WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.480 --> 00:00:04.240 Dodgers World Series Championship celebration continues on your Home of 2 00:00:04.280 --> 00:00:07.879 the Dodgers and five seventy LA Sports presented by Yamabad, 3 00:00:08.039 --> 00:00:12.359 David Veasse, Tim Kates, Colin Yee Here Dodger Stadium on 4 00:00:12.400 --> 00:00:18.280 this Friday afternoon, November one, the birthday of Fernando Vevenezuela. 5 00:00:18.559 --> 00:00:18.879 DV. 6 00:00:19.679 --> 00:00:23.160 Very special to have that happen today, the celebration of 7 00:00:23.199 --> 00:00:25.120 a Dodgers World Series Championship. 8 00:00:25.480 --> 00:00:25.920 And I know. 9 00:00:25.920 --> 00:00:28.239 Fernando was on the minds of a lot of Dodger 10 00:00:28.280 --> 00:00:30.719 people today, certainly a lot of Dodger fans here at 11 00:00:30.719 --> 00:00:31.960 the parade end at the stadium. 12 00:00:32.039 --> 00:00:35.280 Yeah, by just the looks of it outside, Tim, where 13 00:00:35.359 --> 00:00:38.079 the Vin Scully sign is when you come in on 14 00:00:38.200 --> 00:00:41.280 Sunset and Stadium Way. I mean that thing, I'd grown 15 00:00:41.479 --> 00:00:43.640 quite a bit from the last time I saw it 16 00:00:43.920 --> 00:00:47.679 after Game two of the World Series. Look, Fernando Venezuela 17 00:00:47.799 --> 00:00:51.320 will always mean a lot to this city for what 18 00:00:51.560 --> 00:00:56.439 he represented to the Mexican community here in Los Angeles. 19 00:00:56.640 --> 00:00:59.679 And you heard when Stan Casten talked about the Mexican 20 00:00:59.719 --> 00:01:02.560 fan heera got the loudest ovations, because, let's face it, 21 00:01:02.640 --> 00:01:08.319 Los Angeles is primarily a fan base that has the 22 00:01:08.439 --> 00:01:14.040 Mexican heritage, and you know, we celebrate that, and that's 23 00:01:14.079 --> 00:01:16.959 why Fernando means so much. You celebrate something like that, 24 00:01:17.159 --> 00:01:23.519 and look, Fernando. If Fernando is here today, he probably 25 00:01:23.519 --> 00:01:24.840 would not have been on the field. 26 00:01:24.879 --> 00:01:26.920 That's the type of guy he was. He would have said, 27 00:01:26.959 --> 00:01:28.120 that's for them. 28 00:01:28.200 --> 00:01:30.879 Unless the Dodgers told him to go sit down in 29 00:01:30.879 --> 00:01:33.560 one of those white folding chairs, he would have stayed 30 00:01:33.640 --> 00:01:34.560 up here and watched it. 31 00:01:34.719 --> 00:01:37.799 He may not have even come. That's the type of 32 00:01:37.879 --> 00:01:39.239 guy he was because. 33 00:01:38.920 --> 00:01:42.599 He was so comfortable in his own skin and what 34 00:01:42.799 --> 00:01:46.359 he achieved as a player that he didn't need to 35 00:01:46.400 --> 00:01:49.239 try to insert himself into what these guys are doing. 36 00:01:49.799 --> 00:01:53.079 All of us in the press box knew Fernando better 37 00:01:53.120 --> 00:01:55.920 than any of those players in the uniform because this 38 00:01:56.000 --> 00:01:59.920 is where he lived for the last twenty years. 39 00:02:00.920 --> 00:02:03.439 He was a great guy. And I just saw somebody. 40 00:02:03.680 --> 00:02:05.719 I had to take a double take because somebody was 41 00:02:05.760 --> 00:02:08.840 sitting at the table that Fernando usually sat at to 42 00:02:08.879 --> 00:02:11.759 watch his Mexican baseball team with his head down, try 43 00:02:11.800 --> 00:02:15.879 to be, you know, incognito. And you know that's when 44 00:02:15.879 --> 00:02:18.199 you see things like that those are reminders of us 45 00:02:18.240 --> 00:02:20.400 that work with him, that come back to you. But 46 00:02:20.800 --> 00:02:24.599 you know, Fernando will forever be remembered, not just today 47 00:02:24.879 --> 00:02:25.599 or this week. 48 00:02:25.680 --> 00:02:28.199 And yeah, it'll always be remembered. 49 00:02:28.240 --> 00:02:30.520 And you know, to have them put an exclamation point 50 00:02:30.560 --> 00:02:34.520 on this season after his passing is truly symbolic of 51 00:02:35.560 --> 00:02:37.960 Dodger Baseball. Eight sixty six, nine eighty seven two five 52 00:02:38.039 --> 00:02:40.479 seventy is our number. Eight sixty six nine eighty seven 53 00:02:40.560 --> 00:02:42.919 two five seventy. You got to listen to the parade. 54 00:02:43.280 --> 00:02:44.919 You got to be a part of the parade. You 55 00:02:45.000 --> 00:02:46.879 got to be here at Dodger Stadium. You got to 56 00:02:46.919 --> 00:02:50.120 hear the excitement and the on field celebration here at 57 00:02:50.159 --> 00:02:51.680 Dodger Stadium. And now we want to hear from you. 58 00:02:51.719 --> 00:02:54.199 Eight sixty six nine eighty seven two five seven. He 59 00:02:54.240 --> 00:02:56.520 want you to be a part of this celebration here 60 00:02:56.680 --> 00:02:59.240 on a five to seventy LA Sports eight six six. 61 00:02:59.120 --> 00:02:59.960 Not we celebrate. 62 00:03:00.039 --> 00:03:01.800 I want to apologie these apologies. 63 00:03:01.840 --> 00:03:04.960 Well, nobody was believing in what I was saying in September, 64 00:03:04.960 --> 00:03:06.439 Tim that this team was different. 65 00:03:07.000 --> 00:03:08.039 They not like us. 66 00:03:08.719 --> 00:03:12.560 I was trying to preach that message in September because 67 00:03:12.599 --> 00:03:16.719 I knew these guys were going to commit themselves more 68 00:03:16.759 --> 00:03:19.120 than what I've seen the last two years. So after 69 00:03:19.159 --> 00:03:21.680 you celebrate, you could send apologies my way. 70 00:03:21.960 --> 00:03:25.479 Let's start it off with mary Anne on the five Freeway. Marianne, 71 00:03:25.520 --> 00:03:27.439 were you out at the festivities today, either at the 72 00:03:27.479 --> 00:03:29.599 stadium or on the parade route. 73 00:03:31.400 --> 00:03:36.240 I was at the stadium and David, apologies to you 74 00:03:36.360 --> 00:03:41.199 because it was fabulous. Fifteen was different from the get go. 75 00:03:41.680 --> 00:03:45.919 Was amazing to celebrate with the Dodger fans, my Dodger 76 00:03:46.039 --> 00:03:50.159 family today and you know it was just too lecture 77 00:03:50.319 --> 00:03:51.280 in the stadium. 78 00:03:51.840 --> 00:03:54.599 You know, my best friend wanted her she just lost 79 00:03:54.599 --> 00:03:57.560 her mom, who was a Dodger fan, season ticket older 80 00:03:57.639 --> 00:04:00.599 since nineteen eighty one. It is an emotion day, and 81 00:04:01.439 --> 00:04:05.719 Fernando is thank you to all of you guys because 82 00:04:05.879 --> 00:04:07.159 you've been fantastic. 83 00:04:07.879 --> 00:04:13.599 After with David Basset and the talk rating like, it's 84 00:04:13.639 --> 00:04:17.000 been amazing, So thank you all. Thank you to all 85 00:04:17.040 --> 00:04:17.920 the Dodgers. 86 00:04:17.920 --> 00:04:18.800 It was amazing. 87 00:04:19.279 --> 00:04:21.600 Hey, we love you, Marianne. Thank you for the phone 88 00:04:21.600 --> 00:04:24.879 call and tim Uh. Look, we're on the front lines 89 00:04:24.959 --> 00:04:28.600 every night. We know how much this team means to 90 00:04:28.680 --> 00:04:32.399 the fans. I think you heard every person I spoke 91 00:04:32.439 --> 00:04:36.240 to they didn't understand how much the how much they 92 00:04:36.319 --> 00:04:37.600 meant to the city. 93 00:04:37.839 --> 00:04:38.600 Yeah, no doubt. 94 00:04:38.720 --> 00:04:41.519 And to see these Dodger players soak it in was 95 00:04:41.519 --> 00:04:43.959 was awesome to see. And now they I think they 96 00:04:44.000 --> 00:04:46.600 truly do believe how much they are loved in this city. 97 00:04:46.600 --> 00:04:49.639 Eight six six ninety seven seventy part of our presentation 98 00:04:49.800 --> 00:04:52.879 coverag Chair presented by Budweiser. This Bud's for you and 99 00:04:53.000 --> 00:04:56.600 Bank of America, the official bank of the Los Angeles Dodgers. 100 00:04:56.720 --> 00:05:00.600 Dodger Bob in Malibu joins us here. 101 00:05:00.240 --> 00:05:02.680 On this all right, Dame Dodger Bob, are you doing? 102 00:05:02.720 --> 00:05:04.839 He was a dowter, You were a doubter. Dodger Bob, 103 00:05:04.879 --> 00:05:05.759 I remember you. 104 00:05:05.800 --> 00:05:09.560 No, no, sir, David Basse, I've been with you all along, Buddy. 105 00:05:09.600 --> 00:05:10.480 I'm a supporter of you. 106 00:05:10.560 --> 00:05:13.560 I'm a cameo lover of yours. I've been by your side, pal. 107 00:05:13.720 --> 00:05:18.959 No way, all right. I always thought this team had it, David, 108 00:05:19.079 --> 00:05:20.680 just like you said. And I gotta be honest. 109 00:05:20.720 --> 00:05:21.519 I want to point out. 110 00:05:21.439 --> 00:05:23.439 One thing, Tim, I love you. David. 111 00:05:24.120 --> 00:05:27.399 You pointed out a major point about the Dodgers and 112 00:05:27.439 --> 00:05:29.759 the Yankees early in the series, and you pointed out 113 00:05:29.839 --> 00:05:32.560 the faults that showed themselves in Game five, and I 114 00:05:32.600 --> 00:05:34.480 give you all the credit in the world. You said, 115 00:05:34.519 --> 00:05:36.839 none of the Yankees take the field the way the 116 00:05:36.879 --> 00:05:39.600 Dodgers do pregame and put the work in, and that's 117 00:05:39.639 --> 00:05:42.079 the difference that made that game. And you called that 118 00:05:42.160 --> 00:05:44.920 from the get go. So get your flowers. David Bassey. 119 00:05:47.240 --> 00:05:49.399 We all owe you a big one, buddy, because my 120 00:05:49.480 --> 00:05:51.680 family and I were out there celebrating at the stadium 121 00:05:51.720 --> 00:05:54.399 with you guys today. It brought my childhood friend Hug 122 00:05:54.399 --> 00:05:57.160 down from Presno Dodger Nikki and his buddy p in 123 00:05:57.199 --> 00:05:59.639 the car. It brought us all together to celebrate our 124 00:05:59.680 --> 00:06:02.759 favorite team. We've waited thirty six years, thirty six years, 125 00:06:02.759 --> 00:06:04.720 and it was worth every minute of it. Thank you, 126 00:06:04.759 --> 00:06:06.199 guys for all the work you put in. 127 00:06:06.680 --> 00:06:09.040 Hey, thank you Dodger Bob. I'm all in with you 128 00:06:09.160 --> 00:06:10.839 after that phone call, call back. 129 00:06:10.720 --> 00:06:13.439 Any time he drops the cameo of course, Oh yeah, 130 00:06:13.439 --> 00:06:15.480 I mean he gotta feed the kids. Eight sixty six 131 00:06:15.680 --> 00:06:19.399 nine two five seventy is the Dodgers World Series Championship 132 00:06:19.439 --> 00:06:22.439 celebration presented by Yamabah Day. We found out after the 133 00:06:22.480 --> 00:06:24.800 World Series at least we found out. I don't know 134 00:06:24.839 --> 00:06:27.480 if you knew or not about the severity of the 135 00:06:27.600 --> 00:06:31.040 ribs of Freddie Freeman. We had heard about the ankle certainly, 136 00:06:31.240 --> 00:06:33.120 and what he did and suffer that ankle injury in 137 00:06:33.160 --> 00:06:35.560 the final home game of the regular season here against 138 00:06:35.560 --> 00:06:38.199 the San Diego Padres. Play with it all postseason long, 139 00:06:38.399 --> 00:06:40.879 but then we find out he's got cracked ribs. 140 00:06:41.800 --> 00:06:42.600 Don't be mad at me. 141 00:06:43.279 --> 00:06:43.680 You knew. 142 00:06:44.240 --> 00:06:44.839 I knew what. 143 00:06:45.600 --> 00:06:49.040 I could not say anything what Freddy swore me to secrecy. 144 00:06:49.480 --> 00:06:52.720 They did not want to give the opposition any sort 145 00:06:52.720 --> 00:06:54.319 of competitive advantage. 146 00:06:54.560 --> 00:06:58.720 So how much did it? How much did it affect 147 00:06:58.800 --> 00:07:01.120 him more than the ankle? Did the ribs bother him 148 00:07:01.120 --> 00:07:01.480 that much? 149 00:07:02.040 --> 00:07:04.160 I would say it did, really it did. 150 00:07:04.240 --> 00:07:07.199 And that's the reason why there were nights where he 151 00:07:07.240 --> 00:07:10.800 didn't plan in the postseason. It wasn't as much about 152 00:07:10.839 --> 00:07:13.920 the ankle as it was about the intercostal strain. But 153 00:07:14.120 --> 00:07:18.160 that's what the Dodgers. We talk about this all the time, 154 00:07:18.240 --> 00:07:22.600 right tim. I'm walking a fine line here. I'm walking 155 00:07:22.600 --> 00:07:25.680 a fine line where you know I I'm trusted with 156 00:07:25.800 --> 00:07:28.519 information and I have to filter what I can and 157 00:07:28.560 --> 00:07:31.720 can't say. I just posted a video earlier today on 158 00:07:31.759 --> 00:07:35.040 my Instagram at official Lyve Assay of a video of 159 00:07:35.480 --> 00:07:39.160 Freddie Freeman taking hacks batting practice the night before the 160 00:07:39.199 --> 00:07:43.399 World Series. Those five or six days helped not only 161 00:07:43.439 --> 00:07:46.160 his right ankle, but the reason why he was swinging 162 00:07:46.199 --> 00:07:49.639 the bat the way he was was because his intercostal 163 00:07:49.720 --> 00:07:51.519 strain was completely healed. 164 00:07:52.560 --> 00:07:54.480 When did he suffer this injury. 165 00:07:54.399 --> 00:07:59.480 The day before the NLDS started, He was taking batting practice, 166 00:07:59.519 --> 00:08:03.360 So he's been playing with it all October, not only 167 00:08:03.399 --> 00:08:06.399 a severely sprain right ankle, but all of a sudden 168 00:08:06.879 --> 00:08:08.000 intercostal strain. 169 00:08:08.199 --> 00:08:10.079 I mean, he has to start wondering if he's snake 170 00:08:10.160 --> 00:08:13.600 bitten with the ankle injury and then getting the intercostal. 171 00:08:13.160 --> 00:08:15.519 Well, maybe you should stop throwing the medicine ball around 172 00:08:15.600 --> 00:08:19.160 before stretch. You know, that was a new workout routine. 173 00:08:19.639 --> 00:08:22.279 He hoped that didn't play into it. But I mean, 174 00:08:22.360 --> 00:08:26.040 Freddie Freeman, when I was calling him, I know all 175 00:08:26.079 --> 00:08:28.040 of you thought I was just laying it on too 176 00:08:28.120 --> 00:08:30.720 thick when I would call him the most inspirational player 177 00:08:31.240 --> 00:08:37.039 in the postseason. The reason why was my wink nod 178 00:08:37.559 --> 00:08:40.679 to Freddy because I knew what he was playing with 179 00:08:40.720 --> 00:08:43.440 so he had to intercostal strain, he had the severely 180 00:08:43.519 --> 00:08:46.679 sprained right ankle, he had a broken right middle finger, 181 00:08:47.000 --> 00:08:49.200 and oh, by the way, he's still helping his son, 182 00:08:49.679 --> 00:08:52.840 Max Freeman come back from you know, the issues that 183 00:08:52.919 --> 00:08:56.120 he had to deal with. What an incredible year Freddie 184 00:08:56.159 --> 00:08:57.879 Freeman and his family had to endure. 185 00:08:58.120 --> 00:09:01.320 Well deserving then, and he gets the world's Yes MVP 186 00:09:01.519 --> 00:09:03.799 for the home runs that he hit in four straight games. 187 00:09:04.120 --> 00:09:06.200 And you can make a case carrying the Dodgers in 188 00:09:06.240 --> 00:09:08.159 the World Series offensively. 189 00:09:07.919 --> 00:09:10.200 Well, if you look at it, the Dodger offense really 190 00:09:10.200 --> 00:09:13.279 didn't do much of anything. It was Tommy Edmund and 191 00:09:13.320 --> 00:09:16.120 Freddie Freeman for the first three or four games, and 192 00:09:16.159 --> 00:09:19.000 then all of a sudden, that five run fifth inning 193 00:09:19.080 --> 00:09:22.080 happened in New York. Honestly, this is great to be 194 00:09:22.120 --> 00:09:24.840 on with you because I was traveling with the team. 195 00:09:24.879 --> 00:09:27.159 I never got to do a final Dodger talk after 196 00:09:27.200 --> 00:09:30.039 that game. And I don't know what was being said 197 00:09:30.080 --> 00:09:33.679 after that night. But the Yankees, as Dennis Green would say, 198 00:09:33.759 --> 00:09:35.000 are who we thought they were. 199 00:09:36.279 --> 00:09:37.279 We let him off the hook. 200 00:09:37.360 --> 00:09:39.720 They're a bad team to him, They're not a World 201 00:09:39.759 --> 00:09:40.840 Series worthy team. 202 00:09:41.080 --> 00:09:42.840 No, that fifth inning will go. 203 00:09:42.960 --> 00:09:45.399 I mean, they could probably make one of those thirty 204 00:09:45.440 --> 00:09:48.559 for thirties about that fifth inning. Yeah, collapse of the 205 00:09:48.600 --> 00:09:50.720 New York Yankees. I mean Aaron Judge still is saying 206 00:09:51.120 --> 00:09:54.639 it is a moment, missing that catch that opened the door. 207 00:09:54.799 --> 00:09:57.159 It's gonna haunt him forever. How's he going to bounce back? 208 00:09:57.639 --> 00:10:00.240 I mean, those are one of those plays that you know, 209 00:10:00.320 --> 00:10:02.519 New York fans will never forget. And let's not forget 210 00:10:02.559 --> 00:10:05.840 about those clowns trying to hurt Mooky Betts down the 211 00:10:05.919 --> 00:10:07.879 right field corner. I forgot to bring that up to 212 00:10:07.960 --> 00:10:12.200 Mooki in the emotions of the parade. 213 00:10:11.399 --> 00:10:15.559 I messed up. I didn't ask him about those guys. 214 00:10:15.399 --> 00:10:17.120 Just on a quick side. Now we'll get back to 215 00:10:17.159 --> 00:10:17.759 the phone calls. 216 00:10:17.919 --> 00:10:21.080 With that being said, there's a certain writer who I 217 00:10:21.240 --> 00:10:25.840 felt then magnetized or magnified this even more by doing 218 00:10:25.879 --> 00:10:27.600 a story on these twobe of poons. 219 00:10:27.360 --> 00:10:29.639 And he was so proud of the fact that he 220 00:10:29.720 --> 00:10:30.039 did it. 221 00:10:30.399 --> 00:10:33.799 You know, ESPN should be ashamed of shining a light 222 00:10:34.559 --> 00:10:38.559 on two people that you don't want fans to even 223 00:10:38.600 --> 00:10:41.720 come close to attempting. I mean, Mookie Bets was so 224 00:10:41.919 --> 00:10:44.679 vulnerable it's one thing to try to pull or slap 225 00:10:44.759 --> 00:10:47.879 the glove out of a player's hand going into the stands. 226 00:10:48.080 --> 00:10:51.879 But this guy grabbed his glove hand, tried to rip 227 00:10:51.919 --> 00:10:55.320 the ball out of the glove, and then his buddy 228 00:10:55.639 --> 00:10:59.000 grabbed the other right wrist. Mookie Bets was in such 229 00:10:59.039 --> 00:11:02.080 a vulnerable pazzition an injury. He could have strained a 230 00:11:02.080 --> 00:11:05.639 ligament in his right in his right wrist. That was vicious, 231 00:11:05.720 --> 00:11:07.600 and some would even say borderline assault. 232 00:11:07.759 --> 00:11:09.720 You can make a case they can press charges against 233 00:11:09.759 --> 00:11:11.960 the guy. They absolutely should eight sixty six, nine eighty 234 00:11:12.000 --> 00:11:12.720 seven to two five. 235 00:11:12.840 --> 00:11:14.879 Do you wanted to press charges? Why not? 236 00:11:15.360 --> 00:11:15.759 Let's go. 237 00:11:16.120 --> 00:11:18.000 You can't. They should be banned for life. 238 00:11:18.120 --> 00:11:20.120 Well, they weren't even gonna ban him for one game 239 00:11:20.200 --> 00:11:22.679 until Baseball stepped in. That's atraz And even then it 240 00:11:22.720 --> 00:11:25.759 was the Players Association who stepped in and told Baseball 241 00:11:25.919 --> 00:11:27.519 to do something about those two fans. 242 00:11:27.840 --> 00:11:29.559 Dodger Stadium. We go, We're here. 243 00:11:29.879 --> 00:11:32.679 Joseph is next up here on this special edition of 244 00:11:32.759 --> 00:11:33.399 Dodger Talk. 245 00:11:33.720 --> 00:11:36.440 David Vasa, Tim Katson, You on a FI seventy. 246 00:11:37.639 --> 00:11:38.960 Hey, how you doing, guys? 247 00:11:39.159 --> 00:11:39.399 Good? 248 00:11:39.679 --> 00:11:41.360 Joseph, you were at the stadium, what'd you think of 249 00:11:41.399 --> 00:11:44.360 the whole celebration, the performance from ice Cube, and then 250 00:11:44.399 --> 00:11:46.879 all the players, Dave Roberts bringing him out to speak. 251 00:11:48.080 --> 00:11:52.279 Man, it was unbelievable, just the whole atmosphere, everybody in 252 00:11:52.320 --> 00:11:55.919 the stadium. Ice Cube just one of the best experiences 253 00:11:55.960 --> 00:11:57.720 I've ever had as a Dodger family. 254 00:11:59.240 --> 00:12:01.320 I mean. And then where were you sitting, Joe? 255 00:12:02.679 --> 00:12:05.399 I was in the up in the reserve level section 256 00:12:05.600 --> 00:12:06.919 six with me and my brother. 257 00:12:07.639 --> 00:12:10.679 Were you, like Tim Kats refreshing on three computers to 258 00:12:10.720 --> 00:12:13.679 try to get tickets to the parade today the rally here? 259 00:12:14.960 --> 00:12:15.519 No, I got. 260 00:12:15.519 --> 00:12:18.960 I got on right right away, jumped in that. 261 00:12:18.919 --> 00:12:22.399 Wi Fi at the Kate's house. That word, yeah, she 262 00:12:23.799 --> 00:12:24.679 at the Kate's house. 263 00:12:25.879 --> 00:12:28.000 I think he still sees the spinning wheel on his 264 00:12:28.080 --> 00:12:29.799 computer wait to get tickets still. 265 00:12:31.120 --> 00:12:33.360 Yeah, it was awesome. Just and the two things that 266 00:12:33.399 --> 00:12:35.799 really stood out to me. Number One, like you guys 267 00:12:35.879 --> 00:12:40.440 mentioned earlier, Klayn Kershaw, just his reception that he got. 268 00:12:41.000 --> 00:12:42.960 You know, I'm twenty eight years old, twenty nine years 269 00:12:42.960 --> 00:12:46.279 I'm going to be twenty nine in December, and every 270 00:12:46.320 --> 00:12:49.000 memory that I have Dodgers fan Clay Kershaw is a 271 00:12:49.039 --> 00:12:51.200 part of that he's, you know, the greatest fall time 272 00:12:51.240 --> 00:12:53.559 of this generation, one of the best ever to ever 273 00:12:53.600 --> 00:12:55.799 do it, and just to seem gets the reception that 274 00:12:55.840 --> 00:12:58.799 he that he got, he absolutely deserves that. And then 275 00:12:58.840 --> 00:13:03.480 number two, the other guy that got super emotional, Taskar Hernandez. Yeah, 276 00:13:03.480 --> 00:13:08.600 seeing the reception he got in everybody you know want Soto. 277 00:13:08.720 --> 00:13:11.440 This team doesn't need one Sodo Sosake. That's the guy 278 00:13:11.440 --> 00:13:14.919 that I want. I think would be a really beneficial 279 00:13:15.120 --> 00:13:18.759 addition to this team. But the number one thing that 280 00:13:18.799 --> 00:13:21.600 we have to do as an organization is resigned Tioscar Hernandez. 281 00:13:21.600 --> 00:13:24.720 And I think, you know, seeing the reception that he 282 00:13:24.759 --> 00:13:27.159 got to say, I just hope it just shows him 283 00:13:27.159 --> 00:13:29.159 how much this city loves them and how much this 284 00:13:29.200 --> 00:13:30.960 team needs them. And I think that's the number one 285 00:13:30.960 --> 00:13:32.519 thing we need to do as an organization. 286 00:13:32.840 --> 00:13:34.799 All right, Joseph Franks for the coup phone call. Glad 287 00:13:34.799 --> 00:13:36.960 you had a good time out here today at the stadium. 288 00:13:36.960 --> 00:13:39.720 Most importantly lucky to get tickets to this event today. 289 00:13:39.720 --> 00:13:43.000 Taoskar Hernandez got emotional, Dave, and that surprised me to 290 00:13:43.039 --> 00:13:44.240 see how emotional he was. 291 00:13:44.320 --> 00:13:44.879 On stage. 292 00:13:44.879 --> 00:13:47.720 They're holding the Dodger flag, the fans chanting his name. 293 00:13:47.720 --> 00:13:51.000 They were actually chanting when Andrew Freeman came to the podium. 294 00:13:51.200 --> 00:13:54.879 They were chanting, re signed Tao resigned to now when 295 00:13:54.879 --> 00:13:58.240 he was up there speaking and addressing the crowd here today. Realistically, 296 00:13:58.320 --> 00:14:00.480 can they bring back Taoscar Hernandez. This is a guy 297 00:14:00.480 --> 00:14:02.320 who could be signed to a long term deal and 298 00:14:02.360 --> 00:14:04.399 wear a Dodger uniform well number one. 299 00:14:04.840 --> 00:14:09.080 The Dodgers will offer Tioscar Hernandez the qualifying offer, which 300 00:14:09.159 --> 00:14:11.360 is twenty million dollars for one year. 301 00:14:12.159 --> 00:14:13.519 Will he turn that down? 302 00:14:14.200 --> 00:14:17.320 He may, There's a very good chance he will, depending 303 00:14:17.320 --> 00:14:20.200 on what his agent feels he's going to get out there. 304 00:14:20.600 --> 00:14:22.879 I know the Boston Red Sox tried to sign him 305 00:14:23.080 --> 00:14:26.759 before the Dodgers did this past offseason and just came. 306 00:14:26.559 --> 00:14:27.360 In very low. 307 00:14:27.840 --> 00:14:30.960 So I'm hearing they may try again to re sign 308 00:14:31.000 --> 00:14:36.399 Tioscar Hernandez or But for me, the sum is greater 309 00:14:36.480 --> 00:14:37.200 than the parts. 310 00:14:37.799 --> 00:14:40.000 Yes, Tioscar Hernandez. 311 00:14:39.399 --> 00:14:43.440 Is on the other side of thirty two, but what 312 00:14:43.639 --> 00:14:46.919 he did in this lineup I got. I love Taoscar Hernandez, 313 00:14:46.919 --> 00:14:49.080 but we have seen him in Toronto and Seattle. 314 00:14:49.759 --> 00:14:52.879 He's better when he's not the guy right. 315 00:14:53.440 --> 00:14:56.759 He's a better player when he's hitting behind Otani, Mookie, 316 00:14:56.879 --> 00:15:00.720 Freddie and even Max Muncy. If he goes to Boston 317 00:15:01.039 --> 00:15:03.759 and it's him Endeavors, you're not going to get the 318 00:15:03.759 --> 00:15:08.039 same type of results. And Taoscar Hernandez is a guy 319 00:15:08.200 --> 00:15:12.879 that thirty three home runs ninety nine RBIs big hits 320 00:15:12.879 --> 00:15:15.919 in the playoffs, no doubt about it. But what he 321 00:15:16.039 --> 00:15:20.639 did as a clubhouse leader and unifier, you can't put 322 00:15:20.639 --> 00:15:23.039 a price on it. I'd say bring him back for 323 00:15:23.080 --> 00:15:25.840 two or three years. I mean, it's only money and 324 00:15:25.879 --> 00:15:26.679 it's not mine. 325 00:15:27.080 --> 00:15:30.000 Kevin in Culver City, thanks for joining us here on 326 00:15:30.039 --> 00:15:32.960 this special edition of Dodger Talk Live from Dodger Stadium 327 00:15:33.039 --> 00:15:36.039 after the Dodgers World Series Championship celebration. 328 00:15:36.120 --> 00:15:39.000 Hi, Kevin, God is good. 329 00:15:39.679 --> 00:15:42.720 Let me tell you something. Two champions on the radio 330 00:15:42.799 --> 00:15:45.080 right now, Tim k and David. 331 00:15:45.799 --> 00:15:45.960 Yeah. 332 00:15:46.679 --> 00:15:48.399 I thought you only sweet talk me, Kevin. 333 00:15:49.039 --> 00:15:51.840 You've been cheating on me with Tim Kates on getaway days, Kevin, 334 00:15:52.200 --> 00:15:53.519 I thought you only sweet talk me. 335 00:15:55.600 --> 00:15:58.759 Look, you guys have been all been phenomenal. Everybody answering 336 00:15:58.799 --> 00:16:02.519 the falls into Burbanks, everybody, Fox Feel, everybody, the whole 337 00:16:02.559 --> 00:16:05.320 crew and It's just it's just a you know, true 338 00:16:05.399 --> 00:16:08.759 challenge what you guys have done for everybody, and this, 339 00:16:08.759 --> 00:16:12.480 this this World Championship is really a signal of that. 340 00:16:12.600 --> 00:16:14.799 You know, the Dodgers need so much for this city. 341 00:16:15.120 --> 00:16:18.200 What they how they bring everybody together, and that's what 342 00:16:18.320 --> 00:16:20.600 the Dodgers embody and that's why it means so much 343 00:16:20.600 --> 00:16:23.360 of the city celebrating this championship. I mean, it's a 344 00:16:23.360 --> 00:16:25.759 beautiful thing. I didn't get a chance to talk about 345 00:16:25.759 --> 00:16:28.960 that home run from Fam five Freddy, everything he embodied 346 00:16:29.000 --> 00:16:31.360 with Maximus and Chelsea in the family. For him to 347 00:16:31.360 --> 00:16:34.399 get that Kurt Gibson moment just says everything about this 348 00:16:34.519 --> 00:16:37.960 team and this storybook championship run. We've been on the 349 00:16:38.519 --> 00:16:40.759 catalysts of that who came back and gave itself to 350 00:16:40.799 --> 00:16:42.320 our team, and we didn't know he was coming back, 351 00:16:42.320 --> 00:16:43.600 and we all said we didn't care if he was 352 00:16:43.600 --> 00:16:46.000 coming back because number one was Maximus and his family 353 00:16:46.039 --> 00:16:49.240 in Chelsea. But he he sacrificed for us, and it 354 00:16:49.360 --> 00:16:52.240 means so much for this city. Mookie Betts coming back 355 00:16:52.279 --> 00:16:56.399 from from the hand fracture, shoy Otani selling it out 356 00:16:56.440 --> 00:16:59.679 with that shoulder grinding in our plane Clayton big Man 357 00:16:59.799 --> 00:17:03.200 Kirk saw the embodiment of being a Dodger for life's 358 00:17:03.279 --> 00:17:05.799 all about. You know, even though he said he didn't 359 00:17:05.960 --> 00:17:08.720 do anything, he did everything. He got us those wins, 360 00:17:08.799 --> 00:17:10.839 that got us that home field to start out in LA. 361 00:17:11.000 --> 00:17:13.839 So everybody was a part of this from top down. 362 00:17:13.880 --> 00:17:17.160 Andrew Freeman, Mark Waters, Magic Johnson making a trade for 363 00:17:17.240 --> 00:17:20.599 Michael Kopek, and Tommy big Man Eatman, I mean, this 364 00:17:20.680 --> 00:17:23.200 is what the Dodgers all about. And to Austar Hernandez, 365 00:17:23.599 --> 00:17:26.720 I mean just embodiment that home run in Game five 366 00:17:26.759 --> 00:17:29.359 against the Padres and to beat the Padres and the 367 00:17:29.440 --> 00:17:32.000 run we went on. This is the greatest run in 368 00:17:32.119 --> 00:17:35.240 Major League Baseball Championship history. And I'm leaving at last, 369 00:17:35.240 --> 00:17:40.079 but not least, Walker fleetfin Bueller coming out of the bullpen, 370 00:17:40.480 --> 00:17:43.640 channeling his curse, saw furious to close out the World 371 00:17:43.680 --> 00:17:46.680 Series for us. That is everything that the Dodgers are 372 00:17:46.680 --> 00:17:48.759 all about. All he went through to get back from 373 00:17:48.759 --> 00:17:51.519 too Tommy john surgeries, to put his team us on 374 00:17:51.599 --> 00:17:53.920 his back and sacrifice for us after winning the game, 375 00:17:53.960 --> 00:17:57.799 three two days rest, champions and one more thing. San 376 00:17:57.880 --> 00:18:00.599 Diego Padres, New York mess New York Yankees. They not 377 00:18:00.720 --> 00:18:01.319 like us. 378 00:18:01.799 --> 00:18:04.240 Oh yeah, Kevin, that's a good way to end it. Yeah, 379 00:18:04.240 --> 00:18:06.720 that's a great call. Thank you for calling in all year. 380 00:18:06.799 --> 00:18:10.039 And look, he makes up a great point. 381 00:18:10.119 --> 00:18:11.160 Tim. 382 00:18:12.039 --> 00:18:14.599 They may not have had the ace that they've had 383 00:18:14.640 --> 00:18:17.279 in years past with a Kershaw, with a oureas with 384 00:18:17.319 --> 00:18:21.720 a Bueller at full strength, but ninety eight wins best 385 00:18:21.759 --> 00:18:22.480 record in. 386 00:18:22.440 --> 00:18:23.599 Baseball this year. 387 00:18:24.200 --> 00:18:28.759 They beat the San Diego Padres, who are the best 388 00:18:28.759 --> 00:18:31.519 team that did not make the World Series this year, 389 00:18:31.920 --> 00:18:35.640 they beat the hottest team in baseball, the Mets, and 390 00:18:35.720 --> 00:18:37.960 then they go into New York and win the World 391 00:18:38.000 --> 00:18:41.319 Series and beat Aaron Judge and the Yankees. Even though 392 00:18:41.359 --> 00:18:45.079 in my opinion, the AL was way softer than the NL, 393 00:18:45.480 --> 00:18:48.200 there's an argument to be made that this is the 394 00:18:48.240 --> 00:18:53.759 best World Series run in the last what thirty years? 395 00:18:54.279 --> 00:18:55.160 It's right up there. 396 00:18:55.599 --> 00:18:57.799 I mean, how many teams have had the best record, 397 00:18:58.279 --> 00:19:01.400 and with the added round of the playoffs, it wasn't 398 00:19:01.480 --> 00:19:03.839 like this thirty five years ago, forty years ago. 399 00:19:04.279 --> 00:19:06.200 Now there's that best of five round. 400 00:19:06.839 --> 00:19:09.480 I mean, you've got to consider the ninety eight win 401 00:19:09.559 --> 00:19:13.640