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Speaker 2: We are live at Dodger Stadium after the Dodgers commit
Speaker 2: three errors in the eighth inning to open the door
Speaker 2: for a five run inning for the Cubs to come
Speaker 2: back and beat La tonight six to three. We are
Speaker 2: with you until the top of the hour, maybe a
Speaker 2: little bit after here on Dodger Talk. Phone lines are
Speaker 2: open at eight sixty six, nine eighty seven, two five seventy.
Speaker 2: We'll head downstairs to hear from Max Monsey and Austin Barnes.
Speaker 2: We do have a pair of tickets to give away
Speaker 2: to tomorrow night's Max Monthy bobble Head Night here at
Speaker 2: Dodgers Stadium. We'll check in with Jose Mota. Also, we
Speaker 2: had a chance to watch shoh Otani's fifth bullpen session today,
Speaker 2: we'll share that with you. And we also had a
Speaker 2: chance to catch up with Cody Bellinger and certainly always
Speaker 2: great to see Cody back at Dodgers Stadium. But tonight
Speaker 2: it was about two things. Tonight yoshiyamamotos encouraging outing his
Speaker 2: first start since June fifteenth, and he passed with flying colors,
Speaker 2: eight strikeouts in four innings. He struck out the first
Speaker 2: four batters he faced. He only gave up an urn run,
Speaker 2: and there's an argument to be made that it should
Speaker 2: not have been earned because there was a very generous
Speaker 2: scoring on a ground ball hit to Freddy Freeman that
Speaker 2: probably should have been scored in error. Instead it was
Speaker 2: scored a hit. And the Dodgers fall tonight to the
Speaker 2: cub six to three. And for the Dodgers, I've been
Speaker 2: trying to stress the fact that I know there's a
Speaker 2: lot of panic about their pitching situation for the postseason. Well,
Speaker 2: they have a lot of time between now and then
Speaker 2: to get it in order, and tonight was a great
Speaker 2: first step in that direction by not only getting Yamamoto back,
Speaker 2: but Wow, to be sitting there in three or four
Speaker 2: rows back tonight in the first inning to watch Yamamoto.
Speaker 2: He had a lot of life on his fastball. He
Speaker 2: came out throwing ninety seven ninety eight. His split fingered
Speaker 2: fastball was unbelievable tonight. The first three batters that he
Speaker 2: faced tonight couldn't touch a pitch. They did not touch
Speaker 2: the baseball. Hap, Swanson, Suzuki all struck out swinging in
Speaker 2: that first inning and did not even come close to
Speaker 2: touching the baseball, and that was the most impressive part.
Speaker 2: It was great to see Yamamoto have a lot of
Speaker 2: mound presence out there to start the game as well.
Speaker 2: It felt like at times before he got hurt, he
Speaker 2: was trying to pitch two major league hitters and maybe
Speaker 2: he felt like he was not on their level. Tonight,
Speaker 2: it looked like he leave Not only was he on
Speaker 2: their level, but certainly they had their hands full with him.
Speaker 2: So that was great to see, and unfortunately for the
Speaker 2: Dodgers he was capped at sixty pitches tonight, but at
Speaker 2: least he was efficient, being able to go four innings.
Speaker 2: The ugly tonight, obviously, was the eighth inning three errors,
Speaker 2: maybe the worst played inning by the Dodgers all season long.
Speaker 2: They had a three to one lead in that eighth inning.
Speaker 2: That started to unravel, in our opinion, in the bottom
Speaker 2: of the seventh inning when Andy pa Haz was picked
Speaker 2: off first base. That's inexcusable and that's not going to
Speaker 2: earn Paz more playing time. Also in the eighth inning,
Speaker 2: on the base hit by Suzuki, well, let's go back
Speaker 2: a little bit further. The throwing air by Austin Barnes
Speaker 2: inexcusable as well. That opened the door for that five
Speaker 2: run eighth inning. It was a ball hit in front
Speaker 2: of the plate by Dan's Swanson. He threw wide to
Speaker 2: Freddie Freeman. He was upset at himself. He was even
Speaker 2: more upset at himself after the tying runs came around
Speaker 2: to score after Tommy Edmond threw a ball into the
Speaker 2: camera as well. And the way Dave Roberts explained it
Speaker 2: was and it kind of appeared that way that Max
Speaker 2: Munsey was not in position to make a play. He
Speaker 2: was on the outfield side of the third base bag.
Speaker 2: He was in bad position to field that ball and
Speaker 2: it got by him. And Evan Phillips was caught in
Speaker 2: no man's land because he was backing up home plate
Speaker 2: and he can't be everywhere. So that was an unfortunate
Speaker 2: sequence of events. And then later in the inning, after
Speaker 2: the Dodgers intentionally walk Cody Bellinger, Michael Bush at a
Speaker 2: ground ball to key Y Hernandez. He was charging in
Speaker 2: and try to tag the speedy Bellinger, but he did
Speaker 2: not have the ball secured before he was trying to
Speaker 2: tag Bellinger. What he should have done was secure the
Speaker 2: baseball and get the easy out at first inning at
Speaker 2: first base. So that was unfortunate as well. But that's
Speaker 2: not something we have seen all season long from the Dodgers.
Speaker 2: You would not expect to see that type of inning
Speaker 2: again by the Dodgers, but it happened tonight in the
Speaker 2: eighth inning. Let's head downstairs right now to hear from
Speaker 2: Dodger catcher Austin Barnes. His air started that five run
Speaker 2: eighth inning.
Speaker 3: Good, I'm a motive.
Speaker 2: Look, yeah, it was really good. Stuff was good.
Speaker 4: That's probably one of the best stuff I've seen from.
Speaker 5: I think the reporter was this Canan tonight.
Speaker 2: How surprising is that? Just concidering how much layoff he's had.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean everything looking at his fastball is curveball,
Speaker 4: the split. Uh yeah, it was pretty surprising. I don't
Speaker 4: know how it was gonna look at coming back from
Speaker 4: this and uh day look better than ever.
Speaker 6: I think, not just where you guys are at in
Speaker 6: the season, just how important is it when you not
Speaker 6: only get an arm back like him. I know that
Speaker 6: tip class house working this way as well, but to
Speaker 6: see the stuff where it's at, especially just considering where
Speaker 6: we are in the season.
Speaker 4: Yeah, it's a big boost. Yeah, he's just he's a
Speaker 4: really good pitcher, you know, giving us coming back obviously
Speaker 4: wasn't going to get built up or anything. And he
Speaker 4: went out there any through the ball really well, just
Speaker 4: the way you can and uh, just to have him
Speaker 4: out there.
Speaker 2: And is anybody going to ask about the.
Speaker 4: The team and looking forward to soon more.
Speaker 6: Obviously, how this game ended was incredibly frustrating. You can
Speaker 6: see it on everyone. Just can you describe, I guess
Speaker 6: kind of from your perspective, how things just kind of
Speaker 6: played out.
Speaker 4: Yeah, it's horrible.
Speaker 2: Yeah, this one's on me.
Speaker 4: I gotta make that play and then you know it
Speaker 4: changes the whole inning. Yeah, you know runner our first
Speaker 4: and runner a second. It's a lot different pitching. Just
Speaker 4: the whole inning was get screwed up, all right.
Speaker 2: There's Austin Barnes on sports ne LA. Now see that's
Speaker 2: a perfect example of how any Dodger cannot complain about
Speaker 2: the LA media. If this was New York, Boston or
Speaker 2: even Chicago, they would have been all over Austin Barnes
Speaker 2: with the questioning they would not have just talked about
Speaker 2: yama Moto. Yamamoto after that eighth inning was to me
Speaker 2: a secondary story at that point in time. Yes, big picture,
Speaker 2: it's great that yama Moto came back and he pitched well.
Speaker 2: But for anybody in a Dodger uniform to ever complain
Speaker 2: about the LA media, I mean, that doesn't happen anywhere else.
Speaker 2: Eight six six nine, eight seven two five seventy is
Speaker 2: the phone number. I mean, come on, the eighth inning
Speaker 2: was the biggest story of tonight's game. Yama Moto, big picture,
Speaker 2: we could talk about it tomorrow, but tonight, that eighth inning,
Speaker 2: we're talking about tonight's game. With the Padres winning, the
Speaker 2: Diamondbacks winning, the Dodgers gave away a game and they
Speaker 2: really could have put a stranglehold on this division race.
Speaker 2: They're still very much in control of this race because
Speaker 2: there is only seventeen more games to go and their
Speaker 2: magic number is at thirteen. So by no means do
Speaker 2: I believe they're giving away this division the way they
Speaker 2: gave away this game in the eighth inning. But certainly
Speaker 2: they could have had the hammer down on the Padres
Speaker 2: and Diamondbacks, because the more wins the Dodgers get, the
Speaker 2: more pressure that you put on the Padres and Diamondbacks
Speaker 2: with the calendar their opponent and working against them. All right,
Speaker 2: let's go out to the phones. Edwin was at Dodgers
Speaker 2: Stadium tonight. Hi, Edwin, you're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 7: Ah?
Speaker 3: I did, yeah, great, bought him on. Heard to tonight.
Speaker 3: I guess from where I was standing, at least in
Speaker 3: the eighth inning, I was obviously I still think Yamamoto
Speaker 3: should have gone into this fifth if he was doing.
Speaker 2: He was not going to He had not pitched since
Speaker 2: June fifteenth, He had not thrown more than fifty pitches
Speaker 2: in the minor leagues. He was not going out there
Speaker 2: for the fifth inning, Edwin. Everybody was aware of that
Speaker 2: going into the game tonight.
Speaker 3: I totally get that, and that's I think. I think
Speaker 3: Brian brains Will looked pretty good. But I was in
Speaker 3: the eighth inning and I saw it just seemed like
Speaker 3: the players were pressing for Philip, Like when Kike had
Speaker 3: the ball in his glove and tried to get the
Speaker 3: tag out and just drop the ball. It just seemed
Speaker 3: like it was just I don't know. It just seemed
Speaker 3: like the players are pressing to at that.
Speaker 2: Point, pressing, Yeah, trying to do too much at that
Speaker 2: point in time. I agree with you at that point
Speaker 2: in time, But early in the inning, I would not
Speaker 2: say they were pressing. It was just a snowball effect
Speaker 2: of trying to do too much right there and being
Speaker 2: out of position. Thanks for the phone call, Edwin appreciated.
Speaker 2: Eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy is
Speaker 2: the phone number. Not only did Austin Barnes make a
Speaker 2: poor throw on a ball that should have been an
Speaker 2: easy out Dansby Swanson the first batter that Phillips was facing,
Speaker 2: but then Saya Suzuki hits a base hit to center field.
Speaker 2: So Vessio walked Hap to start the inning, and then
Speaker 2: Dave Roberts went to Evan Phillips to come in and
Speaker 2: face those string of hitters. The air by Barnes, then
Speaker 2: the single by Suzuki led to the game being tied.
Speaker 2: Because this is not me talking, this is the manager
Speaker 2: saying that Max Munsey was out of position on the
Speaker 2: outfield side of the third base bag. Here was Max
Speaker 2: Mounsey after the game on Sports and at LA and hopefully.
Speaker 2: The first question is about the eighth inning and not
Speaker 2: about Yamamoto.
Speaker 8: It's good to see yoshiback. You know, we've been missing him,
Speaker 8: so it's nice to see him come back. And you know,
Speaker 8: his stuff looked really sharp because Fila was there, the
Speaker 8: execution was there, so it was good to see. Now,
Speaker 8: it was a frustrating way to lose that game. So
Speaker 8: the others said about that, brother, did you.
Speaker 5: Think Miguel was going to cut that off?
Speaker 3: Of what sort of happened on.
Speaker 8: That fliy, I mean it was thrown right at him,
Speaker 8: and yeah.
Speaker 9: I thought he was going to catch it, and.
Speaker 2: Yeah, thanks talking.
Speaker 10: About I didn't want to see you guys will playoff.
Speaker 10: We think it was a Niel like ninety.
Speaker 11: We're trying to step back there kind of you kind
Speaker 11: of clean that up here these last couple of weeks,
Speaker 11: since you guys get closer to October.
Speaker 9: I made a lot of mental mistakes.
Speaker 6: Now we got to eliminate that.
Speaker 8: I think it's the biggest thing where he's got a
Speaker 8: clear heads come back tomorrow.
Speaker 12: Plague again.
Speaker 13: Nice, what'd you thinking about you Ma Naga?
Speaker 10: Oh?
Speaker 8: No, he was good. You know, he maybe missed on
Speaker 8: a couple of pitches he was trying to execute. But
Speaker 8: you know I was I thought it.
Speaker 5: Was pretty good.
Speaker 2: Okay, So the first question was about Yamamoto. Look, I'm
Speaker 2: all in on Yamamoto and it being a big deal
Speaker 2: that he came back tonight. But when you're talking to
Speaker 2: two key players, I make key mistakes in the eighth
Speaker 2: inning that cost the Dodgers the game to a certain extent.
Speaker 2: It's the eighth inning tonight. It really is. Eight six
Speaker 2: six nine seven two five seventy is the phone number.
Speaker 2: Let's go out to Danny, who is at Dodgers Stadium tonight. Hi, Danny,
Speaker 2: you're on Dodge your talk.
Speaker 11: Hey Dave, thanks for get to be on the Do
Speaker 11: you want to talk about too? I do want to
Speaker 11: talk about yama motive, but we could talk about the
Speaker 11: aph D a little bit and kind of looks like
Speaker 11: the like the little league team, like the maybe like
Speaker 11: the Wildland Nills Dodgers or the West Comino Dodgers or something.
Speaker 3: Uh.
Speaker 2: Playing there did the thought, Yeah, what was your thought?
Speaker 11: Well, my thought as far as both having to do
Speaker 11: with the saved ap with Austin Barnes, you know he's
Speaker 11: he's a pretty good defensive catcher. But my thought was
Speaker 11: on that play, it was very similar to the day
Speaker 11: that he broke his toe. He made a very similar
Speaker 11: play on a air and throw on a very similar play,
Speaker 11: and I'm just wondering maybe tonight the toe might have
Speaker 11: something to do with that, because I know he wasn't
Speaker 11: down that long and you know, don't don't yell that fast.
Speaker 11: So I just wanted to sound like him to make
Speaker 11: that type of play, and maybe the tostill bothering him today.
Speaker 11: Other than that, I mean, t K he's got to
Speaker 11: give one out there back and they gotta figure that
Speaker 11: just had a bad It's gonna happen. But yeah, Yamamoto,
Speaker 11: he was something else man. I was right to have
Speaker 11: a Dodger tech guy electric to night. He was kind
Speaker 11: of a weird game. It was like a big league
Speaker 11: rehab game where we knew it was on you go
Speaker 11: a few innings. But he looked amazing. When he struck
Speaker 11: out what seven or eight of the first face, I
Speaker 11: think and stuff like that is going to get it done.
Speaker 11: And I think that maybe people are sleeping on just
Speaker 11: how good this guy really is. But that was really
Speaker 11: impressive to see the way his today. They could not
Speaker 11: even touch him game, they couldn't touch him.
Speaker 2: Yeah, big picture, that was really encouraging and hopefully that continues.
Speaker 2: And like I said, everybody was panicking over whether or
Speaker 2: not glass Now and yama Moto would be ready for
Speaker 2: the postseason. I'm a firm believer. If you only have
Speaker 2: one healthy, you have that version of yama Moto going
Speaker 2: into the playoffs with Jack Flaherty, You're in a pretty
Speaker 2: good spot as far as I'm concerned. So to me,
Speaker 2: all you need is either glass Now or Yamamoto healthy.
Speaker 2: And if it's Yamamoto and that version of it, I
Speaker 2: think the Dodgers are in a good spot with Jack
Speaker 2: Flaherty and Yamamoto as your first two starters.
Speaker 11: Yeah, it's excited to be to look forward to they
Speaker 11: can keep it up.
Speaker 4: But I'll take.
Speaker 11: Glass Now too, man even a Stone or Kershaw as well.
Speaker 11: But yeah, you're definitely right to start, all.
Speaker 2: Right, Danny, Thanks for the phone call. I would say
Speaker 2: right now, glass Now is more of a sure thing
Speaker 2: than Kershaw or Gavin Stone. Gavin Stone still is not
Speaker 2: going to pick up a baseball for another seven to
Speaker 2: ten days. Kershaw is keeping his arm moving, but they're there.
Speaker 2: Doesn't seem much improvement in that left big toe, so
Speaker 2: we'll see whether or not that happens before the end
Speaker 2: of the season. There's a real chance that he may
Speaker 2: be limited in any capacity coming out of the bullpen,
Speaker 2: or if he starts a game, maybe being piggybacked with
Speaker 2: another starter. And speaking of that, Tony Gonsolin, remember him,
Speaker 2: Tony Ganza. He was out here at Dodgers Stadium on
Speaker 2: the last homestand throwing off the mound here in over
Speaker 2: a year, and it wasn't a coincidence. There was a
Speaker 2: lot of Dodgers medical staff and player personnel people watching
Speaker 2: him throw here, and with all the technology they have
Speaker 2: here in the stadium, they wanted to measure where Gonsolin
Speaker 2: was well. He must have passed the test because tonight
Speaker 2: Tony Gonsolin made his first rehab start since undergoing Tommy
Speaker 2: John surgery a year ago. He went two innings tonight
Speaker 2: for Oklahoma City. So he definitely is a possibility coming
Speaker 2: down the stretch here to be some part of this
Speaker 2: pitching staff. We'll see where it goes between here and
Speaker 2: by the time the Dodgers have to set their playoff roster.
Speaker 2: But there's a purpose to Tony Gonsolin's starting tonight in
Speaker 2: Oklahoma City. It's not just part of the process. It
Speaker 2: is part of the process, but it's not for necessarily
Speaker 2: next year. It could be meaning that the Dodgers have
Speaker 2: some urgency here eight six, six, nine, seven, two five
Speaker 2: seventy is the phone number. Dodgers fall to the Cubs
Speaker 2: six to three. We got to give a local kid
Speaker 2: some love tonight. Peter crow Armstrong made amazing plays in
Speaker 2: center field tonight in right center in center field. We
Speaker 2: all know about the catch he made to end the
Speaker 2: game tonight. Just an incredible player tonight for the Dodger
Speaker 2: for the Cubs out of Harvard Westlake. So tip of
Speaker 2: the cap to a local kid, Peter crow Armstrong, who
Speaker 2: certainly made a difference for the Cubs in the outfield
Speaker 2: with his defense because there were a few balls out
Speaker 2: there that could have gone for extra base hits, and
Speaker 2: certainly Munsey's two run home run. Nobody asked Munsey about
Speaker 2: that either the catch crow Armstrong made on him to
Speaker 2: end the game, it would have been a two run
Speaker 2: home run and the Dodgers would have been one run
Speaker 2: down against the relief pitcher that obviously wasn't feeling one
Speaker 2: hundred percent physically, so he certainly saved the day for
Speaker 2: the Cubs. The Dodger defense let them down and Peter
Speaker 2: Crow Armstrong's defense in center field picked them up to
Speaker 2: help beat the Dodgers tonight six to three. Let's go
Speaker 2: out to Pat in Oxnard. You're on Dodger Talk, Hi, Pat?
Speaker 10: Hey, how you doing. I'm a Cubs fan, and I'm
Speaker 10: sorry out here in California for out here in California
Speaker 10: for a while, I got to go to the game
Speaker 10: last night. I couldn't go tonight. I would have loved
Speaker 10: to have been there tonight.
Speaker 2: Man, a lot of Cubs coming Dodger Stadium.
Speaker 10: Yeah, Cup fans pretty much, you know, support every every
Speaker 10: town they travel around. Plus there's just a lot of
Speaker 10: Cup fans transplanted, you know, live in different areas. So
Speaker 10: every every time I go, I've been to like over
Speaker 10: half the Major League ballparks and I've been to Dodger
Speaker 10: Stadium before. I loved going to games here. But the
Speaker 10: reason I was calling, I was a little surprised last
Speaker 10: night to Dodger fans. I was talking to disappointed they
Speaker 10: are and listening on the radio last night and tonight
Speaker 10: I mean, you know, Dodgers have such a great organization,
Speaker 10: such a great team. You guys should try to being
Speaker 10: a Cub fan. Sometimes you want to talk about being disappointed.
Speaker 2: There we go pack give them some.
Speaker 10: Exactly. I mean, we're four games out of the wild
Speaker 10: Card and we're all excited about it. You know, you
Speaker 10: guys have the best records or second best record of
Speaker 10: Major League International League anyway, probably pretty close to all
Speaker 10: of baseball. And uh, you know, just an incredible team
Speaker 10: that your top of your lineup I call a murderers rope,
Speaker 10: you know. I mean, those guys are all all stars,
Speaker 10: probably all of famers for Geraldtani and Mooky Bets and everything.
Speaker 10: So and at the bottom of the lineup, the averages
Speaker 10: drop off a little, but the power is there. I mean,
Speaker 10: every one of those guys is a home run threat
Speaker 10: pretty much. So yeah, I just I just want to
Speaker 10: let you guys know, I'm really impressed with the Dodgers
Speaker 10: organization and the team. I know, you got a ton
Speaker 10: of injuries, and that's part of the game. It's just
Speaker 10: something you gotta gotta deal with.
Speaker 2: But see, there you go, a nice midwesterner calling in
Speaker 2: and complimenting the opposing team appreciate the phone call, Pat,
Speaker 2: and it's great to hear from a fan of the
Speaker 2: Cubs or any other fan base that can give Dodger
Speaker 2: fans who have been spoiled since twenty thirteen some perspective.
Speaker 2: And you know, I was I was tempted to bring
Speaker 2: up the failed dynasty, but you're such a nice guy.
Speaker 2: I won't do that.
Speaker 3: Right.
Speaker 10: Well, Well, like I said, I've been Cub fan all
Speaker 10: my life, forty years.
Speaker 14: I'm used to it.
Speaker 2: Well, I'm glad you got to see them win in
Speaker 2: twenty sixteen. Pat, I'm glad you got to enjoy that.
Speaker 2: That's enough Cubs talk now. Okay, I gotta go. I
Speaker 2: can't do this anymore.
Speaker 10: You got a brother, Okay.
Speaker 2: Pat, thanks for the phone call. Such a nice guy.
Speaker 2: See there you go, Dodger fans. That's the perspective of
Speaker 2: a lifelong Cubs fan who obviously has had a lot
Speaker 2: of losing in his life and certainly puts everything in perspective.
Speaker 2: But the standard obviously in Los Angeles sport or is
Speaker 2: a little bit higher than Chicago sports. I know, outside
Speaker 2: of that six year run for the Bulls, they really
Speaker 2: haven't had that much success in that city. Of sports.
Speaker 2: Let's go out to Ed. Who is that Dodger stadium tonight?
Speaker 2: I hope you appreciated what that Cubs fan had.
Speaker 12: To say, Ed, Yeah I did. I'm a big Cubs
Speaker 12: fan from way back to But you're a Cubs fan too, well,
Speaker 12: who isn't right? They're a great organization. I'm a Dodger
Speaker 12: fan all the way, right, I'm born and raised in California.
Speaker 2: Though, I'm confused. Hold on, I'm confused. You said you're
Speaker 2: a Cubs fan. Who wouldn't be, and then you just
Speaker 2: said you're a Dodger fan. So you like the Dodgers
Speaker 2: and the Cubs?
Speaker 11: Correct?
Speaker 12: Yeah, both organizations. And you know, watching Ernie Banks play
Speaker 12: when I was a kid, you know who can play
Speaker 12: like that man did?
Speaker 2: Right? He was a great player play, but I heard
Speaker 2: he was great.
Speaker 12: Yeah, but congratulations on you given the guy props for
Speaker 12: center field. The guy just killed us today and he
Speaker 12: played well yesterday. He had that error, but he's gonna
Speaker 12: be a great player. Of that kid, and it was
Speaker 12: great tonight.
Speaker 2: He saved the day for the Cubs because not only
Speaker 2: Robbie Munsey of that two run home run, but there
Speaker 2: was some miscommunication and a lot of ground to cover
Speaker 2: out there and right center field between him and Bellinger.
Speaker 12: Yeah, and that's what I liked about it. And he
Speaker 12: got to jump on those balls that were hit well
Speaker 12: and he put a stop to him. So that guy's
Speaker 12: got a future too that he touched us up today.
Speaker 2: Yep, thanks for the phone call, ed appreciate it. By
Speaker 2: the way. On that home run robbing catch that ended
Speaker 2: the game by crow Armstrong, those home run seats, I
Speaker 2: love him. I strongly encourage you, if you have not
Speaker 2: sat there for a game, to sit there for a
Speaker 2: game because it gives you a perspective on the game
Speaker 2: that you don't have sitting anywhere else at Dodgers Stadium.
Speaker 2: So I always urge people that want to come to
Speaker 2: a game just try it out there and you will
Speaker 2: fall in love with it. But with those home run
Speaker 2: seats come some of these fans that are very eager
Speaker 2: to catch the home run balls, and that was the
Speaker 2: case tonight on the ball hit by Munsei that Crow
Speaker 2: Armstrong caught. He robbed Munsey's two run home run not
Speaker 2: only just trying to make the catch over the wall,
Speaker 2: but there were two fans who got their arms in
Speaker 2: the way and somehow, some way, the ball missed their
Speaker 2: arms and went into Crow Armstrong's gloves. So not only
Speaker 2: was he fighting the elements, he was fighting fans that
Speaker 2: were trying to catch the home run. And those two
Speaker 2: fans I saw the replay at first, they had their
Speaker 2: arms over the wall trying to catch the ball. They
Speaker 2: pulled it back I think just in time, but just
Speaker 2: in case you don't know the rules, and Rick Monday
Speaker 2: and Steven Nelson confirmed it for me. In a situation
Speaker 2: like that, if you're reaching over the wall and you
Speaker 2: touched the baseball, well, in fair play, the Dodger player
Speaker 2: will be called out. So if those fans had their
Speaker 2: arms over the wall and touch the ball when they
Speaker 2: had their arms reaching over, Munsey would have been called
Speaker 2: out and those fans would have been public Enemy number
Speaker 2: one on their way out of this game. Eight six
Speaker 2: six nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone number.
Speaker 2: Let's go out to Robert, who is at Dodgers Stadium tonight.
Speaker 2: Hi Robert, you're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 9: Hi Dave, good to talk to you. I think you've
Speaker 9: been spot on tonight with everything you talked about. Particularly,
Speaker 9: I want to draw attention back to a comment you
Speaker 9: made about the Andy pattera is not getting his uniform
Speaker 9: dirty in the seventh and how that kind of rolled
Speaker 9: in over into the eighth inning.
Speaker 3: I do think that.
Speaker 9: I never talked about effort with professional athletes. I would
Speaker 9: never ever accuse a professional athlete of not giving effort.
Speaker 9: But I think there was a difference in investment between
Speaker 9: the Cubs and the Dodgers tonight.
Speaker 3: When you look at crow.
Speaker 13: Armstrong, the place he was making, Yeah, they were amazing
Speaker 13: and they made what four of them, But the defense
Speaker 13: that he was a member of was just overall solid
Speaker 13: all night, which is more than can be said at
Speaker 13: the Dodgers and being at the stadium, I was hoping
Speaker 13: that at some point during the game the Dodgers would
Speaker 13: kind of treat that personally and show them that they
Speaker 13: can play defense too, and.
Speaker 9: Instead the opposite happened. So that was frustrating for me.
Speaker 9: I want to get in a positive before I stopped
Speaker 9: talking here, one that hasn't been talked about too much,
Speaker 9: And what a great game offensively for Edmund and the
Speaker 9: two home runs. I was surprised that Aim and I
Speaker 9: get threw him another fastball after he hit the first
Speaker 9: one out Edmund said thank you very much and hit
Speaker 9: it out again, and that was a very exciting moment
Speaker 9: to stand up and wave goodbye to that baseball in
Speaker 9: the stands.
Speaker 2: Yeah, that was a great night for Tommy Edmund. Not
Speaker 2: only did he tie the game in the bottom of
Speaker 2: the second inning with his first home run as a Dodger,
Speaker 2: but then he hit his second home run as a
Speaker 2: Dodger off of Emanaga in the fourth inning to give
Speaker 2: them a lead. So yeah, that was nice. And Steven Nelson,
Speaker 2: who obviously follows the league out there in Japan, he
Speaker 2: had the great scanner report on Emanaga that he was
Speaker 2: prone to giving up the home run ball over there,
Speaker 2: and we saw that tonight. The three runs the Dodgers
Speaker 2: scored off at Emaaga were home runs, two by Edmund
Speaker 2: and the other by Max Munsey. But Ima Naga has
Speaker 2: had an incredible season, his first in Major League baseball.
Speaker 2: He's now thirteen and three with an ERA now that
Speaker 2: is under three or just over three now three oh three.
Speaker 2: So he's had a great year. And the Cubs would
Speaker 2: not be just four games out of the last wildcard
Speaker 2: spot without having a guy like Imanaga on their staff.
Speaker 2: Eight six six ninety seven two, five seventy is the
Speaker 2: phone number. When we continue here on Dodger Top, we
Speaker 2: will hear from Jose Mota. Also we'll let you hear
Speaker 2: from Dave Roberts again about why Anthony Banda had to
Speaker 2: be placed on the il before the game tonight with
Speaker 2: a fracture in his left pitching hand. We'll fill you
Speaker 2: in and also we have a pair of tickets to
Speaker 2: give away for tomorrow night's game against the Cubs. Dodgers
Speaker 2: fall to the Cubs tonight six to three on a
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Speaker 1: August first pitch, Edmund swings again, drives of all left
Speaker 1: center field, carrying back, carrying back.
Speaker 2: Bro I'm strong at the wall. It's out it air.
Speaker 2: Tommy Edman has done it again. Tommy Edmond with his
Speaker 2: first two Dodger home runs in the same game, tying
Speaker 2: the game up in the second inning and then giving
Speaker 2: the Dodgers a two to one lead in the fourth inning,
Speaker 2: both off a Shotta Imanaga. Unfortunately, three errors in the
Speaker 2: eighth inning costs the Dodgers tonight as the Cubs come
Speaker 2: from behind to beat the Dodgers six to three. And
Speaker 2: the Cubs have won the first two games of this series,
Speaker 2: so the Dodgers looking to salvage the final one before
Speaker 2: they head out on the road again to Atlanta and Miami.
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Speaker 2: We are taking you to eleven thirty tonight. We still
Speaker 2: have a pair of tickets to give away to tomorrow
Speaker 2: night's game, Max Munsey Bobblehead Night. We will hear from
Speaker 2: Jose Mota as well. But if you were listening to
Speaker 2: the show the last couple of nights, I had relayed
Speaker 2: what Dave Roberts was saying as far as a plan
Speaker 2: for Bruce Star Gratterol to be activated. Dave Roberts had
Speaker 2: said yesterday that Grattarol was going to be activated tomorrow
Speaker 2: and be available for tomorrow's game. Well, about forty minutes
Speaker 2: before first pitch tonight, we got word from the Dodgers
Speaker 2: that they had activated Bruce star Gratterol, but surprisingly had
Speaker 2: put Anthony Bonda on the il with a fracture in
Speaker 2: his left pitching hand. And last night Bonda did not
Speaker 2: pitch particularly well. We all speculated that, you know, we've
Speaker 2: heard this before where pitchers let their emotions get the
Speaker 2: best of them. They're not thinking and sometimes punch a
Speaker 2: wall or something with their pitching hand, and that is
Speaker 2: not five beta Kappa. And apparently that's what Anthony Bonda
Speaker 2: did last night and unfortunately has a hairline fracture in
Speaker 2: his left pitching hand. And here's what Dave Roberts had
Speaker 2: to say after tonight's game about what took place with Bonda.
Speaker 15: It's a hairline fracture. Fortunately, unfortunately it's just throwing hand
Speaker 15: and I don't know, you know when he's going to return,
Speaker 15: but obviously it's an eyel situation and it's going to
Speaker 15: be a few days to I think it's a few
Speaker 15: days without throwing and then hopefully we can build him
Speaker 15: back and you know, the hope is to get him
Speaker 15: back at some point in time this year. It was
Speaker 15: a moment of weakness and frustration where he decided to
Speaker 15: take on a solid object that ultimately won the battle.
Speaker 15: So it was something that emotions kind of played into it,
Speaker 15: you know, with the outing that he had last night,
Speaker 15: and it's something I know he regrets, we all regret,
Speaker 15: and he'll learn from it.
Speaker 14: Happens it did it well.
Speaker 2: I don't know, Yeah, I guess. We don't know what
Speaker 2: the immovable force was. But Anthony Bonda unfortunately let his
Speaker 2: emotions get the best of him. And he has been
Speaker 2: a workhorse for the Dodgers, throwing forty seven and a
Speaker 2: third innings in forty six appearances. So he certainly has
Speaker 2: been valuable for the Dodgers and another one of those
Speaker 2: pictures that was a cast off by another organization, and
Speaker 2: Connor McGinnis, Mark Pryor and the rest of the Dodgers
Speaker 2: really gave him second life on his career. So it's
Speaker 2: unfortunate this happened last night, but it does show that
Speaker 2: Bonda cares. But you got to find a way to
Speaker 2: channel your frustration in a different way. So I like
Speaker 2: Anthony a lot. He's a great guy and certainly has
Speaker 2: overcome a lot in his life, and I really enjoy
Speaker 2: talking to him, and unfortunately this happens, so hopefully he
Speaker 2: gets back sooner rather than later. And when you hear
Speaker 2: about a left handed relief pitcher for the Dodgers have
Speaker 2: a unusual injury occur, I automatically think about the two
Speaker 2: thousand and six Playoffs when Joe Bimel cut his hand
Speaker 2: on a bar glass in New York before Game one
Speaker 2: of that series in six. So that's what I think
Speaker 2: about as the most unusual pitching injury to a Dodger
Speaker 2: left handed reliever. Certainly this is not the playoffs, and
Speaker 2: Banda was not doing anything outside of the field, but
Speaker 2: that's what I think about when you talk about left
Speaker 2: handed relievers for the Dodgers. Joe Bimel before Game one
Speaker 2: of the six nlds in New York. The public first
Speaker 2: story was that he cut his hand in the hotel
Speaker 2: bathroom because he dropped a glass in the sink, and
Speaker 2: then the story came out that he was somewhere else
Speaker 2: and that's how he cut his left hand and was
Speaker 2: not available. And that was one of his best seasons
Speaker 2: for the Dodgers. And they missed him. Anyway, that's some
Speaker 2: background on some wacky lefty reliever injuries. Let's head out
Speaker 2: to Jose Mota.
Speaker 1: It's time to go around the horn with Jose Mota.
Speaker 2: All right, Jose Mota, I'm not going to make the
Speaker 2: same mistake I criticized the LA media making earlier today.
Speaker 2: So let's start with that eighth inning. Where did it
Speaker 2: all fall apart? Was it the Barnes err was Muncie
Speaker 2: at a place He said he thought Rojas was going
Speaker 2: to cut the ball off from Edmund. Take us through
Speaker 2: what you saw as far as the biggest faux pause of.
Speaker 5: That eighth inning anticipation, that's number one. And it started
Speaker 5: with a walk. That's where everything really started. Against a
Speaker 5: team that is playing for something. Evan Phillips continued to
Speaker 5: have a hard time getting out, you know, fighting it
Speaker 5: to get out. But Austin Barnes knows well that you know,
Speaker 5: on that top of situation, you got to take your
Speaker 5: time to know that you're going to be throwing inside
Speaker 5: the bag and you can take your time and actually
Speaker 5: allow yourself to miss on the inside if you need to.
Speaker 5: And the ball just got away from him. But you know, David.
Speaker 5: We can break it down all we want. They just
Speaker 5: didn't play good baseball. They didn't throw the ball well
Speaker 5: they needed to throw it on the third base play,
Speaker 5: and the throw what Meggie Rojas did was right because
Speaker 5: you want to go out and throw that decoy at
Speaker 5: the runner, I think you're going to cut it off,
Speaker 5: so keep it at first base. But you have to
Speaker 5: do The third basement is you got to follow the
Speaker 5: flight of the ball and understand that no matter what
Speaker 5: he does, your responsibility is to follow the flight of
Speaker 5: the ball because if he doesn't cut off, you have
Speaker 5: to be able to get to the baseball and then
Speaker 5: stop the guy from taking the extra base and the
Speaker 5: other guy from getting to seven base So bad combination.
Speaker 5: I'll say this very lightly, and when things like this
Speaker 5: do happen this close to the end of the season,
Speaker 5: is not necessarily a bad thing. Is bad that they lost,
Speaker 5: the game got away from them there. But these things
Speaker 5: need to be addressed, and some times they're ignored a
Speaker 5: not addressed unless you see something like this happen. I
Speaker 5: hope you understand what I'm saying, so they know what
Speaker 5: they need to do better. They need to clean it
Speaker 5: up and certainly as Earl starts with going out there
Speaker 5: and just not given the opposing team just opportunities to score, play, catch,
Speaker 5: follow the ball. Annoyd excuses, follow the follow the path
Speaker 5: of the baseball. Understand that throw to your right or
Speaker 5: left five or six feet off, you have to track it,
Speaker 5: no matter what.
Speaker 2: I agree with you as well to a certain extent,
Speaker 2: Evan Phillips having a hard time to get out three
Speaker 2: errors made behind him doesn't help things. I'm not saying
Speaker 2: that it wasn't on the defense, but part of the
Speaker 2: reason why the Dodgers love swinging miss relievers are for
Speaker 2: these type of innings where you take away the chance
Speaker 2: of a fielding error behind you, and the only strikeout
Speaker 2: that Phillips was able to get in that inning was
Speaker 2: getting Isaac Parides looking for the first out. Where is
Speaker 2: the swinging miss from Evan Phillips?
Speaker 5: These days, we've been wondering where that pitch is? I mean,
Speaker 5: where's that pitch? Where those pitches? You know, the fastball
Speaker 5: command is the one thing that gets him where he
Speaker 5: needs to be, and the pitch that he threw paraders
Speaker 5: there inside. I think it was almost a mistake where
Speaker 5: he did not want to be missing inside and a
Speaker 5: guy who's been pulling the ball is hard throughout the
Speaker 5: whole series, the first two games. David's a mystery to me.
Speaker 5: I know that it's still in there. Is not a
Speaker 5: lack of velocity, is not a lack of anything else.
Speaker 5: I think the finish has not been there. Maybe the
Speaker 5: extra life of ninety seven that is supposed to be
Speaker 5: feeled to, you know, perception of ninety nine. It's not
Speaker 5: there at all. But there's no doubt as as they
Speaker 5: played against him. We also need to see a better
Speaker 5: version of Phillips. And I'm not throwing this on him
Speaker 5: that this is the conversation as to why the Cubs
Speaker 5: were able to do the one thing teams are looking
Speaker 5: to do in that situation, which has put the ball
Speaker 5: in play and make them catch a baseball. It's great
Speaker 5: to have sing the miss guys, but what are you
Speaker 5: going to do when they don't have that? You got
Speaker 5: to go out there and play better baseball behind them.
Speaker 2: Jose Mota is joining us on Dodger Talk after the
Speaker 2: Cubs use a five run eighth inning to beat the
Speaker 2: Dodgers tonight six to three. The Dodgers' magic number remains
Speaker 2: at thirteen with seventeen more games to go, and before
Speaker 2: we go any further with Jose Mota right now, caller
Speaker 2: thirteen at eight, six, six, nine, eighty seven, two five,
Speaker 2: seventy will win a pair of tickets to tomorrow Night's
Speaker 2: Max Monsey Bobblehead Night. Caller thirteen, that's Monsey's jersey number.
Speaker 2: You will win a pair of tickets to tomorrow night's game,
Speaker 2: Monthsey Bobblehead Night. All right, Jose, The best part in
Speaker 2: the big picture of tonight's game was the start Yamamoto
Speaker 2: gave them and showed them four innings, eight strikeouts through
Speaker 2: fifty nine pitches. How does he build upon this? Because
Speaker 2: tonight was great, but they need more of this. If
Speaker 2: the Dodgers want to get through October.
Speaker 5: They beat need more of this. But for college Yamamota
Speaker 5: today he was actually doing what he has been doing
Speaker 5: he in his starry career, which is he believes in
Speaker 5: the long toss in his mechanics are as solid and
Speaker 5: as fluid and as consistent as he has been throughout
Speaker 5: the season. The last of the Fastball Live on the
Speaker 5: Fastball and the sequencing of pitching was pretty impressive considering
Speaker 5: that first battle goes down on the curveball. Then he's
Speaker 5: got a splinner. He throws fastballs located well when guys
Speaker 5: are looking for something else soft, and then the splitter too,
Speaker 5: which is something he learned a lot more from talking
Speaker 5: to Kodai Singa. The Mets that church in New York
Speaker 5: was about starting it in certain parts of the play
Speaker 5: that are not so predictable to the riot of batters,
Speaker 5: meaning in her third day or not swinging at that
Speaker 5: earlier in the year, he started going on the outer
Speaker 5: third and now was running to the middle of play.
Speaker 5: It looks more like a striker. Sometimes it looks like
Speaker 5: a slider. But he threw it pretty hard to do
Speaker 5: his heart as ninety three. Very encouraging a night with
Speaker 5: the dollars beat themselves. At least we know that there's
Speaker 5: no concerns about this guy building up and being able
Speaker 5: to carry this on to his next star, because certainly
Speaker 5: the days were coming to an end. But to have
Speaker 5: this foundation on the way he threw the ball today,
Speaker 5: it's very encouraging.
Speaker 2: It felt like he had the mound presence tonight that
Speaker 2: we have not seen from him consistently.
Speaker 5: You were right about that when I was coming in
Speaker 5: and listening to the show. There's a time in which
Speaker 5: you can sometimes since guys trying to get a feel
Speaker 5: for who they are and if they belong or not.
Speaker 5: And it doesn't matter what happened in Japan. He's won
Speaker 5: three equivalents with the sad young over there he's watching him, says,
Speaker 5: but yeah, that feel for I belong here. And Nmber
Speaker 5: two that he had pitched very well against the Cubs
Speaker 5: and today he was a little bit different. He was
Speaker 5: not as curveball heavy as he was back in April,
Speaker 5: but he certainly did. They have that presence of the
Speaker 5: matter and the great pace. And one thing I'm going
Speaker 5: to encourage fans and for you to look at watch
Speaker 5: him warm up between innings and you know and understand
Speaker 5: why he is so good and what he does in
Speaker 5: spoting the baseball. But there's a power pitcher who throws
Speaker 5: strikes and a lot of quality strikes and all stars
Speaker 5: by the way he does obviously between stars, but watching
Speaker 5: between innings, every single pitch he throws has a purpose
Speaker 5: behind it, and that's what he's able to repeat that
Speaker 5: during the game because in the same scenario, just with
Speaker 5: the hit him in the batter's box.
Speaker 2: All right, Jose. I was sitting about three rows behind
Speaker 2: the home plate tonight in that first inning to watch
Speaker 2: Yamamoto with our old friend Doug Crecoryan. Yes, Doug Grecoryan
Speaker 2: is still alive, Jose Mota.
Speaker 1: I gave him a.
Speaker 5: Big ol' huck when I saw him. I like, you
Speaker 5: gotta come by the booth, my friend, don't disappear on us.
Speaker 5: About the legend Bessey, the big old days with the
Speaker 5: big mac. Oh my god, those are great memories, are you?
Speaker 2: Are you surprised that Doug has made it this long
Speaker 2: in life?
Speaker 5: No, because he's always had you in the wing man
Speaker 5: so uck. He's got you to polk him every single
Speaker 5: time to say, hey, I'm still here. But he's not
Speaker 5: going anywhere. But it's great to see him part of
Speaker 5: pretty much LA history right there along with you.
Speaker 2: No doubt. Jose, thanks a lot for checking in. We'll
Speaker 2: talk to you tomorrow night as the Dodgers will have
Speaker 2: the Illinois Kid on the Mount, Bobby Miller going up
Speaker 2: against the Cubs.
Speaker 5: Hey, you know what, you got to clean it up
Speaker 5: and move on. As Mike Socialist say, fill the paint
Speaker 5: and get to the next one.
Speaker 16: Turn that page.
Speaker 2: I like that, Jose. Thanks there he goes Jose Mota,
Speaker 2: part of the Dodgers Spanish radio broadcast. And yes, the
Speaker 2: old Herald Examiner Long Beach Press Telegram columnist Doug Recorying
Speaker 2: was out here. One of my early mentors and still
Speaker 2: a great guy that I talked to often. He was
Speaker 2: hosted by the great Lon Rosen tonight. So I love
Speaker 2: seeing Doug Recrying out here and it's always great to
Speaker 2: share that eighty years young, he is still rolling. Eight
Speaker 2: six six nine eighty seven two five seventy is the
Speaker 2: phone number we have our winner caller thirteen Tony in LA.
Speaker 2: You win the pair of tickets to Monsey Bobblehead night tomorrow. Congratulations,
Speaker 2: Thank you David.
Speaker 16: That's very exciting winning these tickets.
Speaker 12: And what makes it even more exciting Max Moncy Bobblehead giveaway.
Speaker 11: Don't want to miss that.
Speaker 10: I can add it to my collection.
Speaker 2: Look forward to having you out here tomorrow night. Tony,
Speaker 2: thanks for listening, and it's all courtesy of Dodgers Radio
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Speaker 12: All right, well, thanks again.
Speaker 2: Have fun. We'll talk to you tomorrow. Eight six six
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Speaker 2: Dodgers fall to the Cubs tonight six to three. I
Speaker 2: had a chance to catch op with Taoscar Hernandez as
Speaker 2: he was coming out for batting practice earlier today, the
Speaker 2: first time he's taken swings outside, and he told me, yes,
Speaker 2: he will be back in the lineup tomorrow. So ti
Speaker 2: Oscar Hernandez, who is hit by a pitch in the
Speaker 2: first game of this homestand will return to the Dodgers
Speaker 2: starting lineup tomorrow night. So that's great news for the Dodgers. Also,
Speaker 2: I had a chance to head out to the Dodger
Speaker 2: bullpen before the game. That's where show Hey Otani was headed.
Speaker 2: Otani was throwing another bullpen session today. Otani threw his
Speaker 2: fifth bullpen session in his recovery from his second elbow surgery.
Speaker 2: Today's bullpen session was twenty pitches, and that was the
Speaker 2: first time I made the effort to go down there
Speaker 2: to watch him throw. I was amongst the people out
Speaker 2: there watching Otani's bullpen session. He gets a bigger crowd
Speaker 2: for his bullpen sessions than most guys get for their
Speaker 2: starts across the country. It was really a sight to
Speaker 2: behold if you're ever here. Early enough and Otani is
Speaker 2: throwing a bullpen session. I strongly recommend you just taking
Speaker 2: it all in because he really is one of the
Speaker 2: top ten all time great players, and he's leading off
Speaker 2: tonight and he is still coming back from elbow surgery
Speaker 2: with the intention to pitch next year. So that was
Speaker 2: pretty cool to see. And I took some video that
Speaker 2: you can see on my Instagram page at officially vasse
Speaker 2: and on x at the Real Underscore dv at twenty
Speaker 2: pitch bullpen session for Otani. It was the fifth bullpen
Speaker 2: session he has thrown in his recovery. Let's go back
Speaker 2: out to the phones, Bob in Malibu. Thanks for being patient, Bob.
Speaker 5: You're on Dodger Talk, David vasse Man.
Speaker 16: Always great to be on here with you, and now
Speaker 16: I'm even a bigger fan here is knowing that your
Speaker 16: inspiration and mentor is a fellow Armenian.
Speaker 2: That's right, Doug Gregorian. Him and Joe McDonald were quite
Speaker 2: a combo back in the day on LA Sports Talk Radio.
Speaker 16: Love it always in favor of Team Armenia. Here, Michael
Speaker 16: tonight is nothing more than just look. It took a
Speaker 16: Chicago fan and Pat earlier to tell us Dodger fans,
Speaker 16: remain positive, stay in the light. We're getting to watch
Speaker 16: one of the greatest players in the history of the
Speaker 16: game playing in our home stadium maybe plus games a year.
Speaker 16: Let's not take this for granted. We've got a great
Speaker 16: team here. Always going to stay positive about this team
Speaker 16: in Blee Blue, knowing that going forward we're going to
Speaker 16: do things. I just want to put the challenge out
Speaker 16: there to every other Dodger fan that goes to these games.
Speaker 16: When we see players that are struggling in our lineup
Speaker 16: are on our mound, it's time to stand up and
Speaker 16: give these players an ovation. It's time to let these
Speaker 16: players know how much we appreciate them as Dodger fans.
Speaker 16: That's what I'm putting out there tonight, David Basse, Do
Speaker 16: you agree with me?
Speaker 9: Oh?
Speaker 2: Yeah, And I've seen it before, especially in postseason games,
Speaker 2: where this crowd sellout crowd will pick up this team
Speaker 2: and give them the energy they need in big moments.
Speaker 2: So I'm looking forward to that in October. Thanks for
Speaker 2: the phone call, Bob, appreciate it. Let's take one more
Speaker 2: phone call before we wrap things up. Lewis or Louise
Speaker 2: in La You're on Dodger talk. How you doing, Luis?
Speaker 16: I mean, David, I'm good, just a little disappointed with
Speaker 16: what today's lost.
Speaker 2: I can tell you're bumped out over that.
Speaker 5: Yeah, but why do they put Kik at second base?
Speaker 16: Like s?
Speaker 10: So don't you think they put Chris Taylor instead?
Speaker 2: Key K came in, he was in the game, They
Speaker 2: moved some guys around, and that's where he was at
Speaker 2: in the eighth inning. And key K, you know, he
Speaker 2: hasn't played a lot of second base, but he's a
Speaker 2: really good defensive player no matter where you put him.
Speaker 2: He was starting at second base tonight. So I had
Speaker 2: no issues with Kei k being there at the end
Speaker 2: of the game. He was trying to do too much.
Speaker 2: He was just trying to do too much, Luis, That's
Speaker 2: all it was. And it was unfortunate the way it
Speaker 2: went down. But I don't I don't foresee that type
Speaker 2: of inning happening again the rest of the year. How
Speaker 2: about that?
Speaker 10: Well, cross our fingers and I hope you have a
Speaker 10: good night.
Speaker 2: All right, thanks for the phone call. Look, the Dodger
Speaker 2: defense has been really good ever since they acquired Tommy
Speaker 2: Edmond and put him at center and shortstop and you
Speaker 2: got Mookie Bets in right field, Gavin Lux has been
Speaker 2: playing really good defense at second Keik has been great
Speaker 2: at third base or wherever you put him. So it
Speaker 2: was just one of those unfortunate nights. Honestly, at that
Speaker 2: point in time, that was just the icing on the cake.
Speaker 2: The inning turned with the walk to Hap to start
Speaker 2: the inning by Vesia and then the throwing error by
Speaker 2: Austin Barnes and Max Munsey not anticipating where that ball
Speaker 2: was going on the base hit by Saya Suzuki and
Speaker 2: the throw by Tommy Edmunds. So that's where it kind
Speaker 2: of turned. Speaking of defense, Peter crow Armstrong for the
Speaker 2: Cubs outstanding tonight and he's got a pretty good right
Speaker 2: fielder next to him. And Cody Bellinger who has won
Speaker 2: a Gold Glove with the Dodgers in center field. And
Speaker 2: earlier today on the pregame show, we had a chance
Speaker 2: to catch up with Cody Bellinger not only on the
Speaker 2: pregame show but also on our AM five to seventy
Speaker 2: LA Sports Instagram Live series presented by Navvy and High
Speaker 2: Efficiency Tankless water Heaters. And here's what Cody had to
Speaker 2: say about the bond he still has with a lot
Speaker 2: of his Swarmer Dodger teammates. Can you describe the brotherhood
Speaker 2: you have with those group of players because you went
Speaker 2: through so much together at such a young age.
Speaker 7: Yeah, man, absolutely, I think you know, we had such
Speaker 7: a really cool core group, unique core group. I mean
Speaker 7: we were, I mean still so close, and you know
Speaker 7: our wives are so close and you know, been blessed
Speaker 7: to kind of go on some trips with them.
Speaker 11: We all got.
Speaker 7: Kids now, and it's pretty pretty wild man, the ride
Speaker 7: we went on, and you know, we're all staying in touch.
Speaker 2: You know, I loved seeing Corey Seeger when he came
Speaker 2: out here, and he did admit to me. He doesn't
Speaker 2: admit too many things, but he did admit it was
Speaker 2: sweet beating the Astros last year. How much do you
Speaker 2: keep in touch with Corey Seeger because we all still
Speaker 2: have the back to back Rookies of the Year t
Speaker 2: shirt they gave away here.
Speaker 8: Yeah.
Speaker 7: No, me and Sieger really close. You know what an
Speaker 7: unbelievable player and another great postseason. And you know, I
Speaker 7: think when the light shine the brightest, you know, he
Speaker 7: really brings out the best version of himself. And he's
Speaker 7: done it a few times. And you know, just was
Speaker 7: you know, a great teammate, and yeah, we still one
Speaker 7: of the guys. We still you know, keep in touch
Speaker 7: and was a part of that core group for sure.
Speaker 2: All right, Well, there was Cody Bellinger who was a
Speaker 2: big part of the core group from twenty seventeen until
Speaker 2: twenty twenty two. He came up with so many big hits,
Speaker 2: twenty seventeen National League Rookie of the Year, twenty eighteen
Speaker 2: NLCS MVP, the twenty nineteen National League MVP, Silver Sluggers
Speaker 2: Gold Gloves, coming up big in that NLDS series Game
Speaker 2: five against the Giants. It goes on and on, and
Speaker 2: a lot of times sometimes you become a better player
Speaker 2: when you do get traded or you do sign with
Speaker 2: a different team. And I feel like Cody Bellinger and
Speaker 2: the Dodgers were at a crossroads when they made that decision,
Speaker 2: and I feel like Cody bell has been better for it.
Speaker 2: Sometimes you need a change of scenery, not only coming
Speaker 2: to the Dodgers, but a lot of times you kind
Speaker 2: of need a wake up call in your career in
Speaker 2: different ways as well. And I feel like just talking
Speaker 2: to Cody the few times that we have seen him
Speaker 2: this year about going back to Wrigley in April. There
Speaker 2: is really a greater sense of maturity about Cody, and
Speaker 2: he even admitted that in our conversation today that he
Speaker 2: just knows who he is as a hitter a lot
Speaker 2: better than he did even before last season started. And
Speaker 2: I think we all take for granted how young Cody
Speaker 2: was when he came up with the Dodgers and made
Speaker 2: a huge impact from his rookie season on. He's only
Speaker 2: twenty nine years old. Can you believe that Cody Bellinger,
Speaker 2: who made his major league debut in twenty seventeen, is
Speaker 2: only twenty nine years old and he can kN opt
Speaker 2: out of his contract at the end of the year,
Speaker 2: So he's a far ways from being done as a player.
Speaker 2: He's just entering his prime. And today or this season,
Speaker 2: he's had to deal with a couple of big injuries.
Speaker 2: He broke a rib running into the brick wall at
Speaker 2: Wrigley Field. He got hit by a pitch and broke
Speaker 2: his finger as well, So he's kept his head above
Speaker 2: water coming into the game tonight hitting two sixty five
Speaker 2: with sixteen home runs and sixty three RBIs playing right field,
Speaker 2: playing center field, playing first base, He's showing that versatility
Speaker 2: that we saw at a very early age when he
Speaker 2: got called up by the Dodgers in twenty seventeen. You
Speaker 2: can hear that full interview on the iHeartRadio app and
Speaker 2: if you want to see Cody and his hair, you
Speaker 2: can see it on the Am five to seventy LA
Speaker 2: Sports Instagram Live page. There on the Instagram feed presented
Speaker 2: by Navvy and Takeless water Heaters. That'll do it for us.
Speaker 2: Tonight on Dodger Talk. Coming up tomorrow, it will be
Speaker 2: Bobby Miller on the mound facing the Cubs for the
Speaker 2: second time this season. It did not go that well
Speaker 2: at Wrigley Field in April, so Bobby is looking to
Speaker 2: bounce back, not only from that matchup against the Cubs,
Speaker 2: but obviously trying to bounce back from his last start
Speaker 2: and get his season on track. There is still time
Speaker 2: for Bobby Miller, two and four with an ERA of
Speaker 2: seven seventy nine, going up against Jordan Wicks, who is
Speaker 2: two and three with an ERA of four zero three.
Speaker 2: Morongo Casino Dodgers on Deck begins at six o'clock tomorrow
Speaker 2: with first pitch at seven ten. Thanks to Colin Ye
Speaker 2: back at our bird Bank Studios, Thanks to Dwayne McDonald
Speaker 2: out here at Dodgers Stadium, and thanks to you for
Speaker 2: listening once again. The final score from Dodgers Stadium. The
Speaker 2: Cubs come from behind and meet the Dodgers six to three.
Speaker 2: Fox Sports Radio is next. We'll talk to you tomorrow.
Speaker 2: Have a great night, see ya.