Speaker 1: Welcome to Dodger Talk. David Vase with you from Kemelback
Speaker 1: Ranch in Glendale, Arizona. The Dodgers are just two days
Speaker 1: away from leaving for Tokyo, Japan. We'll get into that
Speaker 1: more later in the show, but just a recap of
Speaker 1: what has taken place and what is going to take
Speaker 1: place here tonight on Dodger Talk. We're with you until
Speaker 1: eight o'clock right here on a five to seventy LA
Speaker 1: Sports and we have a great show for you tonight.
Speaker 1: We will be joined by future Hall of Famer Clayton Kershaw,
Speaker 1: who spoke to me exclusively earlier today about all things Dodgers.
Speaker 1: All things Kershaw, you will hear from the future Hall
Speaker 1: of Famer, the three times Cy Young Award winner and
Speaker 1: MVP winner coming up later in the show. And also
Speaker 1: we are going to speak to a man that has
Speaker 1: covered the Dodgers for over a decade, and that is
Speaker 1: Bill Plunkett from the Orange County Register. He has a
Speaker 1: brand new show, Hey Otani book titled La Story. It
Speaker 1: is the Otani Story from his first season with the
Speaker 1: Dodgers on their way to the World Series Championship. Bill
Speaker 1: Plunkett will also be in Tokyo coming up starting tomorrow.
Speaker 1: He's actually going to do this phone interview and then
Speaker 1: bored a plane for Tokyo tomorrow morning. So you'll hear
Speaker 1: from Bill Plunkett later in the show, and I also
Speaker 1: will the last half of the show is going to
Speaker 1: be very Otani centric because later in the show, I
Speaker 1: am going to share with you what Barry Bonds had
Speaker 1: to say on the Matt Barnes Steven Jackson podcast All
Speaker 1: the Smoke when it comes to show, Hey Otani, and
Speaker 1: what Bonds thinks about Otani being a player that could
Speaker 1: play in his generation, and also what Bonds thinks about
Speaker 1: Otani pitching, So we'll get to all that as well.
Speaker 1: It was actually a pretty good interview. Barry Bonds actually
Speaker 1: came across like I'm not sure how many people really
Speaker 1: care about what Barry Bonds has to say as it
Speaker 1: pertains to Dodgers, but you can't you can't deny how
Speaker 1: great of a player he was, and he was certainly
Speaker 1: one of the best players not only of his generation
Speaker 1: but of all time. And we all know he did
Speaker 1: get some help, but he was still a really great player,
Speaker 1: so you can't take that away from him. Earlier today,
Speaker 1: the Dodgers beat the Diamondbacks six to two at Camel
Speaker 1: Back Ranch. Yamamoto won his first Cactus League game of
Speaker 1: the spring. But I guess that falls into the category
Speaker 1: where wins and losses don't really tell the story of
Speaker 1: a pitcher, because I have seen a noticeable difference in
Speaker 1: a good way from Yoshi Yamamoto this camp. Today, he
Speaker 1: went five innings, allowed just one earned run. He had
Speaker 1: seven strikeouts and a walk. The last out of the
Speaker 1: game that he recorded was in the fifth inning and
Speaker 1: he took a He covered first base and David body
Speaker 1: underhanded toss was extremely high and not very accurate, and
Speaker 1: Yamamoto was hustling to the bag and you were holding
Speaker 1: your breath because he had to leap up to catch
Speaker 1: the ball, and he almost landed on the first base bag.
Speaker 1: If he does that, there's a very good chance he
Speaker 1: tears up his knee. Luckily, he avoided doing that and
Speaker 1: was able to get the out. But Yamamoto has been outstanding.
Speaker 1: He is going to start game one of the regular
Speaker 1: season out there in the Tokyo Series against Shota Imanaga
Speaker 1: and the Chicago Cubs. I mentioned this on Petro Some
Speaker 1: Money Show, and I'll say it right here. Again, nothing
Speaker 1: changed from what I saw today. In fact, I feel
Speaker 1: more convicted about this. And I'm not really a sports
Speaker 1: betting person. I'll dabble if I'm there with friends or
Speaker 1: if I'm in Vegas. But from what I've been told,
Speaker 1: the odds are very good in your favor if you
Speaker 1: were to put twenty bucks down on Yoshi Yamamoto winning
Speaker 1: the National League Say Young Award. I know to a
Speaker 1: certain extent it's subjective, but I feel very confident in
Speaker 1: saying this. I believe Yamamoto is going to win the
Speaker 1: Cy Young Award this year in Major League Baseball if
Speaker 1: he stays healthy, and that's a big if after him
Speaker 1: missing three months with the right shoulder issue, but he
Speaker 1: seems very strong. His training, from what I understand during
Speaker 1: the offseason, was a better tailor made for pitching in
Speaker 1: Major League Baseball. So I'm going to be optimistic and
Speaker 1: say he's not going to miss any significant time like
Speaker 1: he did last year. But he is my pick to
Speaker 1: win the National League Say Young Award this year. And
Speaker 1: I'm not saying bet the house, but hey, if he
Speaker 1: got twenty bucks, why not. From what I understand, the
Speaker 1: odds are twenty to one for Yamamoto to win the
Speaker 1: Cy Young Award. And look, that's that's saying something considering
Speaker 1: who's on this starting pitching staff, including a two time
Speaker 1: cy Young Award winner and Blake Snell, who wants to
Speaker 1: win a third. You're talking about Otani, who's going to
Speaker 1: pitch probably at some point in time this season. You
Speaker 1: got Kershaw who's won three Cy Young's. You got Glass
Speaker 1: now who's got good stuff. But I'm a firm believer
Speaker 1: that Yamamoto, to me, is the leading candidate out of
Speaker 1: these group of pitchers as it stands today to win
Speaker 1: the National League Say Young Award. And speaking of Blake Snell,
Speaker 1: he pitched yesterday and is going to pitch again on Sunday,
Speaker 1: which means he is pitching one of the exhibition games
Speaker 1: in Tokyo, which also lines him up to start the
Speaker 1: home opener against the Tigers, and that would match him
Speaker 1: up against Trek Skoubel, who also pitched yesterday and already
Speaker 1: has been named the opening day starter for aj hinches
Speaker 1: Detroit Tigers. So we probably, barring any sort of injuries,
Speaker 1: are going to have a tremendous pitching matchup when the
Speaker 1: Dodgers were turned back from Tokyo between Blakesnell and Trek
Speaker 1: skuball two Cy Young Award winners in the Raigning American League,
Speaker 1: say Young Award winner in Schooble, So that should be
Speaker 1: an outstanding home stand. It should be a great first
Speaker 1: two games. The home opener is always special, and then
Speaker 1: the second game at Dodgers Stadium is when they're going
Speaker 1: to have the pregame ring ceremony. And I do hope
Speaker 1: they bring back guys that right now do not have
Speaker 1: a team. Daniel Hudson retired, Joe Kelly does not have
Speaker 1: a team. I wouldn't be surprised if he's going to
Speaker 1: retire or still doesn't have a team by that point
Speaker 1: in time. And bring back Brent Honeywell and that Perm
Speaker 1: that eastbounded down, Perm, Kenny Powers Perm. I would love
Speaker 1: to see those guys, and I would love to see
Speaker 1: Kevin Kiermyer come back and be part of those pregame ceremonies.
Speaker 1: So I hope that happens. But first things first, the
Speaker 1: Dodgers have two games in Tokyo, and like I mentioned,
Speaker 1: Snell Scooble, it's on track to happen. And here's what
Speaker 1: Blake Sneil had to say against a subpar performance yesterday,
Speaker 1: camel back ranch and a spring training that is kind
Speaker 1: of slow playing him to that point in time. On
Speaker 1: that afternoon at Dodgers Stadium for the home opener, it.
Speaker 2: Was like in and out. Curveball was guiding some. I
Speaker 2: was thing some over the plate. Then when I'd get
Speaker 2: on it, I couldn't strike it. So I just battle
Speaker 2: and feel change up was guiding that I wasn't throwing it.
Speaker 2: I had one good change up today. And that's where
Speaker 2: you'll see like Arshall is double and just you know deep,
Speaker 2: you know the extra basse hats that they have. Avis. Uh,
Speaker 2: he's just ambushing good pitch, good pitch. Uh, look a
Speaker 2: heater swinging next it by I face some same things swinging.
Speaker 2: So those are good tales to how I've gone in
Speaker 2: the season. But and then urious are you're rias He's
Speaker 2: swinging a good right now, good curveball kind of his
Speaker 2: first bitch strike for him to see that, yeah, take
Speaker 2: your cab, good job. But I faced him a good amount.
Speaker 2: He doesn't do that, so I got to learn the
Speaker 2: new swing that he has, so see what I can
Speaker 2: do to get better there.
Speaker 1: But how do you feel at this stage of preparation
Speaker 1: for whenever you make your first start feel good?
Speaker 2: Yeah, ninety seven, that's yeah, I'm happy with that. And
Speaker 2: then towards the end there, I was just trying to
Speaker 2: get a strike. I mean I kind of lost feel.
Speaker 2: I got to get in the zone and that fourth
Speaker 2: and and but overall felt good, kind of limiting my
Speaker 2: rocking and getting better and better. But another another good
Speaker 2: week ahead. I've hit Sunday next, so really looking forward
Speaker 2: to that. And then yeah, I mean there's just so
Speaker 2: many like tells that I'll have. It could be my glove.
Speaker 2: I don't like where it's at, or I don't like
Speaker 2: how my hand's coming out. It's coming out too quick
Speaker 2: on curveball, and I'll need it slower longer. I mean,
Speaker 2: there's just so many things. And you know, everyone wants,
Speaker 2: you know, to come into Spring, and I expect, like, oh,
Speaker 2: Blake's Sally and Blake He's gonna be light, Like that's
Speaker 2: not realistic. I'm learning, I'm growing, I'm getting better, and
Speaker 2: you know, it takes all of Spring to really you know,
Speaker 2: start figuring it out. Okay, I need to do this
Speaker 2: or you know, I need to do this a little
Speaker 2: different than I did last Like you're figuring out like
Speaker 2: who you are this year. It's such a big thing.
Speaker 2: So I was pretty happy with it. Fastball comman, can
Speaker 2: you get better? All Steed will start finishing out in
Speaker 2: front with it. I'll be a lot more happier and
Speaker 2: I'll have a lot more swing and mess with that.
Speaker 2: So we're on the way on a good track. I
Speaker 2: feel good, comfortable, feel strong, healthy, happy with them on that.
Speaker 3: Yeah.
Speaker 1: The one thing about Blake's now that I appreciate, there's
Speaker 1: no panic. He understands himself at this stage of his career.
Speaker 1: He's thirty one years old. He understands what it takes
Speaker 1: to as he was saying, calibrate himself for the regular season.
Speaker 1: Other younger pitchers, if they had this going on where
Speaker 1: he got hit around by a No Name A's team
Speaker 1: and they scored some runs, they would be panicking and
Speaker 1: trying to do an overhaul on a lot of things.
Speaker 1: But that's not Snell. He's very in tune with his body.
Speaker 1: He's really smart when it comes to baseball and understanding
Speaker 1: hitter swings and what he needs to do to get ready,
Speaker 1: and he understands it's a long season. So I'm not
Speaker 1: concerned at all by any of the results by Blake Snell.
Speaker 1: And look, you have to factor into the equation of
Speaker 1: this spring of Snell really not having a lot of
Speaker 1: time to have a regular schedule. The Dodgers have only
Speaker 1: allowed him to pitch twice in the Cactus League. By
Speaker 1: now he should probably under normal circumstances, have three starts
Speaker 1: under his belt. The first one was one inning, and
Speaker 1: then he went to the backfields this past Monday to pitch,
Speaker 1: and then he pitched yesterday. So I mean, I'm not
Speaker 1: concerned at all about Blake Snell. He knows how to
Speaker 1: get ready for the season and he will be ready
Speaker 1: to go. Other big news for the Dodgers today, manager
Speaker 1: Dave Roberts reportedly has agreed to a four year extension
Speaker 1: with the Dodgers at thirty two point four million dollars.
Speaker 1: Our friend John Hayman, who was breaking that news while
Speaker 1: sitting on the couch in the Camelback Ranch lobby, reported
Speaker 1: that and it is a record record setting annual average
Speaker 1: salary of eight plus million dollars for Dave Roberts. That
Speaker 1: is more than Craig Council got last year from the
Speaker 1: Cubs four years, thirty two point four million dollars for
Speaker 1: Dave Roberts, and it is not official yet, but after
Speaker 1: today's game, Dave Roberts had a bigger smile than usual.
Speaker 4: I can't talk so much about it, but I do
Speaker 4: think that there's finally some closure, and I'm excited. You know.
Speaker 4: Obviously this is the place I want to be, so
Speaker 4: I'm sure i'll go into it more. But hopefully there's
Speaker 4: an announcement coming soon. I'm waiting, but this is a
Speaker 4: place I've always wanted to be, so I just love
Speaker 4: what we're doing. I think it's been a good spring training.
Speaker 4: I think our guys are ready to break camp and
Speaker 4: get to Tokyo, and our guys are in a good spot.
Speaker 4: So there's obviously things that are off the field that
Speaker 4: are important. Try to make sure that my focus days
Speaker 4: on the players, the game, the Dodgers organization, and I
Speaker 4: think I've done a good job. But the other part
Speaker 4: of that stuff just kind of is part of the job,
Speaker 4: and I'm looking forward to some closure for sure.
Speaker 1: It's amazing how the narrative has changed around Dave Roberts.
Speaker 1: Right a year ago, at this time, everybody was saying well,
Speaker 1: if he doesn't win, he's going to be fired. The
Speaker 1: Dodgers are not going to keep him. He better win
Speaker 1: the World Series to last October, him being one of
Speaker 1: the better October managers that we have seen in any
Speaker 1: one playoff to now getting a four year, thirty two
Speaker 1: point four million dollar extension. According to John Hayman, I mean,
Speaker 1: I never The reason why I don't feel like this
Speaker 1: is a big story or big news is because I
Speaker 1: never believed after winning the World Series Dave Roberts was
Speaker 1: going anywhere. But it does make a difference to have
Speaker 1: more than one year on your contract. If he went
Speaker 1: into the season with just a one year contract, that
Speaker 1: could have been treacherous for him and the team. You
Speaker 1: don't want to do anything that would spoil what the
Speaker 1: Dodgers have got going right now, what they look to
Speaker 1: try to do this season, and that's become the first
Speaker 1: repeat champions in baseball since twenty twenty five. So Dave
Speaker 1: Roberts is going to be here for at least four
Speaker 1: more years according to this contract, and I'm happy for
Speaker 1: Dave's a lot that goes into managing the Dodgers more
Speaker 1: than just being ready at seven ten to manage nine
Speaker 1: innings and talk to the media after the game. He
Speaker 1: does have to manage one of the largest media corps
Speaker 1: now with the Japanese media, following the Big Three of Otani, Yamamoto,
Speaker 1: and Sazaki. He does have to manage his relationships with
Speaker 1: Andrew Freeman and Brandon Gomes, and has to manage his
Speaker 1: relationships with ownership, and he is so welcoming to so
Speaker 1: many people. He's a great ambassador for the organization, and
Speaker 1: he really does a lot more than just manage twenty
Speaker 1: six guys for nine innings. So just on the surface,
Speaker 1: forget about the results, because the resume speaks for itself.
Speaker 1: He's won. He's managed five one hundred win seasons, he
Speaker 1: has eight NLS championships, He's been to the postseason nine
Speaker 1: times as the Dodger manager. He has four National League pennants,
Speaker 1: two World Series Championships, and he won the National League
Speaker 1: Manager of the Year in his first season with the Dodgers.
Speaker 1: So the resume stacks up, and everything that goes into
Speaker 1: this job certainly stacks up as well. When we continue
Speaker 1: from Camelback Ranch on Dodger Talk, we will hear from
Speaker 1: future Hall of Famer and three times Cy Young Award
Speaker 1: winner and National League MVP, the one and only Clayton Kershaw.
Speaker 1: All is right in the world with number twenty two
Speaker 1: back in spring training in Dodger Blue. And don't forget
Speaker 1: coming up at the bottom of the hour, we'll get
Speaker 1: into bonds and what he had to say about show.
Speaker 1: Hey Otani and Bill Plunkett will join us as well.
Speaker 1: A lot to get to between now and eight o'clock.
Speaker 1: Right here on five to seventy, LA Sports join right
Speaker 1: now to a man that makes the baseball world here
Speaker 1: in Glendale, Arizona feel right. If he wasn't here, nothing
Speaker 1: would feel the same way. And it's not a coincidence
Speaker 1: that his old pitching coach, Rick Honey h scheduled his
Speaker 1: trip to camel Back Ranch at the same time that
Speaker 1: Clayton Kershaw would come back here. So we're here to
Speaker 1: see if that truck still works. Because you only got
Speaker 1: so many summers, Clayton. Thanks a lot for the time.
Speaker 5: There was so much going on in that intro. I
Speaker 5: don't even know how to start, but good to see it, Dave, Great.
Speaker 1: To see you too. Tip of the cap to your
Speaker 1: guy Brad Paisley.
Speaker 5: Yeah, that was really good. So many summers. I'm in
Speaker 5: that music video.
Speaker 1: There's a music video.
Speaker 3: You didn't seen it? Okay, good, we'll check it out, all.
Speaker 1: Right, thank you. MTV is not as popular as it
Speaker 1: used to be, so true. How about Rick honeycut It
Speaker 1: wasn't a coincidence to see him really taking interest in
Speaker 1: your one and only bullpen session this spring.
Speaker 5: Yeah, Honey's great. It's always fun to have him here.
Speaker 5: And you got to hold on to the old guard,
Speaker 5: you know. It's nice to keep seeing people like I mean,
Speaker 5: you're old now, you know. So Honey's been here a
Speaker 5: while and we got awesome still. So there's a few
Speaker 5: of us still around. But no, it's been great. Honey's awesome.
Speaker 1: I've never asked you this before, but during the seasons,
Speaker 1: if you feel like you're a little off or you
Speaker 1: want to bounce something off of somebody, do you ever
Speaker 1: reach out to him during a season.
Speaker 5: We have a great group, you know, Mark. I have
Speaker 5: a great relationship with Mark too. He's been awesome. And
Speaker 5: Connor also as far as like pitch grips and different stuff.
Speaker 5: We have a really good group. But yeah, if Honey's
Speaker 5: ever in town or he sees something, and we always
Speaker 5: we always talk pitching.
Speaker 3: I mean, that's what we both know.
Speaker 5: And so you know, there's too many cooks in the
Speaker 5: kitchen sometimes, but not not with those guys.
Speaker 3: There's no egos. They just want to help if they can,
Speaker 3: and we really do. We have a great group.
Speaker 1: Clayton, you're back here in camel Back Ranch. We did
Speaker 1: see the bullpen session, So I guess is that a
Speaker 1: good sign that your knee and your foot are healing
Speaker 1: the right way?
Speaker 3: I think so.
Speaker 6: Yeah.
Speaker 5: I mean it's definitely progressing. Arms feeling good. So I
Speaker 5: wouldn't say I'm like a hundred percent yet, but I
Speaker 5: think I'm getting close and it keeps and better every day.
Speaker 5: So keep throwing bullpens this month and start facing some
Speaker 5: hitters here soon, and you know, doing the rehab starts
Speaker 5: all that. We're still you know, it's still a process obviously,
Speaker 5: but I feel I feel good about where I'm at
Speaker 5: and I feel like I'm on a good track to
Speaker 5: be ready soon.
Speaker 1: What we saw a couple of days ago, are you
Speaker 1: holding anything back in that type of setting or when
Speaker 1: you're landing on that front foot it's full force?
Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean I don't have any pain, it's just uh,
Speaker 5: you know, I think obviously there's some mental hurdles to
Speaker 5: come come through anytime with surgery. I think I haven't
Speaker 5: done it with the shoulder, and now with these two,
Speaker 5: there's just some mental hurdles like, hey, is it gonna hurt?
Speaker 5: And so getting over that and not thinking about that
Speaker 5: as hard. But that's what bullpens are for, you know,
Speaker 5: And so there's no pain. It's just I think there's
Speaker 5: some you know, a little bit out of sync, a
Speaker 5: little bit maybe not using all of my lower half
Speaker 5: like I can and just figuring out how to do
Speaker 5: that again. But it's all coming together and I think
Speaker 5: within the next you know, a couple of months to
Speaker 5: get there.
Speaker 1: So you're traveling with the team to Tooke you are
Speaker 1: you planning on doing something there?
Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm gonna do stuff, Dave.
Speaker 1: I want to know what to say. I want to
Speaker 1: know the extent of how much you're gonna do at
Speaker 1: the Tokyo Dome.
Speaker 3: Oh you mean baseball wise, Yes, I thought you meant
Speaker 3: tourist wise.
Speaker 1: I know you're gonna do stuff that that way.
Speaker 6: Yeah.
Speaker 5: I mean I'm kind of on like a Tuesday Friday
Speaker 5: bullpen plan right now, So I don't know how the
Speaker 5: days work over there. I'm assuming it's the same, but
Speaker 5: uh yeah, I'll go Tuesday Friday for a while and
Speaker 5: then start getting into like a five or six or
Speaker 5: seven or eight day rotation at some point and start
Speaker 5: facing some hitters.
Speaker 1: Are you planning on doing some ambassador's ship for the
Speaker 1: Dodgers in Tokyo? What are you? Uh, you're gonna be
Speaker 1: out there with your family, Charlie, Charlie and Cali are
Speaker 1: gonna be there with you. So what's the Kershaw family
Speaker 1: plans in Tokyo?
Speaker 5: Yeah, we got the whole crew coming. I don't know, obviously,
Speaker 5: we gotta we want to try the food. Everybody says
Speaker 5: the food's awesome. We want to ride the bullet train.
Speaker 5: We wanna maybe make a trip to Kyoto. We heard
Speaker 5: Kyoto is really cool. So I don't know, I know
Speaker 5: Ellen's got it all dialed in itenerary wise. So it's
Speaker 5: gonna be super fun once again, lifetime experience, once in
Speaker 5: a lifetime to go over there with Shohe and the
Speaker 5: Dodgers and kind of the global brand that they've become,
Speaker 5: especially with you know, kind of our three Japanese superstars
Speaker 5: that we have. So it's uh, it's gonna be wild.
Speaker 1: Speaking of Otani and those guys, what have you seen
Speaker 1: from Otani during the course of last year, just from
Speaker 1: start to where you're at right now, where he's at
Speaker 1: as a teammate with everybody.
Speaker 3: I think show is awesome, I really do, you know.
Speaker 5: I think I think having him around and he's just
Speaker 5: been you know, you hear stories and until you actually
Speaker 5: meet the guy for sure, you just don't know, right,
Speaker 5: And so last year, I know, it was a lot
Speaker 5: whirlwind getting to know everybody, and I felt like he
Speaker 5: really came together with all of us, and this year's
Speaker 5: kind of been more of an extension of the same.
Speaker 5: And man, seeing what he has to do now, like
Speaker 5: get ready to pitch and get ready to hit, it
Speaker 5: is Uh, it's a lot. It's a lot like you
Speaker 5: finish your throwing and then you go straight into the cage,
Speaker 5: like I can't imagine trying to be elite, elite at
Speaker 5: both and so but that's why you show, hey, you know,
Speaker 5: and so we're excited to see that. Obviously, it's going
Speaker 5: to be really cool to watch. And I mean the
Speaker 5: year he had last year is pretty tough to beat.
Speaker 5: But when you throw pitching on top of it. It's
Speaker 5: gonna be kind of amazing.
Speaker 1: When you see Sazaki in spring training, does it remind
Speaker 1: you of how Yamamoto was adjusting to life in Major
Speaker 1: League Baseball and a new environment. Do we underappreciate how
Speaker 1: much that is part of this learning curve?
Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean it's it's so much, you know, Like
Speaker 5: I can't imagine going to Japan and learning a new culture,
Speaker 5: learn like whole new living situation, speaking not speaking the language,
Speaker 5: and then learning out how to pitch.
Speaker 6: You know.
Speaker 5: So Rookie's obviously super talented. His split is like one
Speaker 5: of the best pitches in the game. Yeah, Like when
Speaker 5: it's I don't think it's really hard to catch, let
Speaker 5: alone hit. It's just got so much movement, and so
Speaker 5: there's some stuff to work on.
Speaker 6: You know.
Speaker 5: Obviously he's only twenty three. He's not as polished as Yama.
Speaker 5: You know, Yama was twenty five, a free agent, been
Speaker 5: doing it for a while, and even Yama this spring
Speaker 5: looks just way more comfortable than he did last year.
Speaker 6: You know.
Speaker 5: So there's gonna be some learning curves, I'm sure with Roki,
Speaker 5: but the talent's undeniable and he's gonna get a lot
Speaker 5: of people out for sure.
Speaker 1: We know you're a creature of habits. Starting pitchers are
Speaker 1: creatures of habits. So what is the adjustment if all
Speaker 1: six of you are in the rotation at one point
Speaker 1: in time during the season. Is that an adjustment or
Speaker 1: do you feel like Andrew and Dave have kind of
Speaker 1: started to morph the pitching staff into five days of
Speaker 1: rest the last few years?
Speaker 5: Yeah, I do think it's I do think like a
Speaker 5: six day rotation has become a little bit more normal
Speaker 5: for us, you know, I feel like the last couple
Speaker 5: of years especially, you know, the trick is like if
Speaker 5: there is a time where you have to throw on
Speaker 5: that regular rest, you know, you don't want it to
Speaker 5: feel like short. So it's kind of like having routines
Speaker 5: locked in for both and kind of going for there.
Speaker 5: But you know, I think the extra day everybody's gotten
Speaker 5: used to now, and I mean, hey, when we have
Speaker 5: Shoe and Roki and Yama all going, it's going to
Speaker 5: be that way.
Speaker 3: That's the way it was in Japan, and that's the
Speaker 3: way it's.
Speaker 5: Going to be here, and we're all going to have
Speaker 5: to figure out how to adjust to that.
Speaker 3: But I think we all kind of did it last year,
Speaker 3: So we'll be good.
Speaker 1: Clayton Kershaw's our guest. Before I let you go, I
Speaker 1: love to rewind to last year the World Series. Walker
Speaker 1: Buehler is not with the Dodgers this year for the
Speaker 1: first time in his professional career. I've never asked you
Speaker 1: this during the excitement of the parade and all that.
Speaker 1: What were you thinking when you saw him go out
Speaker 1: to the bullpen and when you saw him come into
Speaker 1: the game in the ninth inning, because he obviously said
Speaker 1: he learned by watching you he wanted to be that
Speaker 1: for the team because you were not available, like all
Speaker 1: of that, How did you feel.
Speaker 5: Yeah, you can say whatever you want about Walker, but
Speaker 5: you can't.
Speaker 3: You can't.
Speaker 5: You can't deny the way he takes the ball, you know,
Speaker 5: and so we're gonna miss him here. He just he
Speaker 5: he was special in that regard. There was a lot
Speaker 5: of times when he just kept wanting to take the ball.
Speaker 5: You know, he's not afraid, and that was a kind
Speaker 5: of a great moment for him and super special and
Speaker 5: we needed every pitch that he had and us, you know,
Speaker 5: we were pretty much then we were pretty much out
Speaker 5: at that point. So for him to come in close
Speaker 5: a game like that. It was a really cool way
Speaker 5: to end his Dodger tenure. And I'm happy for him.
Speaker 5: I know Boston is going to be a good setting
Speaker 5: for him and he can handle that media crowd and
Speaker 5: be good and so you know, I hope, I hope
Speaker 5: you pitch as well, just not against us.
Speaker 6: Yeah.
Speaker 1: Has he reached out to you since he signed with Boston?
Speaker 5: He uh, yeah, we faced some a few times. He's
Speaker 5: feeling good. He's in spring training and the ball's coming
Speaker 5: out good. You know, he's uh, he's back up to
Speaker 5: ninety five or so, and I think he's excited, you know,
Speaker 5: another year removed from surgery. So I think I think
Speaker 5: he'll be good.
Speaker 1: Did you uh did you appreciate him referencing you doing
Speaker 1: what he did several times?
Speaker 3: I Walker's great.
Speaker 5: You know, I think there's he was going to do
Speaker 5: that regardless stuff, you know, like he just uh, I
Speaker 5: mean for better for whereas Walker's he go is gonna
Speaker 5: let him go out there and he knows he's good.
Speaker 3: And that's just it was really cool to see.
Speaker 1: How about how he he did not hide the fact
Speaker 1: that his pose after the last out of the World
Speaker 1: Series was not spontaneous. He said he'd been thinking about
Speaker 1: that pose for a while.
Speaker 3: Yeah, he's like I said, he's special. He's special.
Speaker 1: Thanks a lot for the time.
Speaker 3: All right, thanks Dave.
Speaker 1: Good to see you, man, Great to see you too.
Speaker 1: Were you really excited to see me?
Speaker 5: I was like in the middle, Yeah, yeah, yeah, but yeah,
Speaker 5: it kind of you grow on you as the season goes,
Speaker 5: you know.
Speaker 3: So we need an off season though, to reset.
Speaker 1: Well, maybe you and I, you and I can tag
Speaker 1: along in Tokyo. Maybe I'll be the fifth cruise Shaw.
Speaker 3: You want to hang out with us?
Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, let's see where. Let's see where the
Speaker 1: bullet train takes us.
Speaker 3: One step at a time.
Speaker 1: Thanks a lot for the time. Hey, that truck still
Speaker 1: works there, he goes Clayton Kershaw. Yes, he doesn't like
Speaker 1: my country puns, but he has to put up with
Speaker 1: them for one more year. When we continue on Dodger
Speaker 1: Talk from Camelback Ranch in Glendale, Arizona, you will hear
Speaker 1: from Bill Plunkett, who's got a new show, Hail Tawny Book.
Speaker 1: Bill does it for the Orange County Register. He's on
Speaker 1: the beat every day, and he'll be in Tokyo with
Speaker 1: the Dodgers as well. David vasse with you until eight
Speaker 1: o'clock right here on AM five to seventy LA Sports.
Speaker 1: On Wednesday morning, they got one more Cactus League game,
Speaker 1: and that'll be heard right here tomorrow afternoon on AM
Speaker 1: five to seventy LA Sports. They close it out against
Speaker 1: the Cleveland Guardians and then it's off to Japan for
Speaker 1: two exhibition games and also two regular season games. The
Speaker 1: first two regular season games of the baseball season. Dodgers Cubs,
Speaker 1: Yama mo Imanaga Otani all ready to go for Game
Speaker 1: one of the season in Tokyo, Japan, and that will
Speaker 1: also be heard right here on A five seventy LA Sports.
Speaker 1: We will carry it live at three am in the morning,
Speaker 1: and then you will hear it on replay later that
Speaker 1: day in case you're not up that early in the morning.
Speaker 1: In case you're not working that early in the morning,
Speaker 1: we got you covered like we did last year when
Speaker 1: the Dodgers opened up in Seoul, Korea. March eighteenth and
Speaker 1: March nineteenth, a week from tomorrow is the first game
Speaker 1: of the regular season against the Cubs at the Tokyo
Speaker 1: Dome in Japan, and a man that will be there
Speaker 1: covering the Dodgers and has been there every day of
Speaker 1: spring training and has been there for the better part
Speaker 1: of the last thirteen years. Covering the Dodgers for the
Speaker 1: Orange County Register is Bill Plunkett, who joins us right
Speaker 1: now on Dodger Taki's premiere appearance on Dodger Talking. There's
Speaker 1: a good reason why. Bill, thanks a lot for coming on.
Speaker 6: Hey, David, thanks for having me.
Speaker 1: So you have not taken off for Tokyo, Japan, but
Speaker 1: I think you're leaving tomorrow.
Speaker 6: Yeah, tomorrow afternoon.
Speaker 1: I'll be.
Speaker 6: Hidden over and get there a day before the team
Speaker 6: and you know, maybe do a little thirsty stuff and
Speaker 6: see what Tokyo has to offer.
Speaker 1: Well, when you're a best selling author, you have to
Speaker 1: get there a day earlier as well. Bill has a
Speaker 1: brand new book out on Show Hayo Tani's first Season
Speaker 1: with the Dodgers, LA Story Show Hao Tani, The La
Speaker 1: Dodgers and a season for the Ages. And it certainly
Speaker 1: was tell us, you know, there is a version of
Speaker 1: this book in Japanese. It's been sold there right now,
Speaker 1: And Bill, how much demand is there for the book
Speaker 1: and how much demand is there for you in Japan?
Speaker 6: I think there will be a parade I'm expecting a
Speaker 6: marching band to meet me at the airport, marched me
Speaker 6: right to a bookstore to do some signings. The publishers
Speaker 6: over there seem to be very happy with how it's going.
Speaker 3: I will be doing.
Speaker 6: Some appearances while we're in Tokyo to promote the book.
Speaker 6: It came out earlier in Japan. It's been out in
Speaker 6: bookstores there since late December, and some of our friends
Speaker 6: in the Japanese media who were home for the off
Speaker 6: season sent me photos of the book in bookstores and
Speaker 6: on shelves, And the thing that was most shocking to
Speaker 6: me was the number of Otani books and the Oani
Speaker 6: content there is. They can't get enough in Japan of
Speaker 6: their national euro The coverage is constant and they follow
Speaker 6: every single move he makes. I hope they're enjoying the book, because, yeah,
Speaker 6: last year was something else.
Speaker 1: It really was. It was once in a lifetime, first
Speaker 1: season with the team, once in a lifetime talent in Otani.
Speaker 1: And do you feel like you saw, over the course
Speaker 1: of writing this book as you were doing it experiencing
Speaker 1: it a change in Otani's personality.
Speaker 6: Absolutely everybody who knew him from his Angels days has
Speaker 6: said that he changed. Honestly, once Epei left, Epay was
Speaker 6: kind of a wall between him and everyone else and
Speaker 6: everything had to pass through Epei Mitsuhara his translator. And
Speaker 6: when that, you know, gambling scandal broke and Epe went away.
Speaker 6: Shohe became his own man a little bit last year,
Speaker 6: and I think he had He became more involved with
Speaker 6: his teammates. I think he became a happier person. Maybe
Speaker 6: you know he got married last spring too. That'll that'll
Speaker 6: change her outlook, right, David?
Speaker 1: Yeah, Yeah, sometimes sometimes did not Oh that did not
Speaker 1: sound good.
Speaker 6: You were You're going to pay for that if she
Speaker 6: actually listens to this. But he he did become more
Speaker 6: more involved with the team, uh, the Angels. You know,
Speaker 6: people over with the Angels were surprised when they saw
Speaker 6: him show up at the chicken wing eating contest with
Speaker 6: the Dodgers. You know, he didn't do that kind of stuff.
Speaker 6: He showed a lot more emotion on the field than
Speaker 6: he ever did with the Angels. I think back to
Speaker 6: the home run in Game one of the NLDS when
Speaker 6: he just two handed fired the bad away.
Speaker 3: Uh.
Speaker 6: You never saw that kind of emotion and passion with
Speaker 6: the Angels. Maybe you know, not to take a shot
Speaker 6: at him, but maybe because they have never played any
Speaker 6: meaningful games when he was there for six years. So yeah,
Speaker 6: last year was it was definitely an evolutionary one for
Speaker 6: show Hey. A lot of things changed in his life.
Speaker 1: Bill Plunkett, the Dodgers beat writer for the Orange County Register,
Speaker 1: is joining us. He has written a new book, chronicling
Speaker 1: Show Heyotani's first season with the Dodgers. It's La Story
Speaker 1: Show Heotani, the La Dodgers and a season for the Ages.
Speaker 1: What did you learn about Otani writing this book that
Speaker 1: maybe on the daily beat you really didn't have an
Speaker 1: appreciation for.
Speaker 6: Well, one of the things that I've found interesting is
Speaker 6: the free agency and looking back on that whole process
Speaker 6: and talking to people involved in it at you know,
Speaker 6: Andrew Friedman and Stan cast and Brandon Gomes as Bilelo
Speaker 6: did an interview with USA Today where he talked about it,
Speaker 6: and it was just there were so many twists and
Speaker 6: turns in that free agency. You know, he was going
Speaker 6: to Toronto, he was on a plane, and then he wasn't.
Speaker 6: And then you know that deferrals were a shock to everyone.
Speaker 6: That whole process was as unique as you can possibly
Speaker 6: make it. It was one of the most unique moves
Speaker 6: in professional sports. And then during the season the thing
Speaker 6: that really jumped out at me, not having been able
Speaker 6: to watch him on a daily basis before, but how
Speaker 6: hard he hits the ball so consistently. It's like he
Speaker 6: and Aaron Judge are in a category all by themselves.
Speaker 6: It was, you know, you can just think back to
Speaker 6: so many moments. The first hit he had in Korea
Speaker 6: I think was about one hundred and ten miles an
Speaker 6: hour off the bat. There was a home run that
Speaker 6: really stood out to me in Washington where he hit
Speaker 6: it to the third level of the stadium and I
Speaker 6: swear I thought it was going to leave a hole
Speaker 6: and just keep going. So that really jumped out at
Speaker 6: me too.
Speaker 1: Hey, Bill, you've covered a lot of games, whether it's
Speaker 1: with the Dodgers, the Angels. You've seen Barry Bonds play.
Speaker 1: There's always that debate who's the greatest, but can in
Speaker 1: your time covering baseball, the game where Otani finally reached
Speaker 1: fifty to fifty and had that historic day in Miami
Speaker 1: three home runs, ten RBIs just shy of the cycle.
Speaker 1: Do you feel like that was the best game you
Speaker 1: ever covered by a player regular.
Speaker 6: Season single offensive performance. Yes, I can't imagine anybody topping that.
Speaker 6: I mean, he came very close to the cycle if
Speaker 6: you remember, yeah, his double, he was thrown out at third.
Speaker 6: He have had the cycle with three home runs with
Speaker 6: ten RBIs while getting to the fifty to fifty club.
Speaker 6: I don't see how you could top that. That was
Speaker 6: It might have been the single most impressive offensive performance
Speaker 6: by any individual in baseball history.
Speaker 1: Bill Plunkett is joining us. Not only has he written
Speaker 1: a book about show Aotani, but he covers the Dodgers
Speaker 1: on a daily basis. And earlier today we got breaking
Speaker 1: news that the Dodgers and Dave Roberts have agreed on
Speaker 1: a three year extension, so he's around for four more years.
Speaker 1: How significant is this to get Dave Roberts an extension
Speaker 1: rather than just him being on a one year contract
Speaker 1: going into the season build. Does it really make a difference.
Speaker 6: Yeah, I think it does. I think players are aware
Speaker 6: of the job security or lack thereof of a manager,
Speaker 6: and I think it affects, you know, the clubhouse and
Speaker 6: how that relationship goes. But I'll say this, I don't
Speaker 6: think anyone in their right mind thought that Dave was
Speaker 6: going to go into the season with just a one
Speaker 6: year deal. I think this was on the to do
Speaker 6: list all off season, and I expected them to get
Speaker 6: it done before they had to Tokyo. Just you know,
Speaker 6: the last time he got an extension, it was late
Speaker 6: March that time as well.
Speaker 3: It's just.
Speaker 6: It's kind of on the bottom of the list of
Speaker 6: things to do. But the thing that strikes me is
Speaker 6: how dramatically the perception of Dave has changed with last fall.
Speaker 6: You know, they go into that first round, they get
Speaker 6: down two to one to the Padres. They're staring at
Speaker 6: the possibility of a third straight first round exit, and
Speaker 6: we all know that the heat underneath Dave's seat would
Speaker 6: have been turned up immeasurably if they lost that game
Speaker 6: four or five in San Diego. They end up winning it.
Speaker 6: They get on a roll. Every pitching decision they've made
Speaker 6: last fall seem to be the right one or played
Speaker 6: out to be the right one. And now people are
Speaker 6: talking about him in a whole different light.
Speaker 1: They certainly are, and he's around for four more years,
Speaker 1: or at least has a contract for four more years.
Speaker 1: Bill Plunkett is joining US from the Orange County Register.
Speaker 1: He is just a day away from taking off for
Speaker 1: Tokyo Japan to cover the Dodgers in the Tokyo Series.
Speaker 1: Do you believe show Heyotani pitches for the Dodgers this year?
Speaker 1: Barry Bonds again doubled down, said that he believes that
Speaker 1: Otani would be better served just to hit this season
Speaker 1: and maybe the rest of his career.
Speaker 6: I would put the the here's your hot take for
Speaker 6: the day, David. I think the Dodgers would be fine
Speaker 6: with him not pitching again. I think they would be
Speaker 6: happy to take the DH guy that they saw last
Speaker 6: year and not risk putting him on the mouth. I
Speaker 6: think you can't put anything out of reach for Otani.
Speaker 6: He's shown that throughout his career. But the idea of
Speaker 6: sacrificing some of the offense, the dynamic leadoff hitter that
Speaker 6: they got last year in order to get a starting pitcher,
Speaker 6: I don't think they they would. I don't think they
Speaker 6: need to make that move. It's remarkable that he can
Speaker 6: do both. I want to see him do both, I
Speaker 6: really do. But I think the Dodgers would be fine
Speaker 6: with just getting a one way Otani. Now, when does
Speaker 6: he pitch. Does he pitch? I think he pitches this year. Absolutely.
Speaker 6: I think he wants to, so I think it's going
Speaker 6: to happen. But I don't think there's any rush. I
Speaker 6: don't think the Dodgers are in any hurry to put
Speaker 6: him back on the mound.
Speaker 1: All right, Bill, thanks a lot for the time. We'll
Speaker 1: see you in Japan, and good luck with the book
Speaker 1: signings out there. Bill Plunkett's book can be ordered everywhere
Speaker 1: you get your books, including Amazon, Barnes, and Noble. All
Speaker 1: of it. La Story Show Aotani his first season with
Speaker 1: the Dodgers. It was a season for the Ages, an
Speaker 1: appropriate title for this book. We'll see you out there
Speaker 1: in Tokyo. Bill, thanks a lot for the time.
Speaker 6: Thank you, David mata Ney. I think is a little
Speaker 6: proper Japanese phrase.
Speaker 1: All right, you work on that on the flight to Tokyo.
Speaker 3: You got it, Thanks David.
Speaker 1: There he goes Bill Plunkett from the Orange County Register.
Speaker 1: He will be in Japan with the Dodgers, and you
Speaker 1: certainly can follow him on his Twitter account, and also
Speaker 1: you could buy the book online right now. La Story
Speaker 1: Showe Aotani, the Los Angeles Dodgers and a season for
Speaker 1: the Ages. One of the few times Bill Plunkett has
Speaker 1: been nice to me, and it was right here because
Speaker 1: I was pimping his new book. But Bill does a
Speaker 1: good job for the Orange County Register and beyond, and
Speaker 1: appreciate him coming on the show. And yeah, he will
Speaker 1: be a star out there because, like we mentioned, the
Speaker 1: book is in Japanese and it is for sale. I've
Speaker 1: seen the photos and the Japanese media has relayed all
Speaker 1: of that to Bill here at Camelback Ranch, and I
Speaker 1: will be taken off with the Dodgers on Wednesday morning.
Speaker 1: I will be on the Dodgers charter to Tokyo, Japan.
Speaker 1: We are expected to land at about three o'clock in
Speaker 1: the afternoon on Thursday in Tokyo. And in case you're
Speaker 1: wondering what the schedule is going to be, again here
Speaker 1: on five seventy LAS Sports, your home for the world
Speaker 1: champion Dodgers. We are not going to carry the two
Speaker 1: exhibition games that are going to be played on Saturday
Speaker 1: and Sunday in Tokio, but you can watch those on
Speaker 1: Sports and at LA. Our first official broadcast is going
Speaker 1: to be on Tuesday, March eighteenth, the opener against the Cubs,
Speaker 1: and you will hear that live at three AM with
Speaker 1: Rick Monday and Tim Neverett and we will replay that
Speaker 1: game at noon that day as well in case you
Speaker 1: did not wake up in time. And of course, you
Speaker 1: know Rogan and Rodney need their rest. I mean, that's
Speaker 1: why we're doing it on noon. Oh that's right, They're
Speaker 1: going to be in Japan with me. And I heard
Speaker 1: Rodney's already there, so he's got the advanced scanner report.
Speaker 1: One of his kids lives out there full time. So
Speaker 1: looking forward to see Rodney out there in Tokyo, Japan.
Speaker 1: All right, we're gonna stick on the Otani topic here
Speaker 1: because Bill Plunkett did a great job with this Otani book.
Speaker 1: And last week Barry Bonds was on the All the
Speaker 1: Smoke podcasts with Matt Barnes and Steve even Jackson and
Speaker 1: they asked him about Otani and Bonds doubled down on
Speaker 1: the opinion that he has shared recently that he believes
Speaker 1: Showhy should no longer pitch.
Speaker 7: My opinion, I just hope he just stays at the
Speaker 7: hitting category because his hitting ability is off the chart.
Speaker 7: Pitching I just think might tire him out. I think
Speaker 7: he should come out of the bullpen here and there,
Speaker 7: like he has because he's DH and he come out
Speaker 7: of the bullpen and throw an inning into here and
Speaker 7: just because he's so good as the reliever too, like
Speaker 7: he could be one of the dominant relievers and dominant starters.
Speaker 7: I think as a starter, man, I think it might
Speaker 7: get wear a tear a little bit and tire him out.
Speaker 7: Why fix something that isn't broken, because that's like I
Speaker 7: couldn't meet no broke. This is good, I'm good piece,
Speaker 7: this is great. But I think coming out of the bullpen,
Speaker 7: he could really dominate.
Speaker 1: Look, that's not an outrageous take by Barry Bonds. There's
Speaker 1: a lot of people that feel the same way. But
Speaker 1: I'll just say this. The Dodgers have one of the
Speaker 1: most actually the most unique player in baseball. And the
Speaker 1: reason why the Dodgers and Otani at this point are
Speaker 1: still not closing the door on him being a starting
Speaker 1: pitcher for the Dodgers is because the roster rules now
Speaker 1: only allow you to have thirteen pitchers on your roster,
Speaker 1: but show Haotani does not count against that, So in essence,
Speaker 1: you have an extra pitcher that no other team is
Speaker 1: allowed to carry. And look, the Dodgers are not asking
Speaker 1: Otani to be the anchor like Bonds is thinking about
Speaker 1: Randy Johnson and Kurt Shilling. They have plenty of pitching
Speaker 1: to support the workload for show Heotani. And I know
Speaker 1: they you know how many teams can say, you know what, Otani,
Speaker 1: We're gonna scale you back from your pitching because we
Speaker 1: have plenty of pitching and we just need you to
Speaker 1: focus right now on hitting and we'll get to that
Speaker 1: pitching later. So I could see eventually Otani not being
Speaker 1: a starting pitcher and possible league going into the bullpen
Speaker 1: as a closer or a high leverage reliever. But how
Speaker 1: would he warm up if he's a reliever and he's
Speaker 1: the DH. If he's the DH, how is he gonna
Speaker 1: go warm up? You know, if he's coming up in
Speaker 1: that inning and the Dodgers need him to come in
Speaker 1: to close out the ninth inning. It's just I just
Speaker 1: don't see how being a reliever is feasible because of
Speaker 1: the variables of where he would come up in the
Speaker 1: batting order. So if he's not a starting pitcher, I
Speaker 1: just don't see him being a pitcher at all. And
Speaker 1: my understanding is and I kind of feel this that
Speaker 1: Otani understands that one day he is not going to
Speaker 1: be the Unicorn. One day he will not be that
Speaker 1: starting pitcher. He's just going to be a hitter. He's
Speaker 1: and maybe plays the field. Remember last year he was
Speaker 1: flaunting an outfield glove, a first base glove. I do
Speaker 1: believe he understands that at one point during this period
Speaker 1: of time with the Dodgers, it's going to come to
Speaker 1: an end. So when that happens, I don't know. And
Speaker 1: is he going to pitch this year? I think he is.
Speaker 1: That's that's what I've gotten back from the Dodgers. But
Speaker 1: who knows the left shoulder injury how that's a variable
Speaker 1: in all this. So I do believe Otani's going to
Speaker 1: pitch this year, But when is that going to happen?
Speaker 1: I would tend to lean towards Junish because the Dodgers
Speaker 1: want those innings for the postseason. They've got plenty of
Speaker 1: pitching for the first half of the year. The second
Speaker 1: half of the year is when it gets really scaled
Speaker 1: into and zoned in on who they're thinking about for
Speaker 1: October show, Hey, Otani, it's going to be a wild
Speaker 1: ride in Tokyo, Japan. We will have live reports from
Speaker 1: there from the Tokyo series when we take off on Wednesday,
Speaker 1: I'll be reporting back for Dodgers Radio AM five to
Speaker 1: seventy LA Sports, So stay tuned and you can follow
Speaker 1: me on x at the Real Underscore DV on Instagram
Speaker 1: at officially Vassa to see everything the pov as the
Speaker 1: kids say. When I'm in Tokyo with the team, I'm
Speaker 1: looking forward to it. Everybody's looking forward to it. It's
Speaker 1: going to be wild being there with show hey Otani
Speaker 1: and Yamamoto and Sazaki, but specifically Otani. I'm looking so
Speaker 1: forward to being there and seeing just how popular he is.
Speaker 1: It feels like he's on a deity level out there
Speaker 1: in Japan. That'll do it for us. On Dodger Talk tonight,
Speaker 1: we will have Tomorrow's Cactus League Finale for the Dodgers
Speaker 1: on our air on the World Champion Dodgers Audio Network.
Speaker 1: Our pregame coverage begins at twelve thirty, with first pitch
Speaker 1: between the Dodgers and Guardians at one oh five. Thanks
Speaker 1: to Colin Ye, thanks to Ronnie Fossio, and thanks to
Speaker 1: you for listening in case you missed any of the
Speaker 1: show or our interview with Clayton Krushaw. You can find
Speaker 1: it on the iHeartRadio app. We will talk to you
Speaker 1: tomorrow at twelve thirty. Have a great rest of your night,
Speaker 1: see you