WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.520 --> 00:00:06.480 One thing about this gene is the invisible and tangibles 2 00:00:06.480 --> 00:00:06.919 that they have. 3 00:00:07.160 --> 00:00:10.199 This teen is really becoming a family. Let's not play 4 00:00:10.199 --> 00:00:13.320 one on too. Let's I love writing guys out to 5 00:00:13.400 --> 00:00:13.720 the show. 6 00:00:14.039 --> 00:00:16.719 Just thank you me, are your attention, your fire and 7 00:00:17.839 --> 00:00:21.440 this is world champion, Dodgers, world champion thing. 8 00:00:21.559 --> 00:00:22.719 It for a small soft time. 9 00:00:22.760 --> 00:00:24.440 They get a people what they want to die. 10 00:00:24.280 --> 00:00:26.000 To in a row two is special. 11 00:00:26.039 --> 00:00:27.320 I'm like, yeah, it's not a headache. 12 00:00:28.679 --> 00:00:31.280 One of a con This bold gone. 13 00:00:31.879 --> 00:00:35.479 You ready to go show old go to South, grab 14 00:00:35.520 --> 00:00:37.679 your phone to get in on the show called eight 15 00:00:37.799 --> 00:00:40.960 six six nine eighty seven two five seven Go to 16 00:00:40.960 --> 00:00:45.640 the show and now your host of Dodger Talk, David Vasse. 17 00:00:47.719 --> 00:00:51.159 Welcome the Dodgers Talk on this fourth of July David 18 00:00:51.240 --> 00:00:56.000 Basse live at Dodgers Stadium. Yes, I went through and 19 00:00:56.119 --> 00:01:00.039 said I'll do the show tonight despite the astros. Be 20 00:01:00.240 --> 00:01:03.920 the Dodgers eighteen to one. We have phone lines open 21 00:01:03.960 --> 00:01:07.120 at eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy. 22 00:01:07.239 --> 00:01:09.920 Jose Moto will join us at the top of the hour. 23 00:01:10.400 --> 00:01:15.439 We will share with you our pregame conversation with Clayton Kershaw, 24 00:01:15.599 --> 00:01:19.920 who is two days removed now from a big time milestone. 25 00:01:20.439 --> 00:01:23.599 One of the most memorable nights of a regular season game. 26 00:01:23.640 --> 00:01:27.239 I can remember two days ago with him recording his 27 00:01:27.319 --> 00:01:31.719 three thousandth career strikeout. We'll catch up with Kershaw two 28 00:01:31.799 --> 00:01:35.120 days later, see where his head's at, See if he's 29 00:01:35.120 --> 00:01:39.000 still on cloud nine after all the celebration and rightfully so. 30 00:01:39.760 --> 00:01:43.159 And later in the show, we'll share with you which 31 00:01:43.519 --> 00:01:46.920 Dodger hit three home runs on the fourth of July 32 00:01:47.159 --> 00:01:50.560 or former Dodger hit three home runs on the fourth 33 00:01:50.599 --> 00:01:54.480 of July. But tonight not a great night for the Dodgers. 34 00:01:54.480 --> 00:01:57.799 And look, the Dodgers have been blown out before this year, 35 00:01:58.319 --> 00:02:01.480 But why does it have to be again? The Houston Astros. 36 00:02:01.959 --> 00:02:06.680 You heard the way Dodgers Stadium welcome Jose Altuve with 37 00:02:06.840 --> 00:02:12.039 the booze from this sellout crowd. Nobody has forgotten twenty seventeen, 38 00:02:12.319 --> 00:02:17.840 including Kershaw, including Keith Gay Hernandez, including anybody that was 39 00:02:17.960 --> 00:02:21.520 on that Dodger team in twenty seventeen, Guys that are 40 00:02:21.560 --> 00:02:25.039 still playing, guys that have retired. They will never forget it, 41 00:02:25.120 --> 00:02:28.000 no matter how much the league wants you to try 42 00:02:28.039 --> 00:02:31.360 to forget what the Astros did in seventeen. When you 43 00:02:31.439 --> 00:02:34.840 see the Houston Astros in Los Angeles, or when the 44 00:02:34.879 --> 00:02:39.360 Dodgers play the Astros, or when the Yankees play the Astros. 45 00:02:40.039 --> 00:02:42.719 That is something that's not going to go away for 46 00:02:42.800 --> 00:02:46.800 a long time. And as long as Jose Altuve is 47 00:02:46.840 --> 00:02:50.479 still playing and wearing that Astro's uniform, he's going to 48 00:02:50.560 --> 00:02:53.879 get that type of reception at Dodgers Stadium. I'm not 49 00:02:53.960 --> 00:02:56.439 sure if he gets that in other ballparks, but he's 50 00:02:56.439 --> 00:02:59.280 gonna get it here at Dodger Stadium until he's done playing. 51 00:02:59.719 --> 00:03:03.479 The only problem is when you're chanting cheater and you're 52 00:03:03.560 --> 00:03:06.680 raining down booze and then the guy makes two incredible 53 00:03:06.719 --> 00:03:11.159 plays at second base and homers twice, it obviously is 54 00:03:11.199 --> 00:03:14.960 not working. So JOSEL two is a pretty good player 55 00:03:15.400 --> 00:03:18.800 three for three tonight with two home runs and five RBIs, 56 00:03:19.280 --> 00:03:22.599 and the Dodger Killer was back in a different uniform tonight. 57 00:03:22.759 --> 00:03:27.319 Christian Walker first game at Dodger Stadium as a Houston Astro, 58 00:03:27.800 --> 00:03:29.960 and he picked up where he left off playing for 59 00:03:30.000 --> 00:03:34.120 the Diamondbacks, going four for five tonight. He scored three times, 60 00:03:34.159 --> 00:03:37.120 he drove in four runs, and he homered for the 61 00:03:37.240 --> 00:03:41.840 sixth consecutive game at Dodgers Stadium. Walker now has twenty 62 00:03:41.960 --> 00:03:45.520 career home runs at Dodger Stadium. That's tied for the 63 00:03:45.560 --> 00:03:50.159 most by any active visiting player. Paul Goldschmidt also hit 64 00:03:50.199 --> 00:03:53.800 twenty home runs at dodd has hit twenty home runs 65 00:03:53.800 --> 00:03:57.280 at Dodger Stadium, and in his last six games, Walker 66 00:03:57.360 --> 00:04:01.319 is hitting five seventy seven with eight home and fifteen 67 00:04:01.639 --> 00:04:06.639 RBIs against the Dodgers. So yeah, there have been Dodger 68 00:04:06.759 --> 00:04:10.360 killers over the course of history. I can remember a 69 00:04:10.400 --> 00:04:12.919 guy by the name of Jim Eisenreich with the Phillies 70 00:04:12.960 --> 00:04:16.600 and Marlins. He was considered a Dodger killer in more 71 00:04:16.639 --> 00:04:19.480 than one ways because he was part of the Mike 72 00:04:19.560 --> 00:04:22.439 Piazza trade and he killed the Dodgers when he was 73 00:04:22.439 --> 00:04:25.160 playing in their uniform. He was that bad when he 74 00:04:25.199 --> 00:04:29.480 got traded to the Dodgers. So Christian Walker is certainly 75 00:04:29.879 --> 00:04:34.480 public enemy number one in baseball circles at Dodgers Stadium, 76 00:04:34.519 --> 00:04:35.399 that's for sure. 77 00:04:35.959 --> 00:04:37.680 Ben Casparius not a. 78 00:04:37.600 --> 00:04:41.839 Great night, and I was relieved to hear Dave Roberts 79 00:04:41.879 --> 00:04:44.720 say they are going to move Ben Casparius back to 80 00:04:44.759 --> 00:04:48.120 the bullpen because Emma Sheehan is going to be back 81 00:04:48.120 --> 00:04:51.279 in the rotation. Tyler Glass now is going to be 82 00:04:51.360 --> 00:04:54.160 back in the rotation when the Dodgers are in Milwaukee. 83 00:04:54.480 --> 00:04:55.839 If you count out the days. 84 00:04:56.079 --> 00:04:59.160 One of the last two games in Milwaukee, Glass now 85 00:04:59.240 --> 00:05:03.160 is going to pitch. So that's the role Ben Casparius 86 00:05:03.199 --> 00:05:05.920 can thrive in. We saw it and then all of 87 00:05:05.920 --> 00:05:09.639 a sudden they had him coming in after Otani. They 88 00:05:09.720 --> 00:05:15.040 had him starting a game tonight. Ben Casparius, in my opinion, 89 00:05:15.560 --> 00:05:19.120 can be a closer for the Dodgers eventually. He has 90 00:05:19.600 --> 00:05:22.759 that type of mentality, He has that kind of stuff 91 00:05:22.800 --> 00:05:25.360 when he's in the bullpen. You know, the Dodgers were 92 00:05:25.480 --> 00:05:28.439 raving about how his stuff plays up when he's in 93 00:05:28.519 --> 00:05:32.519 the bullpen. So keep him in the bullpen as a 94 00:05:32.600 --> 00:05:33.680 high leverage reliever. 95 00:05:33.920 --> 00:05:34.759 That's who he is. 96 00:05:34.920 --> 00:05:40.199 But obviously injuries to the Dodger rotation in effectiveness by 97 00:05:40.279 --> 00:05:44.199 Landon Nak and Bobby Miller had put Ben Casparrius in 98 00:05:44.279 --> 00:05:47.959 this position. But relieved to hear that he's going back 99 00:05:48.000 --> 00:05:51.120 to the bullpen because that's where I believe he can 100 00:05:51.199 --> 00:05:54.759 have a great career as a high leverage reliever a 101 00:05:54.839 --> 00:05:58.519 lah Evan Phillips, And tonight it wasn't because he was 102 00:05:58.560 --> 00:06:01.759 starting that he gave up six runs in three innings. 103 00:06:02.199 --> 00:06:05.000 He was tipping his pitches. There's no doubt in my 104 00:06:05.120 --> 00:06:08.800 mind he was tipping his pitches again because he told 105 00:06:08.839 --> 00:06:11.720 me he was tipping his pitches when he got rocked 106 00:06:11.800 --> 00:06:14.759 by the Cubs as they beat the Dodgers that night 107 00:06:14.800 --> 00:06:18.079 here at Dodgers Stadium sixteen to nothing. If you go 108 00:06:18.160 --> 00:06:21.399 back or if you were watching those swings by the Astros, 109 00:06:21.879 --> 00:06:26.240 they knew exactly what was coming. Even oral hersheis are 110 00:06:26.279 --> 00:06:29.199 on the sports net LA broadcast said some of those 111 00:06:29.240 --> 00:06:31.639 breaking pitches on the outer part of the plate from 112 00:06:31.720 --> 00:06:35.720 right handed hitters good pitches, but they were taking very 113 00:06:35.720 --> 00:06:37.360 aggressive swings off of him. 114 00:06:37.920 --> 00:06:39.600 So I mean, there were. 115 00:06:39.480 --> 00:06:44.519 No trash cans involved and no hidden ear pieces. It 116 00:06:44.600 --> 00:06:48.680 was just Ben Caspari's tipping pitches. I'm curious whether or not. 117 00:06:48.800 --> 00:06:52.839 Ben admitted that after the game tonight, he spoke to 118 00:06:52.879 --> 00:06:54.480 the media on sports net LA. 119 00:06:54.879 --> 00:06:58.920 I think just execution in general. I think teams are 120 00:06:58.920 --> 00:07:00.800 starting a game plan obviously, little bit more knowing I'm 121 00:07:00.800 --> 00:07:02.199 going to go, you know, more than one or two 122 00:07:02.240 --> 00:07:05.240 in ins, and just you know, mixing up where my. 123 00:07:05.160 --> 00:07:06.040 Fastball location is. 124 00:07:06.040 --> 00:07:07.920 I think it's been kind of the telltale. 125 00:07:08.120 --> 00:07:09.439 Do you think that's what kind of led to them 126 00:07:09.439 --> 00:07:11.120 being so aggressive on the first page. 127 00:07:11.480 --> 00:07:11.879 I think so. 128 00:07:11.920 --> 00:07:14.079 I think part of it too is just they were 129 00:07:14.160 --> 00:07:17.680 kind of hunting me out over the plate. I think 130 00:07:17.759 --> 00:07:19.600 just a lack of going inside on writ He's has 131 00:07:19.680 --> 00:07:22.279 kind of gotten made to, you know, tough spots. 132 00:07:22.040 --> 00:07:24.279 And he's at least been learning experiences for you in 133 00:07:24.319 --> 00:07:26.120 which you can kind of now prepare for your next 134 00:07:26.120 --> 00:07:28.480 outing and kind of use it to make some adjustments. 135 00:07:28.759 --> 00:07:29.079 For sure. 136 00:07:29.120 --> 00:07:32.120 I mean it's still new at this level. For me, 137 00:07:32.160 --> 00:07:33.759 it's just kind of diving into the numbers and what 138 00:07:33.759 --> 00:07:36.720 it's working and what counts, and you know, maybe just 139 00:07:36.759 --> 00:07:37.680 being a little sharp. 140 00:07:37.480 --> 00:07:43.519 Run game planning adjust for other teams learning you and 141 00:07:43.600 --> 00:07:45.519 how does that process kind of work? 142 00:07:45.560 --> 00:07:48.160 For sure, I think it's a work in progress every 143 00:07:48.160 --> 00:07:51.399 single day. Obviously, you know, so this was a really 144 00:07:51.680 --> 00:07:56.000 righty Levey or righty heavy lineup, and obviously we're game 145 00:07:56.079 --> 00:07:58.120 planning kind of you know, going through the week, looking 146 00:07:58.160 --> 00:08:00.360 at who we who we have to face. So it 147 00:08:00.480 --> 00:08:02.560 kind of differs by week a little bit. 148 00:08:02.600 --> 00:08:05.120 Mark grabbing a long conversation after you're outing, just what 149 00:08:05.240 --> 00:08:07.480 kind of feedback or advice has he given you thus far? 150 00:08:08.120 --> 00:08:11.279 Yeah, just stay calm. A lot of it was just 151 00:08:11.319 --> 00:08:12.759 say we're gonna, you know, take a deep dive of 152 00:08:12.839 --> 00:08:17.160 what's going on, maybe tweak some things. I just really 153 00:08:17.199 --> 00:08:20.439 look at patterning and sequencing and interest to tell me 154 00:08:20.480 --> 00:08:22.560 to like stay calm and you know, keep doing my work. 155 00:08:22.399 --> 00:08:23.079 And everything like that. 156 00:08:24.000 --> 00:08:26.639 Well, you done to degree just because the results were 157 00:08:26.680 --> 00:08:27.279 what they were. 158 00:08:27.319 --> 00:08:28.240 Was there anything else? 159 00:08:29.879 --> 00:08:30.519 I'm not really sure. 160 00:08:30.519 --> 00:08:31.759 I think it was a result driven. 161 00:08:32.240 --> 00:08:35.480 All right, there's Ben Casparius after the game and obviously 162 00:08:36.039 --> 00:08:39.039 did not admit that he was tipping pitches, but hard 163 00:08:39.080 --> 00:08:41.960 to believe that he wasn't. And like I said, he's 164 00:08:42.120 --> 00:08:46.759 he's a really good pitcher. He's got testicular fortitude, which 165 00:08:46.759 --> 00:08:49.039 a lot of guys don't have these days. And that's 166 00:08:49.120 --> 00:08:53.320 why I believe that he will be excelling again in 167 00:08:53.399 --> 00:08:57.559 the Dodger bullpen. I mean, after tonight, you know, he's 168 00:08:57.639 --> 00:09:01.919 pitched fifty nine almost sixty innings, and a lot of 169 00:09:01.960 --> 00:09:05.039 that the majority of that as coming out of the bullpen. 170 00:09:06.000 --> 00:09:09.679 So I'm just looking forward to Ben getting back and 171 00:09:09.799 --> 00:09:14.000 settling into that role because that's where he's gonna be outstanding. 172 00:09:14.440 --> 00:09:17.360 Eight six six nine, eight seven two five seventy is 173 00:09:17.360 --> 00:09:21.240 the phone number Dodgers lose to the Astros tonight, eighteen 174 00:09:21.360 --> 00:09:24.639 to one. The Dodgers lost a game in the standings 175 00:09:24.639 --> 00:09:28.840 to the San Diego Padres. J Croninworth walked the Padres 176 00:09:28.879 --> 00:09:32.600 off against the Rangers at Peco Park. Today, the Padres 177 00:09:32.639 --> 00:09:36.559 forty seven and forty eight games back of the Dodgers. 178 00:09:36.679 --> 00:09:40.480 The Sacramento A's beat the Giants eleven to two, so 179 00:09:40.559 --> 00:09:44.320 the Dodgers maintain a nine game lead over the San 180 00:09:44.360 --> 00:09:48.159 Francisco Giants. And just speaking of what's going on around 181 00:09:48.240 --> 00:09:51.559 the league, you know, the Dodgers haven't played every team 182 00:09:51.600 --> 00:09:56.240 this year, but I feel like we can all agree that. 183 00:09:56.320 --> 00:09:58.679 I know it wasn't a great night for Benka Sparius. 184 00:09:58.720 --> 00:10:01.279 I know it was in Blake's New or Kershaw or 185 00:10:01.320 --> 00:10:03.840 Glass Now on the Mountain Night for the Dodgers, but 186 00:10:04.799 --> 00:10:09.480 the Astros appear to be maybe the best team the 187 00:10:09.559 --> 00:10:13.000 Dodgers have played this year. In fact, I'm gonna say it, 188 00:10:13.200 --> 00:10:15.159 they are the best team they have played. And they 189 00:10:15.200 --> 00:10:17.759 had one of their worst starters on the Mountain night. 190 00:10:18.159 --> 00:10:21.600 And Lance McCullers Junior, who had over a sixty RA 191 00:10:21.840 --> 00:10:24.799 this year. I know he's coming back from a arm injury, 192 00:10:24.879 --> 00:10:28.919 but tomorrow the Dodgers have their hands full with their 193 00:10:28.919 --> 00:10:32.639 best starter, Lefty from Bervaldez. I mean, it's not gonna 194 00:10:32.679 --> 00:10:35.559 get any easier. And you look at this Astros lineup 195 00:10:35.559 --> 00:10:38.879 that put up eighteen runs tonight. They don't even have 196 00:10:39.039 --> 00:10:43.039 Jeremy Pania right now, and they haven't had their DH 197 00:10:43.200 --> 00:10:47.799 Jordan Alvarez, the former Dodger either this season for the 198 00:10:47.799 --> 00:10:51.039 majority of the season. So once they get those two 199 00:10:51.080 --> 00:10:54.279 guys back, this lineup is even deeper. And the plays 200 00:10:54.320 --> 00:10:57.120 Altube was making at second base, that's not even his 201 00:10:57.240 --> 00:11:01.039 everyday position anymore. He plays left field and second base 202 00:11:01.120 --> 00:11:04.679 these days. This is the best team the Dodgers have 203 00:11:04.799 --> 00:11:08.440 played this year, and I know they're catching the Astros 204 00:11:09.000 --> 00:11:11.039 at their hottest. 205 00:11:10.759 --> 00:11:12.679 Of the season. There's no doubt about that. 206 00:11:13.159 --> 00:11:16.159 The Astros and the Dodgers are playing are the hottest 207 00:11:16.159 --> 00:11:19.840 teams in Major League Baseball. Houston now is fifty three 208 00:11:19.879 --> 00:11:22.960 and thirty five. That means they're just two games worse 209 00:11:23.039 --> 00:11:26.000 than the Dodgers in the lost column. The Dodgers are 210 00:11:26.080 --> 00:11:30.480 fifty six and thirty three. I know everybody is all 211 00:11:30.519 --> 00:11:33.919 over the Detroit Tigers, and yes, they've had a really 212 00:11:33.919 --> 00:11:37.759 good year. But I would venture to say right now, 213 00:11:38.320 --> 00:11:41.799 if you had to ask me who will be in 214 00:11:41.840 --> 00:11:44.519 the playoffs, who would be in the World Series, I 215 00:11:44.519 --> 00:11:46.320 would say the Dodgers and Astros. 216 00:11:46.799 --> 00:11:50.320 We may have a repeat. 217 00:11:50.000 --> 00:11:52.840 Of the twenty seventeen World Series this year in the 218 00:11:52.879 --> 00:11:56.480 Fall Classic. I would not be shocked to see Dodgers 219 00:11:56.559 --> 00:12:01.519 Astros in the World Series this year. Six seven, two, 220 00:12:01.559 --> 00:12:04.080 five seventy is the phone number. We're gonna take a 221 00:12:04.120 --> 00:12:06.559 time out here on Dodger Talk. We have lines open 222 00:12:06.679 --> 00:12:09.639 on this fourth of July. We'll hear from Jose Mota, 223 00:12:09.960 --> 00:12:13.799 We'll share our conversation with Clayton Kershaw, and we'll let 224 00:12:13.840 --> 00:12:17.039 you know which former Dodger hit three home. 225 00:12:16.879 --> 00:12:18.360 Runs on the fourth of July. 226 00:12:19.039 --> 00:12:22.679 Tonight, Jose al two ve hit two at Dodger Stadium 227 00:12:22.960 --> 00:12:25.559 as the Astros run away with Game one of this 228 00:12:25.679 --> 00:12:30.200 weekend series eighteen to one on the World Champion Dodgers 229 00:12:30.679 --> 00:12:38.399 Audio Network and five to seventy LA Sports. 230 00:12:38.399 --> 00:12:39.720 On air at AM. 231 00:12:39.399 --> 00:12:43.200 Five to seventy, online at AM five seventy LA sports. 232 00:12:42.759 --> 00:12:47.200 Dot com, and available by podcast on the iHeartRadio apps. 233 00:12:47.360 --> 00:12:50.279 This is Dodger Talk with David Bassan. 234 00:12:51.799 --> 00:12:54.120 Dodger's got a leadolf walk from Otani, but then Betts 235 00:12:54.159 --> 00:12:56.799 grounded into a double play, ultimately a twelve pitch first 236 00:12:56.840 --> 00:13:00.879 frame for mccolors. Facing the NL batting leader in Will 237 00:13:00.879 --> 00:13:03.480 Smith swings it, drives the ball left field and deep. 238 00:13:03.519 --> 00:13:06.320 This one's on the warning track at the wall. Come 239 00:13:08.399 --> 00:13:12.360 Will Smith cuts the Dodger deficit in half. It is 240 00:13:12.399 --> 00:13:14.720 now a two to one ballgame thanks to the twelfth 241 00:13:14.720 --> 00:13:17.639 home run from Will Smith, who is on some kind 242 00:13:17.639 --> 00:13:20.639 of power Serge. 243 00:13:21.159 --> 00:13:25.080 Will Smith, leading the National League and hitting hitting three 244 00:13:25.080 --> 00:13:28.759 point thirty this season. He homers for the sixth time 245 00:13:29.039 --> 00:13:32.840 in the last twelve games. Unfortunately, that was the only 246 00:13:32.919 --> 00:13:36.000 run the Dodgers scored. On the fourth of July this year. 247 00:13:36.440 --> 00:13:40.080 Eighteen to one, the Astros beat the Dodgers. It was 248 00:13:40.159 --> 00:13:43.720 the worst loss the Dodgers have suffered here at Dodgers 249 00:13:43.720 --> 00:13:48.799 Stadium in the franchise's history. Here in this ballpark, which 250 00:13:48.879 --> 00:13:53.200 opened in nineteen sixty two, eighteen to one. The final 251 00:13:53.279 --> 00:13:57.240 score here Daniels Jewelers presents the home run forecast. Go 252 00:13:57.320 --> 00:14:00.679 to AM five to seventy lasports dot com. The keyword 253 00:14:00.759 --> 00:14:03.559 home run for your chance to win a fifty dollars 254 00:14:03.639 --> 00:14:06.879 Daniels Jewelers gift card predicting the number of home runs 255 00:14:07.159 --> 00:14:10.759 in the very next game. Daniels Jewelers own the Dream. 256 00:14:11.039 --> 00:14:14.240 Eight six, six, nine, eighty seven, two, five seventy is 257 00:14:14.279 --> 00:14:15.120 the phone number. 258 00:14:15.440 --> 00:14:17.679 Will Smith. What a season for him. 259 00:14:18.039 --> 00:14:20.960 Hitting three point thirty now, he has only struck out 260 00:14:21.039 --> 00:14:24.679 forty nine times and has walked forty two times. His 261 00:14:24.840 --> 00:14:27.840 on base percentage is the best in the National League 262 00:14:28.000 --> 00:14:31.960 as well, on base at a four to thirty three clip, 263 00:14:32.279 --> 00:14:36.639 twelve home runs forty five RBIs. I know cal Rawley's 264 00:14:36.679 --> 00:14:38.720 getting a lot of love for the power that he's 265 00:14:38.720 --> 00:14:41.879 showing this year, but if the game's on the line 266 00:14:42.080 --> 00:14:44.399 and there's a catcher that I need at the plate, 267 00:14:44.679 --> 00:14:47.000 it's gonna be Will Smith, in my opinion, the best 268 00:14:47.039 --> 00:14:50.600 hitting catcher in Major League Baseball this year. Despite Cal 269 00:14:50.720 --> 00:14:54.879 Ray having a great power year, certainly those two guys 270 00:14:54.919 --> 00:14:57.639 are head and shoulders above the rest as far as 271 00:14:57.720 --> 00:15:01.000 hitting catchers go. As far as this game goes, I 272 00:15:01.039 --> 00:15:04.159 know the Dodgers gave up ten runs in the sixth inning, 273 00:15:04.200 --> 00:15:07.799 but in my opinion, this game was over after the 274 00:15:07.840 --> 00:15:10.399 third inning when the Astros scored four in the top 275 00:15:10.440 --> 00:15:13.279 of the third. The Dodgers had a chance to keep 276 00:15:13.320 --> 00:15:16.080 it close. They were down six to one. They had 277 00:15:16.200 --> 00:15:19.399 bases loaded in two outs with ta Oscar Hernandez at 278 00:15:19.440 --> 00:15:22.799 the plate, and he grounded out up the middle. Altube 279 00:15:22.919 --> 00:15:25.519 made a great play going from the second base side 280 00:15:25.519 --> 00:15:28.000 of the bag over to the shortstop side of the 281 00:15:28.039 --> 00:15:30.679 bag to throw ta Oscar out. But you need to 282 00:15:30.679 --> 00:15:32.480 get that ball in the air, get a base hit 283 00:15:32.519 --> 00:15:35.840 at the very least, and Taoscar has been struggling since 284 00:15:35.879 --> 00:15:38.399 the beginning of the last road trip, and to me, 285 00:15:38.559 --> 00:15:41.399 that's where I knew after that the game was over. 286 00:15:41.679 --> 00:15:44.799 The way the Astros were swinging, the game was over 287 00:15:44.879 --> 00:15:48.080 right there. Ten runs scored in the sixth inning. That's 288 00:15:48.120 --> 00:15:51.399 the most runs the Dodgers have allowed in a single 289 00:15:51.519 --> 00:15:55.480 inning since nineteen ninety nine, when the Cardinals scored eleven 290 00:15:55.559 --> 00:15:58.919 runs in a third inning on April twenty third, nineteen 291 00:15:59.000 --> 00:16:03.759 ninety nine. That was the game that Fernando Tattis Senior 292 00:16:04.279 --> 00:16:09.080 hit two Grand Slams in the same inning. Eight six, six, 293 00:16:09.279 --> 00:16:11.919 nine eighty seven, two five seventy is the phone number 294 00:16:11.960 --> 00:16:15.399 coming up. In fifteen minutes, you'll hear from Clayton Kershaw. 295 00:16:15.720 --> 00:16:18.279 Before we check in with Jose Mota, let's go out 296 00:16:18.320 --> 00:16:22.200 to the phones Ian in Encinitas. You're on Dodger Talk 297 00:16:22.320 --> 00:16:23.600 live from Dodger Stadium. 298 00:16:23.679 --> 00:16:28.600 Hi en, Hey Dave, thanks for taking my call. This 299 00:16:28.679 --> 00:16:30.759 is kind of a I told you a screener. This 300 00:16:30.799 --> 00:16:32.879 is kind of a random question in light of what 301 00:16:32.960 --> 00:16:35.840 happened tonight. I don't really want to talk about tonight. 302 00:16:35.919 --> 00:16:39.080 But back in June, I went with my daughter. It 303 00:16:39.159 --> 00:16:41.720 was kind of a post Father's Day thing. We went 304 00:16:41.759 --> 00:16:44.080 to that Padres game. I think it was a Thursday night. 305 00:16:44.120 --> 00:16:47.879 We were down five nothing heading into the ninth. I 306 00:16:47.960 --> 00:16:49.799 went to the four plus one game, so I know 307 00:16:49.879 --> 00:16:52.039 things can happen. But before the game, we took the 308 00:16:52.080 --> 00:16:55.000 pregame tour. And when you're down in that corridor and 309 00:16:55.039 --> 00:16:57.840 they've got all the gold gloves and the silver sluggers, 310 00:16:58.200 --> 00:17:01.080 I look down and I noticed that Trake Nurse silver 311 00:17:01.159 --> 00:17:06.319 slugger from twenty two. On the plaque, it said Trae. 312 00:17:06.599 --> 00:17:09.960 It misspelled his name. Now, the guide said that these 313 00:17:10.000 --> 00:17:14.319 were replicas, but I had never heard that. And I'm 314 00:17:14.319 --> 00:17:17.279 wondering if you had ever heard that that, Because in 315 00:17:17.359 --> 00:17:22.400 Dodger Stadium his Silver Slugger Award. Is first name is misspelled? 316 00:17:23.640 --> 00:17:25.839 What do you think I've never I've never had a 317 00:17:25.920 --> 00:17:28.799 chance to really take the time to stop and look 318 00:17:28.839 --> 00:17:32.640 at every single back down there. I usually look at 319 00:17:32.640 --> 00:17:38.200 those MVPs more than anything else down there. But yeah, 320 00:17:38.319 --> 00:17:41.680 you brought it to everybody's attention now, so I'm sure 321 00:17:41.680 --> 00:17:42.759 they'll make that correction. 322 00:17:43.759 --> 00:17:45.440 Well, I don't know. I just wondered if it was 323 00:17:45.480 --> 00:17:49.519 something that was public knowledge or anyways. I figured tonight 324 00:17:49.680 --> 00:17:52.400 was a game to ask a random question, So thanks 325 00:17:52.400 --> 00:17:53.680 for taking that. 326 00:17:53.960 --> 00:17:54.839 Yeah, no worries. 327 00:17:55.000 --> 00:17:57.759 It is public knowledge since the public is able to 328 00:17:57.799 --> 00:18:01.400 see it, but maybe nobody else caught it besides Ian 329 00:18:01.440 --> 00:18:02.319 and Encinitas. 330 00:18:03.920 --> 00:18:07.000 All right, TV late, all right, Ian, thanks. 331 00:18:06.839 --> 00:18:09.039 A lot for the phone call. Yeah, Trey t r 332 00:18:09.160 --> 00:18:11.680 e A. That's how you spell it? Eight six six 333 00:18:11.799 --> 00:18:14.599 nine eighty seven two five seventy is the phone number? 334 00:18:15.039 --> 00:18:17.880 How do you spell Mota? With Jose? Let's check in 335 00:18:17.920 --> 00:18:22.359 with Jose. It's time to go around the horn with 336 00:18:22.519 --> 00:18:23.440 Jose Mota. 337 00:18:25.200 --> 00:18:28.759 Jose Mota joins us on this for the July man 338 00:18:28.839 --> 00:18:32.680 Ugly Night. Jose, are there any doubts that benk Caspirius 339 00:18:32.799 --> 00:18:34.279 was tipping his pitches tonight. 340 00:18:35.480 --> 00:18:37.880 I don't think there's any doubt. And you know, and 341 00:18:38.039 --> 00:18:40.240 he spoke with you. He told me about what happened 342 00:18:40.359 --> 00:18:44.200 against the Cubs. And if you make ajustice with your 343 00:18:44.200 --> 00:18:47.599 hands where you put him, and then with your glove, 344 00:18:47.680 --> 00:18:49.799 sometimes guys goes a different glove, a little bit bigger, 345 00:18:49.799 --> 00:18:53.240 a little bit smaller. The Astros and Alex sing Tron 346 00:18:53.319 --> 00:18:55.279 through the years has been one of the best looking 347 00:18:55.359 --> 00:18:58.599 at what he can beat you. And if he sees 348 00:18:58.640 --> 00:19:01.839 something that just doesn't look natural, if you made an 349 00:19:01.839 --> 00:19:04.640 adjustment on your glove or your hand position, or how 350 00:19:04.799 --> 00:19:09.000 you curl your arm or your wrists, he's gonna find it. 351 00:19:09.039 --> 00:19:10.799 And the way they take pitches, the way they hung 352 00:19:10.880 --> 00:19:13.240 the pitches, all the rockets that were hit early in 353 00:19:13.279 --> 00:19:15.960 the game just tell you that if he hadn't located better, 354 00:19:16.039 --> 00:19:18.359 things are different. There's no doubt. But he was not 355 00:19:18.400 --> 00:19:20.480 able to locate because they've just and I gave him 356 00:19:20.480 --> 00:19:21.759 a chance to get to bost counts. 357 00:19:23.160 --> 00:19:25.960 The Dodgers have had Cospiras do a lot of different 358 00:19:25.960 --> 00:19:29.599 things this year. Any doubt that he can go back 359 00:19:29.640 --> 00:19:32.279 to his old role Jose and thrive the way he 360 00:19:32.519 --> 00:19:35.720 was before he was doing so many different things. 361 00:19:36.920 --> 00:19:38.880 I have every confidence in the world that he will 362 00:19:38.880 --> 00:19:41.240 go back to that role and be good. He's a 363 00:19:41.279 --> 00:19:43.319 smart kid. He knows exactly what he wants to do 364 00:19:43.359 --> 00:19:45.680 with the baseball. His stuff is really good. And you 365 00:19:45.680 --> 00:19:47.960 and I have talked about this too, Like he goes 366 00:19:48.000 --> 00:19:50.200 out there and just gets outs. It's not happening right now. 367 00:19:50.279 --> 00:19:51.920 We saw it happened in Kansas City when he wasn't 368 00:19:51.960 --> 00:19:52.759 fearing very well. 369 00:19:53.240 --> 00:19:55.319 But at this. 370 00:19:55.480 --> 00:19:58.799 Time, his best role for for this team is exactly that. 371 00:19:58.839 --> 00:20:00.359 It's a long man out of the bull who could 372 00:20:00.359 --> 00:20:02.680 have go out there and get some people out and 373 00:20:02.759 --> 00:20:04.799 save you and get some wins for you and keep 374 00:20:04.839 --> 00:20:07.359 a score where it needs to be. You know, the 375 00:20:07.359 --> 00:20:10.480 starting thing is it's it's one where he didn't really 376 00:20:10.480 --> 00:20:14.039 get a fair share of saying you be a star. 377 00:20:14.079 --> 00:20:16.599 But he's coming on behind. You know, somebody with an 378 00:20:16.599 --> 00:20:19.279 opener never gets to let Routino being a starter, which 379 00:20:19.319 --> 00:20:21.920 she has done throughout his whole career and his life. 380 00:20:21.960 --> 00:20:25.079 But there's a different monster now, and certainly when the 381 00:20:25.160 --> 00:20:26.599 league gets to know you a little bit better, it's 382 00:20:26.599 --> 00:20:29.559 time to make adjustice. Don't change, make adjustments and know 383 00:20:29.680 --> 00:20:32.279 that no matter what, you cannot make your pitches better, 384 00:20:32.599 --> 00:20:34.039 but you have to make better pitches. 385 00:20:35.279 --> 00:20:37.759 Jose Mota is joining us on fourth of July. 386 00:20:37.880 --> 00:20:41.559 After the Astros blow out the Dodgers tonight eighteen to one, 387 00:20:42.039 --> 00:20:45.200 the only highlight for the Dodgers tonight was Will Smith, 388 00:20:45.319 --> 00:20:47.720 not only the home run in the second inning, but 389 00:20:47.839 --> 00:20:51.759 Rick Monday and Steven Nelson were raving about the fact 390 00:20:51.799 --> 00:20:54.799 that he didn't give away his last at bat in 391 00:20:54.880 --> 00:20:57.279 the eighth inning, where he got a base hit in 392 00:20:57.319 --> 00:20:59.920 an eighteen to one game. I mean, that just shows 393 00:20:59.920 --> 00:21:02.559 you what that guy's about as a catcher. 394 00:21:02.640 --> 00:21:06.200 Nonetheless, oh, I mean the maturity level and the fact 395 00:21:06.240 --> 00:21:08.160 that he does not throw away at bats. With all 396 00:21:08.200 --> 00:21:10.799 the prowels and all the talk about guys at walk 397 00:21:10.839 --> 00:21:13.359 a lot like once this guy was leading and still 398 00:21:13.440 --> 00:21:16.720 leaving the National League a non base percentage, and he's 399 00:21:16.720 --> 00:21:18.279 not a guy that willok for a walk. He is 400 00:21:18.319 --> 00:21:20.119 out there trying to swing the bat and do damage. 401 00:21:20.160 --> 00:21:21.640