WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.520 --> 00:00:06.480 One thing about this gene is the invisible and tangibles 2 00:00:06.480 --> 00:00:06.919 that they have. 3 00:00:07.160 --> 00:00:09.400 This team is really becoming a family. 4 00:00:09.640 --> 00:00:11.720 Let's not play one on Tom. Let's lend it. 5 00:00:11.919 --> 00:00:13.839 I love writing me these guys after the show. So 6 00:00:14.039 --> 00:00:15.199 just thank you, give me are. 7 00:00:15.160 --> 00:00:17.480 Your attention, your fire and not a pisson. 8 00:00:17.800 --> 00:00:21.920 This is world champion, Dodger world championing for a. 9 00:00:21.960 --> 00:00:23.879 Small soft time they get a people what they want 10 00:00:23.879 --> 00:00:26.000 to die to in a row two is special. 11 00:00:26.039 --> 00:00:29.199 I'm like, yeah, it's not a headache, as one of them. 12 00:00:29.160 --> 00:00:32.439 Con this ball's gone. You ready to go? 13 00:00:32.640 --> 00:00:36.000 Sure, Hell time go to the soud grab your phone 14 00:00:36.039 --> 00:00:38.439 to get in on the show called eight six six 15 00:00:38.640 --> 00:00:41.039 nine eighty seven two five seven. I'll go to the 16 00:00:41.119 --> 00:00:45.119 show and now your host of Dodger Talk, David Vasse. 17 00:00:46.240 --> 00:00:49.679 Welcome to Dodger Talk. David vass with you until seven 18 00:00:49.840 --> 00:00:52.880 thirty tonight here on AM five to seventy LA Sports. 19 00:00:53.039 --> 00:00:55.439 We have phone lines open at eight six six nine 20 00:00:55.479 --> 00:00:59.320 eight seven two five seventy. The Dodgers beat the Guardians 21 00:00:59.439 --> 00:01:03.679 nine to in Cleveland. The Dodgers would love to come 22 00:01:03.719 --> 00:01:07.120 back home after a three game sweep at the hands 23 00:01:07.120 --> 00:01:10.480 of the Guardians. That would make everybody forget what took 24 00:01:10.519 --> 00:01:12.920 place at City Field as they lost two out of 25 00:01:13.000 --> 00:01:16.959 three in Flushing, New York out there, but certainly the 26 00:01:17.000 --> 00:01:20.640 Dodgers taking care of business offensively against one of the 27 00:01:20.640 --> 00:01:24.280 better pitching teams in Major League Baseball, certainly in the 28 00:01:24.319 --> 00:01:27.599 American League, in the Cleveland Guardians. And when you have 29 00:01:27.680 --> 00:01:31.840 sho Hao Tani doing show Heotani things, leading games off 30 00:01:31.879 --> 00:01:34.239 with a home run, coming up with another home run 31 00:01:34.280 --> 00:01:38.200 tonight in the fourth inning, homering in three straight games, 32 00:01:38.560 --> 00:01:41.000 you're gonna have a pretty good chance of winning. And 33 00:01:41.159 --> 00:01:45.840 how about Michael Confordo. Michael Confordo, who has been the 34 00:01:45.959 --> 00:01:49.959 topic of unkindly phone calls on this show for quite 35 00:01:50.040 --> 00:01:54.280 some time, emerged tonight there was a Michael Conforto signing 36 00:01:54.400 --> 00:01:57.359 in Cleveland. And like I said, I have been so 37 00:01:57.719 --> 00:02:02.280 tired of the narrative of excuses for Michael Conforto from 38 00:02:02.400 --> 00:02:05.840 so many different people. Well, he's hitting the ball hard. 39 00:02:05.920 --> 00:02:09.159 Have you seen the exit velocity? We don't care at 40 00:02:09.159 --> 00:02:13.159 this point in time. We want results. Baseball is a 41 00:02:13.280 --> 00:02:18.919 results based business now. Andrew Friedman, Dave Roberts, the hitting coaches, 42 00:02:19.319 --> 00:02:23.240 they're about the process, and usually their process wins out 43 00:02:23.599 --> 00:02:26.360 over the course of a long season, and they stuck 44 00:02:26.400 --> 00:02:30.120 with the process for with Michael Confordo, put him in 45 00:02:30.159 --> 00:02:32.599 there every day. It kind of reminded me of the 46 00:02:32.639 --> 00:02:36.039 movie Top Gun, you know, after Goose dies. They got 47 00:02:36.039 --> 00:02:39.280 to keep sending Maverick up there so he gets mentally straight. 48 00:02:39.400 --> 00:02:42.240 Keeps sending him up there, keeps sending him up there. 49 00:02:42.639 --> 00:02:46.599 Tom Scarrick's character saying, send him back up there. Well, 50 00:02:46.879 --> 00:02:50.639 the Dodgers kept sending Michael Confordo back up there, and 51 00:02:50.800 --> 00:02:54.199 he delivered tonight on base three times with a home run, 52 00:02:54.240 --> 00:02:58.840 and it was good to see. Also, Max Muncy. You 53 00:02:58.879 --> 00:03:00.879 may say, oh, a three run home run in the 54 00:03:00.960 --> 00:03:03.879 ninth inning, that doesn't mean anything. It means a lot. 55 00:03:04.000 --> 00:03:06.080 It means a lot for Max Munsey to get his 56 00:03:06.199 --> 00:03:10.240 confidence up. The Dodgers needed that breathing room. So a 57 00:03:10.240 --> 00:03:13.319 big night for two guys that have been struggling the 58 00:03:13.400 --> 00:03:16.800 first few months of the season in Michael Conforto and 59 00:03:16.840 --> 00:03:19.639 Max Munsey. Let's head back to Cleveland right now to 60 00:03:19.719 --> 00:03:21.680 hear from manager Dave Roberts. 61 00:03:22.360 --> 00:03:25.400 Yeah, I mean it's just really, I'm sure it was 62 00:03:25.479 --> 00:03:29.199 a way off his shoulders to be able to contribute offensively. 63 00:03:30.759 --> 00:03:34.599 I thought the abats that he took today using the 64 00:03:34.599 --> 00:03:36.879 big part of the field. I thought the swing looked 65 00:03:36.960 --> 00:03:39.199 much better at the bat state, in the hitting zone 66 00:03:39.400 --> 00:03:43.159 much longer, and to get a base hit Tasso hit 67 00:03:43.199 --> 00:03:46.360 the homer. I really like what I saw, and it's 68 00:03:46.400 --> 00:03:47.960 good to see that the work is paying off. 69 00:03:49.759 --> 00:03:52.319 Michael and Max can kind of contribute like they did 70 00:03:52.319 --> 00:03:53.840 tonight at the bottom of the lineup. 71 00:03:54.360 --> 00:03:57.560 It does. It's big, certainly not having Will in the 72 00:03:57.599 --> 00:04:03.520 lineup tonight, but for to do what he does, I 73 00:04:03.560 --> 00:04:07.199 think he's he's been trending in the right direction and 74 00:04:07.240 --> 00:04:10.400 then obviously hitting homework tonight and then yeah, I mean 75 00:04:10.759 --> 00:04:13.879 Tommy against right hand and fishing should be very good. 76 00:04:13.919 --> 00:04:16.680 And I think that we're seeing a lot of signs 77 00:04:16.680 --> 00:04:19.639 of life and it just adds that link that we've 78 00:04:19.680 --> 00:04:22.439 been that we expected, you know, coming to the season. 79 00:04:23.319 --> 00:04:24.600 So I'm fair. 80 00:04:24.720 --> 00:04:26.720 I'm sure that you just hit the ball the other 81 00:04:26.759 --> 00:04:29.639 way and still get a home un it looked like it. 82 00:04:29.720 --> 00:04:33.800 Was hitting to you, you know what. It wasn't flushed, 83 00:04:34.560 --> 00:04:36.839 but it was spun the right way and it's just 84 00:04:36.839 --> 00:04:38.920 one of those balls that when he hit it, it 85 00:04:39.120 --> 00:04:42.600 just kept going like a helium ball, and it is 86 00:04:42.639 --> 00:04:45.040 true that he has a lot more margin for air 87 00:04:45.319 --> 00:04:47.279 than everyone else on the planet. 88 00:04:47.560 --> 00:04:50.560 I think maybe him and Judge, Yeah, him and Aaron 89 00:04:50.639 --> 00:04:53.680 Judge show, hey, Otani, They've got a lot of margin 90 00:04:53.720 --> 00:04:55.959 for air for how strong they are and just the 91 00:04:56.040 --> 00:04:59.279 way they swing the bat. Certainly a big night for Otani, 92 00:04:59.360 --> 00:05:02.519 a big season for Otani. It's hard to imagine that 93 00:05:02.680 --> 00:05:05.439 he is on pace for more home runs this year 94 00:05:05.839 --> 00:05:09.000 than his fifty to fifty MVP season where he hit 95 00:05:09.120 --> 00:05:13.360 fifty four last year. Otani the first player in baseball 96 00:05:13.399 --> 00:05:16.399 this season with twenty home runs. He's on pace for 97 00:05:16.639 --> 00:05:20.360 fifty seven this season. Eight six six nine eighty seven 98 00:05:20.439 --> 00:05:23.319 two five seventy is the phone number. I want you 99 00:05:23.399 --> 00:05:27.680 to finish this sentence, since you've had a lot to 100 00:05:27.759 --> 00:05:33.279 say about Michael CONFORDO, finish this sentence. Michael CONFORDO is 101 00:05:34.199 --> 00:05:37.920 eight six six nine eighty seven two five seventy for me, 102 00:05:38.439 --> 00:05:43.199 I'll finish it this way. Michael CONFORDO is better than 103 00:05:43.199 --> 00:05:46.319 what we've seen so far. Eight six six nine eighty 104 00:05:46.360 --> 00:05:49.040 seven two five seventy is the phone number. Let's go 105 00:05:49.120 --> 00:05:51.920 back to Cleveland to hear from Max Muntsey. As we 106 00:05:51.959 --> 00:05:53.560 get these calls on the board. 107 00:05:54.959 --> 00:05:56.560 I'm getting to the top of baseball, which is the 108 00:05:56.560 --> 00:05:59.879 important thing. And you know, I've been driving it just 109 00:06:00.120 --> 00:06:01.560 like I said, haven't been driving it in the air, 110 00:06:01.600 --> 00:06:03.160 and so you know, you know you have then in 111 00:06:03.199 --> 00:06:05.160 New York one away just on the ground. You know, 112 00:06:05.240 --> 00:06:07.680 several balls hit hard just on the ground or low 113 00:06:07.720 --> 00:06:11.800 line drives, and that's not necessarily a bad thing, but yeah, 114 00:06:12.160 --> 00:06:13.319 just one of those things where you have to kind 115 00:06:13.319 --> 00:06:14.639 of weather it thereat. 116 00:06:14.720 --> 00:06:17.160 So when you first got on base, stealing second and 117 00:06:17.160 --> 00:06:19.800 then getting home on Andy's little flair. 118 00:06:21.519 --> 00:06:24.160 Yeah, soul base was just you know, felt like I 119 00:06:24.199 --> 00:06:27.439 had something on them, took a chance, almost didn't work out, 120 00:06:27.480 --> 00:06:30.480 but you know, thankfully did and then the read on 121 00:06:30.519 --> 00:06:32.240 Andy's ball just I felt like it was gonna go 122 00:06:32.240 --> 00:06:34.480 to a second business head and so they got really 123 00:06:34.519 --> 00:06:36.759 good outfield. There's really good arms, and so I was 124 00:06:36.759 --> 00:06:38.560 trying to give myself the best chance possible to score 125 00:06:38.560 --> 00:06:38.879 with there. 126 00:06:39.399 --> 00:06:41.040 You mentioned I'm getting a ball in the year. 127 00:06:41.120 --> 00:06:43.199 You did have a couple of deep flyouts earlier in 128 00:06:43.199 --> 00:06:45.120 the games. Did you feel like it was kind of 129 00:06:45.240 --> 00:06:46.560 starting to get there? 130 00:06:47.439 --> 00:06:49.560 Yeah, Like I said, it was kind of a frustrating 131 00:06:49.639 --> 00:06:50.920 night up to that point. Because I felt like I 132 00:06:50.959 --> 00:06:53.439 had several pitches that I should have you know, driven 133 00:06:53.600 --> 00:06:56.839 and just missed them. Still hit them hard, but just 134 00:06:56.879 --> 00:06:59.319 missed them getting underneath it. And so you know, to 135 00:06:59.360 --> 00:07:01.279 get that one and at the end it felt really good. 136 00:07:01.879 --> 00:07:04.519 These last two games. Just does it feel like complete 137 00:07:04.600 --> 00:07:06.560 baseball games from the group and is it like kind 138 00:07:06.560 --> 00:07:09.279 of getting back to your guys? Is true identity on 139 00:07:09.279 --> 00:07:09.680 the field? 140 00:07:10.439 --> 00:07:13.639 Yeah, maybe a little bit. It's definitely been better. Offensive 141 00:07:13.639 --> 00:07:16.519 side has been great, Pitching has been great. You know, 142 00:07:16.560 --> 00:07:18.199 we had two guys get deep into the game for us, 143 00:07:18.199 --> 00:07:21.319 and that's always huge. And the bookmen came in into their job, 144 00:07:22.240 --> 00:07:24.360 you know, not putting too much stress on those guys, 145 00:07:24.360 --> 00:07:26.480 and that's the key for us on offense is to 146 00:07:27.040 --> 00:07:28.160 you know, kind of give them a little bit of 147 00:07:28.240 --> 00:07:30.360 lead to work with, and we were able to accomplish that. 148 00:07:31.120 --> 00:07:33.920 All right, there's Max Munsey. Thanks to sports net LA 149 00:07:34.199 --> 00:07:37.079 for bringing us the Dodger third baseman after a three 150 00:07:37.160 --> 00:07:40.000 run home run in the ninth inning of tonight's game. 151 00:07:40.079 --> 00:07:43.279 As the Dodgers beat the Guardians nine to five, they 152 00:07:43.279 --> 00:07:46.639 improved their record to thirty four and twenty one. It's 153 00:07:46.680 --> 00:07:50.040 the second best record in the National League. The Phillies 154 00:07:50.120 --> 00:07:54.040 have the best record thirty five and nineteen. The Dodgers 155 00:07:54.040 --> 00:07:57.720 got some help from their old buddy Jack Flaherty, who 156 00:07:57.759 --> 00:08:01.839 pitched six scoreless innings tonight for the tie against the Giants. 157 00:08:02.199 --> 00:08:05.079 The Giants lost tonight at the hands of Flaherty and 158 00:08:05.160 --> 00:08:09.279 the Tigers, so San Francisco now falls to third place. 159 00:08:09.319 --> 00:08:12.319 They're three games back of the Dodgers in the NL West. 160 00:08:12.639 --> 00:08:15.360 The Padres, who have lost seven of their last ten, 161 00:08:15.720 --> 00:08:18.160 are thirty and twenty two, two and a half games 162 00:08:18.439 --> 00:08:21.839 behind the Dodgers. All right, we're filling in finishing this 163 00:08:22.000 --> 00:08:25.279 sentence since so many of you have so many strong 164 00:08:25.399 --> 00:08:30.120 opinions about an established major league player in Michael Conforto, 165 00:08:30.639 --> 00:08:35.799 finish this sentence for me. Michael Confordo is eight sixty 166 00:08:35.840 --> 00:08:38.960 six nine eighty seven two five seventy. Let's go out 167 00:08:38.960 --> 00:08:42.240 to Whittier, ed Can you finish that sentence for me? 168 00:08:42.320 --> 00:08:46.559 And nothing is out of bounds except curse words. 169 00:08:46.960 --> 00:08:49.720 Well, I'm not gonna curse. I appreciate you taking my call, Dave. 170 00:08:50.519 --> 00:08:52.720 Michael Conforto is back. 171 00:08:53.360 --> 00:08:58.919 Question mark, okay, okay, are you're not sold yet? Despite 172 00:08:59.279 --> 00:09:01.559 what you saw and what you have seen in the 173 00:09:01.639 --> 00:09:04.399 last week or so, even in New York. You know, 174 00:09:04.440 --> 00:09:06.879 he was driving the ball. Rick Monday said, he hit 175 00:09:06.919 --> 00:09:10.080 the ball with authority. You're not sold yet, though. 176 00:09:11.440 --> 00:09:14.039 It's very exciting to see him do some get some 177 00:09:14.080 --> 00:09:16.519 great at bats with this pitching that they've been facing. 178 00:09:17.000 --> 00:09:19.039 Really hope he can keep it going moving forward. I 179 00:09:19.080 --> 00:09:22.240 know we have a tough schedule going ahead. They're gonna 180 00:09:22.240 --> 00:09:24.240 need him, so you know, hopefully he can stay clutch 181 00:09:24.320 --> 00:09:25.080 like you is right now. 182 00:09:25.879 --> 00:09:28.559 All right, ed, thank you for the phone call. Appreciate it. 183 00:09:28.879 --> 00:09:31.840 Eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy is 184 00:09:31.879 --> 00:09:35.440 the phone number. Look when the Dodgers signed Michael Conforto, 185 00:09:36.039 --> 00:09:39.440 I looked at his splits home and road because that 186 00:09:39.480 --> 00:09:44.799 ballpark in San Francisco is tough, especially for left handed hitters, 187 00:09:44.879 --> 00:09:48.759 and away from that ballpark his slugging percentage was five 188 00:09:48.759 --> 00:09:52.840 point fifty three. So I don't believe he's this bad. 189 00:09:53.200 --> 00:09:57.039 And the Dodgers don't need him to be Michael Conforto 190 00:09:57.159 --> 00:10:00.159 from twenty fifteen. They just need him to be a 191 00:10:00.240 --> 00:10:03.080 semblance of what we saw today. Let's go out to 192 00:10:03.159 --> 00:10:06.840 Kenny in Anaheim. You're on Dodgery Talk with David vasse Hi. 193 00:10:06.879 --> 00:10:10.879 Kenny, Hey, David, thanks for taking my call. I wanted 194 00:10:10.879 --> 00:10:15.000 to say Michael Conforto is resilient. It takes a lot 195 00:10:15.039 --> 00:10:18.080 of pressure, you know, to play in LA. There's been 196 00:10:18.120 --> 00:10:20.720 a lot of hard criticism from the fans, and to 197 00:10:20.799 --> 00:10:24.240 be sent out there continuously by Dave Roberts takes a 198 00:10:24.240 --> 00:10:26.759 lot of resiliency to stay in there and stay composed. 199 00:10:27.639 --> 00:10:30.720 I'm with you. Baseball will beat you down mentally, Kenny, 200 00:10:30.799 --> 00:10:34.200 no doubt about it. And hopefully this is the moment 201 00:10:34.320 --> 00:10:37.080 in time where we look back and say that was 202 00:10:37.240 --> 00:10:40.440 the game Michael Conforto changed his season. 203 00:10:41.759 --> 00:10:42.159 Agreed? 204 00:10:42.919 --> 00:10:45.240 All right, Kenny, thank you for the phone call. Eight 205 00:10:45.320 --> 00:10:48.200 sixty six nine eight seven two five seventy is the 206 00:10:48.240 --> 00:10:51.279 phone number I wanted to share with you because I 207 00:10:51.360 --> 00:10:53.879 know a lot of you are high school baseball fans 208 00:10:53.879 --> 00:10:57.240 and it's a big deal here in southern California. And 209 00:10:57.360 --> 00:11:01.679 since Dino Ebel, the Dodgers' third base coach, has two kids, 210 00:11:01.720 --> 00:11:06.360 two of his sons are on the Corona team, Brady 211 00:11:06.360 --> 00:11:09.559 and Trey Ebel. Brady is going to be drafted, no 212 00:11:09.679 --> 00:11:12.120 doubt about it, in the first round of this year's 213 00:11:12.120 --> 00:11:16.480 amateur draft. He's committed to LSU and Trey is a 214 00:11:16.559 --> 00:11:19.879 year younger than Brady, so he's got some time. But 215 00:11:20.679 --> 00:11:24.320 that team that Corona put together with the Ebel Bros 216 00:11:24.759 --> 00:11:26.960 And some of those other pitchers, they have some of 217 00:11:26.960 --> 00:11:30.159 the best pitching staff that you will ever see in 218 00:11:30.559 --> 00:11:35.519 Southern Section baseball. Well, they play the game for a reason. 219 00:11:35.919 --> 00:11:40.519 And Saint John Bosco, the alma mater of our very 220 00:11:40.559 --> 00:11:45.759 own No mar Garciapara, shut out Corona two to nothing 221 00:11:46.000 --> 00:11:49.759 in the Division one semi finals the All Trinity League. 222 00:11:50.320 --> 00:11:54.559 Saint John Bosco moves on to the to the Division 223 00:11:54.600 --> 00:11:58.559 one finals after beating Corona two to nothing. So that 224 00:11:58.720 --> 00:12:03.759 is a huge upset in high school baseball here and 225 00:12:03.840 --> 00:12:06.679 now Brady and Trey will have to wait to see 226 00:12:06.679 --> 00:12:10.279 if their coach wants to decide to try to go 227 00:12:10.360 --> 00:12:15.080 for state or whatever. But yeah, their team lost today, 228 00:12:15.399 --> 00:12:19.039 Corona losing to Saint John Bosco, and Nomar is very 229 00:12:19.080 --> 00:12:23.720 happy about that. Dino in Cleveland Number one, very depressing 230 00:12:23.759 --> 00:12:27.000 to be in Cleveland. Number two, very depressing when your 231 00:12:27.080 --> 00:12:31.600 son's baseball team loses to Saint John Bosco. Eight six 232 00:12:31.679 --> 00:12:34.840 six nine eighty seven two five seventy is the phone number. 233 00:12:35.120 --> 00:12:38.039 Let's go out to Redondo Beach, Steve, Steve, have you 234 00:12:38.159 --> 00:12:40.759 ever even thought about going to Cleveland before? 235 00:12:42.240 --> 00:12:42.440 No? 236 00:12:42.679 --> 00:12:46.480 Never me either. If I use a traveling with the Dodgers, 237 00:12:46.879 --> 00:12:50.440 I never would have gone to Cleveland in my life. 238 00:12:50.679 --> 00:12:53.200 Yeah. I'm from Rodondovich, I'm from the South Ay. They 239 00:12:53.200 --> 00:12:55.799 call it the bubble. It's one of the place is 240 00:12:55.799 --> 00:12:58.399 where you really don't want to go anywhere else. You know, 241 00:12:58.480 --> 00:13:01.240 if I go to Orange County, the valley, that's that's what. 242 00:13:01.399 --> 00:13:02.320 That's a lot for me. 243 00:13:02.960 --> 00:13:05.480 I agree, I agree. You guys are living in a bubble. 244 00:13:05.519 --> 00:13:06.879 You should get out once in a while. 245 00:13:09.960 --> 00:13:16.440 Well, Michael Conforto is not going to bounce back like 246 00:13:16.639 --> 00:13:19.159 Mike Mike Maximunty is okay? 247 00:13:19.919 --> 00:13:23.480 Now, uh okay, So you're saying you're not buying what 248 00:13:23.559 --> 00:13:25.960 you saw today continuing. 249 00:13:26.879 --> 00:13:30.080 Right, Well, I had said pretty much the exact words 250 00:13:30.120 --> 00:13:32.080 to a friend that you sat on the air earlier. 251 00:13:32.720 --> 00:13:34.759 I don't care about the eggs of z Low. I 252 00:13:34.759 --> 00:13:37.879 don't care about the approach. I care about the results. 253 00:13:38.639 --> 00:13:41.360 I know those things matter when you're working out of 254 00:13:41.360 --> 00:13:44.840 a slump. Right. Yeah, it comes a point in time 255 00:13:44.960 --> 00:13:48.759 when oh for twenty nine with runners in scoring position 256 00:13:49.080 --> 00:13:54.120 is it's it's it's a problem. And when you have 257 00:13:55.039 --> 00:14:00.320 certain slots in the offensive lineup that are down in 258 00:14:01.240 --> 00:14:06.120 the Los Angeles Dodgers lineup, they stick out like a 259 00:14:06.240 --> 00:14:09.960 sore sum, right, And so it is a very high 260 00:14:10.080 --> 00:14:14.960 caliber lineup that it's hard to play sub two hundred 261 00:14:14.960 --> 00:14:17.360 batting average offensively played. 262 00:14:17.360 --> 00:14:19.879 All right, let me play Devil's advocate on you, Steve. 263 00:14:20.080 --> 00:14:22.799 All that being said, you're right, Confordo has had a 264 00:14:23.000 --> 00:14:26.320 miserable start to the year. He has not delivered with 265 00:14:26.440 --> 00:14:30.600 runners in scoring position. But with all that being said, 266 00:14:30.679 --> 00:14:34.080 the Dodgers have the second best record in the National 267 00:14:34.159 --> 00:14:36.960 League at thirty four and twenty one in the toughest 268 00:14:37.000 --> 00:14:41.759 division in Major League Baseball. With everything that you said 269 00:14:41.840 --> 00:14:45.240 being true, so I feel like they have a little 270 00:14:45.240 --> 00:14:48.639 bit more wiggle room than other teams. Like if they 271 00:14:48.639 --> 00:14:53.320 were the Diamondbacks or even the Braves who started out slow, 272 00:14:53.840 --> 00:14:56.519 there might be more urgency to make a change. But 273 00:14:57.200 --> 00:15:01.320 the Dodgers have a great lineup and are still gonna 274 00:15:01.320 --> 00:15:05.080 stick with him. Money plays too, Steve. Let's not ignore 275 00:15:05.120 --> 00:15:08.840 the fact that he's making seventeen eighteen million dollars this year. 276 00:15:09.080 --> 00:15:12.320 And I know the Dodgers just released Chris Taylor, who 277 00:15:12.360 --> 00:15:15.759 was making fourteen fifteen in his final year of his 278 00:15:15.879 --> 00:15:20.080 sixty million dollar deal. But I mean, you don't just 279 00:15:20.159 --> 00:15:21.279 do that all the time. 280 00:15:22.919 --> 00:15:27.519 Oh true, true the Dodgers payroll. But so I want 281 00:15:27.559 --> 00:15:30.000 you because people come on the show and they talk 282 00:15:30.039 --> 00:15:33.480 about the Chris Taylors, they talk about the Confortos. But 283 00:15:33.519 --> 00:15:36.000 I want you to tell me what really is the alternative? 284 00:15:36.320 --> 00:15:39.320 Like you're saying, right, you know, put hess On Kim 285 00:15:39.320 --> 00:15:42.399 in the outfield. I didn't like him defensively out there. 286 00:15:42.840 --> 00:15:45.679 You know, I think Michael Conforto is a big league player. 287 00:15:45.799 --> 00:15:49.200 No, I mean the alternative would be to play Andy 288 00:15:49.279 --> 00:15:52.120 pa has more in left or right in the corner 289 00:15:52.279 --> 00:15:56.120 spots and have Key Kay or Tommy Edman play more 290 00:15:56.240 --> 00:15:58.559 center field if it got to that point. And by 291 00:15:58.600 --> 00:16:01.320 the way, Tommy Edman and is not swinging the bat 292 00:16:01.399 --> 00:16:04.960 that great. He hit into two double plays today in 293 00:16:05.000 --> 00:16:07.200 the second and eighth innings. He's in a big time 294 00:16:07.320 --> 00:16:11.200 slump right now. So I would say, Steve, the way 295 00:16:11.240 --> 00:16:14.240 you're talking right now is like Michael Confordo went zero 296 00:16:14.279 --> 00:16:17.480 for five with four strikeouts today, he was on base 297 00:16:17.600 --> 00:16:20.320 three times with a big home run. So let's see 298 00:16:20.320 --> 00:16:22.200 where it goes from here and get out of the 299 00:16:22.200 --> 00:16:24.120 bubble once in a while, Steve, make your way to 300 00:16:24.159 --> 00:16:25.440 Sherman Oaks once in a while. 301 00:16:25.480 --> 00:16:29.320 Okay, okay, Dave later, all right. 302 00:16:29.200 --> 00:16:31.919 Steve, thanks for the phone call. Eight six six eight 303 00:16:32.000 --> 00:16:35.399 seven two five seventy is the phone number. Dodgers beat 304 00:16:35.440 --> 00:16:38.480 the Guardians nine to five tonight. They hit three home runs. 305 00:16:38.480 --> 00:16:41.679 Otani hit his twentieth months he went deep in the 306 00:16:41.799 --> 00:16:45.600 ninth inc and Michael Confordo hit his first home run 307 00:16:45.759 --> 00:16:50.039 since April fifth. Let's go out to Corona, Ronnie. Were 308 00:16:50.039 --> 00:16:52.879 you at the baseball game? Did you watch Saint John 309 00:16:52.960 --> 00:16:54.799 Bosco upset Corona High School? 310 00:16:56.440 --> 00:16:58.879 I did not, DVI. I actually the game with at 311 00:16:58.919 --> 00:17:01.039 Saint John Bosco. Get a chance to go down there 312 00:17:01.039 --> 00:17:05.279 and okay, my bad high person. My son's team played 313 00:17:05.279 --> 00:17:06.720 against him, and they're actually really good. 314 00:17:07.599 --> 00:17:09.519 Oh so you got to see Brady and Trey up 315 00:17:09.519 --> 00:17:10.400 close and personal. 316 00:17:11.839 --> 00:17:14.839 We saw Brady and Trey and Seth and Billy all 317 00:17:14.920 --> 00:17:17.799 them up close and they're very good, very talented team. 318 00:17:17.839 --> 00:17:19.240 They should be proud of the season. 319 00:17:19.519 --> 00:17:22.599 Yeah. I wrote a story about is it Seth Hernandez, 320 00:17:22.599 --> 00:17:25.720 who's one of the best high school pitchers. Uh in 321 00:17:25.799 --> 00:17:27.839 high school baseball this year? Did I have his right 322 00:17:28.200 --> 00:17:29.519 his last name correct? 323 00:17:30.759 --> 00:17:31.000 Yes? 324 00:17:31.039 --> 00:17:33.319 It is Seth Hernandez. And actually I had my youngest 325 00:17:33.359 --> 00:17:35.039 son take a picture with him after the game. It 326 00:17:35.119 --> 00:17:35.720 was pretty cool. 327 00:17:36.240 --> 00:17:38.440 Yeah. Well he'll be drafted. He'll be going to major 328 00:17:38.519 --> 00:17:41.400 league baseball as well. All right, Ronnie, I'm going to 329 00:17:41.480 --> 00:17:47.000 brace myself here, finish this sentence for us. Michael Confordo is. 330 00:17:49.119 --> 00:17:51.519 A free agent signing that I was really happy about. 331 00:17:51.680 --> 00:17:52.640 But now he's got to go. 332 00:17:54.440 --> 00:17:58.160 Already, after a home run and being on base three times, 333 00:17:58.160 --> 00:17:59.599 are you ready to cut him today? 334 00:18:01.799 --> 00:18:03.640 Well, I'm not saying cut him, but I think he 335 00:18:03.839 --> 00:18:04.480 deserves to. 336 00:18:04.720 --> 00:18:04.880 Uh. 337 00:18:05.519 --> 00:18:08.119 Well, if he has to go, he's got to be cut. 338 00:18:08.839 --> 00:18:11.960 Well, I would like to see Dalton rushing actually on 339 00:18:12.000 --> 00:18:13.240 left field. What do you think about that? 340 00:18:13.559 --> 00:18:15.559 I don't think it's a good idea. I think the 341 00:18:15.640 --> 00:18:17.960 Dodgers saw what they needed to see in the minor 342 00:18:18.039 --> 00:18:22.200 leagues and decided catcher is his spot. So no, I 343 00:18:22.200 --> 00:18:25.319 wouldn't want to see that. And look, I'm a I'm 344 00:18:25.319 --> 00:18:28.359 a Michael Confordo fan. I like his swing, I like 345 00:18:28.440 --> 00:18:31.720 his temperament. I like that he cares and let's just 346 00:18:31.759 --> 00:18:34.400 see where it goes from here. I don't believe it's 347 00:18:34.440 --> 00:18:38.000 time to pull the plug or start sitting him down 348 00:18:38.920 --> 00:18:41.839 three days out of the out of the week, but 349 00:18:42.160 --> 00:18:45.920 certainly the Dodgers have options if this continues at the 350 00:18:46.000 --> 00:18:48.319 end of June, Ronnie, So, can we just agree to 351 00:18:48.400 --> 00:18:51.880 give him a little bit more grace going into the 352 00:18:51.880 --> 00:18:52.559 month of June? 353 00:18:54.119 --> 00:18:56.759 Dvie, Can I say something? If he was getting paid 354 00:18:57.319 --> 00:18:59.839 league minimum with the same stats, would you give him 355 00:18:59.839 --> 00:19:00.519 to chance. 356 00:19:01.839 --> 00:19:05.440 I would still give him a chance, because I feel 357 00:19:05.440 --> 00:19:08.880 like he's a good hitter, but obviously the leash would 358 00:19:08.920 --> 00:19:12.200 be a lot shorter. And look, that's just professional sports, right, 359 00:19:12.640 --> 00:19:14.799 I mean money plays. I hate to keep saying that, 360 00:19:14.839 --> 00:19:16.440 but money plays. 361 00:19:17.480 --> 00:19:20.319 I agree, But I also looking at it. We're almost 362 00:19:20.319 --> 00:19:22.200 a quarter or a third of the way done with 363 00:19:22.240 --> 00:19:24.240 the season, and he. 364 00:19:24.359 --> 00:19:26.799 Just hit a home run, he was on base three times. 365 00:19:27.359 --> 00:19:29.000 He had a good series in New York. 366 00:19:31.119 --> 00:19:34.279 True, but take away these last couple of games and 367 00:19:35.319 --> 00:19:35.960 fifty average. 368 00:19:36.240 --> 00:19:38.400 I'm not looking back. I just saw an interview with 369 00:19:38.480 --> 00:19:41.640 Mark McGuire when he was playing, and he told the reporter, 370 00:19:42.759 --> 00:19:45.640 don't tell me what happened yesterday. We're only looking forward. 371 00:19:45.720 --> 00:19:48.559 So I think we all know that it hasn't been 372 00:19:48.599 --> 00:19:52.279 good for Michael Confordo through Memorial Day. But all of 373 00:19:52.279 --> 00:19:55.000 a sudden, the day after Memorial Day, Ronnie, you might 374 00:19:55.039 --> 00:19:57.640 be calling back and saying, you know what, David, you 375 00:19:57.680 --> 00:19:59.839 were right. You are the voice of re. 376 00:20:01.599 --> 00:20:03.880 Well. As a Dodger fan, I wish him the best 377 00:20:03.880 --> 00:20:05.599 of luck for the rest of the season, and I 378 00:20:05.640 --> 00:20:07.160 hope this is a turnaround for him. 379 00:20:07.640 --> 00:20:10.599 All right, Ronnie, thanks for a phone call. Great phone call. Look, 380 00:20:10.799 --> 00:20:13.799 I'm not going to deny and I'm basically the lone 381 00:20:13.920 --> 00:20:17.720 voice here where I am tired of hearing about exit vlo, 382 00:20:18.000 --> 00:20:21.839 hard outs, all that stuff. At some point, you got 383 00:20:21.839 --> 00:20:25.119 to get some hits. And I don't hear anybody saying 384 00:20:25.119 --> 00:20:28.279 that Michael Conforto has hit into bad luck. He hasn't 385 00:20:28.319 --> 00:20:31.279 hit into bad luck. He's just hit into outs. I 386 00:20:31.319 --> 00:20:34.519 don't care how hard you hit it. But today was 387 00:20:34.799 --> 00:20:40.119 hopefully the day that things change for him, because, like 388 00:20:40.200 --> 00:20:43.240 we talked about, he's aware, he's aware he hasn't been hitting. 389 00:20:43.480 --> 00:20:46.079 He's aware he hasn't hit a home run before today 390 00:20:46.160 --> 00:20:49.880 since April fifth. He's aware that he hasn't had an 391 00:20:49.920 --> 00:20:54.640 extra base hit since May fifteenth. Trust me, he's aware. 392 00:20:55.079 --> 00:20:58.599 I feel like a day like today can just relax 393 00:20:58.680 --> 00:21:01.720 him a little bit more press not try to chase it. 394 00:21:02.119 --> 00:21:05.799 You can't chase twenty doubles in one at bat, and 395 00:21:05.839 --> 00:21:09.480 hopefully this home run and this game today can relax 396 00:21:09.559 --> 00:21:12.119 him against a very good team. And he hit his 397 00:21:12.200 --> 00:21:15.519 home run off a really good relief pitcher, one of 398 00:21:15.519 --> 00:21:18.359 the best in Major League Baseball in Hunter Gaddis. So 399 00:21:18.799 --> 00:21:21.440 you got to you got to acknowledge that part of 400 00:21:21.440 --> 00:21:24.400 this equation. Let's take one more phone call before we 401 00:21:24.519 --> 00:21:27.960