WEBVTT

1
00:00:00.360 --> 00:00:03.680
<v Speaker 1>Dodger Talk is sponsored by La Care Health Plan, providing

2
00:00:03.720 --> 00:00:07.320
<v Speaker 1>affordable healthcare insurance to millions of Angelinos for over twenty

3
00:00:07.360 --> 00:00:12.400
<v Speaker 1>five years. And now your voice for Dodger Talk. Like back,

4
00:00:13.000 --> 00:00:13.880
<v Speaker 1>David Basse.

5
00:00:16.519 --> 00:00:20.839
<v Speaker 2>We are live at Corsfield after the fireworks show here

6
00:00:20.879 --> 00:00:25.120
<v Speaker 2>on a Friday night has concluded. The Dodger offense provided

7
00:00:25.160 --> 00:00:29.079
<v Speaker 2>all the fireworks for these fans at Corsfield that we're

8
00:00:29.199 --> 00:00:35.000
<v Speaker 2>chanting MVP for Shohei Otani during the Dodgers eleven to

9
00:00:35.159 --> 00:00:39.280
<v Speaker 2>four win over the Rockies in the first game of

10
00:00:39.320 --> 00:00:43.960
<v Speaker 2>the final weekend series of the regular season. Phone lines

11
00:00:44.000 --> 00:00:46.399
<v Speaker 2>are open at eight six, six, nine eighty seven, two

12
00:00:46.479 --> 00:00:50.159
<v Speaker 2>five seventy. In case you missed it last night, Freddie

13
00:00:50.200 --> 00:00:54.840
<v Speaker 2>Freeman let us know after the NLS clinching game that

14
00:00:54.960 --> 00:00:58.759
<v Speaker 2>Mookie Betts spent over an hour in the batting cage

15
00:00:58.799 --> 00:01:03.079
<v Speaker 2>before first pitch, taking close to four hundred swings to

16
00:01:03.520 --> 00:01:06.280
<v Speaker 2>try to get his swing on track, and Mooki delivered

17
00:01:06.560 --> 00:01:09.480
<v Speaker 2>with a big two run base hit last night and

18
00:01:09.519 --> 00:01:13.079
<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers win over the Padres. We will share with

19
00:01:13.159 --> 00:01:17.319
<v Speaker 2>you my exclusive interview with Mookie Betts about all that

20
00:01:17.560 --> 00:01:20.079
<v Speaker 2>in about five minutes, So stay where you are, but

21
00:01:20.159 --> 00:01:23.560
<v Speaker 2>we have to really celebrate where the Dodgers are and

22
00:01:23.599 --> 00:01:27.079
<v Speaker 2>where sho Hey o'tani is. The Dodgers, with the win,

23
00:01:27.239 --> 00:01:30.519
<v Speaker 2>now have a two game lead in the lost column

24
00:01:31.719 --> 00:01:35.400
<v Speaker 2>over the Phillies in the National League and all of

25
00:01:35.480 --> 00:01:38.519
<v Speaker 2>Major League Baseball. The Dodgers and Phillies have the two

26
00:01:38.599 --> 00:01:42.319
<v Speaker 2>best records in Major League Baseball, not to mention in

27
00:01:42.359 --> 00:01:46.040
<v Speaker 2>the National League. So there's only two more games to go.

28
00:01:46.560 --> 00:01:49.959
<v Speaker 2>For the Dodgers to fall from the number one seed.

29
00:01:50.400 --> 00:01:53.200
<v Speaker 2>They would have to lose these next two games to

30
00:01:53.280 --> 00:01:56.439
<v Speaker 2>the Rockies, and after tonight that seems like kind of

31
00:01:56.480 --> 00:01:59.480
<v Speaker 2>a long shot, and the Phillies would have to win

32
00:01:59.840 --> 00:02:02.959
<v Speaker 2>the next two games. The Phillies were beat by the

33
00:02:03.000 --> 00:02:07.560
<v Speaker 2>lowly Washington Nationals, so right now the Dodgers have a

34
00:02:07.599 --> 00:02:10.639
<v Speaker 2>two game lead on the Phillies for the best record

35
00:02:10.759 --> 00:02:13.680
<v Speaker 2>in the National League. And the reason why I say

36
00:02:13.759 --> 00:02:16.000
<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers need to win at least one of the

37
00:02:16.000 --> 00:02:19.360
<v Speaker 2>next two to secure the best record in Baseball and

38
00:02:19.479 --> 00:02:23.680
<v Speaker 2>home field advantage all through the World Series is because

39
00:02:23.719 --> 00:02:27.159
<v Speaker 2>the Phillies own the season series over the Dodgers, so

40
00:02:27.479 --> 00:02:30.520
<v Speaker 2>if on Sunday they had the same record, it would

41
00:02:30.560 --> 00:02:33.439
<v Speaker 2>be the Dodgers being the number two seed while the

42
00:02:33.479 --> 00:02:36.560
<v Speaker 2>Phillies being the top seed in the National League. In

43
00:02:36.639 --> 00:02:40.919
<v Speaker 2>all of Major League Baseball right now, as it stands,

44
00:02:41.400 --> 00:02:44.800
<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers would play the winner of a best out

45
00:02:44.800 --> 00:02:50.159
<v Speaker 2>of three wildcard series between yes, the San Diego Padres

46
00:02:50.319 --> 00:02:55.000
<v Speaker 2>and the New York Mets, who just lost their third baseman,

47
00:02:55.080 --> 00:02:57.400
<v Speaker 2>their star third basemen who left the game with the

48
00:02:57.439 --> 00:03:03.560
<v Speaker 2>back injury, Francisco Alva. And right now, the way it stands,

49
00:03:03.680 --> 00:03:07.240
<v Speaker 2>the Phillies would play the winner of the Diamondbacks and

50
00:03:07.400 --> 00:03:11.039
<v Speaker 2>Brewers series. So that's the way it stands right now.

51
00:03:11.400 --> 00:03:13.759
<v Speaker 2>If all remains the same, that's the way it would

52
00:03:13.759 --> 00:03:17.479
<v Speaker 2>stack up. More than likely the Dodgers facing the winner

53
00:03:17.759 --> 00:03:22.599
<v Speaker 2>of a Padres Mets series, and that is going to

54
00:03:22.680 --> 00:03:27.039
<v Speaker 2>be one of the most anticipated series in Major League

55
00:03:27.039 --> 00:03:30.199
<v Speaker 2>Baseball if it does come to fruition. A rematch of

56
00:03:30.240 --> 00:03:36.319
<v Speaker 2>the twenty twenty two nlds and Francisco Alvarez helped off

57
00:03:36.360 --> 00:03:39.479
<v Speaker 2>the field in a game that the Mets lost tonight,

58
00:03:39.639 --> 00:03:44.000
<v Speaker 2>So a disappointing night for the Metropolitan So we'll see

59
00:03:44.039 --> 00:03:48.479
<v Speaker 2>where all that goes. Because it's the Diamondbacks, it's the Mets,

60
00:03:48.560 --> 00:03:52.759
<v Speaker 2>it's the Braves, all vying for the final two spots

61
00:03:53.120 --> 00:03:56.800
<v Speaker 2>in the National League playoff. Picture show hey. Otani is

62
00:03:56.840 --> 00:04:00.479
<v Speaker 2>not only trying to keep things rolling for him himself

63
00:04:00.520 --> 00:04:03.960
<v Speaker 2>as he heads into his first ever playoffs, but he

64
00:04:04.120 --> 00:04:08.039
<v Speaker 2>is competing for the triple Crown in the National League.

65
00:04:08.719 --> 00:04:12.680
<v Speaker 2>After four hits tonight, Otani is just four points behind

66
00:04:13.120 --> 00:04:17.079
<v Speaker 2>Luisa Rise of the San Diego Padres for the batting title.

67
00:04:17.439 --> 00:04:21.399
<v Speaker 2>He's one point ahead of Marcelo Zuna of the Braves. Otani,

68
00:04:21.439 --> 00:04:24.160
<v Speaker 2>after going four to five tonight, has a three to

69
00:04:24.199 --> 00:04:27.920
<v Speaker 2>zero nine batting average. He has one hundred and ninety

70
00:04:28.040 --> 00:04:31.920
<v Speaker 2>four hits on the season, which is six shy of

71
00:04:32.000 --> 00:04:36.319
<v Speaker 2>his first ever two hundred hits season. The most hits

72
00:04:36.360 --> 00:04:39.439
<v Speaker 2>Otani has ever had in one season was one hundred

73
00:04:39.439 --> 00:04:43.240
<v Speaker 2>and sixty back in twenty twenty two. Otani leads the

74
00:04:43.319 --> 00:04:47.240
<v Speaker 2>National League in homers. He leads the National League in RBIs.

75
00:04:47.680 --> 00:04:51.800
<v Speaker 2>He is trying to become the first Dodger ever to

76
00:04:51.839 --> 00:04:55.399
<v Speaker 2>win a triple crown and the first Japanese born player

77
00:04:55.439 --> 00:04:58.800
<v Speaker 2>in Major League Baseball to win the triple crown. Otani

78
00:04:59.120 --> 00:05:03.680
<v Speaker 2>twenty six hours. In his last twelve games, he has

79
00:05:03.959 --> 00:05:08.480
<v Speaker 2>been a video game like player It really is unbelievable

80
00:05:08.519 --> 00:05:11.839
<v Speaker 2>to watch. And you know, even more impressive than his

81
00:05:11.959 --> 00:05:14.680
<v Speaker 2>home runs was a ball he hit in the eighth

82
00:05:14.680 --> 00:05:18.279
<v Speaker 2>inning opposite field and went to the left center field

83
00:05:18.319 --> 00:05:22.160
<v Speaker 2>wall here at Corsefield. But it wasn't hit in the air.

84
00:05:22.560 --> 00:05:25.199
<v Speaker 2>He hit a rocket through the infield that was hit

85
00:05:25.319 --> 00:05:28.920
<v Speaker 2>so hard it split the outfielders for a double, a

86
00:05:29.040 --> 00:05:33.759
<v Speaker 2>stand up double in the eighth inning. This guy is unbelievable.

87
00:05:34.160 --> 00:05:37.079
<v Speaker 2>Eight six six nine, eight seven two five seventy is

88
00:05:37.120 --> 00:05:40.879
<v Speaker 2>the phone number. Dodgers beat the Rockies tonight eleven to four.

89
00:05:41.279 --> 00:05:44.519
<v Speaker 2>Let's go out to Irwindale. Mike, You're on Dodger Talk

90
00:05:44.600 --> 00:05:48.360
<v Speaker 2>Live from Denver. How you doing, Mike, I'm good, David.

91
00:05:49.199 --> 00:05:51.839
<v Speaker 3>Just a quick question, which players are on the bubble

92
00:05:52.480 --> 00:05:55.519
<v Speaker 3>to not make the playoff ross Well.

93
00:05:55.319 --> 00:05:57.839
<v Speaker 2>That's a great question. It depends on who the Dodgers

94
00:05:57.879 --> 00:06:01.120
<v Speaker 2>are going to face in the NLDS. They could choose

95
00:06:01.240 --> 00:06:04.319
<v Speaker 2>to carry one less pitcher and go with an extra

96
00:06:04.399 --> 00:06:08.720
<v Speaker 2>position player like they have done in certain nlds is before.

97
00:06:09.279 --> 00:06:13.120
<v Speaker 2>But as far as position players goes, it feels like

98
00:06:13.560 --> 00:06:17.319
<v Speaker 2>Kevin Kiermeier, Chris Taylor, and Andy pa haz are all

99
00:06:17.360 --> 00:06:21.120
<v Speaker 2>fighting for two spots with three guys. As far as

100
00:06:21.160 --> 00:06:24.079
<v Speaker 2>the bullpen goes, it feels like the Dodgers don't have

101
00:06:24.240 --> 00:06:27.279
<v Speaker 2>really a lot of choices, So it feels like it's

102
00:06:27.279 --> 00:06:30.920
<v Speaker 2>pretty set in the bullpen with Joe Kelly, Daniel Hudson

103
00:06:31.160 --> 00:06:34.040
<v Speaker 2>and the young men that we saw again tonight Edgardo

104
00:06:34.439 --> 00:06:38.439
<v Speaker 2>and Riquez being part of the Dodger bullpen at least

105
00:06:38.839 --> 00:06:39.800
<v Speaker 2>in the NLDS.

106
00:06:39.839 --> 00:06:40.000
<v Speaker 4>Now.

107
00:06:40.040 --> 00:06:44.360
<v Speaker 2>Remember you can change your roster every round. Yeah, yep,

108
00:06:44.879 --> 00:06:46.240
<v Speaker 2>I know that Henriquez.

109
00:06:46.279 --> 00:06:49.639
<v Speaker 1>He looks really good from one way to the Major

110
00:06:49.680 --> 00:06:51.319
<v Speaker 1>League Baseball and one Cheason.

111
00:06:51.439 --> 00:06:52.279
<v Speaker 5>That's incredible.

112
00:06:52.759 --> 00:06:55.560
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it really is. He's done a magnificent job. Thanks

113
00:06:55.600 --> 00:06:58.360
<v Speaker 2>for the phone call, Mike, appreciate it. When you're talking

114
00:06:58.399 --> 00:07:03.000
<v Speaker 2>about the star pitchers, Dave Roberts, let us in on

115
00:07:03.120 --> 00:07:06.839
<v Speaker 2>who that's going to be, in no particular order, it

116
00:07:06.959 --> 00:07:11.319
<v Speaker 2>is going to be Landon, Nack, Yoshi Yama, Moto, Jack Flaherty,

117
00:07:11.680 --> 00:07:14.959
<v Speaker 2>and Walker Buehler. What I can tell you is in

118
00:07:15.000 --> 00:07:18.720
<v Speaker 2>the best of five series, Game three is the most

119
00:07:18.759 --> 00:07:23.160
<v Speaker 2>pivotal game in a best of five series because that

120
00:07:23.240 --> 00:07:26.800
<v Speaker 2>can go any different ways, as we have seen in

121
00:07:26.839 --> 00:07:29.800
<v Speaker 2>the last two years. Right, you get the Dodgers are

122
00:07:29.839 --> 00:07:32.360
<v Speaker 2>going to play the first two games at Dodgers Stadium.

123
00:07:32.639 --> 00:07:36.759
<v Speaker 2>Let's say for some reason they split those two games,

124
00:07:36.800 --> 00:07:39.560
<v Speaker 2>so now you're playing your first game on the road,

125
00:07:39.959 --> 00:07:43.839
<v Speaker 2>and whoever wins Game three is in control of winning

126
00:07:43.839 --> 00:07:49.160
<v Speaker 2>the series. So I personally believe Yoshi Yamamoto is going

127
00:07:49.240 --> 00:07:52.519
<v Speaker 2>to be the Game three starter for the Dodgers, while

128
00:07:52.560 --> 00:07:55.959
<v Speaker 2>they may go with Jack Flaherty as the Game one starter.

129
00:07:56.399 --> 00:07:59.199
<v Speaker 2>And we all know how good Walker Bueller is at

130
00:07:59.199 --> 00:08:02.079
<v Speaker 2>Dodgers Stadium and we saw it last night, so it

131
00:08:02.160 --> 00:08:05.439
<v Speaker 2>kind of feels like Bueller and Jack Flaherty would be

132
00:08:05.639 --> 00:08:10.040
<v Speaker 2>the first two pitchers in a series. Not to mention, Yamamoto,

133
00:08:10.199 --> 00:08:13.360
<v Speaker 2>even if he starts Game one or Game two, cannot

134
00:08:13.480 --> 00:08:17.040
<v Speaker 2>come back to pitch a possible Game four or Game

135
00:08:17.160 --> 00:08:21.120
<v Speaker 2>five with how many days off he needs in between starts.

136
00:08:21.160 --> 00:08:25.319
<v Speaker 2>So for all those reasons, I believe Yamamoto will be

137
00:08:25.399 --> 00:08:30.319
<v Speaker 2>the Game three starter. Now where does that leave Clayton Kershaw, Well,

138
00:08:30.360 --> 00:08:33.840
<v Speaker 2>it may leave him on the outside looking in, and

139
00:08:34.200 --> 00:08:36.960
<v Speaker 2>it's a long shot right now for him to be

140
00:08:37.679 --> 00:08:41.399
<v Speaker 2>the be part of the NLDS roster. I feel like

141
00:08:41.440 --> 00:08:43.840
<v Speaker 2>there's a great shot at him being part of the

142
00:08:43.960 --> 00:08:48.279
<v Speaker 2>NLCS roster, but there is now seven days to go

143
00:08:48.440 --> 00:08:52.360
<v Speaker 2>before Game one of the NLDS. Unless his left big

144
00:08:52.440 --> 00:08:56.600
<v Speaker 2>toe makes a big time improvement between now and then,

145
00:08:57.120 --> 00:08:59.720
<v Speaker 2>I'm not sure the Dodgers can allow Kershaw to be

146
00:08:59.759 --> 00:09:02.559
<v Speaker 2>on the rosters. So I kind of feel like he's

147
00:09:02.559 --> 00:09:05.159
<v Speaker 2>going to have to be patient and keep his fingers

148
00:09:05.200 --> 00:09:08.799
<v Speaker 2>crossed for the NLCS. And in case he missed it,

149
00:09:08.960 --> 00:09:13.399
<v Speaker 2>his good buddy Brad Paisley released his latest song, The

150
00:09:13.440 --> 00:09:17.960
<v Speaker 2>Truck Still Works, and Brad told me he believes Clayton

151
00:09:18.600 --> 00:09:22.879
<v Speaker 2>is the truck. So here is part of Brad Paisley's

152
00:09:23.519 --> 00:09:27.159
<v Speaker 2>newest released song. And a big Dodger Talk fan and

153
00:09:27.200 --> 00:09:31.360
<v Speaker 2>a close friend of Clayton Kershaw, it feels like he

154
00:09:31.399 --> 00:09:35.159
<v Speaker 2>wrote this song for Kershaw to hang in there even

155
00:09:35.159 --> 00:09:37.559
<v Speaker 2>though the truck is still in the garage because of

156
00:09:37.600 --> 00:09:41.200
<v Speaker 2>the left big toe. Don't give it up. When we

157
00:09:41.279 --> 00:09:44.159
<v Speaker 2>continue here on Dodger Talk, we will get to your

158
00:09:44.200 --> 00:09:48.639
<v Speaker 2>phone calls and also you will hear my exclusive conversation

159
00:09:48.759 --> 00:09:52.360
<v Speaker 2>with Mookie Begs a night after he helps the Dodgers

160
00:09:52.399 --> 00:09:57.080
<v Speaker 2>win another NLS championship. Tonight, the Dodgers beat the Rockies

161
00:09:57.120 --> 00:10:00.840
<v Speaker 2>eleven to four. But hey, the Kershaw truck still works.

162
00:10:01.159 --> 00:10:08.080
<v Speaker 2>How about little Testra down by the lane. Let it works.

163
00:10:08.399 --> 00:10:11.559
<v Speaker 6>Let's see if that song and says let's see them

164
00:10:11.759 --> 00:10:14.519
<v Speaker 6>miles of course, still got that seed.

165
00:10:18.960 --> 00:10:22.519
<v Speaker 1>On air at AM five seventy, online at AM five seventy,

166
00:10:22.639 --> 00:10:26.480
<v Speaker 1>la sports dot com, and available by podcast on the

167
00:10:26.600 --> 00:10:27.720
<v Speaker 1>iHeartRadio app.

168
00:10:27.919 --> 00:10:32.559
<v Speaker 2>This is Dodger Talk with David Bassi. They all pitture

169
00:10:32.720 --> 00:10:36.639
<v Speaker 2>three two to show, Hey, O'tani, these wings hits a

170
00:10:36.799 --> 00:10:41.919
<v Speaker 2>drive deep to right field, way back upper deck home

171
00:10:42.080 --> 00:10:46.600
<v Speaker 2>run show. Hey old Tony with home run number fifty four.

172
00:10:47.240 --> 00:10:49.120
<v Speaker 7>He's coming in three more.

173
00:10:49.679 --> 00:10:53.399
<v Speaker 2>And the Dodgers add on it's nine to two show.

174
00:10:53.480 --> 00:10:57.559
<v Speaker 2>Hey Otani is absolutely incredible. He's three for four in

175
00:10:57.639 --> 00:11:05.360
<v Speaker 2>the game. Otani would finish score for five with four RBIs.

176
00:11:05.399 --> 00:11:08.159
<v Speaker 2>He is trying to get that triple crown in the

177
00:11:08.240 --> 00:11:10.960
<v Speaker 2>National League. His batting average at three to zho nine,

178
00:11:11.240 --> 00:11:15.480
<v Speaker 2>just four points behind the leader and Luis arise. The

179
00:11:15.600 --> 00:11:19.039
<v Speaker 2>Dodgers defeat the Rockies tonight by a final score of

180
00:11:19.159 --> 00:11:22.279
<v Speaker 2>eleven to four. They had a few regulars in the

181
00:11:22.320 --> 00:11:26.000
<v Speaker 2>starting lineup tonight, including Mookie Betts. You will hear my

182
00:11:26.120 --> 00:11:29.200
<v Speaker 2>conversation with Mookie in just one moment but we want

183
00:11:29.240 --> 00:11:32.759
<v Speaker 2>to remind you that Daniels Jewelers is the official sponsor

184
00:11:32.840 --> 00:11:35.960
<v Speaker 2>of the Trip around the Diamond. Stop by any Daniel's

185
00:11:36.000 --> 00:11:39.480
<v Speaker 2>location and say home run for your free team bracelet

186
00:11:39.559 --> 00:11:43.000
<v Speaker 2>and fifty dollars gift card toward any purchase of ninety

187
00:11:43.080 --> 00:11:46.440
<v Speaker 2>nine dollars or more. Daniels Jewelers own the Dream.

188
00:11:46.799 --> 00:11:47.159
<v Speaker 4>All right.

189
00:11:47.200 --> 00:11:51.000
<v Speaker 2>I mentioned that last night Freddie Freeman wanted to heap

190
00:11:51.120 --> 00:11:54.639
<v Speaker 2>praise on Mookie Betts and his work ethic, saying that

191
00:11:54.759 --> 00:11:58.200
<v Speaker 2>MOOKI spent over an hour in the Dodger batting cage

192
00:11:58.279 --> 00:12:02.200
<v Speaker 2>before the game, taking to four hundred swings to get

193
00:12:02.240 --> 00:12:05.440
<v Speaker 2>his swing right. Well, Mookie was able to come up

194
00:12:05.480 --> 00:12:07.960
<v Speaker 2>with a key to run base hit in the Dodgers

195
00:12:08.039 --> 00:12:11.799
<v Speaker 2>clinching win over the Padres last night, and I caught

196
00:12:11.879 --> 00:12:15.159
<v Speaker 2>up with the Dodger right fielder, a two time World

197
00:12:15.240 --> 00:12:18.480
<v Speaker 2>Series champion, and asked him what led him to put

198
00:12:18.480 --> 00:12:21.799
<v Speaker 2>in that much time and that many swings before such

199
00:12:21.840 --> 00:12:24.879
<v Speaker 2>a big game. That really showed a lot about who

200
00:12:24.919 --> 00:12:27.440
<v Speaker 2>you are. But what made you go in there for

201
00:12:27.600 --> 00:12:29.399
<v Speaker 2>four hundred swings for an hour?

202
00:12:30.240 --> 00:12:30.759
<v Speaker 4>Give a edition?

203
00:12:31.639 --> 00:12:31.879
<v Speaker 3>You know?

204
00:12:32.000 --> 00:12:34.320
<v Speaker 6>I mean, I don't know where this narrative, this is

205
00:12:34.320 --> 00:12:36.159
<v Speaker 6>like a narrative that people think I don't care or

206
00:12:36.200 --> 00:12:38.440
<v Speaker 6>some me doing the podcast has something to do with

207
00:12:38.440 --> 00:12:39.399
<v Speaker 6>me at work.

208
00:12:39.600 --> 00:12:40.919
<v Speaker 4>I don't understand how.

209
00:12:41.720 --> 00:12:47.000
<v Speaker 6>They correlate, but I mean it's my job, like flake

210
00:12:47.080 --> 00:12:49.799
<v Speaker 6>up every morning, want to do this. Of course I

211
00:12:49.840 --> 00:12:53.159
<v Speaker 6>have to establish a life doing podcasts and other things

212
00:12:53.519 --> 00:12:57.320
<v Speaker 6>because you don't play this forever, and you know, sometimes

213
00:12:57.320 --> 00:13:01.159
<v Speaker 6>you got to do both. But man like me going

214
00:13:01.159 --> 00:13:04.120
<v Speaker 6>in there and take three hundred swings, that means to me.

215
00:13:04.320 --> 00:13:06.240
<v Speaker 6>I mean, this is just shows me how I want

216
00:13:06.240 --> 00:13:07.159
<v Speaker 6>to win a world series.

217
00:13:07.159 --> 00:13:07.639
<v Speaker 3>But I don't know.

218
00:13:08.480 --> 00:13:10.000
<v Speaker 4>You know, hey, I don't know if anyone else.

219
00:13:10.279 --> 00:13:12.159
<v Speaker 2>Did you feel like your swing was that far off?

220
00:13:12.519 --> 00:13:12.679
<v Speaker 4>Now?

221
00:13:12.679 --> 00:13:14.360
<v Speaker 6>I felt like it was close, but that was the problem,

222
00:13:14.399 --> 00:13:16.519
<v Speaker 6>Like it was close, but it wasn't working.

223
00:13:16.679 --> 00:13:21.240
<v Speaker 4>So I just keep swinging and eventually didn't.

224
00:13:21.000 --> 00:13:23.159
<v Speaker 6>Always work like that would work out like that where

225
00:13:23.159 --> 00:13:23.919
<v Speaker 6>you figure something out.

226
00:13:23.960 --> 00:13:26.240
<v Speaker 4>But I mean it's better than not doing anything.

227
00:13:26.879 --> 00:13:28.759
<v Speaker 2>Can they keep it real with you? Did you feel

228
00:13:28.840 --> 00:13:31.120
<v Speaker 2>like you heard stuff that people were upset if you

229
00:13:31.279 --> 00:13:32.360
<v Speaker 2>interviewing tattoos?

230
00:13:32.919 --> 00:13:36.200
<v Speaker 6>Yeah, I mean yeah everybody. A lot of fans didn't

231
00:13:36.279 --> 00:13:39.919
<v Speaker 6>like it. They they got thinking I'm not don't care

232
00:13:40.159 --> 00:13:44.120
<v Speaker 6>or this, this, that series meant too much to be

233
00:13:44.159 --> 00:13:48.320
<v Speaker 6>a normal person. I don't understand how that correlates, but

234
00:13:48.519 --> 00:13:49.440
<v Speaker 6>you know, it is what it is.

235
00:13:49.480 --> 00:13:51.360
<v Speaker 4>I mean, they didn't matter.

236
00:13:51.399 --> 00:13:53.039
<v Speaker 6>Like I've been trying to get him for a minute,

237
00:13:53.039 --> 00:13:54.279
<v Speaker 6>I've been trying to get guys.

238
00:13:54.639 --> 00:13:57.799
<v Speaker 4>It's not The podcast has nothing to do with the game.

239
00:13:58.000 --> 00:14:00.759
<v Speaker 4>It's about getting to know the players the game. That's

240
00:14:00.799 --> 00:14:01.639
<v Speaker 4>the whole point of it.

241
00:14:01.919 --> 00:14:04.600
<v Speaker 6>Like you, some people may not have ever heard from

242
00:14:04.600 --> 00:14:06.559
<v Speaker 6>Tatis or know where he's from, or know why he

243
00:14:06.600 --> 00:14:08.799
<v Speaker 6>does what he does. That's the point of the podcast,

244
00:14:09.639 --> 00:14:13.559
<v Speaker 6>not that's that's the whole objective of it. And I

245
00:14:13.559 --> 00:14:17.159
<v Speaker 6>don't understand how me doing that, bettering myself in my

246
00:14:17.240 --> 00:14:20.159
<v Speaker 6>life and not getting in the way of my job.

247
00:14:20.919 --> 00:14:22.320
<v Speaker 4>I don't understand why that affects people.

248
00:14:22.320 --> 00:14:24.519
<v Speaker 6>But I mean, people are gonna always have their opinions

249
00:14:24.559 --> 00:14:26.600
<v Speaker 6>and they're entitled to it.

250
00:14:26.600 --> 00:14:29.200
<v Speaker 2>It kind of feels like baseball's behind the other sports,

251
00:14:29.240 --> 00:14:31.399
<v Speaker 2>and it feels like you're trying to market the.

252
00:14:31.399 --> 00:14:34.039
<v Speaker 6>Sports exactly other sports do it. It's never a problem.

253
00:14:34.480 --> 00:14:37.000
<v Speaker 6>So because we've played that, I don't know. I don't know, man,

254
00:14:37.120 --> 00:14:39.440
<v Speaker 6>I mean, maybe people are stuck in their way.

255
00:14:39.600 --> 00:14:43.080
<v Speaker 4>I don't know. I'm I'm trying. I can't. I can't

256
00:14:43.080 --> 00:14:47.000
<v Speaker 4>stop living my life in trying to better.

257
00:14:46.799 --> 00:14:50.240
<v Speaker 6>Myself for my life. I mean, I got eight years left, man,

258
00:14:50.240 --> 00:14:51.559
<v Speaker 6>I don't want to get to the end of this

259
00:14:51.679 --> 00:14:55.360
<v Speaker 6>and not have explored other avenues of what I want

260
00:14:55.399 --> 00:14:57.320
<v Speaker 6>to do when I'm forty years old.

261
00:14:57.360 --> 00:14:59.720
<v Speaker 4>Like forty is young. You have a whole life to

262
00:14:59.759 --> 00:15:04.879
<v Speaker 4>live in front of you. And I'd be a fool to.

263
00:15:03.519 --> 00:15:07.879
<v Speaker 6>Lose the platform, you lose what I've created from playing

264
00:15:07.919 --> 00:15:10.600
<v Speaker 6>the game and just let that kind of go by

265
00:15:10.639 --> 00:15:11.759
<v Speaker 6>the wayside.

266
00:15:11.279 --> 00:15:13.600
<v Speaker 4>Like you know, I just my opinion, but you know,

267
00:15:13.639 --> 00:15:14.279
<v Speaker 4>it is what it is.

268
00:15:14.320 --> 00:15:17.240
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I don't think you interviewing Tatis affected you coming

269
00:15:17.320 --> 00:15:18.519
<v Speaker 2>up with a big hit last night.

270
00:15:18.559 --> 00:15:19.440
<v Speaker 4>No, I didn't. It didn't.

271
00:15:19.440 --> 00:15:21.279
<v Speaker 6>That's why I'm trying to figure out how to interview,

272
00:15:21.759 --> 00:15:23.000
<v Speaker 6>you know, But it is what it is.

273
00:15:23.000 --> 00:15:24.559
<v Speaker 4>You know, people are gonna think and say and do

274
00:15:24.600 --> 00:15:25.159
<v Speaker 4>whatever they want.

275
00:15:25.519 --> 00:15:29.919
<v Speaker 2>Thanks Mikey to serve there he is. Mookie Bets, addressing

276
00:15:30.000 --> 00:15:34.440
<v Speaker 2>the criticism that he got he heard about interviewing Fernando

277
00:15:34.519 --> 00:15:38.080
<v Speaker 2>Tatists Junior after the first game of that series on

278
00:15:38.200 --> 00:15:41.399
<v Speaker 2>the podcast that he's been doing for two years, interviewing

279
00:15:42.080 --> 00:15:45.279
<v Speaker 2>players from other teams that the Dodgers are playing, and look,

280
00:15:45.960 --> 00:15:48.679
<v Speaker 2>I can relate to Mookie Bets. I know how hard

281
00:15:48.679 --> 00:15:51.840
<v Speaker 2>it is to get a superstar like Fernando Tatists Junior

282
00:15:51.919 --> 00:15:55.039
<v Speaker 2>to do a podcast or a radio show or even

283
00:15:55.080 --> 00:15:59.759
<v Speaker 2>a TV show. I'm also with Mookie Bets that baseball

284
00:15:59.840 --> 00:16:03.000
<v Speaker 2>needs to do a better job of showing the personalities

285
00:16:03.080 --> 00:16:05.919
<v Speaker 2>of these players. I mean, I'm a big fan of

286
00:16:05.960 --> 00:16:11.120
<v Speaker 2>the Netflix series Receiver, where they highlight last season Devonte Adams,

287
00:16:11.120 --> 00:16:14.639
<v Speaker 2>a mon Saint Brown, Justin Jefferson. I'm sure you've seen it.

288
00:16:15.159 --> 00:16:19.720
<v Speaker 2>Baseball would help itself if they did more things like that.

289
00:16:20.360 --> 00:16:24.840
<v Speaker 2>And I'm not saying that every player needs to do

290
00:16:24.879 --> 00:16:28.200
<v Speaker 2>a podcast, But all I'm saying is Mookie Betts has

291
00:16:28.240 --> 00:16:32.320
<v Speaker 2>a vision for his career and his brand, and it's

292
00:16:32.399 --> 00:16:35.000
<v Speaker 2>not going to affect him playing, as evident by the

293
00:16:35.000 --> 00:16:39.399
<v Speaker 2>way he played last night. Mookie Betts interviewing Fernando Tattis

294
00:16:39.480 --> 00:16:43.320
<v Speaker 2>Junior has nothing to do with Mookie Betts playing the

295
00:16:43.360 --> 00:16:47.919
<v Speaker 2>game that night. Because Mookie Betts isn't late for the games.

296
00:16:48.120 --> 00:16:50.879
<v Speaker 2>He gets here on time. It's not like he's late

297
00:16:50.919 --> 00:16:54.399
<v Speaker 2>for betting practice or stretch He's here when he needs

298
00:16:54.440 --> 00:16:56.759
<v Speaker 2>to be, and he puts in the work when he's here,

299
00:16:57.320 --> 00:17:00.279
<v Speaker 2>So I'm not sure why he got so much much

300
00:17:00.279 --> 00:17:03.679
<v Speaker 2>criticism from you. And the reason why I know he

301
00:17:03.799 --> 00:17:07.079
<v Speaker 2>got a lot of criticism is because I had fans

302
00:17:07.119 --> 00:17:10.759
<v Speaker 2>sending me on Instagram a clip of Mooki and Fernando

303
00:17:10.839 --> 00:17:14.839
<v Speaker 2>Tattist Junior talking about the game ending triple play the

304
00:17:14.960 --> 00:17:18.079
<v Speaker 2>night before. Now, don't you want to hear it like

305
00:17:18.160 --> 00:17:23.119
<v Speaker 2>you do in NFL films or NBA productions, NBA entertainment.

306
00:17:23.720 --> 00:17:27.599
<v Speaker 2>What Fernando tattists Junior and what Mooki bets were thinking

307
00:17:28.079 --> 00:17:31.400
<v Speaker 2>when the bunt was not laid down and instead a

308
00:17:31.440 --> 00:17:34.519
<v Speaker 2>game ending triple play occurred. I don't know about you,

309
00:17:34.640 --> 00:17:36.920
<v Speaker 2>but I love hearing that type of stuff and knowing

310
00:17:36.960 --> 00:17:40.160
<v Speaker 2>what those guys in a relaxed setting, in an intimate

311
00:17:40.200 --> 00:17:44.440
<v Speaker 2>setting like Mooki has really think about plays like that.

312
00:17:45.079 --> 00:17:49.079
<v Speaker 2>So you know, I was not anticipating Mooki going in

313
00:17:49.119 --> 00:17:51.480
<v Speaker 2>that direction when I asked him about why he put

314
00:17:51.519 --> 00:17:55.400
<v Speaker 2>in so much time before yesterday's game, But he went

315
00:17:55.480 --> 00:17:58.599
<v Speaker 2>there and obviously wanted to get some things off his

316
00:17:58.799 --> 00:18:02.599
<v Speaker 2>chest and set the record straight with you. And that's

317
00:18:02.640 --> 00:18:05.200
<v Speaker 2>why he came to me. Eight six six nine, eight

318
00:18:05.319 --> 00:18:08.960
<v Speaker 2>seven two five seventy is the phone number. Dodgers beat

319
00:18:09.000 --> 00:18:12.440
<v Speaker 2>the Rockies tonight, eleven to four. Let's go out to

320
00:18:12.480 --> 00:18:15.519
<v Speaker 2>the phones. What did you think about what MOOKI had

321
00:18:15.559 --> 00:18:19.720
<v Speaker 2>to respond with after the criticism he received for just

322
00:18:20.039 --> 00:18:25.480
<v Speaker 2>talking to Fernando Tatist Junior well before hours before first

323
00:18:25.480 --> 00:18:28.319
<v Speaker 2>pitch between the Dodgers and Padres. Let's go out to

324
00:18:28.440 --> 00:18:31.799
<v Speaker 2>Roland Heights. Paul, you're on Dodger Talk. How you doing, Paul?

325
00:18:32.920 --> 00:18:35.759
<v Speaker 7>Hey, good? Thank you, Dave. I was gonna talk about

326
00:18:35.799 --> 00:18:39.839
<v Speaker 7>the trades that the inter freedom made. But yeah, Mookie's

327
00:18:40.000 --> 00:18:44.119
<v Speaker 7>very smart, intellectual. I mean, it's beautiful to hear him speak.

328
00:18:45.200 --> 00:18:49.119
<v Speaker 2>And do you feel a little bit better hearing his

329
00:18:49.400 --> 00:18:52.839
<v Speaker 2>reasoning on all of that criticism he got. I feel

330
00:18:52.839 --> 00:18:55.880
<v Speaker 2>like he really I think if I'm a guy out

331
00:18:55.880 --> 00:18:58.440
<v Speaker 2>there in LA that was upset with him after hearing

332
00:18:58.480 --> 00:19:01.640
<v Speaker 2>his point of view, how can you be upset with him?

333
00:19:01.680 --> 00:19:04.960
<v Speaker 7>You can't. You can't because I I know it's not

334
00:19:05.039 --> 00:19:08.720
<v Speaker 7>the same I play on Sunday League Baseball. I work

335
00:19:08.759 --> 00:19:16.440
<v Speaker 7>as a male man. But thank you. I did go

336
00:19:16.480 --> 00:19:19.880
<v Speaker 7>three for three last game, but that's beyond the subject.

337
00:19:21.960 --> 00:19:23.240
<v Speaker 2>Podcast before the game.

338
00:19:24.200 --> 00:19:28.319
<v Speaker 7>No, I'm not as intellectual as Mookie Bets. Obviously I

339
00:19:28.319 --> 00:19:32.160
<v Speaker 7>did go to college, but no, but definitely he It

340
00:19:32.240 --> 00:19:36.400
<v Speaker 7>is good to hear him speak to these other players

341
00:19:36.400 --> 00:19:38.960
<v Speaker 7>and to really like Rob Maffort has really dropped the

342
00:19:39.000 --> 00:19:42.160
<v Speaker 7>ball and getting these guys, you know, more involved in

343
00:19:42.359 --> 00:19:45.680
<v Speaker 7>I think we would get a lot more fans. You know,

344
00:19:45.920 --> 00:19:47.440
<v Speaker 7>if if.

345
00:19:47.279 --> 00:19:52.359
<v Speaker 2>Everybody Baseball and Netflix teamed up with all MAHA productions

346
00:19:52.400 --> 00:19:57.279
<v Speaker 2>to have cameras follow Mookie Bets, Aaron Judge and pick

347
00:19:57.319 --> 00:20:00.839
<v Speaker 2>whoever else, maybe you know a journeyman type player and

348
00:20:00.960 --> 00:20:05.200
<v Speaker 2>make a series similar to Receiver and Quarterback on Netflix

349
00:20:05.279 --> 00:20:08.559
<v Speaker 2>right now, So Mookie's trying to do all he can

350
00:20:08.680 --> 00:20:11.079
<v Speaker 2>to promote the game of baseball by showing the real

351
00:20:11.119 --> 00:20:15.200
<v Speaker 2>personalities of these players. I agree, Yeah, I don't have

352
00:20:15.240 --> 00:20:17.880
<v Speaker 2>any issues with it. Thanks for the phone call, Paul,

353
00:20:17.920 --> 00:20:21.240
<v Speaker 2>And yes, the trades Andrew Freeman made at the trade deadline,

354
00:20:21.319 --> 00:20:25.000
<v Speaker 2>Jack Flaherty, Michael Kopek, and Tommy Edmond all in the

355
00:20:25.039 --> 00:20:28.160
<v Speaker 2>same deal. Edmund and Kopek in the same deal in

356
00:20:28.200 --> 00:20:33.079
<v Speaker 2>a three way trade certainly paid off huge for the Dodgers.

357
00:20:33.559 --> 00:20:36.200
<v Speaker 2>I don't believe the Dodgers win the NL West without

358
00:20:36.599 --> 00:20:39.559
<v Speaker 2>any one of those three players. They needed all three.

359
00:20:40.039 --> 00:20:42.920
<v Speaker 2>Let's go out to Aliso Via. Ho, Gil, what did

360
00:20:42.960 --> 00:20:45.680
<v Speaker 2>you think about what Mookie Bets had to say?

361
00:20:46.559 --> 00:20:50.319
<v Speaker 7>Hey, again, I think the fans are upset because we

362
00:20:50.440 --> 00:20:53.000
<v Speaker 7>are we're in a battle. We're in a battle, and

363
00:20:53.079 --> 00:20:53.480
<v Speaker 7>we are.

364
00:20:53.440 --> 00:20:56.599
<v Speaker 3>Not spoiled to talk to the enemy after the season

365
00:20:56.720 --> 00:20:57.079
<v Speaker 3>is over.

366
00:20:57.720 --> 00:21:00.920
<v Speaker 7>Yes, there's no issue. That's what most of the fans

367
00:21:00.920 --> 00:21:02.079
<v Speaker 7>are probably mad at.

368
00:21:03.200 --> 00:21:07.599
<v Speaker 2>I can understand that guilt, but the reality is that

369
00:21:07.720 --> 00:21:11.960
<v Speaker 2>podcast took place even before noon and the game was

370
00:21:12.000 --> 00:21:14.640
<v Speaker 2>at seven to ten. Do you believe Mookie Bets talking

371
00:21:14.640 --> 00:21:18.680
<v Speaker 2>to Fernando Tattis Junior about just what makes him take

372
00:21:18.720 --> 00:21:23.400
<v Speaker 2>his personality really was going to affect anything. I understand that,

373
00:21:23.480 --> 00:21:25.920
<v Speaker 2>but come on, you see it now in every sport,

374
00:21:26.000 --> 00:21:29.240
<v Speaker 2>these guys hugging each other on other teams. That is,

375
00:21:29.920 --> 00:21:34.319
<v Speaker 2>unfortunately something that is not is not part of the

376
00:21:34.359 --> 00:21:35.359
<v Speaker 2>culture anymore.

377
00:21:36.400 --> 00:21:41.559
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, but it's still after after our series is over today.

378
00:21:41.839 --> 00:21:43.880
<v Speaker 7>Yeah, go ahead, but not not in the.

379
00:21:43.880 --> 00:21:44.720
<v Speaker 4>Middle of the series.

380
00:21:44.759 --> 00:21:45.839
<v Speaker 7>We're fighting.

381
00:21:45.960 --> 00:21:46.759
<v Speaker 5>We're fighting there.

382
00:21:46.839 --> 00:21:49.440
<v Speaker 3>We're fighting a war against San Diego, and you don't

383
00:21:49.480 --> 00:21:50.880
<v Speaker 3>want to you don't know the.

384
00:21:50.839 --> 00:21:54.680
<v Speaker 2>Diletrics are going to win the NLA. I understand, Gil,

385
00:21:54.799 --> 00:21:58.519
<v Speaker 2>But if MOOKI did that during a playoff series against

386
00:21:58.559 --> 00:22:02.440
<v Speaker 2>the Padres, I completely understand your point of view. But

387
00:22:02.559 --> 00:22:06.440
<v Speaker 2>it was three regular season games. The Padres were a

388
00:22:06.559 --> 00:22:10.839
<v Speaker 2>huge long shot to beat the Dodgers in the nl West.

389
00:22:11.279 --> 00:22:15.079
<v Speaker 2>To me, in the regular season, I think it's within bounds.

390
00:22:15.440 --> 00:22:17.839
<v Speaker 2>If it's the playoffs, it's out of bounds.

391
00:22:18.880 --> 00:22:22.559
<v Speaker 7>Yeah, I mean, that's what I believe the fans coming from.

392
00:22:22.720 --> 00:22:24.880
<v Speaker 7>I mean the middle of the middle of the you know.

393
00:22:25.160 --> 00:22:28.480
<v Speaker 2>I hope, I hope you listened to what Mooky had

394
00:22:28.519 --> 00:22:31.519
<v Speaker 2>to say and understand that he wasn't trying to upset

395
00:22:31.599 --> 00:22:34.680
<v Speaker 2>you or any other Dodger fan out there. He did

396
00:22:34.680 --> 00:22:37.839
<v Speaker 2>not feel like like Chick Curran used to say, no harm,

397
00:22:37.960 --> 00:22:40.960
<v Speaker 2>no foul. The Dodgers won the last two games of

398
00:22:41.000 --> 00:22:44.640
<v Speaker 2>the series, so obviously Mooky coming up big last night

399
00:22:44.680 --> 00:22:48.839
<v Speaker 2>as well and interviewing Tatisse the day before did not

400
00:22:48.920 --> 00:22:53.599
<v Speaker 2>really affect that. Okay, all right, thanks for the phone call.

401
00:22:53.680 --> 00:22:57.200
<v Speaker 2>He look, he respects your point of view, and he's

402
00:22:57.200 --> 00:23:00.000
<v Speaker 2>hoping that you respect his. Let's go out to Harber's

403
00:23:00.359 --> 00:23:02.759
<v Speaker 2>Greg You're on Dodger Talk. And by the way, this

404
00:23:02.920 --> 00:23:05.599
<v Speaker 2>was not planned between me and Mookie. I just wanted

405
00:23:05.599 --> 00:23:08.559
<v Speaker 2>to know what drove him to take four hundred swings

406
00:23:08.599 --> 00:23:12.039
<v Speaker 2>before a big game last night. And that's the tangent

407
00:23:12.160 --> 00:23:15.039
<v Speaker 2>he went on because obviously he wanted to get it

408
00:23:15.119 --> 00:23:18.720
<v Speaker 2>off his chest. Greg in Harbor City, You're on Dodger Talk.

409
00:23:18.759 --> 00:23:21.160
<v Speaker 2>How you doing, Greg, I'm doing real good.

410
00:23:23.200 --> 00:23:25.920
<v Speaker 5>I to know, I'm sure about the Mookie thing. I

411
00:23:25.960 --> 00:23:29.519
<v Speaker 5>can't even really believe it's an issue. It's just, you know,

412
00:23:30.359 --> 00:23:34.599
<v Speaker 5>these guys are professionals. We all got families. I think

413
00:23:34.880 --> 00:23:37.680
<v Speaker 5>maybe back like when the NHL has six teams, everybody

414
00:23:37.759 --> 00:23:40.079
<v Speaker 5>hated each other. It's a little different. But these guys

415
00:23:40.079 --> 00:23:43.799
<v Speaker 5>are all professionals, and Mookie's gonna play good and so tatis.

416
00:23:43.799 --> 00:23:46.960
<v Speaker 5>They should have nothing to do with anything. If you

417
00:23:47.000 --> 00:23:50.359
<v Speaker 5>ask me, it's a bunch of just social media has

418
00:23:50.400 --> 00:23:54.279
<v Speaker 5>given a bunch of people a voice that maybe they

419
00:23:54.279 --> 00:23:56.519
<v Speaker 5>shouldn't have a voice, that they're gonna be bothered by

420
00:23:56.559 --> 00:23:59.440
<v Speaker 5>something this so minuscule. It just it just bothers me

421
00:23:59.480 --> 00:24:01.400
<v Speaker 5>that even I don't say anything.

422
00:24:02.240 --> 00:24:04.119
<v Speaker 2>Well, a lot of people were, and I would have

423
00:24:04.200 --> 00:24:06.240
<v Speaker 2>to say, I agree with you, Greg. It's given a

424
00:24:06.240 --> 00:24:08.880
<v Speaker 2>lot of people a voice and it feels like it's

425
00:24:08.960 --> 00:24:14.480
<v Speaker 2>given the vocal minority really some power that in sports

426
00:24:14.519 --> 00:24:17.359
<v Speaker 2>that really nobody else that I talked to on the

427
00:24:17.359 --> 00:24:22.039
<v Speaker 2>streets of LA were really upset about Mooki and interviewing

428
00:24:22.079 --> 00:24:25.519
<v Speaker 2>Fernando Tattis Junior. Thanks for the phone call, Greg, Do

429
00:24:25.599 --> 00:24:29.440
<v Speaker 2>you want to know where this changed the culture? Free agency?

430
00:24:30.000 --> 00:24:33.880
<v Speaker 2>When guys stayed on the same team for their entire careers,

431
00:24:34.440 --> 00:24:38.240
<v Speaker 2>that's where there was a lot more animosity and guys

432
00:24:38.279 --> 00:24:41.960
<v Speaker 2>really did not fraternize with each other. But once free

433
00:24:42.000 --> 00:24:45.880
<v Speaker 2>agency became a big thing, not only in Major League Baseball,

434
00:24:45.960 --> 00:24:49.920
<v Speaker 2>but also in the NBA, that's where guys did not

435
00:24:50.119 --> 00:24:52.720
<v Speaker 2>stay with one team for their entire careers, and a

436
00:24:52.720 --> 00:24:55.319
<v Speaker 2>lot of teams were changing. A lot of players were

437
00:24:55.400 --> 00:24:59.920
<v Speaker 2>changing teams multiple times. So when your teammates for eve

438
00:25:00.079 --> 00:25:03.319
<v Speaker 2>in just one season, you have a connection with those players.

439
00:25:03.359 --> 00:25:07.000
<v Speaker 2>So that's why I'm not saying that's the case here

440
00:25:07.039 --> 00:25:10.640
<v Speaker 2>with Mooki and Tatis, But that's where the culture changed,

441
00:25:10.640 --> 00:25:14.119
<v Speaker 2>where there is a lot more fraternizing between the lines

442
00:25:14.200 --> 00:25:18.000
<v Speaker 2>in between plays. That's my opinion. Let's go out to

443
00:25:18.039 --> 00:25:20.640
<v Speaker 2>Long Beach. Mark, You're a Dodger, talk how you doing.

444
00:25:20.680 --> 00:25:25.559
<v Speaker 3>Mark, you're doing fantastic for someone to say that, I

445
00:25:25.559 --> 00:25:27.319
<v Speaker 3>don't have any problem with it. I mean, look, you

446
00:25:27.400 --> 00:25:30.240
<v Speaker 3>Bett has access to people we don't have access too,

447
00:25:30.319 --> 00:25:33.720
<v Speaker 3>so it's it's refreshing to hear what the other side says.

448
00:25:33.960 --> 00:25:40.920
<v Speaker 3>But I understand the fans upset because what was Mookie

449
00:25:40.920 --> 00:25:43.240
<v Speaker 3>Bets in the postseason last year? Like oh for ten

450
00:25:44.000 --> 00:25:46.359
<v Speaker 3>and then going into right before he had his four

451
00:25:46.440 --> 00:25:50.440
<v Speaker 3>hundred swings, he was oh for eight. If Luky Betts

452
00:25:50.519 --> 00:25:53.200
<v Speaker 3>was four for you know, four four eight going into

453
00:25:53.200 --> 00:25:57.480
<v Speaker 3>the interview, you wouldn't be hearing anything. But at that

454
00:25:57.559 --> 00:26:01.400
<v Speaker 3>point he was over. And the biggest series of the

455
00:26:01.599 --> 00:26:05.160
<v Speaker 3>year he's over. Just like the postseason, he was over.

456
00:26:05.680 --> 00:26:07.759
<v Speaker 3>And I think that's why the fans were upset.

457
00:26:08.359 --> 00:26:11.559
<v Speaker 2>Great point, Mark, and maybe that's what drove him. It

458
00:26:11.680 --> 00:26:14.119
<v Speaker 2>sounded like what he just told us. It sounded like

459
00:26:14.160 --> 00:26:16.920
<v Speaker 2>that drove him to put in the work to maybe

460
00:26:17.000 --> 00:26:20.000
<v Speaker 2>silence the critics with a good game, and he finally

461
00:26:20.039 --> 00:26:22.559
<v Speaker 2>came up with a big hit. So everybody around the

462
00:26:22.599 --> 00:26:27.160
<v Speaker 2>Dodgers was very impressed by a player of Mooki's stature

463
00:26:27.519 --> 00:26:30.440
<v Speaker 2>to be able to put in that work and deliver

464
00:26:30.720 --> 00:26:33.079
<v Speaker 2>in a big game. Thanks for the phone call, Mark

465
00:26:33.119 --> 00:26:37.079
<v Speaker 2>appreciate it. Speaking of Freddy Freeman, who let us in

466
00:26:37.200 --> 00:26:40.200
<v Speaker 2>on the work that MOOKI put in before the game yesterday,

467
00:26:40.519 --> 00:26:44.759
<v Speaker 2>Freddie is back in Los Angeles, as is Miguel Rojas. Freeman,

468
00:26:45.319 --> 00:26:48.200
<v Speaker 2>from what I understand, is still in a walking boot.

469
00:26:48.440 --> 00:26:51.559
<v Speaker 2>We'll see where things progress. Dave Roberts did not have

470
00:26:51.640 --> 00:26:56.119
<v Speaker 2>any new information on whether or not the swelling went down.

471
00:26:56.279 --> 00:26:59.480
<v Speaker 2>Likely tomorrow we may know more about the swelling, and

472
00:26:59.519 --> 00:27:03.160
<v Speaker 2>I wouldn't be surprised if Freeman got an MRI just

473
00:27:03.200 --> 00:27:05.839
<v Speaker 2>to see what the ligaments look like. And as far

474
00:27:05.880 --> 00:27:09.359
<v Speaker 2>as Miguel Rojas goes, there was some sort of plan

475
00:27:09.400 --> 00:27:12.319
<v Speaker 2>where he might have played Sunday if the game mattered,

476
00:27:12.359 --> 00:27:15.720
<v Speaker 2>but after the Dodgers clinched yesterday, he stayed back in

477
00:27:15.880 --> 00:27:18.279
<v Speaker 2>LA as well to get treatment on that left groin.

478
00:27:18.799 --> 00:27:22.519
<v Speaker 2>And Dave Roberts does not see any reason why Rojas

479
00:27:22.880 --> 00:27:25.880
<v Speaker 2>wouldn't be ready for Game one of the NLDS, which

480
00:27:25.920 --> 00:27:30.680
<v Speaker 2>will be a week from tomorrow at Dodgers Stadium. Tomorrow,

481
00:27:30.799 --> 00:27:33.839
<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers still have another game to play, Game one

482
00:27:33.920 --> 00:27:38.119
<v Speaker 2>hundred and sixty one as Otani chases two hundred hits,

483
00:27:38.279 --> 00:27:43.920
<v Speaker 2>chases the Triple Crown and chases sixty stolen bases. Yoshiyamamoto

484
00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:47.119
<v Speaker 2>will have a final tune up before his first ever

485
00:27:47.240 --> 00:27:50.960
<v Speaker 2>start in a Major League Baseball playoff game. He's going

486
00:27:51.039 --> 00:27:55.759
<v Speaker 2>up against Antonio Senzateela Morongo Casino. Dodgers on Deck begins

487
00:27:55.799 --> 00:27:59.279
<v Speaker 2>at five o'clock tomorrow, with first pitch at six ' ten.

488
00:28:00.000 --> 00:28:02.920
<v Speaker 2>I'll do it for us tonight from Corsfield. Thanks to

489
00:28:02.960 --> 00:28:05.880
<v Speaker 2>Colin Ee back at our Burbank studios, thanks to Dwayne

490
00:28:05.920 --> 00:28:08.880
<v Speaker 2>McDonald out here at coors Field, and thanks to you

491
00:28:08.960 --> 00:28:11.480
<v Speaker 2>for listening. In case you missed any of the show,

492
00:28:11.720 --> 00:28:16.240
<v Speaker 2>including our exclusive conversation with Mookie Betts. You can find

493
00:28:16.279 --> 00:28:19.640
<v Speaker 2>it on the iHeartRadio apps. You can also follow me

494
00:28:19.720 --> 00:28:24.279
<v Speaker 2>on social media, on Instagram atificially Vassa and on ex

495
00:28:24.359 --> 00:28:28.519
<v Speaker 2>at the Real Underscore DV. Once again, the final score

496
00:28:28.680 --> 00:28:32.799
<v Speaker 2>from Denver, the Dodgers defeat the Rockies eleven to four.

497
00:28:33.240 --> 00:28:35.440
<v Speaker 2>Have a great rest of your Friday night. We'll talk

498
00:28:35.480 --> 00:28:40.039
<v Speaker 2>to you tomorrow. See them