WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.200 --> 00:00:04.320 The right quiet. 2 00:00:04.440 --> 00:00:10.359 Dodgers Playoff Baseball is back and with it an annual 3 00:00:10.480 --> 00:00:13.439 postseason tradition scam is back. 4 00:00:13.599 --> 00:00:14.160 Baby. 5 00:00:14.359 --> 00:00:17.600 This is Sax and Cakes in the a app BA 6 00:00:17.800 --> 00:00:22.160 Go with Proway. Dodger legend Steve Sacks is joined by 7 00:00:22.199 --> 00:00:26.640 your favorite Dodger pregame host, Tim Kates. If you want 8 00:00:26.640 --> 00:00:29.079 to talk Dodgers, get in on the show on eighty 9 00:00:29.120 --> 00:00:32.079 six six nine, eighty seven two five seven now. While 10 00:00:32.119 --> 00:00:35.200 the Dan Patrick Show streams on the Ihearts radio app. 11 00:00:35.560 --> 00:00:38.640 We've been banished to the Internet until this Dodgers playoff 12 00:00:38.719 --> 00:00:42.799 run concludes. Here they are broadcasting live on AM five 13 00:00:42.799 --> 00:00:47.719 to seven e LA Sports. It's Tim Kates and Steve Sacks. 14 00:00:48.119 --> 00:00:52.600 Sax and Kates and AM on this Monday morning, October fourteen. 15 00:00:53.479 --> 00:00:56.240 Good morning, so the California and the interviewing with us 16 00:00:56.560 --> 00:01:00.119 limean local, as we lead you up to Game two 17 00:01:00.159 --> 00:01:04.920 of the National League Championship Series. Dodgers already a one 18 00:01:04.959 --> 00:01:07.719 to nothing lead in his best to seven series. A 19 00:01:07.840 --> 00:01:10.879 quick turnaround after Game five win over the Padres on 20 00:01:10.920 --> 00:01:13.480 Friday night, they take Game one last night, a nine 21 00:01:13.480 --> 00:01:16.640 to nothing shutout win over the New York Mets. As 22 00:01:16.719 --> 00:01:19.879 Jack Flerity wins seven shutout innings for the win. The 23 00:01:19.920 --> 00:01:22.040 Dodgers and Mets will go back at it today Sean 24 00:01:22.120 --> 00:01:24.280 and I the left hander, we'll go for New York 25 00:01:24.359 --> 00:01:27.640 Johnny Holstaff for the Dodgers. It will be a bullpen game. 26 00:01:27.719 --> 00:01:31.000 Ryan Brazier most likely will be the starter for the 27 00:01:31.040 --> 00:01:33.760 Dodgers in what is a bullpen game. In Game two, 28 00:01:33.840 --> 00:01:36.760 Walker Bueler will be pushed back to Game three for 29 00:01:36.879 --> 00:01:40.359 the series starts in New York on Wednesday, eight six, 30 00:01:40.480 --> 00:01:42.799 sixth nine eighty seven, two five seventy. We already heard 31 00:01:42.799 --> 00:01:45.920 from Dave Roberts. We heard from Jack Flerity last hour. 32 00:01:46.040 --> 00:01:49.079 David Vasse, we'll join us in the eight o'clock hour. 33 00:01:49.159 --> 00:01:52.400 We're gonna get a nineteen eighty eight n LCS flashback 34 00:01:52.439 --> 00:01:55.120 coming up in about twenty five minutes with Steve Sacks. 35 00:01:55.159 --> 00:01:58.879 But Saxy, there are two unsung heroes, I guess you'll 36 00:01:58.879 --> 00:02:02.640 call him from one on the NLCS and a guy 37 00:02:02.680 --> 00:02:06.159 who has really performed well here in the postseason defensively 38 00:02:06.319 --> 00:02:09.960 is Will Smith and the Dodger catcher. A big reason 39 00:02:10.039 --> 00:02:12.680 why if you hear from the bullpen relievers from the 40 00:02:12.719 --> 00:02:15.479 starters in Ya Momoto and last night Jack Flaherty. They're 41 00:02:15.520 --> 00:02:17.960 all given credit to Will Smith and the job he's 42 00:02:18.000 --> 00:02:22.680 doing calling games, making sure that he's framing the pitches. 43 00:02:23.199 --> 00:02:25.080 They're not afraid to throw balls in the dirt because 44 00:02:25.080 --> 00:02:28.039 he knows he's pretty good defensively behind the plate. Offensively, 45 00:02:28.039 --> 00:02:30.960 he hasn't done a lot, but man, defensively, Will Smith 46 00:02:31.159 --> 00:02:33.759 has really been a big part like Mike Soshia was 47 00:02:33.800 --> 00:02:36.159 in nineteen eighty eight. For you guys, Will Smith's been 48 00:02:36.120 --> 00:02:37.319 a huge for this Dodgers team. 49 00:02:37.400 --> 00:02:39.520 Yeah, I have, you know, watching the game, I take 50 00:02:39.560 --> 00:02:42.199 notes and put different things down. One of the things 51 00:02:42.240 --> 00:02:45.280 I put down is be sure to mention how many 52 00:02:45.400 --> 00:02:48.759 sliders in the dirt that Will Smith blocked. I mean, 53 00:02:49.080 --> 00:02:51.520 we take it for granted so much that you give 54 00:02:51.560 --> 00:02:56.000 the confidence to the pitcher in this case Flaherty, to 55 00:02:56.080 --> 00:02:57.919 go ahead and bury that slider in the dirt and 56 00:02:57.960 --> 00:03:00.080 get these guys to chase it. He did it time 57 00:03:00.120 --> 00:03:02.319 after time, and lots of times it didn't work, but 58 00:03:02.479 --> 00:03:05.159 he was still burying that slider in the in the dirt, 59 00:03:05.400 --> 00:03:07.800 and that's a much better and safer place to put 60 00:03:07.840 --> 00:03:10.240 it then put it like up in the strike zone 61 00:03:10.280 --> 00:03:12.400 and hanging there like a cement mixer. You got to 62 00:03:12.439 --> 00:03:14.360 bury that thing, get that guy to go for it, 63 00:03:14.479 --> 00:03:16.400 and there you have your catcher, Will Smith, you know, 64 00:03:16.479 --> 00:03:19.479 blocking that thing, putting his keeping his chest square to 65 00:03:19.479 --> 00:03:21.800 the infield and just having a little tilt over the 66 00:03:21.800 --> 00:03:23.599 top of the ball, so what just bounces right in 67 00:03:23.599 --> 00:03:26.280 front of him. And he did it time after time 68 00:03:26.400 --> 00:03:30.199 after time. And that's a great, great advantage for the 69 00:03:30.240 --> 00:03:32.120 picture like Flaherty that likes to use that for a 70 00:03:32.159 --> 00:03:32.879 strikeout pitch. 71 00:03:32.960 --> 00:03:34.719 Yeah, I give a tip of the cap going back 72 00:03:34.759 --> 00:03:37.639 to Game five as well, working with Yamamoto, and Yamamoto 73 00:03:37.719 --> 00:03:40.199 wasn't afraid to throw the knuckle curve that he throws 74 00:03:40.240 --> 00:03:42.759 out there and his slider to Will Smith in that 75 00:03:42.840 --> 00:03:45.800 Game five. Will struggling at the plate over three last night, 76 00:03:45.960 --> 00:03:47.800 got on base v a walk, but he's hitting into 77 00:03:47.800 --> 00:03:50.039 this one to oh five and hit the home run 78 00:03:50.080 --> 00:03:52.960 against the Padres down in San Diego for his biggest 79 00:03:53.039 --> 00:03:56.000 hit so far in this twenty twenty four postseason. But 80 00:03:56.199 --> 00:03:59.560 again the Dodgers thirty three consecutive scoreless innings going back 81 00:03:59.560 --> 00:04:01.319 to Walker Bueleer in Game three of the n l 82 00:04:01.400 --> 00:04:03.840 DS and Will Smith a big reason part of that 83 00:04:03.840 --> 00:04:06.360 the Dodgers have had that success here in the postseason. 84 00:04:06.400 --> 00:04:08.240 Let's go back to last night post game in here 85 00:04:08.240 --> 00:04:09.120 for the Dodger catcher. 86 00:04:09.360 --> 00:04:12.439 Yeah, that was that was awesome by Flair. Give a 87 00:04:12.520 --> 00:04:15.280 seven shout out, you know, set the tone. Uh we 88 00:04:15.360 --> 00:04:17.759 needed that. He really stepped up and uh, you know, 89 00:04:17.839 --> 00:04:19.920 give us a really good start. One of the things 90 00:04:19.920 --> 00:04:22.120 Doc mentioned was pitch mix in terms of mixing it up. 91 00:04:22.160 --> 00:04:23.680 What were you thinking back there into how you were 92 00:04:23.680 --> 00:04:26.480 approaching each guy and Jack's ability to just keep everybody 93 00:04:26.480 --> 00:04:26.959 off balance. 94 00:04:27.279 --> 00:04:30.040 Yeah, exactly that, you know, uh, you know, just sticking 95 00:04:30.040 --> 00:04:33.680 to strengths for Jack obviously, you know, knowing how to 96 00:04:33.720 --> 00:04:37.720 attack their hitters. They're a good team. But you know, 97 00:04:37.759 --> 00:04:41.000 we just executed pitches, just mixed you know, you're trying 98 00:04:41.000 --> 00:04:44.319 not to be predictable. Uh yeah, he just go one 99 00:04:44.319 --> 00:04:47.120 pitch at a time and he did a great job executing. So, uh, 100 00:04:47.279 --> 00:04:48.439 you know, it was fun for me to be back 101 00:04:48.480 --> 00:04:51.079 there see him work and uh, you know be a 102 00:04:51.079 --> 00:04:53.240 part of that. When Jack's pitching like that, does it 103 00:04:53.560 --> 00:04:55.199 kind of just give you the freedom to kind of 104 00:04:55.759 --> 00:04:58.560 call call a little different game like whatever you're feeling 105 00:04:58.600 --> 00:05:01.000 at the time, because he's ex get his pitches so well, 106 00:05:01.519 --> 00:05:04.360 Uh guess and no, you know you're going one pitch 107 00:05:04.360 --> 00:05:07.920 at a time. You know, you're trying to, you know, 108 00:05:08.000 --> 00:05:10.319 find that fine line of you know, getting too cute 109 00:05:10.439 --> 00:05:13.639 or trying to do too much. So just keeping it simple, 110 00:05:13.879 --> 00:05:16.519 just going out there, nextecuting each pitch. Uh, that's what 111 00:05:16.560 --> 00:05:17.040 he did. 112 00:05:17.199 --> 00:05:19.439 Since Claret he's been here. You know, Dave Robers has 113 00:05:19.480 --> 00:05:21.439 talked a lot about how the moment ever quite gets big, 114 00:05:21.560 --> 00:05:24.079 too big for him, just kind of wondering before the 115 00:05:24.120 --> 00:05:26.279 starts it starts, like what kind of air does he 116 00:05:26.360 --> 00:05:27.000 kind of give off. 117 00:05:27.720 --> 00:05:31.240 Yeah, he's got a he's got an aura about him. 118 00:05:31.519 --> 00:05:35.240 You know, he's super competitive, super focused. You know, I 119 00:05:35.279 --> 00:05:37.519 see all his preparation he does for a couple of 120 00:05:37.600 --> 00:05:41.160 days before it start. You know, it's it's intense. He's 121 00:05:41.199 --> 00:05:43.680 got an intense seek about him. So, you know, he's 122 00:05:43.680 --> 00:05:45.839 had a great year. He's obviously had great years in 123 00:05:45.839 --> 00:05:48.360 the past. And you know, we're fortunately he's pitching for 124 00:05:48.399 --> 00:05:51.000 us in the postseason and you know, giving us seven sheddies. 125 00:05:51.519 --> 00:05:53.439 Will you're out there to win the game. You're not 126 00:05:53.480 --> 00:05:57.399 thinking about records, but it's thirty three scoreless innings on 127 00:05:57.480 --> 00:06:00.560 all time record. What what is your reflection on being 128 00:06:00.639 --> 00:06:03.959 part of that and you know, sort of the bigger 129 00:06:04.000 --> 00:06:05.240 picture in the history of this game. 130 00:06:06.399 --> 00:06:09.759 Yeah, that's cool. You know, it's been it's been a 131 00:06:09.759 --> 00:06:12.360 good street, I guess for our guys, you know, they're 132 00:06:12.360 --> 00:06:14.879 just kind of out there and dominated, and yeah, I'm 133 00:06:14.879 --> 00:06:16.920 back there calling the pitches. But it's it's all those guys, 134 00:06:16.959 --> 00:06:21.639 you know, executing, you know what we're deciding. So just 135 00:06:21.639 --> 00:06:23.360 trying to keep it going tomorrow, all. 136 00:06:23.319 --> 00:06:27.040 Right, there's wilsonith thirty three consecutive scoreless innings for this 137 00:06:27.240 --> 00:06:30.879 Dodgers pitching staff Sactually, I don't think people understand how 138 00:06:30.879 --> 00:06:33.879 big a number that is for a postseason pitching staff. 139 00:06:34.399 --> 00:06:39.519 It's not just starters. This is twelve different pitchers that 140 00:06:39.600 --> 00:06:42.720 have combined for thirty three consecutive scoreless innings. 141 00:06:42.839 --> 00:06:45.079 Yeah. And the great thing about this is you're going 142 00:06:45.120 --> 00:06:48.000 against the elite of the league. You're going against the 143 00:06:48.040 --> 00:06:50.519 best of the best, and yet here they are thirty 144 00:06:50.519 --> 00:06:53.319 three scoreless. And if you look at the breadth of 145 00:06:53.399 --> 00:06:56.600 these innings and the way they're knocking these things down, Remember, 146 00:06:56.600 --> 00:06:59.480 these aren't like bases loaded and a bunch of lineouts 147 00:06:59.480 --> 00:07:01.800 to somebody who spears one and oh then they got 148 00:07:01.879 --> 00:07:05.519 lucky or Baul Ricochet's off the umpire like it did 149 00:07:05.560 --> 00:07:08.079 with the Padres and goes right to Manny and throws 150 00:07:08.120 --> 00:07:10.600 the guy out at home. I mean, it wasn't anything 151 00:07:10.680 --> 00:07:14.879 like that. These are these are not really hotly contested innings. 152 00:07:14.920 --> 00:07:17.040 There's been a couple times with runners on, but for 153 00:07:17.120 --> 00:07:19.319 the most part it's the Dodgers getting that first out 154 00:07:19.360 --> 00:07:21.480 and then closing it out. I mean, it's it's not 155 00:07:21.639 --> 00:07:23.759 been big stressful innings for them. 156 00:07:23.959 --> 00:07:26.319 Will Smith was great last night. He's having a good 157 00:07:26.439 --> 00:07:29.399 postseason defensively. And another guy we got to mention is 158 00:07:29.480 --> 00:07:32.199 keyk a hern Nandez. Certainly, the big home run in 159 00:07:32.319 --> 00:07:34.920 Game five in the NLDS on Friday night set the 160 00:07:34.959 --> 00:07:37.279 tone for the Dodgers in that two to nothing win 161 00:07:38.120 --> 00:07:40.319 last night, there was a play in the fifth inning, 162 00:07:40.439 --> 00:07:43.439 Saxon and I'm dying to get your your take on this. 163 00:07:43.959 --> 00:07:47.519 Dodgers rubbed six to nothing. Jack Fleriti's pitching in the fifth. 164 00:07:48.079 --> 00:07:55.360 He allows a single to Jesse Winker. Then second basement 165 00:07:55.439 --> 00:07:59.279 Jose Gleasias comes up to bat and he hits a 166 00:07:59.319 --> 00:08:03.639 ball to left center field for a base hit. And 167 00:08:03.759 --> 00:08:06.639 Jesse Winker is going first to third on the hit. 168 00:08:07.399 --> 00:08:12.079 Keiki Hernandez races over into love center field, grabs the baseball, 169 00:08:12.680 --> 00:08:15.959 looks like he's throwing to third with his body the 170 00:08:16.000 --> 00:08:18.680 way it was, it was leaning and almost like a 171 00:08:18.720 --> 00:08:23.480 Patrick Mahomes style play, looking one way, throwing another. He 172 00:08:23.639 --> 00:08:27.160 throws the second base and Gavin lucks and for some reason, 173 00:08:27.279 --> 00:08:30.720 Jesse Winker puts on the brakes, stops going to third 174 00:08:31.240 --> 00:08:33.519 and just stops in the middle between second and third 175 00:08:33.559 --> 00:08:36.879 base ends up getting tagged out by Max Munsey. And 176 00:08:36.919 --> 00:08:39.679 it was pivotal because the Mets could have got something going. 177 00:08:39.720 --> 00:08:42.480 It was a six to nine game, but it was squashed. 178 00:08:42.519 --> 00:08:45.000 And then Jack Flaherty gets the next two batters out 179 00:08:45.039 --> 00:08:47.200 and gets out of that fifth inning with another zero 180 00:08:47.519 --> 00:08:50.559 up on the scoreboard. Is that a great play by 181 00:08:50.639 --> 00:08:52.799 Keiki Ahernanez. Is that a deep play that you've ever 182 00:08:52.840 --> 00:08:53.399 seen before? 183 00:08:53.519 --> 00:08:55.799 Yeah, that is a great play. You could say it 184 00:08:55.840 --> 00:08:59.639 was classic buffoonery as far as Winker does. Winker goes 185 00:08:59.639 --> 00:09:02.320 on the base, but no, hey, he was deep big 186 00:09:02.360 --> 00:09:06.600 time by Kik and the thing that it was astonishing 187 00:09:06.639 --> 00:09:09.279 to me, Okay, you get caught there. He throws the 188 00:09:09.320 --> 00:09:11.679 ball in the second, he takes off the third then 189 00:09:11.720 --> 00:09:16.559 he stops and turns around and waits for Gavin to 190 00:09:16.600 --> 00:09:20.159 throw the ball. I don't get it. It's like it's like, 191 00:09:20.360 --> 00:09:22.559 you know, in a football game. You know, it's it's 192 00:09:22.600 --> 00:09:25.240 fourth and one, and they throw a little out pattern. 193 00:09:25.279 --> 00:09:26.879 You catch the ball right on the line, and then 194 00:09:26.879 --> 00:09:29.639 you just you just push forward, right, you just dive 195 00:09:29.720 --> 00:09:32.320 forward for the first down. It looked like that all 196 00:09:32.320 --> 00:09:35.159 he had to do was dive forward, dive into third base, 197 00:09:35.200 --> 00:09:37.759 and he probably had it. Oh yeah, he turned around 198 00:09:37.799 --> 00:09:40.879 and waited for Gavin to throw the ball. I don't 199 00:09:40.879 --> 00:09:43.720 get it, but hey, you know what it's it's all 200 00:09:43.960 --> 00:09:47.399 started by a great play, heads up play by Kik 201 00:09:47.559 --> 00:09:49.080 and centerfield that set the whole tone. 202 00:09:49.159 --> 00:09:51.480 Yeah, he would have been safe at third. It would 203 00:09:51.480 --> 00:09:54.919 have been first and third with nobody out. 204 00:09:55.000 --> 00:09:56.600 Yeah, you don't make the first or third out of 205 00:09:56.639 --> 00:09:59.840 third base, that's what. Yeah, that was bad. I don't 206 00:09:59.879 --> 00:10:02.360 know why he stopped. I mean, why he stopped. I 207 00:10:02.360 --> 00:10:04.120 don't get it. I don't think he knew right where 208 00:10:04.159 --> 00:10:07.720 he was in the baseline. If he thought, you know 209 00:10:08.080 --> 00:10:10.519 that Gavin had more time he was down the line further. 210 00:10:10.600 --> 00:10:13.279 I think than he believed. But you know, Gavin makes 211 00:10:13.320 --> 00:10:16.120 the good throw to third and he's out. But what's 212 00:10:16.679 --> 00:10:19.240 really difficult to this whole thing that we don't really 213 00:10:19.279 --> 00:10:21.159 give a lot of credit to, at least I haven't 214 00:10:21.200 --> 00:10:24.960 as much, is how difficult of a throw that is 215 00:10:24.960 --> 00:10:27.840 for Kik. He's bearing down on third base, he's aim 216 00:10:27.919 --> 00:10:29.480 at third. He picks it up, and all of a 217 00:10:29.519 --> 00:10:32.159 sudden he does a switcher roof and throws to second 218 00:10:32.240 --> 00:10:34.840 in mid form as he was going to third. He 219 00:10:34.919 --> 00:10:37.600 just switches hard. That's really hard to do, and he 220 00:10:37.639 --> 00:10:39.720 made a great throw to second. So I don't know 221 00:10:39.720 --> 00:10:42.120 how he does it, but that's why the Dodgers win 222 00:10:42.159 --> 00:10:42.600 these games. 223 00:10:42.679 --> 00:10:44.799 Yeah, he was throwing a second so they can keep 224 00:10:44.799 --> 00:10:47.519 the double playball intact. And if he throws the third, 225 00:10:47.799 --> 00:10:50.320 who knows, maybe Iglesias takes off for second and then 226 00:10:50.559 --> 00:10:54.240 there's nobody out second and third, and who knows what happens. Instead, 227 00:10:54.480 --> 00:10:56.159 you know, he throw it to second, as you're supposed 228 00:10:56.159 --> 00:10:58.159 to keep the double playing ball, and maybe the runner 229 00:10:58.159 --> 00:11:01.799 from third scores eventually, but you've got a double play situation. Instead, 230 00:11:02.080 --> 00:11:05.000 Winker just stops and Gavin Luxe was almost cop off 231 00:11:05.240 --> 00:11:09.000 caught off guard because he looked and double pumped and said, okay, fine, 232 00:11:09.039 --> 00:11:11.080 I'm gonna throw you out, throws the Munsi and tags 233 00:11:11.120 --> 00:11:11.440 him out. 234 00:11:11.519 --> 00:11:14.440 Now, if Kik does just the normal thing, he just 235 00:11:14.519 --> 00:11:16.240 gets the ball and throws the second, like you said, 236 00:11:16.240 --> 00:11:18.440 you keep the double a play in order. But he 237 00:11:18.559 --> 00:11:20.279 deaked him like he was gonna cut him off at 238 00:11:20.360 --> 00:11:24.720 third for at first. That's why Winkers, you know, you know, 239 00:11:24.840 --> 00:11:27.360 stopped because he thought, oh man, maybe I'm gonna be 240 00:11:27.360 --> 00:11:30.519 out at third. But you know, then he turns around 241 00:11:30.559 --> 00:11:32.320 and throws behind him at second. That was just a 242 00:11:32.399 --> 00:11:34.879 great play. It fooled me watching it on TV. Yeah, 243 00:11:35.240 --> 00:11:38.080 foold watching it. You know, from that perspective, it's. 244 00:11:37.919 --> 00:11:40.080 It's interesting to see this Mets team last night, and 245 00:11:40.399 --> 00:11:43.120 I know it's not the way they've been playing this postseason, 246 00:11:43.159 --> 00:11:45.879 and certainly they they played really well against the Phillies. 247 00:11:46.080 --> 00:11:48.360 They went toe to toe with the Milwaukee Brewers and 248 00:11:48.519 --> 00:11:51.720 won that wild card round in Milwaukee. And that's not 249 00:11:51.840 --> 00:11:53.960 hard to They're not easy to do. The last two 250 00:11:53.960 --> 00:11:56.080 weeks of the season. They were basically on the road 251 00:11:56.120 --> 00:11:59.080 fighting for their playoff lives. They've battled to get to 252 00:11:59.120 --> 00:12:01.960 this NLC. Yeah, and you see last night, the amount 253 00:12:02.000 --> 00:12:05.919 of chasing they did at the plate. Coodei Singa just 254 00:12:06.320 --> 00:12:08.480 did not look good at all, and he only made 255 00:12:08.480 --> 00:12:11.279 two starts all year because of a shoulder injury than 256 00:12:11.279 --> 00:12:13.519 a calf injury. But for some reason, they want to 257 00:12:13.519 --> 00:12:16.320 throw them out there in Game one of the NLCS, 258 00:12:16.360 --> 00:12:18.759 even though they had three days off to line up 259 00:12:18.840 --> 00:12:22.759 this rotation. The base running theres they had two airs. Defensively, 260 00:12:23.799 --> 00:12:26.080 it was a circus out there last night for the Mets. 261 00:12:26.399 --> 00:12:28.840 I honestly looked at my wife, I said, I don't 262 00:12:28.879 --> 00:12:31.399 know how this Mets team got here. They look awful. 263 00:12:31.799 --> 00:12:35.279 Well, they part of make them looking awful, is the 264 00:12:35.320 --> 00:12:38.159 Dodgers look so good. Remember that there's a lot of 265 00:12:38.200 --> 00:12:41.639 pressure put on to the opposition just because they're playing 266 00:12:41.679 --> 00:12:44.600 the Dodgers. They know that they have to be spotless. 267 00:12:44.639 --> 00:12:46.480 They know that they have to come up with big hits, 268 00:12:46.679 --> 00:12:50.000 they have to make big pitches. Anyone in that lineup 269 00:12:50.039 --> 00:12:53.279 can change the whole complexity of this game with the Dodgers, 270 00:12:53.279 --> 00:12:55.159 and they know that, and that's the pressure that's put 271 00:12:55.240 --> 00:12:57.000 on them when they walk on the field with these guys. 272 00:12:57.000 --> 00:12:59.960 But look, it's not gonna be that way all the time. 273 00:13:00.120 --> 00:13:02.559 There's Dodgers aren't going to be brilliant all the time, 274 00:13:02.639 --> 00:13:05.000 and so you just got to take it, like they say, 275 00:13:05.399 --> 00:13:07.679 the cliche of one game at a time, one pitch 276 00:13:07.679 --> 00:13:10.679 at a time. And that's how you stay humble and 277 00:13:11.039 --> 00:13:13.720 stay within yourself and let the chips fall where they may. 278 00:13:13.799 --> 00:13:16.039 That way, don't look too far ahead. And part of 279 00:13:16.039 --> 00:13:19.480 that is enjoying the moment, enjoy the great things where 280 00:13:19.519 --> 00:13:22.600 the Dodgers are and how they're producing right now. That's 281 00:13:22.600 --> 00:13:25.039 an important thing. And Dave Man, Dave Roberts brings that 282 00:13:25.039 --> 00:13:25.840 out well on the team. 283 00:13:26.279 --> 00:13:29.080 I love the New York media, the New York Post, 284 00:13:29.320 --> 00:13:34.000 the headline Hollywood horror show out classt in Game one, 285 00:13:34.399 --> 00:13:36.840 Mets can't afford to be this ordinary. 286 00:13:37.159 --> 00:13:40.320 Yeah, well, you know what, it's it's great thing that 287 00:13:40.320 --> 00:13:43.759 the Dodgers are a very humble team and you just 288 00:13:43.799 --> 00:13:45.639 stay right there. You don't you don't you know, you 289 00:13:45.679 --> 00:13:48.519 don't flaunt, you don't you know, put down the other team. 290 00:13:49.000 --> 00:13:53.279 You respect them because they deserve respect. And you know, 291 00:13:53.360 --> 00:13:55.799 you go at it very business like and you put 292 00:13:55.960 --> 00:13:58.519 put the pressure on these guys from the day from 293 00:13:58.559 --> 00:14:00.600 pitch one. That's how you get this thing done. 294 00:14:00.639 --> 00:14:04.399 Speaking of pressure, Francisco Lindor last night, who is right 295 00:14:04.440 --> 00:14:06.480 there in the running for the MVP. It is so 296 00:14:06.600 --> 00:14:09.759 good at shortstop zero for three on base once with 297 00:14:09.840 --> 00:14:12.879 the walk struck out once last night and one of 298 00:14:12.919 --> 00:14:16.279 the other articles in the New York Post today, Francisco 299 00:14:16.360 --> 00:14:20.279 Lindor has chance to quickly change everything for Mets. Talk 300 00:14:20.320 --> 00:14:22.720 about pressure. Look at the Dodgers. They got like six 301 00:14:22.799 --> 00:14:25.399 guys you can rely upon on any given night, and 302 00:14:25.399 --> 00:14:28.000 if the combination of two or three are on, lookout, 303 00:14:28.039 --> 00:14:29.600 you're gonna win a game like they did last night 304 00:14:29.720 --> 00:14:32.679 night and nothing. I look at that Mets lineup outside 305 00:14:32.679 --> 00:14:36.279 of the home run threat from the Polar Bear. Yeah, 306 00:14:36.559 --> 00:14:40.320 this is Francisco Lindor or bust with that lineup. 307 00:14:40.519 --> 00:14:42.080 Yeah, I mean, but they got guys who can put 308 00:14:42.080 --> 00:14:44.559 the ball in play and put some see their different 309 00:14:44.600 --> 00:14:47.840 attack is different. They can string it together. Guys like McNeil, 310 00:14:47.879 --> 00:14:50.679 who you know, a really good hitter. You get to 311 00:14:50.720 --> 00:14:52.440 the Polar Bear in the four slot, I mean, he 312 00:14:52.480 --> 00:14:55.039 can change it right there. And like you said, Lindor 313 00:14:55.159 --> 00:14:58.480 is the biggest, the biggest shiny object on this team. 314 00:14:58.759 --> 00:15:01.159 But they do have good athlete on the team and 315 00:15:01.200 --> 00:15:03.480 the pitching has been pretty good. So when you put 316 00:15:03.519 --> 00:15:05.559 all that together, I mean, they're in a good spot. 317 00:15:05.639 --> 00:15:07.759 Are they as good as you know, getting through round 318 00:15:07.840 --> 00:15:09.679 one then beating the Phillies. I don't know if they're 319 00:15:09.679 --> 00:15:13.120 that great, but remember this team barely got in but 320 00:15:13.559 --> 00:15:16.799 actually from about May on they were right there in 321 00:15:16.840 --> 00:15:19.559 lockstep with the Dodgers. So after a you know, kind 322 00:15:19.559 --> 00:15:22.279 of a poor start, they were a really good ball club. 323 00:15:22.480 --> 00:15:24.600 He is Steve Sacks. I am Tim Kats. Your phone 324 00:15:24.600 --> 00:15:27.320 calls coming up. David Masse joins this next hour. We'll 325 00:15:27.320 --> 00:15:29.879 hear from Freddie Freeman coming up later on this hour 326 00:15:29.960 --> 00:15:33.120 as well. But up next, we go back to nineteen 327 00:15:33.200 --> 00:15:40.039 eighty eight Dodgers met National League Championship Series. Nobody gave 328 00:15:40.159 --> 00:15:44.759 the Dodgers a chance. The big bad New York Mets 329 00:15:44.840 --> 00:15:48.440 best record in baseball, they beat up on the Dodgers 330 00:15:48.440 --> 00:15:51.320 in the regular season, and they were expected to do 331 00:15:51.399 --> 00:15:55.080 so again. Everybody was waiting for a Mets a's World 332 00:15:55.120 --> 00:15:59.720 Series matchup, and the Dodgers played spoilers. We're gonna get 333 00:15:59.720 --> 00:16:05.200 a SAX memory from the NLCS from nineteen eighty eight. Next, 334 00:16:05.240 --> 00:16:07.759 don't go anywhere. He is Steve Sacks. I'm Tim Kates. 335 00:16:07.759 --> 00:16:10.639 Dodgers a one nothing series lead in the National League 336 00:16:10.679 --> 00:16:15.240 Championship Series Game two this afternoon one oh eight, First 337 00:16:15.279 --> 00:16:17.480 pitch right here on your home of Showy O Toanni 338 00:16:17.480 --> 00:16:29.279 and the Dodgers AFI seventy Eli Sports, Sax and Kate 339 00:16:29.320 --> 00:16:32.399 to the am on this Monday morning in October fourteenth. 340 00:16:32.399 --> 00:16:35.759 Thanks for being with us live and local in the morning. 341 00:16:36.519 --> 00:16:40.399 As the Dodgers playoff run continues a Game five win 342 00:16:40.480 --> 00:16:43.759 over the Padres on Friday night, they advance to the NLCS, 343 00:16:43.799 --> 00:16:47.360 and they win Game one last night in convincing fashion, 344 00:16:47.720 --> 00:16:50.639 a nine to nothing victory over the New York Mets. 345 00:16:50.720 --> 00:16:54.559 Jack Flaherty seven shutout innings for the Dodgers. Showy O 346 00:16:54.799 --> 00:16:58.000 Tani goes two for four, Mookie Betts drives in three. 347 00:16:58.080 --> 00:17:01.320 Freddy Friedman with an RBI sing Max Months. He got 348 00:17:01.320 --> 00:17:04.519 the party started with a two out, two run single 349 00:17:04.680 --> 00:17:07.640 in the first as the Dodgers jumped on code Is 350 00:17:07.799 --> 00:17:10.640 single last night, chased him in the second inning with 351 00:17:10.720 --> 00:17:13.279 one out as the Dodgers take a one to oh 352 00:17:13.359 --> 00:17:16.640 series lead in Game two. Quick turnaround this afternoon, coming 353 00:17:16.720 --> 00:17:18.839 up at one oh eight. The Dodgers going with the 354 00:17:18.839 --> 00:17:21.799 bullpen game. Sean and Iya, the veteran left hander, will 355 00:17:21.799 --> 00:17:24.839 be on the mound for the New York Mets. Let's 356 00:17:24.839 --> 00:17:26.480 take a couple of phone calls before we get to 357 00:17:26.480 --> 00:17:28.440 your moment, Saxy. I know all of us in the 358 00:17:28.440 --> 00:17:31.200 studio are anxiously awaiting it. I got a tweet from 359 00:17:31.200 --> 00:17:34.279 somebody that said, cannot wait to hear Saxy's nineteen eighty 360 00:17:34.319 --> 00:17:37.400 eight and LCS memory. Wow, We're gonna get to that 361 00:17:37.440 --> 00:17:37.920 in a minute. 362 00:17:37.920 --> 00:17:38.960 I better come up with something. 363 00:17:39.079 --> 00:17:43.480 Oh, noz, Let's go to Diana and Granada Hills, who's 364 00:17:43.480 --> 00:17:45.960 been waiting very patiently. Diana, good morning, how are you? 365 00:17:47.119 --> 00:17:49.359 Good morning? Hi, Tim and Steve, how are you guys doing? 366 00:17:49.440 --> 00:17:52.119 Hello, good morning, good morning. 367 00:17:52.319 --> 00:17:54.400 So I know, just like you guys are saying, it's 368 00:17:54.440 --> 00:17:57.559 only been one game, but yesterday for me was the 369 00:17:57.599 --> 00:18:02.079 most complete, satisfying post season game I cremember in years 370 00:18:02.680 --> 00:18:06.319 with the small ball, the great starting pitching, where he 371 00:18:06.440 --> 00:18:10.799 was allowed to pitch seven innings, which is tremendous. It 372 00:18:11.000 --> 00:18:13.200 just was amazing for me not to have my stomach 373 00:18:13.240 --> 00:18:17.359 in knots from the first inning on through the game. 374 00:18:17.440 --> 00:18:19.079 It was just a beautiful thing, and I think we 375 00:18:19.160 --> 00:18:20.680 can keep it going today. 376 00:18:20.759 --> 00:18:24.400 Let's go all right, Diana, appreciate the phone call, Thanks 377 00:18:24.440 --> 00:18:27.559 for checking in, y out. I think the knots has 378 00:18:27.599 --> 00:18:30.839 certainly left my stomach. From Game five of the NLDS 379 00:18:30.960 --> 00:18:34.359 on Friday night and going into Sunday night's matchup last 380 00:18:34.440 --> 00:18:37.279 night against the Mets Saxy, I had a better feeling. 381 00:18:37.440 --> 00:18:40.359 Not that it was a letdown emotionally for me after 382 00:18:40.400 --> 00:18:42.640 the Padre series, but I just looked at the competition 383 00:18:43.079 --> 00:18:45.440 and I kind of looked at the pitching matchups going in. 384 00:18:45.680 --> 00:18:49.079 I got a little easier feeling against this match team now, 385 00:18:49.079 --> 00:18:51.400 not that it's going to be a cakewalk by any means. 386 00:18:51.400 --> 00:18:54.000 And I know some Dodger fans are saying sweep and 387 00:18:54.039 --> 00:18:57.200 bring on the Yankees. Let's pump the brakes a little. 388 00:18:56.960 --> 00:18:59.480 Bit, pump them a little bit. And you don't ever 389 00:18:59.519 --> 00:19:02.039 want to play to the competition. So look, you had 390 00:19:02.039 --> 00:19:06.440 a nine zero blowout, Okay, nothing wrong with the twelve 391 00:19:06.519 --> 00:19:09.960 one blowout either, or you know, eleven zero blowout for 392 00:19:10.000 --> 00:19:12.440 the next game. I don't believe in oh, you got 393 00:19:12.440 --> 00:19:14.920 to save those runs for the next one. No, no, no, no, 394 00:19:14.960 --> 00:19:18.319 you you Each game is individual and unique in and 395 00:19:18.359 --> 00:19:20.680 of itself. So if you haven't an opportunity to blow 396 00:19:20.720 --> 00:19:22.960 them out again, blow them out again. That's that's the 397 00:19:22.960 --> 00:19:23.880 way you got to look at it. 398 00:19:23.960 --> 00:19:26.519 Oscar in Baldwin Park is next up here on Saxon 399 00:19:26.599 --> 00:19:29.240 Kates in the Am on this Monday morning, leading into 400 00:19:29.279 --> 00:19:34.039 Game two. Oscar, you doing good, good, Mitch Jax Morney, 401 00:19:34.079 --> 00:19:34.880