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Dodger Stadium. After the Rangers defeat the Dodgers tonight by a final score of
three to two. We are with you until eleven thirty tonight, taking your
phone calls at eight six, six, nine, eighty seven, two five
seventy. Jose Mota will join us at eleven fifteen. Also, we have
two copies of Andy McCullough's great biography on Clayton Kershaw, The Last of His
Kind, to give away. So I do have a couple of Kershawn No
Hitter related trivia questions to ask the callers that call in with an opinion or
a question tonight to see whether or not they're up for an Andy McCullough book,
The Last of His Kind of Kershaw biography. It's a fantastic read,
and we are lucky enough to get our hands on some to give away this
week leading up to Father's Day. It's a great Father's Day gift. I'm
giving my father in law a copy of this book, so I want to
share it with you. It's a really good read and certainly well deserved for
Clayton Kershaw, because nobody has written a book about his life, about his
career, and Andy certainly did it justice. So we will give two copies
of the last of his kind away tonight during this Dodger Talk edition from now
until eleven thirty. We have two lines open at eight sixty six nine to
eighty seven two five seventy. All right, there are three things that stick
out to me about tonight's game. Number one, Yes, Andy pa has
made a rookie mistake. He had his head down, he made his decision
without the help of his third base coach, Dino Ebol, which he is
supposed to use in that situation, and you saw the result. A bad
base running mistake cost the Dodgers a chance to tie this game up in the
bottom of the ninth inning against the closer that was on the ropes. Look
no excuses for that, right, I mean, you could say anything you
want. Andy Pie has made a cardinal mistake right there, and I'm sure
he will learn from it. But that's the reason why you don't put seven
or eight rookies on the field at the same time, And that's the reason
why if you do, you're probably going to be in last place. And
that's why the Dodgers are a winning team and have been for the last ten
to fifteen years, because they have a bunch of veterans and they sprinkle in
these rookies or these second year players. So that's a rookie mistake, no
doubt about it. Second thing was why the hell is Walker Buehller throwing Corey
Seger a foreseen fastball when he's behind in the count and Seger just fouled off
a slider. There's a reason why Walker Buehler threw the foreseen fastball less than
I have ever seen it. In fact, he threw it less Intonight's start
than he has in a start since twenty eighteen. That was his rookie season.
Why not double up on the slider. That's a pitch that Seger may
chase out of the strike zone. In fact, he's hitting only a buck
thirty eight against sliders this year. So that was poor pitch sequencing between Will
Smith and Walker Buehler To throw that pitch to Corey seger who they know better
than anybody. It's not ironic, it's not funny, it's not a coincidence.
No, it was bad. That was bad baseball right there, and
Corey seger Man just reminds you of how life was with Corey Seeger at shortstop
for the Dodgers tonight he was the DH for the Rangers. And the third
thing that stuck out to me was something that I mentioned on the pregame show
and to Petro some money earlier today. They said, what is this going
to come down to for Walker Buehler to be successful tonight? And I said,
getting ahead early in counts and not throwing pitches behind the count. The
innings that Walker Buehler was in the most trouble was the innings that he threw
the most pitches behind in the count, and in fact, not coincidentally in
this case, he threw the most pitches in these innings as well. He
was in trouble in the first inning, and he threw six of his nineteen
pitches in the first inning behind in the count, second inning, only two
clean inning, third inning, he never threw behind in the count. That
was prob probably his best inning of the game. Tonight, in the fourth
inning, he got in trouble again. He threw six of his twenty one
pitches in that inning behind in the count, and then the disastrous fifth inning.
Eight of his twenty nine pitches in the fifth inning were thrown behind in
the count and to Corey Seger, he was never ahead in the count.
Every one of the pitches he threw to Corey Seger in that at bat in
the fifth inning, he was behind in the count. And that's what his
undoing is. It's not about the pitch shaping. It's not about the forcing
fastball, I guess to a certain extent, and maybe no, it's about
pitching ahead in the count. And this goes back to two years ago.
Before he heard his elbow, he was thrown behind in the count and he
was getting frustrated and trying to bully hitters with his fastball. That's just not
happening anymore. And he is making the adjustments. You have to give him
credit for that. He put in a lot of work with Connor McGinnis to
find a different type of grip for his slider. It was, according to
him, better than what he had seen in his previous seven starts. But
it comes down to not throwing pitches behind in the count. And you know
who turned me onto this three years ago, and he is going to hate
that I'm saying this was Mike Sooshia. Yeah, that Mike Soosha, the
guy that is a two time World Series champion catcher and a World Series champion
manager, and a guy that has caught more games in Dodger franchise history than
anybody else. So he knows a thing of two about the pitcher catcher relationship
and how to call a game. And ever since he turned me onto that,
I mean, it resonates. You see it. When guys are throwing
pitches behind in the count, they are in trouble. And we saw that
tonight in those three in Walker Buehler, the first, the fourth, and
the fifth inning. Like I mentioned, Corey Seger coming back to Dodger Stadium.
He did not play last night because of a sore left hamstring. He
did play tonight, not as a shortstop but as the Rangers DH and his
home run in the fifth inning was the difference in the game tonight. And
here was Corey Seeger after the game with Bally Sports Texas. Corey, that
one got a little dramatic there at the end. How about that play from
Leoti to Marcus to Jonah to win this one. Yeah, you know,
I want to throw most crucial part of the game too, you know.
To be able to do that and get away with the wind, you know,
that's a huge play, huge play. I know it's huge for you
to get to play today after missing yesterday. This crowd obviously loved you.
What was it like to hit a home run here for the other side,
Yeah, you know, it was just nice to get back out there.
You know, you always want to be out there with your guys, so
anytime you can get out there, it was nice. And you know,
you just got a good pitch to hit and put a good swing on the
ball and kind of go luck, you know, and we'll take it right
now. Corey, You've added a lot of power to your game since coming
to the Rangers. You hit some home runs here, But how is it
like to hit this many home runs and be able to hit one at Dodger
Stadium? Yeah, you know, you're just trying to plug in swings the
ball, just tacking certain areas and getting lucky. You know, I wouldn't
say it's anything You're trying to do. It's just kind of happening, all
right. There is Corey Seeger on Bally Sports Texas eight six six nine eight
seven two five seventy is the phone number. Let's go out to Riverside.
Michael, You're on Dodger Talk with David vasse Hi. Michael, Hi,
David, how are you. I'm doing well? Love talking baseball. There
was a lot to talk about tonight, Yes, definitely. So do you
think maybe Andy Payez should get bench for one game for doing that? Or
No? That doesn't solve anything these days. How is he going to learn?
I mean, that's only going to compound at things I believe if he
sits tomorrow. Yeah, I hear you, and then you're right Walker Bueler
dorawing too many pitches behind an account. So anyway, but that's how I
had David. I just wanted to see what you had to say about it.
Yeah, no worries, Michael, thank you for the phone call.
And look, that's something that Andy pa has will learn from and I'm sure
Dino Ebel will go over with him tomorrow. I've learned over time that you
just don't, you know, go up to the player right after the game
and say this is what you did wrong? Why did you go through my
stop sign? No, that's not the way you approach things, and know
you don't bench a player. That's not how you approach things either. Let's
go out to Chatsworth, Michael, you're on Dodger Talk. How you doing,
Michael, Hi, David, I'm doing really good. Thank you so
much for taking the time to take my call. My pleasure, any anything
for anybody from Chatsworth. Awesome. So the other day I was reading an
article online saying that the Toronto Boue Jays could be open to trading Boba schet.
Now I know we made a trade with them early today, and I
was wondering what your thoughts were on possibly getting Bobaschett to be our shortstop if
the daughters aren't contible with Mookie being at shortstop. No way. Yeah,
I wouldn't rule it out, Michael. Even though ros Atkins was on MLB
Network radio last week saying publicly he was not going to trade Bobashitt or Vladimir
Guerrero Junior, my understanding is the Blue Jays are not shutting the door on
that, and I'm sure if things continue to go the way they're going for
the Blue Jays, they're going to have to make a decision because they're coming
to a crossroads with those two players because they are going to be free agents
at the end of next season. And as we learned with as we learn
with players, it's it's not just one sided, right. The players got
to want to stay there. And I have not heard Vlad Junior or Bobashit
say I want to be a Blue Jay for life. So if if the
Blue Jays are getting the feeling that Bobaschett is not going to sign an extension
there, then they probably would benefit themselves by trading him now and bring in
more talent because they're not going to tear it down. There's a lot of
pressure in Canada right now for the Blue Jays to compete. So simple answer,
Michael, I wouldn't rule it out. And who knows. While Andrew
Friedman was talking to Ross Atkins for Calvin Bigio, you never know, maybe
Bobaschett's name came up in that conversation as well. Yeah, yeah, I
mean, I'm all for it. I mean, I think he'd be a
I think he'd be a great addition to the Dodgers. Yeah, he's having
a down year so far, but maybe, like Calvin Bigio, getting out
of Toronto with those expectations and getting to the Dodgers, a change of scenery
might change his season around. Thanks for the phone call, Michael. Maybe
see you at Los Toros one day. Eight sixty six ninety seven, two
five seventy is the phone number. Dodgers fall to the Rangers tonight three to
two. Let's head downstairs right now to hear from manager Dave Roberts on the
play that ended the game, Andy pie has running through the stop sign and
being thrown out at the plate for the final out of the game. You
know, it's it's a learning it's a learning experience. It's we've already talked
to him a little bit about it, and you know, it's it's one
thing to be defiant and to run through a stop sign when you see it,
and there's another thing about trying to make a play, trying to be
aggressive seeing the babble in the outfield, and that's what he did. You
know, he just didn't have his head up to pick up Dino, who
was clearly holding holding him up. But it still took a perfect throw executed
relay and they made a great play, really good baseball play, and so
you know, it's something that we addressed and Andy's doing great. So it's
one of those things that we have a young player who doesn't have a lot
of experience, you got to run him out there, and that's how they
learned. One of the you guys, H Clayton talked to him. I
think Dino talked to him. But it's certainly not a reprimand situation. It's
just a teaching moment. Was his reactions understanding, you know, talking about
what he saw, which was which it was a bobble, and he was
he was going hard, he was going hard and just didn't pick up Dino.
So it's something we'll learn from. All right, there's manager Dave Roberts,
and really there's no debate about it. It is a learning experience.
It's not a second guest type of thing. Dino Ebel had to stop sign
up and Andy pae Has ran through it and he was thrown out. And
Dave Roberts is right. It took a perfect relay and accurate throw from actually
one of the best middle infielders, Marcus Simeon. That's part of the reason
why Dino Ebel had the stop sign up because he knew how good of an
arm and accurate arm Marcus Simeon has, and he was getting the ball and
gathering himself as Paz was starting to approach third base. So when you have
a player like Marcus Simeon making the relay throw, might be wise to stay
at third base. Eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy is the
phone number. Let's go out to South Pasadena, Christoph. You're on Dodger
Talk with David vasse Hi. Christoph, Hey, David, how you doing
man, I'm doing great. What do you got for me tonight? Well?
I was actually at the game. Great game all in all. I
love how the fans like stayed all through the end hoping that we can you
know, get him in the ninth. Obviously that didn't happen, But also
just great to see Corey Seeger. One of my favorite players, one of
like in terms of raw talent, one of the best to wear the Dodger
uniform. I do have a comment about Cavin Bigio. You know, he
made that air and I'm just kind of curious, does he typically like play
third base or second base like I'm just kind of curious if like it's you
know, it's third base specifically the you know, the his strongest decision.
Okay, so here's what I got for you, Christoph. I got a
text from some people in Toronto earlier today and I wanted to know about Calvin
Bigio and they told me he's a great defender and that he can play anywhere
but shortstop. They never said anywhere but third base, but reading up on
some stories and columns from the guys that cover the Blue Jays, they were
writing like third base was his weakest position. So I guess will be the
judges of that. My understanding is that he has to be a little bit
more open to swing adjustments and maybe, uh, getting with the Dodgers and
hearing from Aaron Bates and Rob van Zoyak may uh that will unlock a couple
of things. But we'll see how it goes. My thing is, Christoph,
Kevin Bigio, he's a he's a role player, he's a fringe roster
player. Uh. The Dodgers want to see what they got in Vigio,
if they're gonna stick with him the rest of the season, or are they
gonna say, you know, what. We gave this a shot, no
harm, no foul, and we're just gonna move in our own different ways.
Yeah, totally, and I totally get that. And you know,
I think I'm just being a little bit nippicky because if he didn't make that
error, we'd be tied once Will Smith scores in the ninth right, So
yeah, yeah, ah no, that was a great game. But thanks
for taking my call. Do you want a shot at Andy McCullough's Clayton Kershaw
biography, Christoph, I would love that? Yeah, sure, all right,
all right, here it is. We're getting close to the ten year
anniversary of Clayton kershaws one and only career no hitter against the Rockies. Can
you tell me who made the last out of that no hitter? It was?
It was a strikeout? It was who did he strike out? Oh
my goodness. See that's why I don't give it out early. Take a
guess, oh my left handed batter. If I'm not mistaken, I don't
remember. I'm sorry, man, I I don't remember who he struck out.
All I know is it was a strikeout, all right, chriss off.
That's uh, you know what, because you're a true blue Dodger fan,
and I want to spread the word of Andy McCullough and Clayton Kershaw.
It's a great book. I'm going to get you a copy of the Last
of his Kind. And the answer was Christophe Corey Dickerson. He was the
follower of Clayton Kershaw's one and only career no hitter. So hold on Christoph
in South Pasadena will get a copy. And we still have one more to
give away between now and eleven. Thirty eight six six seven, two five
seventy is the phone number. Let's go out to Ken in Newport Beach.
You're on Dodger Talk. What a shock, Ken calling after a loss.
How are you doing? Ken? Great to hear from see your streak is
alive. You have like a hitting streak. You're like on bass streak.
Dodger lose can call? How was New York? Did you have a good
time this time? I did. We got home at a normal hour.
We're not stuck on the tarmac for eight hours. And uh, the energy
was electric at Yankee Stadium. It was a great time. You did not
call, by the way, after one of those two wins. I know
I've been sick. I'm sorry. I just want to make in spite of
the deposit. Pazis. Do Dodger losses make you feel better? Ken?
Yeah, they do. When I talk to you, you may be a
better Okay, Sorry, I don't want to talk about our summer field the
because I think he's got a lot to learn. But here's the thing I'll
get Bueller was all over the place. You have your best left hander in
the bullpen. Why would you allow Bueler to pitch to Corey? It was
almost inevitable that was going to happen. And I've seen this way too much
with Dave. Why don't you bring your left hander in there? I believe
the reason is, Ken, it's the middle of June. You want Buehler
to try to figure this out between now and the end of the season.
That's the reason why. And it wasn't on Dave. It was on the
pitcher and the catcher. Why are they throwing that pitch, that four seam
fastball which they only threw four times before that pitch to Corey Seeger, That's
the biggest question. Yeah, I agree that I would have brought my left
left hand in right there. If it's the playoff where if you're in a
do or die situation in September. Yes, Ken, but there's a bigger
picture here and it involves Walker Bueler. Yeah, I agree, I agree.
All right, we hope you feel bad you're talking to me. Thanks
man, Okay, take care there, he goes Ken in Newport Beach.
Eight six six nine eighty seven two five seventy is the phone number Roy and
Santa Monica. Before you give me your opinion, you want to take a
crack at another Kershaw no hitter related question for a copy of Andy McCullough's Last
of His Kind book, of course. Okay, all right, So I
just told our caller in South Pasadena that Corey Dickerson was the final out of
that no hitter. It was a strikeout. How many strikeouts did Kershaw record
in his one and only career no hitter? I guess and say twelve?
No, But go ahead with your question or yeah. I got a couple
of things, Dave. First of all, one guy that Dodger said did
not give as that too was Miguel Vargas, who had played in eight games
and got twenty at bats. And you know, if that guy's gonna make
it amajor that it's gonna be on his dad. And you know, meanwhile,
you got guys sitting one hundred at central. You know the story.
I understand that it's just the he he doesn't have a defensive position right now,
Roy, and that's the problem. Well, I had to put him
at third with Monsie down because he came up. Originally he was a third
baseman. Yeah, well, you know he needs he needs to show what
he can do. I mean, why even bring him up and set him
on the bench. You know, Roy, I'm with you. I want
Miguel Vargas to get an opportunity, but the reality is that opportunity might come
in another UNI because if the Dodgers are going to pull off a big trade
for a player like Luis Robert or Bobaschett, more than likely other teams are
going to want Miguel Vargas. Yeah. Yeah, Techonitely, Dave, you
think we're gonna see the ban of Jimmy Outmanstune? And thirdly, I'm confused
on who the Dodger broadcasters are because I know Rick's former partners he out for
the year or retiring or what happened there. Yeah, Charlie Steiner has been
out with a back injury, Roy, and he is recovering not as quickly
as he would like. So right now his return is TBD. And in
his place is Tim Neverett, who has been calling Dodger games when Charlie hasn't
on the radio the last few years five years, I believe it is now,
and Steven Nelson slides over when he's not filling in for Joe Davis.
So, uh, that's how we're covering things until Charlie returns. Yeah,
I miss Charlie. I mean the guys you mentioned, they're all they're great,
they're all good, but Charlie. Yeah, Charlie's Charlie is one of
the best broadcasters of our generation. Yeah yeah, all right, Roy,
thanks a lot for the phone call. Roy. We'll talk to you soon,
Okay, Yeah, maybe I'll see at shay J's in Santa Monica.
Okay, all right, look for me. Eight six six nine eight seven
two five seventy is the phone number. Look, Miguel Vargus is going to
get his opportunity. It may not be in a Dodger uniform, James Outman.
My understanding is the Dodgers are very pleased with the way he is playing
at Oklahoma City, and he may be playing his way towards another opportunity in
the big leagues with the Dodgers sometime between now and August. We'll have to
wait and see. But last check two days ago, Autman was hitting over
three hundred with an NOPs of one thousand, which means that he's probably fixed
something with his swing. And you know, getting every day at bats will
do that for you. And we'll see where it goes with James Outman.
Let's take another phone call Michael in Lake Forest. Do you want to take
a crack at the Kershawn no hit or trivia? Yeah? Hey, Dave,
it's been a while, and thank you very much for receiving my phone
call. Haven't the last time I we didn't see the eye to eye,
So it's been a while. Well that's okay. I don't see how to
eye with a lot of people. But that's what makes baseball great, right,
It's not just the game, it's the debate after the game. Yes,
sir, But I appreciate you, Dave, because one thing I know
about you for sure as a as a sixty five year old Dodger fan and
started and brooke and you have a definite Dodger blue Heart. So that's really
cool. Thank you. Growing up in La my whole life. Yeah,
I grew up a Dodger fan and I listened to Dodger Talk on a regular
basis. So I'm living my dream job. That's for sure. Mike.
Uh, that's for sure, Michael. Yeah, I would. I would.
I would be remiss if I didn't say I love Vinnie and I miss
him so much, no doubt, Michael. All Right, Michael. There's
a few things I know and I remember about stats. Once was the five
consecutive home runs comeback, Orlando Hudson's hit for the cycle and the his first
about I believe that was Opening day, Opening Day, if I'm not mistaken.
If I'm not mistaken, it was a couple more than I want to
say. Could I take a guess, Yeah, take a guess at how
many strikeouts kershaw I had in his no hitter, which, by the way,
many can the greatest game pitched by any pitcher in baseball history. Yeah,
I mean, I remember that. It was kind of like magic as
that's going on. Though. You give me the number, real, give
me the number, yes, fifteen, Michael, Thank the Lord, Yes,
fifteen. Yes, Michael, there you go. You got a copy,
Yes, you got it, the last of his kind. Happy Father's
Day, Michael. You enjoy Andy's book. Thank goodness, he got it.
Love you, Michael. Yes, fifteen strikeouts and that is the first
time and still is the only time in baseball history that a pitcher had fifteen
strikeouts in a game without allowing a walk or a hit. It would have
been a perfect game if old Hanley Ramirez would have made a clean throat of
first base, but it turned out just to be a no hitter. Nonetheless,
the greatest single game pitched in Major League Baseball history, many consider.
We're gonna take a time out here on Dodger Talk. When we continue,
we will check in with Jose Mota, get his thoughts on what he saw
tonight from Seeger, from Bueler, from Andy Pajs. The Dodgers fall to
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the horn with Jose Mota, All right, Jose Mota. Let's get to
the final play of the game. Andy pah has running through the stop signed
by Dino Ebel number one? Did you believe Dino should have given him the
stop sign? Knowing that in this day and age of baseball, it has
to be a perfect relay like it was to throw out a runner at the
plate and be why wasn't Andy pater Has picking up his third base coach Dino
was right and putting on the stop sign. You don't want to kill an
inning right there and then the game the way he did so, Dino was
right, Dina. In fact, there's something that a lot of coaches don't
do. You know, we'll go backwards and go with you so he can
see in face and face as he's stopping you going down the line. And
oty Pius Commune made a mistake. Dave Roberts said it well, and you
said it well. Today is part of the learning process of young players.
Hopefully they apply it, learn about this. But one thing you do is
make sure does not scape. It's not okay through this when you're contending to
win championships. Sometimes in the minor leagues, a lot of these things are
not pointed out to some people. I'm not generalizing here, but players need
to learn that sometimes the expectations are they fundamentally have to be right. It
happened to New York by not sliding right. So things like this do compile
and they make a list and say, okay, here's some things that perhaps
the prospects need to learn a little bit more about out all around. And
one of them is actually, you know, the finer points of even sliding
that comes to play. Okay, Jose, I agree with you. I
thought Dino made the right call by putting up the stop sign. But let's
play devil's advocate here. A lot of times I've heard Dino explain to the
reason why he may hold up a runner is because who's on deck. Even
with the number nine hitter Calvin Bigio, who you know, he not known
for his bat these days, you still felt like that was the right call,
playing devil's advocate No matter what. I don't care who's batting after him.
It's you're You're getting some momentum now, and you made kribbyers make a
lot of pitches. They spend tho zone little bit more earlier, great up
bat by Will Smith, got him on his fastball a little bit more,
finally got the split finger. But you don't want to kill the momentum right
there. That's exactly what you know, the brakes on it and forgot like
pies again, you know, pick up your third base coach may be the
one that's guilty if he sends your not but is not your decision in that
situation. So I'm glad he, you know, faced up and faced the
camera and said, yeah, he never picked up you know, evil,
which is a mistake to run with your head down. Okay, Jose Mota.
The other pivotal point in this game is Corey Seeger's three run home run.
That was the difference in the game. How did just see Will Smith
and Walker Buehler coming to the decision to throw Seeger, a notorious fastball hitter,
a four seam fastball, this one. I can go a long ways
and explaining as to why, and I know that it doesn't make any sense.
Okay. Corey Seger is hitting two o four against four seam fastballs this
year, okay, and slugging three sixty seven last year six point fifteen against
four seam or hit three o four. Now, which pitcher is making this
pitch? It has a lot to do with that. How much command do
you have to make that pitch? And also how confident do you know as
a somebody that knows him so well that he's not gonna just aim and say,
hey, dig said likes to challenge guys. He's got that attitude of
you can't get it by me. I think there's a lot of elements and
things that go into the circumstances day. But you know, in the back
of the mind of somebody, especially in the modern game, they're thinking,
Hey, also, the reports said he's not very good against forcing fasciles.
But when you have not thrown it a whole lot, it's very good chance
that you're going to miss your spot. So you know it, Cook's missing
forcing fastballs that are not down the middle of the play, which you're not
supposed to miss if your core Sieger, But in this case, I think
the sequence should have been better. Yeah, that's the frustrating part, right,
Jose. Nowadays a lot of times pitchers are not pitching to their strengths.
They're trying to pitch to the hitter's weakness. And you know, there's
a reason why Walker Buehler had only thrown four foreseen fastballs the entire game.
He must not have felt great with it. And yeah, I mean,
Seeger is what Seeger is this year, but we all know who he is,
and he's a really good fastball hitter. All right, there's a reason
why they throw forcing fastballs and batting practice round down the heart of the play
because everybody can hit it. I mean, if there's a mistake, right
and lots of you doesn't matter in that case where you're training yourself to say
I can't get on top of this baseball, can drive this baseball. But
yeah, I mean, you know, the instinct of pitching, the instinct
of catching is something that you know. Unfortunately, in the modern leagues there's
a lot of information being given and the big League the same thing. And
in this case, I know that you know he threw a lot of two
seemens because the two semer was good. Even though truly speaking, if you
look at his graphic today, he got hit hard with a lot of pitches.
A lot of balls will hit on the on the button in their outs.
But I can't take away from a guy like walking Bud of the fact
that his lyne does not look as bad as maybe we think. Again,
victim of another defensive play where a play was not made and he was not
able to get out of that any which is another subject here today because it
happened in Pittsburgh and he's got to get over this where he's not the guy
that he was years ago. He could get there, I think, because
the velocity's there, the spinners there. But you know, when somebody makes
a mistake behind you is sometimes some of the biggest things that you get to
overcome to say do I have enough of me to get out of this inning?
After I threw to get out of this enemy and Dierra Cospi And that's
also a mental hurdle when guys are coming back from injurws saying I want every
one of my pitches to count. If I throw for an out, I
want to be an out. But when it's not, you got to just
get over that and say I have enough to get out of this inning.
Jose Mota is joining us after the Rangers beat the Dodgers tonight three to two
in the middle game of this three game series. All right, you mentioned
him. Calvin Bigio, who the Dodgers acquired officially this morning, got the
start at third base, makes a crucial error there in the fifth inning.
What do you think about this move and what do you know about Calvin Bigio
that makes you believe that he can be a good role player on this team.
I hope he becomes a good role player for this team because he can
play some outfield for you can play first base, second, as you mentioned
in third base. But he has to prove that he is a good big
league player. I mean, if we are gauging everything only on watts,
the fact that he takes a lot of pitches. He has a very low
swing rate, and the Bluejays have been tried with him to be more aggressive
because he does have such knowledge of the strike zone. But it's going to
keep him the big leagues and be productive, maybe one day become an everyday
player swinging the bat and today make good contact guy. It was beautiful to
see him go the other way that he made a nice heart out the right
field. But he's going to have to first of all, catch a baseball
number one and then be versatile enough to make plays that he's supposed to make
and be able to turn the page on the Blue Yes, when they decided
we have had enough and we're going to put him, you know, designate
him. You know that they're pretty much around the course and we don't just
don't see that he's making the adjustment. So he comes here. Adjustments need
to be made, and the biggest one is talking to people in Toronto today,
did they want him to swing the bat a little bit more like day
told Juan Soda New York, talking about a little bit more Wan Soda where
he is now. Yeah, that makes sense. And maybe also part of
this equation is the Dodgers want to get that lineup turned over as much as
possible, even if it means Calvin Bigio taking a walk, yes, and
working counts, which is a valuable point. And after the game today,
he may not hit two eighty or two sixty, but there's gonna be times
in the bottom of that lineup where he's gonna work counts and turn the lineup
around. And you're looking for people on base, you know, in front
of Woki Vets and Johiltani, And perhaps he feels that role nicely, but
for that to happen consistently, he's gonna also have to perform consistently by giving
the value some good at bats. Josea, I'm hearing that it's weeks until
months he comes back. Is that part of this equation too? That is
too so now you have an open door saying we know what Miguel rons can
do. He has been contributing mildly. Kik hearn Anders has given a great
opportunity, but also they're gonna left at bat and a gat that takes pitches
in prolongingting and prolongs at that. So it's almost like which formula are going
to use knowing that he's not going to provide the power that Monthly provides.
But what is the best option in tying him up to the bottom of third
now with Pajes Heyward getting back at his group and then the walk, I
think is formuland perhaps they're looking for it to be meaningful, to be productive,
and you know, I think with more runs on the board today from
the top, it would have been just fine. All right, Thanks Hose,
appreciate all this. We'll check in with you tomorrow night the rubber match
between the Dodgers and Rangers. Premiamigo Buenos Noche Jose Mota, part of the
Dodgers Spanish radio broadcast with Pete and Ningez and Fernando Vealnezuela. Before we say
good night, I want to wish a happy birthday to the drummer for the
Ringo Star All Star Band, a huge Dodger fan that I ran into tonight
and a good friend Greg Bissonette. I was down there looking for some concession
eats, and there he was, Greg Bissonette at Dodger Stadium, compliments of
his friends at Marongo, celebrating his birthday. And he bought me the chicken
casedia at the Fanfare concession stand instead of me buying his Dodger dog. So
happy birthday, Greg, and appreciate the gift of food you gave me tonight.
And also, of course tonight, I can't say goodnight without paying respects
to Jerry West. First class by the Dodgers to hold a moment of silence
for Jerry West. Everybody in Los Angeles loved Jerry West. He loved the
fans of Los Angeles. Wherever he went. He never said no to an
autograph, He never said no to a photograph. And I got to say
that I was lucky enough to be able to be included in an annual dinner
with Jerry West and the longtime Herald Examiner columnist Doug Crick. Each of the
last five or six years we went to places like Phil Trainey's in Long Beach,
the Dalray and Pico RIVERA. Yes, Jerry West and I and Doug
Gricrian had dinner back in twenty twenty one at the Dalray and Pico Rivera and
the whole place went nuts. And after we were done with dinner, Jerry
West took pictures with the staff, with the customers. It was awesome and
Jerry West was awesome. And he was so transparent. You know, maybe
he did not use as much colorful language in public as he did privately,
but everything you heard him say publicly is the way he felt privately. So
we're gonna miss Jerry West. He meant everything to this city. You know,
growing up my dad, my uncles, there were two people they talked
about the most. Their names were Jerry West and Elgin Baylor. That's those
two guys captured the imagination of the city when the Lakers moved here in nineteen
sixty. Jerry West is probably the greatest Laker of all time because of how
great of a player he was. Then was asked to coach, and he
did a great job at that, even though it made him crazy. Then
he went in as an executive and did a great job with not only managing
the showtime Lakers and drafting James Worthy to add to that showtime, but also
when Magic Johnson retired, he found a way to rebuild the Lakers and signed
Shaquille O'Neal and trade for Kobe Bryant, who nobody knew about back then.
That's his legacy, you know. I know, showtime was up and running
and he was just you know, not getting in the way. But I
mean, come on. He in the process of signing Shaquille O'Neal, he
traded Vlade Divac to be able to make a trade with the Hornets for or
Kobe Bryant, and at the last minute he did not have enough cap space
to sign Shack and he found a way to clear roster space by trading George
Lynch and Anthony Peeler to the Vancouver Grizzlies to clear enough space to sign Shaquille
O'Neal. If they do not get Shaquille O'Neal, all they got is a
teenage kid named Kobe Bryant with the Lakers. But I'm Jerry west Man,
eighty six years old. He is going to be missed. And I could
tell you this at those dinners. The one thing he talked about a lot
was the competitive golf games he had against Michael Jordan. He loved talking trash
to Michael Jordan, and Michael Jordan loved hearing trash talking from Jerry West.
And he also one thing that is underappreciated about Jerry West. He won the
gold medal in nineteen sixty. He was so proud of that accomplishment and he
loved that team. He loved playing with Oscar Robertson and man, he lived
a great life, but that doesn't make it any easier. And my love
goes out to Karen West, his wife. She is a great woman,
strong woman, and his sons who are great people as well. We're thinking
about you, and just know the whole city is wrapping their arms around you
because we all loved your dad, your husband, and he's gonna be missed.
Man, there is nobody like Jerry West gonna miss him. That'll do
it for us on Dodger Talk tonight, thanks to calling ye back at our
Burbank studios, Thanks to Dwayne McDonald out here at Dodger Stadium, and thanks
to you for listening. In case you missed our pregame conversation with Corey Seeger,
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once again. The final score tonight from Dodger Stadium, Corey Seeger and the
Rangers defeat the Dodgers three to two. Up next, Ben Maller on Fox
Sports Radio. Have a great rest of your night. See you think it's so broad