Speaker 1: And now your host of Dodger Talk, David Vasse.
Speaker 2: We are live at Dodger Stadium after the Dodgers defeat
Speaker 2: the Angels seven to one in the first game of
Speaker 2: this exhibition freeways series. Dodger Talk with you until nine
Speaker 2: thirty tonight right here on a five to seventy LA
Speaker 2: Sports and on the iHeartRadio app. Coming up later in
Speaker 2: the show, you'll hear from Jose Mota and Dodger All
Speaker 2: Star catcher Will Smith. Plus you'll hear from the Dodgers
Speaker 2: home opener starter, the one and only snel Zilla. But
Speaker 2: really the story tonight was the fact that Mookie Betts
Speaker 2: was in the starting lineup and then he wasn't again.
Speaker 2: Mookie Betts a late scratch in the starting lineup tonight.
Speaker 2: He said during a pregame warmups he started to feel
Speaker 2: nauseous and had to vomit again. And he said that's
Speaker 2: been a daily routine. Every time he tries to eat
Speaker 2: solid food food, he can't hold it down. He can
Speaker 2: hold down smoothies, but he can't hold down solid food
Speaker 2: and that's an issue, and it's an issue so much
Speaker 2: now that him playing on Thursday is very much in doubt.
Speaker 3: The good news.
Speaker 2: Freddie Freeman, He's another part of tonight's story. For me,
Speaker 2: there were three things I was looking for tonight. How
Speaker 2: Mooky Bets looked and played, how Freddie Freeman looked and played,
Speaker 2: and also Jackson Ferris. Jackson Ferris was outstanding tonight. He
Speaker 2: has such a promising future. What a trade by the Dodgers.
Speaker 2: You know, all these teams and all these fan bases
Speaker 2: complain about the Dodgers and all the great players they have.
Speaker 2: Here's a memo to all the other teams. Stop trading
Speaker 2: them Mookie Betts, stop saying goodbye to Freddie Freeman. Stop
Speaker 2: trading them young promising left handers like Jackson Ferris for
Speaker 2: Michael b Almonte. How about that? How about that? And
Speaker 2: maybe you might have a chance. But Jackson Ferris has
Speaker 2: a bright future. And everybody I speak to around the
Speaker 2: game believe that Ferris is the most promising pitching prospect
Speaker 2: in the Dodger farm system. And he certainly proved that tonight.
Speaker 2: Three and two thirds innings against a real Angel starting
Speaker 2: lineup that included Mike Trout, Ferris three and two thirds
Speaker 2: allowed just one earned run. It was a home run.
Speaker 2: Four strikeouts and two Walks. This young man certainly has
Speaker 2: the poise, the mound presence and continues to be coachable
Speaker 2: in the minor leagues to get better. He has it,
Speaker 2: and the Cubs gave him away. Michael Busch paid off
Speaker 2: immediate devidends.
Speaker 3: He had a great year.
Speaker 2: For the Cubs. But where was Michael Bush going to
Speaker 2: play on the Dodgers? Freddie Freeman's at first base. He
Speaker 2: wasn't a second baseman, he wasn't a third baseman. So
Speaker 2: all you can say is thank you very much Cubs
Speaker 2: for Jackson Ferris and Zayir Hope, who has shown glimpses
Speaker 2: of what the Dodgers saw when they wanted him included
Speaker 2: in the trade. So those were the three things I
Speaker 2: was looking for tonight, and unfortunately, Mookie Betts did not
Speaker 2: pass what we all wanted him to pass, and that
Speaker 2: was to be in the starting lineup and actually play
Speaker 2: and show that he was strong enough to start in
Speaker 2: the home opener. That doesn't seem to be likely. And
Speaker 2: here's what Mookie Betts had to say when we were
Speaker 2: able to talk to him during the game tonight.
Speaker 4: I don't think anybody really knows. I mean, it's just.
Speaker 5: You know, you go.
Speaker 4: You weigh yourself, and you weigh one hundred and fifty pounds,
Speaker 4: I mean before I left Spring on one seventy five.
Speaker 5: And so.
Speaker 4: You know, it's a balance because I guess my stomach
Speaker 4: is really aggravated, and so it's hard to just not eat,
Speaker 4: you know, especially come you can't come to work and
Speaker 4: just not eat and have you know, you know how
Speaker 4: I am. I'm practicing all day and uh, and then
Speaker 4: my body's just kind of eating itself, and so it's
Speaker 4: hard to not fuel it. And so every time, literally
Speaker 4: every time I fuel my body, I throw it up.
Speaker 4: And there's that I don't know, and I don't know
Speaker 4: what to do about it.
Speaker 2: When was the last time you were able to have
Speaker 2: a meal and keep it down? And are you taking
Speaker 2: IVS to kind of supplement.
Speaker 4: That I've only gotten IVY in Tokyo. I got a
Speaker 4: two leaders of IVY in Tokyo. But to answer your question.
Speaker 1: I don't.
Speaker 6: I don't know.
Speaker 4: Every time I've eaten, I've thrown up. So it's it's
Speaker 4: hopefully I can hold something down, you know. Tomorrow tonight
Speaker 4: to mar Island. I'm scared to eat. So I don't
Speaker 4: really know what to do.
Speaker 2: The doctors diagnosed it.
Speaker 4: No, I mean, there's my vidols. Everything is come back
Speaker 4: clean to you know, blood tests. Everything's come back really
Speaker 4: really clean healthy. So I guess it's just something with
Speaker 4: my stomach being really aggravated. And so I'm just started
Speaker 4: in some new medicine now to try and calm my
Speaker 4: stomach down.
Speaker 2: Mookie, if you wouldn't have been if you did not
Speaker 2: vomit today, would you have felt strong enough to play?
Speaker 2: How strong do you feel to even try to play
Speaker 2: a major league game?
Speaker 1: Oh?
Speaker 4: I mean yeah, I'll you know, even though I'm light.
Speaker 4: I mean I would still play, you know, if.
Speaker 5: I didn't throw it a throw up. They absolutely I
Speaker 5: was in there.
Speaker 4: I mean I had a great day yesterday, but I
Speaker 4: didn't eat literally all day yesterday, and so I figured,
Speaker 4: you know, give myself a day of not eating and
Speaker 4: then to come in and play a major league game
Speaker 4: and not eat, it's kind of hard to fathom. And
Speaker 4: so I eat breakfast this morning and threw it up.
Speaker 4: So kind of is what it is.
Speaker 2: Scared to eat? When was the last time you heard
Speaker 2: anybody say they were scared to eat? Certainly not myself.
Speaker 2: I'm never scared to eat. But Mooki Bets told us
Speaker 2: that he came into spring training at one hundred and
Speaker 2: seventy five pounds. He is now at one hundred and
Speaker 2: fifty seven pounds. Initially Mookie said he was down to
Speaker 2: one fifty and then clarified I guess to the reporters
Speaker 2: that it was one hundred and fifty seven pounds. But still,
Speaker 2: I mean, give or take seven pounds, that's neither here
Speaker 2: or there. When you're down to close to one hundred
Speaker 2: and fifty pounds, So down fifteen seventeen pounds, that's scary,
Speaker 2: especially when now he's trying to move in from right
Speaker 2: field to play a very demanding shortstop. As he was saying,
Speaker 2: it's an uphill climb right now to start the season.
Speaker 3: Whenever that is for him.
Speaker 2: It's not an ideal situation for Mooki Bets or the
Speaker 2: Dodgers to have a thirty one year old moved to
Speaker 2: a very demanding position and now have this very severe
Speaker 2: stomach virus that has caused him to lose close to
Speaker 2: twenty five pounds. It's Mookie's an incredible athlete, he's an
Speaker 2: incredible performer. I'm sure when he's in there and he
Speaker 2: gets back in there, and the Dodgers feel like he's
Speaker 2: strong enough to be in there.
Speaker 3: He'll perform.
Speaker 2: But this is not going to be as seamless as
Speaker 2: it was looking just two weeks ago. Mooki said he
Speaker 2: started to feel ill two days before the Dodgers left
Speaker 2: for Tokyo. You know, I saw Muki when we were
Speaker 2: in the hotel lobby after we landed in Tokyo, and
Speaker 2: I just, you know, casually, said hey, how you doing.
Speaker 2: He's like, oh, not so good. I guess I feel
Speaker 2: a little better now. It's like, oh, what's going on?
Speaker 2: Maybe a little you know, sea sickness from the flight,
Speaker 2: or he didn't sleep well. I had no idea it
Speaker 2: was this severe, And when the Dodgers sent him home,
Speaker 2: he said that was a rough flight as well as
Speaker 2: you can imagine having a stomach virus where you're feeling
Speaker 2: very very you feel like you have nausea. Twenty fours
Speaker 2: seven is not I'm trying to put this in in
Speaker 2: not potty talk, as I tell my kids at home.
Speaker 2: You know, I don't think we need to get into
Speaker 2: graphic description of what what's going on with Mookie bets
Speaker 2: how he's lost close to twenty five pounds. But as
Speaker 2: I mentioned earlier, Mookie's home opener on Thursday is very
Speaker 2: much in doubt. And here's what he had to say
Speaker 2: when he was asked point blank, really play on Thursday.
Speaker 4: That's a that's a tough question, just because you go
Speaker 4: out there and you go play four innings and then
Speaker 4: kind of put your team at a deficit. At that point,
Speaker 4: you don't really want to do that. And then you
Speaker 4: put yourself at a deficit. You're already playing uphill or
Speaker 4: weigh one hundred and fifty one hundred and fifty seven pounds,
Speaker 4: and that's you know, way underweight, and so I don't,
Speaker 4: you know, playing uphill. I'm not saying I don't want
Speaker 4: to do it, it's just game one of the season
Speaker 4: is do I want to really give myself that much
Speaker 4: of an uphill battle? I mean, sure if if that's
Speaker 4: what it takes. But does it logically make sense? And
Speaker 4: that's the question that we really need to answer.
Speaker 2: Yeah, And it doesn't sound like the Dodgers are going
Speaker 2: to give it a yes answer on Thursday unless this
Speaker 2: new medication that he was taking allows him to hold
Speaker 2: down solid food and he feels great when he wakes
Speaker 2: up on Thursday. The Dodgers and Tigers are going to
Speaker 2: play at four to ten on Thursday for the Dodgers'
Speaker 2: home opener, and then on Friday we're back to a
Speaker 2: night game and the pregame ceremonies will include the Dodger
Speaker 2: players receiving their World Championship rings. Eight six six nine
Speaker 2: seven two five seventy is the phone number. The good
Speaker 2: news for the Dodgers is that Freddie Freeman was back
Speaker 2: in the starting lineup, and yes he was zero for two.
Speaker 2: Yes he grounded into a double play, but he was
Speaker 2: swinging freely and did not have any ill effects of
Speaker 2: whatever was bothering his left side when he was not
Speaker 2: playing in Tokyo. So that's great news for the Dodgers
Speaker 2: and Freddie Freeman to have him back and ready to
Speaker 2: go Thursday's home opener. Eight six six seven two five
Speaker 2: seventy is the phone number. We have two lines open.
Speaker 2: We're gonna take a time out here on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 2: When we come back, we'll get to the home opener.
Speaker 2: It is a classic Mark Marquee pitching matchup, and you
Speaker 2: will hear from Blake Snell when we continue live from
Speaker 2: Dodger Stadium until nine thirty right here on AM five
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Speaker 2: Los Angeles Dodgers.
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Speaker 1: Dodger Talk with Dodger insider David Basse.
Speaker 7: The Angels on a Taylor Ward home run have a
Speaker 7: one to nothing lead, and Monthly with a shot to
Speaker 7: write and the Dodgers have a one to one time
Speaker 7: the four five rows back behind me out of town scoreboard.
Speaker 7: Once he hits it out, Dodgers and Angels are tied
Speaker 7: at one.
Speaker 2: Max Monthsey swinging the silver hammer. Great to have Charlie
Speaker 2: Steanner in the booth of us again. The Dodgers defeat
Speaker 2: the Angels seven to one, and Monthsey uh in the
Speaker 2: Tokyo series was one for seven with a double and
Speaker 2: got the netting in the way. And then Rodney Pete
Speaker 2: had the most celebrated foul ball catch in the history
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Speaker 2: Eight six, six, nine, eight, seven, two five seventy is
Speaker 2: the phone number. By the way, Just to set the
Speaker 2: record straight, Max Month was not upset with Rodney Pete
Speaker 2: in that second game where the foul ball went over
Speaker 2: the netting and Rodney with man outstanding tickets. How did
Speaker 2: Rodney Pete get those tickets? Must have been Holly that
Speaker 2: hooked him up. No chance Rodney gets those tickets. It
Speaker 2: was Holly all the way. But anyway Number one. The
Speaker 2: way Rodney and Holly explained it, they were handing out
Speaker 2: gloves and helmets in their section right by the third
Speaker 2: base dugout number two. There was a netting that Munsey
Speaker 2: was trying to pull down to be able to make
Speaker 2: the catch.
Speaker 3: And if he's able to do that cleanly.
Speaker 2: Rodney Pete is not taking the longest victory lap of
Speaker 2: any fan catching a foul ball in the history of
Speaker 2: Major League Baseball. So Munsey wasn't upset with Rodney. He
Speaker 2: did not do a Bartman. I heard Jim romsay it
Speaker 2: was like Bartman, No, it wasn't. It was Game two
Speaker 2: in Tokyo, and it wasn't the NLCS at Wrigley Field.
Speaker 2: It did not cost the Dodgers a chance to go
Speaker 2: to the World Series.
Speaker 3: It had.
Speaker 2: It wasn't even close to Steve Bartman. Rodney did not
Speaker 2: reach over into fair territory to rob it from Max
Speaker 2: Munsey for a chance to go to the World Series.
Speaker 2: I'm sorry. It was not that dramatic anyway. Tokyo was outstanding.
Speaker 2: I had a great time. The players, more importantly, had
Speaker 2: a great time. They did not just sit in their
Speaker 2: hotel rooms and play video games. They actually got out
Speaker 2: and saw the sites, engaged with the people on the
Speaker 2: streets of Tokyo, which was great to see. From young
Speaker 2: to old, from Blake Snell to Ben Caspirius, they were
Speaker 2: all out there. Clayton Kershaw took the trip with his
Speaker 2: wife and kids. They actually got to take the bullet
Speaker 2: train to Kyoto. I joined a handful of Dodgers the
Speaker 2: first day or the first morning. We were out there
Speaker 2: to go see a sumo wrestling exhibition, and Kershaw tried
Speaker 2: to move a sumo wrestler. He said that when the
Speaker 2: sumo wrestler tried, he could not move him. I could
Speaker 2: attest to that because the sumo wrestler was not trying
Speaker 2: when I tried to push him and he went nowhere.
Speaker 2: In fact, I was mocked and humiliated by Blake Trynin
Speaker 2: and Tanner Scott for slapping at the sumo wrestler and
Speaker 2: not actually pushing him. That was my experience in Tokyo,
Speaker 2: and no, I did not go down any slides out there.
Speaker 2: Also a point of interest if you ever go to Tokyo,
Speaker 2: there's two points of interest that are very famous. Shibuya Crossing,
Speaker 2: the most populated intersection in Japan and I have to
Speaker 2: fact check this top in the world anyway, a site
Speaker 2: to behold, and the Fish Market. The Old Fish Market
Speaker 2: is a great tourist spot. I actually ran into the
Speaker 2: frossos there. Nick Frosso and his parents were out there
Speaker 2: and it was great, great experience. And Blake's new was
Speaker 2: out there with Dodger social media. I guess they roped
Speaker 2: them into it. Any social media content Blake Snell is
Speaker 2: not passing on, including posting that he is going to
Speaker 2: be the Dodgers home opener starter on Thursday against Trek
Speaker 2: Schoolbol and the Detroit Tigers. When was the last time
Speaker 2: you saw a marquee pitching matchup like this and a
Speaker 2: Dodger home opener. I know it's not exactly the same,
Speaker 2: but this is as close as you can come to
Speaker 2: Clayton Kershaw versus Madison Bumgardner on opening Day in twenty thirteen,
Speaker 2: twenty fourteen, when both those guys were at the heights
Speaker 2: of their power. We got three Cy Young Awards on
Speaker 2: the mound at Dodger Stadium on Thursday evening here, two
Speaker 2: from Snell, one in the American League, one in the
Speaker 2: National League with the Rays and Padres, respectively. And you
Speaker 2: have arguably the best pitcher in Major League Baseball and
Speaker 2: the reigning Cy Young Award winner in the American League
Speaker 2: and Trek Scooball. I'm looking at some of these other
Speaker 2: opening day pitching matchups, and yeah, Nathan Valdi against Garrett
Speaker 2: Crochet is nice. Yeah, Hunter Green against Logan web is nice. Yeah,
Speaker 2: Sandy Alcntra and Paul Skens is nice. But there is
Speaker 2: no pitching matchup in Major League Baseball that is as
Speaker 2: marquee as what you're going to have at Dodger Stadium
Speaker 2: on Thursday with Blake Snell going up against Trek's Scooble.
Speaker 2: And here was Blake earlier today when I asked him
Speaker 2: how he's going to control the pomp and circumstance and
Speaker 2: everything that's going to come with his first start as
Speaker 2: a Dodger in the home opener for the defending World
Speaker 2: Series champions against the reigning American League Cy Young Award
Speaker 2: winner Trek Scuble.
Speaker 6: I don't know. I could say one thing, but it's
Speaker 6: gonna be different when I walk out there. I don't
Speaker 6: I can tell you be thinking about scooball at all
Speaker 6: or going against him. My only goal would be just
Speaker 6: dominate the zone, get us in the dugout so we
Speaker 6: could hit.
Speaker 5: That's my only goal. But I don't know.
Speaker 6: I would imagine I'll be excited a little nervous, and
Speaker 6: then once I get out there, it's just like, Yeah,
Speaker 6: I love goes, I love pitching, and I can't wait
Speaker 6: to pitch and compete.
Speaker 2: After the first starting spring, you were happy with your
Speaker 2: fastball velocity, the command. Have you started to get the
Speaker 2: fuel for the secondary pitches in that sim game as well?
Speaker 6: Yeah, everything kind of came together in the sim game,
Speaker 6: I finally felt like the curve ball is looks like
Speaker 6: a fastball. I can locate it way better the movement.
Speaker 6: I really like the change ups better than where it
Speaker 6: was in the start in Tokyo, which I'm very I
Speaker 6: knew it was gonna be, but just to see it
Speaker 6: I was really excited about. But everything's a lot sharper
Speaker 6: coming out better, which I expect it, So I'm very
Speaker 6: excited about that.
Speaker 2: All right, there's Blake Snell aka snell Zilla. It is
Speaker 2: snell Zilla Day on Thursday, the home opener for your
Speaker 2: world champion Dodgers. Eight six six nine eighty seven two
Speaker 2: five seventy is the phone number, by the way, In
Speaker 2: case you don't know a lot about Snell's repertoire, I
Speaker 2: could tell you the Dodgers are a believer in Blake Snell,
Speaker 2: not only because his fastball still has a lot of
Speaker 2: life at age thirty thirty one, but they're a big
Speaker 2: believer in his change up.
Speaker 3: And Blake's a big believer in his change up.
Speaker 2: In fact, he would argue that maybe his second best pitch,
Speaker 2: and the pitch that plays off his fastball when he's
Speaker 2: going right, is his change up. Now here's something for
Speaker 2: hitters to think about as well. His slider is nasty,
Speaker 2: his curveball's nasty, and he was throwing ninety seven miles
Speaker 2: an hour with his fastball and his first spring training
Speaker 2: that's that's a lot harder than what he was throwing
Speaker 2: at that point last year with the Giants. In fact,
Speaker 2: he wasn't throwing at that point last year with the Giants.
Speaker 2: A lot of people forget that Blake Snell did not
Speaker 2: sign in spring training until halfway through spring training. He
Speaker 2: was a late starter, and the Giants were in desperate
Speaker 2: need of a starter and.
Speaker 3: Probably rushed him when he needed more time.
Speaker 2: And then he went on the il and needed his
Speaker 2: time to get everything right physically, and when he was
Speaker 2: right physically, he threw a no hitter before the All
Speaker 2: Star break, and then after the All Star break he
Speaker 2: had a stretch of ten starts to end the season
Speaker 2: that is, if you look at it historically, ten of
Speaker 2: the best starts we have seen by a major league
Speaker 2: pitcher in quite some time. So I'm really excited about
Speaker 2: Blake Snell. The Dodgers are really excited about Blake Snell.
Speaker 2: And he's not just about Blake Snell He's about the team.
Speaker 2: He's a guy that is a big believer in getting
Speaker 2: the team to pull together. He's been coaching up and
Speaker 2: giving his input and talking pitching with a lot of
Speaker 2: different guys, including Roki Sazaki and Yamamoto and Kershaw and
Speaker 2: Bobby Miller and all these guys. So he's a student
Speaker 2: of the game. A lot of people have this perception
Speaker 2: of Blake that isn't reality. You know, talking to him
Speaker 2: the last two years, he's the guy that says some
Speaker 2: of the same things that some of the great pitchers say,
Speaker 2: namely looking and reading swings when they're in the moment.
Speaker 2: I remember two years ago when he was still pitching
Speaker 2: for the Padres, we were watching the Dodgers.
Speaker 3: Take live BP.
Speaker 2: I forgot which pitcher was trying to come back from
Speaker 2: injury and throwing to hitters like Mookie Betts and those
Speaker 2: type of guys, And he was telling me the entire
Speaker 2: game plan how to attack each and every one of
Speaker 2: these Dodger hitters while he was watching live BP. So
Speaker 2: he's a guy that you know, understands the game. Is
Speaker 2: he going to be perfect every time out there? Obviously not.
Speaker 2: I really believe Blake Snell for him to take the
Speaker 2: next step consistently is what he's done the last two years,
Speaker 2: and not try to make the perfect pitch or try
Speaker 2: to chase a certain metric the best metric he needs
Speaker 2: to chase outs and stay in the game until the
Speaker 2: six to seventh inning. He's that good to be able
Speaker 2: to go that deep into the game, and when he
Speaker 2: stops trying to chase the perfect pitch, he'll stop walking
Speaker 2: guys and stay in the game longer. Consistently. He started
Speaker 2: to do that the last two years. And by the way,
Speaker 2: this is not Blake Snell's first rodeo when it comes
Speaker 2: to opening day starts. He opened up the twenty nineteen
Speaker 2: season for the Rays and also the twenty twenty three
Speaker 2: season for the Padres. Obviously, this is not opening Day
Speaker 2: for the Dodgers. That was in Tokyo, but for all
Speaker 2: intensive purposes, this is opening Day for the Dodgers on Thursday.
Speaker 2: Eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy is
Speaker 2: the phone number. We're going to take our final time out.
Speaker 2: When we continue, Jose Moto will check in. We'll get
Speaker 2: his thoughts on what he thinks is ailing Mookie Beds
Speaker 2: and when he may come back. Also, we will hear
Speaker 2: from Dodger All Star catcher Will Smith, who is in
Speaker 2: conjunction with the Dodger Foundation and the Bueller Family Foundation
Speaker 2: auctioning off the final out baseball from last year's World Series,
Speaker 2: the strikeout delivered by Walker Bueller. So you'll hear from
Speaker 2: Will Smith before we close things out at nine point thirty.
Speaker 2: David Vasse live from Dodger Stadium. This is Dodger Talk
Speaker 2: on AM five to seventy LA Sports, your home for
Speaker 2: the world champion Los Angeles Dodgers.
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Speaker 3: This is Dodger Talk with David vas Sam.
Speaker 2: David Vassey live at Dodgers Stadium, our first Dodger Talk
Speaker 2: of the season from Dodgers Stadium. The Dodgers beat the
Speaker 2: Angels tonight seven to one in game one of the
Speaker 2: final three exhibition games on their schedule. They call it
Speaker 2: the Freeways Series still, but we all know the Dodgers
Speaker 2: and Angels playing the regular season now ever since interleague
Speaker 2: play started, but it's always great to have the Freeway
Speaker 2: Series back at Dodgers stadium. I know when I was
Speaker 2: a kid, that was always exciting your first look at
Speaker 2: the stadium for the first time that year. I'll never forget.
Speaker 2: I was so excited in nineteen ninety one, Darryl Strawberry
Speaker 2: Brett Butler were on the Dodgers and also Carls Junior
Speaker 2: was in the stadium, so I could eat a Western
Speaker 2: bacon cheeseburger at Dodger Stadium.
Speaker 3: So those type of things.
Speaker 2: I'm I'm sure there's a lot of great food options
Speaker 2: on the concourse that you are excited to taste and
Speaker 2: see what's new about the stadium. In case you didn't notice,
Speaker 2: you shouldn't have, because it looks identical down the third
Speaker 2: and first base lines of the dugouts because the renovation
Speaker 2: that took all off season long was completed and the
Speaker 2: new Dodger Clubhouse is spectacular courtesy of the vision of Janet,
Speaker 2: Marie Smith, Stankasten and Lon Rosan. Just an awesome job,
Speaker 2: and it kind of feels like a nightclub in the
Speaker 2: Dodger Clubhouse. I mean, that's the kind of vibe I got.
Speaker 2: So we'll see whether or not the lighting changes. You
Speaker 2: could always change lighting, you never know, but it was
Speaker 2: a great look at the new clubhouse the Dodgers have,
Speaker 2: so just another tool to recruit players to play for
Speaker 2: the Dodgers. It's three levels down. As you know, Dodgers
Speaker 2: Stadium is built into the mountain, so you can't expand outwards.
Speaker 2: Janet Marie Smith got creative of when they did the
Speaker 2: first renovation back in twenty thirteen and understood, if you can't,
Speaker 2: if you can't expand, how about dig down into the mountain.
Speaker 2: And that's what they did the first time, and this
Speaker 2: time they dug down three levels. There's three floors to
Speaker 2: the Dodger Clubhouse and my understanding it goes all the
Speaker 2: way down the left field foul pole. That's where if
Speaker 2: you see that left field foul pole, just think if
Speaker 2: you're sitting in those field seats, underneath you is the
Speaker 2: Dodger weight room and batting cages. So that's how far
Speaker 2: down this renovation goes. Eight six six nine, eight seven
Speaker 2: two five seventy is the phone number. Mookie BET's a
Speaker 2: late scratch and the home opener in doubt for him.
Speaker 2: Freddie Freeman did play tonight. He was zero for two,
Speaker 2: so that's good news for the Dodgers coming up In
Speaker 2: ten minutes you'll hear from Dodger All Star catcher Will Smith.
Speaker 1: But first it's time to go around the horn with
Speaker 1: Jose Moda.
Speaker 2: Jose Mota back at stadium with his new friends Pepe
Speaker 2: and Ninguez and Luis Cochito Cruz and the Dodger Spanish
Speaker 2: Radio booth. Jose, I'm sure you were excited to be
Speaker 2: back here for a game.
Speaker 8: Excited to be back for a game around the fans
Speaker 8: and the wonderful people that always welcome us with open arms.
Speaker 8: Charlie back in the booth, which is terrific to see you,
Speaker 8: and certainly to see you practice your Japanese was pretty
Speaker 8: refreshing today, Dave.
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, I love Japan, I love the people. I
Speaker 2: can understand why you fell in love going over there, Jose.
Speaker 3: It was spectacular.
Speaker 2: And how many players Jose can have all eyes of
Speaker 2: a country on him and deliver the way Shoho Tani
Speaker 2: did in those Tokyo series games.
Speaker 8: Not everybody, and I'm talking about Hall of Fame players
Speaker 8: that Tomes couldn't handle. You know, things like that in
Speaker 8: a different atmosphere and you know, situation, but I don't
Speaker 8: show it. Was so excited to get back he was
Speaker 8: thrilled to be there as a Dodger, no doubt that.
Speaker 8: You know, we had the experience to go to work
Speaker 8: and then on vacation, and just a love from the
Speaker 8: fans that the Vayard received. Everything that you heard pretty much, David,
Speaker 8: and more than I did actually about painting Japan blue.
Speaker 8: You saw it right in front of you. I mean,
Speaker 8: the respect from the fans, the talent coming out of
Speaker 8: the country. Know, one thing that I'm finding out too, Dave,
Speaker 8: is there's a Japanese change in mind now where they
Speaker 8: don't mind that their young star players started looking into
Speaker 8: coming to the United States at an earlier age. That
Speaker 8: used to be a no no, by the way, And
Speaker 8: in fact, Rookie Sasaki took some flag for that too
Speaker 8: earlier when he mentioned that three years ago. But overall,
Speaker 8: the Mentellia San.
Speaker 9: We know why.
Speaker 8: They know why because obviously at the best baseball they're thriving.
Speaker 2: Yeah, Rob Manfred told The Athletic there's still a fine
Speaker 2: line to thread right there, Jose. You don't want to
Speaker 2: disrespect the most respectful country out there by just plot
Speaker 2: plucking players before their time up in Japan.
Speaker 8: Right That is very true. And you understand why. I mean,
Speaker 8: they go through the high school process, which is absolutely
Speaker 8: unmatched anywhere in the world, on their tournaments and how
Speaker 8: to develop players, the success they've had nationally in winning
Speaker 8: the World Baseball classicain being on final with pretty much
Speaker 8: almost every single year, and because they are sole disciplined
Speaker 8: what they do and how they do it. Certainly it's
Speaker 8: good for those players to play at home, but at
Speaker 8: the same time, they're getting a better taste as to
Speaker 8: why more players want to come in this direction. The
Speaker 8: quality of baseball that play is terrific too. I mean,
Speaker 8: we saw what happened because the Tigers black of both teams,
Speaker 8: but it's just a nice global atmosphere that's been created
Speaker 8: throughout baseball, thanks in part to the vision of people
Speaker 8: like Walter O'Malley way back then, and also you know
Speaker 8: the Dodgers implementing international programs everywhere in the world, and
Speaker 8: now players aiming more to come to the States because
Speaker 8: they know that the love for them in Japan is
Speaker 8: never going to be lost, no doubt.
Speaker 2: The O'Malley's started that and had the vision, and Hideo
Speaker 2: Nomo was the first Dodger Japanese player, So it goes
Speaker 2: back to the nineties and even before then with those
Speaker 2: good will trips. Jose Mota is joining us on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 2: After the Dodgers beat the Angels seven to one, we
Speaker 2: heard from Mooki Betts. We know his situation Freddie Freeman, though, Hosea,
Speaker 2: I'm curious to know what you thought from his swings.
Speaker 2: Did you believe he was holding anything back tonight?
Speaker 8: I did not see that happened. In fact, I talked
Speaker 8: to Freddie before the game and he said, let's see
Speaker 8: what happens tonight about I feel pretty good. And you know,
Speaker 8: Freddy was so good all throughout the spring and where
Speaker 8: he wanted to have his body aligned to hit, his
Speaker 8: hands were flowing through his own had a good conversation
Speaker 8: with him in mid spring about that, and today I
Speaker 8: didn't see anything that just let me know that he
Speaker 8: was holding back, because Freddy is not really a full
Speaker 8: body type of swing guy or wild swing. He's more like,
Speaker 8: get to the ball, finish your swing, but make sure
Speaker 8: you stay straight through, have good direction, and finish with
Speaker 8: your hands. And tonight to me was a good indication
Speaker 8: the fact that the up the middle hard and the
Speaker 8: double play and that's pretty much where Freddy is stay
Speaker 8: through the middle the other way and let things happen.
Speaker 8: And in fact, he also moved very well when we
Speaker 8: talk about also about his ankles.
Speaker 2: All right, so am I going to have to hold
Speaker 2: my breath? Are we going to have to hold our
Speaker 2: breath for a long period of time here? Because one
Speaker 2: swing could it reinjure whatever he aggravated in Japan, Jose,
Speaker 2: it can.
Speaker 8: But if he's playing tonight, it's a good indication to
Speaker 8: me that there should not be that much of a
Speaker 8: concern going forward. Now with Mooki Bets's a different story, David.
Speaker 8: Is he addressed and you did a very good job
Speaker 8: with your interview. He's very honest about it. Think about
Speaker 8: Mooki and what he weighs is isn't the way two
Speaker 8: hundred and twenty five pounds? And they you talk about
Speaker 8: playing shortstuff, they need to talk about the fact that
Speaker 8: anytime you deal with with issue dehydration in your body,
Speaker 8: then that affects soft tissue. And there's so many things
Speaker 8: that go along with Bookie that I think they have
Speaker 8: to be even more careful with Muki Bets than they
Speaker 8: would have to be with Freddie Freeman.
Speaker 2: Hey, how about Jackson, Ferris Tonight Jose. We heard so
Speaker 2: much about him when the Dodgers acquired him. He was
Speaker 2: the Dodgers' minor league pitcher of the Year last season.
Speaker 2: I mean, this young man really showed a lot of
Speaker 2: poise for the first time pitching in a major league stadium.
Speaker 8: I love that, loved the mechanics when I saw in the
Speaker 8: spring training throwing a bullpen, the ball flies out of
Speaker 8: his hand as hot as ninety six ninety seven. And
Speaker 8: also a couple things really popped out to me is
Speaker 8: the fact that this guy made twenty seven Stars last year,
Speaker 8: which is unheard of even the big leagues. Yeah, even
Speaker 8: though he didn't average up to five innings, they were
Speaker 8: controlling his innings. But that just tells you in terms
Speaker 8: of a routine and getting ready between stars, this guy's
Speaker 8: got it. And then on top of that, the ability
Speaker 8: to pitch inside. We saw three times of it, including
Speaker 8: the first one against Mike trot right in on his
Speaker 8: hands a couple of times when he shook off Will
Speaker 8: Smith it was to come back with fastballs in. And
Speaker 8: the ability also a day that I saw forget to
Speaker 8: throws that hard to be in the zone that much
Speaker 8: with some good zipp him on that fastball. Get to
Speaker 8: break the ball over early in counts to steal some strikes.
Speaker 8: Knows what he's doing on the montain with a very
Speaker 8: young and another as you mentioned, great acquisition by the
Speaker 8: Dodgers from the Cubs.
Speaker 2: Okay, so you saw what you saw tonight. We've heard
Speaker 2: what we've heard about him. He was the minor league
Speaker 2: pitcher of the year last year. How quickly will he
Speaker 2: climb up and make his major league debut? Do you
Speaker 2: believe like twenty twenty six is out of the question.
Speaker 8: Twenty twenty five to me is not out of the question.
Speaker 9: Wow, all right, Hey, we saw it with mshi in
Speaker 9: a couple of years ago. Who was Mchian, Who was
Speaker 9: bencas Paris last year at this point and there you
Speaker 9: have the Dodgers always found a way to make sure
Speaker 9: guys are ready.
Speaker 8: They have the innings under them. Now the new implementation
Speaker 8: of some different things on their pitching development side, in
Speaker 8: terms of health life, I think this guy is on
Speaker 8: the on the fast track to get up here.
Speaker 2: All right, Jose Motive Before I let you go, speaking
Speaker 2: of old school throwbacks, we have an old school throwback
Speaker 2: pitching matchup for the home opener Trek school Ball against
Speaker 2: Blake'snew I mean, this is something that baseball fans have
Speaker 2: been wanting for a long time that you don't get
Speaker 2: very often, let alone for a home opener opening day up.
Speaker 8: Of that, two lefties that throw gas and have outstanding
Speaker 8: changeups have one so young Snells gotten Brooke by one.
Speaker 8: But it's just great for Basils to see these matchups
Speaker 8: come alive and know that these are not veteran old pitchers.
Speaker 8: These are guys that are pretty much under prime showing
Speaker 8: baseball they can do. And I just cannot wait to
Speaker 8: see that now. Well, matchups like this too is Mike
Speaker 8: Sosh used to say it was good old country ball.
Speaker 8: Make sure that to beat good pitching, you have to
Speaker 8: pitch well, because it's one of those baggins where you
Speaker 8: gotta go out there and expect to win by a
Speaker 8: margin of the minimal.
Speaker 2: Yeah, looking forward to it, Jose. But between now and then,
Speaker 2: we got two more exhibition games. We'll see you at
Speaker 2: the Big A tomorrow night.
Speaker 8: Okay, yes, I want to sigh.
Speaker 3: I mean, got the Jose Mota there he goes.
Speaker 2: Jose Mota part of the Dodgers Spanish radio broadcast and
Speaker 2: also joins us after every game on Dodger Talk and
Speaker 2: certainly a fun time in Tokyo. And it's great to
Speaker 2: come back and see Rick and Charlie and Tim Neverett
Speaker 2: and also Dwayne McDonald who's back from paternity leave and
Speaker 2: him and his wife welcome in a brand new baby girl, Vanessa.
Speaker 3: So he's got two girls. God bless him.
Speaker 2: Great great guy and now it's man to man defense
Speaker 2: in the McDonald house with two beautiful little girls. All right,
Speaker 2: had a chance to catch up with all star Dodger
Speaker 2: catcher earlier, Will Smith, him and his wife Kara, along
Speaker 2: with the Bueller Family Foundation and the Dodger Foundation are
Speaker 2: auctioning off the Last Out baseball, the strikeout from Walker
Speaker 2: Bueller to help the fire relief fund.
Speaker 3: And I'm looking at the photo of the baseball.
Speaker 2: Right now on tmnauctions dot com. And here was our
Speaker 2: conversation with Will Smith and everything that's gone into the
Speaker 2: fire relief and the auction regarding this baseball.
Speaker 5: Yeah, thanks for having me on. It's is, you know,
Speaker 5: good opportunity.
Speaker 2: Yes, it is a great opportunity to share what you
Speaker 2: and your wife Kara are doing with the baseball. You
Speaker 2: caught on the strikeout from Walker Bueller to end the
Speaker 2: World Series. You are using it in a way that
Speaker 2: really symbolizes how much the World Series championship met for
Speaker 2: the city and what that baseball means to you, the
Speaker 2: Dodgers and the city. By having an auction and donating
Speaker 2: those proceeds to the Fire Relief Fund.
Speaker 5: Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 10: We're taking the final out actually in partnership with the
Speaker 10: Bueller Family Foundation and the Los Angeles Dodgers, so all
Speaker 10: three of us are are going in on this. Yeah,
Speaker 10: so it's gonna be auctioned off, and yeah, it's just
Speaker 10: about you know, giving back to the LA community. You know,
Speaker 10: the LA fans are so supportive and meaning so much
Speaker 10: to us. I mean you could see it in the
Speaker 10: in the parade celebrating the World Series and millions of
Speaker 10: people there was. It was amazing and never no, I'll
Speaker 10: never forget that. So, yeah, being able to auction this
Speaker 10: off and one hundred percent of the proceeds you're going
Speaker 10: to fire Leaf. Whether that's the LA FD or school
Speaker 10: districts or food kitchens, we don't really know exactly yet,
Speaker 10: but one hundred percent of is going to Fireleaf and
Speaker 10: help rebuilding the city and you know, we're really excited
Speaker 10: to you know, partner with Buelers and the Dodgers and
Speaker 10: get this done.
Speaker 2: It's beautiful. It's a beautiful thing. The World Series was
Speaker 2: a beautiful thing. And you know, obviously with tragedy, everybody
Speaker 2: needs some hope. And Will Smith and his wives Foundation
Speaker 2: Kara Catching Hope, along with Walker Bueller and the Dodgers
Speaker 2: Foundation are really doing something that will make a difference.
Speaker 2: And to be able to get in on having the
Speaker 2: opportunity to be able to be in the bidding for
Speaker 2: this baseball, go to Catching Slash Hope dot org or
Speaker 2: go to Tmnauctions dot com. And I guess I got
Speaker 2: to ask you, Will, how did you come up with
Speaker 2: this idea with the baseball in your possession?
Speaker 5: Yeah, it was it was one of those things, you know.
Speaker 10: Uh, right after the World Series, spoke with Walker. I
Speaker 10: know I was gonna give it to him, and we
Speaker 10: kind of just decided to kind of we hadn't really
Speaker 10: decided we're gonna keep it for each other together. We
Speaker 10: hadn't really decided that, and then you know, the fires happened,
Speaker 10: so we thought, you know, why not, this is a
Speaker 10: good a good thing. And we decided to do this.
Speaker 10: You know, there's an idea brought up to us and
Speaker 10: it was a great, great way to.
Speaker 5: Get something done to help out LA.
Speaker 10: And you know, the Dodgers are very gracious to allow
Speaker 10: this to happen as well and bring it, bring them in,
Speaker 10: but to us, you know, just it shows, you know,
Speaker 10: the resilience of last year.
Speaker 5: It shows the fight.
Speaker 10: Of of LA really and you know, a place that's
Speaker 10: home for me now. Uh so that last out ball
Speaker 10: is exciting and you know, gonna be available for for
Speaker 10: people to bid on and and take home and and
Speaker 10: again it's also.
Speaker 5: The sharitable piece to give back to LA.
Speaker 2: The bidding closes on April fifth, which is the bidding
Speaker 2: for this final strikeout out of the World Series. And
Speaker 2: you know, a baseball's a baseball, will You're not really
Speaker 2: a materialistic type of guy, but it feels like this
Speaker 2: baseball symbolizes more. And obviously with what you and the
Speaker 2: Buelers and the Dodgers have teamed up to do, it
Speaker 2: really is going to symbolize a lot more of hope
Speaker 2: for a lot of people that don't have a lot
Speaker 2: right now.
Speaker 10: Yeah, I think I think unfortunately it is since the
Speaker 10: fires happened. You know, we're hoping, you know that that
Speaker 10: World Series run against the Yankees and young other historic
Speaker 10: franchise probably the two biggest franchise in baseball going up
Speaker 10: ahead head to head.
Speaker 5: But yeah, the ball.
Speaker 10: Just showing the resilience of of LA and the strength
Speaker 10: of the people and the strength of community and everybody
Speaker 10: coming together to help each other out and you know
Speaker 10: when we're most in need. So that's what we're kinda
Speaker 10: going with and you know, hoping that he guess people
Speaker 10: fired up for the season as well, and you know,
Speaker 10: but the most important thing is, you know, getting back
Speaker 10: to the like community for us.
Speaker 3: And you could do that.
Speaker 2: You could participate in this big auction that will go
Speaker 2: to help fire relief at Catching dash Hope dot org
Speaker 2: or tmnauctions dot com. If I could take you back,
Speaker 2: and I haven't spoken to you about that inning or
Speaker 2: that sequence of events where Walker Buehler came out of
Speaker 2: the bullpen. You're very much in the game trying to
Speaker 2: help Lake, trying and get through his remarkable innings of work.
Speaker 2: When you see Walker Buehler come out of that bullpen
Speaker 2: at Yankee Stadium for the ninth inning, what are you
Speaker 2: thinking about and what was that like?
Speaker 10: Yeah, I mean there's a lot obviously, Blake. You know,
Speaker 10: I had huge outs in that game with with men
Speaker 10: on a Walker coming in. You know, I've known Walker
Speaker 10: for forever. You know, the moment's not too big for him. Yeah,
Speaker 10: but I'm just trying to figure out really fast, what's
Speaker 10: what's working. You know, he hasn't come out of the
Speaker 10: bullpen and probably since his rookie year.
Speaker 3: Yeah, and he didn't like it.
Speaker 5: No, but he was ready for that situation.
Speaker 10: But yeah, I'm just trying to figure out what was working,
Speaker 10: and his curve ball was working. So we just we
Speaker 10: just kept ripping curveballs and they kept swinging at it,
Speaker 10: and you know, we got a couple punches and saw
Speaker 10: contact and yeah, I got that final strikeout.
Speaker 5: We're able to celebrate.
Speaker 2: When you see the curveball come out of his hand.
Speaker 2: Are your eyes lighting up and saying, oh yeah, we
Speaker 2: got to go to this one?
Speaker 5: Yeah? And warm up?
Speaker 10: So he was kind of spraying his heaters, so you're
Speaker 10: just I mean, for me, it was, you know, his
Speaker 10: curveball's gonna get these guys out.
Speaker 5: It's pretty good pitch to them. In general.
Speaker 10: We just got to figure out a way to keep
Speaker 10: it open. So we kind of sprayed some heaters around that.
Speaker 10: I wasn't too worried about being left middle, and yeah,
Speaker 10: I distrust the curve ball, and he he executed.
Speaker 2: We always talk about pictures having butterflies on the mound
Speaker 2: in those type of moments. But as a catcher, he
Speaker 2: got two strikes. You're one strikeout, one strike away from
Speaker 2: winning the World Series. You're a cool, calm, collected guy.
Speaker 2: But what were you feeling with two strikes?
Speaker 10: Honestly, nothing changed for me that whole that whole inning,
Speaker 10: that whole seventh, eighth, ninth inning, whatever, it was all.
Speaker 10: You know, we're trying to win a baseball game. But yeah,
Speaker 10: I mean at that point, I know a kerboll's coming,
Speaker 10: I'm just if it's in the dirt, I'm blocking this thing,
Speaker 10: and it's it's not getting by me. That's all I'm
Speaker 10: kind of thinking. And you know, I'm not thinking about
Speaker 10: the celebration or what I'm gonna do. I'm just be
Speaker 10: in the moment, you know, finish it out, do what
Speaker 10: I need to do, do my job, and you know,
Speaker 10: fortunate for us it ended right there.
Speaker 2: How about when you get the strike out and you're
Speaker 2: running out to the mound. What are you thinking about
Speaker 2: this baseball that's going to be auctioned off? Austin Barnes
Speaker 2: put it in his back pocket in twenty What are
Speaker 2: you thinking.
Speaker 10: Yeah, I tried to put in my back pocket really quick,
Speaker 10: and I kind of like started to fumble it. I
Speaker 10: just so I just kept a good grip in my
Speaker 10: bare hand and was not letting go when we were,
Speaker 10: you know, jumping around celebrating dogpile, and eventually I put.
Speaker 5: In my pocket. But yeah, I was holding on to
Speaker 5: that one special ball.
Speaker 2: Yes it is, and it's going to be special for
Speaker 2: Los Angeles. In case you missed the news, Will Smith
Speaker 2: Walker Bueller the Dodgers have announced that they are going
Speaker 2: to auction off that final strikeout ball from the twenty
Speaker 2: twenty four World Series. The bidding is ending on Saturday,
Speaker 2: April fifth. All proceeds will go to the Smiths Catching
Speaker 2: Hope Foundation to provide help for fire relief, and all
Speaker 2: net proceeds from the TMN buyers premium will be donated
Speaker 2: to the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation. So it's kind of
Speaker 2: like a seat license. You got to get a license
Speaker 2: to be able to bid on this baseball. They got
Speaker 2: to vet you out and make sure you're legit, and
Speaker 2: you go to Catching Dash Hope dot Org to bid
Speaker 2: on that game Clitching strikeout baseball that Will Smith received
Speaker 2: from Walker Buehler and Will.
Speaker 3: Thank you for the time.
Speaker 2: Thank you to you and Kara and Walker and his
Speaker 2: family and the Dodger Foundation for making this happen and
Speaker 2: you know, really sacrificing something that means so much to
Speaker 2: all of you guys for the better of a lot
Speaker 2: of people that need it these days.
Speaker 5: Yeah, thank you.
Speaker 10: We're we're excited to get this done, get this auctioned off,
Speaker 10: and uh, you know, really help the other community rebuild.
Speaker 10: You know, a lot of people are affected, obviously a
Speaker 10: lot of our fans, you know, people in our organizations.
Speaker 10: So you know, this is all it's all going to
Speaker 10: fire relief and we're excited about that, and you know,
Speaker 10: just being a little part of rebuilding LF.
Speaker 2: Will and Kara champions of the people. He's here for
Speaker 2: a long time. Thanks a lot.
Speaker 5: Will appreciate it, Thank you.
Speaker 2: Thanks to Will Smith. Really appreciate his time. And this
Speaker 2: is a great cause. The auctioning of the Last Out
Speaker 2: baseball from Last year's phenomenal World Series. It is the
Speaker 2: Dodger Foundation, Will and Kara Smith's Foundation Catching Hope, and
Speaker 2: also the Walker Bueller Family Foundation that have come together
Speaker 2: for this auction. You can bid on it until April.
Speaker 2: You can go to tmnauctions dot com. Right now the
Speaker 2: bidding is at almost two hundred thousand dollars twelve days
Speaker 2: to go.
Speaker 3: You can do a lot better for a.
Speaker 2: Historic baseball that usually you can never get your hands on.
Speaker 2: So thank you to Will Smith, thank you to Dwayne McDonald,
Speaker 2: thank you to Colin Yee for his help back at
Speaker 2: our Burbank studios, and thank you for listening. Tomorrow night,
Speaker 2: we'll be with you from Angel Stadium where Tyler Glass
Speaker 2: NOOW will have his final tune up of the exhibition series.
Speaker 2: He has three starts already under his belt, and in
Speaker 2: those three starts he has ten strikeouts on only one
Speaker 2: walk in six innings of work. In case you missed
Speaker 2: the news, it will be Blake Snell in the home opener,
Speaker 2: followed by Yamamoto and Sazaki in the Tigers series, and
Speaker 2: then Tyler Glass now will face off in the following series.
Speaker 3: So this will be his.
Speaker 2: Last tune up before his regular season debut. All right,
Speaker 2: we will talk to you tomorrow night from the Big
Speaker 2: A again. The final score from Dodgers Stadium. The Dodgers
Speaker 2: breeze through the exhibition against the Angels, seven to one.
Speaker 2: We'll talk to you tomorrow.
Speaker 3: See them, don't you just playing him?