WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.520 --> 00:00:06.480 One thing about this gene is the invisible and tangibles 2 00:00:06.480 --> 00:00:06.919 that they have. 3 00:00:07.160 --> 00:00:09.400 This team is really becoming a family. 4 00:00:09.640 --> 00:00:10.839 Let's not play one on Tom. 5 00:00:10.919 --> 00:00:11.720 Let's lend it. 6 00:00:11.919 --> 00:00:13.679 I love writing me these guys after the show. 7 00:00:13.839 --> 00:00:16.519 So just thank you, give me are your attention, your fire, 8 00:00:16.600 --> 00:00:17.760 and not a piss. 9 00:00:17.800 --> 00:00:22.519 This is world champion, Dodgers, world championing for a small. 10 00:00:22.280 --> 00:00:23.960 Soft time they get up people. What they want to 11 00:00:24.000 --> 00:00:26.600 die in a row two is special. I'm like, yeah, 12 00:00:26.640 --> 00:00:31.359 it's not a headache. One of a con. This ball's gone. 13 00:00:31.839 --> 00:00:34.799 You ready to go? Sure, held time go to the South. 14 00:00:35.200 --> 00:00:37.359 Grab your phone to get in on the show called 15 00:00:37.439 --> 00:00:40.399 eight six six nine eighty seven two five seven and 16 00:00:40.600 --> 00:00:43.719 go to the show. And now your host of Dodger Talk, 17 00:00:44.359 --> 00:00:45.280 David Vasse. 18 00:00:48.840 --> 00:00:52.560 We are live at Chase Field after the Diamondbacks defeat 19 00:00:52.560 --> 00:00:56.679 the Dodgers tonight by a final score of five to three. 20 00:00:57.119 --> 00:01:00.799 Welcome the Dodger Talk David Vasse with you until ten 21 00:01:00.960 --> 00:01:04.280 thirty tonight at eight six six nine eight seven two 22 00:01:04.519 --> 00:01:09.120 five seventy. The Dodgers still have baseball's best record at 23 00:01:09.159 --> 00:01:13.280 twenty five and thirteen. They're tied with the Detroit Tigers, 24 00:01:13.319 --> 00:01:17.920 who are also twenty five and thirteen. This is the 25 00:01:17.959 --> 00:01:22.040 first meeting between these two teams, the Dodgers and the Diamondbacks, 26 00:01:22.120 --> 00:01:26.319 and incredibly, the first time the Diamondbacks have faced a 27 00:01:26.400 --> 00:01:29.680 team in the NL West all season long. We're thirty 28 00:01:29.719 --> 00:01:33.760 eight games into the season. The schedule is a little wacky. 29 00:01:33.840 --> 00:01:36.640 The Dodgers are not going to see the Giants or 30 00:01:36.719 --> 00:01:40.760 Padres until June. The only team they've seen in the 31 00:01:40.879 --> 00:01:44.920 NL West is the Rockies, and nobody's complaining about that 32 00:01:45.120 --> 00:01:48.959 because you get some wins against that team. But nonetheless 33 00:01:48.959 --> 00:01:53.319 still a little strange with this so called balanced schedule 34 00:01:53.400 --> 00:01:57.920 where every team plays every team, and look, that makes 35 00:01:57.920 --> 00:02:01.680 the travel a little bit more challenging. The Dodgers are 36 00:02:01.719 --> 00:02:05.120 on the last leg of a three city, ten game 37 00:02:05.280 --> 00:02:09.000 and ten day road trips, so all of that factors 38 00:02:09.039 --> 00:02:12.199 into a game like tonight. But I really believe the 39 00:02:12.280 --> 00:02:16.840 Dodgers had a great opportunity against the Diamondbacks bullpen to 40 00:02:17.319 --> 00:02:20.360 come back and win this game, and they certainly made 41 00:02:20.400 --> 00:02:25.479 it close because Brendan Fought had all the answers against 42 00:02:25.479 --> 00:02:30.680 the Dodgers tonight. Fought and Gabrielle Moreno, the two Diamondbacks 43 00:02:30.680 --> 00:02:35.479 that essentially beat the Dodgers tonight are household names in 44 00:02:35.719 --> 00:02:39.199 LA and they should be, because Fought and Gabrielle Moreno 45 00:02:39.759 --> 00:02:43.759 were the two players that really helped the Diamondbacks sweep 46 00:02:43.840 --> 00:02:48.439 the Dodgers back in twenty twenty three. Fought was spectacular, 47 00:02:48.479 --> 00:02:51.360 whether he was coming out of the bullpen or making starts. 48 00:02:51.680 --> 00:02:55.319 Gabrielle Moreno hit some big home runs, including one of 49 00:02:55.360 --> 00:02:59.840 the four against Lance Lynn in Game three. Tonight, Gabrielle 50 00:03:00.520 --> 00:03:04.639 with a grand slam in the fourth inning off of Yamamoto, 51 00:03:04.840 --> 00:03:08.319 and that certainly seemed to be more than enough for 52 00:03:08.479 --> 00:03:12.680 Brandon Fott. But when you get into the Diamondbacks bullpen, 53 00:03:13.280 --> 00:03:17.560 they are without Justin Martinez, they're without aj Puck, and 54 00:03:17.599 --> 00:03:20.759 they're a little thin in that department. And that's the 55 00:03:20.800 --> 00:03:27.159 reason why their bullpen, Elray and their bullpen every category 56 00:03:27.840 --> 00:03:32.240 is near the bottom of Major League Baseball. And the 57 00:03:32.319 --> 00:03:35.800 Dodgers just ran out of outs against that bullpen because 58 00:03:35.800 --> 00:03:39.719 they had a five nothing cushing going into the eighth inning. 59 00:03:39.840 --> 00:03:43.759 The Dodgers scored twice and Otani's home run with two 60 00:03:43.759 --> 00:03:46.759 strikes and two outs made it a five to three game. 61 00:03:46.840 --> 00:03:48.879 But that's where it would end. 62 00:03:49.159 --> 00:03:52.240 Eight six, six, nine eight seven, two five seventy is 63 00:03:52.280 --> 00:03:57.199 the phone number. I just didn't believe that Yamamoto and 64 00:03:57.240 --> 00:04:00.800 Will Smith were on the same page. You heard Mota 65 00:04:00.919 --> 00:04:04.000 bring up the point that the curveball was not in 66 00:04:04.159 --> 00:04:07.680 play as much as it has been and recent starts 67 00:04:07.680 --> 00:04:11.360 for Yamamoto, and that was that's a big pitch for him, right. 68 00:04:11.840 --> 00:04:14.919 I know, the cutter is a big pitch against lefties, 69 00:04:15.039 --> 00:04:18.800 but the curveball is a big pitch against righty's and lefties. 70 00:04:19.199 --> 00:04:20.560 And we just didn't see it. 71 00:04:20.600 --> 00:04:24.000 And Yamamoto was a little bit off, and like we 72 00:04:24.120 --> 00:04:26.079 talked about, we don't want to hear that he was 73 00:04:26.120 --> 00:04:29.480 only on five days rest. That's not the reason why 74 00:04:29.920 --> 00:04:33.560 he was not on his game tonight. It just wasn't 75 00:04:33.600 --> 00:04:38.600 his night tonight. And h you know, it just didn't 76 00:04:38.639 --> 00:04:41.399 seem to me that the catcher and the pitcher for 77 00:04:41.480 --> 00:04:44.680 the Dodgers tonight was on the same page. Eight six 78 00:04:44.759 --> 00:04:48.120 six nine eighty seven two five seventy is the phone number. 79 00:04:48.360 --> 00:04:51.639 Let's head downstairs right now to hear from manager Dave Roberts. 80 00:04:52.560 --> 00:04:55.439 Yeah, I echo that I don't think he was as 81 00:04:55.480 --> 00:04:59.079 sharp as he has been. You know, even the three 82 00:04:59.199 --> 00:05:03.000 two breaking boat Peven Smith if he strikes that. I 83 00:05:03.040 --> 00:05:08.040 think it's a different inning, a different game, and you know, 84 00:05:08.519 --> 00:05:11.199 gets count leverage on Suarez and hits them with the 85 00:05:11.240 --> 00:05:16.040 split to load the bases. And I honestly thought Moreno 86 00:05:17.600 --> 00:05:19.600 took a good swing on a two zero cutter, but 87 00:05:19.839 --> 00:05:25.040 was behind the count to go opposite way. Really good swing, 88 00:05:25.040 --> 00:05:27.000 and then the Marchey home. I thought it was a 89 00:05:27.000 --> 00:05:30.920 good pitch. It was down and in, maybe in off 90 00:05:30.959 --> 00:05:33.480 a little bit, but again, I think the story is 91 00:05:33.480 --> 00:05:35.439 he just wasn't completely sharp. 92 00:05:35.519 --> 00:05:37.959 Tonight talks about it ahead of the game. Just obviously 93 00:05:38.040 --> 00:05:40.399 you knew that Diamondbacks were going to find a way 94 00:05:40.480 --> 00:05:43.160 to battle and try to win this one. What does 95 00:05:43.199 --> 00:05:45.120 this just say kind of about this matchup and kind 96 00:05:45.120 --> 00:05:46.639 of what you expect from this series. 97 00:05:47.160 --> 00:05:48.000 It's a good matchup. 98 00:05:49.199 --> 00:05:52.759 This is what we expected as far as kind of 99 00:05:53.439 --> 00:05:57.439 the back and forth tight ball games. And you got 100 00:05:57.439 --> 00:06:00.600 to give credit to their defense. Tonight, I thought they 101 00:06:00.759 --> 00:06:04.800 really caught the baseball well, certainly in the outfield. I 102 00:06:04.839 --> 00:06:07.519 thought we squared up a lot of baseballs and didn't 103 00:06:07.519 --> 00:06:10.800 get anything to show for it. So overall, I don't 104 00:06:10.800 --> 00:06:13.399 think the line score speaks to how well we swung 105 00:06:13.480 --> 00:06:15.639 the bats. But you got to give credit to those 106 00:06:15.639 --> 00:06:18.759 guys running them down out there, and also that double 107 00:06:18.800 --> 00:06:21.560 play ball off comfort those bats a heck of a 108 00:06:21.600 --> 00:06:22.519 play by Martek. 109 00:06:23.120 --> 00:06:26.040 Michael g t point encouraged just the last couple of 110 00:06:26.079 --> 00:06:27.399 days with how hard our. 111 00:06:27.399 --> 00:06:28.079 Contact has been. 112 00:06:28.560 --> 00:06:31.680 I do I do you know? He's taking good at bats, 113 00:06:31.680 --> 00:06:33.680 certainly not getting a whole lot to show for it. 114 00:06:34.160 --> 00:06:37.160 But I think for me it's easy to bet on 115 00:06:37.279 --> 00:06:41.040 him because the head is still there, the work is 116 00:06:41.079 --> 00:06:43.920 still there, and so they're going to fall. It's going 117 00:06:44.000 --> 00:06:45.639 to turn as long as he keeps having those good 118 00:06:45.639 --> 00:06:46.079 at bats. 119 00:06:47.480 --> 00:06:50.040 All right, there's manager Dave Roberts who brought up a 120 00:06:50.079 --> 00:06:53.639 few really good points. Number one, the walk to Peven 121 00:06:53.759 --> 00:06:58.120 Smith in the fourth inning and also hitting Suarez with 122 00:06:58.160 --> 00:07:00.920 a pitch with two strikes on in the fourth inning 123 00:07:00.920 --> 00:07:04.399 by Yamamoto certainly put him in a bad spot with 124 00:07:04.480 --> 00:07:07.839 the bases loaded and nobody out in that fourth inning, 125 00:07:07.879 --> 00:07:12.040 which set up the Gabrielle Moreno Grand Slam. And look, 126 00:07:12.279 --> 00:07:15.480 it's not always about the home run or the Grand Slam. 127 00:07:15.519 --> 00:07:18.639 It's what takes place ahead of that. Not only Peven 128 00:07:18.720 --> 00:07:21.720 Smith walking and Suarez getting hit by a pitch with 129 00:07:21.839 --> 00:07:25.839 two strikes, but Mookie Betts making a poor decision after 130 00:07:25.920 --> 00:07:28.639 making a great stop on a hard hit ground ball 131 00:07:28.720 --> 00:07:32.240 by Josh Naylor in that inning after the Smith walk. 132 00:07:32.399 --> 00:07:35.680 Smith is a pretty fast runner and Naylor's a really 133 00:07:35.720 --> 00:07:36.399 slow runner. 134 00:07:36.439 --> 00:07:37.800 In fact, Josh. 135 00:07:37.680 --> 00:07:41.720 Naylor, as a right handed hitter, has grounded into seven 136 00:07:41.800 --> 00:07:46.199 double plays, so as Michael Conforto as a left handed hitter. Tonight, 137 00:07:46.480 --> 00:07:49.079 his double play that ended the eighth inning was his 138 00:07:49.240 --> 00:07:53.040 seventh grounding into a double play. But nonetheless, Mookie Betts 139 00:07:53.399 --> 00:07:56.160 had a lot of time to get up and throw 140 00:07:56.279 --> 00:07:58.519 and get Naylor out at first base. That's where his 141 00:07:58.639 --> 00:08:02.519 momentum was care him to try to make a spectacular 142 00:08:02.639 --> 00:08:05.040 play to get the lead runner. That just wasn't the 143 00:08:05.160 --> 00:08:09.879 right play, and hopefully Mookie learns from that. Obviously new 144 00:08:10.079 --> 00:08:13.079 at the shortstop position, it's one thing to be able 145 00:08:13.120 --> 00:08:16.600 to field ground balls make great stops. It's another thing 146 00:08:17.120 --> 00:08:19.800 to make the right decision. And on that one he 147 00:08:19.920 --> 00:08:22.800 did not make the right decision. And that just was 148 00:08:23.040 --> 00:08:27.120 part of the fourth inning that got Yamamoto to a 149 00:08:27.199 --> 00:08:30.879 point where he made a poor pitch to Gabrielle Moreno 150 00:08:30.959 --> 00:08:34.279 for a grand slam eight six, six, nine, eight seven two, 151 00:08:34.320 --> 00:08:36.799 five seventy is the phone number. I also agree with 152 00:08:36.960 --> 00:08:40.440 Dave that the Diamondbacks played great defense tonight, and that's 153 00:08:40.519 --> 00:08:42.840 part of it, right, I mean, that's who they are. 154 00:08:43.240 --> 00:08:47.399 They're a fast team, they're an opportunistic offense, and they 155 00:08:47.440 --> 00:08:50.120 have pretty good starting pitching. That's how they beat you. 156 00:08:51.080 --> 00:08:54.120 Cormyan Carroll made a great catch going towards the line 157 00:08:54.120 --> 00:08:57.519 in the sixth inning on Will Smith. Michael Conforto in 158 00:08:57.559 --> 00:09:00.879 his first at bat tonight, flew out to center field 159 00:09:00.960 --> 00:09:01.759 on a ball. 160 00:09:01.559 --> 00:09:03.440 That was hit one hundred miles an hour. 161 00:09:03.919 --> 00:09:06.320 And in this ballpark, you got to have a good 162 00:09:06.320 --> 00:09:10.000 center fielder, and that's what Arizona has and Alec Thomas 163 00:09:10.039 --> 00:09:12.960 and Thomas made a really good catch to track that 164 00:09:13.039 --> 00:09:15.960 one down as well. Eight six, six, nine eighty seven, 165 00:09:16.000 --> 00:09:19.120 two five seventy is the phone number. Dodgers fall to 166 00:09:19.159 --> 00:09:22.279 the Diamondbacks tonight, five to three. Let's go out to 167 00:09:22.320 --> 00:09:25.399 the phones for the first time tonight, Bill and Mission Viejo. 168 00:09:25.519 --> 00:09:28.320 You're on Dodger Talk live from Chase Field. 169 00:09:28.399 --> 00:09:32.080 Hi, Bill, Hi, thanks for taking my call. Did you 170 00:09:32.120 --> 00:09:34.519 know that the Dodgers lead the Majors had given up 171 00:09:34.519 --> 00:09:38.639 Grand Slams this year? It's been a early part of 172 00:09:38.639 --> 00:09:39.639 the year, but they've given them for. 173 00:09:39.679 --> 00:09:44.360 Three okay, interesting and they still have baseball's best record. 174 00:09:44.679 --> 00:09:45.600 That's quite a. 175 00:09:45.559 --> 00:09:49.480 Feat, right, And also, when do you think the Michael 176 00:09:49.519 --> 00:09:52.000 Comforto situation is going to come to a head? Do 177 00:09:52.039 --> 00:09:54.600 you think there's a little more patience with him? 178 00:09:55.279 --> 00:09:56.679 A lot of patients with him. 179 00:09:56.679 --> 00:09:59.600 They signed him to a seventeen to eighteen million dollar 180 00:09:59.720 --> 00:10:02.559 cont tracked and you know he's a veteran that has 181 00:10:02.600 --> 00:10:05.559 the resume bill. They're not going to say they're done 182 00:10:05.559 --> 00:10:08.360 with Michael Confordo after forty games. 183 00:10:08.840 --> 00:10:11.679 Okay, thank you, all right, thanks for the phone call. 184 00:10:12.080 --> 00:10:14.879 Eight six six nine seven two five seventy is the 185 00:10:14.919 --> 00:10:17.600 phone number. Look, it hasn't been a great start to 186 00:10:17.679 --> 00:10:19.360 the season for Michael Confordo. 187 00:10:19.960 --> 00:10:20.080 Uh. 188 00:10:20.360 --> 00:10:22.279 Not only did he go oh for. 189 00:10:22.320 --> 00:10:27.559 Thirty one which ended in Atlanta, but also the double 190 00:10:27.600 --> 00:10:30.840 plays are a problem. I mean, he's a left handed 191 00:10:30.919 --> 00:10:35.440 hitter that's hit into seven double plays this year. He's 192 00:10:35.480 --> 00:10:38.320 tied with a lot of right handed hitters for that distinction. 193 00:10:38.639 --> 00:10:41.759 So that eighth inning double play you could say was 194 00:10:41.840 --> 00:10:44.919 hit hard all you want it was ninety five miles 195 00:10:44.919 --> 00:10:47.200 an hour on the ground. 196 00:10:47.279 --> 00:10:50.320 That still nagates. How hard you hit it. 197 00:10:50.320 --> 00:10:53.519 It's not like it was a rocket up the middle 198 00:10:53.559 --> 00:10:55.879 that Marte had to dive and stop and turn a 199 00:10:55.919 --> 00:10:58.279 double play. It was hit right at him on the 200 00:10:58.320 --> 00:11:01.480 right side of the infield, and that's gotta stop. Confordo's 201 00:11:01.519 --> 00:11:03.759 got to get it somehow up in the air. 202 00:11:03.840 --> 00:11:05.080 Easier said than done. 203 00:11:05.480 --> 00:11:09.000 Hard game to play, but tonight, in his first two 204 00:11:09.000 --> 00:11:11.480 at bats, he hit the ball hard. So the Dodgers 205 00:11:11.519 --> 00:11:15.639 are seeing signs that it's getting better with Conforto. Let's 206 00:11:15.679 --> 00:11:19.120 go out to Norwalk. Jesse, you're on Dodger Talk Live 207 00:11:19.120 --> 00:11:19.960 from Arizona. 208 00:11:20.080 --> 00:11:24.440 Hi, Jesse, Oh, I don't. I'm just going about the 209 00:11:24.440 --> 00:11:27.919 same thing the other the colinator about Conforto that you know, 210 00:11:27.960 --> 00:11:30.159 they seem to be having a lot of patients with him. 211 00:11:30.679 --> 00:11:32.879 Seems every time he comes up, he strikes out or 212 00:11:32.960 --> 00:11:34.639 hits into a double play or something. 213 00:11:36.080 --> 00:11:38.840 Jesse, how about this? Yeah, he was zero for thirty. 214 00:11:38.919 --> 00:11:42.039 How about this. You guys can complain about Michael Conforto 215 00:11:42.159 --> 00:11:45.200 all you want, and he hasn't played well, But the 216 00:11:45.279 --> 00:11:48.039 facts are the Dodgers have the best record in baseball 217 00:11:48.159 --> 00:11:52.600 even with zero production from him and minimal production from 218 00:11:52.600 --> 00:11:56.039 their third baseman. So that's the reason why the leash 219 00:11:56.120 --> 00:11:58.960 is a little longer, because they have baseball's best record. 220 00:12:00.639 --> 00:12:03.639 Yeah, but well, these games that they're losing because of him, 221 00:12:03.840 --> 00:12:05.480 that he doesn't he doesn't help them, but. 222 00:12:05.919 --> 00:12:08.360 They're not losing that much. They have the best record 223 00:12:08.360 --> 00:12:10.919 in baseball. If they were losing, if they were thirteen 224 00:12:10.960 --> 00:12:15.000 and twenty five instead of twenty five and thirteen, then 225 00:12:15.200 --> 00:12:18.039 I would say the pressure would be on those guys 226 00:12:18.360 --> 00:12:19.720 to perform, But it's not. 227 00:12:22.120 --> 00:12:24.240 So they can't send them to the minors. 228 00:12:23.960 --> 00:12:29.360 Or no, no, they cannot, No, they cannot. Thanks for 229 00:12:29.440 --> 00:12:30.399 the phone call, Jesse. 230 00:12:32.080 --> 00:12:36.279 Look for the first couple of weeks, Max Munsey was 231 00:12:36.320 --> 00:12:39.919 the punching bag. Even poor Chris Taylor, who barely plays, 232 00:12:40.000 --> 00:12:43.559 was the punching bag. Now I understand it's Michael Conforto. 233 00:12:43.639 --> 00:12:46.919 That's a little bit more fair, considering he did sign 234 00:12:47.000 --> 00:12:48.600 a lucrative contract during. 235 00:12:48.440 --> 00:12:49.200 The off season. 236 00:12:50.240 --> 00:12:54.120 They did kind of box themselves in with him having 237 00:12:54.200 --> 00:12:57.759 left field. But the facts are the Dodgers have the 238 00:12:57.799 --> 00:13:03.159 best record in baseball, which allows them to give Michael 239 00:13:03.200 --> 00:13:07.080 Confordo time to get himself out of this slump. And tonight, 240 00:13:07.559 --> 00:13:09.919 like I said, he hit the ball pretty hard. His 241 00:13:09.960 --> 00:13:13.039 first two at bats just didn't have anything to show 242 00:13:13.080 --> 00:13:15.519 for it. I mean, he hit a hard line drive 243 00:13:15.639 --> 00:13:18.919 that Martell made a great play on to get him 244 00:13:18.960 --> 00:13:20.759 out for the last out of the fourth innings. 245 00:13:20.840 --> 00:13:22.399 So I think. 246 00:13:24.039 --> 00:13:25.879 I'm gonna give it a little bit more time. I'm 247 00:13:25.879 --> 00:13:28.480 gonna give him more than forty games. How about that? 248 00:13:29.279 --> 00:13:32.399 Speaking of Michael CONFORDO, let's head back downstairs to the 249 00:13:32.440 --> 00:13:35.120 Dodger clubhouse to hear from the Dodger left fielder. 250 00:13:35.799 --> 00:13:39.799 You know, I'm definitely frustrated, happy with a couple hard 251 00:13:39.840 --> 00:13:45.080 hit balls today, Frustrated about being in the situation to 252 00:13:45.519 --> 00:13:48.840 keep a rally going and not being able to beat 253 00:13:48.840 --> 00:13:54.879 that ball out. It's frustrating. It makes me sick. I 254 00:13:54.960 --> 00:14:01.679 just gotta keep going. It's don't working hard, and you 255 00:14:01.720 --> 00:14:05.360 know a lot of it's you know, I'm putting together 256 00:14:05.399 --> 00:14:07.840 better better at bats and hitting the ball hard, and 257 00:14:08.799 --> 00:14:10.720 you know, I just gotta keep going out there and 258 00:14:11.840 --> 00:14:15.879 you know, just keep focusing on that and you know, 259 00:14:15.919 --> 00:14:20.200 hopefully find some holes and and start rolling it to 260 00:14:20.240 --> 00:14:22.000 feel close to where you kind of wanted to be 261 00:14:22.320 --> 00:14:24.519 just in church, like especially the heart contact and everything 262 00:14:24.519 --> 00:14:27.879 that's sort of coming out of it. Yeah. Yeah, Uh, 263 00:14:28.120 --> 00:14:32.200 you know, two balls today hit well and you know, 264 00:14:33.679 --> 00:14:35.639 you know I wouldn't I wouldn't change anything about those 265 00:14:35.799 --> 00:14:41.879 those swings. Yeah, So you know, I definitely feel better 266 00:14:41.919 --> 00:14:43.559 about the swings for sure. 267 00:14:43.879 --> 00:14:45.639 Things this way that you've been kind of working on 268 00:14:45.720 --> 00:14:46.720 here the last few weeks. 269 00:14:47.440 --> 00:14:49.879 Uh, just being more consistent getting the barrel of the 270 00:14:49.919 --> 00:14:53.559 ball and being on the heater, being able to drive 271 00:14:53.600 --> 00:14:57.480 the ball, you know, just being being a tougher route. 272 00:14:58.120 --> 00:15:00.919 You take songs from some of those bat tonight or 273 00:15:00.960 --> 00:15:03.480 is it just more frustrating that you hit the ball 274 00:15:03.519 --> 00:15:06.679 that way and that they don't drop it. Yeah, I mean, 275 00:15:06.759 --> 00:15:09.679 you know, I definitely you know, I'm trying to I'm 276 00:15:09.679 --> 00:15:13.399 trying to focus on what I can control and getting 277 00:15:13.399 --> 00:15:17.320 the ball hard is one of those things, and you know, 278 00:15:18.320 --> 00:15:22.559 and try to take that home with me and you know, 279 00:15:22.600 --> 00:15:25.240 build off of that. And but like I said, I mean, 280 00:15:25.440 --> 00:15:29.600 you know, just uh frustrated to not come through in 281 00:15:29.639 --> 00:15:30.879 the in the age. 282 00:15:31.879 --> 00:15:33.919 You played in this division in the last you know 283 00:15:34.279 --> 00:15:36.919 a couple of years. And it's still pretty early in 284 00:15:36.960 --> 00:15:40.440 the season, but you know, how kind of deep and 285 00:15:40.480 --> 00:15:45.679 competitive can the NLS be? You know, just from your experience. 286 00:15:46.360 --> 00:15:49.159 I mean, I think the records show, you know that 287 00:15:50.240 --> 00:15:52.440 there's a lot of great teams in this division. It's 288 00:15:52.480 --> 00:15:55.399 going to be very competitive all year, you know, all 289 00:15:55.399 --> 00:15:57.960 the way down to the end. And there's just a 290 00:15:58.039 --> 00:15:59.480 lot of a lot of good players in this in 291 00:15:59.519 --> 00:16:03.159 this division. Yes, we got to bring our EA game, 292 00:16:03.960 --> 00:16:06.240 take advantage of every opportunity. 293 00:16:07.840 --> 00:16:08.240 All right. 294 00:16:08.240 --> 00:16:12.200 There's Michael Confordo obviously cares a lot and not happy 295 00:16:12.240 --> 00:16:15.720 that he's not being able to contribute in key spots 296 00:16:15.759 --> 00:16:18.720 and grounding into that inning ending double play with the 297 00:16:18.759 --> 00:16:24.240 Dodgers rallying against the diamondbacks bullpen, certainly frustrating for him. 298 00:16:24.600 --> 00:16:27.440 Eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy is 299 00:16:27.480 --> 00:16:30.960 the phone number I mentioned. The Dodgers have baseball's best 300 00:16:31.000 --> 00:16:34.960 record twenty five and thirteen, tied with the Detroit Tigers, 301 00:16:35.000 --> 00:16:38.720 which is surprising for the best record in baseball, but 302 00:16:38.759 --> 00:16:42.120 the San Diego Padres are not that far behind. The 303 00:16:42.200 --> 00:16:45.240 Padres lost two in a row and are twenty three 304 00:16:45.240 --> 00:16:48.519 and thirteen, a game back of the Dodgers. The Giants 305 00:16:48.600 --> 00:16:52.120 percentage points back as well a game back of the 306 00:16:52.159 --> 00:16:55.279 Dodgers in Arizona. With their twentieth win of the year, 307 00:16:55.279 --> 00:16:58.960 they're twenty and eighteen, five games back of the Dodgers. 308 00:16:59.279 --> 00:17:02.039 Let's go back out to the phones. Bob in Malibu. 309 00:17:02.120 --> 00:17:04.359 You're on Dodger Talk Live from Chase Field. 310 00:17:04.400 --> 00:17:07.400 Hi, Bob, Hey, Dave, how you doing man? 311 00:17:08.960 --> 00:17:10.599 I'm doing good, feeling good. 312 00:17:12.200 --> 00:17:14.079 Live in the dream Nott in Arizona. I love a 313 00:17:14.160 --> 00:17:16.039 DV always man, always positive. 314 00:17:16.160 --> 00:17:16.680 I love it. 315 00:17:18.039 --> 00:17:25.079 Hey, it's beats working. 316 00:17:22.240 --> 00:17:23.000 Good on you, man. 317 00:17:23.319 --> 00:17:26.160 You know two quick things. First of all, everyone needs 318 00:17:26.200 --> 00:17:29.319 to lay off Michael Conforto. You know, he reminds me 319 00:17:29.559 --> 00:17:32.839 of similar situations we've seen. We've seen it with Trey 320 00:17:32.880 --> 00:17:36.480 Turner in Philadelphia. Obviously not as big of a deal 321 00:17:36.599 --> 00:17:39.920 as Trey signed, but you know, give the guy a break. 322 00:17:40.079 --> 00:17:41.799 It's my prediction, and I'm going to go on the 323 00:17:41.799 --> 00:17:44.279 record with you now, Dave. I think Michael Conforto is 324 00:17:44.319 --> 00:17:46.519 going to be one of our biggest producers and a 325 00:17:46.599 --> 00:17:49.279 huge ally in the postseason for the Dodgers. That's what 326 00:17:49.319 --> 00:17:53.000 I think. Post All Star break, Michael Conforto is going 327 00:17:53.079 --> 00:17:55.039 to be a player. We talk about a lot in 328 00:17:55.079 --> 00:17:55.920 a positive way. 329 00:17:57.440 --> 00:17:59.640 I agree with you, Bob. He's a guy that cares. 330 00:17:59.680 --> 00:18:03.440 It's one thing if he's performing this way and doesn't care, 331 00:18:03.559 --> 00:18:06.559 But from what I understand and what I've observed, he 332 00:18:06.680 --> 00:18:08.839 cares a lot. And if you don't care, you're not 333 00:18:08.880 --> 00:18:12.839 gonna be on this team because there's a certain level 334 00:18:12.880 --> 00:18:16.319 of accountability that you have to have with your teammates 335 00:18:16.359 --> 00:18:22.200 in that clubhouse. So Confordo definitely conforms to that, and 336 00:18:22.240 --> 00:18:25.160 he certainly is going to get an opportunity. The good 337 00:18:25.200 --> 00:18:28.519 news is he's struggling while the team is winning. That's 338 00:18:28.559 --> 00:18:31.960 a little bit easier to digest in some ways, So 339 00:18:33.200 --> 00:18:37.519 they've given him some time to figure it out while 340 00:18:37.519 --> 00:18:40.279 they're twenty five and thirteen, lead the NL West and 341 00:18:40.319 --> 00:18:41.880 have the best record in baseball. 342 00:18:42.200 --> 00:18:44.720 We're going to take a time out here on Dodger Talk. 343 00:18:44.839 --> 00:18:47.519 When we continue, more of your phone calls at eight 344 00:18:47.599 --> 00:18:50.680 six six nine, eight seven two five seventy and you 345 00:18:50.759 --> 00:18:56.400 also hear Dave Roberts reaction to former Dodger Ross Strippling retiring. 346 00:18:57.160 --> 00:18:59.920 Dave did not know surprise. 347 00:19:01.200 --> 00:19:04.440 You'll hear his reaction on the other side as we 348 00:19:04.519 --> 00:19:08.319 continue live from Chase Field after the Diamondbacks defeat the 349 00:19:08.359 --> 00:19:12.559 Dodgers five to three on a five to seventy LA Sports. 350 00:19:17.079 --> 00:19:20.279 Dodger Talk is available on AM five seventy LA sports 351 00:19:20.319 --> 00:19:24.319 dot Com. Hand on the iHeartRadio app Back to more 352 00:19:24.480 --> 00:19:29.119 Dodger talk with Dodger insider David Basse three two. 353 00:19:29.119 --> 00:19:33.160 From Ginkle swung on a hammer DP Wright Center toward 354 00:19:33.240 --> 00:19:33.720 the pool. 355 00:19:34.119 --> 00:19:35.519 That ball is gone. 356 00:19:35.920 --> 00:19:39.240 Home run Old Tony's when there's. 357 00:19:39.039 --> 00:19:43.880 The eleventh home run and our rocket out to dright 358 00:19:44.000 --> 00:19:44.759 center field. 359 00:19:44.839 --> 00:19:46.920 I got out there and I blink him an eye. 360 00:19:49.240 --> 00:19:52.599 Show Hey o'tany not giving away any at bats, even 361 00:19:52.680 --> 00:19:55.839 down to his final strike, the final strike of the game. 362 00:19:56.039 --> 00:19:58.680 He hits a four hundred and twenty six foot home 363 00:19:58.759 --> 00:20:02.279 run to make this game close, but the Dodgers fall 364 00:20:02.359 --> 00:20:05.920 tonight to the Diamondbacks five to three in Game one 365 00:20:06.359 --> 00:20:09.599 of the four game series. 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You meant a lot to the 378 00:20:45.759 --> 00:20:49.279 Dodgers in your short time with the Dodgers, but it 379 00:20:49.359 --> 00:20:52.720 felt like you were a Dodger longer than any other 380 00:20:52.880 --> 00:20:55.039 team that you played for, and you certainly made a 381 00:20:55.160 --> 00:20:58.640 huge impact right away. And I always say the Adrian 382 00:20:58.640 --> 00:21:03.200 Gonzalez trade that brought Adrian nick Punto, Josh Beckett and 383 00:21:03.279 --> 00:21:07.240 Carl Crawford to the Dodgers in twenty thirteen or twenty twelve, 384 00:21:07.319 --> 00:21:12.640 excuse me, signified the start of this ownership group and 385 00:21:12.759 --> 00:21:16.640 how serious they were about winning. And it just showed 386 00:21:16.880 --> 00:21:20.640 Dodger fans that they were going to deliver on their promises. 387 00:21:20.839 --> 00:21:24.759 And certainly that trade for Adrian Gonzalez and taken on 388 00:21:24.960 --> 00:21:28.799 all that money just to get Adrian certainly sent a 389 00:21:28.880 --> 00:21:33.079 message that Guggenheim was here to play for good and 390 00:21:33.240 --> 00:21:36.599 they certainly have. Like I said, a lot of owners 391 00:21:36.720 --> 00:21:39.440 come in, they say all the right things, but don't 392 00:21:39.480 --> 00:21:43.319 really back it up. The ownership of Mark Walter, Todd 393 00:21:43.400 --> 00:21:47.720 Bowley Stanksten Magic Johnson have backed up everything that they 394 00:21:47.799 --> 00:21:50.920 said they would and then some eight six six nine 395 00:21:51.200 --> 00:21:53.759 seven two five seventy is the phone number. Let's go 396 00:21:53.839 --> 00:21:57.039 out to Eric, who is here at Chase Field tonight. Hi, Eric, 397 00:21:57.079 --> 00:21:58.039 you're on Dodger Talk. 398 00:22:00.039 --> 00:22:02.759 Hey Dave, thanks for taking my call. First, I want 399 00:22:02.799 --> 00:22:04.359 to take you up on the where I was for 400 00:22:04.440 --> 00:22:08.720 Freddie Freeman's Grand Slam. I made sure to start at 401 00:22:08.799 --> 00:22:11.119