WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.240 --> 00:00:03.919 An. We continue on Fred Rogan Rodney Peach on AM five to seventy LA 2 00:00:04.040 --> 00:00:07.759 Sports. We are counting down to the show. Hey, Otani news conference, 3 00:00:07.879 --> 00:00:11.400 and let's get right out to Dodger Stadium. David Vasse is there and 4 00:00:11.400 --> 00:00:15.320 he is standing by to set the scene. Hi Dave, Good afternoon. 5 00:00:16.399 --> 00:00:20.519 Hey guys. Yeah. Here at Dodgers Stadium. We're on both Dodger vision 6 00:00:20.559 --> 00:00:25.920 boards and left and right field. They have a welcome to Shohei Otani in 7 00:00:26.000 --> 00:00:31.960 English and Japanese and the media was allowed into the Dodger Stadium parking lots. 8 00:00:32.000 --> 00:00:36.119 At one thirty this afternoon, as I drove by to go to my favorite 9 00:00:36.439 --> 00:00:42.560 taco spot, Mexicali Tacos on Figaroa, I saw a long line of media 10 00:00:43.240 --> 00:00:48.840 lined up outside of one thousand Vin Scully Avenue right there, stadium Way and 11 00:00:49.840 --> 00:00:57.000 that side street right there sunset and there were hordes of media. And then 12 00:00:57.320 --> 00:01:03.439 we've seen on Twitter a long line hundreds at least two to three hundred members 13 00:01:03.439 --> 00:01:07.599 of the media in attendance today for the introductory press conference that will be televised 14 00:01:07.719 --> 00:01:14.159 live in Japan as well as heard right here on AM five to seventy LA 15 00:01:14.239 --> 00:01:18.359 Sports. At three o'clock. Yeah, Day, we saw those lines that 16 00:01:18.439 --> 00:01:25.439 you mentioned on Twitter and social media, and so they were the folks taking 17 00:01:25.480 --> 00:01:27.400 over your taco stand, Dave? Were they eating in your at your spot 18 00:01:27.400 --> 00:01:32.799 and you couldn't get your favorite tackle. I just gave it away right now, 19 00:01:32.840 --> 00:01:36.640 but you know, I let Metros know about it. And now he's 20 00:01:36.760 --> 00:01:41.359 uh, he's turned the masses onto my spot. Oh no, Day, 21 00:01:42.000 --> 00:01:44.439 Yeah, I know. Can't keep a secret. Can't keep a secret, 22 00:01:45.239 --> 00:01:48.079 Dave. Have you ever seen anything like this like this, this kind of 23 00:01:48.120 --> 00:01:53.599 attention for any any player, any announcement, anything like this. I think 24 00:01:53.599 --> 00:01:57.319 the closest that we can come to is Lebron James, right because he was 25 00:01:57.959 --> 00:02:01.680 is a global icon. But show hey, Otani is the biggest thing in 26 00:02:01.760 --> 00:02:07.599 Japan. Nobody is bigger than Otani in Japan. And that's why this is 27 00:02:07.640 --> 00:02:12.000 such a big event. And that's why the Dodgers pursued them as aggressively as 28 00:02:12.039 --> 00:02:15.400 they did, and the reason why they gave themselves the roster of flexibility to 29 00:02:15.479 --> 00:02:20.400 be able to put themselves in this position, not only for the baseball fact. 30 00:02:20.680 --> 00:02:24.240 I feel like that gets a little bit too much of the attention right 31 00:02:24.280 --> 00:02:29.319 now. Once the game start. Baseball will be the focal point, but 32 00:02:29.800 --> 00:02:34.159 for all intensive purposes, this is not just about baseball, guys. This 33 00:02:34.400 --> 00:02:39.360 is a global brand that the Dodgers have acquired and can use to their advantage 34 00:02:39.360 --> 00:02:45.759 and the benefit of the organization. Dave, that line of media, I 35 00:02:45.800 --> 00:02:47.400 mean, You've been with the Dodgers for years, and I've worked in the 36 00:02:47.439 --> 00:02:52.439 city forever. I don't think I've ever seen a line that long. Well, 37 00:02:52.479 --> 00:02:53.719 you've been around longer than me, Fred, so you would know. 38 00:02:54.639 --> 00:03:01.319 I think the closest things, closest press conferences in my lifetime would be Wayne 39 00:03:01.319 --> 00:03:07.240 Gretzki coming to the Kings, Shaquille O'Neal coming to the Lakers, and Lebron 40 00:03:07.360 --> 00:03:12.280 James coming to the Lakers. Those are the three biggest I can remember. 41 00:03:12.439 --> 00:03:15.400 So I have never seen a line like that, not even for the World 42 00:03:15.520 --> 00:03:23.560 Series. Hey, Davis, we've kind of learned that the opt out involving 43 00:03:24.080 --> 00:03:29.240 what we've heard, the opt out involving Mark Walter and Andrew Friedman. Your 44 00:03:29.240 --> 00:03:31.280 thoughts on that, and if you're Andrew Freeman, if it all is true 45 00:03:31.680 --> 00:03:35.439 that those are two guys that have to be here, I mean, what 46 00:03:35.560 --> 00:03:39.960 kind of job security does that give? Andrew Friedman, huge, huge job 47 00:03:40.000 --> 00:03:44.919 security, and it kind of tells us that Andrew does not have any plans 48 00:03:44.919 --> 00:03:50.039 to go anywhere else because the one thing Otani values right up there at the 49 00:03:50.080 --> 00:03:54.680 top of the list is stability. So he's a routine oriented guy and obviously 50 00:03:54.800 --> 00:03:59.400 wanted to go to a franchise that had great stability, and by putting that 51 00:03:59.479 --> 00:04:03.080 in the content, it guarantees him stability. And if one of those two 52 00:04:03.080 --> 00:04:08.759 guys are not in their positions according to the AP, then he can choose 53 00:04:08.800 --> 00:04:13.919 another place if it's not going the direction that it was going with the stability 54 00:04:13.919 --> 00:04:17.120 of Mark Walter and Andrew Friedman. Dave, have you heard anything else about 55 00:04:17.160 --> 00:04:19.920 other things that they may pull the trigger on. I mean, I know 56 00:04:19.959 --> 00:04:26.079 we've talked about the rumors, anything more concrete. Today it feels like it's 57 00:04:26.120 --> 00:04:31.560 coming down to the Dodgers and Yankees for Japanese pitching sensation. Yamamoto and the 58 00:04:31.639 --> 00:04:36.800 Dodgers continue to have conversations with tyler Glass. Now excuse me with the rays 59 00:04:36.879 --> 00:04:41.720 about tyler Glass. Now, So all those things are in the works, 60 00:04:41.759 --> 00:04:46.720 and we'll see how they augment the margins of this roster as we get deeper 61 00:04:46.759 --> 00:04:48.800 into the winter. All right, Dave. Thanks, It's going to be 62 00:04:48.800 --> 00:04:51.279 a busy afternoon for you. You are going to be out there for the 63 00:04:51.319 --> 00:04:56.279 news conference and then you're co hosting with Petros this afternoon on PMS, so 64 00:04:56.319 --> 00:05:00.199 you got a big day ahead of you. I'm live at Dodgers Stadium, 65 00:05:00.279 --> 00:05:03.720 Tetris is where he should be caged in the studio and show. Hey, 66 00:05:03.759 --> 00:05:09.079 Otani will join us after the press conference is over. Oh, he's going 67 00:05:09.120 --> 00:05:14.240 to join you. He is love it. That is breaking news. That's 68 00:05:14.319 --> 00:05:17.959 huge. Good get absolutely well. It comes to fruition. But yes, 69 00:05:18.000 --> 00:05:21.480 he is scheduled to join us after the press conference. All right, Dave, 70 00:05:21.560 --> 00:05:26.360 thanks for doing this. Okay, guys, thanks all right, it's 71 00:05:26.439 --> 00:05:30.720 uh, you know, uh Shack. You know, we talked about it 72 00:05:30.720 --> 00:05:35.639 the other day, Shack. When Wayne Gretzky came to town, when David 73 00:05:35.639 --> 00:05:42.160 Beckham came to town. Yeah, yeah, I mean it wasn't like the 74 00:05:42.240 --> 00:05:46.040 media wasn't like it is today. But I would imagine Kareem coming here, 75 00:05:46.680 --> 00:05:51.600 uh you know, back in the day. Yeah, it h nothing like 76 00:05:51.600 --> 00:05:55.160 it, though, nothing like it because of where we are, the times 77 00:05:55.199 --> 00:05:59.839 that we're in, the amount of media exposure, the amount of social media, 78 00:06:00.040 --> 00:06:03.480 the various outlets, and then the fact that you've got a global icon 79 00:06:03.639 --> 00:06:09.600 like Otani, and we talk a lot about Japan Fred and yes, he 80 00:06:09.759 --> 00:06:13.240 is a god in Japan. I do know that firsthand. I keep saying 81 00:06:13.279 --> 00:06:15.079 it, but I know that firsthand because my son, who lives it and 82 00:06:15.199 --> 00:06:19.720 is it's a reality every single day for him. But all of Asia, 83 00:06:20.279 --> 00:06:27.959 all of Asia is caught up into Otani and what he's able to do and 84 00:06:28.000 --> 00:06:31.680 his brand. So this is a huge, huge get for the Dodgers. 85 00:06:31.720 --> 00:06:34.639 I mean they're gonna look up and go, we got him at a bargain. 86 00:06:35.240 --> 00:06:39.319 After all the things that we're able to accomplish with him on the field 87 00:06:39.360 --> 00:06:42.839 and off the field, we got him at a bargain. You know, 88 00:06:42.920 --> 00:06:45.680 Luke Robati, if you weren't with us in the first hour, King's President, 89 00:06:45.800 --> 00:06:48.040 Luke Robatar was in the studio today. And by the way, if 90 00:06:48.040 --> 00:06:51.199 you missed it, podcast to show, download the free iHeart radio app. 91 00:06:51.480 --> 00:06:55.120 You can podcast the show every day. Kevin puts it up the minute we 92 00:06:55.160 --> 00:06:57.399 get off the air, and if you have the app, you can take 93 00:06:57.439 --> 00:07:00.680 the show live wherever you go. Just get the free iHeart app and you 94 00:07:00.759 --> 00:07:04.120 can follow Rogan and Rodney on the app. But he said something Rodney, 95 00:07:04.319 --> 00:07:08.360 because the Kings are having a pretty good year, and you know, we 96 00:07:08.439 --> 00:07:13.759 kind of pinned him down a little bit, and he basically agreed they need 97 00:07:13.800 --> 00:07:16.839 to have a good year. They've got to have a good year. Because 98 00:07:16.879 --> 00:07:20.319 he talked about something you and I have discussed four years on the program, 99 00:07:20.560 --> 00:07:26.600 and that is you got to win here. You've got to win. You've 100 00:07:26.639 --> 00:07:30.000 got to be in the conversation. If you don't win it all every year, 101 00:07:30.040 --> 00:07:31.240 you've got to be in the conversation. So how do you get there? 102 00:07:31.680 --> 00:07:35.920 First, you have a winning team and for whatever reason, everything comes 103 00:07:35.959 --> 00:07:41.120 together. You catch lightning in a bottle and often running you go. The 104 00:07:41.199 --> 00:07:46.240 other way is you've got to have stars. You have to have big time 105 00:07:46.319 --> 00:07:49.199 stars in a big time city. And last you have to be exciting. 106 00:07:49.959 --> 00:07:55.519 You've got to be exciting every time out. That combination is the trifective. 107 00:07:56.560 --> 00:08:00.879 But if you don't win, you better be closed and you better have big 108 00:08:00.920 --> 00:08:05.959 stars. And that's what the Dodgers have done here. They signed the biggest 109 00:08:05.959 --> 00:08:09.240 star. They understand what it takes, not just to compete in Major League 110 00:08:09.279 --> 00:08:13.240 Baseball, because if you're in a market like La or New York. You 111 00:08:13.279 --> 00:08:20.240 are competing in your sport, but you're also competing against the market because there's 112 00:08:20.279 --> 00:08:24.360 only so much disposable income and in major markets, there's so much to do. 113 00:08:24.120 --> 00:08:28.439 I think that's another reason why the signing of Attorney is so important and 114 00:08:30.519 --> 00:08:33.799 remarkable for the Dodgers. Yeah, no doubt. You mentioned it's stars and 115 00:08:33.879 --> 00:08:37.240 you got to be exciting. I mean, it's great if you can have 116 00:08:37.919 --> 00:08:43.240 you could have both or all three and when because you look back and why 117 00:08:43.240 --> 00:08:48.519 people are still so fascinated with the eighties and the Lakers in the Showtime era 118 00:08:50.000 --> 00:08:54.279 is because they had it all. They had the trifecta, they had they 119 00:08:54.279 --> 00:08:58.919 had the stars, they were exciting to watch, it was the place to 120 00:09:00.120 --> 00:09:05.440 be in LA and they won. And that's why they still that teams. 121 00:09:05.559 --> 00:09:11.480 Those teams still resonate with people out here. Yes, and Shaq and Kobe 122 00:09:11.159 --> 00:09:16.440 definitely had had all of that as well, but still nothing like the Showtime 123 00:09:16.519 --> 00:09:20.879 that put it everything on the map. And the Dodgers, I think when 124 00:09:20.960 --> 00:09:26.879 you look up that we call the dog days of summer in baseball, there 125 00:09:26.879 --> 00:09:31.000 will be very few dog days at Dodger Stadium, very few, and we 126 00:09:31.039 --> 00:09:33.960 will have complete Coverage of the choo Chiny News Conference begins today at three on 127 00:09:35.000 --> 00:09:37.840 Dodger Radio AM five to seventy LA Sports. It's presented by Morongo Casino Resort 128 00:09:37.840 --> 00:09:41.519 and SPA Good Times all right, when we come back, we'll get to 129 00:09:41.559 --> 00:09:48.600 some spirituality. Come on, bells are ringing, Freddy, Yeah they are. 130 00:09:50.200 --> 00:09:52.000 It's the holiday season. You don't know by now, you know? 131 00:09:52.080 --> 00:09:58.840 I love it? Ready be fred Rogan, They're oh back Thursday. Okay, 132 00:09:58.000 --> 00:10:03.600 the countdown is on to the or Tana news conference. What are we 133 00:10:03.679 --> 00:10:05.240 thirty five minutes away? Now you'll hear it here? You were there, 134 00:10:05.320 --> 00:10:13.879 Fred Do you wish you were there? Uh? No, No, I 135 00:10:13.879 --> 00:10:16.759 don't wish I was mad house? Right, it's a mad house. Yeah. 136 00:10:16.759 --> 00:10:20.960 And here's the thing. You think everybody's narchying for position and jockeying for 137 00:10:20.120 --> 00:10:22.879 egos, and like, I need to be upfront. I need to be 138 00:10:22.919 --> 00:10:26.720 here, I need to be there. I've been here for thirty years. 139 00:10:26.159 --> 00:10:30.559 I'm the I'm ABC, No, I'm in BC, No, I'm CBS 140 00:10:30.559 --> 00:10:33.840 nowhere, ESPN who gets the preferential treatment and all that kind of stuff. 141 00:10:33.919 --> 00:10:37.879 You know what's funny, I was never that guy, never cared. I 142 00:10:37.879 --> 00:10:43.120 didn't care about the first question. I didn't care about being in the front. 143 00:10:43.399 --> 00:10:48.720 I never cared. And here's why, because whatever is said is going 144 00:10:48.759 --> 00:10:52.360 to be said to everybody, right, Yeah, somebody's gonna ask the question, 145 00:10:52.480 --> 00:10:56.480 right, or somebody's gonna ask a question, and then everyone's gonna hear 146 00:10:56.519 --> 00:11:00.360 the answer. And in today's world, you know, there are multiple camera 147 00:11:00.399 --> 00:11:03.639 so it made me laugh a Channel four for years, you know there'd be 148 00:11:03.679 --> 00:11:05.799 a news conference and you know, we've got to send out our camera. 149 00:11:07.240 --> 00:11:11.240 And I always say, why just take it from Spectrum or from Bally's and 150 00:11:11.240 --> 00:11:16.759 give them credit. Their camera angle is better than ours. We're off to 151 00:11:16.799 --> 00:11:20.840 the side somewhere. Our audio may not be as good. Why do you 152 00:11:20.919 --> 00:11:24.720 insist on sending a camera there when we can just get the audio in a 153 00:11:24.759 --> 00:11:30.879 clean way and credit to people that provided it. What's the big secret? 154 00:11:30.919 --> 00:11:35.360 There is no everybody shares, right, everybody's shares not course shah. Yeah. 155 00:11:35.399 --> 00:11:37.159 I mean if you get an exclusive interview with show hey Otan, he's 156 00:11:37.200 --> 00:11:43.320 sitting down in an office at Dodger Stadium with his interpreter for twenty minutes. 157 00:11:43.399 --> 00:11:48.039 Okay, now that's something you need, a one on one. Nobody else 158 00:11:48.080 --> 00:11:52.399 around for whatever reason, you've worked that out. Great, But at that 159 00:11:52.759 --> 00:11:56.440 say, getting him on the show, that's a different deal. Yeah, 160 00:11:56.679 --> 00:12:00.639 That'say's a different guy. That's what I'm talking about. Dave can get everybody, 161 00:12:01.120 --> 00:12:03.919 and Dave gets them away from the news conference, and that's what you 162 00:12:05.000 --> 00:12:07.000 want. But if you don't have that access, and trust me not many 163 00:12:07.039 --> 00:12:11.360 people do not in today's world, then what are you running around for? 164 00:12:11.480 --> 00:12:15.600 Like a chicken with your head cut off. You're going to get the exact 165 00:12:15.600 --> 00:12:18.960 same stuff that everybody gets. Then it's up to you to do something with 166 00:12:20.080 --> 00:12:22.159 it. How you want to present it, what's been you want to put 167 00:12:22.200 --> 00:12:26.399 on it, how you want to produce it. The material is the material, 168 00:12:26.720 --> 00:12:31.960 it's just how it's delivered. And that's why it's to me. If 169 00:12:31.000 --> 00:12:35.720 I'm David Bassey, i want to be there. If I'm me, there's 170 00:12:35.720 --> 00:12:39.879 no need because I'm not going to learn anything differently than the other two hundred 171 00:12:39.879 --> 00:12:43.679 and fifty people that are there. We're all going to be in the same 172 00:12:43.720 --> 00:12:48.480 boat. I'd rather take it and bring it back to the studio and then 173 00:12:48.559 --> 00:12:54.120 put something together with it. Take some time to put something creative together rather 174 00:12:54.200 --> 00:12:56.919 than sitting there because he's going to say the same thing to everybody. But 175 00:12:58.000 --> 00:13:01.919 that's just how I look at it. Okay, let's have some spirituality and 176 00:13:01.960 --> 00:13:05.519 to provide that there is one man. It is Victor Brick with the daily 177 00:13:05.600 --> 00:13:11.240 high coup at two, and Vic must be giddy. So Victor afternoon or 178 00:13:11.320 --> 00:13:22.000 for clempt for clemped. Totally you for it, Fred, and I know 179 00:13:22.120 --> 00:13:26.799 you are pumped for the upcoming Otonis on press conference, Fred Rogan, So 180 00:13:26.039 --> 00:13:31.399 I didn't use the word euphoric. I tried everything he would normally say, 181 00:13:31.759 --> 00:13:35.399 but then he threw in eph it. Today, I'll write that one down. 182 00:13:35.480 --> 00:13:39.679 So I got that one to leave. Freddie, please get it right. 183 00:13:43.200 --> 00:13:48.919 A la otani. When he understands one thing, he understands ten thousand 184 00:13:50.000 --> 00:13:58.080 things, Rodney, pete, is that really true? If you understand one 185 00:13:58.080 --> 00:14:01.720 thing, you want to stand ten thousand things. Yes, that is true. 186 00:14:03.840 --> 00:14:07.320 That perfective. It is true. No, it is true. Yes. 187 00:14:09.320 --> 00:14:13.159 Yes. It's like the heartbeat, Fred, that pumps out blood through 188 00:14:13.159 --> 00:14:16.080 the veins. The veins spread out through your body, So one heart beat, 189 00:14:18.320 --> 00:14:24.200 it's like ten thousand. That was a good hikup, Rodney, that 190 00:14:24.360 --> 00:14:33.960 was a good haikup. Ah you healing it. Yeah, yeah, baby 191 00:14:33.960 --> 00:14:41.200 a lah. He never separates himself from the ways of the warrior. Kevin 192 00:14:41.240 --> 00:14:52.200 Sigers come on, nah, yeah, you're a warrior, and he never 193 00:14:52.279 --> 00:15:01.360 strays from the way a boozy coat. Rudni Fassio hold on distance telephone call. 194 00:15:01.759 --> 00:15:09.919 Yeah, well, fellas who are embarking out of historic time and space, 195 00:15:11.720 --> 00:15:20.480 not just Dodger history, but sports history. I am going a little 196 00:15:20.480 --> 00:15:24.279 wild, a little whee loco. I'm trying to stay within myself, as 197 00:15:24.320 --> 00:15:33.320 I know Dodger fans just I'm tins and needles and you'll listen to it all. 198 00:15:33.360 --> 00:15:37.879 Of course. Right here the old Tiny Sun press conference at three and 199 00:15:37.279 --> 00:15:43.000 five seven the La Sports, Your Home and the Dodgers, presented by Morongo 200 00:15:43.039 --> 00:15:56.159 Casino Resorted SPA, Good Times. You think Fred is three hundred mass media 201 00:15:56.919 --> 00:16:00.720 at the stadium right now, I think three hundred is the same number Vic 202 00:16:00.480 --> 00:16:04.200 David Vasse was saying hundreds and hundreds and hundreds. But I look at the 203 00:16:04.519 --> 00:16:10.600 social media and the lines that they showed, and this was roughly forty five 204 00:16:10.639 --> 00:16:15.080 minutes to an hour ago that those lines were long and crazy and wrapped around. 205 00:16:15.159 --> 00:16:18.840 So I would at least say three hundred for Vic and probably more as 206 00:16:18.879 --> 00:16:26.200 we get closer to U to three o'clock. The Otani presser twelve fourteen, 207 00:16:26.480 --> 00:16:33.600 twenty three, Viva Otani, the Moss Monumental press conference in Dodger History, 208 00:16:36.120 --> 00:16:41.600 the Mount Fuji of Masferte Show, Hey Otani, the Old Show. Let's 209 00:16:41.639 --> 00:16:49.639 go. Otani said, you shoot, you won? Number one Ischi Ponchi. 210 00:16:51.120 --> 00:16:56.159 Get this and you touched upon it earlier. Otani San will join Petrols 211 00:16:56.200 --> 00:17:00.480 and David Vasei right after the press conference on A five seven the l A 212 00:17:00.519 --> 00:17:07.240 Sports. So that's going to be some sensational moments. You know. The 213 00:17:07.279 --> 00:17:12.799 Old Show was already vibed yesterday at Dodger Stadium. Otani was hanging out the 214 00:17:12.839 --> 00:17:19.039 Chavas Ravine with Mookie Betts and Joe Kelly and El Mariachi says of Otani that 215 00:17:19.119 --> 00:17:26.000 he's always he was already grinding, he was working out. Did they swap 216 00:17:26.079 --> 00:17:32.799 jerseys already? I believe the operation has been in effect. I mean the 217 00:17:32.880 --> 00:17:41.319 number seventeen is Otani. But according to Joe Kelly, his arm looked good 218 00:17:41.319 --> 00:17:44.839 to him. Well, he looked at Otani's armies. It looked good to 219 00:17:44.880 --> 00:17:51.400 me. So he simply stared at his arm and proclaimed his arm looks good 220 00:17:51.440 --> 00:17:53.119 to me. Good, his arm looks good to me, said Joe Kelly, 221 00:17:53.160 --> 00:18:00.400 man El Mariachily, Hey, Fred, do you think it on every 222 00:18:00.440 --> 00:18:06.799 station locally? No? No, no, you mean every station period or 223 00:18:06.920 --> 00:18:11.039 sports station, every station period. You think they interrupted and to have this 224 00:18:11.079 --> 00:18:14.960 press conference on two four and seven, oh, TV eleven, Yeah, 225 00:18:15.000 --> 00:18:22.400 TV they might, No, they might that on TV they might. Yeah. 226 00:18:22.079 --> 00:18:27.160 Yeah. If I'm running the place I am, Yeah, absolutely right, 227 00:18:27.440 --> 00:18:30.720 yeah, if I'm running the place I am. But nobody's gonna have 228 00:18:30.759 --> 00:18:36.160 the insight of David Vassay. You know, the people sitting there don't really 229 00:18:36.200 --> 00:18:41.160 know about a lot of this. David Vassa will have that insight. So 230 00:18:41.279 --> 00:18:44.359 listen to us on the radio, because that's where you want to be. 231 00:18:45.079 --> 00:18:49.160 You'll have the most, the most insight, the most knowledge, the most 232 00:18:49.240 --> 00:18:56.079 enlightenment. A sports and the exclusive right after the presser, come on. 233 00:18:57.799 --> 00:19:03.319 You know, Tony's already chagoing records. His jersey sales through the first forty 234 00:19:03.319 --> 00:19:07.359 eight hours as a Dodger, broke the record of soccer Titans Messi and Ronaldo 235 00:19:08.839 --> 00:19:18.400 the seventeen already breaking records. Goodlow, Joe Kelly doesn't ask for it back 236 00:19:18.880 --> 00:19:25.119 ha ha. Well, he has a list. He has a list of 237 00:19:25.200 --> 00:19:27.799 stuff, but he will not reveal it that he's asked altonis in exchange for 238 00:19:27.839 --> 00:19:33.920 the episodeeen Yeah, he does or his wife does? I think he and 239 00:19:33.000 --> 00:19:36.799 his wife? Yeah. I think his wife was making the list because I 240 00:19:36.839 --> 00:19:40.000 know if it was me, Holly would be making that list. What would 241 00:19:40.039 --> 00:19:45.640 be in that list? Uh, trips to Japan. Oh, multiple trips 242 00:19:45.680 --> 00:19:53.680 to Japan, and he would have to either be our guide and take us 243 00:19:53.720 --> 00:20:00.519 out around or provide that for us. Yeah, ultiple chips trips to Japan 244 00:20:00.599 --> 00:20:03.039 would be at the top of the list. Do you think he would agree 245 00:20:03.039 --> 00:20:07.319 to that, traveling the Old Tani Way Do you think he would agree to 246 00:20:07.359 --> 00:20:10.240 that? I think so. I think he's a man that's very proud of 247 00:20:10.240 --> 00:20:14.480 his country, proud to show people Japan, and I think he would be 248 00:20:14.599 --> 00:20:18.240 very, very excited and happy that that would be at the top of our 249 00:20:18.279 --> 00:20:22.119 list, is to go see his home country. That he could pick up 250 00:20:22.119 --> 00:20:25.119 the tab to send you in the gang to Japan, Yes, yes, 251 00:20:25.839 --> 00:20:30.839 and show us Japan the Old Tani Way like top notch first class way. 252 00:20:30.880 --> 00:20:41.480 Fred. He'd be honored and humbled it would be an amazing journey. How 253 00:20:41.519 --> 00:20:47.960 about the journey of his Translatoruhara out of Diamond Ball High School and you'll see 254 00:20:48.000 --> 00:20:56.039 riverside what he will be the conduit to the globe today. Yeah, a 255 00:20:56.400 --> 00:21:00.359 star, but he's gonna turn. He's going to go to rockstar status now. 256 00:21:00.680 --> 00:21:04.519 I mean he was already a star being Otani's interpreter, but now he's 257 00:21:04.559 --> 00:21:08.960 on a different level. Every single person in Japan, and I'll bet you 258 00:21:10.000 --> 00:21:15.279 a majority of the folks there will be watching. This guy is going to 259 00:21:15.319 --> 00:21:19.720 be a hero. Absolutely, He's got the one job everybody in Japan wants. 260 00:21:22.000 --> 00:21:26.759 He gets to travel around with Otani and interpret for him. That's his 261 00:21:26.839 --> 00:21:30.079 whole job. All he has to do is get up in the morning and 262 00:21:30.079 --> 00:21:33.279 breathe, Oh man, can you imagine that phone call when he got that 263 00:21:33.319 --> 00:21:42.160 gig? Mama, we made it, baby, we made it to any 264 00:21:42.279 --> 00:21:45.720 on most of the year, you have three hundred and sixty five days a 265 00:21:45.799 --> 00:21:53.720 year this Whara is with Oti. Yeah, and he goes beyond translation. 266 00:21:53.839 --> 00:21:59.759 He warms up Otani on the side a lot. He does a lot of 267 00:21:59.799 --> 00:22:04.839 the baseball stuff with with ay sign as well. He's not just to I 268 00:22:04.839 --> 00:22:11.680 think he did the surgery on his elbow. He's he with the assistant electrog 269 00:22:11.039 --> 00:22:14.720 Yeah. Do you see that piece in the Times on Neil this morning? 270 00:22:15.039 --> 00:22:17.279 I did not. I missed that. I heard it. Oh my god, 271 00:22:17.319 --> 00:22:19.319 you got to check it out. Williams did a piece on Neil. 272 00:22:21.720 --> 00:22:29.039 That's great, but he is the king. If there's one king, one 273 00:22:29.359 --> 00:22:37.440 one surgeon, one one master healer, it's doctor Neil alatrosh. He did 274 00:22:37.440 --> 00:22:42.960 the surgery. Not only on but you name you name a superstar in any 275 00:22:42.960 --> 00:22:47.960 sport, they're going right to doctor Neil. Doctor Neil's the best. And 276 00:22:48.000 --> 00:22:51.359 of course you know where that leads us too, vig right to the source. 277 00:22:53.640 --> 00:23:00.079 As we say, combarte, do your best, se and I am 278 00:23:00.160 --> 00:23:08.200 quoting Musashi once again, the greatest in samurai swordsman in history, best motive 279 00:23:08.359 --> 00:23:15.119 in the North Valley. I'll tell you that this haikup is for old tiny 280 00:23:15.200 --> 00:23:21.519 son on this Thursday, momentous day in Dodger history and sports history. And 281 00:23:21.640 --> 00:23:25.960 I'll see your died in around the world. December the fourteenth. The only 282 00:23:26.039 --> 00:23:32.440 reason a warrior is alive is to fight, and the only reason a warrior 283 00:23:32.480 --> 00:23:41.960 fights is to win. Feeling you solid sick, we love you be. 284 00:23:42.160 --> 00:23:45.960 That was solid. That was a very good hiku to welcome one Otani to 285 00:23:47.000 --> 00:23:49.920 the Dodgers. Thank you so much, and this with so much love, 286 00:23:51.000 --> 00:23:56.559 and we're so humbled and honors to have Otani son as a member of the 287 00:23:56.559 --> 00:24:00.799 Los Angeles Dodgers. All right, who wants to wear win a pair of 288 00:24:00.839 --> 00:24:07.079 tickets to see the Kings play. We played Know your Squad earlier and uh, 289 00:24:07.440 --> 00:24:10.000 Jeff didn't get it, So we have to open the tickets up to 290 00:24:10.000 --> 00:24:12.039 everybody, and we will do it right now. Eight six, six nine, 291 00:24:12.039 --> 00:24:15.640 eight seven two five seventy. You win a pair of tickets to an 292 00:24:15.680 --> 00:24:19.039 upcoming Kings game and listen to all LA Kings games and HD on the iHeartRadio 293 00:24:19.079 --> 00:24:22.960 app. The keyword LA Kings Go, Kings Go. It's like six ninety 294 00:24:23.000 --> 00:24:26.039 seven two five seventy Rodney Wood call a number is going to see the Kings. 295 00:24:26.400 --> 00:24:33.240 I like number seven, fred number seven, good luck. Oh yeah, 296 00:24:33.279 --> 00:24:37.960 come on, come on, Freddy. Countdown is coming, Davy. 297 00:24:37.039 --> 00:24:41.920 The countdown is all Rodney p Fred Rogan I Throw Back Thursday, a big, 298 00:24:42.079 --> 00:24:49.759 monumumental day for LA and Dodger fans everywhere around the world, and I 299 00:24:49.920 --> 00:24:56.359 mean around the world, just like our audience. I mean, I can't 300 00:24:56.359 --> 00:25:02.920 tell you how many people have sent us message from Japan and Japanese yes, 301 00:25:02.920 --> 00:25:06.359 saying they listened to the show. Yes, a lot of those folks have 302 00:25:06.400 --> 00:25:08.319 said, you know what, you are helping us learn English, and you 303 00:25:08.359 --> 00:25:15.400 know what we say our pleasure adigato, That's exactly what we say. Bryant 304 00:25:15.480 --> 00:25:18.200 in rialto where it go, Congratulations, you did it. You won those 305 00:25:18.279 --> 00:25:22.160 Kings tickets. You will go to an upcoming Kings game and listen to all 306 00:25:22.240 --> 00:25:26.839 LA Kings games and HD on the iHeartRadio app. The keyword is LA King's 307 00:25:26.359 --> 00:25:30.920 Go, Kings Go. So as moments go, this is a big one, 308 00:25:30.279 --> 00:25:36.720 but it is just step one in what hopes and promises to be a 309 00:25:36.839 --> 00:25:41.599 series of great moments. And it speaks to the uniqueness of the Dodger brand, 310 00:25:42.000 --> 00:25:45.960 and let's be honest, like a brand as well, I mean the 311 00:25:45.000 --> 00:25:51.920 other global global properties. Shoeyotani played in Anaheim. He was the best player 312 00:25:51.920 --> 00:25:56.680 in baseball. He won two MVP Awards. I don't think there has ever 313 00:25:56.720 --> 00:26:00.440 been this much attention on Shoeyotani Rodney. No, I don't think so either. 314 00:26:03.000 --> 00:26:04.799 Even when he first came over here, even in Japan. I don't 315 00:26:04.799 --> 00:26:11.599 think there's been this. This is crazy. I mean, it's uh, 316 00:26:11.799 --> 00:26:15.640 it's pretty amazing, and it's it feels like the the traction is picked up. 317 00:26:15.640 --> 00:26:22.559 Can you imagine what Arizona's going to be like spring training camel Back Ranch. 318 00:26:22.319 --> 00:26:26.440 But what's funny is he was already in spring training with the Angels. 319 00:26:27.559 --> 00:26:33.039 Yes, he was already place in Arizona, same place and timp mm hmmm, 320 00:26:33.440 --> 00:26:37.079 same exact thing. But the brand will change everything. I used to 321 00:26:37.079 --> 00:26:41.519 have a philosophy when I was at NBC because over the years, you know, 322 00:26:41.599 --> 00:26:45.599 I was fortunate enough to have opportunities to work at the other stations, 323 00:26:45.240 --> 00:26:51.640 and I really thought and it worked out for me. So I'm fortunate the 324 00:26:51.680 --> 00:26:56.519 brand met everything. The brand was what you wanted to be associated with and 325 00:26:56.599 --> 00:27:00.119 it helped build you into what you were. So that's how I thought of 326 00:27:00.119 --> 00:27:04.160 it at NBC. Shohe Otani is a gifted, he's a unicorn, He's 327 00:27:04.200 --> 00:27:11.599 one of a kind. But the brand now associating himself with the right brand 328 00:27:11.079 --> 00:27:18.359 is going to take him to another stratosphere, without a doubt, without a 329 00:27:18.400 --> 00:27:22.319 doubt. I mean, can you think back right now to the guys that 330 00:27:22.359 --> 00:27:26.039 were traded to certain cities and places that changed their whole trajectory of their career 331 00:27:26.079 --> 00:27:33.960 and life. Right again, we go back to Kareem coming here to the 332 00:27:33.039 --> 00:27:37.599 Lakers. For me in my lifetime, that that was a big deal. 333 00:27:40.680 --> 00:27:47.799 Reggie Jackson going from the Oakland A's to the New York Yankees huge impact and 334 00:27:47.839 --> 00:27:53.960 trajectory of his life. We talked in l A about the Gretzky and Beckham's 335 00:27:55.000 --> 00:27:59.640 and those guys. Who else can you think of that? It just they 336 00:27:59.759 --> 00:28:03.960 changed clubs and went to a brand, went to a global brand, and 337 00:28:03.000 --> 00:28:07.039 it made all the difference in the world. Roger Clemens went to the Yankees, 338 00:28:07.720 --> 00:28:11.039 Yes he did from another brand, but he went to the Yankees and 339 00:28:11.039 --> 00:28:15.319 put him into the Yankees. Yeah, special time for us and we're all 340 00:28:15.359 --> 00:28:18.880 fortunate to be here to observe it. Ronnie, thank you, great job 341 00:28:18.920 --> 00:28:22.319 today. Really appreciate it. Kevin, outstanding work. So stay tuned. 342 00:28:22.759 --> 00:28:26.240 We will have the show. Hey Otani News Conference. It's brought to you 343 00:28:26.319 --> 00:28:30.480 by Morongo Casino Resort and SPA Good Times. And then David Vasse, who 344 00:28:30.519 --> 00:28:34.359 was going to co host with Petros this afternoon, is going to have Otani 345 00:28:34.720 --> 00:28:37.839 live, so we look forward to that and Rodney will see it tomorrow. 346 00:28:38.119 --> 00:28:38.640 Let's do it.