Speaker 1: Welcome to a special edition of Dodger Talk David Vassey
Speaker 1: at Sherwood Country Club, a place where I was married
Speaker 1: and right now might be divorced here soon. Anyway, we're
Speaker 1: here for Justin Turner's eighth annual golf tournament. It's a
Speaker 1: great turnout. A lot of his teammates, former current have
Speaker 1: showed up to support him. His great agent, the swallest
Speaker 1: agent and Major League Baseball has showed up, Greg Gensky
Speaker 1: from Vanners Sports. He will join us a little bit later.
Speaker 1: Courtney with the K is over there. I tried to
Speaker 1: steal her her golf cart earlier this morning and she said,
Speaker 1: hell no, get out of my golf cart and you
Speaker 1: will find another one. So I said, hey, I just
Speaker 1: parked it right there, valet style for you. Court with
Speaker 1: a K. You know I'm here for you. You know.
Speaker 1: She's a proud new mama. She's helped put together this
Speaker 1: great golf tournament eight years running. And we're very happy
Speaker 1: to be out here, and we're hoping to get some
Speaker 1: of the guys that come back for lunch to stop by.
Speaker 1: I saw Corey c my favorite Seeger Matty Seger volunteered
Speaker 1: him to come on the show, so you know that's
Speaker 1: going to happen. Also, saw my little friend Nick Punto.
Speaker 1: Nick Punto is going to be here as well. He
Speaker 1: was one of the players on one of my favorite
Speaker 1: Dodger teams, the twenty thirteen Dodgers, so looking forward to
Speaker 1: seeing him. Ryan Pepio is out here, The cat Man,
Speaker 1: Tony Gonsolin is out here, so we'll see if those
Speaker 1: guys stop by. Also, we are already giving out awards
Speaker 1: here at the Justin Turner Golf Tournament. James Loney has
Speaker 1: won the Worst Dressed Golfer award here early on, especially
Speaker 1: the I mean, I'm not sure he got the memo.
Speaker 1: This is not a Christmas ugly sweater event, but he
Speaker 1: certainly showed up in the ugliest sweater event here at
Speaker 1: Justin Turner's Golf tournament.
Speaker 2: Right.
Speaker 1: Have you seen loney sweater?
Speaker 3: Sir?
Speaker 1: Yeah, you know he knows it's the even this guy knows.
Speaker 1: He knows it's the worst sweater purple. I mean, can
Speaker 1: you what lone he's wearing today? I mean, that's why
Speaker 1: he never won a ring. You're gonna dress like that,
Speaker 1: You're never gonna win a ring anyway. Eric carros Is
Speaker 1: representing the Dodger broadcasters in style as always with Travis Matthew.
Speaker 1: Johnny de Luca, by the way, is here. He's from
Speaker 1: Agora High School and keeping the receipts. He said, I
Speaker 1: still own a speaker from Travis Matthew from when we
Speaker 1: did a pregame interview. I mean, is that what De
Speaker 1: lucas thinking all the way out there in Tampa Bay.
Speaker 1: He's worried about a speaker that I didn't or may
Speaker 1: have forgotten to give him. I mean, does he think
Speaker 1: I have it in my trunk? No shot? Anyway. This
Speaker 1: is our first official show since the parade. It was
Speaker 1: a glorious day at Dodger Stadium that afternoon. You want
Speaker 1: some hot stove, don't you. I'm going to give you
Speaker 1: some hot stove. I have Dodger officials monitoring every word
Speaker 1: I say, but I will still let you know what
Speaker 1: I know. Justin Turner is not going to be the
Speaker 1: new first base coach. Despite the tweets I'm getting, Justin
Speaker 1: Turner is still going to play one more year. He
Speaker 1: has wanted to play until he's forty years old. I
Speaker 1: wouldn't be surprised to see him on the West Coast
Speaker 1: he finished last year with the Mariners. I know the
Speaker 1: Diamondbacks and Angels were interested in him last year, so
Speaker 1: we'll see whether or not they renew their interest. His agent,
Speaker 1: Greg Gensky, is going to join us, so we'll see
Speaker 1: whether or not he has any sort of hints that
Speaker 1: he wants to drop. As far as where Justin Turner
Speaker 1: may or may not go, as far as the Dodgers
Speaker 1: go themselves, ta Oscar Hernandez, I know many of you
Speaker 1: want him back. He was the heart and soul of
Speaker 1: the Dodgers. He has He and the Dodgers have been
Speaker 1: in contact, so that's good news. Really. It feels like
Speaker 1: a lot of teams out there have their eyes set
Speaker 1: on starting pitching, and the Dodgers are no different. Hey,
Speaker 1: there's no mare Garciapara. He tried to act like he
Speaker 1: didn't see me. But as he's doing right now, walking
Speaker 1: away with his head down pretending he did not see me,
Speaker 1: He'll be back. They always come crawling back. They always
Speaker 1: come crawling back. Just me. Anyway, As far as some
Speaker 1: of the key free agents from the Dodgers championship team,
Speaker 1: the Dodgers have remained in contact with Teoscar Hernandez, they
Speaker 1: have remained in contact with Walker Buehler, who obviously has
Speaker 1: earned the right to test the free agent market. There
Speaker 1: are a lot of teams out there that want the
Speaker 1: services of Walker freaking Bueler. I've heard of six different teams.
Speaker 1: It feels like a lot of the Aleast teams are
Speaker 1: in on starting pitching, specifically the Orioles, the Red Sox,
Speaker 1: the Yankees, whether it's Max Freed, Walker Bueller, or Blake Snell.
Speaker 1: Those teams are, i guess, in some ways competing with
Speaker 1: the Dodgers for starting pitching. If you look at it,
Speaker 1: nothing has changed from the end of the World Series
Speaker 1: to right now. There are a lot of holes in
Speaker 1: this starting rotation that need to be filled, and the
Speaker 1: Dodgers plan on doing so. One guy's out here golfing
Speaker 1: Tony Gonslin, who may be part of that Dodger pitching
Speaker 1: staff going into twenty twenty five. Emit sheen't coming off,
Speaker 1: Tommy John Surgery, River Ryan coming off Tommy John Surgery,
Speaker 1: Evan Phillips. If we go into the bullpen ended the
Speaker 1: year not on the World Series roster. Hey, there's two
Speaker 1: good guys with two great beards, Chris Woodward, No Mar
Speaker 1: you just made eye contact. You saw me. No Mar,
Speaker 1: you made I contact. That means you want in. Nomar's
Speaker 1: gonna want in? Trust me anyway. The Dodgers have the
Speaker 1: same kind of pitching holes that they ended the season with,
Speaker 1: so they need starting pitching Roki Sazaki, the Japanese twenty
Speaker 1: three year old. Yes, of course, the Dodgers, among other
Speaker 1: teams have No Mar's gonna get I'm sure a chicken
Speaker 1: sandwich super healthy to embarrass the rest of us. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I know you are going to get No Mark garciapara,
Speaker 1: No Mark chance. I could see No Mar getting a
Speaker 1: chicken sandwich on a lettuce wrap, no cheese, and maybe,
Speaker 1: uh you know, maybe a tomato on top.
Speaker 4: No tomato, no tomato, tomato out of it. But everything
Speaker 4: else you said sounds pretty good. Okay, maybe I'll go
Speaker 4: that route you want me to get you one.
Speaker 1: No, I'll go with the burger.
Speaker 3: You go.
Speaker 1: I'll leave the chicken for you.
Speaker 4: All right, Go with the burger extra mao what you want?
Speaker 1: No Mar. By the way, I know you didn't recognize
Speaker 1: me because I might be a little bit more swollen
Speaker 1: than at the end of the year at forty five.
Speaker 1: No Mar, every day since the end of the World Series.
Speaker 1: How does it look you might need f ninety.
Speaker 3: I don't think.
Speaker 1: Let's go ninety and then you work your way down.
Speaker 5: Yeah, I'm just saying, but you look great.
Speaker 1: Thank you, Omar, you look good. Black always helps the
Speaker 1: skinny fat guys.
Speaker 4: Go with that one yes, exactly and then getting one
Speaker 4: size up on the shirt.
Speaker 1: There you go. How's it going, Omar? Are you swinging
Speaker 1: out there with christ?
Speaker 4: I mean, this day is perfect. You can ask for
Speaker 4: a more perfect day on a beautiful golf course. I
Speaker 4: have a lot of divots out there. I should be
Speaker 4: collecting them and then I could probably put it in
Speaker 4: my backyard and have a lawn the amount of divots
Speaker 4: I've been taking out of this poor course. But it's
Speaker 4: a perfect day.
Speaker 1: Who did Justin Turner pair you up with?
Speaker 4: Well, you know, I got Chris Woodward, I got e
Speaker 4: K and I got marcos Arius out here as well.
Speaker 4: So the four of us are out here, and I
Speaker 4: like to say they are carrying me, and they are.
Speaker 1: No, I don't believe that doubt. Carols looked very stiff
Speaker 1: this morning. No, he didn't seem like he could really
Speaker 1: move earlier.
Speaker 4: Listen, Caros does that on purpose so we can sandbag,
Speaker 4: and all of a sudden he gets loose and then
Speaker 4: he starts dotting it right, you know, right next to
Speaker 4: the pin every time, and we're like, you know, nice shot, Ek,
Speaker 4: We'll use another one of your drives, Ek, and then woo,
Speaker 4: Woody hits it a ton and we're like, man, we're already.
Speaker 4: I didn't know you can get this close to the
Speaker 4: pin off the tea box. That's how good he hits.
Speaker 1: Well. You know, he has this rover job with the Dodgers,
Speaker 1: so you know what that means. He's to a lot
Speaker 1: of golf courses.
Speaker 4: Listen, whatever it is swings it really well.
Speaker 1: You've been to a lot of these. You've been to
Speaker 1: all eight of the Justin Turner golf tournaments. I mean,
Speaker 1: what does it say about Justin and Courtney to keep
Speaker 1: this going?
Speaker 4: It says a lot about them, obviously when you see
Speaker 4: the turnout. First of all, it's so impressive the amount
Speaker 4: of people are here, the amount of sponsors that are
Speaker 4: so supportive. I also think it speaks volumes of them
Speaker 4: as individuals, because so many people want to help, want
Speaker 4: to contribute, want to back them, because they know all
Speaker 4: the good things they do in the community and also
Speaker 4: just amazing human beings that they are, and that helps
Speaker 4: out a lot to get so much support from the
Speaker 4: individuals that are out here. So so many people behind
Speaker 4: the scenes obviously do an amazing job to put this on.
Speaker 4: But it is really really impressive to see the amount
Speaker 4: of golfers out here who want.
Speaker 5: To be a part of this.
Speaker 1: And you don't just show up to any golf tournament
Speaker 1: like James Loney, you actually have some sort of filter here.
Speaker 1: So for you to be here, you believe in what
Speaker 1: they do.
Speaker 4: Now, no doubt, you believe in what they do. They
Speaker 4: do so many great things, and there's a lot of
Speaker 4: athletes obviously out there that have done that, do amazing
Speaker 4: things and continue to do stuff.
Speaker 5: You know, JT.
Speaker 4: You know, obviously his time with the Dodgers always be remembered.
Speaker 4: You know, I'm sure we'll all say, as Dodger fans,
Speaker 4: he's always a Dodger and look at it that way,
Speaker 4: and I think that also speaks volumes and he knows
Speaker 4: that and embraces that and as we should. But he's
Speaker 4: always taking it a step further and knowing, you know,
Speaker 4: where he came from, knowing to be able to give
Speaker 4: back and using that platform and him and Courtney doing
Speaker 4: an amazing job by doing that.
Speaker 1: Two time batting champion and a champion of the people
Speaker 1: of Los Angeles. Nomar Garcia Para is joining us from
Speaker 1: the Justin Turner Golf Tournament. Yes, you were about to say.
Speaker 5: Something I was gonna say, Dave.
Speaker 4: You know, in all seriousness, you look great.
Speaker 1: You know that you look Keep.
Speaker 4: Doing what you're doing and then maybe you know you
Speaker 4: keep doing it, then maybe and go to the challenges
Speaker 4: of some of these.
Speaker 5: Players and actually beat them, you know, whether it's.
Speaker 4: A sprint, maybe, you know, maybe it's a push up contest.
Speaker 4: You go one of these guys and.
Speaker 1: You're doing a lot of burpies these days.
Speaker 4: Go with the burpees and you know, actual burpies or
Speaker 4: after a drink purpies. Which ones are you.
Speaker 1: Want to go to? A happy hour? This is my area, Nomar.
Speaker 1: I'll take you a happy hour every.
Speaker 3: Way you're talking, Dave.
Speaker 4: Now we're talking absolutely happy hour.
Speaker 5: It is.
Speaker 1: I love it. No Mar with chicken sandwiches, chicken sliders,
Speaker 1: chicken nachos.
Speaker 5: Even better.
Speaker 1: Oh maybe, no Mar, I know you want to eat. Yes,
Speaker 1: thanks a lot for coming on appreciate it. You know
Speaker 1: how much I love you.
Speaker 5: You're the best.
Speaker 1: You teach me so much, Nomar Seriously, you teach all
Speaker 1: of us so much, and you deserve a lot of
Speaker 1: credit because you worked almost the entire season, if not
Speaker 1: the entire season. You deserve a championship crown yourself because
Speaker 1: I know how badly you wanted it for those guys
Speaker 1: and that coaching staff, and we finally got to see it.
Speaker 4: Well, it was so much fun to watch you. And
Speaker 4: I know, you know, we're fans, you know, and obviously
Speaker 4: we're you and I are very fortunate to not only
Speaker 4: watch these guys perform, but we also get to know
Speaker 4: them outside of on the field, and they're really easy
Speaker 4: to cheer for.
Speaker 3: You and I know that.
Speaker 4: I mean, they're just great people as well. So yeah,
Speaker 4: I think for us to know him on that level,
Speaker 4: it's an additional, you know, form of excitement and wanting
Speaker 4: them to win so bad for them because of the work,
Speaker 4: but just because of they're good guys and they're easy
Speaker 4: to cheer for. And I think the fans recognized that.
Speaker 4: I mean, obviously what they brought to Los Angeles was incredible,
Speaker 4: but it's for us we can always deliver and let
Speaker 4: the fans know that it's okay to cheer for these guys,
Speaker 4: because these guys are just as good off the field
Speaker 4: as you see on the field.
Speaker 1: Nomar well said, we love you, Nomar, You're the best.
Speaker 1: I want to give theo Epstein the people's elbow after
Speaker 1: that comeback Netflix show. I'll do it for you. I'll
Speaker 1: tell you the whole story later, all right, Nomar is
Speaker 1: a great guy. He was misrepresented in that freaking travesty Boston.
Speaker 1: No wonder, nobody wants to play there. My guy, Nomar Garciapara,
Speaker 1: he's the man. Look at Karas he's taking a to
Speaker 1: go box. He's ready to go. Man, he's moving a
Speaker 1: lot better than he was when this thing started. No wonder,
Speaker 1: Nomar is all happy man, and Karros his hair is perfect.
Speaker 6: You know.
Speaker 1: Back in the day when I was watching Eric Carros play,
Speaker 1: he would go on the Jim Rome Show twenty four
Speaker 1: to seven, and he is nicknamed back when he was
Speaker 1: playing was Fabio. And that's the reason why right there
Speaker 1: there it is he'll be back. They always crawl back,
Speaker 1: trust me, Eric Carrolls would be crawling back. My guy,
Speaker 1: Chris Woodward, he doesn't want to come on here. He
Speaker 1: does not want to come on here. He knows I'm
Speaker 1: a loose cannon today. I'm a loose cannon today. Oh man, Hey,
Speaker 1: how dare you? Steve Hartman? Are you kidding me? I
Speaker 1: do not have new hair. Bosley is my guy. All Right,
Speaker 1: We're gonna take a time out here on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 1: When we come back, we'll be joined by more of
Speaker 1: the celebrities out here that are pretending they want to
Speaker 1: avoid me, but always find a way back into the seat.
Speaker 1: All right, Dodger Talk from Sherwood Country Club, a place
Speaker 1: I got married, and by the way, the marriage is very,
Speaker 1: very iffy. Right now, we'll send it back to you
Speaker 1: in the studio for now. More Dodger Talk on the
Speaker 1: iHeartRadio app coming up. Welcome back to Dodger Talk. David
Speaker 1: Vassey out here at Sherwood Country Club for the eighth
Speaker 1: annual Justin Turner Charity Golf Tournament. And a man that
Speaker 1: has been a staple of this tournament is one of
Speaker 1: my favorite Dodgers that I was able to cover. You know,
Speaker 1: people always talk about how do you get in with players?
Speaker 1: Wired do you guys seem to be so tight. Well,
Speaker 1: there were two guys when I first started that really
Speaker 1: brought me into the inner circle. That was Skip Schumacher
Speaker 1: and our guest Nick Punto, who is part of the
Speaker 1: great twenty thirteen Dodgers. Punto, great to see you. Thank
Speaker 1: you for coming on. I'm sorry we have to do
Speaker 1: this again.
Speaker 2: I love it, buddy. That was a great prelude, and.
Speaker 7: I just want to first of all say congratulations to
Speaker 7: our fan base in LA is so cool, unbelievable. They
Speaker 7: got cheated in twenty not getting to be there in
Speaker 7: person seeing those guys do it, and they.
Speaker 1: Got cheated in twenty seventeen too.
Speaker 2: They sure in more ways than one, didn't they.
Speaker 7: But I was just thrilled watching that and getting to
Speaker 7: see them celebrate, and my dear friend Clayton Kershaw couldn't
Speaker 7: feel more excited for him and the whole fan base.
Speaker 2: Pretty cool.
Speaker 1: Were you surprised by the emotions he showed at the
Speaker 1: parade with the way the fans received him. I mean
Speaker 1: we talked about this a little bit. He doesn't really
Speaker 1: show too many emotions.
Speaker 2: He'd you know what, He keeps it pretty close to
Speaker 2: the vest.
Speaker 7: But when Clayton does let go, it's wide open and raw,
Speaker 7: and I could feel it through the television, like I
Speaker 7: got chills as soon as I heard the ovation for him.
Speaker 7: They know what he's done for this city and for
Speaker 7: how long he's done it for this city, and it
Speaker 7: was nice for them to, you.
Speaker 2: Know, give him that ovation that he got.
Speaker 1: Nick Punto and Skip Schumacher have the distinction of not
Speaker 1: being teammates with Kershaw the year he won the National
Speaker 1: League MVP, but in his acceptance speech he thanked Skip
Speaker 1: Schumacher and Nick Punto. How much I haven't talked to
Speaker 1: you about this. I mean, we're going back a few
Speaker 1: years now, but since we're on the topic of Kershaw,
Speaker 1: how much did that mean to you for him at
Speaker 1: a you know, December acceptance speech for an MVP. Nonetheless,
Speaker 1: to single out you and little Skippy.
Speaker 2: I was there. I was there.
Speaker 7: I was watching through the television screen with the wife
Speaker 7: and kids and we had family over and to say
Speaker 7: I maybe had a tear, it was definitely there. It's
Speaker 7: Clayton Kershaw is just one of those guys that is
Speaker 7: so easy to root for.
Speaker 2: His daily habits, the way he cares.
Speaker 7: About his teammates, everything he does is so professional and
Speaker 7: to get to say that I got to play with
Speaker 7: probably the greatest lefty of all time is pretty cool.
Speaker 2: And if not, Sandy's right there right.
Speaker 1: You know what's weird is how you're at Justin Turner's
Speaker 1: golf tournament. And I remember after Skip Schumacher and Nick
Speaker 1: Punto left the Dodgers in spring of twenty fourteen, Nick
Speaker 1: Punto and Skips Schumacher were a huge void to fill
Speaker 1: and everybody wondered who was going to fill your void?
Speaker 1: And it was one guy. It was that guy that
Speaker 1: needed to fill the void of Schumacher and Punto. And
Speaker 1: I mean it's turned into something bigger than we all
Speaker 1: ever thought.
Speaker 7: It's actually incredible what the Dodgers have done for the
Speaker 7: last what is it eleven seasons? I think twenty thirteen
Speaker 7: that was the beginning, right, that's the beginning. And they
Speaker 7: still they they're still going strong. I don't want to
Speaker 7: jinx anything, but they are going strong. And for me,
Speaker 7: I feel like they have a chance to.
Speaker 2: Create a dynasty. They're that good.
Speaker 7: The front office is that good, the ownership is that good,
Speaker 7: that the players are that good. They keep bringing in
Speaker 7: the right nucleus of players, the energy Like me watching
Speaker 7: that World Series knowing how much clubhouse culture matters. I'm
Speaker 7: watching that World Series and literally I knew that we
Speaker 7: had the advantage. Yeah, Yankees, the dynamics of that clubhouse.
Speaker 7: You heard Monthsy talk about how connected and this is
Speaker 7: the best group he's.
Speaker 2: Been a part of. Those are like huge words for
Speaker 2: a guy that's won that many years in a row.
Speaker 1: This is the group.
Speaker 7: So it was such an easy team to root for.
Speaker 7: And like I said, I'm elated for the fan base
Speaker 7: and proud to be a Dodger fan.
Speaker 1: I'm sure Nick Punto can appreciate. And maybe his favorite
Speaker 1: player on the Dodgers is Tommy Edmond. I mean, come on,
Speaker 1: that seems like Nick Punto written all over it.
Speaker 7: That is my style, buddy, you got it. Yeah, just
Speaker 7: a baseball player. He is a baseball player looking for
Speaker 7: the weaknesses. The guy's playing back a little bit, he's
Speaker 7: gonna lay down the bun, He's gonna get the guy over.
Speaker 7: He is a baseball player through and through, and they
Speaker 7: have a bunch of them. They actually have a bunch
Speaker 7: of them. You know, one of their superstars in Mookie
Speaker 7: Bets is a true baseball player. Yeah, a guy that's
Speaker 7: a right Fielder willing to go play the infield, like,
Speaker 7: those are the sacrifices that create a winning culture.
Speaker 2: And it's a special group.
Speaker 1: Speaking of Mookie Bets, his daughter wasn't feeling well, so
Speaker 1: he had to leave to pick her up. So the
Speaker 1: door is wide open for Punto, Ryan Peppio, Justin Turner
Speaker 1: and whoever else is your fourth to take over Seer? Yeah,
Speaker 1: I've heard of him before. He's decent.
Speaker 2: Now we're having a blast.
Speaker 1: Hey, it's a complete rigged tournament with you guys all together.
Speaker 1: Let's be honest.
Speaker 2: You know, Justin knows what he's doing. He picks the
Speaker 2: pretty group. Pretty good group here.
Speaker 1: Yeah, the pretty goop. Yeah, you guys are pretty too.
Speaker 8: Yeah.
Speaker 2: Come on, yeah, Cory Seger.
Speaker 7: That's a tall drink of water, isn't it. Yeah, But yeah,
Speaker 7: thanks for having me. We got to go tee off.
Speaker 1: And I love you. You know how much I love you,
Speaker 1: And I can't thank you enough. And you know, Skip.
Speaker 2: My last thing is this is kind of weird.
Speaker 7: But my last thing is when we talk about clubhouse
Speaker 7: culture and winning and how much that stuff matters, you
Speaker 7: actually have a part in this, Like, because I've never
Speaker 7: been around a guy that is around the team that
Speaker 7: the team is so comfortable with, and you just have
Speaker 7: that natural gift.
Speaker 2: And I really do appreciate.
Speaker 7: Everything you've done for the organization, and you know, more importantly,
Speaker 7: our friendship.
Speaker 1: No, I mean, like you and Skip started this. I've
Speaker 1: heard you guys pass the baton forward in a lot
Speaker 1: of different ways. So you guys just vouching for me.
Speaker 1: I mean, honestly, I'll never forget it. And I know
Speaker 1: people that are around the Dog now that weren't around
Speaker 1: in twenty thirteen. They get tired of me saying how
Speaker 1: much I loved the twenty thirteen Dodgers. But I mean, honestly,
Speaker 1: you guys were one of my favorite group of players
Speaker 1: to be around. And it was so you guys were
Speaker 1: true good people and great ballplayers. And you guys started this.
Speaker 1: It started in twenty thirteen.
Speaker 2: It's cool.
Speaker 1: I always tell Gonzo it's the Nick Punto trade. It's
Speaker 1: not the Gonzo trade. It's the Puto trade.
Speaker 3: Sure.
Speaker 1: Oh man, all right, good second half, love you too.
Speaker 1: There he goes Nick Punto. We gotta take a picture first,
Speaker 1: Puto make it official. Oh yeah, baby, yeah, ah, there
Speaker 1: we go. Yeah, there's my guy, Nick Punto. We'll keep
Speaker 1: it going, Pepio, I'll be reeling you in after you
Speaker 1: guys win this tournament. Yeah, I know this is a
Speaker 1: complete rig job. I mean this is like up there
Speaker 1: in uh Weird Seegert, Segert. I got a Travis Matthew
Speaker 1: polo in my trunk. Let me get you on. We'll
Speaker 1: make it happen. It's in my trunk too. I got
Speaker 1: a lot in my trunk. I got a lot of
Speaker 1: things in my trunk. We'll continue from Justin Turner's Golf Tournament.
Speaker 1: More to come. These guys love to pretend they don't
Speaker 1: want to see me, but I always reel them back in.
Speaker 1: They always come crawling back. I always come crawling back.
Speaker 1: Dodger talk from Justin Turner's Golf Tournament. I'm ball washing
Speaker 1: all day long right here for interviews on a five
Speaker 1: to seventy LA sports. We are live at the Justin
Speaker 1: Turner eighth Annual Golf Tournament. Justin Turner has tried to
Speaker 1: blow up every single interview that I have done here today.
Speaker 1: He's got a baby gift in his arms right there.
Speaker 1: I don't know what he's up to, but you know
Speaker 1: I know I'm not petros Or money. But I'm supposed
Speaker 1: to be hosting this reception tonight, a lake call on
Speaker 1: the back nine where he went to the bullpen. I'm
Speaker 1: not really sure who backed out where they needed me
Speaker 1: to host this reception and live auction. But David Vassey
Speaker 1: is in the saddle. Even though my guy, Justin Turner
Speaker 1: has tried to blow up every single interview at this
Speaker 1: golf tournament today, Hey there, he is the host with
Speaker 1: the most Justin Turner, LA's favorite son.
Speaker 8: Listen, David, I I'm gonna take all the credit for
Speaker 8: your career. I think when I first became a Dodger
Speaker 8: in twenty fourteen is when Dave Assay and Dodger Talk
Speaker 8: kind of first came on the map. And I always
Speaker 8: make fun of you until you have a face for radio.
Speaker 8: But you are coming through in the clutch.
Speaker 5: Tonight.
Speaker 8: You're gonna host the dinner event for the Foundation because
Speaker 8: I want to expand your career and give you an
Speaker 8: opportunity to spend some more time on TV. I want
Speaker 8: to get you out of the out of the little
Speaker 8: media well and maybe we can get you up in
Speaker 8: the booth to do a game.
Speaker 1: I like this.
Speaker 8: Yeah, let's get you on Sportsnet. Let's get you on TV.
Speaker 8: We can bump who can we bumped.
Speaker 1: Out hartungk Oral hartong Omar, one of those guys.
Speaker 5: Give them a day off.
Speaker 8: And let's let's get mass in the booth for a
Speaker 8: game and see what you got.
Speaker 1: All right, thank you? So you feel like tonight is
Speaker 1: my moment, like eminem, here's my opportunity one shot. I
Speaker 1: better not blow it?
Speaker 5: Is that is that throw up on your sweater? Are
Speaker 5: you nervous?
Speaker 1: I don't know.
Speaker 5: Have you seen the movie?
Speaker 3: Yes, he does throw up.
Speaker 1: Yes, that's how I feel right now.
Speaker 5: That was a reference. Yes, I'm all in okay, Yes
Speaker 5: in Detroit, Yes, okay.
Speaker 1: We're in Surewood. It's very similar.
Speaker 5: I don't know what a day to day though, What
Speaker 5: a great day. My goodness, the weather couldn't have been
Speaker 5: any better.
Speaker 1: And I think that was God shining down on you
Speaker 1: and Courtney for all the great work you've done starting
Speaker 1: from when you began with the Dodgers. What does it
Speaker 1: mean to you to have former current guys that you
Speaker 1: play against show up to support your foundation.
Speaker 5: Yeah, this was This was fantastic. I think you know.
Speaker 8: Obviously, my nine years as Dodger has been up and
Speaker 8: I've bounced around to a couple different places over the
Speaker 8: last couple of years. And I think the one thing
Speaker 8: that that's done, other than give me opportunities and kind
Speaker 8: of expanding, Court and Eye's traveling and exploring the country
Speaker 8: and and even other countries in Canada, but it's allowed
Speaker 8: us to make a lot more relationships around the league.
Speaker 8: And you know, this was always a very Dodger heavy event,
Speaker 8: and it still has a very heavy Dodger presence here,
Speaker 8: but we've been able to expand out and there's you know,
Speaker 8: guys from the Rays, and guys hitting coach from the
Speaker 8: Orioles and Seegers with the Rangers now and guys from
Speaker 8: all over the league. Cal Rally come down from Seattle
Speaker 8: to join us, and Pico Armstrong yeah here and Johnny
Speaker 8: de Luca is out here. So it's really kind of
Speaker 8: spreading and getting around the league, and we're just trying
Speaker 8: to get more and more guys out here to make
Speaker 8: it a great experience for all of our supporters who
Speaker 8: come out every year and donate to the foundation and
Speaker 8: really are the backbone of Court and I being able
Speaker 8: to have such an impact on the community. So uh,
Speaker 8: it's been awesome. James Loney's here, Travis Darnault's here, a
Speaker 8: New Angel. Yeah, so we got guys. Josh Satin, former
Speaker 8: New York met so Ike Davis, former teammate of mine.
Speaker 5: So there's guys. I'm looking at. Jaron Duran, Boston Red. Yeah,
Speaker 5: so's he's a wildcard.
Speaker 1: Did he throw a golf club out there?
Speaker 5: No, that's my guy.
Speaker 1: He's a great guy, long beach steak guy.
Speaker 8: I'm amazingly we got along very well for him being
Speaker 8: a guy and me being a cal State ForwArt and guy.
Speaker 8: But he made the drive up from Huntington Beach this morning,
Speaker 8: so I think it took him like two hours and
Speaker 8: forty minutes. Uh, and he still made it out here.
Speaker 8: So just so thankful for all these guys and appreciative
Speaker 8: of their support and and obviously you know, everyone who's
Speaker 8: out here sponsoring the event, coming out playing and allowing
Speaker 8: us to really impact people's lives.
Speaker 1: That's wonderful. Justin Turner and his wife Courtney Turner keeping
Speaker 1: the foundation alive here in Los Angeles and expanding all
Speaker 1: over the country. I was wondering, and fans are wondering,
Speaker 1: what were your thoughts watching the Dodgers World Series celebrate
Speaker 1: and getting the parade. I know a lot of people
Speaker 1: in the world these days have fomo, but I never
Speaker 1: got that impression from you.
Speaker 5: Well, you're wrong. It's definitely fomo. You know.
Speaker 8: That was something that as long as I had been
Speaker 8: with the Dodgers, I talked about it openly. Wanted to
Speaker 8: bring back a championship for this city and wanted to
Speaker 8: give him a parade and end that drought. And the
Speaker 8: fact that we got to do that in twenty twenty
Speaker 8: but didn't get to celebrate it the right way, it
Speaker 8: definitely has still left a bad taste in my mouth.
Speaker 8: It's still something that I want to experience, not discounting
Speaker 8: the championship at all, but wanting to feel what it's
Speaker 8: like afterwards to get that treatment from the city, from
Speaker 8: the fans, celebrate it the right way. And you know,
Speaker 8: the fact that they got it done this year, I
Speaker 8: think is huge and I think the city deserves it.
Speaker 8: I think the city felt cheated out of it in
Speaker 8: twenty twenty. So obviously they showed up in droves and
Speaker 8: the parade was great.
Speaker 5: The guys got to do it.
Speaker 8: I got to talk to a few of them here
Speaker 8: to day and just ask them what it was like.
Speaker 8: And you know, it was everything I thought it would
Speaker 8: be and more so. Hopefully I got a few more
Speaker 8: years in me and we can make a run and
Speaker 8: I'll get to enjoy one of those.
Speaker 1: That would be special. And it felt like a lot
Speaker 1: of those teammates that were with you in twenty they
Speaker 1: were referencing guys like yourself saying this is for them
Speaker 1: as well. We wish they were here as well to
Speaker 1: experience that. I know that's not the same, but how
Speaker 1: much did you appreciate they were thinking of you?
Speaker 5: Yeah? It was great.
Speaker 8: And you know, I've had a lot of people ask
Speaker 8: me like, why weren't you guys there? You guys should
Speaker 8: have came up and and you know, I think a
Speaker 8: few a few of the guys that I've talked to
Speaker 8: from the twenty twenty team that weren't on the twenty
Speaker 8: four team, you know, we still talk and we were
Speaker 8: falling along we were watching the series, and I think
Speaker 8: we all had kind of the same thought like listen,
Speaker 8: like this isn't about us and the twenty twenty team,
Speaker 8: like they got it done this year, they're champions. None
Speaker 8: of us want to go up there and take anything
Speaker 8: away from what they did this year. So it was
Speaker 8: as nice of a gesture as it was from fans
Speaker 8: and you know, media and people reaching out saying, oh, you.
Speaker 5: Guys should be here, you guys should be celebrating. You know.
Speaker 5: I just don't think it was appropriate like this.
Speaker 8: This was about the twenty twenty four team and what
Speaker 8: they accomplished and winning the tournament, which I think is
Speaker 8: As a Dodger player who was here for nine years,
Speaker 8: nine playoff appearances, and only won one championship.
Speaker 5: I truly appreciate how hard it is to win that
Speaker 5: tournament and be the last one standing.
Speaker 1: So, hey, Dodger, those of them Dodger fans aren't closing
Speaker 1: the door on you. You still want to play, even
Speaker 1: though I'm getting tweets about you being the first base coach.
Speaker 8: Yeah, I mean they don't even work, so they don't
Speaker 8: even want me to announce my retirement. Yeah, I come
Speaker 8: coach first base, and I'm like, dude, I still got
Speaker 8: some good years.
Speaker 1: Yeah, So.
Speaker 8: I am not retiring. I'm still playing and I will
Speaker 8: be out there this year. So no, I'm not taking
Speaker 8: interviews for the.
Speaker 1: First base job. For the player coach. You could be
Speaker 1: like Pete Rose without the betting.
Speaker 5: I mean, come on, we want to talk about betting?
Speaker 1: Okay, sounds good. Hey, before I let you go, you're
Speaker 1: a big sports fan. I've been itching to ask you
Speaker 1: about the Tyson Jake Paul fight. Did you watch it?
Speaker 1: And did you think that was fixed? Because now I'm
Speaker 1: looking back, feels like Jake Paul was kind of maybe
Speaker 1: not taking it as hard as he might have on Tyson.
Speaker 1: Did you were you let down by the fight? And
Speaker 1: did your Wi Fi go out like ours? Or the buffering?
Speaker 8: I was frustrated that I had to keep refreshing my Netflix.
Speaker 5: Yeah, watch that.
Speaker 8: And I think obviously there's a lot of stuff going
Speaker 8: around the internet on what's what and what's going on,
Speaker 8: but I think some of the incentives are were very
Speaker 8: very uh I guess revealing to the fact that they
Speaker 8: wanted the fight to go eight rounds, they wanted it
Speaker 8: to go to decision, and I think that made everyone
Speaker 8: a lot happier financially.
Speaker 5: Yeah, it did. Yeah, and that's the unfortunate.
Speaker 8: I think I would love to see them go at
Speaker 8: it and just have all things equal and see what
Speaker 8: happens no matter what. But you know, it is what
Speaker 8: it is. It's an entertainment world. It's an entertainment business.
Speaker 8: Jake Paul's an entertainer, and you know, I think they're
Speaker 8: going to have to start putting on some better shows though,
Speaker 8: if they're gonna want people to tune into his future fights.
Speaker 1: Well said, great to see you out here. Thank you
Speaker 1: for having us out here, and I'm looking forward to
Speaker 1: hosting the live auction and the reception. I'm looking to
Speaker 1: get you and the foundation more money than ever earned
Speaker 1: before in this live auction, will get it for you.
Speaker 3: Let's go.
Speaker 1: I'm going to deliver for you.
Speaker 3: Listen.
Speaker 8: I tell you this every time I talk to you,
Speaker 8: and I give you probably a harder time than anyone
Speaker 8: I've ever been around in this game. But Court and
Speaker 8: I love you. We thank you for your support. We're
Speaker 8: so happy you're up here doing the show, and we
Speaker 8: appreciate you. We appreciate everything you do for us, and
Speaker 8: I'm happy to call you a good friend of mine.
Speaker 1: So damn JT. You do so much for everybody. People
Speaker 1: need to start doing stuff for you because you give,
Speaker 1: you need to start receiving.
Speaker 5: So no, no, We'll always give.
Speaker 1: Small, small portion right here.
Speaker 5: Well, thank you.
Speaker 1: We love you, JT. You know, La loves you, will
Speaker 1: always love you, and somehow, some way you'll be back
Speaker 1: with the Dodgers. Not this year, not over yet.
Speaker 5: Well, we don't know. I'm a free agent.
Speaker 1: Hey, you never know, you never know. Hey, all right, JT,
Speaker 1: thanks a lot, thankanks for having us there, he goes
Speaker 1: Justin Turner. We're gonna take a social media photo here
Speaker 1: to make it official. Oh man, Justin Turner is the
Speaker 1: best looking forward to this. Hey, my pleasure. Thank you,
Speaker 1: all right, Justin Turner, The Justin Turner Foundation, eighth Annual
Speaker 1: Golf Tournament. We're gonna keep things rolling, kind of like
Speaker 1: the Wolf of Wall Street. We're not going anywhere. We're
Speaker 1: not going anywhere. That's right. Hey, we're seeger he said
Speaker 1: he would do this. Let's go. All right, We're gonna
Speaker 1: continue with more. Right from Sherwood Country Club on a
Speaker 1: five to seventy LA Sports. We are live at the
Speaker 1: Justin Turner Golf Tournament, eighth annual golf tournament benefiting the
Speaker 1: Justin Turner Foundation, and we have Dodger Royalty right around
Speaker 1: the desk. Two Dodgers National League Rookies of the Year,
Speaker 1: one older than the other, one in nineteen ninety two,
Speaker 1: won the National League Rookie of the Year, the string
Speaker 1: of five in a row, Eric Harros whose nickname was
Speaker 1: Fabio back when he played. And we have a man
Speaker 1: that won back to back Rookies of the Year with
Speaker 1: my other favorite, Cody Bellinger, and that is the one
Speaker 1: and only two time two time World Series Champion, two
Speaker 1: time two time World Series MVP, the one and only
Speaker 1: Corey Seeger, Corey Man. You know, this is the only
Speaker 1: reason why I come out here is to see you.
Speaker 1: I might walk away now, Yeah, come on, come on, man.
Speaker 3: It's always a pleasure.
Speaker 1: Great to see you.
Speaker 3: You too.
Speaker 1: How'd you guys swing today?
Speaker 3: We put a good run on it. We might be
Speaker 3: at the top of that leaderboard, so we'll find out.
Speaker 5: Oh boy, watch out.
Speaker 1: I'm telling you, hey, I'm telling you. The way you're
Speaker 1: playing it down makes this even more suspicious that Justin
Speaker 1: Turner rigged to win his own golf tournament.
Speaker 3: Hey, sometimes youatta, you know?
Speaker 1: Sometimes did Ryan Pepio hit a hole in one again?
Speaker 3: No, but he came pretty close a couple times, did
Speaker 3: he really?
Speaker 4: Yeah?
Speaker 3: I killed the ball, Oh God, drove the green a
Speaker 3: couple of times.
Speaker 1: You know.
Speaker 3: We oh, I out there.
Speaker 1: I was out there. I saw what you guys were
Speaker 1: doing out there. Geez, Justin Turner, what does he mean
Speaker 1: to you? Why do you and Maddie Seeger come all
Speaker 1: the way back to California for this golf tournament? I know,
Speaker 1: it's not just because of golfing. You come because of
Speaker 1: Courtney and Justin and what they do.
Speaker 3: Yep, we come for the humans. You know, they're just
Speaker 3: they're incredible people. How they've supported the city, how their
Speaker 3: foundation has just supported many people. You know, that's why
Speaker 3: you come. You know, it's the relationship of me and him,
Speaker 3: Courtney and Maddie, even me and court right, like, we're
Speaker 3: all we're all good for it, and so it's just
Speaker 3: that relationship that brings you out here and you know
Speaker 3: and will always be out here.
Speaker 1: It feels like anybody from those teams from twenty fifteen
Speaker 1: to twenty twenty, twenty twenty one, if anybody needed the other,
Speaker 1: it feels like you guys would be there for them.
Speaker 3: Yeah. Absolutely, you know, we were a really close group,
Speaker 3: and you're right, just the support that we have for
Speaker 3: each other and just spend a lot of years together
Speaker 3: and you become friends. You know, it's on and off field,
Speaker 3: but mostly off the field. Now that we're all, uh,
Speaker 3: we're all good friends still and stick together and we
Speaker 3: show up, you know, that's what you're supposed to do
Speaker 3: for your teammates and your friends.
Speaker 1: Now that you're all married and all of you now
Speaker 1: have kids, it felt like there was a lot less
Speaker 1: well now you that's right. I'm sorry. I was thinking
Speaker 1: Justin and Courtney with bo Courtney.
Speaker 3: That's a cute little kid.
Speaker 1: Cute little kid, a lot of ginger, a lot of
Speaker 1: gin there.
Speaker 3: Yeah, cute kids.
Speaker 1: It's great when you could give it back to the parents.
Speaker 3: Right, Yeah, that's where on map. But no, he's a
Speaker 3: cute little guy, that one that you might run away with.
Speaker 1: All right, let's run let's rewind. All you got married
Speaker 1: within a year of each other. I mean, that was
Speaker 1: the most insane thing. I was very much against all
Speaker 1: of you getting married. I wanted you guys to live
Speaker 1: life to the fullest, even though I do at this
Speaker 1: point in time, even though I'm married. I felt like
Speaker 1: I was saying, hey, guys, I mean, it's great to
Speaker 1: be in somebody else's wedding, but you may want to
Speaker 1: pump the brakes on getting married.
Speaker 3: No, we all live our lives with our wives.
Speaker 1: Now, Maddie, I met Maddie, except Maddie, except Mattie Seeger.
Speaker 1: I love Mattie Seeger.
Speaker 3: She made my life better. That's why we got married.
Speaker 1: Yeah, she did. You need a woman that makes you better.
Speaker 1: My godfather said a woman will make you or break you,
Speaker 1: and Maddie Seeger has made you.
Speaker 3: She tries to break merry.
Speaker 1: Hey, I told you I live in the doghouse, you do,
Speaker 1: see right there, that's where we got married. I feel
Speaker 1: like the divorce is coming pretty soon too, right here.
Speaker 3: At the place she got married.
Speaker 5: You In a.
Speaker 1: Second, Hey, did you watch the World Series or no?
Speaker 3: We were in Europe? So really yeah, so the time
Speaker 3: change was hard.
Speaker 1: But did you plan that you didn't want to see
Speaker 1: the playoffs?
Speaker 3: No? No, no, no, I I was. I was excited
Speaker 3: for all those guys that over there. I was excited
Speaker 3: for the city, you know, not having to parade in
Speaker 3: twenty twenty. That's said. He deserved that. So it was
Speaker 3: it was really cool to see it. It was it
Speaker 3: was awesome to uh just kind of live through him.
Speaker 3: So it was a cool moment for them.
Speaker 1: How about Walker Buell or a guy you knew when
Speaker 1: he first came up to see him have that moment
Speaker 1: feels like he was ready for when he had that
Speaker 1: final strikeout to give that pose.
Speaker 3: Absolutely, you know he he deserved that moment though. You
Speaker 3: know that that guy's been through a lot and to
Speaker 3: be able to come back and compete. And that's the
Speaker 3: guy you on the mountain. You know when we were
Speaker 3: when we were playing together, that's the guy we always
Speaker 3: want on the mound. So he's a special person and
Speaker 3: the right guy for that spot.
Speaker 1: I'm a true believer in there are guys made for October.
Speaker 1: It seems like he is made for October.
Speaker 3: He absolutely is made for October. There's a there's a
Speaker 3: game you need to win. That's the guy you want
Speaker 3: on the mountain.
Speaker 1: Corey seekers the guy I want at the plate too.
Speaker 3: I'd rather hit him on the mountain, Dang, I have both.
Speaker 1: Hey, Europe, by the way, Maddie seeger see making you
Speaker 1: more global. I don't think you've ever left what North
Speaker 1: Carolina before, and now she's taking you to Europe. Where
Speaker 1: did she take you? I'm a world traveler now, I
Speaker 1: mean I feel like you've been to only Major League
Speaker 1: Baseball cities and North Carolina.
Speaker 3: You're not far off.
Speaker 1: And she took you to Europe just a couple where Yeah,
Speaker 1: you're right. Where did she go in Europe? Think?
Speaker 3: We started in Rome, then we went to Tuscany, Lake Como,
Speaker 3: and then the last three days we were in Switzerland
Speaker 3: we did Lucerne and Zurich.
Speaker 1: What was your favorite city in Europe?
Speaker 3: Lake Como?
Speaker 6: Yeah?
Speaker 3: Sure, it was like a green screen. It felt like
Speaker 3: I was staring at a green screen all year.
Speaker 1: Now, all day. Now you know why Clooney goes.
Speaker 3: There, no doubt, I completely get it. You know, just
Speaker 3: that place was pretty, specially another food. It was incredible.
Speaker 3: Just anywhere you went, it was a it was a
Speaker 3: cool experience.
Speaker 1: Tuscany very big, wine country right there.
Speaker 3: Very big. We went to a couple of wineries. It's
Speaker 3: really pretty. We say it, this like kind of almost
Speaker 3: castle venue that was up on a hill and it
Speaker 3: spread out of like four thousand acres.
Speaker 1: It was.
Speaker 3: It was really cool. It was really cool.
Speaker 1: Damn, I take it back. I'm happy you got married.
Speaker 1: See you never would have done that.
Speaker 3: Ever.
Speaker 1: I would have never left Matty Seger. She's the winner.
Speaker 3: We live them too, and I owe.
Speaker 1: Maddy Seeger a lot. Without her, you would not be
Speaker 1: sitting here. She gave the green light. She said, Corey,
Speaker 1: I would really appreciate it if you spoke to the
Speaker 1: great David Vass.
Speaker 3: She's the boss, and I always say yes.
Speaker 1: Dang, Hey, I'm available if you need me for ranger talk.
Speaker 1: I would come to Texas for Corey Seeger and Matty Seeger.
Speaker 1: I'm available.
Speaker 3: Yeah, she's the boss.
Speaker 1: Hey, could be my last dance with the Dodgers ranger talk.
Speaker 1: I'll go where Corey Seger or Cody Bellinger?
Speaker 3: Are you went out on top?
Speaker 1: Hey, I'd be with a winner. I'd be with a winner. Hey,
Speaker 1: great to see you. Thank you for stopping by.
Speaker 3: Always good to see you.
Speaker 1: Don't ever leave. I'm not letting you leave. He just stay.
Speaker 3: I'll stay here all day with you.
Speaker 1: Just you though, Man, that's awesome. That's all. Thank you.
Speaker 1: I appreciate that she didn't.
Speaker 3: She didn't make me come here. This was all out
Speaker 3: of me.
Speaker 1: Want to I know you did. Hey? Are you staying
Speaker 1: for the live auction and dinner?
Speaker 3: Of course I am.
Speaker 1: They just wrangled me to hope.
Speaker 3: I'm gonna be should I mean you see this, boy,
Speaker 3: is how you're going. You're the perfect after this perfect candidate.
Speaker 1: So what is it? Can I use you to jack
Speaker 1: up the price on a few live auction items.
Speaker 3: I don't think you'll need to use me. I think
Speaker 3: she's gonna be the one doing it for me.
Speaker 1: Okay, there you go, all right? Awesome, Wow, I got
Speaker 1: the green light from Corey Seger.
Speaker 3: She likes that Hawaii trip, so man, somebody that's her.
Speaker 1: Hey, can you believe I've known Corey Seger? The first
Speaker 1: time I ever met Corey Seger, he was in the
Speaker 1: press box at Dodger Stadium after he won Minor League
Speaker 1: Player of the Year and they were giving you the tour.
Speaker 1: You had the suit on. I mean, and look where
Speaker 1: you've come, have you? I mean, at this point in time,
Speaker 1: can you ever reflect where you started and just where
Speaker 1: you've gone.
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's been a long time ago, though, But happens fast,
Speaker 3: doesn't it. No? I mean you never imagine that, right, Like,
Speaker 3: you never know how it's going to pan out. You
Speaker 3: just trying do your job, trying to do as well
Speaker 3: as you can. You know, you never expect anything. So
Speaker 3: to be where I am, it's it really is a
Speaker 3: blessing and couldn't have done it without people like you
Speaker 3: could have done it out with my wife, and you know,
Speaker 3: you just you run into a lot of good people.
Speaker 3: You know, that's kind of why we're here. You know.
Speaker 3: JT helped me in my career. You know, all those guys,
Speaker 3: and that's that's why you show up for him. You know,
Speaker 3: it means a lot.
Speaker 1: Honestly, Kershaw means a lot because of the work ethic
Speaker 1: and just what he stands for. I feel like you
Speaker 1: guys have a lot of similarities and just how you
Speaker 1: approach life, how you approach the game, You respect the game,
Speaker 1: do you do you guys connect in that way?
Speaker 3: Yeah? Absolutely, you know I think that's kind of the
Speaker 3: fortunate thing that I had for myself as a young guys.
Speaker 3: I watched guys who did it the right way and
Speaker 3: they let people be people, you know. They they understood
Speaker 3: how I did it and got the best out of
Speaker 3: me and they let me do that, you know, and
Speaker 3: just a blessing for me to be able to have
Speaker 3: that and that point in my career. You know, you're
Speaker 3: still trying to figure it out. There's a lot going on,
Speaker 3: there's things you don't know about, and they're just there
Speaker 3: to help you and kind of keep you in line, right,
Speaker 3: So that was that was everything for me as a
Speaker 3: young guy.
Speaker 1: For sure, I feel like he's told me this. He
Speaker 1: doesn't look back at old starts. He just moves on
Speaker 1: to the next five day routine. I know, as a hitter,
Speaker 1: maybe you want to look back at at bats, but
Speaker 1: I get the sense from you it's the same thing.
Speaker 1: I don't care what I did to October's ago. I
Speaker 1: don't care about the World Series. I don't care if
Speaker 1: I went zero for four or four for four yesterday.
Speaker 1: You care about today.
Speaker 3: Yeah, It's it's all about today, right. We're judged at
Speaker 3: seven o'clock that night. You know that you were not
Speaker 3: judged from seven o'clock to night before the next days.
Speaker 3: It's all about that day and winning that day, and
Speaker 3: that team was really special about being able to just
Speaker 3: be in the moment and win that day, and that's
Speaker 3: what you have to do to be good.
Speaker 1: Have you heard about rich Hill speaking of that. He
Speaker 1: was about being where your feet are. Yeah, he's pitching
Speaker 1: for Team USA right now.
Speaker 3: I know, isn't that crazy?
Speaker 1: I mean he wanted to keep pitching, and look, he
Speaker 1: found a place exactly right. America's pitcher for America's team.
Speaker 3: Oh man, he's going to be a beauty in that club. Man.
Speaker 1: Oh god, I think they're in Tokyo right now.
Speaker 3: Are they really?
Speaker 1: Yeah?
Speaker 3: Yeah, that's cool. That's that's really cool. I bet he's
Speaker 3: actually enjoying that a lot.
Speaker 1: No doubt. Be where your feet are, Seeger, That's what
Speaker 1: Riche'll taught me.
Speaker 3: I'm being right here beside you. That's what I'm doing.
Speaker 1: Nice. Nice, Thank you for coming by. Appreciate it, Corey
Speaker 1: seeger Man. People get on me for going back to
Speaker 1: say how to this guy. No chance, I never turned
Speaker 1: my back on this guy. There he goes one of
Speaker 1: our favorites, Cory Sieger. He's been out here every year
Speaker 1: supporting Justin Turner, and he certainly is a champion himself.
Speaker 1: We're gonna continue with more from Justin Turner's eighth annual
Speaker 1: golf tournament right here on five seventy LA Sports. A
Speaker 1: great Agora Hi Man has joined us here on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 1: That is the one and only Tampa Bay Ray Johnny
Speaker 1: de Luca, who still got an extraordinary mustache even amongst
Speaker 1: the people of Florida. Johnny d thanks a lot for
Speaker 1: coming on. Appreciate it. It feels like you you had
Speaker 1: no choice to come on, but I appreciate you coming
Speaker 1: on anyway.
Speaker 9: Yeah, I'm sort of mad right now, pissed off that
Speaker 9: I'm not playing very good golf, but I'm on here
Speaker 9: to talk to you.
Speaker 1: Are you a good golfer? Are you supposed to play good?
Speaker 9: I'm not supposed to play good, but it's still fun
Speaker 9: to have a few good shots now.
Speaker 1: And then I was taken aback. I haven't seen you
Speaker 1: since you were traded, and you're keeping receipts on me
Speaker 1: about a Travis Matthew speaker.
Speaker 9: Yeah, you didn't give me a speaker. I still got
Speaker 9: that on you. I want to send to the.
Speaker 1: House, dude, I sent it to Tropic cana Field. And
Speaker 1: then all of a sudden, you guys are not playing there.
Speaker 1: No way that I feel like you're gonna get it
Speaker 1: this year. It's somehow someway you're gonna.
Speaker 3: Get it better.
Speaker 1: Hey, how was your first year in Tampa Bay? Like,
Speaker 1: I mean, I was watching you. I was watching you.
Speaker 9: It was good, way different, great group of guys, obviously
Speaker 9: different atmosphere, but I had a ton of fun and
Speaker 9: was able to play a lot. And uh, yeah, it
Speaker 9: was great.
Speaker 1: I guess bittersweet, right, you wanted to be part of
Speaker 1: the Dodgers, but you've got an opportunity now to show
Speaker 1: who you can be for sure.
Speaker 9: Yeah, I think that's just part of the game that
Speaker 9: happens to everyone one and you got to be prepared
Speaker 9: for it. And I couldn't think of a better organization
Speaker 9: to take me in. And great people, great staff. I mean,
Speaker 9: both are great organizations that I was able to play for.
Speaker 9: But I'm very fortunate, very blessed to be able to
Speaker 9: play for them. Right now.
Speaker 1: I got to meet Eric Neander for the first time actually,
Speaker 1: uh with Andrew Friedman the night they traded you and Pepio,
Speaker 1: and he seems to be a really authentic guy that
Speaker 1: has obviously the organization's best interests at heart, but does
Speaker 1: care about the players.
Speaker 9: Oh yeah, for sure, he spot on right there. Eric's
Speaker 9: a great guy. He was always in the clubhouse, always
Speaker 9: talking to the guys. So yeah, it's fun to play
Speaker 9: for a guy like that, and you know, have that
Speaker 9: those those brains in the back room being able to
Speaker 9: make those moves, someone you trust and someone who has
Speaker 9: our back, and yeah, great, dude.
Speaker 1: It's awesome that Johnny de Luca and PCA Pete Crow
Speaker 1: Armstrong are at Justin Turner's golf tournament. Because these two
Speaker 1: guys made two three for the greatest I have ever seen.
Speaker 1: I mean, are you comparing notes with PCA over here?
Speaker 1: Who had the better catches against the or for the
Speaker 1: Dodgers and against the Dodgers. You and Texas a few
Speaker 1: different times at that Globalife Field Series, and he had
Speaker 1: a few robberies at Dodgers Stadium in September.
Speaker 9: Yeah, we haven't talked about it, but I think I
Speaker 9: think I did see the highlights of his His are
Speaker 9: pretty good. So yeah, he's a He's a pretty crazy
Speaker 9: athlete and fun guy to watch.
Speaker 1: Who, by the way, are you grouped up with in
Speaker 1: this tournament.
Speaker 9: I'm with the Darnault's and Jaren duran Oh.
Speaker 1: I didn't know who the other Darnault was. They have
Speaker 1: great rounded faces, Like I mean, I feel like that's
Speaker 1: what separates them.
Speaker 9: Crush the golf ball, Yeah, very far, A lot farther
Speaker 9: than I can.
Speaker 1: It is. Both Darnault's hit it far, both of them.
Speaker 5: Yeah.
Speaker 1: I saw them at the Breakfast burrito truck earlier this morning. Yeah,
Speaker 1: they're way down Breakfast burritos. How about mustakas. He seems
Speaker 1: very confused.
Speaker 5: I have no idea.
Speaker 1: I don't know what's going on here, what is going
Speaker 1: on over there? So are you coming back to Aga
Speaker 1: for good? Or what's the story here?
Speaker 9: I'll be uh, I'll be up here for most of
Speaker 9: the off season.
Speaker 1: All right. Yeah, if you need me to shag, let
Speaker 1: me know I'm available.
Speaker 5: I will.
Speaker 9: I will for sure call you up once I get
Speaker 9: my speaker, you can.
Speaker 1: I will bring the speaker to a Gora High.
Speaker 9: De Luca High School.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 5: There, that's a good spot.
Speaker 1: I will. That's a great meeting. Great meeting spot you
Speaker 1: and me. No, how about if I meet you there?
Speaker 9: Okay, you can meet me there.
Speaker 1: Okay, good luck to second half of this golf tournament.
Speaker 1: Remember it's for charity. De Luca exactly.
Speaker 9: Yeah, we're having fun. We're having fun.
Speaker 1: You keep telling yourself that this is going to change
Speaker 1: the karma. I love you De Luca. You're the man man.
Speaker 1: Just drop the mic, just slammed it down, all right.
Speaker 1: I guess the note broadcasting classes out there, Dan de Luca,
Speaker 1: Johnny de Luca is our guy. He's out here with
Speaker 1: the darnos from Johnny de Luca to a Harvard westlay
Speaker 1: guy from one end of the one oh one to
Speaker 1: the other end of the one oh one, the great
Speaker 1: Pete crow Armstrong from Harvard West Chicago cub There he
Speaker 1: is a lot of rivalry, lot tension between Johnny de
Speaker 1: Luca and Pete crow Armstrong right there. And there's Jared Duran.
Speaker 1: Don't mess with that Daude Gorby State dirtbag right there,
Speaker 1: long beach dirt bag. You don't mess with those guys. Yeah, baby,
Speaker 1: Pete crow Armstrong. Great to have you out here, justin
Speaker 1: Turner's golf tournament. How you doing.
Speaker 6: I'm outstanding. My foursome shot a good round, so I'm
Speaker 6: feeling really good about about the day.
Speaker 1: Were you with Duran and De Luca?
Speaker 6: No, they were right behind us, But no, I was
Speaker 6: with Jay Gibbons. It was with Tommy Joseph, and I
Speaker 6: was with Cal Raley. So as you can imagine those
Speaker 6: boys at.
Speaker 5: The ball far.
Speaker 1: Do you play a lot of golf.
Speaker 6: As of recently the last year and a half, I have.
Speaker 5: Yeah.
Speaker 6: I live out in Arizona now, so I play a
Speaker 6: fair amount of golf out there.
Speaker 1: How is your life changed because Cubs fans they don't
Speaker 1: know how to act. They're wild fans. You can't just
Speaker 1: walk down the street in Chicago. What's it been like
Speaker 1: for a guy that's humble, understated but confident.
Speaker 6: H It's a good question. I mean, yeah, Cubs fans
Speaker 6: are nuts in the in all the best ways. I
Speaker 6: lived in Wrigleyville this year, so well, like I ended
Speaker 6: up seeing a few familiar faces just walking on the
Speaker 6: street and stuff. And I mean you mentioned understated. I
Speaker 6: think Cubs fans also have a bit of of that
Speaker 6: in them as well. They're kind and respectful and and
Speaker 6: love being out at the ballpark more than anything. And
Speaker 6: I think, uh, I think I just built a nice
Speaker 6: group of friends behind me in the bleachers in left
Speaker 6: center and right center.
Speaker 1: I bet you have with that glove that you got,
Speaker 1: you should win a goal glove multiple times here, p
Speaker 1: Crow Armstrong. It feels like, uh, you're even surpassing Cody Bellinger,
Speaker 1: who was known for his great defense in center field. Uh.
Speaker 1: What's it like from a guy like that?
Speaker 6: Uh? You know, I felt like I got it from
Speaker 6: him last year.
Speaker 5: Uh.
Speaker 6: He he kind of told me clear cut that that
Speaker 6: he wanted the center field to be my position and
Speaker 6: that meant the world only because not to not to
Speaker 6: date Cody too much, but that was a guy that
Speaker 6: I watched for for a you know, solid four or
Speaker 6: five years growing up in LA not being a Dodger fan,
Speaker 6: you know, it was easy to really enjoy watching Cody play.
Speaker 6: So getting to take over his you know what is
Speaker 6: what is really how I remember him as a as
Speaker 6: a center fielder, taking over his position. It's a big
Speaker 6: it's a big honor. I mean that. I don't take
Speaker 6: that lightly either, you know. I I love defense, and
Speaker 6: I it's all I want to do every day is
Speaker 6: impact the game on the other side of the ball.
Speaker 6: But to be able to do it next to Cody
Speaker 6: and next to Ian and be in the middle of
Speaker 6: a of a you know, pair of gold glovers, that's
Speaker 6: that's really cool. It makes me want that myself.
Speaker 1: Man, you play with your hair on fire. I mean
Speaker 1: September tenth at Dodger Stadium, you saved the game for
Speaker 1: the Cups. I feel like that's one of the games
Speaker 1: that will stand out to me all season long, just
Speaker 1: the insane catches you were making. Being a guy that
Speaker 1: grew up watching Cody Bellinger growing up a Dodger fan,
Speaker 1: in l A. I mean, how did that the experience? Yeah?
Speaker 6: Absolutely, I mean Showed had a great start too, Yeah,
Speaker 6: Showed I had an amazing start.
Speaker 3: Uh.
Speaker 6: He was letting them put the ball in play, which
Speaker 6: is kind of what you need to do against the Dodgers,
Speaker 6: and he was he was competing really really all game.
Speaker 6: And then even that, even right before that play, Porter
Speaker 6: Porter Hodge having his little heart. I don't know if
Speaker 6: it was a if it's an, I don't know it was.
Speaker 6: It was something going on with Porter, and and it
Speaker 6: was serious. So being able to Yes.
Speaker 5: I let him drag me in here.
Speaker 1: Man, I couldn't even get past his table road. He
Speaker 1: was just a turner. What a host? What a host
Speaker 1: driving my guests away?
Speaker 5: Listen, I carried this guy's show for like nine years.
Speaker 1: Hey, you be sitting here, you're just passing the torch
Speaker 1: to me.
Speaker 5: Now, man, I'll be the.
Speaker 1: Yeah, he'll be back soon, that's right. But yeah, what
Speaker 1: an amazing game, right.
Speaker 6: Yeah, that was just a good way to end that game.
Speaker 6: I mean, those are those are three big games that
Speaker 6: we played in LA that were you know, I think
Speaker 6: that third one was pretty impactful in terms of how
Speaker 6: our season ended. And you know, I we had opportunities
Speaker 6: to take that whole series and and maybe go on
Speaker 6: to maybe go.
Speaker 1: On, where's he going? By the way, I.
Speaker 5: Think I'm done here. I'm kidding. I'm kidding.
Speaker 1: Uh No.
Speaker 6: I mean that was just an important series. And I
Speaker 6: think when when I get into situations like that, and
Speaker 6: when I mean when our team got into situations that
Speaker 6: that felt pressed or you know, the big stressful kind
Speaker 6: of moments. I think the Cubs responded well. And I
Speaker 6: don't know, I that was great to do it in
Speaker 6: Dodger Stadium. I thought the fans were rowdy and energetic,
Speaker 6: and they were They were making me want to go
Speaker 6: make every one of those plays. So and it's easy
Speaker 6: doing it for show to too, you know, he keeps
Speaker 6: you locked in all game. And then for Porter two,
Speaker 6: Porter works his works his tail offs. So I mean,
Speaker 6: that's what I live for, That's what I wake up
Speaker 6: to do.
Speaker 3: In the morning.
Speaker 6: So it was nice to be able to execute simply put.
Speaker 1: So cool and Harvard was It's like known for pitching.
Speaker 1: I'm glad I hit her. A center fielder is putting
Speaker 1: them on the map. Yeah, come on, it's not just
Speaker 1: about Freed and gi Alito and Flaherty. Man.
Speaker 6: I know, man, those those three schmucks.
Speaker 1: Yeah, they paved the way.
Speaker 4: That's what it is.
Speaker 6: I'm glad I was able to be the and and
Speaker 6: I'm not the first, you know, big league position player
Speaker 6: to come out of Arbor Westlake. We had a few
Speaker 6: before us, and I think what I'm looking to do
Speaker 6: is just be the one that sticks and and uh
Speaker 6: you know, makes Harvard Westlake known for for producing outfielders.
Speaker 6: We have a really good group outfielders that came through
Speaker 6: around my time and even past me. So you know,
Speaker 6: I think the outfield is the next next point of
Speaker 6: focus for Arbert Westlake. If I'm going to make any
Speaker 6: sort of prediction.
Speaker 1: Love it, Love it. Pee Crow Armstrong. You're not my
Speaker 1: favorite Cub because Cody Bellinger is my favorite Cub, but
Speaker 1: you're not your second, your second Pie Crow Armstrong too.
Speaker 6: I appreciate you.
Speaker 1: I appreciate you coming by. Appreciate it a lot. Pete
Speaker 1: Crow Armstrong, who put his name on the map at
Speaker 1: Dodger Stadium in his own backyard. We're gonna take a
Speaker 1: photo for social media here, PCA. That's my guy right there,
Speaker 1: and we're gonna continue with more from the Justin Turner
Speaker 1: golf tournament next right here on five seventy LA Sports.
Speaker 1: All Right, a man that has helped guy Justin Turner
Speaker 1: throughout his major league career is his great agent from
Speaker 1: Vyner's Sports, the one and only Greg Gensky, who is
Speaker 1: the smallest agent in Major League Baseball. If you want
Speaker 1: muscle and you want a great agent, this is your guy,
Speaker 1: Greg Genski. Greg, thanks a lot for coming on.
Speaker 10: Wow, what an introduction, mister Vasse. Thank you very much,
Speaker 10: and thank you for having me now. I appreciate it.
Speaker 10: A great Pepperdine grad. I know you're disappointed that I'm here. Yeah,
Speaker 10: are we going to start this right now? As told
Speaker 10: Matt money Smith going, Oh come on, Greg, Wow, he's
Speaker 10: supposed to be a college reunion.
Speaker 1: Oh man, he's not here. You've had enough of the
Speaker 1: pepperhead reunions. I have family in Malibu. They said they
Speaker 1: used to call the Pepperdine kids pepperheads. You guys would
Speaker 1: infiltrate the Malibu in Lily's all those places.
Speaker 10: I was totally undercovered the whole time I was there.
Speaker 10: I was a local. Oh you couldn't have suggested otherwise.
Speaker 1: So you're not just an agent, you find a way
Speaker 1: to really get into the waves. And are you a
Speaker 1: Malibu surfer or are you an Orange County surfer? Now?
Speaker 10: I'm more of an Orange County surfer now, But while
Speaker 10: I was there, I mean loved it, love surfing Malibu
Speaker 10: all the way up to County Line. Now it's more
Speaker 10: about Trestl's and San Clemente type waves.
Speaker 1: So, being a guy that went to college at Pepperdine,
Speaker 1: You've been obviously in the agency business for a long time.
Speaker 1: Do you feel like Justin Turner has really ingratiated himself
Speaker 1: as one of the most popular Dodgers in the last
Speaker 1: forty to fifty years.
Speaker 10: No question about it. And you know, I grew up
Speaker 10: in Southern California, grew up a Dodger fan, and I
Speaker 10: have now been an agent for a long time, for
Speaker 10: over twenty years, believe it or not. And I've represented
Speaker 10: lots of great people and lots of great athletes and
Speaker 10: all kinds of different sports. And I'd say that nobody
Speaker 10: has made an impact quite the same way that Justin
Speaker 10: Turner has, and I think that impact is still felt,
Speaker 10: you know, in Los Angeles, really in all the southern
Speaker 10: California and really the most remarkable thing for me is,
Speaker 10: you know, as he's gotten into more of a transition
Speaker 10: into other markets, like making the move from being a
Speaker 10: you know, a face of the franchise in La to
Speaker 10: Boston is a huge move and with most players I represent,
Speaker 10: it would have been a difficult transition for Justin, I mean,
Speaker 10: as smooth as can be could have run for mayor
Speaker 10: of Boston with their yea being there. Similarly the transition
Speaker 10: to Toronto and then you know, even to Seattle. So
Speaker 10: I think you talk about a person who is just
Speaker 10: so open and welcoming, you know, a leader in the
Speaker 10: clubhouse right away, and a leader in the community. And
Speaker 10: you know, that's what we're here celebrating, is how he
Speaker 10: and Courtney are such leaders, you know, in the community
Speaker 10: and just lead by example and managed to have a
Speaker 10: great life, you know, and whatever city they wind up in.
Speaker 1: I know, players start foundations, and sometimes players are more
Speaker 1: involved in those foundations than others. But I think back
Speaker 1: to the pandemic when everything was shut down and Justin
Speaker 1: and Courtney were taking money out of their own pocket
Speaker 1: to feed people out there in Echo Park. There were
Speaker 1: for a few different places and kids that you know
Speaker 1: usually got free lunches at school, they would find their
Speaker 1: way to wherever. Justin and Courtney, we're trying to feed
Speaker 1: the city. What do you when you think back to
Speaker 1: that time, is that unheard of for a player to
Speaker 1: go to those extents?
Speaker 10: It is incredibly unheard of. And so you know, we
Speaker 10: as an agency are always really encouraging our clients to
Speaker 10: get involved in philanthropy, and we actively get involved with
Speaker 10: our clients. But I've never seen, you know, an athlete
Speaker 10: I've represented or otherwise where they were more involved in
Speaker 10: their own foundation and not only making it a great
Speaker 10: foundation with great events, but I mean personally carrying the
Speaker 10: load and I mean that financial yess you just mentioned,
Speaker 10: but also from a labor standpoint, like themselves showing up, running,
Speaker 10: delivering you know, much needed things to the beneficiarias of
Speaker 10: their different endeavors. It's truly remarkable. And I remember, I'm
Speaker 10: always I don't do this anymore, but you know, ten
Speaker 10: years ago I would offer up all these people to
Speaker 10: help and this and then like, no, no, this is
Speaker 10: what we do, right, you know, we run this, We
Speaker 10: personally do this because that's their passion. You know, Justin
Speaker 10: would say, you know, I you know, I'm not going
Speaker 10: on surfing trips like you. Yeah, I'm not like a
Speaker 10: golfer trying to get to scratch.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 10: This is how this is how I want to spend
Speaker 10: my free time. And so he and Courtney you have
Speaker 10: just really dedicated their lives to it.
Speaker 1: Greg Gensky is our guest. He is from Vanners Sports.
Speaker 1: He's one of the biggest agents in all of sports
Speaker 1: in Major League Baseball, and he represents our very own
Speaker 1: Justin Turner. So you're the perfect guy to ask the
Speaker 1: question that I'm always asked. Greg. He's a free agent again,
Speaker 1: everybody wants to know, is there any chance Justin Turner
Speaker 1: comes back to the Dodgers. I know it's hard for
Speaker 1: players to go back to where they were, but what
Speaker 1: is the future for Justin Turner and free agency?
Speaker 10: Well, you know, this free agency period is going to
Speaker 10: be a very active one for Justin. There are a
Speaker 10: number of teams that are interested, and you know we're
Speaker 10: going to continue to have those conversations. And you know,
Speaker 10: it's really fun with Justin in free agency because not
Speaker 10: only is he the performer on the field with an
Speaker 10: incredible track record, but you've got a lot of teams
Speaker 10: that have a chance to win, and those teams are
Speaker 10: interested in Justin for what he brings to the clubhouse,
Speaker 10: you know, that kind of stabilizing force and really setting
Speaker 10: the right tone and the right example for younger players.
Speaker 10: So he's got a number of teams that are interested.
Speaker 10: We're gonna take our time, play it out and make
Speaker 10: sure we make the best decision we can. And you
Speaker 10: can count on having a chance to win being probably
Speaker 10: the top priority for Justin as always.
Speaker 1: I feel like you're going to be representing Justin beyond
Speaker 1: his playing career because so many people around the Dodgers
Speaker 1: saw a managerial future. Do you foresee that as well?
Speaker 1: I mean, do you see this partnership with Justin and
Speaker 1: you representing him going into that area of baseball where
Speaker 1: he's a manager one day?
Speaker 10: Man, I'm always going to be a part of this
Speaker 10: Justin Turner foundation, you know, this Justin Turner career and
Speaker 10: professional life and friendship. You know, I'm really fortunate to
Speaker 10: have gotten on this journey with him right out of
Speaker 10: cal State Fullerton, and it's been a long journey so far,
Speaker 10: and I think it's gonna be a lot longer. And
Speaker 10: you know, whether it's a business you know, interests that
Speaker 10: we align in and continue to work together on a
Speaker 10: career post playing and managing. I'm sure all of those
Speaker 10: are going to be options available to him, broadcasting, et cetera.
Speaker 10: And it's going to be, you know, really fun to
Speaker 10: continue working with him and going through these different opportunities
Speaker 10: and you know, really enjoying this journey with him.
Speaker 1: So, Vyner Sports known for baseball, but you're expanding the portfolio.
Speaker 1: You just signed your first NBA player.
Speaker 10: Yeah, we did. We were fortunately we signed Brandon Miller
Speaker 10: the Charlotte Hornets. Really happy and excited to be an NBA.
Speaker 1: You know.
Speaker 10: We also represent about fifty NFL players, wow, and about
Speaker 10: forty UFC fighters. In fact, I was just at the
Speaker 10: fights of Madison Square Guard.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 10: Unfortunately my guys Stipe did not prevail. But yeah, it's
Speaker 10: a lot of fun at Vander Sports. Were involved in
Speaker 10: a lot of different sports, a lot of different endeavors
Speaker 10: and just really enjoying it.
Speaker 1: When you look at the landscape of Major League Baseball, Greg,
Speaker 1: you're on the agent side, you're for the players. Obviously,
Speaker 1: there's been so much talk the last couple of years
Speaker 1: about players health, pitchers health, specifically as far as Tommy
Speaker 1: Johns and the growing number of Tommy John's happening in
Speaker 1: Major League Baseball, have you and your team had a
Speaker 1: chance to digest it, and what's the balance between for
Speaker 1: a player, team versus my health.
Speaker 10: Well, we need changes, right, I'm not alone in saying
Speaker 10: this and coming out very publicly to say that we
Speaker 10: need changes. Right. The continued emphasis on the radar gun
Speaker 10: and on spin rates and just you know, has players
Speaker 10: looking to light up machines all the time rather than
Speaker 10: focusing on longevity and performance necessarily in the game. And
Speaker 10: so I think changes need to be made. And I
Speaker 10: think that there's a lot of influential people around the
Speaker 10: game that are making this argument in a very compelling fashion.
Speaker 10: I know that my good friend Keith Meister, yeah, the
Speaker 10: doctor from TMI out of Dallas, is really making the
Speaker 10: case with empirical evidence, trying to convince teams that for
Speaker 10: the long term health of the game, we need to
Speaker 10: focus on the long term health of the pitchers. And
Speaker 10: so I think these changes are going to be made,
Speaker 10: and I'm really looking forward to that.
Speaker 1: You know, Jim Palmer told me his idea would be
Speaker 1: get rid of the track man machines, the first two
Speaker 1: or three weeks of spring training where guys aren't trying
Speaker 1: to impress on the radar gun, they're just easing into throwing.
Speaker 10: I think that's an excellent idea, and I would also
Speaker 10: encourage guys in their off season training to give it
Speaker 10: a break too, because now you have a lot of
Speaker 10: these high end facilities that have the machines plugged in.
Speaker 10: It's the off season. Yeah, you got pictures incredibly focused
Speaker 10: on it, and look they're looking at it. The pictures
Speaker 10: are looking at it. Is this is how I'm gonna
Speaker 10: get paid down the line, right, It's not going to
Speaker 10: be just about how I perform on the field and
Speaker 10: getting guys out, but it's going to be how do
Speaker 10: I do it right? What kind of numbers do I
Speaker 10: have while I'm doing it?
Speaker 1: And if teams would pay for going deeper into games,
Speaker 1: pictures would train that way.
Speaker 10: One hundred percent. That's exactly right. And then you wonder, too,
Speaker 10: is like, at this time right now in our MLB
Speaker 10: salary arbitrations, you're not seeing the introduction of that sort
Speaker 10: of evidence. But you wonder if that starts to enter
Speaker 10: in down the road, that could have even a more
Speaker 10: detrimental effect of pictures.
Speaker 1: All right, Greg, great to see you.
Speaker 10: It's great to see you as always. And you know,
Speaker 10: I'm not gonna lie a little disappointed that Matt Money
Speaker 10: wasn't he You said that already, Greg, did I mention that?
Speaker 10: I mean, come on, Greg, tris, gees petros, A little
Speaker 10: bit goes along. Oh man, I'm glad he's not here.
Speaker 1: Geez, just springing Justin Turner home and you know, we'll
Speaker 1: we'll talk about some of your other clients too. Maybe
Speaker 1: I could woo them over to LA.
Speaker 10: That sounds great. Thanks for having me see.
Speaker 1: Great to see you too. You're one of the good
Speaker 1: guys in the business and always enjoy talking baseball with you.
Speaker 1: Thanks a lot, Greg, appreciate it. Maybe you'll take me
Speaker 1: out for a surf lesson anytime you want to go.
Speaker 1: Let me know I love it. Greg Gensky, one of
Speaker 1: the best out there. We are wrapping things up here
Speaker 1: from Justin Turner's eighth annual golf tournament, the Justin Turner
Speaker 1: Foundation doing great things for the city. Justin and his wife,
Speaker 1: Courtney were getting ready for the reception here. I hope
Speaker 1: I don't train wreck the dinner. I hope I'm able
Speaker 1: to deliver in that live auction. You gotta believe and
Speaker 1: I believe. I want to say thank you to our
Speaker 1: iHeartRadio crew here, our great crew that came out to
Speaker 1: support us, to even the Big Boss Dave. We showed
Speaker 1: up to support us in his iHeartRadio jacket that must
Speaker 1: have got lost in the mail or we'll see what happens,
Speaker 1: but anyway, appreciate him coming out, and appreciate everybody that
Speaker 1: came on the show, from Corey Seeger to the host,
Speaker 1: Justin Turner, to Pete Crow Armstrong and Justin Turner's agent
Speaker 1: Greg Gensky. Appreciate all of them coming out. Our guys
Speaker 1: social media, Matt Demichy, thank you for everything. You could
Speaker 1: see all of this on our social media page. AM
Speaker 1: five seventy LA Sports. When will the next Dodger Talk be?
Speaker 1: Great question. We will be live from the Winter Meetings
Speaker 1: beginning December seventh from Dallas, Texas. That'll be our next
Speaker 1: Dodger Talk. But throughout the days on AM five seventy
Speaker 1: LA Sports, we'll give you all the latest hot stove news.
Speaker 1: The Dodgers are working to continue to build what many
Speaker 1: believe is the beginning of a dynasty. They have two
Speaker 1: championships already in this decade looking for more. So it's
Speaker 1: an off season of celebration, but obviously the Dodgers want
Speaker 1: more and we all know you do as well. Thanks
Speaker 1: for listening. We'll be back with you in December. Until then,
Speaker 1: be safe and happy Thanksgiving. See ya from Justin Turner's
Speaker 1: golf tournament