Speaker 1: The Dodgers are one win away from the World Series
Speaker 1: and a man that knows about winning. He is the
Speaker 1: best third base coach in baseball. He is a big
Speaker 1: part of the Dodgers' success this season. And that is
Speaker 1: the great Italian American that resides in Rancho Cucamonga, the
Speaker 1: one and only Dinu Ebel Dino.
Speaker 2: Thanks a lot for the.
Speaker 3: Time always, Dave, Thanks for having me on. Love talking
Speaker 3: baseball with you.
Speaker 1: Hey, I had a caller from Rancho Cucamonga last night
Speaker 1: and I said, if the Dodgers win the World Series,
Speaker 1: there better be a parade in Rancho Cucamonga for you.
Speaker 4: I love it.
Speaker 2: I love it.
Speaker 4: That's that's good stuff there.
Speaker 3: Hey, there's a bunch of sports people that live in Rancho.
Speaker 3: They follow the Dodgers and Angels so good. I'm glad
Speaker 3: a caller got on your show and talked a little.
Speaker 2: Ball with you.
Speaker 4: Hey.
Speaker 1: I know the players are having a great time. Winning
Speaker 1: is fun and contagious, but from your standpoint, are you
Speaker 1: allowed to enjoy all this so far?
Speaker 4: Absolutely?
Speaker 3: I mean, we get to the park here, you know,
Speaker 3: every day early and waiting for the guys to come
Speaker 3: out now to do their early work. So the players
Speaker 3: are playing good right now. It's good it up up
Speaker 3: tempo in the clubhouse, on the field where we've got
Speaker 3: great energy, and uh, you know, put in last night's
Speaker 3: game the way we did in the last you know,
Speaker 3: few wins against the Mets.
Speaker 4: He just gotta we just got to continue to do
Speaker 4: what we're doing.
Speaker 3: Come out today, get hot early, and try to put
Speaker 3: this series away.
Speaker 2: Do you know, I know you can appreciate this.
Speaker 1: When Mike Sooshie hit his home run in the eighty
Speaker 1: eight nlcs AD Chase Stadium, he said he could hear
Speaker 1: his cleats in the dirt. That's how quiet it was.
Speaker 1: Have you experienced that the last couple of nights?
Speaker 4: Absolutely?
Speaker 3: And uh it's you know, just yesterday the crowd was
Speaker 3: on his feet, they're waving the towels and show hey
Speaker 3: goes deep to right center and it was silent, and
Speaker 3: you could hear the guys in the dugout from where
Speaker 3: I was standing, And uh, it's.
Speaker 4: That's the way. That's what you got to do.
Speaker 3: On the road is you got to you got to
Speaker 3: come out quick, score some runs, get the fans out
Speaker 3: of it.
Speaker 4: And hopefully today we can do the same thing.
Speaker 1: Do you know, Ebol Dodgers third base coach is our guest.
Speaker 1: You know a lot of people are talking about Key
Speaker 1: k a Hernandez, Max Muncy Otani bets all those rightfully,
Speaker 1: So what about Tommy Edmund? How important has he been
Speaker 1: to the success of the team.
Speaker 4: He's been huge.
Speaker 3: This guy's you know, he's been in this type of
Speaker 3: games before with the Cardinals. He's a he's a Dodger
Speaker 3: player fundamentally sound, and he's doing really well. That Rojas
Speaker 3: is out with his injury at short he just puts.
Speaker 3: He's a baseball player. You ask him to bunt, he bunts.
Speaker 3: He you ask him to move a runner over, he does.
Speaker 4: So.
Speaker 3: Having Tommy here playing shortstop that Rojas is out has
Speaker 3: been a.
Speaker 4: Huge factor in our lineup.
Speaker 3: Yesterday he's hitting forth and he's coming up big and
Speaker 3: big double to drive in a run. So we love
Speaker 3: him and continues, you know, hopefully he continues success.
Speaker 4: He's that a little ankle.
Speaker 3: Here and there coming in, but I ask him every
Speaker 3: day he's ready to go. This morning, he's here early,
Speaker 3: and he's he can't wait to get this thing started.
Speaker 1: Speaking of ankles, Freddie Freeman's been dealing with his right
Speaker 1: ankle the entire postseason.
Speaker 2: How do you gauge how he's feeling day to day?
Speaker 4: Really good?
Speaker 3: So yesterday had the full day off, he had a
Speaker 3: good look on his face. This morning, I went in
Speaker 3: and asked him how he's and he said a lot better.
Speaker 3: So I think yesterday gave him, you know, that ankle
Speaker 3: a little bit more time to heal. Same as with
Speaker 3: Gavin Lux. He feels a lot better today. But yeah,
Speaker 3: we we miss Freddy. We need him in the lineup.
Speaker 3: He's in there tonight, so hopefully you know he does
Speaker 3: what he does.
Speaker 4: This offense right now is rolling. We got to keep
Speaker 4: it going.
Speaker 1: I remember Mookie Betts catching him after he crossed home
Speaker 1: played in Game one of this series. How does you
Speaker 1: sending him from second to home? How does all that work?
Speaker 3: Yeah, when he was standing at second base there, I'm thinking, okay,
Speaker 3: I know I'm going to get tested early, and I
Speaker 3: did so. But he looked right at me, David, and
Speaker 3: this is this is the truth. He said, send me.
Speaker 4: I don't care.
Speaker 3: It's two outs and if it's hit to any one
Speaker 3: of the outfielders, I want you to send me. So
Speaker 3: you know, I know his ankles, you know it's it's
Speaker 3: hurting him, but he comes to play this. The elite
Speaker 3: players find a way to get the job done. He
Speaker 3: cuts the base as well. But when I send it,
Speaker 3: you know, when I did send him, and you know,
Speaker 3: and I saw the throw and I'm thinking, and I
Speaker 3: was down by the box telling him to get down,
Speaker 3: and he almost ran into me. As his angle that
Speaker 3: time was a little bit because he couldn't turn because
Speaker 3: of the right foot. But then I saw Mookie catch him.
Speaker 3: Then I knew he was in good hands.
Speaker 2: That's great.
Speaker 1: I love it, Dino. You embody everything that it means
Speaker 1: to be a Dodger. You're a disciple of Tommy Lasorda.
Speaker 1: I know he's looking down from Blue Heaven and certainly
Speaker 1: proud of everything that this team has accomplished, and certainly
Speaker 1: proud of everything you've done to help the Dodgers.
Speaker 3: Well, thank you, David again, since I came back in
Speaker 3: twenty nineteen, and then when Tommy passed away in twenty
Speaker 3: twenty after we won the World Series. Before every game,
Speaker 3: I look up and I tell Tommy, the big Dodger
Speaker 3: in the sky, give us, give us some love today.
Speaker 3: So I'm asking him again tonight. Get this series over with,
Speaker 3: so Big Dodger and the Sky Tommy, we need your help.
Speaker 2: Love it.
Speaker 1: What a team The Fruits of Victory The Dodgers one
Speaker 1: went away from the world series.
Speaker 2: Dino, thanks a lot for the time.
Speaker 4: Love it. Thanks for having me.