WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.200 --> 00:00:02.839 We continue on Fred Rogan and Jason Smith and today 2 00:00:02.839 --> 00:00:06.519 for Rodney on a five seventy LA Sports. Let's not delay. 3 00:00:06.839 --> 00:00:10.160 He was there. He is the authority. I don't know 4 00:00:10.199 --> 00:00:12.679 if he's at the stadium yet or driving. Let's get 5 00:00:12.759 --> 00:00:15.240 right out to David Vase. Dave, good afternoon to you. 6 00:00:16.679 --> 00:00:19.440 Hey, good afternoon. Yeah, I'm here, Fred. I'm here on 7 00:00:19.519 --> 00:00:22.960 the reserve level at Dodgers Stadium as it is team 8 00:00:23.120 --> 00:00:26.519 photo day. The Dodgers are getting set for that with 9 00:00:26.640 --> 00:00:30.879 the great team photographer John Suhu before they get into 10 00:00:30.879 --> 00:00:33.119 their preparation for tonight's game. 11 00:00:33.479 --> 00:00:34.960 And I can't think of a better day to take 12 00:00:35.000 --> 00:00:37.280 a picture because I know everybody wants to smile today. 13 00:00:38.840 --> 00:00:41.560 Yeah, well that was yesterday, Fred, Today's a new day. 14 00:00:41.600 --> 00:00:43.159 That's what's great about baseball. 15 00:00:44.399 --> 00:00:46.840 Dave, will you race Miguel Rojas today? We talked about 16 00:00:46.840 --> 00:00:48.119 that a few minutes ago. I think we need to 17 00:00:48.159 --> 00:00:48.439 see that. 18 00:00:50.439 --> 00:00:52.520 Well, there is no need to race Miguel Rojas if 19 00:00:52.520 --> 00:00:53.439 you laid down a butt. 20 00:00:55.280 --> 00:00:58.799 Okay, here we go, all right, So Dave, let's get 21 00:00:58.799 --> 00:01:01.920 into it. What did you think of the decision? Dave Roberts, Mate. 22 00:01:03.520 --> 00:01:06.200 I didn't understand it. The bunt was on. He said 23 00:01:06.200 --> 00:01:09.359 the wheel play. He saw the Padres going into this 24 00:01:09.400 --> 00:01:13.640 wheel play defense. I watched Adrian Gonzalez from twenty twelve 25 00:01:13.760 --> 00:01:18.319 to twenty seventeen play first base, and nobody crashed on 26 00:01:18.519 --> 00:01:22.799 bunts better than Adrian Gonzalez, and the Padres were not 27 00:01:22.959 --> 00:01:25.840 set up for the wheel play. The shortstop on the 28 00:01:25.959 --> 00:01:29.159 very first pitch to Rojas, Bogarts was going to second 29 00:01:29.159 --> 00:01:32.719 base and that bunt if it was laid down, And 30 00:01:33.239 --> 00:01:36.000 my understanding was that was a really good pitch for 31 00:01:36.120 --> 00:01:39.079 Rojas to lay down for a bunt and he pulled 32 00:01:39.079 --> 00:01:41.920 the bat back. If he was able to execute that 33 00:01:42.000 --> 00:01:45.040 bunt on the first pitch, we're not even having this 34 00:01:45.200 --> 00:01:49.120 debate because it took the Padres off guard and then 35 00:01:49.200 --> 00:01:52.280 the element of surprise went away. But you're still able 36 00:01:52.799 --> 00:01:56.560 to execute a sacrifice bunt to get runners to second 37 00:01:56.560 --> 00:01:59.640 and third with one out, to have Otani come up 38 00:01:59.640 --> 00:02:02.400 to the representing the go ahead run. 39 00:02:03.079 --> 00:02:05.040 Well, let me play Devil's Avocue with you, Dave, because 40 00:02:05.040 --> 00:02:07.280 that's that's a great point we haven't really gotten into 41 00:02:07.599 --> 00:02:10.280 as far as that bun play. Like Robert said, he 42 00:02:10.319 --> 00:02:12.919 saw the wheel you've said I didn't see that going. 43 00:02:13.120 --> 00:02:13.919 But he used that. 44 00:02:14.400 --> 00:02:17.000 Could he be protecting Rojas because, as you said, if 45 00:02:17.039 --> 00:02:20.759 he doesn't get that first bunt down on the pitch, 46 00:02:20.800 --> 00:02:23.680 he has the best chance of bunting. I can't blame 47 00:02:23.719 --> 00:02:25.479 him for taking the bunt sign off, Like, Okay, if 48 00:02:25.479 --> 00:02:27.439 you can't get a bunt down on that pitch, I'm 49 00:02:27.439 --> 00:02:29.280 not gonna have you butt down. We've lost the element 50 00:02:29.280 --> 00:02:31.759 of surprise and where you're gonna get a worse pitch 51 00:02:31.840 --> 00:02:33.360 to butnt And if you can't put that down, you're 52 00:02:33.400 --> 00:02:33.919 not gonna. 53 00:02:33.680 --> 00:02:34.439 Put another one down. 54 00:02:35.680 --> 00:02:38.479 Well, if you're concerned about that, there's a really good 55 00:02:38.520 --> 00:02:41.800 bunter on the bench named Kevin Kiermeyer. Uh, there's a 56 00:02:41.840 --> 00:02:45.960 reason why the Dodgers opted to keep Kiermeyer over Jason Hayward. 57 00:02:46.280 --> 00:02:49.080 If you're concerned about all that, you could have Kevin 58 00:02:49.159 --> 00:02:52.280 Kiermeyer come up to pinch it and execute a bun. 59 00:02:53.879 --> 00:02:55.639 What was the clubhouse like after the game? 60 00:02:56.919 --> 00:02:57.439 Not great? 61 00:02:57.639 --> 00:03:01.879 Everybody left. Miguel Rojas was the only player available to 62 00:03:01.919 --> 00:03:04.879 the media. It was a quick exit from the Dodger 63 00:03:04.960 --> 00:03:10.439 clubhouse last night. Obviously very disappointed and frustrated, as was 64 00:03:10.520 --> 00:03:13.879 fifty thousand plus with a game ending triple play. But 65 00:03:14.280 --> 00:03:16.439 I know you guys have asked about that ninth inning. 66 00:03:17.240 --> 00:03:21.479 I obviously I disagree with what transpired in that Rojas 67 00:03:21.560 --> 00:03:25.080 at bat, but the game was not lost totally. In 68 00:03:25.159 --> 00:03:28.240 that ninth inning, Mookie Bets did not have a good 69 00:03:28.360 --> 00:03:31.680 night last night at Dodger Stadium. He gets back doored 70 00:03:31.680 --> 00:03:35.080 and thrown out at third base on a non five 71 00:03:35.159 --> 00:03:39.759 beta capo play where Teoscar Hernandez, the runner at first base, 72 00:03:40.000 --> 00:03:43.280 is stealing second. You have to wait for the catcher 73 00:03:43.319 --> 00:03:46.599 to throw through if you're Mookie Bets. And what makes 74 00:03:46.599 --> 00:03:49.039 it worse is that during that entire at bat of 75 00:03:49.080 --> 00:03:52.240 Will Smith, you had Mookie Bets yucking it up with 76 00:03:52.319 --> 00:03:55.199 Manny Machado at third base, and then he gets thrown 77 00:03:55.240 --> 00:03:58.000 out on a play like that makes it look even worse. 78 00:03:58.520 --> 00:04:01.199 Then in the second inning, base is loaded two outs, 79 00:04:01.280 --> 00:04:04.759 Mookie Bets versus Michael King, King was on the Ropes 80 00:04:05.120 --> 00:04:08.560 strikes out to end the inning. That was a golden opportunity. 81 00:04:08.840 --> 00:04:11.120 And then in the fourth inning, Mookie Bets gets a 82 00:04:11.159 --> 00:04:14.639 bad jump on a double by Jerks and Profar that 83 00:04:14.719 --> 00:04:16.759 should have been a ball he caught or at least 84 00:04:16.839 --> 00:04:19.360 cut off before it got to the warning track. So 85 00:04:19.480 --> 00:04:21.600 it was not a good night for Mookie Bets. It 86 00:04:21.680 --> 00:04:24.199 was not a good night for Freddie Freeman. And we 87 00:04:24.279 --> 00:04:25.800 have seen that movie before. 88 00:04:25.839 --> 00:04:30.360 Against the Padres, it's been a five hundred September, David, 89 00:04:31.000 --> 00:04:34.160 Is this a team that looks like, okay, they're waiting 90 00:04:34.199 --> 00:04:36.399 for the playoffs? Are they running out of gas? Where 91 00:04:36.439 --> 00:04:37.959 would you say they are now? As far as what 92 00:04:38.000 --> 00:04:39.240 you're seeing on the field. 93 00:04:40.720 --> 00:04:44.480 I see a team that does not look very inspired 94 00:04:44.600 --> 00:04:48.000 or understand the urgency that is needed to beat a 95 00:04:48.040 --> 00:04:50.839 team like the Padres. Did not see it. Sunday afternoon 96 00:04:51.279 --> 00:04:54.839 against the Rockies, that was a win they needed. Otani 97 00:04:54.920 --> 00:04:57.600 bailed the Dodgers out with that game tying home run. 98 00:04:57.720 --> 00:05:00.720 Mookie Bets bailed them out with a walk off home run, 99 00:05:00.839 --> 00:05:04.759 or things would be looking a lot different after last night, 100 00:05:04.879 --> 00:05:08.759 especially with the Padres holding the tiebreakers. So the Dodgers 101 00:05:08.759 --> 00:05:11.199 have got to come out and not try to play 102 00:05:11.199 --> 00:05:12.040 it so cool. 103 00:05:12.399 --> 00:05:12.600 You know. 104 00:05:12.639 --> 00:05:16.480 I heard players say, oh, this is not more big 105 00:05:16.560 --> 00:05:18.759 of a game than any other game. Well, they've got 106 00:05:18.759 --> 00:05:22.120 to start thinking differently because that approach is not working. 107 00:05:22.279 --> 00:05:25.079 And they got their hands full tonight with Dylan Cees. 108 00:05:26.160 --> 00:05:28.839 Dave when they think differently, because we heard this in 109 00:05:28.839 --> 00:05:30.639 the playoffs a couple of years ago, they just came 110 00:05:30.680 --> 00:05:33.160 out flat. Well, you know, every night they come out 111 00:05:33.160 --> 00:05:36.240 to win. But what is it that kind of kicks 112 00:05:36.279 --> 00:05:39.120 them into gear? How do they avoid this kind of 113 00:05:39.199 --> 00:05:41.680 lase a fare it's just another game attitude. 114 00:05:43.160 --> 00:05:45.040 I feel like this is who they are. I mean, 115 00:05:45.079 --> 00:05:50.279 they pride themselves on being the steady emotional team when 116 00:05:50.680 --> 00:05:52.759 a lot of these teams that go all the way 117 00:05:53.199 --> 00:05:56.000 are not that steady. Do have a lot of emotion, 118 00:05:56.199 --> 00:05:58.839 do have a lot of fire, and we don't see that. 119 00:05:59.120 --> 00:06:02.360 We haven't seen that from the Dodgers consistently. And when 120 00:06:02.399 --> 00:06:04.560 things aren't going right for you, that's when you need 121 00:06:04.560 --> 00:06:07.560 it the most, you know. I'm asked about who's the 122 00:06:07.600 --> 00:06:11.240 team leader amongst the players in that clubhouse. I'm not 123 00:06:11.319 --> 00:06:14.360 sure who that is. I mean, guys lead by example, yes, 124 00:06:14.560 --> 00:06:20.199 But do they have anybody with the with the energy 125 00:06:20.399 --> 00:06:23.680 or grit or fire that we have seen in years past. 126 00:06:23.720 --> 00:06:25.000 I'm not sure they have that. 127 00:06:25.920 --> 00:06:27.759 Is this where is this where they miss a guy 128 00:06:27.839 --> 00:06:30.199 like Justin Turner or a player like that. At this 129 00:06:30.240 --> 00:06:33.480 point in the season where they're at, I. 130 00:06:33.399 --> 00:06:36.079 Would say to a certain extent, but Justin wasn't really 131 00:06:36.199 --> 00:06:40.279 like that either. You know, Andre Ethier met Kemp. They 132 00:06:40.319 --> 00:06:42.920 showed a lot of emotion. Yasio Puig say what you 133 00:06:43.000 --> 00:06:45.639 will about him, he had a lot of emotion and 134 00:06:45.680 --> 00:06:48.519 he had a lot of edge. So you look at 135 00:06:48.839 --> 00:06:53.480 the pop the Astros with Jose Altuve, Alex Bregman, they 136 00:06:53.560 --> 00:06:56.959 have that, The Padres have that, with Tattoos, with Profar, 137 00:06:57.439 --> 00:07:01.319 with Machado. Those are the teams that have those type 138 00:07:01.360 --> 00:07:05.199 of players, and the Dodgers have constructed their team not 139 00:07:05.319 --> 00:07:08.600 to have those type of players. And it's worked for 140 00:07:08.759 --> 00:07:13.040 the regular season. They've out talented teams the last you know, 141 00:07:13.120 --> 00:07:15.560 five years since it's been kind of a new composition 142 00:07:16.079 --> 00:07:19.560 of players. But when it comes down to crunch time 143 00:07:19.879 --> 00:07:22.959 in the postseason the last two years, we really haven't 144 00:07:23.000 --> 00:07:24.839 seen what other teams have showed. 145 00:07:26.319 --> 00:07:30.000 Dave landon Nack last night, you assess him how. 146 00:07:32.319 --> 00:07:35.319 Well, I mean at disappointing night. He only went four innings. 147 00:07:35.959 --> 00:07:39.720 That's been the story of the Dodgers starting staff for 148 00:07:39.839 --> 00:07:42.519 the last thirteen games, where they're not getting more than 149 00:07:42.560 --> 00:07:46.399 four or five innings from their starter. That's a product 150 00:07:46.439 --> 00:07:50.399 of so many guys being hurt so yeah, Landon Nac 151 00:07:50.879 --> 00:07:53.680 I would say that he was doing okay the first 152 00:07:53.680 --> 00:07:56.839 three innings where he only threw thirty nine pitches, but 153 00:07:56.920 --> 00:07:59.720 in that fourth inning, he threw thirty nine pitches in 154 00:07:59.759 --> 00:08:02.240 that fourth inning and force Dave Roberts hand. 155 00:08:04.079 --> 00:08:05.920 Dave, if you were looking at pitching me to men 156 00:08:06.000 --> 00:08:07.800 mentioned the pitching here because we've talked about this a 157 00:08:07.839 --> 00:08:11.959 lot today too. If the playoffs started tomorrow, the first 158 00:08:12.040 --> 00:08:14.439 three games for the Dodgers would go out. Most likely 159 00:08:14.480 --> 00:08:17.040 Flarerty would line up to pitch Game one. Where would 160 00:08:17.040 --> 00:08:17.680 they go after that? 161 00:08:18.959 --> 00:08:22.040 Oh, it would be Yamamoto and Walker Buehler. Those would 162 00:08:22.040 --> 00:08:25.040 be the first three. It could be Yamamoto game one. 163 00:08:25.839 --> 00:08:29.199 As we know he needs extra days of rest, so 164 00:08:29.360 --> 00:08:31.800 the Dodgers would have to look at that for the 165 00:08:31.839 --> 00:08:34.480 series and figure out how they could get him to 166 00:08:34.519 --> 00:08:38.759 pitch twice in a short series and go from there. 167 00:08:38.799 --> 00:08:42.039 But yeah, it would be right now, Yamamoto and Jack 168 00:08:42.080 --> 00:08:45.120 Flaherty are the top two starters for the Dodgers, and 169 00:08:45.159 --> 00:08:46.960 from there they would have to piece it together. 170 00:08:47.840 --> 00:08:51.159 And if you if you look at the possibility of 171 00:08:51.200 --> 00:08:53.600 them finishing as a wild card, nobody wants to say it. 172 00:08:53.639 --> 00:08:55.679 I'm not saying it will happen. Let's say worst case 173 00:08:55.720 --> 00:08:58.240 it did. What does that do them pitching, because all 174 00:08:58.240 --> 00:08:59.519 of a sudden you need more pitching. 175 00:09:01.399 --> 00:09:04.360 Yeah, that would put it to the extreme there Fred 176 00:09:04.399 --> 00:09:07.720 as far as how they would maneuver their pitching, you know, 177 00:09:08.080 --> 00:09:11.200 and not having that five days of rest to really 178 00:09:11.240 --> 00:09:14.600 line it up. The Dodgers basically have told us by 179 00:09:14.639 --> 00:09:17.480 the way they lined up Yamamoto's schedule since coming off 180 00:09:17.480 --> 00:09:20.559 the IL, they believe they were going to win this division, 181 00:09:21.159 --> 00:09:23.000 or they would have lined them up to pitch in 182 00:09:23.080 --> 00:09:27.240 this series against the Padres instead of Saturday in Denver 183 00:09:27.320 --> 00:09:30.919 against the Rockies. And if the Dodgers playing a Wildcard series, 184 00:09:31.399 --> 00:09:34.399 Yamamoto would not be available to start in the first 185 00:09:34.399 --> 00:09:38.039 two games of that series unless they deviate from that 186 00:09:38.200 --> 00:09:41.679 Saturday scheduled start, which I don't see happening at this 187 00:09:41.840 --> 00:09:44.720 point in time. So, you know, the Dodgers believe they 188 00:09:44.799 --> 00:09:47.960 have this division, and even though it's getting a little 189 00:09:47.960 --> 00:09:50.960 bit closer than they would like, the way they laid 190 00:09:50.960 --> 00:09:54.879 out yamamoto schedule makes you believe they believe they have 191 00:09:55.000 --> 00:09:58.320 this division. And quite frankly, a lot would have to 192 00:09:58.360 --> 00:10:02.120 go the Padres way to even steal this division from 193 00:10:02.120 --> 00:10:05.279 the Dodgers, even if they were to sweep, If they 194 00:10:05.519 --> 00:10:07.919 lose any one of these next two games, it is 195 00:10:08.000 --> 00:10:11.919 a huge mount Everest mountain for them to climb. Now, 196 00:10:12.639 --> 00:10:15.960 if there was another seven or ten more games left 197 00:10:16.000 --> 00:10:18.559 in this season, I would say there should have been 198 00:10:18.639 --> 00:10:22.320 real concern that the Dodgers were going to lose this 199 00:10:22.440 --> 00:10:25.159 division with the way the Padres are playing. But keep 200 00:10:25.240 --> 00:10:28.840 in mind, as we sit right now, time is running 201 00:10:28.879 --> 00:10:32.559 out on the Padres. There's only five games left and 202 00:10:32.679 --> 00:10:35.320 they're down two games, and I know they hold the tiebreaker, 203 00:10:35.399 --> 00:10:37.720 But if the Dodgers can win at least one of 204 00:10:37.759 --> 00:10:41.720 these next two games, the chances of them winning the 205 00:10:41.720 --> 00:10:43.720 West are very high. 206 00:10:44.120 --> 00:10:46.440 All right, Well, Dave, thanks for the insight and thanks 207 00:10:46.440 --> 00:10:48.559 for jumping on as allways, if they ask you'd be 208 00:10:48.559 --> 00:10:49.480 in the picture. Smile. 209 00:10:51.480 --> 00:10:55.159 I have never been asked, and I don't have any desire. 210 00:10:55.480 --> 00:10:59.360 All right. There you go, David vs On a Dodger stadium. 211 00:10:59.480 --> 00:11:02.000 You don't remind Jason, I'm sure you heard about this. 212 00:11:02.600 --> 00:11:04.919 Oh w and Otani when it was the Angel team picture. 213 00:11:05.799 --> 00:11:08.600 Otani didn't show up, but somebody a big guy in 214 00:11:08.679 --> 00:11:12.120 number seventeen Jersey did stood where Otani was going to be, 215 00:11:12.639 --> 00:11:15.080 and then they just put his face in. 216 00:11:15.799 --> 00:11:19.120 Yeah, I don't know why they still actually do take pictures. Well, 217 00:11:19.120 --> 00:11:21.320 I'm just gonna photoshop everybody in. Well it looks like 218 00:11:21.360 --> 00:11:23.240 a great team pack. Well, we'll get everything we want. 219 00:11:23.279 --> 00:11:24.799 We have the lighting, the way we want to do it, 220 00:11:24.799 --> 00:11:26.320 we have we already that we can put it, and 221 00:11:26.360 --> 00:11:28.039 we can put anybody you want it. Do you want 222 00:11:28.039 --> 00:11:30.519 to be in the Dodgers picture? Here's ninety nine bucks, 223 00:11:30.559 --> 00:11:31.120 just like the dirt. 224 00:11:31.120 --> 00:11:35.240 You could buy it now now you're talking, Yeah, ninety 225 00:11:35.320 --> 00:11:38.039 nine bucks. I'd pay for that. Yeah, there's there's Fred 226 00:11:38.080 --> 00:11:41.600 Rogan in the front row right right right next to 227 00:11:41.679 --> 00:11:42.240 Max Munsey. 228 00:11:42.559 --> 00:11:44.919 Yeah, he's between Muncie and Will Smith. Look at that, 229 00:11:44.960 --> 00:11:47.279 there's Fred. I assume he's wearing the suit and tie, 230 00:11:47.360 --> 00:11:49.240 just like, oh this is all look at friends on 231 00:11:49.279 --> 00:11:49.799 that picture. 232 00:11:49.919 --> 00:11:53.159 Yeah, one hundred percent. No, that I'd pay for that. 233 00:11:53.159 --> 00:12:00.240 That'd be worth the money. Do you hear about the 234 00:12:00.240 --> 00:12:07.759 guy that lost his bonus? Well, the guys you and no, 235 00:12:07.840 --> 00:12:09.279 have you heard the story about the guy that lost 236 00:12:09.320 --> 00:12:09.720 his bonus? 237 00:12:09.799 --> 00:12:09.960 Yeah? 238 00:12:10.000 --> 00:12:10.759 The Pirates player? 239 00:12:10.840 --> 00:12:13.360 Yeah, yeah, we'll talk about it all right. Jason Smith 240 00:12:13.360 --> 00:12:17.840 and today for Rodney boy, there's low and there's low. 241 00:12:18.759 --> 00:12:22.159 There is low. This is really low. 242 00:12:22.360 --> 00:12:24.879 I don't know, walk off triple play Fred, that's pretty low. 243 00:12:24.919 --> 00:12:26.080 That's pretty tough, man. 244 00:12:26.320 --> 00:12:27.600 Yeah, but you know what, they can come back and 245 00:12:27.600 --> 00:12:28.679 play again tonight, all. 246 00:12:28.720 --> 00:12:30.480 Right, they need to. This is the low point of 247 00:12:30.519 --> 00:12:32.559 the season. Got to get off the mat tonight. Well, 248 00:12:32.600 --> 00:12:34.759 you know what, you can't get any lower than this. 249 00:12:34.879 --> 00:12:40.639 So so uh Roddy tells or Tayez however you pronounced it, 250 00:12:40.879 --> 00:12:43.440 you know, the big, big first basement. He's playing for 251 00:12:43.480 --> 00:12:48.480 the Pirates now. He's been around forever anyway. All he 252 00:12:48.559 --> 00:12:51.919 needed is four at bats. He's been there all year. 253 00:12:53.120 --> 00:12:55.919 He just needs four more at bats and he gets 254 00:12:56.279 --> 00:13:00.320 a two hundred thousand dollars bonus for plate appearances. It 255 00:13:00.399 --> 00:13:05.279 needs four at bats. All right, we're on Wednesday, season 256 00:13:05.360 --> 00:13:10.600 end Sunday. Guy's been there all year. He needs four 257 00:13:10.639 --> 00:13:17.759 more at bats. They released him. They released him. The 258 00:13:17.799 --> 00:13:20.120 general manager said, well, you understand, you know, we have to, 259 00:13:20.360 --> 00:13:23.799 you know, make decisions and look at what what do 260 00:13:23.879 --> 00:13:26.720 you have to look at? Well, he's got to start 261 00:13:26.720 --> 00:13:32.159 making decisions for what. There's no decisions made in four days. 262 00:13:33.200 --> 00:13:37.240 What are you doing They just cut them so they 263 00:13:37.240 --> 00:13:40.159 didn't have to pay him. That's pretty low. 264 00:13:41.399 --> 00:13:43.840 You know when you say this, Oh, where's this story 265 00:13:43.879 --> 00:13:45.840 coming out of? And you say Pittsburgh, and I go, 266 00:13:46.000 --> 00:13:47.919 of course is Pittsburgh. 267 00:13:47.960 --> 00:13:50.120 They've been nickel and diming for the better part of 268 00:13:50.200 --> 00:13:51.000 thirty years. 269 00:13:51.039 --> 00:13:54.559 Fred, I mean four plate appearances, so one game just 270 00:13:54.639 --> 00:13:57.639 had to play one more game, one more game. Yeah, 271 00:13:57.879 --> 00:14:00.679 those are four played appearances. You are gonna. 272 00:14:00.480 --> 00:14:04.600 See right, It's what could you be thinking? The guy's 273 00:14:04.639 --> 00:14:08.399 been there all year long and your explanation is, well, 274 00:14:08.399 --> 00:14:10.879 you know if we could have expanded the rosters. You're 275 00:14:10.919 --> 00:14:17.519 not going anywhere. You're not doing anything. What do you mean, 276 00:14:17.639 --> 00:14:19.320 We've got to get rid of him so we can 277 00:14:19.320 --> 00:14:23.240 bring someone up for four days. Well, you know what, 278 00:14:23.440 --> 00:14:25.240 We're gonna call this guy up and I'll tell you something. 279 00:14:25.799 --> 00:14:28.279 This guy is gonna get a real good look from 280 00:14:28.360 --> 00:14:32.919 us in four days. They cut him because they didn't 281 00:14:32.919 --> 00:14:35.240 want to pay him, and then they come up with 282 00:14:35.320 --> 00:14:39.679 some story about why they made the decision. That is awful. 283 00:14:40.159 --> 00:14:44.360 Anybody that would consider playing for that organization should think twice. 284 00:14:45.039 --> 00:14:46.879 But then again, since they have a bunch of players 285 00:14:46.919 --> 00:14:49.720 you've never heard of, anyway, who would think about it? 286 00:14:50.600 --> 00:14:53.000 Do you think there was a meeting and you know, 287 00:14:53.080 --> 00:14:55.519 like last week, and you know, with front office, and 288 00:14:55.519 --> 00:14:59.039 they're like, all right, another year, we're not contending. Does 289 00:14:59.080 --> 00:15:02.519 anybody have any good news? And some intern in the 290 00:15:02.759 --> 00:15:08.320 Jonah Hill Marketing Department of Baseball Strategies and Numbers says, 291 00:15:08.639 --> 00:15:09.639 I got a way to save. 292 00:15:09.480 --> 00:15:12.399 Us two hundred thousand dollars. Wait, how could you save 293 00:15:12.480 --> 00:15:12.679 us that? 294 00:15:13.000 --> 00:15:13.279 Hey? 295 00:15:13.639 --> 00:15:14.960 If we df Fay Rowdy. 296 00:15:15.159 --> 00:15:17.840 He's getting really close to getting two hundred grand from 297 00:15:17.960 --> 00:15:20.000 us because we got that bonus in his contract for 298 00:15:20.200 --> 00:15:22.960 blade appearances. How many more does he need? Well, he 299 00:15:23.039 --> 00:15:24.919 needs about twelve. Oh, so we can keep him for 300 00:15:24.960 --> 00:15:27.000 another couple of days. Yeah, yeah, yeah, but make sure 301 00:15:27.320 --> 00:15:29.720 when he gets close, that's when we gotta let him go. 302 00:15:29.759 --> 00:15:31.799 All right, now he's at four, Okay, let's let him go. 303 00:15:32.000 --> 00:15:35.039 Congratulations kid, you're going somewhere in this business. 304 00:15:35.159 --> 00:15:37.799 You just saved us two hundred grand. Here's a cupcake. 305 00:15:40.799 --> 00:15:43.360 You know what, though, you know, we need a different 306 00:15:43.399 --> 00:15:44.799 perspective nowadayson. 307 00:15:44.399 --> 00:15:47.080 Don't you think we need We need positivity, all right, 308 00:15:47.120 --> 00:15:49.879 We need positivity to provide that there is only one man. 309 00:15:52.120 --> 00:15:56.279 It is Victor Brigg with the daily haikup at two 310 00:15:58.759 --> 00:15:59.879 and Vic Good afternoon. 311 00:16:05.320 --> 00:16:12.120 He says, Meggi Roe, Meggie, no, Fred Rogan, Hello, Vick. 312 00:16:15.720 --> 00:16:19.519 He's in for Rodney. He hates the bunts, Jason Smith. 313 00:16:21.600 --> 00:16:24.039 Vick would have beat Rojas down the line if he 314 00:16:24.200 --> 00:16:25.480 was just hopping on one leg. 315 00:16:25.600 --> 00:16:26.960 King flavor. 316 00:16:29.360 --> 00:16:32.639 In the house for you, the flavor that you crave of, 317 00:16:32.720 --> 00:16:36.799 the vibe that cannot be denied. Listen. He's into Kevin's 318 00:16:36.799 --> 00:16:42.120 figures and still dazed by the ultra rare Padre's triple 319 00:16:42.159 --> 00:16:44.679 play walk off, double a animalstly. 320 00:16:44.679 --> 00:16:46.360 Not just triple play right here, y'all. 321 00:16:50.120 --> 00:16:50.919 That's the attitude. 322 00:16:50.960 --> 00:16:53.559 Double a yeah, work great. 323 00:16:56.240 --> 00:17:00.559 His musica will inspire the azul Oh. Rodney Fossa's got 324 00:17:00.559 --> 00:17:01.279 a click connection. 325 00:17:02.720 --> 00:17:05.400 It's Vic, Yeah, Hi, Vic. 326 00:17:08.720 --> 00:17:19.519 Dodger fans. Seven deep breaths, breathe in with me and 327 00:17:19.559 --> 00:17:28.680 then breathe out. Obviously an insane sequence, one of the 328 00:17:28.680 --> 00:17:33.240 most mind blowing sequences I've ever seen. We're watching baseball 329 00:17:33.279 --> 00:17:40.759 all these many years when Nikki ro Last that shot 330 00:17:40.799 --> 00:17:44.920 down third base and Machado turned it into the triple play. Obviously, 331 00:17:46.359 --> 00:17:50.680 the bunt was a move because you have to get 332 00:17:50.680 --> 00:17:54.799 Otani and Moki up. Okay, that's that's blaringly evident. So 333 00:17:54.880 --> 00:18:00.759 it's freaky Tuesday. I mean, he hit it well in retrospect. 334 00:18:01.039 --> 00:18:03.880 I mean, Niggi's Niggi and fred You've pointed this out. 335 00:18:04.480 --> 00:18:11.359 Niggie Rose had a sensational year offensively, you know, he's 336 00:18:11.359 --> 00:18:18.160 the spirit of the ball club. And it's just it 337 00:18:18.519 --> 00:18:27.119 was Potres time to make, you know, a freaky play, 338 00:18:27.880 --> 00:18:30.279 and they pulled it off him. Machado's an excellent defender, 339 00:18:30.319 --> 00:18:36.079 there's no doubt. And the Buds, the buds was called off. 340 00:18:36.119 --> 00:18:39.240 And of course in every every fan's mind, that baseball 341 00:18:39.240 --> 00:18:44.279 Officionando's mind, you gotta lay down the buds And how 342 00:18:44.400 --> 00:18:48.440 thinks any excuse for not laying it down. You must 343 00:18:48.440 --> 00:18:52.680 get Otani and Mookie up, and Freddy up and Ti Oscar. 344 00:18:53.559 --> 00:18:57.599 I mean, you've got four guys just foaming at the 345 00:18:57.680 --> 00:19:00.240 mouth to get up in the ninth and for buy 346 00:19:00.279 --> 00:19:03.079 some more heroics. And when it can't get to them, 347 00:19:03.519 --> 00:19:06.039 it makes it more exasperating, more frustrating. And that's why 348 00:19:06.119 --> 00:19:12.559 we were in the state today. And then you know, 349 00:19:12.599 --> 00:19:17.440 the Padres were just Champagna shower in the visiting locker room. 350 00:19:17.839 --> 00:19:21.400 You know, you know, just rubbing it. It's rubbing it 351 00:19:21.440 --> 00:19:32.279 in there. It's stinging because the time has come today. Listen. 352 00:19:32.279 --> 00:19:35.640 It took a triple play in the Knife to beat 353 00:19:35.680 --> 00:19:38.799 the azul and they did him. Play a very good 354 00:19:38.839 --> 00:19:42.319 baseball game, the Dodgers, and there were still within you know, 355 00:19:42.599 --> 00:19:45.839 a couple of a couple of pitches, I mean first 356 00:19:45.880 --> 00:19:49.000 and second, No, out four to two. They had three 357 00:19:49.039 --> 00:19:52.079 straight hits, and you just felt the electricity your blood. 358 00:19:52.720 --> 00:19:54.680 You know, you go and iyere going crazy in the zendo. 359 00:19:54.759 --> 00:19:59.200 There's there's there's a palpable buzz, you know, throughout you know, 360 00:19:59.279 --> 00:20:02.039 Los Angeles. Things are turning around in the ninth inning, 361 00:20:06.759 --> 00:20:07.960 but look at me, I'm still a wreck. 362 00:20:08.599 --> 00:20:12.279 Yes, yes, but I'm just angry over. 363 00:20:12.160 --> 00:20:14.599 The whole nine innings. It wasn't just the ninth enning. 364 00:20:14.839 --> 00:20:19.839 If I say, uh pointed it out brilliantly. The ninth 365 00:20:19.839 --> 00:20:22.160 inning did not bury the Dodgers. It was the nine 366 00:20:22.200 --> 00:20:27.279 innings that bury the Dodgers. After the first inning, okay, 367 00:20:27.799 --> 00:20:30.759 oh Tani, the first pitcher, you know, smokes it down 368 00:20:30.799 --> 00:20:35.839 the line for the double. Then the wild throw and 369 00:20:35.880 --> 00:20:38.440 suddenly it's one nothing. They gave us a run. The 370 00:20:38.480 --> 00:20:44.400 part was just gave the Dodgers a run, but then 371 00:20:44.480 --> 00:20:50.319 you have more opportunities to cash in. And again Mooki 372 00:20:50.400 --> 00:20:52.559 strikes out with the bases loaded in the second inning. 373 00:20:52.920 --> 00:20:55.279 Then Mooki gets picked off at third base. I mean 374 00:20:55.720 --> 00:20:59.039 it was not clean hardball. You want to beat the 375 00:20:59.079 --> 00:21:01.440 Padres right now, the best record of baseballs and seal 376 00:21:01.519 --> 00:21:04.519 Stu break, you must play clean hardball. That was not 377 00:21:04.640 --> 00:21:10.599 a clean, clean game for the Dodgers landon knock obviously, 378 00:21:11.319 --> 00:21:13.359 Fredd Is who pointed out, you can't get behind. He 379 00:21:13.400 --> 00:21:15.359 can't give up four runs. He gives up four runs. 380 00:21:16.319 --> 00:21:21.440 You know, that didn't help the situation. But there were 381 00:21:21.519 --> 00:21:23.319 there were there were some positives. There was some There 382 00:21:23.400 --> 00:21:26.279 was some sunshine. The bullpen was locked in. 383 00:21:31.680 --> 00:21:33.200 Yeah, we don't want to We don't want to ruin 384 00:21:33.240 --> 00:21:36.559 the sunshine. We went to to get to think about 385 00:21:36.599 --> 00:21:40.119 what the sunshine could be and then we'll shine it 386 00:21:40.240 --> 00:21:44.960 next a right, Jason Smith is in today for Rodney, 387 00:21:45.160 --> 00:21:47.680 and uh Vic was about to tell us how the 388 00:21:47.720 --> 00:21:52.400 sun is shining. So Vic, why don't you rejoin us 389 00:21:52.440 --> 00:21:54.720 and pick up this sunshiny tail? 390 00:22:00.839 --> 00:22:06.960 You mock me, Fred, But there was sunshine amidst the 391 00:22:07.079 --> 00:22:13.279 darkness of the of the stunning loss. And it's not devastating, 392 00:22:13.319 --> 00:22:19.720 DJA fans. It's not devastating. It was just a freaky, freaky, 393 00:22:20.680 --> 00:22:24.440 crazy last play. But again, they could have to play 394 00:22:24.440 --> 00:22:25.880 some clean hardballs tonight and they will. 395 00:22:26.720 --> 00:22:29.039 Yeah, but Dick, I think people were devastated. 396 00:22:30.440 --> 00:22:34.400 Oh well, in the moments it was. It was stunning. 397 00:22:35.160 --> 00:22:37.720 It was very hard to digest the dynamic of a 398 00:22:37.759 --> 00:22:41.279 game ending triptball play. We've never seen it before. What 399 00:22:41.440 --> 00:22:44.000 it happened like what twenty eight times in baseball history. 400 00:22:44.039 --> 00:22:46.839 I mean, they played the game with a like two 401 00:22:46.960 --> 00:22:50.880