1 00:00:05,720 --> 00:00:12,200 Speaker 1: Hello, Dodger Blue Dreamers. It is Friday, February sixth, twenty 2 00:00:12,320 --> 00:00:19,000 Speaker 1: twenty six. Two zero six two zero two six. Think 3 00:00:19,040 --> 00:00:22,840 Speaker 1: about it. So if you listen to the show last week, 4 00:00:22,920 --> 00:00:25,440 Speaker 1: you know we're in the middle of a run of 5 00:00:25,640 --> 00:00:30,720 Speaker 1: DBD Classics episodes from our back catalog that we feel 6 00:00:30,760 --> 00:00:36,240 Speaker 1: like are worthy of your revisitation as we wait for 7 00:00:36,320 --> 00:00:41,479 Speaker 1: the twenty twenty six Major League Baseball Spring training two commence. 8 00:00:42,120 --> 00:00:45,760 Speaker 1: Last week we did a rebroadcast of our portrait of 9 00:00:45,920 --> 00:00:49,960 Speaker 1: our beloved first baseman, the Five Faces of Freddie Freeman, 10 00:00:50,240 --> 00:00:52,800 Speaker 1: and this week I thought that we would kick it 11 00:00:52,920 --> 00:00:57,120 Speaker 1: back to the fall of twenty twenty four and revisit 12 00:00:57,720 --> 00:01:01,240 Speaker 1: what it felt like the days after the Dodgers won 13 00:01:01,320 --> 00:01:06,319 Speaker 1: their first World Series championship since twenty twenty and have 14 00:01:06,440 --> 00:01:10,319 Speaker 1: their first World Series Championship parade since nineteen eighty eight. 15 00:01:10,880 --> 00:01:14,839 Speaker 1: After the Dodgers beat the Yankees that year in five games, 16 00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:18,760 Speaker 1: I met up at a all night diner near my 17 00:01:18,880 --> 00:01:22,640 Speaker 1: house early in the morning, a beautiful example of a 18 00:01:23,160 --> 00:01:27,440 Speaker 1: mid century modern googie architecture. Felt like I was in 19 00:01:27,480 --> 00:01:32,440 Speaker 1: a Quentin Tarantino movie talking about baseball with my dear 20 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:39,160 Speaker 1: friend and now DBD co host Chef Wesley Avula. This 21 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:43,040 Speaker 1: is an episode that we hope conjures the feeling of 22 00:01:43,480 --> 00:01:46,679 Speaker 1: what it was like, at long last for the Dodgers 23 00:01:46,720 --> 00:01:51,080 Speaker 1: to win that championship and fulfill all of the expectations 24 00:01:51,160 --> 00:01:54,800 Speaker 1: and silence all of the naysayers. You could say in 25 00:01:54,840 --> 00:01:57,880 Speaker 1: a way that that was the key turning point in 26 00:01:57,920 --> 00:02:02,000 Speaker 1: the story of what is now being talked about without 27 00:02:02,120 --> 00:02:06,800 Speaker 1: question as a sports dynasty, and perhaps a key turning 28 00:02:06,800 --> 00:02:10,440 Speaker 1: point for this show as well, an early example of 29 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:17,760 Speaker 1: full integration of Chef Wes into the DBD fold. So 30 00:02:17,840 --> 00:02:21,400 Speaker 1: let's look back on this episode and remember that Dodger 31 00:02:21,480 --> 00:02:25,240 Speaker 1: Blue Dream started at the beginning of the twenty twenty 32 00:02:25,240 --> 00:02:29,800 Speaker 1: four baseball season as a quote documentary made in real 33 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:35,720 Speaker 1: time as the baseball season unfolds. An ambitious project, no doubt, 34 00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:38,680 Speaker 1: and one where I certainly felt that I had to 35 00:02:38,720 --> 00:02:44,280 Speaker 1: temper my expectations for the team's season. Baseball, of course, 36 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:49,640 Speaker 1: trends toward heartbreak. But then in following the season so 37 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:54,920 Speaker 1: closely and making episodes about both the on field and 38 00:02:55,360 --> 00:02:59,480 Speaker 1: off the field drama that season, we ended up here 39 00:02:59,760 --> 00:03:05,519 Speaker 1: with happy ending. As Orson Wells has said, if you 40 00:03:05,560 --> 00:03:09,000 Speaker 1: want a happy ending. Well, it all depends on where 41 00:03:09,040 --> 00:03:12,320 Speaker 1: you stop your story. And the story did not stop here, 42 00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:16,120 Speaker 1: nor does it stop with the Dodgers twenty twenty five 43 00:03:16,480 --> 00:03:20,720 Speaker 1: World Series Championship victory. The story goes on and we 44 00:03:20,840 --> 00:03:24,320 Speaker 1: don't know how it will end. That's the fun of it. 45 00:03:24,320 --> 00:03:29,720 Speaker 1: It's a ride baseball life. Get used to it. Hang 46 00:03:29,760 --> 00:03:33,480 Speaker 1: on if you can. We're all lucky to be here. 47 00:03:34,360 --> 00:03:39,120 Speaker 1: Of course, humans have a strong negativity bias, but you 48 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:42,040 Speaker 1: got to celebrate the wins when they happen. And so 49 00:03:42,200 --> 00:03:45,480 Speaker 1: let's look back on that glorious time in the fall 50 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:49,040 Speaker 1: of twenty twenty four as Chef Wes and I bask 51 00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:53,280 Speaker 1: in the afterglow of a Dodgers' twenty twenty four World 52 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:59,160 Speaker 1: Series victory in this DBD classic rebroadcast of an episode 53 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:03,800 Speaker 1: we call Blue Dream Come True. Thanks so much for 54 00:04:03,920 --> 00:04:08,440 Speaker 1: listening to Dodger Blue Dream. I'm Richard Parks the Third. 55 00:04:10,680 --> 00:04:30,680 Speaker 1: We'll be right back, bitch. 56 00:04:30,720 --> 00:04:32,840 Speaker 2: Time for Dodger. 57 00:04:37,400 --> 00:04:38,080 Speaker 1: All right, here we. 58 00:04:38,040 --> 00:04:41,560 Speaker 3: Are see see see get in, hurrook get in. 59 00:04:43,640 --> 00:04:47,400 Speaker 1: Welcome to Dodger Blue Dream. I'm Richard Parks the Third. 60 00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:50,480 Speaker 4: Thursday, October thirty, First Halloween, Happy Halloween. 61 00:04:50,200 --> 00:04:51,080 Speaker 3: Happy Halloween. 62 00:04:51,440 --> 00:04:53,119 Speaker 4: How are you feeling good? 63 00:04:53,320 --> 00:04:57,280 Speaker 1: Good to celebrate the Dodgers World Series victory. I went 64 00:04:57,279 --> 00:05:00,720 Speaker 1: out to breakfast with my coc and spirit or this show? 65 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:05,080 Speaker 1: You know him? You love him? Chef Wesley Avula, what's. 66 00:05:04,960 --> 00:05:05,640 Speaker 4: On your mind? 67 00:05:05,960 --> 00:05:06,520 Speaker 3: CHOP's done? 68 00:05:06,960 --> 00:05:07,320 Speaker 4: Yeah? 69 00:05:07,520 --> 00:05:07,880 Speaker 3: We win? 70 00:05:08,440 --> 00:05:15,400 Speaker 1: Job finished, chunki zoo. You know, we wait all season 71 00:05:15,480 --> 00:05:19,240 Speaker 1: long to get to the postseason and then even if 72 00:05:19,279 --> 00:05:22,000 Speaker 1: you take it all the way like the Dodgers did 73 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:25,839 Speaker 1: this year, these games just fly by. But this Game 74 00:05:25,960 --> 00:05:29,600 Speaker 1: five that we just played, the deciding game in the Bronx, 75 00:05:29,960 --> 00:05:33,720 Speaker 1: was kind of amazing, a fitting bookend to an incredible 76 00:05:33,760 --> 00:05:37,120 Speaker 1: game one that we already covered on our episode. Let 77 00:05:37,160 --> 00:05:41,200 Speaker 1: Freeman Ring and particularly the fifth inning can tell you 78 00:05:41,279 --> 00:05:44,640 Speaker 1: so much about why the Dodgers won this series and 79 00:05:44,720 --> 00:05:48,920 Speaker 1: how they won all year long. So this episode is 80 00:05:49,080 --> 00:05:52,599 Speaker 1: just going to be us enjoying our time talking through 81 00:05:52,640 --> 00:05:56,720 Speaker 1: that Game five, swapping feelings about a season we will 82 00:05:56,760 --> 00:05:59,960 Speaker 1: never forget, and just living in the moment. 83 00:06:00,279 --> 00:06:00,640 Speaker 4: Man. 84 00:06:00,960 --> 00:06:03,800 Speaker 1: So if that's your kind of thing, stick around and 85 00:06:03,960 --> 00:06:08,880 Speaker 1: bask in the afterglow of a Los Angeles Dodgers World 86 00:06:09,200 --> 00:06:12,839 Speaker 1: Series victory against the New York Yankees. 87 00:06:13,320 --> 00:06:14,880 Speaker 2: The Yankees Blue. 88 00:06:17,680 --> 00:06:26,200 Speaker 1: Today's episode Blue Dream come true. 89 00:06:26,680 --> 00:06:27,159 Speaker 3: It's great. 90 00:06:27,200 --> 00:06:30,159 Speaker 5: I mean, of all the teams to win against in 91 00:06:30,240 --> 00:06:31,640 Speaker 5: their home in the Bronx. 92 00:06:32,200 --> 00:06:35,919 Speaker 1: Let's start with how Game five ended, the last out 93 00:06:36,160 --> 00:06:41,360 Speaker 1: of the Dodgers World Series Championship winning twenty twenty four season. 94 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:44,560 Speaker 3: Dougie striking out at the end with Walker. 95 00:06:44,880 --> 00:06:49,080 Speaker 6: Walker Bueller in to pitch the bottom of the ninth 96 00:06:49,760 --> 00:06:54,120 Speaker 6: Game five, bottom of the ninth, two outs, and it's 97 00:06:54,160 --> 00:06:58,880 Speaker 6: Alex Verdugo, his former teammates, who represents the final. 98 00:06:58,520 --> 00:06:59,880 Speaker 7: Outs try and keep. 99 00:07:01,680 --> 00:07:04,360 Speaker 1: With two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning. 100 00:07:04,480 --> 00:07:08,440 Speaker 1: Last night. Not only did Walker Buehler, a starter who's 101 00:07:08,440 --> 00:07:10,800 Speaker 1: had a very up and down season coming back from 102 00:07:10,840 --> 00:07:14,200 Speaker 1: his second Tommy John surgery, make a surprise appearance out 103 00:07:14,200 --> 00:07:17,400 Speaker 1: of the bullpen to close out the World Series, he 104 00:07:17,480 --> 00:07:21,040 Speaker 1: did it against a former teammate in Alex Verdugo, who 105 00:07:21,080 --> 00:07:25,280 Speaker 1: also represents those who criticize the Dodgers twenty twenty World 106 00:07:25,320 --> 00:07:28,400 Speaker 1: Series title because it happened within a sixty game season. 107 00:07:28,600 --> 00:07:30,840 Speaker 1: Verdugo had left the team after a season there in 108 00:07:30,840 --> 00:07:34,360 Speaker 1: twenty nineteen. Yeah, they got a ring, Verdugo was quoted 109 00:07:34,360 --> 00:07:36,520 Speaker 1: as saying, but they didn't play any games at their 110 00:07:36,520 --> 00:07:40,000 Speaker 1: home field. They didn't there weren't any fans there. It 111 00:07:40,080 --> 00:07:43,679 Speaker 1: was sixty games. Anyone could ball out for sixty games. 112 00:07:44,400 --> 00:07:47,600 Speaker 2: Mister strikes Earth, come guat guy. 113 00:07:47,880 --> 00:08:00,600 Speaker 1: And but Tane struck him out. And after throwing the strike, 114 00:08:00,840 --> 00:08:03,840 Speaker 1: Bueler just opens his arms and turns toward the dugout 115 00:08:03,960 --> 00:08:10,320 Speaker 1: like who's talking now, Ice cold and his teammates mob 116 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:13,320 Speaker 1: him and it's a good day, which is the name 117 00:08:13,360 --> 00:08:16,000 Speaker 1: of a West Coast hip hop anthem for those who 118 00:08:16,080 --> 00:08:20,480 Speaker 1: don't know, I'm looking at you, Alex Ferdugo. Anyway, it's 119 00:08:20,560 --> 00:08:24,880 Speaker 1: always a good day when the Yankees lose. 120 00:08:25,560 --> 00:08:30,720 Speaker 2: I love it. I love it. We love it, love it. 121 00:08:31,560 --> 00:08:35,120 Speaker 3: I love it. That was just so so good, so cathartic. 122 00:08:35,120 --> 00:08:39,600 Speaker 5: You got the TV here playing Eli Wil Series Champions, 123 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:41,600 Speaker 5: the highlights. 124 00:08:41,679 --> 00:08:47,079 Speaker 1: Honestly, I think I'm still stunned by the whole thing. Definitely, 125 00:08:47,120 --> 00:08:50,120 Speaker 1: we were by far the better team in this series. 126 00:08:51,559 --> 00:08:54,600 Speaker 1: That was such a great fifth inning, and the Yankees 127 00:08:54,800 --> 00:08:57,600 Speaker 1: made so many mistakes and gave us every thing we 128 00:08:57,640 --> 00:08:58,360 Speaker 1: got last night. 129 00:08:58,880 --> 00:09:00,600 Speaker 3: Yeah, they gave us opportunity. We took it. 130 00:09:00,600 --> 00:09:02,280 Speaker 1: We were on the ropes like we were coming back 131 00:09:02,280 --> 00:09:05,160 Speaker 1: to La like until when you turned it off. 132 00:09:05,360 --> 00:09:06,280 Speaker 3: Yeah, I turned it off. 133 00:09:06,280 --> 00:09:07,320 Speaker 4: When does you turn it off? 134 00:09:07,480 --> 00:09:09,599 Speaker 1: All right, We're looping back to the early part of 135 00:09:09,640 --> 00:09:12,080 Speaker 1: the game here, because it was a great game. And 136 00:09:12,120 --> 00:09:14,559 Speaker 1: if you've listened to this show, you know that Wes 137 00:09:14,679 --> 00:09:18,200 Speaker 1: doesn't like to watch great games. He doesn't like the stress, 138 00:09:18,559 --> 00:09:21,600 Speaker 1: and early on this game was stressful. 139 00:09:22,320 --> 00:09:26,679 Speaker 8: Basketball driven me out the way sniping Shine has. 140 00:09:26,559 --> 00:09:30,000 Speaker 2: A whole kidden it is a judge and blast. 141 00:09:30,520 --> 00:09:34,800 Speaker 5: I turned it off after the second home month after Jazz. 142 00:09:34,640 --> 00:09:35,880 Speaker 4: Jazz bothers me so much. 143 00:09:36,559 --> 00:09:42,079 Speaker 2: Jazz Chisholm. It's Chisholm, high drive right field, good. 144 00:09:41,880 --> 00:09:46,400 Speaker 8: God, Jazz Chisholm oberst a deep right field. 145 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:49,000 Speaker 3: And the next thing you think, Chen Carlo stan got on. 146 00:09:49,120 --> 00:09:50,480 Speaker 1: Good at Bat's last night back. 147 00:09:52,960 --> 00:09:58,079 Speaker 8: There's another Jack Carlos Stanton who needs me the learn 148 00:09:58,160 --> 00:09:58,959 Speaker 8: bout at the car. 149 00:10:02,080 --> 00:10:04,559 Speaker 1: So in the first part of the game, the Yankees 150 00:10:04,559 --> 00:10:08,360 Speaker 1: were looking really, really good and that was stressful. And 151 00:10:08,440 --> 00:10:11,320 Speaker 1: if you listen to our episode Save the Doves, you 152 00:10:11,440 --> 00:10:14,000 Speaker 1: know that we had our game one starter on the mound, 153 00:10:14,160 --> 00:10:16,960 Speaker 1: Jack Flaherty, and that we were ready to go with 154 00:10:17,080 --> 00:10:21,199 Speaker 1: our doves, our high leverage bullpen guys who were fresh 155 00:10:21,240 --> 00:10:24,600 Speaker 1: and ready to handle as much as six innings of work, 156 00:10:24,960 --> 00:10:28,280 Speaker 1: but j Flair just didn't have it. He got lit 157 00:10:28,400 --> 00:10:31,199 Speaker 1: up by Aaron Judge and Jazz Chisholm Junior. 158 00:10:31,360 --> 00:10:34,880 Speaker 2: Alex Da drive Zi WoT we Unix fled empty. 159 00:10:35,400 --> 00:10:39,040 Speaker 1: Even Alex Verdugo touched him for an army I knock. 160 00:10:39,280 --> 00:10:42,240 Speaker 2: Run battet in for Alex Verdugo and here bums. 161 00:10:42,360 --> 00:10:46,040 Speaker 6: Dave Roberts signals to the pen for Anthony Bondo. 162 00:10:46,240 --> 00:10:49,640 Speaker 8: Wow, dev clarity after thirty five pitches in Game five, 163 00:10:49,800 --> 00:10:50,640 Speaker 8: is gonna get the hook? 164 00:10:51,120 --> 00:10:53,280 Speaker 7: He just didn't have it And Dave Roberts cannot stay 165 00:10:53,360 --> 00:10:54,480 Speaker 7: on this train any longer. 166 00:10:54,640 --> 00:10:55,760 Speaker 3: He's gonna have to change. 167 00:10:55,920 --> 00:10:59,080 Speaker 1: Jay Flair only went an inning in a third, and 168 00:10:59,160 --> 00:11:01,480 Speaker 1: after Ryan Brad gave up a home run to Gen 169 00:11:01,559 --> 00:11:04,480 Speaker 1: Carlos Stanton, it was five to nothing in just the 170 00:11:04,520 --> 00:11:07,560 Speaker 1: bottom of the third and we didn't have enough dogs 171 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:10,720 Speaker 1: to cover all the innings we needed to the idea 172 00:11:10,800 --> 00:11:14,680 Speaker 1: of saving the dogs was backfiring because the guys who 173 00:11:14,720 --> 00:11:18,080 Speaker 1: saved the dogs the day before, typically the guys who 174 00:11:18,080 --> 00:11:21,079 Speaker 1: eat up innings when a starter doesn't have it, weren't 175 00:11:21,080 --> 00:11:26,640 Speaker 1: available because they'd just been used. This felt like a 176 00:11:26,720 --> 00:11:30,760 Speaker 1: game that we were definitely going to lose because the 177 00:11:30,800 --> 00:11:34,720 Speaker 1: boys in pinstripes, particularly the one on the mound, were 178 00:11:34,720 --> 00:11:36,760 Speaker 1: looking really sharp, so. 179 00:11:36,800 --> 00:11:38,120 Speaker 4: We already really didn't have it. 180 00:11:38,160 --> 00:11:42,120 Speaker 1: And Cole was super locked in past like everything was perfect, 181 00:11:42,240 --> 00:11:45,400 Speaker 1: no mistakes. I mean just at that first inning, top 182 00:11:45,440 --> 00:11:47,320 Speaker 1: of the first the one, two three. 183 00:11:47,120 --> 00:11:49,439 Speaker 5: Oh, there was like four pitches or five pitches to 184 00:11:49,480 --> 00:11:50,520 Speaker 5: get three guys out three. 185 00:11:51,640 --> 00:11:54,560 Speaker 4: He made the MV three look like minor leaguers. 186 00:11:54,640 --> 00:11:58,920 Speaker 2: Ye, Garrett Cole, Garrett Coles, you're sited. The first five 187 00:11:59,200 --> 00:12:01,839 Speaker 2: he was delivered st one. It's all five hitters so far. 188 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:07,520 Speaker 8: Here's Keith Hernandez, Hernandez fls it to write center Pool, Soda, 189 00:12:07,679 --> 00:12:11,920 Speaker 8: the car and the true six six down five fool. 190 00:12:12,400 --> 00:12:14,360 Speaker 1: I've got a day off tomorrow. I don't want to 191 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:17,640 Speaker 1: start thinking about that. Cole looks so scary, locked in 192 00:12:19,800 --> 00:12:23,199 Speaker 1: taking my desire for the Dodgers to win out of it. 193 00:12:23,720 --> 00:12:25,959 Speaker 1: It's fun to watch a pitcher that is this good. 194 00:12:26,240 --> 00:12:29,439 Speaker 4: Very at ease, but also there's this sort of like 195 00:12:29,640 --> 00:12:30,920 Speaker 4: brooding power. 196 00:12:31,280 --> 00:12:35,680 Speaker 1: He's huge, six four two twenty, like a normcore Bruce. 197 00:12:35,760 --> 00:12:39,920 Speaker 1: Wayne Cole was in control of this game. Every pitch 198 00:12:40,200 --> 00:12:44,800 Speaker 1: perfectly placed, fastball exploding with late life a knuckle curve, 199 00:12:45,040 --> 00:12:48,880 Speaker 1: Bobin and Weavin, sliders and cutters and sinkers. Oh my, 200 00:12:49,320 --> 00:12:52,280 Speaker 1: it was five nothing Yanks and Cole had a no 201 00:12:52,480 --> 00:12:56,439 Speaker 1: no going as we reached the fifth inning in Gotham City. 202 00:12:57,960 --> 00:13:00,880 Speaker 4: This is has not been fun so far. 203 00:13:01,640 --> 00:13:04,040 Speaker 1: My spidery sense told me that Wes had already shut 204 00:13:04,080 --> 00:13:07,160 Speaker 1: the game off, and I texted him to confirm. All right, 205 00:13:07,679 --> 00:13:12,160 Speaker 1: text from Wes can't watch the Lambs to slaughter Cole 206 00:13:12,640 --> 00:13:14,800 Speaker 1: is gonna get a historic no. 207 00:13:15,120 --> 00:13:18,400 Speaker 4: Hit orview Well, so Wes is putting out the vibes. 208 00:13:19,280 --> 00:13:23,360 Speaker 1: Unlike Wes when the going gets tough, I keep watching. 209 00:13:23,720 --> 00:13:26,800 Speaker 1: I've been with this team every moment all season long. 210 00:13:27,120 --> 00:13:28,439 Speaker 1: I wasn't gonna stop now. 211 00:13:28,880 --> 00:13:30,640 Speaker 4: This has been stressful. 212 00:13:30,760 --> 00:13:32,640 Speaker 1: I mean I was making my plans to go to 213 00:13:32,720 --> 00:13:35,280 Speaker 1: the game six back in Los Angeles on Friday night 214 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:38,960 Speaker 1: on what would be Fernando Alensuela's sixty fourth birthday. 215 00:13:39,200 --> 00:13:41,880 Speaker 4: Going into the top of the fifth, we haven't gotten 216 00:13:41,880 --> 00:13:43,920 Speaker 4: a hit yet. I mean, it'd be nice to just 217 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:45,720 Speaker 4: like get some runs and be in this game. 218 00:13:46,360 --> 00:13:48,760 Speaker 1: Little did I know I was about to witness an 219 00:13:48,800 --> 00:13:52,920 Speaker 1: incredible pressure cooker turn around half inning of baseball that 220 00:13:53,040 --> 00:13:57,199 Speaker 1: I will never ever forget that encapsulated everything that is 221 00:13:57,280 --> 00:14:00,360 Speaker 1: wrong with the New York Yankees and everything that is 222 00:14:00,520 --> 00:14:03,880 Speaker 1: right about the Los Angeles Dodgers. You talk about a 223 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:06,760 Speaker 1: momentum shift. The top of the fifth inning of this 224 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:13,880 Speaker 1: game is the quintessential example. Let's dig in. Come on, 225 00:14:14,440 --> 00:14:17,679 Speaker 1: Key K, if anyone can get to disguise Key K 226 00:14:18,360 --> 00:14:21,920 Speaker 1: to lead off the top of the fifth Keith K Hernandez, 227 00:14:24,400 --> 00:14:28,440 Speaker 1: what did I say? What did I just say? Key 228 00:14:28,520 --> 00:14:32,280 Speaker 1: K smacks a single to right, No, no, no mo 229 00:14:33,040 --> 00:14:36,160 Speaker 1: And now it was Tommy Edmund's turn, routine fly ball 230 00:14:36,280 --> 00:14:39,760 Speaker 1: to Yankees center fielder and Captain Aaron Judge. 231 00:14:43,920 --> 00:14:46,360 Speaker 3: The meltdown on TV right now, that's Aaron Judges error. 232 00:14:47,280 --> 00:14:50,240 Speaker 1: Yes, that's KEK getting the second on Aaron Judge's error. 233 00:14:50,680 --> 00:14:53,680 Speaker 1: Totally by coincidence. They were playing the highlights from this 234 00:14:53,800 --> 00:14:56,440 Speaker 1: fifth inning on a TV screen at the diner Wes 235 00:14:56,560 --> 00:14:58,520 Speaker 1: and I were eating breakfast at Guess how many. 236 00:14:58,440 --> 00:15:02,480 Speaker 3: Errors Aaron Judge had all zero zero zero. 237 00:15:02,920 --> 00:15:04,600 Speaker 5: I mean, that's why he's number ninety nine, ninety nine 238 00:15:04,600 --> 00:15:08,680 Speaker 5: times he gets it perfect except for that just one 239 00:15:08,760 --> 00:15:09,479 Speaker 5: that matters. 240 00:15:09,240 --> 00:15:11,960 Speaker 1: The moose and that Paul just popped out of his 241 00:15:12,160 --> 00:15:17,040 Speaker 1: It was like a hard metal surface, like boom yeah, 242 00:15:17,440 --> 00:15:20,040 Speaker 1: boom boom, And that's all it takes for a game 243 00:15:20,160 --> 00:15:22,640 Speaker 1: to totally turn on its head. It was first and 244 00:15:22,760 --> 00:15:25,600 Speaker 1: second on the judge error with nobody out. This is 245 00:15:25,600 --> 00:15:28,880 Speaker 1: when I texted wes Hey. Siri, text wes Ovula, turn 246 00:15:28,960 --> 00:15:32,920 Speaker 1: it on. We've got a chance right now, Come on, baby. 247 00:15:33,400 --> 00:15:35,720 Speaker 1: Will Smith hits a routine, grounded a short. 248 00:15:36,080 --> 00:15:37,120 Speaker 7: Yeah, here we go. 249 00:15:37,960 --> 00:15:40,840 Speaker 4: That's a pretty bad error. The bad throw, his error, 250 00:15:41,120 --> 00:15:42,440 Speaker 4: vulpyulpy yeah. 251 00:15:42,600 --> 00:15:45,800 Speaker 1: Anthony Volpi, the young Yankee shortstop who hit a grand 252 00:15:45,880 --> 00:15:48,120 Speaker 1: slam the day before in Game four, who the New 253 00:15:48,200 --> 00:15:50,880 Speaker 1: York media portrays as a kind of Derek Jeter two 254 00:15:50,960 --> 00:15:54,080 Speaker 1: point zero, made a bad throw to third base, an 255 00:15:54,280 --> 00:15:57,040 Speaker 1: error that loaded the bases. Throwing to third to try 256 00:15:57,040 --> 00:15:58,360 Speaker 1: to get the lead runner, he could have gotten a 257 00:15:58,400 --> 00:16:01,200 Speaker 1: double play. He could have gone six, four to three, 258 00:16:01,600 --> 00:16:03,600 Speaker 1: when he could have gone to second or at least 259 00:16:03,840 --> 00:16:07,000 Speaker 1: to first to throw out our catcher Will Smith running 260 00:16:07,080 --> 00:16:10,960 Speaker 1: slowly up the line. Instead, it was bases loaded bold 261 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:13,880 Speaker 1: by can't even get Oh yeah, I know it's sad 262 00:16:14,080 --> 00:16:15,240 Speaker 1: because you're not good. 263 00:16:15,960 --> 00:16:19,880 Speaker 4: He Siri, Tex wes Avula. Bases loaded, nobody out. 264 00:16:20,400 --> 00:16:26,840 Speaker 1: Two consecutive defensive blunders at two premier defensive positions. And 265 00:16:26,960 --> 00:16:28,880 Speaker 1: here I thought that they were supposed to drop the 266 00:16:28,960 --> 00:16:31,640 Speaker 1: ball on New Year's Eve in New York City and. 267 00:16:31,720 --> 00:16:35,600 Speaker 8: The bases are loaded. Two defensive mishaps for New York. 268 00:16:36,360 --> 00:16:39,160 Speaker 1: No runs had yet scored, but it felt like a 269 00:16:39,280 --> 00:16:43,360 Speaker 1: whole new ballgame. When you look at the replay of 270 00:16:43,480 --> 00:16:48,440 Speaker 1: the first air, Aaron Judge literally takes his eyes off 271 00:16:48,520 --> 00:16:51,120 Speaker 1: of the ball as it is sailing through the air 272 00:16:51,280 --> 00:16:55,640 Speaker 1: towards him. He's looking at keyk Hernandez because he's trying 273 00:16:55,680 --> 00:16:58,480 Speaker 1: to keep him from tagging up and advancing to second. 274 00:16:58,800 --> 00:17:01,400 Speaker 1: Maybe he even thought he could double him up. Whatever 275 00:17:01,520 --> 00:17:04,560 Speaker 1: the case, he wanted more than just catching the ball, 276 00:17:04,840 --> 00:17:08,600 Speaker 1: and so instead he boots it and Kik runs super 277 00:17:08,760 --> 00:17:11,600 Speaker 1: hard because he was staying close to first, not wanting 278 00:17:11,680 --> 00:17:14,440 Speaker 1: to be doubled up, but he hustles all the way 279 00:17:14,560 --> 00:17:18,840 Speaker 1: to second. Good base running FUNDAMENTALSKK did a. 280 00:17:18,920 --> 00:17:20,040 Speaker 4: Really good job there. 281 00:17:20,440 --> 00:17:22,680 Speaker 1: And if you look at the Vulpi error, it kind 282 00:17:22,720 --> 00:17:25,840 Speaker 1: of feels analogous a grounder to short off of the 283 00:17:25,960 --> 00:17:29,200 Speaker 1: bat of Will Smith, our catcher. He's not going to 284 00:17:29,280 --> 00:17:32,200 Speaker 1: get to first very fast, but instead of getting the 285 00:17:32,280 --> 00:17:35,280 Speaker 1: easy out. Volti tried to get the lead runner at 286 00:17:35,400 --> 00:17:39,200 Speaker 1: third and he yanked the ball overthrowing it bouncing it 287 00:17:39,320 --> 00:17:41,680 Speaker 1: in the dirt. Maybe he was trying to get too 288 00:17:42,320 --> 00:17:45,920 Speaker 1: or maybe it was Kei k crushing the fundamentals, getting 289 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:48,879 Speaker 1: a good jump, hustling it out and taking a running 290 00:17:48,960 --> 00:17:53,080 Speaker 1: path that made the throw difficult. Either way, everybody is safe. 291 00:17:53,560 --> 00:17:57,800 Speaker 1: The Yankees team is built around power hitting and power pitching, 292 00:17:58,119 --> 00:18:01,120 Speaker 1: which was very much on display during this Game five, 293 00:18:01,520 --> 00:18:04,879 Speaker 1: but it comes at the cost of defense, good base running, 294 00:18:05,119 --> 00:18:08,639 Speaker 1: and the type of solid fundamentals you learn in Little League. 295 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:12,359 Speaker 1: This Yankees team has clear deficits in those areas, and 296 00:18:12,520 --> 00:18:14,800 Speaker 1: yet they were able to finish the season with the 297 00:18:14,880 --> 00:18:17,840 Speaker 1: best record in the American League and Cruz passed the 298 00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:22,440 Speaker 1: Royals and the Guardians to this World Series. Now let's 299 00:18:22,480 --> 00:18:24,280 Speaker 1: get back to this game and the top of the 300 00:18:24,359 --> 00:18:28,480 Speaker 1: fifth inning, nobody out, with Gavin Lux coming to the plate, 301 00:18:28,760 --> 00:18:30,679 Speaker 1: followed by Shohei Otani. 302 00:18:30,920 --> 00:18:33,360 Speaker 4: We got Lucks here. He worked at walk last time. 303 00:18:34,119 --> 00:18:37,159 Speaker 1: None of this was owed to Garrett Cole and he 304 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:39,639 Speaker 1: was still looking very locked in. 305 00:18:39,800 --> 00:18:45,480 Speaker 2: Voted for Gavin Lucks for the first out of the 306 00:18:46,119 --> 00:18:47,840 Speaker 2: note who has changed demeanor? 307 00:18:47,920 --> 00:18:50,480 Speaker 1: Wise for Garrett Cole, but then. 308 00:18:50,800 --> 00:18:54,520 Speaker 8: Cole struck out lucks. It's Otani with the basis jew 309 00:18:54,640 --> 00:18:55,440 Speaker 8: still a kid. 310 00:18:55,880 --> 00:18:59,400 Speaker 1: And poor show Hay wincing in pain with every swing 311 00:18:59,640 --> 00:19:02,960 Speaker 1: using the dislocated shoulder. He strikes out two. 312 00:19:05,160 --> 00:19:10,040 Speaker 8: Superstar against superstar on the biggest stage, and Garrett Cole wins. 313 00:19:10,080 --> 00:19:10,639 Speaker 1: It had to have. 314 00:19:11,200 --> 00:19:12,320 Speaker 2: This is where it gets home. 315 00:19:12,640 --> 00:19:19,199 Speaker 1: His teammates were making fundamental defensive errors, but Cole was superb. 316 00:19:19,840 --> 00:19:22,520 Speaker 1: He was gonna get himself out of a bases loaded 317 00:19:22,840 --> 00:19:25,840 Speaker 1: no out jam all on his own with two outs. 318 00:19:26,200 --> 00:19:29,159 Speaker 2: It's another MVP coming up. Rookie Spa on. 319 00:19:29,640 --> 00:19:32,040 Speaker 1: The first pitch to Muki is low and out of 320 00:19:32,119 --> 00:19:32,520 Speaker 1: the zone. 321 00:19:32,760 --> 00:19:36,160 Speaker 2: Might even see some emotion from Garrett Cold. 322 00:19:36,760 --> 00:19:42,879 Speaker 1: On the second pitch too, it stars Muky hits a 323 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:45,959 Speaker 1: number right off the end of the bat that slowly 324 00:19:46,119 --> 00:19:50,240 Speaker 1: rolls up the first baseline straight towards Yankees' first baseman, 325 00:19:50,560 --> 00:19:54,080 Speaker 1: Anthony Rizzo, who has won the Gold Glove Award for 326 00:19:54,200 --> 00:19:58,520 Speaker 1: Outstanding Defense four times in his career. It looked like 327 00:19:58,640 --> 00:20:02,760 Speaker 1: a no doubt out three rally opportunity squandered. 328 00:20:03,560 --> 00:20:05,119 Speaker 3: Come on, damn it. 329 00:20:07,160 --> 00:20:10,480 Speaker 1: And I'll let myself recorded real time reaction tell it 330 00:20:10,600 --> 00:20:11,920 Speaker 1: from here, damn it. 331 00:20:14,400 --> 00:20:15,879 Speaker 4: Oh oh oh. 332 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:24,359 Speaker 1: Ah, A little dribbler up the first base line and 333 00:20:24,600 --> 00:20:28,480 Speaker 1: nobody covers. First watch this look such an easy play. 334 00:20:28,720 --> 00:20:31,000 Speaker 1: Look at Mookie running it out. I love you, Mooki. 335 00:20:32,080 --> 00:20:32,520 Speaker 4: Look at that. 336 00:20:33,480 --> 00:20:36,480 Speaker 1: They had Mooki dead to rights. Rizzo could have ran 337 00:20:36,520 --> 00:20:39,280 Speaker 1: it to the bag himself, or he could have tossed 338 00:20:39,440 --> 00:20:40,359 Speaker 1: Cole for the out. 339 00:20:40,760 --> 00:20:41,800 Speaker 4: But Cole wasn't. 340 00:20:41,600 --> 00:20:46,000 Speaker 1: Covering, and Rizzo didn't run, and Mooki was hustling because 341 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:49,520 Speaker 1: it's the World Series and because that's what they teach 342 00:20:49,560 --> 00:20:52,240 Speaker 1: you to do in Little League. It was his sixth 343 00:20:52,480 --> 00:20:56,720 Speaker 1: fastest sprint speed out of the box of the entire season, 344 00:20:57,080 --> 00:20:59,920 Speaker 1: and it made all the difference. And so a n 345 00:21:00,200 --> 00:21:05,720 Speaker 1: comes in and nobody's out, and the basses are still loaded, like. 346 00:21:05,760 --> 00:21:07,399 Speaker 3: They couldn't get it. They couldn't get an out. It's 347 00:21:07,400 --> 00:21:09,520 Speaker 3: like one of those ones where I just get up out. 348 00:21:10,720 --> 00:21:11,159 Speaker 3: I love that. 349 00:21:13,920 --> 00:21:32,399 Speaker 1: We'll be right back, Welcome back to the show. Today. 350 00:21:32,720 --> 00:21:40,840 Speaker 1: We're rebroadcasting this DBD classic Blue Dream Come True. The 351 00:21:40,960 --> 00:21:44,720 Speaker 1: Yankees are playing dumb ball, you know, like they're giving 352 00:21:44,920 --> 00:21:48,360 Speaker 1: us everything that we've gotten. And by this time Wes 353 00:21:48,520 --> 00:21:51,320 Speaker 1: had turned the game back on and it was turning 354 00:21:51,400 --> 00:21:53,040 Speaker 1: into his kind of game. 355 00:21:53,400 --> 00:21:55,240 Speaker 5: As soon as I turned it on MOOKI was up. 356 00:21:55,880 --> 00:21:59,639 Speaker 5: And then that's when that mistake happened, and I was like, oh, that's. 357 00:21:59,640 --> 00:22:02,560 Speaker 4: Oh yeah, you got to see the Garrett Cuchler. That 358 00:22:02,680 --> 00:22:04,360 Speaker 4: was a little number off the end of the bat. 359 00:22:04,480 --> 00:22:06,360 Speaker 3: Oky. This is when it's this is going down. 360 00:22:07,320 --> 00:22:12,119 Speaker 8: Patrocious defense from the Yankees leading directly to a Dodger 361 00:22:12,240 --> 00:22:12,679 Speaker 8: run in the. 362 00:22:12,760 --> 00:22:18,960 Speaker 1: Fifth I swear it's a coincidence. At these Yankees defensive 363 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:21,399 Speaker 1: airs in the top of the fifth inning, we're playing 364 00:22:21,480 --> 00:22:24,399 Speaker 1: on a screen above us in the diner, almost on loop. 365 00:22:24,640 --> 00:22:26,720 Speaker 1: They are the highlight reel of this game. 366 00:22:27,080 --> 00:22:28,280 Speaker 4: And then that's the coal error. 367 00:22:28,600 --> 00:22:31,320 Speaker 1: Oh man, it's so the cole not covering first was 368 00:22:31,359 --> 00:22:33,880 Speaker 1: the nail in the coffin, because we wouldn't have tied 369 00:22:33,920 --> 00:22:36,399 Speaker 1: the game in that inning had that era not happened, 370 00:22:36,560 --> 00:22:38,440 Speaker 1: you could have had the air and judge error, and 371 00:22:38,520 --> 00:22:42,760 Speaker 1: you could have had the bolbear. The Dodgers' strengths fundamentally 372 00:22:42,960 --> 00:22:45,960 Speaker 1: and their ability to pass the baton and rely on 373 00:22:46,160 --> 00:22:50,679 Speaker 1: every person to run hard and play smart, and the Yankees' 374 00:22:50,840 --> 00:22:55,640 Speaker 1: remarkable deficits fundamentally are the clear difference between these two 375 00:22:55,760 --> 00:22:59,719 Speaker 1: teams and the reason why the Dodgers are World champions 376 00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:04,320 Speaker 1: and the Yankees are not. And the Dodgers knew that 377 00:23:04,480 --> 00:23:07,399 Speaker 1: they could beat the Yankees this way. I'm going to 378 00:23:07,480 --> 00:23:10,159 Speaker 1: quote from an article by Joel Sherman in The New 379 00:23:10,280 --> 00:23:13,480 Speaker 1: York Post that was published the day after the World 380 00:23:13,600 --> 00:23:17,760 Speaker 1: Series ended. The Dodgers told their players in scouting meetings 381 00:23:18,119 --> 00:23:22,520 Speaker 1: that the Yankees were quote talent over fundamentals. That if 382 00:23:22,560 --> 00:23:26,240 Speaker 1: you run the bases with purpose and aggression, the Yankees 383 00:23:26,359 --> 00:23:31,679 Speaker 1: will self inflict harm, as was exposed by Betts, Tommy Edmund, 384 00:23:32,080 --> 00:23:35,879 Speaker 1: Freddie Freeman, et cetera. They mentioned that the Yankees were 385 00:23:35,960 --> 00:23:39,840 Speaker 1: not just the Major's worst base running team by every metric, 386 00:23:40,280 --> 00:23:43,800 Speaker 1: but the difference was vast on the field between them 387 00:23:44,040 --> 00:23:47,240 Speaker 1: and the Padres, who the Dodgers beat in the National 388 00:23:47,320 --> 00:23:52,320 Speaker 1: League Division Series. Anyway, getting back to the game, there 389 00:23:52,359 --> 00:23:55,760 Speaker 1: were still two outs and only one run had come in, 390 00:23:56,160 --> 00:23:59,040 Speaker 1: but it already felt like the tables had turned. It 391 00:23:59,200 --> 00:24:02,280 Speaker 1: felt like it was our game to lose, and this 392 00:24:02,480 --> 00:24:05,840 Speaker 1: top of the fifth inning was only about halfway done. 393 00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:07,400 Speaker 2: Well. 394 00:24:07,480 --> 00:24:11,800 Speaker 8: From no stress to a ton of stress for Garrett Cole, 395 00:24:12,080 --> 00:24:14,240 Speaker 8: for the last crowd love. 396 00:24:14,080 --> 00:24:16,879 Speaker 4: Outse but yeah, because they're playing like. 397 00:24:19,359 --> 00:24:22,920 Speaker 1: Not only were they unsound fundamentally in this inning, the 398 00:24:23,040 --> 00:24:26,560 Speaker 1: Yankees were failing because of how lopsided they are. They 399 00:24:26,680 --> 00:24:30,000 Speaker 1: rely on their superstars to create their offense, and in 400 00:24:30,119 --> 00:24:34,520 Speaker 1: this game, their starting pitcher was doing everything, Garrett Cole, 401 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:37,240 Speaker 1: and once we put a chink in his armor, the 402 00:24:37,320 --> 00:24:39,000 Speaker 1: whole thing started falling apart. 403 00:24:39,560 --> 00:24:41,800 Speaker 5: He didn't even sweat, He didn't break one sweat until 404 00:24:41,840 --> 00:24:43,840 Speaker 5: he made the mistake, and didn't cover first when he 405 00:24:43,920 --> 00:24:46,160 Speaker 5: didn't run full speed of first, and that was after. 406 00:24:46,040 --> 00:24:49,880 Speaker 4: That inning already started falling apart. He was stressed. 407 00:24:50,040 --> 00:24:51,359 Speaker 2: Yeah, he can't take that from all. 408 00:24:51,480 --> 00:24:52,760 Speaker 4: Col sad. 409 00:24:53,040 --> 00:24:55,160 Speaker 7: He looks sad, blue, he looks scared. 410 00:24:55,680 --> 00:24:59,240 Speaker 1: Five to one, two outs and guess who's at the plate, 411 00:24:59,520 --> 00:25:01,160 Speaker 1: and the threws have their first run. 412 00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:02,360 Speaker 2: They're loaded for Freeman. 413 00:25:03,240 --> 00:25:05,760 Speaker 1: Freddy fouls off a sinker that bended out of the 414 00:25:05,880 --> 00:25:09,040 Speaker 1: zone away and then spits on the exact same pitch. 415 00:25:09,400 --> 00:25:10,560 Speaker 1: The count is one and one. 416 00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:14,000 Speaker 2: Freeman clives later foles it breat. 417 00:25:13,920 --> 00:25:16,440 Speaker 1: He fouls back a fastball up and out of the zone, 418 00:25:16,560 --> 00:25:19,480 Speaker 1: and Cole is one strike away from getting out of 419 00:25:19,520 --> 00:25:22,520 Speaker 1: the inning, having given up just one run. Cole throws 420 00:25:22,600 --> 00:25:25,439 Speaker 1: him that sinker again and Freddy fights it off. 421 00:25:25,520 --> 00:25:30,400 Speaker 8: Finstays a lot another foul ball, Freddy Freeman on one too, yeah, 422 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:31,280 Speaker 8: and the. 423 00:25:33,400 --> 00:25:34,879 Speaker 2: Tabo runs will score. 424 00:25:35,160 --> 00:25:38,400 Speaker 8: Yet the Dodgers take advantage of the bad defense from 425 00:25:38,480 --> 00:25:40,800 Speaker 8: New York, and this game has changed in. 426 00:25:40,880 --> 00:25:44,960 Speaker 2: The blank of it all, and guess who it's Freddy Freeman. 427 00:25:44,720 --> 00:25:45,600 Speaker 7: Right in the middle of it. 428 00:25:46,359 --> 00:25:49,680 Speaker 1: He tried that high fastball again, but it wasn't that high, 429 00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:53,439 Speaker 1: and Freddy smacked it into center for a single tyre aboard. 430 00:25:53,520 --> 00:25:56,240 Speaker 2: Now two gone in the fifth for tasker Fernandez. 431 00:25:56,680 --> 00:26:01,800 Speaker 1: Next it was Tao's turn and he was clutch yes in. 432 00:26:01,840 --> 00:26:04,280 Speaker 8: The air left center field judge on the run dead 433 00:26:04,400 --> 00:26:10,160 Speaker 8: Scot was hard the that's in the score. Funny Freeman 434 00:26:10,280 --> 00:26:13,920 Speaker 8: for the PAP, And this game has been turned upside down. 435 00:26:16,960 --> 00:26:17,080 Speaker 1: Up. 436 00:26:17,600 --> 00:26:19,040 Speaker 2: The Yankees cracked. 437 00:26:18,760 --> 00:26:21,560 Speaker 8: The door open with the poor defense, and the Dodgers 438 00:26:21,720 --> 00:26:22,440 Speaker 8: kick it down. 439 00:26:23,320 --> 00:26:23,760 Speaker 1: This is it. 440 00:26:25,800 --> 00:26:28,040 Speaker 3: It's a new real game. It was now zero zero. 441 00:26:28,640 --> 00:26:30,760 Speaker 1: By the time the top of the fifth ended. We 442 00:26:30,880 --> 00:26:33,960 Speaker 1: had batted around and tied the game at five, but 443 00:26:34,119 --> 00:26:37,080 Speaker 1: it felt like more than that. You know, the winning 444 00:26:37,119 --> 00:26:40,359 Speaker 1: percentage charts that they do it and then it was 445 00:26:40,480 --> 00:26:43,600 Speaker 1: like all Yankees and then fifth inning it goes like 446 00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:45,080 Speaker 1: that to all Dodgers. 447 00:26:46,720 --> 00:26:47,080 Speaker 3: Crazy. 448 00:26:47,440 --> 00:26:52,639 Speaker 1: Yeah, the Yankees continued to have missteps, including a completely 449 00:26:52,720 --> 00:26:56,320 Speaker 1: avoidable bock by their closer, Luke had a bock. You 450 00:26:56,359 --> 00:27:00,840 Speaker 1: have three disengagements, and the Dodgers continue to come through 451 00:27:01,320 --> 00:27:05,399 Speaker 1: with contributions from nearly every member of the team, but 452 00:27:05,640 --> 00:27:09,560 Speaker 1: just about everybody who was available pitched, including Blake Trinan, 453 00:27:09,800 --> 00:27:13,800 Speaker 1: who went long after appearing in long outings already several 454 00:27:13,880 --> 00:27:16,840 Speaker 1: times throughout this series. And there was a beautiful moment 455 00:27:16,920 --> 00:27:20,840 Speaker 1: where Dodgers manager Dave Roberts visited Trinan on the mound. 456 00:27:21,320 --> 00:27:24,040 Speaker 1: Usually when a manager goes to the mound, he's taking 457 00:27:24,119 --> 00:27:27,040 Speaker 1: the picture out of the game, but instead Doc just 458 00:27:27,160 --> 00:27:30,399 Speaker 1: put his hands on Trinan's chest and asked him if 459 00:27:30,440 --> 00:27:33,240 Speaker 1: he wanted to stay in Trianon said that he did. 460 00:27:33,680 --> 00:27:36,760 Speaker 1: It was against the odds, it was against the analytics, 461 00:27:37,200 --> 00:27:38,679 Speaker 1: and it totally worked. 462 00:27:39,440 --> 00:27:42,239 Speaker 5: Moment was huge, Yeah, it was, yeah, because Trinon had 463 00:27:42,240 --> 00:27:46,000 Speaker 5: seen those guys three games in a row, four games 464 00:27:46,040 --> 00:27:47,400 Speaker 5: in a row, like, they. 465 00:27:47,359 --> 00:27:49,320 Speaker 4: Saw him a lot, and they saw a lot of 466 00:27:49,359 --> 00:27:50,080 Speaker 4: pitches from him. 467 00:27:50,280 --> 00:27:51,560 Speaker 3: Yeah, so I was a little worried. 468 00:27:51,640 --> 00:27:53,400 Speaker 4: I was surprised to see him come into the game. 469 00:27:53,920 --> 00:27:54,760 Speaker 3: But who else we had? 470 00:27:55,160 --> 00:27:55,720 Speaker 4: Yeah, we were at it. 471 00:27:55,800 --> 00:27:57,960 Speaker 3: We had like all our triple against They showed that chart. 472 00:27:58,119 --> 00:28:00,560 Speaker 3: I was like, oh, no, crap totched off. 473 00:28:00,760 --> 00:28:03,200 Speaker 4: Yeah, I was like wow. And also a kudos to 474 00:28:03,280 --> 00:28:06,879 Speaker 4: Dave Roberts, doc skip, he fled it. 475 00:28:07,520 --> 00:28:11,280 Speaker 1: It's basically an annual tradition. Just about this time every year, 476 00:28:11,560 --> 00:28:15,359 Speaker 1: there are calls for manager Dave Roberts head, usually using 477 00:28:15,480 --> 00:28:19,120 Speaker 1: whatever postseason implosion the Dodgers have just gone through as 478 00:28:19,119 --> 00:28:20,280 Speaker 1: an excuse. 479 00:28:20,280 --> 00:28:21,760 Speaker 3: Leaders that say they need to fire. 480 00:28:21,840 --> 00:28:25,359 Speaker 5: I've always said they're gonna fire Dave Roberts because our 481 00:28:25,400 --> 00:28:26,240 Speaker 5: guys aren't producing. 482 00:28:26,359 --> 00:28:27,080 Speaker 3: That's dumb. 483 00:28:27,640 --> 00:28:32,080 Speaker 5: It's such a dumb mentality. It's it's so like like 484 00:28:32,200 --> 00:28:35,879 Speaker 5: you're not even like it's so casual. It's such a 485 00:28:35,960 --> 00:28:39,160 Speaker 5: casual fan mentality, you know what I mean. He's like 486 00:28:39,240 --> 00:28:42,240 Speaker 5: the winninges Dodger coach of all time. Yeah, how many 487 00:28:42,480 --> 00:28:45,040 Speaker 5: postings did take this suit? If the boys aren't producing, 488 00:28:45,040 --> 00:28:46,760 Speaker 5: they're not producing, he can't go up there and swing 489 00:28:46,840 --> 00:28:49,000 Speaker 5: the bat for them and hit you like this, you 490 00:28:49,040 --> 00:28:49,479 Speaker 5: know what I mean. 491 00:28:49,560 --> 00:28:51,720 Speaker 3: So it's like, you know, and he. 492 00:28:51,720 --> 00:28:53,680 Speaker 5: Made the right, He made the right moves, made the 493 00:28:53,800 --> 00:28:55,440 Speaker 5: right moves, pull guys when he needed to put in 494 00:28:55,520 --> 00:28:57,240 Speaker 5: guys who were locked in. 495 00:28:58,600 --> 00:29:01,760 Speaker 2: So back to back walks issued by Bruce Dark Graderol 496 00:29:02,160 --> 00:29:05,160 Speaker 2: the go ahead run is MB and John Farle Stanton's 497 00:29:05,240 --> 00:29:09,480 Speaker 2: coming up, though at this point every one of the Dodgers' 498 00:29:09,520 --> 00:29:11,480 Speaker 2: high leverage arms has been used. Up to this point, 499 00:29:11,760 --> 00:29:12,680 Speaker 2: two on two out. 500 00:29:13,080 --> 00:29:16,000 Speaker 1: The rest of Game five wasn't exactly a smooth ride, 501 00:29:16,480 --> 00:29:20,680 Speaker 1: but it was masterfully navigated by Dave Roberts. The Yankees 502 00:29:20,760 --> 00:29:23,120 Speaker 1: even took the lead later in the game by a 503 00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:24,840 Speaker 1: single run, and rookie. 504 00:29:24,640 --> 00:29:27,200 Speaker 2: Bets comes up with the bases loaded and one guard. 505 00:29:28,200 --> 00:29:30,040 Speaker 1: But then we got it right back. 506 00:29:30,280 --> 00:29:32,240 Speaker 2: Joddrey Treat still makes the cup. 507 00:29:32,520 --> 00:29:35,520 Speaker 8: The Dodgers have come all the way back and taken 508 00:29:35,600 --> 00:29:37,160 Speaker 8: the night in Game five. 509 00:29:37,880 --> 00:29:40,920 Speaker 2: From down five tofe the head seven. 510 00:29:40,800 --> 00:29:44,240 Speaker 8: Six in the most preposterous. 511 00:29:43,440 --> 00:29:45,160 Speaker 2: Way, a one round lead. 512 00:29:45,880 --> 00:29:48,320 Speaker 1: Going into the bottom of the ninth, we had a 513 00:29:48,480 --> 00:29:52,360 Speaker 1: one run lead. There was just one problem. 514 00:29:53,360 --> 00:29:54,560 Speaker 4: We're running out of pictures. 515 00:29:55,120 --> 00:29:58,360 Speaker 1: It was time for a dramatic final scene. 516 00:29:59,280 --> 00:30:01,480 Speaker 4: I like that showed Walker Buller in the bullpen. 517 00:30:02,440 --> 00:30:05,640 Speaker 1: Walker Bueller had a rocky year. He's had a rocky 518 00:30:05,800 --> 00:30:09,080 Speaker 1: couple of years and has been attempting a so so 519 00:30:09,400 --> 00:30:13,240 Speaker 1: comeback from his second Tommy John surgery. Before that, he 520 00:30:13,360 --> 00:30:16,920 Speaker 1: had arguably been the Dodgers ace during the team's twenty 521 00:30:17,000 --> 00:30:21,600 Speaker 1: twenty World Series winning season, and he loves big moments. 522 00:30:22,160 --> 00:30:24,840 Speaker 1: But he wasn't rusted. He had just made a start 523 00:30:25,040 --> 00:30:28,000 Speaker 1: two days before, so it was a surprise to see 524 00:30:28,040 --> 00:30:28,640 Speaker 1: him in the pen. 525 00:30:29,280 --> 00:30:31,800 Speaker 3: Walker Bueler might be warming. 526 00:30:31,600 --> 00:30:35,240 Speaker 1: Up as he jogged from the dugout to the visiting bullpen. 527 00:30:35,560 --> 00:30:38,479 Speaker 1: According to an article in The Athletic by Fabian Ardaya, 528 00:30:38,680 --> 00:30:42,880 Speaker 1: Bueller was stopped by Clayton Kershaw, who said he loved him. 529 00:30:43,160 --> 00:30:47,520 Speaker 1: Few understand that walk like Kershaw, who twice has emerged 530 00:30:47,560 --> 00:30:51,120 Speaker 1: on short rest in relief and clinched in October celebration. 531 00:30:51,480 --> 00:30:56,720 Speaker 1: For these Dodgers, it takes big. Kershaw said he knew 532 00:30:56,760 --> 00:30:59,880 Speaker 1: we were going to need him as we went into 533 00:31:00,080 --> 00:31:02,320 Speaker 1: the bottom of the ninth with the one run lead. 534 00:31:02,760 --> 00:31:06,240 Speaker 1: I knew that I was watching a historic Dodgers moment. 535 00:31:06,520 --> 00:31:10,880 Speaker 1: The Los Angeles Dodgers are three outs away from winning 536 00:31:11,480 --> 00:31:15,600 Speaker 1: the World Series. Walker Bueller into pitch. 537 00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:18,280 Speaker 2: It is nine to forty six PM. 538 00:31:19,200 --> 00:31:21,800 Speaker 1: I want to be like Vince scully So I'm watching 539 00:31:21,920 --> 00:31:25,160 Speaker 1: the clock to make note of the time narratively as 540 00:31:25,240 --> 00:31:27,520 Speaker 1: he would, but I don't have a clock, so I 541 00:31:27,600 --> 00:31:31,800 Speaker 1: look at my phone. It is Wednesday, October thirtieth, eight 542 00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:36,760 Speaker 1: forty seven pm, very specifically Pacific time. 543 00:31:37,680 --> 00:31:41,920 Speaker 8: Dodgers are turning to Walker Buller out of the bullpen 544 00:31:42,040 --> 00:31:45,320 Speaker 8: for the first time since the end of June and twenty. 545 00:31:45,080 --> 00:31:48,400 Speaker 2: Eighteen, breaking pitch, grabbing the floor, Lusi's got it. 546 00:31:49,440 --> 00:31:52,520 Speaker 1: One gone in then out, he gets a ground out 547 00:31:52,560 --> 00:31:53,520 Speaker 1: and there's one gone. 548 00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:57,640 Speaker 2: Boston Wells on a three to two chains message. 549 00:31:58,520 --> 00:32:03,000 Speaker 1: The Dodgers are one out, then a strikeout to gone. 550 00:32:05,680 --> 00:32:06,280 Speaker 4: It strikes. 551 00:32:09,480 --> 00:32:09,920 Speaker 7: Okay. 552 00:32:11,680 --> 00:32:14,080 Speaker 1: I look at my phone clock again to make note 553 00:32:14,120 --> 00:32:21,840 Speaker 1: of the time narratively like Vince Scullywood's And when I do, 554 00:32:22,360 --> 00:32:27,000 Speaker 1: I see my dad as facetiming me. My phone is 555 00:32:27,040 --> 00:32:29,760 Speaker 1: in do not disturb, it always is when I'm watching games, 556 00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:34,440 Speaker 1: but the FaceTime still showing up on the screen, and 557 00:32:34,560 --> 00:32:40,520 Speaker 1: then it hits me. It's all over. His TV feed 558 00:32:40,680 --> 00:32:43,000 Speaker 1: must be ahead of mine, and he just saw it happen, 559 00:32:43,160 --> 00:32:45,440 Speaker 1: and he's calling because he wants to share the moment 560 00:32:45,520 --> 00:32:47,880 Speaker 1: with me. And I'm living in the future and I 561 00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:50,320 Speaker 1: know what's going to happen, but someone I'm in the 562 00:32:50,400 --> 00:32:52,640 Speaker 1: room with tells me I should focus, and it's all 563 00:32:52,800 --> 00:32:54,360 Speaker 1: just kind of funny. 564 00:33:01,720 --> 00:33:02,520 Speaker 7: Bad guy. 565 00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:05,080 Speaker 1: And then it happens. 566 00:33:14,600 --> 00:33:26,200 Speaker 7: It's it is eight fifty. 567 00:33:28,000 --> 00:33:29,800 Speaker 1: And the job is finished. 568 00:33:32,080 --> 00:33:33,680 Speaker 4: There was a lot that happened last night. 569 00:33:33,760 --> 00:33:36,880 Speaker 3: Man, Yeah, I got to rewatch it or it is again. 570 00:33:36,880 --> 00:33:40,160 Speaker 3: They're just showing the highlights. I love it mornings showing 571 00:33:40,200 --> 00:33:40,960 Speaker 3: Walker Bawn. 572 00:33:41,920 --> 00:33:42,120 Speaker 7: Oh. 573 00:33:43,480 --> 00:33:46,720 Speaker 4: This is one of the most deserved world against. 574 00:33:46,400 --> 00:33:51,040 Speaker 5: The Yankees, not against the Guardians, not against the Tigers, 575 00:33:51,120 --> 00:33:53,800 Speaker 5: not against one of the smaller market teams, the big boys, 576 00:33:54,240 --> 00:33:55,760 Speaker 5: the beast in the East, and then we give them 577 00:33:55,800 --> 00:33:57,800 Speaker 5: the gentlemen sweep just because they're not bad guys. You know, 578 00:33:58,040 --> 00:33:59,160 Speaker 5: got to make it a little interesting. 579 00:34:00,160 --> 00:34:00,600 Speaker 3: Home runs. 580 00:34:00,960 --> 00:34:07,480 Speaker 5: The Yankees had three home runs Stanton Judge Chisholm three 581 00:34:07,560 --> 00:34:08,480 Speaker 5: home runs in the. 582 00:34:08,520 --> 00:34:10,160 Speaker 4: Bronx and so, you know, but we won. 583 00:34:11,120 --> 00:34:13,960 Speaker 1: Our team was a better playing team, and I think 584 00:34:14,040 --> 00:34:16,040 Speaker 1: our team, you know, they picked each other up. There 585 00:34:16,160 --> 00:34:19,359 Speaker 1: there was a real camaraderie. There a lot of good 586 00:34:19,360 --> 00:34:21,719 Speaker 1: guys on that team. And yeah, a lot of overcoming 587 00:34:21,800 --> 00:34:25,239 Speaker 1: some like difficult situations this year. If you just look 588 00:34:25,280 --> 00:34:27,160 Speaker 1: at you know, the MV three and then all the 589 00:34:27,200 --> 00:34:27,720 Speaker 1: way down. 590 00:34:27,680 --> 00:34:30,680 Speaker 3: You know, the injuries, personal stuff, free. 591 00:34:30,160 --> 00:34:35,240 Speaker 1: Hand son almost dies, losing your best friend because he stole. 592 00:34:35,040 --> 00:34:35,960 Speaker 4: From you and betrayed you. 593 00:34:37,200 --> 00:34:37,720 Speaker 3: It's crazy. 594 00:34:38,840 --> 00:34:39,960 Speaker 4: All right, what else should we cover? 595 00:34:40,480 --> 00:34:41,839 Speaker 3: I think we've covered it for now. 596 00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:45,320 Speaker 1: All right, Well, congratulations to you grade you see you 597 00:34:45,360 --> 00:34:48,520 Speaker 1: at the parade. Yes, I'm very excited about the parade, 598 00:34:48,640 --> 00:34:50,759 Speaker 1: you know, because the Dodgers one in twenty twenty and 599 00:34:50,840 --> 00:34:53,279 Speaker 1: because of worst Society was that. It's really great that 600 00:34:53,320 --> 00:34:58,759 Speaker 1: we're able to do this now. November one, twenty twenty four, 601 00:34:59,160 --> 00:35:02,399 Speaker 1: two days after the Dodgers won the World Series, Los 602 00:35:02,440 --> 00:35:06,920 Speaker 1: Angeles had its first World Series parade since nineteen eighty eight, 603 00:35:07,320 --> 00:35:11,400 Speaker 1: on what would have been Fernando Valenzuela's sixty fourth birthday. 604 00:35:55,800 --> 00:36:00,600 Speaker 1: Dodger Blue Dream is written and produced by me Rich Parks. 605 00:36:00,680 --> 00:36:05,320 Speaker 1: The third original music in this episode by William Ryan Fritch, 606 00:36:05,760 --> 00:36:11,160 Speaker 1: Jonathan Snipes the Blasting Company, and by me. Production assistance 607 00:36:11,239 --> 00:36:16,480 Speaker 1: from Tyler Hill. Special thanks to Caitlin esh, Elizabeth Parks, Kibbie, 608 00:36:16,880 --> 00:36:23,160 Speaker 1: Jordan Bass, and Wesley Avila. Thank you for listening. Job finished. 609 00:36:23,719 --> 00:36:26,920 Speaker 1: So this is the last episode of Dodger Blue Dream, 610 00:36:27,360 --> 00:36:30,560 Speaker 1: our documentary about the baseball season, made in real time 611 00:36:30,680 --> 00:36:34,360 Speaker 1: as the season unfolds, at least for now, and what 612 00:36:34,600 --> 00:36:39,120 Speaker 1: an ending to the story of this incredible, unforgettable twenty 613 00:36:39,200 --> 00:36:43,359 Speaker 1: twenty four Dodgers baseball season. I have had so much 614 00:36:43,480 --> 00:36:46,560 Speaker 1: fun doing this show, and I've put everything that I've 615 00:36:46,640 --> 00:36:49,920 Speaker 1: got into it for more than seven months now. 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