WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.200 --> 00:00:01.320 God, I'm swinging. 2 00:00:02.480 --> 00:00:07.719 That's a hello. Fans of the world Champion La Dodgers. 3 00:00:07.000 --> 00:00:09.480 The World Series Gwenville. 4 00:00:10.400 --> 00:00:14.000 This is a special off season edition of Dodger Talk. 5 00:00:14.160 --> 00:00:17.480 There's a dynasty to be had here, taking you behind 6 00:00:17.480 --> 00:00:21.199 the scenes with Dodger insider David Basse, living out of 7 00:00:21.199 --> 00:00:23.679 their dream to be a part of the show called 8 00:00:23.719 --> 00:00:27.079 eight six six nine eight seven two five seven and 9 00:00:27.199 --> 00:00:30.559 follow the show wherever you get your podcasts now here's 10 00:00:30.600 --> 00:00:32.600 your host, David Basse. 11 00:00:34.880 --> 00:00:39.399 Welcome the Dodger Talk David Vasse live from my mom's 12 00:00:39.439 --> 00:00:43.159 townhouse in Woodland Hills because we were forced to evacuate 13 00:00:43.280 --> 00:00:48.280 because of the Kenneth fire. So technology is an amazing 14 00:00:48.399 --> 00:00:51.640 thing and that's how we're able to share the next 15 00:00:51.679 --> 00:00:55.079 hour with you. I hope you're safe out there. Obviously 16 00:00:55.600 --> 00:00:58.399 a horrible time here in the city of Los Angeles. 17 00:00:58.439 --> 00:01:02.399 Our thoughts and prayers go out to all that were affected, 18 00:01:02.439 --> 00:01:05.480 that lost their homes. That their lives have been changed 19 00:01:05.560 --> 00:01:09.519 for a few years now, maybe forever. But we're here 20 00:01:09.560 --> 00:01:13.599 to kind of mix all that in and obviously not 21 00:01:13.760 --> 00:01:18.719 ideal situation, but we're here to talk baseball, to distract you, 22 00:01:18.840 --> 00:01:22.480 to entertain you, and for all the latest breaking news. 23 00:01:22.799 --> 00:01:27.159 You can tune into our sister station KFI AM six 24 00:01:27.200 --> 00:01:30.840 point forty all along the iHeartRadio app as well for 25 00:01:30.959 --> 00:01:35.159 all the late breaking news and KFI breaking news. As 26 00:01:35.200 --> 00:01:39.799 we speak, there was an arson suspect arrested in Woodland 27 00:01:39.840 --> 00:01:45.120 Hills for possibly starting this Kenneth fire. So KFI is 28 00:01:45.200 --> 00:01:47.879 on top of it. Tim Conway Junior and the rest 29 00:01:47.959 --> 00:01:51.719 of the crew, Deborah Mark are all over it for 30 00:01:51.840 --> 00:01:54.760 all the latest breaking news and information where you need 31 00:01:54.840 --> 00:01:58.560 to go for shelter in place where you can get resources. 32 00:01:58.640 --> 00:02:02.239 If you've been displaced. KFI can help you out, and 33 00:02:02.599 --> 00:02:05.560 obviously the Red Cross can help you out as well 34 00:02:05.599 --> 00:02:08.919 as much as as much as they can. So we'll 35 00:02:09.120 --> 00:02:12.199 as baseball players do through a one hundred and sixty 36 00:02:12.240 --> 00:02:16.280 two game season. We have to grind through this and 37 00:02:16.759 --> 00:02:21.199 that's certainly what we will do together. But Max Munsey 38 00:02:21.479 --> 00:02:26.159 is going to join us to help obviously entertain us, 39 00:02:26.400 --> 00:02:29.120 to give the latest on what's going on during his 40 00:02:29.240 --> 00:02:32.680 off season as a two time World Series champion. And 41 00:02:32.800 --> 00:02:36.439 Max Munsey has played seven years in Los Angeles and 42 00:02:36.520 --> 00:02:42.159 cares deeply about this community and he certainly has his 43 00:02:42.240 --> 00:02:44.199 heart on his sleeve when it comes to all this. 44 00:02:44.280 --> 00:02:46.759 So we'll hear from Max Mounsey coming up at the 45 00:02:46.759 --> 00:02:49.319 bottom of the hour. We will give you the latest 46 00:02:49.360 --> 00:02:54.159 on the Roki Sazaki sweepstakes, and also we'll talk about 47 00:02:54.360 --> 00:02:58.759 who else the Dodgers may be signing before spring training begins. 48 00:02:58.919 --> 00:03:02.479 And also, since the last time we spoke last week, 49 00:03:02.800 --> 00:03:05.719 Gavin Lux has been traded to the Reds. I was 50 00:03:05.759 --> 00:03:09.319 on sports net LA as that news was breaking on Monday, 51 00:03:09.479 --> 00:03:12.400 So we'll get into that a little bit more and 52 00:03:12.479 --> 00:03:17.159 what that means for the return of Keige Hernandez Now. 53 00:03:17.479 --> 00:03:22.080 The Dodgers also made a move today among a settling 54 00:03:22.240 --> 00:03:27.280 arbitration eligible players. They traded Diego Kartaya, who was once 55 00:03:28.479 --> 00:03:32.280 one of the top prize prospects not only in the 56 00:03:32.319 --> 00:03:35.759 Dodger farm system, but in all of Major League Baseball 57 00:03:35.840 --> 00:03:40.800 minor leagues. And this is a cautionary tale of over 58 00:03:41.000 --> 00:03:46.039 hyping minor league prospects. I'm not saying the Dodgers did that. 59 00:03:47.280 --> 00:03:52.360 I'm saying be careful, just wanting the Dodgers to keep 60 00:03:52.400 --> 00:03:58.719 prospects at the expense of not helping their major league roster. Thankfully, 61 00:03:58.800 --> 00:04:02.800 Andrew Friedman has been willing to pull the trigger on trades, 62 00:04:03.159 --> 00:04:06.120 and if it means giving up young talent, he has 63 00:04:06.199 --> 00:04:08.599 done that going all the way back, right off the 64 00:04:08.599 --> 00:04:12.680 top of my head, trading Cabert Ruiz as part of 65 00:04:12.719 --> 00:04:16.480 a trade for Max Scherzer and trade Turner. So he 66 00:04:16.560 --> 00:04:20.160 has done this. He traded for you, Darvish at the 67 00:04:20.199 --> 00:04:24.519 trade deadline in twenty seventeen. You know, he has done 68 00:04:24.519 --> 00:04:29.040 this continuously. And that's why I feel like some lose 69 00:04:29.079 --> 00:04:32.560 sight of the fact that, yes, developing your minor league 70 00:04:32.639 --> 00:04:36.079 system is very important, but not necessarily for them to 71 00:04:36.279 --> 00:04:40.399 play in your uniform, but to use them to make 72 00:04:40.439 --> 00:04:44.040 trades to help your major league roster, as the Dodgers 73 00:04:44.079 --> 00:04:47.480 have done. Look, the stakes are really high for the Dodgers, 74 00:04:47.519 --> 00:04:51.600 as we have seen since Guggenheim has taken over, and 75 00:04:51.639 --> 00:04:54.720 as they have had this continued success. But the stakes 76 00:04:54.720 --> 00:04:59.639 were raised astronomically when they acquired Shohio Tani and signed 77 00:04:59.680 --> 00:05:05.120 yosh Yamamoto. Specifically when they signed Otani and he basically 78 00:05:05.279 --> 00:05:09.480 deferred a lot of his contract unprecedented amount of money 79 00:05:10.160 --> 00:05:14.040 to help the Dodgers build a team around him, not 80 00:05:14.240 --> 00:05:19.079 just for twenty twenty four, but for the next five, six, seven, eight, nine, 81 00:05:19.279 --> 00:05:23.519 maybe ten years to be able to give the Dodgers 82 00:05:23.560 --> 00:05:26.879 the ability not just to have sho Hey Otani, but 83 00:05:26.959 --> 00:05:30.399 to have sho Hey Otani surrounded by players that the 84 00:05:30.480 --> 00:05:33.639 Dodgers have acquired even in the last year. I mean, 85 00:05:33.680 --> 00:05:37.040 we're talking about Yamamoto, We're talking about them trading for 86 00:05:37.120 --> 00:05:40.560 Tommy Edmund and Michael Kopek. We're talking about them having 87 00:05:40.600 --> 00:05:44.439 Freddie Freeman and Mookie Betts and keeping Max Munsey among others, 88 00:05:44.480 --> 00:05:49.720 signing Michael Confordo and signing re signing Taoscar Hernandez. All 89 00:05:49.759 --> 00:05:53.399 of this is made possible by the Dodgers having that 90 00:05:53.600 --> 00:05:59.120 flexibility that Otani gave them and also obviously raising the 91 00:05:59.199 --> 00:06:03.720 stakes to win now. And the Dodgers have been more 92 00:06:03.879 --> 00:06:08.319 aggressive this off season than any other team out there. 93 00:06:08.839 --> 00:06:12.120 Am I missing something? The Dodgers are the defending World 94 00:06:12.160 --> 00:06:15.560 Series champions. I feel like we don't say that enough. 95 00:06:15.680 --> 00:06:22.199 This is the world champion Dodgers Audio station, and when 96 00:06:22.240 --> 00:06:25.160 the game start, it will be the world champion Dodgers 97 00:06:25.759 --> 00:06:29.399 Audio Network. That's what they are. And they have gone 98 00:06:29.439 --> 00:06:33.399 out this offseason and being as aggressive a teams that 99 00:06:33.519 --> 00:06:38.959 have never won a World Series like the Mariners, and 100 00:06:39.040 --> 00:06:42.720 they have added Confordo. They have added Tasca Hernandez, they 101 00:06:42.720 --> 00:06:46.720 have added Blake Snell, and they're not done yet. They're 102 00:06:46.759 --> 00:06:52.680 pursuing Roki Sazaki, and they are pursuing another or two 103 00:06:53.560 --> 00:06:56.560 major league relievers to add to their bullpen and also 104 00:06:57.680 --> 00:07:02.279 looking to bring back keyk Hernandez. So the Dodgers have 105 00:07:02.519 --> 00:07:06.920 done a great job of developing young players but also 106 00:07:07.079 --> 00:07:10.160 understanding that the time is now to win, and if 107 00:07:10.160 --> 00:07:14.199 it means trading a player that you may think is 108 00:07:14.680 --> 00:07:17.879 a can't miss prospect, by the way, I haven't met 109 00:07:17.920 --> 00:07:20.839 one that is a can't miss prospect. Honestly. The only 110 00:07:20.879 --> 00:07:22.800 two that I could tell you that our can't miss 111 00:07:22.800 --> 00:07:27.160 prospects that I have seen, you know, really fulfilled the 112 00:07:27.240 --> 00:07:31.079 expectations in the hype are two guys and they both 113 00:07:31.160 --> 00:07:35.920 came out of high school, Bryce Harper and Alex Rodriguez. 114 00:07:36.480 --> 00:07:39.560 Bryce Harper was on the cover of Sports Illustrated when 115 00:07:39.600 --> 00:07:42.560 he was in high school, similar to Lebron James, and 116 00:07:42.639 --> 00:07:49.319 Bryce Harper has certainly fulfilled those expectations. But Diego Krtia 117 00:07:49.439 --> 00:07:53.240 is a cautionary tale, and look, the reality is Cartaya 118 00:07:53.399 --> 00:07:56.680 may have, you know, come close to what the expectations 119 00:07:56.720 --> 00:07:59.199 were for him, but he injured his back a couple 120 00:07:59.240 --> 00:08:01.920 of years back. And if you've ever had a back issue, 121 00:08:01.959 --> 00:08:04.879 no matter how young or old you are, you know 122 00:08:05.000 --> 00:08:08.720 they don't just go away. They're always there. And other 123 00:08:08.800 --> 00:08:13.680 teams saw last year that Kartayah, who was a catching prospect, 124 00:08:14.480 --> 00:08:19.160 never caught consecutive games all last season. That was a 125 00:08:19.199 --> 00:08:23.279 red flag for where this was going with Kartaya. And 126 00:08:23.720 --> 00:08:26.639 maybe a change of scenery and a change in new 127 00:08:26.720 --> 00:08:31.160 voices helping him with his hitting will help him in Minnesota. 128 00:08:31.399 --> 00:08:34.120 So he's a great kid, he's got a great spirit 129 00:08:34.159 --> 00:08:36.840 about him. He's twenty three years old. We've heard about 130 00:08:36.919 --> 00:08:39.840 him ever since the Dodgers signed him when he was sixteen. 131 00:08:39.960 --> 00:08:44.360 So all the best to diego Kartaya in Minnesota. But 132 00:08:44.919 --> 00:08:49.679 obviously he never turned out to be what I guess 133 00:08:50.000 --> 00:08:52.440 the Dodgers and others thought he would turn out to be. 134 00:08:53.159 --> 00:08:56.000 Eight six six nine eighty seven two five seventy is 135 00:08:56.039 --> 00:08:58.200 the phone number. We're going to take a time out 136 00:08:58.240 --> 00:09:01.960 here on Dodger Talk. When we continue, Max Munsey we'll 137 00:09:02.039 --> 00:09:05.080 join us the two time World Series champion right here 138 00:09:05.440 --> 00:09:09.919 on Dodger Talk. Be safe out there and keep your 139 00:09:09.919 --> 00:09:10.279 head up. 140 00:09:11.679 --> 00:09:15.799 Anybody want it, but it ain't that ss off season. 141 00:09:15.919 --> 00:09:22.600 Dodger Talk continues on LA's Home Love Good Dodgers AM 142 00:09:22.679 --> 00:09:24.399 five seventy l A Sports Cool. 143 00:09:52.080 --> 00:09:55.600 Los Angeles will rise up again, no doubt about it. 144 00:09:56.080 --> 00:10:00.720 David Vass with you until eight o'clock tonight here on Talk. 145 00:10:00.879 --> 00:10:03.480 Max Munsey is going to be joining us here shortly 146 00:10:04.039 --> 00:10:06.080 and coming up at the bottom of the hour, we 147 00:10:06.159 --> 00:10:09.399 will give you the latest on the Roki Sazaki's sweepstakes. 148 00:10:09.440 --> 00:10:13.600 We are getting closer to January fifteenth, and also we'll 149 00:10:13.679 --> 00:10:16.240 let you know what it means for keyk a Hernandez 150 00:10:16.320 --> 00:10:20.600 now that Gavin Lux is wearing a Cincinnati Reds uniform. 151 00:10:20.919 --> 00:10:23.399 We are thinking about you, Los Angeles. We are thinking 152 00:10:23.399 --> 00:10:26.440 about all of you that have been affected by the 153 00:10:26.480 --> 00:10:31.480 fires here in the City of Angels and certainly you 154 00:10:31.559 --> 00:10:35.639 cannot get through this alone. It seems like, as always, 155 00:10:35.679 --> 00:10:38.759 we are rallying with each other in this city when 156 00:10:38.799 --> 00:10:41.720 we need each other the most, and just be vigilant 157 00:10:41.799 --> 00:10:43.799 out there. That's the biggest thing. We all got to 158 00:10:43.840 --> 00:10:48.279 be vigilant that do not have our homes taken away 159 00:10:48.279 --> 00:10:50.840 from us. We got to be looking out for each 160 00:10:50.840 --> 00:10:53.320 other and we've got to be looking out for nefarious 161 00:10:53.360 --> 00:10:56.159 people out there that are up to no good, that's 162 00:10:56.200 --> 00:10:59.200 for sure. Eight six six nine eighty seven two five 163 00:10:59.360 --> 00:11:02.200 seventy is the phone number. We're taking your phone calls 164 00:11:02.279 --> 00:11:05.200 until eight o'clock tonight here on a five to seventy 165 00:11:05.320 --> 00:11:08.799 LA Sports. We are just thirty two days away from 166 00:11:08.840 --> 00:11:14.480 pitchers and catchers reporting to Glendale, Arizona. The Dodgers again 167 00:11:14.639 --> 00:11:18.639 are going to be starting their season on a different continent. 168 00:11:19.039 --> 00:11:21.360 This time they are going to open up the Major 169 00:11:21.440 --> 00:11:25.600 League season in Tokyo, Japan, against the Chicago Cubs. You 170 00:11:25.679 --> 00:11:29.879 remember last year they opened up in South Korea against 171 00:11:29.879 --> 00:11:33.159 the San Diego Padres. Kind of full circle that the 172 00:11:33.200 --> 00:11:36.960 Dodgers knocked the Padres out of the postseason last year. 173 00:11:37.399 --> 00:11:40.440 All Right, we're joined by a man that has invested 174 00:11:40.559 --> 00:11:45.320 not only his playing career on the field in Los Angeles, 175 00:11:45.360 --> 00:11:48.879 but he definitely has invested a lot in this community. 176 00:11:49.200 --> 00:11:52.639 I'm talking about two time All Star, two time World 177 00:11:52.720 --> 00:11:55.519 Series champion, a man that has hit one hundred and 178 00:11:55.679 --> 00:11:59.440 ninety home runs as a Dodger entering his eighth year 179 00:12:00.159 --> 00:12:04.440 Dodger Blue, and that is the Dodgers opening day third baseman, 180 00:12:04.960 --> 00:12:07.639 the one and only Max Munsey, Max, thanks a lot 181 00:12:07.679 --> 00:12:09.080 for coming on. Appreciate it. 182 00:12:10.480 --> 00:12:12.960 Yeah, absolutely, I'll tell you what here in two time 183 00:12:13.039 --> 00:12:14.720 World Series champion doesn't get old. 184 00:12:15.720 --> 00:12:18.399 No, it doesn't. And we haven't talked since the parade. 185 00:12:18.799 --> 00:12:22.120 What's it been like for you since that day? Has 186 00:12:22.159 --> 00:12:24.559 it sunk in that you are a two time World 187 00:12:24.559 --> 00:12:27.240 Series Champion? Do you have a little bit more swag 188 00:12:27.279 --> 00:12:30.720 in your step now? Or how has Max Munsey's off 189 00:12:30.799 --> 00:12:31.360 season been? 190 00:12:32.879 --> 00:12:36.240 Well, you know, after we won, with the parade and everything, 191 00:12:36.279 --> 00:12:40.039 that was obviously a whirlwind and you try to remember 192 00:12:40.240 --> 00:12:43.240 as much of it as you can, but you know, 193 00:12:43.519 --> 00:12:48.720 it really sank in for me. We ordered a replica trophy, 194 00:12:49.159 --> 00:12:51.639 the World Series Trophy, and when that showed up on 195 00:12:51.679 --> 00:12:53.559 the doorstep, that's kind of when it really sank in. 196 00:12:53.639 --> 00:12:55.639 I have it sitting next to the one from twenty twenty, 197 00:12:55.759 --> 00:12:58.480 so you know, I get to see that every single 198 00:12:58.519 --> 00:13:01.399 day and it's a pretty cool reminder. But you know, 199 00:13:01.559 --> 00:13:03.159 I also want to get a third one up there. 200 00:13:04.120 --> 00:13:06.840 Yeah, that would be nice. And it seems like Andrew 201 00:13:06.879 --> 00:13:09.279 Friedman is trying to give you, guys everything that you 202 00:13:09.360 --> 00:13:10.600 need to make another run. 203 00:13:12.279 --> 00:13:14.879 Well, he does this every year. You know, we always have, 204 00:13:15.360 --> 00:13:17.000 you know, the roster and everything to. 205 00:13:18.639 --> 00:13:19.440 Get the job done. 206 00:13:19.440 --> 00:13:21.240 And it's just it falls on us to make sure 207 00:13:21.240 --> 00:13:24.679 we do that. And so right now that's what everyone's doing. 208 00:13:24.720 --> 00:13:26.559 They're trying to rest up. It's been a you know, 209 00:13:26.799 --> 00:13:29.600 a short offseason, and everyone's trying to make sure we're 210 00:13:29.639 --> 00:13:32.200 ready to go, you know, going into Japan this year. 211 00:13:32.919 --> 00:13:35.679 Hey, Max, speaking of the parade and all that, you 212 00:13:35.720 --> 00:13:38.080 didn't get one in twenty twenty. We all know that. 213 00:13:38.639 --> 00:13:41.399 But when you were on your parade float with your 214 00:13:41.440 --> 00:13:45.960 teammates and once you got to the stadium for the rally, 215 00:13:46.000 --> 00:13:50.080 did you realize how much you and that team meant 216 00:13:50.080 --> 00:13:50.799 to the city. 217 00:13:52.639 --> 00:13:57.639 You know, I've told this the several people, And you know, 218 00:13:57.720 --> 00:13:59.879 when we when we turned onto the street and down 219 00:13:59.879 --> 00:14:02.759 town and you start seeing all the people lined up, 220 00:14:02.799 --> 00:14:06.480 When when you see people holding up pictures and images 221 00:14:06.639 --> 00:14:10.279 of uh, you know, relatives and people that have passed 222 00:14:10.279 --> 00:14:13.480 away that couldn't be there, and you start seeing like 223 00:14:13.600 --> 00:14:17.960 how much it actually means to everybody. You know, that 224 00:14:18.039 --> 00:14:20.200 really kind of hit a whole lot harder than I 225 00:14:20.200 --> 00:14:22.000 think I I even realized. 226 00:14:22.039 --> 00:14:22.919 I've always known. 227 00:14:22.720 --> 00:14:26.039 That the Dodgers fans and the the city and the 228 00:14:26.120 --> 00:14:29.320 organization and everything. It's it's the best in baseball, the 229 00:14:29.360 --> 00:14:32.600 best fans, the best people, and but I don't think 230 00:14:32.639 --> 00:14:35.240 you ever realized that it means that much to people, 231 00:14:35.279 --> 00:14:37.440 that it's it's it's you know, it's a. 232 00:14:37.360 --> 00:14:38.519 Lifestyle for a lot of people. 233 00:14:38.600 --> 00:14:42.039 And it felt really special to be able to celebrate 234 00:14:42.159 --> 00:14:44.919 that moment with with, you know, the couple million people 235 00:14:45.000 --> 00:14:45.759 that were in the city. 236 00:14:47.200 --> 00:14:50.360 Max Munsey is joining us from his home in Texas, 237 00:14:50.399 --> 00:14:53.440 and Max, I know new you and your wife Kelly 238 00:14:53.519 --> 00:14:57.360 have been posting links to where we can help assist 239 00:14:57.480 --> 00:15:01.240 those that have lost their homes and and need some help. 240 00:15:01.279 --> 00:15:04.000 And I know you've been monitoring what's going on in 241 00:15:04.039 --> 00:15:07.960 the city closely from your house in Texas. How hard 242 00:15:08.039 --> 00:15:09.559 is this hitting you guys out there. 243 00:15:10.919 --> 00:15:12.559 It's tough, It's it's real tough. 244 00:15:12.639 --> 00:15:15.279 We've been, you know, we've had the news on pretty 245 00:15:15.360 --> 00:15:18.759 much twenty four to seven. We've been trying to follow 246 00:15:18.759 --> 00:15:21.799 everything as best we can, and it's just devastating to 247 00:15:21.840 --> 00:15:25.399 see the amount of damage that's been done. And you know, 248 00:15:25.960 --> 00:15:28.480 we're obviously praying for everybody, and we're hoping that everyone's 249 00:15:28.480 --> 00:15:31.480 everyone to get out and it sucks that people are 250 00:15:31.480 --> 00:15:33.679 losing their houses, but the most important thing is that 251 00:15:34.200 --> 00:15:36.440 you know they're surviving and their living and you know, 252 00:15:36.480 --> 00:15:38.600 you can you can replace certain things, but you can't 253 00:15:38.600 --> 00:15:41.799 replace lives. And so, you know where we're obviously trying 254 00:15:41.840 --> 00:15:43.960 to do what we can from from out here. It's 255 00:15:43.960 --> 00:15:46.639 not much, but as long as we can bring awareness 256 00:15:46.799 --> 00:15:49.480 to it, and you know, people from around the country 257 00:15:49.519 --> 00:15:52.440 can chip in here and there and every every little bit. 258 00:15:52.360 --> 00:15:53.799 Helps in this scenario. 259 00:15:53.960 --> 00:15:56.279 And you know, so that was something that we'd wanted 260 00:15:56.320 --> 00:15:58.320 to do, is we wanted to make sure that there 261 00:15:58.399 --> 00:16:00.879 was you know, lots of links and stuff for people 262 00:16:00.879 --> 00:16:03.720 to just you know, to go on and just give 263 00:16:03.759 --> 00:16:06.240 any little bit that they can, no doubt. 264 00:16:06.120 --> 00:16:08.879 Any little bit can help a lot of people out there. 265 00:16:09.200 --> 00:16:12.639 Max Munsey is joining us here on Dodger Talk. We're 266 00:16:12.679 --> 00:16:16.480 with you until eight o'clock. And Max, during this postseason run, 267 00:16:16.519 --> 00:16:19.360 you were such a big part of it from beginning 268 00:16:19.440 --> 00:16:22.840 to end. One thing that sticks out to me the most, 269 00:16:22.919 --> 00:16:26.240 and we have not talked about this either, was the 270 00:16:26.639 --> 00:16:32.519 consecutive reaching bass streak twelve consecutive plate appearances where you 271 00:16:32.600 --> 00:16:37.159 reach base. That's a new playoff record. Reggie Jackson held 272 00:16:37.200 --> 00:16:43.159 the record before you. Is that similar to when an 273 00:16:43.399 --> 00:16:47.879 NBA player describes like making ten threes, like Steph Curry 274 00:16:48.000 --> 00:16:51.279 just says, the basket just looked like the ocean. Is 275 00:16:51.320 --> 00:16:53.600 that what it felt like during the NLCS? Can you 276 00:16:53.679 --> 00:16:57.600 describe it? 277 00:16:57.600 --> 00:17:00.440 It's kind of hard to describe, but it's just as 278 00:16:59.840 --> 00:17:02.360 it's that was at that moment in time, that was 279 00:17:02.360 --> 00:17:04.759 the best that I had pretty much felt all season long. 280 00:17:04.839 --> 00:17:07.519 I was locked in to my mechanics, locked into the 281 00:17:07.559 --> 00:17:10.079 game play, and I was seeing everything real well that 282 00:17:10.119 --> 00:17:12.680 the game just felt very slow for me in that moment, 283 00:17:13.160 --> 00:17:16.400 and you know, it just it just felt like I 284 00:17:16.839 --> 00:17:18.559 had a very good understanding of what I was trying 285 00:17:18.599 --> 00:17:21.799 to do, and you know, through throughout the entire season, 286 00:17:22.000 --> 00:17:24.279 it's you know, that's one of those things where you're 287 00:17:24.319 --> 00:17:26.920 you're very rarely ever in that state. You might be 288 00:17:26.920 --> 00:17:29.160 seeing the ball well, but your mechanics are a little off. 289 00:17:29.200 --> 00:17:31.119 Your mechanics might be great, but you're not seeing the 290 00:17:31.119 --> 00:17:31.680 ball well. 291 00:17:32.000 --> 00:17:33.000 You know, there might you know, you. 292 00:17:33.000 --> 00:17:36.640 Might have a little nagging thing here or there, and 293 00:17:36.640 --> 00:17:39.200 so it's very rare that you get into that that 294 00:17:39.799 --> 00:17:41.839 zone that I was in there and that was definitely 295 00:17:41.880 --> 00:17:44.240 the best that I've felt for a very long time. 296 00:17:45.160 --> 00:17:47.359 No doubt. And you've been a part of a lot 297 00:17:47.359 --> 00:17:50.960 of classic playoff teams for the Dodgers. You've come up 298 00:17:51.000 --> 00:17:54.480 big yourself. When you look back at how you guys 299 00:17:54.519 --> 00:17:57.599 came together. I remember what you told me at the 300 00:17:57.640 --> 00:18:01.519 beginning of the playoffs where you just asked everybody to 301 00:18:01.720 --> 00:18:06.359 sacrifice their families and whatever interests they had outside of 302 00:18:06.400 --> 00:18:10.279 baseball for six weeks. How much did that really play 303 00:18:10.279 --> 00:18:12.440 into you guys going all the way to win the 304 00:18:12.440 --> 00:18:13.240 World Series? 305 00:18:15.200 --> 00:18:19.240 You know, I it's hard to really state how much 306 00:18:19.240 --> 00:18:22.519 of an impact that had, you know, but I really 307 00:18:22.519 --> 00:18:25.039 feel like that was something that helped us out. And 308 00:18:25.359 --> 00:18:27.039 you know, right from the beginning, you have those five 309 00:18:27.119 --> 00:18:31.039 days off, you know, getting to buy and you know, 310 00:18:31.720 --> 00:18:35.480 everyone was so stressed out about that from years past 311 00:18:35.519 --> 00:18:38.079 and just thinking about how that's actually bad luck. 312 00:18:38.160 --> 00:18:39.759 And you know, at. 313 00:18:39.720 --> 00:18:41.079 The end of the day, we had to flip the 314 00:18:41.119 --> 00:18:44.240 mindset of you know, it's a reward. You're getting rewarded 315 00:18:44.279 --> 00:18:47.000 for playing well throughout the regular season. We needed to 316 00:18:47.039 --> 00:18:49.599 treat it like a reward. And so that was just 317 00:18:49.640 --> 00:18:51.599 where the idea came from that we need to get 318 00:18:51.640 --> 00:18:53.480 everybody together, We need to be spending a bunch of 319 00:18:53.519 --> 00:18:56.799 time together, but it doesn't need to be a boring 320 00:18:56.839 --> 00:18:58.680 classroom session. We need to be in there, you know, 321 00:18:58.759 --> 00:19:01.599 having fun, be at the state, just being with the boys. 322 00:19:01.640 --> 00:19:05.279 And then as that happened, it turned into you know, hey, 323 00:19:06.119 --> 00:19:09.839 this is going to be a two to three week adventure. Obviously, 324 00:19:10.119 --> 00:19:11.839 our families are going to be there with us, and 325 00:19:11.880 --> 00:19:14.359 we want them there with us, but we need to 326 00:19:14.400 --> 00:19:17.039 make sure we're focused on the goal because this is 327 00:19:17.079 --> 00:19:19.160 going to be a very good opportunity for us, as 328 00:19:19.160 --> 00:19:22.359 it is every year, but we need to have everyone focused. 329 00:19:22.359 --> 00:19:25.240 And you know, everyone just kind of bought into it immediately. 330 00:19:25.279 --> 00:19:27.079 And that's one of the things where you talk to 331 00:19:27.079 --> 00:19:29.200 a couple of guys and you know, you know, Milkie 332 00:19:29.319 --> 00:19:32.599 and Will, and you're not You're never sure if the 333 00:19:32.720 --> 00:19:34.200 entire team is going to buy into it. 334 00:19:34.279 --> 00:19:35.400 And it was almost. 335 00:19:35.119 --> 00:19:38.920 Immediately that everybody was completely on board and everyone started 336 00:19:38.960 --> 00:19:42.519 throwing out ideas, and you know, it's really it's really 337 00:19:42.559 --> 00:19:46.039 cool to watch, just from my standpoint, to see the 338 00:19:46.319 --> 00:19:48.720 you know, the that entire group come come together like 339 00:19:48.759 --> 00:19:52.039 that and realize what we had going on. 340 00:19:52.799 --> 00:19:55.359 Yeah, you had something special going on. And I felt 341 00:19:55.359 --> 00:19:59.359 like in the postseason, especially in the NLDS Max. Even 342 00:19:59.359 --> 00:20:02.880 in a Game three loss, the way you guys came 343 00:20:02.960 --> 00:20:05.559 back and were resilient instead of just going down and 344 00:20:05.559 --> 00:20:08.359 getting blown out, to me, it felt like that kind 345 00:20:08.359 --> 00:20:12.799 of just changed everything. Whether it was Bueller throwing the 346 00:20:12.839 --> 00:20:16.880 gatorade bucket in the dugout or Tioscar Hernandez hitting a 347 00:20:16.920 --> 00:20:19.880 grand slam to bring you within one run and kind 348 00:20:19.880 --> 00:20:22.559 of screaming at you who was coming up to the plate, 349 00:20:23.200 --> 00:20:25.960 It felt like that game was a turning point. I 350 00:20:26.039 --> 00:20:28.599 know that's easy to say, but you got to hit 351 00:20:28.640 --> 00:20:30.680 the ball, you got to execute and do all the 352 00:20:30.720 --> 00:20:34.319 other things. But did that kind of just show to 353 00:20:34.440 --> 00:20:37.920 each other how resilient you were and how you guys 354 00:20:37.960 --> 00:20:39.640 were not just gonna go out easy. 355 00:20:41.279 --> 00:20:44.119 Yeah, you know that Game four was very unique and 356 00:20:44.240 --> 00:20:47.559 kind of special to look back and think about kid 357 00:20:47.680 --> 00:20:50.440 coming into the you know, coming into the clubhouse that day, 358 00:20:50.519 --> 00:20:54.200 we we kind of find out and get told that 359 00:20:54.279 --> 00:20:56.799 Freddy's not gonna be able to go, and you know 360 00:20:56.839 --> 00:20:58.319 you're in an elimination game, and. 361 00:20:58.200 --> 00:20:59.680 That's that's obviously a big blow. 362 00:20:59.759 --> 00:21:04.079 But the bullpen kept coming in all day long say hey, 363 00:21:04.119 --> 00:21:04.720 we got you guys. 364 00:21:04.720 --> 00:21:05.359 We got you, guys. 365 00:21:05.359 --> 00:21:07.359 We knew it was gonna be a bullpen game for us, 366 00:21:07.400 --> 00:21:11.079 and immediately all of those guys just came in and say, hey, 367 00:21:11.119 --> 00:21:12.960 we got you guys. Don't worry, We're going to take 368 00:21:12.960 --> 00:21:14.680 care of this and just get us. Just get us 369 00:21:14.720 --> 00:21:16.000 a couple of runs. It's all you need to do. 370 00:21:16.039 --> 00:21:20.440 And you know, the mindset right from the start of 371 00:21:20.440 --> 00:21:23.079 the day, even though we got bad news with Freddy 372 00:21:23.160 --> 00:21:26.960 not being able to go, you would have thought we 373 00:21:26.960 --> 00:21:29.519 were up to nothing in the series. Everyone just felt 374 00:21:29.559 --> 00:21:32.720 super calm, super relaxed, and everyone knew we were gonna 375 00:21:32.720 --> 00:21:33.759 go out there and win that game. 376 00:21:35.519 --> 00:21:38.079 You're a big football fan, and you always hear about 377 00:21:38.119 --> 00:21:42.200 teams that are successful they take on an identity. Do 378 00:21:42.240 --> 00:21:45.640 you feel like the bullpen identity was contagious to the 379 00:21:45.640 --> 00:21:48.440 rest of the team the way that they just were, 380 00:21:48.480 --> 00:21:50.640 like they called themselves dogs out there. 381 00:21:52.079 --> 00:21:55.960 Oh yeah, absolutely, you know they were. They were incredible 382 00:21:55.960 --> 00:21:56.920 for us all year long. 383 00:21:57.960 --> 00:21:59.640 You know, they had to cover a lot of innings, 384 00:21:59.680 --> 00:22:03.880 and when you're when you're covering innings, sometimes the numbers may. 385 00:22:03.680 --> 00:22:05.200 Not look as good as what they should. 386 00:22:05.720 --> 00:22:07.519 Uh, But we knew that we had one of the 387 00:22:07.559 --> 00:22:10.759 best bullpens in baseball, and you know, going into postseason, 388 00:22:10.759 --> 00:22:12.240 we knew that was definitely going to be a strength 389 00:22:12.240 --> 00:22:15.079 for us. Everyone wanted to talk about, well, you have 390 00:22:15.160 --> 00:22:17.240 starters that are hurt, you have this and that, but 391 00:22:17.759 --> 00:22:19.519 we knew that we had a big strength. We just 392 00:22:19.519 --> 00:22:21.400 had to get get those guys a lead and let 393 00:22:21.440 --> 00:22:25.200 them do what they do. And you know, they're their 394 00:22:25.279 --> 00:22:28.039 Their mindset and attitude definitely carried throughout the clubhous and 395 00:22:28.119 --> 00:22:31.160 uh you know from the position player standpoint, you watch 396 00:22:31.279 --> 00:22:34.279 that and your your whole goal is just get those 397 00:22:34.279 --> 00:22:35.599 guys a lead and the game is going to be. 398 00:22:35.519 --> 00:22:39.920 Over before I let you go. Max Moncie, how much 399 00:22:40.000 --> 00:22:44.240 does it mean to you to know that your teammates 400 00:22:44.359 --> 00:22:47.799 Andrew Freeman and Dave Roberts value what you mean to 401 00:22:47.839 --> 00:22:50.400