WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.200 --> 00:00:04.400 The right fart. 2 00:00:04.440 --> 00:00:10.320 Dodgers Playoff Baseball is back and with it an annual 3 00:00:10.439 --> 00:00:12.160 postseason tradition. 4 00:00:12.279 --> 00:00:13.439 Scam is back. 5 00:00:13.560 --> 00:00:14.160 Baby. 6 00:00:14.320 --> 00:00:17.800 This is Sax and Cakes in the A app Go 7 00:00:18.000 --> 00:00:22.359 with Broway. Dodger legend Steve Sacks is joined by your 8 00:00:22.519 --> 00:00:26.679 favorite Dodger pregame host, Tim Kates. If you want to 9 00:00:26.719 --> 00:00:29.239 talk Dodgers, get in on the show on eighty six 10 00:00:29.399 --> 00:00:32.159 six nine, eighty seven two five seven now while the 11 00:00:32.240 --> 00:00:35.880 Dan Patrick Show streams on the iHeartRadio app. We've been 12 00:00:35.960 --> 00:00:39.640 banished to the Internet until this Dodgers playoff run concludes. 13 00:00:39.799 --> 00:00:43.159 Here they are broadcasting live on AM five to seven 14 00:00:43.240 --> 00:00:47.240 e LA Sports. It's Tim Kats and Steve Sacks. 15 00:00:48.039 --> 00:00:54.759 The Dodgers have forced a Game five in this NLGS. 16 00:00:55.000 --> 00:01:00.759 Hi everybody, and welcome into a Thursday morning edition Sacks 17 00:01:00.840 --> 00:01:03.439 and Kate's and am here I you're a home of 18 00:01:03.479 --> 00:01:07.439 the Dodgers, AM five seventy LA Sports. It was a 19 00:01:07.680 --> 00:01:11.480 must win Game four last night in San Diego, a 20 00:01:11.680 --> 00:01:16.200 bullpen game for the Dodgers, and they came through and 21 00:01:16.280 --> 00:01:19.599 a eight nothing shutout win to come back to Dodger 22 00:01:19.640 --> 00:01:24.359 Stadium Friday night. Pray winner go home. Game five of 23 00:01:24.359 --> 00:01:26.879 this NLDS. I am Tim Kates, joined by a two 24 00:01:26.920 --> 00:01:29.640 time World Series champion, former Rookie of the Year, and 25 00:01:29.680 --> 00:01:32.480 he's one hell of a guy. He's my favorite. Number three. 26 00:01:32.879 --> 00:01:34.680 Steve Sacks Saxy, Good morning. 27 00:01:34.680 --> 00:01:35.920 Good morning, Tim. How are you? 28 00:01:36.079 --> 00:01:39.680 Oh? I am fantastic. I was so nervous yesterday. I 29 00:01:39.719 --> 00:01:42.200 told you yesterday morning, I could not sleep the night before. 30 00:01:42.640 --> 00:01:45.120 I was so nervous on what was gonna happen in 31 00:01:45.159 --> 00:01:47.799 Game four? How would the Dodgers come out all the 32 00:01:47.920 --> 00:01:51.439 momentum that the San Diego Padres were riding in this 33 00:01:51.599 --> 00:01:54.159 series from Game two to three and a chance to 34 00:01:54.200 --> 00:01:56.879 close out the Dodgers in front of a sellout, racous 35 00:01:57.000 --> 00:02:00.359 crowd at Petco Park, and the Dodgers shut him up early, 36 00:02:00.719 --> 00:02:03.640 shut him up often, and shut him out to win 37 00:02:03.680 --> 00:02:03.959 the game. 38 00:02:04.000 --> 00:02:04.560 I love it. 39 00:02:04.719 --> 00:02:08.919 And as Alana said yesterday, just shoved yesterday. That was 40 00:02:09.000 --> 00:02:12.680 a epic event yesterday watching that game, I thought the 41 00:02:12.759 --> 00:02:14.560 key to the game, I'll just tell you right out 42 00:02:14.599 --> 00:02:17.400 of the game was top of the second. I know 43 00:02:17.520 --> 00:02:19.120 what Mooki did in the first time he hit that 44 00:02:19.439 --> 00:02:22.520 absolute missile out of there, which was a beautiful thing 45 00:02:22.560 --> 00:02:26.759 to watch. It was the punch hit the opposite field. 46 00:02:27.280 --> 00:02:31.919 Situational hitting put on display by Mooki, and he cuts 47 00:02:31.960 --> 00:02:37.159 down the swing. There's an absolute valley between cronin Worth 48 00:02:37.280 --> 00:02:41.240 and Bogarts and he just hit in a half swing 49 00:02:41.639 --> 00:02:44.639 pepper game with the right fielder. That went got through 50 00:02:44.639 --> 00:02:47.479 there for a hit, and it scored kik A And 51 00:02:47.680 --> 00:02:50.280 that is what the turning point of the game was 52 00:02:50.360 --> 00:02:54.719 right there. That's what you call situational hitting. And only 53 00:02:54.759 --> 00:02:58.039 an uber talented human being that's got a brain in 54 00:02:58.080 --> 00:02:58.719 his head. 55 00:02:58.719 --> 00:03:00.719 Can do that, and that's what Mooki did. 56 00:03:00.800 --> 00:03:03.479 Mooki led off the first sitting with the solo home run. 57 00:03:03.599 --> 00:03:06.400 The Dodgers loved the home run ball, but as he 58 00:03:06.439 --> 00:03:09.560 alluded to in that second inning, they manufactured those runs 59 00:03:09.719 --> 00:03:11.960 and they did so with two outs, which they have 60 00:03:12.039 --> 00:03:16.479 been doing all season long. Shoeyotani drills a ball to 61 00:03:16.599 --> 00:03:19.280 right field. Great job by the way by Keiky Hernandez 62 00:03:19.280 --> 00:03:20.520 to get out of the way of that ball and 63 00:03:20.560 --> 00:03:23.879 not get hit by that missile that came from Shoeotani. 64 00:03:23.960 --> 00:03:26.520 That scored Gavin lux and is you alluded to. After 65 00:03:26.560 --> 00:03:29.639 the pitching change, Mookie Bets wasted no time going with 66 00:03:29.680 --> 00:03:33.080 the pitch to right field, scoring Kik and tacking on 67 00:03:33.280 --> 00:03:35.879 another run to make it not a two to nothing 68 00:03:36.000 --> 00:03:38.319 lead but a three to nothing lead. And they just 69 00:03:38.439 --> 00:03:41.719 kept tacking on after that sack, see two more in 70 00:03:41.800 --> 00:03:43.960 the third and the next thing, you know, before you 71 00:03:44.000 --> 00:03:47.080 can breathe there at Petco Park, it's a five nothing 72 00:03:47.199 --> 00:03:50.919 Dodgers lead, and then it's just arm after arm after 73 00:03:51.159 --> 00:03:54.120 arm out of that bullpen. Dave Roberts is gonna have 74 00:03:54.159 --> 00:03:56.560 to ice his feet after the amount of trips he 75 00:03:56.639 --> 00:04:00.639 took from the dugout to the mound last night. A 76 00:04:00.759 --> 00:04:04.919 different Dodger pitcher, Saxy, went to the mound last night. 77 00:04:05.439 --> 00:04:07.879 Yeah, I think we had talked about that right at 78 00:04:07.879 --> 00:04:10.520 the close of yesterday's broadcast. 79 00:04:10.520 --> 00:04:13.800 Well, I'm glad you bring that up, Saxy, because really, 80 00:04:13.879 --> 00:04:16.160 let's let''s go on. Let's have a little flashback to 81 00:04:16.319 --> 00:04:19.519 yesterday eight fifty five am Pacific Standard time. Let's take 82 00:04:19.560 --> 00:04:19.879 a listen. 83 00:04:19.959 --> 00:04:26.199 Okay, very simple. Your backs are against the wall. There's 84 00:04:26.240 --> 00:04:28.079 no more talking. The backs are again. I don't care 85 00:04:28.079 --> 00:04:30.560 about I don't care about enthusiasm. Go out there and 86 00:04:30.600 --> 00:04:33.040 barrow somebody's ass up. And that's what you gotta do. 87 00:04:33.199 --> 00:04:35.399 Barrel some some balls up and as far as the 88 00:04:35.439 --> 00:04:38.519 bullpen goes, go out there and attack these hitters. Don't 89 00:04:38.519 --> 00:04:40.680 go on the fringe. These guys are gonna have to 90 00:04:40.680 --> 00:04:43.680 figure everybody out as they go along. The bullpen guys 91 00:04:43.680 --> 00:04:46.480 have the advantage, especially early in the game. Go out 92 00:04:46.519 --> 00:04:48.439 and attack somebody, and let's see. 93 00:04:48.240 --> 00:04:53.639 What happens, what what h feels like. Somebody may have 94 00:04:54.600 --> 00:04:56.959 predicted what was gonna happen last night, Sack. 95 00:04:57.040 --> 00:04:59.399 Well, yeah, I mean you can kind of feel it 96 00:04:59.439 --> 00:05:02.560 coming to break up the Uh, you know what's been 97 00:05:02.639 --> 00:05:05.040 the norm in this short series already, and that was 98 00:05:05.240 --> 00:05:07.879 how do we change the how do we change the perspective? 99 00:05:07.920 --> 00:05:10.120 How do we get kind of the padres off their game. Well, 100 00:05:10.160 --> 00:05:11.839 you throw a bunch of bunch of different dudes at 101 00:05:11.920 --> 00:05:15.120 him with great stuff, uh, and you you ride what 102 00:05:15.199 --> 00:05:18.079 seems to be simmering in the background with Mooki, And 103 00:05:18.160 --> 00:05:21.079 that's exactly what they did. I'm all about the missile. 104 00:05:21.360 --> 00:05:24.279 Mooki hits the first home up and that ball was crushed. 105 00:05:24.800 --> 00:05:28.639 That's great, but it was the situational hitting putting all that. 106 00:05:28.720 --> 00:05:30.759 You know, Muky, who who. 107 00:05:30.600 --> 00:05:32.360 In the right mind is a human being's not gonna 108 00:05:32.360 --> 00:05:35.279 go up? Hey man, I am feeling it. I'm gonna 109 00:05:35.319 --> 00:05:38.000 hit the third home run in uh, you know, in 110 00:05:38.000 --> 00:05:40.079 the last couple of days. Right now, No, what you do? 111 00:05:40.319 --> 00:05:43.040 He cuts the swing down, he plays pepper with the 112 00:05:43.120 --> 00:05:46.959 right fielder, shoots that nice little dart past the second baseman, 113 00:05:47.319 --> 00:05:51.600 and then that's where the floodgates just opened up. Situational 114 00:05:51.639 --> 00:05:54.879 hitting is a beautiful thing. It's such an unselfish thing 115 00:05:54.879 --> 00:05:57.040 to do. And Mooki's all about that. It was just 116 00:05:57.079 --> 00:05:58.639 a beautiful at bat. I loved it. 117 00:05:59.720 --> 00:06:02.240 Begin any of that second inning against Dylan Seas, Tommy 118 00:06:02.240 --> 00:06:04.800 had been grinded out one nothing lead. After the Mookie 119 00:06:04.800 --> 00:06:07.279 bets on run, Gavin Lux comes up with one out 120 00:06:07.600 --> 00:06:11.879 and draws a five pitch walk from Dylan Ceas. All right, 121 00:06:12.000 --> 00:06:13.879 that's something the Dodgers haven't done in the last two 122 00:06:13.920 --> 00:06:16.160 games before this was actually go up there and have 123 00:06:16.279 --> 00:06:18.079 it bats and do whatever it takes to get on 124 00:06:18.120 --> 00:06:20.839 base and drawing a walk. Keik A Hernandez, who we've 125 00:06:20.879 --> 00:06:24.079 been talking about for three days. Why isn't he playing? 126 00:06:24.120 --> 00:06:26.120 Why didn't he come in af the bench in the 127 00:06:26.160 --> 00:06:28.519 previous game when Miguel Rojas left with the injury and 128 00:06:28.519 --> 00:06:30.639 they went to Andy pay Has instead. Well, Kei k 129 00:06:30.639 --> 00:06:33.199 A her Nana's got the start last night. His first 130 00:06:33.240 --> 00:06:35.800 at bat in the second inning, after fouling off a 131 00:06:35.839 --> 00:06:38.720 couple of pitches on a two to two knuckle curve, 132 00:06:39.199 --> 00:06:43.319 drives the ball to center field for a single bullet 133 00:06:43.560 --> 00:06:46.120 and that get that kept the inning going. If these 134 00:06:46.120 --> 00:06:48.439 guys strike out like they did in numbers in the 135 00:06:48.439 --> 00:06:51.000 first three games and not put the ball in play, 136 00:06:51.160 --> 00:06:53.600 we're not getting to Otani and Bet, so they're not 137 00:06:53.680 --> 00:06:56.560 chasing Dylan Ceze like they did in the second inning. 138 00:06:56.680 --> 00:06:59.839 It's just repeat and rints more of the same. Instead, 139 00:07:00.199 --> 00:07:03.240 get guys on base, move them around with singles and 140 00:07:03.319 --> 00:07:05.519 let the top of the lineup turn back over like 141 00:07:05.560 --> 00:07:08.120 it did in the second inning. And know Tani singles, 142 00:07:08.279 --> 00:07:10.079 Bet singles three nothing game. 143 00:07:10.319 --> 00:07:13.600 Yeah, you said it exactly right. And that's you know, 144 00:07:13.639 --> 00:07:16.040 this new flare that you have with this bench. It's 145 00:07:16.160 --> 00:07:18.439 very very deep with the Dodgers. It's not just about 146 00:07:18.720 --> 00:07:21.759 all the guys with the huge contracts that are making 147 00:07:21.800 --> 00:07:24.000 it happen. You've got to have some flare in there, 148 00:07:24.040 --> 00:07:25.600 some guys that come up from the benches that have 149 00:07:25.639 --> 00:07:27.600 been there and done that before. And Ki k A 150 00:07:27.879 --> 00:07:30.560 certainly has been He's a great example of it. And 151 00:07:31.120 --> 00:07:33.240 this is a whole new part of the team that's 152 00:07:33.560 --> 00:07:35.959 been exposed at the right time. And you know, the manager, 153 00:07:36.079 --> 00:07:37.680 Dave Roberts, he feels it, he knows it. 154 00:07:37.839 --> 00:07:38.720 He made the right call. 155 00:07:39.000 --> 00:07:42.000 The bullpen game could go either really good or it 156 00:07:42.000 --> 00:07:44.439 could go really bad, because all it takes is one 157 00:07:44.480 --> 00:07:46.920 of those links that you're going to over the course 158 00:07:46.959 --> 00:07:50.079 of twenty seven outs, not to work, not to have 159 00:07:50.120 --> 00:07:52.160 a good outing, to get hit up a little bit, 160 00:07:52.439 --> 00:07:55.000 and that can ruin your plan because they map out 161 00:07:55.439 --> 00:07:58.879 all twenty seven outs essentially and matchups and Okay, you're 162 00:07:58.879 --> 00:08:01.439 gonna get this group of guys, you're gonna get this inning. 163 00:08:01.519 --> 00:08:05.079 It doesn't matter what inning it is. It's matchups, it's 164 00:08:05.199 --> 00:08:08.680 groupings to get twenty seven outs. And Dave Roberts alluded 165 00:08:08.720 --> 00:08:11.439 to that in his in dugout hit with Ken Rosenthal 166 00:08:11.480 --> 00:08:13.600 on Fox. I believe in the second or third inning 167 00:08:13.639 --> 00:08:16.319 and said, we're gonna go to Copek next, then it's 168 00:08:16.360 --> 00:08:18.839 gonna be this guy, and then it's gonna be this guy. 169 00:08:18.920 --> 00:08:21.079 And he laid out in essence what they're gonna do, 170 00:08:21.120 --> 00:08:24.000 and all it took me was a bat outing, maybe 171 00:08:24.040 --> 00:08:26.199 a couple of basins or a couple of walks, and 172 00:08:26.240 --> 00:08:29.199 you're off script and all of a sudden what you 173 00:08:29.279 --> 00:08:32.759 had planned out is not going to plan anymore, and 174 00:08:32.799 --> 00:08:35.759 you've got to adjust and maybe that's something that goes wrong, 175 00:08:36.039 --> 00:08:37.799 and all of a sudden there's a wrench thrown into 176 00:08:37.840 --> 00:08:40.759 your plan and things spiral out of control. Last night 177 00:08:40.879 --> 00:08:42.440 it worked out perfectly. 178 00:08:42.519 --> 00:08:44.600 Yeah, and you gotta have a guy ready to have 179 00:08:44.720 --> 00:08:47.519 some bulk innings as well in case that happens. And 180 00:08:47.799 --> 00:08:51.320 you know the Dodgers have that. But look, I don't 181 00:08:51.360 --> 00:08:53.679 know how Dave does. Our managers do it, and Dave 182 00:08:53.759 --> 00:08:56.360 certainly did it brilliantly when he was doing the interview. 183 00:08:57.840 --> 00:09:00.200 You know, to watch the game at the same time 184 00:09:00.279 --> 00:09:02.159 and you know, somebody gets hit. I'm like, oh, oh, shoot, 185 00:09:02.200 --> 00:09:03.519 hang on a second, I got I gotta go back 186 00:09:03.519 --> 00:09:05.519 over here. I would have been back and forth, back 187 00:09:05.519 --> 00:09:08.399 and forth with Ken Rosenthal, but uh, but he does 188 00:09:08.399 --> 00:09:12.320 it very very well. And this this is a big change. 189 00:09:12.360 --> 00:09:14.759 You know, there comes a time in a series where 190 00:09:15.120 --> 00:09:17.320 you know you just got to say enough talk and 191 00:09:17.480 --> 00:09:20.759 the stars have to shine, and you know there's always 192 00:09:20.840 --> 00:09:22.600 you know, those guys have to have their big years 193 00:09:22.759 --> 00:09:24.639 they got to show up when the time matter really 194 00:09:24.679 --> 00:09:27.519 doesn't matter. But you have to have a surprise or 195 00:09:27.559 --> 00:09:30.120 two in the bucket. You have to have one or 196 00:09:30.120 --> 00:09:32.840 two guys on the team that also comes out of 197 00:09:32.879 --> 00:09:36.559 nowhere and and really does something something really special. And 198 00:09:36.600 --> 00:09:39.200 you got to be able to to to circumvent some 199 00:09:39.240 --> 00:09:42.320 of these injury problems that that the Dodgers are obviously 200 00:09:42.399 --> 00:09:45.759 haven't all throughout the pitching staff, certainly with Freddie Freeman. 201 00:09:46.039 --> 00:09:47.039 But they're able to do it. 202 00:09:47.080 --> 00:09:50.799 And they're just navigating, you know, this course onto getting 203 00:09:50.840 --> 00:09:53.320 into the World Series, and it's it's pretty great on 204 00:09:53.360 --> 00:09:55.679 how they're doing it. They're doing it the time, the 205 00:09:55.720 --> 00:09:58.879 timely fashion in which they're performing these things are amazing. 206 00:09:58.919 --> 00:10:02.440 Who's gonna step up today or tomorrow? In this final game, 207 00:10:02.679 --> 00:10:05.039 we saw the bench really do it yesterday with the 208 00:10:05.039 --> 00:10:06.600 new guys. I don't know who it is tomorrow. 209 00:10:06.720 --> 00:10:10.279 Dodgers had twelve hits, scored eight runs, hit three home 210 00:10:10.360 --> 00:10:13.000 runs in the game. Eight of the nine Dodgers starters 211 00:10:13.440 --> 00:10:16.440 had hits to contribute in this game, and Tommy Edmond 212 00:10:16.559 --> 00:10:19.559 laying down a drag bunch a safety squeeze to bring 213 00:10:19.600 --> 00:10:21.720 in a run just to tack on more in this 214 00:10:21.799 --> 00:10:25.120 Dodgers lead. Last night, Gavin Lux goes two for four 215 00:10:25.159 --> 00:10:26.879 with a home run and a couple of ribis gall 216 00:10:26.919 --> 00:10:30.200 on base three times after drawing a walk. The Dodgers 217 00:10:30.200 --> 00:10:33.240 struck out ten times, but four of those ten came 218 00:10:33.240 --> 00:10:36.519 from Chris Taylor, whose twenty twenty four season we thought 219 00:10:36.840 --> 00:10:39.279 was behind him in the regular season, and he become 220 00:10:39.320 --> 00:10:41.879 a postseason Chris Taylor, like in a year's past. But 221 00:10:42.320 --> 00:10:45.080 if there's one guy left on this roster that is 222 00:10:45.120 --> 00:10:48.320 still searching saxy, one guy who's still looking for that 223 00:10:48.440 --> 00:10:52.000 moment to maybe help spark this team drive in a run, 224 00:10:52.039 --> 00:10:54.919 do something to contribute, it's Chris Taylor. And I feel 225 00:10:54.919 --> 00:10:56.480 bad for the guy. He's had a lot of big 226 00:10:56.480 --> 00:11:00.919 moments over the years in the postseason for the Dodgers, defensive, offensively, 227 00:11:01.480 --> 00:11:03.960 he just cannot figure it out at the plate. Struck 228 00:11:04.000 --> 00:11:04.840 out four times. 229 00:11:04.679 --> 00:11:07.080 Last yeah, and you can tell he's frustrated. And this 230 00:11:07.159 --> 00:11:09.519 is a this is a man that's loaded with character. 231 00:11:09.799 --> 00:11:13.039 You know, when he's going through some bad times, he 232 00:11:13.080 --> 00:11:16.080 doesn't show it as much. He's he's a really a 233 00:11:16.120 --> 00:11:18.399 good person. And you know the thing about him, he's 234 00:11:18.639 --> 00:11:22.720 just absolutely lost up there, he's trying to find it. 235 00:11:22.960 --> 00:11:24.879 He's he's trying to go up the middle. You can 236 00:11:24.919 --> 00:11:29.000 tell he's really not overswinging. He's he takes a good, 237 00:11:29.039 --> 00:11:31.840 healthy cut all the time, but he's trying to to 238 00:11:31.919 --> 00:11:34.240 hit the baltimol. I can tell on his approach. He 239 00:11:34.480 --> 00:11:37.039 just can't find it right now. And I hope he 240 00:11:37.080 --> 00:11:39.200 does find it because he's a very talented young man. 241 00:11:39.480 --> 00:11:43.600 They rebuilt his swing during the season, and at what 242 00:11:43.679 --> 00:11:46.120 point he's started to describe it to the reporters, like 243 00:11:46.159 --> 00:11:48.759 a week ago during the workouts, about where his hand 244 00:11:48.879 --> 00:11:51.480 movement was, the way his bat lays on his shoulder, 245 00:11:51.840 --> 00:11:56.200 his kick, his hips, everything. They rebuilt his entire swing 246 00:11:56.279 --> 00:11:58.840 because there was a gaping hole in it. It's interesting 247 00:11:58.879 --> 00:12:03.080 because early in the season Chris Taylor was struggling and 248 00:12:03.120 --> 00:12:05.480 No More Garcia Parl, I'll never forget this. No More 249 00:12:05.480 --> 00:12:08.039 did a one of these in front of the screen 250 00:12:08.080 --> 00:12:10.360 things at sports in n LA, kind of dissecting the 251 00:12:10.399 --> 00:12:13.320 swing of Chris Taylor. And he would frame by frame 252 00:12:13.639 --> 00:12:17.919 different angles showing the step, showing the load, showing the hands, 253 00:12:17.960 --> 00:12:20.799 where everything's at. And he dissected it right there and 254 00:12:20.799 --> 00:12:22.600 he said, here's the problem right here, he's wrapping here, 255 00:12:22.679 --> 00:12:25.120 arms here, did the whole thing, broke it down perfectly, 256 00:12:25.120 --> 00:12:27.720 and then he demonstrated how he should be doing it, 257 00:12:28.360 --> 00:12:31.480 and he almost felt like, gosh, well, they just asked 258 00:12:31.519 --> 00:12:34.480 no more how to fix this. But it took all season. 259 00:12:34.559 --> 00:12:36.840 The hitting coaches, he was on stint on the il 260 00:12:37.240 --> 00:12:40.159 in the minor league rehabitstat they're trying desperately, and they 261 00:12:40.360 --> 00:12:42.919 completely reinvented his swing. It just hasn't work. 262 00:12:43.000 --> 00:12:43.279 Still. 263 00:12:43.480 --> 00:12:45.799 Yeah, well, if anybody knows, it's no mar I mean, 264 00:12:45.840 --> 00:12:48.000 that guy was a great hitter and he can break 265 00:12:48.039 --> 00:12:50.799 things down. He's a smart dude, and he gets it 266 00:12:50.840 --> 00:12:53.440 no more. I have had talks about hitting, an approach 267 00:12:53.480 --> 00:12:57.039 and whatnot for me, and my opinion is I'm no 268 00:12:57.159 --> 00:12:59.399 hitting coach, but I try to make that thing as 269 00:12:59.399 --> 00:13:02.000 simple as part possible. I think the most important thing 270 00:13:02.039 --> 00:13:04.600 is right from that launching position and go right to 271 00:13:04.679 --> 00:13:07.720 contact that little arc right there. That's the most important 272 00:13:07.720 --> 00:13:09.519 part of hitting. You could talk about a load, you 273 00:13:09.519 --> 00:13:11.200 can talk about a rap, you can talk about getting 274 00:13:11.200 --> 00:13:14.000 your foot down, you know, keeping your head still, getting 275 00:13:14.000 --> 00:13:16.320 off a stiff front side. All that's that's great, but 276 00:13:16.440 --> 00:13:19.080 the most important thing is that ball coming out of 277 00:13:19.080 --> 00:13:21.960 the hand, you're in that loaded position, and then it's 278 00:13:22.039 --> 00:13:24.600 just right to the baseball from there to there, short, 279 00:13:24.759 --> 00:13:28.159 quick to the ball, and that's where the bulk of 280 00:13:28.200 --> 00:13:29.240 this whole thing lies for me. 281 00:13:29.480 --> 00:13:31.879 They made need Chris Taylor for Game five, depending on 282 00:13:31.919 --> 00:13:34.240 the status of Freddie Freeman certainly would love to see 283 00:13:34.279 --> 00:13:36.559 key Key Hernandez back out there in Game five. What 284 00:13:36.639 --> 00:13:40.559 he brings offensively and defensively last night the Dodgers eight runs, 285 00:13:40.600 --> 00:13:43.559 three home runs, twelve hits in the game last night, 286 00:13:43.639 --> 00:13:46.200 Max Munsey had a double for the Dodgers, as the 287 00:13:46.320 --> 00:13:49.120 offense was on full display and the pitching was fantastic. 288 00:13:49.200 --> 00:13:51.879 Ryan Brazier and inning and a third as the opener, 289 00:13:51.919 --> 00:13:54.039 and then it was just passing the baton to the 290 00:13:54.080 --> 00:13:57.240 next guy, Bond to Copek Vessi of Phillips Hudson trying 291 00:13:57.240 --> 00:13:59.519 it and Landon Nack pitched the ninth inning and what 292 00:13:59.559 --> 00:14:02.039 then was a blowout eight nothing lead in the Dodgers 293 00:14:02.320 --> 00:14:05.159 get the victory in Game four, series tied at two 294 00:14:05.200 --> 00:14:08.320 games a piece. Game five winner go home is tomorrow 295 00:14:08.440 --> 00:14:10.519 night at Dodgers Stadium. What's here though, from the manager 296 00:14:10.600 --> 00:14:13.519 Dave Roberts post game last night after his Dodgers stepped 297 00:14:13.519 --> 00:14:14.440 it up and got a big win. 298 00:14:14.759 --> 00:14:16.519 You know, I know before a tiny got you, I 299 00:14:16.559 --> 00:14:17.759 used to like to say a lot. You know, his 300 00:14:17.840 --> 00:14:21.440 Mookie goes to Dodger goods go how big has he been? 301 00:14:21.600 --> 00:14:23.759 You know? The last two days here is that Mookie, 302 00:14:24.039 --> 00:14:24.759 Mookie has been big. 303 00:14:25.440 --> 00:14:27.919 Obviously, we got a lot of good players, but it's 304 00:14:27.960 --> 00:14:31.200 not on one player, clearly, And today Mookie shine. 305 00:14:31.279 --> 00:14:33.799 Last night Mookie shined, and today Will had a big hit. 306 00:14:33.919 --> 00:14:36.519 So that's a great thing about having good players, and 307 00:14:37.279 --> 00:14:38.679 you know, they don't need to do anything more than 308 00:14:38.679 --> 00:14:41.000 they're capable of and just kind of do what their potential, 309 00:14:41.039 --> 00:14:42.720 their their abilities to allow for. 310 00:14:42.840 --> 00:14:43.840 And that's what they did tonight. 311 00:14:44.399 --> 00:14:47.399 Well, they've used talked a lot about fight for Shi 312 00:14:47.480 --> 00:14:49.240 over the last week or so. The piece for you 313 00:14:49.279 --> 00:14:50.960 where it's just kind of what these guys did. 314 00:14:51.519 --> 00:14:54.039 I'm proud to proud I think that. 315 00:14:54.159 --> 00:14:56.440 You know, when you go through the regular season, a 316 00:14:56.440 --> 00:15:00.320 lot of things are sort of calculated, and you know 317 00:15:00.320 --> 00:15:02.360 there's a lot of variables because you're playing for the 318 00:15:02.399 --> 00:15:06.360 longer view. But when you get into the postseason, it's 319 00:15:06.360 --> 00:15:11.360 a street fight and it's about people players and your 320 00:15:11.399 --> 00:15:14.320 desire has got to be more than your opponent. And 321 00:15:14.399 --> 00:15:16.799 for me to see our guys go through what they've 322 00:15:16.840 --> 00:15:20.919 been through and respond the way they have really makes 323 00:15:20.919 --> 00:15:21.960 me excited about Game five. 324 00:15:22.320 --> 00:15:24.720 As you guys mapped out your pitching plane heading into 325 00:15:24.759 --> 00:15:26.639 this one, was Flairity an option. 326 00:15:26.440 --> 00:15:28.279 That he was the last. 327 00:15:28.759 --> 00:15:31.960 He was a late option if something you know, funky happened. 328 00:15:32.440 --> 00:15:34.600 Guys weren't as efficient as possible. But now he's a 329 00:15:34.600 --> 00:15:35.600 live for Game five as. 330 00:15:35.519 --> 00:15:38.120 Well, with the importance of getting an early lead in 331 00:15:38.159 --> 00:15:40.120 a game like this. How much of a tone setter 332 00:15:40.200 --> 00:15:42.799 was Mookie's home run? And you know there's a lot 333 00:15:42.840 --> 00:15:45.200 going on with him on Monday. Just can you just 334 00:15:45.240 --> 00:15:47.440 talk a little bit about how he responded to all this, 335 00:15:47.879 --> 00:15:48.480 all the noise. 336 00:15:48.559 --> 00:15:51.919 I guess really, I think you know responded really well. 337 00:15:52.519 --> 00:15:53.879 I've always tell the guys. 338 00:15:53.679 --> 00:15:56.639 The game honors you, and the work that he's put 339 00:15:56.679 --> 00:16:00.480 in grinding in the cage and extra hitting certainly has 340 00:16:00.480 --> 00:16:03.399 paid off. And your question about striking first when you 341 00:16:03.440 --> 00:16:05.440 come on the road, it is important. 342 00:16:05.799 --> 00:16:06.759 Hitting is still hard. 343 00:16:07.240 --> 00:16:10.759 You can't just book up book a homer or a 344 00:16:10.759 --> 00:16:13.120 crooked number in the first inning. But I do believe 345 00:16:13.159 --> 00:16:16.240 that the intent even show Hayes first swing up tonight, 346 00:16:16.480 --> 00:16:19.279 you know, was aggressive on the fastball, and for us 347 00:16:19.279 --> 00:16:21.960 to get to cease early, get to their pen, obviously 348 00:16:21.960 --> 00:16:22.960 it gave us momentum. 349 00:16:23.000 --> 00:16:24.480 But yeah, started with Mookie right there. 350 00:16:25.360 --> 00:16:27.720 That's Dave Roberts post game last night, and he just 351 00:16:27.799 --> 00:16:31.039 said something that's pretty important, Saxy. They got on Dylan 352 00:16:31.120 --> 00:16:33.679 cease early, and he went through eighty two pitches on 353 00:16:33.720 --> 00:16:36.200 Saturday night, three days of rest. He had never done 354 00:16:36.200 --> 00:16:38.559 this before in his career. But he still came out 355 00:16:38.600 --> 00:16:41.120 throwing one hundred miles an hour last night. So, yeah, 356 00:16:41.159 --> 00:16:43.960 he was juiced up. The adrenaline was there. He very 357 00:16:43.960 --> 00:16:47.679 easily kind of come out and just absolutely dealt in 358 00:16:47.759 --> 00:16:51.480 the first inning. Got the confidence, got the momentum, got 359 00:16:51.480 --> 00:16:53.960 the crowd behind them, put up a zero in the 360 00:16:54.000 --> 00:16:57.799 first inning, and he's off and running, feeling good about himself. Instead, 361 00:16:57.840 --> 00:17:00.440 the Dodgers put together some good evats. Mookie, that's HiT's 362 00:17:00.480 --> 00:17:03.120 a home run, and you can just see the deflation 363 00:17:03.399 --> 00:17:05.920 in Dylan sees not only the crowd, but Dylan sees 364 00:17:05.960 --> 00:17:07.680 on the mount You can see he was done after that. 365 00:17:07.839 --> 00:17:10.640 Yeah, he was, and you know he was the thing 366 00:17:10.680 --> 00:17:14.039 about starting pitchers. They're very much more than anybody else 367 00:17:14.079 --> 00:17:16.799 in baseball. They are creatures of habit. They have to 368 00:17:17.079 --> 00:17:20.279 have the same routine, and I totally get that they're 369 00:17:20.400 --> 00:17:22.920 zeroed in on what they do. They work out, they run, 370 00:17:22.960 --> 00:17:25.279 they throw their pens at the same time they do 371 00:17:25.319 --> 00:17:27.200 all that. Everything's the same for them. They are on 372 00:17:27.359 --> 00:17:30.079 like a rotation in everything they do, and you put 373 00:17:30.119 --> 00:17:32.680 them out there in a different kind of an atmosphere. Now, 374 00:17:32.920 --> 00:17:35.200 the expectations are high. I think I think being in 375 00:17:35.200 --> 00:17:37.799 a home crowd can sometimes work against you because the 376 00:17:37.839 --> 00:17:40.440 expectations are so high and he wasn't in his element, 377 00:17:40.480 --> 00:17:43.799 Tim was. He was pitching on two days early. So 378 00:17:44.279 --> 00:17:47.079 this was an advantage for the Dodgers. And you know, 379 00:17:47.319 --> 00:17:50.599 like we talked about yesterday, Tim, this team has so 380 00:17:50.680 --> 00:17:52.960 much talent, and hey give it to the Padres, they 381 00:17:52.960 --> 00:17:54.319 are too extremely talent. 382 00:17:54.359 --> 00:17:55.119 I think there are. 383 00:17:55.000 --> 00:17:57.319 The two best teams in the in the playoffs right now. 384 00:17:57.359 --> 00:18:00.799 But sooner or later, you got to you gotta think 385 00:18:01.119 --> 00:18:04.200 this this worm is gonna turn. It's it's gonna turn, 386 00:18:04.279 --> 00:18:07.480 and we're gonna see better than expected at some time. 387 00:18:07.640 --> 00:18:10.160 Not sure when it is, but maybe we're seeing the 388 00:18:10.200 --> 00:18:12.200 start of it now, and like we talked about, Mooki 389 00:18:12.240 --> 00:18:15.799 Betts makes the difference and you know he can carry 390 00:18:15.880 --> 00:18:18.359 the team. But man, you got show, Hey, you got Freddy, 391 00:18:18.440 --> 00:18:20.599 you got everybody on this team, you got a great bench, 392 00:18:20.839 --> 00:18:24.480 you got a stacked bullpen. So the leash should be 393 00:18:24.640 --> 00:18:25.839 very short on Friday Night. 394 00:18:26.000 --> 00:18:28.920 Game five is Friday Night. The Dodgers forced a decisive 395 00:18:28.960 --> 00:18:30.880 Game five with an eight to nothing to win last 396 00:18:30.960 --> 00:18:33.960 night over the San Diego Padres. He is Steve Sacksiam 397 00:18:33.960 --> 00:18:35.319 Tim Kates. We want you to be a part of 398 00:18:35.319 --> 00:18:37.720 the show. Eight six six nine eighty seven two five 399 00:18:37.799 --> 00:18:40.839 seventy eight sixty six nine eighty seven two five seventy. 400 00:18:40.880 --> 00:18:42.720 Jose Moto will join us in the final hour of 401 00:18:42.720 --> 00:18:45.559