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<v Speaker 1>Okay, here we go, Fred Rogan Rodney Pete on five

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<v Speaker 1>seventy LA Sports. It's two hours today to get ready

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<v Speaker 1>for what might be the final Dodger game of the season.

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<v Speaker 1>On the other hand, it could very well be another

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<v Speaker 1>step in their road to the World Series. Rodney, And

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<v Speaker 1>which one do you think it'll be. Well, I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 1>stay positive here here, Fred. I think it's going to

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<v Speaker 1>be a step in another road to the World Series.

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<v Speaker 1>I think that the game five is coming back to

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<v Speaker 1>Dodger Stadium. And I say this because you know, everybody

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<v Speaker 1>wants to point to previous years and say, oh, the

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<v Speaker 1>Dodger struggles in the playoffs.

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<v Speaker 2>Here we go again, this and that. But I think

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<v Speaker 2>this year is is a little bit different and a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of ways we talked about going into these playoffs

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<v Speaker 2>is that first off, you know, a different, different lineup

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<v Speaker 2>obviously with o Tani and he's got a hit and

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<v Speaker 2>we'll we'll talk about him. But I think that because

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<v Speaker 2>they they had to fight. These are the things we

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<v Speaker 2>talked about going into the series. They had to fight

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<v Speaker 2>to win the division. But also there were several times

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<v Speaker 2>this year where their backs were to the wall, they

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<v Speaker 2>were struggling they needed to win, they needed to stop

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<v Speaker 2>the bleeding, and they did it. And I think that

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<v Speaker 2>because of that, this year can be different. Now they

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<v Speaker 2>still have to go out and do it on the field,

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<v Speaker 2>but I think they can only because I'd look at

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<v Speaker 2>and I'd probably be looking at this different if the

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<v Speaker 2>game ended up different last night. But it was a

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<v Speaker 2>close ball game. It was hard fault. We saw the

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<v Speaker 2>emotions of Walker Buehler. You know, obviously Uh Tasker hitting

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<v Speaker 2>the Grand Slam was was huge, but there wasn't a blowout.

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<v Speaker 2>And I think because the Dodgers' bullpen has been pretty good,

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<v Speaker 2>I think they can handle tonight and get it back

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<v Speaker 2>to Yamamoto. But I do I feel like it's a

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<v Speaker 2>it's a little bit different than year's past. Now we

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<v Speaker 2>hope that comes true, but I think it's a little

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<v Speaker 2>bit different feeling. But things have to happen in this

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<v Speaker 2>game that haven't happened in the two losses.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, so I am with you. I think the Dodger

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<v Speaker 1>bullpen will pitch well tonight. I am with you one

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<v Speaker 1>hundred percent on that. That does not, though excuse the

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<v Speaker 1>distinct lack of hitting t Oscar Homwerk last night and

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<v Speaker 1>Mooky finally broke out of it. Thank goodness, Mooki came alive.

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<v Speaker 1>Mooky hit the ball. Mooki hit a home run. So

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<v Speaker 1>Mooki showed up last night. He had been missing in action.

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<v Speaker 1>He showed up big time. Yeah. I don't want to

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<v Speaker 1>be wrong about something that I've said. You questioned it

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<v Speaker 1>when I said it. I don't want to be wrong

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<v Speaker 1>about it. But I may be is Otani made for

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<v Speaker 1>the moment because after his performance in Game one, he

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<v Speaker 1>has been absent hitting, and he's got to hit tonight.

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<v Speaker 1>He's got to hit. He can't be chasing. He's got

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<v Speaker 1>to hit, and there can't be when a guy has

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<v Speaker 1>a bad game, there's no bad games. Now he's got

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<v Speaker 1>to hit tonight. Mooky's got to continue tonight. I think

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<v Speaker 1>the bullpenal'll do a fine job. Yeah, I do too.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm concerned about somebody hitting tonight because aside from ti

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<v Speaker 1>Oscar last night and Muki, what happened, what happened? Nobody

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<v Speaker 1>hit nobody, Freddie body, Freddie Freeman's ankle is bothering him.

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<v Speaker 2>That very apparent. But he got a big hit, he yes,

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<v Speaker 2>but his ankle had to come out of the game.

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<v Speaker 2>He couldn't run, but his ankle. I mean, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>we'll get in to the defense. But yeah, he is

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<v Speaker 2>a And here's the thing you just wish, uh, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>Otani could play first base, because if Otani plays first base,

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<v Speaker 2>you can DH Freddy. I don't need Freddy. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>need Freddy to beat out a infield hit. But I

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<v Speaker 2>certainly think he can still be effective at the plate

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<v Speaker 2>without having to play the field, and so that becomes

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<v Speaker 2>a lie better. But you can't dch anybody because Otani's

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<v Speaker 2>the DH. But yeah, you're you're absolutely right. And we

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<v Speaker 2>say this all the time, and I hear the narrative

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<v Speaker 2>all the time. You fred Oh, you know, in the playoffs,

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<v Speaker 2>you gotta have pitching, starting, pitching, pitching, pitching, pitching, pitching, pitch.

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<v Speaker 2>I think it's the opposite. The last few years, it's hitting.

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<v Speaker 2>We see some of the top pitchers in the league

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<v Speaker 2>go in like ready to win the cy young get

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<v Speaker 2>lit up in the playoffs. It is about hitting because

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<v Speaker 2>the players at this point in the season and his

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<v Speaker 2>teams and they always say, and it still is true,

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<v Speaker 2>that it comes down to how hot you are, how

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<v Speaker 2>hot the team is. But at the end of the day.

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<v Speaker 1>It is hitting.

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<v Speaker 2>When you have a lineup where six, seven out of

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<v Speaker 2>the nine guys coming to the plate are on fire,

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<v Speaker 2>are in a groove, you can't stop them. Aaron Nola

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<v Speaker 2>is one of the best pitchers in the league and

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<v Speaker 2>has been. The Mets lit him up.

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<v Speaker 1>And the Mets have been hot. The mess has been

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<v Speaker 1>that team with a little momentum, Yes, and they're hitting.

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<v Speaker 2>They never feel like they're out of a game because

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<v Speaker 2>their offense can bring them back at any moment. And

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<v Speaker 2>it's not just one guy, and it's not just two.

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<v Speaker 2>They got five to six to seven guys in that

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<v Speaker 2>lineup that are dangerous. And you look at the Padres

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<v Speaker 2>right now, that lineup, that lineup is dangerous. Seven guys

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<v Speaker 2>in that lineup are dangerous. I mean, Arise at the top,

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<v Speaker 2>who's not even hitting right now, not even really being

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<v Speaker 2>a factor as much right now and now defensively he has,

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<v Speaker 2>but offensively he's he's a hit king. I mean, he's

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<v Speaker 2>the you know, led the league in average profar got

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<v Speaker 2>to watch out for him, obviously. Tattoos is on fire,

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<v Speaker 2>Machado's on fire, the young kid Merrill, He's dangerous at

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<v Speaker 2>the plate right now, Croninworth is dangerous. Paralta. Paralta is

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<v Speaker 2>hitting the ball like he's an All Star. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>they got seven guys that are dangerous at the plate,

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<v Speaker 2>and like you mentioned before, the Dodgers have one or

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<v Speaker 2>two each game they get hot. Not gonna cut it,

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<v Speaker 2>not gonna cut it, not gonna cut it. Your seven, eight, six, seven, eighth,

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<v Speaker 2>ninth hitter has got to come through.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, we love Max Munsey. Hit the damn ball. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>you know what, America's catcher Will Smith hit the ball.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, you're to that point you don't want to

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<v Speaker 1>start calling people out. You don't want to do that

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<v Speaker 1>because we love the Dodgers. But that's it. It's go time.

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<v Speaker 1>There's no turning back now. We can't have Max Munsey

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<v Speaker 1>whoosh these gigantic swings and makes no contact, or he

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<v Speaker 1>hits it and he flies out. One home run every

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<v Speaker 1>seven games is no. I'm gonna cut it now. Trying

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<v Speaker 1>to hit it.

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<v Speaker 2>It feels like he's trying to hit a home run

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<v Speaker 2>every time up and every swing doesn't matter if it's

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<v Speaker 2>two strikes or no strikes.

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<v Speaker 1>His swing is hitting it. I'm gonna hit it a

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<v Speaker 1>country mile. You got to just hit it. Sometimes you

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<v Speaker 1>got to put it in play. Will Smith, let's be honest,

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<v Speaker 1>and you know he's probably been dinged up. He's the catcher,

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<v Speaker 1>and we know. I mean from a defensive standpoint, I

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<v Speaker 1>think he led the league in throwing guys out. But

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<v Speaker 1>they signed him to hit. They gave him this giant

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<v Speaker 1>deal to hit. And now's the time you gotta hit.

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<v Speaker 1>Now's the time you cannot give them clean innings anymore.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, look at the game last night, Rodney. I

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<v Speaker 1>gotta tell you what I thought. Walker Buehler left it

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<v Speaker 1>out there. How that Walker Bueller did as well as

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<v Speaker 1>he could. He seemed in command, He was in charge,

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<v Speaker 1>he was comfortable. Did he get a lot of third strikes? No,

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<v Speaker 1>who cares? He had them in the game. There were

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<v Speaker 1>two miscues that killed him and he led to this

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<v Speaker 1>giant inning. Why Freddy goes to second to try to

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<v Speaker 1>start a double play. As much as you hate Manny

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<v Speaker 1>Machado as a fan, that guy gets it. He's a

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<v Speaker 1>baseball player. He gets it, and he just kind of

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<v Speaker 1>ran around so that when Freddy threw it, Rojas wouldn't

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<v Speaker 1>be able to see it. Yeah, and because he hit him, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>that's legal. That's smart, that's baseball.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that was as long as you're not trying to

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<v Speaker 2>avoid a tag, you can run in anywhere in the

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<v Speaker 2>baseline right right.

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<v Speaker 1>So that was azarm.

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<v Speaker 2>He even checking looked back real quick to see where

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<v Speaker 2>Freddie fielded the ball, and then he and then he

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<v Speaker 2>curved inside on the grass.

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<v Speaker 1>But very just very smart, smart baseball. Okay, But that

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<v Speaker 1>that little moment right there, just the slightest thing just

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<v Speaker 1>changed everything. That adjustment Machado made where you didn't you

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<v Speaker 1>thought initially what is he doing? Oh, okay, he knew

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<v Speaker 1>the game and.

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<v Speaker 2>The game, and I think he got on on on

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<v Speaker 2>a two strike pitch where he was got fooled and

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<v Speaker 2>he reached out over the outside portion and just flicked

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<v Speaker 2>it into left field, and that's how he got on.

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<v Speaker 1>It was one of those when you're going good, you're

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<v Speaker 1>going good, all right. So now that was critical. And

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<v Speaker 1>then the other moment in that inning, uh, Miggey Rojas

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<v Speaker 1>yep ball to Shutter, flipped the ball. You got to

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<v Speaker 1>throw the ball a second basement, right, And I think

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<v Speaker 1>he was puzzled as to why he didn't flip it.

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<v Speaker 1>If he flips that ball to Lox I'm not saying

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<v Speaker 1>it's a double play, but it certainly gets the runner

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<v Speaker 1>at second. It's the runner at second instead, what happens

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<v Speaker 1>the runner at second is there, The runner at first

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<v Speaker 1>is safe and now and now look and when it's

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<v Speaker 1>all said and done, six runs six to one. Right,

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<v Speaker 1>So you think it at that point. And they even

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<v Speaker 1>talked to Dave Roberts during the telecast and he goes,

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<v Speaker 1>we're not waving the white flag yet. Yeah, right, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>so now you're looking at it and going, God, this

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<v Speaker 1>is exactly what you don't need. But Bueller never lost

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<v Speaker 1>his composure. Never. Well he did in a dugout, Well

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<v Speaker 1>that was different. Yeah, on the hill he didn't. He

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<v Speaker 1>never lost it. Yeah. But in the and you know what,

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<v Speaker 1>that's ok I love that me too. That's okay. At

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<v Speaker 1>least somebody act like they care. So he gets back

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<v Speaker 1>out there, why because all of a sudden, the Dodgers

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<v Speaker 1>are back in the game. They're back. Yeah. King looks

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<v Speaker 1>confused and disheveled, and and Ti Oscar hits a grand

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<v Speaker 1>Slam and you're going, okay, we're early in this game. Early,

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<v Speaker 1>we're one rundown. Oh no, we got him, Now, we

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<v Speaker 1>got him. Now it's we that's it. They're in our sights.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll shut them down, and we'll shut them up and

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<v Speaker 1>then they can't hit. Yeah, and then that's it. No,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean no, that doesn't work. And the excuse, well,

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<v Speaker 1>you know it's the playoffs or King or the reliever

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<v Speaker 1>they brought. Who cares, doesn't matter. It doesn't matter now, guys.

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<v Speaker 2>No, teams that are winning and have one are teams

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<v Speaker 2>that hit the ball, like creating. It's offense the back

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<v Speaker 2>he's talking about the pitch. It's offense. Arizona on their

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<v Speaker 2>run last year as their two pitchers got hot, but

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<v Speaker 2>it was their offense that got hot. And up and

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<v Speaker 2>down that lineup, you didn't know who to pitch to

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<v Speaker 2>and who to pitch around. And that's the same thing

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<v Speaker 2>with the two teams that are leading right now in

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<v Speaker 2>the National League, the Mets and the Padres. Who you

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<v Speaker 2>want to face. You know, you just old stay away

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<v Speaker 1>You gotta watch out for Barlton, now, crowning Worth.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean they up and down that lineup, everybody is

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<v Speaker 2>you can't you can't say you really can't say anyone

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<v Speaker 1>They're not, of course, you can't say it. They're not.

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<v Speaker 1>And you know something in the postseason houstings that they've suffered.

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<v Speaker 1>You can't say it about any of them. Then, No,

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<v Speaker 1>in the past two years, you can't say it they

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<v Speaker 2>No, And in years that they didn't make it to

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<v Speaker 1>Well, nobody else can do anything, and you know, talking

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<v Speaker 1>about Miggey Rojas. All right, Dave Roberts made two decisions

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<v Speaker 1>you was gutsy and brilliant when he went out to

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<v Speaker 1>We know what that means. We know that's it. And

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<v Speaker 1>he went out there and he had a conversation and

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't hear it, nor did you, But I can

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<v Speaker 1>assure you one thing. Bueller said, I'll get him. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not coming out. I got this, and Dave Roberts stuck

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<v Speaker 1>I agree with you. It proved to be the right decision,

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<v Speaker 1>and it showed what Walker Buehller is made of. All right, son,

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<v Speaker 1>So there's one decision he made. Let's talk about the

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<v Speaker 1>other one. When he takes Rojas out of the game.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not there, You're not there. We don't know what

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<v Speaker 1>you didn't think would go in? I thought, I thought, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I thought key K. I did think k K was

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<v Speaker 2>But I get it, I get I get it. Edmund

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<v Speaker 2>good move too. Defenses. Sensibly, he made some plays that

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<v Speaker 2>outside of Mickey Row, I don't know if anybody else

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<v Speaker 2>maked it on that team. No, they were great Rodney,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, but I did believe and and and and

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<v Speaker 1>You like the way pi Haz was playing was hitting.

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<v Speaker 1>I did too.

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<v Speaker 2>I thought he'd kind of come around. He was, he

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<v Speaker 2>I think in that moment, yeah, I felt like key

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<v Speaker 2>But I get it, and I understand, you know, when

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<v Speaker 2>I mean that it didn't It didn't bother me as

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<v Speaker 2>I was like, Oh, here comes k K. That's what

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<v Speaker 2>We don't know, you don't know what's gonna happen, but yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>Hright, Dodger fans. Uh, we're gonna open the phone lines,

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<v Speaker 1>about what needs to be done or what you expect

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<v Speaker 1>to be Hey, Rodney, Pete, Fred Rogan, getting ready now

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<v Speaker 1>or never? Yeah, that's one. We're gonna look at it now.

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<v Speaker 1>We're never. All right, Let's bring on David vass from

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<v Speaker 1>San Diego. Dave, good afternoon.

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<v Speaker 3>Hey guys, good afternoon.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, we'll start with this. Do we know who's starting

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<v Speaker 3>It's gonna be a bullpaying game. Fred, I've been laying

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<v Speaker 3>that out for you every time time I come on

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<v Speaker 3>the show. What we saw in Denver was going to

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<v Speaker 3>be something that was going to be replicated tonight. So

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<v Speaker 3>you're going to see either Vesti or Banda more than

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<v Speaker 3>likely start the game to face two of the three

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<v Speaker 3>first hitters that are lefties, and then from there you're

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<v Speaker 3>going to see Landon Knack at some point and they're

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<v Speaker 3>going to go with a bullpen game. He was not

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<v Speaker 3>really a surprise. I don't know why everybody's so surprised.

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<v Speaker 3>I've been saying that since the beginning of the series.

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<v Speaker 1>No, no, I was going to open it up again.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, it's going to be a leftie to face the

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, bandassie, there's a lefties out there. They What was

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<v Speaker 2>the what was the vibe after last night's game? I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>I know, was you know, disappointing and all that, But

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<v Speaker 2>did you get a sense of like head down or

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<v Speaker 1>Now.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean that clubhouse was down last night, but that

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<v Speaker 3>was last night. Obviously, he lost a playoff game. You're

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<v Speaker 3>down two games to one, and he blew a great

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<v Speaker 3>opportunity to come from behind because they did not have

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<v Speaker 3>all but one base runner. They only had one base

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<v Speaker 3>runner the last six innings of the game after taoscar

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<v Speaker 3>Hernandez's Grand Slam. So I think they were all disappointed

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<v Speaker 3>with that fact. And you know, today's a new day.

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<v Speaker 3>And I said this on Dodger Talk last night, and

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<v Speaker 3>I'll say it again that this team has showed some

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<v Speaker 3>more fight than what we have seen in each of

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<v Speaker 3>is ta Oscar Hernandez. He's the personality that you know,

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<v Speaker 3>hopefully is contagious to the rest of that clubhouse. And

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<v Speaker 3>you know, there's no other player that I believe would

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<v Speaker 3>Taoscar Hernandez in that spot.

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<v Speaker 1>Dave iout Walker Bula looked good last night for being

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<v Speaker 1>Walker Bueller. He seemed confident, he seemed comfortable. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>he got tagged by that the two defensive moments. But

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<v Speaker 1>aside from that, Dave I thought he did a pretty

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<v Speaker 1>good job.

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<v Speaker 3>Freddy gave up six runs in one inning. Yeah, I

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<v Speaker 3>don't know how anybody can say that he pitched well

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, but here's the same, Dave. If Freddy Freeman doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>throw the ball and hit one player and then Mickey

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<v Speaker 1>Rojas throws the ball to second base, he's not giving

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<v Speaker 3>Well, Number one, that was a smart base play by

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<v Speaker 3>Manny Machado. It was very much within the rules. If

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<v Speaker 3>you've been watching Justin Turner and Chase Utley run the bases.

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<v Speaker 3>They used to do the same thing, so that was

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<v Speaker 3>not out of bounds. Number two. Yeah, Mickey Rojas tried

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<v Speaker 3>to be a hero and tried to do too much.

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<v Speaker 3>That would have been one out. But that still doesn't

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<v Speaker 3>change the fact that Walker Bueler had two strikes on

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<v Speaker 3>all those hitters hitters and couldn't put them away. He

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<v Speaker 3>was a victim of paper cuts. But he can't be

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<v Speaker 3>absolved of that six run inning.

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<v Speaker 1>No he can't.

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<v Speaker 2>He can't, But the complexion of the inning changes if

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<v Speaker 3>I really believe that is there. But two strikes is

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<v Speaker 3>two strikes, Rodney. You got to be able to put

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, you do. Got to be able to put away hitters, Dave.

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<v Speaker 2>You know that, But I'm just saying in all in all,

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<v Speaker 2>and then to come back after that, and I thought

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<v Speaker 2>it was big for Dave Roberts to leave him in

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<v Speaker 2>the game, But to come back after that and shut

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<v Speaker 2>it down, I thought that was big too.

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<v Speaker 1>Were you pleased with that?

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<v Speaker 3>Sure? Yeah, that was good that he was able to

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<v Speaker 3>stabilize the ship. But that's been a microcosm of his season.

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<v Speaker 3>Where he has a inning where there's a huge crooked

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<v Speaker 3>number in an inning, and that's just been him this

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<v Speaker 3>great that he gave them five. But you know, if

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<v Speaker 3>they're not going with a bullpen game today, does Dave

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<v Speaker 3>Roberts have more urgency to take him out of that inning?

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know. I actually thought when he went out

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<v Speaker 3>I was in the fifth inning. That was in the

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<v Speaker 3>fifth inning. That wasn't in the second inning.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh you mean the second inning? Yeah, yeah, yeah, But again,

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<v Speaker 1>as you said, he was victimized by paper cuts. The

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<v Speaker 1>issue was they didn't hit Dave. They didn't hit that

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<v Speaker 1>was the problem. If if Machado doesn't get hit by

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<v Speaker 1>Freddy's ball and Mickey Rojas flipped it to Lux, he's

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<v Speaker 1>Tiascar hits a home run a Grand Slam, which.

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<v Speaker 3>He did, they just didn't very just forgetting about Fernando's

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<v Speaker 3>Tatis Junior's home run. We're just gonna forget about.

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<v Speaker 1>That come to the plate at that time, does he

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<v Speaker 3>Well, you know, that's neither here or there. David Peralta

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<v Speaker 3>seemed to be able to get a big hit as well.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, but also Dave, you know, you strike.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe not the strikeout, he doesn't have to put away

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<v Speaker 2>strikeout pitch, but he got to ground balls.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean that's part of it. Five innings. But he

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<v Speaker 3>did give up six runs. All six runs were charged

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<v Speaker 3>to Walker Buehler. Okay, there were no unearned runs in

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, well yeah, okay, and that's fair. But what about

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<v Speaker 1>the fact they didn't hit? Isn't that then.

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<v Speaker 3>They scored five runs.

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<v Speaker 1>Mookie hit, but who else hit? Mookie hit, and so

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<v Speaker 1>did Ti Oscar? Who else hit?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, that's a problem as well. They only had one

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<v Speaker 3>base runner last six innings. Guys named Will Smith, Max Munsey,

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<v Speaker 3>That's not going to get it done either. Usually when

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<v Speaker 1>Were you surprised that he didn't put kek in instead

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<v Speaker 1>of Andy Pays?

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<v Speaker 3>I was shocked. I was shocked, and I actually thought

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<v Speaker 3>before the game that keyk Hernandez should have got the

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<v Speaker 3>start in center field and tom Yeddman should have been

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<v Speaker 3>at short stop because obviously Rojas is limited defensively and

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<v Speaker 3>is he really a difference maker offensively? Back to your

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<v Speaker 3>point about not hitting, he really is not that guy.

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<v Speaker 3>So I'm hoping that Key k Hernandez does get the

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<v Speaker 3>start today.

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<v Speaker 2>What does it look like, David, do you think it's

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<v Speaker 2>going to look like? You think Key Caman lineup? What

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<v Speaker 2>about Freddie? And and does does Edmunds play short and

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<v Speaker 2>Key k play first? I mean, what do you think

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<v Speaker 2>it looks like?

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<v Speaker 3>I think Freddie Freeman plays first tonight, And like I said,

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<v Speaker 3>I hope it's Key k Hernandez in center and tom

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<v Speaker 3>Y Edmondette short.

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<v Speaker 1>Uh Okay, Dave, As you approach the game tonight, and

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<v Speaker 1>you've mentioned and so have we, you know it's been

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<v Speaker 1>a season of adversity, they've been able to fight back.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you think they have enough fight left in them

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<v Speaker 1>for tonight?

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<v Speaker 5>I do?

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<v Speaker 1>I do.

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<v Speaker 3>I've seen more of that in this series than I

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<v Speaker 3>have seen in the last two years. And look, a

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<v Speaker 3>bullpick game can go great or it can go sideways

439
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<v Speaker 3>on you because you're asking a lot of different pitchers

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<v Speaker 3>to be on their game. So if you go back

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<v Speaker 3>to twenty twenty one, the last time the Dodgers won

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<v Speaker 3>a road playoff game, it was in San Francisco the

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<v Speaker 3>night they used an opener for Julio Orias. So maybe

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<v Speaker 3>that's the magic pill tonight. Go back to the opener

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<v Speaker 3>and use Land and Knack, and you win a road

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<v Speaker 3>playoff game for the first time in seven games.

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<v Speaker 1>I think the g is going to be fine. I

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<v Speaker 1>think they're gonna feel like the bullpen will be fine too.

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<v Speaker 1>It just it just they can't.

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<v Speaker 2>It's risky, but they can't get off to the starts

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<v Speaker 2>that they've been getting off to. And that's just the

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<v Speaker 2>pattern for the Dodgers that they can whoever you know,

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<v Speaker 2>starts the game and comes in next. It can't be

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<v Speaker 2>down three to nothing and four to nothing in the

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<v Speaker 2>second inning again like they like they've been doing.

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<v Speaker 3>I will say this, the questions I'm getting from around

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<v Speaker 3>baseball are valid ones. That the Dodgers have this payroll,

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<v Speaker 3>they obviously spent a lot of money during the off season,

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<v Speaker 3>but don't have a starting pitcher for Game four. That's

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<v Speaker 3>a valid question to be asked one hundred percent.

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<v Speaker 1>But I think the bigger question is which will be

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<v Speaker 1>explored during the off season. The reason they don't have

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<v Speaker 1>a picture for Game four is because they're all hurt,

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<v Speaker 1>and how did that happen? That's I think the bigger

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<v Speaker 1>question here, that's the valid question. Why is the majority

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<v Speaker 1>of the Dodger starting staff injured or suffering from Tommy

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<v Speaker 1>John problems? Why? I think that's what has to be explored, Dave.

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<v Speaker 3>So that's something that Andrew Freeman said he's already starting

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<v Speaker 3>to dive into and more during the off season. But

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<v Speaker 3>the facts are they traded for a pitcher that has

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<v Speaker 3>had a long list of injuries with his arm, and

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<v Speaker 3>that's Tyler Glass. Now, he made the most starts of

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<v Speaker 3>his career last year, which was only twenty, so he

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<v Speaker 3>has a track record that shouldn't be as big of

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<v Speaker 3>a shock as everybody's making it out to be.

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<v Speaker 1>All Right, Well, Dave, thanks for coming on.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, guys, thanks, all right, there he goes.

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<v Speaker 1>David Vassa. Jesus, he was ready. He was ready.

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<v Speaker 2>He was feeling it like the like the like the

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<v Speaker 2>players are right now. He's just like, you know, it's

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<v Speaker 2>very animated for it. He was animated. And I have

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<v Speaker 2>to tell you, we're not with him every day, Rodney.

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<v Speaker 1>No, he feels it.

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<v Speaker 2>He feels that that pressure and all that stuff that

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<v Speaker 2>he gets from those players in the locker room and

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<v Speaker 2>all those things because he's in it every single day,

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<v Speaker 2>and the angst and all of that.

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<v Speaker 1>So it came out a little bit today. Yeah, And

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<v Speaker 1>here's the thing. I will respectfully and again, we're not

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<v Speaker 1>with that team every single day watching them, but I'm

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<v Speaker 1>going to respectfully disagree with his assessment of Bueler. I

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<v Speaker 1>am too.

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<v Speaker 2>I am too, because you can't put it all on him,

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<v Speaker 2>and you can't you know, you know, yeah, he's supposed

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<v Speaker 2>to put away pitches. Well, he's not that guy. You

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<v Speaker 2>can't look at him from last year's previous and go, well,

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<v Speaker 2>Walker Buhler two years ago, Walker Buhler four years ago

498
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<v Speaker 2>would have struck that guy out instruct that. Well, that's

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<v Speaker 2>not who he is anymore, at least not this year.

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<v Speaker 2>Coming off to Tommy John.

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<v Speaker 1>You know.

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<v Speaker 2>But if he gets you know, this guy on first

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<v Speaker 2>and there in that inning and he gets a ground ball,

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<v Speaker 2>double play ball, you expect to get a double play.

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<v Speaker 2>He gets a ground ball, and you expect to get

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<v Speaker 2>at least one out out of that. You know, he's

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<v Speaker 2>doing his job basically, so to suggest that he's not,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, he didn't put those guys out. Yeah, he didn't.

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<v Speaker 2>On paper, he didn't put him out. But he did

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<v Speaker 2>what most pitchers are supposed to do, give me a groundball,

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<v Speaker 2>double play, and he got a ground ball and didn't

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<v Speaker 2>get the double play. Not only did he not get

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<v Speaker 2>the double play, he didn't get anybody out right.

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<v Speaker 1>That made it worse. Yeah, all right, it's like six nine, eight,

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<v Speaker 1>seven seventy. All right, we're get up on the phone lines.

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<v Speaker 1>Dodger fans. You can weigh in now. You can weigh

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<v Speaker 1>in on your thoughts. You can weigh in on what

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<v Speaker 1>David Says has to say. Boys, God, but this is it?

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<v Speaker 1>What do you think about? Oh yeah?

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<v Speaker 2>Especially one for Dodger fans. Today's afternoon delight is Won't

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<v Speaker 2>Back Down by Eminem featuring Pink. It was off Eminem's

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<v Speaker 2>seventh album, Recovery from back in twenty ten, which had

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of features on it, including this one here

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<v Speaker 2>from Pink. That's what the Dodger's got to do, Freddy,

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<v Speaker 2>don't back down again. Today's Afternoon Delight is won't back

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<v Speaker 2>down by eminem and Pink.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's go, let's go, all right, let's open it up.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's hear it, Dodger fans, oh, Juan in Guardina.

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<v Speaker 6>Let lose, all right, guys, I just want to I

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<v Speaker 6>just want to make this point Walker Buehler throwing that

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<v Speaker 6>pitch that Tati's hit.

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<v Speaker 3>To me, it was down right.

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<v Speaker 6>It was a home run, batting practice pitch. My thing

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<v Speaker 6>is coaching. What's going on with coaching? Why do we

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<v Speaker 6>why can't we like get coaches, change up the coaches

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<v Speaker 6>at the end of the day, like these guys were

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<v Speaker 6>every year, it's the same coaches.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, what do you mean by change up the coaches?

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<v Speaker 1>What do you want the coaches to do? One they wanted?

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<v Speaker 2>You want the coaches to pitch? It was a mistake

541
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<v Speaker 2>that certainly was a mistake by Walker Buehler. But but

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<v Speaker 2>guys make mistakes when you're playing sports and it's a

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<v Speaker 2>real deal.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, what do you so, seriously, what do you want

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<v Speaker 1>the coach to do?

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<v Speaker 5>Well?

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<v Speaker 6>Like, for example, Mark Pryor is a great guy, but

548
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<v Speaker 6>you know what guy's life, Greg Maddix, I was growing up,

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<v Speaker 6>I was a huge fan of the way that he would.

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<v Speaker 6>It wasn't about how fast you through.

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<v Speaker 3>It was about location.

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<v Speaker 6>And I just don't see these players really getting coached

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<v Speaker 6>to where they make adjustments.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay and one and one, thanks for calling. I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 1>answer that for you. Thanks for calling. Uh, here's the thing,

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<v Speaker 1>guys in Major League Baseball are all throwing harder now.

557
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<v Speaker 1>The game evolves and changes. I think one makes a

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<v Speaker 1>valid point, Rodney. Yeah, it's different now, and it doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>necessarily mean it's better now when it comes to that.

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<v Speaker 1>But I don't think it's Mark Pryor standing behind Walker

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<v Speaker 1>Bueller and telling them you better pitch it right to

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<v Speaker 1>that spot. I think Walker Bueller knows where to pitch

563
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<v Speaker 1>the ball. It's said. It's it's a question of is

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<v Speaker 1>it going to end up where he wants to admitted it?

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, Okay, I'm coming up to the plate. I'm going

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<v Speaker 2>to hit a home run right now because we need it.

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<v Speaker 2>Right I'm going to get a pitch that's ninety five

568
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<v Speaker 2>and it's on the inside half of the plate, and

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to hit a home run right here, right now.

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<v Speaker 1>And you pop it up. What fault is that? Well,

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<v Speaker 1>it's a hitting coach obviously. Yeah, it's not saying I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>and I get it. Fans are passionate.

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<v Speaker 2>They're not in the they're not in the practice sessions

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<v Speaker 2>where they go over this is where we want to

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<v Speaker 2>pitch this guy. This is this is how we want

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00:31:10.160 --> 00:31:13.160
<v Speaker 2>to attack him. You know, you can't throw a slider

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<v Speaker 2>out over the plate to tattoos. Of course, you can't

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<v Speaker 2>do that. It's like telling a quarterback, hey, don't throw

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<v Speaker 2>any interceptions.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, don't do that. Don't do that.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, but you go out and you misread something or

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<v Speaker 2>the ball gets tipped or you know, guy makes a

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<v Speaker 2>great play that's on the quarterback or the coach.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, it happens. The point is it happens.

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<v Speaker 3>Go ahead, Hey, what's going on? Fred Rodney?

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<v Speaker 1>What's that?

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<v Speaker 4>Man? I don't think this. I don't think this whole

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<v Speaker 4>thing's on Walker. You got to remember he was out

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<v Speaker 4>there for a long time. You notice, Man, he was

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<v Speaker 4>sweating like crazy. With those guys making those bad plays

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<v Speaker 4>behind him. It just left him out there longer. And Rodney,

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<v Speaker 4>you know, it's like throwing a past where receiver is

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<v Speaker 4>supposed to be and he goes the wrong way and

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<v Speaker 4>all of a sudden it ends up in somebody else's hands.

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<v Speaker 3>That's not your fault.

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<v Speaker 4>That's the guy, the receiver's fault for making the wrong move.

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00:32:12.359 --> 00:32:15.720
<v Speaker 4>Same with our short stop and Freddie making that those plays.

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<v Speaker 4>That's what caused Walker to be out there even longer

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<v Speaker 4>than what he should have been.

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<v Speaker 3>Yep, And it's not on him.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, my son's a pitcher. I see him fish

602
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<v Speaker 4>all the time, and a lot of times it's your defense,

603
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<v Speaker 4>and it makes you out there having to throw more pitches,

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<v Speaker 4>and the more pitches you're getting tired. I mean these

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<v Speaker 4>relievers that come in, they're not out there for thirty

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<v Speaker 4>five pitches, and you'll notice that how their pitches aren't

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<v Speaker 4>as sharp when they're throwing.

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<v Speaker 3>Thirty five pitches in anything. So that's why I said,

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<v Speaker 3>this isn't.

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<v Speaker 4>All on Walker.

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<v Speaker 3>He battled it out. I mean, look how well he

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<v Speaker 3>did after he got out of that inning.

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<v Speaker 2>Billy appreciate it. Thanks, thanks, really, absolutely absolutely. He can't

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<v Speaker 2>put it all on him. When you're gonna you know,

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<v Speaker 2>you think you're getting out of the inning. He got

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<v Speaker 2>a ground ball and you're getting a double play, and

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<v Speaker 2>he don't all right right in Long Beach, go ahead,

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<v Speaker 2>Robert up.

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<v Speaker 5>Guys, thanks checking my call. You know, last night is done.

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<v Speaker 5>I'm not interested in talking about that at all. I

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<v Speaker 5>am choosing to be optimistic tonight. As a lifelong Dodger fan.

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<v Speaker 5>I think the pod is going to come in over confident.

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<v Speaker 5>I think the guy, our voice and I are going

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<v Speaker 5>to do great. I think show he goes four for four,

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00:33:17.559 --> 00:33:19.000
<v Speaker 5>the Dodgers win tonight five to three.

626
00:33:19.039 --> 00:33:19.599
<v Speaker 7>That's it, guys.

627
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<v Speaker 1>Done, all right, thanks Robert, done, done, done. I get

628
00:33:25.000 --> 00:33:26.240
<v Speaker 1>you know, at the end of the day, you said it,

629
00:33:26.759 --> 00:33:29.480
<v Speaker 1>start the show. It all comes down to hitting. You know,

630
00:33:29.599 --> 00:33:31.720
<v Speaker 1>we can. You can trot out everybody you want to.

631
00:33:33.200 --> 00:33:35.759
<v Speaker 1>They're hitting. We're not. The Mets are hitting.

632
00:33:36.680 --> 00:33:39.359
<v Speaker 2>The Phillies bottom half of their their team is not hitting,

633
00:33:40.079 --> 00:33:42.400
<v Speaker 2>and it's the reason why those guys are two and one.

634
00:33:43.079 --> 00:33:46.880
<v Speaker 8>You bring up the hitting there, Rodney, and it's facts. However,

635
00:33:47.400 --> 00:33:50.680
<v Speaker 8>there was a decision made before this series started that

636
00:33:50.799 --> 00:33:53.279
<v Speaker 8>I think is looming pretty large right now that I

637
00:33:53.400 --> 00:33:55.960
<v Speaker 8>haven't heard anyone bring up. I was talking about with

638
00:33:56.079 --> 00:34:01.160
<v Speaker 8>Fred earlier. They said we're going with Jack Flarity as

639
00:34:01.240 --> 00:34:04.759
<v Speaker 8>the starter in game one, and then they said, Yama Moto, Well,

640
00:34:04.960 --> 00:34:08.639
<v Speaker 8>right now, if Flarity had gone Game one, he could

641
00:34:08.679 --> 00:34:11.400
<v Speaker 8>be pitching tonight instead of having a bullpen game. You

642
00:34:11.480 --> 00:34:15.199
<v Speaker 8>think that decision isn't being rethought now, that's.

643
00:34:15.119 --> 00:34:18.360
<v Speaker 2>Huge, No, because I think they still believe it's going

644
00:34:18.440 --> 00:34:21.280
<v Speaker 2>five and they got Yama Modo going going in the

645
00:34:21.360 --> 00:34:24.239
<v Speaker 2>fifth game, and that was the plan going in which

646
00:34:24.800 --> 00:34:29.760
<v Speaker 2>everybody in their and their brother before this series thought

647
00:34:30.159 --> 00:34:32.719
<v Speaker 2>this game, this series was going five games. And if

648
00:34:32.760 --> 00:34:36.039
<v Speaker 2>you're believing that it's gonna go five games, then you

649
00:34:36.199 --> 00:34:38.639
<v Speaker 2>trot your best guy out there for the game one

650
00:34:38.760 --> 00:34:39.440
<v Speaker 2>and game five.

651
00:34:40.000 --> 00:34:40.960
<v Speaker 1>Is he their best guy?

652
00:34:41.079 --> 00:34:43.079
<v Speaker 8>Yamamota was clear cutover Flarity.

653
00:34:43.480 --> 00:34:44.360
<v Speaker 1>Yeah. I don't even think.

654
00:34:44.559 --> 00:34:46.599
<v Speaker 8>I bet he doesn't start Game five. I bet Flarity

655
00:34:46.679 --> 00:34:47.599
<v Speaker 8>does if they get there.

656
00:34:48.599 --> 00:34:53.280
<v Speaker 1>No, No, I bet the rank that Yamamoto starts Game five.

657
00:34:53.800 --> 00:34:57.199
<v Speaker 1>I think tonight Dodger pitching is going to be fine.

658
00:34:57.559 --> 00:34:59.400
<v Speaker 1>I think the bullpen's going to do their job tonight.

659
00:35:00.079 --> 00:35:02.320
<v Speaker 1>I don't think anybody's giving up six runs in an inning.

660
00:35:02.760 --> 00:35:04.679
<v Speaker 1>I don't think anybody's getting not to be allowed to.

661
00:35:06.960 --> 00:35:09.000
<v Speaker 1>What I'm saying is seriously, I mean, I don't think

662
00:35:09.000 --> 00:35:10.440
<v Speaker 1>anybody's gonna go out there and give up back to

663
00:35:10.519 --> 00:35:13.360
<v Speaker 1>back home runs. Boom boom. I think the bullpen is

664
00:35:13.400 --> 00:35:16.039
<v Speaker 1>going to do well tonight. I think the Dodger pitching

665
00:35:16.079 --> 00:35:18.960
<v Speaker 1>will be fine. Whatever the definition of that is. At

666
00:35:19.000 --> 00:35:22.599
<v Speaker 1>this time, I think it's comes down to the hitting.

667
00:35:23.800 --> 00:35:27.360
<v Speaker 1>If they hit tonight, they win. Yeah. Period.

668
00:35:27.400 --> 00:35:29.119
<v Speaker 2>And you remember way we used to say, you know,

669
00:35:29.239 --> 00:35:32.920
<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers go in years in a few years past,

670
00:35:32.920 --> 00:35:35.159
<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers go how Mookie goes. But the Dodgers go

671
00:35:35.280 --> 00:35:39.320
<v Speaker 2>how Otani goes. And if he doesn't lead off the game, okay,

672
00:35:39.400 --> 00:35:40.840
<v Speaker 2>you don't lead off the game with a hit or

673
00:35:40.920 --> 00:35:41.599
<v Speaker 2>home run or whatever.

674
00:35:42.159 --> 00:35:44.119
<v Speaker 1>But he's got it. He's got to be the catalyst

675
00:35:44.199 --> 00:35:44.719
<v Speaker 1>for this team.

676
00:35:44.800 --> 00:35:48.760
<v Speaker 2>He's got to be the guy that gets everybody going

677
00:35:48.840 --> 00:35:51.360
<v Speaker 2>because people feed off of him when he's going. When

678
00:35:51.400 --> 00:35:54.239
<v Speaker 2>he's going well, the rest of the team does. And

679
00:35:54.360 --> 00:35:56.199
<v Speaker 2>it shouldn't have to be that way, but that's just

680
00:35:56.280 --> 00:35:57.880
<v Speaker 2>the way it is, and the way the season has

681
00:35:57.920 --> 00:36:01.519
<v Speaker 2>gone is that they fed off of a time when

682
00:36:01.559 --> 00:36:03.760
<v Speaker 2>he's not kind of in the mix and he's a

683
00:36:03.880 --> 00:36:06.159
<v Speaker 2>non factor. It affects the rest of the team.

684
00:36:06.679 --> 00:36:08.880
<v Speaker 1>Alli, Christ and La thanks for holding go ahead.

685
00:36:10.199 --> 00:36:12.159
<v Speaker 7>Hey guys, you know I don't want to oversimplify this

686
00:36:12.360 --> 00:36:13.880
<v Speaker 7>because I know we're all trying to figure out an

687
00:36:13.880 --> 00:36:16.480
<v Speaker 7>answer to this problem. But I'm gonna give you the

688
00:36:16.559 --> 00:36:21.039
<v Speaker 7>old baseball adage of this is just baseball, and it is.

689
00:36:21.119 --> 00:36:24.000
<v Speaker 7>It's not like any other sport. It's a game of failure.

690
00:36:24.519 --> 00:36:27.320
<v Speaker 7>If you bat two fifty, you're only successful twenty five

691
00:36:27.360 --> 00:36:29.880
<v Speaker 7>percent of time. Rodnie, if you threw twenty five percent

692
00:36:30.000 --> 00:36:33.000
<v Speaker 7>completions in the NFL, you wouldn't have been an NFL quarterback.

693
00:36:33.079 --> 00:36:36.480
<v Speaker 7>And that applies to basketball too. These players are up

694
00:36:36.480 --> 00:36:39.079
<v Speaker 7>there trying to hit. Nothing has changed in their approach

695
00:36:39.639 --> 00:36:41.599
<v Speaker 7>when they were hitting the heck out of the ball

696
00:36:41.719 --> 00:36:47.400
<v Speaker 7>before the postseason. The difference is you're batting against better pitching,

697
00:36:47.719 --> 00:36:51.360
<v Speaker 7>supreme pitching. That's why Aaron Judge is one for twenty something.

698
00:36:51.800 --> 00:36:54.639
<v Speaker 7>So when you have a normal twenty five percent success

699
00:36:54.760 --> 00:36:57.719
<v Speaker 7>rate or thirty if you're batting three hundred, Now when

700
00:36:57.760 --> 00:37:00.840
<v Speaker 7>that's when you're hitting against fourth and fifty starters on

701
00:37:01.000 --> 00:37:03.800
<v Speaker 7>bad teams too, All that included. Now you're going against

702
00:37:03.840 --> 00:37:07.039
<v Speaker 7>the best pitchers of the teams that made the playoffs.

703
00:37:07.320 --> 00:37:10.360
<v Speaker 7>You're getting the best of the best. There's no way

704
00:37:10.400 --> 00:37:12.519
<v Speaker 7>in the world wild Tony would be killing the ball

705
00:37:12.679 --> 00:37:15.679
<v Speaker 7>up until the postseason. And he strikes out three times.

706
00:37:15.679 --> 00:37:16.639
<v Speaker 1>In last night.

707
00:37:20.960 --> 00:37:22.360
<v Speaker 7>Because he's hitting bad pitching.

708
00:37:22.679 --> 00:37:26.039
<v Speaker 3>Pitching beats good hitting. Our pitchers are.

709
00:37:26.039 --> 00:37:28.800
<v Speaker 1>Not at Aaron got up.

710
00:37:29.719 --> 00:37:32.000
<v Speaker 7>Of course, of course it happens, Rounnie. Sometimes I'm talking

711
00:37:32.039 --> 00:37:33.119
<v Speaker 7>about just what I'm.

712
00:37:32.960 --> 00:37:35.840
<v Speaker 2>Saying, is it happens. It's happening in these playoffs. We're

713
00:37:35.920 --> 00:37:40.679
<v Speaker 2>hitting hitting. Everybody stays pitching, pitching, pitching. But it's the hitting.

714
00:37:41.400 --> 00:37:44.199
<v Speaker 2>It was happening for Arizona last year. It's the hitting.

715
00:37:44.480 --> 00:37:49.800
<v Speaker 2>The Rangers. Corey Seeger got unbelievably hot for them last year.

716
00:37:51.599 --> 00:37:53.519
<v Speaker 2>So yeah, you can. You can say that and it

717
00:37:53.920 --> 00:37:56.119
<v Speaker 2>gets you through a game maybe, but at the end

718
00:37:56.159 --> 00:37:58.920
<v Speaker 2>of the day, in a series, you got to be

719
00:37:58.920 --> 00:37:59.639
<v Speaker 2>able to hit the ball.

720
00:38:00.920 --> 00:38:01.679
<v Speaker 7>Roddy, I agree.

721
00:38:01.800 --> 00:38:02.199
<v Speaker 3>I agree.

722
00:38:02.239 --> 00:38:04.000
<v Speaker 7>But let me ask you this, just looking at it logically,

723
00:38:04.559 --> 00:38:07.559
<v Speaker 7>what's changed, And it's not just the Dodgers, this Paul Baseball.

724
00:38:07.880 --> 00:38:12.199
<v Speaker 7>What changes between the playoffs and the regular season. It's

725
00:38:12.360 --> 00:38:15.199
<v Speaker 7>hitting against the pitching. You have to hear, you have

726
00:38:15.320 --> 00:38:17.400
<v Speaker 7>to get timely, you have to get those bleeders that

727
00:38:17.519 --> 00:38:18.239
<v Speaker 7>the padre has got.

728
00:38:18.360 --> 00:38:21.119
<v Speaker 1>Last night, you have a press Chris Chris, Chris, Chris, Chris.

729
00:38:21.199 --> 00:38:23.239
<v Speaker 1>We got you. We're gonna let you go. We'll keep

730
00:38:23.280 --> 00:38:25.880
<v Speaker 1>talking about we gotta let you go up against the break. Yeah,

731
00:38:26.280 --> 00:38:30.519
<v Speaker 1>you're absolutely right. It's hitting, it's getting the bleeders, it's

732
00:38:30.559 --> 00:38:33.480
<v Speaker 1>getting one to fall in. It's not having the padre

733
00:38:33.719 --> 00:38:38.000
<v Speaker 1>outfielders make great plays the other night and taking base

734
00:38:38.079 --> 00:38:40.920
<v Speaker 1>hits away from you. It's all of those things. But

735
00:38:41.039 --> 00:38:47.760
<v Speaker 1>it's also this and if you are a superstar, Aaron Judge,

736
00:38:48.719 --> 00:38:52.599
<v Speaker 1>this is your moment show Hey, o Tani, this is

737
00:38:52.760 --> 00:38:57.800
<v Speaker 1>your moment because you're right. During the regular season, they're

738
00:38:57.840 --> 00:38:59.840
<v Speaker 1>facing guys who are third or fourth on the other

739
00:39:00.000 --> 00:39:03.800
<v Speaker 1>teams rotation from god knows where Pittsburgh or Cincinnati or

740
00:39:03.920 --> 00:39:06.599
<v Speaker 1>Kansas City, where you can hit them. Yeah, these are

741
00:39:06.679 --> 00:39:11.719
<v Speaker 1>the best pictures. But when you are a superstar, this

742
00:39:12.079 --> 00:39:16.519
<v Speaker 1>is when you shine. This is why you are a superstar.

743
00:39:18.199 --> 00:39:23.239
<v Speaker 1>This is what counts Now, it doesn't matter the regular

744
00:39:23.400 --> 00:39:29.159
<v Speaker 1>season is over. You are compensated. You have great responsibility

745
00:39:29.239 --> 00:39:32.920
<v Speaker 1>to go along with that money. You're paid that because

746
00:39:33.039 --> 00:39:36.960
<v Speaker 1>you are a star. If it wasn't that way, why

747
00:39:37.039 --> 00:39:40.159
<v Speaker 1>wouldn't they pay everybody what they pay Otani? Or why

748
00:39:40.199 --> 00:39:44.679
<v Speaker 1>wouldn't they pay everybody what they pay Max Muncie. There's

749
00:39:44.719 --> 00:39:49.400
<v Speaker 1>a difference, and the difference is more is expected of you.

750
00:39:50.559 --> 00:39:54.239
<v Speaker 1>That's just the way it goes. You can sit and say, well,

751
00:39:54.320 --> 00:39:58.079
<v Speaker 1>it's a lot harder, yes, but you are supposed to

752
00:39:58.159 --> 00:40:03.440
<v Speaker 1>be someone who can deal with that. That's because it's harder, superstar,

753
00:40:03.599 --> 00:40:05.800
<v Speaker 1>because it's harder. You say, you know, it's harder on

754
00:40:05.920 --> 00:40:09.079
<v Speaker 1>the hitters because of good pitching, but it's also harder

755
00:40:09.880 --> 00:40:12.119
<v Speaker 1>on the pitchers because it's good hitting. Guys are in

756
00:40:12.239 --> 00:40:13.840
<v Speaker 1>a groove this point of the season.

757
00:40:14.280 --> 00:40:17.159
<v Speaker 2>Your teams make the playoffs because guys are playing well,

758
00:40:17.679 --> 00:40:20.320
<v Speaker 2>because guys are in a groove. And that means whether

759
00:40:20.360 --> 00:40:22.400
<v Speaker 2>you're on the mound or whether you're at the plate,

760
00:40:23.079 --> 00:40:26.239
<v Speaker 2>Guys get into a groove and get hot at the plate.

761
00:40:26.639 --> 00:40:29.679
<v Speaker 2>So you can say good pitching, yeah, but sometimes good

762
00:40:29.760 --> 00:40:31.880
<v Speaker 2>hitting will beat good pitching.

763
00:40:33.400 --> 00:40:36.639
<v Speaker 1>I cannot sign off on the excuse well, look at

764
00:40:36.679 --> 00:40:39.400
<v Speaker 1>Aaron Judge. Yeah, look at him. You can hit seven

765
00:40:39.519 --> 00:40:42.800
<v Speaker 1>hundred home runs during the regular season. You're in the playoffs. Now,

766
00:40:43.840 --> 00:40:48.000
<v Speaker 1>this is what matters. This is it. That's why you're

767
00:40:48.119 --> 00:40:52.159
<v Speaker 1>Aaron Judge. We don't need to pay you all of

768
00:40:52.239 --> 00:40:55.199
<v Speaker 1>that money to do this in the playoffs. We just

769
00:40:55.400 --> 00:40:59.679
<v Speaker 1>don't because we can find somebody for a lot less

770
00:41:00.039 --> 00:41:03.239
<v Speaker 1>can do it in the playoffs. That's why you're paid.

771
00:41:04.079 --> 00:41:07.719
<v Speaker 1>That's the frustration here with this Dodger team. That's why

772
00:41:07.840 --> 00:41:11.599
<v Speaker 1>David Vassy said people around baseball look at their look

773
00:41:11.639 --> 00:41:15.400
<v Speaker 1>at their salary, look at their pay roll. Will Smith

774
00:41:15.440 --> 00:41:21.159
<v Speaker 1>signed a ten year deal. You got to hit right now,

775
00:41:22.320 --> 00:41:26.719
<v Speaker 1>You've got to hit. That's the frustration, I think, Rodney.

776
00:41:28.280 --> 00:41:31.400
<v Speaker 1>But you say it's hitting. I mean, yeah, keep going

777
00:41:31.440 --> 00:41:34.800
<v Speaker 1>back to it, but yes, it is. It is hitting.

778
00:41:35.280 --> 00:41:38.480
<v Speaker 2>And I just ran down the Padres lineup and and

779
00:41:39.119 --> 00:41:42.800
<v Speaker 2>seven of those guys are in a in a groove

780
00:41:42.840 --> 00:41:44.320
<v Speaker 2>I want to say in a zone. But they're all

781
00:41:44.440 --> 00:41:47.599
<v Speaker 2>in a groove right now, and they are hitting the ball.

782
00:41:48.320 --> 00:41:50.920
<v Speaker 2>I mean, if there's not any easy outs for that

783
00:41:51.039 --> 00:41:52.320
<v Speaker 2>Padres lineup right now.

784
00:41:52.320 --> 00:41:54.400
<v Speaker 1>Look at it like this. As you watch the game, okay,

785
00:41:55.000 --> 00:41:58.559
<v Speaker 1>as I watch the game, when one of the Padres

786
00:41:58.639 --> 00:42:02.400
<v Speaker 1>comes up to bat right now in this series, here

787
00:42:02.519 --> 00:42:04.800
<v Speaker 1>comes one of them. In the back of your mind,

788
00:42:04.840 --> 00:42:08.320
<v Speaker 1>don't you think Jesus that guy get a hit? Yeah, okay, yeah,

789
00:42:08.400 --> 00:42:10.760
<v Speaker 1>When you watch the Dodgers come up to the plate

790
00:42:10.880 --> 00:42:14.480
<v Speaker 1>right now, in the back of your mind, do you

791
00:42:14.519 --> 00:42:16.480
<v Speaker 1>think God, I hope he gets it. I hope, I

792
00:42:16.599 --> 00:42:18.320
<v Speaker 1>hope he gets a hit. God, he's just got to

793
00:42:18.360 --> 00:42:21.360
<v Speaker 1>get on. He's just got to get on. So we're

794
00:42:21.480 --> 00:42:26.079
<v Speaker 1>talking about just as observers, whoever comes up for the Padres,

795
00:42:26.159 --> 00:42:29.280
<v Speaker 1>you think that guy's getting on base? Oh god, oh no,

796
00:42:29.880 --> 00:42:32.639
<v Speaker 1>don't let it be him. And with the Dodgers, you're

797
00:42:32.679 --> 00:42:35.400
<v Speaker 1>thinking about man, I hope he figures out a way

798
00:42:35.440 --> 00:42:41.360
<v Speaker 1>to get on. Yeah. Yeah, there there's the story. And

799
00:42:41.519 --> 00:42:43.119
<v Speaker 1>you know, if you're a fan, you're looking at it

800
00:42:43.199 --> 00:42:44.719
<v Speaker 1>the same way. Oh god, not Machado.

801
00:42:45.239 --> 00:42:49.679
<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, oh no, not Merril. Oh my good, arouses

802
00:42:49.800 --> 00:42:51.760
<v Speaker 2>up again? No, the lineup again?

803
00:42:53.239 --> 00:42:56.719
<v Speaker 1>Right, Yeah, that's what you're thinking watching, Oh god, can

804
00:42:56.760 --> 00:43:00.000
<v Speaker 1>Bueler get him. On the other hand, when the Doctors,

805
00:43:00.679 --> 00:43:03.599
<v Speaker 1>because Tattoos is up next, right, that's what you're thinking

806
00:43:03.840 --> 00:43:08.320
<v Speaker 1>as a fan watching. On the other hand, here comes

807
00:43:08.400 --> 00:43:12.000
<v Speaker 1>Max Muncy. Damn. I just hope he hits it. Yeah,

808
00:43:13.079 --> 00:43:17.199
<v Speaker 1>there and there it is. Yeah, that's why they're where

809
00:43:17.199 --> 00:43:21.920
<v Speaker 1>they're at. I said before the series started, and I

810
00:43:22.000 --> 00:43:26.320
<v Speaker 1>think you agreed. Pitching wise, the Dodgers, they're all hurt,

811
00:43:26.559 --> 00:43:30.639
<v Speaker 1>they're in trouble. Ye, you're just gonna have to if

812
00:43:30.719 --> 00:43:33.880
<v Speaker 1>they score six, you're gonna have to score eight. If

813
00:43:33.920 --> 00:43:36.360
<v Speaker 1>they score five, you're gonna have to score seven. I

814
00:43:36.519 --> 00:43:40.639
<v Speaker 1>said that before the playoffs began. That's the only way

815
00:43:40.679 --> 00:43:43.239
<v Speaker 1>they're going to win. They're just going to have to

816
00:43:43.360 --> 00:43:44.119
<v Speaker 1>outscore them.

817
00:43:44.760 --> 00:43:48.480
<v Speaker 2>Yep, yep, it's no doubt. There's no doubt. It's just

818
00:43:48.559 --> 00:43:51.239
<v Speaker 2>the where they are right now. You know, And I

819
00:43:51.280 --> 00:43:52.679
<v Speaker 2>think you're a spot on Fred.

820
00:43:53.280 --> 00:43:55.480
<v Speaker 1>You know. I don't want to something in.

821
00:43:55.559 --> 00:43:58.760
<v Speaker 2>The water or whatever, but they got to really examine

822
00:44:00.119 --> 00:44:02.119
<v Speaker 2>so many injuries to all these pitchers.

823
00:44:02.360 --> 00:44:03.039
<v Speaker 1>Oh, it's absurd.

824
00:44:03.440 --> 00:44:06.480
<v Speaker 2>Over the last five years, it's just been I mean

825
00:44:06.559 --> 00:44:10.800
<v Speaker 2>every single year. It's not just one guy, not just one.

826
00:44:10.679 --> 00:44:14.519
<v Speaker 1>Guy, Rodney. They have a whole staff having Tommy John surgery.

827
00:44:14.920 --> 00:44:18.280
<v Speaker 1>It's like they haven't they have enough pictures having Tommy

828
00:44:18.360 --> 00:44:21.400
<v Speaker 1>John or had Tommy John that they could be an

829
00:44:21.599 --> 00:44:25.840
<v Speaker 1>entire pitching staff. They could be your starters. That's how

830
00:44:25.920 --> 00:44:31.039
<v Speaker 1>many guys have had it. Think about that. Yeah, they

831
00:44:31.119 --> 00:44:36.280
<v Speaker 1>have an entire rotation from their system that has undergone

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<v Speaker 1>Tommy John surgery. Yeah, that's scary. It's scary. We'll continue.

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<v Speaker 1>Dylan Hernandez will join us next, and then we will

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<v Speaker 1>open the phone lines back up