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Speaker 2: We're live at Angels Stadium after the Dodgers hold on
Speaker 2: to beat the Halos six to two in ten innings.
Speaker 3: Welcome the Dodger Talk David Vasse with you.
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Speaker 3: We'll hear for Max Mounsey. Later in the show.
Speaker 2: We'll give you an update on how Yoshi yamamotos second
Speaker 2: rehab start went. We'll give you an update on whether
Speaker 2: or not Clayton Kershaw's wearing a walking boot and how
Speaker 2: that's going, and also Tyler Glass. Now, so we'll get
Speaker 2: to all of that later in the show. But how
Speaker 2: about this game tonight. There really wasn't a lot going
Speaker 2: on in the first, oh, I don't know, seven innings,
Speaker 2: but then it got interesting.
Speaker 3: It got interesting in a couple of different ways.
Speaker 2: Freddie Freeman's at bat in the eighth inning was very interesting.
Speaker 2: As the Angels reliever, he did something very interesting after
Speaker 2: striking out Freddy Freeman on twelve pitches, Jose Kihada started
Speaker 2: doing Hectorares type of antics on the mound in the
Speaker 2: eighth inning after Chris Taylor was at second base and
Speaker 2: Kihada was doing some weird things out there, like he thought.
Speaker 2: The Angels won the game by striking out Freddy Freeman.
Speaker 2: It was a long at bat. He won that battle
Speaker 2: twelve pitches. Freddy was all over those pitches and fouling
Speaker 2: a lot back and filling a few down the line
Speaker 2: and not swinging at sliders down in a way.
Speaker 3: But that was interesting.
Speaker 2: And then the Angels and Dodgers got it going in
Speaker 2: the tenth inning where the Dodgers were able to score
Speaker 2: four runs, Miguel Rojas with a go ahead basit to
Speaker 2: score Tommy Edmund after Max Munsey got Edmund over to
Speaker 2: third base, and then Mookie Bets coming up big after
Speaker 2: Ron Washington opted to walk Otani intentionally. Mookie Bets, I'm
Speaker 2: sure took that personally, and it was great to see
Speaker 2: him deliver. It's one thing to take it personally, it's
Speaker 2: another to take it personally and deliver, and I love
Speaker 2: the attitude we saw for Mookie Bets as he.
Speaker 3: Crossed home plate. We have not seen that Mookie Bets
Speaker 3: all year long.
Speaker 2: And when you talk about having the edge, talk about
Speaker 2: not being mister nice guy. MOOKI if you see him
Speaker 2: on the streets of LA is one of the nicest
Speaker 2: guys you'll meet, and even on the baseball field, he
Speaker 2: can be mister nice guy. But the Dodgers need the
Speaker 2: Mookie Bets we saw in twenty twenty where we saw
Speaker 2: the snarl on his face, and we saw that tonight.
Speaker 2: Mookie Bets does not want to be treated like a
Speaker 2: second class citizen to anybody. He believes he is as
Speaker 2: good as any other Dodger in the lineup, including Sho
Speaker 2: Hey o Tani. That was a flat slider from Contreras
Speaker 2: that Mookie Bets sent to the left field bullpen over there.
Speaker 3: It was a no.
Speaker 2: Doubter, and this sellout crowd of forty four thousand, seven
Speaker 2: hundred and thirty one erupted. You thought you were at
Speaker 2: Dodger Stadium with the way this place went wild when
Speaker 2: Mookie Bets hit that three run home run to give
Speaker 2: the Dodgers a six to two lead and eventually a
Speaker 2: six to two win in ten innings. After the game,
Speaker 2: Mooki caught up with Kirsten Watson on Sports at La.
Speaker 4: Mookie, you were the difference in this game. But that
Speaker 4: three run homer in the tenth inning it was spectacular. First,
Speaker 4: what were you seeing in that at bat to get
Speaker 4: that was?
Speaker 5: Oh, it kind of went so fast.
Speaker 6: I don't even remember.
Speaker 5: Just looking for a good pitch to hit and he
Speaker 5: was He threw some up over the plate and put
Speaker 5: a good swing on it.
Speaker 4: Yeah, you put a good swing on it. And we
Speaker 4: saw the emotions from you. You were hype, you were
Speaker 4: running to run through a wall and felt like, can
Speaker 4: you describe to me with those emotions that you were feeling.
Speaker 5: Were, yeah, that doesn't happen often, so I kind of
Speaker 5: kind of blackout.
Speaker 3: I just knew, uh, you.
Speaker 5: Know, they walk show to get to me, and I
Speaker 5: was just like, all right, I mean that's.
Speaker 3: Kind of what you want.
Speaker 5: But you know, unfortunately it went well.
Speaker 4: I said, asking you shall receive. You've been clutching runners
Speaker 4: with runners in scoring position in tonight, You've got your
Speaker 4: hits and they were on the first pitch. Was that
Speaker 4: your approach is being aggressive? Tonight or is that something
Speaker 4: in which you were planning going into this one.
Speaker 6: I don't know.
Speaker 5: I just I just kind of decide as I'm stepping
Speaker 5: in the box what I'm gonna do, you know, just
Speaker 5: just trying to get some good swings off on some pitches.
Speaker 5: And I mean, I know Freddie's behind me, so they're
Speaker 5: not going to mess around, and so I'm just ready
Speaker 5: to go.
Speaker 4: How good do those moments feel just for you being
Speaker 4: back this game that you love and being a part
Speaker 4: of the really big moments.
Speaker 3: With this team.
Speaker 5: Yeah, it feels amazing. Anytime you're doing something to help
Speaker 5: the team win, it feels amazing. But especially this group
Speaker 5: of guys. We got a really good group of guys,
Speaker 5: and I think we just got to continue to play
Speaker 5: Dodger baseball and everything should be okay.
Speaker 4: You can hear the chance for you, but how would
Speaker 4: you have described just what this atmosphere has been like tonight?
Speaker 1: It was?
Speaker 5: It was great, It was it was really good. I
Speaker 5: mean a lot of Dodgers fans here, obviously a lot
Speaker 5: of Angels fans in here, but you know, Dodger Faithful's
Speaker 5: travels everywhere, and it was electric. It was electric. That's
Speaker 5: why I think the energy came out.
Speaker 4: It's a big moment. And congratulations on this win tonight.
Speaker 2: Thank you love hearing that for Mookie Bets taking it
Speaker 2: personally that the Angels walked ough Tani intentionally, and that's
Speaker 2: what the great ones do. They embraced those moments and
Speaker 2: certainly want to prove the other team wrong. Sometimes it
Speaker 2: doesn't work out, but that time it did and Mookie
Speaker 2: was ready for that flat slider that was right down Broadway,
Speaker 2: right down Kotella Avenue for Mookie Bets. Eight six, six nine,
Speaker 2: seven two five seventy is the phone number. Dodgers beat
Speaker 2: the Angels in ten tonight six to two and maintain
Speaker 2: a six game lead over the Arizona Diamondbacks, who beat
Speaker 2: the Giants tonight eight to seven in San Francisco and
Speaker 2: increase their lead over the Padres to five and a
Speaker 2: half games. With San Diego being off tonight, Let's sit
Speaker 2: out to the phones. Anybody that was at Angel Stadium tonight.
Speaker 2: I want to hear from you, because you took over
Speaker 2: this stadium. You made it Dodgers Stadium. Cheering on the
Speaker 2: Dodgers tonight. Let's go out to Tony who is here
Speaker 2: at the big A. How you doing, Tony, you're on
Speaker 2: Dodger Talk.
Speaker 7: Thanks for taking my call. Just driving home.
Speaker 8: What a game.
Speaker 7: It was electric And when Bets hit that home run,
Speaker 7: I knew it was gone the second it left the bat.
Speaker 7: But he's an amazing ballplayer, and that was playoff baseball.
Speaker 7: There was such an atmosphere in that stadium. If you
Speaker 7: can get a tick it to go see this club
Speaker 7: and all you guys out there. If you've got a date,
Speaker 7: if you want to be a hero, take her to
Speaker 7: a Dodger game. This is the best ticket in town.
Speaker 7: And make no mistake, the Dodgers are California's team, all right.
Speaker 3: Tony, you're not.
Speaker 2: You don't think the Oakland A's are a California's team.
Speaker 2: You're gonna say the Dodgers edge them out.
Speaker 7: Well, they are California's team. They're just what they're bringing,
Speaker 7: the intensity they're bringing uh to the ballpark. It's just
Speaker 7: not unmatched. It's unmatched. And I don't think it's I
Speaker 7: see him winning myself, But.
Speaker 2: Based dating advice from Tony, I appreciate it. Tony, I
Speaker 2: gotta move on full full board of calls here at
Speaker 2: eight six six ninety seven, two, five seventy. Not a
Speaker 2: bad idea by Tony. You want to be a hero
Speaker 2: and win over on a first date, bring your date
Speaker 2: to Dodger Stadium or any Dodger game, no matter what
Speaker 2: city it is, And tonight it was Anaheim.
Speaker 3: This was a.
Speaker 2: Packed house forty four thousand and seven thirty one. And
Speaker 2: you know, there might have been some debate early on
Speaker 2: in this game if it was split or maybe just
Speaker 2: a little bit more towards the Dodger side, But when
Speaker 2: Mookie Betts hit that three run home run, there was
Speaker 2: no doubt. Dodger fans bought up the tickets tonight, and
Speaker 2: it was only the fourth time this season there's been
Speaker 2: a sellout at Angel Stadium. It was electric here at
Speaker 2: Angel Stadium tonight, and it was great that the Angels
Speaker 2: put up a thank you to show hey Otani as
Speaker 2: he was walking up for his first at bat. Very
Speaker 2: classy by the Angels for a guy that did a
Speaker 2: lot in his first six years in the major leagues
Speaker 2: for this team. So I liked seeing that, but I
Speaker 2: thought it was bizarre as far as the media attention goes,
Speaker 2: because it's not like Otani doesn't play at Dodger stadium
Speaker 2: eighty one times. So the local that was here today,
Speaker 2: that was circuling the Dodger dugout and in the clubhouse
Speaker 2: right now. It's not like you don't see Otani every day.
Speaker 2: It's kind of weird. I mean, the way Otani has
Speaker 2: exploded in the consciousness of so many baseball fans wearing
Speaker 2: a Dodger uniform, it's just a testament that we all
Speaker 2: know if you live here in Southern California, that the
Speaker 2: Dodgers are the team, they're the Yankees. The Dodgers and Yankees,
Speaker 2: those are the tool to jewel franchises in Major League Baseball.
Speaker 2: If you play for one of those two teams, everything
Speaker 2: you do is going to be amplified, The awareness of
Speaker 2: what you do is going to be amplified. When you
Speaker 2: win a World championship, it means that much more. So
Speaker 2: that shouldn't be a surprise to anybody. The Angels are
Speaker 2: this part of Southern California's team, and some Dodger fans
Speaker 2: obviously bleeding here, but really this is a city that
Speaker 2: belongs to the Dodgers, and they've been here since nineteen
Speaker 2: fifty eight and have had a lot of success and
Speaker 2: have had a lot of great players play for them.
Speaker 3: Really, the Angels had.
Speaker 2: Their unprecedented run of success when a Dodger was managing them,
Speaker 2: and that was Mike Soosha, the only manager to win
Speaker 2: a World Series with the Angels. He has more wins
Speaker 2: than any other Angel manager in their history. One thousand,
Speaker 2: six hundred and fifty six Als championships with Mike Soshia,
Speaker 2: seven ninety one seasons with Mike Soosha. He was the
Speaker 2: two time Manager of the Year with the Angels. And
Speaker 2: with all this talk about are the Angels going to
Speaker 2: play a montage for Otani?
Speaker 3: How about this?
Speaker 2: Why isn't anybody asking the question, why aren't the Angels
Speaker 2: retiring number fourteen for Mikesosha, the greatest manager in their
Speaker 2: franchise's history. Six two, five seventy is the phone number.
Speaker 2: Let's go out to Rich who is at Angel Stadium tonight?
Speaker 3: Hi? Rich, you're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 6: Hey, it's Rich in Monterey Park. I'm in the parking
Speaker 6: lot right now, and I am so stoked to be
Speaker 6: on Dodger Talk. I haven't been on since Bud Farrillo
Speaker 6: and Jeff Witcher and Tommy Hawkins were in the studio
Speaker 6: in nineteen Mike, so she.
Speaker 3: Was playing for the Dodgers.
Speaker 6: That's right. I'm very old. So all I can say
Speaker 6: is I'm gonna be clean about this. But MOOKI said,
Speaker 6: f around and find out. That's what he did today.
Speaker 6: They walked show Hey intentionally and he went up there
Speaker 6: and he said, okay, I'm gonna make this. I'm gonna
Speaker 6: make them pay, and he launched that thing. That ball
Speaker 6: went into the stands like no doubt. Everybody was screaming
Speaker 6: out five roads behind the Dodger dugouts, we are all
Speaker 6: going insane. It was absolutely incredible. And that's what I
Speaker 6: call last place strategy from the Angels. It's like, you
Speaker 6: don't walk somebody to face another All.
Speaker 9: Star and DMVP.
Speaker 6: So yeah, that's right. And then the other thing is
Speaker 6: we saw book.
Speaker 2: That's the issue for a lot of teams. Rich think
Speaker 2: about that situation in the postseason. Pick your poison. Is
Speaker 2: it going to be Otani, is it going to be
Speaker 2: Mookie Beds or are you even going to pitch around
Speaker 2: those two guys and face Freddie Freeman. That's the dilemma
Speaker 2: facing every team that plays the Dodgers when those three
Speaker 2: guys are going at the same time, which is happening
Speaker 2: right now.
Speaker 6: That's right, but it's like at least let show hate
Speaker 6: taken at that. You know, if like then if he
Speaker 6: hits a home run, then you're down by three instead
Speaker 6: of four.
Speaker 3: And you know, yeah, they were down already.
Speaker 6: Yeah, but I just thought it was awesome that Also,
Speaker 6: Ben Joyce threw the third fastest pitch in Major League
Speaker 6: history tonight when he struck out Tommy Edmond, and it's
Speaker 6: the first it was the fastest strikeout pitch ever, and
Speaker 6: it was the third fastest ever to from our oldest
Speaker 6: Shapman thought that.
Speaker 3: Was yeah, one oh five point five.
Speaker 2: One oh five point five, the fastest pitch on a
Speaker 2: strikeout since they've been tracking all that. But you know what,
Speaker 2: at the end of the day, Rich the Dodgers won
Speaker 2: the game, so they can have that, Ben Joyce can
Speaker 2: have that.
Speaker 6: We are the best, well, ye are the best of
Speaker 6: the major leagues, and we're gonna coast to a World
Speaker 6: Series and we're not gonna give any he says, it's
Speaker 6: not gonna be a strike twenty twenty pandemic here. We're
Speaker 6: gonna make sure we win and uh, make the Astros
Speaker 6: and the Padres and Giants cry, Okay.
Speaker 3: Rich, thanks for the phone call.
Speaker 2: There's a lot to unpack there coast to the World Series.
Speaker 2: I don't know about that, but the Dodgers have a
Speaker 2: very good chance if they continue to play this way,
Speaker 2: and if they're able to get Glass now and Yamamoto
Speaker 2: back healthy and Kershaw gets his turf toe under control,
Speaker 2: they have a very good shot. Not to mention, Bruce
Speaker 2: star Grattarol is expected to return this Friday to the
Speaker 2: Dodger bull and to make it that much deeper. And
Speaker 2: by the way, the Dodgers, with the win tonight, lower
Speaker 2: their magic number to clinch the NL West to eighteen.
Speaker 2: So somebody called during the Arizona series and was asking
Speaker 2: me about the magic number. I said, hey, let's see
Speaker 2: how this series plays out before we start talking magic numbers.
Speaker 2: So officially, tonight in Anaheim is the first time we
Speaker 2: are keeping track of the magic number for the Dodgers
Speaker 2: clinching the NL West, and it's at eighteen tonight. Let's
Speaker 2: take another phone call Marcos, who was at the game tonight?
Speaker 3: Hi? Marcos, where were you sitting tonight?
Speaker 10: I was sitting behind home playing how you said I
Speaker 10: was at Dodger Stadium South.
Speaker 9: The Dodger Sands really.
Speaker 3: Took over that stadium, especially during the seventh stretch.
Speaker 5: It was crazy.
Speaker 9: Everyone was just rooting for the Dodgers. It was really exciting.
Speaker 10: When Mookie just took the energy out of that stadium,
Speaker 10: everyone just started walking out.
Speaker 9: So it was really fun to see that.
Speaker 2: It's always fun to take over another team's house the
Speaker 2: way the Dodgers did tonight and Dodger fans did. It's
Speaker 2: a you know, this is a great option to come
Speaker 2: down to Anaheim and watch the Dodgers.
Speaker 6: Yeah.
Speaker 9: Fair, especially with the cheaper parking.
Speaker 2: Yeah see, there's a there's a perk right there. Thanks
Speaker 2: with phone call Marcos appreciated. Eight six six nine eight
Speaker 2: seven two five seventy is the phone number lost In
Speaker 2: all the excitement of Otani's return and Mookie Betts and
Speaker 2: his big home run in the tenth inning. Have to
Speaker 2: point out Miguel Rojas at a really good game. He
Speaker 2: was our postgame guest. He scored on Otani's triple in
Speaker 2: the third inning, all the way from first base. Dino Ebel,
Speaker 2: who is the best third base coach in baseball, also
Speaker 2: the smartest and knows when to pick his spots to
Speaker 2: be aggressive, was able to waive Rojas home. The thirty
Speaker 2: five year old was out of gas by the time
Speaker 2: he stepped on home plate, and you know, the Angels
Speaker 2: were trying to review that triple by Otani that Joe
Speaker 2: had had issues in the right field corner with if
Speaker 2: the ball was stuck under the padding or somewhere where
Speaker 2: he couldn't reach it. That's where most outfielders throw their
Speaker 2: hands up and say, wait a minute, the baseball is
Speaker 2: stuck or it's in the stands, it's a ground rule double.
Speaker 2: Once he doesn't do that and is trying to fish
Speaker 2: for the baseball, it's not going to be overturned.
Speaker 3: So Rojas scores from first.
Speaker 2: Base in the third inning and then in the top
Speaker 2: of the tenth before Mookie's three run home run. It
Speaker 2: was Rojas's base hit that gave the Dodgers the lead,
Speaker 2: and they go on to beat the Angels tonight six
Speaker 2: to two in ten innings. Also, Walker Buehler trying to
Speaker 2: build upon his last start against the Orioles, facing a
Speaker 2: team in the Angels that does not hit right handed
Speaker 2: pitching that well. Coming into the game tonight, the Angels
Speaker 2: were hitting two twenty four against right handed pitchers and
Speaker 2: only slugging three sixty seven against righty's. Mueler gave up
Speaker 2: two solo home runs tonight, but all in all, it
Speaker 2: felt like he was building upon what we saw against
Speaker 2: the Orioles, Logan o'happy and Taylor Ward, each ofs solo
Speaker 2: home runs off of Bueler. Let's head downstairs again to
Speaker 2: hear from Walker Buehler in the Dodger Clubhouse on sports
Speaker 2: and at LA.
Speaker 11: Yeah, it was kind of in that weird pitch count spot.
Speaker 11: Uh talked to Doc or you told me our book
Speaker 11: phone was in a good spot. I think worked out
Speaker 11: well obviously, you know, building block for me and open
Speaker 11: did a great job and covered the five NFL.
Speaker 3: Yeahh is a good.
Speaker 4: One steph wis Do you feel like you were kind
Speaker 4: of executing your pitches just kind of the outside of
Speaker 4: the two home runs.
Speaker 11: Yeah, that's the homers, you know, run bet heat show
Speaker 11: Happy and then Taylor with that bout down the line,
Speaker 11: and I kind of felt fine about the throw. It
Speaker 11: just you know, he's a he's a pretty good hitter
Speaker 11: with some power and so things like that happened. But
Speaker 11: you know, obviously big buy our.
Speaker 3: Team at the end.
Speaker 11: The you know, the extra ding rule is kind of interesting,
Speaker 11: and you know, getting one or two is the thing,
Speaker 11: but you get four, I think it makes it kind
Speaker 11: of tough.
Speaker 2: Before the game, Dave said, an important start for you
Speaker 2: in the postseason picture.
Speaker 3: How do you approach that? You look at this as
Speaker 3: a positive step?
Speaker 7: Then?
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think so.
Speaker 11: You know, I think these past two starts that you know,
Speaker 11: obviously the line wasn't as good the last time, but
Speaker 11: starting to get some punch outs and all of that
Speaker 11: kind of stuff. I think for me is all these
Speaker 11: little tiny, you know, boxes checked, and you know, I
Speaker 11: feel like myself and I feel like I can go
Speaker 11: and throw the ball well. And you know, tonight it
Speaker 11: wasn't my best game ever, But for right now, I'm
Speaker 11: I'm pretty happy about it and confident. And you know,
Speaker 11: another four or five, six days, whatever we end up doing,
Speaker 11: you know, I feel ready to take the ball and
Speaker 11: feel like I can help us win.
Speaker 3: How do you measure progress with this rate? Performance?
Speaker 2: Made the curveball so effective?
Speaker 7: Is it just the execution of the pitches the way
Speaker 7: you're setting it up?
Speaker 9: How key has that been these last couple.
Speaker 11: Yeah, I mean I think it's kind of drastically different
Speaker 11: in terms of strike percentage and as well as I'm
Speaker 11: throwing a lot of them and you kind of get
Speaker 11: a feel for it at some point. I mean, growing
Speaker 11: up through fastball, curveball and learned a cutter kind of
Speaker 11: down the line, and getting back to that kind of
Speaker 11: my strengths a little bit I think has been huge.
Speaker 11: But no, at the end of the day, the pitching
Speaker 11: coaches here got me in my delivery and now everything
Speaker 11: kind of feels familiar as opposed to feeling really foreign
Speaker 11: like I did for a while, and you know, hats
Speaker 11: off to them and get me kind of back in
Speaker 11: that spot.
Speaker 3: All right.
Speaker 2: There's Walker Buehler, who threw eighty three pitches tonight in
Speaker 2: five innings. Thirty two of those were fastballs. The second
Speaker 2: pitch that he threw the most tonight was the curveball.
Speaker 2: Twenty five curveballs from Walker Buehler, and he mixed in
Speaker 2: the cutter and sinker as well, and through just three
Speaker 2: sweeper pitches and read debt meers. From what I understand
Speaker 2: talking to Angels people, was falling in love with that
Speaker 2: sweeper pitch as well. He only threw that once, so
Speaker 2: love seeing Walker Bueller be a pitcher, and that's what
Speaker 2: we're looking forward to from Bobby Miller. Talking to Bobby
Speaker 2: Miller before the game today, he started to understand where
Speaker 2: he's got to be able to get his change up
Speaker 2: over for strikes or make it a peer as a
Speaker 2: strike to get hitters to chase. It's not just about
Speaker 2: throwing ninety eight. And he's looking forward to pitching tomorrow.
Speaker 2: He told me his left knee has bounced back well
Speaker 2: since his last start where it started to stiffen up
Speaker 2: on him in the fifth inning after covering first base.
Speaker 3: Early in that start.
Speaker 2: So that's good news for Bobby Miller and as far
Speaker 2: as Walker Buehler in the postseason goes, the one thing
Speaker 2: that you can judge a pitcher by is their competitive spirit,
Speaker 2: which Walker Bueller has a ton of, and their track record.
Speaker 2: In fifteen postseason games, Walker Buehler has a two four ERA.
Speaker 2: In two World Series starts, he has only allowed one
Speaker 2: run in thirteen innings. Remember he was the starter in
Speaker 2: twenty eighteen Game four, that when eighteen scoreless innings before
Speaker 2: Max Munsey hit the walk off home run. People forget
Speaker 2: he matched Nathan Avaldi or the Red Sox pitch for
Speaker 2: pitch in that game before it went extra innings. So
Speaker 2: if Walker Buehler can start to continue to build upon
Speaker 2: his last start on to tonight, which he did to
Speaker 2: a certain extent, and make it even better as he
Speaker 2: goes along between now and the end of the regular season,
Speaker 2: I feel very confident to allow Walker Buehler to be
Speaker 2: one of the three or four starters in this rotation,
Speaker 2: depending on how it's looking health wise. Eight six six
Speaker 2: nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone number.
Speaker 2: We have two lines open. We're gonna take more phone
Speaker 2: calls when we continue. Also give you an update on
Speaker 2: Yoshiya Momoto, Tyler Glass Now, and Clayton Kershaw. Plus you'll
Speaker 2: hear from Max Munsey, who got the start tonight against
Speaker 2: the lefty at third base. Dodgers beat the Halos six
Speaker 2: to two and ten innings right here on a five
Speaker 2: to seventy LA Sports.
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Speaker 8: Dodger Talk with Dodger insider David vasse.
Speaker 2: Hotell you with a huge read At first move, there's
Speaker 2: the pitch from Contreras, Ookie Swans hits a drive, Pepelet failed,
Speaker 2: this bo's back, this both gone hold on.
Speaker 3: Hooky Bets with a mooky moment.
Speaker 2: Of that hid a three run shot, and the Dodgers
Speaker 2: have opened it up in the tenth Mookie Bets continuing
Speaker 2: to make Angels Stadium his own. Going back to his
Speaker 2: days with the Red Sox, he has dominated playing here
Speaker 2: in Anaheim, and tonight was no different.
Speaker 9: Now.
Speaker 2: In twenty eight games, Mookie Betts has ten home runs
Speaker 2: and twenty six RBIs. He took it personal when the
Speaker 2: Angels walked o' taani intentionally in the top of the
Speaker 2: tenth inning to get to him. The Dodgers beat the
Speaker 2: Angels tonight in ten, six to two, in the first
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Speaker 2: five seventy is the phone number, and Casey missed it.
Speaker 2: The Dodgers Magic number to clinch the NL West is eighteen.
Speaker 2: Bill Russell's number. I feel like we might party on
Speaker 2: South Beach in Miami when the Dodgers are playing the Marlins.
Speaker 2: That might be the clinch city be ready, ah all right? Now,
Speaker 2: the Dodgers not only beat the Angels, but are looking
Speaker 2: to continue their dominance moving ahead.
Speaker 3: This week.
Speaker 2: They close out this mini two game Freeway series tomorrow,
Speaker 2: had the day off on Thursday, and then we'll play
Speaker 2: the Cleveland Guardians at Dodgers Stadium this Friday night. Yoshi
Speaker 2: Yamamoto was in Oklahoma City tonight pitching against Sugarland, and
Speaker 2: Yamamoto went two innings tonight through fifty three pitches in
Speaker 2: two innings, partly because sugar lends Omar Naveres went took
Speaker 2: Yamamoto for seventeen pitches. In that second inning, he worked
Speaker 2: a seventeen pitch walk. So Yamamoto certainly labored through two
Speaker 2: innings throwing fifty three pitches. But we'll have to see
Speaker 2: what Dave Roberts says tomorrow about what is next for Yamamoto,
Speaker 2: because they were hoping he would go at least three innings,
Speaker 2: but because the pitch count was up and just two innings.
Speaker 3: He stopped it right there.
Speaker 2: So we'll find out whether or not Yama Moto makes
Speaker 2: another rehab.
Speaker 3: Start or he.
Speaker 2: Comes to the Dodgers and gets inserted in the rotation.
Speaker 2: But it feels like he's got to go one more
Speaker 2: to be extended enough to make a major league start. Also,
Speaker 2: Tyler Glass now is throwing off flat ground under the
Speaker 2: watchful eye of Connor McGinnis and Mark Pryor. Today we'll
Speaker 2: see when he throws off a mound. He obviously wants
Speaker 2: to feel one hundred percent right mechanically before he starts
Speaker 2: doing any of that kind of stuff. And also Kershaw
Speaker 2: boot update. I'm on Kershaw boot watch. I just stare
Speaker 2: at his left foot every time I see him. I
Speaker 2: saw him with the tennis shoe. He's uh two separate
Speaker 2: times today he actually played catch and then I did
Speaker 2: see him with the walking boot.
Speaker 3: He tried playing catch with it.
Speaker 2: I'm not sure he loved it, so he took it
Speaker 2: off and we'll see what happens. But he's basically got
Speaker 2: turf toe and ugly turf toe on his big left foot.
Speaker 2: I wouldn't count him out. I know everybody every time
Speaker 2: he goes on the as Oh, that's it for Kershaw.
Speaker 2: Is that the last time he's ever pitching? No, it's not.
Speaker 2: He will be back. He will be ready for October.
Speaker 2: Let's go out to Riverside.
Speaker 3: Ish. You're on Dodger Talk. How you doing Ish?
Speaker 9: Hey, I'm doing pretty good, David Man. It's good to
Speaker 9: talk to you, to talk to you about.
Speaker 3: Did you get the book I sent you? I know
Speaker 3: you were complaining.
Speaker 2: I took a long time to send it to you,
Speaker 2: but I hope you got ho far Savince Scully Memoir, you.
Speaker 9: Know, just unacceptable, David, I'm kidding, man, I did it?
Speaker 9: Get it?
Speaker 3: Much of the goodness?
Speaker 9: Hey, But listen, I wanted to piggyback. You know, you're
Speaker 9: to something as far as like where we at? Where
Speaker 9: would we be without Gavin Stone? To me, I think
Speaker 9: where would we also be at, like on the defensive
Speaker 9: end and even some offense without Migey rojas Man. I
Speaker 9: mean just the performance that he continues to put up,
Speaker 9: the consistency, you know, getting the other veterans and involved.
Speaker 9: You know, you got Max Munty out there smiling, Freddie
Speaker 9: Freeman's out there having fun, you know, Mookie Bets tearing
Speaker 9: it up, having fun, as well. I mean, those are
Speaker 9: some of the intangibles that you know. Of course, analytics
Speaker 9: there's no stat for that, you know, And I like
Speaker 9: to say, you know what, our chances are very very
Speaker 9: good for the postseason. I don't think we're gonna coast.
Speaker 9: But as long as there's no more ten cream, no
Speaker 9: more you know, the micromanager stuff like that, just let
Speaker 9: Dave do his thing. Man, we could definitely see a
Speaker 9: parade this coming fall.
Speaker 2: All right, Ish, thanks for the phone call. And look,
Speaker 2: I agree with you with the Dodgers being healthy in
Speaker 2: their lineup. Now they are going to score runs. It
Speaker 2: is going to be tough for any opposing team to
Speaker 2: deal with this lineup one through nine, especially if there's
Speaker 2: a right handed pitcher on the mound. You're going to
Speaker 2: have to deal with Yavin Lux in the lineup. And
Speaker 2: Chris Taylor. You know, there's a lot of Chris Taylor
Speaker 2: haters out there. Nobody has talked about the quality at
Speaker 2: bats Taylor has had.
Speaker 3: Now he's faced three lefties.
Speaker 2: On this road trip, including tonight and Reed Debt Meers,
Speaker 2: and he's held his own. Obviously, Ben Joyce gave him
Speaker 2: and everybody else troubles in the ninth inning, but Chris
Speaker 2: Taylor has held his own getting starts at second base.
Speaker 2: When there's a lefty on the mound, and you look
Speaker 2: at this lineup one through nine, Tommy Edmond, I can
Speaker 2: understand why the Dodgers wanted him as badly as they did.
Speaker 2: He just fits perfectly wherever you put him in this lineup.
Speaker 2: He can do a lot of different things. And even
Speaker 2: on the last homestand Tommy Edmund was hitting cleanup, I
Speaker 2: wouldn't go that far. But when you have him hitting six, seven, eight,
Speaker 2: even nine, how many teams can say they have a
Speaker 2: Tommy Edman, a switch hitter, doing that kind of stuff.
Speaker 2: And with Max Munsey back from the injured list and
Speaker 2: hitting the ground running looking like the old Max Munsey,
Speaker 2: it makes it that much tougher to deal with. And
Speaker 2: if Will Smith can continue to swing the bat the
Speaker 2: way we saw him in Arizona, I mean there is
Speaker 2: no exal for any starting pitching. The only question for
Speaker 2: the Dodgers is as they get closer to the end
Speaker 2: of the regular season is how is their starting rotation
Speaker 2: going to look in October. We can talk all we want,
Speaker 2: and I could say how confident I am Tyler glass
Speaker 2: Now can try to convince us that he's going to
Speaker 2: be ready for the postseason.
Speaker 3: We could talk.
Speaker 2: About Yamamoto rehab games, but where in reality are the
Speaker 2: Dodgers going to be with their starting rotation for Game
Speaker 2: one of the NLDS. You, right now, if we're just
Speaker 2: looking at who's healthy and tangible, it's Jack Flaherty, it's
Speaker 2: Gavin Stone. Those are your first two starters because they
Speaker 2: are the healthiest, and Walker Buehler and Bobby Miller would
Speaker 2: round out your first four as things stand right now.
Speaker 3: But are they going to stand that way?
Speaker 10: No?
Speaker 3: That's why I believe the Dodgers have a great chance
Speaker 3: of making a run.
Speaker 2: And look, what are the chances that Tyler glass Now
Speaker 2: and Yoshiyamamoto are healthy and good enough to go in
Speaker 2: the first run of the postseason. I don't know, but
Speaker 2: I'll tell you this, if they have at least just
Speaker 2: one of those guys, I feel like their chances are
Speaker 2: a lot better. Even just one of those two guys.
Speaker 2: They're in a better spot than they were a year
Speaker 2: ago going into the NLDS. And oh, by the way,
Speaker 2: if things stay the way they are with the Dodgers
Speaker 2: having the best record, not only in Baseball, which means
Speaker 2: they have the best record in the National League.
Speaker 3: Then they would play the winner.
Speaker 2: Of a best of three wildcard series between their two
Speaker 2: NL West nemesis, the Diamondbacks and the Padres. Who do
Speaker 2: the Dodgers match up better against Arizona or the Padres?
Speaker 3: Both have not shied away from the.
Speaker 2: Dodgers this year and certainly have a belief they can
Speaker 2: play on the same field as the Dodgers.
Speaker 3: You know, the Dodgers.
Speaker 2: Were quick to say after Yesterday's series win that the
Speaker 2: Diamondbacks were without Christian Walker could tell Marte and Gabrielle Moreno,
Speaker 2: all true.
Speaker 3: Their offense is really good.
Speaker 2: I would say the strength of Arizona is their lineup
Speaker 2: and their starting staff to a certain extent, but their
Speaker 2: offense is much better top to bottom than the Padres.
Speaker 2: With the Padres have working for them is their great
Speaker 2: bullpen and also the emotion they feed off of by
Speaker 2: playing the Dodgers. But they have to get through each other,
Speaker 2: right The good news is they're going to take out
Speaker 2: each other. You're not going to have to face Arizona
Speaker 2: and San Diego. What I believe is going to happen.
Speaker 2: The Dodgers beat the winner of that series because it's
Speaker 2: going to be a knockdown, drag out fight and they're
Speaker 2: pitching may not be in order. And the Dodgers in Phillies,
Speaker 2: as I have predicted since day one, will determine who
Speaker 2: goes to the World Series after what I would expect
Speaker 2: to be an electric NLCS in Los Angeles and Philadelphia.
Speaker 2: Let's take another phone call, Frank and Monrovia. You're on
Speaker 2: Dodger Talk.
Speaker 12: Hi, Frank, Hey Dave, you know what ninety nine point
Speaker 12: nine percent degree with what you're saying today. You know,
Speaker 12: seeing Walker Bureller out there, he was catching his stride again.
Speaker 12: And I love the interview that you just just played
Speaker 12: because it's he's got that tone in his voice again
Speaker 12: about having the eye of the tiger. He's feeling it,
Speaker 12: you know, after having a year off. He wants to
Speaker 12: get back on that mound and wants he wants the
Speaker 12: ball in his And you know the other thing is
Speaker 12: that this past series with the Snakes, it had such
Speaker 12: a playoff feel to it. It was amazing. You know.
Speaker 12: My question to you was how big of an impact
Speaker 12: did that particular series have on the dugout In preparation
Speaker 12: for the postseason and then this upcoming series against against Cleveland,
Speaker 12: are we going to start seeing a solid you know,
Speaker 12: getting a preview of a solid playoff rotation as well
Speaker 12: as pitching because we haven't announced our starters yet against
Speaker 12: against Cobb or Boyd and you know those matchups, they
Speaker 12: are really going to start to shape up, especially when
Speaker 12: we're going into those games against the Padres.
Speaker 2: And well, right now where the Dodgers stand, they got
Speaker 2: to be able to manage their rotation. And if they
Speaker 2: are going to get Yamamoto back here in the next
Speaker 2: week or so, they can call up another picture to
Speaker 2: make us start on Friday or Saturday, Frank, So, right now,
Speaker 2: it's about managing the staff and keeping the guys they
Speaker 2: have healthy and finding a way, like they have all
Speaker 2: season long, to pick spots in the schedule to give
Speaker 2: them an extra day of rest. Remember, Jack Flaherty had
Speaker 2: a back issue before he was traded. It's important for
Speaker 2: the Dodgers to keep him healthy.
Speaker 12: We see any type of experimentation or any type of
Speaker 12: new rotation in Florida or in Chicago, what do you
Speaker 12: mean by that goodbye? Are we going to see some
Speaker 12: guys getting a bit more rest or are we going
Speaker 12: to see would you want to keep the momentum rolling
Speaker 12: or have you heard about them keeping the momentum rolling?
Speaker 2: Well, yeah, they're going to keep it rolling. They're not
Speaker 2: going to stop playing until they clinch the West. And
Speaker 2: when you talk about in Chicago, the Cubs are actually
Speaker 2: coming to Dodgers Stadium next week. So you know they're
Speaker 2: going to stick with their big picture plan because it's
Speaker 2: working right now, Frank. So I don't think you're going
Speaker 2: to see any experimentation. There's not the piggyback type of
Speaker 2: starts right now in the works like we saw at
Speaker 2: the end of last year.
Speaker 12: Okay, thanks, that was my worry because last year closing out,
Speaker 12: I was having my doubts.
Speaker 2: I respectfully disagree with some that believe that the Dodger
Speaker 2: rotation is in a worse spot than it was last year.
Speaker 2: I feel like they're in a better spot. Maybe not
Speaker 2: as much depth but because of the injuries, but certainly
Speaker 2: have a lot of difference making pictures that are healthy
Speaker 2: and like I said, two or three more that are
Speaker 2: on their way back. Thanks for the phone call, Frank.
Speaker 2: We'll see how it all plays out. And part of
Speaker 2: all this is the Dodger lineup being as good as
Speaker 2: it is. And yes, the guys, the Dodger players themselves said,
Speaker 2: playing those four games in Arizona and being pushed this
Speaker 2: late in the season is going to be good for
Speaker 2: them in the long term. Do we know how good
Speaker 2: it's going to be. We don't until we find out
Speaker 2: who's left standing at the end of the year. But
Speaker 2: I can tell you this, the Dodgers playing like this
Speaker 2: and not just you know load managing the whole month
Speaker 2: of September is going to keep the edge, especially when
Speaker 2: you have five days off from the last day of
Speaker 2: the regular season to the first game of the NLDS.
Speaker 2: And Max Munsey was on the pregame show today and
Speaker 2: with all these healthy guys coming back, the guys that
Speaker 2: were filling in for these injured players have had to
Speaker 2: go back to their to their role of coming off
Speaker 2: the bench and spots starting and being pinch hitters. And
Speaker 2: Max Munsey talked about how everybody on the team has
Speaker 2: bought in.
Speaker 10: Look, everyone here wants to win.
Speaker 3: That's why we're all here.
Speaker 10: That's why the guys that were free agents that came
Speaker 10: here decided to sign here. They want to win. And
Speaker 10: you know, you can't complain about anything when when you
Speaker 10: signed up for this, and that's you know, everyone in
Speaker 10: this clubous understands that, myself included. You know, I know
Speaker 10: I'm getting a chance to play against the left you tonight.
Speaker 10: But you know, for the most part, we have guys
Speaker 10: that hit left. He's very well and so that might
Speaker 10: mean I'm missing out on some playing time because there's
Speaker 10: a left hander on the mountain and I'm okay with
Speaker 10: that as long as I've put us and the best
Speaker 10: chance to win do. I want to be out there
Speaker 10: one hundred percent, but I'm not going to throw a
Speaker 10: fit and cause a scene and and you know, make
Speaker 10: it a toxic environment. And that's something that this whole
Speaker 10: clubhouse has done extremely well with that Everyone in here
Speaker 10: wants to go out there, and everyone also knows at
Speaker 10: any given moment your name can get called on to
Speaker 10: making it to make a difference in the game, whether
Speaker 10: you started or not. And you know, so everyone say,
Speaker 10: everyone's bought into that.
Speaker 3: All right.
Speaker 2: That's Max Munsey who joined us on the pregame show.
Speaker 2: You can hear the full interview on the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 2: And look, key a Hernandez was really starting to round
Speaker 2: into shape in the month of August, playing every day
Speaker 2: at third base for Max Munsey. Monsey comes back, and
Speaker 2: Key k Hernandez is regulated to spots starting in center field,
Speaker 2: spot's starting at third base against certain pictures. And he
Speaker 2: hasn't rocked the boat. He knows why he's here. He's
Speaker 2: here to help the Dodgers win in October. And that's
Speaker 2: what I look about. I look at guys that have
Speaker 2: done it over over the you know, six seven years,
Speaker 2: they've been here, Keith a Hernandez, Chris Taylor, Max Munsey,
Speaker 2: Walker Buehler. Those are the guys that you trust. Mookie Betts,
Speaker 2: who came up big in twenty for the Dodgers. Those
Speaker 2: are the guys that have been there and have proven
Speaker 2: that they can handle that stage.
Speaker 3: And I nobody.
Speaker 2: Knows how Otani is going to perform in the playoffs,
Speaker 2: but after what I've seen the last few weeks, I
Speaker 2: have no doubts Otani will rise to the occasion. He
Speaker 2: seems to always do that when it counts the most.
Speaker 2: And how about Mooki Betts. Speaking of rising to the occasion,
Speaker 2: Mookie Betts now with his three run home run in
Speaker 2: the tenth inning and his RBI bas hit in the
Speaker 2: third inning tonight is hitting three seventy seven with runners
Speaker 2: in scoring position. You tell me, when you're the manager
Speaker 2: in that dugout and you're walking a guy that is,
Speaker 2: show hey Otani that you want your pitcher facing one
Speaker 2: of the best players in the game that is hitting
Speaker 2: threes seventy seven with runners in scoring position. That is
Speaker 2: a problem for the rest of the league. Otani, Bets, Freeman.
Speaker 3: Are all a problem. And look, I'll say this, I
Speaker 3: was wrong. I was wrong.
Speaker 2: Mookie Bets hitting second behind Otani is a good thing
Speaker 2: because Otani is willing to steal and has the speed
Speaker 2: to steal, and he gets in scoring position for mookie Bets,
Speaker 2: and Mooki Bets, like I said, has delivered countless times
Speaker 2: this year. Freddy Freeman delivers countless times. So for me,
Speaker 2: the way the Dodgers have realigned their starting lineup with
Speaker 2: Otani leading off, I can admit when I'm wrong and
Speaker 2: I was wrong. This is a very difficult lineup to
Speaker 2: navigate through. When you have a guy like Otani that
Speaker 2: is on his way to fifty to fifty and when
Speaker 2: he's not hitting homers, gets into scoring position for Mooki
Speaker 2: Bets and Freddy Freeman after a walk or a single,
Speaker 2: and you saw tonight he was off to the races
Speaker 2: at the triple in the third inning and was ninety
Speaker 2: feet away from scoring. So he's just such a dynamic
Speaker 2: player and I firmly believe and talking to his teammates,
Speaker 2: his manager, he has thrived in this competitive environment with
Speaker 2: the Dodgers.
Speaker 3: There is no way to argue that.
Speaker 2: All right, coming up tomorrow, Bobby Miller will be on
Speaker 2: the mound for the Dodgers. He's looking to continue pitching
Speaker 2: well like he has the last couple of starts. He's
Speaker 2: going up against Griffin Canning, who's four and twelve with
Speaker 2: an ERA of five. Nineteen Morongo Casino Dodgers on deck
Speaker 2: begins at five point thirty with first pitch at six
Speaker 2: thirty eight from the Big A with Rick Monday and
Speaker 2: Tim Neverett. Hopefully the pressure cooker in the press box
Speaker 2: is a little lighter. I'm used to having to take
Speaker 2: in some AMMO from Rick Monday. I mean that just
Speaker 2: par for the course with his you know, I have
Speaker 2: to be on my toes with this quick wit.
Speaker 3: But man, the two thousand or the.
Speaker 2: Nineteen ninety two National League Rookie of the Year, Eric
Speaker 2: Carros doing his best Phil Jackson impersonation with that stash
Speaker 2: and soul patch was coming in hot on me. I
Speaker 2: thought I was tiptoeing out of the press box towards
Speaker 2: the elevator before the game today, and he spotted me
Speaker 2: with those big eyes and that stash and that soul
Speaker 2: patch and brought me into the pressure cooker and just
Speaker 2: was all over me, wearing me out.
Speaker 3: Man.
Speaker 2: You know, it was pretty cool being in the same
Speaker 2: room with Tim Salmon, who won the American League Rookie
Speaker 2: of the Year the year after Carros won the Rookie
Speaker 2: of the Year in the National League. How about that
Speaker 2: two guys talking shop and I was there to listen
Speaker 2: to all of it.
Speaker 3: Take it easy, Carros.
Speaker 2: You know I'll get to you one day, all right.
Speaker 2: I'll get to you Oral Herscheizer, Rick Monday. Those are
Speaker 2: my one A one bs and Carros will get to
Speaker 2: you as well.
Speaker 3: Anyway.
Speaker 2: That'll do it for us on Dodger Talk tonight from
Speaker 2: Angels Stadium.
Speaker 3: Thanks to Dwayne. That's your name, right, Dwayne MacDonald. He's
Speaker 3: still here calling you back.
Speaker 2: Look at our Burbanks studios and thanks to you for listening.
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