WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.320 --> 00:00:03.960 We are live at Dodgers Stadium with you until eight 2 00:00:04.000 --> 00:00:08.279 o'clock on the eve of the World Series between your 3 00:00:08.359 --> 00:00:13.720 Los Angeles Dodgers and the New York Yankees. Welcome the 4 00:00:13.759 --> 00:00:16.879 Dodger Talk David Vasse. I am going to take your 5 00:00:16.920 --> 00:00:19.800 phone calls at eight six six nine, eight seven two 6 00:00:19.879 --> 00:00:23.760 five seventy. It's a big show tonight because it was 7 00:00:23.960 --> 00:00:28.000 media Day for the World Series out here at Dodgers Stadium. 8 00:00:28.039 --> 00:00:32.719 Both teams participated in media Day. They set up podiums 9 00:00:32.759 --> 00:00:35.679 for all the players out there in the centerfield plaza, 10 00:00:36.159 --> 00:00:40.119 so you will hear from guys like Aaron Judge, Alex Verdugo, 11 00:00:40.679 --> 00:00:44.000 John Carlos Stanton. We'll get you an update on whether 12 00:00:44.079 --> 00:00:46.439 or not Alex Vesia is going to be part of 13 00:00:46.479 --> 00:00:50.520 the World Series roster. Also Chris Taylor, who is one 14 00:00:50.560 --> 00:00:54.439 of the few Dodgers that are participating in their fourth 15 00:00:54.560 --> 00:00:58.359 World Series with this team. We will hear from Chris 16 00:00:58.399 --> 00:01:01.280 Taylor as well, so we'll get to all that. And 17 00:01:01.399 --> 00:01:05.200 also I had an interview with Brian Cashman, the long 18 00:01:05.280 --> 00:01:11.200 time Yankees general manager president of Baseball Operations, and there's 19 00:01:11.359 --> 00:01:14.359 kind of a Dodger connection that I was not aware of. 20 00:01:14.840 --> 00:01:19.359 Brian Cashman grew up a Dodger fan and also was 21 00:01:19.400 --> 00:01:23.079 a bat boy during their days at Vero Beach, Florida, 22 00:01:23.200 --> 00:01:26.680 so we'll share his connection in more ways than one 23 00:01:27.200 --> 00:01:31.159 with the Dodgers, despite him being identified as the architect 24 00:01:31.239 --> 00:01:35.079 of the Yankees going back to their five championships in 25 00:01:35.159 --> 00:01:38.519 the late nineties and two thousand and nine. So you'll 26 00:01:38.519 --> 00:01:42.359 hear from Brian Cashman as well. Eight six six nine, 27 00:01:42.439 --> 00:01:45.439 eight seven two five seventy is the phone number. We 28 00:01:45.519 --> 00:01:49.799 have three lines open. Don't forget tomorrow. Our coverage begins 29 00:01:49.920 --> 00:01:53.480 with Kate's and Sacks in the morning six to nine 30 00:01:53.599 --> 00:01:56.400 and then Petro some money. We'll be leading you up 31 00:01:56.400 --> 00:02:00.200 to Morongo Casino. Dodgers on deck which begins at four 32 00:02:00.239 --> 00:02:04.519 o'clock with first pitch at five h eight. Garrett Cole 33 00:02:04.640 --> 00:02:08.639 going up against Jack Flaherty Game one of the World Series. 34 00:02:08.719 --> 00:02:12.199 Two local kids, two Cali kids on the mound to 35 00:02:12.439 --> 00:02:15.800 duke it out in the first game of the World Series. Obviously, 36 00:02:15.879 --> 00:02:20.280 Garrett Cole, an Orange County kid, went to UCLA. Jack Flaherty, 37 00:02:20.400 --> 00:02:22.800 we know the story with him, Harvard, Westlake, the San 38 00:02:22.879 --> 00:02:26.879 Fernando Valley. So very cool to have two local kids 39 00:02:26.919 --> 00:02:31.039 with strong ties to La on the mound facing each 40 00:02:31.080 --> 00:02:37.240 other for these two storied franchises and really special. Still 41 00:02:37.280 --> 00:02:41.319 pinching myself that I'm hosting Dodger Talk and the Dodgers 42 00:02:41.319 --> 00:02:44.439 and Yankees are getting ready for the World Series for 43 00:02:44.520 --> 00:02:48.080 the first time in forty three years. Cannot wait for 44 00:02:48.199 --> 00:02:51.560 the game tomorrow night. If you don't have a ticket, 45 00:02:52.080 --> 00:02:55.039 you don't have to go home, but you can't come here. 46 00:02:55.639 --> 00:02:59.919 Tickets are crazy, from what I understand on the secondary market. 47 00:03:00.960 --> 00:03:03.879 It's really the hottest ticket. I've lived in La my 48 00:03:03.960 --> 00:03:08.439 whole life. I live through Magic Birds, Showtime Lakers. That 49 00:03:08.599 --> 00:03:12.840 was an incredible ticket that was unattainable for a twelve 50 00:03:12.879 --> 00:03:16.560 year old in the eighties. But this place holds fifty 51 00:03:16.639 --> 00:03:20.000 six thousand people and you can't get a ticket. And 52 00:03:20.080 --> 00:03:22.599 if you do get a ticket, it's going to cost 53 00:03:22.680 --> 00:03:25.000 you at least one thousand dollars just to get in. 54 00:03:25.240 --> 00:03:29.879 So just sit back, relax, enjoy. If you can't make it, 55 00:03:30.000 --> 00:03:32.800 we will bring it all to you. Rick Monday and 56 00:03:32.840 --> 00:03:35.840 Steven Nelson will be on the call. We'll have Dodger 57 00:03:35.960 --> 00:03:38.919 Talk for you after each and every one of these 58 00:03:38.960 --> 00:03:43.400 World Series games. And here's my prediction flat out. Everybody 59 00:03:43.439 --> 00:03:46.280 asks me, who do you got give us some hope? 60 00:03:46.319 --> 00:03:49.080 What do you think? I'll give it to you coming 61 00:03:49.159 --> 00:03:51.719 up in our next segment, But just want to say 62 00:03:52.280 --> 00:03:55.479 before we get into all that, I feel like I 63 00:03:55.560 --> 00:03:59.680 have to honor our friend Fernando of Alnezuela because when 64 00:03:59.759 --> 00:04:03.840 you into Dodger Stadium, he was staring at you. And 65 00:04:03.919 --> 00:04:06.560 the Dodgers have done such a great job, even on 66 00:04:06.599 --> 00:04:09.560 a workout day in preparation for the World Series, to 67 00:04:09.680 --> 00:04:14.319 really commemorate and honor a man that is arguably one 68 00:04:14.319 --> 00:04:21.360 of the greatest and most influential figures in Dodger franchise history. Yes, 69 00:04:21.519 --> 00:04:26.600 Jackie Robinson broke the color barriers, He's obviously on a 70 00:04:26.639 --> 00:04:32.439 different level, but Fernando Vealezuela in Los Angeles meant more 71 00:04:32.480 --> 00:04:36.279 to this franchise than any other player I can think of. Yes, 72 00:04:36.360 --> 00:04:38.759 Sandy Kofax was great, He meant a lot to a 73 00:04:38.759 --> 00:04:41.800 lot of people. He's up there as well. But when 74 00:04:41.800 --> 00:04:45.040 you think of the generations of Dodger fans that have 75 00:04:45.160 --> 00:04:50.480 been coming to Dodger Stadium, it all started with Fernando Valenzuela. 76 00:04:51.199 --> 00:04:55.439 He has taken this franchise to a different level, and 77 00:04:55.720 --> 00:04:59.680 grandchildren of those fans that we hear in nineteen eighty 78 00:04:59.720 --> 00:05:03.480 one are still passionate Dodger fans. And when I first 79 00:05:03.519 --> 00:05:06.120 walked into the Dodger offices, they had an eight x 80 00:05:06.279 --> 00:05:11.319 ten photo of Fernando in his broadcast booth with flowers 81 00:05:11.360 --> 00:05:14.560 right next to it. Then you walk downstairs to the 82 00:05:14.600 --> 00:05:17.879 Dodger Clubhouse where they have all the retired jerseys. What 83 00:05:17.959 --> 00:05:20.959 do they have? They have a blue bow above his 84 00:05:21.439 --> 00:05:25.439 number thirty four, which was retired. Then you get off 85 00:05:25.439 --> 00:05:30.680 the elevator as you walk towards the clubhouse and the 86 00:05:30.759 --> 00:05:33.879 Dugout Club, and they put a blue bow around the 87 00:05:33.959 --> 00:05:38.000 nineteen eighty one World Series trophy and around Fernando's awards, 88 00:05:38.040 --> 00:05:41.480 gold gloves, silver Slugger. They have all that. Then you 89 00:05:41.560 --> 00:05:44.480 go out to the center field plaza area where they 90 00:05:44.480 --> 00:05:47.680 honor all the legends of Dodger Baseball. What's out there? 91 00:05:47.720 --> 00:05:51.720 A bouqueta flowers for Fernando. Yesterday I was here for 92 00:05:52.160 --> 00:05:55.839 MLB Network and on the board Dodger Vision boards, they 93 00:05:55.879 --> 00:06:00.360 had the silhouette of Fernando Vealezuela just up there. So 94 00:06:00.560 --> 00:06:06.040 this franchise hurts, the city hurts, but we also reflect 95 00:06:06.199 --> 00:06:09.120 on a great career and a guy that meant so 96 00:06:09.240 --> 00:06:12.720 much to all of us. And I know a Fernando 97 00:06:12.839 --> 00:06:17.079 that his teammates knew a lot better. I'm not going 98 00:06:17.160 --> 00:06:19.319 to say I was best friends with Fernando, but I 99 00:06:19.360 --> 00:06:23.319 would say as work friends, we were pretty tight. And 100 00:06:23.879 --> 00:06:28.120 before every game, not every game, but the majority of 101 00:06:28.240 --> 00:06:31.480 games here at Dodger Stadium, we would sit with each 102 00:06:31.519 --> 00:06:35.000 other while he finished up his dinner and I began 103 00:06:35.160 --> 00:06:38.920 my dinner. We would watch his Mexican baseball team play 104 00:06:38.920 --> 00:06:41.360 on his cell phone. He would explain what was going 105 00:06:41.399 --> 00:06:45.240 on with the team. Sometimes he would be frustrated with 106 00:06:45.319 --> 00:06:47.879 some of those players going all for nothing, trying to 107 00:06:47.920 --> 00:06:51.720 swing for the fences. He would educate me on the 108 00:06:51.839 --> 00:06:55.600 dynamics of all that and then transition to some stories 109 00:06:55.639 --> 00:06:59.519 about his Dodger teams, which were pinch me moments. And 110 00:07:00.079 --> 00:07:03.399 anybody that was in the press box that saw Fernando. 111 00:07:03.560 --> 00:07:06.040 He had this routine with his coffee where he really 112 00:07:06.040 --> 00:07:08.800 would put on a show. He would take two cups 113 00:07:09.319 --> 00:07:11.720 and pour the coffee in one cup and then do 114 00:07:11.839 --> 00:07:16.399 this whole long range poor with the cream and the coffee, 115 00:07:16.439 --> 00:07:20.959 and it was just his routine and Fernando was great, 116 00:07:21.319 --> 00:07:25.040 great guy, and I'm definitely going to miss him, and 117 00:07:25.399 --> 00:07:30.040 I think we all, honestly, those of us that work 118 00:07:30.120 --> 00:07:33.199 with him, had some inclination that his health wasn't doing well, 119 00:07:33.319 --> 00:07:37.480 especially when he wasn't here for the last homestand in fact, 120 00:07:37.879 --> 00:07:42.920 the visiting clubhouse a manager, Troy wanted to get a 121 00:07:43.000 --> 00:07:48.199 jersey signed by Fernando for a fellow Mexican American, Vinnie Castilla, 122 00:07:48.399 --> 00:07:51.879 who works for the Rockies, but wasn't here, And when 123 00:07:51.920 --> 00:07:53.680 he said, Hey, is Fernando here, do you think he 124 00:07:53.680 --> 00:07:56.079 could help me get this jersey signed for him by 125 00:07:56.319 --> 00:07:58.560 for Vinnie Castilla, I said, yeah, sure, let's do it. 126 00:07:59.040 --> 00:08:01.480 And then I found out that Fernando was not going 127 00:08:01.519 --> 00:08:05.439 to be working that series, and you know, his family 128 00:08:05.680 --> 00:08:08.319 wanted to keep things private and we all respected that. 129 00:08:08.720 --> 00:08:13.240 But honestly, we've all been thinking about Fernando for the 130 00:08:13.319 --> 00:08:17.120 last month because we all know that he wasn't doing well, 131 00:08:17.160 --> 00:08:19.160 and we were all praying that he would find a 132 00:08:19.160 --> 00:08:21.959 way to come out of it, and unfortunately he didn't. 133 00:08:22.000 --> 00:08:27.519 But the Dodgers are doing such a first class thing 134 00:08:27.720 --> 00:08:32.639 to recognize Fernando's career and what he meant to the 135 00:08:32.679 --> 00:08:36.960 city of Los Angeles and to Mexicans everywhere, Latinos everywhere, 136 00:08:37.440 --> 00:08:39.360 and the Dodgers, in case you missed it, when you 137 00:08:39.399 --> 00:08:41.440 see them on the field tomorrow, they're going to have 138 00:08:41.480 --> 00:08:45.080 a number thirty four patch on their jersey sleeves for 139 00:08:45.279 --> 00:08:48.399 the entire World Series. There's going to be a huge 140 00:08:48.519 --> 00:08:51.399 mural on the left field wall when you walk in 141 00:08:51.600 --> 00:08:55.559 and you see it from the plaza areas of Fernando. 142 00:08:56.440 --> 00:08:59.960 And also the Dodgers are going to have a moment 143 00:09:00.080 --> 00:09:02.440 when the silence before first pitch, They're going to do 144 00:09:02.480 --> 00:09:07.440 a video montage before first pitch here and we're going 145 00:09:07.480 --> 00:09:11.519 to celebrate Fernando. And how fitting is it that we 146 00:09:11.600 --> 00:09:16.080 are celebrating the life of Fernando Valenzuela as the Dodgers 147 00:09:16.159 --> 00:09:18.799 and Yankees are getting ready for their first World Series 148 00:09:18.879 --> 00:09:22.360 matchup for the first time since Fernando helped put the 149 00:09:22.399 --> 00:09:26.320 Dodgers on top forty three years ago. And I am 150 00:09:26.720 --> 00:09:29.879 you may or may not know this, but Game six 151 00:09:29.960 --> 00:09:34.720 of this World Series falls on Fernando's birthday. Do with 152 00:09:34.759 --> 00:09:39.399 that which you will? Alex Verdugo is back at Dodgers Stadium, 153 00:09:39.600 --> 00:09:43.639 A proud Mexican American played for the Dodgers interacted with 154 00:09:43.720 --> 00:09:47.759 Fernando Valenzuela was on the Dodgers when we went to Monterey, 155 00:09:47.879 --> 00:09:52.159 Mexico in twenty eighteen. And here was Alex Radugo earlier 156 00:09:52.200 --> 00:09:55.519 today at media Day, just remembering Fernando. 157 00:09:56.240 --> 00:10:00.960 Yeah, you know, obviously, you know, being have Mexican was 158 00:10:00.960 --> 00:10:04.480 was a very very impactful player for us and just 159 00:10:04.519 --> 00:10:08.080 person and coming with the Dodgers, playing with him, you know, 160 00:10:08.240 --> 00:10:11.639 being him being around coaching and just giving advice and 161 00:10:11.960 --> 00:10:14.440 same thing with Team Mexico. Him being around was was 162 00:10:14.480 --> 00:10:15.039 always fun. 163 00:10:15.080 --> 00:10:15.240 Man. 164 00:10:15.320 --> 00:10:17.679 You you wouldn't when you met him, you wouldn't expect 165 00:10:17.759 --> 00:10:20.399 him to be as great of a player as he was, 166 00:10:20.519 --> 00:10:22.919 just because of how down to earth and humble he was. 167 00:10:22.960 --> 00:10:27.000 And he gave everybody the uh, the opportunity to talk 168 00:10:27.039 --> 00:10:29.000 to him and and you know, he didn't matter who 169 00:10:29.039 --> 00:10:30.960 you were, he would open up and have a really 170 00:10:31.000 --> 00:10:33.759 good conversation with you. So, you know, I'm very sad 171 00:10:33.799 --> 00:10:36.240 about that one. And uh, you know that one hurt 172 00:10:36.320 --> 00:10:38.600 you know, not only the Dodgers community, but you know 173 00:10:38.639 --> 00:10:41.399 a lot of Mexican households and just you know, in 174 00:10:41.440 --> 00:10:45.039 baseball in general, so that you know, it weighs heavy 175 00:10:45.080 --> 00:10:46.679 and you know, we just want to put on a 176 00:10:46.679 --> 00:10:48.559 good series for him. 177 00:10:48.639 --> 00:10:52.519 All right, there's Alex Erdugo and UH love his thoughtful 178 00:10:52.600 --> 00:10:55.159 answer right there. And look, Fernando was not a guy 179 00:10:55.200 --> 00:10:57.679 that went on the field that much or try to 180 00:10:57.799 --> 00:11:01.360 impose himself on any of the current players. He was 181 00:11:01.480 --> 00:11:05.320 very confident of what he accomplished and very happy with 182 00:11:05.519 --> 00:11:07.960 being up here in the press box. But when a 183 00:11:07.960 --> 00:11:11.840 player would approach him or got introduced to him, he 184 00:11:11.840 --> 00:11:14.320 would talk to them as much as they wanted to 185 00:11:14.320 --> 00:11:16.679 talk to him. So that was the type of guy 186 00:11:16.720 --> 00:11:21.440 Fernando Vealezuela was post playing career. That's the Fernando Vealezuela 187 00:11:21.840 --> 00:11:25.120 I knew. Eight six six nine eighty seven two five 188 00:11:25.240 --> 00:11:27.480 seventy is the phone number. We're gonna take a time 189 00:11:27.519 --> 00:11:30.519 out here on Dodger Talk. We had three lines open 190 00:11:30.559 --> 00:11:33.320 at eight six six nine eighty seven two five seventy. 191 00:11:33.639 --> 00:11:37.360 When we continue, you'll hear from a fellow Notre Dame Knight, 192 00:11:37.480 --> 00:11:41.039 John Carlos Stanton, who's back home. You'll hear from Alex Vesia. 193 00:11:41.399 --> 00:11:43.759 He will let you know whether or not he feels 194 00:11:43.799 --> 00:11:46.679 confident he'll be on the World Series roster, and we'll 195 00:11:46.720 --> 00:11:51.080 share our conversation with Yankees GM Brian Cashman, a lot 196 00:11:51.080 --> 00:11:54.480 of Dodger Talk live from Dodger Stadium between now and 197 00:11:54.600 --> 00:11:57.399 eight o'clock right here on AM five to seventy LA 198 00:11:57.519 --> 00:12:01.919 Sports Dodger Stadium. I'm on the eve of Game one 199 00:12:02.039 --> 00:12:05.559 of the World Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and 200 00:12:05.679 --> 00:12:09.320 the New York Yankees. The players have cleared the field, 201 00:12:10.200 --> 00:12:13.679 the grounds crew is watering the infield dirt, the grass, 202 00:12:13.759 --> 00:12:17.360 just getting the last minute preparations for what will be 203 00:12:17.480 --> 00:12:22.279 a spectacular day at Dodger Stadium. Our guy, Brad Paisley, 204 00:12:22.360 --> 00:12:26.080 by the way, is going to be performing the national anthem. 205 00:12:26.440 --> 00:12:30.279 And I'm not saying this because Brad Paisley is a 206 00:12:30.399 --> 00:12:34.320 close personal friend. He won't admit that publicly, but he is. 207 00:12:35.240 --> 00:12:38.480 I thought Brad Paisley performed one of the best national 208 00:12:38.559 --> 00:12:42.840 anthems I have witnessed in person back in twenty twenty one, 209 00:12:42.960 --> 00:12:47.039 the first day fans were allowed back after the pandemic. 210 00:12:47.519 --> 00:12:50.159 I thought that was one of the best, and I 211 00:12:50.279 --> 00:12:54.960 expect nothing but the best from Brad Paisley. Tomorrow. Oral 212 00:12:55.039 --> 00:12:58.200 Herscheizer and Steve Yeger are going to be throwing out 213 00:12:58.240 --> 00:13:03.000 the ceremonial first pitches before Game one tomorrow. Oral Herscheizer 214 00:13:03.039 --> 00:13:06.879 the World Series MVP in nineteen eighty eight, and Steve 215 00:13:07.000 --> 00:13:11.279 Yeger one of the try MVPs of the nineteen eighty 216 00:13:11.360 --> 00:13:16.080 one World Series. Ron Say, Pedro Guerrero and Steve Jaeger 217 00:13:16.440 --> 00:13:20.039 were the try MVPs of that series when the Dodgers 218 00:13:20.080 --> 00:13:23.600 beat the Yankees in six, and that is my prediction 219 00:13:24.159 --> 00:13:27.679 in twenty twenty four. The Dodgers will win the World 220 00:13:27.799 --> 00:13:33.799 Series in Game six on Fernando Valezuela's birthday. Take that 221 00:13:34.120 --> 00:13:37.840 to the bank. And I was picking Dodgers in six 222 00:13:37.919 --> 00:13:42.759 even before I knew it was Fernando's birthday. But the 223 00:13:42.799 --> 00:13:45.759 Big Dodger in the sky has this all lined up. 224 00:13:45.840 --> 00:13:49.200 And I just feel like if the Yankees were not 225 00:13:49.279 --> 00:13:52.320 wearing the Yankee jerseys and they were the Orioles with 226 00:13:52.399 --> 00:13:56.039 those same players, I don't think people would be picking 227 00:13:56.399 --> 00:13:59.559 the Yankees as much as they are. Yes, the Yankees 228 00:13:59.600 --> 00:14:03.759 have some one thing the Dodgers don't. For legit starting pitchers. 229 00:14:03.840 --> 00:14:07.720 The Dodgers, as we know, have been a little thin 230 00:14:07.799 --> 00:14:11.759 in the starting pitching department all postseason long. But here 231 00:14:11.799 --> 00:14:16.080 they are. Garrett Cole tomorrow. Carlos Rodon in Game two, 232 00:14:16.960 --> 00:14:20.519 talking to some players around the league. They actually told 233 00:14:20.559 --> 00:14:25.159 me rodn is pitching better than Garret Cole Right now. 234 00:14:25.960 --> 00:14:29.639 Tomorrow maybe a high scoring affair with Garret Cole on 235 00:14:29.679 --> 00:14:31.919 the mound for the Yankees and Jack Flaherty on the 236 00:14:31.960 --> 00:14:35.120 mound for the Dodgers. But the one thing that the 237 00:14:35.159 --> 00:14:39.360 Dodgers do better than the Yankees is the little things. 238 00:14:39.799 --> 00:14:42.840 The Dodgers are a better defensive team, they're a better 239 00:14:42.919 --> 00:14:47.399 base running team, and those things matter in the playoffs. 240 00:14:47.440 --> 00:14:50.720 But the Yankees are here, so they must be doing 241 00:14:50.759 --> 00:14:54.480 something right. But the one thing that maybe the Royals 242 00:14:54.679 --> 00:14:57.360 and the Guardians didn't do as well as the Dodgers 243 00:14:57.440 --> 00:15:01.240 will do is have a better sci and report on 244 00:15:01.320 --> 00:15:06.320 how to pitch Judge John Carlos Stanton, especially Juan Soto, 245 00:15:06.799 --> 00:15:11.519 a great hitter. We'll see what happens there. But I 246 00:15:11.559 --> 00:15:15.399 feel very confident that the Dodgers can do all these 247 00:15:15.519 --> 00:15:19.559 things to edge out the Yankees in a seven game 248 00:15:19.679 --> 00:15:22.919 series and win the World Series again. Eight six six 249 00:15:23.000 --> 00:15:25.679 nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone number. 250 00:15:25.960 --> 00:15:28.159 Let's take some phone calls before we get to some 251 00:15:28.279 --> 00:15:32.080 of the media day festivities. Let's go out to seal beach. Rick, 252 00:15:32.360 --> 00:15:37.480 You're on Dodger Talk. Hi, Rick, Oh hold on, Rick, 253 00:15:37.559 --> 00:15:38.399 let me put you on hold. 254 00:15:38.399 --> 00:15:38.519 Heer. 255 00:15:38.559 --> 00:15:40.799 I just got to change my settings from the usual 256 00:15:41.360 --> 00:15:45.159 Dodger Talk settings to where we're at here now, So 257 00:15:45.440 --> 00:15:48.960 just stand by one second. We will get to you now, 258 00:15:49.399 --> 00:15:52.440 all right, Rick, here we go. You're on Dodger Talk 259 00:15:52.559 --> 00:15:53.879 live from Dodger Stadium. 260 00:15:53.919 --> 00:15:56.480 Hi, Rick, Hey, what's happening? 261 00:15:56.600 --> 00:15:56.759 Dave? 262 00:15:56.879 --> 00:15:57.559 Someone there? 263 00:15:57.600 --> 00:15:57.879 We go? 264 00:15:57.919 --> 00:15:58.080 Both. 265 00:15:58.120 --> 00:16:03.039 I'm caller and a lot time listener, and I appreciate 266 00:16:03.080 --> 00:16:07.720 that I've got a couple, I got one beef, and 267 00:16:07.840 --> 00:16:11.919 also I'm a firm believer, and like, what what this 268 00:16:12.120 --> 00:16:15.080 all coming down to? And I feel like now that 269 00:16:15.200 --> 00:16:19.000 Fernando's passed and God bless him, and he's in a 270 00:16:19.039 --> 00:16:23.639 really good place now. But he sort of knew that 271 00:16:24.440 --> 00:16:27.200 as soon as like we were going into like the 272 00:16:27.240 --> 00:16:32.320 World Series, that was time to let go. And this 273 00:16:32.519 --> 00:16:36.200 is the push, you know, we've got the edge. It's time. 274 00:16:37.279 --> 00:16:41.080 And so now with that and all the positives, we 275 00:16:41.200 --> 00:16:46.360 got a bullpen. They're terrible on the basis everything the 276 00:16:46.399 --> 00:16:47.559 momentum is on our side. 277 00:16:47.559 --> 00:16:49.000 So I'm totally no. 278 00:16:49.159 --> 00:16:53.919 I'm usually like I you know, I'm like dread dreading it, 279 00:16:54.000 --> 00:16:55.759 but I feel totally positive. 280 00:16:56.759 --> 00:16:59.320 Okay, here's the second one. 281 00:16:59.480 --> 00:17:03.039 My beef is that all year, right, I was bummed 282 00:17:03.080 --> 00:17:06.640 out that Charlie Steiner, you know, he was like injured 283 00:17:06.640 --> 00:17:08.680 and I was waiting for Charlie and then Tim kid 284 00:17:09.240 --> 00:17:12.480 and I was like totally anti Tim Negertt and then 285 00:17:12.559 --> 00:17:16.440 through this season, well hold on, through the season, he 286 00:17:16.519 --> 00:17:20.519 totally like changed my attitude. He was the most positive 287 00:17:21.079 --> 00:17:24.960 and totally like prepared guy. He was from the vinn 288 00:17:25.000 --> 00:17:27.920 school where like a home run would come. He gave 289 00:17:27.960 --> 00:17:31.319 a time, he let the crowd do its thing, and 290 00:17:31.359 --> 00:17:34.880 then he'd come. And his reputee with Rick is just 291 00:17:35.119 --> 00:17:38.960 you know, unmasked. And then as I come to understand 292 00:17:39.000 --> 00:17:46.680 through unnamed sources that dogs well whatever, we have Nelly 293 00:17:46.720 --> 00:17:50.480 and Nelly's fine. He sort of came when when Tim 294 00:17:50.559 --> 00:17:53.160 needed a break and he was on TV too, And 295 00:17:53.240 --> 00:17:55.720 now Tim's like forgotten. So I'm just going to give 296 00:17:55.759 --> 00:17:58.920 a shout out to Tim Neverett because he was there 297 00:17:58.960 --> 00:18:02.960 all year and I really miss him. 298 00:18:02.559 --> 00:18:05.599 All right, Rick, We love Tim never too, and Steven 299 00:18:05.640 --> 00:18:08.559 Nelson's doing a great job with Rick Monday. Rick Monday 300 00:18:08.640 --> 00:18:12.039 is actually the one constant in the booth, and I 301 00:18:12.079 --> 00:18:15.759 read Bill Plashk's column today and that's the first time 302 00:18:16.279 --> 00:18:18.759 I was made aware of the extent of what Charlie 303 00:18:18.799 --> 00:18:22.279 was dealing with. And we're very happy that his cancer 304 00:18:22.359 --> 00:18:24.680 is in remission and we look forward to having Charlie 305 00:18:24.680 --> 00:18:28.279 back in the booth hopefully next year. Wow, that was 306 00:18:28.319 --> 00:18:31.160 a heavy phone call to start things off. All right, 307 00:18:31.240 --> 00:18:33.880 let's go out to Norwalk. Junior. You're on Dodger Talk. 308 00:18:33.880 --> 00:18:37.680 How you doing, Junior, Hey, Dave, thanks for taking my call. 309 00:18:38.039 --> 00:18:41.440 First day a condolences to the Valenzuela family and the 310 00:18:41.480 --> 00:18:45.160 Dodgers family lost the big one, you know, And I 311 00:18:45.200 --> 00:18:47.920 just want to give a quick story on Valenzuela. Back 312 00:18:48.000 --> 00:18:49.680 of the days there used to give. 313 00:18:51.599 --> 00:18:53.960 This story. Did you tell this story on Scam in 314 00:18:54.000 --> 00:18:56.559 the Morning? Have you called Steve Sax and Tim Kates 315 00:18:56.599 --> 00:18:58.160 to tell this same story? Junior? 316 00:18:59.200 --> 00:19:03.359 No, All right, all right, go No, I didn't call no. 317 00:19:03.599 --> 00:19:05.000 Back back in the day, they used to do the 318 00:19:05.039 --> 00:19:07.680 Dodger caravan, the autograph signings on if you remember, well, 319 00:19:07.720 --> 00:19:12.160 I got this autograph. Yeah, but they don't bet they 320 00:19:12.200 --> 00:19:13.119 don't do those no more. 321 00:19:13.519 --> 00:19:17.400 And I remember that like one of the last fans 322 00:19:17.400 --> 00:19:20.720 that they that they had kept the line offs and 323 00:19:20.839 --> 00:19:23.160 you know, I just yelled out, Fernando, you know, I 324 00:19:23.160 --> 00:19:25.160 get a quick autograph, and the usher was like holding 325 00:19:25.160 --> 00:19:27.079 me back, and he just told usha, hey, step aside. 326 00:19:27.119 --> 00:19:29.440 He let him get let him go. And he was 327 00:19:29.480 --> 00:19:31.160 a That's the kind of person he was. He was 328 00:19:31.160 --> 00:19:34.119 there for the fans and always there for the Mexican people, 329 00:19:34.160 --> 00:19:39.559 for the Latinos, and like I said, the Dodgers, Dodger people. 330 00:19:40.240 --> 00:19:44.359 He was the people. You know, if somebody stopped him respectfully, 331 00:19:45.079 --> 00:19:47.759 he would take a picture, he would sign an autograph. 332 00:19:47.799 --> 00:19:51.319 He he definitely was that guy. And Junior, I appreciate 333 00:19:51.359 --> 00:19:54.559 you sharing that story with us, and uh, let's go Dodgers, 334 00:19:57.359 --> 00:19:59.920 all right, thank you for the phone called Junior. Dodgers 335 00:20:00.160 --> 00:20:03.400 Yankees getting set for Game one of the World Series. Obviously, 336 00:20:04.279 --> 00:20:08.759 Dodgers fans are very emotional with the passing of Fernando Vealezuela. 337 00:20:09.200 --> 00:20:11.559 We are going into Game one with a heavy heart. 338 00:20:11.599 --> 00:20:14.839 But once you know that anthem is over with, Fernando 339 00:20:14.880 --> 00:20:17.200 would not want it any other way than to compete. 340 00:20:17.759 --> 00:20:20.039 And the one thing he would want is these starting 341 00:20:20.079 --> 00:20:23.640 pitchers to go deep into the game. Obviously that doesn't 342 00:20:23.640 --> 00:20:27.200 happen as much, but Fernando was very prideful of the 343 00:20:27.240 --> 00:20:30.240 fact that he would go eight to nine innings and 344 00:20:30.359 --> 00:20:32.559 take control of the game as a starting pitcher and 345 00:20:32.599 --> 00:20:35.160 never look to the bullpen. That's the one part of 346 00:20:35.160 --> 00:20:39.039 the game today that Fernando that didn't sit well with Fernando, 347 00:20:39.119 --> 00:20:42.160 the way the game has gone and how starting pitchers 348 00:20:42.160 --> 00:20:44.920 were coddled more where they would not stay in the 349 00:20:44.960 --> 00:20:50.720 game longer. Fernando's shoulder basically fell off on the mound 350 00:20:50.759 --> 00:20:53.880 in the eighties here at Dodgers Stadium. He gave this 351 00:20:54.000 --> 00:20:57.759 organization everything, So that's a little inside and how he 352 00:20:57.799 --> 00:21:02.559 looked at things. John Carloston is back at Dodger Stadium. 353 00:21:02.599 --> 00:21:05.279 He grew up a Dodger fan. He went to the 354 00:21:05.319 --> 00:21:07.839 same high school as I did, Notre Dame High School, 355 00:21:08.279 --> 00:21:11.119 and had a chance to catch up with John Carlow 356 00:21:11.200 --> 00:21:14.920 during media day. John Carlow, what does it mean for 357 00:21:14.960 --> 00:21:17.400 you to be playing in your first World Series in 358 00:21:17.440 --> 00:21:18.200 your backyard? 359 00:21:19.680 --> 00:21:24.079 That's incredible. I mean, this is you know where I 360 00:21:24.079 --> 00:21:28.079 grew up loving the game and came to so many 361 00:21:28.119 --> 00:21:35.240 games and just understood competition, learned learned the level of 362 00:21:35.359 --> 00:21:38.480 play here and yeah, it's gonna be a fun time. 363 00:21:38.920 --> 00:21:40.680 Have you allowed it to sink in or do you 364 00:21:40.720 --> 00:21:43.240 have to have that separation or as you get closer 365 00:21:43.319 --> 00:21:45.240 you have to kind of start to lock in and 366 00:21:45.359 --> 00:21:46.599 allow yourself to enjoy. 367 00:21:46.680 --> 00:21:50.759 Now that's creeping moments. I mean, you know, it's hard 368 00:21:50.839 --> 00:21:56.079 not to reminisce around the ballpark coming through of like 369 00:21:56.440 --> 00:21:59.359 when I was a kid here and over the years 370 00:22:00.319 --> 00:22:06.160 playing here fifteen or so years and yeah, but I 371 00:22:06.200 --> 00:22:09.799 mean it's all business. I mean here here, it's a 372 00:22:09.839 --> 00:22:13.039 practice media day. But yeah, you check in and out 373 00:22:13.079 --> 00:22:15.920 and enjoy it and understand work to do. But you 374 00:22:16.000 --> 00:22:18.000 gotta you gotta understand both. 375 00:22:18.160 --> 00:22:20.519 Did you shut off the phone because of ticket requests? 376 00:22:21.920 --> 00:22:28.599 A little bit of everything? Focus, you know, out the woodworks, 377 00:22:28.680 --> 00:22:33.880 just you know, it's it's you need the most focused 378 00:22:33.880 --> 00:22:36.680 in this time and the least amount of distractions. 379 00:22:36.759 --> 00:22:39.519 You guys saw Yamamoto back in New York. Do you 380 00:22:39.559 --> 00:22:43.119 feel like that helps in game two that you got 381 00:22:43.160 --> 00:22:45.839 to look at him or does that not mean anything? 382 00:22:45.920 --> 00:22:50.799 Right now, all looks help, whether a year ago, two 383 00:22:50.880 --> 00:22:56.799 years ago, any look helps. But at the same time, 384 00:22:57.359 --> 00:22:59.000 this is the time to bring out everything in the 385 00:22:59.160 --> 00:23:02.920 arsenal and change up the plan a little bit because 386 00:23:03.000 --> 00:23:07.599 of previous looks, and yeah, it would be all hands 387 00:23:07.599 --> 00:23:08.480 on deck regardless. 388 00:23:09.720 --> 00:23:12.839 All right. That was John Carlos Stanton during media day 389 00:23:13.079 --> 00:23:17.680 earlier today, and he continued his routine with Aaron Judge. 390 00:23:17.680 --> 00:23:21.440 It was a sight to behold. Both those giants were 391 00:23:21.480 --> 00:23:24.799 in their Yankee road uniforms after doing their media day 392 00:23:24.839 --> 00:23:28.279 stuff with Fox Sports and came out here to face 393 00:23:28.359 --> 00:23:32.720 live pitching from former Dodger Clayton Beeter. Remember him, he 394 00:23:32.839 --> 00:23:35.000 was part of that Joey gallow trade a couple of 395 00:23:35.079 --> 00:23:39.599 years ago. So I guess John Carlos Stanton takes batting 396 00:23:40.000 --> 00:23:42.839 or live pitching from Beet or whoever else from the 397 00:23:42.920 --> 00:23:47.480 Yankees as his routine because he's caught fire this October 398 00:23:48.000 --> 00:23:51.960 with that routine. So Judge and Stanton do this before 399 00:23:52.359 --> 00:23:57.240 every series begins and they continue that tradition here at 400 00:23:57.279 --> 00:24:01.000 Dodger Stadium. Not tradition, but routine. So that was a 401 00:24:01.079 --> 00:24:04.400