WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.680 --> 00:00:01.240 Oh, here we go. 2 00:00:01.280 --> 00:00:04.360 Fred Rogan, Rodney Peat on a five seventy LA Sports 3 00:00:04.360 --> 00:00:07.719 Big three hour program for US Today, David Vass jumps 4 00:00:07.759 --> 00:00:10.160 on at two o'clock and Jack Harris at the Times 5 00:00:10.919 --> 00:00:14.080 will be here at one o'clock. So the Dodgers win 6 00:00:14.240 --> 00:00:19.600 last night, Jason Hayward, Jason Hayward just lashed one into 7 00:00:19.640 --> 00:00:23.239 the right field seats, three run homer, Dodgers win the game. 8 00:00:23.760 --> 00:00:27.879 Jason Hayward was pinch hitting. Why did Jason Hayward pinch 9 00:00:27.960 --> 00:00:33.399 hit in that moment? Because he's had success off that 10 00:00:33.439 --> 00:00:37.399 pitcher in the past and the Dodgers knew it. They 11 00:00:37.439 --> 00:00:42.320 sent him up there because he has had success against 12 00:00:42.320 --> 00:00:47.640 that guy. And last night certainly dotted that exclamation point. 13 00:00:48.280 --> 00:00:49.960 I mean the pitch was a little up and then 14 00:00:50.000 --> 00:00:50.960 it was all the way out. 15 00:00:51.840 --> 00:00:54.840 Well, I mean success won at bat one home run. 16 00:00:55.240 --> 00:00:57.679 I guess is you know No, in the. 17 00:00:57.640 --> 00:00:59.920 Past, in the past he'd faced him. 18 00:00:59.679 --> 00:01:01.920 Yeah, and hit one home run against him. I don't 19 00:01:01.920 --> 00:01:05.640 want to face him like once good, but but yeah, 20 00:01:05.359 --> 00:01:07.400 uh so he knew him a little bit and I 21 00:01:07.400 --> 00:01:09.400 think he talked about it a little bit after wheres 22 00:01:09.439 --> 00:01:12.560 he faced him when he was with the Padres. But 23 00:01:12.599 --> 00:01:15.319 more than that, fred more than that, it was an 24 00:01:15.319 --> 00:01:20.719 incredible moment. And I think, uh Jerry Harrison said it 25 00:01:20.719 --> 00:01:23.560 best after the game that it's the reason why you 26 00:01:23.599 --> 00:01:26.599 have veteran guys on your roster. It's the reason why 27 00:01:26.640 --> 00:01:31.319 you have a guy like that that is sitting there 28 00:01:31.400 --> 00:01:34.760 that can play multiple outfield positions but also can deliver 29 00:01:34.879 --> 00:01:37.280 in the crunch time and the moment never gets too 30 00:01:37.280 --> 00:01:40.719 big for him because you're sitting there all game long, 31 00:01:40.879 --> 00:01:45.640 for seven innings and possibly two hours, not doing anything, 32 00:01:45.680 --> 00:01:48.640 and then you're called upon in a critical moment and 33 00:01:48.719 --> 00:01:51.760 you deliver. I mean that is that is you know, 34 00:01:52.040 --> 00:01:55.359 the being being a true professional and being a veteran 35 00:01:55.439 --> 00:01:57.200 is why you have those guys on your team like that. 36 00:01:57.640 --> 00:02:00.000 And he was called upon last night. He was called upon, 37 00:02:00.239 --> 00:02:02.599 you know many times. You can look back to many 38 00:02:02.640 --> 00:02:05.120 times this year where he's been called upon and came 39 00:02:05.159 --> 00:02:10.680 in and delivered. You know, I remember the Colorado Colorado, 40 00:02:10.759 --> 00:02:14.360 he had a big, giant home run to tie the 41 00:02:14.360 --> 00:02:16.599 game or to put the Dodgers back close in the game, 42 00:02:16.639 --> 00:02:18.520 and then ta Oscar hit the go ahead home run. 43 00:02:19.280 --> 00:02:22.080 But more than that. 44 00:02:22.479 --> 00:02:30.479 Freddy, people want to you know, all the time and 45 00:02:30.599 --> 00:02:33.199 we hear it on this show and the grumblings around 46 00:02:33.280 --> 00:02:36.199 and again set it in a tease. Dodgers got the 47 00:02:36.240 --> 00:02:39.840 best record in baseball, you know, throughout all the injuries, 48 00:02:40.000 --> 00:02:42.599 all of that, yet people still want to just get 49 00:02:42.719 --> 00:02:43.520 rid of Dave Roberts. 50 00:02:43.560 --> 00:02:44.879 Dave Roberts is the bad guy. 51 00:02:45.000 --> 00:02:48.400 Dave Roberts is all his fault and nobody ever gives 52 00:02:48.439 --> 00:02:51.639 him really any kind of credit or praise when when 53 00:02:51.680 --> 00:02:56.000 things go well, and being able to navigate all of that, 54 00:02:56.400 --> 00:02:59.159 all of the injuries this year and all of the 55 00:02:59.199 --> 00:03:02.599 pitching ups and downs in the bullpen, being able to 56 00:03:02.719 --> 00:03:05.599 navigate and still keep the Dodgers in first place and 57 00:03:05.680 --> 00:03:08.199 keep the Dodgers as the best record in baseball. It 58 00:03:08.240 --> 00:03:11.960 was Dave Roberts who made a decision to pinch hit 59 00:03:12.319 --> 00:03:15.840 Jay Hey at that moment, Key King. 60 00:03:15.560 --> 00:03:19.840 Rodney, Rodney Rodney, you know that people telepathically send him 61 00:03:19.879 --> 00:03:23.039 secret signals from upstairs and he doesn't do anything on 62 00:03:23.080 --> 00:03:23.360 his own. 63 00:03:24.479 --> 00:03:24.719 Yeah. 64 00:03:24.840 --> 00:03:27.800 I know, I shouldn't be saying that, because that is 65 00:03:27.840 --> 00:03:30.639 the underlying secret of how it goes. 66 00:03:30.719 --> 00:03:32.520 That he is a robot down there in the. 67 00:03:32.520 --> 00:03:37.000 Dugout and doesn't make any decisions, but that that aside. 68 00:03:37.360 --> 00:03:39.080 Uh, you got to give credit. 69 00:03:39.240 --> 00:03:43.000 And if you saw the reaction of Dave Roberts after 70 00:03:43.360 --> 00:03:46.400 Jay Hay hit the home run, it was like, my man, 71 00:03:46.680 --> 00:03:47.400 my man. 72 00:03:47.319 --> 00:03:50.400 Came through for us. My man came through for us. 73 00:03:50.439 --> 00:03:51.800 And it was a good decision. 74 00:03:51.840 --> 00:03:54.240 Thank god you didn't strike out in that moment because 75 00:03:54.240 --> 00:03:56.120 I put you in there for a big moment and 76 00:03:56.159 --> 00:04:00.280 you and you delivered. But that you know that just 77 00:04:00.560 --> 00:04:02.879 it's one of the things that you know, you could 78 00:04:02.879 --> 00:04:05.360 have very well left kiy k in at that situation 79 00:04:05.719 --> 00:04:08.840 or brought somebody else or not done anything. But he 80 00:04:08.919 --> 00:04:10.680 brought him in a critical moment and you got to 81 00:04:10.680 --> 00:04:13.199 acknowledge that. And so I'm trying to acknowledge that for 82 00:04:13.280 --> 00:04:15.240 him because it was a big moment in the game, 83 00:04:15.319 --> 00:04:18.839 gave him the lead, big three run home run and 84 00:04:19.800 --> 00:04:23.600 catapulted them to the win. So hats off to Jay 85 00:04:23.680 --> 00:04:26.000 Hay in that moment. And that's hard to do for it. 86 00:04:26.519 --> 00:04:29.040 That is hard to do, look I And it's different 87 00:04:29.079 --> 00:04:36.920 because I got some relatability to it because a number 88 00:04:36.959 --> 00:04:39.759 of years in my NFL career I was a backup 89 00:04:40.399 --> 00:04:44.079 and to sit there on the bench for three quarters 90 00:04:44.720 --> 00:04:46.199 not doing anything, and then all of a sudden be 91 00:04:46.279 --> 00:04:48.439 thrust it into the game in the middle of it 92 00:04:48.519 --> 00:04:50.759 and the heat of battle. That's not an easy thing. 93 00:04:50.839 --> 00:04:52.439 That's a tough gig. I mean, a lot of people 94 00:04:52.480 --> 00:04:54.560 say backup quarterback is the best job in the world, 95 00:04:54.759 --> 00:04:57.680 and it is to a certain extent, But until you're 96 00:04:57.720 --> 00:05:01.879 thrust into a real situation after not taking any reps 97 00:05:01.879 --> 00:05:05.040 in practice all week long and sitting there on the 98 00:05:05.319 --> 00:05:09.439 on the sidelines and getting stiff, and then you got 99 00:05:09.439 --> 00:05:12.720 to go into the game and try to create a 100 00:05:12.759 --> 00:05:14.560 game winning drive at the end of the game. 101 00:05:14.759 --> 00:05:16.279 That is a tough tough deal. 102 00:05:16.480 --> 00:05:18.319 Same thing for a pinch hitter that's sitting there on 103 00:05:18.319 --> 00:05:21.360 the bench for seven innings and then get called upon 104 00:05:21.439 --> 00:05:23.319 to come in in the eighth. All right, we need 105 00:05:23.360 --> 00:05:26.399 you to get a big hit. Well, that's that's a 106 00:05:26.560 --> 00:05:29.839 tough tough thing to do, and you gotta be you 107 00:05:29.920 --> 00:05:32.079 gotta be made of something to be able to handle 108 00:05:32.120 --> 00:05:34.759 that and not let the moment be too big for you. 109 00:05:34.839 --> 00:05:37.360 So hats off to Jay, heads off to Dave Roberts 110 00:05:37.399 --> 00:05:40.120 and the Dodgers coachy town for making that moment and 111 00:05:40.160 --> 00:05:43.680 picking Jay Hay in that situation. And Jay, hey, all 112 00:05:43.879 --> 00:05:46.480 all hats go off to you for delivering in that moment. 113 00:05:46.519 --> 00:05:49.600 It was a great, great moment at Dodgers Dating last night. 114 00:05:49.920 --> 00:05:52.000 That was a moment that won the game, the moments 115 00:05:52.000 --> 00:05:55.360 that kept him in the game. Lux and Muncie again, 116 00:05:56.279 --> 00:05:58.199 Gavin Lux, who has been the hottest hitter on the 117 00:05:58.199 --> 00:06:01.519 Dodger since the All Star breaking and matter of fact, 118 00:06:01.319 --> 00:06:05.759 I think, yeah, yeah, if not the one of the 119 00:06:05.800 --> 00:06:11.040 hottest titters in baseball. And then Max Munsey again again 120 00:06:11.439 --> 00:06:15.959 going deep again. That's another thing again, Yeah, talk about 121 00:06:16.399 --> 00:06:18.879 how tough that is coming off. Max has been out 122 00:06:18.879 --> 00:06:21.839 with what since May? Yep, almost you know. 123 00:06:21.959 --> 00:06:24.839 And and I don't care if you're you know, you're 124 00:06:24.879 --> 00:06:27.959 in the cage, you're getting batting practice and or you're 125 00:06:28.040 --> 00:06:30.279 you're you know, you play a little bit in the 126 00:06:30.319 --> 00:06:32.480 minor leagues. It kind of attached from tune up games. 127 00:06:32.879 --> 00:06:35.079 It's still not the big league. You're still not hitting 128 00:06:35.120 --> 00:06:37.879 off big league pitching. And for Max to come back 129 00:06:37.920 --> 00:06:41.399 after two and a half months and back to back 130 00:06:41.519 --> 00:06:44.920 games hit home runs and that one last night read 131 00:06:45.399 --> 00:06:48.079 that was the Max Monsey. We love to see the 132 00:06:48.120 --> 00:06:51.600 bat flip the no doubter or into the dugout, I mean, 133 00:06:51.639 --> 00:06:55.000 into the bullpen. And him watching it go with the 134 00:06:55.279 --> 00:06:57.319 I mean the Maxi. Monsey's got the best bat flip 135 00:06:57.360 --> 00:07:00.920 in the league right now, and it beautiful to watch 136 00:07:00.920 --> 00:07:03.160 when he knows is gone and he flips that bad 137 00:07:03.199 --> 00:07:06.199 boy and he starts trotting around the bases. It's good 138 00:07:06.240 --> 00:07:09.120 to have him back. I mean, they're a note now. 139 00:07:09.519 --> 00:07:12.120 I mean, with Gavin Lux being on fire like he is. 140 00:07:13.079 --> 00:07:15.120 This is what we talked about at the beginning of 141 00:07:15.120 --> 00:07:19.439 the year. Fredh where's the weakness in that lineup? Where 142 00:07:19.560 --> 00:07:22.120 where are the weaknesses in that lineup? Now when you 143 00:07:22.160 --> 00:07:24.360 look at it no longer. Can you just look at 144 00:07:25.000 --> 00:07:27.839 at O, Tawny, Mookie and Freddy and go if I 145 00:07:27.879 --> 00:07:30.199 get through them and Will Smith, if I get through them, 146 00:07:30.439 --> 00:07:32.319 then I'm you know, I can I can cruise a 147 00:07:32.360 --> 00:07:35.079 little bit. No longer you can do that. With Max 148 00:07:35.120 --> 00:07:37.600 back and the way mon and the way Gavin Lux 149 00:07:37.639 --> 00:07:40.879 is hitting, you cannot do that. And you know you 150 00:07:41.040 --> 00:07:43.879 throw in taoscar along the way, who's mister clutch all 151 00:07:43.920 --> 00:07:44.399 the time. 152 00:07:45.240 --> 00:07:49.040 It's a tough, tough lineup. All that being said, it 153 00:07:49.079 --> 00:07:51.639 was not an easy game. All that being said, and 154 00:07:51.680 --> 00:07:54.680 again it was the kind of game you're going to 155 00:07:54.720 --> 00:07:55.920 see in the playoffs. 156 00:07:56.240 --> 00:07:56.519 Yep. 157 00:07:57.000 --> 00:07:59.519 Now you would think they'd kill Seattle because Seattle's not 158 00:07:59.639 --> 00:08:02.439 very good this year. But it doesn't matter. What does 159 00:08:02.560 --> 00:08:06.040 matter is it's a tight game and they come away 160 00:08:06.040 --> 00:08:10.399 with a win. That's what matters. These are playoff type 161 00:08:10.480 --> 00:08:15.439 games against a bad opponent here, but it's close. You've 162 00:08:15.439 --> 00:08:17.959 got to try to gut it out. You've got to 163 00:08:18.000 --> 00:08:19.560 try to come up with a big moment or a 164 00:08:19.560 --> 00:08:20.000 big hit. 165 00:08:20.759 --> 00:08:22.399 And they've done it now two games in a row. 166 00:08:22.480 --> 00:08:24.600 But you I think that's the telling tale here. 167 00:08:24.839 --> 00:08:27.519 I agree with you, Fred, It is exactly the games 168 00:08:27.519 --> 00:08:29.480 you're going to see in the playoffs. It's gonna be tight. 169 00:08:29.519 --> 00:08:31.600 It's gonna be tight, and then there's gonna be a 170 00:08:31.639 --> 00:08:34.919 moment late in the game, and that's sixth inning and 171 00:08:35.159 --> 00:08:38.440 beyond that is going to be a pivotal moment and. 172 00:08:38.399 --> 00:08:40.159 Whether a team wins and loses. 173 00:08:41.159 --> 00:08:45.360 And I don't care if it's Seattle, I don't care 174 00:08:45.399 --> 00:08:48.200 if it's the White Sox. They are going to compete 175 00:08:48.240 --> 00:08:50.799 to a certain level, to a certain period of time 176 00:08:50.919 --> 00:08:53.320 in the particular game. When you look at that Seattle team, 177 00:08:53.399 --> 00:08:55.759 do they look like a horrible team to you? Playing 178 00:08:55.759 --> 00:08:58.919 the Dodgers last two nights. No, right, I mean, they're 179 00:08:58.960 --> 00:09:01.080 they're they're the worst hitting team in the league. But 180 00:09:01.600 --> 00:09:05.799 still they they have some guys that can hit the ball, 181 00:09:06.279 --> 00:09:09.759 and they came up with some hits. Now Walker Buehller 182 00:09:09.759 --> 00:09:12.120 struggled a little bit early on and gave up some 183 00:09:12.159 --> 00:09:15.159 walks that allowed it. But but again, they're not a 184 00:09:15.200 --> 00:09:20.279 horrible team. And the margin between the really good teams 185 00:09:20.320 --> 00:09:23.279 and the bad teams is not is not great. And 186 00:09:23.519 --> 00:09:26.440 you gotta you gotta and like we said, you gotta 187 00:09:26.440 --> 00:09:29.320 put teams away. And if you let even bad teams 188 00:09:29.320 --> 00:09:31.720 hang around a little bit, they're gonna try to fight 189 00:09:31.759 --> 00:09:33.360 you to win. If they think they got a chance 190 00:09:33.399 --> 00:09:36.159 to win, and it's in the sixth seventh inning, then 191 00:09:36.279 --> 00:09:40.080 they get all kinds of life. So it's it's gonna 192 00:09:40.080 --> 00:09:42.519 be dogfights along the way. And you're exactly right that 193 00:09:42.639 --> 00:09:44.960 these kind of games are gonna happen in the playoffs 194 00:09:45.279 --> 00:09:48.360 where there's gonna be a moment in that sixth seventh inning, 195 00:09:48.399 --> 00:09:51.440 eighth inning where it is going to decide who wins 196 00:09:51.480 --> 00:09:54.960 the game. A clutch hit, a big time strikeout, giving 197 00:09:55.039 --> 00:09:59.639 up a walk, or somebody throwing somebody out. And we're 198 00:09:59.679 --> 00:10:01.120 seeing that, and I think it's going to be a 199 00:10:01.120 --> 00:10:03.320 good thing. I think we're going to see that throughout 200 00:10:03.320 --> 00:10:06.320 the month of September where the Dodgers are going to 201 00:10:06.320 --> 00:10:09.360 be in some dogfights to to try to win the games. 202 00:10:09.600 --> 00:10:15.159 Yeah, Arizona and San Diego lurking ahead. You talk about 203 00:10:15.200 --> 00:10:19.320 Walker Buehler, Walker Bueller knows. Walker Bueller's got to be better. 204 00:10:20.120 --> 00:10:22.960 He acknowledges that he talked with Dylan Hernandez last night 205 00:10:23.000 --> 00:10:26.159 after the game about it another rough outing and there's 206 00:10:26.159 --> 00:10:27.039 no other way to put it. 207 00:10:27.799 --> 00:10:27.960 Now. 208 00:10:28.159 --> 00:10:32.919 Remember before he went on the injured list this year, 209 00:10:33.360 --> 00:10:37.879 when he started the season, he struggled all right, then 210 00:10:37.919 --> 00:10:38.720 he took time off. 211 00:10:38.720 --> 00:10:44.080 He comes back, he's struggling. You can say that another 212 00:10:44.120 --> 00:10:46.039 Tommy John. It takes a long time to come back 213 00:10:46.039 --> 00:10:50.320 from that. But he acknowledges that this cannot be the 214 00:10:50.320 --> 00:10:53.120 way it's going to be. He gets it. He openly 215 00:10:53.159 --> 00:10:57.000 admits it, and he knows, whatever the definition of is, 216 00:10:57.159 --> 00:10:58.600 I got to get it together. He's got to get 217 00:10:58.600 --> 00:11:01.080 it together. He knows that he's got to go out 218 00:11:01.120 --> 00:11:04.480 and pitch pitching away to keep them in the game 219 00:11:04.679 --> 00:11:05.799 and gives him a chance to win. 220 00:11:06.600 --> 00:11:09.519 Yeah, here's the thing. On that though, Fred I think 221 00:11:09.559 --> 00:11:12.279 that he's close. Right, it looks bad, but I think 222 00:11:12.279 --> 00:11:15.320 he's close, and I think he's pressing. You know, you 223 00:11:15.360 --> 00:11:18.159 saw him get a little frustrated with Ur. We'll talk 224 00:11:18.159 --> 00:11:23.399 about our umpire, who was had a interesting strike zone 225 00:11:23.440 --> 00:11:29.639 last night, but he got himself in trouble by the walks. 226 00:11:30.080 --> 00:11:32.399 He walked the bases loaded, and all it takes is 227 00:11:32.440 --> 00:11:34.399 a timely hit from one of those guys and it's 228 00:11:34.399 --> 00:11:35.000 two runs. 229 00:11:35.440 --> 00:11:37.200 You know, where he should have been out of the inning. 230 00:11:37.320 --> 00:11:39.320 Old Walker Buler would have gotten out of inning and 231 00:11:39.320 --> 00:11:40.440 probably wouldn't have walked. 232 00:11:40.240 --> 00:11:41.320 Two guys back to back. 233 00:11:42.399 --> 00:11:45.279 It's the little things about hitting your spots, and the 234 00:11:45.320 --> 00:11:48.600 more you get back acclimated to pitching again, the more 235 00:11:48.639 --> 00:11:50.360 you figure it out. Which is why I think they 236 00:11:50.399 --> 00:11:53.559 have to continue to trot him out there to kind 237 00:11:53.600 --> 00:11:59.080 of work through those those situational things that happen in baseball. 238 00:11:59.600 --> 00:12:02.679 Like in the first second, any of you can't give 239 00:12:02.799 --> 00:12:05.840 up walks, you can't give free passes and then let 240 00:12:06.000 --> 00:12:07.799 a good hit or come up to the plate with 241 00:12:08.039 --> 00:12:10.279 runners and scoring position, which he did last night, so 242 00:12:11.159 --> 00:12:12.200 Planco made him pay. 243 00:12:13.080 --> 00:12:15.039 But yeah, he's got to get it together. 244 00:12:15.080 --> 00:12:16.480 But at the same time, I think they got to 245 00:12:16.519 --> 00:12:18.679 continue on him out there, Freddy and. 246 00:12:18.720 --> 00:12:20.759 Dave Roberts said after the game, basically, we're going to 247 00:12:20.799 --> 00:12:23.639 do that because we have no choice. We're kind of 248 00:12:23.639 --> 00:12:26.320 to this point now we've got no choice. He's got 249 00:12:26.360 --> 00:12:28.759 to go out there. So he's going to go out 250 00:12:29.039 --> 00:12:31.919 and you just hope you look at it as if 251 00:12:32.399 --> 00:12:37.399 he is an extended extended spring training, double extended spring training, 252 00:12:38.200 --> 00:12:40.679 working on things and trying to get those things together. 253 00:12:43.639 --> 00:12:46.759 Just one other note quickly before we get to C. B. Buckner. 254 00:12:47.159 --> 00:12:52.720 Tommy Edmund, Oh my god. That, oh my god, Like 255 00:12:53.360 --> 00:12:57.000 that's the real deal. You can put him anywhere. Remember 256 00:12:57.039 --> 00:12:59.279 he was a Gold Glove second baseman with Saint Louis 257 00:12:59.279 --> 00:13:03.039 in twenty twenty one, and uh, you can't play him anywhere, 258 00:13:03.080 --> 00:13:06.639 Andrew Friedman said, And David Vasse told us yesterday. On 259 00:13:06.679 --> 00:13:09.360 his wish list during the off season, one was Otani, 260 00:13:09.399 --> 00:13:12.360 two was Edmund and you can see why. 261 00:13:13.960 --> 00:13:18.159 Yeah, he was he was hurt. This is person this year, right, 262 00:13:18.480 --> 00:13:20.840 and and so they they thought enough of him to 263 00:13:20.919 --> 00:13:24.639 still sign him and bring him in knowing that he was, uh, 264 00:13:24.759 --> 00:13:27.440 he was injured. Because they they knew what kind of 265 00:13:27.440 --> 00:13:30.440 player he was and kind of character I think it was. Uh, 266 00:13:30.519 --> 00:13:33.519 somebody said it was Wainwright, right, and Wainwright who said 267 00:13:33.600 --> 00:13:36.639 he is he was the best teammate that he's ever had, 268 00:13:37.360 --> 00:13:38.240 and that he's the. 269 00:13:38.159 --> 00:13:39.080 Most well liked. 270 00:13:39.240 --> 00:13:42.519 Uh, well, he was always the most well liked person 271 00:13:42.559 --> 00:13:44.879 in the clubhouse. But yeah, I'm sorry he cut you off. 272 00:13:44.919 --> 00:13:48.080 But yeah, that play at short stop last night was phenomenal. 273 00:13:48.759 --> 00:13:49.759 It was a big time. 274 00:13:50.120 --> 00:13:52.039 Oh it was gold glove. Yeah. 275 00:13:52.519 --> 00:13:55.120 Yeah, And it's not you know, he's not normally made 276 00:13:55.120 --> 00:13:57.840 by a guy that plays multiple positions. It's usually by 277 00:13:57.879 --> 00:14:00.000 a guy that is strictly a shortstop to makes those 278 00:14:00.159 --> 00:14:02.200 kind of plays, not a guy that plays second from 279 00:14:02.200 --> 00:14:04.399 time to time, plays center field from time to time, 280 00:14:04.639 --> 00:14:06.080 and then they put him in a short stop. 281 00:14:06.360 --> 00:14:08.039 No, it was a big time play. 282 00:14:08.759 --> 00:14:11.120 Now you can see why Dave Roberts said the minute 283 00:14:11.159 --> 00:14:14.000 they acquired him, he's going to play every day. We 284 00:14:14.039 --> 00:14:16.399 don't know where he's going to play every day, but 285 00:14:16.480 --> 00:14:18.080 he is going to be in the lineup every day. 286 00:14:18.200 --> 00:14:21.440 That was a huge upgrade. So what does that do 287 00:14:21.559 --> 00:14:25.799 for Piz and kier Meyer and those guys. Kier Meier 288 00:14:25.879 --> 00:14:29.600 I think is fine. Piz is in trouble. Yeah, I 289 00:14:29.600 --> 00:14:33.840 think Piz is in trouble and it's going to be 290 00:14:34.000 --> 00:14:38.600 just a spot player from now on. Yeah, I think so. Yeah, 291 00:14:39.279 --> 00:14:44.559 because defensively he still can struggle. Yeah right, And he's 292 00:14:44.720 --> 00:14:47.559 he's a bonafid big league player, but he's not hitting 293 00:14:47.559 --> 00:14:49.879 three twenty. He's not hitting three hundred, he's not hitting 294 00:14:49.879 --> 00:14:52.639 two ninety. So it's not like you have to have 295 00:14:52.720 --> 00:14:55.679 his bat in the lineup. And when we get closer 296 00:14:55.720 --> 00:14:57.799 and we get into the playoffs, we know, this one 297 00:14:57.840 --> 00:14:59.840 miss you in the outfield, you could lose a whole series. 298 00:15:00.919 --> 00:15:04.919 So kier Meyer is this outstanding defender. Edmund is an 299 00:15:04.919 --> 00:15:09.279 outstanding defender. So I think Pie has is going to 300 00:15:09.320 --> 00:15:13.080 lose him playing time, but again not by his own doing. 301 00:15:13.159 --> 00:15:15.600 You didn't do anything wrong, which is tough because I 302 00:15:15.679 --> 00:15:18.720 liked his growth, right they they they chose him over 303 00:15:19.279 --> 00:15:23.639 over Outman. Obviously, you know Vargas is no longer here, 304 00:15:23.679 --> 00:15:26.200 but Pie has jumped on the scene and played like 305 00:15:26.200 --> 00:15:27.679 a veteran all season long. 306 00:15:28.960 --> 00:15:29.879 I liked his game. 307 00:15:29.960 --> 00:15:32.919 I just hope that it doesn't, you know, stifle his 308 00:15:33.120 --> 00:15:36.440 growth because I think with every week that he was 309 00:15:36.480 --> 00:15:39.399 getting a chance to play and play often he was 310 00:15:39.440 --> 00:15:43.240 getting better and now you know, but again, like you mentioned, 311 00:15:43.399 --> 00:15:45.840 now that we get close to crunch time and we're 312 00:15:45.840 --> 00:15:49.919 down the stretch and geading into the playoffs, you gotta 313 00:15:50.440 --> 00:15:53.919 you can't have one mistake can hurt you. And and 314 00:15:54.000 --> 00:15:56.480 you gotta have guys out there that that have been 315 00:15:56.480 --> 00:15:59.720 there and done that and that you can always always 316 00:15:59.799 --> 00:16:02.200 can on and that's gonna make big time plays like 317 00:16:02.279 --> 00:16:06.200 Kiermeyer and Edmund, they're gonna make the the they're gonna 318 00:16:06.200 --> 00:16:10.240 make the spectacular play, right, you know, and sometimes you're 319 00:16:10.240 --> 00:16:11.960 gonna need that, especially in the playoffs. 320 00:16:13.039 --> 00:16:14.720 All right, let's have a quick word from Jacob. 321 00:16:20.799 --> 00:16:23.440 Hey, if you're a motorcyclist, you love the freedom of 322 00:16:23.480 --> 00:16:25.960 beating traffic by splitting lanes and making the rest of 323 00:16:26.039 --> 00:16:28.240 us jealous that you'll be home faster than we will. 324 00:16:28.679 --> 00:16:31.960 There is, of course, a huge risk when riding a motorcycle. 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B. 343 00:17:29.279 --> 00:17:31.480 Buckner was behind the plate tonight and I think during 344 00:17:31.480 --> 00:17:33.960 the game people got on their CBS and started screaming 345 00:17:34.000 --> 00:17:34.400 for help. 346 00:17:35.559 --> 00:17:43.079 We'll talk about that, Fred Rogan on a help Day. 347 00:17:43.640 --> 00:17:48.559 It is a Wednesday on beautiful sunny southern California, making 348 00:17:48.640 --> 00:17:49.720 everybody jealous. 349 00:17:49.759 --> 00:17:52.920 Fred, you got a good out here, we really do. 350 00:17:55.440 --> 00:17:57.400 Tomorrow join us from the final stop on the Petros 351 00:17:57.440 --> 00:17:59.880 Andbody Summer tour at the band's headquarters and Coasta me 352 00:18:00.359 --> 00:18:03.720 starting at three. Brought in part by Blue Eyes Vodka, 353 00:18:03.759 --> 00:18:06.880 blue Eyes Vodka, America's number one selling potato vodka with 354 00:18:06.920 --> 00:18:11.880 three choices, strength, Huckleberry, and double Espresso. The guys down 355 00:18:11.920 --> 00:18:14.400 at Vans, I guess Genie Buss is gonna be there 356 00:18:14.400 --> 00:18:18.799 tomorrow three o'clock, final stop of the summer tour. So 357 00:18:18.839 --> 00:18:20.519 if you get a chance, get on down there, it's 358 00:18:20.519 --> 00:18:22.839 gonna be a great time. Ce B Buckner was the 359 00:18:22.880 --> 00:18:26.039 played umpire last night. He's a veteran, been around forever. 360 00:18:29.039 --> 00:18:33.640 It was reminiscent of Angel Hernandez. It was really that bad. 361 00:18:34.960 --> 00:18:36.960 It was as if he was watching a different game. 362 00:18:38.720 --> 00:18:42.119 He really struggled last night. Looks great in his uniform, 363 00:18:42.240 --> 00:18:43.960 very commanding presence. 364 00:18:43.640 --> 00:18:47.440 Yeah, yeah, commanding presence. Saw him at you know, first 365 00:18:47.440 --> 00:18:49.720 base the other night and he looked very commanding in 366 00:18:49.759 --> 00:18:50.400 his uniform. 367 00:18:50.759 --> 00:18:55.839 Yeah, and seemingly a very nice guy. Buddy had a 368 00:18:55.839 --> 00:19:01.799 bad night. I mean he he is a walking poster 369 00:19:02.599 --> 00:19:06.000 for something's gotta change. With balls and strikes, I mean, 370 00:19:06.000 --> 00:19:09.000 it wasn't even close. It was a crap shoot. Every 371 00:19:09.000 --> 00:19:11.599 time you were at the plate, pitch could be a 372 00:19:11.640 --> 00:19:14.160 foot outside and be a strike. Next time it'd be 373 00:19:14.200 --> 00:19:18.400 a foot outside to be a ball. And it was 374 00:19:18.519 --> 00:19:21.519 noticeable it was obvious last night. 375 00:19:21.799 --> 00:19:23.079 And it was on both sides. 376 00:19:23.279 --> 00:19:25.559 Yeah, I mean, it wasn't like it was one side 377 00:19:25.559 --> 00:19:27.519 of either, it was both sides. I mean late in 378 00:19:27.519 --> 00:19:31.680 the game, Joe Kelly, uh, you know, clearly a strike 379 00:19:32.200 --> 00:19:34.200 and he and he called it, called it a ball, 380 00:19:34.240 --> 00:19:36.640 and then they called the strike on somebody else that 381 00:19:36.759 --> 00:19:38.880 came up for the Dodgers, and it was even a 382 00:19:38.920 --> 00:19:42.640 worse pitch than Joe Kelly's and he called he wrung 383 00:19:42.880 --> 00:19:46.400 wrung somebody up for it, and and Dave Ricy Date 384 00:19:46.480 --> 00:19:48.440 Roberts going crazy in the dugout. 385 00:19:48.920 --> 00:19:51.079 But yeah, he was, he was all over the place. 386 00:19:51.400 --> 00:19:53.839 And yeah, that's all you want sometimes, right Fred, You're 387 00:19:53.839 --> 00:19:56.839 a you're a former, you know, be consistent. You're giving 388 00:19:56.920 --> 00:19:58.880 up if you're gonna you know, you're gonna call the 389 00:19:58.880 --> 00:20:01.599 the outside corner, and you're gonna give a little generous 390 00:20:01.920 --> 00:20:03.279 call for the outside corner. 391 00:20:03.359 --> 00:20:04.920 Be that's that's who you are. 392 00:20:05.119 --> 00:20:07.640 But you can't give the outside corner and then also 393 00:20:07.720 --> 00:20:12.400 give the inside corner and also give the high and 394 00:20:12.440 --> 00:20:12.839 the low. 395 00:20:14.000 --> 00:20:17.160 You gotta be one way or the other. 396 00:20:17.519 --> 00:20:20.559 And because as a hitter, you know, okay, he's been 397 00:20:20.599 --> 00:20:22.640 generous on the outside, So I got to be aware 398 00:20:22.680 --> 00:20:25.640 of that, and I can adjust to that. But if 399 00:20:25.680 --> 00:20:28.400 you're generous on the outside and generous on the inside, 400 00:20:28.440 --> 00:20:29.680 then you're all over the place. 401 00:20:29.680 --> 00:20:32.839