WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.200 --> 00:00:04.280 The right fart. 2 00:00:04.440 --> 00:00:10.320 Dodgers Playoff Baseball is back, and with it an annual 3 00:00:10.439 --> 00:00:11.720 postseason tradition. 4 00:00:12.279 --> 00:00:14.160 Scam is back. Baby. 5 00:00:14.320 --> 00:00:18.800 This is Saxon Cakes in the A app. Goward Broway, 6 00:00:19.480 --> 00:00:23.399 Dodger legend Steve Sacks is joined by your favorite Dodger 7 00:00:23.440 --> 00:00:27.519 pregame host, Tim Kates. If you want to talk Dodgers, 8 00:00:27.559 --> 00:00:30.000 get in on the show on eighty six six nine, 9 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:33.000 eighty seven two five seven now. While the Dan Patrick 10 00:00:33.039 --> 00:00:36.479 Show streams on the iHeartRadio app. We've been banished to 11 00:00:36.560 --> 00:00:40.200 the internet until this Dodgers playoff run concludes. Here they 12 00:00:40.240 --> 00:00:44.320 are broadcasting live on AM five seven e LA Sports. 13 00:00:44.600 --> 00:00:47.240 It's Tim Kates and Steve Sachs. 14 00:00:54.679 --> 00:00:58.520 October is here, Scam is here, Sax and Kate's in 15 00:00:58.560 --> 00:01:00.600 the am. You're on your own home a show he 16 00:01:00.640 --> 00:01:04.920 Otani and the Los Angeles Dodgers AM five seventy LAS Sports. 17 00:01:04.959 --> 00:01:07.359 Thanks for being with us here until nine o'clock. The 18 00:01:07.400 --> 00:01:10.040 will the pass things off to Colin Cowherd, Rogan and 19 00:01:10.120 --> 00:01:12.280 Rodney or here from noon until three and then the 20 00:01:12.280 --> 00:01:15.760 petros A Money Show live and local from Dodgers Stadium 21 00:01:15.959 --> 00:01:19.519 during the Dodgers and Padres workouts beginning at three o'clock 22 00:01:19.680 --> 00:01:23.040 this afternoon. Coming up in about twenty minutes, we'll check 23 00:01:23.079 --> 00:01:26.920 in with Tony gwyn Junior from the Padres Radio broadcast 24 00:01:26.959 --> 00:01:31.599 get his thoughts on this Dodgers Padres NLDS and rematch 25 00:01:31.640 --> 00:01:34.280 from two years ago as the Dodgers look to get 26 00:01:34.319 --> 00:01:37.079 past the divisional round for the first time in the 27 00:01:37.159 --> 00:01:40.840 last three years. David Vassa joined us in the last 28 00:01:40.879 --> 00:01:44.519 hour as well. You heard from Brandon Gomes earlier, Dave 29 00:01:44.599 --> 00:01:47.280 Roberts earlier. Just heard from Chris Taylor last segment talking 30 00:01:47.319 --> 00:01:50.439 about hoping to turn things around in the postseason after 31 00:01:50.480 --> 00:01:56.040 a dismal twenty twenty four regular season. Saxy, this this 32 00:01:56.200 --> 00:01:58.680 Dodgers team was show hey, O Tani, I think about 33 00:01:58.680 --> 00:02:00.799 show hey. The last six years we get talked about 34 00:02:00.799 --> 00:02:05.079 this a lot baseball purgatory, if you will, down in Anaheim, 35 00:02:05.280 --> 00:02:08.719 never made the playoffs, and here he is an MVP, 36 00:02:09.560 --> 00:02:12.840 the Goat, the Unicorn, the fifty to fifty club, all 37 00:02:12.879 --> 00:02:16.400 by himself and tomorrow night, Saxy at five thirty eight 38 00:02:16.840 --> 00:02:20.680 first pitch will be the first time ever he has played. 39 00:02:20.439 --> 00:02:21.759 In a postseason game. 40 00:02:22.439 --> 00:02:27.240 Yeah, and Tim, that you pointed out in baseball Purgatory, 41 00:02:27.360 --> 00:02:31.280 down down in Anaheim. Look what happens when he comes 42 00:02:31.319 --> 00:02:34.159 to an organization where you really have to raise the 43 00:02:34.199 --> 00:02:36.919 bar of expectancy, because that's what it is when you're 44 00:02:36.919 --> 00:02:40.080 playing for the Dodgers. His numbers explode when he gets 45 00:02:40.120 --> 00:02:43.199 over here, So you know, it does it does mean something. 46 00:02:43.280 --> 00:02:45.439 You put somebody in the right environment, they can even 47 00:02:45.479 --> 00:02:47.360 be better than what you thought. And that's what we're 48 00:02:47.360 --> 00:02:48.400 seeing with shoe Otani. 49 00:02:48.520 --> 00:02:50.840 And what's cool is he has come and helped this 50 00:02:50.960 --> 00:02:54.560 Dodgers team collectively get to that next level with his 51 00:02:54.879 --> 00:02:57.360 presence at the top of the lineup as a designated hitter, 52 00:02:58.000 --> 00:03:00.879 his power, his speed has certainly the ability to get 53 00:03:00.919 --> 00:03:03.840 on base, but the last few weeks of the season Sexy. 54 00:03:04.000 --> 00:03:06.400 A lot of the Dodger players will tell you he 55 00:03:06.560 --> 00:03:08.680 was that fire for this Dodgers team. 56 00:03:08.680 --> 00:03:10.039 You can see the emotion. 57 00:03:09.879 --> 00:03:13.759 Really for the first time for a guy who's pretty emotionless. 58 00:03:15.159 --> 00:03:18.039 Base hit a home run, the primal scream. He hit 59 00:03:18.039 --> 00:03:21.240 a home run in Miami to get to fifty or 60 00:03:21.280 --> 00:03:22.800 fifty one on that day in which he hit the 61 00:03:22.840 --> 00:03:25.319 three home runs, and he throws his bat and he 62 00:03:25.400 --> 00:03:28.879 looks back at the Dodger dugout and starts screaming let's go. 63 00:03:29.360 --> 00:03:29.599 Wow. 64 00:03:30.599 --> 00:03:32.960 This is a guy who, when he signed with the 65 00:03:32.960 --> 00:03:36.919 Dodgers said I want to win. I'm here because this 66 00:03:37.000 --> 00:03:40.840 team invests in championship teams and makes it every year 67 00:03:40.879 --> 00:03:43.280 an opportunity to go to the postseason and a chance 68 00:03:43.319 --> 00:03:46.000 to win a World Series. Deferred all that money that 69 00:03:46.039 --> 00:03:48.240 we've talked about for the last seven months of him, 70 00:03:48.479 --> 00:03:50.879 you know, taking the money and wanting the Dodgers to 71 00:03:51.319 --> 00:03:53.599 disperse it to other players so they can surround him 72 00:03:53.759 --> 00:03:57.039 at this Dodgers team with more talent. He's all about winning, 73 00:03:57.120 --> 00:03:59.960 and I absolutely love that. Certainly, he is the unicorn 74 00:04:00.039 --> 00:04:02.479 and he's getting paid and he is the most recognizable 75 00:04:02.520 --> 00:04:05.400 face right now in baseball, but he wants to win. 76 00:04:05.639 --> 00:04:06.280 Saxy. 77 00:04:06.360 --> 00:04:09.479 Yes, I love that too, because you see a lot 78 00:04:09.520 --> 00:04:11.960 of this Western culture and a lot of the way 79 00:04:12.000 --> 00:04:14.280 that baseball has played over here, kind of rubbing off 80 00:04:14.319 --> 00:04:16.079 on him a little bit. I love that too. If 81 00:04:16.319 --> 00:04:18.480 he throw the bad lookout where the team and scream 82 00:04:18.560 --> 00:04:20.600 let's go, you won't see him. You won't see people 83 00:04:20.639 --> 00:04:23.160 do that in Japan. It's a lot different there. It's 84 00:04:23.160 --> 00:04:26.720 a lot more subdued, it's a lot more traditional, but 85 00:04:27.600 --> 00:04:30.160 you see that here, and boy, he is really becoming 86 00:04:30.439 --> 00:04:32.839 the best version that you could ever imagine that a 87 00:04:32.879 --> 00:04:34.959 Sho Heo Tani could be. Look at the numbers, look 88 00:04:35.000 --> 00:04:37.680 at what he brings besides just playing. I mean, like 89 00:04:37.759 --> 00:04:40.720 you said, his personality is rubbing off on everybody and 90 00:04:40.759 --> 00:04:42.759 then having him at the top of the order, Tim 91 00:04:43.639 --> 00:04:47.279 just really looms large against the other team that he 92 00:04:47.319 --> 00:04:50.759 can change this game with one swing of the bat 93 00:04:50.959 --> 00:04:53.519 with his legs. If he's on the mound, he can 94 00:04:53.560 --> 00:04:56.560 do it. This guy is like the greatest talent we've 95 00:04:56.560 --> 00:05:00.879 seen in generations, and the Dodgers got him at least four, 96 00:05:01.120 --> 00:05:03.040 probably five at bats every game. 97 00:05:03.079 --> 00:05:05.519 Eight six, six, nine, eight, seven, two five seventy. Call 98 00:05:05.560 --> 00:05:09.079 your shot, Dodger fans now going into this NLDS. 99 00:05:09.120 --> 00:05:11.279 I know a lot of you because I see the comments. 100 00:05:11.319 --> 00:05:12.199 I hear the calls. 101 00:05:13.160 --> 00:05:16.079 I have my ear to the ground here in southern California, 102 00:05:16.120 --> 00:05:18.439 and I hear it all the time leading up to 103 00:05:18.480 --> 00:05:22.199 this NLDS this last week or so. Well, we'll see 104 00:05:22.199 --> 00:05:25.560 what happens come postseason. Will the stars be stars? They 105 00:05:25.639 --> 00:05:30.160 absolutely must be, Mookie Freddie Otani. These guys must be 106 00:05:30.279 --> 00:05:32.920 the stars that they're paid to be and we know 107 00:05:33.040 --> 00:05:35.720 them to be over the course of a regular season. 108 00:05:35.839 --> 00:05:37.959 Do you think they can be? And will they be? 109 00:05:38.040 --> 00:05:41.720 Eight sixty six ninety seven to two, five seventy games 110 00:05:41.720 --> 00:05:46.040 get shrunken, the outs becoming a premium. Pitching becomes really 111 00:05:46.079 --> 00:05:48.480 good come postseason because these teams are here for a 112 00:05:48.519 --> 00:05:51.319 reason because they're good as well. How does this Dodger 113 00:05:51.360 --> 00:05:54.439 team fair going into this NLDS against the San Diego 114 00:05:54.480 --> 00:05:58.800 Padres who are trying to slay the beast, slay the dragon, 115 00:05:58.839 --> 00:06:03.680 as they're saying down in San Diego. Oscar and Baldon Park, Oscar, 116 00:06:03.759 --> 00:06:05.839 Welcome to Saxon Kate's and am how are you doing? 117 00:06:05.839 --> 00:06:06.199 Oscar? 118 00:06:07.360 --> 00:06:09.920 Good morning, gentlemen. This is becoming a great tradition with 119 00:06:10.000 --> 00:06:11.720 your guy about seven eight years I you guys been 120 00:06:11.720 --> 00:06:13.759 doing this. Mister Dax is only the honored talk to 121 00:06:13.839 --> 00:06:18.160 al a sports legend. Hey, Homie, Doggy, Doggy, Homey Kate. 122 00:06:18.279 --> 00:06:20.319 This is the year, man, this is the this is 123 00:06:20.360 --> 00:06:23.600 the year. I hadn't by because Tani, I think, like 124 00:06:23.639 --> 00:06:25.560 you guys are just saying, I think he's with all 125 00:06:25.600 --> 00:06:27.800 said and done, he's gonna be a Michael Jordan time, 126 00:06:27.879 --> 00:06:31.720 Wayne Gretzky Joe Montana baby blue type player, and we 127 00:06:31.759 --> 00:06:33.560 have him in LA. He has to win and the 128 00:06:33.560 --> 00:06:35.560 only way he gets his winning and he knows that 129 00:06:35.600 --> 00:06:37.839 he's a smart guy. You know. I think the other 130 00:06:37.839 --> 00:06:40.600 guys feed off his energy. And this is I think 131 00:06:40.600 --> 00:06:42.480 this is the year. Man especially, I told myself, I'm 132 00:06:42.480 --> 00:06:44.600 not gonna get invested until they at least one game 133 00:06:44.680 --> 00:06:48.480 up in the ALCS. That's that's bs man. I'm ready 134 00:06:48.519 --> 00:06:49.879 to go. I'm ready to go. They got to take 135 00:06:49.879 --> 00:06:52.000 care of these podjects quick. Get them out at three games, 136 00:06:52.120 --> 00:06:54.480 don't don't, don't mess around, take care of him. Send 137 00:06:54.480 --> 00:06:56.120 a message to the rest of the league that they're already. 138 00:06:56.120 --> 00:06:58.319 They're ready to a mission. They have to come with 139 00:06:58.319 --> 00:07:00.000 that fire man. That's what we've been missing the past 140 00:07:00.000 --> 00:07:01.519 four or five years. They don't have that fire that 141 00:07:01.600 --> 00:07:04.600 in the belly. They're they're too professional. They're too professional. 142 00:07:04.639 --> 00:07:06.519 In the playoffs, they didn't get a little little rugg in. 143 00:07:06.519 --> 00:07:08.040 And this is our your though, man, and I think 144 00:07:08.079 --> 00:07:08.839 if ty's. 145 00:07:08.519 --> 00:07:11.079 The key, all right, we'll do that, all right, appreciate it, 146 00:07:11.199 --> 00:07:11.959 thanks for your call. 147 00:07:12.399 --> 00:07:12.600 Like it. 148 00:07:12.759 --> 00:07:14.959 Yeah, they need a little fire in the belly. A 149 00:07:15.079 --> 00:07:15.959 lostar's got it down. 150 00:07:16.079 --> 00:07:18.879 He's he's he consents what's going on here, and he's right. 151 00:07:19.040 --> 00:07:19.560 Absolutely. 152 00:07:19.680 --> 00:07:21.920 Canon Tarzana is next up here on a FI seventy 153 00:07:22.040 --> 00:07:23.560 l A Sports Welcome, Ketty, how you doing. 154 00:07:25.160 --> 00:07:27.240 I'm doing well, Hey, Tim. I was out there with 155 00:07:27.360 --> 00:07:31.480 my sister Diana Chrancela Hill and hello you. 156 00:07:32.879 --> 00:07:34.319 Nice to meet you in person. That was great. 157 00:07:35.240 --> 00:07:38.160 Yeah, perhaps he's listening right now, and Steve's always great 158 00:07:38.199 --> 00:07:42.120 to hear your voice in October. You so, yes, Oscar 159 00:07:42.199 --> 00:07:45.199 hits me on the head there and yeah, we've been 160 00:07:45.240 --> 00:07:48.879 a little bit too laid back in the postseason. Need 161 00:07:48.959 --> 00:07:53.920 to have some energy. I didn't want to talk about Machado. 162 00:07:54.439 --> 00:07:57.120 I don't think Machado ever watched Pete Rose. I just 163 00:07:57.240 --> 00:07:59.160 want to talk about Rose on the field. But I 164 00:07:59.279 --> 00:08:03.759 think Steve, you're a great hustler on the field like 165 00:08:04.160 --> 00:08:06.879 Rose was. And you know, Machado led the league or 166 00:08:06.959 --> 00:08:09.879 actually the big leagues in double plays this year, and 167 00:08:10.079 --> 00:08:12.680 I think that's why, you know, we don't appreciate him, 168 00:08:12.680 --> 00:08:15.759 and it's always fun to brew him. I did want 169 00:08:15.800 --> 00:08:19.040 to take a little bit of an exception though, to 170 00:08:19.360 --> 00:08:22.079 one thing that was said in terms of Jacksonville. A 171 00:08:22.199 --> 00:08:25.240 wonderful player. Love to have him on my teams. But 172 00:08:25.920 --> 00:08:30.120 Schemes of Pittsburgh is right there neck and neck for 173 00:08:30.279 --> 00:08:32.759 Rookie of the Year, so we'll see that'll be a 174 00:08:32.799 --> 00:08:36.000 close vote. Of course, Chury over the Brewers might end 175 00:08:36.120 --> 00:08:40.559 up taking it. And also just in terms of and 176 00:08:40.679 --> 00:08:43.720 Steve knows this, going back to nineteen eighty eight, you 177 00:08:43.799 --> 00:08:47.879 know you had Kenseco and Maguire went a collective two 178 00:08:48.039 --> 00:08:52.320 for thirty six. But you got to look at going 179 00:08:52.399 --> 00:08:55.519 back to the A's Gene tennis, you got all these 180 00:08:55.600 --> 00:08:59.440 guys who won the MVP, Scott Rosis. It doesn't have 181 00:08:59.679 --> 00:09:02.960 to be your number one player comes through for you. Now, 182 00:09:03.000 --> 00:09:06.679 You're right when the Red Sox won twenty eighteen, they 183 00:09:06.840 --> 00:09:09.120 had kind of a no name guy with the MVP 184 00:09:09.240 --> 00:09:11.799 and Mooki he had about two forty for them. So 185 00:09:12.360 --> 00:09:14.840 you can win without your your big game players doing it. 186 00:09:15.360 --> 00:09:17.559 But I'm really looking forward to it and hopefully this 187 00:09:17.720 --> 00:09:21.440 year we can overcome the injuries to the pitching and 188 00:09:21.559 --> 00:09:23.200 do it. Anything can happen on October. 189 00:09:23.399 --> 00:09:25.600 Thank you guys, all right, k I appreciate the phone call. 190 00:09:25.720 --> 00:09:29.039 Yeah, I mean, certainly you want your superstars to produce 191 00:09:29.240 --> 00:09:31.879 and your stars to be stars, but sure It's gonna 192 00:09:31.960 --> 00:09:34.960 take somebody like a Maximuncie, who is a really good 193 00:09:35.000 --> 00:09:37.679 player and an All Star. It's gonna take Taoscar Hernandez 194 00:09:37.720 --> 00:09:40.240 carrying over what he did in twenty twenty fours regular 195 00:09:40.360 --> 00:09:42.960 season here to the postseas. It's gonna take a Gavin 196 00:09:43.080 --> 00:09:45.879 lux who had a really good second half of the 197 00:09:45.960 --> 00:09:49.360 season for the Dodgers Saxy. Yeah, it's gonna take him 198 00:09:49.399 --> 00:09:51.759 having a base hit to extend an inning or get 199 00:09:51.840 --> 00:09:54.200 on base and then turn that lineup over for Otani, 200 00:09:54.519 --> 00:09:55.159 Freeman and Bett. 201 00:09:55.240 --> 00:09:57.039 It's gonna take one of those guys to do something. 202 00:09:57.120 --> 00:09:59.559 Sure, And I was gonna say that, you know, it's 203 00:09:59.600 --> 00:10:03.120 gonna take somebody like a Danny Duffy, you know, way 204 00:10:03.200 --> 00:10:06.000 back when, to really kind of do this for a postseason. 205 00:10:06.519 --> 00:10:09.159 But the Dodgers don't have any Danny Duffies. They got 206 00:10:09.279 --> 00:10:12.039 so many great players. But I understand what you're saying. 207 00:10:12.080 --> 00:10:14.440 It doesn't have to be Otani. It could be, you know, 208 00:10:14.679 --> 00:10:17.159 certainly somebody else that comes out of their skin and 209 00:10:17.279 --> 00:10:20.639 just has an unbelievable postseason. We've seen it happen so 210 00:10:20.720 --> 00:10:22.799 many times. And Ken did mention I want to say 211 00:10:22.799 --> 00:10:25.000 a get a shout out right now to Paul Skeens. 212 00:10:25.240 --> 00:10:29.080 This great young phenom went to the Air Force Academy 213 00:10:29.120 --> 00:10:32.919 as well. This guy is just a phenomenal guy, and 214 00:10:33.159 --> 00:10:35.759 what a phenomenal pitcher. He's got a huge future in 215 00:10:35.799 --> 00:10:36.279 front of him. 216 00:10:36.559 --> 00:10:36.960 He does. 217 00:10:37.039 --> 00:10:38.919 And I feel bad I forgot about him when I 218 00:10:38.919 --> 00:10:41.639 said Jackson Merrill should be the Rookie of the Year. 219 00:10:41.759 --> 00:10:46.639 Jackson Curio in Milwaukee. Yes, is a young, absolute stud stud. 220 00:10:46.799 --> 00:10:48.679 It'll be three It'll be a three way race, no doubt, 221 00:10:48.799 --> 00:10:51.840 and Skeins will probably win it because he's Paul Skins 222 00:10:51.840 --> 00:10:52.919 and the attention that he's getting. 223 00:10:53.039 --> 00:10:55.600 But no knock on Jackson Merrill this season he had 224 00:10:55.639 --> 00:10:56.279 down at all. 225 00:10:56.519 --> 00:10:58.399 And you can make the argument, should a starting pitcher 226 00:10:58.480 --> 00:11:00.879 win it over a position player whosically played every day, 227 00:11:01.159 --> 00:11:03.360 hit nearly three hundred, hit over twenty home runs, and 228 00:11:03.639 --> 00:11:05.639 nearly drove in one hundred RBIs this year in his 229 00:11:05.759 --> 00:11:08.879 rookie season. Has an argument right there? Then, Yeah, you 230 00:11:08.960 --> 00:11:11.080 know his position player deserves it more than a pitcher. 231 00:11:11.200 --> 00:11:12.879 Maybe they should have Rooky of the Year for a 232 00:11:13.320 --> 00:11:16.320 pitcher and for you know, a regular player it because 233 00:11:16.360 --> 00:11:19.399 it is hard. There's such you know, two different, absolutely 234 00:11:19.559 --> 00:11:20.440 different parts of the game. 235 00:11:20.519 --> 00:11:21.240 So we'll see. 236 00:11:21.360 --> 00:11:23.200 Let's go to Lewis in La Is next up here 237 00:11:23.279 --> 00:11:25.399 on a FI seventy l A Sports with Steve Sacks, 238 00:11:25.440 --> 00:11:26.759 Tim Kats Morning Lewis. 239 00:11:28.000 --> 00:11:30.080 Hi, guys, thank you again for taking my call. 240 00:11:31.080 --> 00:11:32.559 I have two things I want to say. 241 00:11:33.039 --> 00:11:36.279 First of all, I want to know why the Dodgers 242 00:11:36.320 --> 00:11:39.320 are starting Yamamoto over over Jack. 243 00:11:39.200 --> 00:11:44.320 Flarerty Well, they're doing that for strategic reasons. For what 244 00:11:44.440 --> 00:11:48.200 they said, in order to give Jack Flarity four days 245 00:11:48.279 --> 00:11:51.279 rest for a possible Game five and Yamamoto that extra 246 00:11:51.480 --> 00:11:53.960 five days rest because he has not pitched on four 247 00:11:54.039 --> 00:11:56.039 days rest during the regular season. So if they get 248 00:11:56.080 --> 00:11:58.360 to a Game five and they need one or both 249 00:11:58.399 --> 00:12:01.240 of those guys to pitch in Game five, one of 250 00:12:01.320 --> 00:12:03.039 them will be on normal rest. The other one will 251 00:12:03.039 --> 00:12:05.639 be also be on somewhat normal rest. So it's just 252 00:12:05.799 --> 00:12:06.320 they're saying it. 253 00:12:06.360 --> 00:12:09.000 To yourategic one more reason, thank you. 254 00:12:09.200 --> 00:12:11.039 One more thing I want to say is for the 255 00:12:11.200 --> 00:12:15.279 for the fans attending the games tomorrow and Sunday, just 256 00:12:15.360 --> 00:12:19.080 to bring in the energy throughout the game, because what 257 00:12:19.200 --> 00:12:22.759 I saw from San Diego, I know that this team 258 00:12:22.840 --> 00:12:25.519 that in the city, they can provide that energy ten 259 00:12:25.639 --> 00:12:29.799 times more and and for them to restrict tickets and 260 00:12:30.039 --> 00:12:33.480 within the county, I mean, I hope, I hope and 261 00:12:33.600 --> 00:12:36.559 pray that they bring all the energy in the world 262 00:12:36.759 --> 00:12:41.320 to this this weekend to help the Dodgers momentum in 263 00:12:41.399 --> 00:12:42.440 securing these wins. 264 00:12:42.960 --> 00:12:45.559 That's also Lewis appreciate the phone call Saxy's referring to 265 00:12:45.639 --> 00:12:51.279 the Padres front office their ticket department. You cannot buy 266 00:12:51.559 --> 00:12:55.240 tickets to Petco Park for a playoff game if you 267 00:12:55.279 --> 00:12:57.440 do not live in their geo fans, if you do 268 00:12:57.519 --> 00:13:00.440 not live in a zip code that is in San 269 00:13:00.559 --> 00:13:04.120 Diego and I believe Riverside County, if you live in 270 00:13:04.759 --> 00:13:09.600 an LA County, Orange County area zip code, you are 271 00:13:09.679 --> 00:13:11.200 not allowed to buy tickets online. 272 00:13:11.240 --> 00:13:11.360 Now. 273 00:13:11.399 --> 00:13:13.840 You can buy certainly from our friend Barry at Berry's 274 00:13:13.879 --> 00:13:17.200 tickets dot Com in the secondary market, but to buy 275 00:13:17.279 --> 00:13:20.840 them directly off of MLB or Padres dot com. You 276 00:13:21.000 --> 00:13:23.440 cannot buy tickets if you're a Dodger fan unless your 277 00:13:23.559 --> 00:13:26.960 zip code on your billing statement there is a zip 278 00:13:27.039 --> 00:13:29.519 code in the San Diego area. They started this about 279 00:13:29.559 --> 00:13:32.799 a year ago because they were tired of Peco Park 280 00:13:32.879 --> 00:13:34.080 becoming Dodger Stadium. 281 00:13:34.200 --> 00:13:37.759 South Yeah, they're trying to pack the park yep with 282 00:13:38.440 --> 00:13:41.519 only Padre fans. Okay, I get it, but I don't know. 283 00:13:41.639 --> 00:13:44.919 I say expand you know, let everybody in. And you 284 00:13:44.960 --> 00:13:47.360 know there's the there is you know there's Padre fans 285 00:13:47.399 --> 00:13:49.559 in New York too, So I say let everybody in. 286 00:13:50.039 --> 00:13:52.360 Eight sixty six, nine eighty seven, two five seventy Dodger 287 00:13:52.399 --> 00:13:54.080 fans will find a way to get in there and represent. 288 00:13:54.200 --> 00:13:56.840 No doubt about a Fabian in Pasadena is next up 289 00:13:56.879 --> 00:13:59.039 here on Dodgers FI seventy LA Sports. 290 00:13:59.080 --> 00:13:59.759 They doing Fabian. 291 00:14:01.480 --> 00:14:02.000 I'm doing well. 292 00:14:02.039 --> 00:14:02.679 How are you doing, sir? 293 00:14:02.919 --> 00:14:03.320 Doing good? 294 00:14:03.360 --> 00:14:04.799 What's going on? What's on your mind this morning? How 295 00:14:04.799 --> 00:14:07.080 are you feeling leading up to Game one of this NLDS. 296 00:14:08.240 --> 00:14:11.360 I'm feeling fantastic. And the reason I'm feeling fantastic is 297 00:14:11.759 --> 00:14:15.240 we have the best team. And the message that I 298 00:14:15.360 --> 00:14:17.919 want to get out to the people is that at 299 00:14:18.039 --> 00:14:22.679 least the people that are feeling pessimistic, they need an 300 00:14:22.840 --> 00:14:25.840 attitude adjustment. If you start to answer the questions that 301 00:14:25.879 --> 00:14:28.360 I'm going to put out, all of these questions are 302 00:14:28.399 --> 00:14:31.720 answered by Dodgers. Who has the best player on the planets? 303 00:14:31.759 --> 00:14:35.600 Wringing a scorching hot bats, which team has three leg 304 00:14:35.919 --> 00:14:39.360 three league MVP benning one two three, Which team has 305 00:14:39.399 --> 00:14:43.639 an October Key game? Which team has a home run champion? 306 00:14:44.960 --> 00:14:48.639 All of these questions are answered by Dodgers, and I 307 00:14:48.840 --> 00:14:51.000 just think we just need to get out there, root 308 00:14:51.039 --> 00:14:52.759 for our team and support them. 309 00:14:53.519 --> 00:14:54.600 I'm with that, the best team. 310 00:14:54.960 --> 00:14:55.320 I'm with you. 311 00:14:55.480 --> 00:14:57.399 I'll play the flip side of that argument, Fabian and 312 00:14:57.480 --> 00:15:01.480 I appreciate it. Who's got two superstars and Freddie Freeman 313 00:15:01.519 --> 00:15:04.200 and Mookie Betts that were combined one for the NLDS 314 00:15:04.600 --> 00:15:05.159 a year ago. 315 00:15:06.440 --> 00:15:07.919 Who's got the superstar? 316 00:15:08.000 --> 00:15:11.840 And Showi Otani who has never played in a postseason 317 00:15:11.960 --> 00:15:15.600 baseball game, So we don't know what he's like in October. 318 00:15:15.919 --> 00:15:18.360 And not that I don't think he won't rise to 319 00:15:18.440 --> 00:15:22.159 the occasion, Saxy, nor will he won't produce. But you know, 320 00:15:22.679 --> 00:15:24.159 part of me, in the back of my mind is 321 00:15:24.200 --> 00:15:27.200 thinking baseball in October is different. You know, it's not 322 00:15:27.279 --> 00:15:29.840 the World Baseball Classic, which was a big stage. But 323 00:15:30.000 --> 00:15:32.919 he is not played in October. He's not lived in 324 00:15:33.000 --> 00:15:36.720 the postseason and played in a best of five series 325 00:15:36.759 --> 00:15:39.799 and had the pressure of every bat, every inning, all 326 00:15:39.879 --> 00:15:41.320 twenty seven outs, are important. 327 00:15:41.960 --> 00:15:44.559 Yes. And here's one thing I found by playing in 328 00:15:44.600 --> 00:15:48.600 postseason tim especially in the World Series, is that a 329 00:15:48.679 --> 00:15:51.200 lot of a lot of the hype and the build 330 00:15:51.279 --> 00:15:54.799 up before before the game is just that it's it's 331 00:15:55.320 --> 00:15:57.240 you know, when you start that game and you're into 332 00:15:57.279 --> 00:15:59.759 the second or third inning of the World Series, it's 333 00:15:59.840 --> 00:16:02.639 like a regular game. It really is, especially when you're 334 00:16:02.679 --> 00:16:05.320 playing in front of a full house all the time. 335 00:16:05.799 --> 00:16:07.720 You know, Dodgers playing in front of a pack stadium 336 00:16:07.720 --> 00:16:10.600 almost every game at home, and so when they get 337 00:16:10.639 --> 00:16:12.679 into the World Series here, it'll it'll be a lot 338 00:16:12.759 --> 00:16:14.919 of hype. The first inning or two will be a 339 00:16:15.000 --> 00:16:17.879 little different, not much, but then once you get into 340 00:16:17.960 --> 00:16:21.000 the the meat of the game and it's flowing. I 341 00:16:21.200 --> 00:16:23.120 really didn't notice much of the difference at all as 342 00:16:23.159 --> 00:16:24.440 far as it being in the World Series. 343 00:16:24.879 --> 00:16:27.480 Paul and Huntington Beach is next up here on Scam 344 00:16:27.679 --> 00:16:29.360 Sax and Kate's and they am on your Home with 345 00:16:29.399 --> 00:16:31.600 the Dodgers pay in five to seventy LA Sports. 346 00:16:31.639 --> 00:16:34.919 Good morning, Paul, hey man, thanks for saying my cal 347 00:16:35.039 --> 00:16:35.759 Mu's be October. 348 00:16:35.840 --> 00:16:36.759 We got sacked on the. 349 00:16:36.840 --> 00:16:37.399 Radio, dude. 350 00:16:37.480 --> 00:16:39.679 Good to hear from you man. Thanks Paul, Hey, listen, 351 00:16:39.960 --> 00:16:44.360 I feel like the Dodgers have pererfected running the marathon. 352 00:16:44.720 --> 00:16:46.960 I mean, they go one hundred and sixty two games, 353 00:16:47.399 --> 00:16:50.600 they win the division, they got the best record in baseball, 354 00:16:50.679 --> 00:16:53.320 number one seed, all the things, and this year in particular, 355 00:16:53.360 --> 00:16:56.360 it's kind of wild considering all the nonsense they had 356 00:16:56.399 --> 00:16:59.039 to do, deal with forty pitchers, all the injuries, all 357 00:16:59.080 --> 00:17:04.440 the things. However, baseball, unlike any other sport, you run 358 00:17:04.519 --> 00:17:07.680 a marathon for the right to run a sprint, and 359 00:17:07.759 --> 00:17:10.200 now the Dodgers are gearing up for a sprint, and 360 00:17:10.319 --> 00:17:13.519 it seems like in recent years the Dodgers are trying 361 00:17:13.599 --> 00:17:16.279 to run a sprint the same way they run a marathon, 362 00:17:16.559 --> 00:17:19.920 and it has ended poorly. I agree with everyone. On paper, 363 00:17:20.319 --> 00:17:23.559 right the Dodgers look good. They are well positioned to 364 00:17:23.680 --> 00:17:26.480 do well in October. But the way they go about 365 00:17:26.519 --> 00:17:28.839 it game in and game out has got to be 366 00:17:29.079 --> 00:17:32.599 in the moment. Win this game, this moment right now. 367 00:17:32.920 --> 00:17:34.920 So that's kind of my take. Having been a guy 368 00:17:35.000 --> 00:17:37.880 that didn't play for fifteen years like Usaxy, I'd like 369 00:17:37.960 --> 00:17:40.319 your take on that. Do they have to adjust the 370 00:17:40.400 --> 00:17:43.440 way they attack the moment differently than you did? For 371 00:17:43.480 --> 00:17:45.839 one hundred and sixty two. Hey with that, man, have 372 00:17:45.960 --> 00:17:47.920 a good one and we'll check in as the October 373 00:17:48.000 --> 00:17:48.319 rolls on. 374 00:17:48.720 --> 00:17:51.960 Thank you, Paul, Thanks Paul. I would answer that by saying, 375 00:17:51.960 --> 00:17:55.279 it all starts with the pitching, and that's where it's 376 00:17:55.279 --> 00:17:58.119 going to end to whatever team pitches best the last 377 00:17:58.160 --> 00:18:00.720 two weeks of the season on through the playoffs is 378 00:18:00.880 --> 00:18:03.200 generally the team that's gonna be the World Series champion. 379 00:18:03.640 --> 00:18:07.400 I see that because, I mean the pitchers usually dominate 380 00:18:07.519 --> 00:18:09.000 good pitching, he's gonna be good hitting. 381 00:18:09.440 --> 00:18:09.599 Now. 382 00:18:10.039 --> 00:18:13.640 The question is how much can that great firepower of 383 00:18:13.759 --> 00:18:17.519 the Dodgers, and it's real, how much can that mitigate 384 00:18:17.920 --> 00:18:20.839 maybe the slight edge that the Padres might have and 385 00:18:20.920 --> 00:18:23.599 their three starters versus ours. We don't know yet. I mean, 386 00:18:23.839 --> 00:18:25.680 some people think it's going to be a straight slate 387 00:18:25.799 --> 00:18:27.799 right across and the pitching's not going to be that 388 00:18:27.920 --> 00:18:30.240 much of a difference. But I think it's how much 389 00:18:30.319 --> 00:18:34.039 the firepower of the Dodgers can can neutralize, you know, 390 00:18:34.200 --> 00:18:36.960 a you Darvish at his best, or a Dylan Seas 391 00:18:37.039 --> 00:18:38.880 going out there and showing why he struck out two 392 00:18:38.920 --> 00:18:41.240 hundred and twenty four hitters this year. Or Michael King 393 00:18:41.319 --> 00:18:42.839 and his last out and you saw what he did 394 00:18:42.920 --> 00:18:45.279 with that, with that kind of a side winding delivery, 395 00:18:45.319 --> 00:18:47.559 that's very tough to pick up. How much can the 396 00:18:47.599 --> 00:18:51.400 Dodgers neutralize that firepower of the Padres is gonna be 397 00:18:51.400 --> 00:18:53.200 where it's the you know where it's won. 398 00:18:53.160 --> 00:18:57.279 And lost Padres saying they got a date with a dragon, 399 00:18:57.880 --> 00:19:01.240 and that dragon is a he's known as the Dodgers. 400 00:19:01.680 --> 00:19:04.359 K one of the nlds is tomorrow night out of 401 00:19:04.440 --> 00:19:07.160