Speaker 1: And now your host of Dodger Talk, David Vasse.
Speaker 2: Welcome the Dodger Talk David Vase with you until eleven
Speaker 2: o'clock tonight here on AM five to seventy LA Sports
Speaker 2: Phone lines are open at eight, six, six, nine eighty
Speaker 2: seven two five seventy. After the Dodgers shut out the
Speaker 2: Chicago Cubs tonight by a final score of three to nothing,
Speaker 2: we have a lot to get to Between now and
Speaker 2: eleven o'clock. We'll check in with Jose Mota. You'll hear
Speaker 2: from Justin Turner and Freddie Freeman. But tonight was about
Speaker 2: Yamamoto and Tommy Edmund Yamamoto. I don't want to take
Speaker 2: full credit for this, but I'm going to remind you
Speaker 2: and I'm going to take my victory lap every time
Speaker 2: he pitches, because going all the way back to spring training,
Speaker 2: I said, this guy is going to finish in the
Speaker 2: top three of the National League's Say Young voting this year.
Speaker 2: I don't know if he's going to win it. There's
Speaker 2: a lot of variables, especially when you have writers voting
Speaker 2: for it. But he certainly is going to finish in
Speaker 2: the top three of the National League Say Young voting
Speaker 2: if he stays healthy, and I'm a believer that he
Speaker 2: will stay healthy.
Speaker 3: He does not look tentative.
Speaker 2: He has never looked tentative going back to spring training,
Speaker 2: and that's the reason why I felt so confident he
Speaker 2: He was a different guy after that first start against
Speaker 2: the Padres in the NLDS. And if you heard our
Speaker 2: conversation with Keik Hernandez in spring training, and we shared
Speaker 2: it last time Yama Moto started a game, Keik said
Speaker 2: that he took Yamamoto for some coffee for about two
Speaker 2: or three hours and just got into him and boosted
Speaker 2: his confidence. Teammate to teammate. A fellow team was guy.
Speaker 2: The fellow team was guy, and there was no interpreter there.
Speaker 2: It was just Keik and Yamamoto somewhere at a Starbucks
Speaker 2: near you in San Diego. And from there he never
Speaker 2: looked back. And when he showed up after winning the
Speaker 2: World Series and doing what he did last year for
Speaker 2: the Dodgers, when he showed up in spring training, he
Speaker 2: had all the swagger any other pitcher has in the
Speaker 2: major leagues. And you know what he's doing this year
Speaker 2: is he's dotting his fastball. Nobody ever said he did
Speaker 2: not have fastball command. But last year he just seemed
Speaker 2: like he was getting used to the baseball, just used
Speaker 2: to getting everything. Now he's dominated. He's a world champion.
Speaker 2: Let's not forget that with some of these guys. Tommy
Speaker 2: Edmund's a world champion, Yamamoto's a world champion, Mookie's a
Speaker 2: three time champion, Freddy's a two time champion. Ta Oscar,
Speaker 2: after coming up big during the regular season, came big
Speaker 2: during the postseason.
Speaker 3: He's a world champion.
Speaker 2: That means something, something that you can't quantify on a
Speaker 2: data sheet. That means something to that human being as
Speaker 2: far as confidence goes, and.
Speaker 3: That all applies to Yamamoto.
Speaker 2: In four starts to begin the year, yama Moto's era
Speaker 2: is now one twenty three after six scoreless innings and
Speaker 2: nine strikeouts. His whip is a zero point ninety one,
Speaker 2: which means he's not giving up a lot of hits,
Speaker 2: he's not giving up a lot of walks, and he's
Speaker 2: striking out a lot of guys like he did tonight.
Speaker 2: Nine strikeouts. He has twenty eight on the season. And
Speaker 2: you know what is a great telling sign about Yamamoto
Speaker 2: so far this year, It's that he's getting hitters to
Speaker 2: miss pitches in the strike zone. Hitters are only hitting
Speaker 2: one eighty nine against Yama Motos pitches that are in
Speaker 2: the strike zone coming into tonight.
Speaker 3: So all of that is.
Speaker 2: Why I believed Yamamoto was going to finish in the
Speaker 2: top three the Cy Young voting, even before he threw
Speaker 2: a single pitch in Tokyo. Eight six six nine eight
Speaker 2: seven two five seventy is the phone number. And before
Speaker 2: we get to Tommy Edmund low Key under the radar,
Speaker 2: really good game tonight. Miguel Rojas who got the start
Speaker 2: at third base against the left hander Matthew Boyd. And
Speaker 2: I could tell you one of two things, actually probably
Speaker 2: three reasons why Dave Roberts started Miguel Rojas tonight at
Speaker 2: third base.
Speaker 3: Number one.
Speaker 2: Defense Number two, you give Max Munthcie a little bit
Speaker 2: of time to be able to take a breather. Number three,
Speaker 2: there's a lefty on the mound. Number four.
Speaker 3: It's about getting on base in that ninth spot.
Speaker 2: And I think we forget how good Lux and Rojas
Speaker 2: were at the bottom of the Dodgers lineup last year
Speaker 2: eight nine. On getting on base and turning that lineup over.
Speaker 2: Rojas was on base twice tonight, and he made a
Speaker 2: great base running decision later in the game when Mookie
Speaker 2: Betts beat out an infield single deep in the hole
Speaker 2: to Dansby Swanson. Rojas was standing at second base, but
Speaker 2: he understands and is a smart base runner. The plays
Speaker 2: in front of you easier throw to third if he
Speaker 2: just tries to go. Instead, he rushed back to second.
Speaker 2: Swanson's only hope to get an out was Mooki at
Speaker 2: first base. So low key, really good game. Miguel Rojas
Speaker 2: hitting ninth and playing third base. Now, Tommy Edmund, he
Speaker 2: has been everything and more the Dodgers could have hoped
Speaker 2: for going back to last year and especially this year.
Speaker 2: Hits his sixth home run of the year. I believe
Speaker 2: that ties Aaron Judge. I'm not sure Judge has hit
Speaker 2: another home run the last twenty four hours or last
Speaker 2: game or so, but he's right there with Aaron Judge
Speaker 2: as far as home run leaders in Major League Baseball.
Speaker 2: Tommy Edmund a three run, go ahead home run. He
Speaker 2: is one of the smartest players on the field. He's
Speaker 2: a goal glove winning second baseman. He's in a great
Speaker 2: spot now because he's relaxed. He has a contract extension.
Speaker 2: He's a world champion, He's an NLCSMVP. This guy is
Speaker 2: not only a great second baseman, he's a really good shortstop,
Speaker 2: and he's a really good center fielder. That fits the
Speaker 2: Dodgers perfectly. Here was Tommy after the game tonight. First
Speaker 2: of all, Tommy, you gave Yamamoto everything he needed.
Speaker 3: How good was he tonight?
Speaker 1: Yeah?
Speaker 4: He was unreal.
Speaker 5: You know, he's been pretty much automatic all year. You know,
Speaker 5: he's just going, you know, absolutely absolute control of domination.
Speaker 5: But it's fun to watch, fun to kind of think
Speaker 5: alongside him when I'm out there in the field and
Speaker 5: just see in the pitches he makes and his commands
Speaker 5: just unbelievable.
Speaker 3: Feels like there's a lot more conviction. Yeah, it really is.
Speaker 5: You know, he knows what he's doing, knows what he
Speaker 5: wants to do with each hitter, and you know, he's
Speaker 5: just executing.
Speaker 2: Did you feel like seeing boyd more and more, you
Speaker 2: guys were starting to catch on to what his sequenccen was,
Speaker 2: whatever he was trying to do.
Speaker 5: I think just he just performed better more and more times.
Speaker 5: You see a guy, you know, second time through line
Speaker 5: up a little bit better, third time through lineup a
Speaker 5: little bit better. And I don't want to say we
Speaker 5: got to him, but we were able to scratch stretch
Speaker 5: across a few runs and that third time through the lineup,
Speaker 5: but he just did a good job kind of throughout
Speaker 5: the game up to that point.
Speaker 2: You keep hitting four hundred foot home runs, that Tommy
Speaker 2: Tanks nickname is gonna stick.
Speaker 4: Yeah, we'll see, we'll see.
Speaker 5: Not trying to do that, but you know, whatever happens happens.
Speaker 3: That's why it's special.
Speaker 6: That's right.
Speaker 4: Appreciate it.
Speaker 3: Thanks, Tommy. Thank you get to see it all right.
Speaker 3: Good to see you too, Tommy.
Speaker 2: Great to see you, especially after hitting a four hundred
Speaker 2: and twenty three foot go ahead three run home run.
Speaker 2: Eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy is
Speaker 2: the phone number. Dodgers shut out the Cubs tonight by
Speaker 2: a final score of three zip.
Speaker 3: Let's go out to Palmdale.
Speaker 2: Bruce, You're on Dodger Talk live from Dodger Stadium.
Speaker 7: Hey, what a BDV.
Speaker 6: I'm actually driving from the game, so I might miss
Speaker 6: the call at some point.
Speaker 3: The frenchie grooven back to Palmdale. It sounds like all right,
Speaker 3: Bruce drives safe.
Speaker 2: Who knows, maybe on that Grapevine five where it dies out,
Speaker 2: but it sounded like either he lost his voice or man,
Speaker 2: he had a good time at the game tonight. Let's
Speaker 2: go out to Abby. You're on Dodger Talk Live from
Speaker 2: the stadium. How you doing, Abbey?
Speaker 8: Hi? Game?
Speaker 9: How you doing?
Speaker 3: Everything's great?
Speaker 2: Happy to be back in La where temperatures are higher
Speaker 2: than forty degrees.
Speaker 8: Oh my gods.
Speaker 10: Honestly, let's just talk about Tommy Edmonds one more time.
Speaker 10: MVP man, such a good guy and he's just solid, solid, solid,
Speaker 10: you know.
Speaker 8: And thank you.
Speaker 10: For saying that about Mickey Rowe because I'm screaming my
Speaker 10: freaking tail off. He singles amazing and let's just please
Speaker 10: ya get that freaking cyang. I love him so much.
Speaker 3: All right, Abby, thanks for the phone call.
Speaker 2: Eight six six nine eighty seven two five seventy is
Speaker 2: the phone number. Dodgers shut out the Cubs tonight three
Speaker 2: to nothing on Freddie Freeman bobblehead Night. Freddy, in his
Speaker 2: first game back off the IL, was zero for three
Speaker 2: with a run scored. He was at first base when
Speaker 2: Tommy Edmund hit that go ahead three run home run.
Speaker 2: Freddy got hit by a pitch by Matthew Boyd and
Speaker 2: Tiascar Hernandez had a single ahead of Freddy. That's how
Speaker 2: it turned into a three to nothing lead. Let's go
Speaker 2: out to lou in Phoenix. You're at Dodger Talk. How
Speaker 2: you doing, lou.
Speaker 11: Hey, Dave great to talk to you.
Speaker 12: And got back to the stadium.
Speaker 11: It was my first time back since the walk off
Speaker 11: Freddie home run. I was so pleased to be there, and.
Speaker 2: Really that was the last time you were at Dodger Stadium.
Speaker 2: That's a pretty cool story.
Speaker 11: I remember in the off season you said, tell your
Speaker 11: Freddie Freeman walk off story. I was so fortunate to
Speaker 11: be there with my good friends, and I have to
Speaker 11: tell you you said everything about yamamotive, but what I
Speaker 11: was most top pressed tonight was the way he offs
Speaker 11: his off speed, you know, moving his speeds around seventy
Speaker 11: one seventy three. Then he throws this ninety five ninety
Speaker 11: five mile an hour, I mean, and the way he
Speaker 11: went after Tucker tonight with that strikeout I think was
Speaker 11: in the sixth I mean, you could just see that
Speaker 11: he wanted to strike out Tucker. And he's just a
Speaker 11: much different pitcher this year. So thanks for identifying that
Speaker 11: earlier in the year, and we appreciate everything you do
Speaker 11: for a TV.
Speaker 3: Hey, thank you, Lou. Appreciate the phone call. Pretty cool.
Speaker 2: Last time he was at Dodger Stadium was for Freddy's
Speaker 2: walk off Grand Slam in Game one of the World Series,
Speaker 2: and tonight we celebrated that with the bobblehead.
Speaker 3: So I like those stories.
Speaker 2: And like I said during spring training, I don't care
Speaker 2: if the Dodgers win ten to nothing, get beat up
Speaker 2: eleven to nothing. I will never get tired of hearing
Speaker 2: your stories of where you were when Freddie Freeman hit
Speaker 2: his walk off Grand Slam. I love hearing the stories
Speaker 2: of where people were when Kurk Gibson hit his walk
Speaker 2: off home run in nineteen eighty eight. And I'll never
Speaker 2: get tired of hearing about where you were when Freddie
Speaker 2: Freeman hit his walk off Grand Slam in Game one
Speaker 2: of the World Series. Let's go out to Howard in Porterville.
Speaker 2: You're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 8: How you doing, Howard doing good?
Speaker 12: Doing good? Good to talk to you again, my friends.
Speaker 12: I just had a couple of a few comments. If
Speaker 12: that's okay. I think the fans need to give Max
Speaker 12: Monthsey a break. He's a great ball player. I think
Speaker 12: it's a good thing that the Dodger management does not
Speaker 12: consult the fans on personnel decision. I think the Dodger management,
Speaker 12: Dave Roberts and Andrew Friedman and the rest of his staff,
Speaker 12: they know better who to put on the field than
Speaker 12: people who have little or no baseball experience.
Speaker 8: Not to foal.
Speaker 3: Okay, well that's that's a little harsh.
Speaker 2: I appreciate what you and other fans have to say,
Speaker 2: but yeah, I agree with you. It was getting a
Speaker 2: little bit too much for me on that last road trip.
Speaker 2: As far as people come in after Max Munsey, eight
Speaker 2: six six nine seven two five seventy is the phone number.
Speaker 2: Another low key Dodger performance tonight was Kirby Yates, who
Speaker 2: came in after Yamamotos scoreless six to keep the Cubs
Speaker 2: down for a scoreless seventh inning and in the process
Speaker 2: striking out two more batters. The reason why I bring
Speaker 2: that up Kirby Yates so far to start the year
Speaker 2: has only thrown seven and a third innings, but has
Speaker 2: fifteen strikeouts. Hitters are only hitting one fifty four. That's
Speaker 2: another pretty good pickup during this offseason. And speaking of
Speaker 2: the bullpen, just to shout out to the Dodgers Dogs
Speaker 2: from last year's World Series Championship. They led by Blake Trinen,
Speaker 2: met Ryan Braser who's now on the Cubs in front
Speaker 2: of the Cubs dugout and they had Ryan Brazier's twenty
Speaker 2: twenty four World Series rings. So that was really cool
Speaker 2: to see how the guys organized to go out there
Speaker 2: all together to present Ryan Brasier with his ring. And
Speaker 2: part of the reason why Ryan Brazier has that ring
Speaker 2: is because of World Series MVP Freddie Freeman, who was
Speaker 2: back in the starting lineup tonight on his babblehead night
Speaker 2: with his family out here. It was a special night
Speaker 2: for the Freemans, but especially for Freddy that he was
Speaker 2: back in the lineup up after being on the IL
Speaker 2: for the first time since twenty seventeen. Yeah, that was
Speaker 2: the last time Freddy's been on the IL, but he
Speaker 2: certainly should have.
Speaker 3: Been on there to begin the year. But he wants
Speaker 3: to be out there.
Speaker 2: He takes a lot of pride in that, and maybe
Speaker 2: that slip in the shower was a blessing in disguise
Speaker 2: because it gave Freddy that opportunity to give that right ankle,
Speaker 2: which was surgically repaired during the offseason, a little chance
Speaker 2: to just catch its breadth. Here was Freddy before today's game,
Speaker 2: just talking about where he's at and accepting the fact that, yeah,
Speaker 2: there might be days where the right ankle is inflamed
Speaker 2: and he's gonna have to take a day off.
Speaker 13: I do think it will be not day to day,
Speaker 13: but I think maybe series of series, like how I
Speaker 13: feel on Sunday on my third game in a row,
Speaker 13: How do I feel on Monday? So I do feel
Speaker 13: really good, but I will in my mind, I'm coming
Speaker 13: in playing every game, and then if they go like hey,
Speaker 13: or like how do you feel? Maybe my joint is
Speaker 13: a little complaining from playing five games in a row
Speaker 13: or something like that, maybe we be smart about it
Speaker 13: to make sure I make it through. I would be
Speaker 13: open to that, but in my mind right now, I'm
Speaker 13: going every.
Speaker 4: Game until something told me otherwise. I look at it.
Speaker 13: I had surgery on my ankles. It's not my age.
Speaker 13: It's not like it's an age thing. I rolled my
Speaker 13: ankle and I tore our ligaments on the left side
Speaker 13: and the right side and chipped off carlage and I
Speaker 13: had surgery four months ago, so I'm not looking at
Speaker 13: it as an age thing. I feel like I keep
Speaker 13: myself in great shape. I feel like I was playing
Speaker 13: really good, playing good baseball before I got the little mishap.
Speaker 13: I guess you could say age of falling in a bathtub,
Speaker 13: maybe that could be it, but I feel good. I
Speaker 13: wouldn't say this is an age injury. I just hurt
Speaker 13: myself trying to ampoid it. Tag it for space.
Speaker 3: I agree with Freddy.
Speaker 2: Anybody that's going to insinuate the reason why he's hurt
Speaker 2: his right ankle is because of age, I completely disagree.
Speaker 3: Freddy hasn't missed a beat.
Speaker 2: If he was too old, he wouldn't have been able
Speaker 2: to even play during the host season last year. So
Speaker 2: not only did he fight through a right ankle injury,
Speaker 2: but also he had the left rib issue as well.
Speaker 2: So you know it's we're not talking about Albert Pooholz
Speaker 2: at the end of his career. Here, there's a lot
Speaker 2: more baseball left for Freddie Freeman. Eight six six nine
Speaker 2: seven two five seventy is the phone number. Let's go
Speaker 2: back out to the phones. Lauren, you're on Dodger Talk. Yes,
Speaker 2: you did not win anything, Lauren, all you're going to.
Speaker 3: Do is talk to me.
Speaker 9: Hi, Dave, how are you.
Speaker 2: I'm doing great. Got to see my guy Justin Turner today.
Speaker 2: The Dodgers won, so it was a good Friday.
Speaker 9: We didn't we were there, so it's me and my
Speaker 9: girl Audrey were here heading back home.
Speaker 8: Hey, Audrey, we were kind of bummed.
Speaker 9: We were bumbed. But JT didn't kind of get his moment.
Speaker 9: And I know he's not a Dodger and I know
Speaker 9: it's been a long time, but I guess he's just
Speaker 9: still our one of our favorites.
Speaker 3: And he got his moment.
Speaker 2: Last year when he came in, when he came in
Speaker 2: with his team last year, they gave him jersey.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 2: I hope he gets into one of these two games
Speaker 2: because he's probably not going to start with two right
Speaker 2: handers starting the next two days. But yeah, it would
Speaker 2: be cool to have a Dodger vision. Put the camera
Speaker 2: on Justin Turner in the Cubs dugout one of the
Speaker 2: next two games, so he could be celebrated by Lauren
Speaker 2: and Audrey and the rest of the fans.
Speaker 9: Yeah, and then one thing, so Yoshi was lights out
Speaker 9: beautiful performance. He's looking really really he was looking really
Speaker 9: good tonight. But also I want to highlight Tommy Edmund.
Speaker 9: I feel like we have the stars, we have the show. Hey,
Speaker 9: we have Fridy Freeman, we have Mookie bet and Teo.
Speaker 9: But man Edmund is fantastic, just touch at all the
Speaker 9: right times, his offense, his defense. He's just like the
Speaker 9: low key player that I feel like Dodgers are known for.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean he is kind of the same type
Speaker 2: of ilk from the key k Chris Taylor satility department.
Speaker 3: But he is a really good player and low key.
Speaker 2: Him and Tioscar Hernandez have been probably the most consistent
Speaker 2: Dodgers to begin the year. Hey, I got a run,
Speaker 2: we got a full boarder calls. Thanks a lot for
Speaker 2: calling in. Call back anytime. Eight six six nine, seven,
Speaker 2: two five seventy is the phone number, Richard, I see
Speaker 2: you in the parking lot.
Speaker 3: Is that you and your break break lights on?
Speaker 8: Yes, sir, that is me.
Speaker 7: You've got great vision.
Speaker 3: What do you got tonight, Richard?
Speaker 8: You know, mister David, last time we talked was I
Speaker 8: believe the first game of the NLDS. We were talking
Speaker 8: about Tommy and how great he was, and that still
Speaker 8: holds true today. But today, you know, Kirby Yates, Tanner Scott,
Speaker 8: I've got to admit I didn't know too much about
Speaker 8: him coming in, you know, to the new season, but
Speaker 8: from what they've done so far, it's just been it's
Speaker 8: just been lights out.
Speaker 7: It's just been great.
Speaker 8: And they they came in after Yoshi and had his back.
Speaker 8: It was amazing. Freddy Freddy got hit a couple of times.
Speaker 8: I'm not sure. I'm not too sure how I or not.
Speaker 8: Actually a couple of times, just once and then somebody
Speaker 8: else got hit. I forgot who it was, and I'm
Speaker 8: not too sure how I feel about that, but I'm
Speaker 8: still grateful that we got to win. I'm really excited
Speaker 8: about Yoshi. You know, he came in, he dominated, and
Speaker 8: that got me thinking a little bit about mister Rokie.
Speaker 14: You know.
Speaker 8: I know he didn't have the greatest debut, but neither
Speaker 8: did Yoshie, and look at him. Now they've all come
Speaker 8: back and they and I really have faith that they're gonna,
Speaker 8: you know, come back and shut it down for us.
Speaker 8: I really feel great about what we have and I
Speaker 8: really feel great about what we're doing, and I just
Speaker 8: I like the direction of going and I still have
Speaker 8: faith in everyone. Thanks for taking my call.
Speaker 3: All right, Richard, get home safe.
Speaker 2: Yes, Tommy, Edmond also got hit by a pitch, so
Speaker 2: you're right. Two Dodgers got hit tonight, but nothing intentional.
Speaker 2: Don't try to start drama here, there's no drama. Eight
Speaker 2: six six ninety seven two five seventy is the phone number.
Speaker 2: We're gonna take a time out here on Dodger Talk
Speaker 2: when we continue more of your phone calls. And also
Speaker 2: we'll hear from Justin Turner about what he thinks of
Speaker 2: this twenty twenty five version of the Dodgers.
Speaker 3: And we're also check in with Jose Mota as well.
Speaker 2: So a lot to get to between now and eleven
Speaker 2: o'clock on this beautiful Friday night in the City of Angels.
Speaker 2: After the Dodgers shut out the Cubs thread to nothing
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Speaker 7: Boy looks back at the oscar comes home, Edmond.
Speaker 3: Swing tih fly ball.
Speaker 14: Left feeling deep this ball's going back gone. Tommy Tanks
Speaker 14: goes back, play on the pavilion and.
Speaker 3: We are scoreless.
Speaker 2: No more, Tommy Edmund give an ever everybody a thrill,
Speaker 2: including Steven Nelson. As the Dodgers shut out the Cubs
Speaker 2: three to nothing. Tonight, Yamamoto brilliant six score of sinnings
Speaker 2: with nine strikeouts. And how about this for Yamamoto As
Speaker 2: the Dodgers beat the Cubs three to nothing, Yama Moto
Speaker 2: threw one hundred and three pitches. That's the second highest
Speaker 2: total of pitches he has thrown in his short major
Speaker 2: league career. The most was last June one hundred and
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Speaker 2: All right, let's take one more phone call before we
Speaker 2: hear from Justin Turner and check in with Jose Mota Alex,
Speaker 2: you were at the game tonight.
Speaker 3: How you doing. You're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 10: Good?
Speaker 14: How you doing, David? Good to hear from you. Manage.
Speaker 14: I'll tell you what year, absolutely game one. Last year
Speaker 14: I was there for the walk off. This time around,
Speaker 14: I brought my seven year old son. We weren't gonna
Speaker 14: miss this one. We were at the show, hey with
Speaker 14: the walk off on the Bibbleheads. Not too long ago.
Speaker 14: We were hoping we would get a Freddie Freeman home run,
Speaker 14: but we will settle for Tommy Tanks three run shot.
Speaker 14: When it was zero zero six inning, everybody in the
Speaker 14: stands were kind of you know, little buzz was there,
Speaker 14: but we weren't worried about it. We knew that our team,
Speaker 14: of our camaraderie, we were just gonna come through. The
Speaker 14: defense was playing well.
Speaker 7: I know, we get a little little.
Speaker 14: You know, little rift rap on the defense, but they
Speaker 14: stepped up tonight. A lot of people ain't talking about
Speaker 14: that play on second base.
Speaker 7: When Tom story about.
Speaker 3: Where you were for Freddy's Grand Slam, not recap.
Speaker 14: The whole Freddie's Grand Slam. We were behind about seven
Speaker 14: rows behind first base. We got a last minute ticket, man, you.
Speaker 3: Know, load level reserve.
Speaker 7: Where were you at lower level?
Speaker 14: About seven rows back from first base? Dugout?
Speaker 3: Oh, I had a good view. You had a great view.
Speaker 14: You had a good view. It was a hooky jumping
Speaker 14: up and down over there everything. Yeah, I got that
Speaker 14: on Instagram. We got about eight thousand likes on that one.
Speaker 14: It's still up there.
Speaker 2: Oh, like, man, that's amazing, Alex, thank you for the
Speaker 2: phone call. That's a true validation of that moment. You
Speaker 2: got eight thousand likes on Instagram. Well, all of a sudden,
Speaker 2: that grand slam means that much more. Thank you for
Speaker 2: the phone call. Eight six six nine eight seven two
Speaker 2: five seventy is the phone number?
Speaker 4: Really?
Speaker 3: Is that what it's come down to.
Speaker 2: People are trying to validate their videos with likes, the
Speaker 2: number of likes.
Speaker 3: I'm not chasing likes. I'm not chasing likes.
Speaker 2: I'm chasing other things, but I'm not chasing likes, all right,
Speaker 2: justin Turner, He's not chasing likes.
Speaker 3: People love him in Los Angeles. Seek to wear a Red.
Speaker 2: Sox uniform, a Blue Jay uniform, and even a Cubs uniform,
Speaker 2: and everybody in LA still loves him. You heard that
Speaker 2: caller earlier. They all wanted to see Justin Turner on
Speaker 2: the big screen. Hopefully that happens the next two nights,
Speaker 2: And we had a chance to catch up with Justin
Speaker 2: on the pregame show, and I was curious to get
Speaker 2: his thoughts on the Dodgers off season and this version
Speaker 2: of the Dodgers in twenty twenty five from your perspective,
Speaker 2: What do you think about this version of the Dodgers
Speaker 2: the last couple of years?
Speaker 4: Hey, is a commitment to winning.
Speaker 15: You know, there's rules, the same rules are in play
Speaker 15: for everyone.
Speaker 4: And I don't I think it's great. I think it's
Speaker 4: great for the game to.
Speaker 15: Have owners that you know, are all in and want
Speaker 15: to go out and make their team as.
Speaker 4: Good as they can possibly make it.
Speaker 15: And it doesn't matter how many top tier free agents
Speaker 15: are out there, they want to bring them all in.
Speaker 15: And I with you know, the success the Dodgers have
Speaker 15: had over the years. Uh, you know a lot of
Speaker 15: guys you don't want to come and be a part
Speaker 15: of it.
Speaker 4: So, you know, it's good to see.
Speaker 15: You kind of hope that more teams will you know,
Speaker 15: fall in line to you know, competing in the free
Speaker 15: agent market and trying to make their team as competitive
Speaker 15: as possible as well, But you never know what's going
Speaker 15: to happen. I've heard all kinds of stuff and all
Speaker 15: kinds of takes and angles on it. But you know,
Speaker 15: the rules are the rules, and they're playing by the rules.
Speaker 15: So you know, if you don't like it, you know,
Speaker 15: maybe following their footsteps.
Speaker 4: Yeah.
Speaker 2: Bryce Sharper said that in Philadelphia, whoever complains about it
Speaker 2: has a loser mentality.
Speaker 3: Yeah.
Speaker 4: I don't disagree with Bryce.
Speaker 15: I think you know, the goal should be if you
Speaker 15: if you in this game any capacity, the goal should
Speaker 15: be every year, no matter who you are, no matter
Speaker 15: what city you're in, no matter what uniform you're wearing. Uh,
Speaker 15: every off season, the goal should be to win a
Speaker 15: world championship. And uh, you know, I guess on paper
Speaker 15: it appears that some teams are you know, more hungry
Speaker 15: for that than others.
Speaker 2: All Right, there's Justin Turner and his take on the
Speaker 2: twenty twenty five Dodgers and just the team, the machine
Speaker 2: that they have built. He obviously knows how committed the
Speaker 2: Dodgers ownership is to winning. He was a part of
Speaker 2: it for almost ten years. So no sour grapes from
Speaker 2: Justin Turner's side, He's all in for anybody that wants
Speaker 2: to try to win because he's a winner and that's
Speaker 2: why he signed with the Cubs. And if you would
Speaker 2: love to hear our full conversation with World Series Champion
Speaker 2: Justin Turner, you can find it on the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 2: Time to check in with another fellow cal State Fullerton Titan.
Speaker 1: It's time to go around the horn with Jose Mota.
Speaker 3: That's right.
Speaker 2: Jose Mota played college baseball at cal State Fullerton many years,
Speaker 2: many many years before Justin.
Speaker 6: Hi, Jose, how old does that make me?
Speaker 10: Then?
Speaker 6: Dave?
Speaker 3: Very old?
Speaker 4: Yeah, I do.
Speaker 6: But you know what, Titans know how to win rings
Speaker 6: and I got the ring.
Speaker 3: Brother, that's right, so does JT.
Speaker 2: J T one of those few guys that has a
Speaker 2: college World Series ring and World Series ring.
Speaker 6: That's beautiful. That's beautiful. You know what is good to
Speaker 6: hear from JT. He's such a big part of the
Speaker 6: you know, the whole thing that started with him and
Speaker 6: that the whole group and I bet and talking to him,
Speaker 6: he feels like he was actually part of the winning
Speaker 6: championship last year. It's so special.
Speaker 2: It certainly was. How about Yamamoto. He's really special this year. Jose,
Speaker 2: You like my big man Cy Young top three maybe
Speaker 2: number one.
Speaker 6: You told me that in the press box as we're
Speaker 6: doing an interview at Salt River Fields. He sase top
Speaker 6: three and you asked me what was going to be
Speaker 6: the key, and you're like, don't tell me about health.
Speaker 6: I'm like, no, he's going to be starting pitching and
Speaker 6: starting pitching with a falter. You see all bad it
Speaker 6: gets when they're good, and it's beautiful. Yeah, I'm moulto
Speaker 6: number one. I noticed in the first setting the bad
Speaker 6: against Tucker, who has been one of the best hitters
Speaker 6: in baseball this year. He's pitching on different lanes. What
Speaker 6: I mean is usually a left had it pitch left
Speaker 6: handed hitters. You'll see him miss a lot, and he
Speaker 6: wants that chase on the splitter down in a way.
Speaker 6: He threw Tucker one down and end, which is something
Speaker 6: that he learned last year from Senga, and that opens
Speaker 6: up another lane. So he gets Tucker finally with what
Speaker 6: a fastball. So he he is just a guy that's
Speaker 6: remastering his craft at the big league level. You mentioned
Speaker 6: the fact all the things he's getting used to but uh, Dave,
Speaker 6: he comes out there and pitches with a belief that
Speaker 6: everything he throws is going to be in the zone
Speaker 6: and everything he throws is going to be missed. And
Speaker 6: on top of that, you mentioned something so important too
Speaker 6: that now we keep try with so many things in
Speaker 6: the zone. The average is so low under two hundred.
Speaker 6: But remember the zone is Dutch just you know, two
Speaker 6: or three inches. He knows where to go to in
Speaker 6: the zone to make sure that there's more swings and
Speaker 6: misses or weak contact because the guy I understand how
Speaker 6: to pitch that square.
Speaker 2: I don't remember seeing a picture in a long time
Speaker 2: Jose being able to dot those corners with the fastball.
Speaker 2: Does that just come from having more conviction behind it?
Speaker 2: I mean, we heard about the fastball command, But like
Speaker 2: I said, he's darting. He's hitting bullseyes in a dark
Speaker 2: game right now.
Speaker 6: Oh, just look at his eyes. I'm going to tell
Speaker 6: the viewers' listeners watch his eyes when he delivers the baseball.
Speaker 6: There's no blinking and there's no looking elsewhere about the
Speaker 6: target when he's delivering the pitch. That's number one. Number
Speaker 6: two is he is able to follow his catcher and
Speaker 6: then repeatable mechanics, the simplest mechanics, unorthodox. It worked for
Speaker 6: him and that is why he's able to dog the
Speaker 6: fastball the way he does.
Speaker 2: Jose Mota is jointing us on Dodger talk after the
Speaker 2: Dodgers shut out the Cubs three to nothing. All right,
Speaker 2: I'll give you your platform here to sing the praises.
Speaker 3: Of Tommy Edmund like we all are tonight, Jose.
Speaker 6: Tommy Edmund is a ball player. Tommy Edmond, the kind
Speaker 6: of guy that the Cardinals regret not having paid more
Speaker 6: attention to. Also, at the same time, it goes back
Speaker 6: to the Dodgers doing their due diligence on players that
Speaker 6: fit the mold and fit the personality and the culture,
Speaker 6: and just insisting on a guy that was hurt. He
Speaker 6: was hurt, and the guys acquired him, but they want
Speaker 6: him him for a long time. Understands the game, understands
Speaker 6: his role does not change his mentality on whether he's
Speaker 6: hitting first or ninth, or fourth or fifth, and also
Speaker 6: understands that it is not just up to him but
Speaker 6: boy in terms of maturing and learning and applying something
Speaker 6: else to his game. He knew that with the stands
Speaker 6: Chitch selection and all the things the Dodgers have provided
Speaker 6: for him. His resources, he is applied as good as
Speaker 6: anybody I've ever seen on the profile that he brought
Speaker 6: to really bring his game to another level. I truly
Speaker 6: apply that because it's another testament of a guy that
Speaker 6: truly comprehends who he is as a player, but also
Speaker 6: knows that there's another level and we are seeing it.
Speaker 6: Tommy tanks him played.
Speaker 3: Yeah.
Speaker 2: I know we always talk about outfielders being five tool players,
Speaker 2: but I feel like you could describe Tommy Edmond as
Speaker 2: a five tool player as well in a different way.
Speaker 6: Oh there's no reason why not. I'm talking about this
Speaker 6: today with Louis Cruise on the broadcast. He made it
Speaker 6: throw from center field the other day at ninety two
Speaker 6: miles an hour. This doesn't play in the d for
Speaker 6: the entire year. It's cold and tough to grab a baseball.
Speaker 6: He makes it throw the home play, and it's unreal
Speaker 6: way he plays the game, base running anticipation the great
Speaker 6: play that he made. Also you know, going to his leb,
Speaker 6: but also you know the defense and how important he
Speaker 6: is for that piece the Dodgers. Tommy tanks out there.
Speaker 6: The cutoff play today was so important, even though he's
Speaker 6: not involved, it was pretty much aligning him with the
Speaker 6: gap and what he needed to do to make sure
Speaker 6: the guys were properly aligned to make that play where
Speaker 6: they cut down, you know, Suzubi trying to go around
Speaker 6: first base. So he does influence the game in many,
Speaker 6: many ways. I'm so glad that he's Warren Blue.
Speaker 2: All right, Jose, look forward to seeing you back at
Speaker 2: the ball tomorrow. We'll see what Sazaki can do to
Speaker 2: build upon his last start.
Speaker 6: Pay attention to uh Yamamoto.
Speaker 3: That's all okay, sounds good. Yeah, that sounds like good advice. Jose. Yeah,
Speaker 3: why not?
Speaker 2: There he goes Jose Mota, part of the Dodgers Spanish
Speaker 2: radio broadcast. Yeah, you know, watch Yamamoto, watch how he
Speaker 2: commands his fastball and everything else plays off of it.
Speaker 2: Let's take another phone call Daniel, who is still in
Speaker 2: the Dodger parking lot. I don't think so anymore.
Speaker 7: How you doing, Daniel, I'm doing good, Dave. I just left.
Speaker 7: But hey, this parking this year is kind of crazy.
Speaker 3: H I don't know.
Speaker 2: I mean there's a lot of people coming to games
Speaker 2: staying the whole game, you know, what's the difference, Daniel.
Speaker 2: You know, when we came to Dodger games, even like
Speaker 2: ten years ago, they weren't everybody wasn't staying for all
Speaker 2: nine innings. Now everybody is staying for all nine innings
Speaker 2: because not only can you watch the game, there's a
Speaker 2: lot of other things to do at Dodger Stadium as well,
Speaker 2: so everybody stays.
Speaker 7: Hey, Dave, I was watching the game with my brother.
Speaker 7: It's his first time watching the game and filling out
Speaker 7: his scorecard. Who's looking at all the caves and the
Speaker 7: backwards case. But we also noticed how Yamamoto flat footed
Speaker 7: during warm up is just like launching the ball across
Speaker 7: the field. I don't know if I've ever seen any
Speaker 7: other player do that, just flat footed. That's insane.
Speaker 3: They used to do it all the time.
Speaker 2: Long tossing was a big part of a lot of
Speaker 2: great pittures routine, and that's a good way to do it.
Speaker 2: I mean, Sandy Kofax always used to talk about as
Speaker 2: a pitcher, you want to throw more and throw further
Speaker 2: distances and long toss because he used the analogy as
Speaker 2: a marathon runner, you're not training for that marathon by
Speaker 2: running sprints. Your training by running marathons, and that would,
Speaker 2: you know, make a lot of sense. And Japanese pitchers
Speaker 2: throw a lot more over there than they do now
Speaker 2: in Major League baseball.
Speaker 7: Yeah, because I think Kershaw do it. But the way
Speaker 7: just Yamamoto, the way like he's just launching it like
Speaker 7: a straight line is insane.
Speaker 3: Yeah.
Speaker 2: Maybe those arrows that he uses. You should see that
Speaker 2: during his off day routine. That's pretty impressive as well too.
Speaker 2: Thanks for the phone call, Daniel, appreciate it. That'll do
Speaker 2: it for us tonight on Dodger Talk. If you did
Speaker 2: not get in tonight, call back tomorrow. We'll be here
Speaker 2: for another hour after the game hour plus here.
Speaker 3: At Dodger Stadium.
Speaker 2: After tomorrow night's game, it will be Roki Sazaki's fourth
Speaker 2: start of his major league career. Last start, he went
Speaker 2: four plus innings, allowed just three hits and only two walks.
Speaker 2: He's going up against Ben Brown. Yes, still that Ben
Speaker 2: Brown of the Cubs. One in one with an ERA
Speaker 2: of seven seventy one. You would say this matchup would
Speaker 2: favor the Dodgers. Morongo Casino Dodgers on deck begins at
Speaker 2: five o'clock, first pitch at six' ten and how about
Speaker 2: can we get a shot Of Justin turner one of
Speaker 2: these next two. NIGHTS i mean him coming off the
Speaker 2: bench as a pinch. Hitter it's not a, guarantee not a.
Speaker 2: Guarantee so we'd love to give the fans what they,
Speaker 2: want and that's to Celebrate Justin turner.
Speaker 3: Again all.
Speaker 2: Right thanks To Colin yee back at Our burbank, Studios
Speaker 2: thanks To dwayne McDonald out here At Dodgers.
Speaker 3: Stadium and thanks to you for.
Speaker 2: Listening in case you missed any of the show or
Speaker 2: our conversation With Justin, turner you can find it on
Speaker 2: The iHeartRadio. App once, again the final score From Dodgers.
Speaker 2: Stadium The dodgers beat The cubs again, tonight thread to.
Speaker 3: Nothing we'll talk to you.
Speaker 2: Tomorrow have a great rest of Your, Friday be, safe
Speaker 2: see them.
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