Speaker 1: Now your host for playoff Dodger Toss sound Off Angelinos
Speaker 1: David Vasse.
Speaker 2: We are live at City Field in New York as
Speaker 2: the Dodgers are just one win away from the World Series.
Speaker 3: Welcome the Dodger Talk.
Speaker 2: David Vase with you until ten thirty tonight on the
Speaker 2: West Coast at eight six six nine, eight seven two
Speaker 2: five seventy. We will hear from Dave Roberts, we will
Speaker 2: hear from Mookie Betts, we will hear from Max Monthsey,
Speaker 2: and we will hear from Evan Phillips coming up in
Speaker 2: the next hour. A tremendous night for the Dodgers, who
Speaker 2: have really just shown how good they are and how
Speaker 2: they are playing their best baseball of the season, outscoring
Speaker 2: the Mets in their three wins twenty seven to two
Speaker 2: and outscoring them thirty to eight overall in the first
Speaker 2: four games of the series. Really awesome to see the
Speaker 2: Dodgers come together at the perfect time. And it's not
Speaker 2: just the pitching. I know the relievers have done an
Speaker 2: outstanding job, but the offense has really taken a lot
Speaker 2: of pressure off the starting pitchers and the relievers by
Speaker 2: putting up runs early in the game. And that really
Speaker 2: has been the trend that has helped Dave Roberts execute
Speaker 2: his pitching plan from start to finish, and the high
Speaker 2: leverage relievers of Blake Trinan and Evan Phillips and Michael
Speaker 2: Kopek have done their job because they have not blown leads.
Speaker 2: It's up to them to be able to execute the
Speaker 2: plan as well, and they have done that in a
Speaker 2: big way. Yamamoto tonight went four and a third innings
Speaker 2: and then was relieved by Evan Phillips, who got the
Speaker 2: last two outs of the fifth inning Viento Cinelonso and
Speaker 2: maybe the best look the Mets had this game was
Speaker 2: in the sixth inning when Evan Phillips was misfiring, loaded
Speaker 2: the bases with nobody out and was able to get
Speaker 2: out of that jam. That was really the last bit
Speaker 2: of fight the Mets had. That was their best look
Speaker 2: at the game, because after that, the Dodgers were able
Speaker 2: to pour it on even more with a two run
Speaker 2: home run by Mookie Bets in the top half of
Speaker 2: the sixth inning, and when the Mets weren't able to
Speaker 2: score in that bottom half of the sixth inning, this
Speaker 2: game was over and certainly the Dodgers are very much
Speaker 2: in control of this series, just one win away from
Speaker 2: the World Series. Eight six, nine, seven, two five seventy
Speaker 2: is the phone number. Very impressive. The way the Dodgers
Speaker 2: are conducting there at bats. Tonight's starter, Jose Contana is
Speaker 2: known to really nibble around the plate and try to
Speaker 2: get hitters to chase pitches, and that's just not what
Speaker 2: the Dodgers do. A great example of that is the
Speaker 2: man that reached basse in twelve consecutive plate appearances in
Speaker 2: this series, Max Monsey. Tonight, Max Monsey saw sixteen pitches
Speaker 2: outside of the strike zone. He only offered at two
Speaker 2: of them. He fouled one off and he swung a
Speaker 2: miss at the other. He finished with three walks tonight
Speaker 2: and finishes with twelve with reaching base and twelve consecutive
Speaker 2: plate appearances, tying him with Reggie Jackson for that streak
Speaker 2: in postseason history. Speaking on Max Mounsey, he just spoke
Speaker 2: to the media in the Dodger clubhouse and Sports Net
Speaker 2: LA brought it to us relentless offensive tack again, Max.
Speaker 4: The way the guys are doing it, Yeah, it was
Speaker 4: good up and down the lineup. We're just staying within ourselves,
Speaker 4: having good an approach and not trying to do too
Speaker 4: much in the bucks for you.
Speaker 5: I mean, twelve state at bat's getting on base and
Speaker 5: you think about that.
Speaker 1: Were you aware of that and just kind of wasn't say,
Speaker 1: just quit that bats you've been having personally.
Speaker 4: No, I definitely wasn't aware of it, you know, but
Speaker 4: it's obviously really cool for me. The most important things
Speaker 4: that means I'm getting on base, giving my teammates a
Speaker 4: chance to drop me in create and havoc doing anything
Speaker 4: I can, and uh, you know, to me, that's just
Speaker 4: the most important thing is that I'm having good at
Speaker 4: bets and being able to get on base for my guys.
Speaker 6: How important one.
Speaker 7: Kind against Kintana guy who likes to get guys to chase,
Speaker 7: to not chase and stay after the ward rocks if
Speaker 7: you do.
Speaker 4: The last Yeah, And that was kind of a battle
Speaker 4: of you know, who was going to give in first.
Speaker 4: He wanted to get us a chase, We wanted to
Speaker 4: get him through strikes, and uh, you know it was just, uh,
Speaker 4: who was going to be more stubborn and uh, you know,
Speaker 4: I feel like we we were about last on that.
Speaker 3: And what's the feeling of the clubhouse one one away
Speaker 3: from the World Series.
Speaker 4: It's it's right now. You know, we're shout out tomorrow
Speaker 4: as an OL series. We have prepare, prepare the right way,
Speaker 4: do everything the right way, and play our game and
Speaker 4: go out there and try to get a win tomorrow.
Speaker 7: You know, you guys are playing such a complete baseball
Speaker 7: r I know, is this the most complete you've played all season?
Speaker 3: Do you think?
Speaker 6: Yeah?
Speaker 4: Yeah, you know, Uh, the most important thing is just
Speaker 4: everyone's you know, understanding the role.
Speaker 3: I'm not trying to do too much.
Speaker 4: And when you have an entire group of guys that
Speaker 4: are buying into that mindset, that becomes pretty special. And
Speaker 4: that's what we're able to do right now.
Speaker 8: You talked like the last off season, how you guys
Speaker 8: digging into the numbers and kind of seeing like teams
Speaker 8: that swung freely, you know, with pants, Like was there
Speaker 8: a temptation to kind of get away from what you
Speaker 8: guys do in the regular season at all, approach wise
Speaker 8: as a team, and how this scene is kind of
Speaker 8: the team wide approach payoffs so far this suckers.
Speaker 4: Yeah, you know, there was definitely some talks about it,
Speaker 4: but I think the biggest thing was understanding you know
Speaker 4: more in depth why that is, and you know it's
Speaker 4: it's it's being aggressive on balls in the zone, not
Speaker 4: taking balls in his own and you know, not swinging
Speaker 4: out of the zone. And you know, I think that's
Speaker 4: just a deeper understanding for us and understanding who we
Speaker 4: are as a team and what certain pitches we can hit,
Speaker 4: what pitches we can't hit. And you know, we've had
Speaker 4: an entire lineup being able to buy into the.
Speaker 2: All Right, there's Max Muncy who has led the way
Speaker 2: for the Dodgers being as patient and selective as they
Speaker 2: have been in the first four games of this NLCS
Speaker 2: to take a commanding three games to one lead.
Speaker 3: And when you.
Speaker 2: Talk about just how good they have been with the walks,
Speaker 2: the Dodger offense has drawn thirty one walks. Our friend
Speaker 2: at MLB, Sarah Langs, tweeted that that is the most
Speaker 2: walks drawn in a four game postseason span. Thirty one
Speaker 2: walks by the Dodgers in the first four games of
Speaker 2: the NLCS. Let's go out to the phones for the
Speaker 2: first time tonight. Let's go out to Nick in Wittier.
Speaker 2: You're on Dodger Talk Live from New York.
Speaker 6: Hi, Nick, Hey, Dave again, Man, I love you so much.
Speaker 6: You're the best. And I'll tell you what, Man, these
Speaker 6: players are. They're so patient and they're just like because
Speaker 6: they've been every four and they're playing great, and they're
Speaker 6: just like they're they're calm at the plate, and that's
Speaker 6: what I want to see. And Yamamoto look great. You know,
Speaker 6: I feel like Dave could gets win one more, one
Speaker 6: more inning, but the bullpen is just so dominant, like
Speaker 6: you can't do it. And then of course with Tani
Speaker 6: and Bet, the stars have been shining, shining bright today.
Speaker 2: They really have, Nick, and thank you for the phone call.
Speaker 2: And look, I understand that Yamamoto is pitching well tonight.
Speaker 2: Yamamoto tonight in four and a third innings only through
Speaker 2: seventy three pitches. This was the only game he was
Speaker 2: pitching in in this NLCS, So I completely understand asking
Speaker 2: the question why didn't Dave Roberts allow him to go
Speaker 2: deeper in the game. Look, the expectations are high for Yamamoto.
Speaker 2: He's the highest paid pitcher in baseball history. You would
Speaker 2: expect him to go a little bit deeper. You would
Speaker 2: expect him maybe to pitch more than once in a
Speaker 2: seven game series. But are those are the Yamamoto rules
Speaker 2: right now? He was facing the lineup for a third time.
Speaker 2: Viento's had good swings off of him in his first
Speaker 2: two at bats. The Dodgers strength is their bullpen, so
Speaker 2: those were the reasons why Dave Roberts decided after Lindore
Speaker 2: it's time to go to the bullpen.
Speaker 3: He brought in Evan.
Speaker 2: Phillips, who was able to get Viento's and Alonzo and
Speaker 2: then come back for the sixth inning and got himself
Speaker 2: into a Bas's loaded jam with nobody out and was
Speaker 2: able to get the last three batters in that Mets
Speaker 2: lineup to get himself out of that Bas's loaded jam.
Speaker 2: Let's go off to Martinez, California. Kevin, you're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 9: Hi, Kevin, thanks so much for taking my phone call,
Speaker 9: my pleasure.
Speaker 3: The Dodgers are one win away from the World Series. Kevin.
Speaker 3: How does that sound?
Speaker 9: Oh man, it sounds so good. I just wanted to
Speaker 9: call today to trash people like myself who have been
Speaker 9: doubting this team all year. First stinning of the Padres game,
Speaker 9: I was a little worried, but you know you are
Speaker 9: my patron saint. Of positivity, David.
Speaker 10: I want to think, thank you.
Speaker 3: I just have a lot of confident.
Speaker 9: Of reason, David, and I need reason in my life.
Speaker 9: And the Dodgers are lucky to have you. We're lucky
Speaker 9: to have you as fans. And let's go Dodgers, Let's
Speaker 9: go Blue.
Speaker 3: I love it, Kevin.
Speaker 2: Thank you for the phone call, and just to let
Speaker 2: you know, tomorrow night, the Dodgers are headed to the
Speaker 2: World Series. So I called five games at the beginning
Speaker 2: of this series. I didn't expect it to go this way,
Speaker 2: but the Dodgers. I feel like the Mets are so
Speaker 2: down right now. The Dodgers have emptied out City Field
Speaker 2: the first two nights, and they were so excited for
Speaker 2: this team. They have completely broken the spirit of the
Speaker 2: team and the fan base. So I feel like tomorrow night,
Speaker 2: Jack Flaherty is going to send the Dodgers to the
Speaker 2: World Series again.
Speaker 9: Oh the play, hey kid, let's bring it on and again.
Speaker 9: Martinez California, just to bring it to people's attention, the
Speaker 9: alleged home of the Martini and the actual, verified home
Speaker 9: of the Van Gundi Brothers.
Speaker 2: I love it, Kevin, Thank you for that. Martinez California
Speaker 2: knowledge right there.
Speaker 3: I had no idea where that was.
Speaker 2: Eight sixty six ninety eighty seven, two five seventy is
Speaker 2: the phone number. And the Dodgers are going with Jack
Speaker 2: Flaherty tomorrow. They're not holding him back for Game six.
Speaker 2: Why hold him back for a game that you don't
Speaker 2: want to play. The Dodgers are going with Jack Flaherty.
Speaker 2: The Mets just barely announced their starter after the game,
Speaker 2: which is going to be David Peterson. Everything is trending
Speaker 2: the Dodgers direction, and I love what Max Munsey had
Speaker 2: to say. They're not looking at it as one win
Speaker 2: away from the World Series. They're looking at it as
Speaker 2: they need one win. It's a oo series. They want
Speaker 2: a win tomorrow. Let's head back downstairs to hear from
Speaker 2: Mooki Bett, who had four hits tonight, including a two
Speaker 2: run double and a two run home run.
Speaker 11: Mooki, congrats on the run, the two run double, the
Speaker 11: two run homer. What an incredible night for you at
Speaker 11: the play. Can you just describe what you were feeling
Speaker 11: up there and you're at bats tonight.
Speaker 12: No, I can't really describe it, but I felt pretty good.
Speaker 12: You know, it's good to feel good. It's good to
Speaker 12: help the team pitching. Pitching did amazing keeping them off
Speaker 12: the board, really, so you know it was fun.
Speaker 11: And MOOKI the lineup has changed so much behind show,
Speaker 11: hey and you what was it like to see a
Speaker 11: guy like Tommy have such a big night in the
Speaker 11: cleanup spot tonight?
Speaker 12: You know, I think that's the beauty of our our team.
Speaker 12: It can change, but whoever's in the lineup is good
Speaker 12: and they're gonna follow the plan. They're gonna they want
Speaker 12: to win, and so that's why we're that's why we
Speaker 12: are up three to one right now.
Speaker 3: Go to Peter in the second run on the left him, Mookie,
Speaker 3: I know you spoke yesterday.
Speaker 13: I guess it was about taking extra swings just how
Speaker 13: I guess what did you kind of find as you've
Speaker 13: done that? And what was there something that really clicked
Speaker 13: for you in these last few days with that extra work.
Speaker 12: I mean a lot of stuffs clicked and hasn't worked.
Speaker 12: And some work today worked, But tomorrow's a new day
Speaker 12: and I'll come work and try and find the same field.
Speaker 3: But you know, it's just a just a lot of work.
Speaker 12: God really answering prayers, all those types of things, and
Speaker 12: so it's just good to know that I helped the
Speaker 12: team go to Dylan right up in.
Speaker 14: The front.
Speaker 15: MOOKI after a tiny hit that home run to start
Speaker 15: the game. Did you kind of figure you know it'd
Speaker 15: be the type of game where okay, now they're going
Speaker 15: to start avoiding him and that you know you're going
Speaker 15: to get chances to have good swings.
Speaker 12: No, no, no, no, no, By no means, I just know
Speaker 12: there was a stretch there for like two or three
Speaker 12: at bats. I don't even think he saw a pitch
Speaker 12: from really close, which I understand, but it's gonna be
Speaker 12: tough to just walk them all the time, especially with
Speaker 12: the lineup and the and the guys Freddie Binnon play
Speaker 12: as well.
Speaker 5: So we'll see come over the right side, third the
Speaker 5: right on the mookie.
Speaker 10: Can you just talk about the way the offense has
Speaker 10: been able to work the Mets pitching staff during walks,
Speaker 10: keeping the line moving in the consistency that you guys
Speaker 10: have provided.
Speaker 12: I think, just uh following the plan are our coaches
Speaker 12: do a really good job in preparing us and the guys.
Speaker 12: We all believe in them, We believe in each other,
Speaker 12: and we know, like I said, whether the plan is
Speaker 12: right or wrong, it doesn't really matter. It's just at
Speaker 12: least we follow the plan no matter what, and it's
Speaker 12: been right so far.
Speaker 2: All right, there's Mookie Betts in the press conference room. Man,
Speaker 2: you could hear the tone in his voice. He's not
Speaker 2: acting like the Dodgers have won this series already, and
Speaker 2: that just seems to be uh a. You and formed
Speaker 2: the uniting kind of message that they haven't done anything yet.
Speaker 2: And if you remember, there was a photo posted of
Speaker 2: the video board inside the Dodger clubhouse before Game five,
Speaker 2: and it was the famous quote from Kobe Bryant that
Speaker 2: job not finished, job not done.
Speaker 3: Same thing here.
Speaker 2: The Dodgers understand they haven't done anything yet, but certainly
Speaker 2: have a commanding three games to one lead. They are
Speaker 2: one win away from the World Series. Eight six six nine,
Speaker 2: eight seven two five seventy is the phone number. David
Speaker 2: vass live at City Field with you until ten thirty tonight.
Speaker 2: Let's go out to Miguel and Pasadena. You're on Dodger
Speaker 2: Talk with David vasse Hi.
Speaker 16: Miguel, Hey, David, thanks for call. What a game to night, right, pleasure?
Speaker 3: Great game?
Speaker 16: All right, Let's let's kick it off with showy as Arnie.
Speaker 16: I mean, he went yard in his first at bat
Speaker 16: and really set the tone for the game. I mean,
Speaker 16: I have a few other talking points for us to
Speaker 16: discuss tonight.
Speaker 2: Hey, Miguel, Miguel, we all know what happened in the game.
Speaker 2: You tell me what your shot is. Are the Dodgers
Speaker 2: going to the World Series tomorrow night? Are they playing
Speaker 2: the Yankees or are they playing the Guardians?
Speaker 16: Tell me that, I mean looking ahead, I mean, we
Speaker 16: really needed to carry this momentum. Let's keep it going.
Speaker 16: I mean, I know for a fact we're gonna face
Speaker 16: the Yankees. It's gonna be a phenomenal series. And I
Speaker 16: think you you close it out perfectly. In the great
Speaker 16: words of Kobe Bryant in LA, we don't celebrate postseason wins.
Speaker 16: We celebrate championships. Kudos to a really good Mets team.
Speaker 16: But we're ready to keep it rolling. Let's go Dodgers.
Speaker 16: Thanks Dave.
Speaker 2: All right, Miguel, thank you for the phone call. Eight
Speaker 2: six six nine seven two five seventy is the phone number.
Speaker 2: The Dodgers beat the Mets tonight by a final score
Speaker 2: of ten.
Speaker 3: To two, and you heard Mookie Betts say it.
Speaker 2: The Dodgers are a very tough lineup for any team
Speaker 2: to face, and if they're going to try to pitch
Speaker 2: around show Hey Otani, they are going to welcome it.
Speaker 3: Mookie Betts is going to welcome it.
Speaker 2: Freddie Freeman, who is not in the starting lineup tonight,
Speaker 2: will welcome it. So that's a tough way to live
Speaker 2: if you're an opponent to try to pitch around show
Speaker 2: Hey Otani. Because tonight Otani showed that he's not going
Speaker 2: to chase.
Speaker 3: He drew three walks tonight.
Speaker 2: One of them was a four pitch walk and he
Speaker 2: scored four times, a big reason why Mookie Betts four
Speaker 2: for six with four RBIs so a big night for MOOKI,
Speaker 2: a big night for Tommy Edmund as well, who hit
Speaker 2: cleanup tonight. With Freddie Freeman out of the lineup and
Speaker 2: the lefty on the mound and Jose Cantana, Tommy Edman
Speaker 2: came up with a big hit in the third inning
Speaker 2: and he drove in three runs tonight. Tommy Edmund, by
Speaker 2: the way, has drove in a run in every one
Speaker 2: of these games in the NLCS. Eight six, six, two,
Speaker 2: five seventy is the phone number. Let's head downstairs to
Speaker 2: hear from manager Dave.
Speaker 7: Roberts, whether whether it's the injuries to the pitchers, Freddie
Speaker 7: being out, your all star first baseman, former MVP. It
Speaker 7: doesn't seem to bother you guys or affect you guys
Speaker 7: the way it would other teams. Why does this team
Speaker 7: have such a next man up mentality? You know, win
Speaker 7: for Freddy whatever it may be, whoever's down, It doesn't.
Speaker 7: You guys don't skip a beat and you just keep
Speaker 7: on rolling.
Speaker 6: Why isn't that?
Speaker 3: I don't know the answer.
Speaker 17: I think part of it is we've dealt with it
Speaker 17: all year with with very key contributors, and it's a
Speaker 17: it's a clubhouse that's very welcoming to new players, whether
Speaker 17: by way of trade, waiver wire pickups, young players that
Speaker 17: get called it from the system. It's a very focused group,
Speaker 17: tough group, and it's something that is probably something that
Speaker 17: I feel proud that we can hang our hat on
Speaker 17: that there's never been any excuse all year for our
Speaker 17: club as far as winning the division and winning eleven
Speaker 17: games in October, and you know, even as recent as
Speaker 17: this year to not have Freddy start a playoff game,
Speaker 17: you know, but there was no excuse we were expecting
Speaker 17: to when this game tonight. And so yeah, Michael, it
Speaker 17: is that next guy at mentality and the fight that
Speaker 17: I've seen in these guys. You know, I don't think
Speaker 17: you can kind of quantify it, but I do believe that,
Speaker 17: you know, the mindset, the attitude, you know, is applicable
Speaker 17: and manifest itself into winning baseball games.
Speaker 3: You go to ad in the back round, Hi, Dave.
Speaker 14: I had are what are your emotions about how dominant
Speaker 14: you've been these.
Speaker 3: Last two games?
Speaker 17: Emotions? Probably I'm still you know, we still have a
Speaker 17: lot of work to do. We got to win one
Speaker 17: more game this series. I love the way that our
Speaker 17: guys haven't let off the gas in the sense of,
Speaker 17: you know, I think that you know, the outcome of
Speaker 17: the last two games. Certainly if you watch the game,
Speaker 17: games doesn't tell the story. And so the way we
Speaker 17: were able to add on the last couple of nights
Speaker 17: has been huge to win a long series. I think
Speaker 17: we're just so right now. I mean, I'm still kind
Speaker 17: of enjoying it a little bit, but I'm already thinking
Speaker 17: about Peterson tomorrow.
Speaker 3: So yeah, we still got some work to do. What
Speaker 3: a Dylan in the front Dave.
Speaker 15: We saw near the end of the regular season, right,
Speaker 15: a couple of times Tony got walked intentionally the way
Speaker 15: Mookie kind of responded to that today right, the first
Speaker 15: three hits came out right after all Tony got walked.
Speaker 15: How do you think Mookie kind of takes that when
Speaker 15: he sees you know, them basically not challenging the guy.
Speaker 17: I think he took it the same way Viento's took
Speaker 17: it personal, and that's okay, that's okay. And I think
Speaker 17: that you know, he understands whether it's a manager putting
Speaker 17: four fingers up or you know, you're throwing intentional balls
Speaker 17: two feet outside, you know you're gonna go out for
Speaker 17: the next guy. And so I think that Mookie takes
Speaker 17: a personal like you know, all competitors should. And I
Speaker 17: do think that stuff like that lights lights a little
Speaker 17: fire under him.
Speaker 15: And do you have a starter for tomorrow?
Speaker 3: And if you do, clarity Jack's gonna start.
Speaker 15: How did you kind of get to that?
Speaker 17: I think that he gives us the best chance to
Speaker 17: win tomorrow. And so it's regular you know, we have
Speaker 17: our full slew of guys behind him, and you know,
Speaker 17: there's a sense of urgency to win this game tomorrow.
Speaker 3: All right, there's manager Dave Roberts.
Speaker 2: Love to hear that, Dave a sense of urgency to
Speaker 2: close it out in Game five of the NLCS. Why
Speaker 2: hold back Jack Flaherty for a game that the Dodgers
Speaker 2: don't want to play, and that's Game six.
Speaker 3: They want to close it out tomorrow.
Speaker 2: Right here in New York can get ready for the
Speaker 2: Yankees or Guardians in casey missed it.
Speaker 3: It was a wild finish in Cleveland.
Speaker 2: The Yankees were down in the ninth inning and they
Speaker 2: hit back to back home runs off of Emmanuel Classe,
Speaker 2: Aaron Judge and John Carlos Stanton, and then from there
Speaker 2: the Guardians came back and won it an extra innings.
Speaker 2: So the Yankees are trying to close out their series
Speaker 2: in about five games. And look, if Mark Viento's doesn't
Speaker 2: hit a grand slam off of Landon Knack in Game two,
Speaker 2: we're looking at the Dodgers tonight sweeping this series.
Speaker 3: But it wasn't meant to be.
Speaker 2: The Dodgers have one more win to get to the
Speaker 2: World Series, and I firmly believe that's tomorrow night eight
Speaker 2: six six nine eight seven two five seventy is the
Speaker 2: phone number. Let's go out to Aaron and Glendale. You're
Speaker 2: on Dodger Talk Live from City Field.
Speaker 3: Hi erin.
Speaker 18: Hey, how's it going, David?
Speaker 19: This is Vana's high class to night before calling.
Speaker 16: Okay, do you wanna Hey, how's it going? We're calling shots?
Speaker 3: Yeah, call your shots? What do you got?
Speaker 6: Well?
Speaker 19: You know, the Dodgers' offense has been relentless, and that
Speaker 19: to me is the biggest difference between this year's and
Speaker 19: the last two years. Playoff teams, bullpens, shoot us up
Speaker 19: and spit us up the last two years. But with
Speaker 19: all the traffic, the Dodgers are going jack the ace
Speaker 19: coming on and our bullpen we're gonna wrap it up tomorrow.
Speaker 19: I have every bit of faith in that. I would like, though,
Speaker 19: for you to speak a little bit on since trying
Speaker 19: went the last two nights and Evan Fields pitched more
Speaker 19: than one indiing to night, how will Dave deploy a
Speaker 19: very talented bullpen and things are taking my call?
Speaker 3: Yeah, my pleasure. Aaron.
Speaker 2: Yes, Blake Trinon definitely has been pitched a lot in
Speaker 2: this series. But if you look at it back to
Speaker 2: back nights, is he going to go three in a row.
Speaker 2: If the Dodgers need him to, he will. Evan Phillips
Speaker 2: pitched for the first time in this series tonight even
Speaker 2: though he threw thirty four pitches. Michael Kopek did not
Speaker 2: pitch tonight, and he could be used tomorrow because he's
Speaker 2: only pitched in one game this series. So the Dodger
Speaker 2: bullpen is looking pretty good, and that's thanks to their
Speaker 2: offense because last night they blew out the Mets. Tonight
Speaker 2: they blow out the Mets, so they stayed away from
Speaker 2: Anthony Banda the last two nights, so they're in a
Speaker 2: great spot. They stayed away from Daniel Hudson. Their bullpen
Speaker 2: is in a great spot. And Jack Flaherty is a
Speaker 2: big reason why the bullpen's in a great spot because
Speaker 2: he started this series with a dominant seven scoreless innings.
Speaker 2: And how perfect is it to have Jack flerity on
Speaker 2: the mount for the Dodgers, with the opportunity to pitch
Speaker 2: his childhood team.
Speaker 3: Back to the World Series.
Speaker 2: That is the great theater and great storylines that baseball
Speaker 2: always seems to produce, and it just seems like he's
Speaker 2: the perfect guy to be on the mound for the
Speaker 2: Dodgers with those circumstances. Let's take one more phone call
Speaker 2: before we go to our first break.
Speaker 3: Let's go out to Craig in Long Beach. Iray Craig,
Speaker 3: you're on Dodger Talk TV.
Speaker 14: What's happening, buddy, What a great night in New York City.
Speaker 14: You must be loving and my friend.
Speaker 3: Start spreading the news. Iray Craig.
Speaker 14: I'll tell you, man, it is great to see the
Speaker 14: Dodgers coming together like they are right now. Like you said,
Speaker 14: they're playing the best ball of the year, I believe,
Speaker 14: and they're just hitting on all cylinders from the top
Speaker 14: to the bottom. Of the lineup is just stacked right now.
Speaker 14: And that was that's without Freeman tonight, and it's just
Speaker 14: there's nowhere to go. You have no one to pitch around.
Speaker 14: You really don't have anywhere in the lineup where you
Speaker 14: can let up for a moment, and they're just piling
Speaker 14: on these guys. Man, it's great. I love it. I
Speaker 14: hate the Mets, and then we deface the Yankees in
Speaker 14: the World Series. Dude, Baseball is just loving this. You've
Speaker 14: got to know that the commissioner in his office is
Speaker 14: just a buzz with the reality of a Dodgers Yankees
Speaker 14: World Series. Hopefully it's going to get some big ratings
Speaker 14: and put baseball back where it belongs, right at the
Speaker 14: top of American sports man, Dodger baseball right now is
Speaker 14: the sweetest line that you can drink, Buddy, and I'll
Speaker 14: be listening tomorrow. I can't wait, all.
Speaker 3: Right, Craig, thanks a lot for the phone call.
Speaker 2: Yes, the Dodgers and Yankees seem to be on a
Speaker 2: collision course, but the Yankees have to take care of
Speaker 2: business in their league championship series as well. And it
Speaker 2: would be special Dodgers Yankees in the World Series for
Speaker 2: the first time since nineteen eighty one, Judge versus Otani,
Speaker 2: the two best players in the game facing off against
Speaker 2: each other. That would be like Magic and Bird Boston Lakers.
Speaker 2: That's what really started the NBA becoming as popular as
Speaker 2: it did. And look, there's no other way to say it.
Speaker 2: If you had Dodgers Yankees in the World Series, that
Speaker 2: certainly would grab headlines and certainly bring baseball to the
Speaker 2: forefront of every sports fan's consciousness and maybe even crossover
Speaker 2: where fans that don't usually watch the World Series would
Speaker 2: tune in for Otani and Judge, Dodgers and Yankees. Eight
Speaker 2: six six nine eight seven two five seventy is the
Speaker 2: phone number. The Dodgers are one win away from the
Speaker 2: World Series after a ten to two win over the Mets.
Speaker 3: On a five to seventy LA Sports.
Speaker 1: Dodger Talk is available on a five seventy LA sports
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Speaker 1: Dodger Talk with Dodger insider David Basse.
Speaker 20: Now may tons to two.
Speaker 12: Bett swings hits a high fly ball left field, going back,
Speaker 12: nibble on the track at the wall.
Speaker 21: It is out of here.
Speaker 16: Mookie Betts watch that one fly from the batter's box,
Speaker 16: admiring a two run blast.
Speaker 2: Mookie Bets with a big night hitting behind show Heo
Speaker 2: Tani who walked three times tonight. Mooki comes up big
Speaker 2: twice tonight in the game. The first time it was
Speaker 2: a big two run double in the fourth inning, and
Speaker 2: then put the game in the fridge in the sixth
Speaker 2: inning with a two run home run. And uh, I'm
Speaker 2: not going to say this series is in the refrigerator,
Speaker 2: but it's getting very close to being closed and the
Speaker 2: eggs are almost cooling. As the Dodgers beat the Mets
Speaker 2: tonight ten to two and are just one win away
Speaker 2: from going back to the World Series for the first
Speaker 2: time since twenty twenty. Daniels Jewelers is the official sponsor
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Speaker 2: own the Dream. Eight six six nine eight seven two
Speaker 2: five seventy is the phone number you may You may
Speaker 2: hear in my voice.
Speaker 3: I'm a little under the weather and I.
Speaker 2: Was getting roasted apparently in the Dodger Clubhouse today because
Speaker 2: our old friend Alanaizzo asked me to wake up and
Speaker 2: be on her TV show High Heat on MLB Network.
Speaker 3: So you know, I got back to the hotel.
Speaker 2: Room last night at about two pre Eastern time after
Speaker 2: closing out Dodger Talk and waiting for the Uber here.
Speaker 2: So I got about what six and a half hours
Speaker 2: of sleep before I had.
Speaker 3: To get on with her.
Speaker 2: I put on my Justin Turner Foundation had I did shower.
Speaker 3: I did shower, but I was.
Speaker 2: A little under the weather, and when I get to
Speaker 2: the ballpark today. Number one, I'm on the seventh train
Speaker 2: to City Field and somebody hit the emergency brake, so
Speaker 2: I was delayed about thirty five minutes to get to
Speaker 2: the ballpark. And while I'm on the subway, I guess
Speaker 2: they're replaying the show and Blake Trining is texting me
Speaker 2: like he's right around the corner. I said, wait, are
Speaker 2: you on the train. He's like, no, I'm watching you
Speaker 2: with on MLB network and your eyes are closed. And
Speaker 2: then I get to the ballpark and everybody thinks I
Speaker 2: was out till four or five in the morning and
Speaker 2: I was hungover. I wasn't hungover. I just wasn't feeling great.
Speaker 2: And that's the way I look. Sorry, That's all I
Speaker 2: can give you on a situation like that. So that's
Speaker 2: what was happening before the game. And then after the game,
Speaker 2: the Dodgers did what they have done so far in
Speaker 2: this series and really taking control of the games early on.
Speaker 3: And look, the toughest road.
Speaker 2: The Dodgers were going to have to get to the
Speaker 2: World Series was facing the Padres and they found a
Speaker 2: way to get through it in five games. The Mets
Speaker 2: have had a tremendous year, don't get me wrong, but
Speaker 2: they're not the Padres and they're not the Dodgers, and
Speaker 2: the Dodgers are just taking care of business, not giving
Speaker 2: extra outs, and they're playing for each other and the
Speaker 2: offense is doing a great job for each other. And
Speaker 2: that's the reason why they're just one went away from
Speaker 2: the World Series. And after the game tonight, I had
Speaker 2: a chance to catch up exclusively with the one and
Speaker 2: only show, Hey Otani, Show, Hey.
Speaker 3: How does that feel? How does that sound?
Speaker 2: One win away from the World Series.
Speaker 20: Played really good games the last two days, and the
Speaker 20: hope is to be able to play another good game
Speaker 20: tomorrow and just finish it.
Speaker 2: Show Hey, when you hit your lead off home run,
Speaker 2: could you feel the momentum immediately on your side tonight?
Speaker 20: You know it brought momentum, Yes on our side. Obviously
Speaker 20: they scored too, but we were able to continue our momentum.
Speaker 20: And I think you know who pitched great and pitched into.
Speaker 2: The fifth How big was that for Yamamoto to pitch
Speaker 2: the way he did tonight?
Speaker 3: Uh, this.
Speaker 21: Man, Macony.
Speaker 20: It's never easy to be, you know, pitching away in
Speaker 20: a pressure packed environment, But I think he was able
Speaker 20: to really battle through and keep the momentum on our side.
Speaker 20: He had to fight his own battles and he just
Speaker 20: really minimize the damage.
Speaker 3: Before I let you go. How much fun are you having.
Speaker 21: This ship, this Kitle.
Speaker 3: It's been.
Speaker 20: It's it's been very refreshing, just being able to enjoy
Speaker 20: with the teammates and also being able to play in
Speaker 20: front of away stadiums. The fans are amazing and it's
Speaker 20: been really fun.
Speaker 3: Arigato, thank you, thank you. There he goes show.
Speaker 2: Hey, oh tany he was walked three times tonight, he
Speaker 2: scored four times, and he also had the leadoff home
Speaker 2: run on the second pitch of the game to help
Speaker 2: the Dodgers beat the Mets in Game four ten to two. Hey,
Speaker 2: I mentioned this during the Clubhouse show, but it bears repeating.
Speaker 3: Low key.
Speaker 2: Is Tommy Edmund the NLCSMVP. You may say what, Tommy Edmund? Yeah,
Speaker 2: Tommy Edmund. He's hitting four to twelve in the first
Speaker 2: four games of this series with a ninety eighteen ops.
Speaker 2: He drives in three runs tonight. He has driven in
Speaker 2: a run in each of the first four games of
Speaker 2: this series. Not to mention playing shortstop, he has seven
Speaker 2: RBIs in this series. I would say the leading camdates.
Speaker 2: If the Dodgers close it out tomorrow, the Dodgers leading
Speaker 2: candidates for the NLCSMVPS would be either Tommy Edmund or
Speaker 2: Jack Flaherty, both of whom were acquired at the trade
Speaker 2: deadline by Andrew Friedman. Eight sixty six nine eight seven
Speaker 2: two five seventy is the phone number. Let's go out
Speaker 2: to Lynnwood, Jessica, your aunt Dodger talk live from the
Speaker 2: Big Apple.
Speaker 22: How you doing, Hey, David, I just want to say,
Speaker 22: if we win tomorrow, we want you hungover. If we
Speaker 22: get the win tomorrow, we want you coming back to
Speaker 22: La hungover. Thank you, Thank you for taking my call.
Speaker 22: I'm excited about show Hay's home run, But I have
Speaker 22: a question for you. How does it feel to see
Speaker 22: Max Menty carrying that same imagy he had, blowing cigar,
Speaker 22: smoking your face onto the plate.
Speaker 3: Me and Max Monci, I don't know.
Speaker 2: I feel like maybe i'm his Amad Rashad because he
Speaker 2: always shows his person when he's around me, and I
Speaker 2: love it. Max is a great guy and we're seeing
Speaker 2: him smile a lot.
Speaker 3: Jessica. Uh, he's doing a great job.
Speaker 2: But yeah, It's always an adventure whenever I'm around these guys.
Speaker 3: And uh, yeah, I guess i'll be.
Speaker 2: I have to drive home after we land tomorrow, so
Speaker 2: uh maybe I'll celebrate on Saturday.
Speaker 3: How about that?
Speaker 22: Yeah, twelve for twelve. We're excited for his performance. Thank
Speaker 22: you so much for taking my call.
Speaker 3: Hey, thanks for listening, Jessica, appreciate it. Hope, Uh hope.
Speaker 2: I'm smelling like champagne for a five hour flight back
Speaker 2: to La tomorrow. Eight six six nine eight seven two
Speaker 2: five seventy is the phone number. Let's go out to
Speaker 2: our guy in Guardina. Manuel, You're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 3: How you doing many DV.
Speaker 10: Here's a glorious day indeed in Dodger Kingdom. I wanted
Speaker 10: to tell you, man, I remember you. I know you remember,
Speaker 10: I should say, when they were getting chippy around you
Speaker 10: and they are like, hey, players, only meeting. I knew
Speaker 10: that these guys man business. I believe that was like
Speaker 10: in Arizona, the Arizona series of the San Diego These
Speaker 10: guys have showed a lot of hard and I think
Speaker 10: all of us fans got to finally get that Atlanta.
Speaker 3: We were in Atlanta.
Speaker 6: All that happened.
Speaker 10: But but yeah, I remember that, man.
Speaker 23: They were all chippy, and you know they're not usually
Speaker 23: like that with you, So I knew these guys were
Speaker 23: business only and it's unfinished business right now. But real quick,
Speaker 23: my point, Dave Roberts and Andrew Friedman need to be
Speaker 23: lauded the way they are, which is they are top
Speaker 23: executives and top managers in MLB, not only currently but history. Now,
Speaker 23: we're gonna get it done this year, to cement.
Speaker 10: It, to shut up all those people about twenty twenty,
Speaker 10: to shut up all the people about Atlanta being Atlanta
Speaker 10: of the New Age, because these guys got heart.
Speaker 21: Man.
Speaker 10: Tommy Edmund deserves that NLCS MVP, but Jack Flack flaherty
Speaker 10: Man is the man, and I got all the confidence
Speaker 10: in him. I love you, go Dodgers World Champions twenty
Speaker 10: twenty four, out trow.
Speaker 3: All right, Mannie, thanks a lot for the phone call.
Speaker 2: Eight sixty six nine eight seven two five seventy is
Speaker 2: the phone number.
Speaker 3: Let's go out to ROSALIEO in Lake Balboa. You're on
Speaker 3: Dodger Talk. How you doing, Rosalio?
Speaker 24: Hey, I'm doing great, Dave, how are you?
Speaker 3: I'm I'm I'm.
Speaker 2: Really excited for those guys because they've put in a
Speaker 2: lot of work, have had to go through a lot
Speaker 2: this year, and they're just one win away from the
Speaker 2: World Series and it's well deserved.
Speaker 24: Absolutely absolutely. Speaking of well deserved, I really want the
Speaker 24: La Dodgers fans to recognize Dave Roberts as just somebody
Speaker 24: that's got you know, he's got a real good set
Speaker 24: managing the bullpens, the picture staff the way he has,
Speaker 24: and I feel like he never gets enough credit. Ever.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it feels like he takes a lot of criticism,
Speaker 2: but when things go well and things work out, nobody
Speaker 2: really points out that he's pushing all the right buttons
Speaker 2: right now, and even with the starting lineup today, you
Speaker 2: know what they came.
Speaker 3: Up with really worked.
Speaker 2: And look, Rosalio, when things don't go the Dodgers' way,
Speaker 2: it's not all on Dave Roberts. And when they win,
Speaker 2: it's not all because of Dave Roberts. I'm not sure
Speaker 2: people realize that.
Speaker 24: Yeah, absolutely, well go Dodgers.
Speaker 2: Thanks all right, thank you for the phone call, Rosalio,
Speaker 2: And yeah, I appreciate you calling in and talking about
Speaker 2: Dave because he really has managed a great year there's
Speaker 2: a lot of attention, a lot of pressure, a lot
Speaker 2: of expectations, and he's been able to manage all that
Speaker 2: and find a way to be nimble in the postseason.
Speaker 2: And him and Andrew Friedman and their staff have really
Speaker 2: devised a really effective game plan for this pitching staff that, frankly,
Speaker 2: going into it was a little thin. But between what
Speaker 2: Jack Flaherty and Walker Buehler and Yoshiyamamoto have been able
Speaker 2: to give the Dodgers, they've been able to go to
Speaker 2: their strength, which is their bullpen. And what has made
Speaker 2: all this work is the offense. Did anybody think the
Speaker 2: Dodgers would outscore an opponent in the NLCS in their
Speaker 2: three wins twenty seven to two.
Speaker 3: That's what it's been.
Speaker 2: And if you take away that Mark Viento's Grand Slam
Speaker 2: in Game two of the NLCS, the Dodgers have outscored
Speaker 2: the Mets in this series thirty to four. I actually
Speaker 2: think that if Landon Nak gives up anything but a
Speaker 2: Grand Slam to Mark Vientos in Game two, We're sitting
Speaker 2: here and I'm soaked in champagne, and the Dodgers have
Speaker 2: swept the NLCS. It's just a matter of time, and
Speaker 2: time is running out on the Mets season tomorrow. Just
Speaker 2: really special to have Jack Flaherty on the mound, to
Speaker 2: be able to have the opportunity to pitch his Dodgers
Speaker 2: to the World Series. Let's go out to Mike in
Speaker 2: Rancho Cucamonga. You're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 5: How you doing, Mike, Hey, David, great to talk to you.
Speaker 5: As always, appreciate that energy from caller Manny. Appreciate that.
Speaker 5: I think every time I call you guys, he's on
Speaker 5: the line too, and he comes with that good energy.
Speaker 5: So shout out to Manny. But I just wanted to
Speaker 5: agree with the points David that you know, we we've
Speaker 5: definitely stepped up our game from the Padre series. I
Speaker 5: think we were we expanded to zone in that series
Speaker 5: and we really cleaned that up. We cleaned up our defense.
Speaker 5: You know, we're not making those mental mistakes. And you know,
Speaker 5: I think the one thing I just want to see
Speaker 5: in the World Series series is to have Max Munsey
Speaker 5: be moved up in the lineup. I think, you know,
Speaker 5: his on base percentage, in the way that he's getting
Speaker 5: on base right now, we should take some better advantage
Speaker 5: of that. Opportunity and maybe move him up in the
Speaker 5: lineup to you know, have him score some runs. But yeah,
Speaker 5: appreciate your late night work and appreciate caller Manny, and
Speaker 5: thank you for taking my call.
Speaker 3: Hey, thank you, Mike. Appreciate it.
Speaker 2: And when the Dodgers win the World Series, Mike, they
Speaker 2: better throw a parade for two guys out there, Joe
Speaker 2: Kelly and Dino Ebel, the pride of Rancho Kucamonga.
Speaker 24: Hey, let's hear it.
Speaker 5: And don't forget about call her Mike from Rancho.
Speaker 10: I'm in it.
Speaker 3: Oh, you want to be part of the parade. What'd
Speaker 3: you do?
Speaker 16: I'm late night with you, Dave.
Speaker 24: I'm listening.
Speaker 9: I'm throwing the juju out there. I got the jerseys on,
Speaker 9: the hats on. We were right, bootball gods.
Speaker 3: You could drive the convertible.
Speaker 2: Maybe you could drive Pool Hols' corvette and with those
Speaker 2: two guys in the back seat.
Speaker 3: Thanks Mike, appreciated.
Speaker 2: Eight sixty six nine eight seven two five seventy is
Speaker 2: the phone number. Dodgers beat the Mets ten to two
Speaker 2: in Game four of the NLCS and they are just
Speaker 2: one win away from the World Series. And really the
Speaker 2: first time they have an opportunity to throw a parade
Speaker 2: in LA. You heard Kei k a Hernandez say it
Speaker 2: last night. You've heard every Dodger that was part of
Speaker 2: that twenty twenty championship say the biggest regret that they
Speaker 2: missed out on was not being able to celebrate with you,
Speaker 2: not being able to have a parade. And that's what
Speaker 2: Kik wants, That's what Monsey wants, that's what Walker Buehler wants.
Speaker 3: All these guys that were part of.
Speaker 2: That twenty twenty team, they want a parade and they
Speaker 2: are doing everything in their power to try to make
Speaker 2: it happen. But even with a win tomorrow night to
Speaker 2: go to the World Series, it's not going to be
Speaker 2: easy to beat the Yankees or the Guardians. They're both
Speaker 2: really good teams. Let's go out to Downy one. You're
Speaker 2: on Dodger Talk. How you doing one?
Speaker 18: But how are you doing? How about them Dodgers? How
Speaker 18: about them Dodgers?
Speaker 3: How about them Dodgers?
Speaker 18: A quick question. I'm probably your only one that's gonna
Speaker 18: say this. I really think the Guardians are going to
Speaker 18: pull it through it knock the Yankees out. That's where
Speaker 18: I'm going.
Speaker 3: I don't want to go to Cleveland.
Speaker 18: I don't want to see New York.
Speaker 6: I don't.
Speaker 18: I'm sorry. I read.
Speaker 2: I read the Dodgers them they don't have a great bit. Okay,
Speaker 2: they got one starter and Garrett Cole. I want to
Speaker 2: see Dodgers Yankees.
Speaker 18: Yeah, but see, I really I don't know. I just
Speaker 18: really think, well, by what happened today.
Speaker 3: There you go again.
Speaker 2: You're you're getting into that trap that everybody else got
Speaker 2: into when the playoffs started. You're giving the opponent way
Speaker 2: too much credit and now not realizing your team is
Speaker 2: the team nobody wants to see.
Speaker 18: Oh yeah, yeah, I agree with you, and we're gonna
Speaker 18: be Will be either.
Speaker 14: You know.
Speaker 18: Your your question was who do we think we're gonna
Speaker 18: face in the Will series. I really think we're gonna
Speaker 18: face the Guardians. But you know, no matter who we play,
Speaker 18: we're gonna beat them. We're gonna win. I will be
Speaker 18: out there and celebrating the parade. Like I agree, it
Speaker 18: sucks that they didn't get to enjoy no parade in
Speaker 18: twenty twenty. But this is what my question to you
Speaker 18: is this, who do you think will be moving up
Speaker 18: or who will be well? Who will be calling up
Speaker 18: for the World Series team that's not in the team
Speaker 18: at this person moment.
Speaker 3: You're saying who they may switch out for the.
Speaker 2: World Series roster, Yes, sir, well, my understanding is the
Speaker 2: Dodgers are not ruling out Alex Vessia.
Speaker 3: Or Bruce star Grattarol.
Speaker 2: Those would be the two guys that I'm thinking one
Speaker 2: and who knows about Miguel Rowe. He's trying to get
Speaker 2: his sports hernia under control. So those three injured Dodgers
Speaker 2: have not been ruled out if they go to the
Speaker 2: World Series. I can't remember if Dave said Rojas is out,
Speaker 2: but he's not going to be starting many games. He
Speaker 2: would come in as a late inning defensive replacement.
Speaker 3: Thanks for the phone call, one appreciate it.
Speaker 2: That's the way we'll walk it off tonight here on
Speaker 2: Dodger Talk. Tomorrow, Game five of the World of the NLCS,
Speaker 2: with the Dodgers one win away from going to the
Speaker 2: World Series. It will be Jack Flaherty going up against
Speaker 2: left hander David Peterson Morongo Casino. Dodgers on Deck begins
Speaker 2: at one o'clock with first pitch with Rick Monday and
Speaker 2: Steven Nelson at two five from City Field. Thanks to
Speaker 2: calling ye back at our Burbank studios. Thanks to Dwayne
Speaker 2: McDonald out here at City Field, and thanks to you
Speaker 2: for listening. In case he missed any of the show,
Speaker 2: you can find it on the iHeartRadio app. That's also
Speaker 2: where you can find our pregame conversation with Walker buehlerst
Speaker 2: exciting times to be a Dodger fan. They are one
Speaker 2: win away from the World Series and it could happen,
Speaker 2: and I believe it will happen tomorrow night as the
Speaker 2: Dodgers and Mets face off in a Game five.
Speaker 3: Here at City Field. Once again.
Speaker 2: The final score in Game four, the Dodgers beat the
Speaker 2: Mets ten to two.
Speaker 3: Have a great rest of your night.
Speaker 2: We'll talk to you tomorrow morning on Scam, SAX and
Speaker 2: Cakes beginning at six o'clock.
Speaker 3: See them SA