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Speaker 2: Welcome to Dodger Talk. David Vasse with you until eight
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Speaker 2: can continue the conversation after yesterday's game. We'll get to
Speaker 2: that in a moment. We are going to be joined
Speaker 2: by for the first time this season, one of my favorites,
Speaker 2: one of your favorites more importantly, and that is lifelong
Speaker 2: Dodger Andre Ethier. Yes, the Dodgers acquired him while he
Speaker 2: was playing in the minor leagues with the A's, but
Speaker 2: they made his life better and he played his entire
Speaker 2: twelve year career with the Dodgers. He is going to
Speaker 2: join us coming up in about ten minutes. Also, at
Speaker 2: the bottom of the hour, we are going to remind
Speaker 2: everybody about the selective amnesia the national and East Coast
Speaker 2: media has when it comes to Aaron Judge eight six
Speaker 2: six nine eighty seven two five seventy is the phone number.
Speaker 2: And also, since we are on the eve of an
Speaker 2: exciting World Series a rematch between the Dodgers and Yankees
Speaker 2: starting tomorrow at Dodgers Stadium, Max Freed against Tony Gonsolin.
Speaker 2: Our coverage begins at six o'clock, first pitch at seven
Speaker 2: to ten. It's such a big game, Petro, some money
Speaker 2: will be broadcasting from Dodgers Stadium tomorrow since we are
Speaker 2: going to see the Yankees for the first time at
Speaker 2: Dodgers Stadium since Game two of last year's World Series.
Speaker 2: I thought there was no better night than to have
Speaker 2: you share where you were when Freddy Freeman did this.
Speaker 1: The Yankees three, the Dodgers two. The bases are loaded
Speaker 1: to out bottom of the ten, fitting the scenario you
Speaker 1: dream about. Freddy is living first pitch, swinging.
Speaker 7: High fly ball, hit dude back, Freddie Freeman channeling is
Speaker 7: inner curtain.
Speaker 8: Get then, oh, walk up, hold run. In Game one
Speaker 8: of the World jerries hey, walk off grand Flam.
Speaker 7: They celebrate, had to play twitters six to three.
Speaker 2: All right there it is. I mean, that makes everybody
Speaker 2: feel good, no matter how you're feeling about yesterday's game,
Speaker 2: Freddie Freeman's walk off Grand Slam and Game one of
Speaker 2: the World Series. Rick Monday, Steven Nelson on the call
Speaker 2: last year on Dodgers Radio on the Dodgers Audio Network,
Speaker 2: and here on a five to seventy LA Sports, where
Speaker 2: were you when that iconic Grand Slam was hit? And
Speaker 2: last year's Game one of the World Series. I hope
Speaker 2: the Yankees are listening right now, just to remind them
Speaker 2: who is their daddy, and that's Freddie Freeman and the
Speaker 2: Dodgers as they beat them in five games last year.
Speaker 2: And we will get to that later in the show.
Speaker 2: That horrific and wonderful fifth inning that the Yankees handed
Speaker 2: to the Dodgers and basically handed the World Series two.
Speaker 2: But you never hear anybody throw Aaron Judge dropping that
Speaker 2: Keik Hernandez fly ball in his face. You never hear
Speaker 2: anybody talk about it. You never hear about anybody talking
Speaker 2: about Aaron Judge dropping that routine fly ball as he
Speaker 2: was peeking out of his eye to see where Keik
Speaker 2: Hernandez was. You just never see it.
Speaker 3: Huh.
Speaker 2: You never hear anybody talk about it. All you hear
Speaker 2: about is Aaron Judge hitting four hundred. He's having the
Speaker 2: greatest season of any right handed hitter. But if this
Speaker 2: was Bill Buckner, if this was Alex Rodriguez, if it
Speaker 2: was anybody else, we would see the replay of that
Speaker 2: drop more than we have seen Garrett Cole and Anthony
Speaker 2: Rizzo not covering first more than what we have seen
Speaker 2: keiy a Hernandez sliding into third base and Volti throwing
Speaker 2: the ball into the dirt. You don't see Aaron Judge,
Speaker 2: one of the greatest players of his generation, make a
Speaker 2: Buckner play. Why is that? We'll find out later? Eight
Speaker 2: six six nine, eight seven, two five seventy is the
Speaker 2: phone number we want to know where you were at
Speaker 2: the time. Freddie Freeman hit his Game one heroic Grand
Speaker 2: Slam against the Yankees with the Yankees in town after
Speaker 2: having a very cushy West Coast road trip. When was
Speaker 2: the last time the Dodgers went to New York and
Speaker 2: got to play the Yankees and Mets on the same trip, right?
Speaker 2: It hasn't happened since I've been traveling with the Dodgers,
Speaker 2: no matter what plane I've been on, it just hasn't happened.
Speaker 2: But major League Baseball doing what Major League Baseball does,
Speaker 2: making life a lot easier for the Yankees, allowing them
Speaker 2: to have a nice, cushy Orange County series against the
Speaker 2: Angels and then a very cushy day off in Los
Speaker 2: Angeles and then a three game weekend series against the Dodgers.
Speaker 2: When was the last time that ever happened? But I
Speaker 2: digress eight six six, nine eighty seven, two five seventy
Speaker 2: is the phone number off day Dodger talk. We are
Speaker 2: hot tonight. You thought I was hot yesterday, I'm hot
Speaker 2: tonight too. And if you had a problem with anything
Speaker 2: I said regarding Tanner Scott yesterday, call me. You know,
Speaker 2: the only issue I had yesterday with any of you
Speaker 2: was a guy from the two, one, three, He doesn't
Speaker 2: even give his city, gives his area code, and telling
Speaker 2: me that there was some connection, some correlation between Dave
Speaker 2: Roberts getting cute by not starting Hay Soong Kim and
Speaker 2: getting cute by bringing in Tanner Scott in the seventh inning.
Speaker 2: Do any of you realize how thin the Dodger bullpen
Speaker 2: is right now? There are going to be some things
Speaker 2: that don't usually happen, including having Tanner Scott come in
Speaker 2: for a multi inning not even safe but just to hold.
Speaker 2: Do you realize who's on the shelf? And that's the
Speaker 2: reason why Andrew Friedman today made a great trade, a
Speaker 2: by low type of trade for a former All Star,
Speaker 2: Alexis Das. He is the former closer for the Cincinnati
Speaker 2: Reds who got off to a bad start. And there's
Speaker 2: gotta be more to it than just that, because there
Speaker 2: had to be some issues with Terry Francona with the Reds.
Speaker 2: Why would they send him down after just a handful
Speaker 2: of games. I mean, certain relievers, as we have seen,
Speaker 2: struggle in the beginning of the year, but they don't
Speaker 2: get sent down when you have the resume of Alexis Das,
Speaker 2: who had thirty eight saves two years ago as an
Speaker 2: All Star. Maybe a change of scenery for Alexis Daz
Speaker 2: is going to help him. And yes, he is related
Speaker 2: to that Edwin Diaz, the closer for the Mets. So look,
Speaker 2: Alexis Dz from what Alden Gonzalez is reporting, is not
Speaker 2: going to be on the Dodgers roster tomorrow, which we
Speaker 2: wouldn't expect him to be. The Dodgers are going to
Speaker 2: get their hands on him, evaluate him at Camelback Ranch
Speaker 2: in their pitching lab, and figure out what has gone
Speaker 2: sideways for Alexis d As in the last year. And
Speaker 2: the Dodgers are probably better equipped to do that than
Speaker 2: the Cincinnati Reds. Sorry track record, just saying so, I'm
Speaker 2: really excited about Alexis Das. The Dodgers need innings from
Speaker 2: somebody capable out of the bullpen, and I'm not putting
Speaker 2: down Tanner Scott. He is very capable and the Dodgers
Speaker 2: just want to see him be as capable as he
Speaker 2: has been the last couple of years. He has blown
Speaker 2: more saves this year than he did all of last year.
Speaker 2: He only blew two saves last year in bleue and
Speaker 2: has blown five already. He just doesn't look like the
Speaker 2: same guy. And I thought Matt mney Smith a rare,
Speaker 2: good question, good baseball question for money. Why did the
Speaker 2: Dodgers even tinker with Tanner Scott. You sign him for
Speaker 2: a reason, Let him be that guy, and maybe now
Speaker 2: that will happen. Nobody's really given me a straight answer
Speaker 2: on how they've gotten Tanner Scott to throw more strikes,
Speaker 2: and that's when things were going good. So we'll see
Speaker 2: whether or not anybody can give me a straight answer
Speaker 2: on what they have changed that has made him a
Speaker 2: lot more hittable this year than last year. And look,
Speaker 2: when it comes to talking to the media, it's not
Speaker 2: about me. It's not about the reporters in the clubhouse.
Speaker 2: It's a message to the rest of his teammates. You're
Speaker 2: the highest paid reliever in that bullpen. You have the
Speaker 2: second highest relief pitcher contract in baseball. Josh Hater has
Speaker 2: the first one, you have the next. You've got to
Speaker 2: make it known that you're standing up in front of
Speaker 2: your locker and you're gonna take the heat. Don't sit
Speaker 2: in your locker, don't just be there, be there, Craig
Speaker 2: Kimberl had a horrific time as a Dodger closer after
Speaker 2: Kenley Jansen left. Every time he had heartbreaking blown saves,
Speaker 2: he made it known it was his responsibility to talk
Speaker 2: and not anybody else. That was my only point yesterday.
Speaker 2: And I like Tanner Scott. We get along. He may
Speaker 2: not like me anymore, but I still like him, and
Speaker 2: I still believe that Tanner Scott is going to get
Speaker 2: his season on track. It just hasn't happened yet for
Speaker 2: whatever reason. And the Dodgers need him if they're going
Speaker 2: where they need to go. They need Tanner Scott, especially
Speaker 2: now with Blake Trining, Evan Phillips, Kirby Yates, who else
Speaker 2: am I missing? Bruce dar Graderol Michael Kopek all on
Speaker 2: the shelf. They can't afford to have blown saves in
Speaker 2: the eighth inning, ninth inning. I mean, he blew a
Speaker 2: save in New York that sent the game into thirteen innings.
Speaker 2: It's just not a good residual for the rest of
Speaker 2: the team. And it's not his inning, it's the team's inning.
Speaker 2: Eight six, six, nine, eighty seven, two, five seventy is
Speaker 2: the phone number before we hear from Andre Ethier. I mean,
Speaker 2: we're Petro some Money, really serious with Paul Skeen's trade questions.
Speaker 2: I'll give you three names later in the show that
Speaker 2: are realistic trade targets for the Dodgers. Don't go anywhere.
Speaker 2: We have a full bo board of calls. We are
Speaker 2: going to get to you and we will let you
Speaker 2: know the three names that I have on my short
Speaker 2: list already for the Dodgers to target close to July
Speaker 2: thirty first, and Paul Skeens is not on it. Petro
Speaker 2: some Money, they love unicorns, they love rainbows. I don't
Speaker 2: live in that world. I live right here in reality.
Speaker 2: Eight six six ninety seven two five seventy is the
Speaker 2: phone number off day Dodger Talk with you until eight
Speaker 2: o'clock tonight right here on a five to seventy LA Sports,
Speaker 2: Welcome back to Dodger Talk. David Vasse with you until
Speaker 2: eight o'clock as we get set for the big World
Speaker 2: Series rematch beginning tomorrow night at Dodgers Stadium. Max Freed
Speaker 2: and Sino Zone will be on the mound for the
Speaker 2: Yankees going up against Tony Gonsolin. And we're joined right
Speaker 2: now by a man that couldn't stay away from Southern California.
Speaker 2: He wanted to get close to the heat. He didn't
Speaker 2: want to get too close with the Dodgers in first
Speaker 2: place in the NL West, the Yankees back in town
Speaker 2: for the World Series. A man that spent his entire
Speaker 2: Major League career with one team, and that is in
Speaker 2: Dodger Blue. He's a Gold Glover, he's a silver slugger,
Speaker 2: he's an All Star, and he's number one in your program, Mine, Andre,
Speaker 2: eighth year, Andre, thanks a lot for joining us finally
Speaker 2: on Dodger Talk this year.
Speaker 6: A commercial break after that intro.
Speaker 3: My goodness, Yeah.
Speaker 2: I mean it's hard. You're a hard guy to get
Speaker 2: a hold of these days.
Speaker 6: Hey, we're we're I think we talked right before we
Speaker 6: started taping this.
Speaker 3: We're almost sixty games of the season. You finally gave
Speaker 3: me the.
Speaker 6: Signal from the bullpen to come in and let me
Speaker 6: get on the show. So I appreciate it. And yeah,
Speaker 6: I'm in Southern California for the last couple of weeks
Speaker 6: hanging out and yeah, looking forward.
Speaker 3: To the series.
Speaker 6: This uh miss speaking there in LA I was actually
Speaker 6: gonna go up and see it until I found out
Speaker 6: that my Son Devils from Arizona State are in the
Speaker 6: UCLA hosted regional this weekend, so I kind of did
Speaker 6: a pivot and I'm gonna go see some college beat
Speaker 6: fall action this weekend with the Sun Devils, Irvine, Fresno State,
Speaker 6: and UCLA Bruins there all at fourteen Regional UCLA this weekend,
Speaker 6: So a fun time, bottom a lot of baseball in
Speaker 6: the LA area, and who knows, maybe some good future
Speaker 6: Dodgs out there on that airs unstay tee.
Speaker 2: Hey, I'm surprised you're going to that and not going
Speaker 2: to Anaheim for the Savannah Bananas. I thought maybe you
Speaker 2: might be the guest star for the Savannah Bananas tomorrow.
Speaker 6: Hey, you know, I don't I don't like anything Anaheim,
Speaker 6: and I don't consider that a part of what we
Speaker 6: do down there. I think I like those parts of
Speaker 6: that hobviers down there in Crystal Cove.
Speaker 3: I'll go down there to hang out.
Speaker 6: Hobbyers and have a few drinks there watching the sunset,
Speaker 6: but other than that, I don't need to go to
Speaker 6: the Angel Stadium for anything. A'll wait for the Bananas
Speaker 6: to be in Donders Stadium and maybe I'll have my
Speaker 6: guest appearance.
Speaker 2: Well, well, Hobbers is a big, a big fan of
Speaker 2: Dodger talk and David Vasse Senior and junior. They love me,
Speaker 2: but I heard they are lukewarm on you.
Speaker 6: That's all right, I like I like the margaritas enough
Speaker 6: to give a pass for the too good fa for me.
Speaker 6: Good time, great food. Yeah, it's good to be back
Speaker 6: in California for a few weeks and uh, you know,
Speaker 6: hanging out watching a lot of Dodger baseball actually there
Speaker 6: on this last road trip, and it's fun to see that.
Speaker 3: You know.
Speaker 6: I think they went out and did pretty well in
Speaker 6: that road trip. It was kind of the beginning of
Speaker 6: a tough stretch for them, and I think they did
Speaker 6: pretty well, you know too, you know, a tough New
Speaker 6: York series and obviously it's always tough to go into
Speaker 6: Cleveland and play games, and you know, they handled business
Speaker 6: so too.
Speaker 2: How much do you believe players, especially now, don't appreciate
Speaker 2: just the attention and the microscope they are going to
Speaker 2: be under when they're playing with sho Heyo Tani and
Speaker 2: they're part of a team that is coming off a
Speaker 2: big time World Series championship. Do we have to give
Speaker 2: Tanner Scott and Michael Confordo. And I know Blake Snell
Speaker 2: hasn't pitched a lot, but a little bit more grace
Speaker 2: to get used to their new environment.
Speaker 6: I'm gonna be very I wouldn't say litical, but I'll
Speaker 6: be very upfront. I don't I couldn't even tell you
Speaker 6: because you know what, Unfortunately, I've never got to play
Speaker 6: with the player of shows caliber, and I never got
Speaker 6: experience to play after a World Series win. So you
Speaker 6: know that being said, the game has changed a lot
Speaker 6: the last six seven years that I've been out, and uh,
Speaker 6: the Dodgers, for that, you know, has changed so much.
Speaker 6: You know, the lights bigger, the lights of brighter. Uh,
Speaker 6: you know, unbelievable what the you know, team you know,
Speaker 6: front office ownership, fans have done to elevate this team
Speaker 6: to the forefront one of the main uh you know,
Speaker 6: premiere organizations in all Major League Baseball. Yes, so I
Speaker 6: will say just from that experience of knowing going into
Speaker 6: some of those you know, playing in l A, going
Speaker 6: into big markets, Yes, the lights of brighter. Uh, the
Speaker 6: microscope is is that much more fine? The grace doesn't
Speaker 6: get so, you know, so leaning when you're not performing
Speaker 6: and what do the fans what do What does this
Speaker 6: coaching staff, what does this front office expect? They expect
Speaker 6: another World Series? And rightfully so. So there's no days off,
Speaker 6: there's no years off. It's get right back at it.
Speaker 6: It's the same team, maybe even better bullpen, maybe even
Speaker 6: better pitching. You know, offense is the same. Maybe some
Speaker 6: key guys that were had it on and there's no
Speaker 6: excuses not too and I think that's just a part
Speaker 6: of adding those guys who might have not played recently
Speaker 6: with teams.
Speaker 3: In that area.
Speaker 2: All right, here's something you know about because during your
Speaker 2: time with the Dodgers you were considered, and rightfully so,
Speaker 2: as being one of the most clutch players in Major
Speaker 2: League Baseball. Can you explain to us, and it's kind
Speaker 2: of lost in the analytics of baseball these days, just
Speaker 2: the difference between being in the batter's box with a
Speaker 2: runner at second base or third base or both runners
Speaker 2: in scoring position, compared to coming to the plate when
Speaker 2: nobody on base and being counted on as a run producer.
Speaker 6: I mean, it's it's that's tough both sides. You know,
Speaker 6: there's so many nuances to the game that we have
Speaker 6: to look at And that's you know, something I'm constantly
Speaker 6: trying to teach you know, younger players and stuff now
Speaker 6: is it's not purely just go up there, seatball, hit ball,
Speaker 6: and whatever happens happens.
Speaker 3: You know, there's a game.
Speaker 6: You know, you've you've heard it how many times say,
Speaker 6: there's a game within a game right there and there
Speaker 6: untill he is, And there's a game within the game
Speaker 6: of the game. Because each inning, you know, you can
Speaker 6: break it down to thirds, first, third innings, middle, you know, second,
Speaker 6: third innings, and the last three innings. There's different things
Speaker 6: that hitters top to bottom are asked to do and
Speaker 6: they're expected to do, uh and those change according to
Speaker 6: the situation. And that's a part of being a good
Speaker 6: baseball players. You have to be able to adapt to,
Speaker 6: you know, a lot of those different possibilities. A guy
Speaker 6: like Show Hey, it's simple, it's get up there, drive
Speaker 6: the ball as hard as you know, as hard as
Speaker 6: you can off the bat, and hit it as far
Speaker 6: as you can and hope you can get the points.
Speaker 6: But you see himself give himself up in certain situations
Speaker 6: and and you know, try to get a ball, you know,
Speaker 6: pull side, try to you know, make make sure he's
Speaker 6: making contact, put a ball in play.
Speaker 3: Stuff like that. And then guys who might not hit.
Speaker 6: Homers all the time, you know, late in the game
Speaker 6: you might be expected to drive a ball to the
Speaker 6: wall rather than just that's you know that good contact
Speaker 6: lines d I swing.
Speaker 3: That gets the base runner going. So being a good.
Speaker 6: Baseball player, you have to know all the possibilities.
Speaker 3: You have to know.
Speaker 6: Your you know limits, what your possibilities are of your
Speaker 6: own talents and go out there and whatever the situation
Speaker 6: calls for.
Speaker 2: Andre Ethier, the Man, the Myth, the legend, making his
Speaker 2: premier appearance during this season on Dodger Talk. Do you
Speaker 2: have a Superior Grocer's word? Are the day for us today?
Speaker 2: Or is that just during the games?
Speaker 3: Just through the games?
Speaker 6: But yes, the Prayer Grocers, you know, they're they're a
Speaker 6: good partner of mine, and I've been happy to be
Speaker 6: on board and we've been having a great time the
Speaker 6: last two years together and being on this great run
Speaker 6: with the Dodgers and Superior Grocers is a place with
Speaker 6: all your needs.
Speaker 2: Your last year was twenty seventeen. Are you still taking
Speaker 2: off guard how much the fans still love and appreciate
Speaker 2: everything you did for your twelve year major league career.
Speaker 6: Uh, yeah, I do because I'm trying to be you know,
Speaker 6: I try to say, you know, I just went out
Speaker 6: there and did it to you know, play the game
Speaker 6: right way, and obviously, well I was playing the game
Speaker 6: the right way for the fans and and uh, you know,
Speaker 6: make them proud of, you know, not only me, but
Speaker 6: making proud of to be a Dodger fan, and try
Speaker 6: to elevate uh you know, the city, elevate everything, you know,
Speaker 6: to be representative of what we see on that hat,
Speaker 6: which is LA. And yeah, you know everything that everything
Speaker 6: I tried to do obviously was to have the most success,
Speaker 6: you know, for myself and family, but was for those
Speaker 6: reasons also. And you know, I have this love and
Speaker 6: fondness for LA, for all the fans and the way
Speaker 6: they've treated me all those years. And yeah, there's there's
Speaker 6: no better feeling than walking back into Dodger Stadium, which
Speaker 6: still feels like home every time I step in it,
Speaker 6: and you know, getting a chance to hear and express
Speaker 6: you know, with you know here fans how they talk
Speaker 6: to me, and then I get expressed, you know, some
Speaker 6: of the things that I might not ever get a
Speaker 6: chance to say when I was a player, because you're
Speaker 6: so focused and concentrated and sometimes even guarded, uh for yourself.
Speaker 6: But it's nice to be able to be in this
Speaker 6: position to you know, go to some of the things
Speaker 6: I do and be around the stadium and get a share, uh,
Speaker 6: you know, my appreciation for the fans back, you know.
Speaker 3: To them.
Speaker 2: Do you miss the game?
Speaker 9: Oh?
Speaker 6: Yeah, I miss it every every day, think about it.
Speaker 6: That's that's the one thing that's kind of kind of weird,
Speaker 6: uh to be because you know, there's a lot of
Speaker 6: professions where you might be able to get back and
Speaker 6: get experience and taste of it again. And you know,
Speaker 6: when you're done playing professional sports, it's when it's done.
Speaker 3: It's done.
Speaker 6: There's no uh kind of going back, especially baseball, football, basketball,
Speaker 6: going back and just you know, giving it one more shot,
Speaker 6: you know, for the most part, unless your many roo
Speaker 6: mirrors and they're still swinging.
Speaker 3: The batting page.
Speaker 6: Yeah, like you see like you see the videos all
Speaker 6: the time. But yeah, every day sometimes somethings more, some
Speaker 6: days not.
Speaker 3: I don't miss it.
Speaker 6: I mean I was just throwing uh balls, the whiffle
Speaker 6: balls on the beach with my daughter while she's hitting,
Speaker 6: and you know it's I would be lying if I
Speaker 6: didn't say, flashbacks come in my head just standing there,
Speaker 6: you know, throwing, you just have flashes of you know, hey, yet,
Speaker 6: this time ten years ago, while I was getting ready
Speaker 6: to play, you know, the the.
Speaker 3: New York Yankees at Dodger.
Speaker 6: Stadium on a you know, a three game set, and
Speaker 6: in set, I'm sitting on the beach. But yeah, there's
Speaker 6: there's always lots of reminders. And then, you know, I
Speaker 6: got two older boys who were playing baseball, you know,
Speaker 6: quite a bit, and out there, you know, using my
Speaker 6: rolodex of of experience and and gameplay and practice and
Speaker 6: all the things I saw and the and seeing to
Speaker 6: help them, uh, you know, better prepare and and form
Speaker 6: a game plan to make them the most successful they can, uh,
Speaker 6: you know, for their uh you know, baseball crewers.
Speaker 2: Okay, so you're on the beach having flashbacks to playing
Speaker 2: catch with while you're throwing to your daughter. Who is
Speaker 2: Andre Ethier's favorite catch partner in your career?
Speaker 6: Well, favorite catch powers that that's easy?
Speaker 3: Matt Camp.
Speaker 2: Wow, Hey, you make us all feel good when you
Speaker 2: say that.
Speaker 6: Yeah, Mat can't by far was my favorite catch partner.
Speaker 6: He is my catch partner for was.
Speaker 3: That eight years, eight years, nine years.
Speaker 6: There with my catch partner, you know, every day out
Speaker 6: there spring training to end of the season, playoffs, the
Speaker 6: whole thing. Uh you know, it wasn't even it was
Speaker 6: only playing catch, but was also just catching up and talking, uh,
Speaker 6: you know about life at the beginning. You know, was
Speaker 6: sitting there fifteen twenty feet away talking about life, talking
Speaker 6: about whatever you did last night, talked about will you tomorrow,
Speaker 6: talking about who you're facing that day. All kinds of
Speaker 6: things happen in those conversations when you see but not
Speaker 6: a lot of you know, people get to see that
Speaker 6: unless you come to the ball field early, sometimes on
Speaker 6: the road and you know, see the opposing team playing
Speaker 6: catch or you know that's how at two thirty three
Speaker 6: o'clock in the afternoon when we're out there really doing
Speaker 6: our first you know, warm up with the day and
Speaker 6: we're out there having those conversations, uh, you know, preparing
Speaker 6: for the game that night.
Speaker 2: After Matt Camp left and Cody Bellinger emerged in your
Speaker 2: final season, his rookie year was Cody Bellinger. Every year
Speaker 2: catch partner.
Speaker 6: He was occasy, But who was my actually catch partner
Speaker 6: all right, after Matt left was Matt Ower was Josh Peterson.
Speaker 6: Oh okay, so Jock was my catch partner after that.
Speaker 6: And it was when it was when it was just
Speaker 6: not being my catch.
Speaker 3: Part it was more of comedy hour I was.
Speaker 6: I would sit there just crack up about this guy
Speaker 6: all the time and all the you know, the antics
Speaker 6: and stuff that he always had going on. And that
Speaker 6: sparked pretty good for me because it was, you know,
Speaker 6: great to play catch with a young up and coming
Speaker 6: player that you know, had that.
Speaker 3: Enthusiasm and just like newness of the game.
Speaker 6: And they kind of reminded me of, you know, to
Speaker 6: be appreciative of you know, where we're at, because you know,
Speaker 6: that's the one thing you can you know, you hear
Speaker 6: and tells the whole time. As baseball is, you know,
Speaker 6: the old players will grow up being the new players
Speaker 6: are too happy, and sometimes it's going to put yourself
Speaker 6: in the young player's shoes again as a as an
Speaker 6: old player, just see how fun and and how much uh,
Speaker 6: you know, how new and how exciting the game was
Speaker 6: when you first came up.
Speaker 2: Those are great stories. I love hearing that, and I
Speaker 2: know fans love hearing that kind of stuff. Before I
Speaker 2: let you go, I asked fans to call in again tonight.
Speaker 2: With the Dodgers and Yankees getting set for tomorrow. Where
Speaker 2: were you when Freddie Freeman hit his walk off Grand Slam?
Speaker 2: And did you feel like it was going to happen?
Speaker 3: Oh?
Speaker 6: I I don't know what it was. The glands Lad
Speaker 6: was going to happen. I thought, definitely, we're getting hit
Speaker 6: in that situation, and you know things were gonna I
Speaker 6: was actually catting the lineup and see who.
Speaker 3: Was behind him, to see how we were setting up
Speaker 3: for that.
Speaker 6: But I knew he was going to get something done.
Speaker 6: I could just feel it. It was like one of those,
Speaker 6: you know moments that those great clutch hits for the
Speaker 6: Dodgers that you see replayed in history that I mean,
Speaker 6: you don't want to be jump on, but the giftson
Speaker 6: home run that replayed a thousand times inside the stadium
Speaker 6: every time I played there when the team was behind.
Speaker 3: You know, it was one of those moments that were.
Speaker 6: Setting up for there. And I was actually sitting at
Speaker 6: a baseball game in Phoenix watching what my kids playing
Speaker 6: when it happened, and I just see, you could hear
Speaker 6: the little four pack of you know, baseball fields. At
Speaker 6: these club games, you could hear the four pack of
Speaker 6: people at the fans. He could hear cheering and groaning
Speaker 6: all at the same time of all the parents and
Speaker 6: everyone watching the game, watching the kids games, but all
Speaker 6: watching the World Series on the phone.
Speaker 2: Hey, how's your guy at Noble Bakery in Phoenix handling it?
Speaker 2: Because every time you take me there, he's got a
Speaker 2: Yankee hat on. He's mister New York. How is he
Speaker 2: handling the Dodgers being the Yankees daddy?
Speaker 9: Uh?
Speaker 6: Jared Darre my guy. Darren's actually funny story is we
Speaker 6: hopped on a plate the next day out together as
Speaker 6: he too, and yeah, yeah, yeah, so he was.
Speaker 3: He took it.
Speaker 6: He took it better. You know the Yankee fans they
Speaker 6: like to say, well we have twenty actually, well you one,
Speaker 6: you won twenty of them when there's only four.
Speaker 3: Teams in the league.
Speaker 6: So, uh, you know that's that's what time might joke
Speaker 6: to him about that. But yeah, he took it pretty well.
Speaker 6: And uh he makes the great flies of pizza over there.
Speaker 6: I think we've had lunch there together.
Speaker 2: Right, great spot, great spot. I recommend it. Great guy.
Speaker 2: He's one of the few fans.
Speaker 3: That we like, Yes, one of few.
Speaker 6: And you know what I missed me and you getting
Speaker 6: a slice of pizza in downtown La at Prince at
Speaker 6: Prince Street Pizza. I had a couple a couple of
Speaker 6: years ago. We got a slice together there.
Speaker 2: Uh yeah, the games, you know, all the spots. Still
Speaker 2: you're still the king of foodie.
Speaker 6: Yeah, Prince Street, Prince Street Pizza one of my favorite
Speaker 6: places to grab a place in downtown Pile shooter again,
Speaker 6: I love it.
Speaker 2: We actually were having this debate during the rain delay
Speaker 2: where the best slice of pizza is in La and
Speaker 2: you just you just solved the answer for all of us.
Speaker 3: Well, here's the stadium.
Speaker 6: I like that. Prince Street my still favorites maybe kind
Speaker 6: of I mean forgotten or maybe not, but I like
Speaker 6: Oysteria or Pizzaia Moza. Oh yeah, they're on Melros and Highland.
Speaker 6: That's you know, one of my favorite all time places.
Speaker 6: I think they kind of were at the forefront of
Speaker 6: just going to a restaurant to sit down and have
Speaker 6: a whole pie type restaurant was based around the pizza pie.
Speaker 6: And yeah, it's kind of one of those great slices
Speaker 6: that you forget is there. But every time you have it,
Speaker 6: and if you've had it before, it just as like,
Speaker 6: oh yeah, I remember this.
Speaker 2: Great memory, and certainly everybody in Los Angeles remembers them
Speaker 2: and appreciates how you just left it all out on
Speaker 2: the field, no regrets, and we can't wait to see
Speaker 2: you back at Dodger Stadium soon.
Speaker 6: Well, thank you, appreciate it, and uh yeah, I'm having
Speaker 6: fun time watching this team, and you know, watching this Dodger,
Speaker 6: this brand, this new brand of Dodger Baseball, and this
Speaker 6: next generation of guys. It's exciting to see and exciting
Speaker 6: to you know, still be somewhat a part of the
Speaker 6: organization and get a chance to you know, see it
Speaker 6: kind of firsthand.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I can't wait to do this in person. We'll
Speaker 2: see you on this homestand maybe.
Speaker 6: All right, appreciate it and go Sun Devils this week
Speaker 6: at the UTLA Regional. I know you don't like that,
Speaker 6: but yeah.
Speaker 2: For them, I mean, I'll pretend that you have a
Speaker 2: chance to win. But John Savage is my guy.
Speaker 3: All right, all right, we'll.
Speaker 2: Hear the fork, all right, Andre Ethier, We'll send him
Speaker 2: on his way. Appreciate him coming on the show tonight.
Speaker 2: Got to get him on more often, but I told him,
Speaker 2: when I'm at the stadium, I'm doing in person interviews.
Speaker 2: I'm not doing phone interviews. So another off night or
Speaker 2: another opportunity, we'll have Andre Ethier on. Those were great
Speaker 2: stories about playing catch with Matt Camp and Jock Peterson,
Speaker 2: just big kids out there and love hearing those stories.
Speaker 2: All Right, We're gonna take our last time out on
Speaker 2: Dodger Talk. We have a full board of calls. I
Speaker 2: promise we are getting to all of you, and I'll
Speaker 2: let you know the three names on my short list
Speaker 2: already for the trade deadline. The Dodgers already made, in
Speaker 2: my opinion, a trade that is going to benefit them
Speaker 2: whenever Alexis Daz comes up and contributes to the bullpen.
Speaker 2: He was an All Star just two seasons ago. He's
Speaker 2: a Dodger now, and the Dodgers gave up nothing for him.
Speaker 2: Alexis Das, the former closer for the Reds, is now
Speaker 2: a Dodger. More Dodger Talk until eight o'clock right here
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Speaker 2: Jackie Robinson Stadium watching UCLA beat Arizona State this weekend.
Speaker 2: Eight six six nine eighty seven two five seventy is
Speaker 2: the phone number Dodgers Yankees tomorrow night at Dodgers Stadium.
Speaker 2: Our coverage begins at six o'clock, first pitch at seven ten.
Speaker 2: Max Freed on the mound for the Yankees going up
Speaker 2: against Tony Gonsolin and of course Freddie Freeman against the
Speaker 2: Yankees for the first time since last year's World Series,
Speaker 2: and he'll see the Yankees again at Dodger Stadium after
Speaker 2: making history with that walk off grand Slam in Game
Speaker 2: one of the World Series. Let's go out to the phones.
Speaker 2: I told you I would get to the phones tonight, Pasadena.
Speaker 2: Fobby In, you're on Dodger Talk. How you doing.
Speaker 3: I'm doing great, Dave?
Speaker 10: How you doing?
Speaker 2: I'm probably wonderful. We've established you're doing good. I'm doing good.
Speaker 2: So what do you got?
Speaker 3: Yeah?
Speaker 10: My story relating to the Freddie Freeman Grand Slam is
Speaker 10: pretty ordinary, but I mean, it's something that I'll remember
Speaker 10: for the rest of my life. I was at Victory
Speaker 10: Park in Pasadena. I was just finished coaching my back
Speaker 10: to back soccer games. I had been kind of listening
Speaker 10: to the game with one year but in my ear
Speaker 10: and not really paying attention because I was trying to
Speaker 10: focus on kind of coaching as well. When I'm kind
Speaker 10: of loading my gear, it's kind of like eight thirty.
Speaker 10: I'm kind of loading my gear to the back of
Speaker 10: my truck. I'm trying to visualize what's going on. Steven
Speaker 10: Nelson's trying to paint a picture. The bases are loaded,
Speaker 10: you know, Freddie Freeman comes up to bat, and I'm thinking,
Speaker 10: you know, a base hit will win, right, you know,
Speaker 10: just two runs, it's all we need. When all of
Speaker 10: a sudden, you know, he makes the call that it's
Speaker 10: a Grand Slam. I honestly, I could not believe that
Speaker 10: it was a Grand Slam. I was just like, my dreaming,
Speaker 10: is it is this for real?
Speaker 2: Did you hear him streaming through the radio or did
Speaker 2: you hear him screaming all the way from Dodger Stadium.
Speaker 10: I heard him screaming from God, and then I started
Speaker 10: screaming louder than he because I was so excited. I mean,
Speaker 10: I went to the I went to the playground, I
Speaker 10: started telling all the parents that that what had just happened.
Speaker 10: It was it was amazing, it was aesome. It's so
Speaker 10: amazing that I had to dedicate one of my one
Speaker 10: of my walls in my office with the image of
Speaker 10: the statue of Liberty shot. It's it's just it was
Speaker 10: a fantastic shots. It's iconic, something I'll remember the rest
Speaker 10: of my life.
Speaker 2: Love it. Thank you for sharing that. That's a great story.
Speaker 2: I love hearing those stories. We my generation had those
Speaker 2: stories when we were watching Kirk Gibson's home run, and
Speaker 2: it's just incredible how many parallels there were between Freddie
Speaker 2: Freeman's Grand Slam and Kirk Gibson's home run in in
Speaker 2: the World Series, both game ones. Both guys were hobbling
Speaker 2: with multiple injury that were preventing them from being the
Speaker 2: player that we are accustomed to see them being. Freddie
Speaker 2: not only the right ankle but also the rib cage
Speaker 2: and all that, And where the ball landed was in
Speaker 2: the same area where Kirk Gibson hit his home run.
Speaker 2: And then you know, the iconic Kirk Gibson image of
Speaker 2: him with the arm up going up first base, hobbling
Speaker 2: up to first base as he's getting ready to round
Speaker 2: the rest of the bases. Freddie Freeman with the Statue
Speaker 2: of Liberty, great description pose and look back at his dad.
Speaker 2: And also, you know, Kirk Gibson started pumping his arms
Speaker 2: his fists going around second base, and Freddie Freeman had
Speaker 2: that type of moment as well. If you remember, Freddie
Speaker 2: Freeman did the flex as he is running second base
Speaker 2: to third base towards the bullpen. So just so many
Speaker 2: parallels to those moments. And look, Freddie Freeman's not thinking
Speaker 2: about Kirk Gibson at that moment in time. He's just
Speaker 2: really excited. They won Game one of the World Series
Speaker 2: on a walkoff grand Slam that has never happened before
Speaker 2: in baseball history. Let's go out to a joy in Alpine.
Speaker 2: You're on Dodgery Talk.
Speaker 3: How you doing, Hey, what's.
Speaker 9: Up, Dave? I'm good, Thanks for asking. Man. Hey, So
Speaker 9: my story is pretty simple but pretty cool. I think
Speaker 9: I was watching the game here at home in Alpine,
Speaker 9: and you know, it got pretty dicey there and we
Speaker 9: got a call that we found out we were going
Speaker 9: to game two, so I was actually packing for game
Speaker 9: two to make the drive from from Alpine to la
Speaker 9: We got to stay at the Western and it was
Speaker 9: pretty a pretty cool time, and so that that was
Speaker 9: my story for game one there. But I wanted to
Speaker 9: for always calling out the factions yesterday. You know, I
Speaker 9: know you got all heat on Petros and and from
Speaker 9: a lot of people, but hey, I always appreciate that. Man. Uh,
Speaker 9: you know, those type of fans make the rest of
Speaker 9: us look bad. And I know that we have very
Speaker 9: factions that don't like Roberts and don't like you know,
Speaker 9: everybody has their thing right their course, but I appreciate
Speaker 9: you at least keeping it real. And the Judge scene,
Speaker 9: I have cousins and a Yankee fans. It was an
Speaker 9: awesome time to have a group chat. And I always
Speaker 9: said my cousin the same meme, which is the World
Speaker 9: Series Trophy. Beam dropped on the pop up with Judge
Speaker 9: because he always wants to to oh Joy, Oh.
Speaker 2: Joy, do you mean this? Do you mean this?
Speaker 7: Play?
Speaker 2: I Ronnie? Do we have that play right now?
Speaker 6: Yeah?
Speaker 1: Yes, another row too, Tommy, I'm been the center field.
Speaker 1: Judge comes on and will hang up.
Speaker 4: Well, he cls center, he clanks it flank, he dropped
Speaker 4: the ball, kick k goes the second, he slides in safely.
Speaker 4: He initially turned back to first second judge, make the ketge?
Speaker 2: You want to hear Boomer Siasin playing that on his
Speaker 2: WFA N show. Everybody's just trying to sweep that under
Speaker 2: the rug. It's the one of the words, you know,
Speaker 2: it plays by any great player in a World series.
Speaker 2: Yet nobody keeps the receipts on this guy.
Speaker 9: Thank you, thank you. And the other one. I keep
Speaker 9: receipts on this The two beams, I said to them
Speaker 9: all the time, is when Gary Whole points at first
Speaker 9: base all embarrassing in the Game five. To try to
Speaker 9: take you back to another series game.
Speaker 2: They id, you want to talk about an implosion of
Speaker 2: epic proportions. It was the Yankees in the fifth inning
Speaker 2: of Game five, and we loved every minute of it.
Speaker 2: Thank you very much, New York, New York, New York.
Speaker 2: All right, a joy, great phone call. Thanks for the call.
Speaker 2: Call back after one of these Yankee games. I'll be
Speaker 2: on from Dodgers Stadium. Hey, speaking of the games this weekend,
Speaker 2: they're all on National TV. But they're all going to
Speaker 2: be heard right here on a five seventy LA Sports
Speaker 2: Rick Monday, Steven Nelson. And how about this. I found
Speaker 2: out watching Apple that you can get the simulcast of
Speaker 2: the home radio while you're watching the broadcast. On Apple.
Speaker 2: They have a toggle bottom right hand corner. You can
Speaker 2: go to Dodgers' home radio and listen to Rick and
Speaker 2: Steven and they'll know all the rules of the game.
Speaker 2: It's incredible. Let's go out to heyzeus in the Grade
Speaker 2: one eight San Fernando Valley. What's up? Heyesus, you're on
Speaker 2: Dodger Talk.
Speaker 9: Was good? The dog?
Speaker 2: Oh, everything's great. I'm feeling good. I'm excited for this
Speaker 2: series and excited for one Soto to show up on Monday.
Speaker 3: That's what's up?
Speaker 6: All right?
Speaker 11: So maya Freddie Freeman walk off story is I got
Speaker 11: invited to Martia's house, my aunt's house for I got
Speaker 11: him outsize. You know how we do this?
Speaker 3: Oh? Yeah, the game.
Speaker 11: The only thing was I'm really the only Diehard event
Speaker 11: in there because my pups was in Mexico, so the
Speaker 11: ground time happens. One thing I don't see people talk
Speaker 11: about is that when when Freddie was running third.
Speaker 5: He hit that that.
Speaker 11: Eron Judge roll called gerrilla emo, whatever the hell he
Speaker 11: calls it. He hit it on him and he was
Speaker 11: running third. I love that.
Speaker 2: Yeah, Well he was flexing towards the bullpen. I missed
Speaker 2: that part of it, so you were the only.
Speaker 11: True thing was the eron Judge thing.
Speaker 2: No, no, no, it was Freddy rounding Second Bay, going
Speaker 2: to third and flexing towards the bullpen. The Aaron Judge
Speaker 2: clank is something that I'll remind everybody of every one
Speaker 2: of these three games, even though the national and New
Speaker 2: York media want to curry favor with Aaron Judge and
Speaker 2: will pretend like it never happened. No, Runny, can we
Speaker 2: hear that one more time, just to remind everybody? Uh
Speaker 2: the Buckner play for Aaron Judge in his career last year.
Speaker 2: Go ahead, here, here we go.
Speaker 1: He zeus, Tommy, I've been to center field. Judge comes
Speaker 1: on and will hang up.
Speaker 2: Well, he cons he clanks it.
Speaker 4: Clank, He dropped the ball goes the second he slides
Speaker 4: in safely. He initially turned back to first ink and
Speaker 4: Judge make the catch.
Speaker 2: Clank clank. Did you hear that? Heyesus clank. You can
Speaker 2: hear that from Long Island to La.
Speaker 11: Yeah, if you listen closely, you hear it. Go when
Speaker 11: it hits his clothes.
Speaker 4: Yep, clanks it, et cetera. He clanks it. There it issident,
Speaker 4: he clanks it. Oh, clank, thanks azeus.
Speaker 2: Appreciate. I ate the phone call. Yeah, that was the
Speaker 2: beginning of the end for the Yankees. In that fifth inning,
Speaker 2: Tommy Edmond sending a routine fly ball to New York's
Speaker 2: favorite son, Aaron Judge, who clanked it, and that started
Speaker 2: the snowball effect where Garrett Cole and Anthony Rizzo they
Speaker 2: were wondering who was going to cover first base, and
Speaker 2: then Anthony Volpi made a bad throw to the third base,
Speaker 2: and then ta Oscar Hernandez tied the game with a
Speaker 2: two run double. Yeah, you know he likes it. Clank, clank,
Speaker 2: that's the clank. New York does not want you to remember.
Speaker 4: He clanks it.
Speaker 2: We're here to hold him accountable, Aaron Judge. And if
Speaker 2: you're going to the game this weekend, I'm not sure
Speaker 2: if Judge he's even going to play the outfield, but
Speaker 2: when he comes to the plate, maybe remind him about
Speaker 2: that clank. He clanks it. Oh yeah, let's go out
Speaker 2: to Richard and Fullerton. You're on Dodger Talk with David
Speaker 2: vasse Hi Richard, Hey.
Speaker 5: Dave, A big fan of yours, listened to you over
Speaker 5: the years. Is my first time calling in?
Speaker 3: Thank you.
Speaker 5: I wanted to mention.
Speaker 2: Uh, tell's my voice tonight much better?
Speaker 5: It's better?
Speaker 3: Yeah?
Speaker 5: All right? Is well? I just want to mention that
Speaker 5: that I heard Aaron Judge change his middle name to Buckner.
Speaker 2: Oh you see what you did there?
Speaker 3: He cleans it.
Speaker 2: He should change his middle name to Aaron klank Judge.
Speaker 2: He guy has the worst betting average than Alex Rodriguez.
Speaker 2: In October he makes one of the biggest clanks in
Speaker 2: Baseball World Series history, and everybody just glosses over it,
Speaker 2: doesn't remind him of it once. I mean, you talk
Speaker 2: about a world that has gone soft. That's New York
Speaker 2: sports media.
Speaker 5: I agree you're preaching to the choir in that one.
Speaker 5: But the reason why I called is I just want
Speaker 5: to get your thoughts on Max Montsie. I know, offensively,
Speaker 5: he's had his challenges, but he's really becoming a liability
Speaker 5: on the defensive side. In fact, yesterday he extended that
Speaker 5: aning for Tanner Scott and I'm not forgeting any with
Speaker 5: you know, Tanner not pitching well, but he really is
Speaker 5: making it really hard on the Dodgers defensively, just with
Speaker 5: his miscues. He has eight errors and what fifty four games.
Speaker 2: Yeah, he had a rough road trip, no doubt about it. Defensively,
Speaker 2: he's got to clean it up. You got to clean
Speaker 2: it up.
Speaker 5: What's the answer. I mean, are the Dodgers going to
Speaker 5: trade for someone? I mean, and you know it's his
Speaker 5: last year of his contract. They have a ten million
Speaker 5: dollar option for next year. But I'm really struggling with
Speaker 5: his defensive liability.
Speaker 2: Richard.
Speaker 5: I Livesey Richard.
Speaker 2: I know they're not moving him to second base. Max
Speaker 2: Munsey has got to start playing better, not just hitting better,
Speaker 2: playing better or I'm a big advocate of more Key
Speaker 2: k Hernandez at third base. You got to he's going
Speaker 2: to play better defense. I mean, we can all agree
Speaker 2: on that he's a better defensive player at third base. Offensively,
Speaker 2: he's not a guy you want out there every day.
Speaker 2: And that's why I'm not saying completely bench Max month see,
Speaker 2: but there's got to be a shared time at third base.
Speaker 5: If this continues, what timeline do you think that would
Speaker 5: occur at the end of this month, the end of June.
Speaker 3: I don't know anything.
Speaker 2: Ask me at the end of this homestand I'll be
Speaker 2: emotional either way.
Speaker 5: Well, you are emotional today, which I really appreciate because
Speaker 5: you tell it as it is, and I you know, honestly,
Speaker 5: I appreciate that you're not a homer.
Speaker 2: I grew up with Vin Scully and Don Drysdale and
Speaker 2: Rick Monday and Charlie Steiner. None of those guys are
Speaker 2: homers exactly.
Speaker 5: So well, again, I appreciate you taking my call, and
Speaker 5: thank you all right.
Speaker 2: Richard, thanks for the phone call. Yes, I will be
Speaker 2: emotional one way or the other. By next Thursday, a
Speaker 2: week from tonight, I will be very emotional. Either the
Speaker 2: Dodgers took care of business against the New York teams,
Speaker 2: or New York came to town and made me very upset.
Speaker 2: Eight six six nine eighty seven two five seventy is
Speaker 2: the phone number. Speaking of trades, I told you that
Speaker 2: I had a short list of realistic trade targets, not
Speaker 2: Paul Skeens. I mean, I thought I'd put that to bed,
Speaker 2: but then all of a sudden I walk into the
Speaker 2: radio station today and Petros and Tim Kates and Money
Speaker 2: want me to talk about the Paul Skeens trade. I said,
Speaker 2: Paul Skeen's trade.
Speaker 6: What?
Speaker 2: Oh, yeah, Yeah, it's in the athletic Yeah, I don't
Speaker 2: care where it is. It's not happening. If it is,
Speaker 2: you could put me in a dunk tank in the
Speaker 2: parking lot at Dodgers Stadium and have it for two hours. Yes, Ronnie,
Speaker 2: you'll be first in line. Yes, but it's not happening.
Speaker 2: The Pirates are not trading Paul Skins. And do you
Speaker 2: really believe twenty nine other teams want the Pirates to
Speaker 2: trade Paul Skeens to the Dodgers. Trust me, there are
Speaker 2: other teams that would have something to say about that. So, nonetheless,
Speaker 2: that's unicorns and rainbows for Tim Kates on Olive Avenue
Speaker 2: and Petros down there on the hill. But here is
Speaker 2: a real name. They lost again in a double header
Speaker 2: to the Phillies Interer Division loss. The Atlanta Braves are
Speaker 2: currently twenty six and twenty nine. They are not going
Speaker 2: to win the NAT least, they are not going to
Speaker 2: win a wildcard. Their ship is sinking fast. The guy
Speaker 2: that Dodgers need at the trade deadline is none other
Speaker 2: than raining Cy Young Award winner in the National League,
Speaker 2: Chris Sail. Chris Sale. He is the guy. His era
Speaker 2: this year is three zero six. He threw six scoreless
Speaker 2: innings to night against the Phillies and a loss. This
Speaker 2: guy has the Walker Bueller type of gene. You remember
Speaker 2: seeing the Red Sox bullpen standing oh for Chris Sale
Speaker 2: when he came out of those gates at Dodgers Stadium
Speaker 2: in Game five of the twenty eighteen World Series. That
Speaker 2: guy is a dog. The Dodgers need some dogs in
Speaker 2: their rotation. He would be that guy for October. I
Speaker 2: am all in for the Dodgers to trade for Chris
Speaker 2: Sale Ryan Helsley from the Cardinals. That's a must have
Speaker 2: for me too. Would you rule out Josh Hater? The
Speaker 2: Astros are going nowhere. Money's no object, we know that.
Speaker 2: And how about Walker Buehler. The Red Socks are incomplete
Speaker 2: dysfunction right now, dysfunction. He signed a one year deal
Speaker 2: with the Red Sox. If he continues to prove that
Speaker 2: he's healthy, why wouldn't you consider Walker Buehler? Those are
Speaker 2: my three realistic trade targets. Chris Sale, Walker Bueller, and
Speaker 2: Ryan Helsley from the Cardinals. Eight six six nine eight
Speaker 2: seven two five seventy is the phone number. And I
Speaker 2: understand if the Dodgers don't want to go back to
Speaker 2: Walker Buehler, but Chris Sale would be the guy. He
Speaker 2: would be the guy. And by the way, my guy
Speaker 2: Blake's now he better start pitching soon. The Dodgers need him.
Speaker 2: No more of this stuff. He better get back on
Speaker 2: that mound. I'm talking to you, snail Zilla right now.
Speaker 2: I am talking to you. I know you're listening. Let's
Speaker 2: go out to Caleb in bell You're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 2: How you doing, Caleb?
Speaker 3: Good? Good dad?
Speaker 12: Yeah, take you off speaker there, yeah, bell Flower, Actually.
Speaker 2: All right, Bellflower. Okay, gotcha?
Speaker 12: Uh yeah, how you doing, man.
Speaker 2: I'm doing fine, we get it. We're doing great. You're
Speaker 2: in Bellflower. Your name is Caleb. You want to tell
Speaker 2: us where you were when Freddy Freeman hit his grand Slam?
Speaker 12: I do I do real quick fun fact to add
Speaker 12: onto your similarities between Freeman's and Gibson's.
Speaker 2: Yeah, here we go, Caleb.
Speaker 12: I read that they were hit at exactly the same time.
Speaker 3: Too.
Speaker 2: Okay, there too. I forgot. I forgot whether or not
Speaker 2: that is accurate or not. But I am going to
Speaker 2: double check that I had heard that. Is that a myth?
Speaker 2: Is that myth? Sounds like that's Babe Ruth pointing and
Speaker 2: calling you shot type of myth.
Speaker 9: Well, I don't know.
Speaker 12: We have to look into that. I know it's at
Speaker 12: eight thirty seven pm.
Speaker 2: But one thing we can agree on is Aaron Judge
Speaker 2: clinked that fly ball in the fifth inning last year, right, Caleb.
Speaker 12: Oh, no doubt on that one.
Speaker 3: That was his moment, no doubt.
Speaker 2: All right, what do you got where you were? I
Speaker 2: want to hear where Caleb and Bellflower was?
Speaker 3: All right?
Speaker 12: Well, me and my son were actually at.
Speaker 2: The game, No way, that's great.
Speaker 3: Yep.
Speaker 12: We were sitting in Section twenty three reserve level, stayed
Speaker 12: for the whole thing as usual. We never we never
Speaker 12: dip out early to void traffic. I could care less.
Speaker 2: Caleb the game, Caleb low Key, Reserve twenty three is
Speaker 2: a great value seat, especially for a World Series.
Speaker 3: Man.
Speaker 12: Oh, it was beautiful.
Speaker 3: Man.
Speaker 12: We were right on the aisle. I mean we were right,
Speaker 12: you know, right above the base there.
Speaker 6: It was.
Speaker 12: It was one of the most I mean I mean,
Speaker 12: the best baseball moment ever in my life, first of all,
Speaker 12: and to share it with my son. He was nine
Speaker 12: years old at the time. I mean, it was just
Speaker 12: fantastic and and I just couldn't believe it. But as
Speaker 12: soon as he did it, it was like a like
Speaker 12: a just a silence where it came over the stadium.
Speaker 12: I still get goosebumps talking about it, but I'm doing
Speaker 12: it went from silence just to automatic just roar of
Speaker 12: the crowd, and I swear to god, nobody wanted to
Speaker 12: leave their seat for twenty minutes after that. We just
Speaker 12: all stood there in amazement, just watching, you know, cheering, hugging, whatever.
Speaker 2: That's awesome.
Speaker 12: The two fans that were next to me because they
Speaker 12: were Yankee dance.
Speaker 2: Hey, Caleb, that's a moment your son will never forget.
Speaker 2: He'll always tell his kids and his kids kids that
Speaker 2: he was at that game with his dad. So awesome
Speaker 2: story hearing the father's son stories. And you got off
Speaker 2: to a slow start, but you finished, Stronk. So thank
Speaker 2: you for calling.
Speaker 3: Thank you.
Speaker 12: I just didn't want you cut off before I could
Speaker 12: give that out.
Speaker 2: Thank you sure never Thank you, Caleb. I appreciate it,
Speaker 2: like I told Fernando Venezuela once. Everybody gets hung up
Speaker 2: on at some point, some sooner than others, but eventually
Speaker 2: I have to hang up and move on. Fernando is
Speaker 2: the best. I miss him and I love the Dodgers
Speaker 2: still wearing that thirty four patch on their jerseys all
Speaker 2: season long. That'll do it for us Tonight on a
Speaker 2: great off day Dodger Talk show. Thanks to Andre Ethier
Speaker 2: for calling in during his beach vacation, Thanks to Ronnie
Speaker 2: Fossio for all his help, and thanks to you for listening.
Speaker 2: In case you missed any of the show, you can
Speaker 2: find it on the iHeartRadio app. That's also where you
Speaker 2: can find our conversation with Andre Ehier. Tomorrow night, our
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Speaker 2: Yankees with Rick Monday and Steven Nelson. At seven ten
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Speaker 2: So a full day of Dodger coverage. And here is
Speaker 2: my one question for you, Polly Fritzy, are we going
Speaker 2: to talk about the Dodgers Yankees tomorrow morning. Have a
Speaker 2: great rest of your night. Sea