, grreros allow they've done it. The Jays finished 66 00:04:39,760 --> 00:04:43,480 Speaker 1: at the top of the heap. This year. Jays are 67 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:50,120 Speaker 1: American Lead East Division champions. The Toronto Blue Jays have 68 00:04:50,320 --> 00:04:53,719 Speaker 1: punched their ticket to the Championship Series. They beat the 69 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:57,200 Speaker 1: Yankees in the American League Division Series, and this week 70 00:04:57,240 --> 00:05:00,800 Speaker 1: they're emerging from a seven game dogfight with the Seattle 71 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:07,839 Speaker 1: Mariners in the Championship Series, complete with a cinematic finish. 72 00:05:07,880 --> 00:05:16,360 Speaker 1: What this is coming from a Dodger fan, mind you, 73 00:05:16,720 --> 00:05:21,839 Speaker 1: The Jays look good, So that tendency to cast the 74 00:05:21,880 --> 00:05:25,720 Speaker 1: Blue Jays as the underdog team, I don't know. I 75 00:05:25,800 --> 00:05:29,440 Speaker 1: think everyone understands the Dodgers greatness, the dominant franchise in 76 00:05:29,480 --> 00:05:34,520 Speaker 1: a sport. Former Major League superstar and current Fox Sports 77 00:05:34,640 --> 00:05:39,279 Speaker 1: commentator Alex Rodriguez. A Rod put it this way, but 78 00:05:39,360 --> 00:05:41,799 Speaker 1: this is not David verse Goliath. This is truly Goliath 79 00:05:41,839 --> 00:05:49,000 Speaker 1: verse Goliath, Goliath versus Goliath. Let's go play the strike 80 00:05:49,080 --> 00:05:52,640 Speaker 1: three drop the hammer AUTI. So far this October, the 81 00:05:52,760 --> 00:05:57,200 Speaker 1: Dodgers are cruising, mowing down their opponents with ace starting 82 00:05:57,240 --> 00:06:01,240 Speaker 1: pitching and in their Pennant clinching game, a show stopping 83 00:06:01,360 --> 00:06:11,120 Speaker 1: performance from Otani. Oh Donny can't packet, and the Blue 84 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:15,320 Speaker 1: Jays have been relying on their superstar too. Vladdie, as 85 00:06:15,360 --> 00:06:18,840 Speaker 1: he is known, had a batting average over five hundred 86 00:06:19,160 --> 00:06:22,839 Speaker 1: with three home runs and nine RBI against the Yankees 87 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:31,000 Speaker 1: in the Division series byke. But that was the Yankees. 88 00:06:31,400 --> 00:06:37,480 Speaker 1: This is the Dodgers. Let's talk matchup first, the Jays. 89 00:06:38,120 --> 00:06:41,560 Speaker 1: Many of the Blue Jays players are young, and they mash, 90 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:45,600 Speaker 1: they slug home runs, but they also have the lowest 91 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:49,279 Speaker 1: strikeout rate in the Majors and they make contact and 92 00:06:49,360 --> 00:06:52,000 Speaker 1: put the ball in play more than any other team, 93 00:06:52,160 --> 00:06:55,320 Speaker 1: which can be huge during the post season. And the 94 00:06:55,360 --> 00:06:58,960 Speaker 1: Blue Jays lineup is consistent in its ability from top 95 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:02,360 Speaker 1: to bottom. There a deep team and good with the glove, 96 00:07:02,720 --> 00:07:05,479 Speaker 1: but to beat the Dodgers, they're going to need their 97 00:07:05,560 --> 00:07:09,200 Speaker 1: bats onto the Boys in Blue. Led by a starting 98 00:07:09,320 --> 00:07:13,320 Speaker 1: rotation stacked with aces, the Dodgers are playing hotter than 99 00:07:13,320 --> 00:07:18,680 Speaker 1: they have all year long. Blake Snell, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Tyler Glasnew, 100 00:07:18,840 --> 00:07:23,080 Speaker 1: and O'tani combined for a point six y three er 101 00:07:23,560 --> 00:07:27,600 Speaker 1: in the Championship Series. Dodgers pitchers also have a high 102 00:07:27,640 --> 00:07:31,040 Speaker 1: strikeout rate, which will put the Blue Jays ability to 103 00:07:31,120 --> 00:07:34,800 Speaker 1: make contact to the test should they make contact. The 104 00:07:34,880 --> 00:07:38,520 Speaker 1: Dodgers defense is very good, but not as good as 105 00:07:38,600 --> 00:07:44,000 Speaker 1: the Blue Jays overall. Statistically speaking, home field advantage goes 106 00:07:44,040 --> 00:07:47,200 Speaker 1: to the Jays because they had a better record throughout 107 00:07:47,240 --> 00:07:50,200 Speaker 1: the regular season, but it doesn't matter who was the 108 00:07:50,240 --> 00:07:54,040 Speaker 1: best team all year. The postseason is a new season, 109 00:07:54,320 --> 00:07:58,360 Speaker 1: and putting the numbers aside, there's really one thing that 110 00:07:58,440 --> 00:08:01,600 Speaker 1: we'll all be watching for in this World Series, and 111 00:08:01,680 --> 00:08:05,720 Speaker 1: it could make all the difference. Everybody wants to see 112 00:08:05,760 --> 00:08:10,080 Speaker 1: baseball's biggest star on baseball's biggest stage, but going into 113 00:08:10,160 --> 00:08:14,800 Speaker 1: Game four of the NLCS, showy performance in October had 114 00:08:14,840 --> 00:08:18,000 Speaker 1: been underwhelming. He wasn't getting a lot of hits, and 115 00:08:18,040 --> 00:08:20,760 Speaker 1: he was striking out a lot. But then in a 116 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:23,920 Speaker 1: game where he started on the mound and batted lead 117 00:08:23,960 --> 00:08:27,840 Speaker 1: off for the Dodgers, Show Hey flipped the script as 118 00:08:27,920 --> 00:08:32,160 Speaker 1: Curio strikes out us, it's a called strike three. Oh Toddy, 119 00:08:33,480 --> 00:08:37,040 Speaker 1: want to start? Show Hey went six shutout innings and 120 00:08:37,120 --> 00:08:40,800 Speaker 1: struck out ten batters and at the plate, there go 121 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:45,320 Speaker 1: to Toddy. Show Hey lighting up the highlights already he 122 00:08:45,400 --> 00:08:47,800 Speaker 1: let off the game with the home run, and then 123 00:08:48,880 --> 00:08:54,080 Speaker 1: oh my goodness, shine, oh Toddy, he hit another home 124 00:08:54,160 --> 00:09:04,920 Speaker 1: run that left the ballpark, and then a hat trick. 125 00:09:05,320 --> 00:09:08,880 Speaker 1: It's being talked about as the best individual performance on 126 00:09:08,920 --> 00:09:14,000 Speaker 1: a baseball diamond ever. Which show Hey will show up 127 00:09:14,120 --> 00:09:18,160 Speaker 1: for this twenty twenty five World Series. The answer to 128 00:09:18,200 --> 00:09:23,280 Speaker 1: that question could be the definition of the Dodgers baseball dynasty. 129 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:29,240 Speaker 1: For KCRW, I'm Richard Parks the third. Okay, that was it. 130 00:09:29,559 --> 00:09:32,120 Speaker 1: Everything you need to know about the World Series in 131 00:09:32,240 --> 00:09:36,040 Speaker 1: seven and a half minutes. Please share it with your friends. 132 00:09:36,400 --> 00:09:39,120 Speaker 1: And next, I'd like to take a quick look at 133 00:09:39,160 --> 00:09:43,400 Speaker 1: the Game one pitching matchup. We've got two time Award 134 00:09:43,480 --> 00:09:48,439 Speaker 1: winner Blake Snell on the mound for the Dodgers, coming 135 00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:54,320 Speaker 1: off of an incredibly impressive eight inning, one hit masterpiece 136 00:09:54,800 --> 00:09:59,120 Speaker 1: of an NLCS Game one start in Milwaukee. The Dodgers 137 00:09:59,160 --> 00:10:01,920 Speaker 1: signed Snell to a huge contract in the off season, 138 00:10:02,280 --> 00:10:05,400 Speaker 1: and although he is highly decorated with those two Cy 139 00:10:05,440 --> 00:10:07,840 Speaker 1: Young Awards and he's one of the best pitchers in 140 00:10:07,880 --> 00:10:11,200 Speaker 1: the game, Snell had had a difficult time landing a 141 00:10:11,200 --> 00:10:15,480 Speaker 1: big contract, in part because of his reputation as a 142 00:10:15,559 --> 00:10:18,840 Speaker 1: wild pitcher who walks too many guys and as a 143 00:10:18,840 --> 00:10:23,400 Speaker 1: pitcher who doesn't go deep into games. And his NLCS 144 00:10:23,640 --> 00:10:28,240 Speaker 1: start reversed both of those false narratives. Let's hope that 145 00:10:28,280 --> 00:10:32,040 Speaker 1: snell Zilla can come through again for the Dodgers. And 146 00:10:32,080 --> 00:10:35,280 Speaker 1: now for the Toronto Blue Jays, who have home field advantage. 147 00:10:35,880 --> 00:10:41,440 Speaker 1: They are starting Trey Yasavage and you might think, who's that, 148 00:10:42,200 --> 00:10:47,320 Speaker 1: and nobody really knows, because this kid twenty two years 149 00:10:47,320 --> 00:10:51,319 Speaker 1: old just came out of nowhere, rising from low A ball, 150 00:10:51,640 --> 00:10:55,960 Speaker 1: the low low minor leagues earlier this year all the 151 00:10:55,960 --> 00:10:58,600 Speaker 1: way to the major leagues, where in the last month 152 00:10:58,720 --> 00:11:01,760 Speaker 1: or so he's become an all important piece of the 153 00:11:01,800 --> 00:11:05,040 Speaker 1: Toronto Blue Jays starting rotation. And now this young man 154 00:11:05,160 --> 00:11:10,560 Speaker 1: finds himself starting Game one of the World Series after 155 00:11:10,600 --> 00:11:13,800 Speaker 1: starting out this spring in the bush leagues. I spoke 156 00:11:13,880 --> 00:11:17,600 Speaker 1: with Fabian Ardaya about this, the Dodgers beat writer for 157 00:11:17,720 --> 00:11:18,400 Speaker 1: The Athletic. 158 00:11:19,240 --> 00:11:21,240 Speaker 2: Their starting pitching has kind of round it in the 159 00:11:21,360 --> 00:11:24,880 Speaker 2: form they found This assignment rookie in trey Ya Savage, 160 00:11:24,880 --> 00:11:27,720 Speaker 2: who all of a sudden is probably the most important 161 00:11:27,720 --> 00:11:30,360 Speaker 2: pitcher at this stage, was just crazy to think about 162 00:11:30,360 --> 00:11:31,679 Speaker 2: for guy who's twenty two years. 163 00:11:31,520 --> 00:11:35,200 Speaker 1: Old, and this is remarkable in many ways, but for 164 00:11:35,280 --> 00:11:39,200 Speaker 1: the Dodgers it could have real implications for this game. 165 00:11:39,280 --> 00:11:43,920 Speaker 1: One because in this era of iPads and stack cast 166 00:11:44,200 --> 00:11:49,200 Speaker 1: and analytics galore, this tray Ya Savage is a relatively 167 00:11:49,559 --> 00:11:50,679 Speaker 1: unknown quantity. 168 00:11:51,280 --> 00:11:55,800 Speaker 2: He is not only a supremely talented young pitcher, but 169 00:11:55,840 --> 00:11:59,360 Speaker 2: he is a unique young picture that Dodgers haven't seen before. 170 00:11:59,360 --> 00:12:02,679 Speaker 2: Were the way that he sort of pitches is it's 171 00:12:02,720 --> 00:12:06,000 Speaker 2: a really high, unique arm slot that makes the rest 172 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:08,800 Speaker 2: of his arsenal really difficult to pick up. And that's 173 00:12:08,800 --> 00:12:11,240 Speaker 2: a guy where the more familiarity you get against him, 174 00:12:11,240 --> 00:12:13,320 Speaker 2: possibly you have more of a chance of success. But 175 00:12:13,720 --> 00:12:16,600 Speaker 2: this is a guy that bursts onto the scene, had 176 00:12:16,640 --> 00:12:19,840 Speaker 2: five regular season starts, and the Dodgers obviously have never 177 00:12:19,880 --> 00:12:22,600 Speaker 2: seen him before, so that's going to create some challenges 178 00:12:22,640 --> 00:12:25,600 Speaker 2: whenever he does pitch in this series, so. 179 00:12:25,679 --> 00:12:29,439 Speaker 1: This game one pitching matchup should be an interesting one 180 00:12:29,480 --> 00:12:32,960 Speaker 1: to watch. All right, that's it. I gotta go nervously 181 00:12:33,040 --> 00:12:35,680 Speaker 1: pace around my house and put on some of my 182 00:12:35,840 --> 00:12:39,360 Speaker 1: lucky Dodgers gear and get in place to take in 183 00:12:39,640 --> 00:12:45,240 Speaker 1: the World series. Hope you enjoy it. Everybody, see you soon, 184 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:47,840 Speaker 1: Go Dodgers.