WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.640 --> 00:00:03.319 And we continue on Fred Rogan Rodney Pete on AM 2 00:00:03.359 --> 00:00:06.679 five seventy LA Sports later this hour. Dodger fans, we'll 3 00:00:06.719 --> 00:00:10.919 open the phone lines. I'll be shocked if anybody says 4 00:00:10.919 --> 00:00:14.320 they're panicked. Shocked, but we will give you a chance 5 00:00:14.400 --> 00:00:18.039 to weigh in. Green, all good, Orange, I'm a little concerned. 6 00:00:18.239 --> 00:00:21.800 Red Now I'm panicked. That's coming up. But now let's 7 00:00:21.800 --> 00:00:24.120 bring on our good friend Dylan Hernandez from the Times 8 00:00:24.160 --> 00:00:25.640 and Dylan, good afternoon to you. 9 00:00:26.440 --> 00:00:29.120 Hey, good afternoon, you guys. How you guys doing good? 10 00:00:29.239 --> 00:00:31.879 Dylan? If we got the panic meter? Do you even 11 00:00:31.920 --> 00:00:33.759 need a panic meter for the Dodgers right now? 12 00:00:34.960 --> 00:00:36.560 I kind of think you do. 13 00:00:36.719 --> 00:00:40.479 Actually, you know, I mean I'm not panicked in terms 14 00:00:40.520 --> 00:00:43.880 of October, right I mean now, I think the problem 15 00:00:43.960 --> 00:00:47.079 now is, you know, is there going to be in October? 16 00:00:48.000 --> 00:00:49.600 You know, I think that right now. You know one 17 00:00:49.600 --> 00:00:50.640 thing I've always said, and I. 18 00:00:50.640 --> 00:00:52.840 Think I've said this on this program, you know a 19 00:00:53.079 --> 00:00:55.600 number of times over the years, is that at any 20 00:00:55.600 --> 00:00:57.880 given time, you know, the Dodgers have ten guys in 21 00:00:57.920 --> 00:00:59.920 their system who can beat the Rockies on a two 22 00:01:00.240 --> 00:01:02.960 day right, And you know a lot about getting into 23 00:01:03.000 --> 00:01:05.480 October is winning games like that, and you know the 24 00:01:05.519 --> 00:01:08.120 fact that they kind of got swept by like Anaheim 25 00:01:08.400 --> 00:01:11.159 that you know, I think obviously you know, the top 26 00:01:11.239 --> 00:01:13.239 end of the rotation, guys getting hurt again, that kind 27 00:01:13.239 --> 00:01:13.760 of happens. 28 00:01:14.359 --> 00:01:14.519 You know. 29 00:01:14.560 --> 00:01:16.640 The one thing that's kind of separated the Dodgers over 30 00:01:16.680 --> 00:01:18.799 the years is that they've had the depth to withstand 31 00:01:18.840 --> 00:01:19.519 those losses. 32 00:01:20.000 --> 00:01:20.959 And right now, you. 33 00:01:20.879 --> 00:01:22.920 Know kind of those right, those kind of four A 34 00:01:23.040 --> 00:01:24.640 guys sort of speak that you know, you kind of 35 00:01:24.640 --> 00:01:27.760 bring up, you know, to kind of patch in holes. Uh, 36 00:01:27.840 --> 00:01:30.840 those have been right, those guys have not like performed 37 00:01:30.840 --> 00:01:33.400 really and just kind of going forward from here. You know, 38 00:01:33.439 --> 00:01:35.280 on one hand, you can say, Okay, there's all this 39 00:01:35.359 --> 00:01:37.680 time until October for guys to get right, and that 40 00:01:37.760 --> 00:01:40.519 is that's totally fair, right, that's totally true. At the 41 00:01:40.560 --> 00:01:42.959 same time, they're also like all these games that they 42 00:01:43.040 --> 00:01:45.359 kind of have to win, and you kind of look 43 00:01:45.359 --> 00:01:46.879 at the schedule right now, right, I mean, they're going 44 00:01:46.920 --> 00:01:48.400 to they have some tough games coming up. You know, 45 00:01:48.400 --> 00:01:49.799 they're going to go play the Mets, They're going to 46 00:01:49.840 --> 00:01:51.840 play the Guardians. You know, they got they're going to 47 00:01:51.879 --> 00:01:53.439 have San Diego a couple of times, they're going to 48 00:01:53.439 --> 00:01:55.719 get the giants coming up in the next month, and 49 00:01:55.840 --> 00:01:58.200 so you know, as I'm kind of looking at this 50 00:01:58.319 --> 00:02:01.200 pitching situation here, right, I mean, last now the starters 51 00:02:01.280 --> 00:02:03.920 is probably the guy that's gonna that's closest to returning, 52 00:02:03.959 --> 00:02:05.439 and he might be like a month out. You know, 53 00:02:05.760 --> 00:02:07.680 Snell's probably a little bit after that. 54 00:02:08.159 --> 00:02:08.639 Old Tani. 55 00:02:08.680 --> 00:02:10.919 We're not expecting to see after the All Star breaks. 56 00:02:10.919 --> 00:02:13.159 So you know, you're really gonna kind of have to 57 00:02:13.199 --> 00:02:15.400 count on some of these depths guys again, you know, 58 00:02:15.439 --> 00:02:17.159 the land and next of the world to really kind 59 00:02:17.159 --> 00:02:19.840 of come through for you, and they haven't done that yet. 60 00:02:20.840 --> 00:02:22.080 Yeah. 61 00:02:22.159 --> 00:02:25.759 Yeah, I still think it's May twentieth in in you know, 62 00:02:25.960 --> 00:02:28.080 this was June twentieth, then maybe and they're at the 63 00:02:28.199 --> 00:02:31.680 situation and maybe, you know, I start to be having 64 00:02:31.719 --> 00:02:36.400 some concerns. But Billan, were you surprised at all about 65 00:02:36.840 --> 00:02:39.240 Austin Barton and Chris Taylor being let go? 66 00:02:41.919 --> 00:02:44.759 No, not really, I guess a little bit just in that, 67 00:02:45.120 --> 00:02:47.879 you know, I think, you know, I think the Dodgers 68 00:02:47.879 --> 00:02:49.759 have kind of done right by both of those guys, right, 69 00:02:49.960 --> 00:02:52.599 you know, the team obviously picked up Barnes's option before 70 00:02:52.599 --> 00:02:54.719 the season. You know, they were they were committed to him. 71 00:02:55.319 --> 00:02:56.800 You know, I think one kind of bad time for 72 00:02:56.879 --> 00:02:58.960 him was on the last road trip, you know, in Arizona. 73 00:02:59.599 --> 00:03:01.120 You know, he kind of too hot to throw it 74 00:03:01.439 --> 00:03:02.319 to second base. 75 00:03:02.360 --> 00:03:06.080 And I just think it kind of became obvious that 76 00:03:06.159 --> 00:03:08.639 kind of maybe from like a physical standpoint, right he 77 00:03:08.639 --> 00:03:11.000 he wasn't a major leaguer anymore, you know. I mean 78 00:03:11.000 --> 00:03:13.240 that said take nothing away from him. You know, he 79 00:03:13.319 --> 00:03:16.000 had a grade eleven year career, and I do think 80 00:03:16.039 --> 00:03:17.919 you know, he brought obviously something from like a game 81 00:03:17.960 --> 00:03:20.599 calling standpoint, you know, that was going to kind of 82 00:03:20.599 --> 00:03:23.280 maybe help some guys. But you know, you kind of 83 00:03:23.280 --> 00:03:25.960 saw the deterioration there, and you know, Taylor was kind 84 00:03:25.960 --> 00:03:28.319 of at the end of the right he was kind 85 00:03:28.360 --> 00:03:30.639 of the last guy on the roster. He was barely playing, 86 00:03:31.080 --> 00:03:32.479 you know. Kind of the one thing that I kind 87 00:03:32.479 --> 00:03:33.680 of thought was, you know, he was a couple of 88 00:03:33.719 --> 00:03:35.479 months away from kind of getting that ten years of 89 00:03:35.520 --> 00:03:38.199 service time, which I think gets you like a lifetime 90 00:03:38.520 --> 00:03:41.120 you know, health insurance or something. So I thought that 91 00:03:41.159 --> 00:03:43.000 they might want to kind of keep him around there. 92 00:03:43.080 --> 00:03:46.199 You know, Now my understanding was you know that he 93 00:03:46.240 --> 00:03:47.759 didn't want to kind of be you know, put on 94 00:03:47.800 --> 00:03:50.159 the phantom disabled list that he wants to play, and 95 00:03:50.199 --> 00:03:52.759 so you know he kind of forced the Dodger's hand there. 96 00:03:53.919 --> 00:03:55.360 So you know, yes and no. 97 00:03:55.520 --> 00:03:57.280 You know, just the fact that on one hand, you know, 98 00:03:57.280 --> 00:03:59.080 they kept these guys around for as long as they did, 99 00:03:59.680 --> 00:04:01.719 you know, would be kind of a little bit you know, 100 00:04:01.759 --> 00:04:03.520 you kind of question the timing a little bit of it, 101 00:04:03.560 --> 00:04:06.199 but you know the reality, you know, kind of going 102 00:04:06.240 --> 00:04:08.639 into kind of stuff like that about the pitching. They're 103 00:04:08.639 --> 00:04:10.280 in a race here, right, I mean, there there are 104 00:04:10.319 --> 00:04:13.159 other teams in this race, and I think those decisions 105 00:04:13.159 --> 00:04:15.319 reflect the urgency that the Dodgers have right now. 106 00:04:16.199 --> 00:04:18.600 And with James Outmann being sent down to the miners, 107 00:04:18.639 --> 00:04:21.560 I said to Rodney earlier, I don't know if we'll 108 00:04:21.560 --> 00:04:23.480 ever see him at Dodger Stadium again. I think he's 109 00:04:23.519 --> 00:04:26.600 available on a deal for minor leaguers. Do you agree? 110 00:04:28.079 --> 00:04:29.000 Yeah, you know that said. 111 00:04:29.000 --> 00:04:31.680 Guys always get hurt, right, you know, you guys get 112 00:04:31.720 --> 00:04:35.040 sent down, you kind of never expect to see them again. Obviously, 113 00:04:35.079 --> 00:04:37.439 he's you know, he's got some athleticism. You know, we've 114 00:04:37.439 --> 00:04:40.199 seen him. You know, I think it was this rookie 115 00:04:40.279 --> 00:04:42.519 year where you know, he went through like a really 116 00:04:42.560 --> 00:04:45.000 bad slump and kind of right was able to kind 117 00:04:45.000 --> 00:04:47.279 of fight his way out of that. I think, you know, 118 00:04:48.399 --> 00:04:51.319 that's something you know, I agree that you know, he's 119 00:04:51.360 --> 00:04:53.519 sure he's a piece that you can throw into a trade. 120 00:04:53.600 --> 00:04:55.160 I'm not really sure any teams are going to be 121 00:04:55.199 --> 00:04:58.560 seeking James Outman, and so you know, obviously if you 122 00:04:58.560 --> 00:05:00.560 don't kind of get blown away or anything, he's he's 123 00:05:00.639 --> 00:05:03.079 kind of a nice piece to have just in case, again, 124 00:05:03.199 --> 00:05:04.839 somebody happens to go down in the future. 125 00:05:05.600 --> 00:05:07.600 Yeah, that's kind of what I said, that he's a guy, 126 00:05:07.639 --> 00:05:09.560 he's first on the list to come right back up. 127 00:05:09.600 --> 00:05:12.519 He's been here before, especially if it's you know, it's 128 00:05:12.600 --> 00:05:15.160 late in the season, if it's September or something like that. 129 00:05:15.319 --> 00:05:18.160 And do you really want to bring someone who's not 130 00:05:18.279 --> 00:05:21.000 been up here before to fill a role because somebody 131 00:05:21.040 --> 00:05:23.560 got hurt, Whereas Autman has been up here before, so 132 00:05:23.839 --> 00:05:29.680 the experienced factor might might help them. Hey, Dylan, you 133 00:05:29.720 --> 00:05:32.560 just mentioned that Dodgers are in a race, and Andrew 134 00:05:32.600 --> 00:05:34.839 Friedman said that they're trying to win now. They are 135 00:05:34.839 --> 00:05:38.319 in a tough race. Of the teams in the West, 136 00:05:38.319 --> 00:05:40.800 outside obviously of the Rockies, who concerns you the most? 137 00:05:40.800 --> 00:05:43.000 I mean, is it the Padres or is it the 138 00:05:43.079 --> 00:05:45.839 Diamondbacks that still play with no fear when they play 139 00:05:45.839 --> 00:05:46.399 the Dodgers. 140 00:05:47.800 --> 00:05:50.160 Yeah, I think you know, Arizona they kind of don't 141 00:05:50.160 --> 00:05:53.920 have the pitching right, and in San Francisco is kind 142 00:05:53.959 --> 00:05:55.560 of on the opposite end of that, where their pitching 143 00:05:55.600 --> 00:05:58.000 has been pretty good, but they can't hit, you know, 144 00:05:59.160 --> 00:06:01.160 and so you kind of look at the balance of 145 00:06:01.199 --> 00:06:03.639 the teams. You know, probably San Diego obviously is the 146 00:06:03.639 --> 00:06:05.240 one that scares you. 147 00:06:05.240 --> 00:06:07.199 You know, obviously we've seen it kind of over the years. 148 00:06:07.240 --> 00:06:10.040 You know it kind of Machado there and Tatis just 149 00:06:10.120 --> 00:06:13.240 kind of right, they kind of ride their emotions right 150 00:06:13.519 --> 00:06:14.839 in a good way and in a bad way. 151 00:06:14.920 --> 00:06:15.040 Right. 152 00:06:15.040 --> 00:06:18.160 We've seen that go really badly for them, you know, 153 00:06:18.199 --> 00:06:20.079 a couple of years ago, and you know last year 154 00:06:20.120 --> 00:06:22.240 we kind of saw that. Okay, you know what, they're 155 00:06:22.319 --> 00:06:24.360 riding in a good wave here. You know, they this 156 00:06:24.480 --> 00:06:26.199 is a team that can win a bunch of games 157 00:06:26.240 --> 00:06:28.480 in a row. So you know, to me, San Diego 158 00:06:28.560 --> 00:06:31.199 is kind of the team that they have to worry about. 159 00:06:33.439 --> 00:06:36.040 Okay, aside from the fact that San Diego is a 160 00:06:36.040 --> 00:06:38.600 team to worry about. We said this earlier as well. 161 00:06:38.800 --> 00:06:41.439 You know, it's funny. Before the season started, the only 162 00:06:41.439 --> 00:06:43.279 thing you heard was the Dodgers spent all this money, 163 00:06:43.720 --> 00:06:45.680 and the Dodgers were evil, and the Dodgers have the 164 00:06:45.720 --> 00:06:48.279 best team. We said, by the way, that doesn't ensure 165 00:06:48.360 --> 00:06:50.920 you win, but it certainly gives you a pretty good chance. 166 00:06:51.480 --> 00:06:53.360 As they've been going through what they've been going through, 167 00:06:53.399 --> 00:06:55.120 I've not heard one person talk about the money the 168 00:06:55.160 --> 00:06:58.160 Dodgers spent. It doesn't even seem to be relevant anymore. 169 00:06:58.360 --> 00:06:58.480 Now. 170 00:06:58.439 --> 00:07:00.279 If they go on to win the World Series again, 171 00:07:00.360 --> 00:07:03.560 people will start right now, that's not even an issue. 172 00:07:03.720 --> 00:07:04.720 Do you find that interesting? 173 00:07:07.439 --> 00:07:07.639 Yes? 174 00:07:07.720 --> 00:07:07.959 And no. 175 00:07:08.000 --> 00:07:10.240 I mean it's you know, kind of I mean to me, right, 176 00:07:10.279 --> 00:07:12.519 this past off season was really like an extension of 177 00:07:12.519 --> 00:07:15.319 the previous one. And I think you're right, right, I mean, 178 00:07:15.360 --> 00:07:18.439 there's you know, how kind of you know, is who 179 00:07:18.639 --> 00:07:21.120 kind of what determines how good of a season you have, 180 00:07:21.199 --> 00:07:23.480 And if everybody gets hurt, well that's kind of a problem, right. 181 00:07:23.519 --> 00:07:23.680 I Mean. 182 00:07:23.720 --> 00:07:25.680 The one thing I do think that the Dodgers have 183 00:07:25.759 --> 00:07:28.240 kind of in their advantage right, is that Let's say 184 00:07:28.279 --> 00:07:30.800 some other team had you know, trader for glass now 185 00:07:30.800 --> 00:07:32.759 and signed Glass now to the type of extension the 186 00:07:32.800 --> 00:07:36.040 Dodgers did. You know, that's an albatross for pretty much 187 00:07:36.160 --> 00:07:38.800 every other team in Major League Baseball, maybe outside of 188 00:07:38.800 --> 00:07:41.399 the New York mess. You know, what do the Dodgers do. 189 00:07:41.480 --> 00:07:43.360 It's kind of like, Okay, well, we're not really sure 190 00:07:43.639 --> 00:07:45.319 you know, this this Glass out thing's ever going to 191 00:07:45.399 --> 00:07:48.120 work out. Let's go sign Blake Snell. Now, obviously that 192 00:07:48.199 --> 00:07:50.720 guy got hurt. You do kind of wonder going forward 193 00:07:50.759 --> 00:07:53.639 from here, right, you know, this coming off season. Not 194 00:07:53.680 --> 00:07:55.800 to look too far ahead, but you know, this coming 195 00:07:55.839 --> 00:07:58.079 off season, if if this looks like Snell is going 196 00:07:58.160 --> 00:08:00.839 to have some physical problems going forward, you know, do 197 00:08:00.920 --> 00:08:03.959 they have other you know, are they flush up with cash. 198 00:08:03.800 --> 00:08:05.800 To go out and get another guy or is there 199 00:08:05.800 --> 00:08:06.399 a limit to this? 200 00:08:06.600 --> 00:08:06.759 Right? 201 00:08:06.800 --> 00:08:08.800 Because if there is a limit to this, you know, 202 00:08:09.120 --> 00:08:11.120 I do think kind of what's happening this season is 203 00:08:11.120 --> 00:08:13.920 a little bit disconcerting in terms of going forward because 204 00:08:13.920 --> 00:08:15.639 they could limit them in terms of like what they 205 00:08:15.639 --> 00:08:18.160 can do. But yeah, you know, I think you're absolutely 206 00:08:18.240 --> 00:08:20.720 right just that, Yeah, Baseball, it's it's not. 207 00:08:20.600 --> 00:08:21.360 Like other sports. 208 00:08:21.399 --> 00:08:24.279 You know, usually you know, another sports, you just kind 209 00:08:24.279 --> 00:08:26.360 of get the best players things that will just kind 210 00:08:26.360 --> 00:08:28.519 of work out for you. Uh you know, I well, 211 00:08:28.600 --> 00:08:30.720 I guess I would say more about the Dodgers situation. 212 00:08:30.839 --> 00:08:33.399 Their money allows them to kind of paper over their mistakes, 213 00:08:33.440 --> 00:08:35.919 and that's definitely what they've done over the years. 214 00:08:36.399 --> 00:08:39.000 Yeah. Uh, Dylan, what do you make of an automated 215 00:08:39.039 --> 00:08:39.720 strike zone? 216 00:08:42.679 --> 00:08:43.159 I don't know. 217 00:08:43.200 --> 00:08:46.639 I'm kind of one of those like human element type guys, right. 218 00:08:46.519 --> 00:08:48.960 I mean, you know, I you know, I grew up like. 219 00:08:48.919 --> 00:08:51.039 Playing soccer and watching soccer and stuff, and I'm not 220 00:08:51.080 --> 00:08:54.200 a big fan for other vaar stuff, you know, I'm 221 00:08:54.759 --> 00:08:57.720 I don't mind diving in a lot of sports, you know, 222 00:08:57.759 --> 00:08:59.960 so I don't really like like the replay element of that, 223 00:09:01.000 --> 00:09:04.080 you know what. But you know, I guess now, you know, 224 00:09:04.120 --> 00:09:06.679 with the I guess with just how big sports betting 225 00:09:06.720 --> 00:09:08.960 has become, maybe it's become that much more important, right 226 00:09:08.960 --> 00:09:11.519 they you do get that in because you know, I 227 00:09:11.559 --> 00:09:13.799 do think you would look at the first right, I mean, 228 00:09:14.000 --> 00:09:17.039 if you know, let's just say baseball eventually gained the 229 00:09:17.080 --> 00:09:19.639 reputation of like a soccer or a boxing where you know, 230 00:09:19.639 --> 00:09:22.080 there's some of nefarious stuff going on. We'll be watching 231 00:09:22.120 --> 00:09:24.679 these games a lot differently, right and you know, little 232 00:09:24.720 --> 00:09:26.399 pitch outside here gets called for a strikes. 233 00:09:26.399 --> 00:09:28.200 You kind of wonder what's going on. And you know 234 00:09:28.279 --> 00:09:28.799 now that. 235 00:09:28.919 --> 00:09:30.840 I guess now that I'm kind of saying this out loud, Yeah, 236 00:09:30.840 --> 00:09:33.200 because of the gambling element. I do think that you 237 00:09:33.240 --> 00:09:35.879 need to get this maybe as consistent as possible. 238 00:09:38.240 --> 00:09:41.879 Delan Hernandez of The Times is with us. All right, Dellan, 239 00:09:41.960 --> 00:09:44.799 let's just shift over for one quick second. Talk some Lakers. 240 00:09:45.399 --> 00:09:47.879 Given the way things ended and now they need a 241 00:09:47.919 --> 00:09:51.279 big man. Do you think they will be appreciably different 242 00:09:51.360 --> 00:09:51.879 next year? 243 00:09:54.399 --> 00:09:54.600 Oh? 244 00:09:55.320 --> 00:09:57.240 I mean, I think there's obviously going to be pressure 245 00:09:57.240 --> 00:09:59.120 for them to do that. You know, I think there's 246 00:10:00.039 --> 00:10:03.440 they do kind of have this window right where it's 247 00:10:03.600 --> 00:10:06.399 they have Luca and Lebron, you know, I mean you 248 00:10:06.440 --> 00:10:08.759 can you can look at it kind of the Luca timeline, 249 00:10:08.759 --> 00:10:10.080 and okay, they have time to kind. 250 00:10:09.919 --> 00:10:10.799 Of do this. You know. 251 00:10:10.799 --> 00:10:14.840 It's interesting because I do think, you know, kind of 252 00:10:15.120 --> 00:10:17.240 put Rob Helnka's you know, I would say both his 253 00:10:17.279 --> 00:10:19.600 strength and maybe his weakness is kind of that he 254 00:10:19.639 --> 00:10:24.240 has He's patient, you know, and right every trade deadline. 255 00:10:24.399 --> 00:10:26.080 The truth is, you know, and all that bit is. 256 00:10:26.080 --> 00:10:28.559 That I'm kind of bagging the drab lebron times running 257 00:10:28.559 --> 00:10:31.759 out do something, do something, you know what, And had 258 00:10:31.799 --> 00:10:33.000 they maybe done that. 259 00:10:32.919 --> 00:10:35.000 Maybe they wouldn't have been in a position to get Luca. 260 00:10:35.240 --> 00:10:35.440 You know. 261 00:10:35.799 --> 00:10:38.440 But I do kind of think here, now that you 262 00:10:38.559 --> 00:10:40.399 got those two guys, there is kind of this pressure 263 00:10:40.440 --> 00:10:44.480 to maximize this window, you know them kind of right 264 00:10:44.840 --> 00:10:47.039 avoiding that Mark Williams trade at the end, you do 265 00:10:47.159 --> 00:10:48.080 kind of wonder. 266 00:10:47.879 --> 00:10:49.960 Right, did that cost them? 267 00:10:50.039 --> 00:10:50.200 You know? 268 00:10:50.200 --> 00:10:52.440 Should they have kind of gone for it despite you know, 269 00:10:52.519 --> 00:10:55.320 what they saw? That was kind of tough, you know. 270 00:10:55.320 --> 00:10:57.000 But I do think that there's kind of pressure, And yeah, 271 00:10:57.039 --> 00:10:58.399 I do kind of think that they will get that 272 00:10:58.440 --> 00:10:59.360 big man eventually. 273 00:11:01.000 --> 00:11:06.320 Yeah, you mentioned Luca Lebron Many talks about Austin Reeves 274 00:11:06.320 --> 00:11:08.600 and they should move him to get another big man. 275 00:11:08.720 --> 00:11:13.000 And do you believe that Austin Reeves is untouchable, which 276 00:11:13.039 --> 00:11:14.759 a lot of people are saying. 277 00:11:15.519 --> 00:11:17.039 Yeah, that kind of seems to be right. 278 00:11:17.159 --> 00:11:20.759 I think I think ownership really likes Austin Reeves, right, 279 00:11:20.799 --> 00:11:23.799 so that that kind of sees us to be entirely 280 00:11:23.840 --> 00:11:25.440 a basketball decision, right. 281 00:11:26.039 --> 00:11:27.240 You know, I think that that's kind of tough. 282 00:11:27.279 --> 00:11:27.440 Now. 283 00:11:27.440 --> 00:11:29.559 I think when you kind of step back and kind 284 00:11:29.559 --> 00:11:31.519 of look at the team that they have. I mean, 285 00:11:31.559 --> 00:11:33.840 you have a forty year old Lebron James, you have 286 00:11:33.840 --> 00:11:36.519 a Luca Dnsis who's not a great defender, and you 287 00:11:36.639 --> 00:11:39.080 got Reeves out there who's also not a great defender. 288 00:11:39.080 --> 00:11:41.039 It makes it kind of tough to some people, you know, 289 00:11:42.240 --> 00:11:45.000 I think, and I think it'll come down to the deal, right. 290 00:11:45.000 --> 00:11:46.279 I mean, I think it's going to be one of 291 00:11:46.279 --> 00:11:48.440 those things where, you know, if you can kind of 292 00:11:48.480 --> 00:11:51.360 convince ownership that hey, this is a move that's going 293 00:11:51.399 --> 00:11:53.799 to get us to the championship level, then I think 294 00:11:53.799 --> 00:11:54.440 it happens. 295 00:11:55.039 --> 00:11:55.679 But if it's. 296 00:11:55.519 --> 00:11:58.080 Something a little bit below that, you know, and it's 297 00:11:58.200 --> 00:11:59.759 right because if you're you know, it's just like what 298 00:11:59.799 --> 00:12:01.480 they other job, right, you go to your boss and 299 00:12:01.519 --> 00:12:03.200 you say, hey, I think if we do this, we're 300 00:12:03.200 --> 00:12:05.480 going to get better. It's coming on how much of 301 00:12:05.519 --> 00:12:08.440 your reputation and your job security are you willing to 302 00:12:08.440 --> 00:12:11.120 stake on that? And so it's really gonna have to 303 00:12:11.159 --> 00:12:14.080 be a game changing type move. My guess is that 304 00:12:14.159 --> 00:12:14.639 it's not. 305 00:12:15.039 --> 00:12:17.480 You know, I don't know. I find it hard to 306 00:12:17.519 --> 00:12:19.279 believe that they're gonna you know. 307 00:12:19.480 --> 00:12:21.559 It's gonna be something that's not off on our radar. 308 00:12:21.639 --> 00:12:24.120 I think if if Reevesays gets traded, it's gonna have 309 00:12:24.159 --> 00:12:25.799 to be of that magnitude. 310 00:12:26.200 --> 00:12:29.879 All right, Dylan, thank you, appreciate it as always, and 311 00:12:30.039 --> 00:12:31.039 have a great week. 312 00:12:31.960 --> 00:12:33.360 And you guys, thank you for having me on. 313 00:12:33.759 --> 00:12:37.360 Okay, there goes our buddy, Dylan Hernandez. Now here's the question, 314 00:12:37.480 --> 00:12:40.399 Dodger fans. You heard Dylan. Dylan had a bit more 315 00:12:40.440 --> 00:12:43.600 concern than we did. But uh, are you concerned at 316 00:12:43.600 --> 00:12:45.759 all right now about what's happening with the team. They've 317 00:12:45.799 --> 00:12:49.519 dropped four straight. They look terrible against the Angels last night, 318 00:12:49.559 --> 00:12:52.840 they were sheld early, couldn't come back. Uh eight six 319 00:12:52.919 --> 00:12:55.679 six nine, eight seven two five seventy. So, Dodger fans, 320 00:12:55.720 --> 00:12:57.919 we haven't done this yet. This year. We'll open the 321 00:12:57.960 --> 00:13:01.559 phone lines. We're gonna go with the panic meter. Green, allgood, 322 00:13:01.639 --> 00:13:07.559 what are you talking about? Nothing to see here? Shut up? Orange. 323 00:13:08.440 --> 00:13:11.799 You know I'm a little bit worried about what's happening here. Red, 324 00:13:12.360 --> 00:13:15.519 I have real concerns. Eight sixty six nine eight seven 325 00:13:15.600 --> 00:13:19.799 two five seventy Naura. Let's fire up the old panic meter, 326 00:13:19.960 --> 00:13:22.399 Rodney and see what people have to say. Let's go 327 00:13:25.320 --> 00:13:28.480 bred Rug and Rodney pen on AM five seventy LA Sports. 328 00:13:28.559 --> 00:13:33.279 You understand why we're playing that. It's the team h Cheers. Yeah, 329 00:13:33.320 --> 00:13:38.840 and today we lost George went seventy six years old, 330 00:13:39.720 --> 00:13:44.559 the lovable character from Cheers, Norm the guy that sat 331 00:13:44.600 --> 00:13:48.159 at the bar. And if you remember when Norms used 332 00:13:48.200 --> 00:13:52.960 to be one of our partners, we would run that Norms. 333 00:13:53.639 --> 00:13:57.279 And that was because everybody would do that when Norm 334 00:13:57.360 --> 00:14:02.399 or George went walked into the bar at Cheer, big 335 00:14:02.600 --> 00:14:09.879 lovable everybody like George went seventy six years old. And uh, 336 00:14:10.799 --> 00:14:13.559 you know, Cheers was a part of Americana. There are 337 00:14:13.600 --> 00:14:18.120 some iconic television shows and generationally, you know, certain things 338 00:14:18.120 --> 00:14:21.200 stick out to you. But certainly a show like Cheers, 339 00:14:21.240 --> 00:14:25.080 I think transcends generations. Rodney, and it is one of 340 00:14:25.120 --> 00:14:27.159 the most viewed television shows in history. 341 00:14:28.679 --> 00:14:32.399 Yeah, it's uh, yeah, it's it's one of those that 342 00:14:32.480 --> 00:14:36.519 had a great run to it. The characters were fantastic, 343 00:14:38.360 --> 00:14:42.600 you know, you know, you know the show's iconic. When 344 00:14:42.600 --> 00:14:46.080 they they give you the final episode of X Y 345 00:14:46.240 --> 00:14:48.639 z show. Right, it don't just go off the air. 346 00:14:48.840 --> 00:14:50.879 This will be the final episode of Tiers. Remember the 347 00:14:50.919 --> 00:14:54.399 final episode of Mash you know, and and Teers was 348 00:14:54.440 --> 00:14:58.120 one of those shows, and it created a lot of 349 00:14:58.159 --> 00:15:02.759 stars came from that show. So but again, yeah, George 350 00:15:02.799 --> 00:15:05.720 went the lovable character and I don't know, I mean, 351 00:15:05.759 --> 00:15:08.639 you got to be almost under rock if you lived 352 00:15:08.679 --> 00:15:12.480 in the eighties and nineties and not no nor from Cheers. 353 00:15:13.399 --> 00:15:15.799 The thing is so Cheers at its final episode, it 354 00:15:15.840 --> 00:15:19.919 was on NBC. Then they had this great idea they 355 00:15:19.919 --> 00:15:22.480 were going to go live to the actual Cheers Bar 356 00:15:22.919 --> 00:15:26.279 in Boston. Have you ever been there, Rodney? I have, yeah, okay, 357 00:15:26.320 --> 00:15:31.600 me too. Yeah, it's small, very it's small. They're going 358 00:15:31.679 --> 00:15:34.080 to go live to the Cheers Bar and they're going 359 00:15:34.120 --> 00:15:37.399 to have the cast there and they're actually going to 360 00:15:37.480 --> 00:15:40.600 be sitting in the bar and they're going to do 361 00:15:40.679 --> 00:15:45.600 like a half hour show. On paper. That sounded brilliant 362 00:15:46.600 --> 00:15:50.000 on paper, you thought, now that was good. This is 363 00:15:50.039 --> 00:15:53.679 going to be a killer. They didn't anticipate that the 364 00:15:53.679 --> 00:15:58.240 people would start drinking. They were in a bar. They 365 00:15:58.360 --> 00:16:05.879 did that thing, and even a cast members, we're just 366 00:16:05.960 --> 00:16:09.679 a little toasted. Let's hear it down a little bit. Yeah, 367 00:16:09.720 --> 00:16:14.559 oh it was great. It was really really funny. Okay, 368 00:16:14.919 --> 00:16:18.799 so now let's get to some calls, and the question 369 00:16:19.080 --> 00:16:22.519 is Dodger fans green, good? Orange? Man, I'm a little 370 00:16:22.559 --> 00:16:25.559 bit worried. Red. Oh my god, I'm panicked. Where are 371 00:16:25.600 --> 00:16:28.440 you with your panic meter? Let's see is anybody gonna 372 00:16:28.440 --> 00:16:31.159 do anything but green? Well, let's find out. We'll go 373 00:16:31.200 --> 00:16:33.720 to the ninety one pre way justin appreciate your holding 374 00:16:33.799 --> 00:16:35.320 drive safely. You're on the air. 375 00:16:38.240 --> 00:16:40.600 Yeah, I mean I'm green all the way. They've got 376 00:16:40.879 --> 00:16:46.200 three MVPs. We had crabby pitch last year, still did 377 00:16:46.200 --> 00:16:50.600 it with Yamamoto. And plus the season's got about six 378 00:16:50.639 --> 00:16:53.159 months left before you would make the playoffs. So if 379 00:16:53.200 --> 00:16:55.759 you're not green, you're just a worried person. 380 00:16:56.799 --> 00:16:59.480 Yeah's right. If you're not green, you're a worried person. 381 00:17:00.399 --> 00:17:03.879 Maybe if you're not green, you must cry out for help. 382 00:17:05.240 --> 00:17:09.519 Because really, I thought he summed that up pretty honestly. Yeah, yeah, 383 00:17:09.680 --> 00:17:09.920 I don't. 384 00:17:10.000 --> 00:17:12.400 I don't think we have quite six more months of baseball, 385 00:17:12.400 --> 00:17:15.400 but we got a lot of months left. But he's right, No, 386 00:17:15.519 --> 00:17:18.119 he's right. It's just it's way too early to beat Panny. 387 00:17:18.799 --> 00:17:22.440 All right, let's go down to Anaheim. Kenny, all right, 388 00:17:22.440 --> 00:17:25.000 thanks for holding Kenny. Are you from Anaheim? 389 00:17:26.640 --> 00:17:27.960 Yes, I am all right. 390 00:17:28.440 --> 00:17:32.440 That being said, you're from Anaheim. How did you feel 391 00:17:32.440 --> 00:17:34.839 about the angel sweeping the Dodgers? 392 00:17:35.519 --> 00:17:36.880 It hurt. It sucked to see. 393 00:17:37.000 --> 00:17:40.160 I will say Saturday night was a little bittersweet seeing 394 00:17:40.480 --> 00:17:43.599 Kershaw fight through four innings and having Candley come out 395 00:17:43.680 --> 00:17:45.680 in the ninth suck to Lewis, but it was a 396 00:17:45.680 --> 00:17:47.359 little bittersweet, that's all. 397 00:17:47.400 --> 00:17:48.039 I'll say. 398 00:17:48.240 --> 00:17:50.599 All right, so your panic meter is where. 399 00:17:52.119 --> 00:17:52.839 Free? 400 00:17:53.000 --> 00:17:59.039 We're okay, And I'll say this, we're still in first place. 401 00:17:59.119 --> 00:18:01.640