WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.200 --> 00:00:04.320 The right quiet. 2 00:00:04.440 --> 00:00:10.359 Dodgers Playoff Baseball is back, and with it an annual 3 00:00:10.480 --> 00:00:11.720 postseason tradition. 4 00:00:12.279 --> 00:00:13.480 Scam is back. 5 00:00:13.599 --> 00:00:14.160 Baby. 6 00:00:14.359 --> 00:00:17.679 This is Sax and Cakes in the A app back 7 00:00:17.800 --> 00:00:22.160 Go with Broway. Dodger legend Steve Sacks is joined by 8 00:00:22.199 --> 00:00:26.640 your favorite Dodger pregame host Tim Kates. If you want 9 00:00:26.640 --> 00:00:29.079 to talk Dodgers, get in on the show on eighty 10 00:00:29.120 --> 00:00:32.079 six six nine eighty seven two five seven now. While 11 00:00:32.119 --> 00:00:35.200 the Dan Patrick Show streams on the Ihearts radio app. 12 00:00:35.560 --> 00:00:38.640 We've been banished to the Internet until this Dodgers playoff 13 00:00:38.719 --> 00:00:42.799 run concludes. Here they are broadcasting live on AM five 14 00:00:42.840 --> 00:00:47.280 to seven e LA Sports. It's Tim Kates and Steve Sachs. 15 00:00:48.119 --> 00:00:54.200 We're back, Saxon, Kates and the AM. It's back on 16 00:00:54.280 --> 00:00:57.560 this Monday morning, October fourteenth. Thanks for being with us 17 00:00:57.560 --> 00:01:01.200 here in Southern California, live in love on your home 18 00:01:01.240 --> 00:01:04.959 of the Dodgers A five seventy LA Sports here until 19 00:01:05.040 --> 00:01:07.159 nine o'clock this morning as we lead you up to 20 00:01:07.280 --> 00:01:11.519 Game two of the National League Championship Series. That's right, 21 00:01:11.599 --> 00:01:15.159 the Dodgers won on Friday night. They beat the Padres 22 00:01:15.200 --> 00:01:17.959 in Game five of the NLDS and this series has 23 00:01:18.000 --> 00:01:20.680 already started, as the Dodgers are up one game to 24 00:01:20.760 --> 00:01:22.840 nothing on the New York match. I am Tim Cages, 25 00:01:22.879 --> 00:01:26.159 joined by two time World Series Champion, Rookie of the Year, 26 00:01:26.239 --> 00:01:28.959 and one hell of a guy. He is Steve Sack. Saxy. 27 00:01:28.959 --> 00:01:31.000 Good morning, Good morning, Tim. How are you? 28 00:01:31.239 --> 00:01:33.640 I know you slept better. I'm just saying I did 29 00:01:33.719 --> 00:01:36.719 sleep better. I feel really good about where the Dodgers 30 00:01:36.760 --> 00:01:39.840 are right now. Honestly, Saxy, I have felt so good 31 00:01:40.159 --> 00:01:43.359 since about nine o'clock on Friday night, when I sat 32 00:01:43.439 --> 00:01:48.599 in traffic at Dodger Stadium for over one hour getting 33 00:01:48.640 --> 00:01:52.400 out of Dodgers Stadium fifty eight thousand plus at Game 34 00:01:52.519 --> 00:01:55.519 five of the NLDS on Friday night, it was rocking. 35 00:01:55.599 --> 00:01:58.799 It was the greatest environment I've seen in years at 36 00:01:58.799 --> 00:02:03.799 Dodgers Stadium for a playoff game, and they didn't disappoint 37 00:02:03.799 --> 00:02:06.560 the Dodgers with a two nothing to win over the Padres. 38 00:02:06.599 --> 00:02:09.039 But ever since since, Saxy, I've been feeling really good 39 00:02:09.080 --> 00:02:12.280 about this Dodgers team. A quick turnaround forty less than 40 00:02:12.280 --> 00:02:14.560 forty eight hours later, the Dodgers already have a one 41 00:02:14.639 --> 00:02:15.479 oh series lead. 42 00:02:15.599 --> 00:02:19.000 Yeah, little housekeeping real quick, just so you know, I've 43 00:02:19.080 --> 00:02:22.560 spent I did the dumb thing of trying to get 44 00:02:22.560 --> 00:02:25.039 an uber out of Dodger Stadium and when the game 45 00:02:25.080 --> 00:02:27.319 was over, that's a three hour ordeal. I mean, I 46 00:02:27.360 --> 00:02:30.039 mean it just got my own car, right, I mean, 47 00:02:30.039 --> 00:02:33.159 it's just too much. Anyway, back to baseball, Yes, I 48 00:02:33.199 --> 00:02:36.719 know you felt better. Hey, could you feel that well? 49 00:02:37.159 --> 00:02:38.800 I don't want I don't want to say this too soon, 50 00:02:39.240 --> 00:02:43.280 but you could feel the difference in caliber of ball club. 51 00:02:43.319 --> 00:02:46.080 I think from playing the Padres. I said this early on, 52 00:02:46.199 --> 00:02:49.439 I said, I think the Dodgers are playing the best, 53 00:02:49.479 --> 00:02:52.319 the most talented team in the playoffs with the San 54 00:02:52.360 --> 00:02:54.840 Diego Padres. This is going to be probably the best 55 00:02:54.840 --> 00:02:57.599 caliber club that they're going to play. And you know, 56 00:02:57.680 --> 00:02:59.479 we went five games. It was a battle. It was 57 00:02:59.520 --> 00:03:01.879 a knocked out, own, drag out thing. But could you 58 00:03:02.000 --> 00:03:04.560 kind of feel it a little bit maybe against the Mets, 59 00:03:04.599 --> 00:03:08.240 it just wasn't the same edge man going against these 60 00:03:08.240 --> 00:03:11.000 other guys. Now, that could be a very dangerous thing 61 00:03:11.319 --> 00:03:14.599 because these guys can thump you. I mean I think 62 00:03:15.039 --> 00:03:17.960 after May, the Dodgers and the Mets basically had the 63 00:03:17.960 --> 00:03:21.240 same record. Yeah, you know, so this is these guys 64 00:03:21.240 --> 00:03:23.919 ain't chumps. Man, they can play and they can fool you. 65 00:03:23.960 --> 00:03:26.280 They can jump on you. When you think you got 66 00:03:26.319 --> 00:03:28.000 your guard down a little bit and you don't need 67 00:03:28.039 --> 00:03:30.039 it up, they can thump you. So you gotta watch it. 68 00:03:30.120 --> 00:03:33.240 I was fully anticipating the l word that happened yesterday, 69 00:03:33.400 --> 00:03:36.680 let down for the Dodgers, at least early on, because emotionally, 70 00:03:36.680 --> 00:03:39.199 how could you not be drained. I was at the 71 00:03:39.240 --> 00:03:42.080 game on Friday night and I looked at somebody at 72 00:03:42.120 --> 00:03:44.400 the end of the game and I said, Man, I'm exhausted. 73 00:03:44.520 --> 00:03:47.560 I had goosebumps during the game. I was an emotional wreck. 74 00:03:47.840 --> 00:03:52.479 I can't imagine these guys, the high, the adrenaline they 75 00:03:52.479 --> 00:03:55.479 were on Friday night, the deep sigh of my gosh, 76 00:03:55.719 --> 00:03:58.280 we just got back passed past the Padres were down 77 00:03:58.360 --> 00:04:00.599 this series. We come back and win in this fashion 78 00:04:00.639 --> 00:04:02.919 when you did, Oh, we got a game on Sunday night, 79 00:04:03.199 --> 00:04:05.840 I wouldn't have been surprised if they had a letdown. 80 00:04:05.919 --> 00:04:08.000 Even the fans would have had a let down after 81 00:04:08.000 --> 00:04:10.360 the emotional game on Friday night. But everybody brought it. 82 00:04:10.360 --> 00:04:12.599 The fans brought it last night in game one into 83 00:04:12.680 --> 00:04:15.800 the player's credit. Man, they brought it and Jack Flaherty 84 00:04:16.160 --> 00:04:17.319 was phenomenal. 85 00:04:17.399 --> 00:04:20.040 He was just he just didn't give in. Even when 86 00:04:20.040 --> 00:04:22.519 he was missing with the slider. He was not going 87 00:04:22.600 --> 00:04:25.439 to give in to these guys. Look, here's what's going 88 00:04:25.480 --> 00:04:27.680 on without being there. Let me tell you what's going 89 00:04:27.680 --> 00:04:30.759 on right now without being there. The Dodgers are too 90 00:04:30.959 --> 00:04:35.160 professional of a team. That's the undergirding of what this 91 00:04:35.240 --> 00:04:36.920 club is made of. What you see out there in 92 00:04:36.959 --> 00:04:38.600 the field, and you see, you know, the hits, the 93 00:04:38.680 --> 00:04:41.120 runs and the pitching and all that. That's great. What 94 00:04:41.240 --> 00:04:45.800 you don't see is the is the locker room, locker 95 00:04:45.839 --> 00:04:49.360 to locker conversations. Not necessarily the big, big meeting with 96 00:04:49.439 --> 00:04:51.480 Dave Roberts. A matter of fact, they probably don't even 97 00:04:51.519 --> 00:04:55.079 have those. It's the locker to locker conversations guys are 98 00:04:55.079 --> 00:04:58.600 having within themselves. They kind of police themselves. You know, 99 00:04:58.720 --> 00:05:01.199 Dave's at the top, but these guys are working it 100 00:05:01.199 --> 00:05:04.240 in the locker room too, way too professional of a team, 101 00:05:04.279 --> 00:05:07.000 too talented of a team to let that happen. What 102 00:05:07.360 --> 00:05:10.439 you're talking about the letdown, don't I don't think that's 103 00:05:10.480 --> 00:05:14.240 going to happen because the team's too professional's there's guys 104 00:05:14.680 --> 00:05:17.519 helping each other. There's guys picking each others up there, 105 00:05:17.560 --> 00:05:20.600 you know, adding confidence. I just don't see that happening 106 00:05:20.759 --> 00:05:23.879 as far as the letdown goes. But sometimes you got to. 107 00:05:23.920 --> 00:05:26.439 You gotta watch it because it can be a little 108 00:05:26.519 --> 00:05:28.120 drip on you. You know, you can be like, oh 109 00:05:28.120 --> 00:05:29.920 my god, a little bit here, a little bit there, 110 00:05:29.959 --> 00:05:32.360 and pretty soon you're looking at each other and saying, 111 00:05:32.360 --> 00:05:33.399 what the hell just happened? 112 00:05:33.480 --> 00:05:33.639 Right? 113 00:05:33.879 --> 00:05:36.240 You can't let that happen, and I don't believe it will. 114 00:05:36.360 --> 00:05:39.360 After the game on Friday, Nikki her Nandez was very 115 00:05:39.519 --> 00:05:43.160 vocal with Kenny Rosenthal on the field at Dodger Stadium 116 00:05:43.720 --> 00:05:48.879 in the celebration, and the players afterwards were very emotional 117 00:05:49.079 --> 00:05:51.680 in talking about nobody gave it them a shot. Eighty 118 00:05:51.720 --> 00:05:54.319 percent of the media that predicted this game, and all 119 00:05:54.319 --> 00:05:58.160 the predictions from ESPN insiders and the Athletic and Fox 120 00:05:58.199 --> 00:06:01.839 and Yahoo and all these guys picked against the Dodgers 121 00:06:02.000 --> 00:06:05.160 in the NLDS, and I think Saxy they took that 122 00:06:05.279 --> 00:06:09.199 to heart, as in, nobody believes in this. We're the underdogs, 123 00:06:09.360 --> 00:06:11.959 believe it or not, in this five game series against 124 00:06:12.000 --> 00:06:15.800 the Padres, and I think that's the sort of feeling 125 00:06:16.120 --> 00:06:18.160 and the mantra. Now I think moving forward for this 126 00:06:18.240 --> 00:06:21.399 Dodgers team is we're the underdogs. Either everybody hates us 127 00:06:21.399 --> 00:06:23.920 because we're the Dodgers, or nobody's picking it for us 128 00:06:23.920 --> 00:06:25.279 because they think we're gonna collapse. 129 00:06:25.480 --> 00:06:27.720 Yeah. Well, I understand that's a good thing to take 130 00:06:27.759 --> 00:06:30.160 with you because it's it's a bit of a motivator, 131 00:06:30.160 --> 00:06:32.959 if you will. It's maybe more of a way to 132 00:06:33.000 --> 00:06:35.199 just keep your feet on the ground and realize that 133 00:06:35.279 --> 00:06:39.399 this is always tenuous. In the playoffs, anything can happen. 134 00:06:39.399 --> 00:06:41.319 These guys are here for a reason. And you know, 135 00:06:41.360 --> 00:06:44.399 you hear people talking about I heard it this weekend. Well, 136 00:06:44.439 --> 00:06:46.920 you know the Dodgers, you know they expected to win. 137 00:06:47.079 --> 00:06:50.319 They spend billions of dollars. I got folks, guess what. 138 00:06:50.839 --> 00:06:53.519 The Mets have a much higher pay role than the 139 00:06:53.560 --> 00:06:56.720 Dodgers do. And people don't realize that. They're thinking, well, 140 00:06:56.759 --> 00:06:58.680 the Dodgers are the big gliath and they spend all 141 00:06:58.720 --> 00:07:01.079 the money and that's what. No, oh, no, that's not 142 00:07:01.160 --> 00:07:04.439 the case. Look at the Cleveland Guardians. This team is 143 00:07:04.759 --> 00:07:07.759 very low payroll and they're in it. I mean they're 144 00:07:07.800 --> 00:07:11.600 going against the Yankees. I mean usually it does bear 145 00:07:11.639 --> 00:07:13.279 it out that if you spend more money, you get 146 00:07:13.279 --> 00:07:16.439 better players, you have better results. Not always, it doesn't 147 00:07:16.439 --> 00:07:17.360 always happen that way. 148 00:07:17.639 --> 00:07:21.560 Last night, Jack Flaherty was fantastic. The kid from Burbank 149 00:07:21.920 --> 00:07:24.480 right here in the eight one eight Harvard Westlake High 150 00:07:24.480 --> 00:07:27.519 School in twenty thirteen, Saxy for those guys hang out 151 00:07:27.519 --> 00:07:28.879 to him just to ask you, I mean, he's from 152 00:07:28.920 --> 00:07:31.399 there's a little younger than me. Little younger than me, 153 00:07:31.560 --> 00:07:34.000 but probably went to the same spots growing up. But 154 00:07:34.199 --> 00:07:36.800 he went to Harvard Westlake High School just down the 155 00:07:36.839 --> 00:07:39.439 road here in Studio City in the valley. And in 156 00:07:39.480 --> 00:07:43.480 twenty thirteen he was on the mound guiding Harvard Westlake 157 00:07:43.560 --> 00:07:47.040 to a CIF Southern Section championship, a win over Marina 158 00:07:47.120 --> 00:07:50.839 High School his senior year at Dodger Stadium, where he 159 00:07:50.879 --> 00:07:54.120 wins seven innings helping them win a CIF championship. He 160 00:07:54.160 --> 00:07:56.079 was a first round pick of the Saint Louis Cardinals. 161 00:07:56.160 --> 00:07:58.319 He was talked about a lot here a decade ago 162 00:07:58.519 --> 00:08:01.560 for how talented he was in high school. And fast 163 00:08:01.600 --> 00:08:04.720 forward now to twenty twenty four and to see what 164 00:08:04.839 --> 00:08:07.319 he did last night, Steve, to see what he did 165 00:08:07.519 --> 00:08:09.920 when the Dodgers needed a starting pitcher to go out 166 00:08:09.959 --> 00:08:13.279 there and put up zeros in the first inning, the 167 00:08:13.319 --> 00:08:16.800 second inning, and onward. He was the right guy. He 168 00:08:16.879 --> 00:08:18.839 had the off speed pitches with him. He had the 169 00:08:18.879 --> 00:08:20.879 guy's chasing from the New York match, which was big. 170 00:08:21.040 --> 00:08:23.360 He got a lot of chases from that lineup. But 171 00:08:24.120 --> 00:08:26.759 ninety two, ninety three, ninety four, it might as well 172 00:08:26.759 --> 00:08:29.000 have been looking ninety nine to those medsitters because he 173 00:08:29.040 --> 00:08:30.319 had him fooled last night. 174 00:08:30.439 --> 00:08:33.240 Yeah, and are you starting to see a little trend here? 175 00:08:33.519 --> 00:08:33.879 I am. 176 00:08:34.279 --> 00:08:36.799 You know, when all the doubters are saying, you know, 177 00:08:36.879 --> 00:08:39.080 they just don't have the depth and pitching not really 178 00:08:39.120 --> 00:08:41.799 their fault because of all the injuries they have. Yeah, 179 00:08:41.879 --> 00:08:43.440 get it. You know you're kind of trying to make 180 00:08:43.480 --> 00:08:46.919 that conversation. Yet look at the last two starts. You 181 00:08:46.960 --> 00:08:52.120 get Yoshi Noobu Yamamoto, who goes out there and shoves right. 182 00:08:52.720 --> 00:08:57.159 Then you have Flarty who comes out, starts and shoves. 183 00:08:57.720 --> 00:08:59.799 You know, I'm starting to see some shove and going 184 00:08:59.799 --> 00:09:03.000 on right now in the starting rotation, which is something 185 00:09:03.440 --> 00:09:05.519 I don't think the Dodgers really predicted. I thought they 186 00:09:05.600 --> 00:09:09.039 meant maybe looked at this as a limited amount good 187 00:09:09.080 --> 00:09:14.039 but limited amount of starts of innings. But hey, they're 188 00:09:14.080 --> 00:09:20.360 taking that pressure and the length possibilities off of that 189 00:09:20.480 --> 00:09:23.240 rot off of that bullpen, which is huge. Right now, 190 00:09:23.320 --> 00:09:25.480 this is what you need. You know, not to look 191 00:09:25.480 --> 00:09:29.000 too far forward, but hey, you get some miles out 192 00:09:29.039 --> 00:09:30.840 of your starters BUNDVA. 193 00:09:31.200 --> 00:09:33.759 You look at the narrative going into the postseason for 194 00:09:33.840 --> 00:09:37.919 the Dodgers, really good, won the division, best record in baseball. 195 00:09:38.159 --> 00:09:41.159 They can score runs in bunches, but do they have 196 00:09:41.320 --> 00:09:44.080 enough pitching is a bullpen gas, they have a lot 197 00:09:44.080 --> 00:09:47.080 of miles on those arms. Here in twenty twenty four 198 00:09:47.519 --> 00:09:52.039 and now thirty three consecutive scoreless innings, going back in 199 00:09:52.200 --> 00:09:56.320 Game three of the NLDS from Walker Bueller and what 200 00:09:56.480 --> 00:09:58.559 he did giving up those six runs in the inning 201 00:09:58.639 --> 00:10:00.840 and then putting up zeros the of the way to 202 00:10:00.919 --> 00:10:04.240 the bullpen game in Game four of the NLDS to 203 00:10:04.320 --> 00:10:07.720 Yamamoto as you mentioned, in the bullpen on Friday night 204 00:10:07.759 --> 00:10:11.159 putting up zeros, and then last night Jack Flaherty and 205 00:10:11.200 --> 00:10:15.440 crew putting up more zeros. Thirty three consecutive scoreless sittings, 206 00:10:15.480 --> 00:10:19.519 and this is a rotation saxe No Clayton Kershaw, no 207 00:10:19.679 --> 00:10:23.759 Tyler Glass now, no Gavin Stone, no Tony Gonsolin this year, 208 00:10:23.919 --> 00:10:26.840 no Dustin May this year. Oh yeah, and no Joe 209 00:10:26.960 --> 00:10:30.240 Kelly and Bruce dr graderole in the bullpen right now 210 00:10:30.480 --> 00:10:33.519 in this postseason. A pitching staff that everybody said was 211 00:10:33.559 --> 00:10:37.240 the weakest link on this Dodgers team has proven to 212 00:10:37.320 --> 00:10:40.039 be the best pitching staff so far in the postseason. 213 00:10:40.120 --> 00:10:43.279 That that's incredible. That's what champions are made of. Uh, 214 00:10:43.600 --> 00:10:47.240 And isn't it great that the real question mark of 215 00:10:47.240 --> 00:10:50.000 this team turns out to be maybe the strongest point, right, 216 00:10:50.200 --> 00:10:53.080 That's what it is. They turned that narrative right around, 217 00:10:53.720 --> 00:10:55.919 and it's looking you just you just try to stay 218 00:10:55.919 --> 00:10:57.960 in this zone, you know, you try to just ride 219 00:10:58.000 --> 00:11:00.480 this pony as long as you can. And I think 220 00:11:00.559 --> 00:11:04.360 Dave Roberts has done a phenomenal job. I'm glad, you know. 221 00:11:04.600 --> 00:11:06.440 I love when our listeners call in and they voice 222 00:11:06.440 --> 00:11:08.440 our opinions. But hear too much. 223 00:11:08.320 --> 00:11:11.279 About Dave Roberts, now, have you When you don't hear 224 00:11:11.320 --> 00:11:13.440 about him, it's like an umpire doing a great job. 225 00:11:13.879 --> 00:11:15.559 That's when you know he's doing just that. When you 226 00:11:15.559 --> 00:11:16.919 don't hear about it. And that's what we got with 227 00:11:17.000 --> 00:11:19.320 Dave right now. It's funny. Last week, Saxy, we were 228 00:11:19.360 --> 00:11:22.919 talking about this Manny Machado baseball being thrown into the dugout, 229 00:11:23.080 --> 00:11:26.440 and Dave Roberts took exception to that and said, hey, yeah, yeah, 230 00:11:26.480 --> 00:11:28.320 I was a little too close. I didn't think that 231 00:11:28.399 --> 00:11:30.879 was very cool, and we talked about it. Well, maybe 232 00:11:30.919 --> 00:11:34.480 this is a little Phil Jackson asked, a little gamesmanship. 233 00:11:34.840 --> 00:11:38.440 In fact, Dave Roberts came out over the weekend and said, yeah, 234 00:11:38.559 --> 00:11:40.480 I was trying to take the pressure off of my 235 00:11:40.600 --> 00:11:44.320 guys being down in this series, going to San Diego, 236 00:11:44.360 --> 00:11:46.759 with them having all the momentum and all the chatter 237 00:11:46.840 --> 00:11:50.320 about the Padres and slam Diego. He admitted, Saxy, we 238 00:11:50.320 --> 00:11:52.879 were right. He was trying to take the pressure off 239 00:11:52.960 --> 00:11:53.440 his guys. 240 00:11:53.519 --> 00:11:56.840 Yes, and that's what great managers do. I mean, isn't 241 00:11:56.879 --> 00:11:59.200 it something to think about this job. Look, you're gonna 242 00:11:59.240 --> 00:12:00.679 take a job on right now. You're gonna have to 243 00:12:00.720 --> 00:12:03.399 take all the slings and arrows for your team. When 244 00:12:03.399 --> 00:12:05.399 you do great, you can't take credit for that. You 245 00:12:05.480 --> 00:12:07.279 just take care credit for the bad stuff. That's what 246 00:12:07.320 --> 00:12:10.320 you do here. But that's what baseball managers. Do you 247 00:12:10.360 --> 00:12:13.240 are hired to fired unless you are Tommy the Sorder 248 00:12:13.279 --> 00:12:14.799 or Dave Roberts. It doesn't have all these guys. 249 00:12:15.360 --> 00:12:18.320 Absolutely, he is Steve Sacks, Im Tim kats here On 250 00:12:18.440 --> 00:12:20.559 Saxon Kates in the AM on AM FI seventy LA 251 00:12:20.639 --> 00:12:23.000 Sports eight saxty six nine eighty seven to two five 252 00:12:23.039 --> 00:12:25.759 seventy is our number. Jump on board. We're talking a 253 00:12:25.759 --> 00:12:28.000 lot about what happened over the weekend. A lot to 254 00:12:28.080 --> 00:12:30.440 get to a Game five of the NLDS on Friday, 255 00:12:30.600 --> 00:12:33.039 and certainly last night Game one of the NLCS, and 256 00:12:33.240 --> 00:12:36.240 don't look now. Game two is a day game at 257 00:12:36.279 --> 00:12:38.759 Dodgers Stadium today for the Dodgers, will go up against 258 00:12:38.759 --> 00:12:41.360 Sean and Ia the left hander. It'll be Johnny Holstaff 259 00:12:41.399 --> 00:12:44.159 a bullpen game for the Dodgers. First pitch is coming 260 00:12:44.240 --> 00:12:46.960 up at one oh eight eight sixty six ninety seven, 261 00:12:47.039 --> 00:12:49.320 two five seventy coming up. We're gonna hear from the manager, 262 00:12:49.399 --> 00:12:52.039 Dave Roberts. We're gonna check in with David Vass. We're 263 00:12:52.039 --> 00:12:53.919 gonna hear from Will Smith, who has been one of 264 00:12:53.960 --> 00:12:56.360 the guys that has helped this Dodger pitching staff over 265 00:12:56.360 --> 00:12:59.360 the thirty three consecutive scoreless adiens. We'll hear from Freddy Freeman. 266 00:12:59.480 --> 00:13:02.600 We'll absolute story time with Steve. He promised last week 267 00:13:02.759 --> 00:13:05.960 if the Dodgers and Mets face off in the NLCS, 268 00:13:06.000 --> 00:13:08.559 he will give his stories from the nineteen eighty eight 269 00:13:09.000 --> 00:13:11.519 and LCS. That is coming up real quickly, Sacks, you 270 00:13:11.559 --> 00:13:13.200 want to give a shout out to the guys at 271 00:13:13.200 --> 00:13:17.440 the Glendale Water and Power. They are fantastic and listeners 272 00:13:17.600 --> 00:13:20.679 of scam. Ran into some of the guys over the weekend. 273 00:13:20.840 --> 00:13:22.720 Part of the Lineman crew, the guys that keep the 274 00:13:22.759 --> 00:13:25.679 power on for you, either climbing the polls or underneath 275 00:13:25.759 --> 00:13:28.799 or doing the street lights. They're big listeners. They do 276 00:13:28.919 --> 00:13:31.600 to their warm ups and they're stretching and getting ready 277 00:13:31.600 --> 00:13:33.840 for the day out at the yard over there in Glendale. 278 00:13:33.879 --> 00:13:35.799 So shout out to the boys at the yard at 279 00:13:35.799 --> 00:13:37.960 the Glendale Water and Power this morning. They're big time 280 00:13:38.000 --> 00:13:40.240 scam listeners and want to make sure I shout them out. 281 00:13:40.279 --> 00:13:42.720 After seeing a couple of the guys over the weekend. 282 00:13:42.399 --> 00:13:45.240 Asofellas, Yeah, we need those guys big time and they 283 00:13:45.279 --> 00:13:46.080 are scam listeners. 284 00:13:46.080 --> 00:13:48.720 I've heard that absolutely. They keep the lights on for us. 285 00:13:48.879 --> 00:13:52.120 Eight sixty six nine eight seven two five seventy. Jack Flaherty, 286 00:13:52.279 --> 00:13:55.960 what a night last night. He just absolutely was dealing 287 00:13:56.000 --> 00:13:58.639 for the Dodgers and probably could have gone even deeper 288 00:13:58.600 --> 00:14:01.399 in to the game seven shutout. It needs two hits, 289 00:14:01.799 --> 00:14:05.399 six strikeouts, ninety eight pitches. Let's go back to post 290 00:14:05.440 --> 00:14:08.120 game last night, Saxony. Here is Jack Flaherty after his 291 00:14:08.240 --> 00:14:09.039 Game one win. 292 00:14:09.720 --> 00:14:12.519 It's a lot of fun. You can't really you can't 293 00:14:12.519 --> 00:14:14.799 really put it all in the words, but you know, 294 00:14:15.039 --> 00:14:17.639 the most important part was coming out and setting a tone. 295 00:14:17.759 --> 00:14:19.159 You know, like I said, Will, Will did a really 296 00:14:19.200 --> 00:14:20.559 good job. He called a really good game, We had 297 00:14:20.559 --> 00:14:23.399 a really good game plan, and defense came out and 298 00:14:23.399 --> 00:14:26.159 made plays too. And then you know, when we get 299 00:14:26.159 --> 00:14:28.279 the lead there, I haven't done a really good job 300 00:14:28.320 --> 00:14:30.399 of putting together a couple of shutdown endings. So once 301 00:14:30.440 --> 00:14:32.519 we get the lead there in the first to get 302 00:14:32.559 --> 00:14:34.159 them right back in the dugout, and then we had 303 00:14:34.279 --> 00:14:36.279 another one and then for another shutdown ether thing right there. 304 00:14:37.360 --> 00:14:39.399 It's kind of huge, just just overall. And then you know, 305 00:14:39.399 --> 00:14:41.799 look at the play that Kyk made there in the 306 00:14:41.799 --> 00:14:44.200 fourth inning, kind of changes I don't know what the 307 00:14:44.240 --> 00:14:46.759 name it was, but kind of changes the outlook of 308 00:14:47.000 --> 00:14:49.240 when maybe the play that ending goes. Getting that out there, 309 00:14:50.679 --> 00:14:52.799 so it's huge. But you know, being able to be 310 00:14:52.840 --> 00:14:54.639 here and have some some family in the stands and 311 00:14:54.919 --> 00:14:58.320 see some of them beforehand, it kind of just lets 312 00:14:58.360 --> 00:15:02.200 you relax a little bit and understand that we're we're 313 00:15:02.320 --> 00:15:03.559 we're playing a game, and. 314 00:15:03.840 --> 00:15:06.360 So having some fun with your fastball usage and just 315 00:15:06.399 --> 00:15:08.120 the command you had today. How did that just set 316 00:15:08.120 --> 00:15:10.279 the tone for you personally when it came to executing 317 00:15:10.320 --> 00:15:12.399 your pitches and using just everything else. 318 00:15:12.480 --> 00:15:14.759 Kind of, Yeah, it was huge. Being able to be 319 00:15:14.840 --> 00:15:17.679 able to use my fastball tonight was was huge. Some 320 00:15:17.720 --> 00:15:19.399 of the other things my side was a little off early, 321 00:15:19.480 --> 00:15:20.960 wasn't able to put over the plate, and then as 322 00:15:20.960 --> 00:15:25.480 a game went on, we're able to mix with everything. Yeah, 323 00:15:25.480 --> 00:15:26.799 you know, I guess like Bill did a really good 324 00:15:26.840 --> 00:15:28.360 job back there, and you got some pitches for me 325 00:15:28.440 --> 00:15:28.840 as well. 326 00:15:29.200 --> 00:15:29.759 So uh. 327 00:15:31.440 --> 00:15:33.720 Yeah, all in all good, just just really just one 328 00:15:33.720 --> 00:15:35.600 guy after the other, just feeding off each other. So 329 00:15:35.639 --> 00:15:36.440 it's been a lot of fun. 330 00:15:36.720 --> 00:15:38.639 How good did you feel out there in terms of 331 00:15:38.679 --> 00:15:40.159 actual execution. 332 00:15:39.960 --> 00:15:41.480 Yeah, I felt good. 333 00:15:41.480 --> 00:15:44.679 I felt like I had kind of figured some some 334 00:15:44.799 --> 00:15:49.320 things out. The last couple of days, just just working 335 00:15:49.320 --> 00:15:52.200 through things. I felt like my stuff and again San 336 00:15:52.240 --> 00:15:54.600 Diego was okay. But even in that game, was able 337 00:15:54.600 --> 00:15:55.960 to get some out and put put a couple of 338 00:15:56.039 --> 00:15:58.960 zeros together, and then was just able to clean some 339 00:15:59.000 --> 00:16:00.919 things up in my delivery, work on a couple of things, 340 00:16:00.919 --> 00:16:04.879 work on my stuff, and yeah, you know, warm up 341 00:16:04.919 --> 00:16:07.480 for the game felt good, felt good yesterday, and just 342 00:16:08.200 --> 00:16:10.279 then it just comes out to executing. You know, if 343 00:16:10.320 --> 00:16:12.600 you just work on the stuff on days in between, 344 00:16:13.200 --> 00:16:15.799 you know, today just comes down and going out and competing. 345 00:16:16.080 --> 00:16:19.320 Jack to piggyback off of what Dylan was saying, to 346 00:16:20.200 --> 00:16:22.039 the dreams that you had about pitching here. Obviously you 347 00:16:22.039 --> 00:16:24.080 pitched in high school, but to do it and then 348 00:16:24.519 --> 00:16:27.480 a game coming after seven shoutout innings, walking off the mound, 349 00:16:28.200 --> 00:16:30.960 everyone giving you a standing ovation, fifty five thousand people, 350 00:16:31.000 --> 00:16:33.039 getting that hug from Dave Roberts, your mom right there 351 00:16:33.039 --> 00:16:36.360 behind home plate. You know, what is that feeling like? 352 00:16:36.519 --> 00:16:38.279 Putting your team, you know, in a position three wins 353 00:16:38.279 --> 00:16:39.879 away from the World Series. And then I saw later 354 00:16:39.919 --> 00:16:41.600 you did come out and embrace your mom, gave a hug. 355 00:16:41.639 --> 00:16:42.559 What was that conversation? 356 00:16:42.600 --> 00:16:44.799 Would you guys say, you know, it's hard not to 357 00:16:44.799 --> 00:16:47.519 smile about those things. This this game is fun. This 358 00:16:47.600 --> 00:16:49.320 game is a lot of fun. And I've been lucky 359 00:16:49.360 --> 00:16:52.000 to do it since I was a little kid, and 360 00:16:52.200 --> 00:16:53.799 I'm still lucky to be able to do it today 361 00:16:54.440 --> 00:16:56.240 and be put in these positions, which is why I 362 00:16:56.279 --> 00:16:58.159 kind of try to describe all these games as fun. 363 00:16:58.519 --> 00:17:00.399 You know, as high pressure as they get, I just 364 00:17:01.320 --> 00:17:03.759 tell the guys it's going to be fun. And we 365 00:17:03.840 --> 00:17:06.400 got to remember that sometimes. And so, you know, walking 366 00:17:06.400 --> 00:17:08.119 off the mountain, they usually be able to keep it 367 00:17:08.200 --> 00:17:09.720 together no matter what, even if it's the end of 368 00:17:09.759 --> 00:17:12.279 an outing. But I kind of had a feeling goes 369 00:17:12.279 --> 00:17:16.720 towards the end of line, and yeah, it just was 370 00:17:16.759 --> 00:17:19.720 hard on smile there. And then you know, at least 371 00:17:19.720 --> 00:17:21.720 here like they had asked me to come back out, 372 00:17:21.720 --> 00:17:22.960 So I just I told my mom I was gonna 373 00:17:22.960 --> 00:17:26.119 come out, and you just give her a hug kind 374 00:17:26.119 --> 00:17:28.960 of the way we have been able to look him 375 00:17:29.000 --> 00:17:30.960 back on high school or a couple other starts, when 376 00:17:31.160 --> 00:17:33.200 when I get the opportunity just instead of you know, 377 00:17:33.319 --> 00:17:35.400 waiting to meet her underneath or whatnot, if I can 378 00:17:35.480 --> 00:17:37.079 just go out give her a hug and you know, 379 00:17:37.200 --> 00:17:38.880 tell her thanks for being there and supporting me. It's 380 00:17:38.880 --> 00:17:40.559 always always important, all right. 381 00:17:40.559 --> 00:17:43.799 There's Jack Flaherty after the game last night. Seven shutout 382 00:17:43.920 --> 00:17:47.079 innings for the right hander. Born here in southern California 383 00:17:47.119 --> 00:17:49.440 and Bourbank grew up a Dodgers fan. Was at the 384 00:17:49.519 --> 00:17:52.799 twenty fifteen NLDS, by the way Zaxu, the last time 385 00:17:52.839 --> 00:17:55.519 the Dodgers and Mets faced each other in the playoffs, 386 00:17:55.519 --> 00:17:58.480 with the old Chase Utley sliding into Dahata and breaking 387 00:17:58.519 --> 00:18:00.480 his leg. That was twenty fifteen. He was in the 388 00:18:00.480 --> 00:18:02.880 minor leagues with the Saint Louis Cardinals. His season was over, 389 00:18:03.079 --> 00:18:05.000 and him and his brother went and bought tickets and 390 00:18:05.119 --> 00:18:07.920 was at Dodger Stadium for that NLDS. And here he 391 00:18:08.000 --> 00:18:10.960 is in twenty twenty four. He was absolutely dealing, but 392 00:18:11.160 --> 00:18:13.759 I mean ninety three for the fastball, he had a 393 00:18:13.799 --> 00:18:16.119 seventy seven mile an hour knuckle curve kind of averaging 394 00:18:16.200 --> 00:18:18.039 right around there, and then you mix in the slider 395 00:18:18.079 --> 00:18:20.960 he was thrown last night was about eighty five eighty six. 396 00:18:21.640 --> 00:18:24.880 Those three pitches at those three different speeds. He had 397 00:18:24.920 --> 00:18:27.240 guy's guests and he was pitching backwards as they say 398 00:18:27.400 --> 00:18:30.000 to hit hers to Lindor, they didn't know what was coming. 399 00:18:30.599 --> 00:18:33.400 Yeah, and that's great. First of all, what a grounded 400 00:18:33.440 --> 00:18:36.359 young man, you know, to talk about his high school days, 401 00:18:36.359 --> 00:18:39.480