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Speaker 2: We are live at Corsefield after the Dodgers route the
Speaker 2: Rockies thirteen to two. Welcome the Dodger Talk David Vase
Speaker 2: live at Corsefield with you until nine thirty tonight at
Speaker 2: eight six six nine, eight seven two, five seventy. The
Speaker 2: Dodgers got a really good game from Yoshi Yamamoto. Five
Speaker 2: innings tonight, six strikeouts, no walks, and the Dodgers have
Speaker 2: wrapped up the best record in all of Major League
Speaker 2: Baseball with their ninety seventh win. If they win tomorrow,
Speaker 2: ninety eight on the year, but win or lose, the
Speaker 2: Dodgers do have the best record in baseball and do
Speaker 2: have home field advantage throughout October, including in the first
Speaker 2: round of the NLDS, which will begin a week from
Speaker 2: tonight at Dodgers Stadium. The Dodgers will play the winner
Speaker 2: of a Padres wildcard series. San Diego is either going
Speaker 2: to play New York or Atlanta in the first round
Speaker 2: of the playoffs in a best of three Wildcard series
Speaker 2: at Petco Park, and the Dodgers will get the winner
Speaker 2: of that series being the number one seed. So it
Speaker 2: is very conceivable we may have a rematch of what
Speaker 2: we just saw at Dodgers Stadium between the two best
Speaker 2: teams or two of the three best teams in the
Speaker 2: National League, the Dodgers and San Diego Padres. And I
Speaker 2: gotta tell you more people that I run into Dodger
Speaker 2: fans that I run into, they kept on telling me
Speaker 2: the last two or three days, I really hope the
Speaker 2: Dodgers aren't the number one seed. I really hope they
Speaker 2: just lose these games, not the number one seed, and
Speaker 2: they won't have to see the Padres. What kind of
Speaker 2: attitude is that. That's kind of a Chicago Cubs loser
Speaker 2: attitude to have to want to tank games and not
Speaker 2: have the best record in baseball. At some point in time,
Speaker 2: you are going to have to play the best even
Speaker 2: if the Dodgers were the number two seed. If you
Speaker 2: believe the Padres are that good, then eventually the Dodgers
Speaker 2: and Padres would be on a collision course at some
Speaker 2: point in time in the postseason, whether it be in
Speaker 2: the NLDS or the NLCS to get to the World
Speaker 2: Series if you believe the Padres are that good, and
Speaker 2: many people do believe the Padres are that good. I'm
Speaker 2: not taking anything away from them, but I go back
Speaker 2: to Daniel Hudson at City Field in New York. Remember
Speaker 2: when the Dodgers were scuffling. They played that doubleheader and
Speaker 2: Daniel Hudson got himself into a jam and got himself
Speaker 2: out of a jam to really spark the Dodgers. Taken
Speaker 2: off before the All Star Break, and as he was
Speaker 2: coming off the mound, he put his two fingers over
Speaker 2: his lips and he said after the game, the reason
Speaker 2: why he did that was not for the fans of
Speaker 2: New York but for his own dugout and the message was,
Speaker 2: don't forget where the Dodgers, and I feel like the
Speaker 2: Dodgers in the last two three weeks have forgotten how
Speaker 2: good they are. I believe you have forgotten how good
Speaker 2: the Dodgers are. Maybe they weren't playing as well as
Speaker 2: the Padres. The Padres were doing something they have never
Speaker 2: done before, to play that type of baseball, winning almost
Speaker 2: fifty games since the All Star Break. I go back
Speaker 2: to the twenty thirteen Dodgers, they were what forty six
Speaker 2: and eight for a period of time. That's how hot
Speaker 2: the Padres have been this season since the All Star break.
Speaker 2: But I will remind you the Dodgers are the ones
Speaker 2: with the best record in baseball. So to all those
Speaker 2: that were saying, I hope the Dodgers avoid the Padres,
Speaker 2: I hope the Dodgers avoid the Padres. Number one. You
Speaker 2: were going to have to see them in a five
Speaker 2: game series or a seven game series. If you're that
Speaker 2: confident that the Padres are going to get number one
Speaker 2: through their wildcard series, there's a very good chance if
Speaker 2: they faced the Braves with Chris Sale and Max Freed,
Speaker 2: that they could shut down the Padres offense right right,
Speaker 2: there is that chance. I mean, we talk about hot teams. Well,
Speaker 2: the Braves obviously have not had a great offensive season,
Speaker 2: but good pitching usually cools off good hitting. And Max
Speaker 2: Freed and Chris Sale we are two really good lefties
Speaker 2: that can give the Padres some problems. And you never
Speaker 2: know in a short three game series. How many times
Speaker 2: have we seen it during the regular season, a team
Speaker 2: that is supposedly not as good as the better team
Speaker 2: taking two out of three. So that's what makes this
Speaker 2: first round of the postseason that much more dangerous for
Speaker 2: a team like the Padres. If they play a team
Speaker 2: like the Braves that have three really good starting pitchers
Speaker 2: and one of them is the guy that's going to
Speaker 2: win the National League Cy Young Award and a guy
Speaker 2: that is a World Series champion and Max Freed, there
Speaker 2: is that danger that all your fears as Dodger fans
Speaker 2: may not even come to fruition. It may be the
Speaker 2: Dodgers and Braves in the NLDS if that's the matchup. Now,
Speaker 2: I personally believe if it's Padres Mets, the Padres are
Speaker 2: going to beat. The Mets have had a really good year,
Speaker 2: but it feels like they're starting to run out of gas.
Speaker 2: So having New York fly all the way to San
Speaker 2: Diego for a two out of three series, I just
Speaker 2: don't see that going the Mets way. But if it
Speaker 2: was Braves Padres, I definitely could see a scenario where
Speaker 2: it's Dodgers Braves again in the NLDS. Either way, the
Speaker 2: Dodgers are going to have to beat the best to
Speaker 2: get there, whether it's the Padres, the Phillies, the Braves.
Speaker 2: If the Dodgers are that good, they are going to
Speaker 2: have to get through a very tough National League to
Speaker 2: get to the World Series. Eight six six nine eight
Speaker 2: seven two five seventy is the phone number. Dodgers beat
Speaker 2: the Rockies tonight thirteen to two. A very good night
Speaker 2: for Yoshi Yamamoto, who completed five innings tonight for the
Speaker 2: first time since June. That's a really good final tune
Speaker 2: up before the NLDS show. Hal Tani had two hits tonight.
Speaker 2: He raises his batting average to three ten. He is
Speaker 2: just four hits away from two hundred. So if he
Speaker 2: gets four hits tomorrow like he did last night, Shohyotani
Speaker 2: will have two hundred hits for the first time in
Speaker 2: his major league career. He has four points behind Louisa Rise,
Speaker 2: who is leading the National League in batting average. If
Speaker 2: Otani's able to even tie a Rise, you know that
Speaker 2: qualifies as a triple Crown season. And no Dodger has
Speaker 2: ever won the Triple Crown, and certainly no Japanese born
Speaker 2: player has ever won the Triple Crown. And I believe
Speaker 2: there's only two players in recent history to win the
Speaker 2: National League Triple Crown. It's been a while since somebody
Speaker 2: won the Triple Crown in the National League. I believe
Speaker 2: the last Triple Crown winner was an American League player,
Speaker 2: not a National League player, so it's been a while
Speaker 2: that a National League player has won the triple Crown.
Speaker 2: So looking at it right now, Joe Medwick of the
Speaker 2: nineteen thirty seven Cardinals the last National League player to
Speaker 2: win the Triple Crown. That would be something. And Luisa
Speaker 2: Rise did not play for the Padres tonight. He is
Speaker 2: going to play tomorrow in the final game of the
Speaker 2: regular season, so it is conceivable Arise could go zero
Speaker 2: for four and Otani could go four for five like
Speaker 2: he did last night and catch him and win the
Speaker 2: Triple Crown. So very special things happening. And Otani tonight
Speaker 2: stole his fifty eighth base of the season. We thought
Speaker 2: he had fifty nine. But in the fifth inning, when
Speaker 2: we thought he stole his fifty ninth base of the season,
Speaker 2: the first base umpire did signal back on the pitchers.
Speaker 2: So later in the game, the official scorer came on
Speaker 2: and said, ah, we're taking that one away. And as
Speaker 2: I was waiting for the final out in the Dodger
Speaker 2: Tunnel showe Aotani came out of the clubhouse and I said, show, hey,
Speaker 2: fifty eight, not fifty nine, and he said, yeah, I
Speaker 2: know bach Bach yes see. So that was a cool
Speaker 2: little interaction with Shoe Aotani. He was very aware that
Speaker 2: it was a back and not a stolen base. Eight
Speaker 2: six six nine eighty seven two five seventy is the
Speaker 2: phone number. We have two lines open. When we continue
Speaker 2: from Corsfield, we will take your phone calls, and also
Speaker 2: we will get into the Dodgers starting rotation for the NLDS,
Speaker 2: and we'll give you an update on Freddie Freeman. Is
Speaker 2: it really that certain that he will play? We'll get
Speaker 2: into what options the Dodgers may have if Freeman is
Speaker 2: not available for Game one or any game in the NLDS.
Speaker 2: Dodgers beat the Rockies tonight thirteen to two on a
Speaker 2: five to seventy LA Sports.
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Speaker 2: French bon sends a tello of the pitch Man Kier
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Speaker 2: the wall. This Bull's God. It's a home run for Kik,
Speaker 2: a three run shot of the Dodgers wait at three
Speaker 2: to one. Key k Hernandez getting another start at first
Speaker 2: base tonight with the injury to Freddie Freeman. He came
Speaker 2: up big with a three run home run, and he
Speaker 2: also played some nice defense at first base tonight, helping
Speaker 2: the Dodgers route the Rockies thirteen to two at Corsfield.
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Speaker 2: seven two five seventy is the phone number. It was
Speaker 2: a sellout crowd here at Coursfield, the eighth of the season,
Speaker 2: forty eight thousand, three hundred and ninety five. I would
Speaker 2: imagine even if they were wearing Rocky purple, which there
Speaker 2: was a lot of. They obviously are here to salute
Speaker 2: Charlie Blackman, whose last career game will be played tomorrow.
Speaker 2: There's going to be a pregame ceremony. But you would
Speaker 2: have to imagine these Denver fans where great sports fans
Speaker 2: wanted to see sho Hey Otani one final time in
Speaker 2: his chase for a historic season. He is just two
Speaker 2: stolen bases away from sixty. He passes Ichiro Suzuki for
Speaker 2: the most stolen bases by a Japanese born player. And
Speaker 2: I'm sure they wanted to be in attendance for and
Speaker 2: a Otani home run. He did not hit one tonight.
Speaker 2: He hit one last night. So a big crowd here
Speaker 2: for you are a one hundred lost team. We actually
Speaker 2: have Charles Barkley at the TNT studios ready to give
Speaker 2: us his opinion on the twenty twenty four Rockies. Charles
Speaker 2: bad man man. Wait what Charles, what'd you think about
Speaker 2: the Rockies?
Speaker 3: Bad man man?
Speaker 2: Yeah, I would have to agree. I would have to agree.
Speaker 2: That's a clip from the old Jim Healy Show. If
Speaker 2: you're a LA sports talk radio fan, eight six six
Speaker 2: nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone number.
Speaker 2: Let's go out to Santa Clarita Sarkis. You're on Dodger
Speaker 2: Talk with David vasse Hi.
Speaker 4: Sarkis Hey, check it out. Here's what I gotta say
Speaker 4: about the Dodgers twenty twenty four season postseason. Mark my words, Dave.
Speaker 4: We're gonna win the World Series for one reason and
Speaker 4: one reason only. Show Hey Otani. A lot of people
Speaker 4: know how good this guy is. They don't know what
Speaker 4: he's made of. He's gonna show the entire world. He's
Speaker 4: gonna carry us all the way to the postseason, and
Speaker 4: we're gonna win it because of him. I don't care
Speaker 4: about the Padres, Mets, blah blah blah. Bring it on.
Speaker 4: We're gonna win it. Write it down if you have
Speaker 4: a pen, Dave, We're winning it. You got me, We're
Speaker 4: winning it.
Speaker 5: See you.
Speaker 6: I love it.
Speaker 2: Sarkis, Yeah, think about this. That's what I go back to.
Speaker 2: You know, the Dodgers have a pretty good team themselves,
Speaker 2: right and they have the best player, or one of
Speaker 2: the two best players in all of Major League Baseball.
Speaker 2: Some would argue he is the best, and right now
Speaker 2: he is with the way he's swinging the bat and
Speaker 2: just taking over games. Do you think the Padres, the Braves,
Speaker 2: or the Phillies want to see the Dodgers. That's the
Speaker 2: mentality you have to start having, and honestly, that's the
Speaker 2: mentality the Dodgers have to have. Nobody wants to see
Speaker 2: Otani and the Dodgers. Nobody wants to see Otani Mookie
Speaker 2: Bets in the Dodger order back to back, getting ready
Speaker 2: to do what they have done this month. That's the
Speaker 2: way you have to look at it. It's not so
Speaker 2: much oh, we don't want to see the Padres. Yeah,
Speaker 2: bring the Padres on. Let's see how they go head
Speaker 2: to head, your best against the Dodgers' best. The Dodgers
Speaker 2: have the best record in baseball with the hottest and
Speaker 2: best player in baseball, and show Heotani. And I have
Speaker 2: a feeling these Dodger players who really don't have a
Speaker 2: leader in that clubhouse, they are looking towards show he
Speaker 2: Otani to be their emotional leader and best player on
Speaker 2: the field. They're looking at Otani to be that guy
Speaker 2: because he already has shown that he can do it
Speaker 2: for Team Japan in the World Baseball Classic. He is
Speaker 2: getting or is very comfortable with his teammates behind the scenes,
Speaker 2: and we already have seen his emotion and his will
Speaker 2: to win to carry this team during that Padre series.
Speaker 2: So I agree with you. Sarkis Otani is the guy
Speaker 2: nobody wants to see, and I feel like he is
Speaker 2: going to try to put the Dodgers on his back.
Speaker 2: Let's go out to Torrence Mark. You're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 7: How you doing Mark, I'm doing great tonight. Thank you first,
Speaker 7: as an opening statement, I just wanted to thank you for.
Speaker 6: Being who you are.
Speaker 7: Do you talent like it is, You don't sugarcoat it,
Speaker 7: and no one would ever accuse you of being a
Speaker 7: Dodger excuse maker. And I respect you for that. And
Speaker 7: I don't agree with anything.
Speaker 2: I learned from listening to Vin Scully my whole life,
Speaker 2: Don Drysdale, Rick Monday, going back to chick Hern with
Speaker 2: the Lakers, they obviously have a greater vocabulary than I do,
Speaker 2: but they never would go too far on the blue
Speaker 2: side or the purple and gold side. We all knew
Speaker 2: and still know that they want the Dodgers to win,
Speaker 2: but you don't have to go that far. And every
Speaker 2: you can see it, the fans can see it. And
Speaker 2: that's what I was brought up with. And that's the
Speaker 2: standard in Los Angeles. Other cities want homers for their broadcasters.
Speaker 2: That that's not La La doesn't want that right.
Speaker 7: The other thing, too, is I don't disagree with anything
Speaker 7: that was said about Shohy or Tony, nothing at all
Speaker 7: in the last call. But I did want to give
Speaker 7: a shout out to CET three and the Key k Hernandez,
Speaker 7: who you know, just seem to keep producing and producing
Speaker 7: and producing. You know, CT three is always there catching
Speaker 7: the ball, He's making the difficult catches. You know, he's
Speaker 7: walking a lot, or he's getting singles. He's producing and producing,
Speaker 7: and it's I don't get I don't get enough time
Speaker 7: to go to games during the season because of my
Speaker 7: work schedule, but it seems every time I'm there, keyk
Speaker 7: RNs is hitting a home run. I don't know, I
Speaker 7: just love the game.
Speaker 2: Yeah, and how about Chris Taylor. You know he's taken
Speaker 2: a lot of incoming and he had a horrible first half,
Speaker 2: but how about this. In twenty seven games since the
Speaker 2: All Star break, Chris Taylor is hitting two ninety seven
Speaker 2: and his OPS is at seven hundred. A very respectable
Speaker 2: second half. And I know the numbers are going to
Speaker 2: look ugly for the entire year, but he has found
Speaker 2: something the second half of the season, and I'm glad
Speaker 2: you brought up keyk Hernandez as well, Mark, because the
Speaker 2: Dodgers may need keyk Hernandez to play first base in
Speaker 2: the NLDS if Freddy Freeman's right ankle does not get better,
Speaker 2: and I feel comfortable with Keik at first base at
Speaker 2: this point, right right, all right, Well, thank you for
Speaker 2: the phone call, Mark, appreciate it, and thank you for
Speaker 2: the kind words. Eight six six nine eight seven two
Speaker 2: five seventy is the phone number. I know Freddy Freeman
Speaker 2: was in good spirits after they clinched the NL West,
Speaker 2: but the reality was he was in a walking boot
Speaker 2: and he severely sprained his ankle. It's going to be
Speaker 2: a long shot, in my opinion, for him to start
Speaker 2: next Saturday. He is doing everything in his power to
Speaker 2: try to make that happen. But let's say Freddy Freeman
Speaker 2: does play, what kind of Freddy Freeman are the Dodgers
Speaker 2: going to have in the field? Hitting wise? I don't
Speaker 2: believe he'll have any issues because as a left handed hitter,
Speaker 2: that's his front foot. He'll tape it. You know, he's
Speaker 2: not going to be moving laterally when he's hitting. But
Speaker 2: if he is playing defense, how is he going to
Speaker 2: move laterally on that right ankle. It just doesn't seem
Speaker 2: like he would have a lot of range of motion.
Speaker 2: And also how about him using his right foot as
Speaker 2: a right handed thrower to step on the bag at
Speaker 2: first base. Whenever he's there, it's taken on throws. It's
Speaker 2: going to be down to the wire. I believe game
Speaker 2: time decision about Freddie Freeman starting Game one a week
Speaker 2: from tonight at Dodgers Stadium, and if he's not starting,
Speaker 2: I already know the Dodgers have had thoughts about whether
Speaker 2: or not to stick with keyk Hernandez at first base
Speaker 2: or move Mounsey to first and have keyk play third.
Speaker 2: Right now, it feels like the Dodgers are sticking with
Speaker 2: Kik at first base, or you would have seen Max
Speaker 2: Munsey there in this series. So that's the reality of it.
Speaker 2: I know we all want to believe, and Freddy Freeman
Speaker 2: wants to believe and try to do everything in his
Speaker 2: power to be ready for next Saturday. But there is
Speaker 2: a very good chance the Dodgers are going to be
Speaker 2: without Freddy Freeman for at least the first two games
Speaker 2: of the NLDS eight six six nine eight seven two
Speaker 2: five seventy is the phone number. Dodgers use two three
Speaker 2: run home runs tonight to power past the Rockies thirteen
Speaker 2: to two. Let's go out to Ken in Alhambra. You're
Speaker 2: on Dodger Talk Live from Corsfield. Hi, Ken, Hi? How
Speaker 2: you doing doing great? The Dodgers make my job really easy.
Speaker 8: I was looking up the numbers for Otani for tomorrow.
Speaker 8: If he goes four for four, he ties the batting average,
Speaker 8: and if he goes five for five then he would
Speaker 8: take the lead with three fifteen.
Speaker 6: H what's that?
Speaker 2: I would imagine if goes over for four, he doesn't
Speaker 2: need to do all.
Speaker 8: That right, right? But I don't think is he going
Speaker 8: to be playing tomorrow? Because I think that, you know,
Speaker 8: I mean, he.
Speaker 2: Is going to play tomorrow. He didn't play today. He's
Speaker 2: playing tomorrow, all right.
Speaker 8: So if he's playing tomorrow, then hey, if a tiny
Speaker 8: turns hot and he goes cold, then it's you know,
Speaker 8: the the two numbers is going to go the opposite direction.
Speaker 8: So I hope one of those HiT's going to be
Speaker 8: a home run to get to the fifty five to
Speaker 8: fifty five.
Speaker 2: All right, Ken, Thanks for the phone call. Eight six
Speaker 2: seven is the phone number. I was a little disappointed
Speaker 2: Luisa Rise didn't play today, but you have to look
Speaker 2: at it from the Padres perspective, winning or losing these
Speaker 2: next two games means absolutely nothing to them. They are
Speaker 2: the number four seed in the playoff seating. Uh. They
Speaker 2: are going to host the Wildcard game next or on
Speaker 2: Tuesday in San Diego, so they don't have anything to
Speaker 2: play for except getting out of these next two games healthy.
Speaker 2: And look, I applaud Luisa Rise for wanting to play tomorrow.
Speaker 2: We'll see how many at bats he gets. Let's go
Speaker 2: out to beach, Mark, Are you on the beach right now? Mark,
Speaker 2: you're on Dodger Talk?
Speaker 6: No? No, I'm driving on the twenty two free way.
Speaker 2: Oh I love the two.
Speaker 9: Yeah, a certain part of the day.
Speaker 6: So I was gonna tell you that.
Speaker 10: I thought that was banoint Benjamin on that Jim Healy,
Speaker 10: But then I remember he his quote sound bite was
Speaker 10: I don't give a crap about the friends. He didn't
Speaker 10: use the word crap either, But the more I thought
Speaker 10: about it, I said, no, he's right, that was Charles.
Speaker 10: But it sounded so much like THENO you know, of
Speaker 10: being a season take it over with a Clippers since
Speaker 10: nineteen eighty eight. I put up a lot of stuff.
Speaker 2: But yeah, remember when Ron Harper said when he got
Speaker 2: when he was traded by the Clippers, he said he
Speaker 2: was freed out of jail. Remember those days at Upper Basketball?
Speaker 6: Out yep, out of Clipper jail. I'm out of Clipper jail.
Speaker 2: Yeah. What he got on the Dodgers today?
Speaker 6: Mark Okay?
Speaker 10: Hey, why well? Who cares why they didn't play him?
Speaker 10: But I don't think we'll be able to get that.
Speaker 6: I'd be nice.
Speaker 10: What do you think O'tany's real chances are of actually
Speaker 10: getting the betting time.
Speaker 2: He has a real chance, especially with the way he's
Speaker 2: been hitting. I mean, he's raised his batting average twenty
Speaker 2: points in the last two and a half weeks. So
Speaker 2: Luisa Rise is a really good hitter. That ballpark in
Speaker 2: Arizona is a really good hitters ballpark. I kind of
Speaker 2: tend to feel that Arise is going to get at
Speaker 2: least one hit tomorrow. So Otani needs four hits not
Speaker 2: only to give himself a chance to win the triple Crown,
Speaker 2: but also to get two hundred hits on the season.
Speaker 2: Either way, he's had a historic first Dodger season. I
Speaker 2: don't know about you, Mark, but this has exceeded all
Speaker 2: my expectations.
Speaker 6: Oh yeah, what happens If they tie.
Speaker 2: That would count as the Triple Crown because he's tied
Speaker 2: for the batting title.
Speaker 6: Okay, so if they tied, he would still get it
Speaker 6: a lot, he'd share it.
Speaker 2: He would share the batting title, and he would be
Speaker 2: a Triple Crown winner leading in batting average, home runs,
Speaker 2: and RBIs in the National League. Thanks for the phone call, Mark,
Speaker 2: appreciate it. Be safe on the twenty two And like
Speaker 2: I mentioned earlier, the last National League player to win
Speaker 2: the Triple Crown was Joe Medwick of the nineteen thirty
Speaker 2: seven Cardinals. Let's go out to Highland. Jeff, you're on
Speaker 2: Dodger Talk Live from Coursefield.
Speaker 9: Hi, Jeff, Hey, thank you for taking a call. I
Speaker 9: appreciate that my Dodgers have taken the National League in
Speaker 9: the sense of the best record. I think it's just
Speaker 9: a way to play as we looked at the Dodgers.
Speaker 2: There you go, Jeff, that's the right attitude. That's an LA.
Speaker 2: That's an LA Dodger type of attitude. That's the attitude
Speaker 2: Tommy Lesorta would want. He wouldn't want this loser attitude
Speaker 2: of saying, oh, I hope we're the number two seeds
Speaker 2: so we don't see the Padres. That's a sorta type
Speaker 2: of attitude, Jeff, I coach volleyball.
Speaker 9: If PA girls wanted to lose, I would be really unhappy.
Speaker 2: It's never been mentioned once within the walls of the
Speaker 2: Dodger clubhouse, even insinuating or mentioning the thought of tanking
Speaker 2: to get the number two seed. That's only been fans
Speaker 2: that have talked about it, media that have talked about it.
Speaker 2: None of the players I've ever said I hope we
Speaker 2: don't see the Padres or I hope we're the number
Speaker 2: two seeds. So that's an outside thing that I'm hearing,
Speaker 2: not from the players themselves.
Speaker 9: They beat the Padres, and the only thing that Padres
Speaker 9: got was.
Speaker 6: A triple play to keep him from lout the name.
Speaker 2: My goodness, Yeah, you're right, good Tanner. Scott looks like
Speaker 2: he's a little a little tired from what we saw
Speaker 2: ninety three fastball from a guy that's been throwing ninety
Speaker 2: six ninety nine. So the Padres are not invincible, Jeff.
Speaker 2: They're a really good team, and I know, just talking
Speaker 2: to some players on the Dodgers. They believe this is
Speaker 2: the best Padres lineup they have seen over the course
Speaker 2: of the last five years. So it's not going to
Speaker 2: be easy. But what playoffs series is easy? Oh yeah,
Speaker 2: I remember the twenty seventeen n LDS when the Dodgers
Speaker 2: swept the Diamondbacks. That was pretty easy. But other than that,
Speaker 2: it's going to be a challenge. I personally believe the
Speaker 2: road to get to the World Series is more challenging
Speaker 2: in the National League than it is in the American League.
Speaker 9: Now, the Yankees are always something special.
Speaker 2: Are they? They haven't been to the World Series since
Speaker 2: two thousand and nine. Okay, thanks for the phone call, Jeff,
Speaker 2: made you think right there. Eight sixty six nine eighty seven,
Speaker 2: two five seventy is the phone number. We have two
Speaker 2: lines open. I see all of you on hold. We
Speaker 2: will get to you in a second, but I first
Speaker 2: want to celebrate one of my favorite all time Dodgers
Speaker 2: and he's now part of the sports Net LA broadcast,
Speaker 2: Oral Herscheizer. On this date in nineteen eighty eight, in
Speaker 2: San Diego, Oral Herscheiser broke Don Drysdale's scoreless inning streak.
Speaker 2: Oral Hersheiser on this night in San Diego in nineteen
Speaker 2: eighty eight, pitch not nine scoreless innings, not seven scoreless innings,
Speaker 2: but he pitched ten scoreless innings to break the record.
Speaker 2: And that night Don Drysdale was broadcasting in the Dodgers
Speaker 2: radio booth and after Oral Herscheizer came out of the
Speaker 2: game after that bottom of the tenth inning, after breaking
Speaker 2: Drysdale's record of fifty eight consecutive scoreless innings to have
Speaker 2: fifty nine. Vin Scully on the call on Dodgers Radio,
Speaker 2: and Don Drysdale went down to the Dodgers' dugout to
Speaker 2: congratulate the bulldog Oral Herscheizer, and not only congratulate him,
Speaker 2: but to do his job as a broadcaster to interview
Speaker 2: Herscheizer moments after he broke his own record.
Speaker 5: Hey, Don, yes, sir, Vinny ask Orl.
Speaker 9: He can hear you.
Speaker 5: He's got the ear peek. I was wondering number one,
Speaker 5: because Orl talks to himself a great deal, and he
Speaker 5: mentioned in passing.
Speaker 6: I didn't ask for it.
Speaker 5: You mean that when you had one out away from
Speaker 5: the record, you didn't say, Dear God, help me get
Speaker 5: this out.
Speaker 8: No, not at all.
Speaker 11: I was just out there asking to do my best
Speaker 11: and trying to stay healthy, and I really and truly
Speaker 11: did not want to break the record, but there were
Speaker 11: a few people here on the bench that convinced me
Speaker 11: to do it. I wanted to get two outs and
Speaker 11: walk off the mountain and let two Dodgers be on top.
Speaker 11: Unfortunately we're both still on top. But how to respect
Speaker 11: to the man here that gets next to me, and
Speaker 11: how to respect to the baseball records? I felt like
Speaker 11: I should have stopped the two thirds, but there were
Speaker 11: people here that said, you've got to just keep going
Speaker 11: on and do the best you can.
Speaker 5: Well, I'll tell you one, Vinnie that shows you a
Speaker 5: little bit of the makeup of this man and I myself.
Speaker 5: If I'd have known that, I'd have been down there
Speaker 5: kicking you right in the seat of the pants and
Speaker 5: telling you to get going and try and get about
Speaker 5: three or four more.
Speaker 11: Well, I'm not going to get credit for a shout
Speaker 11: out here. Let's we get a hit or a home
Speaker 11: run here. So you're going to have more shoutouts in
Speaker 11: a row, but I'm going to have the innings.
Speaker 2: There was oral Herscheiser in nineteen eighty eight, being interviewed
Speaker 2: by Don Drysdale, the man whose record he broke, and
Speaker 2: the great legendary Vin Scully. That is very special, and
Speaker 2: I want to thank the fan that posted that on YouTube.
Speaker 2: That's how I was able to capture that interview from
Speaker 2: that broadcast in nineteen eighty eight and San Diego, because
Speaker 2: I don't have a copy of that, So I was
Speaker 2: very thankful of that Dodger fan for having it up
Speaker 2: on YouTube. And if you want to hear the extended conversation,
Speaker 2: it's up there on YouTube. Just type in Oral Hersheizer,
Speaker 2: Don Drysdale and it comes up. Really special stuff right there.
Speaker 2: And I don't believe that record will be broken, considering
Speaker 2: the way starting pitchers are handled, the way injuries are
Speaker 2: piling up for starting pitchers these days. Don Drysdale's record
Speaker 2: nobody thought would be broken orl Hersheizer broke it twenty
Speaker 2: years later. Drysdale set the record in nineteen sixty eight
Speaker 2: with fifty eight consecutive scoreless sinnings. Oral Hersheiser broke it
Speaker 2: in that magical nineteen eighty eight season, and we just
Speaker 2: want to say congratulations and happy anniversary, Oral Herscheizer, you
Speaker 2: are one of the most special pitchers ever in Dodger history,
Speaker 2: and many people believe you belong in the Hall of Fame,
Speaker 2: and I'm right there with them. Eight six six nine,
Speaker 2: eight seven two five seventy is the phone number. Let's
Speaker 2: go out to Rich and aalta, Dina, Rich, what'd you
Speaker 2: think about that flashback?
Speaker 3: Well, that takes me back, David, And yeah, Don DROs
Speaker 3: he went to my high school, by the way, and
Speaker 3: Fan eyes right, yeah, Fan eyes right, And yeah, I
Speaker 3: grew up in the valley, not not too far from
Speaker 3: Knoga Park, and I.
Speaker 6: Went to here.
Speaker 3: I went to Ucilly but also to cal State Northward.
Speaker 3: So we're we're fellow college guys here, Yes we are.
Speaker 2: We're fellow matadors and great one eight members. A great
Speaker 2: area to live in and grow up in. And honestly,
Speaker 2: that's one of my I wouldn't say regrets, but I
Speaker 2: wish I would have been able to meet Don Drysdale.
Speaker 6: I heard you.
Speaker 2: It was not only a great pitcher, but such a
Speaker 2: great man, a man's man, and we lost him way
Speaker 2: too soon in nineteen ninety three. But yeah, I mean,
Speaker 2: can you imagine somebody as great as Don Drysdale understanding
Speaker 2: that he was no longer a player? But he was
Speaker 2: a broadcaster to go down there and congratulate Oral Herscheizer
Speaker 2: and the pride in his voice that it was a
Speaker 2: Dodger that broke his record.
Speaker 3: Yeah, true blue Dodger all the way. That's the only
Speaker 3: way to be And I'm excited. I wanted to comment
Speaker 3: on It's beautiful the way the Big Show has lifted
Speaker 3: the entire consciousness of Los Angeles. I mean, lifting up
Speaker 3: the whole city with people following him. It's a beautiful
Speaker 3: thing to watch because we need that in these days
Speaker 3: and times. For him to get this Hawk at this
Speaker 3: time is magical. And then the bottom of the lineup's
Speaker 3: looking pretty good, and we have Walker bulet are starting
Speaker 3: to come around, I think, and Yamamoto too, so just
Speaker 3: in time. And I look at this from a spiritual perspective,
Speaker 3: because we live in a natural and spiritual world. At
Speaker 3: the same time, the Big Show has lifted up the
Speaker 3: consciousness of not only the city, but his fellow Dodger
Speaker 3: players and where they do want to face, Oh yes,
Speaker 3: and I want I want desperately to face San Diego.
Speaker 3: It's there's nothing sweeter than to beat a nemesis.
Speaker 2: Yeah, arrival at this point a thorn in their side,
Speaker 2: that's for sure. Rich appreciate the phone call, and we'll
Speaker 2: talk to you in October. As Otani and the Dodgers
Speaker 2: are looking to make a big run here, and it
Speaker 2: kind of feels like what you said.
Speaker 5: Uh.
Speaker 2: They are starting to get back on track at the
Speaker 2: right time. They obviously are not as healthy as they
Speaker 2: would love to be going into Game one of the NLDS,
Speaker 2: not only not having Tyler Glass now, but obviously the
Speaker 2: injury to Freddie Freeman is concerning. He's such a big
Speaker 2: part of this Dodger lineup. Nobody can replace Freddy Freeman
Speaker 2: and what he means to the Dodgers and what he
Speaker 2: means to the lineup. But they may be faced with
Speaker 2: that reality that they may be without Kershaw, without Freddy Freeman,
Speaker 2: and without Tyler Glass. Now a long shot that Kershaw
Speaker 2: would make the NLDS roster, but certainly a lot of
Speaker 2: hope that he may be ready to go for the NLCS.
Speaker 2: But without Freddy Freeman, it's going to be a collaborative
Speaker 2: effort on the field, a team effort, and Keith k
Speaker 2: a Hernandez certainly is up to the task, no doubt
Speaker 2: about it. Chris Taylor Key Hernandez. Those guys are the
Speaker 2: og Dodgers of this generation and certainly have come up
Speaker 2: big with playoff runs. So I'm a big believer that
Speaker 2: Otani is going to be supported by those guys and
Speaker 2: Mookie Betts is primed for redemption this October. I feel
Speaker 2: like you all have to start having a more positive
Speaker 2: and optimistic attitude like the Dodgers have always had. We're
Speaker 2: not the Cubs. The Dodgers are not the Padres. They
Speaker 2: are the Dodgers. You have to remember that you're the Dodgers,
Speaker 2: and those players need to start believing that. And it
Speaker 2: feels like they are and I feel like Otani is
Speaker 2: making them believe he can take them to the Promised Land.
Speaker 2: That'll do it for us. On Dodger Talk. This is
Speaker 2: my last post game regular season Dodger Talk. So it's
Speaker 2: been a great regular season. Thank you to all of
Speaker 2: you that have listened and called in. Thank you to
Speaker 2: the Dodgers PR staff of Juandrado, Joe Jeric, Ali Salvage
Speaker 2: and the rest of the crew. Appreciate all their help.
Speaker 2: Thanks to Lonrosen, Stan Casten, and Don Martin for all
Speaker 2: their help and giving me the opportunity to be back
Speaker 2: here for another season. Always thanks to our guys, Colin
Speaker 2: Yee and Dwayne McDonald. Without those two guys, we're not
Speaker 2: as good as we are, So thank you to those
Speaker 2: guys especially. They are awesome and the best at what
Speaker 2: they do. And it's gonna be a long run in October,
Speaker 2: so this is not goodbye. And next week we are
Speaker 2: going to have a couple of off day Dodger talks
Speaker 2: Wednesday night seven to eight and on Friday I'll be
Speaker 2: co hosting with Matt money Smith from Dodgers Stadium and
Speaker 2: we'll have a Dodger Talk show that night as well.
Speaker 2: So you'll be hearing from me all week long after
Speaker 2: the Dodgers finish up the regular season tomorrow, and it
Speaker 2: should be a fun of fun October. I truly believe
Speaker 2: that tomorrow the Dodgers are going to open with Anthony
Speaker 2: Bunda and Landon Neck will follow. Ryan Feltner will be
Speaker 2: on the mound for the Rockies. He's three and ten
Speaker 2: with an ERA of four to sixty six. Morongo Casino.
Speaker 2: Dodgers on Deck begins at eleven am with first pitch
Speaker 2: at twelve ten with Rick Monday and Tim Neverett. Love
Speaker 2: those guys. I think they've done a great job. Rick Monday,
Speaker 2: Tim Neverritt, and Steven Nelson filling for a man that
Speaker 2: we have not forgotten about, Charlie Steiner. So I know
Speaker 2: Charlie's been listening and keeping tabs on the Dodgers, and
Speaker 2: we look forward to seeing Charlie out at the ballpark
Speaker 2: during the postseason once again. The final score tonight from Corsefield,
Speaker 2: the Dodgers defeat the Rockies thirteen to two. We'll talk
Speaker 2: to you tomorrow. I have a great rest of your Saturday.
Speaker 2: See them just