WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.760 --> 00:00:05.400 Along with David vassa our Dodger Insider. We are live 2 00:00:05.559 --> 00:00:10.320 at Dodgers Stadium on this Friday morning, November first, twenty 3 00:00:10.400 --> 00:00:14.560 twenty four, as the city of Los Angeles comes together 4 00:00:15.119 --> 00:00:19.839 and celebrates a World Series championship. We are live at 5 00:00:19.839 --> 00:00:23.519 Dodger Stadium, where the party has already begun. The celebration 6 00:00:23.600 --> 00:00:28.000 will continue after noon today with the Podium celebration. The 7 00:00:28.079 --> 00:00:30.839 chairs are all set up just past second base. There's 8 00:00:30.839 --> 00:00:33.799 a blue carpet from center field all the way out 9 00:00:33.840 --> 00:00:37.200 to behind second base with a platform and podium where 10 00:00:37.240 --> 00:00:40.439 we'll hear from players and coaches and dignitaries beginning after 11 00:00:40.479 --> 00:00:44.520 twelve o'clock this afternoon. I'm inside Dodger Stadium, David Vassay 12 00:00:45.000 --> 00:00:49.079 like nobody else in Southern California, the most exclusive coverage. 13 00:00:49.119 --> 00:00:52.399 He's on one of the team buses that will make 14 00:00:52.439 --> 00:00:55.640 its way through the parade route. David, what's going on 15 00:00:55.679 --> 00:00:58.039 outside Dodgers Statium? Where you guys part that right now? 16 00:00:59.359 --> 00:01:03.320 Oh, we're in the place the players usually park here. 17 00:01:03.640 --> 00:01:06.159 That's where the buses are set up to go to 18 00:01:06.439 --> 00:01:10.319 City Hall and from there onto the parade route that 19 00:01:10.359 --> 00:01:14.000 will end up here at Dodger Stadium where you're at Tim, 20 00:01:14.040 --> 00:01:16.120 and look, I know a lot of the players are 21 00:01:16.159 --> 00:01:18.480 really excited for this. Running into some of them in 22 00:01:18.519 --> 00:01:21.319 the clubhouse, They've brought all their families, so it's not 23 00:01:21.439 --> 00:01:24.359 just going to be the players on these buses. You're 24 00:01:24.400 --> 00:01:28.000 going to see their families on the same buses as well. 25 00:01:28.599 --> 00:01:31.719 Dave Roberts Andrew Friedman are going to be on one 26 00:01:31.760 --> 00:01:35.239 bus together. You're going to have Freddie Freeman on one bus. 27 00:01:35.319 --> 00:01:39.400 Otani Yamamoto, from my understanding, are going to be among 28 00:01:39.439 --> 00:01:42.359 the players that are on the bus that I'm currently on, 29 00:01:42.480 --> 00:01:45.920 so you'll hear from those guys. And we have Kirsten 30 00:01:45.959 --> 00:01:49.400 Watson on another bus, so you'll hear all those interviews. 31 00:01:49.400 --> 00:01:53.799 And then once the rally at Dodger Stadium is over, 32 00:01:53.920 --> 00:01:57.400 we'll get more of those guys to come on. But honestly, 33 00:01:57.560 --> 00:02:01.439 this is their day. I'm not really sure Tim being 34 00:02:01.480 --> 00:02:06.719 around these guys how much they realize this city loves 35 00:02:06.799 --> 00:02:10.759 the Dodgers and loves them. I really guys like Mookie 36 00:02:10.759 --> 00:02:15.280 Bets and Freddie Freeman, they are really locked in and 37 00:02:15.360 --> 00:02:19.039 with blinders on. During the season winning the World Series 38 00:02:19.159 --> 00:02:21.520 at Yankee Stadium, they got a little taste of it. 39 00:02:21.639 --> 00:02:24.479 They know that the Dodger fans are very passionate, but 40 00:02:25.240 --> 00:02:28.479 they're humble guys, and I'm not sure until today they're 41 00:02:28.479 --> 00:02:31.280 going to realize just how much they mean to so 42 00:02:31.360 --> 00:02:32.039 many fans. 43 00:02:32.840 --> 00:02:35.000 He is David Veasse on one of the team bus 44 00:02:35.039 --> 00:02:36.680 is Tim Kates inside Dodgers Stadium. 45 00:02:36.719 --> 00:02:38.199 We're live on Instagram. 46 00:02:37.759 --> 00:02:40.120 Live right now as well as we are presented by 47 00:02:40.199 --> 00:02:43.120 Yamova and David. The last time the Dodgers had a 48 00:02:43.159 --> 00:02:46.280 World Series Championship parade it in and at City Hall. 49 00:02:46.599 --> 00:02:48.759 We know what Tommy Listorta did out there, dance and 50 00:02:49.360 --> 00:02:51.000 shaking it around on stage. 51 00:02:51.360 --> 00:02:53.280 And one of the guys on that eighty eight. 52 00:02:53.159 --> 00:02:55.759 World Series Championship team, one of the guys that was 53 00:02:55.800 --> 00:02:58.560 on that stage that day, we're in a beautiful looking suit. 54 00:02:58.520 --> 00:03:00.199 And a power red tie. 55 00:03:01.080 --> 00:03:04.039 He was Steve Saxon. He's joining us here in the booth. 56 00:03:04.599 --> 00:03:07.479 So, yeah, what's going on? Buddy's up? Tim? How are 57 00:03:07.479 --> 00:03:09.199 you doing? My friend doing good? Good to see you. 58 00:03:09.599 --> 00:03:11.560 David's on a bus getting ready to hang out with 59 00:03:11.599 --> 00:03:12.479 Dodger players. 60 00:03:12.319 --> 00:03:14.719 He's out there in the parking lot. David, how you doing, 61 00:03:14.759 --> 00:03:15.080 my friend? 62 00:03:15.080 --> 00:03:17.520 I know you're having a great time, and those players 63 00:03:17.560 --> 00:03:19.879 are actually whispering to one another. 64 00:03:20.199 --> 00:03:23.080 Hey, look there's David vassaying. I mean, that's what they're 65 00:03:23.080 --> 00:03:24.840 probably saying. I wouldn't be saying that. 66 00:03:25.759 --> 00:03:27.800 And remember, I wish you would refer to me as 67 00:03:27.840 --> 00:03:29.800 as a current scam member. 68 00:03:29.840 --> 00:03:34.680 That's right, Okay, yeah, coast a scam right? Yeah. 69 00:03:34.800 --> 00:03:37.280 Winning a nineteen eighty eight and nineteen eighty one World 70 00:03:37.360 --> 00:03:40.439 Series takes a back seat to co hosting a full 71 00:03:40.479 --> 00:03:42.560 month with Tim Kates, Right, Steve, I don't know. 72 00:03:42.840 --> 00:03:44.719 It's it's kind of rubbing up against each other. 73 00:03:44.800 --> 00:03:48.240 Career highlight. Career highlight for you hosting a morning show 74 00:03:48.280 --> 00:03:49.759 with Tim Kate's love it. 75 00:03:49.759 --> 00:03:51.520 It's it's been great. It's been fun. 76 00:03:51.560 --> 00:03:54.080 And listen, if we're doing that, that means the Dodgers 77 00:03:54.280 --> 00:03:57.039 are in motion, right, They're in the postseason and they're 78 00:03:57.039 --> 00:03:57.560 doing their thing. 79 00:03:57.680 --> 00:03:59.599 Take us back to nineteen eighty eight, Saxy and the 80 00:03:59.800 --> 00:04:02.919 the hour before a parade on the floats going to 81 00:04:02.960 --> 00:04:05.520 City Hall. Do you remember what was it like the 82 00:04:05.599 --> 00:04:07.280 day of a championship. 83 00:04:06.719 --> 00:04:09.120 Parade back in nineteen eighty Well, I had my wife 84 00:04:09.159 --> 00:04:10.840 and two little ones, and so it was it was 85 00:04:10.879 --> 00:04:13.360 a great time for them, especially the kids get to 86 00:04:13.439 --> 00:04:15.560 kind of say, Daddy would letting his hair down a 87 00:04:15.599 --> 00:04:18.040 little bit, not grinding it out every day at the ballpark, 88 00:04:18.079 --> 00:04:19.480 and this is a fun time for them. 89 00:04:19.879 --> 00:04:20.800 This is no. 90 00:04:20.879 --> 00:04:24.439 Actual technicalities of baseball. This is a human part of it, 91 00:04:24.439 --> 00:04:26.079 and they're going out and having a good time today. 92 00:04:27.560 --> 00:04:31.279 Hey, Steve, do you think Mickey Hatcher remembers anything from 93 00:04:31.279 --> 00:04:32.399 that eighty eight parade? 94 00:04:33.199 --> 00:04:33.920 Vicky Hatcher. 95 00:04:34.800 --> 00:04:35.279 I don't know. 96 00:04:35.360 --> 00:04:37.759 Mickey might have had it, might be tipping one or 97 00:04:37.800 --> 00:04:40.439 two the day of the parade. He was having a 98 00:04:40.439 --> 00:04:42.600 good time, as he always always did. He was such 99 00:04:42.600 --> 00:04:45.240 a great teammate and a really good player too. He 100 00:04:45.319 --> 00:04:47.920 was so instrumental in us winning the World Series. But 101 00:04:48.319 --> 00:04:50.839 that that whole thing was such a blur, and you know, 102 00:04:50.920 --> 00:04:53.920 you snap it all off with the with the parade. 103 00:04:53.920 --> 00:04:55.160 It's just unbelievable. 104 00:04:55.399 --> 00:04:58.000 The outpour of love that you get from the fans, 105 00:04:58.000 --> 00:04:59.879 it's incredible. And a lot of you guys were si 106 00:05:00.120 --> 00:05:02.839 that day, right, Yes, good point, we were. Many of 107 00:05:02.879 --> 00:05:05.959 the guys got sick day because you just let your 108 00:05:05.959 --> 00:05:09.279 defenses down and with all the stress that's going on, 109 00:05:09.360 --> 00:05:12.720 physical and emotional, mental stress throughout the course of the 110 00:05:12.720 --> 00:05:15.920 playoffs that after you let that defense down, a lot 111 00:05:15.959 --> 00:05:18.240 of guys got sick, and on the parade they were. 112 00:05:19.079 --> 00:05:21.439 Hey, Steve, I was going to ask you, when you 113 00:05:21.519 --> 00:05:26.240 look back at the eighty eight parade and the World championship, 114 00:05:26.639 --> 00:05:29.560 would you have any advice for any of these players 115 00:05:29.639 --> 00:05:31.800 just to be able to you know, when you're playing, 116 00:05:31.839 --> 00:05:35.240 you're so focused. If you had any advice for them 117 00:05:35.279 --> 00:05:36.519 on this parade, what would it be? 118 00:05:37.040 --> 00:05:39.120 I would say, A enjoy the moment. 119 00:05:39.879 --> 00:05:42.199 These scenes can be few and far between you as 120 00:05:42.240 --> 00:05:44.720 great as a team is. But I would say, after 121 00:05:44.759 --> 00:05:47.959 this parade and take everything in with it, go home 122 00:05:48.160 --> 00:05:50.920 and don't touch a baseball for at least a month, 123 00:05:50.920 --> 00:05:51.800 two weeks, and. 124 00:05:51.879 --> 00:05:54.399 Whatever it is in Spade Saxon. 125 00:05:54.480 --> 00:05:56.480 Now that we're forty eight hours away from the Dodgers 126 00:05:56.480 --> 00:05:59.199 winning that World Series championship, when you think about the 127 00:05:59.240 --> 00:06:01.959 five game series against the Yankees and even this playoff run, 128 00:06:02.319 --> 00:06:04.040 what are one or two of the things that really 129 00:06:04.040 --> 00:06:07.040 stick out that you're going to remember from this twenty 130 00:06:07.079 --> 00:06:09.160 twenty four playoff and World Series run. 131 00:06:09.360 --> 00:06:11.639 I'll tell you, almost almost as a you know, a 132 00:06:11.720 --> 00:06:14.439 secondary thing. You'll think about how great and talented the 133 00:06:14.439 --> 00:06:16.920 team is. But that's really almost secondary. We all know that, 134 00:06:17.199 --> 00:06:19.360 we all know what Shoeyo Tani brings, and what a 135 00:06:19.399 --> 00:06:22.399 professional hitter Freddie Freeman is and how great Mookie Betts 136 00:06:22.439 --> 00:06:24.759 is and all that. But what I will take away 137 00:06:24.759 --> 00:06:28.439 from this was the tenacity of this team. How no 138 00:06:28.480 --> 00:06:30.800 matter how good they were, no matter how much money 139 00:06:30.839 --> 00:06:32.399 they made, there was a lot of guys like that 140 00:06:32.839 --> 00:06:36.800 the team wanted it. Nothing more emblematic than when Walker 141 00:06:36.879 --> 00:06:40.600 Buehler sacrificed if he had to his own body to 142 00:06:40.639 --> 00:06:42.959 say I can go in there for the ninth inning. 143 00:06:43.000 --> 00:06:46.920 And he did, and Walker Buehler was hunting those hitters. 144 00:06:47.279 --> 00:06:48.600 This not the other way around. 145 00:06:48.879 --> 00:06:51.759 Walker Buehler took on the challenge and hunted those guys 146 00:06:51.800 --> 00:06:54.879 down and mowed him down for the victory. An incredible 147 00:06:54.920 --> 00:06:56.839 testimony of what this team's all about. 148 00:06:57.279 --> 00:06:59.759 Hey, Steve, I'm not sure if you heard what I reported, 149 00:06:59.800 --> 00:07:04.120 but on the flight back home, Walker Buehler took me 150 00:07:04.319 --> 00:07:07.160 through how he ended up in the bullpen, and it 151 00:07:07.199 --> 00:07:11.519 reminded me of when Oral Hershcheizer came in relief in 152 00:07:11.600 --> 00:07:15.839 Game four in the NLCS in nineteen eighty eight. As 153 00:07:15.879 --> 00:07:19.720 you know, Steve, Tommy Losorda did not send Oral Herscheizer 154 00:07:19.759 --> 00:07:20.439 to the bullpen. 155 00:07:20.560 --> 00:07:21.000 Correct. 156 00:07:21.160 --> 00:07:25.079 Oral went on his own correct, same thing with Walker Buehller. 157 00:07:25.120 --> 00:07:28.680 Can you believe that's he ran to Yes, he ran 158 00:07:28.720 --> 00:07:32.480 out to the bullpen on his own. And when he 159 00:07:32.600 --> 00:07:36.920 got there, Mark Pryor called down to the bullpen and 160 00:07:36.959 --> 00:07:39.160 got him on the phone and said, what are you doing? 161 00:07:39.439 --> 00:07:40.560 What are you doing down there? 162 00:07:40.639 --> 00:07:42.800 What was the conversation after that? 163 00:07:43.360 --> 00:07:46.120 And Buehler told him, I told you guys, if things 164 00:07:46.199 --> 00:07:49.839 went wonky, I was going to go down to the bullpen. 165 00:07:49.879 --> 00:07:53.519 And with Jack Flaherty only lasting and inning plus, things 166 00:07:53.560 --> 00:07:56.319 got wonky. And that's when he went to the bullpen 167 00:07:56.839 --> 00:08:00.279 and warmed up, and Daniel Hudson told me he was 168 00:08:00.319 --> 00:08:03.560 throwing ninety eight in his warm ups and that's how 169 00:08:03.600 --> 00:08:04.199 it happened. 170 00:08:04.639 --> 00:08:07.920 Wow, that is an incredible like eighty eight, just like 171 00:08:08.000 --> 00:08:08.519 eighty eight. 172 00:08:08.600 --> 00:08:10.240 I mean, that's that's something. 173 00:08:10.720 --> 00:08:13.279 You know, Oral Herscheires certainly been around the organization a 174 00:08:13.279 --> 00:08:18.000 long time. That story reverberates through the organization. Now, Walker 175 00:08:18.040 --> 00:08:20.920 Bueller someday is gonna be able to share that and 176 00:08:21.000 --> 00:08:23.720 be part of the history of the next generation that 177 00:08:23.800 --> 00:08:26.560 comes up and does those things. That's an incredible story. 178 00:08:26.800 --> 00:08:28.160 But only David Vessy would be. 179 00:08:28.120 --> 00:08:29.079 Able to get it. That's great. 180 00:08:29.160 --> 00:08:31.959 That's because he's on the Team play and today David 181 00:08:32.000 --> 00:08:34.639 Vassy live right now on one of the Team Busters, 182 00:08:34.679 --> 00:08:37.080 and he'll be there during the parade. David, We've got 183 00:08:37.080 --> 00:08:39.600 to cut Saxy loose. He's got a suit on, he's 184 00:08:39.639 --> 00:08:42.279 got a toe on, and he's all combed up to 185 00:08:42.399 --> 00:08:44.799 make up up right now as he's on with Jim Hill, 186 00:08:44.840 --> 00:08:46.120 all at CBS two. 187 00:08:45.960 --> 00:08:48.480 All powdered up. But I look about what your ring. 188 00:08:48.759 --> 00:08:51.720 I know I'd never worn him and and and Day 189 00:08:51.720 --> 00:08:53.799 never wore your eighty eight ring, never or either, would 190 00:08:53.840 --> 00:08:55.840 never wore either one. Really, I just don't, I mean, 191 00:08:55.879 --> 00:08:58.600 I just I just don't. Anyway, The point is now 192 00:08:58.879 --> 00:09:01.679 that I'm about half is good, No, not half. One 193 00:09:01.720 --> 00:09:04.120 tenth is good is what David Vassy looks like when 194 00:09:04.120 --> 00:09:05.240 he's all powdered up, right. 195 00:09:05.279 --> 00:09:07.399 So I'm just trying to trying to get a little 196 00:09:07.480 --> 00:09:09.960 tidbit of what you got, Dave. That's all man. 197 00:09:10.039 --> 00:09:12.559 You are the You are in so much better shape 198 00:09:12.600 --> 00:09:15.919 and way better looking than I am, even what twenty 199 00:09:16.000 --> 00:09:17.720 years younger than your sax. 200 00:09:18.039 --> 00:09:20.399 Right, you don't have to come on this Tim is 201 00:09:20.720 --> 00:09:22.600 just take the twenty bucks I gave you, David, don't 202 00:09:22.600 --> 00:09:23.360 tell me about. 203 00:09:23.080 --> 00:09:26.919 It, Saxy, Thanks for doing this, man. Thanks, Hey, good luck, David, 204 00:09:26.919 --> 00:09:27.519 Thank thanks. 205 00:09:27.919 --> 00:09:30.320 Thanks for not forgetting the little people like Tim Kates 206 00:09:30.320 --> 00:09:31.399 on a big day like today. 207 00:09:31.639 --> 00:09:34.320 He's out little Believe he's a big He's a big, 208 00:09:34.360 --> 00:09:35.000 big fish. 209 00:09:35.039 --> 00:09:36.639 Now all right, Wow you guys later. 210 00:09:36.679 --> 00:09:36.840 Wow. 211 00:09:36.919 --> 00:09:39.919 Appreciate that, Saxy. Uh check him out on CBS too. 212 00:09:39.919 --> 00:09:41.799 We're live on Instagram live right now by the way 213 00:09:41.799 --> 00:09:44.080 on a FI seventy LA Sports. 214 00:09:44.360 --> 00:09:46.120 What a morning, Dave. 215 00:09:46.200 --> 00:09:48.919 This this is starting to get wrapped up even more. 216 00:09:49.039 --> 00:09:51.120 I mean, Dodger Stadium is starting to fill up. They'll 217 00:09:51.159 --> 00:09:54.840 have the parade on the Dodger Vision here at Dodger Stadium. 218 00:09:54.919 --> 00:09:58.159 They've got all the setup in shallow center field right 219 00:09:58.200 --> 00:10:01.240 behind second base ready to go, with chairs lined up 220 00:10:01.279 --> 00:10:03.399 for all the players and families and dignitaries. 221 00:10:03.519 --> 00:10:05.639 They've got a stage set up with just a podium. 222 00:10:05.759 --> 00:10:06.200 That's it. 223 00:10:06.200 --> 00:10:09.679 It's a simple podium on a circular blue stage that 224 00:10:09.720 --> 00:10:12.960 the players and coaches and dignitaries will all be speaking from. 225 00:10:13.000 --> 00:10:15.000 So this is starting to get a little bit of 226 00:10:15.039 --> 00:10:16.559 a buzz here. And I know on the parade. Wish 227 00:10:16.559 --> 00:10:19.399 we're gonna che check in with Corbyn Carson from KFI 228 00:10:19.799 --> 00:10:21.399 in just a little bit get an updated from the 229 00:10:21.399 --> 00:10:24.679 parade route. But Dave, the players are starting to trickle 230 00:10:24.679 --> 00:10:26.120 on the buses. Are we too soon for that? 231 00:10:26.919 --> 00:10:27.120 No? 232 00:10:27.240 --> 00:10:29.639 Not yet, not yet. They're starting to hover around the 233 00:10:29.679 --> 00:10:33.039 buses here to get ready. And I don't know about you, Tim, 234 00:10:33.120 --> 00:10:36.679 but just looking back at this October run for the Dodgers, 235 00:10:37.879 --> 00:10:40.600 it does remind me of I hate bringing back the 236 00:10:40.639 --> 00:10:43.120 same analogy I used, but I think it went back 237 00:10:43.200 --> 00:10:47.320 to the Lakers and their rivalry with the Kings and 238 00:10:47.399 --> 00:10:50.480 San Antonio Spurs, and once they got through those teams 239 00:10:51.000 --> 00:10:54.559 in the Western Conference, whoever they were going to play 240 00:10:54.559 --> 00:10:58.120 in the NBA Finals was just there. And that's how 241 00:10:58.120 --> 00:11:00.759 it felt. With the Yankees, right, want to reminded me 242 00:11:00.840 --> 00:11:05.080 of the New Jersey Nets when the Lakers completed the 243 00:11:05.120 --> 00:11:10.320 three peat. The nets were nowhere near the talented and 244 00:11:11.000 --> 00:11:14.759 smart Laker team. That's how it felt when the Dodgers 245 00:11:14.799 --> 00:11:18.360 got there against the Yankees. The Yankees, yes they were 246 00:11:18.399 --> 00:11:20.799 in the World Series, but they played in a very 247 00:11:20.879 --> 00:11:25.759 weak American league and also their road to the World Series, 248 00:11:25.840 --> 00:11:30.080 the Royals and the Guardians. Yea was not as tough 249 00:11:30.159 --> 00:11:34.480 as the Dodgers, beating arguably the best team not to 250 00:11:34.519 --> 00:11:37.840 get to the World Series, the San Diego Padres, coming 251 00:11:37.919 --> 00:11:41.039 back from two games to one, and then beating the 252 00:11:41.159 --> 00:11:44.200 hottest team in all of Major League Baseball, the New 253 00:11:44.279 --> 00:11:47.720 York Mets. The Yankees, as you saw in that fifth 254 00:11:47.840 --> 00:11:52.440 inning of Game five, were not a very fundamentally sound team. 255 00:11:52.679 --> 00:11:55.039 Yes they could hit home runs, we saw that, and 256 00:11:55.120 --> 00:11:58.639 yes Garrett Cole was great, but they were not as 257 00:11:58.679 --> 00:12:02.639 good as the Dodgers. And you know, there was a 258 00:12:02.679 --> 00:12:05.200 real chance the Dodgers could have swept the Yankees. 259 00:12:05.399 --> 00:12:05.639 M h. 260 00:12:06.000 --> 00:12:09.639 It obviously didn't happen, But I just feel like the 261 00:12:09.759 --> 00:12:14.440 run the Dodgers had winning ninety eight games, it's gotta 262 00:12:14.480 --> 00:12:18.679 go down in baseball history, not just as in Dodger history. 263 00:12:18.759 --> 00:12:21.879 Is one of the great championship teams in the last 264 00:12:22.000 --> 00:12:25.879 fifty years. Especially with this extra round of playoffs, I 265 00:12:25.919 --> 00:12:28.759 think people forget about how tough it is to win 266 00:12:28.799 --> 00:12:31.279 a championship now with the extra round of playoffs. 267 00:12:31.480 --> 00:12:34.120 I think nationally DAVE people look at the Dodgers to say, 268 00:12:34.200 --> 00:12:37.679 high payroll, lots of star talent, they should win a championship. 269 00:12:37.679 --> 00:12:39.679 But when you get closer to the Dodgers and you 270 00:12:39.759 --> 00:12:41.639 watch one hundred and sixty two games and you're rooting 271 00:12:41.639 --> 00:12:43.759 for your team, and you realize the guys I'm rooting 272 00:12:43.799 --> 00:12:46.559 for this is a different starting pitching staff that looked 273 00:12:46.720 --> 00:12:49.759 completely different from opening day with James Paxton no longer there, 274 00:12:49.799 --> 00:12:51.720 and you know guys who came in and helped out 275 00:12:51.720 --> 00:12:54.080 at different points. You mentioned how many former players could 276 00:12:54.120 --> 00:12:56.720 be on this parade route today who made, you know, 277 00:12:56.799 --> 00:12:58.320 small contributions to. 278 00:12:58.320 --> 00:12:59.799 This twenty twenty four team. 279 00:13:00.080 --> 00:13:02.120 They had to grind and overcome a lot, and I 280 00:13:02.159 --> 00:13:04.519 know baseball fans outside of LA don't want to hear that, 281 00:13:05.039 --> 00:13:07.000 but they did. They had their ups and downs, the 282 00:13:07.039 --> 00:13:10.240 injuries to star players, and you know, the hills and 283 00:13:10.320 --> 00:13:12.360 valleys of a slump or one thing on the field, 284 00:13:12.399 --> 00:13:14.480 but injuries are a different part of it, and they 285 00:13:14.480 --> 00:13:16.480 had to overcome all of. 286 00:13:16.360 --> 00:13:17.120 That as well. 287 00:13:17.120 --> 00:13:20.120 But David, you mentioned the fifth inning against the Yankees. 288 00:13:20.360 --> 00:13:23.519 I don't think I've ever seen an inning where a 289 00:13:23.559 --> 00:13:27.200 team implodes so bad with those kind of mental airs 290 00:13:27.240 --> 00:13:30.559 not covering first and the two airs from Volpi and 291 00:13:30.639 --> 00:13:33.039 Aaron Judge who had no airs during the regular season 292 00:13:33.000 --> 00:13:36.320 and commits his first air in the World Series Game five. 293 00:13:36.399 --> 00:13:39.120 I mean, that was an implosion like none other. 294 00:13:40.559 --> 00:13:43.639 It really was. And you know, you look at the 295 00:13:43.799 --> 00:13:46.759 three plays the Yankees in that fifth inning gave the 296 00:13:46.799 --> 00:13:51.320 Dodgers six outs. If you think about number one, Aaron 297 00:13:51.440 --> 00:13:55.320 Judge clanking that fly ball from Kei Kay, that was 298 00:13:55.399 --> 00:13:58.720 a routine catch in center field. The lights did not 299 00:13:58.840 --> 00:14:01.440 play a factor. If you go back and look at 300 00:14:01.480 --> 00:14:06.480 the replay, you can see his eyes drifting and looking 301 00:14:06.919 --> 00:14:11.480 to first base. Number two, the Volpi play. Good play 302 00:14:11.600 --> 00:14:13.840 to try to get the runner at third base, but 303 00:14:13.960 --> 00:14:17.559 bad execution. I was talking to Jose Viscayno. One of 304 00:14:17.559 --> 00:14:21.720 the best, actually world champion Yankee. You gotta throw that 305 00:14:21.799 --> 00:14:25.480 ball higher. Volpi threw it in the dirt down to 306 00:14:25.600 --> 00:14:29.240 the third baseman. He may have not had his brain 307 00:14:29.279 --> 00:14:31.639 in the right place and thought it was a tag 308 00:14:31.720 --> 00:14:34.639 play instead of a force play. So that's a mental 309 00:14:34.759 --> 00:14:38.279 error as well as a physical error. And then, like 310 00:14:38.320 --> 00:14:41.399 you said, Garrett Cole not covering first base. That was 311 00:14:41.519 --> 00:14:43.960 just the icing on top of all of it. And 312 00:14:44.639 --> 00:14:48.600 those were the Yankees all season long, and for the Dodgers. 313 00:14:49.320 --> 00:14:52.039 I know, we talk about the obvious. You know the 314 00:14:52.080 --> 00:14:55.879 power that they show, but they are one of the 315 00:14:55.919 --> 00:15:01.039 most fundamentally sound teams base running, fielding that is out there. 316 00:15:01.320 --> 00:15:05.320 Here's another thing, tim the Dodgers in spring training since 317 00:15:05.399 --> 00:15:09.000 day one, opening day, going back to South Korea, they 318 00:15:09.039 --> 00:15:14.960 maximize their pregame field opportunities. Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman all 319 00:15:15.000 --> 00:15:18.240 the way down to Miguel Rojas and Gavin Lux out 320 00:15:18.279 --> 00:15:22.240 there on a daily basis working on throwing, the basis, 321 00:15:22.679 --> 00:15:26.039 working to turn double plays. They're working out there with 322 00:15:26.120 --> 00:15:29.679 Dino Ebol and Clayton McCullough. What I saw during the 323 00:15:29.720 --> 00:15:35.000 postseason was indicative of the envy other teams had. Not 324 00:15:35.120 --> 00:15:38.440 only did the Dodgers have the best players, but they 325 00:15:38.480 --> 00:15:41.320 had the work ethic of the of the worst player, 326 00:15:41.960 --> 00:15:44.639 meaning they would be out there every single day, while 327 00:15:44.639 --> 00:15:47.480 the Yankees the Mets, and the Padres the Padres. I 328 00:15:47.559 --> 00:15:50.559 take that back. They started doing it, but the Yankees 329 00:15:51.039 --> 00:15:55.200 had nobody out there. It was crickets on their field. Wow, 330 00:15:55.240 --> 00:15:57.759 when they had the opportunity to work on infield and 331 00:15:57.799 --> 00:16:01.679 outfield drills. 332 00:16:00.000 --> 00:16:02.720 It's the championship team grinding, getting it done, putting in 333 00:16:02.759 --> 00:16:06.080 the extra work like the Dodgers did the Yankees come 334 00:16:06.159 --> 00:16:09.279 up short in the defense? Well, you can see that 335 00:16:09.519 --> 00:16:11.559 they were not up to par the fifth Any David, 336 00:16:11.679 --> 00:16:15.799 Let's check in with kfive's own Corbyn Carson. He joins 337 00:16:15.879 --> 00:16:18.159 us now from the parade route as a parade will 338 00:16:18.159 --> 00:16:20.279 get under way in about forty five minutes at city 339 00:16:20.320 --> 00:16:23.399 Hall with Mayor Bass kicking things off. Corbyn, where are 340 00:16:23.440 --> 00:16:25.159 you and what does it look like out there? 341 00:16:26.120 --> 00:16:26.320 Man? 342 00:16:26.759 --> 00:16:28.879 I'm at Fifth and Flower. This will be the end 343 00:16:28.919 --> 00:16:31.600 of the parade. This is the definition of a sea 344 00:16:31.679 --> 00:16:35.279 of blue. Dodgers jerseys are everywhere again. I'm at the 345 00:16:35.320 --> 00:16:37.320 end of the parade. The fans of line the streets. 346 00:16:37.320 --> 00:16:39.799 I'm getting here as early as five in the morning 347 00:16:40.080 --> 00:16:43.320 to get a front row seat. You got lawn chairs, tents. 348 00:16:43.679 --> 00:16:47.279 Some guy even set up a full complete bar with 349 00:16:47.360 --> 00:16:49.080 IPAs and mixed drinks at. 350 00:16:49.000 --> 00:16:50.039 Eight in the mor Yeah. 351 00:16:50.480 --> 00:16:50.919 Nice. 352 00:16:51.799 --> 00:16:54.720 Fans say they're owed this parade after missing out on 353 00:16:54.759 --> 00:16:58.320 the pandemic and waiting decades before that. This fan is 354 00:16:58.360 --> 00:17:02.240 from Jose Students in Jose State. He says the whole 355 00:17:02.320 --> 00:17:04.519 series was great, but his favorite part in. 356 00:17:04.599 --> 00:17:07.359 Game five, coming back down from that five zero deficit, 357 00:17:07.559 --> 00:17:08.240 that was that was a. 358 00:17:08.160 --> 00:17:09.119 Great thing to know at the time. 359 00:17:09.599 --> 00:17:12.640 Day Oh, I was definitely sun I was insted in 360 00:17:12.680 --> 00:17:15.119 my seat. We were required for a good like forty 361 00:17:15.119 --> 00:17:17.039 five minutes at the start, and then they started closing 362 00:17:17.079 --> 00:17:18.200 back and they started getting. 363 00:17:17.920 --> 00:17:24.000 The glad responsible to us. Moment four. Yeah, we watched 364 00:17:24.079 --> 00:17:25.480 we watched the Yankees. 365 00:17:25.519 --> 00:17:27.680 You know, they started really like Judge started with Judge, 366 00:17:27.680 --> 00:17:29.960 you know, miss mat that line drive at center field, 367 00:17:30.000 --> 00:17:32.160 and after that it just, you know, it just kept 368 00:17:32.160 --> 00:17:34.319 spinally and they they really couldn't get together. And then 369 00:17:34.759 --> 00:17:36.960 uh Cole in his air at first date, not getting 370 00:17:36.960 --> 00:17:39.599 over that CFC. You know that really that really put 371 00:17:39.799 --> 00:17:42.319 Dug a keap hoole fe. They they couldn't come back. 372 00:17:42.160 --> 00:17:43.920 To this, so it was great to see he was 373 00:17:43.920 --> 00:17:44.960 grateful on Yeah. 374 00:17:44.960 --> 00:17:47.480 I've also been asking fans who their favorite player is 375 00:17:47.599 --> 00:17:51.920 of the series. Obviously starting Freeman is leading my unofficial pole, 376 00:17:52.240 --> 00:17:55.559 some Walker Buellers, a couple of Mookie Beds. But the 377 00:17:55.559 --> 00:17:57.960 two guys from San Jose State, they say they had 378 00:17:58.000 --> 00:17:58.799 a different choint. 379 00:17:59.240 --> 00:18:00.480 You know, I got a just I got to give 380 00:18:00.480 --> 00:18:02.279 it to Tommy Edmit. You know, Tommy had been really 381 00:18:02.279 --> 00:18:04.119 surprised me I left the way that he played. He 382 00:18:04.160 --> 00:18:07.960 played hard, he played good and yeah, yeah, besuys Freddie Freeman. 383 00:18:08.000 --> 00:18:09.599 I think Edmonds up there for the MGC. 384 00:18:10.319 --> 00:18:12.839 I gotta go with Tommy Edmund as he's been a 385 00:18:12.920 --> 00:18:15.640 dog he uh fact, we picked him up. I knew 386 00:18:15.640 --> 00:18:18.079 he He speech is good and she proved at NLCS 387 00:18:18.119 --> 00:18:20.400 and even the world serious as you did there. 388 00:18:20.480 --> 00:18:22.240 You have the guys I'm waiting for here for that parade, 389 00:18:22.240 --> 00:18:24.119 like you said, is about to start at City Hall, 390 00:18:24.319 --> 00:18:26.440 run for about forty five minutes, and then in right 391 00:18:26.480 --> 00:18:27.359 here at Fifth. 392 00:18:27.160 --> 00:18:28.559 And Flower, Corvin. 393 00:18:28.559 --> 00:18:30.640 We appreciate you checking in, and we'll check back in 394 00:18:30.720 --> 00:18:32.680 during the parade as well and get an update from 395 00:18:32.720 --> 00:18:35.279 Faith and Flower where it's all going to end up 396 00:18:35.279 --> 00:18:38.880 there at eleven forty five around twelve o'clock as well, David, 397 00:18:38.960 --> 00:18:40.839 you are on the bus getting ready to get the 398 00:18:40.839 --> 00:18:44.079 players loaded up. They will head over to City Hall 399 00:18:44.480 --> 00:18:47.079 and have Mayor Bass kick things off at eleven o'clock 400 00:18:47.119 --> 00:18:49.279 with the parade then coming back to Dodger Stadium for 401 00:18:49.359 --> 00:18:51.240