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Speaker 2: Bitch time for.

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Speaker 1: Dodger base I was talking to my friend Wes the

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Speaker 1: other day and we agreed, Taoscar Hernandez, the Dodgers slugging

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Speaker 2: Like he's clutch, Yes, he's clutch.

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Speaker 1: Clutch. That's baseball slang LINGO. When the lights are bright,

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Speaker 1: the answer is yes, you are clutch and Tao is

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Speaker 3: Goodbye grim slam Taskar Hernandez.

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Speaker 4: Ty Oscar Hernandez puts another one into the Dodger bullpend.

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Speaker 4: Somebody throws some cold water on him because he is

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Speaker 1: But then on Friday night.

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Speaker 5: The first pitch that Oscar is hits him on the

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Speaker 1: No. Welcome to Dodger Blue Dream, a documentary about the

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Speaker 1: Los Angeles Dodgers twenty twenty four baseball season, made in

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Speaker 1: real time as the season unfolds. I'm Richard Parks, the

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Speaker 1: third your new favorite host. Thanks for listening today's episode.

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Speaker 1: Heyo time. We first met Tey Oscar back in February

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Speaker 1: team photo day at spring training. All the boys dressed

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Speaker 1: those wedding down white shirts and pants, the deep Dodger

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Speaker 1: of red color for the numbers. All the expectation for

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Speaker 1: this billion dollar Dodgers team being documented for posterity for

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Speaker 1: the first time ever. And who has the camera for

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Speaker 1: the Dodgers' social media channels to help debut the new

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Speaker 1: faces of this team to the fans. A big, smiling,

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Speaker 6: Da fanatic fanatic fanatico.

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Speaker 1: That second voice you hear belongs to show, Hey, Otani,

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Speaker 1: another of our new guys, per show Hey, resting his

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Speaker 1: chin on Taoscar's shoulder, mugging adorably for the camera. There

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Speaker 1: Japanese hunk. They looked good together. Show Hey of course

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Speaker 1: right there setting show Hey up, and he's holding the camera.

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Speaker 1: We all already knew Show Hey. His seven hundred million

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Speaker 1: but ta Oscar, who had signed a one year deal

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Speaker 1: radar as a result. Hello and thank you for calling

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Speaker 1: Dodger Blue Dream Ann's. I actually got a listener submitted

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Speaker 1: question about this. Hi, ridread.

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Speaker 7: My name is Domo. I'm nine years old and I

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Speaker 7: love your podcast. I have a question about Ascar Hernandez.

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Speaker 7: Why does he have only a one year contract?

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Speaker 1: Tao could have signed somewhere else for more years and

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Speaker 6: and can be in the playoff. You know, hopefully everything

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Speaker 1: Though he is one of just twelve players to hit

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Speaker 1: A one year deal in Los Angeles would get him

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Speaker 1: As the season was getting underway, Tao initially was establishing

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Speaker 1: Enter the week of June third through ninth, the Dodgers

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Speaker 1: The national broadcast on both Fox and ESPN that weekend,

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Speaker 2: This weekend.

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Speaker 1: He had six RBIs that day.

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Speaker 1: At week's end, Tao had won National League Player of

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Speaker 1: With, but then with one out, the Dodgers load the bases.

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Speaker 3: They were rocking to go on the white field that

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Speaker 1: It's nine eight. Now there's two outs, it's still nine

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Speaker 2: The Dodgers are down to their final strike.

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Speaker 1: And you could feel that Tao wanted this moment so bad.

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Speaker 2: The man looked like he went to work here.

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Speaker 1: The Rockies appeal to the first base umpire and he

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Speaker 1: An unforgettable, incredible clutch swing, Rockies outfielder throwing his mid

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Speaker 1: Now I hit that too. The moment was electric, and

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Speaker 1: That was a Major League ball asked Tao to participate

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Speaker 2: I'm so happy, so happy, so excited.

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Speaker 5: Ta wait taking his derby debut today, it's they all

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Speaker 1: In front of all the game's best players and on

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Speaker 3: Your twenty twenty four Derby chap.

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Speaker 1: I was so proud of him. When Tao became the

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Speaker 4: So for God that's wanted to do this for years,

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Speaker 1: Time and again. Over the course of the twenty twenty

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Speaker 1: four season, Tao has showed us that the big moments

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Speaker 1: Tao was chomping at the bit to get to October.

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Speaker 1: But then on Friday Night, the first pitch.

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Speaker 1: No, a breaking ball bounced off of the top of

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Speaker 5: You're waiting for Tao to flash that trademark smile just

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Speaker 1: Almost immediately, we felt the loss of Tao's clutch bat

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Speaker 1: He's as tough as a comedy could compare. US manager

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Speaker 1: Dave Roberts said that it would probably be a stint

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Speaker 1: to lose ta Oscar. How long would he be out?

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Speaker 1: Like what I heard from Wes about this one. But

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Speaker 1: then the next day on Saturday, we got an update.

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Speaker 4: Very relieved obviously if it was sur pri assured us

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Speaker 1: Of the season. Four scans had come back negative. No

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Speaker 1: broken bones at Tayo. First, it's good to see that

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Speaker 1: you're moving around and stuff. How are you feeling today?

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Speaker 1: Tayo was day to day but expected to be back

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Speaker 1: in the lineup as soon as Monday.

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Speaker 2: This on TV Tomorrow's see how it's going.

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Speaker 6: Maybe Monday or Tuesday go back in the field.

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Speaker 1: And how clutch is that? Not getting badly injured at

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Speaker 1: just the right time.

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Speaker 2: Thank god it was an asp beach. It wasn't a fastible.

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Speaker 1: See you out there again soon, Tao, and I can't

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Speaker 1: wait to watch you under the bright lights of postseason baseball,

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Speaker 1: because when it's clutch time, it's Tao time. He's clutch.

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Speaker 3: Goodbye, slam Asker Hernandez, Hey, Oscar Hernandez puts another one

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Speaker 3: into the Dodger bullpen.

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Speaker 4: Somebody throws a cold water on him because he is

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Speaker 4: hot as a firecracker.

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Speaker 1: He Dodger Blue Dream is written and produced by me

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Speaker 1: Richard Parks. The third original music in this episode by

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Speaker 1: Jonathan Snipes, William Ryan Fritch and The Blastic Company. This

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Speaker 1: episode was story edited by Jordan Bass and Caitlin Esh,

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Speaker 1: with production assistants from Angel Carreras. Special thanks to Domo

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Speaker 1: Sultan and to Wesley Avila. If you like Dodger Blue Dream,

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Speaker 1: please help me spread the word. Post about the show,

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Speaker 1: tell a friend about it, and rate and review the

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Speaker 1: show on Apple Podcasts or however you can. The season

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Speaker 1: is almost over and this would really help me finish

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Speaker 1: with a bang. Maybe I'll even be able to come

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Speaker 1: back and do this again next year. In the meantime,

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Speaker 1: we're not waiting for next year. World Series twenty twenty

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Speaker 1: four Los Angeles Dodgers, let's do it. Thanks for listening,

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Speaker 1: See you again next time.