WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.200 --> 00:00:04.320 The right quist. 2 00:00:04.440 --> 00:00:10.359 Dodgers Playoff Baseball is back, and with it an annual 3 00:00:10.480 --> 00:00:12.240 postseason tradition. 4 00:00:12.320 --> 00:00:14.160 Scam is back. Baby. 5 00:00:14.359 --> 00:00:16.600 This is Sax and Cakes. 6 00:00:16.239 --> 00:00:18.839 In the a app BA Go with Proway. 7 00:00:19.519 --> 00:00:23.399 Dodger legend Steve Sacks is joined by your favorite Dodger 8 00:00:23.480 --> 00:00:27.559 pregame host, Tim Kaits. If you want to talk Dodgers, 9 00:00:27.600 --> 00:00:30.000 get in on the show on eighty six six nine, 10 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:33.000 eighty seven two five seven now while the Dan Patrick 11 00:00:33.079 --> 00:00:36.439 Show streams on the Ihearts radio app. We've been banished 12 00:00:36.439 --> 00:00:40.039 to the Internet until this Dodgers playoff run concludes. Here 13 00:00:40.079 --> 00:00:44.359 they are broadcasting live on AM five to seven LA Sports. 14 00:00:44.600 --> 00:00:47.280 It's Tim Kates and Steve Sachs. 15 00:00:48.320 --> 00:00:51.399 It's our three of Saxon Kate's and the AM here 16 00:00:51.399 --> 00:00:53.960 on your home of showy Otani and the Dodgers A 17 00:00:54.200 --> 00:01:00.320 five seventy LA Sports. After dominating Game one, Dodgers come 18 00:01:00.359 --> 00:01:04.519 back yesterday in a bullpen game. They give it up early. 19 00:01:04.680 --> 00:01:06.799 They lose to the Mets seven to three. As we 20 00:01:06.879 --> 00:01:09.400 are now tied at a game of pieace and this 21 00:01:09.560 --> 00:01:12.560 best of seven NLCS a day off today, both teams 22 00:01:12.560 --> 00:01:15.280 will work out at City Field later on this afternoon. 23 00:01:15.319 --> 00:01:19.280 Early evening Game three tomorrow from New York. First pitch 24 00:01:19.280 --> 00:01:23.000 at five oh eight Pacific, Walker Bueller and Luis Severino 25 00:01:23.400 --> 00:01:26.439 the pitching matchup, and the Dodgers, now in New York 26 00:01:26.480 --> 00:01:29.400 for Games three, four, and five, need to get a 27 00:01:29.439 --> 00:01:32.159 win in order to get it back to LA for 28 00:01:32.239 --> 00:01:35.439 a chance in Game six, possibly Game seven. But this 29 00:01:35.519 --> 00:01:38.640 series is all nottted up now at a game of 30 00:01:38.760 --> 00:01:42.000 piece thanks to Mike Marshall joining us last hour, one 31 00:01:42.040 --> 00:01:45.120 of saxy'est teammates from the nineteen eighty eight World Series 32 00:01:45.200 --> 00:01:47.640 championship team. We'll get back to your phone calls in 33 00:01:47.799 --> 00:01:50.200 just a couple of minutes, but now to bring us 34 00:01:50.200 --> 00:01:53.680 now up, joining us now from MLB Series XM Radio. 35 00:01:53.840 --> 00:01:55.319 You hear him on there as one of the hosts, 36 00:01:55.319 --> 00:01:59.560 three times World Series champion, nearly two decades as a 37 00:01:59.599 --> 00:02:02.159 pitcher in the major leagues. He won those World Series 38 00:02:02.159 --> 00:02:04.400 with the New York Yankees. He has Mike stant and 39 00:02:04.480 --> 00:02:06.560 he joins us now here on a five to seventy 40 00:02:06.680 --> 00:02:08.400 LA Sports Mike, Good morning, how you doing? 41 00:02:09.800 --> 00:02:12.120 Oh man, I'm doing well. It's a beautiful day down 42 00:02:12.159 --> 00:02:16.039 here in the Greater Houston area and we got playoff baseball, 43 00:02:16.120 --> 00:02:17.759 so everything's good man. 44 00:02:17.879 --> 00:02:21.439 Yeah, absolutely got Game three coming up tomorrow night. From 45 00:02:21.479 --> 00:02:25.159 a wide perspective, looking at this NLCS the first two games, 46 00:02:25.439 --> 00:02:28.840 contrasting games, the Dodgers dominated with Jack Flaherty and the 47 00:02:28.879 --> 00:02:32.159 offense in Game one yesterday. In Game two, a bullpen 48 00:02:32.280 --> 00:02:35.080 game that well didn't go to script for Dave Roberts 49 00:02:35.240 --> 00:02:38.000 and Mark Pryor the pitching coach, and they fell behind early, 50 00:02:38.039 --> 00:02:40.240 couldn't get the big hits late, and here we are 51 00:02:40.319 --> 00:02:42.080 tied up at a game of piece. Your thoughts is 52 00:02:42.159 --> 00:02:44.439 so far and what you've seen in these first two games, 53 00:02:46.000 --> 00:02:46.719 you know, it's. 54 00:02:46.639 --> 00:02:48.960 Kind of what I expected. I mean, you know, if 55 00:02:48.960 --> 00:02:52.879 you look on paper, the Dodgers definitely have a better lineup, 56 00:02:53.840 --> 00:02:56.400 the rotation. You have to give the edge to the Mets, 57 00:02:56.479 --> 00:03:00.199 but I think he just overall, you would say that 58 00:03:00.240 --> 00:03:03.199 the Dodgers are probably a better team, except that the 59 00:03:03.240 --> 00:03:06.360 Mets just seem to have that hit factor this year. 60 00:03:06.400 --> 00:03:11.000 They have something going on. They're playing with extreme confidence, uh, 61 00:03:11.120 --> 00:03:13.560 and they're they're getting big hits when they need it, 62 00:03:13.639 --> 00:03:17.280 you know. Getting over the Game one loss, I was 63 00:03:17.319 --> 00:03:19.319 on an MLB network radio. We were talking about this 64 00:03:19.800 --> 00:03:22.680 nine nothing, that's no big deal. It's game one, Okay, 65 00:03:22.759 --> 00:03:26.879 you got plenty of series left. It wasn't like, you know, 66 00:03:26.960 --> 00:03:29.000 you were really in the ball game after about the 67 00:03:29.039 --> 00:03:32.159 fourth or fifth inning anyway, So you know, you go 68 00:03:32.319 --> 00:03:34.400 get get a good dinner, go to bed, get get 69 00:03:34.479 --> 00:03:36.560 up the next day and take it to them. And 70 00:03:36.599 --> 00:03:38.719 you know, the problem that the Dodgers are going to 71 00:03:38.800 --> 00:03:40.840 have is going to be that rotation. You know, even 72 00:03:40.879 --> 00:03:43.759 with even with Bueller going tonight, do you know exactly 73 00:03:43.800 --> 00:03:46.280 what you're gonna get? I don't think so. How long 74 00:03:46.319 --> 00:03:48.520 is he going to go? Not sure? You know, those 75 00:03:48.560 --> 00:03:52.280 are going to be questions and that have to be answered. 76 00:03:52.840 --> 00:03:54.919 I also think this is going to be a long series. 77 00:03:55.000 --> 00:03:57.439 I think this game, this series goes at least six 78 00:03:57.960 --> 00:04:01.159 And with the way the Dodgers have always used their 79 00:04:01.199 --> 00:04:04.639 bullpen in the postseason, that's going to be a problem 80 00:04:04.639 --> 00:04:07.759 when you get later in the series, because any it 81 00:04:07.759 --> 00:04:11.479 doesn't matter how good your bullpen is, anybody, any reliever, 82 00:04:12.360 --> 00:04:17.279 can suffer from overexposure. You know, hitters just see you 83 00:04:17.319 --> 00:04:19.240 more and more, they got a better chance of hitting you. 84 00:04:19.639 --> 00:04:22.079 And then also fatigue because of how often they're going 85 00:04:22.160 --> 00:04:23.240 to have to pitch in this series. 86 00:04:23.480 --> 00:04:27.480 Yeah, Mike, great, to be with you today, and yeah, 87 00:04:27.560 --> 00:04:29.920 I'm doing good, buddy. And I got a chance to 88 00:04:29.920 --> 00:04:31.879 be on with Joyce and Memelo the other day, so 89 00:04:31.959 --> 00:04:35.600 I was in hog heaven being on with those two guys. Anyway, 90 00:04:36.360 --> 00:04:39.120 I think you're right on about the Bueller thing. We 91 00:04:39.199 --> 00:04:42.120 need Bueller. The Dodgers need Bueller to go along and 92 00:04:42.199 --> 00:04:44.800 kind of reset this whole thing and kind of give 93 00:04:44.839 --> 00:04:48.000 a little shock treatment so that that bullpen isn't taxed 94 00:04:48.040 --> 00:04:49.800 so much. But I wanted to ask you a little 95 00:04:49.839 --> 00:04:52.680 bit about coming from the sever Reino perspective, this is 96 00:04:52.720 --> 00:04:54.560 a guy that's on nine days rest, and I know 97 00:04:54.639 --> 00:04:58.439 partially that was on design, because this guy was stretched 98 00:04:59.040 --> 00:05:01.240 this year. He's pitched over for one hundred innings more 99 00:05:01.279 --> 00:05:03.399 than than he ever has before, and he was a 100 00:05:03.399 --> 00:05:05.920 little taxed down towards the end of the season. He 101 00:05:06.000 --> 00:05:08.759 had an over five e R in his last five starts. 102 00:05:08.800 --> 00:05:12.800 Coming from that perspective, what does Severarino have to do 103 00:05:12.920 --> 00:05:16.759 to attack this very very potent lineup that can be 104 00:05:16.879 --> 00:05:18.839 very dangerous as far as the left handed hitters go 105 00:05:18.879 --> 00:05:19.279 as well. 106 00:05:20.639 --> 00:05:23.519 I mean, if if we want to make it overly simplistic, Steve, 107 00:05:23.800 --> 00:05:26.199 and I know that's how you like the world. Uh, 108 00:05:26.240 --> 00:05:30.160 it's he's got it. We just wish it was all 109 00:05:30.199 --> 00:05:34.360 that way, right. Uh, he's gonna have to spend time 110 00:05:34.439 --> 00:05:37.319 in the zone early in the account. You know, I 111 00:05:37.360 --> 00:05:39.480 think one of the things that we have seen from 112 00:05:39.480 --> 00:05:43.319 this Dodger team all year offensively is you know, they're 113 00:05:43.439 --> 00:05:45.720 they're not a free swinging team. This is a team 114 00:05:45.800 --> 00:05:49.360 that that's gonna make you throw strikes and they're just 115 00:05:49.439 --> 00:05:51.879 not going to expand the zone. And so that that 116 00:05:52.120 --> 00:05:54.920 just puts that much more pressure on any opposing pritch 117 00:05:55.040 --> 00:05:57.839 pitcher to get ahead in the account. I mean, you 118 00:05:57.839 --> 00:06:00.240 get ahead in the account. Now, that puts the hitter 119 00:06:00.399 --> 00:06:02.519 on his heels a little bit. Now he has to 120 00:06:03.279 --> 00:06:05.600 at least go to the corners instead of just waiting 121 00:06:05.600 --> 00:06:09.079 for cookies down the middle. So uh and and you know, 122 00:06:09.160 --> 00:06:13.279 the time off for Severino probably did him, did him. Uh, 123 00:06:13.680 --> 00:06:16.959 it was good for him. His last time out, he 124 00:06:17.040 --> 00:06:19.839 threw the ball exceptionally well. But again, you're talking about 125 00:06:19.839 --> 00:06:23.040 going against a Philadelphia Phillies team that was a free 126 00:06:23.079 --> 00:06:26.680 swinging team. So what are you gonna expect, I you know, 127 00:06:27.319 --> 00:06:29.199 I don't know, I don't know. You're you're gonna have 128 00:06:29.240 --> 00:06:32.000 to if he can if he can get through control 129 00:06:32.079 --> 00:06:35.399 the emotions. And this goes for Bueller also get through 130 00:06:35.439 --> 00:06:37.560 that first couple innings and kind of get into the 131 00:06:37.560 --> 00:06:40.240 flow of the game and get your legs back under 132 00:06:40.240 --> 00:06:43.079 you and not have to have too many pressure pitches 133 00:06:43.160 --> 00:06:45.959 early in the game. Uh, it could end up being 134 00:06:46.040 --> 00:06:48.680 a pitcher stool who you know, We really don't know, 135 00:06:48.959 --> 00:06:52.240 but you know, I thought Sean and I especially early 136 00:06:52.279 --> 00:06:56.040 in the game while the Mets were scoring, we're scoring, 137 00:06:56.319 --> 00:07:00.199 he did a nice job of holding that offense down. 138 00:07:00.519 --> 00:07:02.480 But it you know, that's what I said. This is 139 00:07:02.519 --> 00:07:04.480 a this is one of this could go either way. 140 00:07:04.519 --> 00:07:06.160 I mean, this is fifth. I mean, I know it's 141 00:07:06.480 --> 00:07:09.920 one and one, But if you had to, if I 142 00:07:10.000 --> 00:07:12.199 had to pick who's gonna win this series, I don't 143 00:07:12.240 --> 00:07:15.079 know if I really could, because you know, the Mets 144 00:07:15.199 --> 00:07:18.240 just seem to have that it factor this year that 145 00:07:19.079 --> 00:07:21.079 you know, the way they've won some of these series, 146 00:07:21.319 --> 00:07:22.920 you know, getting out of the getting out of the 147 00:07:22.959 --> 00:07:26.319 regular season. I mean it's been it's been. Uh it's 148 00:07:26.360 --> 00:07:29.120 pretty been pretty incredible what's been going on for the 149 00:07:29.120 --> 00:07:29.720 Mets this year. 150 00:07:29.800 --> 00:07:33.560 Yeah, And that it factor, Mike, is a scary thing 151 00:07:33.720 --> 00:07:37.000 because you it's like a ghost you really it could 152 00:07:37.040 --> 00:07:39.120 be something a little bit different today, a little bit 153 00:07:39.160 --> 00:07:41.560 different tomorrow. I don't know what it is, but it's 154 00:07:41.560 --> 00:07:44.720 called the it and they got it. 155 00:07:44.720 --> 00:07:50.800 It is, and you know, confidence is extremely high. I 156 00:07:50.879 --> 00:07:53.319 thought that what they had to do, they did exactly 157 00:07:53.360 --> 00:07:55.839 what they needed to do yesterday, which is get off, 158 00:07:55.879 --> 00:07:59.519 to get off to a quick start, put the first 159 00:07:59.600 --> 00:08:02.519 runs on the board, and it starts with you know, 160 00:08:02.519 --> 00:08:05.240 who's probably going to be second n MVP in the 161 00:08:05.319 --> 00:08:08.360 National League this year with Lindor with the leadoff home run. 162 00:08:09.040 --> 00:08:11.920 And I think that just kind of you could almost 163 00:08:12.000 --> 00:08:15.360 see on the bench everybody just take a big exhale, 164 00:08:15.959 --> 00:08:18.959 and all of a sudden, they started letting the ball fly, 165 00:08:19.560 --> 00:08:22.120 They started letting the bats fly and score five runs 166 00:08:22.120 --> 00:08:24.680 in the fifth or in the second, and then from there. 167 00:08:24.759 --> 00:08:25.519 Now you just got a. 168 00:08:25.439 --> 00:08:28.319 Hold on Mike Stanton joining us here on a five 169 00:08:28.360 --> 00:08:31.519 to seventy LA Sports. You can hear Mike on Series 170 00:08:31.639 --> 00:08:35.200 XM's MLB Network Radio. Three time World Series champ with 171 00:08:35.240 --> 00:08:37.519 the New York Yankees. You're the perfect person to come 172 00:08:37.519 --> 00:08:40.159 on today and talk about what happened yesterday and what 173 00:08:40.279 --> 00:08:43.440 was a bullpen game for the Dodgers, Ryan Brazier gives 174 00:08:43.519 --> 00:08:45.600 up an early home run of the first batter Francisco 175 00:08:45.679 --> 00:08:48.519 Lindor Landon Nack didn't have it. They don't use any 176 00:08:48.519 --> 00:08:51.480 of their high leverage relievers. Felt like Dave Roberts could 177 00:08:51.480 --> 00:08:54.080 have gone off script. It was certainly a different script, 178 00:08:54.080 --> 00:08:56.360 and they had in Game four against the Padres in 179 00:08:56.440 --> 00:09:01.480 the NLDS where everything lined up perfectly a relievers nine 180 00:09:01.519 --> 00:09:04.240 shoutout eddings against San Diego didn't go the way they 181 00:09:04.320 --> 00:09:08.519 wanted yesterday. As a relief pitcher, Mike, the pressures are 182 00:09:08.519 --> 00:09:10.960 going in and being perfect and then linking that chain 183 00:09:11.279 --> 00:09:13.919 in a bullpen game. It's so hard to do. Will 184 00:09:13.960 --> 00:09:16.600 the Dodgers just kind of walking that tight that tight 185 00:09:16.720 --> 00:09:19.320 rope anyways, Having to do it a second time here 186 00:09:19.360 --> 00:09:20.639 in the postseason. 187 00:09:21.399 --> 00:09:24.240 Well, I think that's why I said earlier that you 188 00:09:24.360 --> 00:09:27.279 have to give at least the nod to the Mets 189 00:09:27.320 --> 00:09:29.399 as far as rotation is concerned, because at least they 190 00:09:29.399 --> 00:09:31.720 have a starting pitcher to go every day. You know 191 00:09:31.799 --> 00:09:34.480 where the and and you know the Dodgers are probably 192 00:09:34.480 --> 00:09:37.039 if this goes if this series goes deep, they're probably 193 00:09:37.039 --> 00:09:41.440 gonna have to do this again. The thing is bullpenning works. 194 00:09:41.720 --> 00:09:44.639 We know it does. We've seen every team across Major 195 00:09:44.679 --> 00:09:48.440 League Baseball at some point in the season to have 196 00:09:48.559 --> 00:09:51.879 to run just your whole bullpen out there. Steve, you're 197 00:09:51.919 --> 00:09:54.399 the offense, You're you're the hitter. You know that is 198 00:09:54.559 --> 00:09:58.840 facing a different pitcher every at that, especially the way 199 00:09:58.879 --> 00:10:01.759 bullpens are orchestrated now, because that's where your best stuff is. 200 00:10:01.799 --> 00:10:04.759 It's not in rotations, it's in bullpens. It's just hard 201 00:10:04.759 --> 00:10:07.679 to score runs. It's hard to string string hits together, 202 00:10:07.759 --> 00:10:09.639 and really, what do you have to do. You know, 203 00:10:09.679 --> 00:10:11.720 it's a walk, a bloop, and a blast. That's how 204 00:10:11.759 --> 00:10:13.799 you score runs. You're just not going to score You're 205 00:10:13.840 --> 00:10:16.519 just not going to have five or six hits strung together. 206 00:10:17.200 --> 00:10:20.600 The problem is that was worst case scenario for the 207 00:10:20.639 --> 00:10:24.720 Dodgers because you you give it up early and now 208 00:10:24.799 --> 00:10:27.399 you still have all those innings you still you have 209 00:10:27.480 --> 00:10:29.799 to cover with your bullpen. Now, the good thing about 210 00:10:30.120 --> 00:10:33.120 the postseason is you know every few days you're going 211 00:10:33.159 --> 00:10:36.279 to have an off day and that that absolutely helps bullpens. 212 00:10:36.320 --> 00:10:40.039 But you know, bullpen works well until it doesn't. And 213 00:10:40.080 --> 00:10:43.440 that's what happened yesterday for the Dodgers. But luckily they weren't. 214 00:10:43.720 --> 00:10:47.759 They didn't have to completely empty the bullpen to get 215 00:10:47.840 --> 00:10:51.639 through the nine innings, and they were able to you know, 216 00:10:51.679 --> 00:10:54.600 they were able to save some of their their leverage guys, 217 00:10:54.679 --> 00:10:57.720 so you know, it wasn't a complete and total disaster. 218 00:10:58.039 --> 00:11:00.240 They were in the ballgame by the end of the game. 219 00:11:01.080 --> 00:11:05.480 But yeah, I mean, the Dodgers bullpen is going to 220 00:11:05.519 --> 00:11:07.480 have to work a lot in this series. 221 00:11:07.440 --> 00:11:09.840 Yeah, Mike. And that brings me to Walker Buller. Wanted 222 00:11:09.879 --> 00:11:12.360 to get your take his last outing of the regular 223 00:11:12.399 --> 00:11:14.919 season really good. I believe he went six innings. Then 224 00:11:14.960 --> 00:11:17.639 he had the scuff up in the in the first 225 00:11:17.679 --> 00:11:19.559 game in the postseason where he gave up those runs, 226 00:11:19.559 --> 00:11:22.279 But after those runs, he shut him down pretty good. 227 00:11:22.519 --> 00:11:25.440 I like the the the body language I see from 228 00:11:25.440 --> 00:11:29.279 Walker Bueller. He looks very healthy, he looks energetic, he 229 00:11:29.320 --> 00:11:33.360 looks like he's really got something to prove. I wanted 230 00:11:33.360 --> 00:11:35.840 to get your take on Walker Bueller and could it 231 00:11:35.960 --> 00:11:37.919 just be the time is right now for him to 232 00:11:37.960 --> 00:11:41.200 come in and get a shutdown that this bullpen desperately 233 00:11:41.240 --> 00:11:41.840 needs as well. 234 00:11:43.200 --> 00:11:45.600 Oh, it could be. And we know that Walker, We've 235 00:11:45.600 --> 00:11:49.039 seen him in previous postseasons. He's a guy that can 236 00:11:49.159 --> 00:11:54.519 rise to the occasion. Still has tremendous stuff, and you 237 00:11:54.519 --> 00:11:56.799 know he pitches with even if you don't see it 238 00:11:56.840 --> 00:11:58.559 all the time, he pitches with a lot of emotion. 239 00:11:58.679 --> 00:12:02.159 He's out there. He's a bulldog, a bulldog type pitcher. So, 240 00:12:02.720 --> 00:12:05.240 uh yeah, he could. I mean, that's that's what that's 241 00:12:05.279 --> 00:12:07.559 the other side of not knowing what you're gonna get. 242 00:12:07.639 --> 00:12:09.320 I mean, could you could he go out there and 243 00:12:09.399 --> 00:12:11.480 just shove? Of course he could. I mean, he's got 244 00:12:11.480 --> 00:12:14.279 the stuff to do it, He's got the mentality and 245 00:12:14.519 --> 00:12:18.159 if you know, if he's feeling healthy, yeah, this could 246 00:12:18.200 --> 00:12:20.200 be a good thing. So you know, we'll just have 247 00:12:20.320 --> 00:12:23.000 to wait and see what happens tomorrow night. But you know, 248 00:12:23.039 --> 00:12:27.159 you would love to have him rolling going into the postseason. Now, 249 00:12:27.159 --> 00:12:29.159 the other side of this is if he is a 250 00:12:29.240 --> 00:12:32.960 completely healthy you know, he doesn't have the wear and 251 00:12:33.039 --> 00:12:36.399 tear that like a Severino does. Severino had to take 252 00:12:36.399 --> 00:12:39.039 a break because he's thrown, you know, more than he 253 00:12:39.080 --> 00:12:42.360 has in the last several years. So uh, you know, 254 00:12:42.480 --> 00:12:45.440 that's one of those things that you just really don't know. 255 00:12:46.200 --> 00:12:47.600 You know, you kind of play the odds and you 256 00:12:47.639 --> 00:12:49.799 go with it. But is there a chance that Bueler 257 00:12:49.840 --> 00:12:52.240 can go out there and and and you know, throw 258 00:12:52.360 --> 00:12:54.080 six or seven shut out? Of course there is. 259 00:12:54.720 --> 00:12:57.039 He is Mike Stanton. Check him on on Serious xm 260 00:12:57.200 --> 00:12:59.960 MLB Radio. Mike, we appreciate you jumping on this morning 261 00:13:00.240 --> 00:13:03.559 giving your perspective on what's happening in this NLCS through 262 00:13:03.559 --> 00:13:04.840 two games. We really appreciate it. 263 00:13:05.080 --> 00:13:07.879 Thank you, Mike, anytime, gentlemen, it was fun, all right? 264 00:13:07.879 --> 00:13:10.600 There he goes Mike Stanton, three time World Series champion 265 00:13:10.799 --> 00:13:13.399 with the New York Yankees, nearly two decades, pitching out 266 00:13:13.399 --> 00:13:16.320 of the bullpen for my seven different teams in the 267 00:13:16.360 --> 00:13:16.919 major leafe. 268 00:13:17.000 --> 00:13:20.600 He if anybody knows Mike Stanton knows. He's so great 269 00:13:20.639 --> 00:13:22.360 on the air. I really like listening to him. He's 270 00:13:22.360 --> 00:13:24.320 one of the guys Like I'm going into the store 271 00:13:24.840 --> 00:13:28.080 and I'm listening to MLB Network Radio, and even though 272 00:13:28.080 --> 00:13:30.039 I'm not gonna work there anymore, I still got some 273 00:13:30.039 --> 00:13:34.600 good information there. And Stanton's on. I'm I'm gonna stay 274 00:13:34.639 --> 00:13:37.799 in my truck and listen to him finish, and then 275 00:13:37.799 --> 00:13:40.679 I'm gonna go shop because he's got the great information. 276 00:13:40.799 --> 00:13:43.080 The guy. I mean, that's why I love guys that 277 00:13:43.159 --> 00:13:45.639 played because they can give you those those nuggets. Man, 278 00:13:45.679 --> 00:13:47.320 he's got a lot of good nuggets to give us. 279 00:13:47.399 --> 00:13:50.000 Absolutely appreciate him. Jumping on eight six six, nine eighty 280 00:13:50.039 --> 00:13:53.200 seven two five seventy. Dodgers and Mets now tied at 281 00:13:53.240 --> 00:13:55.960 a game of piece after losing Game two yesterday. The 282 00:13:56.000 --> 00:13:59.120 Dodgers need to bounce back tomorrow in Game three. Walker Rueler, 283 00:13:59.360 --> 00:14:02.360 he will get the ball, probably his biggest start of 284 00:14:02.399 --> 00:14:04.919 the season, no doubt. The Dodgers need him to go 285 00:14:04.960 --> 00:14:07.360 out and give him some length. Help out this Dodgers' bullpen, 286 00:14:07.399 --> 00:14:09.960 which is gonna have to pitch over the course of 287 00:14:10.000 --> 00:14:12.720 three games in three days. And again that's something that 288 00:14:12.759 --> 00:14:15.080 a lot of these Dodger high leverage relievers. These are 289 00:14:15.120 --> 00:14:17.600 older arms sacks. See this is an Evan Phillips. These 290 00:14:17.600 --> 00:14:21.080 are Daniel Hudson's. These are Blake Trinon's, These are Michael Kopek. 291 00:14:21.200 --> 00:14:23.519 These are guys who've got a lot of innings this year, 292 00:14:23.840 --> 00:14:25.799 but have got a lot of stats on the back 293 00:14:25.799 --> 00:14:28.679 of their baseball cards to show for. And you got 294 00:14:28.720 --> 00:14:31.759 three games in three days. They haven't done it. None 295 00:14:31.799 --> 00:14:34.480 of these guys have pitched three days in a row 296 00:14:34.879 --> 00:14:38.600 this season. This is gonna be huge for starting pitching 297 00:14:39.200 --> 00:14:42.279 to help them out to get out and alleviate some 298 00:14:42.320 --> 00:14:43.519 of this pressure for the bullpen. 299 00:14:43.600 --> 00:14:46.240 That's why I asked him about Bueller and his assessment 300 00:14:46.240 --> 00:14:49.399 of Walker, and he was right on. I mean when 301 00:14:49.440 --> 00:14:51.320 he said, could Walker go out there and you know, 302 00:14:51.399 --> 00:14:54.480 pitch six or seventies and shut him down completely? Absolutely, 303 00:14:54.600 --> 00:14:56.440 As a matter of fact, I would not be surprised 304 00:14:56.480 --> 00:15:00.000 at all if Walker did that tomorrow night. Not I wouldn't. 305 00:15:00.000 --> 00:15:01.240 He's president eight. 306 00:15:01.080 --> 00:15:03.080 Six, six, nine eighty seven, two five seventy. We'll take 307 00:15:03.080 --> 00:15:04.519 a time out, we'll come back, We'll get to your roof, 308 00:15:04.559 --> 00:15:06.759 phone calls the rest of the way, and a lot 309 00:15:06.759 --> 00:15:10.000 of you Dodger fans still upset about what happened yesterday, 310 00:15:10.480 --> 00:15:13.320 the Dodgers letting Game two get away from an early, 311 00:15:14.840 --> 00:15:17.519 the Dodgers unable to come back offensively with the big 312 00:15:17.600 --> 00:15:20.399 hit late. They were right there though, with the chance 313 00:15:20.519 --> 00:15:24.360 in the sixth, in the seventh, in the eighth, they 314 00:15:24.399 --> 00:15:27.759 showed some fight late just wasn't enough, and now they're 315 00:15:27.799 --> 00:15:32.679 tied at a game apiece. Game three of the NLCS 316 00:15:32.879 --> 00:15:34.759 is coming up tomorrow night. Were of course You're a 317 00:15:34.759 --> 00:15:54.759 home of the Dodgers and five seventy LA Sports Saxic 318 00:15:54.879 --> 00:15:57.919 Kates and then makes the mic stand from series XMMLB 319 00:15:58.120 --> 00:16:00.559 Radio for joining us three time world soon He's champ, 320 00:16:00.679 --> 00:16:05.200 former Big League reliever joined us here on Saxon, Kates 321 00:16:05.240 --> 00:16:08.679 and the Am and the Dodgers and Mattis are all 322 00:16:08.720 --> 00:16:12.360 tied up at a game in peace in this NLCS 323 00:16:12.399 --> 00:16:15.320 Game one of the ALCS last night in New York, 324 00:16:15.799 --> 00:16:18.320 the Yankees and the Cleveland Guardians. I don't know if 325 00:16:18.320 --> 00:16:20.679 you had a chance to check out any of that 326 00:16:20.840 --> 00:16:24.720 Game one between the Yankees and Guardians. Jane Carlos Stanton 327 00:16:25.720 --> 00:16:29.519 no relation to Mike stand by the way, unbelievable. I 328 00:16:29.559 --> 00:16:31.600 mean where he kind of came. It was Aaron Judge 329 00:16:31.679 --> 00:16:34.799 all regular season, like the Judge Show, you know, all 330 00:16:34.919 --> 00:16:39.080 rise and now it's gen Carlo Stanton in the postseason 331 00:16:39.399 --> 00:16:40.799 has absolutely taken over. 332 00:16:41.240 --> 00:16:43.919 Oh this You want to talk about hitting a missile? 333 00:16:44.120 --> 00:16:45.879 Oh my lord? 334 00:16:46.799 --> 00:16:49.879 Even when he misses it, it goes hard. I mean, 335 00:16:50.840 --> 00:16:53.799 I think the most awesome home run I've seen John 336 00:16:53.840 --> 00:16:56.080 Carlo hit, I've seen him hit several of them, but 337 00:16:56.159 --> 00:16:59.639 the one particular type I'm talking about is not the 338 00:17:00.080 --> 00:17:05.319 not the unbelievable three hundred feet high, four hundred and 339 00:17:05.559 --> 00:17:08.839 sixty foot launch pad that he hits to left center field. 340 00:17:08.839 --> 00:17:11.119 And I'm not even talking about one of those. I'm 341 00:17:11.160 --> 00:17:16.279 talking about the three hundred and forty foot six foot 342 00:17:16.400 --> 00:17:20.039 high missile right down the right field line that gets 343 00:17:20.039 --> 00:17:22.400 out of there before the TV camera can can to 344 00:17:22.519 --> 00:17:25.240 switch to it. It's out of there like in a 345 00:17:25.400 --> 00:17:28.119 second and a half and it never gets higher than 346 00:17:28.160 --> 00:17:31.480 the fence. I mean maybe eight feet high, but that 347 00:17:31.559 --> 00:17:33.880 thing is gone in a flash. I mean, this guy's 348 00:17:33.920 --> 00:17:35.720 got ridiculous power. 349 00:17:35.920 --> 00:17:38.799 Yeah, the Yankees got home runs from Soto last night 350 00:17:39.000 --> 00:17:41.400 in the third. They get a home run from Stanton 351 00:17:41.519 --> 00:17:44.559 the seventh. They also got helped out Alex Cobb, the 352 00:17:44.599 --> 00:17:49.160 former Giant now Guardian starter, through two wild pitches in 353 00:17:49.240 --> 00:17:53.079 the third inning to score two runs for the Yankees. 354 00:17:53.160 --> 00:17:56.200 So you're not necessarily helping yourselves out there. But Guardians 355 00:17:56.200 --> 00:17:57.640 did come back with a run in the sixth and 356 00:17:57.640 --> 00:17:59.039 then run the eighth and make it a five to 357 00:17:59.119 --> 00:18:02.400 two game. The Yankees win Game one of the ALCS, 358 00:18:02.440 --> 00:18:05.160 so keeping an eye on that series. The Guardians a 359 00:18:05.240 --> 00:18:08.160 ninety two win team, a really good squad that nobody 360 00:18:08.200 --> 00:18:11.319 talks about there with Steven Voit, there's their head coat 361 00:18:11.440 --> 00:18:13.799 or their their manager, excuse me, in his first year 362 00:18:14.680 --> 00:18:17.480 taking over and done a really good job there with 363 00:18:17.519 --> 00:18:19.759 the Cleveland Guardians, the Yankees. So a one to zero 364 00:18:19.839 --> 00:18:23.640 series lead in this ALCS, Dodgers and Mets. There tied 365 00:18:23.640 --> 00:18:25.359 at a game at peace, go back out to the phones. 366 00:18:25.359 --> 00:18:28.119 A lot of Dodger fans not happy about way Game 367 00:18:28.200 --> 00:18:31.960 two played out for the Dodgers in a bullpen game 368 00:18:32.039 --> 00:18:35.079 and the Dodgers offense not coming through late. Keek Hernandez 369 00:18:35.079 --> 00:18:38.200 a couple of opportunities to provide a big hit in 370 00:18:38.240 --> 00:18:40.759 the sixth and the eighth inning, but popped out and 371 00:18:40.839 --> 00:18:43.839 hit into a double play as the Dodgers lose seven 372 00:18:43.880 --> 00:18:46.039 to three. Let's go to Andy and San Dimaz. Thanks 373 00:18:46.079 --> 00:18:48.440 for waiting patiently, Andy, welcome to SAX and Kate to 374 00:18:48.480 --> 00:18:51.200 the am. How you doing, Hey good? 375 00:18:51.240 --> 00:18:52.279 Thanks for taking my call? 376 00:18:52.519 --> 00:18:53.559 Yeah go ahead, Andy. 377 00:18:54.720 --> 00:18:57.799 Okay, So I've actually got a story for you real 378 00:18:57.880 --> 00:19:00.640 quick about a current Dodger, but back when he was 379 00:19:00.640 --> 00:19:05.000 playing Triple A. So I am from Buffalo, New York. 380 00:19:05.000 --> 00:19:07.559 Originally I moved to LA in two thousand and nine. 381 00:19:08.039 --> 00:19:10.559 Great time to adopt the Dodgers as my MLB team, 382 00:19:10.680 --> 00:19:13.799 diehard fan ever since. But every summer I go back 383 00:19:13.799 --> 00:19:16.039 home to Buffalo and I watch a series of Triple 384 00:19:16.079 --> 00:19:19.559 A Bisen's Baseball. About three years ago, I want to say, 385 00:19:20.079 --> 00:19:22.039 I was with my daughters. I've got a thirteen and 386 00:19:22.079 --> 00:19:25.200 eleven year old. We watched a game. The game was over. 387 00:19:25.279 --> 00:19:28.240 After the game, players stick around sign stuff for the kids. 388 00:19:28.559 --> 00:19:32.240 There was one player that stayed until the final two 389 00:19:32.319 --> 00:19:35.759 kids got something signed. Those two kids were my daughters 390 00:19:36.039 --> 00:19:38.680 and there were two balls that player signed them, talked 391 00:19:38.720 --> 00:19:41.839 to them, shook their hand, was incredibly kind to them. 392 00:19:42.160 --> 00:19:45.960 Fast forward to this past summer. I'm in Niagara Falls 393 00:19:45.960 --> 00:19:48.640 and my summer trip with my dad. We're eating, we're 394 00:19:48.680 --> 00:19:52.400 watching We're watching All Star Game home Run Derby highlights. 395 00:19:52.720 --> 00:19:54.920 My dad looks over to me and he's like, when 396 00:19:54.920 --> 00:19:58.880 did Taskar Hernandez become a Dodger? And I was like, oh, 397 00:19:58.920 --> 00:20:01.359 this offseason and he was like, Oh, that's who the 398 00:20:01.400 --> 00:20:04.440 girls have a signed ball from. The dude as a 399 00:20:04.480 --> 00:20:08.720 Buffalo Bison at that time, was just sticking around, hanging 400 00:20:08.799 --> 00:20:11.319 with the kids, making sure everyone was happy. We have 401 00:20:11.400 --> 00:20:14.079