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Speaker 1: look at the scoreboard tonight keep you updated on what
Speaker 1: is happening with the Giants and the Padres. I can
Speaker 1: already tell you the Dodgers have gained a half a
Speaker 1: game on the Padres tonight because the Phillies shut out
Speaker 1: the Padres fod to nothing, and the Giants are in
Speaker 1: Phoenix tonight taking on the Diamondbacks. It is scoreless in
Speaker 1: the bottom of the second inning. So we'll keep you
Speaker 1: updated on that. And the reason why I bring that
Speaker 1: up is because the panic that was in the streets
Speaker 1: just over three weeks ago, all of a sudden and
Speaker 1: looking like an overreaction. Because as we stand right now,
Speaker 1: it's seven oh one on Monday night, January or June thirtieth,
Speaker 1: the Dodgers are seven and a half games ahead of
Speaker 1: the Padres and seven and a half games ahead of
Speaker 1: the Giants. In case you don't know this, the Dodgers
Speaker 1: start a three game series against the White Sox tomorrow night.
Speaker 1: So for all intentsive purposes, by the end of this
Speaker 1: homestand the Dodgers could be ten games ahead of the
Speaker 1: rest of the division. And when you look at the
Speaker 1: Giants making that trade when they were at Dodgers Stadium
Speaker 1: minutes before first pitch, the Giants are four and eight
Speaker 1: since acquiring Rafael Devers and the Red Sox are also
Speaker 1: four and eight since trading Rafael Devers, so the trade
Speaker 1: for Devers hasn't paid off. And the Dodgers are coming
Speaker 1: off a very successful road trip, winning five out of six,
Speaker 1: including sweeping the Rockies and taking two out of three
Speaker 1: in Kansas City. The highlights for me was Otani pitching
Speaker 1: two scoreless innings and the offense not being there still
Speaker 1: for him consistently when he pitches. Freddie Freeman breaking out
Speaker 1: of a slump on Saturday, getting on base all five
Speaker 1: times and hitting his first home run since May eleventh.
Speaker 1: He was three for three, so Freddie was happy about that.
Speaker 1: That was good news, and Max Munsey continues to stay hot.
Speaker 1: He had an incredible road trip where he hit another
Speaker 1: Grand Slam. He drove in ten runs on the six
Speaker 1: game road trip, and he had an RBI double yesterday.
Speaker 1: Max Munsey is the hottest Dodger hitter in the lineup
Speaker 1: right now, and that includes Andy Pahez, who is extremely hot.
Speaker 1: Will Smith is still very consistent. And you look at
Speaker 1: the All Star voting. We're on to the final phase
Speaker 1: of voting for this year's All Star Game, and all
Speaker 1: of a sudden, Max Munsey making a big push since
Speaker 1: May twelfth. I think that's why Max Mounsey is going
Speaker 1: up against Many Machado. That's right, it's Max Munsey versus
Speaker 1: Many Machado right now to be the starting third baseman
Speaker 1: for the National League at this year's All Star Game.
Speaker 1: You can vote for Monsey at Dodgers dot com slash vote.
Speaker 1: And in Monsey's last forty games since he got the glasses,
Speaker 1: he's hitting three twenty with an ops of one thousand.
Speaker 1: He has twelve home runs and forty six RBIs. I'll
Speaker 1: say that again. Monsey's last forty games, he is hitting
Speaker 1: three twenty with an ops of one thousand, twelve home runs,
Speaker 1: and forty six RBIs, and that's the reason why he
Speaker 1: is in the conversation to be as starting third baseman
Speaker 1: in the All Star Game. Now do I see it happening?
Speaker 1: I don't know many. Michado's having one of his best
Speaker 1: seasons of his career, and he's been great from day one.
Speaker 1: Here's something for you. There's one guy at third base
Speaker 1: that has more errors than Max Munsey this year. It's
Speaker 1: Manny Machado. So if you're gonna talk about defense and errors,
Speaker 1: I haven't seen the airs that Machado has made, but
Speaker 1: nonetheless he has more errors than Max Munsey, and Max
Speaker 1: Munsey has been vital to the Dodger offense scoring run
Speaker 1: still because the big three of Otani, Mooki Bets, and
Speaker 1: Freddie Freeman have not hit at the same time this year.
Speaker 1: Freddy was on another planet up until the last fifteen games.
Speaker 1: Mookie Betts has been just average all season long two
Speaker 1: fifty five hitter ops of seven hundred, and since June ninth,
Speaker 1: Mookie Betts has not homer. He hit his ninth home
Speaker 1: run on June eighth, and has gone nineteen games and
Speaker 1: eighty two played appearances without hitting a homer. Now, and
Speaker 1: Otani's been streaky. He's been good lately, but he's been
Speaker 1: a little streaky. So you know, he's still the best
Speaker 1: hitter on the team and certainly the most impactful hitter.
Speaker 1: But if it wasn't for Will Smith, Andy pa Has
Speaker 1: and Max Munsey, this line would not be happening here.
Speaker 1: The Dodger pitching has gotten better too recently. But my
Speaker 1: point is the Dodgers may be ten games ahead of
Speaker 1: the Giants and Padres by the end of this upcoming weekend,
Speaker 1: and they still don't have Blake Snell. They still don't
Speaker 1: have Tyler Glass now, they still don't have Blake Trining.
Speaker 1: They've been without Evan Phillips all year long, and their offense,
Speaker 1: statistically speaking, every category is the best, and it still
Speaker 1: hasn't reached its potential. It's still not hitting on all cylinders.
Speaker 1: That is scary for the rest of the league. And
Speaker 1: you look at the Royals and we get so upset
Speaker 1: over one game or one game doesn't go the Dodgers' way.
Speaker 1: Every win means something to the Royals, every win and
Speaker 1: loss means something to the Giants and Padres. The Dodgers
Speaker 1: are tied for the best record in baseball. They have
Speaker 1: the most talent, they have the highest payroll, they have
Speaker 1: the best infrastructure. They have two airplanes to make their
Speaker 1: players as comfortable as can be. They are not one
Speaker 1: step ahead of everybody else, They're three or four steps
Speaker 1: ahead of everybody else and have mastered the regular season.
Speaker 1: And as we saw last year, you need things to
Speaker 1: go your way. Who would have thought the Dodgers with
Speaker 1: two and a half starters would have won the World Series?
Speaker 1: You didn't. You thought the Dogs were in real big
Speaker 1: they were in big trouble. And after they were down
Speaker 1: two games to one to the Padres, people were talking
Speaker 1: about firing Dave Roberts, and here he is with an extension,
Speaker 1: making eight and a half million dollars a year. The
Speaker 1: Dodgers are the world champions. So there are different ways
Speaker 1: to win in October, and the Dodgers proved it again
Speaker 1: last year. So yes, things are going great. I fully
Speaker 1: expect them to be in the NLCS. But there are
Speaker 1: some teams that if they were to face them in
Speaker 1: a short series, would give them a challenge, including the
Speaker 1: Giants who have Logan Webb and Robbie Ray. I mean,
Speaker 1: any given night, those good starting pitchers can shut down
Speaker 1: an offense, and all of a sudden you're down oh
Speaker 1: two and it's a winner, go home in Game three
Speaker 1: or Game four. So right now the Dodgers are in
Speaker 1: great position to make another run. But there is a
Speaker 1: lot of season left. But my point is, the Dodgers
Speaker 1: get a ten game lead here, they all of a sudden,
Speaker 1: now you have even more luxury. Not to rush Otani,
Speaker 1: to be a pitcher, not to rush back Blake Trining,
Speaker 1: not to rush back Blake Snell. That's my point in
Speaker 1: all this. Eight six six nine, eight seven two five
Speaker 1: seventy is the phone number Tomorrow night at Dodgers Stadium,
Speaker 1: the first of a three game series between the Dodgers
Speaker 1: and White Sox. Miguel Vargas we'll be back at Dodgers
Speaker 1: Stadium as a White Sock and he'll be facing Yamamoto
Speaker 1: tomorrow night. Yamamoto seven and six with an ERA of
Speaker 1: two sixty one, going up against Shane Smith, the right
Speaker 1: hander in fifteen starts this year's three and five with
Speaker 1: an ERA at three thirty eight Tomorrow night. Our coverage
Speaker 1: begins at six o'clock with Morongo Casino Dodgers on deck.
Speaker 1: Tim Kates will get you ready for the game and
Speaker 1: first pitch with Rick Monday and Tim Nevertt at seven
Speaker 1: to ten from Dodgers Stadium. And then on Wednesday Night,
Speaker 1: that's the big night, That's the big night of the
Speaker 1: homestand Clayton Kershaw taking the mound just three strikeouts away
Speaker 1: from three thousand in his career. You know, you hear
Speaker 1: about these lists about the greatest player for the Dodgers
Speaker 1: at every position in the last quarter century. Forget about that.
Speaker 1: Clayton Kershaw is the greatest Dodger in the last quarter
Speaker 1: century period. There's nobody better in the last twenty five years.
Speaker 1: Name me a better Dodger, Name me a more impactful
Speaker 1: Dodger in the last twenty five years. And instead of
Speaker 1: going through every position, how about tonight we talk about
Speaker 1: the Mount Rushmore of Dodgers in the last quarter century.
Speaker 1: That means four. You can only have four in the
Speaker 1: last twenty five years. Kershaw obviously number one. I got
Speaker 1: Justin Turner on that Mount Rushmore nine years of the
Speaker 1: last twenty five And here's the kicker, Mookie Bets I
Speaker 1: got him. Is it Otani After just one and a
Speaker 1: half seasons of incredible Dodger baseball winning a World Series
Speaker 1: and going fifty to fifty last year as a DH.
Speaker 1: Or are you putting Seeger Bellinger who's won an MVP
Speaker 1: and a Rookie of the Year, or you putting Matt Kemp?
Speaker 1: You know those those six guys. I think you have
Speaker 1: two spots for Mookie Bets one year of Otani, Seger
Speaker 1: Bellinger and Matt Kemp. Who is that? Eight six six
Speaker 1: nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone number
Speaker 1: when we continue your phone calls. And also it is
Speaker 1: Kershaw Appreciation Night, as we are on the eve basically
Speaker 1: of Kershaw reaching something that we may not see reached
Speaker 1: again in our lifetime, a pitcher reaching the milestone of
Speaker 1: three thousand strikeouts. Keik, Hernandez will celebrate Kershaw in our
Speaker 1: next segment as well. Six nine seven two five seventy
Speaker 1: is the phone number. David vass with you until eight
Speaker 1: o'clock right here on a five to seventy LA Sports.
Speaker 1: I was listening to some yacht rock on the way
Speaker 1: from Kansas City, actually from Denver to Kansas City. I
Speaker 1: was listening to some yacht rock in Denver, a lot
Speaker 1: of yacht rock. When I was getting ready to go
Speaker 1: to the ballpark. I was playing a lot of yacht
Speaker 1: rock anyway. David Vass back in La very happy to
Speaker 1: be here. And the Dodgers are feeling good after winning
Speaker 1: five out of six on their last road trip. And look,
Speaker 1: the Dodgers got through the toughest part of their schedule
Speaker 1: in the first half of the season, a twenty nine
Speaker 1: game stretch where they played the Mets seven times, they
Speaker 1: saw the Yankees three times, they saw the Padres seven times,
Speaker 1: they saw the Giants for the first time this year.
Speaker 1: And they came out seventeen and twelve on the other
Speaker 1: side of that twenty nine game stretch and have a
Speaker 1: seven and a half game lead over both the Padres
Speaker 1: and Giants heading into a three game series against the
Speaker 1: White Sox. And look, this is a big deal this
Speaker 1: homestand the day after tomorrow, Clayton Kershaw takes the mound
Speaker 1: just three strikeouts away from three thousand. If you don't
Speaker 1: have tickets, it's summertime right now. And I know it's
Speaker 1: the White Sox. I think it's Yamamoto Bobblehead Night. In fact,
Speaker 1: it is Yamamoto Bobblehead Night. I mean, come for Kershaw
Speaker 1: and get the bobblehead. That's all I'm looking at on Wednesday,
Speaker 1: and you know, find a way to capture the moment.
Speaker 1: And I fully expect him to get three strikeouts on
Speaker 1: Wednesday night. I know he's expecting himself to get three
Speaker 1: strikeouts on Wednesday night. The White Sox are one of
Speaker 1: the worst teams in baseball. I haven't really done a
Speaker 1: deep dive on how many times they have struck out,
Speaker 1: but the Rockies were had the highest strikeout percentage of
Speaker 1: any team in baseball. And he got five strikeouts at Corsefield,
Speaker 1: And if he was allowed to keep going, I believe
Speaker 1: he would have got it in Coursefield. But come on,
Speaker 1: we all wanted Kershaw to achieve this all time career
Speaker 1: milestone here at Dodger Stadium. Is he on your Mount Rushmore?
Speaker 1: Of course he is. Of course He's the greatest Dodger
Speaker 1: in the last quarter century. Who is the last two
Speaker 1: on your Mount Rushmore? I got Kershawn justin Turner. I'm
Speaker 1: kind of torn between Mookie Seeger Bellinger, one year of
Speaker 1: Otani and let's not forget about Matt Kemp who almost
Speaker 1: won the MVP and having a forty forty year as well.
Speaker 1: Let's go out to Chuck in Torrance. You're on Dodger
Speaker 1: Talk with David vasse Hi. Chuck.
Speaker 2: Hey, hey, David, how you doing today? Thanks for taking
Speaker 2: a call. Hey, pleasure real quick, David, I am a yeah,
Speaker 2: just real quick. I have a couple of balls, all right.
Speaker 2: I realize how out field is in that. You know,
Speaker 2: they're not fast flooring. Even though I get Padres, he's
Speaker 2: okay at center field, but the other two ends, you know,
Speaker 2: left and right field, I'm kind of worried about that.
Speaker 2: And then again, we have a goal and glove short
Speaker 2: stop there. It's not really hitting too much right now.
Speaker 2: I was wondering who we could put him back, maybe
Speaker 2: starting after the All Star Game, putting back to right field,
Speaker 2: let West s up or whatever and come back to
Speaker 2: hitting three hundred and you know, one hundred RBIs and
Speaker 2: what thirty home runs right now?
Speaker 1: Do you think that would do it?
Speaker 3: Chuck?
Speaker 2: I think that it's just my opinion. You know, we
Speaker 2: don't have too many weeks spots statement, but I just
Speaker 2: think that that's one but the but the pitching to
Speaker 2: me is, you know, I feel confident about the pitching
Speaker 2: because everybody's gonna get healthy. What do you write, Chuck, David.
Speaker 1: You're not the worst person to ask me about that, Chuck.
Speaker 1: And look, there's no denying Mookie Bets is the greatest
Speaker 1: right fielder we have seen, no doubt about it, And
Speaker 1: many that saw Willie Mays say Mookie Betts was the
Speaker 1: second best outfielder they have seen play that I have
Speaker 1: spoken to. But here's the issue. If you move Mookie
Speaker 1: Bets to right field and you move ta Oscar Hernandez
Speaker 1: to left field, are you just saying, Michael CONFORDO, You're
Speaker 1: on the bench for the rest of the year. And
Speaker 1: are you comfortable, Chuck playing a thirty six year old
Speaker 1: Miguel Rojas and moving tom Y Edmond to shortstop this
Speaker 1: early in the year Rojas Edmund Kim combination at shortstop.
Speaker 1: You know, I don't think it's crazy, Chuck. I don't
Speaker 1: think it's crazy. But right now, I just don't see
Speaker 1: that move being made because Mookie Betts has played really
Speaker 1: good shortstop. It's not like he hasn't played good shortstop.
Speaker 1: He has played good shortstop.
Speaker 2: Then basically it was a little weak, you know, and
Speaker 2: like his home run production is really you know what
Speaker 2: I'm saying. But eventually, eventually, he'll come around, you know,
Speaker 2: that's all it is.
Speaker 1: I'm actually hoping Chuck that he doesn't make the All
Speaker 1: Star team. I hope Francisco Lindor beats him out because
Speaker 1: I really believe Ki Bets he needs to catch his
Speaker 1: breath at the All Star break. He really does, because
Speaker 1: going back to Tokyo, you know, maybe he's never really
Speaker 1: had his legs underneath him. Maybe this gives him a
Speaker 1: chance to regroup, maybe just give his mind a rest.
Speaker 1: I would love Mooki just to stay in the house,
Speaker 1: go swimming with the kids in the house, don't go anywhere.
Speaker 1: Just rejuvenate yourself because you've played great shortstop and I
Speaker 1: feel like mentally you never get to take a playoff
Speaker 1: at shortstop like you do in right field. And I
Speaker 1: just feel like, if Mooki takes the All Star break off,
Speaker 1: just shut everything off and just rejuvenate your mind, your body.
Speaker 1: I think he's gonna be ready for a big second half. So,
Speaker 1: you know, as much as I would love to see
Speaker 1: in the game, would love to have Mookie Beds at
Speaker 1: the All Star Game this year, the Dodgers are going
Speaker 1: to have enough representation. I just think it would be
Speaker 1: best for Mooki and the Dodgers a blessing in disguise
Speaker 1: if for some reason Francisco Lindor beats him out in
Speaker 1: the fan vote and hopefully the coaches don't vote them
Speaker 1: to the reserves. Let's go out to see me Valley, Alex,
Speaker 1: you're on Dodger Talk. How you doing Alex?
Speaker 3: Hey, David, how you doing here?
Speaker 4: You okay?
Speaker 1: I can.
Speaker 2: Okay?
Speaker 5: Hey, yeah, Joe. I was just gonna say, I think
Speaker 5: I think Max Monkey deserves some consideration there.
Speaker 1: Definitely, Hey for Mount Rushmore since twenty eighteen, and then.
Speaker 5: Maybe maybe Seeger or soon o Tawny, But I think
Speaker 5: Max Monty definitely deserves some consideration there.
Speaker 3: Now.
Speaker 1: See this is hilarious because two months ago many callers
Speaker 1: one in Max Munsey off the Dodgers. Were you one
Speaker 1: of those people, Alex? Are you trying to just go
Speaker 1: overboard in your maxim see love? Now?
Speaker 5: No, I wasn't one of those. I was patient with him.
Speaker 5: I appreciate that the Dodgers are also patient with their
Speaker 5: players when they struggle. I think a lot of fans
Speaker 5: tend to jump ship too soon on guys. But we've
Speaker 5: seen many times before where the players just need a
Speaker 5: little bit more time to work through their struggles. But
Speaker 5: Max has been a consistent producer for us his entire career,
Speaker 5: so I was willing to bear with it and give
Speaker 5: him more time. And I'm glad that that Roberts and
Speaker 5: the GMS did as well.
Speaker 1: Smart Man, Alex. A resume means something, no doubt about it.
Speaker 1: It's not like this is Max Munsey's first year with
Speaker 1: the Dodgers. He has a lot of credit with this
Speaker 1: fan base, and that's why I thought it was ridiculous
Speaker 1: that fans were jumping off the Muncie bandwagon, and look,
Speaker 1: he needed to make an adjustment. He did. He went
Speaker 1: to get his eyes checked, and ever since then he
Speaker 1: hasn't looked back. In the last forty games, twelve home runs,
Speaker 1: forty six RBIs. In the last ten days, he said,
Speaker 1: two Grand Slams. Let's go out to Torrance. Anthony, You're
Speaker 1: on Dodger Talk with David vasse Hi. Anthony, Hey, David,
Speaker 1: how's it going great?
Speaker 6: I was just calling in to talk about the Dodgers,
Speaker 6: Mount Rushmore the last.
Speaker 1: Twenty five years. The last twenty five years, Yes.
Speaker 6: So I totally agree with you about Justin Turner and
Speaker 6: I also want to add I would say Matt Camp
Speaker 6: is because I mean, obviously that twenty eleven year was
Speaker 6: pretty special and he's always been a fan for you,
Speaker 6: So I would say Matt Camp and also Corey Seeger
Speaker 6: because of how well he played for us during the
Speaker 6: twenty twenty peason, even though you know he was injured
Speaker 6: sometimes that post season really really helped us out win
Speaker 6: that championship World Series. Yeah, exactly right.
Speaker 1: You you only have four spots. You got Kershaw, you
Speaker 1: got j T, you got Seeger, and you got Matt Camp.
Speaker 1: That's it.
Speaker 6: Yeah, those are the main four that I would put honestly.
Speaker 1: All right, Anthony, thanks for the phone call. Eight six
Speaker 1: six nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone number.
Speaker 1: We have three lines open. We will get to your
Speaker 1: phone calls. But since we are celebrating Clayton Kershawn, who
Speaker 1: knows this may be his final season in Major League
Speaker 1: baseball Because there are a lot of variables and there's
Speaker 1: not one certain thing that will dictate whether or not
Speaker 1: Kershaw comes back. He's gonna see a how he feels
Speaker 1: physically at the end of the year, and that's number
Speaker 1: one and number two. You know, there are other variables
Speaker 1: that he's gonna have to take into account. So don't
Speaker 1: take for granted any one of these starts this season,
Speaker 1: especially Wednesday night when he's just three strikeouts away from
Speaker 1: three thousand and A guy that has been his teammate
Speaker 1: longer than anybody on this current roster is keike A Hernandez,
Speaker 1: who got called up to the Dodgers in twenty fifteen
Speaker 1: after he acquired that off season. We had a chance
Speaker 1: to catch up with Key k before Kershaw's last start.
Speaker 1: Thanks a lot for the time.
Speaker 7: Yeah, you're welcome. I didn't really get a choice, so yeah.
Speaker 1: You know you want to spend more quality time with me.
Speaker 7: No, I'm doing this for Kurse, not for you, but yes,
Speaker 7: whatever you need.
Speaker 1: Okay, thank you, and it's great to have you in
Speaker 1: the starting lineup behind Kershaw. You obviously are aware that
Speaker 1: he's only eight strikeouts away from three thousand. What does
Speaker 1: he meant to you as a teammate.
Speaker 7: I think Kurts has been an inspiration.
Speaker 8: You know, I got here a lot of strikeouts ago,
Speaker 8: and when I got here, he was in the midst
Speaker 8: of one of the greatest runs that pitcher has ever
Speaker 8: put together.
Speaker 7: And if he didn't know who.
Speaker 8: If you didn't know the name, if you weren't aware
Speaker 8: of who he was, what he had done in the game,
Speaker 8: and you just observed the way that he handled his
Speaker 8: business and the way that he worked and his routine
Speaker 8: and all that, you would think that he'd be a
Speaker 8: guy that wasn't even establishing the big leagues, you know,
Speaker 8: guy that was hungry, guy doing whatever it.
Speaker 7: Took to stay at the big league level.
Speaker 8: He worked harder than anybody in the in that locker room.
Speaker 8: You never just and you never saw him just sitting
Speaker 8: in this locker He was always doing something. And you know,
Speaker 8: for him to do that, you know, coming off an
Speaker 8: MVP season and he's third, so young, and he was
Speaker 8: I would say the best way to if I had
Speaker 8: to describe in one word, it was a perfectionist.
Speaker 1: How would you describe the way your friendship, your relationship
Speaker 1: with him has grown since twenty fifteen, It's grown a lot.
Speaker 8: I mean, I he with my personality. It's not easy
Speaker 8: to be around pictures that you can't necessarily talk to
Speaker 8: on start day. So we we we.
Speaker 7: We butt heads a few times.
Speaker 8: The first couple of years, but but no, man, you know,
Speaker 8: he's we can't be any We can't be more different,
Speaker 8: but we were very similar at the same time when
Speaker 8: it comes to baseball and all this, all these things.
Speaker 8: So you know, I see Curse as a great example
Speaker 8: for for for a lot of things, you know, leading
Speaker 8: the pitching staff, leading by example in the locker room.
Speaker 8: A great family man, great great dad. You know, Curse
Speaker 8: is one of those guys that is if you have
Speaker 8: to teach show your kids how to handle themselves, you
Speaker 8: you you show Curse.
Speaker 1: When you look at him, even though you're a position player.
Speaker 1: Do you feel like he sets the tone for everybody
Speaker 1: else to raise their level of work ethic.
Speaker 8: Yeah, that's that's exactly what we're trying to get at
Speaker 8: the first question. You know, Uh, guy that has done
Speaker 8: that much and he's still working that hard, and it
Speaker 8: just it pushes you. It inspires you to work harder
Speaker 8: and and and keep trying to improve your game. And
Speaker 8: of course he's a he's uh, he's a very much,
Speaker 8: very very different picture than when when I first got
Speaker 8: to this team.
Speaker 7: But if it wasn't for his work.
Speaker 8: Ethic and and and his dedication and and it is
Speaker 8: desired to be better each and every day. Uh, the
Speaker 8: evolution of Clayton, not just as a as a guy,
Speaker 8: but as a pitcher has been incredible.
Speaker 7: And you know, to still be out there.
Speaker 8: And and his stuff is a lot different. You'd say
Speaker 8: that then ten years ago. Uh he's got new pitches,
Speaker 8: but uh, you know, and he still goes out there
Speaker 8: and then and manage manages the manages to keep him
Speaker 8: off off the off the board scoring runs.
Speaker 7: Uh. You know, it's it's really impressive.
Speaker 8: And you know, uh, every time I hear that song
Speaker 8: at Dodger Stadium, it puts me in a better mood.
Speaker 8: And it's just maybe it's a coincidence, but some of
Speaker 8: my better games as a Dodger have been behind Clinton.
Speaker 1: Is that for everybody? Does it? Does it raise the
Speaker 1: level of focus and intensity when you play behind him? Uh?
Speaker 8: Yeah, I mean whenever you have those guys on the mound,
Speaker 8: you just you want to be great for them behind them,
Speaker 8: and especially guys that found the strikes on the way
Speaker 8: that he does. He gets a lot of early contact.
Speaker 8: Guys are trying to trying to get out of the
Speaker 8: batter's box as soon as they can so that they
Speaker 8: don't strike out there. You know, they he has the curve.
Speaker 8: Boy as a slider. He has the fastball, so.
Speaker 7: Guys don't want to get to two strikes with.
Speaker 8: So a lot of guys swing early, and he manufactures
Speaker 8: a lot of weak contact because he throws a lot
Speaker 8: of pitches off the strike zone that looks like strikes,
Speaker 8: and guys are are, you know, being too aggressive because
Speaker 8: they don't want to get to two strikes And he
Speaker 8: gets a lot.
Speaker 7: Of early contacts.
Speaker 8: So he keeps you, he keeps you active on the
Speaker 8: defensive side. He's not He never puts you on your
Speaker 8: heels by you know, just walking the house or anything
Speaker 8: like that. And of course he's Clayton kershell, So you
Speaker 8: just want to make the place for him. And I've
Speaker 8: been fortunate enough to play behind him a lot and
Speaker 8: make a lot of really nice.
Speaker 7: Place for him. Kay.
Speaker 1: He said that Freddy Freeman has made him aware as
Speaker 1: he gets closer to three thousand strikeouts? How aware and
Speaker 1: how much do you think he's aware going into today
Speaker 1: and fighting against trying to chase those strikeouts?
Speaker 8: He knows, he's he's very aware, you know, Clayton, he's
Speaker 8: a he's a very self aware person. He always knows
Speaker 8: what he needs to do. He's a he's I know
Speaker 8: for a fact he's aware because we had a conversation
Speaker 8: about him potentially flying some of his former catchers for
Speaker 8: the day that he could get the three thousand strikeout
Speaker 8: in a perfect world.
Speaker 7: He he he does it at home.
Speaker 8: But yeah, he's aware, and he's he's joked around like
Speaker 8: he's like, what if I'm sitting atween nine, nine hundred
Speaker 8: ninety nine and I want to get that last strikeout
Speaker 8: on a heater and I try to overthrow it and
Speaker 8: you never get that strike out. But he's gonna get
Speaker 8: that strikeout and it doesn't really matter what pitch he uses,
Speaker 8: because you know, the only pitch that would that would
Speaker 8: not be an iconic strikeout would be the split just
Speaker 8: because he hasn't had that. Of his three thousand, not
Speaker 8: many of them have been on a split, But either way,
Speaker 8: three thousand strikeout is allowed to strikeouts and.
Speaker 7: That's why not many pitchers have done it.
Speaker 8: And you know, it's it's it's always special when you
Speaker 8: get to be part of a small part of history.
Speaker 1: Yeah, it's awesome that you're here for it. It's awesome
Speaker 1: that you're in the starting lineup playing behind Kershaw and
Speaker 1: hopefully whenever he gets that three thousand strikeout. You'll be
Speaker 1: there behind him as well. Thanks a lot for the time.
Speaker 8: Amazing if I'm behind the play or behind the behind
Speaker 8: him on the field and you're doing television like that's wow, unbelievable.
Speaker 7: Huh.
Speaker 1: Another great moment in Denver.
Speaker 7: Another great moment in Denver. Thanks a lot, Thank you
Speaker 7: so much.
Speaker 1: There he is, Key k Hernandez. There was a lot
Speaker 1: of kik on this road trip, a lot of lefties.
Speaker 1: The Dodgers finally got to face and keyk started to
Speaker 1: heat up, especially yesterday he hit a home run and
Speaker 1: he just missed the second one, and man, that was
Speaker 1: an amazing insight to Clayton Kershaw and a great tribute
Speaker 1: from Key k Hernandez, who has emerged as a leader
Speaker 1: on this team going back to last October. You could
Speaker 1: hear how much Kerushaw means to him and has meant
Speaker 1: to the Dodgers since he got here in twenty fifteen.
Speaker 1: We all know that, and certainly Wednesday night is going
Speaker 1: to be special. Eight six six nine eight seven two
Speaker 1: five seventy is the phone number. We are going to
Speaker 1: take a time out our last of the night, and
Speaker 1: we are going to take your phone calls at eight
Speaker 1: six sixne eight seven two five seventy. I want to
Speaker 1: know who's on your Mount Dodger Rushmore. You're Mount Rushmore
Speaker 1: of Dodgers the last quarter century. I've got two. I'm
Speaker 1: looking for the other two. Maybe you could be the tiebreaker.
Speaker 1: And also, if we have time, I'll share my conversation
Speaker 1: with the president of the Negro League Baseball Museum, Bob Kendrick.
Speaker 1: Got a lot of good response about that yesterday, so
Speaker 1: maybe we'll share that as well. A lot to get
Speaker 1: to between now at eight o'clock right here on a
Speaker 1: five to seventy LA Sports your home for Clayton Kershaws
Speaker 1: three thousand strikeouts, Dodgers back in action at Dodgers Stadium
Speaker 1: beginning Tomorrow night Dodgers White Sox at seven to ten
Speaker 1: Hawaiian Sure giveaway night. That's why are Ronnie Fossio showing
Speaker 1: up Tomorrow night? The Big Night Wednesday Night, Clayton Kershaw
Speaker 1: just three strikeouts away from three thousand. Ronnie Fossio will
Speaker 1: be there. Hope you join us as well at Dodgers
Speaker 1: Stadium to witness history with Kershaw just three strikeouts away
Speaker 1: eight sixty six nine eight seven two five seventy is
Speaker 1: the phone number. Let's go out to Downey. David. You're
Speaker 1: on Dodger Talk. How you doing, David?
Speaker 3: Good David, how are you.
Speaker 1: I'm so happy to be back home. David went to
Speaker 1: golf and stuff with the kids in Ventura today. You know,
Speaker 1: life is good again.
Speaker 3: That's great. Hey. First of all, I want to thank
Speaker 3: you for this program because you know you are. You
Speaker 3: know your format, whether we're happy the Dodgers win or
Speaker 3: we get a little bumm because they lose, you know,
Speaker 3: you listen to us callers, and me personally, I really
Speaker 3: really appreciate what you do.
Speaker 1: Hey, thank you. I was I was a caller to
Speaker 1: Dodger Talk when I was a kid. I listened to
Speaker 1: this show my whole life. So you know it's important
Speaker 1: to have and your opinion matters. David.
Speaker 3: Okay, so here's my mount rushmore. I I agree with
Speaker 3: you with the first three with Clayton Kershaw, Jason, Justin
Speaker 3: Turner excuse me, and Lookie Betts. Now my fourth one,
Speaker 3: I'm kind of a toss up, but I'm gonna go
Speaker 3: with my my gut instinct and I would put Fernando Vealezuela.
Speaker 1: Well, now here's the catch, David, it's the last quarter century.
Speaker 1: He is not eligible last.
Speaker 3: Okay, how about Eric Ganie.
Speaker 1: Eric Ganne, you would put him above guys like Mookie
Speaker 1: bats Show, Heo, Tany, Cory Seeger, Cody Bellinger. And I
Speaker 1: think I wouldn't put.
Speaker 3: Him on there because of the saves, because you know,
Speaker 3: he broke the record for the saves.
Speaker 1: Okay, so you're you're telling me the mount Rushmore in
Speaker 1: the last twenty five years would be Kershaw, Justin Turner,
Speaker 1: Eric Ganye and who else.
Speaker 3: No, I would agree with like with Mookie Bade the
Speaker 3: first three, I agree with you.
Speaker 1: All right, So and Eric Dane. Yes, all right, David,
Speaker 1: thanks for the phone call.
Speaker 3: Ready.
Speaker 1: That's an interesting Uh, that's an interesting one right there.
Speaker 1: I mean I wouldn't include Eric Ganie because I mean
Speaker 1: he's a closer number one, number two.
Speaker 3: I mean.
Speaker 1: One inning. I mean they were great innings. They were
Speaker 1: great innings, no doubt about it. But uh, you know,
Speaker 1: he was a three time All Star, three time All
Speaker 1: Star and incredible three years, no doubt about it. But
Speaker 1: that's a little bit of a reach for me. Let's
Speaker 1: go out to a joy in Alpine.
Speaker 9: Hi, a Joy, Hey, what's up?
Speaker 2: David.
Speaker 9: Good to have you back, man.
Speaker 3: Thank you.
Speaker 9: It sounds like you're good man. So just have a
Speaker 9: couple of quick questions I had for you. Number one
Speaker 9: in regards to Max Munty and where he's been batting.
Speaker 9: I noticed that Ek kind of touched based on that
Speaker 9: during the broadcast during the weekend. Is that more some
Speaker 9: a situational thing with them trying to kind of still
Speaker 9: put him a little back when it's a lefty or
Speaker 9: is that kind of like what he said where he's
Speaker 9: kind of you know, double, you know, clean up there,
Speaker 9: kind of trying to turn over the bottom.
Speaker 1: I think it's a little bit of both. He hasn't
Speaker 1: been very good against lefties this year until recently. I
Speaker 1: mean he's been correct an one hundred hitter against lefties
Speaker 1: this year, and all of a sudden, like everything else
Speaker 1: that he touches, it's turned to gold recently. So I
Speaker 1: think it was a little bit of both.
Speaker 9: Nice and then I'm not a big list guy, but
Speaker 9: just get to give it a whirl here. So obviously Kershaw,
Speaker 9: I have Matt Kim because I think that was a
Speaker 9: taint hit and lost the MVP he had in a
Speaker 9: twenty eleven. I have Cody Bellinger, because I mean, the
Speaker 9: kid was great man when he was with us. You know,
Speaker 9: if it wasn't for the injury, who knows, and then
Speaker 9: I have Mookie and then that would be that would
Speaker 9: be it right there. I think, yeah, that's yeah, you
Speaker 9: got there. I'm pretty comfortable with that. Yes, sir, all right,
Speaker 9: all right, solid taking my call.
Speaker 1: Have a good night, brother, all right, a joy, thank you,
Speaker 1: thanks for calling. All right, let's go out to Carson, Manny,
Speaker 1: you're on Dodger Talk. You doing, Manny?
Speaker 10: What's going on DV? Welcome back to La man. We
Speaker 10: missed you out here, but we should get straight to it.
Speaker 10: My Mount Rushmore. You gotta have ck number twenty two
Speaker 10: playing Kershaw obviously, yep, I do a great I do
Speaker 10: agree with MOOKI. He had a great, great, great impact
Speaker 10: on the team, especially in twenty twenty for that World
Speaker 10: Series run. I have to add a Freddy Freeman in there.
Speaker 10: And I know he's only been on the team for
Speaker 10: the last four seasons or so, but he's missed Game seven.
Speaker 10: You know, he practically named himself last year game one.
Speaker 10: So I'm gonna put Freddy up there as my three
Speaker 10: and for four, my favorite dog of them all and
Speaker 10: I miss him terribly, Corey Seeger.
Speaker 1: I love that, Manny, and I can't believe I forgot
Speaker 1: about Freddy Freeman. But you're right that one swing in
Speaker 1: Game one of the World Series and him just being
Speaker 1: a great player certainly makes him a viable candidate. And
Speaker 1: I wouldn't argue with that, Manny. So that's a great
Speaker 1: call by you. Thanks a lot. Yeah, Freddy Freeman having
Speaker 1: the World Series that he had last year automatically put
Speaker 1: some as a candidate for the Mount Rushmore in the
Speaker 1: last twenty five years without a doubt. And he's been
Speaker 1: really good since he became a Dodger in twenty twenty two,
Speaker 1: I believe, yeah, twenty two. So yeah, hard to argue
Speaker 1: right there. And that's why it's so tough in the
Speaker 1: last twenty five years. I mean, there's been so many
Speaker 1: great players, especially in the last fourteen to fifteen years,
Speaker 1: including Freddy Freeman. Yeah, I would. I would tend to
Speaker 1: agree with you. I might have to bump somebody off
Speaker 1: my Mount Rushmore to have Freddy Freeman on mine as well.
Speaker 1: Let's go out to San Diego. Ed, You're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 1: How you doing, Ed, what's going on?
Speaker 3: How you doing?
Speaker 2: I'm I'm down with the three guys, but to me
Speaker 2: include Mike.
Speaker 1: When did Mike Piazza play at it's the last twenty
Speaker 1: five years.
Speaker 9: He was done in ninety eight, that's right, twelve All
Speaker 9: Stars with the Dodgers.
Speaker 1: Yeah, Mike Piazza was great, but he didn't play in
Speaker 1: the last twenty five years with the Dodgers. No, he's out,
Speaker 1: he's out. Thank you for the phone call. You're out too.
Speaker 1: Let's go out to George and Eastvale. You're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 1: How you doing, George?
Speaker 9: Great?
Speaker 10: Great? Thank you, David.
Speaker 3: And since he.
Speaker 1: Brought up Piazza, Hey, George. Just to make it clear
Speaker 1: for the record, I don't have Eric Carros on my
Speaker 1: Mount Rushmore because he was a nineties player. He only
Speaker 1: played three more years with the Dodgers from two thousand
Speaker 1: to two thousand and three, and his prime was in
Speaker 1: the nineties. So that's the reason why Caros isn't on
Speaker 1: mine either. I don't want him to be offended. He's
Speaker 1: easily offended, George, trust me, No.
Speaker 7: I get it.
Speaker 11: I I'll go with Kenny Jason Hey.
Speaker 1: Ken Jackson, an all time SAFS leader in the last
Speaker 1: twenty five years he became I like that, George, I
Speaker 1: like that.
Speaker 11: Yeah, Freddie Freeman, Okay, you can't beat Frederie Freeman, you know,
Speaker 11: with with this big big Homer last year and Mookie Betts.
Speaker 11: You can't beat Mookie Betts, you know. Then there's the
Speaker 11: grinder and the last one. I don't know if you agree,
Speaker 11: but he is mister clutch Man kick Hernandez baby, mister
Speaker 11: clutch Well.
Speaker 1: I will say this, George. Even Key K would tell
Speaker 1: you you're ridiculous for having him on Mount Rushmore and
Speaker 1: not Clayton Kershaw. I'll speak for KEYK here.
Speaker 11: I agree as as No, No, you're right, you're right,
Speaker 11: but you know kick A has a little soft spot
Speaker 11: in my own so no, Clayton Kersher, You're absolutely right.
Speaker 11: I agree with you one hundred percent. But what do
Speaker 11: you think about my picks?
Speaker 1: I love your picks. I love the Kennley Jansen angle.
Speaker 3: I love.
Speaker 1: That's way more legit than Eric Ganne all time saves
Speaker 1: leader in Dodgy history, and he did it from twenty
Speaker 1: eleven on.
Speaker 3: So I'm with you, George, and can getting that honorable mention.
Speaker 1: Okay, he's the mountain right next to Mount Rushmore. Thank
Speaker 1: you for the phone call, George, appreciate it. Eight sixty
Speaker 1: six nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone number.
Speaker 1: That was fun and I loved hearing all of your
Speaker 1: different Mount rushmorees. He had some good ones and made
Speaker 1: me reconsider mine, So I appreciate all the calls. We
Speaker 1: had a chance to catch up with a man that
Speaker 1: knows a lot about Mount rushmorees in the Negro Leagues.
Speaker 1: And there is one man that tells the best stories
Speaker 1: about the Negro Leagues and we are so very lucky
Speaker 1: to still have him and still sharing the stories of
Speaker 1: the Negro Leagues to the next generation. And he is
Speaker 1: the president of the Negro League Museum in Kansas City,
Speaker 1: and that is the one and only Bob Kendrick. We
Speaker 1: had a chance to catch up with mister Kendrick before
Speaker 1: yesterday's game in Kansas City, which was honoring the Negro Leagues.
Speaker 1: During the Dodgers Royals game, the Royals were wearing the
Speaker 1: Monarchs hats and the Dodgers were wearing the Brooklyn b
Speaker 1: hats in honor of the Negro Leagues. And of course
Speaker 1: the great Jackie Robinson. Thanks a lot for joining us.
Speaker 4: Oh, Dave, it's great to see you man. Thanks so
Speaker 4: much for having me on the show.
Speaker 1: Well, the franchise of Jackie Robinson, Roy Campanella, Don Newcomb,
Speaker 1: just to name a few. I mean, it is special
Speaker 1: to come to Kansas City and see the museum.
Speaker 4: Well, and there's a bridge between the two cities. Because
Speaker 4: a lot of people don't know, Dave, Dad, Jackie Robinson's
Speaker 4: illustrious professional baseball career began right here in Kansas City
Speaker 4: with the great Kansas City Monarchs in nineteen forty five
Speaker 4: in the negro Leagues. Now, he was only here for
Speaker 4: five months, but as I tell people, the five months
Speaker 4: he's spend in Kansas City, he fell in love with
Speaker 4: everything that Kansas City is famous for, barbecue and jazz.
Speaker 1: I love that. Yeah, Jackie was a big man of
Speaker 1: jazz and baseball and all that. And Roy Campanella three
Speaker 1: time MVP. He was a big player in the negro
Speaker 1: Leagues as well.
Speaker 2: Well.
Speaker 4: Noah and the Dodgers had a litany of great stars
Speaker 4: that came out of the negro Leagues camp. He joined
Speaker 4: the team in the negro Leagues called the Baltimore Elite Giants.
Speaker 4: Now it's spelled elite, but it's pronounced elite because you
Speaker 4: make those Negro leaguers mad if you call him the
Speaker 4: elite giants. Well, Campy joins the elites as a fifteen
Speaker 4: year old catcher.
Speaker 1: Can you believe a fifteen.
Speaker 4: Year old kid catching professionally in the Negro leagues? But
Speaker 4: as I tell my guests, he was not your typical
Speaker 4: fifteen year old. He was a fifteen year old man style,
Speaker 4: but he was fifteen. Nevertheless, and the great Raleigh biss
Speaker 4: MACKI took him under his wing and taught him the
Speaker 4: art of catching. And I don't have to tell Dodger fans.
Speaker 4: Roy Campanella will become a three time MVP with the
Speaker 4: Brooklyn Dodgers before a tragic car accident left them paralyzed
Speaker 4: and cut short what was still a Hall of Fame career.
Speaker 1: When we come to the Negro League Museum and you
Speaker 1: tell the stories of the Negro leagues, are you mesmerized
Speaker 1: as much as we are? Even though you've told the
Speaker 1: stories many times? Oh man, this never gets old for me.
Speaker 1: It doesn't.
Speaker 4: And every time I did a young athlete of any
Speaker 4: sports discipline, but particularly my young Major league baseball players,
Speaker 4: it just fills me with great joy to walk them
Speaker 4: through that museum, to share the stories, many of these
Speaker 4: stories that the late great Buck O'Neil and other legendary
Speaker 4: Negro leaguers shared with me, and in doing so, I
Speaker 4: feel like I'm keeping them alive in my mind and
Speaker 4: in my heart. But the thing that I share that
Speaker 4: the threat that they have with those who played in
Speaker 4: the Negro Leagues is real simple love of the game.
Speaker 4: You play this game because you love it. And I
Speaker 4: know sometimes as fans we can get a little fickle
Speaker 4: because we equate everything to money, and so these guys
Speaker 4: are afforded an opportunity to make a great living.
Speaker 1: But it's still about the love of the game.
Speaker 4: They are still playing a game that they played for free,
Speaker 4: and if they had to play it for free, they
Speaker 4: would still play it for free. But as I remind them,
Speaker 4: you will never see a greater example of love of
Speaker 4: the game than you do when you walk through the
Speaker 4: Negro League's Baseball Museum. They had to love it in
Speaker 4: order to endure the things that they had to endure.
Speaker 1: What's the lasting legacy of Jackie Robinson with the Negro
Speaker 1: Leagues and just how special is it for him? To
Speaker 1: be not only the face of American sports history, but
Speaker 1: American history period. Absolutely.
Speaker 4: Well, you know, we take great pride that Kansas City
Speaker 4: and the Negro leagues gave America arguably its greatest hero
Speaker 4: in Jackie Robinson. And for those who subscribe to the
Speaker 4: belief that one individual cannot invoke change, well you need
Speaker 4: to look no further than Jackie Roosevelt Robinson because when
Speaker 4: he walked out on that field as a member of
Speaker 4: the Brooklyn Dodgers, he was called everything but my mother
Speaker 4: would say, but a child of God when he walked
Speaker 4: out there, and he handled himself with such grace, class,
Speaker 4: and dignity. But the other side of the ledger is
Speaker 4: that he was also shouldering the weight of twenty one
Speaker 4: million black folks who were counting on him to succeed. Yeah,
Speaker 4: and that's an enormous amount of pressure for any one
Speaker 4: individual to have to bear, and he did it with
Speaker 4: tremendous grace, class, and dignity. We should never forget Jackie Robinson,
Speaker 4: and Baseball has made it such. The Dodger organization has
Speaker 4: made it such that baseball fans likely won't ever forget
Speaker 4: Jackie Robinson. And certainly as long as that museum is
Speaker 4: there operating here in Kansas City. His story will always
Speaker 4: be at the forefront, but so will those other trail blazers,
Speaker 4: those who built the bridge that allowed Jackie to cross
Speaker 4: over and for others to then follow right behind him.
Speaker 1: Before I let you go, show hand Tani one of
Speaker 1: the greatest players we've ever seen in Major League Baseball.
Speaker 1: Was there anybody like Otani in the negro leagues?
Speaker 4: Well, the thing that I love about this phenom by
Speaker 4: the name of shoe Hey Atani is that it has
Speaker 4: opened up the opportunity for me to talk about the
Speaker 4: great two way stars of the Negro leagues. And so
Speaker 4: when Shoe Hay first gets here to play in the
Speaker 4: major leagues, everyone was saying, Babe Ruth. But in my opinion,
Speaker 4: Babe Ruth is a royal comparison. The real comparison is
Speaker 4: to a guy named Wilber Bullet Rogan who was a
Speaker 4: star pitcher for the Kansas City Monarchs. He is in
Speaker 4: the National Baseball Hall of Fame. But when Bullet Rogan
Speaker 4: wasn't pitching and he was a dominant pitcher, he played
Speaker 4: the outfield and hit cleanup for the Kansas City Monarchs.
Speaker 4: Now let me tell you you don't just hit clean
Speaker 4: up for the Kasity monarch.
Speaker 1: You've got to be able to rake.
Speaker 4: And in the words of the immortal Leroy Satchel Page,
Speaker 4: in the beautiful vernacular of Leroy Satchel Page, who said
Speaker 4: that Bullet Rogan is the onliest ball player I ever
Speaker 4: heard of. I've ever seen that pitch and hit in
Speaker 4: the cleaned up position. That was Robert Bullet Joe Rogan.
Speaker 1: All right, we got a parallel to show. Hey, O, Tommy,
Speaker 1: I knew you would have the answer to that. No,
Speaker 1: But you know, I, like the rest of us, I'm
Speaker 1: a baseball fan. We marvel at what sho he has done.
Speaker 4: And it also gives me an opportunity to talk about
Speaker 4: that connection between the Negro Leagues and Japan because the
Speaker 4: Negro Leagues go to Japan in nineteen twenty seven. Man,
Speaker 4: that's seven years before Babe Ruth and as all Americans go,
Speaker 4: and they've been commonly credited with having taken our brand
Speaker 4: of professional baseball to the Japanese.
Speaker 1: But it's not true.
Speaker 4: If it was a team called the Philadelphia Royal Giants,
Speaker 4: they go over to Japan in nineteen twenty seven, they
Speaker 4: play a twenty four game exhibition series. They go twenty
Speaker 4: three to h to one on that tour, and if
Speaker 4: you were to talk to the older Japanese baseball historian,
Speaker 4: they will tell you that it was that tour and
Speaker 4: a subsequent tour by that same Philadelphia Royal Giant that
Speaker 4: was the spot that lit the flame that is now
Speaker 4: the fire for professional baseball in Japan, and it's certainly
Speaker 4: played a role in why we were able to get
Speaker 4: stars such as Hideo Nomo, my diffriend, Ichiro Suzuki, who's
Speaker 4: about to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame,
Speaker 4: and of course this phenom by the name of Shohei Antani.
Speaker 4: The negro Leagues play a pivotal role. They helped make
Speaker 4: our game the global game that it is today. They
Speaker 4: just never were given credit for it.
Speaker 1: That's why the negro Leagues can never be forgotten and
Speaker 1: it never will be forgotten because Bob Kendrick has continued
Speaker 1: to tell the story of the great negro Leagues, and
Speaker 1: the Negro League Museum Hall of Fame is one place
Speaker 1: that you have to come to and see our good
Speaker 1: friend Bob Kendrick when you come to Kansas City. Thanks
Speaker 1: a lot for the time and man the best stressed
Speaker 1: guy in Kansas City.
Speaker 4: Thank you, No, it is my pleasure. I want to
Speaker 4: thank all those Dodger fans who filled up the museum
Speaker 4: over this weekend series. Thank you guys for coming by
Speaker 4: and seeing us, Thank you for your support, and thank
Speaker 4: you for the opportunity to be on the show.
Speaker 1: Hey, we love Bob Kendrick. Thanks a lot for the time, Bob. Hey,
Speaker 1: we do love Bob Kendrick and really appreciate him coming
Speaker 1: on the show before yesterday's game right here on a
Speaker 1: five to seventy LA sports and Sports Net LA best
Speaker 1: dressed man in the stadium yesterday and Dodger fans always
Speaker 1: ask me where should we go see the Dodgers? Which
Speaker 1: stadium should we go? Visit? Kansas City? Would be worth
Speaker 1: it just to go to the Negro League Baseball Museum.
Speaker 1: It's that good.
Speaker 4: I know.
Speaker 1: Cooperstown obviously is a big deal for baseball fans, but
Speaker 1: you've got to put it on your bucket list to
Speaker 1: go see the Dodgers playing Kansas City, get that great
Speaker 1: Kansas City barbecue, and go see and visit the Negro
Speaker 1: League Museum and see Bob Kendrick and get a tour
Speaker 1: from Bob and you will learn a lot. It's really special.
Speaker 1: My favorite part of the museum is they have a
Speaker 1: miniature baseball diamond and they have statues of every great
Speaker 1: Negro League player at that position. That's my favorite part.
Speaker 1: So make it to Kansas City, make it to the
Speaker 1: Negro League Baseball Museum. That'll do it for us. Tonight
Speaker 1: on Dodger Talk, thanks to Ronnie Fossio for all his help.
Speaker 1: Thanks to you for listening. In case you missed any
Speaker 1: of the show, you can find it on the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 1: The Dodgers back in action tomorrow night at Dodgers Stadium,
Speaker 1: opening up a six game homestand beginning with a three
Speaker 1: game series against the White Sox. Yamamoto on the mound
Speaker 1: for the Dodgers tomorrow Kershaw on Wednesday, three strikeouts away
Speaker 1: from three thousand. Hope to see you out there. Tickets
Speaker 1: are available. Fox Sports Radio is next. We'll talk to
Speaker 1: you tomorrow from Dodgers Stadium. See them