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wrap up this week. Oh we do, we do? We do.
There is only one person that can give us that for him. Yes,
only one. That man is Kevin Figures. No, that man is Vic
the Brick with the daily haikup At and Vic Good Afternoon. He made a
connection to Japanese culture at Dodger Stadium meeting Yuki, Fred Rogan, Hello,
Vic. You know Fred Yuki translates to snow in English. Really he is
snow. And she had a white kimono on a snow white kimona. It
was not white. What color was? It was blue and green in the
mixed color. What do you talk? Color's wrong with you? It wasn't
white, No, not even clothes. No. I think it was white.
But it had blue and green in it. No, no, no,
the primary color was blue. Yes, it was. Oh my god,
where did you get white from? There was no white in it?
I don't think, Kevin. I think it was. It was fully the
primary like dominant blue. At some other green mixtures in there, and some
other little colors, but predominantly blue. And Fred, weren't you standing right
there? Fred? I mean you were standing right there? You he stalked
her and chased her down. She was wearing white. What in the world.
No, you're right, it was I'm sorry it was blow. Let's
let's let's just relive it. You mentioned all of these people. But now
I've got the key person of the day. Okay, what is your name?
This is Yuki? Okay, lady, Yes, and you are dressed
in a full kimono, So why are you dressed this way today? And
what what are you here for? Because it's a barely special lay because opening
Dodger Stadium and this is the first time for me to come to Dodger's Stadium.
So weirdy kimono because very special day. So that's right, beautiful okay,
And are you here because Otani's on the team. Yes, yeah,
Otanni. I like I love I like his baseball playing. Yes, And
I gonna say, what do you want to say? You liked his baseball
play, you like him as a person, you think he is great,
you think he is a god, he is your religion? Is that correct?
What are we doing? There? You go? I'm just saying ask
her she saw the stone lantern? Oh did you see the lantern outside the
big stone lantern when you came in? It's up by Jackie Robinson. Familiar
with him. Oh there we go? All right, all right, beautiful,
beautiful and one of the thing and we love it. That's all one
here. Yes, absolutely, you look fantastic. Well, thank you for
doing this. Thank you so much. Okay, there you go, go,
Yuki, There you go, Vicky was Yuki was delightful delightful, and
she was in a blue kimono apparently not white like her name snow Man.
He was totally immersed an Opening day festivities, from the majestic flyover to his
so an r J on the blue carpet Pete Serve. By the way,
is it fair to say the Dodgers honestly have the best flyover since sports?
The greatest? Love the flyovers at the stadium? Yeah, those are the
best. I think they should have one for every game. Why not?
Might cost a little bit, I think. Yeah. He is pure rapture
at the ravine. Kevin figures you on and he is reborn. Every Opening
Day he watched the game on his bamboo TV. Y'all, King Flavor,
Yeah, do you really have a bamboo TV? Are you really born?
I wish I did. I was blissing out on the blue. It's a
perfect first taste. At the stadium, the fans were unbelievable sold out,
fueling this wonderful frenzy. Muki Otani Freddy, Oh, look at me,
I'm giddy Moki and Freddy went deep. Otani signed, I'm crying because we've
got Muki. You're telling me seventeen single double walk first at bat, so
many moving parts. Yee ya ya yah. The pitch to Otani, who
swings and pulls a base hit in the right field. It gets to the
corner, Muki's on his horse to third stops signed from Dino Eagle, but
show Hey, Otani didn't see it, Goldschmid has it, and Otani's caught
in a rundown. Now Mason win the shortstop. He is basically going to
run this play out. So the opposite of heads up, the head was
down base running from show he Otani. So instead of second and third,
nobody out for the Dodgers, it's bets on third. Otani back to the
dugout with one away. I totally understand what happened. That player obviously a
base running blood down. Tim McCarver, let's go, but thought, you
know, Anthony ren Don was was going to bat behind him, so he
wanted the extra base. He has to get used to the fact that the
Dodgers are so stacked that just get the double. Mookie's at third. You
Freddy, you got Freddy coming up? Angel PTSD is what you're saying,
Vic, exactly Will Spender's coming up months he's coming up. Mirrors is coming
up. However, you know, so he's got to get used to the
fact who is Via a minute, can I remember is everybody's coming up?
He's got to understand again and Anthony Rendon is gone. They're going to sign
him mirrors. Here's the thing. I think you've done a good job analyzing
that, and I think you've given it a lot of thought, and I
think we can all appreciate that. You could also look at it like this.
Old Tani just ran with his head down. You could take that approach
too. Absolutely he did. But first at bat there was a lot going
through Atani's head, you know, slash it into right field. It was
sensational. But again, Game one was perfect. How about how about Tyler?
Can we give it up for some glass now? Love out of Santa
Clarita. Sure, sensational stadium debut six months, forte frames, just one
run two Its filthy slider and you all borrow with the three inning save the
rubber arm, rubber arm man, Oh movie, Mookie, the three games?
What do you think Mooki is hitting after three games? Dodgers two trying
because we've got more? What's what's Mookie hitting? What do you guys say,
six twenty seven, six thirty six. Ooh, I was right there,
he you were. I'm crying because we got Mukie. How about Otani?
After the game, he says, I'm the only guy who couldn't hit
a home of the top three. I thought that was very funny. Ohtani
went out to say, I'm grateful for the fans and so many of them.
So just a tremendous stay at the stadium. Yee yeah, yea,
you were sorely missed at the broadcast. Vic, I'll say that, yes,
we were over unders on how long it would have taken Lon Rozan to
throw you off of the field when you were you're a Dodger poncho. Yes,
it was a kimono underneath. You try to tackle Muki when he's out
there trying to do drills before the game. I definitely would have done some
conversation with with Yuki, and I definitely would have had some sort of kimono
esque flavor as well. But you know, to celebrate the great opening day,
my beloved bride, you can suck them out on myself. You know,
we're lucky enough to have a cherry blossom tree. We went, we
went to the cherry blossom tree where the blossoms are now, Oh wow,
blossoming your own cherry blossom tree. Have absolutely went to the tree and Uko
and I just just enjoyed the blossoms because right now everything is blossoming as the
dodgers are blossoming. Vic, can I get an offspring of your cherry blossom
tree? I need to get that. It's gonna be a perfect gift for
Holly. This is this is a beautiful and right now they're bossing. Yeah.
No, Son has sending me shots every day of the cherry blossoms and
until and then all around Japan. It's amazing. It's amazing. I know
you don't think so when you just talk about oh, cherry but just a
flower, but when you do happen to see it, nothing like it.
Vic. Did you get that at Bonzi World? What'd you get it?
Vic? That's a good That would be a great store to start shopping at
Bonsi World. No. I had knacka Gawasan was He's a Japanese gardener who
when we first moved into Whittier, I was taking care of our backyard and
we asked them to plant a cherry tree, and like George Washington, we've
been getting blossoms for so many years. We're blessed, blessed that we got
the blossoming. And if you remember the movie Last Summer I with Ken talking
to Tom Cruise, you know Tom Cruise was learning the ways of the Warrior.
They shot that in your yard. No oh, but what to Nab
says to Tom Cruise. You know they were standing under a blossoming cherry tree,
and he says, just to find a perfect blossom would not be a
waste of your life. Just this journey of finding a perfect blossom. Vic
did you and you go go outside into the yard, walk up to the
tree and just stare at it. We we enjoy the blossoms absolutely. For
him, right after the Dodge of Victory, it was a it's beautiful,
it's beautiful moment. You'll have a few days. Remember it's gonna rain this
weekend. All the blossoms will probably be pelted off by the rain. But
you usually have about a week to enjoy the blossoms and then they're all gone.
It's very fleeting, it's very symbolic. You can enjoy the wonderful blossoming
cherry blossoms like Vick is describing so eloquently. Right here in Burbank off of
Hollywood Way, there are numerous cherry blossom trees that line Hollywood Way here in
Burbank. Fred's what downe by CBS going that way? Yeah? Sure,
just going going north from here from the radio station to the north on Hollywood
Way. Yeah, the airport. I enjoyed those cherry blossoms coming into work
today. As a matter of fact, did you stare at them as Vic
stared? Long? Not as long as Vic? Because I was driving.
Oh so you could have pulled off, and no, I didn't think it
was necessary. Will you take a picture of the cherry blossoms next week and
send it to me. I'll do it today, Fred, and my drive
home. That would be kind, all right, thank you? And the
cherry blossoms are blooming right before our eyes. I'll are your Dodgers. Yeah,
how about the angels opener? Donal looked like Tom Sandoval from h Vanda
Pump Rules. He never got out of the second any That was a good
pop culture friend, Sarah Vic. I'll give you a I'll give you a
point for that, Okay, a little bit look CHARTI went. So that
was it. You guys excited about Beyonce's new album. It's just Yeah Today
just drop Runny Yes, oh yeah, doing old Dolly parton Joe Lene as
one of the twenty seven tracks on the album over five years in the making,
Country Carter, Beyonce, lush vehicle, country country Carter in the mix
with Beyonce, it's cowboy Carter Vic corrections and attacks. It's cowboy Carter Vic.
Sorry my mistake. I'm calling the country Carter big, putting his own
spin on it. Post Mallon's on it, Willie Nelson, Yeah, Miley
did her thing and Dolly parton too big Beyonce. He says, this ain't
a country album, It's a Beyonce album. Boom enjoy you. So that's
exciting stuff. Yeah. If you're a New York Mets fan, you had
Allows the opening day by the Way City Field Today and Queen's one hit.
Do you see the benches clear, You see the benches dominated by Milwaukee?
Yeah? Yeah see. I figure Vic would think the Reheese Hoskins Eric McNeil
was just a classic old school hardball play. He slid into he slid into
him. That's fine, that is that's old school that's huss that's how you
play baseball. It's hardball. Well, Vic, you know where that's going
to take us to, to the source for it. Yes, m the
high Cow for you March twenty ninth, and it's all about the Dodgers.
It's about mooky O Tani and Freddy MVPs times three one two three. That's
how elementary it's gonna be. Come on, let's fall in love, mooki
Otani and Freddy. I'm feeling you. Let's fall in love. That was
I'm crying because we got Muki that I'm crying for another reason. That was
Vick again. We known each other what forty years? Maybe? Right?
Yeah, that was the worst you've ever told? Are you kidding me?
How dare you? That wasn't one two three muky Otani and Freddy? Are
you kidding me? I think that one he that was not one of your
betters. Man, I love you to death. Man telling me I'm enthrilled
with I'm enthralled with one two three obviously, smoky O Tan and Freddy come
on now, it's like ABC. He's he's one two three simple as do
ray me right? Vicky? Nice enhancement, Freddy? Thank you big night
shop big, have a good weekend. Listen everyone, enjoy the Dodgers and
Cardinals series. It's going to be a wonderful four game set. Oh yes,
one two three, Sez He's one two three, Rodney Easy one two
three, Mookie Freddy one two three, Snap your fingers and David Bass'll be
here now. Oh yeah, that's right down the home stretch, Baby,
home stretch. Rodey Pete fred Rogan. A beautiful Friday, Friday Friday.
Let's go for it, all right, let's go, let's go out to
the stadium. Welcome on, David Van Say Dave, good afternoon. Wow,
you want more of me today? After yesterday? You want more of
me? You know what, Maybe I'm a glutton for punishment, but we
can't get enough. He It was a great day yesterday from the start to
the finish. Definitely. Mother Nature cooperated gave us another beautiful day at Dodgers
Stadium for an opening day and Dot Brian Cranston was a star with the introductions
and the MVPs put on a show. So did Tyler Glassnow, so I
don't know what else you would want if you came to the game yesterday.
Well, when you speak of the MVPs. Dave Rodney and I were chopping
this up earlier. I mean, care about it is one thing to think
about it as one thing. My god, to see all three of them
up there, one after the other after the other, that that is really
imposing for the other team. Yeah, what point does the pitcher have any
chance to really exhale? And then after you're done with those three guys,
you have to deal with Will Smith and Max Munsey and James Outman and Tioscar
Hernandez all threats to go deep as well. So this this offense is going
to score runs. That's not going to be an issue. You just hope
on those nights where pitching is really good that their defense will cooperate. Yeah,
yeah, it's it and we'll get to the defense. But it's scary
to think about that because one or two of those guys can be off.
And I know we're all focused on the top three and the MVPs and all
that, but like you mentioned Will Smith, Max Monsey, I think Will
Smith's gonna have a big year as well. But Max Munsey and Tiascar and
Jason Hayward and Gavin Luck, I mean it feels like Gavin Luck hitting night
is another leadoff guy. Man. Every time we looked up Dave, it's
felt like the top of the lineup was up right. And that's the problem
as well. You're gonna get for us other teams, they're going to get
four or five looks at the first three guys in that order and then the
rest of those guys. So, like I said, the offense, it's
stronger than it was top to bottom last year. What hopefully they can keep
everybody healthy? What what does what is concerning you so far? Dave?
With the defense as we look in the first three games of the season and
starting to go forward, well, I feel like for the Dodgers it's that
left side of the infield. Are you going to keep Mooki healthy? Well,
obviously Dave doesn't have the answer to that because that's when we just lost
him. Are you going to keep Molchi healthy? That is, did we
lose him or did he just oh he's paused, he just paused, Dave?
You back, Yeah, I just feel like honestly, so yesterday was
not an issue defensively, but as the season unfolds, especially the first two
months and when the Dodgers go on the road, and colder weather, and
there are going to be days that pitching is going to be better than hitting
is. Are they going to be able to make plays in close in late
games? That's the only thing. It's not something that I'm worried about twenty
four to seven because they have a lot of talent to make up for certain
things. But I think as the season goes on, that's something if you
had a poke a hole in this team, that would be it. Is
it something day that it'll get better with time or the guys are just who
they are. I think it's who they are. The only way it could
get better is if we know the Dodgers decide Mooki Betts playing shortstop most days
is not good for him or the team. It's you want to It's not
just about making the plays. It's about keeping guys healthy. And shortstop puts
a lot of different wear and tear on a body, and that's why most
players leave that position in their thirties. They don't move to that position in
their thirties. Yeah, and that's a valid point. You know, we
talked to Dave Roberts about it yesterday. You have talked to him as well,
and Molky's going to be there until I decide maybe it's not a good
idea for him light in the games, or if they have to move him.
But for the foreseeable future, Dave, he's there. He's not going
anywhere. Well, you saw it yesterday. It was a blowout game and
they brought in Miguel Rojas to play shortstop and they moved Mooky to second base.
So maybe that's their way of load managing, and we'll see how it
looks today. As far as the starting lineup, we haven't seen it yet,
but there's a lefty on the mount for the Cardinals. Are the Dodgers
going to opt to have Mookie play second base and then go with with somebody
else at shortstop, because the plan seems to be they're going to platoon Gavin
Lux against righty's and have a lefty and excuse me, have him in there
against righty's and then have a right handed hitter against left handed pitching like today.
So I'll be interested to see our first look at the Dodgers lineup against
southpaw southpaw pitchers. I mean, and Chris Taylor could get a nod here
too. No, yeah, for sure, he would probably he could possibly
be at second base, or they can play him in left field and fly
Taoscar Hernandez to right field for Jason Hayward. Yeah, Todd of glassn as
you mentioned, had a good day. How did he feel? How did
you feel the team field? I keep before at his opening home start,
I thought it was all around a great day. I feel like Glass now
was incredible. Oh, Tani was incredible. I think everybody. I thought
everybody performed in one of those rare occasions in a sporting event that everybody that
you had high expectations for performed at a high level. And for Tyler Glassnow,
it must have been special for him because he grew up in Santa Clarita,
grew up Dodger fan the Kershaw pitch at the beginning his career, and
then yesterday he was sharing and pitching six dominant innings. So storybook day for
Tyler glassnow especially. All right, well, Dave, we appreciate you coming
on, enjoy your weekend, and thanks, and there he goes, Okay,
we're having some good crowded at the stadium already there, Freddy, Yeah,
yeah, by the way, did you have any trouble getting out after
the game. Uh, you know what? Not really, not really,
I didn't. I mean I didn't park in your special, special special spot
and leave from your special special location best place to park, period. I'm
still confused about what that really is and where that is and how you exit
the actual parking lot. You don't want to, but you don't, you
really don't. I don't, all right, I don't get it. Here's
what you do. You drive and you go to lot A F to maybe
yes, it's after eye okay, go to F so and and proximity of
the stadium when you're looking at the field, where is Lot F parking?
Would it be left field field? Left field? Okay? It's out below
below Lot D, which is the you know, employee, go a little
further, interest, a little further. It's a lot, okay. It's
so if you're coming that way, you'd make a left into it. You're
coming which way? If you're coming by D, No, you make a
right into it? No? Yes, no, And you make a left
into it. Yeah. So it's not next to the statements on the other
side. Yes, it's a cross. It's like you make a right into
D. Right, you make a left into F. Okay, okay.
So if you come in that way. When you come in, make an
immediate right. Make an immediate right in F okay, drive down to the
end. Then you'll make a left and you'll start going up and you'll see
where the exit is. Right. You'll see where the other entrance exit is
for F. When you see that, you'll see a light pole. When
you see the light pole, make a left and pull in directly next to
the light pole. That is the number one spot. Park next to the
light pole. When you park in that light by that light pole, and
you're you're already pointed as if you're going to leave the I don't care what
time it is. I don't care if it's been twenty three innings or or
if it's nine innings or whatever time you leave. Go to that spot,
get in your car. All you do is start it, make a right,
and you're out. That's the spot, the number one spot lot started
to make a right and you're out, And what freeway are you hitting?
It will take you down to what not stadium? Waite, It'll take you
down. If you go out that way, you'll go down. You'll make
a right and you'll be on what academy you'll be an academy and it'll take
you up and it'll get you to the five. Oh okay, okay,
I'm gonna try that. You should try it. That's the number one spot,
all right. Either I'll be celebrating you and giving you a call.
You will or I'm going to be cussing you out. You will not.
You will know if you go to that spot, you will find out.
Holly will say, this is the best spot. It is. There's one.
It's by that light pole because nobody can park on the other side of
you. So you've got one side that there's nobody next to you, and
the other side somebody is. But it's just like a straight shot at one
spot. Or is just an area where you know, there's only so many
cars that you can park in that spot. That's a fair question. This
area only will support if you look at it, so many cars. But
it's that spot that gets you straight out. It's at it's at very spot.
I'm just saying, all right, okay, rkay. So listen,
if you win our suite tickets, which we're gonna give you a chance to
win right now at eight six, six, nine eighty seven, two five
seventy you'll go to the game tomorrow. You'll sit in the AM five to
seventy suite. We are not telling you you will parking lot F though you
will have to if you can get into F. If that's what you choose,
you know the best spot. Good on you. Eight six, six,
nine eighty seven two five seventy. Rodney, what caller number is going
to the game tomorrow? Let's do a perfect ten? Fran caller ten?
All right, So we've got to give those tickets away, and uh,
we got to put a rap on the week and get you out the Petro
some money at Santa Anita when we come back. Hey, sonya in ocean
side, way to go. You're going to the sweet tomorrow night, Sona.
All right, Petro, some money are out at Santa Anita. So
the flag is up for them. Ronnie, thank you, Kevin. Appreciate
a great week Rodney. You have a good weekend, and we'll do it
again Monday, right on, right on, Happy Easter everyone. That'd be
good Friday. All that good stuff. He's saved out there