Speaker 1: And now your host of Dodger Talk, David Basse.
Speaker 2: We are live at Dodgers Stadium after the Dodgers get
Speaker 2: the win five to four over the Tigers in the
Speaker 2: home opener on snell Zilla Day. That's right, Blake Snell
Speaker 2: making his Dodger debut tonight at Dodgers Stadium in the
Speaker 2: home opener as your world champion Dodgers returned to North
Speaker 2: America to kick off the meat of their schedule. After
Speaker 2: a tremendous time out there in Tokyo, the Dodgers were
Speaker 2: back here at Dodgers Stadium and now are still undefeated,
Speaker 2: three to zero to begin the year, sweeping the Cubs
Speaker 2: in the Tokyo Series, and coming back here tonight at
Speaker 2: Dodgers Stadium, first time playing a regular season game or
Speaker 2: a meaningful game since the World Series last year when
Speaker 2: they beat the Yankees in five games. So really start
Speaker 2: to finish a great night here at Dodgers Stadium. If
Speaker 2: you were at the game tonight, I would love to
Speaker 2: hear your experience. I know the Dodgers put out a
Speaker 2: lot of great new food around the concourses. I saw
Speaker 2: you know, that Korean chicken with the rice bowl that
Speaker 2: seemed to be a hot ticket. There was some sliders
Speaker 2: going on. I know they got some good barbecue down
Speaker 2: the left field line. Chef Christine did a great job.
Speaker 2: I saw hungry in La, so yeah, food was on
Speaker 2: my mind right there with baseball. But tonight was a
Speaker 2: night of offense for the Dodgers, and I'm not sure
Speaker 2: the Dodger offense gets enough credit for what they did
Speaker 2: in October last year. The Dodgers were able to win
Speaker 2: the World Series with two and a half starting pitchers
Speaker 2: because of their offense. Their offense and many of their
Speaker 2: wins gave them early leads and gave them big leads.
Speaker 2: When they lost games, it was because a there's starting
Speaker 2: pitching or their bullpen really didn't keep them in the game,
Speaker 2: but their offense didn't score. You look back at even
Speaker 2: Game five of the World Series last year, when the
Speaker 2: Dodgers came back from being down five to nothing, it
Speaker 2: was the offense with key hits, and a lot of
Speaker 2: people forget the fact that Taoscar Hernandez came up with
Speaker 2: maybe one of the biggest hits of the World Series
Speaker 2: outside of Freddie Freeman's walkoff Grand Slam. He came through
Speaker 2: to put the Dodgers ahead in that fifth inning, So
Speaker 2: again tonight, ta Oscar Hernandez comes up with two outs
Speaker 2: and runners in scoring position and hits the biggest home
Speaker 2: run of the game tonight, a three run home run
Speaker 2: off of Terrek school Bol in the fifth inning, which
Speaker 2: allowed Blake Snell to get his first win as a Dodger,
Speaker 2: and Snell Zilla's on the field out there at Dodgers
Speaker 2: Stadium with his dad, some family and friends who came
Speaker 2: to town to support their guy. It was nice to
Speaker 2: see the support he got, and I'm curious it was
Speaker 2: your first chance to see Blake Snell pitching a Dodger uniform. Obviously,
Speaker 2: not his best night, there is a lot of room
Speaker 2: for growth. He was not sharp with his curveball, his
Speaker 2: slider wasn't sharp. His change up early on, he didn't
Speaker 2: use it until the second time through, and even then he.
Speaker 3: Didn't use it a lot.
Speaker 2: I would love to see him use his change up
Speaker 2: more than what he did tonight. But he wasn't sharp,
Speaker 2: and he hung in there and only gave up two
Speaker 2: urned runs even though he walked four guys. But it
Speaker 2: was the offense. And I hate to break this to you.
Speaker 2: I know you all love Mookie Betts and Otani and
Speaker 2: Freddie Freeman, but I have to say my two favorite
Speaker 2: Dodgers to watch play the game is Taoscar Hernandez and
Speaker 2: Tommy Edmund. Tommy Edmund gave the Dodgers and early one
Speaker 2: nothing lead as they were able to get to Trek's scooble.
Speaker 2: So it was a good night for Tommy Edmond again,
Speaker 2: who does so many things that really don't show up
Speaker 2: in the box score, but tonight it showed up when
Speaker 2: he gave the Dodgers an early one nothing lead. And
Speaker 2: don't discount that that was huge. That was huge against
Speaker 2: Trek scuoble to get an early one nothing lead. Eight
Speaker 2: six six two five seventy is the phone number. After
Speaker 2: the game, we had a chance to catch up with
Speaker 2: the great ta Oscar Hernandez.
Speaker 4: You know, obviously we'll be facing the Saijo. Yeah he was, Uh,
Speaker 4: he makes some good pitches on my previous two abouts.
Speaker 3: I was trying to.
Speaker 4: Get one in the middle that I can do some damage.
Speaker 4: I put a going on and I give the team
Speaker 4: the league.
Speaker 3: Hey, there's two long with two outs. How big was
Speaker 3: it for Mooki to draw the walk?
Speaker 2: And even before that, Pa has to turn the lineup over.
Speaker 4: You know, Moki is gonna does the kind of advass
Speaker 4: that MOOKI is always gonna have. He knows his rice own.
Speaker 4: He's not gonna sume balls. He's gonna find ways to
Speaker 4: get them bays. And we designed to be ready and
Speaker 4: just do the things that I can do so I
Speaker 4: can help the team.
Speaker 5: Heyo.
Speaker 2: How much did you and your teammates feed off of
Speaker 2: the pregame ceremonies tonight?
Speaker 6: Oh?
Speaker 4: It was amazing, you know, La never disappointed me. It
Speaker 4: was great. It was a lot of Firewalls did the
Speaker 4: ceremony and everything. It was a lot of fun.
Speaker 3: Can I wait to see you get your ring tomorrow?
Speaker 3: There you go, I can wait. Love it.
Speaker 2: Ta Oscar Hernandez, who La fell in love with, came
Speaker 2: up again and provided the big swing, a three run
Speaker 2: home run in the fifth inning with two ads to
Speaker 2: give the Dodgers the lead again after the Tigers were
Speaker 2: able to take it in the top half of the
Speaker 2: fifth inning on a wild pitch by Blake Snell and
Speaker 2: also a sacrifice fly. So a good night for the
Speaker 2: Dodgers and really a bad night for the Tigers. They
Speaker 2: had so many opportunities to really put the Dodgers in
Speaker 2: a bad spot. But they were zero for fifteen with
Speaker 2: runners in scoring position tonight. They left eleven men on base.
Speaker 2: And that's the difference between the Dodgers and a team
Speaker 2: like the Tigers. The Dodgers even last year, were so
Speaker 2: good from the seventh inning on and so good with
Speaker 2: two outs because they have a great players and they
Speaker 2: put so much pressure on the opposing pitcher that you know,
Speaker 2: there's nowhere to exhale. There's nowhere to exhale even with
Speaker 2: two outs. Eight six six nine, eight seven two five
Speaker 2: seventy is the phone number. Dodgers get the win five
Speaker 2: to four over Detroit. Let's go out to Nick, who
Speaker 2: is at Dodgers Stadium tonight. Hi, Nick, you're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 7: Hey David, welcome to the twenty twenty five season. Did
Speaker 7: you have as much fun as we did out there today?
Speaker 3: Oh yeah, it was great.
Speaker 2: I got here at eleven o'clock, got here early, and
Speaker 2: it felt like everybody enjoyed start to finish a great day.
Speaker 7: I twined together with you more. I think the lines
Speaker 7: in were very quick. Food lines are very quick. I
Speaker 7: think the energy and the vibe was just at an
Speaker 7: all time high. And then to go out there and
Speaker 7: do what we did against school Ball. It really it
Speaker 7: reminded us that these Dodgers didn't didn't stop when they
Speaker 7: won the World Series. They seemingly picked up right where
Speaker 7: they left off.
Speaker 8: Yeah.
Speaker 2: I don't feel like they're gonna slow down anytime soon either, Nick.
Speaker 2: I mean, look at look at the Tigers. Look who
Speaker 2: they have to face in these three games, Snell, Yamamoto
Speaker 2: and Sazaki, and then the Braves come to town and
Speaker 2: have to see glass now and Dustin May.
Speaker 3: I mean, the Dodgers are are loaded right now.
Speaker 2: This could be an early lead in the NL West
Speaker 2: that no other team could come back from.
Speaker 7: They considering the two and a half pictures like you
Speaker 7: had mentioned that we had going to the World Series,
Speaker 7: it's gonna be hard to realize that any driven night
Speaker 7: you can be seeing a cy young contender on the
Speaker 7: mound for the Dodgers this season. So here's the Hellen,
Speaker 7: here's to a wonderful tast season.
Speaker 3: All right, Nick, thank you for the phone call. Glad
Speaker 3: you had a great day.
Speaker 2: The home opener is always special and uh really something
Speaker 2: that I always look forward to. Let's go out to Jennifer,
Speaker 2: who was at Dodger Stadium tonight. Hi Jennifer, did you
Speaker 2: go Dodger Dog or did you go off menu with
Speaker 2: some of these new fun things?
Speaker 9: Uh?
Speaker 10: Well, hey, I just wanted to say, you're coming to
Speaker 10: us fly from a parking lot ten.
Speaker 2: Oh oh, I see the break lights out there. Still
Speaker 2: I got you trapped. You have to listen to me.
Speaker 10: Yeah, No, So I just wanted to say, hide all
Speaker 10: the parking lot ten folks listening.
Speaker 7: No, I went out.
Speaker 10: I tried Fresh Brother's pizza. It was actually really good
Speaker 10: because it was the Dodger Stadium box that was that
Speaker 10: took on me. So I had to try that, all right.
Speaker 3: Good to know, Good to know.
Speaker 2: So you're recommending, if you feel like pizza to go
Speaker 2: for the Fresh Bros.
Speaker 3: At Dodger Stadium.
Speaker 10: Brothers Yes, Fresh Brothers.
Speaker 9: Yes.
Speaker 10: But I will say I my fellow sbdb's there's a
Speaker 10: group of US Baseball girls from the South Bay that
Speaker 10: listen and at ten games and so we have been
Speaker 10: counting down to the season and it did not disappoint
Speaker 10: Dave like I had to hold back to tears. I
Speaker 10: was so moved when Kirk Gibson came I'm going to
Speaker 10: get emotional now. I was so moved and I thought, Lord,
Speaker 10: this is going to be in a fantastic season. And
Speaker 10: so it was a great start to a season with
Speaker 10: the win tonight.
Speaker 3: I loved it.
Speaker 2: The Dodgers have such a great tradition and what makes
Speaker 2: it special are the guys that put the uniform on.
Speaker 2: And you know, obviously Joe Davis's call last year was perfect.
Speaker 2: Fred Gibbe meet Freddy and Joe is out there and
Speaker 2: seeing the whole thing. And to have Kirk Gibson come
Speaker 2: out and throw out the first pitch to Freddie Freeman
Speaker 2: that that was awesome and I think everybody appreciated that,
Speaker 2: including Freddie, who's a guy that appreciates the history of
Speaker 2: the game.
Speaker 5: Yeah.
Speaker 10: Hey, So our question is was it a surprise to
Speaker 10: Freddy or did he know Kirk was there?
Speaker 3: Oh, he knew, he knew. It was not a surprise.
Speaker 10: Get off, Oh all that's gonna be a dream to surprise.
Speaker 10: And because he looked so generally like happy that we
Speaker 10: thought maybe it was a surprise. But and I just
Speaker 10: another note for everyone listening. I've been a huge Lake
Speaker 10: Snow fan for several years. Even though he wasn't a Dodger,
Speaker 10: so I was elated that he was opening the season
Speaker 10: for us this year. So I'm very excited.
Speaker 2: All right, Jennifer, thanks for the phone call. We're on
Speaker 2: the same page in a lot of different ways. See
Speaker 2: you at Patrick Malloy's one day.
Speaker 5: Okay, sounds good day, good night, there.
Speaker 2: She goes Jennifer in lat ten eight six six nine
Speaker 2: eight seven two five seventy is the phone number. Speaking
Speaker 2: of opening days, today was a really good opening day,
Speaker 2: and I'll remember this one for a long time. But
Speaker 2: since hosting Dodger Talk and traveling with the team, I
Speaker 2: gotta say the opening day that stands out the most,
Speaker 2: there's actually two. The one that's the runner up is
Speaker 2: the second, probably twenty fifteen, twenty six, when Zach Grank
Speaker 2: made his Diamondbacks debut on opening Day here at Dodgers
Speaker 2: Stadium and the Dodgers hit eight home runs that day
Speaker 2: to blow out Arizona. The one that stands out the
Speaker 2: most and above all else, is the opening day of
Speaker 2: twenty thirteen that to me is the single greatest opening
Speaker 2: day performance by any Dodger I have witnessed, meaning I
Speaker 2: was at the stadium, meaning you were at the Stadium.
Speaker 2: Clayton Kershaw's performance on opening Day twenty thirteen Dodgers Giants
Speaker 2: Kershaw versus Bumgardner. It was a scoreless tie until the
Speaker 2: seventh or eighth inning, and Kerushaw finished the game complete
Speaker 2: game shutout, with seven strikeouts, no walks. And here's the kicker.
Speaker 2: Back in the old days when pitchers were hitters. When
Speaker 2: their spot came up in the ninth inning, Clayton Kershaw
Speaker 2: broke the tie with a solo home run over the
Speaker 2: center field fence, and that was the go ahead run
Speaker 2: and the difference in the game. So when I saw
Speaker 2: Kershaw this morning, I asked him what he remembers about
Speaker 2: that day.
Speaker 11: I don't remember much, honestly. It's a long time ago,
Speaker 11: but uh, I mean, it's just kind of just kind
Speaker 11: of look up and the game's over and you'd hit
Speaker 11: a homer, and it just kind of feels like a
Speaker 11: little league game. So it just was was a lot
Speaker 11: of fun. As if I remember, do.
Speaker 2: You feel like that was mark this new era of
Speaker 2: Dodger baseball.
Speaker 11: I don't know, honestly. I mean, I think you know
Speaker 11: that was the first year of the new ownership, full year,
Speaker 11: and yeah, we made the playoffs that year, so yeah,
Speaker 11: I mean they probably started its way for sure.
Speaker 12: Yeah.
Speaker 2: So you've been around baseball for a few generations and
Speaker 2: here for a few generations. You saw what the clubhouse
Speaker 2: originally look like, and now what you got.
Speaker 3: Now, what do you think about this new version of it?
Speaker 9: Yeah?
Speaker 11: This is amazing. I mean, I yeah, this is round
Speaker 11: three for me. So I thought Round two was amazing.
Speaker 11: So this is just incredible. They thought of everything and
Speaker 11: I'm lost in here, so's it's just a yeah, it's
Speaker 11: it's state of the art. It's amazing.
Speaker 3: All right.
Speaker 2: There's Clayton Kershaw and obviously very humble about one of
Speaker 2: the greatest performances by any pitcher on Opening Day in
Speaker 2: Dodger history twenty thirteen. And I know you're gonna say, oh,
Speaker 2: what about Orlando Hudson's cycle in two thousand and nine. Yes,
Speaker 2: that was incredible, but Kershaw's was spectacular. I mean, what
Speaker 2: pitcher does that. Blake Snell could have pitched a complete
Speaker 2: game shutout tonight, but he wasn't hitting and didn't hit
Speaker 2: a home run. Kershaw gave himself the lead and pitched
Speaker 2: a complete game shutout in the slimmest of margins against
Speaker 2: the defending world champions that year, the San Francisco Giants
Speaker 2: above all else. To me, that's the single greatest Opening
Speaker 2: Day I've witnessed. April first, twenty thirteen here at Dodger Stadium.
Speaker 2: Eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy is
Speaker 2: the phone number. Dodgers beat the Tigers tonight five to four.
Speaker 2: Let's go out to Recina. Christopher, you're on Dodger Talk
Speaker 2: with David vasse Hi.
Speaker 7: Christopher, Hey, David, how's it going. Thank you for having
Speaker 7: me on.
Speaker 2: My pleasure anything for anybody from Racieda, the home of
Speaker 2: Daniel LaRusso and Johnny Lawrence.
Speaker 5: Thank you, sir, and I'm happy Opening Day. I just
Speaker 5: want to thank you guys.
Speaker 8: David.
Speaker 7: I think Charlie with Charlie on today.
Speaker 3: He was thanks for listening.
Speaker 7: Yeah, yeah, I just want to thank you guys for
Speaker 7: having the game on.
Speaker 13: I didn't catch much of much of the game, but
Speaker 13: on my way to all my way.
Speaker 5: Back to work, I was able to catch you guys
Speaker 5: and uh give the postgame interviews and all that.
Speaker 6: So thank you guys so much.
Speaker 5: For all the work you do.
Speaker 14: And really excited for the season.
Speaker 5: And let's go Dodgers.
Speaker 2: All right, Christopher, thanks a lot for the phone call.
Speaker 2: I needed that validation from you. Eight six six two
Speaker 2: five seventy is the phone number. Let's go out to Sergio,
Speaker 2: who is at Dodger Stadium. Your first opening day, Sergio.
Speaker 5: Yes, it was my first opening day. What an amazing,
Speaker 5: amazing day. Your boy snell Zilla came through. Oh my goodness,
Speaker 5: you were advocating for him so many years. We finally
Speaker 5: got him. We finally got him to open up for us,
Speaker 5: and we got this w baby three and.
Speaker 3: Not disappointed, hard off. You didn't even see the best
Speaker 3: version of snell Zilla today.
Speaker 5: You know what, that was a little taste was yet
Speaker 5: to come. So everybody, Dodgers, please be ready because this
Speaker 5: is the beginning. Well I don't want to jax it,
Speaker 5: but this is the beginning of something great that the
Speaker 5: Dodgers will do.
Speaker 2: All right, Sergio, thanks for the phone call. It's actually
Speaker 2: the sequel. They did something great last year winning the
Speaker 2: World Series, and they just have continued to roll. And look,
Speaker 2: that's a testament to the Dodgers ownership. They weren't satisfied
Speaker 2: with winning the World Series last year. They pushed the
Speaker 2: chips even further in signing Blake Snell, signing Tanner Scott,
Speaker 2: who he saw in the eighth inning tonight, re signing
Speaker 2: Blake Trining, re signing taoscar Hernandez, giving Tommy Edmund an extension,
Speaker 2: all of these things other owners wouldn't do. And I
Speaker 2: think we all have to appreciate that just a mirror
Speaker 2: what fifteen years ago, the Dodgers' ownership was not doing
Speaker 2: what this current ownership is doing. It wasn't that long ago,
Speaker 2: and sometimes you get a little spoiled, and you know,
Speaker 2: for the narrative out there that the Dodgers are, you know,
Speaker 2: the evil empire or whatever. I think other teams have
Speaker 2: themselves to blame for this, because they had the Dodgers
Speaker 2: right where they wanted them. When Corey Segers signed with
Speaker 2: the Texas Rangers, the Dodgers really had a big hole.
Speaker 3: In their lineup.
Speaker 2: And the Braves, you know, ridiculous as it may seem now,
Speaker 2: said no thank you to Freddie Freeman the same offseason.
Speaker 3: Corey Seeger signed with the Rangers. I mean, think about that.
Speaker 2: And you could thank the Boston Red Sox for trading
Speaker 2: Mooki Betts to the Dodgers during the off season of
Speaker 2: twenty twenty leading into that season, and you can thank
Speaker 2: the Saint Louis Cardinals and Chicago White Sox for trading
Speaker 2: Michael Kopek and Todd.
Speaker 3: Mey Edmund to the Dodgers last year.
Speaker 2: You can also look around the diamond in so many
Speaker 2: other ways and just say a lot of teams made
Speaker 2: a lot of mistakes, and Andrew Freeman was very opportunistic,
Speaker 2: I'll just put it that way, and they kept their players. Look,
Speaker 2: Mookie Bets and Freddie Freeman aren't making above market value.
Speaker 2: There's an argument to be made their under market value.
Speaker 2: It's not like the Dodgers are throwing honey away at
Speaker 2: players just for the sake of doing it. They've constructed
Speaker 2: a really good team and obviously the big catch show,
Speaker 2: Hey Otani, we have seen what the Dodgers have been
Speaker 2: able to do with a global brand like Otani, something
Speaker 2: that didn't happen in his six years in Anaheim.
Speaker 3: So whose fault is that?
Speaker 2: Eight six six nine, eight seven two five seventy is
Speaker 2: the phone number that just shows you that the Dodgers
Speaker 2: are not just one step ahead of the rest of
Speaker 2: the league. They're three or four or five steps ahead.
Speaker 2: Of everybody else and have been since twenty thirteen. Let's
Speaker 2: go out to Sean, who's at Dodger Stadium. How you doing, Sean?
Speaker 2: You're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 5: Hey DV.
Speaker 12: What a day, What a day to be in La.
Speaker 3: Yeah, it was a great day. It was a great day.
Speaker 3: They brought the history of nineteen eighty eight.
Speaker 2: And also, you know, we got to start giving the
Speaker 2: shine to these current Dodgers because they're making history in
Speaker 2: front of our eyes.
Speaker 12: Yeah, that was amazing. Freddie me Gibbey brought a teer
Speaker 12: to the eye. Seeing Freddy out there with his family healthy,
Speaker 12: was was priceless. Prob I a got out there with him.
Speaker 3: Where were you sitting?
Speaker 12: Section thirty five? Miss Laurie hooked it up with the
Speaker 12: seats today.
Speaker 2: Hey, thank you, miss Laurie. Did you go for a
Speaker 2: Dodger dog or did you go off menu?
Speaker 12: Nobody off menu? The new pastrami burger. Two thumbs up
Speaker 12: and two thumbs up. Delicious.
Speaker 2: All right, so you're saying I should try that before
Speaker 2: the home stands over.
Speaker 12: Definitely, head downstairs and gets one of those some garlic fries.
Speaker 2: Oof and all right, all right, my skinny fat body,
Speaker 2: I'm not sure if I can handle that, Sean, but
Speaker 2: I'll go for.
Speaker 6: It, all right.
Speaker 12: Dvs you at Trader Joe's out in Westlake pretty soon,
Speaker 12: all right, buddy.
Speaker 3: Okay, thanks Sean, appreciated.
Speaker 2: Eight sixty six nine eight seven two five seventy is
Speaker 2: the phone number. I don't believe I've been to that
Speaker 2: Trader Joe's. Actually, West Hills is my jam and the
Speaker 2: one across from the Calabasas comments. I like that one too.
Speaker 2: It's right near my F forty five place of you know,
Speaker 2: when I do my F forty five thing. Of course,
Speaker 2: Eight six six nine eighty seven two five seventy is.
Speaker 3: The phone number.
Speaker 2: Dodgers beat the Tigers five to four in the home opener.
Speaker 2: We're gonna take a time out here on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 2: When we come back, we'll check in with Jose Mota. Also,
Speaker 2: you'll hear from manager Dave Roberts, who joined us in
Speaker 2: his office before the game today. So you'll hear from
Speaker 2: Dave and what his plan is to keep the edge
Speaker 2: in twenty twenty five on this roster. And can you
Speaker 2: believe Dave Roberts now in his tenth season managing the Dodgers.
Speaker 3: Two World Series championships.
Speaker 2: Under his belt, looking for a third in twenty twenty five.
Speaker 2: David Vassey live from Dodgers Stadium until eight thirty right
Speaker 2: here on your home for the world champion Dodgers A
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Speaker 3: This is Dodger Talk with David Bassan.
Speaker 5: Win now whipping a little bit strong.
Speaker 3: He should be out toward right field.
Speaker 15: There's a jet stream there for show if he wants it.
Speaker 5: On three to two, he swings it, goes.
Speaker 1: The opposite field, left field, drifting back toward the wall.
Speaker 3: He's gone.
Speaker 5: Show. Hey Otani with a solo home run, his second
Speaker 5: of the season, of course he did in his home opener.
Speaker 2: Otani's thirtieth career home run at Dodgers Stadium, and hey,
Speaker 2: that was a big home run because the Dodgers need
Speaker 2: every one of their five to beat the Tigers tonight
Speaker 2: five to four. After that two out solo home run
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Speaker 2: in the eighth inning after former Dodgers Zach McKinstry hit
Speaker 2: a triple and scored in that top of the eighth innings,
Speaker 2: So they needed that home run by show Hey Otani.
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Speaker 2: Eight six, six, nine, seven two five seventy is the
Speaker 2: phone number. And the Dodgers did this without keyk Hernandez,
Speaker 2: who usually would be in the starting lineup against a lefty.
Speaker 3: But Keik had somewhat of a.
Speaker 2: Stomach illness similar to uh Mookie Betts. That's what Dave
Speaker 2: Roberts said before the game. So we hope Keike can
Speaker 2: feel good enough to be here tomorrow for that ring ceremony.
Speaker 2: Since in twenty twenty one, when the Dodgers received their
Speaker 2: championship rings. He was playing in Boston, so the Dodgers
Speaker 2: had to move Tommy Edmund to center field. They had
Speaker 2: Miguel Rojas play second, and Mookie Bett stayed at short.
Speaker 2: Andy Pot has slided to left field. Another thing I
Speaker 2: noticed about the game tonight that will be lost in
Speaker 2: the Dodger win is the fact that the Tigers took
Speaker 2: every opportunity to go first to third on balls hit
Speaker 2: to ta Oscar Hernandez and right field. They did that
Speaker 2: a couple of different times, and I'm wondering if that's
Speaker 2: going to be a trend, if teams are feeling there's
Speaker 2: in a weakness out there, and look, you can get
Speaker 2: away with that from time to time, but that's gonna
Speaker 2: be tough on a regular basis to overcome that. The
Speaker 2: Tigers were zero for fifteen with runners in scoring position,
Speaker 2: and they were very grace aggressive on the bases going
Speaker 2: first to third with balls hit to right now field.
Speaker 2: So that's something to keep an eye on as we
Speaker 2: move forward in the regular season. Eight six six two
Speaker 2: five seventy is the phone number. Let's go out to Hank.
Speaker 2: Who is that Dodger Stadium tonight? Hi, Hank, You're on
Speaker 2: Dodger Talk.
Speaker 5: Hey, hey Dave, Hey, how's it going? Man?
Speaker 9: Hey, what a great night. And just to kind of
Speaker 9: just started off. I typically go to Phleeps and you know,
Speaker 9: get that double dip there and a nice cold beer.
Speaker 9: But uh, tonight's game was just awesome, man. The vibe
Speaker 9: was amazing, and you know, I I just got to
Speaker 9: echo what you're saying about the Tigers and them running
Speaker 9: the bases, and you know, I just think it's great
Speaker 9: that you know, they're they're taking advantage of what they
Speaker 9: can what they can get. But it was. It was
Speaker 9: a great night, man, and uh, good win for us.
Speaker 9: And you know Snell did he did well. Man. It's
Speaker 9: a lot of tough things that's come in, you know,
Speaker 9: pitching for the Dodgers.
Speaker 3: Yeah, no doubt.
Speaker 2: And he wasn't even his best version of himself tonight,
Speaker 2: and he still hung in there and gave the Dodger
Speaker 2: offense a chance to win. Eight six six nine eight
Speaker 2: seven two five seventy. Let's go out to Ventura, Daniel.
Speaker 2: You're on Dodger Talk. Hi, Daniel up, David, thank you
Speaker 2: for taking my call.
Speaker 3: My pleasure. Where'd you watch the game?
Speaker 16: Nice?
Speaker 12: No, I actually watched it here at my house.
Speaker 3: Very good, very good. It was an exciting game. Did
Speaker 3: you enjoy it, dude?
Speaker 6: Awesome game.
Speaker 5: What a special day.
Speaker 12: New Seal Zilla looks good and there's many more to
Speaker 12: come from him.
Speaker 2: Love it, Daniel. If he doesn't pitch well, are you
Speaker 2: gonna call and complain to me too? Are you gonna
Speaker 2: blame me for whenever he doesn't pitch well?
Speaker 5: No, not at all, man, All right, call.
Speaker 3: Back anytime then.
Speaker 2: Eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy is
Speaker 2: the phone number. We're gonna check in with Jose Mota
Speaker 2: in a moment. But first let's head out to Stuart,
Speaker 2: who is leaving Dodger Stadium. It looks like the traffic
Speaker 2: is cleared out, Stuart. You should be on your way.
Speaker 14: Yeah, it's just making a little progress here, if assay.
Speaker 14: First of all, you're one hundred percent correct on the
Speaker 14: Kershaw Alfit dot call for twenty thirteen. Pretty incredible to
Speaker 14: shut out the minis like that and drop a bos. Secondly,
Speaker 14: Otani's home run to Night obviously incredible, But wanted to
Speaker 14: get your thoughts on both the Uncle Tao and Tommy
Speaker 14: Tank's bomb and just what they've meant to the team
Speaker 14: recently and what you think they'll meet to the team
Speaker 14: going forward.
Speaker 2: Look, there was a reason why I was so vocal
Speaker 2: during the offseason and basically everybody else in LA about
Speaker 2: getting Tayo back here. He meant a lot to protect
Speaker 2: those first three guys, and we saw it again. I mean,
Speaker 2: this guy has thrived hitting in Dodger Stadium and in
Speaker 2: this lineup, he's the perfect example of a player that
Speaker 2: is better with his team than they are apart. If
Speaker 2: ta Oscar Hernandez would have gone to the Reds in
Speaker 2: that ballpark, sure he probably would have hit close to
Speaker 2: thirty home runs, but where's it going for him? He
Speaker 2: loved being part of the team, he loved winning, and
Speaker 2: it's Taoscar Hernandez and the Dodgers are better together than
Speaker 2: they are apart. Because if they don't have Taoscar Hernandez
Speaker 2: and they're moving Mookie Bets to the infield, who's playing
Speaker 2: the outfield Stewart?
Speaker 14: I mean, maybe Mookie, but they got him at short
Speaker 14: so I know, I.
Speaker 3: Know, we'll see, we'll see how long this lasts.
Speaker 2: But MOOKI is very intent on making it work and
Speaker 2: he's put in a lot of time, so.
Speaker 3: Uh so far so good.
Speaker 2: I guess uh, he didn't really get too much action tonight,
Speaker 2: but he's determined to make it work. Thanks for the
Speaker 2: phone call, Stewart, appreciate it. Eight six six nine eight
Speaker 2: seven two five seventy is the phone number. Dodgers beat
Speaker 2: the Tigers five to four. You'll hear from manager Dave
Speaker 2: Roberts in just a moment, but first.
Speaker 1: It's time to go around the horn with Hoseng Moda.
Speaker 2: The best dress broadcast booth at Dodgers Stadium tonight, hands down,
Speaker 2: was the Rodgers Spanish radio booth with Pepe Ninguez, Luis
Speaker 2: Cochito Cruz.
Speaker 3: And our guy Jose Mota.
Speaker 2: I mean, you guys must have sent out a group
Speaker 2: text and said we are going to shame everybody else
Speaker 2: with what we're going to wear in the home opener.
Speaker 6: Jose shame, no way, no never date, come on now
Speaker 6: for shame. But thank you, thank you for the compliment. Well,
Speaker 6: you know what, it's tradition. Nobody has to send anybody
Speaker 6: a reminder about anything. The only person needed to know
Speaker 6: about it was Gootito because he's never had an opening
Speaker 6: days for the broadcaster before.
Speaker 2: Man Thatchito suit today was like from twenty fourteen when
Speaker 2: he was playing it with the show Dodgers.
Speaker 3: As Jerry Harriston Junior would like to say, I'd like.
Speaker 6: To keep track of that, but it was fun to
Speaker 6: see your boy Snowszilla go out there and go to work.
Speaker 6: Here's what really catches my attention today on Blake Snell,
Speaker 6: and pay attention to this when it comes down to
Speaker 6: a number one starter. Okay, this guy's a number one starter.
Speaker 6: He allowed himself to get the today, I'm gonna gonna
Speaker 6: I'm not gonna talk about stuff. Okay, his stuff is
Speaker 6: good enough to beat people, to neutralize the Tigers winning
Speaker 6: score on position. But also it's like he's playing catch,
Speaker 6: which it's like he has this great rhythm with Will Smith.
Speaker 6: He can bounce and break the ball long got away
Speaker 6: obviously because he depends on spiking it and having their
Speaker 6: catches do a good job. But Dave, who was never rattled,
Speaker 6: He was never rattled. He was never looking in that bullpen.
Speaker 6: He just focused on the task in mixing pitches and
Speaker 6: then with a breaking ball, he's able to get the
Speaker 6: fastball in good spots. But man, I admire guys that
Speaker 6: perhaps are not at their best finding a way to
Speaker 6: get through five and allowing Elec to Oskar hurt and
Speaker 6: just to go out there and get the big home run.
Speaker 6: All about show hey to get the w because yes,
Speaker 6: wins do matters to these guys on the man, believe.
Speaker 3: Me, no doubt.
Speaker 2: And this was not his best version of himself. For
Speaker 2: Walks and the Tigers really helped the Dodgers out today,
Speaker 2: right Jose Oh for fifteen with runners in scoring position,
Speaker 2: that was the difference in the game.
Speaker 6: That's when he pitched two scouter reports and you gets
Speaker 6: into tendencies and into a young team that did so
Speaker 6: well last season, and you expand his own and you
Speaker 6: make pitches. That's all the matter. I mean, if you
Speaker 6: look at the line for Snell and you go watch
Speaker 6: you know, four watch five innings, a couple of runs,
Speaker 6: but overall is when he needed to make a pitch,
Speaker 6: he did. And then obviously he got confidence when he
Speaker 6: got the bigger outs. And that's what happens too, you
Speaker 6: get the bigger house. And also I was like, I
Speaker 6: don't care my stuff is tonight. I know that when
Speaker 6: it comes down to making him out, I can get
Speaker 6: it out somehow. And he showed the world why he
Speaker 6: is so good.
Speaker 2: Jose Mota is joining us on Dodger Talk after the
Speaker 2: Dodgers defeat the Tigers five to four in the home opener.
Speaker 2: What do you make of the night for Teoscar Hernandez
Speaker 2: obviously the biggest hit of the game, which erases everything
Speaker 2: for everybody, But what do you make of the Tigers
Speaker 2: being as aggressive as they were going first to third
Speaker 2: on him multiple times tonight?
Speaker 6: I was listening to you say this, and here's what
Speaker 6: needs to happen. Obviously, as part of their scouting, they
Speaker 6: know where Toroscar stands in terms of being an outfield
Speaker 6: that you can run on, and for Tiasco, the way
Speaker 6: you stop this is by being aggressive charging baseball's on singles,
Speaker 6: because that is the first signal to a coach and say,
Speaker 6: oh wait a minute, he's charging and has nothing to
Speaker 6: do with a strong your arm is and I saw
Speaker 6: for eight nine years with my trout, I try has
Speaker 6: never had the strongest arm. There was a time in
Speaker 6: which guys are going to ride in his face. First
Speaker 6: the third and center field and the minute Dino Evil
Speaker 6: and Ron Rennicky, by the way, are the ones to
Speaker 6: say if you need to start charging hard just to
Speaker 6: fill that coach and that runner A he's charging hard
Speaker 6: and that stops the run. So it's one of those
Speaker 6: things where he plays more Olfield and Ryfield. I should
Speaker 6: say he's gonna get used to because you know the
Speaker 6: war gets around that. If he's playing deep, you can
Speaker 6: go on him. But I think it's going to come
Speaker 6: down to a hardy charges to make sure that that stops,
Speaker 6: because you know he does have a pretty accurate arm.
Speaker 3: It's joining us on Dodger talk.
Speaker 2: The Dodgers improved their record at three and oh after
Speaker 2: sweeping that Tokyo series and come back home and get
Speaker 2: things started. When you look at what the Dodgers were
Speaker 2: able to do this offseason, Jose, I know we talk
Speaker 2: about Taoscar and Edmund and all those guys, but what
Speaker 2: do you make of this bullpen in the way Dave
Speaker 2: Roberts is deploying them so far in the first three
Speaker 2: games of the of the season.
Speaker 6: You know, in a way it was it was good
Speaker 6: to see Blake trying to get the last out. He
Speaker 6: has earned every single opportunity to be the guy out there,
Speaker 6: and I know it was all based on matchups was
Speaker 6: coming up in that a sending against Towner Scott and
Speaker 6: the left he's kind of got you know, that made
Speaker 6: some good contact against him. But you have so many
Speaker 6: options and it's just a luxury to have. You have
Speaker 6: guys have closed. You have guys that don't have the
Speaker 6: ego to go. I must pitching this any or that
Speaker 6: any you're inning to close the inning that you're pitching,
Speaker 6: and that's the bottom line. But Dave, there's no doubt
Speaker 6: that one thing that you have to keep in mind
Speaker 6: is and I'm gonna pick each other up and I
Speaker 6: was location is gonna miss and guy's going to be,
Speaker 6: you know, struck it again and ambishing you want it.
Speaker 6: These guys have enough in arsenhol to mix up and
Speaker 6: adjust on the fly when teams make adjustments and uh
Speaker 6: power arms. If you need contact, they got contact. But
Speaker 6: more than that, they have a lot of swinging miss
Speaker 6: a lot of keys and at the end of the games,
Speaker 6: that's what you want, all.
Speaker 2: Right, Jose, thanks a lot for checking in. Look forward
Speaker 2: to seeing you tomorrow as the Dodgers will be receiving
Speaker 2: their World Championship rings.
Speaker 3: That's always special.
Speaker 6: I'd be very exciting. Good job with the offense and
Speaker 6: I got like school wel that was remarkable to very
Speaker 6: nice job.
Speaker 2: Very nice job, very nice job beating Trek Scooble again.
Speaker 3: Thanks Jose, We'll see you tomorrow.
Speaker 2: Yes, what else, No, Chaz Jose Motive part of the
Speaker 2: Dodgers Spanish radio broadcast, and like I said, the best
Speaker 2: dressed booth out here at Dodger Stadium, the Spanish radio booth.
Speaker 2: A lot of class and all of them very very suave.
Speaker 2: Eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy is
Speaker 2: the phone number.
Speaker 3: We have a full boarder call.
Speaker 2: So let's try to get to some of you who've
Speaker 2: been very patient, all of you very excited for Dodger baseball.
Speaker 2: Let's go out to Tim, who is at Dodger Stadium tonight.
Speaker 8: Hi.
Speaker 3: Tim, you're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 13: Hi David, thanks for taking my call. Really appreciate this
Speaker 13: from Altadena, California. Just leaving leading Dodger Stadium right now. Altadena,
Speaker 13: California needed this. We're Dodger fans. My brother just brought
Speaker 13: me Opening day tickets for my fiftieth birthday. I'm celebrating
Speaker 13: with my dad, my grandpa, my brother, best Opening day ever. David,
Speaker 13: thank you so much for what we do.
Speaker 5: We're huge fans.
Speaker 6: Thank you so much.
Speaker 2: Hey, God bless you guys out there. Just take it
Speaker 2: one day at a time. That's all you could do.
Speaker 13: You're doing awesome, man, keep it up.
Speaker 6: Talk you later.
Speaker 7: Bye.
Speaker 2: Okay, Thanks Tim, appreciate it. Glad you made it out
Speaker 2: to Dodger Stadium. Let's go out to Tony who is
Speaker 2: at Dodger Stadium tonight. Hi, Tony, you're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 5: Hey, how you doing, David?
Speaker 17: Tony. I just want to let you know I'm a
Speaker 17: big fan of your as I seen you in a
Speaker 17: few US training games over there and camel Back.
Speaker 13: But I wanted to.
Speaker 17: Follow up with Jennifer how she was talking about the
Speaker 17: emotional emotions she got today at Dodger Stadium for the
Speaker 17: opening day, and I got to reflect on that. I
Speaker 17: got to say that she's on point and letting you
Speaker 17: know that is one of the best opening days in
Speaker 17: history for the Dodgery history, and it was super exciting
Speaker 17: with the flyover and then the Gibbie. It's honestly, emotion
Speaker 17: came through my wife and I and I think is
Speaker 17: one of the best best opening ceremonies ever. What do
Speaker 17: you think about that?
Speaker 2: Well, I was going to ask you what got to
Speaker 2: you more the flyover Kirk Gibson thrown out the first
Speaker 2: pitch to Freddie Freeman or Ice Cube, surprising everybody and
Speaker 2: showing up for the home opener.
Speaker 17: Honestly, it is all heart felt. I never thought I
Speaker 17: would say this, but here's where we're coming down. Both
Speaker 17: my wife and I eyes and it was just it
Speaker 17: was it was everything. It wasn't one specific moment, it
Speaker 17: was pretty much the entire the entire time. So you
Speaker 17: you do a great job. Thank you for everything that
Speaker 17: you do, and hopefully I'll see you running to you
Speaker 17: one day.
Speaker 9: We love you.
Speaker 2: Thank you, guys. I appreciate it, appreciate the love. And
Speaker 2: man I could tell you guys bleed Dodger Blue eight
Speaker 2: six six nine seven two five seventy is the phone number. Yeah,
Speaker 2: it was a spectacular day out here at Dodger Stadium.
Speaker 2: The Dodgers got it right like they normally do. Uh,
Speaker 2: but today was especially a beautiful day out here at
Speaker 2: Dodger Stadium. They had the fire captains from the Altadena
Speaker 2: Fire Department and the LA Fire Department unveiling.
Speaker 3: By the way, when you.
Speaker 2: Come to Dodger Stadium and you look up towards that
Speaker 2: stadium club down the right field line, you'll see the
Speaker 2: twenty twenty four World Championship baseball that will be there forever.
Speaker 2: I loved how they flew the flag. The flag will
Speaker 2: be flying all season long, the American flag and the
Speaker 2: twenty twenty four World Championship flag. That's always special when
Speaker 2: you come to Dodgers Stadium. So they will be celebrating
Speaker 2: the World Series all season long. But I love how
Speaker 2: these players can compartmentalize that they can celebrate it, enjoy it.
Speaker 2: Freddie Freeman told us that in Tokyo. But they also
Speaker 2: understand they want more. They're not satisfied. And before today's
Speaker 2: game and all the pregame hoopla, we had a chance
Speaker 2: to be in the manager's office with Dave Roberts and
Speaker 2: asked him how do the Dodgers keep the edge after
Speaker 2: such a great run to the World Series last year.
Speaker 8: You know what, I think there's individual goals. Certainly, I
Speaker 8: think each person has their own motivations, which is rightful
Speaker 8: and should be, and there's also a team sense of it.
Speaker 8: And I think for me, the message was really about
Speaker 8: our character and trying to really build a legacy for
Speaker 8: the organization, for the fans do things the right way.
Speaker 8: And I think that our guys, as you see us
Speaker 8: play every day, we mind the little things. We play
Speaker 8: the right way. We play Dodger Baseball stick together. It's
Speaker 8: not linear a major League baseball season. There's ups and downs,
Speaker 8: ebbs and flows, and just continue to make mind the
Speaker 8: little things for me and the noise will be muted
Speaker 8: and our expectation is again to hoist that trophy up.
Speaker 2: Dave Roberts, entering his tenth season as the Dodgers manager,
Speaker 2: You're a decade in now, Dave, and you got more
Speaker 2: ahead of you. When you look at look back at
Speaker 2: the culture that you've established here, What are you the
Speaker 2: most proud of?
Speaker 8: I think the thing I'm most proud of is our
Speaker 8: guys respect their positions as major league players, respect the uniform,
Speaker 8: the franchise, the Dodgers are educated on the history of
Speaker 8: the game, our organization. It's a responsibility to be a
Speaker 8: major league player that are accountable to one another, and
Speaker 8: we do things the right way. And I think for
Speaker 8: me is you know, there's not the caddy egos strife
Speaker 8: in some other clubhouses or locker rooms. Baseball is the
Speaker 8: thing and winning is the thing. And that's all we
Speaker 8: care about it, I think for me and the consistency
Speaker 8: of that mindset is something I'm probably most proud of.
Speaker 2: All Right, there's manager Dave Roberts, who you know, at
Speaker 2: this time last year everybody was saying, well, does he
Speaker 2: have to win it all to keep his job? And
Speaker 2: then when the Dodgers were down two games to one
Speaker 2: to the Padres, well, it looks like this is the
Speaker 2: end for Dave Roberts. How crazy is it that the
Speaker 2: narrative changed so quickly from a year ago and even
Speaker 2: just months ago to now. Dave Roberts has a three
Speaker 2: year extension and he's a two time World Series champion,
Speaker 2: and it feels like you have actually turned the corner
Speaker 2: and realized that this guy might be doing something right
Speaker 2: after nine years being the manager, and now in his
Speaker 2: tenth season. Eight six six nine, eight seven two five
Speaker 2: seventy is the phone number. Dave Roberts manages the rest
Speaker 2: of this game after blake'snew when five innings, deployed his
Speaker 2: bullpen and.
Speaker 3: Was able to get a five to four win.
Speaker 2: The Dodgers are three to oh to start the twenty
Speaker 2: twenty five season. Let's go out to Sheldon who is
Speaker 2: at Dodgers Stadium tonight. Hi, Sheldon, you're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 6: Well, it's us, say love the show Man.
Speaker 15: So I truly believe the Dodgers are so stacked that
Speaker 15: we can go one sixty two and oh but in
Speaker 15: the event that we don't, what do you think is
Speaker 15: gonna happen with our top prospects to Paula Rushing and Hope.
Speaker 15: Our team is so stacked, how are you going to
Speaker 15: mix them in the outfield this season?
Speaker 2: Well, the beauty of the Dodgers is they're ready and
Speaker 2: they have enough depth if injuries occur. What if Will
Speaker 2: Smith goes down, does that mean all of a sudden
Speaker 2: now Dalton Rushing is going to get his opportunity?
Speaker 3: I believe.
Speaker 7: So.
Speaker 2: I don't believe they're going to go to Hunter Fiducca
Speaker 2: or Chris Oke right away if it's an extended period
Speaker 2: of time.
Speaker 3: But you hope Will stays healthy. But that's that's that situation.
Speaker 2: And as far as jose Way Depaula, he's a couple
Speaker 2: of years away, Sheldon, So there's no rush on that.
Speaker 2: And actually, if you look at the Dodger outfield, that's
Speaker 2: one area of the team that you would hope in
Speaker 2: the next two to three years, guys like Depaula and
Speaker 2: Zayer Hope can can hold down the outfield. You know,
Speaker 2: once the ta Oscar Hernandez contract expires in three or
Speaker 2: four years. Conforto's on a one year deal. So you
Speaker 2: got pie Hez and those two young guys as well. Thanks,
Speaker 2: I say, hey, my pleasure, Sheldon. I don't mind looking
Speaker 2: at the macro as well as the micro.
Speaker 3: No worries about that.
Speaker 2: But you know, if that's the biggest concern for the Dodgers,
Speaker 2: they're in a pretty good spot. And if you look
Speaker 2: at their pitching staff, you know, I was talking to
Speaker 2: David Kohane about it. You know a lot of these guys.
Speaker 2: Five of these guys can be a starting rotation for
Speaker 2: any number of teams. When you look at the Dodgers
Speaker 2: starting five, and then you think about the guys that
Speaker 2: aren't pitching, including Otani and Kershaw and Tony Gonsolin. You
Speaker 2: got Landon Knack and Bobby Miller in the minor leagues.
Speaker 2: You saw what Jackson Ferris is doing and the fast
Speaker 2: track that he's on to be in the big leagues.
Speaker 2: The Dodgers basically have ten deep they have. They're ten
Speaker 2: deep in their starting pitching. I mean, who can say that.
Speaker 2: It's ridiculous what they have going on, and they have
Speaker 2: lined themselves up to be in that position. Let's go
Speaker 2: out to Hollywood. Nick, You're on Dodger Talk with David
Speaker 2: vasse Hi.
Speaker 5: Nick, Hey, what's going on DV? Hey?
Speaker 18: So I just wanted to talk about your favorite pitcher
Speaker 18: the Lakes. Now, I look pretty good today, got touched
Speaker 18: up a little bit, but looked real good. I was
Speaker 18: just wondering if you're worried about him falling into the
Speaker 18: same problem he's always kind of had, of trying to
Speaker 18: be too fine and getting a lot of balls, walking
Speaker 18: a lot of batters, putting batters on base. Is that
Speaker 18: like concern you at all?
Speaker 9: Yeah?
Speaker 3: It does.
Speaker 2: And I'm always trying to tell him I want six innings.
Speaker 2: I want seven innings out of him. He doesn't need
Speaker 2: to make the nastiest pitch every single time. He was
Speaker 2: trying to throw the nastiest curveball when he spiked it
Speaker 2: and it went over Will Smith's shoulder and that allowed
Speaker 2: the Tigers to tie the score on a wild pitch there.
Speaker 2: He was trying to be too nasty. He doesn't need
Speaker 2: to be that guy. But you know he he's a perfectionist.
Speaker 2: He wants to be the best he could be. Make
Speaker 2: the best pitch every time, but you can't be chasing,
Speaker 2: you know, the best pitch.
Speaker 3: You got to chase out.
Speaker 18: Awesome, Thanks man, I remember smellbat snow?
Speaker 3: All right, Nick, thanks for the folk all.
Speaker 2: I'm glad everybody's excited about snell Zilla. I mean, you're
Speaker 2: gonna find out you know what I knew. I don't
Speaker 2: want to sound that way, but he is a two
Speaker 2: time cy Young Winner. He is thirty one years old.
Speaker 2: He has pitched in the World Series, he has pitched
Speaker 2: in the NLCS. He beat the Dodgers in the NLDS
Speaker 2: a couple of years ago. So it's not like this
Speaker 2: guy's twenty four years old just breaking into the big leagues.
Speaker 2: He has a pretty extensive resume, and if you go
Speaker 2: back to last year, he threw a Noah hitter and
Speaker 2: had one of the best ten game stretches to close
Speaker 2: out a season than any other pitcher has had in
Speaker 2: recent baseball history. Let's go out to Jerry, who's at
Speaker 2: Dodger or was at Dodger Stadium.
Speaker 3: Hi, Jerry, how you doing.
Speaker 6: Hi, Da, Hi Dave.
Speaker 5: How are you.
Speaker 3: I'm doing great?
Speaker 5: Yep, Hey, thanks for taking our call.
Speaker 6: Yeah.
Speaker 16: I flew down from Danville, California this morning to go
Speaker 16: to the opening game with my son Joey. Just loved it.
Speaker 16: We thought the Dodgers just did an outstanding job of
Speaker 16: putting on a great show, classy organization, and we love
Speaker 16: the story about Clayton Kershaw in back in twenty thirteen
Speaker 16: at the greatest opening game in the way the great
Speaker 16: Vin Scully closed out that game was Clayton Kershaw one
Speaker 16: San Francisco Giants nothing.
Speaker 2: Yeah, no doubt, that definitely was Vin. Thanks a lot
Speaker 2: for the phone call, Jerry, and I'm glad you made
Speaker 2: some new memories at Dodger Stadium earlier today.
Speaker 6: Thank you.
Speaker 3: All right.
Speaker 2: That'll do it for us on Dodger Talk tonight. It
Speaker 2: doesn't get any better for the Tigers tomorrow, and it
Speaker 2: should be just as fun before the game tomorrow night
Speaker 2: at Dodgers Stadium as the Dodgers will receive their World
Speaker 2: Championship rings before the game and Yoshi Yamamoto will be
Speaker 2: making his second start of the year. He went five
Speaker 2: innings in opening day in tow five innings one earn run.
Speaker 2: He's looking for his second win of the year, going
Speaker 2: up against former Dodger Jack Flarerty, who re signed with
Speaker 2: the Tigers during the offseason after being traded to the
Speaker 2: Dodgers at the deadline last year. So I had a
Speaker 2: chance to talk to Jack and he has only but
Speaker 2: great memories coming back to Dodgers Stadium and he was
Speaker 2: able to take it all in yesterday when the Tigers
Speaker 2: worked out on the off days.
Speaker 3: So looking forward to seeing.
Speaker 2: Jack Flerity back on the mount at Dodgers Stadium. He'll
Speaker 2: receive his championship ring on Saturday, and Jack said he'll
Speaker 2: join us on the pregame show before Saturday's game after
Speaker 2: getting his ring.
Speaker 3: So looking forward to that.
Speaker 2: And hey, Jack Flarity was a big part of what
Speaker 2: the Dodgers did in the postseason last year. By the way,
Speaker 2: Tomorrow's game back to the usual seven to ten first
Speaker 2: pitch Morongo Casino Dodgers on Deck begins at six o'clock.
Speaker 2: Thanks to Colin Ye back at our Burbank studios. Thanks
Speaker 2: to Dwayne McDonald out here at Dodgers Stadium, and thanks
Speaker 2: to you for listening in case you missed any of
Speaker 2: the show. You can find it on the iHeartRadio app
Speaker 2: once again. The final score on Snell's Zilla Day, Blake
Speaker 2: Snell earns his first win as a Dodger as the
Speaker 2: Dodgers offense powers their way past the Tigers five to four.
Speaker 3: We'll talk to you tomorrow night. Have a great rest
Speaker 3: of your Thursday night.
Speaker 2: See them on six second.
Speaker 5: Just don't
Speaker 3: Snap.