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Speaker 1: David Vasse.
Speaker 2: We are live at Dodgers Stadium after the Dodgers defeat
Speaker 2: the Philadelphia Phillies by a final score of five to
Speaker 2: three on a very emotional night at Dodgers Stadium, as
Speaker 2: Freddie Freeman returned to the starting lineup tonight. Welcome to
Speaker 2: Dodger Talk. David Vasse with you until eleven o'clock tonight
Speaker 2: here on a five to seventy LA Sports. We have
Speaker 2: phone lines open at eight six six ninety seven two
Speaker 2: five seventy. We will hear from Tyler Glass. Now, we
Speaker 2: will hear from Dave Roberts, we will hear from Jose Mota.
Speaker 2: And I also had a chance to catch up with
Speaker 2: Mookie Betts and he gave us an update on where
Speaker 2: he's at in his recovery and also where he might
Speaker 2: or might not play when he returns. So you'll hear
Speaker 2: from Mookie Bets as far as that goes. And also
Speaker 2: we'll hear from Freddie Freeman again because it was an
Speaker 2: emotional night here at Dodgers Stadium. Obviously you want to
Speaker 2: win the game. Obviously you want to beat the Phillies,
Speaker 2: who swept the Dodgers earlier this year in their ballpark.
Speaker 2: And the win is big in a couple of different ways,
Speaker 2: because the Dodgers now are just a game back in
Speaker 2: the lost column of Philadelphia for the best record in
Speaker 2: the National League. The Phillies have not won a series
Speaker 2: since they swept the Dodgers back in Philadelphia on July ninth, tenth,
Speaker 2: and eleventh. Since then, the Phillies have not won a series,
Speaker 2: and that's part of the reason why they have been
Speaker 2: brought back to the pack and the Dodgers are just
Speaker 2: a game back of them for the best record in
Speaker 2: the National League. The Dodgers also maintain a five game
Speaker 2: lead over both Arizona and sam Diego in the NLS.
Speaker 2: Eight six six nine, eight seven two five seventy is
Speaker 2: the phone number man Freddie Freeman. What a night for him.
Speaker 2: Forty eight thousand, one hundred and seventy eight showered Freddie
Speaker 2: Freeman with a lot of love tonight in his first
Speaker 2: at bat. That was really special and I loved how
Speaker 2: they did not turn on the pitch clock here at
Speaker 2: Dodger Stadium. They understood the moment. The home played umpire tonight.
Speaker 2: Marvin Hudson understood the moment, and that's what's been missing
Speaker 2: at different points in time with this pitchclock, home played umpire,
Speaker 2: not understanding the moment, the pitch clock timer not understanding
Speaker 2: the moment. But give credit to everybody involved tonight because
Speaker 2: they understood the moment. They understood it was going to
Speaker 2: be an emotional first at bat for Freddy Freeman. They
Speaker 2: understood this. Forty eight thousand plus wanted to salute him
Speaker 2: and let him know that he has the support of
Speaker 2: Dodger fans and everybody involved in this community, because come on,
Speaker 2: no three year old should have to go through having
Speaker 2: a breathing tube a ventilator, And like Freddy said before
Speaker 2: the game, today there are so many young children out
Speaker 2: there fighting for their lives, and when it hits you
Speaker 2: as close as it hit Freddie Freeman and his wife Chelsea,
Speaker 2: it just puts a lot of perspective in your life.
Speaker 2: But it was great to see Freddie Freeman back here
Speaker 2: at Dodger Stadium because when we got word he was
Speaker 2: going to be here and hold a press conference at
Speaker 2: three o'clock. That was a sign that Max Freeman was
Speaker 2: on his way back to getting his health in order
Speaker 2: and being a healthy young three year old. So that
Speaker 2: was really positive. And look, maybe this hits me more
Speaker 2: because I'm a parent of two kids' eight and eleven
Speaker 2: years old. If you have kids, you understand it. If
Speaker 2: you had kids that are going through a tough time
Speaker 2: and needing to fight through health issues, obviously our thoughts
Speaker 2: and prayers are with you as well. But it was
Speaker 2: great to see Freddie Freeman back here at Dodgers Stadium.
Speaker 2: As far as the game went tonight, Tyler Glass Now
Speaker 2: was dominant in the first inning. You know, he struck
Speaker 2: out the side in order. I know the Phillies have
Speaker 2: been struggling, but it's impressive to see him dominate Schwarber,
Speaker 2: Trey Turner, and Bryce Harper the way he did in
Speaker 2: the first inning, and it set the tone for the game,
Speaker 2: striking all three of those guys out. They were all swinging.
Speaker 2: He had his fastball, he had a slider working against
Speaker 2: all three of those very dangerous Phillies batters. He finished
Speaker 2: with nine strikeouts tonight and now has a career high
Speaker 2: in strikeouts in a season one hundred and sixty four
Speaker 2: strikeouts on the year, and Tyler Glass now, despite having
Speaker 2: some time off with some back issues, is still on
Speaker 2: pay for two one hundred and thirty five strikeouts. That
Speaker 2: would be the most by a Dodger right handed pitcher
Speaker 2: since the Tornado. Hideo Nomo struck out two hundred and
Speaker 2: thirty six in nineteen ninety five. That's how dominant Tyler
Speaker 2: Glass now has been. Let's head downstairs right now to
Speaker 2: hear from tonight's winning picture.
Speaker 3: Kind I felt a little lot of whack, but I
Speaker 3: think those the days you feel like that, you just
Speaker 3: kind of empty your brain and just try to go compete.
Speaker 3: So I think the positive today for me was just
Speaker 3: kind of ignore how I feel and just go and
Speaker 3: try to attack.
Speaker 2: His own Okay, it just results bindside for you, please Reta,
Speaker 2: I hear that.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I guess with how I felt and how it
Speaker 3: turned out, Yeah, it was all right, some work to do,
Speaker 3: but it was good.
Speaker 2: He says, more interested sorts.
Speaker 4: What we got sort of felt a little better today.
Speaker 3: I think I've been getting a little predictable with hears
Speaker 3: and sequencing and stuff, so I'm just trying to mix
Speaker 3: that in a bit more like last start in the start,
Speaker 3: and I feel like I've used it a lot more.
Speaker 4: You know, you kind of talking about finding here we're
Speaker 4: not feeling great. Do you feel that something that you've
Speaker 4: gotten a better.
Speaker 3: At it's probably over like the course of my career. Yeah,
Speaker 3: it's kind of like up and down, but I do
Speaker 3: feel like it's trending up over my career for sure.
Speaker 4: Is that part of the plans would be really slider
Speaker 4: heavy to night.
Speaker 3: I think a lot of it's dictated off of like
Speaker 3: warm ups and how it's coming out early. But that
Speaker 3: was something we talked about before, just trying not to
Speaker 3: be so predictable with my heater. But yeah, a little
Speaker 3: bit more slider usage to night.
Speaker 1: Could you said started opening day obviously?
Speaker 5: You know the seer playoffs, meaning I do a lot of.
Speaker 1: I would be kind of in the brace that role.
Speaker 3: I guess I kind of just I want to just
Speaker 3: keep my routine the same.
Speaker 4: Honestly.
Speaker 3: I think like all the extra stuff is it's cool
Speaker 3: and it's nice to be acknowledged that way. But I
Speaker 3: think for me, what's helped me most of my career
Speaker 3: is just trying to like take each start as each
Speaker 3: start comes, you know, and just do what I can
Speaker 3: to control what I can, and the rest.
Speaker 4: Is what it is.
Speaker 2: All right. There's Tyler Glass now after a solid night,
Speaker 2: a dominating night in some ways, six innings, nine strikeouts,
Speaker 2: and now his record is nine and six on the season.
Speaker 2: He beats Aaron Nola, who is eleven and five now,
Speaker 2: and Daniel Hudson with his eighth save of the season.
Speaker 2: Tyler Glass now was talking about his slider. He threw
Speaker 2: forty two sliders. That was the pitch he threw more
Speaker 2: than any other tonight of his ninety one forty two sliders,
Speaker 2: thirty five fastballs and fourteen curveballs. So you know, it's
Speaker 2: one thing to have dominant stuff, but major leaguers can
Speaker 2: hit ninety five ninety six one hundred miles an hour
Speaker 2: if they're waiting for it, and if it doesn't have
Speaker 2: late carry on it or if you're becoming too predictable.
Speaker 2: And I loved hearing Tyler Glass now understand the sequencing,
Speaker 2: understand what hitters were doing, what they were waiting for.
Speaker 2: And that's a big time pitcher right there that understood it.
Speaker 2: So love hearing that type of stuff. Also, you know
Speaker 2: this bullpen has started to bounce back. I mentioned in
Speaker 2: the Clubhouse show how yesterday River Ryan went four and
Speaker 2: a third innings and the bullpen only allowed one hit
Speaker 2: the rest of the way tonight. What a tremendous performance
Speaker 2: by the Dodger bullpen again. Newly acquired Michael Kopek has
Speaker 2: been solid, throwing strikes. A scoreless seventh inning for him.
Speaker 2: Anthony Bunda with the eighth inning tonight, put up a zero.
Speaker 2: He now has seven straight scoreless innings and Daniel Hudson,
Speaker 2: the anchor of that bullpen, the veteran leader of that bullpen,
Speaker 2: is eighth save of the year. So this Dodger bullpen
Speaker 2: is starting to come out of their valley at the
Speaker 2: right time. And they also got reinforcements today because Bruce
Speaker 2: Starr Graderol was activated before tonight's game. Graderol has not
Speaker 2: pitched a single pitch all season long. The Dodgers placed
Speaker 2: Blake Trenan on the fifteen day IL to activate Grattarol
Speaker 2: and to make room for Freddie Freeman and Graderol. The
Speaker 2: Dodgers death signated for assignment. Cavin Bigio eight six six
Speaker 2: two five seventy is the phone number. Let's go out
Speaker 2: to Bruce, who is at Dodger Stadium tonight. An emotional
Speaker 2: night here. Hum, Bruce, Hey, Dave, how you doing great?
Speaker 6: I cannot understand how they could possibly give Pastianos a
Speaker 6: hit instead of an error on a ninety missed catch.
Speaker 2: Bruce, you came to the game tonight, and that's the
Speaker 2: first thing you want to talk about. You don't want
Speaker 2: to talk about Freddie Freeman. You don't want to talk
Speaker 2: about glass now you want You don't want to talk
Speaker 2: about Otani. You want to talk about a square.
Speaker 6: No, the most important thing of the night was the
Speaker 6: standing ovation for Freddy when he came up to bat Well,
Speaker 6: that was a moment.
Speaker 2: I was a little nervous about you, Bruce.
Speaker 6: No, no, but you're right, but you had already spoken
Speaker 6: about that.
Speaker 2: But I want to hear about the fans perspective. You
Speaker 2: were in the crowd. Okay. So they they called it
Speaker 2: a triple. The reason why, I guess Paz did not
Speaker 2: put a glove on it. Maybe he lost it in
Speaker 2: the setting sun to twilight. So that's the reason why
Speaker 2: they called it a triple. If it clanked off his glove,
Speaker 2: it's an automatic error for me.
Speaker 6: Okay, But it was a ninety probability catch. I mean
Speaker 6: muffed it and everybody saw a mu muffet.
Speaker 2: He tried, you know, he didn't. It's it's fine either way, Bruce,
Speaker 2: but I could tell you this around Major League Baseball,
Speaker 2: it seems like there's been a little bit of pressure
Speaker 2: put on these official scores to reflect more offense in
Speaker 2: the game.
Speaker 7: Okay, all right, Bruce, were up playing The game was
Speaker 7: huge and but nothing, nothing tops the welcome back to
Speaker 7: Freddie and our prayers continue for Max.
Speaker 2: All right, Bruce, I love it. That's a good way
Speaker 2: to end the call. Eight sixty six, nine eighty seven,
Speaker 2: two five seventy is the phone number. Can I just
Speaker 2: take a pause right there? I mean we're talking about
Speaker 2: Freddie Freeman. He was at the game forty eight thousand plus.
Speaker 2: Gave Freddie a standing ovation, and Bruce came in hot
Speaker 2: about the scoring on Castellanos's triple. He wanted an era
Speaker 2: badly on Andy Pajes. He didn't even bring up the
Speaker 2: fact that Pa haz redeemed himself and put the Dodgers
Speaker 2: ahead two to one to really continue that third inning
Speaker 2: where the Dodgers scored four runs. Wow, Bruce, you saved
Speaker 2: it though at the end, eight six, six, nine, seven,
Speaker 2: two five seventy is the phone number. Dodgers beat the
Speaker 2: Phillies tonight six to five, and despite the Dodgers basically
Speaker 2: trying to hold down the fort until their players come back,
Speaker 2: they are just one game back of the Phillies for
Speaker 2: the best record in the National League. And speaking of
Speaker 2: players coming back, it was very encouraging for everybody that
Speaker 2: was here at Dodgers Stadium early to see guys like
Speaker 2: Mookie Bets and Max Mounthsy working out, Miguel Rojas and
Speaker 2: Tommy Edmund taking swings. Chris Taylor was moving around. He's
Speaker 2: on the IL with a growing strain to have Bruce
Speaker 2: Starr Graderol come back moments before first pitch officially, despite
Speaker 2: it coming at the cost of Blake Truent and having
Speaker 2: to go on the IL, these guys are starting to
Speaker 2: come back. Mooki Bets is on track to come back
Speaker 2: in Milwaukee a week from tonight. I had a chance
Speaker 2: to catch up with Mookie and we talked about where
Speaker 2: he's at and where he may play when he returns.
Speaker 5: I don't know, I mean, I haven't talked to talk
Speaker 5: about it. I mean there's a lot of guys that
Speaker 5: can play short here, So you know, if that's not
Speaker 5: in the cars, then you know that's cool. I'm just
Speaker 5: gonna that's the best position for me. I can go
Speaker 5: from there anywhere else. So I just prepare and wherever
Speaker 5: I land is where I land.
Speaker 2: Mookie, that's unusual that a superstar player of your caliber
Speaker 2: is so willing to change positions for the team. But
Speaker 2: realize how unique that is to make yourself so vulnerable
Speaker 2: to do that.
Speaker 4: No, I just.
Speaker 5: You know, it is what it is.
Speaker 4: I mean, it's just to.
Speaker 5: Your point, being vulnerable and knowing that if it goes wrong,
Speaker 5: you know, a lot of bad articles and stuff are
Speaker 5: gonna come out about you. But you know, so I
Speaker 5: was also accepting that, you know, it's also accepting that
Speaker 5: challenge because you know, on the other side of fear
Speaker 5: is a lot of a lot of bliss and glory,
Speaker 5: and I'm looking for that bliss and glory.
Speaker 2: Love hearing that from Mookie bets because when it comes
Speaker 2: time for the bell to ring, he is going to
Speaker 2: do whatever the Dodgers need for them to try to
Speaker 2: make a run in October, whether that's playing right field,
Speaker 2: whether that means playing shortstop. It sounds like Mookie Bets
Speaker 2: is open to that, and I really mean it. How
Speaker 2: many superstars out there would be willing to move not
Speaker 2: just once, not just twice, but three times in the
Speaker 2: same season for let's face it, lesser individual players, but
Speaker 2: for the greater good of the sum. They'll do that
Speaker 2: for you. There's no other superstar I know that would
Speaker 2: do that voluntarily without an injury being in play. Mookie
Speaker 2: Betts went from second base in spring training to shortstop
Speaker 2: two days before they left for Korea. He gets hit
Speaker 2: by a pitch on his left hand six weeks ago.
Speaker 2: Is going to come back and maybe not have his
Speaker 2: shortstop position. But I will say this, I believe when
Speaker 2: Mooki does come back next week, you are still going
Speaker 2: to see him at shortstop. But there are going to
Speaker 2: be times as things progress that you may see him
Speaker 2: go out to right field when the postseason begins. That's
Speaker 2: all on Mooki and the Dodgers evaluating whether or not
Speaker 2: he has I add this unfortunate time on the il
Speaker 2: to maybe recalibrate his throws because he had been getting
Speaker 2: to a lot of balls hit his way. The throws
Speaker 2: have been the biggest issue as far as him learning
Speaker 2: shortstop on the fly. But let's be honest here, if
Speaker 2: you're in a postseason game, game six of a best
Speaker 2: of seven, isn't the best alignment for Mookie Bets to
Speaker 2: be in right field and Miguel Rojas to be at shortstop.
Speaker 2: Miguel Rojas, by the way, told me today thumbs up.
Speaker 2: I'm ready to go. It's just when the Dodgers want
Speaker 2: to activate me. So he's back. He's ready. But I
Speaker 2: would not rule out the possibility when Mookie Bets is
Speaker 2: activated next week that he's not the Dodgers shortstop and
Speaker 2: Miguel Rojas spells him here and there. But I definitely
Speaker 2: believe we underappreciate the level of superstar Mookie Bets is
Speaker 2: and his willingness to move these positions and be vulnerable,
Speaker 2: to open himself up to a lot of criticism, but
Speaker 2: doing it for the greater good of the team. To me,
Speaker 2: that's the most impressive part of this whole thing. Eight
Speaker 2: six six nine eight seven two five seventy is the
Speaker 2: phone number. Dodgers beat the Phillies five to three. Let's
Speaker 2: go out to Drina who is at Dodgers Stadium tonight.
Speaker 2: Drina were you upset about a scoring error or were
Speaker 2: you just happy to be here to celebrate Freddy.
Speaker 8: Hi, Dave, thanks for taking our call. It's my husband,
Speaker 8: Matt and I. Our kids are sleeping in the backseat,
Speaker 8: but we had no intention on going to the game today.
Speaker 8: I'm a teacher. It was my first day back and
Speaker 8: I got home from school and my husband's like, hey,
Speaker 8: there's some last minute tickets, let's go, And so we went,
Speaker 8: and the Freddie moment just took our breath away. Our
Speaker 8: son was in the hospital for one hundred and three
Speaker 8: days on a ventilator, fighting for his life from the
Speaker 8: moment he was born, and those difficult days we know
Speaker 8: so well, and we were both so choked up. Everybody
Speaker 8: everyone's heart just poured out for Freddy, for Max, for Chelsea,
Speaker 8: for the whole family, and we are just sending so
Speaker 8: many prayers. And when so many people come together and
Speaker 8: do such amazing things and pray so hard, phenomenal things happen.
Speaker 8: Miracles happen every day. So we just wanted to say, like,
Speaker 8: we love Chelsea and Freddy and Max and the whole
Speaker 8: family and sending prayers. Thank you for taking our golf.
Speaker 2: Hey, God, bless you and your family, Drina. We're glad
Speaker 2: your your little one is on the way to just
Speaker 2: enjoying a normal kid's life with two great parents. It
Speaker 2: sounds like, thank you so much.
Speaker 8: He lives for Dodger baseball. He's four years old now
Speaker 8: and all he wants to do is play bass.
Speaker 2: So love a DREAMA glad you were here. Thanks a
Speaker 2: lot for the phone call. Eight six six nine seven
Speaker 2: two five seventy. Now that's what it's all about, right there.
Speaker 2: Freddie Freeman is not alone. There are so many parents
Speaker 2: out there that wish they could trade places with their
Speaker 2: sick children, whether it's for nine days, one hundred and
Speaker 2: three days, or years. We all know that feeling if
Speaker 2: you're a parent. But awesome to hear that phone called Drina,
Speaker 2: thank you so much, And moments after the final out
Speaker 2: tonight we had a chance to catch up with Freddie Freeman.
Speaker 9: Dodgers fans made it very special but also very hard
Speaker 9: to hit in that first at bat. You know, obviously
Speaker 9: me being here that means good things are happening at
Speaker 9: our house right now. Max is on his way to
Speaker 9: being on his way to recovery. But I can't say
Speaker 9: I can't express the gratitude that Chelsea and I have
Speaker 9: received over this last eight nine days, the love and
Speaker 9: support that not Dodger fans, but of all of Major
Speaker 9: League Baseball and Baseball fans and some people not even fans,
Speaker 9: that have shown us over the last week and a half.
Speaker 9: And it's just good to see green grass.
Speaker 4: It's nice.
Speaker 9: It's good to be here. I'm happy to be here.
Speaker 9: I'm glad this one's out of the way. Got the
Speaker 9: first hit too. I was surprised look at it hit tonight.
Speaker 9: But I just again, I can't. I know you guys
Speaker 9: are listening the radio and all that stuff.
Speaker 4: I just thank you very much for the bottom of
Speaker 4: our heart. You've shown us grace over this last eight
Speaker 4: nine days.
Speaker 2: It feels like the city of Los Angeles gape the
Speaker 2: Freeman family a big hug the last seven nine days.
Speaker 4: Yeah, and we felt it. We really did. We needed
Speaker 4: all of that.
Speaker 9: Uh, to be honest with you, that that hug was
Speaker 9: huge and we.
Speaker 4: Still need it.
Speaker 9: You know, it's still gonna be a long journey for Max,
Speaker 9: but we know he's gonna be okay.
Speaker 4: Uh, he's already fighting.
Speaker 9: He was like before I came out here, is on
Speaker 9: his stomach doing tummy time.
Speaker 4: So things are. We're working on some things. PT.
Speaker 9: We got PT at noon tomorrow, so he's gonna hate that,
Speaker 9: but you know, it's just good.
Speaker 4: I'm just glad that I'm.
Speaker 9: Here because I mean, things are happening in a in
Speaker 9: a positive manner for Maximist.
Speaker 2: The song played We love La, but I feel like
Speaker 2: everybody loves Max Freeman and Freddie's family. So big hug
Speaker 2: from all of us. Freddy, you mean a lot to
Speaker 2: all of us and you're You're part of our family
Speaker 2: for sure.
Speaker 9: Thank you, David, and again Dodger fans, thank you very
Speaker 9: very much from the bottom of our heart.
Speaker 2: There he is Freddy Freeman of very thankful and grateful
Speaker 2: Freddie Freeman for many things in his life these days.
Speaker 2: And obviously our thoughts and prayers are still with the
Speaker 2: Freeman family, still in uphill Climb. But it was great
Speaker 2: to see Freddie back here, and it was great to
Speaker 2: see Freddie smile again. And it was a great moment
Speaker 2: again for Dodger fans, the way they showered Freddie Freeman
Speaker 2: with that wonderful ovation in his first at bat. That
Speaker 2: will go down as one of the best moments of
Speaker 2: the season. We're gonna take a time out here on
Speaker 2: Dodger Talk. When we continue, we'll take more phone calls
Speaker 2: and we'll check in with Jose Mota. After the Dodgers
Speaker 2: defeat the Phillies five to three, Max Strong on five
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Speaker 10: Pitch Hernandez lace bliftfield hooking toward the corner. It Teoscar
Speaker 10: Hernandez squeeze is a two roup glass inside the foul
Speaker 10: pole down the left BW line, and the Dodgers have
Speaker 10: a Ford spot on the third day, lead by two.
Speaker 2: Taoscar Hernandez hitting three to zero six since he won
Speaker 2: the home run derby in Texas. That was his fifth
Speaker 2: home run since the All Star Break that capped off
Speaker 2: a four run inning against Aaron Nola in the third.
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Speaker 2: One other thing about the forty eight thousand plus that
Speaker 2: gave Freddy Freeman a standing ovation in his first plate
Speaker 2: appearance tonight. One of those forty eight thousand plus was
Speaker 2: nineteen eighty eight World Series MVP Oral Herscheiser, who was
Speaker 2: not in the broadcast booth tonight. He was on the
Speaker 2: pre and postgame show out there in the centerfield plaza.
Speaker 2: Once he was done with the pregame show, he comes
Speaker 2: back along with John Hartungue and Jerry and those guys.
Speaker 2: They're usually in that dugout club. But from what I understand,
Speaker 2: orl Herscheizer ran out from inside the indoor area of
Speaker 2: the Diamond Club and came out to give a standing
Speaker 2: ovation right behind home plate, right where Dennis Go Go
Speaker 2: Gilbert sits orl Herscheiser came right up against the screen
Speaker 2: to give a standing ovation and be part of that
Speaker 2: emotional moment here at Dodger Stadium. And I know everybody
Speaker 2: up here had chill's. I know Rick Munday obviously cares
Speaker 2: a lot for Freddi. We all do. He's uh, he's
Speaker 2: one of the good guys that are easy to root for.
Speaker 2: So definitely, uh. I love I love the fans and
Speaker 2: the reception they gave. I love that phone call we
Speaker 2: got from Dina there. But when you have a Dodger
Speaker 2: legend that embodies a lot of what this organization is
Speaker 2: about to do, what he did tonight, that speaks volumes
Speaker 2: in itself as well. All right, let's head to Jose Mota.
Speaker 1: It's time to go around the horn with Jose Mota.
Speaker 2: All right, Jose Mota, what an emotional night here at
Speaker 2: Dodgers Stadium. What was the feeling like in the Spanish
Speaker 2: radio booth?
Speaker 11: Oh, the same feeling pretty much that prevailed throughout the
Speaker 11: stadium before the game watching Freddie take ground balls, He's like,
Speaker 11: what is going through his mind right now? And we're
Speaker 11: relieved for him to be at the ballpark. It's pretty much,
Speaker 11: you know, relating to what you were talking about before, Dave.
Speaker 11: You know, we've all had young children. We know what
Speaker 11: it's like to at least care for them, and you
Speaker 11: know them with a little cough, a little fever, you're
Speaker 11: like panicing, right, So I just imagine what they had
Speaker 11: gone through. And you know, I really want to credit
Speaker 11: Chelsea Freeman in this day of social media to not
Speaker 11: be afraid to go out there and keep everybody aware
Speaker 11: and alert on always going on, because it takes a
Speaker 11: lot of guts in a big heart and a lot
Speaker 11: of caring for sure to do that. And I think
Speaker 11: it almost made us, all of us at least will
Speaker 11: be aware of what we're going through. But also where
Speaker 11: what you know, how they were passing through, the whole
Speaker 11: moments and the support they were getting. So from the
Speaker 11: butt of our heart, I mean thoughts and prayers, and
Speaker 11: I know he still has to go out there and
Speaker 11: do what he needs to do with the PTS as
Speaker 11: Fredie was talking about. But more we're so thankful to
Speaker 11: the Lord for this moment today is seeing Freddie out there.
Speaker 11: It just gives us goosebumps, no doubt about it.
Speaker 2: And I talked about Oral Hersheizer being a big part
Speaker 2: of the Dodger family. So is your dad, manny Mota.
Speaker 2: I saw him again before the game today, jose Yese
Speaker 2: he picked as his player of the game.
Speaker 11: Let me see the guy with thirty three home months
Speaker 11: plus one now.
Speaker 2: Yeah, exactly, so your dad wins again. Otani with his
Speaker 2: thirty fourth home run of the year and also with
Speaker 2: his thirty second stolen base. Forty forty is on pace
Speaker 2: right now for Otani.
Speaker 11: He's in a mission. I mean, I'm glad for Shohey
Speaker 11: to be able to have big hits and you know
Speaker 11: that one, that one run lay in the game, and
Speaker 11: it means so much considering everything the bullpen has gone
Speaker 11: through and those guys have battled through so much. But
Speaker 11: for Showy to cut down the swing and you know,
Speaker 11: Oakland did a good job pitching to him. We saw
Speaker 11: the potters how they pull him off the plate, and
Speaker 11: today was a little bit quieter thinking through the middle.
Speaker 11: And he's on a mission here. I mean, this guy,
Speaker 11: you know, has a good taste of what winning is
Speaker 11: like for the first time of his career. But the
Speaker 11: push of a fan base is like, you know, we're
Speaker 11: forty eight thousan fifty thousand strong pretty much every night
Speaker 11: at home, and then the people that he's attracting on
Speaker 11: the road. So I'm glad that he's pretty much just
Speaker 11: splind every single face of his game at the highest level,
Speaker 11: because it's hard to do that. Considered that he is
Speaker 11: also rehabbing his arms, so his days are not just
Speaker 11: about the aging and going out there and you know,
Speaker 11: getting ready to be I mean, his days are full
Speaker 11: of other things that a lot of position players don't
Speaker 11: go through. What He's part of the great club, great
Speaker 11: support system, and I know he's feeding off with his
Speaker 11: teammates experienced in the past, and they know what's all about,
Speaker 11: you know, coming home for the last couple of months, Jose.
Speaker 2: We spoke to Dodgers' first base coach Clayton McCullough yesterday
Speaker 2: on the pregame show because he is such a big
Speaker 2: part of Otani and the rest of the Dodgers stealing bases,
Speaker 2: and he said, the one thing that is really remarkable
Speaker 2: about Otani two things that you may not see on
Speaker 2: the surface. Number One, when they're in the video room,
Speaker 2: O'tani puts in a lot of time studying pictures and
Speaker 2: their moves and just how he can get an edge
Speaker 2: to steal these bases. And another point that McCullough brought
Speaker 2: up yesterday was that how good of a textbook slider
Speaker 2: Otani is, especially with review and the pop up slide
Speaker 2: and all that stuff. If you're a fan, definitely pay
Speaker 2: attention to the way Otani slides. It's what you want
Speaker 2: to teach every kid, right, Jose.
Speaker 11: You pick a lane and you go for that lane.
Speaker 11: Also there's lanes that allow you to take the best
Speaker 11: jumps and the best looks in different stadiums. I think
Speaker 11: you and I were talking about this, and I took
Speaker 11: you over in Pittsburgh. I said, look, how where this
Speaker 11: cut of the grass is? Remember that how close to
Speaker 11: this to the base pass? All those things matter so
Speaker 11: much and show hey, who is so meticulous, is so methodical,
Speaker 11: And yes, he is very inquisitive about things like that.
Speaker 11: A second advantage pretty much everything that the games allowed
Speaker 11: them to take advantage of. Where do you slide? Also
Speaker 11: on who's covering. You know, the guy that's covering the
Speaker 11: back from one side to the other might have a
Speaker 11: better chance of tagging you on the back side of
Speaker 11: the front side. And all those things you decide you
Speaker 11: study video, but also you decide on the fly as
Speaker 11: to where am I going to go? And I'm glad
Speaker 11: the things are paying up for him, you know. And
Speaker 11: I'm glad you mentioned played mccallough because for so many years,
Speaker 11: you know, people give credit to the manager, giving the
Speaker 11: stolen base sign. But also there's a lot to be
Speaker 11: told about a first base coach and a third base coach,
Speaker 11: especially first base to giving you the times and a
Speaker 11: times w he see the green license not now because
Speaker 11: he's had this live step right. All those things matter
Speaker 11: a lot. And then on top of this is Shojo
Speaker 11: TONI is not afraid of getting thrown out, David. There's
Speaker 11: a lot of fast based runners that I've seen through
Speaker 11: my years in the big leagues that are afraid of
Speaker 11: getting thrown out on the basebos. This guy's not afraid
Speaker 11: because he trusts the study. He's done his abilities, and
Speaker 11: certainly who's on the mountain the study.
Speaker 12: He's not to say I'm going to go.
Speaker 11: I'm not I'm not going to go.
Speaker 2: Yeah, Tani has not been caught that many times this year.
Speaker 2: He is thirty two for thirty six this year and
Speaker 2: stolen base attempts, so certainly the percentage is well above
Speaker 2: where the average is. Jose Mode is joining us. After
Speaker 2: the Dodgers beat the Phillies five to three, I felt
Speaker 2: like Tyler Glass now really set the tone for this
Speaker 2: game in the very first inning. Jose, how refreshing was
Speaker 2: it to hear a pitcher understand that he needed to
Speaker 2: mix up his sequencing even with the great stuff he has.
Speaker 11: Boy, how many times have you and I talked about,
Speaker 11: you know, not being predictable In the guy like glass,
Speaker 11: I'm saying, I'm going to go slider heavy to day
Speaker 11: because I see the swings that are taking on my fastballs.
Speaker 11: It's pretty much an idea and a guy that you
Speaker 11: know it's never getting some new waters for him, Let's
Speaker 11: put it that way. He knows and understands the league.
Speaker 11: When you are a premier pitcher, when you are a
Speaker 11: strikeout pitcher, play for all. Didn't want to get behind
Speaker 11: and counts because you know you have to wipe out stuff.
Speaker 11: You have the strikeout you know, ability against anybody, right,
Speaker 11: and then to trust himself enough to readjust on the fly.
Speaker 11: He wanted to think Bernandro and we're talking about today
Speaker 11: in the broadcast was some of the sladders that he
Speaker 11: threw too hard and kind of backfart on him a
Speaker 11: little bit more. He's able to bring it back. And
Speaker 11: it brought me back to Jack Flowerdy the other day
Speaker 11: doing the same thing in changing speech on that side.
Speaker 11: So the more teams see him, Uh, the velocity of
Speaker 11: the fastball is going to matter, but also the velocity
Speaker 11: and the slaughterer. He got seven swings and missus on
Speaker 11: that slider day out of the twenty swings that were
Speaker 11: taking against him, and the overall seventeen swings and missus
Speaker 11: including the fastball, all because the combinations they have of
Speaker 11: not impredictable and stayble the course and not very from it.
Speaker 11: Knowing that the anybody's sitting at a hitter guy six
Speaker 11: eight those ninety eight, but we throw a bender, little
Speaker 11: wrinkle Nott there puts you makes you think a little
Speaker 11: bit more about what you might see later in that
Speaker 11: of bat.
Speaker 2: Love it, Jose, I love hearing that. I love that
Speaker 2: a great pitcher with great stuff recognizes that part of
Speaker 2: the game to get the edge. Thanks a lot for
Speaker 2: staying up late with us, Jose Moto. We'll see you
Speaker 2: back out at the ballpark tomorrow night.
Speaker 11: For you anytime, because you are the lovable by the
Speaker 11: best sense.
Speaker 2: Okay, Thanks Jose, appreciate it. Eight six six nine eighty
Speaker 2: seven two five seventy is the phone number. Dodgers beat
Speaker 2: the Phillies tonight five to three. They're now just one
Speaker 2: game back of Philadelphia for the best record in the
Speaker 2: National League. And think about this, Mookie Betts, Max Muncy,
Speaker 2: Miguel Rojas, Chris Taylor, Tommy Edmund, Michael Grove, Yoshi Yamamoto,
Speaker 2: all on the way back. The position player group is
Speaker 2: going to be very full here in the next two
Speaker 2: to three weeks. And the Dodgers certainly have some tough
Speaker 2: decisions to make, not only on their twenty six man roster,
Speaker 2: but on their forty man roster with some of these
Speaker 2: guys coming off the sixty day IL, and talking to
Speaker 2: Andrew Freeman earlier today, he understands there's some tough decisions
Speaker 2: to make, but he's still in the wade and see
Speaker 2: approach because it really hasn't come together where all these
Speaker 2: guys have been healthy at the same time. So we'll
Speaker 2: see where it goes from here. But already the Dodgers
Speaker 2: had to make a roster move to bring Bruce Star
Speaker 2: Graderol off the sixty day IL, They needed to designate
Speaker 2: for assignment Cavin Bigio, and to activate Freddie Freeman. Blake
Speaker 2: China was placed on the fifteen day IL. So all
Speaker 2: these things are moving parts. And Miguel Rojas, like I
Speaker 2: told you said to me, this afternoon. I'm ready to go,
Speaker 2: just up to then up to the Dodgers to decide
Speaker 2: when they want me to be activated. Eight six six
Speaker 2: nine seven two five seventy is the phone number. Let's
Speaker 2: go out to George, who is at Dodgers Stadium tonight. Hi, George,
Speaker 2: you're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 12: Hello, Miss Bess. Having a good night, Just David want
Speaker 12: to yeah, oh day, Okay, there you go, David, no worries.
Speaker 12: I just want to say it was a special knight
Speaker 12: for you know. It was amazing how everybody just kind
Speaker 12: of stood up, gave him a standing ovation and the
Speaker 12: Philadelphia Philly shows some class I think there's catcher stubs
Speaker 12: came out and he kind of let Freddie Freeman have
Speaker 12: that moment, which was a class act for sure. It
Speaker 12: was great to see.
Speaker 2: I love that because we're losing some of these moments
Speaker 2: with the pitch clock, and it's great when everybody's aware
Speaker 2: about what the moment is going to be, whether it's
Speaker 2: something like this or let's say, when Justin Turner comes
Speaker 2: back with the Mariners, it's the first time you'll be
Speaker 2: playing at Dodgers Stadium since he left the Dodgers. Turn
Speaker 2: that pitch clock off. Let this guy have his.
Speaker 12: Moment exactly exactly. So you know, Philly showed a lot
Speaker 12: of class and it was great to see everybody stand
Speaker 12: up and give him a standing ovation. So it was
Speaker 12: great to see. But the one thing I just wanted
Speaker 12: to just to make a comment on, it's like, let's
Speaker 12: not panic about the Dodgers going through the slump. You know,
Speaker 12: we've had the great regular seasons and didn't get us anywhere.
Speaker 12: So I always tell all my buddies and everybody, just,
Speaker 12: you know what, let's get to the get to the postseason,
Speaker 12: and let's win it all. You know, whatever we do
Speaker 12: in the regular season, it doesn't matter to me anymore.
Speaker 12: It's like, let's just get to the playoffs. But let's
Speaker 12: win in the playoffs. And I don't care if we
Speaker 12: win one hundred games, ninety eight games. Just get to
Speaker 12: the postseason and let's win in the postseason.
Speaker 2: All right, George, thanks for the phone call. Appreciate it,
Speaker 2: love the passion, And to what your point was, I
Speaker 2: feel like the Dodgers still have not played their best
Speaker 2: baseball of the season as a group, and for the
Speaker 2: last two months they haven't been healthy as a group,
Speaker 2: and now it feels like with the additions of Jack Flaherty,
Speaker 2: Tommy Edmund, Ahmed Rosario and Miguel Rojas coming back, it
Speaker 2: feels like the Dodgers are going to be getting their
Speaker 2: position players healthy now in the next seven to ten days,
Speaker 2: and once they get these guys back together, it may
Speaker 2: be the right time where they start to hit their
Speaker 2: stride in September and play their best baseball going into October.
Speaker 2: When was the last time you could say, out of
Speaker 2: all these dominant Dodger teams that they were playing their
Speaker 2: best baseball in September. I can't think of one team
Speaker 2: that you can say was playing their best baseball going
Speaker 2: into September. Maybe the twenty eighteen Dodgers because obviously the
Speaker 2: Rockies were on their tail. Maybe the twenty one Dodgers
Speaker 2: because they were neck and neck with the Giants. But
Speaker 2: it's been a couple of years at the very least,
Speaker 2: that the Dodgers have not been playing that great going
Speaker 2: into October, and there is no time to play the
Speaker 2: long game and you know, do the load management thing.
Speaker 2: In September. The Dodgers will continue to manage pitching workloads
Speaker 2: and obviously keep some of their veteran players, position players
Speaker 2: well rested and healthy as best do they as best
Speaker 2: as they can for October. But it feels like these
Speaker 2: guys are going to be getting healthy. At the same time,
Speaker 2: there's a lot of urgency, not just as a group
Speaker 2: but individually to try to stay on this roster because
Speaker 2: there's not enough spots for everybody. So it feels like
Speaker 2: the perfect storm is happening. We'll see whether or not
Speaker 2: that manifests itself on the field, but to me, it
Speaker 2: feels like there is a perfect storm for the Dodgers
Speaker 2: to really have a lot of momentum going into October
Speaker 2: this year, and with the Dodgers playing five hundred baseball
Speaker 2: for the better part of sixty games, there's still just
Speaker 2: a game back of the best record in the National League.
Speaker 2: Think about the position the Dodgers are in right now.
Speaker 2: It's a pretty good position to be in, all right.
Speaker 2: Tomorrow night, Clayton Kershaw will be on the mound for
Speaker 2: the third time this season. I have a lot of
Speaker 2: strong thoughts about people's doubts in Kershaw after just one
Speaker 2: or two starts this year. Give this guy a chance
Speaker 2: to work it out. He's having to come up with
Speaker 2: a different pitch to help him get through just what
Speaker 2: he has. Stuff wise, scouts have told me up here
Speaker 2: they believe that Kershaw needs that split change, and they
Speaker 2: have seen him throw it in his previous two starts,
Speaker 2: so I know he was working on it in his
Speaker 2: last bullpen session. But the point is, let's get give
Speaker 2: this guy some grace. Give this guy a chance. He
Speaker 2: just had major shoulder surgery in December and he's back
Speaker 2: sooner than what everybody expected. Give this guy a chance.
Speaker 2: Even if he doesn't pitch well tomorrow night, give this
Speaker 2: guy a chance. At least give this guy five starts.
Speaker 2: I feel like he deserves that benefit of the doubt,
Speaker 2: and until he does not have a breath in his body,
Speaker 2: he is going to compete his butt off as best
Speaker 2: as he can to try to figure it out. So,
Speaker 2: whoever you're sitting around tomorrow night at the game, and
Speaker 2: if things aren't going perfectly for Kershaw, just turn around
Speaker 2: and tell that person, hey, give this guy a chance.
Speaker 2: He's going up against Christopher Sanchez tomorrow. Sanchez is seven
Speaker 2: and seven with an ERA at three point thirty six.
Speaker 2: Morongo Casino Dodgers on Deck begins at six o'clock tomorrow
Speaker 2: with first pitch on Kershaw Day at seven to ten.
Speaker 2: That'll do it for us. Us on Dodger Talk tonight.
Speaker 2: Thanks for all the phone calls tonight. Freddie Freeman obviously
Speaker 2: appreciates all the love and support from Dodger fans and
Speaker 2: the Dodger family. Thanks to calling me back at our
Speaker 2: Burbang studios. Thanks to Dwayne McDonald out here at Dodger Stadium.
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Speaker 2: he is coming up next. Have a great rest to
Speaker 2: your night. Once again, the final score from Dodger Stadium,
Speaker 2: the Dodgers defeat the Phillies five to three. We'll talk
Speaker 2: to you tomorrow Kershaw Day. See them