WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.040 --> 00:00:03.919 All right, let's go Fred Rogan Rodney Pete on five seventy LA Sports Big 2 00:00:04.360 --> 00:00:10.679 three hour Show Today. Everybody exhale, It's okay, he's not overpaid, 3 00:00:12.039 --> 00:00:16.039 he's still can hit the ball. He's still the person you thought he would 4 00:00:16.079 --> 00:00:21.359 be. Otani finally hit a home run. Now, let's be abundantly fair 5 00:00:21.399 --> 00:00:26.039 about this. If you look around Major League Baseball, there are a number 6 00:00:26.079 --> 00:00:31.239 of people who have not yet hit one home run. So no, he 7 00:00:31.399 --> 00:00:35.079 wasn't the first to do it, nor the second. But now he's hit 8 00:00:35.119 --> 00:00:39.479 one. Is everybody okay? Can we all take it easy? Now he 9 00:00:39.719 --> 00:00:44.000 finally hit a home run, And it's funny we even have to say that. 10 00:00:45.399 --> 00:00:49.439 You know, if Tiascar Hernandez hits a home run, everybody celebrates. 11 00:00:49.600 --> 00:00:51.840 But now with Otani, it's like, oh my god, he finally did 12 00:00:51.840 --> 00:00:57.479 it. Oh, now we're okay, you know, you know what we 13 00:00:57.479 --> 00:01:00.079 should get that way, if Austin Barnes hits home run, then everybody goes, 14 00:01:00.079 --> 00:01:03.480 oh my god, it goes crazy. Right, wow, Okay, 15 00:01:04.280 --> 00:01:08.400 it's Otani. He finally hit one. Everybody that was at the game last 16 00:01:08.439 --> 00:01:12.000 night got to see it. Everybody that was listening got to hear it. 17 00:01:12.879 --> 00:01:17.239 If you were watching on TV, you got to witness it. He hit 18 00:01:17.280 --> 00:01:21.879 a home run at Dodger Stadium, Rodney. Are we good now? Well, 19 00:01:21.959 --> 00:01:23.480 you know, Fred, you and I have been good. Even with 20 00:01:23.560 --> 00:01:27.400 your panic meter at you know, at the front of your pocket, you 21 00:01:27.480 --> 00:01:30.680 were still good with this. Come on, we're we're nine games in and 22 00:01:30.719 --> 00:01:34.879 people were going crazy that he hadn't hit a home run. I mean, 23 00:01:34.920 --> 00:01:38.120 I know, I get it. He hit forty four last year and watching 24 00:01:38.200 --> 00:01:44.359 him from Afar, that's all we saw his highlights of him hitting blast at 25 00:01:44.560 --> 00:01:47.319 you know, to all fields, left field, right field, center field, 26 00:01:47.319 --> 00:01:49.239 everywhere you could think of. He was hitting home runs and that's what 27 00:01:49.319 --> 00:01:53.840 we expected right out of the gate from him when he's wearing a Dodger uniform. 28 00:01:53.840 --> 00:01:57.640 It doesn't always work that way. Every season is different, and so 29 00:01:57.719 --> 00:02:01.439 people needed to relax. But I think they expects are so high with him 30 00:02:02.079 --> 00:02:07.560 that, you know, people are a little unrealistic. But it's a long 31 00:02:07.640 --> 00:02:09.479 season. There will be many, many more of those to come. He 32 00:02:09.599 --> 00:02:14.400 checked that off the box, and so you know what the question is, 33 00:02:14.639 --> 00:02:17.000 what's going to be the next thing that people start panicking about. Oh, 34 00:02:17.039 --> 00:02:20.520 the next thing will be he hasn't had another one yet. Yeah, I 35 00:02:20.520 --> 00:02:23.639 mean people are probably going to be shocked that he didn't hit one today and 36 00:02:23.639 --> 00:02:29.599 they didn't even play. That's true. You know, why is any one 37 00:02:29.680 --> 00:02:32.080 today? Well they're not even playing. Yeah, yeah, that's true, 38 00:02:32.199 --> 00:02:36.080 that's true. And then they got you know, they're doing all the comparisons. 39 00:02:36.080 --> 00:02:39.120 Oh, Maggie, Rohaus has got more home runs than Otai. Really, 40 00:02:40.039 --> 00:02:45.039 really that what we're doing. Nine ten games in, we're doing that. 41 00:02:45.960 --> 00:02:49.000 Oh, why isn't he at home runs? Like you know, Mookie's 42 00:02:49.000 --> 00:02:52.280 off to a great start. Why can't Otti be off to a great start? 43 00:02:52.439 --> 00:02:53.639 Come on, guys, come on, Freddy, come on, come 44 00:02:53.680 --> 00:02:59.719 on. By the way, Otani said afterwards, he was relieved. He 45 00:03:00.400 --> 00:03:06.520 was probably pressing a little bit as well. He was probably in his own 46 00:03:06.560 --> 00:03:09.879 way. And only Vic knows the mind of Otani son. And by the 47 00:03:09.879 --> 00:03:14.159 way, we can't ask Ipe because I'll bet you he's got other things to 48 00:03:14.199 --> 00:03:15.879 do. Oh, Fredd, you had to do it, didn't you too 49 00:03:15.879 --> 00:03:20.840 soon? Had to do it? Didn't you too soon? Yeah? Okay, 50 00:03:20.919 --> 00:03:23.840 yeah, fred Right, But yeah, the point is this, Uh, 51 00:03:24.120 --> 00:03:29.199 he's fine. He hit a home run now and I was reading that, 52 00:03:29.479 --> 00:03:32.240 you know, it's not like Dodger Stadium when he has played there has 53 00:03:32.240 --> 00:03:36.080 been a home run haven for him. Let's see what he does against the 54 00:03:36.080 --> 00:03:39.280 Cubs on the road. Let's find out. Now, you know, to 55 00:03:39.319 --> 00:03:42.639 hit it out of Dodger Stadium, that's got to be a pretty good poke. 56 00:03:43.719 --> 00:03:46.000 And that just wasn't a place he hit a lot of home runs when 57 00:03:46.039 --> 00:03:47.560 he was playing for the Angels. All right, now they're on the road 58 00:03:47.879 --> 00:03:53.680 and we'll see what happens as they head off to Chicago to uh square off 59 00:03:53.039 --> 00:04:00.199 with the sort of rebuilding Cubs. Interesting last night, Tyler glassnan out, 60 00:04:00.719 --> 00:04:03.879 okay, went and then kind of ran out of gas. He gets the 61 00:04:03.919 --> 00:04:08.400 win. Uh, Now are we going to do that to Freddy? Well, 62 00:04:08.479 --> 00:04:11.319 let me just stop you right there. I'm gonna say that. Well, 63 00:04:11.319 --> 00:04:14.240 we're gonna say he ran out of gas or it just happened. You 64 00:04:14.280 --> 00:04:16.000 know, he got to the sixth, seventh and any third time through the 65 00:04:16.040 --> 00:04:18.920 lineup. I know the lot's been made of that, and we'll talk about 66 00:04:18.920 --> 00:04:21.600 that. We are going to talk about that right now. But man, 67 00:04:23.079 --> 00:04:25.600 can't it just be that, you know, a couple of people got some 68 00:04:25.680 --> 00:04:29.720 hits off him, or it's just you know, it happened that certain that 69 00:04:29.879 --> 00:04:31.920 sort of way in the in the in the flow of the game, it 70 00:04:31.959 --> 00:04:35.839 happened to be an innying that guys got hits off him. Do we have 71 00:04:35.920 --> 00:04:42.160 to say the man ran out of gas or or see we told you it 72 00:04:42.240 --> 00:04:47.079 was that the reason was this sports and baseball in particular, so fluid and 73 00:04:47.920 --> 00:04:54.839 so unpredictable that there is no one reason why, There is no pinpoint reason 74 00:04:54.879 --> 00:04:57.879 why, but we always want to do it, Freddie, And I don't 75 00:04:58.000 --> 00:05:01.959 like it, Freddy, I don't No, I don't want to upset you, 76 00:05:02.439 --> 00:05:06.079 but I think it's a statement of fact that he struggled his third time 77 00:05:06.120 --> 00:05:10.519 through the order last night. Here's what's interesting, And maybe he has said 78 00:05:10.519 --> 00:05:13.519 it in the past, because thank god, David Vassi's not listening or he 79 00:05:13.600 --> 00:05:16.600 starts screaming at me if in fact he'd already said this and I didn't pick 80 00:05:16.639 --> 00:05:20.519 up on it or hear it on Dodger Talk. But Dave Roberts did say 81 00:05:20.519 --> 00:05:28.040 the plan is for starters to record twenty three to twenty four outs. Now 82 00:05:28.040 --> 00:05:33.639 I just counted innings and pitches, but the plan is twenty three to twenty 83 00:05:33.680 --> 00:05:40.839 four outs, meaning they would face the lineup three times analytically, that's what 84 00:05:40.879 --> 00:05:45.360 they're trying to do. The starter gets twenty three or twenty four outs and 85 00:05:45.399 --> 00:05:49.720 then he's out and then we'll go to the bullpen. So that's the Dodger 86 00:05:49.839 --> 00:05:55.800 thinking. And we have found over the years that the third time through the 87 00:05:55.839 --> 00:06:00.519 lineup, if you're gonna get got that's oftentimes when they get you third time 88 00:06:00.519 --> 00:06:04.519 to the lineup, they've seen you twice, they've seen your stuff. Maybe 89 00:06:04.600 --> 00:06:11.399 maybe this is the time they're gonna start picking on you. So you don't 90 00:06:11.519 --> 00:06:14.639 like the fact that he ran out of gas or he struggled a third time 91 00:06:14.680 --> 00:06:16.800 through the lineup. And by the way, this is this is very different 92 00:06:16.839 --> 00:06:20.480 than the old days when give me the ball, let me go. Yeah, 93 00:06:20.600 --> 00:06:24.040 no, those days are over. You very free. Well, I 94 00:06:24.040 --> 00:06:26.839 don't even know if you're gonna ever see it again. Where you know, 95 00:06:26.879 --> 00:06:30.800 there's an argument at the mound where a picture is telling the manager, no, 96 00:06:30.959 --> 00:06:32.360 I ain't coming out, No, no, let me in here. 97 00:06:32.399 --> 00:06:35.639 I mean I got more, I got more. It has been talked about, 98 00:06:35.839 --> 00:06:40.800 it has been reviewed, it has been studied, and then talked about 99 00:06:40.800 --> 00:06:44.759 again before the game starts that this is our plan. So when I come 100 00:06:44.800 --> 00:06:48.079 out there in the sixth or the seventh any Don't you dare argue with me, 101 00:06:48.199 --> 00:06:51.600 Fred, Don't you dare? Because this is the way it is. 102 00:06:51.639 --> 00:06:58.040 We're not going in this particular scenario. We're not gonna go with our gut. 103 00:06:58.240 --> 00:07:04.360 We're gonna let you know that you're at ninety seven pitches and top of 104 00:07:04.360 --> 00:07:08.759 the lineups coming up for the third time, so we gonna we're gonna take 105 00:07:08.800 --> 00:07:11.319 you out. There's no argument there. We're not gonna do it. We're 106 00:07:11.319 --> 00:07:13.920 not gonna sit there and debate this. Let's go get out of here, 107 00:07:14.680 --> 00:07:17.319 tell your story walking. No, So those days are Those days are over. 108 00:07:17.439 --> 00:07:21.519 But I will say that it's just not a exact science when you when 109 00:07:21.720 --> 00:07:26.560 when somebody gets hit in the sixth or seventh inning, because guys get hitting 110 00:07:26.560 --> 00:07:30.040 the first inning, that guys get hit all over the place in the third 111 00:07:30.079 --> 00:07:34.279 inning. And I know, look, I know, analytics play a big 112 00:07:34.360 --> 00:07:38.680 role in baseball in all sports nowadays. And and you say, and you 113 00:07:38.759 --> 00:07:43.160 gotta trust it, and you gotta you gotta believe what it says, and 114 00:07:43.199 --> 00:07:46.319 more often than not, it does point to the direction that third times through 115 00:07:46.360 --> 00:07:50.560 the lineup usually is when a pitcher gets starts to maybe unravel. I get 116 00:07:50.600 --> 00:07:55.839 it, I get it, but that is not always the case. Can 117 00:07:55.879 --> 00:08:00.319 I read you? You know now, Rodney? No, this is good, 118 00:08:00.680 --> 00:08:03.680 okay, because I don't get this very often. Okay, somebody slid 119 00:08:03.720 --> 00:08:09.600 into my d ms. Oh like when they slide you like that, somebody 120 00:08:09.639 --> 00:08:11.399 slid in You know, for those of us at a certain age, it's 121 00:08:11.480 --> 00:08:16.000 kind of exciting when somebody slides in the DM. You're not listening, are 122 00:08:16.000 --> 00:08:20.199 you, Holly? It kind of wasn't to make your week, is who 123 00:08:20.199 --> 00:08:28.959 it was? Oh no, let's not read. I think she's alive, 124 00:08:30.360 --> 00:08:35.360 but I think she's probably really hunchback at this point. God, don't you 125 00:08:35.399 --> 00:08:37.879 think that'd be interesting to see her chasing her chasing you around a tree? 126 00:08:37.919 --> 00:08:41.039 Fred, with her hunchback? Well, you remember when she chased me around? 127 00:08:41.200 --> 00:08:43.480 I remember you telling the story about that. Yeah, she chased me 128 00:08:43.480 --> 00:08:48.080 around the trail on an Emmy for that story. Yeah, we did it 129 00:08:48.080 --> 00:08:50.879 in Johnny Carson Park. But now I don't know. I mean, she 130 00:08:50.960 --> 00:09:00.200 may need some uh after you. Oh, Fred, she got me run 131 00:09:00.240 --> 00:09:05.080 around that tree? Hey, Fred, tell the truth, man, Yeah, 132 00:09:05.240 --> 00:09:07.559 you let her catch you a little bit, You let her catch you? 133 00:09:09.480 --> 00:09:13.200 Well, yeah, I was getting windy. She gives the best hugs. 134 00:09:13.639 --> 00:09:16.399 I mean, how much do you think I could run? For God's 135 00:09:16.399 --> 00:09:18.720 sakes, I'm not a machine, Rodney, I'm not a professional athlete like 136 00:09:18.799 --> 00:09:20.759 you. Will get it. No, I get it, I get it. 137 00:09:20.840 --> 00:09:24.480 Yeah, you know she was she was trained. He was a trained 138 00:09:24.480 --> 00:09:28.799 professional. She knew how to go get him. Yeah. Yeah, God, 139 00:09:28.799 --> 00:09:33.559 Samina is incredible. I get it. It's actually remarkable now. And 140 00:09:33.679 --> 00:09:35.320 you know, if you don't know who morgana is, you can look her 141 00:09:35.360 --> 00:09:39.759 up. The more I think about it, it is remarkable she could even 142 00:09:39.879 --> 00:09:43.360 run given what she was kidding. Why are you saying that, Fred, 143 00:09:43.440 --> 00:09:48.240 what do you mean? I mean, my God, given her physical nature. 144 00:09:48.519 --> 00:09:54.559 Yes, yeah, and she'd run. She have her arms real low 145 00:09:54.639 --> 00:10:01.120 next to her, and she'd be bouncing after you bounce. She'd bounce after 146 00:10:01.159 --> 00:10:07.240 you. Oh well, yeah, I would say a portion of her run 147 00:10:07.279 --> 00:10:13.799 would be considered bouncy. Yes, I would consider that. Yes. Anyway, 148 00:10:15.159 --> 00:10:18.240 she was not the one that slid in. Uh. This was a 149 00:10:18.279 --> 00:10:22.039 guy that slid in. Oh, I'm not going to use his name. 150 00:10:22.679 --> 00:10:24.960 I think he listens to the show and that's fine. I just find this 151 00:10:26.039 --> 00:10:30.480 interesting. The Dodgers are what's wrong? With society. The love of money 152 00:10:30.600 --> 00:10:33.320 is all that matters. And I'm better than you because I have more. 153 00:10:35.559 --> 00:10:41.360 The Dodgers are what's wrong with society because they have all the money. All 154 00:10:41.440 --> 00:10:46.559 right, Let's look at it like this, and I appreciate you contributing to 155 00:10:46.600 --> 00:10:50.159 the program I do. Let's look at it like this. I've said this 156 00:10:50.240 --> 00:10:54.039 a billion times. Dodgers are what's wrong with society. Yeah, because they 157 00:10:54.039 --> 00:10:58.679 have all the money. It's not how much money you have, it's how 158 00:10:58.720 --> 00:11:03.960 you spend your money. That's number one. The Tampa Bay Rays do not 159 00:11:05.120 --> 00:11:09.720 spend a lot of money, and they're always there. The Arizona Diamondbacks last 160 00:11:09.759 --> 00:11:16.039 year knock the Dodgers out. They don't spend a lot of money, and 161 00:11:16.080 --> 00:11:22.000 they're right there. Because you spend a lot of money, sure, it 162 00:11:22.039 --> 00:11:24.960 can give you advantages, but then again, you could spend it poorly. 163 00:11:26.840 --> 00:11:30.919 Arty Moreno spends a lot of money. Not this year, but in past 164 00:11:30.960 --> 00:11:35.399 year spent a lot of money. Are the Angels what's wrong with baseball? 165 00:11:35.039 --> 00:11:41.039 Because Arty Morenos spent a lot of money? The Red Sox not this year, 166 00:11:41.039 --> 00:11:43.600 but the Phillies, for example, one of the top pay rolls in 167 00:11:43.639 --> 00:11:50.799 baseball. Are they what's wrong with society because they are spending a lot of 168 00:11:50.799 --> 00:11:56.840 money. No, they're trying to build a competitive team, a team that 169 00:11:56.879 --> 00:12:03.720 will be in the conversation. Understand, money is a big deal. The 170 00:12:03.759 --> 00:12:07.559 more we have, the better we live, the more problems we can have 171 00:12:07.600 --> 00:12:13.440 as well. It's not a utopia. And if you don't have a lot 172 00:12:13.480 --> 00:12:16.559 of money, you think I'm wrong. I don't have a lot of money, 173 00:12:16.600 --> 00:12:22.440 but I know I'm right. It does not equate complete and total happiness. 174 00:12:24.519 --> 00:12:28.200 I would argue that the Dodgers are what's right, not what's wrong. 175 00:12:28.840 --> 00:12:35.159 I would suggest that by implementing a plan and following a system, creating a 176 00:12:35.200 --> 00:12:41.320 blueprint, building a team, trying to compete, servicing your fan base, 177 00:12:41.080 --> 00:12:46.320 that's the way businesses should operate. We're going to do our very best for 178 00:12:46.440 --> 00:12:52.720 you because ultimately we're in the hospitality business. We welcome you to the stadium, 179 00:12:52.000 --> 00:12:56.159 we want to give you options, we want you to enjoy your night 180 00:12:56.200 --> 00:12:58.639 out. We want you to root for this team, and we are going 181 00:12:58.679 --> 00:13:05.159 to in turn give you a team to root for. What if all businesses 182 00:13:05.200 --> 00:13:09.559 operated that way, where they really looked at it like the most important person 183 00:13:11.000 --> 00:13:16.919 was the customer. You We will do everything we can to give you the 184 00:13:16.120 --> 00:13:22.320 very best experience. Businesses don't usually operate that way, but the Dodgers do. 185 00:13:24.799 --> 00:13:28.559 And yes they spend a lot of money, but there are results and 186 00:13:28.600 --> 00:13:33.000 they are tangible, and you are caught up and swept up in their season. 187 00:13:33.159 --> 00:13:35.840 And if they lose, your upsetting that they win, you're happy, 188 00:13:37.000 --> 00:13:41.240 but you're engaged, and you're engaged because they give you a product to be 189 00:13:41.399 --> 00:13:46.919 engaged about. So I don't think the Dodgers are what's wrong with society. 190 00:13:46.799 --> 00:13:50.919 I think if more people, no matter how much money they had, followed 191 00:13:50.919 --> 00:13:56.440 the Dodgers model, society would be better. What do you else, said? 192 00:13:56.519 --> 00:14:01.720 Fred Well said? Well said, that is the train of fought with 193 00:14:01.799 --> 00:14:07.120 most people. Is the Dodgers just spend so much money. They got so 194 00:14:07.240 --> 00:14:11.080 much money. That's why they're you know, you always talk about conversation. 195 00:14:11.240 --> 00:14:15.600 They're in the playoffs every year because they spend so much money. That's why 196 00:14:16.240 --> 00:14:20.600 they got all the money to spend. No, it is how you spend 197 00:14:20.600 --> 00:14:24.480 it. You're absolutely right spending it correctly. Now we're gonna get into the 198 00:14:24.519 --> 00:14:26.720 Angels here in a minute. But yes, they're a team that's spent and 199 00:14:26.799 --> 00:14:30.559 people that say, already, Marina doesn't spend money. You don't know what 200 00:14:30.600 --> 00:14:33.399 you're talking about. Oh, he spends. He spends an incredible amount of 201 00:14:33.440 --> 00:14:39.600 money and has, but he doesn't spend it wisely, and there's a huge 202 00:14:39.639 --> 00:14:43.120 difference. So just to put the Dodgers in that box like that, and 203 00:14:43.559 --> 00:14:48.879 because that suggests that they don't have smart people working in the front office that 204 00:14:48.919 --> 00:14:52.799 are running the show. From Mark Walters on down Andrew Friedman on downstandcast and 205 00:14:54.399 --> 00:14:56.759 you know, Dave Roberts, they don't know what they're doing. That's what 206 00:14:56.799 --> 00:15:01.759 you're suggesting, is that anybody can sit in that role, spend money and 207 00:15:01.799 --> 00:15:05.519 win a championship. No, No, it doesn't work that way. When 208 00:15:05.559 --> 00:15:09.919 they signed Otani, let me button it up with this, When they signed 209 00:15:09.919 --> 00:15:13.120 Otani and spent seven hundred million dollars on him and everybody freaked out. You 210 00:15:13.200 --> 00:15:18.159 understand that was a business decision, right, They just weren't going, here's 211 00:15:18.159 --> 00:15:22.480 seven hundred million dollars. That's a business decision. And do you know, 212 00:15:22.519 --> 00:15:26.639 by the end of it, they probably make money paying him seven hundred million 213 00:15:26.639 --> 00:15:31.039 dollars. Lets you on a secret, they already are right a lot of 214 00:15:31.080 --> 00:15:35.759 it. They're making a lot of money. That's a business decision. Not 215 00:15:37.360 --> 00:15:41.200 well, I'll just give you seven hundred million dollars go for it. No, 216 00:15:43.000 --> 00:15:48.279 they made a calculated business decision. In the process of making that decision, 217 00:15:48.840 --> 00:15:52.519 you the fan get excited, You the fan want to go to more 218 00:15:52.559 --> 00:15:56.879 games. But it's a business. Are they going to up preticket price? 219 00:15:56.919 --> 00:15:58.600 It's a bit sure they are, but they're going to do that every year, 220 00:15:58.639 --> 00:16:02.759 it doesn't matter. Every team is going to do it. Are they 221 00:16:02.840 --> 00:16:07.600 going to have tiered pricing for certain games? Yes, they are, of 222 00:16:07.639 --> 00:16:11.080 course they are. Every team does that. It is a business, and 223 00:16:11.159 --> 00:16:18.639 they operate their business very well. And if other businesses operated in the same 224 00:16:18.679 --> 00:16:22.720 way they do, they would probably have more money. Tell you, the 225 00:16:22.799 --> 00:16:27.279 Lakers are operating pretty well right now. Wrapped up that six game road trip 226 00:16:27.759 --> 00:16:33.799 five and one are insider Dan Wyki will join us next. Come on, 227 00:16:33.039 --> 00:16:37.799 come on, Fred and Madawn my walk in Gane and madown my bag. 228 00:16:38.399 --> 00:16:42.840 Oh yeah, it's a throwback Thursday. Come on, y'all, come out 229 00:16:44.120 --> 00:16:49.720 right to beat Fred Rogan. Let's ride it out. I like it all 230 00:16:49.840 --> 00:16:55.360 right. So the Lakers have wrapped things up and they're back in town. 231 00:16:55.440 --> 00:16:59.200 That means our buddy, Dan Wiki should be back as well. And Dan, 232 00:16:59.240 --> 00:17:03.799 good afternoon. You what do you mean like like the rubber band man. 233 00:17:03.919 --> 00:17:04.720 I just take care of what I need to take care of. Guys, 234 00:17:04.720 --> 00:17:08.079 I'm back. You did Okay, that's a referend to that song, 235 00:17:08.359 --> 00:17:12.400 Rodney, I know that song? Are you probably? That's a good one 236 00:17:12.400 --> 00:17:15.960 and the bottom my head, it's a good throwback Thursday. Yeah. I 237 00:17:17.039 --> 00:17:21.039 know you're twenty years younger than me, Danny, but uh yeah, it 238 00:17:21.079 --> 00:17:25.039 was a big hit back then. I will tell you. I'm I assure 239 00:17:25.079 --> 00:17:27.920 you I feel physically thirty years older after this trip. So New York. 240 00:17:29.039 --> 00:17:32.279 It was a rough one. It was a long one, a rough one 241 00:17:32.279 --> 00:17:34.079 that ended in five and one. Dan, Yeah, how about that? 242 00:17:34.200 --> 00:17:37.799 Huh? How impressed were you? Is it a big deal or is it 243 00:17:37.920 --> 00:17:44.640 just? Uh? They should have been five and one. They should probably 244 00:17:44.680 --> 00:17:48.720 four and two. You know, I think I had kind of misproclaimed that 245 00:17:48.720 --> 00:17:52.400 they would be favorites in five of the games. They were favorites in four. 246 00:17:52.440 --> 00:17:57.319 They were underdogs in Indiana. But but I think, you know, 247 00:17:57.480 --> 00:18:03.359 they were pretty professional, kind of did what a good basketball team does. 248 00:18:03.400 --> 00:18:07.480 It's not easy to go on the road in this league. You know, 249 00:18:07.799 --> 00:18:11.279 it's definitely not easy to win on the road when you don't have all your 250 00:18:11.279 --> 00:18:18.880 players, and that win in Milwaukee was a real statement win. I think 251 00:18:18.960 --> 00:18:25.480 Anthony Davis a dominant performance, Austin Reeves a really really strong game, and 252 00:18:25.799 --> 00:18:26.839 then kind of from there, you know, they just sort of took care 253 00:18:26.920 --> 00:18:32.519 of business. And I think that's what I'm most impressed by with this team 254 00:18:32.599 --> 00:18:34.680 right now, is that it has a real identity, right Like, I 255 00:18:34.680 --> 00:18:37.519 mean, they can score the basketball, guys. You know, the game 256 00:18:37.559 --> 00:18:42.279 they lost in this trip in Indiana was just a dreadful shooting night, which 257 00:18:42.319 --> 00:18:45.839 is an anomaly. That's not who they've been for the last twenty five games, 258 00:18:47.119 --> 00:18:48.759 thirty games, right Like, they've been one of the best offenses in 259 00:18:48.799 --> 00:18:55.079 the league, and that's what they look like most Knights. And it wasn't 260 00:18:55.079 --> 00:18:59.440 always pretty. There was definitely things that need to be cleaned up. It 261 00:18:59.519 --> 00:19:03.599 got a little dicey at the end in DC last night. But you know, 262 00:19:03.839 --> 00:19:08.480 I look, did you feel, like Dan, did you feel at 263 00:19:08.480 --> 00:19:15.279 any point last night in that game that they were going to lose A yeah? 264 00:19:15.440 --> 00:19:21.799 Yeah, I mean I think there was a possession midway through the fourth 265 00:19:21.880 --> 00:19:27.039 quarter where they were up to they'd kind of squandered their lead. The Wizard 266 00:19:27.119 --> 00:19:30.720 zone defense was just kind of like, I mean, I don't know what 267 00:19:30.799 --> 00:19:34.440 happened. Like I think the best I can describe this guy sometimes when they're 268 00:19:34.440 --> 00:19:38.400 on these long road trips is like you're feeling good, like you've got a 269 00:19:38.440 --> 00:19:41.680 good energy, and then like you walk into a building, you're like, 270 00:19:41.799 --> 00:19:45.319 I've got to go home, Like something just hits you, and you're like 271 00:19:45.440 --> 00:19:49.200 your brain just turns off, like you get you just get so road weary. 272 00:19:51.079 --> 00:19:52.960 It's hard to really explain, but it's like, I mean, it's 273 00:19:52.960 --> 00:19:56.400 this is like the kind of trip guys where I had to take pictures of 274 00:19:56.400 --> 00:20:00.160 my hotel room number because I couldn't remember which like where I was, you 275 00:20:00.200 --> 00:20:03.359 know what I mean. It's like so you're just everything blurs and like all 276 00:20:03.400 --> 00:20:07.599 of a sudden, like they forgot how to play offense against his zone for 277 00:20:08.079 --> 00:20:14.599 six minutes and you know, the Wizards had a chance. They had two 278 00:20:14.720 --> 00:20:18.200 pretty open threes on the same possession. They missed them both, and then 279 00:20:18.920 --> 00:20:22.839 they got the ball to Lebron in the middle of the court. Like every 280 00:20:22.799 --> 00:20:27.319 zone offense that's ever been taught to anybody fifth grader older, get the ball 281 00:20:27.359 --> 00:20:30.160 in the middle of the court, right, that's where you attack his zone 282 00:20:30.160 --> 00:20:34.559 from the middle, and Lebron James attacked the zone, dunked, and they 283 00:20:34.599 --> 00:20:37.759 didn't really look back and like, yeah, like it's disappointing that the end 284 00:20:37.799 --> 00:20:41.799 of the bench couldn't like close better and that's a real teachable moment. But 285 00:20:41.920 --> 00:20:45.279 no, I mean, I think at that point, right, like, 286 00:20:45.920 --> 00:20:49.960 I was pretty comfortable that they had found that the answer when you need to 287 00:20:51.000 --> 00:20:56.960 find it, and that's that's what good teams do. Dan, if you're 288 00:20:57.000 --> 00:21:00.839 a Laker fan and fight, ask this. So let's just kick it around. 289 00:21:02.319 --> 00:21:06.160 What team would you rather play in the play in Phoenix, Sacramento, 290 00:21:06.640 --> 00:21:15.400 the Warriors, or the Rockets. I would probably rank them Sacramento one, 291 00:21:15.880 --> 00:21:22.279 which I know is crazy, but the injuries are real, Houston two, 292 00:21:23.680 --> 00:21:30.160 Golden State three, Phoenix four. I think Phoenix is the scariest you can 293 00:21:30.240 --> 00:21:34.119 really, I think Phoenix is going to get bounced. You do, but 294 00:21:34.319 --> 00:21:37.920 but it seems you want to play though Fred teems you you know you don't 295 00:21:38.000 --> 00:21:42.559 you know you rather not see Fred. You don't think you think Phoenix isn't 296 00:21:44.119 --> 00:21:47.720 like to me the Devin Booker, Kevin Durant are terrifying. Yeah, can 297 00:21:47.759 --> 00:21:49.599 beat you at any any moment, can light you up at any time. 298 00:21:49.680 --> 00:21:52.839 I mean, it's a team that you you know, you kind of don't 299 00:21:52.839 --> 00:21:56.319 want to see. Yeah, but see you both said it can do it 300 00:21:56.359 --> 00:22:00.319 at any time, doesn't mean will do it at any time. I don't 301 00:22:00.359 --> 00:22:03.240 know. And I've watched a lot of their games this year. Dan. 302 00:22:03.920 --> 00:22:07.759 To me, they just seem a little off, a little inconsistent, and 303 00:22:10.720 --> 00:22:12.839 I think I think over the last I think over the last fifteen games, 304 00:22:12.839 --> 00:22:18.440 they they've played pretty good basketball. The schedule is obviously very tough for them. 305 00:22:18.519 --> 00:22:22.319 I mean handled business last night against the Cavs. Uh. You know, 306 00:22:22.519 --> 00:22:26.039 I I look at that team and like, look, their problems are 307 00:22:26.079 --> 00:22:30.119 their problems, right, They've they've had injury issues all year. Their depths 308 00:22:30.240 --> 00:22:34.440 is not good. Like they've struggled in fourth quarters. But to me, 309 00:22:34.640 --> 00:22:38.240 like in a in a win or go home situation, like you want to 310 00:22:38.920 --> 00:22:42.960 like, my preference would be the like, I want the variants to be 311 00:22:44.000 --> 00:22:47.680 as low as possible, right, Like I want the I want the likelihood 312 00:22:47.720 --> 00:22:51.960 of like somebody just like exploding for fifty points to be as small as I 313 00:22:51.960 --> 00:22:56.920 can possibly get it. And to me, that's probably the Kings right now. 314 00:22:56.200 --> 00:23:02.720 Of those teams, maybe the Rockets, I would probably actually go Houston 315 00:23:02.759 --> 00:23:07.559 one, Sacramento two, and then. But I mean, I know the 316 00:23:07.640 --> 00:23:11.799 Lakers have beaten Steph Curry in a playing game that does not seem like a 317 00:23:11.839 --> 00:23:15.680 fun experience to have to stare him down. They have to hold your breath 318 00:23:15.680 --> 00:23:18.759 every time that guy shoots, to have to hold your breath every time Klay 319 00:23:18.839 --> 00:23:25.400 Thompson shoots. And I think certainly Devin Book and Kevin Durant are in that 320 00:23:25.480 --> 00:23:27.920 category as well, and that to mean, but I think what the good 321 00:23:27.920 --> 00:23:32.640 news for the Lakers is they've got those guys as well, right Like, 322 00:23:32.720 --> 00:23:37.680 I mean, they're also equally as scary. But I mean it's all these 323 00:23:37.720 --> 00:23:40.799 teams are ten games over five hundred, Like the Lakers are playing great basketball, 324 00:23:40.799 --> 00:23:45.440 and they they've gained an eyelash on some of these teams, an eyelash. 325 00:23:47.839 --> 00:23:48.799 Yeah, I mean, you didn't mention New Orleans and their friend. 326 00:23:49.200 --> 00:23:52.599 I mean New Orleans is an option here too now all of a sudden, 327 00:23:52.400 --> 00:23:57.440 Yeah, no, I know that, Yeah, yeah is there. I 328 00:23:57.440 --> 00:24:02.839 mean, I I look at this west, especially down the stretch where were 329 00:24:02.960 --> 00:24:07.000 you know, as we just you know, talked about anybody can beat anybody. 330 00:24:07.000 --> 00:24:11.920 There's no clear cut team. I think, even now, as opposed 331 00:24:11.920 --> 00:24:15.960 to maybe even a month ago, I think Denver is a beatable team. 332 00:24:15.559 --> 00:24:18.799 Dan, I just see the West is I wouldn't be shocked anybody come out 333 00:24:18.839 --> 00:24:22.000 of West. Yeah, I mean, I think Denver is the best team 334 00:24:22.000 --> 00:24:26.200 in the West. I think Boston's the best team in the East. And 335 00:24:26.480 --> 00:24:30.960 I feel like I feel as confidence as I can about those two things. 336 00:24:30.400 --> 00:24:34.319 I look, I have gotten to the point now, Rodney, where it's 337 00:24:34.359 --> 00:24:37.240 like, you need to prove to me that you can keep then Kola Jokics 338 00:24:37.240 --> 00:24:41.960 from winning. He's the best, He's the best player in the league. 339 00:24:42.200 --> 00:24:48.759 He uh is dominant in ways that he's like a hybrid of Shack and Bill 340 00:24:48.799 --> 00:24:55.599 Walton somehow at that position, you know, with the little Larry birds too. 341 00:24:56.039 --> 00:25:00.039 Yeah, you know, and it's like, You've got to prove to 342 00:25:00.039 --> 00:25:07.559 me you can stop him, and I'm not sure anyone can. I think 343 00:25:07.680 --> 00:25:15.400 like their play recently has been really strong. They're they're they're clearly gearing up 344 00:25:15.480 --> 00:25:18.880 for for the postseason. They need to get fully healthy and all of that 345 00:25:18.920 --> 00:25:21.200 stuff. But like, I mean, that team one thoughts percent knows who 346 00:25:21.200 --> 00:25:25.119 they are. I do sort of feel like everything else is kind of on 347 00:25:25.160 --> 00:25:29.519 the table it's gonna be. I mean, my hope is that it's an 348 00:25:29.559 --> 00:25:33.519 incredibly exciting first round, right like because to your point, like I mean, 349 00:25:33.559 --> 00:25:36.880 outside of well, like like you said, one to eight could be 350 00:25:37.480 --> 00:25:41.400 Nugget Suns, it could be Nuggets Lakers, you know, and those are 351 00:25:41.720 --> 00:25:47.079 I think are competitive series. I think I would favor Denver handily in both, 352 00:25:47.119 --> 00:25:51.559 but like those are competitive series, you know. I don't think Minnesota 353 00:25:51.680 --> 00:25:56.839 be super excited about seeing either Phoenix or for the Lakers, you know, 354 00:25:56.000 --> 00:26:00.079 out of Oklahoma City, I would imagine the same as true, Like those 355 00:26:00.079 --> 00:26:04.839 are all really really good teams. And when you talk to people you know 356 00:26:06.200 --> 00:26:07.680 around the Lakers on the Lakers, coach on Lakers, I mean, that's 357 00:26:07.839 --> 00:26:11.160 sort of the biggest takeaway is like, I mean, we're all playing really 358 00:26:11.200 --> 00:26:15.839 really good basketball right now, and I think the Lakers feel very dangerous, 359 00:26:17.240 --> 00:26:18.480 you know, and I think they but they also at the same time have 360 00:26:18.480 --> 00:26:21.400 a help and respect to the teams ahead of them. I mean, they're 361 00:26:21.400 --> 00:26:23.359 going to see a couple of them here, a couple of these teams in 362 00:26:23.400 --> 00:26:26.440 this mix. You know, it's one thing to go beat up on Toronto 363 00:26:26.559 --> 00:26:32.400 and Brooklyn and the Wizards, like you know, Cleveland, Minnesota, Golden 364 00:26:32.440 --> 00:26:37.400 State is you know what the stakes high like these these need to feel like 365 00:26:37.440 --> 00:26:41.400 playoff games for the Lakers, and and I'm very curious to see if they 366 00:26:41.400 --> 00:26:44.920 can kind of kind of get the fastball and keep it rolling against a different 367 00:26:44.960 --> 00:26:48.720 level of competition. Dan, what do you uh, what do you see 368 00:26:48.759 --> 00:26:55.759 the Clippers in all of this now floundering in a way that makes me a 369 00:26:55.799 --> 00:27:03.440 little nervous. I think they are ill to me one of those like you 370 00:27:03.480 --> 00:27:08.279 tell me any possible outcome, and I sort of believe it. Like they 371 00:27:08.440 --> 00:27:14.160 they they may have the widest sort of variance in terms of how this is 372 00:27:14.200 --> 00:27:18.240 gonna go because maybe next to Denver, I think they might have the most 373 00:27:18.440 --> 00:27:27.119 talent one to seven you know, championship level coach experience, size, shot 374 00:27:27.160 --> 00:27:33.039 making, toughness, like they have those things, and that's like that's typically 375 00:27:33.079 --> 00:27:36.880 how you win in the playoffs. I mean, Kawhi Leonard when healthy has 376 00:27:36.920 --> 00:27:42.920 been a postseason monster. But it's like how healthy is he? You know, 377 00:27:44.119 --> 00:27:47.640 like I mean, any like that isn't anything could happen team. For 378 00:27:47.720 --> 00:27:52.079 me, like they almost epitomize the Western Conference in a lot of ways in 379 00:27:52.160 --> 00:27:56.400 terms of like, I mean, they're they're they're wildly talented. They could 380 00:27:56.480 --> 00:28:00.119 win the entire thing, or you know, they catch the wrong match up 381 00:28:00.160 --> 00:28:04.160 and they lose in five games. Now, you're absolutely right, absolutely right, 382 00:28:06.160 --> 00:28:08.480 Dan. Back back to to the Lakers. How much of impact. 383 00:28:08.720 --> 00:28:11.960 I know they're kind of slowly working Vincent back in, but how much of 384 00:28:11.960 --> 00:28:18.480 an impact will he really be? I think limited. I think there are 385 00:28:18.599 --> 00:28:22.799 ways in which he can help them. I think he gives them some physicality 386 00:28:23.200 --> 00:28:33.240 and some like defensive teeth that they lacked. I think if it steals Austin 387 00:28:33.319 --> 00:28:41.000 Reeves five or six fewer minutes as the primary wing defender, that that's encouraging, 388 00:28:41.160 --> 00:28:44.720 that's helpful, that'll help Boston's legs. I think he's a guy that 389 00:28:44.720 --> 00:28:47.400 that's you know right now, is being asked to do a lot on both 390 00:28:47.400 --> 00:28:51.720 sides of the ball, and his shot has struggled because of that over the 391 00:28:51.799 --> 00:28:56.240 last five games or so. I think that could help, you know, 392 00:28:56.559 --> 00:29:00.200 look there. I think when they signed gave Vincent, the thought was like, 393 00:29:00.240 --> 00:29:03.200 this is a guy who'll give us, you know, nine to twelve 394 00:29:03.240 --> 00:29:07.759 points a game off the bench and hit big shots and can be on the 395 00:29:07.799 --> 00:29:11.400 court and crunch time. Like I wouldn't expect that, you know, he's 396 00:29:11.440 --> 00:29:15.319 just missed too much basketball. But I think in terms of like finding a 397 00:29:15.400 --> 00:29:18.079 rhythm and stuff like that, I mean, you see him out there, 398 00:29:18.079 --> 00:29:22.440 like I mean, he's physical, like he's a big guard, you know, 399 00:29:22.480 --> 00:29:26.319 and he's the kind of guy that if you need to put on shake 400 00:29:26.319 --> 00:29:29.279 Gilds Slexander for four minutes like or five minutes, like, he can do 401 00:29:29.319 --> 00:29:32.519 it. You know, Like he's physical enough to handle, and he's physical 402 00:29:32.599 --> 00:29:37.680 enough to handle Jamal Murray or Daron Fox. And they haven't had those guys 403 00:29:37.799 --> 00:29:41.559 as much because of injuries. Really, him and Jared Vanderbilt both kind of 404 00:29:41.559 --> 00:29:45.640 provide them with the same sort of blueprint on that side of the ball, 405 00:29:45.680 --> 00:29:48.960 like the point of attack defenders like the tip of the spear, and getting 406 00:29:48.960 --> 00:29:53.200 those guys back I think helps everybody else sort of level down a little bit 407 00:29:53.400 --> 00:29:57.079 and makes life a little easier on everyone else. All right, Dan, 408 00:29:57.119 --> 00:30:03.319 great stuff. Appreciate you coming on and congratulations on surviving the road. Guys. 409 00:30:03.519 --> 00:30:06.000 Thank you so much. I'm gonna do some honer and get ready to 410 00:30:06.000 --> 00:30:08.319 go back out next week? All right, where is our buddy Dan Wiki 411 00:30:08.480 --> 00:30:12.400 back in town and alive to talk about it? You broke the story. 412 00:30:12.440 --> 00:30:18.519 Aaron Torris of Fox Sports Radio They're a college basketball insider, gave you all 413 00:30:18.559 --> 00:30:23.480 the credit about Andy Enfield going to SMU. Well, now it's being reported 414 00:30:23.680 --> 00:30:29.960 something. It's done. Yes, he mentioned Eric Musselman will be the new 415 00:30:29.960 --> 00:30:33.599 coach at USC. Not done yet, we'll be done soon. What do 416 00:30:33.640 --> 00:30:37.680 you know ready it's done? Is it? Yeah? Well pretty much? 417 00:30:40.240 --> 00:30:44.079 What do you think of that? Higher? I like Eric Musselman. He's 418 00:30:44.160 --> 00:30:48.799 done well wherever he's gone. You know, we talk about, you know, 419 00:30:48.880 --> 00:30:51.680 turnarounds, and I think on you know, on a little smaller scale 420 00:30:51.680 --> 00:30:56.319 because we gotta wait and see if there's championships to come. But he has 421 00:30:56.440 --> 00:31:02.440 been able to go places and have in the idiot impact on the different places 422 00:31:02.440 --> 00:31:07.079 that he showed up, and he brings a lot of energy. I think 423 00:31:07.119 --> 00:31:11.279 his players like him. I think it's a you know, at this time, 424 00:31:11.319 --> 00:31:15.240 I think it's a it's a really good hire, a really good higher 425 00:31:15.240 --> 00:31:18.279 because I think he can recruit number one and I think he's a really good 426 00:31:18.279 --> 00:31:21.680 coach. He's a passionate coach, and like I said, his energy is 427 00:31:21.720 --> 00:31:25.480 going to be exactly I think what us he needs right now. A bit 428 00:31:25.519 --> 00:31:29.119 of a down year form at Arkansas last season, but overall one eleven and 429 00:31:29.160 --> 00:31:30.319 fifty nine, the guy can win. And if you remember, he was 430 00:31:30.319 --> 00:31:34.839 at Nevada and he took that program to the NCAA tournament, I believe three 431 00:31:34.880 --> 00:31:44.519 times. So they are getting a legit bonafid, big time coach. And 432 00:31:44.599 --> 00:31:48.039 I guess the Big ten doesn't scare him. No, he ain't as scared. 433 00:31:48.480 --> 00:31:53.200 He scared of no Big ten. Well we'll talk about it the first 434 00:31:53.240 --> 00:31:56.920 time he goes to ann Arbor. All right. Anyway, it looks like 435 00:31:56.039 --> 00:32:01.640 Eric Muscle and the man at usc Southern California's two hundred miles per Hour Beach 436 00:32:01.720 --> 00:32:06.319 Party returns the forty ninth Accurate Grand Prix of Long Beach April nineteenth, of 437 00:32:06.400 --> 00:32:10.279 the twenty first tickets at GPLB dot com. All right, who is writing 438 00:32:10.400 --> 00:32:13.839 Who's gonna play a little nor squad? 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The song 448 00:33:00.920 --> 00:33:04.359 was the group's highest charting hit, as it reached number one on the Billboard 449 00:33:04.400 --> 00:33:08.480 Hot one hundred charge for two weeks in April of nineteen ninety three. In 450 00:33:08.519 --> 00:33:14.799 addition to charting in five countries worldwide, the song went certified platinum in the 451 00:33:14.880 --> 00:33:21.680 United States with over one million units sold. Again, Today's Throwback Thursday edition 452 00:33:21.759 --> 00:33:27.480 of Afternoon Delight is Freak Me Bye, Silk. All right, David and 453 00:33:27.559 --> 00:33:32.960 Baldwin Park are you there? Yes, right, I'm right here. Hey, 454 00:33:34.000 --> 00:33:36.960 Hey, Hey, let's go baby. Here's the deal. Let's do 455 00:33:37.000 --> 00:33:38.480 it. Let's do it, all right, here's the deal. It's I 456 00:33:38.599 --> 00:33:42.160 know your squad. I give you a question, five choices. Answer before 457 00:33:42.160 --> 00:33:44.680 I give you all five choices. You're locked out. You have a challenge. 458 00:33:44.759 --> 00:33:46.880 Use your challenge. It's upheld. You retain your challenge. Use your 459 00:33:46.960 --> 00:33:50.839 challenge. It's denied. You're locked out of the next question. You got 460 00:33:50.880 --> 00:33:54.480 it, I got it. Let's go. Let's do it. Runn Are 461 00:33:54.480 --> 00:33:59.880 you ready, gentlemen, let's play this game now. No, you're not 462 00:34:00.079 --> 00:34:02.759 jews. Which of these players led the team with twenty three stolen bases last 463 00:34:02.759 --> 00:34:07.839 season? James Outman, Mookie Betts, Chris Taylor, Freddie Freeman or Freddy 464 00:34:07.920 --> 00:34:15.760 Gibbs, Freddy Freeman, Ronnie Ronnie on the spot by Freddie Freeman, mic 465 00:34:15.840 --> 00:34:19.880 down Mica. I said it too, I said it too. Yeah, 466 00:34:20.440 --> 00:34:22.159 Oh he said it too. No, you did say it to David, 467 00:34:22.159 --> 00:34:27.360 But I mean Ronnie got in there right right off the bat. Oh man, 468 00:34:28.079 --> 00:34:30.920 all right, let's go. Okay, let's do it. Who holds 469 00:34:30.960 --> 00:34:34.639 the LA Dodger record for most earned runs allowed in a single season with one 470 00:34:34.719 --> 00:34:38.719 hundred and eighteen, Channel Park, Don Sutton, Carl Erskine, Jose Lima 471 00:34:38.880 --> 00:34:45.320 or Adriana Lima Carl Erskin, Don Sutton, Don Sutton is correct? Would 472 00:34:45.400 --> 00:34:52.320 you say Ronnie carl Erskin, Fred mispronounced his name. You know what? 473 00:34:52.440 --> 00:34:54.960 That was on me? That was on me. I don't want to make 474 00:34:55.000 --> 00:34:59.199 excuses, but I'm in a very hot area. That's all I'll say. 475 00:34:59.559 --> 00:35:01.079 It's very you hot here? Is that why you're wearing two T shirts? 476 00:35:01.079 --> 00:35:05.119 Fred? No, you know, it's one T shirt that looks like to 477 00:35:05.639 --> 00:35:08.360 But moreover, it has to be one hundred degrees in this room. I'm 478 00:35:08.400 --> 00:35:12.519 just saying, I don't know what happened to the air conditioning here, but 479 00:35:12.599 --> 00:35:15.639 it's hot. All right. Here's the next one. Dodgers meet the Yankees 480 00:35:15.679 --> 00:35:19.679 in six games and the eighty one World Series. Who led the team with 481 00:35:19.760 --> 00:35:22.679 ten hits in that series? Bill Russell, Davey Lopes, Steve Gardy, 482 00:35:23.119 --> 00:35:30.239 Pedro Guerrero or Lisa Guarrero Steve Gary. The answer was Steve Garvey, and 483 00:35:30.320 --> 00:35:43.239 it is Ronnie. Come on, David, David, it was not you. 484 00:35:43.239 --> 00:35:45.559 You want to booth, Yeah, you want to booth, right, 485 00:35:45.679 --> 00:35:51.800 David? Yeah? No, no, no, no, we're good. 486 00:35:51.800 --> 00:35:55.199 We're good. Now, let's go next time. Booth review doesn't hurt you. 487 00:35:55.280 --> 00:36:00.119 No, it's okay. Damn it, David, I'm ready, I'm 488 00:36:00.079 --> 00:36:04.480 gonna get it. I'm gonna get it, get the hit, all right, 489 00:36:04.480 --> 00:36:07.159 We're moving on. Damn it, David. Whenever somebody says a booth 490 00:36:07.239 --> 00:36:09.880 review, Dave, you gotta say yes, give me the booth review. 491 00:36:10.599 --> 00:36:15.159 Whenever it is it is offered up, you gotta take it, gotta take 492 00:36:15.199 --> 00:36:19.639 it. It's a freebie. Alright, let's go. Let's move on. 493 00:36:21.159 --> 00:36:23.280 Let's move on. All right, let's do this. Who holds the LA 494 00:36:23.320 --> 00:36:28.199 Dodger record for most games played by a position player with twenty eight one? 495 00:36:28.960 --> 00:36:31.320 Steve Garvey, Bill Russell, Mike Sosha, Maury Wills or Maury Povid Bill 496 00:36:31.360 --> 00:36:36.800 Russell Garvey. The answer was Bill Russell. Ronnie before you even gave the 497 00:36:36.840 --> 00:36:39.239 options, fred Ronnie yelled off the air, Bill Russell. He already was 498 00:36:39.280 --> 00:36:43.960 ahead of the game. Check that out, way ahead of time. Boys. 499 00:36:44.320 --> 00:36:45.760 Yeah, he was locked out. He needs to be locked out, 500 00:36:46.679 --> 00:36:49.599 all right, give me a booth. Yeah yeah, lock him out, 501 00:36:49.679 --> 00:36:52.480 lock him out, lock him out, lock him out, t him up. 502 00:36:52.960 --> 00:36:54.920 All right, Let's let's have a booth on that. Kevin. Why 503 00:36:55.639 --> 00:37:00.280 because I don't think that he jumped the gun, Ronnie jump. He didn't 504 00:37:00.320 --> 00:37:01.719 jump the gun, I said, Ronnie said it to me. Off the 505 00:37:01.800 --> 00:37:08.440 air before you gave the Listen to what Kevin said again, take it easy, 506 00:37:08.519 --> 00:37:12.519 David, your window. Tell him you want a booth, David, 507 00:37:12.960 --> 00:37:16.079 you want to booth? David? Yeah, all right, give me a 508 00:37:16.119 --> 00:37:21.920 second, all right, give him a booth here you David, you can, 509 00:37:22.000 --> 00:37:25.280 Athleen, I mean to me, it was clear, but it was 510 00:37:25.320 --> 00:37:29.559 clear. Well there you hear it. Here we go. Steve Garvey, 511 00:37:29.559 --> 00:37:31.599 Bill Russell, Mike Osha, Maury Wills or Maury Povid, Bill Russell, 512 00:37:31.639 --> 00:37:36.280 Garvey. That was very close. But good Ronnie, good on you. 513 00:37:36.599 --> 00:37:40.280 Was it close? Good on you, Ronnie, Yeah, it was. 514 00:37:40.440 --> 00:37:44.400 I don't I don't think it was an issue to be honest with you. 515 00:37:44.559 --> 00:37:50.360 I just think he got it, doesn't lay on. Okay, let's go 516 00:37:50.400 --> 00:37:54.639 out the next one. Not your players who have at least four at bats 517 00:37:54.639 --> 00:37:59.280 in the All Star Game. Who has the highest average at seven point fifty? 518 00:38:00.119 --> 00:38:04.360 Roy Campanella, Duke Snyder, Mike Piazza, Jackie Robinson or Jackie Brown. 519 00:38:05.440 --> 00:38:12.719 Duke Snyder is correct? Rodney, good on you, Rodney ding Ding 520 00:38:12.800 --> 00:38:21.639 Ding ding Dong Right, you're up. Oh I'm not Ronald Ronald. Ronald 521 00:38:22.079 --> 00:38:25.119 Ronald is on fire. Well, here's where we're at with Ronald being on 522 00:38:25.159 --> 00:38:34.000 fire, final facio, all right, where if Ronald, who was on 523 00:38:34.159 --> 00:38:38.840 fire, gets this, he wins. If Rodney, who apparently is simmering, 524 00:38:39.519 --> 00:38:45.280 gets this, it's time I'm simmering, simmering. And if David gets 525 00:38:45.280 --> 00:38:50.800 it, he's on the board. Your final question, let's go. Clayton 526 00:38:50.880 --> 00:38:54.119 Kershaw is the last Dodger pitcher to be the opening day starter in consecutive seasons. 527 00:38:54.159 --> 00:38:58.760 He was actually the opening day starter for eight straight years. Who was 528 00:38:58.760 --> 00:39:01.320 the last Dodger pitcher to be the opening day starter for two or more consecutive 529 00:39:01.320 --> 00:39:07.760 seasons. Julios, Hideo Nomo, Derek Lowe, Kevin Brown or Bobby Brown? 530 00:39:07.840 --> 00:39:16.920 Kevin Brown? Hold on Ronnie who? Derek low correct, I had 531 00:39:16.960 --> 00:39:21.840 no idea on that one. So Ronald you win. Congratulations, Thank you, 532 00:39:21.880 --> 00:39:28.320 Frederick very good man. David. I like your competitive spirit though, 533 00:39:28.360 --> 00:39:30.960 I mean you were in it to win it. Yeah you were, David, 534 00:39:30.000 --> 00:39:32.559 Yeah you were. Man I was shooting out. I was shooting out 535 00:39:32.599 --> 00:39:36.159 my answers, but man, I didn't get it. Yeah you think it 536 00:39:36.199 --> 00:39:39.320 was a delay. Huh Yeah, I think so, I think, But 537 00:39:39.400 --> 00:39:42.519 it's not good. I had fun, all right, Well, you know 538 00:39:42.559 --> 00:39:46.480 what throw me some free tickets. Let me get Fred, give him some 539 00:39:46.480 --> 00:39:52.840 tickets. You know what I now, I'm not being stingy, and I'd 540 00:39:52.880 --> 00:39:54.400 love to throw you some free tickets. I just don't think we're giving any 541 00:39:54.400 --> 00:40:00.960 away today, are we, Kevin, not even a gift card. How 542 00:40:00.960 --> 00:40:05.599 would you like a nice black and white glossy of Fred Rogan's face? No, 543 00:40:05.679 --> 00:40:07.639 you wouldn't. I don't have those, Ronnie. I'm sure we can 544 00:40:07.679 --> 00:40:12.960 dig one out somewhere from maybe one from like thirty years ago. Send me 545 00:40:13.000 --> 00:40:19.280 all the ride with their autograph. Yeah, it'll take anything at this point, 546 00:40:20.079 --> 00:40:28.639 ye on your dark board. All right, David, listen, thanks 547 00:40:28.679 --> 00:40:31.760 for playing. We really appreciate it. Man, and keep listening. All 548 00:40:31.880 --> 00:40:37.039 right, thanks, all right, Well, since the season started, this 549 00:40:37.119 --> 00:40:40.679 matter has not been on the show, and he's been desperately missed. Since 550 00:40:40.719 --> 00:40:45.840 we started the regular season, he's not been on the show. But he's 551 00:40:45.840 --> 00:40:49.719 going to be on next it's our dear friend ned Coletti. He'll join the program.