WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.200 --> 00:00:04.320 The right quiet. 2 00:00:04.440 --> 00:00:10.359 Dodgers Playoff Baseball is back, and with it an annual 3 00:00:10.480 --> 00:00:12.160 postseason tradition. 4 00:00:12.279 --> 00:00:13.439 Scam is back. 5 00:00:13.599 --> 00:00:14.160 Baby. 6 00:00:14.359 --> 00:00:17.600 This is Sax and Cakes in the A app BA 7 00:00:17.800 --> 00:00:22.160 Go with Proway. Dodger legend Steve Sacks is joined by 8 00:00:22.199 --> 00:00:26.640 your favorite Dodger pregame host, Tim Kates. If you want 9 00:00:26.640 --> 00:00:29.079 to talk Dodgers, get in on the show on eighty 10 00:00:29.120 --> 00:00:32.079 six six nine, eighty seven two five seven now while 11 00:00:32.119 --> 00:00:35.200 the Dan Patrick Show streams on the Ihearts radio app. 12 00:00:35.560 --> 00:00:38.640 We've been banished to the internet until this Dodgers playoff 13 00:00:38.719 --> 00:00:42.799 run concludes. Here they are broadcasting live on AM five 14 00:00:42.840 --> 00:00:47.799 to seven LA Sports. It's Tim Kates and Steve Sacks. 15 00:00:47.840 --> 00:00:51.119 Sax and Kate's and am here on this Tuesday morning, 16 00:00:51.200 --> 00:00:56.240 October fifteenth. Thanks for being with us. We're live and local. 17 00:00:56.840 --> 00:00:59.280 Are your home of the Dodgers A five seventy LA 18 00:00:59.479 --> 00:01:02.240 Sports here with you until nine o'clock this morning. Coming 19 00:01:02.280 --> 00:01:04.959 up at the bottom of the hour. Mike Marshall, former 20 00:01:05.000 --> 00:01:07.799 teammate at Saxy's part of the nineteen eighty eight World 21 00:01:07.879 --> 00:01:11.079 Series championship team in mainstay in that outfield. They're in 22 00:01:11.120 --> 00:01:13.879 the nineteen eighties an all Star two time World Series 23 00:01:14.000 --> 00:01:16.239 champ Mike Marshall will join us at the bottom of 24 00:01:16.280 --> 00:01:18.719 the hour. An hour from now, Mike Stanton from MLB 25 00:01:18.840 --> 00:01:22.159 Network Radio will join us. Won three World Series rings 26 00:01:22.159 --> 00:01:25.000 with the New York Yankees. He is gonna help us 27 00:01:25.040 --> 00:01:27.400 break down what happened in this bullpen game and the 28 00:01:27.439 --> 00:01:29.519 pitching so far in the first two games to look 29 00:01:29.560 --> 00:01:31.920 ahead to the next three games in New York at 30 00:01:31.920 --> 00:01:34.920 City Field. Game three is tomorrow night. Both teams will 31 00:01:34.959 --> 00:01:37.480 have a workout later on this afternoon in New York 32 00:01:37.480 --> 00:01:40.480 as they traveled after the game yesterday to the East 33 00:01:40.519 --> 00:01:42.439 Coast to get ready for the next three games, so 34 00:01:42.840 --> 00:01:45.799 we know it won't be as sweep. We certainly talked 35 00:01:45.799 --> 00:01:48.519 a lot about what happened yesterday in the bullpen game, 36 00:01:48.599 --> 00:01:51.760 landon Na getting roughed up in that second inning, Ryan 37 00:01:51.840 --> 00:01:54.840 Brasier giving up the home run to Francisco Lindor to 38 00:01:54.920 --> 00:01:58.120 start off the game. But the offense Saxy you mentioned 39 00:01:58.159 --> 00:02:00.840 it the numbers yesterday from what the time five hitters 40 00:02:00.840 --> 00:02:04.159 in the Dodgers offense show, Hey, O Tani all the 41 00:02:04.159 --> 00:02:10.520 way down, oh for nineteen with nine strikeouts or the 42 00:02:10.560 --> 00:02:15.240 top five batters yesterday, O Tani Bets, ta Oscar Freddie 43 00:02:15.599 --> 00:02:21.039 and Will Smith oh for nineteen with nine strikeouts. I 44 00:02:21.080 --> 00:02:24.039 don't care if you lose a game two nothing or 45 00:02:24.039 --> 00:02:27.000 you lose seven to three. Most times out of night, 46 00:02:27.080 --> 00:02:29.000 you're gonna lose a game when all five of those 47 00:02:29.000 --> 00:02:30.840 guys aren't producing a single thing. 48 00:02:31.039 --> 00:02:34.599 Yep, that's called the collective letdown. You can say a 49 00:02:34.680 --> 00:02:38.280 team you know, to team bomb, whatever you want, it's 50 00:02:38.400 --> 00:02:40.560 it's part of the process as far as I'm concerned. 51 00:02:40.560 --> 00:02:42.879 I mean, this is just how people refer to this. 52 00:02:42.960 --> 00:02:46.080 And you know it's not all the time that you 53 00:02:46.120 --> 00:02:48.560 see when your team loses that you have the whole 54 00:02:48.599 --> 00:02:51.240 top of the order where nobody does anything. I mean, 55 00:02:51.280 --> 00:02:54.800 you're talking oh for nineteen with nine k's. That's a beatdown, right. 56 00:02:55.120 --> 00:02:57.360 It doesn't happen much with the Dodgers. This was the 57 00:02:57.400 --> 00:03:02.360 most prolific offensive juggernaut in all of baseball. One fifty 58 00:03:02.479 --> 00:03:06.000 seven run differential to the plus side for this team. Okay. 59 00:03:06.240 --> 00:03:08.199 That means that this team when they go out and 60 00:03:08.240 --> 00:03:11.360 play other clubs, they outscored them this season by one 61 00:03:11.439 --> 00:03:14.680 hundred and fifty seven runs. Okay, that is a smack 62 00:03:14.800 --> 00:03:17.439 beat down, like you can't believe this is a this 63 00:03:17.560 --> 00:03:21.159 is a dangerous, dangerous team that can turn it around 64 00:03:21.360 --> 00:03:23.520 at the flip of a switch. That's how fast this 65 00:03:23.599 --> 00:03:26.080 thing can happen. So you never count the Dodgers out, 66 00:03:26.080 --> 00:03:28.919 including yesterday's game when they lost, you pointed out the 67 00:03:29.000 --> 00:03:31.800 numerous times where they had chances to do it. It 68 00:03:31.800 --> 00:03:33.759 doesn't happen all the time. But you know what, that's 69 00:03:33.800 --> 00:03:36.080 why you play a series of games so you can 70 00:03:36.120 --> 00:03:39.599 find out, you know, in that sample size, who might 71 00:03:39.639 --> 00:03:41.400 be the better team. And I think the Dodgers have 72 00:03:41.479 --> 00:03:43.240 the advantage. Look when they go on the road to 73 00:03:43.759 --> 00:03:46.400 the Dodgers record on the road this year was forty 74 00:03:46.400 --> 00:03:49.280 six and thirty five. And if you go over to 75 00:03:49.319 --> 00:03:53.319 the Mets their home record, guess what, forty six and 76 00:03:53.439 --> 00:03:57.199 thirty five and absolute and an absolute draw. You know, 77 00:03:57.360 --> 00:04:01.400 here's the Dodgers traveling around all across United States up 78 00:04:01.400 --> 00:04:04.560 in that terrible, terrible environment as far as the fans go, 79 00:04:04.639 --> 00:04:07.360 because they are very partisan in New York. Even though 80 00:04:07.360 --> 00:04:10.199 the Dodgers come from New York, it's not the same. 81 00:04:10.280 --> 00:04:13.159 They're playing against a team that's very partisan in their 82 00:04:13.199 --> 00:04:16.000 fan base. And they had the same record on the 83 00:04:16.120 --> 00:04:19.920 road as the Mets do at home, so the fans, 84 00:04:20.319 --> 00:04:23.439 the fans should gain some solace and knowing that they're 85 00:04:23.439 --> 00:04:25.680 going to go into an environment where they're very adept 86 00:04:25.680 --> 00:04:28.279 to winning. And now here's here's another little trinket that 87 00:04:28.639 --> 00:04:30.240 you might want to know. And you know this is 88 00:04:30.319 --> 00:04:33.839 just just for talk. You know the Mets uniforms, right, 89 00:04:33.920 --> 00:04:36.720 you have the orange and the blue, and you know 90 00:04:36.720 --> 00:04:38.319 where that their colors come from. 91 00:04:38.920 --> 00:04:40.600 I think I have an idea. 92 00:04:41.199 --> 00:04:44.920 Yeah, they they come They come from the fact that 93 00:04:45.360 --> 00:04:50.800 the Dodgers they're blue and the Giants their orange. All 94 00:04:50.879 --> 00:04:54.040 resided in New York before they came west in nineteen 95 00:04:54.160 --> 00:04:56.480 fifty eight to the you know, to the West coast 96 00:04:56.519 --> 00:04:59.360 at San Francisco and La respectively. By the way, the 97 00:04:59.399 --> 00:05:02.199 Dodgers almost were in San Francisco and the Giants were 98 00:05:02.240 --> 00:05:05.879 almost in Los Angeles. But that's another story. But their 99 00:05:05.959 --> 00:05:11.120 team colors of orange and blue are a derivative of 100 00:05:11.279 --> 00:05:14.759 the Dodgers and Giants in New York. When they left, 101 00:05:15.160 --> 00:05:18.079 the Mets came in and the Mets took both those colors, 102 00:05:18.120 --> 00:05:19.480 and that's why they're orange and blue. 103 00:05:19.639 --> 00:05:23.439 So a little bit of the Mets DNA is Dodger blue. 104 00:05:23.920 --> 00:05:27.079 It interesting, interesting, like doing it's like doing a an 105 00:05:27.120 --> 00:05:29.959 ancestry dot com DNA thing here to find out who 106 00:05:30.160 --> 00:05:33.160 who the parents are and where your lineage is. That's right. 107 00:05:33.199 --> 00:05:36.240 And we find out that the Dodgers are a great 108 00:05:36.399 --> 00:05:39.560 uncle or a great that's. 109 00:05:39.439 --> 00:05:44.040 Right, right, do a DNA right the money dads are. 110 00:05:44.319 --> 00:05:48.600 That is amazing. Eight six, seven, two, five seventy is 111 00:05:48.600 --> 00:05:51.120 our number as the Dodgers of Mets are even up 112 00:05:51.160 --> 00:05:54.839 at a game of peace. The offense yesterday struggled Mookie 113 00:05:54.839 --> 00:05:57.639 Betts in this NLCS, So the first couple of games 114 00:05:57.639 --> 00:06:00.199 have struggled, hitting one ninety two the first two games. 115 00:06:00.240 --> 00:06:03.279 Yesterday goes oh for four with three punch outs. Did 116 00:06:03.279 --> 00:06:05.160 get on base with the walk and score a run 117 00:06:05.399 --> 00:06:07.360 off of that walk. But here's Mookie Betts after the 118 00:06:07.399 --> 00:06:09.600 game yesterday. Nobody's went eleven to No. 119 00:06:09.639 --> 00:06:13.240 One postseason, all the team, my bats, all the team's 120 00:06:13.600 --> 00:06:16.240 four teams left, they're all good. You're not going to 121 00:06:16.360 --> 00:06:19.839 just run through everybody in the postseason. That doesn't I've 122 00:06:19.879 --> 00:06:22.959 never seen it, and I'd imagine you never will see 123 00:06:22.959 --> 00:06:23.439 anything like that. 124 00:06:24.920 --> 00:06:26.399 Seum and I I think, I mean, you guys have 125 00:06:26.759 --> 00:06:28.279 seen him a lot in the last few years and 126 00:06:28.319 --> 00:06:30.360 you had like almost an eight a arra against you guys. 127 00:06:30.399 --> 00:06:33.360 But obviously the arm changle change. What was he doing 128 00:06:33.360 --> 00:06:34.879 well today? And was it just as simple as the 129 00:06:34.959 --> 00:06:35.879 arm angle change that was. 130 00:06:35.800 --> 00:06:36.360 Throwing you guys on? 131 00:06:37.360 --> 00:06:40.199 I mean, been pitching really well lately and a lot 132 00:06:40.199 --> 00:06:42.800 of confidence there, and he threw the ball well again. 133 00:06:42.879 --> 00:06:46.759 I mean, I mean, there's no U, there's no other 134 00:06:47.079 --> 00:06:49.519 words are gonna be lost. I mean it sucks, and 135 00:06:50.480 --> 00:06:53.040 but you can't expect us to just move got I 136 00:06:53.040 --> 00:06:55.120 don't think anybody here is expecting them to just roll over. 137 00:06:55.319 --> 00:06:56.800 You know, we know it's gonna be tough. We know, 138 00:06:59.560 --> 00:07:01.000 I mean, it is one of the other we lost. 139 00:07:01.000 --> 00:07:02.879 We gotta turn the page and get ready to seven games. 140 00:07:03.639 --> 00:07:05.560 We gotta go and prepare for game three. 141 00:07:05.600 --> 00:07:07.560 Now, how much story confidences give you that? 142 00:07:07.639 --> 00:07:09.319 You guys kind of want to say a spot last round, 143 00:07:09.319 --> 00:07:11.839 but obviously when one going into San Diego and Turkey 144 00:07:12.000 --> 00:07:12.600 up with that. 145 00:07:12.639 --> 00:07:15.800 Sort, I mean last round was last round. 146 00:07:15.839 --> 00:07:18.519 You know, we gotta focus on game three right now. 147 00:07:18.839 --> 00:07:19.800 Split one on one. 148 00:07:19.800 --> 00:07:20.720 We're going to New York. 149 00:07:20.720 --> 00:07:22.439 We know it's gonna be hectic there. We know they're 150 00:07:22.480 --> 00:07:25.879 gonna be ah that when they're just obviously is gonna 151 00:07:25.920 --> 00:07:28.920 give them a lot of confidence. So we have to 152 00:07:28.959 --> 00:07:31.519 come out ready to play. 153 00:07:32.439 --> 00:07:36.279 Weird to split this postseason six or eight for thrunners on, 154 00:07:36.480 --> 00:07:38.920 but hasn't had a hit? Keep the base? Is it? Is? 155 00:07:38.959 --> 00:07:41.839 It just one of those as our baseball numbers. 156 00:07:41.959 --> 00:07:45.920 I guess, I mean shore he he'll be fine, he'll 157 00:07:45.920 --> 00:07:46.279 be fine. 158 00:07:46.680 --> 00:07:48.920 Missed opportunities, but you have a lot of opportunities. 159 00:07:48.959 --> 00:07:50.639 It was a nice to kind of scratch back against 160 00:07:50.639 --> 00:07:51.480 them after that start. 161 00:07:51.959 --> 00:07:54.160 Oh yeah, I mean, but it's a loss, so it 162 00:07:54.199 --> 00:07:54.720 doesn't matter. 163 00:07:56.040 --> 00:07:56.759 Today is over with. 164 00:07:57.199 --> 00:08:01.160 We have to uh flush it, figure out what we 165 00:08:01.199 --> 00:08:04.480 need to do going forward and prepare for Game three. 166 00:08:04.879 --> 00:08:07.120 All right, Saxy, is there anything you can take away 167 00:08:07.160 --> 00:08:10.480 as a hitter in a loss? Knowing that you face 168 00:08:11.040 --> 00:08:15.120 Edwin Diaz, you face the high end stantic was the 169 00:08:15.120 --> 00:08:17.600 guy they faced in the seventh and eighth inning, Since 170 00:08:17.639 --> 00:08:20.199 you face their high end relievers, the back end guys 171 00:08:20.240 --> 00:08:22.480 who are gonna be pitching in a tight game later 172 00:08:22.560 --> 00:08:24.680 on this series multiple times, the fact that you got 173 00:08:24.680 --> 00:08:27.199 eyes on them in Game two like you did. Can 174 00:08:27.240 --> 00:08:29.439 you take anything away from this and a loss? 175 00:08:30.120 --> 00:08:33.360 Well, their pitchers are subject to the laws of inevitability 176 00:08:33.360 --> 00:08:36.000 as well, So they're not going to go up there 177 00:08:36.320 --> 00:08:39.799 and just you know, shove every single time. They're gonna 178 00:08:39.840 --> 00:08:43.919 have challenges as well. And so yeah, you take that 179 00:08:44.000 --> 00:08:46.039 and you say, okay, you know what, we got to 180 00:08:46.039 --> 00:08:48.759 look at him. We got into that bullpen. We got 181 00:08:48.799 --> 00:08:52.039 to expose and put them on display. If that's that's 182 00:08:52.080 --> 00:08:53.879 as rough as it's going to get in this series. 183 00:08:54.240 --> 00:08:56.639 So you got to get into the depths of the bullpen, 184 00:08:56.679 --> 00:08:59.480 which is what you want to do. And so you 185 00:08:59.519 --> 00:09:02.399 take that, come to game three and I like Mookie's 186 00:09:02.399 --> 00:09:05.960 analogy where we had to flush this game. I like that. 187 00:09:06.039 --> 00:09:08.600 I like the analogy. It's gone. And now you come 188 00:09:08.639 --> 00:09:10.639 up in game three, take what you learn from game 189 00:09:10.679 --> 00:09:13.200 two in game one, and you put that together and 190 00:09:13.200 --> 00:09:15.320 you put a thumping on these guys, and that's what 191 00:09:15.360 --> 00:09:18.840 they are definitely planning to do. Mookie's perspective was spot on. 192 00:09:19.039 --> 00:09:22.000 Nobody expected to go oh eleven and zero show. 193 00:09:22.080 --> 00:09:24.559 Hey Otani goes oh for three yesterday with a couple 194 00:09:24.600 --> 00:09:28.240 of strikeouts in two walks. Clearly when nobody is on base, 195 00:09:28.679 --> 00:09:31.120 they are pitching around him. The blueprint is out there 196 00:09:31.240 --> 00:09:34.919 that if there's nobody on baits, pitch away, pitch away, 197 00:09:35.200 --> 00:09:38.759 pitch away, make him get himself out by chasing pitches 198 00:09:39.120 --> 00:09:41.679 out of the strike zone, And that's exactly what he's done. 199 00:09:41.840 --> 00:09:44.320 When runners are on base, he is six for eight 200 00:09:44.639 --> 00:09:47.159 in this postseason. When there's nobody on base, he is 201 00:09:47.320 --> 00:09:51.200 oh for the postseason. Here's Dave Roberts after the game 202 00:09:51.279 --> 00:09:55.480 yesterday sack see when asked maybe move Otani and change 203 00:09:55.519 --> 00:09:57.120 up the lineup moving forward here, he. 204 00:09:57.039 --> 00:10:01.240 Is not really, you know, I think that, you know, 205 00:10:01.279 --> 00:10:03.720 as far as on the offensive side, I think we've 206 00:10:03.759 --> 00:10:07.320 been pretty good offensively. I think the guys at the 207 00:10:07.320 --> 00:10:09.679 bottom have been doing a nice job of getting on base, 208 00:10:11.679 --> 00:10:14.759 you know. And as far as moving him down, I 209 00:10:14.840 --> 00:10:17.600 just don't want to be too reactive. I don't really 210 00:10:17.639 --> 00:10:19.679 see the benefit. We got to just make sure that 211 00:10:19.720 --> 00:10:21.759 our guys are just still swinging the bat well, and 212 00:10:22.639 --> 00:10:24.840 quite frankly, I want Showhy to get fined at that's 213 00:10:24.879 --> 00:10:27.480 a game, you know. So I think he's our best 214 00:10:27.559 --> 00:10:29.320 here and I want him up there five times. 215 00:10:29.679 --> 00:10:32.360 There's no sense in panicking, right, I mean, it's two 216 00:10:32.399 --> 00:10:34.720 games of the NLCS. You're not going to panic and 217 00:10:34.799 --> 00:10:37.440 started shuffling the lineup. That You've had pretty much set 218 00:10:37.480 --> 00:10:39.519 this way for the entire regular season. 219 00:10:39.559 --> 00:10:42.519 No, chemistry means a lot, Familiarity means a lot. You 220 00:10:42.639 --> 00:10:45.600 won ninety eight games this year. Let's say you put 221 00:10:45.759 --> 00:10:48.840 Mooki or you put show Hey in the third spot 222 00:10:48.960 --> 00:10:51.200 and the Dodgers get blown out and shut down and 223 00:10:51.240 --> 00:10:52.879 he doesn't have a good game. Now what are you 224 00:10:52.879 --> 00:10:54.559 going to do? Oh, We're going to rush him back 225 00:10:54.559 --> 00:10:56.600 to the first spot. No, it doesn't work that way. 226 00:10:56.960 --> 00:10:59.799 You won ninety eight games this year, you dominated p 227 00:11:00.039 --> 00:11:03.120 Bowl and the run differential. You just keep what's going on. 228 00:11:03.200 --> 00:11:05.440 You take the loss, take it stride. You come up 229 00:11:05.480 --> 00:11:07.559 and put a big crooked number up there early, and 230 00:11:07.679 --> 00:11:09.080 you'll change the perspective quickly. 231 00:11:09.159 --> 00:11:11.039 I mean, the odds are you're not gonna have your 232 00:11:11.080 --> 00:11:16.080 top five hitters go oh for nineteen yeah with nine Yeah, 233 00:11:16.120 --> 00:11:18.799 over the course of a seven game series. It happens once, 234 00:11:19.240 --> 00:11:20.519 it probably doesn't happen again. 235 00:11:20.559 --> 00:11:25.320 You got three, you got three former MVPs. Well another 236 00:11:25.320 --> 00:11:28.600 one coming up in the uh you know, in the 237 00:11:28.639 --> 00:11:31.919 top three spots. You just you just it's been golden 238 00:11:31.960 --> 00:11:33.879 for you. You hope to get the most out of 239 00:11:33.879 --> 00:11:36.559 Freddy because of the ankle, but you just ride that 240 00:11:36.600 --> 00:11:39.200 thing and you know you're gonna have some losses in there, 241 00:11:39.240 --> 00:11:41.200 and that's this is one of them that we just 242 00:11:41.240 --> 00:11:44.720 had previous. But you know what, I'll take my shot 243 00:11:44.799 --> 00:11:47.080 with this club any day of the week. If the 244 00:11:47.120 --> 00:11:50.559 pitching holds up, they're gonna score runs. And I bet 245 00:11:50.600 --> 00:11:51.960 you if you know, I'm not a bet man, but 246 00:11:52.519 --> 00:11:54.639 you go down to Vegas, I'm sure and you look 247 00:11:54.679 --> 00:11:57.159 at the the the odds, the odds are they're betting 248 00:11:57.159 --> 00:11:59.320 on the Dodgers. I would I would guess that for sure. 249 00:11:59.559 --> 00:12:01.919 Roman and wit Hears next up on Saxon Kate to 250 00:12:01.960 --> 00:12:04.360 the am here on am FI seventy LA Sports. 251 00:12:04.399 --> 00:12:09.799 Good morning, Roman, Hey, good morning gentlemen. I wish Honeywell 252 00:12:09.799 --> 00:12:12.759 would have started the game yesterday, first of all, but 253 00:12:13.120 --> 00:12:16.559 I just wanted to suggest maybe Freeman. I see him 254 00:12:16.600 --> 00:12:19.679 struggling on the bases and stuff. Is there any possibility 255 00:12:19.720 --> 00:12:23.840 that they could put Freeman as a designated hitter put Otani. 256 00:12:23.399 --> 00:12:24.559 As a position player. 257 00:12:25.080 --> 00:12:28.120 That way, Freeman is not on his feet the whole game, 258 00:12:28.840 --> 00:12:32.000 Because I mean, this is the playoffs and in the 259 00:12:32.039 --> 00:12:36.000 World Series, I'm expecting Otani to pitch a game, So well, 260 00:12:36.200 --> 00:12:37.440 give me your feedback on all this. 261 00:12:37.720 --> 00:12:38.320 We'll see. 262 00:12:38.440 --> 00:12:40.639 If there's one position the guy with a bad ankle 263 00:12:41.080 --> 00:12:44.080 can play, it's first base, right saxon me tape it 264 00:12:44.159 --> 00:12:45.960 and cut it. Yeah, I mean he's spatting it up 265 00:12:46.039 --> 00:12:48.840 like a football player does with tape on the outside. 266 00:12:49.399 --> 00:12:52.360 H He's trying everything he can and doing everything he 267 00:12:52.399 --> 00:12:54.639 can to be out there, and he has so far 268 00:12:54.679 --> 00:12:57.879 the last couple of games with this NLCS. I don't 269 00:12:57.919 --> 00:13:00.440 worry about that. It's going to continue to give. He's 270 00:13:00.440 --> 00:13:02.559 getting the treatment every day. The further and further we 271 00:13:02.559 --> 00:13:05.519 get away from that initial spring is only a good thing. 272 00:13:05.960 --> 00:13:08.240 And I've never heard Freddy complain about it once. No, 273 00:13:08.559 --> 00:13:10.559 not one time, And you won't because he's a pro, 274 00:13:10.879 --> 00:13:13.279 and you know what you do. He's playing first base, 275 00:13:13.320 --> 00:13:15.600 he doesn't have to run as much. You tape it 276 00:13:15.759 --> 00:13:17.840 and you gut it out. That's what you do, and 277 00:13:17.879 --> 00:13:19.799 he'll do it. I would bet he'll be there in 278 00:13:19.840 --> 00:13:21.720 every game. You know what, if he if he can 279 00:13:21.799 --> 00:13:23.799 possibly get on the field, he'll be there. 280 00:13:23.919 --> 00:13:27.320 Sean Man and Naya was like one and six against 281 00:13:27.360 --> 00:13:29.480 the Dodgers, one in five against the Dodgers in his 282 00:13:29.519 --> 00:13:33.039 career going into the game two yesterday, and he goes 283 00:13:33.080 --> 00:13:35.879 out there and pitches five innings, three runs, two hit, 284 00:13:35.960 --> 00:13:39.320 seven strikeouts and ends up walking for late in that outing, 285 00:13:40.000 --> 00:13:43.559 they started comparing him to Chris Sale last night in 286 00:13:43.639 --> 00:13:48.279 the broadcast. And while he's redone his mechanics and he's 287 00:13:48.320 --> 00:13:50.879 now dropped his arm slot down a little bit so 288 00:13:50.919 --> 00:13:53.679 he's more three quarters rather than over the top. He's 289 00:13:53.679 --> 00:13:56.559 got a wide delivery, so against the left hander, it 290 00:13:56.559 --> 00:13:58.720 feels like he's coming right at you and then the 291 00:13:58.759 --> 00:14:02.000 ball ben breaks over the the plate. It seemed to 292 00:14:02.080 --> 00:14:06.399 have Freddie Freeman mookie bats and more importantly, Showy Otani 293 00:14:06.840 --> 00:14:09.879 on roller skates yesterday. What did you see in Shan 294 00:14:09.960 --> 00:14:14.600 Manaya in his new mechanics that was so good for him? Yes, 295 00:14:14.639 --> 00:14:15.279 Shane working. 296 00:14:15.799 --> 00:14:18.840 First of all, that's a different picture. It's not the 297 00:14:18.840 --> 00:14:21.120 former Sean Manaya. Oh I guess you say it is 298 00:14:21.159 --> 00:14:23.799 the former Sean Manaiah because you won't see that guy anymore. 299 00:14:24.399 --> 00:14:29.200 This transformation that he's made is just shocking to me 300 00:14:29.679 --> 00:14:32.320 that a guy this you know, on in his career 301 00:14:32.399 --> 00:14:35.840 can make a massive change. Because what those numbers they 302 00:14:35.840 --> 00:14:38.720 were posting before were with Shan and Iyah with a 303 00:14:38.720 --> 00:14:41.200 three quarter arm delivery. Now you have a side arm 304 00:14:41.279 --> 00:14:45.720 guy that's throwing cross bodied, which is you know, voodoo 305 00:14:45.720 --> 00:14:47.799 for a young picture, because oh it'll tear up your 306 00:14:48.200 --> 00:14:50.000 arm and you can't do it. This is a mature 307 00:14:50.039 --> 00:14:53.200 man with that big, big dude. You want to compare 308 00:14:53.240 --> 00:14:55.320 him with Chris Sale. You got to first shed one 309 00:14:55.360 --> 00:14:58.679 hundred pounds off his back. But this is a guy 310 00:14:58.720 --> 00:14:59.279 that can take it. 311 00:14:59.279 --> 00:14:59.440 Now. 312 00:14:59.440 --> 00:15:01.879 He's a grown he's a grown man. He's a big dude. 313 00:15:01.919 --> 00:15:05.159 He can take a lot of punishment, and that delivery 314 00:15:05.200 --> 00:15:08.679 that he has is just devastating. It's not easy for 315 00:15:08.759 --> 00:15:11.399 right handers either, and the ball gets on you a 316 00:15:11.440 --> 00:15:13.559 lot quicker than you think. First of all, he's got 317 00:15:13.600 --> 00:15:16.600 over a seven foot stretch when he's delivering the ball 318 00:15:16.639 --> 00:15:19.200 out of his hand because he's a real tall guy 319 00:15:19.200 --> 00:15:22.440 and they were saved seven point one feet from the 320 00:15:22.480 --> 00:15:24.519 rubber till when he delivers the ball out of his hand, 321 00:15:24.759 --> 00:15:27.120 So it gets on you a little bit quicker. And 322 00:15:27.240 --> 00:15:29.159 the fact that he's got a great change up makes 323 00:15:29.200 --> 00:15:33.039 the ninety two fastball look ninety seven and devastating. For 324 00:15:33.120 --> 00:15:35.440 left handers, they just they think that thing's coming out 325 00:15:35.440 --> 00:15:38.600 of Australia somewhere that's way down and over there. So 326 00:15:40.240 --> 00:15:42.840 brilliant move to do it. It's a gutsy, ballsy move 327 00:15:43.279 --> 00:15:47.279 to completely transform your delivery. But man did it work. 328 00:15:47.360 --> 00:15:50.879 Look at the splits before he did this, where he 329 00:15:51.000 --> 00:15:54.840 was just an average guy. Now he's way above average. 330 00:15:54.879 --> 00:15:58.519 This is a major transformation that really worked out for him. 331 00:15:58.639 --> 00:16:01.080 Yeah, he completely looks like a new pitcher out there 332 00:16:01.120 --> 00:16:04.039 and had the Dodger hitters on roller skates for a 333 00:16:04.080 --> 00:16:08.320 lot of that game yesterday out of Dodgers Stadium. Dodgers 334 00:16:08.320 --> 00:16:11.639 had their chances even against the Mets, bullpen couldn't come 335 00:16:11.679 --> 00:16:14.200 through when they needed that big hit eight six, six, nine, 336 00:16:14.279 --> 00:16:16.559 eighty seven to two, five seventy year phone calls coming up. 337 00:16:16.679 --> 00:16:19.799 We'll also hear from former Dodger Mike Marshall. In about 338 00:16:19.840 --> 00:16:22.600 forty five minutes, we'll check in with MLB Network Radios 339 00:16:22.879 --> 00:16:26.240 Mike Stanton, former reliever won three World Series with the Yankees. 340 00:16:26.279 --> 00:16:29.240 Get his thoughts on this pitching staff, this Dodger bullpen, 341 00:16:29.399 --> 00:16:32.360 the bullpen game that was at Game two yesterday, and 342 00:16:32.399 --> 00:16:34.159 if the Dodgers able to piece it together with a 343 00:16:34.159 --> 00:16:36.679 bullpen game in New York, which they're probably gonna have 344 00:16:36.720 --> 00:16:39.440 to do at some point in games three, four, and five. 345 00:16:39.679 --> 00:16:42.000 He is Steve Sacks. I'm Tim Kates. Thanks for being 346 00:16:42.039 --> 00:16:44.840 with us on this Tuesday morning on a FI seventy 347 00:16:44.919 --> 00:16:56.200 LA sports Sax and Kate's in the am on this 348 00:16:56.360 --> 00:17:00.879 Tuesday morning, October fifteenth. Thanks for being with this. You 349 00:17:00.960 --> 00:17:04.640 make your way to work, your commute, taking the kids 350 00:17:04.640 --> 00:17:07.480 to school, or just out and about. We appreciate you 351 00:17:08.160 --> 00:17:10.920 letting us be a part of your morning here on 352 00:17:11.000 --> 00:17:14.160 a five seventy LA sports. Dodgers and Mets all tied 353 00:17:14.240 --> 00:17:17.920 up at a game apiece and this best is seven NLCS. 354 00:17:17.960 --> 00:17:20.319 Dodgers won Game one on Sunday night. Game two goes 355 00:17:20.359 --> 00:17:23.000 to the Mets yesterday after they jumped on the Dodgers' 356 00:17:23.000 --> 00:17:26.200 bullpen early. The Dodgers had a chance six seventh and 357 00:17:26.240 --> 00:17:28.799 eighth inning they had runners on base, could not get 358 00:17:28.839 --> 00:17:31.359 that big hit they needed to get back into the game, 359 00:17:31.400 --> 00:17:33.000 and now the series tied at the game of piece, 360 00:17:33.039 --> 00:17:35.079 going to New York. Game three will be tomorrow night, 361 00:17:35.319 --> 00:17:38.559 five oh eight. First pitch walker Bueller and Luis Severino. 362 00:17:38.960 --> 00:17:41.599 The pitching matchup that is coming up again tomorrow night 363 00:17:41.640 --> 00:17:44.000 at City Field in New York. Coming up in just 364 00:17:44.039 --> 00:17:47.079 a couple of minutes, Mike Marshall, your former teammate there 365 00:17:47.359 --> 00:17:49.319 with the Dodgers, will join us, get his thoughts on 366 00:17:49.359 --> 00:17:52.279 this NLCS and look back to nineteen eighty eight and 367 00:17:52.319 --> 00:17:54.920 the magical run you guys had. Of course, the NLCS 368 00:17:55.279 --> 00:17:57.480 you guys had against the New York Mets and Darryl 369 00:17:57.480 --> 00:18:02.440 Strawberry Doc Gooden in that eighty eight Mets sevens. Go 370 00:18:02.480 --> 00:18:05.279 back out to the phones, Mike and Torrens. Thanks for 371 00:18:05.319 --> 00:18:06.039 being patient. Mike. 372 00:18:06.039 --> 00:18:08.240 How you doing Gerick? 373 00:18:08.319 --> 00:18:09.480 Thanks? How are you doing good? 374 00:18:09.519 --> 00:18:10.039 What do you think? 375 00:18:11.240 --> 00:18:11.480 Well? 376 00:18:11.519 --> 00:18:13.319 I was out of the game yesterday at ten thirty, 377 00:18:13.359 --> 00:18:16.480 and given it was a short day from the great 378 00:18:16.559 --> 00:18:20.079 victory on Sunday, I noticed something that the Mets were 379 00:18:20.119 --> 00:18:22.720 out there for an hour and a half doing batting practice, 380 00:18:22.880 --> 00:18:26.440 and there wasn't one Dodger that hit batting practice. And 381 00:18:26.480 --> 00:18:28.880 I'll tell you, they were rocketing and they were hitting. 382 00:18:28.880 --> 00:18:31.000 They were you could see they were kind of sharpening 383 00:18:31.039 --> 00:18:34.079 the sword. And that's how the game started. The Mets 384 00:18:34.119 --> 00:18:37.799 came out, beryln and the Dodgers were cold and dead 385 00:18:38.160 --> 00:18:38.920 and lifeless. 386 00:18:39.240 --> 00:18:40.039 So I'm just out of that. 387 00:18:40.119 --> 00:18:43.000 Steve Sachs, I mean, I played sports for years I 388 00:18:43.079 --> 00:18:45.200 just played baseball with and I was listening to Pete 389 00:18:45.240 --> 00:18:47.680 Rose recently. He just talked about playing Pepper. You know, 390 00:18:47.759 --> 00:18:50.920 even before games looking at the ball. How important is it, 391 00:18:51.000 --> 00:18:55.359 Steve to have that that that batting practice, especially in 392 00:18:55.400 --> 00:18:57.519 a short season or a short night like that where 393 00:18:57.559 --> 00:19:00.319 you're kind of over You're like, oh, well, we're good, 394 00:19:00.319 --> 00:19:02.359 we're good. Is it really important to get out there 395 00:19:02.400 --> 00:19:04.359 and kind of sharpen the saw before a game like that? 396 00:19:04.720 --> 00:19:07.559 Yeah, thanks for your call, And you know what, I 397 00:19:07.680 --> 00:19:10.599 like it. I love take batting practice a lot. But 398 00:19:10.839 --> 00:19:12.880 these guys are hitting. You can bet that they're hitting 399 00:19:13.000 --> 00:19:15.880 underneath the stadium and the big beautiful cages that they 400 00:19:15.920 --> 00:19:18.359 have there. I liked hitting on the field. I'm with you. 401 00:19:18.519 --> 00:19:20.599