WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.280 --> 00:00:03.960 Welcome to Dodger Talk. David vaseay with you until seven 2 00:00:04.000 --> 00:00:07.120 o'clock tonight here on AM five to seventy LA Sports. 3 00:00:07.480 --> 00:00:10.359 We have a great show for you tonight. We have 4 00:00:10.439 --> 00:00:14.720 two big Dodger guests on the show tonight, and that 5 00:00:15.039 --> 00:00:18.679 is Mariachi Joe Kelly, who is joining us at seven 6 00:00:18.719 --> 00:00:21.359 point fifteen. I had a chance to catch up with 7 00:00:21.480 --> 00:00:25.239 him at Dodger Stadium just he is probably one of 8 00:00:25.239 --> 00:00:29.239 the closest teammates to show Hey Otani, and we wanted 9 00:00:29.239 --> 00:00:33.479 to hear behind the scenes after Otani became the first 10 00:00:33.520 --> 00:00:38.479 Dodger and fastest Major League player in history to achieve 11 00:00:38.920 --> 00:00:43.200 forty home runs and forty stolen bases. So Joe Kelly 12 00:00:43.240 --> 00:00:46.159 will take us behind the scenes and coming up at 13 00:00:46.159 --> 00:00:49.600 the bottom of the hour. One of the greatest catchers 14 00:00:49.600 --> 00:00:53.439 in Dodger history, a man that holds the distinction for 15 00:00:53.560 --> 00:00:59.320 catching more games than any other catcher in Dodger franchise history, 16 00:00:59.719 --> 00:01:03.799 two time World Series champion with the Dodgers, World Series 17 00:01:03.880 --> 00:01:09.079 winning manager with the Angels, and now leading Team USA 18 00:01:09.120 --> 00:01:12.879 again in a different type of tournament this November. So 19 00:01:12.920 --> 00:01:18.239 we'll talk to Mike Sosha at seven thirty that's right. 20 00:01:18.319 --> 00:01:21.400 Mike Soshia will join us at seven point thirty. Looking 21 00:01:21.480 --> 00:01:25.280 forward to that conversation. I know he still keeps tabs 22 00:01:25.319 --> 00:01:27.840 on the Dodgers. He watches a lot of baseball, so 23 00:01:27.879 --> 00:01:30.719 we'll ask him about that and about whether or not 24 00:01:30.920 --> 00:01:36.040 he will manage Team USA in the twenty twenty eight Olympics, 25 00:01:36.280 --> 00:01:39.680 which will be here in Los Angeles and likely played 26 00:01:39.760 --> 00:01:42.799 at Dodgers Stadium. So looking forward to Joe Kelly coming 27 00:01:42.879 --> 00:01:48.200 up and Mike Soshia. The Dodgers have tonight off obviously tonight, 28 00:01:48.280 --> 00:01:51.200 but they will be back in action tomorrow night to 29 00:01:51.280 --> 00:01:55.840 close out this nine game homestand at Dodgers Stadium with 30 00:01:56.040 --> 00:02:00.480 three games against the Baltimore Orioles, the top one card 31 00:02:00.519 --> 00:02:03.640 team in the American League, one of the better teams 32 00:02:03.680 --> 00:02:07.120 in baseball, and it will be Jack Flaherty on the 33 00:02:07.120 --> 00:02:11.039 mound for the Dodgers tomorrow. Jack Flaherty, remember, was traded 34 00:02:11.080 --> 00:02:15.360 from the Cardinals to the Orioles last trade deadline, this 35 00:02:15.479 --> 00:02:18.840 time traded from the Tigers to the Dodgers, and he 36 00:02:18.960 --> 00:02:21.680 certainly is enjoying being back home. I could just tell 37 00:02:21.719 --> 00:02:24.840 you being around him, he is really happy being back 38 00:02:25.639 --> 00:02:28.240 back at home, back in the valley and pitching at 39 00:02:28.240 --> 00:02:31.400 Dodgers Stadium. He's going up against a guy that is 40 00:02:31.599 --> 00:02:35.039 very human in Cole Irvin, who is six and five 41 00:02:35.120 --> 00:02:38.439 with an ERA of four eighty two. Many people around 42 00:02:38.439 --> 00:02:41.919 baseball are saying the Orioles completely blew it at the 43 00:02:41.960 --> 00:02:45.919 trade deadline. Instead of making impact moves, they just made 44 00:02:45.960 --> 00:02:49.400 moves on the margin that really have not helped take 45 00:02:49.479 --> 00:02:52.800 them over the top. So we'll see what the Dodgers 46 00:02:52.840 --> 00:02:56.680 have for the Orioles. It is obviously a very important 47 00:02:56.719 --> 00:03:00.879 series for both teams because the Orioles are trying to 48 00:03:01.240 --> 00:03:04.319 not only hold on to that number one wildcard spot, 49 00:03:04.599 --> 00:03:07.680 but also trying to catch the Yankees in the American 50 00:03:07.759 --> 00:03:12.159 League East. For the Dodgers, a very important series because 51 00:03:12.759 --> 00:03:15.319 they are trying to hold on to the best record 52 00:03:15.319 --> 00:03:18.479 in baseball, the number one seed in the National League, 53 00:03:18.759 --> 00:03:22.479 and also trying to hold off the red hot Diamondbacks. 54 00:03:22.759 --> 00:03:25.120 The Snakes have won six in a row. They've come 55 00:03:25.159 --> 00:03:28.439 back virtually in all these games, although they did blow 56 00:03:28.479 --> 00:03:30.639 out the Red Sox in the first game of their 57 00:03:30.680 --> 00:03:33.919 series at Fenway, But yesterday they were down four to 58 00:03:34.039 --> 00:03:36.879 nothing and came back to beat the Red Sox and 59 00:03:36.960 --> 00:03:40.000 sweep that series at Fenway Park. And the reason why 60 00:03:40.039 --> 00:03:42.840 I bring that up is the Dodgers will head to 61 00:03:42.919 --> 00:03:47.360 Arizona to start a four game series beginning Friday night 62 00:03:47.719 --> 00:03:51.080 at Chase Field after they close out this homestand so 63 00:03:51.199 --> 00:03:54.680 a night game on Thursday, Dodgers will get to Arizona 64 00:03:54.840 --> 00:03:58.479 around one am and turn around quickly to be ready 65 00:03:58.879 --> 00:04:03.960 for a huge four game series. A split actually is 66 00:04:04.479 --> 00:04:06.759 a big win for the Dodgers if they get a 67 00:04:06.840 --> 00:04:10.680 split in that four game series because this will be 68 00:04:10.800 --> 00:04:14.120 the final four games the Dodgers and Diamondbacks play against 69 00:04:14.120 --> 00:04:17.600 each other, and time is running out on Arizona because 70 00:04:17.680 --> 00:04:20.720 by the time that series ends, the calendar will have 71 00:04:20.800 --> 00:04:24.920 turned with Labor Day weekends. So this is the Diamondbacks 72 00:04:25.040 --> 00:04:28.399 last chance to try to gain ground head to head 73 00:04:28.439 --> 00:04:32.000 against the Dodgers. And don't forget, you know, the Padres 74 00:04:32.040 --> 00:04:36.439 and Diamondbacks took advantage of a soft schedule recently going 75 00:04:36.480 --> 00:04:39.879 to Miami winning those games. The Dodgers have yet to 76 00:04:39.879 --> 00:04:43.079 play the Marlins in Miami. That will happen in the 77 00:04:43.120 --> 00:04:46.800 middle of September, and the Dodgers nine out of their 78 00:04:46.879 --> 00:04:51.360 last twelve games of the season are against the Marlins. 79 00:04:51.759 --> 00:04:54.879 And the Rockies. The Rockies put up a fight, but 80 00:04:55.519 --> 00:04:58.959 the Dodgers seem to have their number. But nonetheless, nine 81 00:04:59.000 --> 00:05:02.079 of the last twelve twelve games for the Dodgers is 82 00:05:02.160 --> 00:05:05.959 against the Rockies and Marlins. So tomorrow night Jack Flaherty 83 00:05:06.399 --> 00:05:11.839 against Cole Irvin of the Baltimore Orioles. Yesterday at Dodgers Stadium, 84 00:05:12.160 --> 00:05:16.439 my guy Gavin Stone, who was part of our fantasy draft. 85 00:05:16.519 --> 00:05:20.600 After he dealt for seven innings and had seven strikeouts. 86 00:05:20.720 --> 00:05:23.360 He did not get the win, but certainly deserved it. 87 00:05:24.079 --> 00:05:27.519 Gavin Stone. Where would the Dodgers be without Gavin Stone. 88 00:05:27.600 --> 00:05:32.360 I am continuing the parade for Gavin Stone from yesterday 89 00:05:32.600 --> 00:05:35.879 because I did a little bit of a deeper dive 90 00:05:36.120 --> 00:05:40.199 on where he ranks among rookie pitchers. Not only has 91 00:05:40.240 --> 00:05:43.639 he made more starts than any other Dodger pitcher twenty four, 92 00:05:44.160 --> 00:05:47.800 not only has he thrown more innings than any other 93 00:05:47.959 --> 00:05:52.519 Dodger pitcher, including Tyler Glass now and Yoshiyamamota, who are 94 00:05:52.519 --> 00:05:56.399 getting paid big bucks. Gavin Stone has been the anchor, 95 00:05:56.759 --> 00:06:00.319 the most consistent starter, the guy that has made every 96 00:06:00.360 --> 00:06:03.839 single start twenty four starts, one hundred and thirty five 97 00:06:03.879 --> 00:06:07.439 and a third innings for the rookie right hander, and 98 00:06:07.519 --> 00:06:11.560 as far as where he ranks amongst other Major League 99 00:06:11.639 --> 00:06:15.360 Baseball rookies in the pitching department, as far as the 100 00:06:15.360 --> 00:06:20.360 innings pitch goes, he's second to only the Cubs Shota Imanaga, 101 00:06:20.519 --> 00:06:24.040 who basically is not a rookie, He's a professional from Japan, 102 00:06:24.639 --> 00:06:28.560 and him and Imanaga and Louis Heel of the Yankees 103 00:06:28.959 --> 00:06:33.199 have started more games than any other rookie pitcher this season. 104 00:06:33.720 --> 00:06:38.160 Gavin Stone's eleven wins are second most to the Yankees 105 00:06:38.240 --> 00:06:41.839 Louis Heel, who has twelve wins this year. Now, Gavin 106 00:06:41.839 --> 00:06:44.639 Stone is not a strikeout pitcher by any means. He's 107 00:06:44.680 --> 00:06:48.040 not a Paul Skens type of guy. But he is 108 00:06:48.639 --> 00:06:52.199 fifth and rookie strikeouts this year. He has one hundred 109 00:06:52.199 --> 00:06:55.839 and twelve after seven yesterday. And just think about where 110 00:06:55.839 --> 00:06:59.439 Gavin Stone was when he started this season. Many ofview 111 00:06:59.519 --> 00:07:02.120 I'm sure, wrote him off after a couple of bumpy 112 00:07:02.199 --> 00:07:05.319 starts in his first two games in the big leagues. 113 00:07:05.639 --> 00:07:08.560 But the Dodgers saw something in him, and he saw 114 00:07:08.600 --> 00:07:11.399 something in himself, and he realized that I have to 115 00:07:11.439 --> 00:07:14.600 get better, which he did during the off season. He 116 00:07:14.680 --> 00:07:17.839 got bigger, he got stronger, and he got better. He 117 00:07:17.959 --> 00:07:21.199 developed other pitches. Now he's a five or six pitch 118 00:07:21.279 --> 00:07:24.680 pitcher if he needs to be. Last year he was 119 00:07:24.680 --> 00:07:28.800 a two pitch pitcher. So Gavin Stone went to work, 120 00:07:29.240 --> 00:07:32.240 knew he had to get better, got better, and once 121 00:07:32.279 --> 00:07:35.480 he got to spring training, all of a sudden forced 122 00:07:35.480 --> 00:07:39.439 his name in the conversation to compete with Emmit Shehan 123 00:07:39.839 --> 00:07:43.560 for the final spot in the rotation. Emi Sheen went down, 124 00:07:43.959 --> 00:07:49.120 Gavin Stone won the job. Started in Korea, or actually 125 00:07:49.240 --> 00:07:52.800 was on the Dodgers opening day roster in Korea and 126 00:07:52.920 --> 00:07:56.439 here in North America, and he hasn't looked back. Where 127 00:07:56.439 --> 00:07:59.920 would the Dodgers be without Gavin Stone, Because if you 128 00:08:00.120 --> 00:08:03.800 look at the rest of their rotation, nobody that they 129 00:08:03.800 --> 00:08:08.000 were counting on has been able to be that reliable. 130 00:08:09.439 --> 00:08:13.800 Yamamoto has been down for months. Tyler Glass now has 131 00:08:13.839 --> 00:08:16.879 been on and off the il two separate times. It's 132 00:08:16.920 --> 00:08:21.319 been Gavin Stone the most consistent pitcher and the Dodger rotation. 133 00:08:21.560 --> 00:08:25.279 So kudos to Gavin Stone. And by the way, Gavin 134 00:08:25.319 --> 00:08:29.319 Stone eh on fantasy drafting. He was talking a lot 135 00:08:29.360 --> 00:08:33.279 of trash, not sure he backed it up last night. Anyway, 136 00:08:33.360 --> 00:08:35.559 coming up at seven point fifteen, you will hear from 137 00:08:35.679 --> 00:08:38.240 Joe Kelly. At the bottom of the hour, you will 138 00:08:38.279 --> 00:08:41.159 hear from Mike Sosha. Right here on a five to 139 00:08:41.240 --> 00:08:45.519 seventy LA Sports Off Day Dodger Talk with David Vase, 140 00:08:46.399 --> 00:08:49.879 gotta say, as we start to get closer to September 141 00:08:49.960 --> 00:08:53.399 first show, Hey, Otani, with forty one home runs and 142 00:08:53.480 --> 00:08:57.639 forty stolen bases, is still on pace to become the 143 00:08:57.679 --> 00:09:03.240 first Major League player in history to steal fifty bases 144 00:09:03.679 --> 00:09:07.759 and homer fifty times in the same year. No player 145 00:09:07.840 --> 00:09:10.960 ever has been a fifty to fifty player, and Shoe 146 00:09:11.159 --> 00:09:14.720 Otani is doing it. And it really is remarkable a 147 00:09:14.759 --> 00:09:18.320 man of his size to be able to steal fifty bases. 148 00:09:19.000 --> 00:09:21.480 I feel like he's more of a machine. And the 149 00:09:21.519 --> 00:09:24.200 only other player I thought of that way was Jose 150 00:09:24.399 --> 00:09:27.879 Conseco when he became the first forty to forty player 151 00:09:27.919 --> 00:09:31.120 in nineteen eighty eight. I thought this guy wasn't human. 152 00:09:31.279 --> 00:09:35.679 I mean the size and power, I mean, how does 153 00:09:35.720 --> 00:09:40.440 he steal forty bases? How does Otani steal fifty bases? Well, 154 00:09:40.519 --> 00:09:43.519 I could tell you he doesn't just rely on his 155 00:09:43.639 --> 00:09:47.600 speed or jumps. He actually does a lot of homework 156 00:09:47.639 --> 00:09:50.039 to be able to get those jumps and to know 157 00:09:50.200 --> 00:09:53.960 when is the right time to steal. Clayton McCullough, who 158 00:09:54.120 --> 00:09:57.720 joined us in Oakland when Otani became a thirty thirty player, 159 00:09:58.200 --> 00:10:01.799 told us that Otani picks up little movements from the 160 00:10:01.799 --> 00:10:05.840 picture and shows McCullough just as much as McCullough shows him. 161 00:10:06.159 --> 00:10:08.639 So he's very much a student of the game in 162 00:10:08.679 --> 00:10:12.399 every facet. He does all his homework. He does a 163 00:10:12.399 --> 00:10:15.840 lot of preparation, and you don't just steal fifty bases 164 00:10:15.879 --> 00:10:18.440 by accident, and you don't just do it on pure 165 00:10:18.600 --> 00:10:24.320 raw talent. Otani certainly is is not just a talented guy. 166 00:10:24.799 --> 00:10:29.879 He prepares mentally, physically and obviously now with the technology 167 00:10:29.919 --> 00:10:33.320 with the video in that department. Eight six nine eight 168 00:10:33.480 --> 00:10:36.480 seven two five seventy is the phone number. I was 169 00:10:36.840 --> 00:10:40.919 visiting with doctor Neil Elatrosh yesterday at Dodger Stadium and 170 00:10:41.000 --> 00:10:44.159 he's helping Ronald Acunya Junior come back from his injury. 171 00:10:44.440 --> 00:10:48.960 And he was with Akunya when Otani stole his fortieth 172 00:10:49.000 --> 00:10:52.440 base and hit his fortieth home run on the same night. 173 00:10:52.559 --> 00:10:55.320 No player has done that either by the way, and 174 00:10:55.440 --> 00:10:59.840 doctor elatrosh said Acunya sent Otania text that meant that 175 00:11:00.159 --> 00:11:04.480 read welcome to the club. So sho hey. Otani joins 176 00:11:04.519 --> 00:11:09.559 Ronald Ducunya, Junior, Alex Rodriguez, Jose Consego among the six 177 00:11:09.720 --> 00:11:13.679 players to a steal forty bases and hit forty home runs. 178 00:11:14.000 --> 00:11:16.879 But like everything else, Otani is looking to be in 179 00:11:16.919 --> 00:11:20.559 a class by himself by becoming the first player in 180 00:11:20.720 --> 00:11:24.159 history to be a fifty to fifty player. We're going 181 00:11:24.240 --> 00:11:26.440 to take a time out here on Dodger Talk. When 182 00:11:26.480 --> 00:11:29.440 we come back, Joe Kelly will join us. He'll take 183 00:11:29.519 --> 00:11:32.559 us behind the scenes on the night that Otani became 184 00:11:32.600 --> 00:11:35.840 a forty to forty player. Don't go anywhere. Joe Kelly 185 00:11:35.919 --> 00:11:38.679 is next, and Mike Soosha coming up at the bottom 186 00:11:38.720 --> 00:11:41.960 of the hour on off day Dodger Talk right here 187 00:11:42.159 --> 00:11:43.960 on a five to seventy LA Sports. 188 00:11:45.000 --> 00:11:46.320 Welcome back to Dodger Talk. 189 00:11:46.440 --> 00:11:49.320 David Vase with you until seven o'clock tonight here on 190 00:11:49.360 --> 00:11:52.120 AM five to seventy LA Sports. On this off day, 191 00:11:52.480 --> 00:11:55.080 as the Dodgers get ready for a three game series 192 00:11:55.120 --> 00:11:57.759 against one of the best teams in the American. 193 00:11:57.320 --> 00:11:59.879 League, the Baltimore Orio. 194 00:12:00.960 --> 00:12:04.279 And since Monday is a day of rest for the Dodgers, 195 00:12:04.360 --> 00:12:06.840 there is no chance Joe Kelly was going to come 196 00:12:06.840 --> 00:12:09.919 in studio. And there is even less chance I was 197 00:12:09.960 --> 00:12:12.679 going to be able to call Joe Kelly because he 198 00:12:12.840 --> 00:12:15.879 is a father of eight or nine kids these days. 199 00:12:15.919 --> 00:12:18.519 So here we are at Dodger Stadium with the one 200 00:12:18.519 --> 00:12:24.360 and only Mariachi Boston La, Joe Kelly, Rancho Kuka Manga's mayor. 201 00:12:24.720 --> 00:12:26.519 Thanks a lot for the time, appreciate it. 202 00:12:27.720 --> 00:12:31.120 That intro David Vassay is something that I never want 203 00:12:31.120 --> 00:12:31.679 you to do again. 204 00:12:31.759 --> 00:12:32.080 Please. 205 00:12:33.559 --> 00:12:35.480 You really made me work for this interview. 206 00:12:35.480 --> 00:12:37.679 I had to find a cup of coffee in the 207 00:12:37.720 --> 00:12:41.399 Dodger clubhouse to be able to coerce you or bribe 208 00:12:41.440 --> 00:12:43.159 you to speak to the people. 209 00:12:44.120 --> 00:12:47.279 Well, rumor has it you're out of Travis Matthews swag, 210 00:12:47.559 --> 00:12:50.799 So I decided I needed a cup of Joe to 211 00:12:50.840 --> 00:12:52.200 help me get through this interview with you. 212 00:12:53.120 --> 00:12:54.159 Can I ask you a question? 213 00:12:54.240 --> 00:12:59.399 You were just playing like a stationary like game foosball 214 00:12:59.440 --> 00:13:00.000 game with your face. 215 00:13:00.440 --> 00:13:01.960 Why are you sweating so much? 216 00:13:02.240 --> 00:13:06.720 I'm not this is this is my hat doesn't fit 217 00:13:06.720 --> 00:13:09.159 in my head very well. So for anyone out there 218 00:13:09.159 --> 00:13:11.639 who can't see. I have my hat on, and David 219 00:13:11.720 --> 00:13:14.080 Best I think I'm sweating. I did my hat and 220 00:13:14.159 --> 00:13:16.320 water to get it to fit to the shape of 221 00:13:16.360 --> 00:13:18.639 my head a little better when the hats are kind 222 00:13:18.679 --> 00:13:20.559 of newer. But by the way, the football game you're 223 00:13:20.559 --> 00:13:23.279 talking about is not football. It's finger soccer. It's called 224 00:13:23.360 --> 00:13:26.639 bino and I'm the number one rank player in the 225 00:13:26.679 --> 00:13:29.600 in the clubhouse, I've probably played over a hundred games. 226 00:13:29.720 --> 00:13:30.919 I've lost once to my wife. 227 00:13:31.000 --> 00:13:33.519 I've lost once to River Ryan by one goal, and 228 00:13:33.519 --> 00:13:35.720 I've lost once to Blake by one goal. Other than that, 229 00:13:35.799 --> 00:13:37.519 I've beat the hell out of everyone else. 230 00:13:37.600 --> 00:13:40.480 The first time I saw anybody playing this was in 231 00:13:40.600 --> 00:13:44.559 the Oakland visiting clubhouse. Had it been going on before 232 00:13:44.759 --> 00:13:46.919 or all you guys got hooked after that. 233 00:13:47.279 --> 00:13:49.080 It's been going on before, but we all got hooked 234 00:13:49.159 --> 00:13:52.279 from that visiting clubhouse experience, and now we can't stop. 235 00:13:53.120 --> 00:13:55.799 It's been fun, you know. Sometimes there's some friendly wagers, 236 00:13:55.840 --> 00:14:00.759 sometimes there isn't. But if you're playing Blake, he likes 237 00:14:00.759 --> 00:14:02.759 to play for free, it's not It's not fun for 238 00:14:02.799 --> 00:14:03.279 me anymore. 239 00:14:03.960 --> 00:14:07.000 In Milwaukee, I saw you going up against Otani with 240 00:14:07.120 --> 00:14:09.240 see tough competition or not so much. 241 00:14:10.279 --> 00:14:13.399 I beat him once and then we haven't played again. 242 00:14:14.200 --> 00:14:17.679 We played a fake game to three. The game goes 243 00:14:17.679 --> 00:14:19.200 to seven, so I beat him in a real game 244 00:14:19.200 --> 00:14:21.279 to seven, and then we had to go out for 245 00:14:21.279 --> 00:14:22.679 the anthem. So he got me to three. He was 246 00:14:22.679 --> 00:14:25.600 like three to two. But obviously that game doesn't count. 247 00:14:26.559 --> 00:14:28.159 But I'm waiting to waiting to play him again. 248 00:14:28.399 --> 00:14:32.120 You're super competitive, he's super competitive. How does that go 249 00:14:32.279 --> 00:14:35.039 when somebody loses, does he flip the table or does 250 00:14:35.120 --> 00:14:36.440 Joe Kelly flip the table? 251 00:14:36.879 --> 00:14:38.919 Well, I've only lost three times in like one hundred games, 252 00:14:38.960 --> 00:14:41.440 so there's not very much of the table flipping going 253 00:14:41.480 --> 00:14:44.600 on around here. But no, he is super competitive. He 254 00:14:45.000 --> 00:14:47.279 it was his first time playing. He's obviously picked it 255 00:14:47.320 --> 00:14:52.000 up pretty quick. He's, you know, a man of many. 256 00:14:51.799 --> 00:14:53.039 Talents, that's for sure. 257 00:14:53.440 --> 00:14:55.320 Many talents, but few words, right. 258 00:14:55.759 --> 00:14:56.519 Very few words. 259 00:14:56.919 --> 00:14:58.480 A lot of laughs, a lot of smiles, a lot 260 00:14:58.559 --> 00:15:03.360 of headshakes. The words are i'd say, if he's like 261 00:15:04.360 --> 00:15:05.039 close to you. 262 00:15:05.039 --> 00:15:06.159 He'll talk to you. 263 00:15:06.519 --> 00:15:08.840 But yes, a lot a lot of headshakes and you know, 264 00:15:09.159 --> 00:15:10.399 good to see you and smiles. 265 00:15:10.759 --> 00:15:13.679 Okay, speaking of all that, the emotions or lack thereof 266 00:15:13.679 --> 00:15:16.799 from Otani. When he hits that walk off grand Slam, 267 00:15:16.879 --> 00:15:19.519 you guys mob him out on the field. Is that 268 00:15:19.600 --> 00:15:23.279 the most emotion you've seen from him in a good way? 269 00:15:24.080 --> 00:15:27.639 Yeah, he uh, he doesn't like to you know, it's 270 00:15:27.639 --> 00:15:28.279 not like he's. 271 00:15:28.480 --> 00:15:30.440 Oh, quidato, here comes ta Oscar. 272 00:15:30.679 --> 00:15:32.679 It's not like he's you know, bat flapping or pimping 273 00:15:32.720 --> 00:15:35.879 every homer or showing something that much emotion. But you know, 274 00:15:35.919 --> 00:15:39.360 there was a big spot, you know, obviously, you know, 275 00:15:39.399 --> 00:15:42.759 basically loaded twots in the ninth. You know, for him 276 00:15:42.799 --> 00:15:45.159 to come through with just a hit would have done. 277 00:15:45.480 --> 00:15:48.480 But obviously to hit a grand Slam for his you know, 278 00:15:48.559 --> 00:15:51.720 fortieth homer, that was a pretty special and you know, 279 00:15:52.200 --> 00:15:57.639 I think he enjoyed it more than what he probably showed. 280 00:15:58.279 --> 00:16:00.320 I mean, he's celebrated, but you know, I. 281 00:16:00.279 --> 00:16:02.799 Think he respects the game so much and respects, you know, 282 00:16:03.080 --> 00:16:06.799 his opposition, and he knows that any kind of sport 283 00:16:06.799 --> 00:16:09.960 could be humbling. So I think he doesn't ever really 284 00:16:09.960 --> 00:16:13.240 want to show up, you know, anybody, because he knows 285 00:16:13.360 --> 00:16:17.919 kids are watching. He's very aware of his surroundings, you know, daily, 286 00:16:18.039 --> 00:16:19.759 you know, whether it's in the clubhouse, whether it's on 287 00:16:19.799 --> 00:16:22.240 the field, whether it's you know, driving, you know, he's 288 00:16:22.320 --> 00:16:24.919 very aware of you know, where he's at and you 289 00:16:24.919 --> 00:16:27.559 know who's watching, and you know, trying to be a leader, 290 00:16:27.639 --> 00:16:29.559 you know, like I said, day in and day out. 291 00:16:29.600 --> 00:16:31.360 And I think that's probably one of the coolest things 292 00:16:31.360 --> 00:16:33.840 about him. You know, he's not going around talking about 293 00:16:33.879 --> 00:16:35.320 you know, oh, I'm a forty forty guy. 294 00:16:35.639 --> 00:16:36.519 He keeps himself. 295 00:16:37.240 --> 00:16:39.120 You'd never know that it means a lot to him, 296 00:16:39.120 --> 00:16:40.440 but I'm sure it does. 297 00:16:40.720 --> 00:16:43.600 So we saw the celebration on the field. What was 298 00:16:43.639 --> 00:16:46.399 it like in the clubhouse because I remember when Kurz 299 00:16:46.440 --> 00:16:49.360 shot through his no hitter, the team just showered in 300 00:16:49.480 --> 00:16:51.720 with a bunch of stuff, baby powder, all that in 301 00:16:51.759 --> 00:16:54.639 the shower. Was it similar to that last night in 302 00:16:54.720 --> 00:16:55.360 the clubhouse? 303 00:16:55.879 --> 00:16:58.440 So the problem with last night was it's firework night, 304 00:16:58.639 --> 00:17:02.000 so we all really spread out. And number two problem 305 00:17:02.080 --> 00:17:04.400 is Showy always has his own media. So by the 306 00:17:04.400 --> 00:17:06.039 time show he was done with his own media. He 307 00:17:06.119 --> 00:17:08.440 we barely saw him in the clubhouse. We saw him 308 00:17:08.480 --> 00:17:10.880 walk in. We all congratulated him. We wanted to shots specially, 309 00:17:10.920 --> 00:17:14.480 he had to do his media. So it was not 310 00:17:14.599 --> 00:17:18.640 the celebration, you would think, but we all obviously congratulated him. 311 00:17:18.720 --> 00:17:22.440 And that's another layer to him being show he Otani 312 00:17:22.519 --> 00:17:25.400 the greatest player in the world, is that there's a 313 00:17:25.440 --> 00:17:27.920 lot of people that want a piece of him. How 314 00:17:28.000 --> 00:17:28.799 is he is that? 315 00:17:28.920 --> 00:17:29.319 Even? 316 00:17:29.640 --> 00:17:32.720 Does it make what he's doing even more remarkable considering 317 00:17:32.759 --> 00:17:35.559 how much attention, how much people want a piece of 318 00:17:35.640 --> 00:17:38.319 him For him to lock in and have this type 319 00:17:38.319 --> 00:17:38.839 of year. 320 00:17:39.960 --> 00:17:43.720 Yeah, I think he's always wanted to be the best 321 00:17:43.720 --> 00:17:46.799 at whatever he does, right, you know, whether it was 322 00:17:46.799 --> 00:17:50.319 pitching obviously, now he's a dh you know, he knew 323 00:17:50.319 --> 00:17:51.720 he was fast, so obviously he put it on his 324 00:17:51.759 --> 00:17:53.480 radar where I want to steal you know, forty bags 325 00:17:53.519 --> 00:17:55.160 going in the year, he wanted to steal a. 326 00:17:55.079 --> 00:17:55.680 Bunch of bases. 327 00:17:55.680 --> 00:17:57.119 He knew that, you know, he could be the best, 328 00:17:57.319 --> 00:17:59.359 one of the best base runners in the game, and 329 00:17:59.400 --> 00:18:02.000 he's proved that. So I think, uh, he's a big 330 00:18:02.000 --> 00:18:03.799 goal guy. So I think any kind of a goal 331 00:18:03.839 --> 00:18:05.920 he puts in his mind, he tries to you know, 332 00:18:05.960 --> 00:18:08.680 attains as much as he can without you know, letting people. 333 00:18:08.559 --> 00:18:08.960 Know about it. 334 00:18:09.039 --> 00:18:10.519 Right, Like if you're like, hey, what's your goals, He's 335 00:18:10.519 --> 00:18:12.160 not going to tell you exactly what his goals are. 336 00:18:12.559 --> 00:18:14.039 But I think he has some in the back of 337 00:18:14.039 --> 00:18:17.119 his brain where you know, he wants to go out 338 00:18:17.160 --> 00:18:19.599 there and say he wants to hit a hunter urbiys 339 00:18:19.599 --> 00:18:21.839 this year he wants won twenty like you might see 340 00:18:21.880 --> 00:18:23.559 him lose betting average and go for abi eyes like 341 00:18:23.599 --> 00:18:25.839 there's probably you know, little games he plays within the game. 342 00:18:25.880 --> 00:18:26.680 That's what the greats do. 343 00:18:26.759 --> 00:18:30.759 And obviously being here as a Dodger teammate with him, 344 00:18:30.759 --> 00:18:32.720 and you know, especially the fans, they get to come 345 00:18:32.720 --> 00:18:36.160 out and watch a literal you know experience. You know, 346 00:18:36.200 --> 00:18:38.519 it's like going to watch a live concert, like watching 347 00:18:38.519 --> 00:18:41.559 show Hey play, It's it's different, you know, area bad 348 00:18:41.559 --> 00:18:44.799 as must see. Even my son Knocks, you know, will 349 00:18:44.799 --> 00:18:47.960 watch the games on and show showy bats like you know, 350 00:18:48.599 --> 00:18:49.880 be like, hey, show it up, and then I'll go 351 00:18:49.920 --> 00:18:51.079 watch the game and then I'll go back to do 352 00:18:51.119 --> 00:18:53.359 him playing Fortnite whatever he does. But uh, yeah, he's 353 00:18:53.400 --> 00:18:56.880 much must watch baseball and you know, like I said, 354 00:18:56.880 --> 00:18:59.200 there's any given night he's going to break history and 355 00:18:59.440 --> 00:19:02.720 you know it's very fun and obviously he's a great 356 00:19:02.720 --> 00:19:04.680 teammate too, and a great player, but it's very fun, 357 00:19:04.759 --> 00:19:06.599 you know, to be a part of it and you know, 358 00:19:06.839 --> 00:19:08.000 be able to tell my kids went to Hey, I 359 00:19:08.039 --> 00:19:09.920 was at that game where you know where we were 360 00:19:09.920 --> 00:19:11.319 at when you hit forty forty, Well, I was in 361 00:19:11.400 --> 00:19:12.039 you know, in the bullpen. 362 00:19:12.039 --> 00:19:12.759 We're all celebrating. 363 00:19:12.759 --> 00:19:15.160 So it's gonna be a cool experience, you know when 364 00:19:15.160 --> 00:19:17.000 it's all said and done. To be able to play 365 00:19:17.000 --> 00:19:17.319 with them. 366 00:19:17.440 --> 00:19:19.559 Could you see where the home run landed? 367 00:19:19.599 --> 00:19:21.079 And did you see the fans? 368 00:19:21.119 --> 00:19:23.519 There were two fans that got in each other's way 369 00:19:23.960 --> 00:19:25.839 and clinked it off their hands. 370 00:19:25.880 --> 00:19:27.640 Did you see all that? No, I saw. 371 00:19:27.880 --> 00:19:29.440 I saw it go over the fence. I didn't watch 372 00:19:29.480 --> 00:19:32.680 the fans. You know, you just goes over the fence 373 00:19:32.720 --> 00:19:34.359 and you start celebrating. You don't really care what the 374 00:19:34.400 --> 00:19:37.119 fans are doing. I didn't have that angle. But no, 375 00:19:37.240 --> 00:19:38.839 we just made sure it cleared and you know, the 376 00:19:38.880 --> 00:19:43.200 game was over. It was a not anything in particular 377 00:19:43.200 --> 00:19:44.359 that we were looking for after that. 378 00:19:44.920 --> 00:19:47.359 Have you you've been around baseball a long time, Joe 379 00:19:47.440 --> 00:19:50.519 Kelly's played baseball for a very long time. Would you 380 00:19:50.640 --> 00:19:53.119 rank that, outside of winning the World Series, as one 381 00:19:53.160 --> 00:19:55.240 of the coolest moments you've been part of. 382 00:19:55.759 --> 00:19:59.839 Yeah, it's definitely for a regular season game, it's a 383 00:20:00.079 --> 00:20:01.960 there with you know, the coolest experience I've had on 384 00:20:01.960 --> 00:20:05.039 a baseball field. Anytime you see someone hit a milestone, 385 00:20:05.400 --> 00:20:08.359 you appreciate it. You know, Freddy Freeman playing in two 386 00:20:08.359 --> 00:20:12.000 thousand games, you know there's been multiple milestones. You know, 387 00:20:12.319 --> 00:20:15.680 Kershaw with wins or you know he's coming up on strikeouts. 388 00:20:16.079 --> 00:20:19.000 So it's it's it's one of those things where you know, 389 00:20:19.240 --> 00:20:20.920 just because you didn't play or you're not part of 390 00:20:20.920 --> 00:20:23.720 that game, you know, to be on the team and 391 00:20:23.720 --> 00:20:25.440 to be able to experience those moments with the guys 392 00:20:25.440 --> 00:20:27.599 and watch it through the rise and see how they react. 393 00:20:27.640 --> 00:20:30.119 You know, some guys you know, all only live for, 394 00:20:30.319 --> 00:20:31.920 you know, moments like that, like oh, I'm gonna check 395 00:20:31.960 --> 00:20:33.759 off my scorecard or I'm gonna check my box score 396 00:20:33.799 --> 00:20:34.160 to you know, to. 397 00:20:34.359 --> 00:20:35.079 Get to the Hall of Fame. 398 00:20:35.279 --> 00:20:36.920 But the cool thing about being a Dodger is we 399 00:20:36.920 --> 00:20:38.559 don't have any of those guys in our clubhouse. Like 400 00:20:38.599 --> 00:20:41.880 they get those milestones, but it's never even talked about, like, 401 00:20:42.200 --> 00:20:44.200