Speaker 1: Welcome the Dodger Talk David Vase with you until eight
Speaker 1: o'clock tonight here on AM five to seventy LA Sports.
Speaker 1: The Dodgers return home after a disappointing road trip. They
Speaker 1: will be back in action tomorrow night, open up and
Speaker 1: opening up a six game homestand first with the Chicago
Speaker 1: Cubs and then the Rockies come into town. So feels
Speaker 1: like things are going to get better in Dodgerland when
Speaker 1: they come home. And they're a much better team at
Speaker 1: Dodger Stadium than they are on the road because they
Speaker 1: have the offense and they get the last at bat
Speaker 1: to overcome whatever mistakes they may make or if their
Speaker 1: pitching gives up a little bit too many runs like.
Speaker 2: We saw the last road trip.
Speaker 1: They have the offense to be able to come back,
Speaker 1: and don't discount the fact that the last at bat
Speaker 1: means a lot, and we saw it a lot on
Speaker 1: the first homestand of the season.
Speaker 2: We've got a great show for.
Speaker 1: You tonight on Dodger Talk coming up at the bottom
Speaker 1: of the hour. Sunday night. We'll be back in town
Speaker 1: for the Dodgers and Cubs this weekend. And my favorite,
Speaker 1: the centerpiece of that broadcast is David Cohne and Buster Only.
Speaker 1: And Buster will join us coming up at the bottom
Speaker 1: of the hour. So look forward to talking to Buster
Speaker 1: Only when we keep this show going at the bottom
Speaker 1: of the hour. And today is one of my favorite
Speaker 1: Dodgers birthday and he turns forty three years old today.
Speaker 1: And that is a man that spent all twelve of
Speaker 1: his major league career with the Dodgers, and that is
Speaker 1: Andre Ethier. Happy birthday to Andre Ethier. He turns forty
Speaker 1: three years old today. I talked to him yesterday and
Speaker 1: basically all he said he wants for his birthday is
Speaker 1: to relax on the couch. Guy does a lot with
Speaker 1: his kids, so just wants a day of rest for
Speaker 1: the dad. I think that's a great birthday gift. But
Speaker 1: if you were listening when he playing, you would know
Speaker 1: that we had a pretty fun sparring session that he
Speaker 1: always used to win. So in honor of Andre Ethier's
Speaker 1: forty third birthday, coming up in our next segment, I
Speaker 1: will give you the top five andre Ethier insults to
Speaker 1: yours truly, and we still have the interview, so we
Speaker 1: will share that with you. And I know he was
Speaker 1: a big fan favorite two thousand and nine one of
Speaker 1: the most clutch seasons any player has had in recent memory.
Speaker 1: I think he had like six or nine walk off
Speaker 1: base hits and that's where he got his reputation for
Speaker 1: being mister Clutch. So happy birthday to Andre Ethier for me.
Speaker 1: The biggest Dodger news today is the fact that Freddie
Speaker 1: Freeman is coming back to the Dodgers starting lineup tomorrow
Speaker 1: after reaggravating that surgically repaired right ankle when he slipped
Speaker 1: in a shower a couple of Sundays ago. The Dodgers
Speaker 1: were without Freddie Freeman this entire road. They struck out
Speaker 1: of season high fifteen times two games ago. Keik A
Speaker 1: Hernandez is playing at a position the Dodgers have key
Speaker 1: k playing there because Muncie is their third baseman and
Speaker 1: will be their third baseman the majority of the season,
Speaker 1: So why even try to get him off that position
Speaker 1: when Freddy Freeman's going to return like he is tomorrow
Speaker 1: and couldn't be a better time considering Tomorrow night is
Speaker 1: Freddie Freeman Grand Slam Bobblehead Night, celebrating his walk off
Speaker 1: Grand Slam in Game one of the World Series. So
Speaker 1: it's perfect that Freddy's coming back, and don't discount the
Speaker 1: fact they missed his bat in the lineup. I know
Speaker 1: we get caught up and Otani and Mookie bets, but
Speaker 1: Freddy Freeman's a big part of that lineup. He makes contact,
Speaker 1: he doesn't strike out a lot. He's an RBI machine.
Speaker 1: He means a lot to the Dodgers hitting behind Mooki
Speaker 1: and Otani. And the fact that you can lengthen the
Speaker 1: lineup instead of having Tommy Edmund, who did a great
Speaker 1: job since the beginning of the season, not just this
Speaker 1: road trip, since the beginning of the season. It feels
Speaker 1: like the Dodgers are in a good spot to have
Speaker 1: Tommy Edmund move further down the order with Munsey and
Speaker 1: Edmund with Freddie Freeman hitting third and yesterday, it's kind
Speaker 1: of funny. Nobody had asked Dave Roberts about Freddie Freeman
Speaker 1: the entire road trip, so I did so.
Speaker 3: Yes, the expectation is for him to be in the
Speaker 3: line up on Friday. He's had live VP the last
Speaker 3: couple of days, and from what I understand I saw yesterdays,
Speaker 3: he's come out of it well. Watched him run the
Speaker 3: gate looks really good and so if nothing changes, he'll
Speaker 3: be in the line up on Friday.
Speaker 4: What's the needle you have to thread as a manager,
Speaker 4: as an organization with the guy that obviously is going
Speaker 4: to tell you he's fine, But we know that right
Speaker 4: ankle is still a little.
Speaker 3: Tender the needle. The needle is a little bit wider
Speaker 3: in the sense that we've built a relationship now and
Speaker 3: I would say that if you would, if we were
Speaker 3: to rewind three years ago, he would still be active
Speaker 3: right now, Whereas I think now he understands the short
Speaker 3: term games the long term, and he'll be the first
Speaker 3: to tell you that his time on the IL was
Speaker 3: beneficial and as it was last year, and so I
Speaker 3: think that that's sort of helped our relationship.
Speaker 1: All Right, there's manager Dave Roberts, and at times you
Speaker 1: have to protect players from themselves. We've heard the Dodgers
Speaker 1: do that a few different times with Kershaw. Well, now
Speaker 1: you got to do it with Freddie Freeman. And I
Speaker 1: know Dave Roberts a pleaser. He's a really good players
Speaker 1: manager and has really grown into it with these new
Speaker 1: group of Dodgers the last couple of years, especially the
Speaker 1: superstars like Freddie Freeman. They have a really good relationship.
Speaker 1: But at times if Freddy's ankle is not really one
Speaker 1: hundred percent, and here's news, it won't be all year long.
Speaker 1: But if it's not up to par, I should say
Speaker 1: Dave Roberts has got to tell Freddie Freeman, I'm sorry
Speaker 1: you're sitting down this Sunday. You're sitting down this game.
Speaker 1: We need you when it matters most. And look, the
Speaker 1: Dodgers did not lose this road trip because keyk a
Speaker 1: Hernandez was playing first base. They lost this road trip
Speaker 1: because they got poor starting pitching. Outside of a start
Speaker 1: from Yamamoto and a start from Dustin May who overcame
Speaker 1: some bad defense behind him. They lost this road trip
Speaker 1: because of bad defense, poor starting pitching, and the offense
Speaker 1: really wasn't doing much of anything after Tom Yedman and
Speaker 1: Taoscar Hernandez. So those were the reasons why they lost.
Speaker 1: And I feel like you do have to appreciate to
Speaker 1: a certain extent the fact that they are riding an
Speaker 1: emotional wave from Tokyo to the ring ceremony, But really
Speaker 1: that's part of it. Most of it was bad starting pitching,
Speaker 1: and you know it's gonna be hard to get the
Speaker 1: image of Tyler Glass now out of our minds, that
Speaker 1: we're there in Philly with him kind of melting down
Speaker 1: with the rain coming down, light rain in the third
Speaker 1: inning in Philadelphia. And when people ask me about it,
Speaker 1: and after that game we got calls about it, all
Speaker 1: I can tell you is Tyler Glass noew more than
Speaker 1: likely could not play for Mick Cronan, that wacky Irish
Speaker 1: coach at UCLA. Trust me, Glass now could not play
Speaker 1: for Mick Cronan. I'll leave it at that, and Glass
Speaker 1: now will have a chance to rebound after a poor
Speaker 1: start Sunday night. Speaking of Sunday Night baseball on a
Speaker 1: national stage against the Cubs, eight six six eight seven
Speaker 1: two five seventy is the phone number? Now, I know
Speaker 1: you guys were all riding the emotional wave of the
Speaker 1: Dodgers starting eight to zero. Petrosen Money had Brent Boone
Speaker 1: on the show to talk about one hundred and sixty wins.
Speaker 1: Are the Dodgers going to break their record? Well, here's
Speaker 1: the reality. The National League is much better than the
Speaker 1: American League. The division's much better. And it's only thirteen
Speaker 1: games in and the Dodgers have one of the best
Speaker 1: records in baseball, but they're clumped up with the Giants
Speaker 1: and padres I asked Andrew Friedman about how he kind
Speaker 1: of evaluates not only what's happening in the here and
Speaker 1: now but big picture to be able to try to
Speaker 1: help the Dodgers at the trade deadline or sometime before.
Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean, I think you know we're where we
Speaker 5: will really take stock is basically a third of the season,
Speaker 5: get through May and get a real.
Speaker 6: Feel for things.
Speaker 5: That being said, we feel it intensely every day, and
Speaker 5: so it's how not to overreact to things that are.
Speaker 2: Happening in a moment in time and try to.
Speaker 5: Get a bigger, broader perspective before making you know, bigger changes.
Speaker 1: All right, there's Andrew Friedman. So for those that want
Speaker 1: to pull the plug on Mookie Bets at shortstop or
Speaker 1: the overreaction over one poor strikeout game by Max Munsey,
Speaker 1: I think you all need to let the season breathe
Speaker 1: a little bit. And look, it's unprecedented what Mooki Bets
Speaker 1: is doing by shifting from right field to shortstop at
Speaker 1: thirty one years old. He put in a lot of
Speaker 1: work this offseason. The Dodgers are not going to say
Speaker 1: after thirteen games, you know what, Mooki, this isn't working.
Speaker 1: And quite honestly, there have been times where it hasn't
Speaker 1: looked fluid. But for the most part, Mookie Betts has
Speaker 1: not cost the Dodgers any games at shortstop. In fact,
Speaker 1: yesterday I thought he made one of the best plays,
Speaker 1: if not his best play at short stop when he
Speaker 1: backhanded a hard hit ground ball on the grass and
Speaker 1: threw the batter out. Yesterday I forgot who it was,
Speaker 1: but it was a tough play for any shortstop, and
Speaker 1: Mooki made it. So give it some time. Let's talk
Speaker 1: in May or June about Muncie and Mookie and the
Speaker 1: left side of the Dodgers infield. Eight six six, nine, seven,
Speaker 1: two five seventy is the phone number. We have three
Speaker 1: lines open when we continue your phone calls, plus the
Speaker 1: top five insults thrown my way by the birthday boy,
Speaker 1: Andre Ethier and Buster only will join us at the
Speaker 1: bottom of the hour. David Vass on an off day
Speaker 1: with you until eight o'clock right here on AM five
Speaker 1: to seventy LA Sports. Oh yeah, it's an off day.
Speaker 1: Dodger Talk. David vass with you until eight o'clock tonight
Speaker 1: here on AM five to seventy LA Sports. The Dodgers
Speaker 1: back in action tomorrow night at Dodgers Stadium on Freddie
Speaker 1: Freeman Grand Slam Bobblead Night. Freddie will be back in
Speaker 1: the starting lineup at first base, so it should be
Speaker 1: a fun night. Dodgers Cubs, all those lovable loser fans
Speaker 1: will be out there at Dodgers Stadium. A lot of
Speaker 1: transplants from Chicago. I remember, way back when they were
Speaker 1: talking about a Cubs dynasty five years ago. I started
Speaker 1: seeing all these people around LA and the Promenade and
Speaker 1: Woodland Hills wearing brand new Cubs hats. You don't see
Speaker 1: too many Cubs hats down in the South Bay anymore,
Speaker 1: do you. It feels like they just put that in
Speaker 1: the closet. But they might be back out tomorrow night
Speaker 1: at Dodgers Stadium. I'm sure there's plenty of seats available
Speaker 1: as the Cubs come to town for their only visit
Speaker 1: of the season. And don't look now, the Cubs are
Speaker 1: in first place in the very week and now central
Speaker 1: for the Dodgers, they come back losing two series on
Speaker 1: the road in Philadelphia and Washington, DC, a very cold
Speaker 1: East Coast road trip. The game of that three game
Speaker 1: series against the Nationals, temperatures with the wind chill were
Speaker 1: thirty six degrees and one of the salty beat writers
Speaker 1: for the Nationals said during that game, this is the
Speaker 1: only way the Nationals have a chance to.
Speaker 2: Beat this team with the cold.
Speaker 1: Well, it worked out and the Dodgers salvage the final
Speaker 1: game of the series yesterday, and look being in that
Speaker 1: clubhouse after the game, the Dodgers were not celebrating and
Speaker 1: not in a celebratory mood after losing two out of
Speaker 1: three and really an ugly game to win. It wasn't
Speaker 1: even that pretty to watch, but they came away with
Speaker 1: the win and they avoid a sweep. Last time the
Speaker 1: Nationals swept the Dodgers, Andre Ethier was on the team
Speaker 1: in two thousand and eight. And speaking of Andre Ethier,
Speaker 1: today is his forty third birthday. Can you imagine that
Speaker 1: Andre Ethier is forty three years old and the last
Speaker 1: time he played a game was Game seven of the
Speaker 1: twenty seventeen World Series. He was the only Dodger to
Speaker 1: drive in a run that night, and that came off
Speaker 1: the bench as a pinch hitter. So Andre Ethier spent
Speaker 1: his entire twelve year Major League career with the Dodgers,
Speaker 1: and the last I would say six he enjoyed not
Speaker 1: only playing for the Dodgers, but using me as a
Speaker 1: punching bag. So, in honor of Andre Ethier's birthday, I
Speaker 1: am going to share with you the top five Ehier
Speaker 1: insults thrown at me during our many conversations while he
Speaker 1: was playing with the Dodgers. So here we go, Number five,
Speaker 1: andre Ethier's fifth best insult to yours. Truly, I know
Speaker 1: no one listens to your show, so.
Speaker 2: How dare you just giddy?
Speaker 1: Everybody listens to the show, Ethier. That's why it was
Speaker 1: number five, in case you weren't listening or you were
Speaker 1: too young. Back in the heyday of Andre Ethier twenty
Speaker 1: twelve twenty thirteen, I had no idea how to dress
Speaker 1: when I first started traveling with the Dodgers, so I
Speaker 1: thought business casual were khaki pants. Now this was before
Speaker 1: I discovered page jeans. So I would wear these beij
Speaker 1: khaki pants with a light polo shirt, and I thought
Speaker 1: it was a good look, even on days where I
Speaker 1: forgot a belt and ron say would point that out,
Speaker 1: so early on, I was struggling with a style even
Speaker 1: more than I am.
Speaker 2: Now, thank you.
Speaker 7: I'm glad to see you're not wearing khakis for my
Speaker 7: big day. You know, we got to see him dress slacks.
Speaker 1: But yeah, that was the day andre Ethier signed his
Speaker 1: big extension in twenty twelve. That was the first major
Speaker 1: move that this ownership did, signing andre Ethier. So that
Speaker 1: was number four. Him taking a cheap shot at my
Speaker 1: pants that day. Here is number three, another one of
Speaker 1: many moments where andre Ethier.
Speaker 2: Shamed me publicly.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I know you were impressed with my clothing wardrobe
Speaker 1: every day that I came to the park.
Speaker 7: Yeah, you either look like like a caddy at a
Speaker 7: municipal golf course or a or a valet at some
Speaker 7: of the hotels we stay. You know, I often got
Speaker 7: confused walking into the club. I was not knowing whether
Speaker 7: to throw you my keys or or ask for my
Speaker 7: you know, my ball to be washed, you know, because
Speaker 7: I didn't know if you were the caddy or the valet.
Speaker 2: I'll get confused.
Speaker 7: So it was fun all your you know, going back
Speaker 7: and forth and knowing that you got a little Twitter
Speaker 7: blow because of it.
Speaker 1: Yeah, a lot of people came to the Real Underscore
Speaker 1: DV because of Andre.
Speaker 2: Eah.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I appreciate that. And I parked your pinto out
Speaker 1: back if you don't mind.
Speaker 7: All right, thank you. I stay treated to my roots, Pitt.
Speaker 7: That's where I came from, That's where all stay.
Speaker 1: Hey, there was and that was a reference to Andre
Speaker 1: Ethier calling me Dave Valet during interviews and even when
Speaker 1: he would go on other shows with Petro some money,
Speaker 1: Dave Valet. And even to this day, when I'm walking
Speaker 1: around Dodgers Stadium, some fans will come up to me
Speaker 1: and say, hey, Dave Vallet. And by the way, I
Speaker 1: have a streak and it is continuing to this day.
Speaker 1: Somebody always brings up me breaking my wrist and ribs
Speaker 1: on the slide. So I still have that streak going
Speaker 1: ever since then. But this was pre breaking my ribs
Speaker 1: and wrist on the slide. Here is Andre Ethier, the
Speaker 1: number two insult he ever threw my way his last
Speaker 1: six years playing.
Speaker 7: Yeah, you either look like like a caddy at a
Speaker 7: municipal golf course or a or a valet at some
Speaker 7: of the hotels.
Speaker 2: We we played this one.
Speaker 7: You know, I often got confused walking into the club.
Speaker 7: I was not knowing whether to throw you my keys
Speaker 7: or ask for my you know, my ball to be washed. Okay,
Speaker 7: you know, because I didn't know if you were the
Speaker 7: caddy or the valet. I'll get confused. So it was
Speaker 7: fun all your you're going back and forth and knowing
Speaker 7: that you got a little Twitter blow because of it.
Speaker 1: Okay, there it is and here it is the number
Speaker 1: one insult. And this was right after the holiday of Thanksgiving.
Speaker 1: Can we get a drum roll please? Andre he heer,
Speaker 1: Ronnie Foss, whoever you are here, It is Andre Ethier
Speaker 1: taking a shot at me after maybe I was a
Speaker 1: little more bloated in November of an off season than
Speaker 1: I you.
Speaker 7: It's one I can definitely see Thanksgiving was good to you,
Speaker 7: and stuffing doesn't mean you stuffed.
Speaker 2: Yourself, buddy. Can we play that one more time, Ronnie one.
Speaker 7: I can definitely see Thanksgiving was good to you, and
Speaker 7: stuffing doesn't mean you stuffed.
Speaker 2: Yourself, buddy.
Speaker 1: All right, there you go, you stuff yourself, buddy. Uh yeah,
Speaker 1: maybe I enjoyed the off season a little bit too much,
Speaker 1: and even I may have enjoyed my off season a
Speaker 1: little bit too much. This off season. But like my
Speaker 1: good buddy Shaquille O'Neil used to say, I get in
Speaker 1: shape on company time. So I feel like I'm in
Speaker 1: better shape now than I was in December. So there
Speaker 1: it is the top five. Andre Ethier insults on his
Speaker 1: forty third birthday. Which one did you like the most
Speaker 1: that I brought back? Val Let's go out to the phones,
Speaker 1: Matt in Phoenix. You're on Dodger Talk. How you doing, Matt?
Speaker 1: Are you neighbors with andre Ethier? Is that why you're
Speaker 1: calling in?
Speaker 8: You know what I called in before your stories? But
Speaker 8: long story short, I used to be a police officer
Speaker 8: in Phoenix and I would patrol in Andre Ethier's area
Speaker 8: where he grew up. And his little elementary school has
Speaker 8: a cute little shrine to him. So that's a fun
Speaker 8: little fact.
Speaker 1: Yeah, he went to a Catholic school out there in Chandler, Arizona, right, Matt.
Speaker 8: No, he went to elementary school in Phoenix and he
Speaker 8: went to I think it was Saint Mary's in Phoenix downtown,
Speaker 8: right in St.
Speaker 6: Mary's.
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's right, that's right.
Speaker 1: Uh So what do you think about the way he
Speaker 1: treated me over the last six years of his career.
Speaker 1: Would you arrest him for those type of insults?
Speaker 6: Oh, I'd have to ask.
Speaker 8: I'd have to take him out.
Speaker 6: For tacos.
Speaker 2: Ritos. Little Rito's funny.
Speaker 8: I think that the what's that.
Speaker 1: Little Ritos Mexican food in Phoenix for Ethier?
Speaker 8: Yeah, why not? I liked the Dave Dave Valet thing.
Speaker 8: I'd like to play on words there. That's pretty funny.
Speaker 2: Thank you, I appreciate it. What do you got on
Speaker 2: the Dodgers?
Speaker 8: So, first of all, it's great to talk to again.
Speaker 8: It's been a while, but it's great to talk to
Speaker 8: you always, and thank you for the wonderful coverage you give.
Speaker 8: One of the things I always tell people when there's
Speaker 8: rumors is if Vassay didn't say it, it didn't happen.
Speaker 8: You're almost becoming like a WOJH bomb status or passing
Speaker 8: to me.
Speaker 1: Hey, thank you, I appreciate that. I mean, I see
Speaker 1: these guys more than my own family.
Speaker 2: What are you? What do you?
Speaker 1: What did I say this time that that you're believing.
Speaker 8: Nothing? It's just whenever there's rumors or a guy's going
Speaker 8: on the IL or who are the Dodgers going to
Speaker 8: sign or trade for? You're the number one source because
Speaker 8: you have such great relationships and insights with the Dodgers.
Speaker 8: So I appreciate it. But the reason that I wanted
Speaker 8: to call, yeah, you're welcome. Well, the topic is still fresh.
Speaker 8: Tyler Glass. Now, I was a bit concerned with his
Speaker 8: lack of fortitude during the game in Philadelphia.
Speaker 6: Yeah.
Speaker 8: I know it was nasty out there, but you know what,
Speaker 8: the rain didn't stop when the Phillies pitched, and when
Speaker 8: any other Dodger reliever pitched. And more concerning to me
Speaker 8: than his injuries is it seems like he just had
Speaker 8: a real lack of toughness in the face of adversity
Speaker 8: in April. How is he going to handle cold wind, sleet,
Speaker 8: snow and angry New Yorkers screaming at him in October?
Speaker 8: Are you concerned too? Is this something that he needs
Speaker 8: to work on? Or am I just overseeing things here?
Speaker 2: No?
Speaker 1: It was a theme back in spring training where Dave
Speaker 1: Roberts was stressing to him that you've got to be
Speaker 1: more athletic. Don't get in your own head about mechanics
Speaker 1: when things are not perfect. You still got to pitch
Speaker 1: and pitched through it. And I don't believe Dave Roberts
Speaker 1: was just talking about his pitching mechanics and you know, hopefully,
Speaker 1: you know, Sunday's going to be ideal weather, right, Matt,
Speaker 1: But let's see how it goes. If things things don't
Speaker 1: go his way, things are not perfect. I think he's
Speaker 1: got to learn from that and grow from that. But look,
Speaker 1: it's not like he's twenty five years old. He's been
Speaker 1: in the league a long time. I just think we
Speaker 1: have to judge him moving forward. And hopefully that was just,
Speaker 1: you know, something that we don't remember when we're deep
Speaker 1: into the season. But yeah, that was to me, that
Speaker 1: was concerning everybody saw it.
Speaker 8: Yeah, I agree. I mean, look, I know that he
Speaker 8: has been treated with kid gloves in Pittsburgh and in Tampa,
Speaker 8: and he really hasn't had to pitch in too much,
Speaker 8: too many meaningful games. I know that Tampa went to
Speaker 8: the World Series against the Dodgers, but I think for
Speaker 8: the first time he's kind of being forced to deal
Speaker 8: with some things. And it didn't look like Dave was
Speaker 8: too happy when he took him out the.
Speaker 6: Other day either.
Speaker 8: So thanks, how much you appreciate it?
Speaker 1: All right, Matt, thank you for the phone call. Appreciate
Speaker 1: you eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy
Speaker 1: is the phone number. Like I said, I'm not going to, uh,
Speaker 1: you know, keep beating a dead horse here. All I'll
Speaker 1: say is Tyler Glass now would not be able to
Speaker 1: play for Mick Cronin. Eight six six nine eighty seven
Speaker 1: two five seventy is the phone number when we continue
Speaker 1: more of your phone calls eight six six nine eighty
Speaker 1: seven two five seventy. Do you have as many insults
Speaker 1: for me as Andre Ethier had over the years? Buster,
Speaker 1: Only he gets mad when I insult Vermont. I'll keep
Speaker 1: that streak alive as well. Buster joins us next right
Speaker 1: here on Dodger Talk AM five seventy LA Sports Day
Speaker 1: with you until eight o'clock tonight here on AM five
Speaker 1: to seventy LA Sports. The Dodgers are back in action
Speaker 1: tomorrow night, opening up a three game series against the
Speaker 1: Chicago Cubs. First time the Dodgers will see the Cubs
Speaker 1: since Tokyo, and on Sunday night. It will be a
Speaker 1: nationally televised broadcast. That means the Sunday Night Baseball crew
Speaker 1: will be in town, including my favorite Buster, Only my
Speaker 1: my favorite guy from Vermont. It's not Ben or Jerry,
Speaker 1: it's Buster only. Buster, thanks a lot for the time,
Speaker 1: appreciate it.
Speaker 9: See it's not a good start because they know you're
Speaker 9: not sincere about liking anything from Vermont.
Speaker 1: Man Ben and Jerry was great in the nineties of Buster,
Speaker 1: but I feel like I've moved on.
Speaker 9: It's great now. I don't appreciate the shots. And you'll
Speaker 9: never get that the best maple syrup in the world,
Speaker 9: which is from.
Speaker 2: Vermont, no doubt.
Speaker 1: You got that going for you, and they got Buster
Speaker 1: going for them as well. When we last spoke, when
Speaker 1: you came to Dodgers Stadium for the home opener, it
Speaker 1: felt like the Dodgers were in a very different weight
Speaker 1: class than everybody else. What do you think now after
Speaker 1: thirteen games.
Speaker 9: That they still eventually will be I mean we haven't
Speaker 9: they haven't played a game this year. When you get
Speaker 9: a fully healthy Bookie and a fully healthy Freddy Freeman,
Speaker 9: and I do think there's going to be a time
Speaker 9: of that because we know that the way the Dodgers
Speaker 9: handle injuries is through the prism of getting players ready
Speaker 9: for October, and so you know we'll see that happen.
Speaker 9: But I think the you know, maybe what you're referring
Speaker 9: to is the evolution of other teams in the division.
Speaker 9: The nationallygue West might be more competitive, not because the
Speaker 9: Dodgers aren't a great team, but because the Giants are
Speaker 9: clearly better than they have been in the first year
Speaker 9: of Buster Posey running baseball operations. The Diamondbacks are the
Speaker 9: great offense. Even though the Padres were eliminating that division
Speaker 9: series last year, when I was around them, it's pretty
Speaker 9: clear that group of players walked away from that believing,
Speaker 9: you know what, we can beat these guys, and they've
Speaker 9: got a lot of great players.
Speaker 1: When you look at that division, I feel like the
Speaker 1: Padres are the most forgotten team in baseball. Many of
Speaker 1: us believed they could have won the World Series if
Speaker 1: not for the Dodgers winning the NLDS. What's the sense
Speaker 1: you get from those group of players in twenty twenty five?
Speaker 9: Yeah, and I think that d you share your sentiment
Speaker 9: on that. I mean, in the in the post uh
Speaker 9: you know, post post the World Series interviews they did
Speaker 9: last year, so many of them were referencing the fact
Speaker 9: that they felt like the Padres were the toughest team. Uh,
Speaker 9: you know they are, so start Layton, you know you've
Speaker 9: got Manny Machado. Uh, you've got Fernando Tetan, who moved
Speaker 9: up another level this year with more plate discipline than
Speaker 9: he's had in the past.
Speaker 2: Uh.
Speaker 9: You've got Jackson Merrill, who's one of the best young
Speaker 9: players at a five ninety six slegon percentage after the
Speaker 9: All Star break last year. You know, the the reason
Speaker 9: why the Padres are forgotten, I think is because their
Speaker 9: offseason was so quiet. You know, they've got this ownership
Speaker 9: going on, uh, you know, fight over who's in control, Uh,
Speaker 9: where the payroll is going to be going forward, and
Speaker 9: so A. J. Peler, the general manager, didn't do a
Speaker 9: lot like we're accustomed to, but at the end of
Speaker 9: the winner, he did make some moves. He signed Nick
Speaker 9: Pivetta for the rotation, which they desperately need. They signed
Speaker 9: Hosea Glacia's depth in the infield. It still feels like
Speaker 9: that that's going to be the biggest challenge for the
Speaker 9: Padres is how much depth will they have. It's generally
Speaker 9: speaking a pretty top heavy lineup and they need their
Speaker 9: stars to stay on the field and stay healthy. So
Speaker 9: like right now, you know, this hamshring injury for Jackson Merrill,
Speaker 9: it's a big blow to them because they're not a
Speaker 9: lot behind that front, that great front line they have.
Speaker 1: Buster only is joining us. He's on the ESPN Sunday
Speaker 1: Night Baseball crew. They'll be in town on Sunday for
Speaker 1: Rodgers and Cubs. And we just got back. The Dodgers
Speaker 1: just got back from an East Coast road trip that
Speaker 1: reminded them they are human. And I guess since it's
Speaker 1: only thirteen Gamesbuster, I got to ask you this in
Speaker 1: that context, do you believe the Phillies might be the
Speaker 1: best and maybe the toughest competition for them, considering how
Speaker 1: well they've matched up the last two years if they
Speaker 1: see each other, Because now I think it's nine out
Speaker 1: of eleven times Philadelphia has beaten the.
Speaker 9: Dodgers one hundred percent, And look, they're a really experienced team.
Speaker 9: We talked about the Padres belief that they'll be able
Speaker 9: to beat them. You know, Bryce Harper in his heart
Speaker 9: believes that, yeah, they can beat the Dodgers. You know
Speaker 9: that Kyle Schwarber thinks that they've got a guy who
Speaker 9: might be the best pitcher on the planet. And Zach Wheeler.
Speaker 9: You know, Christopher Sanchez, developing young left hander who is
Speaker 9: absolutely dominant. We saw him, you know that, at bat
Speaker 9: against Shohey, and he's great stuff. They can do that now.
Speaker 9: I think, you know, we thought that last year. People
Speaker 9: forget that. Most of last year we thought that the
Speaker 9: Phillies were the best team in baseball, and they just
Speaker 9: faded down the stretch. It's interesting because I was talking
Speaker 9: with an executive with another team during the last week
Speaker 9: and he mentioned the similarities between the Phillies and the Dodgers.
Speaker 9: You have this great lineup, but both of those teams
Speaker 9: are older teams that are probably to be susceptible to injuries,
Speaker 9: and they're probably not going to be as good defensively
Speaker 9: just because of the Ah factor. But in terms of
Speaker 9: confidence to beat the Dodgers, yeah, it'll be there.
Speaker 2: Buster.
Speaker 1: You just mentioned defense, and I know on yesterday's podcast
Speaker 1: you talked about it with Tim Kirkchin. Just how the
Speaker 1: Dodger defense may not be right now as good as
Speaker 1: it was last year. How unprecedented is it for the
Speaker 1: best right fielder in the game to try to move
Speaker 1: at age thirty one to the most demanding position outside
Speaker 1: a catcher. And what's the reviews you're hearing early on
Speaker 1: about this year's Mookie Betts.
Speaker 9: Yeah, I mean it's never really been done never, and
Speaker 9: you respect the fact that he's working at it. You
Speaker 9: know that he'll get better. The bottom line is he's
Speaker 9: not going to become an elite defensive shortstop at age
Speaker 9: thirty one. You know, I think a few of the Dodgers,
Speaker 9: with the team that they have, you're hoping that they
Speaker 9: make plays and you don't make mistakes. But when you
Speaker 9: look at the you know, the various guys around the field,
Speaker 9: you know, Tommy Edmond is considered to be an excellent defender.
Speaker 9: I thank Freddie Freeman on his you know, on when
Speaker 9: he's healthy. He's a really good first baseman. But just
Speaker 9: talking with folks with other teams, they don't see, you know,
Speaker 9: high end defense there. Here's the thing, you know, and
Speaker 9: I know, I mean, the Dodgers' front office is filled
Speaker 9: with really smart people. They know all this, and as
Speaker 9: one executive said to me this week, they built this
Speaker 9: pitching staff that strikes out a lot of people. And
Speaker 9: so the the in the equation, the feeling is probably
Speaker 9: within the Dodgers' front office they that they can out
Speaker 9: hit some of their defensive mistakes and that their pitchers
Speaker 9: can strike out a lot of guys and lead runners
Speaker 9: on base.
Speaker 1: Yeah, hopefully that happens for them. They're walking more than
Speaker 1: they're striking out these days, and their starters aren't going.
Speaker 1: In fact, Buster early on, their relief pitchers have thrown
Speaker 1: more innings than their starters. This famed starting rotation has
Speaker 1: less innings pitched than their bullpen, which has been stellar
Speaker 1: to start again.
Speaker 9: And that's in keeping with a trend in recent years
Speaker 9: where it does feel like at the end of every
Speaker 9: year and you look at you know, who throws the
Speaker 9: most innings within the Dodgers' rotation, they're always less than
Speaker 9: just about anybody else. You know, if their staff leader's
Speaker 9: been one like one hundred and thirty innings, one hundred
Speaker 9: and forty innings, they they're not getting a Zach Wheeler
Speaker 9: with a two hundred inning plow horse. I think they,
Speaker 9: you know, felt that, you know, a guy like Blake
Speaker 9: Snell would get my hundred day innings. So far that
Speaker 9: hasn't happened. We'll see if they're healthier as we go
Speaker 9: along this season.
Speaker 1: Buster one is our guest. He is part of the
Speaker 1: Sunday Night Baseball crew, which will be back at Dodger
Speaker 1: Stadium on Sunday and Buster. Part of the reason why
Speaker 1: I'd love to have you on the show tonight was
Speaker 1: because so much of the talk has been about breaking
Speaker 1: the Mariners record from people outside of the Dodger Clubhouse,
Speaker 1: with the exception Miguel Rojas, but the Stars, Otani, Freeman,
Speaker 1: Bats and even Dave Roberts have only talked about trying
Speaker 1: to win back to back championships for the first time
Speaker 1: since the Yankees that you covered twenty five years ago.
Speaker 1: What do you remember about that two thousand season when
Speaker 1: they were going through it. How how can you compare
Speaker 1: it to what we may expect from this Dodger team
Speaker 1: during the regular season, as that is their main goal.
Speaker 9: So the Dodgers, when healthy or the best team that
Speaker 9: I've ever seen. When you're talking about the you know,
Speaker 9: if you have Blake Snell and let's say Glasnow's healthy, Yamamoto,
Speaker 9: let's say Otani later in the year, Clayton Kershaw, you know,
Speaker 9: Dustin May, backed up by the best bullpen that Dave
Speaker 9: Roberts has ever put together, backed up by that incredible.
Speaker 7: Lineup they have.
Speaker 9: It's the best team that I've seen. It's better than
Speaker 9: the team that I covered with the ninety eight Yankees,
Speaker 9: which is saying something. You know, that team one hundred
Speaker 9: and fourteen games in the regular season, they won one
Speaker 9: hundred and twenty five after they blew through the World Series,
Speaker 9: including a sweep of the Podres. What distinguished that team
Speaker 9: that year was this incredible drive. I mean, you know,
Speaker 9: and I know you know, fans go and I think
Speaker 9: they expect players to, you know.
Speaker 8: Go to the ballpark every day with the with at
Speaker 8: absolute peak enthusiasm. But that's not how any of us
Speaker 8: do our jobs.
Speaker 9: That's not human to do that. And what just absolutely
Speaker 9: stood out to me that year in ninety eight was
Speaker 9: the Yankees had been beaten in the playoffs the year
Speaker 9: before by the Guard or the then Cleveland Indians, and
Speaker 9: they were so motivated through the ninety eight season. They
Speaker 9: were just on a mission, and they played with such
Speaker 9: such high energy even against really bad teams. Now in September,
Speaker 9: they played a couple of bad games against Tampa Bay Rays.
Speaker 9: You know, Joe Tory, it was managed seeing them call
Speaker 9: the meeting and chewed them out and they got back
Speaker 9: on track. That's the challenge to win that many regular
Speaker 9: season games, you know, all these guys. Once you get
Speaker 9: to postseason, you can get ramped up for a playoff game,
Speaker 9: a World Series game, and that's not going to be
Speaker 9: an issue. But to push yourself through one hundred and
Speaker 9: eighty days, one hundred and eighty one days in regular season,
Speaker 9: that is a challenge. And that's why, you know, generally speaking,
Speaker 9: I think it's really tough for any team to win
Speaker 9: that many games in a regular season.
Speaker 1: What about winning a back to back championship. Charlie Steiner,
Speaker 1: who's now part of the Dodger radio broadcast, was with
Speaker 1: those guys and he said they treated the regular season
Speaker 1: as a warm up to the postseason, what they really
Speaker 1: cared about.
Speaker 9: That's exactly right. In fact, when you know that Yankee
Speaker 9: team won the World Series in ninety eight and ninety
Speaker 9: nine and two thousand and I think it actually the
Speaker 9: regular season got harder and harder and harder for a
Speaker 9: veteran group, and they did increasingly point toward the postseason
Speaker 9: to the degree that they actually crawled into the playoffs
Speaker 9: in a couple of those years. And then they got
Speaker 9: into October and all of a sudden, the bright lights
Speaker 9: hit and they were back to full intensity. You know,
Speaker 9: that's the challenge the Dodgers have. Which is one thing
Speaker 9: that I heard constantly from players, especially retrospectively looking back
Speaker 9: at those teams, is they felt like it was really
Speaker 9: important to bring in new guys from year to year,
Speaker 9: a new energy, players who were driven to win. So
Speaker 9: a Kirby eight, for example, being really important, Blake Snell
Speaker 9: being really important, you know, as you go through the
Speaker 9: long regular season, to be driven. Those Yankee teams. In
Speaker 9: the year two thousand, which was the last of the
Speaker 9: three consecutive championships, I think they added seven guys during
Speaker 9: the July August waiver period because Brian Cashman knew they
Speaker 9: needed some new blood.
Speaker 1: Well, if you want some perspective on that Yankee dynasty
Speaker 1: and the team the Dodgers are chasing in some ways
Speaker 1: the last team to win back to back championships, Buster
Speaker 1: published one of the best books on that Yankee dynasty,
Speaker 1: The Last Night of the Yankee Dynasty Brings it All Together,
Speaker 1: and it's still out there on Amazon or Barnes and Noble.
Speaker 1: It's one of my favorite books. So Buster, love having
Speaker 1: you on. I think you're the best at what you do,
Speaker 1: and you always have great perspectives. So thank you for
Speaker 1: taking the time out and can't wait to see you
Speaker 1: on Sunday.
Speaker 6: That'll be fun day.
Speaker 9: But I always love talking with you, except when he
Speaker 9: talks max about Vermont.
Speaker 1: I'll withhold on Sunday when I see you. From here
Speaker 1: on now for the rest of lent, I will not
Speaker 1: say anything negative about Vermont.
Speaker 9: Okay, I'll take it. I will take it all right.
Speaker 1: There he goes Buster Only from ESPN. He does a
Speaker 1: great job on Sunday Night Baseball, and I love listening
Speaker 1: to his Baseball Tonight podcast because it gets me caught
Speaker 1: up on everything else that is going on around Major
Speaker 1: League Baseball. You know, sometimes we get so caught up
Speaker 1: and just the Dodgers and who the Dodgers are playing.
Speaker 1: But you got to have some perspective, and you know,
Speaker 1: I think he does a really good job of doing
Speaker 1: that on his podcast. So thank you to Buster Only.
Speaker 1: In case you missed any of that conversation, you could
Speaker 1: find it on the iHeartRadio app later tonight or tomorrow
Speaker 1: morning eight six six nine, eight seven, two five seventy.
Speaker 1: The Dodgers back in action tomorrow night against the Chicago Cubs,
Speaker 1: and my pick for the National League, Cy Young Award.
Speaker 1: Yoshi Yamamoto will be making his third start of the season.
Speaker 1: It will be the second time the Cubs have seen
Speaker 1: Yamamoto this year, because, as you know, Yamamoto started the
Speaker 1: first game out there in Tokyo. Let's go out to
Speaker 1: the phones. Let's go out to our guy Manuel and Guardina.
Speaker 1: Where you've been, Manny, thanks a lot for calling in.
Speaker 10: Tee to the b the real dv oh Man. I
Speaker 10: just been lounging bro right here in guard.
Speaker 11: Off of Vermont and Guardina, the east side, like we
Speaker 11: would like to call it, just watching Dodger baseball, man
Speaker 11: and join it, hoping that they can get that crisp
Speaker 11: baseball going again because they've been playing like soggy cheerios
Speaker 11: of late.
Speaker 10: But I'm glad man. You know, Freddie Freeman will be
Speaker 10: back and we're gonna have a good, you know, rapport
Speaker 10: once the whole team is there. Right now, we're kind
Speaker 10: of got a lot of moving parts right so, you know,
Speaker 10: making the best of it. I got full respect.
Speaker 12: For Doc Roberts and Andrew Friedman. We always know that
Speaker 12: they're gonna make put the best product on the field.
Speaker 12: So it's just a thing man of hanging in there
Speaker 12: for the marathon, right.
Speaker 1: DV, no doubt about it, And you bring up a
Speaker 1: great point. The Dodgers really haven't had their full squad
Speaker 1: for the first thirteen games of the season. Outside of
Speaker 1: three games, the Dodgers have not had so Tanny, Betts
Speaker 1: and Freeman in the same starting lineup. So that's something
Speaker 1: else to consider when you're kind of rushing the judgment.
Speaker 2: On this team.
Speaker 1: The first what the first three two games in Tokyo,
Speaker 1: no Mookie Bets, and then the Dodgers have been without
Speaker 1: Freddie Freeman here the last ten days. So that's another
Speaker 1: part of this equation that I'm not sure people appreciate.
Speaker 1: The Dodgers have not had their big three in the
Speaker 1: starting lineup at the same time outside of three games,
Speaker 1: three or four games. So once Freddy Freeman comes back.
Speaker 1: And I thought it was encouraging what Dave Roberts had
Speaker 1: to say yesterday that he believes that Freddie's ankle may
Speaker 1: be in a better spot now than it was on
Speaker 1: opening day. Freddie, may you know, Freddy wants to be
Speaker 1: out there, Freddie wants to play, and like I said
Speaker 1: earlier in the show, you gotta sometimes protect Freddy from
Speaker 1: himself And speaking of Freddie Freeman, the Dodgers put out
Speaker 1: our press release earlier today promoting the upcoming homestand and
Speaker 1: as you know, tomorrow night is Freddie Freeman Bobblehead Night.
Speaker 1: The Grand Slam Bobblehead from the World Series is going
Speaker 1: to be given out tomorrow night. And Charlie Freeman, Freddie's
Speaker 1: oldest son, is going to throw out the first pitch
Speaker 1: to his dad tomorrow before the game.
Speaker 2: So that should be a special night, special night.
Speaker 1: To remember just a few times, the great Grand Slam
Speaker 1: that Freddie hit to walk the Dodgers off in Game
Speaker 1: one of the World Series. And it won't be the
Speaker 1: last time that we see that Grand Slam or that
Speaker 1: the Dodgers are able to celebrate it, because it's something
Speaker 1: that will live on forever. But yeah, tomorrow night, Freddie Freeman,
Speaker 1: his oldest son, Charlie, will be throwing out the first
Speaker 1: pitch tomorrow night before the walk off Grand Slam Bobblehead
Speaker 1: Night before first pitch.
Speaker 2: So there we go.
Speaker 1: Eight six six seven two five seventy is the phone number.
Speaker 1: And I feel like Yama Moto is making me look
Speaker 1: good so far to start this year. I mean, I
Speaker 1: can't think of another National League pitcher that has outpitched
Speaker 1: Yamamoto so far, and he has come out more aggressive,
Speaker 1: more comfortable, And from what I've been told from people
Speaker 1: around the team is that Yama Moto just has such
Speaker 1: great fastball command even in his bullpen sessions, and he's
Speaker 1: come up with a little cutter now to just add
Speaker 1: another trick to his bag of pitches, to be able
Speaker 1: to go to different pitches outside of his split fingered fastball.
Speaker 1: And on Saturday, Sazaki's going to try to build off
Speaker 1: what was his best Major league start so far when
Speaker 1: he went four plus innings in Philadelphia. And I know
Speaker 1: we hear about Sazaki's split fingered fastball, but a lot
Speaker 1: of people describe it more as a knuckleball. When you
Speaker 1: see that knuckleball, from what I've been told from those
Speaker 1: that have caught it, it has or that split fingered fastball,
Speaker 1: it looks like a knuckleball because you do see the seams.
Speaker 1: You see more of the white than you do with
Speaker 1: the seams when it's tumbling down. It's not a hard,
Speaker 1: split fingered fastball. It's kind of a tumbler at the
Speaker 1: last minute, so it's kind of hard to track and
Speaker 1: I'm sure when you have ninety six to ninety eight
Speaker 1: to sometimes one hundred miles an hour and then you're
Speaker 1: throwing a pitch like that, it's going to be tough
Speaker 1: to hit. So once he gets fastball command consistently, that
Speaker 1: split fingered fastball or fork ball, whatever you want to
Speaker 1: call it, is going to be a way bigger weapon
Speaker 1: for him. But it has to be a fastball command
Speaker 1: first and foremost. And if you're coming out to the
Speaker 1: game on Saturday, I'm a firm believer you're going to
Speaker 1: see a better version of Sazaki than you saw a
Speaker 1: couple of saturdays ago at Dodger Stadium for his first
Speaker 1: appearance there in La.
Speaker 2: Let's go out to Monrovia. Pedro. You're on Dodger Talk
Speaker 2: with David Veasse.
Speaker 6: Hi, Pedro, what's up, David? How you doing.
Speaker 1: I'm doing good? Uh, feeling good. Happy to be back
Speaker 1: in LA with the warm weather.
Speaker 6: Yeah, I bet it was cold out there.
Speaker 1: It was mui frio out there, Pedro, very cold out there.
Speaker 11: Mucho fri, David, mucho mucho frio.
Speaker 2: Yes, all of the above, yes.
Speaker 6: Sir, but no man, I'm excited about you Moto this season.
Speaker 6: The whole team as a whole. But yeah, I agree
Speaker 6: with you one hundred percent on you Moto.
Speaker 1: And you've seen a different You could even see from
Speaker 1: wherever you're sitting or listening or watching, you could see
Speaker 1: a bigger swag in him. And you have to credit
Speaker 1: kek Hernandez for kind of getting in his ear during
Speaker 1: the playoffs last year to help him kind of turn
Speaker 1: the corner.
Speaker 13: Yeah, I know, he definitely. He looks so confident and
Speaker 13: it's exciting to see because he's nasty. But also I
Speaker 13: was in my living room with my seven year old
Speaker 13: daughter and my wife when Freddy Weierman hit the grandson
Speaker 13: my wife when Freddy Freeman hit that grants to them,
Speaker 13: and we went crazy. It was a memory that my
Speaker 13: daughter will have forever and we will too.
Speaker 6: It's awesome, man, that's so cool.
Speaker 1: I never get tired of hearing about where people were
Speaker 1: when Freddie hit that walk off grand slam. Are you
Speaker 1: old enough to remember Kirk Gibson's walk off home run?
Speaker 6: I was three years old in Mexico, so I don't remember.
Speaker 2: I guess not. I guess not.
Speaker 1: All right, Well, you see that's the difference, right, I'm
Speaker 1: old enough to remember Kirk Gibson's home run. I was
Speaker 1: eleven years old when he hit his home run. So
Speaker 1: this Freddy's walk off Grand Slam is your generation's Kirk Gibson.
Speaker 1: And it's great that there's a new highlight instead of
Speaker 1: showing that one, which still gives me chills. But this one,
Speaker 1: this one is going to be right up there.
Speaker 6: Yep, or above it a little bit because we saw it.
Speaker 8: I mean for me, I saw.
Speaker 13: It, you know, and I understand that memory with my daughter,
Speaker 13: so it's it's amazing. But I remember, you know, I
Speaker 13: came here when I was seven, and I remember going
Speaker 13: to Dodgers Stadium when I was eight nine, taking three
Speaker 13: buses to get there, and then walking up that hill
Speaker 13: and watching a crappy team when I was young, and
Speaker 13: then all all this that we're getting now is awesome.
Speaker 13: It's worth it because we weren't very good back then.
Speaker 1: Hey, you don't even have to go that far back.
Speaker 1: Just think about where the Dodgers were in twenty eleven, right,
Speaker 1: they were the laughing Ston of baseball.
Speaker 6: I want to forget those years. Those the court years
Speaker 6: were horrible, but.
Speaker 2: It wasn't that long ago.
Speaker 1: And I feel like everybody's got to remember, it wasn't
Speaker 1: that long ago where things were not that great for
Speaker 1: the Dodgers, and you have to appreciate what what they
Speaker 1: got going on, not just last year, but what they've
Speaker 1: done the last thirteen years.
Speaker 6: Yep.
Speaker 13: Absolutely, it's been amazing. So it's fun. And I can't
Speaker 13: make the game tomorrow because my brothers getting married.
Speaker 6: So I'm mad at him.
Speaker 1: I mean, that's bad scheduling by your brother, Pedro.
Speaker 6: I that's what I told him. I was like, I
Speaker 6: wanted that bibblehead, and I can't go because of you.
Speaker 13: And he's like, oh, sorry, I didn't check the Dodgers schedule,
Speaker 13: and I was like, come on.
Speaker 1: Dude, he must be getting a discounted rate on a
Speaker 1: Friday night wedding, right, Pedro.
Speaker 6: Yeah, that's what it is. I knew it.
Speaker 1: I know I have some friends that did that. All right,
Speaker 1: thanks a lot for the phone call. Enjoy the wedding.
Speaker 1: You could listen or bring your phone to watch the game.
Speaker 1: Thanks Pedro. That'll do it for us. On Dodger Talk.
Speaker 1: I don't know, Freddie Freeman Grand Slam bobblehead giveaway your
Speaker 1: brother's wedding if you're not the best man, maybe I
Speaker 1: would skip the wedding. If in case you missed any
Speaker 1: of the show, you can listen to it on the
Speaker 1: iHeartRadio app. We'll be back with you tomorrow night at
Speaker 1: six o'clock from dot Stadium. That's when Dodgers on Deck begins.
Speaker 1: First Pitch from Dodgers Stadium with Rick Monday and Steven
Speaker 1: Nelson at seven ten. Thanks to Ronnie Fossio for all
Speaker 1: his help. Thanks to Buster Only for his help for
Speaker 1: coming on the show. You could listen to the interview
Speaker 1: the show on the iHeartRadio app. Coming up next Jason
Speaker 1: Smith on Fox Sports Radio. Have a great rest of
Speaker 1: your night.
Speaker 2: See ya,