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millions of Angelinos for over twenty five
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talking like that, David Bassey.
We're alive on the South side of Chicago

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where it was raining and certainly,
obviously the Dodgers want this game to continue.

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Maybe they don't. Maybe they want
the game to end and they would

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be leading two to nothing and that
would be that. But as we look

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out on the field right now,
not a lot of rain coming down.

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Maybe there's more on the way.
That's possibly why they are waiting right now.

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But the tarp is on the field. The rain is not coming down

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at this moment, but it was
coming down pretty hard with two outs in

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the top of the seventh inning and
Will Smith at the plate, and that's

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when they decided to hold everything.
Players cleared the field show. Hey Otani

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and Chris Taylor at first and second
base. Oh, we're getting insh all

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right, Okay, we'll get a
heads up on where things are headed in

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about fifteen minutes. That was the
announcement just made in the broadcast boost.

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So until then, it's you and
me. Eight six six nine to eighty

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seven, two five seventy is the
phone number. Dodgers leading the White Sox

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right now on the top of the
seventh inning two to nothing with two on

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and two out and Will Smith ahead
in the count two to zero against lefty

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reliever Tanner Banks. And in case
you haven't been keeping up with Will Smith

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this year against lefties, he's been
exceptionally good, one of the best hitters

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in baseball this year against lefties.
He's hitting three sixty two against lefties this

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season, so pretty good matchup for
will Smith when this game resumed, So

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in fifteen minutes, they will huddle
to decide whether or not they believe the

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weather pattern will avoid guaranteed rate field
and see if we can get this game

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going again. Top of the seventh
with two out and two on for the

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Dodgers, leading two to nothing.
This is rained the late Dodger Talk David

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Vase with you. Eight six six
ninety seven two five seventy is the phone

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number. Tonight. The Dodgers got
a front row look at a pitcher that

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many believe is going to be traded
at the July thirtieth trade deadline. Garrett

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Crochet, the lefty starter for the
White Sox. He went five and two

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thirds innings tonight, did not allow
a run or a walk. He had

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six strikeouts and threw ninety one pitches. Many people around baseball believe that the

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White Sox need to get this right
because Crochet is their most valuable trade chip

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to bring in more talent into their
organization. So, even with two years

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of team control, the White Sox
seemed to be leaning towards trading Garrett Crochet,

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who had Tommy Johns surgery two years
ago and is back throwing upwards of

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ninety nine miles an hour. So
is it the Dodgers or another team that

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prize Crochet away from the White Sox. That remains to be seen. The

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Dodgers, They're all rumors at this
point in time, but there's been rumors

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linking the Dodgers to Luis Robert,
the White Sox center fielder. My understanding

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is the Dodgers have some interest,
but not as much as you would read

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on social media for Luis Robert,
who is injured quite a bit. He's

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only played one hundred games once in
his career. He has struck out twenty

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five times coming into the game tonight
in seventeen June games, so he's not

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even a Mendoza line hitter at this
point in time. He's a one eighty

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nine hitter tonight, ironically, he
has walked twice without a strikeout. But

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he's a guy that the White Sox
are listening to offers and taking the best

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offers on. They signed Tommy fam
in spring training with the intent if they

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were not contending for the wild Card
or the Division, that they would trade

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Tommy fam to a playoff contender by
the July thirtieth trade deadline. And it

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seems like the Plan B is going
to take place for the White Sox because

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they are no means in the hunt
for the playoffs. They are one of

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just a few teams in Major League
Baseball that you can say are distinct sellers

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as we get closer to the trade
deadline. The Rockies and the White Sox

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and the Marlins are probably the three
teams you could identify as sellers, along

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with the Oakland A's. The A's
a hard throwing Mason Miller that is under

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team control for five more years.
But if you look at parody around Major

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League Baseball, there is a lot
of it. There might be some teams

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that are not in the division race. But if you look at the National

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League, for instance, the only
two teams that you can say are out

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of the wildcard race are the Marlins
and the Rockies. And if you look

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at the American League, there are
just three teams that you could say are

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out of it as far as a
wildcard. Berth goes the Angels, the

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A's and the White Sox, And
I think you could start putting the Blue

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Jays and Tigers in that conversation.
All right, we're seeing the White Sox

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grounds crew come on out and they're
going to dump the water off the tarp.

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We'll see whether or not they put
the tarp back on. But fingers

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crossed. With no rain happening right
now, this game will get started here

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in the next fifteen to twenty minutes. In the meantime, let's take some

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phone calls. At eight six,
six, nine, eighty seven, two,

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five seventy the Dodgers leading the White
Sox two to nothing in the top

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of the seventh inning and threatening for
more with two on and two out,

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and Will Smith at the plate ahead
in the count two. Oh, let's

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go out to Ontario. Brian,
you're on Dodger Talk with David vasse Hi

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Brian, Hey, David, how's
it going. It's going great? What

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do you have for us? Great? So I just have a question that's

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about Austin Barnes. Do you think
the Dodgers will go after a catcher you

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know, or have a better backup
catcher or are they just gonna let it

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rite out the season and wait for
like Cartaia or someone like rest time we

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did the last time or the last
few times we've had rain delay Dodger Talk,

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we've had full board of calls calling
for Chris Taylor's head. Have we

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now turned the page to let's take
on Austin Barnes now during every reign delay

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because he plays once a week and
that once a week. Yeah, maybe

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sometimes he gets the hit and sometimes
he does it. Yeah, he's not

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here for his offense. He's here
for his defense. And he's a pretty

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good receiver. I know the throwing
arm isn't that great. I would argue

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that it's better than last year.
But he's here to help a pitching staff

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and when he's not even catching,
he helps the pitchers as well. So

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he's a valuable guy on the bench
and he has this year left on his

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contract, signed an extension last year, so the Dodgers certainly will reevaluate the

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backup catcher position at the end of
this year. I don't see them making

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a change right now. That good
to know, all right, Brian,

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thanks for the call. Eight six
six seven two five seventy is the phone

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number. Let's go out to West
Covina. Jack, you're on Dodger Talk.

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How you doing, Jack? Yeah, I'm doing good. David,

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how are you? I'm doing great? Who are you calling about? Well,

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as a crowd member of the Mallard
Melissa, I'm sorrying about. Oh

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you're part of the Mallard militia.
Is that what you said? Yeah?

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Ben Miller is a Dodger fan.
I'm a Dodger fan, and I remember

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the one Ben Mallar listener. That's
amazing, Jack, you're the one Ben

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Maller listener. I've never met one
of these. Congratulations. Well, anyways,

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we're all Dodger fans, but well
not all of us, but some

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of us are, so hopefully show
us a little bit more respect. But

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my question is about TG three with
the daughter's playing the weaker team right now,

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like the White Sox do you think
it's a good time to get TG

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three and these games that were to
win. Anyways, he's playing tonight.

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He's starting at second base, and
when play resumes, he'll be standing at

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second base. You oday, I
have to see if there's any more lefties

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that are throwing in this series.
He plays against lefties. Jack, Hey,

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all joking aside. Ben Miller does
a great job overnight. Send him

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my best, all right, Jack, and just call his show from now

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on. Okay? Thanks? Eight
six six nine eighty seven, two five

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seventy is the phone number. I
think you should live in that twelve am

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to three am calling range. Right
there, Jack, Let's go out to

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Wendel and Irvine. You're on Dodger
Talk. How you doing, Wendell?

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I'm doing great. Dave hope you're
doing well. Listen. See you sound

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like a Dodger Talk caller. I
can tell already there we go, There

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we go, Dad, So listen. I think people forget that catchers do

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more than hitting. They do him
a pitch calling, which is immediate.

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He's critical. I mean, you
need a good pitch caller, and I

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think Austin Barnes it's done a great
job at that. Also do butchers told

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me in the past, Windle that
Austin Barnes they go over a pregame plan

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obviously, but nobody is better than
adapting in game, uh than Austin Barnes.

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So there is a lot of value. And like I said, he

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plays once a week, but when
he's not playing, he does contribute.

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He's not just a spectator on the
bench. Yeah, I gotta love Austin

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and uh so you know I'm not
calling for his head quite yet, but

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I did have another question for you. Yeah, so do you do you

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think we need Would you rather go
for like maybe a couple of couple of

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hitters as far as Craid goes,
or would you knit a trade for a

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picture like Crochet. You know,
it's crazy, Windle, with the Dodgers

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signing Yamamoto and making the trade for
Tyler Glass now, and with these young

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pitchers like Bobby Miller and Gavin Stone
emerging, I think we would all be

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surprised that we would say they need
another starting pitcher. But here we are.

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Wendell Walker. Bueller is out probably
longer than just fifteen days. From

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what I understand, Yamamoto may or
may not come back. Shoulders are tricky.

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Clayton Kershaw's status is now up in
the air because he has had somewhat

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of a setback here in the last
week. And I definitely believe that the

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Dodgers do need another starter, and
not just another guy. You want a

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guy that's going to be able to
start a playoff game, that type of

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caliber guy. I agree with you, all right, Wendell, Thanks a

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lot. Eight six, six,
nine, seven two five seventy is the

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phone number you can cross off One
name from that trade list. Jesus Lozardo

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the Marlins been rumored as being sold
at the trade deadline or traded at the

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deadline, but unfortunately for Lozardo and
the Marlins and anybody else that was thinking

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of acquiring him, he is on
the injured list now, the sixty day

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injured list, with a lumbar stress
reaction in his back. He is out

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four to six weeks at least.
So all of a sudden, now the

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Garrett Crochet price may have gone up
with the other desirable lefty off the market

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due to injuries in Jesus Lozardo.
The Marlins also have another pitcher that the

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Dodgers may have interest in, and
that's their reliever closer Tanner Scott. And

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another name that you may want to
remember is Pete Fairbanks, who is the

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closer for the Rays. And we
all know that Andrew Freeman and Eric Neander

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know how to make a deal,
and we all know that they see the

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game the same way, evaluate players
the same way the Rays. From what

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we understand, maybe listening to offers
for Pete Fairbanks, maybe we need to

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get Andrew Friedman and Eric Neander back
at the bat Brad Paisley Bar in Nashville

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to make that trade. Eight six
six nine eight seven two five seventy is

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the phone number. Tarp is off
the field. They are getting the infield

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ready to resume play here shortly.
No word on when we are going to

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have first pitch thrown after it was
stopped about fifteen to twenty minutes ago in

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the top of the seventh inning with
two on and two out, and Will

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Smith at the plate in the top
of the seventh inning with the Dodgers leading

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to nothing. Eight six six seven
two five seventy is the phone number.

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David Vasse, Rick Monday, Tim
Neffett, and our producer engineer Dwayne McDonald,

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all out here are guaranteed rate field. As the Dodgers and White Sox

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play Game one of this three game
series, let's go out to La Diego.

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You're Dodger talk with David Vasse Hi
Diego and is going man? Quick

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question? Is there any free agents
for trades that we should get The Dodgers

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should get it for the outpian since
out here hasn't been as consistent, you

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know, with Autman offensively not being
as good, and then what is it

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well, I will say this did
not go. Yes, Outman was sent

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down. He was not performing well
going all the way back to spring training.

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But Andy pa has has stepped in
and actually has played better than James

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Outman played, I would say at
different points in time last year, especially

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the defense. So the center field
is okay for the Dodgers. Left field,

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right field, ti Oscar Hernandez has
been the most productive National League outfielder

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if you look at it, he
leads all National League outfielders with home runs

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and RBIs. So I would say
two the three outfield spots are are pretty

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good offensively. They'll mix a match
with Hayward and whomever else out there.

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But for me, if you're talking
about another hitter, I'm thinking about up

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the middle defense or offense, however
you want to look at it. Up

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the middle, second base, shortstop, that's where I would say the Dodgers

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are looking to add another bat.
Did you say we should try to get

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Ellie de Lacruz or Ezekiel Tavari Ellie
de la Cruz. That's they're not trading

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them in. Tovar is not being
traded either, Diego, thank you for

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the phone call. That would be
wonderful if they were available. But Tovar

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from the Rockies is not going anywhere. And Ellie de la Cruz, who

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hit a monster home run tonight by
the way, Great American Ballpark. I'm

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sure you could see it on social
media. It was what a shot to

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straightaway center fields. So they are
not going anywhere. Eight six six nine

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seven two five seventy is the phone
number. White Sox are taking the field

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right now, So we are going
to take a time out here. When

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we come back on the other side, Rick Monday and Tim Neverett will resume

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the call. Top of the seventh
with two on and two out, Will

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Smith at the plate, Dodgers leading
the White Sox two to nothing on the

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