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Speaker 2: Welcome the Dodger Talk David vas Say live at Minimate
Speaker 2: Park in Houston, where the Astros shout out the Dodgers
Speaker 2: tonight by a final score of five to nothing eight six,
Speaker 2: six nine, eight seven two five seventy is the phone
Speaker 2: number from ber Valdez was really good tonight. The left
Speaker 2: he had ten strikeouts and six and a third scoreless innings,
Speaker 2: and that was part of the reason why the Dodgers
Speaker 2: were not able to score. Their best opportunity to score
Speaker 2: was in the seventh inning against the Astros bullpen and
Speaker 2: an opportunity to take advantage of the defensive shift the
Speaker 2: Astros had on when there were runners at first and third,
Speaker 2: Key k Hernandez at first base, Miguel Vargas at third base,
Speaker 2: two outs, Gavin Lux at the plate base it to
Speaker 2: the left side, or I should say ground ball to
Speaker 2: the left side where Alex Bregman was, but he was
Speaker 2: looking for a second baseman or any other infielder on
Speaker 2: the right side to toss the ball to for the
Speaker 2: force out at second nobody was there and his hesitation
Speaker 2: cost him. Keyk Hernandez beat him to the bag, but
Speaker 2: for some reason Key k slid off the bag and
Speaker 2: Bregman was able to place the tag on him. While
Speaker 2: all that was happening, Miguel Vargas, who was at the
Speaker 2: runner was the runner at third base, jogged home and
Speaker 2: he was called out after the replay because keyk Hernandez
Speaker 2: was tagged out before Vargas touched home plate. So that
Speaker 2: was a very frustrating sequence of events, and the Dodgers
Speaker 2: are shut out for only the fifth time this year.
Speaker 2: To nothing eight six six nine eight seven two five
Speaker 2: seventy is the phone number, you know before we go
Speaker 2: any further. A part of the reason why the Dodgers
Speaker 2: were shut out tonight is because they were without Mookie Bets,
Speaker 2: without Max Munsey, and for tonight and probably the rest
Speaker 2: of this series at the very least, are without Freddie Freeman,
Speaker 2: who decided, after going through his pregame routine with Dino
Speaker 2: Ebol that you know what, I've got to be home.
Speaker 2: I've got to be home with my family. I got
Speaker 2: to be there for my little son, Max, who apparently
Speaker 2: has been in and out of the hospital the last
Speaker 2: week or so. I gathered that information from a public
Speaker 2: post from Freddie's wife, Chelsea, who posted something yesterday that
Speaker 2: Freddie and was with his son in the er until
Speaker 2: three point thirty in the morning, either yesterday or the
Speaker 2: day before, and he's going through some some health stuff
Speaker 2: and they're trying to figure out what it is, how
Speaker 2: they fix it as they go through this. So Freddy
Speaker 2: was not himself today. When I asked him whether or
Speaker 2: not he wanted to speak publicly about what's been going
Speaker 2: on with Max and how he's been dealing with it,
Speaker 2: he declined, which is very unusual by Freddie Freeman. He
Speaker 2: talks about anything under the sun. He's one of the
Speaker 2: more candid players out there. So you could just see
Speaker 2: how much it's weighing on him. Jose Mota and Rick
Speaker 2: Munday rode the bus over here with him. They obviously
Speaker 2: could tell something was weighing on his mind as well,
Speaker 2: and we found out when Dave Roberts came to speak
Speaker 2: to the media that Freddie was a late scratch and
Speaker 2: he was headed home to Los Angeles, and rightfully so.
Speaker 2: Our thoughts are with little Max Freeman, and no doubt
Speaker 2: Max is as strong as his dad and his mom,
Speaker 2: and he'll come out of this and they will figure
Speaker 2: what's going on and they will treat it. There's good
Speaker 2: people at the Children's hospital and they will definitely fight
Speaker 2: this with Max, and Freddie just needs to be there
Speaker 2: to be there for support for not only Max, but
Speaker 2: his other two sons and also for his wife Chelsea.
Speaker 2: So Freddie, We're with you and Max and the rest
Speaker 2: of the Freeman family and we're thinking about you. Eight
Speaker 2: six six nine seven two five seventy is the phone number.
Speaker 2: Let's go out to Kevin in Culver City. You're on
Speaker 2: Dodger Talk with David vasse Hi.
Speaker 3: Kevin, God is good.
Speaker 4: How are you doing, David? Some things are bigger than baseball.
Speaker 4: So my thoughts in Parisa was Freddy and his family,
Speaker 4: you know, take as much time as he needstest number one,
Speaker 4: taking care of that. Hope the little one gets better,
Speaker 4: and he's in my thoughts. So tough, tough, tough things
Speaker 4: going on, but yeah, absolutely love Freddy, lovely stance, will
Speaker 4: of the family, you know tonight there's obviously other things
Speaker 4: going on with the team, hopefully could bounce back. I
Speaker 4: just want to get your thoughts on what we could
Speaker 4: possibly do to kind of strengthen our team. I don't
Speaker 4: know what's going on with Yamamoto going to come back.
Speaker 4: If the Giants want to get out of your boy
Speaker 4: snall Villa, maybe we can make a run to Blake Snell.
Speaker 4: I know three minute far Han know each other mutually.
Speaker 4: Or do we go after a big fish like maybe
Speaker 4: Vladimiric rolld Jr. Haven't played third base? Or bring our
Speaker 4: boy Nolan Arenado back home to the OC to LA
Speaker 4: What are your thoughts on that? Or do we do
Speaker 4: something small like getting Justin turned? What do you do
Speaker 4: is the best alternative? Thanks David, appreciation, Go Blue, Go Dodge.
Speaker 2: All right, Kevin, thanks for the phone call. Well, there's
Speaker 2: a lot of different questions right there. Number one, we
Speaker 2: went through this during the Giant series because I was
Speaker 2: one of the first that said it's becoming apparent the
Speaker 2: Giants are not They're not contenders. They're pretenders, and they
Speaker 2: have to come to that realization, and they may trade
Speaker 2: Blake Snell. But my understanding is they're only going to
Speaker 2: get about two million dollars of relief on the luxury tax.
Speaker 2: So unless the Dodgers are really overwhelmed far han Ziety,
Speaker 2: I don't see them making a trade with the Dodgers
Speaker 2: to send Blake Snell here. We went through this on
Speaker 2: the homestand we looked it up. Dwayne MacDonald, our producer engineer,
Speaker 2: looked it up and confirmed that the Dodgers and Giants
Speaker 2: have only made three trades since the teams moved west,
Speaker 2: and the last one was all the way back in
Speaker 2: two thousand and seven, Mark Sweeney was traded to the Dodgers.
Speaker 2: And before that, you have to go twenty two years
Speaker 2: further from seven, and that was Candy Maldonado, a power
Speaker 2: hitting outfielder, was traded to the Giants for a backup
Speaker 2: catcher in Alex Travino. And then there was another trade
Speaker 2: of names that we really don't know in nineteen fifty eight.
Speaker 2: So the likelihood of Blake Snell being traded, I would
Speaker 2: say is above. I would say on a scale of
Speaker 2: one to ten, I would say at least an eight
Speaker 2: is the possibility of him being traded. As far as
Speaker 2: traded to the Dodgers, I would say that's a two.
Speaker 2: Considering the Giants and their fan base, detest the Dodgers,
Speaker 2: and if far Haunt traded Blakesnell to the Dodgers, I'm
Speaker 2: not sure he would be allowed back in the city.
Speaker 2: So I just don't see that happening now. The Dodgers
Speaker 2: did make a trade today.
Speaker 5: They did put.
Speaker 2: James Paxton designated for assignment, but they traded James Paxton
Speaker 2: today to the Boston Red Sox, the team that Paxton
Speaker 2: pitched for last year, for a seventeen year old infielder
Speaker 2: by the name of Moises Boulevar. He was playing in
Speaker 2: the Dominican Summer League for the Red Sox team. So
Speaker 2: the Dodgers made a trade and James Paxton goes back
Speaker 2: to Boston. Randy a Rose Arena, a player that I've
Speaker 2: talked about for the last month, went to the Seattle Mariners.
Speaker 2: Late last night when we landed in Houston, we got
Speaker 2: the news that Arose Arena was traded to the Mariners,
Speaker 2: and the desperation of Jerry Depoto obviously trumped whatever the
Speaker 2: Dodgers were discussing with the race for a Rose Arena,
Speaker 2: because my understanding is Depoto gave up a top one
Speaker 2: hundred prospect out of the Mariners organization for a Rose Arena,
Speaker 2: and the Dodgers were not going to give up an
Speaker 2: Alex Freeland or anybody of that caliber for a Rose Arena.
Speaker 2: So that's how the Mariners got him. And we also
Speaker 2: got the news that Garrett Crochet now is making outrageous
Speaker 2: demands for a guy that's barely pitched in the big leagues.
Speaker 2: He's making demands now that he wants an extension if
Speaker 2: he were to pitch in the postseason for a team
Speaker 2: he doesn't want to go to the bullpen. All these
Speaker 2: type of things that are going to make it very
Speaker 2: difficult for the White Sox to trade Crochet if these
Speaker 2: demands are accurate, and my understanding is they are. I mean,
Speaker 2: he was asked about it before the game today in
Speaker 2: Chicago and he did not say they were false. He
Speaker 2: just said no comment. He's not talking about it. So
Speaker 2: you could take Garrett Crochet off that list as well.
Speaker 2: I don't see the Tigers trading Trek Schoolbols, so there
Speaker 2: are going to have to be other ways the Dodgers
Speaker 2: improve this team. May with the Marlins closer Tanner Scott,
Speaker 2: maybe with another outfielder like a Tommy fam or a
Speaker 2: Luis Robert. Those are names to remember, and also a
Speaker 2: Nico Horner of the Cubs. It seems like something might
Speaker 2: be being discussed between the Dodgers and Cubs. Whether or
Speaker 2: not it comes to fruition still remains to be seen.
Speaker 2: But the Dodgers have a.
Speaker 5: Really good team.
Speaker 2: They have three MVPs on their team, they have multiple
Speaker 2: All Stars. If they can reinforce this team with those
Speaker 2: type of players at the trade deadline, they're a better team.
Speaker 5: It doesn't have to be.
Speaker 2: A Garrett Crochet or a Trek Schouble. That's a big
Speaker 2: splash type of trade. But if they're able to improve
Speaker 2: it with a closer like Tanner Scott and improve it
Speaker 2: with an infielder like Nico Horner and an outfielder like
Speaker 2: Tommy fam I would say that's a win at the
Speaker 2: trade deadline for Andrew Friedman. Eight six six nine eight
Speaker 2: seven two five seventy is the phone number.
Speaker 5: Let's go out to west Chester. Ronnie. You're on Dodger
Speaker 5: Talk Live from Houston.
Speaker 6: Hi, Ronnie, Hey, David, thank you for taking a call.
Speaker 6: Why do you get your opinion on two things? The
Speaker 6: po has Vargas outfield combo. I feel like every game
Speaker 6: there's a ball that falls that shouldn't and today I
Speaker 6: think it was a the affle TV. Don Tell does
Speaker 6: a great job, but the guy who play that played
Speaker 6: made it seem like neither of them that played outfield
Speaker 6: before to say one thing. But that's something in just
Speaker 6: And when Mookie comes back, right, I'm assuming he's going
Speaker 6: back to shortstop. We don't know what it's called on Rojas,
Speaker 6: So the outfield.
Speaker 5: I don't know about that.
Speaker 2: I would you know, Nick on Meds here, who knows
Speaker 2: who the Dodgers acquire at the trade deadline as far
Speaker 2: as an infielder that could play shortstop like a Nico Horner.
Speaker 2: So no, I would not say Mookie's going back to
Speaker 2: shortstop when he comes back, and Miguel Rojas is expected
Speaker 2: back as well.
Speaker 6: And that's great news because I want to see pay
Speaker 6: Oscar back and left, I want Mookie back, and right,
Speaker 6: we do need to send a fill of their fam
Speaker 6: I know, you know he's a little bit old, but man,
Speaker 6: I will take him ten days out of ten in
Speaker 6: centerfield over what we have right now. And then second
Speaker 6: there the kind of wanted to get your opinion on
Speaker 6: the trade deadline with what's already happened. I thought one
Speaker 6: of the diamonds in the rough with Zach Applin, like
Speaker 6: he's really down this year. I think the market was
Speaker 6: a little depressed on him. The kind of guy who, like,
Speaker 6: I don't know, the last three years before this season
Speaker 6: had been pretty nails for the Phillies. You know, is
Speaker 6: there a possibility like and again this isn't a complaint,
Speaker 6: This is more of an honest question. Now that we're
Speaker 6: seeing what's come off the border, ready, is lance win
Speaker 6: like that type of picture, like in that realm of
Speaker 6: just like, hey, get us inning and.
Speaker 3: Get us to the postseason.
Speaker 6: Tell our guys our horses get right and then like
Speaker 6: a Tanner scot or like should we be searching movie?
Speaker 2: Bite your tongue? Did you just ask about Lanceln Again?
Speaker 2: The Dodgers are not looking for that type of picture
Speaker 2: this trade deadline. They're looking for a playoff pitcher that
Speaker 2: can make us start in game two or game three,
Speaker 2: that type of caliber, a playoff starter. And if they
Speaker 2: can't get that type of playoff starter, they're going to
Speaker 2: allocate their prospect resource in different areas to shorten the game.
Speaker 2: Like a Tanner Scott, you can do other things to
Speaker 2: shorten a game.
Speaker 5: And let's not forget.
Speaker 2: They'll be moving some of these starters to the bullpen
Speaker 2: in October as well. So it's not a do or
Speaker 2: die situation if you don't get Garrett Crochet right.
Speaker 6: And Flyn is not a guy.
Speaker 5: Eflyn is not a guy. I'm sorry, he's not.
Speaker 2: The Dodgers already have starters that are as good as,
Speaker 2: if not better than, Zach Efflin.
Speaker 6: And I think you've said, of all the million times,
Speaker 6: let the Rangers just keep winning and that Dicas know, Well.
Speaker 2: Forget about that now, Ronnie. They're gonna win now. Now
Speaker 2: they're buying. Now they're buying. Thanks a lot for reading
Speaker 2: for the Rangers, Ronnie, You're ruined my plans. Okay, thanks
Speaker 2: for the phone call. I was just kidding. Eight six
Speaker 2: six nine eighty seven two five seventy is the phone number.
Speaker 2: Astros shut out the Dodgers tonight, five to nothing. Yeah,
Speaker 2: it appears that the Rangers now are all in. They
Speaker 2: are in competition for the Al West, which is not
Speaker 2: that great of a division. The Mariners have coughed up
Speaker 2: a big lead. That's why they panicked and gave up
Speaker 2: quite a bit a haul to the Rais for Randyo
Speaker 2: Rose Arena, Seattle, is one game back in Houston. The
Speaker 2: Rangers are only three and a half games back, So yeah,
Speaker 2: they're not selling anymore.
Speaker 5: They're all in eight.
Speaker 2: Six, six, eighty seven, two five seventy. Let's go out
Speaker 2: to Brad and mission Viej. You're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 7: Hi, Brad, Hi, thanks for taking my call. The Dodger
Speaker 7: offense has been kind of anemic over the past few games.
Speaker 7: There's a lot of strikeouts and stuff. And what I'm
Speaker 7: wondering is that's going to probably get better when if
Speaker 7: they can get any kind of acquisition, wouldn't you say
Speaker 7: they would probably just get a little bit more balanced
Speaker 7: in the lineup.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I would say they're just trying to lengthen their lineup.
Speaker 2: And when they get Max Muntsey back and Mookie Beds back,
Speaker 2: you're extending the lineup pretty good there. I mean, those
Speaker 2: are two big pieces to make your lineup deeper.
Speaker 7: And do you think Will Smith's savage will pick up
Speaker 7: a little bit? He's a little bit ever since those
Speaker 7: four home runs in a row, he's kind of down
Speaker 7: a little bit in the average get.
Speaker 5: Yeah, I don't know what's going on with Will.
Speaker 2: I have a feeling, Brad that something physically is going
Speaker 2: on with Will He takes a beating back there behind
Speaker 2: the plate, and he's not a guy that wants to
Speaker 2: talk about it. If something's going on, he may reveal
Speaker 2: it towards the end of the year, but while he's
Speaker 2: in the middle of it, he's not saying much. But yeah,
Speaker 2: there might be something physically going on with Will Smith.
Speaker 2: And that's the danger of relying on a catcher to
Speaker 2: be one of your best offensive hitters, because a lot
Speaker 2: of times they're not themselves because of the beating they
Speaker 2: take up behind the plate. So definitely, I would say
Speaker 2: that he's not just in a slump like other players
Speaker 2: just because that's part of the season. I would say
Speaker 2: he's in a slump because physically he may be wearing
Speaker 2: down or are there's some bumps and bruises that are
Speaker 2: taking its toll on him. Eight six six ninety seven
Speaker 2: two five seventy is the phone number. Astro shut out
Speaker 2: the Dodgers tonight, five to nothing. Framberg Valdez was outstanding
Speaker 2: six and a third scoreless innings, ten strikeouts, while Gavin
Speaker 2: Stone takes the loss. He gave up home runs to
Speaker 2: Alex Bregman and first baseman John Singleton.
Speaker 5: Let's go out to Laguna Hills. Rob. You're on Dodger
Speaker 5: Talk with David vasse Hi, Rob.
Speaker 8: David. Because of yesterday, the Dodgers had the second most
Speaker 8: wins in baseball. But as a die Dodger fan, there's
Speaker 8: a lot to be said about the team right now.
Speaker 8: Piez is a starting center fielder.
Speaker 9: He had twenty nine RBIs and one hundred and five games.
Speaker 9: I don't know how far you can go with a
Speaker 9: starting center field like that. Now the five inning pitcher, now,
Speaker 9: Stone is a four inning pitcher. Now he's pitching like
Speaker 9: a minor league.
Speaker 8: Now you know you're dying on the line. He did great.
Speaker 8: Uh uh you know, but the last four games, Uh,
Speaker 8: I don't know about pies. I know the bullpen is
Speaker 8: you know, beat up and ty.
Speaker 2: So he just started off saying this, Uh, the Dodgers
Speaker 2: have the second best record in the National League.
Speaker 5: I'm still waiting for you to say something positive.
Speaker 9: Well, you know, I know, what do you think about
Speaker 9: Glass now pitching five innings a game?
Speaker 2: Now, he just came off the I L and that
Speaker 2: was his first start back. So he's not going to
Speaker 2: pitch a complete game. And I feel like when it's
Speaker 2: money time and he's going well. The Dodgers are going
Speaker 2: to let him ride out until you know, he runs
Speaker 2: out of gas sixth or seventh inning in a game.
Speaker 5: Rob but uh Tyler Glass.
Speaker 2: Now is a big part of the Dodgers' October plans,
Speaker 2: and they're going to manage his workload until they get
Speaker 2: closer to that.
Speaker 9: With outman on the bench. As a left handed Batta,
Speaker 9: one of why Dave Robinsons thought him ob a pies
Speaker 9: against the right handed pitcher tonight.
Speaker 2: Well, the starter was a left handed pitcher. Rob Framber
Speaker 2: Valdez is a lefty. Thanks for the phone call, appreciate it.
Speaker 2: You ran out of questions. Eight six six nine eighty
Speaker 2: seven two five seventy is the phone number. We're going
Speaker 2: to take a time out here on Dodger Talk. When
Speaker 2: we come back, more of your phone calls, Plus we'll
Speaker 2: give you an update on hal Walker. Buehler fared in
Speaker 2: Oklahoma City tonight and we'll take more of your phone calls.
Speaker 5: And also had a chance.
Speaker 2: To check in with Clayton Kerse shot today, so we'll
Speaker 2: let you know how he was feeling after his season
Speaker 2: debut yesterday at Dodgers Stadium. Eight six six nine eight
Speaker 2: seven two five seventy is the phone number. Dodgers shut
Speaker 2: out for only the fifth time this season, five to
Speaker 2: nothing by the Astros on a five to seventy LA Sports.
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Speaker 2: David Masse live at min in May Park in Houston, Texas.
Speaker 2: After the Astros shut out the Dodgers five to nothing,
Speaker 2: eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy is
Speaker 2: the phone number. The Dodgers get beat by Franbervaldez tonight,
Speaker 2: who was on his game. He had ten strikeouts and
Speaker 2: six and a third scoreless innings. Gavin Stone takes the loss.
Speaker 2: We wanted to give you an update on Walker Buehler,
Speaker 2: who was making his first start for Oklahoma City since
Speaker 2: going out to Florida for a month to get his
Speaker 2: hip groin area right, get his pitching mechanics realigned in
Speaker 2: the process. Tonight, Bueller went four innings for Oklahoma City
Speaker 2: and gave up four earned runs eight hits. He only
Speaker 2: had three strikeouts. He threw seventy two pitches and four innings.
Speaker 2: Forty five of those pitches were strikes. What does that
Speaker 2: all mean? I have no idea, but if you just
Speaker 2: look at the box score, that does not overwhelm you.
Speaker 2: So I have to ask Dave Roberts tomorrow whether or
Speaker 2: not Bueller needs another rehab start or he feels like
Speaker 2: he's ready to go the next time around the rotation.
Speaker 2: By the way, in that same game in Oklahoma City Dodd,
Speaker 2: two Dodger key relievers made appearances. Bruce Starr, Graderol and
Speaker 2: Michael Grove each pitched an inning of scoreless baseball. So
Speaker 2: that is big because the Dodger bullpen has been gassed.
Speaker 2: They need those two guys back in a big way.
Speaker 2: All right, let's go back out to the phones. Let's
Speaker 2: go out to Nathan and Huntington Beach. You're on Dodger
Speaker 2: Talk with David vasse Hi.
Speaker 10: Nathan, David, I want to talk about trade deadline. A
Speaker 10: lot of it talks about big acquisitions, but you know,
Speaker 10: we look at what this team has lacked for really
Speaker 10: that the whole last era in the postseason, it's timely hitting.
Speaker 10: Do you think they should be going after some contact hitters,
Speaker 10: especially one who's maybe undervalued this season on of the
Speaker 10: value trade part of the Dodgers like and Andy Diaz.
Speaker 5: Yandy Diaz. Where is he gonna play?
Speaker 10: They played third base. You don't know what mac Munky
Speaker 10: is gonna give you when he comes back.
Speaker 2: From what I understand he You know, he's in the
Speaker 2: same bucket as of Vladimir Guerrero Junior when it comes
Speaker 2: to third base. That's the reason why he's been playing
Speaker 2: a lot of first base for the race. Well, the
Speaker 2: Dodgers are pretty uh and the Dodgers are pretty encouraged
Speaker 2: that Max Munsey is going to come back, so they
Speaker 2: will have monthsy back before I would have magine in
Speaker 2: the end of August.
Speaker 10: All right, Well, appreciate David hope they find somebody who
Speaker 10: can make contact in that bottom half the lineup.
Speaker 2: How do you like Tommy fam Tommy Fan's a three
Speaker 2: thirteen playoff hitter, and the Dodgers there more than they
Speaker 2: need a third baseman.
Speaker 10: You know, Tommy fam definitely has some stats behind him.
Speaker 10: They need somebody who's not going to strike out, and I.
Speaker 5: Just gave you his numbers. He's not a strikeout guy.
Speaker 2: He's a three thirteen lifetime playoff player. All you talk
Speaker 2: about is having a playoff player. You just called me
Speaker 2: with that, Tommy Fam, I would say a three to
Speaker 2: thirteen playoff hitter against the best pitching which you face
Speaker 2: in the postseason, Nathan, I would call him a contact hitter.
Speaker 10: Yeah, I wouldn't. I wouldn't argue with Tommy Fam. But
Speaker 10: it doesn't add the same kind of confidence to lineup
Speaker 10: thats somebody like Andy Diaz.
Speaker 2: All Right, I disagree with that in different ways because
Speaker 2: Yandi Diaz does not have a position on the Dodgers.
Speaker 5: Thanks for the phone call.
Speaker 2: Eight sixty six nine eight seven two five seventy is
Speaker 2: the phone number. Let's go out to Burbank.
Speaker 5: Hank. You're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 3: Hi Hank, Hi Dave. How are you. I'm doing well, Okay, great.
Speaker 3: I gotta tell you, I think you're one of the
Speaker 3: best interviewers and broadcasters in the game, so at first
Speaker 3: I got to get you the war.
Speaker 5: I don't know if that's true, but I appreciate your kindness.
Speaker 3: Yeah. Well, it's a tougher job when they don't win,
Speaker 3: isn't it.
Speaker 2: And the Dodgers make my job really easy and have
Speaker 2: ever since I started in twenty twelve.
Speaker 3: Okay, very good. Okay, I'll get right to my question.
Speaker 3: Knowing that the Dodgers have such a large payroll, is
Speaker 3: that you really think that other teams really want to
Speaker 3: trade with them to make them better.
Speaker 2: My understanding now going back five or six years, is
Speaker 2: that there's this thing called a Dodger tax out there meeting.
Speaker 2: Teams like you said, Hank, don't want to help the
Speaker 2: Dodgers get better, and maybe they ask for more from
Speaker 2: the Dodgers than they would from other teams. I'm not
Speaker 2: saying that happens all the time, but that's I've heard that.
Speaker 2: I've heard there is a Dodger tax.
Speaker 3: Dodgers told understood. Well, that was my question. So you know,
Speaker 3: go Dodgers. That's the luck to them, you know, if
Speaker 3: not wait till next year.
Speaker 2: Okay, Hank, thanks a lot for the phone call. Hopefully
Speaker 2: they won't have to wait until next year. And speaking
Speaker 2: of that, you know, this is the first time I've
Speaker 2: been back to Minute May Park since Game five of
Speaker 2: the twenty seventeen World Series. The Dodgers have come back
Speaker 2: in twenty twenty and twenty twenty one, but I can
Speaker 2: tell you this talking to members of the coaching staff,
Speaker 2: players that were on that twenty seventeen Dodgers team, like Kershaw,
Speaker 2: Austin Barnes, to name a couple. They do not like
Speaker 2: coming back here. This place does not have great memories
Speaker 2: for them, And even though the rest of the baseball
Speaker 2: world has moved on, when you come back here and
Speaker 2: you're with the Dodgers, it's a constant reminder of what
Speaker 2: was taken from you in twenty seventeen, and what was
Speaker 2: taken from them was Game.
Speaker 5: Five of that World Series.
Speaker 2: I'm a big believer that the only game the Astros
Speaker 2: really took from the Dodgers was Game five because Game four,
Speaker 2: Alex Wood was extremely smart and changed up his signs
Speaker 2: so the Astros could not use their tactics to steal
Speaker 2: pitches from him. You, Darvish was a different animal, because
Speaker 2: they had his signs, they saw the tipping of his pitches.
Speaker 2: For some reason, they just had him, and I wouldn't
Speaker 2: be shocked. In Game three, obviously they stole signs from
Speaker 2: him as well. But I'm a big believer the Dodgers
Speaker 2: still could have won that World Series if they just
Speaker 2: would have closed out Game two. If not for Marwin
Speaker 2: Gonzalez's game tying home run in the eighth inning. I
Speaker 2: believe it was off of Kenley Jansen. The Dodgers would
Speaker 2: have gone up two to zero.
Speaker 5: They would have.
Speaker 2: Came here to Houston and all they needed was one
Speaker 2: win to take it back to LA. And we saw
Speaker 2: the Dodgers win Game six and lose Game seven. But
Speaker 2: to me, the twenty seventeen World Series was not lost
Speaker 2: in Houston. It was lost in LA in Game two.
Speaker 2: But nonetheless, coming back here for the first time since
Speaker 2: twenty seventeen and I wasn't even a player, it just
Speaker 2: brings back a lot of those memories of what the
Speaker 2: astros did, not only to the Dodgers but to other teams.
Speaker 2: And think about this, how many lives those astros changed,
Speaker 2: not just with the Dodgers, but specifically with the Dodgers.
Speaker 2: The narratives surrounding Clayton Kershaw and Dave Roberts' careers would
Speaker 2: be completely different right now if they won that World Series.
Speaker 2: There were two members, two veterans of that Dodger team
Speaker 2: through that retired without another opportunity, and that was Chase
Speaker 2: Utley and Andre Ethier. Brandon Morrow left his arm on
Speaker 2: the field in twenty seventeen, he went to the Cubs,
Speaker 2: got a big deal, but never had another opportunity. Think
Speaker 2: about the Yankees and the Alcs, the players that never
Speaker 2: had a chance to win either. So you know it
Speaker 2: wasn't just about stealing the championship and all that other stuff.
Speaker 5: They changed the narratives of.
Speaker 2: Careers around Major League Baseball in twenty seventeen, and who
Speaker 2: knows how much longer. Daniels Jewelers they are the official
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Speaker 2: That'll do it for us Tonight on Dodger Talk, We'll
Speaker 2: be back with you after Tomorrow's game, Game two of
Speaker 2: this three game series. Ronel Blanco will be on the
Speaker 2: mount for the Astros. He's nine to five this season
Speaker 2: with an ERA of two seventy five. He threw a
Speaker 2: no hitter earlier this season. He's going up against rookie
Speaker 2: Justin Robleski, who is making just his fourth career start
Speaker 2: in the Big leagues and he will be on the
Speaker 2: mound searching for his first major league win. Morongo Casino
Speaker 2: Dodgers on Deck begins at three o'clock tomorrow with first
Speaker 2: pitch at four to ten. Thanks to Dwayn McDonald out
Speaker 2: here in Houston with us, Thanks to Colin Ye back
Speaker 2: at our Burbank Studios, and thanks to you for listening.
Speaker 2: In case you missed any of the show or our
Speaker 2: pregame conversation with Nick on med you can find it
Speaker 2: on the iHeartRadio app. Once again, want to send out
Speaker 2: our best wishes to Max Freeman, Freddie Freeman, Chelsea Freeman
Speaker 2: and the rest of the Freeman family.
Speaker 5: We are with you, and we.
Speaker 2: Know Max Scott has got this, and he's in great
Speaker 2: care and obviously has the great support of his parents
Speaker 2: and his family. So thinking about you, Freddie, thinking about
Speaker 2: the family, and we are with Max.
Speaker 5: Max has got this, no doubt about it, all right.
Speaker 2: Once again, the final score from Inmate Park in Houston, Texas.
Speaker 2: The Astro shut out the Dodgers five to nothing. Have
Speaker 2: a great rest of your night.
Speaker 5: See them