Speaker 1: One thing about this gene is the invisible and tangibles
Speaker 1: that they have.
Speaker 2: This team is really becoming a family.
Speaker 3: Let's not play one on Tom. Let's wind it.
Speaker 4: I love writing me these guys after the show.
Speaker 2: So just thank you, give me all.
Speaker 5: Your attention, your fire, not a pisson.
Speaker 6: This is world champion, Dodger, world champion thing.
Speaker 5: Put a small soft time they get up people what
Speaker 5: they want to die to in a row two is special.
Speaker 5: I'm like, yeah, it's not a headache.
Speaker 6: One of a con.
Speaker 5: This ball's gone. You ready to go?
Speaker 1: Sure?
Speaker 3: Hell time go to the South.
Speaker 6: Grab your phone to get in on the show called
Speaker 6: eight six six nine eighty seven two five seven and
Speaker 6: go to the show.
Speaker 2: And now your host of Dodger Talk, David Vasse.
Speaker 6: We are live at Dodgers Stadium after the Dodgers defeat
Speaker 6: the Giants five to four. Happy Father's Day to all
Speaker 6: you dads out there. Hope you had a great Sunday.
Speaker 6: If you're a Dodger fan, which I'm sure you are,
Speaker 6: you had a great Father's Day. Not only do the
Speaker 6: Dodgers get a win, but they beat the Giants and
Speaker 6: take two out of three. They now have a two
Speaker 6: game lead over San Francisco in the NL West. Eight
Speaker 6: six six nine eighty seven two five seventy is the
Speaker 6: phone number.
Speaker 5: There was a lot of.
Speaker 6: Baseball news outside of the game today, but I do
Speaker 6: want to give the players that played in this game
Speaker 6: their due, especially Andy Pahz. I know English is in
Speaker 6: his first language, and a lot of times that prevents
Speaker 6: a player to get the shine he deserves. But if
Speaker 6: you're voting for the All Star Game, and I really
Speaker 6: hope you are, Freddie Freeman and Will Smith and Shohotani
Speaker 6: are automatics in my mind, but the two Dodger outfielders,
Speaker 6: ta Oscar Hernandez and Andy Pajz should be punched in
Speaker 6: on not just your ballot, but everybody else's. And when
Speaker 6: you look at THEIRS in National League outfield, home runs ops, RBIs,
Speaker 6: they're there or better with the big boys like Fernando
Speaker 6: Tattists Junior Juan Soto. I'm a big advocate for stars
Speaker 6: in the All Star Game and personalities, So you know,
Speaker 6: I feel like Tatis and Soto are probably going to
Speaker 6: get a lot of votes, and rightfully so, you want
Speaker 6: to see those games, those guys in those type of games.
Speaker 6: But I want ta Oscar Hernandez in there, and I
Speaker 6: want Taoscar Hernandez to repeat as home run Derby champion.
Speaker 6: Andy Pie has today four RBIs the biggest hit of
Speaker 6: the game, a go ahead, three run home run off
Speaker 6: a nasty right hander. Ryan Walker, with an even nastier slider,
Speaker 6: was able to put the Dodgers ahead for good in
Speaker 6: the bottom of the fifth inning.
Speaker 5: Andy Pie has.
Speaker 6: Now if you look at what he has done and
Speaker 6: where he ranks, I mean, this guy is having an
Speaker 6: All Star caliber first half. Home runs now match his
Speaker 6: entire season total from a year ago, ten doubles, forty
Speaker 6: six RBIs. His slugging percentage is just a tick under
Speaker 6: five hundred, his ops is eight hundred. He's right there
Speaker 6: with Tiascar Hernandez with RBIs forty six RBIs for Pi Haz,
Speaker 6: fifty RBIs by Tao, which is the second most in
Speaker 6: the National League among outfielders Picrow, Armstrong, Corbyn Carrol, Kyle Tucker.
Speaker 6: All those guys should be in the All Star Game.
Speaker 6: But Andy pi Haz and Taoscar Hernandez deserve serious consideration.
Speaker 6: And Andy Pai has remember you calling me the first
Speaker 6: two weeks of the season. Send this guy down. This
Speaker 6: guy's not a center fielder. This guy can't hit the
Speaker 6: bottom of the lineup.
Speaker 5: Stinks.
Speaker 6: Andy pai Has is a big reason why haven't heard
Speaker 6: too many of you call in and say, you know
Speaker 6: what I was wrong. We should have given more time
Speaker 6: to Andy pi Has. He's a rookie getting a first
Speaker 6: full time chance in a new position, and look at
Speaker 6: him now. He's one of the first players, if not
Speaker 6: the first player you'll see out here working in center
Speaker 6: field and his outfield drills with Dino Eble and in
Speaker 6: fact today Dino Ebol after their drills told Andy Paiz, hey,
Speaker 6: keep it going during the game. You want David Vase
Speaker 6: to talk about you after the game. Well, here i
Speaker 6: am Dino Ebol, the Baseball profit. I'm talking about Andy
Speaker 6: Paies after the game. So just a tremendous game, a
Speaker 6: tremendous season for Andy Piz. Eight six, six, nine, seven two,
Speaker 6: five seventy is the phone number. The Dodgers beat the
Speaker 6: Giants today five to four, and the Giants made a
Speaker 6: big trade right before the game started. They traded their
Speaker 6: starter Kyle Harrison today and we got breaking news. Now
Speaker 6: the Dodgers now have officially named Shohei O'tani as tomorrow's
Speaker 6: starting pitcher. That's right, Show Hey Otani will make his
Speaker 6: Dodgers pitching debut tomorrow night as an opener against the
Speaker 6: San Diego Padres, with Ben Casparius following Otani. So to
Speaker 6: me in LA, that's bigger news than the Red Sox
Speaker 6: treating Raphael Devers to the Giants. We'll get to that
Speaker 6: in a moment, but here we are. The moment is
Speaker 6: upon us. We are on the eve of show Hey
Speaker 6: Otani making his Dodgers pitching debut tomorrow night, albeit for
Speaker 6: one to two innings. This is what Dave Roberts had
Speaker 6: to say about fifteen minutes ago, obviously not wanting to
Speaker 6: make the official announcement until they were able to do
Speaker 6: it on that big platform X.
Speaker 7: You know, show he is getting antsy, so which is
Speaker 7: a good thing for us. And so I don't know
Speaker 7: which day he is going to open for us, but
Speaker 7: there's a high probability he's going to open for us
Speaker 7: in the coming days. So that's a good thing. I
Speaker 7: don't know if it's going to be one or two innings,
Speaker 7: but you know, my guess is probably an inning to start.
Speaker 7: But it's a good thing. I think that we've kind
Speaker 7: of the live situation simulated or whatever sort of run
Speaker 7: its course. So he's ready to, you know, make his
Speaker 7: debut on the mountain.
Speaker 5: How about that.
Speaker 6: Tickets are available right now at Dodgers dot com slash tickets.
Speaker 6: I was looking at tickets for our friend earlier today.
Speaker 6: There's not too many in the field and loads section.
Speaker 6: There are a lot of seats down the lines on
Speaker 6: the loads level, but there are plenty of seats available
Speaker 6: if you want to say you were here for show
Speaker 6: Heyo Tani's Dodgers pitching debut. He'll be leading off for
Speaker 6: the Dodgers as the dh and opening maybe for an
Speaker 6: inning or two if he's efficient as a Dodger starting
Speaker 6: pitcher for the first time. Nine seven two, five seventy
Speaker 6: is the phone number. The Dodgers defeat the Giants five
Speaker 6: to four, and show Heotani is going to make his
Speaker 6: pitching debut tomorrow night. Before we get your reaction, and
Speaker 6: we do have two lines open to this breaking news
Speaker 6: that show Aotani is going to start tomorrow night for
Speaker 6: the Dodgers. Just a little explanation and background on why
Speaker 6: the Dodgers are all of a sudden deviating from what
Speaker 6: they've been telling us for the last four or five months,
Speaker 6: and a lot of this has to do with show Heotani.
Speaker 6: Dave Roberts even said as much before the game today.
Speaker 6: The Dodgers have never managed the two way player. They've
Speaker 6: only known Otani as the DH and a little bit
Speaker 6: of rehab Otani. Otani has been through this before. He
Speaker 6: has had two elbow surgeries. So after that three inning
Speaker 6: simulated game, Otani communicated to the Dodgers that, you know what,
Speaker 6: I'm sitting down, I'm cooling down and then having to
Speaker 6: play a game as a DH. Why not just stretch
Speaker 6: me out in the games as an opener for a
Speaker 6: Ben Casparius or Emashian. And Otani's only going to pitch
Speaker 6: once a week, So this is a great combination with
Speaker 6: a pitcher that is so mentally tough and willing to
Speaker 6: do whatever the Dodgers ask of him, and Ben Casparius,
Speaker 6: they have the perfect guy to have go in tandem
Speaker 6: with Otani once a week in Ben Casparius for the
Speaker 6: time being until the All Star Break, and then by
Speaker 6: the time you get to the other side of the
Speaker 6: All Star Break, Otani will have four or five starts
Speaker 6: under his belt.
Speaker 5: And he'll be stretched out.
Speaker 6: So instead of wasting bullets per se in simulated games,
Speaker 6: why not have Otani, who is the most unique player
Speaker 6: in the most unique situation, use those pitches in a
Speaker 6: game and be hot and keep it going. So that's
Speaker 6: where the thinking kind of changed after that three inning
Speaker 6: simulated game. So that was the thinking right there. And
Speaker 6: by the way, if you already had tickets for tonight's game,
Speaker 6: go buy a lottery ticket. Eight six six eight seven
Speaker 6: two five seventy is the phone number. Brian, you're on
Speaker 6: Dodger Talk. Lead us off. I guess you already have
Speaker 6: tickets for tomorrow night's game ticket holder?
Speaker 3: Hair?
Speaker 5: Oh no, yes, season ticket holder.
Speaker 6: But you got to use some more money on a
Speaker 6: better bluetooth or or a phone. Get that situated. Aaron,
Speaker 6: who is at Dodger Stadium tonight? Hi, Aaron, you're on
Speaker 6: Dodger Talk. Do better than that.
Speaker 5: Oh my gosh.
Speaker 6: I mean, we put a guy on the moon, but
Speaker 6: we can't get a good bluetooth in a car in La.
Speaker 6: Oh my gosh, you guys need to regroup. Eight six
Speaker 6: six eight seven two five seventy is the phone number.
Speaker 6: All right, let's get to the other big news today, Giants. Yeah,
Speaker 6: that's right. You guys need to regroup and get better
Speaker 6: phones before I go back out to you. By the way,
Speaker 6: Jose Moda is gonna join us in ten minutes, so
Speaker 6: you better get it together here pretty soon. The Giants
Speaker 6: made a big trade right before first pitch. Kyle Harrison
Speaker 6: was warming up for the game tonight and then was
Speaker 6: told to come to the manager's office. Buster Posey. Yeah
Speaker 6: that Buster Posey. He's in charge of the Giants baseball
Speaker 6: operations now, and made a huge trade. He got aggressive
Speaker 6: and went after Rafael Devers, going to pick up the
Speaker 6: remaining contract the dollars on that seven year deal, and
Speaker 6: in return, the Red Sox are getting Jordan Hicks and
Speaker 6: Kyle Harrison in a couple of prospects. So coming into
Speaker 6: the series, we told you the Giants pitching and especially
Speaker 6: their bullpen outstanding, their offense a little iffy, and now
Speaker 6: all of a sudden they got a real hitter in
Speaker 6: Rafael Devers, who was somewhat of a problem in Boston.
Speaker 6: As you know, he would not try to take round
Speaker 6: balls at first base. He was unhappy when the Red
Speaker 6: Sox told him you're our DH, but he's having a
Speaker 6: really good offensive season, so it was not a happy
Speaker 6: situation in Boston, and the Red Sox traded him and
Speaker 6: got out from underneath that big contract. So basically the
Speaker 6: Red Sox are punting on this season and going to
Speaker 6: spend those dollars during the offseason and next year. We
Speaker 6: had Ken Rosenthal, one of the best insiders, if not
Speaker 6: the best insider, on off Day Dodger Talk this past Thursday,
Speaker 6: and he gave us some foreshadowing that Buster Posey was
Speaker 6: going to take a big swing like this.
Speaker 8: Their offense has been a challenge for them, and first
Speaker 8: dates is a particular challenge, but even beyond that, they
Speaker 8: need more out of players that they have as well.
Speaker 8: So it's going to be an interesting test for them
Speaker 8: against the Dodgers, and obviously they're a team that has
Speaker 8: hung in there. I expect them to be aggressive at
Speaker 8: the deadline.
Speaker 9: Buster Posey, in an interview with Tim Kallacami of the
Speaker 9: San Francisco Standard recently, kind of indicated.
Speaker 8: That he wants to do some things, and David I
Speaker 8: found this really interesting. He reflected back on the.
Speaker 9: Zach Wheeler for Carlos Beltron trade. I believe that was
Speaker 9: twenty thirteen.
Speaker 8: And obviously that trade did not work out great for
Speaker 8: the Giants in the sense that they did not win
Speaker 8: that year and Wheeler became. Of course Willer became.
Speaker 9: But what Posey was saying to Tim Khalakami was that's
Speaker 9: the kind of trade you have to make.
Speaker 8: So it's going to be interesting to.
Speaker 9: See how they handle the deadline under Posey, and I
Speaker 9: do expect them, because of those comments, to be at
Speaker 9: least trying really hard to get some players.
Speaker 5: All right.
Speaker 6: So that was Ken Rosenthal on Off Day Dodger Talk
Speaker 6: this past Thursday, and basically he laid it out that
Speaker 6: Buster Posey was going to go for it. And the
Speaker 6: reality is, and this is not a show at the Giants.
Speaker 6: Just because they're the Giants, they've had a hard time
Speaker 6: lurering free agent hitters to play for them. So this
Speaker 6: really good hitter was available with a big contract. And
Speaker 6: my sources tell me that the Red Sox started shopping
Speaker 6: Devers last week, so teams were very aware of the
Speaker 6: fact that they were looking to trade him, and Buster
Speaker 6: Posey was aggressive, jumped all over it before there was
Speaker 6: a bidding war. As they got closer to July thirty
Speaker 6: first and upgraded an offense that severely needed it. And
Speaker 6: the reality is as well. Matt Chapman, with a bad
Speaker 6: right hand, is likely out until the All Star breaks,
Speaker 6: so I could see Devers playing third base until Chapman
Speaker 6: comes back. It's a new fresh start for him, a
Speaker 6: new voice in Bob Melvin and Buster Posey. That's gonna
Speaker 6: upset the Red Sox quite a bit if he's more
Speaker 6: flexible with the Giants than he was with them. By
Speaker 6: the way, two teams and two sports towns I despise
Speaker 6: very much. So you know whatever, Eight six six, nine, seven,
Speaker 6: two five seventy is the phone number. Let's go out
Speaker 6: to Whittier. Yes, Ed, this is it. Be ready, you're
Speaker 6: on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 10: Hey, Ed, this is hey Dave right.
Speaker 6: Ed, and I'm David. It's good that you have your
Speaker 6: life coach in the car with you.
Speaker 10: I appreciate it. Well, that's my dad, the life coach,
Speaker 10: just coming back from the Dodger game on Father's Day.
Speaker 10: A great father's day right here, Annie Paias you know,
Speaker 10: he gave the Dodgers ahead. But my main thing right
Speaker 10: here was about Rafael Devers. So you're saying he's gonna
Speaker 10: go to third base, and yeah, he can definitely hot
Speaker 10: on offense. But what happens when he's when Chapman comes back,
Speaker 10: does he go to first base or does he stay too?
Speaker 10: He'll be a dr there and.
Speaker 6: Then you you put him at d H. And I
Speaker 6: know Wilmer Flores is having a great start to his
Speaker 6: year fifty one RBIs no doubt about it. But a
Speaker 6: lot can happen between now and the time that Chapman
Speaker 6: comes back. Is Wilmer Flores really going to continue this pace?
Speaker 6: So I see him at third base and probably DH.
Speaker 10: How do you feel about him being in the clubhouse?
Speaker 2: What about his clubhouse president?
Speaker 5: I hope he's awful in the clubhouse.
Speaker 6: I hope he says bad in the clubhouse in Boston,
Speaker 6: and I hope he's that bad in San Francisco because
Speaker 6: that'll be great for the Dodgers.
Speaker 3: Sure.
Speaker 10: Well, appreciate you, Dave, if.
Speaker 6: You have a great way, all right, Ed, thanks for
Speaker 6: the phone call. Eight sixty six seven two five seventy
Speaker 6: is the phone number. Let's go out to Hawaii, Dana. Aloha,
Speaker 6: you're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 1: Aloha, David, Thank you very much, and Happy Father's Day
Speaker 1: to you.
Speaker 6: Thanks to you and I hope you're having a good
Speaker 6: day too. How could it be a bad day in Hawaii?
Speaker 6: Any bad days out there?
Speaker 1: Well, no, actually not. I think every day we can
Speaker 1: be here. I'm very very lucky, very blessed to live here.
Speaker 1: That's really exciting news about Otani. But I really, really
Speaker 1: I've been needing to call you. I've been needing to
Speaker 1: call you about Freddy Freeman's walk off Grand Slam and
Speaker 1: where I was, and thank you, thank you for entertaining me.
Speaker 1: Let me tell you this story.
Speaker 6: That's where you were, where you had dukes in Hawaii,
Speaker 6: on Honolulu Island there, where you had dukes watching the game.
Speaker 1: I was not at dukes. I was in the comfort
Speaker 1: of my living room Kailoa, Hawaii, the exact the exact
Speaker 1: same place where I was when Kirk Gibson hit his
Speaker 1: home run in nineteen eighty eight, October fifteenth. And I
Speaker 1: got to tell you, not too many people know the
Speaker 1: story of why Kirk Gibson actually hit that ball for
Speaker 1: a home run off Acressley. You know a lot of
Speaker 1: you hear about that. It was the back door slider.
Speaker 1: He knew it was timing right. You've heard that.
Speaker 6: Yeah, adigitately read scout told all the left handed hitters
Speaker 6: two strikes full count, look for that back door slider partner.
Speaker 2: Well there you go.
Speaker 1: So this, especially on Father's Day, I got to tell you.
Speaker 1: So my daughter was born on September fifteenth, nineteen eighty eight,
Speaker 1: So on October fifteenth, she was a month old. I'm
Speaker 1: in the living room, she's trying, she's just about falling asleep.
Speaker 1: I am rubbing her feet for good luck, and I'm
Speaker 1: pacing back and forth. I comes to the point he
Speaker 1: hits his home run. I scream. My daughter starts crying
Speaker 1: like crazy. My wife comes into the room and says,
Speaker 1: you woke up the baby. I said, but Kirk gifts
Speaker 1: and just won the game.
Speaker 5: So all right, I see fish this story. Let me
Speaker 5: take a guess.
Speaker 6: So, oh, I thought you were going to say your
Speaker 6: daughter's all grown up now she's twenty five years old,
Speaker 6: and you were rubbing her feet when Freddy Freeman hit
Speaker 6: his grand slam.
Speaker 1: No, I was not doing, Matt, that she is all
Speaker 1: grown up and she is a and she is a
Speaker 1: huge daughter fan Dodger fan.
Speaker 6: I thought it was either you were gonna say that
Speaker 6: I was rubbing my daughter's feet or you were rubbing
Speaker 6: your granddaughter's or grandson's feet. I thought that's the way
Speaker 6: it was gonna come full circle, Dana.
Speaker 5: So you got me?
Speaker 1: No, not quite, but I do. I did want to
Speaker 1: tell you that story and wish you off. Happy Father's Day.
Speaker 6: Thank you, same to you, Dana, Happy Father's Day. Aloha
Speaker 6: means goodbye as well. Eight six six nine eight seven
Speaker 6: two five seventy is the phone number. Dodgers beat the
Speaker 6: Giants today, five to four. They win the final two
Speaker 6: games of this three game series and uh now two
Speaker 6: games ahead of the Giants in the lost column. But
Speaker 6: the breaking news just moments ago the Dodgers tweeting out
Speaker 6: that yes, indeed, Show Hey o Tani will start tomorrow's
Speaker 6: game and likely be followed by benk Casparius. Let's go
Speaker 6: out to our guy in Long Beach. I Ray, Craig,
Speaker 6: you're on Dodger Talk. How you doing, Craig?
Speaker 1: Dave?
Speaker 3: Am I hallucinating? Or did I hear that Show Hey
Speaker 3: is pitching tomorrow?
Speaker 6: You might be hallucinating, but that is a fact. You
Speaker 6: might be having halations, Craig, but it's true. Today's going
Speaker 6: to actually pitch in a game tomorrow night.
Speaker 3: That is awesome that I'm going to have to get
Speaker 3: out there to the yard and see the Dodgers put
Speaker 3: the wood to the padres and to see show hey
Speaker 3: out there get dealing. I hope he strikes out the
Speaker 3: side and just looks superior. Even if he does it,
Speaker 3: I'm just glad to see the guy out there chucking it.
Speaker 3: And uh, I can't believe that he's going to be
Speaker 3: an All Star caliber pitcher and he's already won the
Speaker 3: MVP unanimously for us. I mean, what a what a
Speaker 3: blessing for the Dodgers to be able to get that guy.
Speaker 3: And uh, I mean, I couldn't be happier. I could
Speaker 3: not be happier.
Speaker 10: Dude.
Speaker 3: That is great news.
Speaker 6: It is And like I've said before, Dodger games are
Speaker 6: not just games anymore, their events. And tomorrow night is
Speaker 6: going to be the biggest sporting event in Los Angeles,
Speaker 6: maybe for the entire year of the regular season. Otani
Speaker 6: making his Dodgers' pitching debut, albeit as an opener, no
Speaker 6: doubt about it, but certainly one of the biggest sporting
Speaker 6: events in LA history.
Speaker 5: Sporting history eight.
Speaker 6: Six, six, nine, eight seven two five, seventy is the
Speaker 6: phone number.
Speaker 5: All right, let's try erin again. You're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 1: Hi, Erin, Hey, Dave's Happy Father's Day.
Speaker 5: Man, Happy Father's Day.
Speaker 1: Aeron.
Speaker 5: What do you got for us tonight? Much better connection.
Speaker 5: Well it's a good start.
Speaker 11: Yeah, yeah, for sure. Yeah, thank you for being patient
Speaker 11: with me. So yeah, we were at the game today,
Speaker 11: my daughter and I again we've met you last year
Speaker 11: at Father's Day and took a picture with you and
Speaker 11: talked to Michael Milkin there out in front of the
Speaker 11: stage and had a really great time last year, in
Speaker 11: an awesome time this year too, took the tour before
Speaker 11: the game and just just a great day at Dodger
Speaker 11: Stadium and a win against the Giants. You know what,
Speaker 11: I can't think of a better way to celebrate polar state.
Speaker 6: Yeah, that's a great time, Aaron. Great to be there
Speaker 6: with your daughter and thank you for calling in appreciate it.
Speaker 6: Eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy is
Speaker 6: the phone number. We're going to take a time out
Speaker 6: here on Dodger Talk. When we come back, we'll check
Speaker 6: in with jose Mota get his thoughts on the breaking
Speaker 6: news that Otani is officially going to be a two
Speaker 6: way player tomorrow night at Dodgers Stadium for the first
Speaker 6: time since twenty twenty three. That's right, that's the last
Speaker 6: time Otani pitched in a Major League game August twenty third,
Speaker 6: twenty twenty three. That's changing tomorrow night. He's starting against
Speaker 6: the Padres for the Dodgers. Right here on your home
Speaker 6: for show, Hey Otani and the world champion Dodgers A
Speaker 6: five seven the LA Sports.
Speaker 2: On air at AM five seventy, online at AM five
Speaker 2: seventy LA sports dot.
Speaker 3: Com, and available by podcast on the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 6: This is Dodger Talk with David Masson.
Speaker 10: Oh.
Speaker 4: Look, bitch, that one has swung on an hammer tape
Speaker 4: till left failed.
Speaker 5: It's heading back toward the walls. God three run home.
Speaker 4: Run and paes with home run number thirteen and the
Speaker 4: fletched the score over and the Dodgers now lead it
Speaker 4: five to three. Oh, he got one a slider right
Speaker 4: down the middle and he absolutely obliterated the baseball.
Speaker 5: Andy.
Speaker 6: Pa has drove in four runs today, including that go
Speaker 6: ahead home run in the fifth inning to beat the
Speaker 6: Giants five to four. Dustin May with the win, Tanner
Speaker 6: Scott with his thirteenth save of the season. Tanner, He's
Speaker 6: got looking more and more like the Tanner Scott that
Speaker 6: we saw a year ago.
Speaker 5: So great for him to get back on track.
Speaker 6: Great job by Mark Pryor, Connor McGuinness, Josh Bard, and
Speaker 6: also his teammates to help get his confidence up and
Speaker 6: get him back to being aggressive in the strike zone.
Speaker 6: And good news for the Dodgers to have him going.
Speaker 6: In case you're joining us late, the Dodgers announced breaking
Speaker 6: news that show Hey Otani will start his first game
Speaker 6: tomorrow night for an inning or two, followed by probably
Speaker 6: Ben Casparius in an opener situation. The Dodgers just feel
Speaker 6: like that's the better way to go, and I shouldn't
Speaker 6: just say the Dodgers. Otani and the Dodgers jointly agree
Speaker 6: this is the better way to go to get him
Speaker 6: stretched out for the second half of the season. And
Speaker 6: in case you can't make it here for tomorrow night's game.
Speaker 6: If you're looking at a once a week situation, the
Speaker 6: next time Otani would pitch at Dodger Stadium would likely
Speaker 6: be against the White Sox July first, Second Third is
Speaker 6: that series that lines up a week or a couple
Speaker 6: of weeks from tomorrow. All Right, let's check in with
Speaker 6: a guy that has seen a lot of Otani pitching,
Speaker 6: Jose Moda.
Speaker 1: It's time to go around the horn with Jose Mota.
Speaker 6: All Right, Jose Moda, they made the news official. Otani
Speaker 6: is not going to throw any more simulated games. He's
Speaker 6: actually gonna throw in real games. So what should we
Speaker 6: expect tomorrow night?
Speaker 2: I check somebody on the mound is going to be
Speaker 2: amped up. Don't be surprised if you see more velocity
Speaker 2: from show Hey the first inning or whoever, however long
Speaker 2: he goes. And you've seen in the simulated games, and
Speaker 2: a guy that is way more intense on the mound
Speaker 2: than he is as an offensive player. So I'm very excited. Obviously,
Speaker 2: having known Showy for a long time and a close friend,
Speaker 2: I know what this means to him, and I know
Speaker 2: that just recently, Dave, there are some conversations about what
Speaker 2: is best going on forward and knowing that show Hey,
Speaker 2: as you've mentioned quite well, and it's clearly about the
Speaker 2: Dodgers have never gone through this. I mean the two
Speaker 2: way player thing. You know, is very proud of being
Speaker 2: a trio player, a two way player, and that he
Speaker 2: carries that. I think thinking about the team, he says, well,
Speaker 2: knowing where the team is and the fact that if
Speaker 2: I can give an ending or two to alleviate what
Speaker 2: we're going through with a rotation and the bullpen load,
Speaker 2: why not go out there and now wege those pitches
Speaker 2: in a similar game against minor leaguers. But go out
Speaker 2: there and help the team out and get myself back
Speaker 2: in the group because as he mentioned too, uh, show
Speaker 2: Hay is a little bit more mature in terms of
Speaker 2: managing his body and under the responsibility to come with
Speaker 2: a similarive game pulling off and then get to wear
Speaker 2: for a game. I mean, he did it for a
Speaker 2: long time, but this is different now, and I think
Speaker 2: because it means so much to the Dodgers, he's flexible
Speaker 2: for the time he signed. I mean, so the money
Speaker 2: that he's not making now to the ability to go
Speaker 2: out there and say, just I want more players around me.
Speaker 2: They're going to be winners. And here you have it again,
Speaker 2: back in the mouth for the first timeson in August
Speaker 2: of the twenty twenty three.
Speaker 5: What's so Tonny like? Before a start? What kind of
Speaker 5: guy is?
Speaker 7: He?
Speaker 6: Is seen on the Kershaw Spectrum where you don't even
Speaker 6: look him in the eye. What's he like being a
Speaker 6: guy that's not only going to pitch but also be
Speaker 6: the leadoff hitter tomorrow night.
Speaker 2: And what I saw, what I lived with his team,
Speaker 2: it's all the same because he's got the perspective of
Speaker 2: almostly going to be a hitter tonight. But I would
Speaker 2: encourage fans to get there early and watch how early
Speaker 2: he needs to start his warm up. This is not
Speaker 2: a twenty minute thing. I mean, this is a prolonged
Speaker 2: five type of warm up. He does so many things
Speaker 2: before he throw the pitch, even plays cash that you
Speaker 2: don't want to miss it. Just have your cameras ready
Speaker 2: to get the video because it is a very special day.
Speaker 2: And then the studying that he does, and I got
Speaker 2: say from Martin Maldebado when he was catching, I mean
Speaker 2: he was the first guy to pretty much shows show
Speaker 2: how to hitters in the big leagues. Of Martin says
Speaker 2: he wants to know every detail, the last that bath
Speaker 2: from every guy. He has face of powders before once
Speaker 2: and he's going to do the study on the on
Speaker 2: the pitching side along with the hitter side. But just
Speaker 2: get there early enough because it's quite a unique thing
Speaker 2: what he does out there before he gets ready.
Speaker 6: Yeah, and you know, obviously whenever he was throwing those
Speaker 6: bullpen sessions, a lot of fans would be over the
Speaker 6: Dodger bullpen. So I'm sure that's going to be a
Speaker 6: crowded area before the game tomorrow night. Jose, I'm sure
Speaker 6: you know Rafael Devers really well, what do you believe
Speaker 6: this trade does for the Giants? And does it make
Speaker 6: them that much more competitive to push the Dodgers in
Speaker 6: the division?
Speaker 2: Oh, there's no doubt about it. That's by Buster Posey
Speaker 2: and having done all the you know, the transitions, I'll
Speaker 2: shoot a transaction that made in the past. This guy's
Speaker 2: studied all that too, and and gone over research and
Speaker 2: he knows the impact that I got like Devers has.
Speaker 2: And Devors is not a guy that's going to come
Speaker 2: out of here, excuse me, and bang them ball off
Speaker 2: the wall anymore left fields not gonna happen over in
Speaker 2: San Francisco. But he does bring a winning pedigree. He
Speaker 2: does win. Perhaps what they need is a new attitude
Speaker 2: from him. But I knew one thing, and talking to
Speaker 2: my friends in Boston, it got to a point where
Speaker 2: there was an impass, and when the owners flew to
Speaker 2: Kansas City a few weeks back and they pretty much said,
Speaker 2: we're going to do was best for the team because
Speaker 2: now that we have asked you twice about being flexible
Speaker 2: and getting your glove out, well we understand where you stand.
Speaker 2: So I understand what we stand. If you look at
Speaker 2: the Boston wrestling last two weeks, they're bringing up players,
Speaker 2: so they're turning the page on this and saying, we
Speaker 2: need a first start. We want some veteran players, are
Speaker 2: going to encourage the young players to become team players
Speaker 2: and do better. But he brings instant jolts to that lineup,
Speaker 2: I no doubt, because as bad as he started, he
Speaker 2: is an all star third base on today. Even though
Speaker 2: we'll see if there's flexibility there's been talked beforehand because
Speaker 2: he doesn't want to play at the position now and
Speaker 2: there's a new star firm that flexibility will be a
Speaker 2: part of it. But for sure this will impact perhaps
Speaker 2: the division here on no.
Speaker 6: Doubt, Jose Mota is joining us. After the Dodgers defeat
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Speaker 6: All right, Jose, before we let you go, it was
Speaker 6: a very special Father's Day for the motas. It was
Speaker 6: great to see your dad and so many people's guy
Speaker 6: Manny Mota here at the stadium on Father's Day. I'm
Speaker 6: sure that was the best gift you could have got.
Speaker 2: Oh my god. It is very emotional because I at
Speaker 2: one point when my dad had stroke on like you know,
Speaker 2: perhaps those days of my dad going to the ballpark
Speaker 2: are over now. And thank god, things have been working
Speaker 2: on quite well. He's worked very hard. He really has
Speaker 2: put a lot of time and effort. Thankfully, he's always
Speaker 2: been in good shape for himself. The medical team has
Speaker 2: been tremendous. And I'll tell you one thing, the Dodgers
Speaker 2: have been so accommodating and flitting today just to make
Speaker 2: sure that he was comfortable. Uh, never force him to
Speaker 2: come into a game, but just at his own leisure time.
Speaker 2: And the entire family is quite thankful about them. But
Speaker 2: to see him sitting and watching the game today and
Speaker 2: his favorite player, Shohal Tani, as you know, Dave, that
Speaker 2: was very special. In fact, then you tell him to
Speaker 2: pincher for Atani. At one point today.
Speaker 5: I said, pinch run.
Speaker 2: That was crazy, but that it was very special. So
Speaker 2: thanks for all those who have prayed until you always asking.
Speaker 2: But my dad a very special day for him today
Speaker 2: and I'm quite sure perhaps at some point he didn't
Speaker 2: see him even see it coming.
Speaker 6: Well, that's awesome and that's a great way to end
Speaker 6: the show on a father's day with a great father's
Speaker 6: Day story. Jose can't wait to see you tomorrow night.
Speaker 6: It will be a capacity crowd, Dodgers, Padres and Otani.
Speaker 2: On the mound, so you're not and he got those.
Speaker 5: Right there.
Speaker 6: He goes Jose Mota part of the Dodgers Spanish radio
Speaker 6: and it was so great to see Many Mota here
Speaker 6: in the press box and he was so happy to
Speaker 6: be here, and he came into the radio booth and
Speaker 6: his former teammate and our guy Rick Monday and him embrace.
Speaker 6: Just a lot of people care about him and he's
Speaker 6: such a kind person and certainly happy that Many is
Speaker 6: back on his feet and coming back to the ballpark
Speaker 6: certainly a great Father's Day story. Now tomorrow night, it's
Speaker 6: gonna be a great O'tanni story. Dodgers padres Otani opening,
Speaker 6: going up against Dylan Cease, and don't sleep on Ben Casperius.
Speaker 6: That guy has been the most valuable pitcher for the
Speaker 6: Dodgers this season. He is likely to follow Otani and
Speaker 6: do Ben Casparius things. Be a pillar of strength on
Speaker 6: that mound, whether it's starting, whether it's having Otani open
Speaker 6: coming in late in the game. He's done it all,
Speaker 6: and he's done it all great. So looking forward to
Speaker 6: Otani tomorrow night making his pitching debut as a Dodger.
Speaker 6: Morongo Casino Dodgers on Deck begins at six o'clock tomorrow,
Speaker 6: with first pitch at seven ten. Tim Kates will be
Speaker 6: hosting postgame Dodger Talk tomorrow night. I'm filling in for
Speaker 6: Kirsten Watson on Sports Net LA, so I'll get a
Speaker 6: front row seat to the Otani pitching show tomorrow night.
Speaker 5: Can't wait to see you tomorrow.
Speaker 6: Thanks a lot for listening, Thanks to Dwayne McDonald, thanks
Speaker 6: to Colin Yee, and thanks to you for listening. In
Speaker 6: case you missed our Father's Day conversation with Clayton Kershaw.
Speaker 6: You can find it on the iHeartRadio app. Once again.
Speaker 6: The final score from Dodgers Stadium. The Dodgers defeat the
Speaker 6: Giants five to four. Have a great rest of your Sunday,
Speaker 6: Happy Father's Day. See UNM