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Talk like that, David Vasse. Welcome the Dodger Talk. David Vasse with
you until four point thirty. That's when petros and Money will get to work
and entertain you until seven o'clock. They'll do a lot of clown stuff.
And I'm sure they're really excited about the reports that JJ Reddick has been hired
to coach the Lakers. They are big JJ Reddick fans. In fact,
I would venture to say Petrosen Money is the JJ Reddick show of record.
He reflects their attitude towards all of us. Anyway, The Dodgers take three
out of four from the Rockies today, beating them five to three. Gavin
Stone continues to make me look good. He goes five and a third,
gives up two urn runs, had seven strikeouts and only through seventy seven pitches.
But as you heard jose Motis say, and we saw it, his
first taste of what it's like to pitch at Coors Field. He started to
run out of some gas there in the sixth inning. But my point is
we saw him run out of gas before the bases were loaded. My thing
is, talking to different managers over the years, you don't want to give
your relief pitcher zero margin for air. And in the last week or so,
Dave Roberts has really rolled the dice by bringing in a relief pitcher with
the bases loaded. That is not a way to live if you're a manager
or a team. And Blake Trinan, who had no margin for air,
gave up a two run single at that point to Jake Cave, the left
handed hitter that Dave Roberts did not want Gavin Stone to face. So I'm
not against I can be convinced that, yeah, okay, take Gavin Stone
out at that point in time if you believed he was out of gas.
But if you believed he was out of gas before he faced Cave, he
was out of gas when he faced Montero the DH and he was out of
gas even before that in the inning. So that's my point. You want
to give your relief pictures some margin for air, and when you bring them
in with the bases loaded and one out, you're not on the flip side.
There's the argument that could be made, don't you want Gavin Stone to
be a little battle tested later in the year up with five nothing at that
point in time. He's a change up pitcher. He threw that change up
quite a bit today. That can get swing and miss like it did today
seven times, but it also can induce a ground ball, inning ending double
play. Now Blake Trning could do the same thing, get the strikeout and
get the ball hit on the ground. So I understand why tryn in,
and I also under stand taking Stone out. But like I said, if
you saw that he was gassed or at a gas before facing cave, you
certainly saw that before. Eight six, nine, eight, seven, two
five seventy is the phone number. Dodgers do. Get the win today and
show hey Otani, what a series for Otani those four games at Coors Field,
Otani, as the Dodger leadoff hitter, was eight for eighteen with two
home runs, seven RBIs and six runs scored. So obviously, Mookie Betts
being hit on the left hand and fracturing a bone there that will keep them
out six to eight weeks not ideal. But now the Dodgers are down to
only two MVPs. How many teams can say that other teams, you lose
Mookie Betts, your season is over. But the Dodgers have so much talent,
not only in their lineup but also on their pitching staff they can withstand
Mookie Betts being out six to eight weeks. Now. If Freddie Freeman would
have gone down in the ninth inning today, that would have been a little
different story. But luckily it was just Freddie feeling a little dizzy because of
dehydration of the altitude being up there for four games. Andre Ethier, who
will hear from a little bit later in the show, joined us on the
pregame show and said, hey, four games is a big difference compared to
just playing a three game series at course Field, and it can't catch up
to you physically playing that fourth game. And his words turned out to be
true with Freddie Freeman, and who knows last night when Taoscar Hernandez was taken
out of the game, he might have been feeling something with the body or
dizziness that we never were really given details about because it did not make sense
taking Taoscar Hernandez out of the game last night with Will Smith on the bench
Barnes was catching just because of quote rest when you're up just two runs at
coursefield in the seventh inning, eight six six nine eighty seven two five seventy
is the phone number. Let's head back to Coursfield to hear from Dodger manager
Dave Roberts. I think today, early on the first five innings, I
thought the command was unbelievable. I thought the sinker, the fastball away,
the late fastball, the changeup was really good all day and he was fantastic.
I thought in that sixth inning, you know, there were two walks
in there. I felt that left an ode to a heater in the hitting
zone to Montero. I just felt that at that point in time he sort
of hit a wall. It wasn't for me about pitch count. It was
more of this a different environment, and I just felt a little bit the
stuff wasn't you know where it was the first five innings and he's been nothing
but phenomenal for us, and he'll be ready to go for the next one.
You see just what this offense did today, How good was it does
he then getting things going early and even seeing the ball fall for will Smith,
and also considering just how many hard hits he's had in this series so
far. It was great. You know. You know, he's a guy
that I really don't worry about as far as the head, and I thought
he took a lot of good swings and if you look at some other ballparks,
those balls that he was hitting the right field could have been homers or
doubles. But you know, it is what it is. I still think
he's swinging the bat fine, you know, regardless of the results by Cet
to come to life was great to see show hey continue to stay hot,
Freddy and so to jump on those guys early was big. And obviously Gavin
and the defense took it over from there, but you know, the bullpen
did a fantastic job as well with Gavin. When Yamamoto gets hurt offsite,
people are going to wonder what does that mean for you guys's long term like
postseason ritation stuff like that. Watching him those first five innings today does it
kind of get you excited about the potential that he has and the way his
stuff has kind of continued to improve this year. When you start thinking long
term about the kind of role he could have with you, absolutely absolutely,
you know, for Gavin you know, obviously losing Yoshinobu, but just the
way he's just evolved. And I think for any starting pitcher you just kind
of evaluate do they have the weapons to get left out, to get right
out, to be efficient, to command the baseball, to get a strikeout
when you need to, and then can you navigate three times to a lineup?
So he's checked all those boxes, and for me, he's only getting
better. All right, there's manager Dave Roberts thanks to sports and at ALA
and look, I'm with those thoughts around the city and around the league that
have been paying attention to Gavin Stone that he could be that guy for the
Dodgers to pitch behind Tyler Glass now. And I'm not sure if it's the
second or third game of a playoffs series, but if the Dodgers don't have
any better options as far as acquiring another starting pitcher, or if Yamamoto is
indeed out for the year, I would have no issues with Gavin Stone's starting
game two of a playoff series. You had Bobby Miller do it last year
after Clayton Kershaw, who was a Warrior pitching with a torn shoulder last year.
Pitch game one. So for me, it's Glass now game one,
and I would be very comfortable with Gavin Stone pitching Game two. The reason
being is we saw this last night and it just reminded us how the emotions
of Bobby Miller get the best of him, and in a playoff game,
the emotions will be running high. Gavin Stone's mound presence and demeanor where he
doesn't let the game speed up on him too much and he doesn't let emotions
take over, would make him a perfect postseason starter. And some of the
critics might say, well, what about the strikeouts, he's not striking out
enough guys, Well, he has started to get the strikeouts that somewhere wondering
would ever come today. Seven strikeouts in five and a third inning. So
for me, and I'm not just saying this because I was on board with
Gavin Stone in spring training. I'm saying this because he's proving it out.
He's earning everything that we're seeing throughout this season, whether it's Yankee Stadium,
whether it's Course Field. For the first time, this guy is unflappable,
and when he's in the clubhouse he's the exact same way. He reminds me
a lot of Will Smith from the catching hitters side of things. Will Smith,
the reason why he's able to deliver in clutch moments is he does not
let the moment get to him. He is unflappable as well at the plate.
He is unaffected by all of it. Gavin Stone is the same way,
and you can throw away last year. Last year he was rushed because
of so much many Dodger injuries and the lack of veteran depth. Last year
he was rushed. He was not a finished product. This is Gavin Stone
and the trials and tribulations and getting his teeth knocked in last year with only
two pitches actually was a blessing in disguise because he went into the offseason,
got stronger and continued to cultivate two or three more pitches to be this guy.
Eight six six, nine, eight seven two five seventy is the phone
number. Gavin Stone gets the win. He's eight and two. The Dodgers
take three out of four from the Rockies. Let's go out to La David.
You're on Dodger Talk with David Vasse. How you doing David? Hi,
David, I'm doing great. For first thing, I just want to
compliment you and let you know how important it is for me to listen to
your show every night, because you're kind of like my Dodger of therapy.
Oh sure, I really appreciate it. That's a scary thought that I appreciate
you, Winner, Lass. It's always therapeutic to listen to you. I
just wanted to give a shout out to Chris Taylor. He got two hits
today, a walk, and two stolen bases, and he just looks so
much more confident and comfortable at the plate. I just I'm happy for the
guy, and I know he's taken a lot of flack over the season,
but I just wanted to give him a shout out. Hey, I love
that, David, because the other night Chris Taylor hit a game tying home
run and at Dodger Stadium, and not too many people were calling in to
say, Hey, way to go, Chris Taylor. And today was his
first multi hit game in the Big League since last September. So hopefully this
is a good sign of things to come, because he is showing that he's
been working really hard and maybe some of that work is starting to pay off.
I agree, Thanks a lot, David, dude, keep doing what
you do all right, Thank you for listening. Appreciate it. Eight six
six nine eight seven two five seventy. Chris Taylor got the start at second
base today. He was hitting ninth. He was two for three today with
a stolen base, and so many people were saying, why aren't the Dodgers
just cutting this guy? Well, obviously he's under contract for the rest of
this year and next year. And talking to Brandon Gomes last weekend at Dodgers
Stadium, it's not lost on the Dodgers that this guy has come up with
a lot of big hits for them since twenty seventeen. They're not going to
give up on a player like that. Eight six six nine seven two five
seventy is the phone number. Let's go out to Eric and you Kaipa.
You're on Dodger Talk. How you doing? Eric? What up? Dave?
I'm on the links right now, and you Kaipa at tuck with Kanyon
Golf Course listening to the game on Bluetooth on the golf cart. Oh I
love that, love that. Yeah, man, I just want to shut
shout you out because, like the last caller, I listen, I'm a
truck driver, so I wake up at two am listening to you put on
Dodger Talk from the night before. That's awesome. I got My godfather was
a teamster and drove a truck for roadway back in the day. And uh,
I always have respect for you guys because I know he used to work
the graveyard ship for a part of time of my cousin's childhood and he was
a great example for all of us. I love truck drivers. I love
the teamsters out there. Yeah, just real quick, Dave, Yeah,
Chris, I think Chris is uh, he's gonna turn around. He looks
good. He's going the other way, so I think he's gonna do good.
And well, Tani's killing the man. Just wanted to say, go
Dodgers. And you know all these injuries and uh, you know the good
times and the bad times, but I think the bad times are good because
it's gonna make us hungry at the end. All right, Eric, thank
you, Da thanks a lot for that great inspiration from the golf course.
That's not a top one percent call right there, for sure. Dave,
thanks for the phone call. Eight six six nine eight seven two five seven
is the phone number. I'm big into loyalty, right I know in sports
these days, there's not a lot of loyalty, and like I said,
the business of baseball probably prevented the Dodgers from being a little more impatient with
Chris Taylor. But the facts are he has come up with a lot of
big hits. He plays what once or twice a week. It's not like
he's costing the Dodger game Dodgers games and going zero for four every single night.
He gets spot starts, he comes off the bench when there's a lefty.
So that's the reason why I was not a proponent of just saying goodbye
to Chris Taylor. And also there's twenty two million reasons why the Dodgers were
not going to let him go. Eight six, six, nine eighty seven,
two five seventy is the phone number. Let's go out to Alan in
Culver City. You're on Dodger Talk. How you doing, Alan? I'm
doing, Dave, great, Dave, how are you doing? Tremendous beautiful
day in La. The Dodgers went back to back series before they play the
Angels. Things are feeling great in Allie. Yeah, no, I have
to I just want to say a couple of things. Number One, I've
been a Dodger fan since nineteen fifty five, when Johnny Padres beat the Yankees
in the World Series. You sound a lot younger than that. Thanks.
I appreciate that, but I do have to disagree with you on roberts His
position in taking out Stone when he did. And here's why. Okay,
Stone worked walk the first guy on four pitches. So Stone's getting a little
bit tired, all right, So you stay around and see what else Stone
does. Stone gets a guy on second base, He got first and second.
Now he gives up the hit. All right, maybe we can get
a double play, maybe we can't. But when he puts the guy on
third, Roberts has a five nothing lead. If Stone is really tired,
he can give up the home run more likely than Trining will. And Stone
is up there home run. Now it's only a one run game, and
you might wind up losing the game. However, when you bring in Shrine,
and when he did, you couldn't afford to have Shrining, even with
the bases loaded, do something where they can score a run or two,
but you're still going to be two three runs ahead. So I thought he
pulled Stone at the perfect time, all right, That's fair but I still
I agree with you on the point where Stone was running out of gas.
But my point is he was running out of gas during that Montero at bat.
He was running out of gas when he gave up a one out walk
before that. So I'm just a big proponent talking to managers that you want
to give your reliever some margin for air. And I just felt like he
was running out of gas even before he faced Cave. And let's not act
like Blake Trining is invincible because he gave up a grand Slam at Dodger Stadium
over the weekend. That's true, but he did have a margin for error.
He had a five run lead, so I considered that to be a
margin for error. Well, then Gavin Stone had margin for air too,
That's true. But I think if if Stone was really tired, it was
more likely for the Stone to grow up the home run in that situation than
Shrining would have. I think we're talking in circles right here. Either Stone
was tired earlier in the inning, which he was two walks in a base
hit, or he wasn't tired, and you want to give your reliever some
margin for air. I agree with Dave Roberts. It wasn't about pitch count.
He was out of gas, but he was out of gas well before
he loaded the bases. Yeah, I agree with you. I agree.
I agree he was out of gas. But a pitcher who's out of gas
doesn't necessarily going to blow the game. I mean, that's all you think.
There's no guarantees. There's no guarantees. So you can't tell me that
Blake Trnon's going to come in and not give up a run, or not
give up a two run single, or not even give up a Grand Slam
like he did for the weekend at Dodger Stadium. So I think we're talking
in circles, but we agree. Dave Roberts made the right move to take
Gavin Stone out because he saw, uh, probably he was getting some statistical
information that the stuff was trending downwards by what he said postgame, and we're
watching with our eyes, Yeah, we could see that he's running out of
gas. Hey, Alan, who was your favorite player of the Boys of
Summer since you were a Brooklyn Dodger fan. Duke Schnyder, Oh, the
Duke of Flatbush from Compton, California. Yeah, I remember the Duke.
I remember Mickey, and I remember Willie Mays. So what a time,
What a time. Thanks for the phone call, Alan, appreciate it.
Eight sixty six nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone number. When
we continue here on Dodger Talk, more of your phone calls. Also,
we will hear from Gavin Stone, we will hear from Andre Ehier. And
I do have another copy of Andy McCullough's Clayton Kerr Shop biography, The Last
of His Kind, to give away sometime between now and four point thirty as
we lead you up to the JJ Reddick Show of Record Petrosen Money right here
on a five to seventy LA Sports on air at AM five seventy, online
at AM five seventy LA sports dot com, and available by podcast on the
iHeartRadio app. This is Dodger Talk with David masson two two And Will HiT's
a high fly ball deep to center field. This one's back, this one's
gone. Will Smith with a home run. It's four nothing Dodgers Smith home
run number eleven, and that ball traveled a long way four hundred and fifty
one feet for Will Smith. Bad boys, Bad boys. What you're gonna
do? What You're gonna do win. Will comes for you. Sorry,
just trying to be on topic. Will Smith, Martin Lawrence bringing back Bad
Boys ten in theaters now. Will Smith part of back to back home runs
for the Dodgers today, Will on the front end, Freddie Freeman on the
back end, back to back home runs in the fourth inning and that gave
the Dodgers a five nothing lead. They would hold on for a five to
three win over the Rockies at Coursefield today. Daniels Jewelers is the official sponsor
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nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone number. Will Smith. Certainly
rising in the ranks of offensive catchers in Dodgers' history, and speaking of Dodger
catchers, want to send our congratulations to the Dodger catcher that caught more games
than anybody else in franchise history. Mike Sosia. Mike Sosia is being inducted
into the Albutquerque Professional Baseball Hall of Fame on a week from this Saturday.
So congratulations to Mike Soshia, who not only played for the Dodgers Triple A
affiliate in the early eighties before becoming a two time World Series champion and catching
more games than any other Dodger catcher in franchise history, but also managed the
Dukes in nineteen ninety nine, where he got some innings in to learn how
to manage before the Angels hired him away and he went on to manage close
to twenty seasons with them. So congratulations to Mike Soshia, who is being
inducted into the Albuquerque Professional Baseball Hall of Fame. Eight six six two five
seventy is the phone number. The Dodgers scored thirty one runs in this four
game series, and the Dodgers and Rockies combined scored a total of fifty five
runs, so by the previous three games in this series standard, this was
a low scoring affair where the Dodgers only scored five runs today the Rockies only
scored three. Gavin Stone gets the win. He's eight and two. His
ELRA is just a tick over three after being charged with only two runs today
and striking out seven in five and a third innings. Let's head back to
Coursefield to hear from young Gavin Stone. Yeah, really had a good game
plan back there. Pill like Kerry just got their normal stuff and and just
put it in good spots. And we're doing that for the most of the
day. When runners got on this one, ever, you know, Pitcher
started to get away from me for a little bit, but yeah, it
was a good day. Over. When you think of just the final ending
of your outing, just the challenge, the walks and things like that,
do you think a part of it is just, you know, getting deeper
into the game, but also just the challenges of pitching here to kind of
get make it to you Do you feel did you feel that? I guess
maybe? I mean, I don't know. I just know that I got
to get those outs right there, and so to not get those outs frustrating,
but living and learn. How high is your confidence just awf over Obviously
you're naturally a pretty confident guy, but just getting the result that you have
in this year, just how high is your confidence turning good? I guess
you know, I don't get a lot of strikeouts and these guys make a
lot of plays behind me, so just trusting them and that makes it a
little bit easier. That's like four out of last five or six strikeouts.
Is that just a reflection of executing better, you know, maybe sequencing a
little bit differently, Like what are you even going to beat that too?
Probably just the work that you know, Connor Mark and I put into the
midwig bullpens and stuff. Just executing certain pitches a little bit better. All
right. There's Gavin Stone sports at LA and you could hear it in his
voice, his demeanor. Uh, just like you see him on the mound.
That's who he is. That reminds me a lot of Will Smith.
He's monotone, he's boring in some ways, but that's what makes him great
and that's the reason why he's able to now with a full pitch. Arsenal
be unflappable on the mound. Eight six six nine, eight seven two five
seventy is the phone number. Dodgers beat the Rockies today, five to three.
We're with you until the bottom of the hour. That's when we turn
things over to Petrosen Money, who will have the latest on the reports that
the Lakers have hired JJ Reddick Podcast partner with Lebron James. Today at cours
Field, Gavin Stone won his eighth game of the year, Evan Phillips shut
the door for his twelfth save of the season, and the Dodgers will return
home tomorrow night to open up a short two game series against the Angels before
they head back off on the road again against the lowly White Sox and then
close it out against the Giants on this upcoming six game road trip after a
short brief two game series against the Angels. All right, we do have
a copy of Andy McCullough's book, The Last of His Kind, The Biography
on Clayton Kershaw, to give away if you can answer this question. And
I may even give a hint. Who was Clayton Kershaw's first major league strikeout
victim? Here's the hint. He's currently a major league manager. Eight six
six nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone number if you know the
answer. Before we get to those calls and that trivia and the book giveaway,
want to share part of our pregame conversation with Andre Ethier, who spent
his entire twelve year career with the Dodgers, and you may remember back in
twenty ten, arguably andre Ethier's best individual season. In the beginning of May,
mid May, he was leading the National League in all Triple Crown categories
until he broke his pinky, his left pinky, excuse me, right,
pinky while in the batting cage. A little different than Mookie bets being hit
by a ninety eight fastball, but he understands being out for a while and
not swinging a bat. So we tapped into Andre Ethier and his thoughts on
Mooki and how long it's going to take for him to rebound. I think
it starts and stops that and you know, in common of me and Mooki
and breaking our hands. Yeah, Mookie's one heck of a player. And
he's a he's a year long triple Crown guy, not a I guess,
month and a half season guy like I was. And you know, it's
it's tough, it's a it's a you feel for him him, you feel
for the team. You know, I feel like Mooki. If you could
say this, I don't know if if it's you know, but he's really
come into his place as being not only major leaguer, but being a Dodger.
You know, Superstar, this guy who is accountable on a nightly basis
and comes up with you know, big hits, big at bats, big
plays. We know the the journey he's had transitioning to shortstop this year and
this you know, and you can call it selfless, you can call it
uh you know, just you know that mentality of you know what Dave in
the locker room, like say, next man up, you know, next
guy up, to feel what we need. We know what we have.
We have great players in here that are going to do great things, but
we need guys to always feel, uh, the spots in between, when
guys get hurt, when guys aren't struggling, and you know, Mookie was
able to step up with the position void and roll right into that from second
to short you know, it's all these different things. Uh. Yeah,
I think you're gonna miss more than just movies that you're missing a guy who
you know it really is, is like a jack of all trades at superstar
level, and it's gonna be tough. It really is gonna be tough for
him to come back and just not miss a beat. Uh, let's just
say six weeks at the best case scenario. Are you going to be as
strong, you know, physically in your legs and you know, in your
rotation, in your swing, in your hands, all that stuff. Are
you to be you know a little litery of staying in there and trusting the
ball is not gonna hit you when it's a you know, when it's a
tough front door slider, you know, stuff like that. So there's a
lot of things that gonna go through. But I don't put any doubt that
he will be successful coming back because the guy's good at everything he does.
All right, there's Andre Ethier who joined us on the pregame show to hear
our full conversation with mister Dodger Andre Ethier. You can find it on the
iHeart rate. He also talked about the Dodgers, missing Max Muncy and a
few different to other things that were a point of topics between me and Andre
Sixteen minutes with Me and Andre Ethier, And yes, he got a few
jabs in there as well, So I strongly encourage you to listen to the
full interview. But he can relate to what it's like to be out that
long for breaking your hand swinging the bat, and what made it kind of
ominous for Mooki bets that it was not going to be good news was when
that ninety eight fastball hit him. That's on Sunday afternoon, he was still
really holding the bat. And I've heard that from other hitters broadcasters. When
the hitter is still grabbing that bat when he's being hit by the pitch,
especially a fastball, there's a greater chance of a fracture. And the way
Mooki reacted, obviously he was in a lot of pain and it turned out
to be a fractured left hand. We thought rist, but it's right there,
the bottom of the hand going into the wrist. And I'm sure my
guy, doctor Shin at the Curland Job Center took care of Mookie because my
understanding was he was going to be examined by doctor Shin that examined and did
surgery on my right wrist after the holy crap moment in Milwaukee. All right,
eight six six nine eighty seven two five seventy is the phone number.
Dodgers beat the Rockies today five to three at coors Field. The trivia question
for a chance to win a copy of Andy McCullough's great new biography on Clayton
Kershaw. The Last of His Kind is who was Clayton Kershaw's first ever strikeout
victim in the Big leagues, all the way back in two thousand and eight.
Let's go out to Hacienda Heights, Robert, what's your guests? We're
going with Skip Schumacher. Oh wait a minute, you went with? You
changed your answer? I did? I did? All right? Well,
you're right. Skip Schumacher leading off for the Saint Louis Cardinals that day in
two thousand and eight at Dodger Stadium June of two thousand and eight, struck
out against Clayton Kershaw. Later would become teammates with him in twenty thirteen,
and Clayton Kershaw would actually name him in his MVP speech along with Nick Punto
for being great teammates. So congratulations, Robert, you win a copy of
the Last of His Kind? Great? Thank you so much. Go Dodgers.
All right, go Dodgers. Hold on and Colin will get your info.
Michael and Bellflower, I saw you also had the right answer, So
I will be generous today and send you a copy of Andy McCullough's book as
well. Oh, I appreciate that, dame. Thank you. Were you
listening to today's game. I've been in and out out of the car all
day, so I can't say that I have listened to every every bit of
the game today, but I was following it. Were you disappointed when you
turned on the radio and heard me and not Petro Some Money? Ah?
Yes, you were. You wanted to hear JJ Reddick bashing, didn't you?
Yeah? I did? I did? I did. Are you are
you in on this hiring or are you like Petro some Money fired up over
the JJ Redick era? Oh? I'm fired up over it? Are you
really? Yeah? All right? Waiting for I'm waiting. I'm waiting for
Lebron to leave town, okay, but JJ Reddick to hang around. I
didn't say that. Okay, Well hold on and we'll get you a copy
of the Last of His Kind. And I'm sorry, Michael that you were
so disappointed on your drive home to hear me. I hope this is a
good enough consolation prize. Thanks, Dave. I appreciate it, man,
no problem. He did not deny it. He did not deny it.
I love that Petro some Money are coming up at the bottom of the hour
eight six six nine, eight seven two five seventy is the phone number.
Dodgers beat the Rockies today at Corsfield five to three. They score thirty one
runs in this four game series and show hey Otani, in his new role
as Dodger leadoff hitter until Mookie Betts returns, was eight for eighteen in this
four game series with two home runs, seven RBIs and six runs scored.
Show Hey Otani safe to say, is out of his twenty to twenty five
game slump heading into Father's Day. That's when he hit two home runs this
past Sunday afternoon and he has not looked back. And for the first time
this season, he will face his former team in the regular season. Sure,
we had the Freeway series, but come on, that's a friendly exhibition,
as they like to say, unless you're an Apollo Creed, then it
was not a friendly exhibition. But this one is or was a friendly exhibition,
and now it's for real. Daniel Son show Hey O'tani against his former
team at Dodgers Stadium a two game series between the Dodgers and Angels that will
begin tomorrow night. O'tani will face his former teammate Patrick Sandoval, and the
Dodgers announced after the game that it will be Landon Knack making the start tomorrow
night at Dodgers Stadium. Landon Nack has made four starts in the major leagues
this season. All four have been pretty good for the Dodgers. He's one
and one with an ERA of two sixty one. This will be his fifth
career major league start, and he will be facing the Angels, who actually
have been playing a little bit better. I'm not going to say they're great,
but they are still without Mike Trout. Mike Trout told reporters a couple
of days ago that he is still not running after meniscus surgery on his right
knee. And the Angels, in case you haven't been keeping track of the
other team in southern California, are twenty nine and forty five, thirteen and
a half games back of the Seattle Mariners in the AL West. So the
Dodgers, coming off this series against the last place Rockies in the NL West,
should take care of the Angels in this two game series at Dodgers Stadium
because they are not a very good team and have not been playing the best.
And it feels like you hear reports about a team meeting every other week
with Ron Washington's club, so really this should be a series the Dodgers handle.
The Angels were shut out at the Big A last night two to nothing
by the Brewers, so they lost two out of three to Milwaukee and Anaheim
before where they had a day off today and a two game series against the
Dodgers, facing Landon nack In on Saturday night at Dodgers Stadium, it will
be Tyler glass Now facing the Angels, and look the biggest challenge for the
Dodgers and I know they feel this way too. They've already lost Yamamoto for
an unspecified amount of time because of a rotator cuff injury. The biggest challenge
for the Dodgers now is not only to keep Tyler glass Now healthy, but
also to keep his stuff trending the way it has the first couple of months
of this season, because he has been everything and more advertised that we heard
about when the Dodgers made this trade for glass Now. And can you believe
Tyler glass Now is on a record setting season for the Dodgers. He's on
pace for two hundred and seventy two strikeouts that would be the most by a
right hander in Dodger franchise history. That's remarkable. Eight six six nine,
seven two five seventy is the phone number. Let's go back out to the
phones Monrovia. Frank, you're on Dodger Talk. Hi, Frank, Hi,
Frank, Frank here, Dave. Two things established. First of all,
yeah, you got that day. First of all, two things,
Wine, I hope people will give the guys a break up there, because
you know, that weather up there in corrus Field is no joke. I
know. You know, props to the trainers out there for making sure the
guys were hydrated and those dizzy spells, knowing that they've got those, knowing
that they've got the issue with you know, energy and being on the sun
there, you know, taking Taoscar out, taking Freddy out when they need
that rest. That's really really important. And I was glad to see that
happening again that altitude, that son. There are no joke up there.
That's the first thing. Well, Frank number one, Frank, Freddy was
not taken out of the game. He was just a little dizzy and finished
the game. So that was good news. Ta Oscar Hernandez was taken out
last night when the sun had already set. But obviously there must have been
something going on, cramping, dehydration, dizziness like Freddie had today. So
good news. Freddy stayed in, finished the game and he'll be back in
there tomorrow, right. I remember Freddy finishing the game, but just the
people giving them, you know, just hearing some of the message boards,
looking at some of the versage boards. Those aren't real people. This is
the real people place. Whoever's on a message board is hiding behind their keyboard.
Only you, Franken Monrovia, had the guts to call in. So
don't quote message boards here or Twitter. It means nothing. That's the first
thing. Second thing is you let a poacher win the freaking the freaking memoir
man. I mean, I was coaching that game. It was May twenty
It was May twenty fifth, two thousand and eight. It was an afternoon
game, and I showed up because I heard this kid was going to be
good. I remember hearing that this kid, Clayton Kershaw, he was going
to be all right. But I was there for Greg Maddox that day and
hoping I would be able to see him come in if Kershaw fell apart.
But you know I was. I was. It was one of the greatest
days. Of my life to see great in his firsthand. And you know,
I'm still grateful to know that Kersh is on the team, see the
legend in the making. And you know, again, Skip Schumacher. Watching
that strikeout, I remember turning to my dad and saying, huh, the
kid will be all right, and kind of closing out the day. And
you know, I'm just glad to know that he's he's stuck with the team.
And Skip Schumacher, you know, best to him in Miami. I
hope he's I hope he stays employeed through the rest of the year. Yeah
he will, Frank, and he'll be a free agent that many teams will
be bidding for to manage their team. So, man, what you just
said right there, I'm going to prove that I don't have a heart of
stone and give you a copy of Andy McCullough's memoir or biography on Clayton Kershaw,
the last of his kind. Let's go, Frank. We don't get
that on a message board, No, dumb dad, get dump all right,
hold on, we'll get your info. Man. There we go,
Frank, genuine phone call right there. Being at Kershaw's major league debut,
I was actually at Kershaw's debut as well, because of the anticipation of seeing
this young left hander that we heard had an amazing curveball. One of the
few times that I've ever gone down to the bullpen, walking from the press
box to the Dodger bullpen to watch a kid warm up and electric fastball.
Back then, too, Let's not forget his fastball was somewhere between ninety six
and ninety eight. He was the full package, and he became this guy
once he developed a third pitch, a slider that Joe Torre told him,
you have to figure out. There's the story that Kershaw tells that Joe Tory
called Kershaw and James McDonald, another one of these top pitching prospects the Dodgers
had in two thousand and eight, and he called both of them into his
office at Dodgers Stadium and said, if you guys want to stay here,
you're gonna have to find a third pitch. Kershaw found one, and James
McDonald, eh, eh, I'm not sure he ever found it, but
Kershaw found it. The slider. It's become almost as synonymous with Kershaw as
his curveball has. But all the way back in eight he had a ninety
six ninety seven fastball that was unbelievable. And that's the remarkable thing about Clayton
Kershaw. A he has basically spanned two generations of Major League baseball players.
And also, if you think back, he's in that unique position where his
major league debut was two thousand and eight and here he is still pitching in
the major leagues in twenty twenty four. Think about how much has changed in
Major League baseball since his major league debut. Not only has his fastball gone
down to ninety ninety one, not only has he had a lot of injuries,
but just think about the rules that have changed the way players are evaluated
in Major league baseball. It really is remarkable that Kershaw has had this stame
power because, yeah, Nolan Ryan pitched for twenty years in the big leagues,
But how much did the game change from Nolan Ryan's major league debut to
the final game that he ever pitched in the big leagues. I would say
not that much. But if you think about Kershaw's major league debut in eight
and where he's at right now twenty twenty four, it's like he's pitching on
a different planet. With how much the game has changed and the way it's
been evaluated and social media and how much that goes into it. So that's
another layer to his greatness and his Hall of Fame career. There's not too
many pitchers that can say that they have had to endure this much change and
still be great, you know, all these years later. So think about
that as you listen to Petro some money rip JJ Reddick. All right,
that'll do it for us on Dodger Talk today. Tomorrow night, we'll be
back at Dodgers Stadium a two game series against the Angels. Patrick Sandoval,
the hero for Team Mexico in the World Baseball Classic, will be on the
mound. He's two and eight with an ERA of five twenty four, and
Landon Neck will be called up to make his fifth career major league start so
far this year and four major league starts with the Dodgers. He's one and
one with an ERA of two to sixty one. Our coverage begins at six
o'clock with Tim Cats Morongo Casino Dodgers on deck, and then first pitch from
Dodgers Stadium with Rick Monday and Tim Neverritte. Thanks to Dwayne McDonald out at
Denver. Thanks to Colin Yee here in our Burbank studios, and thanks to
you for listening. In case you missed any of the show, you can
find it on the iHeartRadio app. Petros and Money is next. JJ Reddick
Talk until seven o'clock once again. The final score at Corsfield the Dodgers defeat
the Rockies five to three. Have a great rest of your afternoon, steal, Let's just