1 00:00:01,520 --> 00:00:05,560 Speaker 1: Welcome to Dodger Blue Dream Daily, our recap format, all 2 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:08,480 Speaker 1: you need to know and my take in five minutes. 3 00:00:08,920 --> 00:00:13,800 Speaker 1: I'm Richard Parks, the third. It is the final day 4 00:00:13,880 --> 00:00:18,200 Speaker 1: game of the regular season, and I'm here. Fun game 5 00:00:18,320 --> 00:00:23,360 Speaker 1: yesterday and pivotal Dodger is facing the Rockies. Let's talk 6 00:00:23,400 --> 00:00:28,040 Speaker 1: about that thrilling six to five comeback victory over the 7 00:00:28,160 --> 00:00:32,479 Speaker 1: Rockies yesterday at Dodger Stadium and why I believe that 8 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:35,040 Speaker 1: we might look back on it as a turning point. 9 00:00:35,680 --> 00:00:39,600 Speaker 1: It is Monday, September twenty third, twenty twenty four. The 10 00:00:39,680 --> 00:00:42,760 Speaker 1: Dodgers are in first place in the NL West, three 11 00:00:42,840 --> 00:00:46,680 Speaker 1: games ahead of the Padres. That's right, the villainous Padres, 12 00:00:46,840 --> 00:00:50,159 Speaker 1: who have been nipping at our heels and are certainly 13 00:00:50,479 --> 00:00:54,640 Speaker 1: chomping at the bit, who come to town tomorrow Tuesday 14 00:00:54,920 --> 00:00:58,800 Speaker 1: for a three game showdown at Chavez Ravine. With just 15 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:02,440 Speaker 1: six games left left on the schedule, the regular season 16 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:08,160 Speaker 1: ends one week from today, Let's get into it. Dodgers 17 00:01:08,200 --> 00:01:11,160 Speaker 1: are in first place. As I strolled towards the center 18 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:14,920 Speaker 1: field entrance yesterday, I was feeling very confident we'd win 19 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:17,840 Speaker 1: this ballgame, but the way we'd do it, I couldn't 20 00:01:17,880 --> 00:01:22,280 Speaker 1: have guessed Yoshinobu Yamamoto on the mound. We had our 21 00:01:22,400 --> 00:01:25,520 Speaker 1: ace going and we'd split the previous two games with 22 00:01:25,600 --> 00:01:28,240 Speaker 1: the Rockies. There's no way we're going to lose a 23 00:01:28,360 --> 00:01:31,840 Speaker 1: series to a last place team, I thought. Plus, the 24 00:01:31,959 --> 00:01:35,200 Speaker 1: vibes for the last day game of the season were excellent, 25 00:01:35,440 --> 00:01:39,120 Speaker 1: crystal clear temperature in the eighties, and it was Tommy 26 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:44,400 Speaker 1: Lesorda's birthday, the Fiery Raw Raw Italian American manager of 27 00:01:44,440 --> 00:01:47,640 Speaker 1: my childhood. I was wearing his jersey and humming a 28 00:01:47,720 --> 00:01:56,280 Speaker 1: tune by Tommy's friend Frank Sinatra, Let's go Dodgers. But 29 00:01:56,400 --> 00:01:59,720 Speaker 1: the day went in another direction. Yama was struggling with 30 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:03,680 Speaker 1: his command. His change up wasn't working, he was walking batters, 31 00:02:03,760 --> 00:02:06,880 Speaker 1: and in just three innings of work, Yama gave up 32 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:10,880 Speaker 1: four runs, shifting the burden of the game to our bullpen, 33 00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:15,000 Speaker 1: and as a failanx of Dodgers' relievers Joe Kelly, Ryan Brazier, 34 00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:17,960 Speaker 1: Ben Casparius did what they could to keep us in 35 00:02:18,040 --> 00:02:21,080 Speaker 1: this game. The only offense we had mustered was a 36 00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:25,360 Speaker 1: solo home run from Taoscar Hernandez. We were getting guys 37 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:30,320 Speaker 1: on but failing to capitalize. We grounded into three double plays. 38 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:34,440 Speaker 1: Freddie Freeman himself grounded into two of those double plays. 39 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:38,079 Speaker 1: As of the seventh inning stretch, the score was five 40 00:02:38,160 --> 00:02:43,760 Speaker 1: to one in favor of the Rockies. During the stretch, 41 00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:47,639 Speaker 1: I looked at the scoreboard and I realized the Padres 42 00:02:47,760 --> 00:02:50,760 Speaker 1: were definitely going to win their game. They were playing 43 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:54,240 Speaker 1: the White Sox, who are maybe having the worst season 44 00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:57,200 Speaker 1: of all time, and that meant if the Rockies held 45 00:02:57,240 --> 00:02:58,959 Speaker 1: on and beat us, we would lose a game in 46 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:01,560 Speaker 1: the standings and our lead would go down to just 47 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:04,760 Speaker 1: two games over the Padres with them coming to town 48 00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:08,200 Speaker 1: for a three game set. I was having dark premonitions 49 00:03:08,200 --> 00:03:11,200 Speaker 1: of my Dodger blue dream turning to a nightmare. Am 50 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:13,640 Speaker 1: I bad luck? Is it because I came to this 51 00:03:13,720 --> 00:03:17,200 Speaker 1: game wearing Tommy Lasorda's jersey on his birthday? That this 52 00:03:17,240 --> 00:03:24,360 Speaker 1: is all happening? But then in the bottom of the 53 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:27,760 Speaker 1: seventh Keith A Hernandez hit a home run, making it 54 00:03:27,880 --> 00:03:30,280 Speaker 1: five to three, and Freddie made up for his double 55 00:03:30,320 --> 00:03:34,760 Speaker 1: plays by knocking one in five to four, but it 56 00:03:34,840 --> 00:03:39,360 Speaker 1: wasn't enough, and as we went into the bottom of 57 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:42,240 Speaker 1: the ninth inning down five to four, I looked at 58 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:46,200 Speaker 1: the scoreboard and the Padres had indeed one, they were 59 00:03:46,240 --> 00:03:49,440 Speaker 1: going to pick up a game in the standings. I 60 00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:55,440 Speaker 1: am bad luck. But then guess who led off the 61 00:03:55,480 --> 00:03:58,840 Speaker 1: bottom of the ninth to one pitch to Old Johnny 62 00:03:59,480 --> 00:04:04,000 Speaker 1: and guess what happened? Day swings hits a drive right center. Indeed, 63 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:10,240 Speaker 1: he's tied it up ten home run number fifty three 64 00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:13,840 Speaker 1: the gay time hover in the bottom of the night. 65 00:04:15,120 --> 00:04:18,240 Speaker 1: Nearly every game that I've been to at Dodger Stadium 66 00:04:18,279 --> 00:04:20,560 Speaker 1: this year, and there's been a lot of them, show 67 00:04:20,600 --> 00:04:23,520 Speaker 1: hey has hit a home run, sometimes more than one, 68 00:04:23,920 --> 00:04:27,560 Speaker 1: He's gonna be an MVP. The game was tied, but 69 00:04:28,520 --> 00:04:33,039 Speaker 1: we still needed one more. Luckily, when one MVP comes up, 70 00:04:33,400 --> 00:04:36,920 Speaker 1: there's usually another one waiting on deck. Oh two pitch 71 00:04:36,960 --> 00:04:41,400 Speaker 1: to Before Mooki got hit on the hand on Father's 72 00:04:41,480 --> 00:04:43,520 Speaker 1: Day and had to spend a couple months on the 73 00:04:43,560 --> 00:04:46,479 Speaker 1: injured list, he was the front runner to win the 74 00:04:46,600 --> 00:04:50,000 Speaker 1: MVP Award. When he was hurt, he visited the Dodgers' 75 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:53,479 Speaker 1: broadcast booth a couple times during games, and one of 76 00:04:53,480 --> 00:04:56,560 Speaker 1: those visits is something that stands out to me more 77 00:04:56,600 --> 00:04:59,960 Speaker 1: than anything Mooki has done on the playing field this year. 78 00:05:00,200 --> 00:05:03,200 Speaker 1: It sounds easy to just say stay positive, stay positive. 79 00:05:03,320 --> 00:05:06,159 Speaker 1: I mean, what does that really mean. Listen, it's hard. 80 00:05:06,480 --> 00:05:09,039 Speaker 1: It's hard to cheer yourself on. It's really easy to 81 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:11,440 Speaker 1: just sulk, right, It's really hard to cheer yourself on. 82 00:05:11,520 --> 00:05:13,920 Speaker 1: But I think that energy and that effort that you 83 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:17,040 Speaker 1: put in cheering yourself on makes you feel better. Nobody's 84 00:05:17,080 --> 00:05:19,640 Speaker 1: gonna treat you better than you, you know. And this 85 00:05:19,839 --> 00:05:23,280 Speaker 1: was on my mind as the Rockies reliever unleashed an 86 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:27,600 Speaker 1: O two one hundred and one mile per hour fastball 87 00:05:27,920 --> 00:05:32,159 Speaker 1: Mooki in the batter's box. He Twain hits a crave 88 00:05:32,640 --> 00:05:35,920 Speaker 1: deep left. It's heading back to the wall. This ball 89 00:05:36,160 --> 00:05:44,520 Speaker 1: is gone, it's done, it's done. Winner. So maybe it 90 00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:47,839 Speaker 1: wasn't a perfectly played ball game. Yama didn't last as 91 00:05:47,920 --> 00:05:50,120 Speaker 1: long as we might have liked, and maybe we weren't 92 00:05:50,200 --> 00:05:52,200 Speaker 1: hitting as well as we should have against the last 93 00:05:52,240 --> 00:05:54,920 Speaker 1: place team for most of the game. But shout out 94 00:05:54,960 --> 00:05:57,880 Speaker 1: to the bullpen, and shout out to Shohey and Mooki, 95 00:05:58,080 --> 00:06:01,280 Speaker 1: Shout out Kik, shout out Fred, and shout out to 96 00:06:01,279 --> 00:06:04,720 Speaker 1: Tommy Lesorda and his heavenly birthday. It took a little 97 00:06:04,760 --> 00:06:07,360 Speaker 1: bit of magic. Oh, we gotta win. And now we've 98 00:06:07,360 --> 00:06:11,400 Speaker 1: got momentum going into the series against the Padres on Tuesday, 99 00:06:11,680 --> 00:06:14,200 Speaker 1: and I've got a good feeling about that series, in 100 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:17,080 Speaker 1: our chances to win the NL West and to go 101 00:06:17,240 --> 00:06:21,560 Speaker 1: all the way this year. The right attitude, anything is possible. 102 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:25,560 Speaker 1: On a clear day, you can see forever. What do 103 00:06:25,600 --> 00:06:42,880 Speaker 1: you say, Tommy? Thank you for listening to Dodger Blue 104 00:06:42,960 --> 00:06:45,880 Speaker 1: Dream Daily. Sorry I went a little long today. I'm 105 00:06:45,920 --> 00:06:49,040 Speaker 1: still figuring out this format like Yama is figuring out 106 00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:51,679 Speaker 1: his change out. We'll get there, and even if we don't, 107 00:06:51,920 --> 00:06:55,600 Speaker 1: it can still work out. Let's go Dodgers. Let's go 108 00:06:55,839 --> 00:07:01,000 Speaker 1: Dodger Blue Dream listeners, My dreamers, you're doing great. Keep going. 109 00:07:01,240 --> 00:07:06,239 Speaker 1: Let's get there all the way together. I'm Richard Parks. Third. 110 00:07:06,640 --> 00:07:07,960 Speaker 1: Thank you for listening.