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it out to the Gallpin Motors broadcast booth with Rick Monday and Tim neffert Well.
Saturday at Dodgers Stadium, glass Now was really good and finally got some
run support. Tyler Glass Now seven innings, allowed just two runs on two
hits while striking out ten along the way, his six double digit strikeout game
of this season. He went through a stretch remember in May, about five
games with virtually no run support. However, on Saturday night he got plenty
of it, and it started in the third. But Gavin lux stay off
pitch three two is swung on well, hit to right, going back onto
the dellis to the track. He's at the wall. Let's go home round
now, Gavin Lucks makes it won nothing Dodgers his second home run of the
year, and the round tripper gets the Dodgers on the board. First solo
home run for the LuxI Dodgers the he won nothing lead. A few batters
later, show Hey o Tany with a two run home run twenty third of
this season. Dodgers up three to nothing, and they still weren't done.
Andy Pie has an RBI ground out swell and the ground will double and the
Dodgers, with four runs in the third inning, take a four to nothing
lead on the Angels in the fourth Dodgers of four to one when they attacked
on more Will Smith, a bases loaded walk, Dodgers a five to one
lead Freddie Freeman, then a sack fly RBI number forty six as the Dodgers
took a six to one lead. Then the fifth Dodgers with some more offense.
Gavin Lucks at it again, kicking the one too. That one has
slapped the left field. That ball is gonna get down for a hit,
rounding Thurvis Rohies. He's gonna score a two out RBI base hit for Gavin
Lucks and the Dodgers lead hit seven to one. Gavin Lucks the RBI single
number nineteen on the season, Dodgers up seven to one. Lucks two for
four, a home run, two ribies the Dodgers seven eight and nine hitters.
They combined for six hits and scored five runs for the Dodgers. Dodgers
go on and win the game seven to two on Saturday night. Glass now
his eighth win of this season. He lowers his er raed two eighty eight
with the win. The Dodgers now forty eight and thirty one, an eight
and a half game lead in the division. After a rare Sunday day off
yesterday. They are in Chicago this afternoon for the start of a three game
series against the White Sox. The Big Maple James Paxton on the mound and
with more, let's head out to the Galvin Moners broadcast booth as we welcome
in Rick Monday and Tim never guys, Thank you very much, Tim,
and here at guaranteed right field. Beautiful night in Chicago's been a warm day,
should be a very pleasant evening here at the ballpark as the Dodgers meet
the White Sox. Dodgers forty eight and thirty one first place in the National
League West, the White Sox last place swell in Major League Baseball. They've
got the worst record in the majors at twenty one and fifty eight. It'll
be Garrett Crochet, who has been a bright spot in an otherwise dismal season
for the White Sox. Crochet six and six with a three two five ERA.
The left hander will oppose Dodgers lefty James Paxton, who's having a great
season seven to one and in ERA just over three and a half. Show
Hey Otani the National League Player of the Week. He has been outstanding No
question about that. I mean, his numbers are really incredible over the last
week of four to fifty eight average, four home runs eleven RBIs. But
when it comes to the White Sox, mall his numbers are even better than
that. Well, they're better than that, but a lot of players can
also make claims on that end of it. How about shoe Hey Otani.
Since Mookie Betts has gone down and a huge, huge loss for this Dodger
ball club with the broken left hand, Otani in his seven games as a
leadoff hitter is at three ninety three, four home runs, eleven runs batted
in. As you mentioned coming off now is selected as the Nationalague Player of
the Week. But if you look at the White Sox, I mean,
my goodness, you gave the record twenty one and fifty eight. They are
on a pace. If you look at well, they're on a pastue to
this or a hitters on a paste to this. Forty three and one nineteen
to be the worst mark in franchise's history. They lost one hundred and six
games in nineteen seventy. They thought that was a bad season. This has
been a rugged win so far for the South Side of Chicago. You can
shorten up the game with good pitching, because here's a number from the White
Sox when they trail after seven innx. So if you have the lead through
seven, you're gonna win. Because the White Sox are all in forty three.
Yeah, they've had difficulty. Meanwhile, the doctors have to take care
of their own backyard, and that means it will a little bit different lineup,
and that is going to be o Toanni's still going to be the designated
hitter. They are going to be without the services tonight of Tiascar Hernandez.
Fernando's out for personal reasons. He'll return here tomorrow. Freddie Freeman's had a
really good month of June three thirty three average, thirteen runs bad and then
in five home runs. I think also is it with Hernette's out. And
by the way, his family is fine, his wife and his children.
It'll take care of that. Dave Roberts said, I know you were down
there listening to him and they said, hey, look, this is just
a family situation. So he'll return tomorrow. But in the meantime, Jason
Hayward is going to get the start in right field. Interesting from the standpoint,
is it Hayward last year, add only twenty eight at bats against left
handed pitching, and yet he'll be in there tonight and batter the nine spot.
So the Dodgers over the last dozen seasons have the best interleague record in
Major League Baseball, as they are one sixty four and ninety nine. Meantime,
the White Sox have the worst interleague record in Major League Baseball over the
last dozen years at one eleven and one fifty seven. So if this isn't
a tale of two cities in this ballgame, as far as the numbers are
concerned, I don't know what is well, especially if you look at the
numbers. They're last in hitting, their last in run score, they're twenty
six in home runs. They are also twenty eighth in the earned run average,
and they're twenty ninth down the list they've given up, well, not
the most runs in baseball, but they're twenty ninth on that list. So
we're getting you ready for the first pitch on the South side of Chicago.
It's the Dodgers and the White Sox game. James Paxton pitching for the Dodgers,
Garrett Crochet going for the White Socks. Tim all right, as we
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James Packson Carrett Crochet. The pitching matchup. First pitch coming up at five
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south side of Chicago's the Dodgers start this three game series against the White Socks,
and something that sticks out right away Kirson no tay Oscar Hernandez in the
line. But everything's okay. Yes, everything is okay with him. He
and his wife and kids. They actually had to go to the Dominican so
they were with the team yesterday when we traveled to Chicago. But Dave was
saying they're dealing with a family situation. He said, most importantly, he
is healthy, his wife is healthy, the kids are all healthy. So
they're expecting him to be back with the team soon. But he did need
to go and be with his family the Dominican for something. So our thoughts
are most definitely with the Hernanda's family at the moment, and so hopefully we'll
see him back with the team pretty soon. Last time we had heard from
the Dodgers because the day off yesterday rare Sunday day off. On Saturday,
Clayton kershaw I thrown a bullpen. It had a little bit of soreness.
But now we know what's happening and what's the timetable, what's going on.
Yeah, so like you mentioned on Saturday he threw his bullpen just kind of
typical after his rehab start, but he only threw a handful of pitches and
ended up getting an MRI yesterday, and Dave Roberts said that there was no
new issues, there's no damage. Everything looks good, but just dealing with
some residual soreness. And Dave was saying that this is something and you have
a player he's coming back from a major surgery, whether it's a shoulder surgery
like Clayton Kershaw or a Tommy John or some of the sorts. You know,
you do kind of have to take him to account that there might be
times when there's a little bit of an uptick in velocity and you're playing more,
you know, as much as yes it was a game with the Quakes
and it's single a and things like that, there's still adrenaline and things like
that, and so sometimes that can just put a little extra pressure. So
they're shutting Clayton down for this week. He's not going to be throwing the
ball. And then after that, once say the good thing, and I
let me say first, after that, he is going to throw a couple
of bullpens and then he can restart his rehab starts. But Dave was saying
the good thing about kind of just where he's at right now, it's not
going to necessarily impact his build up. Taking a week off from throwing the
balls. We saw him and get through three innings. He's been progressing really
well and so that at least he should stay on track with that. Now
it's just a matter of let's get through this soreness, get him back to
feeling healthy so that then he's in a place where he could handle five days
rest, six days rest. So right now, the most important thing is
there's no new damage. There's no additional damage. The scans came back clear.
Just getting him through this ornis which is expected, so you know it
is. It's unfortunate. He obviously was trending in a really good direction,
but this is a minor setback that they were prepared for. They take into
account that this could happen with this recovery from shoulder surgery. So hopefully Kate
Clayton can kind of get back on track really soon. Let's hope, so
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describe Dave? Can you talk about the pressure in the dugouts with Dave Roberts.
He flew home to the Dominican for a personal reason. He's fine,
Jen's fine, his kids are fine. So he went home and he'll be
back. The plan is from him to be back tomorrow. So we're gonna
play a man short tonight. Got it. And then just when you look
at kind of where the team at is right now, how good are you
feeling? Is about what you've been seeing when now two days ago against Angels,
especially with showing a te how he's got such a hot fat at the
moment, I feel good. I think that we're playing fine baseball show Hayes
obviously playing exceptional. I think the pitching has been very consistent offense sort of
in and out tonight. We've got a tough task tonight. Crochet is you
know, we don't see I'm a lot in the National League, but he's
one of the heavy, one of the better years in all of baseball,
big stuff left hander, and so it's gonna be a good test for us
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This is Dodger insider David Basse. All right, David Show. Hey,
Otani is red hot home running three straight games. He's got a run driven
in in seven straight games. He's doing everything right right now, yeah,
he is right Now, he's very close to breaking a Dodger record streak as
far as scoring in seven straight games. If he scores tonight, that will
be eight straight games. There's only one Dodger that has scored seven times or
in seven straight games, and that was Rick Monday's old teammate, Reggie Smith,
back in nineteen seventy eight. But look Otani's red hot. He's sitting
three ninety three in his last seven games. His ops is over fourteen hundred,
and the White Sox are not the team that is going to cool him
down if history says anything. Obviously, Garrett Crochet a very good pitcher,
maybe the ace of the staff. But Otani last year against the White Sox
in six games was eleven for twenty one with seven home runs. Tim,
he hit seven home runs in his last six games last year against the White
Sox, so I would, as Rick Monday likes to say, expect rockets
red glare tonight from sho Hey Otani, David, these White Sox players.
No, he didn't like that, Tim, Yeah, it was good.
Garrett Croche, you mentioned he's their ace, David, and you're hearing his
name being brought up. As a possible trade scenario for the White Sox and
getting some stuff in return. He's a former top fifteen pick out of Tennessee
a couple of years ago. Well, how many of these White Sox players
do you think are a trade target for the Dodgers. Well, obviously,
Garrett Crochet is on the radar. He's on the radar for a lot of
teams, and he's under team control for two more seasons, so it's not
a rental type of situation. But the White Sox need to find a way
to get talent in this organization, and that's the reason why they are seriously
considering trading guys like Garrett Crochet and also their center fielder Luis Robert, who
I know a lot of Dodger fans are interested in, and from my understanding,
the Dodgers are interested, but I don't see them overpaying or overextending for
a player that is hurt often. Is has struck out twenty five times in
seventeen June games and is hitting under two hundred, and my understanding talking to
evaluators around the league about Luis Robert, he picks and chooses when he wants
to play, and that's not going to work with the Dodgers. So there's
another guy too that is not going to cost as much, Tommy Fam,
who is one of the best playoff performers. He's on the White Sox,
and certainly the White Sox decided to sign him in spring training with the intent
if they were not in it, to trade him at the deadline, to
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well lately, right. He spoke to us over the weekend during the Freeway
series, and I thought it was interesting that he mentioned that he did make
mechanical adjustments at the plate and they are starting to pay off. And he
did admit to him that it's one thing to stick to the process. It's
one thing to make adjustments. It's another thing to start to see results.
And Rick Monday has been talking about that in the last week. He's seen
a different Chris Taylor and he gave us a little inside on or Taylor gave
us a little insight on what actually changed and he did make adjustments and hopefully
that continues tonight because he gets the start at second base. David, appreciate
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World Series Champion Dodger Rick Monday. Rick a very rare Sunday off for the
Dodgers. They traveled to Chicago and here we are on the South Side.
It feels like Tuesday, not Monday. Well, I know you have a
big celebration last night in Chicago, a night off, and then you know,
three night games and we'll stay in and actually not fly to San Francisco
until Thursday, the other off day, and it's going to be both spent
at thirty some thousand feet for the most part. So yeah, they come
on, here's the deal. When you start to look at this road trip,
what is going to be a good number as far as you know,
the six games if you're looking, I mean, I'm looking at five in
one trip here, Rick. That's exactly what I told someone earlier today,
and they looked at me as well, how do you figure that? I
said, Well, first of all, you're playing the White Sox. They're
thirty games out of the America League Central Division thirty is that all? For
example, the Dodgers are playing game number eighty tonight, so you know we're
almost at the halfway point. We'll be there tomorrow after the game. So
if anybody says, hey, it's the early days, and know it's not
the season, not early either. It's half over, no doubt, and
we're just a month away. Just shy of a month away from the trade
deadline and tonight's starter for the White Sox Garrett Crochet. His name has been
all over the trade rumors. Rick, Yeah, is this a preview of
something to behold? And who knows what's going to happen. Dodgers have to
figure out a way. Both teams, as a matter of fact, have
to figure out a way to hit the good fastball, because both of them
rely upon the fastball and they've had a good success with that so far.
But for the White Sox, yeah, I would expect anything less than a
sweep would be disappointing in this. I mean, they're twenty one and fifty
eight, they're thirteen and twenty five at home, they've lost twenty eight to
the last thirty five. I think I've stated a pretty good case to say,
hey, sweep should be at the top of the list. Rick,
Maybe you can put into context just the dynamics here in Chicago when it comes
to fandom Cubs, White Sox, because we have a similar dynamic in LA.
But you played for the Cubs. How did the city view the White
Sox then? And how did they view them all? This? No,
this is rivalry, This isn't preference. This is rivalry here. You're either
north side or your south side. There is no Mason Dixie line. It's
right between and depending upon households or anything else. It's a good natured kind
of going back and forth. And right now it's kind of lopsided. But
yeah, I remember being with the Cubs where you play an exhibition game during
the season between the two and you figure out what's kind of going on.
So yeah, it was kind of the ying and yang of Chicago baseball.
This new ballpark has a few different names over the years, but it's close
to willball Park had a few names too. I was going to ask,
most of which we cannot repeat. Oh, okay, see that's what I
was leading up this way. Dynamite was too kind for it. Really you
did? So? You did not like Kamiski Park? Who did? All?
Right? I want I want to know? Okay, Yeah, and
you do a lot of in depth research, so just just find out for
me, will you. Okay? Well do Rick? You always come up
with something as far as history and this date in baseball when he got for
us to just a few days ago. Unfortunately we lost Willy Mays. And
if you go back, I found something early this morning. This was the
date that the anniversary of Willie Mays making his professional baseball debut on this date
nineteen fifty playing center field in Trenton the Giants farm team in Class B Interstate
League. Willie Mays was nineteen years of age. He went hitless in the
game. However, in the eighty one games that he played after he signed,
he hit three point fifty three in those eighty one games and then promoted
to Triple A parent club, So he didn't waste any time at all getting
promoted to Triple A. And this was the launching the date of a great
career of Willie Mays professionally. The great thing about Willy Mays, my son
is only eight years old, but there's that great old time Willie Mays song
and my son loves Willy Mays because of that song. So the way he
played, the way he transcended the sport rick his legacy will live on forever.
Someone showed me a photo today and asked me if I remembered it,
and unfortunately I don't. It was Willie Mays with me on the right and
Reggie Jackson on the left. That's an incredible photo that I would love to
see. Yeah, it's one of those photos that you look at and you
say, my goodness, Yeah, send it to me. Maybe we could
share with the people. Yeah, yeah, well you're a man of the
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And I knew him way before that. He was one of those special guys
that you connect with in a clubhouse, and we certainly did in two thousand
and four, in two thousand and five when he was playing for the Dodgers
before he went on to an unbelievable Major league career to close out his fifteen
seasons. And now he's part owner of the Belmont Stakes winner door Knock.
That is the one and only Jason Worth. Jason, great to have you
on the show. Great to reconnect with you. Yeah, there, trazy
it's been this long twenty years since those days, my my Dodger day has
been good. Good to talk to you and getting back connected for uh,
for a totally different reason. What can you tell us about door Knock?
What makes this horse so special? To be an underdog of sorts at the
Belmont Stakes? Going into the Bellmont, we felt really good about him.
He's kind of like his uh, his his dad. He's a he's a
big, bad dude with a big with a bad attitude and uh, he
shows up on game day, so he was he's uh, he's cool to
be around. He's tough to train, which you know I probably wasn't the
most coachable guy myself. So we got a lot in common. And and
you know, he he's he's a gamer, and he's a he's a big
horse. Uh, he's uh, he's cool, he's he's funny. If
you get we go see see him a lot. We give him peppermints.
Uh you like he'll start like he'll start sucking on his tongue and like it's
it's it's it's hysterical. But then in that like few thirty seconds of him
him enjoying his peppermint, you kind of you can get in there and uh
and love on him and and pat him. Will'll let you close. But
as soon as that's over, he wants another peppermint. Then he turns back
into a jerk. So he's a he's a he's an interesting guy. Would
winning the Belmont Stakes compared to winning the World Series in wait? Maybe seeing
door knock go down the stretch? Does it feel like two outs in the
ninth inning? Is there any parallels there? Definitely is. I mean I
think, you know, for people that aren't familiar with the sport or or
just know the sport from from the betting side, when you bet on a
horse, you know, from on the ownership side, it's totally different.
I mean, it's such a different experience. His horse becomes part of your
life. You know, you worry about it, you wake up in the
morning, you check on it. You know, there's there's videos, there's
there's reports. It becomes like, you know, you go to see it
in the stables. It becomes like a family pet. I mean, this
guy's he's got nicknames. You know, we bring the presents. It's like
there's a whole lot of a whole different experience to owning these courses then then
then just betting on them or going to the track someday in Washington. So
it creates, you know, creates a bond similar to when you're when you're
playing then and when he goes and runs and you know, a rate like
a triple Crown race. You know, like I mean, this is legendary
stuff. So when you win, you feel the same emotions. I went
in at the highest level. I mean I would I would say I would
put it right up there if if you know, winning the World Series of
Philadelphia and then and then experiencing the parade in Philadelphia, which was which was
incredible. I would say, you know, one in one a winning the
Belmont would be would be you know, a close second. So it was
a it's remarkable to experience it, and like I said, to do it
with my family and my friends together, it just it makes for an incredible
experience. I can't, I can't. I can't even begin to tell you
how special it is. That is so awesome. Jason Worth is our guest.
Before I let you go, you mentioned seeing Paul Aduca at the Belmont
Stakes and him embracing you. That was such a tight knit group. In
two thousand and four with the Dodgers. Obviously, you guys did not go
all the way, But of all the teams that you were part of,
where does two thousand and four ranked as far as the bonds you had with
those teammates. Yeah, yeah, I mean, awesome team. You know,
arguably that was Yeah, that was my rookie, rookie year. So
it was an unbelievable start to you know, a pretty storybook career with with
the way, you know, the way it went, with the you know,
the the injuries experienced the following year and the troubles that we had to
you know, get it diagnosed and and get it fixed, and then ultimately,
you know, getting released by the team that you know, you know,
gave me the opportunity. It was. It's the the OH four team
was was so close. You know, we we ran into a juggernaut with
Saint Louis that year. They were they were hot and you know we were
we were kind of a little short, but it was it was a great
experience. The awesome year we had, you know, running down the Giants
down the stretch, you know, Finn's hitting that big walk off Grand Slam
at Dodger Stadium. I had that I had that long at bat to tie
the game and then Finns coming up and hitting the Grand Slam. I mean
that that was that was That was a great Dodger moments. And to do
it at Dodger Stadium at packed house as a rookie, he was. It
was incredible. You know. Obviously had some some other big games there for
other teams and and big moments, but always loved, always loved Dodger Stadium,
and you know, playing in l A was was, you know,
definitely special in being a Dodgers. You know, it's like it's it's it's
one of the top sports franchises in all sports. So it was I was
honored to be a Dodger and then to experience all that and you know,
had a great career and now here we are running and running triple ground races
and winning the Belmonts. It's you know, never it never ends, right.
You always had a vision, even when you were playing. You had
the vision of winning a World Series championship, a vision of being one of
those premiere free agents, which you accomplished as well. And I'm sure you
had this vision of at some point in time finding this outlet and door Knock
winning the Belmont Stakes. So I'm really happy for you, Jason, and
awesome to hear from you again. Yeah. Thanks David Trading. Dormic was
the first cult I bought, so my first chance I had, I kind
of say that he found me. I don't know if I found him,
but it's been a crazy run. We still got we still got the travers,
looking for the travers, and then hopefully we'll be in We'll be in
San Diego, down there del Mar for the Breeders Cup in November, So
I hope to see you out there when I go on the West coast.
Let's book it not hope I will see you out there in November's do Thanks
for the time man, good to hear your voice and good to speak with
you again. There he goes Jason Worth, the former Dodger National Phillies and
now an owner of Belmont Steaks winning horse. We'll send it back to you
in the studio, Tim, thanks a lot, DV Jason's worstill got that
lettuce that looks that looks pretty good on top of that head right there.
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call, Rick Monday, Tim Neverts Tam Thanks again. Got'll be a nice
night tonight at Guaranteed Rate Field. James Paxton pitching for the Dodgers. It's
seven and one. Garrett Croche for the White Sox at six and six and
for packs that he comes off of very good outing when seven innings, gave
up only one run in a win against Colorado last Monday makes his fourteenth start
of the season. Guy, he's been good. You look at the last
two starts to totally just two runs on four hints. That's over thirteen innings
and he comes out of the out of the dugout really ready to go.
The last four games that James Paxton has taken the mound, he's not allowed
a base hit in any of those four games in the first innings, so
he's really kind of a stiming the offense, and so has the pitcher tonight
for the Chicago White Sox, boy Garrett Crochet. What a season he's having.
He's going to throw that fastball and he it really elevates it, and
he's going to try and jam a lot of Dodger hitters. It converted short
reliever now has pitched more innings than he's ever pitched in any season. So
he comes off a loss to the Houston Astros last Wednesday where he struck out
eight. He's the American League leader in strikeouts and his second in the majors,
behind only Tyler Gladsnow the part two is two, three and four spots
and opposing lineups have hit just one sixty combined against him. So it's Paxton
and Crochet the pitching matchup as the Dodgers meet the White Sox, game one
of a three game set coming up from Chicago. Tim all Right, Dodgers
start the night with an eight and a half game lead in the NL West
in front of the San Diego Padres. They're nine and a half games up
on Arizona. They start the night eleven and a half games up against the
San Francisco Giants, who have lost five in a row. The Dodgers,
by the way, we'll be in San Francisco this Friday, Saturday, and
Sunday, but coming up the start of a three game interleague series, Dodgers
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