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<v Speaker 1>The right five Dodgers playoff Baseball is back and with

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<v Speaker 1>This is Sax and Cakes in the A app Go

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<v Speaker 1>with Broway. Dodger legend Steve Sacks is joined by your

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<v Speaker 1>favorite Dodger pregame host, Tim Kates. If you want to

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<v Speaker 1>talk Dodgers, get in on the show on eighty six

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<v Speaker 1>six nine, eighty seven two five seven now. While the

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<v Speaker 1>Dan Patrick Show streams on the Ihearts radio app. We've

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<v Speaker 1>been banished to the Internet until this Dodgers playoff run concludes.

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<v Speaker 1>Here they are broadcasting live on AM five to seven

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<v Speaker 1>e LA Sports. It's Tim Kates and Steve Sachs.

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<v Speaker 3>Seventeen times this season the Dodgers and padres and wearing off.

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<v Speaker 3>Only number eighteen matters as whoever wins Game five the

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<v Speaker 3>NLDS tonight moves on to the NLCS. Hi everybody, and

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<v Speaker 3>welcome in to Sax and Kates in the AM here

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<v Speaker 3>on A five to seventy LA Sports. I am Tim Kats,

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<v Speaker 3>joined by two time World Series Champion, Rookie of the

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<v Speaker 3>Year and one hell of a guy, my favorite number

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<v Speaker 3>three of all time, Steve Sacks. Saxy, Good morning, Hey Tommy,

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<v Speaker 3>how you doing. I'm on tilt right now. To be

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<v Speaker 3>honest with you, Saxy, I don't know how I feel.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm emotionally a wreck right now. I feel like this

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<v Speaker 3>is another postseason where this Dodgers can start again a

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<v Speaker 3>great run here and go on to the NLCS, or

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<v Speaker 3>things can go tremendously wrong tonight. I feel like Game

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<v Speaker 3>seven of the World Series all over again in twenty seventeen,

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<v Speaker 3>and wouldn't you know it, you Darvish is on the

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<v Speaker 3>mound pitching per time for the Padres, but not for

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<v Speaker 3>the Dodgers like you was in twenty seventeen. I'm emotionally

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<v Speaker 3>a wreck right now because I don't know what is

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<v Speaker 3>going to happen tonight. I don't have a feel on

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<v Speaker 3>this game, and quite frankly, I'm nervous.

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<v Speaker 2>Well. I think the best barometer that we can get

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<v Speaker 2>is to ask missus Kates how you were getting along

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<v Speaker 2>last night. Did you getty sleep or what? But look,

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<v Speaker 2>I feel great about it. I feel one eighty opposite

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<v Speaker 2>of you. I am completely antithetical to your thought process

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<v Speaker 2>this morning. I think that Dodgers are gonna shove today.

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<v Speaker 2>I want you Darvish on the mound. If that's the

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<v Speaker 2>best they got, bring it. It's time. Listen. Darvish is

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<v Speaker 2>a very streaky pitcher. We all know that he goes

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<v Speaker 2>in spurts. He goes great, he goes bad. He's been

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<v Speaker 2>great lately. It's time for some bad. Okay, this worm

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<v Speaker 2>will turn and I think it's gonna happen tonight. Which

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<v Speaker 2>Dodger team are we going to see? Offensively? The team

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<v Speaker 2>that erupted for eight runs in Game four? Is it

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<v Speaker 2>going to be the team that struggled to score runs

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<v Speaker 2>in the first two games of this series? Which you,

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<v Speaker 2>darbysh are we going to see? Which Yoshi I'moimoto are

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<v Speaker 2>we going to see for the Dodgers tonight in Game five?

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<v Speaker 2>And just a few hours ago, in case you missed it,

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<v Speaker 2>Dave Roberts and the Dodgers posted it online that Yoshinobu

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<v Speaker 2>Yamamoto will in fact be the Game five starter tonight

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<v Speaker 2>against the San Diego Padres. Yesterday at his press conference,

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<v Speaker 2>he was kind of back and forth, didn't really show

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<v Speaker 2>his card sax.

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<v Speaker 3>He said, everything's on the table. It could be flairt

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<v Speaker 3>he could be a bullpen game. It could be Yoshi

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<v Speaker 3>Yamamoto in some capacity, and then hours later we find

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<v Speaker 3>out that yes, it is gonna be Yamamoto going for

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<v Speaker 3>Game five and the Dodgers tonight. What's your just initial

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<v Speaker 3>gut reaction when you hear the twenty six year old,

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<v Speaker 3>first year in the big leagues Japanese right handers getting

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<v Speaker 3>the start.

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<v Speaker 2>You hang on a second, I'm scratching something down on

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<v Speaker 2>my pad right here, Another sex prediction come true? Okay, thanks?

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<v Speaker 2>All right, Look, yeah, I think this is the man.

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<v Speaker 2>The great thing about this whole thing, tim is you

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<v Speaker 2>got to realize that, no matter what, you're not gonna

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<v Speaker 2>see a bad part of Yoshi tonight because the Dodgers

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<v Speaker 2>aren't gonna let him get there. If he starts scratching

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<v Speaker 2>that surface, they're gonna yank them and they're gonna bring

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<v Speaker 2>in the bullpen. That's what they're going to do to you.

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<v Speaker 2>So either way, the good point is you're not gonna

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<v Speaker 2>see a bad Yoshi tonight. The Dodgers won't let it happen.

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<v Speaker 3>I just think of this guy that was much heralded

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<v Speaker 3>the highest paid right hander in the history of baseball.

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<v Speaker 3>Before he even threw a pitch in the United States.

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<v Speaker 3>His first start was in Seoul, South Korea, against the

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<v Speaker 3>same Padres team, and he struggled in one inning of work.

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<v Speaker 3>He's made three starts against the Padres this year and

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<v Speaker 3>has struggled early and often in those three starts, and

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<v Speaker 3>now with a thirteen ERA against the San Diego Padres

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<v Speaker 3>in those starts. He's getting the start here in game five.

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<v Speaker 3>And here's Dave Roberts. Let's hear from Dave Roberts, the

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<v Speaker 3>manager himself, talking about Yamamoto getting the start in game

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<v Speaker 3>five and he's tipping possibly the pitches in game one.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, Dave, with Young Moto, I'll comfort you guys that

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<v Speaker 4>you guys have kind of attacked the tipping issue that

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<v Speaker 4>you guys may have located in Game one.

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<v Speaker 5>I think that we're I think we've cleaned some things up,

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<v Speaker 5>and so to their credit, they've done a good job

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<v Speaker 5>of scouting and things like that. But I think that

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<v Speaker 5>as far as overall kind of where Yoshinobu's at, I

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<v Speaker 5>feel really comfortable.

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<v Speaker 4>I know it's just three stars and one of them

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<v Speaker 4>was the Korea one, but they have hit him pretty well.

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<v Speaker 4>What is it the feeling has allowed them to maybe

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<v Speaker 4>had the good results against Almodo?

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<v Speaker 5>I think, you know, the career starts even really hard

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<v Speaker 5>even talk about I guess I think the I think

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<v Speaker 5>over the course, it's just lack of command. When when

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<v Speaker 5>he hasn't commanded the baseball, he hasn't been really that good.

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<v Speaker 5>But when he's convicted and ripping it and attacking hitters

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<v Speaker 5>with his pitch mix, he's as good as anyone. And

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<v Speaker 5>so I think that you know, from Korea to the

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<v Speaker 5>last one, when you start kind of nibbling and getting behind,

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<v Speaker 5>that's when he's not at his best.

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<v Speaker 6>Dave, when you were looking into you know, whether Yamamoto

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<v Speaker 6>was tipping what he was doing, was there something that

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<v Speaker 6>was changing in his delivery, or you know that he

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<v Speaker 6>doesn't usually do. Is it or is it you know

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<v Speaker 6>more about kind of controlling and like hiding the tendencies

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<v Speaker 6>versus making a shift coming back up.

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<v Speaker 5>It's a little both. I think that it's a little

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<v Speaker 5>of just kind of being being aware of it. I

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<v Speaker 5>think that if we're aware of certain tendencies that we

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<v Speaker 5>might have, then you can kind of manage it, and

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<v Speaker 5>so however we decide to go about doing that is

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<v Speaker 5>what we're going to do. If that makes any sense.

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<v Speaker 3>All Right, there's Dave Roberts and what he's alluding to,

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<v Speaker 3>Saxy is after Game one, which Yoshinoba Yamamoto didn't have

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<v Speaker 3>his best off. He allowed five runs over three innings

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<v Speaker 3>and really wasn't fulling anybody up there at the plant

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<v Speaker 3>and didn't have any command of his off speed pitches.

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<v Speaker 3>They believe he was tipping pitches, whether he was out

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<v Speaker 3>of the stretch, his glove placement when he was out

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<v Speaker 3>of the stretch, whether it was a runner on second

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<v Speaker 3>base and he was shifting things up. The padres may

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<v Speaker 3>have known something and he could have been tipping his pitches.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it could have been and it, but I think

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<v Speaker 2>that's a bit overrated. Sure. Look, if you told me

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<v Speaker 2>a fastball was coming every single time, would the average

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<v Speaker 2>be better? Sure, but you got to be able to

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<v Speaker 2>trust that, and if you're wrong just one time, it

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<v Speaker 2>could really put a lot much more doubt in your head.

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<v Speaker 2>A lot of guys don't want to know the pitches

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<v Speaker 2>because it kind of has a tendency to script or

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<v Speaker 2>normal way of approaching a pitcher. But look, the overall

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<v Speaker 2>thing is I look at his rookie year. He was

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<v Speaker 2>seven to two with the three e r A in

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<v Speaker 2>eighteen starts. The overall breadth of what he did with

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<v Speaker 2>this year was really good. We're going to see what

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<v Speaker 2>happens when it really is on the line, and this

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<v Speaker 2>is it. It doesn't get much bigger than this for him.

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<v Speaker 2>But I think he can do it, and I think

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<v Speaker 2>it's time. You know that that Darvis, you know, doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>have his best outing, his experience really pulls well for him.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's you, Darvis. He's thirty eight years old, he's

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<v Speaker 2>been there and done that. The heartbeat is going to

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<v Speaker 2>be slow, and so he's not going to be up

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<v Speaker 2>in arms about this thing. As a matter of fact,

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<v Speaker 2>they asked him about, you know, what his plan of

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<v Speaker 2>attack for the Dodgers is, and I thought, actually, you

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<v Speaker 2>Darvish made a very very truthful, great answer when he

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<v Speaker 2>when he when he answered that question, he says, you

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<v Speaker 2>know what, I don't really know yet. I'm going to

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<v Speaker 2>see how the hitters react to my pitches and then

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<v Speaker 2>I'll have a better, you know, flare of what they're doing.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's what catchers do. Catchers can sense every little thing,

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<v Speaker 2>every little intricate thing that the pitch, that the hitters

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<v Speaker 2>are doing different being that close to them in the box,

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<v Speaker 2>and that's kind of what you Darvish does. He goes

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<v Speaker 2>on the reaction of the hitters, which is I think

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<v Speaker 2>a brilliant move.

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<v Speaker 3>I go back to Game one, in which he had

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<v Speaker 3>no complaint, no command of his splitter. He was bouncing

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<v Speaker 3>that pitch and he was struggling to find any austby

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<v Speaker 3>pitches for strikes, and the padres early on recognized that,

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<v Speaker 3>and so they were sitting fastball, realizing that that was

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<v Speaker 3>the only pitch he can get over for a strike

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<v Speaker 3>in the zone. Everything else they were laying off of

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<v Speaker 3>because he was bouncing a foot in front of the place.

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<v Speaker 3>He had a wild pitch and a pass ball. I

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<v Speaker 3>don't know if the moment got to him. I don't

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<v Speaker 3>know if it was pressure. In Game one of the NLDS.

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<v Speaker 3>I look back at his start, Steve, and I look

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<v Speaker 3>at the first start in South Korea. Okay, first start

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<v Speaker 3>in a different country. You know it was different. I

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<v Speaker 3>kind of throw that one out of the five runs

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<v Speaker 3>in three innings. I throw that out of the books.

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<v Speaker 3>But another pressure situation to start was back in June.

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<v Speaker 3>He pitched a Yankee Stadium in the opening game of

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<v Speaker 3>a three game set against the Yankees and went really well.

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<v Speaker 3>Seven innings, no runs, two hits, struck out seven through

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<v Speaker 3>one hundred and six pitches. But a lot of people

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<v Speaker 3>point to that as the game in which he hurt

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<v Speaker 3>his shoulder, because he then went on the the il

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<v Speaker 3>for three months with a shoulder injury. But big game pitching,

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<v Speaker 3>we haven't seen the results, and it's a small sample size,

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<v Speaker 3>I get it, but we just haven't seen the results.

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<v Speaker 2>Y Yeah, don't don't really know yet. And you know, everyone,

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<v Speaker 2>they're not gonna all be the same. We can't glump

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<v Speaker 2>them all together because they're very, very drastically different in

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<v Speaker 2>each start, even though their big time starts, you know

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<v Speaker 2>when you talk about when everything's on the line. So

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<v Speaker 2>we'll see how he reacts tonight. You know. The great

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<v Speaker 2>thing is Dodgers have the momentum, and I'm holding my

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<v Speaker 2>keys to winning game five towards the end, of course,

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<v Speaker 2>but I think I got to nail down today pretty

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<v Speaker 2>good of what the key has got to be, and

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<v Speaker 2>I think it looks good for the Dodgers.

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<v Speaker 3>I wouldn't have been opposed to the Dodgers Saxee if

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<v Speaker 3>they would have just said, all right, Yamamoto, we're gonna

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<v Speaker 3>save for Game one of the NLCS, assuming we get

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<v Speaker 3>we're going to go Flarity in a bullpen game, and

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<v Speaker 3>br guy. Because the Mets, all, he saw him once

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<v Speaker 3>during the regular season. They don't have a track record

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<v Speaker 2>So would you rather have Flarity tonight?

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<v Speaker 3>it literally batter to batter from the start of the game.

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<v Speaker 3>Any sign of trouble, a walk, runners on base, it's

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<v Speaker 3>I think Flarity should have been the guy. Again, I

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<v Speaker 3>look at the three games against the Padres. They hit

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<v Speaker 3>him around. Okay, I don't want to make it a fourth.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, but I understand that the point's well taken and

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<v Speaker 2>there's a do you make a very cogent argument, Tim. However,

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<v Speaker 2>I still think that that you know the percentages, and

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<v Speaker 2>over time, you know somebody is going to do somebody can't.

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<v Speaker 2>You can't keep it up in this game all the

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<v Speaker 2>time unless you're like, you know, you know one of

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<v Speaker 2>you know, I know you has been really good. His

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<v Speaker 2>last six or seven starts, he's been nails. But he's

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know how long he can keep this up.

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<v Speaker 2>I think it's about to turn.

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<v Speaker 3>You Darvish thirty eight years old, been in the big

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<v Speaker 3>leagues forever, pitch for the Dodgers in twenty seventeen. As

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<v Speaker 3>we all unfortunately know, he has pitched in playoff elimination

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<v Speaker 3>games four times in his career, including two winner take

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<v Speaker 3>all games. How those teams done when he's got the

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<v Speaker 3>start in all four of those must win elimination games,

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<v Speaker 3>they are zero to four. Wow, are the teams that

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<v Speaker 3>he's pitched for, including the Padres in Game five of

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<v Speaker 3>the twenty twenty two NLCS series against the Phillies, and

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<v Speaker 3>that start he allowed two runs over six innings left

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<v Speaker 3>with the league before the Phillies came back in one,

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<v Speaker 3>so not necessarily his fault. But of course we all

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<v Speaker 3>know one of the other games he pitched was Game

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<v Speaker 3>seven of the twenty seventeen World Series, in which he

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<v Speaker 3>gave up five runs over an inning in two thirds.

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<v Speaker 3>There you go, in the Dodgers loss to the Houston

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<v Speaker 3>Astros in the twenty seventeen World Series. So the track

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<v Speaker 3>record for him in close out elimination games is not

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, so we've we've got to jump ball tonight. I

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<v Speaker 2>think as far as that goes, I think that's kind

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<v Speaker 2>of a wash. I know we're gonna get into more

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<v Speaker 2>of the other stuff tonight, but I think the Dodgers

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<v Speaker 2>been really really good for them because they've surprised people

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<v Speaker 2>with you know, this team is just built to slug,

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<v Speaker 2>and they certainly are, but with the with the you know,

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<v Speaker 2>with Tommy Edmond in there, he and Kik and being

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<v Speaker 2>different flare to the team. They maybe not as much

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<v Speaker 2>danger as far as being able to slug, but they

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<v Speaker 2>add a lot of other elements to the game that

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<v Speaker 2>can push them forward, being able to bunt, be add

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit more speed. They are flexible and their

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<v Speaker 2>I think that really helps the Dodgers, especially when you

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<v Speaker 2>need it, because this team is strapped as far as

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<v Speaker 3>When you think of pressure and who it's on here

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<v Speaker 3>in Game five of this NLDS is the pressure on

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<v Speaker 3>the Dodgers at home and the expectations and everybody thought

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<v Speaker 3>this team is going to make a clear run of

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<v Speaker 3>the World Series, and here they are, and they must

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<v Speaker 3>win elimination game or is the pressure on the San

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<v Speaker 3>Diego Padres because they didn't get it done in Game four,

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<v Speaker 3>but now they have to come to Dodgers Stadium and

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<v Speaker 2>Look, there's always pressure on the Dodgers because they're expected

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<v Speaker 2>to win, you know, with the amount of money they spend,

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<v Speaker 2>with the amount of talent they have, they always they're

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<v Speaker 2>always expected to win. So they're not ever going to

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<v Speaker 2>be without the pressure. It's always going to be there

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<v Speaker 2>to some extent. But I think the Padres are looking

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<v Speaker 2>this whole thing right now in the landscape and they're thinking,

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<v Speaker 2>they're thinking, what the heck just happened. I mean, we

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<v Speaker 2>were on such a role. We got you know, we

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<v Speaker 2>got past the first you know, the the uh you know,

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<v Speaker 2>wild card. We're in here now and we are rolling

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<v Speaker 2>now and we're on the Dodger and and man this

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<v Speaker 2>we have them on their heels. And now all of

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<v Speaker 2>a sudden, boom, the Dodgers just came back with a

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<v Speaker 2>nice solid, short left hook, and boom they just stagger

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<v Speaker 2>at them. So these guys are thinking, what the heck

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<v Speaker 2>just happened? Now we got to go up to LA

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<v Speaker 2>and play these guys. I think that I think the

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<v Speaker 2>Padres are on their heels, and they're they're kind of

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<v Speaker 2>sitting back there and in the corners of their heart,

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<v Speaker 2>they're thinking, you know what, the cream comes to the

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<v Speaker 2>top and and and we haven't even seen all of

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I'm interested to see how Manny Machado, how a

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<v Speaker 3>Jerks and pro farre have, Fernando Tatis Junior and the

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<v Speaker 3>rest of this lineup, even Jackson Merrill, how do they

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<v Speaker 3>perform in a must win game, a decisive game five

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<v Speaker 3>like it is tonight. Have they been in this situation before?

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<v Speaker 3>How is the heart gonna be gonna be in this game?

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<v Speaker 3>Are they gonna be too nervous? Are they gonna be

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<v Speaker 3>anxious at the plate? Are they gonna be three out

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<v Speaker 3>of pitches outside of the zone trying to do too

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<v Speaker 3>much because they don't have the experience, which quite frankly,

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<v Speaker 3>a lot of these Dodger players see had been through

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<v Speaker 3>coming back and winning games in the CSS and the

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<v Speaker 3>lot of these guys have been.

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<v Speaker 2>Through this they're in the playoffs. I mean all the time, right,

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<v Speaker 2>was it twelve years in a row?

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<v Speaker 1>Now?

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<v Speaker 2>Ye, they're they're not going to be stunned by the moment.

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<v Speaker 2>They this is something they're expecting, that they understand this,

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<v Speaker 2>and that's that's a positive for them, no question about it.

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<v Speaker 2>The experience matters.

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<v Speaker 3>Eight six six nine eighty seven two five seventy. How

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<v Speaker 3>you feeling Dodger fans going in to Game five tonight?

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<v Speaker 3>And now we know Yoshinobu Yamamoto is your Game five

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<v Speaker 3>starter against the Padres. Eight six six nine eighty seven

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<v Speaker 3>two five seventy. Coming up this hour, Ryan Dempster from

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<v Speaker 3>MLB Network Intentional Talk, longtime big league pitcher, will join

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<v Speaker 3>us get his thoughts on this Game five pitching matchup

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<v Speaker 3>Dodgers Padres. Get a national perspective from him. Coming up

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<v Speaker 3>at the seven o'clock hour, David Vasse will join us

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<v Speaker 3>get his thoughts on this Dodgers Padres Game five matchup.

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<v Speaker 3>He was out at Dodger Stadium for the workouts yesterday

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<v Speaker 3>for both teams at Dodger Stadium, so we'll get his

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<v Speaker 3>perspective and yours. Eight six six nine eighty seven two

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<v Speaker 3>five seventy It's Saxon Kate's and am lead you up

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<v Speaker 3>to a winner take all Game five of the NLDS

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<v Speaker 3>right here on your home of the Dodgers a FFI

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<v Speaker 3>seventy LA Sports. It's Saxon Kates at am on n

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<v Speaker 3>five to seventy LA Sports. You're a home of Game

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<v Speaker 3>five of the NLDS. First pitch coming up tonight at

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<v Speaker 3>five oh eighty s an earlier. Star Dodger fans, make

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<v Speaker 3>to Dodgers Stadium, find parking, get into your seats with

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<v Speaker 3>once you're done, eaton, get off your seat and get

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<v Speaker 3>Game five of the NLDS. He is Steve Sacks, I'm

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<v Speaker 3>Tim Kaates. Ryan Dempster from the MLB Network will join

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<v Speaker 3>us coming up in just a couple of minutes. David

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<v Speaker 3>ready for this must win Game five of the NLDS,

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<v Speaker 3>you Darvish and Yoshinobu Yamamoto. The pitching matchup in this

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<v Speaker 3>Game five quite Frankly, as much as I'm worried about

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<v Speaker 3>Yamamoto starting Game five tonight Saxy, when the season started

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<v Speaker 3>and he got the opening start again sold against the Padres,

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<v Speaker 3>I kind of always felt all along, if he's gonna

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<v Speaker 3>stay healthy this year, this is gonna be the guy

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<v Speaker 3>who's they're gonna go to in a big game. Not

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<v Speaker 3>only did they pay him the money to be a

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<v Speaker 3>was the new guy to take over. They signed him

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<v Speaker 3>to the big deal. Clayton Kershaw's older. They got a

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<v Speaker 3>He was that guy that they kind of made this

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<v Speaker 3>center and the centerpiece of this rotation. So it's sort

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<v Speaker 3>of fitting here that he's getting the start in this

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<v Speaker 3>must win game. Yeah, I think so too.

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<v Speaker 2>And we don't know yet if if Yoshi can put

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<v Speaker 2>it in another mode, if he can put it in

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<v Speaker 2>another you know, another gear, and we're gonna find out.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, some guys can do that. Some guys play

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<v Speaker 2>to the level of competition and and and you know

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<v Speaker 2>they can they can screw it up when they play

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<v Speaker 2>a lousy team, and they can dominate for a good team.

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<v Speaker 2>So it's it's something you don't want. You want to

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<v Speaker 2>try to be that way all the time, of course.

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<v Speaker 2>But we'll see what he does. And I think that,

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<v Speaker 2>like I said, short leash tonight, but it's going to

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<v Speaker 3>If he doesn't have his command early on. And I'm

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<v Speaker 3>just completely hypothetical, but you're talking about a short leash, leadoff,

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<v Speaker 3>Tim, Just does he get at least an inning or

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<v Speaker 3>is there traffic on the basis early and you could

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<v Speaker 3>see it, maybe you can feel that momentum early for

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<v Speaker 3>the padres is. Is that a short leash?

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<v Speaker 2>Dave will be able to feel it too, And I

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<v Speaker 2>a little.

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<v Speaker 3>Bit, well, your your leash is a little bit different

419
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<v Speaker 3>sides than my leash.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I mean I gotta see now. Now if he

421
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<v Speaker 2>if he walks the first guy, the next guy hits

422
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<v Speaker 2>a double, then the next guy, you know, goes deep. Yeah, yeah,

423
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<v Speaker 2>maybe we got to get out here. So Lee, she's done.

424
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<v Speaker 2>That leash has done. Let's check.

425
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<v Speaker 3>This's go on to the phones. Kevin in Long Beach

426
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<v Speaker 3>on this Friday morning, bright and early, Kevin, how are

427
00:20:45.319 --> 00:20:47.759
<v Speaker 3>you feeling going into Game five tonight? This is a

428
00:20:47.880 --> 00:20:51.440
<v Speaker 3>must win game like we've never seen since twenty seventeen.

429
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<v Speaker 7>You know, honestly, like it's been one hell of a

430
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<v Speaker 7>roller coaster.

431
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<v Speaker 8>You know, seeing how the team's have been producing.

432
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<v Speaker 7>Throughout the whole year. I've been to a few games myself.

433
00:21:02.319 --> 00:21:05.400
<v Speaker 7>I've seen how the team has been like struggling through

434
00:21:05.400 --> 00:21:08.480
<v Speaker 7>the injuries, and you know, we've been fighting through this

435
00:21:08.559 --> 00:21:11.720
<v Speaker 7>whole time and we're just looking forward to this win tonight.

436
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<v Speaker 7>You know, we need to get this. I mean, we're

437
00:21:14.480 --> 00:21:18.799
<v Speaker 7>we've always been criticized about this mickey mouse of a

438
00:21:18.960 --> 00:21:21.200
<v Speaker 7>World Series win. We need to give it to them

439
00:21:21.200 --> 00:21:23.559
<v Speaker 7>and we need to win this one for sure. I

440
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<v Speaker 7>mean rest in peace to my godmother. She's the one

441
00:21:26.279 --> 00:21:29.160
<v Speaker 7>who made me the Dodger fan I am today and

442
00:21:29.400 --> 00:21:31.680
<v Speaker 7>I'm definitely looking forward to this win tonight.

443
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<v Speaker 3>Let's go Dodgers, all right, Kevin, appreciate the phone call.

444
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<v Speaker 3>Eight sixty six eight six six five seven. Let's keep

445
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<v Speaker 3>it going. Jeremy, Temple City on this Friday morning as

446
00:21:43.720 --> 00:21:46.559
<v Speaker 3>we lead you up to Game five of the NLDS. Jeremy,

447
00:21:46.559 --> 00:21:47.279
<v Speaker 3>how you feeling.

448
00:21:48.440 --> 00:21:53.920
<v Speaker 9>I'm telling great, going, doing good, thank you, Just excited

449
00:21:53.960 --> 00:21:58.640
<v Speaker 9>for today. Definitely need to get this dub. Actually, my

450
00:21:58.759 --> 00:22:01.319
<v Speaker 9>wife told me on the season gets older, she said,

451
00:22:01.319 --> 00:22:02.799
<v Speaker 9>if we don't win and we don't get out of

452
00:22:02.799 --> 00:22:06.240
<v Speaker 9>the NLBS, we can't renew for next year. So oh no,

453
00:22:06.279 --> 00:22:08.000
<v Speaker 9>we need this, We need this, We need this.

454
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<v Speaker 3>Dumb guys, where are your season seats at? Jeremy, where

455
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<v Speaker 3>do you said?

456
00:22:12.400 --> 00:22:14.279
<v Speaker 9>I'm in Low's one to sixty three?

457
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<v Speaker 2>Okay, I see you.

458
00:22:16.200 --> 00:22:20.759
<v Speaker 8>Yeah, not too bad, not too bad, but uh, you know, excited, glad.

459
00:22:20.799 --> 00:22:21.960
<v Speaker 8>It's against the Padres.

460
00:22:22.200 --> 00:22:23.839
<v Speaker 9>I have a buddy who works for them in their

461
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<v Speaker 9>front office. I went to Clarges, met and things like that,

462
00:22:26.480 --> 00:22:28.400
<v Speaker 9>so he's been giving me stuff back in ports for

463
00:22:28.400 --> 00:22:30.759
<v Speaker 9>a few years now, so it'd be nice to get.

464
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<v Speaker 3>It back, all right, Jeremy, appreciate it for your sake.

465
00:22:33.039 --> 00:22:34.720
<v Speaker 3>I hope the Dodgers win so you can keep those

466
00:22:35.119 --> 00:22:38.559
<v Speaker 3>season tickets for twenty twenty five. Yeah, for twenty twenty five,

467
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<v Speaker 3>eight sixty six, ninety seven, two five, seventy eight, six

468
00:22:42.319 --> 00:22:45.160
<v Speaker 3>six nine eighty seven, two five seven. We keep it going,

469
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<v Speaker 3>Dodger fans, how you feeling this morning leading up to

470
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<v Speaker 3>Game five of this NLDS. Yoshinobu Yamamoto is the starter

471
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<v Speaker 3>for the Dodgers. You Darvish on the mound for the Padres.

472
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<v Speaker 3>Diana Gernada Hills, Good morning, Diana, how are you feeling?

473
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<v Speaker 10>I'm feeling great. I'm so excited for tonight. You guys,

474
00:23:04.000 --> 00:23:04.799
<v Speaker 10>we're gonna do this.

475
00:23:05.039 --> 00:23:05.680
<v Speaker 9>I know we are.

476
00:23:05.720 --> 00:23:07.480
<v Speaker 10>And I don't know if you mentioned this yet, but

477
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<v Speaker 10>David Vasse said yesterday we got to get into you

478
00:23:10.880 --> 00:23:15.839
<v Speaker 10>Doris's head, and just you know, chant Darvish, Darvish, get

479
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<v Speaker 10>in his head.

480
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<v Speaker 9>Let's do this.

481
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<v Speaker 1>Boys.

482
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<v Speaker 3>Appreciate it, Diana.

483
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<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

484
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<v Speaker 3>David Vasse, who's going to join us in about thirty

485
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<v Speaker 3>five minutes. Yesterday was on a five seventy saxy and

486
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<v Speaker 3>said he wants to see like the old the hockey

487
00:23:26.839 --> 00:23:29.400
<v Speaker 3>chant when a goalie is out there and gets scored upon,

488
00:23:29.440 --> 00:23:31.319
<v Speaker 3>all of a sudden, they'll start chanting at the goalie

489
00:23:31.359 --> 00:23:34.680
<v Speaker 3>in Unison. And he wants all the Dodger fans, all

490
00:23:34.799 --> 00:23:37.960
<v Speaker 3>fifty thousand plus out there to be chanting in Unison

491
00:23:38.480 --> 00:23:44.640
<v Speaker 3>doarbishh Doarviish, which I think would be fantastic. And I

492
00:23:45.200 --> 00:23:49.359
<v Speaker 3>wholeheartedly support that idea. Imagine fifty thousand fans instead of

493
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<v Speaker 3>saying beat la like all the idiots do around the country,

494
00:23:52.640 --> 00:23:55.680
<v Speaker 3>copying the Boston Celtics fans from the eighties who started

495
00:23:55.680 --> 00:24:01.319
<v Speaker 3>that very original. By the way, fans, if you start darvish, yeah,

496
00:24:01.559 --> 00:24:02.359
<v Speaker 3>get in his head.

497
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<v Speaker 2>By a way, you know, some of some of the

498
00:24:04.359 --> 00:24:06.880
<v Speaker 2>guys that that maybe aren't the brightest in the world

499
00:24:07.640 --> 00:24:09.920
<v Speaker 2>could be out there and they can hear darv and

500
00:24:10.039 --> 00:24:12.519
<v Speaker 2>he could they could say, Wow, look how much they

501
00:24:12.799 --> 00:24:16.200
<v Speaker 2>like me. They I'll chant my name. They loved me.

502
00:24:16.319 --> 00:24:18.400
<v Speaker 3>How did you take criticism from fans or.

503
00:24:19.680 --> 00:24:22.359
<v Speaker 2>I didn't care. I just I just laughed at him. Hey,

504
00:24:22.400 --> 00:24:23.799
<v Speaker 2>I had this one guy and he wanted to one

505
00:24:23.839 --> 00:24:26.039
<v Speaker 2>to a quick story, right, Yeah, Okay, here's a quick one.

506
00:24:26.440 --> 00:24:29.279
<v Speaker 2>Is in San Diego, I had this guy that that

507
00:24:29.319 --> 00:24:31.079
<v Speaker 2>would come early and he would do that. He would

508
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<v Speaker 2>just go suck losers, you know, just god on all.

509
00:24:35.400 --> 00:24:37.960
<v Speaker 2>And this during batting practice. Okay, so I'm out there

510
00:24:37.960 --> 00:24:40.160
<v Speaker 2>taking ground balls getting ready for the game, and he

511
00:24:40.200 --> 00:24:41.920
<v Speaker 2>would do this. He would do it. Over the course

512
00:24:41.960 --> 00:24:43.799
<v Speaker 2>of a couple of years, he would be there. Oh

513
00:24:43.839 --> 00:24:45.559
<v Speaker 2>my god, I gotta go and listen to this guy again.

514
00:24:46.000 --> 00:24:49.240
<v Speaker 2>And then so one day I just uh, I took

515
00:24:49.279 --> 00:24:50.960
<v Speaker 2>the ground ball and I just stopped and I just

516
00:24:51.000 --> 00:24:53.920
<v Speaker 2>started running over to him, and he's looking at me like,

517
00:24:54.000 --> 00:24:56.759
<v Speaker 2>oh shoots, he gonna jump over the brailing here. And

518
00:24:56.799 --> 00:24:58.039
<v Speaker 2>I had the ball in my glove and I gave

519
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<v Speaker 2>him a ball. I gave him the ball and I said, look,

520
00:25:01.279 --> 00:25:03.680
<v Speaker 2>I hear you, and I hear you all the time,

521
00:25:03.720 --> 00:25:05.400
<v Speaker 2>but I just wanted to give you this ball and

522
00:25:05.680 --> 00:25:07.599
<v Speaker 2>hope you have a great time tonight at the game.

523
00:25:07.799 --> 00:25:09.839
<v Speaker 2>Ever since then, the dude was my best friend. He

524
00:25:10.000 --> 00:25:11.920
<v Speaker 2>killed him with kindness, killed him with this and he

525
00:25:12.079 --> 00:25:14.480
<v Speaker 2>was like my best friend. So it was great. Yeah,

526
00:25:14.519 --> 00:25:16.079
<v Speaker 2>so that's how you kind of silence them.

527
00:25:16.160 --> 00:25:18.799
<v Speaker 3>It's going to be rocking tonight at Dodgers Stadium, Game

528
00:25:18.880 --> 00:25:23.319
<v Speaker 3>five of this NLDS you Darvish and Yoshinobu Yamamoto the

529
00:25:23.319 --> 00:25:26.839
<v Speaker 3>pitching matchup and joining this now sixteen years as a

530
00:25:26.839 --> 00:25:29.799
<v Speaker 3>big league pitcher, a World Series winner, He's pitched in

531
00:25:29.839 --> 00:25:32.920
<v Speaker 3>the postseason both of the Cubs and the Boston Red Sox,

532
00:25:32.920 --> 00:25:35.200
<v Speaker 3>and now you see him on Intentional Talk with Kevin

533
00:25:35.279 --> 00:25:38.519
<v Speaker 3>Malar and the great Sierra Sontos, co host of MLB

534
00:25:38.640 --> 00:25:43.240
<v Speaker 3>Network's Intentional Talk throughout the postseason, including morning this morning

535
00:25:43.359 --> 00:25:46.519
<v Speaker 3>at eleven am Pacific. It is Ryan Dempster and he

536
00:25:46.599 --> 00:25:49.000
<v Speaker 3>joins us. Now, by the way, it a great show. Ryan,

537
00:25:49.039 --> 00:25:51.920
<v Speaker 3>we watch it daily here in the studio, and it's

538
00:25:51.960 --> 00:25:54.240
<v Speaker 3>no surprise you guys have had a twenty three percent

539
00:25:54.359 --> 00:25:58.119
<v Speaker 3>rise in viewership this season because you Kevin, Sierra, you

540
00:25:58.160 --> 00:26:01.359
<v Speaker 3>guys do a fantastic job. Thanks for coming on this morning.

541
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<v Speaker 8>I really appreciate that. We we love it. We enjoy

542
00:26:06.839 --> 00:26:10.279
<v Speaker 8>you know what we do. We love talking baseball. We

543
00:26:10.359 --> 00:26:12.640
<v Speaker 8>have a tough time turning it off when the show's over.

544
00:26:12.799 --> 00:26:15.240
<v Speaker 8>You know, we're constantly texting each other last night watching

545
00:26:15.240 --> 00:26:18.759
<v Speaker 8>the games, and and you know it's it's ingrained in

546
00:26:18.799 --> 00:26:20.839
<v Speaker 8>who we are and we love doing the show, so

547
00:26:20.839 --> 00:26:22.839
<v Speaker 8>I appreciate all the good words about it, and I

548
00:26:22.880 --> 00:26:24.039
<v Speaker 8>appreciate you guys having me.

549
00:26:24.039 --> 00:26:26.920
<v Speaker 3>On absolutely Tim Kates along with former Dodger Great World

550
00:26:26.960 --> 00:26:29.240
<v Speaker 3>Series champ Rookie of the Year Steve Sacks here on

551
00:26:29.319 --> 00:26:31.480
<v Speaker 3>a five to seventy LA Sports and we're getting fans

552
00:26:31.519 --> 00:26:34.839
<v Speaker 3>ready for Game five of this NLDS ryan, a pitching

553
00:26:34.920 --> 00:26:39.880
<v Speaker 3>matchup of you darbish against Yoshinova Yamamoto. Yamamoto has struggled

554
00:26:40.119 --> 00:26:43.079
<v Speaker 3>in three starts against the Padres this year, from Seul,

555
00:26:43.119 --> 00:26:45.960
<v Speaker 3>South Korea to a regular season start to Game one

556
00:26:46.359 --> 00:26:49.519
<v Speaker 3>last Saturday, So Dodger fans feeling a little apprehensive this

557
00:26:49.559 --> 00:26:52.000
<v Speaker 3>morning since he's been named the starter. How do you

558
00:26:52.079 --> 00:26:54.279
<v Speaker 3>feel that? How do you view this pitching matchup tonight?

559
00:26:56.000 --> 00:26:57.640
<v Speaker 8>Yeah, I mean, I think it's just gonna be one

560
00:26:57.640 --> 00:27:01.920
<v Speaker 8>of those ones that might be a little premeditated going

561
00:27:02.000 --> 00:27:04.839
<v Speaker 8>in like and you have multiple options as far as

562
00:27:05.119 --> 00:27:08.200
<v Speaker 8>when as a guy you know, going to be coming

563
00:27:08.200 --> 00:27:10.799
<v Speaker 8>in from the bullpen and for Ama Modo, I'm sure,

564
00:27:11.039 --> 00:27:14.160
<v Speaker 8>especially after what Dave did in Game four managing a

565
00:27:14.160 --> 00:27:17.039
<v Speaker 8>bullpen game like that, that the leash will be short.

566
00:27:17.160 --> 00:27:19.359
<v Speaker 8>There won't be there's not there's not time. There's no

567
00:27:19.440 --> 00:27:22.920
<v Speaker 8>time for your starting pitcher too to get locked in,

568
00:27:22.960 --> 00:27:24.680
<v Speaker 8>and so it's up to him to go out there

569
00:27:24.680 --> 00:27:26.680
<v Speaker 8>and execute. And it's going to be the same on

570
00:27:26.720 --> 00:27:28.880
<v Speaker 8>the other side. You know, I know you you had

571
00:27:28.880 --> 00:27:33.119
<v Speaker 8>a great game against the Dodgers in Game two, but

572
00:27:33.400 --> 00:27:34.920
<v Speaker 8>you know it's the same way. You don't. You don't

573
00:27:34.920 --> 00:27:36.920
<v Speaker 8>have time for anybody to figure it out. It's about

574
00:27:36.920 --> 00:27:38.440
<v Speaker 8>who can get out right now and how do we

575
00:27:38.480 --> 00:27:41.799
<v Speaker 8>get through each inning clean as possible without any numbers

576
00:27:41.799 --> 00:27:42.279
<v Speaker 8>on the board.

577
00:27:42.599 --> 00:27:44.480
<v Speaker 2>Yeah. Ryan, good to be with you this morning.

578
00:27:46.079 --> 00:27:47.839
<v Speaker 8>Thanks. Thanks, Yeah, good to be with you as well.

579
00:27:47.960 --> 00:27:50.759
<v Speaker 2>Yeah. I love you guys on it and I I

580
00:27:50.839 --> 00:27:52.519
<v Speaker 2>just you got to warn me though, the next time

581
00:27:52.599 --> 00:27:55.400
<v Speaker 2>Kevin Mallar wants to take his shirt off, I'm gonna well,

582
00:27:55.640 --> 00:27:57.839
<v Speaker 2>I want to I want to shield myself.

583
00:27:58.200 --> 00:28:01.839
<v Speaker 8>Here are more thing meetings, guys. It's scary sometimes might

584
00:28:01.880 --> 00:28:03.519
<v Speaker 8>not be wearing. I'm just glad he's gone on his

585
00:28:03.519 --> 00:28:04.119
<v Speaker 8>seat back in.

586
00:28:04.200 --> 00:28:09.599
<v Speaker 2>You know, that's right, that's great. So Ryan, Hey, you know,

587
00:28:09.759 --> 00:28:12.160
<v Speaker 2>just so our fans know just what a great career

588
00:28:12.160 --> 00:28:15.440
<v Speaker 2>you had sixteen years in the big League's two thousand strikeouts.

589
00:28:15.480 --> 00:28:18.240
<v Speaker 2>You were just amazing. Yeah, you and I your career

590
00:28:18.240 --> 00:28:20.279
<v Speaker 2>in my career just kind of I was just going

591
00:28:20.319 --> 00:28:23.279
<v Speaker 2>out when you were coming in, so we never got to,

592
00:28:23.400 --> 00:28:25.079
<v Speaker 2>uh to go against each other. But you just had

593
00:28:25.079 --> 00:28:27.039
<v Speaker 2>a great career and I loved watching you pitch. So

594
00:28:27.359 --> 00:28:30.319
<v Speaker 2>anyway back back to uh the task at hand for

595
00:28:30.359 --> 00:28:33.000
<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers. Look, uh, Tim and I were talking about this,

596
00:28:33.119 --> 00:28:35.759
<v Speaker 2>and I think this thing really does go in cycles.

597
00:28:35.799 --> 00:28:38.039
<v Speaker 2>You know, as a pitcher, you get stints where you

598
00:28:38.119 --> 00:28:39.839
<v Speaker 2>just can't be hitting. The other times you're like, man,

599
00:28:39.920 --> 00:28:41.680
<v Speaker 2>how did he hit that slider on the black and

600
00:28:41.920 --> 00:28:43.559
<v Speaker 2>kind of serve it out there and right field? This

601
00:28:43.599 --> 00:28:45.920
<v Speaker 2>is happening too much now, so we all know how

602
00:28:45.920 --> 00:28:48.559
<v Speaker 2>that happens. It comes and goes. You Darvish has been

603
00:28:48.680 --> 00:28:50.720
<v Speaker 2>are stud in his last six or seven outings, He's

604
00:28:50.759 --> 00:28:55.119
<v Speaker 2>been like unhittable. But we know this guy is really streaky.

605
00:28:55.240 --> 00:28:58.079
<v Speaker 2>So is this the time where this thing can turn?

606
00:28:58.200 --> 00:29:00.319
<v Speaker 2>Is y'am a modal gonna be of the moment and

607
00:29:00.359 --> 00:29:02.240
<v Speaker 2>we're going to really find out about him because this

608
00:29:02.319 --> 00:29:04.279
<v Speaker 2>is the biggest game he's ever going to pitch in

609
00:29:04.319 --> 00:29:07.119
<v Speaker 2>the major leagues. What's your assessment on kind of where

610
00:29:07.160 --> 00:29:09.440
<v Speaker 2>they in this where they are in the cycle right now,

611
00:29:09.640 --> 00:29:11.160
<v Speaker 2>And how do you think this game is going to

612
00:29:11.160 --> 00:29:11.559
<v Speaker 2>come out?

613
00:29:13.640 --> 00:29:18.000
<v Speaker 8>Yeah, you know it just as a starting pitcher, no

614
00:29:18.039 --> 00:29:21.039
<v Speaker 8>matter how you dial it up. And I know they're

615
00:29:21.079 --> 00:29:25.400
<v Speaker 8>trying to change the way we handle the pitching. And

616
00:29:26.559 --> 00:29:28.160
<v Speaker 8>you know, come playoff time, I get it a little

617
00:29:28.200 --> 00:29:30.839
<v Speaker 8>bit more during the regular season, but ultimately it comes

618
00:29:30.880 --> 00:29:34.359
<v Speaker 8>down to can you command your fastball? And you know

619
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<v Speaker 8>the days I had, whether that's when I was in

620
00:29:37.039 --> 00:29:39.359
<v Speaker 8>the midst of All Star four years or I'm pitching

621
00:29:39.400 --> 00:29:41.559
<v Speaker 8>great or I was a rookie with the Marlins in

622
00:29:41.799 --> 00:29:45.559
<v Speaker 8>nineteen ninety eight and went into Atlanta and beat the

623
00:29:45.640 --> 00:29:49.680
<v Speaker 8>cy young candidate Tom Glavin, It's because I had fastball

624
00:29:49.720 --> 00:29:52.920
<v Speaker 8>command that day. If you can command your fastball, you

625
00:29:53.119 --> 00:29:56.200
<v Speaker 8>will get out in the big leagues because now you

626
00:29:56.240 --> 00:29:58.079
<v Speaker 8>put pressure, like if I'm trying to throw a pitch

627
00:29:58.160 --> 00:29:59.960
<v Speaker 8>down in a way and I missed, now one oh,

628
00:30:00.000 --> 00:30:03.440
<v Speaker 8>and I'm one owned Fernando Techies Junior, is way worse

629
00:30:03.640 --> 00:30:06.640
<v Speaker 8>than if I'm one and so and then and then

630
00:30:06.720 --> 00:30:07.640
<v Speaker 8>where am I missing?

631
00:30:07.720 --> 00:30:07.960
<v Speaker 10>Right?

632
00:30:08.039 --> 00:30:10.640
<v Speaker 8>If I if I'm running two seamers and I'm trying

633
00:30:10.640 --> 00:30:12.680
<v Speaker 8>to go and I'm running them back over the middle

634
00:30:12.680 --> 00:30:14.440
<v Speaker 8>of the plate. Well, that's right into a bat path

635
00:30:14.480 --> 00:30:16.720
<v Speaker 8>of a hitter. So there's all these variables. If you

636
00:30:16.720 --> 00:30:18.920
<v Speaker 8>can command your fastball, if Yamamota comes out, it can

637
00:30:18.920 --> 00:30:21.759
<v Speaker 8>command his fastball. Or he decides he wants to pitch

638
00:30:21.799 --> 00:30:24.480
<v Speaker 8>backwards and he's going breaking ball first and then pitching

639
00:30:24.519 --> 00:30:27.359
<v Speaker 8>with his fastball. You know, for show, if he can

640
00:30:27.519 --> 00:30:30.400
<v Speaker 8>locate the pitches, he's going to do well because his

641
00:30:30.559 --> 00:30:33.000
<v Speaker 8>stuff is good. So when you combine stuff in location,

642
00:30:33.480 --> 00:30:36.279
<v Speaker 8>you're really good. And if now you've got stuff location movement,

643
00:30:36.640 --> 00:30:38.759
<v Speaker 8>now you do what Darbish did in Game two. It

644
00:30:38.880 --> 00:30:42.599
<v Speaker 8>all comes down to location. It never will change, it won't.

645
00:30:42.799 --> 00:30:45.400
<v Speaker 8>It's just these hitters are too good. They know the

646
00:30:45.440 --> 00:30:48.839
<v Speaker 8>strike zone too well. They're they work in the cage tirelessly.

647
00:30:49.039 --> 00:30:51.599
<v Speaker 8>So if he can do that, then yeah, then and

648
00:30:51.680 --> 00:30:53.960
<v Speaker 8>now you're talking about a guy who can navigate through

649
00:30:53.960 --> 00:30:56.880
<v Speaker 8>a line up a couple of times, and Dave will

650
00:30:56.880 --> 00:30:59.279
<v Speaker 8>read that with his eyes and if it's off, if

651
00:30:59.279 --> 00:31:02.599
<v Speaker 8>that location off, it's gonna get squared up, you know.

652
00:31:02.680 --> 00:31:05.079
<v Speaker 8>And you mentioned the success the Padres have had against them.

653
00:31:05.160 --> 00:31:07.839
<v Speaker 8>Is that something that they see Do they see the

654
00:31:07.839 --> 00:31:11.079
<v Speaker 8>ball particularly really well? Is he tipping and if he is,

655
00:31:11.359 --> 00:31:13.920
<v Speaker 8>they're not going to tell anybody, and nor should they.

656
00:31:13.960 --> 00:31:16.359
<v Speaker 8>That's that's a tool that they have. I always I

657
00:31:16.400 --> 00:31:19.000
<v Speaker 8>always get interested by the tipping pitch thing where people

658
00:31:19.000 --> 00:31:22.359
<v Speaker 8>are like, oh, well he's tipping cool. Did anybody else

659
00:31:22.400 --> 00:31:25.240
<v Speaker 8>find it? No? And if so, you still got to

660
00:31:25.319 --> 00:31:27.279
<v Speaker 8>hit it. And also that's part of the that's part

661
00:31:27.279 --> 00:31:29.880
<v Speaker 8>of the chess match you're playing, is finding that stuff. So, yeah,

662
00:31:29.960 --> 00:31:32.640
<v Speaker 8>fastball command, if he can command his fastball today, I

663
00:31:32.680 --> 00:31:34.119
<v Speaker 8>think he does well and we're going to have a

664
00:31:34.119 --> 00:31:36.559
<v Speaker 8>tight game. This is there's no advantage either way, right,

665
00:31:36.599 --> 00:31:38.000
<v Speaker 8>the two teams are evenly matchress.

666
00:31:38.920 --> 00:31:39.400
<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

667
00:31:39.480 --> 00:31:42.960
<v Speaker 3>Ryan Dempster from Intentional Talk on MLB Network joins, just

668
00:31:43.039 --> 00:31:45.799
<v Speaker 3>check him and Kevin and Sierra out, including today at

669
00:31:45.799 --> 00:31:48.920
<v Speaker 3>eleven am Pacific, as they're on throughout the postseason. It

670
00:31:49.000 --> 00:31:52.599
<v Speaker 3>is a great watch daily on the MLB Network. Going

671
00:31:52.680 --> 00:31:55.160
<v Speaker 3>back quickly to Game four in San Diego, it was

672
00:31:55.160 --> 00:31:58.279
<v Speaker 3>a bullpen game, and all it takes is one pitch,

673
00:31:58.559 --> 00:32:00.960
<v Speaker 3>one bad and bad on the other team, and that

674
00:32:01.000 --> 00:32:04.680
<v Speaker 3>could break that link of just going reliever to reliever

675
00:32:04.799 --> 00:32:06.799
<v Speaker 3>to reliever over the course of a bullpen game. But

676
00:32:07.079 --> 00:32:10.680
<v Speaker 3>the Dodgers pulled it off. Masterfully. Eight different guys got

677
00:32:10.680 --> 00:32:13.279
<v Speaker 3>the ball and all of them put up zeros. When

678
00:32:13.319 --> 00:32:16.160
<v Speaker 3>you're watching a bullpaying game like that, is that something

679
00:32:16.200 --> 00:32:18.119
<v Speaker 3>that they can sustain and do again or is that

680
00:32:18.200 --> 00:32:20.799
<v Speaker 3>just an anomaly? Is that one of those great outings

681
00:32:20.880 --> 00:32:22.720
<v Speaker 3>we may never see in a bullpen game again.

682
00:32:24.599 --> 00:32:27.480
<v Speaker 8>No, it's definitely something you can you can do again.

683
00:32:28.759 --> 00:32:31.440
<v Speaker 8>I think that teams do it. I think just like

684
00:32:32.000 --> 00:32:34.079
<v Speaker 8>we were just talking about starting pitchers and people seeing

685
00:32:34.119 --> 00:32:36.359
<v Speaker 8>starting pitchers over and over in a game the third

686
00:32:36.359 --> 00:32:38.920
<v Speaker 8>time through, the more a team sees a reliever in

687
00:32:38.960 --> 00:32:42.720
<v Speaker 8>a series, those numbers go up as well. And and

688
00:32:42.880 --> 00:32:45.079
<v Speaker 8>you know those guys all came in tip your cap.

689
00:32:45.279 --> 00:32:48.359
<v Speaker 8>They all pitched really well. Ye Like, it's the same

690
00:32:48.400 --> 00:32:50.079
<v Speaker 8>way if you're off a little bit. We saw it

691
00:32:50.160 --> 00:32:54.359
<v Speaker 8>yesterday in Detroit with the with the k pitching chaos

692
00:32:54.400 --> 00:32:56.799
<v Speaker 8>and aj Hinch has been running out there. Well, guess

693
00:32:56.799 --> 00:32:59.920
<v Speaker 8>what those guys were off just a little bit too

694
00:33:00.240 --> 00:33:03.319
<v Speaker 8>line up that they've already faced multiple times in this series.

695
00:33:03.359 --> 00:33:05.720
<v Speaker 8>So then those guys get a good look and they

696
00:33:05.759 --> 00:33:07.599
<v Speaker 8>have an opportunity to go out there and to be

697
00:33:07.599 --> 00:33:12.279
<v Speaker 8>able to see that, and so then they they take

698
00:33:12.319 --> 00:33:14.240
<v Speaker 8>advantage of that. So I think, you know, that's one

699
00:33:14.240 --> 00:33:17.160
<v Speaker 8>of those things where it's the same way tonight and

700
00:33:17.240 --> 00:33:20.039
<v Speaker 8>they pushed the same buttons. Sure, now you match the

701
00:33:20.079 --> 00:33:23.039
<v Speaker 8>same guy up with the same hitter and location is

702
00:33:23.039 --> 00:33:24.680
<v Speaker 8>off just a little bit, and this guy just saw

703
00:33:24.759 --> 00:33:26.480
<v Speaker 8>him two days ago and maybe saw him again in

704
00:33:26.519 --> 00:33:29.440
<v Speaker 8>game one. Well, guess what. Now you're talking for a

705
00:33:29.440 --> 00:33:32.759
<v Speaker 8>little bit of a recipe for success leaning towards the hitter,

706
00:33:33.240 --> 00:33:36.200
<v Speaker 8>But it's always leaning towards the picture. That's what people.

707
00:33:36.519 --> 00:33:38.160
<v Speaker 8>I used to get an argument to Loop Pnell and

708
00:33:38.160 --> 00:33:40.200
<v Speaker 8>he's say, well, Son, you know, third time two the lineup,

709
00:33:40.240 --> 00:33:42.000
<v Speaker 8>this guy's whack, and I go, Lou.

710
00:33:42.480 --> 00:33:45.160
<v Speaker 11>It's still a seventy percent chance of me winning at

711
00:33:45.240 --> 00:33:47.039
<v Speaker 11>best for the hitter. I go, you walk into a

712
00:33:47.079 --> 00:33:50.000
<v Speaker 11>casino in Vegas and there is a table game that

713
00:33:50.079 --> 00:33:52.279
<v Speaker 11>says seventy percent chance of winning.

714
00:33:52.599 --> 00:33:54.839
<v Speaker 8>They'll be a line down the strip for people to

715
00:33:54.880 --> 00:33:58.319
<v Speaker 8>play that game. I still have the advantage. So like

716
00:33:58.440 --> 00:34:00.960
<v Speaker 8>that's always going to be the pictures advantage. But yeah,

717
00:34:01.000 --> 00:34:03.079
<v Speaker 8>definitely something Dave Roberts is going to be trying to

718
00:34:03.079 --> 00:34:03.759
<v Speaker 8>do again tonight.

719
00:34:04.200 --> 00:34:06.599
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and you know, Ryan, even in battie practice, they

720
00:34:06.599 --> 00:34:08.599
<v Speaker 2>don't barrel every one of them up. I mean it's

721
00:34:08.800 --> 00:34:13.679
<v Speaker 2>they hit at the top of the screen eight ground balls, right. Yeah.

722
00:34:13.760 --> 00:34:16.599
<v Speaker 8>That brad Ornsburg a pitching coach. I had he one time.

723
00:34:16.599 --> 00:34:18.400
<v Speaker 8>Whenever I have a struggling he goes, dude, go stand

724
00:34:18.400 --> 00:34:21.320
<v Speaker 8>behind the cage. Yeah, go look at these guys and

725
00:34:21.480 --> 00:34:23.760
<v Speaker 8>know it's coming in at sixty five miles an hour

726
00:34:23.800 --> 00:34:25.280
<v Speaker 8>and they're rolling over to short.

727
00:34:25.440 --> 00:34:28.920
<v Speaker 2>Yep, you know you're right, Yeah, exactly right. Hey, Ryan,

728
00:34:28.960 --> 00:34:30.639
<v Speaker 2>I wanted to ask you about this too, because you know,

729
00:34:30.800 --> 00:34:33.360
<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers are built to slug. Everybody knows it. They

730
00:34:33.440 --> 00:34:35.360
<v Speaker 2>kind of set their their way to go at the

731
00:34:35.400 --> 00:34:37.119
<v Speaker 2>Dodgers as you know, there's going to be a slug

732
00:34:37.159 --> 00:34:39.639
<v Speaker 2>fest against me in some weird way, you know, with

733
00:34:39.760 --> 00:34:41.880
<v Speaker 2>the fact that Freddy had to go down and now

734
00:34:41.880 --> 00:34:44.400
<v Speaker 2>we get a little different flare. Miguel Rojas goes down.

735
00:34:44.599 --> 00:34:46.360
<v Speaker 2>You got Tommy Edman in there, who can hit the

736
00:34:46.400 --> 00:34:48.920
<v Speaker 2>ball the other way, you can bunt, he can play

737
00:34:48.920 --> 00:34:51.039
<v Speaker 2>different positions. All of a sudden, Key K's in the

738
00:34:51.039 --> 00:34:53.760
<v Speaker 2>mix and he's doing his thing. I think this was

739
00:34:53.840 --> 00:34:56.400
<v Speaker 2>kind of a fly in the ointment in some strange

740
00:34:56.400 --> 00:34:59.519
<v Speaker 2>way that not so much to slug. Now, not all

741
00:34:59.519 --> 00:35:01.639
<v Speaker 2>the way this this team can beat you in different

742
00:35:01.679 --> 00:35:04.360
<v Speaker 2>ways and speed and a little bit of dexterity with

743
00:35:04.400 --> 00:35:06.119
<v Speaker 2>the bat and button the ball down the line and

744
00:35:06.159 --> 00:35:08.880
<v Speaker 2>this type of thing. I think that throws a kind

745
00:35:08.880 --> 00:35:12.159
<v Speaker 2>of wrench into the mindset of a pitcher like Darvish

746
00:35:12.199 --> 00:35:14.320
<v Speaker 2>that knows this team can slug, but oh god, they

747
00:35:14.320 --> 00:35:15.159
<v Speaker 2>can do these other things.

748
00:35:15.239 --> 00:35:20.920
<v Speaker 8>Now, yeah, I'm with you. I you know, I know,

749
00:35:21.440 --> 00:35:25.079
<v Speaker 8>I'm not naive to know that home runs in the postseason.

750
00:35:25.159 --> 00:35:27.960
<v Speaker 8>If you look at the numbers, they win, sure, but

751
00:35:28.599 --> 00:35:31.639
<v Speaker 8>not a lot of games do you win on solo homers.

752
00:35:31.760 --> 00:35:34.280
<v Speaker 8>It's the base hit, it's the tough two strike approach

753
00:35:34.360 --> 00:35:37.519
<v Speaker 8>that somebody has, you know, before he gets on, you know,

754
00:35:37.599 --> 00:35:39.280
<v Speaker 8>those kind of things that you mentioned. The bottom of

755
00:35:39.320 --> 00:35:41.840
<v Speaker 8>the lineup, those guys get on before the big guys

756
00:35:41.840 --> 00:35:44.039
<v Speaker 8>at the top. Well, now, those solo homers are three

757
00:35:44.119 --> 00:35:46.079
<v Speaker 8>run homers, and those are hard to come back from

758
00:35:46.079 --> 00:35:46.840
<v Speaker 8>in the playoffs.

759
00:35:47.000 --> 00:35:48.119
<v Speaker 2>Oh yes, you.

760
00:35:48.079 --> 00:35:50.239
<v Speaker 8>Know we want in twenty thirteen with the Red Sox

761
00:35:50.239 --> 00:35:53.199
<v Speaker 8>with that formula exactly. I mean, we did not look

762
00:35:53.239 --> 00:35:55.400
<v Speaker 8>at the success of the Houston Astros over the year

763
00:35:55.760 --> 00:35:58.239
<v Speaker 8>that pass run they've been on. It's hitting with two strikes.

764
00:35:58.280 --> 00:35:59.920
<v Speaker 8>They don't strike out, they put it in play. Now

765
00:36:00.000 --> 00:36:02.000
<v Speaker 8>a sudden it's playoff time. Pressure is a little tighter

766
00:36:02.280 --> 00:36:04.440
<v Speaker 8>guy kicks the ball and doesn't quite make the play

767
00:36:04.519 --> 00:36:06.360
<v Speaker 8>or whatever. You bloop a base hit, and now a

768
00:36:06.400 --> 00:36:09.199
<v Speaker 8>two run homer two runs in the playoffs feels like

769
00:36:09.440 --> 00:36:12.559
<v Speaker 8>a five in the regular season. It's just and that

770
00:36:12.719 --> 00:36:18.559
<v Speaker 8>scrappy type formula is annoying as a pitcher, it's frustrating

771
00:36:18.559 --> 00:36:21.199
<v Speaker 8>as a defense, and ultimately it's gonna get you in

772
00:36:21.239 --> 00:36:23.679
<v Speaker 8>a situation where now your best hitters are coming up

773
00:36:23.719 --> 00:36:27.320
<v Speaker 8>with runners on base, and those crooked numbers do damage.

774
00:36:27.320 --> 00:36:30.920
<v Speaker 8>So yeah, you know, there's always and that's depth, right,

775
00:36:31.400 --> 00:36:34.519
<v Speaker 8>That's where the Los Angeles Dodgers have an advantage when

776
00:36:34.559 --> 00:36:37.239
<v Speaker 8>you have depth like that where you can plug in

777
00:36:37.360 --> 00:36:39.519
<v Speaker 8>Kei Ky Hernandez who has experienced it in the postseason,

778
00:36:39.519 --> 00:36:41.519
<v Speaker 8>Tommy Emman, who's played you know, like those kind of

779
00:36:41.519 --> 00:36:45.320
<v Speaker 8>guys that get on base before your big dogs. It's

780
00:36:45.360 --> 00:36:47.159
<v Speaker 8>a dangerous format and the same thing from the other

781
00:36:47.199 --> 00:36:48.800
<v Speaker 8>side of the ball for the padres as well, if

782
00:36:48.840 --> 00:36:50.639
<v Speaker 8>those guys get on base before they're big guys.

783
00:36:51.039 --> 00:36:53.199
<v Speaker 3>Ryan, final thing, what do you think happens tonight in

784
00:36:53.239 --> 00:36:53.639
<v Speaker 3>this game?

785
00:36:53.679 --> 00:36:53.920
<v Speaker 2>Five?

786
00:36:54.000 --> 00:36:57.960
<v Speaker 3>Darvis Yamamoto, Dodgers Stadium, sold out crowd. Winner moves on

787
00:36:58.039 --> 00:37:00.320
<v Speaker 3>to face the Mets in the NLCS. How do you

788
00:37:00.440 --> 00:37:01.599
<v Speaker 3>envision this thing playing out?

789
00:37:03.599 --> 00:37:07.960
<v Speaker 8>Yeah, it's gonna be I think it's gonna be extremely

790
00:37:08.039 --> 00:37:13.119
<v Speaker 8>loud and crazy in there, you know. And I will

791
00:37:13.159 --> 00:37:16.239
<v Speaker 8>say this, whoever gets the lead early better add on,

792
00:37:17.239 --> 00:37:20.480
<v Speaker 8>because if you think, you know, the two runs you

793
00:37:20.480 --> 00:37:22.199
<v Speaker 8>score earlier are going to be enough, I don't. I

794
00:37:22.239 --> 00:37:24.840
<v Speaker 8>don't think that they will be. I think that, you know,

795
00:37:25.480 --> 00:37:29.519
<v Speaker 8>the desperation of a game five, You're gonna see unconventional things.

796
00:37:29.559 --> 00:37:32.840
<v Speaker 8>You might see a squeeze, you might see something, you know,

797
00:37:32.960 --> 00:37:34.800
<v Speaker 8>whatever it is. But get the lead. You know, if

798
00:37:34.800 --> 00:37:37.119
<v Speaker 8>we're going to play the numbers, the person who scores

799
00:37:37.159 --> 00:37:40.800
<v Speaker 8>first tends to win more than the other guys. And

800
00:37:41.119 --> 00:37:43.480
<v Speaker 8>if you can add on, you add on. But I'll

801
00:37:43.519 --> 00:37:45.840
<v Speaker 8>tell you one thing. I'm not leaving my couch. Sorry,

802
00:37:46.000 --> 00:37:47.760
<v Speaker 8>started my wife, she's gonna have to take care of

803
00:37:47.760 --> 00:37:50.440
<v Speaker 8>all the kids stuff tonight because I am not missing

804
00:37:50.440 --> 00:37:52.039
<v Speaker 8>the pitch. This is going to be a fun game

805
00:37:52.079 --> 00:37:54.719
<v Speaker 8>to watch. And these two teams do not like each other.

806
00:37:54.760 --> 00:37:56.480
<v Speaker 8>And I mean, this is what you drop for a

807
00:37:56.519 --> 00:37:59.199
<v Speaker 8>game seven of a World Series, letting alone a DS game.

808
00:37:59.400 --> 00:38:01.760
<v Speaker 2>This is gonna be a last Yeah, hey Ryan, last

809
00:38:01.760 --> 00:38:03.480
<v Speaker 2>one for me. I got to ask you. You know,

810
00:38:03.559 --> 00:38:06.039
<v Speaker 2>we know it's going to be uh Yoshi going tonight.

811
00:38:06.079 --> 00:38:07.880
<v Speaker 2>But you know you had a chance for Flarity. You

812
00:38:07.880 --> 00:38:10.000
<v Speaker 2>had a chance for another bullpen game that worked very

813
00:38:10.000 --> 00:38:12.320
<v Speaker 2>well for the Dodgers. What what do you think about

814
00:38:12.320 --> 00:38:15.920
<v Speaker 2>the choice? Uh? I picked a young Momoto to pitch.

815
00:38:16.239 --> 00:38:18.800
<v Speaker 2>That was my choice. Uh. And that's what they're going with.

816
00:38:19.039 --> 00:38:20.280
<v Speaker 2>Is that what you would have picked? Or would you

817
00:38:20.320 --> 00:38:21.199
<v Speaker 2>have done something different?

818
00:38:22.760 --> 00:38:24.760
<v Speaker 8>No, I've done the same and and and one reason

819
00:38:24.840 --> 00:38:26.480
<v Speaker 8>is you know that Flarity is going to be in

820
00:38:26.480 --> 00:38:28.320
<v Speaker 8>that bullpen ready to go from the first hitter of

821
00:38:28.320 --> 00:38:31.599
<v Speaker 8>the game. So Flarity Jack has pitched out of the

822
00:38:31.599 --> 00:38:34.199
<v Speaker 8>bullpen before. He's he's done that where he can help

823
00:38:34.239 --> 00:38:36.440
<v Speaker 8>out there. Whereas when you take a guy that hasn't

824
00:38:36.480 --> 00:38:39.840
<v Speaker 8>done that, you know it's a difference maker, it really is.

825
00:38:39.880 --> 00:38:41.920
<v Speaker 8>And and and he'll be ready to go. It's all

826
00:38:41.960 --> 00:38:47.239
<v Speaker 8>hands on deck, you know, No, nobody's nobody's safe, and

827
00:38:47.280 --> 00:38:49.280
<v Speaker 8>nobody wants to be safe. Everybody wants to try and

828
00:38:49.280 --> 00:38:51.960
<v Speaker 8>play their part to send their team. And for La

829
00:38:52.239 --> 00:38:53.920
<v Speaker 8>those guys want to be able to send their team

830
00:38:54.880 --> 00:38:56.840
<v Speaker 8>to the next round, to the CS. So yeah, I

831
00:38:57.239 --> 00:38:59.199
<v Speaker 8>like the choice it makes. It makes a lot of sense.

832
00:38:59.199 --> 00:39:01.159
<v Speaker 8>It makes sense on pay for mixed sense from a

833
00:39:01.199 --> 00:39:05.199
<v Speaker 8>heartbeat and emotional standpoint. So but the leash will be short.

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<v Speaker 8>I know that.

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<v Speaker 2>Ryan.

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<v Speaker 3>We appreciate you jumping on this morning. Can't wait to

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<v Speaker 3>see you guys at eleven a m. Pacific today. You

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<v Speaker 3>guys are going to continue throughout the postseason. It's Intentional

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<v Speaker 3>Talk MLB Network, Ryan Dempster, Kevin Malar, and Sierra Sonto's

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<v Speaker 3>no offense to Steven Nelson, but much better with Sierra

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<v Speaker 3>Santo's much more enjoyable to watch intentional Talk with her

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<v Speaker 3>rather than our boy Nelly.

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<v Speaker 8>I'll tell you what. Nelly's absolutely crushing it and so

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<v Speaker 8>I couldn't be happier for him either.

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<v Speaker 3>It worked out well, all absolutely one of the great

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<v Speaker 3>guys in killing it, as you mentioned, calling games right

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<v Speaker 3>here on a five seventy LA Sports for the NLDS. Ryan,

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<v Speaker 3>thanks ver much for coming on. We appreciate it. Thanks, Brian,

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<v Speaker 3>you got it, guys.

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<v Speaker 8>Absolutely all right.

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<v Speaker 3>There he goes Ryan Dempster from Intentional Talk on MLB Network,

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<v Speaker 3>coming up your phone calls as we get ready for

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<v Speaker 3>Game five of this NLDS Top of the hour, David

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<v Speaker 3>Massa will join us eight sixty six, nine eighty seven,

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<v Speaker 3>eight sixty six ninety seven two five seventy Yamamoto, Darvish,

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<v Speaker 3>Dodgers Padres. How you feeling going into this must win

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<v Speaker 3>game five? Your calls?

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<v Speaker 2>Next?

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<v Speaker 3>You're an NFI seventy LA sports, Saxon kates in the am.

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<v Speaker 3>You're an M five seventy LA Sports. You're a home

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<v Speaker 3>a Game five of the nl DS. First pitch coming

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<v Speaker 3>up at five oh eight tonight, Yoshinobu Yamamoto named the

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<v Speaker 3>game five starter for the Dodgers. You, Darvish, will go

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<v Speaker 3>for the San Diego Padres. Winner moves on to the

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<v Speaker 3>NLCS that starts on Sunday afternoon, either at Dodger Stadium

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<v Speaker 3>or Petgo Park, depending on who wins this game five tonight, Sexy.

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<v Speaker 3>How many? How many must win games? Elimination games? Do

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<v Speaker 3>you remember you played in in the postseason? Forgive me

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<v Speaker 3>for not knowing off and I should have looked this up,

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<v Speaker 3>but do you remember do you remember playing in elimination games?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, in eighty two we had the last game of

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<v Speaker 2>the season. If we won, we were in and that's

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<v Speaker 2>when you know, Joe Morgan hit that home run off

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<v Speaker 2>Terry Force or that put us out. So I guess

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<v Speaker 2>you could say that was one. And then we were

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<v Speaker 2>in the playoffs in eighty three and we got eliminated

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<v Speaker 2>in four straight and so that was an elimination game.

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<v Speaker 2>And then in eighty five we were in there, and

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<v Speaker 2>then of course I don't know that. Yeah, we had

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<v Speaker 2>a elimination game in eighty five in the playoffs against

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<v Speaker 2>the Mets. So yeah, quite a few been in quite

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<v Speaker 2>a few, and you know, it's those games are are

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<v Speaker 2>just there's there's no talk. You know, there's no rationale. Really,

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<v Speaker 2>you just go out and either you do or you don't.

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<v Speaker 2>That's that's the way when it comes down to it,

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<v Speaker 2>what it's about. When you're in the middle of the game,

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<v Speaker 2>there's no rationale. You just take the game as it

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<v Speaker 2>comes and either you're gonna do it or you're not,

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<v Speaker 2>and that's it.

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<v Speaker 3>Can imagine should come in and say something to change

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<v Speaker 3>it either way or at that point nothing needs to

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<v Speaker 3>be said.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't really think so. I mean, you know, managers

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<v Speaker 2>are are are great, and you know you got to

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<v Speaker 2>have them. They certainly matter. But when it comes down

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<v Speaker 2>to it, either you know you're gonna barrel it up

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<v Speaker 2>or the guy's gonna get you out. And that's that's

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<v Speaker 2>what it comes down to. It's either yes or no.

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<v Speaker 3>Let's go to Brian on the four h five here

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<v Speaker 3>on a five seventy LA Sports Brian, how you feel

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<v Speaker 3>and going into Game five tonight at Dodger Stadium.

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<v Speaker 8>I'm feeling pretty awesome.

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<v Speaker 2>All right?

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<v Speaker 3>Why is that?

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<v Speaker 12>Oh, I'm just excited about the game. I just wanted

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<v Speaker 12>to play with all the first, second, and third row

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<v Speaker 12>fans at the stadium tonight to know their duties when

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<v Speaker 12>it comes to the fly balls. I don't want to

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<v Speaker 12>and have a want to make sure we learn from

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<v Speaker 12>our mistake.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, absolutely, bring your glove. You have every right to

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<v Speaker 3>that ball. As soon as it crosses that barrier into

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<v Speaker 3>the stands. You have as much right for that ball

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<v Speaker 3>as does the outfielder who may be trying to reach

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<v Speaker 3>into the stands next year's seat, knock over the drink

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<v Speaker 3>in front of you and try to grab the ball

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<v Speaker 3>and bring it back. You have every right for them.

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<v Speaker 12>Absolutely.

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<v Speaker 8>Five. You know, fly balls outfield also, you know, foul balls.

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<v Speaker 8>Just to everybody be ready tonight.

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<v Speaker 3>All right, Brian appreciated. I never thought we'd have a

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<v Speaker 3>call Saxy for encouraging fans to know their role in

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<v Speaker 3>the outfield. As far as home runs, we're concerned and

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<v Speaker 3>going and getting the ball.

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<v Speaker 2>I think you could. First of all, we got to

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<v Speaker 2>get Brian some coffee. I think he's just he's just

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<v Speaker 2>getting wrong.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh he said he's excited. He hearing in his voice.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, I heard it. But I think he could

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<v Speaker 2>just summed it up and said, hey, ball comes past

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<v Speaker 2>the barrier. Attack. I mean that would have been kind

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<v Speaker 2>of more succinct. I think, just attack.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, And I think Dodger fans will be ready tonight,

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<v Speaker 3>at least I hope Dodger fans will be ready.

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<v Speaker 2>Even believe that ball almost profar almost caught another one

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<v Speaker 2>exactly the same from the same guy at the exact

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<v Speaker 2>same spot, but you know, different stadium. But I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>can you believe that it What are the chances of

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<v Speaker 2>that Muki hit it in exactly the same spot inches away?

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<v Speaker 3>And I just think if he catches that ball, what

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<v Speaker 3>does that do to the psyche of a Mookie Bets?

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<v Speaker 3>Maybe for the series.

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<v Speaker 2>Just yeah, that that set the tone. I mean, that's

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<v Speaker 2>set him on fire right there.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, eight six ninet eighty seven, two five seventy. It's

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<v Speaker 3>Game five of the NLDS. We'll come back. We'll get

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<v Speaker 3>David Veasse's take on this game five tonight, his thoughts

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<v Speaker 3>on Yoshinobu Yamamoto getting the start for the Dodgers. You,

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<v Speaker 3>Darvish going for the padres. It's a winner take all.

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<v Speaker 3>N LDS. Winner moves on to the NLCS to face

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<v Speaker 3>the New York Mets, and we got it for it

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<v Speaker 3>Morongo Casino. Dodgers on Deck begins at four pm live

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<v Speaker 3>from Dodgers Stadium. First pitch at five to eight. Steve Sacks,

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<v Speaker 3>Tim Katson, you on this Friday morning, are your home

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<v Speaker 3>at the Dodger's Amphi seventy l A Sports