1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:06,280 Speaker 1: Okay, I am here on Cyprus Street. Welcome to Dodger 2 00:00:06,320 --> 00:00:11,959 Speaker 1: Blue Dream two forty five on Monday. World Series starts Friday. 3 00:00:12,400 --> 00:00:15,440 Speaker 1: I'm Richard Parks, the third. I'm about to go get 4 00:00:15,480 --> 00:00:19,920 Speaker 1: my lucky World Series haircut. It's been quite a week 5 00:00:20,239 --> 00:00:24,279 Speaker 1: in Los Angeles. Maybe it's me, but everybody seems to 6 00:00:24,320 --> 00:00:27,319 Speaker 1: be talking about the Dodgers and their trip to the 7 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:30,600 Speaker 1: World Series for the second year in a row. I'm 8 00:00:30,680 --> 00:00:33,239 Speaker 1: getting the same haircut I got last year before the 9 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:37,440 Speaker 1: World Series from the same barber with Fabian, and Fabian 10 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:41,160 Speaker 1: is a Dodger fan, so we'll probably talk a little 11 00:00:41,159 --> 00:00:43,680 Speaker 1: ball while I'm in there. All right, let's get it. 12 00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:52,360 Speaker 1: All right, it's just you today, I see holding it down. 13 00:00:53,360 --> 00:00:57,160 Speaker 1: Baseball fans are a superstitious bunch. I got this haircut 14 00:00:57,240 --> 00:01:00,120 Speaker 1: last year before the World Series, so I got I 15 00:01:00,120 --> 00:01:05,800 Speaker 1: got it this year. Babian or Tease, is my barber, 16 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:09,800 Speaker 1: and he's also a season ticket holder at Dodger Stadium. 17 00:01:09,959 --> 00:01:12,319 Speaker 1: And when you have season tickets, you have a chance 18 00:01:12,440 --> 00:01:16,160 Speaker 1: to buy those seats for the postseason games. It's a 19 00:01:16,200 --> 00:01:19,040 Speaker 1: pricey ticket no matter how you slice it, but this 20 00:01:19,120 --> 00:01:21,080 Speaker 1: makes it a bit better of a deal. Do you 21 00:01:21,080 --> 00:01:21,800 Speaker 1: have your tickets. 22 00:01:22,240 --> 00:01:25,320 Speaker 2: I haven't got any tickets because I said I wasn't 23 00:01:25,360 --> 00:01:29,080 Speaker 2: going to get tickets until the World Series. I had 24 00:01:29,120 --> 00:01:32,320 Speaker 2: a feeling we were gonna go to the World Series. 25 00:01:32,400 --> 00:01:34,839 Speaker 2: I didn't want to jinx it by getting tickets because 26 00:01:34,880 --> 00:01:37,520 Speaker 2: other years that I've gotten tickets in the playoffs, we 27 00:01:37,600 --> 00:01:39,080 Speaker 2: haven't made it right for the. 28 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:43,840 Speaker 1: World Series, Like I said, a superstitious bunch. We made it. 29 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:45,400 Speaker 2: So I'm gonna get my tickets. 30 00:01:45,440 --> 00:01:49,960 Speaker 1: Yere, it works, Yeah, yeah, we're all doing our part here. 31 00:01:50,680 --> 00:01:50,800 Speaker 2: Well. 32 00:01:50,840 --> 00:01:53,720 Speaker 1: I don't know. I don't know what I got last year, 33 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:58,040 Speaker 1: but I think about thirty minutes later time which we 34 00:01:58,120 --> 00:02:02,280 Speaker 1: spent shooting the breeze about baseball, I had my lucky 35 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:03,800 Speaker 1: World Series haircut. 36 00:02:04,160 --> 00:02:07,040 Speaker 2: Tell me what you think. This is pretty much what 37 00:02:07,120 --> 00:02:11,400 Speaker 2: we did last year. If I remember, I pretty much 38 00:02:11,440 --> 00:02:13,000 Speaker 2: remember we did something like this. 39 00:02:13,160 --> 00:02:17,880 Speaker 1: All right, cool, well it all right, right, let's roll 40 00:02:17,919 --> 00:02:21,720 Speaker 1: with it. Let's run it back back to back, baby. 41 00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:25,640 Speaker 1: The Dodgers are trying to be the first team in 42 00:02:25,720 --> 00:02:29,600 Speaker 1: baseball in twenty five years to win back to back titles, 43 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:32,960 Speaker 1: and they're being talked about as the favorites to win 44 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:36,440 Speaker 1: the World Series against the Toronto Blue Jays. But as 45 00:02:36,480 --> 00:02:39,080 Speaker 1: I found out over the course of this week in 46 00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:43,080 Speaker 1: conversations I had with fans of both the Dodgers and 47 00:02:43,120 --> 00:02:47,360 Speaker 1: the Blue Jays, and experts and my co host, Chef West, 48 00:02:47,639 --> 00:02:50,120 Speaker 1: it's a little bit more complicated than that. And I 49 00:02:50,160 --> 00:02:54,360 Speaker 1: always think pride Goe before the fall. The baseball gods 50 00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:56,880 Speaker 1: don't like it when you get too cocky, and we 51 00:02:57,040 --> 00:03:00,880 Speaker 1: just really don't know what's going to happen. So today 52 00:03:00,960 --> 00:03:03,320 Speaker 1: on the show, we're going to talk about this World 53 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:08,600 Speaker 1: Series matchup, which kicks off today Friday at five pm, 54 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:12,360 Speaker 1: very specifically Pacific time. You'll hear from me and my 55 00:03:12,480 --> 00:03:15,880 Speaker 1: co host, You'll hear from my Canadian friend James for 56 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:18,240 Speaker 1: a little bit of the Blue Jays perspective, and I 57 00:03:18,280 --> 00:03:21,400 Speaker 1: also talk to a Dodgers beat writer who travels with 58 00:03:21,480 --> 00:03:25,519 Speaker 1: the team and knows the situation inside and out. Once again, 59 00:03:25,960 --> 00:03:29,120 Speaker 1: thanks for tuning in to Dodger Blue Dream the twenty 60 00:03:29,240 --> 00:03:51,560 Speaker 1: twenty five World Series preview. We'll be right back. The 61 00:03:51,640 --> 00:03:54,680 Speaker 1: Dodgers are trying to go back to back, and if 62 00:03:54,680 --> 00:03:58,840 Speaker 1: they do, it will cement their status as a baseball dynasty. 63 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:01,480 Speaker 1: Nobody's gone back back to back since the New York 64 00:04:01,560 --> 00:04:04,600 Speaker 1: Yankees have a three peat in the Y two K 65 00:04:04,840 --> 00:04:08,960 Speaker 1: era a quarter century ago. Not only that, this would 66 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:13,400 Speaker 1: be the Dodgers third title in six years. That's a dynasty. 67 00:04:13,880 --> 00:04:17,600 Speaker 1: For the Blue Jays, a World Series title would validate 68 00:04:17,720 --> 00:04:20,960 Speaker 1: a huge investment they've put into their young players and 69 00:04:21,040 --> 00:04:24,600 Speaker 1: also their stadium that so far hasn't really panned out, 70 00:04:25,080 --> 00:04:28,080 Speaker 1: and the Blue Jays have not been to the World 71 00:04:28,160 --> 00:04:32,039 Speaker 1: Series since nineteen ninety three, when they won it for 72 00:04:32,120 --> 00:04:35,160 Speaker 1: the second consecutive year. The Blue Jays actually have gone 73 00:04:35,160 --> 00:04:37,640 Speaker 1: back to back, but that was back then and this 74 00:04:37,800 --> 00:04:43,320 Speaker 1: is now. With my lucky haircut, it was now time 75 00:04:43,520 --> 00:04:47,159 Speaker 1: to meet up with my co host, chef wes Avla 76 00:04:47,520 --> 00:04:50,040 Speaker 1: to pick apart all the ins and outs of how 77 00:04:50,080 --> 00:04:53,039 Speaker 1: we feel about this series coming up against the Toronto 78 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:56,839 Speaker 1: Blue Jays. What date is it today? Tuesday, October twenty first, 79 00:04:56,880 --> 00:05:02,320 Speaker 1: twenty first, twenty twenty five. An exciting time, very exciting. 80 00:05:02,320 --> 00:05:03,280 Speaker 1: How are you feeling about it? 81 00:05:03,320 --> 00:05:07,920 Speaker 3: I'm feeling very good, very confident, excited, excited. 82 00:05:07,800 --> 00:05:10,520 Speaker 1: Yes, not nervous. Not nervous. 83 00:05:10,960 --> 00:05:13,240 Speaker 3: It wasn't like last year with the Yankees. With the Yankees, 84 00:05:13,279 --> 00:05:15,440 Speaker 3: it felt a little nervous because you know, they had 85 00:05:15,440 --> 00:05:16,320 Speaker 3: the sleeping giant. 86 00:05:16,600 --> 00:05:20,960 Speaker 1: Here, Wes is referring to Yankee slugger Aaron Judge, who 87 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:24,200 Speaker 1: wasn't really doing much in the postseason last year. That 88 00:05:24,240 --> 00:05:27,440 Speaker 1: makes the Yankees a whole different team, and it seems 89 00:05:27,480 --> 00:05:29,560 Speaker 1: like we're all looking at this year a little bit 90 00:05:29,600 --> 00:05:33,560 Speaker 1: differently than last year. I spoke with Fabian Ardaya about this. 91 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:37,400 Speaker 1: Fabian is a Dodgers beat writer for The Athletic. 92 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:40,159 Speaker 4: And this year, not to say that there hasn't been 93 00:05:40,400 --> 00:05:42,280 Speaker 4: as much going on, because there still has been a 94 00:05:42,320 --> 00:05:44,479 Speaker 4: lot of interesting stuff happening, but this has been more 95 00:05:44,520 --> 00:05:47,760 Speaker 4: of an almost pure domination for the Dodgers to get 96 00:05:47,800 --> 00:05:50,280 Speaker 4: to this point, even factory in the extra round that 97 00:05:50,320 --> 00:05:52,720 Speaker 4: they had to play in. I mean, they're nine and 98 00:05:52,839 --> 00:05:55,760 Speaker 4: one heading into this World Series in October, and that 99 00:05:55,960 --> 00:06:00,080 Speaker 4: is a testament to how strong their starting rotation is. 100 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:02,640 Speaker 4: Which was a big part of the narrative last year 101 00:06:02,760 --> 00:06:05,799 Speaker 4: was how little starting pision they had, which made every 102 00:06:05,839 --> 00:06:09,520 Speaker 4: single game almost a puzzle to see how Dodgers would 103 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:11,760 Speaker 4: find their way to get twenty seven out's. This year, 104 00:06:12,200 --> 00:06:15,160 Speaker 4: it's a lot more straightforward. It's you let Blake Snell 105 00:06:15,279 --> 00:06:18,599 Speaker 4: or your Shobi Almoto or Tyler glasnow or Chokio Tani 106 00:06:19,120 --> 00:06:22,839 Speaker 4: take you as deep as possible. And I think that's 107 00:06:22,960 --> 00:06:25,000 Speaker 4: the biggest thing that's kind of standing out this year. 108 00:06:25,200 --> 00:06:28,320 Speaker 1: Where to last, where the Dodgers have Shohey and the 109 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:31,920 Speaker 1: Yankees had Aaron Judge, the Toronto Blue Jays have their 110 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:34,800 Speaker 1: superstar in Vladimir Guerrero Junior. 111 00:06:35,440 --> 00:06:38,720 Speaker 3: They got Vlatti and Vladdy's got some serious pop. 112 00:06:39,200 --> 00:06:43,479 Speaker 1: Right now, Vlatti is tearing up the postseason. He's already 113 00:06:43,520 --> 00:06:46,120 Speaker 1: tied the franchise record for the most home runs in 114 00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:49,080 Speaker 1: a postseason before even making it to the World Series. 115 00:06:49,400 --> 00:06:52,160 Speaker 1: Gladdy's hitting a lot of home runs. Yeah, He's hit 116 00:06:52,200 --> 00:06:53,320 Speaker 1: like six kiss or something. 117 00:06:53,520 --> 00:06:56,159 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's so good to see him hit too, because 118 00:06:56,200 --> 00:06:58,080 Speaker 3: he's got a really nice swing. You know, he's got 119 00:06:58,080 --> 00:07:01,719 Speaker 3: some power, got a good attitude. Dude, it's great. It's 120 00:07:01,800 --> 00:07:05,000 Speaker 3: it's like seem you know, like comparable for us would 121 00:07:05,040 --> 00:07:06,160 Speaker 3: be like Tailor. He's got that. 122 00:07:06,279 --> 00:07:08,440 Speaker 1: Energy to him, you know, very likable guy. 123 00:07:08,480 --> 00:07:10,440 Speaker 3: Very likable. He's on he's on the Blue Jays. I'm 124 00:07:10,440 --> 00:07:11,280 Speaker 3: not a Blue Jays fan. 125 00:07:11,560 --> 00:07:12,360 Speaker 1: Yeah, Latti. 126 00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:15,240 Speaker 3: Everybody loves Flatty. He's like poppy, He's like, you know, 127 00:07:15,480 --> 00:07:17,200 Speaker 3: he's got that energy that you just like the guy. 128 00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:19,800 Speaker 1: You can't hate the guy, and he's their homegrown star. 129 00:07:19,880 --> 00:07:23,840 Speaker 1: He's actually Canadian. Yeah, he's Dominican Canadian. 130 00:07:24,440 --> 00:07:26,640 Speaker 5: I mean, first of all, Guerrero is a Canadian. 131 00:07:27,080 --> 00:07:30,400 Speaker 1: This is my friend James Braithwaite who lives in Toronto. 132 00:07:30,680 --> 00:07:33,800 Speaker 1: I reached out to him to get the Canadian perspective 133 00:07:34,120 --> 00:07:37,200 Speaker 1: from a Blue Jays fan, which is like the best. 134 00:07:37,240 --> 00:07:39,440 Speaker 6: He's the son of Vladimir Guerrero's senior, who was a 135 00:07:39,520 --> 00:07:44,160 Speaker 6: Montreal Expo And there's incredibly cute footage you can see 136 00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:48,240 Speaker 6: of Vladdie Junior on the field as like a five 137 00:07:48,320 --> 00:07:49,720 Speaker 6: year old with the expos. 138 00:07:49,800 --> 00:07:50,720 Speaker 5: It's so cool. 139 00:07:51,320 --> 00:07:54,760 Speaker 6: But so yeah, Vladdie is a Canadian and he is 140 00:07:55,280 --> 00:07:57,720 Speaker 6: I would say, by far, the most famous Canadian baseball 141 00:07:57,760 --> 00:08:01,040 Speaker 6: player we've ever had. I mean, we have a couple 142 00:08:01,080 --> 00:08:03,960 Speaker 6: Hall of famers, but like right now, he is definitely 143 00:08:04,040 --> 00:08:08,240 Speaker 6: the most famous. And yeah, they seem to have built 144 00:08:08,240 --> 00:08:11,040 Speaker 6: like this team around him. That is a team that 145 00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:14,080 Speaker 6: seems to be having a ton of fun. Like I 146 00:08:14,080 --> 00:08:16,000 Speaker 6: heard Don Maddingly talk about it. He's like, Oh, this 147 00:08:16,080 --> 00:08:18,800 Speaker 6: is a team that really actually enjoys each other's company. 148 00:08:19,360 --> 00:08:22,320 Speaker 6: Like these are guys that will show up merrily to 149 00:08:22,400 --> 00:08:24,760 Speaker 6: practices that they don't even need to be too. They 150 00:08:24,840 --> 00:08:26,600 Speaker 6: just come because they want to hang out with each 151 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:29,440 Speaker 6: other on their days off, and they just seem like 152 00:08:29,480 --> 00:08:32,520 Speaker 6: there's like a really cool atmosphere and a really happy atmosphere, 153 00:08:32,920 --> 00:08:35,400 Speaker 6: which I don't feel a lot of teams. 154 00:08:35,559 --> 00:08:41,440 Speaker 1: Have signed a big extension half a billy really five 155 00:08:41,520 --> 00:08:44,719 Speaker 1: hundred mili Yeah, so he's their superstar. 156 00:08:45,400 --> 00:08:47,440 Speaker 4: Yeah. I would start with the fact that Vladimir Greer 157 00:08:47,640 --> 00:08:50,000 Speaker 4: Junior has looked like the best hitter on the planet is. 158 00:08:49,840 --> 00:08:54,240 Speaker 1: October once again. Dodgers beat writer Fabian Ardayah from The 159 00:08:54,280 --> 00:08:55,440 Speaker 1: Athletic Hell. 160 00:08:55,520 --> 00:08:58,120 Speaker 4: Yeah, Obviously, the talent has always been in there. The 161 00:08:58,160 --> 00:09:00,840 Speaker 4: talent has been immense. He's been one of the top 162 00:09:00,880 --> 00:09:03,959 Speaker 4: prospects in the sport even before he turned nineteen years old. 163 00:09:04,040 --> 00:09:07,720 Speaker 4: Like this has been the promise of VLADIMIRK. Graver Junior. 164 00:09:07,760 --> 00:09:09,880 Speaker 4: He's kind of lived up to it in his first 165 00:09:09,880 --> 00:09:12,960 Speaker 4: real extended October run, and he in a lot of 166 00:09:12,960 --> 00:09:16,000 Speaker 4: ways has kind of fueled this Blue Jays offense. 167 00:09:16,320 --> 00:09:27,240 Speaker 1: Buck so vlatdy, super likable guy and obviously important to 168 00:09:27,280 --> 00:09:30,400 Speaker 1: the team. But if you're looking for a villain, Chef 169 00:09:30,440 --> 00:09:31,880 Speaker 1: Wes has your back. 170 00:09:32,280 --> 00:09:36,199 Speaker 3: And they got that cheating scumbag George Springer, which was 171 00:09:36,240 --> 00:09:38,960 Speaker 3: part of the twenty seventeen Astros, which Dodger fans will 172 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:39,640 Speaker 3: never forget. 173 00:09:41,840 --> 00:09:45,920 Speaker 1: George Springer, who was on the twenty seventeen Houston Astros 174 00:09:46,160 --> 00:09:49,960 Speaker 1: who stole signs in their World Series against the Dodgers, 175 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:53,320 Speaker 1: which they won, now plays for the Toronto Blue Jays. 176 00:09:53,360 --> 00:09:56,200 Speaker 1: He hit the game winning home run in Game seven 177 00:09:56,320 --> 00:09:59,640 Speaker 1: of the ALCS that sent them to the World Series. 178 00:10:02,400 --> 00:10:02,679 Speaker 3: Child. 179 00:10:07,120 --> 00:10:09,839 Speaker 5: Although everybody seems to hate George Springer. 180 00:10:09,600 --> 00:10:12,640 Speaker 1: He was on the twenty seventeen Cheaton Astros. 181 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:17,520 Speaker 5: Absolutely absolutely. He also has the darkest eyes. 182 00:10:18,240 --> 00:10:20,760 Speaker 6: Like looking into his eyes even when he's smiling, it's 183 00:10:20,760 --> 00:10:23,600 Speaker 6: something that's just like so like that it's just dark 184 00:10:23,640 --> 00:10:26,240 Speaker 6: pits of sadness his eyes, even when he's super happy, 185 00:10:26,280 --> 00:10:27,960 Speaker 6: he just has these dark pit eyes. 186 00:10:29,679 --> 00:10:33,840 Speaker 1: And there's one more prominent Blue Jay Dodger fans might remember, and. 187 00:10:33,920 --> 00:10:36,280 Speaker 3: They got Max Schuzer. So it's gonna be a fun series. 188 00:10:36,320 --> 00:10:39,000 Speaker 3: You know, he's a really tough competitor, so be nice 189 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:43,360 Speaker 3: to shell like him, you know, Mad Max, Mad Max. 190 00:10:43,320 --> 00:10:44,559 Speaker 5: And we have Max Scherzer. 191 00:10:45,040 --> 00:10:48,839 Speaker 6: And so Max Schurzer was not put into the first 192 00:10:48,840 --> 00:10:51,280 Speaker 6: series because he had a couple of really lousy games 193 00:10:51,360 --> 00:10:54,000 Speaker 6: before the end of the season and so they had 194 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:57,080 Speaker 6: taken him out, which everyone's like, uh, I don't want 195 00:10:57,080 --> 00:10:59,000 Speaker 6: to be the guy to tell him that he's not 196 00:10:59,080 --> 00:11:01,040 Speaker 6: playing in the series because. 197 00:11:00,720 --> 00:11:03,880 Speaker 5: He's like, he's a little nuts. He's like, he's aggressive. 198 00:11:03,920 --> 00:11:07,640 Speaker 6: He's just like I always picture pictures as being like 199 00:11:07,760 --> 00:11:10,800 Speaker 6: a little psychopathic because it's just such a stressful position 200 00:11:11,360 --> 00:11:13,680 Speaker 6: that there has to be something slightly wrong with you 201 00:11:13,800 --> 00:11:16,040 Speaker 6: to be able to do that and not have your 202 00:11:16,080 --> 00:11:20,160 Speaker 6: brain fall out of your ears live on television. And 203 00:11:20,679 --> 00:11:23,920 Speaker 6: Max is that guy, just like super aggressive, and so 204 00:11:24,240 --> 00:11:27,160 Speaker 6: they did not have him in. So during this last 205 00:11:27,200 --> 00:11:29,600 Speaker 6: sears against the Mariners, they did put him in, and 206 00:11:29,640 --> 00:11:32,520 Speaker 6: everyone's like, what is going to happen? Like, he's a 207 00:11:32,559 --> 00:11:35,120 Speaker 6: Hall of Fame pitcher, but he's forty one years old. 208 00:11:35,200 --> 00:11:37,360 Speaker 6: He hasn't pitched in three weeks, and when he did 209 00:11:37,360 --> 00:11:40,480 Speaker 6: pitch three weeks ago, it was not great. What's this 210 00:11:40,640 --> 00:11:42,959 Speaker 6: going to be like? And he was awesome. I think 211 00:11:42,960 --> 00:11:45,240 Speaker 6: he pitched six innings. It was it was really great. 212 00:11:45,559 --> 00:11:47,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, I saw that footage of him like arguing to 213 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:50,600 Speaker 1: stay in the game. That was that was great. Theater. Yeah, 214 00:11:50,679 --> 00:11:52,720 Speaker 1: great postseason baseball there. 215 00:11:53,920 --> 00:11:56,560 Speaker 6: Also he has like one blue eye and one brown eye, 216 00:11:56,800 --> 00:11:59,160 Speaker 6: so he just like looks extra crazy in the footage. 217 00:11:59,160 --> 00:12:00,000 Speaker 5: It's it's very fun. 218 00:12:00,160 --> 00:12:02,160 Speaker 6: Yes, and he's one of those pitchers he talks to 219 00:12:02,240 --> 00:12:03,239 Speaker 6: himself constantly. 220 00:12:03,559 --> 00:12:07,040 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, mad Max. 221 00:12:07,320 --> 00:12:09,400 Speaker 3: He got Mad Max. I mean Mad Max's been he's 222 00:12:09,440 --> 00:12:11,520 Speaker 3: been in playoffs. He'd been in big games before. 223 00:12:11,360 --> 00:12:15,040 Speaker 1: So, including with the Dodgers in twenty twenty one, twenty one. 224 00:12:15,160 --> 00:12:17,640 Speaker 3: But also a lot of Dodgers fans don't like because 225 00:12:17,880 --> 00:12:20,400 Speaker 3: him dead arm Max, because he didn't want to pitch 226 00:12:20,480 --> 00:12:22,800 Speaker 3: that second. He's like, no, I'm not gonna throw my arm. 227 00:12:23,240 --> 00:12:25,760 Speaker 1: I think there was an important game that people wanted 228 00:12:25,840 --> 00:12:28,720 Speaker 1: him to start that he chose not to. But that 229 00:12:28,800 --> 00:12:30,920 Speaker 1: was kind of why he was acquired. And then we 230 00:12:31,040 --> 00:12:33,200 Speaker 1: ended up getting bounced and so that became a part 231 00:12:33,240 --> 00:12:35,760 Speaker 1: of the story. And then that was his only time 232 00:12:35,800 --> 00:12:36,400 Speaker 1: as a Dodger. 233 00:12:36,520 --> 00:12:38,640 Speaker 3: That's it. Then he made down a year or something. 234 00:12:38,440 --> 00:12:41,120 Speaker 1: Yeah, just sort of playing wherever he wants, you know, 235 00:12:41,360 --> 00:12:44,360 Speaker 1: for like a year. He keeps bouncing around somehow, making 236 00:12:44,600 --> 00:12:48,079 Speaker 1: forty million here, forty million there. Mad Max is one 237 00:12:48,120 --> 00:12:52,200 Speaker 1: of Toronto's big deal starters. They've also got Kevin Gusman 238 00:12:52,520 --> 00:12:55,680 Speaker 1: and Cy Young Award winner Shane Bieber, but they do 239 00:12:55,800 --> 00:12:58,720 Speaker 1: not have what we have. I think last year we 240 00:12:58,720 --> 00:13:01,360 Speaker 1: were nervous because we just had no pitching, and this 241 00:13:01,480 --> 00:13:05,000 Speaker 1: year we have all the pitching. 242 00:13:04,880 --> 00:13:07,200 Speaker 3: We have A would you say we have a plethora. 243 00:13:06,920 --> 00:13:11,959 Speaker 1: Of I would? I would? We actually have too much pitching. 244 00:13:12,480 --> 00:13:15,440 Speaker 1: I mean shohe who I think people are just starting 245 00:13:15,440 --> 00:13:17,760 Speaker 1: to understand. But you know, he's one of the best 246 00:13:17,800 --> 00:13:21,079 Speaker 1: pitchers in the league. It's sort of generally accepted that 247 00:13:21,160 --> 00:13:23,040 Speaker 1: if he only pitched, he would be the best pitcher 248 00:13:23,040 --> 00:13:28,000 Speaker 1: in the game. He's our fourth starter, fourth and the 249 00:13:28,040 --> 00:13:31,199 Speaker 1: way these guys are pitching, they're pitching to their potential 250 00:13:31,520 --> 00:13:32,520 Speaker 1: and they're fully. 251 00:13:32,200 --> 00:13:34,200 Speaker 3: Healthy and they're rested. 252 00:13:34,600 --> 00:13:36,840 Speaker 1: Yeah, the reason why we don't have the best record 253 00:13:36,920 --> 00:13:39,120 Speaker 1: in baseball is because all these guys were on the 254 00:13:39,120 --> 00:13:43,640 Speaker 1: IL y all year getting ready for this moment, and 255 00:13:43,760 --> 00:13:48,000 Speaker 1: so we're kind of more on the Japanese pitching rotation 256 00:13:48,160 --> 00:13:50,760 Speaker 1: schedule where there's an extra day built in, but we 257 00:13:50,880 --> 00:13:53,040 Speaker 1: just have more you know, it's like kersh is just 258 00:13:53,559 --> 00:13:54,200 Speaker 1: in the bullpen. 259 00:13:54,679 --> 00:13:58,400 Speaker 3: Yeah, playing Honestly, they're playing it smarter, you know, like 260 00:14:00,040 --> 00:14:02,760 Speaker 3: they're given Doc the tools to win, you know what 261 00:14:02,800 --> 00:14:05,160 Speaker 3: I mean. Last year we were missing a lot. Like 262 00:14:05,840 --> 00:14:09,320 Speaker 3: the Dogs came through big time, but there was a 263 00:14:09,320 --> 00:14:10,920 Speaker 3: point where I was like, do who is going to 264 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:13,960 Speaker 3: pitch tomorrow? You know, like, oh, guess what. It's a 265 00:14:13,960 --> 00:14:15,120 Speaker 3: bullpen game, you know. 266 00:14:15,200 --> 00:14:18,400 Speaker 1: And we have so many starters and they're all healthy, 267 00:14:18,440 --> 00:14:20,400 Speaker 1: and they're looking really good. And I've never really seen 268 00:14:20,440 --> 00:14:23,920 Speaker 1: the Dodgers play as well as they are playing right now. Yeah, 269 00:14:25,040 --> 00:14:28,320 Speaker 1: they're on a hot one. Everything seems to be clicking 270 00:14:28,520 --> 00:14:31,800 Speaker 1: right when they need to be. Yeah, historically dominant. 271 00:14:31,560 --> 00:14:32,160 Speaker 3: It's beautiful. 272 00:14:32,240 --> 00:14:32,800 Speaker 1: It's nuts. 273 00:14:32,920 --> 00:14:34,720 Speaker 3: It's nice to see it in real time and not 274 00:14:34,920 --> 00:14:38,520 Speaker 3: just man I remember that year back in back in 275 00:14:38,560 --> 00:14:39,360 Speaker 3: twenty five. 276 00:14:39,400 --> 00:14:43,800 Speaker 1: Right, we're actually witnessing history. Yeah, and the most exciting 277 00:14:43,880 --> 00:14:48,000 Speaker 1: picture to watch also hits sho. Hey, Otani had a 278 00:14:48,080 --> 00:14:52,880 Speaker 1: game for the Ages in the NLCS clincher. Those curios 279 00:14:52,920 --> 00:14:56,680 Speaker 1: strikes out because it's a called strike three. Oh Tani, 280 00:14:57,920 --> 00:15:01,960 Speaker 1: we're gonna start going six innings and striking out ten 281 00:15:02,240 --> 00:15:04,280 Speaker 1: and hitting three home runs. 282 00:15:04,960 --> 00:15:11,520 Speaker 3: Their go to TONI show. Hey, oh my goodness, to Toddy. 283 00:15:11,960 --> 00:15:16,080 Speaker 1: Oh Tony, Oh Tony has done it again. 284 00:15:17,040 --> 00:15:18,360 Speaker 5: I mean the show hey game. 285 00:15:18,760 --> 00:15:21,200 Speaker 6: I mean people people here in Canada were asking, were like, 286 00:15:21,240 --> 00:15:23,400 Speaker 6: what's the equivalent of what show hey just did in 287 00:15:23,480 --> 00:15:26,240 Speaker 6: hockey and someone wrote They're like, that would be like 288 00:15:26,400 --> 00:15:29,560 Speaker 6: the goaltender got a hat trick. Yeah, And I'm like, yes, 289 00:15:29,640 --> 00:15:34,040 Speaker 6: that yeah, yeah, exactly, Like it's just impossible. 290 00:15:33,520 --> 00:15:36,480 Speaker 1: Right when your superstar comes through like that. That's the 291 00:15:36,520 --> 00:15:39,120 Speaker 1: note that we're coming into the World Series on. The 292 00:15:39,240 --> 00:15:41,280 Speaker 1: Jays are coming into the World Series on a very 293 00:15:41,280 --> 00:15:45,240 Speaker 1: good note as well, with this comeback victory, exciting late 294 00:15:45,400 --> 00:15:49,720 Speaker 1: inning three run home run heroics, and they're superstar of 295 00:15:49,800 --> 00:15:53,800 Speaker 1: Vladdie Junior really clicking throughout the post killing the Yankees. 296 00:15:55,280 --> 00:15:58,800 Speaker 1: But the Jays are they actually I think led the 297 00:15:58,920 --> 00:16:01,880 Speaker 1: majors in come from behind victories this year. 298 00:16:02,040 --> 00:16:03,160 Speaker 3: They're tied with the Dodgers. 299 00:16:03,920 --> 00:16:08,440 Speaker 1: No really, wow, Yeah, it's interesting. 300 00:16:08,680 --> 00:16:11,360 Speaker 3: I saw that too. I think they're the highest in 301 00:16:11,560 --> 00:16:14,960 Speaker 3: the American League. Them and the Dodgers had the same number, 302 00:16:14,960 --> 00:16:16,400 Speaker 3: where it was like they were making a big deal 303 00:16:16,400 --> 00:16:17,640 Speaker 3: that the Jase had it, but then when they pulled 304 00:16:17,680 --> 00:16:19,840 Speaker 3: up the Dodgers it was the exactly same number, so 305 00:16:19,880 --> 00:16:21,000 Speaker 3: it was like that. 306 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:25,120 Speaker 1: Makes it interesting. One of the big differences here since 307 00:16:25,160 --> 00:16:28,560 Speaker 1: the Dodgers swept their championship series, they're going to end 308 00:16:28,640 --> 00:16:31,680 Speaker 1: up having an entire week off before Game one of 309 00:16:31,680 --> 00:16:34,600 Speaker 1: the World Series. The J's, on the other hand, have 310 00:16:34,840 --> 00:16:38,480 Speaker 1: just three because their championship series went to seven games. 311 00:16:38,960 --> 00:16:41,960 Speaker 1: Baseball is all about day in, day out rhythm, and 312 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:45,640 Speaker 1: you play for six months, especially hitters, they love to 313 00:16:45,720 --> 00:16:49,440 Speaker 1: get their reps in. Conversely, with pitching, it's good to 314 00:16:49,480 --> 00:16:53,840 Speaker 1: be rested. So how will that affect momentum? The Dodgers 315 00:16:53,880 --> 00:16:58,120 Speaker 1: have had a bye week essentially because we swept and 316 00:16:58,520 --> 00:17:01,080 Speaker 1: their series went to seven, So on opposite ends of 317 00:17:01,120 --> 00:17:04,040 Speaker 1: the spectrum in terms of the Jays have been playing 318 00:17:04,080 --> 00:17:08,240 Speaker 1: the maximum amount of high pressure baseball through this last week, 319 00:17:08,320 --> 00:17:11,680 Speaker 1: and the Dodgers have essentially played the minimum. We played 320 00:17:11,720 --> 00:17:13,640 Speaker 1: one game over the minimum because we had that one 321 00:17:13,680 --> 00:17:17,720 Speaker 1: loss to Philly. 322 00:17:17,240 --> 00:17:19,359 Speaker 3: And that's good. I mean, that just means we're playing 323 00:17:19,400 --> 00:17:19,880 Speaker 3: really well. 324 00:17:19,920 --> 00:17:22,520 Speaker 4: Yeah, And it still hasn't felt like the Dodgers have 325 00:17:22,560 --> 00:17:24,879 Speaker 4: been on full cylinders either, which is the thing. And 326 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:28,159 Speaker 4: with their offense, if you're main concern, and most teams 327 00:17:28,160 --> 00:17:31,000 Speaker 4: concerned usually coming off a long layoff like this is 328 00:17:31,040 --> 00:17:34,439 Speaker 4: for their offense to recover. I don't know, if they 329 00:17:34,520 --> 00:17:37,680 Speaker 4: necessarily were firing on all cylinders going into this. So 330 00:17:37,720 --> 00:17:40,040 Speaker 4: it's not like they rode their offense to get to 331 00:17:40,040 --> 00:17:42,920 Speaker 4: this point. They're starting pitching has given them enough cushion 332 00:17:43,080 --> 00:17:47,040 Speaker 4: to get their offense going. And I do think the 333 00:17:47,080 --> 00:17:50,040 Speaker 4: Dodgers certainly would rather have the long layoff, I think, 334 00:17:50,080 --> 00:17:52,480 Speaker 4: than go seven like the Blue Jays just did, and 335 00:17:52,520 --> 00:17:55,600 Speaker 4: they had to expend a lot of resources. Obviously, they'll 336 00:17:55,640 --> 00:17:58,000 Speaker 4: have a few days off before Friday's Game one, but 337 00:17:58,440 --> 00:18:02,000 Speaker 4: they're still in a spot where they had use almost everybody. 338 00:18:02,400 --> 00:18:06,200 Speaker 6: I'm hoping that you that the Dodgers are so relaxed 339 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:09,439 Speaker 6: and like so burned in the swimming pool from all 340 00:18:09,480 --> 00:18:11,879 Speaker 6: this time off that they like have forgotten how to 341 00:18:11,920 --> 00:18:14,800 Speaker 6: play baseball. And I hope that we're feeling I hope 342 00:18:14,840 --> 00:18:17,040 Speaker 6: we still feel the panic from our Game seven. 343 00:18:17,600 --> 00:18:20,160 Speaker 3: No, I hope you guys are feeling super like we're 344 00:18:20,160 --> 00:18:23,000 Speaker 3: here's the World Series. We're still celebrating and then they're like, wait, 345 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:25,120 Speaker 3: what where that bullgo? That's what I will. 346 00:18:25,359 --> 00:18:44,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, we'll be right back. Welcome back to the show. 347 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:49,320 Speaker 1: We left off talking about the bye week rest versus rust. 348 00:18:49,720 --> 00:18:52,520 Speaker 1: One of the reasons why people talk about it is 349 00:18:52,560 --> 00:18:57,400 Speaker 1: that the Dodgers have gotten similar time off in recent postseasons, 350 00:18:57,480 --> 00:18:59,639 Speaker 1: and so the years that we've had the bye week, 351 00:19:00,280 --> 00:19:02,520 Speaker 1: there's been a pattern where we've been bounced early in 352 00:19:02,560 --> 00:19:06,440 Speaker 1: the playoffs a couple times, and Dodger fans have debated 353 00:19:06,800 --> 00:19:08,679 Speaker 1: whether the bye week played into that. 354 00:19:09,080 --> 00:19:11,679 Speaker 3: I think it played into it until shoe came out. No, 355 00:19:11,800 --> 00:19:12,320 Speaker 3: it's not like that. 356 00:19:12,600 --> 00:19:13,359 Speaker 1: It's just different. 357 00:19:13,520 --> 00:19:14,280 Speaker 3: It's just different. 358 00:19:14,359 --> 00:19:16,720 Speaker 1: They not like us, They not like us. 359 00:19:17,080 --> 00:19:21,560 Speaker 3: They not like us at all. That's true. And since 360 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:24,920 Speaker 3: DVD's been around, we. 361 00:19:24,880 --> 00:19:28,080 Speaker 1: Haven't lost a stellar records. Since DVD has been around. 362 00:19:28,160 --> 00:19:29,920 Speaker 1: They needed me to come back to get hot, so 363 00:19:30,240 --> 00:19:34,080 Speaker 1: for us to come back. Joking aside, the X factor 364 00:19:34,160 --> 00:19:37,360 Speaker 1: for both teams may be the bullpen, and you heard 365 00:19:37,400 --> 00:19:41,080 Speaker 1: plenty about that in our episode Save the Dogs. So 366 00:19:41,240 --> 00:19:44,640 Speaker 1: far this postseason, our starters have been so good and 367 00:19:44,680 --> 00:19:48,320 Speaker 1: gone so deep. Our bullpen really hasn't been tested the 368 00:19:48,359 --> 00:19:50,080 Speaker 1: way it might be against the Jas. 369 00:19:50,600 --> 00:19:53,240 Speaker 5: We have some gaps in our bullpen, for sure. 370 00:19:53,640 --> 00:19:56,280 Speaker 1: They do beat the Dodgers when it comes to defense overall, 371 00:19:56,520 --> 00:19:59,440 Speaker 1: do they Yeah, the teams are pretty fairly matched, I 372 00:19:59,480 --> 00:20:02,879 Speaker 1: would say, But the Jays they've got to be the 373 00:20:02,920 --> 00:20:05,360 Speaker 1: underdog in this situation, they are, Yeah, they are, I'll 374 00:20:05,400 --> 00:20:05,800 Speaker 1: give them that. 375 00:20:05,880 --> 00:20:08,200 Speaker 3: They are. Like technically they are the underdogs. 376 00:20:08,240 --> 00:20:11,040 Speaker 1: I mean, obviously the Blue Jays will be cast as 377 00:20:11,040 --> 00:20:12,600 Speaker 1: the underdogs. 378 00:20:11,960 --> 00:20:15,160 Speaker 4: But like, this is a team that obviously earned their 379 00:20:15,240 --> 00:20:18,320 Speaker 4: way here. I mean they romped through the Yankees and 380 00:20:18,359 --> 00:20:21,840 Speaker 4: obviously that Mariners series and ALCS was kind of a dogfight. 381 00:20:21,880 --> 00:20:23,640 Speaker 4: But that is a team that kind of came back 382 00:20:23,680 --> 00:20:25,919 Speaker 4: from down to to oh after losing two games at 383 00:20:25,920 --> 00:20:28,919 Speaker 4: home and kind of showed how tough they are. Of 384 00:20:28,960 --> 00:20:29,560 Speaker 4: an help. 385 00:20:31,560 --> 00:20:33,280 Speaker 1: Or do you want to make any predictions or. 386 00:20:35,320 --> 00:20:37,280 Speaker 3: I think we'll win it in five. I think we're 387 00:20:37,320 --> 00:20:39,640 Speaker 3: gonna win the World Series in five. I think they'll 388 00:20:39,680 --> 00:20:42,560 Speaker 3: lose like probably game four. 389 00:20:43,720 --> 00:20:45,160 Speaker 1: Hmm, that's the game I'm going. 390 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:47,159 Speaker 3: To Well, it depends how Dog plays it. 391 00:20:47,240 --> 00:20:49,639 Speaker 1: He's not gonna be punting games this year because we 392 00:20:49,720 --> 00:20:53,040 Speaker 1: have our pitching is too deep. There's no there's no 393 00:20:53,160 --> 00:20:53,679 Speaker 1: swe the. 394 00:20:53,760 --> 00:20:54,880 Speaker 3: That case of sweep. 395 00:20:56,560 --> 00:20:57,080 Speaker 1: Sounds nice. 396 00:20:57,160 --> 00:20:59,960 Speaker 3: Just shut him down. I feel bad for Vladdie. That's 397 00:21:00,160 --> 00:21:00,840 Speaker 3: everybody else can go. 398 00:21:01,160 --> 00:21:01,720 Speaker 1: He's young. 399 00:21:02,240 --> 00:21:05,080 Speaker 3: He has like like twelve more times go get the 400 00:21:05,080 --> 00:21:05,639 Speaker 3: Will Series. 401 00:21:05,640 --> 00:21:07,520 Speaker 1: When the Dodgers don't make it to the World Series. 402 00:21:07,560 --> 00:21:09,480 Speaker 3: He can win, he will series, and I'll be like, 403 00:21:09,520 --> 00:21:12,359 Speaker 3: all right, go for guys, Yeah, bloody, bloody, I'll be 404 00:21:12,440 --> 00:21:14,880 Speaker 3: up from then. Lose the Yankees, you hear me talking 405 00:21:14,920 --> 00:21:18,120 Speaker 3: a lot more. But the Blue Jays you can't. It's 406 00:21:18,119 --> 00:21:19,959 Speaker 3: hard to hate. I mean, I just don't like George Springer. 407 00:21:20,040 --> 00:21:21,600 Speaker 1: He's come back, yeah, you know. 408 00:21:21,600 --> 00:21:23,280 Speaker 3: Because he was on that team. But everybody else is 409 00:21:23,320 --> 00:21:24,680 Speaker 3: all right. I mean they're like, no, let's. 410 00:21:24,520 --> 00:21:26,840 Speaker 1: Have a good series, you know, let's let's see some 411 00:21:27,040 --> 00:21:31,720 Speaker 1: interesting games. It should be good, all right, Go Dodgers, 412 00:21:31,920 --> 00:21:40,000 Speaker 1: Go the Yeers. Dodger Blue Dream is written and produced 413 00:21:40,040 --> 00:21:43,320 Speaker 1: by me Richard Parks, the third This episode was story 414 00:21:43,440 --> 00:21:46,840 Speaker 1: edited by Caitlin Esh. Original music in this episode by 415 00:21:46,880 --> 00:21:51,600 Speaker 1: William Ryan Fritch and Jonathan Snipes. 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