WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.520 --> 00:00:06.480 One thing about this gene is the invisible and tangibles 2 00:00:06.480 --> 00:00:06.919 that they have. 3 00:00:07.160 --> 00:00:10.160 This team is really becoming a family. Let's not play 4 00:00:10.199 --> 00:00:10.839 one on Tom. 5 00:00:10.919 --> 00:00:11.599 Let's win this. 6 00:00:11.919 --> 00:00:13.720 I love writing me these guys after the show. 7 00:00:13.800 --> 00:00:15.199 So just thank you, give me are. 8 00:00:15.160 --> 00:00:17.440 Your attention, your fire and not a pisson. 9 00:00:17.800 --> 00:00:22.239 This is world champion, Dodger world championing for a small 10 00:00:22.280 --> 00:00:22.719 soft time. 11 00:00:22.760 --> 00:00:24.039 They get up people what they want to. 12 00:00:24.000 --> 00:00:25.960 Die to in a row two is special. 13 00:00:26.039 --> 00:00:27.320 I'm like, yeah, it's not a headache. 14 00:00:28.679 --> 00:00:33.159 One of a con. This ball's gone. You ready to go? Hell, 15 00:00:33.560 --> 00:00:36.320 time to the sound grab your phone. 16 00:00:36.039 --> 00:00:38.439 To get in on the show called eight six six 17 00:00:38.640 --> 00:00:41.359 nine eighty seven two five seven and go to the show. 18 00:00:41.759 --> 00:00:45.079 And now your host of Dodger Talk, David Vasse. 19 00:00:47.119 --> 00:00:50.679 We are live at Dodgers Stadium after the Angels defeat 20 00:00:50.719 --> 00:00:53.840 the Dodgers in Game two of the Freeway Series by 21 00:00:53.880 --> 00:00:58.479 a final score of eleven to nine. Welcome the Dodger 22 00:00:58.640 --> 00:01:02.920 Talk David vass say with you until eleven thirty tonight 23 00:01:03.039 --> 00:01:06.359 right here on AM five to seventy LA Sports. We 24 00:01:06.439 --> 00:01:10.760 have phone lines open and the phone lines are alive tonight. Hello, 25 00:01:11.079 --> 00:01:15.200 we have phone lines open, just to open so many 26 00:01:15.519 --> 00:01:18.920 are so outraged over this loss tonight they had to 27 00:01:18.959 --> 00:01:23.200 get in right now. It's like when the Apple store opens, 28 00:01:23.239 --> 00:01:26.040 you gotta be there for the newest iPhone. I think 29 00:01:26.079 --> 00:01:29.200 that's how Dodger fans feel tonight to get on Dodger Talk. 30 00:01:29.280 --> 00:01:32.200 But we have two lines open, and yes, I will 31 00:01:32.239 --> 00:01:34.239 get to you. Take it easy, we'll get to you 32 00:01:34.840 --> 00:01:38.159 and we'll try to sort all this out tonight because 33 00:01:38.200 --> 00:01:41.599 a lot happened, including the longest game of the season 34 00:01:41.640 --> 00:01:46.879 played by the Dodgers tonight, three hours and thirty seven minutes. Unfortunately, 35 00:01:47.040 --> 00:01:50.439 they come up short tonight in a disappointing loss. This 36 00:01:50.760 --> 00:01:54.079 is a disappointing loss. I'm not gonna say it's a 37 00:01:54.079 --> 00:01:58.079 make or bright loss, but it is a disappointing loss. 38 00:01:58.519 --> 00:02:02.599 Anytime your offense, I don't care who you are, the Marlins, 39 00:02:02.640 --> 00:02:07.640 the Angels, the Dodgers scoring nine runs, you should win, 40 00:02:08.080 --> 00:02:10.360 and you should win if you have the type of 41 00:02:10.360 --> 00:02:16.159 pitching staff the Dodgers have. But again, a Dodgers starter 42 00:02:16.319 --> 00:02:20.560 doesn't go five innings. Now. Clayton Kershaw in his season 43 00:02:20.639 --> 00:02:24.360 debut thirty eight pitches in the first inning. I mentioned 44 00:02:24.360 --> 00:02:27.840 this during the Clubhouse Show talking to nineteen eighty five 45 00:02:28.319 --> 00:02:31.240 World champion Mark Goobaza, who's in the booth for the 46 00:02:31.280 --> 00:02:34.879 Halos and really knows pitching. I asked him what he 47 00:02:34.960 --> 00:02:38.879 was seeing from Kershaw, and he just simply said, overthrowing. 48 00:02:39.000 --> 00:02:42.599 And you can understand that, coming back after not pitching 49 00:02:42.639 --> 00:02:45.520 for over a year. He threw thirty eight pitches in 50 00:02:45.560 --> 00:02:48.719 that first inning, gave up three runs. There was some 51 00:02:48.879 --> 00:02:52.840 defensive laps obviously at third base that could have ended 52 00:02:52.840 --> 00:02:55.439 that inning a little bit sooner, but he only threw 53 00:02:55.520 --> 00:02:58.840 five more pitches after that to get the final out 54 00:02:58.879 --> 00:03:02.120 of the inning, and Andy Pajz came up and gave 55 00:03:02.199 --> 00:03:05.520 him a clean slate a game tying three run home run, 56 00:03:05.919 --> 00:03:09.159 And in the second inning, Kershaw settled down and threw 57 00:03:09.280 --> 00:03:13.840 only eleven pitches, retiring the Angels in order. So it's 58 00:03:13.879 --> 00:03:17.039 not about Kershaw. It's about the whole first half of 59 00:03:17.080 --> 00:03:21.919 the season, where whether it's Blake Snell or Tyler Glasnell 60 00:03:22.879 --> 00:03:28.439 or anybody Roki Sazaki, the starters are not doing this 61 00:03:28.680 --> 00:03:33.159 bullpen any favors and that's not a good thing. And 62 00:03:33.280 --> 00:03:37.599 right now, the Dodger bullpen still leading Major League Baseball 63 00:03:37.599 --> 00:03:41.199 and innings pitched over one hundred and ninety innings pitched 64 00:03:41.719 --> 00:03:44.639 for the Dodger bullpen, and their starters have only thrown 65 00:03:45.080 --> 00:03:48.280 two hundred and seven innings. That's the worst or least 66 00:03:48.319 --> 00:03:53.120 amount in Major League Baseball this season. Before we get 67 00:03:53.159 --> 00:03:56.840 into everything else and we hear from Clayton Kershaw, let's 68 00:03:56.879 --> 00:03:59.879 give this offense some love, right Keith Key Hernandez had 69 00:03:59.879 --> 00:04:03.000 a big night on base all five times tonight. He 70 00:04:03.120 --> 00:04:08.240 scored three times, he had three walks, which was really positive, 71 00:04:08.599 --> 00:04:11.159 and he hit a home run in the fourth inning 72 00:04:11.280 --> 00:04:15.840 to pull the Dodgers closer. Also, Freddie Freeman, do you 73 00:04:15.879 --> 00:04:19.839 realize now Freddy Freeman is a qualified batter? After missing 74 00:04:19.879 --> 00:04:24.040 some time, he was not qualified for the batting title 75 00:04:24.120 --> 00:04:27.839 and different offensive categories, but he has now hit those 76 00:04:27.920 --> 00:04:31.920 marks and is qualified. Freddie Freeman tonight, with four hits, 77 00:04:32.240 --> 00:04:35.639 is hitting three seventy five on the season. That's the 78 00:04:35.680 --> 00:04:38.720 best in the National League this year, and he's only 79 00:04:38.800 --> 00:04:41.959 second in baseball to Aaron Judge, who is hitting four 80 00:04:42.000 --> 00:04:46.040 to two. By the way, Will Smith second best batting 81 00:04:46.079 --> 00:04:49.399 average to Freddie Freeman in the National League. Smith, who 82 00:04:49.480 --> 00:04:52.319 came off the bench for a pinch hit single off 83 00:04:52.319 --> 00:04:56.680 of Kennley Jansen, is hitting three thirty six. Speaking of 84 00:04:56.839 --> 00:05:01.519 Kennley Jansen, you know he wanted this tonight. You know 85 00:05:02.000 --> 00:05:07.079 when Ron Washington said warm up because we may need 86 00:05:07.120 --> 00:05:09.879 you not just for the ninth inning, but also for 87 00:05:10.000 --> 00:05:13.360 a four out save, you knew Kenley Jensen was going 88 00:05:13.399 --> 00:05:15.519 to come in and there was a very good chance 89 00:05:15.560 --> 00:05:18.680 he was going to be at his best. We saw 90 00:05:18.879 --> 00:05:22.040 ninety seven miles an hour from Kenley Jansen last night. 91 00:05:22.439 --> 00:05:24.800 We haven't seen that. The Angels have not seen that 92 00:05:24.879 --> 00:05:28.600 all year long. The jews of playing the Dodgers certainly 93 00:05:28.800 --> 00:05:33.879 came into play tonight. Kenley Jansen secured his first four 94 00:05:33.920 --> 00:05:38.319 out save this season. For his four hundred and fifty 95 00:05:38.519 --> 00:05:42.079 fifth save of his career, he has the fourth most 96 00:05:42.279 --> 00:05:46.199 in baseball history. He will be in Cooperstown, trust me, 97 00:05:46.800 --> 00:05:50.720 especially after Billy Wagner getting in. I mean, Kenley Jansen 98 00:05:50.759 --> 00:05:53.959 is one of the best closers of his generation. This 99 00:05:54.079 --> 00:05:57.800 four out save thing not something that we hadn't seen 100 00:05:57.800 --> 00:06:02.560 from Kenley as a Dodger. He closed thirty nine games 101 00:06:02.560 --> 00:06:06.120 in the regular season of four outs or more in 102 00:06:06.199 --> 00:06:10.399 his Dodger career. Three hundred and fifty of his four 103 00:06:10.519 --> 00:06:14.839 hundred and fifty five saves Whereas a Dodger seventy four 104 00:06:14.959 --> 00:06:18.279 one day will be placed among the great, so will 105 00:06:18.360 --> 00:06:21.360 twenty two down the left field line when he gets 106 00:06:21.360 --> 00:06:24.360 to the Hall of Fame. So this was a Kenley 107 00:06:24.439 --> 00:06:26.759 Jansen type of Knight to come in and have the 108 00:06:26.800 --> 00:06:29.839 opportunity for a four out save, and he got the 109 00:06:29.920 --> 00:06:34.680 job done for the Angels. Certainly disappointing for Clayton Kershot 110 00:06:34.680 --> 00:06:38.240 to a certain extent, gratifying in another respect being able 111 00:06:38.600 --> 00:06:41.040 to work as hard as he did to come back 112 00:06:41.120 --> 00:06:44.639 after left knee and left foot surgery to be back 113 00:06:44.680 --> 00:06:47.519 on the mound for the Dodgers. Let's head downstairs to 114 00:06:47.600 --> 00:06:50.040 hear from another future Hall of Famer. 115 00:06:50.480 --> 00:06:52.800 Yeah, I mean, I love being back out there. It felt. 116 00:06:53.399 --> 00:06:55.560 It's just it's a special thing to get to go 117 00:06:55.600 --> 00:06:57.480 back and pitch a Dodger stadium. Obviously I wanted to 118 00:06:57.480 --> 00:07:02.319 pitch better, need to pitch better going forward. But you know, 119 00:07:02.399 --> 00:07:05.199 I think for me, just to see that, I think 120 00:07:05.240 --> 00:07:08.480 there's some glimpses of some my stuff being there, which 121 00:07:08.519 --> 00:07:11.480 is good. The problem tonight was just command. I had 122 00:07:11.560 --> 00:07:14.759 really bad commands tonight. So I think I can fix that, 123 00:07:14.800 --> 00:07:16.519 which is good, which is an encouraging thing. 124 00:07:16.560 --> 00:07:19.519 But obviously not good enough to night to get it done. 125 00:07:19.560 --> 00:07:22.800 But you know, first, first one back and just to 126 00:07:22.800 --> 00:07:25.319 be back out here a daughter stadium was a special 127 00:07:25.319 --> 00:07:27.480 for me, regardless of the outcome the night, and. 128 00:07:27.519 --> 00:07:29.519 Just overall physically the toe they need the arm. 129 00:07:29.560 --> 00:07:32.560 How do you feel, Yeah, physically feel great. You know 130 00:07:32.600 --> 00:07:35.720 that first inning was long. I hadn't had, you know, 131 00:07:35.759 --> 00:07:38.319 a really long ending like that in rehab before, so 132 00:07:38.399 --> 00:07:41.680 I think my you know, stamina was kind of put 133 00:07:41.720 --> 00:07:45.720 to the test early, which is good. And so you know, 134 00:07:45.759 --> 00:07:48.079 obviously took my lumps on this one, but physically feel 135 00:07:48.120 --> 00:07:49.879 good and ready for the next one. 136 00:07:50.439 --> 00:07:52.000 It looks like you took a pause on your way 137 00:07:52.040 --> 00:07:54.040 out of the dugout, like you stopped and so you 138 00:07:54.040 --> 00:07:54.680 put your head down. 139 00:07:54.680 --> 00:07:55.480 Were you reflecting? 140 00:07:55.680 --> 00:07:57.680 Was it the Is that something to normally do or 141 00:07:57.680 --> 00:07:59.519 were you kind of thinking about what was going to 142 00:07:59.560 --> 00:07:59.959 happen now? 143 00:08:01.079 --> 00:08:04.160 No, I don't remember pausing. I always wait till. 144 00:08:05.480 --> 00:08:07.759 You know, eight with the game to go back on 145 00:08:07.800 --> 00:08:09.759 the field, So maybe I was just a little early today. 146 00:08:09.920 --> 00:08:12.519 But uh yeah, I think, you know, before the game 147 00:08:12.600 --> 00:08:15.800 and you know, leading up to this, you know, it's 148 00:08:15.800 --> 00:08:19.000 definitely I don't like the word emotional but there's definitely 149 00:08:19.000 --> 00:08:22.959 some like some thoughts, you know, some it's just it's 150 00:08:23.040 --> 00:08:23.959 just special. 151 00:08:23.639 --> 00:08:23.839 You know. 152 00:08:23.959 --> 00:08:26.680 So I think as you have done it more and 153 00:08:26.720 --> 00:08:28.879 you get a little bit older, you just learn to 154 00:08:28.920 --> 00:08:29.720 appreciate that more. 155 00:08:29.879 --> 00:08:34.600 So I wouldn't say that, but just it was it 156 00:08:34.639 --> 00:08:35.120 was special. 157 00:08:35.240 --> 00:08:37.600 Yeah, like what was it like being your thoughts? 158 00:08:37.240 --> 00:08:38.799 And yeah, Russia great. 159 00:08:38.799 --> 00:08:38.879 You know. 160 00:08:38.879 --> 00:08:40.600 Obviously I didn't gve him a lot to work with today, 161 00:08:40.759 --> 00:08:43.799 so you know he's he's going to be good. He 162 00:08:43.840 --> 00:08:47.639 cares a lot, wants to be good, you know, prepared 163 00:08:47.679 --> 00:08:49.919 a lot, did a lot of homework, and you know 164 00:08:50.000 --> 00:08:53.440 he's he's learning on the fly, and so you know, 165 00:08:53.480 --> 00:08:54.840 I didn't give him a lot of help today. 166 00:08:54.840 --> 00:08:57.000 Obviously I didn't hit a lot of spots. But he'll 167 00:08:57.039 --> 00:08:57.399 be fine. 168 00:08:58.559 --> 00:09:01.919 All right. There's Clayton Kurage. Obviously it's good to hear 169 00:09:02.039 --> 00:09:04.279 him say he thought his stuff was good enough. He 170 00:09:04.399 --> 00:09:07.679 just needs to have better command. Everybody was worried about 171 00:09:07.720 --> 00:09:11.159 his fastball velocity. Well, a lot of times when you 172 00:09:11.200 --> 00:09:15.200 see a guy in rehab mode, even Kershaw, the adrenaline 173 00:09:15.200 --> 00:09:17.519 in minor league stadiums is not what it is in 174 00:09:17.600 --> 00:09:20.759 the big leagues. And tonight we saw his fastball touch 175 00:09:20.879 --> 00:09:23.960 ninety one miles an hour. He averaged about eighty nine 176 00:09:24.000 --> 00:09:26.399 miles an hour on his fastball tonight, so it was 177 00:09:26.480 --> 00:09:29.639 good enough to get hitters out. Even though the Angels 178 00:09:29.759 --> 00:09:33.720 are one of the worst hitting teams statistically in baseball, 179 00:09:34.799 --> 00:09:37.200 he still was able to get outs. And after he's 180 00:09:37.200 --> 00:09:40.639 settled in after that first inning, it was better. And 181 00:09:40.679 --> 00:09:42.679 we'll see where it goes from here. His next start 182 00:09:42.759 --> 00:09:47.120 probably will be next weekend against the Mets at City Field, 183 00:09:47.200 --> 00:09:50.320 and that will be a tougher test for Kershaw. He 184 00:09:50.399 --> 00:09:54.559 mentioned Dalton Rushing and that he did well and he 185 00:09:54.679 --> 00:09:57.600 cares and he prepared sports and at LA showed on 186 00:09:57.639 --> 00:10:01.919 their broadcast last night Sean Rushing sitting next to each 187 00:10:01.960 --> 00:10:05.360 other and game planning the Angels lineup as they were 188 00:10:05.360 --> 00:10:09.159 going through last night's game, so that that you don't 189 00:10:09.200 --> 00:10:12.799 see that too often, especially from a rookie catcher. But obviously, 190 00:10:13.600 --> 00:10:17.080 as Kershaw said, Rushing special. You could tell he has 191 00:10:17.120 --> 00:10:20.120 that in factor. Not only does he have the talent, 192 00:10:20.360 --> 00:10:23.440 but he has all the intangibles to want to be great, 193 00:10:23.840 --> 00:10:25.600 and you saw that tonight. He threw out his first 194 00:10:25.679 --> 00:10:28.639 base runner in the sixth inning, strong throw and He 195 00:10:28.720 --> 00:10:32.720 also drove in a run, a game tying run in 196 00:10:32.799 --> 00:10:35.320 the sixth inning with his first extra base hit. So 197 00:10:35.759 --> 00:10:38.799 I'm a big Dalton rushing fan I have ever since 198 00:10:38.840 --> 00:10:41.320 talking to him in spring training the last couple of years. 199 00:10:41.759 --> 00:10:45.080 This guy has it. And the Dodgers have two really 200 00:10:45.120 --> 00:10:48.759 good catchers when teams sometimes don't even have one, so 201 00:10:49.799 --> 00:10:52.720 fair to say. I'll say it even now, the Dodgers 202 00:10:52.759 --> 00:10:56.159 have the best catching combo in Major League Baseball. Eight 203 00:10:56.279 --> 00:10:58.840 six six nine, eight seven two five seventy is the 204 00:10:58.879 --> 00:11:02.600 phone number. Angels beat the Dodgers tonight, eleven to nine. 205 00:11:02.679 --> 00:11:05.639 Let's go out to Orange. Sean, You're on Dodger Talk 206 00:11:05.679 --> 00:11:06.600 with David Vassi. 207 00:11:06.679 --> 00:11:11.399 Hi Sean, Hey Dave, thanks for taking my call. Good 208 00:11:11.399 --> 00:11:13.960 to be with you tonight. I I agree with you 209 00:11:14.000 --> 00:11:16.559 on the Clayton stuff. You know, I just I feel like, 210 00:11:17.159 --> 00:11:20.120 regardless of how he performs from here on out, I mean, 211 00:11:20.120 --> 00:11:22.440 we're in a bit of a victory lap for a 212 00:11:22.440 --> 00:11:25.399 future Hall of Famer, so you know, it's just good 213 00:11:25.399 --> 00:11:27.480 to see him out there, regardless of, you know, what 214 00:11:27.559 --> 00:11:28.600 the performance looks like. 215 00:11:29.480 --> 00:11:30.039 Hey, I want to. 216 00:11:30.039 --> 00:11:35.000 Ask you just about ken Lee tonight. I've noticed this 217 00:11:35.440 --> 00:11:37.759 with him a couple of times where I've seen him 218 00:11:37.799 --> 00:11:42.559 intentionally bock, Yeah, get a runner on second over to third. 219 00:11:42.679 --> 00:11:46.039 And I'm trying to understand the strategy from his standpoint. 220 00:11:46.919 --> 00:11:49.639 So if he's got a runner on third, and let's 221 00:11:49.679 --> 00:11:52.679 say that there's a hit that goes to zach Netto 222 00:11:52.879 --> 00:11:56.159 like he like there was tonight, and Zach fumbles it 223 00:11:56.240 --> 00:11:58.759 and you know, can't get the throwaway, Well, you've got 224 00:11:58.759 --> 00:12:01.240 a guy on third with two hour who's going, you know, 225 00:12:01.279 --> 00:12:02.679 on contact and he's going to. 226 00:12:02.600 --> 00:12:03.279 Score a run. 227 00:12:03.879 --> 00:12:07.639 So what's the strategy there for him to you know, 228 00:12:07.720 --> 00:12:11.480 intentionally bock and get that guy over to third when 229 00:12:12.279 --> 00:12:14.799 you know you've got the potential to have you know, 230 00:12:14.960 --> 00:12:17.799 a base runner score there versus someone on second who's 231 00:12:18.120 --> 00:12:20.559 probably not going to score off of that hit if 232 00:12:20.600 --> 00:12:22.200 it goes to zach Neto. In that case, it just 233 00:12:22.240 --> 00:12:23.320 curious what your thoughts are. 234 00:12:24.279 --> 00:12:26.679 Yeah, he told me this, He did this with the Dodgers. 235 00:12:26.799 --> 00:12:28.360 Is that what you're referring to when he was with 236 00:12:28.440 --> 00:12:31.279 the Dodgers as well, Because he explained it to me, 237 00:12:31.399 --> 00:12:35.000 He's concerned about that runner at second base peeking into 238 00:12:35.039 --> 00:12:38.399 his glove and relaying signs to the hitter. So he'd 239 00:12:38.519 --> 00:12:41.159 rather have the runner just go to third base and 240 00:12:41.200 --> 00:12:45.080 eliminate that even being a possibility. He's that confident that 241 00:12:45.159 --> 00:12:48.080 he'll be able to get the third out and not 242 00:12:48.320 --> 00:12:51.720 not even neutralize that run at third base. So he's 243 00:12:51.759 --> 00:12:55.039 more concerned about the runner at second base peeking in 244 00:12:55.360 --> 00:12:59.080 and relaying signs to the hitter, because that happened a 245 00:12:59.120 --> 00:13:02.200 few times, and he after that happened when he was 246 00:13:02.240 --> 00:13:05.679 with the Dodgers, from then that point on, he would 247 00:13:06.039 --> 00:13:07.600 bock the runner the third base. 248 00:13:10.080 --> 00:13:12.480 So even with pitchcong do you think the best that's 249 00:13:12.519 --> 00:13:13.240 still a threat. 250 00:13:14.279 --> 00:13:14.399 Uh. 251 00:13:14.480 --> 00:13:17.519 Yeah, because as he's getting ready to deliver the pitch, 252 00:13:18.200 --> 00:13:20.960 he's concerned about the runner peeking into his glove and 253 00:13:21.000 --> 00:13:23.120 seeing the grip of the pitch and relaying it to 254 00:13:23.159 --> 00:13:23.559 the hitter. 255 00:13:25.440 --> 00:13:27.600 Sure, okay, because he's very deliberate. 256 00:13:28.120 --> 00:13:31.440 He's very deliberate with the with the uh, with the delivery. 257 00:13:31.799 --> 00:13:34.519 But that's the reason why, Sean, thanks for the phone call. 258 00:13:34.679 --> 00:13:38.240 Eight six six seven two five seventy is the phone number. 259 00:13:38.480 --> 00:13:40.919 Let's go out to Ben in La. You're on Dodger Talk. 260 00:13:41.000 --> 00:13:45.080 Hi, Ben, Hey, Dave, thanks for thanks for taking my call. 261 00:13:45.200 --> 00:13:47.799 I just have two main points to make I don't 262 00:13:47.799 --> 00:13:51.480 think Kershaw's appearance today was anything of a victory laugh. 263 00:13:51.600 --> 00:13:53.919 I think it was really sad, and I think we 264 00:13:53.960 --> 00:13:57.240 should really consider having him move into a different role, 265 00:13:57.320 --> 00:13:59.919 maybe pitching as a reliever, you know, coming in later, 266 00:14:00.200 --> 00:14:02.919 taking one or two innings. You know, I don't really 267 00:14:03.000 --> 00:14:05.919 understand why the front office is putting so much trust 268 00:14:05.960 --> 00:14:08.000 in him. And at the same time, you got to 269 00:14:08.039 --> 00:14:11.039 think about Conforto. I know, we scored nine runs, but 270 00:14:11.159 --> 00:14:13.960 bases loaded bottom of the eighth. He clearly didn't want 271 00:14:14.000 --> 00:14:16.559 to be there. I think that we really have to 272 00:14:16.559 --> 00:14:19.759 think about what we're doing with him there, how we're gonna. 273 00:14:19.600 --> 00:14:22.960 You don't think lights right there, ben No. 274 00:14:23.080 --> 00:14:25.240 I think he wanted to just get an easy out 275 00:14:25.279 --> 00:14:27.679 and move on. I think he doesn't have that same 276 00:14:27.799 --> 00:14:30.600 kind of team energy that we're looking for in the Dodgers, 277 00:14:30.679 --> 00:14:34.759 and frankly, I don't like him in the lineup so often. 278 00:14:35.159 --> 00:14:37.440 Well, all right, we'll give him a break. Let's see 279 00:14:37.440 --> 00:14:39.879 where it goes. He's been hitting the ball a lot better, 280 00:14:40.120 --> 00:14:42.559 you know. So we have seen signs of lie from 281 00:14:42.559 --> 00:14:45.919 Michael Conforto. But time will tell whether or not this 282 00:14:46.000 --> 00:14:49.120 stage is for Michael Conforto. He did play New York 283 00:14:49.120 --> 00:14:51.480 with the Mets. But this is a little bit different, 284 00:14:51.519 --> 00:14:55.840 no doubt about it. And as far as Clayton Krushaw goes, 285 00:14:56.399 --> 00:14:59.399 he's not going to the bullpen. And I disagree with you. 286 00:14:59.480 --> 00:15:01.480 I don't. I think it was sad. I think it 287 00:15:01.519 --> 00:15:04.639 was Uh it was. I don't want to call it 288 00:15:04.639 --> 00:15:06.960 a victory lap. I mean, he's out there not just 289 00:15:07.000 --> 00:15:10.120 to be a ceremonial. He's trying to win games and 290 00:15:10.159 --> 00:15:12.480 help the Dodgers get to where they need to go. 291 00:15:12.559 --> 00:15:15.320 And this was his first starting over a year. 292 00:15:15.360 --> 00:15:15.519 Ben. 293 00:15:15.679 --> 00:15:18.639 So no, I'm not accepting that. I I strongly disagree 294 00:15:18.639 --> 00:15:23.120 with that, and I think you should actually I feel like, 295 00:15:23.440 --> 00:15:26.360 you know, I'm not going to say you owe him 296 00:15:26.440 --> 00:15:28.399 a little bit of respect here, but yeah, you owe 297 00:15:28.440 --> 00:15:29.919 him a little bit of respect here. 298 00:15:29.799 --> 00:15:32.919 Ben, Yeah, I understand that. 299 00:15:33.159 --> 00:15:33.399 Yeah. 300 00:15:33.519 --> 00:15:37.039 I guess after that first inning he was pretty good. 301 00:15:38.120 --> 00:15:39.120 First inning was bad. 302 00:15:40.320 --> 00:15:42.519 This was a rough series, losing to the boss. 303 00:15:42.639 --> 00:15:45.639 He's apologized to clean Kershaw right now, please please do 304 00:15:46.000 --> 00:15:48.559 He's a closet listen, He's a clauset list man. 305 00:15:48.600 --> 00:15:51.759 You know, Clayton, I loved everything you've done. I love 306 00:15:51.799 --> 00:15:54.519 your legacy. Let's see how it goes against the Mets. 307 00:15:54.559 --> 00:15:56.480 I'm not as optimistic as you are, Dave. 308 00:15:57.240 --> 00:16:00.840 Geez, Ben, Okay, what's swan soda? Gonna take a walk, 309 00:16:01.080 --> 00:16:03.720 that's all he's gonna do. Ben, how dare you? Thank 310 00:16:03.759 --> 00:16:07.480 you for the phone call? Great phone call, Ben, appreciate it. Hey, 311 00:16:07.480 --> 00:16:09.440 we can agree to disagree, but I feel like I 312 00:16:09.480 --> 00:16:11.840 won you over. Take a step back. It's his first 313 00:16:11.840 --> 00:16:15.600 start in over a year. Matthew Stafford his buddy from 314 00:16:15.639 --> 00:16:19.559 Highland Park. Did you know that Clayton Kershaw and Matthew 315 00:16:19.559 --> 00:16:23.159 Stafford grew up together in Highland Park and they played 316 00:16:23.240 --> 00:16:26.440 on the same Little league team. That story's never been 317 00:16:26.480 --> 00:16:29.960 told before. Eight six six nine eight seven two five 318 00:16:30.080 --> 00:16:33.159 seventy is the phone number. Let's go out to Bakersfield, Alex. 319 00:16:33.480 --> 00:16:35.320 You're on Dodger Talk. How you doing, Alex? 320 00:16:36.639 --> 00:16:37.399 I'm doing good, DV. 321 00:16:37.519 --> 00:16:41.200 Thanks for taking my call. Just I can't disagree more 322 00:16:41.240 --> 00:16:43.639 with that last guy on that Clayton Kershaw. 323 00:16:43.320 --> 00:16:47.039 Take right, sacrilegious right there. 324 00:16:48.440 --> 00:16:52.399 He should have all the clout, especially with a Dodger 325 00:16:52.480 --> 00:16:55.200 fans that he could ever want and need, and not 326 00:16:55.279 --> 00:16:56.000 that he needs it. 327 00:16:56.080 --> 00:16:59.559 But he doesn't want to be that guy. He doesn't 328 00:16:59.559 --> 00:17:03.039 want to be Adam Wainwright his last year with the Cardinals. 329 00:17:03.080 --> 00:17:06.279 He doesn't want to be a hood ornament. He's out 330 00:17:06.279 --> 00:17:09.400 here to compete. And you saw a guy that maybe 331 00:17:09.519 --> 00:17:12.559 didn't have the best command or the best stuff. He 332 00:17:12.599 --> 00:17:16.119 didn't throw ninety nine, but he threw eighty nine ninety 333 00:17:16.160 --> 00:17:18.960 and was able to compete his way through four innings 334 00:17:19.000 --> 00:17:21.640 in his first starting over a year. How many guys 335 00:17:21.680 --> 00:17:24.480 do that, Some guys tap out when it's raining lightly. 336 00:17:26.000 --> 00:17:29.680 I agree, one hundred percent. Couldn't agree more. I did 337 00:17:29.720 --> 00:17:33.319 want to just make a few quick points. A couple 338 00:17:33.319 --> 00:17:36.079 of good spots. Obviously, Freddy Freeman hitting the cover off 339 00:17:36.079 --> 00:17:40.640 the ball. He's out of this world. Andy Pajis, you know, 340 00:17:40.720 --> 00:17:43.519 he's a bona fide outfielder in this league. He just 341 00:17:43.559 --> 00:17:44.240 needed a couple of. 342 00:17:44.279 --> 00:17:45.039 Weeks to get it right. 343 00:17:47.079 --> 00:17:52.799 But the concerning the bullpen, you know, and it's tough 344 00:17:52.839 --> 00:17:56.720 to fault those guys, but just the usage. You know, 345 00:17:57.079 --> 00:18:00.519 you've seen Vessia. He's grooved a few two men pitches 346 00:18:00.519 --> 00:18:04.079 this year, which he really get. 347 00:18:04.039 --> 00:18:07.480 Better as the as the season goes along. That's been 348 00:18:07.480 --> 00:18:10.400 his track record, And you know, the best comparison I 349 00:18:10.400 --> 00:18:13.000 can make for Alex Vessia is key Hernandez. I know 350 00:18:13.119 --> 00:18:15.759 one's a pitcher and one's a position player, but we 351 00:18:15.839 --> 00:18:19.559 always talk about October k K. Well, go look at 352 00:18:19.599 --> 00:18:22.359 what Alex Vessi has done for the Dodgers and nineteen 353 00:18:22.440 --> 00:18:25.240 postseason appearances. I believe he's only given up one or 354 00:18:25.240 --> 00:18:30.319 two runs. He's October Vessia, so as the season moves along, 355 00:18:30.440 --> 00:18:33.599 he gets better and peaks at the right time. So 356 00:18:33.680 --> 00:18:36.400 I'm not concerned about Vessia. 357 00:18:36.599 --> 00:18:39.279 I'm hoping you're right. And obviously you know we'll see 358 00:18:39.720 --> 00:18:43.240 in September October, so that's good. Another thing I was 359 00:18:43.319 --> 00:18:47.079 just really real quick concerned about with Yates. Obviously he 360 00:18:47.160 --> 00:18:51.000 really hasn't been the guy we saw last year. It 361 00:18:51.200 --> 00:18:54.519 just it doesn't seem like it's been been put together. 362 00:18:54.559 --> 00:18:57.279 And I knew as soon as you know he gave 363 00:18:57.359 --> 00:19:00.480 up that you know that that inning, I knew it 364 00:19:00.559 --> 00:19:02.200 was going to be some sort of injury. 365 00:19:02.240 --> 00:19:04.880 I mean the three the three run homer to Logan 366 00:19:04.920 --> 00:19:09.000 o'happy that gave the Angels the lead. Look, Kirby Yates 367 00:19:09.079 --> 00:19:11.640 is a gamer. He had an all star season last 368 00:19:11.680 --> 00:19:15.640 year with the Rangers, but he threw more innings than 369 00:19:15.759 --> 00:19:19.240 basically he's thrown his entire career last year sixty innings. 370 00:19:19.240 --> 00:19:22.200 He's thirty eight years old and tonight was his twenty 371 00:19:22.279 --> 00:19:26.119 second appearance, So I guess he's in that Daniel Hudson bucket. 372 00:19:26.400 --> 00:19:29.599 Maybe a little bit more effective at this stage of 373 00:19:29.640 --> 00:19:33.319 his career than Hudson was. But yeah, you know it's 374 00:19:33.319 --> 00:19:35.720 a risk to run a thirty eight year old out 375 00:19:35.759 --> 00:19:38.400 there as many times as the Dodgers have already, and 376 00:19:38.839 --> 00:19:42.400 you know it's not necessarily the arm that sometimes gives out. 377 00:19:42.480 --> 00:19:44.680 It could be your hamstring like we saw tonight. But 378 00:19:45.799 --> 00:19:48.279 maybe this breather will be a blessing in disguise for 379 00:19:48.400 --> 00:19:51.880 Kirby Yates. Thanks for the phone call, Alex appreciated. Eight 380 00:19:51.960 --> 00:19:55.200 six six nine to eighty seven two five seventy is 381 00:19:55.240 --> 00:19:59.400 the phone number. As far as why Tanner Scott was 382 00:19:59.440 --> 00:20:02.599 brought into eighth inning down ten to eight, usually you 383 00:20:02.640 --> 00:20:05.839 don't see your closer at home come into the game 384 00:20:05.960 --> 00:20:09.599 down two runs. You usually see them in a tied game, 385 00:20:09.680 --> 00:20:12.839 maybe down a run. But that was something a little 386 00:20:12.880 --> 00:20:15.559 out of the box managing by Dave Roberts. But the 387 00:20:15.599 --> 00:20:18.960 reason why was because he wanted to keep it a 388 00:20:19.000 --> 00:20:21.400 two run game. You could tell Dave Roberts wanted to 389 00:20:21.400 --> 00:20:25.519 win this game to face the heart of the Angels 390 00:20:25.640 --> 00:20:28.680 order that had given the Dodgers trouble tonight. Taylor Ward, 391 00:20:28.759 --> 00:20:32.720 Jorge Solaire and Logan o'hoppy, and Tanner Scott did his 392 00:20:32.839 --> 00:20:36.400 job getting those hitters out in order, maybe the most 393 00:20:36.440 --> 00:20:40.240 dominant we've seen Tanner Scott one of at least being 394 00:20:40.240 --> 00:20:43.720 able to strike out Ward and o'hopy, who hit the 395 00:20:43.720 --> 00:20:47.400 big home run tonight. So that was the thinking behind 396 00:20:47.480 --> 00:20:50.680 why Dave Roberts did that. Eight six six nine, eight 397 00:20:50.799 --> 00:20:53.559 seven two five seventy is the phone number. How about 398 00:20:53.599 --> 00:20:56.920 Dalton Rushing. He's already made a big impression in just 399 00:20:57.440 --> 00:21:01.640 two major league games, and tonight was impressive for him 400 00:21:01.680 --> 00:21:04.720 to catch a future Hall of Famer and also be 401 00:21:04.799 --> 00:21:06.799