WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.480 --> 00:00:06.480 One thing about this gene is the invisible and tangibles 2 00:00:06.480 --> 00:00:06.919 that they have. 3 00:00:07.160 --> 00:00:09.400 This team is really becoming a family. 4 00:00:09.640 --> 00:00:11.720 Let's not play one on tone, Let's wind it. 5 00:00:11.919 --> 00:00:13.720 I love listening to these guys after the show. 6 00:00:13.800 --> 00:00:15.199 So just thank you, give me are. 7 00:00:15.160 --> 00:00:18.280 Your attention, your fire and not a pisson. This is 8 00:00:18.399 --> 00:00:22.719 world champion, Dodger world championing for a small soft time. 9 00:00:22.760 --> 00:00:24.399 They get up people what they want to die too? 10 00:00:24.480 --> 00:00:25.960 In a row two is special. 11 00:00:26.039 --> 00:00:27.320 I'm like, yeah, it's not a headache. 12 00:00:28.679 --> 00:00:29.359 One of a con. 13 00:00:30.239 --> 00:00:32.479 This ball's gone. You ready to go? 14 00:00:32.640 --> 00:00:32.880 Sure? 15 00:00:33.000 --> 00:00:33.759 Hell old time. 16 00:00:33.960 --> 00:00:36.439 Go to the sound, grab your phone to get in 17 00:00:36.520 --> 00:00:39.399 on the show called eight six six nine eighty seven 18 00:00:39.479 --> 00:00:40.439 two five seven and. 19 00:00:40.600 --> 00:00:41.399 Go to the show. 20 00:00:41.759 --> 00:00:45.000 And now your host of Dodger Talk, David. 21 00:00:44.759 --> 00:00:50.320 Vasse, Welcome the Dodger Talk David Vasse, back with you 22 00:00:50.439 --> 00:00:54.920 live at Dodgers Stadium tonight until eleven thirty. We have 23 00:00:55.039 --> 00:00:57.759 phone lines open at eight six six nine eighty seven 24 00:00:57.880 --> 00:01:03.399 two five seventy. Other exciting game between the Dodgers and Padres. 25 00:01:03.520 --> 00:01:07.280 These two teams seemed to give us our money's worth 26 00:01:07.480 --> 00:01:11.000 and then some so far this year and going back 27 00:01:11.040 --> 00:01:16.519 to last year's regular season and five game thrilling finish. 28 00:01:16.719 --> 00:01:21.599 In the NLDS Tonight, another thrilling finish as the Dodgers 29 00:01:21.640 --> 00:01:24.959 beat the Padres thanks to a pinch hit walk off 30 00:01:25.040 --> 00:01:29.439 home run by Will Smith off of Robert Suarez. It 31 00:01:29.599 --> 00:01:34.480 was an interesting battle as the Dodgers catcher came off 32 00:01:34.519 --> 00:01:38.439 the bench he was not starting tonight. Dalton Rushing got 33 00:01:38.439 --> 00:01:41.319 the start tonight, but the Dodgers took their shot with 34 00:01:41.439 --> 00:01:44.400 Smith after the Padres tied it up in the top 35 00:01:44.480 --> 00:01:47.959 of the ninth inning. He pinch hit in the eighth spot, 36 00:01:48.040 --> 00:01:51.280 which was occupied by Hayesung Kim to start the game. 37 00:01:51.640 --> 00:01:54.480 Keiky Hernandez came in in the middle of the game 38 00:01:54.799 --> 00:01:58.439 and Dave Roberts went to Smith to be able to 39 00:01:58.480 --> 00:02:00.640 try to win the game. In the bottom of the 40 00:02:00.719 --> 00:02:04.959 ninth inning, he was down two after he fouled off 41 00:02:05.040 --> 00:02:09.080 the second fastball down the left field line foul. It 42 00:02:09.240 --> 00:02:11.759 had the distance for a home run, but it was foul. 43 00:02:11.800 --> 00:02:15.120 In fact, the foul ball went farther probably than the 44 00:02:15.159 --> 00:02:19.240 home run. So that'll show you that all this launchangle 45 00:02:19.599 --> 00:02:22.439 and distance of home runs really don't mean a lot 46 00:02:22.840 --> 00:02:25.360 unless you get it over the wall and in fair 47 00:02:25.520 --> 00:02:29.080 territory and that's exactly what Will Smith did. On the 48 00:02:29.159 --> 00:02:32.919 third pitch, Suarez tried to throw him a change up. 49 00:02:33.240 --> 00:02:35.719 Smith was all over it like he was last night. 50 00:02:35.879 --> 00:02:39.159 Just put the barrel of the bat on the baseball, 51 00:02:39.280 --> 00:02:42.000 just dropped it right on the ball, and he pushed 52 00:02:42.039 --> 00:02:45.199 it to right field, just over the outstretched glove a 53 00:02:45.319 --> 00:02:49.080 Fernando Tatist Junior into the home run seats. It was 54 00:02:49.159 --> 00:02:52.719 served up on a platter right there for those lucky fans. 55 00:02:52.800 --> 00:02:58.000 It looked like the gentleman's wife, I hope just shied 56 00:02:58.080 --> 00:03:01.120 away from trying to try to grab the ball, which 57 00:03:01.199 --> 00:03:04.479 was smart because you don't want any questions of finn 58 00:03:04.560 --> 00:03:08.240 interference when you're sitting in those home run seats. And 59 00:03:08.240 --> 00:03:12.199 it was right there for them on the table, right 60 00:03:12.240 --> 00:03:15.840 next to their nachos, their surveysas, and they were able 61 00:03:15.879 --> 00:03:19.639 to have a walk off home run pinch it style 62 00:03:19.680 --> 00:03:24.080 from Will Smith and Fernando Tatist Junior. Not sure what 63 00:03:24.319 --> 00:03:27.439 was going on with him. It didn't seem like he 64 00:03:27.560 --> 00:03:30.599 really had the hops getting off the ground. If he did, 65 00:03:31.080 --> 00:03:34.080 he may have caught that. The timing also was a 66 00:03:34.120 --> 00:03:37.080 little off, But Will Smith and the Dodgers will take 67 00:03:37.120 --> 00:03:40.280 it on a four to three win eight six six 68 00:03:40.400 --> 00:03:43.319 nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone number 69 00:03:43.840 --> 00:03:47.680 the Dodgers had fifty three thousand, five hundred and sixty 70 00:03:47.680 --> 00:03:51.560 eight at Dodgers Stadium tonight to witness their fifth win 71 00:03:51.800 --> 00:03:55.680 in a row. The Dodgers' attendance now over two billion. 72 00:03:55.840 --> 00:03:59.360 Fans have come through the gates here at Dodgers Stadium, 73 00:03:59.439 --> 00:04:02.919 and they thank you for your support. Without the passion 74 00:04:02.919 --> 00:04:06.319 of the fans, Dodger Stadium would not be the home 75 00:04:06.360 --> 00:04:10.199 field advantage that it is these days. It wasn't that 76 00:04:10.319 --> 00:04:15.000 way fifteen years ago, it wasn't that way twenty years ago. 77 00:04:15.520 --> 00:04:19.439 But Dodger Stadium has turned back into one of the 78 00:04:19.560 --> 00:04:24.079 toughest places to play. And that's why home field advantage 79 00:04:24.120 --> 00:04:27.800 is so important to the Dodgers as they try to 80 00:04:27.839 --> 00:04:31.399 get into the postseason and also have as many home 81 00:04:31.480 --> 00:04:35.519 games as possible. Don't discount that. I feel like people 82 00:04:35.600 --> 00:04:39.800 discount how tough of a place Dodger Stadium is to 83 00:04:39.879 --> 00:04:43.759 play these days, and the Padres and Giants have found 84 00:04:43.759 --> 00:04:47.000 that out yet again. The Padres fanned that out in 85 00:04:47.079 --> 00:04:50.279 the postseason last year, and the Giants found it out 86 00:04:50.319 --> 00:04:54.480 again before the Padres came to town, and the Dodgers 87 00:04:54.480 --> 00:04:58.560 have certainly taken care of business on this homestand they 88 00:04:58.800 --> 00:05:01.279 were able to take two out three from the Giants. 89 00:05:01.560 --> 00:05:03.600 They are now four and a half games ahead of 90 00:05:03.639 --> 00:05:07.319 San Francisco and they've won the first three games of 91 00:05:07.360 --> 00:05:10.879 this four game series against the Padres, so they're now 92 00:05:10.959 --> 00:05:14.000 six games ahead of San Diego in the NL West. 93 00:05:14.399 --> 00:05:18.120 The Diamondbacks are nine games back of the Dodgers in 94 00:05:18.199 --> 00:05:23.279 the NL West. So the Dodgers have actually separated themselves 95 00:05:23.600 --> 00:05:26.879 to start this ten game homestand from the rest of 96 00:05:26.959 --> 00:05:29.800 the NL West by beating the teams that are right 97 00:05:29.920 --> 00:05:33.279 behind them. And that's why, you know, I know the 98 00:05:33.319 --> 00:05:37.240 Dodgers and Dave Roberts want to downplay the significance of 99 00:05:37.360 --> 00:05:42.160 these games in division, but the reality is they're worth 100 00:05:42.399 --> 00:05:46.959 two games, a two game swing in the standings. So 101 00:05:47.279 --> 00:05:50.079 the Dodgers taking two out of three from the Giants 102 00:05:50.439 --> 00:05:53.959 when they came in here, and we're thinking about leaving 103 00:05:54.079 --> 00:05:57.399 town in first place. Now they're four and a half 104 00:05:57.480 --> 00:06:00.040 games back after they've lost four in a row. So 105 00:06:00.639 --> 00:06:03.600 the Dodgers have won the first three games of this 106 00:06:03.720 --> 00:06:07.399 series against the Padres and are looking to sweep them out. 107 00:06:07.399 --> 00:06:10.279 Of town in a four game series for the first 108 00:06:10.319 --> 00:06:14.680 time since two thousand and nine at Dodgers Stadium. Not 109 00:06:14.920 --> 00:06:19.439 to mention the Dodgers, which they started this twenty nine 110 00:06:19.560 --> 00:06:24.199 game stretch of facing teams above five hundred and teams 111 00:06:24.240 --> 00:06:29.519 that were fighting for a division or a wildcard spot 112 00:06:30.000 --> 00:06:33.720 back on May nineteenth, when they started the three game 113 00:06:33.839 --> 00:06:38.240 series against the Diamondbacks. The Dodgers during this twenty nine 114 00:06:38.319 --> 00:06:43.240 game stretch, which will end tomorrow against the Padres, have 115 00:06:43.319 --> 00:06:46.920 played the Diamondbacks three times. They have played the Mets 116 00:06:46.959 --> 00:06:51.279 seven times. They have played the Guardians three times in Cleveland, 117 00:06:51.639 --> 00:06:55.079 they have played the Yankees three times. They have played 118 00:06:55.120 --> 00:06:59.480 the Cardinals, and they have played the Padres now seven 119 00:06:59.560 --> 00:07:03.399 times during this twenty nine game stretch, and so far 120 00:07:03.680 --> 00:07:08.399 are seventeen and eleven during this grueling twenty nine game 121 00:07:08.480 --> 00:07:14.279 stretch really impressive. Also impressive was Emmitt she And tonight 122 00:07:14.519 --> 00:07:17.720 in his return to Major League Baseball, first time on 123 00:07:17.759 --> 00:07:23.279 the mound since September twenty seventh, twenty twenty three four innings, 124 00:07:23.279 --> 00:07:27.879 tonight one earned run with six strikeouts. Emmig Sheen was solid, 125 00:07:28.360 --> 00:07:31.480 and he was on Sports in at LA after Tonight's game. 126 00:07:31.959 --> 00:07:34.360 Yeah, it was awesome. Once I was out there. It 127 00:07:34.399 --> 00:07:36.639 was kind of just back in compete mode once she 128 00:07:37.079 --> 00:07:40.360 hit her in the box. But definitely before and then after, 129 00:07:40.360 --> 00:07:42.639 you're feeling emotions of just the past year for. 130 00:07:42.680 --> 00:07:44.519 Sure, stuff wise. 131 00:07:44.519 --> 00:07:47.279 Were you feeling lying, you felt comfortable with kind of 132 00:07:47.439 --> 00:07:50.000 the velocity, how you were attacking them, where things. 133 00:07:49.759 --> 00:07:52.959 Were, Yeah, I think so. I mean definitely maybe it 134 00:07:53.040 --> 00:07:55.360 ticked down on the VLO, but other than that, I 135 00:07:55.360 --> 00:07:57.480 feel like execution was really good. No walks, I'll take 136 00:07:57.480 --> 00:08:00.319 that every time. So definitely feeling a different pictures were 137 00:08:00.360 --> 00:08:02.879 before showgury it should body a little bit different, right, 138 00:08:03.000 --> 00:08:08.480 but how you not really maybe slightly different, but for 139 00:08:08.519 --> 00:08:10.560 the most part, everything feels pretty close to where it 140 00:08:10.600 --> 00:08:11.040 was before. 141 00:08:11.720 --> 00:08:12.879 And it's six strikeouts. 142 00:08:12.879 --> 00:08:15.000 You watch, you look at all your work this year, 143 00:08:15.040 --> 00:08:16.160 got twenty seven strikeouts. 144 00:08:16.160 --> 00:08:17.879 One watch has been what's the biggest key to gain 145 00:08:17.920 --> 00:08:18.399 at command? 146 00:08:18.959 --> 00:08:20.600 I think it's just you know, being in control of 147 00:08:20.600 --> 00:08:23.360 my body, being able to repeat my mechanics and just 148 00:08:23.399 --> 00:08:25.959 trying to, you know, keep that release point consistent and 149 00:08:25.959 --> 00:08:28.000 try to make adjustments when I do throw, you know, 150 00:08:28.040 --> 00:08:29.639 pitches where I don't want them to be. You know, 151 00:08:29.720 --> 00:08:31.680 that's a that's kind of a two yids the last 152 00:08:31.680 --> 00:08:32.159 thing of them. 153 00:08:32.159 --> 00:08:33.960 Why do you think it's come back to pick the 154 00:08:34.039 --> 00:08:35.000 pretty much the play was. 155 00:08:35.799 --> 00:08:38.720 I don't really know, but I'm definitely, you know, happy 156 00:08:38.759 --> 00:08:41.159 with it. I think, you know, it just comes from 157 00:08:41.480 --> 00:08:43.960 Burke being put in all the mound work before throwing 158 00:08:44.039 --> 00:08:46.039 multi bullpens, before even facing hitters. 159 00:08:46.080 --> 00:08:46.399 For sure. 160 00:08:47.000 --> 00:08:49.440 What was this process like over the last year and 161 00:08:49.519 --> 00:08:51.559 a half. How difficult was it just to kind of 162 00:08:51.879 --> 00:08:54.360 you know, push through rehab and how much more meaningful 163 00:08:54.399 --> 00:08:56.080 did it kind of make a going out there. 164 00:08:56.000 --> 00:08:56.960 And just be back out there? 165 00:08:57.279 --> 00:08:58.879 Yeah, I mean I was thankful we had a we 166 00:08:58.960 --> 00:09:00.679 had a really good group in Arizona this year, so 167 00:09:01.279 --> 00:09:02.799 it was good to spend time with those guys and 168 00:09:02.879 --> 00:09:04.919 not have to go through it alone. That was big. 169 00:09:05.080 --> 00:09:08.399 But yeah, it definitely meant a lot to get back 170 00:09:08.440 --> 00:09:10.480 out there, and you know, to watch what the team 171 00:09:10.519 --> 00:09:13.240 did last year was really special and definitely motivated me 172 00:09:13.360 --> 00:09:14.039 to get back out there. 173 00:09:15.399 --> 00:09:18.360 And she and tonight in his four innings of work 174 00:09:18.440 --> 00:09:21.440 where he allowed us one run and had six strikeouts 175 00:09:21.519 --> 00:09:25.159 with no walks through sixty five pitches, twenty eight of 176 00:09:25.200 --> 00:09:28.039 those were his fastball, he was able to throw his 177 00:09:28.159 --> 00:09:32.320 sweeper nineteen times. Tonight. He also mixed in his change 178 00:09:32.399 --> 00:09:35.799 up and even dabbled with the curveball, so he was 179 00:09:35.960 --> 00:09:39.120 using all four pitches tonight. And he was telling me 180 00:09:39.440 --> 00:09:43.080 yesterday that, you know, he's been feeling out the curveball. 181 00:09:43.240 --> 00:09:45.200 Maybe not a pitch that he's going to go to 182 00:09:45.600 --> 00:09:48.480 a lot, but he is certainly going to show it 183 00:09:48.879 --> 00:09:51.039 and put it in the back of hitters' minds. And 184 00:09:51.200 --> 00:09:54.600 tonight sixty five pitches and four innings, I would anticipate 185 00:09:54.679 --> 00:09:56.600 the next time she and is on the mound with 186 00:09:56.759 --> 00:09:59.360 the Dodgers, he'll go a little bit further, maybe five 187 00:09:59.480 --> 00:10:03.559 innings and stretch it out to seventy seventy five pitches 188 00:10:03.919 --> 00:10:06.440 when he's on the mount. So that was a great sign. 189 00:10:06.559 --> 00:10:10.360 And Justin Robleski also really good for the Dodgers tonight 190 00:10:10.440 --> 00:10:13.679 as he went five innings. Even though the Padres tied 191 00:10:13.759 --> 00:10:16.840 the score against Robleski in that ninth inning, he did 192 00:10:16.879 --> 00:10:19.840 his job. He hung in there for five innings, and look, 193 00:10:19.919 --> 00:10:22.159 it was big for the Dodgers not to go extra 194 00:10:22.240 --> 00:10:26.080 innings because they allowed Robleski to pitch that ninth inning 195 00:10:26.200 --> 00:10:29.039 because they wanted to try to give not just one 196 00:10:29.159 --> 00:10:32.000 or two guys or three guys arrest in that bullpen. 197 00:10:32.440 --> 00:10:35.360 They wanted to give everybody a rest in that bullpen. 198 00:10:35.559 --> 00:10:38.039 And if you go to extra innings, you may have 199 00:10:38.279 --> 00:10:42.120 to dip into it. But Max Muntsey made an air 200 00:10:42.200 --> 00:10:44.840 and throw on a ground ball by Manny Machado couldn't 201 00:10:44.879 --> 00:10:48.240 get the force out at second base, possibly even a 202 00:10:48.320 --> 00:10:51.679 double play, which really would have changed the dynamics of 203 00:10:51.799 --> 00:10:54.919 that inning being up three to one. But you know, 204 00:10:55.120 --> 00:10:58.200 Max has been playing so much better defense the last 205 00:10:58.279 --> 00:11:01.039 couple of weeks. That was just, you know, a mistake. 206 00:11:01.399 --> 00:11:04.440 These guys will make mistakes, and it was an unfortunate 207 00:11:05.440 --> 00:11:08.159 throw that Tommy Edmund was not going to be able 208 00:11:08.200 --> 00:11:11.919 to dig out. And Uh, look, Max Mounsey uh has 209 00:11:12.039 --> 00:11:16.080 done so well offensively and defensively since the beginning of May. 210 00:11:16.480 --> 00:11:19.480 I think we understand that we can uh with the 211 00:11:19.559 --> 00:11:21.879 way things ended tonight, We're not going to focus on that. 212 00:11:22.120 --> 00:11:26.159 Nex monthly on base three times tonight, including his second 213 00:11:26.320 --> 00:11:30.360 triple of the season. Eight six, six, seven, two five 214 00:11:30.519 --> 00:11:34.399 seventy is the phone number. Dodgers beat the Padres four 215 00:11:34.480 --> 00:11:37.320 to three. Let's go out to Ben in Washington, d C. 216 00:11:38.000 --> 00:11:40.320 Thanks for staying up late. In our nation's capital. 217 00:11:40.399 --> 00:11:44.799 Ben, always a pleasure day walk off. 218 00:11:46.120 --> 00:11:49.360 Yeah, that was pretty cool. A lot of the guys, 219 00:11:49.440 --> 00:11:53.360 you know, even the umpires, This umpiring crew does not 220 00:11:53.559 --> 00:11:57.000 communicate really well because they did not really give that 221 00:11:57.200 --> 00:11:59.840 home run signal out and some of the guys, even 222 00:12:00.000 --> 00:12:02.919 Alton Rushing said he wasn't sure went over the wall, 223 00:12:03.039 --> 00:12:05.080 but uh, luckily it counted. 224 00:12:05.320 --> 00:12:08.679 Ben, what do you got We'll take it, We'll take it. Yeah. 225 00:12:08.720 --> 00:12:10.480 I actually wanted to ask about what Dave had said 226 00:12:10.519 --> 00:12:11.440 today about. 227 00:12:11.639 --> 00:12:15.639 Hang Kim and get more playing time. What should we 228 00:12:15.840 --> 00:12:18.320 view this like for Michael Conforto especially. 229 00:12:18.120 --> 00:12:20.159 And what should we see as a progress for has 230 00:12:20.200 --> 00:12:21.559 On Kim over the last couple of months. 231 00:12:22.600 --> 00:12:25.039 Well, look at you, and I'm ready for that question. 232 00:12:25.279 --> 00:12:25.440 Ben. 233 00:12:25.720 --> 00:12:30.000 It sounded like Dave Roberts was giving us a soft, 234 00:12:30.639 --> 00:12:34.919 a soft answer that maybe Michael Conforto is going to 235 00:12:35.000 --> 00:12:38.279 be benched for the time being. And he didn't put 236 00:12:38.320 --> 00:12:42.120 it that way, but that's my translation. Listen to this, Ben. 237 00:12:42.240 --> 00:12:46.039 This was Dave Roberts earlier today talking about how Michael 238 00:12:46.159 --> 00:12:49.759 Conforto maybe sitting out a few more games than he 239 00:12:49.879 --> 00:12:52.919 has recently. Okay, we'll get that to you in a 240 00:12:52.960 --> 00:12:54.559 little bit. All right, Ben, we'll get it to you. 241 00:12:55.000 --> 00:12:59.360 Yeah, of course, pleasure Dave there, all right, no. 242 00:12:59.399 --> 00:13:01.159 Problem, thank you for the phone call. I'm going to 243 00:13:01.200 --> 00:13:04.080 get that to Colin Yee because Dave Roberts kind of 244 00:13:04.120 --> 00:13:07.039 made it sound that Hay Sung Kim is going to 245 00:13:07.080 --> 00:13:11.080 get more time in the outfield and the you know, 246 00:13:11.200 --> 00:13:15.519 the Dodgers have given Michael Conforto ample opportunity to try 247 00:13:15.600 --> 00:13:19.080 to bail his way out of this whole slump here. 248 00:13:19.200 --> 00:13:23.240 It's it's been a little bit. It's been a little 249 00:13:23.320 --> 00:13:27.080 disappointing for Michael Conforto, who's on a one year contract. 250 00:13:27.159 --> 00:13:29.840 The Dodgers signed him to a seventeen million dollar deal. 251 00:13:30.240 --> 00:13:32.519 It just hasn't come to fruition. So we'll get to 252 00:13:32.639 --> 00:13:35.120 that at the top of the hour. Ray and Georgia, 253 00:13:35.240 --> 00:13:37.480 you're on Dodger Talk with David vasse Hi. 254 00:13:37.600 --> 00:13:41.200 Ray, Hey, David, a great job on the show as usual. 255 00:13:41.440 --> 00:13:44.159 And one of the things I want to say is, 256 00:13:44.600 --> 00:13:47.080 peep what we're doing and the Dodgers are doing with 257 00:13:47.279 --> 00:13:51.720 all these injuries I'm talking about with Freeman Betts and 258 00:13:51.879 --> 00:13:55.279 the pitching staff, and plus the fact that the Dodgers 259 00:13:55.679 --> 00:13:58.159 are playing these teams that are after them because they're 260 00:13:58.200 --> 00:14:01.240 world champions. And we're are with a four and a 261 00:14:01.279 --> 00:14:04.240 half game lead over the Giants and now a six 262 00:14:04.320 --> 00:14:07.759 game lead over the Padres. It's amazing. And if we 263 00:14:07.879 --> 00:14:11.320 get these starters back last now and Snell and I 264 00:14:11.360 --> 00:14:14.440 don't know about Asasaki if he's coming back, but I mean, 265 00:14:14.600 --> 00:14:17.320 it could be amazing. We may be able to build 266 00:14:17.399 --> 00:14:20.519 that record. So we do get those that first round 267 00:14:20.600 --> 00:14:23.559 by and it gives them a rest before they start 268 00:14:23.600 --> 00:14:24.960 playing again, you know what I mean? 269 00:14:25.440 --> 00:14:28.759 Look right right, I say this all the time when 270 00:14:29.200 --> 00:14:33.159 certain teams hang in there in games with the Dodgers, 271 00:14:33.240 --> 00:14:36.360 but then seventh, eighth, and ninth innings they just don't 272 00:14:36.440 --> 00:14:39.120 have enough coming out of the bullpen or don't have 273 00:14:39.320 --> 00:14:42.039 enough depth in their lineup. I feel the same way 274 00:14:42.080 --> 00:14:45.159 about the regular season. Yeah, the Giants and Padres are 275 00:14:45.240 --> 00:14:49.080 hanging in there until June, maybe July, but they just 276 00:14:49.200 --> 00:14:52.440 don't have enough to hang in there for the whole season, 277 00:14:52.960 --> 00:14:57.120 especially the Padres, who obviously have their ownership in a 278 00:14:57.279 --> 00:15:00.559 weird situation right now after the unfortunate passing of a 279 00:15:00.639 --> 00:15:03.759 great man, Peter Seidler. They don't have a lot of 280 00:15:03.879 --> 00:15:08.080 prospects to trade because they already traded them, so aj 281 00:15:08.279 --> 00:15:11.440 Preller is in a tough position to even try to 282 00:15:11.679 --> 00:15:15.879 add to a very thin depth group. So I just 283 00:15:16.000 --> 00:15:19.120 don't see them having enough to even win the division, 284 00:15:19.240 --> 00:15:22.200 and it's gonna be a photo finish in my opinion, 285 00:15:22.279 --> 00:15:23.960 for them to make a wild card push. 286 00:15:24.960 --> 00:15:27.919 Right, And let me ask you this, David. You know 287 00:15:28.000 --> 00:15:30.000 when you guys are playing, when we're playing the Giants 288 00:15:31.320 --> 00:15:33.480 in San Francisco, is there any chance you can do 289 00:15:33.519 --> 00:15:36.519 an interview view with John Miller? Because a lot of 290 00:15:36.559 --> 00:15:39.080 times I'm watching the Dodger games and I'll listen to 291 00:15:39.159 --> 00:15:42.519 the broadcast because I think John Miller and Vin Scully 292 00:15:42.559 --> 00:15:45.759 were two of the best I've ever heard, and so 293 00:15:45.879 --> 00:15:47.720 I was just wondering if you could do an interview 294 00:15:47.759 --> 00:15:48.519 with John Miller. 295 00:15:49.559 --> 00:15:52.559 I don't usually take requests, Ray, but yes, I'll try 296 00:15:52.639 --> 00:15:55.320 to get John Miller on the pregame show before the 297 00:15:55.480 --> 00:15:56.639 end of the season. How about that. 298 00:15:57.519 --> 00:15:58.200 That'd be great. 299 00:15:58.279 --> 00:15:59.919 And just hang in there. 300 00:16:00.000 --> 00:16:01.759 We were doing a great job and I can't wait 301 00:16:01.840 --> 00:16:03.399 for our next World championship. 302 00:16:03.440 --> 00:16:06.480 It's on his way, all right, Ray, thank you for 303 00:16:06.559 --> 00:16:09.360 the phone call. Eight six six nine eight seven two 304 00:16:09.519 --> 00:16:13.240 five seventy is the phone number. Last night, we had 305 00:16:13.360 --> 00:16:18.320 some hitters being hit by pitches. The Dodgers. Lu Trevino 306 00:16:18.519 --> 00:16:22.720 hit Fernando Tattist Junior last night, and then the Padres 307 00:16:22.799 --> 00:16:27.320 responded by having Randy Vasquez hit sho He Otani in 308 00:16:27.399 --> 00:16:29.480 the next at bat that he came to the plate. 309 00:16:30.000 --> 00:16:33.799 And the issue the Dodgers had with Vasquez was, it 310 00:16:33.879 --> 00:16:36.720 took you two times to try to hit him. You 311 00:16:36.879 --> 00:16:39.000 try to hit him on the first pitch and you missed, 312 00:16:39.080 --> 00:16:42.480 and then you hit him right above the knee on 313 00:16:42.720 --> 00:16:46.240 his right leg. And I guess one of the unwritten 314 00:16:46.360 --> 00:16:50.000 rules is you get one shot if you miss it. Sorry, 315 00:16:50.799 --> 00:16:54.679 but Vasquez took another shot and he hit Otani. So 316 00:16:54.960 --> 00:16:57.840 Mike Shildt after the game last night kind of laid 317 00:16:57.919 --> 00:17:01.440 that out that he wasn't happy that Lutrevio hit Fernando 318 00:17:01.559 --> 00:17:04.839 Tattos Junior last night after hitting Tattas Junior in the 319 00:17:04.920 --> 00:17:08.200 first inning of last Tuesday night's game, But talking to 320 00:17:08.319 --> 00:17:10.720 Lou before the game tonight, he just said, you know, 321 00:17:11.079 --> 00:17:13.640 I can't explain it. I haven't hit a batter in 322 00:17:13.799 --> 00:17:16.400 four years, and I've hit him twice in the last week, 323 00:17:16.720 --> 00:17:21.160 and I completely understand the optics but I wasn't trying 324 00:17:21.200 --> 00:17:23.279 to hit him. I was just trying to come inside, 325 00:17:23.359 --> 00:17:25.839 and that's what I do against right handed hitters. I 326 00:17:26.000 --> 00:17:28.799 just yanked it a little bit too far, and I 327 00:17:28.880 --> 00:17:31.400 think if Mike Shildt took a step back, he'd understand that. 328 00:17:31.519 --> 00:17:35.720 But nonetheless, I don't believe Mike shilt whether or not 329 00:17:35.839 --> 00:17:42.160 he thought Trevino hit Tattas Junior intentionally. If your best 330 00:17:42.200 --> 00:17:47.359 player gets hit twice against the same team, a division rival, 331 00:17:47.440 --> 00:17:51.279 where you know attentions are high, you got to protect 332 00:17:51.319 --> 00:17:54.440 that hitter, and you got to understand that. But you 333 00:17:54.599 --> 00:17:57.480 only get one shot. You know you can't try to 334 00:17:57.559 --> 00:17:59.720 take if you don't get it on the first pitch. 335 00:18:01.039 --> 00:18:05.519 A little iffy right there, But nonetheless everything was cooled 336 00:18:05.559 --> 00:18:09.440 off tonight. The umpires did not issue warnings before first pitch, 337 00:18:09.799 --> 00:18:12.920 and even when Andy pie Has was hit again tonight 338 00:18:13.079 --> 00:18:15.599 in the bottom of the seventh inning by the Padre 339 00:18:15.720 --> 00:18:19.720 starter Stephen Colek, he understood it wasn't on purpose. And 340 00:18:20.279 --> 00:18:23.480 even when Mike Schiltz brought in the reliever and they 341 00:18:23.599 --> 00:18:27.759 crossed paths going across the field, Colick coming off the field, 342 00:18:28.440 --> 00:18:33.000 Paz and Colic did not have any issues with each other. 343 00:18:33.200 --> 00:18:35.279 So that was good, and look, this is great. This 344 00:18:35.440 --> 00:18:40.119 reminds me of a rod veritec Yankees Red Sox type 345 00:18:40.160 --> 00:18:43.920 of games, where you're seeing these teams battle it out 346 00:18:43.960 --> 00:18:48.720 in the postseason and certainly high intensity during the regular season. 347 00:18:48.880 --> 00:18:51.720 We saw it last year, we've seen it since twenty twenty, 348 00:18:51.799 --> 00:18:54.519 but it feels like it's been raised a notch after 349 00:18:54.759 --> 00:18:57.599 these two teams have faced each other in the postseason 350 00:18:58.079 --> 00:18:59.960 a couple of times in the last two or thre 351 00:19:00.039 --> 00:19:03.559 three years, and certainly after the Dodgers came back in 352 00:19:03.640 --> 00:19:08.160 that five game NLDS. And another layer to why the 353 00:19:08.319 --> 00:19:12.240 tensions may be running hot is because these two teams 354 00:19:12.279 --> 00:19:16.319 are seeing each other seven times within a week after 355 00:19:16.480 --> 00:19:19.240 not seeing each other for the first sixty games of 356 00:19:19.359 --> 00:19:24.319 the season. So you pack in these many games in 357 00:19:24.440 --> 00:19:28.559 such a short period of time, it'll feel like the postseason. 358 00:19:29.160 --> 00:19:32.400 And these two teams don't like each other. The Padres 359 00:19:32.519 --> 00:19:36.400 obviously do not like the Dodgers. Their emotions spill out 360 00:19:36.519 --> 00:19:41.680 over the dugout railing often, it's really obvious. And the 361 00:19:41.759 --> 00:19:44.880 Dodgers probably don't like the Padres either. In fact, I'll 362 00:19:44.920 --> 00:19:48.240 say it, the Dodgers don't like the Padres or their antics, 363 00:19:48.559 --> 00:19:52.200 and the Padres are resentful that the Dodgers are the Dodgers. 364 00:19:52.319 --> 00:19:56.240 So when you bring all of those factors in, you're 365 00:19:56.440 --> 00:20:00.319 going to have tempers boil over like we've seen. Eight 366 00:20:00.440 --> 00:20:03.039 six six nine, eight seven two five seventy is the 367 00:20:03.160 --> 00:20:05.480 phone number. We're gonna take a time out here on 368 00:20:05.599 --> 00:20:07.920 Dodger Talk. When we come back, we'll hear from Dave 369 00:20:08.039 --> 00:20:11.599 Roberts about where the Dodgers are going with Michael Confordo 370 00:20:11.759 --> 00:20:15.079 after a slow start to begin the season. And also 371 00:20:15.720 --> 00:20:18.160 we'll check in with Jose Mota and hear from Justin 372 00:20:18.240 --> 00:20:21.960 Robleski after the Dodgers walk it off on a pinch 373 00:20:22.039 --> 00:20:25.039 hit home run by Will Smith in the bottom of 374 00:20:25.079 --> 00:20:28.119 the ninth inning off of Robert Suarez four to three 375 00:20:28.880 --> 00:20:33.359 victors over San Diego on a five to seventy LA Sports. 376 00:20:38.920 --> 00:20:42.119 Dodger Talk is available on AM five seventy LA sports 377 00:20:42.200 --> 00:20:46.160 dot com hand on the iHeartRadio app Back to more 378 00:20:46.319 --> 00:20:52.039 Dodger Talk with Dodger insider David Basse allowed and long 379 00:20:52.279 --> 00:20:55.680 strike for ss now The O two pitch Smith, which 380 00:20:55.759 --> 00:20:58.039 is a fly ball right center field tatis on there 381 00:20:58.119 --> 00:20:59.480 on at the warning track. 382 00:20:59.400 --> 00:21:07.279 Pat it's gone, It's gone, and this games is over. 383 00:21:12.640 --> 00:21:14.440 Just got be all to reach it for no no 384 00:21:14.640 --> 00:21:15.599 top Tis Junior. 385 00:21:16.119 --> 00:21:22.680 Will Smith comes home and now we go home. Brick 386 00:21:22.799 --> 00:21:26.000 Monday and Steven Nelson on the call tonight. That was 387 00:21:26.079 --> 00:21:29.400 the pin hit, walk off home run by Will Smith 388 00:21:29.839 --> 00:21:32.400 to give the Dodgers the win four to three over 389 00:21:32.559 --> 00:21:37.480 Robert Suarez and the San Diego Padres David Vasse live 390 00:21:37.559 --> 00:21:40.559 at Dodgers Stadium. We are with you until the bottom 391 00:21:40.599 --> 00:21:42.920 of the hour right here on Dodger Talk and we 392 00:21:43.000 --> 00:21:45.319 have phone lines open at eight six six nine, eight 393 00:21:45.480 --> 00:21:50.079 seven two five seventy. 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