WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.240 --> 00:00:02.680 All right, let's do this. Fred Rogan Jonas notching today 2 00:00:02.720 --> 00:00:05.519 for Rodney on a five to seventy LA Sports Jonas. 3 00:00:05.559 --> 00:00:08.039 How you doing, Hey so Fred? 4 00:00:08.599 --> 00:00:10.119 All good, my friend worked with you. 5 00:00:10.960 --> 00:00:15.039 Nothing, just getting ready for the real nitty gritty of 6 00:00:15.119 --> 00:00:18.519 the Dodger season. Just looking around. Have you noticed, by 7 00:00:18.559 --> 00:00:19.960 the way, I don't know what time you wake up 8 00:00:20.000 --> 00:00:22.160 in the morning, but if you noticed in southern California, 9 00:00:22.160 --> 00:00:24.960 we're starting to get that fall chill, all right, things 10 00:00:25.000 --> 00:00:27.079 are starting to cool down just a little bit more. 11 00:00:27.480 --> 00:00:30.679 It's getting dark out sooner. It does feel like we 12 00:00:30.719 --> 00:00:32.240 are on the brink. We talked about this a little 13 00:00:32.280 --> 00:00:36.159 bit on Friday of football right around the corner the 14 00:00:36.280 --> 00:00:39.600 MLB postseason not far away. It feels like we're getting 15 00:00:39.600 --> 00:00:40.679 into the good stuff of the year. 16 00:00:40.759 --> 00:00:44.000 Fred, What are you talking about? What do you mean 17 00:00:44.039 --> 00:00:45.960 it's getting cooler? How much cooler is it getting? 18 00:00:46.119 --> 00:00:48.600 I'm telling you, man, Listen, I get up at one 19 00:00:48.640 --> 00:00:50.600 in the morning, and I can tell you there's a 20 00:00:50.640 --> 00:00:53.359 difference at one in the morning nowadays as opposed to 21 00:00:53.439 --> 00:00:56.119 like a month and a half ago, big difference really 22 00:00:56.200 --> 00:00:58.920 onny football, Weather's right around the corner here, just like well, we. 23 00:00:58.920 --> 00:01:01.039 Don't play football, one am Jonas. 24 00:01:01.880 --> 00:01:05.879 Yeah, but it's an indicator that the day is getting colder. Okay, Now, 25 00:01:05.920 --> 00:01:07.640 for those of you listening in the desert that are 26 00:01:07.640 --> 00:01:09.719 probably sweating your balls off, going what the hell are 27 00:01:09.760 --> 00:01:11.519 you talking? You know what I mean if you get 28 00:01:11.599 --> 00:01:14.519 up at that time. Things are changing, Fred, The calendar 29 00:01:14.599 --> 00:01:17.840 is changing and we are starting to get to I mean, listen, 30 00:01:18.519 --> 00:01:21.640 call it. We had week zero last weekend. College football 31 00:01:21.680 --> 00:01:24.640 is right around the corner. We got the O's, we 32 00:01:24.719 --> 00:01:27.519 got a match up against the Diamondbacks. The Snake's cut 33 00:01:27.560 --> 00:01:30.319 your Serpiente's coming up soon for it. Like this is 34 00:01:30.599 --> 00:01:33.040 this is the good stuff of the sports calendar year, 35 00:01:33.280 --> 00:01:35.120 and I think we should all embrace it and stop 36 00:01:35.159 --> 00:01:38.400 trying to push back against it and still maintain that no, no, no, 37 00:01:38.400 --> 00:01:41.799 no no, it's the summer months maybe technically, but Autumn 38 00:01:41.840 --> 00:01:44.040 is knocking on the door saying, come get some of 39 00:01:44.079 --> 00:01:44.560 this smoke. 40 00:01:45.560 --> 00:01:48.200 Well, yeah, things are picking up, there's no question. Dodgers, 41 00:01:49.239 --> 00:01:51.640 they've got the Orioles in town, and then they go 42 00:01:51.680 --> 00:01:53.920 to Arizona to take on the Diamondback. So now this 43 00:01:54.040 --> 00:01:57.799 is real. You know, they've got the slight lead. Thank goodness. 44 00:01:57.840 --> 00:02:01.480 They started the way they did. Arizona San Diego both 45 00:02:01.519 --> 00:02:04.200 hot Orioles one of the best teams in the American 46 00:02:04.280 --> 00:02:07.480 League so now, and Dave Roberts has been saying jonas 47 00:02:07.480 --> 00:02:10.560 he's managing as if it's in the playoffs. I think 48 00:02:10.599 --> 00:02:13.680 we can look at these next seven games as playoff games. 49 00:02:14.000 --> 00:02:17.639 Yeah, well, because Arizona and San Diego are going anywhere, 50 00:02:17.719 --> 00:02:20.000 like they're just pulling wins out of there, you know what, 51 00:02:20.240 --> 00:02:23.319 left and right. The Padre went over the weekend where 52 00:02:23.319 --> 00:02:26.039 they were losing to the Mets and then a two 53 00:02:26.120 --> 00:02:28.800 run shot Jackson Merrill hits that home run to win 54 00:02:28.840 --> 00:02:32.159 the game, like they're just they're winning games they shouldn't win. 55 00:02:32.759 --> 00:02:35.479 And it's got a magical feel to it, which is 56 00:02:35.520 --> 00:02:37.120 not the best thing in the world you want to 57 00:02:37.120 --> 00:02:39.879 hear if you're a Dodgers fan. And then you get 58 00:02:39.879 --> 00:02:42.560 the Orioles to come into town. And I would also 59 00:02:42.680 --> 00:02:46.560 like to say, I sure hope that yesterday on the show, 60 00:02:46.960 --> 00:02:50.120 Vic the Brick got the respect and credibility that he 61 00:02:50.199 --> 00:02:53.439 deserved because he did predict a forty to forty night 62 00:02:53.520 --> 00:02:56.560 for Sho Heyo Tani last Friday, And I just hope 63 00:02:56.560 --> 00:02:58.800 that that was acknowledged yesterday here on the show. 64 00:02:58.919 --> 00:03:02.159 Well, I think he acknowledged it himself. I can handles 65 00:03:02.159 --> 00:03:04.319 that himself. All right, there's no reason to have to 66 00:03:04.360 --> 00:03:07.639 acknowledge anything Vic says it actually happens, because you will 67 00:03:07.639 --> 00:03:11.680 acknowledge that. Yeah. On the other hand, there are things 68 00:03:11.680 --> 00:03:14.960 he suggests that never occur and he doesn't mention those. 69 00:03:15.199 --> 00:03:18.000 Yeah, well that's the way this works. I mean, listen, 70 00:03:18.039 --> 00:03:20.319 he is sports talk radio through and through. When you 71 00:03:20.360 --> 00:03:22.479 get it right, let everybody know. When you get it wrong, 72 00:03:22.800 --> 00:03:23.479 you heard wrong. 73 00:03:23.759 --> 00:03:25.000 Yeah, what are you talking about? Yeah? 74 00:03:25.319 --> 00:03:26.479 I never say dah, that's the move. 75 00:03:26.759 --> 00:03:27.159 Yeah. 76 00:03:27.199 --> 00:03:29.199 And then nowadays, if you get sensitive, you just block 77 00:03:29.280 --> 00:03:31.719 people on social media. That's that's also the move. 78 00:03:31.840 --> 00:03:32.719 So you do a lot of that. 79 00:03:32.919 --> 00:03:35.680 No, never done it. Never blocked anybody on Twitter or 80 00:03:35.719 --> 00:03:38.280 ex whatever you want to call it. Ever, once it's 81 00:03:38.319 --> 00:03:40.879 kind of a waste of time, Like who cares like 82 00:03:40.960 --> 00:03:42.919 so and so says you suck and you're this and 83 00:03:43.039 --> 00:03:46.719 uses every name of the Okay, that's not a reflection 84 00:03:46.840 --> 00:03:49.080 on me. I grew up listening to sports talk radio. 85 00:03:49.199 --> 00:03:52.520 I can assure you never one time while I was 86 00:03:52.560 --> 00:03:54.800 listening to sports talk radio was like, like, you know what, 87 00:03:56.439 --> 00:03:58.599 I don't like what Steve Hartman just had to say. 88 00:03:58.879 --> 00:04:01.280 Let me go ahead and let him know why I 89 00:04:01.319 --> 00:04:03.960 think he's this, this, this and this, and how little 90 00:04:04.000 --> 00:04:06.080 I think of his family. Never thought to it, never 91 00:04:06.120 --> 00:04:08.719 thought to like hate email him or text him or 92 00:04:08.759 --> 00:04:10.639 anything like that or any of the ways you would 93 00:04:10.639 --> 00:04:13.400 communicate back in the day. But apparently that's how they 94 00:04:13.400 --> 00:04:14.080 do it nowadays. 95 00:04:14.120 --> 00:04:17.120 So yeah, because everybody has a voice. Yes, you know, 96 00:04:17.199 --> 00:04:18.920 we did this yesterday. I think it was during the 97 00:04:18.920 --> 00:04:23.560 two o'clock hour. There's a survey that came out about 98 00:04:23.680 --> 00:04:28.959 how people view misinformation. People always hear now and believe 99 00:04:29.000 --> 00:04:31.279 exactly what they want to believe, even if you can 100 00:04:31.319 --> 00:04:35.399 make a valid point that that's incorrect, that's wrong. Yeah, 101 00:04:35.439 --> 00:04:37.720 I mean you're thinking something that is wrong, and let 102 00:04:37.720 --> 00:04:41.040 me explain why and hear all the facts and there's 103 00:04:41.199 --> 00:04:46.199 no denying. You cannot confuse it. What you think is 104 00:04:46.240 --> 00:04:51.079 not factual. People, I don't care. That doesn't matter to me. Yeah, 105 00:04:51.120 --> 00:04:52.839 I think what I think. I don't want to know 106 00:04:52.879 --> 00:04:55.560 the facts. I don't want to know what's really going on. 107 00:04:56.279 --> 00:04:57.639 All I want to do is think what I want 108 00:04:57.680 --> 00:05:00.800 to think. It's confirmation by it. Yeah, that's the it is. Yeah, 109 00:05:00.800 --> 00:05:02.800 that's all it is, and they'll find it. 110 00:05:03.120 --> 00:05:05.519 That's what bothers me so much about some of the stats, 111 00:05:05.560 --> 00:05:08.680 statistical categories and things like that, that people you can 112 00:05:08.680 --> 00:05:12.040 come up with a statistic for anything, and like we're 113 00:05:12.120 --> 00:05:15.360 jumping the shark nowadays when you're getting these stats of 114 00:05:15.519 --> 00:05:20.600 like he's the first player ever to knock in two 115 00:05:20.759 --> 00:05:26.319 runs in the same month that he also struck out 116 00:05:26.319 --> 00:05:30.279 four times five of the last six games in a 117 00:05:30.319 --> 00:05:33.240 month that his team had a four game lead in 118 00:05:33.279 --> 00:05:38.519 the postseason with under thirty five games to go. Hold 119 00:05:38.519 --> 00:05:40.720 on a second, he just drove in two runs. Can 120 00:05:40.800 --> 00:05:42.680 we just leave it at that, Like that's all he did. 121 00:05:42.720 --> 00:05:45.160 He drove in two runs. Like the other stuff that 122 00:05:45.199 --> 00:05:47.160 goes along with it, We don't need any of that stuff. 123 00:05:47.160 --> 00:05:50.600 But people try and justify whatever their preconceived opinion. The 124 00:05:50.639 --> 00:05:54.360 guy could be batting eighty five, but you're looking for 125 00:05:54.399 --> 00:05:57.000 any glimmer of hope so that you can dust off 126 00:05:57.040 --> 00:05:59.800 the take that you had initially and just confirm that 127 00:06:00.000 --> 00:06:02.879 that's exactly how you feel about everything. Like there's too much, 128 00:06:03.000 --> 00:06:06.399 too many statistics, too many things going on. Let's just 129 00:06:06.399 --> 00:06:09.600 get down to the bottom line. Wins and losses get 130 00:06:09.680 --> 00:06:12.240 into the postseason and go from there. And it happens 131 00:06:12.240 --> 00:06:14.560 in every single sport, not just baseball. 132 00:06:14.199 --> 00:06:17.639 It really does. Okay, so the Dodgers get the Orioles 133 00:06:17.639 --> 00:06:21.120 tonight as well. Begin this this seven days. H Orioles 134 00:06:21.160 --> 00:06:24.319 have been on the On the other side, you know, 135 00:06:24.399 --> 00:06:26.839 they were hot for a while. Yeah, and I still 136 00:06:26.839 --> 00:06:29.199 think there are twenty games above five hundred, but the 137 00:06:29.279 --> 00:06:31.600 last ten they haven't been world beaters, all right, so 138 00:06:31.600 --> 00:06:34.360 everybody cools off at some point. Dodgers, on the other hand, 139 00:06:34.399 --> 00:06:38.399 have been hot and playing very well, I think, and 140 00:06:38.519 --> 00:06:40.920 before the season started, and I can't remember who did it, 141 00:06:41.000 --> 00:06:43.399 but we talked about it. You know. In one of 142 00:06:43.439 --> 00:06:48.600 the preseason polls, it was suggested that the Dodgers and 143 00:06:48.680 --> 00:06:52.279 Orioles would meet in the World Series, and according to that, 144 00:06:53.000 --> 00:06:55.319 the Orioles are gonna win and beat the non Rusal. 145 00:06:56.680 --> 00:06:59.639 So going into the season, these are considered to be 146 00:06:59.680 --> 00:07:04.199 the two top teams, Dodgers and Orioles. I like the 147 00:07:04.240 --> 00:07:08.160 Dodgers chances, but I think it's really important now that 148 00:07:08.480 --> 00:07:11.120 you keep in mind that these are all playoff games. 149 00:07:11.680 --> 00:07:13.680 They are not regular season games. And for the whole 150 00:07:13.759 --> 00:07:15.959 year I've said here and said, it's a regular season game. 151 00:07:15.959 --> 00:07:18.040 Who cares, it's one of one's sixty two. They're a 152 00:07:18.040 --> 00:07:20.879 little bigger now than one of one's sixty two. Now, 153 00:07:20.879 --> 00:07:22.120 you got to be in every game, You got to 154 00:07:22.120 --> 00:07:24.879 play well in every game. You got to figure out 155 00:07:25.040 --> 00:07:26.920 a way to win every game, because this is what 156 00:07:26.959 --> 00:07:29.480 the playoffs will be like. So they get a little 157 00:07:29.560 --> 00:07:33.680 taste of it earlier this year. Interesting about the Orioles. 158 00:07:34.519 --> 00:07:37.199 You know, for a good few seasons they were terrible, 159 00:07:38.000 --> 00:07:40.920 they were awful, But what were they doing. They told everybody, 160 00:07:40.920 --> 00:07:43.759 we're going to rebuild this thing, and they rebuilt it. 161 00:07:45.040 --> 00:07:49.279 Young players, a lot of homegrown players, and I think 162 00:07:49.319 --> 00:07:50.839 they are going to be around for a while now. 163 00:07:50.879 --> 00:07:54.000 And by the way their's success rate on their homegrown players, 164 00:07:54.000 --> 00:07:56.639 it's kind of similar to the Dodgers a few years ago, 165 00:07:56.759 --> 00:08:01.079 where everybody they brought up played well, like everybody had 166 00:08:01.120 --> 00:08:04.519 an impact, and it's like, dude, who's running their farm system? 167 00:08:04.800 --> 00:08:07.800 Like all these guys that were picked up in trades 168 00:08:07.800 --> 00:08:09.560 to your point, when they were like, listen, you can 169 00:08:09.600 --> 00:08:11.399 have them, you can have them. We're not going anywhere. 170 00:08:11.399 --> 00:08:15.079 We're not going anywhere. They just kept acquiring all these prospects, 171 00:08:15.319 --> 00:08:17.560 and they're bringing these guys up and they've all delivered, 172 00:08:17.800 --> 00:08:20.439 and they've completely turned around their organization. They were the 173 00:08:20.519 --> 00:08:23.519 laughing stock of the league. Like, they completely turned around 174 00:08:23.560 --> 00:08:26.600 their organization just by adding all that young talent. And 175 00:08:26.639 --> 00:08:29.439 now they find themselves in a spot to where they're 176 00:08:29.560 --> 00:08:35.600 challenging the Yankees for the Al East. They're in consideration 177 00:08:35.720 --> 00:08:37.559 with one of those teams that's looked at is Hey, 178 00:08:37.600 --> 00:08:39.360 it wouldn't be a shock if they weren't a World 179 00:08:39.440 --> 00:08:41.720 Series and people are, you know, like you said, projecting 180 00:08:41.720 --> 00:08:46.080 them against the Dodgers. By the way, I want to say, God, 181 00:08:46.159 --> 00:08:49.279 who the hell was that? Because it was on this show. 182 00:08:49.440 --> 00:08:52.879 Wasn't it that somebody talked about Dodgers Orioles because I 183 00:08:52.960 --> 00:08:55.879 remember that being a pick, and I'm trying to think 184 00:08:55.919 --> 00:08:58.679 who it was. It was it Vassa, No, not Vassa. 185 00:08:58.919 --> 00:09:01.120 I don't think it was vass I think Vassi. 186 00:09:01.000 --> 00:09:03.200 Had the Dodgers versus the Dodgers in the World Series. 187 00:09:03.200 --> 00:09:06.080 And I'm not mistaken, Like, yeah, I'm trying to think, God, 188 00:09:06.120 --> 00:09:09.480 who was it? But yeah, to your point, they've landed 189 00:09:09.480 --> 00:09:12.279 on all their prospects. They've done a marvelous job just 190 00:09:12.360 --> 00:09:15.159 kind of building the team up and getting the team 191 00:09:15.960 --> 00:09:18.279 and getting those guys acclimated to the big leagues and 192 00:09:18.360 --> 00:09:20.080 just throwing them out there and being like, all right, 193 00:09:20.200 --> 00:09:22.000 go figure it out. And they've all done it. Man, 194 00:09:22.000 --> 00:09:23.000 they've been fantastic. 195 00:09:24.279 --> 00:09:27.360 Jack Flaerty will go for the Dodgers tonight. Okay, well, now, 196 00:09:27.639 --> 00:09:29.600 now this is one of the reasons they went out 197 00:09:29.600 --> 00:09:33.000 and got him for games like this, for series like this. 198 00:09:33.799 --> 00:09:36.080 Remember he did play with the Orioles last year. 199 00:09:36.639 --> 00:09:39.120 Yeah, and then got traded Towe the Cardinals. 200 00:09:39.519 --> 00:09:42.360 Yeah. Yeah, yeah, he was not good with the Orioles 201 00:09:42.440 --> 00:09:42.759 at all. 202 00:09:44.440 --> 00:09:46.360 I believe the bad stuff, Like why do you have 203 00:09:46.399 --> 00:09:48.200 to bring up all the negative stuff with people? Well, 204 00:09:48.399 --> 00:09:50.840 says focus on the one. What's happening now. 205 00:09:50.799 --> 00:09:52.679 Well, here's what I'm going to say. He was not 206 00:09:52.799 --> 00:09:56.360 very good last year with the Orioles, but he seems 207 00:09:56.360 --> 00:09:59.559 to be having a career year this year. He stayed 208 00:09:59.559 --> 00:10:02.799 healthy and he has done what people I had hoped 209 00:10:02.840 --> 00:10:04.480 you would do. So I think it's a big game 210 00:10:04.519 --> 00:10:07.600 tonight for him as well. You know what years ago 211 00:10:07.679 --> 00:10:09.320 when they went out and got you Darvish and I've 212 00:10:09.320 --> 00:10:11.080 said this many times, you know, and then he falls 213 00:10:11.120 --> 00:10:13.519 apart in the World Series. That's the only reason they 214 00:10:13.559 --> 00:10:16.759 signed you. That was it, I mean, and nobody was 215 00:10:16.799 --> 00:10:17.759 stealing your signs. 216 00:10:18.399 --> 00:10:21.639 Hold on a second, like, upon further review, like shouldn't 217 00:10:21.679 --> 00:10:23.639 you also put that one back in the holster and 218 00:10:23.679 --> 00:10:26.000 be like, listen, now that we know that, you know, 219 00:10:26.039 --> 00:10:28.240 guys are wearing electronic devices. 220 00:10:27.919 --> 00:10:30.240 Not in games, Sven at Dodger Stadium, I can't buy it, 221 00:10:30.519 --> 00:10:32.679 can't buy it. That's why they signed him. That's the 222 00:10:32.720 --> 00:10:34.159 only reason you're here. And they lost. 223 00:10:34.279 --> 00:10:36.360 Well, that's the one people give him a hard time for. 224 00:10:36.600 --> 00:10:38.360 So you're not willing to cut him any slack for 225 00:10:38.440 --> 00:10:40.480 that game. You don't think there was any cheating going on. 226 00:10:40.679 --> 00:10:42.919 No, not at Dodger Stadium. I don't. Game was over 227 00:10:43.120 --> 00:10:44.200 three batters into the game. 228 00:10:44.320 --> 00:10:47.279 Okay, But you know this about Dodger Stadium that in 229 00:10:47.399 --> 00:10:51.360 big games and in big moments, that place turns into 230 00:10:51.399 --> 00:10:55.279 a morgue. It just does. People are nervous, people are 231 00:10:55.320 --> 00:10:57.919 just waiting for something bad to happen. There's a different 232 00:10:57.960 --> 00:10:59.080 vibe there playoff games. 233 00:10:59.080 --> 00:11:01.639 There just is no no no, no, no, no, no, no, no, 234 00:11:04.559 --> 00:11:06.399 you got you got him in the first inning. Everybody's 235 00:11:06.440 --> 00:11:09.360 fired up. Not a Morgue. It was in that game. 236 00:11:09.440 --> 00:11:12.639 But nerves, but nerves everybody like, I don't think it's 237 00:11:12.679 --> 00:11:17.519 this loud, drown out effect that normal playoff atmospheres would 238 00:11:17.559 --> 00:11:19.639 be at home. I think there was an opportunity for 239 00:11:19.720 --> 00:11:22.120 the Astros to cheat there and they probably did it 240 00:11:22.120 --> 00:11:24.200 there were well too. If they were having success with 241 00:11:24.240 --> 00:11:25.759 it at home, why wouldn't they bring that show on 242 00:11:25.799 --> 00:11:27.960 the road. It's game seven, Like you bring out all 243 00:11:27.960 --> 00:11:31.759 the stops, all hands on deck, including the trash can 244 00:11:31.840 --> 00:11:34.360 lids next to the guy who's uh you know, put 245 00:11:34.440 --> 00:11:36.960 filling up the big league chew bucket next to the 246 00:11:37.000 --> 00:11:40.240 sunflower seeds. I'm telling you, man, they were. They were 247 00:11:40.320 --> 00:11:43.799 cheating Game seven as well too. We need confirmation from vass. 248 00:11:43.480 --> 00:11:46.200 All right, well we'll ask him. We'll ask him when 249 00:11:46.200 --> 00:11:48.480 he comes on here. He'll be on in what ten minutes, 250 00:11:49.039 --> 00:11:51.639 so we'll ask him then. But that's why Jack Flerty 251 00:11:51.679 --> 00:11:55.240 is here tonight. That is why they traded for him. 252 00:11:55.480 --> 00:11:58.960 And in my mind, he's a professional athlete. Anything can happen. 253 00:11:59.000 --> 00:12:01.320 He's a pitcher. He doesn't get a lot of oops. 254 00:12:02.080 --> 00:12:04.559 That's why he's here. Now, this is why you're here. 255 00:12:06.360 --> 00:12:10.559 They expect you to win. They expect you to keep 256 00:12:10.600 --> 00:12:13.960 them in the game. That's what they expect out of you. 257 00:12:13.960 --> 00:12:14.639 He's got to do it. 258 00:12:14.840 --> 00:12:16.639 Plus he got a little bit of a red ass too, 259 00:12:16.879 --> 00:12:19.559 Like if somebody gets upset that he comes inside on 260 00:12:19.600 --> 00:12:21.679 a pitch, like he's willing to let him know, like listen, 261 00:12:21.759 --> 00:12:24.279 we're not messing around here, like we don't play those 262 00:12:24.320 --> 00:12:26.559 games over here, you know. Plus you know he knows 263 00:12:26.600 --> 00:12:29.919 the al pretty well. Probably gonna be some familiarity there. 264 00:12:30.360 --> 00:12:33.440 What here's the part that's so nerve racking about all this. 265 00:12:34.639 --> 00:12:37.039 It's cool. You could go two of three, you could 266 00:12:37.039 --> 00:12:39.879 win two of three, you know, the the the Diamondbacks 267 00:12:39.879 --> 00:12:43.279 and Mets series could go similar and then like all 268 00:12:43.320 --> 00:12:45.320 of this will be canceled out because they're playing each other, 269 00:12:45.440 --> 00:12:48.759 like right after this, I just like this is all cool. 270 00:12:49.080 --> 00:12:52.639 But like that time where they let the lead drop 271 00:12:52.720 --> 00:12:54.919 from what nine games all the way down to two 272 00:12:55.159 --> 00:12:57.720 or whatever, it was like, we're gonna look back on 273 00:12:57.759 --> 00:13:01.039 that and go, that was a real opportunity to try 274 00:13:01.080 --> 00:13:03.480 and play it safe, you know the rest of the year. 275 00:13:03.600 --> 00:13:05.919 And now you're gonna be everybody's awareness is going to 276 00:13:06.000 --> 00:13:08.840 be heightened because you've opened up the door to where 277 00:13:09.360 --> 00:13:12.759 in matchups down the stretch against these two teams San 278 00:13:12.759 --> 00:13:15.799 Diego and Arizona, there's an opportunity for them to get 279 00:13:15.840 --> 00:13:17.519 back in the race if they have a strong outing 280 00:13:17.519 --> 00:13:21.240 against the Dodgers. Like, I mean, that's why that stretch, 281 00:13:22.440 --> 00:13:24.600 you know, like everyone say I'll relax, like and I 282 00:13:24.639 --> 00:13:26.120 was one of those people. But now you look at 283 00:13:26.159 --> 00:13:28.600 it and you go, man, they're winning. They're going five 284 00:13:28.639 --> 00:13:30.440 of six, et cetera, et cetera. And then you go 285 00:13:30.759 --> 00:13:33.120 and the lead's still only three and still only four 286 00:13:33.159 --> 00:13:37.480 against Arizona. Problematic but fun. I mean it is fun. 287 00:13:37.679 --> 00:13:39.840 At least they're getting more acclimated to the postseason what 288 00:13:39.919 --> 00:13:41.600 it's going to be like coming up down the stretch. 289 00:13:41.639 --> 00:13:45.039 So yeah, I think again Flaherty on the Hill tonight. 290 00:13:45.159 --> 00:13:47.320 Keep them in the game. You gotta keep them in it, 291 00:13:48.000 --> 00:13:51.240 and then those at bats become very precious. Yeah. I 292 00:13:51.279 --> 00:13:52.840 don't think we're going to see a lot of twelve 293 00:13:52.919 --> 00:13:55.879 two games in October. I don't think we've seen it. 294 00:13:55.960 --> 00:13:59.159 I think we see one run games, two run games. 295 00:13:59.279 --> 00:13:59.919 Yeah. 296 00:14:00.120 --> 00:14:03.440 So the Dodgers, now, these games are and it's the 297 00:14:03.440 --> 00:14:06.440 way Ned Colletti has always said they play. They grind you, 298 00:14:06.480 --> 00:14:08.759 and they grind you, and they grind you. They wait 299 00:14:08.759 --> 00:14:11.120 for you to make a mistake, they wait for your 300 00:14:11.120 --> 00:14:13.759 bullpen to come in. They'll just sit there with you, 301 00:14:14.480 --> 00:14:16.519 and then by attrition, they'll figure out a way to 302 00:14:16.559 --> 00:14:19.120 win it. That's what Ned Colletti says about the Dodgers, 303 00:14:19.519 --> 00:14:22.360 and I think we're gonna start seeing it now. I 304 00:14:22.360 --> 00:14:25.879 mean against Seattle. You know, those games were close, those 305 00:14:25.919 --> 00:14:31.120 games were tight. Somehow they won even though Tani hits 306 00:14:31.159 --> 00:14:33.720 the walk off Grand Slam, they were behind, they won. 307 00:14:33.960 --> 00:14:36.440 They figured out a way to win. And I think 308 00:14:36.440 --> 00:14:41.000 there's something to that. I think it builds. It builds momentum. 309 00:14:41.360 --> 00:14:43.120 They know they can do it, they know they're never 310 00:14:43.200 --> 00:14:45.960 out of it because they are now doing it. I 311 00:14:46.000 --> 00:14:48.679 think that's a critical part of what's going to happen 312 00:14:48.759 --> 00:14:49.399 going forward. 313 00:14:50.840 --> 00:14:55.039 Would you rather have this or would you rather have 314 00:14:55.240 --> 00:14:59.480 comfort not having to worry about it? Just cruise right 315 00:14:59.519 --> 00:15:02.519 into the post season and then let's just because we're 316 00:15:02.559 --> 00:15:05.879 the best team, We'll just you know, take our chances, 317 00:15:06.480 --> 00:15:08.960 roll out the best lineup on the field, and then 318 00:15:09.080 --> 00:15:10.759 just go from there. Like, would you rather have this? 319 00:15:10.919 --> 00:15:14.679 Because me personally and you made the point on Friday. 320 00:15:14.960 --> 00:15:17.799 We've seen what the other version looks like, where they've 321 00:15:17.799 --> 00:15:20.440 got a comfortable lead, they cruise into the postseason, and 322 00:15:20.480 --> 00:15:22.399 next thing you know, they're getting lit up at Dodger 323 00:15:22.480 --> 00:15:25.320 Stadium and people like what happened here? Like what's going on? 324 00:15:26.039 --> 00:15:28.679 And I do wonder if there is something about them 325 00:15:28.799 --> 00:15:32.000 having to go through because it's not even just the 326 00:15:32.080 --> 00:15:34.240 downward slide that they took and the slump they went 327 00:15:34.279 --> 00:15:36.600 and everybody goes through slumps. It's all the other stuff 328 00:15:36.639 --> 00:15:40.440 off the field. Everything you could possibly imagine going wrong 329 00:15:40.759 --> 00:15:43.120 has gone wrong. It's almost like you've got a deck 330 00:15:43.200 --> 00:15:46.159 of cards and you pull something up and go, will 331 00:15:46.200 --> 00:15:48.519 this happen? It's like a no, na, na No. Also, 332 00:15:48.559 --> 00:15:50.519 you don't think you're gonna start the season over in 333 00:15:50.600 --> 00:15:52.480 Japan and have to come back after a break and 334 00:15:52.519 --> 00:15:55.159 still go back to training spring training. Okay, yeah, we'll 335 00:15:55.159 --> 00:15:57.879 put that card over there, all right. What about somebody's 336 00:15:57.919 --> 00:16:02.039 interpreter stealing millions of dollars from and being a gambling junkie. Yeah, 337 00:16:02.080 --> 00:16:04.759 there's no possible, no, no, no, you got that too. Mookie 338 00:16:04.759 --> 00:16:07.360 Bett's being injured all the other injuries that came along 339 00:16:07.360 --> 00:16:12.080 with it. David vasse calling into question Maximuntsey's toughness. The 340 00:16:12.399 --> 00:16:17.000 other drama that's gone on with the team, trades, bad breaks, 341 00:16:17.440 --> 00:16:23.240 Tommy John surgeries, you know, rehab assignments, going back to 342 00:16:23.279 --> 00:16:25.320 the miners to try and figure out why your pitch 343 00:16:25.360 --> 00:16:27.919 isn't working anymore if you're Walker, like, all these things 344 00:16:27.919 --> 00:16:30.960 that have happened has only built them up for this 345 00:16:31.080 --> 00:16:35.399 moment and the steadying ship the entire time. Dave Roberts, 346 00:16:35.679 --> 00:16:38.919 the guy that you wanted fired, neverlier this year. 347 00:16:39.039 --> 00:16:42.159 Never said that, never said that. No, we have people 348 00:16:42.240 --> 00:16:43.879 that call all the time and say that, but I've 349 00:16:43.919 --> 00:16:47.759 never said that. Yeah, it has been really a very 350 00:16:47.840 --> 00:16:51.320 rocky road. Do I want comfort. I don't want as 351 00:16:51.399 --> 00:16:53.919 much comfort as they had in the past, because again 352 00:16:53.960 --> 00:16:58.440 we know what happens. Then. Do I like it quite 353 00:16:58.519 --> 00:17:02.440 this type? Probably not, But I think it suits them better. 354 00:17:02.799 --> 00:17:04.799 I think it does a better job of preparing them 355 00:17:04.839 --> 00:17:07.880 for what is to come. I mean, look, last year 356 00:17:07.880 --> 00:17:11.000 they came out, they they seem so disinterested and flat. 357 00:17:12.039 --> 00:17:14.920 It was like, what happened? What happened? It went against 358 00:17:14.920 --> 00:17:16.680 San Diego the year before? What happened? 359 00:17:16.759 --> 00:17:18.240 Well, I mean last year, I mean, I think we 360 00:17:18.279 --> 00:17:20.519 know what happened last year. I think we're we've all 361 00:17:20.559 --> 00:17:22.880 figured it out. Like they were, well, they were a 362 00:17:22.880 --> 00:17:26.799 little distraught. I mean, you know, it's like you're celebrated 363 00:17:26.839 --> 00:17:30.440 here locally, you know, doing sports here for over forty years, 364 00:17:30.640 --> 00:17:33.079 and yet you know, for whatever reason, you've got this 365 00:17:33.160 --> 00:17:36.519 soft spot in your heart for the Serpientes, and I 366 00:17:36.599 --> 00:17:38.079 think they just look at it and go like, what 367 00:17:38.119 --> 00:17:40.160 do we got to do to get Fred on our side? Like, 368 00:17:40.160 --> 00:17:42.359 how can we get him on our team so that 369 00:17:42.359 --> 00:17:45.720 that way, next time we run into a big matchup 370 00:17:45.759 --> 00:17:48.079 which Lo and Behold just a few days away, next 371 00:17:48.079 --> 00:17:50.599 time we run into a big matchup with playoff implications 372 00:17:50.640 --> 00:17:53.759 on the line involving us in the Serpientes, he'll root 373 00:17:53.839 --> 00:17:55.440 for us and not for Arizona. 374 00:17:56.279 --> 00:17:59.119 I did never rooted for the Serpientes, but I did 375 00:17:59.119 --> 00:18:01.599 tell you they were pretty good, and they were good, 376 00:18:01.880 --> 00:18:04.039 So I only spoke the truth. Just because I tell 377 00:18:04.079 --> 00:18:06.759 you they're good doesn't mean I'm rooting for him. But 378 00:18:06.839 --> 00:18:09.799 they were good, and we saw what happen, and they're 379 00:18:09.799 --> 00:18:12.200 pretty good this year too. You do's having a great year. 380 00:18:12.599 --> 00:18:13.359 Jack Peterson. 381 00:18:14.240 --> 00:18:18.440 Yeah, By the way, just as the game changed, it 382 00:18:18.599 --> 00:18:21.799 just slowly started to shape around him. Yes, so listen, 383 00:18:21.839 --> 00:18:24.519 we're not really that concerned with batting average. Can you 384 00:18:24.599 --> 00:18:28.000 hit home runs? Yes? Cool, You'll be playing to you 385 00:18:28.079 --> 00:18:30.839 forty years old. Like it's literally just like he just 386 00:18:30.880 --> 00:18:33.440 out there hitting bombs man, and like wherever he's gone, 387 00:18:33.440 --> 00:18:35.839 Like he wouldn't won a World Series in Atlanta, he 388 00:18:35.880 --> 00:18:38.559 went to the Giants, spent a cup of coffee with 389 00:18:38.599 --> 00:18:41.519 the Cubs before the Atlanta finished that year. 390 00:18:41.839 --> 00:18:42.039 You know. 391 00:18:42.119 --> 00:18:45.680 Now he's with Arizona like just slowly found himself, you know. 392 00:18:45.839 --> 00:18:49.720 And by the way, he's also I wonder, I don't 393 00:18:49.720 --> 00:18:52.720 know if he's still playing fantasy football, but based on 394 00:18:52.720 --> 00:18:54.920 what happened between him and Tommy Fam, he's probably a 395 00:18:54.960 --> 00:18:57.759 lot more focused on baseball now, you think so, Yeah, 396 00:18:57.799 --> 00:19:00.359 maybe because it is fantasy football draft season, so there's 397 00:19:00.359 --> 00:19:02.039 a lot of people out there that are really really 398 00:19:02.079 --> 00:19:03.759 trying to figure out what they're going to do this year. 399 00:19:03.920 --> 00:19:05.279 So I don't know if he and Fam are in 400 00:19:05.319 --> 00:19:06.319 the same league anymore. 401 00:19:06.960 --> 00:19:09.680