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Speaker 2: We are live at Truce Park in Atlanta. After the
Speaker 2: Dodgers come from behind to beat the Braves nine to two.
Speaker 2: Welcome the Dodger Talk David Vasse Live until eight thirty
Speaker 2: from Atlanta at eight six six, nine eighty seven, two
Speaker 2: five seventy. What a win for the Dodgers, A big one.
Speaker 2: They needed this one. And as I told you last night,
Speaker 2: and I doubled down with these non believers in the
Speaker 2: press box, I had a good feeling about Walker Bueller tonight.
Speaker 2: I just felt like at some point he's got to
Speaker 2: realize that he needs to evolve as a starting pitcher.
Speaker 2: It is crunch time. There is no more I'm trying
Speaker 2: to figure it out. No, this is the time for
Speaker 2: Walker Buehler to become Walker Buehler again. And he was
Speaker 2: really good tonight. It was a little rocky in the
Speaker 2: third inning, no doubt about it. It was definitely nervous
Speaker 2: time there because that game could have got away from him.
Speaker 2: But he hung in there after the catcher's interference and
Speaker 2: a couple of walks, he loaded the bases. But in
Speaker 2: that third inning, Walker Buehler only gave up two runs.
Speaker 2: It could have been a lot worse. Orlando Arcia just
Speaker 2: missed hitting a grand slam, but Mookie Betts was able
Speaker 2: to play perfectly and be there to catch it at
Speaker 2: the wall in right center field. But nonetheless, after that
Speaker 2: third inning, Walker Buehler really got into a groove. He
Speaker 2: retired nine of the last ten he faced, and he
Speaker 2: only threw twenty seven pitches in those final three innings,
Speaker 2: and that was really encouraging, and especially after Landon Knack
Speaker 2: and Jack Flaherty combined to only give the Dogs five
Speaker 2: innings from their first two starters in this series. For
Speaker 2: Walker Buehler to go six innings and to pitch as
Speaker 2: well as he did, that was huge for the Dodgers.
Speaker 2: It was equally as big as Mookie Bets hit in
Speaker 2: the ninth inning, You know it would have been. I
Speaker 2: would not have said that was a consolation prize if
Speaker 2: Walker Buehler would have gone six innings and pitched the
Speaker 2: way he did tonight. But the Dodgers lost at this
Speaker 2: point in time. The Dodgers need to start getting some
Speaker 2: wins and taking care of business, and tonight they finally
Speaker 2: were able to break through in the ninth inning and
Speaker 2: get a much needed win. Because it's still a race.
Speaker 2: I know many of you think they have this sewn up.
Speaker 2: I personally believe they are going to win this division,
Speaker 2: but it's not going to be by more than five games.
Speaker 2: They're only three and a half games ahead of the Padres,
Speaker 2: who are coming to Dodgers Stadium next week for a
Speaker 2: three game series. The Diamondbacks are out of it, five
Speaker 2: games back of the Dodgers, and the Dodgers' magic number
Speaker 2: now is ten to clinch the NL West. It looks
Speaker 2: like that'll happen on the next homestand but they've got
Speaker 2: to continue to build off tonight. I fully expect Yamamoto
Speaker 2: to pitch well against this anemic Brays offense. I could
Speaker 2: see Yamamoto going five innings if he's efficient, maybe six,
Speaker 2: but at the very least five innings for Yamamoto, and
Speaker 2: the Dodgers are going to have their hands full with
Speaker 2: Max Fried, who always seems to pitch well against the Dodgers,
Speaker 2: So it's not going to be easy to score runs.
Speaker 2: But they're going to have to find a way because
Speaker 2: I fully expect Yamamoto to pitch well. Eight sixty six
Speaker 2: nine to eighty seven two five seventy is the phone number.
Speaker 2: Let's hear from Mooki Betts who came up big yet again.
Speaker 2: Brian Snicker and Ron Washington intentionally walked sho Hey Otani
Speaker 2: within the last couple of weeks to face Mookie Betts
Speaker 2: in Anaheim. Mook He made Washington pay with a three
Speaker 2: run home run. Tonight, Mooki paid Snicker pay with a
Speaker 2: base hit to break the tie with two outs after
Speaker 2: he intentionally walked show Hey Otani. Here was Mooki after
Speaker 2: the game on ESPN.
Speaker 3: Ah, that was that was really amazing. We just kind
Speaker 3: of passed baton to each other, we trusting each other.
Speaker 4: As a good game.
Speaker 3: But we fought to the end and finally broke through.
Speaker 3: I mean, I understand, man, I wouldn't want to pitch
Speaker 3: the Otani either, and so so I just know it's
Speaker 3: it's my time. It's my time. I got to you know,
Speaker 3: they paid me pretty good to come through in spots
Speaker 3: like that, and so I'm fortunate enough to get him,
Speaker 3: and fortunately I came through twice.
Speaker 2: Hey, Mookie Bets has come back more than twice. He's
Speaker 2: come through quite a bit this season with runners in
Speaker 2: scoring position. And that's why, you know, a couple of
Speaker 2: weeks ago I said I was wrong about this flip
Speaker 2: flop of Otani and Bets from the lead off to
Speaker 2: the two hole. It makes so much more since with
Speaker 2: Otani being aggressive as a base dealer to be leading
Speaker 2: off and to have that thunder at that spot in
Speaker 2: the lineup, and also with Mookie Betts being as good
Speaker 2: as he has been this year with runners in scoring position.
Speaker 2: He's now three ninety three hitting three ninety three with
Speaker 2: runners in scoring position this season with an ops of
Speaker 2: eleven forty five. That's a recipe for success. And I'm
Speaker 2: not sure these opposing managers are looking at that when
Speaker 2: they decide to walk Otani in front of Muki. I'm
Speaker 2: not sure they realize how clutch Mookie Betts has been
Speaker 2: all season long. Otani was clutch himself tonight, especially in
Speaker 2: the seventh inning where he was down two in the
Speaker 2: top of the seventh inning to Dylan Lee, the left
Speaker 2: handed Braves reliever, it seemed like Otani was trying to
Speaker 2: swing for the moon on those first two swings. He
Speaker 2: did not get short changed. And then they try to
Speaker 2: go with a slider down and away. That's the recipe,
Speaker 2: that's the scatter report. Fastballs in on the hands on
Speaker 2: Otani and then to strike him out you throw him
Speaker 2: soft away. Well, O'tani was able to get anticipated number one,
Speaker 2: number two, be able to get some wood on the
Speaker 2: ball and find some grass and right field to tie
Speaker 2: the score in the seventh inning. Will Smith coming into
Speaker 2: this game in the third inning because Austin Barnes had
Speaker 2: to leave with a big left toe contusion. That's the
Speaker 2: same toe that put him on the il that was
Speaker 2: fractured in Saint Louis. Eight six six nine eight seven
Speaker 2: two five seventy is the phone number. Let's go out
Speaker 2: to Huntington Beach. Mark. You're on Dodger Talk. Hi, Mark,
Speaker 2: Hey David.
Speaker 5: I was gonna call you back when I was listening to.
Speaker 6: The game and we're.
Speaker 5: Losing, and then you know, we tied it up. But
Speaker 5: then I thought, you know, we're gonna lose this game too,
Speaker 5: and then they had that magnificent ninth inning. But like
Speaker 5: I told your screener, I said, I'm from the old
Speaker 5: days in Dodger Stadium, Lotfield Pavilion, where big bets always
Speaker 5: beat good pitching. And I gave him the example I
Speaker 5: watched Pete Rose many a time hit balls that were
Speaker 5: really that balls, and he just get hit singles, doubles
Speaker 5: and all that drive the pitcher's nuts because they knew
Speaker 5: just pitching him a strike wasn't going to do it.
Speaker 5: So my whole theory is, if you have better bets
Speaker 5: than the big bats that can hit, the pitching will
Speaker 5: lower the score, but you'll still win the game. And
Speaker 5: then I got one more question for you. Is there
Speaker 5: any league rules that say they have to show Otani
Speaker 5: practicing pitching? Does Dave Roberts have an ace up his
Speaker 5: sleeve like he might use Otani in the playoffs for pitching.
Speaker 2: Well, that's been the buzz the last couple of days.
Speaker 2: Mark and Casey missed it. We've been talking about it
Speaker 2: on the show the last couple of nights. I was
Speaker 2: told yesterday the chance of Otani pitching in a playoff
Speaker 2: game is at one percent. And I also have been
Speaker 2: told that the Dodgers are going to have a conversation
Speaker 2: with Andrew Friedman, Brandon Homes and the brain trust to
Speaker 2: decide whether or not they may change their plans about
Speaker 2: Otani shutting down his throwing program once the regular season ends,
Speaker 2: So we'll see where it goes. Mark, But I'm talking
Speaker 2: to Japanese reporters as well. They say Otani would want
Speaker 2: the big stage. He wouldn't be trying to rush to
Speaker 2: come back to pitch in an NLDS game or even
Speaker 2: an NLCS game. It would be the World Series stage
Speaker 2: that the Dodgers would have a calculated risk to throw Otani.
Speaker 5: Okay, yeah, well, like I said, but is there any
Speaker 5: league rules that they have to display him practicing or
Speaker 5: can they do it quote unquote in secret?
Speaker 2: Now he throws bullpen sessions before games. He's done it
Speaker 2: six times and the Japanese media watches it all the time.
Speaker 2: If you check my instagram at officially vast say, you'll
Speaker 2: see the video two.
Speaker 5: Okay, But like I say, big bets will win the
Speaker 5: World Series over good pitch my.
Speaker 2: Opinion, I've never heard that in my life. It's usually
Speaker 2: good pitching beats good hitting. But okay, Mark, thanks for
Speaker 2: a phone call. Eight six six nine eighty seven two
Speaker 2: five seventy. He used the example of Pete Rose who's
Speaker 2: the hit king, the guy that has the most hits
Speaker 2: of any other player. You can't say that anyway. The
Speaker 2: good ones always find a way, and Otani's a really
Speaker 2: good one. I appreciate the phone call, Mark eight six
Speaker 2: six nine eighty seven two five seventy. We have two
Speaker 2: lines open. Before we go back to the phone calls,
Speaker 2: I want to shine a light on Walker Buehler, who
Speaker 2: was really good tonight using seven different pitches, but then
Speaker 2: really started to hone in on the ones that he
Speaker 2: had feel four. He threw more sinkers than any other
Speaker 2: pitch tonight and also was able to use his curveball
Speaker 2: to compliment his fastball. So it was a good night
Speaker 2: for Walker Buehler. And it seemed like he was experimenting
Speaker 2: with that sweeper early in the game, and he threw
Speaker 2: ten of ten of those. And he also is using
Speaker 2: his cutter cutters to not only lefties, but also cutters
Speaker 2: to righty So I like the way he was pitching.
Speaker 2: He wasn't just trying to bully with the fastball. And
Speaker 2: you saw that Walker Bueller swagger tonight when he barked
Speaker 2: at wit Meryfield, who was obviously he was hit on
Speaker 2: the head last week. But tonight the pitch up in
Speaker 2: the strike zone in the third inning that wasn't even inside,
Speaker 2: It wasn't even close to his head. It was just
Speaker 2: eye level. And I love that Bueller told him to
Speaker 2: just go back to the dugout. That's the Walker Buehler
Speaker 2: that we know, and that was a great sign. I've
Speaker 2: been telling you When Walker Buehler is chirping in the
Speaker 2: clubhouse before starts, then you know he has his confidence.
Speaker 2: I wasn't sure today, but for some reason I just
Speaker 2: had a feeling against this lineup that Walker Buehler was
Speaker 2: going to give the Dodgers five. He did more than that.
Speaker 2: He went six innings tonight and allow just one run.
Speaker 2: Let's head downstairs to the Dodger clubhouse to hear from
Speaker 2: Walker Buehler.
Speaker 7: What was the difference between the first three innings and
Speaker 7: the last three innings.
Speaker 2: You seem to be almost, I mean much more.
Speaker 8: Successful, not a ton honestly.
Speaker 9: You know, it's a really talented team, good team over there,
Speaker 9: and I thought I made some pitches.
Speaker 8: It's just like barely off, barely off, barely off.
Speaker 9: And you know, I've kind of talked about in the
Speaker 9: playoffs before this not being the playoffs, but for me,
Speaker 9: it kind of feels like that at this point, and
Speaker 9: to me.
Speaker 8: The walk is.
Speaker 9: Way less of a negative and in playoff or big
Speaker 9: game scenarios, just because I think it doesn't create as
Speaker 9: much momentum and I'm just trying not to give in
Speaker 9: and make the pitches that I wanted to make, and
Speaker 9: then third time through last three innings, you know, a
Speaker 9: couple first pitch outs and in early outs and three
Speaker 9: pitch punch outs and so kind of get rolling and
Speaker 9: feel good about it.
Speaker 8: So, yeah, that's kind of about it.
Speaker 7: Did you get frustrated and at the third inning by
Speaker 7: things that are out of your control like the defense
Speaker 7: behind you, like the catch interference those kind of things.
Speaker 8: No, I mean, at some point, like.
Speaker 9: Every guy on the field and on our team has
Speaker 9: been frustrated with the way I've thrown the ball, and
Speaker 9: and so that stuff happened.
Speaker 8: That's baseball.
Speaker 9: Nobody's nobody on our team right now is playing till lose,
Speaker 9: right or we want to win and we want to
Speaker 9: stay sharp, and baseball happens, and it's a weird, weird environment.
Speaker 9: We you know, haven't played goods the past two days.
Speaker 9: And yeah, I think it says a lot about our
Speaker 9: team at the end of that game and kind of
Speaker 9: not settling for for a two round lead or whatever.
Speaker 8: And kind of plumbing it on. So I think it's
Speaker 8: a really big one.
Speaker 10: For us before being able to get out of that
Speaker 10: third inning jam without with only game of the two roads,
Speaker 10: Like what's nights where due for you beingles were propelled
Speaker 10: up forward?
Speaker 9: Yeah, I've got some bad memories of jams here in
Speaker 9: this park. But two runs, you know, I don't feel
Speaker 9: super great about. But it felt kind of like we
Speaker 9: minimize it in some way and you know, start creating
Speaker 9: a little momentum after that, and hopefully, you know, that
Speaker 9: momentum helped our team later in the game.
Speaker 8: But yeah, I think it's a big win.
Speaker 10: However, you kind of want to look at it when
Speaker 10: when you talk about like treating this like a playoff
Speaker 10: game and understanding like the oerformance is what matters right
Speaker 10: now when you have an anything like that, is it
Speaker 10: easier to look at it as like, Okay, I limited
Speaker 10: the damage, just kind of move on and like compete
Speaker 10: through the rest of the outing as much as you can.
Speaker 9: Yeah, I mean it's I think it's hard to explain
Speaker 9: to people that don't play that there's like walking a
Speaker 9: guy or making a throw that is like the correct
Speaker 9: miss or just just miss it the way you wanted
Speaker 9: to or whatever, and as opposed to like I don't
Speaker 9: know why that ball went there, and I think largely
Speaker 9: tonight it I felt the misses were kind of what
Speaker 9: I wanted to do, maybe just too much or too
Speaker 9: little or whatever, but it was kind of in the
Speaker 9: right lanes for me at least mentally.
Speaker 8: So yeah, I mean, that's that's what you wanted.
Speaker 9: And that's that's what we always talk about feel or
Speaker 9: command or whatever.
Speaker 8: It's it's not necessarily throwing every pitch exactly where.
Speaker 9: You want, but it's it's doing the right things at
Speaker 9: the right times and and kind of being able to
Speaker 9: dictate what them ball does.
Speaker 8: I think is the biggest thing.
Speaker 9: Dave Kinds talked about, like a dressing the team before
Speaker 9: the games, just about still a good team, like obviously
Speaker 9: probably something for our team to keep within ourselves.
Speaker 2: All right, there's Walker Bueller. Yes, Dave Roberts did address
Speaker 2: the team before today's game. We'll get to that coming
Speaker 2: up in our next segment, and also we'll get to
Speaker 2: more phone calls at eight six, six, nine, eight, seven,
Speaker 2: two five seventy. I love what Walker Buehler I had
Speaker 2: to say right there. Even though he was missing on
Speaker 2: the edges in that third inning, he knew where the
Speaker 2: pitch was going. It's not like he was a erratic.
Speaker 2: He was just missing a little bit off the edges.
Speaker 2: And that's encouraging because it seemed like in other previous
Speaker 2: starts he had no idea where the ball was going.
Speaker 2: But tonight he had command of where he was pitching
Speaker 2: the baseball, whether it was the cutter, the sweeper, the
Speaker 2: four seamer. He was more confident in his pitches, and
Speaker 2: I thought, you know, Walker Buehler made a huge statement tonight,
Speaker 2: and as he used to do, he came up big
Speaker 2: for the Dodgers when they needed him the most. After
Speaker 2: those first two games here in Atlanta, they needed that
Speaker 2: kind of start from Walker Buehler, and after the news
Speaker 2: that Tyler Glass now is out for the rest of
Speaker 2: the year, they needed that from Walker Buehler because right now,
Speaker 2: after you saw that game, you're thinking Jack Flaherty, you're
Speaker 2: thinking Yamamoto, and now Walker Buehler is starting to solidify,
Speaker 2: at least after tonight. Number three starter for you in
Speaker 2: the postseason, at least in my mind. Eight six six
Speaker 2: nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone number.
Speaker 2: I told you Bueler was gonna throw five. I told
Speaker 2: you this Dodger offense was going to score runs. I'm
Speaker 2: telling you tomorrow Yamamoto is going to do the same.
Speaker 2: Will the Dodgers score a lot of runs tomorrow? Max
Speaker 2: Freed is on the mound, get him out early and
Speaker 2: get to this Braves bullpen. Dodgers tonight beat the Braves
Speaker 2: in Game three of the four game series, nine to
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Speaker 2: seventy is the phone number. You know, a big play
Speaker 2: in this game, or two big plays that nobody's really
Speaker 2: talking about that much. Obviously, Mookie bets coming up big
Speaker 2: with Bryan Snick deciding to intentionally walk show Hey Otani
Speaker 2: with two outs in the ninth inning, but a couple
Speaker 2: of plays before that, you know when O'tani drove in
Speaker 2: the tying run. That came in the form of Will Smith,
Speaker 2: who did not start tonight's game, but came into it
Speaker 2: in the third inning after Austin Barnes reaggravated that big
Speaker 2: left toe and Will Smith was facing the Braves left
Speaker 2: handed reliever Dylan Lee in that seventh inning, and Dylan
Speaker 2: Lee let the pitch clock expire twice to walk Smith,
Speaker 2: and Smith came around to score the tying run on
Speaker 2: O'tani's second double of the game. So that was a
Speaker 2: huge pivotal play. And also how about Michael Kopek got
Speaker 2: himself into into some trouble in that eighth inning and
Speaker 2: then cranked up the velocity to one hundred one oh
Speaker 2: one and was able to retire the Braves in order
Speaker 2: after there were runners in scoring position. And Freddie free
Speaker 2: Men even told us after the game that was a
Speaker 2: huge momentum swing and really fired up that Dodger dugout.
Speaker 2: Freddy came up big with a two run base hit
Speaker 2: after Mookie broke the tie, and Freddie even told us
Speaker 2: it's Charlie, Charlie Freeman's birthday, So the Dodgers get a
Speaker 2: win in Atlanta on Charlie Freeman's birthday. So happy birthday, Charlie.
Speaker 2: Let's go back out to the phones. Tim in Long Beach,
Speaker 2: you're on Dodger Talk with David Vasse.
Speaker 11: Hey, how's it going, Dave? Huge shut in arm with
Speaker 11: Walker Buehler. I mean, this is such a relief with
Speaker 11: the rotation being in tatters, with Squass now going down
Speaker 11: with Miller struggling. I've always been a huge, huge Walker
Speaker 11: Buehler fan. Everyone talks about his stuff and his swagger
Speaker 11: and his confidence. I'm really impressed with how smart he
Speaker 11: is listening to him and interviews. I remember a couple
Speaker 11: of years ago when they had Gavin Lucks from the
Speaker 11: left field and one of the media members kind of
Speaker 11: baited him a little bit because he flubbed a play
Speaker 11: and feeler. You know, he went to bat for his
Speaker 11: guy there, and he came to the fence and he
Speaker 11: has those really thoughtful boys responses. I think the Dodgers
Speaker 11: should sign him even like in a show, any kind
Speaker 11: of contract, maybe a one or two year with opt
Speaker 11: outs or whatever. Wonder what your thoughts are chances of
Speaker 11: them bringing him back even if he does like you know,
Speaker 11: two steps forward, one step back kind of thing like
Speaker 11: he's been doing. I'm also wondering why they've been sitting
Speaker 11: Gavin lux and lastly, what's up with Glass now? They
Speaker 11: make it seem like maybe his future with the Dodgers
Speaker 11: is in question. Thanks so much, Dave.
Speaker 2: Well, His future is not in question, Tim, He's under
Speaker 2: contract for four more years, so the only question is
Speaker 2: is how severe is his right elbow sprain. I looked
Speaker 2: it up. Tanaka with the Yankees a few years back
Speaker 2: had a similar situation. I obviously don't know the extent
Speaker 2: of glass Now's injury. They have been very vague when
Speaker 2: it comes to that, but nonetheless, his season is pretty
Speaker 2: much over. I wouldn't expect to see him again. He
Speaker 2: even left Atlanta and Dave Roberts had no idea where
Speaker 2: he went, so basically he's left the team now and
Speaker 2: is going to try to work towards how to get
Speaker 2: this resolved before spring training next year. But Tanaka went
Speaker 2: through some PRP injections to get the blood healing going
Speaker 2: and was out for six weeks. Obviously, at this point
Speaker 2: in time in the season, six weeks the season is over,
Speaker 2: so hopefully he can get the elbow healthy enough for
Speaker 2: the start of spring training, and it seems like the
Speaker 2: Dodgers are confident about that. But there's still this season
Speaker 2: and they want to win the World Series this year,
Speaker 2: so basically, glass Now is a non factor the rest
Speaker 2: of the way. And as far as lux goes, the
Speaker 2: Dodgers have seen a lot of lefties lately, and that's
Speaker 2: the reason why Lux has been sitting. Dave Roberts has
Speaker 2: been trying to keep Chris Taylor and Keiky Hernandez relevant,
Speaker 2: but maybe in the process cooled Gavin Lux off because
Speaker 2: he was really on fire until the Dodgers start to
Speaker 2: see these strings of lefties. But nonetheless, Taylor and keyk
Speaker 2: are going to be on this postseason roster and they
Speaker 2: want to keep them relevant, and Lux was in there tonight.
Speaker 2: Speaking of left handed hitters, if Austin Barnes has to
Speaker 2: go on the injured list, I know the last time
Speaker 2: the Dodgers called up Hunter Fiducca to be the backup.
Speaker 2: I feel at this juncture of the season where the
Speaker 2: Dodgers could use a power left handed bat off the bench,
Speaker 2: why not call up Dalton Rushing. I know he's playing
Speaker 2: the majority of his games at Oklahoma City in left field,
Speaker 2: but you could use him to spot start for Smith
Speaker 2: and be that bat off the bench to see whether
Speaker 2: or not that he can do it. A lot of
Speaker 2: times young players are not great coming off the bench,
Speaker 2: but this is the time to figure out whether or
Speaker 2: not he's capable. Let's go out to John and Lehabra.
Speaker 2: You're on Dodger Talk with David vasse Hi, John, Hi.
Speaker 4: How are you good? Thanks for taking my call. So
Speaker 4: I'm I'm sixty eight years old. I grew up a
Speaker 4: long time ago, in the sixties and the seventies mainly,
Speaker 4: and I just never remember so many injuries. Uh you
Speaker 4: know Sandy Kofax one time when ten innings and lost
Speaker 4: one to nothing, and the list goes on, and I
Speaker 4: kind of think that these players today are so bulked
Speaker 4: up that their skeleton, skeletal system really can't handle the muscles.
Speaker 4: And we never heard of Tommy John surgery until actually
Speaker 4: Tommy John had it, and I.
Speaker 2: Just because Thatcher's careers would be over.
Speaker 5: Yeah, yeah, you're you're right.
Speaker 4: But at the same time, I think that good old
Speaker 4: fashioned bone brots and collagen keeps that skeletal system together.
Speaker 4: I'm kind of living proof of it right now. Yeah,
Speaker 4: I proof of it.
Speaker 2: A lot of collagen.
Speaker 5: Yep, collagen.
Speaker 4: Yeah, collagen. He did you know back in the old
Speaker 4: days our grandmother's that's all he did was make bone broths,
Speaker 4: and you know, you had to sit there and take it.
Speaker 1: But it was all good for you.
Speaker 4: They didn't know why that they made it, but it
Speaker 4: was good for you.
Speaker 2: And when you're sick. We give our kids bone broth,
Speaker 2: chicken broth, all that. But when it comes to pitching, John,
Speaker 2: I agree with you on this. Too much muscle mass
Speaker 2: does make the body tighter, and if you're a pitcher,
Speaker 2: that's not something you want to do, especially upper body.
Speaker 2: In my opinion, just by listening to former pictures that
Speaker 2: have had long careers and through two hundred innings in
Speaker 2: a season, the Dodgers are going to reevaluate just their
Speaker 2: entire pitching philosophy, and hopefully it includes throwing more, not
Speaker 2: throwing less. I think that's the main thing as well,
Speaker 2: and not chasing numbers in the bullpen, and hopefully reassuring
Speaker 2: their pitchers that bullpen sessions are not competition. They're for
Speaker 2: you to find a way to get better and not
Speaker 2: chase velocity or spin rate. But I appreciate what you're
Speaker 2: talking about. John. You don't even have to go back
Speaker 2: to the sixties and seventies, as recently as Oral Herscheizer
Speaker 2: and Fernando Vealezuela in the eighties, as recently as Clayton
Speaker 2: Kershaw in twenty twelve twenty thirteen, so there have been
Speaker 2: guys that have done what you're describing not too long ago. Yeah,
Speaker 2: thank you for the phone call. Appreciated. Eight sixty six
Speaker 2: nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone number.
Speaker 2: Want to get to Dave Roberts and this team meeting
Speaker 2: that he had. I'll set the scene for you at
Speaker 2: four o'clock Eastern time this afternoon, that was the time
Speaker 2: the media was allowed into the clubhouse. Well, we were
Speaker 2: waiting outside the Dodger clubhouse for about ten minutes, longer
Speaker 2: than what we anticipated, and the attendant at the door
Speaker 2: said the Dodgers PR representative would come out and let
Speaker 2: us know when we would be allowed in. Well, four
Speaker 2: o'clock usually means four o'clock. And then eventually, about ten
Speaker 2: or fifteen minutes later, one of the Dodger PR officials said, Okay,
Speaker 2: your guys are good to go to go into that clubhouse. Unfortunately,
Speaker 2: I'm not sure he understood that they were about to
Speaker 2: have a team meeting. So i walk in in front
Speaker 2: of the rest of the media and I'm greeted by
Speaker 2: the entire team. The entire Dodger team was sitting at
Speaker 2: their locker. That's not something that you see during media hours. Yeah,
Speaker 2: you'll see maybe five or six guys, but you don't
Speaker 2: see the entire team at their locker waiting for you
Speaker 2: to greet you, so that it was a red flag
Speaker 2: right away. And then I thought, okay, it's Sunday. They
Speaker 2: love fantasy football, right, so I'll look at the TV.
Speaker 2: TV was off, and I got the rest of the
Speaker 2: media now in the clubhouse as well, and Ryan Brasier,
Speaker 2: well number one. I look across and I trying to
Speaker 2: find a friendly face because they're all staring at me,
Speaker 2: and I see on my right land and neck Alex Vesia.
Speaker 2: And usually when I get in there, they always joke
Speaker 2: with me. I think they're always telling me, get out, Vassa,
Speaker 2: get out, we don't want you in here, and they
Speaker 2: were doing that again today, so I thought it was
Speaker 2: a joke. And I look at Bobby Miller and he's
Speaker 2: staring back at me. I'm looking for a friendly face,
Speaker 2: and I start to make my way towards Bobby Miller
Speaker 2: while I'm in dead silence and the rest of the clubhouse,
Speaker 2: and Brazier just turns to all of us and says, hey, guys,
Speaker 2: you can't be in here right now. We're about to
Speaker 2: have a team meeting. So we all left the clubhouse
Speaker 2: and everybody's speculating, what's this team meeting about? Did a
Speaker 2: player call it? Did Dave Roberts call? Is it about? Hey,
Speaker 2: let's getting back on track? Well, Dave Roberts explain what
Speaker 2: took place. It was Dave Roberts that wanted to talk
Speaker 2: to the players today, and it started with Roberto Clemente Day,
Speaker 2: and then he took the opportunity to speak to the
Speaker 2: team about how things have been going this season and
Speaker 2: particularly lately.
Speaker 12: It was just it wasn't it was Roberto Clemenny Day.
Speaker 12: So I wanted to talk about Roberto Clementy. That's one
Speaker 12: part of it. And the other part, since I got
Speaker 12: everyone together, I just wanted to let them know that
Speaker 12: we've been through a lot of stuff together and I
Speaker 12: just wanted to let them know that I believe in
Speaker 12: this group and just keep playing good baseball. So I
Speaker 12: just wanted to Roberto Clemenny was a great man and
Speaker 12: he did a lot of great for this game, and
Speaker 12: I wanted to kind of educate guys and also make
Speaker 12: sure our guys are still together more of having everyone
Speaker 12: in the same room, and so then you kind of
Speaker 12: organic kind of have everyone together.
Speaker 2: And once Dave Roberts media session broke up. I followed
Speaker 2: up with him and just want to clarify what the
Speaker 2: message was to the team, and he said, I just
Speaker 2: wanted to reinforce that I still believe in this group
Speaker 2: of players. And also he shared that he empathized and
Speaker 2: understood that all these pitching injuries and a lot of
Speaker 2: the pitchers that are a little ineffective throwing a lot
Speaker 2: of pitches in a short amount of innings is taking
Speaker 2: its toll on the position players. And here's what Dave
Speaker 2: had to say about that.
Speaker 12: It's a lot. It's a lot, and I think that
Speaker 12: I would be naive to feel that all the stuff
Speaker 12: that we've gone through, certainly on the pitching side, doesn't
Speaker 12: weigh on the players. It should. So I'm not saying
Speaker 12: using it as an excuse, but I do feel that
Speaker 12: to not acknowledge that it's a toll would be unfair.
Speaker 12: But I still believe that the talent that we have,
Speaker 12: the character that we have is plenty to win the
Speaker 12: World Series. But yeah, just to say that it doesn't
Speaker 12: matter and all that we've gone through doesn't matter, that's
Speaker 12: not fair to the players and should be acknowledged.
Speaker 2: All Right, there's Dave Roberts being very candid with what
Speaker 2: his message was to the team earlier today. Maybe he
Speaker 2: was listening on the iHeartRadio app last night when Lewis
Speaker 2: in the Bay Area actually called in and expressed some
Speaker 2: of the same concerns that the toll of all these
Speaker 2: pitching injuries have taken their toll on the team, and
Speaker 2: obviously it's been frustrating for everybody involved. Obviously they know
Speaker 2: losing Glass now is a big blow to their starting
Speaker 2: staff going into October. But with the way Walker Bueller
Speaker 2: pitch tonight, you have to believe that obviously the Dodgers
Speaker 2: have a little bit more more positivity and optimism after
Speaker 2: a night like tonight where Walker Buehler goes six innings
Speaker 2: and had command of all his pitches even though he
Speaker 2: had five walks. He said the misses were on the
Speaker 2: margins and he was missing by just a little bit
Speaker 2: and actually the ball was going where he wanted it
Speaker 2: to just a little bit of a miss. So that
Speaker 2: was great, and it was also great that after the
Speaker 2: first two games of the series the Dodgers only got
Speaker 2: five innings combined from Landon Nak and Jack Flaherty. That
Speaker 2: Walker Buehler, of all people, would go six innings and
Speaker 2: throw ninety seven pitches. So a good night all around
Speaker 2: for the Dodgers, not only scoring seven runs in the
Speaker 2: ninth inning to get the win and holding off the
Speaker 2: Padres and Diamondbacks for another night, but also the way
Speaker 2: walker Buehler pitched tonight. And I firmly believe Yamamoto is
Speaker 2: going to build off what he did at Dodgers Stadium
Speaker 2: and handle this Braves lineup. Eight six, two, five seventy
Speaker 2: is the phone number. Dodgers beat the Braves tonight, nine
Speaker 2: to two. This was a tied game going into the
Speaker 2: ninth inning, tied at two, but Mookie Betts came up
Speaker 2: big yet again. With two outs and the runners at
Speaker 2: the corners after Brian Snicker intentionally walked show Hey Otani,
Speaker 2: Mookie hit a base hit up the middle and the
Speaker 2: Dodgers had the lead. Freddie Freeman then followed with a
Speaker 2: two run base sit of his own, and then from
Speaker 2: there the Dodgers hit three consecutive home runs. Ta Oscar Hernandez,
Speaker 2: Tommy Edmund and Max Munsey all went deep for the
Speaker 2: Dodgers in consecutive order in that seven run ninth inning
Speaker 2: By the way, I mentioned Tony Gonsolin last night was
Speaker 2: starting in Oklahoma City today, Well, he went two and
Speaker 2: two thirds innings. He threw fifty pitches only and only
Speaker 2: gave up two earned runs. Joe Kelly also pitched in
Speaker 2: Oklahoma City tonight, and he went one scoreless innings and
Speaker 2: one scoreless inning and struck out two of the three
Speaker 2: batters he faced. Remember I told you last week, I
Speaker 2: am guaranteeing you are going to see a new and improved,
Speaker 2: healthier Joe Kelly when he comes back. He is going
Speaker 2: to be nasty when he comes back. And today was
Speaker 2: another indication of that new and improved Joe Kelly. Eight
Speaker 2: six six nine eighty seven two five seventy is the
Speaker 2: phone number a frustrated Dodger fan. At times I feel
Speaker 2: like I have to get her on the show after
Speaker 2: a win like tonight. The Great Isabelle from Anaheim is
Speaker 2: he thank you so much for holding And I got
Speaker 2: to tell you at Dodger Stadium last week I saw
Speaker 2: one of your favorites, the Great Doug Crecorian, was at
Speaker 2: Dodger Stadium compliments of the one and only Lon Rosen.
Speaker 6: Yeah, yeah, he saga. Hell is hell is Doug.
Speaker 2: Oh he's still alive, is he He's still alive eight
Speaker 2: years he's still alive with a lot of energy.
Speaker 6: Well that we're telling you my fimming give him my number.
Speaker 6: I would love to talk to you.
Speaker 2: Would love to have your phone number, Isabelle. I. I
Speaker 2: definitely will pass your number to the King of Long Beach.
Speaker 6: Yeah, yeah, tell me to call. Let's hear from a
Speaker 6: mandway say that was first lady call it? Yeah, never mind,
Speaker 6: em I was to give win tonight. They really needed this. Well,
Speaker 6: I would really depressed the draft to night, really really depressed.
Speaker 6: But you know what, and Letten memo to Max men,
Speaker 6: see it's not it's not time to just statefll. I'm sorry.
Speaker 6: It's the fourteen games last and September. Please give me
Speaker 6: upbreak anyway. But thinking I left, I.
Speaker 2: Hope they cheered you up tonight, Isabelle. I know you
Speaker 2: you've been very depressed lately, so hopefully the Dodgers put
Speaker 2: a smile on your face.
Speaker 6: Yeah, I just hope. I just want to get dodge again,
Speaker 6: my cousin take me now. So forget about meeting the
Speaker 6: Dodgers this year.
Speaker 2: Well maybe when you call Petros and money, maybe money
Speaker 2: will give you a ride, or Ronnie Fossil or Tim Kates.
Speaker 6: Yeah right, that damn would happened, and money the charges
Speaker 6: right now.
Speaker 2: Okay, Isabelle, thanks a lot for colling. I hope Petros
Speaker 2: gives you a ride to Dodger Stadium before the regular
Speaker 2: season is over coming. Up tomorrow, it will be Yoshi
Speaker 2: Yamamoto on the mound for the Dodgers, coming off a
Speaker 2: great performance since going on the IL four scoreless innings
Speaker 2: against the Cubs with eight strikeouts, going up against Max Freed,
Speaker 2: who is nine to nine with an ERA of three
Speaker 2: forty six. By the way, if the Dodgers are in
Speaker 2: the market for pitching, they will have a second chance
Speaker 2: at Blake Snell, and they also may have a chance
Speaker 2: at Max Freed, who is a free agent at the
Speaker 2: end of this season as well. So two really good
Speaker 2: left handers are going to be free agents at the
Speaker 2: end at the end of this year. And of course
Speaker 2: the Dodgers have their eyes as does twenty nine other
Speaker 2: teams on Japanese young sensation left hander Roki Sasaki. So
Speaker 2: it's all contingent on another Japanese pitcher on whether or
Speaker 2: not the Dodgers may pivot to Blake Snell or Max
Speaker 2: Freed this offseason. Tomorrow Morongo Casino Dodgers on Deck begins
Speaker 2: at three o'clock with first pitch at four twenty. Thanks
Speaker 2: to Colin Yee back at our Burbanks Studios, Thanks to
Speaker 2: Dwayne McDonald out here at Truest Parking Atlanta, and thanks
Speaker 2: to you for listening. In case you missed any of
Speaker 2: the show, you can find it on the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 2: Once again. The final score from Truest Parking Atlanta. The
Speaker 2: Dodgers scores seven runs in the ninth inn to beat
Speaker 2: the Braves on Sunday Night Baseball nine to two. Have
Speaker 2: a great rest of your night. We'll talk to you tomorrow.
Speaker 2: See them