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We are live at Dodgers Stadium after the

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Dodgers beat the Brewers by a final
score of five to three. Welcome the

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Dodger Talk. David Fasse with you
until eight thirty tonight on this fourth of

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July weekend. Hope you're enjoying family
and friends and being safe out there.

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The Dodgers enjoy beating the Brewers,
and it seems like it's a tradition because

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the Dodgers, especially here at Dodgers
Stadium, have dominated Milwaukee. With the

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win tonight, the Dodgers have won
thirteen of their last fourteen games against the

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Brewers here in Los Angeles, and
overall since twenty twenty one, the Dodgers

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have beaten the Brewers fifteen of the
last night teen games eight six, six,

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nine, seven two five. Seventy
is the phone number I thought.

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The Dodgers got big games again from
Will Smith, who hit a two run

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home run in the first inning that
made it that made it four home runs

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in his last two games, and
then Reyes Hoskins also homered for the Brewers.

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If you remember last night he hit
a grand slamf off of Tyler Glass.

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Now Hoskins and Will Smith the first
two games of this series have combined

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to hit six home runs and driving
nine runs. Also, Miguel Vargas,

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I mean I said this three nights
ago. Just ride the hot bat.

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Am I saying Miguel Vargas is the
next Matt Kemp. I don't know,

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You don't know. How do we
know unless he gets an opportunity. What

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I do know is that he's swinging
the bat a lot better than we saw

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at any point in time last year. So he obviously put in the work

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when the Dodgers sent him down last
year. He put in the work during

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the offseason. He came back a
little bit more mature, and he's come

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back just being himself, not trying
to do too much or overthink too much.

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And you saw that his preparation paid
off in the eighth inning. He

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was ready for Brian Hudson when he
hit that Pinchick go ahead home run,

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And I thought, Joe Davis,
I mean, Joe Davis is on another

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level these days. He really is
stringing together some really good stories on backgrounds

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of these players and really explaining why
they're excelling. And last night, Joe

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Davis explained how Miguel Vargas has stayed
prepared even though he has not had regular

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at bats, and it goes back
to America's DH JD. Martinez, who

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texted me during the game last night
and told me how much he loves Miguel

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Vargas and his action and speak louder
than words. Miguel Vargas has worked out

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and hit with JD. Martinez the
last two offseasons because they both make their

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offseason residents in Miami, So that's
number one. Number two, I guess

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JD. Martinez offered some advice to
Miguel Vargas this year. He told him,

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you know, with the advanced technology
the Dodgers have in their batting cage

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where they can simulate the pitches that
any pitcher in Major League Baseball throws,

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you can prepare that way. And
the way Joe explained it much better than

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I am right now. But the
way Joe explained it and the way JD.

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Martinez instructed Vargas was during the game
when you're not starting. And let's

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be honest, it's been far and
few between at bats and games that Miguel

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Vargas has had while he's been here
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So JD. Martinez told him,
simulate game at bats. Go in every

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third when you think your spot in
the order is coming up, and simulate

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at bats against that batting cage simulator. Do that all game long, and

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also prepare for who you may see
in the ninth inning. So Miguel Vargas

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has been staying warm and prepared by
doing that, even though he may not

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see and at bat the entire game. He's stayed prepared and engaged in the

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game that way, and I thought
that explained a lot on how Miguel Vargas,

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when he's been given the opportunity,
has been able to seize it.

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And he did it again tonight coming
up as a pinch hitter for Gavin Lux.

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He was prepared for Brian Hudson and
it showed. And really, I

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know there was some doubt in the
stadium whether or not it would be a

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home run, but for some reason
I thought it had the height, the

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trajectory and the backspin to sneak over
the wall. Did I believe it was

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going to hit the top of the
wall. No, I thought it was

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going to reach the home run seats
at least. But even Christian Yelich was

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fooled on it because he came in
on the fly ball from Vargas which turned

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out to be a home run.
And after the game we caught up with

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El Nino Miguel Vargas. You talked
about your preparation. How did it help

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you be ready for that at bad? You know, help me a lot,

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you know, during the game almost
I was watching, you know,

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the VI aware, you know the
whoopings they have, so once I see

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a letty, you know, trying
to be ready for you know, any

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cuestion on the game, and you
know, I think they again we take

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it about everything else, Yeah,
no doubt. But that wasn't just another

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lefty. That was Brian Hudson,
your former teammate. Were you more familiar

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with him, Yeah, I ain't
know how diy It'll be from a couple

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of years ago. I have great
rochter seam with him, you know,

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but you know these the game,
so I mean feel good if you're you

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know, trying to help my team
and we got the w today. So

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it's great. You're finally getting the
opportunity. Last night the start to run

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home run. Today the Brewers come
back to tie it up, but Miguel

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Vargas, a big weapon off the
bench, comes up to win the game.

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How good does it feel to get
the opportunity and season? Oh,

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Fiz Gray, Phiz Gray. You
know, I mean I I've always been

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ready to prevent myself though for you
know, opplatunities like this, you know,

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a time to help my team in
anyway. So that's all I try

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to do. Hey, keep it
going tomorrow for Lae Domingo. Yeah,

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no doubt about it. It's going
to be a Domingo Higante for Miguel Vargas.

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He gets the start tomorrow, probably
in left field for Dave Roberts against

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Dallas Kaikeel, who is the left
handed veteran on the mound for the Brewers.

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It's going to be strange to see
Kaikeel in that Brewer's uniform. And

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the number one memory I have of
Dallas Kaikel is him pitching for the Astros.

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So Dallas Kaikel back at Dodger Stadium
tomorrow after noon as the Dodgers look

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for the sweep after beating the Brewers
in the first two games of this series

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and late inning dramatics the last two
games for the Dodgers, Freddie Freeman coming

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up with a big, two out
base hit to give the Dodgers the win

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last night, and then today Miguel
Vargas with the pinch hit home run to

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lead off the eighth inning off of
Brian Hudson, who also was tagged last

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night by his former team, and
Brian Hudson now reeling a little bit here

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in Los Angeles, as are the
Brewers. For good measure. Not only

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did Vargas give the Dodgers the lead, but two batters later it was sho

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Hey O'tani with his twenty eighth home
run of the year. O'tani now is

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just second to Aaron Judge in Major
League Baseball with twenty eight home runs.

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Judge has thirty two home runs on
the season, and O'tani had a pretty

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good game tonight. He got hit
by a pitch he walked to set up

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Will Smith go ahead two run home
run in the first inning, and also

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hit his one hundred and ninety ninth
career home run, so he's won away

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from two hundred in his career.
Eight six, six, nine eighty seven,

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two five seventy is the phone number. Also, James Autman tonight got

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his first start since being called back
yesterday with the injury to Jason Hayward.

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Autman got the start in center.
Pajes was in right ta Oscar Hernandez was

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in left field today for Dave Roberts
against the righty Freddy Peralta. Autman had

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two hits today. So great to
see James Outman get the start and also

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has some positive things happened for him. He hit the ball hard all three

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times tonight and the Dodgers go on
to beat the Brewers five to three.

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Now, if you're wondering about the
eighth inning and the ninth inning, which

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I know some of you may be, it was the right call by Dave

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Roberts because he has stayed consistent with
his process. And Evan Phillips. You

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know, we could talk about whether
or not he is a closer. One

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thing I know about Evan Phillips,
he's a super reliever, one of the

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best relievers in baseball. He could
pitch in the ninth, he could pitch

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in the eighth, He could pitch
in the sixth inning. The ninth inning

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is so different. I'm a firm
believer of that, but I have like

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the way Dave Roberts has mixed and
match with Evan Phillips, having Phillips come

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into the eighth inning or the ninth
inning depending on the groupings of hitters,

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and tonight, Dave Roberts definitely wanted
Evan Phillips to face the three best hitters

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in the Brewer's order. William Contrere's
the righty, Yelich the lefty, and

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Williadamis the righty Yelich. Unfortunately for
Evan, Phillips took advantage of a flat

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sweeper slider and tied the game with
a home run. But Phillips did get

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William Contreras out, and Contrere's coming
into the game tonight, was hitting three

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forty against lefties. Do you really
want Alex Vessia facing William Contreras, who

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has been one of the best hitters
in the National League this year. He's

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the starter for the NL as the
catcher Will Smith more than likely tomorrow will

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be named as a reserve. But
Phillips got Contreras, striking out Yellich hit

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him for the home run, but
then he was able to get Adamis and

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Freelick to end the inning. And
then Vessia comes in in the ninth inning

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to shut it down in the ninth, So that was the thinking behind it.

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Unfortunately, Phillips was not able to
execute the pitch against Yelich, but

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that's not on Dave Roberts. He's
sticking with the process. And really,

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if you look at this game,
the Dodgers are down a reliever, a

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high leverage reliever. Right now.
Joe Kelly is making his way back.

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They haven't had Ryan Brazier for about
two and a half months. But these

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guys are older pitchers with a lot
of miles on them. And that's why

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I'm a firm believer that if you
were to make a shopping list starting pitching,

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and I was just thinking about it, Yes, another outfielder to lengthen

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the lineup, and also a closer, and I'm looking at Garrett Crochet.

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I'm looking at Tanner Scott from the
Marlins, or possibly Kenley Jansen. The

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Red Sox need a starter. They
do not want to resign Kenley Jansen after

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this season. I know they're in
it for the final wildcard spot. But

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is that going to continue? And
even if it does, are they going

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to sell on Jansen to get another
starting pitcher. It seems like they are

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considering it from what I understand out
of Boston, not to mention, they

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have Liam Hendricks coming back off the
IL in August, so I'm sure they're

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thinking, is if we trade Kenley
to strengthen another part of our team to

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make a playoff push. We still
have Liam Hendricks coming back. That's a

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long shot bet, though, and
who knows where the Red Sox are between

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now and then, but they are
now in the wildcard race and Boston is

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not going to accept them trading Kennley
Jansen, one of, if not the

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best closer in the American League,
for just prospects down the road, which

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means the Dodgers may need to trade
them a starting pitcher. Would they consider

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trading Walker Bueller for Kenley Jansen,
who also has an expiring contract at the

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end of this year. Would I
want to see that? No. I

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would love to see Walker Bueller finish
out the year with the Dodgers and see

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what he can do. But I
believe the Dodgers are in need of another

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reliever, and whether it's Kenley Jansen
or Tanner Scott, it feels like if

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the Dodgers got another relief pitcher that
was a closer, they could free up

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to have Evan Phillips, Daniel Hudson, Blake Trinin and if Joe Kelly and

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Ryan Brazier could come back, shortening
the game quite a bit, especially with

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their starting pitching situation. And I
will make this bold prediction right now.

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I have no inside information other than
what we saw from the Dodgers this past

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offseason. They are all in,
which makes me believe they are all in

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at the trade deadline, and it's
very apparent they need another starting pitcher to

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pitch for them in the playoffs.
Garrett Crochet is that guy. I am

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a big believer the Dodgers will find
a way to make it happen, and

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I know the White Sox are very
open to the best offer for Garrett Crochet.

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Eight six six nine eight seven two
five seventy is the phone number.

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Let's go out to HAWAIII. Dana. Aloha, you're on Dodger Talk.

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How you doing, Dana doing fine? Thank you, Aloha, thank you

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very much, thanks for being there. You're you know, as fans when

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we go off on tangents, so
we're heading in the wrong direction. You're

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our compass and get us set straight. So I appreciate that and me in

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the right direction, Dana. I
tap into the guys that do it,

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the coaches that do it, the
manager that does it, to help steer

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me in the right direction. Well, terrific. Okay, So I'm going

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opposite of you. I'm saying you're
at Crochet. The price is going to

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be too high apparently, And I
read something recently where someone was saying,

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Okay, let's trade has Miguel and
Lux and somebody at rushing for Crochet,

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And I'm thinking that that would be
absolutely crazy to give up the farm for

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a guy that has at the farm
as far as how long he can last.

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Dana, the names that you just
mentioned is that the farm. I

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mean, if that's what the White
Sox wanted, I would say, let's

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make that deal tomorrow. See,
I would say that's way too much of

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the farm for me. Well,
number one, it's not going to be

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those three players. You know.
Miguel Vargas, from what I understand,

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is a player of interest to the
White Sox. You more than likely are

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going to have to add in one
of your young starting pitchers. Not Gavin

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Stone, not him, but whether
it's somebody in the minor leagues or somebody

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that's just had a taste of the
big leagues, the Dodgers are going to

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have to include that. And what
is the definition of prices too high?

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If it turns out to help the
Dodgers win a World Series, the first

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full season World championship since nineteen eighty
eight, well, I'm just not convinced

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that's your guy. I mean,
I think he's a he's a good picture,

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right, but he's really good.
He's not a one or two guy,

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is he? Yes? He is. That's why the Dodgers are interested

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in him. They're not just trying
to get any guy. They're looking for

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a pitcher that can make a playoff
start in Game two, maybe Game three.

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Looking for that. And Garrett Crochet
really impressed myself, Rick Monday,

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and I know Dave Roberts with the
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So you're you're if I'm your compass, I am steering you that Garrett Crochet

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is a really good pitcher and a
guy that had a lot of mound,

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presence and guts and is uh not
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Okay, well we'll see what happens. I'm I'm going in the opposite

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direction. I'm saying, don't get
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I hope you don't. I hope
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of all those guys. I'm just
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to offer me those players, I
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I don't believe it's going to be
those three players, and don't will be

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extremely high. Well, that's that's
all relative. What is it for a

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World Series? The Dodgers keep drafting
and developing players. They can keep doing

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it if they trade whoever. You
think the price is too high? And

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what's the guarantee? Uh, until
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just a You're a suspect. To
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Well he has had elbow surgery.
I'm aware, and he we don't.

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He hasn't ever pitched any He hasn't
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leagues, has he? So why
not? Right now? And the Dodgers

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are better equipped to manage the rest
of his season, and he's under team

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control for two more years. Dana, Let's not lose sight of that either.

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I'm all in with Garret Crochet.
Hey, you call me back after

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Crochet's first start with the Dodgers.
It's a well, let's do it after.

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You have to give him a couple
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no, no, no no,
You've got to call me back after the

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first one. You got it,
and then you have to send Andrew Freeman

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some Maceadamian nuts chocolate covered if he
pulls it off. I'm gonna be testing

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Andrew after this call and let him
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Dana. Thanks, that's a lot
for the phone call. Hey, you

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know him. He doesn't pick up
the phone. He'll text you. Eight

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six six nine eight seven two five
seventy is the phone number. Dodgers beat

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the Brewers today five to three.
All joking aside, that's really what this

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is. Right. You have Showe
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have Mookie Betts, you have Tyler
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and the Dodgers have not lost sight
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message to all of us that they're
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haven't gotten that message, you haven't
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all relative. Whatever you think the
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it delivers a World Series championship,
it's not too high. And would I

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hate to see some of these very
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of course I would, But to
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you have to give something up,
and there's a lot of demand for

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Garrett Crochet. Eight six six nine
eight seven two five seventy is the phone

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number. And if you're looking for
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this going back two weeks now.
I'm looking at different teams and possibilities,

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and I'm looking at Randyo Rose Arena
of the Rays. He would bring a

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lot of swag, a lot of
attitude to the Dodgers. He has not

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had a Randy A Rose Arena type
season. And the Rays already have sold

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off a starting pitcher to the Brewers
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even more in the selling mode to
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And I don't believe it would take
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Rose Arena. He's only hitting about
two hundred right now, but who knows

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a change of scenery for a Rose
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able to platoon in other spots and
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Arena, he's a playoff performer.
I know we're all focused on Tommy fam

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He's a great playoff performer and he
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A guy like Randio Rose Arena,
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I wouldn't I wouldn't hate that deal
either if the Dodgers are kicking the

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tires on him. Eight six six
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phone number. We're gonna take a
time out here on Dodger Talk. When

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we come back, we'll check in
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Hayward. A great bobblehead day.
Love seeing him out here with his family.

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I know he was disappointed he was
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but certainly one of the better looking
bobbleheads I've seen so far this year in

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the City connect Jerseys. On top
of it so a good night here at

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Dodger Stadium as the Dodgers beat the
Brewers again Holy crap five to three on

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Talk with Dodger Inside David Basse.
One pitch swing on a hammer day,

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bright shutter way back and go home
run for a tenny home run number twenty

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eight. Well the show rolling on
at Dodgers Stadium. Show Hey Otani won

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a home run away from two hundred
in his career. That was his twenty

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eighth of the season, pouring on
an insurance run after Miguel Vargas let off

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the inning with his first career pinch
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the Brewers today five to three.
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Dodgers are looking for the sweep against
Dallas Kaikle Miguel Vargas. As Dave Roberts

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said earlier, we'll be back in
the starting lineup, and also we may

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see the major league debut. In
fact, we more than likely will see

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the major league debut of left hander
Justin Robleski, who what I've been told

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from scouts that have seen him,
throws ninety seven with late life on his

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fastball. He's got the curve ball, he's got the slider. So he

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made thirteen starts at Double A this
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A. He's made two starts there, and the Dodgers need a starting pitcher

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tomorrow to give Bobby Miller and the
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So more than likely you will see
the major league debut of young Justin Robleski

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tomorrow. Afternoon. Let's head out
to the mysterious Mota. It's tough to

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go around the horn with Jose Mota. Jose Mota joins us. Jose.

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I was looking in the booth.
We were all looking for you when a

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foul ball went into the ten twenty
booth. Uh, where was the mysterious

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Jose Mota with his glove. I
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and I heard Rick Monday came in. It's like everybody says, where where

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was he? We're hear a big
thump, So it was like, did

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he really botch it with a glove
on? It was greaty Oh no,

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I got to make a play here. In fact, you know political incidents.

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My my only foul ball catch as
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broadcaster, was against Milwaukee in Milwaukee. Brides terran into the booths in Milwaukee.

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So the Brewers have something here.
But that was a shoe hill tony

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man. I kinda kept that one
for a long time. That's right,

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you're right. Uh hey, I
guess uh. You have to tell your

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dad you he was more important than
an Otani foul ball into the booth forever,

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forever, forever. I would have
shown, you know, I would

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have showy signed them and say,
look, go out there and auction it

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off for a good cost. That's
what I would have done. Well,

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who has the baseball? Now?
No catch it just no time as much

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Now that you gotta make it,
you gotta make a play just hit a

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wall. Okay, we'll go with
that. Jose Mona joins us after the

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Dodgers beat the Brewers five to three. Will Smith has found something. I

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know. Aaron Bates told us last
week that he was trying to get him

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to have less tension in his shoulders. Well, he looks very stress free

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the last two games. Here's what
I see a guy like Will Smith.

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Will Smith is landing on time.
That's separation number one. When you are

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relaxed with your hands, your shoulder
is going to be relaxed. Will Smith

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has always been a very good hands
hitter, and that's where you can afford

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to wait on the ball. And
that's what we're seeing right now. Everything

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pretty much coming together. And you
know very well from Justin Turner's days,

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in your own words, when that
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it doesn't come down on time,
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And I'm glad that he's finding it
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he he cuts it down a lot
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good. But sometimes he gets a
little bit long and his body's not all

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in sync. But boy, when
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that much power is fun to watch
and hopefully this will be the beginning of

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some bigger, bigger things have gone
from him. He was looking like Christian

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Walker the last two games. He
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he was Christian Walker. I saw
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Hey, he's not playing the Dodgers
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But that's another story for another time. How about my guy El Nino Miguel

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Vargas getting an opportunity, Jose and
staying very prepared for this opportunity. Opportunities

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come and go, and his mentality
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I know he's gotten a lot of
help from J. D. Hulu and

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Neil Martinez obviously because of Miami connections, all your connection but here on this

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team, to Oscar Hernandez has been
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mechanical stuff or like adjustments. No, no, no, about the mental

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aspect of being ready. And I
think when you have somebody like JD.

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Martinez who's had so much success,
we had to really go through the ground

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to be successful. Now you have
to ask her here saying, hey,

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listen, you never know when your
basket gonna come, but you have to

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be ready. There's no excuse.
You have to be ready. But you

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know the main thing I asked to
go about this, Dave, and I'll

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told you about this about a month
ago. I said, what's the biggest

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difference for you now with the shorter
fing goes, my hands are healthy.

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That's pretty much it. You know, two broken fingers. Last year,

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I was not myself. I had
to be lunging to the swing, long

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swing. Now he's able to wait
on the ball. He's put his work

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in to just make sure he knows
his zone quite well. But it's fun

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to watch Aas he mentioned, there's
so many resources available nowadays for young players

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to use, and one of them
is go out there and signally and see

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how your eyes track at baseball.
And you know, we don't talk enough

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about the eyes with a player or
the hitter, but think about a good

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slider is a pisch of that a
guy wants to strike you with, not

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over the zone, out of the
zone. So train your eyes with all

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these machines you have and all this
technology, and I'm glad he's taking advantage

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of it. But you know what, he is quietly saying, play me

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because productions well toksin. He's earned
it. Look, he told me in

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San Francisco, when everybody was wondering
when was the next time he was going

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to play, As you said,
just a lot more mature, he said,

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I put my feelings in this locker
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And I put this jersey on,
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mean, Tommy Lesorta would foam at
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oh, there's no doubt, especially
when you are a blue chit guy,

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and for young players that are used
to playing every day and they're used to

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the headlines, and you're the guy
to come into this role and know that

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you're not. You know what,
I don't like players to say, I

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don't accept the role, but be
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because I want every young player to
push the limits on every manager say

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hey, well my production, I
want to play. I'm not satisfied not

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playing. But you don't do it
with your mouth, you do it with

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a production. I think I like
young players to push that and do it

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on the field with a work they
put in, as he did on the

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defensive snode now taking grambles at their
base. He put in the work with

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Claib McCollum left field and deinal Evil
and all of them. But the minds

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what controls everything. But how do
you somebody with you next to you all

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the time, as ta Oscar does
with him is quite valuable because he's one

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guy that can pull him aside and
say, hey, by the way,

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you could have done better that at
that, you could have approached a little

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bit better. And then the veteran
players peed up the young guys too,

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off their energy and how they let
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Taoskar has been a great teammate.
Every time I'm at his locker, Andy

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pa Has is on the couch right
next to him. I mean, those

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guys really look up to Taoscar,
and Taoscar knows how to challenge those guys

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in the right way. So you're
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as far as another young player goes, James Outman, who was sent down

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earlier this year, lost his job
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of Hayward's injury, comes back today, gets the start, has two hits.

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Can you show sir with us anything
that you saw differently, as far

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as Outman goes, I was watching
video and getting some reports about him since

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he got sent down into Triple A, and the shorter swing is what he's

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going to get him back. We
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there's one off the end of the
batley wasn't out, but at least

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good passes through the zone. James
Outman is so strong that he does not

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need to over manufacture for power.
I like the ability also Dave of swinging

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early. His numbers are always better
when he swings early and counts, but

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when he swings with control, meaning
that he's not looking for a home run

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that first pit, second pitch,
but control swing. With experience, he'll

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understand that if I'm going to go
out there and swing early, now,

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I'm going to look something middle in
or crowd to play and try to hit

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gold deep, but with a control
swing. Hopefully he'll repeat this. He

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went down to Triple A, as
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did not mope. He went to
work right away first day early BP and

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let's fix this because my job was
to get back there as soon as possible

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under control of that. But he
did his olling the mont Leaks to earn

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it back, and hopefully he'll carry
into today again a young player that we

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don't know is going to play again
or how much he's gonna play. But

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man, when your name is called, just be ready because it takes more

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than just the star guys to get
it done, no doubt about it.

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Jose Mota, thanks a lot for
joining us, and uh, hopefully you're

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ready to make a play tomorrow afternoon. Hey man, Hey, if I

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lose Domingo for you too, do
Mingo. Listen man, I'm always ready.

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By the way, thanks for being
my compass, Dave. Every single

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day you are my compass. If
I'm anybody's compass you're going the wrong way,

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I'll just say that I always follow
you, my friend. We will

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thanks Ose. There he goes.
The mysterious Jose Mota joins us part of

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the Dodgers Spanish radio broadcast. Just
want to know who has that baseball?

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Is it their producer engineering after him? Mesa? Is it Pepe and Ningas?

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Did he put it in one of
his fancy sport codes or did Fernando

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Vealezuela just pocketed I want to know
where that baseball went Jason Hayward. Bobblehead

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day today. It was a beautiful
looking babblehead in those city connects. Those

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city connects, by the way,
starting to grow on me, especially when

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you see a babble ahead that looks
like this one on Jason Hayward. Jason

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obviously disappointed that he got injured,
but very relieved that it wasn't more serious.

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And this afternoon I had a chance
to catch up with the Dodger veteran

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outfielder. Yeah, it's there's a
there's a quote unquote low point of the

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day. You know, for me, it's not being able to go out

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there and play with the guys and
and grind with them. Of course,

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it's your biblehead day. It's it's
really fun day to have. So that

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that's that's unfortunate. But you know, looking at the bright side of things,

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you know, there's no tear there, There was no miniscus or anything

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like that structural damage. I hadn't
had anything like that before, so I

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just really wasn't sure that day,
and in real time when it happened,

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I just knew I hit the wall
really hard and then it kind of threw

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off my timing as far as landing
and getting my feet set, and uh,

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I came down quick, and I
just knew something wasn't right and want

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one to keep going, especially I
know what we've been short guys, you

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know in that moment, but had
to get out of there and make sure

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that things were okay. And now
getting those results. Yeah, like bomb

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brus swelling and all the natural stuff
that's going to happen there. But with

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the All Star break coming up,
take the time to take care of that

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and get back to helping us out
as soon as I can and just being

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a part of this run we've got
to make all right. There's Jason Hayward

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and certainly understands the bigger picture.
He felt that way when he injured his

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back. He understood the bigger picture, which is not just about the first

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half, but finishing the season strong
and going into the playoffs healthy and hitting

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on all cylinders. By the way, it's kind of crazy to believe that

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we are getting close to the All
Star break. This is the final home

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game tomorrow afternoon before the All Star
break, and then after that the Dodgers

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closed out the pre All Star Game
schedule with three games in Philadelphia and three

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more in Detroit, and then when
they come back after July sixteenth All Star

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Game, they will open up with
a home stand against the Red Sox and

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San Francisco Giants, three against against
Alex Korus Team, four against the Giants.

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So here we are tomorrow afternoon,
the final Dodger home game before the

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All Star break. This season is
flying and the Dodgers are taking care of

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business. Think of all the expectations
that were heaped on these guys before the

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season started, with the signing of
Otani especially and Yamamoto and the trade with

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Tyler for Tyler Glass. Now they
have been able to block all that out

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and just play their game. They're
fifty five and thirty five on the season.

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They now have started to separate themselves
again from the Brewers because remember,

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coming into the series, they were
only one game ahead of Milwaukee for the

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number two seed in the National League
playoff picture. But with these two wins

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to start this series, the Dodgers
now have opened up a three game lead

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over the Brewers. If they can
sweep them tomorrow, Milwaukee leaves four games

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back of the Dodgers for that number
two seed in the National League postseason picture,

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The Dodgers are fifty five and thirty
five, seven games ahead of the

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San Diego Padres in the NL West, and tomorrow they will have another young

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pitcher on the mound, expected to
make his major league debut. Left hander

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Justin Robleski will be on the mound
for the Dodgers, going up against another

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left hander much older and more experienced
in left hander Dallas Kaiko. But does

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Kaikle have ninety seven like Robleski has? I don't think so. Morongo Casino.

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Dodgers on Deck begins at noon tomorrow
with first pitch at one ten.

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That'll do it for us on Dodger
Talk. Thanks to calling you back at

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our Burbank studios, Thanks to Dwayne
McDonald out here at Dodgers Stadium, and

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thanks to you for listening. In
case you missed any of the show or

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our conversation with Jason Hayward, you
can find it on the iHeartRadio app.

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And shout out to the two Dodger
fans sitting behind my wife and kids today

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on the field section twenty five row
Ioro R. They had a transistor radio

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and we're listening to Rick and Tim
Neverett while they were at the ballpark.

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I haven't heard that in a long
time, so that was pretty cool to

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witness. So shout out to you
guys, and shout out to my guy

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wearing a Nomar Garcia Para jersey that
came up and said hello when I was

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down there as well. So love
seeing all the Dodger fans, love the

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tradition, love the passion, and
we obviously loved the winning and the Dodgers

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have been doing a lot of that
against the Brewers. Today they win their

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fifteenth in their life last nineteenth against
Milwaukee with a five to three victory.

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Have a great rest of your Saturday
night. We will talk to you tomorrow.

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Fox Sports Radio is next. See
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