Speaker 1: What a great first hour, and we got two more
Speaker 1: to go live from Dodgers Stadium at Dodger Fest right
Speaker 1: here on your home for the world champion Dodgers A
Speaker 1: five to seventy LA Sports thanks to Dave Roberts, Blake Snell,
Speaker 1: Evan Phillips, Tanner, Scott, Michael CONFORDO. Thank you to all
Speaker 1: of them for stoping by. And there he is, number
Speaker 1: seventy two. Back to the roots, Miguel Roth looking great,
Speaker 1: looking great, looks like a first year the way he's
Speaker 1: the shape that he's in, he's in. Whoever Yoshi Yamamoto,
Speaker 1: my good friend, is he gonna come by right? Oh?
Speaker 1: There he is?
Speaker 2: Oh?
Speaker 1: Who else? Who else? You bring it?
Speaker 3: Hero?
Speaker 1: All right, man, this We have a wall right around
Speaker 1: the corner from our broadcast site, so it's always a
Speaker 1: surprise who comes by. So very happy to see two
Speaker 1: great people in Yoshi Yamamoto and Hero his trust the advisor, right,
Speaker 1: trust the Advisor, Life coach interpreter. Yeah, they're putting their
Speaker 1: headset on right now. But uh uh, Yoshi Yamamoto, Teoscar Hernandez,
Speaker 1: Chris Taylor, Andrew Friedman are gonna stop by this hour
Speaker 1: and coming up next hour one and only show. Hey,
Speaker 1: Otani Yamamoto, how do I look? Do I look? Did
Speaker 1: I gain weight? Did I eat too much during the holidays?
Speaker 1: How do you think I look? Do I need to
Speaker 1: get in shape for spring training?
Speaker 4: You bigger?
Speaker 1: I'm gonna get in better shape, better shape, and I
Speaker 1: learned more Japanese. Sounds like yes to everything, lose weight
Speaker 1: and learn Japanese. Yes, I gotta look good in Tokyo.
Speaker 1: You know, I don't want to make you look bad
Speaker 1: when I go to Tokyo. Panned this year with.
Speaker 2: The game book.
Speaker 1: World champion Yoshi Yama. Moto is joining us with Hero.
Speaker 3: Uh.
Speaker 1: We heard so much about the Dinners that you had
Speaker 1: with Roki Sazaki. How excited are you that he signed
Speaker 1: with the Dodgers.
Speaker 2: Hem just ok Ext's I'm very happy to be in
Speaker 2: the same team and they play together with him. I'm
Speaker 2: very happy about it.
Speaker 1: Are you the reason why he signed?
Speaker 3: I hope so.
Speaker 1: It was Yamamoto, Nobu and show hel Tani Right, those
Speaker 1: were the three reasons that Sazaki signed with the Dodgers.
Speaker 2: And does.
Speaker 1: Novas Okay, Yoshi, here's a real question for you. We're
Speaker 1: going to Tokyo, Japan. Do you have any tips or
Speaker 1: recommendations for me being in Japan.
Speaker 5: With you, you mean, like a restaurant or yeah, or
Speaker 5: how to act.
Speaker 1: Before you answer. I don't speak Japanese, but it sounded
Speaker 1: like he's very suspicious of me. Kick all right here?
Speaker 1: What were his recommendations and tips for me?
Speaker 4: So?
Speaker 2: I believe, you know, because that any kinds of restaurant
Speaker 2: in Tokyo, it's great.
Speaker 1: Okay.
Speaker 2: So I wanted to eat a lot and then enjoy
Speaker 2: and then indulge yourself and then you know, get.
Speaker 1: On the treadmill. Then after workout.
Speaker 4: That's not.
Speaker 1: Yeah, you just enjoy over there.
Speaker 6: You know.
Speaker 1: I like to enjoy. I like to enjoy a lot,
Speaker 1: and you come back here then you work out. Okay,
Speaker 1: sounds good, Thank you Oshi. Before I let you go,
Speaker 1: one question can you baseball question? Can you compare winning
Speaker 1: the World Series to winning the World Baseball Classic? The
Speaker 1: feeling of winning at all.
Speaker 2: Just got so No w b.
Speaker 4: So is the mom.
Speaker 6: Ma?
Speaker 4: So no, what are the champion? I know what the champion? Champion?
Speaker 2: I know, but they're both good, you know, because w
Speaker 2: b C and then Major League you know, it's my
Speaker 2: position in the team is a little different. And then
Speaker 2: like what series it's you know, we start in the
Speaker 2: spring training all together and then we work out, you know,
Speaker 2: fight through the season together, then win the old series.
Speaker 2: So there's a little difference, you know, it's a long
Speaker 2: run and then w b C is my position in
Speaker 2: the team is a little different in this short term.
Speaker 1: Yoshi, thank you so much for stopping by. I look
Speaker 1: forward to watching you pitch again this year. You were
Speaker 1: phenomenal and such a big part of the World Championship
Speaker 1: for the Dodgers, and everybody that got to know you
Speaker 1: not only loves the way you pitch, but loves who
Speaker 1: you are as a person. You're a great person.
Speaker 2: A lot of does she need to cut that champion? Champion?
Speaker 2: You know, I don't know what else you see? Almos,
Speaker 2: what do you speak to the Suma?
Speaker 3: Hi?
Speaker 1: Thank you, Arigato, You're the man, Yamamoto. I can't wait
Speaker 1: to see you in spring training. We're ready, We're ready.
Speaker 1: There is world champion Yoshi Yamamoto. Thank you for stopping by,
Speaker 1: and look forward to a great year. Thank you, Hero,
Speaker 1: thank you very much. All Right, there they go, Yoshi
Speaker 1: Yamamoto and Hero, thank you for coming by and joining
Speaker 1: us during Dodger fest and man, there, look at those
Speaker 1: two guys. Man, the two widest guys I've ever seeing,
Speaker 1: Kyle Hurt and Gavin Stone right there popping their heads
Speaker 1: through right there. Man, Hey, why are they hiding by
Speaker 1: the food? They like food too. I gotta say something
Speaker 1: about Yamamoto while he's here. Maybe Hero will say this.
Speaker 1: After the first start against the Padres, he only allowed
Speaker 1: three runs in fifteen and two thirds innings. He made
Speaker 1: the Yankees well, he was the Yankees daddy. Going back
Speaker 1: to June and in the World Series, this guy owned
Speaker 1: the Yankees. He was doing it in June and he
Speaker 1: did it in October. This guy's a true Samurai warrior,
Speaker 1: no doubt about it. You can never doubt his heart.
Speaker 1: Great heart is Tony Gonsolin. Way to come in here,
Speaker 1: like doesn't need like a grand introduction. I mean we
Speaker 1: have double doors open. You could just come in here, Gonsolin, Relax,
Speaker 1: sit down. Maybe Hero will translate for you. It'll be
Speaker 1: a wonderful opportunity, Tony. Tony Gonsolyn, who also played a
Speaker 1: big part for the Dodgers in a different way, a
Speaker 1: meaningful way to get them ready for the post. Tony,
Speaker 1: thanks a lot for the time. A note has just
Speaker 1: been slipped to me. Keep it quick, cat like quickness
Speaker 1: for this interview right here, No doubt, very much in demand.
Speaker 1: Great to see you.
Speaker 4: Hello.
Speaker 1: Do you think I handled that well with Yamamoto and Hero?
Speaker 4: I was just trying to listen for the recommendations, to be.
Speaker 1: Honest, I know he gave me nothing.
Speaker 4: Yeah, right, go to any restaurant.
Speaker 1: Yeah exactly, thanks a lot. We'll have to search Tokyo, Japan.
Speaker 4: Hopefully yelp work's there.
Speaker 1: Oh I hope so well. I'll get some Rex for us.
Speaker 1: I'm a foodie. Now sounds good as you could tell.
Speaker 1: I like that food's good. How are you feeling? I
Speaker 1: feel good, Ready to go, Feel like a regular off
Speaker 1: season yep. Feel like Tony Gonsolin again.
Speaker 4: Yep, exactly.
Speaker 1: I think a lot of people don't realize that you
Speaker 1: were starting to feel like Tony Gonsolin leading up to
Speaker 1: the first round of the postseason, because you did pitch
Speaker 1: to your teammates to get them ready for the NLDS.
Speaker 3: Yep.
Speaker 4: I had a couple of rehab outings in a and
Speaker 4: those went pretty well, and then I got the boys
Speaker 4: ready to rake.
Speaker 1: Yeah, in playoffs? Was there any chance that you were
Speaker 1: going to pitch last year in the postseason if things
Speaker 1: went sideways or was it that kind of squashed early.
Speaker 4: No, there was definitely a chance. Fortunately, everyone stayed healthy,
Speaker 4: and I think that was where the chance was. It
Speaker 4: was just the backup plan in case somebody got hurt.
Speaker 4: Everyone stayed healthy, and we pulled it out.
Speaker 1: When you watched that ride last year, obviously you want
Speaker 1: to be a part of it. But now being healthy
Speaker 1: and see what the Dodgers have and what they need,
Speaker 1: how much does that motivate you to want to be
Speaker 1: part of a World Series championship and be on the
Speaker 1: mound you were there for twenty twenty. Obviously you want
Speaker 1: to be part of last year, but try to get
Speaker 1: that second ring, I'm sure as a great motivating factor.
Speaker 4: Yeah, definitely, let's run it back. Honestly, I want to
Speaker 4: help the squad out any way I can.
Speaker 1: What's the dynamic? What's been communicated with so many starting pitchers?
Speaker 3: Do?
Speaker 1: I know we always say that, but there's a lot
Speaker 1: you guys.
Speaker 4: Yeah, there's a lot of us. Plan is just going
Speaker 4: there expecting to be a starting pitcher and build up
Speaker 4: as as such, and then we'll see what.
Speaker 1: I meant, Anthony Benda just walked in. Have you heard
Speaker 1: about this cult fan? You know, the the cult of
Speaker 1: Anthony Benda in a good way? The fans here love
Speaker 1: love BANDA. I mean, he's got his shirt on. He
Speaker 1: should take his shirt off like he did during the parade.
Speaker 1: That's when people went wild.
Speaker 3: Yeah.
Speaker 4: They want to see him with the shirt off and
Speaker 4: with the mask on, and they love it.
Speaker 1: Kirby Yates, by the way, I thought about you yesterday
Speaker 1: during his press conference because he still is one of
Speaker 1: the few pitchers in baseball that throw the split fingered
Speaker 1: fastball like Tony Gonsolin. You got another comrade in that department.
Speaker 1: Is there anything that you guys in that brotherhood of
Speaker 1: throwing the splitter can share with each other?
Speaker 3: Yeah?
Speaker 4: I haven't met him yet in person, so you know,
Speaker 4: don't think if anything's going wrong, ye, I got a
Speaker 4: guy to ask, and I think that makes it all
Speaker 4: the better.
Speaker 1: Where you off to next at Dodger? Do you know
Speaker 1: what they have planned for each? Oh?
Speaker 4: Stage next?
Speaker 1: All right? All right? Are you going to be by
Speaker 1: yourself up there?
Speaker 4: Dan Grover is gonna be with you? Maybe, Bobby, I'm
Speaker 4: not sure.
Speaker 1: Okay, all right, Well, enjoy the main stage. Tony Gonsolin,
Speaker 1: thank you, thanks for stopping by. Of course your paws
Speaker 1: are feeling great love that. There he goes, Tony Gonsolin,
Speaker 1: Dodger Fest. He said it to the main stage and
Speaker 1: certainly conserving himself for spring training. He's ready to go
Speaker 1: and uh, certainly hungry to be part of the Dodgers'
Speaker 1: twenty twenty five season. You look at it and look
Speaker 1: at how many guys they have on this roster. It
Speaker 1: just shows that you can't have enough pitching and everybody's
Speaker 1: going to have to learn to adapt and be flexible
Speaker 1: and nimble. I just saw Kyle Hurt and Gavin Stone
Speaker 1: pop their heads out. I mean, Stone's not going to
Speaker 1: pitch this year, but Kyle Hurt, you never know, you
Speaker 1: might see him. That guy could be a weapon coming
Speaker 1: out of the out of the bullpen. And there he
Speaker 1: is West Virginia's favorite son, son of the Mountain, Michael
Speaker 1: Grove right there with some cool looking sunglasses. We're gonna
Speaker 1: take a time out here on Dodger Talk when we
Speaker 1: continue live from Dodgers Stadium at Dodger Fest. Taoscar Hernandez,
Speaker 1: everybody's favorite tay Oscar Hernandez is scheduled to join us
Speaker 1: and coming up at one forty five, Andrew Friedman at
Speaker 1: two fifteen, Freddie Freeman to thirty Mookie Bets, and we
Speaker 1: are going to cap things off with the grand finale
Speaker 1: of having the three time MVP show Hey Otani close
Speaker 1: us out at Dodger Fest. So David Vase with you
Speaker 1: on a great Saturday on a five seventy LA Sports,
Speaker 1: your home of the world champion Dodgers. Thank you to
Speaker 1: Yoshi Yamamoto and Tony Gonsolin for dropping by. Appreciate them
Speaker 1: stopping by. Chris Taylor is beyond the double doors here
Speaker 1: where we're posted up. If you are here at Dodger Fest.
Speaker 1: I'm not trying to hide from you. It's just where
Speaker 1: they put me. I crashed this party and we found
Speaker 1: a place to do this show. And a man that
Speaker 1: I have seen evolve from a Seattle Mariner to a
Speaker 1: two time World Series champion and a hero and so
Speaker 1: many postseasons for the Dodgers, the one and only Chris
Speaker 1: Taylor is joining us. Chris, great to see you. I
Speaker 1: saw you get the hang loose. Signed to the Dodger fans.
Speaker 1: You have really really become La.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm just a surfer poser right now. You're my
Speaker 3: ultimate hype guy. I've I love it.
Speaker 1: Oh, how could I not be? Twenty seventeen, the home
Speaker 1: run off of Justin Verlander to get the World Series started.
Speaker 1: The incredible Game seven in the twenty eighteen NLCS, the
Speaker 1: walk off home run against the Saint Louis Cardinals. Do
Speaker 1: I need to keep going, Chris?
Speaker 3: No, that's good for now. You can. We can talk
Speaker 3: about this later though.
Speaker 1: Okay, Well, tell me how it felt to be part
Speaker 1: of that World Series team last year, considering all the
Speaker 1: highs you've been part of.
Speaker 3: Yeah, it was unbelievable. You know, I think each team
Speaker 3: and each year is a different experience. Last year was
Speaker 3: very special in its own way. I think we had
Speaker 3: a huge chip on our shoulder in the postseason. We
Speaker 3: obviously knew we were down a lot of guys from
Speaker 3: injury and all that, and so I think we really, like,
Speaker 3: you know, just came together as a group and kind
Speaker 3: of fed off of each other's energy, and I felt
Speaker 3: like we were playing our best baseball we had played
Speaker 3: all season in the postseason, and we got hot at
Speaker 3: the right time, and yeah, it you know, obviously the
Speaker 3: the writing is on the wall or whatever the saying is,
Speaker 3: and then we have to celebrate, which we didn't get
Speaker 3: to do in twenty twenty. So that was just a
Speaker 3: really cool experience and something I think us players and
Speaker 3: all the fans and all of Los Angeles had been
Speaker 3: kind of craving for a long time. So that was
Speaker 3: special that the parade was an experien and so I'll
Speaker 3: never forget to kind of see all of la show
Speaker 3: out for us like that. It was really really cool.
Speaker 1: You've been a fan favorite, You've been part of multiple
Speaker 1: world series with fans in the stadiums. When you were
Speaker 1: on your parade bus, did that really hit you how
Speaker 1: much this team means to the city or did you
Speaker 1: already know that?
Speaker 3: Yeah, no, I it did because you could see it right.
Speaker 3: The stadium can fit fifty thousand approximately, So you know,
Speaker 3: I think there's always the awareness that it's bigger than
Speaker 3: just the fans of the stadium, like Los Angeles Dodgers.
Speaker 3: That's like now it's like worldwide, especially you know, we're
Speaker 3: signing international players and it's really growing. Thank show. Hey,
Speaker 3: But you know, to actually see it it kind of
Speaker 3: put things into perspective because we're always we're kind of
Speaker 3: in our little bubble in the state, and then when
Speaker 3: we drive around the city in the streets are packed
Speaker 3: like shoulder to shoulder everywhere you can see for miles.
Speaker 3: That was really really cool, and it's something we always knew,
Speaker 3: but to see it in person and to experience it
Speaker 3: and see how excited people were and to be able
Speaker 3: to for them to come out and show their support.
Speaker 3: A lot of them probably can't afford to come to
Speaker 3: Dodger games. Yeah, them being able to to be there
Speaker 3: and show their support to us really meant a lot.
Speaker 1: You've been part of so many different teams that have won.
Speaker 1: Right as a Dodger twenty seventeen, that team does not
Speaker 1: look anything close to what twenty twenty four did. What
Speaker 1: has been the biggest factor why the cast members have changed,
Speaker 1: but the winning has not.
Speaker 3: I think it all starts up top, to be honest,
Speaker 3: I think you know, Andrew, in our front office, the
Speaker 3: goal is to win every year, and we're very fortunate
Speaker 3: to play for an organization where that's the main priority,
Speaker 3: and that's not the case with every team, and I
Speaker 3: feel lucky to be a part of this organization knowing
Speaker 3: that we're gonna We're gonna compete, and we're gonna make
Speaker 3: moves and do everything we can to win a world series,
Speaker 3: and that is the only objective.
Speaker 1: Chris Taylor is our guest tomorrow. He's having his second
Speaker 1: annual Polar Plunge. Sounds like you got a cold tailor
Speaker 1: Are you really gonna jump into the Pacific Ocean with
Speaker 1: that cold you got going on right now? It might
Speaker 1: turn into pneumonia? Do I sound like a cold? Yes?
Speaker 1: A sinus infection at least.
Speaker 6: No.
Speaker 3: I had sinus surgery in this offseason. I'm actually breathing better.
Speaker 1: Oh you in your nose.
Speaker 3: It was an issue, and now I thought it was fixed.
Speaker 3: But I'm doubting yet.
Speaker 1: I gotta go back to My brother had that surgery too.
Speaker 1: He had to go back a second time.
Speaker 3: Oh man, I hope. I don't know.
Speaker 1: You're not doing your nasal rinses, are you? Taylor?
Speaker 3: Well? I thought you're my hype guy.
Speaker 1: See, I know you so well, I know you better
Speaker 1: than you know yourself. I sniffed out something was going
Speaker 1: on already. I mean, you do sound like you are breathing.
Speaker 1: You're not as big of a mouth breather as you
Speaker 1: were before. But I mean, when did you have this
Speaker 1: nasal procedure.
Speaker 3: It was in November after the season.
Speaker 1: There you're still in the process, still in the process,
Speaker 1: still recovery. Maybe that saltwater tomorrow will help you clear
Speaker 1: it out.
Speaker 3: It'll be the polar plunge will be a great test.
Speaker 1: Yeah, all right, Well back to the polar plunge. It's
Speaker 1: for a great cause. Is where are the funds going
Speaker 1: this year? Because I know you and your wife Mary
Speaker 1: are very philanthropic and you did a great job last year.
Speaker 1: Has uh the direction of the donations changed after what
Speaker 1: happened here in La?
Speaker 3: It did? It shifted a little bit. So, you know
Speaker 3: last year we did it for the Friendship Foundation, and
Speaker 3: that was the plan this year and we're still gonna
Speaker 3: The Friendship Foundation is still a beneficiary, and we added
Speaker 3: the LA Fire Department Foundation. That's the additional beneficiary. After
Speaker 3: the fires.
Speaker 1: You've been through so many charitable endeavors, whether it's with
Speaker 1: your foundation or with the Dodgers, it felt more impactful
Speaker 1: and needed this time around. Did you feel that way too?
Speaker 3: Yeah? You know what, obviously, everything that happened with the
Speaker 3: fires in La and the devastation that brought to the
Speaker 3: city I think it's really important in these times for
Speaker 3: all of LA to come together and people to step up.
Speaker 3: And you know, the Dodgers and the Dodgers Foundation have
Speaker 3: done already done huge things. But you know, it's cool
Speaker 3: to see everybody really play their part. And you know,
Speaker 3: I think LA is really stepping up. And you know,
Speaker 3: I'm hoping this polar Punch tomorrow will see. We've already
Speaker 3: got tons of support just through Instagram donations. We've raised
Speaker 3: over fifty thousand dollars just on Instagram fund out. That's amazing,
Speaker 3: and you know, I think that just shows people want
Speaker 3: to help. And you know, at first, I think people
Speaker 3: were looking to help and they didn't know how. And
Speaker 3: you know, now we're starting to see people are really
Speaker 3: organizing things and making it accessible for the whole city
Speaker 3: to do that.
Speaker 1: There's still spots available right to participate tomorrow.
Speaker 3: Yeah, you can actually buy tickets at the plunge on
Speaker 3: the beach, so.
Speaker 1: Manhattan Beach Peer that's where you want to be to
Speaker 1: get your tickets, Or you can go to Chris's Foundation
Speaker 1: on Instagram CET three Foundation. That's where you can get
Speaker 1: your tickets, or just show up and jump in.
Speaker 3: Yes, ct Threefoundation dot org. If you want to get
Speaker 3: tickets beforehand.
Speaker 1: Nice, or just show up at the Manhattan Beach Peer Yeah.
Speaker 3: Yeah, we will be selling tickets there on the spot.
Speaker 1: Nice. Love it, Chris, looking for to a great twenty
Speaker 1: twenty five. I know it just feels like the group
Speaker 1: isn't satisfied with everything that went so perfect for you
Speaker 1: guys last year.
Speaker 3: Yeah. No, and that shows. You know, We've obviously made
Speaker 3: some great additions this offseason. And you know, I don't
Speaker 3: have to say. We all know, and you know, I
Speaker 3: think the excitement is, you know, we want to make
Speaker 3: this a regular thing. We want to kind of run
Speaker 3: it back and you know, hopefully for a few more years.
Speaker 3: You know, I'm going to do my best to stick around.
Speaker 1: You're still hungry, Chris? Are you still hungry? You still
Speaker 1: got that edge?
Speaker 3: Yeah? I do right now, and I'm trying to keep
Speaker 3: it that way. But I you know, I love the
Speaker 3: city and I hope I can play here for many
Speaker 3: more years.
Speaker 1: I get so nostalgic when I'm around Chris Taylor. You know,
Speaker 1: been part of so many great teams with so many
Speaker 1: great guys starting in twenty seventeen, and I look at
Speaker 1: your CT three Foundation Instagram And you got Brett Young
Speaker 1: coming out to the VIP party tomorrow. Cory Seger brought
Speaker 1: him into our lives. I mean, I never heard of
Speaker 1: Brett Young in my life before Corey Seger, and here
Speaker 1: you got Brett Young playing tomorrow. I feel like that's
Speaker 1: a tip of the cap to Corey Seeger.
Speaker 3: Yeah, no, I know Brett and Siegs are really tight.
Speaker 3: They're from the same area.
Speaker 1: But are you saying you're more friends? Were Brett Young
Speaker 1: than Seeger? Is Is that what you're saying now?
Speaker 3: No? No, I'm not saying that. But you know Brett,
Speaker 3: he's a huge Doger fan, and he helped us out
Speaker 3: a couple of years ago at the top golf event.
Speaker 3: He's gonna be there tomorrow. He's fantastic, you know, just
Speaker 3: it shows the how generous he is and the type
Speaker 3: of person he is, and he's coming and helping us
Speaker 3: out for nothing, and that is not you know, that
Speaker 3: is not typical of big time performers like Brett, and
Speaker 3: it really means a lot that he was able to
Speaker 3: do that with us.
Speaker 1: Chris, before I let you go, standing right there is
Speaker 1: a fan favorite. Number three thirty seven ta Oscar Hernandez.
Speaker 1: Is he like the most perfect human being? Does he
Speaker 1: ever have a bad day? Has he ever pushed anybody
Speaker 1: off a sidewalk? Has he ever just said you know what, no,
Speaker 1: I'm going first. I feel like he's never done that before.
Speaker 1: I feel like if there was somebody close to John Wooden,
Speaker 1: it would be Taoscar Hernandez. I feel like every day
Speaker 1: is a great gratifying day. He has never offended anybody
Speaker 1: in his life. Has he ever offended you? Has he
Speaker 1: ever upset you?
Speaker 3: No? Too, has not never, never, He's always got a
Speaker 3: smile in his face. You know. I think the bad.
Speaker 1: Day for him is like he forgot to say I'm sorry.
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, no. I mean, Tao is an unbelievable human being,
Speaker 3: and we're happy to have him back. First time I've
Speaker 3: seen him actually this offseason.
Speaker 1: Do you see the glow above his head. There's a
Speaker 1: halo above his head. There's two people in the world,
Speaker 1: Mother Teresa and Taoscar Hernandez. Off the field, on the field,
Speaker 1: forget it.
Speaker 3: I think we got to bring Tayo in. I think
Speaker 3: I'm done and this is time for Tao to come here.
Speaker 1: Yeah, Saint Tao, Saint Tao come on over here, we're
Speaker 1: gonna take a time out. Ta Oscar Hernandez is going
Speaker 1: to join us. Chris Taylor, who's been part of the
Speaker 1: Dodgers since twenty seventeen. Thank you. We're looking forward to
Speaker 1: another great year with you wearing number three. And we'll
Speaker 1: see you tomorrow at the Manhattan Beach Pier for the
Speaker 1: Polar Plunge, a great charity. And we'll see, uh, we'll
Speaker 1: see if the saltwater clears out that neasele whatever you
Speaker 1: got going on. Dodger Talk rolls on from Dodger Fest.
Speaker 1: Chris Taylor, my number one fan. We'll send it back
Speaker 1: to you for now. And on the other side, Tai
Speaker 1: Oscar Hernandez right here on AM five seventy LA Sports,
Speaker 1: your home of the CAMPIONNIS, the Champions Dodgers. Oh there
Speaker 1: we go. You know that song. He's gonna grab a
Speaker 1: bat right now.
Speaker 6: I'm not ready, not ready yet.
Speaker 1: One of my favorites too. This is very awkward. Two
Speaker 1: of my favorites, right, don't lie, It's okay, you're right,
Speaker 1: you're right outman, not just kidding. Hey, all you guys
Speaker 1: are my favorites. I tell everybody you're my guy. But Taascar.
Speaker 1: Hernandez is Los Angeles' guy. Taascar Hernandez aid Dodger Fest.
Speaker 1: That's what Dodger fans wanted.
Speaker 6: You.
Speaker 1: Hear my one fan right there, they're screaming for you,
Speaker 1: number thirty seven, wearing that Dodger blue. He's got that
Speaker 1: beautiful glow. Just came off the beach in the Dominican Republic.
Speaker 6: I was in Tampa.
Speaker 1: Oh, Tampa, same thing, right by the beach. Yeah, oh man,
Speaker 1: You're so happy to be back, aren't you, Tao, Yes,
Speaker 1: so happy. Did you feel relieved once it happened?
Speaker 6: Yeah, you know, the one of my biggest ding was
Speaker 6: trying to get a deal done with the Dodgers, and
Speaker 6: you know, thank god he works and I'm here.
Speaker 3: But I got it again.
Speaker 1: You know, one thing I was looking at. I've been
Speaker 1: watching the games in the postseason again. You came up
Speaker 1: big in the fifth inning during the NLDS to bring
Speaker 1: the back from behind, and then you had one of
Speaker 1: the biggest hits in Game five of the World Series.
Speaker 1: Have you had a chance to go back and watch
Speaker 1: any of the games or you cannot allow yourself.
Speaker 6: Maybe a thousand times already. Really, all the videos and
Speaker 6: all the highlights. It just makes everything easier and excited
Speaker 6: just to go back and see all the plays, all
Speaker 6: the things that we go through in the playoff, and
Speaker 6: you know, remind of ourselves that we can do this again,
Speaker 6: and our team is way better now and we have
Speaker 6: a big chance to do it again this year.
Speaker 1: I felt like you and Showhay just would not allow
Speaker 1: this team to lose, or never allow themselves not to
Speaker 1: believe that you could even come back. I'm thinking about
Speaker 1: the NLDS against the Padres. I felt like you were
Speaker 1: willing this team to believe.
Speaker 6: Yeah, it just you know, you get to a point
Speaker 6: where you have to match the energy from the other side,
Speaker 6: and I think that's what the Patris were doing at
Speaker 6: the beginning. They were playing a high level energy wise,
Speaker 6: and and and for us to beat them, we need
Speaker 6: to play at the same level or even higher than them.
Speaker 6: And we realize that and we go after it. And
Speaker 6: we've been on in five games.
Speaker 1: I was saying, and I believe it. If you were
Speaker 1: one of the best people you could ever meet. I
Speaker 1: think you're one of the most generous, good natured people
Speaker 1: you'll ever meet. Have you ever played the game angry?
Speaker 6: Uh?
Speaker 3: Not really? Not really. Uh.
Speaker 6: Once I learned how to enjoy these game and and
Speaker 6: and the way you have to play it, the things
Speaker 6: that it will be more easier when you go to
Speaker 6: the field and you play with positive energy even though
Speaker 6: if if you're going through a bad moment or tough moment,
Speaker 6: uh personally or as a team. Uh, for me, it
Speaker 6: feels way better.
Speaker 3: Uh.
Speaker 6: You got more reliefs out of it when you just
Speaker 6: go and and just have fun, trying to make your
Speaker 6: teammates enjoy what we do and and just go about
Speaker 6: our business.
Speaker 1: What was it like for you to be part of
Speaker 1: this team and to invest so much emotion into this
Speaker 1: team and be rewarded with the World Series championship and
Speaker 1: for the front office and the ownership to reward you
Speaker 1: by bringing you back.
Speaker 6: That's that's that's what it's all about. For me, it
Speaker 6: just every day that I get to get to work,
Speaker 6: to get to the field. My point is to make
Speaker 6: everybody uh relax even though we're.
Speaker 3: Playing the game.
Speaker 6: And you know, now that I'm back, it just feel
Speaker 6: great to be back with this group, with this organization,
Speaker 6: and uh, you know, thanks to to the Dodgers, to
Speaker 6: the front office, to everybody that make this possible, and
Speaker 6: you know, happy to be here.
Speaker 1: You know what I thought about, or one person I
Speaker 1: thought about when you resigned was Andy pa Has If
Speaker 1: you pay attention and you watch the dugout, you're always
Speaker 1: talking to him and he's always listening to you. How
Speaker 1: much do you believe you have helped Andy and how
Speaker 1: much more can you help him being teammates and make
Speaker 1: him ready for his opportunity?
Speaker 6: You know, it's it's the thing is here when you
Speaker 6: have somebody telling you what was fed in the future.
Speaker 6: For me, I think I didn't have that people of
Speaker 6: those guys when when I was a rookie, And for me,
Speaker 6: it's really important to show the sport to the young
Speaker 6: guys to make them feel that even if they're going
Speaker 6: through that moment, it's gonna go away. It just has
Speaker 6: to keep your head up and keep working hard and
Speaker 6: keep a living and what you're doing so uh for
Speaker 6: me to be there for him, and not only for Pahees,
Speaker 6: for all the guys. I'm just here to make my
Speaker 6: teammates better, to help anybody in any way that can
Speaker 6: possible help, and you know, just trying to make everybody better,
Speaker 6: even myself.
Speaker 1: Your lineup was so good with tay Oscar Hernandez hitting
Speaker 1: behind Mookie and Freddie and show, hey, you look at
Speaker 1: this lineup now with Confordo a full year with Tommy Edmund.
Speaker 1: How much are all of you going to benefit by
Speaker 1: having the guy in front of you and the guy
Speaker 1: behind you.
Speaker 6: It is like saying everybody's gonna have some benefits at
Speaker 6: some point when you have a deep lineup like that,
Speaker 6: like the one we have this year, What is the
Speaker 6: most important is if we can stay healthy the whole year.
Speaker 6: If we can do that, I think everybody's gonna have
Speaker 6: a wonderful year individually and as a group. And at
Speaker 6: the end of the day we're going to be fighting
Speaker 6: for another Wolves here, you're still hungry, Yes, well, look
Speaker 6: the World Series is in the past, that's already. We
Speaker 6: enjoy it, We have fun, We have a good time.
Speaker 6: But I wasn't twenty twenty four. Now win twenty twenty
Speaker 6: five and we had no goals. But at the same
Speaker 6: at the end, it's going to be the same. It
Speaker 6: just win everything.
Speaker 1: When did you turn the page and say that was
Speaker 1: last year? Was that after New Year's after Christmas? When
Speaker 1: did you say that was behind me?
Speaker 6: It was right when I got back home.
Speaker 1: Really.
Speaker 6: Yes, I'm a guy that what is in the past
Speaker 6: is in the past. Even even if it's a good one,
Speaker 6: it's in the past. It's nothing I can do about it.
Speaker 6: It just focused on what can I do in the
Speaker 6: next step.
Speaker 1: Tail Man, it feels right that you're here. It wouldn't
Speaker 1: have felt the same if you weren't here. I would
Speaker 1: not have come today. If Hernandez was not here.
Speaker 4: I love you. I don't think that's a lie.
Speaker 1: No, no, I'm not coming. Even though Blake Snail's here,
Speaker 1: I would not have come.
Speaker 6: Feels good to be back and be together with the boys,
Speaker 6: man and see him by saying too, about saying.
Speaker 1: My brother, really, oh man, thank you, Ted, I miss
Speaker 1: I miss you too.
Speaker 4: You know.
Speaker 1: Uh, I'm telling you. I've seen a lot of Dodgers
Speaker 1: come and go, but uh, twenty years from now, I
Speaker 1: will still always talk about Taoscar, Hernandez. There's a few
Speaker 1: players I will always talk about, and you're one of them.
Speaker 1: And I think everybody says this right, even Brandon Gome
Speaker 1: said it. Now my kids can stop asking me when
Speaker 1: ta Oscar is coming back, because he is back. He's here.
Speaker 1: I'm here, Oh man, Oh baby, right field, right field
Speaker 1: is gonna love him. Ta Oscar Hernandez man champion, champion
Speaker 1: on and off the field. And when we continue here
Speaker 1: from Dodgers Stadium, the man that was going to have
Speaker 1: to answer to me if he did not bring back
Speaker 1: Taoscar Hernandez, Andrew Friedman is going to come back and
Speaker 1: he's gonna have to answer some questions about key K
Speaker 1: Hernandez coming up next, I'm gonna ask him some questions.
Speaker 1: We need him. Keik had a hockey game. What's he
Speaker 1: doing tale? I don't know, but hopefully, but in Utah,
Speaker 1: key K doesn't belong in Utah.
Speaker 6: Hopefully when Spin's trying to start, we see a face
Speaker 6: of ki K.
Speaker 1: Yeah over there, sounds good, sounds good. Taasca Hernandez. Everybody
Speaker 1: loves him in LA. Looking forward to another great year
Speaker 1: as we continue live from Dodger Fest on a five
Speaker 1: to seventy, LA Sports, your home of the world champion
Speaker 1: Dodgers without tail, those dreams don't come true. We're having
Speaker 1: a great time at Dodger Fest with the world champion
Speaker 1: Los Angeles Dodgers. First time we could say that here
Speaker 1: at Dodger Fest, there was no fan fest or Dodger
Speaker 1: Fest in twenty twenty one. This is the first time
Speaker 1: these players can be celebrated here at Dodgers Stadium coming
Speaker 1: off a World Series championship, and it is so refreshing
Speaker 1: to hear to a man how they are all still
Speaker 1: hungry and how last year was last year, and yes
Speaker 1: we can celebrate it, yes we can enjoy it, but
Speaker 1: it's a new year and there is something to prove.
Speaker 1: And it's awesome to hear guys like Blake Snell and
Speaker 1: Tanner Scott say I want a ring too. That's why
Speaker 1: I came here. I don't want these guys to have
Speaker 1: a ring and me on the sidelines on ring day.
Speaker 1: I want my own ring. And I feel like that's
Speaker 1: where just the experience of being around the Lakers with
Speaker 1: Shaq and Kobe and Gasol and Kobe and those teams,
Speaker 1: and you know, even in twenty twenty one, Trey Turner,
Speaker 1: you know, those guys wanted a ring really bad. And
Speaker 1: on ring day when you're the new guy and you're
Speaker 1: the new new high profile guy like a Blake Snell
Speaker 1: or a Tanner Scott and you're hearing all this hooplah
Speaker 1: going on, and the players from last year, are on
Speaker 1: the third base line and you're in the dugout while
Speaker 1: they're getting a World Series ring. You want to be
Speaker 1: part of it, and that makes you even hungrier. And
Speaker 1: I'm looking forward to this team finding a way to
Speaker 1: make its way back to the World Series. You know,
Speaker 1: I on paper, like they all said, this roster looks
Speaker 1: air tight, and they're right. But there's always the variable
Speaker 1: of a baseball season. There is no linear path to
Speaker 1: a championship. Every season is unique to itself. So the
Speaker 1: way the Dodgers won the World Series championship was very
Speaker 1: different than the way the Texas Rangers won the World
Speaker 1: Series the year before, or even the twenty twenty Dodgers
Speaker 1: won it. And I feel like this is going to
Speaker 1: be a great year, but it's not going to be
Speaker 1: the same exact carbon copy of the way things went
Speaker 1: last year. And you hope that it's not going to
Speaker 1: be that way. Because the Dodgers had a lot of
Speaker 1: injuries to their pitching staff. You hope that that doesn't
Speaker 1: happen again. And the Dodgers have done everything possible to
Speaker 1: prevent that from happening. They have a lot of pitching
Speaker 1: and there is no team out there American League or
Speaker 1: National League that has the pitching staff the Dodgers half.
Speaker 1: So on paper, this is the most stacked roster the
Speaker 1: Dodgers have ever had, not only one through twenty six,
Speaker 1: but one through forty. But you heard a lot of
Speaker 1: these guys talk about it. Health is a big thing,
Speaker 1: and I love that they have brought guys into the
Speaker 1: fold like Tanner Scott and Blake Snell. And you got
Speaker 1: a guy like Michael Confordo where they're hungry to win
Speaker 1: a World Series championship as well. And you got players
Speaker 1: like Chris Taylor and Bobby Miller that have something to prove.
Speaker 1: And a guy that's never satisfied is the man that
Speaker 1: has put together sustained success and a World Series championship,
Speaker 1: and he obviously is doing great Daddy daycare this week
Speaker 1: and a Dodger fest that is the president of Baseball
Speaker 1: Operations for the Dodgers, two time World Series champion, Andrew Friedman. Andrew,
Speaker 1: thanks a lot for coming by and love that you're
Speaker 1: showing the balance of life and being a champion.
Speaker 7: Yeah, thanks for having me on. Brandon Gham's daughter and
Speaker 7: my daughter, Sadie, wanted to come hang today and so
Speaker 7: they're getting the full experience.
Speaker 1: I'm glad they both look like their moms. That's a
Speaker 1: big win for the family. So is this a dad
Speaker 1: thing where they love being with dad because dad will
Speaker 1: allow them to have a sprite.
Speaker 7: No question about it. You can ask my daughter. I'm
Speaker 7: not great at saying no to her.
Speaker 1: So both of these young ladies here, were they pestering
Speaker 1: you and their dad, Brandon about ti Oscar Hernandez who
Speaker 1: was just sitting in that very seat.
Speaker 7: They definitely were, So were my boys. We're getting a
Speaker 7: lot of stuff at school, like we got to re sign.
Speaker 7: Tao said, I agree, we're working on it.
Speaker 1: Andrew, what's it like coming back here and seeing these guys,
Speaker 1: maybe for the first time since the parade, it feels
Speaker 1: like there is still a sense of hunger from all
Speaker 1: of them.
Speaker 7: Yeah, you know, we've talked about this a few times
Speaker 7: this winter. I think it's really hard to win. It's
Speaker 7: even harder to repeat. And part of the difficulty in
Speaker 7: repeating is a sense of complacency that can come overcome
Speaker 7: a group, and that, coupled with pictures getting kind of
Speaker 7: redline through October, that combination, for me, I think is
Speaker 7: a big factor in the difficulty in repeating, and so
Speaker 7: for us, fortunately our pictures didn't get redline. Made it
Speaker 7: a lot harder, not great for quality of life, but
Speaker 7: we got through it. And the complacency thing I just
Speaker 7: have never worried about with this group, just the way
Speaker 7: they're wired. Everyone is so focused and committed to making
Speaker 7: this a golden era Dodger Baseball. The way these guys
Speaker 7: are wired, their work ethic, their desire to win is awesome.
Speaker 1: Did it factor into you bringing in guys like Blake
Speaker 1: SNeW Michael Confordo Tanner Scott that these guys may help
Speaker 1: that part of the equation where they haven't won before.
Speaker 1: Kirby Yates talked about it yesterday. They want to win
Speaker 1: a World Series championship. Does that help feed the beast
Speaker 1: that you were describing.
Speaker 7: Yeah, I mean again, I don't think this group needs
Speaker 7: that at all. But adding in guys that are hungry.
Speaker 7: You know, we had a number of guys that we
Speaker 7: had last year that were hurt and missed out October experience,
Speaker 7: they're hungry as well. I think we have a really
Speaker 7: talented roster and all focused and committed on winning, and
Speaker 7: so it sets up for the possibility for really special things.
Speaker 1: Among the players that have set up that share today
Speaker 1: is none other than snell Zilla, the two times cy
Speaker 1: Young Award winner, your first signing of the off season.
Speaker 1: It feels like in this twenty four to seven news
Speaker 1: cycle we forget about maybe the biggest fish landed being
Speaker 1: the two times sy Young Award winner. He already said
Speaker 1: that he sees something in Bobby Miller that he wants
Speaker 1: to help bring out of him. Was that part of
Speaker 1: the equation of bringing him in as well as the obvious.
Speaker 7: Yeah, it's pretty awesome. I've known Blake since he was eighteen,
Speaker 7: and I guess it means that I'm getting old but
Speaker 7: more experienced, Yes, thank you, But just seeing the maturation
Speaker 7: from him over the years, and when he was with
Speaker 7: the Padres would run over and talk to him every
Speaker 7: time they'd come to town for a little bit and
Speaker 7: just connect with him, and just seeing each year it gradually,
Speaker 7: you know, and then I think fatherhood, and so he's
Speaker 7: always been focused and dedicated on how to be the
Speaker 7: best picture he can be. But I've seen a real
Speaker 7: growth in terms of how he can impact others and
Speaker 7: winning and just things that you see in that cycle
Speaker 7: for a young player, as they start to become more
Speaker 7: of a veteran. And I've talked to him a number
Speaker 7: of times this offseason. He's asking me about guys. He's
Speaker 7: thinking about our roster and awesome ways. You know, we
Speaker 7: have so many guys.
Speaker 1: You know, the.
Speaker 7: Natural cycle of a player is they're focused on doing
Speaker 7: well for themselves and making money, which makes sense, so
Speaker 7: the best players in the world and figuring out how
Speaker 7: to navigate that I think is really important and hard
Speaker 7: and it's stressful. And with more experienced players that we've
Speaker 7: signed a longer term contracts, that's out the window and
Speaker 7: it is all about what can I do to help
Speaker 7: us win? And it aligns their interests perfectly with ours,
Speaker 7: and it is all about winning and you know, how
Speaker 7: we can impact and make players better and keep them
Speaker 7: in the right position to succeed. And Blake is definitely
Speaker 7: in that mindset and is looking at ways beyond when
Speaker 7: he pitches every fifth or sixth day, of how he
Speaker 7: can impact this team and help us win.
Speaker 1: I know you're always got the mine and the wheels spinning,
Speaker 1: But when can Andrew Friedman sit back and say, I
Speaker 1: feel pretty good about the team that I'm taking to
Speaker 1: spring training.
Speaker 7: You know, I'm never very good at like taking stock.
Speaker 7: Like every day we have stuff to do and things
Speaker 7: to focus on, and we do feel really good about
Speaker 7: this team, but there is an importance of integrating new guys.
Speaker 7: There's how to manage Roki and Yamamoto and a show,
Speaker 7: Hey comes back, and you know glass now schedule. There's
Speaker 7: just so many factors that are all really important that
Speaker 7: we don't really have much time to ever kind of
Speaker 7: sit back and take stock of anything. It is much
Speaker 7: more about like, Okay, here's the to do list, here
Speaker 7: are things we need to focus on. I think I
Speaker 7: won't really get perspective for any of this until I
Speaker 7: get fired, and then I can look back and.
Speaker 1: That's never happening. That's never going to happen. That jolted
Speaker 1: my daughter. Wait, no, no, that's never happening. You got
Speaker 1: to keep dad here for a long time, because without Dad,
Speaker 1: this machine does not keep going again. Look there he
Speaker 1: is to askar Hernandez. Hey, I told tayl if he
Speaker 1: was not going to be here, I was not coming today.
Speaker 1: Me neither, yes, right me neither. You couldn't have come today?
Speaker 1: So hey, speaking of Hernandez, is I refuse to believe
Speaker 1: the door is closed on keyk rejoining you guys, I
Speaker 1: know he's a free agent, but do you feel like
Speaker 1: it's a little premature to slam the door on any
Speaker 1: more significant moves?
Speaker 7: Yeah, I mean, I don't think the door's ever closed
Speaker 7: on Kik. That being said, it doesn't mean that it
Speaker 7: will necessarily work out. But we've required him a lot
Speaker 7: of different times, and through trades and free agency, you know,
Speaker 7: twice through trade and you know, I don't know how
Speaker 7: to play out. We'll never close the door on him,
Speaker 7: but you know, if he does sign somewhere else and
Speaker 7: hopefully we'll have a chance to trade for him or whatever.
Speaker 7: But the most important thing is for he and his family.
Speaker 7: We want them to make the best decision for them
Speaker 7: and whatever that means. And obviously we're biased and we
Speaker 7: hope it means us, but we'll see how that plays out.
Speaker 1: It was encouraging to see him at a Utah hockey game.
Speaker 1: It feels like he's just drifting, waiting for the time
Speaker 1: to drift back to la. I mean, Keik had a
Speaker 1: Utah hockey game, Andrew, I never thought i'd see that.
Speaker 7: Yeah, I didn't either. He's good friends with the gm oh,
Speaker 7: and I talked to him about it during the season,
Speaker 7: but when I first saw it, I.
Speaker 1: Was like, wait a minute, what ye? And then I.
Speaker 7: Remember read that connection.
Speaker 1: Yeah, okay, hey, I'm gonna ask you one more roster question.
Speaker 1: Then I got Andrew Friedman, baseball fan. There is Gavin Stone.
Speaker 1: Don't be scared of the boss, Gavin. It's okay, Hey,
Speaker 1: let me introduce you Gavin to Andrew Friedman. I mean,
Speaker 1: are you really surprised to see him? Hey? By the way,
Speaker 1: Gavin Stone pitched more innings and made more starts for
Speaker 1: the Dodgers than anybody else last year.
Speaker 7: Was awesome. That's another guy who you know missed the
Speaker 7: October run that you know will be a big part
Speaker 7: of future October runs.
Speaker 1: And there's the Bozuka. He's coming back. What June first? Right, Bazukah?
Speaker 1: All right, all right, okay, no problem, Bruce Star graderol
Speaker 1: More reinforcements come in. Who knows who else is gonna
Speaker 1: pop out of that door? That's sure. Andrew fans love
Speaker 1: coming to spring training. Obviously, everybody's anticipating show A pitching
Speaker 1: for the first time in a Dodger uniform this year.
Speaker 1: What should be our expectations of what we see him
Speaker 1: do on the mound during the time at Camel Back Ranch.
Speaker 2: I don't know yet.
Speaker 7: You know, he's playing long toss and he will start
Speaker 7: progressing and advancing. I don't know yet as far as
Speaker 7: win he'll start facing hitters. We haven't figured that out.
Speaker 7: We want to get around him, be a part of
Speaker 7: a stowing program with our pitching guys, and you know,
Speaker 7: each and every day he's with our trainers right now,
Speaker 7: and you know he's kind of moving out of rehab
Speaker 7: phase and to go compete mode, and so exactly how
Speaker 7: that progresses we haven't figured out yet.
Speaker 1: But there is a possibility a fan might be there
Speaker 1: on a Tuesday afternoon and see him maybe just pitch
Speaker 1: to somebody.
Speaker 7: Yeah, maybe left handed or underhanded or something. Sure, Yeah,
Speaker 7: I don't.
Speaker 3: I don't.
Speaker 7: I don't know when he's gonna face hitters yet, but
Speaker 7: I do know he is gonna pitch for us this
Speaker 7: year and be a big part of what we do
Speaker 7: on both sides of the ball.
Speaker 1: All right, Andrew, Before I let you go, I remember
Speaker 1: hearing this story about you waiting in the hotel for
Speaker 1: one of your favorite players as a young man. Tim Rains,
Speaker 1: Tim rock Rains expos fame. One of my favorite players
Speaker 1: growing up was Eric Davis, same generation a player. I
Speaker 1: contend peak Eric Davis better than peak Tim Rains.
Speaker 7: It's not surprising with your takes and how oft they
Speaker 7: typically are that this is just another one of those
Speaker 7: that's off.
Speaker 1: Was Tim Rains ever compared to Willie Mays? Did Tim
Speaker 1: Rains almost because you never did? That was the other
Speaker 1: people out there.
Speaker 7: I guess Rain's ability to impact on the basis on
Speaker 7: defense in the box was incredible and also had a
Speaker 7: much longer run he did.
Speaker 1: He stayed healthier than Eric Davis. But Eric Davis ran
Speaker 1: into the brick wall at Wrigley Field, or he would
Speaker 1: have been the first fifty to fifty player.
Speaker 7: Yeah, Eric Davis was great. He was great, just wasn't
Speaker 7: a rock range, but he was all right.
Speaker 1: Agree to disagree.
Speaker 7: That seems to sum up a lot of our conversations.
Speaker 7: We're just gonna have to agree to disagree.
Speaker 1: I one thing I will agree with you are not
Speaker 1: quitting and you're not getting fired. I would agree with that.
Speaker 1: You are staying here for a long time, right, right,
Speaker 1: Dad's staying around right Zadi for a long time. Brandon
Speaker 1: Gomes staying around? Is your dad staying around it?
Speaker 3: Yeah?
Speaker 1: He better. Well he brought back Taoscar so they could
Speaker 1: stick around a little bit longer, right, Thanks Andrew, Thanks
Speaker 1: a lot. I think it's great to just see how
Speaker 1: you balance all of it. And you've been able to
Speaker 1: bring two World Series championships to LA. We're looking for
Speaker 1: a third. Yes, we're letting Daddy go. And there's skittles
Speaker 1: inside the room to go with your sprite. It'll be great.
Speaker 1: Thank you, Andrew, Thank you, Brandon Gomes. Thank you for
Speaker 1: ti Oscar. You've made the city very happy. And there's
Speaker 1: the Bazukah. He's already planning his comeback. Andrew Friedman, Brandon Gomes.
Speaker 1: They have done a fantastic job. I've been certainly from
Speaker 1: the time Andrew took over in twenty fifteen to where
Speaker 1: it is in twenty twenty four, unprecedented success in Dodger history.
Speaker 1: When you think about the two best Dodger executives in
Speaker 1: the history of this organization, Al Campanis in Los Angeles,
Speaker 1: Andrew Freeman in LA and obviously Buzzy BAVESEI in that category.
Speaker 1: But you can't dispute the success of Andrew Friedman and
Speaker 1: what he's been able to bring to the Dodgers. All right,
Speaker 1: we're getting close to the top of the hour. We're
Speaker 1: two hours in, we got one more to go. Freddie
Speaker 1: Freeman and Mookie Betts are going to join us in
Speaker 1: the next hour and show, hey, Ohtani Will as well,
Speaker 1: a lot to get to in the next hour from
Speaker 1: Dodger Fest right here on a five to seventy LA
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