WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.200 --> 00:00:04.320 The right quot. 2 00:00:04.440 --> 00:00:10.359 Dodgers Playoff Baseball is back and with it an annual 3 00:00:10.480 --> 00:00:12.240 postseason tradition. 4 00:00:12.279 --> 00:00:14.160 Scam is back. Baby. 5 00:00:14.359 --> 00:00:17.839 This is Sax and Cakes in the a APPA go 6 00:00:18.039 --> 00:00:22.399 with proway. Dodger legend Steve Sacks is joined by your 7 00:00:22.559 --> 00:00:26.719 favorite Dodger pregame host, Tim Kates. If you want to 8 00:00:26.760 --> 00:00:29.280 talk Dodgers, get in on the show on eighty six 9 00:00:29.399 --> 00:00:32.159 six nine, eighty seven two five seven now. While the 10 00:00:32.280 --> 00:00:35.759 Dan Patrick Show streams on the Ihearts radio app. We've 11 00:00:35.799 --> 00:00:39.679 been banished to the Internet until this Dodgers playoff run concludes. 12 00:00:39.840 --> 00:00:43.200 Here they are broadcasting live on AM five to seven 13 00:00:43.240 --> 00:00:47.719 e LA Sports. It's Tim Kates and Steve Sacks. 14 00:00:48.560 --> 00:00:49.679 And chefs like that. 15 00:00:50.439 --> 00:00:55.039 Your Los Angeles Dodgers have a two to one series lead. 16 00:00:55.159 --> 00:00:58.880 Hi everybody, and welcome to Saxon, Kates and Am. 17 00:00:58.880 --> 00:01:01.119 Here on AMPI seven Sports. 18 00:01:01.920 --> 00:01:05.920 You're a home of sho Hey Otani and the Dodgers 19 00:01:06.319 --> 00:01:09.480 as they go into City Field last night and get 20 00:01:09.519 --> 00:01:13.159 a win over the New York Mets and eight nothing 21 00:01:13.400 --> 00:01:17.400 shutout over the Mets. I am Tim Kats, joined by 22 00:01:17.439 --> 00:01:20.640 two times World Series Champion from a Rookie of the 23 00:01:20.719 --> 00:01:23.480 Year and my favorite number three of all time. 24 00:01:23.640 --> 00:01:26.920 He is Steve Sacks. Saxy. Good morning, Good morning, Tim. 25 00:01:26.959 --> 00:01:27.400 How are you. 26 00:01:27.719 --> 00:01:31.719 I'm fantastic. I slept like a baby last night, Saxy. 27 00:01:31.840 --> 00:01:34.719 Feeling good about the Dodgers Game three win. 28 00:01:34.920 --> 00:01:35.599 Last night. 29 00:01:35.719 --> 00:01:39.040 They got home runs early from Kei k they got 30 00:01:39.040 --> 00:01:42.519 home runs late from show Hey Otani and Max Munsey. 31 00:01:42.640 --> 00:01:46.079 And last night was Walker Buehller's return. 32 00:01:46.760 --> 00:01:49.760 Walker Buehler last night, I don't even want to say 33 00:01:49.799 --> 00:01:54.680 it was vintage Walker Bueler. This is Walker Bueller two 34 00:01:54.799 --> 00:01:58.719 point zero that we saw last night in Game three 35 00:01:58.959 --> 00:02:02.120 of the NLC. Not a ninety eight mile an hour 36 00:02:02.200 --> 00:02:07.879 throwing Walker Bueller. Not the cocky, swagged out Walker Bueller 37 00:02:07.920 --> 00:02:10.639 that we saw for many years dominate as one of 38 00:02:10.639 --> 00:02:14.800 the top pitchers in the National League. But last night, Saxy, 39 00:02:14.919 --> 00:02:18.039 what he did in the second inning against Lindor with 40 00:02:18.080 --> 00:02:22.039 the bases loaded, the way he pitched to batters last night, 41 00:02:22.280 --> 00:02:25.120 he wasn't just a thrower. And this may sound weird 42 00:02:25.120 --> 00:02:28.639 to people, but last night, Walker Bueller was a pitcher. 43 00:02:28.879 --> 00:02:29.199 Yeah. 44 00:02:29.319 --> 00:02:31.360 And you know what I liked about what Walker did 45 00:02:31.479 --> 00:02:34.879 last night is he was attacking the hitters. He wasn't 46 00:02:34.919 --> 00:02:36.960 just out there pitching trying to go in the fringes 47 00:02:36.960 --> 00:02:39.840 of the plate. He was attacking these guys. And I'll 48 00:02:39.840 --> 00:02:43.039 tell you that curveball that he threw Lindor was a 49 00:02:43.240 --> 00:02:47.400 real gutsy, ballsy move right there. It was the best 50 00:02:47.400 --> 00:02:49.280 curveball he threw all night. And it couldn't come at 51 00:02:49.319 --> 00:02:51.680 a better time. I mean, he put it all out there, 52 00:02:51.879 --> 00:02:55.960 and that pitch was absolutely paralyzing to the Mets. He 53 00:02:56.759 --> 00:02:59.360 was too much for these guys. And man, I'm telling 54 00:02:59.400 --> 00:03:02.000 you what the guy the thing. I look at it 55 00:03:02.039 --> 00:03:03.560 and I say, well, you know, a big hit can 56 00:03:03.599 --> 00:03:05.960 really bring a team up. And you know a great 57 00:03:06.000 --> 00:03:08.000 play can really bring a team bring a team up, 58 00:03:08.280 --> 00:03:11.080 but the pitching staff and making pitches like that can 59 00:03:11.199 --> 00:03:15.639 just electrify that bench. And that's exactly what it did. 60 00:03:15.879 --> 00:03:18.840 The team took off from there and really put it 61 00:03:18.840 --> 00:03:21.400 to the Mets. And you know, I was just thinking about, 62 00:03:21.560 --> 00:03:23.960 you know, the things to talk about today and today's show, 63 00:03:23.960 --> 00:03:25.879 and you know what it really comes down to to 64 00:03:25.919 --> 00:03:28.879 me is with all of the great attributes that this 65 00:03:28.919 --> 00:03:31.439 team has, you know, the ability to pitch, the great bullpen, 66 00:03:31.800 --> 00:03:34.199 the fact that they have the best offense in baseball. 67 00:03:34.639 --> 00:03:36.919 You know, you know what else they have and it 68 00:03:37.080 --> 00:03:40.400 sometimes people question it because you know they're the Dodgers 69 00:03:40.439 --> 00:03:42.520 and they spend a lot of money, and know these 70 00:03:42.520 --> 00:03:44.479 guys are pampered. You know, you hear all that stuff 71 00:03:44.520 --> 00:03:47.759 from the opposition. But what this team has tim is 72 00:03:47.800 --> 00:03:51.560 this team wants it, and this team wants it really, 73 00:03:51.800 --> 00:03:55.960 really bad. And that is a dangerous combination when you 74 00:03:56.000 --> 00:03:59.800 have a very very talented bunch of professionals that really 75 00:04:00.360 --> 00:04:04.879 in its raw sense, that's a dangerous combination. And I'll 76 00:04:04.879 --> 00:04:08.120 tell you this too, this team has not seen the 77 00:04:08.159 --> 00:04:11.080 best of what it can be yet. There is another 78 00:04:11.360 --> 00:04:16.680 there's another level still to be gotten here with this team. 79 00:04:16.720 --> 00:04:19.639 We haven't seen it yet, but we're about to. And 80 00:04:20.000 --> 00:04:22.600 that's scary how good this team could be. We haven't 81 00:04:22.600 --> 00:04:23.920 seen the best of the Dodgers. 82 00:04:23.680 --> 00:04:26.319 Yet, absolutely, because every night it's been a different player. 83 00:04:26.360 --> 00:04:29.600 When they collectively come together in a game and put 84 00:04:29.639 --> 00:04:32.800 it together offensively, look out, an eight to nothing shut 85 00:04:32.879 --> 00:04:35.720 out could just be the beginning what those Dodgers offense 86 00:04:35.800 --> 00:04:36.079 can do. 87 00:04:36.199 --> 00:04:37.800 And Walker Bueller last night, I. 88 00:04:37.720 --> 00:04:40.680 Mean from twenty eighteen to twenty twenty one, when he 89 00:04:40.800 --> 00:04:44.079 burst onto this scene with the Dodgers game won sixty 90 00:04:44.160 --> 00:04:47.199 three that he pitched against the Rockies in twenty eighteen, 91 00:04:47.279 --> 00:04:50.680 his rookie season too the World Series run in the Bubble. 92 00:04:51.000 --> 00:04:53.920 In twenty twenty and twenty twenty one, he was one 93 00:04:53.959 --> 00:04:56.720 of the top four pitchers in baseball. He finished fourth 94 00:04:56.920 --> 00:04:58.959 in the Cy Young voting. He had a two forty 95 00:04:59.040 --> 00:05:02.519 seven ERA two hundred plus innings. He was, you know, 96 00:05:02.600 --> 00:05:05.399 right there with Jacob deGrom and Max Scherzer and Justin 97 00:05:05.519 --> 00:05:08.959 Verlander as one of the best eras in baseball. And 98 00:05:09.000 --> 00:05:11.839 then he gets hit by injuries and he falls off 99 00:05:12.079 --> 00:05:15.600 for two plus seasons coming back from the elbow surgery. 100 00:05:15.879 --> 00:05:18.160 And then this year he was just trying to figure 101 00:05:18.240 --> 00:05:21.600 himself out because the fastball wasn't as electric as it 102 00:05:21.639 --> 00:05:23.920 has been over the years, and he had to figure 103 00:05:23.959 --> 00:05:25.240 out what kind of pitcher he. 104 00:05:25.240 --> 00:05:26.040 Was gonna be then. 105 00:05:26.199 --> 00:05:29.560 And I think it was more mentally anything more than 106 00:05:29.560 --> 00:05:33.759 physically for Walker Bueler saxy because the arm's fine. I mean, 107 00:05:33.800 --> 00:05:36.720 it's been rebuilt, you know, it's the second time around. 108 00:05:36.759 --> 00:05:40.199 Now that's a fresh arm on Walker Buehler. But the 109 00:05:40.240 --> 00:05:44.120 guy who's got that brash, that swag sometimes maybe comes 110 00:05:44.120 --> 00:05:46.680 across his cocky when he's out there and when he 111 00:05:46.720 --> 00:05:49.160 talks to the media, and he used to back it 112 00:05:49.240 --> 00:05:51.680 up with that ninety eight hundred mile an hour fastball 113 00:05:51.720 --> 00:05:54.240 and just throw it right by guys. Now it's sitting 114 00:05:54.360 --> 00:05:56.680 ninety two to ninety three, and he had to figure 115 00:05:56.720 --> 00:05:58.519 out how to pitch. And it took him, I think, 116 00:05:58.600 --> 00:06:02.839 all regular season to mentally get over that hurdle. And 117 00:06:03.199 --> 00:06:06.439 he did last night with the curveball to Lendor on 118 00:06:06.480 --> 00:06:10.079 a three to two pitch when he could have gone fastball, 119 00:06:10.160 --> 00:06:12.319 tried to paint the corners, try to be cute about it, 120 00:06:12.560 --> 00:06:15.000 or just shove right at Lindor and say, here, do 121 00:06:15.120 --> 00:06:17.600 with it what you will. If I beat you, great, 122 00:06:17.720 --> 00:06:19.879 if you tee off on me, hey, you're the better 123 00:06:20.000 --> 00:06:23.040 guy in this battle. Instead, he mixes it up with 124 00:06:23.120 --> 00:06:25.839 a knuckle curveball and strikes him out. We saw a 125 00:06:25.879 --> 00:06:29.480 young man grow up last night, right before our eyes. 126 00:06:29.879 --> 00:06:30.160 Yeah. 127 00:06:30.199 --> 00:06:33.879 I still see Walker Bueller as one of the elite 128 00:06:33.879 --> 00:06:36.480 power pitchers in the game. I don't see him as 129 00:06:36.480 --> 00:06:38.680 a guy that's gonna sit in the low nineties. I 130 00:06:38.680 --> 00:06:40.639 saw him go get ninety six last night when he 131 00:06:40.720 --> 00:06:43.720 needed it, and I mean pitching up in the zone. See, 132 00:06:43.759 --> 00:06:46.360 he's got a great combination and we used to marvel 133 00:06:46.680 --> 00:06:49.319 when we saw Max Scherzer do this is that he 134 00:06:49.439 --> 00:06:52.439 still had that great combination of talent where he could 135 00:06:52.480 --> 00:06:54.399 go get the upper nineties when he needed it, but 136 00:06:54.560 --> 00:06:57.879 still pitch ability and being able to out fox the 137 00:06:57.920 --> 00:07:01.480 hitter and keep him off balance. Seeing him grow into that, 138 00:07:01.560 --> 00:07:05.680 we're seeing a combination of sheer power and smarts all 139 00:07:05.759 --> 00:07:09.240 rolled into one. And Walker Bueller is making a case 140 00:07:09.279 --> 00:07:12.439 for a strong situation for him. Come you know this 141 00:07:12.519 --> 00:07:15.560 postseason when he's a free agent. He's really turning things 142 00:07:15.560 --> 00:07:16.319 around for himself. 143 00:07:16.360 --> 00:07:19.079 Absolutely, and he even talked about it last night that 144 00:07:19.120 --> 00:07:22.639 he was fighting for a postseason roster. We talked about 145 00:07:22.639 --> 00:07:25.959 this yesterday, which Walker Bueller was gonna show up in 146 00:07:26.079 --> 00:07:28.720 October and quite frankly, and let's just all be honest. 147 00:07:28.759 --> 00:07:31.720 If it wasn't because of injuries to Tyler Glass now, 148 00:07:31.839 --> 00:07:36.079 Gavin Stone, Clayton Kershaw, we may not be seeing Walker 149 00:07:36.120 --> 00:07:38.399 Bueller pitch last night. He may be coming out of 150 00:07:38.399 --> 00:07:41.680 the bullpen as the Landon Neck role, and Landon Neck 151 00:07:41.720 --> 00:07:45.519 doesn't make this roster, or Landon Neck and Brent Honeywelt 152 00:07:45.560 --> 00:07:48.240 make the roster ahead of a guy like Walker Bueller 153 00:07:48.560 --> 00:07:51.319 because of his struggles. It says a lot, and we 154 00:07:51.439 --> 00:07:53.399 mentioned this a couple of days ago. It says a 155 00:07:53.439 --> 00:07:57.839 lot that Andrew Freeman, Brandon Gomes, the GM and Dave Roberts, 156 00:07:57.879 --> 00:08:02.040 Mark Pryor, this collective brain try, the Dodgers never stopped 157 00:08:02.079 --> 00:08:05.480 believing in Walker. Buehler sack see all along one in 158 00:08:05.600 --> 00:08:09.639 six record high era couldn't figure it out a lot 159 00:08:09.680 --> 00:08:11.759 of outings that he couldn't get up past the third inning, 160 00:08:12.040 --> 00:08:13.240 and they stuck with him. 161 00:08:13.360 --> 00:08:16.600 Yeah, and Walker is smart enough to thrive in that 162 00:08:16.680 --> 00:08:19.480 momentum that he had built up once once he got 163 00:08:19.560 --> 00:08:22.759 past Lindor, I mean lights out. I mean, you know, 164 00:08:22.839 --> 00:08:24.720 you got a guy on base now and then, And 165 00:08:24.800 --> 00:08:26.439 I know he struggled a little bit. You and I 166 00:08:26.480 --> 00:08:29.120 talked about that during the game with his slider, of 167 00:08:29.160 --> 00:08:30.839 being able to put it you know what, But he 168 00:08:30.920 --> 00:08:34.200 made pitches with that pitch when he needed it. He 169 00:08:34.240 --> 00:08:37.200 got behind hitters with it, but he came back actually 170 00:08:37.320 --> 00:08:39.120 when it was on the line and made a couple 171 00:08:39.120 --> 00:08:41.919 of great pitches with his slider. It wasn't you know. 172 00:08:42.039 --> 00:08:44.720 So what I like about him is Walker is a 173 00:08:45.480 --> 00:08:48.759 ballsy dude. He's gutsy he's not afraid to throw. He 174 00:08:48.879 --> 00:08:51.879 has he has deep conviction in all of his pitches, 175 00:08:52.200 --> 00:08:54.399 and uh, it's hard to beat a guy like that. 176 00:08:54.480 --> 00:08:55.080 He got J D. 177 00:08:55.200 --> 00:08:57.600 Martinez on that slider. They want to call this we 178 00:08:57.679 --> 00:08:58.720 missed it by two feet. 179 00:08:58.840 --> 00:08:59.960 Yeah, I mean it's great. 180 00:09:00.320 --> 00:09:02.480 He adjusted though we're talking about it, you like, he 181 00:09:02.519 --> 00:09:05.279 can't throw it for a strike, he's missing big time, 182 00:09:05.519 --> 00:09:06.440 but he adjusted. 183 00:09:06.519 --> 00:09:07.799 Mark Pryor went out there. 184 00:09:07.960 --> 00:09:12.200 I think he started seeing Will Smith set up even 185 00:09:12.279 --> 00:09:16.159 more inside, maybe exaggerating it a little bit behind the plate, 186 00:09:16.320 --> 00:09:19.279 just to get Walker Bueller to get that slider more 187 00:09:19.559 --> 00:09:23.000 competitive because he wasn't getting the chases. But when it's 188 00:09:23.039 --> 00:09:26.000 all said and done, the amount of swinging misses that 189 00:09:26.080 --> 00:09:29.039 he got last night were the most he had in years. 190 00:09:29.279 --> 00:09:31.919 Yeah, and teen eighteenth swinging missus. 191 00:09:31.919 --> 00:09:34.600 I don't think he had eighteen swinging misses in his 192 00:09:34.679 --> 00:09:36.759 sixteen starts during the regular season. 193 00:09:37.039 --> 00:09:39.679 Yeah, he jumped another level last night. We saw it 194 00:09:39.759 --> 00:09:42.919 right before our eyes. And this has got to be very, 195 00:09:43.080 --> 00:09:46.320 very frustrating, especially for the Mets when they see what 196 00:09:46.440 --> 00:09:49.120 kind of artillery that he brought out there on the mound. 197 00:09:49.320 --> 00:09:52.320 They were shocked, they were They looked at this really, 198 00:09:52.360 --> 00:09:57.000 this guy is coming off exactly. He barely got by. 199 00:09:57.039 --> 00:09:59.759 He got one win during the season. I mean, this 200 00:10:00.120 --> 00:10:03.120 is a really big lift for the team. I know 201 00:10:03.679 --> 00:10:07.159 that team in the hotel is signing a big relief 202 00:10:07.240 --> 00:10:09.759 right now that they got Walker Bueller back to the 203 00:10:10.000 --> 00:10:13.320 to where he should be. Another situation tonight, I know 204 00:10:13.399 --> 00:10:15.879 we're gonna when we change our speeds and start talking 205 00:10:16.159 --> 00:10:18.120 about the other side because they got to deal with 206 00:10:18.159 --> 00:10:20.720 some guy tonight that's really on a terror. When you 207 00:10:20.759 --> 00:10:23.200 talk about somebody that's got some momentum. 208 00:10:22.679 --> 00:10:25.519 Yeah, yeah, can Tona has really been pitching well for 209 00:10:25.559 --> 00:10:26.960 the Mets, and you all have my moto hopefully to 210 00:10:27.000 --> 00:10:30.000 building on that momentum that he've had in his last start. 211 00:10:30.519 --> 00:10:33.799 Walker Bueller, we know how cocky he can be, and 212 00:10:33.799 --> 00:10:36.720 he rubs people the wrong way. Sometimes it's arrogant, but 213 00:10:36.840 --> 00:10:38.960 he backs it up for the most part. And because 214 00:10:39.000 --> 00:10:41.559 of the injuries, he hasn't been able to back it up. 215 00:10:41.759 --> 00:10:44.919 And I've also seen a different side of him. He's 216 00:10:45.000 --> 00:10:48.080 much more subdued, and maybe because he's married now and 217 00:10:48.120 --> 00:10:50.159 he's got a young child, probably a lot to do 218 00:10:50.200 --> 00:10:50.440 with that. 219 00:10:50.480 --> 00:10:54.600 He's grown up. He's a he's thirty now he's he's he's. 220 00:10:54.399 --> 00:10:56.840 Gotten out of that young phase of his life and 221 00:10:57.000 --> 00:10:59.159 we've seen the development of his picture on the mound 222 00:10:59.399 --> 00:11:01.360 last night. Just listening to him, and we're gonna hear 223 00:11:01.399 --> 00:11:03.720 me here, froim in a second. He sounds grown up. 224 00:11:03.960 --> 00:11:08.240 He sounds like a mature man out there realizing what 225 00:11:08.279 --> 00:11:11.080 he's doing is something that he had hoped to try 226 00:11:11.120 --> 00:11:13.080 to do and get back to his old form, but 227 00:11:13.200 --> 00:11:16.879 also realizing that he has reinvented himself. Here's Walker Bueler 228 00:11:16.919 --> 00:11:19.519 post game last night, after his four shutout innings. 229 00:11:19.639 --> 00:11:23.080 Yeah, just uh, I throw what Will puts down. You know, 230 00:11:23.320 --> 00:11:27.480 I think this series, in this playoffs, I think is 231 00:11:27.840 --> 00:11:30.720 in sync with with the pitching staff as Will has 232 00:11:30.759 --> 00:11:34.519 ever been and he's calling really good games. And you know, 233 00:11:34.559 --> 00:11:37.039 I trust what he sees more than anyone. I trust 234 00:11:37.120 --> 00:11:38.960 what he sees more than I trust what I see. 235 00:11:38.960 --> 00:11:42.799 And so I think that, you know, that's just a 236 00:11:42.879 --> 00:11:44.039 tip of the cat to him. 237 00:11:44.440 --> 00:11:46.799 When he started this journey back from the you know, 238 00:11:46.840 --> 00:11:48.840 the Tommy John you talked about wanting to pitch in 239 00:11:48.879 --> 00:11:51.240 games like this is kind of simply how fun was tonight? 240 00:11:51.799 --> 00:11:53.720 Yeah, it's everything to me. You know, he talked about 241 00:11:53.759 --> 00:11:57.600 it before the San Diego start, the big games, or 242 00:11:57.639 --> 00:11:59.679 me being in big games. That's that's literally all I 243 00:11:59.720 --> 00:12:04.799 care out. And you know, the way Kik talks about 244 00:12:04.799 --> 00:12:07.799 our team having some sort of of confidence when I 245 00:12:07.840 --> 00:12:12.399 pitch regardless, I think is kind of really the goal 246 00:12:12.480 --> 00:12:15.559 for any starting pitcher. You know, there's the stats and 247 00:12:16.480 --> 00:12:19.679 free agency and all of that, but I just want 248 00:12:19.720 --> 00:12:22.000 twenty five guys in the locker room that believe that 249 00:12:22.039 --> 00:12:23.639 I give us a really good chance to win. And 250 00:12:25.279 --> 00:12:27.679 if I've created that in our locker room somehow, that's 251 00:12:27.799 --> 00:12:29.360 that's probably what I'll be the most proud of when 252 00:12:29.399 --> 00:12:31.759 I'm done. It'll five you in second row. 253 00:12:33.159 --> 00:12:34.559 Just to go back to that Lindora bat. Do you 254 00:12:34.559 --> 00:12:37.159 feel like that's only maybe pre surgery that you probably 255 00:12:37.159 --> 00:12:39.399 would want to try to throw a fastball in that spot? 256 00:12:40.240 --> 00:12:42.759 Oh, in twenty eighteen, nineteen twenty, I would have thrown 257 00:12:42.759 --> 00:12:44.480 a fastball. I mean, there's no. 258 00:12:46.039 --> 00:12:48.639 Yeah, when the bases are lowered there in the secondading, 259 00:12:48.720 --> 00:12:50.960 is there a place that you go to mentally, right 260 00:12:50.960 --> 00:12:52.519 so that you kind of have to channel to be 261 00:12:52.519 --> 00:12:53.919 able to sort of get out of that spot. 262 00:12:54.200 --> 00:12:56.600 Yeah. The fear of pitching the way I pitched all year. 263 00:12:56.600 --> 00:12:59.799 I think is probably probably where I channel it from. 264 00:13:00.320 --> 00:13:02.559 I saw the stat that you now have the second 265 00:13:02.559 --> 00:13:07.600 most postseason starts in Dodgers franchise history, just behind kersh All, 266 00:13:07.639 --> 00:13:13.080 the pitchers that have come through the Hall of famers Nukem, Cofax, Drysdale, 267 00:13:13.240 --> 00:13:15.720 Fernando Herscheiser. For you to be second on that list 268 00:13:15.720 --> 00:13:17.679 and giving your team so many victories in the postseason, 269 00:13:17.679 --> 00:13:20.240 even after missing the last two postseasons, what does that 270 00:13:20.279 --> 00:13:21.519 mean to be be in that company? 271 00:13:22.600 --> 00:13:25.159 I honestly, I think that's a team stat. Just to 272 00:13:25.200 --> 00:13:26.759 be honest with you. We've been in the playoffs every 273 00:13:26.799 --> 00:13:29.759 year that I've been here and healthy at least, and 274 00:13:30.200 --> 00:13:33.840 I've been very fortunate to get the ball, and you know, 275 00:13:33.879 --> 00:13:36.720 the trust thing or whatever we kind of developed through 276 00:13:36.720 --> 00:13:38.919 the years to let me have the ball. You know, 277 00:13:38.960 --> 00:13:41.399 this year is kind of a pretty good example of that, 278 00:13:41.519 --> 00:13:46.200 just because of the way the regular season went. But yeah, 279 00:13:46.639 --> 00:13:48.679 it's a cool stat and a cool thing, But to me, 280 00:13:48.759 --> 00:13:49.840 that's about our team. 281 00:13:50.440 --> 00:13:53.000 Lastly, Doc has said you've had to almost relearn how 282 00:13:53.000 --> 00:13:56.080 to pitch coming from this surgery. What has been the 283 00:13:56.080 --> 00:13:58.039 biggest difficulty or the thing that you've learned the most 284 00:13:58.039 --> 00:14:00.480 and kind of relearning how to come back out here and. 285 00:14:00.679 --> 00:14:02.720 Be you again. Then on three to two at the 286 00:14:02.759 --> 00:14:04.440 basis a little that I gotta throw a kerball now 287 00:14:04.679 --> 00:14:05.440 instead of a heater. 288 00:14:06.360 --> 00:14:08.639 All right, there's Walker Buller last night, Saxey. 289 00:14:08.679 --> 00:14:10.639 I'm telling you, having seen this kid come up in 290 00:14:10.639 --> 00:14:13.799 twenty seventeen, remember when he was drafted at a Vanderbilt. 291 00:14:14.039 --> 00:14:15.440 He was all about this swag. 292 00:14:15.480 --> 00:14:19.240 He was a kid that didn't lack confidence on and 293 00:14:19.279 --> 00:14:23.039 off the field. I mean he sounds humbled. He sounds 294 00:14:23.080 --> 00:14:25.399 like a guy who is so appreciative of being there. 295 00:14:25.440 --> 00:14:29.200 I mean, this is a completely different Walker Bule. 296 00:14:29.320 --> 00:14:33.279 I love it. It's real and there's there's nothing contrived 297 00:14:33.320 --> 00:14:37.480 about what he's saying whatsoever. I see him as a 298 00:14:37.559 --> 00:14:40.679 very confident, humble at the same time person. What I 299 00:14:40.759 --> 00:14:43.279 like about him is he's showing true leadership and that 300 00:14:43.600 --> 00:14:47.279 he gives it back to his teammates and he means it. 301 00:14:47.399 --> 00:14:50.120 He's not just saying it. It's not a bunch of eyewash. 302 00:14:50.159 --> 00:14:52.120 I think he's a real deal, and I think the 303 00:14:52.519 --> 00:14:54.919 like you said, the guy's in that locker room, think 304 00:14:54.960 --> 00:14:56.919 he's got a great chance to win every time he 305 00:14:56.960 --> 00:15:00.320 goes out and pitch Walker. One thing about him, he 306 00:15:00.399 --> 00:15:03.039 expects it every single time to be at the top 307 00:15:03.120 --> 00:15:06.159 of his game. The GM and the front office and 308 00:15:06.200 --> 00:15:09.679 everybody will never ever have to worry. Is this guy 309 00:15:09.720 --> 00:15:11.679 going to give us one hundred percent all the time? 310 00:15:11.799 --> 00:15:14.919 Is he worth the investment? Is he a team player? 311 00:15:15.200 --> 00:15:18.519 Is you know all those boxes are completely checked. That 312 00:15:18.600 --> 00:15:21.600 will never be a doubt in their mind. They know 313 00:15:21.679 --> 00:15:22.799 that this guy's a real deal. 314 00:15:22.879 --> 00:15:24.879 Something I thought that was real cool, just to kind 315 00:15:24.879 --> 00:15:27.480 of wrap up Walker Bueller here was early in the 316 00:15:27.519 --> 00:15:31.480 game he changed and started pitching out of the stretch, 317 00:15:32.080 --> 00:15:35.960 and they didn't really understand why on the broadcast why 318 00:15:36.000 --> 00:15:38.480 he did that. Maybe they thought it was a mechanics 319 00:15:38.480 --> 00:15:41.360 thing that he just felt better in the fifty five 320 00:15:41.399 --> 00:15:43.759 degree weather there at City Field, and they were kind 321 00:15:43.759 --> 00:15:45.919 of speculated why why he was doing it. Well, after 322 00:15:45.919 --> 00:15:48.279 the game, he said he didn't have a feel on 323 00:15:48.320 --> 00:15:50.639 the mound. He said that the dirt was so hard 324 00:15:51.279 --> 00:15:53.600 that he couldn't get a grip even with his cleats 325 00:15:53.879 --> 00:15:56.320 and his for in the first inning, he felt like 326 00:15:56.360 --> 00:16:00.519 he didn't have enough control of his pitches, especially you know, 327 00:16:00.559 --> 00:16:02.519 and then wind up, and so he said I felt 328 00:16:02.519 --> 00:16:05.480 more comfortable that I had more control over my austby 329 00:16:05.600 --> 00:16:09.399 pitches pitching out of the stretch. So immediately he made 330 00:16:09.440 --> 00:16:12.960 a decision mid first inning to just go from the 331 00:16:13.000 --> 00:16:16.080 stretch the rest of the way and paid off. 332 00:16:16.240 --> 00:16:16.519 Yeah. 333 00:16:16.600 --> 00:16:18.720 I mean, there you go. That's a guy that's in 334 00:16:18.799 --> 00:16:21.919 tune with his wind up his body. He knows what 335 00:16:21.960 --> 00:16:25.039 the feel is and that's that's a That's a great 336 00:16:25.080 --> 00:16:27.480 sign right now, is you know, the guy's feeling every 337 00:16:27.559 --> 00:16:29.559 little thing that goes on out there. He makes it. 338 00:16:29.600 --> 00:16:31.440 I mean, you know what I mean, change your delivery 339 00:16:31.720 --> 00:16:34.320 in the in the middle of the game. That's kind 340 00:16:34.320 --> 00:16:37.480 of a big thing, you know. But he's able to 341 00:16:37.519 --> 00:16:39.720 do that. The guy's a pro. He is really good 342 00:16:39.799 --> 00:16:40.159 right now. 343 00:16:40.159 --> 00:16:43.000 And the Dodgers counted on him last night and he 344 00:16:43.320 --> 00:16:45.559 came through. All Right, we're off and running here on 345 00:16:45.759 --> 00:16:48.840 Saxon Kates in the am, Steve Sacks, Tim Kates and 346 00:16:48.879 --> 00:16:52.080 you on this Thursday morning, as the Dodgers have taken 347 00:16:52.120 --> 00:16:56.000 a two to one series lead in this best of 348 00:16:56.159 --> 00:17:01.039 seven and LCS Walker Bueller. Last night was fantastic. The 349 00:17:01.120 --> 00:17:03.840 four different relievers that came out of the bullpen put 350 00:17:03.919 --> 00:17:08.599 up zeros. The Dodgers with another shutout win last night 351 00:17:09.200 --> 00:17:12.759 over the New York Mets at eight nothing victory. We're 352 00:17:12.759 --> 00:17:15.440 gonna hear from Dave Roberts, We're gonna hear from Max Muntsey. 353 00:17:15.519 --> 00:17:17.240 We're gonna hear from Key k Hernandez. 354 00:17:17.519 --> 00:17:18.039 In the eight. 355 00:17:18.000 --> 00:17:20.480 O'clock hour, David Vass say, we'll join us our Dodger 356 00:17:20.519 --> 00:17:22.039 insider the Live from New York City. 357 00:17:22.319 --> 00:17:24.240 Also, we'll check in with Sean. 358 00:17:24.039 --> 00:17:28.200 Green, former Dodger slugger, former Mets slugger. 359 00:17:28.440 --> 00:17:31.160 He's been on both sides of this rivalry. 360 00:17:31.200 --> 00:17:33.200 We'll check in with Sean Green in the eight o'clock hour, 361 00:17:33.559 --> 00:17:36.599 and your phone call, Saxy. We got an autographed number 362 00:17:36.599 --> 00:17:38.319 three Steve Sex Jerse gonna. 363 00:17:38.079 --> 00:17:38.759 Give you it today. 364 00:17:39.000 --> 00:17:39.440 Wow. 365 00:17:39.559 --> 00:17:42.480 All right, one lucky Dodger fan is gonna get that 366 00:17:42.720 --> 00:17:45.319 between now and nine o'clock this morning. Thanks for being 367 00:17:45.359 --> 00:17:48.039 with us. It's SAX and Kate's in the am. We're 368 00:17:48.039 --> 00:17:50.720 off and running on this Thursday morning on a FI 369 00:17:50.759 --> 00:17:59.359 seventy al I Sports. It's SAX and Kate's in the 370 00:17:59.359 --> 00:18:02.359 AM on the Thursday morning. Thanks for being with us 371 00:18:03.160 --> 00:18:06.400 as you wake up and enjoy a Dodger victory from 372 00:18:06.480 --> 00:18:08.279 last night. As they take a two to one series 373 00:18:08.359 --> 00:18:13.079 lead in this best of seven NLCS. Right back at 374 00:18:13.079 --> 00:18:16.079 it tonight from City Field in New York. Game four 375 00:18:17.480 --> 00:18:19.759 Dodgers on Deck starts at four o'clock first, pitching five 376 00:18:19.799 --> 00:18:23.759 oz away from the Galpamotors broadcast both the Yoshinobu Yamamoto 377 00:18:23.839 --> 00:18:27.559 and Jose Kintana with the pitching matchup in this Game four, 378 00:18:27.640 --> 00:18:30.799 which the Dodgers have a shot at going up three 379 00:18:30.839 --> 00:18:33.359 games to one. But I feel like I learned my lessons. 380 00:18:33.400 --> 00:18:37.240 SA see Monday morning here on scam celebrating that Game 381 00:18:37.319 --> 00:18:40.839 one shut out blowout of the New York Mets and 382 00:18:40.920 --> 00:18:43.960 Game one Sunday night and feeling really cocky about this 383 00:18:44.039 --> 00:18:45.079 is gonna be a sweep. 384 00:18:45.160 --> 00:18:46.000 The Mets are done. 385 00:18:46.079 --> 00:18:48.559 And then what happened Monday afternoon in that day game 386 00:18:48.599 --> 00:18:51.839 at Dodger Stadium is that the roles were completely reversed 387 00:18:52.039 --> 00:18:53.920 and this series was tied up a game of peace. 388 00:18:53.960 --> 00:18:57.720 So I'm gonna pump the brakes on myself emotionally, not 389 00:18:57.839 --> 00:19:00.000 to get too excited about a two to one series, 390 00:19:00.440 --> 00:19:03.279 but just kind of quietly fist pumping. All right, we're up, 391 00:19:03.279 --> 00:19:04.240 We're up two games to one. 392 00:19:04.519 --> 00:19:07.200 Yeah, business like. I think that's uh. Try to try 393 00:19:07.200 --> 00:19:09.400 to keep a tempered spirit, you know that you can't 394 00:19:09.440 --> 00:19:11.079 go out there and think, oh, he's gonna roll over 395 00:19:11.119 --> 00:19:14.400 these guys. Look, they're a good team, no question. From 396 00:19:14.400 --> 00:19:16.640 mayon they had the same record as Dodgers. All right, 397 00:19:16.680 --> 00:19:18.559 they had a little rough start, but after that they 398 00:19:18.559 --> 00:19:21.319 were nails. It's a good club. They got guys playing 399 00:19:21.319 --> 00:19:23.559 with their hair on fire. On Cantona, the last eight 400 00:19:23.599 --> 00:19:26.359 starts has been ridiculous. He's got a point five to 401 00:19:26.480 --> 00:19:29.079