All right, we continue on, Fred Rogan, Rodney Pete on a five
seventy l a sports uh, Rodney, let's just get right to spirituality.
Come on, come on now, I mean we desperately need it, We
desperately crave it, and to provide it, let's welcome on Vic the brick
with the daily haikup at two. Hello Vic. He says, defense is
a six letter word effort, Fred Rogan, Thank you, Vic. He
always plays the tenacious d oh Rodney Pete. Y'all tp our full court press
of content, Kevin, come on now, mm hmmm hmm. And the
d has set him free. Roddy Fazio, he taught only grunt Bill on
the streets of Queens King flavor. Yeah, gotta use the elbow. Moky
Bets, listen. I know David Vessero will be coming on to exalt MOOKI
and of course dv his early prediction that this will be the year of bets.
But he is so in a groove. And we've seen Moki and grooves
before where he just naturally just barrels everything up. But hitting five hundred to
the first eight games, he has been just a sensational, just a sensational
phenomenon to watch. So Moki is as hot as ito and green tea.
Meanwhile Otani on his ice cold as a kiiren beer. What's up with that?
I calls a little strong no, because I see he's ice cold.
I'm getting calls from Japan every Dodger game saying what's up with seventeen? And
all I can say is listen, he's still making the adjustment, still a
new squad. You are not getting called from Japan after every game over texts
Pick and his beautiful bride as family Fred. They do get calls, right,
Japan wants to know what's going on with Otani. But maybe mookies insane
Start is created by Otani. Is that a possibility. We're gonna give him
credit for that? Maybe the question off Mouki, all the pressures on to
produce every night, and that was the whole thing, right it was.
The pressure was supposed to be off Otani from years previous because he had Mouki
and Fetti in such a powerful lineup and the team around him that he didn't
have to be the hero or the savior. He could relaxed and go hit.
Listen is human. It's a new team. It's a new situation.
You know, he's coming off you know the uh, the off the field
miche goats you know, with with with Epe. So there's a lot going
on in his life. You know, recently married. There's a lot happening
with O son. He's gonna get it married. They've played, he will
find the way. He's gone hitless twice in eight games. And when the
sky is falling, really well, people, everyone exactly relax. He is
such a naturally born phenomenon, and he works so hard at his craft and
it's all going to punch in and it's going to be incredible to watch.
So right now, his swing looks good. I'll tell you, swing looks
good. What looked better if you hit the ball more? Victor? Friend,
jeez good? I concerned that he's not hitting. Then you go,
his swing looks good. Not hitting, but he's not hit a home run.
Okay, it's people, you know, specific that's what people are complaining
about. He is hitting. He is hitting, because you know, he
hasn't hit a home run yet, everybody's going up in arms, going crazy.
It's like, oh my god, he's sky is falling. Eight games?
Is Kevin mentioned eight games. Relax, relax everyone, and the Dodgers
are six and two. I know it's early, small sample size, just
loving the way this team is playing. Last night again, Freddie Freeman,
three more hits, he's hitting four to fourteen, Will Smith crazy heart hitting
four twenty nine. LuxI had his first extra base hit of the year.
And we're seeking the sweep of the hated ones tonight. This is fun.
The bullpen was relentless last night. Yarborrow gave up some runs, but he
ate up a lot of innings and Kik can we give some love to Ki
k Hernandez Green spikes? What a game he played, you know, a
two runs single, sensational plays in left field. Yes, so everything's coming
together for the Azul you know, early everything's looking good except Oltani, right,
he looks awful. Well, he's terrible. He's seeking the way.
He will find the way, daring. I'm just have Vic's sources in Japan
tell it. Well, they're nervous. People are nervous. They they people
want instance. It's an instant gratification universe right now. And trust me,
Otani's sign will satiate you. He's gonna satiate me absolutely. Fred are you
kidding me? I can't remember the last time I was satiated. I'd like
a good satiation. Stop it. Well, old Tiny's son will find the
way. But the Dodger's pitching has been incredible and Glass now goes tonight for
the sweep. But just the way they hammered Web last night, I mean,
Web has been a nemesis on the hated ones, and they just grind
grind him out. I mean he was going on what the fourth inning?
It ain't entangled his web? Really, they said, dodge a way,
man. They just they exhaust you. I mean, the one through nine
lineup is so wild. So let's let's revel in that what we were.
You were the only one that wasn't we were? What are you talking about?
Fred? You start by people are concerned about Otani? Yeah, I'm
so. I'm talking about people in Japan are concerned about Otani sign because they
want instant gratification. And I'm calming everyone down. They relax, relax,
all right, we'll get back to VIC. Relax. We gotta take a
minute and catch our breath. We gotta relax. We'll get back to VIC
in a bit. Up Next, David Vance will join us. Hey,
Yeah, come on down the stretch to beat Fred Rugan Bick Brick Jacobs.
Hey, but we got a special guest coming home. Yes we do,
come on, Freddy, Yes we do. Let's welcome in on now,
David Vass Hey, Dave. As we get ready for the game tonight,
how are you? I feel like Fred, we should just every caller that
calls into Dodger Talk asks me how I'm doing. I think we should all
just assume I'm doing great. Oh did they always ask you how you doing?
Yeah? Yeah, we don't need the pleasantries. Fred, Well,
you work so hard, Dave. Dave, you're on the grind man.
You're coming back from Korea. You're a global traveler. Now you're you're out
of the stadium all day. You're in the rain, you're in the sunshine.
I think people, you know, there's a love affair with you and
the fans, so people want to know I'm at the ball I'm at the
ballpark, guys, so life could be a lot worse. I'm doing great,
all right, Dave. Let's start with this. Jack Harris wrote about
it. I think it's brilliant and who knew it was that I that innovated
this going with the bullpen game, and some questioned, why are you going
with a bullpen game so early in the year. To me, it's just
going to be standard operating procedure, now, am I right? Well,
Fred, if you've been listening when I've been on your show, I've been
explaining the fact that the last ten years since Shave Rockerling has been the manager,
they've been maneuvering their rotation to give their pictures five days rest as much
as possible. And that's what I've been screaming from the mountaintop since people like
Jack Harris want to make it some sort of a new thing. Now,
it's not that's a false narrative under Andrew Freeman. It's been happening in a
while. And I told you that yesterday, Fred. I told you that
the day before. Fred, So I guess you only take Jack Harris's word
for things. No. I knew they were going with a bullpen game,
Dave. But the point is now other people are on, wait a minute,
this early in the year, and let's be honest, Dave, For
most observers, it is surprising that they would go to that this early in
the year. But now it's more a course of philosophy than something they need
to do later to preserve arms right. And do you know how Jack Harris
got that narrative is because during Dave Roberts press conference, when everybody was peppering
him like this was a new thing, I pointed out in that press conference
before the game yesterday that this is not anything new. Dave Roberts has been
doing this for a while. And that's where Dave pointed out and wanted everybody
to know that they were the trendsetters and all this absolutely, Fred s ain't
nothing new. Been doing this for years, since Dave Roberts was the manager.
Andrew Freeman came on, they've been doing bullpen games. I don't know
why everybody asked surprised about the Dodgers and Fred's got other priorities right now.
You know he's not listening. Come on, Fred, come on, dude,
what are we doing? Hey, Dave? Games like last night,
you know, wasn't pretty, wasn't great. There were moments that were good
though. Those kind of games like last night are games that you know,
you look up in August, September, October that that you look back and
those are the games you gotta win. And you should win, and they're
gonna come up and they're going to add up. But the Dodgers feel like
they've got so much talent that games where they don't even play well, they're
gonna win. Yeah, you know, I thought they played a really good
game yesterday, going back to just the fact that they had a bullpen game
going up against Logan Web. You're playing with house money right there. Yeah,
You're you're trying to keep the big picture in mind, and you end
up winning a game that you probably had no business winning against a guy that
was the runner up to Blake Snell and by Young last year. So I
thought last night was a really well played game, not just offensively but defensively.
Next month he made a nice play, k played great left field.
So in totality, that may have been the best played game by the Dodgers.
Hey, Dave Vick came on earlier and said people keep calling him from
Japan, which of course we don't believe, but nonetheless he said it,
and uh, they want to know what's wrong with Otani. Well, there's
really nothing wrong with Otani, is there, Dave? Who do you believe
more these days? Vic or Otani? Oh? Good point. Who do
you believe more? Well, that's a question, Fred, what do you?
What do you? What are you saying? What do you what's your
answer? Uh, well, I'm gonna say I believe Otani. Moore,
Well that's a you know, I'm not going to disparage BIG's integrity, Fred,
No, he likes to really stretch. I'll say Vic stretches reality.
It's a good way to put it. A little bit too liberally, that's
a good way to put it. Vic says he's getting calls from everybody,
you know, half the population in Japan that are concerned about Otani. But
there's not really a concerned day, right. Everybody wants I know, everybody
wants him to hit a home run every time he comes up to the plate.
But come on, we got a whole bunch of ball games and a
lot of games left. Can we just have people just relax on him right
now and let the team just play because it will come right. I mean,
this is overreaction right now. Yeah, let's see what he does at
Wrigley Field. This is his last game of his first homestand with the Dodgers,
and I looked it up last night and he's a two ninety four hitter
at Dodgers Stadium in his career, including last night's game. But in fifty
one at bats he only has one home run. And let's not forget guys,
he is coming off another elbow surgery, so maybe the power is not
going to be forty home run power like he had last year. I believe
we all take that part of this for granted, that he's out there playing,
swinging the bat, even while every other day he's thrown from about fifty
feet and throwing at the same bilappy as my nine year old. So I
mean this is a part of it as well. Dave, you mentioned before
the season Mookie Betts was going to have an MVP year, But my god,
I mean he is right now, I think the most exciting player in
baseball. How difficult will it be for him to maintain this? Well,
that's always been his goal. He's had months like he's having to start this
year, and then he has down months as well. So last year he
wanted to be more con assistance and Freddie Freeman has told me that you're going
to have months where you're unconscious, right, but the months that you're not
so great, you want to cover around two to eighty right to be your
so called bad monk or down monk, and that's the goal for Mookie Betts
this year. But he continues to say after games, I just want to
win. I just want to win. And I mean him openly saying yes
I'll play shortstop, Yes I'll lead off for you and still play at a
high level. Speaks volumes more than any words that he may have after a
game. Absolutely, Dave, Hey, Dave Well, I was at least
I was, and I know a lot of fans were looking forward to this
year with Jason Hayward, him coming back, obviously his leadership in the locker
room in the clubhouse, but also his play on the field. What's the
latest on his back? And he saw a specialist. Any update on my
status? Yeah, Dave Roberts said yesterday Rodney that the scans were negative.
And right now we just got word from the Dodgers they have officially placed Hayward
on the injured list with lower back tightness and they have added added the outfielder
they claimed off waivers from the Mariners, left handed hitting Taylor Trammel. So
Hayward goes to the IL. He won't play in Chicago, and Trammel has
been added just because he's left handed. He's about twenty five years old,
a top prospect in the Red and Mariners organization. He just has to this
point has not reached expectations. So we'll see whether or not the Dodgers hitting
gurus can do something to make him better. All right, well, Dave,
thanks for coming on. Good and pose always nice job. Retaining is
the key, Fred, Retaining is the key. I got to make a
note of that. I'll write it down in ink. Retaining is the key.
All right, goodbye, Dave. I'll have Jack Harris right about it
for you. But there it is. Oh no, here, do that
then, I promise I'll see it. Have Jack Harrison. Bye, Dave.
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when we come back, you know, we had to interrupt Vic for Dave,
so Vic will be back with more of his musings and the high coup
winding it down. Come on now, Rodney Pete, Fred Rogan Vic the
break. Jacob still got to get that spirituality, Fred gotta bring him back.
Come on, Vic, Dodger fans a feel of you and continue to
revel in his glorious start a Vic, Vic. Let me ask you a
question. Do you want to respond to what David Vasse said about you?
You mean by stretching the reality? Yes, well everyone knows my philosophy of
tranquility, harmony, purity and respect. Yes. What does that have to
do with you stretching the reality? Well, I'm basically putting out the emotional
fires of frustration from my you know, relatives in Japan, just you know,
wondering about Otanis And I'm just calming everyone's nerves, that's all. Calming
them. Take a deep breath, Take a deep breath, his son,
that's the bottom line, that's the truth. That's love had died, that's
their love or dot deep breath, deep breath. What have we seen in
the last six years in Anaheim? What have we seen? The greatest baseball
player on the planet is what we've is what we've seen, and he will
he will continue to roll out big numbers take time. It's kind of like
one of those if a tree falls in the forest situations there. Victor Aaron
Judge was pretty good for a coup. It comes to baseball and Anaheim the
last few. Yeah, that's what I'm saying. Yeah, no playoffs bursts.
Probably two home runs the other night. Did anybody see him? Did
they really count? Well? I know he's he has three homers. Taylor
Ward's got three homers, and the Angels have one fourth straight. That's the
bottom line of the Angels. Since Washington called that players only come to Jesus
meeting the coach players. I don't know if they call it the coach can
call a player. You guys, hear him talk. I'm tired of talking.
You figure it out wit here and listen. Yeah, listen with whatever
Ron Washington said. The Angels listen because they have real to a four in
a row playing Miami. Will we'll do that to you. I don't think
they want a game yet. Your team right now, were they win six
Miami, Yeah, it might be one seven after this morning. Now,
So the Angels. Angels are a little bit of a groove. I think
Anthony Rendon is still all for twenty twenty four. Oh lord, no,
he got arrested. I think I think they chilled him today, but we'll
be tracking Rendolphine. He got an off day today, He's got an off
date. He has an off day every day, Rodney, what do you
mean? Thank you? Can we give some love to Jerry West? The
transcending iconic Jerry West gets more Basketball Hall of Fame love today, a record
third taste for the logo, now getting recognized by the whole as a contributor
his fabulous work done as a GM with the Lakers, Yeah, Grizzlies,
Golden State Clippers, three times into the Hall for the great West as a
player, member of the Olympic team, and now they're so congratulations Jerry.
Could you make the argument because he has gone in so many times in so
many different roles, he was probably the most influential player in basketball history.
That's a great call for it. Argue against. Yeah, are still so
vibrant and so knowledgeable and adding to the game, you know, twenty four
to seven, Jerry West? Yeah respected? I mean is there another person
more respected, like widely respected from a basketball standpoint? And Jerry West player,
coach, you know, executive I don't know anybody anybody that says anything
bad about Jerry West. Unparalleled god among men, Jerry West. And Jerry
West was a fierce fiers competitor. Oh yeah, he talked more than anybody
else. If people talk about, you know, the Jordans of the world
and big guyes out and stuff, Larry Bird obviously notorious for talking, mess
with guys and trash talking. Jerry West was right at the top of that
list as well. Competitives. Fellas you know, we are witnessing a basketball
revolution with the women Women's basketball is now at its apex. Did you know
the Final four tickets in Cleveland for the women's Final four are more expensive than
men's Final four in Arizona? Oh? Yeah, how about that? Twelve
point three million people watched LSU Iowa. I heard a stat today that that
beat all but one regular season college football game this year Michigan Ohio State,
all but one, better than some NBA Finals games, better than third Yeah,
and it beat all the the NBA Finals from LASTE except for Game whatever,
the last game, but yeah, the final game last year. Yep.
More women power. Taylor Swift Ronnie hit me. She is now an
official billionaire according to Forbes. Forbes, she joins the billionaires club with Oprah,
Yes, Jay z Rihanna Tyler, Perry, bron Magic Johnson, Tiger
Woods, Steven Spielberg, Taylor Swift on that lift. How about the leader
in sports though both ownership, Stan Kronky, hookey, he's the wealthiest sports
owner. He's got more money than Bohmer wealthiest sports owner. They got Kronky
on that list? Now, is that just Kronky? Or does that count
his wife and her family too? They may, I think they would have
to count his wife or the family or whatever. But because it's just him,
you know, yeah, yeah, yeah, and that only puts him
at like one and seventeen on the list of non sports or anybody. Oh
total, Well, congratulations Taylor, and she's gonna make more money, more
money as she embarks on a European tour with eight gigs in London alone.
Man, there's only one thing she's missing in her life. One the source
Fred Yes Vick the High Crew for you. This comes from one of our
favorite high Crew baseball writers, cor Van den Hoovel. Oh, Van den
Nuvel, we haven't had him in a while. Yeah, he wan to
with the with the notthole. I will say Vic that Fred was a little
disappointed and and Brenda Gammon yesterday. Yeah, he was looking for it to
I think he got a little he was a little all aroused when their name
came up and then that, uh, it didn't it didn't hit him the
way he wanted it to. Vic. I understand Brenda's got her own style
and it's a long baseball season, Fred, So I just wanted to just
warm you up a little bit with with Brenda yesterday. But today it's Core
all right. Born in Maine, his haikup enlightenment came in San Francisco when
he went to a Gary Snyder poetry reading in North Beach and he discovered the
bliss of five seven five the haikup. That's new information on Core. Yeah,
I'm always calling the archives right, yes, And this high cup for
you on this Wednesday, April the third from corp vand and hoovel, first
warm day, fitting my fingers into the mitt, pounding the pocket, I'm
feeling you solid by Corn Simplest. Yeah, that was solid today, Pound
the pocket all right. I mean we don't have great expectations. You can't
be disappointed wow in low Bar for you, for Vandon. He was a
guy who was trying to put something in Anthole last year or I can't remember
exactly what it was, all right, Ronnie, thank you, Kevin,
great job, and Rodney back at it tomorrow, Yes, sir,