WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.200 --> 00:00:08.880 The right fut Dodgers Playoff Baseball is back, and with 2 00:00:09.039 --> 00:00:13.439 it an annual postseason tradition scam is back. 3 00:00:13.560 --> 00:00:13.919 Baby. 4 00:00:14.320 --> 00:00:17.800 This is Sax and Cakes in the A app Go 5 00:00:18.000 --> 00:00:22.359 with Broway. Dodger legend Steve Sacks is joined by your 6 00:00:22.519 --> 00:00:26.679 favorite Dodger pregame host, Tim Kates. If you want to 7 00:00:26.719 --> 00:00:29.239 talk Dodgers, get in on the show on eighty six 8 00:00:29.399 --> 00:00:32.159 six nine, eighty seven two five seven now while the 9 00:00:32.240 --> 00:00:35.759 Dan Patrick Show streams on the Ihearts radio app. We've 10 00:00:35.759 --> 00:00:39.640 been banished to the Internet until this Dodgers playoff run concludes. 11 00:00:39.799 --> 00:00:43.159 Here they are broadcasting live on AM five to seven 12 00:00:43.240 --> 00:00:47.679 e LA Sports. It's Tim Kates and Steve Sacks. 13 00:00:47.719 --> 00:00:52.880 Dodgers they must win situation in this NLDS down two 14 00:00:52.920 --> 00:00:56.280 games to one to the San Diego Padres after dropping 15 00:00:56.320 --> 00:00:57.439 Game three last night. 16 00:00:57.759 --> 00:00:58.600 Six to five. 17 00:00:59.039 --> 00:01:01.479 Saxon Kates in the IM with you here till nine 18 00:01:01.479 --> 00:01:03.960 o'clock this morning, one hour down, two to go Thanks 19 00:01:04.000 --> 00:01:07.640 to Alana Rizzo from MLB Network High Heat, longtime Dodger 20 00:01:07.719 --> 00:01:10.599 reporter from Sports in the LA joining us last hour. 21 00:01:10.719 --> 00:01:13.560 Getting plenty of time for your phone calls is Dodger 22 00:01:13.599 --> 00:01:16.400 fans aren't happy with what happened last night, in particular 23 00:01:16.799 --> 00:01:18.760 in the second inning, and I don't blame them. A 24 00:01:18.760 --> 00:01:20.239 lot of touched on it. We've been touching on a 25 00:01:20.359 --> 00:01:24.040 Saxy about the fact that Manny Machado made a played 26 00:01:24.280 --> 00:01:27.159 running the second base. The Dodgers didn't challenge it, to 27 00:01:27.239 --> 00:01:29.480 even question it. I know you can't review it, but 28 00:01:29.719 --> 00:01:32.719 didn't even go out to argue the base running from 29 00:01:32.799 --> 00:01:36.120 Manny Machado. And then a couple of soft contact hits, 30 00:01:36.359 --> 00:01:39.040 a play, a miss cue from Miguel Rojas at second 31 00:01:39.079 --> 00:01:42.480 base trying to turn to himself extended the inning, and 32 00:01:42.560 --> 00:01:45.159 the Dodgers just could not get out from their own 33 00:01:45.200 --> 00:01:47.719 cells last night in that second inning, a six run 34 00:01:48.359 --> 00:01:51.120 inning for the San Diego Padres. At that point, Saxy, 35 00:01:51.319 --> 00:01:53.200 we were going back and forth on text. I thought 36 00:01:53.200 --> 00:01:54.840 it was over. I didn't think the Dodgers had a 37 00:01:54.879 --> 00:01:57.120 shot until that Grand Slam. All of a sudden, it's 38 00:01:57.120 --> 00:01:59.840 a one run game. But then the Dodgers' offense disappear 39 00:01:59.879 --> 00:02:01.040 for the next six innings. 40 00:02:01.120 --> 00:02:04.200 Yeah, yeah, that's the way it goes. Look, I mean 41 00:02:04.840 --> 00:02:08.919 in postseason, when you're talking about free passes like a walk, 42 00:02:09.439 --> 00:02:12.520 a soft hit, an air these type of things. They 43 00:02:12.639 --> 00:02:16.840 all get amplified. They're under the microscope in postseason, and 44 00:02:16.879 --> 00:02:19.280 it always happens that way. You put you get a 45 00:02:19.280 --> 00:02:21.479 guy that's injured on the field somewhere, guess where the 46 00:02:21.520 --> 00:02:23.719 ball is going to be hit, and it'll be challenging 47 00:02:23.759 --> 00:02:25.960 for him to catch it. It'll be to his right, 48 00:02:26.120 --> 00:02:28.520 or it'll be a slow, slow roller like we saw 49 00:02:28.639 --> 00:02:32.199 with Rowhouse when he tried to turn that double play unassisted, 50 00:02:32.599 --> 00:02:34.280 and you know what it's going to find you. You 51 00:02:34.280 --> 00:02:36.280 could tell that he was hurt and later you got 52 00:02:36.280 --> 00:02:38.840 to take him out of the game. So that's the 53 00:02:38.840 --> 00:02:40.680 way it goes in postseason. But you got to find 54 00:02:40.680 --> 00:02:43.319 a way to change the narrative, change it early and 55 00:02:43.520 --> 00:02:47.319 turn this thing around and look that this is not insurmountable. 56 00:02:47.360 --> 00:02:51.080 The Dodgers absolutely can do this. Everything has gone the 57 00:02:51.120 --> 00:02:53.520 Padres way. I mean that's the way I look at it. 58 00:02:53.759 --> 00:02:55.680 They get you know, they got the hype going. They're 59 00:02:55.719 --> 00:02:58.080 in their own house now and they seem to just 60 00:02:58.159 --> 00:03:01.439 be thriving on every little thing happens their way. That 61 00:03:01.479 --> 00:03:04.159 thing is going to change at some point, hopefully it'll 62 00:03:04.159 --> 00:03:04.680 start tonight. 63 00:03:04.960 --> 00:03:07.919 Shoey Otani, in the leadofs spot had an MVP season, 64 00:03:08.000 --> 00:03:09.800 part of the fifty to fifty club. We knew what 65 00:03:09.840 --> 00:03:11.680 he did over the course of one to sixty two 66 00:03:11.759 --> 00:03:13.960 going in to this postseason, But you look at the 67 00:03:14.000 --> 00:03:18.240 first three games of this NLDS two for five with 68 00:03:18.319 --> 00:03:21.199 the three run home run in the series opener on Saturday. 69 00:03:21.240 --> 00:03:23.479 He goes zero for four with a couple of punchouts 70 00:03:23.479 --> 00:03:26.479 in game two on Sunday last night, breaks his bat 71 00:03:26.719 --> 00:03:28.879 a flair hit to center his only hit. He goes 72 00:03:28.919 --> 00:03:33.159 one for four and struck out twice. He's got one 73 00:03:33.199 --> 00:03:38.039 extra base hit, He's got zero walks, zero stolen bases, 74 00:03:38.520 --> 00:03:41.520 and he struck out six times. I know it's not 75 00:03:41.599 --> 00:03:43.719 the postseason he had hoped to have, and Dodger fans 76 00:03:43.759 --> 00:03:46.520 are certainly expecting way more than what he's done so 77 00:03:46.599 --> 00:03:50.199 far in only three games. But the Otani we saw 78 00:03:50.400 --> 00:03:54.000 during the regular season getting on base, stealing bases, putting 79 00:03:54.039 --> 00:03:55.759 the ball where he wanted it in the left field, 80 00:03:55.840 --> 00:03:58.879 right field, hitting for power, we just haven't seen it. 81 00:03:58.879 --> 00:04:02.520 It is that post he's in Baseball Saxy better pitching, 82 00:04:03.159 --> 00:04:06.159 or is this just them figuring out Otani and the 83 00:04:06.199 --> 00:04:08.520 rest of the lineup around him not helping him out. 84 00:04:08.560 --> 00:04:10.159 Kind of leaving him on an island there. Every time 85 00:04:10.199 --> 00:04:13.000 he's up, well, everybody's figured him out. I mean, they 86 00:04:13.039 --> 00:04:14.800 know what he's gonna do. They just can't stop him. 87 00:04:14.840 --> 00:04:17.720 That's how good Otani is. They know his pluses and 88 00:04:17.759 --> 00:04:21.199 minus is at the plate. And when we're talking about 89 00:04:21.360 --> 00:04:23.839 is that Otani in postseason? Nope, it's just a couple 90 00:04:23.839 --> 00:04:26.240 of games. If he goes out there tonight and hits 91 00:04:26.240 --> 00:04:27.759 a couple of home runs and gets three hits and 92 00:04:28.279 --> 00:04:30.920 steals two bases, we're gonna say, whoa, whoa, this is 93 00:04:30.959 --> 00:04:33.279 what we've been waiting for and it's turned around. It's 94 00:04:33.360 --> 00:04:36.120 just because it's a couple of games and everybody in 95 00:04:36.160 --> 00:04:39.040 the world's watching. That's why it's all. He's had stretches 96 00:04:39.079 --> 00:04:40.560 like this during the season. I guarantee it. 97 00:04:40.800 --> 00:04:42.959 I mean, you look at the Dodgers last night. Outside 98 00:04:42.959 --> 00:04:46.000 of the Grand Slam from Tascar, Hernandez one hit the 99 00:04:46.040 --> 00:04:47.920 remainder of the way and that was Freddie Freeman's in 100 00:04:47.959 --> 00:04:50.920 the eighth inning. They had no opportunities even to have 101 00:04:50.959 --> 00:04:52.959 guys on base to drive him in. They were two 102 00:04:53.040 --> 00:04:55.279 for three with runners in scoring position. They left only 103 00:04:55.279 --> 00:04:58.319 two runners on base the entire game. There just wasn't 104 00:04:58.399 --> 00:05:01.839 opportunities with guys on base, no traffic on the base pass. 105 00:05:01.879 --> 00:05:04.920 You didn't put pressure on the San Diego Padres defense. 106 00:05:04.959 --> 00:05:07.800 And that's because guys are striking out. Guys are going 107 00:05:07.839 --> 00:05:10.639 oh for four like Maximunzee Will Smith has been over 108 00:05:10.680 --> 00:05:14.360 the series so far for the Dodgers, Gavin lucks oh 109 00:05:14.399 --> 00:05:17.319 for four last night with a punch out. The bottom 110 00:05:17.360 --> 00:05:20.439 of the lineup has to do a better job of 111 00:05:20.480 --> 00:05:22.519 getting on base. And it doesn't mean they have to 112 00:05:22.560 --> 00:05:24.759 be the ones hitting the home run saxy. They're the 113 00:05:24.759 --> 00:05:26.759 ones that need to draw walks, They're the ones that 114 00:05:26.800 --> 00:05:28.319 need to get on base. There' are the ones that 115 00:05:28.399 --> 00:05:30.560 need to get in scoring position. So then when the 116 00:05:30.680 --> 00:05:34.000 lineup flips to O, Tawny, Betts and Freeman, you're giving 117 00:05:34.040 --> 00:05:37.120 your three big boppers an opportunity to put runs on 118 00:05:37.120 --> 00:05:37.519 the board. 119 00:05:37.639 --> 00:05:40.240 Yeah, no question about it. And you know, when we 120 00:05:40.319 --> 00:05:43.680 talk about this in all different circles about you know, 121 00:05:43.720 --> 00:05:47.480 the construction of a lineup and whatnot, and you're old school, 122 00:05:47.639 --> 00:05:49.399 you know, you don't you know, will you know what? 123 00:05:49.480 --> 00:05:52.759 That thing comes up more often than not, there's something 124 00:05:52.800 --> 00:05:56.160 about not striking out, you know, and you are going 125 00:05:56.199 --> 00:05:59.160 to sacrifice that for the fact that you got guys 126 00:05:59.160 --> 00:06:01.600 that can hit the ball out of the ballpark consistently, 127 00:06:01.680 --> 00:06:05.480 and the Dodgers are are built to slug. That's that's 128 00:06:05.519 --> 00:06:08.319 how this team is constructed. You don't have guys out 129 00:06:08.360 --> 00:06:11.120 there that there are interested in moving guys over, or 130 00:06:11.240 --> 00:06:13.720 guys that can bunt for a hit or guys can 131 00:06:13.759 --> 00:06:15.240 hit the ball the other way and a hit and run. 132 00:06:15.360 --> 00:06:17.680 I don't need the Dodgers hit and run at all 133 00:06:17.720 --> 00:06:20.680 this year. I mean team, the team is not built 134 00:06:20.720 --> 00:06:23.160 that way. And that's okay. I mean, look what they 135 00:06:23.199 --> 00:06:26.000 did throughout the season. They were phenomenal. That's the way 136 00:06:26.000 --> 00:06:28.800 the team is constructed. And so you have to play 137 00:06:28.839 --> 00:06:31.839 within the confines of how your team is built. And 138 00:06:32.160 --> 00:06:35.560 sometimes you're gonna have uh, you know, times where it's 139 00:06:35.600 --> 00:06:39.839 going to be some some barren uh you know, times 140 00:06:39.839 --> 00:06:41.439 where you're just not gonna be able to get any hits. 141 00:06:41.560 --> 00:06:44.279 You're not gonna see any you know, any uh, you know, 142 00:06:45.319 --> 00:06:47.759 people on the on the basis, and you're gonna have 143 00:06:47.800 --> 00:06:50.319 times where you're gonna have a drought, and that's that's 144 00:06:50.360 --> 00:06:52.040 how it is. But you're gonna have other times you're 145 00:06:52.040 --> 00:06:53.439 gonna say, wow, this is amazing. 146 00:06:53.879 --> 00:06:56.120 That's that's the problem, and it's been the problem the 147 00:06:56.199 --> 00:06:59.439 last few years. Come October is is feast or famine. 148 00:06:59.519 --> 00:07:02.439 It's a home runs and bunches and slug or we 149 00:07:02.480 --> 00:07:04.560 don't put up any runs on the scoreboard and you 150 00:07:04.600 --> 00:07:06.920 get blown out or you lose games because you're just 151 00:07:06.959 --> 00:07:09.519 not getting more hits and you're striking out more than 152 00:07:09.759 --> 00:07:12.560 more times than nod. And it's great over the course 153 00:07:12.560 --> 00:07:14.480 of one sixty two because you're gonna win more games 154 00:07:14.480 --> 00:07:16.360 than you're not, you're gonna win more series than you're not. 155 00:07:16.639 --> 00:07:17.360 And that's fine. 156 00:07:17.639 --> 00:07:19.560 But when you get to postseason and all of a sudden, 157 00:07:19.560 --> 00:07:21.319 you got twenty seven outs to try to figure out 158 00:07:21.439 --> 00:07:23.120 how to beat a team and get a one oh 159 00:07:23.240 --> 00:07:25.240 series lead and then a two oh series lead and 160 00:07:25.279 --> 00:07:28.120 get a series win. You can't rely on a home run. 161 00:07:28.160 --> 00:07:30.040 I mean, the Dodgers were down six to five last night, 162 00:07:30.079 --> 00:07:32.680 Saxy and it was the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth inning, 163 00:07:32.879 --> 00:07:35.439 and I'm watching these at bats, and I'm watching guys 164 00:07:35.800 --> 00:07:38.199 trying to tie the game with one swing of the bat, 165 00:07:38.680 --> 00:07:41.120 and rather than punch the ball the other way or 166 00:07:41.639 --> 00:07:43.399 find the gap in right in the left center field 167 00:07:43.839 --> 00:07:46.120 or or you know, bunt to get on or whatever 168 00:07:46.160 --> 00:07:48.519 they needed to do to get into scoring positions so 169 00:07:48.560 --> 00:07:50.720 they can tie the game, or somebody can come up 170 00:07:50.759 --> 00:07:53.839 and find the gap and extend it inning. There's just 171 00:07:53.879 --> 00:07:56.160 none of that. Max Munsey's swinging for the fences. 172 00:07:56.600 --> 00:07:56.800 You know. 173 00:07:57.279 --> 00:08:00.279 Will Smith, I mean, I love Will Smith, one of 174 00:08:00.279 --> 00:08:02.800 the best all round catchers in baseball, just signed a 175 00:08:02.839 --> 00:08:05.600 brand new ten year deal before this season. Will Smith 176 00:08:05.720 --> 00:08:08.519 had an awful twenty twenty four regular season, and now 177 00:08:08.600 --> 00:08:10.800 it's continued to the postseason. We all hoped they would 178 00:08:10.800 --> 00:08:13.720 flip the switch come October. Yeah, oh for four last 179 00:08:13.800 --> 00:08:16.560 night and the bats every time he was up, you 180 00:08:16.639 --> 00:08:19.800 kind of just felt like, man, he's behind on every swing. 181 00:08:19.879 --> 00:08:22.639 He's being overpowered by every pitcher he saw. 182 00:08:22.759 --> 00:08:25.759 Yeah, probably trying to do too much. And here here's 183 00:08:25.800 --> 00:08:29.000 here's kind of a quick synopsis of the differences right now. 184 00:08:30.000 --> 00:08:33.080 In yesterday's game, the Dodgers struck out nine times, the 185 00:08:33.159 --> 00:08:36.279 Padres only struck out four times, and the Dodgers only 186 00:08:36.279 --> 00:08:38.440 had one walk. And so when you strike out nine 187 00:08:38.480 --> 00:08:41.039 and walk one, that's not a good ratio. The other 188 00:08:41.200 --> 00:08:44.159 you know, in game the other the other day, when 189 00:08:44.279 --> 00:08:46.720 the Padres hit the six home runs. Yeah, they struck 190 00:08:46.759 --> 00:08:49.120 out only five times, so you hit more home runs 191 00:08:49.120 --> 00:08:52.000 than when you struck out. So the key is, you 192 00:08:52.120 --> 00:08:56.120 gotta put the ball in play again. Nothing productive comes from, 193 00:08:56.200 --> 00:08:58.440 you know, walking back to the dugout in the strikeout. 194 00:08:58.440 --> 00:08:59.399 You gotta put it in play. 195 00:08:59.519 --> 00:09:01.480 It's got the phones. A lot of Dodger fans want 196 00:09:01.480 --> 00:09:04.279 away in well, appreciate you being patient. Chuck in Long 197 00:09:04.320 --> 00:09:06.399 Beach is next up here on Sax and Kates and 198 00:09:06.440 --> 00:09:07.799 they am on this Wednesday morning. 199 00:09:07.799 --> 00:09:08.519 How you doing, Chuck? 200 00:09:09.799 --> 00:09:12.759 Oh, I'm doing very well, very well. I'm kind of disappointing. 201 00:09:12.799 --> 00:09:13.799 How about you guys today? 202 00:09:13.799 --> 00:09:17.200 Man, very disappointed, Chuck, very very upset that this Dodgers 203 00:09:17.200 --> 00:09:18.559 team is down two games to one. 204 00:09:19.919 --> 00:09:22.480 Absolutely. I just got a couple of quick comments. First 205 00:09:22.480 --> 00:09:26.840 of all, I think that the Dodgers we're playing mcgil 206 00:09:26.960 --> 00:09:29.799 Rojas and we're playing Freddy Freeman and it hurt, man. 207 00:09:29.840 --> 00:09:31.919 I mean, Freddy will be a good pension. Right now. 208 00:09:32.039 --> 00:09:34.200 We need to get Kiki in, we need to get 209 00:09:34.240 --> 00:09:36.840 Taylor in. We need some new blood, man, because right 210 00:09:36.879 --> 00:09:40.240 now we're in bad shape. And my other comment is 211 00:09:40.600 --> 00:09:43.519 the picture that we signed over from Japan, Man, we 212 00:09:43.519 --> 00:09:45.720 could have got two. We could have got two top 213 00:09:45.840 --> 00:09:48.799 notch pitchers here and a slugger for the price that 214 00:09:48.879 --> 00:09:50.919 he's making. Man, that's all I got. 215 00:09:50.879 --> 00:09:51.919 All right, Chuck, appreciate it. 216 00:09:52.000 --> 00:09:55.320 Yeah, they gave Yoshanova Yamamoto the biggest contract for a 217 00:09:55.320 --> 00:09:58.840 picture in the history of baseball, and the transition coming 218 00:09:58.879 --> 00:10:02.240 over to the big hasn't been a smooth one battle 219 00:10:02.240 --> 00:10:05.159 through some shoulder injuries and certainly not the production you'd 220 00:10:05.159 --> 00:10:07.600 hoped for in his postseason start against the Padres. But 221 00:10:07.720 --> 00:10:12.360 the injuries, Zaxy. I hope Miguel. I love Miguel Rojas. 222 00:10:12.480 --> 00:10:14.559 I just hope he's not in the lineup tonight because 223 00:10:14.559 --> 00:10:16.480 of the injury, because how he's banged up. I know 224 00:10:16.559 --> 00:10:18.960 he wants to play through it. I just can't imagine 225 00:10:19.039 --> 00:10:23.039 him being out of shortstop and being a liability defensively 226 00:10:23.360 --> 00:10:26.240 and you can get somebody else's bat in that lineup 227 00:10:26.279 --> 00:10:29.399 and his name gets being brought up. You've talked about Alana, 228 00:10:29.399 --> 00:10:32.200 brought it up, Key Key Hernandez. He's an October player. 229 00:10:32.480 --> 00:10:35.799 He's been here before. He's delivered for you in the postseason. 230 00:10:36.080 --> 00:10:38.120 They go to Paez last night for some reason, off 231 00:10:38.159 --> 00:10:40.519 the bench when Rojas got hurt. You're moving Edmond to 232 00:10:40.559 --> 00:10:43.320 short to play shortstop. He's really good, so why not 233 00:10:43.360 --> 00:10:45.279 put key K in center? He can play outfield for 234 00:10:45.360 --> 00:10:47.799 he's done it all year. I just don't understand the move. 235 00:10:48.320 --> 00:10:50.759 Yeah, I mean, key K is one of those guys. 236 00:10:50.799 --> 00:10:52.759 He's like a Swiss Army Knight. He can play anywhere, 237 00:10:52.759 --> 00:10:55.519 and he's more than suitable in the outfield as well. 238 00:10:55.600 --> 00:10:58.399 So I think you're gonna probably see that tonight, and 239 00:10:58.440 --> 00:11:00.399 I think you're gonna see Edmond at shorts. I think 240 00:11:00.440 --> 00:11:03.440 that's what David had had had pointed out. So they 241 00:11:03.440 --> 00:11:05.039 should be good to go tonight. Now. I mean, I 242 00:11:05.039 --> 00:11:07.000 know we're gonna go with a with a bullpen game, 243 00:11:07.000 --> 00:11:08.600 but you know what, so what they've done it before. 244 00:11:08.960 --> 00:11:11.559 Let's go to Aaron and Sunland is next up here 245 00:11:11.600 --> 00:11:13.840 on a FI seventy LA Sports with SAX and Kids 246 00:11:13.879 --> 00:11:14.200 in the morning. 247 00:11:14.200 --> 00:11:14.840 How you doing, Aaron? 248 00:11:15.840 --> 00:11:19.279 Yeah, I'm doing well. Guys, thanks for taking my call. Well, 249 00:11:19.519 --> 00:11:22.480 here we go again. I just don't understand it. I 250 00:11:22.519 --> 00:11:27.360 don't understand the regression that seems to happen every year 251 00:11:27.639 --> 00:11:32.159 once the postseason hit. I mean, nine guys, last night 252 00:11:32.720 --> 00:11:35.399 of the nine A lot of them. A few of 253 00:11:35.440 --> 00:11:37.960 them had one hit, No one had more than one hit. 254 00:11:38.120 --> 00:11:41.440 Five of them had no hits last night. I mean, Sax, 255 00:11:41.559 --> 00:11:44.240 maybe you can speak to this. I'm noticing that we're 256 00:11:44.320 --> 00:11:47.919 the team that has been there so many times, yet 257 00:11:47.960 --> 00:11:51.159 we seem like we're playing tight, like we're nervous and 258 00:11:51.240 --> 00:11:54.799 haven't been there, and the Padres are playing very loosely. 259 00:11:55.279 --> 00:11:58.039 I mean, I'm not seeing any patients in the batter's box. 260 00:11:58.080 --> 00:12:00.679 I'm seeing guys swinging at the very first pitch and 261 00:12:00.720 --> 00:12:03.799 having a ground out or a pop up. Take a pitch. 262 00:12:03.960 --> 00:12:05.639 I mean, even if it is a strike, which it 263 00:12:05.679 --> 00:12:09.759 probably will be, get settled in the box, take your time, 264 00:12:09.879 --> 00:12:13.720 stop swinging and everything. Shohy has disappeared. I don't understand 265 00:12:13.799 --> 00:12:16.399 Miggy last night, why he didn't just flip that to 266 00:12:16.480 --> 00:12:19.039 second base to Lutch and maybe gets a double play. 267 00:12:19.519 --> 00:12:22.039 I mean, guys, we're playing like we have not been 268 00:12:22.120 --> 00:12:25.039 here before, and it's frustrating. We seem to do this 269 00:12:25.159 --> 00:12:28.080 every single year. Thanks taking the call, guys. 270 00:12:27.840 --> 00:12:31.440 All right, Thanks Aaron, Yeah, yeah, I understand that frustration. 271 00:12:31.840 --> 00:12:34.679 And like you pointed out, tim in five through eight, 272 00:12:34.679 --> 00:12:36.679 you had zero for fifteen. You gotta be able to 273 00:12:36.720 --> 00:12:39.440 set that table for the top of the order, and 274 00:12:40.159 --> 00:12:42.320 nobody knows it more than they do. They know the numbers, 275 00:12:42.399 --> 00:12:45.639 they know the frustration. They feel it more than any 276 00:12:45.679 --> 00:12:48.840 caller can call in. I can promise you that they're disappointed. 277 00:12:48.879 --> 00:12:52.519 They feel like they're letting people down, and that's they're 278 00:12:52.600 --> 00:12:54.840 human beings, man. They feel it more than anybody. But 279 00:12:55.000 --> 00:12:57.000 I think they can turn this thing around tonight. I 280 00:12:57.080 --> 00:13:00.879 really believe that with your back against the going with 281 00:13:00.960 --> 00:13:04.000 the bullpen, nobody's gonna give him a chance. That's when 282 00:13:04.000 --> 00:13:04.720 they'll shine. 283 00:13:04.879 --> 00:13:07.720 I mean, I think about one play changing a game. 284 00:13:07.759 --> 00:13:10.679 And we've talked about the Freeman play in which Machado 285 00:13:10.799 --> 00:13:12.919 came out of the base line and hits off his 286 00:13:13.480 --> 00:13:15.559 shoulder and his head and goes into left field and 287 00:13:15.600 --> 00:13:18.120 he goes the third on the play. But to me, 288 00:13:18.360 --> 00:13:20.840 that play from Miguel Rojas where he doesn't flip it 289 00:13:20.879 --> 00:13:23.200 to Gavin Lux to least to get the force out, 290 00:13:23.240 --> 00:13:25.039 it was probably gonna be a double play because it's 291 00:13:25.320 --> 00:13:28.559 Xander Bogart's up at the plate. That could have been 292 00:13:28.960 --> 00:13:32.000 a double play. Sure, many scores from third and we're 293 00:13:32.000 --> 00:13:35.399 tied one to one, but there's two outs and nobody 294 00:13:35.480 --> 00:13:39.320 on base for David Peralta, and you're feeling pretty good 295 00:13:39.320 --> 00:13:41.799 about all right, we're one one. If Bueller can get 296 00:13:41.840 --> 00:13:44.799 out of this. David Peralta gets out, flies out, grounds out, 297 00:13:44.799 --> 00:13:49.600 strikes out. Okay, crisis averted. We don't have to worry 298 00:13:49.600 --> 00:13:52.279 about it. And now we're tied one one going to 299 00:13:52.360 --> 00:13:54.440 the top half of the third inning. Instead, you try 300 00:13:54.480 --> 00:13:57.080 to make a play, it doesn't happen. Runners are on base, 301 00:13:57.120 --> 00:13:59.399 and then Paralta clears the bases with a double down 302 00:13:59.440 --> 00:14:03.200 the right field. A single missque, a play in which 303 00:14:03.879 --> 00:14:05.919 you know you think you can make but you don't 304 00:14:06.080 --> 00:14:09.559 and runners are safe can change a game like that. 305 00:14:10.000 --> 00:14:12.799 No, there's no doubt about it. And you know all 306 00:14:12.840 --> 00:14:16.279 the talk and everything that's been in the papers for 307 00:14:16.639 --> 00:14:19.120 you know, a long time. We all knew that coming 308 00:14:19.120 --> 00:14:21.639 into postseason the Dodgers were going to be strapped on 309 00:14:21.679 --> 00:14:23.440 their pitches to haf But look how many guys are 310 00:14:23.480 --> 00:14:26.480 hurt on this on this staff, there's a list as 311 00:14:26.559 --> 00:14:28.480 long as your arm. There's a lot of guys that 312 00:14:28.519 --> 00:14:31.240 are hurt. We know Freddy's hurt, we know Miguel's hurt. 313 00:14:31.440 --> 00:14:34.639 And it's nothing you want to just say, well, you know, 314 00:14:34.720 --> 00:14:37.440 that's that's the reason why all teams are hurt. And 315 00:14:37.480 --> 00:14:39.720 you don't want to ever make an excuse, but you 316 00:14:39.799 --> 00:14:41.919 got to call it like it is. For instance, look 317 00:14:41.960 --> 00:14:43.799 at look at a move that the Padres made this year. 318 00:14:43.840 --> 00:14:47.279 This was a brilliant move with David Peralta. This is 319 00:14:47.279 --> 00:14:50.360 a guy that's thirty seven years old. He began this 320 00:14:50.440 --> 00:14:52.639 season at Triple A with the Cubs. He got released 321 00:14:52.639 --> 00:14:55.600 on May tenth, He signed with the Padres eight days later. 322 00:14:55.799 --> 00:14:58.799 He got called up on May twenty second, and the 323 00:14:58.840 --> 00:15:01.960 rest is history. I'll tell you what that guy you 324 00:15:01.960 --> 00:15:04.279 know from being over here, that guy can flat out hit. 325 00:15:04.799 --> 00:15:07.679 And are we surprised that he jammed that ball right 326 00:15:07.720 --> 00:15:10.159 inside the bag at first rate? No, he's done in 327 00:15:10.200 --> 00:15:13.039 his whole life. This guy can flat out hit. He's 328 00:15:13.039 --> 00:15:16.000 not intimidated by the moment. And that was a good 329 00:15:16.000 --> 00:15:16.879 pickup for these guys. 330 00:15:17.080 --> 00:15:19.639 Huge pickup and guys are delivering, you know, maybe that 331 00:15:19.759 --> 00:15:22.240 of the biggest names, but when their numbers called, they 332 00:15:22.279 --> 00:15:24.159 are making the play when needed, whether it's at the 333 00:15:24.200 --> 00:15:26.759 play defensively or guys come out of the bullpen for 334 00:15:26.799 --> 00:15:29.399 the Padres like they did last night. James in North Hollywood. 335 00:15:29.519 --> 00:15:31.159 Welcome to Saxon Kates and am James. 336 00:15:31.200 --> 00:15:33.600 How you doing, Hey man? 337 00:15:33.960 --> 00:15:34.759 You know what I'm doing. 338 00:15:34.759 --> 00:15:37.600 Okay, I know this feeling. I'm used to it after 339 00:15:37.600 --> 00:15:39.879 the last few years. But I gotta tell you, Tim, 340 00:15:39.879 --> 00:15:42.440 you red in my mind. I think the key to 341 00:15:42.559 --> 00:15:46.799 turning this around is one simple thing. Don't try to 342 00:15:46.840 --> 00:15:50.879 make the excellent play, make the right play everything from 343 00:15:50.960 --> 00:15:53.679 like you said months, he's swinging for the fences. Let 344 00:15:53.679 --> 00:15:56.919 me see a little more, Tommy admitted people's approaches. Throw 345 00:15:56.960 --> 00:15:58.600 the barrel of the bat to the ball and just 346 00:15:58.679 --> 00:16:02.200 make contact. As Dave Roberts says, move the ball forward 347 00:16:02.480 --> 00:16:04.320 in the field. Of course, you've kind of beaten it 348 00:16:04.360 --> 00:16:07.120 to death with his decision to run to the bag. 349 00:16:07.159 --> 00:16:09.919 But you know, if there's a chance to make a 350 00:16:09.960 --> 00:16:13.840 spectacular catching the outfield, but it's low probability, let it drop. 351 00:16:13.960 --> 00:16:15.759 Take the single, don't let it roll by you, and 352 00:16:15.840 --> 00:16:18.639 let it be a triple because the Padres have proven 353 00:16:19.200 --> 00:16:21.840 that they will make you pay for those sorts of 354 00:16:21.879 --> 00:16:24.000 decisions in game, no. 355 00:16:24.000 --> 00:16:24.440 Doubt about it. 356 00:16:24.519 --> 00:16:27.080 James appreciate it real quick. Saxy. On that play at 357 00:16:27.080 --> 00:16:29.960 second which Rojas tried to take it himself, for an 358 00:16:30.000 --> 00:16:32.840 unassisted double play there and not flip it. De Luxe, 359 00:16:32.840 --> 00:16:36.120 who was in position ready to go, in a position, 360 00:16:36.159 --> 00:16:39.879 ready to turn that double play, is lux yelling at him, Hey, 361 00:16:39.960 --> 00:16:42.159 you know, flip flip flip or me me me? Or 362 00:16:42.200 --> 00:16:44.720 is he saying something to Rojas to let him know 363 00:16:44.799 --> 00:16:47.799 and communicate that let's turn this or is that a 364 00:16:47.879 --> 00:16:51.159 decision just completely made by Rojas And there's no verbal 365 00:16:51.159 --> 00:16:52.039 communication there. 366 00:16:52.080 --> 00:16:54.399 No, there's verbal communication. You can be yelling each other, 367 00:16:54.399 --> 00:16:57.240 but in the moment, with the how loud the crowd as, 368 00:16:57.240 --> 00:17:01.840 you're really relying on the you know, the shortstops the 369 00:17:01.840 --> 00:17:04.960 decision to take that or not. It's mostly the shortstops decision. 370 00:17:05.200 --> 00:17:07.640 But the thing is, and those times you got to 371 00:17:07.680 --> 00:17:09.839 get won. I mean, the most important throw on a 372 00:17:09.880 --> 00:17:12.160 double play is the first throw because that will set 373 00:17:12.160 --> 00:17:14.440 the second one in motion. So you got to give 374 00:17:14.440 --> 00:17:16.920 that guy a good throw. And you know you got 375 00:17:16.960 --> 00:17:19.880 the base runner barreling down there. I believe that was Meryl. Yeah, 376 00:17:19.920 --> 00:17:22.279 and you know he's going to change. You know, the 377 00:17:22.279 --> 00:17:24.319 speed of the ball and speed of the runner dictates 378 00:17:24.640 --> 00:17:26.559 you know what the infielders are going to do. You 379 00:17:26.599 --> 00:17:29.000 got to get that ball quickly. You know to Lux 380 00:17:29.039 --> 00:17:31.160 and then he's gonna have an easy throw with with Bogarts, 381 00:17:31.200 --> 00:17:33.839 I believe was a hitter on the double play, But 382 00:17:33.960 --> 00:17:36.480 that's a decision mostly right at the moment that split 383 00:17:36.559 --> 00:17:39.559 second with with Rojas. But you got Meryl, that's fast, 384 00:17:39.599 --> 00:17:43.519 you got Rojas, that's hurt, and that equals what we saw. 385 00:17:44.160 --> 00:17:46.720 Yeah, and it was in and that got away from 386 00:17:46.759 --> 00:17:50.079 the Dodgers defensively, Walker Bueler did help himself out with 387 00:17:50.240 --> 00:17:52.200 a couple of pitches he certainly wants back, and the 388 00:17:52.200 --> 00:17:54.799 next thing you know, it's a six run second inning 389 00:17:54.799 --> 00:17:56.599 for the San Diego Padres and they go on and 390 00:17:56.640 --> 00:17:59.039 win it by final of six to five. Your reaction 391 00:17:59.160 --> 00:18:01.960 on this Wednesday morning continues. Your phone calls eight six, 392 00:18:02.039 --> 00:18:04.759 six nine, eight seven two five seventy. David Vesse will 393 00:18:04.799 --> 00:18:07.279 join us next hour. We'll hear from shoey Otani his 394 00:18:07.359 --> 00:18:10.720 postgame reaction from last night. Last night, shoey Otani came 395 00:18:10.799 --> 00:18:13.599 up in situations and you know, just didn't have opportunities 396 00:18:13.640 --> 00:18:16.039 to drive in runs because the Dodgers didn't. 397 00:18:15.759 --> 00:18:16.720 Have guys on base. 398 00:18:16.839 --> 00:18:18.599 The bottom of the lineup got to do a better 399 00:18:18.720 --> 00:18:21.200 job in helping out this Dodgers team if they have 400 00:18:21.240 --> 00:18:23.759 any hopes of winning Game four tonight and even up 401 00:18:23.799 --> 00:18:26.359