WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.360 --> 00:00:05.280 Dodger Talk is sponsored by LA Care Health Plan, providing affordable healthcare insurance to 2 00:00:05.360 --> 00:00:10.759 millions of Angelinos for over twenty five years, and now your voice for Dodgers 3 00:00:10.800 --> 00:00:18.559 Talk. Like back David Vasse. Dodgers get the brooms out on Bean Town, 4 00:00:19.519 --> 00:00:24.320 sweeping the Red Sox in a three game series to open up the post 5 00:00:24.440 --> 00:00:30.879 All Star Break schedule today. The final score nine to six. Welcome the 6 00:00:30.920 --> 00:00:37.439 Dodger Talk David Vase live at Dodgers Stadium with you until eight thirty tonight here 7 00:00:37.600 --> 00:00:42.479 on a five to seventy. LA Sports Jose Moto will check in in about 8 00:00:42.520 --> 00:00:48.320 twenty minutes. Also, we'll share part of Adrian Beltray's Hall of Fame induction 9 00:00:48.600 --> 00:00:52.600 speech. Obviously, Beltray got his start here with the Dodgers, and he 10 00:00:52.679 --> 00:00:57.880 certainly tipped his cap to many of the people that started his major league career 11 00:00:57.960 --> 00:01:02.880 and helped him while he was wearing the Dodger uniform. Eight six six nine, 12 00:01:02.960 --> 00:01:07.480 eight seven two five seventy is the phone number I said last night. 13 00:01:07.640 --> 00:01:11.359 It was one of the most entertaining games of the season, maybe the most 14 00:01:11.519 --> 00:01:17.840 entertaining game of the season, but in totality, these three games against the 15 00:01:17.840 --> 00:01:22.560 Red Sox were three of the most entertaining games I have seen in a three 16 00:01:22.640 --> 00:01:29.200 game series this year. And obviously it's a lot sweeter with the Dodgers sweeping 17 00:01:29.319 --> 00:01:34.079 Boston. Like I said last night, anytime you can beat a Boston sports 18 00:01:34.120 --> 00:01:38.120 team and you're from LA, it's even sweeter. And a three game sweep 19 00:01:38.239 --> 00:01:46.239 certainly is fantastic against Boston. And the Dodgers get off to the right foot 20 00:01:46.599 --> 00:01:51.760 here in the post All Star Break schedule after going one in six heading into 21 00:01:51.799 --> 00:01:56.959 the break. They did not play perfect baseball. It looked ugly sometimes like 22 00:01:57.079 --> 00:02:01.200 today. But the good news is they in there and they didn't break. 23 00:02:01.439 --> 00:02:07.680 I hate to quote the great philosopher Victor Brigg Jacobs, but it's true. 24 00:02:07.080 --> 00:02:12.599 The Dodgers bent, but they did not break in this series. And Freddie 25 00:02:12.599 --> 00:02:16.879 Freeman hit the Grand Slam on Friday night after the Dodger offense was quiet for 26 00:02:16.960 --> 00:02:23.639 the first seven and a half innings that night. Yesterday, despite Evan Phillips 27 00:02:23.919 --> 00:02:29.159 faltering again, the Dodgers came back thanks to Keike Hernandez and his heroics and 28 00:02:29.199 --> 00:02:32.759 Will Smith and his heroics in the eleventh inning to win that game. And 29 00:02:32.840 --> 00:02:38.599 today the Dodgers added on some insurance runs in the bottom of the eighth against 30 00:02:38.680 --> 00:02:44.719 Kenley Janssen, and they needed every single one of those three runs after Evan 31 00:02:44.759 --> 00:02:50.840 Phillips was ineffective again in the ninth inning, and Daniel Hudson came in and 32 00:02:51.120 --> 00:02:55.520 reminded the Dodgers and Boston that they are still the Dodgers again and picked up 33 00:02:55.520 --> 00:03:01.280 his sixth save of the season eight six, two, five seventy. I 34 00:03:01.319 --> 00:03:06.360 know we have a full border calls right now, and we'll get to Evan 35 00:03:06.400 --> 00:03:13.159 Phillips and the Dodgers' bullpen in just a moment. But if anybody was standing 36 00:03:13.280 --> 00:03:19.120 on the concourse out there in right center field when sho he Otani hit a 37 00:03:19.280 --> 00:03:24.159 four hundred and seventy three foot moonshot, I would love to hear from you, 38 00:03:24.599 --> 00:03:30.439 because it bounced on that newly renovated concourse, newly added concourse during the 39 00:03:30.479 --> 00:03:35.479 renovation of Dodgers Stadium in twenty twenty, and we got to see it in 40 00:03:35.520 --> 00:03:39.599 twenty one, and so many fans are enjoying what Janet Maurice Smith did out 41 00:03:39.599 --> 00:03:45.280 there in center field. It bounced on the concourse between the roof of the 42 00:03:45.319 --> 00:03:51.360 pavilion and the concourse area. Above the seats in right center field and bounced 43 00:03:51.479 --> 00:03:58.159 into the centerfield plaza behind the pavilions. Even six years ago, that would 44 00:03:58.199 --> 00:04:00.400 have been in the parking lot, that would not have been what we now 45 00:04:00.439 --> 00:04:06.159 consider inside the stadium. That was the longest hit home run in ten years 46 00:04:06.319 --> 00:04:12.759 by anybody at Dodger Stadium. John Carlos Stanton was the guy that holds that 47 00:04:12.919 --> 00:04:18.519 distinction hitting it to the right field pavilion rooftops, and Mike Piazza still holds 48 00:04:18.560 --> 00:04:26.120 the distinction for what is recorded as the longest home run hit in Dodger Stadium 49 00:04:26.199 --> 00:04:30.759 history. And that was also on Sunday Night Baseball. So if anybody was 50 00:04:30.920 --> 00:04:34.360 out there in right or yeah, right center field, give me a call. 51 00:04:34.480 --> 00:04:39.000 Eight six, six nine, eight seven two five seventy. That was 52 00:04:39.079 --> 00:04:43.120 one of six home runs hit by the Dodgers today. Who would have thought 53 00:04:43.160 --> 00:04:46.800 Austin Barnes and show Hey Otani would hit back to back home runs today, 54 00:04:46.839 --> 00:04:50.399 But that's what happened. In the bottom of the fifth inning, Barnes with 55 00:04:50.439 --> 00:04:56.160 his first home run of the season. And I really thought after Paxton gave 56 00:04:56.279 --> 00:05:00.959 up two runs on a two run homer by Jaren Duran in the first for 57 00:05:00.000 --> 00:05:03.279 the Dodgers to come back and tie the game in the bottom half of that 58 00:05:03.360 --> 00:05:08.160 first st inning really set the tone that, you know what, we're not 59 00:05:08.240 --> 00:05:12.800 just going to give away this game despite winning the first two. And I 60 00:05:12.839 --> 00:05:17.120 thought it was very important for the Dodgers to win this game today and to 61 00:05:17.240 --> 00:05:24.079 start stringing along a winning streak of five games or more. That's gonna be 62 00:05:24.160 --> 00:05:27.879 tough against the Giants. It always is, no matter what their record is. 63 00:05:27.920 --> 00:05:31.639 They're under five hundred right now. But it feels like the Dodgers have 64 00:05:31.759 --> 00:05:35.399 been satisfied. And I'm not just talking about the players, but the tone 65 00:05:35.439 --> 00:05:40.480 set by the lineups and the starting pitcher and the way the bullpen is used. 66 00:05:40.879 --> 00:05:45.399 It feels like the Dodgers have been satisfied with winning two out of three, 67 00:05:46.079 --> 00:05:50.120 and the Dodgers need to start not just winning series, but after the 68 00:05:50.160 --> 00:05:56.319 way that first half ended, where they were basically five hundred going into the 69 00:05:56.360 --> 00:06:00.560 All Star break in their last fifty or so games, it's important for them 70 00:06:00.560 --> 00:06:04.800 to start stringing along winning streaks and not let that switch dim too low. 71 00:06:04.879 --> 00:06:09.879 They've got to keep that dimmer up, like Tim Grover preached to them in 72 00:06:09.959 --> 00:06:14.759 spring training, So for them to sweep this series. To have James Paxton 73 00:06:14.839 --> 00:06:17.279 on the mound and be able to hang in there after a rough first inning, 74 00:06:17.360 --> 00:06:21.879 that was huge. And hopefully now the Dodgers can string together a winning 75 00:06:21.920 --> 00:06:27.720 streak and match the longest of the season, which was a seven game winning 76 00:06:27.759 --> 00:06:30.600 streak in May. And I like the way Dave Roberts managed in this game 77 00:06:30.600 --> 00:06:36.360 with urgency. Even though it feels like he's balancing the big picture with trying 78 00:06:36.360 --> 00:06:41.639 to win today, he found a way to do it, and obviously having 79 00:06:41.800 --> 00:06:45.480 this type of lineup helps him do that. When they hit six home runs, 80 00:06:45.759 --> 00:06:49.399 first time the Dodgers hit six home runs in a game since twenty twenty 81 00:06:49.439 --> 00:06:54.879 two in Kansas City, eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy is 82 00:06:54.920 --> 00:06:59.639 the phone number Dodgers hold on for a nine to six win over the Red 83 00:06:59.680 --> 00:07:02.000 Sox. All right, let's get to the phone calls. I know you 84 00:07:02.040 --> 00:07:06.360 want to ask about Evan Phillips, so heyesus and Walnut have at it. 85 00:07:06.439 --> 00:07:14.680 Lead us off. Go ahead, first time call the A longtime listener. 86 00:07:14.720 --> 00:07:19.319 A pleasure to speak with you. Thank you appreciate a Phillips. Dave, 87 00:07:19.399 --> 00:07:23.639 I want to ask you about Evan Phillips, seems like there's a loss, 88 00:07:23.680 --> 00:07:27.839 that he's down and he's been hit a little more. And can you or 89 00:07:27.920 --> 00:07:30.600 any of the coaches Shedney light on that. Well, I'm not a coach, 90 00:07:30.879 --> 00:07:35.720 but I play one on the radio, So here's my perspective on it. 91 00:07:36.000 --> 00:07:42.680 He's relying too much on his slider slash sweeper and he doesn't have a 92 00:07:42.720 --> 00:07:46.279 feel for that pitch. He really hasn't had a feel for it in a 93 00:07:46.360 --> 00:07:50.199 couple of weeks, and I feel like Jesus, Evan Phillips has to go 94 00:07:50.319 --> 00:07:57.720 back to establishing his fastball and commanding his fastball and work off of that. 95 00:07:58.160 --> 00:08:03.800 He's relying too much on the sweeper. His fastball velocity was not down today. 96 00:08:03.839 --> 00:08:07.040 He threw ninety six when he threw that fastball, but he did not 97 00:08:07.199 --> 00:08:11.879 have command of it. And right now, Evan phillips confidence is a little 98 00:08:11.879 --> 00:08:15.240 bit low. You could see it in his body language. He doesn't have 99 00:08:15.319 --> 00:08:20.519 the same swagger that we saw when he's going on all cylinders last year. 100 00:08:20.639 --> 00:08:24.879 So for me, he's got to get back to the fastball and play off 101 00:08:24.920 --> 00:08:30.079 of that. Okay, listen, could you give us a Charlie Steiner update? 102 00:08:30.120 --> 00:08:33.679 I really mission, Yeah, we missed Charlie too. He celebrated a 103 00:08:33.720 --> 00:08:37.480 birthday while the Dodgers were on the road, and right now he is day 104 00:08:37.519 --> 00:08:43.240 to day, as they say in the baseball world, and steadily recovering. 105 00:08:43.279 --> 00:08:46.080 Maybe not as fast as he would like or we would like, but he 106 00:08:46.159 --> 00:08:50.879 definitely has been getting a lot of well wishes and we have Charlie in our 107 00:08:50.919 --> 00:08:56.320 thoughts and we're hoping that he continues to get better day by day. Eight 108 00:08:56.399 --> 00:08:58.240 six, six, nine, eight seven, two five seventy is the phone 109 00:08:58.320 --> 00:09:01.000 number. All right, Frank, let's keep this going. What do you 110 00:09:01.000 --> 00:09:07.200 got on Evan Phillips? Oh, thanks for taking my call. Well, 111 00:09:07.440 --> 00:09:13.000 I think the Evan Phillips is going through what Bobby Miller went through and he 112 00:09:13.120 --> 00:09:18.840 got sent down on where they got multiple weapons in their arsenal, and they're 113 00:09:18.879 --> 00:09:22.120 not going through that. They're going to other pitches. I think if Bobby 114 00:09:22.120 --> 00:09:26.679 Miller would it like kept more with fastball, like just go down the middle 115 00:09:26.960 --> 00:09:30.519 and not be afraid of hitter, just like Evid Phillips could do it. 116 00:09:31.240 --> 00:09:33.759 I think he'll execute the pitches more and he helped the team more. Teams 117 00:09:33.759 --> 00:09:39.000 are waiting for his pitches and that's why you're getting hit well. Okay, 118 00:09:39.159 --> 00:09:41.360 thank you for the phone call. I disagree with you. I feel like 119 00:09:41.480 --> 00:09:46.440 Evin Phillips just can't throw a fastball down the middle. That's part of this 120 00:09:46.519 --> 00:09:50.639 too. His fastball is not showing a lot of late life from my eyes. 121 00:09:50.240 --> 00:09:54.279 I'll try to dive into it a little bit more with Connor mcguinnis and 122 00:09:54.320 --> 00:09:58.759 Mark Pryor, but that's what I'm seeing here that his fastball seems a little 123 00:09:58.759 --> 00:10:03.480 more straight than usual, and he doesn't have command of it and his sweeper 124 00:10:03.759 --> 00:10:07.159 he's not able to land it for strikes. He's yanking it and it's not 125 00:10:07.240 --> 00:10:09.799 even close to being a strike or getting hitters to even think it's a strike 126 00:10:09.879 --> 00:10:13.399 to swing at it. So to me, that's the issue. I'm not 127 00:10:13.480 --> 00:10:18.399 giving up on Evan Phillips. The Dodgers are not giving up on Evan Phillips, 128 00:10:18.879 --> 00:10:22.480 and I guess this is the silver lining in the Dodgers, not just 129 00:10:22.559 --> 00:10:28.000 saying Evan is the closer. They've got a guy like Daniel Hudson that can 130 00:10:28.039 --> 00:10:31.679 close. They got a guy like Blake Trinon that can close games until Evan 131 00:10:31.759 --> 00:10:37.360 Phillips gets back on track. And even better news, the Dodgers may be 132 00:10:37.480 --> 00:10:43.919 getting Bruce tarr gretorol back. He made his first appearance for Oklahoma City in 133 00:10:43.039 --> 00:10:48.919 his road back from shoulder injury in spring training. Shoulder inflammation. I'm not 134 00:10:48.960 --> 00:10:54.360 sure exactly the extent of the shoulder injury, but he had inflammation. He 135 00:10:54.440 --> 00:10:58.399 did not really pitch in spring training. He hasn't pitched in a major league 136 00:10:58.440 --> 00:11:03.759 game all year, and right now is step one to Bruce dargraderol coming back 137 00:11:03.840 --> 00:11:07.159 this season, and if the Dodgers get him back and he's anywhere close to 138 00:11:07.480 --> 00:11:11.240 who he was last year, that's a huge boost to the Dodgers and gives 139 00:11:11.320 --> 00:11:18.279 Dave Roberts more options whenever one of his late inning relievers is a little off. 140 00:11:18.720 --> 00:11:20.679 Eight six, six, nine, seven, two five seventy is the 141 00:11:20.720 --> 00:11:24.759 phone number. Let's go out to Frankie, who says he was close to 142 00:11:24.840 --> 00:11:31.080 the Otani monster home run. Frankie, were you out there below that pink 143 00:11:31.159 --> 00:11:35.159 sign in right center field? Hey, DV, you know that thing was 144 00:11:35.200 --> 00:11:39.120 an absolute shot. Thank you for having us on the show. We absolutely 145 00:11:39.120 --> 00:11:41.679 appreciate it. Longtime listener, first time caller. Who's we from Selinas, 146 00:11:41.759 --> 00:11:46.759 California, long way away, but we way down here speaking French like Jerry 147 00:11:46.799 --> 00:11:52.120 Harriston. Who's we It's my wife, Peyton and I. My wife's in 148 00:11:52.120 --> 00:11:56.799 the car too. Hey Peyton, you guys came out and saw an incredible 149 00:11:56.840 --> 00:12:03.200 game. So describe where you were where Otani's home run ball landed. So 150 00:12:03.519 --> 00:12:07.320 we we were sitting just under right seat. Just it went right over our 151 00:12:07.320 --> 00:12:11.240 heads. He absolutely crushed that ball. And you know what, DV, 152 00:12:11.759 --> 00:12:16.440 I really want to give a shout out to Honeywell, that screwball is disgusting. 153 00:12:18.080 --> 00:12:22.159 We need that all year. We need that screwball and fastball. It's 154 00:12:22.240 --> 00:12:26.200 disgusting. Let's thank you. I was hoping for a little bit more of 155 00:12:26.240 --> 00:12:31.399 a painted picture of your view of Otani's home run. We know it was 156 00:12:31.440 --> 00:12:35.840 crushed. Where were you were you right on that concourse standing room only area? 157 00:12:35.919 --> 00:12:39.240 Where were you? Yeah? So we were. We were in the 158 00:12:39.360 --> 00:12:43.519 right field pavilion and oh my god, it was crushed. It was over 159 00:12:43.919 --> 00:12:48.679 my right shoulder. And I would tell you I saw it shoulder. Tell 160 00:12:48.720 --> 00:12:52.399 you that. Are you saying I could tell you that I saw it? 161 00:12:52.440 --> 00:12:56.799 But it went over so quick? Are you saying it whizzed right over your 162 00:12:56.840 --> 00:13:01.200 right shoulder? Uh? You know, maybe a couple rose over, but 163 00:13:01.279 --> 00:13:03.240 it was absolute shock. It knded like a gunshot went off. Dave, 164 00:13:03.720 --> 00:13:07.759 all right, thanks a lot, Frank, you appreciate it. Let's see 165 00:13:07.759 --> 00:13:13.480 if Mark can give us a more descriptive picture of where he was when show 166 00:13:13.519 --> 00:13:18.559 Hao Tani's four hundred and seventy three foot home run landed on that standing room 167 00:13:18.720 --> 00:13:22.960 only area in right center field, Mark, can you do a little better? 168 00:13:24.080 --> 00:13:26.120 Hey, how's he going? We were sitting in section three away. 169 00:13:26.480 --> 00:13:31.080 The ball landed pen high, played a lot of golf pen hi twenty thirty 170 00:13:31.080 --> 00:13:35.639 feet or so. Everybody's going out some like, holy, holy junked at 171 00:13:35.679 --> 00:13:39.440 the longest home run I've ever seen. My nephew says to me right before 172 00:13:39.440 --> 00:13:41.559 he hit it, you could hit a home run, and I'm like okay. 173 00:13:41.559 --> 00:13:43.720 Eventually two seconds later, home run. It was crazy. We all 174 00:13:43.759 --> 00:13:48.840 lost our mind. Best game I've ever been to. So when it bounced 175 00:13:48.960 --> 00:13:54.000 on that standing room area, concourse, how far did it bounce into centerfield 176 00:13:54.000 --> 00:13:58.039 plaza? Took a big hop and kicked all the way back there. People 177 00:13:58.039 --> 00:14:00.240 are like losing their mind, like, what, how's the ball getting back 178 00:14:00.279 --> 00:14:05.360 here? Did you see somebody grab the ball? Don't? I didn't see 179 00:14:05.360 --> 00:14:07.120 who got it? Was I was out of my view at that point, 180 00:14:07.480 --> 00:14:11.039 but like this, I mean, I've never heard the stadium out loud of 181 00:14:11.120 --> 00:14:13.600 like a playoff game right there. Yeah, it was fifty thousand plus, 182 00:14:13.639 --> 00:14:18.720 so I'm kind of familiar with the setup back there in centerfield plaza. Did 183 00:14:18.720 --> 00:14:24.600 it go towards the h the sports Net LA stage where would you say it 184 00:14:24.679 --> 00:14:28.279 kind of went towards Did you go to the concession stand that's right in the 185 00:14:28.799 --> 00:14:33.320 lost view as Susan went over, I was, I was, I had 186 00:14:33.360 --> 00:14:35.039 my view over, like, well, the ball that overlooks the stadium, 187 00:14:35.080 --> 00:14:39.360 and then Susan went over that. I loved that. All right? Great, 188 00:14:39.559 --> 00:14:43.120 I mean, like if you guys were at the JFK assassination, no 189 00:14:43.200 --> 00:14:48.519 wonder they couldn't find the second shooter eight six six nine eight seven two five 190 00:14:48.720 --> 00:14:52.279 seventy. Let's go to Clayton Kershaw, who had the headset on when the 191 00:14:52.360 --> 00:14:58.440 Otani home run was hit for ESPN Sunday Night Baseball. Have you seen the 192 00:14:58.519 --> 00:15:01.960 ball hit where he just hit? I don't think so. That was amazing. 193 00:15:01.320 --> 00:15:03.279 Yeah, like you guys were saying, some of the rities can hit 194 00:15:03.320 --> 00:15:07.519 him out that way, but for a lefty to go up there is I'm 195 00:15:07.639 --> 00:15:11.000 I'm speciless. I've never seen that before. I mean, that was as 196 00:15:11.039 --> 00:15:16.879 good of a description as those two callers. Maybe my expectations were a little 197 00:15:16.879 --> 00:15:20.000 bit too high. Eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy is the 198 00:15:20.039 --> 00:15:24.000 phone number the Dodgers hold on to beat the Red Sox today, nine to 199 00:15:24.120 --> 00:15:28.559 six. Let's go up to one of my favorite places, Ventura. Marcus, 200 00:15:28.639 --> 00:15:33.679 you're on Dodger Talk with David vasse Hi. Marcus, Hi, David, 201 00:15:33.679 --> 00:15:35.320 thank you for taking my call. I just wanted to sort of talk 202 00:15:35.360 --> 00:15:39.559 about maybe the pitching. I know, we won these three games, and 203 00:15:39.600 --> 00:15:41.799 that's great, but I get it to fill ups a sort of struggling. 204 00:15:43.000 --> 00:15:46.600 But I just wonder if maybe it would be better have a clear role for 205 00:15:48.200 --> 00:15:54.039 Oh boy, at last, I hear you clear roles. They do have 206 00:15:54.080 --> 00:15:58.600 clear roles, Marcus. Uh. The Dodgers have established their culture with their 207 00:15:58.639 --> 00:16:03.240 relievers. You have a clear role. These are the groupings of hitters to 208 00:16:03.320 --> 00:16:07.320 be prepared for, no matter if it's the eighth inning, the seventh inning, 209 00:16:07.960 --> 00:16:11.399 the sixth inning, and sometimes the ninth inning. But I'm with you, 210 00:16:11.519 --> 00:16:15.720 Marcus, the ninth inning is a different animal. Not everybody is made 211 00:16:15.879 --> 00:16:22.120 for the ninth inning. Yeah, and to see Ramirez in that Detroit game 212 00:16:22.159 --> 00:16:25.799 before the break in the ninth inning, in the three to two game, 213 00:16:26.039 --> 00:16:29.279 when the other guys were available, I just don't understand, Well, were 214 00:16:29.279 --> 00:16:33.519 they available? Were they available? I mean, Alex Vessi would have pitched 215 00:16:33.039 --> 00:16:37.799 in five of the last six games in that Sunday afternoon in Detroit. That's 216 00:16:37.840 --> 00:16:42.320 not something many teams do. So were they available? It felt like they 217 00:16:42.360 --> 00:16:47.799 were out of relievers at that point. Well, I thought Vessio was warming 218 00:16:47.879 --> 00:16:51.480 up, and because you're going into the all right leg, yeah, it 219 00:16:51.519 --> 00:16:55.039 was lightly warming up. In case of an emergency in the tenth inning, 220 00:16:55.399 --> 00:17:00.720 Dave Roberts did not want to bring in Alex Vesia. Okay, Well, 221 00:17:00.240 --> 00:17:03.039 I don't know. I just I mean, that's the whole point of this, 222 00:17:03.159 --> 00:17:04.640 right, Marcus. I mean, that's why you call in for the 223 00:17:04.680 --> 00:17:08.799 answers. It's not as easy as a video game, where you know, 224 00:17:10.240 --> 00:17:14.799 these guys cannot be used as often as all of us would love them to 225 00:17:14.880 --> 00:17:18.559 be. Uh, they cannot be used five out of six days. There 226 00:17:18.599 --> 00:17:23.400 is bullpen management for not only a specific game, but we're thinking about the 227 00:17:23.480 --> 00:17:27.039 day before, we're thinking about tomorrow, we're thinking about the day after, 228 00:17:27.680 --> 00:17:32.480 and that's what goes through a manager's mind, and he knows before the game 229 00:17:32.759 --> 00:17:37.119 who's available and who's not. And that's why obviously it was frustrating that they 230 00:17:37.160 --> 00:17:41.079 had to go to Johann Ramirez, who, by the way, was used 231 00:17:41.119 --> 00:17:44.279 quite a bit as well on that road trip, so maybe he was out 232 00:17:44.319 --> 00:17:48.279 of gas too. Yeah, I guess I just, you know, I 233 00:17:48.279 --> 00:17:51.200 feel like this in general, right, like Kik here and anders is a 234 00:17:51.279 --> 00:17:53.960 shortstop and then left field and then I just think guys need clear roles. 235 00:17:55.119 --> 00:17:59.039 Switching them all around, it's just not the way to handle it. That's 236 00:17:59.079 --> 00:18:03.480 his role, that's been role his entire career. Well, I look at 237 00:18:03.480 --> 00:18:06.720 some of the plays, some of the error, some of the things that 238 00:18:06.799 --> 00:18:08.559 happen, and I just think it's hard for guys to you know, it's 239 00:18:08.640 --> 00:18:12.039 very difficult to play the infield in general, and to just you know, 240 00:18:12.359 --> 00:18:17.440 stick a guy in there. It hasn't been the defense for k K or 241 00:18:17.559 --> 00:18:19.759 Rojas. It's been the offense for those guys, and key K came to 242 00:18:19.839 --> 00:18:23.480 life. So I feel like you're going on different tangents here and just making 243 00:18:23.519 --> 00:18:27.720 blanket statements. Well, I'm just trying to say the idea of clear roles. 244 00:18:27.759 --> 00:18:30.680 I think when I look at championship teams, they don't normally have guys 245 00:18:30.720 --> 00:18:34.559 that are doing all this right. I feel like they are to find roles. 246 00:18:34.599 --> 00:18:38.839 I just explain the relief roles. Like Blake Tryna knows he is going 247 00:18:38.880 --> 00:18:44.839 to put out fires for these specific groupings of hitters, Daniel Hudson, everybody 248 00:18:44.839 --> 00:18:48.440 in that bullpen understands their role. It's just not as conventional or the way 249 00:18:48.480 --> 00:18:52.319 we grew up with it, where you have the seventh inning, you have 250 00:18:52.400 --> 00:18:55.880 the eighth inning, and you have the ninth inning. The Dodgers don't have 251 00:18:56.119 --> 00:19:00.559 that type of Kenley Janssen closer type of guy in this bullpen right now, 252 00:19:00.880 --> 00:19:07.920 but they do have clear, defined roles. Okay, well, thank you 253 00:19:07.960 --> 00:19:11.680 for the phone call. Eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy is 254 00:19:11.680 --> 00:19:15.559 the phone number. I don't know how much clearer I can make that. 255 00:19:15.039 --> 00:19:18.119 I mean, this has been going on since Dave Roberts took over as the 256 00:19:18.119 --> 00:19:26.160 manager and becoming more clear every year, especially since Kenley has moved on when 257 00:19:26.319 --> 00:19:30.079 he went to the Braves and now as with the Red Sox, the Dodgers 258 00:19:30.119 --> 00:19:33.920 had Craig Kimbrol the year after Kenley left, that kind of turned into a 259 00:19:33.960 --> 00:19:37.920 disaster. And then you know, he was the closer, the ninth inning 260 00:19:37.960 --> 00:19:41.559 guy, and they deployed the other guys the same way I described. Evan 261 00:19:41.640 --> 00:19:45.759 Phillips more nights than not has gotten the ninth inning, but right now he's 262 00:19:45.759 --> 00:19:52.519 struggling, so they have to go to a combination of different pitchers, whether 263 00:19:52.519 --> 00:19:57.119 it's Alex Vesia or Daniel Hudson. Blake Trinon definitely can be a closer, 264 00:19:57.640 --> 00:20:03.920 but if Evan Phillips is not performing on all cylinders, you can lose the 265 00:20:03.960 --> 00:20:07.319 game in the fifth inning as easily as you can lose the game in the 266 00:20:07.359 --> 00:20:10.960 eighth or ninth inning. So I feel like the Dodgers need to get Evan 267 00:20:11.039 --> 00:20:15.640 back on track and using his fastball for him to get back in that dominant 268 00:20:15.720 --> 00:20:18.319 role. Eight six, six, nine eighty seven, two five seventy is 269 00:20:18.359 --> 00:20:22.240 the phone number. Let's go out to Steven riverside. You're on Dodger Talk. 270 00:20:22.279 --> 00:20:26.720 Hi, Steve, Hey, Dave, how you doing. I'm doing 271 00:20:26.759 --> 00:20:29.559 great, Yeah, I just wanted to know just call in if you can 272 00:20:29.599 --> 00:20:32.680 wish my son a happy birthday. It's his fourteenth birthday today is happy for 273 00:20:32.759 --> 00:20:37.119 a Dodgers win. All right. What's your son's birthday today? His name 274 00:20:37.200 --> 00:20:44.119 is Jason, Jason Jason from all of us from Dodgers Stadium. Happy birthday, 275 00:20:44.920 --> 00:20:47.599 all right, Dave, thank you. Wow, that was like a 276 00:20:47.720 --> 00:20:52.160 radio cameo right there. Eight six six, nine eighty seven two five seventy 277 00:20:52.200 --> 00:20:55.559 is the phone number. We're gonna take a time out here on Dodger Talk. 278 00:20:55.599 --> 00:20:57.759 When we come back, we'll check in with Jose Mota. Also, 279 00:20:57.880 --> 00:21:03.440 you'll hear part of Adrian and Beltray speech because today he was inducted into Baseball's 280 00:21:03.440 --> 00:21:07.119 Hall of Fame, going in as a ranger, but the roots were right 281 00:21:07.119 --> 00:21:12.079 here in the Dodger organization. So we'll hear from Adrian as well. A 282 00:21:12.119 --> 00:21:17.079 special day out there in Cooperstown for him and his family and the others that 283 00:21:17.160 --> 00:21:22.440 were inducted. Jim Leland, Todd Helton, Joe Mauer. Congratulations to all 284 00:21:22.480 --> 00:21:29.279 of them. Dodgers sweep the Boston. Dodgers sweep Boston, get the brooms 285 00:21:29.319 --> 00:21:33.440 out in Beantown at the Charles River La beat you nine to six. The 286 00:21:33.440 --> 00:21:42.599 final score at Dodger Stadium on a five to seventy LA Sports. Dodger Talk 287 00:21:42.640 --> 00:21:48.440 is available on AM five seventy LA sports dot com, hand on the iHeartRadio 288 00:21:48.559 --> 00:21:55.880 app. Back to more Dodger Talk with Dodger insider David Basse to one is 289 00:21:56.039 --> 00:22:03.480 hammer Day bright center field way. Then Otani joins the home run party. 290 00:22:03.519 --> 00:22:11.640 A thirty home run season for shaw Hey O'tani four hundred and seventy three feet. 291 00:22:14.319 --> 00:22:18.720 That was an incredible home run bottom of the fifth inning, the back 292 00:22:18.839 --> 00:22:25.119 end of back to back home runs with Austin Barnes. Shohey O'tani becomes the 293 00:22:25.160 --> 00:22:30.240 first player in the National League to hit thirty home runs. What a shot. 294 00:22:30.519 --> 00:22:34.680 The farthest home run hit since John Carlos Stanton's home run that hit the 295 00:22:34.799 --> 00:22:40.519 roof in right feet or in left field ten years ago. That one hit 296 00:22:40.599 --> 00:22:45.359 the standing room only concourse area in left center field. An incredible display of 297 00:22:45.400 --> 00:22:51.680 power by sho Hey Otani, who now has seven home runs this year that 298 00:22:51.759 --> 00:22:56.680 have gone at least four hundred and forty feet. That one four hundred and 299 00:22:56.839 --> 00:23:02.720 seventy three feet And if you can leave this Dodger Stadium, which was never 300 00:23:02.759 --> 00:23:07.000 known as a hitters ballpark, six of those seven home runs that have gone 301 00:23:07.480 --> 00:23:11.839 four hundred and forty feet for Otani have been hit here at Dodger Stadium. 302 00:23:12.240 --> 00:23:17.319 Eight six six ninety seven two five seventy is the phone number. Just want 303 00:23:17.319 --> 00:23:21.359 to give you an update on Miguel Rojas, who left this game in early 304 00:23:21.519 --> 00:23:26.079 in the second or third inning today. He left with right forearm tightness and 305 00:23:26.160 --> 00:23:30.440 hopefully he is not out for too long because he is obviously one of the 306 00:23:30.440 --> 00:23:34.920 best, if not the best, defensive shortstop in the National League and has 307 00:23:36.000 --> 00:23:40.960 held down shortstop with Mookie Betts being on the il. So hopefully he's not 308 00:23:41.079 --> 00:23:45.200 out too long. If he is, Keik Hernandez will slide over like he 309 00:23:45.279 --> 00:23:48.039 did today. Kevin Bigio at third base. All right, let's get to 310 00:23:48.119 --> 00:23:55.640 Jose Moda. It's time to go around the horn with Jose Mota. Jose 311 00:23:55.839 --> 00:24:00.079 Mota filling in for Rick Monday again today. Jose. Wow, what a 312 00:24:00.119 --> 00:24:03.559 home run by show? Hey Otani. I was talking to some of the 313 00:24:03.599 --> 00:24:07.599 Boston Riders. Alex Spire from the Globe said that Otani would hit balls like 314 00:24:07.680 --> 00:24:12.000 that in batting practice at Fenway, But man, what a majestic home run 315 00:24:12.039 --> 00:24:17.480 today. Ma Jessic to say the leads about Shoe Otani, who after starting 316 00:24:17.480 --> 00:24:21.279 off the All Star break in his home run in the All Star Game all 317 00:24:21.319 --> 00:24:23.400 for three with three strikeouts. Has found a way. When that left, 318 00:24:23.400 --> 00:24:26.920 he came in and that got him fixed. And today was just another impressive 319 00:24:26.960 --> 00:24:30.480 display of easy power. That's what we used to call it. Easy power. 320 00:24:30.519 --> 00:24:34.079 From Choey center Field four seventy three, four seventy six. It doesn't 321 00:24:34.079 --> 00:24:38.880 matter what they just go. I mentioned John Carlos, Stanton Mike Piazza in 322 00:24:38.960 --> 00:24:44.559 the nineties hit a ball off the roof in left field as a right handed 323 00:24:44.640 --> 00:24:48.119 hitter. But have you ever seen a left handed hitter with so much power 324 00:24:48.160 --> 00:24:52.960 and hit a ball that far at Dodger Stadium, Jose. It was only 325 00:24:52.039 --> 00:24:56.240 nineteen seventy three when I was eight years old. I remember Willie Stargo doing 326 00:24:56.279 --> 00:24:59.640 that. But boy, this is different though. I mean, Tony pulled 327 00:24:59.720 --> 00:25:02.240 up blow. Can you imagine how he pulled that ball? That ball would 328 00:25:02.240 --> 00:25:06.559 have landed. But nonetheless, Doctors Stadium for many years you know very well 329 00:25:06.599 --> 00:25:10.359 too, that we started talking about the names of the pass. It was 330 00:25:10.440 --> 00:25:15.000 not a hitters ballpark, and by any means, anybody that got that ball 331 00:25:15.039 --> 00:25:18.559 into halfway through that bleacher was superb power. But what we see nowadays it 332 00:25:18.640 --> 00:25:22.799 is spectacular and showy. We knew what was in there. We know the 333 00:25:22.799 --> 00:25:26.839 fact that I mean when he hears home runs the center field is when he's 334 00:25:26.880 --> 00:25:30.640 going well. But boy, today the disploint we're showing of the guys hitting 335 00:25:30.640 --> 00:25:34.960 home runs was pretty awesome. Six home runs hit today by the Dodgers, 336 00:25:36.240 --> 00:25:41.200 James Paxton, Jose. That was impressive. How he regrouped after that rough 337 00:25:41.240 --> 00:25:45.039 first inning. It was twenty six pitches and you know, you always worry 338 00:25:45.039 --> 00:25:48.160 about the walks with him because it's been an issue for him. He's pitched 339 00:25:48.200 --> 00:25:52.720 with a lot of traffic on the basis. But I was telling Tim during 340 00:25:52.720 --> 00:25:56.920 the broadcast, his fastball command is not there. And I learned this from 341 00:25:56.960 --> 00:26:00.359 Buddy Black years ago. Buddy Black will say, Hey, if you're fastball 342 00:26:00.359 --> 00:26:02.759 commands not their son, you know what, go to a break and ball 343 00:26:02.920 --> 00:26:06.039 to get you away from thinking where your release pol must be on the fastball. 344 00:26:06.519 --> 00:26:08.279 And I think that's really helped. WI helped him today and with Austin 345 00:26:08.319 --> 00:26:11.680 Barnes also calling the shots and give him some nice targets with a breaking ball, 346 00:26:11.759 --> 00:26:15.039 not just in one spot down in none almighties, but also going away 347 00:26:15.359 --> 00:26:18.799 well, that got the fastball back where needed to be, and we saw 348 00:26:18.839 --> 00:26:22.519 some ninety six is today in the fifth inding, which was pretty impressive too. 349 00:26:22.599 --> 00:26:23.920 But you know, he loves the man with Dodgers Stadium. He loves 350 00:26:23.960 --> 00:26:26.880 the background everything that comes with that. And along with all that, as 351 00:26:26.880 --> 00:26:30.440 you mentioned earnest too, he gets a lot of run support. Good for 352 00:26:30.480 --> 00:26:33.640 him to pick up. All right, Jose, Not everything was perfect today 353 00:26:33.640 --> 00:26:37.000 for the Dodgers. You've heard the callers call in. We all saw it. 354 00:26:37.039 --> 00:26:41.839 Evan Phillips struggles continued in the ninth inning with a six run lead, 355 00:26:41.960 --> 00:26:47.839 Daniel Hudson to the rescue. Do you agree that Evan's got to get back 356 00:26:47.880 --> 00:26:55.279 to establishing the fastball and use the sweeper off that Sometimes over use of the 357 00:26:55.319 --> 00:27:00.720 sweeper is a product of just not trusting that you're fast is going to be 358 00:27:00.799 --> 00:27:03.400 hitting good spots. So what happens is then you lose track of where the 359 00:27:03.400 --> 00:27:07.759 fastill needs to be to command it right. Command is not just strikes, 360 00:27:07.200 --> 00:27:10.559 It's about what type of strikes you want to throw. And when you're throwing 361 00:27:10.599 --> 00:27:14.519 the sweeper a lot has a totally different type of pronation with with your wrists, 362 00:27:14.559 --> 00:27:18.240 with your fingers, but when Evan's right. In fact, there's a 363 00:27:18.359 --> 00:27:22.240 pitch that he missed today just on the outer half, barely missed it against 364 00:27:22.240 --> 00:27:25.839 O'Neill, who came back and structed with a bick and ball. But when 365 00:27:25.880 --> 00:27:29.799 he's going well that ninety seven that he starts outside, it's going to run 366 00:27:29.839 --> 00:27:33.720 back and get people looking on the strikeout right in batters. It's not there 367 00:27:33.799 --> 00:27:36.759 right now, as they call it, Yankee at some time to make it 368 00:27:36.799 --> 00:27:40.200 better. And I think overall, you know, the mental state of mind 369 00:27:40.240 --> 00:27:41.799 is what I worry about. The most of the confidence starts lacking. But 370 00:27:42.400 --> 00:27:45.079 the stuff is there. But I think the combination of the stuff, to 371 00:27:45.119 --> 00:27:49.799 me, David Wendy's changed. Jose Mota is joining us after the Dodgers sweep 372 00:27:49.880 --> 00:27:53.759 the Red Sox in this three game series today. The final score in nine 373 00:27:53.759 --> 00:27:59.519 to six, even though it was a guy wearing a Boston uniform. He's 374 00:27:59.519 --> 00:28:03.400 from Coron. He played at Long Beach State for college baseball. Jared duran 375 00:28:03.880 --> 00:28:08.160 Man to see him front and center in these three games six for twelve, 376 00:28:08.200 --> 00:28:12.400 two home run, seven RBIs. He is an impressive player, Jose. 377 00:28:14.400 --> 00:28:17.119 He does it all. He does it all with flair. He's got some 378 00:28:17.200 --> 00:28:19.920 style. I mean a guy that has understood how to take care of his 379 00:28:21.000 --> 00:28:26.880 body properly. There's not one off dase, which I applaud nowadays from players, 380 00:28:26.160 --> 00:28:30.240 especially for a guy that plays with that intensity, and you think about 381 00:28:30.480 --> 00:28:36.000 how he covers a play, how he's able to stay in line with is 382 00:28:36.640 --> 00:28:40.759 and also the fact that he can drive it baseball. Mean between the triples 383 00:28:40.759 --> 00:28:44.079 there are ten of them, and then the doubles and home runs. They 384 00:28:44.119 --> 00:28:45.920 better lock him up soon because this has got some bigger things ahead of him 385 00:28:45.920 --> 00:28:48.960 and stay. He plays like a winner. You know, he doesn't take 386 00:28:48.799 --> 00:28:52.400 plays off. In other words, you know the big football term. He 387 00:28:52.440 --> 00:28:56.119 had a ground ball second base yesterday and he hustled all the way through, 388 00:28:56.160 --> 00:29:00.160 which is something that teammates applaud. So happy and proud of Somebody liked that 389 00:29:00.240 --> 00:29:03.519 because Mike Soshi told me about him a few years back when he had him, 390 00:29:03.680 --> 00:29:07.319 and he goes keep around this kid because being a local product, being 391 00:29:07.359 --> 00:29:10.720 a dirt bag, he brings a lot to the table when now we're seeing 392 00:29:10.759 --> 00:29:15.240 at him, especially after altar performance. Yeah, Mike Siosha managed him for 393 00:29:15.440 --> 00:29:18.359 the USA Olympic team a few years back, for sure, and no Mar 394 00:29:18.440 --> 00:29:23.079 Garciapara said the same thing as j Jose. He has taken notice of how 395 00:29:23.160 --> 00:29:27.640 hard Jaron Duran runs to first base, no matter what the score is, 396 00:29:27.759 --> 00:29:30.960 no matter where the ball is hit. And he said that's a big reason 397 00:29:32.039 --> 00:29:37.839 why Boston fans love him, because that's something Nomar did as well. That's 398 00:29:37.839 --> 00:29:41.680 true because you know what fans over there know ring well that guys like this 399 00:29:42.319 --> 00:29:47.200 forget about the numbers, are putting every single effort to make sure that when 400 00:29:47.200 --> 00:29:49.640 you come to support them, he's going to give you out there the best 401 00:29:49.640 --> 00:29:53.240 effort possible and put on a good show. But he's athletic and understand the 402 00:29:53.279 --> 00:29:56.839 game out of which is another sing Dave. He's athletic, but also he's 403 00:29:56.920 --> 00:30:02.200 a very big Ballplayer's the game at this level. What he's running at this 404 00:30:02.319 --> 00:30:06.279 level is taking it to the next level, which is superstoudom. Yeah, 405 00:30:06.359 --> 00:30:11.519 no doubt. Jaron Duran drafted four spots ahead of James Autman in the twenty 406 00:30:11.599 --> 00:30:17.279 eighteenth MLB draft in the seventh round. How about that, Jose, Well, 407 00:30:17.680 --> 00:30:22.000 talk to you tomorrow, Snell Zilla and River Ryan Giants Dodgers. You'll 408 00:30:22.000 --> 00:30:25.519 be on the call with Steven Nelson. Should be a fun one. Thank 409 00:30:25.559 --> 00:30:29.599 you all right, there he goes. Jose Mota, part of the Dodgers 410 00:30:29.640 --> 00:30:33.359 Spanish radio broadcast, has filled in for Rick Monday, who is fine, 411 00:30:33.440 --> 00:30:37.400 just taking a few extra days off after the All Star break. Rick will 412 00:30:37.400 --> 00:30:44.839 rejoin the Dodgers in Houston after these four games against San Francisco. Daniels Jewelers 413 00:30:45.039 --> 00:30:48.599 is the official sponsor of the Trip around the Diamond. Stop by any Daniel's 414 00:30:48.599 --> 00:30:53.519 location and say home run for your free team bracelet and fifty dollars gift card 415 00:30:53.519 --> 00:30:59.759 toward any purchase of ninety nine dollars or more. Daniels Jewelers own the Dream. 416 00:31:00.079 --> 00:31:03.240 Eight six six seven two five seventy is the phone number. Let's go 417 00:31:03.279 --> 00:31:07.799 out to Lake Elsinore. Andy. You're on Dodger Talk with David vasse Hi. 418 00:31:07.839 --> 00:31:12.200 Andy, Hi, Dave, I just honestly wanted to switch it up 419 00:31:12.200 --> 00:31:15.640 a little and talk about Agrian Beltray. Yeah. I just want to say 420 00:31:15.720 --> 00:31:19.400 that, Yeah, I love Agrient Balta. I mean I wish he would 421 00:31:19.400 --> 00:31:25.519 have just just served his entire career as a Dodger. We didn't have the 422 00:31:25.599 --> 00:31:29.960 right ownership to keep him and sign them, and and maybe if we did, 423 00:31:30.079 --> 00:31:33.880 we he'd have been a champion with the Dodgers. I loved going to 424 00:31:33.880 --> 00:31:37.119 the games and just sitting above, you know, right down third baseline and 425 00:31:37.240 --> 00:31:41.240 just cheering him on. He he had a lot of good teammates too along 426 00:31:41.279 --> 00:31:44.519 the way, but I just hated to see him go when he left. 427 00:31:44.559 --> 00:31:48.000 And you know, I think he went to Seattle and then from Seattle to 428 00:31:48.119 --> 00:31:52.240 the Rangers. I don't know, but I wish he could have just served 429 00:31:52.240 --> 00:31:55.359 his entire career as a Dodger. He was just one of the great ones, 430 00:31:56.000 --> 00:31:59.480 no doubt. And Paul de Podesta, the GM at the time, 431 00:31:59.559 --> 00:32:02.920 got played by Scott Boris or history might be a little bit different, but 432 00:32:04.240 --> 00:32:09.000 certainly we all remember Adrian in that great two thousand and four season. Appreciate 433 00:32:09.039 --> 00:32:13.559 you calling an A and D, which brings us to the part of Adrian 434 00:32:13.640 --> 00:32:19.119 Beltray's speech where he did reflect on his time and his start in Major League 435 00:32:19.160 --> 00:32:23.359 Baseball when he was called up as a nineteen year old in nineteen ninety eight 436 00:32:23.400 --> 00:32:30.519 by then interim GM Tommy Lesorda. I was always be grateful to adult years 437 00:32:30.160 --> 00:32:35.279 to give an opportunity this fifteen year old kid from the Menicot Republic to sent 438 00:32:35.359 --> 00:32:40.480 me to my professional contract. Now my dream will become a personal basic player. 439 00:32:40.640 --> 00:32:45.640 It was now a reality for at my age, I still I had 440 00:32:45.640 --> 00:32:51.200 more to learn and great people to teach me. On June nineteen ninety eight, 441 00:32:51.279 --> 00:32:53.839 when I was in Double A, I received one of the most important 442 00:32:53.839 --> 00:33:00.160 calls of my life. I want to thank these leggings so much forget me 443 00:33:00.160 --> 00:33:04.599 the opportunity in having the guts to call this nineteen year kid for the winnic 444 00:33:04.680 --> 00:33:07.359 and Republic to the big League where nobody was expecting me, especially to me, 445 00:33:08.480 --> 00:33:19.519 I was always be grateful to the lay told me that sort of them, 446 00:33:19.559 --> 00:33:21.960 I made it to the big league. So I started learning from guys 447 00:33:22.000 --> 00:33:27.720 Laco, Sevis Guyino, Marcus Grison, Ramon Martinez, Bobbie and then it 448 00:33:27.759 --> 00:33:31.599 says I studies there Roberts Alix Coda, one of my favorite teammates ever at 449 00:33:31.640 --> 00:33:39.200 Flago Sean Green. I spent seven seasons in LA. Some of the year 450 00:33:39.319 --> 00:33:45.119 was difficult, but shaped me and made me tough and stronger mentally. So 451 00:33:45.079 --> 00:33:50.400 thank you to all the miners and coaches in LA, especially Jim Tracy, 452 00:33:50.720 --> 00:33:53.839 Manny Mota, Jimmy led, John Shelby and one of my favorite hitting coaches 453 00:33:53.880 --> 00:33:59.960 Tim Wallack. Thank you to the trainer Stanley Johnson for being so cooled. 454 00:34:00.000 --> 00:34:04.759 He knows what I'm talking about. Thank you to the playhouse guys Alex Tors 455 00:34:04.799 --> 00:34:12.119 img Pool and to the LA fans. I really appreciate you. You were 456 00:34:12.119 --> 00:34:16.000 a hot time when I sucked, but when I was doing good, you 457 00:34:16.079 --> 00:34:21.000 really let me know. I will never forget the MVP chance in Totan and 458 00:34:21.119 --> 00:34:29.119 four. Love you LA Fans. Thank you for support. All right. 459 00:34:29.159 --> 00:34:35.159 There was part of Adrian Beltray's induction speech, the part where he reflected on 460 00:34:35.239 --> 00:34:39.599 his time with the Dodgers and loved that he gave two clubhouse managers a shout 461 00:34:39.679 --> 00:34:45.320 out his good buddy Alex Torres and the great Mitch Pole as well. That's 462 00:34:45.360 --> 00:34:51.159 the type of guy Adrian Beltray is and my understanding because he texted me was 463 00:34:51.199 --> 00:34:57.000 Sean Green was out there in Cooperstown. Adrian Beltray invited caesarus tourist Sean Green 464 00:34:57.079 --> 00:35:00.800 and a few other former Dodger teammates out there. And the managers in this 465 00:35:00.920 --> 00:35:07.199 series were teammates with Adrian Beltray and wish they could have been in Cooperstown. 466 00:35:07.400 --> 00:35:12.519 Alex Cora and Dave Roberts but certainly they celebrated him from Los Angeles. It 467 00:35:12.639 --> 00:35:15.480 was fitting that Boston was here so Alex and Dave could be back at Dodgers 468 00:35:15.480 --> 00:35:22.119 Stadium to celebrate Adrian going into the Hall of Fame. All right. Tomorrow, 469 00:35:22.280 --> 00:35:25.840 the Dodgers turned their attention to the San Francisco Giants for a four game 470 00:35:27.000 --> 00:35:32.800 series. The Dodgers enter tomorrow's game eight games ahead of the Arizona Diamondbacks and 471 00:35:34.440 --> 00:35:39.440 eight games ahead of the San Diego Padres. The Dodgers are well ahead of 472 00:35:39.519 --> 00:35:45.599 San Francisco in the NL West, eleven games ahead of San Francisco. In 473 00:35:45.639 --> 00:35:51.239 the NL West. San Francisco is in fourth place. Only the Rockies are 474 00:35:51.239 --> 00:35:55.599 holding them up from last place. San Francisco is forty eight and fifty two 475 00:35:57.199 --> 00:36:01.159 and right now turning their attention to the wild card race even though they are 476 00:36:01.199 --> 00:36:06.039 three games Can you believe this? The Giants are three games back of the 477 00:36:06.079 --> 00:36:12.679 final wildcard spot despite being three games under five hundred or four games under five 478 00:36:12.800 --> 00:36:16.119 hundred, forty eight and fifty two. That's just incredible. And what is 479 00:36:16.159 --> 00:36:22.119 complicating the trade deadline where you have teams like the Cubs forty eight and fifty 480 00:36:22.159 --> 00:36:25.519 three in last place in the NL Central three and a half games back of 481 00:36:25.599 --> 00:36:29.880 the final wildcard spot. But these teams are going to have to take into 482 00:36:29.960 --> 00:36:34.079 account is this really going to last? And do you really have a great 483 00:36:34.159 --> 00:36:39.119 shot of a getting into the postseason under five hundred or at five hundred, 484 00:36:39.400 --> 00:36:43.639 and do you really have a shot at advancing? I find it hard to 485 00:36:43.679 --> 00:36:46.280 believe. And when you're four games out, three games out, and you 486 00:36:46.320 --> 00:36:51.679 have to leap frog two or three teams that are above five hundred, I 487 00:36:51.719 --> 00:36:54.239 mean, I feel like reality has to set in at some point. But 488 00:36:54.480 --> 00:36:58.559 right now, the Dodgers are going to try to put the Giants out of 489 00:36:58.599 --> 00:37:02.480 their misery and really make them rethink their plans. As we get closer to 490 00:37:02.559 --> 00:37:08.039 the July thirtieth trade deadline, the Dodgers are expected to call up River Ryan 491 00:37:08.199 --> 00:37:13.239 to make his major league debut tomorrow night. River Ryan, in five starts 492 00:37:13.239 --> 00:37:17.840 with Oklahoma City, has a two seventy six ERA nineteen strikeout six walks. 493 00:37:19.039 --> 00:37:23.039 He will be the Dodgers' fourth starter this year to make his major league debut. 494 00:37:23.440 --> 00:37:30.000 Yoshi Yamamoto in South Korea, Landon Knack, and Justin Robleski all part 495 00:37:30.320 --> 00:37:35.800 of that list of four more Dodger starters making their major League debuts this season. 496 00:37:36.239 --> 00:37:39.840 Blake Snell, the two times two time Cy Young Award winner, will 497 00:37:39.880 --> 00:37:43.719 be on the mound for the Dodgers or for the Giants. I wish it 498 00:37:43.760 --> 00:37:45.719 was for the Dodgers. He'll be on the mound for the Giants zero to 499 00:37:45.719 --> 00:37:51.039 three with an ERA of six thirty one. But this will be his second 500 00:37:51.039 --> 00:37:54.199 start since coming off the il with a groin issue, and in his last 501 00:37:54.239 --> 00:38:00.119 start before the All Star Break, Snell Zilla pitched a perfect game into the 502 00:38:00.159 --> 00:38:04.960 seventh innings, so he's back. Blake Snell against the Dodgers once again. 503 00:38:05.320 --> 00:38:09.320 Morongo Casino, Dodgers on deck at six o'clock. First pitch between the Dodgers 504 00:38:09.320 --> 00:38:14.320 and Giants at seven to ten. That'll do it for us on Dodger Talk 505 00:38:14.360 --> 00:38:17.360 tonight. Thanks to calling ye back at our Burbank Studios, Thanks to Dwayne 506 00:38:17.400 --> 00:38:22.000 McDonald out here at Dodgers Stadium, and thanks to you for listening. In 507 00:38:22.039 --> 00:38:25.719 case you missed any of the show, you can find it on the iHeartRadio 508 00:38:25.880 --> 00:38:30.719 app once again. The final score from Dodgers Stadium. The Dodgers sweep the 509 00:38:30.760 --> 00:38:35.360 Red Sox with a nine to six victory. Have a great rest of your 510 00:38:35.440 --> 00:38:39.480 Sunday. We'll talk to you tomorrow. See you send it away