Speaker 1: Now your host walking you up to first pitch. It's
Speaker 1: Tim kays.
Speaker 2: Hi, everybody, and welcome in to Morongo Casino Dodgers on dak.
Speaker 2: The off season is over, Spring training has wrapped up
Speaker 2: in Arizona, and now the defending World Series champions are
Speaker 2: in Tokyo, Japan to begin the twenty twenty five season
Speaker 2: as they play a two game series against the Chicago Cubs.
Speaker 2: There is a buzz in Tokyo with the Dodgers being there,
Speaker 2: show hey O, Tania's return, Yoshi Yamamoto, Roki Sazaki, all
Speaker 2: back home in Japan wearing Dodger blue. Sellout crowds for
Speaker 2: both games in Tokyo. In fact, it's the hardest ticket
Speaker 2: to get anywhere worldwide. Right now, today the twenty twenty
Speaker 2: five series season opener for the Dodgers. Yoshi Yamamoto will
Speaker 2: get the start for the Dodgers. Shotta and Minaga on
Speaker 2: the mound for the Cubs. First pitch from the Tokyo
Speaker 2: Dump is coming up in a little over an hour.
Speaker 2: Coming up here, I'm Arago Casino Dodgers on deck. We're
Speaker 2: gonna hear from the manager himself. Dave Roberts will dive
Speaker 2: deeper into this pitch. Matchup with is a historic one.
Speaker 2: David Vatse will go one on one with Freddie Freeman.
Speaker 2: We've got your Dodgers magical moment. Shortly we'll check in
Speaker 2: with Kirsten Watson live on the field at the Tokyo Dome,
Speaker 2: and in just a few minutes we'll send it out
Speaker 2: to Tim Neverrid and Rick Monday on the call from
Speaker 2: the Galpin Motors broadcast booth. Well, it's in new year,
Speaker 2: a lot of familiar faces, some new ones, but expectations
Speaker 2: are still the same. Win a championship, Will Smith, Max Munsey,
Speaker 2: Freddie Freeman back and ready to repeat. Freddie coming off
Speaker 2: an ankle surgery following last year's World Series, but he
Speaker 2: had a great spring.
Speaker 3: Freddy Freeman base is empty. Two out east swings HiT's
Speaker 3: a high drive left field and deep going back and
Speaker 3: Freddie Freeman has hit it out his third spring home
Speaker 3: not at opposite field shot.
Speaker 2: Home runs this spring for Freddy. The Top Tier played
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Speaker 2: Mookie Betts was having a good spring, but god sick
Speaker 2: in Tokyo. Flew home all ready to rest up for
Speaker 2: the start of the domestic season, Tommy Edmund entering his
Speaker 2: first full year with the Dodgers. Keiki Hernandez is back,
Speaker 2: Miguel Rojas is back, Chris Taylor is back, Guys who
Speaker 2: play multiple positions, tay Oscar Hernandez is back.
Speaker 4: He resigned and couldn't be be happier.
Speaker 5: One of my biggest thing was trying to get a
Speaker 5: deal done with the Dodgers, and you know, excited that
Speaker 5: our team is way better now and we have a
Speaker 5: big chance to do it again this year.
Speaker 2: Danny Pajez is back roaming center field after a really
Speaker 2: good spring for the Dodgers. Michael Conforto a new addition
Speaker 2: to the outfield. The veteran we'll see a lot of
Speaker 2: time in left field. Pitching wise, backer Yamamoto, Glass Now
Speaker 2: Kershaw show Hey Otani will take them out at some
Speaker 2: point this season. The Dodgers went big during free agency,
Speaker 2: signing two times Cy Young Award winner Blakes.
Speaker 6: Now think I'm just getting into my prime.
Speaker 7: I got a lot left.
Speaker 8: I really want to see how good I can really
Speaker 8: be and invest everything I can into these next five years.
Speaker 7: But I think I really have like eight years left.
Speaker 2: Dodgers also won the Japanese jewel of free agency, right
Speaker 2: hander Roki Sazaki, who turned a lot of heads at
Speaker 2: spring in Arizona.
Speaker 3: Now the pitch swinging in this strike three right out
Speaker 3: front was the Cincinnati hitter.
Speaker 2: Two start, seven innings, no runs, three hits, seven strikeouts
Speaker 2: in Arizona for Susaki. So the Dodgers have retool for
Speaker 2: twenty twenty five, primed and ready to repeat. First up
Speaker 2: the Tokyo Series, two games against the Cubs at the
Speaker 2: Tokyo Dome, and with more we head out to the
Speaker 2: Gallpin Motors broadcast booth as we say hello to Tim
Speaker 2: Nefritt and Rick Monday.
Speaker 3: Guys, the Major League Baseball regular season gets underway.
Speaker 7: In just a little while.
Speaker 3: Is the Dodgers take on the Chicago Cubs and begin
Speaker 3: defense of their World Championship. They're at the Tokyo Dome
Speaker 3: in Tokyo, Japan, pitching Shota Imanaga for the Cubs and Yoshinobu.
Speaker 7: Yamamoto for the Dodgers.
Speaker 3: Hi and everybody with Rick Bunday, I'm Tim Neverett, glad
Speaker 3: to be here on the maiden voyage here in twenty
Speaker 3: twenty five. It is very early in the morning. We
Speaker 3: understand in Los Angeles. But this is going to be
Speaker 3: a spectacle. It's the one hundred and fiftieth season for
Speaker 3: the Cubs, but they've never seen anything like this.
Speaker 7: This is the earliest a Major.
Speaker 3: League Baseball regular season game has.
Speaker 7: Ever been played.
Speaker 3: Fifty five thousand are expected to jam into the Tokyo
Speaker 3: Dome for the ballgame, and it has been a spectacle
Speaker 3: already with the first two exhibition games.
Speaker 7: But Yamamoto gets the start.
Speaker 3: We know that tomorrow Roki Sasaki will make his major
Speaker 3: league debut and Moe couple of things.
Speaker 7: Mooki Bets not in the lineup.
Speaker 3: We know he's had some sort of stomach virus and
Speaker 3: the Dodgers sent him home. He's already back in Los Angeles.
Speaker 9: Yeah, he's back in LA and they said they want
Speaker 9: him to get back into more of normal routine. Lost
Speaker 9: fifteen pounds is what we're hearing. So for best to
Speaker 9: come back in and get ready when the Dodgers open
Speaker 9: up their home series, that being against the Detroit Tigers.
Speaker 9: But the Dodgers really at the top of the list
Speaker 9: to tim try to be the first ball club since
Speaker 9: a two thousand to win back to back World Series.
Speaker 9: It was the New York Yankees that did it back then.
Speaker 9: So the Dodgers tried to right the ship here early
Speaker 9: they're down one man, but one thing about it, it's
Speaker 9: a new beginning and his Dodger ball club perceived is
Speaker 9: again the goliath of baseball.
Speaker 7: Now.
Speaker 3: The last twenty four World Series champions have not repeated,
Speaker 3: but the Dodgers are the favorite. And show he Otani
Speaker 3: down the left field line throwing and he is putting
Speaker 3: on a show. I mean basically just playing catch right now.
Speaker 3: But people are standing, all the cameras are out every
Speaker 3: time he comes to the plate.
Speaker 7: He has been the main spectacle.
Speaker 3: Even though there are other Japanese players playing in this series,
Speaker 3: there is none more famous.
Speaker 7: There is none more popular than show Hey Otani.
Speaker 9: Well, there was a huge crowd at the airport when
Speaker 9: the Dodgers arrived on their charter. They scoured the players
Speaker 9: in the traveling party into a different area, but you
Speaker 9: got a sense of what the importance was with his
Speaker 9: native Japanese following to come out. In particular, there was
Speaker 9: one gentleman and his wife that came to the airport.
Speaker 9: They said, we probably will not be able to get him,
Speaker 9: but here was the as far as get to be
Speaker 9: able to see him. He says, we just came to
Speaker 9: be able to breathe the same air as show Hey Otani.
Speaker 3: And people have been dressing up not only as Otani,
Speaker 3: but as Otani's dog decoy, the most famous dog in
Speaker 3: the world.
Speaker 9: Now, well, there were ten thousand seats that were sold
Speaker 9: just to watch the Dodgers work out when they first arrived.
Speaker 9: So this has really been this has been an historical trip.
Speaker 9: But if we really look at it from overall standpoint,
Speaker 9: you know, baseball was introduced to Japan over one hundred
Speaker 9: and fifty years ago, so this is a big, big
Speaker 9: deal Baseball. It's a huge deal now because Major League
Speaker 9: Baseball opens up their official season in Tokyo just minutes away.
Speaker 3: So the Dodgers and the Cubs, we're counting it down
Speaker 3: to the first pitch as they'll play the first regular
Speaker 3: season game of twenty twenty five in Tokyo, Japan, and
Speaker 3: defense of a World Series title starts right here this morning.
Speaker 3: We'll have the lineups and the first pitch still on
Speaker 3: the way.
Speaker 2: Tim All right, thank you guys, as we got you
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Speaker 4: What up next?
Speaker 2: Your o tani rewind and we'll visit with Kirsten Watson
Speaker 2: live on the field at the Tokyo Dome as we
Speaker 2: lead you up to Dodgers and Cubs. First pitch of
Speaker 2: twenty twenty five is coming up in just a little bit.
Speaker 4: Thanks for being with us. I'm Tim Katson.
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Speaker 1: This is the otanias Rewide Old Toy right soon, Old.
Speaker 2: Tony Tony soon in Tokyo show hey Otani fifty to
Speaker 2: fifty player a year ago MVP season for the Dodgers,
Speaker 2: and he put on a show against the Tokyo Giants
Speaker 2: in an exhibition game over the weekend with a home
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Speaker 2: show Hey o Tani in twenty twenty five.
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Speaker 2: for a few days now. What has the experience been
Speaker 2: like as we get close to first pitch?
Speaker 6: It's been absolutely incredible. I think, first to play this
Speaker 6: for two games against the Giants and the Tigers and
Speaker 6: the NTV for the team to see just what the
Speaker 6: atmosphere is like in those games. And now you have
Speaker 6: a regulations the game between the Dodgers and the Cup.
Speaker 6: There's been how much excitement you see how sho hey
Speaker 6: Rokie as well as Yoshinobu have just been welcomed home
Speaker 6: to their home country, so it's been really special. The
Speaker 6: guys have been able to explore the city of Tokyo,
Speaker 6: whether it's going to different markets and trying to food.
Speaker 6: They obviously had a team dinner that's shoh and Roki
Speaker 6: Yoshimobu had planned and how everyone's saying it's the best
Speaker 6: meal that they've had to set here. So getting to
Speaker 6: see it through their eyes has been really special. And
Speaker 6: now the regular season is here, they're ready to play,
Speaker 6: and the guys have been saying, especially those who had experience,
Speaker 6: whether it's with Winter Ball or the World Baseball tossic,
Speaker 6: they're saying that's been the most similar when it comes
Speaker 6: to help passionate these fans are so Pika said today,
Speaker 6: you know, he hopes it's loud in here. That's his
Speaker 6: kind of party and he's looking forward to seeing just
Speaker 6: how the fans are and everyone's hoping that the Dodgers
Speaker 6: are going to be the home team, so lots of
Speaker 6: loud music and chants while those guys are what.
Speaker 4: Do we expect for that first pitch?
Speaker 2: For that first of bed Jota and Monaga against Tani Honestly.
Speaker 6: From what we saying in the two exhibition games whenever
Speaker 6: show Hey is that the it has been just this
Speaker 6: moment of silence in awe and every time you fouls
Speaker 6: off a ball or something, it's like a gas like
Speaker 6: everyone's just holding their breast to see what happens. Obviously
Speaker 6: we did see him at a home run and second
Speaker 6: have that in that first game against the Giants, and
Speaker 6: so he has been there's so much excite in everyone's
Speaker 6: phones and cameras are up. So now it's a regular
Speaker 6: season game. You have a situation in which you have
Speaker 6: two Japanese starting pitchers, one for each team, going against
Speaker 6: each other. It's opening day in Major League Baseball. That's
Speaker 6: history itself. Then you add another layer in that first
Speaker 6: at bat of this game today is going to be
Speaker 6: Shota Imanaga going up against the show Hey of Hahani.
Speaker 6: So I think it's I think it's going to be silent,
Speaker 6: like you could hear a pen drop, maybe even like
Speaker 6: a faulting experience. I think it's going to be like that.
Speaker 6: By also think it is going to which everyone is
Speaker 6: just going to be like, wow, look at this talent
Speaker 6: in this game. Look at the talent on the field,
Speaker 6: the talent from this country of Japan, and I think
Speaker 6: it's going to be very very special for everyone to witness.
Speaker 2: What about you, Kirsen, What has been the best thing?
Speaker 2: Maybe the best food you've tried while in.
Speaker 10: Tokyo the best?
Speaker 6: So I went to an Omakase experience that night. I
Speaker 6: went with the Cub supporter to a regard and it
Speaker 6: was amazing because I tried things that I probably would
Speaker 6: have never tried just going to a Smishi restaurant, whether
Speaker 6: in La or even here in Tokyo. So that, to me,
Speaker 6: I think is the best. And you know I'm a
Speaker 6: monster connossur, so trying all the most here as been incredible.
Speaker 2: Awesome Kirisa. We appreciate it. We will check in with
Speaker 2: you after the game. Still to come here on wronggo
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Speaker 2: David Vesey goes one on want with Freddy Freeman. But
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Speaker 2: Clayton Kershaw starts the season on the IL, recovering from
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Speaker 4: All right, let's head back out to Tokyo and check
Speaker 4: out the Dodgers. Get burned anything.
Speaker 10: The questions for Dave Dave, can you just describe Dave?
Speaker 10: Can you talk about the pressure.
Speaker 1: In the dugouts with Dave Robberts.
Speaker 11: Yeah, David Arizona, you talked a little bit about second
Speaker 11: base in center field being undecided a little bit. How
Speaker 11: have those questions resolve themselves now going forward?
Speaker 8: I think it's just going to be remain fluid. I
Speaker 8: think that's a position where we have different players that
Speaker 8: can play second base, can play center field, so it's
Speaker 8: not going to be one certain situation verse left, verse right.
Speaker 8: I think that just kind of rotating Tommy, key K
Speaker 8: and Migy ro at second base, Tommy center field, Andy
Speaker 8: in centerfield, So it's going to kind of remain fluid.
Speaker 8: I think each of those guys are going to play
Speaker 8: between three and call it five days, outside of Tommy,
Speaker 8: who's essentially an every day guy.
Speaker 12: Yeah, Dave, tonight's obviously going to be a spectacle. What's
Speaker 12: that balance of like obviously recognizing that it's regular Sea's name,
Speaker 12: Also like embracing just what sort of lights this moment
Speaker 12: in what this moment kind of means.
Speaker 8: It's a I mean, I think it's really it really
Speaker 8: takes a concerted effort on all of our parts to
Speaker 8: understand that this is a meaningful game. Now. I think
Speaker 8: there's been a lot of stuff built up exhibition games, obviously, travel,
Speaker 8: and so you really got to be intentional about ramping
Speaker 8: up the focus because today's game does matter. It's different
Speaker 8: for everyone, but it's still a big event. But we
Speaker 8: got to try to now focus on, you know, playing
Speaker 8: nine innings tonight.
Speaker 13: Dave, when you when you guys got here, you mentioned
Speaker 13: that this is a special trip for you because you
Speaker 13: get to kind of represent your mom's side of the family,
Speaker 13: even though you're going into a game that counsel and
Speaker 13: everything that goes into that. I wonder, have you been
Speaker 13: able to take a moment to just sort of reflect
Speaker 13: on the significance of playing our regular season game here
Speaker 13: and what it means for you personally?
Speaker 8: I have, I think the best I can, probably not
Speaker 8: as much as I could or should, but I know
Speaker 8: the significance of this moment in time. You know, my
Speaker 8: mom's very proud. She'll be up in the middle of
Speaker 8: the night watching back home, which is great. I understand that.
Speaker 8: I'm just very grateful that we could be a part
Speaker 8: of this moment in time and making history. As someone
Speaker 8: said earlier, two Japanese born pitchers starting against each.
Speaker 10: Other an opening day.
Speaker 8: It's something that's never happened, and so just very very grateful.
Speaker 2: All Right, there's Dave Roberts talking to the media just
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Speaker 2: last two minutes here Freddie Freeman not in the lineup
Speaker 2: any longer.
Speaker 14: He is not, and Freddy is going to join us
Speaker 14: later in the show. We had our conversation yesterday. Freddie
Speaker 14: Freeman obviously is managing that right ankle. And this is
Speaker 14: a turf surface here at the Tokyo Dome, Tim and
Speaker 14: they have not changed the surface in quite some time.
Speaker 14: It reminded players of the Tropicana field playing surface, and
Speaker 14: it's really hard on the lower extremities. So you know,
Speaker 14: Freddy played in those two exhibition games and he's been
Speaker 14: out here for the workouts. You'll hear his answer in
Speaker 14: our conversation. But this is not a very forgiving surface,
Speaker 14: so I wouldn't be surprised if there was some soreness
Speaker 14: in that right ankle. Goal, so he is out of
Speaker 14: the starting lineup. Key Y Hernandez will now move from
Speaker 14: left field to first base. Michael Conforto is now on
Speaker 14: the starting lineup in left field, and Will Smith is
Speaker 14: now hitting clean up with Taioscar Hernandez hitting third. So
Speaker 14: in case you're joining us late, Freddie Freeman just scratch
Speaker 14: from the Dodgers starting lineup. Keyky Hernandez starts at first.
Speaker 2: Keik was scheduled to start and left David and that
Speaker 2: was something big that Dave Roberts elected to go with
Speaker 2: him instead of Michael confort Tony was asked about it
Speaker 2: at this pregame press conference. He said, yeah, Keyk is
Speaker 2: a guy who deserves an opportunity and is going to
Speaker 2: get as many at bats as possible this year.
Speaker 14: Yeah, that was a little surprising because when the Dodgers
Speaker 14: signed Michael Confordo, they were adamant that he was not
Speaker 14: going to be a platoon player. They signed him for
Speaker 14: a one year contract at eighteen million dollars, so they
Speaker 14: said he was going to play every day. And in
Speaker 14: case you don't realize it, Confordo's average against left handed
Speaker 14: pitchers last year was two eighty three. It was higher
Speaker 14: than it was against right handed pitchers. So he's not
Speaker 14: a guy that is platoon. But Dave Roberts obviously did
Speaker 14: not love the matchup against Imonaga, but now he's forced
Speaker 14: to put Kenfordo in there.
Speaker 4: David has driven by Ford.
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Speaker 2: Mookie Bets, damn not with the team anymore.
Speaker 14: Yeah, Mooki Bets flew back to LA yesterday because he
Speaker 14: has had a severe stomach virus since the Dodgers took
Speaker 14: off for Tokyo, Japan. In fact, he was feeling ill
Speaker 14: the day before they left for Tokyo. And this raises
Speaker 14: another possibility. You know, whatever Mooki Bets had, he was
Speaker 14: flying on the plane and he's been around the team.
Speaker 14: Could Freddy Freeman have contracted the same sort of stomach
Speaker 14: virus that Mooki Bets did. We have not gotten any word.
Speaker 14: This late scratch came out of the blue for all
Speaker 14: of us. So you know, it could be the right ankle,
Speaker 14: but it also will could be the same stomach virus
Speaker 14: that Mookie Bets had to deal with and was forced
Speaker 14: to leave Tokyo, Japan. So as soon as we get
Speaker 14: more information, we'll pass it along. But yeah, Mooki's in
Speaker 14: La and the reason why they did not put Muki
Speaker 14: on the IL is because if they did, he would
Speaker 14: miss the home opener and that part of the schedule.
Speaker 14: So that's why he's still on the twenty six man.
Speaker 2: Roster outside of Mookie's virus. David, what's the experience been
Speaker 2: like in Tokyo.
Speaker 14: Well, for me, it's been great, and for the players
Speaker 14: it's been great. Nobody else has reported any sort of
Speaker 14: stomach virus until possibly now, But you know, the kershaws
Speaker 14: kershaws on this trip.
Speaker 7: He really wanted to be here.
Speaker 14: He flew himself and his family out here, and for everybody,
Speaker 14: they've really been taking in all of Tokyo. So guys
Speaker 14: are not just staying in their rooms and playing video games.
Speaker 14: They're actually leaving their rooms and experiencing this great city,
Speaker 14: this great country, and these great people.
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Speaker 1: and World Series champion Dodger Rick Monday.
Speaker 14: Well, it is opening day, the fourteenth Opening day. I
Speaker 14: get to share with Rick Monday. We are a Pacific
Speaker 14: ocean apart.
Speaker 1: Rick.
Speaker 14: But man, you are so close to my heart, even
Speaker 14: here in Tokyo.
Speaker 9: David David, David, I been waiting for months to do this. Yeah,
Speaker 9: I mean the stage is it's lights full. I mean,
Speaker 9: the Dodgers defending world champions and coming on. I want
Speaker 9: to ask you right off the bat, give us a
Speaker 9: sense from the moment the Dodgers really got off their
Speaker 9: charter plane, because I know there was a huge crowd
Speaker 9: at the airport. First of all, everyone was shuttled kind
Speaker 9: of off in a different area, going through immigration and
Speaker 9: customs and the whole routine. I told Tim Nevertt about
Speaker 9: one comment that was made by a couple, a man
Speaker 9: and his wife that came to the airport to try
Speaker 9: and see show hey Otani and the Dodgers, and he says,
Speaker 9: I knew I was probably not going to be able
Speaker 9: to see him, but here was his quote. We came
Speaker 9: basically just to be able to breathe the same air
Speaker 9: as Otani. I mean, this is a big, big deal.
Speaker 9: First of all, Major League Baseball. But if you look
Speaker 9: at Otani coming back, I mean he's a national hero
Speaker 9: Japan Rick just.
Speaker 14: Walking around the streets of Tokyo. We've heard about the
Speaker 14: number of endorsements Otani has here. It's come to life
Speaker 14: larger than life, especially in an area called Shabuiah Crossing
Speaker 14: is similar to Times Square in New York. And he
Speaker 14: just has billboards all over the place. And I sent
Speaker 14: you one outside of the Tokyo So make no mistake
Speaker 14: about it. Looking out at this crowd that's been here
Speaker 14: for three hours, it is all Otani.
Speaker 7: It is all Dodgers.
Speaker 14: It feels like the Cubs are here just to be
Speaker 14: part of this TV series, this reality show that is
Speaker 14: show Aotani and Tokyo David.
Speaker 9: They sold ten thousand tickets just to watch the Dodgers
Speaker 9: workout before they had the series against the two Japanese teams.
Speaker 9: I mean, this is a big, big deal. Give us
Speaker 9: a sense, if you will, you're there the Tokyo Dome.
Speaker 9: From my understanding, even immediately surrounding the Tokyo Dome, is
Speaker 9: there not an amusement park or something like that. On
Speaker 9: top of it, major League Baseball has put his best
Speaker 9: foot forward. If you look at the baseball. First of all,
Speaker 9: you know, it's over one hundred and fifty years that
Speaker 9: baseball was introduced to Japan.
Speaker 7: This is a big, big deal there, It really is.
Speaker 14: It's so much different than a year ago in Soul
Speaker 14: Korea where it was. It's not a base ball country
Speaker 14: per se. This is a long history going back to
Speaker 14: when Babe Ruth visited Tokyo in the nineteen thirty So
Speaker 14: you're one hundred percent right, Rick, And yes, there is
Speaker 14: a roller coaster outside. This is the Tokyo Dome, and
Speaker 14: the area that the Tokyo Dome is in is called
Speaker 14: Tokyo Dome City. So this is a baseball fever at
Speaker 14: its best. And unfortunately they're not going to see Mookie
Speaker 14: Bets and Freddie Freeman because Mookie's back in LA and
Speaker 14: Freddy Freeman's a late scratch with maybe his right ankle,
Speaker 14: maybe he contracted the same stomach virus. We just don't know.
Speaker 9: Okay, Well, that's quite frankly, that's something that we just
Speaker 9: heard as you're speaking it that Freeman has been scratched
Speaker 9: from the lineup. So no other report that we get.
Speaker 9: Let me give you a real quick history lesson we're
Speaker 9: talking about. Really baseball in Japan goes back before that series.
Speaker 9: In nineteen thirty four, Babe Ruth, Luke, Garrett Jimmy Fox
Speaker 9: were also coming over to Tokyo in an All Star game.
Speaker 9: The game was actually introduced in eighteen seventy two in
Speaker 9: Japan by an American professor by the name of Horace
Speaker 9: Wilson who taught his students at may be mispronouncing a
Speaker 9: bit Cassi Academy in Tokyo. So just a little history
Speaker 9: lesson you can throw that out there too, eighteen seventy
Speaker 9: two as an American professor, Horace Wilson.
Speaker 14: Thank you, Rick, you always come up with something good,
Speaker 14: even in this setting, a grand setting here in Tokyo,
Speaker 14: the Dodgers and Cubs. And we'll check back in with
Speaker 14: you and Tim neverd a little bit later in the
Speaker 14: show as we get set for first pitch on opening
Speaker 14: night here in Tokyo.
Speaker 7: Thanks Rick, enjoy David.
Speaker 14: There he goes Rick Monday, Tim kats He is certainly
Speaker 14: our Dodgers Radio treasure, the longest active broadcaster on Dodgers
Speaker 14: Radio and Dodgers television. Rick Monday been in the booth
Speaker 14: since nineteen ninety three. We'll send it back.
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Speaker 2: It's the Dodgers and Cubs the Tokyo Series. To start
Speaker 2: the twenty twenty five series Yoshi Yamamoto and Shota Imanaga.
Speaker 2: The pitching matchup first Bitch, coming up at ten after
Speaker 2: the hours still to come, Tim and Renk will give
Speaker 2: to the Keys to the Game will dive deeper to
Speaker 2: this pitching matchup as well.
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Speaker 14: It's opening day, this time in Tokyo, Japan. Last year
Speaker 14: was in Seoul, Korea, and we're joined right now by
Speaker 14: a man that has meant so much to the city,
Speaker 14: the World Series MVP and just a guy that has
Speaker 14: led this Dodger team in so many ways, and that's
Speaker 14: the great Freddie Freeman.
Speaker 4: Freddy, thank you for the time.
Speaker 10: Yeah, thank you for having me. David got that's all
Speaker 10: I got so far.
Speaker 7: Same here, same here.
Speaker 14: But I mean you've been all over the world literally
Speaker 14: with the Dodgers, and here we are in Tokyo, Japan.
Speaker 10: Yeah, it's pretty special.
Speaker 15: I mean, back to back years starting overseas in Asia.
Speaker 10: It's pretty crazy. Really.
Speaker 15: It's we were doing practice the other day and show
Speaker 15: he came out and the fans were just going all
Speaker 15: crazy for them. We're hitting home runs and they're clapping
Speaker 15: for us. After everything, it makes you want to hit
Speaker 15: more and back practice. But it's cool. I'm glad we're
Speaker 15: over here, you know, kind of growing the game and
Speaker 15: letting the fans of Japan CEUs play.
Speaker 14: What do you believe the vibe is from not only
Speaker 14: Shohei but Yamamoto and Sasaki.
Speaker 15: Yeah, it's pretty special. You can feel the buzz. I
Speaker 15: mean they got showed out and say over there too.
Speaker 15: So five really really great Japanese players being able to
Speaker 15: come over here and complete compete and come back home
Speaker 15: for them and play in front of the fans that
Speaker 15: they grew up playing in front of. And for us
Speaker 15: to come over and experience it with them. I mean,
Speaker 15: it's special. These are once in a lifetime moments that
Speaker 15: you get that experience and you're trying to take it
Speaker 15: all in but hopefully get the win tonight and tomorrow.
Speaker 14: Freddy, you've had a few days to practice on this
Speaker 14: playing surface. Does it remind you of Tropic Caana Field's.
Speaker 10: Not like that.
Speaker 15: It's actually a little different because not used to like
Speaker 15: only a little small parts of it being dirt, you know,
Speaker 15: and there's a lot of pebbles popping up, so it's
Speaker 15: a little different. The lights are lower, so there's a
Speaker 15: lot of things that you just kind of get used to,
Speaker 15: and that's what you've got to get here in practice
Speaker 15: and do all that and try and figure it all
Speaker 15: out and do the best you can out there.
Speaker 14: It seems dark in this Tokyo dome. Is that a
Speaker 14: good thing to pick up the baseball?
Speaker 15: I mean, I guess we're gonna find out. We'll see,
Speaker 15: I mean throughout the practices. It's the lights were a
Speaker 15: little bit lower, so maybe a little pop ups. You
Speaker 15: can lose them really easy, but then you can pick
Speaker 15: them back up. So you just got to really stay
Speaker 15: focused on every single pitch, nothing like we don't normally do,
Speaker 15: but just a little bit extra more because it's just
Speaker 15: a different planning environment that we're used to.
Speaker 14: You know, I'm thinking about your right ankle when I
Speaker 14: think of this type of artificial turf surface.
Speaker 7: How has it felt.
Speaker 15: It's okay so far. The metal spikes on this turf
Speaker 15: is a little different. We're doing the best we can
Speaker 15: to combat it. A lot of treatment, a lot of
Speaker 15: treatment after the game, so We're gonna hopefully get through
Speaker 15: these two games and be okay.
Speaker 14: Ready, the Freddie Freeman doctor plan really paid off in Arizona.
Speaker 14: You laid out how you saw this happening, and it
Speaker 14: came to fruition.
Speaker 10: Yeah, it did.
Speaker 15: I'm glad because you never know if an ankle or
Speaker 15: lower body injury, if there's gonna be a little sit
Speaker 15: back or anything like that. But thankfully we got through
Speaker 15: it things. I was able to get enough of bats
Speaker 15: where I felt pretty comfortable up there, so hopefully that
Speaker 15: leads to some good things here in these two games
Speaker 15: against the Cubs.
Speaker 14: Freddie Freeman is our guest just in front of first
Speaker 14: pitch between the Dodgers and Cubs here in the Tokyo Series,
Speaker 14: and Freddy, we talked to you at Dodger Fest. It's
Speaker 14: hard not to continually be reminded about what the team
Speaker 14: did in October last year and what you did in
Speaker 14: October last year. How much have you had time to reflect?
Speaker 14: And is tonight the night that you officially turned the page?
Speaker 10: I mean I still reflected.
Speaker 15: I mean all the spring training, all the fans, it's
Speaker 15: every single day they were out there letting us know
Speaker 15: how appreciative they were of what we did for last
Speaker 15: year year and getting a championship. I don't know if
Speaker 15: you can officially turn the page until we get back
Speaker 15: home and do that for I mean, we got to
Speaker 15: experience it with the Dodger fans back at home and
Speaker 15: get our rings and put the banner up. We can
Speaker 15: still focus on today and the Cubs and still be
Speaker 15: appreciative of what we accomplished. And I know our fans
Speaker 15: are excited for us to get home and play against
Speaker 15: the Tigers and get the rings and the banners, so
Speaker 15: we can still focus on today, but look forward to
Speaker 15: getting those that opening weekend at home.
Speaker 14: Hey, I got breaking news for you. You signed a
Speaker 14: fans calf I believe at Dodger Fest.
Speaker 10: Yes, I did.
Speaker 14: The fan has been dming me on Instagram the tattoo
Speaker 14: that complimented the signature. So I got to show that
Speaker 14: to you. If you have not already seen it, I
Speaker 14: have not seen it. I will show it to you
Speaker 14: after this.
Speaker 10: I can't wait to see it. That is crazy.
Speaker 14: The first time ever.
Speaker 15: I think this is the first time it's been I've
Speaker 15: seen about four tattoos now of me on people.
Speaker 10: It's pretty cool, you know, just since it put me
Speaker 10: on them forever.
Speaker 15: Hopefully, hopefully they when they're a little bit older, they
Speaker 15: still like me.
Speaker 14: That will live forever, Freddy, no doubt, I hope. So
Speaker 14: all right, well, thanks a lot for the time, Freddie.
Speaker 14: Great to spend time with you here in the tunnel
Speaker 14: of the Tokyo Dome.
Speaker 10: This is awesome things, David, I appreciate it.
Speaker 14: Oh the man, Freddie Freeman. We love him and we'll
Speaker 14: send it back to you in the studio.
Speaker 2: Tim, all right, thanks a lot, DV. Thank you, Freddie.
Speaker 2: Freddy's been in a late scratch here in the last
Speaker 2: couple of minutes. From the starting lineup. Kiki Hernandez will
Speaker 2: not get to start at first base. Michael Conforto, who
Speaker 2: was out of the lineup, now in the lineup in
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Speaker 2: Well, this is the first effort opening day match up
Speaker 2: featuring two Japanese born starting pitchers for the Dodgers. Yoshinoba
Speaker 2: Yamamoto twenty six year old right hander out of Okayama, Japan.
Speaker 2: He pitched seven seasons in Japan before coming to the Dodgers,
Speaker 2: where he was dominant over in Japan, winning MVP three
Speaker 2: times his second season now in LA last year eighteen
Speaker 2: starts in the regular season seven and two with a
Speaker 2: three RRA and one hundred and five strikeouts. He was
Speaker 2: great in the postseason last October. Who can forget the
Speaker 2: five scoreless innings in the Game five of the NLDS
Speaker 2: against the Padres and then allowing one run over six
Speaker 2: and the thirty innings in Game two of the World
Speaker 2: Series against the Yankees in four starts in October two
Speaker 2: and oher with fifteen strikeouts showed to Imanaga, thirty one
Speaker 2: year old left hander going for the Cubs, entering his
Speaker 2: second season with Chicago since coming over from Japan last
Speaker 2: year fifteen and three with the two ninety one ERA
Speaker 2: and one hundred and seventy four strikeouts.
Speaker 4: He was an All Star.
Speaker 2: Also a pitch to combine no hitter last September at
Speaker 2: Wrigley Field, Dodgers and Cubs the Tokyo Series. We're fifteen
Speaker 2: minutes away for first pitch keys to the game. Our
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Speaker 2: Season long Dodgers and Cubs in the Tokyo Series from Japan.
Speaker 2: Yoshiamamoto on the mound, first pitch coming up in just
Speaker 2: a few minutes before that, head back out to the
Speaker 2: two guys on the call, Tim Neverttrick Monday.
Speaker 3: Getting ready for the first pitch of this one tonight
Speaker 3: as the Dodgers and the Cubs take on each other
Speaker 3: game one of one sixty two. The Dodgers will be
Speaker 3: the visiting team in both of these games. Yoshinobu Yamamoto
Speaker 3: gets the start. He comes off a seven and two
Speaker 3: season with a three ERA opposing left handed chote I Monaga.
Speaker 3: Imanaga had a tremendous first season in Major League Baseball.
Speaker 3: He went fifteen and three with an ERA of two
Speaker 3: ninety one. He made twenty nine starts for the Cubs.
Speaker 3: He in a short period of time, became their ace.
Speaker 9: You're going to find out about Yamamoto one of the
Speaker 9: issues that he had last year. I mean, he was
Speaker 9: very good once he got to the wheels back on
Speaker 9: the track, but the first inning was problematic. ERA in
Speaker 9: the first inning of games that he pitched, ERA right
Speaker 9: at six. After the first inning, it went down to
Speaker 9: two and a quarter, so there was a big transition
Speaker 9: in the big pitch obviously is the splitter, because his
Speaker 9: off speed pitch is a very low batting average against
Speaker 9: a season ago.
Speaker 3: Key Ke Hernandez is in the starting lineup tonight, a
Speaker 3: right handed bat against Iemon Naga.
Speaker 7: Again, no Mookie bets tonight. He's already back in.
Speaker 3: Los Angeles as the Dodgers and Cubs get ready to
Speaker 3: set sail on this twenty twenty five season and defense
Speaker 3: of a World Series title. Dodgers Cubs coming up from Tokyo.
Speaker 2: All right, thank you very much, guys, first pitch, will
Speaker 2: we come back? Don't forget David vat Day's got all
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