WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.240 --> 00:00:04.320 The right quist. 2 00:00:04.440 --> 00:00:10.359 Dodgers Playoff Baseball is back and with it an annual 3 00:00:10.480 --> 00:00:12.240 postseason tradition. 4 00:00:12.279 --> 00:00:14.160 Scam is back. Baby. 5 00:00:14.359 --> 00:00:16.399 This is Sax and Cakes in. 6 00:00:16.359 --> 00:00:18.839 The a APPA go with Proway. 7 00:00:19.480 --> 00:00:23.399 Dodger legend Steve Sacks is joined by your favorite Dodger 8 00:00:23.480 --> 00:00:27.559 pregame host, Tim Kates. If you want to talk Dodgers, 9 00:00:27.600 --> 00:00:30.000 get in on the show on eighty six six nine, 10 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:33.000 eighty seven two five seven now while the Dan Patrick 11 00:00:33.079 --> 00:00:36.439 Show streams on the Ihearts radio app. We've been banished 12 00:00:36.439 --> 00:00:40.039 to the Internet until this Dodgers playoff run concludes. Here 13 00:00:40.079 --> 00:00:43.320 they are broadcasting live on AM five to seven e 14 00:00:43.479 --> 00:00:47.280 LA Sports. It's Tim Kates and Steve Sacks. 15 00:00:48.280 --> 00:00:55.000 It's Sax and Kate's and AM jobs not finished. Dodgers 16 00:00:55.079 --> 00:00:58.079 up three games to one, but still one went away 17 00:00:58.840 --> 00:01:04.560 from securing a burn again in the World Series. Thanks 18 00:01:04.599 --> 00:01:08.920 for being with us on this Friday morning, October eighteenth, 19 00:01:09.159 --> 00:01:12.879 saxon case in AAM live and local. Are you're a 20 00:01:12.879 --> 00:01:16.239 home of the Dodgers Ampire seventy LA Sports. They close 21 00:01:16.280 --> 00:01:19.200 out Game five later on today right here on AMPI seventy. 22 00:01:19.239 --> 00:01:22.719 First pitch at two to eight from the Gallpin Motors 23 00:01:22.760 --> 00:01:24.959 broadcast with Jack Flair, and he'll be on the mount. 24 00:01:25.000 --> 00:01:28.280 In a close out game, left hander David Peterson will 25 00:01:28.319 --> 00:01:30.680 go for the New York Mets, who have their backs 26 00:01:30.719 --> 00:01:33.400 up against the wall. And I love reading the headlines 27 00:01:33.439 --> 00:01:36.719 in the New York newspapers this morning with the Mets 28 00:01:36.719 --> 00:01:39.799 and Yankees boasting the postseason. The Yankees getting the top billion, 29 00:01:39.840 --> 00:01:41.840 of course, and they blew a big one last night 30 00:01:42.159 --> 00:01:45.319 in Cleveland, and the ninth inning to see the Mets 31 00:01:45.480 --> 00:01:47.519 in New York down three games to one. They are 32 00:01:47.560 --> 00:01:50.319 all but riding off the Mets and talking about what 33 00:01:50.359 --> 00:01:52.959 a great year it was. But another year of coming 34 00:01:53.040 --> 00:01:55.599 up short for the New York Mets, and another year 35 00:01:55.640 --> 00:01:58.439 of not winning the championship since nineteen eighty six for 36 00:01:58.560 --> 00:02:01.239 that franchise. I just need to take care of business, 37 00:02:01.239 --> 00:02:03.400 no sax. You know this. A three to one series 38 00:02:03.480 --> 00:02:05.599 lead is great, but the last thing you want to 39 00:02:05.640 --> 00:02:09.159 do is let this team win a game because next 40 00:02:09.159 --> 00:02:10.879 thing you know, they're back in it and they can 41 00:02:10.960 --> 00:02:12.879 win one more and then force a game seven. You 42 00:02:12.919 --> 00:02:14.919 got to squash them like a bug. 43 00:02:15.280 --> 00:02:19.039 Listen, you are a long ways away from the promised 44 00:02:19.120 --> 00:02:22.439 land of you know, taking a little break and regrouping 45 00:02:22.520 --> 00:02:24.879 and getting ready for that world series. You're a long 46 00:02:24.919 --> 00:02:27.120 ways away from that. You got lots of work to do. 47 00:02:27.719 --> 00:02:30.560 And believe me, the Mets are here for a reason 48 00:02:30.719 --> 00:02:33.599 and they're not going away easy. I promise you they're not. 49 00:02:33.800 --> 00:02:37.439 So it's gonna take everything to beat these guys. But 50 00:02:37.599 --> 00:02:40.280 you know what, no better time than the present. Don't 51 00:02:40.280 --> 00:02:42.560 bring this back to La and settle it there. You've 52 00:02:42.560 --> 00:02:43.400 got to do this in New. 53 00:02:43.400 --> 00:02:45.759 York, all right. You mentioned it last hour. You've got 54 00:02:45.759 --> 00:02:51.159 a marketing opportunity and an idea. I've been sitting there 55 00:02:51.159 --> 00:02:54.039 in the commercial break, sitting here waiting and wondering what 56 00:02:54.120 --> 00:02:56.319 in the heck is this and how much money could 57 00:02:56.319 --> 00:02:56.840 be made? 58 00:02:57.039 --> 00:02:59.360 Well, I think you got an opportunity. Maybe get Tracy 59 00:02:59.400 --> 00:03:04.360 on this, good marketing specialists. Look, we know you like Toms, right, Yes, 60 00:03:04.639 --> 00:03:08.240 I think you do like a crossover with with one 61 00:03:08.240 --> 00:03:11.039 of the uh with one of the Dodgers. Like we 62 00:03:11.039 --> 00:03:13.800 we know that Yamamoto has gone through some some very 63 00:03:13.840 --> 00:03:16.400 tenuous times since he's been over here. We heard that 64 00:03:16.439 --> 00:03:20.280 he likes he uses tombs. You use Toms, right, Tim, 65 00:03:20.520 --> 00:03:23.560 And your tummy for Toms is is kind of like 66 00:03:23.639 --> 00:03:27.400 where you start it Yamamoto, the fact that he likes 67 00:03:27.439 --> 00:03:30.319 Toms too. You could do the fact that it tastes good, 68 00:03:30.719 --> 00:03:34.080 yammy yummy for your tummy. And you get how this 69 00:03:34.159 --> 00:03:36.840 can all work between you and Yamamoto. I love you 70 00:03:36.840 --> 00:03:39.960 could sell a version of the Melties of the Tombs. 71 00:03:40.159 --> 00:03:42.319 I use Toms as candy. I mean I I they 72 00:03:42.400 --> 00:03:45.520 taste so good, they're crunchy, They're really good. Look at 73 00:03:45.560 --> 00:03:48.280 you could do a version of the of Toms over 74 00:03:48.319 --> 00:03:50.639 in Japan and sell it. You know, you can call 75 00:03:50.680 --> 00:03:54.400 it the the Tomamoto you know, something like that. And 76 00:03:54.439 --> 00:03:56.840 you could do him and you together here in the 77 00:03:56.960 --> 00:03:59.680 United States with your tummy and Timmy and Yummy and 78 00:03:59.719 --> 00:04:03.280 all it works. And if you get a specialist on this, 79 00:04:03.759 --> 00:04:07.000 you can get a great deal with Toms. Jump on 80 00:04:07.080 --> 00:04:10.319 the back of Yamamoto and letter Fly. I think you 81 00:04:10.360 --> 00:04:12.680 guys can do a joint venture together. 82 00:04:12.800 --> 00:04:15.400 I love this idea one thousand percent, and I love 83 00:04:15.439 --> 00:04:17.759 it completely behind it, And I wish you wouldn't have 84 00:04:17.759 --> 00:04:19.879 said it on the air because now everybody's gonna run 85 00:04:19.959 --> 00:04:20.240 with it. 86 00:04:20.279 --> 00:04:25.680 Well, it's a no brainer. Come on, I Yamamoto loves Toms. 87 00:04:26.040 --> 00:04:29.279 There you go, imagine this commercial. Ya'm a moto on 88 00:04:29.360 --> 00:04:32.240 the mound. The crowd is cheering of a play by 89 00:04:32.279 --> 00:04:37.480 play announcer talking about the game is on the line. Well, 90 00:04:37.639 --> 00:04:40.120 his eyes are gazing around the stadium looking for help 91 00:04:40.160 --> 00:04:42.240 because he's on the mound. And he finds me in 92 00:04:42.319 --> 00:04:45.480 the stands And I got a box of tombs, and 93 00:04:45.560 --> 00:04:47.920 I look and we make eye contact and he nods. 94 00:04:48.240 --> 00:04:51.199 I nod, and he grabs one, puts it in his mouth. 95 00:04:51.319 --> 00:04:54.879 I grab one, put it in my mouth. Yes, we 96 00:04:54.920 --> 00:04:57.480 start chewing and we both nod, and next thing you know, 97 00:04:57.720 --> 00:04:58.879 he strikes out the hitter. 98 00:04:59.079 --> 00:04:59.959 It's Derek. 99 00:05:00.360 --> 00:05:01.360 It's a commercial for you. 100 00:05:01.560 --> 00:05:05.160 I love it. It could be a quick thirty second spot. Yes, 101 00:05:05.199 --> 00:05:07.639 you don't even have to say anything. Yes, so there's 102 00:05:07.639 --> 00:05:11.240 no language barrier problem. You just you know, it's all 103 00:05:11.279 --> 00:05:13.800 done by you know, by vision, and it's it's it. 104 00:05:13.959 --> 00:05:16.800 It drives the point home, you know what I mean. 105 00:05:16.879 --> 00:05:18.800 The toms do the talking. We don't need to say 106 00:05:18.800 --> 00:05:19.160 a word. 107 00:05:19.360 --> 00:05:20.519 No, you don't have to say anything. 108 00:05:20.519 --> 00:05:23.040 I don't speak Japanese, he doesn't speak English. Well, let 109 00:05:23.079 --> 00:05:24.079 the tombs do the talking. 110 00:05:24.360 --> 00:05:27.319 It works, Tim, I think you got something. I hope 111 00:05:27.319 --> 00:05:30.120 Tracy Murray is listening right, Yes, Tracy get on this 112 00:05:30.199 --> 00:05:33.560 and make her work this and this is great sexy. 113 00:05:33.639 --> 00:05:34.920 You are genius. 114 00:05:34.920 --> 00:05:36.839 I don't know how I come up with this stuff, 115 00:05:36.879 --> 00:05:39.519 but it's just I guess it's by osmosis. If you're 116 00:05:39.560 --> 00:05:42.720 around it enough, it'll rub off, it's so obvious. 117 00:05:42.800 --> 00:05:45.120 Well, anyway, since you came up with the idea, I'd 118 00:05:45.160 --> 00:05:46.480 like to have you in the in at least in 119 00:05:46.519 --> 00:05:49.519 the commercial. Yeah, maybe maybe you could be in the background, 120 00:05:49.600 --> 00:05:51.639 you know, as he's on the mound looking for help 121 00:05:51.680 --> 00:05:53.160 with the bases loaded. 122 00:05:53.000 --> 00:05:55.439 Or maybe in the end, like behind the I'm like 123 00:05:55.519 --> 00:05:58.480 behind you know, doing the doing the clock on Yamamoto. 124 00:05:58.800 --> 00:06:01.199 And at the very end you just kind of like 125 00:06:01.279 --> 00:06:03.639 tip your cap back and wink with the with the 126 00:06:03.759 --> 00:06:06.240 thumbs up. Loves it closes out the commercial. 127 00:06:06.360 --> 00:06:08.519 I love it. This is a genius idea. And if 128 00:06:08.560 --> 00:06:11.319 anybody out there dares to try to steal it, wow, 129 00:06:11.959 --> 00:06:13.879 shame on you, because I am going to be all 130 00:06:13.920 --> 00:06:16.199 over this. I've already got a text in to Tracy 131 00:06:16.279 --> 00:06:17.959 to make sure we get this thing going for twenty 132 00:06:18.000 --> 00:06:18.720 twenty five seas. 133 00:06:18.800 --> 00:06:19.000 Wow. 134 00:06:19.079 --> 00:06:21.600 Tim, I'm excited for you. I'm excited for you. 135 00:06:21.639 --> 00:06:24.040 I'm excited too, because now my brand is going to 136 00:06:24.079 --> 00:06:26.399 be global, not that it was even outside of the 137 00:06:26.399 --> 00:06:28.959 Burbank area, but now it'll be international. This is gonna 138 00:06:28.959 --> 00:06:29.639 be fan Japan. 139 00:06:29.920 --> 00:06:32.240 Can imagine your trips over there and you and Yamamoto 140 00:06:32.600 --> 00:06:36.879 trapesing around Japan in the off season promoting Toms Tomamoto. 141 00:06:37.199 --> 00:06:39.199 Can you believe that Saxon I am a man that 142 00:06:39.279 --> 00:06:43.319 loves to endorse Japanese cuisine Zenhi Sushi, which you can 143 00:06:43.360 --> 00:06:45.439 find at Ralson next to the deli counter in the 144 00:06:45.639 --> 00:06:49.279 local supermarket. And of course eto in oocha green tea, 145 00:06:49.600 --> 00:06:51.879 which is the official green tea of Sho Heyo Tani 146 00:06:51.920 --> 00:06:54.759 that he loves and drinks. So yeah, I got that 147 00:06:54.800 --> 00:06:57.720 going for me. Now little tombs with Yamamoto. Oh I 148 00:06:57.759 --> 00:07:00.800 love this. I love this, Hey Tim. 149 00:07:01.079 --> 00:07:04.839 As an aside, now we've put in place, you know 150 00:07:04.920 --> 00:07:06.759 the fact that you're going to have this great marketing 151 00:07:06.800 --> 00:07:10.279 blitz with Tom's, which is a no brainer. When I 152 00:07:10.639 --> 00:07:12.959 got asked, this is just you and me talking nobody else, 153 00:07:12.959 --> 00:07:17.360 nowhere else. When are we gonna hear you know, shoe 154 00:07:17.399 --> 00:07:21.360 hey o Tani come up with a speech in English, 155 00:07:21.560 --> 00:07:25.079 a full on rendition because we I don't even know 156 00:07:25.120 --> 00:07:27.480 if we get a word here and there. But I 157 00:07:27.480 --> 00:07:30.000 mean he has been here for a while. I will 158 00:07:30.040 --> 00:07:33.920 bet you that one day, very soon, we're gonna hear 159 00:07:33.959 --> 00:07:36.399 like some acceptance speech when he gets maybe his MVP 160 00:07:36.680 --> 00:07:39.120 or something like this, and he's gonna come up with 161 00:07:39.199 --> 00:07:45.319 a very wordsmithy whole speech. I mean, brilliantly crafted in 162 00:07:45.519 --> 00:07:49.680 English with perfect pronunciation. What if that happened, wouldn't that 163 00:07:49.759 --> 00:07:52.439 be such a cool thing that he splashes on the 164 00:07:52.439 --> 00:07:53.240 American public? 165 00:07:53.360 --> 00:07:56.519 It would be awesome. And I think we may get 166 00:07:56.560 --> 00:07:59.519 something like that if the Dodgers knock on Wood can 167 00:07:59.560 --> 00:08:01.439 get to the World Series and god will and are 168 00:08:01.480 --> 00:08:04.439 able to win four games and get another championship. He 169 00:08:04.480 --> 00:08:08.639 gave a little mini speech after they clinched a playoff 170 00:08:08.680 --> 00:08:10.959 spot or clinched the division. I forgot which time it was, 171 00:08:11.040 --> 00:08:13.800 but he said just a few words, just a man 172 00:08:13.839 --> 00:08:16.160 of few words, and he said only a few words. 173 00:08:16.639 --> 00:08:20.720 Yamamoto to his credit in the inaugural press conference that 174 00:08:20.759 --> 00:08:23.360 he had back in December, I believe it was. And 175 00:08:23.399 --> 00:08:27.240 when he signed out of Dodger Stadium, he had a 176 00:08:27.319 --> 00:08:31.720 statement prepared that he that he memorized and read in English. 177 00:08:32.320 --> 00:08:35.360 And apparently I think he's got a sister in law 178 00:08:35.480 --> 00:08:39.159 or brother in law that teaches English over in Japan, 179 00:08:39.759 --> 00:08:42.399 and it helped him with it, and so he has 180 00:08:42.480 --> 00:08:46.600 been very eager to learn English more now that he's 181 00:08:46.639 --> 00:08:50.480 with the Dodgers. And you know, these players speak very 182 00:08:50.519 --> 00:08:53.120 little English. They know the baseball lingo. I'm sure, I 183 00:08:53.120 --> 00:08:54.960 mean you would know this actually around the game with 184 00:08:55.080 --> 00:08:58.799 international players, even Spanish speaking players. You know, there's the 185 00:08:59.120 --> 00:09:01.919 universal language of baseball that you can communicate with. And 186 00:09:01.960 --> 00:09:06.039 then slowly they start getting used to speaking English, right, Yeah. 187 00:09:06.200 --> 00:09:08.879 Of course. And you know, Spanish is a pretty easy 188 00:09:09.000 --> 00:09:11.919 language to learn. I'm not so sure that Japan is 189 00:09:11.960 --> 00:09:15.279 an easy language. Japanese. But wouldn't it be funny if 190 00:09:15.360 --> 00:09:17.799 Joey was up there on the mic and say, Okay, 191 00:09:17.799 --> 00:09:19.320 it's time to let the cat out of the bag 192 00:09:19.360 --> 00:09:22.080 and he just starts wrapping his stuff off and if 193 00:09:22.080 --> 00:09:24.399 in English and it's perfect, that would be I would 194 00:09:24.399 --> 00:09:26.639 love to see that. But yeah, I don't know how 195 00:09:27.559 --> 00:09:31.000 tough Japan is a Japanese, but I think it's a 196 00:09:31.039 --> 00:09:32.879 lot tougher than say, Spanish. 197 00:09:33.000 --> 00:09:35.480 Yeah. I just googled it really quickly, and there's a 198 00:09:35.519 --> 00:09:39.120 couple of versions of Japanese tombs out there a company 199 00:09:39.159 --> 00:09:43.879 called Gota Tua ten is a company that produces basically 200 00:09:43.879 --> 00:09:46.240 the equivalent of Toms over the counter over in Japan. 201 00:09:46.320 --> 00:09:48.559 So we got any Japanese listeners right now that would 202 00:09:48.639 --> 00:09:49.039 help out. 203 00:09:49.200 --> 00:09:51.919 See, you've already got a great Japanese flair, You've got 204 00:09:51.919 --> 00:09:54.840 a great Japanese accent, so you can do this. 205 00:09:55.039 --> 00:09:57.639 I appreciate that. And you know, maybe if on the 206 00:09:57.639 --> 00:10:00.840 international scene as far as this commercial we've already created 207 00:10:00.919 --> 00:10:03.679 now with with Yamamoto on the mound and taken the tums, 208 00:10:03.679 --> 00:10:06.159 and we both wink at each other. Maybe at the 209 00:10:06.279 --> 00:10:08.519 end in the English version we both say, you know, 210 00:10:08.559 --> 00:10:12.519 the tagline in English, but over in Japan, the two 211 00:10:12.519 --> 00:10:13.960 of us and I can learn this. You know, I'm 212 00:10:14.039 --> 00:10:17.519 very I'm very smart. Exactly, I can learn the tagline 213 00:10:17.559 --> 00:10:20.120 and we can say it in Japanese Japanese. Yeah, And 214 00:10:20.320 --> 00:10:22.279 I mean, gosh, well, how about how about. 215 00:10:22.080 --> 00:10:24.879 If Yamamoto says it in the English over here and 216 00:10:25.000 --> 00:10:28.600 you tag it over there in Japanese. Perfect, perfect, done 217 00:10:28.639 --> 00:10:32.879 and done. The crossover is this is this is ridiculous. 218 00:10:32.879 --> 00:10:33.440 It's so easy. 219 00:10:33.480 --> 00:10:37.240 Look at us just spitballing here, just brainstorming, just brainstorming. 220 00:10:37.279 --> 00:10:39.360 I love it, I love it all. And the Dodgers 221 00:10:39.360 --> 00:10:41.080 still need to win one more game, by the way, 222 00:10:40.919 --> 00:10:43.240 they still need to take care of business in Game 223 00:10:43.279 --> 00:10:46.320 five of this NLCS and NLCS, by the way, which 224 00:10:46.519 --> 00:10:49.399 the Dodgers have outscored the Mets thirty to eight overall 225 00:10:49.399 --> 00:10:52.000 in this series. And think about that six runs came 226 00:10:52.039 --> 00:10:54.559 in that one loss to the Dodgers or the win 227 00:10:54.679 --> 00:10:58.240 over the Dodgers back in Game two. The Dodgers have 228 00:10:58.320 --> 00:11:00.960 outscored the Mets in the two games in new Games 229 00:11:00.960 --> 00:11:04.240 three and four already twenty to two. The Dodgers are 230 00:11:04.279 --> 00:11:07.279 sixteen for forty eight with runners in scoring position. Dodgers 231 00:11:07.279 --> 00:11:09.879 have walked thirty one times in the first four games. 232 00:11:09.879 --> 00:11:11.559 And the other big number that has come out of 233 00:11:11.559 --> 00:11:16.399 this NLCS is tied to Max Munsey reaching base twelve 234 00:11:16.960 --> 00:11:24.360 consecutive played appearances in a row, home run, walk, walk, walk, single, walk, walk, 235 00:11:24.679 --> 00:11:28.440 home run, walk, walk, walk, and a single and finally 236 00:11:28.480 --> 00:11:30.759 got out late in the game last night to end 237 00:11:30.759 --> 00:11:33.120 that streak. And to put it in perspective for those 238 00:11:33.159 --> 00:11:36.200 of you driving around listening wondering what does that matter? 239 00:11:36.279 --> 00:11:42.080 Twelve consecutive plate appearances that ties mister October Reggie Jackson 240 00:11:42.480 --> 00:11:45.879 for the most played appearances in a row without getting 241 00:11:45.960 --> 00:11:50.519 an out in the postseason. Max Mounsey and Reggie Jackson 242 00:11:50.519 --> 00:11:51.519 now in the same breath. 243 00:11:51.519 --> 00:11:53.840 How about that? Isn't that crazy? And you think that 244 00:11:53.919 --> 00:11:55.840 at some point there'd be like, oh, you know, the 245 00:11:55.919 --> 00:11:58.320 umpire would kind of screw him on a call and 246 00:11:58.360 --> 00:12:01.840 that'd be strike three. Because he's doing all of it 247 00:12:01.919 --> 00:12:04.159 at the same time. Usually you can, you know, kind 248 00:12:04.200 --> 00:12:06.399 of like squeeze out the walks or go on to 249 00:12:06.559 --> 00:12:09.559 just this hitting terror. He's doing all of it, and 250 00:12:09.600 --> 00:12:11.559 he's going deep and he's doing the singles. I mean, 251 00:12:11.759 --> 00:12:13.720 how do you do all of that, you know, in 252 00:12:14.519 --> 00:12:18.159 one big swoop. That's just really hard to do. As 253 00:12:18.159 --> 00:12:20.240 far as I'm concerned, Max Muntzy's doing it. 254 00:12:20.600 --> 00:12:25.159 The twelve consecutive plate appearances, eight of them were walks. 255 00:12:24.960 --> 00:12:29.759 That's discipline at the plate. That's being unselfish and knowing that, 256 00:12:30.039 --> 00:12:31.559 you know, I can go out there and hit a 257 00:12:31.600 --> 00:12:33.759 home run, I can drive the ball, I could slug, 258 00:12:33.960 --> 00:12:36.720 which he's known for, or I can go out there 259 00:12:36.759 --> 00:12:38.559 and just do whatever it takes to get on base, 260 00:12:38.600 --> 00:12:40.639 whether it's a home run a single, which he did. 261 00:12:40.639 --> 00:12:43.360 But eight of the twelve appearances were walks, and after 262 00:12:43.399 --> 00:12:45.799 the game last night here's Max Munsey talking to the 263 00:12:45.799 --> 00:12:48.600 media about his accomplishment and the Dodgers being one went 264 00:12:48.639 --> 00:12:49.960 away from going to the World Series. 265 00:12:50.120 --> 00:12:51.399 Yeah, it was good up and down the lineup. 266 00:12:51.679 --> 00:12:54.720 We're just staying within ourselves, haven't get an approach and 267 00:12:54.879 --> 00:12:56.200 not trying to do too much in the bucks. 268 00:12:56.440 --> 00:12:58.759 For you, I mean, twelve state dot Bat's getting on 269 00:12:58.840 --> 00:13:01.080 base and you think about that. Were you aware of 270 00:13:01.120 --> 00:13:02.679 that and just kind of what was that, say, just 271 00:13:02.720 --> 00:13:04.919 the QUALITYBA bets you've been having personally. 272 00:13:04.600 --> 00:13:07.639 No, I definitely wasn't aware of it, you know, but 273 00:13:07.960 --> 00:13:10.679 it's obviously really cool for me. The most important things 274 00:13:10.679 --> 00:13:12.960 that means I'm getting on base, giving my teammates a 275 00:13:13.000 --> 00:13:15.360 chance to drap me in create and havoc doing anything 276 00:13:15.399 --> 00:13:17.960 I can, and uh, you know, to me, that's just 277 00:13:17.960 --> 00:13:19.320 the most important thing is that I'm having good at 278 00:13:19.320 --> 00:13:20.879 bets and being able to get on base for my guys. 279 00:13:21.039 --> 00:13:21.799 That's how important. 280 00:13:21.840 --> 00:13:24.000 One against Kinatana guy who likes to get guys to 281 00:13:24.080 --> 00:13:25.279 chase to not checks. 282 00:13:25.320 --> 00:13:27.600 I'm standing after New York walks as you made the laws. 283 00:13:27.720 --> 00:13:29.200 Yeah, and that was kind of a battle of you know, 284 00:13:29.240 --> 00:13:31.039 who was going to give in first. He wanted to 285 00:13:31.039 --> 00:13:32.240 get us a chase, so we wanted to get him 286 00:13:32.240 --> 00:13:34.480 through strikes, and uh, you know it was just, uh, 287 00:13:35.120 --> 00:13:37.200 who was going to be more stubborn? And uh, you know, 288 00:13:37.440 --> 00:13:39.120 I feel like we we were about last on that. 289 00:13:39.399 --> 00:13:41.279 And what's the feeling of the clubhouse one one away 290 00:13:41.279 --> 00:13:42.120 from the World Series. 291 00:13:42.600 --> 00:13:45.039 It's it's oh, right now, you know, we're shouting out 292 00:13:45.039 --> 00:13:48.279 tomorrow as an OL series, we have prepare, prepare the 293 00:13:48.320 --> 00:13:50.039 right way, do everything the right way, and play our 294 00:13:50.080 --> 00:13:52.399 game and go out there and try to get a 295 00:13:52.440 --> 00:13:52.879 win tomorrow. 296 00:13:54.960 --> 00:13:57.159 You know, you guys are playing such complete baseball, right know? 297 00:13:57.600 --> 00:13:59.600 Is this the most complete you've played all season? Do 298 00:13:59.639 --> 00:14:00.960 you think? Yeah? 299 00:14:01.159 --> 00:14:04.360 Yeah, you know, Uh, the most important thing is just 300 00:14:04.440 --> 00:14:06.519 everyone's you know, understanding the role. 301 00:14:06.559 --> 00:14:07.200 I'm not trying to do. 302 00:14:07.200 --> 00:14:09.639 Too much and well yeah, I have an entire group 303 00:14:09.679 --> 00:14:11.799 of guys that are buying into that mindset. 304 00:14:12.159 --> 00:14:13.919 It becomes pretty special. And that's what we're able to 305 00:14:13.919 --> 00:14:14.200 do right. 306 00:14:14.159 --> 00:14:17.200 Now, approach wise as a team, and how this scene 307 00:14:17.279 --> 00:14:20.320 is kind of the team wide approach payoffs. 308 00:14:19.840 --> 00:14:21.679 So far this off there was yeah, you know, there 309 00:14:21.720 --> 00:14:23.360 was definitely some talks about it, but I think the 310 00:14:23.360 --> 00:14:27.159 biggest thing was understanding, you know, more in depth why 311 00:14:27.200 --> 00:14:29.399 that is and uh, you know, it's it's it's being 312 00:14:29.480 --> 00:14:31.279 aggressive on balls in the zone, not taking balls in 313 00:14:31.320 --> 00:14:33.720 his own and you know, not swinging out of the zone, 314 00:14:33.799 --> 00:14:35.879 and uh, you know, I think that's just a deeper 315 00:14:35.919 --> 00:14:38.000 understanding for us and understanding who we are as. 316 00:14:37.879 --> 00:14:40.120 A team and what what certain pitches we. 317 00:14:40.039 --> 00:14:42.200 Can hit, what pitches we can't hit, And you know, 318 00:14:42.399 --> 00:14:44.240 we've had an entire lineup being able to buy into that. 319 00:14:44.799 --> 00:14:46.080 What does it do for the team to get a 320 00:14:46.159 --> 00:14:48.320 leadoff homer for the game from moll Tounty. Yeah, it 321 00:14:48.360 --> 00:14:50.159 was huge, you know, I think it was. 322 00:14:50.240 --> 00:14:52.679 It was bigger for show just hitting a getting a 323 00:14:52.759 --> 00:14:54.360 hit with no one, no one on base. You know, 324 00:14:54.399 --> 00:14:57.919 it's a I don't know, pretty wild wild numbers, but yeah, 325 00:14:57.960 --> 00:15:00.159 it was a you know, big start for us. 326 00:15:01.039 --> 00:15:02.480 He got a good fish to hit, didn't miss it, 327 00:15:02.519 --> 00:15:06.279 and definitely electrified us. How big we'll have to close 328 00:15:06.320 --> 00:15:06.960 them all tomorrow? 329 00:15:07.879 --> 00:15:09.960 Yeah, I mean, you know, obviously it'd be huge, But 330 00:15:10.000 --> 00:15:12.320 like I said, in our mindset is it's an OH series. 331 00:15:12.840 --> 00:15:14.080 You know, we got to go out there and then 332 00:15:14.200 --> 00:15:15.519 and play it, play it the right way and do 333 00:15:15.559 --> 00:15:16.120 things the right way. 334 00:15:16.159 --> 00:15:18.279 And that's what we're finding on doing all right. 335 00:15:18.279 --> 00:15:20.879 There's Maximunze after the game last night sounds a lot 336 00:15:21.000 --> 00:15:25.639 like Mookie Betts locked in one one game to play. Still, well, 337 00:15:25.639 --> 00:15:28.120 it's an O series. We haven't done anything. We haven't 338 00:15:28.120 --> 00:15:29.159 accomplished nothing yet. 339 00:15:29.240 --> 00:15:31.679 Yeah. Do you notice the thread that runs through the 340 00:15:31.720 --> 00:15:34.480 team is when you hear interviews, you know, you had 341 00:15:34.480 --> 00:15:36.759 they have their own flair and whatnot, but they all 342 00:15:36.840 --> 00:15:39.799 seem to be, you know, in the same space. There's 343 00:15:39.840 --> 00:15:41.960 there's not somebody that's getting over their skis. There's not 344 00:15:42.039 --> 00:15:45.960 somebody that's not realizing the moment. There's not somebody that's 345 00:15:46.039 --> 00:15:49.639 underestimating what's going on. They they get it. This team 346 00:15:49.679 --> 00:15:52.480 gets it. And that's this is a This is isn't 347 00:15:52.519 --> 00:15:55.639 just something that's patchwork together. This is something that's been 348 00:15:56.320 --> 00:15:59.200 been been groomed for a while, you know, and now 349 00:15:59.279 --> 00:16:02.960 you're seeing what, you know, the culmination of everything that 350 00:16:03.000 --> 00:16:05.679 they put into this team. The right people, you know, 351 00:16:05.759 --> 00:16:09.320 the right practices, work ethic, all those things come together. 352 00:16:09.679 --> 00:16:11.840 And that's what you're hearing right now through the microphone 353 00:16:11.840 --> 00:16:13.879 when they interview these guys. You can sense it. You 354 00:16:13.879 --> 00:16:16.960 can see what's going on through the team, because this 355 00:16:17.039 --> 00:16:19.679 isn't something that was just you know, put together yesterday. 356 00:16:19.919 --> 00:16:23.120 I truly believe you've gotten this attitude now from this team. 357 00:16:23.200 --> 00:16:26.440 This buy in attitude from everybody on the team, from 358 00:16:26.519 --> 00:16:29.200 Kershaw to all the way down to Tommy Yeman to 359 00:16:29.559 --> 00:16:32.519 everybody on this team is because the failures of the 360 00:16:32.600 --> 00:16:35.159 last two year and because a lot of these players 361 00:16:35.200 --> 00:16:37.759 are either looking for their first World Series championship coming 362 00:16:37.799 --> 00:16:40.600 over to the Dodgers like a showy Otani and they're hungry, 363 00:16:40.879 --> 00:16:44.559 or you've got players that have tasted the championship before 364 00:16:44.759 --> 00:16:47.480 in a Max Munsey, a Mookie Betts of Freddie Freeman, 365 00:16:47.720 --> 00:16:50.279 and they want more. They tasted it and they want 366 00:16:50.320 --> 00:16:52.759 to taste it again. The World Series champion. 367 00:16:52.879 --> 00:16:56.039 These young guys, these guys that are coming up, Caspiraus 368 00:16:56.120 --> 00:16:59.120 and and Enriquez and all these guys that are coming 369 00:16:59.200 --> 00:17:01.720 up now they're in the locker room and they brushing 370 00:17:01.840 --> 00:17:06.079 around with Clayton Kershaw and trying in and these guys 371 00:17:06.200 --> 00:17:08.960 like this that have been there and done that before. 372 00:17:09.279 --> 00:17:11.359 You think that doesn't make a difference, It is a 373 00:17:11.640 --> 00:17:14.720 huge difference and a huge advantage. I mean, you know, 374 00:17:14.799 --> 00:17:17.440 you're talking about Clay. This is the first time Hall 375 00:17:17.480 --> 00:17:20.960 of Fame guy on the ballot, no question about that. Yeah, 376 00:17:20.960 --> 00:17:23.039 I was fortunate when I came up at Garvey and 377 00:17:23.160 --> 00:17:25.920 Lopes and Say and Russell and Yeager. I had all 378 00:17:26.039 --> 00:17:30.119 these guys that were proven winners, and you know what, 379 00:17:30.359 --> 00:17:33.160 it made a huge impact on me. This is how 380 00:17:33.200 --> 00:17:36.920 you do it. Okay, they say a lot without saying anything, 381 00:17:37.599 --> 00:17:40.279 because these guys are watching them. They're watching how they work, 382 00:17:40.480 --> 00:17:42.880 They're watching what time they get there, what time they leave, 383 00:17:43.200 --> 00:17:47.400 how they carry themselves. These things are just huge for 384 00:17:47.519 --> 00:17:50.960 a team. The undergirdings of the team are built on 385 00:17:51.039 --> 00:17:53.559 these examples, and that's what the team is getting to enjoy. 386 00:17:53.640 --> 00:17:56.599 I can just envision a young Steve Sacks nineteen eighty one. 387 00:17:56.880 --> 00:17:59.799 There you are watching these guys who are veterans do 388 00:17:59.799 --> 00:18:02.319 their thing. You're a young guy on this team helping 389 00:18:02.359 --> 00:18:05.079 them out as well, winning a World Series championship. You 390 00:18:05.119 --> 00:18:07.519 were just like aspiras. You were just like a landing neck. 391 00:18:07.759 --> 00:18:10.839 You were just like Enriquez. They're you know, wide eyed, 392 00:18:10.880 --> 00:18:13.759 i'd imagine, but also just sitting there being quiet, not 393 00:18:13.839 --> 00:18:15.440 saying anything, but soaking it all in. 394 00:18:15.680 --> 00:18:19.519 Remember that these guys are are in the locker room 395 00:18:19.880 --> 00:18:22.160 with many of the players that they watched on TV 396 00:18:22.240 --> 00:18:24.079 and were idolizing. That's the way it was for me. 397 00:18:24.640 --> 00:18:27.400 And when you go in there and you're around these guys, 398 00:18:27.400 --> 00:18:29.799 you're almost like beside yourself. So what do you do? 399 00:18:29.920 --> 00:18:33.240 You just shut up and you observe, and you you're 400 00:18:33.279 --> 00:18:35.480 like a sponge. You just take everything that you can 401 00:18:35.599 --> 00:18:38.400