Speaker 1: One thing about this gene is the invisible and tangibles
Speaker 1: that they have.
Speaker 2: This team is really becoming a family.
Speaker 3: Let's not play one on Tom.
Speaker 4: Let's I love writing me these guys after the show.
Speaker 5: So just thank you, give me are your attention, your fire,
Speaker 5: not a piss.
Speaker 6: This is world champion, Dodger, world champion thing.
Speaker 7: It put a small soft time they get up people.
Speaker 7: What they want to die in a row two is special.
Speaker 7: I'm like, yeah, it's not a headache. One of a con.
Speaker 7: This ball's gone. You ready to go?
Speaker 6: Hell time to the sound grab your phone to get
Speaker 6: in on the show called eight six six nine eighty
Speaker 6: seven two five seven and go to the show. And
Speaker 6: now your host of Dodger Talk, David vas saying.
Speaker 7: Welcome the Dodger Talk David Vasse live at Dodger Stadium.
Speaker 7: After the Dodgers scored three runs in the ninth inning
Speaker 7: and make it a celebratory mood. After Clayton Kershaw cords
Speaker 7: is three thousand strikeout in the sixth inning with two
Speaker 7: outs to reach a milestone that only nineteen other pitchers
Speaker 7: in baseball history have ever reached, and he can thank
Speaker 7: the Dodger offense once again in the ninth inning for
Speaker 7: coming to the rescue a three run ninth inning for
Speaker 7: the Dodgers, culminating in another future Hall of Famer Freddie
Speaker 7: Freeman delivering the walk off basin to score another future
Speaker 7: Hall of Famer and show Hey Otani to give the
Speaker 7: Dodgers a five to four win. Eight six six nine
Speaker 7: eight seven two five seventy is the phone number we
Speaker 7: are going to hear from Clayton Kershawn just a moment.
Speaker 7: We do have a full board to calls. We will
Speaker 7: get to you. And I just want to applaud the
Speaker 7: Dodger fans here at Dodger Stadium tonight is sellout crowd
Speaker 7: because you showed out and showed up again and showed
Speaker 7: that you you are the best fans in baseball. I
Speaker 7: know there's a lot of East Coast bist out there,
Speaker 7: people go to sleep early, but you are the best
Speaker 7: fans in baseball. And I loved how you understood the
Speaker 7: moment from start to finish. As Kershaw came out of
Speaker 7: the dugout for his warm ups, the fans that were
Speaker 7: here standing ovation. When he came out for the first inning,
Speaker 7: the energy was up standing ovation. When he was struggling
Speaker 7: in the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and even sixth inning.
Speaker 7: You erupted and lifted him up and helped him focus
Speaker 7: to will him to these three strikeouts on a night
Speaker 7: that it wasn't easy to get to. And I've known
Speaker 7: Clayton not I don't know him like a family member,
Speaker 7: but I've covered him as a work friend for a
Speaker 7: long time, and I feel like he was too aware
Speaker 7: of the moment. And we'll hear from him in a second,
Speaker 7: but I believe if he was being on he would
Speaker 7: concede that he was trying for those three strikeouts. And
Speaker 7: that's not something he has done in his career to
Speaker 7: try for strikeouts. They just come in the process of games. Obviously,
Speaker 7: when he needs a big strikeout or has needed a
Speaker 7: big strikeout, he finds a way, and he found a
Speaker 7: way tonight to get that third strikeout. The stage was
Speaker 7: set for him to do it here, but for the
Speaker 7: Dodger fans to be able to give him the curtain call,
Speaker 7: to give him the moment he deserved for eighteen years
Speaker 7: of leaving it all out there on the mound every
Speaker 7: single time win, lose, heartache, elation, all of that. That
Speaker 7: was the right thing to do and he stepped up
Speaker 7: to the moment, but it wouldn't have been as special
Speaker 7: without the fans stepping up to the moment as well.
Speaker 7: So kudos to the Dodger fans that we're here tonight.
Speaker 7: All right, let's head downstairs right now to hear from
Speaker 7: the man of the hour, Clayton.
Speaker 8: Yeah, I made it interesting for sure, made it take
Speaker 8: too long, honestly, didn't pitch that great tonight. Slider was
Speaker 8: so bad. But this was such a special night all
Speaker 8: the way around.
Speaker 7: It really was.
Speaker 8: Couldn't have asked for anything more, really, it just wash.
Speaker 8: It was so fun to get to be out there,
Speaker 8: and you know after the fifth, thankfully I got one
Speaker 8: strikeout in the fifth, so it was only one that
Speaker 8: I needed left. And it's a little bit harder when
Speaker 8: you're actually trying to strike people out. Uh, I've never
Speaker 8: really had to do that before.
Speaker 7: It was it was hard to.
Speaker 8: Give the White Sox credit to They didn't make it
Speaker 8: easy on me at all. So it was a it
Speaker 8: was a tough night all the way around, but what
Speaker 8: a way to end it with with Freddy coming up
Speaker 8: clutch there and yeah, just to see the fans reaction
Speaker 8: and you know, running back out there for the sixth
Speaker 8: and hearing that crowd roar was was up there for
Speaker 8: me in special moments. It really was so just super
Speaker 8: thing thankful for tonight, Super thankful for my teammates. I
Speaker 8: told my teammates, you know, just you know, individual awards
Speaker 8: are great, but if you don't have anybody to celebrate with,
Speaker 8: it's just it doesn't matter, you know. And so for
Speaker 8: to have that room full of guys, coaches, strength staff,
Speaker 8: training staff, front office, everybody just really you know, be
Speaker 8: happy for me is just is just awesome. And they
Speaker 8: were in it with me, and it just was a
Speaker 8: it was an amazing night. So just a lot of
Speaker 8: gratefulness on this end for sure. Yeah, yeah, yeah, Charlie
Speaker 8: was super fared up. I think him and Freddie reminded
Speaker 8: me the most of how many strikeouts I had left,
Speaker 8: So it was great. But all of them too. Cali
Speaker 8: is so excited, and even the two boys, little boys,
Speaker 8: I'm not sure if they knew exactly what was going on, but.
Speaker 5: They were.
Speaker 8: They're just super excited too. So it was you know,
Speaker 8: and I feel bad for all and I know she
Speaker 8: was nervous. I made her last six innings out there,
Speaker 8: just stressed. Out that I wasn't gonna get it and
Speaker 8: had to go to Milwaukee to do it. So, but
Speaker 8: you know, it's it's just a it's a special thing
Speaker 8: to get to see them on the front row up
Speaker 8: there on the lowers level. It's kind of been Ellen's
Speaker 8: spot for you know, the whole time I've been here,
Speaker 8: So it's it's a great feeling to see them up
Speaker 8: there too. It's pretty awesome.
Speaker 1: The winger carew has kind of gone the last few years.
Speaker 6: You kind of had to grind things out.
Speaker 9: Didn't think me more tonight do You had to grind
Speaker 9: the tops And I really pushed for that.
Speaker 6: No.
Speaker 8: I wanted to come easy, Yeah, absolutely not. I rather
Speaker 8: most rather just got it done in the first So
Speaker 8: but you know, now, looking back on it, with us
Speaker 8: winning the game and uh, the last pitch of that
Speaker 8: i'd be in the last strikeout, I don't think I
Speaker 8: would change it now. I mean, I give up less
Speaker 8: runs probably, but for us to come out on top
Speaker 8: like that and to be able to end it like
Speaker 8: that was pretty awesome.
Speaker 7: And you're on a select list of just pitchers. Is
Speaker 7: there a name on that list that really resonates, that
Speaker 7: hits home and makes you really get some perspective on.
Speaker 10: Where you are.
Speaker 8: It's a it's an incredible list. I'm super Uh, it's
Speaker 8: super grateful to be a part of it. I think
Speaker 8: I think for me the most recent you know, with
Speaker 8: CC is probably what I when I remember most obviously
Speaker 8: having Sures and Verlander on there too, like guys that
Speaker 8: I basically pitched my whole career with, and it's it's
Speaker 8: special to finally be in that group with them. But uh,
Speaker 8: you know, I remember watching c C and when he
Speaker 8: got traded over to the Brewers and he pitched on
Speaker 8: three days rest constantly to try to get him into
Speaker 8: the playoffs all the way through, all the way through,
Speaker 8: all the way through and just really put his team
Speaker 8: on his back, and it really just kind of resonated
Speaker 8: with me, like what what a starting pitcher can be
Speaker 8: and what what he can do for a team like that,
Speaker 8: and uh just kind of no regard for himself doing
Speaker 8: everything he can to get his team into the playoffs
Speaker 8: and uh, and he succeeded. He did it, so I
Speaker 8: just uh to see him get that thousands, I just
Speaker 8: have a lot of respect for him. I think that
Speaker 8: was that was pretty awesome.
Speaker 1: You doctor fans have been with you since you were
Speaker 1: eighteen years of age.
Speaker 11: When you went to warm up, you've been signaled to him.
Speaker 12: What was it like to get that.
Speaker 3: Long innovation tonight?
Speaker 8: Yeah, you know, we've been through it.
Speaker 13: I mean we have.
Speaker 8: I've been through it a lot ups and downs here,
Speaker 8: more downs than I care to admit, you know, but
Speaker 8: you know, the fans tonight it really meant a lot,
Speaker 8: you know. And usually I try not to acknowledge anything
Speaker 8: before the game, just because trying to lock it in
Speaker 8: a little bit. But it was too hard to too
Speaker 8: hard not to tonight. It was just, uh, it was overwhelming
Speaker 8: to feel that. And yeah, it's just I don't have
Speaker 8: a lot of great words other than it was just
Speaker 8: really special.
Speaker 12: To the stadium kind of hanging on to every.
Speaker 8: Pitch especially Yeah, man, the first thing that started great.
Speaker 8: You know, I got a couple of guys at two
Speaker 8: strikes and couldn't finish them off, and you can just
Speaker 8: feel that they wanted it for me, so and you know,
Speaker 8: I didn't didn't have a lot of strikeouts tonight, so
Speaker 8: it wasn't a I didn't really do my part, but
Speaker 8: you could feel the tension and the fans and they
Speaker 8: just they were trying to will me to do it,
Speaker 8: and yeah, just just grateful for sure, Lady.
Speaker 11: You've accomplish about everything a picture can.
Speaker 7: Like, where does dish one rank for you?
Speaker 8: I don't know, man, I think other than World Series,
Speaker 8: you know, getting to be a part of a World
Speaker 8: Series team, the individual stuff is is only as important
Speaker 8: as the people around you, you know, So I don't
Speaker 8: I don't know exactly how to rank them other than
Speaker 8: it's a super special list to get to be on.
Speaker 8: I understand that, and I'm super thankful for that. And
Speaker 8: at the end of the day, getting to celebrate with
Speaker 8: your teammates whatever it is is really cool.
Speaker 7: All Right. There's Clayton Kershaw in the interview room just
Speaker 7: about fifteen minutes ago after reaching such an important career
Speaker 7: milestone in his Hall of Fame caliber career, and you know,
Speaker 7: just a guy that played his entire career for the
Speaker 7: same team. He's not going to put on another uniform
Speaker 7: the rest of his career. And I feel like that's
Speaker 7: what makes this so special, because he has become just
Speaker 7: one of three pitchers in baseball history to reach three
Speaker 7: thousand strikeouts having played for just one team in his
Speaker 7: entire career. That's Walter Johnson and Bob Gibson along with
Speaker 7: Clayton Kershaw. So those are the only three that have
Speaker 7: played for one team and reached this milestone. That's how
Speaker 7: special and rare this is. And speaking of rare, who's
Speaker 7: the next pitcher you can think of that is going
Speaker 7: to hit three thousand strikeouts? The next guy that's closest
Speaker 7: is Chris Sale, but he's Kershaw's age and he's about
Speaker 7: five hundred strikeouts away. So you know, this might be
Speaker 7: a long time until we see another pitcher record three
Speaker 7: thousand and strikeouts in their careers. So certainly a very
Speaker 7: special nighted here Dodger Stadium with one of their most
Speaker 7: special players, not only on this team right now or
Speaker 7: in the last twenty five years, but in their entire
Speaker 7: franchise's history, certainly since they moved to Los Angeles. Eight
Speaker 7: six six nine eight seven two five seventy is the
Speaker 7: phone number, Brock. You were at Dodger Stadium tonight? Did
Speaker 7: you stay the whole way or did you just come
Speaker 7: for Kershaws three thousand?
Speaker 3: Oh no, oh no, absolutely not.
Speaker 5: We were there the whole time, baby, It was It
Speaker 5: was really beautiful. I made it a point to get
Speaker 5: there early. And you know, it was really impressive. The
Speaker 5: guys that I was sitting with, we all kind of noticed,
Speaker 5: you know, it was it was. It was filled up
Speaker 5: in the first couple innings. People were at their seats
Speaker 5: in the first couple of innings to watch this milestone.
Speaker 5: People made it a point to be there because they
Speaker 5: wanted to see that. They wanted to see history for
Speaker 5: our own, you know, Dodger Dodger bourne and that was
Speaker 5: that was really special to uh, just to celebrate that
Speaker 5: with everybody. Everybody was kind of willing him and into
Speaker 5: hearing his interview and how he uh, how he felt it.
Speaker 5: We all were sending it and and it was cool
Speaker 5: to see that reciprocated.
Speaker 14: Man.
Speaker 5: We were trying to will that that sixth inning was
Speaker 5: was a beautiful thing. But uh, yeah, it was. It
Speaker 5: was a good It was a beautiful night, man.
Speaker 7: All right, brock Well said. And certainly, uh, it's got
Speaker 7: to feel good if you're a Dodger fan that was
Speaker 7: here cheering him on to hear him acknowledge you. Let's
Speaker 7: go out to Phil. You're at Dodger Stadium tonight. How
Speaker 7: you doing, Phil, I'm doing great.
Speaker 15: Thank you so much for taking my call, David. I
Speaker 15: listened to this show every day. I look forward to
Speaker 15: you coming on before the games on Petros and Money.
Speaker 15: It's just it's not hard to be on here.
Speaker 7: Show.
Speaker 15: Yeah, I could tell you take it seriously. The fans
Speaker 15: we appreciate you, man. So yeah, just to share my experience,
Speaker 15: I was at work today and all I could think
Speaker 15: about was the game, and I just at a certain
Speaker 15: point decided I got to leave work early. I've got
Speaker 15: to be there. Bought a ticket last minute, and just
Speaker 15: the way that Dave Roberts described I was listening earlier,
Speaker 15: every pitch from the beginning, that energy, it was just electric.
Speaker 15: Is one of the best decisions I made to go
Speaker 15: to the game. Then when Kershaw got that last strikeout
Speaker 15: at the end, with the tension you were feeling the
Speaker 15: whole time, like is he going to do it?
Speaker 3: It was incredible.
Speaker 15: And to the question you've been asking other people, absolutely,
Speaker 15: I stayed the entire time and got to see that
Speaker 15: incredible walk off too.
Speaker 7: I mean, just think about that, right, Phil, you come
Speaker 7: for Kershaw, you see him get his three thousandth career strikeout.
Speaker 7: He's going to the Hall of Fame. Then in the
Speaker 7: bottom of the ninth inning, you got a Hall of
Speaker 7: Famer at the plate. You got a Hall of Famer
Speaker 7: scoring the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning.
Speaker 7: How many teams only this year can say that, But
Speaker 7: how many teams can say that period? Maybe the Yankees
Speaker 7: twenty five years ago with Jeter and those guys. I mean,
Speaker 7: this team is full of superstars. And let's not forget
Speaker 7: Will Smith, who had a tremendous at back to even
Speaker 7: allow Freddy to come up. And you know who knows,
Speaker 7: by the time it's all said and done, Will Smith
Speaker 7: may be up there with the all time great catchers
Speaker 7: of this generation.
Speaker 3: Absolutely yeah.
Speaker 15: And just just seeing pot has and Will Smith early
Speaker 15: get that run support trying to, you know, really show
Speaker 15: Kershaw that the team was there for him. It just
Speaker 15: from start to finish. What an amazing game, What an
Speaker 15: amazing team. I hope Munthsy's okay and gets back soon,
Speaker 15: because these guys are really specials. All Star votes show
Speaker 15: how much we appreciate what they're doing.
Speaker 3: And I hope he's okay.
Speaker 7: Yeah, I love it. Yeah, I hope Max months he's okay.
Speaker 7: He's gonna have an MRI on his left knee tomorrow.
Speaker 7: You know, I'm not gonna speculate about the severity of
Speaker 7: the injury. Dave Roberts was saying that right now from
Speaker 7: the test that they did that they are hopeful that
Speaker 7: this is not going to be devastating to Monsey's season,
Speaker 7: But you never know until you get the results of
Speaker 7: that MRI. But we're all keeping our fingers crossed because
Speaker 7: that's the only downer about tonight is that Max Munsey
Speaker 7: was helped off the field after Michael A. Taylor going
Speaker 7: head first with his helmet going full speed and Munseie's
Speaker 7: leg in the wrong spot at the wrong time and
Speaker 7: injured his left knee. So hopefully he's okay, because I mean,
Speaker 7: he's fought back to do everything he can to be
Speaker 7: a big time player and it would be a shame
Speaker 7: to see his season derailed because of that injury. Eight
Speaker 7: six six nine eight seven two five seventy is the
Speaker 7: phone number David Vasse live at Dodgers Stadium after the
Speaker 7: Dodgers walk it off five to four against the Chicago
Speaker 7: Whites in a celebratory night Outside of the month. See injury.
Speaker 7: Clayton Kershaw recording his three thousandth career strikeout, joining Randy Johnson,
Speaker 7: Steve Carlton, and CC Sabathia as the only four lefties
Speaker 7: to have three thousand strikeouts. And as far as just
Speaker 7: the context of this greatness that we have seen in
Speaker 7: Clayton Kershaw, I know he's been self deprecating about that
Speaker 7: it's taking longer than it should have for him to
Speaker 7: reach this milestone. But even with the injuries the last
Speaker 7: couple of years and abbreviated seasons, he has now pitched
Speaker 7: twenty seven hundred and eighty one innings. He is the
Speaker 7: fourth quickest pitcher to record three thousand strikeouts based on innings,
Speaker 7: surpassing Nolan Ryan who did it after twenty eight hundred
Speaker 7: and two innings. So he's the fourth quickest pitcher innings wise,
Speaker 7: to record three thousand strikeouts. Strikeouts per nine innings we
Speaker 7: talked about it last night is the fourth best of
Speaker 7: any of these players on the list. Max Scherzer is first,
Speaker 7: then Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez, and then Clayton Kershaw, who
Speaker 7: is in his career averaging ten strikeouts per nine innings
Speaker 7: eight six, six, seven, two five seventy is the phone number.
Speaker 7: Let's go out to Javier who is at Dodgers Stadium tonight.
Speaker 7: Hi Javier, you're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 3: Hey Dave, thanks for taking my call.
Speaker 4: And I think the word that they're using, everyone's using
Speaker 4: his special and I'm sorry I lost my voice, But
Speaker 4: just the buzz. I've been to a lot of games.
Speaker 4: I grew up four miles from the stadium, but it
Speaker 4: was just almost otherworldly buzz. And how the baseball guys
Speaker 4: made us wait for the third strikeout. It almost felt
Speaker 4: like it wasn't gonna come.
Speaker 7: You can tell I know, right because that was going
Speaker 7: to be his that was going to be his last hitter.
Speaker 7: Strikeout or not inning over or not Vinnie Cap would
Speaker 7: have been his last hitter. And how deflating would it
Speaker 7: have been, Javier, for Clayton Kershaw to get his three
Speaker 7: thousand strikeout in Milwaukee. I mean, come on, we don't
Speaker 7: want to see that. We didn't want to see it
Speaker 7: in Denver. We wanted to see it here.
Speaker 4: Yeah, it wouldn't have been the same, but what a moment.
Speaker 4: I was lucky enough to see as a first debut
Speaker 4: as a Dodger at Dodger Stadium and just very blessed
Speaker 4: to see this three thousand strikeout and yeah, thank you
Speaker 4: for the thank you for the show that you put
Speaker 4: on and letting us talk about it.
Speaker 7: All right, Javier, thank you. Eight six six nine eight
Speaker 7: seven two five seventy is the phone number. I don't
Speaker 7: know about you, but it sounds like the first few
Speaker 7: colors that we have spoken to this had playoff atmosphere
Speaker 7: for a game against the worst team in the American League,
Speaker 7: the Chicago White Sox, in the first week of July.
Speaker 7: Maybe that was just me, but I had the feeling
Speaker 7: coming to the ballpark today. I had that type of
Speaker 7: playoff feel. I knew it was gonna be a sellout tonight.
Speaker 7: It was an important night, and I feel like we
Speaker 7: had a lot of anxiety going into tonight, a lot
Speaker 7: of excitement, anxiety and you know, ups and downs. It
Speaker 7: was evident by even the crowd here. There would be
Speaker 7: a routine groundball to Mookie bed sure out and everybody's like, ah,
Speaker 7: not a strikeout. Okay, you got an out, but ah
Speaker 7: a flyout. Come on, Kershaw, get us that strikeout. But
Speaker 7: this is who he is. And even talking to Miguel
Speaker 7: Rojas before the game today, talking to Key k Hernandez
Speaker 7: and Denver all these guys appreciate Kershaw not for the
Speaker 7: three thousand strikeouts or the two World Series or the
Speaker 7: three Cy Youngs or the MVP. They appreciate that here's
Speaker 7: this guy, eighteen years into his career, still loving the grind,
Speaker 7: still enjoying the process, going out there after having left
Speaker 7: knee surgery, left foot surgery. And I could tell you,
Speaker 7: I mean, let's be honest here, do you think his
Speaker 7: foot feels great every time he goes out there? I
Speaker 7: would say no, But he's still out there. And that's
Speaker 7: what the players appreciate. And that's why they're all in
Speaker 7: it with him because of those reasons. And that's what
Speaker 7: Miguel and Key K were telling me. And those guys
Speaker 7: have seen a lot, They've they've been around a lot. Uh.
Speaker 7: That's the respect everybody has for him. Eight six six nine,
Speaker 7: eight seven two five seventy is the phone number. Let's
Speaker 7: go out to Don who is at Dodgers Stadium tonight? Hi? Don,
Speaker 7: You're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 1: Hi David, how are you doing tonight?
Speaker 7: Doing great? How about you?
Speaker 16: Great game?
Speaker 17: All right?
Speaker 1: Oh, I'm doing terrific. You know. I, my son and
Speaker 1: I went to the first game that Kershaw pitched to
Speaker 1: Dodger Stadium and my son asked me, who's pitching tonight,
Speaker 1: and I told him some kid I never heard of
Speaker 1: named Kershaw and we've been following him for the late
Speaker 1: eighteen years since. And uh with my son called me up.
Speaker 1: He lives in Tennessee. He said, you gotta go to
Speaker 1: this game. So I'm I decided to come all the
Speaker 1: way from Escondito.
Speaker 3: To the game.
Speaker 1: I don't generally go Tomart, move boy. I'll tell you
Speaker 1: it felt like I was at the World Series.
Speaker 7: Yeah right, it was one of those nights.
Speaker 1: Grand Slam walkoff.
Speaker 7: Yeah, all right, thanks for the phone call. Don appreciate it. Yeah.
Speaker 7: I wouldn't say it was like a World Series game
Speaker 7: where Freddie hitting the walk off Grand Slam in Game one,
Speaker 7: but it certainly had the pomp and circumstance feel around
Speaker 7: Dodger Stadium. And that's hard to do. I mean, you
Speaker 7: go to any other ballpark in America tonight, Uh, first
Speaker 7: week of July, you don't have this type of atmosphere
Speaker 7: for a game. Uh with the best team in baseball
Speaker 7: against one of the worst teams in the American League
Speaker 7: and one of the worst teams in baseball. You just
Speaker 7: don't get that type of atmosphere, and we had it
Speaker 7: even last night. I mean there was no milestone to
Speaker 7: be had. It was Yamamoto on the mound, first game
Speaker 7: back after the road trip, and that certainly brings a
Speaker 7: lot of people to the stadium. But you're not gonna
Speaker 7: find what you saw tonight. And that's you know, that's
Speaker 7: why I say sometimes now that we live in La
Speaker 7: La Land, because this is not normal for other teams.
Speaker 7: Other teams maybe have one star in the lineup, maybe
Speaker 7: one starting pitcher in their rotation. They have to scratch
Speaker 7: and claw and find a way to win every single night.
Speaker 7: The Dodgers have put together a juggernaut. A juggernaut. They
Speaker 7: have at least three future Hall of Famers hitting in
Speaker 7: the first night, and you can make an argument that
Speaker 7: one day Will Smith is going to be an All Star.
Speaker 7: I mean, he's that good of a hitting catcher and
Speaker 7: he's pretty good throwing runners out. So just appreciate what's
Speaker 7: going on here. I know we throw out the phrase
Speaker 7: the Golden Era of Dodger baseball. This is on a
Speaker 7: different level. This is a different chapter to all that.
Speaker 7: There was one chapter from twenty twelve to about twenty
Speaker 7: twenty three, and then Otani showed up, and now this
Speaker 7: is just on another level. Eight six six nine eighty
Speaker 7: seven two five seventy is the phone number. We're taking
Speaker 7: it to midnight tonight on Dodger Talk, a special night
Speaker 7: here at Dodger Stadium, and we got a full board
Speaker 7: of calls, so we're staying with you until midnight. Eight
Speaker 7: six six nine eight seven two five seventy is the
Speaker 7: phone number. Dodgers beat the White Sox thanks to Freddie
Speaker 7: Freeman and others. Miguel in San Diego. Clear that throat,
Speaker 7: ready to go? What do you got?
Speaker 10: Oh? Wow, yes, thank you. Definitely cleared the throat. I mean,
Speaker 10: I can't overstate the greatness of Kershaw. We can all
Speaker 10: talk about it, right Lefty, same team, You can go
Speaker 10: on and on. I had a story to share. I
Speaker 10: was actually a member of the press in two thousand
Speaker 10: and eight in his rookie season and had a press credential,
Speaker 10: and you know, it was new to all of that,
Speaker 10: and I remember going down into the locker room after
Speaker 10: a particularly poor start from Kershaw and his rookie season,
Speaker 10: which happens with rookie pitchers. Look at Misowski today even
Speaker 10: but you know, a very hyped prospect, you know, go
Speaker 10: down a lot of pressure, go down there, and there's
Speaker 10: the whole media, everybody in his face. I mean I
Speaker 10: was just I saw, you know, the lights, the microphones,
Speaker 10: and he sat there at his locker and he dealt
Speaker 10: with all of it. And it was like he was
Speaker 10: a kid. You know, he was just a kid, and
Speaker 10: he still handled it and and you know, took responsibility
Speaker 10: and sat there and answered the questions. And I just
Speaker 10: remember thinking to myself, like, wow, like how tough that
Speaker 10: must be. Like I felt bad for him, you know
Speaker 10: that he was doing that. I mean, you know, you're
Speaker 10: in the lost Rookie.
Speaker 7: That's a rookie, and that's the rookie groin pains and
Speaker 7: the exposure to that type of life. And I could
Speaker 7: tell you that he hasn't changed. He doesn't shy away
Speaker 7: from taking responsibility and is always wanting more from himself.
Speaker 7: Thanks for the phone call, Miguel appreciated. Eight sixty six
Speaker 7: nine eighty seven two five seventy is the phone number.
Speaker 7: You know. Obviously I don't know if you've heard this
Speaker 7: story before, but Matthew Stafford and Clayton Kershaw played youth
Speaker 7: sports together in Highland Park and Dallas. I know, right, shocking,
Speaker 7: you've never heard that before, but it's true. Stafford and
Speaker 7: Kershaw did together. They went to the same high school together,
Speaker 7: and here they are now pitching in the same city.
Speaker 7: Stafford winning the Super Bowl, Kershaw a two time World
Speaker 7: Series champion, and I love seeing Stafford out here for
Speaker 7: Kershaw's first start of this season with his kids with
Speaker 7: his Kershaw jersey on, So that was really cool. It
Speaker 7: reminds you of high school where the football players support
Speaker 7: the baseball team and the baseball team supports the football team.
Speaker 7: And Kurt Sandovil of ABC seven did a great job
Speaker 7: of contacting the Rams and getting Matthew Stafford to record
Speaker 7: a video message about this moment, this milestone, this career
Speaker 7: of a guy that he's known since they were ten
Speaker 7: years old. So here's what Matthew Stafford had to say
Speaker 7: in his salute to Clayton Kershaw on ABC seven today.
Speaker 12: I always knew Clayton was going to be special, not
Speaker 12: because of the stuff that he had, but the way
Speaker 12: that he competed. I think you still see that to
Speaker 12: this day. Obviously he's competing for the end of his career,
Speaker 12: but he's also competing every time he goes and touches
Speaker 12: the mound, grabs the baseball. So he's one of the
Speaker 12: few guys I feel like at the pitcher position where
Speaker 12: when he goes out there, he knows he's got the
Speaker 12: whole team on his back.
Speaker 7: He's had that since he.
Speaker 16: Was a kid.
Speaker 12: I was lucky enough to play catcher for him for
Speaker 12: a long time and see that attitude and that grit
Speaker 12: out there on the mound. So so proud of him,
Speaker 12: so proud of his career. Awesome to be able to,
Speaker 12: you know, watch him do his thing for so long.
Speaker 12: I know, as a Dodger fan, as a Clayton fan,
Speaker 12: I speak for everybody and just say congratulations and how
Speaker 12: you know an amazing accomplishment. Is really proud of.
Speaker 7: Him, all right. That's Matthew Stafford, I believe from Hawaii
Speaker 7: because that's where the Rams are for their OTAs. So
Speaker 7: that's a pretty cool message from a guy that's known
Speaker 7: Clayton a long time. Not gonna say they've hung out
Speaker 7: a ton, but certainly they have a connection. And that's
Speaker 7: really special that he was thinking of Kershaw on a
Speaker 7: night like tonight eight six six seven two, five seventy
Speaker 7: is the phone number the Dodgers walk off the White
Speaker 7: Socks tonight, five to four. It was cool also to
Speaker 7: see Austin Barnes, who was dfa'ed by the Dodgers earlier
Speaker 7: this year, give Kershaw a shout out on his Instagram page.
Speaker 7: And there's been reports that Austin Barnes has signed a
Speaker 7: minor league deal with the San Francisco Giants. So I'm
Speaker 7: sure it would have been a little awkward for Austin
Speaker 7: Barnes to show up at Dodgers Stadium tonight, but I'm
Speaker 7: sure he had a little bit of fomo because those
Speaker 7: two guys have a great friendship and obviously a strong connection.
Speaker 7: Let's go out to Thomas who is at Dodgers Stadium tonight.
Speaker 7: Hi Thomas, you're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 9: Hey, David Ains, want to salute you. You just said,
Speaker 9: see you such a great job hosting these radio shows,
Speaker 9: and the passion that you have comes through. I was
Speaker 9: at the game tonight with my father. You know, as
Speaker 9: you said before, you know, the Dodgers are writing another
Speaker 9: chapter in the historic history. We got a chance to
Speaker 9: be a Game one of the World Series last year
Speaker 9: was Freddy's walk off, and to see that tonight. One
Speaker 9: of the things I appreciated about tonight was we got
Speaker 9: there super early and you got to see when Clayton
Speaker 9: was warming up, you know, he was in left field
Speaker 9: and before he was stretching, he kind of took a
Speaker 9: second to you could see him kind of like take
Speaker 9: it in. And I think he shared that in his
Speaker 9: postgame presser. And one is I really appreciated is how
Speaker 9: real he is with that, you know, the previous college
Speaker 9: just talking about, you know, how he takes all the
Speaker 9: wins and he also takes all the losses, but he
Speaker 9: takes it all. And for a professional athlete of his caliber,
Speaker 9: for the history and everything, all of his accomplishments, it's
Speaker 9: just been awesome. My question for you is where does
Speaker 9: of all the years you've been hosting the radio, where
Speaker 9: does this accomplishment rank for you?
Speaker 7: It ranks really high, Thomas. I've been fortunate enough to
Speaker 7: travel and cover the Dodgers and host this show for
Speaker 7: the last fourteen years, and basically that's a big chunk
Speaker 7: of Krushaw's career. And I remember being in Milwaukee back
Speaker 7: in twenty seventeen when he got his two thousand strikeout,
Speaker 7: and my daughter was having her first ballet recital, and
Speaker 7: I was in Milwaukee there covering Kershaw and doing this
Speaker 7: show and my daughter, who was, you know, just five
Speaker 7: years old, having her first recital, And I just remember
Speaker 7: that a lot, and I just remember missing a lot
Speaker 7: of things with my kids to be here for moments
Speaker 7: like tonight. But I got tickets for my wife to
Speaker 7: bring the kids tonight because I thought it was a
Speaker 7: historic night, a fun night where you buy into a
Speaker 7: sport like baseball when you're here in person to watch it.
Speaker 7: So you being here with your dad obviously meant a
Speaker 7: lot to you. And after Kershaw and I was able
Speaker 7: to do my thing up here, I went down to
Speaker 7: see them around the seventh inning. But yeah, it's it's
Speaker 7: a thing you want to be here with and you
Speaker 7: want to share with your family and friends. For sure.
Speaker 9: Hey man, Yeah, I've been I've been following since the
Speaker 9: peatures some money days and keep up the great work.
Speaker 7: Thanks Thomas A.
Speaker 12: P It.
Speaker 7: Also, you know, there's a connection of family wise, because
Speaker 7: my wife and I were both here for Kershaw's major
Speaker 7: league debut back in two thousand and eight. She was
Speaker 7: here with her group of friends, I was here covering it. Obviously,
Speaker 7: I remember never doing this before, but going down to
Speaker 7: the bullpen to watch this kid that we heard so
Speaker 7: much about warm up in the bullpen. And at that
Speaker 7: point in time, eighteen years ago, Kershaw was throwing ninety
Speaker 7: eight miles an hour. I mean you could hear the
Speaker 7: pop of the glove from the Dodger bullpen all the
Speaker 7: way to Glendale Brand at Boulevard. I mean, that's how
Speaker 7: hard he was thrown back then, and that's how excited
Speaker 7: everybody was when he made his major league debut. But anyway,
Speaker 7: set up our first date here at Dodger Stadium in
Speaker 7: the Dodger Stadium Stadium club with my wife, with my
Speaker 7: future wife during Kershaw's major league debut. So another I guess, uh,
Speaker 7: Kevin Bacon six degrees of Clayton Kershaw eight sixty six
Speaker 7: nine eighty seven two five seventy is the phone number
Speaker 7: let's go out to. And by the way, in case
Speaker 7: you follow Jim Rome, big head James Kelly, that was
Speaker 7: the guy I was with covering Kershaw's major league debut
Speaker 7: for AM five to seventy back then. Todd who is
Speaker 7: at Dodgers Stadium tonight, you're on Dodger Talk. How you doing, Todd?
Speaker 3: Fantastic today? Thanks you my call.
Speaker 7: Second, Oh, I'm gonna put you back on hold for
Speaker 7: a second. You're in cell hell, so hold on and
Speaker 7: get that straightened out. Let's go out to Rick who
Speaker 7: is at Dodgers Stadium. How you doing, Rick?
Speaker 12: Hey?
Speaker 16: Great, great job tonight.
Speaker 13: Man.
Speaker 16: I love going there and seeing history made. I never
Speaker 16: get tired of it. But I just wanted to give
Speaker 16: a shout out to a guy who's been kind of
Speaker 16: maligned like me. And you know, he made a great
Speaker 16: catch and left field tonight, got the base hit to
Speaker 16: start off the ninth in the rally, and Michael Canforio. Man,
Speaker 16: I'm pulling for you, baby. He just just stayed to it, man,
Speaker 16: and I think he's gonna do all right.
Speaker 7: Hey, that's a great call, Rick, because that was one
Speaker 7: of the highlights during the Clubhouse show. You know, when
Speaker 7: Confordo makes that catch and look, you can argue whether
Speaker 7: it was going to be a triple off the bullpen
Speaker 7: gate or it was going to be a home run.
Speaker 7: But the catch he made to Rob Sosa of what
Speaker 7: could have been a three run home run in a
Speaker 7: first inning that saw kershawn throw twenty nine pitches changed
Speaker 7: the complexion of what we saw tonight. If that's a
Speaker 7: three run home run, the White Sox are up forward
Speaker 7: to nothing, and Kershaw has thrown twenty nine pitches in
Speaker 7: the first inning. It's clear he doesn't have his best stuff.
Speaker 7: It's clear he's trying to get strikeouts and it's not working.
Speaker 7: Who knows which direction this goes? Who knows how hard?
Speaker 7: Dave roberts hand is forced to take Kershaw out before
Speaker 7: he even records one strikeout, So you're one hundred percent right.
Speaker 7: If Confordo doesn't make that catch to end the first inning,
Speaker 7: who knows what we're talking about tonight? And that means
Speaker 7: I would have had to go to Milwaukee to see
Speaker 7: another Kershaw milestone. I mean he got his two thousand
Speaker 7: strike out at Miller Park. I would have had to
Speaker 7: fly to Milwaukee again to see it again, to see
Speaker 7: his three thousandth Let's go out to Santa Clarita, Ashley,
Speaker 7: you're on Dodger Talk with David Vasse. How you doing, Ashley?
Speaker 1: I'm doing great.
Speaker 18: So on May twenty fifth, two thousand and eight, for
Speaker 18: my parents' wedding anniversary, my heavily pregnant mother. She was
Speaker 18: about seven or eight months pregnant with me. They got
Speaker 18: to watch Clayton Kershaw throw his first career strikeout. And
Speaker 18: a little over seventeen years later, my dad took me
Speaker 18: to this game and I got to watch him throw
Speaker 18: his three thousand strikeout.
Speaker 7: That is so cool, Ashley. I love hearing a story
Speaker 7: like that. How emotional did your dad get when Kershaw
Speaker 7: threw that strike and when he got his three thousand strikeout?
Speaker 18: Well, we didn't get emotional like tears, but I think
Speaker 18: we both were. We both probably are not gonna have
Speaker 18: our voices by tomorrow.
Speaker 15: My eyes went right to hear her, David, My eyes
Speaker 15: went right to her when he log got strikeout.
Speaker 7: That's so awesome. I love hearing that. That's what baseball
Speaker 7: is all about right there. That's so cool. Thank you
Speaker 7: guys for calling in and sharing that.
Speaker 3: Hey, David, Hey can we have for those fourth in
Speaker 3: July sixth, for Ashley's birthday.
Speaker 18: It is my birthday today, seventeen.
Speaker 7: You came to the best game of the home stand tonight.
Speaker 7: I gotta give it to somebody that wasn't fortunate enough
Speaker 7: to be here tonight.
Speaker 16: Oh okay, understood, all right?
Speaker 7: Cool? If I have tickets tomorrow night, call back. See
Speaker 7: they try to tug at my heartstrings, right, they're like, oh,
Speaker 7: my mom was pregnant with me when they were at
Speaker 7: the game together with Kershaw's major league debut. My dad
Speaker 7: brought me to the game today. It was an emotional,
Speaker 7: full circle moment for our family. Hey, can we get
Speaker 7: those tickets for fourth of July? By the way, come on, man,
Speaker 7: I'm a sensitive guy, but I can't be hustled. I
Speaker 7: can't be hustled. I'm sorry. Eight six six, nine eighty seven,
Speaker 7: two five seventy is the phone number. We still do
Speaker 7: have a pair of tickets to give away for fourth
Speaker 7: of July here at Dodgers Stadium. That's always special here
Speaker 7: and who knows, maybe y'all Papa Kershaw related question on you,
Speaker 7: So you better be ready. Jose Mode is going to
Speaker 7: join us. And as we head to our first and
Speaker 7: only time out of the night, here was Rick Monday
Speaker 7: and Tim Neverett on the call in the sixth inning
Speaker 7: with two outs and Vinnie Capra at the plate.
Speaker 19: One ball, two strikes, two Capra betther than fifty thousand
Speaker 19: on their feet at Dodger Stadium.
Speaker 7: One two pitch, strike.
Speaker 11: Three cold, Yes, he got over a slider, strikeout number
Speaker 11: three thousand for Clayton Kershaw history at Dodger Stadium.
Speaker 19: They will stop the game, Kershaw doffing his cap to
Speaker 19: the crowd, this adoring crowd here at Dodger Stadium as
Speaker 19: Clayton Kershaw enters the three thousand club, just the twentieth
Speaker 19: member and only the fourth left hander.
Speaker 7: In the history of the.
Speaker 19: Game with three thousand strikeouts, every one of them coming
Speaker 19: into Dodger uniform.
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Speaker 6: seventy LA sports dot com, and available by podcast on
Speaker 6: the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 7: This is Dodger Talk with David bassin.
Speaker 19: Stretch by Wilson in the first pitch coming to Freddie Freeman.
Speaker 7: Pce Winson at a base hit.
Speaker 19: To right oh Tally around third, he comes to the plight.
Speaker 7: Dodgers win.
Speaker 19: Dodgers win, the fifteenth career walkoff hit for Freddie Freeman
Speaker 19: of the Dodgers come all the way back to win
Speaker 19: at five before on a special night at Dodgers Stadium
Speaker 19: where a sellout crowd witnessed Clayton Kershaw's three thousand strikeout,
Speaker 19: and Freddie Freeman, with a walkoff hit gives the Dodgers
Speaker 19: their fifty fifth win of the season.
Speaker 7: The game rewards you for being unselfish and supporting a teammate.
Speaker 7: And nobody has supported Clayton Kershaw in his pursuit of
Speaker 7: three thousand strikeouts this year more than Freddie Freeman. Freddie
Speaker 7: spin as he heard Clayton and say being as excited
Speaker 7: as his oldest son Charlie, counting him down to three
Speaker 7: thousand strikeouts. And here it is Freddie Freeman with the
Speaker 7: moment to walk the Dodgers off in the ninth inning
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Speaker 7: two five p seventy is the phone number. We have
Speaker 7: a full board of calls. We're taking it to midnight.
Speaker 7: And like I said about Kershaw coming off, left knee,
Speaker 7: left foot surgery. Do you think his foot feels great
Speaker 7: every time he goes out there? I would say no.
Speaker 7: Do you think Freddie Freeman's right ankle feels great right now?
Speaker 7: I would say no. But he finds a way. Both
Speaker 7: those guys find a way. And like our good friend
Speaker 7: Brad Paisley, he once saying, let's see if that truck
Speaker 7: still works, and it certainly does. And Brad was front
Speaker 7: row tonight and that was special because him and Clayton
Speaker 7: have been good friends for a while and he's a
Speaker 7: huge Dodger fan and an even bigger Clayton Kershaw fan.
Speaker 7: So great to see, Uh, Brad Paisley here tonight, front
Speaker 7: row and center. Maybe he's driving back up the coast
Speaker 7: right now as we speak. Also on the call tonight
Speaker 7: was Jose Mota when Clayton Kershaw recorded his three thousandth
Speaker 7: career strikeout. Here is Jose Modis call on the Dodgers
Speaker 7: Spanish radio broadcast done us men, Manu.
Speaker 20: Simho play Ton Crushaga in Dodger Stadium. Here Scutostan and Muros.
Speaker 13: And Bivessos Salvos also Sposa, also.
Speaker 7: Sijos los com.
Speaker 13: Play persons Combretid hang In, Lonzo Lestoria and Loo Teres Mien,
Speaker 13: puntees Seconbietre.
Speaker 7: Yalla mas Segon pietre.
Speaker 13: Na Finas and the Sun Solo.
Speaker 7: All right, that was the call tonight in twenty twenty five.
Speaker 7: Let's head out to hear from Jose Mota.
Speaker 6: It's tough to go around the horn with Jose Mota.
Speaker 7: I think that was recorded digitally, right, Jose.
Speaker 3: I believe so whatever Colin did, very nice job.
Speaker 7: He got it off your Instagram. That's where he got it. Jose.
Speaker 7: How special was it for you to be on the call?
Speaker 7: I mean we hear about different broadcasters telling the story,
Speaker 7: but obviously to be in that position, to be able
Speaker 7: to call a historic moment, what was it like for you?
Speaker 10: It was thrilling.
Speaker 2: I mean you have to keep your cool and be
Speaker 2: a broadcaster at the same time you are pulling for
Speaker 2: a guy that you've seen come up to the big
Speaker 2: leagues and dominate, change his game, evolved with the game.
Speaker 2: And also keep it in mind, Davis, you know very
Speaker 2: well the Vince Skilly words say less and let the
Speaker 2: crowd talk, and something that I kept in mind the
Speaker 2: entire time, because I mean just the gestures from him
Speaker 2: the teammates towards his family, but recalling also in tying
Speaker 2: everything into the history of the twentieth picture of their
Speaker 2: fourth lefty and things like that, and how hard you
Speaker 2: have to work to get there. So the White Sox
Speaker 2: did not make it easy on it. But boy, that
Speaker 2: was such a relief, I know for everybody around. But
Speaker 2: what a thrill and a privilege to be involved in
Speaker 2: that call for sure.
Speaker 7: Yeah, this seemed to be kind of a throwback type
Speaker 7: of approach against Kershaw. The White Sox were swinging first
Speaker 7: pitch a lot. They were not, you know, chasing pitches
Speaker 7: outside of the strike zone. Jim Woolf, who's my guy.
Speaker 7: I thought he had some if he calls as well.
Speaker 7: But you know, what were they doing that was giving
Speaker 7: Kershaw problems?
Speaker 2: They had a good plan, and I you know, Kersh
Speaker 2: is the best at self evaluating and you could tell.
Speaker 2: And you can just listen Twitter in your minus the
Speaker 2: games going on, what kurtse You's going to say about
Speaker 2: his lighter about how flat it was, about this stuff
Speaker 2: not being there all the time. But what they're doing
Speaker 2: so well is they had a great plan. They did
Speaker 2: not chase, they did not spread his own They jumped
Speaker 2: early on pitches that they needed to. But also with
Speaker 2: two strikes are amazing. I mean, how many guys he
Speaker 2: got the two strikes in the first fourteen fifteen batters.
Speaker 2: They just would not go away. And you know they
Speaker 2: could have done it if they were a little more anxious.
Speaker 2: But you know, there's not a team also that as
Speaker 2: bad as a record is, they don't strike out a
Speaker 2: ton like the Angels doing and teams they're pretty much
Speaker 2: in the middle of pack in the American League. But boy,
Speaker 2: they you got to, you know, tip their hat to them.
Speaker 2: They made him earn it. I mean, who would have
Speaker 2: thought that the Westing's gonna make it that hard? But
Speaker 2: I think if anything, Clayton kersher will want it this
Speaker 2: way to make sure that it wasn't just a given.
Speaker 2: It was pretty much like every single struck out he's
Speaker 2: recording his career. He had to go out there and
Speaker 2: earn it, get the guys ready for it. Boy, And
Speaker 2: it came down to the last pitch, last batter, and
Speaker 2: that's just how the great ones do it.
Speaker 3: There's no doubt.
Speaker 7: Did you feel I mean, he admitted kind of to
Speaker 7: a certain point that he was trying to strike out three.
Speaker 7: Do you feel that worked against him where he was
Speaker 7: chasing strikeouts.
Speaker 2: We talked about chasing strikeouts last night, and yeah, it
Speaker 2: was kind of working against him. But he can't get
Speaker 2: away from the emotion and what you're feeling and what
Speaker 2: you're trying to accomplish, and especially like it's not a
Speaker 2: ten game homesteads, you know, six game homestands, so you
Speaker 2: got to go out there and say, I want to
Speaker 2: do it at home. Everybody wants that to happen at home.
Speaker 2: So yeah, I think, you know, being amped up sometimes
Speaker 2: made him maybe overthrow and not really ripped the break
Speaker 2: and ball. Maybe take him a little bit less would
Speaker 2: have been great, But nonetheless he got it done. And
Speaker 2: to us, as you know very well, Dave, it is
Speaker 2: exactly all that matters.
Speaker 7: You've been around baseball your entire life.
Speaker 4: Jose.
Speaker 7: Where does Kershaw fit in the story of this game?
Speaker 2: We got to talk about the character of Clayton. Kershew tops,
Speaker 2: the humanitarian tops, the performer tops, the winner tops. So
Speaker 2: there's so many categories in which I'm going to put
Speaker 2: him in the upper echelon, not just as a Hall
Speaker 2: of Famer on the field, but also Hall of Famer
Speaker 2: as a human being and what he's done for a franchise.
Speaker 2: Clinton Kershaw has adequately managed to stay in this uniform
Speaker 2: because he wanted to. There's no other reason he wanted to.
Speaker 2: He has gone through injuries, he has gone through so
Speaker 2: many different challenges, but he wanted to be a Dodger.
Speaker 2: He wants to win. And Sertty, this is not the end.
Speaker 4: This we're going to be celebrating.
Speaker 3: This is gonna tell all.
Speaker 2: Of us just move on. We need to go out
Speaker 2: there and win some ball games. But there's no doubt
Speaker 2: with everything that he encompasses that he's accomplished. He is
Speaker 2: right at the top of anybody as any faith of
Speaker 2: life brings to know that what he brings to baseball,
Speaker 2: he is a true ambassador and every single aspect to me, Yeah,
Speaker 2: and you.
Speaker 7: Know I was mentioning this, Jose. This is a game
Speaker 7: between the best team in baseball against the worst record
Speaker 7: team in the American League in the Chicago White Sox,
Speaker 7: the first week of July. Does any other stadium have
Speaker 7: the type of atmosphere we had tonight at Dodger Stadium.
Speaker 2: There's absolutely no way this is playoff. All the way
Speaker 2: involved of the time he took the field, his warm
Speaker 2: up people washing him warm up, the was socks, and
Speaker 2: the anticipation talking to a couple of guys of the
Speaker 2: was sox. So it's like, you know, our talk was, hey,
Speaker 2: let's make it tough and maybe it's not against us,
Speaker 2: so you know, and you want that from guys like that.
Speaker 2: But this ballpark today was again transformed into a show
Speaker 2: an event, and you will see it every night. But
Speaker 2: this is a different level because now this guy's put
Speaker 2: in so much time, so much work, and the time
Speaker 2: is kind of crunching down on him to do this
Speaker 2: at home, and that just added to the emotions and
Speaker 2: to the expectations and to the drama because they were
Speaker 2: not swinging out of the zoontar before. It always like
Speaker 2: is it really going to happen? But I told one
Speaker 2: thing that really made me think it's going to happen,
Speaker 2: because I saw your great interview with Kiki last week.
Speaker 2: I go, Kei kick coming into the game and I
Speaker 2: hate Kochito. I'll go, Kiki coming into the game means
Speaker 2: that Kiki is going to.
Speaker 3: Be part of this.
Speaker 2: This will happen. I just happened to throw that out
Speaker 2: there because I saw the interview, what Kik had talked
Speaker 2: about and being in great moments with Flayton Kershel, and
Speaker 2: I just knew that he was going to be a
Speaker 2: part of this. So thankfully it all worked out.
Speaker 7: Hey, Speaking of that, Max Munsey left the game because
Speaker 7: of a left knee injury, and that's the reason why
Speaker 7: Kik came in for that last strikeout in the sixth inning.
Speaker 7: When you saw that play, what did you think immediately
Speaker 7: and how bad do you believe it could be?
Speaker 2: When I saw the play and I didn't see the contact,
Speaker 2: I said, Gavin Lux That's what I thought spring training
Speaker 2: because the way he was holding at knee. And Maximus's
Speaker 2: not a guy that complains or you know, is out
Speaker 2: there complaining about getting hit or playing in pain. But
Speaker 2: I saw contact go go well. At least it wasn't
Speaker 2: anything that was regards to the landing and tending the
Speaker 2: things out that still is going to hurt. Hopefully everything
Speaker 2: will come out a little bit cleaner. It's going to
Speaker 2: be obviously a few days and and uh, you know,
Speaker 2: some swelling in there. But I'm praying and hoping that
Speaker 2: for a God that's doing so well and needs a
Speaker 2: big part with the Valuars play so well in June
Speaker 2: that he's back soon. By certainty, he's going to be
Speaker 2: a part of this too. And forgot, like you know,
Speaker 2: he represents what the dollares are today and the culture
Speaker 2: that he brings that clubhouse, and Max Mounts is the
Speaker 2: guy just needed that lead in this lineup in the
Speaker 2: locker room and certain that team.
Speaker 7: All right, Jose, great call on a historic moment in
Speaker 7: baseball history tonight. We'll see you back at the ballpark tomorrow.
Speaker 7: There is a tomorrow. Despite all the excitement tonight.
Speaker 2: As Kirsch was saying, move on, but you know what,
Speaker 2: it was Kday and it was a beautiful day.
Speaker 7: Yes it was, thanks a lot, Jose. Great call on
Speaker 7: the Dodgers Spanish radio broadcast. Eight six six nine eight
Speaker 7: seven two five seventy is the phone number on a
Speaker 7: night that Clayton Kershaw records his three thousandth career strikeout
Speaker 7: the Dodgers thanks to Freddie Freeman walk off the White
Speaker 7: Sox five to four in the ninth inning. And look
Speaker 7: you look at that ninth inning. It wasn't just Freddie Freeman.
Speaker 7: Will Smith had a great at bat, he was down two,
Speaker 7: worked a walk show, he Otani steal second base after
Speaker 7: drawing two pickoff throws. I actually thought it shouldn't have
Speaker 7: been as close as it was at second base, so
Speaker 7: Tani could have got a way bigger lead in that
Speaker 7: situation with no more pickoffs allowed. But you know, he
Speaker 7: was safe and that was a little too close for
Speaker 7: comfort with with the winning run on base right there,
Speaker 7: you don't want to run yourself out of the game.
Speaker 7: But Freddie Freeman, I mean, what can you say about him?
Speaker 7: Seventeen walkoff hits in his career, including the postseason, fifteen
Speaker 7: walkoff hits in the regular season. He already has his
Speaker 7: signature moment as a Dodger and in his career a
Speaker 7: walk off Grand Slam in Game one of the World Series.
Speaker 7: But here he is again. Once you do it once
Speaker 7: on that stage, it must feel like the pressure is off.
Speaker 7: And he delivered again tonight. And like I said, the
Speaker 7: game pays you back. Life pays you back. If you're
Speaker 7: rooting for a coworker, if you're rooting for another teammate's success,
Speaker 7: good things are going to happen for you. And that's
Speaker 7: exactly what happened with Freddy Freeman tonight eight six six
Speaker 7: nine eighty seven two five seventy is the phone number
Speaker 7: Trey in West LA. Thanks a lot for being patient tonight.
Speaker 7: How you doing, Trey?
Speaker 17: Oh no, thank you, sir, appreciate you taking my call.
Speaker 17: I will preface this by telling you I was not
Speaker 17: at the game tonight, and I have my Houston asked
Speaker 17: her its shirt ready to go, Just so you know,
Speaker 17: I'm just telling you.
Speaker 7: That favor right now.
Speaker 17: Yes, just a little bit, but a heck of a
Speaker 17: historic game. Honestly, with the storybook ending fantastic. I think
Speaker 17: what Stafford said earlier, the word grit. When we look
Speaker 17: at Kershaw, here's the guy's first ballot Hall of Famer.
Speaker 17: What he's done to get back to be here this year?
Speaker 17: You know, he wants to be on the mound when
Speaker 17: we hopefully repeat again. And this guy, he's he's just
Speaker 17: he's indefatigable. He wants to be there. And Freddie what
Speaker 17: what he said to Kirsten right after when she asked
Speaker 17: him what did he say? Said?
Speaker 10: Zero?
Speaker 17: Left to go? What a teammate He's been right there,
Speaker 17: This whole team, the camaraderie, it's it's just fantastic. We're
Speaker 17: blessed to be watching this team. I'll tell you what
Speaker 17: you know. I love my predictions. So with the next one,
Speaker 17: twenty two, Paul Skeys, there we go.
Speaker 7: All right, Tray, thanks a lot for the phone call.
Speaker 7: Appreciate it. Eight six six seven two five seventy is
Speaker 7: the phone number. Let's go out to Abe in Los Angeles.
Speaker 7: You're on Dodger Talk. How you doing, Abe oh Man?
Speaker 14: Thanks for taking my call. I was just a young
Speaker 14: fourth grade in two thousand and eight when I saw
Speaker 14: Kershaw pitch at Dodger Stadium with my dad and we
Speaker 14: saw him get Skip Schumacher on seven pitches. I'll never
Speaker 14: forget that. If you ever read the book The Girl
Speaker 14: Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King, I feel like, in
Speaker 14: a way that book has become reality for me because
Speaker 14: Clayton and I have kind of I've grown up with
Speaker 14: Clayton practically. I mean, he's been my pitcher, he's been
Speaker 14: the guy I root for day and day out, and
Speaker 14: you know, we've been through the tough times and the championships,
Speaker 14: so you know, I've been I've been a Dodger fan
Speaker 14: my whole life twenty seven years, and you know, it
Speaker 14: was really special to be able to see it here
Speaker 14: at home with my dad.
Speaker 4: So you know where it all started.
Speaker 14: I love Clayton, all.
Speaker 7: Right, that's a great story, Abe, I really love hearing that.
Speaker 7: And yeah, it's it's a family affair for sure, especially
Speaker 7: when a player plays for one team his entire career.
Speaker 7: Eight six, six, nine eighty seven, two five seventy is
Speaker 7: the phone number. Let's go all the way out to
Speaker 7: the Middle East. That's right, Marshall is calling all the
Speaker 7: way from Israel. Marshall, is that true? Are you really
Speaker 7: calling from Israel right now?
Speaker 3: Good morning, David Bath A.
Speaker 7: Wow, that's amazing Marshall. You watched this game from Israel tonight.
Speaker 3: I've been waiting for this game for like a year now,
Speaker 3: and we're over here for like about six weeks with
Speaker 3: my family, and I think so I said to him yesterday,
Speaker 3: who's waking up at five o'clock to watch Kursh punch
Speaker 3: out the last three guys to three thousand and At
Speaker 3: first my wife said, you know what, wake me up
Speaker 3: when he's got two, is what she said. And when
Speaker 3: Kurs when Kursh walked back into the dugout after the
Speaker 3: fifth and Doc was just staring straight ahead. You know,
Speaker 3: there were no hugs, no handshakes.
Speaker 7: I went in.
Speaker 3: I was like six thirty in the morning. I went
Speaker 3: in and I woke her up. I said, honey, I
Speaker 3: think it might happen. And so she was out here
Speaker 3: and then and my son, I have seventeen year old son,
Speaker 3: he was already up. He woke himself up at six
Speaker 3: something in the morning, and he came out and watched
Speaker 3: the last watched the sixth with us. It was great.
Speaker 7: That's amazing. You know what's even more amazing. Your connection
Speaker 7: from Israel right now is a lot cleaner than a
Speaker 7: guy that was at the game tonight in his car.
Speaker 7: How do you explain that, Marshall.
Speaker 3: Hats off to whatever the Israeli cell phone services. It's
Speaker 3: good for them.
Speaker 7: Man, that is so special. Marshall, thanks a lot for
Speaker 7: calling and sharing that with us. Be safe out there,
Speaker 7: and hope to see you at Dodger Stadium when you return.
Speaker 3: Yeah, love, I look forward to be back. Dodger for life,
Speaker 3: David Dodger for.
Speaker 7: Life, no doubt. I mean, that is the ultimate Dodger
Speaker 7: fan right there. Thanks for the phone call, Marshall. Can
Speaker 7: you believe that he's in Israel? We check this out,
Speaker 7: We verified it. Calling you did his homework and he
Speaker 7: woke up at five am in Israel to watch Kershaw
Speaker 7: pitch this game tonight, to watch him make history, to
Speaker 7: watch him achieve this milestone. I mean, that's pretty special.
Speaker 7: And like I said, I mean, we have you call
Speaker 7: from LA and your phones don't work and he's calling
Speaker 7: from Israel. Perfect line eight six six nine eighty seven
Speaker 7: two five seventy is the phone number, Todd? Can you
Speaker 7: beat that connection? Todd? Is your cell phone better than
Speaker 7: that connection from Israel?
Speaker 3: Well, it's better now.
Speaker 17: I hope I was connection.
Speaker 7: I would I would feel like you might consider making
Speaker 7: a switch.
Speaker 3: Well, you know, you gotta love the tenant Clarita Valley
Speaker 3: dead Zone for self coverage.
Speaker 7: What can I say, no doubt. What was it like
Speaker 7: being here tonight, Todd?
Speaker 4: It was absolutely amazing.
Speaker 21: It only was second to Freddy's Grand Slam walk off
Speaker 21: home run. I got lucky enough to go to that
Speaker 21: game as well, But this was amazing. Even with the
Speaker 21: stadium half full, it was an electric environment.
Speaker 7: It really was. When he came out for his warm ups,
Speaker 7: not everybody was in their seats, but more than usually
Speaker 7: are at that point in time of the day, and
Speaker 7: that was pretty cool. Where were you sitting tonight, Todd?
Speaker 4: I was in loads one thirty five.
Speaker 7: That's a good seat. That's a good seat. Thanks a
Speaker 7: lot for the phone call, Todd, appreciate it. Eight sixty
Speaker 7: six eight seven two five seventy is the phone number.
Speaker 7: We're getting close to the be witching hour here, So
Speaker 7: I still have to give away a pair of those
Speaker 7: tickets for fourth of July. You know what I'm gonna do.
Speaker 7: I got two callers on hold that were not at
Speaker 7: the game tonight, Scotty in La and Ben in Monrovia.
Speaker 7: If they can tell me the answer to this question,
Speaker 7: Kershaw related, they will win a pair of tickets to
Speaker 7: the fourth of July game. So let's start with Ben
Speaker 7: in Monrovia, because he was holding a little bit longer.
Speaker 7: Ben in Monrovia. Were you at the game tonight, hey, David, No,
Speaker 7: I was not all right. Here we go, which batter
Speaker 7: has struck out the most against Clayton Kershaw, Who's been
Speaker 7: the biggest strikeout victim in Kershaw's career. I know it's
Speaker 7: a division, right.
Speaker 3: I would I would love to say it's a cardinal
Speaker 3: or a giant.
Speaker 15: I'm gonna go with the giant.
Speaker 3: Okay, I'm going to go with.
Speaker 7: Stop looking it up. You're looking it up. You're out
Speaker 7: scotty in La. Did you look it up?
Speaker 17: Did not look it up?
Speaker 3: But as a dedicated fan, I know it is a giant,
Speaker 3: and I know it is Brandon Belt.
Speaker 4: Come on, come on, he's got his number.
Speaker 1: He's always at his number. He's never at it.
Speaker 3: Brandon against Kirkshaw.
Speaker 7: To make sure you didn't look this up. How many
Speaker 7: times do you believe Kershaw struck out Brandon Belt in
Speaker 7: his career?
Speaker 3: Oh man, it's got to be a good amount.
Speaker 4: It's gotta be.
Speaker 10: I want to say, in the high twenties.
Speaker 3: But all right, I'm believing.
Speaker 17: I gotta say in the high twenties, close to thirty.
Speaker 7: Yes, it is thirty, and you might be hustling me,
Speaker 7: but the show's over, so I got to give you
Speaker 7: the tickets. So congratulations, it is Brandon Belt. Brandon Belt
Speaker 7: struck out thirty times in his career against Kershaw. He
Speaker 7: hated seeing Kershaw. Paul Goldschmid struck out twenty four times
Speaker 7: in his career, and Carlos Gonzales of the Rockies struck
Speaker 7: out twenty two times against Kershaw. So congratulations, I'm winning
Speaker 7: a pair of tickets to the fourth of July game
Speaker 7: here at Dodgers Stadium. I can't wait for you to
Speaker 7: be out here and enjoy the game. So thank you,
Speaker 7: Scotty for being patient and congratulations.
Speaker 17: Appreciate you, David, I say, I always been a big fan.
Speaker 4: Appreciate Dodgers for life.
Speaker 7: Bigger fan now right, since I got you tickets?
Speaker 17: Right, oh yeah, A huge fan.
Speaker 3: You're following you everywhere now, I love you.
Speaker 4: Thank you so much.
Speaker 7: All right, Scotti, hold on, there you go. Congratulations to Scotty.
Speaker 7: He wins a pair of tickets to see the world
Speaker 7: champion Dodgers on fourth of July to take on the
Speaker 7: Houston Astros. So congratulations to Scotty, courtesy of your home
Speaker 7: of the world champion Dodgers and five to seventy LA
Speaker 7: Sports tomorrow night, the Dodgers are looking for a sweep.
Speaker 7: Dustin May on the mound for the Dodgers. He's four
Speaker 7: and five with an ERA of four sixty eight, going
Speaker 7: up against Aaron Savale, who's one in four with an
Speaker 7: ERA of four to seventy four. Morongo Casino Dodgers on
Speaker 7: Deck begins at six o'clock tomorrow with first pitch at
Speaker 7: seven ten. Thanks to Dwayne McDonald out here at Dodgers
Speaker 7: Stadium who gave me this great note tonight to close
Speaker 7: it out. Clayton Kershaw's one hundred pitches the most in
Speaker 7: a Kershaw starts since June twentieth, twenty twenty three, in
Speaker 7: Anaheim against the Angels, where he threw one hundred and
Speaker 7: three pitches in seven innings. Tonight, one hundred pitches in
Speaker 7: six innings. Thanks to Colin Yee, who did a great
Speaker 7: job back in our Burbank studios tonight. Good job by you,
Speaker 7: Colin Yee, and thank you for listening, and thank you
Speaker 7: to the Dodger fans who made this night perfect with
Speaker 7: Kershaw hitting this milestone, becoming the twentieth pitcher in baseball
Speaker 7: to record three thousand strikeouts. In case you missed any
Speaker 7: of the show or our pregame conversation with Drew but Terra,
Speaker 7: you can find it on the iHeartRadio app once again.
Speaker 7: The final score tonight, the Dodgers scored three runs in
Speaker 7: the ninth inning, Freddie Freeman a walk off basit to
Speaker 7: score show Hey Otani and the Dodgers beat the White
Speaker 7: Sox five to four. Coming up next the King of
Speaker 7: des Moines, Iowa, Ben Maller on Fox Sports Radio. Have
Speaker 7: a great rest of your night. See you