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<v Speaker 1>And now your host of Dodger Talk, David Vasse.

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<v Speaker 2>We are live at Dodgers Stadium after the Dodgers fall

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<v Speaker 2>to the Cubs on Sunday Night Baseball by a final

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<v Speaker 2>score of four to two. Welcome to Dodger Talk, David

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<v Speaker 2>Vase with you until eight thirty tonight on AM five

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<v Speaker 2>to seventy LA Sports. We will hear from Jose Mota,

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<v Speaker 2>We'll get you an update on Blake Snell and Evan Phillips.

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<v Speaker 2>And you'll also hear from one of the bullpenned dogs

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<v Speaker 2>from a year ago, Ryan Brasier, who got his World

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<v Speaker 2>Series ring on Friday because he's part of the Cubs

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<v Speaker 2>team now. So you'll hear from Ryan Brasier about the

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<v Speaker 2>sequence of events that saw Walker Buehler come in and

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<v Speaker 2>close Game five of the World Series last year. We

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<v Speaker 2>have phone lines open at eight six, six, nine, eight

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<v Speaker 2>seven two five seventy. Tonight, Tyler Glass now bounce back

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<v Speaker 2>after below parper performance in Philadelphia In many ways, Tonight

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<v Speaker 2>Glass now very good on a national stage. Six innings,

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<v Speaker 2>seven strikeouts and allowed just two earned runs. One of

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<v Speaker 2>them was a solo home run to Michael Bush. The

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<v Speaker 2>other was a home run to pie Crow Armstrong. So

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<v Speaker 2>Tyler Glass now bounces back, did not have a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of traffic on the bases, which was a good thing,

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<v Speaker 2>and certainly got hurt by two solo home runs. But

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<v Speaker 2>it really is about the Dodger offense, right There's we're

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<v Speaker 2>not used to seeing the Dodger scoring no runs and

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<v Speaker 2>two runs and back to back games. I mentioned this

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<v Speaker 2>in the Clubhouse show at bears repeating because it's somewhat shocking.

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<v Speaker 3>Number one, that the Dodgers had.

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<v Speaker 2>A consecutive game streak of fifty three consecutive games with

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<v Speaker 2>an extra basic come to an end last night when

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<v Speaker 2>they scattered six singles. And something that Jose Mota brought

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<v Speaker 2>to our attention that certainly is on the radar of

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of people now, the fact that show hey Otani,

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<v Speaker 2>who drove in one hundred and thirty runs last year

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<v Speaker 2>at the top of the lineup, only has four at

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<v Speaker 2>bats with runners in scoring position.

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<v Speaker 3>Tonight he had none.

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<v Speaker 2>And it's not a good thing when Otani's leading off

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<v Speaker 2>innings outside of the first inning. He led off the

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<v Speaker 2>third inning, and he led off the seventh inning, and

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<v Speaker 2>then he came up in the ninth inning with nobody

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<v Speaker 2>on base. It was a nice try by Dave Roberts

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<v Speaker 2>to bring Freddy Freeman off the bench for a pinch

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<v Speaker 2>hit in the ninth spot for Miguel Rojas. Freddie hit

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<v Speaker 2>a ball up the middle that may have seen some

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<v Speaker 2>grass if not for Dansby Swanson, his old teammate, robbing

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<v Speaker 2>him of what might have been a single to get

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<v Speaker 2>the possible tying run at the plate in the form

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<v Speaker 2>of show Hey Otani, I also thought another great opportunity

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<v Speaker 2>to get somebody up there with Otani coming up with

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<v Speaker 2>Otani on deck, I should say, was in the sixth

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<v Speaker 2>inning when Miguel Rojas was at the plate.

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<v Speaker 3>He did a pretty good job a couple.

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<v Speaker 2>Of nights ago of getting on base twice in that

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<v Speaker 2>spot in the ninth spot. But tonight, in the sixth inning,

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<v Speaker 2>he was up three to zero in the count and

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<v Speaker 2>he flew out to center field.

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<v Speaker 3>So uh, that kind of.

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<v Speaker 2>Ended what might have been a bigger inning for the

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<v Speaker 2>Dodgers if he gets on base with Otani on deck,

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<v Speaker 2>because they already had scored one run in that inning

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<v Speaker 2>and they were hitting the ball pretty hard. Kick Hernandez

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<v Speaker 2>lined out to third base. He was he hit a

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<v Speaker 2>rocket there and Max Munsey just missed a home run instead,

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<v Speaker 2>it was a game tying sacrifice fly. So that sixth

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<v Speaker 2>inning really had a bigger inning written all over it,

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<v Speaker 2>but it wasn't meant to be. Eight six six nine

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<v Speaker 2>eight seven two five seventy is the phone number. Also

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<v Speaker 2>in the eighth inning, when the Cubs tacked on an

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<v Speaker 2>insurance run in the form of Kyle Tucker, who led

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<v Speaker 2>off the inning with a double down the left field line,

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<v Speaker 2>I felt like that was that should have been caught

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<v Speaker 2>by Michael Confordo. And I'm sure he'd be the first

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<v Speaker 2>one to tell you that, because he did have some.

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<v Speaker 3>Ground to cover there.

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<v Speaker 2>But he was there, but he pulled up because he

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<v Speaker 2>felt like the foul line was the wall and it wasn't.

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<v Speaker 2>It was the line and the ball hit the chalk

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<v Speaker 2>and that was appealed rightfully, so and it was a

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<v Speaker 2>double by Kyle Tucker. Whenever new corner outfielders start playing

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<v Speaker 2>every day for the Dodgers, it seems like they are

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<v Speaker 2>apprehensive that they're closer to the wall than they really

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<v Speaker 2>are because it is a short wall and you could

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<v Speaker 2>go tumbling over. Even in twenty twenty, when Mookie Betts

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<v Speaker 2>played his first year with the Dodgers. He had some

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<v Speaker 2>trouble chasing down balls down the line because of the

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<v Speaker 2>short wall. But with more time, Confordo's gonna feel more

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<v Speaker 2>comfortable and have more field awareness of where he was

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<v Speaker 2>because he had a lot of room and he didn't

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<v Speaker 2>need to pull back, which he did. So that was

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<v Speaker 2>that as far as the game goes, And really this

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<v Speaker 2>was the Michael Bush and Pete crow Armstrong game for

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<v Speaker 2>the Cubs, as those two guys drove in three of

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<v Speaker 2>the four runs tonight with home runs eight six, six, nine, seven,

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<v Speaker 2>two five seventy is the phone number. We have two

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<v Speaker 2>just want to remind you that before the panic really

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<v Speaker 2>sets in. And yes, the Dodgers have lost three straight

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<v Speaker 2>series going back to their last road trip in Philadelphia.

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<v Speaker 2>This did happen last year in April of last year,

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<v Speaker 2>early on in the season, like it's happening right now.

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<v Speaker 2>And the difference is the Dodgers lost all three of

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<v Speaker 2>those series in April at home. This situation is they

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<v Speaker 2>lost two series on the road in really great conditions

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<v Speaker 2>on the East Coast, no excuses, but much different than

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<v Speaker 2>losing three straight series at Dodger Stadium like they did

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<v Speaker 2>last year. Let's go out to mission via ho Bill,

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<v Speaker 2>You're on Dodger Talk. How you doing, Bill?

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<v Speaker 4>Pretty good? Thanks for the take my call. Yeah, Glassnoe

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<v Speaker 4>seems to give up home runs a lot, but he

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<v Speaker 4>does scatter him at least, you know, they're not like

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<v Speaker 4>three run home runs and everything like that. And my

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<v Speaker 4>other point is Crow Armstrong worth these his first two

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<v Speaker 4>home runs of the year.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, he really hasn't done much of anything offensively this year,

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<v Speaker 2>and yeah they were his first two home runs, but

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<v Speaker 2>he seems to play his best against the Dodgers, right.

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<v Speaker 4>And then also, I think Munsey can come out of it.

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<v Speaker 4>At least he got one in the air that was

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<v Speaker 4>hit pretty deep. I mean that's at least he wasn't

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<v Speaker 4>striking out. But he's got to make more contact.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, Bill, I'll pass that advice along. Thanks for

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<v Speaker 2>the phone call. All joking aside, You're right, Max Muntsey

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<v Speaker 2>has not started off the season well offensively. He's still

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<v Speaker 2>looking for his first home run. He came a few

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<v Speaker 2>feet away from that in the sixth inning. Instead it

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<v Speaker 2>was a sacrifice fly. But like you mentioned, it was

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<v Speaker 2>good to see him get it in the air and

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<v Speaker 2>drive the ball. That's not something we've seen a lot

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<v Speaker 2>from Max Munsey to start the year, and he's got

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of strikeouts. Two more strikeouts tonight. It has

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<v Speaker 2>not been a great start to the season for Max Mounsey.

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<v Speaker 2>Like I mentioned, he has twenty four strikeouts to start

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<v Speaker 2>the year and he's only walked four times. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>a few years back, Monthssey told me a great indicator

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<v Speaker 2>that he's going good is when he's taking walks. It's

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<v Speaker 2>not necessarily the home runs, and he's a thirty five

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<v Speaker 2>home run guy, but he said, when I'm going good

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm seeing the ball really well, it's when I'm

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<v Speaker 2>taking my walks, And right now he's not, and it

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<v Speaker 2>feels like he's pressing and he's trying to get back

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<v Speaker 2>his previous forty at bats in one at bats. So

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<v Speaker 2>hopefully that sacrifice flying the sixth inning will relax him

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<v Speaker 2>and start to get him on the right track. Let's

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<v Speaker 2>go out to Pico Rivera. Eric, you're on Dodger Talk

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<v Speaker 2>with David vasse Hi.

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<v Speaker 3>Eric.

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<v Speaker 5>Hey, David, how are you you give us the best

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<v Speaker 5>information year after year? And it seems to get better

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<v Speaker 5>and better year after year.

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<v Speaker 6>Thank you, we appreciate it.

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<v Speaker 3>Hey, you're too kind, Eric.

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<v Speaker 5>I just wanted to say, what's the plan for Austin

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<v Speaker 5>Barnes and Chris Taylor moving.

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<v Speaker 6>Forward this year? David, I thought that Chris.

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<v Speaker 5>Taylor being inserted in left field could have made that

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<v Speaker 5>play that Conforto made. And then our friend Austin Barnes

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<v Speaker 5>was O for eleven yesterday and swung at the first

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<v Speaker 2>Wasn't oh for Technically he wasn't OH for eleven last night.

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<v Speaker 2>He's now OH for eleven on the season, maybe for

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<v Speaker 2>thirteen now. Yeah, he does not have a hit yet

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<v Speaker 2>this year, but he plays once a week.

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<v Speaker 6>Eric, Right, No, I understand.

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<v Speaker 5>I'm just wondering, you know what, what's gonna jump start

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<v Speaker 5>these two guys, if anything, or we're gonna dfam in

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<v Speaker 5>the middle of the season. I don't want to see

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<v Speaker 5>that happen, but you know, I'm just wondering what the

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<v Speaker 2>Well, Chris Taylor's paid a lot of money this year,

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<v Speaker 2>and he hasn't gotten many opportunities quite honestly to make

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<v Speaker 3>You know that ball in the eighth inning that.

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<v Speaker 2>Michael Confordo probably should have caught. You know, I can

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<v Speaker 2>understand why you're keeping Confordo in there. It's a tied game.

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<v Speaker 2>You need his bat in the lineup. But if the

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<v Speaker 2>Dodgers had a lead, I think that Dave Roberts may

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<v Speaker 5>Good enough, I'll take that, Dave.

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<v Speaker 3>Thank you all right, Eric, thank you for the phone call.

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<v Speaker 2>By the way, Chris Taylor and Austin Barnes did not

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<v Speaker 2>have an at bat in the game tonight, but the

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<v Speaker 2>Dodger offense stalled out without those two guys in the lineup.

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<v Speaker 2>They were shut out last night and tonight only scored

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<v Speaker 2>two runs after scoring three runs on a three run

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<v Speaker 3>By Tommy Edmonds.

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<v Speaker 2>So the Dodger offense no secrets about it not going

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<v Speaker 2>really well right now. I pointed out last night that

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<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers five through nine hitters were combined one for

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<v Speaker 2>sixteen and hitting under one eighty on the season. Tonight

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<v Speaker 2>it was a little bit better because of Confordo and

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<v Speaker 2>Will Smith.

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<v Speaker 3>They each had two hits.

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<v Speaker 2>Confordo scored both of the Dodger runs tonight, so that

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<v Speaker 2>was a little better. But like I talked about last night,

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<v Speaker 2>we all know most of these guys are going to

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<v Speaker 2>off to the best start of any Dodger hitter.

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<v Speaker 3>He's hitting three forty one.

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<v Speaker 2>And the bottom line is the last three hitters, the seven,

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<v Speaker 2>eight nine hitters, have got to get on They've got

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<v Speaker 2>to get on base to flip that lineup over for Otani, Betts, Freeman,

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<v Speaker 2>Taeoscar Hernandez. And you know, once you get Freddy in

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<v Speaker 2>to lengthen your lineup by having Edmund hit behind those

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<v Speaker 2>Smith and Munsey and Confortos. So Freddie Freeman means a

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<v Speaker 2>lot to this lineup when he's starting, and this was

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<v Speaker 2>a scheduled day off for Freddie Freeman. The Dodgers were

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<v Speaker 2>all season long. And that's what the Dodgers did tonight.

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<v Speaker 2>we'll check in with Jose Mota. Plus we'll give you

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<v Speaker 2>know the trade deadline is not until the end of July,

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<v Speaker 2>but we had a trade rumor floated out earlier today

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<v Speaker 3>We'll let you know what that was as well.

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<v Speaker 2>So we got a lot to get to between now

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<v Speaker 2>six nine eighty seven two five seventy.

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<v Speaker 3>Cubs beat the.

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<v Speaker 2>Dodgers four to two and take two out of three

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<v Speaker 1>Dodger Talk is available on AM five seventy LA sports

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<v Speaker 7>Trying to come set for Armshaw high fly ball right

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<v Speaker 7>center field hit very well. PCA watches this one goal.

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<v Speaker 7>It's a two home run game for the local product.

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<v Speaker 7>He salutes the bullpen and rounds the bases, having given

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<v Speaker 3>Right back, it's.

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<v Speaker 7>Now three to Chicago.

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<v Speaker 2>He Crow Armstrong, with his parents sitting behind home plate,

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<v Speaker 2>comes back home and beats the Dodgers four to two

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<v Speaker 2>as the Cubs take two out of three here in

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<v Speaker 2>Los Angeles. David Vase live at Dodgers Stadium with you

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<v Speaker 2>until eight thirty tonight on AM five to seventy LA Sports,

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<v Speaker 2>nine eighty seven, two five seventy is the phone number.

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<v Speaker 3>All right. I know it's a little too early to.

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<v Speaker 2>Be talking about trades and trade rumors, but I was

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<v Speaker 2>taking a little off guard that. Bob Nightingale, in his

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<v Speaker 2>Sunday column, reported that the Dodgers in White Sox had

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<v Speaker 2>been discussing a train that would send Louise Robert Junior

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<v Speaker 2>from the White Sox to the Dodgers in exchange for

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<v Speaker 2>James Autman and a quote top tier prospect. Louise Robert

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<v Speaker 2>Junior has not gotten off to a great start with

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<v Speaker 3>I think when I checked it, he's hitting a buck eighty.

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<v Speaker 2>In fact, I know he's hitting a buck eighty this

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<v Speaker 2>year to start the season, and he has won.

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<v Speaker 3>A Gold Glove.

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<v Speaker 2>But a lot of scouts that I talked to say,

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<v Speaker 2>you know what, that gold Glove ain't everything that it's

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<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers and White Sox talked about it in spring training.

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<v Speaker 2>I heard this same trade last year as well, so

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know. I'm not buying it, to be honest,

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<v Speaker 2>I love Bob and I'm not saying that it wasn't discussed,

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<v Speaker 2>but I'm not saying it was close to getting done.

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<v Speaker 2>Eight six six nine, eight seven two five seventy is

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<v Speaker 3>Let's go out to Long Beach. Marco.

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<v Speaker 2>You're on Dodger Talk live from Cheveez Ravine. How you doing, Marco?

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<v Speaker 8>I'm good?

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you.

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<v Speaker 9>Look great.

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<v Speaker 2>We established that you're doing great. You're calling a Dodger

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<v Speaker 2>talk show. What do you have to say?

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<v Speaker 10>Yeah, I just was wondering if Mookie's gonna be the

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<v Speaker 10>shortstop for the rest of the year because the defense,

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<v Speaker 10>especially in the outfield, has been pretty bad, and since

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<v Speaker 10>we have Rojas playing every day, I think it'd be

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<v Speaker 10>more beneficial to have him at shortstop and maybe have

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<v Speaker 10>used Mooki in center or right.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, centerfield, I don't believe the Dodgers would put him there,

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<v Speaker 2>even though I believe he could play it and if

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<v Speaker 2>he wants action and being engaged, center field would do

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<v Speaker 2>that for him.

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<v Speaker 3>He could do it.

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<v Speaker 2>He got called up as a he played center field

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<v Speaker 2>for the Red Sox, but Jackie Bradley Junior was so

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<v Speaker 2>good defensively they moved Mookie to right field.

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<v Speaker 5>Uh.

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<v Speaker 2>The Dodgers are not even thinking about moving Mookie from

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<v Speaker 2>shortstop uh anytime soon. And in fact, Mooki made a

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<v Speaker 2>nice play tonight in the third inning to throw out

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<v Speaker 2>Kyle Tucker. So, yeah, I understand the outfield defense is

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<v Speaker 2>not as good without the best right fielder in the

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<v Speaker 2>game out there, but I don't think that played a

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<v Speaker 2>huge part into why the Dodgers lost tonight.

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<v Speaker 3>It was the offense and it's been the.

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<v Speaker 10>Just for future sakes, because.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, future reference.

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<v Speaker 10>I don't understand how he went from a right fielder

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<v Speaker 10>to wanting to play second to playing shortstop.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, well he got He was a second baseman in

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<v Speaker 2>the minors, then got moved to right, and he got

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<v Speaker 2>thrust into playing shortstop for the first half of last year.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, it's wacky.

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<v Speaker 2>It's wacky, Marco, but he's holding his own and he's

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<v Speaker 2>put in a lot of work to try to make

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<v Speaker 2>it work. Thanks for the phone call. Eight six six

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<v Speaker 2>two seventy is the phone number. Let's go out to Dallas, Jason.

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<v Speaker 2>You're a little early calling Dodger Talk. They're not there

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<v Speaker 2>until next week.

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<v Speaker 8>You're right, Dave. How's it going, man, Hey, it's going great.

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<v Speaker 8>A great Dodger fan, casual observer, but just trying to

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<v Speaker 8>get everybody to kill out and relax, enjoy the season,

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<v Speaker 8>and enjoy what we're seeing. I mean, we have a

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<v Speaker 8>great team on the field. Everythone's doing fine. There's no

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<v Speaker 8>we're only two and a half back in the division. Relax,

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<v Speaker 8>enjoy what we're watching, and just kind of just pull back.

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<v Speaker 8>Everyone knows well, I would say the front office knows

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<v Speaker 8>what they're doing. Wow, that Luis Roberts, I just heard

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<v Speaker 8>about you that mention. That would be pretty good. But

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<v Speaker 8>I think we're at all positions. We're pretty solid. It's

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<v Speaker 8>just a matter of you know, people getting used to

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<v Speaker 8>the season, get acclimated to the positions being worked out.

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<v Speaker 8>I know that everyone thought that we were so great,

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<v Speaker 8>but you could see that, you know, pitching is at

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<v Speaker 8>a I would say, it's all it's not always what

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<v Speaker 8>we work it out to be, because you could see that,

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<v Speaker 8>you know, they thought we were at a position of riches.

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<v Speaker 8>But I'm gonna say, injuries happen in baseball and we

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<v Speaker 8>just have to ride with the flow of everything. But

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<v Speaker 8>enjoy watching what we're seeing from Dodger Baseball and take

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<v Speaker 8>it all in. It's a little bit too early to

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<v Speaker 8>try to make judgments on, you know, you know what

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<v Speaker 8>we're seeing so early.

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<v Speaker 2>Sixteen games, Jason, sixteen games, the big question is Are

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<v Speaker 2>you gonna find your way to Globe Life Field when

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<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers get there next week?

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<v Speaker 8>Yes, I have all I have tickets for all three games.

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<v Speaker 8>I was there for opening days. Matter of fact, I

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<v Speaker 8>was just there. I just flew back in this week.

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<v Speaker 8>But you know I'm from the Mars area. My family's there.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, Well, we'll see you out there. Thanks for

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<v Speaker 2>the phone call, and I think he calmed everybody down.

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<v Speaker 2>You're the man, Jason.

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<v Speaker 3>Thank you.

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<v Speaker 2>Eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy is

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<v Speaker 2>the phone number. Dodgers fall to the Cuts tonight four

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<v Speaker 2>to two. I promised a Blake Snell update. I expect

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<v Speaker 2>Blake Snell to be back before the end of May,

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<v Speaker 2>so I can conceivably see from what I've been able

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<v Speaker 2>to gather, Blake Snell being able to come back and

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<v Speaker 2>pitch on the next homestand when the Dodgers host the

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<v Speaker 2>Pirates and Marlins.

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<v Speaker 3>That's a nice soft landing for Snell.

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<v Speaker 2>Zilla, who is now continuing the uh right or wrong

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<v Speaker 2>stereo type that he's not a first half pitcher, but

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<v Speaker 2>you know some guys are, and if I had to

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<v Speaker 2>choose one, I'd rather have a second half pitcher. Than

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<v Speaker 2>a first half pitcher, if that's what you're.

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<v Speaker 3>Going going to call him.

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<v Speaker 2>But he's on the il with some shoulder soreness stiffness,

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<v Speaker 2>but should be back for the next homestand which will

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<v Speaker 2>be a big boost to the Dodger rotation and hopefully

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<v Speaker 2>there's no looking back for his season. And Evan Phillips,

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<v Speaker 2>I feel like he's the forgotten guy. Remember he's been

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<v Speaker 2>the guy in the Dodger bullpen the last couple of

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<v Speaker 2>years and missed the World Series because of a torn

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<v Speaker 2>muscle around his right shoulder rotator cuff. Well, that muscle

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<v Speaker 2>Dave Roberts told me that he's antsy to get back,

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<v Speaker 2>And it just feels like the Dodgers have a date

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<v Speaker 2>picked out in the near future where they want to

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<v Speaker 2>activate Phillips, and it feels like it's coming here in

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<v Speaker 2>the next couple of weeks.

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<v Speaker 3>So that's great news.

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<v Speaker 2>Eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy is

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<v Speaker 2>in a moment, but first.

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<v Speaker 1>It's time to go around the horn with Jose Mota.

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<v Speaker 3>Man.

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<v Speaker 2>Jose Mota coming on Dodger Talk last night enlightened all

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<v Speaker 2>of us from Rick Monday to Dave Roberts and now

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<v Speaker 2>to everybody on Sunday Night Baseball, dropping that knowledge on

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<v Speaker 2>us and making us realize that show, hey, Otani has

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<v Speaker 2>only four at bats with runners in scoring position, Jose,

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<v Speaker 2>I hate to tell you this, but it's still four

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, it is no bueno, man. And I mean, we

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<v Speaker 6>talked about the Otani thing, and certainly I tells you

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<v Speaker 6>how many people listen to you, Davesa. You do a

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<v Speaker 6>fantastic job with that. But I'm looking also at something

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<v Speaker 6>we touched upout was just getting that first guy on

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<v Speaker 6>leading up an inning tonight one time faith. That's not

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<v Speaker 6>going to get it done. That, combined with the fact

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<v Speaker 6>that the Dodgers are, you know, scoring about sixty two

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<v Speaker 6>percent of the time the runs will be a home run,

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<v Speaker 6>that's also not going to be sustainable. But I think

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<v Speaker 6>overall is going to come down to Dave Roberts even

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<v Speaker 6>taking more opportunities and control of the offense in implementing

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<v Speaker 6>place and creating some havoc and guys, you know, taking

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<v Speaker 6>the extra base a little bit more. But you got

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<v Speaker 6>to get that first guy on base just to have

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<v Speaker 6>a chance for your manager to be more fusible and

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<v Speaker 3>I was thinking the same thing, Jose.

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<v Speaker 2>But in Dave's defense, like you said, he really hasn't

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<v Speaker 2>getting on base to create something.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, it is hard, and I think overall, when you're

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<v Speaker 6>leading off an inning, you're not thinking about walking. You

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<v Speaker 6>think about how could I get my best at that?

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<v Speaker 6>You're also no one thing. And I was talking to

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<v Speaker 6>pitching coach about this today and he said, you know

426
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<v Speaker 6>what's happening with the Dolluer right now too. That they

427
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<v Speaker 6>got to really understand is they are the team that

428
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<v Speaker 6>every pitching coach, every staff targeted to say, let's make

429
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<v Speaker 6>sure that we face them. We are at our best

430
00:22:54.720 --> 00:22:58.559
<v Speaker 6>and we are seeing it now. Contradicting that myself is

431
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<v Speaker 6>the fact that Dollgiers have not had that approach at times,

432
00:23:00.920 --> 00:23:04.640
<v Speaker 6>home play guys mechanically. Sometimes at this time some guys

433
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<v Speaker 6>are not there, but overall the opposing team is also

434
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<v Speaker 6>doing the homework saying this lineup is one through nine

435
00:23:10.400 --> 00:23:12.359
<v Speaker 6>could really hurt me, or one through six, one through wait,

436
00:23:12.400 --> 00:23:14.599
<v Speaker 6>whatever it is. So I'm going to make the best pitches,

437
00:23:14.640 --> 00:23:17.200
<v Speaker 6>and obs seems and guys make some very good pitches

438
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<v Speaker 6>on pretty much every single guy up now that lineup.

439
00:23:19.680 --> 00:23:22.880
<v Speaker 6>But now they got to understand that Legue's pitching to them.

440
00:23:23.359 --> 00:23:25.359
<v Speaker 6>Made the adjustment necessarity to make sure that they have

441
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<v Speaker 6>more team at bats.

442
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<v Speaker 2>Do you feel like Max Munsey had better at bats tonight?

443
00:23:30.920 --> 00:23:33.400
<v Speaker 2>He had the sacrifice fly to tie the game in

444
00:23:33.480 --> 00:23:35.680
<v Speaker 2>the sixth inning. I know he struck out twice, but

445
00:23:35.759 --> 00:23:38.759
<v Speaker 2>do you feel like that sixth inning at bat where

446
00:23:38.799 --> 00:23:41.440
<v Speaker 2>he hit the ball to the warning track in right field?

447
00:23:41.640 --> 00:23:45.160
<v Speaker 2>Could that change his mindset? Maybe let him relax, give

448
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<v Speaker 2>him some confidence. I'm looking for anything here.

449
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<v Speaker 6>I think it will Dave, there's no doubt. And then

450
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<v Speaker 6>the walk the bat before that, of course, there's you know,

451
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<v Speaker 6>a couple of strikeous there in that game too. Now

452
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<v Speaker 6>he has twenty four in the season. But Max is

453
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<v Speaker 6>not far away from where he needs to be and

454
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<v Speaker 6>triggering and laying off certain pitches. When he starts on time,

455
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<v Speaker 6>his hands don't drop. There's some things that he lays

456
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<v Speaker 6>off of him. Right now, he's chasing those pitches because

457
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<v Speaker 6>he's not on time. A few days ago, he was

458
00:24:11.559 --> 00:24:13.759
<v Speaker 6>trying that step back that we've seen before. Remember that

459
00:24:13.799 --> 00:24:16.720
<v Speaker 6>step back he tried that. Yeah, he got away from that,

460
00:24:16.839 --> 00:24:20.279
<v Speaker 6>and now it's just like findering and tinkering. But when

461
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<v Speaker 6>Max as well. He seeing the ball well as he's

462
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<v Speaker 6>told you. But it all starts with how his hands

463
00:24:24.839 --> 00:24:27.480
<v Speaker 6>are located, in terms of where the pitch is, the

464
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<v Speaker 6>lanes of the pitcher that you know he's being exploited with.

465
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<v Speaker 6>But I think overall, driving that ball to I feel

466
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<v Speaker 6>the way he did today is going to bring it back.

467
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<v Speaker 6>I just want to see him go back to the

468
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<v Speaker 6>mentality he had when he was at his best last

469
00:24:38.319 --> 00:24:41.119
<v Speaker 6>season when Dave Roberts said, listen, I want you to

470
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<v Speaker 6>become a singlesitter, and that wasn't just let me Transformula's

471
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<v Speaker 6>pretty much take that approach because you're strong enough to

472
00:24:48.079 --> 00:24:49.519
<v Speaker 6>hit the ball at the center field and hit the

473
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<v Speaker 6>ball the other way with some authority, and thus he

474
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<v Speaker 6>become a better hitter. You wait for the ball a

475
00:24:53.960 --> 00:24:56.519
<v Speaker 6>little bit longer. Not his antsy. Anytime I tell you, Dave,

476
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<v Speaker 6>you tell a young young player, little kid, hey, I

477
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<v Speaker 6>want you to try. He had a whole month. He's

478
00:25:00.759 --> 00:25:03.599
<v Speaker 6>gonna muscle up all right, stiffen up. If you say, hey,

479
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<v Speaker 6>try to get a single, It's like, okay, I don't

480
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<v Speaker 6>have to try that hard. So it ap plus is

481
00:25:07.680 --> 00:25:09.839
<v Speaker 6>the big leaguers too, and Max Mounsey proved it last

482
00:25:09.920 --> 00:25:12.480
<v Speaker 6>year and the year before that. When that approach is there,

483
00:25:12.599 --> 00:25:14.599
<v Speaker 6>he's much better. Hopefully we will see that.

484
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<v Speaker 3>Jose Mota is joining us on Dodger talk.

485
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<v Speaker 2>After the Dodgers fall to the Cubs four to two,

486
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<v Speaker 2>Let's talk about the starting pitching tonight, Tyler Glass now

487
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<v Speaker 2>coming back off of uh, you know, disappointing outing showing

488
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<v Speaker 2>in Philadelphia. The fastball velocity was fluctuating tonight. Jose was

489
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<v Speaker 2>that just a guy that really gets into his mechanics

490
00:25:38.359 --> 00:25:40.640
<v Speaker 2>and if he's off a little bit, you may see

491
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<v Speaker 2>ninety three instead of ninety six.

492
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<v Speaker 3>So what was going on with that?

493
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<v Speaker 6>I think that's one of them. And also the fact

494
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<v Speaker 6>that when when men on base, he's using that slides

495
00:25:49.160 --> 00:25:52.279
<v Speaker 6>step all the time, which I like. The slide step

496
00:25:52.599 --> 00:25:54.160
<v Speaker 6>is a great weapon, but I don't think you need

497
00:25:54.279 --> 00:25:58.039
<v Speaker 6>to utilize it with everybody on base. You got to

498
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<v Speaker 6>say that for when somebody is really a threat to

499
00:26:00.960 --> 00:26:02.599
<v Speaker 6>go up there, short down and give you a catcher

500
00:26:02.640 --> 00:26:05.440
<v Speaker 6>a chance. Now, going back to his fastball, the one

501
00:26:05.440 --> 00:26:07.920
<v Speaker 6>thing he did so well today at whatever ninety five,

502
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<v Speaker 6>ninety six or whatever, it was the fact that he

503
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<v Speaker 6>pitched well with the shadows. And I was talking to

504
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<v Speaker 6>Lose Cruise about this during broadcasts, said, listen, he's six eight,

505
00:26:17.759 --> 00:26:21.039
<v Speaker 6>great extension of seven plus feet right, go after and

506
00:26:21.160 --> 00:26:23.839
<v Speaker 6>let them react to your fastball. And if they're not reacting, well,

507
00:26:23.880 --> 00:26:26.039
<v Speaker 6>you don't need to go anywhere else but to that pitch.

508
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<v Speaker 6>And I think overall is the best I've seen anybody

509
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<v Speaker 6>in a while use the shadows in the sun to

510
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<v Speaker 6>pitch against that, even though Velosi is not there, perceive

511
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<v Speaker 6>velocity with him. As you know, ninety three is like

512
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<v Speaker 6>ninety nine miles an hour. So he was on his

513
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<v Speaker 6>game today and I'm glad that, even though he said

514
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<v Speaker 6>he didn't feel very well, he needed an outing like this.

515
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<v Speaker 6>But the one thing with him too is we talk

516
00:26:46.359 --> 00:26:48.920
<v Speaker 6>about it so many times. They've not letting the bottom

517
00:26:48.960 --> 00:26:51.519
<v Speaker 6>of the line up beat him. And again not that

518
00:26:51.599 --> 00:26:53.359
<v Speaker 6>it beat him, but to hurt him with that home

519
00:26:53.400 --> 00:26:55.960
<v Speaker 6>run by PCA, and those are things that I know

520
00:26:56.119 --> 00:26:58.160
<v Speaker 6>really bother him like they do bother you know, the

521
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<v Speaker 6>top tier pitchers.

522
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<v Speaker 2>All right, Jose, we'll see if the Dodgers can get

523
00:27:03.119 --> 00:27:05.960
<v Speaker 2>well against the Rockies like the Padres did.

524
00:27:06.400 --> 00:27:06.680
<v Speaker 1>Uh.

525
00:27:06.759 --> 00:27:10.119
<v Speaker 2>The Dodgers will face the Rockies for three games and

526
00:27:10.279 --> 00:27:12.559
<v Speaker 2>Dustin Mays on the Mount tomorrow night. So we look

527
00:27:12.640 --> 00:27:15.119
<v Speaker 2>forward to seeing you. And maybe you'll take a selfie

528
00:27:15.200 --> 00:27:16.440
<v Speaker 2>with Hello Kitty tomorrow night.

529
00:27:16.519 --> 00:27:16.759
<v Speaker 3>Jose.

530
00:27:17.480 --> 00:27:21.079
<v Speaker 6>I will love that. Of course I made it.

531
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<v Speaker 11>Yeah, it's oh yeah, okay, thanks a lot, Jose.

532
00:27:27.359 --> 00:27:30.920
<v Speaker 2>Maybe you and Louis Cruz. Louis Cruz loves selfies. Maybe

533
00:27:30.960 --> 00:27:32.960
<v Speaker 2>you could get in with him, all three.

534
00:27:32.799 --> 00:27:37.240
<v Speaker 6>Of you, he does. Huh, let me check it out

535
00:27:37.279 --> 00:27:37.920
<v Speaker 6>a little bit more.

536
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<v Speaker 2>All right, all right, there he goes Jose Mota, part

537
00:27:42.400 --> 00:27:45.559
<v Speaker 2>of the Dodgers Spanish radio broadcast. Dodgers fall to the

538
00:27:45.599 --> 00:27:48.559
<v Speaker 2>Cubs tonight four to two, And you heard Jose mention

539
00:27:48.680 --> 00:27:52.279
<v Speaker 2>the home run by PCA p Crow Armstrong. It was

540
00:27:52.319 --> 00:27:55.039
<v Speaker 2>his first of the year, and it would came off

541
00:27:55.079 --> 00:27:57.640
<v Speaker 2>Tyler Glass. Now he kind of just muscled that down

542
00:27:57.680 --> 00:28:00.359
<v Speaker 2>the right field line. And then for good measure, he

543
00:28:00.440 --> 00:28:03.039
<v Speaker 2>hit the go ahead home run off of Blake Trining

544
00:28:03.160 --> 00:28:05.960
<v Speaker 2>in the seventh inning. So a big night for PCA,

545
00:28:06.119 --> 00:28:08.799
<v Speaker 2>A big night for Michael Bush as the Cubs take

546
00:28:08.839 --> 00:28:11.799
<v Speaker 2>two out of three from the Dodgers here at Dodger

547
00:28:11.880 --> 00:28:15.119
<v Speaker 2>Stadium after the Dodgers look to be in a different

548
00:28:15.200 --> 00:28:18.799
<v Speaker 2>weight class than the Cubs in Tokyo. The Dodgers man

549
00:28:18.839 --> 00:28:22.640
<v Speaker 2>handled these same cubs in Tokyo, and they just look

550
00:28:22.759 --> 00:28:25.599
<v Speaker 2>like different teams right now. The Dodger offense does not

551
00:28:25.759 --> 00:28:29.039
<v Speaker 2>look like the heavyweight champion that it was in Tokyo

552
00:28:29.240 --> 00:28:32.359
<v Speaker 2>right now, but it'll come back. Let's go out to Danny,

553
00:28:32.359 --> 00:28:34.839
<v Speaker 2>who is at Dodger Stadium tonight. Hi, Danny, you're on

554
00:28:34.920 --> 00:28:35.559
<v Speaker 2>Dodger Talk.

555
00:28:36.680 --> 00:28:40.079
<v Speaker 12>Hey Dave, thanks for getting me on. I love when

556
00:28:40.079 --> 00:28:41.359
<v Speaker 12>you got mister Jose Modon.

557
00:28:41.480 --> 00:28:41.640
<v Speaker 9>Man.

558
00:28:41.759 --> 00:28:45.319
<v Speaker 12>He's always so insightful, always bringing a perspectives that.

559
00:28:45.279 --> 00:28:46.640
<v Speaker 6>Most a lot of people won't see.

560
00:28:46.960 --> 00:28:50.640
<v Speaker 12>But yeah, and have me thinking about a old school

561
00:28:50.680 --> 00:28:53.079
<v Speaker 12>Dodger baseball and back in the day. You know, I've

562
00:28:53.079 --> 00:28:55.200
<v Speaker 12>been listening to Dodger Talks forever and back in the day, man,

563
00:28:55.200 --> 00:28:58.319
<v Speaker 12>I'd get so frustrated when people would call in complaining

564
00:28:58.359 --> 00:29:04.319
<v Speaker 12>about like Alex Korra or or you know whoever's hitting eighth.

565
00:29:04.400 --> 00:29:06.519
<v Speaker 12>Then they're hitting like two twenty and I'm like thinking,

566
00:29:06.599 --> 00:29:08.680
<v Speaker 12>like you know, if this team loses or doesn't win

567
00:29:08.720 --> 00:29:10.359
<v Speaker 12>this year, it's not gonna because the number eight hitter

568
00:29:10.839 --> 00:29:13.559
<v Speaker 12>was hitting two twenty or two thirty. But you know,

569
00:29:13.640 --> 00:29:16.960
<v Speaker 12>now fast forward twenty years or whatever, and the lineup

570
00:29:17.000 --> 00:29:21.039
<v Speaker 12>construction has changed, and this team now is predicated on

571
00:29:21.200 --> 00:29:24.039
<v Speaker 12>players getting on before show Hey and Mookie come up,

572
00:29:25.160 --> 00:29:27.480
<v Speaker 12>and it just it puts so much pressure on the pitchers.

573
00:29:27.480 --> 00:29:29.240
<v Speaker 12>And that's what they when they really found success last

574
00:29:29.279 --> 00:29:31.279
<v Speaker 12>year when they flip show Hey to hit him first,

575
00:29:31.279 --> 00:29:33.319
<v Speaker 12>because you put so much pressure on that picture when

576
00:29:33.319 --> 00:29:35.079
<v Speaker 12>you got runners on base and you got Otani at

577
00:29:35.079 --> 00:29:37.240
<v Speaker 12>the plate and to hear you know, he's only had

578
00:29:37.240 --> 00:29:40.000
<v Speaker 12>four or five at bats this year's corn position. You know,

579
00:29:40.039 --> 00:29:43.680
<v Speaker 12>that's a problem with deployment. And so it's early in

580
00:29:43.680 --> 00:29:46.000
<v Speaker 12>the year. It's April, and you know, the first part

581
00:29:46.000 --> 00:29:47.640
<v Speaker 12>of the year you pretty much use to figure out

582
00:29:47.680 --> 00:29:49.559
<v Speaker 12>what kind of team you have and how you're gonna

583
00:29:49.559 --> 00:29:52.319
<v Speaker 12>approach it. But they really got to figure something out

584
00:29:52.319 --> 00:29:53.960
<v Speaker 12>with that bottom of that lineup. And I don't know

585
00:29:53.960 --> 00:29:56.400
<v Speaker 12>if if kim down in triple A might be the answer,

586
00:29:57.000 --> 00:29:59.319
<v Speaker 12>or you know, dropping Edmund in the lineup when Spreadie

587
00:29:59.319 --> 00:30:02.039
<v Speaker 12>gets going again. But they really got to figure that out, Dave,

588
00:30:02.119 --> 00:30:04.079
<v Speaker 12>because you can't have Showy coming up there with nobody

589
00:30:04.079 --> 00:30:06.319
<v Speaker 12>on base all year long. That's how they won last year,

590
00:30:06.559 --> 00:30:08.160
<v Speaker 12>is putting all that pressure on the pitcher when the

591
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<v Speaker 12>line of clips, Hey, I'm with.

592
00:30:10.559 --> 00:30:13.359
<v Speaker 3>You, I'm with you. That's when we talked about it.

593
00:30:13.480 --> 00:30:15.680
<v Speaker 3>Last year. They were at their best.

594
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<v Speaker 2>And teams actually told me the one thing that they

595
00:30:18.519 --> 00:30:22.359
<v Speaker 2>wanted to avoid was Otani coming up with men on base.

596
00:30:22.480 --> 00:30:25.640
<v Speaker 2>In fact, that's when the NLDS changed, when guys were

597
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<v Speaker 2>getting on base in front of Otani when they were

598
00:30:28.519 --> 00:30:31.680
<v Speaker 2>playing the Padres. And you mentioned Hay Song Kim. I'm

599
00:30:31.680 --> 00:30:34.559
<v Speaker 2>glad you brought him up because he's a name to remember.

600
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<v Speaker 2>In spring training, he was not very good at hitting

601
00:30:37.680 --> 00:30:40.559
<v Speaker 2>because he was learning a whole new swing. But he

602
00:30:40.680 --> 00:30:44.079
<v Speaker 2>has taken what he has learned and applied it so far.

603
00:30:44.240 --> 00:30:47.680
<v Speaker 2>Early on in Triple A tonight, Hay Song Kim had

604
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<v Speaker 2>a single for the OKC comments. He has now hit

605
00:30:51.799 --> 00:30:55.440
<v Speaker 2>safely in ten of his last eleven games, and he's

606
00:30:55.480 --> 00:30:58.319
<v Speaker 2>hitting three to oh eight with nine extra base hits

607
00:30:58.359 --> 00:31:01.480
<v Speaker 2>and nine RBIs, and he has scored fifteen runs, So

608
00:31:02.039 --> 00:31:04.720
<v Speaker 2>you know, Dave Roberts said, earlier today. He likes to

609
00:31:04.759 --> 00:31:09.400
<v Speaker 2>give guys at least, you know, the fifty fifty at

610
00:31:09.440 --> 00:31:13.599
<v Speaker 2>bats fifty games margin. But after that, you know, there's

611
00:31:13.640 --> 00:31:16.079
<v Speaker 2>got to be competition, not only on this twenty six

612
00:31:16.160 --> 00:31:18.680
<v Speaker 2>man roster, but when you have a player like that

613
00:31:19.240 --> 00:31:23.160
<v Speaker 2>in Oklahoma City that could really change the bottom of

614
00:31:23.200 --> 00:31:26.759
<v Speaker 2>your lineup by getting on base with that speed, you

615
00:31:26.880 --> 00:31:29.440
<v Speaker 2>got to take a serious look at it. And if

616
00:31:29.880 --> 00:31:33.759
<v Speaker 2>if this bottom third of the order is not making

617
00:31:33.839 --> 00:31:37.920
<v Speaker 2>that happen, I would imagine the Dodgers will seriously consider

618
00:31:38.359 --> 00:31:43.680
<v Speaker 2>calling up Kim after fifty or so games. Eight six, six, nine, eight, seven, two,

619
00:31:43.759 --> 00:31:46.680
<v Speaker 2>five seventy is the phone number. Let's go out to Bruce,

620
00:31:46.720 --> 00:31:49.119
<v Speaker 2>who is at Dodgers Stadium tonight. Hi Bruce, you're on

621
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<v Speaker 2>Dodger Talk.

622
00:31:51.160 --> 00:31:56.720
<v Speaker 9>Hey, you want to bedb So, if this were October

623
00:31:57.119 --> 00:31:59.680
<v Speaker 9>and we were facing a three game series with the

624
00:31:59.720 --> 00:32:03.039
<v Speaker 9>CU in the wild Card and all three games are

625
00:32:03.039 --> 00:32:07.720
<v Speaker 9>a Dodger Stadium and the matchups were Matthew Boyd, Ben

626
00:32:07.759 --> 00:32:15.160
<v Speaker 9>Brown and Colin Ray against our top three pitchers, I'm

627
00:32:15.200 --> 00:32:18.079
<v Speaker 9>on that all the time. You know, it didn't work

628
00:32:18.079 --> 00:32:23.119
<v Speaker 9>out this weekend. Some bats weren't We didn't have the

629
00:32:23.160 --> 00:32:28.039
<v Speaker 9>bats and Michael Bush just killed us. But I agree

630
00:32:28.039 --> 00:32:30.839
<v Speaker 9>with the with you and the other callers about Haysan

631
00:32:30.920 --> 00:32:35.079
<v Speaker 9>Kim lengthening the bottom of the lineup, moving Tommy Edmant

632
00:32:35.079 --> 00:32:39.119
<v Speaker 9>to center field. He's our best glove, center field, second base, shortstop.

633
00:32:40.240 --> 00:32:42.799
<v Speaker 9>But I look at Michael Bush kill us this weekend

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<v Speaker 9>and I wonder, is that what we're gonna end up

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<v Speaker 9>doing with Dalton Rushing Because we couldn't find a position

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00:32:49.400 --> 00:32:52.039
<v Speaker 9>for him. The bat was there and we moved on

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00:32:53.079 --> 00:32:57.599
<v Speaker 9>and Jackson Farris Zire hope those are blue trip prospects.

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<v Speaker 9>They're going to contribute soon. But you know, if doll

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<v Speaker 9>rushings hitting, can we make a space for him with

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<v Speaker 9>conforno and left that's my question.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, they made the decision not to have Rushing play

642
00:33:11.599 --> 00:33:13.960
<v Speaker 2>left field anymore in the minor leagues. But what they

643
00:33:14.000 --> 00:33:16.480
<v Speaker 2>have done this year, Bruce is get him reps at

644
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<v Speaker 2>first base. So you usually see catchers play first base

645
00:33:21.279 --> 00:33:23.400
<v Speaker 2>more than you see him play left field. So the

646
00:33:23.480 --> 00:33:26.680
<v Speaker 2>Dodgers are trying to get him to be versatile, so

647
00:33:27.039 --> 00:33:29.960
<v Speaker 2>they have multiple options to try to get his bat

648
00:33:30.000 --> 00:33:33.599
<v Speaker 2>in the lineup whenever that is now, Remember Dalton Rushing's

649
00:33:33.640 --> 00:33:36.359
<v Speaker 2>not even on the forty man roster, and I don't

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<v Speaker 2>see the Dodgers trading him unless they got a big

651
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<v Speaker 2>haul in return. Thanks for the phone call, Bruce, appreciate it.

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<v Speaker 2>Eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy is

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<v Speaker 2>the phone number. Look the Dodgers where they draft. Because

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00:33:49.000 --> 00:33:51.680
<v Speaker 2>they signed so many guys and are above the luxury

655
00:33:51.720 --> 00:33:55.279
<v Speaker 2>tax threshold, they they had a strategy to kind of

656
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<v Speaker 2>replenish their farm system with two blue Chippers in Zayir

657
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<v Speaker 2>Hope and Jack Ferris.

658
00:34:00.680 --> 00:34:02.599
<v Speaker 3>And Jackson Ferris has started.

659
00:34:02.240 --> 00:34:05.720
<v Speaker 2>The year at Double A, and everybody around baseball believes

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00:34:05.759 --> 00:34:08.480
<v Speaker 2>he's going to be a really good pitcher. And if

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<v Speaker 2>you had a chance to watch him in spring training

662
00:34:11.280 --> 00:34:14.039
<v Speaker 2>or even in that Freeway Series game, you know that

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00:34:14.199 --> 00:34:17.679
<v Speaker 2>young man has the mound presence and the stuff to

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<v Speaker 2>be able to be here one day. But as far

665
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<v Speaker 2>as Michael Bush goes, he wasn't good enough to play second.

666
00:34:24.559 --> 00:34:27.320
<v Speaker 2>The Dodgers had Max Munsey at third, they have Freddie

667
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<v Speaker 2>Freeman at first, so they decided, you know, instead of

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<v Speaker 2>letting this guy just be twenty five, twenty six years

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<v Speaker 2>old at Triple A, why not trade him and give

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<v Speaker 2>him an opportunity to live out his Major League dreams

671
00:34:42.079 --> 00:34:45.199
<v Speaker 2>and get regular at bats and in turn get some

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00:34:45.320 --> 00:34:47.800
<v Speaker 2>good players that could help us in areas that we need.

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<v Speaker 2>So it was, you know, there's not always these trades

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<v Speaker 2>where you have to win and bludgeon the other team

675
00:34:53.440 --> 00:34:57.119
<v Speaker 2>like the Dodgers did last year at the deadline bludgeoning

676
00:34:57.159 --> 00:35:01.039
<v Speaker 2>the Cardinals in white Sox for Michael Kopek and Tommy Edmund.

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<v Speaker 2>The best trades are where it helps out both teams.

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<v Speaker 2>And it helped out the Cubs right now where they

679
00:35:07.239 --> 00:35:10.079
<v Speaker 2>needed help, and it's helped the Dodgers where they need it,

680
00:35:10.239 --> 00:35:13.159
<v Speaker 2>and that's not right now, it's in the next year

681
00:35:13.280 --> 00:35:16.679
<v Speaker 2>or so with a Jackson Ferris and a Zair Hope.

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<v Speaker 2>So that's the way I feel on that. Eight six

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<v Speaker 2>six nine, eight seven two five seventy is the phone

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<v Speaker 2>number speaking of the Cubs and Dodgers and making transactions.

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<v Speaker 2>The Dodgers sent Ryan Brasier to the Cubs this offseason.

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<v Speaker 2>Braziers on the il right now with the Cubs, but

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00:35:32.920 --> 00:35:36.079
<v Speaker 2>made the trip so he could get his World Series ring,

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00:35:36.360 --> 00:35:40.719
<v Speaker 2>and his former relievers from a year ago presented him

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00:35:40.880 --> 00:35:44.039
<v Speaker 2>with that ring on the first day right outside of

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<v Speaker 2>the Dodgers or excuse me the Cubs dugout and it

691
00:35:47.719 --> 00:35:50.719
<v Speaker 2>was led by Blake training Alex Vessi and those guys

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00:35:50.760 --> 00:35:54.800
<v Speaker 2>that were his brothers in the bullpen last year. And

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<v Speaker 2>Ryan Brasier was one of those relief pitchers that came

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<v Speaker 2>in after Jack Flair already in Game five to try

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00:36:02.159 --> 00:36:05.519
<v Speaker 2>to help the Dodgers hang in there and try to

696
00:36:05.559 --> 00:36:09.760
<v Speaker 2>piece it together, which they eventually did thanks to a

697
00:36:09.800 --> 00:36:14.000
<v Speaker 2>herculean effort by Blake Trinan and Walker Buehler with the

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00:36:14.039 --> 00:36:17.719
<v Speaker 2>heroics in the ninth innings saving that game, striking out

699
00:36:17.760 --> 00:36:20.880
<v Speaker 2>Alex Verdugo to end the game and end the World Series.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm always curious the behind the scenes with the guys

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00:36:24.519 --> 00:36:27.440
<v Speaker 2>that were in the bullpen or in the dugout, with

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00:36:27.559 --> 00:36:30.400
<v Speaker 2>those sequence of events and how they came to fruition.

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<v Speaker 2>And Ryan Brasier shared a unique perspective on the whole

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<v Speaker 2>sequence of events of last year's Game five, with Blake

705
00:36:38.679 --> 00:36:42.119
<v Speaker 2>trining throwing more pitches than he ever has before and

706
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<v Speaker 2>Walker Buehler closing out the World Series. Can you take

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00:36:46.599 --> 00:36:49.320
<v Speaker 2>us through where you were and just what that meant

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00:36:49.320 --> 00:36:51.400
<v Speaker 2>to the team to have Blake and Walker do what

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<v Speaker 2>they did.

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<v Speaker 13>Yeah, so you know, Walker was in. I went inside

711
00:36:55.079 --> 00:36:56.920
<v Speaker 13>after I pitched and he was on the training table

712
00:36:57.480 --> 00:37:00.239
<v Speaker 13>and we scored all those runs, and you know, av see,

713
00:37:00.239 --> 00:37:03.440
<v Speaker 13>the bullpen came in early that game. So Walker was like,

714
00:37:03.440 --> 00:37:04.800
<v Speaker 13>all right, you got to stop working on me because

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00:37:04.800 --> 00:37:07.400
<v Speaker 13>I'm gonna go down to the bullpen. And I'm like, dude,

716
00:37:07.400 --> 00:37:09.360
<v Speaker 13>you're think, aren't you supposed to pitch tomorrow or whatever?

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<v Speaker 13>And anyways, you know, he went down to the bullpen

718
00:37:12.440 --> 00:37:14.239
<v Speaker 13>and you know Blake coming in and getting Olex. But

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<v Speaker 13>Blake was huge, you know, all the whole postseason last year,

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<v Speaker 13>and he you know, I got big out after big

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00:37:20.800 --> 00:37:23.480
<v Speaker 13>out and and you know, threw more pitches and I

722
00:37:23.519 --> 00:37:25.159
<v Speaker 13>think I've ever seen him throw in a game, you know,

723
00:37:25.199 --> 00:37:28.320
<v Speaker 13>a couple of times during throughout the playoffs, and you

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<v Speaker 13>know Walker coming in to shut the door like he did,

725
00:37:30.880 --> 00:37:33.440
<v Speaker 13>you know, after after some some rough outings or whatever.

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<v Speaker 13>Just like I said, just getting twenty seven outs, but

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<v Speaker 13>as quick as we can. And you know, everybody was

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<v Speaker 13>kind of bought into the same idea.

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<v Speaker 2>So that was Ryan Brazier's perspective from the training room

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00:37:46.320 --> 00:37:50.000
<v Speaker 2>onto the field, Walker Buehler getting ready to go out

731
00:37:50.039 --> 00:37:53.000
<v Speaker 2>there and in his mind, helped the Dodgers close out

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00:37:53.039 --> 00:37:56.000
<v Speaker 2>Game five and not even worry about starting Game seven,

733
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<v Speaker 2>and that certainly will go down in Dodger history forever.

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<v Speaker 2>Those are some of the images that flash into our minds,

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<v Speaker 2>right yeah, the fifth inning of Game five, Yes, Freddie

736
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<v Speaker 2>Freeman's walk off Grand Slam in Game one, but Walker

737
00:38:10.960 --> 00:38:14.119
<v Speaker 2>Buehler closing out the World Series and Blake Trin and

738
00:38:14.159 --> 00:38:17.880
<v Speaker 2>doing what he did and telling Dave Roberts and Freddie

739
00:38:17.880 --> 00:38:20.719
<v Speaker 2>Freeman telling Dave Roberts leave him in here, he could

740
00:38:20.719 --> 00:38:23.000
<v Speaker 2>do it, he can get this guy, and he delivered,

741
00:38:23.039 --> 00:38:26.719
<v Speaker 2>which was really special. And I know it's twenty twenty

742
00:38:26.760 --> 00:38:29.280
<v Speaker 2>five and we're talking about what the Dodgers are trying

743
00:38:29.280 --> 00:38:31.840
<v Speaker 2>to do this season, but when you get that kind

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00:38:31.880 --> 00:38:35.199
<v Speaker 2>of first hand perspective from guys that were part of

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<v Speaker 2>that World Series.

746
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<v Speaker 3>Team, it's always special.

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<v Speaker 2>And I appreciate Ryan Brazier for taking the time out

748
00:38:40.880 --> 00:38:44.320
<v Speaker 2>for us yesterday after getting his World Series ring. And

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<v Speaker 2>you can listen to that full interview on the iHeartRadio app.

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<v Speaker 2>Now tomorrow the Dodgers will turn the page and start

751
00:38:52.719 --> 00:38:55.360
<v Speaker 2>a three game series against the Rockies to close out

752
00:38:55.360 --> 00:38:59.880
<v Speaker 2>this homestand on Hello Kiddy Night, Antonio Senza Tela will

753
00:38:59.920 --> 00:39:02.320
<v Speaker 2>be on the mound for the Rockies. He has made

754
00:39:02.320 --> 00:39:04.960
<v Speaker 2>three starts this year and has given up eight runs.

755
00:39:05.280 --> 00:39:08.599
<v Speaker 2>Dustin May will try to continue what he has started

756
00:39:08.599 --> 00:39:12.119
<v Speaker 2>this year. In two starts and eleven innings, Dustin May

757
00:39:12.159 --> 00:39:15.159
<v Speaker 2>has only given up one earned run, so he's been

758
00:39:15.199 --> 00:39:18.559
<v Speaker 2>really good despite not having a win this season. Morongo

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<v Speaker 2>Casino Dodgers on Deck begins at six o'clock tomorrow with

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00:39:22.280 --> 00:39:25.400
<v Speaker 2>first pitch from Dodgers Stadium at seven to ten.

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<v Speaker 3>That'll do it for us.

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<v Speaker 2>On Dodger Talk tonight, thanks to Colin Yee back at

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00:39:29.400 --> 00:39:33.039
<v Speaker 2>our Burbank studios. Thanks to Dwayne McDonald out here at

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00:39:33.079 --> 00:39:40.760
<v Speaker 2>Dodger Stadium. Dwayne, Dwayne, maybe he's waiting for me in

765
00:39:40.800 --> 00:39:42.199
<v Speaker 2>the parking lot.

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<v Speaker 11>He always packs up so quick. It's quicker than Rick Monday. Anyway,

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<v Speaker 11>we'll talk to you tomorrow night. A new series, a

768
00:39:52.519 --> 00:39:55.679
<v Speaker 11>new day for the Dodgers in a long season. Tonight,

769
00:39:55.719 --> 00:39:59.039
<v Speaker 11>the Cups beat the Dodgers four to two. Fox Sports

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<v Speaker 11>Radio is next. Talk to you tomorrow night.

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<v Speaker 3>See yourself